you got me poppin champagne...

"gonna get WASTED!" just kidding, inside joke. anyway, i am more than ready to leave brooksville. just thought i'd let y'all know. my parents are driving me crazay.

I GOT A PHOTO EDITOR!!!

these are my first tries so they're not awesome. i think bethany is a little too tan and i did kelsey's first so i didn't know all the cool things that were possible when i did hers but all in all they're okay. I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS! :D :D :D

christina

Merry Christmas

Hope you didn't get coal and that there isn't any reindeer poo in your yard!

I did not like scrolling through to get to the comments either...

I now have all the white stripes ever. Everything off the albums, B-sides, and even some random stuff. Hooray!!!

I'm hungry and I want french toast.

K.D.

Gotta watch it from the bottom up....ladies

I'm not in love. This is not my heart.

how are you guys doing?

I joined the group "I hate tik tok" on Facebook

This was on the wall, and despite the vulgarity, it was too funny to pass up :)

"Did you just act coy because some fucktard with a POPSICLE smiled at you over his retro sunglasses?"

Bahahahaha (that was my reaction at least)

It's like a line from Superbad or something...which we need to watch btw. I guess it has something to do with the video or something. God I hate that song.

K.D.

The band Grizzly Bear looks just as creepy as they sound.

CARL

P.S. I'll be home tomorrow night, but I'm leaving on Saturday for Europe so you need to get your butt over and see me quick!

University Education

"Let's eat Grandma!"

or

"Let's eat, Grandma!"

Punctuation saves lives.

we're all friends here

Lonely and dreaming of the west coast...

so i'm sitting on kelsey and lea's couch watching samantha brown travel whatever whatever. i've been up for like an hour and a half, kelsey is still sleeping, i haven't seen lea yet, and there is a weird noise coming from the kitchen. i think i have a sinus infection, which sucks cuz i thought i was getting better. i drank some of kelsey's apple tea. it was good. basically i am bored. i want to watch a lot of movies and bake some delicious goods for christmas presents.

i wish i knew what i was doing next month.

christina

I get wherever I'm going, I get whatever I need

So thank you BJ for coming yesterday, I hope the rest of the show was good. But mostly thank you for saying what you know i needed to hear :) i think now i understand the dramatic temperament of dancers just maybe a little. when you work so hard at something and it comes time to show it, screwing up feels awful.
on a different note, we need to have a get together during break you guys! i say we all post the days when we'll be home and free. i can't wait to see you all, except kelsey lol cause i see her daily and all.
wonky commA

NEXT BIG THING!!!

LOVE HIM! LOVED NBT! Made it from b-ville to g-ville in about 45 minutes. LOVE MY CAR! LOVE YOU GUYS :)

K.D.

Poll

Do you think the word 'snicker' has a male or female connotation?

I think I fell in love with math today.

Simply because e^(i*pi)= -1

and because during the proof of it my TA goes "Why pi? Because trig functions LOVE pi!" and I would have to say the same about college kids and pie with an "e".

CARL

HOORAY!!!

I BROKE INTO THE THIRD ROOM OF MY HOUSE!!! THIS IS AWESOME!!!

It's actually kinda gross in there...but still.

K.D.

When the moon is in the 7th house and Jupiter aligns with Mars, then peace will guide the planets and love will steer the stars!

So last night I was shaving, and I had a new razor that was shaped different than the ones I usually use. And so I was shaving the back of my calf where the hair grows in an odd circular pattern and I had the razor twisted all funky because it felt all wrong in my hands. And then I, of course, cut myself. But not like a regular nick. This cut is about two inches long and it dyed my bath water orange it was bleeding so much. It was like I angled the razor perfectly to actually slice a piece of my leg off. So I continued shaving, not being too concerned about how I had skinned a portion of my skin off. And then I look at the razor because it feels dull for some reason. And jokingly in my head I thought, I wouldn't be surprised to see a chunk of my skin in there, when in reality I would have been very surprised. And a saw a hunk of soap, it was all clear colored with a golden hue to it. And so I go to pull the soap off, and it comes off, but it is a string. A string of my skin. One that would have fit perfectly into the bleeding cut on my leg. Then I fainted.















Just kidding. Wouldn't it be funny if I was that squeamish? It was gross. But in a cool sort of way. I thought I would share that story with all of you because I find it funny. I hope you do too :)

K.D.

Also, I am hungry. And Inglorious Bastards was awesome. And nazi killing movies rock.

GAHAHRARARARAHAHARA

WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY LIFE!?

post 696 it's a palladrone

HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all and to all a good feast!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRISTINA

OK, so you're b-day has been over for like an hour now, but this has been my first access to a computer all day. Anyways, I hope it was a good one :)

So I was just wondering what all the plans are since we will all be back in town. Lord knows I am not too great cell phone dealing with. Cari, I was wondering if you had anything in mind...

So talk to y'all later,

all of my love,
K.D.

Best. Thing. Ever.

CARL

oh the irish

**This comes as a result of having wasted my thursday by watching The Departed, not because I'm prego.
For any unfamiliar with the movie or if you just have forgotten. There's a part where one of the girls tells her guy she is pregnant by putting a picture of the sonogram in an envelope and, while he is napping, places it on his chest and sits next him while he opens it. It's pretty cute in a movie where lots of people get their brains splatted against the wall. ANYWAY, it got me thinking that if, one day, i decide to have a baby i want to tell my guy in a really cool way. Has anyone else thought of this?
wK

Why am I always the one who gets the hooker reference?

Two songs you simply must know about:

"Motherfucking Pterodactyl"
from theoatmeal.com

(okay actually a cartoon but it could be an awesome song)

"Home" by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Home - Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros

EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS | MySpace Music Videos

CARL

My life is average

Have you ever seen this site?
http://mylifeisaverage.com/index.php

It reminds me often of us. Like here, this one's like christina:
Today, I was walking along and a girl pointed out my gray hair and asked why because I'm still a teenager. I convinced her that I'm really 43 in Hawaiian years and that we age faster because we're closer to the equator and thus go around the world faster. She said she was so sorry that I was going to miss out on life. I have no idea how I kept such a straight face. MLIA

kelsey:
Today in Physics class, we took a generator and had a student put his hand on it. We then all lined up and held hands leading up to that student, so we had a charge running through us. I was the last person in line, and since I was hanging out of the room, I gave a freshman a huge high five. The charge through me shocked him and he fell on the floor. I love physics. MLIA

cari, if you had a little brother, maybe:
Today, me and my bestfriend were dicussing the latest Victoria's Secret comercial, and we were talking about how we would loved to walk around in a bra and heels and get paid for it. My eleven year old brother than said "you can, it's called a hooker" MLIA.

lea, way in the future:
Yesterday, I was at Friendly's waiting to be seated with my mom when 2 elderly women were leaving. As they walked by me I heard a snippit of their conversation which included the first lady asking "But what will you do if he touches your knee again?" with the response from the smaller, more frail looking lady of "I'll punch him out." I love old people. MLIA

<3 bj

Kelsey and Lea,

I'm a vegetarian now. I hope this won't get in the way of our friendship.

Love,
Christina

Lea,

I got this shirt for you that sarah was hand-me-downing. I think you will like it. Maybe not. We'll see. <3 bj

sometimes free chips and salsa just happens

i have an hour until math and i made myself drag my monstrously huge laptop and psych book so i could do an assignment. so of course i ended up at the blog. i tried to get books from library west today, it was really frickin hard, those rows are tricky and i can't figure out how to get to the books on the first floor... i swear i'm not retarded. i am however still a little sick, which blows. tonight i do believe kelser and i are having ham, yum. oh man, so i took my vitamin this morning before i ate, BAD IDEA, so almost got sick. wooooow, this guy just walked by and was so creepy, he was walking uber slow and kept making eye contact with me... strange! anyway i'm going to try to be productive now, hope i don't end up on facebook lol.
~WonKY COMMA

Holy Crap. Oh Mah Gawd. This is hilarious.

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/

K.D.

excerpt:

White people were nervous but had nowhere else to go. Then Facebook came along and offered advanced privacy settings, closed networks, and a clean interface. In respective real world terms, these features are analogous to an apartment or house with a security system/doorman, an alumni dinner, and a homeowners association that protects the aesthetics of the neighborhood. In spite of these advances, some white people still clung to their old MySpace accounts. That was until they learned that Facebook started, like so many things beloved by white people, at Harvard.

Within a matter of months, MySpace had gone from a virtual utopia to Digital Detroit, where only minorities and indie bands remain.

If you plan on befriending white people, it is essential that you join them in the digital suburbs and open a Facebook account immediately. It’s also a good idea to make up a story about how someone from high school sent you a friend request and after accepting you discovered that they were fat and unsuccessful. White people love these stories.


bahahahahahahahahah....I keep laughing like a retard at all this stuff, but it is so funny. And also, I know its true, which then increases the funny.

"What is toast?"

Toast is when you take a piece of bread - What is bread? Bread is when you take some flour - What is flour? We'll skip that part, it's too complicated. Bread is something you can eat, made from a ground-up plant and shaped like a stone. You cook it..Please, why do you cook it? Why don't you just eat the plant? Never mind that part - Pay attention. You cook it, and then you cut it into slices, and you put a slice of bread in the toaster, which is a metal box that heats up with electricity - What is electricity? Don't worry about that. While the slice is in the toaster, you get out the butter - butter is a yellow grease, made from the mammary glands of - skip the butter. So, the toaster turns the slice of bread black on both sides with smoke coming out, and then this "toaster" shoots the slice up into the air, and it falls onto the floor...
"Forget it...Let's try again." Toaster was a pointless invention of the Dark Ages. Toast was an implement of torture that caused all those subjected to it to regurgitate in verbal form the sins and crimes of their past lives. Toast was a ritual item devoured by fetishists in the belief that it would enhance their kinetic and sexual powers. Toast cannot be explained by any rational means.

Toast is me.

I am toast.


from Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

CARL

P.S.Our newest fundraiser in ROTC is betting on which guy can grow the best 'stache. Awesome.I ate dinner with Scott tonight and we talked about how much we hate K. Brooksville.

bethany thinks...

sucks.

these made me think of you guys :)

love you all very much.
christina

That guys face was creeping me out...

I hate the addition of unnecessary vowels to words such as me and hey. Meee, just looks retarded. As does heeeeyy. Do it once or twice for phonetic emphasis, OK. Do it every time you type the word and you aggravate the bageezes out of me. And you are officially labeled retarded. I also hate the word "muh".

K.D.

We watched Colbert in my physics lecture yesterday.

It was Kelser heaven. My instructor thinks this guy looks weird, but People Magazine and I think he's hot.

The Colbert Report	Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Brian Cox
www.colbertnation.com
Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor U.S. Speedskating

CARL

P.S. I bought a big bag cookies today because I'm PMSing and Google has the Cookie Monster on it.

Duh Duh Duh Duh Na Na Na Na Na

Grown up, she just turned 16
Stuck in the moment
Dead at the scene
And it's on tonight
This is life that you wanted, right?
So turn off all the lights
She's dressed up just like a movie star
At all the parties they'll know who you are
Wouldn't it be great, to be fashionably late
So why don't you wait til you're sedated...

Don't it feel like somethin's not right in his kiss tonight?

Yeah what I'm sayin is do you, do you wanna lose it all
Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug
You can't wait to fall in love
All I'm saying is do you, do you wanna learn to fly?
Than you should pack it up and say good bye
Cause when the push comes to the shove
Its just a dance hall drug

Step in, and you can lock the door
The candles are lit, and the clothes on the floor
You can take a chance
On finding romance
Now you're holding hands
But he's got other plans
Tick-tock the clock is turning red
The room won't stop spinning and thoughts in your head
And it's too late
You feel like you're making a big mistake
You should've waited

Don't it feel like somethin's not right in his kiss tonight?

Yeah what I'm sayin is do you, do you wanna lose it all
Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug
You can't wait to fall in love
All I'm saying is do you, do you wanna learn to fly?
Than you should pack it up and say good bye
Cause when the push comes to the shove
Its just a dance hall drug

Just wait Love
Show 'em what you're made of

Don't it feel like somethin's not right in his kiss tonight?

Do you, do you wanna lose it all?
Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug
You can't wait to fall in love
Do you, do you wanna learn to fly?
Then you should pack it up and say goodbye
Cause when the push comes to the shove
It's just a dance hall drug...
Do you, do you wanna lose it all?
Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug
You can't wait to fall in love
Do you, do you wanna learn to fly?
Then you should pack it up and say goodbye
Cause when the push comes to the shove
It's just a dance hall drug...

So I'm trying to catch a cat...

How unusual for me right? I know. Anyways, I fed it a hotdog. And then an eggroll. And now I am trying to lure it in with some tuna. But I think it is full. I feel bad for it. It hurt its paw. I wish it would come inside and be my kitty. But it is afraid. Or it just doesn't like tuna. But who doesn't like tuna? I got it to come inside with the hotdog. But then it ran away before I could close the door. It really loves hotdogs. I think I will call it Hotdog. I wish Hotdog was not such a fraidy-cat.

K.D.

For Halloween I was the girl dancing like a ho,

but I was dressed like a boy. So my friend and I walked outside of this party and on this 30 degree incline street in Collegetown these kids were doing Hawaiian fire dances with fireballs on the ends of chains and batons. A firetruck comes up the street and the kids just stand on the sidewalk with their fireballs still blazing. The fireman acts like he is going to yell at us and get us in trouble, but he just tells them to stay away from the houses and he sits there to watch the show. They proceed to throw candy at us, say Happy Halloween, and drive away.

I love this place,

I love college.

CARL

I dislike arrogant people...

OK,so this might just be me, but gosh, Galitsky's e-mail about the growl seems totally off base. I'm half tempted to reply to him with a "you're a big jerk" email, but I wont. I mean come off it man, it's a small high school growl, they don't have the money to invest in particularly well done stuff. Especially when that money would be better spent on education, which happens to be the purpose of school. Last time I checked the growl doesn't improve test scores or get us anymore government fundage. Plus its not like SGA can just charge a billion dollars in dues, Hernando aint exactly full of rich kids. Yes, some times there are SNAFUS, but the small number of things I heard from students said that the growl was good. Yes, Galitsky may have been able to do it better, one of the many benefits of being a super nerd, we have all felt like that about our niches at some point, but you can't let that ruin your experience. Sometimes Galitsky just pisses me off with his, "I'm superior and everybody else sucks" attitude. I guess I just suck at dealing with uber type-A pessimists who feel the need to rub their excellence in others faces, seeing as how I am like the exact opposite of that.

Alright, well that was me dealing with my anger in a way that avoided offending Galitsky. Sorry you all had to hear it...

I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!
K.D.

No mother ever dreams that her daughter's gonna grow up to be a junkie.

hey so when does that underwear run happen for ya'll? do you know?

In college...

1.) A C is not an F, and you find times when you are quite happy with a D.
(new college translation - a sat is a sat is a sat. it doesn't matter if there are ambiguous/possibly negative comments and/or question marks all over your paper. it's still a damn sat.)
2.) You may not be able to have pets bigger than like fish or amoebas, but the squirrels will be your best friends.
($100 fine if they find a cat in a cage under your bed during fall break)
3.) You can wear leggings, JUST leggings, all the time. No shorts, no dress, no skirt, you don't even need a long t-shirt, and it's totally legit. Be proad of your steadily growing freshman 15 ass; everyone else is.

4.) People actually like Daft Punk and aren't ashamed of it. Actually it's mostly frat boys that like Daft Punk, but I suppose that they are people too.

5.) You can say things that are complete nonsense to people that aren't in your major and your fellow classmates will totally get it. Engineering student examples: "It was like so small, like epsilon small" or "He was so the indefinite integral of e^xy" (write it down and stare at it for a minute BJ and you will get it, don't try and solve).

6.) Almost all nicknames end with an "ie" sound: MechE ("mechie" aka mechanical engineer), ChemE ("chemie" aka chemical engineer), Jammie (one who lives in the Just About Music "JAM" Program House), Hotelie (hotel school student)

7.) All the free food will be gone in 20 minutes. Be prepared to fight for the last slice of pizza.

8.) Males now do not find it necessary to bathe or do laundry. If you need to find someone who knows the score of a football game/how to change the oil in a car, just follow the smell of beer and sour clothes.

9.) It is absolutely necessary to master the "no I do not want your damn pamphlet" walk, lest you wish to litter the Earth with countless pieces of paper detailing clubs which you have no interest in e.g. Pre-Law Society of African American Males, or Hispanics against violence in Antarctica.

10.) You can stare at people all you like, and listen to their private conversations, and they will not stop what they are doing. College students have no shame.

11.) There will be kids that come to class daily with huge, yummy starbucks drinks because their mommies and daddies have way too much money. You will both hate and envy those kids for the rest of your days.

12.)You will meet people who plan to one day have jobs that will control the fate of the free world, you will also see these people totally drunk off their ass many a time in college and you will fear for the future of the free world.

13.)Every cool person really has seen Boondock Saints and Death Proof.

14.)People sleep anywhere, at anytime without discretion: In class, on benches, on couches, on the grass, on the bus, at dining hall tables, in chairs, on floors, on their friends, in the car, on the car, on picnic tables, and against the walls. Naps are also code for sex, as in, "uhhh, yeah we, uh took a nap..."

Please add to the list, but don't be lazy and just comment. Sign in and edit the post.

CARL

7-10.) K.D.
11-14---> WonkY coMma

Bill Nye was here today

but I did not see him, thus I did not pee my pants.
So I feel like I just finished my first round of prelims and my second math one is next week. My ROTC physical training test is also next week, but I am going to pass because I passed the practice one last week by like 10 points. I am running 1.5 mile in 13:30 now which is still pretty bad, but much better than 16:00 like I was when I got here.
I learned today that they figure out how many calories are in something by burning it and seeing how much it heats up a fixed amount of water. You can also find the amount of calories a person burns by subtracting the caloric content of their poo from the caloric content of their food. I would hate to be the researcher whose job it is to burn shit.
I miss you guys, but I'm not so lonely now. My friend Alex (Death Cab kid) and I are so attached at the hip that we can practically read each others thoughts. He is still in love with his cheater girlfriend, but it's cool, it's kind of like having a gay boyfriend. Actually it's just like when I was with Derek but I was friends with Charlie and told him all my relationship problems, but this time I'm Charlie...strange. That's not to say that we are going to end up the same way. At least not anytime soon because I'm looking forward to my month-long winter break in Florida if you know what I mean ;)

J'heart german potato salad

i also love when songs you love get on commercials. we just had a tasty dinner and before that we went to the gym. i have homework to do that was due sunday at noon, thus i love no penalty late stuff. i love the weather right now, it's perfect.
wC

CARL STRIKES AGAIN!

So my mom came and visited me this weekend because I had fall "break" which is really just a four day weekend and we went apartment shopping for next year (yes you have to do it this early its crazy I know). Anyway we were looking at a studio in a house that a professor owned in Collegetown and my mom had already been e-mailing him and set up an appointment. When we meet him he looks at us really weird and asks "where is your son?" to which my mom explained that she doesn't have a son and that she was looking for an apartment for me. So he procedes to show us around this FREAKING GORGEOUS apartment with sloping ceilings and hardwood floors and an amazing claw-foot tub and he keeps saying things like "all the neat people in the building are MEN" and "the MEN are such great tenants" etc.. with a really gay lisp. So we ignored all that and put down the downpayment to his annoyance. He really couldn't do anything about it at that point, I'm just glad that he probably thought my name was Carl from mom's e-mails and so he kept in touch until then! It's also great that even though the landlord is probably a creep he won't be interested in me. I never thought being mistaken for Carl would be such a good thing. That's fate right there sister.

maybe one of you will think this is as funny as i did...

No offense Gators,

but I think your school may be in a permanent state of intoxication: http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=92485
You would act stupid if you were a fish out of water too, or if alcohol killed as many of your brain cells as it did of the researchers.

Obviously this is bogus, but it is funny. Don't tell Shanna because this is her birthday card.

New Post Time

I love physics. I can't believe I have to wait for two semesters before I can take it. Boooooooooo.

I have a calc exam...

...October 15th, 8:30-10:00 pm. Which means I can't go to Howl O Scream that night. Sorry for my lack of planning. ~bj

what do you think of this dress?

i think it's beautiful.

what's with the cake on the blogger log in page?

don't know if you guys saw this or if you care.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/k12/twelve-at-hernando-high-recognized-for-ap-exam-scores/1040526

~bj

so i's been wonderin...

does anyone else digg party in the usa?

just sayin...

BANG BANG There's a knock at the door!

For you carl, cause i feel like you find heroin addicts funny, too.

The next post is gonna be post # 666, funky. I love anarbor, best band ever. hottest drummer ever lol, almost as hot as the bassist of T13C. today, i was perusing the blog and i was thinking how our banner used to say "Wow we're high school kids now, when did that happen?!" I can't help but wonder what it's gonna say in a few years...wives, scientists, rock stars, generals, photographers, engineers, bartenders-that one is mine by the by, moms (hot moms of course!). It's crazy y'all, we are getting old!!! i finally got an mp3 player, i love it! i also love walking around campus and seeing peoples whom i know.

~wonky CoMMa

shop therapy

i bought $95 worth of underwear at victoria's secret today for $25. i've never owned anything from victoria's secret. the manual says that lingerie makes you feel sexier, and therefore more confident. interesting theory, i thought. anyways, i also bought ginger ale from target. i learned i like ginger ale. ~bj

No big deal or anything...

Chris, this is for you, for making me sound cool.

As you probably saw on Facebook today I figured out that Vladimir Nabokov wrote Lolita while he was a prof at Cornell and he almost burned the manuscript in his backyard in Collegetown (which would have changed literary history). The article is actually pretty cool even if you don't get the stuff about Ithaca: http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15632264&BRD=1395&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;PAG=461&dept_id=216620&rfi=6
Chistopher Reeve was a Cornell grad too. It makes sense, you pretty much need to be superman to make it up 60 degree inclines, survive SWINE epidemics, and pull a 2.0 at Cornell.
Of course you know about Bill Nye being a grad and prof here. I'm going to pee my pants when I see him.
Thomas Pynchon is also a Cornell grad but you've probably never heard of him. I'm reading his book Gravity's Rainbow right now because a Facebook quiz told me it represented me. If you like sci-fi, anti-utopian novels, rockets, bombs, octopuses, sex, rooftop banana gardens, and a complete disregard for the plot, you would love it. I know I do.
So I decided that I'm not going to feel bad about not being as awesome as all the smarty pantses here that are already in multivariable calc as freshman, because when they were my age those snooty bitches were in high school.
CARL

tired of the weather

(678): All she gave me for breakfast was raw toast. How can she expect me to eat raw toast?
(404): You mean bread?

I think the reason I find some of these so funny is because I can very easily imagine it being one of our conversations. One of our sober, normal conversations. And that makes me laugh. A lot.

So I was stressin' and everything yesterday about not being able to have my cake and eat it too but then I talked to my sister on Skype and now I found a way to steal second base and keep one foot on first. I'm going to go to the ropes training course weekend, but I'm still going to work. I'm going to have a job but not miss out on fun opportunities. Just because I'm wearin that McD's visor doesn't mean I can't do all the things I came to college to do. Thank you Valerie for having a reckless side that corresponds directly with my own.

Chris (i don't think anyone has any idea what i'm talking about but i had to get it out there) Mo

If I was a lesbian the Wonky Comma would be my soulmate; apparently

I had a dream that Charlie and I were going to get married in like a week and I freaked out. Not because I was marrying Charlie (strangely enough) but because I am going to be here for four years and then deploy for four more. The only way I can forsee getting preganant at this point is if Jesus comes back. Remember how I said that Lea and Charlie are just alike? We'll obviously there are some differences. In fact for opposite reasons Lea is just like this Facebook friend that I just turned into a real life friend. We met in a dining hall for dinner and then jammed for like 4 hours Saturday night. Now before you think I'm a creepo for meeting up with a Facebookemon listen here: he loves Death Cab for Cutie (and plays many of their songs), has never been drunk, refuses to consume aspertame or anything cooked in a microwave, and does this weird Japanese stick-fighting sport (I don't remember the name). Anyway he is really sweet, and shy, and funny, and seems like someone you would like too.

CARL

Should I be bob marley for haloween?

So, me and Lea rock at Peggle. Its this video game. We beat a bunch of frat boys who spend a large amount of time playing it. Coolio. I just got tired of that post being up. Whats new in your lives? Are any of you married or pregnant? (my mom asked me that the last time I was on the phone with her. I wonder if she seriously expects one or the other...) Anyways, bethany, whats it like to be in a relationship for a year? We need to have our september girl date.

K.D.

So today in my intro to engineering class...

I showed up late because I am the dumb kid who didn't read the paper telling me where to go correctly :( I was quite sweaty from being lost for so long outside in the hot. But, I was late with this kid who's bike broke, so that was cool. Being late with someone is better than being late alone. Except his legs were way longer than mine, so I had to like, half jog to keep up with him. Then I walked with him after class, so now my thighs hurt from over stretching to keep up with long legged Kris. Anyways, the teacher was an Indian guy who told me about materials and aerospace engineering, or something like that. Bottom line: he didn't talk about rocket ships enough. Other than that he was pretty cool. Plus he was department head, not some T.A. who's a 5th year senior. I liked the authority, but wished that there was a bit more student perspective. But he was funny and I really enjoyed his accent, so that was awesome. Then I went inside a room where noise didn't reflect off most of the walls. That was really cool. Apparently there are only like 3 of those in the U.S. But to me it mostly looked like a bunch of bed foam made into walls. I guess it prolly was a little more sophisticated than that. Although I am still not sure. Anyways, I want to work at NASA and build rocket ships. Maybe. Or I would like to work on cold fusion. Or possibly become a boat engineer/builder and live in the keys. My dad would like that last option. So would I, I suppose. Although if I love my vocabulary class enough I might become a linguistics/classics major and spent all of my days knowing too many languages and not doing anything useful for society except teaching other people things that are useless to society. Why can't I just major in eating chocolate and loving Rise Against?

On a different note. Lea and me are going to SO MANY CONCERTS!!!!! We're goin to All-American Rejects/Taking Back Sunday, The Almost/This Providence, Silversun Pickups, Paramore, and prolly next big thing if 97X ever announces who's playing. Hopefully Rise Against will be there. I have a probably unhealthy love for all things Rise Against. And Tim McIlrath. That one's really unhealthy.

Finally, the gators about to stomp Tennessee, and for once I don't have to taunt Bethany about it, but rather I can share the joy which is Urban Myer/Tim Tebow with her. What a lovely day.

K.D.

P.S. Bethany, you must come see the apartment since we painted. It is like a new apartment. Friday I'm thinkin about going to the soccer game since we play FSU. Holla if you wanna come if I'm goin.

My Dad did this:

It's pretty awesome. It reminds me of me.

CARL

NewNewNewNewNewNewNew. Post.

I met him down by the bay,
he said life is a stranger
that won't go away.

He took me by surprise,
and I felt for the first time,
what its like to be alive

I’m a soldier,
but I don’t know how to fight.
I’m your best friend
but I’m scared to see you tonight.
I’m the darkness,
but I want to be the light.
oh how I want to be,
oh how I want to be.

I met him down by the sea,
said I look like someone he knew.
I said I don’t know anyone,
so how could I possibly know you?

He touched my hand ,
finally I understand
what it means to be here with you.

The Hump Day from Hell is finally OVER!

Walked around campus all day in heels because I had to dress up for ROTC. I did enlistment paperwork from 4:30-6. ROTC Lead Lab from 6-8pm. Physical training until 9:30. I am still kinda sick, therefore I almost died running the mile and a half. Walked home in the dark. Got home. No keys. Had to get a temporary key from RPCC. Flash drive with homework for tomorrow was on my keys. I just hope they turn up soon!
However, I did have fun making a robot with lego mindstorm in my intro to engineering lab.

CARL

So today in my intro to engineering class...

We had a ping pong race. It involved moving pong balls the farthest distance using various supplies while keeping cost low. Bethany, when you do industrial and systems, if they have the same activity, use rubber bands to make a catapult for half of your attempts. We did that and my team won, by like a lot. We got lollipops for doing so. Don't name your team blue ballz, you won't win the name game. I also learned that I don't want to be an industrial/systems engineer. Big surprise. Just like how I don't want to be an environmental engineer.

Also, after engineering, I got to walk and conversate with my hot cute crush that pretty much doesn't talk to other people. YAY. Consequently, when it was time for me to stop walking, I did not, in order to keep on with the conversation. Then I wound up walking a long time and making Lea come get me. But anyways, walking together after class is improvement from silent trying to flirt I should say. YAY again.

K.D.

snap yo fingers

Skipped my first class today, and it was a double class too! i set my alarm badly and when i realized this i was gonna be like 10-15 minutes late and so, i didn't go. so for everyone not bethany or kelsey, i have a story. I started dating this guy named john here. he's nice and probably the most social person i know. anyway we have been hanging out and all that and things have been moving along and whatnot, but i am not entirely happy, we don't have really anything in common, we don't spend time just us together and he isn't what i want. so, i was talking to bethany and kesey and telling them this yesterday. later kelsey and i were talking and i finally got to the conclusion that i should end it. anyway, i was feeling pretty crappy a while ago about all of this then i found this cool article while i was wasting time and i though since it made me feel a lot better maybe it could be of entertainment or something to everyone. i especially love number five.

In the six weeks or so since my wedding, I’ve had a chance to reflect on how my life has changed as a married woman. There are a few subtle differences (extra ring on my left hand, saying the phrase “my husband,” cooking with fancy pots and pans), but the truth is, life hasn’t changed much. Drew and I lived together almost two years before tying the knot, so other than opening a joint checking account to save our wedding money and deposit cash into once a month for future travels, we haven’t done much differently as husband and wife than we did as boyfriend and girlfriend. But when I think way back to my days before Drew, when I was still very much a single gal, it occurs to me that while there were certainly things I loved about my single life, if I had a chance to live those days over, there are several things I’d do differently the second time around. After the jump, the top five things I’d do if I had a “do-over” on my single life.

1. End bad/boring/unfulfilling relationships as soon as I felt bad/bored/unfulfilled.
Years later, it still boggles my mind when I think of the amount of time I spent in relationships well past their sell-by dates. Fear of loneliness, fear of hurting another’s feelings, naively thinking things would magically get better all kept me with guys who were oh-so-wrong for me. All that time I spent going nowhere with those guys, I could have spent going somewhere with those hotties I always made eyes with on the train. I could have traded in boring Saturday nights in front of the TV for nights out with friends that actually made me laugh and feel good about myself.

2. Date outside my race more.
Odd that as someone who actually prefers darker-skinned men, I dated mostly Caucasian guys when I was single. What’s that all about? I wouldn’t trade my husband for anyone in the world, but it would have been nice to learn more about other cultures and experience different relationship dynamics with guys outside my own race when I had the chance.

3. Cry less.
God, the tears I cried over dumb boys and pointless relationships — what a waste! I barely remember some of their names now, but at the time, the trauma of unrequited like—like, not even love! — was so overwhelming, so all-encompassing, I wasted weeks upon weeks in my twenties crying over boys who would prove to be barely a blip on my radar in retrospect. Every time a guy let me down, I worried I was one step closer to living my life ALONE forever, rather than seeing it as one step closer to the guy who finally WOULDN’T let me down. All that time I could have been riding my bike instead of drying my eyes — it certainly would have been a lot more fun.

4. Travel more.
My coupled friends always took the best vacations and rather than joining them or getting together a travel group of other single people, I told myself, “Some day, when I’m in a good relationship, I’ll take trips like that, too!” And now I DO take great trips (Drew and I have traveled to China and Costa Rica together, on Friday we’re headed to Portugal and Spain for our honeymoon, and we already have exciting travel plans for next year), but why on earth did I think I had to be in a relationship to take a great vacation? Just thinking about all the solo trips — not to mention vacation flings — I missed out on makes me a little sick. I’d definitely take a do-over on this.

5. Always trust my gut.
I used to think my gut was a bully — that it simply didn’t want me to be happy. Why else would it turn on nearly every guy I brought home? Eventually, I stopped listening to it altogether. Oh, what a mistake! Dear gut, I’m sorry! I was wrong, you were right. They were jerks/liars/cheats/morons/Republicans. I’m sorry I ever doubted you and if I had the chance to do it again, I’d listen to your every utterance and take heed
~wonkY coMMa

i've never missed a stranger before... like you.

(267): so then you were screaming "GIVE ME KELVINS!" and heating things up in the microwave and no one knew what you wanted

(902): Take one last look at my face, because I'm drinking it off tonight.

(773): I wonder why dictionaries dont have indexes to help find the words easier.

(812): McDonalds has hash browns for only a quarter!....how many u want?
(1-812): All of them

(773): you turned on the Care Bears movie at 5am and kept screaming "I CARE"

(850): the reason why you were crawling on your hands and knees from room to room last night was because you thought the ceiling fans were chasing you...
(1-850): that makes sense.

I got a job.

Imma be a cashier at Cheeburger Cheeburger in the Reitz Union. Not the best deal in the world, but hopefully it'll pay the bills. ~bj

Oh UF, how many ways do I love thy, Let me count the ways...

1. Free tye-dye in front of Turlington
2. RUB events, like the bands at the Orange and Brew tonight
3. An archery CLUB!!! And, hot guys that also enjoy archery ;)
4. Free printing in the Reitz
5. Free food in many forms
6. Cool bands at homecoming, OAR anyone?
7. Legal vandalism
8. Buses everywhere to anywhere
9. Orange and Blue are flattering colors haha
10. Awesome fraternities like DU and awesome people who are in said fraternities. Like eric who always hurts himself, and gio who is uber tall, and sean who is amazing at math and a good dancer to boot, and jacob who was so drunk he called me both sara and liz, of which i am neither, and bryan who is really cool, and josh who i am a homegirl to, and kyle from NJ, represent! and art, and art 1/2 lol, and dillan who reminds me of josh orendorf, and matt who has the same fight club poster that i have, and kade who is always chill like a polar bear.
wC

i'm a skyper now!

hooray! i talked to ashley d today on skype. that was fun. and christina. i love cucumber-cream cheese sandwiches. i might have a job at cheeburger cheeburger. yum, fast food. anyways, do you guys ever contemplate how awesome our blog title is? i just did. i think it's pretty awesome. :) i got a care package from sarah & bobby (& bella). it was so sweet.

with love,
bj

should be doing homework...

"I might be wrong but I am consistent." - Prof Portugal (espanol teacher). it's awesome, i swear this guy is a male senora. is it just me or do you guys keep finding people that look/act familiar? it's like there's a whole parallel universe every where you go. there are no original people. hmm, deep... sorry, i have philosophy in a couple hours. just tryin to prepare ;) well yeah, i just wanted a new post up here but i'm coming to b-ville the 12th thru the 14th and going to the home hhs game on friday. so... yeah i have to go find out where these stupid ants are coming from so i'll talk to you later friends. hope college is going well for everyone.

love, chris

p.s. i'm going to moe's today!! woo! :D

my new address is

4735 SW 16th Pl #112
Gainesville, FL 32607

in case any of you wanted to know.

love,
bj

I wish everyday could be this awesome!

Today was my first day of classes. Thursday is a light day for me to begin with and it was even better when intro to eng got cancelled because for some reason there was a flood in Olin Hall and so I proceeded to get the free food they were passing out in Ho Plaza and now I am back in my dorm chillin. My next class is at 3 and it is really close to my dorm compared to the others which is bitchen.

CARL

P.S. My Calc TA has a white guy fro and man capris. You would have loved it.

alright: me last, me last

I'm here. home. gainesville. my apartment is pretty sweet. very me. everything went well except a few things. but it's definitely okay. my family just left and i feel weird. i am always feeling weird. kelsey is coming here and that makes me happy. this is college. this is what we've been waiting for our whole lives. ~bj

Love me two times...I'm goin' away!

Well I have already gone away but I have just recently arrived in my dorm. ROTC Orientation was fun, but hard. Memorizing brainwashing chants, only 15 min of hygiene time in yucky dorm and gym bathrooms, surprise fire drills after lights out were pretty intense. We also camped, played ultimate frisbee (AF style), played on a giant teter-totter, played paint ball (pretty much the most fun thing ever), marched A LOT, and ran A LOT. The Just About Music house is pretty much amazing. The walls are all crazy colors in the halls with peace signs and stuff, it has the Live Room (aka Peace Space) with a stage and a studio, and lots of cutie pies. The RA's are super cool and hilarious. The first person I met (and taught me how to navigate the building lol) was the Unit 2 RA who is also majoring in aero & mech engineering, a guitarist, and a total sweetie ;). The RA's also put the tags on the doors with our pretend band names. Mine is the Sardine Energizer HAHA! I'm very happy besides the fact that my schedule is pretty screwed up at the moment. I love you guys I hope all is well.

CARL

we live here. we do stuff.

ok that picture is starting to get creepy. you guys all move in this weekend right? and classes start monday? sorry i have to keep asking. so, thought i'd share some cool anecdotes from my first week...

my room got mistaken for the party room last night. it's a good way to meet people :P
i had crazy good music playing outside my window so i could turn off my itunes.
i also had three boys knock on my door last night asking me to go to a gay bar to see a drag show. but one of them was ben so it was good... :) and i got his number ;)
me and my friend stacy introduced our friends to bon qui qui and can i get your number last night. it was epic.
sketchy is the word of the year. at least here. even for the staff. you guys let me know if it's the same at UF.
i've met two transfers from UF. one is a hott surfer that always walks around campus with no shirt and a fedora on his head. i don't get it. i think he just knows he's hott.
my roommate has a very good taste in music.

ok i have to go to mini classes now. talk to you all soon.

love, christina

this is my roommate :)

she's amazing.

love, chris

torn between wanting to stay and wanting to go and worried it will be the wrong decision either way

so i'm at the hotel (motel, holiday inn...hope someone got that...) ANYWAY. sitting here with the rents trying to not think of everything i'm missing and just the stuff that's about to happen. move in starts tomorrow at 9. i've been texting my roommate tonight and she seems cool. i'll keep ya'll updated hopefully sometime soon. love and miss everyone :)

chris

i think we all know the right answer

Ode to a new life.

"It's...
Colder than the nipple on a witch's tit!
Colder than a bucket of penguin shit!
Colder than the hairs of a polar bear's ass!
colder than the frost on a champagne glass!"

That charming little diddy is from Thomas Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow" who actually is a Cornell alum so he would know about that kind of cold. Oddly enough I didn't know that until after I had bought the book but as you can imagine I was even more excited. Anyway I'm sharing it with you #1 because its funny to see things like this in classic literature and #2 because I never thought about the fact that penguins deficated before; kind of like how men don't think attractive women go poop

CARL

arrrr matey!

Would you rather...
1) eat breakfast for dinner or dinner for breakfast?
2) have all morning classes or all night classes?
3) be a singer or song writer?
4) have long hair or short hair?
5) relive the same day over and over or never remember the day before?
6) be a super hero or a super villain?
7) have an iced or hot starbucks drink?
8) have a baby out of wedlock or never have a baby?
9) take out your splinter or have someone else do it?
10) be a twin or a triplet?
11) have been in WWI or WWII?
12) burn a candle or incense?
13) have a cat or a dog?
14) be mortal or immortal?
15) drive or ride?
16) type or write by hand?
17) read the same book for the rest of your life or read only half of many books?
18) live on the coast or in the woods?
19) eat only meat or only vegetables?
20) buy a modern condo or an old house?
~wonky cOmma

this is the summer it all falls apart

i've gotten into this annoying habit of getting up early, like 8:30 every morning. so now i'm bored because i don't have anything else to do. i have to go to the dentist at 2, but that is like forever from now. i cant pack yet cause we don't move for like two weeks. what is everyone else doing?
-WoNkYCOMMA

congratulations

on the list of the top 20 party schools in the nation, university of florida is ranked at #2. good job, guys.

chris

in this city

hey.
i'm leaving in about an hour or so, so i figured i would log in and say goodbye. hope everybody's doing well. did you guys make your final decision on your living arrangements? good luck on your move if you make it while i'm gone. we must all hang out at least once more before school starts??

with love,
bethany

yall remember this?

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/avocado
hey carl i found this and thought of how funny we thought it was in 7th grade!!!
wC

Go Gators!

I am sitting in a Broward hall dorm room by my onesies because kelsey is taking a shower and lea is at club swag in the basement. I am using kelsey's lappy and she does not know it. So, we're all at UF where orientation is a boring place and the greek wraps are very delicious. We make our schedules tomorrow. Kels and me are both declaring our majors as engineering... oooh. Most of the stuff they talk about is on campus living related and therefore does not apply to us. But we are going to take a three-day rape prevention self defense class in the fall, that's exciting. Anyway, that's all i have to say about that. Oh, and- don't drink, don't have sex, go to class. ~bj

WHOOT!

Check the new subtitle! It's weird that we aren't high schoolers anymore at least I find it weird. It's also weird that I am so reluctant to look back. I am so ready to get out of here. I am wondering when it's all going to hit me..I have less than a month and it's going to be gone before I realize it. Has anyone seen the Cage the Elephant music video? Is the lead singer autistic? I mean seriously, not joking, he really looks like it. Well, so does Dave Matthews in his new video but he is good at playing autistic (see the savant episode of House with Dave Matthews guest strarring).

CARL

BEWARE! TEENAGE GIRLINESS AHEAD

OMG, I want to marry rupert grint, like right now, like book me a flight to jolly old england straight away. i just read the 17 mag interview for him and he loves the arctic monkeys, owns an ice cream van and wants to be an ice cream man if he doesn't keep acting, he doesn't understand why girls wear leggings and he is amazingly, uber cute and normal! he's my adorable, red headed, soul mate!
Wc

don't break down, my concrete girl

ahh, this is the first day i've been home all day since i can't remember when. i'm making road trip plans and ripping CDs and creating movies with pictures and videos from europe. fun stuff. i'm not back on eastern standard time yet, i've woken up at 8:00 the past two days and not been able to go back to sleep. i learned about murphy's law today; it was quite thought-provoking. anddd i'm excited for college. i think that's all my thoughts. well, the tolerable ones at least.

christina

I miss you, I miss you, Hello there the angel from my nightmare.

Where are you? And I'm so sorry. I cannot sleep, I cannot dream tonight. Because I forgot when every one comes home. I wanna know when you get here. It will be a "screw hugs, I'm going to tackle you the next time I see you," moment.

Don't waste your time on me you're already the voice inside my head. (I miss you, I miss you.)

Don't waste your time on me you're already the voice inside my head. (I miss you, I miss you.)

K.D.

because we ALL need to laugh really hard sometimes

This is so funny, now mind there is strong language in here but nothing too killer, at least vulgar wise. enjoy



June 20, 2007...2:16 pm
alli: Miracle diet pill with teeny-tiny side effect

I found this news on Salon.com and felt compelled to throw my 2c in. There’s a “new” over-the-counter drug available in the US that’s apparently flying off the shelves. It’s called alli (note the way trendy lower case!) and I use the term “new” loosely because it’s apparently a lower strength version of a prescription-only drug (Xenical) that’s been around for a while.

So what does this incredibly popular wonder drug do? Well, not to go all Bill Clinton on you, but it depends on what your definition of “do” is. You see, there’s (1)what the drug company markets it as, (2)the medical description of what it does and (3)the biggest effect you’re actually going to notice.

The drug company markets it as a weight loss pill. They say it will give “safe, effective weight loss”. Because it’s FDA approved it must be good. What could possibly go wrong?

A simplified medical description of the drug is that it’s a fat blocker. It stops your body from absorbing some of the fat in your diet. It doesn’t burn calories. But fat that would have otherwise been absorbed by your body… isn’t. Because fat contains calories less calories will go into your body.

But here’s the most important thing the drug does: it makes you shit oil. Worse, it makes you shit your pants. With oil. This is not the ravings of some fringe conspiracy group, this is what the company tells you itself on its website. Buy our drug if you want to lose weight. Oh, by the way, you’ll end up shitting your pants.

Neat, huh? No wonder it’s selling so well. That large sector of the public that enjoy having their pants filled with liquefied shit has been seriously under-catered to up until now.

The drug company indulges in classic marketing bullshit that really pisses me off but they still fail to obscure the horror of what’s going to happen to you if you take their drug. The first bit of marketing bullshit they spin that makes me want to smack them in the fucking head is the old “eat healthier and exercise more to get the full benefits”.

Hello?!?!?! If you eat less fat and exercise you don’t need their fucking pills. I’m sick of these sleazy companies pretending that they’re promoting health. They’re promoting bad habits and laziness. The subtext to the whole thing is “this drug lets you lose weight with NO exercise and NO change to your eating patterns”. People who can eat healthier and exercise more aren’t interested in this shit. But the company doesn’t think it’ll get away with an advertising slogan along the lines of “Fuck diet and exercise! Take these pills and shit your weight away!”

The second thing they do that pisses me off is deliberately using language designed to obscure the full horror of the effects of their drug. They can’t even come clean and call them “side-effects”, instead going with “treatment effects”. Hell, maybe they’re right, these aren’t side effects. Side effects are incidental to the main effects. Shitting your pants is the main effect of this drug. It literally is the treatment effect.

Try as they might, their weasel words can’t hide how horrible their drug actually is. Following are actual quotes from their website followed by Mr Angry’s no bullshit translation.

Website Bullshit (WSBS): You may get:

gas with oily spotting,
loose stools
more frequent stools that may be hard to control

No BS: The following things will happen to you:

You will spray oil when you fart
You will have diarrhoea
You will be shitting constantly and you will lose control of your bowels to the point where you shit your pants

WSBS: The excess fat that passes out of your body is not harmful. In fact, you may recognize it as something that looks like the oil on top of a pizza.

No BS: Oh dear god. Pizza is one of my favourite foods and these evil fucks have done their best to turn me off it for life. It will be very hard to look at a pizza again without wondering if someone on this drug has taken a shit on it.

WSBS: Eating a low-fat diet lowers the chance of these bowel changes. (my emphasis)

No BS: Even if you do cut back on fat, you’re still going to shit oil.

WSBS: …pick a day to begin taking alli, such as a weekend day so you can stay close to home if you experience a treatment effect.

No BS: Do not go out in public after taking this drug. You are going to shit yourself. Stay close to a toilet.

WSBS: If you’re getting ready to travel or attend a social event, hold off on starting with alli until the event is over.

No BS: Don’t say you weren’t warned. You are seriously going to shit yourself.

WSBS: You may not usually get gassy, but it’s a possibility when you take alli. The bathroom is really the best place to go when that happens.

No BS: You’re old life is over. Forget what you think you know about your body. You are going to fart uncontrollably. And there will be follow-through. This is not going to be something you want to share.

And my absolute favourite (which is to say, the part of the website that horrifies me most):

“You may feel an urgent need to go to the bathroom. Until you have a sense of any treatment effects, it’s probably a smart idea to wear dark pants, and bring a change of clothes with you to work.”

Oh. My. Fucking. God. They are so sure you are going to shit your pants they are saying you should accept the inevitable. There is no way to avoid this. So wear dark pants to hide the liquid shit stains. And bring a change of clothes. Because your first set are going to get impregnated with liquid shit.

To me, this is the ultimate evidence that western society is utterly fucked. You can tell people that taking a pill will make them shit their pants uncontrollably. And your pill will be an utterly out of control success.

There was also a link to a video where you could “watch alli in action”. I assume this is a video showing people shitting their pants. I couldn’t bring myself to look. Try a video you might be able to stomach – I’ve done a video version of this post for your viewing pleasure.

Yeah, wow, i laughed soooooo hard, here is the original link :)
http://angryaussie.wordpress.com/2007/06/20/miracle-diet-pill-with-teeny-tiny-side-effect/


Wc

so, is it O-K that I would like to start a wall of quotes mostly hailing from textsfromlastnight and the album that accompanies The Heroin Diaries?

WHY?!?!?! is there so much junk in my nose? why do i always get sick during summer time? gabby traded my thursday for her friday so i am now able to go with the dewey (and ramie) clan to Georgia! hurray! huzzah! yippie! lately i've been experiencing, and acting out, a compulsion to change my desktop background at least daily. i finished that book i was reading that kept making me dream i had to become a prostitute, heh, it was a good ending and overall a nice read. i started the man in the iron mask, it's a little tedious. i had over ten bucks in change in my car, that's cool, right? so, i've been sleeping a lot. i'm gonna miss that in the near future ha. and, now, for your enjoyment......
a bad tie is no match for his hot-titude.


~WcOoNmKmYa