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May. 11th, 2008 @ 03:06 pm yippy
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I graduated from Greensboro College Today!!!
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May. 11th, 2008 @ 08:49 am Pics or it didn't happen
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Outdoor garden photographs ... plus, a bonus shot of my laundry.

( Lots of pics, large )

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May. 10th, 2008 @ 01:16 pm Still No Internets -- But I Don't Care
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Current Music: Silver And Cold - AFI
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May. 10th, 2008 @ 07:14 am "The lost boy" is found!
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[info]marielyuy wins a truckload of internets today, as she has found the original art for my "red thread angel" icon.

It's The Sentinel by an artist named nykolai. (Click for a larger view.) It's worthwhile to browse around the gallery; there are some other interesting paintings there as well. Nuri has a Dracula-ish feel, and The Fallen reminds me of a bit different take on the legend of the succubus.

What a nice surprise to wake up to this morning.

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May. 9th, 2008 @ 09:55 am Friday Morning Comic Relief
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We made it. It is finally Friday. And to ease the burden of this last day of work before the weekend begins, I offer you this moment of distraction. It has come by way of my colleague. I know not whether it is truth, for I have not researched it. However, it is dang funny.

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May. 8th, 2008 @ 09:31 pm The Internet (Reposted from fkfv)
Current Location: Johnson City, TN
Current Mood: awake
Current Music: Rammstein - Dig Up Her Bones (Misfits Cover)
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A good friend wrote this on his journal recently. It's an incomplete exploration, but I think this preliminary survey warrants reposting for wider consideration.


I've been trying to figure out the value of the Internet in terms of news these days - most recently I was inspired by a post on Fark that says, "Why blogging matters: a single blogger using nothing but math and statistical models predicted the Democratic primary more accurate than any professional pollster."

Why blogging matters, then. Why does it? It gets news and analysis out of the hands of central media outlets and into the hands of the masses. Like Wikipedia, it illustrates the divide between expertise and enlightenment through the proletariat, as if a whole lot of people's input can approximate expertise.

Clearly the days of Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow are over - I really wonder, deep down, whether or not either one could get a job even at a local affiliate today. News has clearly been coopted from the greater good towards sensationalism and ratings. So what is left? Journalism by the masses? We need to get our news and or analysis from people with no training or anything resembling a guarantee of journalistic integrity. That could be argued for mass media as well...

The question being is does Wikipedia work? Can the masses actually approximate expertise? The strains of anti-intellectualism running rampant through America are disturbing, but does some level of anonymity help alleviate that? Is today's American more likely to trust someone entirely anonymously than someone that they know something about? Is blogging going to replace mass media on some level? News and analysis with a bias that is hopefully clearer than mass media.

That, I suppose, is the hope, because Murrow and Cronkite aren't coming back. "News" is what it is, which is not fair or balanced, from pretty much any outlet.
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May. 8th, 2008 @ 09:18 pm Me & Me
Current Location: Johnson City, TN
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Current Music: Scorpions (w/ orchestra) - Rock You (Like a Hurricane)
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Okay, this thing has been passed around a lot recently, so I thought I'd take a crack at it. This is a picture of me when I was sixteen, accompanied by me as I am now. I think this picture, while not graphically my best work, does a good job of encapsulating my feelings about the relationship these two divergent versions of me would have.

( Artist Meme )
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May. 8th, 2008 @ 11:16 am tick tick tick tick BOOM.
Current Mood: happy
Current Music: Will Smith - Boom! Shake The Room (in my head)
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May. 8th, 2008 @ 08:01 am Whiny and kind of down today ...
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It's been raining for three days, and the vegetable patch out back looks more like a rice paddy, with ankle-deep water everywhere. Hope the plants are tough enough to survive it.

Down in the comments below, [info]my_daroga said in response to my remark on her f/f Phantom slash, "I so need to do more of that." To which I replied, "Story of my life. All these ideas are in my head, but I'm not writing a single one of them."

This has been bothering me for some time - the "headful of ideas / and they're driving me insane," to quote Bob Dylan - but they seem to be sterile ideas at this time; they don't produce fruit (i.e. a story.)

Then I came across this LJ entry by [info]yohannon, where he talks about his own writer's block being one of "over-inspiration," of having too many ideas in almost manic succession.

That's my story, too. It's almost as if I lack the "psychic infrastructure" to channel all that "ghost" into "matter." Then I start getting overwhelmed by the guilt and the sense of obligation. Bringing it back into perspective, [info]yohannon says:
I have to remember why I wrote in the first place. It's FUN. It's a game using ones vocabulary to produce a phrase so tight, so fraught with meaning, that it smacks you write between the eyes and leaves you sorting through bits of your own brain matter to figure out how they changed you forever, even when you were the one who uttered them. That's why Therapy works, folks -- not because of what the head doctor says but what he gets YOU to say.

It would be wonderful if I could reconnect with the "fun" - I do realize that losing it is tied in with a much greater (and increasing) sadness about other aspects of life.

Meanwhile, here's a picture of my "dream bedroom." Do you have a "dream room" pic you would like to share?

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May. 8th, 2008 @ 08:38 am Thursday Morning Eye Candy
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Die from the love.

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May. 7th, 2008 @ 05:14 pm think of all the strange things circulating 'round
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Current Music: David Bowie - It Ain't Easy
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May. 7th, 2008 @ 02:34 pm It has taken just 2.5 weeks...
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...for the inmates in the asylum to shatter my sublime naivete.

::snarl::

I work with died-in-the-wool, true-blue, 100% USDA IDIOTS. IDIOTS!!!

Must. Resist. Strangling. Them. 

What is the definition of stress? The confusion created when one's mind over-rides the body's basic desire to choke the living shit out of some asshole who desperately needs it.

 
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May. 7th, 2008 @ 12:47 pm (no subject)
I'm finished with exams and officially a Senior:) This is a very exciting thought.
I move out on Sunday and in 8 days I will be in Hawaii. I'm excited to have a break from people. I think I can get alot of me time in this Summer.
Michael's manager, Danny, and his girl friend, Amanda, are amazing! They had the band and gfs over for Cinco de Mayo, a fed us soooo well. Then they made dinner for us last night also. Danny's food is quite possibly the tastiest thing I have ever eaten. I enjoy hanging out with them and the rest of the band and ladies. I've been with the Jonas boys for sooo long, I can't imagine life without them.
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May. 6th, 2008 @ 07:31 pm And for the Ladies...
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Esquire Needs Your Assistance 
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May. 6th, 2008 @ 07:29 pm For the Gentlemen on My FList
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75 Skills Every Man Should Master 
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May. 6th, 2008 @ 10:21 am sweet!!!!
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Woo for going to the Lake House and Carnival Today!!!!
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May. 5th, 2008 @ 08:40 am Sex & Purpose
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 A huge thank you to the wonderful [info]larvatusfor sharing this post from [info]philosophy. As a writer of erotica, I found it to be fascinating...humorous in a way, but fascinating and wanted to share.

My Muse is inspired.

 
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May. 4th, 2008 @ 01:10 pm (no subject)
Current Mood: gloomy
WEEK 1 IS OVER.

I was very happy this week. I got to learn so many things (things that look good on a resume) and the people I work with (so far) have been great.

My tasks include (but not limited to):

• Filing
• Reception
• Setup appointments
• Sale of glasses, contact lenses, etc
• Carry out the preliminary tests

But I just have this one thing to say: whether it’s in my professional or personal life, I’m tired of people judging me.
You hear it all the time “Don’t judge a book by its cover” and somehow, that’s all we do.
You hear “If don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all” and yet we just love to put our 2 cent in everything.

I know that I complain A LOT. I know that I can be negative but jeez, give it a break!

People that says that I said this and I said that. People that says that I did this and I did that.

Now, I’m an honest person and I own up to my mistakes, but give me some credit.
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May. 4th, 2008 @ 07:27 am Phantom of the Opera cover
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A while back I shocked you all with a posting of Nightwish's version of the Phantom of the Opera. The lead singer, Tarja, has gone solo. Here she is doing it with her own band. This woman simply blows me away. Actually, her music blows me away. It is the embodiment of my love for big, hard rock and roll, classical music and opera.

Seriously, check it out. It is a more refined version than what she covered in Nightwish.

::dies frum da lurv::


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May. 4th, 2008 @ 12:10 am faith
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I have aquired an amazing amount of faith as of late.

not the kind of faith like "oh i believe i god now"... nothing like that

I just realized that faith is all i need to know that everything is going to be ok from here on out. I have faith in my friendships and their ability to last a lifetime a beyond. i have faith in what I feel. I have faith that those I love have and will continue to make good choices. I have faith that California is going to be AMAZING! And i have faith that my life has fallen exactly where I want it.

I love. I am loved. And I am happy.

What else could I ask for?

Well, maybe a little more time with my Pooh Bear, Tigger and Eeyore. :-)
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