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| domo arigato mister roboto |
[Feb. 24th, 2009|09:40 am] |
jeez. i always forget that when the mac is running slow or simply refusing to work at all just click software update, but instead i curse for two days before finding that out again.
party was fun.
work the following monday was not. we are so short staffed that i've been scheduled 56 hours next week. and i really want to take my vacation but i have no idea when that's going to happen, until we hire at least two new people. ridiculous.
hugh jackman is my new favorite since hosting the oscars. how awesome was he? the speeches from the winners were great, especially the guy who won best original screenplay for "milk". penelope cruz deserved her win, they all did, although i've not seen "the reader" and probably will do so today if it's still playing at baxter ave. will do that now actually. |
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| Reporting from Days Coffee on Bardstown Road. |
[Sep. 18th, 2008|07:23 pm] |
I guess a blackout is a good a reason as any to update, if only from the sheer amount of boredom I've experienced the last five days. No, I guess it hasn't been entirely dull. I'm on my way to finishing the last Dark Tower novel, which sucks, not because it's the last but because it's such a shitty finale to a series I've been reading since I was 14. I mean, Stephen King actually wrote himself into his own story, which I'm sure made some profound logic to him, but to me it just sounds lazy and narcissistic. You invest so much time in these characters, and the years waiting between books, and suddenly out of nowhere in book five (or book six, I can't remember) you found out, "Oh, Stephen King wrote us into existence. How about that?"
Neat-o.
At least I'll finish it tonight and that will be that. I've a feeling there are a few more dark nights ahead of me, so I'm trying to decide what to read next if anything. Maybe I'll try my hand at shadow puppets, and since I missed out on Project Runway this week I can act out my own episode where Tim Gunn is my thumb and Heidi Klum, my "fuck you" finger. Michael Korrs gets to be the pinky. I swear I'm sober. Devastatingly so.
I bought a laser pointer today to play (torture) with Elle, the cat. She seems to like (get extremely frustrated by) chasing it around the apartment, and the ever entertaining running around in frantic circles for the little red dot, is worth the five bucks. Do all cats have that little fatty swinging sack between their hind legs? Is it just house cats? Or my cat? Kind of gross.
The economy in Louisville seems to be doing well since the windstorm on Sunday. Kroger alone has been packed every day with people stocking up like it's goddamn Y2K all over again. One lady in particular, in her late sixties, tufts of white unkept hair, and dressed in a floral nightgown, was extremely concerned, stopping at the pharmacy and screeching at us, "Where's the water? Do you have any idea where the bottled water is? I need... some... water!" And five minutes go by before she's back. "Coolers. I need a cooler. Where... in Kroger... would you find... COOLERS?!" Funny enough, but the kicker was her cart was packed with cans and cans of cat food. I can't say I hate her priorities. If I were her I'd put the happiness of my 10 or 12 cats ahead of my own as well.
I've got to head out soon. It's getting dark, and the walk home is kind of eerie without street lights. |
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[Jun. 3rd, 2008|12:34 am] |
"we become who we are by the deep seated refusal of what others want us to be"
it's not the exact quote and i can't remember who said it... voltaire? voltron? valtrex the #1 prescription drug to prevent genital herpes? but i do know my drama teacher, ms. larosa, wrote that in my GSP journal a few several years ago. if you can find out the actual quote and who it's from you get a thousand brownie points and possibly a puppy. a puppy who never ages, and never pees or poops. yes, you get a puppy in a perpetual state of puppy-dom that has no excretions. what's better than that? i'm sure there are several things better but that's what you're getting....
except for the puppy.
because that doesn't exist, unfortunately. if it did, i'd have about 10 puppies running around the house, not peeing or pooping. speaking of, i really want a puppy... specifically a Westie. Google image it, because they're eff'in adorable.
In other news... I'm veg-eh-tarian again. i work out a little more than i used to, and i'm seriously thinking about quitting smoking. i work at a pharmacy. i'm going to take my pharmacy test soon so i can get paid a little more, and i'm more interested in drugs and what drugs are intended for rather than 3 years ago when i thought drugs were for anyone who had the money to buy them from a third shift waitress for their own personal use.
and also i campaigned for hillary.
apologies all around. |
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[Apr. 19th, 2008|12:11 am] |
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THUNDER QUAKE 2008!!!! |
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[Mar. 7th, 2008|11:52 pm] |
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THUNDER BLIZZARD 2008!!!!!! |
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| MOOOOOVIES |
[Jan. 23rd, 2008|01:33 am] |
Here's my favorite movies from 2007, keeping in mind I've yet to see Atonement, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, There Will Be Blood, Into the Wild, and a few other movies on my must see list.
1. Juno - Fuck those who say the witty dialogue was unrealistic. What movie is a hundred percent realistic? Why do people continue to expect every film they see to be a flawless reflection of reality when no film, not even a documentary, could ever accomplish such a feat? Isn't one of the pleasures of going to the movies is seeing things we don't usually see in the real world? Why aren't more people refreshed that a film has gone against the grain by creating characters more intelligent than real people, as opposed to the Hollywood norm of creating characters who are considerably dumber and more shallow than real people? But I digress, Juno had an amazing script, and a main character who I fell in love with from the first scene and grew to deeply care about. Ellen Page deserves that Oscar nomination and in my opinion, the win.
2. No Country for Old Men - Based on a book, unread by me, by Cormac McCarthy (author of The Road, and the previously filmed All the Pretty Horses) with a killer so evil it's incomprehensible to those he meets but hypnotizing to watch on screen. There wasn't an unnecessary scene. The best film from the Coen brothers since Fargo.
3. Away From Her - Julie Christie as a wife with Alzheimer's who decides to check herself into a live-in care facility against her husbands wishes. A movie that avoids the standard cliches of most movies about Alzheimer's (I'm looking at you, The Notebook) and simply observes this heartbreaking disease.
Honorable mention: Sweeney Todd, Superbad, Eastern Promises, Ratatouille
*edit* and Hot Rod for the simple fact it has the line "Yoo-hoo, shit heads, I found this bag of fireworks in the men's restroom. Would you guys like to light them off?" |
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[Nov. 10th, 2007|03:58 am] |
oh my gawd... i smell like onions. but i'm too drunk/lazy to clean myself up, so i guess i'll be smelling like onions until tomorrow. hope that's not a problem bed-fellows. all eight of you.
i saw sarah and allison tonight at 3 brothers. i wanted to hang with them but they obviously had their own crowd to be with and i didn't have the energy to intrude. and if i had, the conversation would've gone something like,
"hey, we worked at fred's together!"
"YEAH, so-and-so worked there too and they were craaaazy!"
"omigod! yah! so crazy! remember that one time we stole snacks?"
"omigod! yAH! stealing snacks is my middle name!"
you get the point.
regardless it was nice seeing those two, briefly.
the rest of the night was me, driving home and making bean/onion/cheese snacks. and i still smell like the onions.
they're just so potent. |
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[Nov. 5th, 2007|03:42 am] |
before today i had no idea there is an instrument called the theremin or that it's existed since 1919, invented by Leon Theremin, and unique in that it was "the first musical instrument designed to be played without being touched." (thanks, wikipedia)
i've been youtube-ing it and came across clara rockmore (1911-1998) who was considered one of the finest and most accomplished performers of the theremin. here she is playing "the swan,"
i totally dig how eerie and odd-ball this thing is. and i want one.
and i'll play it while wearing this shirt:
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[Oct. 23rd, 2007|03:49 am] |
all day long it's been raining. depressing. and the rain woke me up. even more depressing.
however. i've got this:
and this:
SO, needless to say i am in dork heaven. also known as "fat ass shut-in" territory.
speaking of fat ass shut-ins i downloaded britney's new album, you know, the one with this cover:
"I eat so much fowl, I shit feathers!"
and it pretty much sounds like kylie minogue scraps. or gwen stefani rejects. but i don't hate it. |
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[Oct. 2nd, 2007|03:55 pm] |
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MY STUDENT LOANS ARE OUT OF DEFAULT! i chodally forgot about that. this means school again. yes? |
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| justice with a snap! |
[Oct. 2nd, 2007|04:21 am] |
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| | charlotte martin - stromata | ] |
i love pj harvey's new album. love it. i listen to it every night before bed and at 30-something minutes the album is just long enough that i usually fall asleep at the next to last track. best sleep time album since vespertine.
last thursday carley, luna and i drove to mom's house. i brought back a box of old journals mom had let me borrow. i loved reading them. probably a little too much. i was obsessed with pouring over every little entry, no matter how tiny the detail.
(anyway)
luna stayed with mom for the weekend. it was really nice seeing her even if only for an hour. i miss our 4am talks over coffee. she's coming down to stay here for a few days starting wednesday but i have to work all week so that sucks hard. early thursday we might be going to jackson's orchard for pumpking picking or whatever one does at jackson's orchard. hay ride? yes? no. anyway. later, after leaving mom's, carley and i watched matt play in orchestra at Fort God. that was nice. i'm so proud of him, and his ~*musical abilities*~.
hm. saturday a few people came over and we had drinks and games. good times. carley made the best drunken food known to drunken man-kind. a bean & corn kay-say-dilla. and for those of you who just threw up in your mouth, suck it. it was bomb. ass. bomb-ass.
uhm. today i played with luna outside for a little while before work. we dug around in the dirt with sticks. she liked it when i'd find a clod of dirt and crumble it over her hands, saying, "again. hand." while pointing at her palm. i felt kind of bad because she was getting dirty (obviously daniel) but i couldn't say no to her. she's starting to make full sentences now too. it's adorable. and my heart melts when she says my name. OH! and the other day carley gave her a real glass (a tiny one, but real) to drink her milk and some cheerios for a snack, and she'd carefully dip a cheerio in the milk and eat it. awwwe!
aaaand that's about it. |
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| 555 |
[Sep. 11th, 2007|02:39 am] |
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| | bjork - pagan poetry | ] |
today i,
- answered a million phone calls for pizza
- learned how to box a million pizzas in a timely manner
- lost almost all feeling in my legs/feet
it felt nice to actually have something to keep my brain on auto-pilot for 8 hours, and plus i hate food now so maybe i'll lose some weight.
and in further thinking, yes, britney's performance sucked balls, but... i mean... it could have been monumentally worse. i dunno. i'll pray for her. except not really.
i missed not being able to hang out with luna today. i woke up while she was taking a nap, and i had to leave for work just as she woke up, and she was in bed for the night by the time i came home. sad. :(
i need to stop staying up so late. the hours can crawl. |
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[Sep. 10th, 2007|01:05 am] |
while a little harsh i find the below to be true.
from perezhilton.com
Dear Britney,
Fuck you! FUCK YOU!
We are insulted, offended and disgusted by your “performance” at the VMAs.
Are you fucking serious???
What you did was disrespectful to your few remaining fans. And it was disrespectful to MTV!
You should have just cancelled, bitch.
Your performance was beyond pathetic. The old Britney Spears, who was at one point - a long time ago - truly great, would be embarrassed by your lack of professionalism and utterly shiteous appearance at the VMAs.
Were was Criss Angel? Were was the magic? And by ‘magic’ we don’t mean any tricks or illusions.
You seemed dead on stage. The spark is dead in you!
We all know you lipsynch, but you couldn’t even do that well!
You barely danced!
You have no one to blame for your failure but YOU!
There is no way you were going to be good. You were out partying every night before the VMAs for three days in a row! You were probably still drunk or high during your performance!!!
No bullshit excuse that you or your camp will come up with can make up for how pathetic your performance was.
You heard Sarah Silverman was going to make fun of your kids? Deal with it! Rise above it! Or don’t go on!
A true professional will DELIVER - no matter what!
What you did was inexcusable!
Your new manager should be ashamed of himself! You have tainted his reputation and everyone at The Firm should run and hide.
Your record label must be thrilled.
You should apologize to everyone, Britney!!!!
You are pathetic! FUCK YOU!
P.S. Your beer belly looked hot!
P.S. #2 - Thank God for Alicia Keys! That is the real deal! She killed it! She is what the VMAs should be all about - the music, the showmanship and the professionalism.
P.S. #3 - How badly did the Video Music Awards suck all-around??? |
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[Sep. 9th, 2007|10:31 pm] |
oh britney. you sure know how to bring the lolz.
oh, and hi! |
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[Aug. 27th, 2007|03:34 pm] |
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i really, really need to be doing laundry... and i will! but i can't stop watching Maury, especially when the topic is "1 Woman... 1 Baby... 3 Lovers! Which Man is the Father? Part 1" Being a Part 1 I guess I already know what I'll be doing at this time tomorrow. (Hint: Not laundry) |
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[Aug. 25th, 2007|04:24 am] |
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i'm re-visiting how awesome poe's "haunted" album really is. and it's awesome. you should check it out and than read her brother's book, "house of leaves". do it! |
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