Have you ever seen the statue called "St. Theresa in Agony"? I forget who it is by and I am too lazy to look it up, but it is a perfect example of how I feel right now. The statue shows her in complete and total ecstasy while she is being jabbed with arrows. I just got to debate Plato for well over an hour...
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I watched them topple the statue of Saddam in the Baghdad city square this afternoon. Seeing the people rejoice and dance on top of the statue made me reconisder my attitude toward this war. My strongest reason for thinking that this war is bad is that it isn't our country and therefore none of our fucking business. The $80,000,000,000 we are spending on this war...
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tunnelslats:
Thanks for the offer. It's a tolerable distance, so I should be fine, and if I'm dragged, that should hopefully entail a ride.
Now, on the off chance that I'll be needing a ride home.......
Now, on the off chance that I'll be needing a ride home.......
silvermchic:
oh so much to say...ok here goes...the war pisses me off...my new name will be austin...haha cause of my texas root and my desire to move back...yea it should change on your thing....and hmmmm....oh yea in between papers i am checking this sg so yea i am pretty lame....it is like this living breathing thing and if you leave it alone for a bit all sorts of things happen...madness i tell you....haha...and sorry i think i am a bit fried from writing all this stuff...i am on my 5th paper...oh yea and that lady you work with would of pissed me off to much to say....ok back to the paper writing....no sleep for me again tonight...grrr
I bowled about a 210 last night! Ok, so that was for the series...I fucking suck. My high game being a 99, I couldn't even break 100. Damn fun time though.....definitely have to do it again. Probably not for a couple weeks though. For Spring semester my early class on Tuesdays will be at 2 rather than 9:30, I think, I don't really remember my...
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scooter11:
Game was great--nice weather, Moyer was terrific. I think I may have ot go tomorrow to get me a free Edgar Martinez statue.
I have Neurot on my firends list too. Weird.
I have Neurot on my firends list too. Weird.
nerdboy2345:
thats quite a haul you made. i hate driving distances. hopefully i'll see you out at the bowl-a-thon sometime in the future.
new girl friday better...made friday even cooler
i hope the reds win
new girl friday better...made friday even cooler
i hope the reds win
I have made it home alive, now lets see if I can wake up and get to class on time.....
estrada:
Great, class.
I have those damned things.
I have those damned things.
ilovemikehunt:
yay.
dude, you look so totally different from your other profile flick..you looked much older in the picture. that's why i barely recognized you when i walked in, but then it clicked. ding! like a lightbulb.
dude, you look so totally different from your other profile flick..you looked much older in the picture. that's why i barely recognized you when i walked in, but then it clicked. ding! like a lightbulb.
Last night was fun. I got out of work early and my girl and I went out for dinner. Then we went and rented movies. We got The Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys. I had read the book a few years ago and really wanted to see the movie. I loved it. We also got House of Yes. I had not seen it in a...
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sabine:
my sister and i so almost rented that movie. we got igby goes down instead, her choice, but it was actually pretty good. mccauly kaulkin's (sp?) brother can act. who'd have thought.
tunnelslats:
Good to meet you tonight. I hope to be delving into that book soon, and sharing my thoughts. If nothing else, perhaps I'll see you this weekend.....
[Edited on Apr 08, 2003]
[Edited on Apr 08, 2003]
I just got another e-mail from my ex-girlfriend. She and I stopped talking to each other a couple months ago, but if you go back a week or so in my entries here you'll read about my brush with HPV and because of that I contacted her just in case I aquired it either before her or from her without her knowledge. Her response to...
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estrada:
The Tigers are young and Trammell is still learning.
Despite the 0-6 start, I'm looking foward to how the rest of the season plays out. The kids need to do some learning, but hopefully they won't just leave them out for the wolves too often.
I'm a huge fan of Ken Griffey, Jr. and it hurts to see him get injured yet again.
Despite the 0-6 start, I'm looking foward to how the rest of the season plays out. The kids need to do some learning, but hopefully they won't just leave them out for the wolves too often.
I'm a huge fan of Ken Griffey, Jr. and it hurts to see him get injured yet again.
tunnelslats:
Yeah, travel is definitely a big thing for me. The first time I got out of this country (to Italy,) it was like my eyes were opened to the world for the first time. Now I get restless if I spend a month or two in one place.
Have you been outside of the midwest at all? A wise woman once told me "you have to explore your own country before you can really appreciate any others" and I've always thought that made sense.
....trying to type more here, but my brain isn't functioning. Must save rambling for later.
Have you been outside of the midwest at all? A wise woman once told me "you have to explore your own country before you can really appreciate any others" and I've always thought that made sense.
....trying to type more here, but my brain isn't functioning. Must save rambling for later.
I got thinking about it and if I go to Chicago for the Bettie Serveert show it will be about 5am by the time I get home and I have to work 10-7 tomorrow. I think I'm skipping it. Bowling however, I should be able to make it to. I'll have to do some negotiating maybe in order to get out of working Monday afternoon/evening,...
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rexphantom:
Monkey mate in the jungle, robot replicate in factory.
noelle:
Bowling is so fun.
Isn`t Lotus a doll??
Isn`t Lotus a doll??
Dude Where's My Car? may be one of the worst movies ever made. I just finished with movie night for the night. We watched that and we watched Good Burger. Damn I love Good Burger......Welcome to Good Burger, Home of the Good Burger, Can I take your order?
Bettie Serveert is playing in Chicago on Friday.....I saw them a couple years ago and I think...
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ophelia:
Birthdays are highly overrated. Thank you for the birthday wishes, though.
I like 80s movies that are so bad they're funny. That's almost all I ever rent now, and look at all the crazy outfits that people wore, and wonder how anyone could think that they looked decent in them.
I like 80s movies that are so bad they're funny. That's almost all I ever rent now, and look at all the crazy outfits that people wore, and wonder how anyone could think that they looked decent in them.
rexphantom:
Dood, Mario Kart was THE Super Nintendo game.
Are you coming down for bowling next week? I haven't made it yet but I was going to try and go next time.
Are you coming down for bowling next week? I haven't made it yet but I was going to try and go next time.
I got my futon set up. The matress is so fucking comfy....9" thick and spring filled. My girl and I slept on it last night and it was so much more comfy than my bed.
I get to read The Art of Courtly Love by Andreas Capellanus some time before tomorrow morning.
I may be hanging out with a friend of mine tonight. For the...
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I may be hanging out with a friend of mine tonight. For the...
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tunnelslats:
That sounds like a good deal. I hope you can make it down.
Pop. 1280 is about a small town sheriff in the deep south. He's lazy as hell and doesn't bother enforcing the law. He's also pretty stupid on the surface, but he stumbles into a couple of elaborate schemes to dispatch with people he finds inconvenient.
Pop. 1280 is about a small town sheriff in the deep south. He's lazy as hell and doesn't bother enforcing the law. He's also pretty stupid on the surface, but he stumbles into a couple of elaborate schemes to dispatch with people he finds inconvenient.
silvermchic:
yes i am you are right
Opening day is my favorite day of the year.
My Reds lost, which sucks. But the Cubs put a whoopin' on the Mets and that was good to see. Maybe Dusty can pull the troops together and actually get them to play somewhat up to their potential. The Braves got fucking spanked by the Expos, few things are better than seeing the Braves get trounced....
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My Reds lost, which sucks. But the Cubs put a whoopin' on the Mets and that was good to see. Maybe Dusty can pull the troops together and actually get them to play somewhat up to their potential. The Braves got fucking spanked by the Expos, few things are better than seeing the Braves get trounced....
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m1e2r3l4i5s:
opening day was way cold! did you get to Comerica Park?
crispy:
That snow in Baltimore was unbelievable ... you couldn't see twenty feet ahead of you. Funky weather.
I had a blast ... I saw four games, all Phillies.
03/25 - Phils get shut out by the Yanks in Tampa.
03/26 - Phils beat the Jays in Clearwater.
03/27 - Phils get shut out (and no-hit) by the Rays in Clearwater.
03/28 - Phils get shut out in Clearwater.
That last game was the final MLB game in Jack Russell Memorial Stadium. The Phillies have played there since 1955, and have been in Clearwater since 1947 ... longest (or maybe second) affiliation in the league.
Following the game, the Tiki Bar contained within the park was flooded with people. An hour or so later, all that remained were a handful of hardcore fans, and a good number of hardcore baseball people ... players, broadcasters, executives, coaches, local sports personalities ... it was pretty sweet.
Free beer (at that point they had given up) and access to the people closest to the game? You've got to be kidding me!
At one point, I sarcastically mention my run of games (4 games/3 shutouts) and they jumped all over me. Larry Andersen (former relief pitcher and current broadcaster), Ruben Amaro, Jr. (Asst. GM), Greg Gross (hitting coach), Todd Pratt (backup catcher), and Scott Graham (broadcaster) all came to the consensus that I shouldn't go to Friday's home opener.
Andersen was particularly amusing. He called me an asshole no less than three times - I called him a washed up has-been and continuously brought up and laughed at the fact that he was once traded for Jeff Bagwell.
Good times. Tons of stories.
Yay for vacation!!
I had a blast ... I saw four games, all Phillies.
03/25 - Phils get shut out by the Yanks in Tampa.
03/26 - Phils beat the Jays in Clearwater.
03/27 - Phils get shut out (and no-hit) by the Rays in Clearwater.
03/28 - Phils get shut out in Clearwater.
That last game was the final MLB game in Jack Russell Memorial Stadium. The Phillies have played there since 1955, and have been in Clearwater since 1947 ... longest (or maybe second) affiliation in the league.
Following the game, the Tiki Bar contained within the park was flooded with people. An hour or so later, all that remained were a handful of hardcore fans, and a good number of hardcore baseball people ... players, broadcasters, executives, coaches, local sports personalities ... it was pretty sweet.
Free beer (at that point they had given up) and access to the people closest to the game? You've got to be kidding me!
At one point, I sarcastically mention my run of games (4 games/3 shutouts) and they jumped all over me. Larry Andersen (former relief pitcher and current broadcaster), Ruben Amaro, Jr. (Asst. GM), Greg Gross (hitting coach), Todd Pratt (backup catcher), and Scott Graham (broadcaster) all came to the consensus that I shouldn't go to Friday's home opener.
Andersen was particularly amusing. He called me an asshole no less than three times - I called him a washed up has-been and continuously brought up and laughed at the fact that he was once traded for Jeff Bagwell.
Good times. Tons of stories.
Yay for vacation!!
The Fightin' Phils are headed to Cincinnati this weekend!
In the Cornaro Chapel of the Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome is a masterpiece of baroque theater. Inside an altar niche, on a billowy white marble cloud, is the figure of a nun who looks as if she has just fainted, or is about to. Her eyes are lidded, her mouth half open in pain - or ecstasy. Her body is limp. Nearby is a serenely smiling angel who, with one hand, gently lifts the cloth of the nun's habit and with the other aims an arrow at her heart. The marble gentlemen seated in the balconies, or prie-dieux, on either side of the altarpiece seem to be discussing this divine tableau, while, backlit by celestial golden rays, the nun and her companion are poised in silent rapture. The viewer too is transfixed: just the effect intended by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, a sculptor known for wringing high emotion from stone.
The central player in Bernini's drama is Saint Teresa of Avila - Teresa de Jesus, as she named herself in religion - a sixteenth-century Spanish mystic and reformer. The event depicted in Bernini's sculptural group is known in the Catholic Church as the transverberation, and it refers to a recurring vision of an angel that Teresa described in the "Libro de la vida," the book of her life. "In his hands I saw a large golden spear," she wrote,
and at its iron tip there seemed to be a point of fire. I felt as if he plunged this into my heart several times, so that it penetrated all the way to my entrails. When he drew it out, he seemed to draw them out with it, and left me totally inflamed with a great love for God. The pain was so severe, it made me moan several times. The sweetness of this intense pain is so extreme, there is no wanting it to end, and the soul is not satisfied with anything less than God.
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Wow!!! Anyway, I highly recommend this book. I'm something of a student of nunnery, having almost become one myself. Thanks for the link! BTW, you have excellent taste in movies, books and music...