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| Sunday, May 28th, 2006
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6:57 pm - Things I ask myself at work
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- How exactly does one collect food? I mean, in the limited edition, save-it-for-my-grandchildren type way. In my store, ads frequently come over the intercom, and one is for the "new, special limited edition collecter's teas from the Republic of Tea! Try all 5 new flavors inspired by the artist Jerry Garcia! Hurry now, and don't forget that they're the collecter's editions!"
(By the way, Jerry Garcia really must be a branding whore... didn't he already sell himself to Ben and Jerry's for a pint of ice cream?)
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- Just how stupid are people nowadays? (I ask myself this one a lot). I asked it this weekend for 2 reasons: 1, I ran across a small grill that we carry, and the box contained the caveat "does not contain food." I really, really wonder about the person who inspired that warning: "hey [grill company], I am suing you for false advertising because this box had a picture of the grill with meat and corn on it, but it doesn't come with meat OR corn! I was mislead!"
2nd reason, a bit more subtle: We just received new display mats for the registers that detail our return and alchohol sale policies. In regards to the alchohol, it proudly states, "We Check ID's." I see that error so many places, it's ridiculous. I feel the need to start an orginization a la SADD: SAMA-- Students Against the Misuse of Apostrophes. Either that, or a PSA campaign. Move over, NBC's "The More You Know," here comes the Grammar Police!
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| Sunday, March 19th, 2006
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6:31 pm - Remember, remember, the 5th of November/ The gunpowder, treason, and plot
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I saw V for Vendetta last night... Hugo Weaving now owns a little bit of my soul.
He's masked the whole movie, yet nothing was lost in his performance because you couldn't see his face. It all came through his body language and tone of voice. Gerard Butler, eat your heart out.
I want to see it again.
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| Tuesday, March 14th, 2006
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8:05 pm - From ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) kalquessa
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Gray Davis
Circle I Limbo Saddam Hussein
Circle II Whirling in a Dark & Stormy Wind Bill Clinton
Circle III Mud, Rain, Cold, Hail & Snow General asshats
Circle IV Rolling Weights PETA Members
Circle V Stuck in Mud, Mangled River Styx Militant Vegans
Circle VI Buried for Eternity River Phlegyas Scientologists
Circle VII Burning Sands Osama bin Laden
Circle IIX Immersed in Excrement Parents who bring squalling brats to R-rated movies
Circle IX Frozen in Ice Design your own hell |
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| Sunday, March 12th, 2006
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7:53 pm - iTunes meme
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Got this from pressdbtwnpages, and since iTunes would rule my life if left to its own intentions, I thought I'd give it a try:
Put your iTunes on shuffle.
Say the following questions aloud, and press play.
Use the song title as the answer to the question.
NO CHEATIN'
( Mirror, mirror )
I rather like this one.
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| Monday, February 27th, 2006
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11:47 pm - There is something wet falling on my head.
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For maybe the first time all winter, it has been steadily raining for most of the day, and still is as I type. It was clear when I left my house this morning, only to walk out of the music building at 4:30pm and have to run back home in the rain, soaking my jean-cuffs and getting water in my very not-rain-proof shoes.
Not that I'm complaining about the rain, per se. Just the lack of warning ;)
current music: Rain, duh.
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| Friday, February 24th, 2006
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12:36 am - These words are my own/ from my heart flows...
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Poor Irina Slutskaya... I didn't want you to beat Sasha Cohen, but you are better than bronze, I think. And go Japan for having its first medal of the olympics be the gold in women's figure-skating--quite a bang, that.
In other news, I just found out that sometime in the next 2 weeks, I am going to sing for Barbara frikin' Bonney! Each of those is a link to some of her albums and work to give you an idea of who she is, but let me tell you: this is a big deal. And what I would like to sing for her isn't ready, but that is another entry. Wow, just... wow. I hardly know what to think.
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| Thursday, February 16th, 2006
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11:49 pm - *Boggles*
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I want this so so very badly.
It's so aesthetically pleasing... and shiny... and fast! Maybe if I got it on a payment plan. Thoughts?
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| Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
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4:05 pm - Happy Singles Awareness Day!
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There's a love that transcends
All that we've known of ourselves
And I'll wait for it to come
I'll wait for it to come
Well it's got to be strong to touch my heart
Through its shell
And I'll wait for it to come
I'll wait for it to come
-- Copeland, "Coffee"
"If love is surrender, then whose war is it anyway?"
--Frou Frou, "Psychobabble"
Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thine arm; for love is strong as death, passion fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a raging flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If one offered for love all the wealth of his house, it would be utterly scorned.
--Song of Solomon 8:6-7
current mood:  contemplative
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| Monday, February 13th, 2006
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12:31 am - Busy
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A very full weekend. Highlights:
- I got to have coffee with valor on Thursday, which was very cool. We went to high school together but we hadn't gotten to hang out much since then, so it was good to chat. He's currently looking to maybe work for Google and take over the world. Or get knighted and become "Sir Valor, Son of Poland."
- On Friday, I started my brand new shiny job at Cost Plus World Market. I really like the store and the items we carry, but even after the 3 days I've now worked there, I'm wondering how long it will last. I am definitely not profit-oriented enough for retail, that is for sure. Money just isn't the most important thing to me. But for now, it's a good fit, and on Saturday, I broke in my employee discount of 25%. A dangerous thing, that discount.
- kalquessa keeps making voice posts, and I am jealous! I wish I could do that, but it takes a paid account, right? Oh well.
- I am sick, and it is all my housemates' fault. I now have a nose that runs like a faucet, and will join the tenor section on Monday in choir ;)
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| Wednesday, February 8th, 2006
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12:33 am - Chuck Norris can eat soup with a fork.
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Did you know that Chuck Norris does not go hunting? He does not, because the word "hunting" implies the possibility of faliure. Chuck Norris goes Killing.
Find more incredible facts like these at www.chucknorrisfacts.com.
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| Monday, February 6th, 2006
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12:34 pm - >=(
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People are inexplicable. My head is exploading.
Off to do Form and Analysis HW and contemplate my navel.
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| Sunday, February 5th, 2006
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11:41 am
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| Saturday, February 4th, 2006
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11:02 pm - Gainfully employed, at last.
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I finally have a real live part-time job at the Cost Plus World market in the Village at Orange. Meaning I'll be slightly richer than I am now; that is, until I use my shiny employee discount on all the amazing furnishings and international food and spend all my paycheck.
In other news, Carol Channing came to Chapman yesterday and gave a performance of her one woman show in honor of she and her husband setting up a scholarship fund here for Theater students. Chapman students got free tickets, so I went and had a really good time. The woman is funny! and at 86 can still move around and sing like she's 25 years younger. She did impressions of Tallulah Bankhead, Sophie Cook, etc, sang the songs she made famous, and pretty much just brought down the house. Then I finally saw Good Night and Good Luck with some friends, but was so exhausted by that time of night that I fell asleep during the last part... I guess I'll have to rent it to see what I missed. Slightly embarassing, that. I very much enjoyed what I did see, though... it's a really beautifully shot movie that pulls no punches and doesn't have the posturing and self-importance that so many historically-themed movies fall prey to.
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| Monday, January 16th, 2006
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12:46 pm - Greece is the Word
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The 24 hour countdown has begun for my first-ever international trip, and all I can think about is, "what if I forget my passport?" Heh... I love traveling, but this is the big leagues now. My friend Kristin is driving down from Sacramento to spend the night and then we're giving her a ride to the airport, so I guess we can be irrationally worried together.
I never thought my first trip abroad would be to Greece; I always imagined something typical, like England or France would be first. Not that I'm complaining or anything... ;)
I've been asking around for addresses the past few days because I want to send postcards while I'm there, but if I haven't asked you and you want one, just e-mail me your address before tomorrow morning.
Have great weeks, and I'll see you all when I gat back (if the jet lag doesn't finish me first). =D
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| Saturday, October 15th, 2005
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11:35 pm - Movies
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I saw Serenity last night, and I lurrrved it. Am going to try to watch Firefly post-haste.
In additon, I saw the Emma Thompson version of Sense and Senseability last week, and have come to the conclusion that I am Elinor Dashwood. I am also the non-Cameron Diaz sister in In Her Shoes.
It makes me feel better to have fictional characters who share my woe ;)
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| Sunday, October 2nd, 2005
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1:13 am
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"I had a lover's quarrel with the world"
--Robert Frost
current mood:  awake
current music: Hm! Hm! Hm! - The Magic Flute
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| Saturday, September 24th, 2005
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3:24 am - He's got Westley hair, only in the brown variety
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I went to see a silly musical tonight with my roommate and got within 5 miles of my house, but didn't go home. But I did go to Dennys with said roommate and talked in an English accent (that must have mutated 5 times in the process) for the whole meal. We were inspired my Hugh Laurie's completely awesome American accent on House, MD. Because Hugh Laurie is actually English.
Speaking of which, my love for that show knows no bounds. So much snark and good drama packed into one hour... and, I hardly ever use this word, but Robert Sean Leonard is hoooooooooooot. I've had a movie star crush on him ever since Dead Poet's Society and seeing him win the Best Actor in a Play Tony for The Invention of Love in 2001. I don't know why it's always the atypical ones-- no Brad Pitt for me, anyway;)
current mood: awake
current music: crickets
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| Saturday, September 17th, 2005
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3:31 pm - Short updates
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The internet is down at my house, booo :(
I got a part in AmCel (musical revue in November to raise scholarship money)! And it's in the ensemble of "One Short Day" from Wicked, to boot. I am stoked!
We also finally found out what opera we're doing this year. The director landed on The Magic Flute, and I am playing the 2nd Lady. Not exactly the part I wanted, but the other 2 Ladies and I get some killer trios and quintets with other characters, and it's my first full-length opera, so I'm excited for this too:)
Finally, I got hired for a caroling group this Christmas! I get to dress up in Dicken's costumes, sing carols (which I love anyway, no matter how much I hear them) and get paid for it. Nice Christmas bonus.
I just hope I don't die from The Busy, now. Heh.
current mood:  hungry
current music: Peoples in the library
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| Wednesday, September 14th, 2005
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12:38 am - Funny
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"Well, basically there are two sorts of opera," said Nanny..."There's your heavy opera, where basically people sing foreign and it goes like 'Oh oh oh, I am dyin', oh, I am dyin', oh, oh, oh, that's what I'm doin', and there's your light opera, were they sing in foreign and it basically goes 'Beer! Beer! Beer! Beer! I like to drink lots of beer!', although sometimes they drink champagne instead. That's basically opera, really."
--Maskerade, by Terry Pratchett
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