Monthly Archives: March 2003
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Mar 03
Unpublished Bronte book to be
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Mar 03
Drawing
I’ve been thinking a lot about drawing lately. I used to do it a lot. You can see some of my drawings here in comic form. Granted back then in early adolescence the only computer my family had was some 286/386 CGA or EGA thing. It was basically useless except for word processing, so I had to amuse myself with other pursuits. Drawing was what I did to kill time, to relax, to express myself, and I was actually not bad at it. I was always surprised when people thought I drew things pretty well.
I guess my parents started me on that path and always encouraged me. I remember sitting through a church service one time and my mother drew some people on the church bulletin, the handout where they list the order of the services and what hymns will be sung. I remember sitting there leaned over her lap (and this is when she was much taller than me sitting) and watching as she drew a boy on the cover of the bulletin. I thought it was silly that his pants seem so high-water and that he had a large belt buckle. I basically thought my mom drew boring things. I always went for aliens (my E.T. phase) and mad scientists.
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Mar 03
Back from the ashes
I finally managed to scan in the shredded t-shirt that was once my pride and joy during 8th to 9th grade. Now I can finally throw it away. I saved it so one day I could make a NEW favorite t-shirt! One day soon the sumo guy will return to adorn my stomach.
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Mar 03
I don’t normally do this, but…
I’m afraid it makes a good point although I don’t know how they figured that out from 5-6 questions.
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Mar 03
Friday Five, from a few fridays ago
Why? Because I didn’t like the latest one and I thought it would be cool after reading over at Bellis’ site. Thanks Bellis!
- What is your most prized material possession?
It would either have to be something useful and expensive like my laptop. Or, it would have to be something sentimental and irreplaceable like the large box of letters I have in my closet (letters are those things people wrote before email) or my photographs. Although lately I’ve been on this ‘stop living in the past’ thing and have been throwing away a lot of crap I’ve been hauling around for years because it had sentimental value. Most of it really was just crap. I kept it for the same reasons I had a blankie when I was a little kid. Security. Well, security doesn’t really exist. Not only that, maybe it shouldn’t.
- What item, that you currently own, have you had the longest?
Mister Rabbit, but he’s not really an object. He’s Mister Rabbit. My grandma made him when I was newly born. He is crocheted and has backwards feet and a bow-tie. He’s long and skinny like me. At one time, he had eyes, a nose, and teeth. Now he looks like a burn victim. He’s still cool though.
- Are you a packrat?
Ask any one of my friends. God. I’m recovering. It’s a slow process facilitated by moving a lot this year. Let’s put it this way, when I last moved I had four antique typewriters. Now, after giving two to my very grateful brazilian neighbor, I have two. Oops I had five in the beginning which means I have three now. There all in my trunk. Don’t remind me about that please. They’re stowed next to the bag of clothes I’ve yet to drop by Goodwill.
- Do you prefer a spic-and-span clean house? Or is some clutter necessary to avoid the appearance of a museum?
Clutter is a must. Otherwise I’ll be freaked out about cleaning until it’s dirty again. Plus I just have too much damn stuff. Way too many books for one person with a job.
- Do the rooms in your house have a theme? Or is it a mixture of knick-knacks here and there?
The theme is something I like to call: ‘Single man in twenties with low-paying job and lots of crap’. Plus, I’m not a real grownup. I have a roommate and just one room to myself.
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Mar 03
WAR
Looks like hope for sanity on Iraq is dying. Think now of all the people who will die in the next few months and weeks when our government goes to war. I’m repulsed.
Bush issues ultimatum on Iraq:
“The Iraqi regime will disarm itself or the Iraqi regime will be disarmed by force – and the regime has not disarmed itself, ” Mr Bush said.
He said the Iraqi leader was a threat to the peace of free nations, and a cruel oppressor of the Iraqi people.
What a charade. The attempts at a diplomatic solution by the US were nothing but craven political calculation. It’s disgusting the way power is used by the elite. War pays dividends if you’re in the right clubs: oil, defense, finance. Remember, war is a racket. It would arguably be beneficial to the US if we suffered a humiliating defeat. No power should rule unchecked, the power of other nations should always balance out a stronger power.
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Mar 03
Bush and the trifecta of evil
Bush and his two European lapdogs are headed all the way to the Azores for a laughable ‘council of war’. Why the Azores, those tiny Portuguese islands ? Probably so a million protestors won’t descend upon the meeting to illustrate how the people of the world have rejected this war. I
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Mar 03
Smart brainwashed say the police
Even so, I’m not surprised. Many of the Mormons and devoutly religious people I’ve known have had this brainwashed, stepford wife attitude. We live in a nation of the walking dead and the half-alive. Overworked, sleep deprived, senses and minds dulled. Wake up!