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My mom got me fish!
Unfortunately, I think they're scared of me, because they flee to the back corner of the tank when I get too close to it. I have to watch them from 2 feet away, approximately.
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| Yard sale? |
[Dec. 30th, 2008|05:01 pm] |
I'd really like to have a yard sale but, sadly, I do not have a yard.
Is there anyone out there who _does_ have a yard, and might want to have a sale with me? |
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[Dec. 30th, 2008|01:00 pm] |
Given that I'm trying to whittle down some sizable debt, and given the fact that I've been toying with the idea of making an expensive, difficult move, I feel like it's time to let go of some stuff...Namely: my flue and piccolo. I've tried to do it a couple of times, but I can't ever seem to fully commit to the idea.
I can rationalize keeping them just fine. After all, if I do decide to take up music again, it's not like I can afford a new instrument. And music was really good for me. And how much money could I make selling musical instruments pushing nearly 10 years of age anyway? But really, starting up again doesn't seem all that likely.
I guess they just feel really important to me. Relics from an important time.
I should just go ahead and sell them for whatever I can get, shouldn't I? If I wasn't so strapped for cash, I'd donate them, but I just can't bear that level of charity right now. |
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[Dec. 17th, 2008|09:30 pm] |
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The last couple of days, I've been thinking about the possibility of moving. Like, really moving. Moving to an entirely different area of CONUS. Considering it for several reasons, but most of all, because I think my brain might need to see some new things, and I'm scared that I'm playing it too safe. I don't want to get old without having taken some interesting chances. My head is a swirling vortex of pros and cons. Stay with what's comfortable and good, or throw the dice (and pile of money, for moving expenses) and try something new? |
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| news and notes. |
[Nov. 18th, 2008|09:50 pm] |
Three things I liked before they were super popular:
* Dr. Bronner's magic soap
* Threadless tees
* Someecards.com
I know it's often douchey to say, I liked it before it was cool, but I just wanted to put it out there.
My cat is an evil devil, but I love her dearly. She is so warm, and soft, and has a perfect record with defecating in her designated spot.
It is too effing cold outside. In related news, as I was entering Trader Joe's this evening, I spotted today's douchebag of the day.™ This chick is sitting in the passenger seat of a BMW convertible, parked, tapping on her smart phone, with the top down, and with the engine running! (presumably because she was running the heater, because, ummmm, the top was down and it was 35 degrees). I would have just let it go, and chalked it up to momentary environmental hostility for the case of convenience, except--except, the car was still running idle when I came back out of Trader Joe's, like, 20 minutes later! It was a heinous mix of conspicuous consumption and disregard for the environment. So...this woman, and the driver of the BMW win today's honor. |
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[Nov. 14th, 2008|11:49 pm] |
Despite good intentions and earnest effort, today has been what the internet might call, "EPIC FAIL." Fortunately, it seems that odds are quite good that I'll live to see tomorrow, so I can't really complain.
What the eff is up with this fog? I saw three accidents within the space of just a couple of hours, and a wandering homeless dude come within a handful of inches of being flattened.
If, in the theoretical world of stupid questions, you were forced to give up either real butter or real sugar, which would you choose?
I spent some time playing with Photoshop today...namely, the liquefy filter. I think I got a bit better using it. What this means, basically, is that I'm downloading pictures of you off facebook and making you look really fat. |
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| Random anecdote about race and crayons. |
[Nov. 4th, 2008|07:50 pm] |
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When I was in first grade, I remember coloring a lot of famous historical figures as we learned about them. Learn about Benjamin Franklin, color Benjamin Franklin. Learn about Abraham Lincoln, color Abraham Lincoln, etc... So when we learned about Martin Luther King Jr., it was only natural that we colored a portrait of him as well. So we learned about how he was an important black civil rights leader, and then we were handed out our monochromatic portraits of MLK. Some kids colored in his skin with black crayon, some with brown crayon, and some with the same peach crayon they would have used for Benjamin Franklin. |
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[Oct. 13th, 2008|07:53 pm] |
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I seem to have developed a taste for sleeping on my sofa instead of my bed. I do not know why. |
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[Sep. 16th, 2008|11:45 pm] |
Watching El Orfanato made me ache to be back in school. To be up enough on my spanish to watch it without subtitles would have been fantastic, and being in the film/literary criticism zone would have been nice too. Honestly, it really took me back to that Latin American film class I took fall 04, which was nice. I didn't know whether to pat myself on the back or punch myself in the face when I argued to Friedman that Simón represented a Christ figure, or when I brought up the tradition of mothers having brass ones in Spanish / Latin American movies.
God Bless Academia. May I someday have the $$ to return.
The important thing to take away from this though is that El Orfanato is worth watching. Scary but without resorting to gore. Well made, nicely filmed. Clever. I recommend it. |
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[Sep. 10th, 2008|10:39 pm] |
Is it wrong that I'd favor Matt Damon for Vice President over Sarah Palin.
(psssst...the point is that neither should be within a cardiac arrest of the presidency)
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[Sep. 7th, 2008|11:04 am] |
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Eric and I went to see Hamlet2 yesterday. It was pretty good, not great, but entertaining. It reminded me a LOT of Wet, Hot American Summer as it seemed torn between Parodying other movies and intense silliness. I think that Hamlet 2 might have benefited from putting a little more emphasis on the parody side, and a little less on the silliness side, but it did both pretty well. The "Rock Me, Sexy Jesus" number did not disappoint. |
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| This day in Yahoo!Answers... |
[Sep. 1st, 2008|12:59 am] |
User v~FÓřŠΔΚΈЙ~v asks:
Do you think this is a crime.......?
do you think necrophilihism is a crime. like say for instance, there was someone you loved and couldnt let go of?If Its wrong, shouldnt it also be wrong for a coroner or a doctor to perform autopsies, and cut on dead people for the sake of solving a crime? User Republicans Strong asks;
Why do people?????????????????????
always put newspapers as sources everyone knows anything that isn't fox news are leftist democrats User Hallo?!? asks:What is that one Snoop Dogg song?
i heard it more than 5 years ago, and all i could remember from the lyrics is that they say, na na na na na, help plz,lol, 10 points to whoever can help |
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[Aug. 29th, 2008|12:36 pm] |
Stream of consciousness narrative as I watch gov. Sarah Palin ....
McCain is certainly trying to cover his demographic bases by picking an attractive, young, female running mate. (As he is extremely old and almost definitely male). Oh, and she just stinks of family values. I bet she uses phrases like, "abortionist agenda" and "life begins at foreplay"
I'm listening to her talk right now. She certainly doesn't seem terribly, um, presidential, but really, that's not something McCain really lacks. She seems very much the "hockey mom" she dubs herself.
She gave her kids REALLY douchy-sounding names: Track, Bristol , Willow , and Piper --maybe some sort of native alaskin whatnot, but probably just your run-of-the-mill obnoxious, novel-sounding, crap.
Shameless, shameless pandering to women voters. Load of crap. Mentioning Hillary is ridiculous.No more livejournal. It's too pretty out. byebye. |
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| got my fill of the dentist... |
[Aug. 25th, 2008|03:22 pm] |
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Returned from yet another visit to Christian Conservative Dentistry of Georgia. Really, I have a fabulous dentist--he listens to me, does what he can to keep procedures mostly painless, he does good work, he's quick--everything I want in a dentist. But seriously, his office is a paragon of right wing, family values, republicanism.
Today, he taunted me with particular zeal. I'm laying there in the chair, all numb with a mouth full of cotton and spacers and heaven knows whatever else, and he's all, like, "oooh, I know your political views. Now that I've got your mouth full of stuff, I can tell you about how you're wrong." And so he goes on, telling me how Barack Obama voted against rights for newborn babies and Biden making a rascist comment about Indians (which, I think we can all agree, regardless of political affiliation, was such a stupid gaffe...), and fair tax and blah blah blah. I'm not sure if I like the one-sided debate better or worse than his other regular line of questioning; "So, are you married yet?" ...
It's a damn good thing he's just such a good dentist.
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| If I pull the toast away, do you promise to give a little resistance and not fall forward? |
[Aug. 22nd, 2008|08:05 pm] |
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This weather is bringing me down in a real way. 48 hours of (mostly) grey clouds and no rain? That totally sucks. It gives me the uneasy feeling in the pit of my stomach usually reserved for sub-70 high temperatures and the end of daylight saving time. I tried fighting the weather malaise by cleaning off my porch, buying a plant, and capitalizing on the mellowed temperature by sitting outside, but, alas, I am still slogging through a funk that is at least 68% due to the weather. Also, I think I might have a mild skin allergy to the plant I bought.
In weather-related bad mood related news, I'm sorry if I've been more annoying and/or weird than usual (to those of you who experience me in real life). It's not you, it's the clouds
I'd write more, but it would probably just be boring, mopey crap fueled by the gloomy weather machine....
Did I mention that I'm old, and unprepared for inevitable death? Also, I regret major life choices. People do not like me. Additionally, a gnat just flew into my glass of wine; the last glass left in the bottle, too. (true story)
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[Aug. 2nd, 2008|05:23 pm] |
The trailer for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince dropped yesterday.
In my opinion, it's a pretty awesome trailer....even though I still don't think much of Gambon as Dumbledore.
I'm a bit skeptical that a good film can be made from book 6, given it's complexity and length (and not much of that length is fluff, either....at least not to my recollection), but I'm sure I'll enjoy it as much as I enjoyed the others.
::sigh:: I wish I was gearing up for another HP book release, rather than a movie |
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