deviate from the form of nothing

buuuuuuuhhh

2009-10-24T11:40:12Z

Another week, another week without updating. Honestly though, I feel like it's justified as I haven't done much to speak of.

I'll get around to doing something with this thing eventually. Can I go back to bed now?

I could go for an adventure right now

2009-09-29T00:17:37Z

You Crave a Physical Adventure

Life has gotten a bit unchallenging lately, and you really would like to push yourself to the limit.

You want an adventure that gets your blood pumping. You want to test yourself and see if you have what it takes.

Whether you're climbing a tall mountain or sky diving, you won't feel like you've had an adventure unless you've accomplished something big.

You love the confidence you get from taking risks... as well as the bragging rights!

What Kind of Adventure Do You Crave?

Blogthings: Learn Something Surprising About Yourself

Haven't done one of these in a while

2009-09-23T17:55:05Z

You Are Balanced and Thoughtful

You view people with optimism. You have many meaningful relationships in your life.

You had more conflict with your father than your mother. Your relationship with him was healthy but challenging.

You deal with stress in a fairly normal way. Stress presents a struggle for you, but you're usually able to neutralize your emotions.

You require a lot of calm in your life. When things get too hectic, you need to step back and reassess things.

The Inkblot Test

Blogthings: Take a Quiz. Annoy Your Friends.

Funny how the quiz had options detailing what the ink blots were. Seemed to defeat the purpose of the test.

Duh-duh duh-duh, duh-duh duh-duh

2009-08-20T23:49:44Z

So I've resolved to update more frequently with shorter, less essay-like posts so I can still feel productive and update people with what's going on without seeming boring. Here are some highlights of my day:

+Work went well. I'm getting better at killing people. I killed off about a dozen alums and former folks, including a famous person I'm not at liberty to discuss. You probably know who it is though if you pay attention to the news at all.

+I listened to a shit-ton of Dream Theater at work. Honestly, I never thought they were that good until a couple weeks ago. A couple dozen plays of the "The Glass Prison" later and I'm a fan.

+Went to the gym for the first time in months and ran a bit. My office doesn't have much of a gym, but membership to the really nice gym on campus is only $36 a month. I think I may need to hit that up.

+I rewarded my resolve to go to the gym with a beer or two. Fuck yeah.

More later...maybe.

Weekend Planning

2009-07-24T17:26:18Z

Going to see Misery Index tonight at the Marble House which should be fun (and CHEAP), but I'm trying to think of other things to do this weekend. I'm hous-sitting for my parents, but that's no big deal as long as I feed the dog, otherwise my weekend's wide open.

Any auggestions? Anyone in the area want to hang out Saturday or Sunday? Please let me know!

Above water

2009-07-15T12:57:57Z

So as I said in my last entry, I got the job that I applied for at Georgetown. In another few weeks, I will be working as a Records Assistant for the Department of Constituent Records a the school's Office of Advancement. I'll be maintaining the school's donor database and helping them make decisions on who to go to for money and such. The office is nice, the people are cool, the money's good, and the opportunity is VAST. The school offers awesome tuition assistance after a year for employees seeking to continue their education at Georgetown or elsewhere. This means that I could receive serious help in getting a Master's while still earning.

I'm excited, relieved, and just happy overall. It feels so good to finally have a job I wanted want me back.

The timing is also great since Julia lost her job last week. I won't go into details, but in the end they didn't have the money that they thought they had to keep her. She's doing well though and already has interviews lined up. As proud as she migh be of me, I'm proud of her for the way she's handling things. I feel pretty good about our chances in the world.

This just in...

2009-07-14T23:01:59Z

I GOT THE JOB AT MUTHAFUCKIN' GEORGETOWN! HOLYSHITHOLYSHITHOLYSHITHOLYSHIT!

*collapse*

Fourth

2009-07-04T17:28:18Z

First and foremost, Happy 4th of July to everyone out there in internetland. I hope you all enjoy the day and take the time to revel it up. I'll be heading out to the actors' cave here in a bit to hang with them for the fourth, I'm thinking about bringing Zoey along, but I'm still on the fence about it.

The past year or so, I find that I've been doing all my journal-updating late in the week or on the weekend. I figure I have very little to talk about during the week as I tend to just go to work, come home, and hang out, lather, rinse, repeat. This week's been rather busy though, so I figure I'll talk about it.

I wound up getting not one, but TWO call-back interviews, the first at Georgetown and the second at Foxes. Now I know I said I wasn't interested in the place, but it sure seemed like they were interested in me even after it seemed like the one owner wasn't impressed with me at all.

I wound up having both interviews on Thursday after a half-day at work. The interview at Georgetown went pretty well and I'm pretty sure I impressed the people I needed to make an impression on. I've sent my thank you's and should be hearing from them as soon as Monday or Tuesday. The interview at Foxes went really well and made me more interested in working there. I apparently have a good shot at getting the job there according to the other owner I spoke to. I should also be hearing form them next week, so keep your fingers crossed for me.

4th of July weekend's been fun so far. Saw Public Enemies with Julia yesterday, which was good but disappointing. We went over to my mom's place near immediately and stuffed our faces on BBQ. I should be doing the same a bit later here.

Cheers and happy holiday all!

Shapes

2009-06-29T17:43:40Z

You Are Skilled

You are balanced and competent. You value harmony.

Other people see you as outgoing, hyper, and even a bit overwhelming.

Your ideal romantic relationship is unconventional, wild, and very public.

You do best in tasks that require you to be logical, hard-working, and courageous.

The Shape Test

Wooden

2009-06-29T03:05:07Z

Another week, another update about the past week/weekend. Been pretty busy all things considered.

I wound up missing out on the clusterfuck of an accident that happened on the red line on my way home from work although I did wind up getting stuck at Fort Totten for a brief period. I felt popular though since I was the only one who knew anything about what was going on thanks to my mom (she does insurance for Metro). Commuting into work was pretty effed as a result, but it could have been a lot worse. I was thankful no one I knew was hurt, although some folks came damn close; one of my friends missed the train that collided with the stationary train at Fort Totten.

Work's gone pretty well so far. I like the folks I work with, the work itself is pretty easy data entry stuff, but I still feel like I'm doing something of some consequence. There are almost 100,000 attorneys who practice law in DC and they all have to work their way past me before they can practice. I also help operate the call center there, which has been more fun than I was expecting. It's nice getting to work with people again after doing strictly office shiz for the past year or so. Still, I know this is temporary and am trying my best not to get complacent. I'm still looking for ideal permanent work and am confident something will come up soon.

Speaking of which, I had an interview over at Foxes Music in Falls Church which turned out to be a big waste of time. It's too damn far away, the place is too damn cramped, they don't pay enough for all the driving I'd be doing, and the owner rubbed me the wrong way. No worries though since I still have lots of irons in the fire. I have a second interview coming up over at Georgetown's Office of Advancement on Thursday and a number of interesting-looking direct-hire jobs from the temp agency I'm currently working for. They apparently have no problem with their temps breaking assignments to get full-time employment which is nice. Not something I would ever expect from Trak, so Contact 1 FTW.

Had a pretty busy/fun weekend involving the pool yesterday, lots of napping and chilling out, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford", and the Linganore Wine Festival with Rob & Holly and Julia's parents. Pretty fun times.

Been playing a fair amount of guitar lately, lots of noodley original stuff and resolutions to parts I'd come up with before. Also been listening to lots of Megadeth, new Darkest Hour, and new Killswitch Engage. New KSE's really doing it for me at the moment, very catchy. Not sure if I like it more than their previous releases as it's a little more "accessible", but I find in my old age that I care less and less about that as long as the songs are good.

I think that's all.

Over the Hump

2009-06-19T03:14:57Z

So another week goes by without a real entry. This one's important though since I started my first day at a new job today! That's right, I GOT A NEW JOB! It's another temporary gig that I got last week through Contact 1 over at the DC Bar Association. I'm currently working in their Member Services department. My main responsibilities will be processing dues and updating the member database. Everyone at my office seems nice and the atmosphere is generally pretty collegial and laid back. I have no delusions or plans for it to be a permanent thing though as the contract expires on September 1.

Things have picked up on the job front since my last entry. For one, I interviewed for a Records Assistant position at Georgetown's Office of Advancement and will be interviewing at Foxes Music in Falls Church for a Registrar position. I also have a lead from Contact 1 on a Development Associate position at a local DC non-profit. I should be finding out about all these things soon. I'm confident that I'll have something or that something will be in the works for sure by the end of the month.

I apologize to those people on my friends' list who read this thing, but I haven't been up to much lately and when I've been busy I haven't wanted to talk. Truthfully, I've been depressed the past month or so. I've been doing a lot more purpose-searching than job-searching and I haven't felt comfortable sharing the thoughts I've had with other people.

Or maybe I'm just lazy. Your call...

More on other things later.

Week

2009-06-06T17:13:02Z

Had a busy week, hence the late entry. Job searching is finally starting to yield some results as I might have a gig through Contact 1 as a Research Assistant for a non-profit org and I got an e-mail yesterday from the Director of Constituent Records at Georgetown asking me to interview for the Records Assistant job there. Either ones would be pretty cool.

Had an impromptu party shindig last night with not very many people coming, but good times still being had by all. Beer, pizza, gaming, conversation, and finally Quarry House made for fun times with good people.

I'm fixing to go to the twins' house today to jam and re-break in my Marshall that's FINALLY repaired. I can't effing wait, yo!

Progression

2009-05-30T21:19:56Z

Wow. So I went two weeks without updating only to leave a short little thing saying that a real update would be pending. I then proceeded to let it sit there for 5 days. Oops. :P

I have been very busy all things considered though. While I haven't been working, I have been job-hunting and more importantly, purpose-hunting. Most of my time has been spent frittering time away trying to determine what I really want to do with myself and what I need to do in order to accomplish this. Thankfully, I have some leads and a better idea of what I wanted than I had a few weeks ago. In order to accomplish these things, however, I still need to be able to work somewhere to at least make rent and contribute in some fashion. Even if I can't find something though, I have at least three different temp agencies helping me out, so the possibility of at least temporary employment is there. In addition, Julia just got her dream job and will soon be working there, making more money, and getting benefits, so we're not in any danger of being thrown out on the street anytime soon.

I've been making strides to finally getting my podcast up and running. My mom offered to pay for the licensing which was super-nice of her and really awesome since that was the only real hurdle I encountered aside from mastering Audacity. I have my first episode mostly complete and am looking to update it via MySpace and itunes initially before getting my own web space. I'm hoping that doing that for a consistent length of time and getting some listeners will eventually result in an awesome job doing New Media things down the road, but I'm having fun in the meantime.

Been to a lot of shows these past few weeks. Here's a brief list of the bands in order of the shows I saw them on and what I thought of their performances for anyone who may be interested:
5/8 - Protest The Hero = B-
Misery Signals = B
5/11 - Lamb Of God = A
As I Lay Dying = A-
God Forbid = A-
5/12 - Mastodon = A-
Kylesa = B
Intronaut = B
5/26 - Testament = A
Unearth = B
Lazarus AD = B

Other than that, not too much has been going on. I've been super-thrifty lately, which is good, but still have been having fun. I keep wrestling with being stressed out about the job situation. The hardest part is really not having a purpose or being able to truly commit myself to any one job that I've had so far. I don't have anything that I really want to do above all others and nothing I feel truly passionate about as far as work goes, so getting a job has been rather tough. Whatevs though, I'll figure it out.

Backed Up

2009-05-25T15:15:00Z

Wow, so it's been two weeks since I last updated. I haven't disappeared folks, I've just been rather busy.

I'll provide a proper update here soon. Bye for now!

GTFO

2009-04-15T16:13:33Z

Sometimes I wonder why I still use this thing. Truthfully, I don't know, but it's awfully amusing to see what people write on occasion.

Speaking of amusing, this is some funny shit if you haven't seen it yet:
You're Going to Need a Dick Army

Not too much going on to report. Still no word from the ABC, but I'm planning to give them a call a bit later to see what the deal is. I also heard back from History Associates yesterday and it seems they're looking over my resume for a possible Research Historian gig. Could be awesome or it could be nothing, but I'm going to work my ass off on the remaining materials I need for the place until I get in.

My days at WilmerHale are officially numbered and my last day is May 4th. Honestly, I couldn't be happier. This job sucks. I'd rather be at home, looking up jobs and living off my savings for a while than doing this work.

I'm trying to think of ways to be naughty for my last few days here. I've thought about clipping my toenails on the job, gutting a fish at my desk a la Office Space, and bringing a guitar in to work. Any suggestions?

Incoming

2009-03-16T16:42:22Z

So it's been a week since I last updated, but it hasn't been wasted. I've had a busy week.

Expect a more thorough update later.

Watchmeh

2009-03-07T17:00:29Z

Got the weekend off to a good start with catching Watchmen at the Uptown after work. On the whole, it was okay but not great or awesome. Here's what I thought...

1. The choice for music was awful. I read somewhere that Zack Synder picked all the music for the film himself. If that's the case, then he really needs to stay behind the camera and not get involved in the music side of things. There were so many bad choices for accompanying music at the absolute worst times of the movie. Everything from the theme from 2001 playing while Dr. Manhattan is in Vietnam exploding the Viet Minh to the abominable punk song that played during the end credits were terrible musical choices.
2. I had issues with how some characters were cast. I felt that some were perfectly cast like Rorschach and the Comedian, but others just didn't work like Silk Spectre and Ozymandias. Silk Spectre bothered me because of how emotionally and intellectually ineffective she was despite being a capable, seasoned hero. I was most disappointed that Ozymandias didn't arouse the sympathy that I had for him in the book. For a character that important, I don't feel like a good enough job was done explaining his motives.
3. As long as it was (2 hours and 40 minutes) it felt like it was rushed at the end. A lot of time was dedicated to introducing the characters and their complexities, but some (like Ozymandias) just didn't get the time they deserved.
4. While it's a common problem with movie adaptations of books/comics, there were serious plotholes and story pieces that weren't addressed while others were introduced for no other reason than making the film seem current. The subplot with Adrian Veidt seeking a solution the energy crisis, for example. In the comic, there is no energy crisis because of Dr. Manhattan's powers leading to significant scientific developments. It felt like Snyder was trying to make political and social statements of his own through a story that wasn't and isn't his.
5. A story this good deserves more care and subtlety, neither of which Zack Snyder is known for or even capable of.

Despite my gripes with it, I still enjoyed the movie. It was visually gorgeous and kept my attention for all 2 hours and 40 minutes. I also felt that the end resolution was a nice touch that made enough sense considering the what limits they were working under. Still, for a movie this highly anticipated and a story that good, I was hoping for more.

Best of 2008

2008-12-23T20:11:27Z

Not that anyone would care that much, but here's my list of my favorite albums from 2008. All in all it was a great year for metal, but not so much for anything else. These are based more on how much I enjoyed the albums in question versus artistry or supposed quality. The way I see it, it's already quality if I listen to it, so why not just post a list of my favorites?

1. Protest The Hero - Fortresss
2. Testament - The Formation Of Damnation
3. Nachtmystium - Assassins: Black Meddle, Part 1
4. Opeth - Watershed
5. Enslaved - Vertebrae
6. Cynic - Traced In Air
7. Ihsahn - AngL
8. Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God
9. Burst - Lazarus Bird
10. Arsis - We Are The Nightmare
11. Meshuggah - obZen
12. Intronaut - Preshistoricisms
13. Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe
14. Textures - Silhouettes
15. Darkane - Demonic Art
16. Shai Hulud - Misanthropy Pure
17. To-Mera - Delusions
18. Keep Of Kalessin - Kolossus
19. Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh
20. The Rotted - Get Dead Or Die Trying
21. Death Angel - Killing Season
22. Sevendust - Chapter VII: Hope & Sorrow
23. Misery Index - Traitors
24. Mirrorthrone - Gangrene
25. Metallica - Death Magnetic
26. Daylight Dies - Lost To The Living
27. Boris - Smile
28. Mercenary - Architect Of Lies
29. Hollenthon - Opus Magnum
30. The Sword - Gods Of The Earth
31. Withered - Folie Circulaire
32. Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery
33. The Haunted - Versus
34. Lair Of The Minotaur - War Metal Battle Master
35. Sahg - II
36. Soilwork - Sworn To A Great Divide
37. Austrian Death Machine - Total Brutal
38. Abigail Williams - In The Shadow Of A Thousand Suns
39. Bleeding Through - Declaration
40. Torche - Meanderthal

Of course I listened to more than this list all year, but most of them aren't really worth mentioning that much about.

Presentness

2008-08-05T21:54:31Z

You Live in the Present

You take things one day at a time.

And it turns out, that's a pretty great way to live.

You aren't consumed by the past, and you're aren't obsessed with the future.

You live in the now, and you enjoy each moment.

While most people don't live in the present enough, make sure you don't live in it too much.

It would be a mistake to forget your past or neglect to plan for the future.

Do You Live in the Past, Present, or Future?

I ain't doing nothing wrong

2008-08-01T07:11:10Z

So in keeping with the recent trend of updating after concerts or after visits with Julia, I'm updating between the two!

Just got back from seeing Sevendust up in Baltimore with sisterblister84 which was pretty sweet. The opening band was awful, direct support Nonpoint were alright despite not playing most of my favorite songs of theirs, and Sevendust were awesome. It was really cool seeing them after being a fan of theirs for so long. I distinctly remember being 13 and listening to their Home CD on repeat for hours, so I had a lot of fun taking the show in. Spent most of it in the crowd with humanity, did some crowd-surfing and moshing, and almost lost my phone had it not been for the kindly security guy who snagged me out of the crowd and snagged my phone when it fell out of my pocket. Good times were had, merry was made, a pick was snagged, and I'm tired and sore and probably not going to work tomorrow.

Next show on the epic concert list is Intronaut, Behold...The Arctopus, and Mouth Of The Architect at DC9 on the 11th. I know I've asked before, but is anyone interested in going? I plan on being there either way, but if a lack of familiarity with the bands is the problem, I can help with that if you let me know.

On a non-concert-related note, my new computer came in yesterday! I spent the better part of last night setting it up, stripping it of the extraneous stuff that Windows packs Vista with, replacing it with the tried and true stuff I use, and generally making it awesome. So far, I love it! It's much faster and quieter than the laptop and has all the space I need to make it do whatever I want.

Regarding the show tonight, it was probably the first strictly nu-metal show I've been to in several years. Watching the crowd dynamic and response to the style of music the bands were playing was pretty interesting. The musicians gave it their all and were certainly feeling it, but I couldn't see myself getting into some of the music from the earlier bands as much as some of the other concertgoers. Lots of people were having a great time thrashing around and going nuts just like I'm used to seeing at shows for heavier bands. It reminded me of myself not so long ago as I'm sure I used to go nuts for some pretty mediocre bands back in my day. Thinking like that made me feel old, but then made me realize that it wasn't that long ago so I don't feel as old. I feel like I got a neat sense of myself in watching how these strangers acted.

The whole experience reminded me of my first club show. I remember how excited I was to see those bands play and how much the music moved me. I remember paying $13 to meet one of the bands after the show and how excited I was to shake hands with a group of people who are ostensibly nobodies with a video I saw once on MTV at three in the morning. Still, it was cool. It was making a personal connection with the music that I couldn't have made if I hadn't taken the chance and gone that night. It also allowed me to connect with a large group of people who felt the same way about the music that I did. I felt like I was a part of something bigger and yet more personal than I had ever felt at a larger concert. These people weren't playing to and meeting thousands of anonymous, faceless people, but were seemingly playing just for me and these people. It was the first time I ever felt comraderie with people at a concert. It started me on my addiction to music and live music in particular and has been something I haven't been able to shake since.

I remember seeing a lot of young kids at this show interspersed with all the twenty and thirty-somethings I was expecting and I remember seeing how excited they looked. Maybe this was their first concert experience and maybe they were feeling the same sort of excitement and happiness I felt not so long ago. Thinking about the show that way now makes me feel better about seeing lots of people thrashing around to pretty menial opening bands. In the end, seeing a band live isn't about qualifying the music or the tastes of others, but rather taking in something that means a lot to you with strangers who probably feel the same way. And that goes for any age, any genre, any time, anywhere. Everyone knows what's going on and everyone is on the same track. Honestly, where else can you put your arm around a stranger and give him a high five without worrying about where he's been or where he plans on hitting you after you get your arm off of him.

a-ok

2008-07-22T13:19:42Z

You Are an "A-OK"

Your life philosophy can be summed up as, "Whatever will be, will be."

Your greatest wish is to live each day a little better than the next.

You are naturally calm and stable. Some people would call you a rock.

You feel one with the world. You are a spiritual person, though no one who knows you would guess it.

What Hand Gesture Are You?

100 Read

2008-06-27T20:18:09Z

Everyone else is doing it...

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding
69 Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte's Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

Quick Quiz before a real entry

2008-06-07T00:56:29Z

:P

2008-05-27T16:59:57Z

Hey kids! It's been a couple days, but I'm alive and well. Been enjoying myself before the time to get serious starts. Things, however, are going quite quite well. I'll update a little more and give slightly more thorough information soon, but first here's a quote from Jeff Foxworthy...

"Yes ma'am...you are welcome!"

Your Ice Cream Personality:

You like to think of yourself as a fairly modest person. And it's true that you don't talk yourself up... but you're also pretty happy with who you are.

You are incredibly cautious. You rather miss out on something than make a mistake. No one would ever call you wild... but they would call you responsible.

You are a fairly open minded person with a wide range of tastes. You are quite accepting of unusual ideas and people.

You tend to have a one track mind. You prefer not to multitask.

You can be a big dramatic and over the top sometimes. You are bold in every way

The Ice Cream Personality Test

Tagged by blantoncirith

2008-05-20T14:48:55Z

I got tagged twice, but decided I should address this to the one who tagged me first.

1. The person who tagged you is...
Mary

2. Your relationship with him/her is...
A friend of mine who I met initially through Joseph and became better friends with through LQ4 in sophomore year and being neighbors this past year.

3. Five impressions you have of him/her...
a) Very well-spoken
b) Good singer
c) Likes her gothic metal...like, a lot
d) Ferocious Mario Kart-er
e) Very eclectic tastes

4. The most memorable thing he/she has done for you.
When I was having some hard times a few months back, Mary really rose to the occasion and helped me out quite a lot. She's very trustworthy and I felt like I could confide in her over just about anything. She was a great help to me and a really good friend, someone I feel like I'll always be friends with. :)

5. The most memorable words he/she has said to you.
There are a lot of stupid little inside jokes between the two of us, but I think the most memorable ones involve the letters "DC." ;)

6. If he/she becomes your lover, you will...
Panic at the thought.

7. If he/she becomes your lover, things he/she has to improve on will be...
Not being so damn busy all the time! I really wish we could have hung out more during the day, but her schedule was always mad busy.

8. If he/she becomes your enemy, you will...
:(

9. If he/she becomes your enemy, the reason will be...
Probably because I did/said something stupid.

10. The most desirable thing you want to do for him/her now is...
Go see Kamelot with her in October.

11. Your overall impression of him/her is...
Very very cool girl.

12. How you think people around you feel about you...
I'd like to think that people generally see me as pretty easy-going and fun to be around. I'd like for them to think that I have a good sense of humor and that I'm pretty unique as far as acquaintances go. I feel like I have a lot to offer my friends and loved ones and I'm pretty sure that most people feel the same way.

13. The characteristic you love about yourself is...
Definitely my sense of humor and eclectic tastes.

14. On the contrary, the characteristic you hate about yourself is...
I feel like I can be kind of judgmental. I'm trying to work on that though.

15. The most ideal person you want to be is...
Who I am right now + cool job + spirituality/guiding philosophy.

16. For people that care and like you, say something to them...
Butt-plugs.

17. Pass this quiz to 10 people that you wish to know how they feel about you - TRY NOT TO PEEP AT THE QUESTIONS BELOW BEFORE WRITING DOWN THE NAMES.

The Tagged
01. classical_slut
02. sogoodtobleed
03. glitchphil
04. msmachina
05. sisterblister84
06. phoenixflight
07. jasonjoelbrown
08. malfaxx
09. meepxxx
10. orchid_bones

Who is no. 6 having a relationship with?
No one right now so far as I know.

Is no. 9 a male or female?
Quite male.

If no. 7 and 10 are together, will it be a good thing?
Ha! Whether or not it's a good thing is not up for me to decide, but talk about a mismatch!

How about no. 8 and 5?
Not quite as drastic a mismatch there, but probably not

What is no. 2 studying about?
He was a philosophy major, probably still reading up on it.

When was the last time you had a chat with no. 3?
Geez, a couple weeks ago I think. There was talk about me going to Philly for senior week, but nothing doing. I'll try to organize a visit soon though.

What kind of music band does no. 8 like?
Quite a bit, actually. Mainly on the rock/metal end of things, he was big on Dimmu Borgir, Porcupine Tree, and Pink Floyd this year. Although I know he dabbles in techno and electronic music as well.

Does no. 1 have any siblings?
Not so far as I know.

Will you woo no. 3?
Errrr, no.

How about no. 7?
No dudes, dude.

Is no. 4 single?
Definitely not.

What's the surname of no. 5?
Lohrey.

What's the name of no. 10?
Cassi

What's the hobby of no. 4?
There are a bunch, but the one that stands out to me are suspensions.

Do no. 5 and 9 get along well?
They knew each other, but I doubt they talk much anymore. I seem to recall them getting along well though.

Where is no. 2 studying at?
He studied at St. Mary's for a while, but now studies at Borders where he creates ways to subvert the general consumer populace and bombard them with Kantian ethics! ;)

Say something casual about no. 1.
Very well-traveled.

Have you tried developing feelings for no. 8?
Ummmm, no.

Where does no. 9 live?
A farm in Connecticut.

What color does no. 4 like?
White, right?

Are no. 5 and 1 best friends?
Never met.

Does no. 7 like no. 2?
Ummmm, I doubt that.

How did you get to know no. 2?
We initially met through a mutual acquaintance of ours at college. We were coming into the college experience at different times in our lives, but over time we discovered that we had a lot in common. Through "prayer meetings", puroresu videotapes, and a lot of Day Of Reckoning over at my place, we went from mutual acquaintances to best friends. :)

Does no. 1 have any pets?
None that I know of?

Is no. 7 the sexiest person in the world?
I imagine he'd like to think he is. There's a definite swagger to him.