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| Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 |
stagedtheology
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9:27a |
So I've been noticing more and more how cliquey gamers are, and this is slightly uncomfortable. Prior to leaving for England I had noticed a few cliques but they seemed to be the exception rather than the rule; now they seem to be the rule. I think it's not so much that anything back home has changed but that my perspective has shifted.
An acquaintance was telling me about this documentary he and his wife had watched about LARPers*, and how there were cliques within the LARPers, and some people had taken the attitude, "we're not as geeky as those people." He—and she, who's not really a gamer—expressed amazement that LARPers were sitting around making fun of other LARPers. My protest that "gamers do that" seemed to fall on deaf ears.
* Live Action Role Players, folks who dress up and act out roleplaying games with foam swords and bean bags, rather than by sitting around a table and rolling dice. Generally viewed as the bottom of the barrel by non-LARPing gamers.
Also it's just about a week to August, holy shit when did that happen?
Current Mood: pensive |
| Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 |
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[ mind_fuch ]
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6:12p |
Nothing is real without pain.
Thoughts? |
jessamyn19
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3:34p |
should i plan to stay in england? |
| Monday, July 21st, 2008 |
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[ 7pinkangels ]
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11:50p |
Would you rather...
Would you rather be single and wonderfully wealthy never having to work for the rest of your life or happily married with a family but having to work to support them? Why did you choose whatever option you decided? |
alabasterbeach
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4:28p |
my neck hurts...
this post is not about politics or what i'm doing next. i'll post about that tomorrow. today...
i'm not sure if my bed sucks or not. my neck is killing me and the only thing different about my week is how many nights i slept on my own bed. rj's bed is a groaning sinkhole, but i think my bed is an angry rock - which may be worse.
rj hates my bed b/c it hurts his back and after an almost fight wherein i argued him outta going back to his place b/c 1) my city is as safe as anywhere sop you don't need to rush away b/c you hate it so much and 2) my bed is really not that bad, we can make it work - 1) a woman is attacked in the alley behind my house (she is okay, rj ran out to help her and some neighbor's who knew her were already assisting her. we aren't sure of exactly what happened.) and 2) the bed inflicts back and neck pain on us until we finally gave up on sleeping sometime after dawn and walked to starbucks.
go me i guess for winning that argument.
i guess the bigger deal these days (not to downplay the attack on the neighbor, but to touch on issues larger than the bed) is that i am starting to feel some fear about moving. rj and i had an awesome, wonderful date weekend. he took me out for sushi and came over while we walked honey and was nice to her and rubbed her ears, we got up saturday and went out for breakfast before having more honey time, hit the VMFA before heading out to Batman w/ his dad and bro - got the best seats ever and had a good time.
the problem is that rj doesn't like richmond. he doesn't like being away from his house for more than 30 hours before he gets weird and has to go check on it. frustrates the hell outta me b/c i make that ridiculous commute to his house on days he has to go to work so early, but am starting to feel like the options are make the drive or not see him.
when i try to talk to him about it he brings up the fact that i'm moving far far away and i can't expect to see him all the time once i'm gone. i ask him for reassurance and i feel like i get the finger pointed at me instead. i realize that we'd had an action packed day and a half that was topped off w/ restless night AND that RJ was getting sick, which is probably why he was so unhappy, but there are lot of worries hidden there.
so, i've realized that i'm a little scared of this move.
i'm worried about leaving cass w/o family in town. not that she doesn't have ten gazillion friends lined up to take her places and be with her all the time, but i want to be here for her.
i'm worried that i might have just picked danville over my boyfriend. i thought i could have both. i wouldn't make a career choice based on my current boyfriend's current geography, but c'mon!! i have friends who maintained successful relationships across CONTINENTS and we're not up to a few hours down highway 360? i remember when i left for DC the first go round i wanted ben to make permanent plans with me - promises and talk of forever. when i left him again for law school i figured we would just work it out, but we didn't and it ended before christmas, although we didn't admit it until february or march. I'm fighting similar urges w/ rj now b/c i know it's just a reaction to all things changing. hold on to one aspect of life and make it feel solid, unchanging, knowable. i have friends who married each other on that same theory - eep we're outta college - let's tie the knot! it worked for some of them, but it's not the reason to pick someone.
i'm worried about moving to a town where i don't know anybody. every other time i've made that move i've had school, where it's so easy to meet people. i haven't met many new people in richmond, in great part b/c cass came w/ a ready-made set of on second thought, i'm not that worried about not knowing people in a new town. i haven't met many people here in richmond mostly b/c cass came w/ a ready-made set of friends for parties and nights out and fun. i think that has kept me from branching out, but i have met people on all of my internships and travelling and the people in my office seem nice, so it will be okay.
i'm worried that my life will be small and dull. not that it's a big fat party now, but there are lot of activities going on all the time and i'm starting to feel like i've missed out on the best opportunities. i'm sure it will be okay. i have friends in manhattan i haven't had the chance to visit yet (bring on a job w/ the semblance of real money and vacation time), and australia, and plans to go to vegas with my sister. it will work out.
so, yeah, i guess i'm kind of a whiner right now.
i guess it's good that i'm not worried about money. i don't even feel like myself when i sit here and grind my gears. maybe when my shoulder isn't throbbing and i'm an ambiturn again i won't be so morose. |
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[ hooray4bunnies ]
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11:22a |
How do you account for things that evolution does not explain, such as women who go after unavailable men ("love them and leave them") or animals killing their own children? |
| Saturday, July 19th, 2008 |
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[ gorgeousjoey ]
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1:24a |
When choosing a mate to settle with
Are you hung up on superficiality?. Or do you consider things like pedigree, Education, IQ?
My perception of something attractive is specific, and ingrained based on my ideals, and beliefs. I could see a scantily clad woman in a nightclub and feel revulsion, where most men are feeding her compliments.
When choosing a mate I think about procreation first; because 1) once you fucked up your blood-lines, there's no way to fix that, and 2) When you read Biographies of important people, the way a grandparent looked doesn't matter compared to their occupation and status in the world. Important people procreate leaders. Mediocrity procreates mediocrity for the most part, Etc., I truly think you follow a path in life based on what two people choose when they decided to breed.
Anyway, this turned into a ramble, but I want to hear other peoples opinion on what they consider attractive in the opposite sex. |
| Friday, July 18th, 2008 |
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[ root_fu ]
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11:04a |
Jimmy Carter. Visionary?
I don't feel like saying anything but thought some of you might find this interesting.
Policies Jimmy Carter sought during his term(1977 to 1981):
- Sought to raise the fleet auto mileage standard to 48 miles per gallon by 1995. (Even U.S. automakers admitted at the time that they could easily achieve 30 mpg by 1985.)
- Exhorted Americans to turn down their thermostats, even if he did look nerdy in a cardigan while urging us to do so.
- Encouraged fuel conservation by proposing a 50-cents-per-gallon tax on gasoline and a fee on imported oil —- in effect, a floor for fuel prices.
- Invoking the pioneering spirit of the 1960s moon mission, he recommended a tax on windfall oil profits to finance a crash program to develop affordable synthetic fuels.
- Carter set a goal of obtaining 20 percent of our energy from solar power by the year 2000.
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jessamyn19
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4:11p |
getting keys thursday, moving on friday. spending this weekend packing and cleaning.
also, go the print order off so i got to paint some today. :) |
alabasterbeach
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9:09a |
money is so easy to worry about... i got through the week by telling myself that it was okay for my credit card balance to equal or exceed the amount of my paycheck because i would take my check and dump the entire thing onto it. all other bills are paid. it's not a problem. or i could NOT get paid this week, carry the load, and have to wait until next week until I have any money at all. money is so easy to worry about. mom came into town on weds and took over on the cass front - it was nice to have a break from the weekly hospital trips. i felt a little guilty, but caught up at work and was teased by cass's nurse that i missed the shortest visit they've had - only 30 minutes yesterday. for dinner wednesday i made a big mexican dinner w/ mexican rice, beans, sauteed veggies, and seasoned turkey. i baked a spiced carrot cake w/ lots of julienne carrots and raspberry cream cheese icing w/ fanned mandarin oranges on top. we ate on the balcony and watched the almost full moon rise. cass is doing well. the doc gave her steroids to take the day before through the day after her chemo cocktail and she had more energy than i did on the day of. she went to the craft store with keith while i went to the department of vital statistics to get a copy of my birth certificate. we met bob out for chinese dinner and 40 minutes after i had licked my plate clean i was knocked out for a 4.5 hr msg induced nap. an evil troll strapped a vice to my temples, wrapped my tongue in rough cotton gauze, and stuck me on a tiny boat on a stormy sea - or at least that's how it felt. she crashed out a few days into the weekend and went to a dark dark place in her mind for a while. her white blood cell count is low, but not dangerously low to the point where they give her the booster shot. they gave her an antibiotic and encouraged her to continue w/ her compulsive temperature taking. last weekend i blew off big plans to drive up to bob's for his annual big gay pool party and spent most of the day napping on rj's couch while he shot hungry carnivorous dinosaurs and bad guys. i woke up at 10pm and drove down to mom and dad's. shmossy came home and we spent the day on the boat - floating around in the sunshine, swimming, and skiing. shmoss mastered slolom skiing, which is mighty to behold. i assiduously applied sunscreen to my entire body, then carefully reapplied to my face, arms and back. i hadn't been out in the sun much at all this year and am FIRED from sunprotection duty. I swiped across the middle of my belly and the sides of my legs. burnination everywhere else. i have slogged through so much lotion and oil this week. fortunately i didn't get the sun-poisoning allergy bumps that showed up last year. i was starting to worry that the alien host that has taken over my body and made me allergic to EVERYTHING was preparing me for interstellar transport to the home planet. on that planet, all things tasty, tempting, and delicious are known poisons and eating chocolate, drinking wine, or having a baby spinach and grape salad is behavior indulged in only by suicide cults. after a delicious lunch of all things amazing southern, summery, and amazing - venison, squash casserole, peach and blueberry cobbler, watermelon - i drove to ben's to pick up HONEY! YAY HONEY I LOVE YOU! she looks like a DOG. A happy DOG! a slightly too thick around the ribs, but not enough to worry about it happy, tail waggy dog. i set her up at cass's place and she seems v. happy there. she whines when i go, but cass says it isn't for very long and EVERYONE loves to come and pet her immediately available belly. since she got there i got her a lock for the fence, a sunbrella, and set up her house, food and water, and her big smelly blanket. the blanket really made her feel at home. she's great b/c she comes to make sure that people are around and okay, but doesn't hang out if she doesn't want to play. uh guys - it's raining so i'm going to my doghouse now. you might want to look into staying dry. hey there - i'm laying on my blanket and you are welcome to come pet me, but this is where i'll be. peace out. last night i went to feed her, but she was sleeping so hard that she didn't know i was there. i didn't want to wake her up, so keith promised to take care of her. i went to rj's and we hung out and ate spaghetti dinner. i ate olives and then had another ridiculous headache. i think it was the olives. maybe salt is off the list. maybe my glasses are off... we have dark knight plans for the weekend, trying to get imax tix if possible. i'm hitting the to the earth workshop on sunday. http://www.totheearth.com/learn.html. double fans and tahitian anyone? |
| Thursday, July 17th, 2008 |
jessamyn19
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2:21p |
so BT (the horrible people providing our internet and phone) are total idiots and have cut off our phone and our internet two weeks to soon. our phone is back on but it was just not worth getting the internet turned back on because by they time they got it back on it was going to be two day before we move. so we just gave up. i still have internet at school and so image i will be spending more time up here, but will miss my youtube and msn. maybe this will mean my house get pack up and cleaned that much faster because of the boredom.
we are moving a week from tomorrow. we have paid them lots of money and are waiting to sign papers when ever. i am still super excited about it.
school is a pain, not the artz part, but every thing else that keeps getting the way of the art making. at lest i have sort of started some new painting and i feel like things are moving along. I am hopeful that the show will come together at some point. we will see.
right now life is organizing group postcard order, running MA meeting, getting ready for the print room next week, trying to paint, trying to pack, cleaning, organizing moving, thinking about artist statement and my website, looking up wallpaper prints (for my show), thinking about shelves, frames, and boxes, and general not sleeping.
how are you? |
| Monday, July 14th, 2008 |
alabasterbeach
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9:25a |
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| Thursday, July 10th, 2008 |
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[ root_fu ]
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10:11p |
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[ aj_reloaded ]
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11:45p |
I love you
I know it’s hard out there on the streets.
That’s why I want you to know that I love you. |
| Friday, July 11th, 2008 |
linksward
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10:36a |
So I'm in Tassie. It' sbeen a pretty fun trip so far. I did get to see the great trees, which were not as prevalent as the redwoods but still very lushly impressive. Last night Steve and I climbed a snowcapped peak, which hangs over hobart, in the shadow and valley of the mountain. There have also been long talks with Amy and Chris each night and I've started and finished Never Let Me Go, the Ichiguro book. I found it deeply moving. We've been to a fair number of second hand bookstore and showed up at Amy's amnesty office a couple of times. So having a good time, be back in 3 days. |
| Thursday, July 10th, 2008 |
jessamyn19
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11:25a |
hehe. The world of anonymous cookware has not forgotten me! Today in the mail I received a lovely pair of Winnie The Pooh pot holders. they are very cute and were sent from a Hong Kong ebay store.
I hope my anonymous cookware faerie knows I'm moving soon. we will only be here for two more weeks (as of tomorrow). my head is full of question about the new house like what cookware will be in it? I guess I no longer need it to come with pot holders :)
thanks you. |
| Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 |
alabasterbeach
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3:46p |
the power of rain... Extreme Rain Grows Mountains http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/07/08/mountains-rain.htmlLarry O'Hanlon, Discovery News e-mail share bookmark print More Rain, More Mountain July 8, 2008 -- The more it rains on some mountains the faster they grow, say geologists studying the fault-riddled, intensely rainy Eastern Cordillera of Colombia, South America. This discovery has nothing to do with water actually growing rocks and everything to do with how mountains buoy upwards when extreme rains scour away the summits. Using mineral and paleo-plant data, researchers have now measured high growth rates of Columbia's northeastern limb of the Andes. They show that the area which has been exposed to the heaviest rains on the planet also reveals signs of having been pushed up by tectonic forces at a much faster rate over the last few million years than surrounding areas. "The Himalayas, the southern and central Andes, and the New Zealand Alps are premier examples of (mountain ranges) where interactions between tectonics and climate have been documented and where the interplay between them may have fundamentally influenced the evolution of individual mountain ranges...," report Potsdam University's Andrés Mora and his colleagues in the July/August issue of the Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. "In the northern Andes, where strong precipitation gradients also exist, such relations have not been explored," Mora writes. Strong may be an understatement for the rain there. The mountains get in the way of some very wet, easterly air. The mountains cause that wet air to rise, cool and rain out a veritable deluge. The researchers report that the annual rainfall comes to about 275 inches (seven meters) per year -- the highest on Earth in their study area. This, plus the active upward thrusting faults, make this part of Columbia the perfect laboratory for watching how climate affects mountain growth. |
alabasterbeach
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3:41p |
the filtering system at the courthouse...
something is severely wrong with the a/c and air filtering system here at the courthouse. it has been FREEEZING all morning to the point where office ladies were breaking out there personal heaters at their desks, and now it's warm and muggy and has started to smell like my neighbor's apartment - that delectable aroma of wet dog in a smoker's home. blurgh...
it's a good thing i have yet another administrative appeal to keep me occupied.
also, the cutest thing you might ever do is to teach someone over 60 how to maneuver through a password protected website. you really feel like a wizard. |
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