Monday, February 27, 2006

No longer protected by Fife

Current mood: crushed


Don Knotts

R.I.P

Currently watching: The Andy Griffith Show - Best of Barney Release date: 01 August, 2005

Tu B'Shvat

Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Zen, Potting Plants, and Being Hurt

Current mood: rejected

Wow that was quite a week last week, inside me anyway. Someone said to blame it on the moon, no one else had any advice. Today has had its better moments. I stopped to enjoy the moment at least a few times today and took the garbage out of my car, look at me taking care of me and being mindful, seesh. Yesterday was Tu B'Shvat, the Jewsih New Year for trees. My resolve was to re-pot all of the plants in my office, as they have all seen better days and were in need of some serious TLC. I just finished that task and I feel pretty good, it was so nice to get dirty and to give my time and focus to one thing. As for being hurt I can't deny that I am. I don't know if I have it in me to to get it out of me. A real catch 22 if there ever was one. Feeling so hurt makes me feel so selfconsious and weak, I am without the strength to see myself through the peril of this pain. Sometimes it comes back to the boat and hanging on, to being the wreckage, trying to blow myself ashore with the wind of huge furious hateful words, but they are so indirect that the person I am hoping will hear them doesn't even notice. I know somewhere inside myself anyway, that I can't wait for someone else, but when I try for myself I come back to the catch 22. I hope you know in even a small way that I am hurting, that you know the origin of my pain, maybe years from now when given the opertunity to evaluate yourself you will notice a hint of it in your life, in what you will be sharing with others then, still I am too indirect, but the closer I get to saying anything the more it just becomes a scream, profanity, fury. Really feeling with gusto is pure liquid hate, pain so painful that knowing it is not enough feeling it is not enough. Screaming, biting,spewing bile,until there is nothing left of me still wouldn't mend it. The zen of potting plants, the moment of such focused care, I hate myself too much to ask for it, but I need it so badly. My roots are so dry, the nutrients in my soil have been absorbed, I am wilting.



Currently listening:

Scent of LifeBy Akasha Project

Release date: 12 February, 1999


*hugs* I am so sorry some people are just so oblivious to others feelings. Don't feel weak though it takes strength to love someone. It also takes strength to reach out and open up to someone and I personally think maybe he is just not strong enough to see things the way they really are because he is afraid to deal with them. I know it is hard to be direct it is even harder when the person you are being indirect with doesn't wanna see things any other way than what they believe them to be. I wish I had some advice for you all I can say is blame it on fear. Fear limits us in everyway possible and it is a very hard thing to over come.

Posted by Melissa Merlot on Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 11:36 PM

I concur with the hot big-tittied red-head   Posted by The Big Book Of Irregular Verbs on Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 4:46 PM

A long, long time ago..

Thursday, December 29, 2005
The City by the Bay
Current mood: cheerful
Here I am the last day in the city by the bay, just saying that I am here! I miss all of you madly...still some more then others ...as some of you are father from both my haunts. I promise when I better recover from the church family vacation that I will post of the epic travels that I underwent. To all of you happy holidays and such and for some a new year soon. Speak, if not see you soon, all my dears. -e


Thursday, January 26, 2006
Scratchy Man Cash
Current mood: giggly
Dammit it made me laugh! As some of you may know I work my day job for the man as a care giver of the tiny children. The other day one of the kids came by my desk as he was leaving and I said bye ------- and he said bye SCRATCHY MAN CASH and smiled. No one else seemd to get it or care about it as I began to tell it to my co-workers, but it just tickled me I was giggeling all afternoon, I still think it is funny. I suppose it is a 'you just had to be there' moment, but scratchy man cash heh heh heh.... well that is all I had to say, wait, oh yeah, I thought it was so silly that I wrote it on a post-it and put it on my computer :) anyway bye (say it out loud to a friend) SCRATCHY MAN CASH!
-e


Currently listening:
Magical Moods of the Theremin
By Project: Pimento

Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Releasing the 'Fuck' within
Current mood:FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK
Important Steps to Release the 'Fuck' Within
Where is that book when I need it! I am so furious, I hate myself so much! Why can't I scream at the woman at the grocery store or spit on the people at the dolla movie who called me shamu?! Where is the mantra to tap the keg of fury? How can I harness the need to scream and break things? I'm choking on this feeling and I just want to go to my angry place and freak out! Just to clarify as I suddenly feel I need to as I am not quite in my rant groove yet, I am using 'fuck' as in man that guy over there is a real 'fuck', not as a verb. So you could say gee the person tailgaiting me on the freeway and flashing their brights at me is being a real 'fuck' that is what i mean and I now demand that you understand that! So I am having trouble releasing the 'fuck' with in! And here I thought I would have a big dissertation of the essence of my current being and the 'fuck' within, but instead I am just going to go and clean my fish tank and feel hurt deep inside myself because I can't be a 'fuck' and I am still going down with the boat.
'FUCK'
-e


Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Track 5
Current mood:Radiohead-Pablo Honey
Return from the deep blue? well not really blue, but with a few fish and fake plants. FUCK YOU! That's right cleaning my fish tank didn't help me take my mind off the 'fuck' within or how truly disgusting I am. Dammit where is the zen. I'm just back on the boat and holding on tighter then ever. The guy who shit his pants is long gone and the boy took his mary jane and found better things to do. I don't even have the pear arrent to keep me faux company while I peel at my own skin to cook and eat and build a better me with it, that is if bigger is better, it is right? Sleepless nights under water do me no good either peddaling for excuses, caring less these days even if my typing is getting better (i didn't say spelling or gramma) FUCK YOU, YOU FUCKING FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am such a fool, a stupid lame 'fuck' . I never even looked at the boat I just got in and held on, and now I am to stupid, proud, ashamed to let go. Oh captian my fucking captian you got what you wanted and then sank the ship or were you a diver salvaging the wreckage of an already fucked over ship smacked all over the rocks, either way you got what you wanted. I suppose to me it was the boat despite the beyond disrepear state that it is in that I was looking at or mattered to me or fills my ideas head and FUCK YOU! feel that you shitty shit shit fucker FUCK YOU! Feel it dammit I'm so tired of being down here alone, I always have been FUCK!

Wow things are really taking a turn at this point perhaps better to breakout into a new post, also for reference 2006 was a pretty terrible year.

The Super Hits of 2005 continue as I flash back my blog:

Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Rowing, but still going down with the ship!

Current mood: crushed


So here I am sitting on dan's bed room floor typing on his computer key borad proped on my smelly feet and thinking to myself, FUCK!!!!!! MAN!!!!!! I'm riding on this boat and I'll be damned if it isn't already all the fuckin' way underwater?! "I've got to get something nice to wear to work out cause there are a lot of hot girls down there..." and then I ate a cheese burger and played with my chewbacca spinning top.I can't seem to float to the top of the water, I'm just sitting in the ship rowing like a mutherfucker, and then once and a whiel i think i see other boast passing and I thing damn there it is I'll just reach out and get a ride, but I'll be damned if all the other boast aren't under water too. One person tells me that the way to surface is to walk on an oval sidewalk until all your skin falls off and then you'll bob up to the surface where you will be received with open arms and you can become a super model or a lap dancer. So on ocasion I walk on the oval, but I haven't risen out of my seat on the ship. Others toute the benefits of da' christus oh how I am blessed with the gift of shame for all the shit i am in this world, he will still lift me up...I, no question, enjoy the company of my doubt over the hand of the christus. The boy about 16 feet from me like to be moved around by mary jane, but doesn't push it on anyone, fair play to him. There is a guy who shit himself down stairs right now and I can imagine, if not see that he is floating, he even has one of those nice rafts not the ones that get a puncture after you use it once, but one of those fancy ones you can get in the sharper image that is like a lawn chair and raft togther. The ship has a lot of problems, but that shouldn't be of any concern to me I shoudl still drift away from it, still let go and catch the current, but some how i can't, i keep holding on steadfast to this thing that is so long gone, how did I end up so fucked you may ask...I've been wondering that myself.
good night and good luck.



Currently reading:

The New York Dolls: Too Much Too Soon

with comments:

From Merlot:

The guy who shit himself has a better raft than you? WTF? Become a pirate with me screw this we will get our own yacht.

ARGH!

From a now unknown source:

Hi E.
loved it.
you're not fucked up.
your boast is not sinking.
the world is rising around you.
you are stationary.
you can choose
to move.


Thursday, December 08, 2005

AVAG CO BEP SIG

Current mood: restless

Hello all,

I figure as i skoot around here on the web late nightish at work that I would drop myself a line. Everyone is out of town at a big conference so I am working over time, which is both good and bad. I keep hearting this persistant ticking, what the fuck that is I'll never know. Walter is vaccuuming in the hall and my other boss is skooting around in the background here far beyond her hours as well, althouth she is doing something more work related than I am. I'm not in much of a funk at the moment, although I'm not sure if that is because I'm not feelin a funk or if that is because I am so damned tired. Last night I didn't even make it through the simpsons and I woke up at like 4:30 in the morning to all the lights and the tv on. YECHT! I really don't mind working more hours, it will be nice to have the overtime and it will make me appreciate the break all the more. So with all that said or the lack of all that said I'm off to freez my bad self in this damnedable weather... at least the other night when it was snowing the nihgt held a sense of beauty and wasn't so damned cold!

Eh, whatever.



Currently listening:

Beyond Skin

By Nitin Sawhney


and one more...


Wednesday, December 14, 2005

HEY ... not just for horses anymore!

Current mood:eh

Damn my upper lip is chapped :( it is really driving me nuts. I really have not much if anything to say about what's what and who's who. To be fair I probibly shouldn't even be at work anymore, but the girl can't help herself, 'wasting away again in snackeritaville, lookin for my lost wrapper of gelt' really and they say I have too much time on my hands, it is more like south of that, ah wee, ah sigh, the freddy has landed in theory so I should collect myself and journey out into the night for all the festivities shall begin in the not to distant future.

So long from the cold shallow start that is our sun.

Currently listening: King Size Dub, Vol. 7 By Various Artists

One last flash back for today...

Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Welcome to baby town! Current mood: distressed So a hundred years ago I finally got high speed internet, and yet there it all sits not doing a damn thing. Anyway I am here at work blogging on my break time. This place is truly baby town! There are only two stories to this building and between the two stories we have 6 babies in the making...I'm not sure why this grinds my cheese so hard, but it does. I am not really into having my own kids, I love working with them so much, but I also love going home at the end of the day. I dunno maybe there are hormones in the air that are screwing with my sense of self. I have been throughly out of wack for a while and just absorbing it all has left me twisted around. It is shit to be 2,000 miles from something that is a kind mess and sometimes it is shit to be 27. Harry if you can hear me it is time to live the rock star life we planned, I hope you are having more success then I am :( sigh* anyway I had so many better and prophetic things to tap out before I got here, HA isn't that always the way! Everyone shoudl go see my brother play his gig at the Jazzy Cajun 3018 South State Street tonite and every Friday! I'll be there dripping wax.

More flash backs...



Sunday, April 24, 2005

Lost, but not entirely gone Current mood: frustrated I am without technology for the moment so if i seem to have vanished that is why. I will be back a crazy box will arrive containing a smaller box that will bring back my connection, hope to see you all soon, -e

Saturday, February 26, 2005

Didn't I mention my unhealthy life with the ol'groove tube Current mood:dazed Well not until this exact point did I realize a few things about this place, one of them not being my incredible lack of skill with spelling or grammer. However you may say yes infact tim is right I am a friend ho, but here is the thing I don't deny that I share and interest in all the fellow spacers combined with the fact that this place is spreading like the exxon valdese oil spill, but i truely mean it when I say that anyone of of you could sleep on my couch. Not tonight what with Crispin Glover and all, but any other time. Umm and not Tom whom I am fairly sure is not tom if you know what I mean. e

Saturday, February 12, 2005

Fangs in my ASS Current mood:whipped up So being the rich and colorful anti-socialist that I am I set out to make a bunch of long distance friends that can stroke my full length via- wire only, call me a friend hoe I swear I'm not just a shut in. Anyway getting whipped up listening to Right Turn Kyle, chat me up shit will it kill you. I'm not selling anything, e Currently reading: Interviews With Francis Bacon: The Brutality of Fact By David Sylvester

Monday, January 31, 2005

Knot without my stomach Current mood: groggy Well I am strangely un-nervous for my calss teaching day .3. I always seem to get the knot in my stomach after I am finished. I suppose it is reassuring that my pop a long time teacher says it takes a few years to settle into what you are doing. I suppose i'll see. I get to go swimming after with my kids all 20 or so of them haha. Anyway everyone is always ribbing me about not posting enough so here I am mid morning all gussied up for class and just making a quick stop to check my e-mail. *sigh* O na rah -e Currently watching: Harold and Maude

Wednesday, January 05, 2005

Dancing for Mental Health Current mood: cold Thats right your mom!!! You heard me what the hell am i supposed to do what do you think i am a millionaire sh*t!!!! You can her and ask her your damn self! I dunno what that was anyway I am off to read The War Against the Chtorr or some spizzle like that if you get bored and you love to touch yoursefl and you are a umm adult or something or you like boobs oin your head and sex positive art you should go here www.anniesprinkle.org anyway bee right g'night, e

Catching Up

Here are a few flash back blogs from my past. I am trying to consolidate down to just one blog in my life, ha.

Wednesday, December 29, 2004

To all the Ghouls I've loved before Current mood: sleepy I continue to be thwarted, Lucas Arts be damned! I am quite close to breaking down and buying a new universal remote*ARGH*!@.*!@.*.%$..@%.$%$%$^!!!!! Plus I'm Fucking tired this week, YARGH! Soon Sleepin' -e Currently listening: Akira: Original Soundtrack By Geinoh Yamashirogumi

Monday, December 27, 2004

Let me see your funky Chicken Current mood: blah Hello all my darlings, I do believe that I dipped into the wrong kitty as I sit here hours from going off to work for the entire week. I had the choice not to, but OH NO I thought it would be just zippy fun to work 8-6 all this week. That's right you have permission to hit me. Dammit I should be in bed. YACK (shaven as always) -e Currently listening: Pedals

How I spent my 30th Birthday...that's right they have zombies in Canada too!

How to Waste an Hour or So

1.) When showering, do you start the water and then get in or get in and start the water?

Start the water in the tub, switch to shower, and then hop in

2.) Do you read the labels on the shampoo bottle?

Only for leisure purposes

3.) Do you moan in the shower like the people on the herbal essence commercial?

Nope

5.) Have you ever been forced to shower with one of your siblings?

Nope, when I was a kid I took baths with freaking everybody

6.) Have you ever brushed your teeth in the shower?

Yes, it’s not as handy as some people say it is

7.) Have you ever dropped your soap on your foot?

Nope

NUMBER 8 is MISSING!

9.) How old do you look?

I dunno…

10.) What was the last song you heard/sang?

Turn Out the Light- The New Amsterdams

11.) Have you recently become a member of anything?

Twitter, eek

12.) What are your plans for the weekend?

Trying to take it easy

13.) What is your mood at the moment?

Antsy

14.) Have you ever ridden a mechanical bull?

Not yet

15) Do you ever intentionally vomit after eating?

Nope

17.) Have you ever called anyone a slut?

Oh yeah

18.) Has anyone ever called you a slut?

Probably, but I don’t think they did their research

19). Have you ever smuggled something into America?

Yeah, a few times crossing the Canadian boarder, sneaky

20.) Does playing a guitar make someone more attractive?

I guess it could, but all the instances I can think of the person is amazingly talented and passionate so I think that is what makes them attractive, not just the guitar or being able to play some lame cords

21.) Do you live in a city with a good sports team?

I live in a city with a sports team.

25.) Do you have more enemies or more friends?

Depends on who you ask.

26.) Have you ever sent an anonymous letter?

Yes.

27.) Can you fix your own car?

Not very well, but I’m trying.

28). Do you like staying up late?

Yes, I am absolutely a night owl, damn my day job.

29.) Are you smarter than your friends?

No, I think we are all smart about certain things, so if we could combine like Voltron or something we could totally kick ass at Jeopardy

30.) Have you ever stolen anything from your friends?

When I was little I took some novelty erasers, I still feel guilty about this

31.) Have you ever been to jail?

Only as a visitor

33) Do you like the smell of beer?

Sometimes

34.) Have you ever died or killed someone in a dream?

Yes

35.) Have you ever given to charity?

Yup

36.) Would you kill a dog for $1000?

NO

37.) Do you ever get depressed?

Yep, clinically and everything

38.) Do you live with your parents?

Nope

39.) Do you have plans for your future?

I suppose

You are:

[ ]short,under 5′4

[ ] 5′4″-5′5″

[x] 5′5″-5.6″

[ ] 5′6.5 - 5′7 ”

[ ] 5′7″ - 6′0

[ ] tall, 6′1 and up

NATURALLY

[ ] blonde

[ ] redhead

[x]brunette

[ ] dirty blonde

[ ] brownish

[ ] dark brown

[ ] black

[ ] indian red/light brown

[ ] blue-eyed

[ ] brown-eyed

[ ] black-eyed

[x] green-eyed

[ ] hazel-eyed

[ ] gold/brown-eyed

[ ] silver/gray- eyed

[ ] blue/gray-eyed

[ ] green/gray-eyed

[ ] they change colors

[ ] amber

[ ] glasses

[ ] contacts

[x] neither

[ ] short hair

[x] medium hair

[ ] long hair

Your favorite colour(s) are?

[x] red

[ ] khaki

[ ] aqua

[ ] pink

[ ] hot pink

[x] yellow

[ ] black

[ ] green

[ ] lime green

[ ] blue

[ ] white

[ ] silver

[ ] purple

[ ] brown

[X] orange

[ ] grey

[ ] fuchsia

[ ] maroon

[x] gold

[ ] teal

[ ] coral

[ ] clear

[ ] bronze

[ ] I don’t really care

[x] rainbow

Your personality is sometimes…

[ ] talkative

[ ] shy

[ ] funny

[ ] serious

[ ] laid back

[ ] hyper

[ ] sarcastic

[ ] slow

[x] all of the above

You like listening to:

[x] pop

[ ] country

[ ] christian

[x] orchestral/classical

[x] techno

[x] oldies

[ ] opera

[x] 80’s

[x] disco

[ ] rap

[x] classic rock

[x] punk

[x] pop punk

[x metal

[ ] hip-hop

[x] rock

[x alt/indie rock

[ ] emo

[x] foreign rock

[x]skate

[X] lots of different stuff

The pets you have/ had?

[x] cat

[ ] dog

[ ] lizard

[ ] rat

[ ] ferret

[ ] bunny

[x] fish

[ ] horse

[ ] bird

[ ] frog

[ ] hermit crab

[ ] turtle

[ ] hamster

[ ] snake

[x] gerbil

[ ] guinea pig

[ ] pig

[ ] goat

[ ] chinchilla

[ ] tarantula

[ ] geese

[ ] baby chicks

[ ] baby ducklings

[ ] none

[ ] hedgehog

[ ] snail

[ ] pirahna

[ ] sea gull

[ ] newt

[ ] pigeon

[ ] DONKEY!!

[ ] other

Your confessions:

[x] I’m afraid of silence

[ ] I am really ticklish

[x] I’m afraid of the dark

[x] I’ve collected comic books…

[x] I open up to others TOO easily

[x] I read the newspaper

[ ] I love Disney movies

[x] I am a sucker for gorgeous eyes

[ ] I am a sucker for a gorgeous smile

[ ] I don’t kill bugs

[ ] I have “x”s in my screen name

[ ] I bake

[x] I have worn pajamas to class

[x] I love Martha Stewart

[x] I am guilty of tYpInG lIkE tHiS

[x] I am self-conscious

[x] I love to laugh

[ ] I can’t swallow pills

[ ] I bite my nails

[x] I play computer games when I’m bored

[x] I have gotten lost in the city

[x] I have gone out in public in my pajamas

[ ] I have made out in an elevator

[ ] I have been skydiving

[ ] I have been bungee jumping

[x] I have bitten someone

[ ] I have egged or rolled a house/car

[ ] I have smashed into a car

[x] I have been fired

[x] I have been skinny dipping

[x] I do notes when im bored

Have you ever…

[x] seen a shooting star

[x] joke proposed to anyone

[x] eaten Sushi

[x] gotten the chicken pox

[x] ridden in a taxi

[ ] been on a cruise ship

[x] driven over 400 miles in one day

[ ] been on a plane by yourself

[x] had surgery

[ ] seen a movie more than 2 times in the theater in one day

[x] been on stage

[ ] gotten a black eye

[x] memorized all the dialogs in a movie

[x] watched an entire baseball game

Do you like…

[x] old movies

[x] musicals

[x] blasting music in your car

[x] foreign foods (some)

[ ] gameboy Pokemon (pokemon gold(H) bin a while)

[ ] Christmas time

[x] animals

[x] coffee

[x] tea

[x] summer

[x] winter

[x] fall

[x] spring

TWO’S OF EVERY KIND

Two Names You Go By: e, ime

Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now: socks with individual toes, argyle underwear

Two favourite animals: furry man cat man, jellyfish

Two Reasons you’re doing this survey: OCD, procrastination

How many pairs of jeans do you own? 4 or 5

What colour(s) do you wear most often? Grey

Last song heard on the radio? No Phone- Cake

Taken nude pictures? Only by accident

What’s for dinner tonight? A fistful of almonds, some sugar free grape kool aid, and cottage cheese

Are you happy with your life right now? Sort of, I’m working on it at least

[Do you own a...]

- PS2…yes

- XBOX

- Xbox 360

- PSP

- Gamecube

- Digital Camera…yes

- Nintendo DS

- Nintendo 64…yes

- Wii

- Super Nintendo

Do you shop at stores like Aeropostale and American Eagle? Nope, in fact I don’t think I have even been inside of either of those stores.

How do you make money? At my day job

Last thing you bought? Chocolate Pudding

How’s the weather? Sunny, I’m hoping for spring already!

When did you start summer break? I don’t get one :(

Favourite pair of shoes: choco flip flops

Do you own big sunglasses? YES!

Do you find yourself attractive? I keep my eyes closed.

What should you be doing right now? Something much more productive and work related

Last person you hugged? Furry man cat man

Last person you kissed? Furry man cat man

How many beds did you lay in yesterday? Just one

What color shirt are you wearing? Grey

Name one thing that you do everyday. Sleep

What is/are the colour(s) of your bedroom walls? White

How much cash do you have on you right now? Some loose change

What’s your favorite sport? Hockey

What did you have for dinner last night? Wendy’s spicy chicken sandie

Look to your left, what do you see? Dorothy’s Sputnik desk

Do you have plants in your room? Nope man cat vs. house plants, man cat wins

Whats your favourite Starbucks drink? Iced Mocha

Recent time you were really upset? Earlier today sort of, stupid introspection

Do you like surveys? Yes they are a quality waste of time

What was one thing that disturbed you in some way today? A meeting

Do you like chocolate milk? Yes

How’s life? Ok

Do you like juice? Some

If so, what kind of juice pleases you? Natural Cranberry is good

Is this survey getting annoying now? Not as annoying as trying to think of some other way to avoid working

What is one thing you learned/ people should have learned about you after reading/ doing this? That I am anxiety prone

Do you like your current age? It’s ok, but I feel too old and too young at the same time.

Do you golf? mini golf

Type only ONE word answers

Where is your cell phone?.......bag
Your hair?..........aburn
Your father? ........ pop
Your mother?......... mommy
Your favorite thing? ........... sleep
Your dream last night?.... nightmare
Your favorite drink? ........... water
Your dream/goal? ........... roadie
The room you are in? ...... sputnik
Your fear? ......... everything
Where do you want to be in 6 years?..... happy
Muffins? .......... poppy
One of your wish list items?........ Bigfoot
Where you grew up? ......... Briarcliff
The last thing you did? ....... procrastinated
What are you wearing?......clothes
Your TV?........... home
Your pet? .......... cat
Your computer? ......master
Your life? ........ anxious
Your mood? ........ nervous
Missing someone? ...... always
Your car? .... honda
Favorite store?..... thrift
Your summer? ..... work
Your favorite color? ........ ORNAGE
When is the last time you laughed? ...... Lileks
Last time you cried? ....... Thursday

3’s

Three people who email me? Facebook, twitter, VRA

Three of my favorite foods? Sushi, avocado, sandwich
Three places I would rather be right now? Bed, Fiji, Oregon Coast

44 things you never wanted to know

1. Do you like bleu cheese?

CHEESE CHEESE CHEESE I LOVE CHEESE!

2. Have you ever been drunk?

Yes I have.

3. Do you own a gun?

A potato gun, a water gun, and a bop gun.

4. What flavor of Kool Aid was your favorite?

Grape

5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments?

Yeah, my doctor has gotten to know me pretty well so now she takes my blood pressure after our appointment and it is noticeably lower, also since this is a things you never wanted to know questionnaire, I get sweaty…SWEATY when I am nervous.

6. What do you think of hot dogs?

A good one is GREAT and a bad one is horrifying.

7. Favorite Christmas movie?

How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the old timey cartoon, not that Jim Carey BS.

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?

Usually water, sometimes hot with a bag floating in it.

9. Can you do push ups?

I can, but I’d rather not.

10. What's your favorite kind of jewelry?

Crazy nineteen 50’s trashy colorful goo-gaw!

11. Favorite hobby?

Make-up

12. Do you have A.D.D.?

Oh no it’s just a severe anxiety disorder.

13. What's your favorite shoe?

The sandal.

14. Middle name?

Elizabeth

15. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment?

Moped moped moped, ack I hate the work budget, oooh nice hair

16. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink?

Water, herb tea, milk

17. Current worry?

That is an entire entry in and of itself (see #12)

18. Current hate right now?

Living to work.

19. Why is there no #19?

Oh, hey look there it is, WTF?!

20. How did you bring in the New Year?

At the abode of the Bro, B, and Len, with the bestest red heads in my life.

21. Where would you like to go?

EVERYWHERE with the exception of Arizona.

22. Name three people who will complete this?

Dunno, Dun Care.

23. Do you own slippers?

Yes, but I am almost always WAY too warm to wear them.

24. What color shirt are you wearing right now?

Robins egg blue

25. Do you like sleeping on Satin sheets?

Never done it, used to want it, not so interested anymore.

26. Can you whistle?

yessum

27. Favorite color?

ORANGE

28. Would you be a pirate ?

Mostly for the fashion and the fish, but possibly.

29. What songs do you sing in the shower?

Nothing much TOO sleepy these days.

30. Favorite Girl's Name?

Rauchey

31. Favorite boy's name?

Frocx

32. What's in your pocket right now?

House keys, change, u ID, chapstick

33. Last thing that made you laugh?

Graham Roumieu

34. Best bed sheets as a child?

Kliban Cats

35. Worst injury you've ever had as a child?

Being licked by a bee

36. Do you love where you live?

I’m keen on it, but I digress

37: What is your favorite mythical character?

Atlantians

38. Who is your loudest friend?

Hard to say, they all have their moments, perhaps I’ll have to go with Lucas.

39. How many dogs do you have?

0

40. Does someone have a crush on you??

I have no idea.

41. What is your favorite book?

Force Majure by Bruce Wagner

42. What is your favorite candy?

Dark DARK chocolate

43. Favorite Sports Team?

Deeeeeeeetroit Red Wings!

44. Song you want played at your funeral?

Bolero by an all accordion, ukulele, and bagpipe band.

25+35 things random and otherwise…

erika…

1. is pretty sure that the random things list will continue to increase in number until it will take days at a time to complete them.

2. has got to stop calling the KC (Knowledge Commons) the KFC because it is actually making her crave KFC, now that is some seriously subliminal advertising.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxA54pJ-Wy4

3. is only on number three and can’t think of twenty-two other random things.

4. ate a big salad for lunch and wishes more people would sign up for the food co-op.

http://www.xmission.com/~xrdsurb/cfc/contact_us.html

5. can’t believe that in April her furry man cat man will be eligible for “Senior” cat food.

6. found the perfect sugar free gum flavor only to discover it has been discontinued and no she did not get it at Big Lots. Damn you Wrigley! (I want my midnight cool back now! And yes I did originally try it because I was pretty sure it would taste like after shave.)

7. would like to get Rocko’s Modern Life on DVD and have a few Michael K. Young snow days so she can watch it all.

8. is not happy about the choice Brandeis is making to close the museum and sell off the collection.

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/01/27/brandeis

9. is counting the days till she moves back to her old reference desk. All hail the KWDFAAL!

10. wishes people wouldn’t over look the genius that is R.E.M.’s Green album.

11. is glad to see that the sun is out and the smog is gone.

12. is hoarding the last box of tissues, damn budget cuts.

13. should not be giving relationship advice, but totally knows the deal with life coaches.

14. has grand plans to learn French.

15. can’t figure out why the salmonella scare made her crave Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93hxKtd4CdA

16. wonders if these commercials are the reason she likes ska music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdcVRueT2cw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeQdnbT4uXk

17. still hasn’t made peace with Ferrara Pan for changing the name of Alexander the Grape candy to Grape Head.

18. still gets misty when she sees Neco Wafers.

19. does a lot of her grocery shopping at Big Lots.

20. is sad knowing that all the cats of her childhood are gone.

21. quotes from Dirty Harry, but has never seen the movie.

22. is old enough to vote, drink, smoke, and need her own health insurance, but still frequently thinks: “what is wrong with all these grown-ups?”

23. will always love the Muppets and is still a bit heart broken that she didn’t become a puppeteer.

24. is frumpy and just can’t help it; or perhaps is just not interested in making that much effort when it comes to wrinkles, she just can’t seem to class things up so she might as well be comfortable.

25. loves the sound of Warren Zevon’s voice.

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1. What is your occupation right now? Academic Library Serf

2. What color are your socks right now? Celery green with bugs and flowers

3. What are you listening to right now? Mexico 70- Peace & Love

4. What was the last thing that you ate? A Fuji Apple

5. Can you drive a stick shift? Yes, now if I can just get it to start is this weather

6. Last person you spoke to on the phone? The Bro

7. Do you like the person who sent this to you? Yes, it’s nice to hear from old friends

8. How old are you today? Ugh, 30

9. What is your favorite sport to watch on TV? Curling or Diving

10. What is your favorite drink? Iced Peppermint Tea

11. Have you ever dyed your hair? Oh yeah, but my recent favorite were the rainbow colored dreads J

12. Favorite food? Sushi, Sandwich, Ojingo Bokkum

13. What is the last movie you watched? The Invasion

14. Favorite day of the year? I don’t really have one, but Talk Like a Pirate Day is fun.

15. How do you vent anger? I don’t, sorry liver, I’m working on that.

16. What was your favorite toy as a child? I had a red and white check gingham dress and pink sunglasses that I absolutely loved. I was a huge fan of dress up…I still am.

17. What is your favorite season? Jacket weather, rain in the valley and snow in the mountains, nothing all that hot.

18. Cherries or Blueberries? Ooh both, cherries fresh, wet, right off the tree, blueberries: pancakes, pies, and over corn cereal with whole milk.

19. Living arrangements? Me and the furry man cat man.

20. When was the last time you cried? Friday

21. What is on the floor of your closet? Shoes, bags, a shockingly normal array of closet type stuff.

22. What did you do last night? Ate delicious Korean food, watched too much CSI, not totally succeed at zoning out.

23. What are you most afraid of losing? Mind, teeth, loved ones, not necessarily in that order.

24. Plain, cheese, or spicy hamburgers? Garlic burger with a slice of havarti!

25. Favorite dog breed? Big and snuggly and magically hypoallergenic.

26. Favorite day of the week? One that I get to sleep in on.

27. How many states have you lived in? 3

28. Diamonds or pearls? Pearls

29. What is your favorite flower? Tulips

30. How did you vote last year? Like a crazy liberal socialist nut-job.

31. Favorite meal of the day? Depends, but almost any one that includes avocado.

32. Favorite TV show? X-Files

33. What do you wear to bed? Boxers

34. Do you talk on your cell phone in the car? Not usually, but I don’t drive much. I do have a strange phobia of talking on the phone on the bus.

35. Bad habit you'd like to break? Listing my bad habits.

erika

January 20^th, 2009

A few things in no particular order:

-As of today is actually proud of her citizenship (please stop stealing her identity, but feel free to take her massive education related debt)

-Would prefer to not learn any more lessons that include the words “cash only” and a man with a brass button emblazoned eye patch for quite a while.

-Can tell you she saw Robert Redpotato, Chris Meloini, and Joe Francis (the girls gone wild guy) while in Park City this weekend.

-Felt the world stop to listen to the inaugural speech.

-Is so grateful for her responsible friends a.k.a Melissa

-Has eaten what could pass for an actual breakfast twice in the last week.

-Was recently praised by her toothbrush.

In response to #3:

My 13th birthday

I placed an excessive amount of importance on my entrance into teen-hood and I elaborately planned a murder mystery party with my best friend at her house. It was all going as planned, OCD from an early age as I am, with one exception...I was relying on my family to drop off the birthday cake. All they had to do was drop it off, dessert would be served and then the mock killing would begin.
Unfortunately they were late, in the interim some unplanned fun broke out which was unfortunately halted by the arrival of the cake. Upon the presentation of the cake all the adults and my poor little brother gathered at the back of the living room and in sauntered a scrawny little man dressed like a stereotypical "nerd" (we are talking glasses with tape on the bridge and slicked hair parted in the middle, really the whole nine yards).
I like plans and structure I am not know for liking surprises and this experience throughly cemented that fact. With my friends seated around me a stranger who at the time I was not aware was a stripper asked "Who's Erika?" I was identified by the crowd, this is when the music appeared, supplied by the boom box toting parents, my best friend had fled into another part of the house at this point because she was terrified of a stranger seeing her in the rather revealing cocktail dress she was wearing and I was left alone, so to speak, with this man in front of a crowd of my peers who I had meticulously hand picked for this highly structured event.
"I hear you like to do the time warp"* he says to me. I am now standing behind the overstuffed chair I was previously sitting in and occasionally screaming out for my friend. Que the music and the stripping...he fained knowledge of the dance while poorly attempting to lure me out from behind the chair...rrrrrrip off come the velcro pants, "happy birthday"...snap snap snap the shirt pocket protector and all hit the floor...he completes the dance in not too revealing satin heart boxers and tosses his glasses to the ground.
I leave the room promptly and find a dark room in which to lock myself and calculate the cost of therapy over my lifetime. I am eventually lured out of the small upstairs sewing room by my friends and some additional unplanned fun ensues. In hindsight I suppose I can refer to this experience as my batmitzvah and the predictor of the my future as an adult woman. 'Today you are a woman'...



*I did like to do the time warp and frequently attended the Rocky Horror Picture Show, but not at my well planned party and not in front of a bunch of people who were laughing at me...

16 Other random things; a quality waste of time.

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16 Other random things about me

1- I cut my own hair on new years eve, I don’t think it looks bad at all.

2- The rice milk I used on my cereal this morning was expired and I knew it, but I used it anyway.

3-My father got me a stripper for my 13^th birthday.

4-As a child cutting up National Geographic Magazines was always forbidden, when I do it now I still feel guilty, but take an immense amount of secret pleasure in it.

5-Last year my upstairs neighbor died in her apartment, I never found out if it was an accidental overdose or if she committed suicide.

6-Last night I tried to make potato salad while sitting in bed.

7-I have an immense fear of authority, particularly anyone who is armed or in uniform.

8-I have watched the movie Clue at least 300 times.

9-Clerks II made me cry.

10-When Mister Rogers died I wore a black ribbon for a week.

11-Jefferson Starship- We Built this City (On Rock and Roll) is one of my favorite songs of all time.

12-My first concert was Billy Joel at the Salt Palace; it was the same day that my brother fell off his bike and got a concussion, I was a jerk and went to the concert anyway.

13-I had my tonsils out when I was 10. I was terrified at the time and very upset with the doctor when they scheduled the surgery on my 10th birthday. I couldn’t believe they didn’t see anything wrong with that, it’s not like my birthday wasn’t written on every last stupid document in my file. As you can tell I took that awfully personally, who the hell would want to do something like that on their birthday, let alone the only time you roll in the double digits.

14-I clotheslined a girl in gym class and pretended it was an accident so I wouldn’t get in trouble. I loved it and I am pretty sure that makes me a horrible person.

15-I hate when people use “being an artist” as an excuse for being an asshole.

16-I cheated in my high school Latin class; strangely it is one of the few things that I don’t feel quite as guilty about.

There you have it again, that still took a lot longer than I expected, anyway, if you made it this far thanks for reading and like I said do with it what you will.

-e