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:: 2009 9 March :: 4.42pm
:: Music: matt pond PA - Giving It All Away

giving it all away tonight/'cause I haven't been that good at being quiet
So evidently I have two modes...

1) Constantly finding new things to read/study/watch/listen to/play. This results in excesses of above interests.
2) Moody enough that none of the above sound good to me. Certain thresholds of moodiness result in desires to clean out said excesses and focus only on the things that really grab me.

#1 makes me wish I didn't have to sleep. #2 sends me to bed early.

:: 2009 7 March :: 11.50pm

Watchmen - The Movie
Having both just recently finished reading the book, both Elizabeth and Myself have been looking forward to seeing the Watchmen movie. I found the movie to be an incredibly enjoyable experience, but as is often the case, the movie fell short of the novel. Of course in this instance that had to be expected. Watchmen was the only graphic novel to appear on Time's 2005 list of "the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present" and there are many devices which can be used in it's authored medium that cannot be readily transferred to film. In general the casting was amazing the the musical score added a lot to the comics story.

All things being equal, I found 10 items which I thought the movie did poor justice to the novel.

--see comments for spoilersex--

:: 2009 6 March :: 9.47pm
:: Music: Soul Coughing- Circles

For the right price I can get everything/ Slip into the car, go driving to the farthest star...
a good day.

:: 2009 6 March :: 5.35pm

Letter to your pets:

The following was found posted very low on a refrigerator door.

Dear Dogs and Cats: The dishes with the paw prints are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest.

The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack. Racing me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help because I fall faster than you can run.

I cannot buy anything bigger than a king sized bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure your comfort, however. Dogs and cats can actually curl up in a ball when they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other, stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out on the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm.

For the last time, there is no secret exit from the bathroom! If, by some miracle, I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the knob or get your paw under the edge in an attempt to open the door. I must exit through the same door I entered. Also, I have been using the bathroom for years - canine/feline attendance is not required.

The proper order for kissing is: Kiss me first, then go smell the other dog or cat's butt. I cannot stress this enough.

Finally, in fairness, dear pets, I have posted the following message on the front door:

TO ALL NON-PET OWNERS WHO VISIT AND LIKE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT OUR PETS:

(1) They live here. You don't. (2) If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture. That's why they call it 'fur'-niture. (3) I like my pets a lot better than I like most people. (4) To you, they are animals. To me, they are adopted sons/daughters who are short, hairy, walk on all fours and don't speak clearly.

Remember, dogs and cats are better than kids because they (1) eat less, (2) don't ask for money all the time, (3) are easier to train, (4) normally come when called, (5) never ask to drive the car, (6) don't hang out with drug-using people; (7) don't smoke or drink, (8) don't want to wear your clothes, (9) don't have to buy the latest fashions, (10) don't need a gazillion dollars for college and (11) if they get pregnant, you can sell their children.

:: 2009 5 March :: 5.01pm
:: Music: Panic at the Disco- Nine in the Afternoon

Back to the street, down to our feet/ Losing the feeling of feeling unique/ Do you know what I mean?/ Back to the place, where we used to say/ Man, it feels good to feel this way
I'm starting to get frustrated with.... not really knowing where my life is going or where I will be a year from now.

8 lies | this sentence is false

:: 2009 5 March :: 3.49pm
:: Mood: confused
:: Music: Lost - '316'

BEN: Thomas the Apostle. When Jesus wanted to return to Judea, knowing that he would probably be murdered there, Thomas said to the others, "Let us also go, that we might die with him." But Thomas was not remembered for this bravery. His claim to fame came later... when he refused to acknowledge the resurrection. He just couldn't wrap his mind around it. The story goes... that he needed to touch Jesus' wounds to be convinced.

JACK: So was he?

BEN: Of course he was. We're all convinced sooner or later, Jack.

:: 2009 4 March :: 9.21pm

What was that?

That's the lady that I stuffed in the trunk.

:: 2009 3 March :: 7.31pm
:: Mood: ok, maybe not so much...

Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
My latest "find." Something warm to keep you fuzzy while you battle through the cold outside.

Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
Uploaded by subpoprecords

:: 2009 3 March :: 7.14pm
:: Mood: still sober
:: Music: The Shins - Split Needles

oh won't you do me the favor man/of forgiving my poly-morphing opinion here
Amidst all the stress of attempting to schedule (and re-schedule) my oral examination ("it's kind of a big deal 'round here"), one piece of good news surfaced today... we may actually have a faculty member with some experience in gambling research starting this fall. It doesn't appear it's a major research interest of his going forward (he's into stimulus equivalence right now), but I heard a rumor that he's open to doing some research if student(s) are interested. Not sure how far it'll go, but at the very least I'll probably end up with a new committee member.

I got some flashes today of enthusiasm for what's going to happen in the new couple of years with this program. Getting the area paper done, actually conducting some gambling research, and eventually getting that dissertation defended... this whole orals process has got me reflecting both on the past and the future. For one of the first times since I've starting at QC, I can envision the end of the road, and, just as exhilarating (OK, not as exhilarating), the process by which I'll reach that goal. Who knows, I may actually end up with a job that I actually like/love when this is all said and done. Just as long as I have to wheelbarrow full of money to show for it...

Off to catch up on Terminator: TSSC. For some reason, it's sucked since the spring premiere, which I still want explained to me. Maybe this week's will be better...

:: 2009 3 March :: 8.10am

The man moans like a wounded sea lion.

:: 2009 27 February :: 10.57pm

Sophia: I need the money for my old age.
Dorothy: Old age? You don't leave fingerprints anymore.
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Sophia: I'm not leaving now. It's just getting good.
Dorothy: Shady Pines, Ma!
Sophia: I'm right behind you.
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Rose: I just had a thought...
Sophia, Dorothy, Blanche: Congratulations.
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Rose: Well, I'm off.
Sophia: Totally.
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Dorothy: Hi, ma. Where are you going?
Sophia: To the boardwalk. I like to watch the old guys rearrange themselves when they come out of the water.
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Dorothy: You couldn't sleep either, huh?
Sophia: No, I'm sleeping so good I thought I'd come try it in the sink.
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Blanche: I treat my body like a temple.
Sophia: Yeah, open to everyone, day or night.

:: 2009 26 February :: 9.52pm
:: Music: Revolution - The Beatles

;)
This is in response to my last post...

What can I say... I'm a trend setter.

:: 2009 25 February :: 9.30pm
:: Music: Beck- Girl

fists pounding on a vending machine/ toy diamond ring stuck on her finger/ with a noose she could hang from the sun/ and put it out with her dark sunglasses
(It starts tomorrow.)

Hmm... this week is dragging. Work is aggravating. I drink way too much wine.

I think I am ready for 2009 to be over...Get me out of here!

:: 2009 25 February :: 6.06pm

He touched me with his creepy serial killer hands.

:: 2009 25 February :: 2.51pm
:: Music: Radiohead - House of Cards

A Prayer
Got this from a friend of mine in the program. I pretty much love it/want to take it out behind the middle school and get it pregnant:

Our Skinner, who art at Harvard; Hallowed be thy box; Thy Walden come, they work be replicated; On people as it is on other animals; Give us this day our daily reinforcers; And extinguish our deviant responses; As we withdraw reinforcement of deviant responses in others; Lead us not into satiation; But deliver us from deprivation; For Science is the method, and the results, and the data, for Problem Solving forever.

:: 2009 24 February :: 7.04pm
:: Mood: pissed off

Honest people are never touchy about the matter of being trusted.

The libertarian portion of my being has been turgid ever since the fifth of November. It has ebbed and flowed in steep juxtaposition with the markets and my 401k. I have become enraged with the demonization of profits and the exaltation of the ignorant. I have screamed over the snowy beaches of Lake Michigan passages of our Declaration of Independence, that "...when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security." And to my surprise, I heard an answer coming back from the other side of the lake.

When Rick Santelli called for a Chicago "Tea Party", my libertarian essence wasn't the only thing that was turgid. I set myself a goal to read Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" so that I can quote relevant passages to a willing audience.

So you think that money is the root of all evil? Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a tool of exchange, which can't exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is the material shape of the principle that men who wish to deal with one another must deal by trade and give value for value. Money is not the tool of the moochers, who claim your product by tears or of the looters, who take it from you by force. Money is made possible only by the men who produce. Is this what you consider evil?

Long story short, I ordered a hardcover edition on Amazon for $22.92 from a user named noah74. However, what I received was a sodding used paperback edition worth $6.39!

The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it.

4 lies | this sentence is false

:: 2009 23 February :: 9.50pm
:: Music: MGMT- Kids

The memories fade/ Like looking through a fogged mirror/ Decisions to decisions are made and not bought/ But I thought this wouldn't hurt a lot/ I guess not
I'm not looking forward to the next step.

It sucks that this is the way we have to do it.

yeah...i'm bitter.

5 lies | this sentence is false

:: 2009 22 February :: 7.52pm
:: Music: Ben Kweller- Lizzy

Like momma said/ dont ya let it go to your head/ when your town is painted red/ I'm so proud to know you
Went to the Ben Kweller concert on Thursday with Eliz. It's weird to see that he's gotten old (and we've gotten old, too).

Good times. We ate a lot of food, gambled $3, gave fake names and numbers to some parking attendants, rode the (homeless) people mover, and mostly made (drunk off our asses) fools out of ourselves.

:: 2009 22 February :: 4.43pm

"Do you know the difference between a nice girl and a good girl? A nice girl will help you put it in." Paula Dean

:: 2009 19 February :: 8.20pm
:: Mood: rejuvenated

Haiku-rific
Is what they say true?
that time and space heals all wounds?
Good morning, woohu!

:: 2009 17 February :: 11.23pm

Family planning advice: Use Rear Entrance.

3 lies | this sentence is false

angel_bob

:: 2009 17 February :: 10.10am

This semester I need 11 credits. I am taking 12 to be full time. I only have one required course left. It is, of course, the one course I cannot be on time to, ever attend or do the homework for.

I am hoping I snap out of this soon. This weekend I need to finish up my incompletes from last semester so I can get out of here on time. I also need to CLEP my French credits still.

I am lazy.

:: 2009 15 February :: 8.02pm

Men are like coffee. The best ones are rich, warm, and can keep you up all night long.

6 lies | this sentence is false

:: 2009 14 February :: 11.14pm
:: Music: Matt&Kim- Daylight

I have five clocks in my life/ And only one has the time right/ I'll just unplug it for today
trying to keep up with this a little better.

we went to Olga's in the mall for vday. totally an old married couple.

i think that i don't update anymore because i dont do anything interesting anymore.

2 lies | this sentence is false

:: 2009 13 February :: 9.11pm
:: Music: Keane- Spiralling

I fashioned you from jewels and stone/ I made you in the image of myself/ I gave you everything you wanted/ So you would never know anything else
pretty sad that I have less than page of journal entries in a year.

3 lies | this sentence is false

:: 2009 8 February :: 11.15pm

I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that you have prostate cancer.

What�s the good news?

Well, as part of the treatment you are in for a lot of ass play. I mean, so, if you�re into that�JACKPOT!

angel_bob

:: 2009 6 February :: 12.21am

My sister turns 18 later this month. I feel old.

We're both graduating this year. Crazy.

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:: 2009 4 February :: 9.44pm
:: Music: Lupe Fiasco

working, working, working

going to Chicago for valentine's day...invited Brad...we'll see wat happens.