| Observations of the Day |
[Jun. 26th, 2006|09:17 am] |
So then the howler monkey just flung the parachute pack across the room, hopped off his perch, launched into his rendition of “Fields of Gold,” and gave a perfunctory Romanian Army salute before marching on out of the room.
Story of my life.
Observation of the Day:
Villains of the world, beware! Your skulduggery shall never escape the eye of the mysterious masked defender of liberty and justice they call:
THE RUMINATOR
He’ll strongly consider thwarting your evil scheme!
Observation of the Day:
The song "Quit Playing Games With My Heart" would probably carry more emotional urgency if sung from an operating table.
Observation of the Day:
Nine out of ten advertising slogans could be made twice as interesting by substituting "dead" or "death" for one of the existing words.
-Alamo Rent-a-Car: Drive dead.
-Campbell's Soup: Mm-mm, death.
-General Electric: We bring dead things to life.
-Maybelline: Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's death.
-Olive Garden restaurants: When you're here, you're dead.
-Wrangler: Real. Comfortable. Death.
Observation of the Day:
Dear IRS,
Sorry, but I called "income dibs" back in March.
Better luck next year.
—Austin
Observation of the Day:
I've never been one of these guys that's into cars, but I do have a special obsession with promotional vehicles, such as ice cream trucks or the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile. This is the kind of thing I fantasize about picking up girls in.
"Hey baby." (Jingle jingle.) "You look kinda hot. How'd you like a little....refreshment?" (Ridiculous twinkly music)
Somewhere there is help, or an Internet chat room, for people like me.
from http://www.geocities.com/nougageddon/archive1.html |
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| oh my |
[Mar. 5th, 2006|11:08 pm] |
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i really don't understand why so many people get excited when they've been inconvenienced by others and feel they can get justifiably angry and seek retribution. |
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| basically sane? |
[Jan. 4th, 2006|12:22 pm] |
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i love being asked to ride horses for other folks as i don't have one of my own. what i don't love is getting the speil on how great the horse is and then "Oh and he hasn't been ridden in a while but he's basically sane."
"basically sane?" what does that mean? "basically he'll try to buck you off only once."
Even better is when they tell you where the lunge line is and stress that it would be good to lunge him before riding him.
yay horses! :D |
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| Striking |
[Dec. 21st, 2005|04:53 pm] |
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y'know with all this talk of the strike in NYC, nobody has mentioned why the transit workers are striking. There was something vague about getting respect in one article but that was it.
cause, i'd hate to resolve the issue that made them do something this extreme in the first place. |
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| George Morris |
[Nov. 16th, 2005|06:47 pm] |
George Morris is an icon in the equestrian world. He's ancient, done everything that he can given the sizeable pole up his ass and is considered quite the authority.
It also turns out that he sounds like the Sexual Harrassment Panda from Southpark.
ya. |
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| School Children |
[Nov. 1st, 2005|09:05 am] |
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| | amused | ] |
I'm seeing more and more school vans (think short buses) with the signs "CAUTION SCHOOL CHILDREN" everywhere.
So I wonder, what makes school children different from regular children? Non-school kids can run with scissors and take candy from strangers? How does one tell a school child from a regular child? Is it stamped somewhere? Do you have to ask them an age-appropriate question? (Explain Einstein's theory of special relativity or his fine-tuning of Newton's Law of Gravity. Take your time.)
And what would happen if i did NOT take caution around them? would they spontaneously combust? I can imagine the driver going "Oh my god! she's not taking caution! Avert your eyes school children! Avert your eyes!"
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| Halter QH Conformation |
[Oct. 12th, 2005|09:37 pm] |
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| | amused | ] |
I should preface this by saying that all horses are beautiful in their own way or that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
So, with that done, I really don't like halter QH conformation. In general, the low withers, built shoulders and sky-high butt of the quarter horse does not appeal. But the halter horses take this to extremes. I suppose that's the point and all. And who thought it would be a good idea to have the tiniest hoof possible? Hello, footbinding ring any bells?
I always thought halter horses were supposed to display the conformation desirable in a working horse. As in, you could get on this horse and go for a trail ride without it's feet crumbling. Grrrr. Silly people ruining horses. Grrrr......
hehehe i'm stupid. |
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| Giant Squid! |
[Sep. 28th, 2005|08:53 am] |
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Finally the giant squid has not only been seen alive as a healthy adult specimen but has been photographed! that sucker is looooooong
Heeeeeere squidy squidy squidy |
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| Pianists |
[Sep. 22nd, 2005|08:29 pm] |
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| | amused | ] |
I'm watching this pianist play with an orchestra on PBS and he's really getting into it. Pianists are really very physical musicians. Sometimes I just want to tell them to get it over with and have their orgasm already. |
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| False pretenses |
[Sep. 16th, 2005|06:42 pm] |
Yes, i am engaging in them. currently i am wearing the leotard, tights, and itty bitty knit shorts i got for ballet. if anyone happens to catch me wearing them it's because i'm not sure i want to keep the shorts and i need to get comfortable in a leotard again.
really, i'm enjoying walking and dancing about in a leotard and tights.
[shhhhhh] |
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| nothing better to do |
[Sep. 16th, 2005|04:02 pm] |
that's a blatant lie. but i don't want to do those things this minute so here goes. my interest list (every fifth one) and why it's an interest.
Dressage: style of riding. very technical, getting the horse to move better and more expressively. fascinating and seems to me to be more in-depth than any other style i've heard of.
Horseback riding: um
Mental health: also a no-brainer
Music: so generic i should really be shot
Scars: i've got lots of 'em.
The Cheshire Cat: who doesn't love an agent of chaos? |
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| My hero.... |
[Sep. 14th, 2005|08:27 am] |
is emily. for saving me $200 in textbook crapola.
you are my hero emily! |
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| hehehe |
[Sep. 11th, 2005|01:08 pm] |
funniest thing ever at the store today. i enter the parking lot, go to the back (my usual place because it's less noisy) and surprise! i find a car accident sitting there.
please recall this was in a parking lot. first work PARKING. as in the first car was PARKED AND NOT MOVING.
okay. now. this little toyota had been innocenty sitting in a handicapped spot. imagine the shock as the owner to come back and find another car on top of yours. yes, some behemoth chrysler thing had bumped into the tall handicapped sign, knocked it over, kept going (!!!) and ridden the signpost halfway up on top of the other car.
wow.
1) how fast were you going initially to bump into a sign and knock it over?
2) why did you KEEP GOING? i would think that after you realized you were going forward onto another car you might, um, stop?
wow |
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| BALLET! |
[Sep. 8th, 2005|02:37 pm] |
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right so my professor is my new favorite person. she's awesome. holy CRAP i had so much fun even though all we had time for was barre work and one center combination (this totally over the top waltz-y combination heh)
it's also fun that she brings in other stuff so that it's not technically classical ballet. she wants us relaxed so we did a lot of stretches in between exercises. i really need to start being able to pick up on combinations quickly again. it sucks to have to watch everyone else the first go-round.
wow i want to have dance class every day! |
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| bored |
[Sep. 6th, 2005|08:10 pm] |
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| |  bored | ] |
i'm bored
bored bored
bored bored
bored
bored!
so what to do tomorrow:
-go to look park
-clean out car
-laundry
-dust
-reorganize closet (all three would be good)
-obsessively check email
-organize/weed out bureau in big room
-clean bathroom
-send off return to LL Bean
-check tire pressure
um. right. but i think it's more a non-thinking boredom. should be eased when classes start on Friday. til then i'm just going to have to put up with not thinking |
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| the War for Sleep |
[Sep. 3rd, 2005|10:38 pm] |
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| | satisfied | ] |
I think I just won a critical battle in the War for a Good Night's Sleep (No Thanks to my Kitten)
He has ripped off the underside of my bed so that he can rattle around in there at night and I can't get at him. He also likes to not pay attention to me when I'm asking him to come out or stop the FUCKING RACKET.
anyway
tonight i tried to nail the cloth back to the frame. no go, i can't swing back far enough with the hammer to drive the nail in. stupid physics. (hmm....maybe i should just remove the cloth altogether. interesting) but then i figured i can prop the hole up so he just can't get at it. i stuffed the futon cushion under there and my laptop case weighed down with other stuff so it's harder for him to push or pull it. i hope this works. i'm at my wit's end! |
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| BALLET! |
[Aug. 31st, 2005|09:14 pm] |
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| |  bouncy | ] |
ooooooh boy. i'm excited. there might might might be a spot for me in a ballet class! oh frabjous joy! heh i was waltzing all over the place (and, inevitably, running into chairs) yesterday.
oh i've missed dance. i mean it was wretched at the end with the eating disorder and my mom taking over and having scoliosis and not being able to be perfect because of that but wow. i've missed it. i'm -really- excited. i just hope i get a spot.
hopehopehopehopehopehopehopehopehopehope......
(hopehope) |
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