Month: January 2003

BEFORE NEW YEAR’s EVE

The celebration actually starts on New
Year’s Eve with the reunion dinner. By New Year’s Eve, you should have
done the following:

  • Clean the entire home to get
    rid of all the things that are associated with the old year.
  • Put away all brooms and
    brushes.
  • Pay all your debts.
  • Resolve differences with
    family members, friends, neighbors and business associates.
  • Buy the following:

    – red money envelopes

    – oranges and/or tangerines

    – circular candy tray

    – flowers (especially plum
    blossom, peach blossom, water lily)

    – a new set of clothes and
    shoes for children, preferably something red or orange.

  • Get new dollar bills from
    the bank. Insert the new dollar bills into the red envelopes. Now the
    red envelope is called a lee see or lucky money envelope.

  • (note: Very few modern
    families follow all the "cleaning" traditions.)

ON NEW YEAR’s EVE:

  • Get together with close
    family members (not including married daughters and their families)
    for the "reunion" dinner.
  • Pay respect to ancestors and
    household gods. Acknowledge the presence of ancestors because they are
    responsible for the fortunes of future generations.
  • Open every door and window
    in your home at midnight to let go of the old year.

 

ON NEW YEAR’s DAY:

  • Decorate your home with
    symbols of good fortune. Here are some suggestions:

    – Colors: Bright red
    (happiness); gold/orange (wealth & happiness).

    – Fruits: Oranges and
    tangerines (good health & long life); tangerines with leaves
    intact (long lasting relationships; fruitful and multiply as in having
    children); persimmons (happiness and wealth).

    – Circular candy tray
    (candy for sweet and circular for togetherness).

    – Flowers: If flowers bloom
    on New Year’s Day, it will be a prosperous year.

    – Red banners or couplets
    with New Year wishes and symbols of good fortune in gold.

  • Here are some suggestions
    for food:
  • – Jai – a combination
    of food that represents good fortune. Jai comprises of ginkgo
    nut, black moss, dried bean curd, bamboo shoots, vermicelli and
    scallion.
  • – Fish and chicken represent
    prosperity. Always present the fish and chicken as a whole. Do not cut
    them in pieces. The head, tail and feet (for chicken) must be
    presented to symbolize completeness.
  • – Noodles represent
    longevity. Again, they should not be cut.
  • – Desserts include oranges,
    Chinese New Year cake (ni gao) and prosperous cakes (they look
    like golden nuggets).

 

DO’s & DON’Ts on NEW YEAR’s DAY:

– Greet others with "Gung
Hey Fat Choy" which means "Wishing You Prosperity and
Wealth".

– Give two lee see’s to
each child. Because happiness comes in two’s, do not just give one. This
is your way of passing good luck to the next generation. Business owners
also give lee see’s to employees and associates.

– Wear brand new clothes –
preferably in red. Children should wear new clothes and new shoes.

– Don’t wash your hair.

– Don’t sweep the floor.

– Don’t greet people who are
in mourning.

– Don’t drop your chopsticks.

– Don’t say the number
‘four’ (Chinese homonym for death) or mention death.

– Don’t borrow or lend money.

As you prepare for this
important holiday, think of the changes you want to make in your life …
perhaps spend more time with your family, reduce your credit card debts or
pursue a new interest. Gung Hey Fat Choy … and Happy New Year!

I normally hate these things, but I’m in a spacey mood atm, so mebbe this will help…

——————HAVE YOU EVER——————
* flown on a plane: yes..
* ever been so drunk you blacked out: yup
* missed school because it was raining: not that i know of
* told a girl that you liked them?: yup
* put a body part on fire for amusement: well, not the part persay… the alchohol substance coating the hand, yes…but that is not the same thing as starting your hand itself on fire.
* had a crush on a friends girlfriend:yeah, once, nothing came of it though
* dated someone for over a year: couple times
* been hurt emotionally: yup
* kept a secret from everyone: yup
* wanted to hook up with a friend: hmm, maybe? yes, i guess…
* cried during a movie?: nope
* ever thought an animated character was hot?: yup… the dark elf chick from Lodoss was a hottie
* gotten into a physical fight?: yeah
* been on stage: unfortunately
* cut your hair: heh, not recently
* had crush on a teacher? nope

5 things you wear daily:
1. earrings
2. glasses
3. deoderant
4. cologne
5. pants

5 movies you’d watch over & over:
1. Any of the Orig SWARS Trilogy
2. Any of the Indiana Jones movies
3. Most anything Anime (Vampire Hunter D & Redux, Ghost in the Shell, Monoke, Iria, etc etc)
4. The Quiet Man
5. Anything by Kurosawa

5 objects you touch every day:
1. my glasses
2. pants
3. deoderant
4. cologne
5. my g/f (any day i’m lucky that is)

5 things you do every day:
1. breathe (yeah continued breathing is good)
2. Wake up (another one of those continued life functions)
3. eat and drink (wohoo metablism still working)
4. Put on glasses, pants, deoderant etc (not nec in that order)
5. Throw something away.

2 things you can’t live without:
1. Hydrogen Dioxide
2. Plain ol Oxygen

5 things you are doing right now:
1.Listening to Tori Amos
2. Wasting Time
3. Chatting Online
4. Developing an Internet Application
5. Drafting an Email about stupid websites

2 things you ate in the last 24 hours:
1. oatmeal cookie
2. jamacan beef pattie

5 thoughts in your head:
1. Wake/Funeral situations suck
2. People who use Quark to make webpages, with no HTML knowledge, should not be given FTP access.
3. “Gotta be free… ::bass beat:: Gotta be free…
4. Why is today going so slowly?
5. I hope Richelle feels better tomorrow.

10 things you like about your mate/or like in a mate:
1. She likes my cooking ( =) )
2. She knows a lot about stuff I’m only topical on, and is not overly bored all the time when I drone on and on about the things I’m _not_ topical about.
3. She doesn’t mind driving my stupid ass all over the place.
4. She is totally beautiful… a good freind as well as mate, which is IMO one of the most important things.
5. She is enthusastic about life, but not so much that it overrides the lazy days.
6. She loves her dog, and is really cute when she babies him.
7. She’s funny, and thinks I’m funny… its rare that both things coincide.
8. She doesn’t mind doing dishes (one of the thigns I hate most in life)
9. A smile and a wink from her gets me going.. the effort on her part to be attractive is hardly needed.
10. She is a GEEK!

5 things you want to do this year: (in no particular order)
1. get through another 50 pages of my research
2. Get rid of EQ
3. See a live concert
4. Meet Richelle’s Family
5. Lose some weight

5 objects in your room you love:
1.my g/f
2.My horse sculpture
3.my bed…its hard to find a compfy bed as a big person
4.Marley’s silly little dog bed
5.The carpet Richelle and I picked out (20 dallah! what a steal!)

1) Last dream: not fun
2) Last car ride: richelle picking me up at the train yesterday
3) Last kiss: this morning
4) Last person you kissed: Richelle
5) Last good cry: long time ago
6) Last Missing Library Book: never lost one that i know of.
7) Last movie seen: the end of Ocean’s 11
8) Last Book Read: The Tower of Babel
9) Last curse word uttered: fuck!
10) Last beverage drank: coke
11) Last Food consumed: oatmeal cookie
12) Last Crush: Chelle
13) Last phone call: NetIQ software
14) Last TV show watched: The Simpsons
15) Last Item Bought: oatmeal cookie
16) Last time showered: last night
17) Last shoes worn: merrel rock climbing thingers
18) Last CD played: my work/truckin mp3cd
19) Last MP3 Downloaded:johnny cash – personal jesus.mp3
20) Last annoyance: see last phonecall
21) Last disappointment: my brother’s recent activities
22) Last soda drank: sierra mist
23) Last thing written: an email to boss
24) Last key used: office key.
25) Last word spoken: ok
26) Last trip to the bathroom: this morning sometime
27) Last sleep: last night
28) Last IM: jeffbeck13
29) Last song you listened to: Future sound of London – Cascade.mp3
30) Last time you yelled at someone: see #13
31) Last weird encounter: ben stein on GCT on Halloween
32) Last Store Shopped at: Liqor Store
33) Last ice cream eaten: Butter Pecan
34) Last time amused: not too long ago
35) Last time wanting to die: last migraine
36) Last time in love: chuckle…what a silly question
37) Last time hugged: this morning
38) Last time kissed on the cheek: this morning
39) Last time humped: um, if they mean the receptive aspect of the verb, never… if they mean the active, i dunno… i would need a clearer specification of use
40) Last time scolded: a while ago
41) Last time resentful: not too long ago
42) Last chair sat in: Computer chair
43) Last lipstick used: Johnson & Johnson lip-balmy stuff
44) Last underwear worn: dark tartan
45) Last bra worn: n/a
46) Last shirt worn: red mock-tneck
47) Last class attended: CF training about a year ago
48) Last Final taken: heh, loong ago
49) Last time dancing: Sara’s wedding
50) Last poster looked at: Rolex ad on the train
51) Last concert attended: Ani DiFranco, central park, June
52) Last webpage visited: MSSM.edu

1. Name: Bernard
2. Name Backwards: Dranreb
3. Does your name mean anything? Son of the Bear
4. Were you named after anyone? Yeah, 5 generations of the eldest son of a generation.
5. Nickname(s): B, Bern, Bernie, B-Dog
6. Screen Name(s): Aesmodeus, Aerthsaga, BlaqHeart, Sonoftheserpent (thats all you are getting)
7. Date of Birth: 02.24.1978
8. Place of Birth: Manhattan NY
9. Nationality: Half-Ecuadorian, rest is mutt with major mongrels being scotch-irish
10. Current Location: Mount Vernon… Westchester… New York
11. Sign: Pisces
12. Religion: is the root of man’s discontent.
13. Height: 6’3”
14. Weight: 260somthein
15. Shoe size: 12.5 W
16. Hair Color: black-red
17. Eye Color: brown
18. Innie/Outie: Innie
19. Righty/Lefty/Ambidextrous: right-ambi
20. Gay/Straight/Bi/Other: straight

Do You Have …

32. Any sisters? 1
33. Any brothers? 1
34. Any pets? Dog, by valance
35. A disease? Repeat Female Desire Siyndrome
36. A pager? on my phone
37. A personal phone number? cellphone
38. A leather jacket with studs? not since it bought it in a fight
39. A heroin needle? heh, nope
40. A pool or hot tub? pool (as part of the apt)
41. A car? yeah, not driveable, but yeah

Describe Your…

42. Personality: Overbearing
43. Car: 2000 Chevy Cavalier
45. Shoes: Black, beat up
46. School: hard knoicks =)
47. Bed: Wood-framed queen size
48. Relationship with parent(s): better than it ever has been (Scarily)

Do You…

49. Believe in yourself? I am a self-agnostic
50. Believe in love at first site? Yup
51. Consider yourself a good listener? What was the question?
52. Consider yourself a good friend? I try to be.
53. Save email conversations? Yeah
54. Pray? Nope
55. Believe in reincarnation? I did in my last life, but not this one
56. Like to make fun of peoples? yup
57. Like to talk on the phone? eh, phones are overrated, unless your g/f is in another time zone
58. Like to drive? love it
59. Get motion sickness? occasionally
60. Eat the stems of broccoli? yes
61. Eat chicken fingers with a fork? chopsticks stupid lound eye
62. Dream in color? sometimes
63. Type with your fingers on home row? home row? what, you tryin to start somethin punk ass?
64. Sleep with a stuffed animal? not since i was a kid

so BlkKnight (and old irc chum) stopped in today to say hi. Apparently he’s engaged, and to be married in a kilt, of all things. I think he gave Chelle some ideas…

War
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
War
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
War is something that I despise
For it means destruction of innocent lives
For it means tears in thousands of mothers’ eyes
When their sons go out to fight to give their lives

War
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it again
War
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing

War
It’s nothing but a heartbreaker
War
Friend only to the undertaker
War is the enemy of all mankind
The thought of war blows my mind
Handed down from generation to generation
Induction destruction
Who wants to die

War
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it again
War
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing

War has shattered many young men’s dreams
Made them disabled bitter and meanLife is too precious to be fighting wars
each day
War can’t give life it can only take it away

War
It’s nothing but a heartbreaker
War
Friend only to the undertaker
Peace love and understanding
There must be some place for these things today
They say we must fight to keep our freedom
But Lord there’s gotta be a better way
That’s better than
War

War
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it again
War
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing

So far, today has sucked.

I forgot my phone, so I don’t know when the wake I have to go to tonight and tomorrow is.

I am supposed to meet with a complete moron today about his website. He mailed me a list of inane babblings over the weekend, which make absolutely no sense. Need that worked on.

So yeah, got ahread of myself a little bit. Friday night was a lazy night. I ate leftovers, and Richelle and I watched Monty Python.

No further insight as to the meaning of life.

I also found out on Friday that my brother has returned from Massachusetts. I don’t know, still, how to feel about all this. He is also sick. I am worried that he is potentially dealing with an STD. His condition could be stress induced, but I don’t know what to believe anymore when it comes to him. A diffiult hand play, with a lot of chips on the table.

Saturday was odd. I woke up at 3am, for no apparent reason. I did not want to get up, but I could not go back to sleep. I eventually did get up around 6 after tossing and turning for hours. I spoke with some old Ozzie freinds on IRC, which is noce, and got the link to those pics of Slowly’s kids that I posted already.

I read about a worm on CNN.com that was supposedly crippling the internet. I was not having any problems, but I noticed work was down.

It apaprently went down at 3something AM.

I made the calls I needed to, made a website for my eq guild Unrivaled Valor.Caught up on some research, checked my spiders, tweaked my quotebook. Around 1pm, I got a call that I had to go into work.

Exasperation. Transportation, Investigation……

My servers were not directly the cause of things, as it turned out (though they were affected).

I’m hoping, if I can work out some comp time, that I can go to Nan’s funeral Wednesday. My boss seems open to the idea.

So after getting off work, Richelle, Ed and I went to see Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. It was a well done film. I have to admit wholeheartedly that it was a lot more than I exptected, especially with George Clooney being the director. There are lots of times I wish Julia Roberts would just dissappear, but she seems to hang in there forever… she was not bad in this movie, but didn’t have a big part. I liked her better as Tess in Ocean’s 11.

The movie left me somewhat depressed… thinkin gof what one’s life accomplishments amount to in the long run… A Beautiful Mind and that Johnny Cash cover had me thinking along those lines already last week… this just solidified that. Throwing in the death of someone close has me dwelling on mortalitly and meaningfulness.

Yesterday involved lounging, although I was up early again. We went to my parent’s place for the Super Bowl, despite hectic last minute changes in plans and schedules, everyone seemed to have a good time. We brought Richelle’s dog along with us… after a point watching my father’s odg and her dog’s antics were almost more entertaining than the game. Except for the Ozzbourne commercials, and the one with the monkeys for that Sprite competitor.

I ate too much, and drank too much. I called Kate to make sure she was having a good time, and it did indeed sound like she was. I decided last night that I really need to start driving again. Even if it means taking the bloody test over and everything. Still not sure what to do about my car, but need to start driving for sure.

Sleep came fast and hard last night, but the dreams were not freindly. I also could not wake up, probably as a direct result of drinking too much.

I fear the sentimentality old age supposedly brings with it. If I’m this mopey and retrospective at such a relatively young age, I can’t imagine what another 40-50 years will do.

Who knows.

So, after an eventful evening of watching Monty Python, mixing Russian and British alchohol, and eating reheated stuffed artichokes, what possibly, you ask, could make things more eventful? I’ll answer that! Watching whoever sits at the shitty little Mount Vernon Public Access TV station programming thier events through next week. We watched it life; complete with mispellings of Jeus and Liyteracy. Quite possibly the best thing I’ve seen on TV. Ever.

Written by Mark Levinthal & Bill Manspeaker

Why don’t you sit right back
and I, I may tell you a tale
a tale of three little pigs
and a BIG BAD wolf

Well the first little piggy
well he was kind of hip he
spent most of his day just
dreaming on the city

and then one day he bought a guitar
he moved to hollywood
to become a star
living on the farm
he knew nothing of the city
built his house on straw – what a pity
then one day
jamming on some cords
along came the wolf
knocking on his door

Little pig, little pig, let me in
“not by the hair of my chinny chin chin”
Little pig, little pig, let me in
“not by the hair of my chinny chin chin”
well i’m huffing, i’m puffing
I’ll blow your house in
Huffing, Puffing,
blow your house in
Huffing, Puffing,
blow your house in
Huffing and I’m puffing, and I’ll blow your house in

well the second little piggy
well, he was kind of stocky
spent most of his day
just a gun just smoking

huffing and a phuffing down the venize beach
getting paid money for religious speech
built his shelter from many garbage picks
mostly made up of cans and sticks
then one day he was cracking off a Marley
along came the wolf on his big bad Harley

Little pig, Little pig, let me in
not by the hair of my chinny chin chin x2
well i’m huffing, i’m puffing
I’ll blow your house in
Huffing, puffing,
blow your house in
Huffing, puffing
blow your house in
Huffing and I’m puffing, and I’ll blow your house in

well the third little piggy
the great A student
his daddy was a rock-star
named Pig Nugent
earned his masters degree
from Harvard college
built his house from his architect knowledge
a tri-level mansion Hollywood Hills
daddy rockstart ’em
pay for the bills
then one day came the old house matcher
the big bad wolf, the little piggies slasher

Little pig, little pig, let me in
not by the hair of my chinny chin chin x2
well i’m huffing, i’m puffing
I’ll blow your house in
Huffing, puffing,
blow your house in
Huffing, puffing,
blow your house in
Huffing and I’m puffing, and I’ll blow your house in

well the big bad wolf
well he huffed
and he puffed all that he could
and hold, behold the little piggy house stood
it’s made out of concrete
the little piggy shouted
the wolf just frowned as he pouted
so they called nine eleven
like any piggy would
they sent out rambo
just as fast as they could

{Rambo: } yo! Wolf-face, i’m your worst nightmare
{Rambo: } your ass is mine

well the wolf fell dead as you
can plainly see
and thats the end of the story for you and me
it still gives a lesson, you just may
hear the big wolf the little piggies say:

Little pig, Little pig, let me in
not by the hair of my chinny chin chin x2
well i’m huffing, i’m puffing
I’ll blow your house in
Huffing, puffing, blow your house in
Huffing, puffing, blow your house in
Huffing, puffing, blow your house in
Huffing and I’m puffing, and I’ll blow your house in

My office is still hot as anything. But, my co-worker appears to be out today. Thats always good, because it means that I can be uberprroductive with toonage cranked.

Lets hear it for productivity!

1. American film actor, born 1956, star of “Forrest Gump” and
“Saving Private Ryan”.

2. Welsh singer, born 1940, real name Thomas Woodward, described
by a columnist as “sweat personified”.

3. 12th-century English saint and martyr, murdered in Canterbury
Cathedral in 1170.

4. American singer, songwriter and actor, born 1949. His albums
include “Rain Dogs” and “Swordfishtrombones”, and his films
include “Short Cuts” and “Ironweed”.

5. English statesman and cardinal (c1475-1530) who dominated
Henry VIII’s government.

6. American journalist and novelist, born 1931, author of “The
Bonfire of the Vanities” and “The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test”.

7. English statesman (1478-1535) who wrote “Utopia” and became
the patron saint of politicians.

8. A Harvard professor of mathematics who became famous in the
1950s for his satirical songs.

9. Czech-born British dramatist, born 1937, author of “Jumpers”
and “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead”.

10. The leading singer and songwriter in Zimbabwe, known as
“The Lion of Zimbabwe”, who in 1998 recorded “We Are Slaves
in Our Country”.

oh god i love gwar… its kind of funny how this song is still good, despite us having a different bush in office, and it being over a decade since we were bombing this shit out of stuff over there.

Stupid warmongering republicans.

[13:34] <@shortah> we came up with punk/ska/emo band names
[13:34] <@idboy> i love it
[13:34] <@shortah> what about nu metal
[13:34] <@shortah> something serious and mournful
[13:34] <@shortah> “Disdainful Reckoning”
[13:35] <@shortah> distain
[13:35] <@shortah> ?
[13:35] <@Balr0g> Somber Lullabyes
[13:35] <@idboy> how about “shameful exhortations”
[13:35] <@shortah> Corpsebreath
[13:35] <@shortah> lol
[13:35] <@Wangch61> DOubting voice
[13:35] <@Balr0g> The power of 0
[13:35] <@shortah> barbwire noose
[13:36] <@idboy> “Neitzches Mezzuzah”
[13:36] <@Wangch61> leather roses
[13:36] <@shortah> L O L
[13:36] <@Balr0g> lol
[13:36] <@Balr0g> Aluminum Discord
[13:36] <@Wangch61> angry taint
[13:36] <@shortah> lol
[13:36] <@idboy> Hotdog Filler Sundae
[13:37] <@shortah> Formaldehyde
[13:37] <@shortah> LMAO jy
[13:37] <@Wangch61> Somber swing-set
[13:37] <@shortah> lolol
[13:37] <@Balr0g> Looming Inlaws
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[13:37] <@shortah> Sonic Deathmonkey!! oh wait, thats already taken
[13:37] <@Balr0g> Foreboding Fish
[13:37] <@Amergin_> ?
[13:37] <@shortah> Tim: proposed nu metal band names
[13:37] <@shortah> GO
[13:37] <@idboy> Anal Electrocution and The Joy Buzzers
[13:38] <@Wangch61> Common forehead
[13:38] <@shortah> omg, lol
[13:38] <@Balr0g> Tombstone Coffetables
[13:38] <@shortah> Martyr
[13:38] <@Wangch61> inbreeding for hope
[13:38] <@idboy> Angst Fart
[13:38] <@Amergin_> yeah, i got nothing
[13:38] <@Balr0g> nah, they’d have to do a wone word funky
[13:38] <@Balr0g> marTyr
[13:38] <@Balr0g> with the T a big bloody cross
[13:38] <@Amergin_> i have enough trouble remembering my own name at this point
[13:38] <@idboy> or mARTYr
[13:39] <@Wangch61> M-art
[13:39] <@Balr0g> Nyquil Innocense
[13:39] <@shortah> ahah
[13:39] <@idboy> Idiosyncratic Puppydog
[13:39] <@Balr0g> Absinthe Gigilo
[13:39] <@shortah> Hypodermic Death
[13:39] <@Wangch61> digital lobotomy
[13:39] <@shortah> LOL
[13:39] <@shortah> thats awesome G
[13:39] <@Amergin_> you know, the working day is so-much-longer when you dont have cigarette breaks
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[13:39] <@idboy> yes, it is true.
[13:39] <@Balr0g> Tinfoil Meatball
[13:39] <@idboy> how you holding up?
[13:40] <@shortah> rofl
[13:40] <@idboy> Nicotine Snoballer
[13:40] <@shortah> Syringe Contamination
[13:40] <@Balr0g> tim: you should take them anyway, just not smoke
[13:40] <@Amergin_> thirtynine and a half hours
[13:40] <@Balr0g> ooh
[13:40] <@Amergin_> what, just go stand outside?
[13:40] <@Balr0g> Hypodermic Beach
[13:40] <@Wangch61> moonshine pestilence
[13:40] *** Signoff: Daylaila (Ping timeout)
[13:40] <@shortah> Cilia of Tar
[13:40] <@Balr0g> yeah
[13:40] <@Balr0g> walk around a lil
[13:40] <@Balr0g> i still do
[13:40] <@Amergin_> its fuckin cold out
[13:40] <@Balr0g> yup
[13:40] <@Balr0g> but
[13:40] <@idboy> Plebian Fratricide
[13:40] <@Balr0g> its a good reminder/mantra as to how diymb you were
[13:40] <@Amergin_> good one jy
[13:41] <@idboy> Tanks.
[13:41] <@Wangch61> fallen through the crack pipes
[13:41] <@idboy> Dirt Payload.
[13:41] <@Wangch61> loaded cheq
[13:41] <@Balr0g> Caul Holders
[13:41] <@idboy> Excellent
[13:41] <@Amergin_> eww
[13:42] <@shortah> Eternal Wrath
[13:42] <@shortah> heheh
[13:42] <@shortah> ok ok ok

[13:07] <@idboy> can anyone come up with a more ridiculos band name then Echo and the Bunnymen?
[13:07] <@shortah> thats awesome
[13:07] <@Balr0g> Bunny and the Echogals?
[13:07] <@shortah> but my jamband was called Worlds Largest Pelican
[13:07] <@shortah> i think thats kinda silly.
[13:07] <@Wangch61> spandex cadilac
[13:08] <@shortah> Elastic Bombshell, lol
[13:08] <@Balr0g> i’m tellin ya man…institutuional bleach
[13:08] <@SuGaR> heheheheh
[13:08] <@Wangch61> the pudding units
[13:08] <@idboy> Good one.
[13:08] <@SuGaR> huummm pudding
[13:08] <@Balr0g> sprokets cogsworth
[13:08] <@shortah> hummm potroast
[13:08] <@idboy> I prefer “mysoginistic dildo”
[13:08] <@Wangch61> Ring of Vo5
[13:09] <@SuGaR> ahahaha
[13:09] <@shortah> institutional bleach is clever, not silly
[13:09] <@SuGaR> lord of the pink elephants
[13:09] <@Wangch61> or for those S. cali punks Gateway bunghole
[13:10] <@idboy> what about “Ribbed for her pleasure”
[13:10] <@shortah> thats awesome, lol
[13:10] <@Wangch61> Daisy-chain for the soul
[13:10] <@shortah> “Chicks Dig Us”
[13:10] <@SuGaR> hehehe
[13:10] <@shortah> thats a punk band.
[13:10] <@idboy> “tell your girlfriend i said thanks”
[13:10] <@shortah> thats more like an album title, imo
[13:10] <@SuGaR> hahahaha
[13:11] <@shortah> the follow up could be, “your mom was great”
[13:11] <@idboy> YES!!!!
[13:11] <@Wangch61> a good album title “i don;t goto your job and slap the dick out of your mouth.”
[13:11] <@idboy> Exactly. With the hit single,
[13:11] <@idboy> “damn your sister is loud”
[13:11] <@shortah> funny real album title: Cut Up Your Friends
[13:11] <@SuGaR> heheheh
[13:11] <@idboy> how about “midgets die young”
[13:11] <@Balr0g> i think “midgets have short lives” would be better
[13:12] <@Wangch61> the track after “damn your sister is loud” would be “how much blood”?
[13:12] <@SuGaR> blue blood of the hemophilics
[13:12] <@idboy> followed by “your dad runs slow”
[13:12] <@Wangch61> and “he has shit aim”
[13:13] <@SuGaR> hehe
[13:13] <@idboy> and “your mom like me more”
[13:13] <@shortah> LOL
[13:13] <@idboy> the final song is “call me dad”
[13:13] <@shortah> Dirty Dancing Coprophiliacs
[13:13] <@idboy> this has to be a ska/punk album
[13:13] <@SuGaR> eewww
[13:14] <@idboy> Ha!
[13:14] <@Wangch61> next album name “Yoga camp for toddlers”
[13:14] <@shortah> LOL
[13:14] <@idboy> yes!)
[13:17] <@SuGaR> viagra can be hazardous to your health
[13:17] <@idboy> how about, “spidey shoots web”
[13:17] <@Wangch61> viagra flavored popcorn
[13:17] <@idboy> think about it for a second.
[13:17] <@SuGaR> hehehe
[13:18] <@Wangch61> “Dr.Jones home abortion kit: it’ll bring the kid outta ya”
[13:18] <@SuGaR> hehehe
[13:22] <@idboy> howbout, “jesus had herps”
[13:23] <@Wangch61> or tumor for allah
[13:24] <@Wangch61> that band would be killed in its frist year

Ahahahaahaaa!
Wok the Party
~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!

M-S-M-S-G TIME TO WOK THE FUNKY BEATS

All right – how’s everyone doing, you all feeling crazy tonight
it’s time to get this party started, muthasucka

Well it was late one night chillin’ with the boys
sittin’ in the restaurant makin’ lotsa noise
a sucka steps to me and starts to play real nice
I said get out of my face get me the pork fried rice – D-LO!

Cruise up the block just to check out the scene
get into the strip club ‘cuz we are the MSG
the girls are looking fly – hot like wasabi
so it’s time to get it started – time to wok the party

Wok the party
wok wok the party
wok the party
wok wok the party…one more time
wok the party

Everybody scream

Rollin’ with my posse down the boulevard
just pickin’ up the bitches man it ain’t too hard
I walk up to some ho coming down the street
and I ask her what’s up – she say “I like the yellow meat” – bust it!

Dancing to the rhythm of the funky jam
we can rock the house from here to Taipan
we don’t know kung-fu we don’t know karate
but there’s one thing we can do and that is wok the party

Wok the party
wok wok the party
wok the party
wok the party
wok the party
wok wok the party
wok the party
wok the party BREAK IT DOWN!

Wok it to the left – hoi!
wok it to the right – yeah!
wok it in the morning
and wok it in the night
wok it from your head
down to your feet
and wok it for the people who like the funky beats
wok it in Miami
or wok it in New York
wok it with the chicken
or the mu shu pork
wok it with the people in the street
and now let’s wok it with Notorious MSG

New York City’s in the house
Chinatown’s in the house
Tokyo’s in the house
Korea’s in the house
sexy people
all the girls
all the boys
MSG’s gonna get the party started right now
yeah

I am writing to the Mount Sinai community to inform you about a serious occurrence that took place yesterday. I am director of Reach Out and Read at Mount Sinai, a pediatric literacy program based in the outpatient pediatric clinic that provides books to underprivileged children and promotes literacy in the outpatient department. Every year, thousands of books, purchased with donated funds, are distributed to thousands of children visiting the pediatric clinic.

A number of days ago, a shipment of 28 boxes of new children’s books, with a value of $6200, was delivered to the Mount Sinai mail room. Yesterday morning, every box was opened and emptied and all the contents were taken. Individuals present in the mailroom area at the time said that many different people helped themselves to these books, stating “they were free.” This could not be farther from the truth. These were brand new books that were destined for the hands of underprivileged children whose families could not afford to buy these books themselves. It is possible that people unknowingly took these books, not realizing who they belonged to.

If you were under the false impression that these books were free and took some, we would appreciate it if you could return the books to the Pediatric Clinic, located on the fourth floor of the Annenberg building or leave them in Room 402, Annenberg building. No questions whatsoever will be asked– we would just like to have these books back. Alternatively, you can drop them off at the Security

Office, located on the first floor of KCC. Again, no questions asked. If you took these books by mistake and have already either given them away or sold them, be aware that the average cost of these new books ranged from $2-$5. Donations to cover the costs of the books that you have taken can be deposited in Annenberg Room 402 or left in the mailbox for ROR coordinator Anna Eckhardt in Annenberg 4-303-C. If you have any information about this occurrence, I urge you to either contact security at x45661or me by email or by phone (x45918).

Reach Out and Read has been a wonderful part of the pediatric department for many years, and has provided books and literacy support materials to thousands of families. It would be tragic if thousands of children would be deprived of books because of an unfortunate event such as the one that occurred yesterday.

Thank you–
Leora Mogilner, MD
Director, Reach Out and Read at Mount Sinai

~~~~

I, personally, blame the chickenlover. If Officer Briarbrady were on our security force instead of the lamers we have, this would have been an open/close/raped chicken/reopen/reclose case.

[10:08] * space ‘anyone wants waaaaaafles?’
[10:08] * space ‘or.. baconnnn!
[10:08] heh
[10:09] ?
[10:09] mmm waffles
[10:09] MMM BACON
[10:09] mmm waffles and bacon
[10:09] waffles with bacon in them =)
[10:09] * space thinks he’s going out for lunch today
[10:11] heh
[10:11] the birth of the “baffle”
[10:11] this better end up in someone’s LJ =)
[10:11] sorry, the whole baffle thing has had me laughing aloud over here.. =)

Homer’s Space Age(out of this world) Moon Waffles
[9F01] Homer the Heretic

ingredients:
1 package of caramel squares
2 cups waffle batter
1 bottle liqiud smoke
1 stick of butter
instuctions:
place caramel in the waffle iron
pour on waffle batter
add liquid smoke to taste
cook thoroughly
take the stick of butter and wrap the moon waffle around it
place it on a toothpic and serve

makes 1 unfortunate serving

Jezebel…From Israel,
Who never read a book,
Charmed the literati,
And a smile was all it took.

I was laughing with Picasso,
When she first entered the room,
But Gershwin, Tristan, Tzara,
And Man Ray saw her too.

There was never any doubt,
All would try to take her home,
But she refused their every move,
Preferred to be alone.

And a rose…A rose is a rose.

Zelda had a breakdown,
Fitzgerald hit the bar.
His hand was broken, words were spoken,
Didn’t get too far.

Hemmingway was smoother,
More debonaire and fun,
But he would say her repartee,
Was meaner than a gun.

And a rose…

A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose is a rose…
Said my good friend Gertrude Stein.
She knows that I go to the ol’ Deux Magots,
And I drink Pernod through the night.

Jezebel…From Israel,
Who never read a book,
She charmed the literati
And a smile was all it took.

Before her Joyce will babble,
And Pound has gone insane,
Eliot is paralyzed by,
Thoughts of April rain.

When she refused Lenin,
He vowed to start a war.
Stravinsky beat The Rite of Spring,
Right there on the floor.

Chorus

And then one night she’s missing,
A riot soon began.
No one could stand the thought of Jezzie with another man.

I raced down winding streets,
I broke into her house.
You never guess who Jezebel,
Was kissing on the couch.

A rose…A rose is a rose…

Hi Jezzie. Hi there, Gertrude.
Am I interrupting something?

A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose is a rose…

http://www.markromanek.com/video/14_lg.html

Quite possibly one of the best music videos I’ve ever sen. Johny Cash will never cease to amaze me.

It was an odd weekend. Plans were made, then cancelled, but good times were still had (I hope). I am becoming more of a guy’s guy (from an external stereotypical sense) going out and watching football every weekend. The season is over soon though, so I imagine that will be that.

Still can’t bring myself to drink beer regularly though.

Anyhow, I’m feeling all retrospective after that video. I mean, if someone who can “have it all” can stil be so sad about so many things, what chance to the rest of us schlums have of getting by with a balanced sense of nostalgia? Ultimately, is it not going to all end up as shit?

It seems tim is going to try to quit smoking… ah’s worried about the side effets of his Wellbutrin. While I admire his desire to quit a habit he has held for a long time, I personally find no solace in turning to one chemical to solve a dependence on another. Not everyone has the same levels of mental rigidity, but in my experience, everyone who “wanted” to quit, or had to (for health reasos) did so cold turkey. Those who used patches, pills, tonics, lotions, sleeptherapy and anything else modern science will sell you, just ended up displacing one problem for another.

I truly hope Tim ends up being the exception to the rule of my experience.

I’m worried about Richelle’s sleep patterns. She has an interview today. I think she’s depressed about not working; or worried about something… I dunno. Maybe snapping into a 9-5 will change things. I hope so, anyway.

I think I am going to lounge in the tepid pool of nothingness, as I have the day off…

Ooh, there’s a nice retrospective. How apt that around the anniversary of the birth of a great face in the american black civil rights movement, that our chimp in chief is qorking in concert with the far right of our gov’t to overturn the measures taken to ensure that minorities can secure a place in higher education.

I am decided, the only thing that is going to keep me in this country if Bush gets re-elected is my girlfriend. Whenever she is free to cut her educational tethers, its to some frontier for me…

I’d rather suffer to scratch out an existance, then work my tail off and have most of it taken away for the intrests of a bunch of people who represent the broken system I was born into.

http://fuckitall.com/bsh/

Ok, well the little Dutch boy took that coffee break, and, it appears that during his absence, the thumbhole turned into a raging torrent.

I have been designated the peacemaker/organizer for the current plight my brother has landed himself in. After a clear understanding of the facts was garnered, the following prettty much frames the situation:

  • My brother has not gotten a college credit since before his leave of absence in early 2002.
  • He has, as far as my parents thought, been attending Northeastern University’s Co-Op program since the end of summer, 2002.
  • The last time he spoke with his academic advisor was January 2002.
  • My father pays not only for his tuition, but his rent, and supplements his lifestyle to a certain extent. To that regard, he has probably spent close to 20k$ since the end of summer, 2002.
  • My brother has been going to school (leave of absence nonwithstanding) for over 3 years.
  • My brother currently has 81 of the required 176 credits needed for an undergraduate degree… the 5 year program he is supposed to be in would have him a masters in 5.
  • Due to an academic block placed on him, my brother could not have registered for classes since returning at the end of summer, 2002. He has said he was going to classes, etc. He has blown registration for the current semester. He will not be elligible for classes again until Spring, 2003.
  • Knowing what I know, I have to find a way, with minimal bloodshed, to introduce all these facts to my father, who…

    1. Has been working the last 40something hours straight due to errors in the budget caused by..

    2. Several people who he has had to fire from his accounting department. The errors are awful, in the midst of a horrible sseason, creating a possible backlash which could liquidate altogether the american branch of this company. At the very least he is looking at closing an office, and major layoffs (which he would hopefully survive).

All of this is to culminate on Sunday, when he and i drive north to Beantown, to confront Matthew with the facts, and the repercussions. Given my bumpy past with my father, as well as the contention he and I have had over college, degrees, and the meaning of life, I have the following analogy to describe my position in this situation:

A Klingon envoy to be the chief negotiatior at a wartime confrence between the Romulans and the Vulcans.

I just hope I can get some blue brandy out of the deal, before the blood starts to fly.

1. Which island is controlled by the Manx government?

2. Which island was discovered by Eric the Red in about the year
982 and given a name to attract settlers?

3. Holy Island is an alternative name for which island off the
coast of northeast England?

4. On which island was Nelson Mandela imprisoned from 1964 to
1982?

5. Which island is separated from southeast Australia by the Bass
Strait?

6. Which island in Pennsylvania was the scene of a major nuclear
accident on March 28, 1979?

7. The two main islands of New Zealand are North Island and South
Island. Which is the larger of the two?

8. On which island was Alfred Dreyfus imprisoned, on a false
charge of treason, from 1894 to 1899?

9. In which state of the USA is Long Island?

10. Gough, Inaccessible and Nightingale Islands are all part of
which island group?

Ingredients
4 fresh medium artichokes
2 cups French bread crumbs
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
2 tsp. chopped fresh garlic
1/4 tsp. crushed red pepper
1/4 cup dry white wine
4 anchovy fillets, chopped
3 Tbs. chopped fresh parsley
1/3 cup grated Romano cheese
1/8 tsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. black pepper
Juice of 1 large lemon

1. Thoroughly wash artichokes. Carefully trim off top inch off each artichoke, as well as the pointy ends of the bottom leaves. Trim the stem so that the artichokes will sit straight up on their bottoms.
2. Soak the artichokes 30 minutes in 1/2 gallon of water with 2 tsp. salt dissolved in it.
3. Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a large skillet and saute the garlic and crushed red pepper for about a minute. Add the wine and bring it to a boil.
4. After half the wine has boiled away, add the bread crumbs and brown them lightly. Add all remaining ingredients except the lemon and continue cooking, stirring frequently, over low heat until everything is well blended.
5. Spread the outer leaves of the artichokes and spoon in the stuffing all around, starting at the bottom.
6. Make a foil “bowl” that will cover the bottom third of each artichoke. Place the artichokes into a large kettle or Dutch oven with two inches of water in the bottom. Squeeze lemon juice liberally over all.
7. Cook, covered, over medium heat for 30 to 40 minutes. Do not boil dry. Artichokes are done when you can no longer lift an artichoke by pulling on one of its inner leaves (it comes out instead). Cool until you can touch them, then dig in. They can be refrigerated and held for a few days, and reheated in the microwave with a little water in the bottom of the dish.

So it has been a while before I actually journalized.

I think I am going to try and make at least one real, meaningful entry a week; that way I can have some actuale spangle thrown in with all my dross. Keep the pyrite sensors from completely disavowing my existance.

However, I guess the idea that this stupid little blather database is part of the validation of my existance is somewhat telling to begin with. Perhaps I should just leave it at saying I will try to write more.

I always use 100 words when I should use 10, and am reduced to 10 words when I need 100.

So lets see, what’s news; work has been hellish last 2 weeks, with a heavy shitty front moving in from the northwest over the next month or so. Rebecca has put in her notice, so we are going to be shorthanded, and without a content editor.

I can feel the rivets in my inbox straining already. Its a funny thing having rivets in your inbox; I redid the piece in steel and aluminum after Ben passed away. It helped prevent the enevitable buckling or cracking of plastic.

I think maybe I’m going to have to upgrade to adamantium and mithral.

Anyway, yeah, work = busy.

chellez is currently between jobs, which is stressing her out, despite my telling her not to stress about it. She gets stressed, then I get stressed… bad circle karma.

Other than that though, things are wonderful between us. The third roomate is in Florida this week visitng family. We just spent the weekend on a kickass ski trip. Well, perhaps I should revise ski trip. I believe it was an even break amongst those who went out on the mountains of Eastern PA, between snowboarding and skiing. I did not partake in the mountaineering. I did, however, partake in what Richelle referred to as “extreme barbecuing” (which i found amusing). I cooked burgers and dogs sat night, in really cold and dark conditions with a half-broken propane grill that kept getting blown out by the wind.

All and all though, it was much fun. I think Richelle really enjoyed getting back in the slopes; and my parents seemed to enjoy her dog enough that it was not a big deal. My mom turned 51. She seems to be taking it much better than she took 50.

She tells me my grandfather is not doing well. I do not know what to think about that. Where we were this weekend was not 10 minutes away from thier old manse, yet I could not bring myself to go. Perhaps it is a thing for the best overall.

I am going to find soemthing to eat I think.

Current preoccupations include:
Game Stuff
-Metroid Prime, the beating of
-Metroid Fusion, the potential purchase of
-Neverwinter Nights, the completeion of my launch module
-Xbox live, the figuring out how to connect it to my network/the internet

Research Stuff
January appears to be the month of witches, thanks to a nice tome I got for xmas…
-Covens, Witchcraft, and the Infernal elements infused into it through mainstream Christianity over the last thousand years, with careful attention paid to the founding of this coutnry.
-Correlations between many of the traditions predating European expansion, and the older European rites
-Influence of Aztec/Incan pantheon on development of tribal spirit tradtions; chicken/egg – who learned what from who, and what survived why?
-correlations between Proto-Uralic panthoens and traditions throughout Eurpoe and central/southamerican traditions – focus: what elements survive(d) from both, and are found in “modern” witchcraft.
-correlations between infernal imagery mishandled when dealing with witches from @ 1200’s to present and Proto-Uralic figures/myths.
-Language focus: latin, hebrew; especailly in regards to older pagan traditions/leviticus.
-further investigation of Moldavites, re: cult signifigance, potential aetheric properties

Fun Link of the day:
http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=lemonlye&itemid=19097&view=100249#t100249

So yeah, I did it again, started condesing myself back to lists and links.

Perhaps Orwell was right; newspeak will eventually eliminate the flowers and fruit of our language. I hope not.

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