Saturday, June 7, 2003
More On Tongue Splitting. I mean, Moron Tongue Splitting.
Oh yeah, that's real attractive.
This is hilarious: "Does anyone out there have their tongue split into a fork or know of any other way to do it other than having it quarterized." Quarterized! Ha ha! Hey dude, I heard being drawn and quartered is the latest body modification fad. You should try it.
How about this "When I first saw it, I thought tongue-splitting was the most beautiful thing I've seen in my life." Kid doesn't get out much...
You know, I'm all for dressing however you want, dying your hair the colors of the gay flag, weird hair cuts, makeup, whatever. It's all impermanent and you can change it or grow it out at your will. But this body modification shit is just disturbing. Do they realize they aren't sexy...they just look like big dorks? (not to mention probably sound gayer than a picnic basket when they speak...not that there's anything wrong with that).
Posted by Ann on 06/07/03@12:04 PM CST ..::Link::..
Stupid White Man Speaks with Forked Tongue
Just heard this on the radio this AM. Throw away those metal studs, the new body modification fad is tongue splitting. Yes, you read correctly, it's now hip to hiss and lisp like a snake. Evidently, the two halves can move independently of eachother too. [sarcasm]Waaaaay coooooool.[/sarcasm]. I guess it's been a fad for a while now, but not being unfortunate enough to have a teenager of my own, or being masochistic enough to walk down State Street these days, I'm out of the loop on this one.
OK, one part of society is hung up on looking so damn normal...removing every little nasal bump and wrinkle and blemish and minor imperfection and becoming Stepford People, and this other part of society is turning themselves into freakin' reptiles with split tongues and scale tattoos and horn implants. Has everyone lost their damn MINDS? Has the world gone MAD? What's wrong with just looking like YOURSELF? Something like The Who's song "Can You See The Real Me?" would be an anathema nowadays.
Posted by Ann on 06/07/03@11:39 AM CST ..::Link::..
DREAM - Victorian Apartment, Weird Chemical Al, Ballbearing Eyes
I can't remember the exact *sequence* of events, but I can remember the events themselves.
I was in a large, old fashioned victorian house. It was as if Stan and I were renting a suite in part of the house. There was a strange alcove in part of a wall where a large dresser fit perfectly. The walls and ceilings had ornate filigree and woodwork. There was a man in our apartment that was working on something...fixing it up. Stan and I were lying in bed looking up at him work. There was elaborate grillwork that separated our suite from another area of the house and it was open. Through it we saw our old landlord, Tom. He was on a stepladder working on something up high. He could look through the gridwork and see us. He waved and smiled at us.
I was in some bleachers. I think I was with Stan and some people we knew from college or something. I have no idea what I was doing, but we had taken off a bunch of our clothes (not a naked thing...just a hot thing) like socks, sweaters, etc. and layed them down by us in the bleachers. Then Stan and the other people had to leave and I was left picking up all of everyone else's clothes and belongings...socks, sweaters, sunglasses, camera bags, personal affects, etc. I knew I couldn't carry everything, so I left some things on the bleacher steps. I went down to floor level and couldn't find Stan. I asked a woman, who I think was my friend Diane from my freshman college year, if she saw Stan or Lamya (I guess Lamya was one of the other people that was with us). "Diane" seemed to be standing outside the old Chemistry stockroom. She said she hadn't seen them. Then some chemistry grad student (kind of tall, heavy build, long curlyish dark hair, wireframe glasses, labcoat, shorts...kinda like Weird Al with a football player physique) asks me if I could check out his purchase or something. He looked familiar in my dream, as if he was an actual grad student I knew when I worked at the stockroom, but IRL I don't know if he looked familiar or not...it was probably just one of those dream things messing with your actual perception of the past. I do remember thinking, "wow, I can't believe this guy is still HERE...it's been like what...20 years?" Then I told him that I haven't worked there in ages and he'll have to find someone who works there to speak to.
I also remember playing with some weird little toy gizmo. Remember those games you had as a kid where there's these little ballbearing-type things inside a little flat clear plastic-covered box with a cartoon character inside and you have to roll the ballbearings around until you get them inside the character's eye sockets? Well, it was something like that, except instead of ballbearings the eyes were those plastic moving eyes you can buy at craft stores, but instead of a flat black disk inside the eye, it was a small ballbearing. Anyway, the flat clear plastic-covered box was actually some kind of precious gem, and it came unhinged or something, and from below, out pops those movable eyes. I know this doesn't make a lick of sense. I was worried about how to fit the gem back into place and use the eyes as glazing points or something.
Maybe I had too much to drink last night.
Posted by Ann on 06/07/03@11:22 AM CST ..::Link::..
Friday, June 6, 2003
Harry?
You are Sheriff Harry S. Truman.
You're efficient, dedicated and loyal, which makes
you the perfect small-town sheriff. And where
other men might have been threated by the FBI's
involvement in the case, you accepted Agent
Cooper right from the start, in the best
interest of solving the mystery. All in all,
you're a damned good guy.
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Posted by Ann on 06/06/03@05:49 PM CST ..::Link::..
Funny...
...how often the one I have a crush on is also the one that I "am."
agent cooper
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Posted by Ann on 06/06/03@05:42 PM CST ..::Link::..
Oh yay!
My favorite Twin Peaks guy!
Coop!
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Posted by Ann on 06/06/03@05:37 PM CST ..::Link::..
I don't want a Twin Peaks girlfriend...
I took this test so that Stan could have the link. I answered the questions more as if it was myself, not what I *want* in a woman, 'cause I sure don't want a woman!
Josie!
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Posted by Ann on 06/06/03@05:33 PM CST ..::Link::..
NNNNooooooooooooo!
you're NEWMAN!!!!! you are very annoying to some
people and you friends with others you want to
make money the easy way but never pull through
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I don't think I can look at myself in a mirror now.
And I was doing so well as Jerry.
Posted by Ann on 06/06/03@05:04 PM CST ..::Link::..
.:.:.:.
You're a Seinfeld expert....you've probably watched
all the eposides more than once and you've got
them all on tape..you're the master of this
quiz...but are you master of your domain?
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Posted by Ann on 06/06/03@05:02 PM CST ..::Link::..
Uh oh...so much for my winning streak
You are George. Your plans always get messed up by
an unplanned chain of events and you have
trouble being truly happy all the time.
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Posted by Ann on 06/06/03@04:58 PM CST ..::Link::..
I really think I am Jerry
You're Jerry...Fairly Normal, funny, and things
always work out for you
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Posted by Ann on 06/06/03@04:56 PM CST ..::Link::..
And now...a recap.
I've organized the Pink Floyd Personality-O-Grams below, matching up the correct tests with Stan and me...sort of a comparative chart type thing.
| Ann | Stan | |
| Lyrics | The Great Gig in the Sky | Echoes |
| Song 1 | Sheep | Sheep |
| Song 2 | Another Brick in The Wall pt. 2 | Bike |
| Song 3 | Wish You Were Here | Wish You Were Here |
| Song 4 | Wish You Were Here | Wish You Were Here |
| Album 1 | The Wall | Dark Side of the Moon |
| Album 2 | Piper at the Gates of Dawn | Dark Side of the Moon |
| Album 3 | Animals | Meddle |
| Album 4 | The Wall | The Wall |
| Member 1 | Syd | Syd |
| Member 2 | Roger | Roger |
| Member 3 | Roger | Roger |
| Member 4 | Syd | David |
So Stan, you've always been better at these sort of readings or interpretations than I have, what's your take on this?
I see a predominance of *earth* in mine (I consider The Wall as *earth*, I mean...bricks...you know...clay, mud, sand...earth), whereas I see *water* in yours (DSOTM = Moon = Cancer = water sign; Echoes is a very marinesque type song). Plus David is a Pisces. So there you have it. Just like in our astrological charts where we see eachother in them (we'd have to get them out again to see what I mean), we see eachother in our Floydian charts. I desire earth, you desire water. Could it be anymore perfect? Ha ha!
I'm not so sure how to interpet the Seinfeld characters thing though... I guess the best we can look forward to is that neither of us come up with a Newman...
Posted by Ann on 06/06/03@09:42 AM CST ..::Link::..
Thursday, June 5, 2003
And U R A Moron, creator of this quiz
Ur Elaine!! ur a big haired woman!!U wear ugly
dresses!! and can't keep a boyfreind!!
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"eeed....eeeedeeeee...."
"Idiot. It's for you."
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
Posted by Ann on 06/05/03@09:13 PM CST ..::Link::..
I love absurdity!
JERRY!
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Posted by Ann on 06/05/03@09:07 PM CST ..::Link::..
Well, I still haven't been George yet...
You're Jerry!
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Posted by Ann on 06/05/03@08:55 PM CST ..::Link::..
I'm her.
You're Elaine!...you are sexy, witty, and short
tempered...you like being around the opposite
sex...and your favorite contraceptive is the
sponge.
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Posted by Stan on 06/05/03@08:53 PM CST ..::Link::..
Oh no it is happening!
You are Jerry.
You live like an ass but you are funny as hell.
keep up the good work.
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Posted by Stan on 06/05/03@08:48 PM CST ..::Link::..
Weird.
You're Kramer!...you are spontaneous, crazy, and
wildly hilarious...you have a scheme for
anything and everything...you have been to the
nexus of the universe and back
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Posted by Ann on 06/05/03@08:43 PM CST ..::Link::..
This can't be happening - can it?
You're Jerry
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Posted by Stan on 06/05/03@08:43 PM CST ..::Link::..
Yeah, it's getting sillier.
You are Elaine.
You are the most normal of the bunch, but still
lead a life on confusion and sarcasm. o well.
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Posted by Ann on 06/05/03@08:39 PM CST ..::Link::..
There's a lot of Wall in everyone.
You Are THE WALL. My you are definately an odd
case. But as much as you are odd that is what
makes people love you so much. Even though you
feel you are sometimes going crazy inside of
yourself you still hold some interesting
qualities others admire you for
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Posted by Stan on 06/05/03@08:35 PM CST ..::Link::..
Hee hee.
You're Elaine
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Posted by Ann on 06/05/03@08:32 PM CST ..::Link::..
Sun light and sound comes in through the ears.
You are Meddle - laid-back, free-form, one of the
most incredible albums to date: too bad it
didn't sell big when it came out.
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Posted by Stan on 06/05/03@08:30 PM CST ..::Link::..
Inner Turmoil, Stan?
With *both* David AND Roger (twice) (and Syd) as your inner Pinks? I mean the David and Roger(s) must be really fighting things out internally. You must feel stressed. Actually, my equal balance of Syd and Roger get along quite well, I think, even if my Syd side is rather reclusive.
And hey, I KNOW you can write good lyrics! I don't know about playing guitar well, though...
I'm going to go to that site and do a search for "Seinfeld." Maybe we can takes some "Which Seinfeld character are you?" quizzes next...we'll see.
Posted by Ann on 06/05/03@08:26 PM CST ..::Link::..
It fits very well inside the mind of my creative life.
You are Dark Side of the Moon!
You're somewhat depressed, and you like to think
about how wierd and screwy this world is. Hey,
man, even if your friend did go insane as a
result of LSD overuse, you should still try to
enjoy yourself.
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Posted by Stan on 06/05/03@08:22 PM CST ..::Link::..
Very Cool!
You are Roger Waters! No one can deny your
prowess as the driving force behind the bulk of
Floyd's greatest output. Lyrically you
are a genious, you're a brilliant
composer, your bass playing is... ok... but
jeez, do us a favor and stop your damn
sniveling, and stop suing people! But, we
understand... its just part of being British,
and we still love you.
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Posted by Stan on 06/05/03@08:18 PM CST ..::Link::..
What an honor.
You are Roger Waters. You are driven and talented,
but you'll do just about anything to get what
you want, how you want it, no matter who or
what it costs you.
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Posted by Stan on 06/05/03@08:09 PM CST ..::Link::..
There's a little bit of Dave in everyone.
You're Dave!
You're beautiful guitar melodies are what most
people think of when they think of Pink Floyd,
and you're the current creative focus of the
band. Too bad you can't write lyrics.
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Posted by Stan on 06/05/03@08:02 PM CST ..::Link::..
The Greatest song - ever.
"Cloudless everyday you fall upon my waking
eyes, inviting and inciting me to rise. And
thru the window in the wall comes streaming in
on sunlight's wings, a million bright
ambassadors of morning..."You
are..."Echoes". (The song, not the
album.) You are a very thoughtful, peaceful
soul who views everyone as a potential friend.
Keep up the optimism! The world needs to see
more of that.
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Posted by Stan on 06/05/03@07:56 PM CST ..::Link::..
Yes!
You're... WISH YOU WERE HERE. You're deep,
intelligent and insightful.
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Posted by Stan on 06/05/03@07:49 PM CST ..::Link::..
Very beautiful.
You are Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here. You are
confused and lost. you may feel that you've
lost connection with your lover.
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Posted by Stan on 06/05/03@07:46 PM CST ..::Link::..
I've loved that song for decades.
Bike
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Posted by Stan on 06/05/03@07:40 PM CST ..::Link::..
We are both cautious with religious ideas.
You're "Sheep", wow, you hate organized
religion and mock it all the time. Political
opinions aside many floydians see you as being
one of the greatest songs in rock and roll
history. You probably talk and argue a lot.
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Posted by Stan on 06/05/03@07:37 PM CST ..::Link::..
Wow two Syds in one house!
Syd Barrett, guitarist. You are a creative, unique
individual who marches to the beat of a
different drummer. Though not overbearing, you
fit the "artist's temperament" to a
T. You may have a tendency towards dangerous
excess if you move too far into the world of
dreams.
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Posted by Stan on 06/05/03@07:31 PM CST ..::Link::..
"See you on the dark side of the moon."
You Are Darkside of the Moon
You like to take life at a very breezy, low tempo
pace, always paying attention to the current
mood, never look too far into the future... or
to far into the past. Be careful however, as
Time can catch up to you if your not
careful.
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Posted by Stan on 06/05/03@07:22 PM CST ..::Link::..
More Which Album are You silliness
The Wall again!
You Are THE WALL. My you are definately an odd
case. But as much as you are odd that is what
makes people love you so much. Even though you
feel you are sometimes going crazy inside of
yourself you still hold some interesting
qualities others admire you for
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Yes!
You are Animals - "through pastures green he
leadeth me, the silent waters by, with bright
knives he releaseth my soul"
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And last but not least:
You are Piper at the Gates of Dawn!
You're a rather silly, whimsical person who can
occasionally worry others, but most times,
you're seen as fun and entertaining.
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Posted by Ann on 06/05/03@01:17 PM CST ..::Link::..
Yes, I've gone insane.
More "Which Floyd are You?" tests. At least I'm not Floyd the Barber.
I thought I was going to be Syd again, but this one tells me I'm Roger. Maybe I'm just schizophrenic. Or bipolar.
You are Roger Waters. You are driven and talented,
but you'll do just about anything to get what
you want, how you want it, no matter who or
what it costs you.
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Ah, I'm Roger again according to this one as well!
You are Roger Waters! No one can deny your
prowess as the driving force behind the bulk of
Floyd's greatest output. Lyrically you
are a genious, you're a brilliant
composer, your bass playing is... ok... but
jeez, do us a favor and stop your damn
sniveling, and stop suing people! But, we
understand... its just part of being British,
and we still love you.
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Really, I'm not *trying* to be anyone over the other...it just happens.
Ok...and here I'm back to Syd!
You're Syd!
You're an eccentric musical genius. At least you
were, until the drugs pushed you over the line,
and made you insane.
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Guess I'm half Syd, half Rog. Eeeeenteresting. Must be a Cancerian passion for earth sign thing. (Syd's Capricorn, Roger's Virgo). Brian Eno and Stan are both Tauruses. How weird is all of that?
Posted by Ann on 06/05/03@01:06 PM CST ..::Link::..
OK...How ironic is it that I'm a song without lyrics?
screaming, melodic screaming...You
are..."The Great Gig In The Sky", off
of Dark Side Of The Moon! With no actual
lyrics, this song beautifully captures all the
emotions of the human condition: depression,
pain, fear, anger, and insanity. You've
probably got things well-enough together in
your head, you just tend to be high-strung when
it comes to stress. Hey, sometimes we all need
a little scream to make us feel better!
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Posted by Ann on 06/05/03@12:39 PM CST ..::Link::..
These tests are not as good, but...
What Pink Floyd Song Are You?
You're... WISH YOU WERE HERE. You're deep,
intelligent and insightful.
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And again!
What Pink Floyd song are you?
You are Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here. You are
confused and lost. you may feel that you've
lost connection with your lover.
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Um...lover? Say What? Since when were Syd and Roger...um...nevermind. People have a strange way of interpreting songs. Everyone expects a love song for a man and woman and it's quite absurd. One of the only "love songs" Roger wrote were the Pigs on the Wing parts 1 and 2. And it's not really a love song in a traditional sense. Sort of like Stan getting me a box of toads as a romantic gesture. And it was.
Anyway, this test below is even more lame. But I'm hooked and won't stop since I've taken every last one of them.
Which Pink Floyd song are you?
Another Brick In The Wall
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Posted by Ann on 06/05/03@12:35 PM CST ..::Link::..
I can't stop!
This is hilarious.
"What pink floyd song are you?"
You're "Sheep", wow, you hate organized religion and mock it all the time. Political opinions aside many floydians see you as being one of the greatest songs in rock and roll history. You probably talk and argue a lot.
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Glad to see I'm a song off of Animals. :-) Something tells me Tim would be "Sheep" as well...
Posted by Ann on 06/05/03@12:14 PM CST ..::Link::..
Are we having fun yet?
I just discovered even more Pink Floyd tests. Heh. OK, one hit my fancy initially (it was "which member of Pink Floyd would most likely be your mate [for girls only])" (girls? grrrr...try WOMEN, chickie.) but it was so obviously biased against Roger (and even the other members...and they didn't even include Syd) and pro-David to a point of absurdity. And Roger's hair wasn't black...it was a very nice warm shade of dark brown. Grey now, though. Heh. Stan, don't take the test....it's for females. And it's moronic.
Anyway, I found this other one, "Which Pink Floyd member are you the most like".
Syd Barrett, guitarist. You are a creative, unique individual who marches to the beat of a different drummer. Though not overbearing, you fit the "artist's temperament" to a T. You may have a tendency towards dangerous excess if you move too far into the world of dreams.
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Although I kind of knew as I was taking it who I would be. However, I knew a couple of my answers were definitely supposed Roger answers: "Somebody keeps taking the credit for all of MY ideas, and darned if I'll let them get away with it!" and "Party? Bah!!! I have much better things to do with my time than participate in such a shallow gathering!". But I guess the other answers of mine were more Syd.
Posted by Ann on 06/05/03@12:09 PM CST ..::Link::..
Your Inner Pink
Look! It's a Pink Floyd Album test! Now, bear in mind whoever made this is quite young, so substitute the school parts for work, or recall how you used to feel while in school eons ago. Here's my results.
You are The Wall
Life isn't truly real for you, life simply trudges by as if it's not your own. You're desperate for change, and longing for escape. Truly you are depressed, and sometimes receed your anger only to let it shine at the worst moments.
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Posted by Ann on 06/05/03@09:40 AM CST ..::Link::..
Wednesday, June 4, 2003
Fractal Sunsets and other DREAM adventures
Most bizarre and disturbing dream. Stan and I were driving up north, possibly to the UP, but he left me there (not out of meanness, but because I had to be there by myself for some reason, I don't know why). I got myself a motel room, and wandered around town, which was a very touristy little town, looking for a place to eat. I find this very strange because I was alone in this dream for the most part; usually I have a companion in my dreams. It was cold and snowy outside and most every place was closed. I decided to go back to my room. I don't think there was a TV and I didn't have my iBook (it's still at the shop IRL too!) so there was nothing to do, so I called Stan on my cellphone (don't ask what phone *he* was using since it's our only phone!). I told him how much I missed him and looked out the window and watched the sun set. The sunset was like something I would create in KPT 5's FraxPlorer....fractal sunset...very cool. In the morning I went to a restaurant nearby. Walking up to it I was behind a woman and her retarded son. The woman looked like Family Affair's Buffy's Mrs. Beasley doll...she was goofy looking with light blond hair and dumb glasses. She was throwing snowballs at her son and hit me with one. It wasn't hard...it was mostly uncompressd powder snow, but it did get me full of snow. When she saw what she had done, she muttered "uh oh" to herself, but didn't really apologize to me. I passed her by and went into the restaurant. I had a hard time finding a door to the restaurant...each door I went into turned in to an elevator. I was finally able to get into the lobby of the restaurant. A hostess told me she would be with me shortly. When she returned, the Mrs. Beasley woman came in the door at the same time and immediately walked up to the hostess and said she wanted a table by a window, and a list of other demands. Since I had been there first, I walked up to the hostess and Mrs. Beasley and said, "excuse me, but I was here first." Both of them looked at me and told me I was being rude. !!!!???!!! I then left because I thought their response was extremely rude, and didn't want to give them my business. I think I might have walked around town some more and realized there wasn't anyplace else to eat, so came back to the rude restaurant. This time the hostess asked me what kind of table I would like. I wasn't really sure, so she brought me to a room that had two lounge chairs that were sort of like beds, i.e., you could sit down in the chair and put you feet out as if you were in bed. There was another customer in the other chair, and she had a bunch of dogs with her. I figured this was the room they put their unescorted female customers. I sat down on my chair and there was a dog there as well...sort of a Scottie-mix. They served me a salad with broccolli in it, and they waited on me hand and foot. I felt very pampered and it was very comfortable. The woman next to me was balancing a margarita glass filled with ice tea on her chairbed. I told one of the waitresses that I didn't want to get much or spend a lot. She pointed to the toast on the menu, which was three cents. I forgot exactly what it was I ordered. The room had maids and people busily cleaning the place and making sure everything was picked up and sparkling. I overheard one maid saying that she had to clean some dust off a windowsill. Then I think Stan appeared in the dream later when I had to pay for my meal. My bill seemed larger than I thought it should be and I argued with the cashier about it. The cashier told me that part of the bill was to cover the maid service, and the maid had itemized her charges on my bill. I told them that I didn't tell the maid to clean, and that I shouldn't be responsible for paying these unexpected charges. Stan told me not to argue with them, and just to pay it. Then later, Stan and I were in some strange industrial warehouse. We were trying to remove some dangerous chemicals or something. I tried grabbing some pipes, but they were way too cold for me to grasp. Then we go in the back in a restroom which is has a toilet that's more like one in an outhouse, we throw some of the chemicals down the toilet, and then we both start to urinate in the toilet together. Stan's urinating like a normal guy, but I have to stand over the toilet, pull my pants down and, well, it's rather difficult. Then I notice an electrical outlet behind the toilet and I'm afraid of getting electrocuted via a pee stream.
Posted by Ann on 06/04/03@11:25 AM CST ..::Link::..
Tuesday, June 3, 2003
Earth Swallows Hitler?
I think it's ironic that we were just discussing Mr. Section 8 (Who's real name is a derivation of Hitler! No joke...he told us that...would YOU tell people you casually know through school that your family's surname used to be the same as the most notoriously evil fascist in the history of the world? Doubtful.) and his yuppie non-radical art gallery in Vail, and then this giant sinkhole opens up on I-70 near Vail. Like some weird supernatural event. I'm picturing the cheesey image from the tacky Heston-version of The Ten Commandments and all these debouched golden calf worshippers being swallowed up into hell. If it was 20 years ago, I'd make an intaglio plate about it, and I'd put Mr. Section 8 right in the middle of it, writhing in the mental and physical anguish he is about to endure. But of course, 20 years ago I wouldn't have despised him as much as I do now...he'd just be an art school character, and I probably actually *did* include him in a few prints I made, come to think of it, as an "extra" so to speak. I used lots of art students and professors I was on speaking terms with (and some I wasn't) as extras in my imagery in crowd scenes. Hey, I included him in my prints, which is quite an honor if you think about it, and he repays me by not even *calling* me to look at my work for his gallery. Dipshit.
Well, the guy had mental problems. And the only reason he opened up a gallery was because he got the money from his parents. He was quite the Terry Mattheson. And yes, it was so Vonnegut. That whole university was just steeped in Vonnegutisms and Vonnegutites. It out-Vonnegutted Vonnegut. Why didn't we read Vonnegut in that Literature class we had together, Stan? Because it was too appropriate, perhaps? Would the professor have seen himself in too many of the characters?
I preferred being in the Vonnegutish novel of CSU, than in the...Orwellian? novel of the UW, though. I'm not sure if Orwellian is appropriate, but I cannot think of anything else right now.
Posted by Ann on 06/03/03@10:06 AM CST ..::Link::..
Monday, June 2, 2003
Stupid kvetch of the day.
I've found it best not to kvetch about the things immediately bugging you, for various reasons, but to instead save them up in your memory and if they still bug you after a year or more, then tell the world.
This kvetch brings me back almost two years ago to when I bought my last computer, the G4. I was having a problem...I accidentally deleted a file, but couldn't retrieve it from the trash or something, although I could see it in the trash...I forgot exactly what happened. I asked for some help on an Apple message board and was ultimately given a solution, but in the meantime, was fed a line about how I need to understand the Unix understructure of Mac OSX if I was going to be using the Macintosh so as to not fear that command line interface blah blah blah. Oh puhlease Mr. Geek. Apple's trying to market their products as easy for the average consumer...you really think Steve Jobs' goal is to have Apple's customers understand Unix first before buying them? By that same token, here's some goals for you to chew on:
All visual artists need to understand the chemical structures of the media they are using...clay, paint, etc. A college class in chemistry is most recommended. Also, knowing how to create the media itself from scratch is most beneficial.
All web designers also need to take an art history class because ultimately they will need to provide a minimal amount graphic design themselves and they really should be versed in various styles and movements, at least in the last 200 years.
All cooks really should work on a farm to get a feel of where the food they work with comes from.
and last but not least
All hardcore computer geeks need to step away from the computer, crawl out of the basement in their mom's house and take a look outside. Wow. It'll blow you away.
Posted by Ann on 06/02/03@11:49 AM CST ..::Link::..
Sunday, June 1, 2003
Dictionarys?
I heard that university students are now required to carry dictionarys around any time they're on campus property. These dictionaries don't have any word meanings, but are basicly lists of words they are expected not to ever use. Isn't this true? I thought I heard something about this on NPR, and students wore complaining about the cost of these books.
Posted by Stan on 06/01/03@03:18 PM CST ..::Link::..
What Shall We Do Now?
What shall we use to fill these journal pages
Where words of confusion bore?
Shall we write further about the pain that rages
To alienate more and more and more?
Shall we play some guessing games?
Shall we try to think of names?
Shall we babble on about art?
Shall we use that as a start?
Slam the tax cuts?
Spit on art sluts?
Post nightmares and dreams?
Cry chilling screams?
Go on about dogs?
Villify hogs?
Ignore other blogs?
Write in prose?
Blow my nose?
Blow our minds?
Watch for signs?
Laugh at cats?
Raise newts?
Get fat?
Fill up the browser's cache?
Bury hidden meanings?
Occupy our evenings?
But never stop at all
As we build up this wall.
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Either you get the in-reference or you don't. If you don't, it doesn't matter. If you do, you already know what it is.