Tuesday, October 31, 2006
happy halloween!
ok. i admit, an anderson cooper pumpkin? maybe that's a bit too much. but come on! its totally awesome at the same time. you know it.
and no. i did not carve it.
this is the picture it is based on:
Monday, October 30, 2006
yeeaaaa!!!
who got a B on their first ever philosophy paper? THIS GUY!!!
i want to jump and scream and do cartwheels.
so. happy.
i want to jump and scream and do cartwheels.
so. happy.
Sunday, October 29, 2006
i heart mitch albom
i've never been a witness to his skills as a sports broadcaster, but i love love LOVE his skills as a writer. maybe tuesdays with morrie was too sentemental. but i liked it. and the five people you meet in heaven was touching and really made me think. today i bought his new book, for one more day. i'm excited. i probably shouldn't be doing things like buying new books when i have school work to be doing, but i can't control myself when i go to chapters.
and that wasn't the only book i bought. i also got my secret. the new postsecret book. man, i don't know what it is about those postcards, but i'm hooked. the happy ones, the sad ones, the crazy ones, i love them all.
before i read anything i got today, i need to read some ethics. boo.
also, after missing out on the lower deck last night, i'm feeling the itch.
i need some reese's cups...
ps. 3 MONTHS TILL I'M 25!!
and that wasn't the only book i bought. i also got my secret. the new postsecret book. man, i don't know what it is about those postcards, but i'm hooked. the happy ones, the sad ones, the crazy ones, i love them all.
before i read anything i got today, i need to read some ethics. boo.
also, after missing out on the lower deck last night, i'm feeling the itch.
i need some reese's cups...
ps. 3 MONTHS TILL I'M 25!!
Saturday, October 28, 2006
pissed.
i realize that bitching people out in a public forum probably isn't the wisest/most mature thing to do, so i won't do it, but i'm so tired of the bullshit.
this was the only guilt free weekend.
also i'm more pissed than i normally would be because i'm angry at myself for other things. don't you hate that? the affect that other people have on you? and it's completely out of your control. bastards.
this was the only guilt free weekend.
also i'm more pissed than i normally would be because i'm angry at myself for other things. don't you hate that? the affect that other people have on you? and it's completely out of your control. bastards.
Thursday, October 26, 2006
pearls of wisdom from grandpa timberlake
so i'm still awake [i have no idea why] and watching the tonight show for what could possibly be the first time ever. and justin timberlake is on. which is quite a treat. haha! anyway, he tells this story that his grandfather told him when he was about 10. i'm going to tell it to you now.
so once there was this dog. and the dog walked the same route everyday. along this route there were train tracks he crossed. so one day the dog is walking his route and the end of his tail gets caught in the train tracks. so he gets a little panicked because he looks down the tracks and he sees the train coming. so he doesn't know what to do and instead of pulling on his tail to try to get it out of the tracks, he turns his head around and tries to use his teeth to pull his tail out of the tracks. and just then the train comes by and the dog gets his head ripped off.
moral of the story?
don't lose your head over a little piece of tail.
excellent lesson.
so once there was this dog. and the dog walked the same route everyday. along this route there were train tracks he crossed. so one day the dog is walking his route and the end of his tail gets caught in the train tracks. so he gets a little panicked because he looks down the tracks and he sees the train coming. so he doesn't know what to do and instead of pulling on his tail to try to get it out of the tracks, he turns his head around and tries to use his teeth to pull his tail out of the tracks. and just then the train comes by and the dog gets his head ripped off.
moral of the story?
don't lose your head over a little piece of tail.
excellent lesson.
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
am i argumentative?
i like to think i only argue when provoked. with some people, it happens more often. i don't purposefully pick fights or try to force my opinions on other people.
i need some feedback here.
does it seem like i always need to be right?
because i'm finding myself more and more annoyed every time i talk to a few people. every single time, i end up pissed. i hate feeling this way... and i hate that i think its the other person always needing to be right. because things happen like, i get asked a question, or for my opinion, and no matter what i say, i'm wrong. or they already know. so why am i even being asked? and why do i always listen to people whine about the same problems over and over and over again? not that what i have to say is all that pressing or important, but can't anyone listen to me whine? just a little bit? and yes. i realize i'm being selfish. but everyone needs to whine a little bit sometimes and needs people to listen to them do it.
oh my god i'm so annoyed.
and another thing. watching madonna on oprah and listening to her talk about her messed up adoption does not make you an expert on world events and the situation in africa. madonna on oprah. seriously? that's where you're getting your information.
we are definitely a tabloid nation.
i need to go for a run.
or someone to hug.
i need some feedback here.
does it seem like i always need to be right?
because i'm finding myself more and more annoyed every time i talk to a few people. every single time, i end up pissed. i hate feeling this way... and i hate that i think its the other person always needing to be right. because things happen like, i get asked a question, or for my opinion, and no matter what i say, i'm wrong. or they already know. so why am i even being asked? and why do i always listen to people whine about the same problems over and over and over again? not that what i have to say is all that pressing or important, but can't anyone listen to me whine? just a little bit? and yes. i realize i'm being selfish. but everyone needs to whine a little bit sometimes and needs people to listen to them do it.
oh my god i'm so annoyed.
and another thing. watching madonna on oprah and listening to her talk about her messed up adoption does not make you an expert on world events and the situation in africa. madonna on oprah. seriously? that's where you're getting your information.
we are definitely a tabloid nation.
i need to go for a run.
or someone to hug.
bus blogging
you know whats great about having a laptop? bus entertainment. seriously. i think of it everyday but usually i'm not in a position to haul it out and make it work. but today, everything is working out in my favour! i wrote my tutorial response question thing for my philosophy class. i didn't send it because i have no internet, but its written. i waste 2 hours a day on this damn bus. not to mention walking to and from the bus stop. i wish busses had internet access. that would be superb. imagine what i could accomplish then! the only thing that's creepy is the woman who isn't directly beside me, there is one set between us, she keeps trying to read my screen. does she think i don't realize she's doing it? it makes me think of that commercial for the screen cover thing and the guy is on the airplane and the 2 guys on either side of him keep trying to read his screen. haha that's such a funny commercial.
speaking of commercials, my ethics class today was about living the good life and what does that actually mean, the "good" life. so obviously we got into a huge discussion about consumerism and all of its negative aspects. that's one thing that i'm realizing about philosophy [this class anyway], it's so negative. all this class does is talk about negative things. how horrible people are and how fucked up our society is. it brings me down. anyway, i'm not saying that we don't all lead overly commercialized lives. we do. but i don't think that there is anything we can do about it. we live in the society we live in and that isn't going to change. sitting in my philosophy class with a bunch of people who think the same thing is pointless. its like preaching to the choir. we know there is a problem. the preaching needs to be done to the people who don't think there are any problems out there. but maybe i don't get it. i never claimed to be a philosopher. today the prof asked the question, who feels a sense of fulfillment?. out of the whole class, i'd say 3 people raised their hands.
i don't know where i was going with that.... is this me having a non-argument with myself? wow. that's pretty bad. its bad enough when you have non-arguments with other people, but with yourself? yikes.
the people sitting in front of me are being all kissy. i'm gonna puke.
speaking of commercials, my ethics class today was about living the good life and what does that actually mean, the "good" life. so obviously we got into a huge discussion about consumerism and all of its negative aspects. that's one thing that i'm realizing about philosophy [this class anyway], it's so negative. all this class does is talk about negative things. how horrible people are and how fucked up our society is. it brings me down. anyway, i'm not saying that we don't all lead overly commercialized lives. we do. but i don't think that there is anything we can do about it. we live in the society we live in and that isn't going to change. sitting in my philosophy class with a bunch of people who think the same thing is pointless. its like preaching to the choir. we know there is a problem. the preaching needs to be done to the people who don't think there are any problems out there. but maybe i don't get it. i never claimed to be a philosopher. today the prof asked the question, who feels a sense of fulfillment?. out of the whole class, i'd say 3 people raised their hands.
i don't know where i was going with that.... is this me having a non-argument with myself? wow. that's pretty bad. its bad enough when you have non-arguments with other people, but with yourself? yikes.
the people sitting in front of me are being all kissy. i'm gonna puke.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
parisian weddings and oldies tunes
if lorelai and chris come back from paris married, i will not be a happy girl.
and what was up with luke being at the town meeting? and participating? luke hates town meetings.
weird.
i did like how they played a little jay and the americans at the end of the episode. come a little bit closer. [you're my kind of man. so big and so strong.] how can you not love oldies? the boppy tune, the innocent lyrics... i can just see the poodle skirts twirling. even though this song is from 1964.
and what was up with luke being at the town meeting? and participating? luke hates town meetings.
weird.
i did like how they played a little jay and the americans at the end of the episode. come a little bit closer. [you're my kind of man. so big and so strong.] how can you not love oldies? the boppy tune, the innocent lyrics... i can just see the poodle skirts twirling. even though this song is from 1964.
what's with today, today?
i over slept. i missed my lab. i missed the squid dissection. but my other lab was great. i think that genetics is really interesting, but i suck at it.
i need to write my ethics proposal. i am not really sure how to go about doing that.
i came across this picture on a friends msn space. i think it was taken at one of the tequila parties that happened back in may.
i miss my guitar. even though it is sitting right there. i can almost touch it from here. but i miss it. i haven't played in weeks. it is starting to collect dust. i keep thinking i should put it in its case, but then i feel like if i put it away, i really won't play. there was a guitar class that i wanted to take at school this year. but i wasn't sure how i felt about dragging my guitar back and forth to shcool. on the bus...could be annoying. so i didn't take it. i'm kinda sad. i wish i lived closer to school. imagine how much better i'd be if i took that class. sigh.
maybe i'll play just one song...
p.s.
song of the day
now if i wrote you a love note
and made you smile with every word i wrote
what would you do
would that make you wanna change your scene
and wanna be the one on my team
tell me would you
- justin timberlake
i need to write my ethics proposal. i am not really sure how to go about doing that.
i came across this picture on a friends msn space. i think it was taken at one of the tequila parties that happened back in may.
i miss my guitar. even though it is sitting right there. i can almost touch it from here. but i miss it. i haven't played in weeks. it is starting to collect dust. i keep thinking i should put it in its case, but then i feel like if i put it away, i really won't play. there was a guitar class that i wanted to take at school this year. but i wasn't sure how i felt about dragging my guitar back and forth to shcool. on the bus...could be annoying. so i didn't take it. i'm kinda sad. i wish i lived closer to school. imagine how much better i'd be if i took that class. sigh. maybe i'll play just one song...
p.s.
song of the day
now if i wrote you a love note
and made you smile with every word i wrote
what would you do
would that make you wanna change your scene
and wanna be the one on my team
tell me would you
- justin timberlake
Monday, October 23, 2006
Sunday, October 22, 2006
non-drunken nights at cheers
i know i said no more 4am blogging, but i'm not completely breaking the rules. i am not drunk. i write this with a clear head. i know, amazing, eh? i survived a saturday night at cheers sober. but i had my buds and my boys [not really my boys. i just think they're super] so it was a good time.
a high point of the evening was the awesome chats that were had during the band's down time. being used for your table isn't so bad when the company ends up being hilarious and fantastic. can the tables be turned? if i don't have a table and want to sit, can i go find where our table moocher is sitting and mooch off that table? curious.
we lost one member of our group towards the end of the evening. not sure where he wandered off to. but it was good he came out.
anyway, its definitely time for bed. i kinda wish the cabbie had stopped at mcdonalds. i could use a burger. starving. maybe tomorrow on my way to work. ugh. work. shoot me. come visit.
a high point of the evening was the awesome chats that were had during the band's down time. being used for your table isn't so bad when the company ends up being hilarious and fantastic. can the tables be turned? if i don't have a table and want to sit, can i go find where our table moocher is sitting and mooch off that table? curious.
we lost one member of our group towards the end of the evening. not sure where he wandered off to. but it was good he came out.
anyway, its definitely time for bed. i kinda wish the cabbie had stopped at mcdonalds. i could use a burger. starving. maybe tomorrow on my way to work. ugh. work. shoot me. come visit.
Friday, October 20, 2006
AHHHH!!! SO EXCITED!!!!
oh my god. guess what just happened.
ok. way back in march, i went to the great big sea concert when they were here. i somehow managed front row seats and they allowed picture taking so i got some prime shots. the great big sea website wanted people to send in their shots from the tour and they'd post them on the website. so i sent in a whole bunch. but then they never got posted! i was pissed!
HOWEVER
today i got an e-mail from helen, who is part of the great big sea team, and she said that my pictures really stood out from the bunch and she kept them in a separate folder for potential use at a later date. now. that could be bullshit. maybe she kept everyones pictures and this e-mail got sent to like, 3000 other people. but what she said was that she wanted to use one of my pictures for the great big sea 2007 calendar! hahaha! how funny is that! she said that the picture would be credited with my name and i'd get a free calendar when they were printed! I'm pretty excited because i'm a huge great big sea fan.
i wonder if it's gonna be like, a big picture for a month, or just like, a little down in the corner picture....curious...
BUT EXCITED!!!!!
also today, i spoke for the first time ever in my philosophy tutorial. know what i said? "the sum of the square of the sides of a right angle triangle is equal to the square of the hypoteneuse". who's a geek? this guy.
ok. way back in march, i went to the great big sea concert when they were here. i somehow managed front row seats and they allowed picture taking so i got some prime shots. the great big sea website wanted people to send in their shots from the tour and they'd post them on the website. so i sent in a whole bunch. but then they never got posted! i was pissed!
HOWEVER
today i got an e-mail from helen, who is part of the great big sea team, and she said that my pictures really stood out from the bunch and she kept them in a separate folder for potential use at a later date. now. that could be bullshit. maybe she kept everyones pictures and this e-mail got sent to like, 3000 other people. but what she said was that she wanted to use one of my pictures for the great big sea 2007 calendar! hahaha! how funny is that! she said that the picture would be credited with my name and i'd get a free calendar when they were printed! I'm pretty excited because i'm a huge great big sea fan.
i wonder if it's gonna be like, a big picture for a month, or just like, a little down in the corner picture....curious...
BUT EXCITED!!!!!
also today, i spoke for the first time ever in my philosophy tutorial. know what i said? "the sum of the square of the sides of a right angle triangle is equal to the square of the hypoteneuse". who's a geek? this guy.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
are you kidding me?
you are so full of shit it's not even funny. just stop talking. you're driving me crazy.
it's a dinglehopper
so after an hour long battle to find all the required cords, remote controls and whatnot to make a vcr work [yeah, a vcr. remember video tapes? big rectangle things?], i am now watching the little mermaid. oh man. i want it on dvd SO BAD! its funny because i'm watching this for the first time in years and i still know every single word. oh man. i love this movie. and it never really occured to me before [probably because i was like, 8 the last time i watched this], but ariel is only 16. she's running off and getting married at 16! that's a little young, don't you think? but i guess it was way back in the days of princes and sailing ships.
and when ariel is sitting on the side of the ship and she's trying to point eric out to scuttle, she says, the one playing the snarffblat. wouldn't that have been the old guy? and what exactly are those little things that ursela turns the merpeople into?
i need this dvd.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
rain rain
usually the worst thing about the rain is how the bottoms of my jeans get all wet cuz they touch the ground and then my legs are cold and my feet are cold when i get home and when i sit on my legs in class [which i do all the time] my ass gets wet. but the worst thing about the rain today was i was wearing my pumas. and they got wet. bitches.
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
media ratings and tabloid stories
so the most recent post on my favourite anderson cooper blog, all things anderson is about ratings [news specific] and what kind of trash people are interested in. you can read it here. it was stated by sheryn [the author of the post] that john mark karr did an interview with larry king, and right after was on fox. so to make sure that you don't change the channel, cnn dedicated the first half hour of anderson cooper 360 to analyzing the karr interview. complete with experts on law and psychology. that way, you'd stick wtih cnn for something new than switch to fox for another interview. amazing how the cable news world works. but not surprising. as i've said before, the news media is nothing but a bunch of blood-thirsty, ratings-hungry story-tellers. i have little to no faith in anything i see on the news. maybe i'm overly critical, but that's what happens.
my point to this whole thing is that it's disgusting that cnn even agreed to interview him. and that there was a ratings battle over it. who cares! people are rediculous! why do you want to give this guy the time of day? the more interested people are in him, the more he is going to get out of it! he's going to end up with a book deal or something and that is just wrong.
so sheryn asks the question, "are we a tabloid nation?". the answer is definitely yes. a ratings war over scum like john mark karr? there are way more important things going on in the world. can you say, nuclear north korea? and even if cnn feels the need to stay within their own country, that's fine! there is plenty going on there! they have an election coming up!
i didn't watch anderson cooper last night. because i just don't care about karr or what he has to say. i left a comment on ata about this post [which i thought was awesome - the post, not my comment] but i think it got mis understood. someone commented back that to not watch 360 just because we don't like a story is to cut our noses off to spite our face. if we don't watch, 360 gets low ratings, and then we lose 360 [except she said we lose anderson]. i wasn't not watching to try to damage cnn. this wasn't about teaching them a lesson. i just didn't care. and she writes back,
"Lastly, you're right that money drives so much of what goes on. If he gets a book deal, it's because people will buy the book. They don't give book deals if they don't believe they will make money on it."
obviously. but that's the frustrating part. that people will buy it. and someone will make money. that's what makes me mad. the fact that people are so frigging nosey about the most retarded things! why do you want to read all the fucked up details? all these interviews and books aren't about trying to figure him out for the greater good. they knew he was trouble in 2001 and they blew it. they lost the evidence. all the signs were there and they knew he was sketchy. now its about money. frigging greedy bastards who just see dollar signs.
i'm so frustrated i can't even think straight.
my point to this whole thing is that it's disgusting that cnn even agreed to interview him. and that there was a ratings battle over it. who cares! people are rediculous! why do you want to give this guy the time of day? the more interested people are in him, the more he is going to get out of it! he's going to end up with a book deal or something and that is just wrong.
so sheryn asks the question, "are we a tabloid nation?". the answer is definitely yes. a ratings war over scum like john mark karr? there are way more important things going on in the world. can you say, nuclear north korea? and even if cnn feels the need to stay within their own country, that's fine! there is plenty going on there! they have an election coming up!
i didn't watch anderson cooper last night. because i just don't care about karr or what he has to say. i left a comment on ata about this post [which i thought was awesome - the post, not my comment] but i think it got mis understood. someone commented back that to not watch 360 just because we don't like a story is to cut our noses off to spite our face. if we don't watch, 360 gets low ratings, and then we lose 360 [except she said we lose anderson]. i wasn't not watching to try to damage cnn. this wasn't about teaching them a lesson. i just didn't care. and she writes back,
"Lastly, you're right that money drives so much of what goes on. If he gets a book deal, it's because people will buy the book. They don't give book deals if they don't believe they will make money on it."
obviously. but that's the frustrating part. that people will buy it. and someone will make money. that's what makes me mad. the fact that people are so frigging nosey about the most retarded things! why do you want to read all the fucked up details? all these interviews and books aren't about trying to figure him out for the greater good. they knew he was trouble in 2001 and they blew it. they lost the evidence. all the signs were there and they knew he was sketchy. now its about money. frigging greedy bastards who just see dollar signs.
i'm so frustrated i can't even think straight.
welcome to today!
man, i am in a great mood. and i had to get up at 6:00 this morning. it doesn't even matter! today is great. so far. it is so nice out, i went to freak lunchbox and got some candy, my worm lab was fun [yes, i said worm], and i got an awesome present last night from miss mellie's new york trip.
WHO LOVES REESE CUPS!!! oh man. that's right. that tin is full of little mini reese cups. and you know what the little reese cup in front is? LIP GLOSS!! haha that's right. it tastes so good. who wants a kiss? there is nothing wrong with tasting like reese cups. especially if you love them as much as i do. and the bowl! i love bowls. i have this bowl with a cow on it that i got as a happy moving in gift from my old roommate and i love it. even though that friendship went completely sour...but whatever. this is about the frigging wicked reese bowl! look at that! and the inside has a picture of a reese cup! 
i'm afraid to add it to the pile of dishes for my retard family to use. it's bad enough that moo bowl is out in the mix. man, happy days. and there is a new gilmore girls on tonight. can today get any better? i don't think so. too bad i have to study for my climate change exam i have tomorrow. boo-urns. oh well. i have the weekend to look forward to! the most fun ever dr. poo's birthday dessert-a-thon on friday and the second most fun ever on saturday with shameless [except i feel a little weird about the last time i saw them...]! ah great times. great times indeed.
WHO LOVES REESE CUPS!!! oh man. that's right. that tin is full of little mini reese cups. and you know what the little reese cup in front is? LIP GLOSS!! haha that's right. it tastes so good. who wants a kiss? there is nothing wrong with tasting like reese cups. especially if you love them as much as i do. and the bowl! i love bowls. i have this bowl with a cow on it that i got as a happy moving in gift from my old roommate and i love it. even though that friendship went completely sour...but whatever. this is about the frigging wicked reese bowl! look at that! and the inside has a picture of a reese cup! 
i'm afraid to add it to the pile of dishes for my retard family to use. it's bad enough that moo bowl is out in the mix. man, happy days. and there is a new gilmore girls on tonight. can today get any better? i don't think so. too bad i have to study for my climate change exam i have tomorrow. boo-urns. oh well. i have the weekend to look forward to! the most fun ever dr. poo's birthday dessert-a-thon on friday and the second most fun ever on saturday with shameless [except i feel a little weird about the last time i saw them...]! ah great times. great times indeed.
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