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| | Tags: | cookie | | Subject: | Darn, Cookie Is Smart | | Time: | 10:31 pm |
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| Even when she is just taking a guess. She comes into the room and says, You know, tarantulas live to be 30 years. I nod and say, Oh yeah. Where'd you hear that? She says, No where. I made it up. Can we look look it up and see how long they live?
According to Wiki Answers:
Tarantulas that can live for twenty years, and even one species has been known to survive over thirty years in captivity.
Pretty good guess I say. | comments: Leave a comment   |
| Sometimes there are really aggravating, annoying, frustrating things that happen because of race, but they aren't exactly racist. They are one step done from racist... they are just thoughtless. An example:
I'm trying to buy some freaking pantyhose for interviewing. Want to be a good little conservative girl, wearing my hose and closed toed shoes. Every department store in suburban Maryland is apparently not following my train of thought. An exhausting search of Macy's, JC Penney, Lord & Taylor, Bloomingdale's, and two (2!) Targets reveals that no one really feels the need to stock any color beyond "nude" or "beige". Of course, those are both code for "white people pantyhose!"
Every hosiery department has helpful sample colors, to let you find the right shade. But even though the samples are a Benetton ad of color, don't expect to find them in the display! Are you darker than a medium tan? Go back to your service job that doesn't require business formal.
Now, the shitty selection of every department store in a five mile radius of my house is not racist. It's not deliberate, no one actually bothered to think about it at all I bet. But that's where the thoughtless part comes in. All the people who do the buying and ordering for their stores just assumed that nobody would want any color but "nude". I like to make fun of the corporate/government world, and their endless quest for "diversity". A lot of times it can seem like party line bullshit that people are doing just to keep up with everyone else. Occasionally, I am reminded that there is actually a good reason to have a diverse workforce. For instance, if a woman of color worked for any of these stores, maybe somebody would think to order some damn pantyhose in my freaking color!
If I ran a clothing company, I would put out a line of tights. All brown. And call the color "urban". Oh inside joke that nobody reading this blog will get, how I love you... | | comments: Leave a comment |
| w00t!!!
OMG D; omgOMGomg, i`m so happy right now. DDD; ive just finished booking the awesomest thing out of my entire itinerary that i posted in my last post. something in the itinerary has changed now!
I`M GOING TO TOKYO FOR THE FIRST TIME! :D
- sept 11th - 14th; passing through Tokyo to catch other flights doesnt count!
I`M GOING TO SEE MY FIRST EVER LIVE CONCERT!!! :DDD
- yes, i know. "REALLY?? wow" @ never having been to a concert before.
THE CONCERT IS THAT OF ONE OF MY DIEHARD FAVORITE GROUPS: SOUND HORIZON!!! DDDDDDDDDD;
- which i`m sure none of you have heard of outside of my entries, such ashame in all honesty.
( stuff that no one would care about )
now i have to start reading every travel guide i have on Tokyo because i know absolutely nothing about the city and if i get lost you may never see me again. D; | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Tags: | august 08 | | Subject: | keyboard signals | | Time: | 08:28 pm |
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| so i was learning by ear a certain mindless self indulgence song when all of a sudden the keyboard just went dead and i was like "uh oh its a sign saying STOP IT RIGHT NOW"
then i looked and saw that the keyboard had come unplugged... okay weird
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on a semi-related note if you're going to start a GLBT rights organization try to make sure you don't put BJ in the acronym
national BAD JOKE coalition
good "job" | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Subject: | So... | | Time: | 08:12 pm |
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| I got a man-bag. I feel so awesome, or something.
I also now am in the possession of a book and cd set to learn Korean. I still don't understand why I want to learn korean, and I doubt I'll actually learn Korean... but I suppose it will be interesting to try and learn Korean.
Gold/Silver/Bronze/Total
China 45 14 20 79
United States 26 28 28 82
Great Britain 16 10 11 37
China is killing the gold medal count. It looks like this go round the US is going to capture the most silver and bronze... and medals. but still. wow. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| Today's Journal People Poll to you LiveJournal readers is:
Poll #1245490 Labor Day Weekend
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllWhere will you be on Labor Day Weekend?
Comments welcome. | | comments: 15 comments or Leave a comment |
| ...goes to 85-year-old Leda Smith of Point Marion, PA, who detected a burglar in her house and grabbed her .22 caliber pistol, holding the 17-year-old burglar at gunpoint and forcing him to call police.
The burglar is now captive, and Smith is said to have possibly broken up a crime ring that had broken into several homes recently.
Granny got her gun. Not Cool. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| | Subject: | Help Yourself | | Time: | 03:02 pm |
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| Through the fiction told by Donald Goines, I know I've been inspired. I've always been inspired but I've lost motivation sometimes.
"From dilapidated ruins that still passed for houses, people peered out, smelling trouble with the built-in instinct of the oppressed."
From Black Gangster
Lines such as these have hit me to my core. Though he wrote fiction, his stories were from actual experiences and his ability to convey such truths of his time is unnerving as you realize that the basics have not changed.
Blacks are an oppressed people. Talk about 'The Man' and 'The System' might be old, but still rings true.
The system is designed for us to fail.
The brainwashing from the start of our demise has long since been proven effective. Most of our neighborhoods are ruins. Our schools, a mockery of the such. The mindset of many, immature, misguided, and lazy. Rather than attempt to think of some as a whole, most think of themselves only. We used to be a community, now most would rather suffer than to help another, even if it can help themselves. It's like people don't understand sacrifice.
We are trained to be drones. Simple workers and nothing more. Now of course we all aren't like this, but I feel like too many of us are.
If we are of a better mindset, what is it that we focus on?
I pass so many people, of all ages that I call mindless masses. The ones you see on the corners loitering. The ones you see wearing the latest fashions and simply cruising the streets. The ones that don't care about getting an education, but see it as a way to get free money.
I have more quotes from this book, as it has really just tapped me upside my head. Made me look at myself and say,
"Stop waiting on everybody else to help you.
Ain't nobody else gone do it for you girlfriend, you gotta do it yourself."
Why do we always wait on somebody to save us?
Shall we discuss? | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Subject: | Work-at-home Web Sites Settle FTC Charges | | Time: | 08:39 pm |
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| Two brothers have settled U.S. FTC charges that they operated bogus work-at-home Web sites.
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| | Subject: | where are YOU going | | Time: | 12:00 pm |
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| The sax guy from dave matthews band just passed away. :(
Where are you going
With the long face pulling down
Dont hide away like an ocean
But you can see, but you can smell and the sound
Of your waves coming down
I am no superman not at all
But I have no answers for you
I am no hero, and thats for sure
But I do know one thing
Where you go, is where I want to be
Where are you going?
Where do you go?
Are you looking for answers
For reasons under the stars
If along the way, you are growing weary
You can rest with me until a brighter day
I am no superman, thats for sure
And I have no answers, yeah
I am no hero, oh dont you know~
But I do know one thing,
Where you are is where I belong
Where you go, I do know, is where I belong
Where are you going, with your beautiful face looking down
Dont hide away
You are like an ocean
That I cant see, but I can smell and the sound
Of your waves coming down
I am no superman, thats for sure
I have no answers for you
I am no hero, oh not at all
I do know one thing, where you are is where I belong
Where you are is where I want to be. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Tags: | politicos | | Subject: | Just some stuff | | Time: | 11:37 am |
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| Obama vs. McCain -- this site compares the two on various topics and issues. Interesting read... Jeremy, take a look and tell me what you think.
As far as Obama, I completely agree with this article... Obama needs to create a more firm stance on issues and state point blank why McCain is horrendous and why he is not. The American public needs to hear things as plain as you can make them and there are lots of facts about McCain that we just aren't getting from the general broadcast media. I'm hoping after he picks his running mate, that's the direction his campaign pursues.
As for running mates... is McCain really considering Joe Lieberman? jeezy creezy! | | comments: 4 comments or Leave a comment |
| So... I guess our softball team has some post-season games scheduled. I guess everyone really does make the playoffs.
The ankle is feeling better, but it's still unwise to run on it, I think, so maybe I'll ask about being catcher or doing something else that doesn't require much movement. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Tags: | exploring, japan, stuff, travel | | Current Music: | Freezepop - Less Talk More Rokk | | Subject: | i have never in my life | | Time: | 07:20 pm | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/smileys/hyper.gif) excited |
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| (that i can remember) been as tanned as i have been in Japan.
and that`s saying something, seeing as how i was born and raised in a desert and i don`t tan easily.
but then again, in America i rode around in cars everywhere rather than doing the bike/train/walk combo everyday, everywhere. i even peeled for the first time ever in Japan! I DIDNT EVEN KNOW THAT WAS POSSIBLE. D;
aww, the things Japan has taught me...
...about myself...
...damn you Japan.
but anyway, onto MUCH MORE important things. i`ve been rather depressed lately and was particularly depressed yesterday, but today i implemented a strategy to get myself out of it and it has worked!
my strategy: research, plan and book as many trips as i could today while at work.
and that`s just what i did! i have rougly planned out almost every trip i intend to take this term (from sept - dec) and have already started booking the most upcoming trips. :D
( my (rough) travel itinerary! )
i`m so excited...........!!! and what`s really awesome is that since i didnt travel much last year, i got to carry over some of my paid leave into this year. so between my leftover paid leave and all the holidays and weekends i`m taking advantage of, i`m only using a total of 5 days out of my paid leave for this year! i`ll still have plenty left for travel in 2009! :DDDD
SO AWWWEESOOMMMEE!
so excited!
this is going to be the most i`ve ever traveled in such a short span of time. :3 i also intend to travel a LOT cheaper than last year during all these trips. 90% OF SHOPPING MUST BE WINDOW SHOPPING ONLY, DAMNIT. that`s what gets me when i travel, the fact that i`m a shopaholic and a packrat to boot. none of that this year. >:[ i must enjoy the other things that there are to traveling. 8)
man, now that my next few months are for certain sprinkled with trips to various places, i feel i can say "BRING IT!" to september rather than "NEVER COME PLZ!". such a nice feeling, having things to look forward to. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| I have officially reached a new low. or level. whatever.
I got two of Dr. Peck's books...the road less traveled and beyond and its sequel. A friend's mom recommended it last night after going to her house after I was hysterically crying from I-95.
I also bought a few rape books...like 3 memoirs covering women who got 'justice' thru the system and like, two technical books about the rights victims have in the system when suing.
Hopefully these won't be too hard to read and I'll be able to get through them. I hope the library lady didnt wonder about me. Ugh and i was wearing a short skirt when I checked these all out! She prolly thought I deserved it. blechhh
Here's to self help books. *toast* | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Subject: | i want a roof. | | Time: | 10:51 pm |
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| how does one break destiny? Fate? this ungrateful plague? or should I bow down before this entity and let life take it course.... New plan of action. How bout this... we all run around like a bunch of ants and scatter until we break destiny's server. Therefore negating paths of control and systems.
Get me off this life support!!!
I'm on a new kick now. I'm trying to write at least 2000 words a day and get my respectable charm back. I will be fully prepared to write long handwritten notes of enduring passion and love or long books of fiction which ever comes first.
Finally after 24 years on this earth I struck a deal with my body and for the first time in ever. I like my body. :O yea fucking flipped my shit too. how bout that.
If I could just get to sleep and stop having a mad affair with the night like some crack-bat-addict this would be simply easy. But I find myself testing fate.... setting up controlled experiments for this destiny bum. I mean, if destiny makes me a believer? ha I'll be it's next jerry maquire.
how can some not believe in god, but believe in destiny. . . what does it take for one to believe in anything?
that feeling of the wooden floor and changing my laces every quarter is coming back. this must be an ode to the night....
right on.
peace
shan | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
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