Ten Things
by V.E. on January 22nd, 2009
filed under quizzes/surveys
Part 1 of the ridiculously long survey, found here and here.
10 firsts
First boyfriend/girlfriend: um.. I don’t know.. Randy Strawn, maybe?
First best friend: Victoria Johnson
First screen name: er… suiseijedi, I think, but I don’t really remember
First kiss: a loooooong time ago; either Victoria or Tony
First piercings: I think I was 12? one in each ear
First crush: Tony Simanara
First music: my dad playing something on the piano, probably
First car: never had one, but I learned to drive in an ’82 Honda Civic
First love: writing
First stuffed animal: Raggedy Anne
9 lasts
Last cigarette: hmm.. last week?
Last alcoholic beverage: never, thank you very much
Last car ride: hmm.. in Wilkes-Barre to the banquet dinner (thanks, Chad!)
Last kiss: Dave on Dec. 22
Last movie seen: The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
Last phone call: with Yager this afternoon
Last CD played: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest soundtrack
Last bubble bath: um… I have no idea; a while ago
Last time you cried: during President Obama’s swearing in
8 have you ever…
Have you ever dated one of your best friends: hmm… they became my best friend afterward; does that count?
Have you ever skinny dipped: Yes
Have you ever been on TV: Yes, once when I was a kid
Have you ever kissed somebody and regretted it: Yes
Have you ever had a sex dream about someone you know: Sure; who HASN’T?
Have you ever fallen in love: Yes
Have you ever lost someone you loved: Yes
Have you ever been depressed: Yes
7 places you’ve been: Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York City, Tijuana, Alaska, Texas, Pennsylvania
6 things you’ve done today: listened to music, written (but not enough), surfed the internet, watched Tokyo Mew Mew, slept, read some of Boy Princess
5 favorite things in no particular order: reading, writing, sleeping, hanging out with good friends, American history
4 people to whom you can tell [almost] anything: Bobby, Daylin, Yager, Dave
3 Obsessions: anime, etymology, writing
2 things you want to do before you die: learn to speak/read/write German fluently!, visit Japan
1 thing you regret: not paying attention in high school as much as I should have; that is, wasting my high school education as much as I did.
Cleaning out the tab bar
by V.E. on January 22nd, 2009
filed under entertainment, fyi, school
… again. It feels like I have to do this every week to stay sane.
Link and the re-dead: VG Cats 80, “Dead & Loving It”
In a padded cell: VG Cats 45, “Link Finally Snaps”
NYPD Cadets website
The Gorean Voice and its archives
Silk & Steel
Dual Canon Rock; or, Pachebel’s Canon, Rock Guitar style
The Problem with Poetry
Newspapers covering Obama’s inauguration, from going.com
On a side note, I downloaded The Remains of the Day (IMDb | Wikipedia) because I have to watch it for class after I read the book, but it’s in *.vob format. I can (technically) watch it fine because I have VLC, but I can’t figure out how to put all the files together in one coherent file to actually watch it in order. Can anyone help me out??
The Laws of Ducks
by V.E. on January 21st, 2009
filed under entertainment, words, writing
Duck Law No. 1
If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, looks like a duck and cooks like a duck, it’s a duck.
Restatement: All things are known by their attributes.
Duck Law No. 2
Even under ideal circumstances, no duck, no matter how noble or well-intentioned, can be an eagle.
Restatement: All things must be what they are.
Duck Law No. 3
A duck can pretend to be an eagle except in times of adversity.
Restatement: Pretense and adversity are inversely proportional; adversity reveals the true nature of all things.
Duck Law No. 4
No duck may be an eagle until it abandons its webbed feet and bill for talons and a beak.
Restatement: All things remain as they are until the attributes that define them are abandoned. Then, and only then, can they evolve.
Duck Law No. 5
Ducks are noble creatures. They shall not be penalized in the eyes of other creatures because they are not eagles.
Restatement: All things are honorable if they are what they are honestly, even if they are different from you.
Duck Law No. 6
The greatest duck that ever was cannot cannot fly as high as even a modest eagle.
Restatement: If one would soar with eagles, do not swim with ducks.
Duck Law No. 7
Ducks flock. Eagles fly alone. Ducks and eagles never mingle.
Restatement: Choose company wisely.
Duck Law No. 8
A duck’s quack doesn’t echo. No one knows why.
Restatement: Sometimes there is no answer.
At least I’m not a heretic, probably… right?
by V.E. on January 20th, 2009
filed under quizzes/surveys
The Dante’s Inferno Test has banished you to the Seventh Level of Hell!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
| Level | Score |
|---|---|
| Purgatory (Repenting Believers) | Very Low |
| Level 1 – Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers) | Very Low |
| Level 2 (Lustful) | Very High |
| Level 3 (Gluttonous) | Moderate |
| Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious) | Low |
| Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy) | High |
| Level 6 – The City of Dis (Heretics) | Low |
| Level 7 (Violent) | Extreme |
| Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers) | High |
| Level 9 – Cocytus (Treacherous) | High |
Take the Dante Inferno Hell Test
The Postal Service
by V.E. on January 19th, 2009
Neither snow
nor rain
nor heat
nor gloom of night
stays
these couriers from
the swift completion
of their appointed rounds
Wow, I haven’t updated in nearly a month
by V.E. on January 15th, 2009
filed under beauty, favorite, fyi, writing
A lot has happened, and yet I feel the same.
Emptying the tab bar:
Figments Studio: enchanting handcrafted journals.
Six-word memoirs; my favorites:
- Tattoos made my skin more me.
- I’d never get away with that.
- What the fuck was I thinking?
- Christmas Day Eve, free Dr. Pepper.
- I refuse to live in exile.
- Writing is simple but not easy.
I want a subscription to bitch magazine!
Linkin Park lyrics: Leave Out All the Rest
How to ship a manuscript: gotta do that in two weeks or less..
Fifteen Tactics for Maximizing Your Investment in Reading for Personal Growth
Greensleeves music and lyrics.
