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A message to independents and unsatisfieds [07 Oct 2008|10:39am]

tenmazero
It's getting nasty out there lately, with the most vicious attacks of the election season culminating in an orgy of negativity over the last month of the election. With all this mud flying, it's easy to think we're forced to choose the lesser of two evils, and that's unfortunate because it leaves voters feeling unsatisfied.

The antidote to this is knowledge. You have to do your own fact checking rather than taking the attacks at face value, and research your choices to decide which candidate is best going to represent the issues you care about. To that end, here's a couple of impartial sources of information to keep in mind.

FactCheck.org - Often cited by both campaigns, they break down the exaggerations and lies and expose them for what they are.

AP Politics - The Associated Press lives or dies on its reputation for impartiality, and as long as you avoid Ron Fournier, they usually live up to it. They have assembled a Guide to Each Candidate's Issue Positions that should be must-read information for every voter.
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DEBATRIX!! [07 Oct 2008|01:40pm]

bentrazor
[ music | Notorious B.I.G. - Unbelieveable ]


TONIGHT!
Select Your Candidate!  Heaven Or Hell!  Duel 2 SRASH
McCain Vs. Obama - Round 2!
9pm!

Come to our place and watch this slobberknocker on the bigscreen!

BE THERE or dine in HELL.

graphic by Cympheeuh
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Honestly... [07 Oct 2008|12:34pm]

photognome
[ mood | piratical ]
[ music | Starseeds - Behind The Sun ]









It really doesn't get much better than this... :-)
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Memeionarre [07 Oct 2008|11:51am]

bentrazor
[ mood | busy ]
[ music | Pills - Hurricane ]

Hey look, a meme! Fill this out while I'm cramming for my next Java unit on top of the one I'm already behind!

1. Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it.
2. How long have you known me?
3. When and how did we first meet?
4. What was your first impression?
5. Do you still think that way about me now?
6. What do you think my weakness is?
7. Do you think I'll get married?
8. What makes me happy?
9. What makes me sad?
10. What reminds you of me?
11. If you could give me anything what would it be?
12. How well do you know me?
13. Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't?
14. Do you think I could kill someone?
15. Describe me in one word.
16. Do you think our friendship is getting stronger, weaker, or staying the same?
17. Do you feel that you could talk to me about anything and I would listen?
18. Are you going to put this on your live journal and see what I say about you?

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express yourself [07 Oct 2008|10:27pm]

dimmma
[ mood | creative ]
[ music | silence ]

сегодня юлиана написала мне в смс своё стихотворение. а именно:

Сухой порошок осыпается в ложку,
Огонь его тут же оближет несмело
Иллюзорный мир уже не кажется ложью
Растворяя разум в чём-то серо-белом.
Раскаляя сознанье, подгоняя мерки,
Раздвигая рамки, учащаа пульс.
И вкус воздуха горький, но терпкий
Меня растворяет, но я не боюсь.
Расходятся швы, кровоточат раны,
По коже бежит истерический шок.
Я закрываю глаза слишком рано,
Но не закрыть их уже я не мог...



я написал, что "вообще очень не нравится", и что это наркоманский бред. юлиана обиделась на меня, и сказала ещё, что я все её идеи обсираю. а я сказал, что это противно. дословно:
если бы ты была наркоманкой, а я бы принимал это в тебе, то было бы всё замечательно, и стих мне, возможно бы и понравился. - это раз. ты хотела адекватной оценки - вот тебе адекватная оценка. конечно, я бы мог сказать что-нибудь типа "о, прикольно, классно!", но это не было бы правдой. я с тобой честен, и говорю, как есть. потому что честь - это одна из главных составляющих настоящей дружбы.
короче говоря, долго с ней спорили на эту тему, в итоге просто закрыли её. хотя, юлиана пообещала писать стихи специально для меня, и будет писать их до тех пор, пока мне что-нибудь из них понравится. сомнительная идея, по-моему... ну да ладно.

вообще, я крайне скептически отношусь к таким стихам. не хочу никого обидеть, но для меня они все одинаковы - все в свои школные годы (или позже) пишут одно и то же - часто кривым слогом - о любви - о "тебе", о том, что любовь вся такая большая-большая, и "рвёт в клочья", и "готов для тебя...", и бла-бла-бла-бла-бла.... или о смерти - о суициде, о том, какая жизнь плохая и несправедливая, и, опять же, бла-бла-бла....
писать о том, как белый порошок растворяет разум - это не есть хорошо, я так считаю. с таким же успехом можно писать о педофилии и убийстве детей, о кишках и кровище и в таком духе. я не говорю о том, что я настаиваю на тематиках типа "как всё хорошо, давайте радоваться жизни..." или что-то такое, я говорю о том, что проще надо быть.
не знаю, столько мыслей по этому поводу в голове, всего не напишешь.
вот я. я прекрасно знаю, что стихи писать не умею - вот и не пишу. был у меня один стих, года полтора, по-моему, писал я его и выкладывал тут в жж. что-то там про супернову и "мысли какие-то там отчасти логичны" - такой набор словосочетаний в рифму больше, чем стихотворение. получилось ничего так :) но, если бы я попытался написать ещё что-то, то, точно знаю - ничего хорошего бы уже не вышло. поэтому и не берусь.
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агарта-сити, агарта-таун (отрывки) [07 Oct 2008|10:10pm]

dimmma
[ mood | creative ]
[ music | the presets - 2008 - apocalypso ]

сегодня, во время работы, мне в голову пришла мысль, которую, я подумал, надо обязательно написать в жж:

вот смотришь на коллектив магазина агарта, и картина эта называется не иначе как "никто не идеален" или "у каждого свои гуси"

.....

все они прикольные люди, и с ними мне хорошо работается и приятно общаться, но каждый чем-то таким необычным примечателен. не знаю, как описать это словами, но, если изобразить наш отдел в виде какого-нибудь мультсериала, то мультсериал получился бы очень неплохой.

.....

интересно только, каким персонажем был бы я?..

.....

Разговор о мебели

Действующие лица:
Наташа
Паша
Я

===
Н: интересно, какое у человека должно быть воображение, и чем он вообще думать должен, чтобы мебель называть такими идиотскими именами. например, диван "Анжела" или стул "Александр"...
...
Я: наташа, вот как ты думаешь, если бы ты была мебелью, чем бы ты была?
Н (задумалась): я была бы каким-нибудь роскошным диваном в стиле барокко.
П: нет, ты была бы крышкой от унитаза.
Н: неправда! вот ты больше на крышку от унитаза похож.
П: хорошо, пусть я буду крышкой от унитаза. крышка от унитаза хотя бы полезна, в отличие от дивана в стиле барокко! только вот я точно знаю, что ты никогда в жизни не видела диванов в стиле барокко.
Н: видела!
П: конечно, во сне видела.
Н: мне диваны не снятся.
....и увидел я сон о том, как роскошный диван в стиле барокко разговаривает с крышкой от унитаза....

занавес

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Rayne's Kids (Go On A Snipe Hunt) [07 Oct 2008|09:51am]

jheti
[ mood | tired ]
[ music | Fluke - Switch/Twitch ]

Now, this I might read.

Threesome? ^_~

(This I doubt, however.)

And yes, third commenter down, they most certainly ARE named for Pollux and Castor; the Discouri are the gods of knights. Featured on the coinage, and they were prominent for a while as Roman powers tended to be.

Pollux was also called Polydeuces.

By the wayside, lux = "light", continuing the tradition of naming the Tam girls with nouns. XD

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Question of the Day [07 Oct 2008|08:41am]

omahastar
Today's Question ...

Have you ever done something because you read about it in a book first?

My answer - Yep. I read a book late last year; the main character often referenced her Word a Day calendar, then used the word in speech. I saw one of those calendars in the calendar store and have it on my desk. It's not always the easiest thing, trying to get one of those words into normal conversation. Then again, some days it's all too easy. Like today, the word is "never-never land - an ideal or imaginary place."
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[07 Oct 2008|08:27am]

kimberlychapman
Peo is three today! Yay! Happy birthday Peo!

I'd post piccies but no time...plus the poor thing has big painful blisters on her heels from her hike on Sunday and that means she's had to go shoeless for a couple of days, meaning if we want to go out (such as the required grocery shopping today) she needs to be carried around. This means everything is going slower than usual, making me busier than expected. Let's hope they clear up by her party on Saturday.

So I'll go with last year's birthday icon for now and update next week, after party!
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I thought that I heard you laughing, I thought that I heard you sing... [07 Oct 2008|01:50pm]

larlar_ulysses
[ mood | sick ]
[ music | The Killers - Read my mind ]

I has da flu.

Sad times.

Not updated much lately because I decided I was emoing too much and wouldn't post again until I was less emo but that isn't working out so well *amused* So instead? I'm gonna tell you about my cunning plan which I'm sure no-one cares about!

Since I started seeing a therapist again (she's due to come over in two hours, but I dunno if we'll get much covered today) I thought it might be a nice idea to keep a track of what's going on with it all in here. Now, I COULD use the private thing, but I'm thinking I'll just cut and tag the entries so that if anyone IS interested in any way? They can follow along.

That is my cunning plan. Isn't it cunning?

Yeah, I think I should take more pills now...

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.java [07 Oct 2008|08:05am]

bentrazor
[ mood | confused ]
[ music | Canibus - Drama (ft. Luminatti) ]

HEY!

Anyone know Java? Hit me up.

AIM: utherbentrazor

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The Story of Ryan Thomas White [07 Oct 2008|01:17am]

clawxco
http://community.livejournal.com/ryanwhitevictim/
http://damnaspirin.livejournal.com/1064.html

I think the story of this man needs to be told on a larger scale, if i wasn't such a retard when it came to writing I'd probably make a somethingawful post about him, but i'm lazy, and yeah. but yes. Ryan White sucks.
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[07 Oct 2008|12:32am]

clawxco
well #cavern is something else.
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Update [06 Oct 2008|10:59pm]

sagesaria
[ mood | relieved ]

Mom found the wallet.

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Guys [06 Oct 2008|10:51pm]

juliamon
( You are about to view content that may not be appropriate for minors. )
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[06 Oct 2008|10:14pm]

sarajayechan
[ mood | good ]

Two exams today. @_@ I kinda ended up cramming a bit at the last minute, but I think I at least did okay. All I really hope is that I didn't fail miserably. They weren't too hard, though.

Does anyone know where I can find lyrics for The Alfee's "From the past to the future"? (aka my latest song fixation)

And last but not least...

Gatch ep 3 spoilers )

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What the hell happened? [06 Oct 2008|10:00pm]

bulghod
Hi! for lack of a complete post:

  • 02:25 Watching Eyes Wide Shut. for a sex cult film, shockingly vanilla sex. #
  • 04:04 night night twitter! #
  • 15:45 Listening to: Lcd soundsystem - Get Innocuous tinyurl.com/22grol #
  • 18:00 @DVDQuotes And don't call me shirley" #
  • 18:09 @conorp DAMN YOU!!!!!!!!!11exclamation point exclamation point one one won won and other dramatic signs of anger! you've beaten me again! #
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orenoshuu [06 Oct 2008|05:57pm]

i_luv_melon
Lately I've been eating a lot of lumpia (mom's been on a roll) and Italian sodas (that's dad's fault). It's so good. Yesterday we picked up hummus from Trader Joe's. Now that's good. Fooooood. I love it.

I've been really busy lately. Can't say why. Must be something about October. As a fan of the Internet it's very surprising that I wasn't on very much at all this past weekend. I checked my email once on Saturday and that was it. My laptop went untouched.

My legs are sore. It's likely from the fact that I ran half a mile yesterday with no regards to stretching. I'm such a buffoon. And I'm really out of shape. I started to get a stitch in my side so fast. Walking up the stairs at school today was no fun.

I haven't progressed at all. =0
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[06 Oct 2008|06:29pm]

10th_letter
Yeah, so I was ... turned on to the story of Olli and Christian from the German Soap Opera Verbotene Liebe. Well, Olli looks disturbingly like Flack from CSI NY so I had to whip out the MorphThing again. I know it means Olli's cheating on Christian and Flack on Danny, but humor me here

Hopefully the person responsible for my new addiction will see this. *hint hint*

*glare*

Anyhoo I give you Jo Flack! Jo Weil plays Olli and, once you realize J's are pronounced as Y's in German than, well, hilarity ensues.

http://www.morphthing.com/image/8057539-zoom-535-401-0511200738648-jpg-and-DonFlackjpg?key=bd430415bd0e6e27f2dc3c154e17cf0d

Ignore the hair.


Incidentally I'm watching the Nightly News on mute and listening to my iPod on shuffle. The Gremlins 2 theme plays as my TV shows pictures of Wall Street kerploding.

I am SO glad I don't play the stock market or have credit cards.


On yet another note, is it wrong to have a bit of a crush on Brian Williams? MAN does he have gorgeous eyes...
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I've Moved [06 Oct 2008|04:40pm]

niquildrvr
New journal, if you're interested:

[info]fourzoas
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