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 Archive -- Week 36: 3/2/03 - 3/8/03
Song of the Week: Rascal Flatts - You
The idea with the most truth is Christopher Morley's
:"There is only one success: to be able to spend your life in your own way."
(6/19 votes)
March 2, 2003 - groove city
Ah... finally, I'm home from the trip. I was suffering from updating withdrawl. The trip was decent... There were some fun times, but then there were quite a few dramatic times thrown in there. People get very upset and stubborn sometimes.. myself included. And I swear, if I hear the word "sawdy" one more time, I am going to die. The judges were quite harsh on the group, and we placed very low in the competition. I'm not a very competitive person, and I know when a group I'm in does a good job or doesn't, and I can honestly say, I think the judges were way too harsh, because the group as a whole was rather awesome, and in my opinion better than several groups that placed higher than us. And then there are a few things about the trip that I still have to figure out... but we'll get to those later. I'll probably have a picture or two up sometime this week.
 
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A random explodingdog pic that I had on my computer.

Quote of the Day - The Cigarette-Smoking Man from the X-Files, via the blendomatic

"Life is like a box of chocoloates, a cheap, thoughtless, perfunctory gift no one ever asks for. Unreturnable because all you get back is another box of chocolates. So you're stuck with this mostly undefinable whipped mint crap, mindlessly wolfed down when there's nothing else to eat during the game. Sure, once in a while you get a peanut butter cup or an English toffee, but it's gone too soon and the taste is fleeting. In the end you're left with nothing but broken bits of hardened jelly and teeth-shattering nuts, which if you are desperate enough to eat, leaves nothing but useless brown paper wrappers."
 
March 3, 2003 - 03/03/03
"O sleep! O gentle sleep!" Whoops... maybe sleep was a little bit too gentle for me last night; I never woke up. If today wouldn't have been a proficiency day, my sister would have woken me up, and if my router had been working, my mom wouldn't have been trying to fix it and calling my dad, and she would have woken me up. Alas, I set my alarm for 8:30, but I never turned it on. I searched for a psychological reason for why I didn't wake up and missed out on the senior field trip: perhaps, as I discussed with Larry yesterday, I am running low on money and new I would spend like $80 dollars there; or maybe, I am continuing on my trend of detachment and isolation; or if I would have gone, I would have broken both my arms and legs; or maybe, I didn't sleep a whole lot this weekend and I was tired. Whatever the cause, it's not really a big deal to me, it's just another day, and I don't think I would have had an exceptional time anyways. Now that I think of it, what is a big deal to me? College? Friends? Love? Hmm... what's a big deal to you?
 
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Well, I could have told you that before I took the test... I don't remember which test it was that told me this, but I spent last night taking several tests at thespark.com. I'm now only 80% a woman, 36% gay, 69% dateable, and 14% slutty.

Quote of the Day - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
 
March 4, 2003 - happy birthday brian!
I found out the reason for my not waking up yesterday... Since I didn't have my homework and didn't go to school, I had to drive up to the school to get my homework. On my way there, a truck hit me in the back and my car got pretty much totaled. The accident wasn't my fault, as I was only obeying the traffic laws. When the police officer was wrapping things up, I called my dad to let him know what happened and assured him that it was no big deal and we might as well get a new car, since "that car needed an oil change anyway." I never really thought twice about it, but I am a rather laid back fellow. I didn't flip out, I kept my composure even right when the truck hit me, which saved me from running right into a poll. And afterwards, I just put my car in park, turned it off, and let out a "phew!" of relief that I was alright. Only after the accident did I realize that the car that hit me (and was subsequently dented) was in fact a tow truck... after the police business was done, the tow truck driver attached my car to it and drove it away. It is quite possibly the most humorous and absurd situations that has ever happened to me. When my dad told him what happened, the insurance man said, "Maybe the tow company was just having a slow day and the driver wanted to get some business."
 
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The 
"I'm Definitely Not Getting Any In This Thing" Mobile

August 27, 1999 - March 3, 2003

Lyric of the Day - "Hope" by REM

So you look up to the heavens
And you hope that it's a spaceship
And it's something from your childhood
Your thinking don't be frightened
You want to climb the ladder
You want to see forever
You want to go out Friday
And you want to go forever. 
 
March 5, 2003 - the future looks bright
Yesterday, I was in a rather good mood overall. The car wreck seemed to give some excitement to my life and put things in perspective. My social life is picking back up again, so I don't think I'll have too many more lonely weekends... Opportunities to hang out with certain people have been coming up, and I've been generally taking advantage of those opportunities. Go with the flow, that's been my philosophy as of late. And at this point, the 'flow' seems to be leading me into a relationship... which is fine by me. Once things get more clear for me, I'll divulge more information. But rest assured, things are looking up, and I am approaching the light at the end of the tunnel.

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A Grove City shot... As you can see, we were at the depths of our boredom and desperately seeking anything to amuse us. If nothing else, it makes for a great photo.

(photograph via Cameron)

Movie Quote of the Day - Pleasantville

"I'm 40 years old. I mean it's not supposed to be like this."
"It's not supposed to be anything. Hold still."
 
March 6, 2003 - wool you be mine?
Another day gone by; yesterday was less eventful than the days preceeding it. I went by the intersection from the other day and picked up a piece of my tail light by the curb. I like to keep little things like that, so like in eight years when I come across it amidst my belongings, I can hold it and remember exactly what happened. That sounds kind of weird, so nevermind. That was yesterday, as for today: It's a lovely Thursday, and I have to get ready to go out to breakfast with the gang... so that's all I'll write for now.
 
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Quote of the Day - Jimmy Bond

"We will run amok together, and then, when we get tired, we will walk amok."
 
March 7, 2003 - "Chaos is come again."
Dah! I have suddenly become struck with confusion. It's as if all the conflicting voices in my head have decided to speak out all at once. And to top that off, I've just been given like 43 things to do in the next two weeks. This is the stuff that I thrive on; it's the beautiful chaos of life. Sometimes you just want to lose control and scream out loud and hold off on getting a grip for a little while. Question to ponder of the day: Have you ever really been in love?
 
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The Northern Lights... they're one thing I want to see at some point during my lifetime. They seem quite calming, actually... they remind me of the movie "Frequency" with Dennis Quaid and James Caviezel. If you're ever bored and looking for a movie to watch, I'd recommend that one.

Quote of the Day - Ben Stein

"The indispensible first step to get the things you want from life is this: Decide what you want."
 
March 8, 2003 - cameron is a bit too big
Well, last night was quite interesting. Steve-o and I intended on going to see his sister Chelsea at Hawken (they had some event going on), but somehow he didn't really know how to get there. So we spent about two hours kind of driving around, complete with a call to my sister to see if she knew the way. We weren't exactly diligently seeking our destination, we were just kind of hanging out as we became borderline-lost. All in all, it was a pretty good and peaceful night. Nothing like the open road, even if my mind may have been elsewhere. I think I'm going to be seeing Daredevil today with Michelle, and then hanging out with the gang for Brian's birthday... it will be one of the more social Saturdays I've had this year. Until tomorrow, adios.
 
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Considering I'm going out to get a car today, I figured this was a pretty appropriate IOTD. It's Cameron Sharp at the auto show, displaying why a compact car just won't cut it for him.

Quote of the Day - Eric Hoffer

"Every intense desire is perhaps a desire to be different from what we are."