I've slain the demon that has been haunting me these past fourteen weeks. Now I shall prepare its corpse for the feast next week.
I mean: I finished my thesis and now only have to edit it and supply the abstract, table of contents, and whatnot. Far less mentally taxing than actually writing the damn thing.
The world just seems brighter now. I imagine it'll...
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I mean: I finished my thesis and now only have to edit it and supply the abstract, table of contents, and whatnot. Far less mentally taxing than actually writing the damn thing.
The world just seems brighter now. I imagine it'll...
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I'm always perplexed when people talk about "not wanting to ruin a friendship by having sex," as that's never happened to me. Ever. To the contrary, every one of friendships where sex was eventually had became stronger, more enjoyable.
On the other hand, I've had two friendships that didn't survive the denial of sex.
On the other hand, I've had two friendships that didn't survive the denial of sex.
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vixxen_:
I'm very with you on that comment. I randomly sleep with my friends if it comes up (no pun intended). I find it keeps relationships real and sane.
mykra:
That person is just being a bad friend. Friends have sex with other friends, otherwise your just a greedy bastard.
Honestly, I love "4th Time Around," but I just don't know what the fuck's happening in it. I have my theories, but they generally run into the same deadends that I have when trying to figure out what Cohen meant by "did you ever go clear?"
To a certain degree, though, I kinda like the idea that Dylan might've written "4th Time Around"...
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To a certain degree, though, I kinda like the idea that Dylan might've written "4th Time Around"...
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turin:
bowie and TMBG are prime inspiration to me. they show to me that true success in the arts can only come when you are doing exactly what you want, exactly the way you want to do it... you just have to hope the public likes it. if not, you get a real job like everyone else!
scatmonkey:
Ain't binary, it's hexadecimal. 
Subverting the mainstream with personal visions is how the music industry grows. Unfortunately, it usually becomes co-opted and cloned before you have the chance to say "how original..."
We're still happy with the home, just not terribly happy with our builder right now. hey seem to be dragging their feet on a number of issues. Well, they have till May before we have a legal right to complain.
I'll watch Fox again when they bring back The Family Guy. Until then, I'm sticking with the Porn.
Subverting the mainstream with personal visions is how the music industry grows. Unfortunately, it usually becomes co-opted and cloned before you have the chance to say "how original..."
We're still happy with the home, just not terribly happy with our builder right now. hey seem to be dragging their feet on a number of issues. Well, they have till May before we have a legal right to complain.
I'll watch Fox again when they bring back The Family Guy. Until then, I'm sticking with the Porn.
My bronchial tubes have betrayed me. But that gives me an excuse to stay in bed and work on the brain-eating thesis.
Just three more weeks. Three more weeks.
Just three more weeks. Three more weeks.
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bombshellbetty:
Altar boys and the Pope? Ha! I went to Catholic school for 10 years, and ended up doing a burlesque routine with a PVC clad nun (me) and a naughty schoolgirl (my dance partner) who both turned into little devils. Hehe!
coliwali:
Yeah, how the hell did procrastination become enough of a survival trait to stay in the gene pool?
Yojimbo as Fistful, and The Seven Samurai as The Magnificent Seven. Bits of The Hidden Fortress are said to have inspired Star Wars. As far as I know, thats it.
Youre very, very right. Short hair makes the whole showering experience better.
The school year countdown is ticking away. But I guess thats only comforting if the brain-eating thesis is taken care of.
Yojimbo as Fistful, and The Seven Samurai as The Magnificent Seven. Bits of The Hidden Fortress are said to have inspired Star Wars. As far as I know, thats it.
Youre very, very right. Short hair makes the whole showering experience better.
The school year countdown is ticking away. But I guess thats only comforting if the brain-eating thesis is taken care of.
(i) I'm not the only one who does a full-body quiver every time I see the commercials for The Swan, am I?
(ii) Am I really missing some deeper layer to Will Ferrell's comedy? Others find him hilarious; I find him tedious. I just don't understand the appeal.
(iii) How is it that I haven't seen Picnic at Hanging Rock before now? Why was...
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(ii) Am I really missing some deeper layer to Will Ferrell's comedy? Others find him hilarious; I find him tedious. I just don't understand the appeal.
(iii) How is it that I haven't seen Picnic at Hanging Rock before now? Why was...
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smuffy:
Hey you. Where have you been? All ok I hope. I miss you.
novy:
1. I'm not too sure about that
2. Some things he's done has been great. Especially the clothing skit on SNL with the tiny cell phone, the motorized wheelchair, and the polka dotted sweater.
3. I guess I'm lacking knowledge on that one too
4. Security maybe
5. Jellybean smuggling operation, have I heard this before??
2. Some things he's done has been great. Especially the clothing skit on SNL with the tiny cell phone, the motorized wheelchair, and the polka dotted sweater.
3. I guess I'm lacking knowledge on that one too
4. Security maybe
5. Jellybean smuggling operation, have I heard this before??
- I was wondering when this was going to happen.
- Is there some genetic problem in ninety percent of the population that prevents them from understanding the concept of a sign "Left Two Lanes Closed 1 Mile," or is it really a hard concept to grasp? My drive home was two and a half hours longer because of the idiots who couldn't be...
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- Is there some genetic problem in ninety percent of the population that prevents them from understanding the concept of a sign "Left Two Lanes Closed 1 Mile," or is it really a hard concept to grasp? My drive home was two and a half hours longer because of the idiots who couldn't be...
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madigan:
I hate driving, I really do. Unless it's on a scenic country road with few cars to bother me, then it's okay.
So, what madness have you been dreaming about now?
So, what madness have you been dreaming about now?
mykra:
Yes there is a problem with that 90% of the population...stupidity. Oh, and a lack of uncommon sense.
People. Hmph.
Swoo
People. Hmph.
Swoo
My dreams were filled with odd occurances. Being caught with porn by the parents of a friend from gradeschool and then being forced to greet everyone at their family reunion with, "Hello, I love porn"; setting cars on fire with my grandmother; seducing professional tennis players and enjoying slick smooth skin; a kitchen cabinet that threw dishes at me whenever I walked by; a gentleman...
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smuffy:
Read my journal bitch.
I have an important message for all my so-called friends.
I have an important message for all my so-called friends.
novy:
Are you the only one who still enjoys side-scrolling video games??
You picked the wrong person to rhetorically ask my friend.
Streets of Rage, Final Fight, Street Fighter, Castlevania, Contra, Monster Party, Maniac Mansion, Ghoul School, Blaster Master, and I could go on.
Believe me, I could.
Side-scrolling in video games is oftentimes synonymous with creativity.
and, to me, at least (however not to the top sellers charts), creativity is where it's at.
I'm going to E3 this year. Got my confirmation the other day,
You picked the wrong person to rhetorically ask my friend.
Streets of Rage, Final Fight, Street Fighter, Castlevania, Contra, Monster Party, Maniac Mansion, Ghoul School, Blaster Master, and I could go on.
Believe me, I could.
Side-scrolling in video games is oftentimes synonymous with creativity.
and, to me, at least (however not to the top sellers charts), creativity is where it's at.
I'm going to E3 this year. Got my confirmation the other day,
"I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own."
I usually get a blank stare in response when I say that.
I usually get a blank stare in response when I say that.
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mykra:
I had one of those stares before. A Air Force recruiter came into our school and was talking to us, he asked me why I would want to join the USAF and I replied 'to kill, kill, kill! sir!'
He was not amused.
He was not amused.
smuffy:
I suppose there's some logical basis to your mom's fear, but I don't know. Probably easier to replace the pic than to change her mind.
Yes. Yes. Yes. It's cool you understand.
Oh and no blank stare there. I kind of get what you're trying to say (for once)---most of the time I'm pretty dim witted and it takes me a bit to catch on to anything that is philosophical in nature.
Oh and you are the secind person that has told me they don't like the Night remake. I actually thought it was like the same exact movie except it was colorized. LOL.
Yes. Yes. Yes. It's cool you understand.
Oh and no blank stare there. I kind of get what you're trying to say (for once)---most of the time I'm pretty dim witted and it takes me a bit to catch on to anything that is philosophical in nature.
Oh and you are the secind person that has told me they don't like the Night remake. I actually thought it was like the same exact movie except it was colorized. LOL.
Thinking with a broken brain.
- The best part of writing 20+ pages a day for three days straight? The way everything looks so beautiful and complex to the broken brain. I was mesmerized by the river of people movers on the highway.
- Even with a broken brain, I was forced to sadly think about someone I spoke to, "It should be illegal that...
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- The best part of writing 20+ pages a day for three days straight? The way everything looks so beautiful and complex to the broken brain. I was mesmerized by the river of people movers on the highway.
- Even with a broken brain, I was forced to sadly think about someone I spoke to, "It should be illegal that...
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mykra:
Dont worry about it, It just struck me as a powerful phrase.
I never found Don funny, and I thought he was already dead.
Go figure.
I never found Don funny, and I thought he was already dead.
Go figure.
vixxen_:
Well I do like the begging....
The only picture I have from the fuckerware party that turned out is one of my friend's two year old son playing with a huge vibrator. His mother was in stitches laughing, and his father was horrified.
Grad students are supposed to seduce undergrads, hey?
The only picture I have from the fuckerware party that turned out is one of my friend's two year old son playing with a huge vibrator. His mother was in stitches laughing, and his father was horrified.
Grad students are supposed to seduce undergrads, hey?
A woman crawled through my window and ate my brain to slake her lust for the words of rotting poetmen.
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madigan:
That gives me the weirdest feeling of deja vu.
vixxen_:
I got that boy in my bed. It was better fantasizing about this one.
- Spring break for this grad student looks to consist entirely of thesis writing and window installation. I'm sure there's a joke in there somewhere.
- At the moment, the song that is most putting a smile on my face is "If You Own the Washington Redskins You're a Cock" by Atom and His Package. I think any song that mentions a Jesus Christ mascot...
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- At the moment, the song that is most putting a smile on my face is "If You Own the Washington Redskins You're a Cock" by Atom and His Package. I think any song that mentions a Jesus Christ mascot...
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novy:
and, oh yes, Rampage, was a great game
I can't remember whether I played it on the NES or the Genesis, but it was a lot of fun, I remember that much.
I can't remember whether I played it on the NES or the Genesis, but it was a lot of fun, I remember that much.
coliwali:
1) Atom and His Package rocks.
2) Will Smith does not.
2) Will Smith does not.
Spalding Gray is dead.
When I was trying to decide on a grad school to attend, one of my choices (indeed one I applied and was accepted to) was Long Island University. That Gray was a resident writer there was one of the selling points. Ultimately I decided to go elsewhere, and I'd heard many bad things about the program there, but I'd always wondered...
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When I was trying to decide on a grad school to attend, one of my choices (indeed one I applied and was accepted to) was Long Island University. That Gray was a resident writer there was one of the selling points. Ultimately I decided to go elsewhere, and I'd heard many bad things about the program there, but I'd always wondered...
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alyssum:
What is your thesis about? That's one of the reasons I'm glad I wasn't able to finish school, I would be in the same position your in and that's a hell of a lot of money riding on my ability to satisfactorily finish a task like that.
I suspect it's inevitable that we will all be attracted to someone completely repugnant at least once in our lives.
A "to do before dying" list is sort of how I got this question in my head. I don't think I've ever had one of those for myself, but when I found out my brother was dying I manufactured one for him. By the end I came to terms with what our respective real priorities were and what I felt I couldn't have lived without doing. For him, he'd always wanted to get a Miata, go to Hawaii one more time, and let the people he loved know how he felt about them. For me it was good sex with both genders, falling deeply in love as often as possible, and feeling appreciated by a wide circle of friends.
I suspect it's inevitable that we will all be attracted to someone completely repugnant at least once in our lives.
A "to do before dying" list is sort of how I got this question in my head. I don't think I've ever had one of those for myself, but when I found out my brother was dying I manufactured one for him. By the end I came to terms with what our respective real priorities were and what I felt I couldn't have lived without doing. For him, he'd always wanted to get a Miata, go to Hawaii one more time, and let the people he loved know how he felt about them. For me it was good sex with both genders, falling deeply in love as often as possible, and feeling appreciated by a wide circle of friends.
smiley66:
Hope the thesis conference goes well! I'm actually managing to get some work done at the moment, so it's looking good.
Um..ok, I confused myself there. Congrats anyways!