Pattern People

:: 2006 29 April :: 10.03am

I don't know how much of you know about the "nightwalkers," the tens of thousands of children in Uganda who "fear abduction by the Lord's Resistance Army, leave their villages every day to seek refuge in town before nightfall."

There's a nationwide sleep-in protest planned for today and one of the locations is here in Grand Rapids.

Hannah and I are going, so if you want to come too, call me before 6 tonight. Here are the details. They tell you what to bring and stuff.

Some people are walking from GVSU/Allendale to this thing and, rumor has it, some people are walking from Hope/Holland too. The goal is to walk at least a mile so you're commuting (a little bit) like the nightwalkers. I think the people I'm meeting up with (Emily) are going to walk from Aquinas.

Oh, it's at Rosa Park's Circle, I don't think I mentioned that.

If you want to come, call me before 6 tonight.

I love you all.

:: 2006 29 April :: 8.31am
:: Mood: awake
:: Music: Jeff Buckley - If You See Her, Say Hello

Saturday Morning Quotes
Roxana: (regarding spending money in Manhattan) "You know, I don't regret anything when I'm here, but once I get home, I realize I just spent forty dollars to go to the bathroom."

Mr. Jellineck: "You were pushing me away."
Mr. Nobley: "I wasn't pushing you away. I was pulling me towards myself."
'Strangers With Candy"

"Bide your time and everything becomes clear, and you act accordingly." Wilson, 'The Limey'

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Angel_Bob

:: 2006 28 April :: 5.24pm

It's Friday!

Today my sister has her choir dinner theatre. I'm excited. She said the choreography is horrid so I'm looking forward to laughing with her. Or at her. Ha ha. She's a good sport.

I am hot. Wink wink, nudge nudge. It is very warm and beautiful outside. I am excited for spring. However, I am quite distraught because all the trees in my yard are the only kind of trees that don't have leaves on them right now.

The kids who're in France right now are coming back on the 28th of May. So it looks like I will be gone for 5 months. I'm going to France! Sometimes I forget all about it and it just surprises me. I am scared shitless. I will be GOING TO SCHOOL in a FOREIGN COUNTRY where all the classes will be taught in a language OTHER THAN THE ONE I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING SINCE BIRTH and one that I have FIVE YEARS of experience in. Yeah, I'm freaked out.

Lalalala.

I have exams next week and then I am done with my first year of college. Excitement!

I love you all.

P.S. Jessa, now I see what you mean about his family. She's being a poopyhead and you should just ~~kill~~ kick her. I was going to leave her a nasty message but that wouldn't be nice. I'm trying to resist the temptation.

:: 2006 27 April :: 2.26pm
:: Mood: lost

Somebody punch me in the fuckin' jaw to get my act together.

I no longer feel like I'm merely keeping my head above water, now it simply feels like I'm drowning. All I want to do is give up.

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:: 2006 26 April :: 10.25pm

I'm pretty sure iPods die after about a year.

Mine needs wiped and reset but I'd like to get my music off first.

Pretty please, Julio.

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:: 2006 26 April :: 10.07pm
:: Mood: amused
:: Music: somewhere a siren is sounding...

Mmm... converts.
I love watching Lost with my bebe. A few reasons why:

Dana21x (9:10:22 PM): ok, dude...Lost
Dana21x (9:10:24 PM): is nuts
Dana21x (9:10:46 PM): there's this dude...in this thing...and and
Dana21x (9:12:10 PM): ok dude in thing is back
Dana21x (9:13:01 PM): ok, why does the narrator sound like he's talking about pengiun behavior or something on the discovery channel?
Dana21x (9:18:20 PM): so those guys on the boat...are the others too?
Dana21x (9:18:46 PM): AND WHO IS THAT GUY AND WHY DOES HE HAVE A BUTTON?
Dana21x (9:25:24 PM): ::blank stare:: ::pause:: OHHHHH
Dana21x (9:25:38 PM): NAIL HER!
Dana21x (9:28:47 PM): hey it sounds like the siren in Silent Hill!
Dana21x (9:28:55 PM): didja hear it?
Dana21x (9:38:43 PM): i feel like i'm playing Myth.
Dana21x (9:39:37 PM): you're some guy who time traveled and were on an island alone and stuff
Dana21x (9:40:01 PM): but there were always crazy symbols and sirens and stuff
Dana21x (9:48:22 PM): omgomgomomg
Dana21x (9:52:52 PM): COLONS DON'T FIX BEBE!
Dana21x (9:58:21 PM): NAIL HER IN A NET! HOTT!

Is "The Puppet" really Henry Gale? You be the judge.
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:: 2006 25 April :: 8.58am

The car poem
she being Brand

-new;and you
know consequently a
little stiff i was
careful of her and(having

thoroughly oiled the universal
joint tested my gas felt of
her radiator made sure her springs were O.

K.)i went right to it flooded-the-carburetor cranked her

up,slipped the
clutch(and then somehow got into reverse she
kicked what
the hell)next
minute i was back in neutral tried and

again slo-wly;bare,ly nudg. ing(my

lev-er Right-
oh and her gears being in
A 1 shape passed
from low through
second-in-to-high like
greasedlightning)just as we turned the corner of Divinity

avenue i touched the accelerator and give

her the juice,good

(it

was the first ride and believe i we was
happy to see how nice she acted right up to
the last minute coming back down by the Public
Gardens i slammed on

the
internalexpanding
&
externalcontracting
brakes Bothatonce and

brought allofher tremB
-ling
to a:dead.

stand-
;Still)

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Angel_Bob

:: 2006 23 April :: 9.57am

Yeah. Definitely growing my hair out.

This is the second time my father has called me by my brother's name/nicknames.

In my defense, he wasn't wearing his glasses.

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:: 2006 22 April :: 6.57pm

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

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:: 2006 20 April :: 10.05am

For all you complete and total dorks out there:

There is an airport in Paris, France called Orly. I'm not even kidding.

Now try to tell me you still don't want to go to France.

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:: 2006 19 April :: 8.03pm

I hate being sick.

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[Solid, Liquid and Big Boss] Snakes on a Plane.

:: 2006 15 April :: 9.25am

:: 2006 14 April :: 9.09am

It is Friday.

(doot dee doot doot!)

And I don't have school.

(doot dee doot doot!)

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And since I go to a Catholic college.

(doot dee doot doot!)

I don't have school on Monday either.

(doot dee doot doot!)

My father got back from Taiwan and China last night.

(doot dee doot doot!)

Which is excting.

(doot dee doot doot!)

I got a letter from Kelly yesterday.

(doot dee doot doot!)

Which looks like an adventure.

(doot dee doot doot!)

I'm really tempted [odd use of the word] to go to mass on Sunday.

(doot dee doot doot!)

But Hannah says rumor has it that they don't let you touch the communion wafer with your hands anymore.

(doot dee doot doot!)

And I don't want to throw a fit.

(doot dee doot doot!)

But I'm pretty sure it's not the 70's.

(doot dee doot doot!)

And I can put my own gosh darned host in my mouth.

(doot dee doot doot!)

Um. I think that's it.

(doot dee doot doot!)

Anyway, I'm done. My hand hurts and for some reason, I didn't just copy and paste the tune of my song.

I love you all.

P.S. I've started using the phrase "snakes on a plane" as a screenwriter says he started using it: "Somewhere in between 'C'est la vie', 'Whattya gonna do?' and 'Shit happens' falls my new zen koan: 'Snakes on a Plane'.

WIFE: Honey you stepped in dog poop again.
ME: Snakes on a Plane...
DOCTOR: Your cholesterol is 290. Perhaps you want to mix in a walk once in a while.
ME: Snakes on a Plane...
WIFE: Honey while you were on your cholesterol walk you stepped in dog poop again."

Yeah. Like that.

Loves.