Sadly, Erin was on vacation in Thailand when this interview was filmed so my bb, was not present, but America and Julia were totally awesome. Julia, oh Julia *dreamy sigh*

Seriously, watch this interview! It's hilarious and sexy and at the end America has a wardrobe malfunction, lol.

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So, they were eating the pineapples off of each others nude bodies in their trailers between takes, y/y? And many thanks to alex_davis11 for locating and sharing the gems below.

 



Also, anyone have any awesome Bitch Slap icons? If so, show them off in the comments. I and I'm sure many others would appreciate it! Honestly, I've made so many Bitch Slap posts at this point that I feel dirty for not having a Bitch Slap icon to use with them.

This is interesting.
See a few months ago I lied to a friend about something relationship based. See years ago something went down between the two of us and there was intense dramaz as a result and I don't know..she blocked it out or something. Not wanting to revisit that whole drama llama I just told her that said event was with someone else, thus offsetting the entire timeline by 3 years, so she knows I lied.
The moral of the story, if there's no good to come of the truth and you suck at lying. Shut up and use the "it's personal" excuse.

In other news..I'm hungry.

Today, as several people have had to remind me, was my birthday! And I spent it in style. (Speaking of which: my mom continues to be the cutest mom ever.) I woke up, watched an episode of TNG, canceled my health insurance, wrote my Methods & Principles final, handed it in 2 minutes before the deadline (would have been sooner if his office weren't on the ninth floor...), then found myself at loose ends.
Here's where our story gets interesting. I had an hour and a half to kill and, realizing that I hadn't brought anything to study (and didn't feel like working anyway, after writing a 3-page paper in 2 hours - new record for me), I thought Hey, I can just buy a bottle of Pine Cider (it is neither pine fresh nor made of any kind of cider, but it is delicious), kick back, and watch some Bleach on my laptop.
I sat down, and as soon as I took out my headphones and was about to put them in, I heard "ザック、ザック！" which is Japanese for "I have English homework!" So I just grinned, shut my laptop and sidled over to take a look. it's fascinating, actually, the sort of mistakes Nihonjin make when writing English. But again, I don't think it's a coincidence that it took me until exactly 6:35 to help my friend and her friend out, when my next appointment was at 6:40. Lately it seems like every time I enter a public place someone asks for my help with something, and I have to say it's a huge ego booster to think that people trust me that much, even people I don't know particularly well.

So off I went to meet with my entourage, and we had a ton of fun. We ate dinner as a group - rather than ordering individually, it was just sashimi and soup for everyone, but boy was it delicious. also the first course was a BOAT FULL OF FISH. it was among the most epic things I've ever seen. (might get beat out by Robin Hood, Prince of Awesome, though. couldn't say.)
This being a school night, people had to leave one by one, some of them pretty early, but it was still awesome. And they each took a pic with me before they left ^__^
oh, um, speaking of pictures... my friend Mogi-chan, the short cute otaku, really wants to see me cosplay. To this end, she brought a Santa costume to the gig tonight, as promised, and asked me to wear it.
What she failed to mention, as I noticed after I got it on, was that it was a girl's Santa costume - hat and rather feminine apron-like thing.
sssoooo, I guess whether or not that ends up on Facebook depends on whether my friends can figure out how to upload pics... I don't think of it as being that difficult, but some of them are having trouble. (Nihonjin, for the record, don't use fb as a rule - those who do have one tend to be friends with a lot of gaijin.)

Anyway, it was a blast. I'm gonna miss those kids. Hopefully we'll meet again if I can make good on my plans to return to Nagoya. Quote of the night: 一緒にばんかいしましょうか？

Also, I taught everyone how to do "llama llama llama llama llama llama llama MITOSIS llama llama llama..." Which I think pretty much fulfills Kim's exhortation to "Remember, you do not represent America... You do not represent Middlebury... YOU REPRESENT XENIA!"

In booju_newju, a news story about a woman who allegedly murdered her child is posted; the woman will not be charged due to a legal loophole about baby and mother still being attached by umbilical cord and placenta. Sad, right?

No! jessy1019 thinks that this law is terrific. This woman's not a murderer! In fact, she might turn out to be a good mom in the future. And you know what? There are times when killing your baby after birth is the best possible choice. Thank god this lady won't be charged.

I think enough people in the community know not to egg her on, so this may be all we get. Unless some confused newbie wanders by...

Now that Elly has reminded Phil of his "duty" as an adult to settle down, raise a family, join the PTA, buy some sensible shoes and a Chevrolet and then party till he's broke and they drag him away, she'll probably suggest the perfect person to Dare to be Stoopid with: Connie.

 
Muzyka Voln, MV-II, 13 Oct 2009

1. Put' Voina 6:37
2. Magic Forest 6:41
3. The Spirits 5:25
4. Loki 7:17
5. Lights 6:42
6. Hymn To Kali (Part 1) 6:37
7. Space Travel 8:50
8. Mother-Earth 7:48
9. Moment Istiny 6:06

        Кто такие галактические воины света, что ими движет и в чем их миссия в этом мире – на этот вопрос, возможно, ответит слепок сознания одного из них, сделанный участником проекта «Kshatriy». Начинаясь с рассказа о том, что такое настоящая сила и как важно ей обладать (если не ошибаюсь, это часть монолога одного из героев саги «Звездные войны» или чего-то не менее эпического), диск начинает постепенно разворачивать перед слушателем картины поистине космического масштаба, где вместо красок выступают разнообразные звуки, собранные вместе. Основа альбома – drone ambient, но не ждите пустой безмятежности, ведущей к размытым грезам. Не забывайте, что речь идет о воине – человеке действия. Элементы этой музыки путешествуют на фоне плотного и темного (порой непроницаемо темного, даже неуютного) гула, который создает гипнотическую атмосферу, заряженную бьющей через край энергией и обязательной цикличностью происходящих процессов, и очень быстро разбирается даже с самыми скептично настроенными слушателями, погружая их в трансовое состояние собранности и готовности к действиям. Отголоски древней памяти и истории (к этим вопросам автор подходит с изрядной долей эклектики, соединяя вместе предания о скандинавском боге Локи и более близкой ему, если судить по названию проекта, индуистской богине Кали) мелькают в этой музыке медленным дыханием первородного космоса, холодной вьюгой, плеском волн (перинатальная символика?), ритуальной атмосферой, воссозданной простейшими перкуссионными инструментами, среди которых преобладают обыденные вещи из железа и дерева, а также колокольчики, чей звон долгим эхом разносится между слоями темного эмбиента, потусторонних голосов и хриплых шумов. Все это, свитое в упругие нити повествования, показывает, каким должен быть путь воина – сквозь волшебный лес, населенный духами, сквозь яркие огни пробиваясь прямо в космос, паря над Матерью-Землей и охраняя ее, неся свет и безопасность. Из того, что выходило под именем «Kshatriy» ( не так много, впрочем, пока еще выходило), этот альбом, пожалуй, самый лучший, показывающий растущее мастерство музыканта и его правильное понимание того, какой должна быть музыка.

http://zhb.radionoise.ru

http://feeds.reference.com/click.phdo?i=d1a5d0fefe50b2ff07dfb3ea838f404e

http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/archive/2009/12/17.html

paroxysm: an outburst; a fit.

My writing life is kind of dead. This distresses me. I have NO TIME TO WRITE. Even when I do have time, I write on my novels and lemme tell ya, after writing 10-12000 words in a week I'm less interested in writing RP-FL stuff, fanfic, any other novels, or blog entries. This makes me SAD, because I have so much to say and things I want to write.

I need more time. >.<

In other news, Dark is here and things are going well! Only now I'm going to bed. >.> I'll tell her you all say hi. :D

In other-other news, United broke a $3500 guitar, and refused to pay for it, so the singer wrote them a song. Heh.



And his webpage: http://www.davecarrollmusic.com/story/united-breaks-guitars

...I kinda like his voice. I might have to go find more music. And not fly United.

J

http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/wreaths.asp

Photograph shows Christmas wreaths laid at headstones in Arlington National Cemetery.