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(no subject) [Feb. 8th, 2003|02:20 am]
So yeah.. remember that whole thing about how a big change was coming?

Well.. the change entails a change in internet identity as well.. or something like that.

So if you want to know, you're gonna have to add my NEW journal.. [info]use_responsibly. I'm not forcing anyone to add me, but [info]blinkboi will be deleted very, very soon. There are no hard feelings to anyone who does not wish to continue reading about my miniscule existance.

Those of you that add me, I will gladly add back.

I also changed my AIM screen name to: use responsibly. Feel free to chat me up on there, as well. xx BLiNK BOi xx will no longer be in existance once [info]blinkboi is deleted.
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(no subject) [Feb. 5th, 2003|10:32 pm]
[mood | worried]
[music |i wonder - lasgo]

wow

Huge fucking change in the life of Dan Murphy.

More to come on that later.
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(no subject) [Feb. 5th, 2003|10:14 am]
[mood | cranky]
[music |Love Is - Vanessa Williams and Brian McKnight]

Friday evening [info]scottiboi and I went to Lennox and purchased tickets for "Final Destination 2." We had some time before the movie, so we went to SBX so I could get a book that I needed for my Comparative Studies class. Dostoyevsky's "Notes From Underground." I'm supposed to have the first part read my class today. I haven't started it yet. After the bookstore, we headed to the other side of town to see what Polaris Fashion Place had to offer us. As it turns out, they didnt' have much to offer. Everyone's Spring lines are pretty much sucking. With the exception of American Eagle, who is once again making me wish I were a rich, rich boy. They have got some really cute stuff up in there. Before we left we stopped at Suncoast and I finally got "Playing By Heart" on DVD. I've been looking everywhere for it, but nowhere seemed to have it in stock. I also got "Showgirls," quite possibly the best movie ever made. They were having some special thing going on, so I got both DVDs for $20. I was excited. We made our way back to the movie theater just in time to grab some good seats. "Final Destination 2" was a good movie. Fulfilled my expectations set forth by the first. I was a little upset that they took the easy way out by killing off Devon Sawa's character so easily. Something makes me think that he wouldn't have gone so easily. Ehh.. After the movie we went to Coffee Table and read some newspapers. I think we're going to the Single and Bitter party at Union this weekend. If Scott doesn't go home.

I worked lunch on Saturday. Nothing too exciting. When I got home, my mom and I went shopping for new work clothes. The ones I had were looking to end their miserable days. Two new pair of pants and a shirt later, I called Scott and we finalized plans for the Gallery Hop. I got ready while Scott drove down to meet me at my house. James, a kid I have been talking to for a few, told me to come pick a friend and him up so they could come with. I was a bit apprehensive about bringing a 15-year-old to the Gallery Hop with Scott and I, so I told him I would talk to Scott about it first. Scott arrived and said he didn't care if the kids came with. So, I got directions and we were on our way. He lives in the middle of fucking nowhere. We dove for at least a half-an-hour looking for his house. Scott had already met him with [info]strangekindaboy earlier this year, or so I hear. Scott told me I wouldn't like the kid, that he was annoying. Scott was semi-right. I dunno. I think it's just because he's 15. Who knows. We picked James and his friend up and then we were on our way. Gallery Hopped it for a bit, decided it was time to take the kids home, and then go to Scott's to get our drink on. We took them home, said our good-byes and headed up to Scott's. Ben called while we were there, so we decided to take some booze over to him in celebration of the evening. We got there, drank a bit, and then decided to meet up with Ben, his roommate and Nick at Axis. We got there, made our own parking spot, and headed inside. There were a lot of people there, but the club had a really sucky atmosphere. There were tons of old folks up in the joint. And they were all pushy and bossy. It sucked. I wasn't really feeling up to dancing around and such. Scott said he didn't have all that great of a time, either. We did see our friend Bryan who moved to California earlier this year. That was fun. The club closed, we made our way home. All in all, it wasn't that bad of an evening.

Sunday I worked, yet again. Came home. Some stuff went down between [info]gayto_fabulous and myself. Nothing bad. Just.. I dunno.. Now I feel strange even mentioning it. I guess if you're interested in knowing what happened you can instant message me for full details. It's not all that stupendous or exciting. But all the same.. yeah.

Monday was more school. Nothing too important or exciting. The weater was actually looking up for a minute there. I didn't run to class for fear of being frostbitten.

Tuesday was more work. And "American Idol." And lots of homework.

I was going to go to my Linguistics class this morning. But I didn't finish the homework. And I still have reading for Comparative Studies to do. So I'm just gonna turn the homework in later and go to English at 1:30. No harm, no foul. It's Wednesday. I think [info]jadeju1ia and I are going to Wall Street tonight. [info]wisdombus might tag along. But she's been awfully shady these past few weeks, so anything could happen there.

This entry sucked. As Randy would say, "It just didn't do anything for me."
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They call them the chat-menz... [Jan. 31st, 2003|12:03 am]
[mood | cranky]
[music |Can't Lick You Outta My Bed - Kylie Minogue vs. Ludacris]

Monday it was back to school. My Linguistics professor decided to keep us in class until the final minutes, so I was running across campus, trying to make it to my English midterm on time. I made it just as the professor was passing out the exam booklets. I have a really bad feeling about the test. I don't think I did very well. I studied, but not as hard as I could have. And the running across campus, freaking out about missing the exam, didn't help, either. I turned in my Comparative Studies essays and read some poetry in there. Much thanks go out to [info]shawnly, [info]jadeju1ia and [info]borednclueless for all their input and help on Sunday night when I was writing, writing, writing my little heart out on those essays.
Tuesday was nothing but work, work, work. When I got home that evening, I was talking to Julie when [info]kickassartkid called me and told me that he wanted us to come over and watch "Lovely and Amazing." I had too much homework to do, and Julie's project wasn't going very well, so we reorganized the plans for Wednesday evening, with a little "American Idol" party.
Wednesday was school again. I didn't go to my Comparative Studies class. I just wasn't feeling it. I'm not sure if I should e-mail the professor with some bullshit excuse of just take the dock in my grades for the overall attendance portion. I suppose I'll just have to wait and see how I'm feeling. I went to Kroger to deposit my check in the ATM machine. I locked my keys in my car, so I stood in the cold next to my car for a half-an-hour waiting for my mom to run to the KIA dealership so they could make me another key. I was cold. And sad. But now I have an extra key that I will never lose, so I shall never ::hopefully: be locked out in the cold again. When I got home I started getting ready to go over to Matt's for our little viewing party. Julie had work and babysitting to do, so she would be joining us later. I made it over to Matt's in time to order pizza and get the party started. [info]duckzilla offered to go get the pizza so Matt and I wouldn't miss a minute of the action. I love me some "American Idol" this season. For some reason I really hope that Frenchie makes it a long way. And I think Paula Abdul is on Valium and Vodka. All in all it makes for some excellent viewing. Julie got there, we watched the rest of "Idol." Had some margaritas, chatted it up a bit. A couple of Matt and Bernie's friends from work/life stopped by and chilled for a bit. Matt had taped the final auditions from last week, so we watched those. Had some laughs. Julie and I left around 12:10 to go to Wall Street. [info]gayto_fabulous was there, decked out in all his hatty glory, lookin fabulous, if I do say so myself. A little later Felix, Cassandra, Melissa, and Sarah from work all popped in. I had a queen-out moment and rushed across the dance floor to embrace them all. I just didn't expect them all to show up. It was fun. I had to pee, and the line in the boy's bathroom was really long. Julie took me to the girls and I released my bladder frustrations. Danced it up a bit more. Ben arrived, messy as ever. We got up on one of the platforms and some black queen tried to make us get down. Ben and I just looked at him, then at each other, and restrained ourselves from kicking him in his gold-chain wearin face. He got pissed, we got happy. Wall Street is fun. Julie left early due to early classes. Plus she wasn't feelin' too good from the margaritas she had earlier. Everyone else stayed, danced. It was fun. I felt kinda sad toward the end of the evening, though. More self-pity that I won't go into. They played some decent enough music. A really good mix of T.A.t.U.'s "All The Things She Said" that I haven't heard before.

I woke up this morning to work. Work was boring. I was supposed to hang out with the Springfield boy from last week tonight. But when I got off work and got ready to leave, I called him and he told me that he was back in Springfield. I was kinda pissed. But supposedly he's coming back tomorrow afternoon. I really, really want to see "Final Destination 2" tomorrow, so if he flakes on me again, I'm just gonna give up on him. No one makes me miss movies.
Speaking of movies, I went to Blockbuster tonight and rented "Freddy Got Fingered," "Sorority Boys," and "Cherish." I'm having a difficult time deciding which one to watch tonight. [info]borednclueless isn't being much help, either. For some reason the movie "Harry and the Hendersons" just flashed into my head. We used to have that on video. But I think I looked for it awhile ago and couldn't find it. I want that movie. Now. Someone purchase it for me, please.

I have to work lunch tomorrow. Hopefully some fun people are working, or I may just kill myself.
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"But I like Hitler." - Julie [Jan. 26th, 2003|10:03 am]
[mood | rushed]
[music |Sara Goldfarb Has Left The Building - Requiem for a Dream Soundtrack]

Friday [info]gayto_fabulous made my day by bringing me my Shirley Q. Liquor CD to me at work. I had burnt him a few CDs including: David Gray, "White Ladder," Nora Jones, "Come Away With Me," "The Hours" soundtrack, and one other one that isn't coming to my mind right now. I was on my break by 2:00, so I headed back home for a bit. Right before I was all set to go back to work, the body shop called and said that my car was all finished, and that we could come pick it up. I called work, told them I would be just a little late, and went and got my car. I've never been so happy to see her in my life. Went back to work, worked for a couple hours. Matt had called while I was on my break and asked if I wanted to go see "Darkness Falls." The guy that I was supposed to hang out with wasn't able to come back to Columbus on Friday, so I told him I would call him when I got off work. Around 8 I called Matt and Julie, as well as Ben, to see what was going on for the evening. Matt and [info]jadeju1ia and I decided to try and make it to the 9:00 showing at Lennox. It took some convincing of Julie, on my part, to get her to come with. She was dead set on seeing "The Pianist." On the way to the theater, I called Matt and told him that it was looking highly unlikely that we would make it to the 9:00 showing. He was convinced we would be able to make it there in time. When he got to the theater, he called me, and informed me that the showing was sold out. I was expecting it. But for some reason he was 100% against going to the 10:00 showing. Tim's birthday party was also tonight, and he wanted to get there before everyone started to leave. So Julie and I finally got to the theater, and we found out that the 9:00 showing was in fact, not sold out. But the only seats that were in the showing were widely scattered. While we were waiting for Julie to get there, I saw Carrie and her boyfriend. I was so happy to see her, I haven't worked with her in such a long time. So.. yes.. we went back to the ticket counter and Matt left, because he simply had to get to the party, and Julie and I went to Cup O' Joe for some refreshing coffee beverages. While we were waiting for the movie, Julie kept complaining that her Orange Blossom frozen fruit beverage was hurting her throat. She couldn't deal anymore so she threw it out. "Darkness Falls" was a genuinely crappy horror movie. Just the kind that I like. Bad dialogue and all. The theater was full of straight high-school kids whose parents were outside waiting in the minivan for the show to end. Julie told me that the two kids next to her kept touching each other in inappropriate places. I was jealous. No one ever gets down and dirty when they sit beside me.
After the show, Julie left, and I decided to go see what was happening at the birthday party. I stopped and got gas, called Matt, and told him to wait for me at the party. He said he would, but he warned me that Jack was there. Not that it was really a big deal, but he thought he would let me know? I didn't care. They also informed be that Jack was wearing 029834029384 compacts of Mac makeup on his face. That made me giggle. I drove around campus for 15 minutes looking for a parking spot, and finally just parked behind Tim's apartment where you're not really supposed to park. I went inside, Nick was there, as well as a few other people who I knew. Jack was there, dancing with some ugly boy. His face was so shiny. It hurt my eyes just to look in his direction. I was there for about 6 minutes before I decided to leave. Matt, I guess, had left before I got there. The party was nothing but OSU freshmen. Tim and his roommates always advertise their parties as SAGA gatherings, so that they ensure maximum attendance. It didn't work in their favor this time. No one that really mattered was there. Freshmen, freshmen, fresmen, everywhere.
Axis was having their Flashback 4 CD giveaway, and Matt has said he was going to show up there at some point in the evening, so I went over there. Matt and his roommate were nowhere to be found. I danced around for a bit, [info]osuchick came up and said hey. We danced for a bit, I got bored, decided to get my CD and leave. When I was in the parking lot warming up my car, Matt called me. He was over on my side of town, at some bar, somebody's house, something. He told me he was on his way to Axis. I told him I was on my way home.
When I got home, Matt called me again and I talked him through his way to Axis. He told me that he can get pre-sale Margaret Cho tickets, so he's gonna get the tickets for himself, Julie, and me! Yay! But, he did tell me to remind him the next day, seeing as he was slightly intoxicated and probably wouldn't remember the conversation that we were having. After I hung up with Matt, I pooed around online for a bit longer and then went to bed.
On Saturday I got up and decided to finally start working on some of my homework. I procrastinated so much this week. It's getting to be really, really bad. When I get home from work today I have to start on my essays for Comparative Studies, which I haven't even thought about starting. I called off from work for Saturday night, just because I had so much homework to do. Julie called me and asked if I wanted to go see "The Pianist" with her and [info]scottiboi later on that night. I told her that was cool, and for her to call me when she heard from Scott. Not two seconds later, Scott called me and asked me the same question. He told me he was just going to come over when he got off work and we could leave from my house. Scott got off work, came over, we went and picked up Julie and we all headed over to Scott's house so that he could change. When we left Scott's we went to Cosi for some foodage. Left there, went to the Drexel and got our tickets for "The Pianist."
I can't see anymore sad movies for quite some time. I've watched way too many this week. "The Pianist" was very, very good, but it was also very hard to watch. I mean, obviously a Holocaust movie isn't going to be easy to watch, but some of the visuals in this movie were just too much. I liked it, I think everyone liked it. Scott was talking about how he would be a very hungry Concentration Camp member. I think it's good to laugh about some of the things that have happened in the past. Not to the point where you're making fun of them, but it just seems that everything that ever has happened in the world's past is always looked upon with such sad eyes.
I'm in too big of a hurry to get to work to go into deep detail on the subject. It's something that I think people know what I'm talking about, though.
Uggh.. off to work. Then it's home for massive essay writing.
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8-inch-long, turkwas fingernails [Jan. 24th, 2003|01:29 am]
[mood | sore]
[music |Escape! - The Hours Soundtrack - Philip Glass]

Wednesday morning I was up again at eight to try and finish the reading I had to to do for school. I decided to leave early and go to campus to do the reading. I arrived an hour before my first class, so I read, and did some studying for the Linguistics quiz that I had. Somewhere between W.E.B. Du Bois and studying about prescriptive grammar I came to the decision that after Linguistics I would go home. Not a very smart decision on my part, but once I had the thought in my head there was no hope of banishing it. Linguistics came, the quiz seemed to go over well, and I took the bus back to my car. On the way home I stopped at Taco Bell and got some food. Came home, did some tidying up. When my mom got home from work we took my car to the body shop to get the small repairs it needed to the front end. I said my goodbyes and we came back home. Hopefully it's ready by Friday evening at some point. I miss her immensely. I was in the mood for some cheap laughs, so I put in "Drop Dead Gorgeous." Fifteen minutes into the film I fell asleep. I really need to consider going to bed earlier. Everytime I lay down to watch a movie I find myself drifting off to sleep. This can't be a good thing. "American Idol" was on again tonight. The auditions weren't nearly as good as they were on Tuesday night, but they still provided some decent thrills. After "American Idol" I got online and finalized plans for Wall Street Wednesday with [info]gayto_fabulous. Cassandra and Missy, two girls that we work with, had decided to come along with us. They were meeting Michael at his place and then all coming to get me.
Once we arrived at Wall Street, we immediately hit the dance floor to show all the wallflowers how it be done. Jack was there. Big surprise. He kept finding ways to dance around me, near me, etc. I think there was something going through his head along the lines of, "Let's try and make Dan jealous" or something of the sort. I was laughing hysterically at his tech-vest. Ben showed up and we continued the BET madness that we had begun the previous week. Michael's ex-boyfriend showed up and played the game of "I'm going to hang all over Michael and be a drunk" for a few minutes. That was fun. For me, at least. Michael said that some boy touched his hair, caressed his hair, actually, and said that he was "just saying 'hi.'" People like that scare me. My neck hurts a lot today because I was flinging my head around a lot, for some reason. At one point I actually took off my glasses for easier head-swingage. I need contacts so I don't need to worry myself with such problems. I came back home, chatted it up with a drunk [info]borednclueless for a bit, then headed to bed.

I woke up today and went to work. Nothing too exciting happened. We had a group crossword puzzle thing going for awhile. But then the clues just got really hard and we gave up. I did finish the Seek-And-Find all by myself, though. I was very proud of that accomplishment. Michael is amazing at the Jumble. I would point at the mixed-up letters and he would immediately come up with the answer. I wanted to punch him in the face and steal his brain, but then I thought that I wouldn't have Michael around to make me laugh anymore. So I nixed that idea. Later on in the day the manager-on-duty informed us that Nell Carter had been found dead in her home. I cried. I will always remember Nell for her wondeful diabetes commercials, and her wonderful show "Gimme A Break." It warms my heart, though, to know that Nell is up there at the All-You-Can-Eat Buffet in the sky. Amen to you sister-friend.
When I got home from work [info]scottiboi messaged me and wanted to do something with the evening. I told him to come over and we would decide on something. He got here, we decided to go see "About Schmidt," and that's really all there is to that. We had some time to kill before the movie started so we went to Barnes & Noble. I got the soundtrack to "The Hours" which is stunning. I love the music in the film, and the soundtrack is beautifully put together. Scott got a Caramel Frappuchino and we were ready to go. I really liked "About Schmidt." It was really sad, though. You see Kathy Bates entirely nude. Jack Nicholson's performance is.. heartbreaking, to say the least. I can't really describe the movie and what it meant to me. It did make me think a lot about myself, and happiness, and all that junk while I was watching it. So that automatically makes it a good moviegoing experience, in my eyes. I don't think I can take many more sad movies this month, though. "The Hours" and "About Schmidt" in one week have almost put me on suicide watch. Thank God "Darkness Falls" comes out tomorrow to relive me from all this heavy thinking I have to do while moviewatching.

I have to work a double tomorrow and then I think I'm hanging out with this kid that I've been talking to for some time now. We talked way back when.. last year, to be exact. And he finally moved up to Columbus from Springfield. He says I'm really cute, and all that. And he's not too bad on the eyes, either. I just hope something works outta this? Possibly? There's a chance I could get my car back tomorrow, as well. That would just make tomorrow a wonderful day, wouldn't it?

I also found out today that Margaret Cho is coming back to Mershon Auditiorium on April 27th. I desperately want to see her when she comes to town this time. Tickets go on sale six days before my birthday. If anyone out there loves me, they will take me to see Margaret Cho on April 27th. I'm also willing to settle for sexual favors in return for tickets to the show. Decent seats. No. Excellent seats.
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Two songs currently getting heavy rotation in my CD player... [Jan. 22nd, 2003|05:35 pm]
( Come Away With Me )

( Fast Car )
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"Whatchu talkin' bout Michael?!" [Jan. 22nd, 2003|12:00 am]
[mood | gloomy]
[music |Come Away With Me - Nora Jones]

When I was leaving work yesterday [info]scottiboi called me and we made semi-plans for the evening. I got home, showered, and then we decided to meet up at Lennox at 6:30. Of course I arrived before Scott, seeing as I arrive before anyone that I go anywhere with. He finally got there, and we decided on the 10:25 showing of "The Hours." That gave us plenty of time to do the running around town we needed to do. Our first stop was Urban Outfitters. We both contemplated getting this really cool book about occupations for grown people. It's kind of hard to describe, but it was definitely humorous. Upstairs they had some scarves and gloves and stuff on sale. I got a pair of glittens (gloves that have a little fold-over flap that magically makes them mittens) and a scarf. Both of which match my jacket rather well. I'll be all bundled up on campus now! No need to worry about freezing to death walking to class! Hurrah! I got two really cool necklaces, too. One is super heavy cuz it has a hugh silver medallion looking thing on it. Ehh.. sacrifices will have to be made in the name of fashion. After Urban we headed to Rag-O-Rama, where I haven't been in quite some time. Once there, I was stared down by a rather frightening man in army-looking cargo pants and bombarded by the cluster of black ladies that were rushing around the sale racks. I ended up with a Buffalo Bar t-shirt, and Scott got a pair of jeans and some shirts. We headed to Target, where I got Tracy Chapman's first CD for $10.. and The Donnas "Spend The Night." I love them both. I'm so not on The Donnas bandwagon, either. I remember listening to them long before they hit the TRL/MTV airwaves.. back when The Donnas "Turn 21" came out and such. Ehh.. I sound like a poser either way. So I'm just not going to speak on the matter anymore. We went into Old Navy and walked right back out. Their clothing makes me want to puke. Barnes and Noble came next. We had quite a lot of time to kill, so Scott loaded up on magazines and I found a version of "The Hobbit" that I could continue reading. In the cafe, we got our Carmel Frappucinos and grabbed a table. The people that worked in the Cafe were talking non-stop to some homeless man about movies that were currently out. They wouldn't shut up and they had no idea what they were talking about. I wanted to throw the knife I was spreading my cream cheese with at all three of them. But I just continued spreading. These cheezy trend kids came in and sat down beside us. They were talking about the Golden Globes and I could have killed them, too. They were getting all of the awards wrong. I wanted to scream all the proper awards at them. But once again, I remained calm.
The time for the movie finally arrived. Or it was at least close enough to go to the theater and play games like twelve-year-olds. At least I played games. Scott never plays arcade games when we go to places like that. I don't really know why. Lennox has this really cool shooting game where you move your body the way you want your character in the game to move. My legs hurt from ducking so many bullets when I was finished. Our girl Michelle hasn't been working for quite some time now. I hope that she's okay. It worries me when I don't catch the glint from her thick, thick glasses while standing in the concession line.
We made our way to the theater, our movie started, and a group of fags behind us talked through the entire first half of the movie. I finally got so sick of it that I went out to the Guest Relations desk and told them that they had to do something about it. One of the guys that worked there sat behind them for the rest of the show. They were quite. I was pissed. But I got over it.
Scott said he liked the movie. I liked it the second time around, even more. I realized that I don't really like Jeff Daniels' performance in the movie. It think he does a lot of over-acting and then under-acting. He never really balances out in the small role that he has.
When I got home from the movie, who should call but Jack. Yes.. that Jack. The number didn't register with my phone, so I didn't answer it. Needless to say, the message he left was not a very nice one. Something along the lines of him never talking to me again, me being a bitchy drama queen, blah, blah, blah. I laughed it off, and saved it so that everyone can listen to it. Hahaha.. it actually makes him sound really bad. But yeah.. I'm over the whole situation. I still don't think I'm over the whole loneliness thing, but I suppose that won't really go away until I get into a better frame of mind.. or something..
After work today I went to Best Buy and got "The Bourne Identity" and "Blue Crush" on DVD and the Nora Jones CD "Come Away With Me." I really like the Nora Jones CD. It's very relaxing.. very pretty. I didn't stay at work to finish out my double because I had so much homework to do. And I came home and fell asleep, so the night was off to a wonderful start. "American Idol" premiered, so I watched that while I studied for my Linguistics quiz that I have tomorrow. "Meet My Folks" and "Real World" were also on. So it was a night of wonderful television. And hardly any reading.
School starts again tomorrow. If I didn't get to show off my new scarf/glitten set, I wouldn't be excited about going. Wait. I'm not excited about going. I still have so much homework to do before tomorrow. So I'm off to the land of African-American literature and discovery of the self in Comparative Studies.
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(no subject) [Jan. 20th, 2003|03:06 am]
[mood | lonely]
[music |Top of the World - Dixie Chicks]

The Golden Globes finally arrived. In style and everything. I found it quite odd that there weren't many fashion no-no's at this year's awards ceremony. They went by very briskly, too, it seemed. Very good control of time and such. Big winners of the evening included Renee Zellweger and Richard Gere for "Chicago" as well as "Chicago" for Best Motion Picture Comedy/Musical. Nicole Kidman got her well deserved Globe for her performance in "The Hours." "The Hours" also took home the gold for Best Picture Drama. Big shocker of the evening, at least to [info]scottiboi and me, was Martin Scorcese winning Best Director for "Gangs of New York." Highlights of the evening included Bono saying that the award for Best Song for "The Hands that Built America" was "Fucking Amazing." Sharon Stone also deserved a Golden Globe for her performances throughout the evening. Her getup included some sort of tattered, black, ripped-up dress, worn with shiny, knee-high, black go-go-boots. Her screaming, "RICHARD GERE!!!" when he won for Best Actor was definitely Globe-worthy. Celine's commercials for Chrysler were definitely worth the wait. She looked and sounded amazing in her little Chrysler cars.

Once the Globes were over, Scott got around to showing me his new place. It's super cute. Umm.. yeah.. that's all. We decided to go out, seeing as tomorrow is Martin Luther King Jr. Day and everything. Gotta celebrate somehow. We got around and headed to The Eagle, the only happenin' place on a Sunday night. We got there and had to trek a block and a half! Eagle was already jam-packed with funseekers. Blah, blah, blah, danced around, looked around. Who should happen to appear? The one.. the only.. Jack. Yeah.. I kept reiterating to Scott how over the situation I am. Which, obviously, I wasn't. Danced around a bit.. Scott actually went over to talk to him, ask why he hadn't returned my phone call(s). Jack actually pulled Scott over before he had a chance to say anything and was all, "I feel really bad for not calling your friend back." This brought him over to me, and explanations abounded. Sort of. We danced it up for a bit, and he said to me that he felt bad, blah, blah, blah. Matt eventually showed up. The ex-boyfriend, Matt. Not [info]kickassartkid. He danced around with me for 2.5 and then wandered off somewhere. He showed up again with Scott. At this point, I had knocked my glasses off of myself one too many times, so I took them and my toboggan off to the side to set down. When I came back, Jack was getting freaky with some other boy. Heart, floor. Crushed. Pathetic. Yeah. We're not even together. Don't think that we were ever close to being together. Still. Fact of the matter, I left for 2 seconds, and he was all over some other guy. I went and sat down on a set of steps nearby and just sulked. Scott came over and sat with me. Told me not to worry so much about it. I put on my happy face when I saw Matt shoving the guy that was dancing with Jack from the stage above the two of them. Although I kinda wish he hadn't done it, it still felt good at the time. At this point, Celine's newest club hit, "I Drove All Night" was pumping through the speakers. I'll let Scott take it from here...

( Scott's Excursion )

After that little melee, I guess Matt confronted Jack in the bathroom about what exactly was going on. Matt pulled me over to talk to him about the whole situation. Explained that his intentions were in nothing but the best interest of me and how much he truly cares for me as a friend. Matt made my heart smile through all the shit that was going on. At this point, Jack was still dancing with other boy, and Britney Spears came on. So I grabbed Scott and we sashayed (sp?) ourselves to "I'm A Slave 4 U." Once Britney was done, we were ready to leave. I told Scott that I would meet him up front in 2.5. I pulled Jack apart from the boy that he was dancing with and the following conversation ensued:

Me: I just want to apologize for whatever went on tonight. I'm sorry if your evening was at all inconvenienced.
Jack: No problems. Your ex-boyfriend is just a little psycho, that's all.
M: ::laughs:: Oh.. and thank you for not calling me.
J: What?
M: Thank You. For Not. Calling Me.
J: Wait.. it still might happen.
M: ::laughs:: I won't hold my breath.

At this point, I giggled to myself and walked away. I'm glad the situation ended the way it did. Mostly because I got the last word. But yeah. I'm not bitter. Just lonely. I dropped Scott off and headed home. Now I'm sitting in front of my laptop, throwing a pity party for myself. Anyone and everyone is welcome to attend. All I ask is that you please R.S.V.P. by commenting. :p Uggh.. I hate posts like this. I don't like feeling sorry for myself. But honestly, that's exactly the way I'm feeling at this point in my life. I'm extremely lonely. I mean.. it's not like I don't have any friends. I have plenty of people that can make me laugh and let me know that they care about me. But for some reason I still have this emptiness inside of me that hasn't been filled for quite some time. Loneliness sucks. Uggh.. this post both turned out the way I wanted it to, and nothing like I wanted it to. But it's too late now. Scott's yelling at me to post. So I'm all set to post. But not before I put down this song. It's one that's really speaking to me lately. And it's definitely one for the favorite book.

( Top of the World )
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::boop:: "What is, 'chicken breast.'" [Jan. 17th, 2003|11:09 pm]
[mood | restless]

I worked the day away, slaving at Ruby Tuesday as a host. We had a bit of a hit for early lunch, but after that the day was uneventful. [info]gayto_fabulous came and visted me on his break from GAP. We semi-finalized plans for the evening, which simply meant that I told him I would get ahold of him when I got off work. I came home, started working on a CD that I've been wanting to start for some time now. Didn't finish it. Not sure if I ever will..

Michael got home from work and we decided on Arena Grand, 8:05 showing of "The Hours." I worked on the CD a bit more and then jumped in the shower. At the last possible convenient minute my mom decided to ask me to go to Cingular and see if I could pay our cell phone bills. So, running late as I was, I tried to go there. Got stuck in traffic for 10 minutes and finally just decided to go ahead with my plans. Called the parentals and told them I wasn't gonna be able to do it. I got to Arena Grand ten minutes late and Michael was already there waiting for me. We got our tickets and headed to the theater. For some reason everyone over the age of 30 decided to go see "The Hours" at Arena Grand at 8:05. We had a few laughs at the expense of our neighbors and the woman in front of us with a digital camera. We concluded it must have been her first time at a theater, seeing as a camera is needed to mark that special occasion. She kept taking pictures of the people she came with, so Michael and I decided to look our best and pose in the background. Quite fun. Some people were actually still in the theater from the last showing. They left just before the movie started. They had been talking about the movie ever since it had ended. I wasn't sure what to think of that. The movie finally started. And then ended. And I didn't understand how everyone could be talking so freely about it. The movie.. touched me. And disturbed me. And made me think. But I couldn't put into words what I was feeling. I sat there, and just.. thought to myself. And I couldn't even place the thoughts that were running through my head into any kind of order. The movie was very good. But I felt like I would be doing an injustice to it if I just said that, and nothing else. I honestly could not speak about the movie afterwards. And I still find it hard to write anything critical or even say anything remotely close to how the movie was. It's just.. something that you have to experience for yourself. I'm glad that I got the book when I did. I need to hurry up and finish "The Hobbit" so that I can start "The Hours." I was skimming through the book when I got home and I saw that it is set up a lot differently than the movie. It seems to have a very good page-to-screen translation, it's just that things seem to happen in a bit of a different order.

All-in-all it was a good movie-going experience. I want to see it again, so that I can sort some things out. But yes, overall a very good experience. I work tomorrow night. I haven't worked a simple Saturday night shift in a few weeks. Hopefully I won't get stuck closing. If I do, I suppose I'll find some way to deal with it.

I have quite a bit of homework to do over the weekend, as well. I've already started a bit of the reading, but I should definitely plan on doing a majority of it this weekend. Poo.. I've run out of things to say.
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"I thought Wednesday was 'Boy's Night'.. not 'Free Trial for Straight Girls'" [Jan. 16th, 2003|10:00 pm]
[mood | relaxed]
[music |More Love - Dixie Chicks]

Last night after school I went over to Target to get new shoes for work. [info]osuchick filled me in on all the gory details of the Avril Lavigne concert. I can only imagine how horrifying the experience was. Hundreds of 12-year-olds wearing wife-beaters and ties is enough to drive anyone insane. Went to Kroger, deposited my check from work and caught up with [info]scottiboi. Supposedly he and Nathan were having some problems, or so said [info]jadeju1ia. I knew better. And I was right. She had said something about them breaking up or something, and I said, "Huh-uh. No way." I was right. She was wrong. Score one for Dan. When I got back home I called [info]wisdombus to make sure that we were still on for the evening. I ended up leaving her a message, since she didn't answer her phone. I also called Molly to see if she wanted to come. She was at BW-3s with Misti and Lindsay from Applebee's. I told her that I would stop by before I left for Wall Street. Got ready, left for BW-3s. When I got there, Misti was already on her way to being good and trashed. She convinced me to do kareoke with her. We ended up doing TLC's "Waterfalls." It was probably the worst rendition of the song ever done. She was babbling on, singing a song that was definitely not "Waterfalls." And I don't sing very well. So yeah. I shoulda been drunk. I'm sure I would have done a much better job.
Around 11:30 I headed over to Laura's. She called while I was waiting for her, telling me that she was running late. I waited some more. She finally arrived, and had pizza with her. I ate some pizza while Laura drank some vodka and we listened to some music. I guess it was a little too loud for Laura's rude neighbor-girl, who opened Laura's front door and asked her to turn the music down. Umm.. if someone opened my front door, I would have thrown and empty bottle at them or something. Not something you do on a regular basis. We finally decided to leave, and got to Wall Street just as the night was starting to swing. We immediately hit the dance floor, and we were soon joined by [info]gayto_fabulous. Ben and Nick showed up at one point and we were having a bit of a BET dance-off. Showing off the latest moves as featured on BET. As with many other things, I suppose you had to be there to fully appreciate the situation. Jack was there. He eventually came up to me and said hey. I don't know if he actually saw me when we first got there and was just playing it off like he had just noticed me. Either way, we danced again. And he sorta left. Then he came back. Before he left again I asked if he had checked his answering machine recently. He said no, so I told him to check it. He acted all surprised that I had called. But yet again.. no call. I wasn't really expecting one. I just wish.. I don't know. I don't know what I wish anymore. I didn't dwell, though. Laura, Michael, Ben, Nick.. everyone that was there made the night one for the record books. Mary J. Blige even made an appearance. As well as a rather frightening persona walking around in a floor-length leopard-spotted velvet looking jacket with a big, puffy black boa. I was frightened. Ben/Michael's friend Kenton was also there. He was dancing with Laura quite a bit toward the end of the night. She told me in the car that he scared her.. she said he kept dancing with her and looking at her like he wanted to kill her. It made me laugh. I dropped Laura off and headed home. Uggh.. so tired. I fell asleep watching "The Simpsons" and didn't wake up once until my alarm went off this morning.

I worked this morning. Didn't make nearly as much money as would have been nice. Michael was there. Which made things fun. We were able to listen to the Dance station, yet again. So that was fun. I work tomorrow morning. Hosting. So that means even less money than I made today. Which sucks. But yeah. I really want to see "The Hours" tomorrow night. I asked Scott what time he got off work, but he said he didn't know what time. And he said that he and Nathan were going to do something. So yeah. I'm going to find someone else to go with.

"Joe Millionaire" is a fun show. I didn't get a chance to watch it at all the past two times that it's been on. I don't know why. But yeah. Fox is re-running it now for some reason. It's good. I like how bitchy and uptight the girls are. It should be interesting to see how it all turns out. Hahah.. if I had lost the second time, I would have ripped the necklace off of one of the girls and thrown it at her. Hahaha.. this Heidi girl seems like sucha bitch. "I have no happy." Her fucking French is horrible. And she's throwing it around like she's a fucking French teacher. Hahhaa..

I'm excited that "3 South" is on tonight. Quite possibly one of the funniest cartoons MTV has ever had on. It is so college life. With a few funny moments thrown in for good measure. Umm.. yeah.. I'm just rambling on about nothing now. So I'm going to stop..
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"Did I hear someone say 'Morningstar Sausage Patties'?!" [Jan. 15th, 2003|09:18 pm]
[mood | nerdy]
[music |Funny Honey - Chicago]

On Monday [info]scottiboi and myself went and saw "Just Married." Nothing much to say about it other than it was super duper cute. And really funny. Tuesday morning before work I went to Best Buy and got the "Chicago" movie soundtrack. ::squeals:: It's so good. But some of the songs seem very.. I don't know. Maybe it's because I had the Broadway version before I had the movie version. So that could be why I like some of the Broadway versions better than the movie versions. Or something like that.. At work on Tuesday I convinced management to put Music Choice on the "Dance" station. Wasn't a very smart idea on their part. The day was spent running around acting like a complete idiot, running up and down the aisles, dancing wildly. [info]gayto_fabulous and I entertained ourselves by talking/acting like drag queens all day. Evonda D'vine (Michael) and Shania Tw'ain (pronounced Shaneeya Twa-ayne (Me)). We came to the conclusion that Ruby Tuesday needs to have choreographed dance numbers that involve the two of us coming down from the ceiling while standing on the ceiling fans. I'm going to stop explaining now. Things seemed to be a lot funnier at the time.
I called Jack again today when I got home from school. There wasn't an answer, yet again. I didn't leave a message this time. I think I've given up. Not that there was really anything to give up on. Got some new shoes for work from Target. Saw [info]osuchick while I was there. She got to see the Avril Lavigne concert last night. I didn't. I'm sure it was good, even though I really can't stand the fucking bitch. Good songs, bad personality. [info]jadeju1ia sent me a reallly, reeeeaaallly funny link.. Avril-ution! I can't tell if the site is real or not.. either way it makes me laugh. So that's all that really matters.
[info]wisdombus and I are supposed to go out to Wall Street tonight. She better not bail on me! Cuz I really wanna go out tonight. I'm in the mood to dance my shit off. And maybe meet a cute boy. But yeah.. that doesn't really seem to be in the cards right now.
Right. Enough writing. It seems to be very scattered and isn't making much sense. So I'm through.
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(no subject) [Jan. 13th, 2003|07:16 pm]
::sigh::

I don't know why I'm getting so worked up over this. Not that I'm really getting all that worked up. But yeah.

Still no phone call.
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Why so glum, chum? [Jan. 12th, 2003|06:43 pm]
[mood | busy]
[music |Hit The Freeway ::Hex Hector Club Vocal Mix:: - Toni Braxton]

::sobs::

I had most of the entry that I was intending to post all ready. And somehow it deleted itself from my computer screen. I'm in the process of screaming insanely at my laptop now.
So now a quick update of what I had actually intended to post:
1. I don't like when I don't update for long periods of time. I tend to ramble when I do this.
2. Wednesday at school went better than Monday. I guess that's to be expected.
3. Wednesday night [info]jadeju1ia, [info]kickassartkid, [info]duckzilla and myself went to Wall Street. Someone at Wall Street had the audacity to wear the same shirt as me. I was going to reverse it, but decided against it. I looked better in it, anyway.

Thursday I did absolutely nothing but work, come home, start watching "Lord of the Rings" and fall asleep at 10 pm.

Friday I worked again. [info]scottiboi called me to finalize plans for X-Factor while I was there. When I got home from work, I messaged Julie to see if she wanted to go up to Easton and do some shopping/go see "Chicago" again. Once at Easton we proceeded to Virgin, where there was a massive sale going on. Tons of books, CDs, and DVDs for $10. I got a really good Faith Hill import CD from Austrailia called "There You'll Be." The descriptive sticker on the case says, "There You'll Be: THE VERY BEST OF featuring: the Faith Hill classics, a collection of songs from previous soundtracks and an Australian only bonus track." Glorious, glorious listening. "Chicago" was glorious for the 3rd time. Simply marvellous. After the movie, Scott called again. I told him to call when he got home from work, and we would figure something out then. Julie and I went to Barnes & Noble where Julie was dismayed to see a gigantic "LOTR" display. For some reason something about that movie doesn't click well with her. I got Michael Moore's book "Stupid White Men." Somewhere in between finishing "The Hobbit" and doing all the reading that I have to do for school I'd like to read it. Chances are I won't get a chance to even pick it up for at least a month. :( When we were leaving the parking garage at Easton we were in a car accident. No one was hurt, and there wasn't any damage to the other guy's car. No one reported anything and the security guard that rushed to the scene didn't seem to worried about the situation. I wish something had been done, though. My front end is kinda messed up, the estimates that we've gotten so far say it's going to be around $700 to fix. Sucks to be me. And the more that I think about it, it was probably the other guy's fault. But the situation is in the past, so I can't really do anything else about it. I got home, broke the news to the parentals ::who took it a lot better than I thought they would:: and Scott called me back. We decided on him coming over around 11:30ish. I started getting ready and Scott appeared in no time. Julie had said something about wanting to come, but I think she fell asleep. When Scott called her house, whoever answered the phone said that she was in bed. She hasn't been feeling good lately. I think she said something about taking medication and drifting off to sleepy-land. Scott and I got to Axis and proceeded to tear it up. [info]osuchick was there. Bernie and Matt surprised me by being there for 15 minutes. The entire freshman class of Ohio State was there in all their homo-fied glory. Two kids that are in two of my classes were there.. dancing really badly. Scott and I spotted a really, really, really cute boy, and I convinced Scott to go talk to him for me. I'm really not good at those sort of things, and Scott does whatever when he's drunk, so he struck up a conversation. Sooner than I expected the boy and I were dancing together. Not only cute, but a good dancer, to boot. I found his name to be Jack. Jack is 19, a sophomore::?:: at OSU, majoring in ?? We danced for quite some time. Ben was there, drunk as hell. Dancing wildly and yelling at people not to crowd him. Jack eventually went to find his friend that he had come with. But not before I got his phone number. :) Scott and I danced around some more. I was accosted by a large, shirtless black man that was jumping up and down repeatedly. He kept bumping into me and making me sad on the dancefloor. Scott and I went and got our CDs and then decided to leave. I spotted Jack, so I went over and told him that we were leaving, told him I would call soon, etc. etc.
Saturday I worked a double. When I got home, Julie messaged me and asked if I wanted to go for coffee. I called Jack to see if he possibly wanted to come with, but I ended up having to leave a message on his answering machine. Normally I wouldn't have called so soon after meeting, but when I was leaving Axis on Friday he said something about "not holding his breath" when it came to me calling. So I had to prove him wrong. I left a long-winded message, concluding with the leaving of my phone number and waited on Julie to come pick me up. We went to Coffee Table and talked about life, homosexuals, and the homeless. After Coffee Table we went to An Open Book and was rushed in our browsing through the magazines by the mean lesbian that was working. Julie said it wasn't the first encounter she had had with her. The woman was downright mean. It made me want to cry and then punch her in the face. When we were leaving, there was a straight couple standing outside arguing. If it hadn't been so cold outside we would have stayed and listened to them argue. But we quickly made our way to the car. Came home, slept.

I still haven't heard anything from Jack yet. Not to seem obsessive or moody. Maybe he also believes in the 48-hour rule and won't call me until tomorrow. That would be nice. He seems like a really cool kid that I wouldn't mind getting to know. I just hope I hear from him at some point. I was talking to Carrie at work about it today, and she said if he hadn't called by tonight to call him again tomorrow. I don't know if that would seem to anxious or not. I'm just gonna have to wait and see what sort of mood I'm in tomorrow when I get home from school. I know I'll call him. There's no doubting that. So I suppose I was just looking to fill empty space and not make myself look too pathetic by writing that last sentence. I have so much homework to do. I should really start that. Now.
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"Oh, how sonorous, how beautiful the Greek language is!" [Jan. 8th, 2003|01:20 am]
[mood | tired]
[music |Cabron - Red Hot Chili Peppers]

::sigh:: Classes began on Monday in full force. I wasn't sure what to expect of them, and I'm glad that I didn't set forth any preconceived notions about any of them. I was up and ready at 9. Thank God I left my house relatively early, seeing as I had to drive around for a half an hour looking for a parking spot on west campus. You see, we had gotten a bit of snow over the weekend, so the lines in the parking lot were.. well.. invisible. But you think that people would be smart.. and park.. well.. smart. Alas, it is The Ohio State University and stupidity runs amok. There was nowhere to park. People were parking on top of lines, in between lines, criss-crossing over lines, every which way. People had parked halfway out into the driving lane. I honestly didn't know how numerous cars hadn't been hit yet. After 23 and 1/2 minutes of driving around, I finally got sick of looking and parked in a staff spot. I wasn't really worried about being ticketed or anything. Seeing as it was the first day of the quarter, security really wouldn't be out in full force. Hopped on the bus and made my way to my first class.
Linguistics 201
Hopefully the class is a lot more interesting than what the professor made it out to be. There are only about 35 people in the class, so it's comfortably small. The downside to such a small class: At one point this quarter we have to do class presentations. I'm fine with public speaking. I just don't like presentations. I'm not even sure what sort of topics we're going to be able to pick from for the presentation. Another thing I didn't like: The professor gave us the option of working in pairs on the project. Not something I look forward to. I don't think I'm going to work with anyone else, solely based on the fact that I don't know anyone else in the class. I don't know what their work ethic is like, and I don't feel like getting stuck with Johnny-Do-Nothing as my partner. I'm perfectly capable of doing this project on my own. The class description that he gave us seems to be very dry. I just hope the class holds my attention.
What will normally be ::although I hope it isn't:: a two hour class was shortened to 45 minutes. No one seems to stay in class for the entire period on the first day of the quarter. So with time to kill I decided to go and purchase my books for the quarter. SBX had all but one of them that I needed. Ran up a total of just under $150. A lot cheaper than I thought it was going to be. Although I still have to purchase the one novel for my Comparative Studies class. But it's just that.. a novel. Shouldn't run more than $14 at the most. I ran into Tiara and Jen from Ruby Tuesday while I was there. Chatted it up with them for a bit. The load of books in my arms started weighing me down, so I made my way to the front.
English 281
This class should be.. interesting. "Introduction to African-American Literature" is the full title of the course. There are 6 African-Americans in the class. And the course is taught by the whitest professor I have ever dealt with in my 13 years of school. I'm glad that I purchased the books that I needed for the class before I got there. This was the one professor on campus that actually started class on the first day. We got right into reading some poetry and discussing. Nothing else much to say. It's an english class. Hopefully the essays aren't too tough.
With more time to kill in between classes I decided to go eat. I was going to die if I didn't. I chatted with [info]scottiboi on my way to the Union. I miss that kid bunches. We definitely need to make plans to hang out, ASAP. YOU HEAR THAT SCOTT?!?! They opened up a new pizza place on campus. It's super delicious. And they've got super good prices. While I was eating Matt called me and we chatted it up for a bit. We decided to go see "Chicago" again when I was done with school. I told him that I would give him a call once I was all finished with class and had gotten home and rested.
Comparative Studies 203
This class has the potention to be my favorite class so far at OSU. "Literature and the Self" is the official name and it just seems to be a really interesting class. It's all about "the search for one's self" in various forms of literature, i.e. poetry, short stories, novels. Throughout the quarter we read Neruda, Salinger, Chekhov and a lot of really great authors. Half the class didn't show up because something had fucked up with the scheduling system during the day. The professor had said something to someone about moving the classroom, so he was guessing that they had switched rooms at some point during the day. Hopefully they do. The classroom I was in looked like hell. Made me feel like I was in an institution or something.

When I was all finished with class I had to head over to the Cop-Ez store to get a packet for the Comparative Studies class. Made my way over to the bus stop, so I could head back to west campus. Waited a half an hour for a fucking bus that never came. Because I was so cold, I just hopped on the next bus that came along. Which proceeded to take me to a different parking lot, and then looped me a little further up the road, on the opposite side. Waited 15 more minutes for a bus to take me in the opposite direction that I needed to go.. but no.. that one never came, either. The bus that I had been waiting on in the first place strolled on down the other side of the road. Needless to say, I was pissed. So I crossed the street and waited another 5 minutes for another bus to come. Thank God it took me to west campus. I made my way home, ate some food and then called Matt. I head over to the theater around 7:45 and waited for Matt to arrive. "Chicago" is even better the second time around. That's all I'm gonna say on that subject.

Today after work I came home and started burning some CDs for Carrie. Dixie Chicks, Justin Timberlake, Shania. The Chicks and Justin were all finished by the time I was ready to leave to take them up to her. I'm gonna have to take her Shania on Thursday when I work. I took the CDs to Ruby's for Carrie and went over to American Eagle to see if anything caught my eye. Nothing. So my little sister and I went over to Wal-Mart to get some shit that she needed for school, folders and the like. I got "The Hours" by Michael Cunningham. Hopefully I get a chance to read it before the movie debuts. If not, I'll have to settle for Nicole's performance before I get to read it. It's supposed to be an excellent book, and judging by the preview I saw on Monday night, a great fucking movie. Went over to Best Buy, next. Got "The Good Girl" on DVD and the Red Hot Chili Pepper's semi-new CD. I also picked up, as a spectacular deal.. ::cough:: Bryan Adams greatest hits ::cough:: "So Far So Good." It's actually got a lot of really great songs on it. On the way home.. I did something that I had been meaning to do for awhile. I actually asked my sister if she knew that I was gay. I kinda had the feeling that she knew, but I wanted to be 100%. As I thought, she did know. And she has gotten shit for it from some of the people that she knows. It hurt me to think about it. But I'm actually glad that the line of communication has sort of opened up between us now. I told her that if she ever wanted to talk about any of it that she didn't need to be afraid to come to me. She's a tough little cookie. And no matter what I say I love her lots.

::sigh:: I'm all sleepy now. And I have class again tomorrow. I'm proud of myself. I did all the reading that I needed to do for my classes. No matter how much it confused me. I'm all set for discussion tomorrow! ::sets pencils on the edge of his desk; straightens glasses:: Call me a nerd.. I dare ya :)
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(no subject) [Jan. 5th, 2003|06:10 pm]
[mood | indifferent]
[music |Top of the World - Dixie Chicks]

[info]starburstkid was right! After work today I went over to Blockbuster and there, residing peacefully on a display stand right inside the doors was M. Night Shyamalan's "Signs!" I looked around to make sure that no one was playing some sort of sadistic joke on me, and quickly grabbed up a copy. It was a bit more expensive than if I would have gotten it from Target or Best Buy, but I didn't mind. Purchasing from anywhere else would have required me waiting until Tuesday, and we all know how I feel about that. I think my dad and I might watch it tonight.
I'm super duper tired for some reason. Probably the unbalanced work/sleep ratio that's been going on for the past week. School starts tomorrow, so hopefully I get back into some regimine I can deal with. I might actually be picking up another part-time job. Just to compensate from the lack of business Ruby Tuesday is getting. It's to be expected. The month's after the holiday rush are always hard on malls. I'm thinking about getting into something at CallTech, which is like 2 minutes from Ruby Tuesday. Just picking up some evening shifts or something like that. I still want to work at Ruby's, but I'll probably end up telling them that I can only work lunch shifts during the week, and then work evenings at CallTech. I haven't heard good things about CallTech from the people that I know who work there, but I'm not really looking to get involved full-time. Maybe there's some sort of difference and the part-time shifts are a bit easier to deal with? I suppose we'll just have to wait and see. I honestly can't think of anywhere else to work. Jen, who worked with me when I worked at Applebee's worked for Abercrombie + Fitch through CallTech, and she was always talking about how they let you make your own schedule. If I can do that, it's a definite, just because of the Ruby Tuesday situation.
I ordered the 1997 Broadway recording of "Chicago" last night off of half.com. That website really is super duper fantastic. If I didn't mind waiting for the things that I wanted, I would probably buy everything I could off of it. But I usually want things when I want them. The "Chicago" situation was different, though. As I previously mentioned, I had looked just about everywhere for it, and they were out of it. The soundtrack to the movie doesn't come out until the 14th. [info]jadeju1ia is waiting for that one, only because she wants to hear Catherine and Renee. I'll be purchasing that one when it comes out, as well.
This entry was really rather boring. And pointless. I need more entertaining things in my life to write about. Tomorrow is sure to bring about good material.




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"Next week I'm going to start a diet. I need to lose 2 or 3 pounds." [Jan. 5th, 2003|01:21 am]
[mood | bouncy]
[music |Truth No. 2 - Dixie Chicks]

Those words were uttered by none other than [info]jadeju1ia, while calmly sipping her skim Coco-Mallow drink at Coffee Table this evening. For those of you who don't know Julie personally or professionally, she weighs about 5.4 pounds. I looked at her and began laughing hysterically. Then I shoved the rest of my carb-loaded bagel in my mouth. I was super duper hungry tonight for some reason. Oh wait.. I think I know why. What did my family have for dinner tonight? Oh yeah.. HOMEMADE VEGETABLE SOUP. Who has soup for dinner? But wait.. I'm getting ahead of myself. Not too far ahead, but I suppose I should start at the beginning.
Went in to work my lunch shift. Didn't get a table until almost an hour and a half after we opened the doors. Only after I demanded that the manager cut the floor did I get to stop taking tables around 2:30. I was outtie-500 within the half hour. Carrie stopped me at the door and gave me a list of CDs to burn for her. Sometimes I feel that people only use me for my massive CD collection. But hey.. I take what I can get. I told her I would bring them to her tomorrow. Sadly enough, that's not going to happen. She'll deal with it. If not, she can rot in Hell for all enternity. I stopped at Media Play on the way home because, according to [info]starburstkid they have "Signs" for sale. According to Mark, Blockbuster is also dealing in these deals. Media Play was without "Signs." I'm going to Blockbuster tomorrow after work. If someone fucked up and they're selling "Signs" early, I want to be a part of it.
Once I got home, we had soup. Yeah, soup. I was still hungry, but I thought it would be rather rude of me to make a sandwich or something in front of my mom. So I went to my room and paid my winter quarter tuition instead. School is starting again on Monday. Too soon if you ask me. I could deal with another week of no school. Then again, I can't honestly say that I'm not ready to go back. I'm looking for something to do with my day besides work. I called Julie and finalized plans for the Gallery Hop and "Chicago." Purchased the tickets for the show and then started to get ready.
Played some "Max Payne" while I was waiting for Julie. She showed up around 6:30 and we were on our way. We Beastie Boy'd it on the way to the Hop. Got there, walked around a bit. Spent a considerable amount of time in An Open Book. Made a few purchases. Me: "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien, "Less Than Zero" by Bret Easton Ellis and Britney Spears single "Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know". Open Book was having some sort of "CD Blowout Sale". I ended up getting the Britney single for $2. It was a deal too good to pass up. 4 remixes (2 of "Stronger") is something I can't let go. Julie bought a magazine about lesbian weddings and The Advocate, which featured it's "Person of 2002" as Rosie O'Donnell. Maybe if she hadn't shaved her head and made herself look so scary I would agree. But cutie Jim Verraros is in the magazine, so I didn't complain for long. We walked around for a bit, glanced in the galleries at all of the art that was worth more than both of our lives combined, and then finally settled at Coffee Table. While Julie and I were in line, this strange man said hello to me. The conversation went as follows:
Strange Man : Hi.
Me : (slightly frightened) Hello.
SM : Are you.. are you in a band?
M : Umm, no. I've always wanted to be in a band, though.
SM : Oh. You're not the person I thought you were. Your glasses are like this guy's who's in a band.
M : Oh.. yeah.. I'm not in a band.
After Julie and I had gotten our coffee and sat down the guy walked by again. And said "good luck" to me. Good luck? With what.. my band? ::giggle:: I was kinda scared, but then Julie started talking about her diet and all was well again. [info]wisdombus called while we were at Coffee Table. I called back and told her to meet up with us there. After I got off the phone, I made a trip to the bathroom and ran into [info]groove2life who I hadn't seen since before Christmas. He and I always have a habit of running into each other at the weirdest moments. Well, not necessarily the weirdest moments.. it's just.. strange to see him when I see him.. or something. When I returned, Julie and I went about procuring a larger table so that Laura and her girlfriend wouldnt have to sit on Julie's lap. We headed toward a larger table in the front, but someone had left a mess on it, and we weren't sure if they were still there. One of the employees came and cleaned off the table, and Julie and I quickly pounced upon it. The table was in the prime location, so I was able to scope out the vegan guy oustide who was passing out literature on why vegan is the way to go. Laura and her girlfriend finally got there.. about 5 minutes before Julie and I had to leave for the movie. Mike returned with the people he was gallery hopping with.. one of which was a rather cute boy. I got his attention and coolly mouthed, "Who is that boy?" Mike, being the stupid fuck that he is, pointed at the boy and yelled, "Mark!" I hung my head in shame and told Julie it was time to go. We said our goodbyes to Laura and her love-slave and made our way to the car.
Traffic sucked ass near the movie theater because there was also a hockey game. We parked about 5 blocks away, only because it was getting close to showtime and the parking meter was nearby. We treked to the theater in the cold, stumbling over ice, rocks, broken beer bottles and various other hazards. Finally arriving at the theater, we got our tickets and made our way.
"Chicago" fucking rocked my world. The movie was spectacular, wonderful, eye-poppingly beautiful. It just.. scorched, sizzled, steamed its way into my heart. It is, quite possibly, the best movie I've seen all year. I know, I know, I know.. the year has just begun. But it's going to take a pretty fucking amazing movie to surpass "Chicago" in my book. I don't really know what else to say about the movie except GO SEE IT. As soon as you possibly can. I know that I have at least 203984092384 more viewings on the big screen to witness before I'm satisfied. My favorite scenes are definity the prison tango scene, and the scene where Billy Flynn (Richard Gere) is playing pupeteer to the press. Go see the movie and you'll know what I'm talking about. Golden Globe nominations are all well deserved. I'm not sure of the minor awards that it's up for, but the acting awards are gonna be hard to beat. My wet dream of the moment is seeing Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renee Zellwegger tie for Best Actress. I think it's definitely a possibility, but then again, just to be fair, I haven't seen all the nominees in action yet. We shall see.
I really, really need to get my hands on the soundtrack to "Chicago." I've been looking for a few weeks now, and nowhere seems to have it in stock. I'm wondering if the movie soundtrack has even been released yet, or if they're even planning on releasing one. But I also want to get the Broadway Cast recording. ::sigh:: I need to look online at some point. But I'm too tired to do so at the moment. I work yet again tomorrow morning. Tomorrow night I have no plans. If [info]scottiboi doesn't work I want to go see "Chicago" again. But he probably works.. or has other plans. [info]borednclueless and [info]lokimonkey3 both called while I was in the movie. [info]kickassartkid called just as I was arriving at home. I have no idea what the first two were calling about, but Matt wants to go out on Wednesday night. I want to, as well. For old time's sake.
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(no subject) [Jan. 4th, 2003|12:36 am]
[mood | excited]
[music |If I Fall You're Going Down With Me - Dixe Chicks]

Today, while on break from work, I hopped on over to Best Buy and purchased:

Andrew W.K. "I Get Wet"

Dixie Chicks "Fly"

Rolling Stones "Forty Licks"

Beatie Boys "Anthology : The Sounds of Science"

I find Andrew W.K. incredibly scary, but at the same time I'm strangely drawn to his music. Yes. It makes me want to punch things. But at the same time, it's great music to listen to while you're getting ready to party, or you're already in the process of partying. The Dixie Chicks are.. well.. the Dixie Chicks. The Beastie Boys need to come out with some new material. I miss them. The Rolling Stones are still the ugliest band ever to grace the music industry. But they know how to write good fucking music. "Sympathy for the Devil" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" are and will always be two of my favorite songs.

I have to work again tomorrow. Thankfully it's only a lunch shift. I actually get to go and enjoy the Gallery Hop tomorrow night. I'm a little disappointed that it's in January. But it hasn't been that cold. With my luck, though, by the time I get off work Columbus will be hit full-force with gale-force winds and it'll be raining sheets of ice. Oh well. [info]jadeju1ia and I will just run from gallery to gallery, keeping out of the cold as much as possible. Granted, walking from gallery to gallery while trying to remain un-frostbitten is half the fun. I think we're also planning on seeing "Chicago" afterwards. I've heard nothing but wonderful things about the movie. I hope it rocks me as much as "Moulin Rouge." Although that will be hard. Verry hard. I wanted to get one of the "Chicago" recordings at Best Buy while I was there today, but for some reason they don't carry any of the them. Or perhaps they're just sold out at the moment. Ehh.. I suppose I can be patient and wait until after I see the movie.

I finally heard from the infamous [info]scottiboi today while I was at work. Seems he's been a little too busy to talk to his friend [info]blinkboi. Ehh.. all is forgiven. Wish he could come with Julie and I tomorrow, but alas, he is stuck working at Kroger. We might just have to stop in and tell him how amazing "Chicago" is.

Oh yeah. The Buckeys just won the Fiesta Bowl. GO BUCKS! ! !

STUPID WHITE MEN QUOTE OF THE DAY
Saturday, JANUARY 4
"Our culture is superior. Our culture is superior because our religion is Christianity and that is the truth that makes men free."
- Pat Buchanan, speaking before the Christian Coalition, 9/11/93
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once upon a time there was this young prince.. [Jan. 2nd, 2003|07:09 pm]
[mood | scared]
[music |the sixth sense]

went shoppin with the moms and little sister today.. it actually felt good to be getting up relatively early for something besides work.. although i have to admit it was difficult to wake up.. im still recooperating from new years eve.. my legs hurt from as hard as i was dancing in sucha small space.. and im guessing i didnt get to sleep until later in the morning after the party.. waking up at 1030 probably shouldnt have happened..
we went to wal-mart.. my sister had to return a sweater or something.. and i got the parentals an r-f adapter for the dvd player.. the picture was fading from dark to light too much for it to seem normal.. anywho.. picked that up there.. then we headed over to tuttle.. i got some shirts from american eagle.. big surprise there.. sweater for $20.. reversible long-sleeved t.. coupla t-shirts.. bargain city.. hehe.. i dunno what it is about that store.. theyve been rocking my world for quite some time now.. hehe.. had to restrain myself for buying yet another pair of jeans.. although when i was walking out, i noticed in one of the display windows a pair of jeans that i hadnt ever seen before.. it made me sad because i knew i woulda bought them had i seen them.. made an impulse buy with the ::complete best-selling classic: lord of the rings:: figured i could give it another shot.. i havent tried to read it for some time now.. figure im probably old enough now to understand exactly what the hell is going on in the books.. hehe.. i think the last time i tried to read it i was still in my ::classic fantasy literature sucks:: stage.. or something like that.. walking by the calendar store i realized that my harry potter calendar was of no use anymore.. 2002 is gone.. time for a 2003 calendar.. walked in and immediately found the one for me.. michael moore day-by-day ::stupid white men:: calendar.. just reading the back had me giggling aimlessly.. you cant really go wrong with a quote a day from michael moore..
went up and visited with the grandparents for a bit.. showed off the newly purchased clothing.. my grandma had some books of mine that i had just remembered loaning to her like forever ago.. ::snow falling on cedars:: and ::angelas ashes:: two books that im glad i remembered to pick up.. two really good reads.. i had to log onto the internet there, as well.. seeing as the ohio state website wouldnt let me download what i needed at home.. only when it wouldnt download there either did i realize that it wasnt my computer but ohio states sucky website.. you cant really pay tuition for winter quarter without knowing how much you owe.. and when the site wont let you download your fee statement you cant find out how much you know.. luckily there was a different page, one that didnt require downloading.. so i found out the statement and handed it over to moms..
came home.. sat around and did nothing.. watched a bit of ::the simpsons:: second season.. fell asleep while doing so.. got up.. went and got some gas.. haha.. my night has been relatively boring.. i have to say the highlight of the evening was me cursing in the living room, trying to figure out what wires went where to connect the goddamn r-f adapter to my parents tv/vcr/dvd.. only when my dad came home did he figure out where everything went.. bah.. i hate electronics.. now im watching ::the sixth sense:: which i havent watched since i purchased it not so long ago.. i forgot how great the movie is.. definitely in my faves.. haley-joel osment is super duper creepy.. and toni collette.. that final scene! still gives me the chills.. ha.. sadly.. i have to work a double tomorrow.. and i know the sports-hungry folk will be in to celebrate the win/loss of ohio state in the fiesta bowl.. hopefully i get out at a decent time.. and ::chicago:: opens tomorrow! i know i wont be able to see it tomorrow.. but i definitely want to see it on saturday.. after the gallery hop.. but alas.. i have no one to attend either event.. someone better get ahold of me soon.. [info]jadeju1ia, [info]scottiboi.. whattre you kids doing saturday night?

and now.. for the quotes from michael moores ::stupid white men:: calendar!
wednesday, january 1
freedom of choice is a thing of the past. were down to six media companies, six airlines, two and a half carmakers, and one radio conglomerate. everything you need is at wal-mart. you can choose between two political parties that sound alike, vote alike, and are funded alike. how did all this happen? three little words: stupid white men. - from ::stupid white men::
thursday, january 2
for 2003, ::president:: bush proposed a military budged of $379 billion. thats a one-year increase of $48 billion. excluding japan, the increase alone is more than any other countrys yearly military budget. only 7% of that $379 billion is for fighting terrorism. itd be more if you counted star wars, but you cant - thats for fighting soviets.
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::it smells like endometrium in here:: - niki [Jan. 2nd, 2003|12:26 am]
[mood | cheerful]
[music |forever your girl - paula abdul]

the following is a bit of a scattered update.. starting with christmas eve: sarah, heidi and i got together again and went out to the movies.. as we do every christmas.. we ended up seeing ::gangs of new york:: my second time, their first.. i still liked it a lot.. caught some things that i had missed the first time around.. let things fall into place a bit more for me.. hehe.. it was good to see sarah and heidi again.. i hadnt seen them since [info]kickassartkid and myself went to dinner with them a few months back.. hopefully things will continue in this fashion and well start hanging out again like we did not so long ago..
the day after christmas i decided to splurge after work.. i went over to best buy and finally got myself a playstation 2.. it was a toss up between a nintendo gamecube and the playstation 2.. best buy was having some sort of special deal with the gamecubes where it came with a game and whatnot.. but they were all out of the bundle packs of those.. so i settled on the playstation 2.. i think the determining factor in the whole situation was that ::grand theft auto:: was only for the playstation systems.. and ::grand theft auto : vice city:: has to be one of the greatest games ever created for a gaming system.. hehe.. that night i had to go to meijer and get an adapter for the system so it could connect to my television properly.. while there i purchased ::kingdom hearts:: which is a really great game, as well.. so far ive also gotten ::max payne::, ::the simpsons road rage::, ::jak and daxter: the precursor legacy::, ::britneys dance beat:: and ::gauntlet: dark legacy:: i have no life.. haha.. ive done nothing but work and play playstation since i bought it..
on monday night i tore myself away from doing absolutely nothin to go see ::catch me if you can:: with matt.. the foreign press definitely knew what they were doing when they nominated leo for this movie instead of ::gangs of new york:: he definitely had a lotta depth and feelin in this movie.. etc etc.. hehe.. all in all it was a good time.. the relationship between matt and myself is definitely on the mend.. ::this is the ex-boyfriend matt.. not [info]kickassartkid:: it felt good to be able to talk to him again.. hang out with him.. he called tonight and told me he wants to hang out again this week.. itll definitely be fun..
and this brings us to new years eve!!!
earlier in the week i had invited a few people to come to the partee.. the only person that actually took me up on the invitation was [info]lokimonkey3.. which was actually kinda strange.. seeing as he lived the farthest away.. haha.. but yeah.. i gave him the info and told him to meet me up at work around 7ish.. i got home from work and started getting ready.. my parents went to dinner with my grandparents so i was running around the house in my towel singing at the top of my lungs.. i had to get ready in style ;).. around 6 rob called me and told me that he was just then leaving work.. he reassured me with the fact that he could make it to columbus within an hour and a half.. so i just told him to call me when he got into columbus.. around 7 i headed up to ruby tuesday to meet up with niki and her boyfriend.. once there i told them to go ahead to nikis boyfriends house so that they could get ready.. i got directions and waited around for rob.. he finally got there and we headed up to meet with niki and her boyfriend.. the party itself was up near otterbein in worthington.. about 5 minutes from the main campus/10 minutes from brads house.. when we got to the party there were only a few people there, sitting around.. being boring.. haha.. we got the party started.. played a game of beer pong.. john ::whos house the party was at:: and i lost :( then i sat and watched another game.. had some more beer.. developed a nice buzz.. took some jello shots.. they were extreeeemely strong.. verry verry strong jello shots.. hehe.. played.. or should i say ::lost:: another game of beer pong.. :(:( chilled for a bit.. let the beer take hold.. danced around in the living room to really bad rap music with some of the girls.. danced on top of a table at one point i believe.. attracted the attention of a few more girls who informed me that i was ::the best guy dancer that they had ever seen:: they touched my butt more than once.. haha.. midnight came.. i drunk dialed a few people.. not exactly sure how many or even who i called.. but no one has called me today to demand why i was calling them..well.. i know for a fact that [info]kickassartkid called me.. i remember this because i was super duper excited to hear from him.. and i called him today.. and he confirmed that we talked.. haha.. haha.. so thats a good thing i suppose.. and then came the moment that i was fearing all night.. people had actually been cool.. verry cool.. i met some very nice people on new years eve.. and then this douchebag in a fucking abercrombie fuzzy hat came up to rob and asked if he was gay.. he then proceeded to ask me if i was gay.. and if the two of us wanted to make out.. we responded no.. that we werent going to make out.. the guy asked rob to go upstairs and make out with him.. rob politely declined.. at this point, the boyfriends of the girls that i knew were very, verry riled up.. one of them, stacey, was in the military and didnt take shit from anyone.. his girlfriend avi was holding him down on the couch.. i believe he seriously would have really hurt the guy if things got anymore out of control.. the guy came up to us again and stated that he had a real problem with ::fucking faggots:: at this point stacey leapt from the couch and started pushing the guy.. people crowded around, trying to stop things.. avi was thrown on top of me.. niki ran to get our shit so that we could just leave.. she woke up john who then came out into the living room and demanded to know who was starting all the shit.. he started pushing the guy and telling him to ::get the fuck out of his house:: as bad as the situation was, it actually made me feel good that these people who i had just met, were actually sticking up for me.. gave me hope for humanity, etc.. at this point i was not nearly drunk enough not to drive, so we skipped the $20 for the cab and just drove home.. niki and brad apologized profusely at least 34824 times in the car on the way home.. it honestly was not that big of a deal to me.. i had a really good time while i was at the party.. nothing could have really spoiled new years for me.. when we got back to brads place, niki and i proceeded to eat ice cream.. a lot of ice cream.. i became even drunker as i slugged gulps of wine directly from a bottle on brads counter.. we finally fell asleep at a time that im not completely sure of.. i know it was after we watched ::zoolander::
the next morning i got up around 1030 somehow.. i dunno what made me get up at that ungodly hour.. niki and brad were already up.. making waffles.. what sweet hosts.. haha.. we sat around the kitchen table, reliving the nights memorable moments.. micky, avis sister, johns girlfriend, had called around 3 that morning apologizing even more for the situation at the party.. sitting at the kitchen table i came upon the realization of what i wanted new years to be.. a celebration with people that i cared about.. new faces.. people that i hope to get to know more in the coming year.. i finally got myself around and decided i should head home.. rob is a very cool guy.. im glad i got to spend the party with him.. niki is an incredible girl.. i know that were definitely gonna get closer as the months pass.. even if shes down in athens at ohio university for school.. we still have all those school breaks to spend together.. brad actually goes to osu.. i hope to see him on campus one day.. maybe grab a cup of coffee or something.. even just a ::hello:: in passing will be good enough for me.. new years was an experience that im going to remember all year.. for the next 10 years.. for a lifetime.. im glad that i had something to do.. and im glad that i had entertaining and caring people to spend it with..
when i got home.. i resisted the urge to fall into bed and not wake up for 34 hours.. i jumped in the shower, sat around and then headed to work.. thank god i was only there for 3 hours.. it was dead.. and incredibly boring.. tonight consisted of me.. lounging around.. watching MTV and ::pee-wees big adventure:: who knew that twisted sister was in ::pee-wees big adventure:: i sure didnt remember it from when i was younger.. hell..i dont even think i knew who twisted sister was when i was first watching that movie.. hehe..
tomorrow i think im going shopping with my mom and my little sister.. i dont really do the whole new years resolution thing.. but something that i want to work on in the coming year is spending more time with my family.. it seems as if i never see them anymore.. and its partially because of school and work.. and i know they understand that.. but even when im here, it seems as if i dont spend nearly as much time with them as i could.. tonight i was sitting around in my room when my little sister called me in to help her with one of her playstation games.. and i was just lying there watching her play the game.. and it was strange.. i felt calm.. i was happy just sitting there watching her play this game.. i dunno.. that probably sounds stupid to some people.. but yeah.. not that it really matters.. hehe.. just an observation on my part.. alllrighty.. this entry has already exceeded the length that i was planning for it.. so ima stop writing.... NOW
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