Sunday, August 29, 2004

Music: Chingon - Malaguena Salerosa
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This comic reminded me of a fascinating Geek tendency: The desire to know who would win in a fight.

Pirate vs. Ninja is an old one and a classic example of the phenomena. Now, a sane person would be saying "What? Those two would never fight! Ninja are from feudal Japan, and Pirates are from the European Age of Expansion! Get a life!" Well, I say to you, Spiderman and Batman would never fight, either! But don't tell me you've never wondered who would kick who's ass.

We do this *all the time.* Columns have been devoted to these fantasy battles. I could probably write a regularly updated blog *just* weighing the strengths and weaknesses of both sides of a Dr. Doom vs. The Joker type fight.

Well...I guess it all comes back to the fun of useless trivia. And, as humans, we love to obsess over details. Every detail about a character can be scrutinized during these debates, and that makes it a challenge.

I really can't speak too intelligently as to the origins of this obsession, but I can bet the ____vs. _____ debates will never truly be settled. Especially not Pirate vs. Ninja...

...Personally, my money's on Pirate. "Rum Breath" totally counts as an attack....

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Saturday, August 28, 2004

Music: Aerosmith - Dream On
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I think I've figured out what I want to do about going abroad.

Everyone I've talked to about the experience has called it the time of their life. So I've been kind of grudgingly accepting that I too will be doing something like that. But...There's one problem: All of these people were friendly and easily adaptable to new situations. Me? I'm not. I take a long time to get over the shell shock of being thrown in to a totally new environment. I basically retreat and become a very prickly person. Yeah...I'm not exactly the kind of person who makes friends right off the bat. Getting comfortable with my surroundings is hard. Last time I was in that kind of situation, it was Freshman year, and it took me the first three quarters of that to warm up to any kind of human interaction. I think that if I went overseas on my own for 5 months, it would be a very lonely semester. Plus, I really don't want to be away from my friends for that long. There's so much for me here!

But at the same time, travel abroad is very enriching. And studying at a foreign university sound so fun. And everyone says it's great....

I've figured it out, though.

I'm gonna take a 5 week summer program. I'll be able to stay at school, then. And also get plenty of time with my friends back in Jersey! It sounds perfect! And I know for a fact that there are *tons* of summer programs to choose from! I'm gonna go to the Study Abroad Office on Monday after Italian and get to work on making this happen!

Hmmm...if I have this new-found semester left here, perhaps I can run for office again in C + H....Perhaps even....

...President?

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Thursday, August 26, 2004

Music: Yellowcard - View From Heaven
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I can't believe it! I almost let the day slip by!

I started this blog one year ago today!

Wow. I'm surprised I stuck with this for over a year. And the funny thing is that my interest hasn't really waned. In fact, it's gotten even stronger. I like writing things down, and this gets that accomplished. It feels kind of like a more coherent version of my little notebook that I carry with me everywhere. In any case, here's looking at another fun year!

Oh yeah. The day's events. Well, I went to all of my classes. IR Theory is going to be a challenge to say the lease. Italian recitation was fun. And International Law is a HUGE class, but we get to do a simulation later in the semester, so that'll be fun. I also got more stuff up in my room, including a pretty thing to decorate my door and a string of little paper lanterns hanging under my loft. It's cute. I'll try to get the picture up soon...once I find the transfer cable for the damned camera. I'm convinced it's lost, but I can't find one for purchase online. I even checked frickin' Amazon! They're like the Wal-Mart of the Web and even *they* didn't have it! I'm convinced my dad has it, but I'll never know for certain without a little espionage.

Uck. Still coughing. Time for a nice sleep. I've earned it after all the swimming I did at the university pool today.

Side Note: Swimming in flippers is kinda hard. They can get very heavy.

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Wednesday, August 25, 2004

Music: Sum 41 - Motivation
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You're My Little Pony!! Sweet and innocent and
happy, you make people want to spew burrito
chunks. Even a Care Bear could kick your ass.

What childhood toy from the 80s are you?


Damnit! I can't even contest that!

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Music: N.E.R.D - Rockstar (Jason Nevins remix)
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I'm off to a good start.

I didn't get up until 10 today, but on a whole, the beginning of my day went as planned. I got my shower in and grabbed a pop-tart on the way out. Italian was *amazing.* The teacher is very cheerful, I can kind of understand what he's saying in Italian (using my powers of Spanish and French) and my old Spanish buddy Michelle is in there too! This is gonna be great!...even if he did assign us a buttload of homework on the first day. I'm also one chapter away from being done with my Goya homework.

In other news...I went to the gym...

Please. Contain your gasps of surprise and alarm.

The fact is, I always feel good after I work out, but I have just this thing about the gym. People go there all the time and they're always frighteningly skinny. I'm....more on the curvy side, to put it gently. On the plus side, it wasn't the temple of degredation to the human spirit I thought it was going to be (stick figures bobbing up and down eternally on the elipticle machines of Hades, forced by some inner compulsion to run forever in place unto death. Think some hidden, tucked away circle of Hell). On the other hand, the place kicked my ass. But I feel pretty good. Bree, Emily and I are gonna try a Monday, Wednesday, Friday schedule. Here's hoping I keep it.

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Tuesday, August 24, 2004

Music: Lucky Boys Confusion - Sunday Afternoon
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What a wonderful day.

Yesterday was pretty good too, despite the perils of moving in. Plus, I got in pretty late, so by the time my stuff was unpacked, there was just enough time to get a bit of dinner before heading over to Ben's Gateway (really nice, apartment style dorm) for a get-together. That was a blast, but I ended up feeling like crap some time around 3:00 in the morning. Great way to start the year, eh?

As for today, I got my wish of making dinner for everyone on the day before class. I made chicken and dumplings, and everyone seemed to like it. People went up for thirds, so it couldn't have been that bad. I liked it too, but I should have put the dumplings in differently. Like, made more, smaller ones so that there would be some left over. Now we basically have chicken soup in a tupperware in the fridge. People were also super helpful with all the chopping and stirring while I was doing other stuff. It was getting really hecktic trying to keep track of the double portions. The rest of the day was cool too. Got my books, and did most of my spanish homework for tomorrow (Side note: I have homework *before* class starts! Sucky! At least it was, perish the thought, kinda cool homework).

Now let's see what lies ahead of me tomorrow. No class until 11, so I should have plenty of time for a shower and nice full breakfast...that is, if I decide not to suck and wake up before 9:30. My first class tomorrow is Italian, and then I'm done until 7:00 when I have my Goya class. This class might actually end up rocking, but I reserve judgement for after the first session.

Hmmm...I suppose I should get one of my room related chores done tonight. I think I'll hook up my printer and print out a schedule.

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Saturday, August 21, 2004

Music: AFI - Girl's Not Grey
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Morpheus

?? Which Of The Greek Gods Are You ??

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Music: John Mayer - Clarity
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::cries:: I'm never taking DayQuil *again*!

I'm acting like I'm stoned and really starting to piss myself off! I'm completely useless, while needing to get my shit together for school. Mom was trying to get me focused on finding the clothes I wanted to pack, but I just kept nodding off where I was standing!

The longest time I was able to focus was when I watched the last Witch Hunter Robin disc, and I think I missed about 20 minutes of that. In regards to that, I didn't think the ending was bad at all. And I'd been getting warnings from A since we started the series about how bad the ending was. Well...It was, I'll admit, screaming "THIS IS AN OPEN ENDING! YOU TAKE IT FOR WHAT YOU WANT! OMG WE R CLEVAR!", but I'm okay with those kind of endings. Happily ever after doesn't feel like a total cop-out to me. But it was so blatently open for a sequel that I almost laughed. But hey. I'm glad I saw the series and I really liked it over all.

.....hungry now.

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Music: Sigur Ros - Avalon
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Dear God...DayQuil makes me feel funny. I don't feel achey, and I'm less congested, but my head is floaty. Like, cloud in front of the face floating ten feet off the ground kinda floaty. My fingers feel weird and I can't seem to concentrate. I've got the last disc of Witch Hunter Robin in the player, but here I am writing in my blog.

My finger are also kinda shakey. I can't even tell you how many times I've had to backspace while writing this.

I'm not entirely sure I'm gonna use this again....

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Thursday, August 19, 2004

Music: Liam Lynch - Fake David Bowie Song
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Man...what the hell happened to me? I feel like complete crap. I had a back ache yesterday, but now I have an everything ache with special attention to my back. My head also feels like it's wrapped in cotton and I've got a scratchy throat. Damn. And with so few days left before school starts up again, I really want to be spending time with people. I guess I'll just have to suck as company tonight.

And I've got a dentist appointment tomorrow that I can't skip. I've got a gaping hole in one of my back teeth that *really* hurts, so I'm kinda glad it'll be getting fixed. But it's gonna be *damned hard* to get to get up at 9:30. I didn't even make it up until 1:00 today!

One thing that is helping my head is chile powder. I've got these great tortilla chips with lime and chile and they taste really good. The chile kick is nice to bring me back to my senses.

On the plus side, I've gotten a couple levels further in Mario vs. Donkey Kong....stupid fire lakes....

Oh man...I can't concentrate...And I've got a mall day tomorrow with my mom so I can get some freakin' pants. Grah.....I go sleep now....

On a final note, Thomas's makes a toasting bread, and it is very tastey.

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Wednesday, August 18, 2004

Music: Plankeye - Someday
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Gmail 4 Troops

A good use for any leftover Gmail invites.

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Tuesday, August 17, 2004

Music: Dropkick Murphys - 10 Years of Service
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Babies of the 80's Quiz. Stuff that applies in bold...

You ever ended your sentence with "psych"
You solved the Rubics cube... by peeling off the stickers
You watched the pound puppies
You can sing the rap to "the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"
You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish
You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.
You owned those little Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls
You know that 'Whoa' comes from Blossom
Three words: M.C. Hammer
You thought it would be great to have a friend named "Boner"
You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales"
If you played the chipmunks Christmas album all year long!
Remember reading Kool-Aid man comics
You ever watched Fraggle Rock
You had plastic streamers on the handle bars of your bike
You remember When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons
You wore a pony tail to the side of your head
You saw the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen
You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school
You made your mom buy you one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side
You had a Kirk Cameron poster on your bedroom wall
You wore a Jordache jean jacket and you were proud of it
L.A. GEAR
Your mother wouldn't let you have garbage pail kids
You wanted to change your name to Jem in Kindergarten
You remember reading "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" and all the Ramona books
You know the profound meaning of "Wax on,Wax off"
You wanted to be a Goonie
You ever wore fluorescent, neon if you will, clothing
You wanted to be on StarSearch
You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off
You took Lunch pails to school
You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf
You remember the craze, and then banning of slap bracelets
You still get the urge to use "NOT" at the end of every statement you make
You remember Hypercolor T-shirts
Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band
You remember Punky Brewster
You loved Howard the duck
You thought Sheera and He-Man should hook up
You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged "friendship bracelets" (they were little necklace things but same deal)
You ever owned a pair of Jelly Shoes
After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you couldn't stop saying "I know you are but what am I?"
You remember "I've fallen...and I can't get up!"
You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates
You ever got seriously injured on a slip and slide
You know not to mix poprocks and soda
You have played with a 'skip-it'
You had or went to a birthday party at McDonald's
You learned oldies songs by watching Alvin and the Chipmunks
You had a Glow Worm or watched the cartoons
You remember dancing along with the Bangles in "Walk Like An Egyptian"
If you remember Heathcliff the orange cat
You saw the California Raisins Christmas claymation special
You've gone through this list occasionally saying "That wasn't from the 80's"
You remember Popples
DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY!
You wore socks over tights with high-top Reeboks
You wore like 8 pairs of socks at once, scrunched down
MISS MARY MACK MACK MACK ALL DRESSED IN BLACK BLACK BLACK.....
You remember boom boxes instead of CD players
You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies
You remember the Transformers
You know what it meant to say "care bear stare!!"
You remember Rainbow Bright and My Little Pony Tales
You remember watching TV thinking Doogie Howser was hot!
You remember Alf, the little furry brown alien from Melmac
You remember the large amounts of hairspray used
You remember those very stylish headbands
You remember Rosie the Robot
You remember the beggining of New Kids on the Block
You remember watching The Cosby show
You remember Mr.Belvadere
You remember Michael J. Fox in Family Ties and Back to the Future
You know all the names of the gang from "Saved by the Bell"
You know all the words to Bon Jovi's "shot through the heart" song

Oh my God...way *way* too much of this list is in bold.....

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Music: Deerhoof - Panda Panda Panda
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Power Rangers Movie!

What movie Do you Belong in?(many different outcomes!)

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Music: Failure - Saturday Savior
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Wow. I sure changed a lot of the cosmetic stuff on this today. One change that I'm not a big fan of, though, is this new search bar at the top. I like it's function. I just hate the fact that it makes my layout look a bit awkward. I made a filler graphic at the top just to bump the main images down. Grrrrr...

In any case, I got through Wicked on Thursday. *Really* fun book. Now I'm on to Diary, which has a really different pace then the other two Palahniuk books I've read. Usually he just drops you right in there. I'm about halfway through and just figured out what's going on. So far not as good as Lullaby, but I'm not done yet. There's still a chance for it to impress me. I want to pick up Invisible Monsters, though.

Also, I *really* want to go clothes shopping. I need new clothes, at the very least pants. I only have two functioning pairs of jeans, and I could use a few decent shirts. I should also get a good belt, as one of my pairs of jeans is way too big in the waist. Maybe someone will want to go tomorrow. I'm in the mood to find new clothes, which is pretty rare, so I should capitalize on it before it moves on and I'm stuck with one pair of jeans and a couple of tank-tops in November.

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Monday, August 09, 2004

Music: Weezer - Getchoo
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Stupid nicknames we have come up with for characters in Soul Caliber II

Kilik - "Stay the fuck away from me!"
Maxi - (black hair version) John Stamos/Uncle Jesse, (blond version) Uncle Joey
Talim - (pink version) Pretty in Pink
Voldo - Crack Monkey
Asteroth - (purple version) Bunny Hat of Doom, (other costume) Codpiece of Doom
Nightmare - Fabio
Ivy - (suit costume) George Washington/The Very Model of a Modern Major General, (purple costume) Titties

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Music: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Date With the Night
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The shore was AWESOME yesterday. Not even almost dieing spoiled the day.

The water was crazy cold, but the waves didn't let me take too long getting in. It was a total blast splashing in the waves with V, Ree, and Jason. Shawn spent a lot of time sunbathing. I did a little bit of that too, and actually got a tan! Well...for me it's tan...And I even did a good deed! I managed to get Ree's glasses back from the under the water and held on to them when I got wrecked by a wave. Woo!

But...I did almost drown. Something caused massive waves to show up. Five in a row. I'm...not a very good swimmer. I don't know how to dive under waves properly, and the ironic part was that Ree had been trying to show me how to. Basically I got knocked down, flipped around, dragged across the bottom, popped back up, took a little breath, got knocked down, flipped around, got back up, DIDN'T breath, got knocked down, yadda yadda yadda...

I was done swimming after that.

Then we went to the arcades down at Seaside, got some hardcore photobooth pictures, played some DDR, and after walking to Bangledesh and back, I got some taffy.

After that and a traffic filled ride back, we went to Kyra's for one last swimming party before she goes back to KU. Bye, Kyra! See you soon!

And now today. I've spent most of the time I've been awake reading. I went to B&N today and used the gift card Aunt Paula and Uncle Bob gave me for my birthday. I got my own copy of Wicked since I gave Kyra hers back last night, and Catch 22, a book I've been meaning to read for awhile. I've decided on a reading list for myself:

Wicked
Diary (another Chuck Palahniuk book)
Catch 22
Me Talk Pretty One Day (Still gotta buy it)

Man...my back is killing me. I'm probably gonna use this as a night off from being social. It's kinda rough to get up...I was going to try and learn a character in Soul Caliber II today, but I think I'll put that off until tomorrow. I don't really want to get up right now.

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Friday, August 06, 2004

Music: Yellowcard - Breathing
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Wow. I never knew how badly dissatisfaction could keep me up at night.

V, Shawn and I have been trying to finish the Witch Hunter Robin series for weeks. I thought we had finally gotten all of the discs last night, but we could only hope we were wrong. In the last episode of the last disc, the main character was in mortal peril and the one person protecting her had taken a judo chop to the head.

And that was it.

I had a mini-heart attack, thinking that that was it for the series. Cliff hanger ending. Viewer is left to decide what happens. We eventually convinced ourselves that we were missing a disc. Yeah. That had to be it.

I didn't get to checking until this morning, but yes, Virginia, there is a sixth disc. My rage can subside.

Now I'd like to talk about Yellowcard.

I finally got around to listening to Ocean Avenue, which I bought over a month ago. I also have One for the Kids. Now...I like Yellowcard...I really do. I just have this love/hate relationship with their CDs. I love the instrumentation. The fiddle works in surprisingly well with their song, and they seem to be very talented guitar players. But on both CDs there seems to be a segment of about three or four songs in a row that I don't enjoy and cause my attention to flag. I have to force myself to listen attentively again, and eventually get rewarded by a series of rather good songs. I can't form a coherent opinion! Curses! It would be a really good CD if not for the low point near the beginning...but then it gets good again...and I like the music...but the lyrics get repetitive....GAHHHH!!!

::brain cramp::

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Tuesday, August 03, 2004

Music: The Offspring - Keep 'Em Seperated
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I've developed a problem.

Despite the fact that I know it really doesn't matter, and no one really cares what I say in them, I enjoy writing reviews.

At the very least so I can look back at an articulated veiw of what I saw, read, used or played. Maybe I'll make a site for it. That might be fun to do...

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