Wednesday, April 28, 2004

Music: The Eels - Lone Wolf
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Okay...my fascism reading are starting to get to me.

I've been reading a book called "The Fascists in Britain" for my paper, and so far so good. It's easy to read and has a lot of good information. The part that won't leave my brain came from a listing of Mosley's underlings.

The man who won't leave my brain served as Mosley's propaganda guy from 1933 until he was hanged for treason. His name was William Joyce.

Normally that wouldn't bug me. There are 85 bajillion Joyces in this world and I couldn't possibly be related to all of them. But this guy....for some reason he was sticking. So out of morbid curiousity, I looked for more info.

William Joyce was born in New York in 1904 before moving back to Ireland, where he was raised. Don't ask me how he got to be a British Fascist. I have no fuckin' clue. But he was born in New York...and in 1904...I *know* that the family was in NYC at that time...

Now I'm probably making something out of nothing, but how could you not be curious about shit this fucked up? There had to be some way I could tell he wasn't one of my family...Then I got the great idea to go looking for a picture.

I had read this dude got a razor taken to his face, but it wasn't so bad. It was just a line that went from the back of his head to his mouth horizontally on his right cheek creating a dent in his face. But the face shape really didn't strike me. If I can manage to look like the entire city of Cork, this guy's allowed to have a face like Grandpa Joyce. But there was one thing...

His ears...they look just like the ears that my grandfather, my father, and all of my uncles have. Big one's that stick out very specifically...William Joyce's look just like that...

HOW FREAKY IS THIS!? This dude might be a removed relative, but I'm reading about him in a book on British fascism....

Oh well. He's probably not related. I mean, what are the odds of that, right? But still. It makes one wonder.

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Friday, April 23, 2004

Music: John Mayer - Love Song For No One
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I know there was no Message From Jersey Monday, but this week has been a bit busy.

I still have 4 books on Oswald Mosley, to read before I can write my paper due the 4th. I've also got two more papers, one due a week from today, but they get shoved on the backburner.

Right now I would like to talk about my hatered for my school's two special intrests publications.

I say that there are only two, but there are more. Hell I'd even consider the school newspaper a special interest paper if you call "Total Fucksticks Who Don't Check Their Sources and Make Up Quotes For Their Articles" a special interest group. But no. I am talking about the campus right and left. I'm a little under the weather, so I slept through my first class. This gave me a huge chunk in my day where I was still too groggy to get any good work done on my books, so I decided to finally compare the two pubilcations, The Counterweight (published by the Bucknell Conservatives Club [BUCC]) and the Catalyst (Published, ostensibly, by the College Democrats).

I fear for the future.

I've read the Counterweight before. They put it in most of the Academic buildings and sometimes the satire on the back page is pretty funny ("Bucknell Wins National Beer-Pong Championship"). But some of the stuff inside is stomach turning. There was once an article in a different issue discussing how gay and lesbian couples should not be allowed to adopt children on moral grounds. Okay. You think that. Whatever. But if your paper is going to protray itself as the champion of Free Speech at school, the one paper with the guts to cut to the facts without entangling itself in Political Correctness, leave that kind of article out. Its a discussion of morals. You can't qualify them since everyone's moral code is different. Adding stuff like that only cheapens the publication. In this last issue, like most of their issues, the attacked the Speech Code we have here, which point and fact is unconstitutional if well meaning. The real offense in *this* issue is the "Four Points Of View On Abortion." It's not four different points of view. It's basically a list of four different reasons why the writers feel abortion is immoral, unjust, etc. Not exactly "fair and balanced" as the cover proclaims.

I was especially dissappointed with this Catalyst. Granted, they do normally hold the torch of the rabble rousing shock paper. Typically, there are images of the horror of Third World countries and the horrors of life there while American economic imperialism continues to worsen things. I'm going to sound really cynical when I say this, but they almost don't affect me anymore. I've seen them so many times that it's just not registering like it should. I would suggest a different, perhaps more text-based way of getting across the ideas of these pictures. No one should become desensitized like this. They actually had a really interesting article on Nicaragua in this last issue, but it got drowned out. They took a different road with this issue. Instead of pleading for the case of the disenfranchised, I got page after page of ranting about why everyone else in a terrible human being and an enslaver of his fellow man. God damnit....You guys can make such good points...And yet you chose to waste time and paper on saying why everyone else is wrong instead of taking on the not entirely difficult task of explaining why you guys make sense? Motherfucker...

"Help! Help! I'm being repressed!" the Conservative cries when he sees a political cartoon on a professor's door that he finds demeaning to his political sensibilities.
"Bullshit!" the Liberal fires back. This than leads to a three and a half hour long speech about how his political leanings are under attack from all sides, and that it is the very nature of his ideology that he is under attack.
What ensues eventually ends in name calling and nothing gets accomplished.

For my time, I think I'll stick with the BBC to get my news.

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Monday, April 19, 2004

Music: Placebo - Bitter End
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All right! For some reason Bloop doesn't hate my computer today, so I got to read Marie's diary for the first time in, like, forever!

And she had a survey! So now I have another survey! Woo!

001) What time are you starting this? 12:10 p.m
002) Name? Elizabeth (I do have a first name, remember? Because Giffen didn't!) Joyce
003) What day of the month were you born (actual day)? I think my mom said I was born on a weekday....I dunno. I know I've heard the weather was bad. But it was the 22nd
004) Sex? female
005) Height? 5'3 and three quarters
006) Eye color? blue
007) skin? paper white
008) Location? Central PA...that is to say, a cow pasture.
009) Where were you born? Plainfield, NJ
010) Have you ever failed a class? God, no. I'd be dead if I had.
011) If you have, what class did you fail? N/A
012) Do you have crush on someone? Not now
013) Do you have a bf/gf? no
014) If so, what is their name? N/A
015) How long have you been together? N/A
016) What are you wearing right now? Grey skirt, cheap blue Old Navy Tank top, and burgundy socks with sheep on them
017) Would you have sex before marriage? Under the right conditions
018) Have you ever had a crush on any of your teachers? Nope
020) Do you smoke? No. I leave that to Daddy
021) Do you drink? Not habitually/
022) Are you ghetto? Haha...that's funny...No.
023) Are you a player? No
024) What are your favorite colours? Purple, and Blue, and Green
025) What is your favorite animal? Aldabran Tortoise (Shoutout to Al at Clyde Peeling's Retiland!)
026) Do you have any birthmarks? A set of freckles on my knee identical to ones my cousin has.
027) Have you ever gotten your butt kicked? Only in video games. But I don't doubt someone has *wanted* to kick my ass
028) Who are your best friends? They know who they are ;) But Ree P still takes the cake. You can't beat 19 years of history.
029) Have you ever beat someone up? I kicked my share of ass in Grade School.
030) Who do you talk to most on the phone? My Mom
031) Have you ever been slapped? Probably when I was little
032) Do you get online a lot? all the time
033) Are you shy or outgoing? Mellow. If someone seems cool, I'm outgoing to them. I'm not gonna chit chat with someone who seems uninteresting.
034) Do you shower? What would you do if I said no?...
035) Do you hate school? My will to live was crushed last week, but it's just fine most of the time.
036) Do you have a social life? Yep.
037) How easily do you trust people? I trust them until they do something to make me distrust them
038) Have you ever lied to your parents? Who hasn't?
039) Do you have a secret people would be surprised knowing? I don't really think so...I don't even know if I have any secrets...
040) Would you ever sky dive? I don't like death, no.
041) Do you like to dance? depends on the company.
042) Have you ever been out of state? I miss my old New Jersey home
043) Do you like to travel? Yeah! Even if its only as far away as Canada
044) Have you ever been expelled from school? Nope
045) Have you ever been suspended from school? Almost. Like I said. I kicked my share of ass in Grade School.
046) Do you want to get out of your hometown? Not really. I could see raising a family there
047) Are you spoiled? Yes
048) Are you a brat? No
050) Have you ever gotten high? Unintentionally, I assure you. You can't help the "air quality" of a concert
051) What's your favorite alcoholic drink? Bailey's and Kaluah in milk (light on alcohol and it tastes like candy)
052) Do you like Snapple? Yes
053) Do you drink a lot of water? No. I should drink more
054) What toothpaste do you use? Something with Scope in it
055) Do you have a cell phone or pager? Yes
056) Do you have a curfew? Nope
057) Who do you look up to? I find traits in many different people that I try to emulate.
058) Are you a role model? ::laugh:: Unfortunately yes...
059) What name brand do you wear the most? Tilt. Makes my ass not look like a cows backside
060) What jewelry do you wear everyday? I am watch dependant. I also have a pair of hoops in my ears and my three stone necklace.
061) What Do You Have Pierced? Two in the ears
062) What do you want pierced? My *mom* wants me to get a bellybutton ring!
063) Do you like taking pictures? Yeah
064) Do you like getting your picture taken? Not so much
066) Do you get annoyed easily? Naw. It's all good
067) Have you ever started a rumor? Nope
068) Do you have your own phone/phone line? My campus number...
069) Do you have your own pool? Nope. Hot Tub, though!
070) Do you have any siblings? Nope
071) Do you prefer boxers or briefs? Boxers
072) Have you ever been played? nope
073) Have you ever played anyone? no
074) Do you get along with your parents? Generally yes
075) How do you vent your anger? Sit in my room and fester quietly
076) Have you ever run away? I don't think it really counts since I told her I would be back before the party we had to go to
077) Have you ever been fired from a job? No
078) Do you even have a job? No. And I really need one.
079) Do you daydream a lot? Oh yeah!
080) Do you have a lot of exes? Big fat zero
081) Do you run your mouth? hehehe...yeah..
082) What do you want a tattoo of? none
083) What do you have a tattoo of? Meh. Maybe a Celtic knot
084) What are your favorite flowers? Irises and Daisies
085) What does your ex bf/gf look like? N/A
086) What does your most recent crush look like? N/A
087) Have you ever been bitched out? Oh yeah!
088) When was the last time you bitched someone out? Heh...probably, like, yesterday.
089) Are you rude? Not really. Just impatient
090) What was the last compliment you received? Someone said my hair looked nice yesterday
091) Do you like getting dirty? Mud = gross
092) Is your bellybutton an innie or outie? innie
093) Are you flexible? Not anything special. I can do most of a split, though
094) What is your heritage? Half Irish, quarter English, quarter Welsh (and if my mom is to be believed, all of my negative personality traits come from that half Irish ::rolls eyes::)
095) What is your lucky number? 13
096) What does your hair look like right now? Wavy but flipped out on one side
097) Could you ever be a vegetarian? NO.
098) When was your last real heartbreak? Can't even remember
099) Describe your looks? I look like the entire city of Cork, Ireland.
100) If you had to completely dye your hair it'd be what color? Red
101) Would you ever date someone younger than you? Sounds dumb, but no.
102) Would you ever date someone older than you? Not too much older
103) When was the last time you were drunk? Buzzed like a month ago
104) When was the last time you went on a date? This survey is making me a little self concious...
10 Have you ever had an eating disorder? Hehehe. No worries about that there! ::eats gummi bear::
109) Do you have one now? See above
110) How many rings until you answer the phone? 2. No matter where I am, it's always 2.
111) Have you ever been skinny dipping? No
112) If yes, when was the last time? N/A
113) Do you look more like your mother or father? They argue about this. Most people say my mom, though, but I see a lot of my dad.
114) Do you cry a lot? Not when I should
115) Do you ever cry to get your way? No
116) If you had to amputate one limb, what would it be? left pinky
117) What phrase do you use most when on the phone? "Shit"
118) Are you the romantic type? You'd be surprised, but yes
119) Have you ever been chased by cops? Not yet ;)
121) What do you like least about your body? I don't really have body issues...maybe my very dark hair on my arms
122)When was the last time you threw up? Early last month...augh...bad caf food...
123) In the opposite sex, do you prefer blondes or brunettes? I like dark hair, but I wouldn't protest non-brunettes
124) What do the shoes you last wore look like? Hot pink a furry (slippers)
125) Do you ever wear pants that show ur ass? I can't avoid showing off this big fat ass :P
126) What about shirts that show cleavage? What cleavage?
127) Is your best friend a virgin? yes....? Just teasing :P
128) Have you ever fucked someone up? Threatened to. And the silly fool believed that I would :)
129) Have you ever been fucked up? No
130) What color are your underwear right now? Black
131) What theme does your room have? Posters and Duct tape
132) What size shoe do you wear? 7.5 - 8
133) What jewelry are you wearing now? Watch, earrings, necklace
134) What is your screen name on AIM? CynicalPink722
135) Would you pick a wedgie in public? Yep
136) How are you feeling right? Thirsty
137) When was the last time you were at a party? Couple weeks ago
139) What do you sleep in? Big shirt and pants. Boxers if it's hot
140) Has there ever been a rumor spread about you? I'm sure there have been. I just don't remember.
141) What is one of your bad qualities? I'm a bit crass at times. And I'm starting to lose my patience.
142) What is one of your good qualities? I'll fight to the death for my friends
143) Would you marry for money? No. I'll make my own.
144) What do you drive? Jetta with a Rainbow Bright steering-wheel cover and an airfreshener that says "Poor Man's Carwash"
145) Have you ever given or received roadhead? No. That's stupid.
146) Are you more of a mama or daddy's child? I don't know. Mom claims I'm hers, but I talk a lot with my dad/
147) What does your user name mean? It's the title of a good instrumental from Trigun. Also, I think it fits my personality. 7/22 is my birthday
14 What's your favorite CD? Rufus Wainwright - Poses
149) When was the last time you cried in school? I think a few tears of pain squeezed out during the coffee incident in Econ
150) Do you wear Chucks? No
151) For two million dollars, would u have sex with bill clinton? EEEEWWWWW!
152) What time are you finishing this? 1:55 (but I took a break)

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Sunday, April 18, 2004

Music: The Eels - Restraining Order Blues
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Like all good things, this was stolen straight from V

1. Using band names, spell out your name: sucks to be me right now
E - Elvis Costello
L - Less than Jake
I - Ima Robot
Z - (oh God damnit...gotta cheat) Zappa, Frank
A - Aerosmith
B - Belle and Sebastian
E - Eels, The
T - Tenacious D
H - Hot Hot Heat

2. Have you ever had a song written about you? No. I've never date Chris Carraba (zing!)
3. What song makes you cry? Oh tons of them. I'm a total wuss
4. What song makes you happy? I'll join V on the Eddie Money :). But also "Bandages" by Hot Hot Heat, because I now have the eternal image of Giffen headbanging and singing along to the ringtone version.
5. What do you like to listen to before bed?: Instrumentals. I'm a big Howard Shore fan, so the Dogma soundtrack and LotR soundtracks are a good bet.
6. Who was/were your idols when you were younger? Oh man...I was so out of touch with music when I was young...It was probably someone from TV. I can't even remember.
7. First album you ever bought? I think I too was dragged in by Ace of Base.
8. Name a song that reminds you of someone and why? "High 5" by Callibreto 13 *is* my freinds from back in Mendham. ::laugh:: And "Bawitaba" by Kid Rock. On the off chance I hear that song, I think about the time Marie (P) and I sat in her room trying to count how many times he said "Bawidaba"

HEIGHT: 5' 3 and 3/4" (I will defend my three quarters of an inch *to the death!*)
HAIR COLOR: Brown. The blond highlights have long since faded.
SKIN COLOR: Josh Kunz once tactifully put it that I am like a "sheet of paper."
EYE COLOR: Blue.
PIERCINGS: Ears (2).
TATTOOS: None
WHAT COLOR PANTS ARE YOU WEARING? No pants....it was hot out today, so I've got a denim skirt on.
WHAT SONG ARE YOU LISTENING TO? Super Furry Animals - Liberty Belle
HOW ARE YOU? Doing just fine. How are you?
GET MOTION SICKNESS?: OH yeah. Buses, planes, cars, and trains all make me want to die. Only my MP3 player stands between me and ickyness.
HAVE A BAD HABIT? Well yeah. Doesn't everyone?
GET ALONG WITH YOUR PARENTS: Yeah. But now that I've grown up, I can see how easy it is going to be to get pissed off at them in the future.
LiKE TO DRIVE?: LOVE it.

f a v o r i t e s

TV SHOW: Law & Order.
BOOK: High Fidelity - Nick Hornby.
NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINK: Milk
ALCOHOLIC DRINK: Bailey's and Kahluah (I'm sure neither of those are spelled right) in milk.
THING TO DO ON THE WEEKEND: Sleep.
BROKEN THE LAW: Sure. Hard not to.
SNUCK OUT OF THE HOUSE: Nope. Never really needed to.
EVER GONE SKINNY DIPPING: HAHAHAHA!! Oh...oh ho...that's funny...hahahaha...
USED YOUR PARENTS' CREDIT CARD BEFORE: Yep. But with their permission
SKIPPED SCHOOL BEFORE: High School, only when I was actually sick. College...less often than in High School.
FELL ASLEEP IN THE SHOWER/BATH: Yeah
BEEN IN A SCHOOL PLAY: Yes
CHILDREN: Yes
BEEN IN LOVE?: I don't know
HAD A HARD TIME GETTING OVER SOMEONE: Don't know
BEEN HURT: Sure
DO YOU HAVE A JOB? Psh. I wish!
YOUR CD PLAYER HAS IN IT RIGHT NOW: The Living End
WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY? Relaxation, friends, cake, puppies
WHO MAKES YOU THE HAPPIEST?: These days, my pillow.
WHAT'S THE NEXT CD YOU'RE GONNA GET? Check the list on the sidebar.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO: Chill in the lounge and hang out.
LAST THING YOU PURCHASED: Milk, sandwich bread, and turkey.
TV PROGRAM YOU WATCHED: A hockey game where the Devils lost to the Fliers :(. I'm still hearing about that from the Philly people...
MOVIE YOU SAW AT THE THEATER: Kill Bill Volume 2.
ABORTION: I don't think I'm qualified to decide for someone else.
SMOKING: Already have asthma, thanks. But it works for my Dad
SPICE GIRLS: Oh come on! You know you had that CD too!
LIFE: is an open book

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Music: Cake - Arco Arena
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Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

Basically I have been shut up in my room for the last week trying frantically to get through all the readings for the discussion I have to lead on Tuesday. It took me from last Tuesday until about 15 minutes ago. Now I have note, discussion questions, and an order in which to discuss the readings. I know I'm not gonna get through half of it and Keith is going to try and convince me that my pronunciation of "falange" is wrong ("g" is soft next to and "e", damnit!), but it matters not! I'm done, fuckers! WAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

So now I need to start on my next paper. I think I'm gonna get to work on the one I have on the Chesapeake Bay. I really need to get through all these books I have for my Union of British Fascists paper, but if I read one more things about fascists of any nationality I'm going to jab myself in the eye with a bobby-pin.

But now for a break. A few things managed to happen around all the work (which really put me in a bad mood. I really missed my far-away friends. Being off AIM for almost a week is painful). For one thing, I got to enjoy the beyond perfect weather we've had for the last two days. Sunny, with a nice cool breeze...auh....it was the perfect weekend to wipe away a gloomy week. Even my hair looks great! Maybe because I fried it for an extra fifteen minutes....hmmmm...I'll have to remember that little trick.

I also saw Kill Bill Volume 2 yesterday. We went to the 4:00 showing at the campus theater and the six of us made up about half of the audience. I guess it was just too nice a day for most people to want to go to the movies. But yeah, we saw it. I gotta say...I *loved* Volume 1. It has some of the best lines *ever* and I wish I could kick that much ass. Lucy Lui's character is also just great. And Gogo! She was fuckin' psycho but her weapon was awesome! See! Listen to me! I'm just rambling about how much I love Volume 1!

Needless to say, I'm a fan.

I was a little dissappointed by Volume 2. I don't think there was a single swordfight in the whole thing. And I was really starting to like the character of Elle Driver, but they barely used her. I dunno. I was just a little let down by it.

I think I need to see it again....but let's just say that I don't plan on buying another ticket ::wink::

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Tuesday, April 13, 2004

Music: Stereophonic - Have a Nice Day
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The long awaited Message from Jersey Monday



The origin of this exercise in playful bitterness stems from the trip to NYC that C+H made on Saturday. On the minibus, Ben and I had a little catfight of insult and retort. Let's just say that Mr. Hartman was less than impressed with Newark (I was happy, though. We drove so close to North Arlington I could have directed Jeff to take us to Aunt Paula's house for a potty break :P). And Jersey Shore, PA does exist! It's right in the center of the state and not actually near any water...hahaha...stupid Pennsylvania...what a loser state :P

Bonus: I'm glad everyone else has digital cameras and sends out pictures. That way I don't have to.
Behold the power of the hat...and a big mug of tea from a NYC bistro...

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Music: Johnny Cash - One (cover)
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Message from Jersey Monday kinda got derailed yestersay due to circumstances listed below. I'll put it up later, but for now, look at this:

Conscious self	Overall self

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Monday, April 12, 2004

Music: Bis - Monstarr
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So my mom just called me with the expressed intent of telling my I'm fat again...

And that was literally the only topic on her agenda, too! To tell me I've gained weight! I kinda blew up and told her to stop pushing her own issues on me. She then informed me that my father had noticed as well. Please remember that my father is little more than a beer gut held up by toothpicks, yet he felt he had grounds to comment on my PMS water retention.

Despite the fact that my recent weight gains are equal parts related PMS and obscene levels of class related stress eating, my mother of course did not buy that.

I admit that I started to get very very surly on the phone and she started crying.

I gotta laugh. She kept saying "I was debating whether or not to call you" and all I could respond with was "Looks like you made the wrong choice."

I had a couple of other good responses:
"I just don't want to see you suffer like I do." "When exactly did I tell you I was suffering?"
"Even your father noticed." "Well tell him that I've also noticed the beer gut that's been growing for the last twenty years."

She also busted out the *ULTIMATE* guilt trip after all my snippy comments:
"You don't love me now, do you?"

How do you respond to that shit!? And she was just starting to get cry-sounding, too. My very honest reply did not improve the situation much:
"God damnit, Mom...Look. Mom. I love you. I always will. I just really don't like you right now."

...ya...that didn't help....

In the end I just ignored the previous conversation and told her the story of how I burned my leg with the coffee this morning.

You know...I should feel worse than I do today. I got a burned leg, assigned a paper in Human Impact, need to get moving on next Tuesday's Fascist Spain presentation, got told I'm fat by my hypocrit parents, and made my mother cry...but you know...I'm doin' fine. Maybe the work is keeping my mind off it...but I think I feel just badly enough that I'm gonna need a video game or something later. Something escapist. That sounds nice.

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Music: Yellowcard - For Pete's Sake
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What Battle Royale character are you?
take the quiz at pinkuspider.com!!

So I'm the computer nerd who, despite the best of intent, dies anyway...great...

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Music: Tenacious D - Wonderboy
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So I got hot coffee spilled on my lap this morning...

Yeah you read that right. I got my morning refill of coffee and went to Econ, just like I do every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Now I've always been a little worried that one of these days someone passing by was going nudge the handle or something and tip the mug over, spilling the precious precious coffee.

That day was today. I got about half a travel mug of coffee spilled on my lap right at the beginning of class. It was embarrassing because I came within an inch of cursing aloud right in front of Prof Kresl. Everyone saw it happen, too, so I was getting a bunch of "You okay?" 's and "Oh my God!" 's. I'm not gonna lie. It hurt. It got right on the top of my leg and just stayed there. I was also burried under my purse and a couple of notebooks, so I couldn't jump right up. Kresl took my notebooks and purse off but I still didn't get right up. I was too busy repressing the "SHITFUCKMOTHERFUCKINGASSCOCK!!!" from slipping out. When I did get up to go to the bathroom to soak up some of the coffee on my sweatshirt and jeans, I also checked my leg. A little pink, but nothing at all serious. Now all I had to worry about was the big, stupid looking stain on my right side.

It's all good, though. I was wearing junk clothes and needed to do laundry anyway. And I'm not pissed, just felt a little self-concious about the giant wet spot I was walking back to the house with. It was a total accident, so there really isn't anything to be pissed about. Someone said that I "took it really well." I dunno. I just can't get worked up about accidents I had a feeling were going to happen and could have just as easily caused. I'm laughing as I write this since it really felt like a sign from fate to do the laundry I've been putting on hold for the last week and a half.

Back later with Message from Jersey Monday and maybe another entry.

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Sunday, April 11, 2004

Music: Tonic - You Wanted More
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Look at the bunny, damnit.

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Friday, April 09, 2004

Music: Kill Bill Soundtrack - "The Green Hornet"
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HELP! I can't stop cleaning!

I'm serious! For some reason I just keep cleaning parts of my room. It started out innocently enough. I got pissed that I haven't been able to sit in my chair under the bed and play video games for the last month or so, so I started cleaning that. But then I moved on to the other chair. Once I started hanging the clothes piled on that chair, I began fixing up the order of my closet and putting all the laundry in, of all things, the hamper!

After I realized how much more floor space I was finding, I got brave. Under my under-the-bed-chair (henceforth known as Comfy Chair) is just a stockpile of crap. Paper, a throw pillow, empty plastic bags, you name it. I had figured it was too far gone to ever be rehabilitated. I fixed it. I purged just about everything from underneath it.

But then, of course, I noticed how nasty the floor is. I started to dustbust, but it ran out of juice before I could finish.

So now I'm waiting for it to recharge but I still want to clean. So I dug in to the nightmare spot in front of the closet. My shoes are all in a massive pile in front of it and there has been a towel on the floor there since about November to cover up the Spot That Smells Eternally Of Feet And has Done So Since Before I Got Here. I picked up the towel and the empty laundry bags that were just taking up space and, wonder of wonders!, I can now get in to my closet without lunging.

If this doesn't stop soon, I'm gonna end up doing laundry!

All this just so I could sit in Comfy Chair!

I'll bet that dustbuster's charged by now...

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Music: Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
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My moods are completely out of whack right now, so this entry is going to go from pissy to normal in two paragraphs. Here we go.

I'm not going to Human Impact. I'm just not. It puts me in a terrible mood and I'm already kind of edgy today, so really I think it's for the best for everyone I know if I don't go. Not that we ever do anything. We look at slides and then he decides he's taught us something, gives us tests that make no sense, then does a shitty job grading them. So I'm not going. Fuck that. I have better things to do with my time. Like upload more songs to my iPod. Well that's not totally true. I'll be working on my Fransisco Franko presentation at some point.

Next up, and open letter to the Fucker Who Orders Scrambled Eggs At The Takeout Breakfast Counter,

Dude...come on! It's just dumb, man! All you're doing is holding up the already massive line by specifying that you want your egg scrambled as oppossed to...of wait...SCRAMBLED! The way they make the eggs for the breakfast sandwich is is that they just crack and egg on the griddle. When they do that, the yolk breaks and basically, the egg gets scrambled. The only real difference is that it is qucker to leave the egg-thing in a pattie-like form than to have them checking your damned eggs constantly to make sure they haven't gone in to one solid lump. This takes away from their taking orders and making the sandwiches that EVERYONE ELSE IS ORDERING. And so help me God, if you ever make them look for shredded cheddar cheese to put in you eggs again I will pelt you with oranges. And it's not just me, man. I really thought the guy behind me was going to kill you today. He was apparantly late for class now that your scrambled eggs held up the assembly line. So please, guy, just go to the caf. The eggs are better there anyway.

I feel a lot better now. It's amazing what a little venting and a Milky Way Midnight bar can do for one's mood :)

I got all my classes. Next semester I'll be taking Theories of International Relations, International Law, Goya and his Times, and Italian 101. I am so happy to be taking Italian. I've wanted to do that since I got here. I'm thinking of that as my treat for not trying to hang myself after a semester of Human Impact. I also applied for a job today at the campus coffee shop. I think they might actually hire me, too! I go in there for my morning coffee every day and I get along very well with Shirley, the lady who runs the place. When I handed in my application today she said she'd give it right to the lady in charge of hiring when she came in today. So here's hoping!

I've wanted a job for a while, now. The desire is especially strong right now because my soul now cries out for FFXI. They have a version of it for the PS2, so I won't have to deal with my weakling laptop. It just sounds like so much fun, but it's *expensive!* I'm not going to spend my parents money on something like this, but using my own paycheck seems fine. That and disposable income is just generally happy.

I'm now gonna go take some happy-pills

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Tuesday, April 06, 2004

Music: Fountains of Wayne - Stacy's Mom
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I think sleeping with a fedora hat on the bedpost next to my pillow is having an effect on my sleep patterns.

For the last week and a half I have been having dreams about solving crimes.

Sometimes they are simple things, like someone was stealing all the coffee that the Bucknell Brigade brought back from Nicagragua. A few have been murder mysteries. One was even X-Files-ish in nature.

They aren't bad dreams. They're actually kinda fun. But there's one thing that bothers me:

I haven't been able to finish a single one of these dreams. Usually I've either just figured out who the culprit is or I've got the guy and am just about to explain the crime when my alarm clock goes off. Every time!

I'm either ripped away from the dream, or it becomes a part of it, like what happens in cartoons. Like yesterday, when a "fire alarm" went off once I'd found the killer.

Yeah...I'm thinking this is either the work of the fedora, or the inordinate amounts of X-Files I've been watching. Not sure which...

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Monday, April 05, 2004

Music: Fuel - Last Time
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It's still Monday!



Here's hoping your eyes didn't burn too much from that one :P

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Sunday, April 04, 2004

Music: Jimmy's Chicken Shack - Lazyboy Dash
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I cannot believe I've gone so long without a real update. And it's not because nothing has been happening. It's been because too much has been happening! And all of it ass-pain school work.

One Friday I thought I was done with the bullshit but OH NO! Human Impact has given me yet another bullshit paper. He wants us to analyze the validity of the logic used by both sides of the Global Warming issue as shown in two articles. I have two problems with this. (1) How are we supposed to analyze the validity of two arguments when one example comes from a *scientific text* and the other one comes from, I shit you not, a London tabloid? (2) This is one of those instances where I would *love* to play devil's advocate, but not only are the tools not there [I am not citing anything in the Mirror as factual] but I'm also pretty sure that he would give me a bad grade for it. Just call it a hunch.

But it's due Wednesday. Good choice. Not like anyone was getting work done this weekend, anyway. This is the Sunday after Houseparty and most people are sleeping it off :P

How did I do Houseparty? Friday night I did the whole going out thing, which was fun. Not so fun was the fact that I was up until 5 am for reasons unknown (I really have no idea why I was up so long!) and then being reawakened by someone pounding violently on the front door, my window, and evidently, my RA's window. I went to the Jimmy's Chicken Shack Concert yesterday afternoon, which was fun, but muddy. Evidently they have a new album coming out. Fun fact.

After that, though, I was done. I wanted a little quiet, alone time. I really value my recharging periods and hadn't truly gotten one in about 24 hours, so I called it a night at 6. The rest of the evening was spent stone sober watching movies and playing Civ III in happy peace and quiet. It was very nice :)

Like I said, the rest of the house (including my RA who I saw at two parties downing beer) is still sleeping it off and I was going to just sleep for as long as I could, regardless of lack of alcohol intake. Unfortunately, my phone had other ideas. I got a phone call at what I *thought* was 11 am and scrambled out of bed to try and answer it. I was afraid it was Matty since he had mentioned a phone call in his last email, and since our voicemail service does not allow you to pick up once it has clicked on, I was worried I was missing his call. Eventually I was able to check the message. False alarm. It was my mother, cheerily reminding me to turn the clock ahead an hour. Great...

So now it is actually 1:30 as opposed to the 12:30 I thought I was doing this at. I really need to call her back. We're going the BJ's Steakhouse for Easter, where I also went for C+H formals and ate so much steak I thought I was going to go in to a meat coma. Can't wait, but unfortunately we are having this dinner ate 3:30. Call me crazy, but I think my parents are getting a little old...

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