As suburban children we floated at night in swimming pools the temperature of blood; pools the color of Earth as seen from outer space, We would skinny dip, my friends and me. . . We would float and be naked- pretending to be embryos, pretending to be fetuses- all of us silent save for the hum of the pool filter. I think the price we paid for our golden life was an inability to fully believe in love; instead we gained an irony that scorched everything it touched. And I wonder if this irony is the price we paid for the loss of God. But then I must remind myself we are living creatures--we have religious impulses--we must --and yet into what cracks do these impulses flow in a world without religion? It is something I think about every day. Sometimes I think it is the only thing I should be thinking about. Some facts about me: I think I am a broken person. I seriously question the road my life has taken and I endlessly rehash the compromises I have made in my life. I have an unsecure and vaguely crappy job with an amoral corporation so that I don't have to worry about money. I put up with halfway relationships so as not to have to worry about loneliness. I have lost the ability to recapture the purer feelings of my younger years in exchange for a streamlined narrow-mindedness that I assumed would propel me to "the top." What a joke. Compromise is said to be the way of the world and yet I find myself feeling sick trying to accept what it has done to me:the little yellow pills, the lost sleep. But I don't think this is anything new in the world. This is not to say my life is bad. I know it isn't...but my life is not what I expected it might have been when I was younger. Maybe you yourself deal with this issue better than me. Maybe you have been lucky enough to never have inner voices question you about your own path--or maybe you answered the questioning and came out on the other side. I don't feel sorry for myself in any way. I am merely coming to grips with what I know the world is truly like. Sometimes I want to go to sleep and merge with the foggy world of dreams and not return to this, our real world. Sometimes I look back on my life and am surprised at the lack of kind things I have done. Sometimes I just feel that there must be another road that can be walked--away from this became--either against my will or by default. Now--here is my secret: I tell it to you with the openness of heart that I doubt I shall ever achieve again, so I pray that you are in a quiet room as you hear these words. My secret is that I need God--that I am sick and can no longer make it alone. I need God to help me give, because I no longer seem to be capable of giving; to help me be kind, as I no longer seem capable of kindness; to help me love, as I seem beyond being able to love. -Douglas Coupland, Life After God

 

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Upchuck

:: 2007 11 February :: 8.55pm
:: Mood: bouncy
:: Music: Santana, Supernatural Album

I downloaded the whole Supernatural album off of Ruckus. That album is so good. You can just feel the passion in the air. Good music.

In other news, I'm thinking about trying to write a short story. I've been reading Churchill's "History of the English Speaking People" over the last few weeks. It has inspired me, at least in part to revive a short story that I think I once wrote (isn't it strange how memory plays trick on you) about a merchant in Boston. Something about suicide and making chairs. Anyway, it ended in suicide I think. Too dark and depressing for yours truly, but I feel like I could at least explore it.

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m&ms487

:: 2007 11 February :: 2.29am

I don't have time for the trivial.

So serious, always.

I'm still in my 'mood'. I'm not sure where to seek a cure.

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m&ms487

:: 2007 10 February :: 3.08pm
:: Mood: pensive

This is the moment that you know that you told her that you loved her, but you don't.
I felt so much better, but it was wrong. Not enough time for self-reflection. Too many people that aren't here.

I've been going through so many different 'moods'. I can't even explain.

...all i see are grey clouds...so when you asked if there's something wrong, you're damn right there is, but we can't talk about it now.

But it was vile, it was cheap, and you are beautiful, but you don't mean a thing to me.

but you have to trust me, that i don't mean You.

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m&ms487

:: 2007 9 February :: 11.51pm

Everyone left me. Coincidentally, my room is full of people.

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spud

:: 2007 8 February :: 11.57pm
:: Mood: exhausted
:: Music: Brian Bromberg - downright upright

damn.

i am completely and utterly whipped.

and all that that implies.

i am not looking forward to tomorrow morning.

i want so desperately to sleep in.

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m&ms487

:: 2007 8 February :: 11.31pm

I'm really quite anxious right now. I'm not quite sure why.

I have to take a fourty question test and write a one page paper

before i go to bed.

but it's okay, because I'm really anxious and I wouldn't be able to sleep anyway.

ello.

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m&ms487

:: 2007 6 February :: 10.58am
:: Mood: thoughtful
:: Music: Bright Eyes-True Blue

Is it moral to use the handicapped stall in a public bathroom if you're not handicapped?

These are the questions that keep me up at night.

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m&ms487

:: 2007 5 February :: 11.11pm

I feel like crap. I've had a headache all day, and now I feel really queezy. Eh. I hope this isn't the norovirus.

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m&ms487

:: 2007 4 February :: 2.17pm
:: Mood: calm

I am officially a Brother-In-Training for KKP. I had first degree, found out who my Big was, and got my pin. It's all very exciting.

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Upchuck

:: 2007 4 February :: 9.55am

161 TIMES!!!!
Barely over 140 times last year.

2007 Detroit Tigers telecast schedule

Tigers to be on TV 161 times
REGULAR SEASON APRIL

Mon. 2, TORONTO, 1, FSN / WJBK

Wed. 4, TORONTO, 1, FSN

Thu. 5, TORONTO, 1, FSN

Fri. 6, at Kansas City, 8, FSN

Sat. 7, at Kansas City, 2, No TV*

Sun. 8, at Kansas City, 2, WJBK

Mon. 9, at Baltimore, 3, FSN

Tue. 10, at Baltimore, 7, FSN

Wed. 11, at Baltimore, 7, FSN PLUS

Thu. 12, at Toronto, 7, FSN

Fri. 13, at Toronto, 7, FSN PLUS

Sat. 14, at Toronto, 1, FSN

Sun. 15, at Toronto, 1, FSN

Mon. 16, KANSAS CITY, 7, FSN

Tue. 17, KANSAS CITY, 7, FSN PLUS

Wed. 18, KANSAS CITY, 1 FSN

Fri. 20, CHI. WHITE SOX, 7, FSN

Sat. 21, CHI. WHITE SOX, 1, FSN

Sun. 22, CHI. WHITE SOX, 1, WJBK

Mon. 23, at L.A. Angels, 10, FSN

Tue. 24, at L.A. Angels, 10, FSN

Wed. 25, at Chi. White Sox, 8, FSN

Thu. 26, at Chi. White Sox, 8, FSN

Fri. 27, MINNESOTA, 7, FSN

Sat. 28, MINNESOTA, 1, FSN

Sun. 29, MINNESOTA, 1, FSN

Mon. 30, BALTIMORE, 7, FSN

MAY

Tue. 1, BALTIMORE, 7, FSN

Wed. 2, BALTIMORE, 1, FSN

Fri. 4, at Kansas City, 8, FSN

Sat. 5, at Kansas City, 7, FSN

Sun. 6, at Kansas City, 2, WJBK

Tue. 8, SEATTLE, 7, FSN

Wed. 9, SEATTLE, 7, FSN

Thu. 10, SEATTLE, 1, FSN

Fri. 11, at Minnesota, 8, FSN

Sat. 12, at Minnesota, 3:55, FOX

Sun. 13, at Minnesota, 8, ESPN

Mon. 14, at Boston, 7, FSN

Tue. 15, at Boston, 7, FSN

Wed. 16, at Boston, 7, FSN

Thu. 17, at Boston, 7, FSN

Fri. 18, ST. LOUIS, 7, FSN

Sat. 19, ST. LOUIS, 7, FSN

Sun. 20, ST. LOUIS 1, WJBK

Tue. 22, L.A. ANGELS, 7, FSN

Wed. 23, L.A. ANGELS, 7, FSN

Thu. 24, L.A. ANGELS, 1, FSN

Fri. 25, CLEVELAND, 7, FSN

Sat. 26, CLEVELAND, 7, FSN

Sun. 27, CLEVELAND, 8, ESPN

Mon. 28, at Tampa Bay, 7, FSN

Tue. 29, at Tampa Bay, 7, FSN

Wed. 30, at Tampa Bay, 7, FSN

Thu. 31, at Cleveland, 7, FSN

JUNE

Fri. 1, at Cleveland, 7, FSN

Sat. 2, at Cleveland, 7, FSN

Sun. 3, at Cleveland, 1, FSN

Tue. 5, at Texas, 8:30, FSN

Wed. 6, at Texas, 8:30, FSN

Thu. 7, at Texas, 8:30, FSN

Fri. 8, N.Y. METS, 7, FSN

Sat. 9, N.Y. METS, 3:55, FOX

Sun. 10, N.Y. METS, 1, WJBK

Tue. 12, MILWAUKEE, 7, FSN

Wed. 13, MILWAUKEE, 7, FSN

Thu. 14, MILWAUKEE, 1, FSN

Fri. 15, at Philadelphia, 7, FSN

Sat. 16, at Philadelphia, 3:55, FOX

Sun. 17, at Philadelphia, 1:30, WJBK

Mon. 18, at Washington, 7, FSN

Tue. 19, at Washington, 7, FSN

Wed. 20, at Washington, 7, FSN

Fri. 22, at Atlanta, 7:30, FSN

Sat. 23, at Atlanta, 7, FSN

Sun. 24, at Atlanta, 1, WJBK

Mon. 25, TEXAS, 7, FSN

Tue. 26, TEXAS, 7, FSN

Wed. 27, TEXAS, 1, FSN

Thu. 28, TEXAS, 1, FSN

Fri. 29, MINNESOTA, 7, FSN

Sat. 30, MINNESOTA, 3:55, FOX

JULY

Sun. 1 , MINNESOTA, 1, WJBK

Tue. 3, CLEVELAND, 7 FSN

Wed. 4, CLEVELAND, 7, FSN

Thu. 5, CLEVELAND, 1, FSN

Fri. 6, BOSTON, 7, FSN

Sat. 7, BOSTON, 7, WJBK

Sun. 8, BOSTON, 1, WJBK

Thu. 12, at Seattle, 10, FSN

Fri. 13, at Seattle, 10, FSN

Sat. 14, at Seattle, 10 FSN

Sun. 15, at Seattle, 4, FSN

Tue. 17, at Minnesota, 8, FSN

Wed. 18, at Minnesota, 8, FSN

Thu. 19, at Minnesota, 1, FSN

Fri. 20, KANSAS CITY, 7, FSN

Sat. 21, KANSAS CITY, 7, FSN

Sun. 22, KANSAS CITY, 1, WJBK

Mon. 23, at Chi. White Sox, 8, FSN

Tue. 24, at Chi. White Sox, 8, FSN

Wed. 25, at Chi. White Sox, 8, FSN

Thu. 26, at Chi. White Sox, 2, FSN

Fri. 27, at L.A. Angels, 10, FSN

Sat. 28, at L.A. Angels, 3:55, FOX

Sun. 29, at L.A. Angels, 3:30, FSN

Mon. 30, at Oakland, 10, FSN

Tue. 31, at Oakland, 10, FSN

AUGUST

Wed. 1, at Oakland, 3:30, FSN

Fri. 3, CHI. WHITE SOX, 7, FSN

Sat. 4, CHI. WHITE SOX, 7, FSN

Sun. 5, CHI. WHITE SOX, 1, WJBK

Mon. 6, TAMPA BAY, 7, FSN

Tue. 7, TAMPA BAY, 7, FSN

Wed. 8, TAMPA BAY, 7, FSN

Thu. 9, TAMPA BAY, 1, FSN

Fri. 10, OAKLAND, 7, FSN

Sat. 11, OAKLAND, 3:55, FOX

Sun. 12, OAKLAND, 1, WJBK

Mon. 13, OAKLAND, 7, FSN

Tue. 14, at Cleveland, 7, FSN

Wed. Aug. 15, at Cleveland, 7, FSN

Thu. 16, at N.Y. Yankees, 7, FSN

Fri. 17, at N.Y. Yankees, 7, FSN

Sat. 18, at N.Y. Yankees, 3:55, FOX

Sun. 19, at N.Y. Yankees, 1, WJBK

Tue. 21, CLEVELAND, 7, FSN

Wed. 22, CLEVELAND, 7, FSN

Thu. 23, CLEVELAND, 1, FSN

Fri. 24, N.Y. YANKEES, 7, FSN

Sat. 25, N.Y. YANKEES, 7, WJBK

Sun. 26, N.Y. YANKEES, 1, WJBK

Mon. 27, N.Y. YANKEES, 7, FSN

Tue. 28, at Kansas City, 8, FSN

Wed. 29, at Kansas City, 8, FSN

Thu. 30, at Kansas City, 2, FSN

Fri. 31, at Oakland, 10, FSN

SEPTEMBER

Sat. 1, at Oakland, 3:55, FOX

Sun. 2, at Oakland, 4, FSN

Tue. 4, CHI. WHITE SOX, 7, FSN

Wed. 5, CHI. WHITE SOX, 7, FSN

Thu. 6, CHI. WHITE SOX, 1, FSN

Fri. 7, SEATTLE, 7, FSN

Sat. 8, SEATTLE, 7, FSN

Sun. 9, SEATTLE, 1, FSN

Tue. 11, TEXAS, 7, FSN

Wed. 12, TEXAS, 7, FSN

Fri. 14, at Minnesota, 8, FSN

Sat. 15, at Minnesota, 7, WJBK

Sun. 16, at Minnesota, 2, FSN

Mon. 17, at Cleveland, 7, FSN

Tue. 18, at Cleveland, 7, FSN

Wed. 19, at Cleveland, noon, FSN

Fri. 21, KANSAS CITY, 7, FSN

Sat. 22, KANSAS CITY, 7, FSN

Sun. 23, KANSAS CITY, 1, FSN

Mon. 24, MINNESOTA, 7, FSN

Tue. 25, MINNESOTA, 7, FSN

Wed. 26, MINNESOTA, 7, FSN

Fri. 28, at Chi. White Sox, 8, FSN

Sat. 29, at Chi. White Sox, 7, FSN

Sun. 30, at Chi. White Sox, 2, FSN

Home games in CAPS

FSN — FSN Detroit.

FSN PLUS — Alternate channel provided by cable / satellite providers.

WJBK — Channel 2 in Detroit (games also air on other regional affiliates to be determined).

FOX — FOX Saturday Baseball Game of the Week (available locally on Channel 2).

ESPN — ESPN Sunday Night Baseball.

* The April 7 game is not available to be televised because it is scheduled within the exclusivity window for the FOX Game of the Week.

All dates/times subject to change. All times listed are Eastern.

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m&ms487

:: 2007 3 February :: 6.55pm

The weather outside is frightful, but my dear you're so delightful
I come home and it snows, and due to the blizzarding conditions for most of the day, I've been stuck inside. Unfortunately I had a cleaning bug, so I cleaned my room and rearranged all my furniture. I cleaned out drawers that had stuff from when I was in first grade. Among the things I found were some baseball cards from 1995, and some Poggs. Remember Poggs? Yeah. It was a big fad in the first grade. So, my weekend home has been quite productive.

My parents won't let me go out tonight, which is okay because our road hasn't even been ploughed yet, but I wish I could hang out with Jessie and everyone. That's pretty much the reason why I came home in the first place (well, besides free laundry and non-RFoC food). Ah, well, there's not much I can do.

I'm leaving tomorrow morning about nine-thirty or ten because I have an initiation ceremony for KKP.

So much for a weekend home.

At least I have clean socks, now, though.

Michelle

[edit] Craptastic. The pellet stove (which is the only source of heat in our house) just stopped blowing hot air for no apparent reason. This wasn't the best weekend to come home...

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spud

:: 2007 2 February :: 12.29am

oh shit!


HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, JOURNAL!!!

you're five years old a couple of weeks ago.

.
.
.

... how's it feel?

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spud

:: 2007 2 February :: 12.27am
:: Mood: tired
:: Music: BnL - everything to everyone

hate on me if you want to, but damn ...

i really love snow.

it makes me sad that i'm too poor to go skiing this year.

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m&ms487

:: 2007 2 February :: 12.25am

I'm going to be a brother.

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m&ms487

:: 2007 1 February :: 11.00pm
:: Mood: restless

Formalism
New Critics
Motif
Realism
Character
Dialogue
Exposition
Image.

Waiting. Tired. Eleven O'Clock. Packing. Dirty Socks. Memoirs of a Drunk.

I hate when people get their futures handed to them on a silver platter, and they piss it away. If only they could know how hard it is sometimes. If only they could realize...

I can't even describe how angry I am. There are people in Cedar that are working at fast food jobs for menial pay that are more intelligent, and have more insight than many people that I've met here.

In my edu 107 class we had to take a survey of our high schools. Cedar Springs ranked as a rural school (on the chart, it was at the bottom). Out of 115 people, two were from a school such as ours, and 100 were from "elite" schools (one notch below private). Most of those kids don't deserve to be there. They're there because their parents can pay for them to. They skip classes and aren't there for the academics. It makes me angry. It makes me angry that so many people from Cedar feel like they can't do anything with their life except work at a minimum wage job and hope for a promotion, or go for vocation training, or, go into the armed forces, when all these little bitches here sleep for most of the day. They don't study, they don't do anything. They complain about writing papers and having to actually participate in classes. Sometimes it's a little much, but I LOVE being here and having intelligent discussions. I love my professors and their dedication to their area of study. I even love having to write papers and work my ass off, because I know that it'll pay off one day. It'll make my life better, and I'll be able to make a difference somehow. But these bitches don't do anything. They 'try' a little so that they won't fail enough to get kicked out, or get bitched at by their parents. How are kids suppose to be encouraged in school to "do their best" and succeed, when there is little hope of them doing anything better than their parents after graduation. What's the incentive? What's the point? Why don't we just put everyone that has enough money to go to college in one school, and then train everyone else that doesn't to be a plumber. That's pretty much what China does. A communist nation is kicking our butt because the privledged are too good to get their head out of their asses, and the poor kids have no hope for anything better. Whatever.

*end rant*

[edit] In retrospect, I've realized that plumbers actually make good money, and therefore, please substitute plumber with another vocation that doesn't make much money...such as a stocker at a grocery store, or a security guard (the ones without guns).

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m&ms487

:: 2007 1 February :: 7.16pm

Why does my foundation (make-up) have caffeine in it?

[ponders]

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m&ms487

:: 2007 1 February :: 7.10pm
:: Mood: determined

I'm leaving for closed rush in a bit. It's at eight and they told me it would just be an interviewing process. I'm really quite excited.

p.s. I'm coming home this weekend. :)

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m&ms487

:: 2007 31 January :: 11.43pm
:: Mood: calm

Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. ~Henry Ford

If only you would be a little sensible, this wouldn't be quite so difficult, I think. I'm here when you need me.

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m&ms487

:: 2007 30 January :: 10.41pm
:: Mood: calm

I'm very content today. I'm not sure exactly why, but I simply feel content.

There are a few directions I could be going very soon. I'm not quite sure which I will take, or even if I will go anywhere.

I don't see the need to separate yourself because of the things you do to relax. Just because I drink and smoke doesn't make me any better or any worse of a person. Just because I don't believe in a Christian God and don't go to church doesn't mean I'm any better or any worse than anyone else. Just because I've wanted to stop living, or just because I've had premarital sex doesn't make me good or bad.

The way I act, the way I present myself, the way I treat other people is what makes me who I am. You can't decide someone's station by a single action. It's the sum of all the parts, and how those parts are interpreted.

I just felt I need to say that, and that's all.

Goodnight.

Michelle

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spud

:: 2007 30 January :: 1.41pm
:: Music: dave brubeck - time out

ROAD TRIP!!!
alright, since phil and tracey both expressed an interest, i think it would be a cool idea to get a group going to the intersection for this jazz thing. if i had any money, i'd say we could do dinner or something as well. since i don't have money i won't be doing any such thing, but for those of us who do, it's certainly a possibility.

here's the info (off of sectionlive.com):



Monday, February 5
THE MONDAY JAZZ SERIES
Featuring GROOVE MERCHANT
IN THE FRONT LOUNGE
FREE! 7pm - 9pm.

i'll plug it on my show tomorrow night as well.

and also, i may forget somehow between now and then. hopefully somebody will remind me, so i'm not a total asshole for ditching on my own party.

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spud

:: 2007 29 January :: 6.26pm
:: Music: the song on kevin's journal

so, i guess there's a free jazz show at the intersection, monday nights from 7-9. i'm strongly tempted to check it out.

winter camping is this weekend. i'm super-pumped about that.

in other news, it's hella-cold.

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m&ms487

:: 2007 28 January :: 11.32pm
:: Mood: amused

My face got windburnt from walking to and from my car.

Poo.

Now I know why Rueben doesn't misspell so much these days, Firefox has spell check and it underlines all the words that it think are misspelled.

I find it annoying, but oh well.

I bought those Kool-Aid things today that are plastic and have the twist off caps. It reminds me of being five. They were only $1.00 for six, and I needed some berry cheer.

I finally went and picked up my driver's license. Now, it's time for a job.

Michelle

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m&ms487

:: 2007 26 January :: 2.10pm
:: Mood: cheerful

I'm having such a good day today!!! I woke up and watched some CNN and my hair was still curled from last night, so I did a touch up and it still looks really great. In American Literature, we were discussing Emily Dickinson, and I had a validating, but short, converstation with the professor and another student about how we admire her life and her convictions, but we don't necessarily like her poetry. Then, in Literary Analysis, I shared my response paper and the professor told me that it was the perfect aim of a Formalistic Critic (probably the best in the class, he said), and the only problem was that I didn't include that the message of piece was desirable, or in that case, that I just didn't include an opinion, which, of course is negotiable, but still a good piece of advice. And, when I walked back to the dorms, the ground was a slushy. but my socks didn't get wet!

I find it a little odd that I'm so cheerful, but it's just one of those days where everything is going right! I'm eating with Rueben in fifteen minutes at the RFoC, and then I'm on to finish up my homework for the week. This leaves all weekend to lounging and mayhaps a bit of cleaning (my side of the room is in sore need of some tidying).

Michelle

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m&ms487

:: 2007 25 January :: 9.38pm

I went to a social event for Kappa Kappa Psi tonight. It was really great and I'm really excited to join. It's so nice to be with band kids again. Those are the only people you can have debates about legalizing prostitution, abortion, and which star trek series was the best all in the same half an hour.

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m&ms487

:: 2007 23 January :: 10.47pm
:: Mood: crazy

I just got back from working out with Rueben. I don't understand why the fitness center is so busy at ten thirty at night. It's the only time that we can go together, but I would go in the middle of the day if I had a choice.

I went to an open rush tonight. I'm going to join Kappa Kappa Si. It's music/band co-ed fraternity that is based in service work for the music, mostly band, organizations. I'm excited. Now the only thing left to do is get a job!

I finally figured out how I'm going to get out of college in four years without killing myself. The answer: Summer classes. I have an appointment Thursday with my academic advisor to see if this is a real possibility. I hope it is.

Time to shower, do some homework (Ugh, EDU 107 video quiz), and got to bed. Tomorrow is my busy day (five classes!).

Michelle

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m&ms487

:: 2007 20 January :: 5.42pm

And the sunset was blood red, a beauty stolen from the flesh. It coursed through the sky and splayed out into the clear blue that held it in. Not a cloud in sight to mar the too perfect spectacle.

Considering this sight, the boy wondered. He wondered in the way a new parent marvels at the ten perfectly tiny fingers and the ten perfectly petite toes of her newborn. A wonder of nature created by man.

For the sunset, the beauty of it all, was only a sign of his destruction. One last plea from the sky before it fell to the hand of man. The blood red was merely a product of his modern life.

The boy turned away from the window as the red faded into the horizon, behind the skeleton trees. The realization of the conception of the wonderfilled sight came to him. It was only then that he understood his place in his world. He would honor, celebrate, and even write of scenes of beauty, but with every car ride to the mountains, every piece of plastic discarded, every flip of a light switch, he would silently acknowledge his part in the murder.

In the last rays of the sun, the blood red shone upon him, casting him in his fitting color.

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m&ms487

:: 2007 19 January :: 4.10pm

My intro to literary analysis professor proposed a unique idea to my class today. He offered that, at every moment, humans are in one of the five stages of grief. These are onset by loss, and we lose something in every minute that passes in our lives.

Although I have to memorize seventy two words (dealing with literary analysis, such as Accent, Enjambment, and Doggerel) and their definitions in a week and a half, it's still my favorite class this year.

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spud

:: 2007 17 January :: 2.14pm

wcks radio show

this semester my show is the same format as always (jazz, with some talk in there).

there is a new addition to the crew, as katie booms is now my co-dj.

also, there is a new time and place. it is wednesday nights, 10 to 11 pm, at http://www.thewhale.org/

if anyone has any questions, just say the word.

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m&ms487

:: 2007 14 January :: 2.57am

"I anchor my ship for a little while only,
My messengers continually cruise away or bring their returns to me."

-Walt Whitman "Song Of Myself" from Leaves of Grass


1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 36.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.

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m&ms487

:: 2007 13 January :: 10.00pm
:: Mood: contemplative

I was just affirmed in my nerdishness of English Literature. I just watched Bridget Jones's Diary for the first time with Liz, and couldn't help but pick out all the similarities between it and Pride and Predjudice. I'm sure upon more viewings, I could recognize even more similarities. To start, the love interest was named Darcy, there was a phase that started the exact same way as the first line of the novel ("It is a truth universally acknowledged..."), and the relationship between the two love interests was very similar (save modern 'amping up') to that of Wickham and Mr. Darcy. It was all quite interesting.

Waiting for my hair to dry, it's taking an awfully long time.

Happy Saturday, Everyone.

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