Yeeehaw.

Want... need!!!

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:49:51 GMT

Expensive .

clipped from www.ice.com

14K Yellow Gold Tiger Eye Sea Turtle Pendant

$195.00

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:29:22 GMT

No more information will go into my brain.

Seriously.

'Nother quiz janked from Karen

Tue, 21 Feb 2006 05:38:00 GMT

the Romantic
Test finished!
you chose BY - your Enneagram type is FOUR.

"I am unique"

Romantics have sensitive feelings and are warm and perceptive.

How to Get Along with Me

* Give me plenty of compliments. They mean a lot to me.
* Be a supportive friend or partner. Help me to learn to love and value myself.
* Respect me for my special gifts of intuition and vision.
* Though I don't always want to be cheered up when I'm feeling melancholy, I sometimes like to have someone lighten me up a little.
* Don't tell me I'm too sensitive or that I'm overreacting!

What I Like About Being a Four

* my ability to find meaning in life and to experience feeling at a deep level
* my ability to establish warm connections with people
* admiring what is noble, truthful, and beautiful in life
* my creativity, intuition, and sense of humor
* being unique and being seen as unique by others
* having aesthetic sensibilities
* being able to easily pick up the feelings of people around me

What's Hard About Being a Four

* experiencing dark moods of emptiness and despair
* feelings of self-hatred and shame; believing I don't deserve to be loved
* feeling guilty when I disappoint people
* feeling hurt or attacked when someone misundertands me
* expecting too much from myself and life
* fearing being abandoned
* obsessing over resentments
* longing for what I don't have

Fours as Children Often

* have active imaginations: play creatively alone or organize playmates in original game s
* are very sensitive
* feel that they don't fit in
* believe they are missing something that other people have
* attach themselves to idealized teachers, heroes, artists, etc.
* become antiauthoritarian or rebellious when criticized or not understood
* feel lonely or abandoned (perhaps as a result of a death or their parents' divorce)

Fours as Parents

* help their children become who they really are
* support their children's creativity and originality
* are good at helping their children get in touch with their feelings
* are sometimes overly critical or overly protective
* are usually very good with children if not too self-absorbed

Renee Baron & Elizabeth Wagele

The Enneagram Made Easy
Discover the 9 Types of People
HarperSanFrancisco, 1994, 161 pages

Sat, 18 Feb 2006 04:58:08 GMT

You Are A: Duckling!

The cutest of the cute, these baby ducks are often spotted in the spring following closely behind their mother. As a duckling you will grow up quickly, becoming one of the adult ducks seen commonly in ponds and streams. Playful and timid, charming and vulnerable, ducklings are nature's very definition of innocence.

You were almost a: Bear Cub or a Lamb
You are least like a: Mouse or a Chipmunk What Cute Animal Are You?

Awwww... Janked from Karen.

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 05:47:59 GMT

I am officially a genius... I've got 19!
http://intelligence-test.net/part1/

Well, at least according to those people.

Computer Help

Tue, 10 Jan 2006 01:26:08 GMT

Okay, Problems already.
My laptop is screwing up because it has decided that only at certain angles sometimes will my laptop acknowledge that the AC power hookup is actually plugged in. As I am typing this, my screen is going from bright to unplugged bright because every second or so it decides to switch from plugged in status to not. As a result, I have consistent low battery and it has me scared that I might actually get to a point where it does not recognize a power supply at all.
My warranty has been up for a long time (I got this computer... a long time ago. Almost 3 years ago?) Me thinks it is time to buy a new laptop, but I don't know.
Computer people, I need help. Does this sound like something that is easily fixable in terms of the hardware? Should I just go buy a new laptop?
Thanks in advance :).

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:40:02 GMT

I need Ritalin.

Marriage is Illegal in Texas

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 04:50:57 GMT

For now, until they hold an emergency session undoing their law.
But here it is in black and white:

Sec. 32. (a) Marriage in this state shall consist only of
the union of one man and one woman.
(b) This state or a political subdivision of this state may
not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to
marriage.

link: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=79&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=JR&BILLSUFFIX=00006&VERSION=5&TYPE=B

Humph.

Sun, 16 Oct 2005 03:20:57 GMT

I just realized GATTACA the movie is two letters too short, or one letter too many, to encode for amino acids.
This is perturbing.
You may wonder how I thought of it, and it doesn't really matter, other than to say I decided to look up what the letters from the motion picture encode for. Well, evidently, since what is actually the codon is the mRNA, so we have to look at it switched to what the mRNA would so as well as the RNA nucleotides. GATTACA would be: CUAAUGU. Ok, so CUA: is Leucine (Leusine?). and AUG is the stop codon. So Leusine and stop. With an extra U. Which, obviously doesn't make sense.
So then, from the other direction. An extra C, which doesn't make sense, and then ANOTHER stop codon, and Cysteine, which again doesn't make sense. How can you have a stop codon just before an amino acid? Nope, doesn't make sense.
I am perturbed, and disappointed in the GATTACA crew. You only had four letters, and you couldn't at least come up with something that correctly codes for at least part of a protein?
Psh.

Phone, TV, DSL

Fri, 14 Oct 2005 04:23:03 GMT

The new SBC commercial, don't know if you've heard it, but it goes "Phone, TV, DSL" in a catchy little way. I can't get it out of my head, although it is dumb.

Darwin and Bestiality

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 05:14:46 GMT

Who knew they went together, but here's Darwin's quote:
"Man is liable to recieve from the lower animals, and to communicate to them, certain diseases, as hydrophobia, variola, the glanders, syphilis , the ganders, herpes , &c."
- Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man p. 23, emphasis mine.

Tue, 04 Oct 2005 04:27:09 GMT

My condo complex is in the news: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2005/October/03/local/stories/01local.htm

Tue, 13 Sep 2005 03:18:40 GMT

I am lame. I am crawling into bed at 8:15. Not sleeping, but nonetheless, getting into bed.

The TV

Mon, 05 Sep 2005 07:26:51 GMT

I think I may have stumbled onto one of the most unintentionally funny shows in a long, long time.

Its name: "Battle of the Network Reality Stars"
Its channel: Bravo
Its time: Wednesday at 10, though reruns play a lot.

Imagine: Some random host, Trichelle from the Real World and many RW/RR Challenges fame, Omarosa from the Apprentice, and Bob F'in Guinty commentating. Oh yes, they are only the commentators/interviewers.

~ 32 Reality Show "stars" playing games from the old Network Reality Stars Battle. Flashbacks to what happened on the first, 30 years ago. I can't take my eyes off of it.
The self-importance of some of these reality stars are ridiculous.
Some of them are actually treating this as an actual sports competition! Doing interviews with the "team" a la cheerleading competitions and such. Not to mention adding in the drama that always surrounds these, as I previously mentioned, self-important people.

The Aristocrats

Sun, 14 Aug 2005 04:08:05 GMT

Saw it tonight, and it was hilarious. A bit slow at points, but it was only for a moment and then something else made the slowness go away.

But let me say, this movie is not for the faint of heart. When I bought my ticket the girl at the ticket window had to warn me that they only give refunds if you walk out within 30 minutes of seeing the movie; anything longer they would not give a refund. Evidently they have been giving alot of refunds out, and in fact, two people walked out within 30 minutes in a theatre with, at max, 30 people in it.

A little breakdown of the movie:
It is all based off this one joke, a man goes into a talent agency and describes an act to an agent. Now fill in the most disgusting, revolting thing the guy can do with his family (i.e. incest, beastiality on the dog, feces, urine, vomit). The agent is so disgusted, that he/she is curious what they CALL this obscene act. The guy answers "The Aristocrats."

My favorites were the ones by South Park, the Mime, and Gilbert Gottfreids version during the Roast of Hugh Hefner.

Other than that, the movie was actually quite a nice insight into the culture of comedians. This isn't a joke that any comedian would actually tell to an audience, so they all sharpen their skills with other comedians by telling this joke to each other. Very Geertzian in terms of using one incident (at least I think it was Geertz) to expound on the culture of comedians. I had more examples of the anthropology of this movie while I was driving home, but I forget a lot of them now.

Anyhoo... if you are offended easily don't go see it. But I thought it was great.

Wow

Sat, 02 Jul 2005 18:44:22 GMT

I watched the Tom Brokaw special on Aron Ralston last night. All I have to say is... wow. I wish this guy had taken an anatomy class though. But I will save my reasoning for later on in the journal entry.

The symbolism within his true life journey is astounding. It was always amazing, knowing he cut off his arm to save his life, but the symbology within his experience was something new to me.

He was in that cave, with nothing but himself, his tools, and a small window to the outside world. Every morning, like clockwork a raven would fly by at 8:15 in the morning. Whether it was an actual raven, or a figment of his imagination (considering the use of the raven as a death symbol, it is plausible his mind created it). What was astounding was the morning of his 6th day... the raven did not come.

His tapes to his family were moving. He didn't allow the video to show; only the audio, and I cannot blame him. It would be incredibly traumatic for friends and family. Though, if he was one of the people I care deeply about, I would have forced myself to watch the reel. Perhaps I would have had to wait a number of months before doing so, to prepare myself, but I know I would have want to be able to understand as much as possible what happened to my loved one what happened. I cannot imagine being the family member or friend of someone who this happened to, much less being that person.

He literally thought he was going to die. No, he knew he was going to die. The tapes made that abundantly clear. Having only two burritos to eat, a bottle of water, for six days, it would be expected that he could not survive. But something inside him didn't allow him to give up. Only after he had nothing left, did he try the worst option, cutting off his arm. When he made the decision to cut off his arm, it probably had something to do with the fact that when he accidentally hit his thumb with the blade of his pocketknife (again trying to cut through the boulder), he heard a rush of air come out. His hand was decomposing while still attached to his body.

In order to cut off his arm, he had to break the radius and ulna. His blade, worn down from use trying to chip the boulder, would not cut through the bone. I was yelling in my head to him, if only he had taken an anatomy class, he would have known to cut through the joint. Though, I have to selfishly and awfully admit, that part of me is proud that I know so much about human anatomy, and that it is incredibly patronizing that I would have wished he had taken an anatomy class. Instead, he fell back on his engineering training, and realized that using torque, he could snap the bones, leaning as far as he could from the boulder in order to do so. Then he cut the tissues, and the worst part, his nerve off.

Then he was free. But just free from the boulder, not his potential death. He had to make his way out of the canyon, but not the way he had come from.

--I have to get ready for work, I will finish the rest later, but let me say, he is more badass than "just" cutting off his arm--

Sat, 23 Apr 2005 20:35:59 GMT

Oh good lord.

You Are 32 Years Old

32

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe.

13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world.

20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences.

30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more!

40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

What Age Do You Act?

Wed, 20 Apr 2005 14:52:52 GMT

I am an Otter. http://www.animalinyou.com/Otter.htm . I don't know how to do the fancy just put the link in as the word links, so ya'll will just have to deal. I am so clearly an otter, it is kind of sad.

Wed, 13 Apr 2005 17:02:15 GMT

How did that English Genius test work?
I mean really- I did better on the HARDER stuff than the easy stuff.
Geesh.

Wed, 13 Apr 2005 16:58:54 GMT

English Genius
You scored 92% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 93% Expert!

You did so extremely well, even I
can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon
intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don't. You
have an extensive vocabulary, and you're not afraid to use it properly!
Way to go!

Thank you so much for taking my test. I hope you enjoyed it!

For the complete Answer Key, visit my blog: http://shortredhead78.blogspot.com/.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 33% on Beginner
You scored higher than 70% on Intermediate
You scored higher than 58% on Advanced
You scored higher than 98% on Expert

Link: The Commonly Confused Words Test written by shortredhead78 on Ok Cupid

Gramsci and the Twisting of My Ankle

Mon, 07 Mar 2005 23:54:32 GMT

So today I went to coffee society to try and figure out Gramsci, and when I decided to leave I was still in deep thought about organic intellectuals and how they fit into everything.

Well, I didn't exactly notice as I was going from the sidewalk to the street that there was a step there and I twisted my ankle.

Lets focus: I was going from the sidewalk to the street and I did notnotice that there was a step there . How could I not notice a step there? There is ALWAYS a step going from the sidewalk to the street unless there is a crosswalk and the sidewalk dips down!?!?! I wasn't going at a point where there was a sidewalk??!?!? What was I doing?!!?!

Stupid Gramsci. I blame you.

Mon, 07 Mar 2005 20:12:20 GMT

I am exhausted.
Plain, tried and true, exhaustion.
Today, it isn't that it will take me a long time... but I have to get done my 4-6 page paper. At least its the last one for Cultural Theory. I am nervous because no one wants to do Gramsci. But in any case, whatever. I am nervous because what if I think I do a good job, and then it turns out I actually did a bad job, like on the midterm?
After that, I have to finish the Neanderthal readings.
Then, I have to at some point go to work from 6-10pm.
Then, after that, I have to finish the coloring book. I don't have that much left, but still.
Then, I have to type up all of my notes (so Prof. Zihlman can understand them) for Thursday.
Then, I have to type up a BS 2 page paper for peer advising.
I Just Can't Do It.
But I just have to take one thing at a time, and that means writing about Gramsci. How am I going to do this?
Time to go get coffee and try to get 2-3 pages done in 3-4 hours.

AAARRGHH STUPID THEORY SUCKS ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In any case.
Tata.

Wed, 02 Mar 2005 22:11:44 GMT

Now that all my weekly papers are done for Human Evolution, I feel like I can really just chill out and enjoy the material. This weeks readings on Neanderthals are great, just becuase I can relax and think about them, rather than thinking what she thinks I should think about them.

I can't help it, but I am freaking out about grad school yet again. Who am I going to get for letters of req? Where am I going to apply? When should I ask Professor Zihlman about this? Should I ask about it next quarter? Would that be silly? Why do I have all these silly worries that don't really matter? Why am I overanalyzing this?

Geesh. I need a chill pill.

Sun, 27 Feb 2005 05:06:39 GMT

Ok, I forgot to add this, but here it is:
I find it pretty hilarious that Vogue is a magazine that is paid to have advertisements put into it, but I mainly BUY the magazine for the advertisements. Teehee. Not totally, but its one of the fun parts about looking at it.

Sun, 27 Feb 2005 05:05:07 GMT

While I know no one else reads Vogue , I am just going to say this/ ask this on the slim chance someone else has seen this.

Ok, just after the article on the Desperate Housewives cast, there is an ad for AKRIS, in which its a model wearing a black knit dress, of which the knit resembles a circle-flower complex.

Is it just me, or does this model look distressingly thin? Like I do not want to buy this dress because she looks so disturbing? If she had more staturesque shoulders, maybe it might not be so obvious, but something there just doesn't fit.

**Note** I did not write this entry so everyone I know can go off on how all models are bulimic/anorexic/ too thin. That is simply untrue. But sometimes, it is true, and I think this might be one of the cases where it is disturbing.