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Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
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7:33 am
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| Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
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12:11 pm - yay me
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| Thursday, May 17th, 2007
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8:35 pm
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Sleepless in Seattle is not romatic. The Meg Ryan character is a hearltess cunt. She goes picking out her china patterns with and accepts an heirloom diamond ring from her fiance and then we are supposed to be HAPPY that she meets Tom Hanks on the Empire State Building? Go to hell! I do like the scene where the two men are retelling the plot of the Dirty Dozen and crying.
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| Thursday, March 8th, 2007
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5:02 pm - random countdown
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2:45 pm
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March of the Penguins arrived yesterday from Netflix. I'm gonna watch it tonight and turn out all the lights and get under my blanket because I am gonna be SOOOOOOO SCARED!! I heard it was really terrifying. I can't wait!!
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| Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
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11:01 am - Lost
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| Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
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11:45 am
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| Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
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1:34 pm - Mom's Jury
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Despite the fact she is related to two attorneys AND, here's the kicker, one of the witnesses in the case was her HIGH SCHOOL BOYFRIEND, mah was selected to be on the jury for a 4-week trial!!! That's how we get shit done in Texas, I tell ya.
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8:29 am - Jesus Camp Update
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| Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
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2:23 pm - I post many things all of a sudden
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A person I worked with in 2001 called me this afternoon at work and said, "I have someone special here I think you want to talk to." Now, it wasn't so strange that she would call me after 6 years, since we have kept in touch and she came to visit me in 2005 when I lived in Vegas. So, I am thinking it must be Denise, who we used to work with and who has since dropped off the face of the earth.
Well, this is what happened . . .
Person: "Jen?"
Me: "Yyyeah."
Person: "Jen?"
Me: "Mommy?"
Person: "Karen and I are in the same jury pool today! How weird is that?"
Me: "That's pretty weird."
Now, this is Houston, Texas, not some small town in southern Virginia, and Karen and my mom don't even live anywhere close to the same district. So it's doubly strange.
Apparently, my mom heard them question Karen about where she worked and Karen heard my mom say that her daughter is a lawyer working at xyz (they always want to know if they can disqualify you by being anywhere connected to stinkin' lawyers).
THEN Karen and Mah managed to sit down next to each other at break (Mah made this seem like a coincidence, but I figure she made sure she sat down next to Karen - haha - that's my Mah).
The moral of the story - I truly know everyone on the planet. (Hardly - but it sounds good).
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| Monday, January 29th, 2007
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1:41 pm - Jesus Camp arrives via Netflix to me tomorrow!!! The very long wait is over
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What to expect:
Kids on Fire is a camp the leaders of which admit that are indoctrinating children with evangelical dogma when they are most impressionable (under 13 and preferably between 7 and 9) .
Camp directors compare "Kids on Fire" to militant Palestinian training camps in the Middle East that instill an aggressive Islamist fundamentalism. Children in camouflage and face paint practice war dances with wooden swords and make straight-armed salutes to a soundtrack of Christian heavy metal. We see them weeping and speaking in tongues as they are seized by the Holy Spirit.
The movie visits a church at which the congregation prays in front of a life-size cardboard cutout of President Bush.
among other scary things. . . more day after tomorrow.
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| Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
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11:22 am - Random things because I am avoiding paying my bills
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1. I'm gonna talk German tonight! Then probably have a dream in German like I did last time where I visited PJ and Axel in Goettingen and PJ's dad was there and PJ and Axel were in wheel chairs for no reason at all and me and PJ's dad pushed them around the city while drinking beers.
2. I'm gonna see Pan's Labyrinth on Thursday!
3. I'm making the funkiest blanket ever made for my brother to match his green couch. The blanket is composed of 1-3" strips of the following colors/consistencies yarn in the following order: fuzzy yellow, velvet verigated yellow and light green, velvet light green, rope-like light green and neon, hairy neon, olive green softness (cross between cashmere and mohair), fuzzy dark green, velvet darker green, repeat from beginning. It is funkier than George Clinton, this blanket is. I call it Thermal Art (c). I am also making a light blue and irridescent blue blanket for my friend Amy but she doesn't know, a green and verigated blanket for Grandmother's north bedroom (she knows), and a black and white poncho for me (it is not pretty).
4. My Netflix queue currently has these series: Red Dwarf, House, Highlander, MASH, Dune miniseries, and Northern Exposure. I also have the documentaries about Wal-Mart, Enron, and Guantanamo, and those standy-bys Super Size Me, Roger and Me, and The Corporation. Viewing enjoyment from my childhood includes Willow, the Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, and Legend. Movies I always wanted to see but never did: Two Women, Seven Samurai, and Reds. That said, the next movie I will receive is the Best of George Carlin - OH YEAHH!
5. I bought a new pair of white pants last night. They look great, but the material is a little thin, if you know what I'm saying.
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey will be playing on the big screen in February. I am gonna go see it, but I will only watch the first 45 minutes or so, because otherwise my ass will fall asleep and I will snore and get a crick in my neck.
7. Forest Whittaker is not a very good public speaker, but he plays one badass Ugandan dictator. I don't care about Helen Mirren.
8. I will not watch the State of the Union Address tonight.
9. I gave blood for the first time in November. Two days ago I was thinking about how I liked giving blood and one day ago the blood people called to ask me if I would give again. I made them call. I have powers.
10. I do not know how to put things behind a link so you are stuck with this long ramble of completely unimportatnt crap on your friends' pages. All 4 of you!
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| Thursday, January 18th, 2007
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4:30 pm
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| Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
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1:11 pm
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| Your Career Personality: Independent, Flexible, and Ingenious | 
Your Ideal Careers:
Astronaut - wanted to do this as a kid
Entrepreneur - no way, too damn much work
Lawyer - um, not really
Nightclub owner - totally did that already sort of
Photographer - yes, because I took the best picture ever made
Private investigator - why not? But I would not hunt down cheating spouses. Bums me out.
Real estate developer - meh
Stand up comic - OMG I want to try this!
Venture capitalist - booooring
Video game developer - I hate video games so I would develop total crap, like that stupid pinata world game. |
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| Friday, January 12th, 2007
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2:05 pm - Seven Wonders of World, aka Nerdy Post that no one cares about, but I enjoyed myself
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Some outfit in Portugal is conducting a world-wide voting campaign to name the New Seven Wonders of the World. As I am perennially bored at my job, I spent some time today looking at what wonders were on current permutations of the Wonders of the World lists and compiling my own Top Seven.
The original Ancient Wonders of the World include . . .
Great Pyramid of Giza
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus
Colossus of Rhodes
Lighthouse of Alexandria
Now, only one of these is retained on my Top Seven because the others were destroyed. Who’s to say they ever existed at all, is my point.
So, we are left with The Great Pyramid of Giza. Six more to go.
Wikipedia lists the official Seven Modern Wonders as . . .
Channel Tunnel (the Chunnel, as it were)
CN Tower
Empire State Building
Golden Gate Bridge
Itaipu Dam
Delta Works
Panama Canal
First of all, ALL towers are completely off the list unless you are Petronas Towers I, II, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia standing at a height 1,483 ft (88 stories) or you are perhaps the tallest Freestanding Tower, the Inmost Telkom Tower in Jakarta, Indonesia standing at a height of 1,831 ft and counting (but the Jakarta tower does not make my Top Seven because it is incomplete - I think). Anyway, I’ll allow that the Panama Canal remain because I like stuff with water and it’s older than the African Dam or the Delta Works in the Nethlerlands or the Channel Tunnel (which I’ll grant is pretty cool, but WAY too easy with modern long-drill technologies). Yeah, and the Golden Gate Bridge – forgeddaboutid. It’s only there because some American created the list in the first place. Booooring!
So, now My Top Seven contains . . .
Great Pyramid of Giza
Petronas Towers I and II
Panama Canal
Someone has also created an official Seven Natural Wonders list containing
The Grand Canyon
Great Barrier Reef
Rio de Janeiro harbor
Mount Everest
Polar Aurora
Parícutin volcano
Victoria Falls
So, of course the list missed King’s Canyon in Australia and, oh, things like the Amazon Rainforest, but, let’s face it, the whole earth is a natural wonder so inclusions like volcanoes and shit on the Wonders of the World list are just, well, stupid. Let’s presume the world is a wonder in and of itself and get back to the important things . . . like the accomplishments of PEOPLE! I mean, some bullshit list I found included the polar ice caps as a wonder. Yes, I am in awe of the polar ice caps, but I do not wonder how they formed nor ponder how they remain. It's cold at the North Pole. Done. Moving on . . .
The Portugese people have narrowed the field to the following list of 21 wonders that will comprise the New Seven Wonders once voting is complete and announced in Lisbon, Portugal on 07/07/07!!
New Wonders Choices
Acropolis
Allahambra
Angkor
Chichen Itza
Christ Redeemer in Rio
Colosseum
Easter Island Statues
Eiffel Tower (pa-lease!)
Great Wall of China
Hagia Sophia
Kiyomizu Temple
Kremlin
Machu Pichu
Neuschwanstein (whatever)
Petra
Pyramids of Giza
Statue of Liberty (WHAT?!?!?!)
Stonehege
Sydney Opera House (who cares?)
Taj Mahal
Timbuktu
So, Easter Island and Stonehenge get included immediately because they truly are wonders. They definitely make you go wtf mate? Who did dat? Why'd they do dat? Hmm? The Great Wall of China is a no-brainer. It’s long and strong and old and all that stuff and it can be seen from SPACE!
Then it gets dicey.
To recap, we now have on My Top Seven
Great Pyramid of Giza
Petronas Towers I and II
Panama Canal
Easter Island
Stonehenge
Great Wall of China
So one more slot . . . I’m gonna have to lose the Panama Canal because, well, because I wanna. And I will add Chaco Canyon and, drumroll, Petra. Both are incredible feats of architectural and astronomical prowess. Chaco Canyon has the most amazing dry masonry architecture with tiny chinking and perfectly aligned corner windows that illuminate features in the itnerior of the rooms only at certain times of the year (real Indiana Jones type shit right there). Petra is just too damn cool down in a massive fossilized sand dune canyon and friggin carved into the earth, motherf__er!
My Top Seven REAL Wonders of the World
Great Pyramid of Giza
Petronas Towers I and II
Great Wall of China
Easter Island
Stonehenge
Chaco Canyon
Petra
I win. The End.
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| Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
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5:33 pm - Duh!
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| Tuesday, December 26th, 2006
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9:07 am
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TIGER
3 Animal sign |
You are the lucky charm of all the animals! You have massive amounts of energy, always ready for any challenge. Speaking of challenges, you have a competitive streak a mile wide! Tigers are a tad bit impulsive, so beware you daring tigers, that you don't end up in the ER more times than you can afford. Some lovely traits you posses are: Courage, boldness and optimism. You have many friends, since you love meeting new people. Tigers are natural leaders. You really don't like to be bossed around that's for sure! Bold Tiger, you spend and share money like it grows on trees, but for you it kind of doesn’t matter since you are so lucky. You always manage to come out on top. Looking for love? A Horse or a Dog is your best bet, although Rabbits, Dragons or Pigs will do nicely! Don't turn your back on Monkeys. They are your nemesis!
Below are the actual dates for the year of the Tiger.
Jan. 31 1938 - Feb. 18 1939,
Feb. 17 1950 - Feb. 5 1951,
Feb. 5 1962 - Jan. 24 1963,
Jan. 23 1974 - Feb. 10 1975,
Feb. 9 1986 - Jan. 28 1987,
Jan. 28 1998 - Feb. 15 1999 |
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My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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You scored higher than 99% on Animal sign |
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| Thursday, November 30th, 2006
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10:24 am - why not
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Go to Pop Culture Madness and find the Greatest Hits for the year you turned 18.
(Cleverly note that this is totally US-centric and play along only if you're okay with that.)
Select the first 50.
Bold the ones you like.
Strike out the ones you dislike.
Italicize the ones you are familiar with but neither like nor dislike.
Leave the ones you don't know as is.
1. What Is Love - Haddaway
2. Come Baby Come - K7
3. Hero - Mariah Carey
4. In The Still Of The Night (I'll Remember) - Boyz II men
5. Have I Told You Lately - Rod Stewart
6. Can't Help Falling In Love - UB40
7. Dreamlover - Mariah Carey
8. Supermodel (You Better Work) - RuPaul
9. Nuthin' But A "G" Thang - Dr. Dre
10. Cryin' - Aerosmith
11. Murder She Wrote - Chaka Demus and Pliers
12. Shoop - Salt N Pepa
13. A Whole New World - Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle
14. Show Me Love - Robin S
15. I'm So Into You - SWV
16. Hip Hop Hooray - Naughty By Nature
17. Rhythm Is A Dancer - Snap!
18. All that She Wants - Ace Of Base
19. Hey Mr. D.J. - Zhane
20. Just Kickin' It - Xscape
21. That's The Way Love Goes - Janet Jackson
22. When I Fall In Love - Celine Dion & Clive Griffin
23. Please Forgive Me - Bryan Adams
24. No Ordinary Love - Sade
25. I Get Around - 2 Pac
26. Weak - SWV
27. Bad Boys - Inner Circle
28. Whoot, There It Is - 95 South
29. More and More - Captain Hollywood Project
30. Will You Be There - Michael Jackson
31. I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do that) - Meatloaf
32. T-R-O-U-B-L-E - Travis Tritt
33. I'm Gonna Be (500 miles) - the Proclaimers
34. Knockin Da Boots - H-Town
35.Connected - Stereo MCs
36. Passionate Kisses - Mary Chapin-Carpenter
37. Boom! Shake The Room - Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince
38. Baby I'm Yours - Shai
39. Love U More - Sunscreem
40. I'm Every Woman - Whitney Houston
41. Sweat (A La La La La Song) - Inner Circle
42. Freak Me - Silk
43. Reason To Believe - Rod Stewart & Ronnie Wood
44. Deeper and Deeper - Madonna
45. Another Sad Love Song - Toni Braxton
46. Hey Jealousy - Gin Blossoms
47. Can't Get Enough Of Your Love - Taylor Dayne
48. Ooh Child - Dino
49. Whoomp! There It Is - Tag Team
50. Two Princes - Spin Doctors
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| Thursday, November 16th, 2006
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5:32 pm - Very complicated instructions
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November 16th, 2006 (02:24 pm)
This is a list of the 50 most significant speculative fiction/fantasy works, 1953-2002, according to the Science Fiction Book Club. Bold the ones you've read, strike-out the ones you hated, italicize those you started but never finished and underline the ones you loved.
1. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
2. The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov
3. Dune, Frank Herbert
4. Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein
5. A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
6. Neuromancer, William Gibson
7. Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke
8. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
9. The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
10. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
11. The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
12. A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
13. The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov
14. Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras
15. Cities in Flight, James Blish
16. The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett
17. Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison
18. Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison
19. The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
20. Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany
21. Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey
22. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
23. The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson
24. The Forever War, Joe Haldeman
25. Gateway, Frederik Pohl
26. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling
27. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
28. I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
29. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
30. The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin
31. Little, Big, John Crowley
32. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
33. The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
34. Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement
35. More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
36. The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith
37. On the Beach, Nevil Shute
38. Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke
39. Ringworld, Larry Niven
40. Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
41. The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien
42. Slaughterhouse-5, Kurt Vonnegut
43. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
44. Last Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner
45. The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
46. Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein
47. Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock
48. The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks
49. Timescape, Gregory Benford
50. To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip José Farmer
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| Tuesday, November 14th, 2006
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