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1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 04,May,2004 | &em ailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> As I was browsing Salon this morning (before i have to go get a ROOT CANAL which is giving me way too much anxiety...update on that later today) there were the usual headlines: prisoner abuse, government apologies, pres bush acting like an ass, natural disasters, bobbleheads, terrorist attacks....wait a minute, bobbleheads?! The urlLink article is about how Arnold the wonderful governor of katies, and my soon to be state is suing an Ohio bobblehead company for using his likeness. His likeness is owned by some production company but the bobblehead people argue that he is now a public political figure and can no longer control his image. I fully agree. Come on Arnold, you can't be a movie star and a governor at the same time. Am I right? |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 04,May,2004 | While shopping at Half Price Books this weekend, it occured to me that there are certain constants, or givens, in this world. As dear old Cathedral football coach, Rick Streiff would put it, 'all you gotta do is stay white and die'. I would add get a job, but that's me. In the world of used music, I have found that there are always certain cds that flood the used cd racks. It seems that no matter what store, in what city, in what country I go to, I will always find these cds. Anything by Belly, usually King, but sometimes Star. Not that Bush is my fave band, but this album must be their worst! Usually there is a selection by Madonna, and I would venture to say that this one gets resold the most. I KNOW you have all seen this while searching for Republica or some other band that begins with R. Perhaps this was right next to the 50 copies of 'One Hot Minute'. What is some of the junk you always have to sift through when used cd shopping? |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 04,May,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> In light of the fact that I am almost done with my crapass MA and that my wedding is looming closer on the horizon, a new 'breed' of excited relatives/family friends/crazy people has emerged. Since we're all still at the age when the question 'what are your (life) plans?' is applicable, I have been bombarded with that one lately. When I say, 'almost done with school; need to look for jobs; get married; have a panic attack, etc;' women squeal: 'Pretty soon you'll be a Mrs.!!!' Then, I either punch them in the face or vomit all over their soccer mom outfits. Now, ok. Technically, I will be a Mrs., I suppose. I just don't think of myself that way. I'm Shannon. Shan. Booty. ShanDog. Boots. Booty Coogan. Natalie! Did it ever occur to anyone that I really could give a shit at this point in my young life if anyone knows I am a Mrs.? NO. Of course, I don't take marriage lightly and I have no problem with being married, but, if all these morons are going to go around calling me Mrs. Hautman because it's cute, I don't think I can handle that. And, I'm not even getting into the whole name change aspect, because I can't make up my freakin' mind about that. It's just crazy how much of a novelty being a Mrs. is... It's like a weird remnant of the 1950's 'now your life can really begin because you are married' crap. Bottom line: Nobody ever spazzes out about the MA; just the MRS. So, ladies, choose your titles wisely. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 04,May,2004 | It's time for me to let the cat out of the bag. I've been hiding out in Boston all this time because...Jon and I have a child. That's right, a child. His name is Dinh Van Tuan, he's 7 years old, and he lives in Vietnam. How does all this add up, you're wondering? Well, we adopted him through an organization called Pearl S. Buck several months ago, and it's been a really cool thing to do. So I wanted to suggest it to any of you who may have a little extra cash floating around (it's $25 a month). You can either adopt a child (that's what we're doing-you give your $25 a month and also exchange letters with your adopted child; with Pearl S. Buck, the average length of a sponsorship is ~13 years, and lots of sponsors end up visiting their child at some point), become a CHAMPion for a child (which I just learned they prefer; you still give your $25 a month, but you don't get individual letters from the child, nor do you write them...this saves money on translation and postage), or of course you can just donate some money if you don't want the monthly commitment. If you're interested in checking this out, go to urlLink Pearl S. Buck's website . |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 30,June,2004 | Hey ladies! It's been awhile...and now I'm happy to say I'm back in Indianapolis to kick it for awhile before moving to Arizona. Jennie and I had a great time in NYC getting what's ours (we didn't pay for parking once, very thrifty girls!!!) and then some more good times at the New Zealand reunion in New Hampshire. But then Jennie left around 6 on Sunday and that's when the real fun of packing/cleaning the apt. started. What a pain in the ass!!!!!!!!!!! I never think things are going to take as long as they are. It doesn't help that I tend to be a schizophrenic packer, darting around the apt. doing little things here and there instead of focusing on one thing. Here are some of the highlights of packing: 1. We didn't take the couch and wanted to donate it and have it picked up, but you have to organize that jazz a couple months in advance! (oops!) So we pushed the couch out onto our sidewalk Sunday night, and it was gone Monday morning! That's when we first realized that the people living around us are hip to snatching random goods from the trash (which I applaud...I'd much rather have someone use it then throw it out). Other things that were taken: a bureau, a mattress, a magazine rack, a SpongeBob trashcan, a lamp... 2. We were in the midst of moving our desk when we realized it wasn't exactly holding up (it was a $40 purchase from the Christmas Tree Shop), so we kicked that to the curb, and yes, it was taken. 3. We had to tie the mattress to the top of an SUV to move it to the storage place. The first time around, our tying job wasn't adequate and a few minutes into the drive, I look up and yell 'The mattress is gone!' Luckily for us, it hadn't fallen off completely, just flipped backwards. That's enough reliving the move for now. It's too soon to go into more detail...I may start having flashbacks! Now I am on my way to see a baby miniature horse (yes, there is such thing as a miniature horse...those are the size of a large dog...so imagine what a baby mini will look like!) at the stable my sister works at. Pictures will follow! |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 28,June,2004 | Hi Ladies The next time I post it may be from the city of light! Since we have just switched realtors in an effort to get our house sold faster we are going to be trying to check email every other day while in France. So, I figure that I'll be able to post a few times and let you know what we're up to. Whether I can read the blog is another story as it sometimes doesn't like to load on slow connections and computers. Anyway, we are leaving tomorrow around 3:30pm here to go to the airport so I'll be doing a little blogging and emailing in the morning if anyone cares to comment on this post. I'm posting my packing. Here is what I'll be reading while on my honeymoon. I may catch something else at the airport as im known to buy a book when I have three others with me that I haven't even started. I think Jennie's book recommendation post 'Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs' might be too hard to resist if I see it at the airport bookstore...we'll see! Sarah Vowell is a regular contributor to This American Life and like Sedaris has a voice that is unforgettable and I assume it'll be impossible to not read the book with her voice in my head. But thats a good thing I guess; it's more personal. This book (The Partly Cloudy Patriot) is her first (she has a second that came out last year) and is a collection of short stories and essays etc. Another proximity recommendation and a book that I've eyed at the bookstore probably since its publication but never purchased. Now I have! Subtitled: The Paris Review Book for Planes, Trains, Elevators, and Waiting Rooms. The description on amazon says: It's theme is the reader. Everyday we must live through moments of waiting--to get from one place to the next, from one appointment to another, for something to happen. This ingeniously useful compendium offers reading material to fill those gray moments with beauty, wonder, insight, and emotion. Organized by the time that the reader has available at that moment, the anthology provides a poem for that elevator ride to the lawyer's office; a short story for the thirty-minute commute; a novella for the three-hour plane ride. As ever, The Paris Review provides work from only the best writers of the last three generations. Lastly, a new blank journal to write in. It's small and grey with a little pocket in the front to put a picture in. I have a picture of the empty Sears store at night focused in on the lone escalator. John and I went to the abandoned mall a few block from our apartment and took pics at night as the empty stores inside are all lit up. We both have an obsession with old department stores etc; so called suburban ruins. I typically can't write in a journal so small but this will fit so nicely in my purse I had to have it. A la prochaine..... |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 25,June,2004 | It's quite lovely to be back to the Prox after a wee hiatus! I had such fun with Jenny in NYC and my fine flatmates(minus one) in the Hampshire. So many stories, such little time! I will be sure to post a link to my pics once I get them uploaded (as well as the pics from The Stills show a loooong time ago). I must mention the funniest night we had in NYC and that was the night of the Keane (pronounced Keen) show. We came to find out that it was sold out, but the door guy mentioned a slight chance of some tiks being available come showtime. So we kicked it in the barski, waiting for some news. In the mean time, this fella perched on a stool and started strumming his guitar...but the shocking part was his voice. Seriously, he sounded like Joni Mitchell, enough that I looked around to see where the gal with the microphone was! I missed the first ditty, but Jenny said that the refrain was a repetition of 'tiny' sung like 'tiiiiiny, tinnnnyyyyy'. Hee hee, so we started singing 'hold me closer tiny eunuch!' We ended up getting into the Keane show for free and it was sweet, but not as enjoyable as tiny eunuch. Oh yes, and Jenny and I had a thought. Now I know most of us read urlLink 1.21 Gigs on occasion and one predominant theme (aside from musical thoughts and whinings and the occasional political piece) is the use of vulgar nicknames! Seriously, they can refer to one another as shit stain and dildo and everyone seems to know the suspect in question by that nickname. Perhaps Proximity can trump them with vulgar nicknames of our own.....? Finally, this book called urlLink Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman looks hilarious! He is apparently a senior writer or editor for Spin Mag and this is his second novel. I read the exerpt on borders.com and laughed about his emo bit! Teddy would be a fan....he talks about how there is no true love in the world anymore because of Coldplay and John Cusack. Very funny and it could be next on my reading list. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 25,June,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> This week I'm expanding my lens on grillable foods to include not only beef but hot dogs too. Now I love a good frank just as much if not more than the next guy, but loving them for their girth is not one of those reasons. In his ad report card,Seth Stevenson examines Ball Park Franks urlLink ad that makes you go ewww , this one featuring a man who goes on and on about his hot dog having 'great girth' and then moaning orgasmically. urlLink Watch it here . Girth, a term usually reserved for below the belt comments. Hot dogs use a lot of shady meat, but that's a little gross. Now it's kind of unspoken common knowledge that hot dogs are sort of phallic....wieners, anyone? But why would an advertising co. decide to highlight that in a spot that centers on a clearly ultra-straight dad type having an all-American cookout? Ignorance? Subversion? Shhh, no one tell the FCC! |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 25,June,2004 | I read urlLink this article on Salon this morning and it really just struck a chord in me. Why has middle america, the blue collar workers, the farmers etc gone republican when none of the policies they help the bastards enact benefit them in any way? In the article he says: 'Nobody thinks it's strange that Nebraska and Nevada and Arizona and Montana vote for right-wing Republicans in election after election, consumed with tax-cutting fervor and a passion to shrink the government, even though it's the massive federal programs of the 20th century -- dams and aqueducts, agricultural subsidies, public lands thrown open to ranching and mining and lumbering -- that supports those states' economies to this day.' Middle america is so jaded to the politics of economics (and rightfully so) that they base their decisions soley on cultural issues. Anti-abortion, anti-evolution and the like. And the republicans are slimey and perceptive and they mobilize the masses on these issues. It's easy to point the finger at republicans but the article also takes aim at the Democratic party for its part in this debaucle: 'There are two different errors that were made, and both of them have amounted to jettisoning the working class, so that the working class is no longer the central focus of the party. In the McGovern era they described this as the 'new politics.' The error of that was apparent at the time, because McGovern went down in flames. The idea was, we'll build a new coalition around students, feminists, environmentalists and so on.' The author mentions that both John Edwards and Howard Dean talked old-school populist politics early in this election and now John Kerry attempts to echo them but seems insincere. I will vote for Kerry of course. I have no choice. I want someone other than Bush in the white house. But I still have the Howard Dean sticker in the back window of my car. Lots of people have told me to give it up; take it down. I was lazy at first but finally I tried and found that the tape I used had melted to the window or something. I can't get it off. But maybe that's a good thing. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 25,June,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> I was racking my brain for a good Friday Five and as usual, couldn't come up with one. Taking up the challenge urlLink this guy sent out to all the ladies in the hizzouse seems as good as anything I can think up. He and his friend created a 10-point scale to determine a girl's hotness regardless of personal 'types' anyone might have. Here are my criteria in ranking guys. I do have to preface this by noting that a hot (or not) guy is perceived as such based a lot on context. There are certain places like the urlLink National Firearms Museum where my liberal ass probably wouldn't be attracted to Jake Gyllenhaal if he were there lovingly fondling a pistol. On the other hand, any guy trying to win the urlLink Party with Reno 911 sweepstakes would automatically win a piece of my heart regardless of looks etc. That being said, on with the show.... 1. Face gets you 2 points 2. Hair 1 point 3. Personal style and flair (15 pieces minimum) 3 points 4. Company he keeps*(again, context) 2 points 5. Body 2 points *If you like a guy, life is so much easier when you like his friends. And I'm a strong believer that the people you hang out with say more about you that any physical trait. 2 points if he's alone, because that's cool. X factors: These would be based on less superficial first-impression traits that could add or take away from the original score. 1 point for good shoes. Fun,individualistic footwear is key and I know I'm not alone on this. 2 points for sense of humor 3 for the holy trifecta of good taste in music, movies and most of all books (TM urlLink Byron ) Conversely, I would be down with subtracting points for lacking the above factors. Also worth a -1 is being too married to a subculture (ie: fratty, raging hippy, hipster/scenester to a fault, faux thuggish, straight edge) I can't have a guy who is always costumed and can't run to the grocery store in basketball shorts and the Captain Morgan t-shirt he got free at a bar 4 years ago.... Damn, I sound PICKY! What makes your scale? Check out another girl's take on the question urlLink here . |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 24,June,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> I guess the urlLink Terminator is living up to his name these days, as he wants to change the waiting period for killing stray cats and dogs from six days to three. This repeal could also allow shelters to kill smaller pets like parakeets and hamsters immediately! Nooooo! While I currently don't own any pets of my own, this still saddens and angers me, as our little pet friends deserve a chance to find a nice home. I have a hard time swallowing the 'we'll save the government $14 million dollars, but we won't save lives' bit, when this won't solve the problem. How about hiking up taxes even the tiniest bit to start a state or nationwide spay/neuter program. What do you all think? |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 24,June,2004 | John sometimes does because I like caffeine a little too much. In fact I'm typing this post at about 300 wpm. These pots are so awesome. I got one for my wedding (when I returned a few towels!) because I love espresso and have been looking for a way to make it at home that doesn't require a really expensive machine. These things make espresso better than I've tasted at many coffee shops and for about 1/8 of the price of a home machine. I drink it in the new espresso demitasse and saucer that I got at Crate and Barrel or use one shot of espresso and one shot of vanilla soymilk (heated in a pan on the stove until it foams) in a coffee cup and saucer. It is simply divine. I highly recommend it to anyone that likes espresso. It's so cheap to drink at home instead of spending like 3 dollars on an espresso drink at a coffee place. urlLink Here is a place online to get them. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 24,June,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> I took this picture because I'm immature. Semi-related: urlLink What cute animals have you eaten ? |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 23,June,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> Now, I'm not trying to jone on all those out there who are married, engaged or about to get hitched in exactly one month, but this bitch is plain crazy. Apparently, Blaire is sick of trolling around the dirrrty jerz looking for a man, so she started a website to find herself a husband: urlLink marryblaire.com . At first it only seems kind of lame, but then you get to the Man of the Week page where she actually wants readers to rank men to find out which one she should date. Can't decide for herself what she likes, I guess this little lady does need a husband to tell her which heels would look best with her pearls while she vacuums. It's like she actually wanted to be on 'Marry my Big Fat Transgendered, Psoraisis-Riddled, Ringworm-Addled Carnival Freak Uncle' reality show and got rejected. Girlfriend needs a hobby. (Via urlLink lindsayism.com ) |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 23,June,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> For those of you DS fans who haven't purchased Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, urlLink Barnes & Noble online is having a big summer sale on the season's popular books, and this is one of 'em. The list price is $24.95, but if you act now, you can get it for $14.97. That's a 40% savings! But wait, there's more. If you register with urlLink eBates , a very reputable online rebate site, you can get 4% back on that purchase. This site is legitimate, as a cousin of mine is a regular visitor/user of the site, and she receives the quarterly rebate checks. Check it out. If you sign up with eBates, be sure and tell em [email protected] sent ya. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 22,June,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> What equals funny? How does something as simple as a word become an inside joke? What about jokes a whole generation is in on? urlLink This article attempts to pick out the comedians, jokes and moments that have defined recent humor, citing such luminaries as Bill Cosby, Michael Moore and Sara Silverman. It's not so much about the individuals as it is what they said or did at a given moment in time that changed the face of comedy. Reading some of these, like their mention of the Onion's September 11 coverage, had me nodding in recognition, but on the other hand, I've never been a huge David Eggers fan, so seeing his book on the list didn't do much for me. What makes you laugh? Everyone knows about my obession with Hal Sparks-era Talk Soup, and couldn't The State have made it on this list? Related: An urlLink interview with The Onion's editor-in-chief Carol Kolb. And also, The Onion AVClub has a urlLink Guide to Celebrity Blogs up this week, skewering sites by C-listers Al Roker, Melanie Griffith and our old pal Fred Durst. You get to find out juicy information: Billy Corgan is on a mission 'to love, to rock, to heal, and to help light the path for as many as (he) can.' Yeah, I bet he uses the reflective back of a Zwan CD to catch the glimmering sunlight as he guides Cub Scouts on a nature hike. Or something. What I want to know is, where's urlLink Will Wheaton in this roundup? |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 22,June,2004 | Hey laaaaaadies! Welp, I about to leave for Beantown, known to the outer world as Boston, to visit Ms. Box for her birthday. So jazzed, so jazzed...but I wanted to leave you with a wee post about this amazing band called Keane. They are a fine British find and actually, Steve posted about this band on 1.21 Gigs last week. According to Spin, they have held the #1 spot in the UK for a few weeks since the the release of urlLink Hopes and Fears , their first album (I believe). Anyway, these guys are a must for your collection, sounding a bit like Travis, Coldplay, and one critic said Radiohead in the Kid A days. Jen and I are going to check them out in NYC at the Knitting Factory on Thursday, so a review will be in order. In the mean time, Target is selling this gem for $8.99, a steal if I've ever seen one. Lata! |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 21,June,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> What a letdown, urlLink Lollapalooza has ben cancelled due to poor advance ticket sales. While I'm disappointed, I shouldn't be surprised. It seems like every awesome show I'm all set to hit goes up in spectacular flames. I bet if I wasn't planning to attend this show, it would be all systems go. In the article, Perry Farrell muses on some of the reasons tickets might not be selling and cited high Ticktmaster fees as a possibility. Um, you think? As disappointed as I am that the show will not go on, I have to respect all those out there boycotting Ticketmaster's lameness. Oh, well. There's always urlLink Curiosa , featuring the Cure, Interpol, the Rapture and Mogwai. In other news, the urlLink director's cut of Donnie Darko looks promising. I can't wait to get skeeved out by Frank the rabbit all over again. Related (sort of), I had a scary/touching dream last night that the American population was being terrorized by evil bowling pins but I found two that were still good and I rescued them from a lab where they were being tested to find out why the pins had become rabid. We (being the two good pins and I) made a hasty getaway in an old VW Beetle. I haven't been bowling in months, so the only explanation I have for this is those damn videos they show at the alley each time you take your turn. You know how they have the ball as a sheriff snoozing on the job and the pins sneak out of jail if you don't knock them down in real life? No? Well, they do have that video is all I'm saying.... This just in, I finally have all of the ladies' song selections and I'll make the CD as soon as possible so you get it while it's actually still summer! |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 21,June,2004 | Coffee and Cigarettes was perhaps the worst movie i have ever seen in my entire life. So annoying and boring that it actually made me angry. I spent the whole movie just boiling for it to be over. Some of the user reviews on IMDB put it perfectly: Summary: boredom disguised as art if you can't write clever dialogue but only meaningless and boring droning from empty people, then dress it up as an art film, maybe no one will notice or, better still, they'll read some 'cool' cachet into the dreck that will give it meaning. there is simply not one person in this film that you would listen to for more than 40 seconds if you were trapped bedside them in a bar.do we need a film on the emptiness of human communication when we can experience it firsthand everyday? so why pay money for it? I would see only if they paid a standard therapy fee to me ( about $135.00 per hour).Jim Jarmisch should have quit after Down by Law, his only good film. Quentin Tarantino, pay attention, here lies your future and it ain't pretty. Summary: Throw away your time and money here! Don't you wish that every time you scribbled with a crayon on a piece of paper that you could pick it up, hang it in a museum, and people would pay to see it? That's kind of what this film is like. Don't you think it's great that Jim Jarmusch has cool friends like Tom Waits and Cate Blanchett? So do I. But do I need to pay $10 to see Jim's cool friends ramble their insipid thoughts in pretentious and moronic vignettes? Well, obviously I do, because I did. But I'm really glad I did, because now I know for sure: Jim Jarmusch has REALLY COOL friends. That is about the sum total of what I came away from this movie with. The vignettes vary from the medium-okay to the suicide-inducing. The worst one is the first one, with Stephen Wright and Roberto Begnini. The best one (and the only one featuring anything approaching a performance) is Cate Blanchett's conversation with herself. It's not that great, but at least you're watching some talent, and not JJ's cool friends just be themselves with the assurance that THAT IS ENOUGH. The other bearable one features Alfred Molina and Jim Coogan, but even this is a one-sentence joke stretched out to five minutes. The White Stripes, Pop/Waits, RZA/GZA/Bill Murray, and a number of others that I have already completely forgotten, are not worth watching. Unless of course, you are one of JJ's cool friends, or aspire to be. Or maybe if you're his mother. If you do end up going, please note that the opening credits represent the order that the 'personalities' (can't really describe them as actors in this case) appear. This will prove an invaluable guide to how much longer you're going to have to sit through this crap. Be sure to keep an ear open for the world's longest version of 'Crimson & Clover.' Summary: Worthless, pretentious, and over-rated Coffee and Cigarettes was worthless, which is why I'm glad someone else paid for me to see it. If you actually liked this movie, I would love to talk to you, because you are just kidding yourself. You think it's cool to like movies that you don't understand, when really you don't understand them because they are crap and there's nothing there to understand. The urlLink New York Times however gave this movie an 'A' according it Yahoo movies. Wow NY Times, you're a real bunch of fuckin losers. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 17,June,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> So, just when I thought my random encounters with creatures from fast food restaurants couldn't get any better, things got kicked up 100 notches to awesome today. I was exiting the train station to hit up some shopping on Michigan Avenue and right before my eyes are Grimace, Birdy, The Hamburgler, and Ronald McDonald all in costume. They were celebrating the re-opening of what used to be a very scary McD's on State Street, and the press, aldermen and all kinds of important folks were there. The friendly Grimace was walking around patting people on the head and looking very jazzed about life. I enjoyed hanging out with him for a bit whilst the festivities took place. I was saddened to learn that Mayor McCheese is no longer around to police the hungry crowds. We seriously could have used someone to keep Ronald under control, because he was a little too friendly with me and my friend. I love urlLink this guy's blog entry on Grimace and his function in the world of McDonald's. Even better- his blog is entitled Here's My Beef . |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 16,June,2004 | Shannon's post about feminism intrigued me and recently I have been rather creative and began working on a new collage and taking some abstract photos (I also took six rolls of B&W film from who knows when to be developed, can't wait to see what comes out!). So I wanted to share with you one of my fave photographers, urlLink Nan Goldin . She is amazing and her work has been grouped with Cindy Sherman, Diane Arbus, and Barbara Krueger. She began taking pics after her sister died tragically when she was 16 so that she could have a photographic memory of her friends, experiences, relationships etc., a documentation of her life. All of her images are in color and often use what some believe is a 'harsh' light with a flash, but I find the flash quite complementary to the image, not distracting. She came about in the 70s and has been an active photographer ever since, documenting her violent relationship with her boyfriend, the 80s club scene, and the beginning of the AIDS epidemic that has claimed the lives of many of her friends. This is what I consider her most poignant and universal work. A show I saw of hers in NYC contained a 16 photo or so sequence that begins with her friend and his boyfriend, their happier times together, and follows the both of them through her friends eventual death, concluding with his empty hospital bed surrounded by all of the cards, balloons, etc that decorated his room. You can read more in the article I linked to! |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 16,June,2004 | I love games, plain and simple....board games, game shows, sporting games, card games, mind games :), you name it. Surprisingly, I don't find myself too competitive and hopefully you guys don't view me as that either, I just love to play games. The good old days of Scattergories at Dave Roger's house still ring clear in my memory. Now for the reason for my post: This week, and actually last week, on Jeopardy, this guy, Ken Jennings, has won a record 11 times (since they got rid of the five wins and you're out rule last year) and made over $350,000!! This is an accomplishment as far as I can see. While I love trivia, there are always those categories that I have a snowball's chance in hell with and if the whole board is filled with such categories, I am bummed. But this guy is swift with the clicker and actually knows most of the answers....his guesses are also usually right. So I give mad props to Ken for his knowledge, speed, and cash flow, as well as for finding a different way to present his name on his booth for the last 11 days. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 16,June,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> Sorry! This will be the end of my insane obsession with posting today. It's funny how hot and cold I can run on contributing to ye olde tyme blog, but it's a beast we started and I can't abandon 'er. Anyway, after months of patient waiting, my urlLink article on the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players was finally published ysterday (thanks for bringing it to my attention Mike). The band was very cool and fun to have snacks with. If their 83 'burban comes rumbling through a town near you, I suggest checking them out. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 16,June,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> Film Wise is one of my favorite places to take movie visual quizzes. urlLink This one tests your knowledge of movie stills with subtitles. Guess which movies these are from; I'm sure you'll do a whole lot better than I did, only 8 out of 20. Pretty sad. Once you look at the answers, you'll probably be all 'Eureka!!!' like me. Or not. Maybe I'm the only weird one that gets amped about movie quizzes. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 16,June,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> I was going to do a Friday Five here, but then I realized it's only Thursday. Damn these five-day weeks, they're the worst! 'My name is Star Jones, and I'm a loya...no wait, urlLink I'm a gargantuan bride who's probably pulling a Liza Minelli by marrying a closeted gay man. Now go to Payless and get some shoes!' This wedding site makes me want to barf, especially the intro, which plays 'No Ordinary Love' by Sade. urlLink Gary Benchley is back with another installment. Gettin' the indie prog band together! Time has urlLink 10 questions for David Sedaris and you can rest assured he isn't reading this site. Or check out urlLink things this guy and his lady have argued about . Quite extensive but amusing. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 16,June,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> As many of you know, I love it when restaurants have pictures (or even better, statues) of animated food or animals (which will soon become tasty food). I am always on the lookout for a funny restaurant and today I may have found some contenders for MR. BEEF. While tooling about in the Plymouth Breeze, I saw Al's Fun in the Bun, a hot dog establishment complete with dancing dogs. I was euphoric. Then, a few miles later, I ran across Bunny Hutch, which had statues of rabbits in suspenders and bow ties doing a jig outside the doors. I've also come to notice that the best places always serve hot dogs burgers, fries, beef, broiled chicken, and various other fast food items. Man, I better restrain myself from trying the cuisine at these fine establishments. I think I need to start carrying the camera so we can get a gallery of my dancing food characters. I think this all stems from staying at a hotel in Disney World with my parents. I don't know what theme our hotel had, but we had pictures of hamburgers and milk shakes on the walls. I also remember a Hamburgler in the lobby or something. I guess it was a McDonald's hotel! |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 14,June,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> For the past few days I've been reading a dispatch on Slate about a 25-year-old journalist's assignment to urlLink take a high school student to her prom . He's just about the same age as those who read and contribute to this site and he looks back a high school, which seems so recent, with quite a bit of distance. When I think about it, high school really was a long time ago. More than half a decade. And while I've changed considerably (as I imagine most people would), it seems kids and even society in general has gone through a significant metamorphosis. In the article (read urlLink part 2 here), the author and his 17-year old date discuss current high school trends such as 16-year-old girls dating men in their 30s and high schoolers having anal sex, things that just a few short years ago were at least sort of taboo at my school. And it's not just the teenagers,the adults encourage such adult sexual behavior by objectifying the youngest girls possible. The article brings up the point that, several years ago, Cindy Crawford at age 30 was the object of lust for most high school boys. These days, 30 seems anicent and boys and even grown men drool over the likes of Hilary Duff, Lindsay Lohan and the Olsen twins, girls so young, they still tote around fake ids. It's an odd sensation to be in my early twenties and feel over the hill. Isn't now our prime and not when we were 17 and awkward? Living in a college town, this point is magnafied when I'm surrounded by girls aged 18-22 and wondering if we have anything in common. I think about underwear and wonder if the thong I'm wearing that was so scandalously normal three years ago is now today's grannie panties. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 14,June,2004 | The 11 year old girl I take care of has this shocking t-shirt that I had to post about. It's from Hollister (think Abercrombie and Fitch), and there's a picture of a cow on the front of it. Above the cow, it says 'Why buy the cow?' and then there's a bubble coming from the cow's mouth that says 'The milk is free!' Inappropriate much? Now Maggie does have an obsession with cows, but still. No kid of mine would ever don that shirt! It's not like it's a hip new saying that her parents may not know the meaning of; it's common knowledge. It's like wearing a t-shirt that says, 'Hey! I'm slutty and like to hook up with no worries of commitment! Anyone interested?' I tried to find a picture on their website, but there wasn't one...maybe it's been discontinued due to disgruntled consumers like me. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 14,June,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> Last night I was fascinated by a documentary entitled urlLink The Amasong Chorus: Singing Out , which aired on WTTW's documentary program, Independent Lens. In the mid 70's, a female college student formed a chorus for feminists and/or lesbians and it was the first of its kind. The group developed from a random cross-section of women to a very talented, award winning chorus. I found this so interesting because of the stories behind the women's choice to become involved in the choir. Most interesting, several heterosexual members described the experience of being identified as lesbian because they were part of a group that self-identified as lesbian and/or feminist. Their music was really beautiful, and it spanned the musical genres from traditional hymns to 'god is a womyn' stuff. What I found to be really enlightening here is a concept that I have been thinking about for quite some time, and I think this is really problematized by cultural conception. The choir's inclusion of both hetero and homo women clearly placed the notion that the term 'feminist' has quite an individual meaning for each woman, and the idea that feminists are one kind of person with one set of values is really an outdated label attributed to first wave feminism and gross socio-cultural misconception. It seems to me that we can all agree that there is a very base definition of feminism, one that argues for the equality and empowerment of women. But, then you have some camps that argue that feminism can succeed only with solidarity among the male sex, and others who argue that the inclusion and involvement of men is destructive to the whole notion of feminism, and so on into infinity. I have always resisted the label of feminist, although I share many ideals presented by feminist authors and activists, because I really reject the inevitable and often uninformed labeling that goes along with such a term. Meaning, if I say I am a feminist, does that mean that I want Bush out of office? (I do want him gone, by the way). I know some feminists who are Republican-- this seems paradoxical--but the truth is that our modern world has bred so many different types of feminist thought that a blanket (negative) label is just plain ineffective. I really enjoyed this documentary because it did help me think about some of this jazz, and although I'm still no clearer on whether or not I want to be known or identified as a feminist, I was glad to see that for many years women of various belief systems and sexual orientations have been creating positive energy with their passion for music, therefore presenting the idea of feminism and a feminist woman as something that is no longer static and stereotypical. Basically, getting to see the people react to the label of feminism and wanting to transcend that through music was pretty powerful. How do you as a person and the term 'feminist' get along? I'd love some comments. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 14,June,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> I'm usually not one to have a late afternoon snack attack, but today was an exception. Boy, did I wish I would've had the extra glass of water. I tried one of those new Special K Strawberry Bars that touts having only 90 calories. I know why it's so low-cal. Upon opening the wrapper, one finds that poof of artificial strawberry air that takes up half of the packaging, only to be left with a two-inch-long frosted nuggety thing. It was a mere three bites, 30 calories a bite, 3 calories a chew, and tasted a bit like my hangover from the Bahamas. Now, I didn't pay for this, as it was in the communal production office kitchen, but I'd recommend that none of you folks shell out the big bucks for this whacked out snack. I'm stickin' to Snickers. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 11,June,2004 | Two words: Shitford Wives |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 11,June,2004 | When I arrived at the theater in denver to see Coffee and Cigarettes, the doors were locked. Bastards!! on the website it never said that the matinees are only friday through sunday. I was pissed but we wrote some thank you notes, went to a great middle eastern restaurant and went to see a different movie at a big movie theater which i will be reviewing....now. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 11,June,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> In my attempt to be a better, more frequent blogger, I'll shy away from my normal rambly self, and occasionally do a movie review in just ten words. Hence, it will be called The Ten Word Review . Here goes... urlLink Napoleon Dynamite Directed by: Jared Hess Written By: Jared and Jerusha Hess Starring: Jon Heder Hilarious, swear-free look at dysfunctional Idaho nerd and family |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 11,June,2004 | Hi Guys, Today ill be going to denver with john to see 'Coffee and Cigarettes' a little movie about caffeine and nicotine which stars a lot of famous people. They are just vingettes of people sitting around cafes etc and talking. Ill do a review of it later today. |
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1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 10,June,2004 | Guys, I almost hate to do this to you, but I couldn't pass this up. My Grandpa sent me this forward which is apparently floating amongst the Republican-minded, Bush-loving members of the population. I always wondered what their mass e-mails and e-mail distribution letters look like, and now I know. And what a load of crap it is. Anything that starts off with a kid hesitant to miss school is obviously the beginning of a tall tale. And frankly I don't find the picture below to be endearing, I find it frightening. Take a gander for yourselves... Editorial by CK Rairden May 10, 2004 It started out as a fluke. Lynn Faulkner had been offered an extra ticket to a Bush campaign event by his neighbor Linda Prince. Mr. Faulkner decided to offer it to his 15-year old daughter Ashley who he expected would decline, as she would have to miss some school to attend. But his daughter surprised him. Ashley reminded her dad how four years ago they attended a similar event when then Texas Governor George W. Bush visited the same spot on the campaign trail. Ashley remembered attending that event with both her father and her mother Wendy Faulkner. It was raining that day and they all stood in the rain awaiting Governor Bush 'eating Triscuit crackers' enjoying the time together and hoping to get a glimpse of the would-be president. Ashley recalled holding her mothers hand as they waited. So she decided to go again this year, but this time her mother could not attend. Wendy Faulkner was murdered on 9/11/01 in the south tower of the World Trade Center. She was there on the 104th floor for a one-day meeting. Ashley decided to miss school in honor and remembrance of her mother and attend the event. So the trip was on. Linda Prince, along with Lynn and Ashley Faulkner, were off to the Golden Lamb Inn in Lebanon, Ohio for the event. The group arrived early and got a spot close to the front. As the event wound down, the president worked the line in full campaign mode shaking hands and signing autographs. As the president passed the group, Mr. Faulkner got an autograph, and the president continued on until Linda Prince spoke up, 'This girl lost her mother on 9/11,' Prince told the president. Then everything changed. 'The president's entire _expression transformed,' Mr. Faulkner told me on Sunday. 'He turned and came back against the flow and his eyes locked on Ashley's. His face showed a man who was no longer the president, he was a father and a husband.' President Bush made his way back to Ashley and he embraced the 15-yeal old young woman. 'She snuggled in with the president just like she did when she was a little girl with her dad,' Mr. Faulkner said. 'I know it's hard,' Mr. Faulkner heard the president tell his daughter. 'I'm okay,' Ashley told the president. The embrace continued. Mr. Faulkner had his Kodak digital camera with him and debated on invading this very private moment between his daughter and the leader of the free world. 'For 20-30 seconds the president belonged exclusively to Ashley,' Lynn Faulkner told me. So he decided to capture the moment without invading Ashley and the president's privacy. He held up his digital camera, not even aiming with his eye and with one click snapped just one picture. It showed in detail the face of a compassionate man who just happens to be the president comforting a young woman who lost her mother in the 9/11 attacks on America. Mr. Faulkner told me that he saw tears in his daughter's eyes, and saw emotion that he hadn't seen from his daughter in 2 ½ years. Ashley told her dad, 'The way he was holding me, with my head against his chest, it felt like he was trying to protect me, he wanted to make sure that I was safe.' That feeling is captured in a very clear way in this moving unscripted photo. It's the only photo of this special embrace as the press corps had already been ushered back on the bus. And the photo was never meant for publication. All Mr. Faulkner did when he returned home from the event was e-mail it to 15 friends and family. But by the middle of last week, I had received the photo from eight different people. Others were also receiving the photo and forwarding it along. It became an Internet phenomenon, as it was e-mailed around America. Mr. Faulkner called the embrace 'President Bush's precious gift to my daughter.' And with his small act of e-mailing that photo to friends and family, the picture can now become a gift to the American people. And as sad as the story is the release and publication is a good thing. Disgusting photos coming out of Iraq for the past 10 days have shocked Americans, as they should have. But no longer are the terrible images of 9/11 shown. While the Iraq prison photos have been picked up by the elite media and shown time and again, this touching photo has gone largely ignored by the mainstream media. But the alternative media has made this touching powerful photo one of the most e-mailed photos of last week. The Internet once again took over where the elite media failed. Matt Drudge ran it on May 7th, as did the Page 2 Politics journal, and hundreds of other blogs. Millions have now seen it, but millions more need to. It gives a stark reminder why America is at war with radical Islam and other terrorists around the world that are determined to cause this kind of pain to other American families. The images of 9/11 have faded in the minds of far too many Americans. This picture and this family's riveting story give a stark reminder of why America is at war. Each day around the globe our soldiers are fighting in an attempt to prevent any other event as terrible as the murders that took place on 9/11. Look hard at this picture. See the compassion and sadness on the president's face. Look at this young woman, see her grief and listen her father's words. Ashley and her sister Loren just spent their third Mother's Day without their mother, as did thousands of other children who lost their mothers on 9/11 at the hands of ruthless uncaring terrorists. Imagine yourself in that position. Then remember why America is at war, and consider the type of person America should have leading that war. CK Rairden is the Editor of The Washington Dispatch. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 10,June,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> I love this picture more than anything! So hilarious! Check out the three rays of light shooting out of the cat's head! This is Otis, my petit and feeble cat. At the request of Leah, I've included a picture of him that shows how junior-sized he really is (and proves he's really not an evil posessed demon). As you can see, Otis measures in at eight cans of Friskee's cat food tall. What a champ. It's great having a midget cat. He doesn't jump on the counters, (I think he's too scared,poor fella) his cute mini size makes his green and white gingham bowtie extra snazzy and he fits nicely in my arms when we spoon at night. Here's a link to urlLink more pictures of Mr. Junior. You can see how he compares to one of my size 7.5 flip flops, and even though he's small, don't think he doesn't rock the white patches on the back legs that make him look like he has on hooker boots! Also, here are a few shots of urlLink Leah's weddin' . I felt like I took more pictures but maybe not. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 09,June,2004 | This is a pic of what I just had for lunch, a vegetarian naked burrito from Qdoba. Yes, I am posting about my love for urlLink Qdoba Mexican Grill and I am not ashamed. When they offered a card where you buy 10 burritos or entrees and receive the 11th free, I picked up five because I knew I would use them all up in about a month. I found this pic of a burrito eating contest and it made me laugh! You KNOW I would have won (unless Tarbox was in the competition, then it would have been tough to call!)! While in NZ, Jenny and I would have conversations recalling this one time, when we went to Qdoba (since Mexican food is a delicacy there!). We would recant how they first put the chips in the bowl (for nachos), then top it with queso, add rice and your choice of beans, etc.....Today, when I went, it was magical. But I did make my cashier laugh when I said 'And can I have a frosty beverage with my meal?' Goodtimes. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 09,June,2004 | Hi ladies. This is a picture of me and john doing what our dance teacher liked to call 'a basket' at the wedding. John is laughing because we tried to go different directions once we arrived in said basket position. I think it was still pretty cute. The whole wedding was one big blur so im glad that i have at least one picture (care of my sis) to remind me that it actually happened. Katie or Alison, if you have any that are good will you email me a couple? I dont get to see proofs for the professional pics until i get back from my honeymoon. Which reminds me...Im going to have to find a place to blog when im in France!!!! For those of you who weren't at my wedding, I couldnt stop talking with a dull southern accent and calling it 'Ma Weddin' ' |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 09,June,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> Is just not cute. As every summer day passes, more and more girls seem to be wearing these short jersey cotton skirts that have a snug panel around the hips and then flare or pleat below (and are often striped). And try as I might, I have yet to see one on someone and think it looks good. It makes even the skinniest girl look bloated and bottom heavy, and most girls have hips or a bit of a stomach and this look is just not flattering. I get that it's a throwback to our 80s carefree childood days, but no one who wears them has a 6-year-old body anymore. Why are these so popular? Am I missing something? |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 09,June,2004 | So, Michael Moore's new film 'Fahrenheit 9/11' will be hitting theatres June 25. Check out the urlLink trailer (even though I couldn't on this computer!). |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 09,June,2004 | Guys! I just encountered the rodent that's been crashing at my place (it could at least chip in on the rent and food costs, come on). The story of my little mouse buddy goes back a ways. A month ago, my friend Heidi was here and she and I started throwing around Hershey's Kisses after we got back from the bars. Then a couple weeks later, Jon and I were looking behind the couch for something and discovered a pile of mouse poop and Hershey's Kisses wrappings. So after that we tried to be really careful with the snacks, but I'd often hear some scampering around late at night. And JUST NOW, I'm sitting here kicking back with a Veggie Delite sub and a Coke (with the TV on, not being quiet at all), and who comes boldly strutting out but the mouse! I guess it was about time we became acquainted. I sort of want to leave him some snacks and see if they're gone in the morning. He looks pretty skinny...it'll be like leaving cookies for Santa! Anyway, he's much cuter than the gerbils and hamsters I had growing up, and maintenance-free. I hope he pops out again soon...I'll keep you abreast of any new developments! |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 07,June,2004 | Okay, as I was driving back to work after my doc's appt today, I noticed the marquee at the local McD's/BP combo station said 'Free Song with Purchase of a Big Mac'. Seriously! Now most of you know about my rule to never eat food from gas stations (unless prepackaged) and I considered breaking that rule just to get the free song...but alas, I declined. What I want to know is, can I request a tune, perhaps something by Stevie Wonder or Prince? Could Shan request a Smokey Robinson ditty? I may have to investigate on my way home. This reminds me of the line that Taco Bell used to use that claimed 'You like it or we'll eat it!'. I got many a laugh from imagining my cashier actually having to eat my chalupa if I did't enjoy it! Also, while at the gym this morning, I was people watching (as you do) and saw a youngster doing lat pulls with a SIDE rat tail!!! I kid you not....his whole head was buzz cut except for a curly puff behind his ear. Of course I wanted a closer look and sure enough, it was what can best be described as a side rat tail. Teddy should have got a hold of that one! |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 07,June,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> After just finishing 'Boy' and 'Going Solo' by Roald Dahl, I was at the airport and in need of something to read. I picked up urlLink Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, wooed by the 2003 Pulitzer Prize it received and the fact that Eugenides' first novel was 'The Virgin Suicides,' a book I haven't read but a movie I thoughly enjoyed (even though Kirsten Dunstcap was in it). Here's an excerpt of a review on Amazon: ' I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day in January of 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of 1974. And so begins Middlesex, the mesmerizing saga of a near-mythic Greek American family and the 'roller-coaster ride of a single gene through time.' The odd but utterly believable story of Cal Stephanides, and how this 41-year-old hermaphrodite was raised as Calliope, is at the tender heart of this long-awaited second novel from Jeffrey Eugenides, whose elegant and haunting 1993 debut, The Virgin Suicides, remains one of the finest first novels of recent memory.' I haven't gotten too far, but the first-person narrative begins in what I belive to be modern-day Detroit and moves on to 1920s Greece and then back to prohibition-era Detroit. This will be of no interest to anyone but me, but I'm still writing it...HAHA.....'Going Solo,' the last book I read, pretty much ends in Greece during World War I, and we revisit a similar place and time in this book, so reading the two was nice and cohesive for me, which is rare when you jump between two books. ANYWAY, as somone who enjoys playing elaborate games of 'What if' in my head, (such as asking, 'Will my life change drastically if I cross the street now or in the next block? What if I stop to tie my shoe? Will I miraculously miss being hit by a bus? Will that alter the course of the universe?') the story painstakingly details how Cal, the hermaphrodite, comes to be, leaving no chromosone unturned. He even goes back two generations to map out how the chain of events that created him fell into place. So far an interesting read. Ok, here's the blog of the week. urlLink Bobbie , like me, or more accuratley my parents, has a dog named Duncan. She can't spell his name and apparently is colorblind. (Sorry if the template burns your retinas. You've been warned) Read about her adventures camping, going to New York to scream outside of the Daytime Emmys (Emmies?) and eat at Applebees(!) and witness her mission to missppell everything she possibly can. Oh yeah, what's the deal with urlLink The Onion not being updated. I'm getting the shakes. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 07,June,2004 | Remember being a kid and having your grandparents tell you what life was like when they were kids and being shocked at how much they had to suck it up? I can remember some of my Grandma's farm stories about 4 am wake-up calls and 8 mile hikes to school so clearly, listening intently and thinking 'glad I wasn't born yet.' And then as I got older I started wondering if my future kids and grandkids would think the same thing when I told them about growing up in the 80s and 90s (that is, if people are even still talking at that point...maybe all communication will be reduced to IMing and emails and cell phone calls). I thought we had swift travel covered pretty well with the availability of flying, but I just read this article in urlLink Discover magazine that mentions hypersonic vehicles ('scramjets') that are now being tested and could become passenger vehicles in the next decade or two, depending on funding (sorry, they don't have the article online, but still a cool website). It says you could fly from NY to Tokyo in just a few hours on one of these babies. Not bad...especially since every time I think about going back to Australia or NZ, the next thought in my head is 'how will I possibly handle that plane ride again?' I don't think I've got it in me, but with this snazzy new jet, maybe I (and my kids) won't have to. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 07,June,2004 | Yes, David Sedaris is back to his old tricks in his new book 'Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim'. He remains an outsider looking in and continues his humorous commentary on his family members, his North Carolina neighborhood, and social expectations. Apparently, we also get an update on his brother, Paul, better known as The Rooster, who drops the f-bomb like it's going out of style. Check out this link for a sample from this urlLink fine novel . Personally, my fave vignette is the one where his sister, Amy, dons a fat suit for Christmas with the family (from Me Talk Pretty), much to her father's dismay. She eats mayonnaise by the spoonful from the jar as he encourages her to go for a walk, run up the stairs, do anything to shed the pounds. The best part is that she could only afford the bottom half, so she's little on top with some junk in her trunk! I swear I laughed for days off that one....What are some of your faves? |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 03,June,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> On the voice mails of some friends and fam, I have noticed people saying 'I'm unavailable to take your call so leave a message.' What does that mean? What happened to unable to take your call? I think a certain Robert Grant of a certain answering machine message from 1994 would have something to say (on prerecorded message, of course) about that! For some reason this bugs me and I find it weird. Any other common words or phrases that you find people to jack up? I'm trying to think of more. Went to a fab snack place this weekend in the West Loop called Mr. Beef. It is quite famous and lots of celebs stop in for an Italian beef whilst in Chicago. It was really fun and funny-- all the guys that worked there were true Chicagoans, complete with accent and surly but good natured attitude. I don't think I have a deep love for the Beef like some people do, like the customers that ordered 10 sandwiches and seem to come in every day. But, they did have grape soda which makes my day. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 03,June,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> This week, we're going old school to see who knows the most about urlLink late-80s and 90s rappers . I got at 9/10 because I'm slick like that...but more likely because I have an unhealthy obession with this genre of music. Just last weekend, I was rolling around town, happily listening to Paperboy, Wrexx-n-Effects and Warren G. Not only that, I've seen Too Short, Sir Mix-a-Lot and Digital Underground in concert. Twice. Apparently this is my summer to shine since Young MC, Vanilla Ice...Damn! and somebody else are all coming to my own hometown. Anybody remember who it is? Man I need to lay off the Funky Cold Medina...That's it! I think it's Tone Loc. Talk about a funky dope concert trifecta! |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 02,June,2004 | Jesus christ!! It is only like 3 days until my wedding! Im starting to feel a little bit crazy because my mom and sis are here and the only thing we can talk about is the wedding. I can't believe that it'll all be over soon. Its been a whole year since we started planning it and it's going to be soooooo great not to have to deal with caterers, florists, bands, photographers and stupid site managers from now on. I know more than ever that I never want to be an event planner. I really hate that shit!!! But what I am excited about is being able to see all the people I love so much all here in one of my favorite places in the world. I cannot wait for that!!!! I also can't wait to have the ceremony as I am obviously excited to marry john. It's just all the other nonsense that tends to make you want to kill something. Sorry I've been absent a bit from the blog but i've been insane! Love ya ladies |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 02,June,2004 | Hey all! I'd like to wish Miss Coogman a hip hop happy birthday! Here's to your last b'day as a non-married lady :) To go along with the birthday theme, be sure to check out a Cold Stone Creamery (a yummy ice cream store)near you on June 28th from 5-8pm. They are giving away a free slice of their Oreo ice cream cake to each patron in exchange for a donation to the Make a Wish Foundation. Goodtimes! |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 01,June,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> Right now I'm reading (and loving) Boy, part one of children's author urlLink Roald Dahl's autobiography (visit the website; it's really cute and fun). Dahl is one of my favorite authors of all time and is responsible for some of the best fantasy stories ever (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, the Witches, to name a few; all of these are awesome movies too). He also does great realistic stories like Danny the Champion of the World and Matilda. He truly is one of the greats when it comes to writing books for children and adolescents. Dahl's stories are magical and fantasic, but they don't talk down to kids. He has that rare combination of a beautiful imagination and the knack of remembering just how it feels to be a child. The book is a fun, quick trip through his childhood and includes crude line drawings Dahl did himself. Though he went through some grim times,(harsh English boarding school, the death of his father and younger sister) he maintains a delightful optimistic outlook on his life and it's easy to se how he created his own realistic yet somehow cartoonish characters from the population of his own childhood. As soon as I'm done with this one, it's on to part two of the autobiography, Going Solo. On a related note, a remake of urlLink Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is coming out next summer. Tim Burton's directing it and Johnny Depp will star as Willy Wonka. I don't know if he can top urlLink Gene Wilder (who isn't dead. who knew?) but it should be pretty great. And on to the Internet writer of the week, I offer up to you urlLink Fred Durst's blog . What a jackass. Also, so far I've gotten songs for the CD from Katie. As soon as I get the rest, I'll get it together. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 01,June,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> ...especially with this killer mullet. The one and only Teddy Parker-Renga and his Indianapolis 500 mullet. He'll have to weigh in here for accuracy, but if I'm not mistaken, it took him about three years to grow the Jesus locks for this hairdon't. I think we need to enter this one in at urlLink Rate My Mullet because this is a work of art. NEW Take a look at urlLink more mullet pictures courtesy of Teddy. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 30,July,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> What with the Daily Show's coverage and all, Comedy Central is becoming the place to go for your election 2004 fix. It's an interesting phenomenon when rockstars and actors have to wrest politics away from the actual politicians, finally making it cool and glamorous for the youth of the nation to vote. I think it's safe to say Clinton was (not surprisingly) way ahead of the curve when he went on MTV and allowed himself to be asked that infamous urlLink boxers vs. briefs question more than ten years ago. Now you've got two major camps of celebrites facing off against each other on who will take the White House in a few months. In one corner, you have urlLink gum-chomping bubblehead Britney Spears blindly endorsing Bush in Michael Moore's newest movie. On the other hand, there's Ben Affleck urlLink pulling a Bono and showing up at every photographed event surrounding this week's Democratic National Convention. Back to the subject at hand. Since the line between matinee idols and political figures is blurring even more today, you might as well head to Comedy Central, the new political analysis headquarters and check out some celebs urlLink sounding off about voting. David Cross is great... and don't say I didn't warn you, f'n Affleck's all up in this shit. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 29,July,2004 | My eight-year-old sister and Mary and I were at Target the other day perusing the goods (did anyone see Oprah's bargains yesterday? She's all about Target, apparently...I'm sure she does tons of shopping there), and Mary found a steal: these little tubes of plastic animals for 24 cents each. There were three varieties: jungle, farm, and sea creatures, all very exciting for her. So of course she wants to bust right into them in the car, and in her excitement she commented to me 'Isn't it cool all the stuff that China people can make?' I guess she noticed the 'Made in China' emblem on those plastic animals and lots of other stuff too. I agreed with her that they were a talented nation, but also mentioned that they weren't paid very well for their work. I have this tendency to tell Mary way too much for someone her age (Bush is evil! Go Kerry!), so I shut it pretty quickly, but I thought it was crazy that an 8 year old has already noticed how many of the toys she plays with are made in China. In other news, Jon's here! Wahoo! He got in around 4 am and is of course sleeping right now, but I really want to wake him up. I'm trying to hold back; we'll see how long that lasts. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 29,July,2004 | I was watching The Today Show this morning as I ate my nutritional breakfast of chocolate chip cookies and I got to wondering...Why do all of those people wave like fools? So, as a normal person I turn on the TV in the morning wanting a little info about the news, weather, and traffic, but instead I get about 10 minutes of people waving and putting signs in the camera about how they are just married or from Topeka, Kansas. Seriously, do they realize how they look? I would appreciate if a news show was actually a news show and not a crowd show. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 29,July,2004 | Hey all, this is my first post and I just want to make sure I do it right, so it will not be very interesting. I promise more intellectual and entertaining thoughts in the future, but for now, aren't we all glad tomorrow is Friday? |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 28,July,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> A little trio by the name of Modest Mouse, you may have heard of them, will be descending on our tiny berg of Bloomington, Indiana, tomorrow night to play a sold-out show at Axis (home of the hot bod) nightclub. It's not a huge venue, but I'm amazed at the way people here (myself included) are clamoring for tickets. Something happened with their newest release, 'Good News for People who Love Bad News.' I first realized it when Mike and I were in the electronics section of Target watching the multiplies images of sheep trotting off to slaughter in the 'Float On' video. Issac Brock's glue-on moustache twitched as far as the eye could see, mirrored on countless discounted TV screens. From the Target network to MTV the next morning, the Mouse was roaring everywhere. And now the sold-out show. Fans want to see them so badly, urlLink tickets are going for more than $100 on ebay . Oh yeah, and since when does Modest Mouse play at urlLink Paramount's King's Island theme park? Will they take a break between sets to cruise down the lazy river at water world? Are the Osmonds a part of this in any way? |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 28,July,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> So Zach Braff made his big screenwriting, acting and directorial debut yesterday with urlLink Garden State , a contemplative film about a struggling Hollywood actor (costarring Natalie Portman...duh) who comes back to New Jersey and is reunited with his friends. Of course I haven't seen the movie yet (and probably won't until December because I'm bad at keeping up with these things), but from the trailers I've seen, it looks a little self-consciously arty like it's really pulling for that 'I'm deep....really!' vibe. Who knows, though. I could be wrong. I'm not even going to pretend like I'm a regular Scrubs watcher (Braff has a starring role in the sitcom), but every time I catch the show, I really enjoy it. Plus, the urlLink soundtrack isn't too shabby, featuring the Shins, Simon and Garfunkel and Iron and Wine (with the lovely cover of the Postal Services' 'Such Great Heights,' no less.....the Postal Service, blowing up like my Motorola two-way....but that's a whole other post). All in all, however, the Garden State trailer has caused some ruckus on the Internet and it makes me worry that the movie won't be able to deliver. Check out some urlLink movie clips or read urlLink Braff's blog to find out more. (links via urlLink Stereogum ) In other Natalie Portman news....It looks like she'll be starring with Owen Wilson in urlLink The Smoker , a Richard Linklater-directed movie based on a short story by David Shickler. The Smoker is part of Shickler's book, Kissing in Manhattan, and origianlly ran in the New Yorker in 2000. Read it urlLink here ; it's good. I think Natalie Portman will be perfect for the part of a sophiticated high school girl, but Owen Wilson as her hapless, lonely teacher? Not so much. I'm still looking forward to seeing it. (links via urlLink Gothamist ) |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 28,July,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> A new dispatch from our favorite racial-profiling indie-prog rocker urlLink Gary Benchley is up at urlLink The Morning News . This time it's lady troubles. Also, urlLink Pathetic Geek Stories , comic strips about the loserish moments in all our lives, used to be a part of the Onion A.V. Club. For some reason, no more. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't have some laughs, tea and sympathy with the geek in all of us. These comics are written by Maria Schnieder. Not only is she a longtime Onion contributor, she is also the voice behind urlLink Jean Teasdale , my favorite regular character featured on the Onion. Here is my pathetic geek moment: I'm definitely a Jeanketeer! |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 26,July,2004 | Well, were packing up our whole apartment which we've been accumulating things in for almost 4 years now. Its really not too bad but I still need to procrastinate and whine about it a little bit. We're going to be staying at John's parents house until we move to LA. First we need a place to live out there which we're working on. The married housing at UCLA may be our best option as it is month to month and since I don't know where I'll be working yet I don't have an idea of what location I'd like to reside in. The married housing claims it's in Mar Vista/Palms. Katie, I know you said that those are not place you'd want to live but do you think it'll be reall unsafe? I suppose it will just have to do if we get a place there as we could even move out after a month with no penalty and find a better place to live. Anyways, sorry for the rant directed at Katie everyone. Again, I'm just trying to procrastinate . How are all your days?? |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 23,July,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> Let's go back to a diet plan that really works...pictures of food so gross, you lose your whole damn appetite. Yay! On urlLink Candyboots (great site name, huh?), you can take a look at tons of hurl-inducing real-life Weight Watchers recipe cards from the 1970's. Here's what they had to say about the Mexican-Shrimp Orange Salad (just the name makes me quiver a little): 'Um, I guess this is a salad best enjoyed at the house of that one scary lady down the street who never leaves the house and talks to her knicknacks. I showed this card to a friend who said, 'What the hell's in that bowl-- bong water?!' Is that why the ceramic animals are so drawn to it? Is it their magical pond?' |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 23,July,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> I'm sure you've kept yourself up at night, wondering just whatever happened to the guy who played Mick McAllister on the 80's movie hit, Teen Wolf. Turns out, it was the maybe gay, mulleted baseball great, Mike Piazza! urlLink Sports Illustrated online further explains that Piazza's rich daddy landed him the part of the furry bully on the basketball team. The then high school-junior-turned-pseudo-actor, urlLink Mike Piazza went undercover as Mark Arnold, as he felt his baseball future would be in jeopardy if he was seen as a SERIOUS actor. Don't worry Mike, we didn't take you seriously. It does make me wonder if Mick's assgrab on Pamela the pretty blonde in the auditorium was him 'going to that place' in his character, or if it just came naturally. Side note: As a five year old girl, watching Teen Wolf for the first time, I remember being so perplexed and scared by how hairy and old urlLink Mick the bully looked as a high schooler, and wanted nothing to do with grades nine through twelve. Little did I know, that it was just a special boy with overactive glands and a big furry professional baseball career ahead of him. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 22,July,2004 | Hey now, so today is Keith Sweat's 43rd year on this earth. Happy birthday to the man that gets all the ladies twisted over him! Feel me, baby? Yeah, that's right. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 21,July,2004 | In honor of the first television show ever to be brought back from the dead due to staggering DVD sales, find out which urlLink Family Guy character you are. I'm Brian, and that makes me happy. Martini anyone? |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 20,July,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> Here's a little somthin' for all the former Targeteers that contribute to this site and those who read it (I'm talking about you urlLink Byron and urlLink Mike ). Brooklyn finally got its very own Target and opened in typical New York style with an urlLink invite-only party , complete with minor celebs and unknown indie rock bands. I love Target (not as much as SOME people) but it's light years ahead of Wal-Mart and K Mart in quality, selection and style. Plus,not to be an asshole or anything, the clientele isn't as skeevy and they don't treat their workers like dirt. The place I'm moving in a few weeks is almost directly across the street (ok, highway) from a Wal-Mart and don't even think for a second I'll be trotting over there to make any purchases. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 20,July,2004 | Hey Friends! As if this week couldn't get any more insane for me, urlLink Beacon Street Gallery (my current part time job and one time AmeriCorps assignment) called yesterday to say that I have a full time job! I am soooo jazzed. We were waiting to hear if we would recieve a grant from the good old government to start an arts-integrated cirriculum program in a janky school in Uptown. The money came through yesterday and this means that I can have this job for up to 5 years! In this position, I will be in charge of running the tutoring component of the program. This will include hiring and training the tutors, working with the teachers to make sure the kids' needs are being met, and so forth. Then we will have some good time arts enrichment that will help enforce academic lessons. So, basically, I will just be Jennie Nye (we totally need to conference so you can teach me what you know, Jen!) This is the kind of job I have always wanted, so I feel super lucky. All right, kiddos, I guess I'll check in with you after the wedding. I will, for once, use my camera so I can post pics of my tropical vacation! Love ya~ |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 19,July,2004 | I know that a few of you are MoveOn.org members and already got this email, but for anyone who didn't, check out urlLink this clip of Bill O'Reilly telling everyone to shut it. 'Shut up! Shut up if you don't support the war, just shut up!' You know how the saying goes...if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. Apparently this applies to Americans during a war...if you don't like it, shut up! Cause Billy doesn't want to hear it! And here's a link to a urlLink petition to complain to the FTC about Fox News' one-sided reporting. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 19,July,2004 | Ok, so maybe urlLink this story from the Women's Wall Street Journal is over-the-top and a hunk of bologna, but it scared the piss out of me. It makes you wonder if the airlines, and the government for that matter are truly looking out for us with all of the loopholes which still exist. Insert short, sappy monologue: I guess this article just pounds into my head once again, that we must be alert, because airline employees are only allowed to do so much. It's frustrating that something actually has to happen before they can do something about it. We must also say proper I love yous and goodbyes when leaving a loved one even for a day, because true friendships and loves are really what make even a short life, worth living. Let me know what you think of the article. Were the 14 gentlemen really in a band? |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 16,July,2004 | ...I was just rolling around naked in $7 worth of nacho cheese, while running away with $40 in tortilla chips. Ooooh, almost. I'd love to be the person who calculates JUST how much chip'n'cheese was lost. Read urlLink here for the entire cheesy story. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 16,July,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> I made a snazzy little Shan's beef icon to put in her post, but Blogga is not letting me upload pictures for some reason today. Somehow they sensed the awesomeness of a picture of her eating beef would cause everyone's minds to explode and they DENIED me my right to toss my artwork onto the 'net (anyone remember that horrid Sandra Bullock movie of the same name?) After pictures, the next best thing I can think of are links to some fantastic corners of the world wide web of wonders. So first of, in a nod to urlLink Mike's post on walking your cat (which I very much want to do with Otis), I give you urlLink CatEnema.com , the site that tells the story of a man, his cat and an enema. It's not gross at all and is really a heartwarming story. Read it! You'll be better off. Not so warm and fuzzy is the story of the Delaware student who urlLink ate an entire bag of mushrooms, stole a car and ended up lost 300 miles away in Conneticut . I guess that's what living in 'Hi, I'm from Delaware' will do to you. On Slate: urlLink This guy hates Wilco and compares them to Hootie and the Blowfish. Okaay....is Jeff Tweedy a regualar on Vh-1's lame ass golf tournament Fairway to Heaven? Nooo. Does he write songs extolling the virtues of the Miami Dolphins? Not so much. Has my mom been in the front row of a huge Wilco ampitheatre concert full of James Taylor fans? Not to my knowledge. Does 'Ass Crack'...I mean 'Cracked Rear View' hold a candle to the candid, raw emotion of 'Summerteeth,' or more importantly 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.' Not a chance. So 'A Ghost is Born' may be a little mellow and easy on the ears...It's not my favorite Wilco album either, but to compare it to Hootie? That's just not right. Also on Slate: take the quiz and urlLink find out if you're a red or blue . Want to see a perfect marriage of form and function? Just get on a plane and head over to England's Tate Britan museum in London and step into the loo outside urlLink made entirely of reflective glass . You can see out, but no one can see in. Kind of like those two-way mirrors focus groups use. A joke for you: What's the opposite of Christopher Reeves? .....Christopher Walken! Heh, is this thing on? This site just made me laugh, seeing as how Proximity gets a fair share of its hits from people Googling 'Christopher Walken More Cowbell.' Pop on over to urlLink Walken Around , the musings of an average Walken wannabe in desperate need of more cowbell. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 15,July,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> I haven't been writing in a while because, like Katie, I got a big ole promotion! But not really. There's just been nothing for me to say. The muse, she has not been with me; I guess she's on vacation someplace nice. But oh man! That all changed today when I ate fresh at Subway today for lunch. Oh man....the guy behind the counter so totally hit on me. Not only did he give me 2 and not just 1 Sub Club stamps for my 6-inch turkey sandwich, he also slipped 2, COUNT 'EM, 2 chocolate cookies into my bag. I am en fuego . Now this was a little wierd because I was eating in the restaurant, (it's attached to a gas station, just to give you atmosphere)flipping through a magazine when I reached into the bag to retrieve my napkin and pulled out the cookies instead. What to do? Do I give the Subway guy a wink and a smile while waving the cookies at him like we're in a bar and he just sent me a drink? Cheers to you and your Baked Lays! You know, I've had a few fellas offer to buy me a drink in ma day, but I don't often hang around in the type of bars where people send them over. Of course the fast-food version of this would happen to me. Ahh, it was only a few short months ago that the Arby's drive through guy had his manager try to slip his number to me when I was pumping my ketchup into those little paper cups. If I had wanted it, should I have stuck my finger into the Horsey Sauce and senuously applied it to my lips and licked it off? I bet that's what freakin' Cosmo would say....My mom said I'd be a real heartbreaker someday. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 14,July,2004 | Hey all! I feel bad for not posting, so I figured that I might take a cue from Shan and post about my current annoyances. 1. Biology So most of you know that I am taking a Biology class this summer at IUPUI because I never took one at DePauw and it's a prereq for my masters in social work. UGH!! There is reason I never took Bio and I feel like sending my advisor from DPU a hate letter for not telling me about this wee prereq when he knew I was interested in an MSW....but I have to ask him for a recommendation, so I might not do that! So I am sorry, but IUPUI sucks. I know there are other people out there who attend that hellish academy, some may enjoy it, and I just cannot understand. Perhaps I am being a whiny, private school bitch, but I LIKE my prof knowing my name and not having a technologically advanced uni (they post class notes online! I had not idea that even existed; why not just pass them out in class? Oh yeah, people would have to attend!). I also like my profs without an Egyptian accent b/c Bio is pretty much a foreign language to me, so having it taught with an accent just compounds that problem. Why I need to know what hormones the pancreas secretes and where the superior vena cava drops off its blood to tell moms to get a job to get their kids back, I will never know. 2. Hoobastank HoobaSUCKS!!! I hear that stupid song 'The Reason' on the radio all of the time. Actually, one day it was on three radio stations simultaneously! They are awful....nuf' said. Okay, I was going to write more, but now I have to work...annoyance #3? Perhaps.... |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 14,July,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> If you're looking for the perfect vintage tee, then this is the site for you. urlLink Vintage Vantage has a sleek website, with lots of other goodies to look at, including my fave, urlLink Ask Heather . On an unrelated note: I've been slacking in the blog department due to the fact that I just got a promotion. Yay. Promotions are good, but it means more work, and I'm getting used to that. So I'm now in the Storyboard department at the urlLink animated series that was brought back to life due to staggering DVD sales, and I'm lovin it. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 14,July,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> Hey Gals. Just thought I'd check in and say hi. I was thinking about how many of you are going on Jenny's camping trip, thinking about all the things I did last summer, and realized how tame and lame my summer activities have been so far! Not even a trip to the bacteria infested Chicago beach! Have roller blades, bike, legs, but have not done any physical activity for fun in a long time. Oh well. Let's see. What have I been up to lately, then? Yesterday I shopped for underwear/lingerie. Not so much fun because I had a nervous breakdown looking at myself in all these getups. No, I'm not that hot. Dressing room mirrors are cursed- even the ones at Victoria's Secret that have low lights and velvety walls. The whole experience was a very good reminder for me. There's a reason why I really don't do these kinds of things. Went tanning. Tanning is scary. This is maybe the 2nd or 3rd time in my life I've done it, and I just can't handle it! Loud noise and standing in that weird position with your arms away from your sides-- it makes me crazy. I don't think I'll ever get used to it. Going again today. Will try not to panic. I really hate makeup counters. Yesterday I went to the Clinique counter and the lady said, 'Do you want something, or are you just playing around?' Now, keep in mind, I was not acting like a monkey and swinging from the chandeliers. I was looking at eyeliner. $50 later, I still don't think the lady was convinced that I was 'serious.' That was a good trip, though, because when I have to try on makeup or decide about something vs. stock up on goods, that is even worse. Pushy ladies trying to convince me that purple or green eyeliner is what I've been waiting for to make those eyes pop! That's why I love Sephora- too bad they don't sell everything. Thank God you can get Jessica Simpson's line of edible body crap there, though. There is a life-size cut out of her licking some shit off her finger. Barf. Ok, that's all the chat I can muster for now. I guess I imagined being a lot more jazzed a week and some change before the wedding. Oddly enough, I just feel kind of depressed. But, I haven't totally lost my Shan self- I actually asked Matt in all seriousness last night if he was jazzed to get married. He responded, 'Jazzed? Who uses that word when talking about marriage?' Me, that's who! |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 14,July,2004 | To me, the most important part of getting new digs is finding new places to snack. NZ had so-so snacks, and Boston just didn't cut it in the Mexican or sandwich department. So while Jon and I were out in Phoenix last week apartment-hunting, hitting up all the new fast food places was right up there on the priority list...maybe even as the #1 priority. We were like little kids checking these places out. When I noticed a sign proclaiming 'Sub Factory,' we got so excited that we turned that car right around and scooted in straightaway for a snack; another time we saw a later movie so that Jon could have his first In and Out burger. But for me, the pièce de résistance was none other than Del Taco. Ahh, Del Taco; my only consolation in writing this is knowing that I'll be back in a few short weeks to get what's mine. What I get there is a fine Veggie Works burrito. The burrito shell is superior to Taco Bell's by far, and they also top 'er off with some guac to sweeten the deal. They serve Coke products instead of Pepsi and have some great hot sauce too. I don't know how far reaching Del Taco is, but urlLink make it a part of your next road trip and locate one nearest you! |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 12,July,2004 | Hi Ladies For the next day or so ill be checking my email lots as we have internet access at our hotel in Arles. So far we were in Paris for 10 nights and now we've been in Arles for 2 nights. We have 2 more nights here and then we go to Nice for 6 nights (yeah beach!!! and Chagall and Matisse Museums) and then we will fly to London and stay for 4 nights before returning to the states from London. So far weve seen EVERYTHING there is to see in both Paris and Arles and have been having so much fun. Its been nice and relaxing too to read every night and just hang out. Here is my other news, our condo has a contract on it and someone will be purchasing it from us 6 days after we get home on July 30th!! so we are going to be home on the 23rd and then have 6 days to move out before the closing on the house. Then we'll live at john's parents house until we go visit LA on august 9th for a week to find a place to live and hopefully have some job interviews for me. Well, ill leave you at that. Love you ladies! |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 10,July,2004 | hey! so after much ado, you can check out the urlLink pics of my life since may. hip hop happy peering! |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 09,July,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> While the weddin' of the year hasn't been mentioned on this site, I imagine any readers probably check in on other sources and are hip to the news that Britney Spears is engaged to ghetto-not-so-fabulous backup dancer Kevin Federline. urlLink Read this particulary snarky and scathing version here (scroll down a bit). Well, I've been reading the urlLink Fametracker forums on Britney's trashy decline, and it's getting a little out of hand with the hillbilly wedding the posters are planning for the Red Bull and Cheetos-addled Ms. Spears. One even created this snazzy urlLink wedding invitation , and there's a hilarous urlLink wedding registry at Amazon.com. If these Fametrackers' predictions are right, Brit won't be singing 'Hit me Baby One More Time' when she and Big Kevvie are featured on COPS this time next year for domestic disturbance. In direct contrast to Brit is urlLink Gary Benchley , who seems to have found himself a cool bass player but nontheless has gotten into some hot water for racial profiling. I like urlLink this site because it's not only funny, but it has the best name and logo ever. Reer! I was also amused (and saw a bit of myself) by the Black Table's roundtable about urlLink Turn offs that Turn Ladies on . The article's contributors cite bellies, guys in aprons, fundamentalist Christians and much, much more(!) as turn ons that get them smokin' hot.....Says the belly fetishist who's crushes on both James Gandolfini and Monica Lewinsky (retch), 'Washboard stomachs make me want to run screaming; flat stomachs are like flat chests to me, they just do nothing for me. But curvy, pillowy bellies that I can lay my head on, that I can rub up against, tease and tickle and bite and lick, tweak gently when I'm busy doing something else, get me every time.' To each her own, I 'spose. If you've seen Farenheit 9/11, and I'm pretty sure you have, Salon has an interesting interview with urlLink Lila Lipscomb , the greiving mother at the heart of the film. I, for one, found her transformation fascinating but pretty frustrating. It's sad she had to learn the lesson of questioning authority only after she lost someone so dear to her. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 07,July,2004 | Gals, I am feeling so very youth of the nation right now. I'm posting from one of the ASU computer labs. Ahh, college. I love this campus; it's gorgeous! Anyway I have to let you in on this anomaly I just witnessed and see if any of you have been privy to such a thing. I was in the women's restroom and noticed that the handicapped stall is equipped with not only a toilet but also a urinal. Urinal? In the women's, you say? Yes, I do. I even double-checked. My best guess is it's some kind of mother and son's potty break package. Which makes a little sense, but who wants to see a urinal in the ladies' bathroom? Certainly not me. I'd never use the handicapped stall because of it. Weird. Any of you ever see the likes of this in your stomping grounds? |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 05,July,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> Hey Ladies! How you livin'? In case anyone thought that I dropped off the face of the earth, I'm taking a moment to let you all know that I am, in fact, alive and well. I think I needed a hiatus from the world of blogging/beefing to focus on the insanity I'd like to call my present life. Here's what I've been up to in the past few weeks. Judge my freak/Mrs. in training/total slacker behavior for yourself: 1. I've been traveling (covertly) to Indianapolis and Cincinnati a lot lately. In fact, I have the pleasure of returning this weekend. Anyone want to hang out on Saturday night? I think Teddy's DTC. I went to one wedding in Cinci and did not bring a gift. There was another wedding the same day and I have the gift but did not go. Is it tacky to give others wedding gifts at my wedding? Believe me, it's happening. 2. Had a fab wedding shower 2 weekends ago. Lots of friends (yay Aly) and psycho friends of my mom kickin it, playing weird games, and eating some tasty snacks. In a moment of great shame, my aunt blindfolded me and I had to dress myself in a man's clothes. Don't ask. Btw, Alison, did I look like a total moron? I felt it. For some reason I remember the room as being completely silent...or is that just my neuroses? Received a ton of kitchen related gifts. Too bad I really don't cook all that much. 3. Flew back to Chicago after bridal shower and worked at Beacon Street. Did lots of prep for downtown mosaic project with kids from Uptown, Ida B. Wells housing and oh, yes, Candyman, Cabrini Green. The project starts tomorrow. We are going to be working outside at State and Randolph streets, which is literally the center of the city (across from Marshall Field's and the Chicago theater). Plan on being very tired, getting funky tan lines, and repeatedly telling the youth of tomorrow it's not ok to use profanity in the workplace. 4. Saw Fahrenheit 9/11 on the 3rd. I was amazed that we had to line up over an hour before the film started. I'm beefing about the fact that MM is uber popular now...is it bad that the general population, especially in large, popcorn snarfing crowds highly annoys me? I thought the film was so-so. Moore really hooks the audience with emotional factors, and I find that once that is stripped away, I'm not that impressed. Some good points, and rah-rah for beefing about Bush, but I think he's just a leetle too jazzed that he's so popular. For crying out loud, take a look at the movie posters. Why put yourself on the ad? My feeling is, if he was a true documentarian he would let the film largely speak for itself. 5. Went to my first 'condo' party on the 4th. Have huge hangover today as result. Our friends recently bought a nice condo and had some pals over for a birthday/4th party. Why do people think that they are automatically required to give fancy adult parties just because they don't live in a shithole anymore? When the crew visited earlier in the spring, I tried to be the jankiest hostess on the planet! Seriously, once people upgrade to the leather furniture and 'gourmet' kitchens, out come the martinis, designated 'bar' (not some bottles on the counter) and appetizers. 6. Almost done with very good book entitled We Were The Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates. It is my first read by Oates, and I am pleasantly surprised, considering it is an Oprah book. I wish she didn't have to put her stupid emblem on every book in her housewife club! The novel centers on the large Mulvaney family that disintegrates after the rape of the only daughter. Set in the 70's, the rape is treated as the daughter's fault and the repercussions of denying the facts surrounding the trauma are explored through the following 15-20 years. Really a great book. Has great depth and emotion. 7. Last but not least, I am in full wedding mode. I have become very friendly with my glue gun (yes, I recently purchased this handy item), handmade a rather lopsided pillow for the ring bearer, tea-dyed the 'offensive' (according to my madre) slippers I will wear on the day, made programs, favors, and attempted to assemble the RSVP's. What I cannot figure out, though, is why so many people I have talked to have told me that they threw away the rsvp card or the invitation all together! Pardon? And, almost half of the guests have not responded yet with a July 10th rsvp date. Either everyone hates me and I just don't know it, or some people are going to be on the post-wedding beef list! Ok, over and out. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 02,July,2004 | Okay, I am sick of 'Extreme' this and 'Xtreme' that! Seriously, everytime I turn around there is another extreme product, whether it be Gatorade, Road Rules, or Trojans. This has just got to end! I mean, is EXTREME fruit punch really that different than regular fruit punch (and would anyone prefer a Hawaiian Punch?)? Today I received an email from 'Your Soulmate'....I was extremely excited that Prince Charming had finally found my email address until I opened some spam mail. Jenny and I were chatting about this in NYC and I wanted to open it up for convo: When you go to Victoria's Secret (or Gap or wherever) and purchase 5 panites for $25 (not $9.99), do you have trouble selecting that fifth pair? Like you have four cute pairs and then you have that blasted fifth one and just pick a random print or color? Then it ends up being your LEAST fave pair to wear and you wonder 'why did I get grey and not black?'. Yeah, I am a victim of the ugly print... This is Snow Patrol. They are great. You should have a wee listen! |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 01,July,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> Did anyone else know about Dick Cheney flippin' out on the Senate floor last week? I smell an election campaign cover-up. I've been in the weird LA bubble, so maybe I've just been oblivious to it all. Apparently the veep and Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont got to talking about life, politics, religion, and oh yeah, Halliburton. Well good ol' Dick thought them's fightin' words, so he proceeded to drop the F-bomb an estimated 8 times towards Sen. Leahy. Let's remember that C-Span was airing this live, and I'm sure there were a few kids on a field trip sitting in up top with eyes and mouths wide open. The urlLink LA Weekly has fun little article on how various newspapers reported Cheney's flub. urlLink The Washington Post was the only paper that actually printed the word. There's a rule stating Senators cannot speak this way on the Senate floor. Do you really think Cheney would get in trouble, and get a fine from the FCC for his harsh words? Poor Howard Stern. Although I don't like most of his 'humor', it does suck that he has to shell out $250,000 everytime he says the F word, just because he's not above the law. Apparently, Cheney is allowed in speaking this way, even though he's technically the president of the Senate. Because he's a member of the executive branch, he's able effing say whatever the eff he wants. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 01,July,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> ...kill those annoying Fanta-ettes in the new ad campaign. I've only seen those ads in the movie theatres, and they make me want to gouge my eyes out. Does ANYONE like them? On a related note, California passed a law today banning caffeinated soda from being sold in middle and junior high schools. I think that's a positive step towards slimming down the little schoolchildren, not to mention making them a little less hyper than they already are. That means they can still have 7-Up, Fresca, Fanta products, Squirt, Teem, Canada Dry Ginger Ale, and Hires Root Beer. We had Fanta back in the day at Boston Middle School. Orange was my fave. Please note the old school logo , which I think would appeal to the masses more so than the current cracked out logo they have. When I was a teen, I didn't have the option of buying 'pop' at school, nor did I want to. We did, however, have every kind of Hostess treat known to man, and I did have a brief Honeybun-only-for-lunch phase followed by a brief stint of all things fried potato and cupcake. That was nixed quickly after I passed out in basketball practice for having a major sugar low. I was a gradeschool parochial gal gone public for grades 6-8, going from being told what I was having to being told I could eat what I wanted. I think kids who have parents that care about healthy eating habits will ultimately have kids that do the same. Having folks who cared when I was younger definitely made me straighten out after a few months of Hostessin' out. Did any of you out in P-ville have weird, bad, or maybe extremely good eating habits back when you first had a lunch choice? |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 01,July,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> Hey, Alison, meet 1999. Shake hands. Hug maybe. I think the two of you are going to be beeest friends! For real, I'm just now beginning to obsess over Beck's urlLink Midnite Vultures , an album that came out when I was a SOPHOMORE in college. You heard it here, the offical jam of the summer is 'Hollywood Freaks.' This is the thing with Beck, he's the modern-day David Bowie, constantly reinventing himself (with integrity, unlike Madonna) and creating new sounds and even genres. Look, they even have similar album covers (Bowie, Aladdin Sane; Beck, Sea Change). Beck actually has a beautiful voice and when really uses it, I think he sounds like Bowie too. To be completely honest, I'm a little obsessed with deciding who is the modern-day version of someone who has come before. Radiohead is to Pink Floyd what Jeff Tweedy is to Bob Dylan, in my opinion. Beg to differ? Let me know who I'm missing. I love analogies when they're not on standardized tests! Here's another one: how much is poor, crazy Courtney Love starting to look like poor genuis Tom Hulce in the movie urlLink Amadeus . Um, except for the part where Mozart is actually talented. Speaking of old movies, I just watched urlLink Harold and Maude for the first time last night. This pleaser from the freezer (made in 1971) gets high recommendations from me, but I can see where some might be put off by it's story: A suicidal young man (think 20) finds true love with a life-loving older woman (think 80). I know, kind of skeevy, but it's incredibly dark, funny and thought-provoking all at once. The all Cat Stevens (don't laugh!) soundtrack really added a lot too and renewed my love for the song 'Trouble.' Content notwithstanding, this movie was so beautifully shot that anyone interested in art, composition or photography would probably enjoy it. One of my favorite shots is when Harold (young boy) is standing at a huge plate-glass window and a door slams and the viewer can see the glass vibrate from the impact, causing Harold to turn around. So realistic and subtle. Go, now. Go. For entertainment, I've also been reading the urlLink My So-Called Life recaps at televisionwithoutpity.com. Each episode is painstakingly (and humorously) recapped and it's making me feel the strong urge to buy the DVDs one of these days. Finally, urlLink find out if Gary Benchley got that hot chick drummer he was looking for. Oh, and last but not least, urlLink here's a good site for music downloads. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 10,August,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> Ahh, so urlLink this is how journalism is done these days. Read the hard-htting questions and soul-searching responses from a group phoner with sex addict, Justin Timberlake archnemesis, Michael Jackson wannabe circa 1988, ex boyfriend of Chili from TLC...and oh yeah, R&B singer Usher Raymond. From what I can tell, he feels blessed. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 06,August,2004 | The past 2 nights in our apartment have been interesting, to say the least. A new gal has moved in upstairs and let me tell you, we are in crazy land! Since I officially start working next week (thank god) I am kickin it at home and around town this week. This gal upstairs is apparently home all day but hardly makes a peep. We can hear people walking around-- virutally every step, so it is more than obvious when someone is in the apartment upstairs. So, this person makes virutally no noise all day long, but at night-- the freaks come out! Starting around 11 (usually when Matt and I go to bed) she and some other person (we guess to be a guy) are apparently moving large pieces of furniture across the floors and dropping them right above our heads. So, I've hooked it up with the earplugs and have been sleeping ok, only to wake up for the extra loud noises. It's par for the course when you live in an apartment. But, the real treat was last night. We thought the guy that used to live upstairs was loud- apparently he was not getting laid! At the start of the very loud 12:30am s-e-x (bed squeaking like you wouldn't believe) Matt and I flicked on the light and uttered the profanity of our choice, only to find that the roll in the hay only lasted for about 2 minutes! Tee hee. At least we can count that kind of noise to be minimal! |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 05,August,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> This is the title of one of the winning entries in the 2001 Fellowship Baptist Creation Science Fair (oxymoron much?). And I guess Uncle Steve really isn't all that monkeylike. In this Jesus-lovin' fair, kids were encouraged to eschew the theory of evolution in favor of EXCITING (!) fundamentalist creationism-based projects like 'Pine Cones are Complicated,' 'Thermodynamics of Hellfire' and 'Women were Designed for Homeaking.' Check out more thought provoking and groundbreaking discoveries urlLink here . |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 04,August,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> In honor of all of the Proximity lady writers who are married (damn, that's like half of y'all), I give you the urlLink Ghetto Fabulous Wedding (Ms. Claus gets her wedding on). Of course, not to be outdone by some equally urlLink Ghetto-fab Hairdos . |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 04,August,2004 | I have finally put digital pictures online. This is a big deal for me...so, after you pat me on the back, check out the urlLink honeymoon photos ! I think I set up the link right, but if not, tell me how to hook it up all smart-like. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 04,August,2004 | Ok, so as most of you know I am a social worker, not by training, but by default...and I have an observation. The population I work with is what they call 'involuntary' meaning they don't want to work with myself and my co-workers, but it is court ordered. So, needless to say they are not too pleased when I prance on up to their doors all day and knock and then make them talk about the most stressful thing in their lives. Well, to get to the point of this blog, it has been really hot lately here in humidville, USA and I have noticed that not only are my clients acting strange, but their neighbors are as well. I was at an apartment complex in a lovely area at 38th and Post road when a young man ran up to me and yelled 'Hey Lady' in my face and then ran off. Now, as a young social worker, how am I to interpret this behavior. Not really knowing what to say to this young man, I yelled back 'Hey' as he ran away. I have been doing this job a year and that is the first time I have had that happened, maybe the heat got to him? I didn't really think much of it, but I went to another clients house at 10th and Rural and was walking towards their house when this random woman came up to me and asked me what time it was, so I told her. When she heard the time she then told me to 'get a life and leave her alone' Ok, seriously what is wrong with people...?? My only explanation is the heat! |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 03,August,2004 | Hey! Now I know it's been a while since I posted and I bet you all have been counting the days until I rejoined the blog, so rejoice, the fasting is over! I am now finished with Americorps Year 1 (save a couple hours to keep my health insurance kickin'), so I no longer clock 40+ hours a week at the Julian Center. While I did enjoy my time there, I am stoked to begin Americorps Year 2 with Peace Camp at the end of this month. What am I doing with my time now that I no longer have a day job? Ahhhh....but never fear, I still am waiting away at Sully's, finishing Bio-hell (one more day!!!), and getting prepped for my LSAT class. If you fancy, check out my pics from the urlLink Coogman nuptuals . A few are pretty dark, but there are some shining stars! BTW, that wedding was the BEST! On a final note, one of my friends from NZ, Brett, has retaliated against me for signing him up for an email company that harasses him (actually he is confusing me with someone else, but long story). So he is now forwarding me porn...what an interesting way to get back at people that send/sign you up for crap emails. If anyone needs some new sights, I've got the hook up! |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 03,August,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> Last night, Mike and I watched the World Series of Poker (well, he tried to watch and I asked a lot of questions). The winner of the night was urlLink 22-year-old Gavin Griffin , a regular guy from Illinois, now the youngest player to win a bracelet from the tournament. When I was watching this fresh-faced tyke, I couldn't help but notice that he bore a striking resemblance to melon-headed James Van Der Beek (not that I think you have a big head, Gav....call me!) and if anyone ever decides to make a movie of his meteoric rise in Vegas, Dawson should definitely be tapped for this role. His finest moment since Varsity Blues I'd say. He can tap into all of that Texas-athelte angst he corralled for that movie and pour it all out at the Texas hold 'em table. Maybe Ali Larter can show up in a whipped cream bikini just for kicks. Speaking of movies in the making (real movies, not the ones in my head), Ben Stiller is reportedly interested in making a urlLink movie version of George Saunder's short story 'CivilWarLand in Bad Decline' (read an excerpt of it urlLink here ). The hilarous postmodern story is from a collection that goes y the same name and is one of my favorite books. I'd love to see how a movie version would work. Also included in the collection is a story called 'Offloading for Mrs. Schwartz,' which revolves around a mind-erasing machine and reminds me a lot of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Oooh! Oooh! It looks like someone else urlLink agrees with me ). Anyway, a great book if you like David Foster Wallace, Umberto Ecco, John Barth....sometimes he's compared to Dave Eggers (ugh). What do we think about Ben Stiller starring in something like this? If you don't care about that, maybe you'd rather look at urlLink ads that appeared in Ebony magazine in 1972 . Or....please, please click on this video of urlLink women dancing with cats ! It's so awesome, you might go insane. If Britney has any hope of ressurecting her post-Federline career, she needs to hire these ladies as backup dancers STAT. Did you know that urlLink Bush has a blog ? And the CIA is pissed. Certain rockstars that aren't too happy with W. for real are in the midst of organizing the urlLink Vote for Change tour to raise money to help the dems campaign in swing states. Novel idea, but unfortch. for me that means there's no way this roadshow is coming to staunchly Republican Indiana. I'm DTC with all the political fervor that's been going on lately, but can we just add one tiny item to the blue ticket this time round? BRING SOME DECENT SHOWS TO INDIANA. Don't just hit up Cincinnati (why even bother?), skip over the Hoosiers and head straight into Chicago. Yeah, I know I need to move, but looking at tour schedules can get a little depressing sometimes. I digress. Bands participating in the tour include Pearl Jam, Springsteen, Bright Eyes, Dave Matthews Band and the Dixie Chicks. Just one more thing because I need to rant. Right now I have three bullhorns in my office that I need to use next Monday (don't ask. It's not that interesting). If one more person walks by, picks one up and talks into it, saying something like 'Alison, I need your attention please,' I'm going to press the megaphone right up to their ear and turn on the siren. Ok, better now. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 03,August,2004 | A contributor to Idealist.org's August 1 article, 'Women Criticize Vatican Document on Feminism' states that 'no religion is a great friend of women.' This is in response to the Vatican's statements concerning feminism's role in the decline of the traditional family and family value system. Do you agree with this statement? I have to admit that I have very conflicted feelings on this issue (just got married at a catholic church). I think some religions could be pals of the gals, but I don't know enough to say which ones. Thoughts? Sometimes I think that my Catholic upbringing has transferred and transformed itself into a belief in the principle of Karma, but I'm just not willing to admit it and research the whole thing. How do my fellow IHM/CHS-ers feel? |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 03,August,2004 | and it sucked! Kidding. Hi Gals! I'm so happy to be back in Chicago and the world of blogging. To start with the most obvious news, the wedding and honeymoon are now wonderful memories. Yes, that's right, the Coogman family has officially come forth. I had an awesome time at the wedding and reception (hope you all did too) and the honeymoon was incredibly beautiful (the vest ensemble greatly enhanced the experience!). It is amazing how relaxed I became once we were in Turks and Caicos. I don't think I had let myself slow down that much in a long time! In terms of the H-Moon, we didn't do too much. Our resort had a fab beach, so Matt and I logged the majority of our time in the beach chairs. The water was amazingly clear- I had never seen anything like it in my life. We did go horseback riding on the beach, which was cool, and not nearly as movie-glamorous as I expected. Lots of horses pooping and inexperienced riders like myself screaming when the horses all decided to gallop. We also went on a snorkeling trip that was quite fun. As a first timer, I was a little frightened but soon buddied up with a 9 year old British lass who also wanted to wear a life preserver whilst snorkeling in 10ft. of water. Thank god dorks love company! The trip included diving for conch shells, which the boat driver then prepared into conch salad on the beach. I have to admit that I was not skeptical in terms of eating the snack because a shell just doesn't seem, well, alive. We were able to take home the shells and the one we have is pretty smelly. One good story for Alison: Matt and I were eathing dinner pooliside at some resort when a super friendly cat just sauntered up to our table and sat at my feet for the entire meal. He tried to jump into my lap a few times to snag a bite of my crab legs, but Matt was not a fan. It just sat there and stared at us. Very bizarro to see a cat kickin it at the beach. So, I'm home...happily remembering all the good times had in these past few weeks and enjoying getting back to my life. It has never felt so good to shower in my own shower, sleep in my own bed, and just live in my apartment. I am starting a new job position today so I can't wait to get to work. More about that later and I will post beach pics soon as well. I'm reading 2 selections from my bachelorette party: The Good Girl's Guide to Bad Girl Sex and How to Be a Great Lover. So far it's safe to say that I am not failing by these author's standards. In the Guide, the 'good girl' is actually typecast as a gingam-wearing, puffy sleeved Laura Ashley dresser! Gads. I'll let you know how they turn out. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 02,August,2004 | &emailalert=no&[email protected]&url=http://closeproximity.blogspot.com&name=Proximity&bgcolor=003399&fcolor=FFFFFF&link=FFFFCC&words=comments&title=Comments &width=350&height=350'> Braff's directorial debut shows breadth, meaty middle, and cheesy ending. |
1,926,378 | female | 24 | indUnk | Aries | 01,August,2004 | The other day on my endless drives around the lovely Marion County I was listening to NPR, because the rest of radio sucks and I heard a very interesting news bite. They stated that Eukenuba had come up with a type of dog food to feed your dog when they are puppies to make them smarter. The point of this is that the leading cause of death for dogs is being put to sleep in a shelter, so Eukenuba is thinking that by having smarter dogs, people will be able to train their dogs eaiser and therefore, not get annoyed with their dogs and give them to shelters. I have a few problems with this one serious, one not so serious... First of all, all dogs are trainable and a dog making mistakes is the owners fault. Most dog owners have to spend a lot of time training and playing with their dogs to make sure they are good dogs, not just one time and then give up Secondly, I wonder would feeding my dog Juno dog food to make her smarter prevent her from doing all of the annoying this dogs do, like rolling in horse poo? I think not! A dog is a dog for a reason, they aren't always the most brillant creatures, but they love us and thats why we love them! |
3,074,758 | male | 17 | Non-Profit | Gemini | 30,May,2004 | Hoje eu fui no Expo Tunning aki em Sorocaba tava bombando ... Olha esse sonzinhu ae ... Fala serio Em ! |
3,074,758 | male | 17 | Non-Profit | Gemini | 27,May,2004 | My Girl I got sunshine On a cloudy day when it's cold outside i got the month of May i guess you say what can make me feel this way my girl my girl my girl talkin about my girl my girl i got so much honey the bees envy me i got a sweeter song than the birds in the trees well i guess you say what can make me feel this way my girl my girl my girl talkin about my girl my girl ooooooooo hey hey hey hey hey hey ooooooooo yeah i don't need no money fortune or fame i got all the riches baby one man can clame well i guess you say what can make me feel this way my girl my girl my girl talkin about my girl my girl talkin bout my girl i got sunshine on a cloudy day my girl i even got the month of may with my girl Adoro Essa Musica ...8-D Bjks |
3,074,758 | male | 17 | Non-Profit | Gemini | 25,May,2004 | urlLink AUhauA nem um poco Joselito o kra ... |
3,074,758 | male | 17 | Non-Profit | Gemini | 23,May,2004 | Kolé galera ontem foi o jogo do oR , nem rolo de eu joga mais ta firmeza o jaka burro gravo o cd errado , ai tivemo q baxa la na hora ... mais fico tudu legal ganhamu de 2x0 Ah naum posso esquec de fala da minha mais nova amiga a Sthefanie ela foi com a gent la na tiger bjks Sthe vc e muito 10 ... ( Demoro Pra GEnt Ir pra Balada em Téia ) AUHauh Bjks |
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