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 Archive -- Week 70: 10/26/03 - 11/1/03
Song of the Week: U2 - October

October 27, 2003 - cashing in
I am definitely a slacker when it comes to weekend updates!! But alas, I'm updating now... we'll see how well I do this week. Overall, I had a pretty good weekend. It was so great to hang out with Brian again... it was kind of like a taste of old times. We basically just hung out at my house Friday and Saturday til 3 AM... just talking and goofing around. In fact, we had such a good time, that in a couple weeks, Larry, Milda, Ashley, and I will be going down to see him at OU. That should be pretty exciting.

As for my Sunday, it was not all that great. I was feeling somewhat reclusive, so I spent the whole day watching a Planet of the Apes marathon on AMC. I only got to see three of the five movies, but still.. I never saw them before, and they were actually really good.  I think they really say a lot about hypocrisy and blindness to others and such. Anyway...

Last night was not too great... It was like, everything was fine, but then, it hit me-- what "it" is, I can't really describe in words... but I was hit by something, I'll tell you that much. As for now, I'm just sitting here alone in my room (Steve-O went back to Euclid for the evening). So it's kind of boring... and I really could use a visitor or two right about now.

Ohhh... and a quick medical update. The doctor saw something strange on my scan, like some sort of cyst or something in my terminal ilium, but I got a blood test, and whatever is there doesn't seem to be causing any harm bodily-wise. So for now, things are okay. We'll see what happens in the future.

Alright, I guess that's all I have to say for now... More tomorrow (hopefully). 
 

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All I can say is..."(face.)"


Excerpt of the Day - Another Roadside Attraction, by Tom Robbins

"What did Henry Ford II say when the government began insisting on safety devices in cars? ‘The American people don’t want anything that’s going to upset the economy.’ And what’s more, Ford was right. Fifty thousand a year dead on the highways, but don’t rock the economy… The settlement to all questions, the solutions to all issues are determined not by what will make the people most healthy and happy in their bodies and their minds but by economics… Let nothing interfere with economic growth, even though that growth is castrating truth, poisoning beauty, turning a continent into a shit-heap and driving an entire civilization insane. Don't spill the Coca-Cola, boys, and keep those monthly payments coming."
 
October 28, 2003 - as boring as a drill-savvy mole
Sheesh... I've put off my homework too much today. After spending much time doing who-knows-what, I watched the two-hour finale of the Joe Shmoe show, and then an episode of the always-hilarious Family Guy. So now I'm sitting here and I need to come up with a topic for my 5-9 page math paper... and I have no idea what to do with it. Ah well, I'll think of it before class tomorrow. We only have to turn in a topic paragraph, not the whole paper or anything, so I'm fine for now. Alright, I apologize for the intense boringness in my update... it only reflects the intense boringocity of my day.
 


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An exposure shot of the moonrise over Seattle.


Quote of the Day - Dave Barry

"Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called electrons that you cannot see with the naked eye... unless you have been drinking."
 
October 29, 2003 - phoney philosophy
We discussed this in Sociology the other day, and since Joe said it to me on the phone today, I figured I'd bring it up. Like my Sociology teacher, it bugs me when I'm on the phone with someone and he/she says, "Alright, I'll let you go" just out of nowhere. I mean, obviously I'm not the one who wants to get off the phone, and the person basically says it so he's not being a jerk and saying "I don't want to talk to you anymore." But really, if we are good friends, the person should be able to admit that he has something else he would rather be doing, and hence be able to get off the phone without using me as an excuse. However, I was thinking about the whole "I'll let you go" thing in terms of Goffman's idea of the socially-constructed self. To quote Goffman, "Much of the activity occuring during an encounter can be understood as an effort on everyone's part to get through the occasion and all the unanticipated and unintentional events that can cast participants in an undesireable light, without disrupting the relationships of the participants." Thus, when someone says "I'll let you go", he is trying to get off the phone without casting either party in an undesireable light. In essence, he is saying "Your time is valuable, and talking on the phone to me is hardly important compared to all your other affairs"... Thus, he casts himself as considerate and the person on the other end as important.

Perhaps I'm looking into it too much... so I'll let you go. 
 


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Fact of the Day

In the state of Nebraska it is illegal to speak with a fake German accent.

 
October 30, 2003 - Furbian slip
So after playing Steve's Furby game (see below) for a while yesterday and talking about it today, I was walking to class and I could have sworn I heard a girl say "See ya later, Furby!" Now, I looked at who she was talking to and I realized it was actually a girl named Courtney. So then I got to thinking, "Why did I hear 'Furby' when I wasn't even thinking of the Furby game at all???" The subconscious (or maybe pre-conscious?) is a very interesting thing. Apparently, not only are sexual thoughts repressed (and expressed in 'Freudian slips'), but also thoughts of violent furry little creatures.

On an entirely different note, Halloween is tomorrow! YAY!!!!
 


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Considering I accidently wished her a happy birthday yesterday, I figured it was the least I could do to wish her one on her actual birthday. So Happy Birthday Kristen!

(Does this picture look familiar??? Guess who found remnants of his old "Mates" page? You'll find out soon enough...)


C++ Program of the Day - Attack of the Furbies, by Steve-O
 
November 1, 2003 - halloween in my spleen
Heh... couldn't think of anything else to rhyme with 'halloween'... anyway, Halloween was a blast. I have shots of the gang in full costume, but I have to wait til I get to school to be able to put them on my computer and then onto my site. But yeah, I'm a big fan of Halloween... I always have been, I suppose. I am definitely gonna be one of those adults who dresses up on Halloween. For this year's Halloween, I last-minute decided to be a pirate... so I was, eye makeup and all.

As for now, I'm getting ready to go to Chelsea's play... So I'll be off to do that. Take it easy.
 
 

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Despite its... grotesqueness, I must admit it's an ingenious Halloween costume.


Terrible Halloween Joke of the Day

So this mummy goes to see a psychiatrist, and he tells the doctor, "Doc, I'm having terrible trouble... I can't sleep, I can't eat, I can't focus... What's wrong with me??" And the psychiatrist looks him in the eye and says, "Well, it's simple really... You're all wound up."