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1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 13,July,2004 | So I was wrong, my grandpa's surgery was this morning... My mom was waiting to go visit him until he got out of ICU I guess, I dunno. He came out of the surgery ok, but he has to make it through the next 48 hours before he'll be alright. He's 78 years old. This kind of thing is really hard on an old body. .:sigh:. I'm exhausted. I need a hug. |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 13,July,2004 | I'm reading Caucasia for my summer reading: 'There are people in your life who seem good, and people who seem just all right, ' she told me, twirling a copper strand of hair and chewing thoughtfully on a fry. 'But when it comes to a crisis there are only those who will save you, and those who will abandon you.' |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 13,July,2004 | i hit a rabbit in the park. i killed it. don't i get any hope? for anything? |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 12,July,2004 | I am a horrible person. {again} My grandpa is still in the hospital, and he is having major heart surgery Friday afternoon. My mom is driving to St. Louis to see him. She asked me if I wanted to go. I don't. I hate hospitals. I hate the smell, I hate the merciless florescent lighting. I hate the shapelessness of scrubs. I hate how I can feel the pain and suffering, the mourning of death seeping into me as I sit there, waiting. I hate waiting. and I know I will end up sitting in a corner of the waiting room, while my mother and her sisters ignore my presence, as always. I don't want to be there if something happens to him. but I'm going anyway. .:please pray for my grandpa:. |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 12,July,2004 | You must know, I won’t stand for being made just another someone. I am me, or I am no one. |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 12,July,2004 | There was the most beautiful sunrise this morning. But as I was watching it, I wasn’t really seeing it, but something entirely different. Great. Now I’m seeing things. .:sigh of exasperation:. |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 12,July,2004 | I remember now... It isn't about me. I may sit on a shadowed shelf in the corner, but I am always there. |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 11,July,2004 | urlLink heh. urlLink |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 11,July,2004 | Vacation Bible School is fun, little kids love so unconditionally, it never ceases to amaze me. I think I got more hugs in three hours than I have in the past month. I love watching their faces as they learn new things, they're so curious, and their wonder is so great. I can't help but smile. and I learned to be prepared when I sit on the floor. I think I had four kids in my lap at one time, lol. .:contentment:. |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 11,July,2004 | I'm watching the electrical storm blow in. It isn't raining or thundering, just lightning. So I'm sedated, but not asleep. This would be a bad time for the enemy to ask me the secrets of the world, because I would spill them all. but I'm still kind of in a disgruntled mood. I hate it when I have off days. We played volleyball and I seemed incapable of hitting the ball over the net, and water {like the pool} just makes me even more graceless. More than anything I wish I possesed at least a little grace. But I don't. I'm terribly clumsy. it was definately an interesting day. I'm watching When Harry Met Sally... it makes me sad. |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 10,July,2004 | I have the Yeah Yeah Yeahs stuck in my head... Wait, they don't love you like I love you... hee hee. I'm away for the day. Pool Party... Yay! I'm not going to be in a wonderful mood when I get home. .:sigh:. |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 10,July,2004 | mmm... that was fun. Julius Caesar is definately not my favorite Shakespearian play, but I have a feeling I would have liked it a little better this time if I had actually gotten to watch it. and I got a little sleepy on the ride back to my car.... but that's ok I suppose. Hmm.. that self-portrait of me that I took is weird because I didn't know that my eyes were capable of being that color. but it doesn't really surprise me. My eyes are not one color. They vary depending on the mood I'm in, what I'm wearing, what I eat... Its kind of cool. but even when they do change, its still impossible to tell what color they are. Somewhere between blue, green, and grey. its intriguing. I don't think I'll sleep tonight, just for the fun of it! |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 09,July,2004 | what do you think? TWO WEEKS! TWO WEEKS! |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 09,July,2004 | urlLink I like this one... I went out shooting last night for a while, can you tell? urlLink |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 09,July,2004 | urlLink its meee! urlLink |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 09,July,2004 | If I could fall into the sky, do you think time would pass me by…? |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 08,July,2004 | I had a check up with my allergist today… He couldn’t find my heartbeat… lol. Perhaps I’m dead. |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 08,July,2004 | Rebecca says I'm 'not allowed' to be single for very long because I 'need someone to take care of me.' I asked her what the hell that was supposed to mean, and she said that there has to be someone who's around me a lot to make sure I eat/sleep/don't walk into anything, because I tend to forget about things like eating, or I just don't... lol, and I guess you can tell by the circles under my eyes that I haven't really slept in a while. {and I thought the make-up had done a good job of hiding them.} She acted as if I'm not perfectly capable of taking care of myself. That is absolutely ridiculous. Now I'm going to have to die an old maid just to spite her. besides, it isn't anyone's business if I've decided to starve myself to death. {I'm kidding!} .:sigh:. I've been thinking about it a little more, and you know, I guess I know the essence of who I am. The part that drives me crazy is the expectations people have of me. For some reason, it bothers me to have people assume things about me, even if their assumptions are correct. Because I hate it when I might actually make a mistake, and everyone freaks out. Sometimes I think I just want to stand up and scream, 'FUCK YOU!' just to see what would happen. I think the whole world would die of shock. And I know how flawed I really am. I have MY OWN shoes to fill, and its really hard. I don't know how I managed to get here. But I guess its a good thing people have such high expectations of me, because it challenges me to better myself. I can and will be the person that everyone needs me to be. :-) |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 07,July,2004 | is it time? Tell me a secret. |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 07,July,2004 | I totally had the bagels off my trail there for a while. After school got out, and I started working, I had to get a new bagel shop because I wasn’t down by school anymore. But I swear they’re trying to control me with their grain-waves {ha ha get it, grain waves… brain waves HA HA HA ha ah .:sigh:.} I keep thinking “Bagels… I need Bagels…” {with a capitol “B”. of course. Nothing less for the all knowing Bagels.} Lol. You know what else makes me laugh? E-mail error messages: “Hi. This is the qmail-send program at mail26g.sbc-webhosting.com. I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses. This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.” NO! DON’T GIVE UP! I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT!!! I hate my job. I really do. I wonder what would happen if I got in my car and just drove away, and didn’t come back until the night before we leave for D.C. lol, it’s a plan! Where should I go? |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 07,July,2004 | I don't know how to deal with this. My world is in ruins around me. There is no shelter left for me... and somehow I'm supposed to still be smiling... {which I am, its my duty and I'm not me if I don't.} There is no where left for me to turn. I keep losing control of my emotions. I used to be so good at holding things in, at least until it got really really really REALLY bad. But then there were people to help me. There isn't anyone any more. So then I get frustrated with myself for losing control, which doesn't help. Then things get worse. There is no way I'm ever going to make my parents happy. Nothing is ever right. There's always something else I should have done... But if I would just TRY HARDER, I would be good. Then there's Chantele, who makes me so mad, and then I feel terrible for being so pissed at my best friend. Samantha, is Samantha. I always feel like I am not near as much to her as she is to me. I feel like I don't really know her. And everyone else I love dearly, but it takes a lot of trust for me to be able to talk. and then there's Sean. I'm trying so hard not to think about it... but then I'll go to youth group, like tonight, when Madie said, 'It makes me so sad that you and Frog broke up. You guys were perfect...' like that's supposed to be helpful or something. and now my grandpa's in the hospital, and my mom said it isn't anything to worry about, but you know how I am about worrying. Who's visiting my grandma in the nursing home, if he's in the hospital? I'm so nervous about Corcoran, I almost don't want to go. and on top of that, I'm questioning what I want to do with my future. {but we won't go there now.} I'm already stressed about school again. {NINE CLASSES. WHAT WAS I THINKING????} and I keep finding flaws in myself. I feel like a horrible person. There is so much crap in my head right now. This is the brief version, I haven't even begun to tell the complete stories. I can't get it out. but its ok. if you want you can pretend I didn't say any of this, because I'm still smiling, and I'm still me. see?---> :-) |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 06,July,2004 | My grandpa is in the hospital. Can't things be stable, even if just long enough for me to get a grip on myself? If you find me shattered on the floor, do me a favor and scoop up the pieces so I can put them back together... ok? |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 06,July,2004 | Patience is a virtue. |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 06,July,2004 | this is ridiculous. I think too much. I can't sleep! help... |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 06,July,2004 | So I found even more proof that I am a foot-whore while Chantele and I were shoe shopping yesterday. Apparently, when your toes are long enough that when you wear the new low cut shoes you can see your toes start to separate, it is called 'toe cleavage', and this is seductive. lol, my toes stick out a lot. So not only will I steal your foot from you because its nice and clean, I will SEDUCE it away from you. lol, oh how that makes me laugh. |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 05,July,2004 | It is almost 4 in the morning {it isn’t now, but it was} and I find myself wishing I could stand in the rain, feeling it pelt against me, and melt {like the Wicked Witch of the West} seeping into the ground with the rain, filled with the calm coolness of the rain and the earth, and become part of something that I am. Maybe I would grow into a tree like Daphne, escaping Apollo. {brush up on your Roman mythology.} then it would all be ok. It IS all ok. {you just keep telling yourself that, dear.} I have a Britney Spears song stuck in my head. Its terrible. I feel like I’m in sixth grade again… {You drive me cra-zy, I just can’t sleep…} |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 05,July,2004 | Ah, nostalgia... I found my old HYU t-shirts in the back of my drawer {I don't wear them, because then I'd have to wash them, and the ink would fade away, and these words are too precious to me to be washed away.} that makes me sad too. I miss people I haven't seen in ages. |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 04,July,2004 | arg, my blog is being DUMB! |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 04,July,2004 | Well, now I'm worried about Chantele. It's better when I'm worried about someone else, then I can't think about myself, which I shouldn't be doing in the first place, anyway. I'm working on being selfless. That's my impossible goal for the summer. |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 04,July,2004 | Oh, and Happy Independence Day. All of my pyromaniac friends should try not to kill themselves. Which would be all my guy friends. {I have support for this theory. I heard on the radio that 75% of all firework-related injuries are male, and 25% of all firework-related injuries are bystanders. Those would be the girls. lol. ok, well I don't really trust the radio's numbers, but the connection is amusing.} but really. I like you a lot better with all your fingers, eyes, etc. but have fun. My brother put his shirt in the freezer 'because it was hot.' That was it. He makes me laugh, I like him. |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 03,July,2004 | Pieces of the puzzle: {Don't you know how terribly INSANE I am? You'll never be able to figure it out.} 'So where is the crazy guy when you need him?' There's something you're not telling us. {wouldn't you like to know.} Rachel {not me} cut her hair. She looks like a lion now. It's cute. .:pat pat:. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? ba ba ba da-da ba ba-ba 'This is so painful it hurts.' {yes, yes it is.} I feel adorable in this dress... 'That's because you are!' YOU are such a liar. Don't you know I hate it more than anything when people lie to me? and I am FLAWED, but I am cleaning up so well!!!!! So who's going to take care of you? OHMYGOD step-turn-fall {flat on your face, please.} mmm... or am I origami, fold it up and just pretend? {yes.} Is there a whole? Yesss. I'm falling through it. I bought new shoes. They came in a box. Antony Trakas can just EAT HIS HEART OUT. 20 days. Let's MOVE! Wait, do you want to move? Where have I been? Right behind me. 'You're always a lot safer with your back against the wall in a room full of backstabbing bitches' {such an astute observation.} ah.. the tangled webs we weave... 'WHY ARE YOU LISTENING TO AVRIL LAVIGNE??' 'BECAUSE IT MAKES ME HAPPY' 'hm. That's cool, because you're crying' 'whoa, I am!' {insert scary hysterical laugh here} What do you honestly think? 'You're the most beautiful creature I've ever seen.' Thank you. {what did I say about lieing?} I'm quite capable of fending for myself. Even I don't posses that kind of strength. {Do you remember?} 'THE LIGHT IS RED!' oh. you're right, it is. 'Have a good night, what's your name again?' Shirley Jones. And they lived happily ever after, the end. Thank you for flying Rachel's random connections, please collect your personal references, and exit toward the left of the blog. Sorry kids. Random thoughts in my head, I had to get them out some how. I |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 03,July,2004 | Juana:'Rachel, are you alive? Because I want you to be alive and happy.' Silly Juana fell in love at camp. |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 03,July,2004 | Shopping makes me happy. That's terrible. Clothes are only things. But I got the cutest little black sundress, and new shoes, and I can fit in a size 3 skirt now. That makes me happy too. Thank God I have other things to think about now. Like summer reading. AH! and 21 days till Corcoran... 21 days... .:sigh:. Will you miss me? |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 02,July,2004 | The rain is beautiful. “Those who think that sunshine is happiness have never danced in the rain.” |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 01,July,2004 | Definitely had mucho fun last night. Definitely have one hell of a headache now. We had a dance party in Lauren's backyard, and then went to see Spidey... lol. {Tobey McGuire is adorable.} I have been so jumpy lately. Not only did I scream out loud during the movie Several times, I screamed during the PREVIEWS. I don't know what's the matter with me. Sarah was teasing me about it afterwards, and Elizabeth said, 'Yeah, I'm pretty sure the whole theater heard you.' I'm a little embarrassed. The movie itself was ok, special effects were cool, as I said, Tobey McGuire is adorable, love story... eh, I really don't like Kirsten Dunst very much. She always seems horribly fake to me. I'd give it ** out of **** And apparently I look different now. Elizabeth seemed to think I've lost weight, and Chandler thought I had gotten highlights. {My hair is still completely Au Natural, though I'm going to Rebecca's again tonight, so I'm not sure how long that's going to last.} I don't think I've changed at all... have I? I was... {lol} We also had some interesting conversations, one of which I need to rant about, but I'll do it later because I need to think about how to do it in a calm, intellegent way without hurting anyone's feelings. |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 01,July,2004 | I want to be the person everyone seems to think I am. I want to embody the compliments that I recieve. ...but I need to learn humility as well. I get a little {maybe a lot} too self-involved. Sometimes people say things about me that I don't understand. They confuse my sense of identity... 'but then, Rachel, you aren't like other girls...' Is that a good thing? a bad thing? 'sometimes, I'm just in awe of you...' what does THAT mean? I feel like there's a bubble surrounding me that keeps me seperated from other people. I'm NOT different. I'm just like everyone else. anyone want to tell me who I am? |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 05,August,2004 | My parents keep telling me that I’m going to have to work really hard to get into the college I want to, because they can’t afford to pay for it. They say it’s not going to just fall into my lap. And the thing is, I think I’m expecting it to. I really don’t think I’ve ever had to work hard for anything in my life. I just always end up with what I want, it seems. In my profile, I say I’m a very mediocre person, but I’m very lucky, so that makes up for it. And it does. My dad makes fun of me because when I try to make a basket with a wadded up piece of paper, I usually throw it horribly wrong, but it’ll hit the side of the bookcase just right so that it bounces in. That’s how my life goes. I guess maybe that’s why I’m so good at photography. So much of it is based on luck. You always hope that you lucked out and clicked the shutter at exactly the right time. There’s a shooting strategy called the “hail mary”, where you hold your camera up over your head to get a better angle, and you pray that you get it right. I’m lucky, so more often than not, I do get the shot. I’m lucky because I never studied for a chem or history test, and I still ended up with and A in both classes. I don’t know. Its really weird. It just seems like everything falls together for me, just the way its supposed to. I haven’t decided whether or not this is a good thing. I think I’m afraid that eventually my good luck will run out, and then I won’t have any idea how to take care of myself. You know, I think I might be a little bit of a megalomaniac {you’re no Jesus!... only he says it JAY-zus…} maybe. Maybe not. |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 04,August,2004 | This picture is probably going to be really big, and I'll have to delete it later... Too bad my computer's broken and I can't use picasa to fix it. Arg. It's me and Bobby outside of our hotel. My dad says I'm giving him the evil eye, but I'm not really... I'm just looking at him! |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 04,August,2004 | I find it really kind of odd how everyone’s reacting to Sean and I being together again. It seems like everyone has their input. Some people are exasperated {which is weird} and some people are really excited {which is even weirder.} I almost feel like we’re a celebrity couple or something, lol. I have had several people call me the past couple days and want to talk about it… I guess the bottom line is that its between Sean and me, we’re the only ones who really know what’s going on, and there’s no way I could possibly explain it to you. Only just that its pretty cool… J |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 03,August,2004 | I’m really excited about doing The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe its going to be great. And I think I’ve wanted to be a nymph since about 3 rd grade or something. I remember walking around in the woods behind our house, and talking to the trees. I knew they had spirits. {yes, I know. I was a weird kid like that.} And I got the idea from the Chronicles of Narnia… so it all fits together. Sean and I are going to get sushi for lunch. Yum… |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 01,August,2004 | Feel good moment of the day: I was at the grocery store, in the egg section. Next to me there was a cart with a little girl with blonde curly hair, and her mom. The little girl kept looking at me, so I smiled back at her, and as her mom started moving on I heard the little girl say, 'That girl is really pretty Mama.' That made me smile. I am listening to MxPx: Do Your Feet Hurt? lol. I really want an iPod now, after all those kids at Corcoran had one. They're pretty spiffy. I want an iBook too, and I want my dad to let me have the D70... he bought it a couple weeks ago, and as much as I hate to relent to the convenience of digital... its slowly creeping into me. I'm getting ready for school to start. I miss my newspaper girls. and all my teachers. and I'm bored of working. I don't have to work tomorrow though, which is a very good thing. I still haven't sent in my summer reading and it was due yesterday. slacker=me. |
1,103,575 | female | 17 | indUnk | Scorpio | 01,August,2004 | home. Guess who got cast as a wood nymph in 'The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe'? yeah, that's right. Me. a bit of type casting, huh? anybody want to do something tonight? I was going to go out with Chantele until I discovered she was using me to avoid going out with Phil. She is so mean to guys after she's 'finished' with them. seriously. I loved D.c. I loved Corcoran. I really want to call Mr. Thomas and tell him all about it. lol. |
3,722,833 | male | 15 | Student | Libra | 28,July,2004 | Woah! Well, I'm back from a long absence. I have been doing alot of things the past week or so. One of those things was working on my new Website! It isn't much yet, but it will be soon! It's called Levile's Lair . You should visit it and check out some of the links I put up. Anyway, I'm gonna go now. Fare-Thee-Well |
3,722,833 | male | 15 | Student | Libra | 22,July,2004 | This is my first Web Log Post. I guess I should introduce myself. You can all refer to me as Levile. I'm fifteen years old. The rest of my information is in my Profile. Anyway, today I did a few things. For one I joined the Cowboy Bebop forums: urlLink http://bebopforums.proboards19.com Also, I downloaded a new MP3. The song is titled 'Green Bird.' It's from Ballad of the Fallen Angels (Cowboy Bebop Session Five.) The song is hauntingly beautiful. A young lady by the name of Gabriella Robin sings the lyrics in a language that I'm not sure of. However, even though I can't understand the words, the song is still great. It makes you remember things from your past. Old friends, places, events, etc. I should tell you all that I've been depressed for quite some time. Three years ago, I moved to Upland, Indiana and met a kid named Skai Haley. Me and him became very good friends. He was my only friend at the time. My family has always been moving around the state of Indiana. Despite this fact, I kept in touch with Skai. But now, I've moved too far away to contact him. I haven't a clue about his e-mail, and I forgot his address and phone number. The county I'm living in doesn't have the right phone book, so I can't look him up. I haven't seen him for two years. Well, now that I've told all of you that, I guess I should stop whining and wrap up this post. However, to whomever reads this, if you know Skai Haley, tell him his fellow Otaku says hi. He'll remember me, I know it. Bye for now. I'll be sure to keep posting, though. Fare-Thee-Well |
3,382,251 | male | 26 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 18,May,2004 | Hello again. This is the offical No Action blog, an extension of the No Action column that can be found on urlLink www.thefootnote.com every month. For anyone who stumbled in here, I am Anthony Eldridge, and No Action is a monthly rock 'n roll column on thefootnote.com, a monthly opinion webzine. For those of you that came over from TFN, I salute you. The pupose of the blog is to get your opinions on the various subjects I write about. The main concern of 'No Action' is how rock music fits into our culture, not just my personal tastes. Therefore, I'm going to be asking for your opinion on various matters, which will help with the column. You can also expect more inane ramblings on rock music, and if you've followed me this far, you must like that. Anyway, keep checking in periodically, and don't forget to read the Footnote on the first of every month! |
3,382,251 | male | 26 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 25,June,2004 | It's been a little longer than I had wanted between postings, but I have 2 good reasons for that. First off, my interent access has been spotty lately. I have loaded several spyware and virus checkers, as well as switch browsers from IE to Firefox, so hopefully that will help. And secondly, the wife and I have adpoted a dog. Her name is Jessie, she's a Jack Russell Terrier. We got her at the Franklin County Dog Shelter this past Sunday. She's had a rough past and is pretty timid, but is settling into her new surroundings well (with a few accidents...) Anyway, I went to that show. Big-ups to my man DGrove for hooking us up with primo seats. It was a cool show- as I said earlier, I hadn't heard much of Guster or Rufus Wainwright, but I dug both of them. Guster was cool- good harmonies, good lyrics, nice feel. I was pretty blow away by Rufus. He has a killer voice and a real style onstage. He covered Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah', and I don't think anybody's written a better song than that. Just killer. As for Ben Folds, man, I think he's great. Great stage presence, great songs, fun show. For those of you that have heard his Live CD, he did the singalongs from that, as well as the minor-key-dramatic version of the 'Song for the Dumped'. He played 3 songs from his 2 recent EP's, including a more up-tempo version of 'Give Judy My Notice', with Guster backing him up. The highlight of his show were 2 new songs, both of which were pretty mellow. One was a song for his daughter, a companion piece to 'Still Fighting It' of the Rocking the Suburbs record, and the other was a tribute to Elliot Smith. Man, I just about lost it on that one. I have a lot of friends who kinda gave up on Ben after BF5 broke up, and I respectfully think those people should reconsider. Anyway, gonna try to get to the record store this weekend to pick up the new Wilco record, so I can see if it is as disappointing as everyone says it is. Also gonna try to track down the new Hayden CD. If you don't know Hayden, do so. I swear, he's fucking Canadian Jesus. And don't forget about the poll question. |
3,382,251 | male | 26 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 18,June,2004 | Yo. I'm back form vacation- 5 days in Maryland, and it rocked. I missed the Darkness's show at the PromoWest on Monday, but the trip was worth it. Anyway, I'm going to see the Ben Folds/Rufus Wainwright/Guster show on Tuesday, so I'll try to put up some reaction to it shortly. I don't really do reviews, especially for the column, so I'll be keeping it pretty casual. I don't do reviews for 2 reasons: 1) There are a million other people that review shit on the web and in traditional outlets, and the world doesn't need another person doing it; 2)What makes my opinion more valid than anyone else's? What I try to do is criticism; that is, supplying a (personal) insight into work, hopefully spurring the reader to think differently (or just more) about the piece in question. Reviews make a value judgement, and I think that's crap. If you like a record or a show or something, you don't need a dipshit like me telling you it's good. Whoa, sorry about that, I kinda got going there. Uh, anyway, I'm also looking foreward to the new Wilco record. As for the poll question... Alright, here we go, but I'd better get responses from more people than Johnny Rawk and DGrove- if ya'll are the only 2 that are reading this, spread the word. Ok, with out further ado... The first No Action Rcok 'n' Poll: A multi-part question: What was, in your opinion the most important album of the 1990's? What was the most important rock record of the 1990's? (if your previous answer was not a rock record) What was your favorite record of the 1990's? Ok, email your answers to [email protected] and check out TFN the 1st of every month, and check back here for what I hope will be more regular updates. |
3,382,251 | male | 26 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 04,June,2004 | What's up everybody? The June column is up- hope everyone likes it. Let me know what you think. So anyway, more about the blog. I haven't done anything with it since starting it because, well, no one knew about it but me and Dustin. But now that the column is up, we're up and going. So, what now then? Well, I have some ideas: 1) The No Action Mixtape. What I want to do is compile a monthly list of songs that follow some kind of topic; anything from standard categories like breakup songs and protest songs to some looser things like songs you play when there's a thunderstorm or song you play when driving. I think actually producing the tapes (or more likely cd's) may run afowl of copyright laws, but they can't do anything to us for complining a list. 2) The No Action Rock 'n' Poll. A weekly poll question, the results which may be cited in the column. I would like to use the 'Family Feud' polling method- that is, no choices, just answer what you wish. 3) A general forum for music lovers to band together. (More on that in July's column*) But to do those things, we need people. So, if you read the column and the blog, post a comment to any blog entry or email me- [email protected] -with your desire to join the team. Also, spread the word! The more people that join in, the better! Ok, I'm almost done being cheesey. But keep checking back for more No Action fun. *subject to change |
3,382,251 | male | 26 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 15,July,2004 | Hey everyone. Sorry I haven't updated in a while, my home internet is still down (I'm writing this at work). Feeling pretty optimistic, actually. A lot of good songs on the radio lately. We have a pretty fine local radio station here in Columbus, and they're playing some nice new shit: Morrissey, Modest Mouse, Franz Ferdinand, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Pixies, the Postal Service, etc. Not too shabby. Anyway, I'll try to get a longer post up soon, assuming I can fix my computer. |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | Read urlLink this . Jonah Goldberg is always a pleasure to read, but his dissection of that insane urlLink Berkley study is a surefire classic. |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | First off, if you're reading this at work , you might not want to check out this urlLink link , but this girl is ABsolutely amazing. And yes, I'm a dork and I'm ordering the print. lol |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | The Pentagon urlLink aborts the idea of a 'terror betting market'. So much for using all the weapons at our disposal to combat terrorists. As I mentioned before, this could do no worse than the Homeland Security department - there was absolutely NO reason to squash this what so ever. Shame on the Democrats who raised a fuss over this - and shame on you who won't support it. |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | Great comments on that study done by urlLink UC Berkley on 'what makes a conservative'. I like this guy. |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | Ok, urlLink this is weird. Aren't we still investigating 'insider trades' of airlines et al that took place right before 9/11? As much as the Gov't says they won't use the information, 1) it's being put together by THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE and 2) what if it COULD be useful in preventing attacks? This doesn't invade anyones privacy, so what if it's tasteless IMNSHO. Ef the pundits - I'm gonna sign up. |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | We have now returned to the days of subsidized sodas. Yes folks, you heard me clearly. I just got an email from the President (apparently he has nothing better to do *eek*) of my company. He wanted to 'address the concerns' of a 'number of us' - and that we will be returning to the days of subsidized cola. Sodas are once again $.25, when they used to be $.50. Remind me again, who's paying for this? What I'd like to see is everyone who bitched about $.50 sodas get their 'subjective' bonus reduced to $0. (See article on Vieques below) Then again, I'm not running the shop. At the suggestion of my good friend Patrick, we came to the conclusion that every time I order a soda from the vending machine, I will deposit the other quarter on my Presidents desk (who is, per chance a staunch objectivist). I think he'll approve. :) Oh yes, and here is Rob's response: The President of your company took time out of his day to make this? Umm, maybe it's me, but wouldn't that time have been better spent generating revenue, doing deals, getting things done!!!...in order to continue this subsidized soda pool. Oh and as for the people complaining - why do I have a feeling that these are the folks that shouldn't really be drinking suger loaded carbonated drinks to begin with. Do they also complain that the soda machine is too far away, and that the candy machine doesn't have enough selection. ^ Give that man a urlLink cookie ! Rob nailed it on the head. |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | urlLink Vieques revisited. Note to Puerto Rico: No, you may not have your cake and eat it too. Thanks P for the link! |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | IMNSHO urlLink Michael Phelps should win whoever awards this - hands down. As much as I respect and am awed by Lance and Tylers cycling accomplishments, what this kid has done since the age of 15 is urlLink astounding . |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | Alright, if anyone can help me with the formatting of this thing (My programming IQ is that of a mongoloid troglodyte) - I'm uber-unhappy with how this looks, and the 5 blogger skins I have to choose from are a further affront to my senses. I want frames - I want stuff on the side - I wanna throw up perma-links to people - c'mon folks help a newb-blogger out. =) hit me up at mmurphy_00 -@- yahoo if you can help |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | This guy is from my home town, 2nd day of the tour he falls and breaks his collar bone - not expecting to compete in the next days race, he ends up continuing on and winning stage 16 only to be ridiculed by this urlLink fool . |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | Dems have no urlLink agenda . |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | Communism at the urlLink UC schools . |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | urlLink These guys over at SA are some funny dudes. You might not find all of these funny, but I'd say a good 95% of them had me falling out of my seat. Gotta love the p-shop goons. =) |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | urlLink Nanotechnology applied to military vehicles is going to prove to be pretty damn cool. Another 'un-fair' advantage the US is using in our Imperialistic pursuits - hah. Silly hippies. |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | urlLink Read it here . Worth checking out - it appears not every single Iraqi hates Americans. Who'dathunkit. I agree with urlLink Andrew Sullivan , we need to read more stuff like this in our domestic news. |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | urlLink Uday and Qusay are dead Oh yeah, here's the official urlLink CentCom release. heh. Thanks to urlLink Matt D . F*ck 'em. |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | urlLink For those of you who DIDN'T already know this... Worth reading (re: the article) urlLink Hatreds Kingdom - by Dore Gold 'In recent decades, Wahhabi clerics have preached two forms of jihad against the West: terrorism, and financial jihad, whereby wealthy Saudi philanthropists subsidise terrorist groups under the guise of promoting Islamic causes.' 'The decision to withdraw American ground troops from the kingdom suggests that Saudi Arabia's strategic importance is now outweighed by the vulnerability of forces stationed there to terrorist attack. Post-Ba'athist Iraq offers similar geopolitical advantages and oil reserves, without the drawback of tying Washington's hands.' The continued leaks of information like this lead me to believe the current administration is setting themselves up for an 'excuse' ceremony - as in 'It's out of my hands, YOU (the House of Saud) now have to deal with the anger of America'. You made your bed, YOU sleep in it a$$holes. |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | urlLink Shootin fish in a barrel much? |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | CA Dems urlLink strategizing , supposedly behind closed doors. 'Some of us are thinking that maybe people should see the pain up close and personal, right now,' said Goldberg (D - Los Angeles), who could not be reached for comment Monday night. This same b*tch was the one talking about eliminating Prop 13. Read up on your history folks... funny thing a liberal would recommend that... |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | urlLink King among Men . The only thing that hurts me, is that only .000001% (maybe) of the population has ANY semblance of an idea how much of an animal this man is - he truly is King of the sport. I get chills and my eyes well up reading these exact stories. Some more urlLink here And more specifically, 'What matters most for me now is that I will be able to look at my team mates in the eyes tonight in the hotel,' he added. *nods head* Yup - that's the reason we watch the Tour, and you, Lance - keep blowing away expectations! UpUpUpUp! |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | 2nd day blogging, and here I am neglecting my new born baby *eek* Anyways, I'm unexpectedly and unpleasantly slammed at my 'real' job, so all I've got to say is get better urlLink Geoff . Yes, he's the one who got hit by the car, and yes, he did actually land on the urlLink roof of the car. Broken collar bone in 3 places and a whole slew of other 'stuff'. *Oweeeeee* Read all about it at www.crashclub.net - post titled 'Weekend Accident Report, CBR 600 vs. SUV'. |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | urlLink North Korea - Thanks to the IAE, we can shed a little light onto this whole North Korean 'thing'. /Sarcasm Another case of 'stating the obvious'. It'll be interesting to see how/if North Korea comes in line given whats going on in the middle east (Saudi's beginning to crack down on Wahabbism) - heh. |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | Yikes - urlLink a little sus . Sounds like Blair might be having some domestic troubles in the future. Thanks P for the link! Too bad this is going to overshadow his urlLink nice speech in front of our Congress...see the video urlLink here (most viewed vids section). A lot more of this on urlLink Andrew Sullivan . He and I have very similar points of view W/R/T Blair. |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | Props out to the urlLink R6MessageNet . |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | So, yeah, first post - gimme a while to get stuff up and running and to get a feel for this... For now, I'll throw props out to urlLink frank - hey dood! |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | My only response to this whole N. Korean urlLink situation is: NUKE!THEM!FIRST! |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | Though, it really would be urlLink funny . |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | urlLink N. Korea to Declare It Has Nuclear Arms (washingtonpost.com) A couple things: 1) I hope they don't 'test' it over CA. 2) If they do, I hope they give card carrying libertarians and republicans about a weeks notice. North Korea is quite possibly the biggest bunch of m*therf*ckers on the face of this planet. Talk about completely out of control... Tim R. said it best, 'this qualifies as good for no-one!' |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | I like reading stories like urlLink this about Iraqis. Just goes to show some people do appreciate America. |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | Looks like this urlLink Segway made it up the Mt. Washington Auto Road in 2.5 hours - comparatively runners and cyclists can do it in an hour. Heh. |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | Bustamante a urlLink racist ? Thanks P! |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | France appears to be talking about urlLink scrapping Christmas ! Holy cow. I'd propose making everyone work a little more than 'bankers hours' - lol. The one good thing about this is I guess the muslims won't get pissed off - this may even be a politial move to assuage them. |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | urlLink Deadly stampede at Hindu festival |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | Hope urlLink this guy wasn't Union. |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | If urlLink this happens, the US is in for some long run trouble. Last thing we need is a bunch of angry muslims running Europe, as well as the middle east. Demographics my friend. Look for the trends - birthrates are as good an indicator as any. |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | Shit, I'd hope so. Anyone wanna do the math, what is today's spending in 1988 dollars? In any case, I don't care enough - I simply think urlLink this , as a concept, is a good thing. If we could only reduce the size of the Homeland Security Dept, and get this deficit down a little bit, I'd be a happier camper. |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | Franks urlLink epic adventures are a sure-fire hit - be sure to check him out as he updates daily with new Q&A sessions and all sorts of insight @ urlLink IMAO.us |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | Um, errrr, or urlLink not ?? Aries is the Greek God associated with Mars, and he was the God of War, so, uh, yeah, I guess that makes sense. *scratches head* So much for our monotheistic society - THE GODS ARE MALEVOLENT! Long live Hillary, the God of Nationalized Healthcare! |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | Where have the urlLink war protestors gone? |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | urlLink Israel has said every Hamas militant is a potential target for liquidation |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | Another urlLink conspiracy theory is about to be unleashed tomorrow. I can hear the liberal sarcastic response - never mind that it would make sense, or that Saddam has a history of doing things like this. Wait and see. |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | It's sad, really, to see this happening anywhere, but why am I not surprised it's actually taking place in urlLink France ? |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | Well urlLink this is news to me, and scary news at that. Looks like its gonna hit in 15 minutes. So, I'll be logging off and going to lunch... lol See you on the flip side...maybe ;) |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | Wonder what kind of scientific implications these little urlLink ocean sponges will have on our telecom tech, or even how practical this research is (is it actually possible?). Sounds pretty cool though. |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | This, my friends, is an urlLink ass-rooster . ''A lot of peaceful people were in that building,' said Mohamed Mustafa, 28, who sat with friends Wednesday at a coffee shop in Baghdad. 'Why did they do this? Everybody knows the difference between the U.N. and the U.S. The U.N. is here to help us; the U.S. is here to occupy.' ' What this dipshit doesn't realize is saying things like that about 'occupying powers' as little as 1 year ago, got you thrown in the Gulag. What a dumb mother fucker. *shakes head* |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | Off Drudge: Looks like this urlLink 7 year old got shot in the head with a stray bullet. As much as it sucks, what was a 7-year old doing out on a porch at midnight? I think my bedtime was 0700 at that age... |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | urlLink Here . I'm a fan of Buffets investing acumen, but reversing Prop 13 would be a catastrophe. Funny thing is, and I've mentioned this before, Democrats were the initial purveyors of this tax system we've got - now who's trying to kill it b/c they f*cked up every other policy. Comedy when you think about it I guess. |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | On first reading this urlLink headline I figured it must have been a typo, b/c you know, it's a total quagmire over there in Iraq, and of course, everyone hates us, and everyone now loved Saddam (oh wait, I've been watchin too much TV again). But, to me, this is some really uplifting news - honestly - and you know what these guys even call themselves, 'Patriotic Union of Kurdistan' - good stuff. |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | Looks like our buddy, urlLink Charles Taylor the recently ousted Liberian dictator, attended the rival to my alma mater. Seems their ethics classes were lacking... |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | This urlLink poor guy got murdered by the 'Christine' of elevators. First I've ever heard of anything like this happening, outside of the movies of course. |
2,821,801 | female | 27 | indUnk | Taurus | 09,June,2004 | Well, we're all aware that America is footing the bill for the entirety of the Iraqi intervention. We've requested assistance from the international community to help alleviate the cost, to a luke warm (if not cold) reception. urlLink This article seems to indicate France has some interest in helping re-build Iraq. There's a whole bunch I could write about this, and might, later - but what I wanted this to be about was, wouldn't it be better for France, in the long run, to make us go it alone? I mean, they didn't support this thing in the first place, by them helping us now, isn't it sort of positive feedback (along the lines of, 'Well, we don't approve, but here's the cookie anyways, now run along and go invade some other country'). At least, that's how I see it. By providing assistance in the form of funds and manpower, they have freed up OUR troops to go off and do OUR Presidents bidding. I don't intend to make a point of this, I just find it interesting. |
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