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[May. 11th, 2008|05:49 pm]
[mood | sick]

Getting food poisoning sucks. I have been truly achy and throwing up all day. This is crappy.
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[May. 11th, 2008|10:12 am]
[mood | grossed out]

http://pen-and-umbra.livejournal.com/21431.html

This is awesomely funny :)

However, in other news, I feel dirty and violated. A mini fly, those black ones with really round wings, was flying around my head, but kinda weirdly. It landed and before splatting it, I actually looked at it becuase I thought there was something wrong with it, it looked deformed. And it was still kinda moving weird. Well, I finally figured out what I was looking at and was so disturbed that I forgot to splat before it flew away.

I accidentally watched flies fuck. I need a nap and brain-brillo. I think my day is shot.
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[May. 6th, 2008|03:57 pm]
[mood | confused]

I often wonder when watching movies about what actors think about fake accents.

Specifically, if a movie is done in England and 99% of the movie is British actors and then one character is played by a non-Brit, but using a British accent. What do the real Brits think?

Do they help with the accent or kind of ignore it and pretend that it isn't happening?

Is it better to fake an accent badly (Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins) or ignore that an accent is needed (Kevin Costner in Robin Hood)?

I dunno, I have been thinking about it a lot recently for some reason. Any opinions?
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[May. 4th, 2008|09:18 am]
[mood | cranky]

Ok, I'll do it!

Comment and I will:

₪ Tell you why I friended you.
₪ Associate you with something - fandom, song, color, photo, word etc.
₪ Tell you something I like about you.
₪ Tell you a memory I have of you.
₪ Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
₪ Tell you my favorite user pic of yours.
₪ In return, you must post this in your LJ.
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[May. 2nd, 2008|08:27 am]
[mood | accomplished]

Intermediate Algebra B

General Psychology A

World Religions A

Intro Speech Communication B

Semester GPA : 3.5

Cumulative GPA : 2.9

Woot!
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[May. 1st, 2008|01:44 pm]
Fast talking Australia based Brit reviews video games with fantastic wit and fun. Go see. I would have embedded a video, but it was massive and was an auto-starter.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/2883-Zero-Punctuation-Resident-Evil-Umbrella-Chronicles
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[May. 1st, 2008|12:40 pm]
[mood | enraged]

Ganked from [info]radi0radi0. While he disclaimed that parents shouldn't read this, I disagree. I think that while it will be emotionally wrenching for parents to read it, they should be aware of just how screwed up our system is these days and that there should always be a plan to protect their children. My own little blurbs follow the c&p.

Cut for space, and in case you don't want to read it )
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[May. 1st, 2008|11:15 am]
[mood | squee!]

WOOT! 94% on my World Religions exam!

118% final grade in Psychology.
93.93% final grade in Religions.
Algebra test was today and my speech teacher STILL hasn't posted the grade for a speech I did over a week ago. So hopefully that'll get done soon so I can get my grade.

I am going to enjoy my semester GPA of 4.0 while it lasts :)
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[May. 1st, 2008|09:14 am]
[mood | cranky]

I know I haven't made a real update in a while, but I haven't really felt like it.

School is going well. This week is exams and then I'll be signing on for a couple summer classes. Methinks that due to outside influences, this 2 year degree is going to take the next 5 to get done. Better late than never right?

House is driving me up a wall. We have a back door that NEEDS replacing, but of course since our house was built by people on CRACK it is not a standard size door. The jamb is not standard size and the frame is off as well. So a door that should cost $200 or so will end up being $800+. Our hot water heater broke last week, and by broke I mean it flooded half our garage. Luckily, it was the half that didn't have anything ruinable in it. My mom and grandfather helped fix that disaster, and there were issues with the fix too. Nothing anyone did wrong, just ... the sauter (sp?) wouldn't hold in this one connection. Took forever to figure out and fix. Tom and I also need to get into the backyard and trim back out jungle. It is getting a bit out of hand.

In mortgage news, we tried to refi, but the market is so bad that everyone in our area who is selling is short-selling their home, which drives down the property value of those of us who want to keep our home. And when I say drives it down, I mean practically a nose dive. So we have no chance of refi since our loan to value would be out of whack. Hooray recession economy! At this rate, we will be in a depression within 3-5 years. Not nearly as bad as '29, but it will be very bad for a lot of people.

Megan had her first sleepover last weekend, and they had loads of fun. Until her friend wanted to sleep and Megan was still wired. We ended up having to separate them for sleep purposes, but they still had a good time. I have pics somewhere, but I am too lazy to go find them at the moment.

This coming weekend we are taking Megan to Disney Princesses on Ice. I bought the tickets ages ago when we had money, which I am glad I did. I had been wanting to take her to something like that, but had I waited, that would have gone the same way as most other plans, down the 'crap no money' chute. So we are fairly certain she will have a blast at that. Afterwards, she is going to Tom's parent's for the night, so they can hear all about it all night :)

The next day, my dad is in town for his annual convention thing, so we will be having lunch with him.

I feel icky. My headaches haven't been too bad this week yet, but the week isn't over. I think I feel icky because I know that even though my plan was to do school, all at once, get it over with and finally have my degree, of course it doesn't work like that. Tom's job, while it is good schedule wise, is not so good money wise. So I have to go back to work to supplement because we have been dipping into savings recently to keep afloat until semester ended. Well, it has ended, so I need to find a job. Please reference above recession/economy comment. Yeah. This sucks. I need to stay in this area due to gas and not wanting to change Megan's school, again. But this area sucks for jobs, unless I want to telemarket. Yeah, me as a sales person, can't you just see it?

Anyway. I am going to leave it there. Some terrible, some bad, some good. Either way, I gotta put my sneakers on and get to my algebra exam :)

EDIT : Holy jinkies! I forgot to add that I actually had company last night! [info]brian_dare and [info]fionathecelt came up last night to watch me take my Religions exam (apparently, since the real reason of them talking to my prof regarding guest speaking didn't seem to happen properly). Then they came by for dinner and conversation and naked bottoms in the dark. :P It was great having them by and now that I have young that is a bit older, I am going to have to see about them coming by a bit more often ... and by a bit more, I mean maybe once a month or something, instead of the way it had been ... lol, I gave Brian his Xmas pressie last night!
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[Apr. 30th, 2008|02:41 pm]
I would sell half my family and most of my organs for this. I can only imagine how expensive it will be. I fully expect to see [info]geodiaz's house on the market soon.

http://www.nikkoamerica.com/nhe/dvd_projector_video.html
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My response to a company I made a purchase from [Apr. 28th, 2008|04:10 pm]
I appreciate your follow-up. I wish I could say I was as satisfied with my purchase. I had to call again today, looking for my item. Once again, the representative I spoke to stated that they had no record of my purchase. However, late last week, I got a call from Mercantila saying that my item was backordered and would be shipped in a few days. I have still not been charged for the stroller, but I am growing rather weary of this transaction and the inability of Mercantila to keep their information straight. I was under the impression I was getting a good deal, however an easy purchase would have been worth the extra $20 I would have paid elsewhere. Any assistance you can give would be appreciated.
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[Apr. 25th, 2008|10:53 am]
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[mood | blah]

You know someone really loves you when :

You've been sick and have blown your nose to the point that it is chapped, raw and very painful. Your SO says, "I don't think that lotion would be good, try chapstick." You reply that you don't have any chapstick. Your SO says that they do.

"You'd let me stick your chapstick on/in/around my nose?"

"Sure I would, I love you."

I may be loved, but I am still not sticking Tom's chapstick up my nose. :P
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[Apr. 25th, 2008|10:43 am]
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[mood | blah]


My Personality
Neuroticism
97
Extraversion
4
Openness to Experience
35
Agreeableness
0
Conscientiousness
3
You feel enraged when things do not go your way. You are sensitive about being treated fairly and feel resentful and bitter if you think you are being cheated, however you experience panic, confusion, and helplessness when under pressure or stress. You are not prone to spells of energetic high spirits. You prefer familiar routines and for things to stay the same. You can tend to feel uncomfortable with change. You do not like to claim that you are better than other people, and generally shy from talking yourself up, however you believe that a certain amount of deception in social relationships is necessary. You are guarded in new relationships and less willing to openly reveal the whole truth about yourself. You are not an overly cautious person. You will think about alternatives and consequences but make up your mind fairly quickly.

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The best Uggs



ABUH?!

Yeesh. Makes me seem a bit imbalanced :P ... and for the record, I really don't think this is right ... maybe I am just in a pissy mood or something?
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Shamelessly stolen from [info]incognito_one [Apr. 22nd, 2008|02:05 pm]
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[mood | sick]

The Wives' Bill of Rights )
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[Apr. 22nd, 2008|10:29 am]

What The Hell Happened Last Night?
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What did you drink?
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...who is wearing: the scars of a severe whipping
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...and then: hugs you for ever and ever until you die
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A bit of fun whilst sick and trying to postpone going to class >:(
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[Apr. 15th, 2008|08:53 am]
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Britain is Repossessing the U.S.A.
A Message from Britain

To the citizens of the United States of America:

In light of your failure to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.

Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and territories (except Kansas , which she does not fancy).

Your new prime minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a governor for America without the need for further elections.

Congress and the Senate will be disbanded.

A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed.

To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:

You should look up 'revocation' in the Oxford English Dictionary.

1. Then look up aluminium, and check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it.

2. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'favour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half the letters, and the suffix -ize will be replaced by the suffix -ise.
Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. (look up 'vocabulary').

3. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as 'like' and 'you know' is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication.

There is no such thing as US English. We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell- checker will be adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter 'u' and the elimination of -ize. You will relearn your original national anthem, God Save The Queen.

4. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday.

5. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers, or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not adult enough to be independent.

Guns should only be handled by adults. If you're not adult enough to sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist then you're not grown up enough to handle a gun.

6. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. A permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.

7. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and this is for your own good. When we show you German cars, you will understand what we mean.

8. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion tables.

Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour.

9. The Former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling gasoline)-roughly $6/US gallon. Get used to it.

10. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with vinegar.

11. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as beer, and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as Lager.

South African beer is also acceptable as they are pound for pound the greatest sporting Nation on earth and it can only be due to the beer. They are also part ofBritish Commonwealth - see what it did for them.

12. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys.Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English characters.

Watching Andie McDowell attempt English dialogue in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater.

13. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body Armour like a bunch of nancies). Don't try Rugby - the South Africans and Kiwis will thrash you, like they regularly thrash us.

14. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of America . Since only 2.1% of you are aware that there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will let you face the South Africans first to take the sting out of their deliveries.

15. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad all these years.

16. An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty's Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all monies due (backdated to 1776).

17. Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 pm with proper cups, never mugs, with high quality biscuits (cookies) and cakes; strawberries in season.

God save the Queen.
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[Apr. 15th, 2008|07:39 am]
How many cannibals could your body feed?
Created by OnePlusYou
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[Apr. 14th, 2008|08:54 am]


An Engineer's Guide to Cats
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[Apr. 12th, 2008|09:24 am]
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[mood | amused]

I am on such a Muppets kick right now, and I had to share this :)



Trust me, it is worth the click!
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[Apr. 11th, 2008|12:39 pm]
In other news, my desk is totally too small and I have too much stuff to properly spread out my stuff to do homework and stuff.

Stuff stuff stuff. LOLs

However, Freddy vs Jason is awesome to listen to when doing research on Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences. :D
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