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Saturday, July 18th, 2009
evil_holls
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10:25p
I need an excuse not to pack!
→ Put your iTunes or equivalent on random.
→ Post a line from the first 20 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing.
→ Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly.
→ Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING.
Some of these are easy, some not so much. . .but I have faith you guys can get them all!
1. Seems like yesterday we were 16. We were the rebels of the rebel scene. We wore doc martens in the sun, drinking vintage cider having fun.
2. There's a limit to your love. Like a waterfall in slow motion. Like a map with no ocean.
3. Somewhere back there, left my worries all behind. My problems fell out of the back of my mind. I'm never knowing where I'm going. . .
4. Romeo and Juliet are together in eternity.
5. When you walk by a group of quote-unquote normal people you chuckle to yourself, patting yourself on the back as you scoff. It's the same superiority complex shared by the high school jocks who made your life a living hell, makes you a slave to the competitive capitalist dogma you spend every moment of your waking life bitching about!
6. Everlasting glances like open-ended chances, but he stole my heart when he ordered a double for me!
7. Everyone laughed at her joke, as if they'd never really heard it before. Well maybe they were really amused, but every word that she spoke was a bore. But maybe it's because they had seen the previews on the tv screen. Well this part is good and that's well understood so you should laugh, if you know what I mean.
8. Don't weep, all your kisses still taste sweet. I hate that sadness in your eyes.
9. He couldn't sleep at night for fear that she, in a stupor from the drugs that didn't ease the pain, would set the house aflame with her cigarette.
10. We can live beside the ocean, leave the fire behind, swim out past the breakers, and watch the world die.
11. She said it's a good thing that you float in the air. . .that way there's no way I will crush your pretty toenails into a thousand pieces.
12. We've been known to holler, but I loved that boy to death. Lipstick on his collar and some whiskey on his breath. Thought I saw clear waters, but the storm slowed to rest. He had lipstick on his collar and some whiskey on his breath.
13. Working from seven to eleven every night. I think it makes life a drag, I don't think that's right.
14. I hate to break the news dear friend: the world is bitter at each end. And nothing makes you more become it, quite like running from it.
15. I've been trying to get people to call me "Freddie Knuckles." People keep calling me "Right Said Fred." And it's hard to keep trying when half your friends are dying. It's hard to hold it steady when half your friends are dead already.
16. And she knelt on the bank, the wind light as a theif, and I kissed her goodbye, said, "All beauty must die" and lent down and planted a rose between her teeth.
17. Cut it out, your self-inflicted pain is getting too routine. The crowds are catching on to the self-inflicted song. Well, here we go again, the art of acting weak. Fall in love to fail to boost your cd sales.
18. There's a kid a floor below me asking, brother can you spare sunshine for a brother, old man winter's in the air. Walked me up a storey, asking how you are. Told me not to worry, you were just a shooting star.
19. Pressure cooker pick my brain and tell me I'm insane. I'm so fucking happy I could die.
20. It's all about the moderate climates, you gotta be hot and cold for sure. Yeah it's all about the moderate climates, you want to be blessed and cursed for sure.
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kipuka
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9:10p
this is the 6 o clock news
You turd, Oguri-san! :is watching Smile, ep6: You play a sonofabitch waaaay too convincingly.
It's come to my attention that the world is going to end in 2012. So I've been thinking about prophecies and such. Isn't it true that we sometimes have our own revelations? I remember the first time I went on the Jungle Cruise in California. "This is the job for me," said I. I completely intended to become a skipper. After I interviewed for the job, I started clearly visualizing myself at the helm of the boat, dull jokes falling out of my lips like lead (whoa, back off the literature, man!) I could feel it, almost. And I got the job, and became a Jungle Cruise Skipper, and stood at the helm of the boat.
Of course, it didn't go as gloriously as I hoped, or had seen. I wonder if just the mere fact that I wasn't fawned over and was absolutely crazy happy lent itself to the downfall that was Florida 03. Had I gone in more realistically, without any previous knowledge ie previous visualization of what it was supposed to be, maybe the experience would have turned out more positive.
In hindsight, I think that I always thought that life would just be handed to me. All of the little experiences that are commonplace in culture would just happen, without any effort on my part. The whole average Utah lifestyle in particular. Dating would "just happen" when you turn 16. Being a drill team member "would just happen." Sending a boyfriend off on his mission "would just happen." Going to BYU, becoming an elementary school teacher, marrying previously mentioned boyfriend (after he proposes in a hot air balloon) and having 7 children "would just happen." (And yeah, actually, when I was 10 years old, this was absolutely my plan of attack.)
Life doesn't "just happen." I've learned that now. I am learning to take responsibility for my actions, and am becoming more proactive. I'm starting to form dreams and wishes again, but this time I am physically taking the necessary steps to achieving them.
I digress.
I'm having clear visualizations of a future, not unlike the ones where I saw myself a skipper. Without going into too much detail, these visualizations have a very small chance of actually occurring, but involve a complete change of lifestyle. I can see myself being linked with a person. Which, if you know me, is not characteristic at all. And so I ponder upon these visualizations and ask why. I'm much more cautious to think that they will just happen, or that even if I work for them they will happen. After all, I had many visualizations about other things, although they were not as strong. I'm rambling.
Basically:
I can see a life with < name removed to protect the innocent. > I can almost see...well, I can't even really say it out loud. Those things will need to stay locked in my heart just a bit longer.
It is dangerous to know the future. It messes up the present.
::beamy out::
current mood:  contemplative
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(comment on this) Friday, July 17th, 2009
agent57
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11:47p
When it comes to fooling you, honey that's quite another subject.
It's that time again!!!
→ Put your iTunes or equivalent on random.
→ Post a line from the first 20 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing.
→ Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly.
→ Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING.
Guys, I had to cheat and skip a few. I left potentially embarrassing stuff in, but there was some I just totally didn't know. =_= It's really no fun if neither of us has ever heard these lyrics, right? (Yes, I still haven't gotten around to sorting through all of my collected music...)
1. You're wasting your breath on these ears, my dear. You're wasting your breath on these ears.
2. Listening to Marvin all night long, this is the sound of my soul. This is the sound...
3. I was angry when I met you, I think I'm angry still. guessed by ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) terpsichore
4. If you're gonna stay away, then honey let me know how to cook hot biscuits, how to roll the dough. Everything's gone crazy since I told you to go...
5. Everybody's chillin' as I set up the groove. Pumpin' up the volume with this brand new beat. Everybody's dancin and they're dancin for me.
6. I wanna die just like JFK, I wanna die in the USA.
7. And now you find yourself in eighty-two, the disco hotspots hold no charm for you.
8. Yeah you know how it is, wake up feeling green... sick as a dog and six times as mean. guessed by terpsichore
9. In this world there's a whole lot of trouble, but a whole lot of ground to gain.
10. We know you are soft cause we've all seen you dancing, we know you are hard cause we all saw you drinking from noon until noon again.
11. Our father yells, throwing the gifts in the wood stove, wood stove.
12. I've got this energy beneath my feet like something underground's gonna come up and carry me, I've got this sentimental heart that beats, but I don't really mind and it's starting to get to me. oracularpaige
13. Sittin', drinkin', superficially thinkin' about the rinsed-out blonde on my left.
14. I've got no time for bedtime stories, I'm not a little child... Everything makes me furious and everything makes me wild.
15. You can act real rude and totally removed, and I can act like an imbecile.
16. This piece of meat is pumping poison 'round itself so neatly.
17. Did the wine make her dream of the far distant spring, or a bed full of hens, or the ghost of a friend?
18. I've got Ace Frehley, I've got Peter Criss waiting there for me... Yes I do, I do. guessed by mouse452
19. It's been kinda tough these last few days, trying to act normal and be gay... It's not easy to be all alone.
20. We didnt have much time... Frank Zappa and the Mothers were at the best place around, but some stupid with a flare gun burned the place to the ground.
current music: Tears Of A Clown [The English Beat]
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11:04p
→ Put your iTunes or equivalent on random.
→ Post a line from the first 20 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing.
→ Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly.
→ Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING.
- And it's strange to watch the things we had all fade away / It all seemed so certain, it all seemed so permanent
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It's alright / There comes a time/ Got no patience to search for peace of mindAlice in Chains - No Excuses, guessed by terpsichore
- Brown wine / Turpentine / Everything will be just fine
- Take on another shaft / Palms in the middle, hands in the middle
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First day with the joy you find / Everyone lies / Nobody minds / Everyone lies. Morrissey - Glamorous Glue, guessed by terpsichore
Just read those eyes / Trembling lips and carburetor sighs / Even though i know they're telling lies / Be still my heart Mirah - Engine Heart, guessed by agent57
- Back down no back down comin' up / Rise up no rise up showin up
- Something has left my life / And I don't know where it went to / Somebody caused me strife / And it's not what I was seeking.
- Is it worth it / A new winter coat and shoes for the wife / And a bicycle on the boys birthday
- Left uninspired by the crust of railroad earth that touched the lead to the pages of yout manuscript.
- Hold my breath for three more years / Yeah, three years / On my own on Saturdays
- Served by different stories / Am I living in your dream / Pretty metal green / Can I ride upon your wings so free
- Gonna make it public / Gonna make you pay / Gonna rip your skull out / Eyes of death, I have them
- Feature is a creature / Though you wish you were the wind / Boat will not stop moving / If you tie him up until the end
- Dead men working, a sinner, a saint / Mixing up a pail of paint / Painted the house, black as night /
When the sun came up the house was white.
The sun is up / The sky is blue / It's beautiful / And so are you The Beatles - Dear Prudence, guessed by princesskitana
- Create myself a nightmare / Refuse to see it through / This is the story of my life
- If you want to / Then you've got to / Let it show / It is waiting / It is waiting.
- Find me and follow me through corridors, refectories and files / You must follow, leave this academic factory
the woods and the town / covered in snow / all transformed to a fairytale / like the fresh page of a book opened up Siouxsie and the Banshees - Red Over White, guessed by terpsichore
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(7 comments | comment on this) Thursday, July 16th, 2009
princesskitana
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9:19p
I still have half the songs left un-guessed on that Guess The Song meme, if any of you guys want to take a second glance over them!
1. "This is the first day of my last days / I built it up, now I take it apart, climbed up real high, now fall down real far"
2. "It seems I've misplaced my faith / 'Cause it's 11:12, and nothing's changed"
6. "Long lost words whisper slowly to me / Still can't find what keeps me here" "Haunted" by Evanescence, guessed by earthdown
12. "Farewell goodnight last one out turn out the lights / And let me be, let me die inside / Let me know the way from of this world of hate in you" "Tales of a Scorched Earth" by Smashing Pumpkins, guessed by terpsichore
13. "And you swear to me / You don't want to be my slave / But you're staring at me / Like I need to be saved"
16. "Now you're falling down to the underground / Slither down to your lair / Hidden in the many trenches of a hopeless war / Those who were sold out by a corporate board"
18. "Raven hair and ruby lips / Sparks fly from her finger tips / Echoed voices in the night / She's a restless spirit on an endless flight" "Witchy woman" by The Eagles, guessed by earthdown
19. "We're speaking in tongues / Both of us dumbfounded / Our brains have been impounded by our hearts" "Who's Stopping You" by Semisonic, guessed by terpsichore
20. "I used to think you were crazy / when you were hooked to the screen / now they tell me that you're in a better place / but where did you go?"
Also, you guys should try guessing some of Joe's songs and Tom's songs, as they still have a lot to go. :-)
In other news! My mom and aunt came to visit me for four days this passed week. Good times. We went to see Blue Man Group, which I thought was pretty good, but not amazing. We also went to the Irish American Heritage Festival, which again, was pretty fun but not awesome. Additionally, we went out to eat for every meal at excessively expensive restaurants, went shopping, and went to several bars, including Holiday Club for some awesome karaoke action. Good times.
I bought a pennywhistle at the Irish Fest, and am trying to learn some jigs and such. It's kind of hard, but I think my previous experience with the alto saxophone helps a lot. Apparently, though, I do remember how to play saxophone better than I thought, because I keep accidentally playing all the notes with saxophone fingerings instead of the proper pennywhistle fingerings, which, coincidentally and irritatingly, are all ONE FINGER OFF of the corresponding alto sax notes. This makes it VERY hard for my fingers to adjust, even in spite of the fact that I haven't touched my saxophone in over five years.
I find that the hardest part is playing the accidental sharps/flats, because you have to cover the holes halfway with your finger. And when you're playing really quickly, it's so hard to only cover a hole halfway. I think I also don't cover other holes all the way when I'm supposed to, which makes things sound terrible. But whatever. Anyway, I've learned a simplified version of Rocky Road To Dublin as per Brandon's request, and am trying to learn Devil's Dance Floor by Flogging Molly. Wish me luck.
Also, I bought two Tigers/Sox tickets for Sunday the 26th at Comerica Park, but the game got changed to an 8:00pm game... so I can't go anymore. They were really good tickets, that I spent a lot of money on (for my dad for Father's Day), and I'm extremely bummed out that I can't go now. If anyone wants to bid on them, they are on stub-hub: http://bit.ly/15ZRB1
current mood:  okay
current music: Black Sabbath - N.I.B.
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(8 comments | comment on this) Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
kipuka
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9:49a
motto motto
The epic fail continued all Monday. That afternoon my two year old car battery died. WHAT.
Tuesday was lots better, and today isn't looking that bad.
We just be cruisn'.
::beamy out::
current mood:  chill
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(comment on this) Monday, July 13th, 2009
kipuka
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1:41p
i hope he doesn't want to name our daughter janet.
Today has been epic fail. I started with good intentions, I really did. But I cut the tapes too short and left bubbles in the syringes and had made a silly entry error. Not huge things, easily fixable, but embarrassing for me.
And I swore I wouldn't drink caffeine until december, and yet here it is 13:43 and I'm sipping on a coke. SIGH. I did yoga this morning though, and so for that at least I'm working hard just a little bit. I even had oatmeal for breakfast. Oatmeal should stick to your ribs, right? It didn't last past 9:00! Sad face!!!
It's pretty roasty toasty today. I'm sweatin' man. I'm sweatin'.
::beamy out::
current mood:  hot
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(comment on this) Sunday, July 12th, 2009
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kipuka
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7:53p
I did it for love. Of creme puffs.
It's finally beginning to act like summer outside. Even though it could be quite miserable, I'm enjoying it as much as possible because I know it'll only get cold again. Although this time, I'll be spending some of December in Florida, so all is not lost.
I think it's 20 weeks until that time. In 20 weeks, I could and be more healthy, and fit my clothes better. I will work hard!
My goals this week are to get the yard taken care of a little bit. I haven't felt good enough to leave my living room floor in a while, but I'm really going to push myself this week.
And move. Lots of movement.
I'm becoming absorbed in Matsumoto-kun's Smile. It's a little more dramatic than I'd like, but...
Went to Wingers with the family on Friday night. They no longer serve the Mango Chicken Salad. Management will be getting a nasty letter, courtesy moi.
::beamy out::
current mood: calm
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(3 comments | comment on this) Saturday, July 11th, 2009
mbarrick
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3:14p
Forensic Ageing on Michael Jackson vs. (un)Reality (and surgery)
As a photographer I peruse websites on photographic techniques and was just looking at a site on forensic ageing and came across a forensically aged image of Michael Jackson based on childhood pictures of him by forensic artist Stephen Mancusi.
The image on the left is Michael Jackson forensically aged to 45. The image on the right is much-worked-upon real Michael Jackson at about the same age. |
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(comment on this) Friday, July 10th, 2009
mbarrick
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10:54p
More From 1992
 
Cathedral Place (left) has only just replaced the old Art-Deco glory of the Medical Arts Building as a monument of fibreglass, post-Modern crap (can you tell I don't like that building?) There is no Olympic countdown clock in front of the VAG. Eaton's is still Canadian and spelled with capital letters. There are no towers in Yaletown and the Expo '86 site is still a vacant wasteland while Concord Pacific and the provincial government argue over who should pay for the site remediation. And if you look at False Creek at the far right of the picture you can just make out a white smudge that is the ill-fated McBarge, which now floats derelict in the Burrard Inlet. Oddly enough I happen to own a complete set of blueprints to the McBarge. |
Looking the other way we see, a surprising amount of nothing. The Qube is still an office tower housing Westcoast Energy. There is no BC Gas/Terasen Building yet (CORRECTION: the BC Gas Building was there as of 1992, it's just blocked in this view by the MacBlo building.) Only one apartment tower has been built west of the venerable Banff apartments (painted white at this point). The "waffle building" still belongs to MacMillan Bloedel which, like Eaton's, hasn't been bought by Americans yet. The Royal Bank tower, to the left, is still the tallest building in Vancouver. |
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