Friday, January 7, 2005

The rest of the survey
290. Fortune tellers: I think the Miss Cleo soundboard is pretty funny.
291. Threesomes: I'll bet you're all guessing my answers by now, lol
292. Prostitution: Even without my beliefs I would say that giving it or taking it is really lame.
293. Politics: Funny. I've finally realized that I'm 14, and I've mostly stopped taking it seriously.
294. Country music: *Cries*
295. George W. Bush: He's a moron, but I support him for reasons that I don't feel like talking about now. Maybe later.
296. Cloning: Only if it's me they're cloning, and even that only for the benefit of the world.
297. Britney's boobs: Holy crap, am I really supposed to have an opinion on that? What kind of no-life wrote this?
298. Gas prices in America: *Amazed stare at survey author* Gee, I think they're super, Sherlock.

~Name Game~
What Do You Think Of When You Hear These Common Names?.
299. Jack: A car jack
300. Tiffany: Nothing, really
301. Ben: Franklin
302. Maria: Nothing
303. Jennifer: Pronouncing the 'j' as an 'h', for some reason.
304. Nicole: Nada
305. Amy: Zilch
307. Richard: Zippo
308. Justin: I suck at this, don't I?
309. Arnold: Schwarzenegger
310. Tom: "mot" spelled backwards
311. Melissa: Nothing
312. Charlotte: Whiny bastards
313. Harold: Hair
314. John: "Do it yourself, I'm busy!"
315. Joel: Nothing
316. Vanessa: Carlton
317. Michelle: My aunt
318. Kevin: Classmate
319. Brent: Nothing
320. Jake: An old dog
321. Billy: Sorry name
322. Sarah: Wonder if they spell it with an 'h' or not.
323. Natalie: Nothing
324. Christi: Nothing
325. Nick: Nothing
326. Linda: Gnihton
327. Taylor: Hoting
328. Jordan: A river
329. Jamie: Inthog
330. Adrian: Brody

~Have You Ever....~
331. Mooned anyone? No
332. Been on a diet? Pft, yeah right
333. Been to a foreign country? No
334. Broken a bone? No
335. Swallowed a tooth/cap/filling: No
336. Swear at a teacher? Not so they could hear
337. Talked to a xanga member via e-mails or instant messages? Xanga is a stupid word.
338. Got in a fight? No
339. Dated a teacher? NO
340. Laughed so hard you peed your pants? Yes, and I'm damn proud
341. Thought about killing your enemy? Yes
342. Gone skinny dipping? No
343. Met another xanga member in the flesh? My sister
344. Told a little white lie? Yes
345. Told a secret you swore not to tell? No way
346. Stolen anything? Not to my recollection
347. Misused a swear word and it sounded absolutely stupid? Bastard no!
348. Been on TV? Yes
349. Been on the radio? No
350. Been in a mosh pit? No
351. Been to a concert? Yes
352. Dated one of your best friends? No
353. Loved someone so much it makes you cry? No
354. Decieved somebody close to you? Yeah
355. Broken the law? Nothing out of the ordinary
356. Been to a rodeo? You bet yer britches
357. Been on a talk show? No
358. Been on a game show? No
359. Been on an airplane? Aye
360. Got to ride on a firetruck? No
361. Came close to dying? Yes, I couldn't (or didn't, lol) breathe when I came out of the womb.
362. Cheated on a bf/gf? A gargantuan folklorist? No
363. Gave someone a piggy back ride? Yes
364. Terrorized a babysitter? No
365. Made a mud pie? Yes
366. Had a dream that you’re falling off a cliff? No
367. Snuck out of the house at night? No
368. Been so drunk you don't remember your name? No
369. Had an eating disorder? No
370. Felt like you didn't belong? Yes, and I couldn't be more relieved by it.
371. Felt like the 3rd wheel? My systems are unfamiliar with that phrase.
372. Smoked? Ew. No.
373. Done drugs? No
374. Been arrested? No
375. Had your tonsils removed? No
376. Gone to camp? Yup
377. Won a bet? Probably
378. Written a love letter? No
379. Gone out of your way to be with the one you love? In the sense that I'm taking this question, no
380. Written a love poem? No, I suck at poetry.
381. Kissed in the rain? Uh-uh
382. Slow danced with someone you love? No, my dope moves can't be contained for more than two minutes after I start to get my groove on.
383. Participated in cyber sex? Haha, yeah right. That's as lame as it gets.
384. Faked an orgasm? No
385. Stolen a kiss? No
386. Asked a friend for relationship advice? No. I'm smarter than everyone else in the world.
387. Had a friend steal your bf/gf? No
388. Watched the sunset/rise with someone you love? No
389. Gotten a speeding ticket? No
390. Done jail time? No
391. Had to wear a uniform to work? Yes, of a sort
392. Won a trophy? Yeah
393. Thrown up in public? Yes, it was quail, too. Good quail.
394. Bowled a perfect game? No
395. Failed/got held back? No
396. Got perfect attendance in grade school? Probably, but the bastards never recognized me.
397. Roasted pumpkin seeds? Yes
398. Taken ballet lessons? No
399. Attempted suicide? No
400. Cut yourself? No

~Childhood Stuff~
401. Did you play with Barbies? No
402. Did you own Treasure Trolls? No
403. Did you watch Beverly Hills 90210? No
404. Did you play Simon? Yes
405. Did you watch Fraggle Rock? Before my time
406. Did you wet the bed? Once, at a friend's house, lol
407. Did you believe there were monsters in your closet or under your bed? Not truly, but I was damn suspicious
408. Did you wear the underwear with the days of the week on them? What?
409. Were you shy? No, I was annoying.
410. Were you spoiled? No
411. Were you abused? No
412. Did you go to the circus? Yes, but I never really liked it too much.
413. Did you go to the zoo? Yes
414. Were you in a car accident? Yes
415. Did you build snowmen? Yup
416. Did you cry when you scraped your knee? Yes
417. Were your older cousins mean to you? No
418. Did you think slinkies were cool? Are you insinuating that they're not?
419. Did you think the Ninja Turtles really lived in the sewer? Um, no.
420. Were you afraid of the dark? Yes
421. Did you have slumber parties? No
422. Did you have New Kids On The Block sheets, curtains, sleeping bags, dolls and pajamas? *hesitates* ... YES! Just kidding.
423. Did you tease your hair out like Tiffany? Who is Tiffany and no.
424. Did you believe in the Easter Bunny/Santa Claus/ and the Tooth Fairy? Who didn't?

~Randomness~
425. Do you believe in aliens? Not really, but I would if I weren't a Christian.
426. Name three things that are next to your computer: A bunch of papers and folders, a phone, another phone
427. Do you have any hidden talents? If I told you, I wouldn't
428. Do you wish MTV would play music videos? No, they'd just play crap.
429. If you were to star in a movie, what kind of movie would it be? The kind that you see ten trillion times
430. What would your movie star name be? Last I checked, movie stars generally used their real names.
431. Do you play any sports? No
432. What's the scariest movie you've ever seen? Scary movies suck. They're all stupid.
433. What is the best movie you've seen in the theater or rented recently? Recently? Ocean's Twelve.
434. What is the dumbest movie you've ever seen? What About Bob? It's also one of the most awesomest movies I've ever seen.
435. Do you drive? No
436. What is your dream car? Anything with a completely unnecessary amount of gizmos and features and a good sound system
437. Do you think your good looking? Hell yeah. I'm the shiznit.
438. Do others think you are good looking? Not blind people
439. Would you ever sky dive? Are you insane? Hell no!
440. Do you believe in Bigfoot? I don't really care either way.
441. How many rooms do you have in your house? Seven
442. Are you afraid of roller coasters? No
443. Do you believe in God? Yes
444. Do you believe in Satan? Yes
445. Do you believe there is a heaven? Yes
446. Do you believe there is a hell? Yes
447. Do you own a pooltable? I wish
448. Do you have a pool? No
449. Do you have a dishwasher in your kitchen? Yes
450. Do you like chocolate? Not by itsself
451. Who/what is on your 2004 calendar? If I had one, it'd be numbers.
452. How many U.S. states have you been to? Oklahoma, Louisiana, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, West Virinia, Maryland, Colorado, Illinois, Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, D.C. (guess it counts)
453. Ever wished on a shooting star? No
454. Best Halloween costume you ever wore? Eh, don't know.
455. Do you carry any weapons on you? Yeah, a sweet-ass grenade launcher
456. What is your weakness? What is this "weakness" you speak of?
457. Name something you can't get enough of: The force, when it starts up
458. Describe yourself in 3 adjectives: ninja-like, awesome-like, usually wearing pants
459. How many kids do you want to have? What, like right now?
460. Future daughters names: Horace, Oswald
461. Future sons names: T-Fru, Sizzle
462. What is your ideal way to die? AK47 in one hand, electric guitar in the other, grenade pin between the teeth, riding a monster wave on top of a shark and blowing the crap out of the oncoming hordes of werewolves on jet skis
463. How do you release stress? See above
464. Are you a trendy person? No
465. Are you an artistic person? A little bit
466. Are you a realistic person? Sometimes
467. Do you un-tie your shoes every time you take them off? No
468. Are you a strong person? No
469. Are you a strong willed person? When needs be
470. Who is the last person to e-mail you? The beautiful single mom who lives on an island resort in the Pacific and wants to lower my mortgage
471. Who is the last person to IM you? I never get IM'ed, lol
472. Do you hate chain e-mails? Yes
473. Are you a deep sleeper? Yes
474. Are you a good story teller? Not in front of large groups
475. What do you believe is your best quality? My sense of humor
476. What is your greatest accomplishment? I don't know, but it's pretty far down there, lol
477. Do you like to burn candles or incense? No
478. Do you do yoga? No
479. Do you have your own credit card? No
480. Let's say you win the lotto. Get my family out of the financial crapper, and invest the money
481. Do you have a check book? No
482. Do you like your driver? These questions make zero sense.
483. Do you tan easily? No
484. What color is your hair naturally? Blonde
485. How many fillings do you have? None
486. How many cavities did you have at your last dentist visit? None
487. Worst feeling in the world? Depression
488. Best feeling in the world? Nostalgia
489. Is the glass half empty or half full? The glass has been captured by an elite clan of ninjas, and it's up to the world's best team of vampire hunters to get it back.
490. Last thing you downloaded? Music
491. Do you catch yourself using online terms in your real life? No
492. What do you think people think of you? Quiet
493. Are you a likeable person? If I like you
494. Do you need therapy? Asshole
495. Do you take medication for a chemical imbalance? Stop being so politically correct, and ask me if I'm a nutjob.
496. What the best way to be proposed to? In space!
497. What kind of movie would you star in? Whoa. De ja vou.
498. If Fed Ex and UPS were to merge, would they call it Fed UP? That was a really lame way to sqeeze a joke in there, you know.
499. When are you moving? As soon as I freaking can
500. What's your favorite phrase? "Egad, my porrous friend! The recoiling danger fiend has locked the seltzer conundrum!" As of now.
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Thursday, January 6, 2005

I guess I'm doing a survey.
Kinda weird, since I've never posted one before, much less a 500 question one. But I saw this one at Shin's place, and felt like I wanted to do one. Read away.


001. What is your name? John
002. Spell your name backwards: on
003. Date of birth: March 29, 1990
004. Male or female? Manliness
005. Astrological sign: Yogi
006. Nicknames: None
007. Occupation? High school student
008. Height: 5'11" or 6'
009. Weight: 200lb or so
010. Hair color: blonde
011. Eye color: blue
012. Where were you born? Pineville, Louisiana
013. Where do you reside now? Kanzus
014. Age: 14.
015. Screen names: Who?, Faladis, Not_an_Aardvark
016. E-mail addy: check my profile
017. What does your screen name stand for? Nothing, really
018. What is your lj name? lj is for losers. myO is what all the cool people use.
019. What does your Blurty name stand for? What the hell?
020. Pets: Un perro y un gato
021. Number of candles you blew out on your last birthday cake? Thirteen
022. Piercings? None
023. Tattoo's? Good punctuation?
024. Shoe size: 13
025. Righty or lefty? Lefty
026. Wearing: Obnoxiously ugly debate t-shirt and jeans
027. Hearing: I Voted for Kodos - "You Never Asked Me To"
028. Feeling: Like taking a survey
029. Eating/drinking: Just got done with some kickass ribs.

~Girls/Love/Kissing/And Other Stuff~
061. Have you ever been in love? Not by my definition.
062. How many people have you told "I love you"? Wha...? Yeah, lemme go check my log. Dumbass.
063. How many people have you been in love with? Zero
114. Does someone in your family wear a toupee? Umm, no o_O
115. Do you have any nieces or nephews? No
116. Are your parents divorced? No
117. Do you have step parents? No
118. Has your family ever disowned another member of your family? No
119. If so for what? N/A
120. Did some of your family come to America from another country? At some point, we all did, I suppose.

~Music Stuff~
121. What song do you swear was written about you or your life? Weird Al Yankovic - "Albuquerque". Or not.
122. What's the most embarrasing cd you own? I have insanely perfect taste, so nothing.
123. What's the best cd you own? Ooh, that's a toughie. Relient K's "Mmhmm"? Blindside's "Silence"? I'll have to let that one brew.
124. What song do you absolutely hate? I couldn't narrow it down to one.
125. Do you sing in the shower? No
126. What song reminds you of that special someone? You got me


~Okay, I Name An Artist And You Give A Lyric From Any One Of Their Songs!~
(I have decided that this is stupid, and I will merely give you my opinion on these artists.) (Shin put that in there, and I decided it was a better idea.)
127. Pink: Crap
128. Aerosmith: Pretty good
129. Madonna: Bringing musical whorage to a whole new level
130. Korn: Heard next to nothing from them, but I think their name is stupid.
131. Backstreet Boys: It's safe now, they're gone.
132. The Beatles: Two thumbs up
133. Sublime: Never heard
134. J.Lo: Crap
135. *Nsync: They're like a big, slimy monster. If it isn't destroyed completely, it'll just turn into more little, annoying solo monsters.
136. Limp Bizkit: Whiter than they'd like to claim they think they are
137. Britney Spears: Crap
138. Creed: Shin should get his ass kicked for thinking they suck.
139. Enrique Iglesias: Ricky Martin wannabe
140. Good Charlotte: Whiny little bastards
141. Christina Aguilera: Outdoes Madonna
142. Eminem: Pretty enjoyable for popular rap
143. New Found Glory: Whiny little bastards
144. Kelly Clarkston: Stupid music, but stupid in a more respectable way than most pop
145. Kelly Osbourne: Annoying
146. Mandy Moore: Can't remember any of her music, but probably a no
147. Eve: Never heard
148. Aaliyah: Not my style
149. Nelly: Loser
150. Alicia Keys: Respectable
151. Incubus: Coolness

~Favorites~
152. Color: Red?
153. Food: Cheese
154. Song: "The Boys Are Back In Town" by Thin Lizzy, at the moment
155. Show: The Twilight Zone, at the moment
156. school subject: Intro physics, maybe
157. Band/singer: Blindside or Relient K or something like that
158. Animal: A shark, riding on top of an elephant
159. Outfit: Clothing
160. Radio station: 96.5 The Buzz or Rock 106 (irrespectively)
161. Movie: I could've told you before I was asked.
162. Pair of shoes: Probably my moccasins, but anyone with more than four pairs of shoes needs to get their priorities straightened out.
163. Cartoon: See: Movie
164. Actor: See: Movie
165. Actress: See: Movie
166. Potato chip: Lays Sour Cream and Onion
167. Drink: Dr. Pepper
168. Alcoholic drink: None
169. Holiday: None
170. Perfume/cologne: I rather enjoy my own personal musk.
171. Pizza topping: Sausage
172. Jello flavor: Oh my, I haven't had Jello in years.
173. Lunch meat: Turkey
174. Board game: ...Parcheesi?
175. Video game: See: Movie
176. Website: www.myotaku.com/john :P
177. Book: 1984 by George Orwell
178. Computer game: Deus Ex
179. Number: 1,233,432,534,554,962,154,356.368405
180. Cereal: Captain Crunch
181. Comedian: N/A
182. Dessert: Sahar-- er, cheesecake
183. Disney character: Owl
184. Clothing store: Old Navy
185. Passtime: Internet, and I'm not ashamed of it.
186. Teacher: None
187. Childhood toy: NES
188. Carnival game/ride: The one that spins you around really fast and you're stuck to the walls
189. Candy bar: Snickers Cruncher
190. Magazine: None
191. Salad dressing: Ranch
192. Thing to do on the weekend: Win millions of dollars
193. Hot drink: Apple Cider
194. Season: Spring
195. Sport to watch: None
196. Person to talk to online: Myself?

~Your Bedroom/Sleeping Habits~
197. What color are your sheets? Tan and blue
198. What color are your bedroom walls? Dark blue
199. Do you have posters on your wall? Yes
200. If so of what? A framed copy of van Gogh's "Cafe Terrace"
201. Do you have a tv in your bedroom? No
202. How many pillows are on your bed? Four
203. What do you normally sleep in? T-shirt and boxers
204. Describe your favorite pair of pajamas: They look, feel, smell, sound, and taste just like a t-shirt and boxers
205. What size bed do you have? Single
206. Do you have a waterbed/bunkbed/daybed? What's a daybed? Isn't that kind of an oxymoron?
207. Do you have your own phone line in your bedroom? No
208. Do you listen to music while trying to fall asleep? Can't
209. Describe the last nightmare you had: I sleep pretty hard, so I don't really remember my dreams.
210. Do you sleep with stuffed animals? No
211. How many people can comfortably sleep in your bed? One, so don't try it.
212. Do you sleep in any unusual positions? Define "unusual"...
213. Do you have to share your bedroom with a sibling? No
214. Do you snore? Do you care?
215. How about drool? No
216. Do you have an alarm clock in your room? Yupperoo
217. What color is the carpet in your room? Blue
218. What's under your bed? Monsters

~This or that~
219. beach/mountains: Mountains
220. Donuts/bagels: Donuts
221. Day/night: Day
222. Wicked witch of the east/wicked witch of the west: East (babealicious)
223. Heaven/hell: Heaven
224. Make love/have sex: Neither. (Wouldn't anyone that would do one do the other?)
225. Coffee/tea: Neither
228. Britney/Christina: John
229. Swiss cheese/american cheese: Depends on how they're used.
230. Real World/Road Rules: What kind of loser wrote this thing?
231. Backstreet Boys/*Nsync: Music
232. Silver/gold: Silver
233. Nike/Adidas: Since I'm judging by logos, Adidas
234. McDonalds/Taco Bell: Taco Bell
235. Sweet/sour: Sweet
236. Punk/emo: Emo
237. Hot/cold: Cold
238. Winter/summer: Winter
239. Spring/fall: Sprizning
240. Operas/plays: Plays
241. Read/watch tv: Depends
242. Cd's/tapes: CDs
243. Dvd's/vhs: DVDs
244. Old/new: Old/new what? Seriously, am I supposed to choose one or the other in all scenarios?
245. Shorts/skirts: Shorts
246. Pink/red: Dude, I'm a guy! I reek of testosterone! Stop insulting my masculinity!
247. Colored pictures/black and white photos: Colored pictures
248. Meat/vegetables: Meat
249. Mexican food/Chinese food: Chinese. MSG's rock my socks.
250. Commercials/infomercials: You're straining, aren't you?
251. Scary movies/comedies: Comedies
252. Bikinis/one piece bathing suits: Manliness! MANLINESS!!
253. Sandals/tennis shoes: Tennis shoes
254. Dogs/cats: Both are cool
255. Unicorns/fairies: Fairies
256. Water/land: Water
257. Sugar/spice: Spice
258. Black/white: In what context?
259. ribbons/bows: Ribbons
260. Chicken/beef: Beef
261. Colored christmas lights/regular white christmas lights: White
262. Cars/trucks: Cars
263. Austin Powers/James Bond: James Bond
264. Popcorn/pretzels: Popcorn
265. Hip/hop: Wha--? Stop messing with me.
266. Passionate kiss/peck: Depends on the occasion
267. WWE wrestling/real wrestling: Real
268. Back rub/foot massage: Back rub. Ninja back rub, at that.
269. Picture frames/photo albums: Picture frames
270. Pens/pencils: Pencils

~What Is Your Opinion Of The Following~
271. Eminem: Possibly white
272. Virgins: Cool
273. God: r0xx0rz
274. The Osbournes: Lame
275. Reality TV: Whiny and lame
276. J.Lo: Already covered it
277. Religion: Overly dissed. I'm a Christian, myself.
278. Emo music: Cool, as long as it's original
279. Valentine's Day: A downer for John *sniff*
280. Christina Aguilera's comeback: Quick, sophisticated, and witty. I mean, seriously, who'd have thought of, "Your mom!" Genius.
281. Homosexuals: Thumbs down
282. Abortion: Thumbs down
283. Inter-racial relationships: Why not?
284. Murder: It's bad. Duh.
285. Death: It'll happen. Duh.
286. Obesity: Try to stay fit, but don't obsess over it.
287. Pre-marital sex: Thumbs down
288. Terrorism: We should get our own country out of the crapper first.
289. Pornography: Thumbs, once again, down



I'll have to finish it later.
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Wednesday, January 5, 2005

Sunny with a high of 75
I swear I had a lot to say in this post, but the only thing I can remember was the Twilight Zone.

I finished the last of the episodes yesterday, and now that I think of it, I really should've gotten them back, since I'm back up at the library right now. Ah well. There were some great episodes in there, but I'm only going to talk about one of them, and not for it's story or entertainment value.

It was one called "Mr. Denton on Doomsday". Really nice short set in the days of the old west. When the main character, a drunk, was talking about his past, I realized that Mel Brooks had parodied the show in Blazing Saddles. Denton said that he was a famous gunfighter, and every day someone would ride into town to test his skill. One day, the newcomer was a sixteen-year-old kid. Not being able to do anything else, Denton shot him, too, and was so fed up that he gave up his life as a gunfighter and became a drunk.

The only difference in this story from that of Blazing Saddles' Waco Kid is that his adversary was a six-year-old, and when he tried to walk away from the duel, "the little bastard shot me in the ass".

Anyway, I thought that was a pretty fun thing to discover. Seems like nobody into parodies can keep their hands off The Twilight Zone. ^_^
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Monday, January 3, 2005

John at the library (Special Edition!)
Four Twilight Zone and one Mr. Bean movies are sitting beside me at the computer at the library where my sister dropped me off when she went to go pick up some ribs with the coupons my dad left us before he left for St. Louis for a business trip this morning. Let's dissect.

"Four Twilight Zone and one Mr. Bean movies are sitting beside me"

After catching some of the Twilight Zone marathon *hallelujah chorus* and seeing one of the best Mr. Bean sketches out there at church (see before here), I've come on to a bit of a fling of both of them. Flings like this are the greatest thing, and I just hope I don't have too many fines on my library card.

"at the computer at the library where my sister dropped me off"

With her new car! Having a second car is going to be marvelous. We can finally get to school on time and not be stuck up at the university.

This is the first time in a long time that I've been here (library), and I'm glad for it. I was meaning to pick up some Twilight Zone episodes from here for a little while now, and Soylent Green too, now that I recall. I hope they have it (I forgot to look just now), but my dad looked for it and said he didn't see it.

"when she went to go pick up some ribs"

The only good things about Kansas: the radio and the ribs.

"with the coupons my dad left us before he left for St. Louis for a business trip this morning."

He's going on business trips regularly again now, 'cept this time they're fun. Seriously, I got dragged along on one of them one time and had a hell of a time.
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Sunday, January 2, 2005

Cherry van Pepper
My church must be the only one in the world to show a Mr. Bean sketch during a service. Now that's ass-kickery to the highest degree.
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Saturday, January 1, 2005

Poop at eleven
Well, that was quick.

So for those of you who aren't aware, I'll probably be changing the story in my introduction from time to time, varying by myO members. I guess I chose James first because he has about the most well-known myO of the ones I visit. Of course there's Adam, but he has no real quirks besides choosing cheesy names for the staff ("Team Trinity"?).

(In case you didn't notice, that last sentence ended with four consecutive puncuation marks, and I think it's still grammatically correct.)

I've still got some more ideas up my sleeve, so we'll see how long this one stays up.

As a conclusion, I really wish I had Printshop on this computer so I could blur the background image some and make it less distracting. Then again, maybe that's just me.
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Opinions are immunity to being told you're wrong.
So I was gone for a week or two, because I didn't have enough notice before we took off for our Christmas visit to Arkansas and Louisiana (hell yeah!) to post an update about it. And everyone else kept updating their myO's because I wasn't able to tell them that I wasn't going to be reading them and therefore the need to post was eliminated. Sorry, kiddos!

So Arkansas was cool, and Louisiana was great. I stayed with friends there most of the time, and at one friend's house we listened to a bunch of prank calls done with celebrity soundboards. That, er, gave us some inspiration, and I won't say anything else on that other than that I hope most of those people didn't have caller ID.

Got some cool Christmas presents, including a new CD case (the person who gave it didn't even know I needed one, lol), a Soundbug (which I talked about a month or two back, and may talk about again in the near future), some CD's (Relient K and Live [and Joss Stone and The Used, but those weren't meant to go to me, lol]), and a car. Ha! Just kidding. No car. But my sister got one, and that means we can finally get to school on time and to home when we want. *breathes a sigh of relief*

So merry Christmas, and happy new year.

And I did nothing for new year because I'm a loser. I slept.


EDIT: Unfortunately, the Muppets are going to have to go down soon, even though I really liked this theme and it was only up for a short time. Maybe now I can finally get around to doing that newspaper theme.
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Monday, December 20, 2004

2+2=5

Inspired, obviously, by 1984. Inspiration reawoken after a long slumber by Alex.
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Sunday, December 19, 2004

I just posted in 55 Fiction
Greatly cool thread it is, greatly cool indeed. Sara did a wonderful job on laying it out for everyone. The idea behind it is to write a story in 55 words or less (preferably not less). A lot of the stories are great, and what with them being so short instead of some of the hollow, longwinded stories I've seen in the Anthology, I was actually able to read through all the stories in about three minutes. It may actually be an incentive for me to start checking up on the OB Anthology. Might as well, since I've been coming to OB more often as of late, anyway.

I just now wrote my post, and if it helps for visualization or anything like that, I was listening to the song Drive by Leeds. Check it out if you've got broadband.

Leeds's songs are actually pretty well related to the entire thread, since they're all so short and simple. But anyway, here's it is:


Coming Home At Night

The train slipped through the gate. The streams of light on the background of a blue city tried lulling me into sleep, unsuccessfully. The malfunction in the track up ahead did it, though, and more abruptly.

When I woke up, the city was white, and the train had stopped. A warm voice said, “Welcome home.”
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Friday, December 17, 2004

So the OU food service staff just had a Christmas party.
It was really pretty fun, though. Great food, and a pretty good game of Dirty Santa. If you don't know what that is, it's a game where there's a number of presents put out on a table and each person participating takes a number out of a hat. Going in order, each participant either takes a present from the table or steals an already opened one from another participant who went before them.

So after it was all over, I was walking along the food line, reflecting on the outcome of the game and how everybo-"Oh, cheese!"

Actually, that's exactly what I thought to myself when I happened upon some cheese cubes that had callously eluded me when I had gone up to get my food. Naturally, I piled as many of them as I could on a toothpick with (green) confetti-type stuff on the end. I love those toothpicks.

But moreover, I love cheese. I'm pretty sure I haven't talked about it before here, so I'll just go ahead into my cheese rant.

I'm really not joking or trying to sound cool by saying "I love cheese." I really do adore the stuff, maybe even unnaturally so. It has such a distinct taste from other foods that they've simply got nothing on it. And think about it -- some people love chocolate, and other people hate it. The same thing goes for most (or all) other popular foodstuffs: shrimp, cake, fish, bananas and other fruits -- you know, all of it.

But how many people can you name for me that hate cheese? I'll give you a hint: it's the only number that starts with a "z". (No, "zillion" is not a real number.) I'm willing to bet big bucks (yay for alliteration) that there isn't a person in the world who dislikes cheese for anything but sissy reasons like health and animal rights. Really, would you disagree?

Beyond that, I can't explain my love for it. I just go nuts for cheese.
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