No work and all play makes Anne feel like a loser.Current Mood:  disgruntled Current Music: world's smallest violin |
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May. 18th, 2007 @ 11:08 pm
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Had an excellent evening tonight. The day.. could have gone better. The week was long and is over now.
Did you know I usually go to bed around 11:30? Is that early? Everyone I know thinks that's early. And I feel like I'm getting just enough sleep. The days I get less than usual, I feel sluggish and exhausted earlier in the day.
I'm making a schedule for my grad school preparation. There's a lot to do. This month I need to prep for the GRE exam, schedule a GRE Subject Exam, decide on an area of study, and begin working on my statement of purpose. And that's before I really get into looking at programs. All in all, I'm excited. I went to this really great workshop on campus that gave me tons of information. And I really feel like I can do this well.Current Music: Empire Records |
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Mar. 14th, 2007 @ 06:28 am
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It hurts when I bend over. =( |
"threw you the obvious and you flew
with it on your back, a name in your recollection,
thrown down among a million same.
difficult not to feel a little bit disappointed
and passed over
when i've looked right through
to see you naked and oblivious
and
you don't see me.
but i threw you the obvious
just to see if there's more behind the
eyes of a fallen angel,
the eyes of a tragedy.
here i am expecting just a little bit
too much from the wounded.
but i see through it all
and see through
and see you.
so i threw you the obvious
to see what occurs behind the eyes of a fallen angel,
eyes of a tragedy.
oh well. apparently nothing at all.
you don't you don't you don't see me.
you don't you don't you don't see me.
you don't you don't you don't see me.
you don't you don't you don't see me.
you don't see me at all."Current Mood:  cold Current Music: 3 Libras |
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Jul. 24th, 2006 @ 11:05 am
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I know I don't update very often.
And you're just going to have to deal with that.
If you've seen this before, sorry for posting it, but if you haven't, then I'm happy to introduce you to it.
Sunday, Bloody Sunday, as performed by BushCurrent Mood:  chipper Current Music: Sunday, Bloody Sunday |
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I would like to share my morning with you. In part.
I slept really really poorly, woke up numerous times, cursed my body, and planned to try to sleep in.
I hear the doorbell ring, and the front door open once, twice, three times.
Mom comes in my room all stealthy-like and starts rummaging through my purse, allegedly for my car keys.
What for?
To move the station wagon to the driveway.
Why?
Because it got egged.
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And I will be DAMNED if MY MOM is going to wash my car that GOT EGGED on MOTHER'S DAY
May. 15th, 2006 @ 09:11 am
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"Congress poised to pass $70B in temporary tax cuts"
Tax cuts make me sick. I read this article in USA Today, and it mentions that tax cuts are one of the most popular subjects among voters. Basically, give us tax cuts and we'll vote for you. That's disgusting. Legislators are bribing voters. Basically. In fall, Republicans are going to say "See, we gave you tax cuts. We were good to you. Be good to us at the ballot." And Democrats can't exactly vote "Nay" on the floors of Congress. Then they'd be the ones who voted against tax cuts! Outrageous! Obviously not the people we want representing our interests. Disgusting.
May. 14th, 2006 @ 07:33 pm
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Does this bother anyone else or am I a crazy neo-fem nazi?
I was offended.
(Picture led to this link, which itself does not bother me: International Museum of Women - Imagining Ourselves
Apr. 6th, 2006 @ 03:01 pm
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Update:
Yeah, forget all that about the job. They'd need me to work all summer, and I've already got plans to take two classes at Santa Cruz, and I'm moving in with Lindsay and Rebecca. I'll find other ways of looking good for grad schools. I'm not aggressively looking for work anymore. I guess I lack whatever it takes: ambition, perseverance, desperation. I'm getting along ok for now. Still... =/
Mar. 16th, 2006 @ 01:53 pm
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I have a JOB INTERVIEW tomorrow morning, for a job where I TUTOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM! Oh my gosh! I do NOT see a down-side to this job! I mean, it's in Modesto, but I drive there anyway to go to my class twice a week. And the pay is really generous. Agggghhhh I'm getting ahead of myself. I need to be calm. Be calm, patient, and work on my very very very out-of-shape interview skills.
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GAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHh
Mar. 13th, 2006 @ 12:46 pm
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I cooked something! By myself! And it turned out pretty good!
It was chicken teriyaki, which I marinated (made the marinade myself, too!) and then broiled in the oven. I also made rice (a given) and steamed zucchini with olive oil and parmesan. Mom and Dad both complimented me on it, and I thought it was ok, but it didn't turn out awfully! That's really the important thing.
Mar. 4th, 2006 @ 07:49 pm
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I'm going to Santa Cruz this weekend to visit with my friends out there. So far the only friend who's acknolwedged I'm coming is the one I'm staying with. Which is nice, I have somewhere to stay, but no one else has let me know if they're free to hang out sometime. I've e-mailed, I've left voicemail... can anyone be that busy? Maybe I'm just heading off for a weekend of just myself and the beach. The cold-and-full-of-hairy-hippies beach. Maybe this is karma for never being online anymore. Kind of regret that now.
Jan. 10th, 2006 @ 06:50 pm
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This is very funny. I enjoyed it.
A Christmas Quiz! (not for the faint of Christmas.)
Dec. 12th, 2005 @ 08:59 am
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Why are my feet ice cold, even though I'm wearing shoes and socks, until I put on my slippers?
Nov. 29th, 2005 @ 08:50 pm
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Thank you, Vanessa, for telling me about this. I only wish I could have seen the episode. I hear that she ended up accepting the "tainted" money.
(leads straight to video) God's Warrior
Nov. 24th, 2005 @ 10:26 pm
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Dad came into my room a few minutes ago and asked if I wanted a DVD drive for my computer for Christmas. I said, no, not particularly. A little bit later I walk up to him and say that I might like a pair of slippers, though. And he says "Keep in mind, Anne, I am renting you a car in December for Robert's visit." I responded, "you offer me a DVD drive and slippers are pushing the budget??" Mom, hearing from the ktichen, cracks up.
Nov. 22nd, 2005 @ 07:44 pm
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There's a lot of conflicting ideas about how to raise your children nowadays.
Current psychology says that it's best to reward good behavior, and that punishment can harm a child's development. Seriously, what that says is that all you can do is ignore bad behavior. If your kid hits you, you have to pretty much ignore it, or say "Y'know, Caitlyn, that hurt Mommy when you did that." How do you end this behavior just by rewarding the good? Do you give her a cookie for NOT hitting you in the face? Essentially, the only way you can ensure good behavior is to bribe the kid. "I will give you a piece of cake at the end of the day if you don't run around and scream when I'm trying to run errands." Then if they run around, you tell them they just lost their cake. Honestly, how else do you do it. You're shopping, they're running around hollering, and you can only reward them once they behave themselves. I know a lot of single people who would love to kick your ass for that kind of attitude.
Nov. 20th, 2005 @ 02:39 pm
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One of the top links on cnn.com is 'Bush: "We do not torture"'. Above that is, "Five U.S. soldiers charged with detainee abuse". At first glance, my impression was that Bush denies that the government uses torture at the same time he is attempting to protect the CIA's ability to torture (see news sources about the actual bill). I assume that what he MEANS is that the definition of "torture" used in Congress' bill is too broad. I kind of think so, too. I don't want to look it up again right now, but I'm pretty sure it mentions "unfair treatment" in addition to physical and mental harm/anguish. Unfair treatment could include detaining someone at all (I am against indefinite detaining w/o trial or reprsnt'n), it could mean denying them television sets or exercise equipment. But I completely agree that TORTURE should not be used. TORTURE is the act of physical or mental abuse in order to gain information or just sick satisfaction. When Bush says we will "aggressively pursue" America's enemies "under the law" he is definitely not clear about what law America pursues enemies under. That would be the Geneva Convention, and other such agreements that stipulate fair practices of war and aggression. Under these agreements, we are NOT allowed to use torture, we are NOT allowed to indefinitely detain people without trials or reprsnt'n, whether or not they are being held on foreign soil. The foreign soil bit is just to deny those detained the rights anyone else on American soil has. Bring 'em into the States and you HAVE to give them a trial, because this is America! Guantanamo, that's not America, it's just a Naval Base full of American soldiers torturing/detaining America's enemies. (We can't even call them war criminals or prisoners of war because we aren't at war. At the end of "Mission: Iraqi Freedom" we aren't sending those guys home. Right now, those people don't exist. They were plucked out of their countries and put into limbo.)
Nov. 7th, 2005 @ 01:24 pm
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I first saw this picture in a computer lab here at school, and I tried SO HARD to stop laughing but I couldn't! I cannot help laughing when I look at this picture. I've seen it half a dozen times and each time I crack up with renewed vigor. I dare you to look at that picture for 5 seconds and not laugh. Imagine some military type voice, say General Patton, yelling Get to the Choppa!!! when you look at the baby. Funny stuff.
Nov. 3rd, 2005 @ 12:02 pm
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