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    Monday, November 23rd, 2009
    8:04 pm
    You know how sometimes people on your friendslist post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think "Wait a minute? Since when were they working THERE? Since when were they dating HIM/HER? Since when???" And then you wonder how you could have missed all that seemingly pretty standard information, but somehow you feel too ashamed to ask for clarification because it seems like info you should already know? It happens to all of us sometimes.

    Please copy the topics below, erase my answers and put yours in their place, and then post it in your journal! Please elaborate on the questions that would benefit from elaboration. One-Word-Answers seldom help anyone out. (:



    Here's the answers to Rolo's questions.


    Leave me a comment saying "the good stuff".
    I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can get to know you better.
    Update your journal with the answers to the questions.
    Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions.
    8:04 P.M.
    Monday, November 2nd, 2009
    12:14 am
    I'm not driving anywhere next weekend.  I can't keep driving 500 miles every weekend.  12:15 A.M.
    Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
    12:03 am
    I think I broke the little toe on my right foot.  12:03 A.M.
    Monday, September 7th, 2009
    7:14 pm
    If you need something done for your car, don't ask me.  I changed my oil today, but I also drained my radiator fluid by accident.  7:15 P.M.
    Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
    1:10 am
    Wedding went quite well considering it was like 110 outside.  Really should start charging for these.  Giants won on Sunday.  1:16 A.M.
    Thursday, August 20th, 2009
    12:21 am
    So, today I decided to sleep during lunch.  No big deal.  I've done it a jillion times.  Only, this time someone made a frantic call to the property manager, and they said someone had collapsed and maybe had a heart attack on the third floor around the outdoor patio area.  George obviously knew who that was, since he knows I like sleeping on the ground under the second bush.  Well, he told them he'd take care of it.  He had a good laugh and told me someone called in saying I had a heart attack.  Then he said very seriously I couldn't sleep there anymore.  Damn it, what's wrong with sleeping on the ground?  12:25 A.M.
    Monday, August 17th, 2009
    3:17 am
    Just got home.  Very tired.  Drove 441 miles today.  3:18 A.M.
    Saturday, August 8th, 2009
    9:55 pm
    Freaking a....my car's like the American dollar right now. It's running on pure faith. Mechanics unite and save my car. 9:56 P.M.
    Friday, July 31st, 2009
    11:40 pm
    Still alive, sometimes I wish I wasn't.  Only 19 years and 8 months to go before I get to retire.  Joy!  11:41 P.M.
    Thursday, June 18th, 2009
    12:43 am
    Goddamn it.  Why is this getting to me?  I've always said I don't let things bother me, and I usually don't.  Why is this getting to me?  I didn't even care all that much when I found out someone got away with $2000 in charges on my credit card earlier this week.  Money is important to me, but this is my friend of 13 years.  That kind of time is not something you just throw away.  Tomorrow, I'm going to know either way what's going on.  1:22 A.M.
    Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
    9:12 pm
    Why won't Matt talk to me?  Is it going to be like Julieanne and Peter all over again?  What the hell did I do or say?  I don't know.  As much as I like to claim that I'm psychic, I really am not.  Say something damn it.  Answer my calls.  9:14 P.M.
    Monday, June 8th, 2009
    9:16 pm

    Stole this off of Jazz.  9:19 P.M.

    Your result for Which fantasy writer are you?...

    Susan Cooper (b. 1935)

    5 High-Brow, -5 Violent, -5 Experimental and -13 Cynical!

    Congratulations! You are High-Brow, Peaceful, Traditional and Romantic! These concepts are defined below.

    Though born in England, Susan Cooper currently lives in the United States. She is most well-known for her The Dark Is Rising sequence, which has received substantial critical acclaim, the second book (also called The Dark Is Rising) in the series winning a Newbury Honor and the fourth book (The Grey King) being awarded the Newbury Medal, one of the world's most prestigious awards for children's literature. The series is one of the finest examples of contemporary fantasy: the kind of fantasy where magic happens in an actually existing place. The Dark Is Rising is set in Britain, where two common themes of fantasy are combined; that of a magic world parallel to ours, which later became so popular with the Harry Potter books and that of ordinary British school-children playing a role in the struggle between Good and Evil, which had earlier been explored by C S Lewis.

    Cooper manages to use the idiom of traditional children books to tell a tale of epic proportions, as evil beings from Celtic legends appear on Earth to do battle with the Old Ones, a secret society of people with magic powers. She is also able to combine this rather romantic vision with important messages, the compassion of one of the children being vital to the cause of Good at one point in the story. In Cooper's world, what you think and do matters on a grand scale, a message children and adults alike should take to their hearts.

    You are also a lot like Ursula K Le Guin.

    If you want some action, try China Miéville.

    If you'd like a challenge, try your exact opposite, Lian Hearn.

    Your score

    This is how to interpret your score: Your attitudes have been measured on four different scales, called 1) High-Brow vs. Low-Brow, 2) Violent vs. Peaceful, 3) Experimental vs. Traditional and 4) Cynical vs. Romantic. Imagine that when you were born, you were in a state of innocence, a tabula rasa who would have scored zero on each scale. Since then, a number of circumstances (including genetical, cultural and environmental factors) have pushed you towards either end of these scales. If you're at 45 or -45 you would be almost entirely cynical, low-brow or whatever. The closer to zero you are, the less extreme your attitude. However, you should always be more of either (eg more romantic than cynical). Please note that even though High-Brow, Violent, Experimental and Cynical have positive numbers (1 through 45) and their opposites negative numbers (-1 through -45), this doesn't mean that either quality is better. All attitudes have their positive and negative sides, as explained below.

    High-Brow vs. Low-Brow

    You received 5 points, making you more High-Brow than Low-Brow. Being high-browed in this context refers to being more fascinated with the sort of art that critics and scholars tend to favour, rather than the best-selling kind. At their best, high-brows are cultured, able to appreciate the finer nuances of literature and not content with simplifications. At their worst they are, well, snobs.

    Violent vs. Peaceful

    You received -5 points, making you more Peaceful than Violent. This scale is a measurement of a) if you are tolerant to violence in fiction and b) whether you see violence as a means that can be used to achieve a good end. If you aren't, and you don't, then you are peaceful as defined here. At their best, peaceful people are the ones who encourage dialogue and understanding as a means of solving conflicts. At their worst, they are standing passively by as they or third parties are hurt by less scrupulous individuals.

    Experimental vs. Traditional

    You received -5 points, making you more Traditional than Experimental. Your position on this scale indicates if you're more likely to seek out the new and unexpected or if you are more comfortable with the familiar, especially in regards to culture. Note that traditional as defined here does not equal conservative, in the political sense. At their best, traditional people don't change winning concepts, favouring storytelling over empty poses. At their worst, they are somewhat narrow-minded.

    Cynical vs. Romantic

    You received -13 points, making you more Romantic than Cynical. Your position on this scale indicates if you are more likely to be wary, suspicious and skeptical to people around you and the world at large, or if you are more likely to believe in grand schemes, happy endings and the basic goodness of humankind. It is by far the most vaguely defined scale, which is why you'll find the sentence "you are also a lot like x" above. If you feel that your position on this scale is wrong, then you are probably more like author x. At their best, romantic people are optimistic, willing to work for a good cause and an inspiration to their peers. At their worst, they are easily fooled and too easily lead.

    Take Which fantasy writer are you? at HelloQuizzy

    8:38 pm

    So.....today I learned that there were at least two fraudulent charges on my credit card starting on Saturday.  I was on the phone with Bank of America's fraud center when another charge just magically appeared earlier as well.  How crazy is that?  Honestly, I'm not a bad person.  Why do these bad things keep happening to me?  8:42 P.M.

    Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
    11:32 pm

    I think every year I can definitively say that Fanime is a mixed bag.  I sure enjoyed meeting awesome new people.  Emma and Liz, you two rock.  On the other hand, my Saturday started off ok then tapered off into why am I here.  Drama happened, and suffice it to say, I felt like I didn't want to be there.  Ok, time to let the emo out.

     

    ( very self-indulgent bit... )
    Ok, the emo is over for the night.  I'm sure I'll feel better tomorrow, until I get into the office.  Then I won't anymore, but that's another entry.  Maybe in like a week.  12:20 A.M.
    Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
    12:20 am

    I have three things to do before Saturday.  I need to finally mail off the package I've been putting off mailing for like two weeks now.  I need to write at least three letters and send those off.  I'm a really terrible friend otherwise.  At least five items to go up also.  12:25 A.M.

    Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
    12:26 am
    Ok, what I said about my job not being tiring...that was a load of horse doodie.  I finished my take home project.  Just didn't sleep is all.  On another note, I bought two sets of Yawara and Happy! for about 2 bucks a pop.  The festival itself was a mixed bag for me.  I enjoyed it for the most part.  I just want to be kept in the loop earlier is all.  12:41 A.M.
    Friday, April 17th, 2009
    12:57 am
    My job's not even what's tiring, it's the freaking two hour back and forth commute.  It's only going to be my fourth day, and I don't like this already.  12:58 A.M.
    Monday, April 13th, 2009
    1:02 am

    Yeah, I started playing the new big thing.  1:02 A.M.

    http://bbmuteman.mybrute.com
    Sunday, April 5th, 2009
    4:26 am
    I guess I just miss my friend.  4:31 A.M.
    Monday, February 16th, 2009
    12:49 am
    I haven't really posted anything in awhile, so I'm doing that new meme that's been going around.  I stole it from Tizz.  Gotta give credit where credit's due.  This freaking thing took hella long to think up and write.  2:38 A.M.

    Here are the rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits or goals about you. At the end choose 5 people to be tagged. If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you.
    1. I have a list that I mark off for each edible animal I eat.  Lots to go still. 
    2. I can lie well.
    3. I lie all the time.
    4. I'm one of the most honest people that I know.  (Number 3 and 4 are not mutually exclusive.) 
    5. I group friends into two categories. 
    6. I hold grudges for a long time. 
    7. I'm a very forgiving person.  (Again, 6 and 7 are not mutually exclusive.)   
    8. I'm a creature of habit. 
    9. I'm very superstitious. 
    10. I really don't think I'll live past 55. 
    11. I'm really scared there's something wrong with me that's going to make number 10 true.   
    12. I drift through life.
    13. I would martyr myself if it would make the world even marginally a better place. 
    14. I expect the best of everyone, even when I should know better.
    15. I live to be disappointed. 
    16. I am a disappointment. 
    17. I'm numb to a lot of things. 
    18. I try hard to make the world a better place.
    19. I hate making decisions.  (One of the reasons for 12)
    20. Chance, luck, fate, and my religious beliefs factor a whole lot into just what kind of person I am.   
    21. No one book changed the way I look at the world more than Magic Casement.  (If you read Magic Casement and include 20, you'd have a very good understanding of me.)
    22. I am very creative but have absolutely no drive. 
    23. I'm very neurotic.
    24. I wish I were as good at "getting girls" as some people think I am. 
    25. I really need to see a doctor soon.
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