Yes we Can

So, today is my first day of Journal keeping, and I've decided that instead of just writing at the end of the day I'm going to keep a Open Office Writer file open write things down as they happen. So, wish me luck.

9am – Normally I sleep in after Patrick has left, but because today is election day, as well as the first election I've been a part of, I wanted to be awake for as long as possible and watch how things go.

Also, I want to read a little bit. I checked out a book by Anne Lamott, and it's not a fiction book, it's a journal of her first year of raising her son. And because I've always wanted a child or ten I thought it would be interesting read.

I feel the need to write today as well, because I didn't do it yesterday because I decided to take the day off from that and do the four questions, because I figured that it would help me out in figuring out what I wanted to do. It was odd though, cause I've wanted to do them for a really long time, but it wasn't until I went to the computer center that I could actually sit down and do them. I think I may have learned my first tactic to helping me write. Sometimes you need to visit other places in order to gat anything done.

12 – I finished the Journal/Book that made we want to start this journal thing, and I have to say, I am very impressed with Anne Lammott's writing. Also, I am very, very hungry.

9pm- Twelve hours ago, this is what I had been hoping for. And it happened, Obama was elected! Chaos ensued outside as little clumps of people crashed into other little clumps, and a language was created out of whoops and hollers, and on television “Yes we can” Has become almost a God-filled phrase. Almost a Prayer.

I have never been prouder to be an american.  

Numbers 40 and 93 Done!

Get a Job (40):

last year, I signed up for work study when I did the Fafsa (Fasfa?) and I got it, which is good, because no one needs any more loans, right? Right. Anyway. I was hoping to get a job at, like the Corner Store or something. Come to find the food oriented jobs on campus Arn't work study. (Say it with me: Fuuuuuuuck) I trolled around on campus and CODa and applied to the bookstore and Children's Center (Kind of.) Then. I walked into the mail room, and was pretty much hired on the spot. Cool, huh? 

Well, it's ok. I mean, I'll get better because the freshman will stop shipping EVERYTHING THEY OWN through the mail now. And even if they continue, everything now starts delivering on campus instead of just shitting it all out into the Shipping and Receiving Center in the library. 

So I'll just be sorting mail and making deliveries for faculties. 

Also, look for me at the mail room, cause I'm supposed to work there as well, but I don't know how often that is going to happen, cause brandy and Jess are still working in the mail room too. (and they are pretty cool Chicks, let me tell you that) So they may still do the mailrooming while I do delivering for and With everyone else. 

Get a New Cellphone (#93): 

When I moved from The Luv Shaq into G My Phone busted. Boo, huh? Yeah. sucks ass. Anyway. I have a new phone now, and it's cheaper and cooler than my last. So, uh, if you want my number Email/message/comment/visit me and I'll give it to you because God knows I don't want the Internet having me telephone. 

Number 95 done! Woohoo...

Got an alarm clock.
Can you feel the joy?
Boo Alarm clocks, and Saturday classes that last from morning until night

Wow, something I actually feel like blogging about.

The Sorry State of Masculinity in Hollywood

"Films such as Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Knocked Up and Superbad - all from the production stable of Judd Apatow - show that the young male box-office stars of today’s romantic comedies are goofy schlubs and nerds. As unlikely as it seems, actors such as Segel (Sarah Marshall), Seth Rogen (Knocked Up) and Michael Cera and Jonah Hill (Superbad) now define the paradigm of a Hollywood romantic lead. Cary Grant they are not. They’re not even Hugh Grant. They may know the appeal of sex, but they have no sex appeal."

-Christopher Goodwin The sorry state of masculinity in American movies


It takes a lot for me to actually pause long enough in my Stumbling to read an article that appears. imagine the effort it take for me to blog about it.

The Main point of the article is how almost no leading males in recent romantic comedies are Manly Men. Dripping Sex, Alcohol and a good bar fight. Nope, these guys are chubby, emotionally insecure, and have no idea what to do when the woman across the bar actually comes over to talk to them. Hey. Wait a moment. I've heard of that problem before. Oh yes, Real life

How many men out there, of any age, can actually order a woman a drink and get into her pants that very night. Very few. Even less if you count the ones that don't use aqua dots. Hollywood is starting to get something right. Men aren't build like brick shit houses. They're kind of soft, and very confused when it comes to women's genetalia. I think it's excellent that some one is starting to realize that.

I can identify more with a man on the big screen who is a slob, fumbles his words and has no idea what a labia is, than James bond.

Like it or not. Real men are here to stay

The List! Numer 88 done!

So, I did number 88! I organized this list! But an extra number appeared, so, for some reason I've got 102! But that's ok. Number 88 is done guys! 100 more to go!

Learning:
1. Speak Esperanto fluently
2. Learn Hebrew
3..Speak Hebrew fluently
4.“Speak” Sign language fluently
5. Read 20 novels outside of class
6. Study abroad
7. Blog Everyday for a month about stuff other than my life (1/30)
8. Do not skip class for a month
9. Read 10 banned books
10. Subscribe to a magazine
11. attend an Esperanto convention

Creativity
12. Write 5 ten page short stories (0/5)
13. Write ten five page short stories (0/10)
14. Use dream weaver to design my personal site
15. Buy a domain name and launch my own website
16. Write a novel
17. Write 50 poems (0/50)
18. Learn to play an instrument
19. Complete a legacy challenge in Sims 3 (0/10)
20. Complete NaNoWriMo at least once
21. reupholster the throne
22. Build something

Health
23. Lose 10lbs (0/10)
24. Lose 20lbs (0/20)
25. Lose 30lbs (0/30)
26. Go one month without soda (0/30)
27. Go vegetarian a week (0/7)
28. Go vegan for a week (0/7)

Life Style Choices
29. Learn to make my own cloths
30. Get rid of 50 material things (0/50)

Travel
31. Go to Norway
32. Get my passport
33. Visit 5 states I've never been to (0/5)
34. Get my license
35. Go on a road Trip
36. Take a road trip cross-country.
37. Road trip for a week without a map

Money
38. Save 5,000$ (0/5000)
39. Buy nothing but groceries for an entire month (0/30)
40. Get a job

Home
41. Make my bed for two weeks consecutively (0/14)
42. No Internet for a week (0/7)
43. Buy 20 DVD's (0/20)

Interpersonal Relationships
44. Send 10 cards or letters through the mail (0/10)
45. Make friends with 10 New people (0/10)
46. Speak nothing but the truth for a day
47. Confront my father
48. Call someone in my cellphone that I never talk to and hang out with them
49. Go one day without speaking
50. Have a murder mystery party
51. Anonymously pay for someone’s tab a restaurant
52. Go on a weekend getaway with someone I love (and not let them pay for anything)

Religion
53. Read the Torah
54. Join the Hillel for at least a year
55. Learn about the Jewish holidays
56. Participate in said Jewish Holidays
57. learn 5 traditional Jewish dishes (0/5)
58. Be able to cook said dishes from memory (0/5)
59. Go to Temple

Technology
60. No Internet for a week (0/7)
61. No Computer for a week (0/7)
62. Blog about every achievement (1/101)
63. Go without stumbling for a week
64. buy an Ipod

Activism
65. Treat a homeless person to dinner
66. Buy from the co-op
67. Buy from the farmers market
68. Plant a tree

Self Betterment
69. Spend 300$ on cloths for myself (0/300)
70. Win a game of beer pong
71. Send a secret to Post Secret
72. Stay up for 48 hours straight
73. Reread all the Harry Potter Books
74. Reread all Tamera Peirce books
75. Read the Lord of the Rings
76. Have sex in an unusual place
77. Run a roleplaying game and keep it going
78. Go to a concert
79. Have a very fancy and expensive night out
80. Spend an entire day in bed
81. Watch the Best picture nominees each year
82. Go to Pride
83. Go to three Cons (0/3)
84. Ask seven people for a number and play those seven in the lottery
85. Join a book club
86. Join a food club
87. Start my own silkscreen business
88. Organize this list (done!)
89. Take ball room dancing lessons
90. Stay at a bead and breakfast
91. Get a video camera
92. Get an off campus apartment
93. Get a new cell phone
94. Design my tattoo
95. Get a new alarm clock

Cooking
96. Cook 30 new recipes
97. Take a cooking course
98. Learn and make 10 Drinks
99. Have a dinner party
100. Buy an immersion blender
101. Make home made Ice cream
102. Eat Duck

101 in 1001

1.Speak Esperanto fluently
2.Learn Hebrew
3.Speak Hebrew fluently
4.“Speak” Sign language fluently
5.Write 5 ten page short stories
6.Write ten five page short stories
7.Use dream weaver to design my personal site
8.Buy a domain name and launch my own website
9.Read 20 novels outside of class
10.Lose 10lbs
11.Lose 20lbs
12.Lose 30lbs
13.Study abroad
14.Write a novel
15.Write 50 poems
16.Learn to play an instrument
17.Take a cooking course
18.Learn to make my own cloths
19.Go to Norway
20.Save 5,000$
21.Blog Everyday for a month about stuff other than my life
22.Go one month without soda
23.Complete a legacy challenge in sims 3
24.Get my passport
25.Visit 5 states I've never been to
26.Make my bed for two weeks consecutivly
27.Complete NaNoWriMo at least once
28.No Internet for a week
29.Get my license
30.Send 10 cards or letters through the mail
31.Read the Torah
32.Join the Hillel for at least a year
33.Go on a road Trip
34.Get rid of 50 material things
35.Make friends with 10 New people
36.Go vegetarian a week
37.Go vegan for a week
38.Speak nothing but the truth for a day
39.Treat a homeless person to dinner
40.Confront my father
41.Call someone in my cellphone that I never talk to and hang out with them
42.Do not skip class for a month
43.Buy 20 DVD's
44.Spend 300$ on cloths for myself
45.Win a game of beer pong
46.Learn about the Jewish holidays
47.Participate in said Jewish Holidays
48.Cook 30 new recipes
49.Send a secret to Post Secret
50.Stay up for 48hours straight
51.Reread all the Harry Potter Books
52.Reread all Tamera Peirce books
53.Read the Lord of the Rings
54.Have sex in an unusual place
55.Run a roleplaying game and keep it going
56.Buy from the co-op
57.Buy from the farmers market
58.Go to a concert
59.Have a very fancy and expensive night out
60.No Computer for a week
61.Take a road trip cross-country.
62.Spend an entire day in bed
63.Go one day without speaking
64.Blog about every achievement
65.Watch the Best picture nominees each year
66.reupholster the throne
67.learn 5 traditional jewish dishes
68.Be able to cook said dishes from memory
69.Learn and make 10 Drinks
70.Buy an immersion blender
71.Go to Temple
72.Have a dinner party
73.Have a murder mystery party
74.Go to Pride
75.Go to three Cons
76.Ask seven people for a number and play those seven in the lottery
77.Go without stumbling for a week
78.Make home made Ice cream
79.Anonymously pay for someone’s tab a restaurant
80.Read 10 banned books
81.Road trip for a week without a map
82.buy an iPod
83.Join a book club
84.Join a food club
85.Subscribe to a magazine
86.Start my own silkscreen business
87.Organize this list
88.Take ball room dancing lessons
89.attend an Esperanto convention
90.Stay at a bead and breakfast
91.Go on a weekend getaway with someone I love (and not let them pay for anything)
92.Buy nothing but groceries for an entire month
93.Get a video camera
94.Get a job
95.Plant a tree
96.Get an off campus apartment
97.Get a new cell phone
98.Build something
99.Design my tattoo
100. Get a new alarm clock
101. Eat Duck

Big update coming your way

Hey guys, be on the lookout for a an update that'll open the door for more activity for me and you as start and undertake the 100 in 1001 challenge.

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What I read

What I read

So, someone said something about webcomics today. So, I figured I'd list all the ones I read.

Questionable Content
I've been reading this one the longest. My favorite of all of them.

Dinoballs
I DONT KNOW

Order of the Stick
It's a pretty decent. The only downside is that it doesn't have a current page to favorite, so
you've got to just keep scrolling through.

Khaos Komix
I love this one. Not as much as QC, but it's still amazing.

Anders loves Maria
Started reading this one the most recently. It's pretty cool for as small as it.

XKCD
yeah, self explanatory

Kawaii Not
Fun for a laugh when it pops up randomly on LJ

Scene Language
Pretty cool. I enjoy it also when it appears in LJ

A Softer World
Again, one that speaks for itself.

So yeah. check 'em out.

Feather says I don't Blog Enough.

So, when I see Feather Tonight, I'll have to tell her I made a Post just for her.

Sorry there en't no pictures from the Decemberists Concert, but they all turned out blurry and blue. Not wonderful. But I do have to say that I thought the concert was God damned amazing. Lauren, Rachel, and I are gonna try and go to all the shows they have in the area. The Opening band, the Builders and the Butchers were pretty awesome as well. I bought one of their CD's as soon as I got home that night.

So, onto more recent news. Joe-Henry, Surintha, and I, along with the occasional feather and Denney, have spent the last couple of days soaking in the anime. Mostly Fate/ Stay Night and Claymore. Both of which are interesting. I've seen Fate before, I saw an AMV that used it at Sakuracon last year and spend the next few months trying to figure out the name of the anime, until I saw the AMV on youtube and got the name. Claymore, however was something Joe-Henrey introduced to me last night. I have to say I'm impressed. Look for it on Megavideo if you wanna find it. Unfortunatly for me, you've got to download Fate/Stay Night to watch it ever since TV-links got shut down earlier this year.

So, I'm gonna be GMing a game of Gurps Soon, I'm excited. I got to create and then populate a planet with aliens. Soo I get to shuff of some poor hapless humans on it as well. Yay.

On the Topic of GMing, I wanna do a World of Darkness game this summer, And I realy want Jamie, Caity, Lix and Abby to play (which'll be intresting, cause I don't know if Abby's ever done anything with Roleplaying at all, but I think she'd manage well enough, she things well on her feet.)

Speeking of Abby! She's competing in Shot To The Face, a 72 hour film competition today. Her video Sweet Adeline is up for judging today. Wish Her Luck!

So, yep, thats it for the day, see y'alls later

Hey guys

Little update before I go to the Concert tonight. (There will be pictures tomorrow)
I've stumbled across Waiter Rant a few times, but today when I found this I knew I had to share. I don't care what side of the abortion fight you're on. This will certainly put things into perspective.

Enjoy your night (I know I will)
and I'll see you tomorrow

First Post Ahoy!

Hey there sailors,

So, this'd be the first post of my new blog. How amazing! I'm not so good with the regularly timed typidy typidy, but as part of my new years resolutions I made last night as I struggled to find sleep while Joe-Henry snored his face off, I'm gonna try and keep a regular journal type blog.

Of coarse, this means that you may have to put up with the random rambling that I'm prone to when I've not really picked a direction for my day. However, you'll also probably get links that I Stumble Upon. which will be intresting.

So, Thursday I'm going to see The Decemberists, at the Moore Theater in Seattle, and right now I'm listening to them on Pandora. which is a cool site that my friend Meg stumbled upon. You enter the name of your favorite band or song and it decompiles the subject into it's basic components (Acoustic Guitar, Uplifting lyrics, Female vocal lead, Blues Roots, what have you) and creates a web radio station based on them, it's actually pretty awesome.

Tomorrow the Greenery is partaking in something called Focus the Nation, and all the foods for lunch are locally grown (and by local they mean within 150 miles) and the menu sounds pretty cool.

Speaking of food, I've noticed something in my eating habits the last few months. I dunno whether its because I'm just unsatisfied with the food in the greenery, but I'm not eating as much meat. I've almost switched over to a completely vegetarian meals. Aside from the chicken burgers (It's the only meat I really trust) Like for dinner tonight, I had a bowl of rice, and a bowl of golden russet potatoes. And was fine. I'm not eating as much as normal either. It's interesting.

March (the end of week 8) My class is doing public performances, and I don't honestly know what I'm gonna do about inviting my family to it. It's not traditional theater, and the audience won't be sitting, at least for our portion of it (the dance and puppetry classes have 40 minutes as well) and I dunno if my grandmother would be able to do that, esp not with Jamie and Tyler. And it'll be dark out, so I don't think She'd be able to drive home either. So, I'm worried. I'll have to talk to her, see what she thinks.

So, really, I think thats it.
See ya.