| Monterey Bay Aquarium & engaged |
[Sep. 1st, 2007|12:43 am] |
I'm engaged!!!! :D That has nothing to do with fish, but I just thought I'd throw that out there. I'll tell more about it later... |
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| more on the article |
[Aug. 15th, 2007|10:57 am] |
Okay, so this one is just kind of stupid/funny:
"Wow! I am simply shocked at the length such a "little" man would go. I am a conservative right winger. But there is NOTHING feminist about this article. Men DO abuse women more than women abuse men. There is absolutely NO excuse for a MAN to hit or beat a women. PERIOD. This is a eye-opener to me that people will go to these kinds of lengths to "spy" on their spouses. The problem here is not the technology but rather the lack of trust and love in the marriage. But bottom line is that if ANY man BEATS a women for ANY reason, we ought to line up and beat the ever-living !@#$% out of him."
Hmm... I'm glad that this "conservative right winger" is siding with victims and not the abusers... However, I'm taken aback that he would say that a HUGE feminist issue--violence against women--is not a feminist issue.
Feminisim is not the evil thing everyone believes it to be, and it weirds me out that when someone agrees with a feminist issue they refuse to call it a feminist issue. They can't acknowledge that they agree with feminists. That's even nuttier than women who will say they're for equal rights, that they're pro-life, etc, etc, but they also say "but I'm not a feminist." God, people are so ignorant. |
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| oh my god |
[Aug. 15th, 2007|10:28 am] |
I feel sick...
This comment:
"Bob, you sound like a feminist.
Feminist abuse has destroyed so many men's lives in the last 40 years that I changed my attitude. Now, even when the guy is wrong, I'm on his side. It is a question of principles."
Was in response to this article, about people using technology to stalk and isolate their victims:
http://redtape.msnbc.com/2007/08/leah-lived-for-.html?cool |
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| wtf |
[Aug. 11th, 2007|03:07 am] |
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those pics so did not...work...I'll try again later. goodnight. |
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| P.S. |
[Aug. 30th, 2006|10:28 pm] |
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I never had that party this summer :( how sad... |
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| CA girl at heart |
[Aug. 5th, 2006|09:17 pm] |
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| [ | music |
| | Against All Odds - Phil Collins | ] |
Tomorrow I fly back to MI....it's been a pretty good trip. I made it to the beach twice (no camping, though) and I saw way more people than I expected to. The funny thing about going so far away for college is my expectations about what I'd miss were a little off, at least in terms of extent. I certainly miss my parents more than I would've thought. I also miss San Jose itself, though. I love my friends in CA but I love my friends in MI too, so while I do miss them I certainly don't feel like there's something missing in my life. Ypsi will never replace San Jose. It's just odd when I remember how I couldn't wait to get away. I even thought I'd have little or no desire to ever live there again. |
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| (no subject) |
[May. 3rd, 2006|02:50 pm] |
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| |  apathetic | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Hung Up - Madonna | ] |
I FINALLY got to see Shop Girl, which I would've seen in theaters, but for some strange reason never came to any of the theaters near me. It's times like that I miss San Jose :P Anyway, it was pretty good, nothing special though. I mainly wanted to see it for Jason Schwartzman. Did you know he's the lead singer for Phantom Planet? They do the song for the O.C. Not that I watch that show (anymore, I saw it a few times when I was with my old roommate who loved that show).
So my parents are flying in tomorrow for Maureen's graduation. I'm a bit nervous about seeing them as my grades aren't exactly the greatest this semester.... At first I figured I could just be around them less if it's going to be an issue, but I forgot that I'm not even moving into the apartment until the day they leave, until then we're all staying at Carolyn's. I hope that goes okay.
Other than that, being away from school isn't bad at all. I get to play with my favorite little kid whenever I feel like it...and just hang out. It's very relaxing. |
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| school's almost out :O |
[Apr. 24th, 2006|01:07 am] |
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| |  contemplative | ] |
Right now I'm in Taylor's room watching Snatch with her, Dan and Shariff. Caroline disappeared because she has to study, which really means she doesn't like Snatch :p Naw, I dunno. Today was nice... It's the first Sunday I haven't woken up 7AM in ages which was definitely a good start. So then I got up and tossed a frisbee with Jake....studied a lot....watched Girl, Interrupted with Shaun and then I WALKED to the Starbucks in Arborland with Taylor. And then it got really cold and rainy so we were stranded. We called Caroline a bunch of times, but she was on a date. And then we called this other girl (bi--I mean--witch) who was SUPPOSED to be there in 30-40 mins (her mom's house is far away, and that's where she was) didn't show up in 50 mins so we called her and she hadn't left yet. Taylor made some more phone calls (I was getting worried, we were running out of people to call) but then her friend Dan came to get us. So here we are. Finals start on Tuesday... Yikes... My last one is on May 1st and then I move into MY APARTMENT :D My first day of work is Tuesday... yeah, that's about it. Catcha later. |
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| easter and babies and arcades and stuff |
[Apr. 17th, 2006|01:53 pm] |
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| |  melancholy | ] |
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| | Better Days - Goo Goo Dolls | ] |
I just got a package, a bunch of candy from mom. Mmm... she listened to me and got me a small box of Godiva instead of a fatty box of See's. God, I love Godiva sooooooo much. I bet if I ever am pregnant someday I'll get random cravings for it. Speaking of random cravings that come with pregnancy, this is kinda funny. I guess right after my sister had her youngest daughter she had a craving for carrot cake from Carson's. She asked her husband to go get her a slice of it and he said no, because it isn't very good. Lisa and Rob thought that was sad, so on their visit here they went to Carson's and brought her back a piece. And I agree with Lisa, if I give birth to someone's kid they'd better go get me whatever food I might happen to crave or have a hell of a good excuse not to.
I went over to Carolyn's on Easter. I went in the morning with Taylor, first. We watched Molly hunt for easter eggs in the back yard and dye eggs. She was really excited about the whole thing, but if I were her I'd be disappointed by getting cashews instead of candy in my eggs. But then, she likes cashews and I didn't when I was a kid. Jake and I came back that evening for dinner. Everyone but Lisa thought I was crazy for not eating the ham. After years of being forced to eat it on Easter, I wasn't going to let anyone pressure me into eating it. But get this, this year my mom made my dad a steak on Easter. Of course she'd do that when I'm gone :P Anyhoo, after dinner Jeremy, Lisa, Rob, Jake and I went to see Thank You For Smoking (so fucking funny). Oh, and we played air hockey. That brings back random memories from when that arcade, Tilt, was still in Vallco. Mom used to play air hockey with me when I was a kid. She was really good. Speaking of arcades, mom used to take me to this Rocky and Bullwinkle arcade. I had my heart set on winning this china doll so mom took me back for weeks until we'd won enough tickets for it. |
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| (no subject) |
[Apr. 8th, 2006|01:38 am] |
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| | bummed | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Show Me Love - t.A.T.u. | ] |
So this weekend is probably going to be boring as heck because everyone is going home. Everyone meaning Caroline, Jake and maybe Taylor if she can get a ride. Hopefully Kevin will be around. I think I might start packing my room up this weekend so I don't have to be doing that when Lisa and Rob are here and then when everyone else is here for Maureen's graduation.
Guess what? I got a job at Ben and Jerry's. That means two things....first of all, I will be able to stay here for the summer, and second of all I'll PROBABLY be staying in an apartment, not at Carolyn's (cross your fingers for me). :)
Anywhooo... I just got back from a party I was at with Kevin and Caroline. Just waiting for Taylor to call me back. Catch you later. |
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| there's too much on my mind |
[Mar. 21st, 2006|11:37 am] |
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| |  anxious | ] |
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| | Head Over Heels - Tears for Fears | ] |
Yesterday was pretty crappy... I'm getting kind of overwhelmed with school related stuff. I don't even know what I'm afraid of, not getting the grades I need to stay here, or realizing that certain people may have been right in telling me I wasn't ready for all this. There's just too many choices to make, and none of them appeal to me at all. I suppose I could always do what I'd talked about before and go teach English in Italy, but I was never actually that serious about that. My only real comfort in all this is thinking about things that were told to me by a couple siblings and an in-law regarding their own experience with college. I'm not sure what I'd do if my grades wound up not being up to par by the end of this semester. I know I could get the scholarship back for at least one semester, but Maureen says that I don't want to have to leave in the middle of my Sophomore year. Taking a year off to work and think about all this may be what I really need, but I'm afraid that I'd lose all financial support for school from my parents unless I go home and lose all freedom that I've gotten used to. Besides, I'd hate to not get to see Rowan and Molly grow up. Bad reason? Oh well... At any rate, I'm just lucky I got to see Taylor and then Jake last night. Taylor let me vent to her about stuff and Jake cheered me up.
I just figured out today why my Business class is so hard--it's an honors class and I never knew that (and neither did most of the class). I don't know how I signed up for it without realizing that, but whatever. Holly's coming to visit me in 10 days, that'll be fun. OH, and I get to babysit again finally on Thursday. Which is awesome, I haven't seen Molly in forever. I think I'll be going out for breakfast with all of them on Sunday for the first time in ages, too.
K...well, I'd better go now. I need to finish this project about community for my R.A. class and then clean up this trash heap of a room. |
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[Mar. 10th, 2006|01:24 am] |
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| |  loved | ] |
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| | The Stranger - Billy Joel | ] |
I just wanted to say that Jake's the best :)
k, that's it. |
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| movies and the usual bla bla bla |
[Mar. 7th, 2006|12:58 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | detached | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Sad For Me - No Doubt | ] |
I keep forgetting to listen to Alex's radio show. It got moved from Monday (MI time: Tuesday morning, technically) to Sunday evening so I don't have to stay up all night to hear it like I did last semester. He's lucky--I wish EMU's radio station wasn't so lame, I would totally be on it.
Here's my latest top 10 favorite movie list:
1. Mulholland Dr.
2. Magnolia
3. Reservoir Dogs
4. Heat
5. American History X
6. Grosse Pointe Blank
7. Amelie
8. The Player
9. Snatch
10. Goodfellas
So my health teacher was making fun of some student for saying that college students can't afford healthy food. She said we should spend less money on alcohol and cigarettes. Okay... First of all... I don't smoke, and most of my friends don't. And second of all, I don't know what she's thinkin', I rarely buy my own drinks. And yeah, I can't afford to go shopping for healthy stuff, and it's impossible to eat healthy with the meal plan. Hmm... Well, if I'm not an R.A. next year at least I'll have flex, and that's not as bad.
Why can't all TV shows be as good as Scrubs and The Office? I think Scrubs is on tonight, I'm going to have to go to Sellers to watch it. |
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