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| Hey ya'll. I had NO idea people still check this! Anyway, if it
isn't already fairly obvious, I don't think I'm going to post on xanga
anymore. I don't see the point in copy and pasting my entries onto
multiple blogs - I'd rather stick with maintaining one. I prefer
e-blogger's format to xanga or livejournal so I'll only be using
that. I'm still going to continue reading and commenting on
other's xangas, though.
So if ya'll want to see what I'm up to, I still regularly blog here.
Cheers! 
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| A man walks out of his apartment
It is raining
He's got no umbrella
He starts running beneath the awnings trying to save his suit
Trying to dryin to tryin to dry but no good.
When he gets to the crowded subway platform, he takes off both of his shoes
He steps right into somebody's fat loogie
And everyone who sees him says "eww."
Everyone who sees him says "ewwwww."
But he doesn't care cause last night he got a visit from the Ghost of Corporate
Future.
The Ghost said take off both your shoes whatever chances you get
especially when they're wet
He also said
Imagine you go away on a business trip one day
And when you come back home
your children have grown
And you never made your wife moan
And people make you nervous
You'd think the world was ending
And everybody's features
Have somehow started blending
And everything is plastic
And everyone's sarcastic
And all your food is frozen
It needs to be defrosted.
You'd think the world was ending.
You'd think the world was ending.
You'd think the world was ending right now.
Well maybe you should just drink a lot less coffee
And never ever watch the 10 o' clock news.
maybe you should kiss someone nice or lick a rock or both
Maybe you should cut your own hair cause can be so funny.
It doesn't cost any money and it always grows back.
Hair grows even after you're dead!
People are just people.
They shouldn't make you nervous.
The world is everlasting
It's coming and it's going.
If you don't toss your plastic,
the streets won't be so plastic
And if you kiss somebody
Then both of you'll get practice.
The world is everlasting
Put dirtballs in your pockets
Put dirtballs in your pockets
And take off both your shoes
Cause people are just people
People are just people
People are just people like you.
People are just people
People are just people
People are just people like you.
The world is everlasting
It's coming and it's going
The world is everlasting
It's coming and it's going.
It's coming and it's going. | | |
| College is harder than high school!
I just finished my first test of the year. I thought I had a pretty
decent grasp of the physics assignments, but it is quite abstract. I
remember the days of Schroeder's class ("we aren't doing that!" "We
aren't showing our business...") where all we had to do was plug the
numbers in and then she'd give us the answers and let us change them
before we turned in our assignments. And all of our tests were
take-home and open-note. This class, unfortuantely, isn't quite like
that. Physics seems deceptively easy...we'll see how I did, tho. I'm
sure I got at least one right.
I was feeling a bit sick earlier this week, but it's getting a bit
better. It comes right in time for a test and leaves right after I take
it. My immune system has a sick sense of humor.
Last weekend was great fun. Anna, Masha, Alaina, Avery and I went to a
party a few blocks away that Toshi was DJing for. It was pretty fun
(not quite Steve's party the other week, but few things are), but it
was broken up at 11:30! Lame. Still, the police here crack me up. I
think we had to walk back, though. The next day, I went to watch my
team debate at Willamette. Our team did pretty well, with lots of
speaker awards and four teams breaking to quarters (and all of them
promptly losing each of their quarter rounds). We went to a Chinese
restaurant in Lake Oswego, which was delicious. I definitely need to go
exploring the restaurant scene in Portland more. Later that night, Anna
and I rented "Anchorman' and "Sin City," two movies that probably
shouldn't be watched back-to-back. After seeing Steve Carrell in
Anchorman, I have to see "40-year-old virgin." He is fucking hilarious.
("Where'd you get that grenade???")
And so is this. I know I like Monopoly played a certain way.
two hour ANTM premiere tonite from 8-10 pm. :) | | |
| Wednesday night, despite having lots o homework, I went to see 'The
Lion King" at Keller Auditorium! Platt/Howard was apparently giving out
50 tickets for $15 (the real price before the school helped pay was
only $25 anyway, which is a freaking amazing deal for ya'll in
Portland. You must check this out) and they sent a mass e-mail to see
who to give the extra tickets to. Once I contacted them, they had
already sold all the tickets, but at the last minute, someone sold back
theirs, so she contacted me about it. I ended up getting my ticket just
a few hours before we were meant to leave! I was very lucky. It was an
interesting experience for several reasons. I didn't know anyone who
went well at all - they were mostly Platt freshmen I had never even
seen before. There was a time when I probably wouldn't have gone
knowing full well that no one else was going with me.
The show was breathtaking! The costumes, the set, many of the actors -
it was beautiful. I'm not quite the "Disney purist" that Cassie
is, but there were definitely some parts that "stuck out" simply
because they were different from the movie. It's a difficult task
changing something that the audience knows so well and expecting it to
be accepted. There were a number of songs that weren't in the movie
(even an effective one from the sequel, if you can
imagine that). There was even one part where some actors came through
the audience wielding some bird puppets that flew over our heads - it
was awesome. I was immensely impressed with the acting for the sole
reason that not only do they have to sing, dance and act their asses
off, but they have to basically be puppeteers (GOOD puppeteers) all at
the same time, given how their costumes are structured. Most of the
casting was terrific, especially Rafiki, but I was a bit disappointed
in the Scar (except during "The Madness of King Scar" where his
overemotiveness worked well). He was trying a bit too hard to stray
from Jeremy Irons' original Disney portrayal and...he kinda got lost.
And there was this bizarre scene involving Timon that sounded like
something I would think up while high.
The seats were great given what I paid for. I had to be the bad guy
again because a few freshies briefly decided to SING ALONG (you do not
sing along at theaters. Shut up now.) I will never understand people. I
am getting very good at politely telling people to shut the hell up,
though. I got some mad skillz.
It was an excellent production, though. Considering how well I know the
movie, it's amazing how a new perspective can breathe so much life into
it. I was moved by scenes I haven't been moved by in years (I nearly
cried when I saw the elephant in the "Circle of Life" and DID finally
cry in the final scene). Even though Cassie didn't like the hot naked
people, I adored "Can't You Feel the Love Tonight." It was really well
done with people flittering and flying about. I liked how they
incorporated some of the lyrics from Elton John's non-movie (far far
superior) version too.
The same auditorium later this year will show Cats
(Ack. hairball), Mamma Mia (very good, for ya'll
who havent' seen it yet), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat (love it. Highly recommended), Peter
Pan, Hairspray (I want to see this! Who wants to
take me? ), and Little Women (um, why would I see
this when I can just watch the movie with Christian Bale and Gabriel
Byrne??? YUMMY)
So today I felt like looking pretty and wearing pink, so I did. Then it
got really cold. I was wearing my pink spaghetti strap shirt with the
built-in bra. But then I had to change into something warmer, so in my
haste to get to my favorite class ever, psych methods, I threw on a
sweater. RAN down the stairs. Walked very swiftly down the street, saw
MANY people I know. Reached to adjust my bra only to realize I wasn't
wearing one. Ha. Fundamental Attribution Error, don't fail me now. Of
course, I think everyone noticed. To be honest, though...I don't
exactly have the.....quantity......for people to really notice anyway.
Ah, well. It hasn't been the first time (for all ya'll who I told about
my first day at LC....) and it won't be last. I'm ok with that.
I get to go to a real debate tournament this weekend! I'm driving down
to Willamette with Amanda, Ghazal and Natalie to watch everyone get
very stressed out as I sip my water and laugh at them as I internally
freak out that I DON'T HAVE MY SPEECH MEMORIZED and my other speech
hasn't even been fully conceived yet.
Whatever. | | |
| Here's something. I was in Powell's yesterday trying to take back that
goddamn textbook I bought online (I thought I was getting a deal on the
seventh edition of my Experimental Psychology book, but oh no, not only
did I order the wrong book, but I ordered an edition of this other book
from the stone age. Brilliant.). They didn't take it, nor did I really
expect them to (but it was worth a try. I'll have to find SOME way to
pawn my albatross off on someone....) So I walked around for awhile
until I had to pee. So I went to the restroom. And there was a CONDOM
machine there! What the HELL? How long are they expecting us to stay
there?? Why would anyone need a condom at Powell's??? "Oh, Barry! That
rare book section is so HOT...."
I find nothing but terror and disappointment when I download the updates for iTunes. Yet I still feel obligated. Why?
I think it's interesting when Bush goes to New Orleans and the press
defines it as a "tour." I mean, it's like "Mr. President, while you're
down here make sure to have alligator and gumbo while our city drowns."
Read this article.
It reminded me of my cross-cultural gender class last semester, only
lots funnier. The sad thing is that it is kinda true and disheartening
at the same time.
It just occurred to me today that U.S. Open champion Roger Federer is only 24 years old. That's a little over four years older
than me. This is a.) weird because I'm not used to famous people being
circa my age. and b.) means that it wouldnt' be completely socially
unacceptable for him to date me. I had never thought about it that way
before.....That's hot.
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