Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
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9:40 pm - Goodbye Publicity Stunt
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I'm sorry to say that after years of having a public journal, I'll be making it 'friends only'.
I'd rather not have to deal with people's childish personal attacks, several of which I have been subject to since I started writing online. Everyone currently on my friends list will remain there.
Please Comment if you wish to be added.
current mood:  pissed off
current music: Chad Van Gaalen- Clinically Dead
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Saturday, March 18th, 2006
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12:44 pm - Poetry for Ping Pong
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In an effort to make my day more exciting, I am now forcing anyone who wants to annoy me by aggressively pounding a ball back and forth to write me a poem first.
I'm still waiting for the requisite Haiku.
current mood:  bored
current music: ping pong
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Friday, March 17th, 2006
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11:52 pm - And With Mississippi to Follow...
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Wednesday, March 15th, 2006
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9:49 pm - Pointless Exercise
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I hate writing paper outline's.
I have an abstract idea in my mind of what I want, and I don't want to put it on paper for anyone.
I'll probably change topics in the end anyway.
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edit: got a 90% on the outline, so at least I'll have a happy morning.
current mood: bored
current music: Wish I could get out of bed in the morning- 4th Year Flu
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Sunday, March 12th, 2006
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5:53 pm - And I Have a Job Interview Tomorrow
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My allergies are driving me nuts. They're not supposed to start this early. There's still snow on the ground.
They seem to get worse by the year. I *can't wait* to see how bad they are when I'm 80 (assuming that I live that long).
Anyway, they kept causing my airway to fill up with gross fluid all night and I guess my brain would wake me up every time it started to affect my breathing, cause I felt like I was choking every time it happened. It was kinda scary, actually.
A friend of mine was saying that the reason so many people have spring allergies is because most of the plants gardeners/landscapers etc. plant to make public spaces pretty are the male plants. Female plants are too messy or something. But male plants are the purveyors of pollen. Which causes allergies. ack.. Spring used to be a fun time of year. Now (spring is) a no-win situation.
For some reason it seems to be especially bad when I'm at work in jockland.
I guess the excuse that I'm allergic to working out is now valid.
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edit: Job interview went ok. not bad/not great. Between that nasty mid-afternoon coffee habit and my allergies going crazy I tried to talk faster than my mind was working and ended up looking like a babbling nervous idiot. *sigh*
someday I'll master the job interview.
I suppose I should sign up for toastmasters and get over my fear of speaking in front of groups. Or just get drunk first.
At least I can write my thoughts down better than I can articulate them in everyday speech. Or so I have come to assume.
current mood:  allergic to life
current music: David Bowie- Modern Love
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Friday, March 10th, 2006
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8:21 pm
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7:49 pm - Right Now, Somewhere in the UK...
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I feel like going to a pub where they play nothing but britpop and having a drunken sing-a-long.
Somehow I think I'll be waiting til my birthday for this wish. (I need to amass enough people in one place)
Only 3 more months..
current mood:  bouncy
current music: Oasis- Don't Look Back in Anger
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7:11 pm - Oscillate Widly
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What!? No Beowulf and Grendel?
Good ol' pathetic Kelowna movie theatres...
This is the same city that took months to jump on the March of the Penguins bandwagon. So I suppose I shouldn't be surprised.
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My Mp3 player refuses to speak English or French.
grrrr
Also, I can't find my favourite New Order CD. To download it all would be sich a hassle.
Although that should surprise no one as Mike finally picked up his (mostly) complete CD collection and we now have well over 1000 of the damn things lying around.
double grrrr.
current mood: frustrated
current music: Madly Off in All Directions
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Tuesday, March 7th, 2006
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6:33 pm
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After many months, I have finally succeeded in my attempts to make UBC give me an MP3 player. Too bad it's not an Ipod. Oh well. I won.
mwahahhahhahha
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Monday, March 6th, 2006
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10:20 pm - Very Well...
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I'm really starting to enjoy Enterprise.
I don't even mind the theme song anymore.
'Carbon Creek'
I'm loving the Vulcan's doing up the 1950's.
current mood:  content
current music: Enterprise
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Friday, March 3rd, 2006
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6:45 pm - Skip
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I've decided I want to take up curling b/c I have this weird correlation in my mind between curling and bowling. And I like bowling... so yeah...
I just have no idea how to go about getting involved in the sport. Or even how to curl. Or most of the rules, for that matter.
Does Kelowna even have a curling rink? I've never seen one.
current mood: sitting around
current music: Cayuga
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
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2:23 pm - It's About Time
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So I'm flipping channels yesterday, and all of sudden I see Royal Canadian Airfarce on channel 6. This seems odd to me. 6 has always been an American channel. Then I look at the bottom of the screen and see the exploding pizza logo (that's what they call it). Kelowna has a bona fide 100% CBC T.V station! Finally! This means CBC programming 24/7!
current mood: excited
current music: 'Deceptacon' -Le Tigre
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Monday, February 27th, 2006
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4:53 pm - Another Useless Rant
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I always find it so amusing that anytime Im in middle of writing an exam (especially really long ones), my mind will drift off into some other world completely unrelated to what Im supposed to be writing about.
Like today I was supposed to be talking about the hegemonical domination of the mass media and how this causes the negative representations of certain groups (via the owners of the means of production- always gotta throw some Marx in).
Meanwhile my mind is like "I wonder if consuming a certain amount of coffee in conjunction with stress/adrenaline causes one to sweat as much in such a situation, or whether this also be hereditary..." while Im staring blankly out the window.
At any rate, I wrote a miraculously long essay (brevity is not the soul of wit in the social sciences) that amounted to 10 pages, and I feel relatively good about it.
uh so yeah.
Ive had way too much coffee today and almost no food. I feel like Tweak must.
current mood:  Nuttily Caffeinated
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Sunday, February 26th, 2006
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8:53 am
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There are very few things on this planet as annoying as teenage volleyball players of the female variety. And their parents who bring an army of screaming little shits (I can handle one or two, but not, like 50)and then don't obey any rules. Obviously rules don't apply to them, because they are baby boomers.
It's far too early for me to be dealing with this stuff.
I'm just waiting for a toilet to explode under one of their asses.
current mood: infuriated
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Saturday, February 25th, 2006
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10:35 pm - Dinosaurs Did Not Live Millions of Years Ago
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That's right, they were wandering through Egypt 2000 years ago while aliens were building the pyramids.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5207159640493874061
What a nut job.
Poor Amerikkka and it's fucked up little ethnocentric world.
Poor Vermin, since I hear the kerazeyness has hit that town and they are now discussing how to reform the science curriculum there.
current mood: amused
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
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1:27 pm - Socialization or Enculturation?
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You know what really annoys me?
Getting an 'A' on a paper and all of the comments from your prof being positive and about what a good job you did. Instead of mentioning what you did wrong that averted you from achieving that much coveted 'A+'. I suppose I could go visit during office hours...
I am so socialized to believe that everything in this life comes down to how many 'A's' one attains in university. At least I recognize that aspect of my being, while a lot of people remain oblivious, kinda like the whole "Im not affected by advertising" perspective that so many people try to convince everyone else of. Once you know a little bit about semiotics, you begin to realise just how often you are affected...
I guess that was a bit off topic for this post.. I guess my point was that my current upper-division GPA is around 79% and I'd like to make it 80% so I can graduate with 'honours'. And then I can go to grad school.
current mood:  thirsting for coffee
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2006
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4:42 pm - My Current Three Wishes
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I wish Ktown had a better radio station.
I wish I could take a nap.
I wish I was somewhere else- anywhere but here.
*yawn*
Yep.
It's another afternoon with the jocks.
current mood: *sigh*
current music: Silk FM
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
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3:31 pm - Boob Jobs Are So Much Easier
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So here I am, close to a month and a half after getting my wisdom teeth yanked from my skull with (almost) no complications (pesky overactive capillaries) and all of a sudden yesterday my lower left socket area decides to swell up to mammoth proportions. Can't eat non-soft foods, yawning hurts, and I have the same nasty bad-breath-causing-yucky-tasting fluids that I had the week after the surgery.
Kinda confusing.
So naturally I spent roughly two hours of work researching (and subsequently unnecessarily worrying myself) the complications of the wisdom tooth extraction process.
So it could be:
a) an infection (although unlikely this late in the healing process since Ive kept the area quite clean; however I did have a sore throat last week)
b) a nasty pus-filled abscess caused by leftover bits of root or bone
c) some joint problem also known as TMJ
d) I ate something sharp (like a cracker) and my gums reacted badly.
Ibuprofen does nothing for the problem and I have to wait until tomorrow to see the dental surgeon.
*sigh*
Happy Valentine's Day to me, since Ill be spending it eating soup.
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edit: it's now wednesday morning and my face has swollen to the size of a small grapefruit.
current mood:  in pain
current music: Silk Fm (wtf?- Im at work, though)
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Monday, February 13th, 2006
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8:54 pm - Because I'm Bored
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Two Names You Go By
1. JStar
2. Joce/Jozz
Two Parts of Your Heritage
1. Dutch
2. German/Russian Mennonite
Two Things That Scare You
1. Graduating
2. Conservatives (especially those of the moral variety)
Two of Your Everyday Essentials
1. Coffee
2. Food
Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now
1. Sexy tight jeans that aren't quite tight enough
2. A brown hoodie
Two of Your Favorite Bands or Musical Artists (at the moment)
Because truthfully I haven't really been listening to all that much new music lately:
1. CBC radio 3
2. Sonic Youth/ The Cure/ Joy Division/ Galaxie 500/ Velvet Underground... all the good ol stuff
Two Things You Want in a Best Friend
1. To just have one (whose name doesn't happen to be Mike..)
2. A decent degree of intellectual capacity
Two Truths
1. Im a total geek
2. I like to sleep past 10, and I HATE IT when people interrupt my sleep
Two Physical Things that Appeal to You About the Opposite Sex
1. Really, I don't put too much onus on physical qualities in potential long-term partners. A large intellectual capacity and similar political/moral values will suffice.
2. Not obese/grotesquely overweight
Two of Your Favorite Hobbies
1. (does procrastinating count?) Playing/ Writing/ Listening to Music
2. Skiing (if I could afford to)/ Cycling
Two Things You Want Really Badly
1. A computer that actually works.
2. A larger living space (especially with regards to the kitchen).
Two Places You Want to go on Vacation
1. Locally- Victoria
2. Internationally- Europe (mostly to Der Moederland and Prague)
Two Things You Want to Do Before You Die
1. Get a PhD (or my Master's at the very least).
2. To have volunteered for an International NGO, thus having had a positive impact in the life of someone in a less-developed nation.
Two Plastic Surgeries you would have
1. I just wanted to not have to carry 20 lbs. on my chest anymore, and they've been hacked off, so I'm happy.
2. No hair on my legs... does that count? Im not really interested in further surgically altering myself.
Two Things You Are Thinking About Now
1. Taking a shower/getting a haircut.
2. Debating whether or not I should actually plan anything for tomorrow.
Two Stores You Shop At
1. American Eagle- B/C they sell jeans for people my height and I don't have to get them altered.
2. The Natural Food store.
Two people you haven't really talked to in a while
1. Holly-bot
2. Carlasita
Two favorite web sites
1. CBC.ca
2. Wikipedia
Two pets you HAD
1. Flossie
2. Goebbels (and Hitler, and 50 or so fish)
Two Favorite Sports ((watching))
1. Women's Hockey (the olympics are on, and I can watch men beat the shit out of each other most weeks of the year)
2. Gymnastics
Two things you did last night
1. Read
2. Made Rice and Hummus
Two shows you like to watch
1. All things Star Trek
2. All things involving the News/pursuit of knowledge
Two places you would like to go do at this very moment
1. Shower
2. Cuddle
current mood: dorky
current music: 'Cut Your Hair' -Pavement
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2006
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3:47 pm - Fire At Will!
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Your results:
You are Uhura
| Uhura |
| 70% |
| Jean-Luc Picard |
| 70% |
| An Expendable Character (Redshirt) |
| 60% |
| Will Riker |
| 55% |
| Chekov |
| 50% |
| James T. Kirk (Captain) |
| 45% |
| Leonard McCoy (Bones) |
| 45% |
| Mr. Sulu |
| 40% |
| Geordi LaForge |
| 40% |
| Data |
| 39% |
| Spock |
| 37% |
| Worf |
| 30% |
| Beverly Crusher |
| 25% |
| Deanna Troi |
| 25% |
| Mr. Scott |
| 20% |
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You are a good communicator with a
pleasant soft-spoken voice.
Also a talented singer.
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Click here to take the Star Trek Personality Quiz
current mood: hungry
current music: Star Trek: Janeway is Dead- But Not Really!
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