| dear bedwebs |
[Jul. 24th, 2006|12:43 pm] |
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| | elvis costello: get happy! | ] | I'm moving into an unfurnished apartment soon. I have a futon, but I'm looking to upgrade. Where should I buy a bed? Ikea? Craigslist? Treasuremart? |
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| dear lazywebs, |
[May. 13th, 2006|04:13 pm] |
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| | thinking? feeling? | ] | What's the difference between thinking and feeling? |
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| Domino's Farms (attn: kitten) |
[Jan. 6th, 2006|01:48 pm] |
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| | accomplished | ] | Whilst engaging in my usual procrastination & looking up what wikipedia has to say about Ann Arbor, I came across an interesting tidbit about Domino's Farms, that ominous petting zoo/slaughterhouse compound located on Plymouth Road: ( Read more... ) |
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| George W's BRAIN CHALLENGE! |
[Dec. 20th, 2005|02:11 am] |
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| | insomnia | ] |
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| | the clash: rock the casbah | ] | Whitehouse.gov's kid's site has a fun-facts section aboutt George W. In addition to fun facts about our leader, kids can attempt George Bush's BRAIN CHALLENGE:
Brain Challenge
What was President Bush's favorite subject in school?
Where did President Bush attend college?
How many Presidents served before President Bush?
What was President Bush's job before he became President of the United States?
Name two of President Bush's goals for America.
Challenge Question: What is the meaning of working together in a bipartisan spirit?
Share your answers with a parent, teacher or other adult.
Answers? Anyone? |
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| heroic! |
[Nov. 29th, 2005|08:26 pm] |
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| | procrastinatory | ] |
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| | broken social scene | ] | Woe! I am addicted To browsing okcupid. |
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| fanksgivin |
[Nov. 23rd, 2005|11:36 pm] |
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| | did your mom last night | ] | Jill's coming to Scotland tomorrow. We shall celebrate Thanksgiving in high style, my friends. Anyone have a good vegetarian stuffing recipe? Truth be told, I really liked that stuffing Chef Lynn made... |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 18th, 2005|11:17 pm] |
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| | introverted | ] |
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| | joanna newsom | ] |
Snuffleupagus You scored 64% Organization, 76% abstract, and 35% extroverted! | | This test measured 3 variables. First, this test measured how organized you are. Some muppets like Cookie Monster make big messes, while others like Bert are quite anal about things being clean.
Second, this test measured if you prefer a concrete or an abstract viewpoint. For the purposes of this test, concrete people are considered to gravitate more to mathematical and logical approaches, whereas abstract people are more the dreamers and artistic type.
Third, this test measured if you are more of an introvert or an extrovert. By definition, an introvert concentrates more on herself and an extrovert focuses more on others. In this test an introvert was somebody that either tends to spend more time alone or thinks more about herself.
You are mostly organized, more abstract, and more introverted.
I bet you didn't think you were Snuffleupagus. Let's find out why.
You are both somewhat organized. You have a good idea where you put things and you probably keep your place reasonably clean. You aren't totally obsessed with neatness though. Alloyius Snuffleupagus (and all Snuffleupagus') is not sloppy by nature, but he moves so incredibly slowly that it is impossible for him to be totally organized.
You both are abstract thinkers. You definitely are not afraid to take chances in life. You only live once. You may notice others around you playing it safe, but you are more concerned with not compromising your desires, and getting everything you can out of life. This is a very romantic approach to life, but hopefully you are also grounded enough to get by. Some characters may be fooled by Snuffy's slow nature, but deep inside he shares the same dreams and desires as his best friend Big Bird. He demonstrates this best when he plays his snuffleflute.
You are both introverted. Snuffleupagus is very shy and mostly only interacts with Big Bird. It takes patience to spend time with him. For whatever reason you are uncomfortable in social settings. You probably have one or two people that you are close with. You'd rather do things by yourself and you dislike working in groups.
The other possible characters are
Oscar the Grouch
Big Bird
Cookie Monster
Ernie
Elmo
Kermit the Frog
Grover
The Count
Guy Smiley
Bert
If you enjoyed this test, I would love the feedback! Also if you want to tell me your favorite Sesame Street character, I can total them up and post them here. Perhaps your choice will win! | |
My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: | You scored higher than 64% on Organization | | You scored higher than 97% on concrete-abstra | | You scored higher than 3% on intro-extrovert |
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| no snow day |
[Nov. 17th, 2005|01:56 pm] |
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| | exhausted | ] |
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| | billy bragg | ] | It's freaky to think it's snowing back home. The sun is out here & the sea is blue. The first light frost was on the grass this morning. A gritty little rain fell the other night, and I thought it might be sleet, but I was wrong.
I am in a foreign land.
I just wrote a cruddy paper. I need to graduate & stop kidding myself... |
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| riffing on euziere's meme entry |
[Nov. 12th, 2005|10:39 pm] |
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| | tired | ] |
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| | roho's glamorous mix cd | ] | One Word Describe me in one word - just one. Comment to me, then post this entry to your Live Journal and see how many strange things people think about you.
(you get extra points for a verb or noun)
ps: I want to do a Prague post, but I'm too tired. I've posted a bunch of pics on my blog. |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 10th, 2005|06:39 pm] |
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| | cold | ] |
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| | czech muzak | ] | I arrive in Prague, meet Jill at the Metro station, and what's the first thing we do? Why, we go to see BOB FUCKING DYLAN, of course!
Bob Dylan. Czech Republic. And potato pancakes. Oh, yeah.
More detailed update when I'm not paying for my interweb time.
Kutna Hora tomorrow, C. Round my house. |
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| thanks alot england |
[Oct. 27th, 2005|02:29 pm] |
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| | wtf | ] |
 My dear friends, allow me to present...Bagpuss. |
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| sick day |
[Oct. 24th, 2005|11:36 pm] |
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| | sick | ] |
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| | hum of cicadas in the summer camp episode | ] | This is the first time I've been sick, like qualifiably sick, in a while. Maybe a year. I even managed to avoid getting sick while I was working on my thesis. I have time to be sick now, I guess, so that's what I'm doing. I haven't had a sick day in a long time. I'm trying to do it right. I made cinnamon toast, for instance.
It rained steadily all weekend. When it rains here, you can smell the sea in the air (a green mass) and the seagulls roost on the roofs of the apartment buildings.
I huddled under my university-issue cotton duvet and listened to episode after episode of This American Life. You know how you give a puppy a clock, a waterbottle, and a blanket? I think this is my clock-waterbottle-blanket cure.
(Just one more before I go to sleep...!) |
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| (no subject) |
[Oct. 22nd, 2005|11:53 am] |
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| | drowsy | ] |
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| | prairie home | ] | Could someone with a digital camera post pictures of the fall colors back in Michigan? I want to see what's going on. The trees here just sort of give up & drop their leaves without a fight. |
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| damn proud of my new recipe |
[Oct. 18th, 2005|06:16 pm] |
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| | fuck yeah | ] |
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| | iron and wine: woman king | ] | SWEET POTATO, AWESOME STYLE (version 1.0)
Take a sweet potato. Bake it (I suggest a method that doesn't dry out the potato...maybe in a paper bag in the microwave?)
Split the potato down the middle.
Slather a lot of creamy peanut butter on the potato halves (a more sugary brand would probably be better).
Add hot sauce to taste.
Bon apetit.
ps: Some minced green onion would probably be good on this, too, but that's purely theoretical. |
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| ramblin |
[Oct. 15th, 2005|05:42 pm] |
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| | accomplished | ] |
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| | joni mitchell | ] | Birds I spotted on my treacherous cliff rock walk:
oystercatchers curlews(!!!) great blackbacked gulls eiders (male and female)(the male is black and white with a pale green patch on his head) turnstones cormorants
I also made more zucchini bread. I'm really digging bread baking.
The cliffs are amazing. Didn't find mussels, though. Well, I found four, but that doesn't count. |
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