Friday, April 26, 2002
16:38 ~
Okay, so I was turning the channel and ran into Rosie and it looked mildly interesting. So there's this gay couple in Florida who is fostering a bunch of HIV positive kids. They'd adopt, if they could. But well, it's Florida. And one kid is no longer HIV positive, so Florida wants to pull him out of his home and give him to a nice straight couple.
For more information, head here.
15:50 ~
So there's this commercial. A woman is hanging out on a billboard modelling some underwear. She declares it uncomfortable and steps off her billboard and walks down the street. Of course she's quite a bit larger than life-sized. This reminds me of the scary Lexx episode (not that there's any other kind of Lexx episode).
Then she climbs up to a Hanes billboard where there's this, supposedly more comfortable, underwear. We cut away to some guy peering out his car window. And when we come back, she's in the Hanes underwear.
What I want to know is.. did she change into the underwear in full view of half the city? And why isn't this Tokyo?
13:12 ~
Grr.. Blogger didn't publish again. What's up with that? It's not even giving an error message.. just not doing it. :P
And Iwon moved the survey on me. It's now here. and if you're reading this on Saturday, it'll then be here.
03:31 ~
What's the last book you finished reading?
So Long and Thanks for All the Fish
What's on top of your monitor?
A white dragon, a green dragon, a small Naru figure still in the box, and Mushu.
Name three dragons.
Mushu, Smaug, and Dremeth.
What's the last toy you bought?
Hum. No.. those are games.. I'm not sure. Possibly that Naru figure. :)
How many web browsers do you have on the computer you're currently at?
4 if you count both versions of Opera.
Earth?
Shmearth.
Who's your favorite bishounen?
Yue!
Why are you answering these questions?
Because I'm a pushover.
03:14 ~
K, you might find this interesting.
Wednesday, April 24, 2002
03:15 ~
Alright. Because it was requested. Here's another questionnaire thingee.
What's the last book you finished reading?
What's on top of your monitor?
Name three dragons.
What's the last toy you bought?
How many web browsers do you have on the computer you're currently at?
Earth?
Who's your favorite bishounen?
Why are you answering these questions?
Tuesday, April 23, 2002
02:35 ~
Oh yea. I finished So Long and Thanks For All the Fish. And yea, I finished the ones in between too. I really don't like this one as much as the previous 3. There's not even anything really quotable in it. Except for God's message at the end. But.. eh.
I'll read the last one I've got for completeness' sake. But then I'm moving on to something else. Possibly Card. Possibly Tolkien. Possibly neither.
02:30 ~
I was gone for 3 weeks. Here's a brief summary of my mail:
* 2 from the unemployment office. Only one of which was important.
* 1 from my bank, 1 from one of my credit card companies. Neither of which I actually need, because I do that stuff online.
* 1 alumni newsletter. Who reads that thing anyway?
* 1 loan bill. The other actually important piece of mail.
* 1 postcard about my movie credits or something. 1 coupon postcard from OfficeMax (Although to be fair, that might've been here before and I just left it there.)
* 9 credit card offers.
/Nine/ credit card offers! Think about this.. there's really only 4 credit card companies of any note. This means I probably got /2/ for each company. Although, in reality, I think most of them were Visa offers.
I have never accepted one of these offers in my life. My two credit cards are ones I specifically applied for. One because it was Star Trek and therefore C00L. One because it gives me Amazon gift certificates.
So why do they keep mailing me these things? Why? Because there are enough people out there /accepting/ these stupid offers to make it worth their while to mail the things out! So all of you doing that, STOP RIGHT THIS MINUTE. I'm sick and tired of ripping the things up. My poor hand protested just now when it had to go through 9 of them.
And you want to know how they know where I am? It's the bloody student loan companies. They track you down after you move, right quick. And then they sell your name to any Tom, Dick, and Discover who feels like spamming your butt with credit card offers.
Grrrrr.
Monday, April 22, 2002
01:21 ~
Guess what's going to be out before Order of the Phoenix? That's right, you guessed it.. (or probably you didn't).. it's Shadow Puppets by Orson Scott Card.
For those who want to torture themselves, check out the first chapters.
Time to reread some books.
Saturday, April 20, 2002
17:26 ~
As if it wasn't enough to be woken up by the garbage man, or kids invading the house, or a lawnmower, or a flock of guys taking down a tree, I was woken up this morning by a bloody earthquake.
Jeez.
It was pretty cool. I don't know why they always happen when I'm asleep though. I didn't feel any aftershocks though reportedly there was one 10 minutes later.
The epicenter is actually /really/ close to where we used to live. I wonder if there were any Champ sightings afterward. That would certainly bring them to the surface if anything would. I would think.
In other news, I had a Veggie Whopper. Only it wasn't really. They were out of veggie patties or something or other. I couldn't hear the guy over my parents... you'd think ordering from freaking Burger King would not be such a complicated process. It was good, if a tad expensive for a burger with no patty.
16:51 ~
Downloaded the latest Opera version, which is a huge upgrade from the 3.6 I had before. So now I'm testing if Blogger will work in it.
Tweaked the blog layout a little. Let me know if it's still squished on the right, K.
Despite having the latest Opera and two other browsers (Which are, alright, a smidge old), none of them are displaying my comment count. Hmf.
Friday, April 19, 2002
21:58 ~
 Cor blimey, I taste like Tea.
I am a subtle flavour, quiet and polite, gentle, almost ambient. My presence in crowds will often go unnoticed. Best not to spill me on your clothes though, I can leave a nasty stain. What Flavour Are You?
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That means that's /me/ in all those pictures of Lupin. :>
15:08 ~
I got an 8 out of 10 on this quiz.
I got a 20 out of 20 on this one.
14:50 ~
W00t! Okay. If you didn't notice, there's a new layout. I started out just trying to get my archives over to the side and I sort of got carried away. And then I tackled comments, because a spiffy new layout requires comments. Thanks to K for putting up with me and for the shamelessly stolen image. :)
And because of the way the new layout sort of just.. evolved, I don't have the original layout. This is a great loss, isn't it? Not.
Now take my poll/questionnaire thingee!
12:40 ~
And because I couldn't easily find one on a google search, here's one I made myself!
Which House is the best?
If you were an Animagus, which animal would you like to be?
Which animal do you think you'd actually end up as?
Tell us everything you know about Blaise Zambini.
Name three Hufflepuffs.
What's the most disgusting Everyflavor bean flavor you can think of?
Is Snape gay?
Where do werewolf pups come from?
Spelling test! What's that spell that levitates things?
Name one scene in the first book that didn't make it into the movie.
Which character in the movie was the sexiest?
And finally... what's your theory on Crookshanks?
12:23 ~
Okay, here we go.
Are you feeling lucky, punk?
I feel pretty! Oh so pretty!
What's the stupidest-sounding Native American place-name (that actually exists)?
Um.. I can't think of any stupid ones.
If you were taking the welcome rain on vacation with you, where would you take her to?
Well, there's one way to put your signature on a stupid poll.
When was the last time you fell down in public?
I don't remember.
Give an example of rape in art.
Um.. some thing with a swan or Zeus or Zeus as a swan or something. Probably titled The Swan. Or Rape of The Swan or something.
Or maybe it was an albatross.
If you were a herb or spice, which one would you be?
That expensive one that Martha's always using.
Give ANY solution to the Palestine-Israeli conflict.
Nuke them both off the planet. You can warn them first.
30 menopausal women = Producers of Oxygen
Do you step on worms after a rainstorm?
Eew.
Create an original Magic Marker color/flavor combo.
Troll bogey green
Can I go home soon?
You'll have to wait for the next spaceship.
Your most annoying relative is:
Mm.. oh yea, my first cousin once removed. The first one.
Remember those people that fell through the floor?
No, but they should've! How can you /not/ phase through the decks if you're phasing through the bulkheads?
If someone made an action figure of you, what accessory would be sold separately?
The wand of light and truth.
Name a teacher that humiliated you.
I don't remember one. I got one of them good though. He thought I wasn't paying attention, so asked what a fellow student had just said. I repeated it back to him verbatim without hardly looking up from my doodling.
Three candles dispel the darkness: _____, _____, and ______.
Huey, Duey, and Louie.
Thursday, April 18, 2002
19:17 ~
Anyway, some thoughts. I watched the trailer and.. it's possible that they're not saying that Jedis can't love. Because the only person who says it is Padme and she says "Are you allowed to love? I thought that was forbidden for a Jedi." Maybe she's joking, or maybe she's asking a serious question. But at any rate, she /is/ asking a question. It's possible it's not true. Or not strictly true anyway. What makes their love 'forbidden' may simply be that Obi-Wan doesn't want him consorting with a politician. Or wants him all to himself. Or a combination of the two. ;)
And it's even possible that some of the clips which /seem/ to be about their relationship (or potential relationship) really aren't.
Lucas could be just yanking everyone's chain. Or we can hope anyway. The more I watch it, the better I feel about it. Of course I could just be deluding myself. But there's one shot of two shadows (I don't want to look up the spelling of the better word) embracing and you're supposed to think it's Anakin and Padme, but it's probably him and his Mom.
19:10 ~
Some further quotes, shamelessly spliced together:
Ani? My goodness you've grown! It makes me feel uncomfortable.
19:05 ~
Attack of the Clothes.
Pickup Line of the Day: Your clones are quite impressive.
Or rendered thusly: Your pants are quite impressive.
Somehow it sounds funnier as clones...
Tuesday, April 16, 2002
02:11 ~
Let me know if this is slow-loading and I'll take out the picture.
I'm Remy LeBeau
What X-Men Character are You?
Eh, bien, mais... je ne connais pas Gambit. Maybe I shouldn't take an Xmen quiz if I don't know all the Xmen. :)
01:17 ~
I'm 41% addicted to Harry Potter. I don't think this quiz can possibly be accurate. Time to write one.
Wednesday, April 10, 2002
18:51 ~
How's this for kinky search engine searches. From my web tracker: "see her sneezing"
So I plug in this phrase myself in google and.. I'm the /first/ hit! My word!
Should I apologize to everyone looking for sneezing porn?
18:42 ~
For the sake of completeness.
![[draco + pansy]](http://atypically.net/hp/images/dracopansy.jpg)
01:13 ~
Woot! Give it up!
![[i'm bill weasley]](http://atypically.net/hp/images/bill.jpg)
...and which lesser Harry Potter character are you?
Congrats! You're Gryffindor alumnus Bill Weasley!
You know you're cool when even the kid who defeated Voldemort thinks so. You have a disposition that attracts people to you as friends and allies. And it's not just your outward appearance - under all your coolness, you're smart enough to be Head Boy/Girl, too.
(Your moment of glory - so far, at least - came in Goblet of Fire when Harry Potter declared your undeniable ponytail-wearing cool factor.)
00:42 ~
I couldn't resist. And now I'm scared.
![[percy + neville]](http://atypically.net/hp/images/percyneville.jpg)
00:04 ~
which "monty python and the holy grail" character are you?
this quiz was made by colleen
Et maintenant, pour quelquechose completement different.
Wil's got a quote from Douglas Adams. Which just so happens to be in the first chapter of the book I had sitting behind me when I read his blog today. I half-expected when I turned on Highway to Heaven that it'd be the ep he was in, just for all those improbable coincidences to come together and junk. But alas, no. At least, I don't think it was.. I fell asleep.
Monday, April 08, 2002
11:52 ~
Oh yea. Finished Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan and Restaurant at the End of the Universe by You Know Who. And no, I don't mean Monsieur "Je Suis Voldemort" Elvis neither.
The former was interesting enough, but might make a more interesting movie. It's about mother-daughter relationships and China. Or something. If it's not an Oprah book it's only because the chars aren't black.
11:28 ~
So I took this test and got -90, androgyne. Which is not at all surprising. And here's why.
The test is written for M>F transsexuals, of which I am not. I am good at math, science, /and/ spelling, thereby skewing my results towards androgynous on every single question related to these things.
I don't expect others to take it, because it's rather pointless (I'm sure every chick is gonna get androgynous and I wouldn't be too surprised if most guys scored that way too) and quite long and repetitive. If someone takes it and gets FEMALE, I'll be shocked.
Saturday, April 06, 2002
08:55 ~
Quick blog entry before I crash.
Went to two garage sales. No MLPs. Bought SW Trivial Pursuit for 4.50 and some Trek card game cards. No instructions on the latter, nor any idea whether I even have the right ones to play.. but there's like 240 of them, so should be able to do /something/ with them. Or just look at them. Or something. Everything's well-used. But hey.. had to make the trip worth it. Since Dunkin Donuts didn't have any good donuts (reportedly.. I didn't go in).
05:51 ~
Hey, Jen, if you want to see snow, next time come visit in April! There's enough snow out there to potentially make a snowman.
Friday, April 05, 2002
04:27 ~
Okay, here it is. Let me know what you get!
03:23 ~
Here's a quiz whose results don't surprise me.
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You have demonstrated a strong affinity for the character Arthur Dent.
You like Earth. It's your home and as long as it isn't destroyed, you plan on staying here. All things Earth-based are good and everything from the rest of the galaxy is bad. You have an unlimited capacity to be shocked and astonished, not to mention an incredible ability to drink tea. You aren't as dumb as people think you are but you aren't half as smart as you'd like to be. Common sense is your strong point, unfortunately, the universe doesn't make sense of any kind, never mind common.
Some words of advice: Don't Panic!
02:24 ~
Finished rereading THHGTTG or HHGTG or HHGG or HGG or tHGttG or however you'd like to acronymicize it. Anyway, maybe I'll go on to the next. Maybe not. You'll just have to stay tuned to find out.
Thursday, April 04, 2002
05:31 ~
Okay, so I confess. I randomly clicked on someone's livejournal who'd taken a /lot/ of tests. I was picking out the cream of the crop. And I can't stop until I hit the bottom of her page. :} Anyway, I couldn't not take this one either!
Take the What Color Dragon Should You Ride? Quiz
Made By: 
myway and teza
(I got Gold second. Teeheehee.)
05:27 ~
Well, I couldn't very well not take this one! I wanted Rizzo though. :(
| You are Scooter!
You're quiet, organized, and a bit put-upon. Though people don't always pay attention to you, you try to keep a sunny attitude. |
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05:22 ~
And maybe I'll make this the last one...
Take the What Kind of Slacker are you? Quiz
05:18 ~
Don't know how /this/ happened!!
Very cute, very pink, and very feminine. That's you.
Find your inner rubber ducky.
05:13 ~
I'm lettuce! I'm a total follower, and can usually not make desicions on my own, but rather have someone else make them for me. I love being me, because I make up a great part of a whole (salad), but I can't stand alone because then I'd be bland. I need other people to keep me fiesty^^
Take the Vegetable Quiz by Krysten!
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Well, um.. at least it's better than cabbage?
05:11 ~
Un message pour le Professor Rogue: Fetchez la vache!
04:59 ~
I won't be able to post this right away as FG is down.
I am 75% worshipable! And you? Find out!
You know it baby!
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You're Brad Pitt. You're not really a vampire, but you play one in a movie.
Hint on that one. You can easily get Spike if that's who you want.
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Wednesday, April 03, 2002
03:34 ~
And here is Orson Scott Card's pseudo-blog. He might as well make it a blog. He's rambling about anything and everything, including yogurt. Except that he gets to actually publish it in a newspaper and call it a column and get paid for it. Hmf!
And here's a column entry about Harry Potter.
03:19 ~
This scares me.
03:14 ~
Okay, now this is amusing. I thought.. what Harry Potter test could there be other than which House and which character? Why, which Quidditch position, of course! And I plugged this into Google and shore nuff, someone's written one.
And I get... Fan.. followed by Chaser. Well, fan is definitely me. But I'm glad Jay snuck in there. :) However, Beater was LAST. I don't suck /that/ badly as a Beater... do I? Meep!
Beware the popup ads. And well, that site allows you to make your own tests for free. So.. maybe I will. Or plug away at some Javascript. Or um.. something.
Or not.
03:00 ~
Don't think anyone will argue with this.
See what Care Bear you are.
02:54 ~
Well.. there were some interesting things on April 1st. WWDN rocked. Although I still hold out hope that somehow, some way, this will turn out to be true. That would be the ultimate April Fool's. Knock Wil's socks off, Berman!
And um.. not much else to say. Mary Sues must die.
