Leeder

:: 2006 15 June :: 9.30pm
:: Mood: reminiscent

From The Vault
"You can have everything, you just can't have it all at the same time." Jason Frasier

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:: 2006 13 June :: 5.36pm

i have way too much shit to do in the next 7 weeks. arrgghh.

RSVPs: 21 yes, 1 no, 155 sent

:: 2006 11 June :: 3.53pm
:: Mood: perky
:: Music: Genesis - That's All

God Bless America & Spirit Airlines
Booked a flight home for the Fourth (July 3rd-10th). I was about ready to give up on a trip home for the holiday (tickets were $270-$300 into GR), when, on a whim, I checked flights into D-Town. Found a Spirit Air flight, round-trip, including taxes, for $100. Yes, that's a 1 before those two zeros after it. And Michelle is going to nice enough to pick me up and take me back to GR. I'm excited. Parental set #1 comes out the week after next, with the second to follow in late summer/early fall, hopefully.

Things I want to do while I'm home:
- Grandville 4th of July parade
- Fireworks (Grand Haven, downtown GR, or Grandville... basically any place with 'Grand' in its name)
- Michigan's Adventure ("Whoooooooooosh") & Getty 4 Drive-In ("We don't need no stinkin' orange dots)
- Obligatory cookout
- Catch up with people without trying to do too much and get stressed out about seeing everyone
- Enjoy the weather (::shakes fist towards MI:: You damn well better work with me this year!)
- Head up to Laman's Landing in Ludington and visit my grandma (if she's up there at all during my stay)
- See ~~Superman Returns~~ The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift & Click
- Do a tour of my eye doctor, dentist, and GP (so I can actually get refills on my Rxs again)
- Trip to beach (if not accomplished during aforementioned fireworks)
- Make-up Dungeon visit (and other usual restaurants indulgences)

Anybody want in on any of that? Joe, you like roller coasters/water parks? ;-)

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:: 2006 8 June :: 9.00pm
:: Mood: momentarily satisfied
:: Music: Everclear - Amphetamine

amy wakes me up/in the middle of the night/just to tell me everything will be alright/
i tell myself the same damn thing/everyday
Finally got my grades for last semester:

Applied Behavior Analysis II (Theory) - A
Applied Behavior Analysis II (Practicum) - A
Social Psychology - A-
Ethical/Legal Issues in Psychology - A+

If it wasn't for that damn Social take-home final, I'd have my first 4.0, like ever. But I'm still really happy, not that grades matter in grad school anyway. I'm really surprised by my Ethics grade. I haven't had an A+ since high school; I didn't even know anybody gave those out at this stage of the game.

Bought a new DVD ~~player~~ carousel today. I like it. I especially like DVDs not pixelating and freezing up on me and making noises that make me want to punch babies. I'm going to watch Munich tonight... god, I love that movie.

I had a wonderful time last weekend with Michelle. It's amazing, despite all the situational difficulties that we encountered, I think it actually made the experience that much richer. And just getting drunk, watching MST3K, and generally acting retarded, I felt like I was leading a completely different life, and I liked it. And the pictures she/we took turned out great... I'll have to post some in a little bit.

"The master would not approve." Torgo

(edit 9:26pm) In today's 'WTF' news: Former American Idol contestant Chris Daughtry declined an offer to take over lead vocals in the alternative rock band Fuel, opting instead to go solo.

(edit 9:59pm) Found another thoroughly entertaining pop-culture list article:
The 13 Most Unpopular Characters in TV History
Supplemental Wikipedia entry mentioned in article:
Wikipedia - Cousin Oliver Syndrome

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:: 2006 31 May :: 9.04pm

wow, i love my almost-husband.

bridal shower on sunday. sending out the wedding invites sometime before then. i love feeling like I've got things on track.

on a less positive note, my dj appears to have dropped off the face of the earth. which could totally suck, if I have to find somebody new.

also, i desperately need a new job.

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:: 2006 31 May :: 5.32pm
:: Music: Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know (Acoustic)

"You are a man of extreme passion, a hungry man not quite sure where his appetite lies, a deeply frustrated man striving to project his individuality against a backdrop of rigid conformity. You exist in a half-world suspended between two superstructures, one self-expression and the other self-destruction. You are strong, but there is a flaw in your strength, and unless you learn to control it the flaw will prove stronger than your strength and defeat you."
- In Cold Blood

Coney Island pics behind the cut...
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:: 2006 29 May :: 12.17pm
:: Mood: psyched
:: Music: Lit - Over My Head

This is me trying to make this work.
This is me lifting the clouds.
This is me enjoying summer as soon as it starts.

I'm not going to let everybody enjoy the beach while I sit at home. I'm going to Coney Island today.

:: 2006 23 May :: 11.29am

Still Alive...
Well, that (paper) was relative shite, but at least it's done.

What worries me the most is how far I let myself get out of hand these past few days.

Thanks for putting up with me, Michelle.

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:: 2006 22 May :: 7.32pm

this is not a life...

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:: 2006 21 May :: 4.09pm

Go figure. The day before my certification test, I get sicker than I've been in a year.

Grrr....

:: 2006 19 May :: 7.16pm

oh wow.

i can't even begin to put life into words.

i have been so busy lately that it's not even funny.

getting married in 11 weeks. i'm strangely calm about that.

i am glad that i did things the right way (in my opinion). my parents aren't forbidding our union, i'm not knocked up, i didn't force him into it. i'm a college graduate and i'm gainfully employed (well, for a little while longer at least).
we don't have the wild and crazy, do-anything-for-love, sweep-me-off-my-feet attitude. we have this practical, stable, powerful, but sensible love that is so hard to explain to anyone else. not passionate in spontanaeity, but passionate in its strength.
so i am calm. because i believe that i know what our future holds.

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:: 2006 17 May :: 12.37am
:: Mood: confused
:: Music: Tom Petty - It's Good To Be King

Why?? How??
mbenznut (11:40:20 PM): Fuck, Fuck, Shit, Fuck!
TaoMan1121 (11:40:28 PM): whore, slut, cunt!
mbenznut (11:40:33 PM): Mmmm.
TaoMan1121 (11:40:37 PM): lol
mbenznut (11:41:01 PM): As long as it's a man cunt that is.

"He�s manufacturing responsibility, not maturing." House

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:: 2006 15 May :: 2.10pm
:: Music: Pixies - Hey

BOTB XII
50) Mary Elizabeth McGlynn - You're Not Here
49) Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor
48) Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins - The Charging Sky
47) Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion
46) Sigur R�s - Hopp�polla
45) We Are Scientists - Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt
44) Death Cab for Cutie - Marching Bands of Manhattan
43) Sun Kil Moon - Neverending Math Equation
42) Scissor Sisters - Tits on the Radio
41) Mates of State - Starman
40) Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust
39) Stars - Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
38) Beck - Broken Drum
37) Bright Eyes - Train Under Water
36) Green Day - Jesus of Suburbia Medley
35) Death Cab for Cutie - I Will Follow You Into The Dark
34) The Killers - Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll
33) Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
32) Fiona Apple - Tymps (The Sick in the Head Song)
31) Vertical Horizon - Give You Back
30) The Reindeer Section - You Are My Joy
29) Modest Mouse - All Night Diner
28) Wilco - Spiders (Kidsmoke)
27) Eels - Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)
26) David Gray - Ain't No Love
25) Johnathan Rice - Kiss Me Goodbye
24) Snow Patrol - Hands Open
23) Bright Eyes - Hit The Switch
22) Jeff Buckely - Last Goodbye
21) Nine Inch Nails - Only
20) Foo Fighters - Best of You
19) Augustana - Hotel Roosevelt
18) Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict a Riot
17) Kanye West - Gold Digger
16) Snow Patrol - Run
15) The White Stripes - My Doorbell
14) David Gray - Freedom
13) Frou Frou - Let Go
12) Hot Hot Heat - Middle of Nowhere
11) Fiona Apple - Parting Gift
10) Barenaked Ladies - War on Drugs
9) Snow Patrol - Chocolate
8) David Gray - The One I Love
7) The Killers - All These Things That I've Done
6) Coldplay - Fix You
5) Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
4) My Morning Jacket - Off The Record
3) Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)
2) Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
1) Imogen Heap - Hide & Seek

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