†HAMLETâ€
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SHAKESPEARE
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†Opheliaâ€
There is a willow grows
ascaunt the brook,
That shows his hoar
leaves in the glassy stream.
Therewith fantastic garlands
did she make
Of crow-flowers, nettles,
daisies, and long purples,
That liberal shepherds give
a grosser name,
But our cold maids
do dead men's fingers call them.
There on the pendant
boughs her crownet weeds
Clamb'ring to hang,
an envious sliver broke,
When down her weedy
trophies and herself
Fell in the weeping brook.
Her clothes spread wide,
And mermaid-like
a while they bore her up;
Which time she chanted
snatches of old lauds,
As one incapable
of her own distress,
Or like a creature native
and indued unto that element.
But long it could not be
Till that her garments,
heavy with their drink,
Pulled the poor wretch
from her melodious lay
To muddy death.
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| another survey |
| 09.30.03 (4:46 pm) |
Explanation of username:[i] Well, I usually go by astrho, but I didn't think I would be as attached to this blog thingie the way I am. Drama is just the first thing that popped into my head.[/i]
3 quick weird/interesting facts about yourself:
[i]1. I have an MA yet no job!
2. I'm very pale - even for a white girl.
3. Someone kissed me under the stars in Wales.[/i]
How do you feel on drugs and have you ever taken any?
[i]Prescription only - none of that puny over the counter stuff for me.[/i]
Alcohol: [i]Yeah, occasionally[/i]
GAY/BI issues: [i]I don't have issues, I have opinions and this opinion simply states Do What You Gotta Do, Be What You Gotta Be, People Everwhere Have Got To Be Free. Actually, that's the title of an old song...[/i]Welfare: [i]I'm doing quite well thank you.[/i]
Food: [i]People need more protein that doesn't come from mammals.[/i]
[i]Depression: [i]A way of life.[/i]
Art: [i]There are museum pieces and then there are pieces that belong in my home and never the two should meet.[/i]
Music: [i]Varies according to mood.[/i]
Movies: [i]Anything dark, scary, freaky, or wholesome. [/i]
What is something you feel strongly on? [i]Belittling others because of their beliefs. Even when it is really funny and I agree.[/i]
Top 3 Bands/Artists:
[i]1. The Band
2. Willie Nelson
3. Depeche Mode[/i]
Why? [i]I like, can so totally relate man...[/i]
An awesome lyric/quote:
"[i]If you would not have fallen, I would not have found you, angel flying too close to the ground[/i]."
Most embarrassing moment? [i]Brain has blocked all humiliating moments.[/i]
Top 3 Movies
[i]1. LOtR's (both)
2. Dazed and Confused
3. Breakfast Club[/i]
Why did you pick these?: [i]Lord of the Rings and its spawn is simply the best film of the new millenia.
Dazed and Confused, was my life between the ages of 16 and 21 and Breakfast Blub hit those 12 - 15 years.[/i]
Top 5 guys/girls either celebs or anyone based on **** material
[i]1. Goran Visjnic
2. Angelina Jolie
3. Gale Harold
4. George Eads
5. Matthew McConaghey[/i]
Would you rather drown or burn to death?: [i]Just as long as I'm knocked unconscious first I don't care.[/i]
Walk around naked or be fat and naked alone?[i] Walk around naked.[/i]
Have a fantasy about a guy or a girl? [i]A guy, maybe two at the same time.[/i]
Be stalked or be a stalker? [i]Neither.[/i]
Commit suicide or be murdered? [i]Hmmmm, Murdered I suppose. Again I would prefer to be knocked out first.[/i]
Play in the rain or the 105 degree sun?[i]Play in the rain [/i]
C. Randomness
Pet Peeves?: [i]People who disagree with me and find out later I was right.[/i]
Best feeling in the world?: [i]safety[/i]
Finish this sentence: I wish I could... [i]figure out how to use my Cute FTP thingy, and world peace and all.[/i]
If you designed a t-shirt what would be on it?: [i]Don't speak, I know what you're thinking...[/i]
Where is you most favorite place to go: [i]someplace expensive with a four star restaurant.[/i]
Best commercial on T.V.?: [i]The old Incredible Edible Egg commercial.[/i]
What's your guilty pleasure?: [i]Chocolate, the occasional Dr. Pepper and sharing my yogurt with my cat.[/i]
Any words of wisdom? [i]Tell people what they want to hear and then do what you gotta do![/i]
Favorite Website: [i]=http://www.fark.comFARK.COM[/i]
D. Your opinions on life is… [i]if I had only ______.[/i]
From cristab's blog!
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| Strange Dreams |
| 09.29.03 (6:32 pm) |
Driving to my grandparents house is a tedious thing. It's great to sit in the passenger seat and just take in the sites, but to drive it? By myself?
Eck.
Making lemons out of lemonade, I decided to switch out my old faithful, road cd's for a new collection. I must have been out of my mind.
A'ight, so [i]Willie and Family Live [/i]was a hit, and [i]Sid and Marty Kroft SING[/i]!, was nothing if not interesting - btw, when was the last time you heard the [i]Land of the Lost [/i]theme? It'll take you back man...
The strange things began to happen when I popped in the [i]Moulin Rouge[/i] soundtrack.
To begin, I started obsessing over Ewen (ewan?) McGregor, every movie, photo, or television program I had seen him on flashed through my mind.
OH! How lovely was his singing voice, the tiny cracking of some notes, the brilliant phrasing...
It was like I was under a spell.
Later that night, after forcing all thoughts of Ewan out of my mind, I drifted off to sleep only to enter a Moulin Rouge/Through the looking glass dreamscape.
What's wrong with that?
It was Ewan free! Ewan [b]free [/b]I tell you!
I was Satine. Not me as Satine, but me in Nicole Kidman's body. Satine.
In the dream, I was not a Moulin Rouge girl but a kitchen maid - with a great wardrobe.
My boss?
Wedding Tux Madonna! (WTH?)
To make a long bizarre story short, I served Madge and her guest desert, but it was not to her liking, something about the butterscotch going on after the chocolate. Whatever, she can be so demanding.
If you thought she was upset about the desert, you should have seen her when she was told Satine/Me/whatever had recorded a song and they were going to use it as a B side on her next single.
Madge started shrilly screaming, I tried to convince her that no one would listen to a B-side to which her reply was, "EVERYONE LISTENS TO MY B-SIDES!!!!"
Then I woke up.
~fin~
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| My weather Pixie... |
| 09.29.03 (1:07 pm) |
...is a hoochie!
Is it because of our mild weather or is she just a tart?
She's on the left...
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| Desperate times... |
| 09.29.03 (11:18 am) |
...call for desperate measures.
I just cut up my citibank platinum card.
::slowly hums the death march::
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| The Great Outdoors |
| 09.28.03 (9:33 am) |
Last Night I slept out on the screened in porch. My grandmother keeps an old brass bed, the one I slept in as a little kid, out there and occasionally one of us will get the urge to sleep out in the fresh air.
Admittedly, that's where I usually nap but last night I decided it was high time I took my turn sleeping on the porch.
It was wonderful. Others have complained that the peacocks or the crickets have kept them awake all night but it just felt like home to me.
I grew up living with my other grandmother for the most part (rest in peace granny), out in the country and at night she would lie in bed with me, til I fell asleep and we would listen to all the wonderful night sounds. She also told the best bedtime stories. There is one about an old woman and a Bear's big toe that's a hoot. Maybe I'll write it down some time.
This morning, everyone got up early and did their own thing. Boyfriend is dove hunting. Grandma, bf's little brother and I went to feed the baby black bucks they're raising and Grandmother's bf fed the guineas and the peacocks. RK attacked everone in the house. I am beginning to think she feels that feet are the single most evil thing in the universe and must be destroyed...
Later today we'll go back to Houston. I miss home, but I don't miss the city and all that comes with it. I guess I am just a country girl at heart.
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| ATTACK! |
| 09.27.03 (12:25 pm) |
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Reservoir Kitten has attacked a peacock. It was not pleasant - for either party. What was she thinking?
In other news, I awoke this morning to fresh air, wild turkeys, and deer feeding in the back yard. Ah nature! How I love to watch it from a screened in porch!
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| Update! |
| 09.26.03 (10:07 am) |
Going o the hill country for some R&R. I'll log in occasionally to see what you guys are up to!
Shouts out to everyone on my buddies list and talk to y'all Monday.
Big smooches!
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| CSI: an observation |
| 09.25.03 (8:56 pm) |
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Grissom's really tan...
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| SURVIVOR: Pearl Islands! Episode 2 |
| 09.25.03 (8:38 pm) |
Pffffftttt....
What's to tell?
Team Hippy -winners.
Another week with the immunity idol.
Team Naked - whiny, mopey, bitter losers.
Buff, elastically challenged guy is a big quitter! I wonder if he'll have an attitude adjustment.
Skinny boy has been voted off the island. I would say it's a shame because he did deserve to stay more than buff boy, but really, he wasn't a terribly engaging person.
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| Dead Flowers |
| 09.25.03 (4:28 pm) |
Can plants sue for malpractice? I'm afraid there were complications with multiple transplants today at Casa del Drama...
[LINE]
[b]Dead Flowers[/b], [i]the Rolling Stones[/i]:
Well, when you’re sitting there
In your silk upholstered chair
Talking to some rich folks that you know
Well I hope you won’t see me
In my ragged company
You know I could never be alone
Take me down little susie, take me down
I know you think you’re the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the mail
Send me dead flowers to my wedding
And I won’t forget to put roses on your grave
Well, when you’re sitting back
In your rose pink cadillac
Making bets on kentucky derby day
I’ll be in my basement room
With a needle and a spoon
And another girl to take my pain away
Take me down little susie, take me down
I know you think you’re the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the mail
Send me dead flowers to my wedding
And I won’t forget to put roses on your grave
Take me down little susie, take me down
I know you think you’re the queen of the underground
And you can send me dead flowers every morning
Send me dead flowers by the us mail
Say it with dead flowers at my wedding
And I won’t forget to put roses on your grave
No I won’t forget to put roses on your grave
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| Quiz Results ::yawn:: |
| 09.25.03 (1:07 pm) |
I guess it could have been worse...
The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Second Level of Hell!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
Take the Dante Inferno Hell Test
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Well, you're a slacker. Your greatest joy in life is sleeping, and you try to avoid doing work as much as possible. Others are envious of your talent for skating through life doing only half as much real, actual work as everyone else. You're an expert at talking teachers or bosses out of reprimanding you for your apparent lack of effort. On the upside, you won't have to worry about things like repetitive stress disorder or high blood pressure. Your life expectancy is probably pretty high due to this, not that you'll actually accomplish anything, you damn leech.
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Be cool! Take the What Do You Want Out Of Life? Quiz
(adult site-not safe for work)
What Power Puff Girl is Your Blog?
=http://www.jillmatrix.com/qui... target=_blank [image]blossom.bmp[/image]
Good God. You're Blossom? No one is Blossom.
You're perfect, if slightly obsessed with your hair.
But should you really wear pink as a redhead? Shame on you!
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| Dodgy film of the day ~CAREFUL~ |
| 09.25.03 (9:01 am) |
I didn't know what I was getting into when I decided to watch this Sundance, art house, anachronistic piece of, erm work...
What is ~Careful~? Well, you have some sort of bizzaro alpine community, throw in some unveiled Freudian, The Doors, "[i]This is the End[/i]" , Elektra complexy bits, a freak child in the attic, a ghost and you've got the basic jist of things. Did I mention an opening scene with children bound and balls strapped round their mouths so they would be quiet?
Again, I fell asleep before the ending, but ten to one it was angsty, darkly comic without meaning to be, and somewhat silly.
Here's a =http://www.citypages.com/film...link to a decidely biased review, but I had a difficult time finding one that was this positive...
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| Daily Quiz Fix |
| 09.24.03 (6:37 pm) |
Angry Girl
What kind of little girl were YOU?
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As dictators go, you're kind of pathetic! Instead of military coup or systematic persecution to get power, you just happen to be the head of the only party in the UK that isn't totally worthless! While not very impressive it is none the less effective! You can do whatever the hell you like without any chance of getting voted out of office! People know that the only alternative would have them eating their children if they ever got back into power! However, you still think that you are as loved as you were when you were first elected into power… News flash for you: You're not!
What tin-pot dictator are you? Take the "What Dictator am I?" test at PoisonedMinds.com
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Snuffy's Suicide Attempts
Poor baby, life is rough for you, huh? No one
seems to see you, no one notices your pain--
except for your friend Big Bird, but he's alway
off hanging out with his other friends. You
wish you were him, all happy and curious and
popular and bright yellow. You feel like his
shadow anymore, like the only reason you exist
is to amuse him. It's hard being somebody's
imaginary friend. But stop trying to kill
yourself--imaginary people can't kill
themselves. Sorry. And hey, maybe tomorrow
you'll feel better!
Someday people will see you, I promise.
Which Sesame Street Muppet's Dark Secret Are You?
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| ~Old Navy~ |
| 09.24.03 (4:03 pm) |
Yeah, the commercials are becoming increasingly annoying. Fran Drescher should just go enjoy her money and stop affecting that snotty little laugh she does. …and the men? Well, let’s face it, they all look like they should be on the cover of a Playgirl magazine. I really can’t help it if you don’t see the irony in that, I’m not going to explain.
Old Navy, however, is my saving grace. To begin with, they have great panties. 100% cotton, not to loose, not too tight, just right. Then there are the accessories. Want that funky new designer look for fall but can’t afford 2 grand for a seaweed satchel? Go to Old Navy. Sure it won’t last the year, but neither will the fad.
As for their clothes, they are generic. I worked for Gap Co. who owns Old Navy. My hand to god, Banana Republic/Gap/Old Navy – same clothes. Quality is a minor factor. They’re still too trendy to span fashion over the years. (ooh, except dress pants. Buy your plain old, got to go downtown to work and look nice $100 pants at Banana. Good quality, they last forever and BR does free tailoring.) …and if you are over a size 10 don’t bother with Gap and Banana. They only get about 2 of anything in a 10 or 12 and employees will usually buy those. ( I speak from experience – things would get ugly between 3 of us from time to time.)
Old Navy however has all the same styles, not as well made, but we’re not buying to last here we’re buying to look cute for the moment. Every good sorority girl knows that looking cute at any given time will get you out of more trouble than any advanced degree you may have. Fair? Hell no. True. Oh yeah.
Now, don’t build your entire wardrobe on Old Navy. Like I said, buy classics and pay for the quality. …but Mary Mother of Jesus, don’t pay $300 for a pair of satin Capri pants that lace up the sides. They were ugly in the late ‘70’s, early ‘80s, they’re ugly now, and, later in life, you will be sorry if you spent the 24.99 at Old Navy. Ah, the folly of youth… (…and all the photos of me in my harem pants and terry cloth short suits have been burned, so I speak from experience.)
P.S. For those of you that think Old Navy is just a cheap version of the Aberzombies and it suppresses personal expression and supports homogenization – big deal. We are at two different places in our lives. Been there done that and looked ridiculous then too.
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| Moan, gripe, whine... |
| 09.24.03 (3:49 pm) |
I’m not happy with Bush. I am not happy with his administration. I’m not even happy about the people who aren’t happy about them, that’s really a whole other story though – there should have been riots in the street on election day.
My latest gripe?
Planned parenthood overseas not being giving any federal dollars because they MIGHT provide abortions. For some of these folks those clinics are the only medical offices in sight. …and where do we get off declining aid dollars for something that is – like it or not – PERFECTLY LEGAL, in our own country? That’s messed up.
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| La france se Rend |
| 09.24.03 (10:13 am) |
My French is rusty. I wouldn't dare try an entire post in the language. I'm not even sure my translation of France Surrenders is correct...
I was watching a news channel, which one I cannot recall and they were interviewing just your regular people on the street types in France. I was surprised to hear one woman compare the Iraq situation to the French in Algeria. Her comment was something to the effect that it would only bring heartbreak and death. It's not a side of the issue I had ever looked at before.
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Now, for something completely different, I just realized I started the last two posts with, "okay." Very embarassed. Tres embarassing.
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| SURVIVOR: Pearl Islands! Teaser |
| 09.23.03 (12:01 pm) |
Okay, the new Survivor commercial teaser is out. One camp gets to raid the other - I am assuming this is the luxury challenge. They screw around a bit with the sound bytes so you don't know who wins, but my money is on Team Hippy. No hints at who may be going home though...
tip: if the camera stays on certain people more often than others, generally one of them is next to go!
(yeah, I know, way too involved already...)
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| I missed the Emmy's but read the tBlog topic! |
| 09.23.03 (11:40 am) |
Okay, so I didn't watch the Emmy's this year.
Why? None of my favorite shows *ever* end up winning or getting nominated. Imagine my delight when Tony Shaloub won for [i]Monk[/i]?! That's a nice little surprise, but the rest? Ho hum. Perhaps once you've won the emmy, let's say, 4 times, you need to be out of the competition. ...and if the voter thinks all nominees suck - perhaps they should be able to cast a no vote. That would shake things up a bit.
An example of a show that deserved an Emmy but didn't win? Never in its run did the HBO series [i]Oz[/i] recieve an Emmy. It was hailed by critics and the FIRST succesful HBO drama EVER! Not all of the acting was flawless but there were some damn fine perfomances - Edie Falco (ring a bell?), J.K. Simmons, Eammon Walker, Leon!? Some of these folks surely deserve to be recognized.
Damn the man! Damn the establishment and damn whoever cancelled Norm McDonald's last tv show.
Grrrrrr....
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| R.I.P. Gordon Jump |
| 09.23.03 (10:56 am) |
I heard the =http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/art...news today oh boy...
I loved Gordon Jump. His, =http://www.allposters.com/gal...Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson on =http://members.allstream.net/...~jacjud/wkrp.htmlWKRP in Cincinnatti was one of the most original characters on televison. He also delivered one of, if not the most classic lines of the series - maybe even television, "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly...," after a Thanksgiving promotion involving a helicopter went tragically wrong.
Jump was also the =http://hometown.aol.com/otter...Maytag Repairman for 15 years. This role inspired Durant High School's one and only garage band's hit, "I Wanna Be A Maytag Repairman." It was an unforgettable moment in history when the song debuted at the annual talent show in 1989.
Here's a =http://www.funtrivia.com/play...://www.funtrivia.com/quizlistgold.cfm_QN_cat=2504link to a WKRP Quiz.
My results for what WKRP character I am - Bailey came in second, Jennifer third and the Big guy fourth... But this is who I can most relate to...frightening isn't it?My #1 result for the SelectSmart.com selector, The WKRP Character Selector, is Johnny
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| Why I shouldn't post after a few drinks. |
| 09.23.03 (10:09 am) |
Story of my life.
Hybridanglo has inspired me. He’s a wonderful writer Hybrid. I suggest you go to his site and read some of his work. One of the reasons he started his blog was to use it as a venue for a narrative for his life. It’s amazing how different one’s life can be from another’s. An ocean only separates us, and some say a common language, but the daily machinations of life in Britain are so different, yet incredibly subtle, it’s fascinating. I’m not here to bother you about my interest in cultural anthropology though. Instead occasionally, I’m going to post what could be described as an autobiographical vignette.
I was born, September 9th, 1974, in a little North Texas town, just a couple hours short of my father’s 31st birthday. I remember nothing of it.
I’m told I was supposed to be a boy so that would explain the football’s around the house and all the blue jumpers gone unused, sure hope it wasn’t too much of a disappointment.
My grandmother, my father’s mother, had 3 boys and those boys had 3 girls. I’m always looking for patterns, this is one of my first real recollections of the habit. I said the boys had 3 girls. In reality, only two of the boys had children. The oldest boy wasn’t inclined to women, and in those days a gay man having a family was all but unheard of. Interestingly enough, one of the three girls isn’t inclined to men.
Patterns.
I don’t think too many of them would be happy with this being in writing on the internet. In fact, I’m sure they wouldn’t be. Not too open and demonstrative the Drama family. Ironic eh?
(takes a sip of Glinlevit and continues)
Mother’s family had secrets too. When I was born there were 5 generations of women alive on that side of the family. Of the 5, only two were married, and my mother was the only one married to a man I was related to – my dad, of course – whom she is not married to now…
Patterns.
Patterns, patterns, patterns.
Seems these women all had trouble loving one another and choosing men. This of course was unknown to me until I was old enough to repeat the patterns, even then it took a lot of self reflection, and timely revelations to figure things out. Wish I could say I’m able to transcend those patterns and start things over with a clean slate (tabula rasa – I didn’t get no MA for nuthin’), but I can’t. There’s just enough confusion and cowardice in me not to go there.
Sure the big glaring, pop psychology, nightmarish circle of verbal/mental/physical abuse can be and is avoided by me – there are other things though, neurological and chemical that I don’t dare explore and suppress. The what if’s alone would send me spiraling into a depression so deep and so profound I might never recover.
Patterns.
On the other hand, sometimes I wonder if I haven’t spent a lifetime trying to recover. …that’s what therapy is for, sussing things out, and the occasional trip to the pharmacist. (I have a big sardonic smile on my face now, if you care to know.) Therapy is definitely not a pattern. I’ve always said I was the white sheep of the family…
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| FloatingAroundInMyHead |
| 09.22.03 (8:18 am) |
Why/how does the Pope keep up his schedule?
Can Bill o'Reilly really not see that he and Al Franken are the same person on different sides of the issues?
Carnivale' was impressive last night.
Giuliani is a hero and Clinton is a despicable bastard. Yet, they both had questionable marital issues...
How would other nations have dealt with a blow like 9/11?
Why did the Emmy's ever matter to me and what changed that?
I should sleep later and not think about the news this early in the morning.
Why doesn't the media report British casualties in Iraq?
=http://www.cbsnews.com/storie... target=_blank [image]DRAMA_1400171401.gif[/image]Damned if they didn't bomb the UN headquarters in Iraq again.
Was that Army chaplain, "giving secrets to the enemy," or was he planning to turn those documents over to a group like Amnesty International, or a war crimes investigation?
How come Tony Blair is taking more than his share of the heat? Is the news being reported that way all over?
Must forage for food
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| Utterly Useless Generation Q&A |
| 09.21.03 (6:34 pm) |
1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE ". - erm, yeah, ::runs off in shame.
2. You watched the Pound Puppies. - nope - did Watch D&D though.
3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Belair" - okay.
4. You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish. - Like my dad would let me out of the house dressed like that. Duh.
5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own. - Nope, I was more into Stephen King.
6. You owned those lil Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls. - Millions of them.
7. You know that "WOAH " comes from Joey on Blossom. - He was dreamy...
8. Two words: M.C. Hammer - Can't touch This!!!
9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock ". Down, at fraggle rock! Down at Fraggle Rock! What ever happened to the Doozers?
10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars. -That would have looked pretty silly on a ten speed.
11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales ". Missed that one.
12. When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons. - AMEN! Now all the good ones are on after 9pm on the cartoon network.
13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head. Again, my parents were farsighted in their fashion sense, no way.
14. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles " on the big screen. My little town didn't have a movie theatre.
15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school. - Missed that totally. WTH?
16. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side. - Farsighted fashion sense remember?
17. You played the game "MASH " (Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House) - Except we called it shck not shelter...
18. You wore Jordache jean jacket and you were proud of it. - Yee-haw!
19. L.A. Gear - Hot pink ones - momentary lapse of judgement on part of parents.
20. You wanted to change your name to "JEM " in Kindergarten. - Sorry, it was Daisy Duke all the way...
21. You remember reading "Tales of a fourth grade nothing " and all the Ramona books. Ramona completed in 1st grade. - Nope :(
22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF " - ::takes crane pose::
23. You wanted to be a Goonie. - Goonies 'r good enough! Hell yeah!
24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. - Once or twice but my mom wasn't too happy about it.
25. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off... - Mourns the nose that was.
26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf. - Duh, Gargamel made Smurfette to trick the smurfs but when she proved faithful Papa Smurf turned her into a real smurf...
27. You took Lunch Pails to school. -Dukes of Hazard, the Muppet Show, & Strawberry Shortcake
28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets. - They were banned?
29. You still get the urge to! say "NOT " after every sentence. - Guilty.
30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts. - Hehehe - and the ever so popular hyper color jeans that every teenage boy dreaded? Yeah, I remember those...
31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band. No that would have been the Mandrell Sisters.
32. You thought Sheera and He-Man should hook up. -They both creeped me out. the D&D cadtoon characters should have hooked up though.
33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged friendship bracelets. - I didn't think they wouldn't leave me I was just glad to get a couple...
34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes. - Another lapse of parental judgement! Hated those things - they rubbed my feet raw.
35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I? " didn't do that ...
36. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up " - and Where's the BEEF!?
37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were in-line skates. - Oh yeah, nothing worse than every boy in school knowing you wore a bigger shoe size than they did...
38. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide. - Sore, but not injured.
39. You have ever played with a Skip-It. - Nope.
40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds. -Yes and yes.
41. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement. - Hehehe
42. You remember Popples. - No
43. "Don't worry, be happy " - Evil song.
44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks. - like, OMG! I did and like I saw a circular at the mall and they might be trying to like ressurect the whole look!
45. You wore socks scrunched down. - All the cool kids did.
46. "Miss MARY MACK MACK MACK, all dressed in BLACK BLACK BLACK " - Eh?
47. You remember boom boxes vs. cd players. - yep
48. You remember watching both "Gremlins " movies. - Oh yeah, don't ever feed them after midnight. But unless it's midnight, isn't it always after midnight?
49. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!! " -Unfortunately yes.
50. You remember watching Rainbow Bright and My Little Pony Tales - Yup! ^^ Guilty
51. You thought Doogie Howser was hot. - Hehehe - Fred Savage too.
52. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac. - ALF!
53. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool. - I was way more into Metallica and Def Leppard man.
54. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By the Bell ", the ORIGINAL class. - Erm, no.
55.. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME. - Shot to the Heart and you're to Blame - you give loooooove a bad name!
56. You just sang those words to yourself.(didn't you) - Out loud.
57.You remember watching Magic vs. Bird. - My god, it was one of the few times in the history of the sport that it was worth watching. Those games were the stuff of LEGEND!
58.You cut your t-shirts in half and wore it with your homemade Levi shorts..(the shorter the better) - Are you kidding?
59. You remember when mullets were cool! - Mullets were NEVER cool.
60. You had a mullet! - NO.
61. You still sing "We are the World " We are the children, it's true we make a brighter day just you and me!
62. You "Pegged " your pants ritually - Always thought it looked tacky so no.
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| Dodgy film of the day |
| 09.21.03 (2:19 pm) |
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Actually this is the dodgy mini-series of the day. Click the above graphics if you want unbiased reviews.
To tell you the truth, I kind of like The Kingdom. I've seen it about a dozen times and I've never seen the ending. I always fall asleep. Then again, it is all in Danish (the language, not the pastry) and reading those subtitles can make one weary after the eighth hour or so.
So here we are in Denmark. The setting is a hospital also known as, "The Kingdom." Think, ER/St.Elsewhere/Twin Peaks/M*A*S*H*/Animal House and the X-Files, then take some crack and you've got The Kingdom.
The place is populated by mediums, Giant-mutated, half demon babies, zombies, secret societies, odd references to arcane Danish symbols( that you and I may never understand), and a healthy dose of sophomoric sexual humour. So what if the American/foreign viewer doesn't get it all? You'll get enough...
Anyone in the know have any facts about the Swedes and their feelings for the Danes? From this flick you would think they hate them more than fishpaste - erm, wait, I think Swedes enjoy fishpaste - they hate them more than the devil itself. ...The folks at the Kingdom don't seem to think much of the Swedish doctor either. Does this have something to do with vikings?
Regardless, if you ever have to spend a rainy day at home check the foreign film section at Blockbuster - maybe they'll have it - or maybe you'll luck out and catch it on sundance - whatever, watch it, and if you can stay awake until the end - please let me know what happened to the demon baby.
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| Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman. |
| 09.20.03 (8:50 pm) |
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All the world's waiting for you,
and the power you possess.
In your satin tights,
Fighting for your rights
And the old Red, White and Blue.
Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman.
Now the world is ready for you,
and the wonders you can do.
Make a hawk a dove,
Stop a war with love,
Make a liar tell the truth.
Wonder Woman,
Get us out from under, Wonder Woman.
All our hopes are pinned on you.
And the magic that you do.
Stop a bullet cold,
Make the Axis fall,
Change their minds, and change the world.
Wonder Woman, Wonder Woman.
You're a wonder, Wonder Woman.
[LINE]
Oh, yeah, random text generator problem solved! I'm not sure what's up with the LoTR's thingy - code is so tricky...makes an interesting border for my links though... and I have a sneaky suspicion I'm gonna get pop-ups from that generator code...
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| Ophelia? Where have you gone? |
| 09.20.03 (3:41 pm) |
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There's rosemary,
that's for remembrance.
Pray you, love, remember.
And there's pansies, that's for thoughts.
There's fennel for you, and columbines.
There's rue for you, and here's some for me.
We may call it herb of grace o' Sundays.
Oh, you must wear your rue with a difference.
There's a daisy. I would give you some violets,
but they withered all when my father died.
They say he made a good end.
Ophelia
~Hamlet~
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There is a willow grows ascaunt the brook,
That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream.
Therewith fantastic garlands did she make
Of crow-flowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples,
That liberal shepherds give a grosser name,
But our cold maids do dead men's fingers call them.
There on the pendant boughs her crownet weeds
Clamb'ring to hang, an envious sliver broke,
When down her weedy trophies and herself
Fell in the weeping brook. Her clothes spread wide,
And mermaid-like a while they bore her up;
Which time she chanted snatches of old lauds,
As one incapable of her own distress,
Or like a creature native and indued
Unto that element. But long it could not be
Till that her garments, heavy with their drink,
Pulled the poor wretch from her melodious lay
To muddy death.
~Hamlet~
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| WHAT ARE *YOU* GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? |
| 09.20.03 (2:01 pm) |
Yeah, a'ight. I added a weather pixie.
Baa, baa, baa.
I'm a sheep.
Just ask yourself where the world would be without a good leg of lamb and a nice wooly sweater...
(...and I did do it out of anger over not getting the quote generator right. Can anyone help?)
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| Sometimes by Anonymous |
| 09.19.03 (1:44 pm) |
SOMETIMES
Sometimes...
when you cry...
no one sees your tears.
Sometimes...
when you are in pain...
no one sees your hurt.
Sometimes...
when you are worried...
no one sees your stress.
Sometimes...
when you are happy...
no one sees your smile...
But FART just ONE time...
And everybody knows
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| Do two wrongs make a right? A left? |
| 09.19.03 (8:55 am) |
Weapons of mass destruction.
Center of terrorist activity.
It appears we've all been duped. Clinton screws an intern, the Bush administration screws a generation. I bet we all know who will really be villified though.
I admit, I thought Iraq had the WMD's. Never bought the 9/11 link - that was Saudi. Otherwise I admittedly feel foolish. Don't get me wrong, I think we did the right thing for the wrong reasons - Saddam was not a benevolent dictator and could care less who he killed or why he killed them. Is it that hard for the American's to hear the truth? Do we have to make up reasons to do the right thing?
...and why don't we have a plan for rebuilding?Things just get uglier and uglier every day...
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| MEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEME! |
| 09.19.03 (8:45 am) |
Bad boys!
I took another LOtR's test and came up with Ian McKellan. I like thistest much better.
That works for me...
What's a murderdoll?
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| SURVIVOR: Pearl Islands! |
| 09.18.03 (10:11 pm) |
A'ight. I'm not sure if this seasons Survivor's are supposed to be =http://www.ronstadt-linda.com...Pirates or =http://www.pressenter.com/~gregboe/Greg/classicTV/G illig1.jpgCastaways. They're a =http://www.hiponline.com/arti...Motley =http://www.cbs.com/primetime/...Crue nonetheless.
First off, let me warn you about my reviews. I don't remember these folks names. Tie-dye, hippy, skirt guy may have a name - but I can't be bothered. Maybe if it ends up just being him and buff yet elastically challengede brother I may remember names at that point.
Number two - I may get people mixed up - I also can't be bothered to tape every single show in order to hit pause and stop to analyze every single incident of body language or snappy comment. ....I may even occasionally get a fact or three wrong.
Number three - if some of the things I say don't make sense to you, they do make sense to me - just ask and I will clarify, or maybe you can clarify... It takes a village.
Last, but not least, (4, for those of you who are counting)I may miss an occasional episode. I love my Survivor but the doctors tell me that getting too involved with a television show means my meds get upped...
Right. Now that, that's, out of the way,
Survivor.
Probst kicks off this season by telling our players that they've been duped. They're getting kicked off the ship with nothing but the clothes on their backs, a little money to trade with the locals and maps to their Islands.
SUCKERS.
The majority of the women, thinking they are about to be taking fashion shots for the show are in tropical dresses, and little underwear. As for the men - who wears an Armani suit to go sailing? As my dear blog buddy sulkbrarian would say, what doorknobs.
...and so it goes.
Once divided into teams and safely onto dry land the race is ON. Team TiedyeHippyskirt really pulls one over on Team BackbitingLetsgetnaked(to be explained later).
Thinking like true pirates, team TiedyedHippySkirt steals BackbitingLetsgetnaked's bartering items. It was brilliant. Diabolical. I like them already.
The next thirty minutes or so was devoted to our teams bartering for supplies, having strange pseudosexual encounters with the locals and herding live chickens. I suppose I could go into more detail but the boyfriend called from Atlanta and he needed attention, so my concentration was divided.
...and so it goes.
When our castaways finally get to their respective islands, they continue on the paths they set since the beginning. Team TiedyeHipp-, wait, that's too long to type. From now on lets just call them Team Hippy and Team Naked. Okay? Okay.
I digress, Team Hippy manages to get food, water, shelter, and make some unusual yet effective fashion violations while Team Naked suffers from the, too many chiefs and not enough Indians syndrome. Odd, since they are the only ones to "elect" a leader - cute 30 something lawyer guy - who um, yeah, wore the Armani. Anyway, Team Naked didn't even bother to look at the map for a water source until the second day - this is not a good omen.
Meanwhile, Team Hippy is spearfishing, grilling fish and having a cocktail party. Our only hint of dissent at this point is curly, blonde, outOfdate, grunge guy's sophomoric sense of humour and two alpha males trying to be diplomatic to one another and mark their territories at the same time. What do I care which ones comes out on top - they're both cute. To quote Ms.Parker, "my shallowness knows no depths." Sue me. Frankly the nasally challenged chick annoyed me more than any of them.
...and so it goes.
The first immunity challenge was kind of a bore. The two teams have to maneuver a cannon through an obstacle course. Okay, the cannon was heavy. Okay, it didn't move well in the sand - it was like a bad joke, how did the Survivors cross the road with their cannons? ...by taking of all their clothes off of course. Seems Team Naked had a pact that if buff, elastically challenged bros' short's fell off some of the other guys would drop trou too. Oh yeah, they *still* lost. At least last year the two hoochies got some chocolate and peanut butter after flashing Probst, the viewers, and the one chicky's Jr. High gym class. Outstanding role models. Just outstanding.
Long story short, it didn't take Team Naked a commercial break to start back biting and strategizing. Of course they immediately want to get rid of the only two people on the Team that are even remotley likeable, Way Too Skinny Guy and Den Mother. Luckily, No bra, Blue Dress girl got caught in (nontice I said caught) being devious and they chucked her out at Tribal counsel - but not until she got her digs in on her equally tacky teammates. 30 Something Lawyer guy also took some digs at Way Too Skinny Guy, but maybe that will blow over by the next tribal counsel (council?)...
(( If you haven't figured it out, I would really like for Team Hippy to be dominant until the merge. ))
Alas, next week's previews hint at growing dissent in Team Hippy's camp and, well, more tiresome bickering in Team Naked. C'est La Vie.
By the way, did anyone else think of Adam Ant when they started talking about pirates? Am I the only child of the eighties out here? Were the rest of you thinking of =http://justjack.absolute-terr...Captain Jack Sparrow and crew?
I am so old.
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| Please just answer the questions ma'am. |
| 09.17.03 (2:26 pm) |
What fashionable underground band/style are you?
this quiz was made by the sunni bunni bear
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WATER OF AIR. You're aloof, depressed and seasoned. You'd make a good psychologist, executioner, black widow, arsenic poisoner, heretic queen or commentator. You're too witty for your own good. Have to get up early in the morny morn to fool you, as you spot lies a mile away. And WOE TO THOSE who dare attempt such a stupid move. You're Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween, when she cuts Michael's head off. You're Anne Robinson, the host of The Weakest Link! |
Quiz
created by Polly Snodgrass.
You have cat eyes. If you're irritated about
something, people would automatically know,
whether looking in your eyes or analyzing your
body language. You may have other subtle ways
of letting people know how you feel. You hate
to be bothered, and prefer not to deal with so
many people. That's what makes you a bit of a
solitude person. You can have fun when you want
though. That's what makes you interesting.
What Animal Eyes Do You Have?
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You are Elizabeth Barrett Browning. You are an
incredibly longing, intense soul. Your love
overwhelms you. You have known only one sad
life and you fear to stray from it. You fear
what your love might bring.
Which random tormented badass are you?
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Happy Doing Nothing Emily
Which Emily Strange are you?
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t.A.T.u. - 200km/h In The Wrong Lane
Which Fave CD of mine are you?!
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| Material Girl |
| 09.17.03 (2:14 pm) |
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I'm not bad, I,m just spending as if I am...
Update on the fashion woes.
Was forced to take the Explorer into Sears this morning for some work and decided to wander around the mall - again. ...guess what? Dillards was having some sort of hellacious sale. I've now outfitted myself in Ralph Lauren for the Winter. Most expensive thing I bought? Sweater and Skirt set, less than $60. Several of the trousers I bought were under $15 and none of the shirts were over $20! PRAIZE THE BABY JEZUS!
I had enough money left to go buy new plush towelsy wowlsies, some lingerie and a couple of pairs of shoes!
I am so freakin' overcome with bliss I may have to have cheesecake for supper.
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| R. Kitty |
| 09.16.03 (9:39 pm) |
Ah, when I started this blog Reservoir Kitty was just a wee bairn. ::sigh:: Those were the days.
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Now she's growing up. She has her own collar, Harley Davidson of course, ID tag, the expensive $8 one -only the best, and is terrorizing other mammals in her free time.
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| Sake To Me! |
| 09.16.03 (12:53 pm) |
*(blog title stolen from Sex and the City)*
Mmmm.
Last night we ate at one of my favorite restaurants, Osaka. It's one of those little hole in the walls you find unexpectedly. This joint undeniably has some of the best and most creative =http://www.digitalsushi.net/sushi in Houston.
Salmon? Like butter. Hot =http://www.sake-world.com/Sake? To die for. Hand rolls, sashimi, Udon - it's all good.
I know what some of you are thinking. Raw fish. Disgusting. (Udon isn't raw fish, it's a noodle dish.) I think a lot of folks have trouble with the raw fish thing because of the texture. Americans especially aren't use to the texture of such things. Slippery, slidey, more substantial than jello or pudding, yet not quite meeting that, "tastes like chicken," category we in the US like so much.
It's also not as if they are serving catfish or crappie that's been frozen a few months. There is a totally different tast to well - prepared sushi than their is at what you get from Mrs. Paul, Red Lobster, or even your local fishing pond. There is a reason why most of that stuff is fried...
If raw fish is still out of your realm of what is considered cuisine, at least try a California roll or tempura shrimp roll once in your life. Who knows, you might like it and it might lead to harder rolls, like salmon, and then before you know it your sucking down Unagi and Ebi with the best of us...
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| FASHION! Turn to the left, FASHION, turn to the right... |
| 09.15.03 (12:09 pm) |
I went to the mall Saturday.
What a nightmare.
Malls in general give me headaches. I've worked in them, played in them and even shopped in them but as I get older, the more I think of them as the innermost circle of hell.
I admit, part of my disgust for malls are tied in to the fact that I'm no longer 20 years old, spending my father's money and into all the latest trends. Wrestling with what your image should be at (gasp) 29 is a difficult phase. On the one hand, I love those retro t-shirts and low slung pants. On the other, I know it's bad practice to walk into a job interview with your crack showing and love of strawberry Shortcake emblazoned across your chest.
Mall stores more or less cater to the young. The larger department stores (Neiman's, Dillard's, Lord & Taylor) have suitable work clothes, but their casual wear either makes me feel butch or like someone's granny, someone's granny with a Tommy Hilfiger's label on every conceivable part of her body. No can do. I don't want to end up like Annie Potts in "Pretty In Pink." I enjoy being appropriate - I also enjoy being comfortable.
The only thing I managed to buy were a pair of "karate" pants" and v-neck shirt from "Old Navy - those should last through about 4 washings - and a Micky/Minnie baby tee - in XXL from the Disney store. ...btw, the XXL? Hardly. It's skin tight on me and on a bad day I wear a Banana Republic L shirt.
(Speaking of Banana Republic, I used to work there. Try their clothes on, they may look better than you think... I just don't need anymore BR clothes. Ever.)
I digress, the other problem I have are with the fall fashions. I love the whole white button down with a sweater look. My issue? On a cold winter day in Texas you don't *need* a coat. Most of the time it would be unbearable in two layers. Forgive me if I sound like a picky bitch. I am. I've come to terms with it.
What I need you all to tell me is why, they (retail stores) don't market to the different parts of the country. Send the wool sweaters to Idaho and the 100% cotton to Texas, New Mexico and Florida!
I was going to talk about shoes, but I think that subject deserves a blog of its own. 'til then.
Regards,
Drama
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| HBO's Carnivàle |
| 09.15.03 (9:47 am) |
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Carnivàle
HBO's Latest Original Series, Carnivàle, debuted on televison last evening.
Quick and dirty review - I need to see more.
The show has a spooky vibe to it without going too carny, sideshow on the viewer. Dodgy Evangelists, the supernatural, and the despair of everday life during the Depression are all intertwined through scenes tinged with a Hopperesque palette and =http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/f...FSA-OWI reality not available in contemporary portayals of the era. (Hey Brother Where Art Thou?" etc.)
For more information on the cast and crew, as well as character background, check out HBO's official site - just click the image above.
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| Australopithecus spiff-arino |
| 09.14.03 (6:44 pm) |
This is a bit o' spam that has been floating around archaeological circles for years. From the very depths of my soul, I hope it is authentic.
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[This is a reply from the Smithsonian Museum to a guy who said he had found a hominid skull in his backyard.]
Paleoanthropology Division
Smithsonian Institute
207 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20078
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your latest submission to the Institute, labeled "211-D, layer seven, next to the clothesline post. Hominid skull." We have given this specimen a careful and detailed examination, and regret to inform you that we disagree with your theory that it represents "conclusive proof of the presence of Early Man in Charleston County two million years ago." Rather, it appears that what you have found is the head of a Barbie doll, of the variety one of our staff, who has small children, believes to be the "Malibu Barbie". It is evident that you have given a great deal of thought to the analysis of this specimen, and you may be quite certain that those of us who are familiar with your prior work in the field were loathe to come to contradiction with your findings. However, we do feel that there are a number of physical attributes of the specimen which might have tipped you off to its modern origin:
The material is molded plastic. Ancient hominid remains are typically fossilized bone.
The cranial capacity of the specimen is approximately 9 cubic centimeters, well below the threshold of even the earliest identified proto-hominids.
The dentition pattern evident on the "skull" is more consistent with the common domesticated dog than it is with the "ravenous man-eating Pliocene clams" you speculate roamed the wetlands during that time. This latter finding is certainly one of the most intriguing hypotheses you have submitted in your history with this institution, but the evidence seems to weigh rather heavily against it. Without going into too much detail, let us say that:
The specimen looks like the head of a Barbie doll that a dog has chewed on.
Clams don't have teeth.
It is with feelings tinged with melancholy that we must deny your request to have the specimen carbon dated. This is partially due to the heavy load our lab must bear in its normal operation, and partly due to carbon dating's notorious inaccuracy in fossils of recent geologic record. To the best of our knowledge, no Barbie dolls were produced prior to 1956 AD, and so carbon dating is likely to produce wildly inaccurate results. Sadly, we must also deny your request that we approach the National Science Foundation's Phylogeny Department with the concept of assigning your specimen the scientific name Australopithecus spiff-arino. Speaking personally I, for one, fought tenaciously for the acceptance of your proposed taxonomy, but was ultimately voted down because the species name you selected was hyphenated, and didn't really sound like it might be Latin.
However, we gladly accept your generous donation of this fascinating specimen to the museum. While it is undoubtedly not a hominid fossil it is, nonetheless, yet another riveting example of the great body of work you seem to accumulate here so effortlessly. You should know that our Director has reserved a special shelf in his own office for the display of the specimens you have previously submitted to the Institution, and the entire staff speculates daily on what you will happen upon next in your digs at the site you have discovered in your back yard. We eagerly anticipate your trip to our nation's capital that you proposed in your last letter, and several of us are pressing the Director to pay for it. We are particularly interested in hearing you expand on your theories surrounding the "trans-positating fillifitation of ferrous ions in a structural matrix" that makes the excellent juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex femur you recently discovered take on the deceptive appearance of a rusty 9-mm Sears Craftsman automotive crescent wrench.
Yours in Science,
Harvey Rowe
Curator, Antiquities
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| PAR-TAY |
| 09.14.03 (8:35 am) |
Woohoo.
Guess who's going to have a little get together today at her house? Drama's Boyfriend - that's who. 4 guys, one's pregnant wife with whom I've nothing inw common and lots of beer and potato chips. I really want to lock myself in the bedroom and hide.
But, noooooooo, I have to go and clean the house before our guests arrive. BF *would help* but he is out hunting this morning... (can you feel the sarcasm?)
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| More, more, more. How do ya like it? How do ya like it? |
| 09.13.03 (11:11 am) |
You are so a TED Allen: The Food and Wine
Connoisseur, Go work in that kitchen, boo ya!
What Fab 5 member from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy are you?(with pics)
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Everyone dislikes something about a country. Your
opinion of Japan is pretty high. It's probably
a place you want to visit or even revisit, but
you didn't have fun all the time. You couldn't
get enough of those rotating sushi bars or
pachinko parlors though. It's more of an
amusing country to you than your dream vacation
spot.
Would you survive in Japan?
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Yoi'er Lite Brite! YAY! You love color! You're fun,
bright and happY!
What RETRO toy are YOU?
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Your romance is more of a love that needs to bloom
within, just like Hedwig of Hedwig and the
Angry Inch. The film features an East German
transsexual who is seeking her "other
half" after constant betrayal. You must
love yourself before you can need another.
You're starting to realize this, along with the
fact that you don't need a significant other to
be a complete person. Your "other
half" has been inside you all along.
What Romance Movie Best Represents Your Love Life?
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(That one scared me)
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| Blasphemous Jesus Links |
| 09.13.03 (10:34 am) |
You've Been Warned, no hate mail please. Love the baby Jesus, hate blasphemers? Don't click!!!
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The Lord just doesn't have enough=http://www.jesusdressup.com/#...fashion sense, give him a little help.
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Please, only if you're over 18, and Jason,
if you're out there, we never have gotten those =http://www.divine-interventio...housewarming gifts you promised.
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Hmph, just when I find that special someone, =http://www.datejesus.com/Jesus is back on the market.
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It's like =http://www.ship-of-fools.com/...Wal-Mart but with even more Jesus!
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A cornucopia of =http://www.christslove.com/me...blasphemous links.
Please say prayer for me.
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| In Time We Will All Be Stars |
| 09.13.03 (12:38 am) |
Artist: Wade Lassister Lyrics
Song: I Sing The Body Electric Lyrics
I sing the body electric
I celebrate the me yet to come
I toast to my own reunion
When I become one with the sun
And I'll look back on Venus
I'll look back on Mars
And I'll burn with the fire of ten million stars
And in time
And in time
We will all be stars
I sing the body electric
I glory in the glow of rebirth
Creating my own tomorrow
When I shall embody the earth
And I'll serenade Venus
I'll serenade Mars
And I'll burn with the fire of ten million stars
And in time
And in time
We will all be stars
We are the emperors now
And we are the czars
And in time
And in time
We will all be stars
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| Dodgy film of the day |
| 09.12.03 (2:08 pm) |
=http://www.videoeta.com/movie...DARK ASYLUM
Starring:Judd Nelson, Paulina Porizkova and Larry Drake .
=http://www.judd-website.co.uk...Judd Nelson is the best part of the film. Oddly enough, his portrayal of an asylum janitor is spot on. =http://www.celebritystorm.com...Porizkova's accent has come a long way since her, I shocked the world by marrying the ugly ass =http://www.ricocasek.com/guy from the Cars," days and she is as beautiful as ever. Drake, is bizarrely pale and puffy and is not as lovable as his alter ego =http://epguides.com/LALaw/Benny from his LA Law days.
The big problem? Clearly these people are not rocket scientists - they've locked themselves in an institution with a maniac. Yet, they somehow manage to rig several explosive devices with nothing but the contents of a desk draw in a psych ward.
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| Rest In Peace |
| 09.12.03 (6:52 am) |
=http://www.users.csbsju.edu/~sjfische/Cash.html target=_blank [image]DRAMA_640612978.jpg[/image]
R.I.P.
June Carter Cash passed earlier this year, I think he died of a broken heart. Click image for latest album, and watch the video for "Hurt."
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| 9/11 |
| 09.11.03 (12:18 pm) |
[b]A Brave and Startling Truth [/b]
-[i]Maya Angelou [/i]
We, this people, on a small and lonely planet
Traveling through casual space
Past aloof stars, across the way of indifferent suns
To a destination where all signs tell us
It is possible and imperative that we learn
A brave and startling truth
And when we come to it
To the day of peacemaking
When we release our fingers
From fists of hostility
And allow the pure air to cool our palms
When we come to it
When the curtain falls on the minstrel show of hate
And faces sooted with scorn and scrubbed clean
When battlefields and coliseum
No longer rake our unique and particular sons and daughters
Up with the bruised and bloody grass
To lie in identical plots in foreign soil
When the rapacious storming of the churches
The screaming racket in the temples have ceased
When the pennants are waving gaily
When the banners of the world tremble
Stoutly in the good, clean breeze
When we come to it
When we let the rifles fall from our shoulders
And children dress their dolls in flags of truce
When land mines of death have been removed
And the aged can walk into evenings of peace
When religious ritual is not perfumed
By the incense of burning flesh
And childhood dreams are not kicked awake
By nightmares of abuse
When we come to it
Then we will confess that not the Pyramids
With their stones set in mysterious perfection
Nor the Gardens of Babylon
Hanging as eternal beauty
In our collective memory
Not the Grand Canyon
Kindled into delicious color
By Western sunsets
Nor the Danube, flowing its blue soul into Europe
Not the sacred peak of Mount Fuji
Stretching to the Rising Sun
Neither Father Amazon nor Mother Mississippi who, without favor,
Nurture all creatures in the depths and on the shores
These are not the only wonders of the world
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