28 April 2004
it's all about the encendido.
and, I think we're all glad it could be fun for you, wes. happy birthday. :)
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and, I think we're all glad it could be fun for you, wes. happy birthday. :)
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27 April 2004
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WES!!!
25 April 2004
Untamed Cuteness :)
yay, we;re finally getting somewhere!!!
if it weren't for that occaisonal darkness and then the crazy happiness that follows when I'm happy, I wouldn't be able to write. If I had a normal, happy life, I wouldn't have anything to write about. it's really that simple.
I wrote all my best poetry whenever I was either madly depressed or wildily happy- and some of (most of) the best musicians and writers were depressed or manic-depressives.
I'm not trying to put myself in that category, by any means, I'm just saying that that darkness, the emotional turmoil, feeds my creativity. without it, I would be nothing, and unto nothing shall I return.
SO, dark or wildly happy, I don't care. as long as I am creative.
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if it weren't for that occaisonal darkness and then the crazy happiness that follows when I'm happy, I wouldn't be able to write. If I had a normal, happy life, I wouldn't have anything to write about. it's really that simple.
I wrote all my best poetry whenever I was either madly depressed or wildily happy- and some of (most of) the best musicians and writers were depressed or manic-depressives.
I'm not trying to put myself in that category, by any means, I'm just saying that that darkness, the emotional turmoil, feeds my creativity. without it, I would be nothing, and unto nothing shall I return.
SO, dark or wildly happy, I don't care. as long as I am creative.
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some of you might not care, but here's an interesting site about wal-mart. you know their motto, "always low prices, always?" well, exactly how true is that? at what cost, cheap groceries!
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allright... I didn't think a war was blazing up... and I was being serious- I can be very dramatic. not a big deal, to me.
now, as for posting pictures... *grins* I edited the size of your picture, as it was SO big that it forced down all the links, and I don't really like that- so can we use the following format for pictures? [open command line] img width="equal to or less than 400 pixels (the number 400 or less)" img height="equal to or less than 400 pixels" src="the url from which the picture came" alt="the description you wish viewers to see when they put their mouse over the picture." [close command line]
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now, as for posting pictures... *grins* I edited the size of your picture, as it was SO big that it forced down all the links, and I don't really like that- so can we use the following format for pictures? [open command line] img width="equal to or less than 400 pixels (the number 400 or less)" img height="equal to or less than 400 pixels" src="the url from which the picture came" alt="the description you wish viewers to see when they put their mouse over the picture." [close command line]
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WHAT IS HE DOING???
We all have our problems. We should focus on something different and on not attacking each other on the way one presents their problems to the world. I understand that there is a freedom of speech, but I don't want a war to blaze up over something this petty. The four of us are really good friends, we should keep it that way. We should talk about things we have in common or some other random/interesting thing. Since we are friends we should be caring if one of us is down, not attacking. It's just my opinion but I wish all of this would stop.
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23 April 2004
I'm tired of firing back and forth over this and other related issues. just categorize me as a drama queen with pamela and raymond and move on, wes. it's cool.
I will say that somethin' kinda crappy did inspire my last couple crappy posts. hopefully it's getting over.
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I will say that somethin' kinda crappy did inspire my last couple crappy posts. hopefully it's getting over.
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Hmm... I'm not sure if everything I post is sad, but I agree, some of it is. I enjoy posting my sick twisted sadness. as for USEFUL things, that quiz couldn't prove gay from straight if a flaming moron took it. the ONLY QUESTION that made any difference is the one that (depending upon whether or not you marked male or female as the first one) says "have you ever had sexual relations with a (insert your sex here)?"
I would like to say that, my dark posts and all- that's who I am. I've written several posts that have said life just goes on, and we do our best. I have written some posts I would consider useful- because Nikki needed some info on "A modest proposal, I wrote a large post about that, I wrote some random info about snakes that could be considered sad but isn't, and I wrote some other fairly useless info about affect and effect. oh, and the word of the day post for canth.
If you scroll back, you will see that not everything is dark, but I will agree, I'm a dark person. The last couple of posts I made were dark- I agree. Excluding this one and the last one. But I'm happy with my wrapped up darkness, for the most part, just as you seem to be happy with your happy-go-lucky non-serious projection. I don't need help in my life- and I like my dark sarcasm.
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I would like to say that, my dark posts and all- that's who I am. I've written several posts that have said life just goes on, and we do our best. I have written some posts I would consider useful- because Nikki needed some info on "A modest proposal, I wrote a large post about that, I wrote some random info about snakes that could be considered sad but isn't, and I wrote some other fairly useless info about affect and effect. oh, and the word of the day post for canth.
If you scroll back, you will see that not everything is dark, but I will agree, I'm a dark person. The last couple of posts I made were dark- I agree. Excluding this one and the last one. But I'm happy with my wrapped up darkness, for the most part, just as you seem to be happy with your happy-go-lucky non-serious projection. I don't need help in my life- and I like my dark sarcasm.
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A quiz to tell if you're gay or not??? Wow...its good to know that we are putting things on our Blog that will help the general public. I'm not a big fan of those quiz things...somehow by asking a few questions they can tell if I'm gay or not?? Ummm....ok.
Anyhow...took the quiz...I'm not Gay.
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Anyhow...took the quiz...I'm not Gay.
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congrats, nikki. I never doubted it. It told me I wasn't gay, either, and I even put brad pitt down as being hot. how amusing.
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If "you" in the "Shit gets old" article didn't refer to me, either directly or indirectly, I'd give birth to a fairly healthy hoald herfer. Yes. I have problems. I don't try that hard to drag people into them. I simply deal with them in my way (by writing about them until they no longer bother me) and then people have the audacity to say "what's wrong erik!!!" and try to cheer me up. How terrible that I have friends that want to do that.
If I tell people NOT to ask they get upset and say "nuh-uh not going to pull that one" so then I'm forced to talk it out- and I'm not very good at wearing masks on my face, or ANYWHERE. I'm like a clearly written glass book- you can see it all. sometimes, it pisses me off. But, I try to be as open and as honest as possible, most of the time.
I carry problems around like a cape, trailing behind me in a dominant sort of fashion. I always have, and I probably always will. IF nothing else, I like the problems, they give me something to deal with, and they seem to give me some sort of meaning, to deal with the NEXT problem that arrises.
It also doesn't work if you're like a sealed book. there has to be some sort of midline, and maybe I'm some sort of extreme- I htink Amanda compared me to Pamela, once, in saying that we both like to have attention and we're both loud, and, we both carry our problems around for the world to see.
When it comes to food, I'll eat anything. and I like writing poetry. it helps me, and some of it looks really good, as far as I'm concerned. and not all of it IS problem oriented, even if it looks that way.
Also, I've never "not known what to do" when a problem has arrisen. I do know how to be happy, but I guess I live under the philosophy that has been ingrained into my mind since I was tiny that says "it should never be easy, if you didn't fight every step of the way then it is worth nothing." I've been happy before. in fact, I am mostly happy. Just sometimes, things happen.
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If I tell people NOT to ask they get upset and say "nuh-uh not going to pull that one" so then I'm forced to talk it out- and I'm not very good at wearing masks on my face, or ANYWHERE. I'm like a clearly written glass book- you can see it all. sometimes, it pisses me off. But, I try to be as open and as honest as possible, most of the time.
I carry problems around like a cape, trailing behind me in a dominant sort of fashion. I always have, and I probably always will. IF nothing else, I like the problems, they give me something to deal with, and they seem to give me some sort of meaning, to deal with the NEXT problem that arrises.
It also doesn't work if you're like a sealed book. there has to be some sort of midline, and maybe I'm some sort of extreme- I htink Amanda compared me to Pamela, once, in saying that we both like to have attention and we're both loud, and, we both carry our problems around for the world to see.
When it comes to food, I'll eat anything. and I like writing poetry. it helps me, and some of it looks really good, as far as I'm concerned. and not all of it IS problem oriented, even if it looks that way.
Also, I've never "not known what to do" when a problem has arrisen. I do know how to be happy, but I guess I live under the philosophy that has been ingrained into my mind since I was tiny that says "it should never be easy, if you didn't fight every step of the way then it is worth nothing." I've been happy before. in fact, I am mostly happy. Just sometimes, things happen.
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found this quiz...
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just thought it was amusing.
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22 April 2004
an effigy of hate and hilarity
they say it comes slowly
required essence
with no understanding
always too late.
something of a silver lining
never swift
it drags on
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they say it comes slowly
required essence
with no understanding
always too late.
something of a silver lining
never swift
it drags on
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a haiku straight outta the past
the story of my life...
pain. darkness. occasional glimmers of false hope. occasional glimmers of something else... only to get sucked away... *raises an eyebrow* well, I can deal with it.
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this would be
an excellent time
for me to drink
all my sorrows away...
it goes on
the bodies a mile swath
littered uselessly behind me.
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an excellent time
for me to drink
all my sorrows away...
it goes on
the bodies a mile swath
littered uselessly behind me.
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All things come to an end.
you know? one thing I hated 'bout the matrix- the stupid, true, and finally, USELESS crap they spwed forth.
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nothing but a VERY bad dream...
I had a dream about being eaten last night. by an alien, one of those big ones from the movies with sigourney weaver, ALIENS. angry. it ate my right hand and most of my chest, after I had tried to kill myself in order to NOT be eaten, as there was no escape. that's a bunch of worst fears- being torn in half, being eaten, and, trying to kill myself and failing.
yeah, well, I'm turning it into a short story.
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yeah, well, I'm turning it into a short story.
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Nikki mentioned a meteor shower.
What I missed...
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
657 PM CDT TUE APR 20 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MARSHALL
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 653 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR
BLACKBURN...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MALTA BEND BY 720 PM CDT.
MARSHALL BY 735 PM CDT.
THE TOWN OF MOUNT LEONARD IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM.
LAW ENFORCEMENT RECEIVED EARLIER REPORTS OF A TORNADO NEAR AULLVILLE
AND CORDER.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3921 9350 3899 9349 3913 9307 3933 9318
3925 9333 3922 9341
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TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
657 PM CDT TUE APR 20 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN SALINE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MARSHALL
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 653 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR
BLACKBURN...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MALTA BEND BY 720 PM CDT.
MARSHALL BY 735 PM CDT.
THE TOWN OF MOUNT LEONARD IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM.
LAW ENFORCEMENT RECEIVED EARLIER REPORTS OF A TORNADO NEAR AULLVILLE
AND CORDER.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3921 9350 3899 9349 3913 9307 3933 9318
3925 9333 3922 9341
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19 April 2004
Once in a great while I actually enjoy my Strategies for Success class. Today my professor read a poem that I actually liked…thought I would share.
Success
To laugh often and much;
to win the respect of intelligent people
and the affection of children;
to earn the appreciation of honest critics
and endure the betrayal of false friends;
to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others;
to leave the world a bit better,
whether by a healthy child,
a garden patch
or a redeemed social condition;
to know even one life has breathed easier
because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
I thought it was interesting that nowhere in here is a college degree or a high paying job mentioned. Kind of makes you think about what is really important in life. I especially like the line “to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.” That’s a huge effect to have on people, I hope that one day someone can say that about me.
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Success
To laugh often and much;
to win the respect of intelligent people
and the affection of children;
to earn the appreciation of honest critics
and endure the betrayal of false friends;
to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others;
to leave the world a bit better,
whether by a healthy child,
a garden patch
or a redeemed social condition;
to know even one life has breathed easier
because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
I thought it was interesting that nowhere in here is a college degree or a high paying job mentioned. Kind of makes you think about what is really important in life. I especially like the line “to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.” That’s a huge effect to have on people, I hope that one day someone can say that about me.
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GUMMI BEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
people always complain on the usage of effect affect. but it seems to me that some of the definitions are fairly overlapping- allthough one seems mostly scientifically based and the other one seems mostly emotionally based. SOME of the definitions ARE different. but, dang! is there a more retarded word? yes, I bet there is, in THIS language...
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NOW TELL ME, HOW MUCH DIFFERENCE IS THERE!!!
effect:
Noun
1. Something brought about by a cause or agent; a result. 2. The power to produce an outcome or achieve a result; influence: The drug had an immediate effect on the pain. The government's action had no effect on the trade imbalance. 4. Advantage; avail: used her words to great effect in influencing the jury. . 6. a. Something that produces a specific impression or supports a general design or intention: The lighting effects emphasized the harsh atmosphere of the drama. c. Production of a desired impression: spent lavishly on dinner just for effect. 7.
affect:
Transitive verb
Inflected forms: af·fect·ed, af·fect·ing, af·fects 1. To have an influence on or effect a change in: Inflation affects the buying power of the dollar. 2. To act on the emotions of; touch or move.
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Noun
1. Something brought about by a cause or agent; a result. 2. The power to produce an outcome or achieve a result; influence: The drug had an immediate effect on the pain. The government's action had no effect on the trade imbalance. 4. Advantage; avail: used her words to great effect in influencing the jury. . 6. a. Something that produces a specific impression or supports a general design or intention: The lighting effects emphasized the harsh atmosphere of the drama. c. Production of a desired impression: spent lavishly on dinner just for effect. 7.
affect:
Transitive verb
Inflected forms: af·fect·ed, af·fect·ing, af·fects 1. To have an influence on or effect a change in: Inflation affects the buying power of the dollar. 2. To act on the emotions of; touch or move.
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EFFECT
effect:
Noun
1. Something brought about by a cause or agent; a result. 2. The power to produce an outcome or achieve a result; influence: The drug had an immediate effect on the pain. The government's action had no effect on the trade imbalance. 3. A scientific law, hypothesis, or phenomenon: the photovoltaic effect. 4. Advantage; avail: used her words to great effect in influencing the jury. 5. The condition of being in full force or execution: a new regulation that goes into effect tomorrow. 6. a. Something that produces a specific impression or supports a general design or intention: The lighting effects emphasized the harsh atmosphere of the drama. b. A particular impression: large windows that gave an effect of spaciousness. c. Production of a desired impression: spent lavishly on dinner just for effect. 7. The basic or general meaning; import: He said he was greatly worried, or words to that effect. 8. effects Movable belongings; goods.
Transitive verb
Inflected forms: ef·fect·ed, ef·fect·ing, ef·fects 1. To bring into existence. 2. To produce as a result. 3. To bring about. See Usage Note at affect1.
Idioms
in effect In essence; to all purposes: testimony that in effect contradicted her earlier statement.
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Noun
1. Something brought about by a cause or agent; a result. 2. The power to produce an outcome or achieve a result; influence: The drug had an immediate effect on the pain. The government's action had no effect on the trade imbalance. 3. A scientific law, hypothesis, or phenomenon: the photovoltaic effect. 4. Advantage; avail: used her words to great effect in influencing the jury. 5. The condition of being in full force or execution: a new regulation that goes into effect tomorrow. 6. a. Something that produces a specific impression or supports a general design or intention: The lighting effects emphasized the harsh atmosphere of the drama. b. A particular impression: large windows that gave an effect of spaciousness. c. Production of a desired impression: spent lavishly on dinner just for effect. 7. The basic or general meaning; import: He said he was greatly worried, or words to that effect. 8. effects Movable belongings; goods.
Transitive verb
Inflected forms: ef·fect·ed, ef·fect·ing, ef·fects 1. To bring into existence. 2. To produce as a result. 3. To bring about. See Usage Note at affect1.
Idioms
in effect In essence; to all purposes: testimony that in effect contradicted her earlier statement.
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AFFECT
affect:
Transitive verb
Inflected forms: af·fect·ed, af·fect·ing, af·fects 1. To have an influence on or effect a change in: Inflation affects the buying power of the dollar. 2. To act on the emotions of; touch or move. 3. To attack or infect, as a disease: Rheumatic fever can affect the heart.
Noun
1. Feeling or emotion, especially as manifested by facial expression or body language: "The soldiers seen on television had been carefully chosen for blandness of affect" (Norman Mailer). 2. Obsolete A disposition, feeling, or tendency.
Etymology
Middle English affecten, from Latin afficere, affect-, to do to, act on : ad-, ad- + facere, to do
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Transitive verb
Inflected forms: af·fect·ed, af·fect·ing, af·fects 1. To have an influence on or effect a change in: Inflation affects the buying power of the dollar. 2. To act on the emotions of; touch or move. 3. To attack or infect, as a disease: Rheumatic fever can affect the heart.
Noun
1. Feeling or emotion, especially as manifested by facial expression or body language: "The soldiers seen on television had been carefully chosen for blandness of affect" (Norman Mailer). 2. Obsolete A disposition, feeling, or tendency.
Etymology
Middle English affecten, from Latin afficere, affect-, to do to, act on : ad-, ad- + facere, to do
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18 April 2004
I am bored out of my mind. I’m sure there are tons of things I could be doing, like writing my paper for Human Geography class or studying the map of Asia or studying for my math test, but none of this really sounds like any fun at all. I’ve already written one paper today. It’s about the Cave of Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc in France. One paper is enough for me. I can’t sit still anymore. I think I’m going to go crazy!
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17 April 2004
What’s with all the blood?
Kill Bill was the worst movie I’ve ever seen. I’m appalled that someone would make a movie with so little plot and so much killing. I know, movies like the Matrix have killing too, but there is a fine line between killing in a plot and killing being the plot. I’m sorry, I’m not going to sit there and watch people get killed for two hours. I don’t like watching violence as entertainment. I can’t believe that people would watch this movie and then willingly go see the second one.
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and life goes on.
does anyone know what Erik's talking about???.... I wish I knew.
but, really. story of my life or not, it goes on, and then we simply do the best we can to make something of it.
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but, really. story of my life or not, it goes on, and then we simply do the best we can to make something of it.
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Warmth
warmth engulfs me
a strong storm out on a hot sea,
fire growing in the darkness.
I Huddle in the night
nurturing that flame,
naught but a spark, yet
I’d do anything
to bathe in its heat
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a strong storm out on a hot sea,
fire growing in the darkness.
I Huddle in the night
nurturing that flame,
naught but a spark, yet
I’d do anything
to bathe in its heat
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Cancer is something that should be removed from our systems. Cancer, cancer. cut the cancer. Hmm, never preformed a surgery that lasted on myself. Just a constant set of minor recurrences until there is nothing left but a memory, a memory of pain...
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I'm currently watching a show about venomous animals... It was on. this guy who works in a venom lab gets nailed by a gila monster, and can't get it off for 15 minutes. it manages to pump a crapload of venom into him and he tries to drive himself to the hospital... clever.
Apparently, gila monster venom has a molecule in it that can drastically reduce the symptoms of diabetes in mice.
It's a bad sign if your lips tingle when you've been bitten... I had forgotten, but I can feel it now, it's kinda amusing.
Anyway, I guess this leads me to think about something else- I thought I had only gotten a couple lethal doses (a lethal dose, to a human, is approximately 80 mL of venom or so) of Crotalus Atrox (W. Diamondback) venom, but apparently I got a full envenomation. That is, the snake injected ALL of its venom into me, which can be something above 8 lethal dosages (a full envenomation is generally above 600 mL of venom, all at once).
Guess I'm really glad I'm not allergic. No, I'm serious. I'm glad.
The western diamondback is responsible for almost all of the snakebites that occur in the united states- approx (not quite) 25% of the bites are caused by some sort of copperhead or cotton mouth, and then the other 75% (not quite, as about one percent is attributed to coral snakes) is attributed to Rattlesnakes, the majority of them being C. Atrox bites. about 5 people die per year by snake bites in the U.S, which isn't bad compared to the number that die from bee/wasp stings (averaging around 75 a year) , or the number of people dying from heat stroke (between 175 and 200 every year)
Chances are, almost every fatality caused by venomous animals is caused because of an allergic reaction to the animals' venom. Bees are much more common than rattlesnakes, but not nearly as deadly. It makes sense that, with a larger number of people being stung by bees every year, someone allergic being stung would be more frequent (bell curve, perhaps?).
I guess I'm lucky. I don't think I'll ever really know how lucky...
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Apparently, gila monster venom has a molecule in it that can drastically reduce the symptoms of diabetes in mice.
It's a bad sign if your lips tingle when you've been bitten... I had forgotten, but I can feel it now, it's kinda amusing.
Anyway, I guess this leads me to think about something else- I thought I had only gotten a couple lethal doses (a lethal dose, to a human, is approximately 80 mL of venom or so) of Crotalus Atrox (W. Diamondback) venom, but apparently I got a full envenomation. That is, the snake injected ALL of its venom into me, which can be something above 8 lethal dosages (a full envenomation is generally above 600 mL of venom, all at once).
Guess I'm really glad I'm not allergic. No, I'm serious. I'm glad.
The western diamondback is responsible for almost all of the snakebites that occur in the united states- approx (not quite) 25% of the bites are caused by some sort of copperhead or cotton mouth, and then the other 75% (not quite, as about one percent is attributed to coral snakes) is attributed to Rattlesnakes, the majority of them being C. Atrox bites. about 5 people die per year by snake bites in the U.S, which isn't bad compared to the number that die from bee/wasp stings (averaging around 75 a year) , or the number of people dying from heat stroke (between 175 and 200 every year)
Chances are, almost every fatality caused by venomous animals is caused because of an allergic reaction to the animals' venom. Bees are much more common than rattlesnakes, but not nearly as deadly. It makes sense that, with a larger number of people being stung by bees every year, someone allergic being stung would be more frequent (bell curve, perhaps?).
I guess I'm lucky. I don't think I'll ever really know how lucky...
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16 April 2004
I don't really like working for margarita's neighbor. She doesn't want to pay by the hour for the yardwork she wants me to do, she wants to pay me by the job- and she doesn't want to pay what the job is worth, by any means.
For instance, all the bamboo she wanted me to cut. there was easily three hours worth of cutting the stuff down, into smaller lengths, and tying it up so the garbage men can haul it away. This is an estimate, but I did 50 minutes worth of cutting into smaller pieces and bundling some bamboo that she had allready cut down- and that was about 1/3 as much as she wants me to cut now. She wanted to pay me five dollars to cut it all down and get rid of it. 5 dollars.
We discussed it, and the only way I'm working for her is by the hour. If she doesn't like it, she can call a proffesional and have them work for way more than I would.
How much is a good amount to ask for, I wonder?
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For instance, all the bamboo she wanted me to cut. there was easily three hours worth of cutting the stuff down, into smaller lengths, and tying it up so the garbage men can haul it away. This is an estimate, but I did 50 minutes worth of cutting into smaller pieces and bundling some bamboo that she had allready cut down- and that was about 1/3 as much as she wants me to cut now. She wanted to pay me five dollars to cut it all down and get rid of it. 5 dollars.
We discussed it, and the only way I'm working for her is by the hour. If she doesn't like it, she can call a proffesional and have them work for way more than I would.
How much is a good amount to ask for, I wonder?
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I am so glad that it’s Friday! Only one more class to get through today, I wish it wasn’t math. I would just skip it, but I think I skipped it last week and I have homework to turn in. So yeah, I have to go.
Does anyone have plans for the weekend??? We should do something outside, it’s really nice out.
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Does anyone have plans for the weekend??? We should do something outside, it’s really nice out.
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Someone should lock me in the room and not let me leave until I get these English papers WRITTEN and FINISHED! Not telling anyone to... Just a suggestion. :)
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I guess this sumer isn't going to be a total drag. at least James, James, and Ben will stay in town.
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the meaning of tragedy
Stayed up for 3 hours trying to catch the cat... didn't see her once, but I had multiple chances to catch other animals. some other light colored cat that's still young, and a racoon, again... the cat was in heat... but no sophie. I might not ever see her again, and I can't help but think it should never have gone this far.
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The meaning of tragedy
15 April 2004
Ugh...I'm never going to be able to focus on my homework...at least my Human Geography paper is done. Just history and math left...can't be too bad, right??
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haha! Wes, can we amend your advice? If someone you like is also an asshole, it depends upon degree. A lot of women will stay with abusive husbands, is this neccessarily a good thing? I gotta go work, I might add some later.
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Can we say "finished?"
word for the day
a cool word to know!
canth, coming from greek, akantha, meaning spine or thorn. you find it in both pyracanth (fiery thorned shrub), which is a small thorny shrub (the leaves are orangeish red) and in coelacanth, which is a prehistoric fish. (coela- hollow; canth- spine; so hollow-spined fish)
I wouldn't know except I thought it was cool and decided to look it up.
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canth, coming from greek, akantha, meaning spine or thorn. you find it in both pyracanth (fiery thorned shrub), which is a small thorny shrub (the leaves are orangeish red) and in coelacanth, which is a prehistoric fish. (coela- hollow; canth- spine; so hollow-spined fish)
I wouldn't know except I thought it was cool and decided to look it up.
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Catching the Cat
Tonight I sat out trying to capture sophie. the box, no matter how crude in basic engineering, is a complete success. after sitting with James for 30 minutes and seeing nothing, my hope started to die. But then, up trots a fox. not sophie, I know. but at least it was something to take my mind off the monotonous wait I was having to go through. It didn't go into the box and eat the food there, thankfully. it was too big to fit comfortably, so I can understand this. It did eat most the food we had scattered around in front of the box, however.
After it left, two racoons come along. The first racoon just sits in front of the box for several minutes, and doesn't go in. it eats the remainder of the food on the ground, and then finally moves off into the woods. the second racoon doesn't waste any time- it dives straight into the box. this isn't the animal we want in the box, so James drops the cord and it gets captured. so we have a large cat sized racoon in the box, and when I lift the door it refuses to leave.
I shake the top, bang a bit on the box, but still, this racoon doesn't leave! finally I bounce the box once or twice, and instead of going out the front, it damages the back in an attempt (that ultimately works) to push THROUGH the boxes slatted back. geez.
We didn't see sophie, but someone decided to call the police, because after I pack it in and leave, I see two police cars show up (I'm on my way to get some food, so as I drive past, there they are) at James' van.
I get James, and then we explain to the nice officer that NO, we aren't TRYING to capture wild racoons, we're trying to capture our errant cat. He laughed a bit and said that some people were just curious, and drives off. For now I'm done messing with it, perhaps later I will try again.
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After it left, two racoons come along. The first racoon just sits in front of the box for several minutes, and doesn't go in. it eats the remainder of the food on the ground, and then finally moves off into the woods. the second racoon doesn't waste any time- it dives straight into the box. this isn't the animal we want in the box, so James drops the cord and it gets captured. so we have a large cat sized racoon in the box, and when I lift the door it refuses to leave.
I shake the top, bang a bit on the box, but still, this racoon doesn't leave! finally I bounce the box once or twice, and instead of going out the front, it damages the back in an attempt (that ultimately works) to push THROUGH the boxes slatted back. geez.
We didn't see sophie, but someone decided to call the police, because after I pack it in and leave, I see two police cars show up (I'm on my way to get some food, so as I drive past, there they are) at James' van.
I get James, and then we explain to the nice officer that NO, we aren't TRYING to capture wild racoons, we're trying to capture our errant cat. He laughed a bit and said that some people were just curious, and drives off. For now I'm done messing with it, perhaps later I will try again.
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14 April 2004
problem with the time noted, I don't know why it did that.
no, I am far from happy with my current life (note the story of my life post I made, and on top of that I have never claimed to be happy with my life NOR the way I am acting in it). and I was far from trying to imply that the only way to learn is through reading- I was simply stating that the more you read... I also was not trying to criticize your intelligence in any way.
as for books on children, I'm not sure that many of them are worth anything. I wouldn't count on that kind of learning at all for raising kids- at least not as much.
I realize that everyone in my life has something valuable to share, and I take full advantage of that, otherwise I would be a sequestered angry hermit, and have no friends.
I know a lot from books, but that's not the only place I have ever learned anything. I learn a lot in life, too, and tried to say that- My mom taught me everything I need to start a beginning as a parent- whether or not it was by me deciding she did something right, or did something wrong.
I think what you're getting at is that there are two kinds of learning, "book" smarts and "street" smarts. one you get from reading, learning in school, &c. the other you get from "living" life, experiencing life. I wasn't trying to imply you were dumb- and I wasn't trying to imply that one is better than the other- far from it- they are both equally important and I have learned a lot in the short time I was around. I haven't tried everything there is to try, but I've done some weirder things than most (example the rattlesnake bite, or a better one, maybe would be my dad and his abuse.), and learned valuable lessons from it. HOWEVER! by saying this, I am not trying to say that my life experiences were either more or less valuable than yours, nor more or less strange. as you said, we all have something to share.
I DID say what I had to say.
By writing about the developmental level stuff, I wasn't trying to attack or criticize you. you said something, and it simply made me think about where people settle. that's all. So I wrote about it. I was simply trying to say that everyone's life is different, and they make different decisions based upon what happens to them. that's all. you simply made me think....
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no, I am far from happy with my current life (note the story of my life post I made, and on top of that I have never claimed to be happy with my life NOR the way I am acting in it). and I was far from trying to imply that the only way to learn is through reading- I was simply stating that the more you read... I also was not trying to criticize your intelligence in any way.
as for books on children, I'm not sure that many of them are worth anything. I wouldn't count on that kind of learning at all for raising kids- at least not as much.
I realize that everyone in my life has something valuable to share, and I take full advantage of that, otherwise I would be a sequestered angry hermit, and have no friends.
I know a lot from books, but that's not the only place I have ever learned anything. I learn a lot in life, too, and tried to say that- My mom taught me everything I need to start a beginning as a parent- whether or not it was by me deciding she did something right, or did something wrong.
I think what you're getting at is that there are two kinds of learning, "book" smarts and "street" smarts. one you get from reading, learning in school, &c. the other you get from "living" life, experiencing life. I wasn't trying to imply you were dumb- and I wasn't trying to imply that one is better than the other- far from it- they are both equally important and I have learned a lot in the short time I was around. I haven't tried everything there is to try, but I've done some weirder things than most (example the rattlesnake bite, or a better one, maybe would be my dad and his abuse.), and learned valuable lessons from it. HOWEVER! by saying this, I am not trying to say that my life experiences were either more or less valuable than yours, nor more or less strange. as you said, we all have something to share.
I DID say what I had to say.
By writing about the developmental level stuff, I wasn't trying to attack or criticize you. you said something, and it simply made me think about where people settle. that's all. So I wrote about it. I was simply trying to say that everyone's life is different, and they make different decisions based upon what happens to them. that's all. you simply made me think....
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The settle level- where is it?
Where is it that people settle, normally? somewhere a couple years above a high school mentality, or somewhere further? Living life is something that can only be had through living- everyday life, and hopefully you learn something new.
In order to truly reach a new developmental point in our lives, I believe it generally has to be accompanied by some life changing event. Some psychologists would agree with me, and it all goes back to a simple theory B.F. Skinner came up with- conditioning.
Something happens in your environment, and you respond to it. depending upon how powerful an impression the event may have left in your mind, the effects in your behavior will last for a similarly matching period of time.
For instance, a person may not be paying close attention to the road, and may get into an accident because of it. Afterwards, they will watch much more carefully as a result of the accident. If, after a certain period of time, there are no more accidents, they may start to slack off in their watching (this is called extinction) of the road.
Is this the primary way we learn? a series of events shaping the way we behave and "grow up?" If so, then it is very likely that most people WILL stop growing mentally at a certain level- they won't go through the same hardships, life experiences, and events that others might.
But then, even if people do go through different life experiences and hardships, the way that those hardships effect them makes a difference, too. An example would be two people- both who have been hurt in relationships.
One person's reaction may be to simply push people away, or at the first sign of betrayal, betray the other first. The second person may simply use what they learned to build a stronger relationship- and possibly even use what they learned to help stop a relationship from falling apart.
In this case, which would you rate as the "more developed?"
For that matter, does everyone have the same definition of "developed?" probably not. Mine is to grow up and become a responsible parent eventually- lead the most honest life that I can, and be true to myself. But someone else very well could have a different defintion of what it is to be "grown up."
*Note- none of this pertains to anyone else. It's simply my thoughts on the issue of development. One Thing I will say is that I hate the "It's all relative" argument, so it can go to hell. People have opinions on things. I stated my opinion, and offered that there might be others. It doesn't neccesarilly mean that they are right, especially if your opinion of being grown up is that you now have the right to eat cereal out of a breadbowl everyday of the week.
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In order to truly reach a new developmental point in our lives, I believe it generally has to be accompanied by some life changing event. Some psychologists would agree with me, and it all goes back to a simple theory B.F. Skinner came up with- conditioning.
Something happens in your environment, and you respond to it. depending upon how powerful an impression the event may have left in your mind, the effects in your behavior will last for a similarly matching period of time.
For instance, a person may not be paying close attention to the road, and may get into an accident because of it. Afterwards, they will watch much more carefully as a result of the accident. If, after a certain period of time, there are no more accidents, they may start to slack off in their watching (this is called extinction) of the road.
Is this the primary way we learn? a series of events shaping the way we behave and "grow up?" If so, then it is very likely that most people WILL stop growing mentally at a certain level- they won't go through the same hardships, life experiences, and events that others might.
But then, even if people do go through different life experiences and hardships, the way that those hardships effect them makes a difference, too. An example would be two people- both who have been hurt in relationships.
One person's reaction may be to simply push people away, or at the first sign of betrayal, betray the other first. The second person may simply use what they learned to build a stronger relationship- and possibly even use what they learned to help stop a relationship from falling apart.
In this case, which would you rate as the "more developed?"
For that matter, does everyone have the same definition of "developed?" probably not. Mine is to grow up and become a responsible parent eventually- lead the most honest life that I can, and be true to myself. But someone else very well could have a different defintion of what it is to be "grown up."
*Note- none of this pertains to anyone else. It's simply my thoughts on the issue of development. One Thing I will say is that I hate the "It's all relative" argument, so it can go to hell. People have opinions on things. I stated my opinion, and offered that there might be others. It doesn't neccesarilly mean that they are right, especially if your opinion of being grown up is that you now have the right to eat cereal out of a breadbowl everyday of the week.
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now it's the katted- KATD (Kitty Activated Trapping Device) so, we've evolved. and it took me about 15 seconds to turn cat into an acryonym, and then another 15 to simple throw on the D. so, time wasn't a factor.
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KAT...
hmmm someone has to much time on their hands... kitty activated trap... who would have thought... :)
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13 April 2004
the story of MY life...
She's taking her time making up the reasons
To justify all the hurt inside
Guess she knows from the smiles and the look in their eyes
Everyone's got a theory about the bitter one
They're saying, "Mama never loved her much"
And, "Daddy never keeps in touch
That's why she shys away from human affection"
But somewhere in a private place
She packs her bags for outer space
And now she's waiting for the right kind of pilot to come
And she'll say to him
I would fly to the moon and back if you'll be...
If you'll be my baby
Got a ticket for a world where we belong
So would you be my baby?
She can't remember a time when she felt needed
If love was red then she was color blind
All her friends they've been tried for treason
And crimes that were never defined
She's saying, "Love is like a barren place,
And reaching out for human faith
Is like a journey I just don't have a map for"
So baby's gonna take a dive and
Push the shift to overdrive
Send a signal that she's hanging
All her hopes on the stars
What a pleasant dream
I would fly to the moon and back if you'll be...
If you'll be my baby
Got a ticket for a world where we belong
So would you be my baby?
Mama never loved her much
And, Daddy never keeps in touch
That's why she shies away from human affection
But somewhere in a private place
She packs her bags for outer space
And now she's waiting for the right kind of pilot to come
And she'll say to him
I would fly to the moon and back if you'll be...
If you'll be my baby
Got a ticket for a world where we belong
So would you be my baby?
I would fly to the moon and back if you'll be...
If you'll be my baby
Got a ticket for a world where we belong
So would you be my baby?
To the Moon and Back
by Savage Garden
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To justify all the hurt inside
Guess she knows from the smiles and the look in their eyes
Everyone's got a theory about the bitter one
They're saying, "Mama never loved her much"
And, "Daddy never keeps in touch
That's why she shys away from human affection"
But somewhere in a private place
She packs her bags for outer space
And now she's waiting for the right kind of pilot to come
And she'll say to him
I would fly to the moon and back if you'll be...
If you'll be my baby
Got a ticket for a world where we belong
So would you be my baby?
She can't remember a time when she felt needed
If love was red then she was color blind
All her friends they've been tried for treason
And crimes that were never defined
She's saying, "Love is like a barren place,
And reaching out for human faith
Is like a journey I just don't have a map for"
So baby's gonna take a dive and
Push the shift to overdrive
Send a signal that she's hanging
All her hopes on the stars
What a pleasant dream
I would fly to the moon and back if you'll be...
If you'll be my baby
Got a ticket for a world where we belong
So would you be my baby?
Mama never loved her much
And, Daddy never keeps in touch
That's why she shies away from human affection
But somewhere in a private place
She packs her bags for outer space
And now she's waiting for the right kind of pilot to come
And she'll say to him
I would fly to the moon and back if you'll be...
If you'll be my baby
Got a ticket for a world where we belong
So would you be my baby?
I would fly to the moon and back if you'll be...
If you'll be my baby
Got a ticket for a world where we belong
So would you be my baby?
To the Moon and Back
by Savage Garden
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It's amazing what you can find surfing the internet. I don't think I've been more amused recently by any random article more than I was by this one, about shaving.
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Just testing the shades of grey
The story of my life...
I
hurt myself today
to see if I still feel
focus on the pain-
the only thing that's real.
the needle tears a hole
the old familiar sting
try to kill it all away-
but I remember
everything
What have I become,
my sweetest friend
everyone I know
goes away
in the end.
You could have it all,
my empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
I wear this crown of shit
upon my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair.
beneath the stains of time
the feelings dissapear
you are are someone else-
I am still right here
What have I become,
my sweetest friend
everyone I know
goes away
in the end.
You could have it all,
my empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
If I could start again
a million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way
-Trent Reznor
that's the story of my life. undeniably, indesputably, unforgettably.
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hurt myself today
to see if I still feel
focus on the pain-
the only thing that's real.
the needle tears a hole
the old familiar sting
try to kill it all away-
but I remember
everything
What have I become,
my sweetest friend
everyone I know
goes away
in the end.
You could have it all,
my empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
I wear this crown of shit
upon my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair.
beneath the stains of time
the feelings dissapear
you are are someone else-
I am still right here
What have I become,
my sweetest friend
everyone I know
goes away
in the end.
You could have it all,
my empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt
If I could start again
a million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way
-Trent Reznor
that's the story of my life. undeniably, indesputably, unforgettably.
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It wasn't modest for the times, perhaps- but put it into context.
Johnathan Swift wrote "A Modest Proposal." it was sarcasm. You have to put it in context- you've got a massive famine in ireland, and the people are starving and complaining that they can't survive. to make matters worse, they won't stop popping out babies, LOTS of babies. crazy catholics. No one seemed to think that having kids was part of the problem at the time, shows you how thoughtful people were. no one was listening to people like Swift, who were saying things like "stop having kids they're just starving and spreading disease when they die" but no one seemed to listen, at all.
So finally, he wrote "A Modest Proposal." today, it's sometimes taken as a joke, allthough in the time period it was written it was, in some instances, taken much too seriously. it is probably the most famous example of satarical commentary.
Actually, it wouldn't solve the problem, if you think about it. it takes lots of energy and food to have a kid, eating it afterwards is a waste. but why in the world can't people use logic?
When you go to english, point this out- that it was satire- and put it in historical context. that's what you have to do, most people reacted the way you did- too seriously. It was written in 1729, and Ireland at this point is a total mess. Political problems, social problems, religious problems. most of the population is Roman Catholic, and Swift once said "We have just religion enough to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another." In the earlier 1700's-1600's all of the catholics had their land taken away from them, were banned from serving in parliment, and couldn't own land or any leases. They also didn't have the right to vote.
The people in charge of the government are corrupt, and the Irish allready hate the English because they've had control over Ireland since the 1100's. The Irish parliment can't even pass laws unles the English King decrees a meeting. England purposefully passed laws that helped destroy the Irish economy, specifically so that they would not be competition.
Two major laws were the Cattle Acts of 1666 and 1680, and the Woolen Act of 1699. the Cattle Acts forbade Ireland from exporting ANY cow, sheep, or other products from livestock, processed or otherwise, to any english colony. Considering that there wasn't anywhere they COULD send it except an english colony, this ruined them. Most of Ireland is Farmland- so this coupled with the Woolen Act, which forbade Ireland to export ANY wool to ANY country, destroyed any source of trade and income ireland had.
Farmers are starving, there are nearly NO land owners, there is almost NO source of income within ireland, sheep merchants are running amok, stealing and killing, in short, England has totally destroyed Ireland's economic system.
Now, along comes Swift. he was born in Dublin in 1667, and he sees all these problems. in 1720 he wrote a proposal for protective tarriffs to insure that Ireland wouldn't be totally destroyed- but for some damned reason the people are greedy, and seem to htink that "foreign" and english items are more valuable. England is more than happy to rip them off for whatever they can get, so Swift is ignored.
The three years leading up to 1729 were bad harvests. They produced nothing. How many of the poor, catholic, NON land owners can afford to pay for English goods? How many english CARE if the Irish are starving?
Swift got ignored when he tried to save Ireland because the people's own greed blinded them to the fact that they were locking their own fetters and chains. so Swift decided to write something that WOULD get their attention. He wrote "A modest proposal," and it did get people's attention- it, coupled with the Drapier letters, had the English out for blood. The drapier letters were written to protest a new currency that would totally destroy what was left of the irish economy. The printer of the "drapier letters" (which were written by swift under the persona of drapier) was taken to court, where the jury gave nine consecutive sentences of "not guilty," every time being refused by the Judge (english) until the jury finally put the decision in the judges hands, confusing him. Swift is known as the loudest protesting voice against the greed and arrogance of the british.
*The Great Potato Famine was in 1845, and was not the famine that struck in the years leading up to "A modest proposal." Jonathan Swift is also famous for his book, Gulliver's Travels, which was being written during the time he was protesting the English destruction of Ireland.
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So finally, he wrote "A Modest Proposal." today, it's sometimes taken as a joke, allthough in the time period it was written it was, in some instances, taken much too seriously. it is probably the most famous example of satarical commentary.
Actually, it wouldn't solve the problem, if you think about it. it takes lots of energy and food to have a kid, eating it afterwards is a waste. but why in the world can't people use logic?
When you go to english, point this out- that it was satire- and put it in historical context. that's what you have to do, most people reacted the way you did- too seriously. It was written in 1729, and Ireland at this point is a total mess. Political problems, social problems, religious problems. most of the population is Roman Catholic, and Swift once said "We have just religion enough to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another." In the earlier 1700's-1600's all of the catholics had their land taken away from them, were banned from serving in parliment, and couldn't own land or any leases. They also didn't have the right to vote.
The people in charge of the government are corrupt, and the Irish allready hate the English because they've had control over Ireland since the 1100's. The Irish parliment can't even pass laws unles the English King decrees a meeting. England purposefully passed laws that helped destroy the Irish economy, specifically so that they would not be competition.
Two major laws were the Cattle Acts of 1666 and 1680, and the Woolen Act of 1699. the Cattle Acts forbade Ireland from exporting ANY cow, sheep, or other products from livestock, processed or otherwise, to any english colony. Considering that there wasn't anywhere they COULD send it except an english colony, this ruined them. Most of Ireland is Farmland- so this coupled with the Woolen Act, which forbade Ireland to export ANY wool to ANY country, destroyed any source of trade and income ireland had.
Farmers are starving, there are nearly NO land owners, there is almost NO source of income within ireland, sheep merchants are running amok, stealing and killing, in short, England has totally destroyed Ireland's economic system.
Now, along comes Swift. he was born in Dublin in 1667, and he sees all these problems. in 1720 he wrote a proposal for protective tarriffs to insure that Ireland wouldn't be totally destroyed- but for some damned reason the people are greedy, and seem to htink that "foreign" and english items are more valuable. England is more than happy to rip them off for whatever they can get, so Swift is ignored.
The three years leading up to 1729 were bad harvests. They produced nothing. How many of the poor, catholic, NON land owners can afford to pay for English goods? How many english CARE if the Irish are starving?
Swift got ignored when he tried to save Ireland because the people's own greed blinded them to the fact that they were locking their own fetters and chains. so Swift decided to write something that WOULD get their attention. He wrote "A modest proposal," and it did get people's attention- it, coupled with the Drapier letters, had the English out for blood. The drapier letters were written to protest a new currency that would totally destroy what was left of the irish economy. The printer of the "drapier letters" (which were written by swift under the persona of drapier) was taken to court, where the jury gave nine consecutive sentences of "not guilty," every time being refused by the Judge (english) until the jury finally put the decision in the judges hands, confusing him. Swift is known as the loudest protesting voice against the greed and arrogance of the british.
*The Great Potato Famine was in 1845, and was not the famine that struck in the years leading up to "A modest proposal." Jonathan Swift is also famous for his book, Gulliver's Travels, which was being written during the time he was protesting the English destruction of Ireland.
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12 April 2004
what a horrible essay to read for english...
yeah, so i just finished reading an essay titled: "A Modest Proposal...for Preventing the Chldren of Poor People in Ireland from Being a Burden to Their Parents of Country, and for Making Them Benificial to the Public" It was possibly the most horrifiying thing i've ever read in my LIFE! This guy wants to have poor mothers who cannot provide for their children to sell their children off to rich people so they (the rich people) can dine on them for DINNER!!! grossness! I agree that that would deal with the problem, but thats a pretty insane way to go about it.
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"two trailer park girls go round the outside, round the outside"
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who knows whats going on. i definitely dont. grrrr i wish i did though. 25 more days and then what.... i really dont know that one. things will get better. hopefully.
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"Tell me you're crazy, maybe then I'll understand."
well, since I made fun of amanda for liking some idiot, I will give HER a chance to make fun of the ones I think are hot, namely, Natalie Portman and Heidi Klum. If I really thought about it, I could add others, but it doesn't matter that much. So amanda, dig up as much dirt on them as you can, IF you can, and make me see how dumb they really are! (but they're SOOO hottt, you say! ben sucks.)
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If you could be doing anything in the world...
hmm, that's a toughie. probably off colonizing mars- and by colonizing mars I mean with someone like Natalie Portman colonizing mars.
naw, really. I don't know, off discovering some new creature no one had seen yet or something... winning the lottery? sleeping?
hmm. you know what? I'd be happy, if I could do anything in the world. settled down and happy.
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naw, really. I don't know, off discovering some new creature no one had seen yet or something... winning the lottery? sleeping?
hmm. you know what? I'd be happy, if I could do anything in the world. settled down and happy.
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A question – If you could be doing anything in the world right at this moment what would you be doing?
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so, as are all things, this one is a partial failure. it of course did NOT turn out the way I wanted it, maybe I should have simply bought a metal one. crappy wood is half the problem- but the other half was me, I messed up a couple places, and couldn't get quite enough wood either. so, right now it's more like a crate, and I'm going to have to revert back to a falling door idea. it takes longer but hopefully it will work.
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Catching the cat
Catching the Cat
I designed a cat trap. I intend to test it out. it has promise, and good design. making it will be the hard part, but if we get it in action correctly, it will work.
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what the HELL is wrong with people! seriously! look at THIS! seriously... it pisses me off. people, especially the police, shouldn't act this way.
and on top of that, a lot of things that were said about Iraq were untrue. they didn't have uranium, or long range missles, or nuclear weapons, or chemical weapons- hell, they didn't even have BOOTS! most of the Iraqi soldiers were wearing civilian shoes!
A report stating that they didn't have uranium was ignored. The U.N. buried all the "long range missles" that saddam had in the early 90's, and the only thing they had recently were plans, PLANS, for missles with a longer range. NO missles!
don't trust me? check some other news source, check the washington post, where I read all that.
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and on top of that, a lot of things that were said about Iraq were untrue. they didn't have uranium, or long range missles, or nuclear weapons, or chemical weapons- hell, they didn't even have BOOTS! most of the Iraqi soldiers were wearing civilian shoes!
A report stating that they didn't have uranium was ignored. The U.N. buried all the "long range missles" that saddam had in the early 90's, and the only thing they had recently were plans, PLANS, for missles with a longer range. NO missles!
don't trust me? check some other news source, check the washington post, where I read all that.
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To amanda's credit, she never said ben affleck was a good actor. But amanda, if you're going to be happy that that dumb, suicide inducing moron of a singer Jennifer Lopez left him because you unrealistically and jokingly think that you'll have a better chance, you should at least pick someone with some brains. I can understand wanting someone from hollywood. but Ben Affleck? hell, I'd even understand John Travolta.
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Ben Affleck sucks. period.
Ben Affleck doesn't have red hair.
Speaking of Ben Affleck! as I was starting the fire for the barbeque, I was glancing over the columns in the newspapers I was burning. one in particular read "Ben Affleck gets showed up by little girl."
In the movie "Jersey Girl," with Liv Tyler.
She's apparently not THAT little, considering that she's a grad student in the film, but the caption under the picture of craplick and tyler read "Affleck was constantly shown how much he sucked by Tyler's superior acting skills."
In addition to Liv Tyler, Jennifer Lopez raised her ugly head in this moive. thankfully, she was Ben's wife and dies at the beginning of the movie, saving anyone who had their knives out to slit their own throats, the trouble.
Now, I don't know how good Tyler is as an actor, but, if you don't believe ME, read these reviews.
they are on the right side of the page, can't miss em.
The best rating I see here is 3and 1/2 stars out of four- not bad, but it's the ONLY one, and that's the BEST. from there it gets C-'s and 3/5, 7/10, and 3/10 stars. Some poor sod who had to sit through it said "[It] just kept getting worse and worse." someone else said it was "as square as a turnpike dinner placemat." now tell me THAT'S not a bad rating. How about "Aware of it's own awfulness," hows that one? The funniest, however, was definetly the one from the New York Times, "… a movie so false and blatantly icky" that it made the watcher want to commit suicide by jumping off of a 4 story house- potentially slow, and very painful.
And even the friendlier ones aren't so friendly. "Hard to dislike but impossible to buy."
He did get one or two friendly reviews, allthough you'll have to go look, because I am not going to debase myself by posting them here.
To Ben Affleck's credit, it wasn't as crappy as his worst (completely unarguably) movie, "gigli," and I highly doubt ANYONE will ever, EVER, find a way to release a shittier movie with ben affleck in it. I suppose it's remotely possible. "gigli" had another shitty actor in it, Jennifer Lopez. the entire thing was a failure, I'm surprised they didn't ritually kill themselves after it was realeased. Ben even said "[It sucked, at least 2 out of three in one year isn't so bad.]" He was refering to "Daredevil," and "Paycheck," which came out that same year. Daredevil was crappy. not terrible, just plain crappy. and I don't get to bestow my opinion on paycheck yet, I don't know enough about it.
Then there was "Armageddon." The words "unfeasible," "impossible," and "unbelieveable" come to mind. but, it was a slightly better than an average movie. not terrible, not great. however, was it Ben Affleck that redeemed the movie? NO! It was Bruce Willis, a badass who even though he is bald, proves that he can whoop as much ass as someone like say, Rambo. and I don't mean that sometimes flaky actor who PLAYED rambo, stilone, NO, I mean Rambo. that's how much ass Willis whups. Just go watch "Die Hard," or even one of the sequels. who needs rambo when you have John Mclane?
Speaking of bald people, Patrick Stewart tends to kick inordinate amounts of ass on the screen, too. you should check him out. only potentially crappy movie I ever saw him in was "Masterminds," I htink. and even THAT would have been worth my 3.99 to rent it at the corporate slave driving machine, blockbuster.
But back To Ben Afflick. He sucks. SUCKS. At one point, he may have been decent, but he's started to suck so much in recent years I'm not going to even drag myself back to watch something like "Chasing Amy," "Phantoms," or "Glory Daze." maybe he didn't suck, but I'm sure he had a crappy acting style that I would have rather seen anyone play in his place, ANYONE, and that includes Keanu Reeves, who only managed to be a good actor in three movies, EVER. the matrix triology. he sucked in all the rest.
Ben sucks. period.
*The quotes from the newspaper were slightly misrepresented- the caption actually read "Ben couldn't keep up with the acting skills of Liv Tyler in 'Jersey Girl'" and the title of the article was something like "Another bad single-father film," allthough I wasn't really sure, and the writer sure as hell meant "Ben affleck got owned" but couldn't say it for fear of being fired. also, where I quote ben affleck? I wasn't sure as to the exact wording- but it was something along the lines of 'well at least i got 2 right this year.' except he probably didn't, because daredevil had a shitty villian and someone else should have played Matt Murdock/Daredevil.
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Speaking of Ben Affleck! as I was starting the fire for the barbeque, I was glancing over the columns in the newspapers I was burning. one in particular read "Ben Affleck gets showed up by little girl."
In the movie "Jersey Girl," with Liv Tyler.
She's apparently not THAT little, considering that she's a grad student in the film, but the caption under the picture of craplick and tyler read "Affleck was constantly shown how much he sucked by Tyler's superior acting skills."
In addition to Liv Tyler, Jennifer Lopez raised her ugly head in this moive. thankfully, she was Ben's wife and dies at the beginning of the movie, saving anyone who had their knives out to slit their own throats, the trouble.
Now, I don't know how good Tyler is as an actor, but, if you don't believe ME, read these reviews.
they are on the right side of the page, can't miss em.
The best rating I see here is 3and 1/2 stars out of four- not bad, but it's the ONLY one, and that's the BEST. from there it gets C-'s and 3/5, 7/10, and 3/10 stars. Some poor sod who had to sit through it said "[It] just kept getting worse and worse." someone else said it was "as square as a turnpike dinner placemat." now tell me THAT'S not a bad rating. How about "Aware of it's own awfulness," hows that one? The funniest, however, was definetly the one from the New York Times, "… a movie so false and blatantly icky" that it made the watcher want to commit suicide by jumping off of a 4 story house- potentially slow, and very painful.
And even the friendlier ones aren't so friendly. "Hard to dislike but impossible to buy."
He did get one or two friendly reviews, allthough you'll have to go look, because I am not going to debase myself by posting them here.
To Ben Affleck's credit, it wasn't as crappy as his worst (completely unarguably) movie, "gigli," and I highly doubt ANYONE will ever, EVER, find a way to release a shittier movie with ben affleck in it. I suppose it's remotely possible. "gigli" had another shitty actor in it, Jennifer Lopez. the entire thing was a failure, I'm surprised they didn't ritually kill themselves after it was realeased. Ben even said "[It sucked, at least 2 out of three in one year isn't so bad.]" He was refering to "Daredevil," and "Paycheck," which came out that same year. Daredevil was crappy. not terrible, just plain crappy. and I don't get to bestow my opinion on paycheck yet, I don't know enough about it.
Then there was "Armageddon." The words "unfeasible," "impossible," and "unbelieveable" come to mind. but, it was a slightly better than an average movie. not terrible, not great. however, was it Ben Affleck that redeemed the movie? NO! It was Bruce Willis, a badass who even though he is bald, proves that he can whoop as much ass as someone like say, Rambo. and I don't mean that sometimes flaky actor who PLAYED rambo, stilone, NO, I mean Rambo. that's how much ass Willis whups. Just go watch "Die Hard," or even one of the sequels. who needs rambo when you have John Mclane?
Speaking of bald people, Patrick Stewart tends to kick inordinate amounts of ass on the screen, too. you should check him out. only potentially crappy movie I ever saw him in was "Masterminds," I htink. and even THAT would have been worth my 3.99 to rent it at the corporate slave driving machine, blockbuster.
But back To Ben Afflick. He sucks. SUCKS. At one point, he may have been decent, but he's started to suck so much in recent years I'm not going to even drag myself back to watch something like "Chasing Amy," "Phantoms," or "Glory Daze." maybe he didn't suck, but I'm sure he had a crappy acting style that I would have rather seen anyone play in his place, ANYONE, and that includes Keanu Reeves, who only managed to be a good actor in three movies, EVER. the matrix triology. he sucked in all the rest.
Ben sucks. period.
*The quotes from the newspaper were slightly misrepresented- the caption actually read "Ben couldn't keep up with the acting skills of Liv Tyler in 'Jersey Girl'" and the title of the article was something like "Another bad single-father film," allthough I wasn't really sure, and the writer sure as hell meant "Ben affleck got owned" but couldn't say it for fear of being fired. also, where I quote ben affleck? I wasn't sure as to the exact wording- but it was something along the lines of 'well at least i got 2 right this year.' except he probably didn't, because daredevil had a shitty villian and someone else should have played Matt Murdock/Daredevil.
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11 April 2004
woke up at 7:30 on a sunday morning... go figure. been bored all day, why does amanda like guys with red hair??? yuck. anyway there is stupid music playing on the radio, shania twain i think. grrr amanda keeps showing me this guy with red hair. yuck. ok nothing new now, im still bored... bbq later yay!
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Amandas Obsession cont.
she picked it up again today. i said something to her about it, and she threw it across the room. maybe the end of the silly putty obsession?....who knows.
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10 April 2004
Physics Sucks
i'm officially giving up... i hate angular roatation or whatever we are studing right now, i don't even think thats right, but whatever. I'll just take it next semester and be forced to have a TUESDAY class. grrrr oh well.
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Catching the Cat
we started stalking that fool cat sophie last night. I wanted to get a tranq rifle... but we'll probably only get some food tranq or something. anyway... I'm leaving for mangum in about..4 hours, maybe. so it's time for some sleep. short... but sleep.
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Ok…in my own defense, silly putty is VERY ADDICTING!!!!!!! I realize that putting it on my keyboard might possibly have been stupid idea, but I believe it was Nikki who suggested using the rest of the silly putty to try and pull it off. Yeah…bad idea. You also didn’t really help me pry it off…I think I did that on my own.
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09 April 2004
Amanda's Obsession
So heres the story, my roomate is obsessed with silly putty. It's rather disturbing sitting across from here smushing skin colored goo around and putting it on things that shouldn't be put on (ex... KEYBOARD KEYS) oh yeah had to help pry off some keys today off of her computer.. nice. took her a half hour to get it out of there. 7 hours later, the goo is still being cut by fingernail sissors and smushed around various places. disturbing i say.
[addition] I agree. Amanda needs to lose the putty. find something to do with your hands BESIDES playing with... yeah. :)
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[addition] I agree. Amanda needs to lose the putty. find something to do with your hands BESIDES playing with... yeah. :)
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Nikki seems to be suffering from "blog abuse"
abused.... i think not. freedom of speech. you gave me the rights to speak....i've spoken....thats all for now.
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Looks Like EVERYONE misses their cats...
I have an odd feeling that Nikki is going to spend a good chunk of her time writing random stuff on here...But then, I guess that is Nikki.
P.S. There isn't anything in the closet.
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P.S. There isn't anything in the closet.
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The BASICS begin.
to begin with, I copied the template from my site and used it as the base- we'll modify it from there. I'll see if I can't give some administrative access to the others, and get wes on board when we can. :)
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here i am sitting on my bed, bored as hell. but whats new. NOTHING bored bored bored. good news though i didnt want to kill anyone today, except that one person but that doesn't count.
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Who’s ever in charge of this whole blog thing should never have let the four of us have one, especially not together. Now the rest of the world can see what’s going on inside our slightly messed up heads??? Hmm…sounds a like a bad idea to me, but I’m sure it’ll be funny as hell.
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Allright! this is a test post. This blog is a collective message board for Myself (Erik), Amanda, Nikki, and Wes. I don't care what's posted. if you stumble across it, enjoy what you see. some of it might simply be a message board, but it's for anything.
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