Friday, January 30, 2004

Music: They Might Be Giants - Hot Cha
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I am indeed very screwed.

Rutherford gave us this massive packet of readings for the rest of the semester. He only had two copies of this thing, so they were immediately swept up.

I had made arrangements with one of the girls I went to high school with to go with her and a friend to get the packet copied. This fell through not once, but twice, so now I have no packet and well over 110 pages to read for Tuesday. Plus, I don't know where I'm gonna get the damned thing. I guess I'll try and track down Cassie and copy her copy, since Rutherford won't be here.

Damnit. This class might very well kill me.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2004

Music: Catch 22 - Kristina
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I would like to discuss snow and shoes.

You can really tell when a house is a home by looking at the front doorway on a snowy day and seeing if there are shoes there to dry.

I go over to Galloway house a whole bunch, and they really live as a house. The rooms are just rooms where they sleep and do work. The kitchen is used to eat meals in. People watch TV together in the lounge. But it wasn't really until yesterday when I really realized how homey campus housing could be.

It was after the post-exec Bison dinner. I needed to go back to Galloway to pick up the little notebook I never go anywhere without (it went with me to the meeting, but I didn't want to mess up the leather cover in the snow as we walked to dinner). When we got in the front door, I saw that everyone in the house had left their shoes at the door to dry.

Now that makes sense. Who wants to get the carpet in their room all wet and gross? But...I can't really describe it. Everyone not only trusted their housemates enough that they didn't feel like their boots would be stolen, but there was just something so un-dorm-like about it that it made me notice. It also looked like a few of them had tried to make it a little line of shoes, but that went awry somewhere and it turned in to a happy pile of Jeff's shoe on Emily's on Lina's etc.

I get back to Edwards and the common room is empty. There is a long trail of snow leading up the stairs, but no shoes. I walk over to my room and leave my shoes outside my own door for practicality reasons, but it's not quite the same.

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Tuesday, January 27, 2004

You are one of the few out there whose wings are
truly ANGELIC. Selfless, powerful, and
divine, you are one blessed with a certain
cosmic grace. You are unequalled in
peacefulness, love, and beauty. As a Being of
Light your wings are massive and a soft white
or silver. Countless feathers grace them and
radiate the light within you for all the world
to see. You are a defender, protector, and
caretaker. Comforter of the weak and forgiver
of the wrong, chances are you are taken
advantage of once in awhile, maybe quite often.
But your innocence and wisdom sees the good in
everyone and so this mistreatment does not make
you colder. Merciful to the extreme, you will
try to help misguided souls find themselves and
peace. However not all Angelics allow
themselves to be gotten the better of - the
Seraphim for example will be driven to fighting
for the sake of Justice and protection of those
less powerful. Congratulations - and don't ever
change - the world needs more people like you.


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Music: Shonen Knife - Burning Farm
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Well...my crisis of not having a viseo game to play is over.

I borrowed Civilizations III from Jeff and can't stop playing it. It's like SimCity but infuriating. I can't even get past the Middle Ages of Tutorial mode without either England being a douche, or the Aztecs attacking me. And, more paralel to SimCity (at least the one I played, SC2000), there is the one advisor for whom my efforts are just never good enough!!

But through all that, I can't stop playing. I'm developing strategies with every brain cell not being used to write this post.

On an actually important note, my first Topics in European History class is today. I'm really looking forward to it. I'm thinking that at the very least I'll be able to point out every single way in which someone is wrong the next time they call me a fascist for asking for information.

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Monday, January 26, 2004

Music: Rufus Wainwright - Greek Song
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And people say that Bush is embarassing!

I've recently been looking closely at Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime Minister and former rotating president of the EU (it's Ireland's turn now....oh man....).

This guy make Bush look like a friggin' Rhodes scholor! He's become famos for making really stupid comments in a attempt to make himself "more endearing."

He also decided to save his own ass by passing a bill in Italy that accounting irregularieties were not illegal. Basically if you try to take him up on charges, you're a communist.

At the recent collapsed EU Constitutional congress, he tried to make nice with Gerhard Schroeder. I now believe that Berlusconi is the first person to ever lose a battle of humor to a German.

I feel bad for people who don't listen to European politics. They're missing out on comedy gold.

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Music: Reel Big Fish - Song 3
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Message from Jersey Monday!

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Sunday, January 25, 2004

Music: Lifehouse - Sky is Falling
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It's been quite a weekend.

Friday I went downtown with Ben. I don't go out partying often, but I usually have fun when I do. I played about two games of Beruit and one of Cairo. I totally suck at those games, but I was entertaining enough that I didn't get ditched. It was fun hanging out and I met some cool people. Took a few Tylenol before bed, too. Man did that help.

Saturday was awesome too. There was roller skating in the evening which was...well...roller skating. I don't think I was meant to have wheels on my feet, but the company was great.

Later that evening was the highlight of the week back: A 6 hour X-Files Season One Marathon. Emily rented the boxed set from the library and a bunch of us sat on the comfy lounge chairs remembering just how awesome the X-Files was in its youth (it was good later, too, but without Mulder it was never the same). It was fantastic. We had a debate as to whether Mulder was a nerd or a dork (dork eventually won out), and we all had a collective shudder when Tooms smiled at the food slot at the end of his episode.

...Today I didn't wake up until 1:15...I somehow managed to get my homework done, but I keep wanting to go back to sleep. I think I might be getting sick since no matter what I do, I can't seem to get warm.

Lastly, I informed V of my plans to learn how to snowboard next weekend.

...she laughed at me...

I'll admit, though. I think even *I'll* be laughing at me after about an hour.

Bedtime now! Bed is so warm...

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Friday, January 23, 2004

Music: Dropkick Murphys - Kiss Me I'm Shitfaced
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I've finally figured out what I think about my father working in Montreal.

I'm for it. It'll be good for him to have some challenging work that will really make him think. Also, this will give him a great opportunity for him to prove himself. And living in a big city again would be exciting, even if most signs will be in French. So yeah, I'm in favor of this...

...which is good since I just got off the phone with him and he's accepted the job.

He seems excited. He's been talking to someone all day working out the details. His only real worry is having people be mean and only speak French at him. I have seen my father attempt a foreign language once while he was trying to help me study some Spanish. Trust me. It ain't pretty. He'll be better off if he doesn't try to mimic the French.

And thus, after two classes four hours apart from one another, my weekend begins. Going roller skating tomorrow afternoon. Fun fun.

Before I go, though, I would like to point out that *no matter what I do* I can't seem to unlock anymore secret stuff in Mario Kart Double Dash! Screw you, Mario.

And now for some food.

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Music: Reel Big Fish - Sayonara Senorita
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One of my favorite things to do is to hear new music. But the mind has a tendency to try and rationalize that which it is hearing. When trying to describe something, we have tenedancy to use other things to help us. I am a big culprit in doing this with bands. Below are some of my favorite descriptions I've used for bands in the past:

Belle and Sebastian - "What would result if The Smiths and Guster ever had a baby"
Dropkick Murphys - "Take two parts MXPX, add a cup of The Chieftains, sprinkle only a dash of the political nature of Rage Against the Machine, and then douse with Guinness."
The Steroephonics - "If the Beatles were still around and all their songs were as long as 'Hey Jude'"
The Aquabats - "Weird Al acted as sensei to a ska band and then they all got lobotomies"

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Thursday, January 22, 2004

Music: Presidents of the United States of America - Video Killed the Radio Star
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Breaking news!

The person who is in so much trouble is not Chiquita, but rather Jakita! Jakita Price is in fact a senior here and she used to live in my room when she was a sophomore!

I've been taken off the collection agency's call list, so...I don't think I'm going to do anything more. I'm having kind of a moral issue, wondering if I should warn her, but...I don't even know this girl...and maybe she is being tracked for a reason. Then I wonder if I should tell the agency. *Hell* no. They can earn their paychecks and find her on their own.

And now on to more immediate concerns of my own.

I promised I'd call my mom today and, since I'm such a good girl, I did. We talked about a bunch of things, but one of the more...interesting...developments concerns my father and his job hunt. Alliance Consulting (where a bunch of my dad's friends are on the payroll [two of the Bobs and Roy]) has offered him a great 4-6 month job with Bank of Canada. Great, right? Maybe. The catch is that he would have to live in Montreal.

I don't know how I feel about this. And from what I can tell, Daddy doesn't know how he feels about it, either. They're being pretty nice about it, saying they'd pay for him to fly back on the weekends. The last guy working up there had to leave because he did nothing but fight with the people in the office. I think Daddy can avoid that, but I have to worry someone will make some kind of age comment and he'll get his Irish up...or better yet, his New Yorker up. That's another thig I'm worried about. My poor old American, Republican NewYorker Daddy in the icy heart of French Canada. His very existance may be enough for him to get his ass kicked! And the weather! It'll be so cold!

He'd also be quite alone. I know it's just him and my mom at home, but still. At least it's someone. And the dog! He'll really miss the dog, too.

At the end of the day, though, he needs a job. One, we need the money. Two, he needs to show he can still do good work at his age. And three, he's getting dull just sitting at home. He's really a very smart person, but he's getting progressively less sharp as he sits at home. It's like kids over summer vacation, except this one has lasted two years.

I just don't know...

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Music: Super Furry Animals - Golden Retriever
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And now...The horrifying return of Chiquita Price!!!

Around the beginning of last semester, I recieved several messages on my voice mail from a man looking for someone named Chiquita Price. He'd left so many messages that I felt he deserved to know he had the wrong number, so I gave the number he left a call and entered his extention.

Turns out it was a collection agency and Chiquita must be in hot water with them. After being verbally abused for almost ten minutes by this guy who was convinced I was lying about my identity (in hindsight I don't know why I didn't hang up), I eventually gave another call to the company switchboard and begged the lady to take me off the list. I thought it was over then...

BUT NO!

About 45 minutes ago while I was waiting for the couscous to be ready I decided to check if I had any voice mail. What do you know? I did!

Two calls, probably from over break, from Asset Acceptence each leaving a number, extention, and a request that Chiquita Price get back to them as soon as possible.

Chiquita, if you're out there somewhere, please come up with a new fake phone number. I'm sick of having my voicemail clogged up because you're a debt dodging hoe-bag.

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Music: Cake - Comfort Eagle
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I'm already sucking at being a student.

I got homework from all of my classes yesterday (welcome back!), and I've done one of the assignments so far. You know what I did instead of reading my Spanish? Played SSX 3 until my eyes hurt. Thanks God I have no claases today. At least I'll be a able to do everything I have left (I did Int. Econ. It was only a couple of articles to read.)

I'm on LC table duty for C+H today, so I'll bring some work with me.

Oh. As for the rest of my classes yesterday, they were hit and miss.

First was Human Impact on the Environment. The teacher, Prof Marsh, seems like a really nice guy who cares about what he's doing....he's just...dull. I found myself zoning out completely after about 5 minutes. Hopefully it'll get better when there is something to teach.

After that was Spanish which we dug in to right away. I'm finding that my biggest flaw in speaking Spanish is that I get nervous saying anything longer than a sentence. I stammer a bit at that point and people understandably assume that I don't know the word I want to say. I do. But I just can't get it to come out. The people in my class are crazy good, too. I feel a bit silly studdering while they're firing out perfect grammar. Also, there are three Elizabeth's in the class (Prof Guerrero's name is Elisabeth. How weird is that!?), so we had to have the name raffle. I dropped out of the race for "Elizabeth" and said I'd respond to "Eli" (one of the guys who works for mom's company calls me Eli. Geo's cool, but he thinks it's funny to quiz me on my Spanish when I'm home over break :P).

But it ought to be an interesting semester.

All that's left to find out is how European History is gonna be. It's supposed to be a three hour seminar, but he said something about there being a break in the middle.

I hope so. I'm gonna need a snack at some point.

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Wednesday, January 21, 2004

Music: Paul Simon - Call Me Al
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Kresl is awesome.

The only class I've had so far has been International Economics. Kresl is my proff for that. He is awesome. He's a teacher who realizes that this class is full of International Relations majors fulfilling requirements, and he's trying to make it interesting. That and he looks like someone's favorite grandpa. I like him.

This schedule is pretty kickass too. I have class from 9 to 10 then nothing until 2 and then I go to 4. Heat! Lots of time to get stuff done....not that I've been doing anything, but still...

Kresl gave is a bunch of article in the economist to read, but I don't mind. Most of them look really interesting, and besides, what else am I going to do tomorrow with no classes?

Okay. This post is barely coherent because I'm starving to death. Must make grilled cheese...

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Tuesday, January 20, 2004

Music: The Temptations - My Girl
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I'm a little embarrassed.

I went to buy my books today (even though I was going to wait until after classes started but...well I'm a geek and wanted to look at them). Good news is that I finally get to read The House on Mango Street (I did a report on Sandra Cisneros in senior year of high school and I've wanted to read the book ever since). The bad news is that the girl working the counter at the bookstore must think I'm a neo-fascist.

Topics in European history is covering European coservativism and it's history this semester. It would seem, though, that we're really going to be talking about fascism, fascism and more fascism. The three books for this class are entitled Fascists and Conservatives, Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, and (here's the kicker) The Fascism Reader. I can't say I blame the clerk for giving me a funny look. Between thos and the international economics book I must have looked pretty shady.

And now I shall dig in to these new books and see what kind of a semester I'm in for.

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Monday, January 19, 2004

Music: Five Iron Frenzy - Oh Canada
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My room is seriously never going to be this clean again.

I got back at around 3:00 and I'm in kind of a "nesting" mode right now. Trying to make my room more...well....livable. I've already found a nice spot for all my new cooking gear, and my DVD collection put away as best it can be. Unfortunately I've had to put some of the larger cases on top of the tower instead of in it, but it's better than nothing. I wanted to get over to Galloway to check in, but I've got a bunch of things left here to do, so I'll pop over tomorrow afternoon.

Every time I leave to go back to school, I feel a little bad. I enjoy being home with my parents. I really do. I know I talk a lot of crap about them, but they're good people who take good care of me and I know that they love me. That's why I feel a bit bad wanting to go back to independent living. I was going to do some cooking using the new techniques my dad taught me over break (he's teaching me all his little tricks for cooking. what oils to use for what, etc. says it'll come in handy when I get my first apartment. news flash, Daddy. this pretty much *is* my first apartment.), but the kitchen is being used for something track team related.

Wow. Edwards House sure has changed in a month. This place used to be ghetto as hell. I couldn't convince people that the yellow stains on the floor in the first floor bathroom weren't from fresh urine. Plus, the faucets were calcified and didn't work quite right. Now there's new linolium and brandy new faucets that are very shiny and follow the basic format of which side is hot water and which is cold. And the kitchen! It's so clean! Nothing on top of the fridge and the range is spotless. I'd actually be willing to chop on the countertop right now without thouroughly washing it down first. I know it won't last long, though. Alli didn't go abroad, so there you go...

::sigh:: Back to work after I finish my online errands (still need to print out a course scheduel). I still need to clean up the around-the-chair area. At least the bed is made. I'm getting better at that, too. I didn't even really hurt myself this time!

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Sunday, January 18, 2004

Music: The Pixies - Nimrod's Son
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Allright. I'm done.

Time to go back to school.

I'm gonna miss my friends from here like crazy (I always do), but I can tell they're ready to go back too. I want go back to the independence that college brings. I have so many things that I want to do with my little room. I miss the guys from Galloway House.

I'm ready to go back to learning. It may not seem like it, but usually really love learning new things and look forward to classes. Now I like sitting on my ass accomplishing nothing as much as the next person, but it's time to move on.

I'll also enjoy the happy noise. Noise in this house is usually Mom yelling about some percieved slight involving an attempt to give her the phone while she was doing something (evidently my father is "retarded" because he didn't know my mother hand hangers in her hands. go figure). Noise in Edwards House is typically happy people watching TV or cooking.

I'm heading back tomorrow around noon depending upon the weather.

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Friday, January 16, 2004

I should not be allowed near photoshop.

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Music: Shakira - Estoy Aqui
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Blatenly pilfered from V.

1. What did you do in 2003 that you'd never done before? Spent a good amount of time in Europe.
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Didn't really have any for 03. I tried to set some realistic goals for this year and I really think I can acheive them. Hell, it can't be that hard to keep my room livable.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Not this year..
4. Did anyone close to you die? Yes. Mr. Wargaki and the little girl across the street, Julia.
5. What countries did you visit? Canada, Ireland, and England
6. What would you like to have in 2004 that you lacked in 2003? As shallow as it sounds, a boyfriend.
7. What date from 2003 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? That last party at Kyra's where we said what we thought were going to be our goodbyes to Matty.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Opening up to the people in college and making real friends there
9. What was your biggest failure? Hard to pin-point one big one. Maybe my failure to make a final desicion on what I want to do with my time in college.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Bad bad stomach problems a couple of times.
11. What was the best thing you bought? I'm thinking my Gamecube. It gave me another way to spend time with my friends. You'd be surprised at the kind of bonding that can be accomplished while using a cartoon plumber to kick around a cartoon rat.
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? A's
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? Everyone has their moments. Including me.
14. Where did most of your money go? DVD's or CD's.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Christmas Break.
16. What song will always remind you of 2003? Hard to pick one. Probably my all-time favorite song: Across the Universe.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? More in flux between the two more often. But overall happier
ii. thinner or fatter? teeny bit thinner. Overall in better shape
iii. richer or poorer? poorer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? hung out with the people in my house
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Killing myself over work
20. Did you fall in love in 2003? pft. I wish.
21. How many one-night stands? Zero and I'd like it to stay that way
22. What was your favorite TV program? Law & Order, baby!
23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? Hate is too strong.
24. What was the best book you read? Orientalism by Edward Said.
25. What was your greatest musical discovery? I think it would be Dropkick Murphy's from early 03
26. What did you want and get? Friends.
27. What were your favorite films of this year? Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean, soooo many more, Kill Bill...Jeez. Now I'm having trouble distinguishing between the movies I liked that came out in 03 and the ones that I just saw for the first time in 03
28. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I turned 19 and had all of my friends over for a Super-Basement-Night.
29. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? Having had someone to share the ups and downs with.
30. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2003? This past semester, feeling a bit free-er without the constantly judgemental eye of my roommate, I wore a lot more color and a lot more hats (w00t for hair-related laziness)
31. What kept you sane? Not a lot. Probably my alone time in front of the TV and the AIM.
32. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? I'm not usually the type to "fancy" a celebrity, but Johnny Depp is beyond fantastic. I'll admit it! I've watched Sleepy Hollow on mute.
33. What political issue stirred you the most? I heard about every single move the government made. I just can't get riled up anymore. It only encourages the Wolf Pack.
34. Who did you miss? V. Seriously. There were a million times when I needed her advice and overall presence.
35. Who was the best new person you met? The C and H-ers. I finally found a place at Bucknell.
36. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2003: Things are not always going to be perfect. I have to make the best of the good times and slog the the bad ones with optimism.
37. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: "Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my open mind, exciting and inviting me."

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Thursday, January 15, 2004

You are Form 5, Dragon: The Weaver.

"And The Dragon seperated the virtuous from
the sinful. He tore his eyes from his sockets
and used them to peer into the souls of those
on trial to make a judgement. He knew that
with endless knowledge came endless
responsibility."

Some examples of the Dragon Form are Athena
(Greek), St. Peter (Christian), and Surya
(Indian).
The Dragon is associated with the concept of
intelligence, the number 5, and the element of
wood.
His sign is the crescent moon.

As a member of Form 5, you are an intelligent and
wise individual. You weigh options by looking
at how logical they are and you know that while
there may not always be a right or wrong
choice, there is always a logical one. People
may say you are too indecisive, but it's only
because you want to do what's right. Dragons
are the best friends to have because they're
willing to learn.


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Eeeeeee....Eye thing...::shudder::

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Wednesday, January 14, 2004

Music: Reel Big Fish - Everything Sucks
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I am angry. Those not wanting to hear me be pissed off should go elsewhere.
* * * * * *

Fuck politics.

I want nothing to do with political people.

Fuck Republicans and Democrats.
I have watched formerly free-thinking individuals become stubborn party drones and I can't stand it. To a Democrat, anything that had a Republican involved is basely evil and must not be allowed to go through for the good of humanity. For a Republican, everything a Democrat does is designed to take their hard earned money and give it to "bad people." The people that my friends (and I don't just mean friends from one place or another) have become are people I can't deal with anymore. I can't ask questions during debate when I don't know enough. My questions about what conditions a partial-birth abortion would be preformed was met with screaming and calling me a Nazi. I ask for information, I get yelled at. Fuck this.

Fuck "Green Party Members"
And let it be clear that I mean "Green Party Members" and not Green Party Members. "Green Party Members" are those ass-hat, knee-jerk, "I'll say anything to seem special" people who really don't have a political agenda beyond one issue (which, nine times out of ten, is not one that the Green Party really places at its forefront) that they really don't know anything about and don't really know the Green Party's actual mission but want to seem like "free thinkers" (just like everyone else). Fuck these people. You don't have to box yourself in to a Party. You're not special just because you say you identify with a third party. You don't even vote.

Fuck "Crossfire"
You heard me. Crossfire has sent society the message that no matter how little ammunition that you have on your side as long as you can yell really really loud. All you have to do is yell and you win. The rules of debate no longer apply. The winner is the person who can make the most noise and make their answer sound the most like they're saying "duh" at the same time. The more incredulous you sound, the better.

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Saturday, January 10, 2004

Music: Paul Simon - Call Me Al
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Discovery of the day - Justice League on Cartoon Network is a good show. I can understand why the guys in my house watch it.
It was seriously entertaining and funny in some parts. And this episode didn't even have Batman in it!

In other news, I finished FFX-2....
Holy McMotherfuckin' Joy
And I didn't even get the perfect ending! I can't say more about it since Slutty McWhoreface (V) hasn't finished yet.

Ahhh. I never thought I'd end such a cold day in such a good mood :)

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Music: Green Day - Warning
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What is better? To take a risk with the possibility of finding a truly better thing, or to stay with what has been working so well up to this point with no ability to turn back?

It's a tricky situation. I can't really name anything wrong with what I already have, but something is telling me that this new thing will be even better. So yeah. I'm going to just erase it all and start over.

I'm switching over from MusicMatch to iTunes. Here's hoping I don't screw over My Precious (iPod) in the process.

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Wednesday, January 07, 2004

Music: Napoleon XIV - They're Coming To Take Me Away
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Hour number five in the search for a voice actor that cannot be connected to the The Powerpuff Girls.

Attempts to delve in to my TV addled childhood have resulted in failure. At least one cast member of both Rainbow Brite *and* She-Ra Princess of power can be linked to Challenge of the Go-Bots, which has a few links to Futurama one of who's main voice actors did, like, 5 voices in Final Fantasy X whose voice cast included the voice of Bubbles on...The Powerpuff Girls. And this is just a line of reasoning that completely excludes Princess Mononoke and Rugrats!

Even My Little Pony Adventures have failed me. Scooby-Doo? Bah! It only provides more problems than solutions.

I cannot escape this. My stomach bug addled brain will not let this slide, on no. Just as the banana that Johnny Depp carries around with him during the scene on the Tortuga docks in Pirates of the Caribbean, this seems to be something that was brought to my attention just to drive me mad.

Or maybe I just watch to damned many cartoons.

...now back to my search. Something tells me that the Snorks may well lead me to the one true answer to this consipracy.....

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Music: Belle and Sebastian - I Don't Love Anyone
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I have found a new game to play.

It's called "6 degrees to every voice actor in the United States".

My house finally got cable upgraded (and now I know what people mean by 300 channels and nothing on) and I was able to watch The Powerpuff Girls at home for the first time ever (not counting my DVDs). While I was watching the cartoon I was listening to Bubbles voice and remembered that the voice actress (Tara Strong) did voices for a whole bunch of other things, including the video game I'm playing right now. I got curious and looked up what else she's done.....and it's a whole frigging lot.

Then I got even more curious and clicked on the link for FFX. I kinda wanted to see if there were a few more links between VAs there.

Holy hell.

I have come to the following conclusion: Every voice actor in America can be linked by at least one or more project that they have done. The things that just about every Voice Actor had a role in -
- Powerpuff Girls (A very large hub)
- Princess Mononoke (Seriously every living person provided a voice in this movie. Even you provided some additional voices. You just don't know it.)
- Batman Beyond (WTF?)
- Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (featuring Mike McShane as the weird sarcastic left hand of power!)
- I'll throw Final Fantasy X in here since they got so many people and it works as a good hub for this game.
and lastly...
- The Animatrix. (I count all of the episodes as one big thing)

If you cannot succesfully connect any voice actor or actress using these, than something has gone wrong with your knowledge of very very pointless trivia.

IMDB is far too large of a warehouse for stupid information such as this for me to be able to maintain a healthy existence.

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Sunday, January 04, 2004

Music: Less Than Jake - Kenhoe
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Return of Things I Like
TV Channels
- The History Channel: this is often reffered to as the "24 hours of Nazi history" channel. While that is true, there are plenty of other gruesome things on there. Right now I am watching "Infamous Murders." They just finished an episode on poisonings and have moved on to canibalism. That is some quality television.
- TNT: aka "The Law & Order and failed WB series" channel. Law & Order is the shit, yo.
- Comedy Central: Cannot say that I condone the swapping of SNL for Mad TV. Not a fan of the Mad TV. In my opinion, they should just replace that with standup.

Features on my cellphone
- Pictures: Oh, camara phone. It's awesome. I have a picture that pops up for everyone when they call me...yes I am easily amused.
- Ringtones: I actually use this feature as warning of who is calling me. Everybody has one ringtone for all of their numbers so I can tell right away who it is. Plus I'm very happy to say that my phone plays Rock the Casba for my best friend and the theme from "The Munsters" whenever Toi calls.
- Text Messaging: I had never seen a use for this feature until I actually used it. I had always just figured...I had a phone. But now I'm all about the text messaging. It makes me happy, although the lapse in my grammer is near cry-worthy.

Colours of Nailpolish
- Very pale pink: good to have around. I don't have to even think when I use this one. It's barely noticable and makes my nails strong enought to withstand life.
- Bright frigging red: This is fun. With how long my nails have gotten, they end up resembling bloody talons. And considering I am 5'3" and extremely unintimidating, it is one of the only ways I feel even a little powerful. Grrrrrrrrr.
- Shiney purple: It's so shiney! It even seems to change colour in the light. Like a hologram on hands....a very boring hologram, but a hologram nonetheless.


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Music: Stroke 9 - Letters
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V will be going back to Canada today, but we will soon be following her :P

I can't remember ever really trying to organize something like this before. That was always Matty's deal. I just drove. But it looks like I'm going to have to wrangle people in to this marathon trip that needs to get off the ground by Wednesday. I have a few names of people who said they'd want to go, but right now it's 5 people and a car that can only happily seat 4 people. Meaning I need to find another car...bleck.

In any event, I'll try and call a meeting here tonight at the house. This is gonna be fun!

Well first thing's first. I'm gonna go to Chester armed with some Christmas money and try to find the new DDR game. We had a lot of fun with that last night and I really can't see any reason not to get it....except that I can't play it in school. But I will next year when I get a bigger room...so maybe I should wait until then....yeah...looks like I'm not going to Chester after all.

In that case, I'll spend the whole day ripping the CD's I borrowed from V and drinking tea before I start making the calls for tonight.

Yay and stuff!

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Friday, January 02, 2004

Hobbit


To which race of Middle Earth do you belong?
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No big surprises here :P

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Thursday, January 01, 2004

Music: Super Furry Animals - Hello Sunshine
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So, it being the first day of the year many people are taking the time to reflect on the year we just left behind.

I really don't know what to say about 2003. There were, of course, the really down parts of the year. Patches of self-doubt and feelings that I lacked a purpose. Earlier in the year, more than any other time, I found myself feeling like no one really cared that I was around at school. Now that I'm away from a rather negative environment (ex-roommate), I'm out of a lonely place and know that there are people at school that care about me.

I learned to stand on my own, and I learned when I could count on others for help. I know I can't be happy all the time. I know it's more healthy not to just ignore when I'm feeling depressed and to try and talk about it...but I also know that most of the people I know will not really be receptive or supportive while I'm working that out. I know that sounds a bit harsh, but I know a lot of people are not going to want to listen to me when I'm in those moods. Should the need to talk and the reluctance of people to listen ever reconcile, that would be great. But I can't count on that happening.

I think I'm more realistic now. I realize that things can't always be wonderful. There will always be bad times. I just have to remember that they can't and won't last forever. I used to just ignore the feelings of being hurt. All they did was get me scolded for being such a downer (they still do at home). But I can honestly say that I will grow out of the extremely sulky phase I've been zoning in and out of. Someday it won't feel so alien to be less than on Cloud 9.

But there were plenty of happy times. The fact that I can be just as happy and comfortable in two different places is a real blessing. More than anything, I'm glad that I've been able to keep the close relationships that I formed in High School. Those were and are friends that I have never wanted to lose. I will do everything I can to make sure that I never let that slip.

There are some things that I want to get back after last year. First and foremost, my optimism. I used to really be able to look forward to something no matter when. And if nothing was presenting itself to be anticipated, I would set something up for myself. I will do my best to shake the self-doubt and pessimism 03 left on me. I miss being able to do that, and I think that now that I've realized what happened and where it stemmed from, I can fix it. I also want to get back my ability to just deal. This problem very specifically applies to my family. When you finally leave home, you realize just how imperfect that place was. I'm seeing with frightening clarity all the faults of my parents, but....I need to learn to get past that. They're my parents and I *do* love them. I just have to get better at accetping that they are flawed people that I shouldn't be so snappy to all the time....that's gonna be hard, but I'll get there eventually.

I will also start being better with money. I want to someday spend some time in London just living there. It doesn't look like I'll be getting a chance to really study there, so I'll just need to get there on my own. Meaning I'm gonna need a job. When a jo presents itself, I will take it. I may, in fact, look in to getting a job at school. Not sure how the parents will react to that, but money is good for being able to have new experiences.

Well I'm done for now. I went to the mall with mom to do some returns. We ended up at Best Buy eventually and got another DVD player as the one in the basement moved upstairs and Mom still wanted one downstairs. It ended up that *I* got the new DVD player because Mom didn't want to learn how to use the new one so we moved my old one downstairs. Took me awhile to hook it up (Godzilla {the giant TV in the basement} does not appreciate attempts to mess with its status quo), but Mom's happily watching Legally Blonde 2 (a movie that does not pretend to be more than it is by using Roman numerals instead of just numbers. I'm sorry, but the Jason movies are not Roman numeral material), so it's all good.

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Music: Basement Jaxx - Do Your Thing
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I am a bad person.

I told Jay that I would stop by last night, but I ddn't. I was having a lot of fun at Kyra's and on top of that I felt kind of bad. People had said they'd be there, but since they all left there ended up being almost no one there by the end. Ant, Megs and someone else that I didn't know came back at about 5 to midnight, but that ended up just bringing us up to something like 8 people. It was fun, though. Saw the ball drop. Fun fun happy happy. I would have liked to stay a bit longer than I did, but I wanted to get on the road and home before the drunks hit the roads. I calculated this too. I figured that they would have their drink at midnight, and then say their goodbyes which take around 3 or 4 times longer than sober goodbyes, so I gave myself until about 12:45 to get home. Obviously I made it, and only saw a few sketchy drivers.

Oh well. In any event, today looks like another boring one. My mom and I are probably gonna go to the mall to make our returns, but apart from that I really can't see anything too terribly interesting happening. Oh well. I always find some way to pass the time.

Oooo! "I Love the 80's" is on!

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