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All that I see, and then some.
:: Friday, December 24, 2004 ::
But It Doesn’t Feel Like Christmas Eve
They are playing Miracle on 34th Street, though. That helps. I think I do this every year, though, the “It doesn’t feel like Christmas” bit. Maybe this year more than most, though. The tree only has lights, an angel topper, and a few indestructible ornaments due to our kitty. There isn’t a flake of snow outside; it was washed away in the pouring rain last night.
Oooo, an Airline marathon. I’ve only ever seen parts. Let’s see how it is…
Oh, here’s an ad for a new show coming up in January—“Caesar’s 24/7”, about the casino. It’s billed as a new “real life” series. That’s when you know reality tv has gone too far, when they start calling it “real life television”. ~shakes her head~
I’m putting together a present for a friend, and it’s so much fun! I hope she likes it. She reads this blog, I think, so I’ll say no more. She’ll just have to wait! Bwahahaha.
My itinerary for break is set! Well, last second changes can always occur, but the way it’s looking now:
December 26th – Bus to Long Island to be with Glenn
December 26th-29th – With Glenn
December 29th – Bus to Albany
December 30th – Train to Toronto
January 6th – Train to Albany
I love the train, hate the bus, but you do what you gotta do, ne? The long bus ride will be more than worth it. I’m looking forward to the train trip—it feels like an odd vacation of its own. I’m also looking forward to it because it will be the longest trip I’ve made alone so far. I emphasize the so far. ^_^
So… I’ll be in Toronto, effectively, from December 31st to January 5th. Laura, let me know what dates work for you, I really want to meet you!
I’ll be sending postcards from Toronto… if anyone wants one just holler! Best getting me your addy by other means, though, not in a comment post here, just in case, ne? ^_^
These poor people at the airlines. Dealing with people under stress is not fun. The holiday customers at Harry and David were a different animal than I’m used to, and people traveling are under great stress, to be sure. These poor employees, they go through so much. Heaven bless those with that kind of patience.
In an hour I get to go online, yeaa! (I’m writing this entries ahead of time, if you couldn’t tell.) Mom’s been on the phone with my aunt forever, but did I expect any less? I should really sleep more tonight, but I want to talk with people! That means so much more than sleep. Busses are made for sleeping, trains are made for sleeping.
Saw Ariell today, which was an amazing joy. I’m awful at keeping in touch, but Ariell and I always seem to get together each break, for which I’m grateful. I hope she remembers to give me blank CDs, there are so many cool programs I want to give her. ^_^
Random thing! The phrase “happy holidays” doesn’t have the same punch as “merry chirstmas”. I think it’s the wimpy h’s. At Harry and David’s yesterday I said “happy holidays” to stay politically correct, but every now and then a customer would say “merry chirstmas” to me. I always took the opportunity to return it.
OMG, it’s the fireplace!!! Do you guys have it? It’s basically a channel that plays this picture of a real fireplace with old time christmas music playing in the background. Go look and flip now, see if you have it! Go, go! I’ll wait here, no worries.
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:: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 ::
Christmas is a Comin’
…and I’m going to be travelling, yea!!! So far it looks like this: I’ll be going down to Long Island from December 26th to December 29th, then I’ll bus back to Albany so I can train to Toronto on December 30th and stay until January 6th. I’m going to look into tickets tonight, try to finalize my plans. I’m afraid that the train tickets are going to be more expensive than I’m anticipating. If it’s too much, I’ll stay on Long Island longer and go to Toronto after New Years… though I desperately want to spend the holiday there. Bhairavi said something about a pajama party… sounds like so much fun! ^_^ So Toronto people (especially Fyre!), let me know how these dates look for you! ~crosses her fingers~
Watching more poker on tv. I’m bad. When I get to Glenn’s I’m going to try and convince him to play with me for chips… his folks must have some chips somewhere. I hope, anyway. ^_^ I don’t think playing for slips of paper would have the same appeal. Raising someone to only have your “chips” scatter because of a draft doesn’t seem very romantic. (Smoky dark poker room romantic, not You’ve Got Mail romantic.)
They seem to be running through a whole bunch of eps that may be old to most, but new to me. I love the look of the ESPN shows (did I say this before?)—they make the casino look dark and mysterious, even smoky, which is quite a feat considering there’s no smoke in there. :P
Worked Monday at Harry and David, going back in tomorrow as well. Lemme tell ya, Christmas season is so much better than the summer. During the summer plan (what the company wants us to make, usually a percentage over last year’s business) was around a thousand dollars a day. If we make a thousand dollars an hour this week, we need to pick up the slack. On Monday in order to match the year before we needed to make $29,000… that just blows my mind.
My favorite part was being able to work register constantly. I’ve gotten pretty speedy at it! Oddly enough, cash sales take less time than credit. That’s probably for two reasons—our modem takes a while to validate each card (it may get queued with four registers going), and cash purchases tend to be smaller.
Some people buy so much! A thirty dollar tower for fifty people in their office. A cheesecake for every last one of their friends. A thousand dollar purchase is not unusual, and if people call ahead to reserve what they want, it can go even higher.
And there are men working in the store now, gasp! One of them is kinda cute, too. -_^ They’re mostly hired muscle, doing heavy stocking both in the back room and on the floor. I don’t even know if they get register training. “Can you move boxes? Great! You’re hired!”
Ooo, writing these in Word first makes me more verbose. :P
I’m scared to go out sailing on PP, with my connection, but I’m really glad I can sign on. You guys are what keep me sane… I love youse guys! ~huuuug!~
Random thing before I go—has anyone seen Ocean’s Twelve? I didn’t hear as much fanfare about it as I thought I would, at least right after the open. Any good?
Watching more poker on tv. I’m bad. When I get to Glenn’s I’m going to try and convince him to play with me for chips… his folks must have some chips somewhere. I hope, anyway. ^_^ I don’t think playing for slips of paper would have the same appeal. Raising someone to only have your “chips” scatter because of a draft doesn’t seem very romantic. (Smoky dark poker room romantic, not You’ve Got Mail romantic.)
They seem to be running through a whole bunch of eps that may be old to most, but new to me. I love the look of the ESPN shows (did I say this before?)—they make the casino look dark and mysterious, even smoky, which is quite a feat considering there’s no smoke in there. :P
Worked Monday at Harry and David, going back in tomorrow as well. Lemme tell ya, Christmas season is so much better than the summer. During the summer plan (what the company wants us to make, usually a percentage over last year’s business) was around a thousand dollars a day. If we make a thousand dollars an hour this week, we need to pick up the slack. On Monday in order to match the year before we needed to make $29,000… that just blows my mind.
My favorite part was being able to work register constantly. I’ve gotten pretty speedy at it! Oddly enough, cash sales take less time than credit. That’s probably for two reasons—our modem takes a while to validate each card (it may get queued with four registers going), and cash purchases tend to be smaller.
Some people buy so much! A thirty dollar tower for fifty people in their office. A cheesecake for every last one of their friends. A thousand dollar purchase is not unusual, and if people call ahead to reserve what they want, it can go even higher.
And there are men working in the store now, gasp! One of them is kinda cute, too. -_^ They’re mostly hired muscle, doing heavy stocking both in the back room and on the floor. I don’t even know if they get register training. “Can you move boxes? Great! You’re hired!”
Ooo, writing these in Word first makes me more verbose. :P
I’m scared to go out sailing on PP, with my connection, but I’m really glad I can sign on. You guys are what keep me sane… I love youse guys! ~huuuug!~
Random thing before I go—has anyone seen Ocean’s Twelve? I didn’t hear as much fanfare about it as I thought I would, at least right after the open. Any good?
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:: Saturday, December 18, 2004 ::
21k Weak
At home. Gotta love the dial up connection. ~gag~
I haven't been able to change the set up over to my computer yet, as someone tried to update this comp but failed miserably. So I'm the one sitting here, waiting for Media Player 9 to load. Yarrgh.
I've been home not 12 hours and I'm sick of it already... ~sigh~
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:: Friday, December 17, 2004 ::
Not an Atypical Story
Lately I've been getting into poker. Not to the point where I'm playing cash games or anything, but I'm trying to learn more about the game. I first got into it with the World Series of Poker on ESPN a little over a year ago... Glenn and I would watch it together, and he'd tell me stories about the players.
Glenn knows me really well. If he went into long technical lectures about the odds for each hand and why so and so folded I would've turned the tv off. But hearing the stories behind players' nicknames and famous hands they've played kept me interested.
So know I know enough to play fake hands with Glenn and win one now and then. Last night, while procrastinating, I learned the basics of seven card stud, razz, and omaha. I loved the options of omaha, it felt freeing, especially heads up. At a table it must be a different monster, though. Seven card stud was a bit of a pain, as I don't know how to process all that information yet (four of the cards dealt to each player are face up... it's a lot to keep track of). Razz is an interesting study, I think--you want me to make the worst hand I can? I enjoyed thinking about things backwards. When else can you think, "Oh, crap, I got a pair of kings. Better fold."?
Tonight I actually read a few articles to try and increase my knowledge base. I don't know if it helped my game at all, but some of it was good reading. I think the psychology of poker, tells and the like, are very interesting. I found myself drifting towards those articles more often than not.
Glenn said I'm getting good at poker, and while I think he's sincere, I also think he has an ulterior motive--to get me to join his buddies' $10 cash game. I'm hesitant (obviously!), but I'd like to play for chips sometime, as I've never had a chance to sit at a table and read players (and conversely, be read). I'm curious as to how it would go. Especially if Glenn is at the table... I think I would read him decently well. ^_^
PS - New gape, bottom left. ^_^
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:: Thursday, December 16, 2004 ::
Finals are Fini!
Woo! I'm so happy finals are over now. My theatre final went meh--the multiple choice section was easy, but I had a problem with the essay... maybe because I didn't read the plays. :P I should still get a good grade in the class, though, we'll see.
Tonight Bhairavi and I will try to work our way through some of our alcohol, in celebration! Oooo, maybe this is a night to do Drunken Drinking on Puzzle Pirates, ooo, the possibilities!
Wait, I think I hear something... from the freezer! It's ice cream! It's calling my name...
/me runs off
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:: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 ::
Hell has Nearly Passed
Only one more final to go. Thank God. Pulled a near all nighter last night to finish my Soc paper... a little over ten pages, and organizationally flawed, but the research and heart were there, I think. I'm kinda glad I won't see the comments, though. :P
All that's left is Theatre... I hate my Theatre class. Haven't studied yet. Tomorrow, tomorrow.
YPP has a new update, yea! After finals tomorrow I want to go sailing to far off lands to check stuff out, but I think Glenn will be here... and he won't take too kindly to that. :P Friday, then.
When I update people seem to visit the site! Yeaaa!
I'm trying to arrange something where I can work at Harry and David for a couple days next week. I have to be dropped off and picked up, so I'll work as long a day as I can... hopefully 16 hours (did I really say that?). I think it will be a ton of fun, believe it or not. Over the summer the mall was so dead I wanted to shoot myself. Right before Christmas I will have the option of working cashier non stop, or stocking non stop... okay, sounds werid to be saying that, I admit. But when during the summer the most exciting thing you can think to do is straighten the gummy shelf, it sounds wonderful. ^_^
And talk about quick money. I'm debating if I should use it to enjoy myself in Toronto or to pay for the bulk of a nice digital camera. Decisions decisions. ^_^
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Hun, don't wanna break your plans, but legally, I don't think Teh Boss can schedual you for longer than 10 hours (and with that including your 1/2 hour federally mandated lunch break, it's 9.5 hours of pay). But if the store is really busy when you're supposed to leave, you can sometimes squeeze in an extra hour or two. I did it plenty last year...
just want you to know...
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Fyre, you will be the first to know when. ^_^ It will either be over New Years or not over New Years, but that's all I know... before Jan. 14th for sure (I have work on the 14th and 18th). As soon as I get info, I'll let you know... I'd love to meet you!!!
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:: Monday, December 13, 2004 ::
University Libraries Rock, Except When They're Broken
Okay, okay, I know I should be working. But this keyboard types too well to pass up the opportunity for a quick blog entry (say what you want about the innards of a Dell machine, but their keyboards kick butt).
I'm working on my 12-15 page paper for Sociology. My subject--bilingualism in Asian American children. Is bilingualism good? If yes, how so? Should it be encouraged in public schools, and if so, what method of teaching is best?
Both good and bad stuff happening here... the evening is getting better as it wears on. I had a hard time getting started, but once I sat down I got a couple of pages out. I came across a reference to an article that would be a great help to my paper, in a common journal, to boot. So I packed up my massive expanse of spread out papers and hoofed it down to the periodical section. When I got to the photocopier with the journal I found out I had enough money to make three copies... not enough. I made the three, then ran upstairs to put more money on my card. The machine you use to add more money was broken! But, a sign informed, the Science Library also had a machine.
So I hoofed it over (not bad, five minutes, but it's cold and damp tonight! ~whine whine~). I got to the machine there, put in my card, put in a dollar bill... but the machine wouldn't accept it. It whirred with hope, but never took the money. I turned to the circulation desk.
"Yeah, it's broken."
Turns out that when the main library machine crashes it tends to take the Science Library machine down with it. Great. No copies for Karla. Lesson of the night--have $20 on my podium account at all times!
Worked in the Science Library for a while. I really liked the individual study carrels over there, more than the ones at the Main Library. They were more roomy, more room to spread out. The shelf was a little high, though--I had to put all my stuff a little over the edge to see it. I still like the Main Library better overall--it has a warm silence as oppossed to the Science Library's cool (as in cold) silence. More feet shuffling and fewer lights buzzing.
When the Science Library closed I went back to the main library, where I am now. I really wish we had a 24 hour library... that would kick butt. Do many universities have them? Granted, one am is fairly late for a library to be open, but still. They used to be open until two am during finals week, but not anymore... what happened with that?
I've had a lot of luck in finding really cool and good articles online. The online database here has really expanded. I think there were only two articles I couldn't find in PDF format, and the library has hard copies for those. Perodicals will reopen tomorrow morning, and I'll be there.
I'm really liking the info I'm finding, too. It's interesting stuff. I come across other cool articles in the meantime, stuff dealing with learning Japanese as a second language or teaching English as a second langauge... I should e-mail myself a ton so I can read them over break.
I have my planning final to do to... yarrrrgh. Not fun. It should be a simple "sit down, shut up, and write" thing, but I'm still not looking forward to it. Due tomorrow at 5:30, so I'm writing that as soon as I get my forward progress with the Soc paper typed up.
Woah, I'm rambling, but that's what blogs are for, right? Maybe it's the itsy bit of caffeine in the Arizona green tea I just finished, too. I'm surprised I haven't had to dip into my Mountain Dews yet. Just wait for four am. -_^
I'm going to have to walk to my dorm soon... but it's cold! And with all the news stories about girls getting assaulted at weird hours lately, I'm more on my toes than usual. Granted, those incidents have happened downtown for the most part, but UPD is well known for covering up on campus problems. Wish me luck.
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you know, if you're going to leave us hanging on something like that, you should post when you get back to your dorm with "made it" or something similar...
worried about you ;-),
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worried about you ;-),
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As an Asian American, born in the US, perhaps personal testimony could help to enrich your paper. I went to elementary school in Elmhurst, Queens, New York City, at P.S. 89. Elmhurst's zip code was listed as the most culturally diverse in the country at some point. My kindergarden class was all Korean. An interesting choice by the school, but probably a policy developed out of necessity due to the limited English capability of the Korean students there just entering the public school system. It was kind of interesting for me because my Korean was lousy at best, and I'd often zone out when my teacher gave instructions for assignments in Korean. Sometimes she'd notice I wasn't paying attention and ask (in Korean) if I understood what she was saying, and I pretended I did. In the interest of saving time, she'd sometimes skip following up in English, so I was left on my own to read the instructions printed on the sheet. You could argue that my lack of bilingualism in an environment where it was expected of me forced me to become literate more quickly than my bilingual classmates, and probably also my peers of strictly American heritage in other classes. Or maybe not. Draw whatever corollaries you like.
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: 9:26 AM:: Saturday, December 11, 2004 ::
New Photoblogs!
These will be going in at left momentarily. I went photoblog crazy while procrastinating on this paper and found some really cool stuff. I've really been getting into the NYC photoblog scene, and these all fit the bill.
Cornershots - mostly photos of buildings, but the best are those where people are interacting with the built form. Kind of new, let's see how it evolves. ^_^
Tozzer - also kind of new. Also lots of shots of buildings, but much more interesting--patterns in glass, a guy who looks like he's stuck in an office building, and so on. Some great portraits too, like a delivery man sitting on the back of his truck.
The Streets Are Alive - "non-photography" is the credo here: break rules, it will create good and interesting photographs. Also check out the parent site, no rules street photography.
Enjoy! ^_^
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:: Thursday, December 09, 2004 ::
~Sniffle~
I just watched Jon Stewart's Are You Okay? monologue again... and cried again. It's from the first Daily Show after September 11th, and it is one of the best speeches I have heard, ever. I really recommend you watch it if you haven't seen it already (Real Player stream). I forgot just how powerful it is.
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Random Everythings
Finals stink.
Final papers stink even more.
Having a 21k connection this January will stink.
Reading day is good :)
My boyfriend is better. ^_^
The end.
PS - Added a current gape at left, from gaping void, also linked at left. ^_^
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:: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 ::
Three Point Five Hours Later
My body decided that the being awake thing was going too far and kicked me right into my bed. Three and a half hours and a little puddle of drool later and I feel wonderful.
Yesterday and today I've been thinking about radio. Public radio to be more exact. Wouldn't it be really cool to come up with This American Life-esque stories? The great thing about TAL (soon to be added at left) is that you don't need to be established to get on. If you have a good story, they will air it. I've been trying to think of story ideas today, but never get too far. I hope that if I stew on it enough something will pop into my head. It would just be too cool to do.
This may just be a phase, but I don't care. ^_^
I'm starting to become very busy with all of the final projects I've put off. That combined with a want to listen to as many TAL eps as possible and play as much spades and distilling on YPP as possible and you have a very unhealthy brew.
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:: Monday, November 22, 2004 ::
It Doesn't Ring Right
From today's New York Times:
The National Basketball Association imposed its stiffest collective penalties ever yesterday, suspending the Indiana Pacers' Ron Artest for the remaining 72 games of the season and suspending his teammates Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O'Neal for a combined 55 games for fighting with fans Friday night.
n a sequence replayed repeatedly on television in the past 48 hours, Pacers players charged into the stands at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan in perhaps the worst brawl in pro basketball history....
In a 40-minute news conference before last night's Knicks-Cavaliers game at Madison Square Garden, N.B.A. Commissioner David Stern condemned the players' actions and emphasized the need for greater fan control and arena security. He said the league would redefine acceptable fan behavior and would discuss curtailing beer sales. Stern said fans who did not meet the new standard would be barred permanently, although he did not elaborate on how that could be accomplished. The league is also planning to re-examine security at all 29 arenas.
"We have to make the point that there are boundaries in our games," he said, "and that one of those boundaries, which has always been immutable, is the boundary that separates the fans from the court. And players cannot lose control and go into the stands. As a corollary, we have to hold fans responsible for their antisocial behavior as well."
I must admit, I haven't seen the videotape. But it says here in the article that the players charged into the stands, and the Commissioner is blaming the fans? First of all, talk about alienating your fan base--the beer nazi. "You called the players names. No beer for you!"
It sounds like the Commissioner is trying to come off blameless. "My players lost control and charged into the stands because they couldn't take a little name calling (or whatever was going on)... we gotta stop that name calling. My player's tempers? What about 'em?"
These are pro sports, people. Nasty things get said in the stands. It's a fact. They can't put a two year old kid in every other row to keep the loudmouths civil, if that would even work. At the NBA level players should be used to this.
Remember when Tie Domi jumped the glass in the penalty box to go after a fan? He was suspended. Was the fan saying nasty things? Well no duh. (If I remember correctly, I think the line was like, "Yes the fan was saying nasty things, but this is hockey. He should be used to it.") Did that mean Domi had a right to beat him up? Of course not.
Once again I have to say, I haven't seen the tape. But even without seeing it, I think the Comm.'s comments were not a good move. When players lose control, the last thing you should do is blame the fans.
edit: Okay, so I found a bit more information on this. Turns out that a beer cup was thrown at the basketball player. According to this ESPN writer, the player didn't even go after the right guy! He had no clue who threw it. He was just attacking innocent fans. Not cool.
And I remembered more stuff about the Domi incident. Now that I think about it... didn't someone drop their drink on top of his head in the penalty box? More similar than I remembered.
Sooo... yah.
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I really like that story, Aaron. It adequately worded what I was going for, but didn't realize, I think. ^_^
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:: Saturday, November 20, 2004 ::
Stop the Sickness
There's been a perfectly good reason why I haven't been updating this week--well, two. Reason number one--icky paper due. Boo papers! Reason number two--I'm sick. Booo sickness!
The health center gave me pills... but I think I went one day too early. Bhairavi has bronchitis, see, so I went when my cough got slightly worse to make sure I don't have it. Nope, just a cold, they said. Gave me some pills. The next day, though, ka-boom. At least the pills still help. ^_^
Nothing much else going on, just wanted to check in to let you guys know I'm alive. Interesting stories are coming later, really! ^_^
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:: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 ::
Linkage
I revamped the sidebar to more accurately reflect my current taste, including links. Added a new category--blogosphere! A run down of the new links I added:
Adbusters--I found their mag a week or two ago at Barnes and Noble... it's very hard to describe. Ad-free and free-form, it's filled with amazing poetry, photography, and odds and ends. They have some really neat ideas (Black Friday being Buy Nothing Day), and I'm a huge fan of the mag.
WNYC--New York City's public radio. I thought WAMC was good, but I'm growing to like this station more. It's actually two stations in one, with different things on each most of the day. I love the choice and the political discussion that goes on most of the day. Sunday music rocks as well, as do the usual favorites of This American Life, Prarie Home Companion, and Selected Shorts.
Daily Kos--One of the leading left-leaning blogs out there. They post all the stuff I want to know about, but don't have the time to filter through thirty zillion news sites to find.
Gaping Void--He draws pictures on the back of business cards. Often witty, thought provoking, funny, and engaging. I've saved a ton on my comp... at one point I was thinking of using one a day as graphics on my blog, but my current layout seems to be working out, so I probably won't. He goes on a lot about business and advertising, which you may or may not like... but at least stop by and look at the cards.
I think that's it for today's links... hopefully more to come! I need to get back into hunting down photoblogs. I'm keeping up with the cool ones I love, but I've kind of abandoned the search for more.
And oh, I should do my homework! Right.
Adbusters--I found their mag a week or two ago at Barnes and Noble... it's very hard to describe. Ad-free and free-form, it's filled with amazing poetry, photography, and odds and ends. They have some really neat ideas (Black Friday being Buy Nothing Day), and I'm a huge fan of the mag.
WNYC--New York City's public radio. I thought WAMC was good, but I'm growing to like this station more. It's actually two stations in one, with different things on each most of the day. I love the choice and the political discussion that goes on most of the day. Sunday music rocks as well, as do the usual favorites of This American Life, Prarie Home Companion, and Selected Shorts.
Daily Kos--One of the leading left-leaning blogs out there. They post all the stuff I want to know about, but don't have the time to filter through thirty zillion news sites to find.
Gaping Void--He draws pictures on the back of business cards. Often witty, thought provoking, funny, and engaging. I've saved a ton on my comp... at one point I was thinking of using one a day as graphics on my blog, but my current layout seems to be working out, so I probably won't. He goes on a lot about business and advertising, which you may or may not like... but at least stop by and look at the cards.
I think that's it for today's links... hopefully more to come! I need to get back into hunting down photoblogs. I'm keeping up with the cool ones I love, but I've kind of abandoned the search for more.
And oh, I should do my homework! Right.
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would you believe that down here, no one had any idea what i meant when i said "black friday"?
even my manager down town.
the closest thing i got to an answer was "wasn't that the day the stock market crashed?"
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even my manager down town.
the closest thing i got to an answer was "wasn't that the day the stock market crashed?"
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:: Monday, November 15, 2004 ::
If Only I Had My Camera
I've been finding myself saying this a lot lately. Campus can be downright beautiful sometimes. Today I was walking back to my dorm from work just after four o'clock--early dusk. The sky was blue for the most part, but a golden hue found its way behind the glass dome above the small fountain in front of the Campus Center. When I stood in just the right place, the dome seemed to glow from within, bouncing light off the contrails above. Those who say Albany can't be pretty are crazy.
(Picture stolen from UAlbany's site... I'll probably be stealing more as time goes on. Some are just so gorgeous!)
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:: Saturday, November 13, 2004 ::
And a Studio Cut!
Earlier I wrote about the They Might Be Giants concert I went to, and the venue song, Albany (The Egg). Well, the Johns have now posted a studio edit, and you can partake! Just go to this site, using tmbg as the account name and thespinesurfs as the password. I really like it... part of that may be because I also love the Egg, but that's valid! ^_^ What the Johns have to say about the Egg:
The Egg was built as part of Nelson Rockefeller's dream to reinvent Albany as New York's state capital. It was designed by Wallace Harrison and contains virtually no straight lines or corners. Construction began in 1966 and finished in 1978. The Egg's performance center continues to flourish and is They Might Be Giants' home away from home, in Albany. The friendly Egg is nestled among Albany's state buildings, which are perhaps the harshest example of modernist brutalism on permanent display.
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Someone was telling me he had problems getting to the song. Click on the link, then click on _Albany_ right near the top. The password prompt should appear. ^_^
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Comments, Questions, Ideas?
If anyone here gets that reference, we need to talk. :P
Someone pointed out that they wanted to leave comments on my blog, but it required a log in. To solve that I created a dummy account that you guys can use--goodness knows I want the comments! ^_^ Use iamsohip with a psswd of the same. It will say that your comments were "posted by a hipster", which you all know you are. :)
Open House today... waking up at 7:30 on a Saturday is a crime. I only had to give two tours, both duds--ask questions, people!
Time for conkage, I think. ^_^
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:: Friday, November 12, 2004 ::
Advisors and Profs are There to Help, You'd Think
It's long been known that the English department's chair is an awful person. I just went up to her advisement office, where you could see proof on the door (from memory):
If you arrive within in the last 15 minutes before the office closes we will be unable to help you. Don't come in even with "one quick question", see us again on another day. Think of us like a banking instituion, with set hours that we are open.
Advisors exist to help students. At Advisement Services (a catch all for freshmen and others without majors) I've seen advisors stay extra hours, work weekends, and do everything in their power to help their students. English Advisement can't even seem to stay open on Friday.
But that's not the main reason I'm mad today. I am one semester away from graduation, and I still need to complete my upper level writing intensive requirement. My two majors do not offer writing intensive classes in this upcoming semester, as both departments are very small. Even the theatre department is not offering an upper level writing intensive.
Friends have told me that the English department holds seats for people like me who need this Gen Ed to graduate. I asked a friend if he could ask one of his favorite profs if taking her class was an option. She said to come and see her myself.
Today I did. It went like this--I said who I was, and that I wanted to be in her class. I mentioned how I needed this class to graduate, and so forth. She was like, " First thing, you have to come get the SKN yourself, not ask your friend to do it for you." Um, I asked him to ask about the possibility. I don't know if he did, but I wasn't expecting him to come to me with an SKN in hand. I was thinking more along the lines of, "Oh, you're gonna need a writing sample and her office hours are 10-2 on Monday." Or whatever. (That's another thing--she doesn't have set office hours. She is available a lot, it seems, but never at a set time. The University requires that a student be able to find a prof at a set time at least once a week. Doesn't seem unreasonable.)
And then she's like, "Oh, you need to speak with Advisement." I know everyone in Advisement, so I'm thinking I'm in. But oh no, I need to see the devils in English Advisement. Fine.
"Do I just tell them that you gave me your okay?"
"Are you an English major?"
"No."
"Well, this class is required for majors. IF there are any seats open after all the majors sign up, then maybe you can get in."
"Well, I need this class to graduate."
"You can take a 300Z course in your major."
"None are offered."
"What is your major?"
"Urban Planning and Japanese."
"Well, that's their fault. They are putting you on welfare, not offering these courses for you. They are driving you to come to us and take up seats in classes that WE pay money for."
"They are pretty small departments."
"Well, that may have something to do with it."
"I need this class to graduate. What do I do if I can't get in your class?"
"You can take any 300Z class in the University."
"Trouble is, I need the pre-reqs for those classes."
"Take it up with your major departments." I.e. not my problem, I owe you nothing, leave me.
English department, if you do not want at-large students taking your classes then make them for majors only. Or at least put a pre-req on it (this class has none). I can understand holding seats for majors (the East Asian Studies class does this). This way you assure that majors aren't shut out, which is your goal, and at the same time letting at-large students register on the computerized system. I need to have my schedule set for next semester by the end of this one. I need this class to graduate. I do not have the luxury of waiting until the first day of classes to find out if Iif there's an empty seat for me. Please make half an effort to understand that, instead of shoving me off into the newly fallen snow.
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Okay, now it's not letting me comment with the name/PW you made up, but WILL let me do it anonymously? Blogger wa BAKA da.
Anyway, that is TERRIBLE. >O I can't believe the nerve of some of the higher ups at this school. I think graduating in four years is one of those dreams that gets further and further away with time. Like, you know, becoming a famous J-pop singer with a legion of mindless fans who will buy anything with your name on it, including floss, despite the fact that you're not even sure what an octave is, let alone whether or not you're singing in the right one. Although I WILL make that happen. >O
...this is Ri (Takarai) btw. XD
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Anyway, that is TERRIBLE. >O I can't believe the nerve of some of the higher ups at this school. I think graduating in four years is one of those dreams that gets further and further away with time. Like, you know, becoming a famous J-pop singer with a legion of mindless fans who will buy anything with your name on it, including floss, despite the fact that you're not even sure what an octave is, let alone whether or not you're singing in the right one. Although I WILL make that happen. >O
...this is Ri (Takarai) btw. XD
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A Pretty Okay Photoblog
Not spectacular, but still worth a link--Grace. The photographer is in Tokyo, Japan. He doesn't take many pics of people, and some of his building shots get repetitive, but now and then something really stands out. One I like in particular:
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:: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 ::
Messing With Da Code
I finally figured out how to do the blockquotes! Turned out that blogger was defining each and every entry as a blockquote, which led to all kinds of problems. It's fixed now, though, thanks to the help of Jabeau and Tomar. You guys rock!
So what do you think of the changes? In addition to the blockquote I added a border to the pics. Like? No like? Tomatoes? -_^
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"The World is Going to Hell" Seems to Be a Recurring Theme
Read this. Be mad. Very mad. (Many thanks to Elizabeth for the link! Find her at left. ^_^)
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The American Pharmacists Association, with 50,000 members, has a policy that says druggists can refuse to fill prescriptions if they object on moral grounds, but they must make arrangements so a patient can still get the pills. Yet some pharmacists have refused to hand the prescription to another druggist to fill.
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Some advocates for women's reproductive rights are worried that such actions by pharmacists and legislatures are gaining momentum.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a provision in September that would block federal funds from local, state and federal authorities if they make health care workers perform, pay for or make referrals for abortions.
"We have always understood that the battles about abortion were just the tip of a larger ideological iceberg, and that it's really birth control that they're after also," says Gloria Feldt, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Running to dinner now, maybe some ranting later.
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No problem for the link. The office was just us women that day, so you can imagine the annoyances we felt. A brief run down of the thought process is in my blog...
-Elizabeth
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ps-y'all can get to my blo from K's side bar
yes! yes! please come down and visit. seriously, if you (and b) want to, over winter break, the airport in knoxville isn't too far away. justin's getting a flight in and out for 80$ each way. about the same as our train tix to toronto!
so... er...
yup, y'all take care now. i'ma gonna go ayand find me some arrrrheads 'n'not muss m'self in that thar mud...
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so... er...
yup, y'all take care now. i'ma gonna go ayand find me some arrrrheads 'n'not muss m'self in that thar mud...
This Makes No Sense, But...
...why am I the number one search result for "satan nasy" on Yahoo?!?
I know writing it again probably only solidified it... but what the who wha huh? Oh, and why did someone search that and come to my site? Especially if you were going for "nasty". I just don't get it.
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Some May Choose to Flee
Sure, things are bad. One guy even killed himself, apparently out of dispair over the recent presidential election. Some people are seeing Canada as a viable option. A couple of articles in Slate outline the hows of emmigration. Wondering how you would fare? Take the immigration test to see if you have what it takes to be Canadian.
Now, I love Canada. I have many Canadian friends (including my new blog stalker Fyre, yea!) and have enjoyed my visits to Toronto, Montreal, and Niagara Falls. At the same time, ducking and running permanantly because of the election doesn't quite ring right with me. Leaving for a few years, though, or even dodging a draft, aren't so bad, I think. (Heaven knows I don't want to be sent off to fight in this war.)
Anywho. The rest of my life is going okay, but very busy. I really wish the schoolwork would end so I could get some sleep in. ^_^
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:: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 ::
So That's It
I feel like our country is taking a road to ruin. I could go into a huge rant on how we're all gonna lose our civil liberties now and abortion will be made illegal again and all these things... but I'll refrain for the time being.
I'm seething, though.
I found this article in the sfgate interesting... maybe we have to go to hell completely before we get a chance to come back from it. Any little bit of rationale is appealing to me right now. A quote for you all:
Look at it this way: If Kerry wins now, the nation won't have suffered enough, won't have traveled far enough down the road of right-wing egotism and misogyny and homophobia and religious self-righteousness and deficit mauling and sanctimonious ideology and mangled grammar to really learn anything indelible, nothing that will affect a permanent sea change in our worldview, and we will just continue to limp along, never really healing and never really refocusing our intention and never fully understanding the depths of our dark side.
And, furthermore, if Kerry wins, history might not be as fully and inevitably antagonistic toward BushCo as his short, dreadful despotism deserves. Our national memory is frightfully short. Everyone will think, oh well, it's all over now and the damage has been done and it wasn't all that bad, really, was it?
I mean (they will say), sure Bush is widely regarded as the most politically inept and ethically dangerous and environmentally hostile president in American history, and sure women's rights were hammered and civil rights were shriveled and every single major ally we have in the world now either disrespects us or mistrusts us or openly abhors us like an Olsen twin shuns direct sunlight.
And sure Dubya's sanctimonious and violent warmongering actions in the Middle East have done far, far more to inflame anti-U.S. hatred and have amplified the threat of terrorism against us a thousandfold, but hey, the Texas schlub only lasted four years and now we can move on, right?
Wrong. Call it the fatalist maxim: The only way the national soul can really change is through serious crisis, through near-death apocalypse, through things getting so dire and tormented and swollen that something finally has to give, the psycho-spiritual levee at last has to break. And it won't be the slightest bit pretty. But it will be mandatory. And in the long (long, long) run, ultimately healthy. Sort of like finally purging a massive cancerous lump from your colon. Only not as much fun.
I'm thinking I'll put more links to the left, just have to slog through the template to do it.
Nothing else major going on today... trying to catch up on sleep is enough homework. ^_^
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Down to the Wire is an Understatement
I can't believe this--while no news network has called the election and the result of Ohio's vote won't be known for ten days due to provisional ballets, Bush has still declared a victory. I think that's just cheating and deceiving the American people. Please have the common sense and grace to not say you're the winner before you win, Mr. President. You're just trying to continue your administration of spin. Respect the minds of the American people and the judgement of every single US news organization.
The headline this morning will be "Bush Camp Declares Victory"... I hope that the news orgs follow up with "But He Hasn't Won Yet".
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:: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 ::
Crrrrrrrrick: The Sweet Sound of Democracy
Be sure to go out and vote today! I think I'm one of the luckiest Americans--my polling place is 20 feet down the hall from me, in my own building. I voted in my pajamas. Yea for Democracy in action!!!
Going to watch the returns tonight with everyone... I have a feeling it may be an occasion for a drink. -_^ I hope that things end cleanly tonight, but I know that won't happen. Bring on the court battles. Or, as the Daily Show is advertised tonight: "Election 2004: Prelude to a Recount".
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:: Monday, November 01, 2004 ::
Boom, Baby, You're in My Dreams
I had the weirdest short dream--Boomqueesha (the person, though, not the PP character) was in my room, sitting on my bed, telling me that my symptoms were of a nasty virus. The sore scratchy throat, the fatigue, the red itchy spots all pointed to it. He said it would be awful for seven days. I had this feeling that I should go to the health center and get a doctor's note so I could skip Japanese and Theatre, which in my dream I had already missed.
Boom, why were you the bearer of this news? I don't get it.
I hate anxious dreams. They mean I'm nervous or, golly, anxious about something, but I already know that.
I didn't sleep all that well, by design almost, tonight/last night. The sun breaking over the last of the autumn leaves was a beautiful sight to see and worth any sleepyness today, though.
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:: Sunday, October 31, 2004 ::
Uber Guide
Ahh, gotta love Sunday. I mean, it is the day before the day I go back to school... but that makes procrastination all the easier. Spent most of today on Puzzle Pirates, trading my brains out. I also had some Halloween candy, mmmm.
I was originally going to go trick-or-treating, but I'm way too tired. Yesterday was Open House, i.e. 1,500 people converged on campus, deciding if Albany is worth four years of their lives. I gave three tours. What stinks about Open Houses is that you get a tour route you've never been on before, somestimes 50 people to lead around, and only 45 minutes to do it instead of the usual hour. The weird tour route is due to the fact that up to four tours go out every 15 minutes, leading to a max of 16 tour guides running around campus, and to the sample suite, at the same time. So, they cook up four different routes to prevent lines and clumping. The shorter tour allows guides to give a tour every hour.
Anyway. I was lucky in that my groups were small and I only got the "I heard you're a party school, harhar" question once, I was unlucky in that I was trying to walk backwards in heels. But I did go backwards up stairs for the first time ever--I felt like uber guide. Judy (it may have been Julie, though...), a new guide, shadowed me for my first tour. I think she'll be a great guide. Yea for cool people!
After the Open House Megan, Bhairavi and I headed to Altamont Orchards for cider and munchies. I love orchards, and I love the smell of fall. We don't have that here in Albany--concrete and fumes mask it. Afterwards we found our way to Indian Ladder Farms, another orchard. Indian Ladder looks more like an orchard, but Altamont will always be best in my mind. Yea for the hometown orchard!
After we got back I went to the Rat hockey game. We lost, bad. Well, the score wasn't too bad, but it was only luck that the game remained scoreless for as long as it did. There was an autograph session afterwards, which always stink when we lose. The guys are down, don't feel like talking, never mind scribbling autographs.
There were highlights, though. Pascal Rheaume was a doll. We had him sign cards from his stints with other teams, and he made sure to sign each with the correct number--8 on the St. Louis cards, 25 on the Devils cards, etc. Most guys wouldn't care or think of it, but he actually looked and made sure he got it right. My respect for the guy went up three degrees because of that.
When I got home afterwards Bhairavi, Megan and I had a little suite party. I learned Hand and Foot, which is one crazy game. I also lost dismally, but hey, that goes with the territory, ne? Also enjoyed some cider and rum, mmmm.
Anywho, back to... whatever I was not doing 15 minutes ago. -_^
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:: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 ::
Quick Rundown
A lot has been happening...
- I met Madeline and Alain! Bhairavi, Glenn, and I drove through hell and high water (okay, fallen timber) to get to Six Flags New England (used to be Riverside) to meet them. It was a whole bunch of fun! Very very awesome to talk politics at the speed of speech, not AIM.
- Dining hall food has been getting worse. I had some apple crisp where the apple pieces were the color of white, pasty maggots. No other way to describe it. The taste wasn't amazing, either.
- So much reading to do! How can professors expect me to do all this?!
- Signed up for next semester's classes today. So far: Urban Design (I've been waiting since freshman year to take this class), Advanced Japanese II, and the fun class Intro to Logic. (Finally, objective homework! I haven't had any since high school!!!) Trying to get into Creative Writing... we'll see how that goes. ^_^
- Still don't know what I'm going to be for Halloween. Any suggestions appreciated. No togas! -_^
- The Rats are actually winning games. Yea, I'm surprised, too. We're undefeated at home... early in the season, but still! Also, number one not only in our division, but also in our conference. Gotta love it.
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It's Philosophy! Hehehe. It counts as a Math general education requirement, oddly enough. I'm not taking it for the gen ed, though--I just want to hug those p's and q's all over again. I loved it in high school. ^_^
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:: Thursday, October 21, 2004 ::
Ultimate Sacrifice
From Overheard in New York:
Statler: My kid just told me he's making the ultimate sacrifice.
Waldorf: Really?
Statler: He told me that it'd be okay for the Red Sox to beat the Yankees, as long as George Bush loses the election.
Waldorf: My god.
So, it's settled then. Thanks to the Yankees, our country is saved. See, you knew they were good for something. -_^
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:: Sunday, October 17, 2004 ::
My Latest Photoblog: NYC
Photoblog of the day: Joe's NYC
This isn't a Daily Dose or a Chromasia (see left for links) but it is still a very very good photoblog. The most awesome thing about it is that Joe isn't afraid to take pictures of people, as most photobloggers seem to be. After looking through pages and pages of concrete urban streetscapes, having a pair of eyes looking back at me was very refreshing.
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:: Saturday, October 16, 2004 ::
Drink of the Night
Found using Webtender:
Mountain Cider High
One part each Mt. Dew, Apple Cider, and Vodka
Serve over ice.
Mmmmm. Was looking to make a hot cider drink, but most of those use rum, which we don't have. Next weekend! Bwahaha.
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:: Thursday, October 14, 2004 ::
Planning People
I'm one class away from my Planning major, and you know what? I don't know if it's for me. All of my classes have been lecture, which doesn't help at all. Nothing practical. When I do get the chance to do something cool--a Powerpoint presentation on bus rapid transit, say (it is really cool!)--I light up, but the rest of class isn't fun.
That's not the main reason, though. The main reason is: I don't really like planning people, as a whole. They just... aren't cool. Now, there are exceptions, including every planning person reading this page. ^_^ But in my classes, I don't feel like I could find many friends. People come to class in business casual. They talk about things I could care less about. They seem stiff and boring and not fun.
I never wanted to work in a cubicle box office, with only other planners around me... and this cements the decision. Give me neighborhoods to revitalize! People to help! Japanese cities to study! I'll take that, instead. ^_^
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:: Saturday, October 09, 2004 ::
Procrastination Thoughts
I've been running around online, trying to find a cool blog layout. I love this layout, but I'd like some more features, and I'm not html saavy enough to do them myself. I looked for something modern, based on dots or squares... do you know how many crap templates are out there? Three zillion and five! Templates with grainy movie star pictures, broken images from angelfire, bad code, awful design... cringe fest.
I did find two designs that didn't turn me off completely. A cool dot design reminded me of Boom's new space... but it's pink! I am soooo not pink. Gimmie blue! ~sigh~ It's almost worth getting just for the blockquote, though.
The other neat design I found was of the London Tube, by the same person. This design is cool... but is it how I want to represent myself to the world? I'm not convinced, so for now, this design stays. ^_^
If anyone knows any sites that could be of help ("blog code for dummies" or something similar) I'd really appreciate hearing about them.
Going through my friends blogs I realize... I don't talk about my life very much on here, do I. Just about news and thoughts and when I get peeved. I don't think of this as a diary, quite. I don't need to tell you guys every mundane detail about my day. I haven't had any cool stories to share, either.
Maybe another part of it is that this blog spans many groups of friends--friends from home, YPP, school. The frame of reference is so wide and varied I may be, unknowingly, searching for a common ground. Hence the news, the idea talk. I don't want to exclude anyone.
Obsession of the moment: photoblogs. There are so many cool ones! I've been a fan of Daily Dose and Chromasia for a while (linked on the left) but last weekend I went searching on photoblogs.org... eeeeeevil. Expect the photoblog section at left to double in the next couple of weeks--I try to look through all of the archives before posting the link, just to make *sure* it rocks. ^_^
Man, I should really do my paper....
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Don't know what the Blogger interface is like, but you'll find some nice 5 day tutorials about HTML and CSS at webmonkey.com. That's where I got my start with all of it. I'm not much of a designer, but I can help you get through any code troubles you may have. Just let me know if you have any questions. I'd be delighted to help.
- Dave/Jab
- Dave/Jab
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/me hugs Josh/Boom and Dave/Jab
I don't know what I'd do without you guys! Thanks so much!
/me hug hug hug hug hugs
I don't know what I'd do without you guys! Thanks so much!
/me hug hug hug hug hugs
Thank you for pointing out Chromasia. Seriously, those photos are absolutely awesome. Like I needed anything else to aid me with procrastinating at work...
~Lilyan/Cary
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Aaron, it's all yours. ^_^ I plan on messing with the dots and using that template... I've already started, but it's not good enough to switch over yet. :P So take, take!
And I'm really really sorry the lightning never worked out. (i.e., I'm sorry I'm such a lazy bum and never did it. >_<)
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And I'm really really sorry the lightning never worked out. (i.e., I'm sorry I'm such a lazy bum and never did it. >_<)
Mainstream Question, Fishy Answer
The Times and the Washington Post both picked up on the "Was Bush Bugged?" story. And because they have clout, they actually got some answers from the Bush campaign. Bush campaign spokesperson Nicolle Devenish, quoted by the Times:
"It was most likely a rumpling of that portion of his suit jacket, or a wrinkle in the fabric."
Ms. Devenish could not say why the "rumpling" was rectangular.
Uh-huh. Box shaped rumple. /me shakes her head
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:: Friday, October 08, 2004 ::
Mr. President, You Don't Have to Yell
He was talking/yelling so loud during tonight's debate that the people running the feed had to turn down his mike--you could hear it as he gave an answer about halfway through. I didn't like Bush's body language during the entire debate--I think he was going for passionate, but he came across as confrontational. He doesn't seem to know how to take turns, either (transcipt from the Times:)
Mr. Gibson: Mr. President, let's extend for a minute -- (inaudible) -- issue of --
President Bush: Let me just -- one point. I've got to answer this.
Mr. Gibson: Exactly. And with reservists being held on duty and some soldiers --
President Bush: Let me answer what he just said about going alone.
Mr. Gibson: Well, I wanted to get into the issue of the backdoor draft.
President Bush: You tell Tony Blair we're going alone. Tell Tony Blair we're going alone....
I watched the debate with Kerry and Bush supporters alike. I'm all for sensible debate, but whenever issues came up and us Kerries brought up points, the Bushsters took offense, I think. How dare we have facts! No blows or anything, but the room was kinda tense.
And then the Bushsters said Kerry said he would have a draft. But nay, nay. Again from the Times:
Senator Kerry: Daniel, I don't support a draft.... Now, I'm going to add 40,000 active duty forces to the military, and I'm going to make people feel good about being safe in our military and not overextended, because I'm going to run a foreign policy that actually does what President Reagan and President Eisenhower did and others. We're going to build alliances. We're not going to go unilaterally. We're not going alone like this president did.
Active troops does NOT equal a draft, people. He supports giving our troops the support they need so the peace can be won. An all volunteer army, as been said time and again by both sides. The difference--Bush is in Iraq using half-assed and stopgap measures. Cutting combat pay. Telling troops that they'll be in Iraq twice as long as originally planned. Kerry cares about the guys on the ground, and would increase benefits for soldiers to encourage volunteers and properly compensate the troops already there.
Little preachy, sorry about that, but that peeved me. Get your facts straight, please.
Played Presidental Debate Bingo... don't know if it was worth it. It was fun, but I missed a lot of body language, and I would have listened to the message just as hard, if not harder, without the game. I probably won't do it during the next debate.
So, who do I think won? Kerry. Bush was 100% better in this debate than the last one, but Kerry still bested him. I can't wait to see how the polls turn out.
Did you guys hear about the last debate, and that Bush may have been wired? (Go through the free day pass, the quickest 30 seconds of your life, doesn't cost a thing.) Veeeeeeery suspicious. I hope mainstream media picks this up, to at least get an answer out of both campaigns. If it's true... how low. Who wants a president that can't speak for himself? How would people nationwide feel knowing they were led by a puppet these last four years? Please, mainstream media, pick this up. Questions need to be answered.
Waaah, I'm opinionated tonight. I almost feel as if I should apologize, but being sorry for having an opinion is stupid, ne?
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Being sorry for having an opinion is definitely stupid. I loved this post. Really did. :)
Thanks for being awesome.
- Dave/Jabeau
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- Dave/Jabeau
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: 10:57 PM:: Saturday, October 02, 2004 ::
Debate Time
I hope you guys watched the debate! Glenn, Bhairavi and I watched it, yelling at the tv now and then. Kerry totally won, I was really happy with how he did. Bush just annoyed me, and he looked annoyed and mad himself. I laughed every time I saw that little lip pucker. And did you count the number of times he asked for one minute extensions? It was crazy. And he just jumped right in and Jim, like, had to give it to him. I don't think Kerry asked for a single one.
Be sure to register to vote if you haven't yet! The deadline is fast approaching!
Every day I send Glenn a ton of cool Times articles, I may have to do the same on here, just a little run down. I kinda forgot about the blog, but I hope to keep with it better, now that I have a take home test to procrastinate with. ^_^
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Hehe, yea for comics!
And how dare we have a president with bad posture!!! -_^
This article both cracks me up and makes me mad: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,134569,00.html Fox news tries to look non-partisan, but fails miserably. The article talks about how Bush's "Texas charm" comes across better than Kerry's... long sentences? Oh, how awful that there's a candidate that can speak in full sentences, not just sound bites. Gasp.
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And how dare we have a president with bad posture!!! -_^
This article both cracks me up and makes me mad: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,134569,00.html Fox news tries to look non-partisan, but fails miserably. The article talks about how Bush's "Texas charm" comes across better than Kerry's... long sentences? Oh, how awful that there's a candidate that can speak in full sentences, not just sound bites. Gasp.
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:: Sunday, September 19, 2004 ::
TMBG Photo Goodness
As promised! The autographed album cover (click through to a high res version):
The set list:
I love the way Linnell signed the album, so cool. And the set list is great, as well. Yea for TMBG!
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:: Saturday, September 18, 2004 ::
No, Really, I'm With the Band
Went to the They Might Be Giants concert... it was amazing! And so many stories to tell!
Before the show they asked Street Team members if they wanted to help by collecting e-mail addys... and they picked me! I was floored! So I got to the show two hours early and asked people if they wanted to be on the TMBG mailing list. All the fans were really really cool and nice, and a lot gave me their addys, yeaaa. In return I got an autographed copy of the They Got Lost rarity collection! I'm going to put a scan of it up, the way Linnell signed his name just rocks. ^_^
Glenn had a hard time parking (poor fella, out there in the rainy Albany night) but got to the show just in time. Yea for good timing!
The opening act was Corn Mo, quite a funny guy. He's a one man accordian act, with a cymbal he could crash with his right foot (the monitor blocked the way, I couldn't see it quite). All his songs seemed to be in one key, which was a bit odd. Good overall, though.
And then... the show! The music was awesome, the band was rocking. Poor Linnell looked like he still had jet lag... either that or caffiene withdrawl. Poor guy. He actually sang two notes out of tune! He never ever ever sings out of tune. Out of tune like, I cringed out of tune. Go fig.
The venue song rocked. Flans sang it with the lyrics held out at arm's length, looking like someone who wasn't wearing their glasses and really needed to read something. -_^ The song's refrain was "no corners for you!". It was the Egg song, after all. ^_^
During Ana Ng Glenn and I did the dance from the video... I'm trying to track down the vid so I can show you guys. It's such a silly dance--the Johns don't have much bodily rhythm, but dancing is such a big part of music videos, you know? So they made up silly dances to throw in their vids. The Ana Ng dance is this vein, and when boiled down to the essentials it involves:
1. Stomping with arms in front, as if holding a large globe
2. Put right arm out
3. Bow twice
4. Jump
5. Bow twice
6. Repeat steps 1-5
Sooo fun! Catching Linnell's eye as I danced was most definately the highlight of my night. Glenn said the way he was looking at us was slightly amazed, like, "How do you guys know that?". The video did come out when we were toddlers, after all. Here's to uber-fans!!! Bwahahaha.
They sang a song from their children's DVD, which will be coming out this winter. It's an alphabetical listing of countries--"Algeria, Belize, Cambodia..." or whatever it was, you get the idea. ^_^ When they got to the end of the alphabet, though, there was a "West Xylophone". An entire generation of kids is going to grow up thinking there's a country called West Xylophone... geography teachers of the future, look out. :P
After the show Glenn grabbed me a set list, the sweetheart. Linnell's, to boot! Once again, once I get to a scanner I'll post it. It's pretty cute, if you ask me. ^_^ After the show I gathered some of the paper confetti and now it's sitting on my desk in a small round glass with my ticket sticking out. A fun momento, ne?
As soon as the show goes up for sale on the website I'm buying it. It rocked so much! I'm still in crazy awe. Just writing about it makes me giddy. ^_^
To those I met at the show, March (like the month!) and the rest--hello! I hope you found your way here! The pics will be up Monday at the latest. Drop me a line or leave me a comment, okay? It was so awesome to meet you guys!
"List girl", signing off. -_^
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:: Thursday, September 16, 2004 ::
Whole Lotta News
I love the New York Times! Soo many good stories today, I have to pull a Bubbablue and share. ^_^
Sims 2 is out now, and by all accounts, better than the original. It's tempting... but it also looks like something that could send my grades into the toilet. I already have Puzzle Pirates for that, so why add another distraction? ;)
The amazing folks at The Daily Show, headed by Jon Stewart, have come out with a mock textbook about America, and man, it looks funny. A Daily Show that I won't have to wait until 11 for? Amazing! -_^ Of course, there are gems inside:
"If con is the opposite of pro, then isn't Congress the opposite of progress?"
Bwahaha.
The world of politics can be low and dirty, a kind of soap opera for people who would never watch As the World Turns. This Op-Ed piece makes me wonder how low people can and will go, and how much second guessing is involved. Scary no matter what.
Two days ago an article ran in the Times about how black is a symbol of power in women's wardrobes. A well written letter to the editor disagrees, though:
"Wearing black, women look like wrens on a crumb--a crowd of indistinguishable shadowy creatures. Female warriors, presidents, empresses and popes favor white because they nkow that being seen is true power.
"...it is possible that white, unlike black, is so powerful because, like the empty page and the blank canvas, it invites others to project their dreams upon you, making them putty in a woman's hands."
Who wears black? Stage hands, ushers, puppeteers. Who wears white? The pope, people who can afford to buy another white outfit if they sit on some pine sap. I know that black is the tradional color of power in New York City, but these connotations make more sense to me. Run out and buy white... the new black! -_^
Don't forget the best, saved for last! Or is that the last, saved for the best? Let me think about it. -_^
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:: Saturday, September 04, 2004 ::
Assumptions Suck
Even the little ones. I don't know, maybe it's just me or whatever, but a suitemate's male friend that has been stopping by has been ticking me off. Last night he talked to us how he was going to the Shabbat dinner, and Bhairiavi and are were like, "cool". Then he went into this whole bit, "See, Shabbat is Friday night into Saturday, and it's to Jewish people as Sunday is to Christian people". I wanted to yell at him, "I have many Jewish friends, you know! I've even *been* to that dinner!!!". ~sigh~ He coulda at least asked if we were familar with Shabbat first... it's like he assumed we were 'dumb' and didn't know. His manner was all like that too... explaining the foreign culture to the dumb majority. Grrr.
And then today, suitemate says, "[Friend] has said he'll help us move our couch when the time comes", to which he chimes, "Yeah, I'll help, just let me know when." The couch is meerly on its end in the common room. It only needs to be turned 90 degrees then pulled across the floor to its final resting place. I could do it alone, and he's offering to help all four of us do it? Like that fifth person is really going to do something? I could be overreacting on this one, but the first thing was kind of a set up for it. And if he worded it differently I wouldn't have been as mad--a "If you need an extra set of hands for moving that couch, let me know" would have gone over much better. "Nah, I think we'll be set" is an easy reply. However, using that responce to the actual comment is slightly... not mean, but not nice. I'm rambling.
Oh! And he just walks into our room whenever he feels like it. Yes, our door is open, but it's customary to say "hi" before you're five steps into the room. Also, he comes in with an air of, "I'm just looking for my keys, I may have left them in here...". What's up with that?!
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:: Friday, September 03, 2004 ::
Back to the School Thang
The first week of classes has now ended... it went okay. I was working three jobs at the beginning of the week, but now that's ended and I have two days of uninterrupted bliss. And homework.
My classes:
- Development of Theatre and Drama I - Such a freshman class. Tried to scare the class via syllabus, but the phrases just ended up sounding empty:
Your continuation in this course confirms that you understand and accept the condtions of the syllabus.
Well... duh. And the next class she gave a fake "quiz" on the syllabus, asking questions like, "What percentage of your grade is test number two?". We have a syllabus to consult, not to memorize. And the class material is not interesting, not hard, and not well taught. Icky class. Third day and I'm already doing my Japanese homework during it. ~sigh~
- Asian American Communities - Now this is how you scare people with a syllabus. The exams are take home, but essays that she expects to be near perfect because hey, you brought it home. A 15 page research paper. An oral presentation. She described the class along the lines of "rewarding, but rigorous", and I believe her. I've never taken a Soc class besides Intro, and this one is looking cooler by the minute. I can't remember the last time I had a discussion class, and needless to say, I'm enjoying it. ^_^
- Transportation Policy and Planning - Neato class. The prof is well respected in the department, and she started the class by saying, "Depending on what kind of work we get done in this class, there's a chance that a paper, published in a national journal, will come of it." Basically, she was saying, "You can change the world". What a breath of fresh air! Too often it feels like, "You're still learning what you need to know in order to have half a chance to do anything worthwhile". She's had journal articles come out of classes in the past... so who knows! ^_^
- Advanced Japanese - Wow, I wish I had time to study this summer. I need to work sooo hard. Kaya-sensei said I hit a wall, and she was so right. I only kinda felt it then. Now I can feel the wall closing in on all sides. Only fierce studying will fend it off... here goes!
First time I've only had four classes. I'm loving this free time. Can you say... pirates? ^_^
I've been trying to grab the free New York Times newspapers that show up in the dorm every morning. You gotta be early, that's for sure! Today I went through a couple back issues and cut out cool pictures to go on my wall. Down with institional white, up with newsprint! -_^
I read the paper, too, of course. Some scary stuff is going on in Russia with that school held hostage... so sad. The hostages being kids only adds to the horror of it. It's going to be interesting how the Russian government handles this whole thing. Apparently a lot of info that was originally given out was way underestimated--a number of about 200 hostages was reported at first, and now they're saying the number was close to 1,200. So scary sad.
I yanked out the crosswords... I stink at them, so I can only get anywhere on Monday and Tuesday puzzles. Forget Friday. :P
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:: Saturday, August 28, 2004 ::
Daily Image: Bank Look
Young bank lady (not a teller, but at a desk) looking up at a fella making a pitch in front of her desk, her barely masked look oozing with, "Are you kidding me?".
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:: Friday, August 27, 2004 ::
Daily Image: When You Work Late...
Walking out of Advisement Services at 8 pm to use the lav. Looking up through the skylight and seeing the most amazing shade of deep but bright blue blanketing the sky. Having no choice but to say, "Ahhh... sugoi!".
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Kinda Sad
So here I've been, packing for most of the night. I'm moving from my summer apartment on State St. back to the dorms on the uptown campus. I'm both sad and excited. Excited that school will be starting soon and I'll see all my friends in just a few days. Sad because I love the apartment.
Last time I saw my mom I referred to two, and maybe three places, as "home"--school, the apartment, and the house I grew up in. Of course I knew which one I was talking about, but I confused the heck out of everyone else. I think it's cool that three places have become legit homes for me simultaneously. I'm never far from home, that's for sure. -_^
The saddest thing that is hitting me, though--I don't have a single picture of the apartment, how it looked with me occupying it. It makes me very very sad in a way that I only slightly understand, but feel more than anything.
~sigh~
/me goes back to packing
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Aww.. how bittersweet... I've had 5 apartments in my college career (only went to college for 4 years - go figure) and I never took a picture of any of them, except one, but that was when I wasn't even living it yet but visiting friends who lived there. =P
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: 3:32 PM:: Monday, August 23, 2004 ::
Good Things Can Happen Early in the Morning
Like, when you wake up, call the Egg box office, and grab tickets to see They Might Be Giants... in the third row! Score!
Today was a nice day--got the tickets, got my textbooks (only $200 today, but some are on back order), and Glenn and I got lunch at Bomber's. It was so gorgeous walking down Lark Street... such a wonderful day! Glenn and I have been too busy to go out for lunch much... but we should really make the time. It was too perfect.
Funny thing, he rarely wants to eat outside. Why is that?
Spent tonight playing Puzzle Pirates, which my soul needed. Did some much needed trading and tarting. When I get back to school I'll be able to play more... evil.
I think I'm getting Olympic-ed out. (...and going link-crazy, for that matter. Darn you, Bubbablue!) Haven't watched more than 10 minutes at a time over the past two days. Maybe it's for the best.
School starts on Monday, I move in on Friday. That includes a couch move... yikes. Meg says it's light... I hope she's right.
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Hi Kazen!
*waaaave*
<3, Celeste
And for the boredom later in your life,
http://www.livejournal.com/users/poppunkr
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*waaaave*
<3, Celeste
And for the boredom later in your life,
http://www.livejournal.com/users/poppunkr
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: 1:39 PM:: Friday, August 20, 2004 ::
Shocked Back Into Work
Not today, but Sunday. Bah. If only I never had to work. What does money mean, anyway? -_^
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:: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 ::
Mmmm, Olympics
I haven't really existed online this week, but for a good reason--sport! Come Olympic time I am a sport junkie. I've sat in front of the tv quite a bit watching all of the events. I've gotten a lot of crocheting done, too. ^_^ I've made a dishrag for our apartment, some potholders... I don't have any "real" yarn, just my cotton yarn, so kitchen items it is! ;)
I want to do some crocheting for charity now. (Notice how I say this now, when I have a whole week on my hands, not thinking that school and work will start again soon.) I found a mondo easy pattern for baby booties, and there's also a site on how to make bandages for leper colonies. I've wanted to learn how to make a bandage for a while, ever since I saw that during the World Wars women on the homefront would make them for their boys. There's a kind of romantic notion to it, you know?
The Red Cross has some vintage crochet patterns on their website, but only for knitting, no crochet. Booooo.
So tomorrow I go home to straighten up my stuff for school. Gotta buy notebooks and things, along with figure out what is actually coming back with me. We'll see.
I'm both looking forward to school and not looking forward to it. I like what I'm doing right now--chilling out at my apartment. I love Bhairavi to death, but dorm living is just a whole 'nother life, you know? Slightly worse, though I won't have to ride the unreliable bus as much. ^_^
Ariell came over tonight, which rocked. You know the friends you don't need any time to catch up with? She's one of those. ^_^ Nothing like good convo over sushi. Mmmm.
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I can't stand the Olympics. Why? Cause I want to watch someone swim/run/whatever and that's it. I don't want 15 minutes of why I should care if the person wins or not. It's not like every single athlete in the games doesn't have some miraculous story on how they got there. It's not like the contestants just one day woke up and were really really good at the sport and were like "I want to win a medal!" Each and every one of them worked themselves to death every day to get where they are and hearing some sappy ass story about how they got there has absolutely nothing to do with the games.
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: 11:24 PM:: Sunday, August 15, 2004 ::
Daily Image: Sounds Like A...
Crossing Washington Avenue to see a vinyl LP smashed in the middle of the road. Two pieces, all jagged. A car speeding towards me unnatural fast, scaring me away from its label. Whose music was bad enough to smash in the street?
The next day finding a different broken record half a block down from the first. I wonder if a kid bought a two for a dollar LPs at the used record store just to enjoy the feeling of them shattering at his feet...
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:: Friday, August 13, 2004 ::
Karla More Sexy than Ann
I don't know any Anns. But this study found that, in women, names with stressed "back vowels"--vowels sounded near the back of the mouth--are thought of as sexier than names with stressed "front vowels". With men it's the other way around. What does that mean? Well, "Karla" has a stressed back vowel, so I guess I'm... sexy?
Oooo, "Kazen" starts with a back vowel, too. Who cares if the "en" falls more in the front of the mouth? Double word score! -_^
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Mt. Dew and TMBG
That's all that's keeping me awake right now. I'm the only one in the entire office... such a gray day out, I almost called in myself. It's my last day, too, it woulda been nice to start vacation early. I'm glad I'm here, though, because otherwise the office woulda been unguarded for an hour. And we're shorthanded as it is. ~sigh~
Soooo, yeah. I can't wait for today to be over with. I didn't get much sleep last night and would love to crash early today... but the Olympics open up tonight! Woooo!
I'm totally not happy with the way the tv schedules are set up on the NBC Olympic website. I just want a straight up list for, say, NBC, that says, "August 15, 8-11 pm -- Beach Volleyball: USA vs. China, Swimming: 100m Backstroke Quarterfinals, Trampoline: Women's Final". Like, all neat and proper and text. I'm a visual person, yes, but when the grid is in measly four hour segments it annoys me.
That being said, the About the Sport sections rock. Some people did some really good research--I mean, I know a lot about volleyball and the section was still a ton of fun to read. And then there's the cool sports I didn't know much about, like trampoline and sailing.
And people, poker doesn't belong in the Olympics. A group is/was trying to get it included in the Athens games. The website shows pictures of rhythmic gymnastics and the luge saying, "If this qualifies, why not poker?". I'm sorry, but the Olympics should not contain a "sport" which requires next to no physical skill. And please don't call sitting for five hours or bluffing a physical skill. You can do that with a beer gut. You can't even curl with a beer gut. 'Nuff said.
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so you decided to restart the blog, aye? its been a while :-). about the centepede... no worries, if you got one, you got one... you should see the ones we have down here... long as your hand from tip to heel of palm, black and yellow, and they smell like licorice when you step on them... so you know ahead of time that you have a big thing of centi/millipede goo on your boots... :-) plus i hate licorice....
ah well. i get to keep reading about your shtuff now! YAAAAAAAAY! keep blogging, as shall i :-)
ah well. i get to keep reading about your shtuff now! YAAAAAAAAY! keep blogging, as shall i :-)
Yeaaaa E-chan! I need to get a link to your blog up on mine, so I don't have to hunt it down all the time. :) I sense a project to do when I get home!
...and I'm thankful I didn't have that centipede on my bed--I hate licorice, too. :P
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...and I'm thankful I didn't have that centipede on my bed--I hate licorice, too. :P
:: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 ::
Daily Image: Golden Sun
Morning threatening rain. The sky--a slab of gray; the stiff breeze--brimming with dampness. Yet, the main library at school is bathed in golden morning light. I look up at the clouds and can't figure out where it's coming from.
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:: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 ::
Daily Image: Signpost Shadow
Mid-evening. Huge column that holds up stoplights, complete with road signs. Its shadow falling on the abandoned dry cleaners, looking to point me where ever I need to go. Apparently, two places at once.
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:: Monday, August 09, 2004 ::
Eww, Bug!
Okay, so I've had a major adventure of sorts. Last night I was sitting in front of my computer in the dark, reading one last forum thread before going to bed. When I glanced to my left, I saw a long shadow on the wall. The shadow moved. I turned on the light to find a centipede, much like this, scurrying along. It was almost as long as my index finger (about three inches?) with looong legs. I'm shivering just thinking about the thing.
Well, needless to say, I froke out. I jumped out of bed with a yelp. I grabbed a sneaker and whacked at the bug, but didn't make solid contact. It just landed on my bed and skittered. I called Glenn (oh, did I mention this was at 2:30 am?) in hysterics. "Glenn, there's a big bug here in my bed and I can't find it--could you come over here and save me from it?" By this point I had put my heels on--nooo way was that bug crawling over my toes. My loving boyfriend came to my rescue by searching to find the critter, dead, in a pile of sheets.
I couldn't bear to think about falling asleep in that room where more bugs could like, come after me ("Do centipedes live in colonies?", I asked myself) so Glenn let me go to his apartment to calm down and catch some z's. The dear even let me set the alarm for six am, when it would only give both of us a couple hours worth of sleep.
Well, I was next to the alarm... and his doesn't have snooze like mine. I woke up at 7:34 realizing that the bus I was hoping to catch was coming in two minutes and I was at my boyfriend's apartment in my pajamas. Freak out number two. Glenn is *so* sweet, though--he drove me to work to make sure I wasn't late. He really is the sweetest guy ever. ~hugs her amazing boyfriend~
So yeah, that was my night. ~shivers~ I've researched 'pedes on the net and now know that there isn't a colony, I probably won't see another, and the cold snap and rain probably pushed the guy into my house. He may have been able to bite, but they rarely do. Even armed with info, I'm going to have the heebie jeebies falling asleep tonight!
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:: Sunday, August 08, 2004 ::
Daily Image: Locked Limbs
I used to have an image journal, in which I wrote one image from each day. It helped me keep in touch with myself and my surroundings, not to mention my poetic side. Yea for old habits. ^_^
Image: Luna lying on Meg's butterfly chair. Her front legs were out in front of her, locked at the knees, sticking straight out into the air. Just like a dead deer's legs protruding from a car trunk.
Don't ask me how I know what that looks like.
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:: Friday, August 06, 2004 ::
Feature City
When you poke around you find cool stuff. A note in Bubbablue's blog talked about RSS/XML feeds and, behold! I can do them now! Evil corporate America is evil and mean, but they try to offset it with new features, I guess.
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Comments, Eh?
Well, with Google buying Blogger and all (yea for corporate America) some things have changed. At first I thought it was only the look of the page, but it turns out I may be able to have people add comments to my posts now! Yeaaaaa! I hope it works.
Last night I was at Glenn's place and while watching tv we heard a very loud bang. Not a sharp sound, but very loud. It didn't sound anything like a gunshot, so we weren't too worried. I thought maybe a car scraped bottom against a curb or something. Three minutes later sirens started coming in our direction--police cars, fire trucks out the wazoo--and stopped right in front of the house. Turns out a manhole cover was blown off. Blown off! The bang we heard was it hitting the ground. We went outside to gawk, but a nice fireman told us to go inside, because the vault something-or-other was on fire in the street, and it was electrical and may give off nasty fumes. I don't know if he said that to just get us off the street, but it worked. Made for some exciting times.
My week of vacation is just about over. -_- I could really use, oh, three more months of it. :P Next week I'll have something like 60 hours, but then I'll be free for another week, until school starts. There's so much stuff I have to do, and all I want to do is sleep. Figures, huh?
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Yea for people that post comments and help me find bugs in my template code! ~hug~
Boo trying to fix said code! -_^
Boo trying to fix said code! -_^
Miracle that my head doesn't explode at trying to comprehend how much of a darling you are. :)
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: 2:38 AM:: Thursday, August 05, 2004 ::
A Rethink
Hiya, everyone! I hope a lot of you have come here through the Northern Lights forums to check me out. Lots of the stuff in here is not really recent, but really, this blog hasn't been a real account of my life. Not the day to day stuff, anyway... more of the workings of my mind.
That's all fine and good and well, but I think I'm going to get less cerebral from now on. I think it'll encourage me writing in here more. And it'll let all you guys know about what's going on with me. ^_^
That being said, onto today!
Glenn lost his wallet, which really stinks, especially considering everything was in it. He managed to get another license, thank goodness, though it took a lot of driving around town, on my part.
I hate how it's usually "the guy drives the girl around". It just doesn't make sense if it's her car, or if they could/should take her car instead of his. With Glenn and I it's easy--he has a car, I don't. He drives. And that's fine. But I still got a kick out of driving his car today when he was licenseless. I haven't driven in a year, and his tiny Camery is way different from the minivan I'm used to. Needless to say, I froke him out a couple of times. But for once, the person driving knew their way around town! Bwhahahaha.
So now it's some time here, sitting and chilling and trying not to nap before dinner. Glenn and I will have some pasta with white sauce over at his place, mmmmm.
Went to Honest Weight, an awesome food co-op today. It's so much fun just to look around, and even more fun to buy stuff. Organic stuff just tastes better sometimes. ^_^ They didn't have any of the raspberry lemonade I'm addicted to after having one glass, but they did have some dried apple rings... the soft kind without sulphur. Half a pound for a buck an a half! I gotta go back--evil stuff.
Well, welcome all who have never been here... take a good look around and enjoy! ^_^
:: Kazen @ Always Doing 4:41 PM [+] ::
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