Hey so I know I've been on here a ton lately, but seriously, what else is there for me to do? But anyways, I just wanted to give a shout out to bj... "welcome home, welcome ho-o-ome"!! Can't wait to see you... hopefully soon?
Love ya,
CM
sábado, agosto 11
viernes, agosto 10
Oh my...
Holy swamp monster you gals! I missed reading you all, I can't believe everything I've missed. I just briefed myself on the posts, and I must say jeez! Cool beans about the new interpol, is the video you mean the one of the puppet car crash? Oh by the way, got a new keyboard, notice my use of ?, ah ?, I missed you. Christina, hope your feeling gooder, actually we were talking about your name today, my counterpart and I, and we think if a guy named Chris and a gal named Tina had a baby they Have to name her ChrisTina! I can't wait to see you all again. The "history of sayings" post was neato. North Dakota was amazing, the weather was so comfy but the air was drier then here so we kind of got weird colds. We took pictures in sunflower fields, they were so beautiful. The airbase was pretty fun they had cheap bowling and a Huge gym. I can't believe that school is sooooo close. Well, just wanted to stop in quickidly and say hi to everyone. See you all soon, YAH. Bye bye.
-wOnKy CoMmA
-wOnKy CoMmA
Feels good to be home...
Hola mis buenas amigas,
So I'm back. The hospital was kinda fun, actually. Despite the whole "being in the hospital" part of it, they take really good care of you there... and taking medicine through an IV is WAY better than taking gross liquid stuff through a rubber syringe. But yeah, I haven't really seen any results yet but I do have a pretty good idea of what my face would like if I gained a whole bunch of weight... I look like I've got TWO giant jaw breakers on EACH side of my face. It's fun... I'll post my pictures up on walmart once I have some better 'after' pictures... But like I said, I've only got ones from the hospital right now. But thanks for the sweet posts, guys. It means a lot to know that you're being though of in such a crappy time. Hope to see ya'll soon...
CM
So I'm back. The hospital was kinda fun, actually. Despite the whole "being in the hospital" part of it, they take really good care of you there... and taking medicine through an IV is WAY better than taking gross liquid stuff through a rubber syringe. But yeah, I haven't really seen any results yet but I do have a pretty good idea of what my face would like if I gained a whole bunch of weight... I look like I've got TWO giant jaw breakers on EACH side of my face. It's fun... I'll post my pictures up on walmart once I have some better 'after' pictures... But like I said, I've only got ones from the hospital right now. But thanks for the sweet posts, guys. It means a lot to know that you're being though of in such a crappy time. Hope to see ya'll soon...
CM
The International Police couldn't have put this one together
So if you haven't noticed yet I am really obsessed with the band Interpol right now. I just have their new album but I remember a video from them from their last album that came out about three years ago and would only play really late at night on Fuse with the rest of the indie bands with no money. Just for old times sake I found it on the internet and watched it today. It was a really small screen ('cause thats the only thing that will load on crappy dial-up) but at least I got to hear the song again. I wanted to watch the video for their new single that I hadn't seen yet but I needed to download a certain kind of flash player so I didn't. Lucky me it came on tv for the FIRST TIME EVER today-or at least the first time I have ever seen it. If that wasn't enough syncronicity the sound byte that plays at the beginning of "Evil"(the old song) is the same sound byte that plays at the end of "The Heinrich Maneuver"(the new one) and I never would have noticed it if I hadn't have watched the two videos in the same day! CRAMAZINGNESSS!!!!!! I won't give away the connection between the two but I think you will figure it out if you watch them. The videos are cool but really strange. Check it: http://search.music.aol.com/search/interpol
~CARL
P.S. I am almost done with Personal Suckness Hooray!
~CARL
P.S. I am almost done with Personal Suckness Hooray!
martes, agosto 7
I wish the real world would just stop hassling me
Hey guys,
So I'm sitting here waiting for my parents to be ready so we can leave for Tampa. Just thought I'd post one last time as old Christina. It's kind of scary, ya know? It's like "death is staring you in the face". Except not death, just new jaws... It's a harrowing feeling. Everything I do is like, "well, this'll be the last time I do this with this face..." I know, it sounds stupid. But it's kinda emotional. So anyways, none of this probably makes much sense to ya'll, but most things that go on in my head DON'T make much sense to most people, so don't worry. :) So anyways, I'll see ya'll soon enough.
Always,
CM
So I'm sitting here waiting for my parents to be ready so we can leave for Tampa. Just thought I'd post one last time as old Christina. It's kind of scary, ya know? It's like "death is staring you in the face". Except not death, just new jaws... It's a harrowing feeling. Everything I do is like, "well, this'll be the last time I do this with this face..." I know, it sounds stupid. But it's kinda emotional. So anyways, none of this probably makes much sense to ya'll, but most things that go on in my head DON'T make much sense to most people, so don't worry. :) So anyways, I'll see ya'll soon enough.
Always,
CM
You can not make this up
Okay so I feel like a loser for doing the last 3 posts in a row but I think yall need to hear this. This morning my power went out. Mom was at work and Jason and I had to go get groceries. We figured the electric company is just working on something so that the neighborhood will be down for a while (I don't know why we immediately assumed that but we did). On the way to Publix I thought I'd call my neighbor and see if they were out too...they were not. So now we are thinkin' there must be something wrong with just our transformer or something and if we go get groceries they may just go bad if something is really wrong and we don't get power for a while. We turned around and went home. As soon as we got there I saw some buzzards kind of circling our yard. We looked up to find that a black vulture has decided to lodge himself in our transformer. Just his rear end was sticking out. We called the electric company and they came out only to find that there was no longer a buzzard in the transformer. Still alive, the nearly zombie-fied vulture had lofted himself about 30 to 40 feet away from the pole and into our yard. He was paralyzed so we wanted to put him out of his misery but we weren't sure if it is illegal to shoot buzzards. We called animal control to give us the okay. It took two shots with the 22 to kill this beastly bird. I finally have power.
~CARL
~CARL
domingo, agosto 5
Poppin' My Clutch
Don't you hate when you underrate something as being so easy and then you can't do it worth crap cuz you go too fast and goof it all up. This is what I like to call poppin' my clutch. Its like when you get excited and start talking really fast and then all you do is studder. I'm poppin' it big time on this Interpol song I'm trying to learn. "Pace is the Trick"(another Interpol song :)) on the guitar but I can't seem to get it right today and I am sooo T.O.'ed. I bet Chuck doesn't have this problem.
~CARL
~CARL
sábado, agosto 4
Pica-chu, Pica-eww
I had to look up eating disorders for my Personal Suckness class. This is one of the more unusual ones. Its mean but I think its funny. This is exactly what it said.
Pica:
A craving for non-food items such as dirt, clay, plaster, chalk, or paint chips.
We have more information about pica on another page in this site.
Pica:
A craving for non-food items such as dirt, clay, plaster, chalk, or paint chips.
We have more information about pica on another page in this site.
viernes, agosto 3
ARGH!
Once again, ARGH! I'm so mad!! I just found out there's a Goo Goo Dolls and Lifehouse concert at the ford amphitheatre tomorrow night. But the tickets are way too expensive to be worth it and the ones that aren't are like five miles from the stage. Curse those bands that must have huge concerts instead of just being cool and having it at the House of Blues...
-CM
-CM
jueves, agosto 2
Bet Ya Didn't Know This
O.K. I know I am the history nerd, but this is some cool stuff that I think you all should know. The first set is the backgrounds for many common phrases, the second is just really cool (and creepy)
The First:
In George Washington's days, there were no cameras. One's image was either sculpted or painted. Some paintings of George Washington showed him standing behind a desk with one arm behind his back while others showed both legs and both arms. Prices charged by painters were not based on how many people were to be painted, but by how many limbs were to be painted. Arms and legs are "limbs," therefore painting them would cost the buyer more. Hence the _expression, "Okay, but it'll cost you an arm and a leg."
As incredible as it sounds, men and women took baths only twice a year (May and October)! Women kept their hair covered, while men shaved their heads (because of lice and bugs) and wore wigs. Wealthy men could afford good wigs made from wool. They couldn't wash the wigs, so to clean them they would carve out a loaf of bread, put the wig in the shell, and bake it for 30 minutes. The heat would make the wig big and fluffy, hence the term "big wig." Today we often use the term "here comes the Big Wig" because someone appears to be or is powerful and wealthy.
In the late 1700s, many houses consisted of a large room with only one chair. Commonly, a long wide board folded down from the wall, and was used for dining. The "head of the household" always sat in the chair while everyone else ate sitting on the floor Occasionally a guest, who was usually a man, would be invited to sit in this chair during a meal. To sit in the chair meant you were important and in charge. They called the one sitting in the chair the "chair man." Today in business, we use the expression or title "Chairman" or "Chairman of the Board."
Personal hygiene left much room for improvement. As a result, many women and men had developed acne scars by adulthood. The women would spread bee's wax over their facial skin to smooth out their complexions When they were speaking to each other, if a woman began to stare at another woman's face she was told, "mind your own bee's wax." Should the woman smile, the wax would crack, hence the term "crack a smile" In addition, when they sat too close to the fire, the wax would melt. Therefore, the expression "losing face."
Ladies wore corsets, which would lace up in the front. A proper and dignified woman, as in "straight laced" .. . . Wore a tightly tied lace.
Common entertainment included playing cards. However, there was a tax levied when purchasing playing cards but only applicable to the "Ace of Spades." To avoid paying the tax, people would purchase 51 cards instead. Yet, since most games require 52 cards, these people were thought to be stupid or dumb because they weren't "playing with a full deck."
Early politicians required feedback from the public to determine what the people considered important. Since there were no telephones, TV's or radios, the politicians sent their assistants to local taverns, pubs, and bars. They were told to "go sip some ale" and listen to people's conversations and political concerns. Many assistants were dispatched at different times. "You go sip here" and "You go sip there." The two words "go sip" were eventually combined when referring to the local opinion and, thus we have the term "gossip."
At local taverns, pubs, and bars, people drank from pint and quart-sized containers. A bar maid's job was to keep an eye on the customers and keep the drinks coming. She had to pay close attention and remember who was drinking in "pints" and who was drinking in "quarts," hence the term "minding your "P's and Q's."
In the heyday of sailing ships, all war ships and many freighters carried iron cannons. Those cannons fired round iron cannon balls. It was necessary to keep a good supply near the cannon. However, how to prevent them from rolling about the deck? The best storage method devised was a square-based pyramid with one ball on top, resting on four resting on nine, which rested on sixteen. Thus, a supply of 30 cannon balls could be stacked in a small area right next to the cannon. There was only one problem...how to prevent the bottom layer from sliding or rolling from under the others. The solution was a metal plate called a "Monkey" with 16 round indentations. However, if this plate were made of iron, the iron balls would quickly rust to it. The solution to the rusting problem was to make "Brass Monkeys." Few land lubbers realize that brass contracts much more and much faster than iron when chilled. Consequently, when the temperature dropped too far, the brass indentations would shrink so much that the iron cannonballs would come right off the monkey. Thus, it was quite literally, "Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey." (All this time, you thought that was an improper expression, didn't you.)
O.K. The Second one, which I think is really creepy
Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.
Lincoln 's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.
Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.
Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who as sassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.
Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.
Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.'
Kennedy was shot in a car called ' Lincoln' made by 'Ford.'
Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.
Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
And here's the kicker ...
A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.\
Creepy, Don't you think? Well, mom forwarded those to me, and I thought that they were too interesting not to share with you cool people..... so I hope you enjoyed it as much as Chuck Norris enjoys being a Walker Texas Ranger, Ninja, Exercise Pro, The Third Side and a Redhead.
all of my love,
K.D.
The First:
In George Washington's days, there were no cameras. One's image was either sculpted or painted. Some paintings of George Washington showed him standing behind a desk with one arm behind his back while others showed both legs and both arms. Prices charged by painters were not based on how many people were to be painted, but by how many limbs were to be painted. Arms and legs are "limbs," therefore painting them would cost the buyer more. Hence the _expression, "Okay, but it'll cost you an arm and a leg."
As incredible as it sounds, men and women took baths only twice a year (May and October)! Women kept their hair covered, while men shaved their heads (because of lice and bugs) and wore wigs. Wealthy men could afford good wigs made from wool. They couldn't wash the wigs, so to clean them they would carve out a loaf of bread, put the wig in the shell, and bake it for 30 minutes. The heat would make the wig big and fluffy, hence the term "big wig." Today we often use the term "here comes the Big Wig" because someone appears to be or is powerful and wealthy.
In the late 1700s, many houses consisted of a large room with only one chair. Commonly, a long wide board folded down from the wall, and was used for dining. The "head of the household" always sat in the chair while everyone else ate sitting on the floor Occasionally a guest, who was usually a man, would be invited to sit in this chair during a meal. To sit in the chair meant you were important and in charge. They called the one sitting in the chair the "chair man." Today in business, we use the expression or title "Chairman" or "Chairman of the Board."
Personal hygiene left much room for improvement. As a result, many women and men had developed acne scars by adulthood. The women would spread bee's wax over their facial skin to smooth out their complexions When they were speaking to each other, if a woman began to stare at another woman's face she was told, "mind your own bee's wax." Should the woman smile, the wax would crack, hence the term "crack a smile" In addition, when they sat too close to the fire, the wax would melt. Therefore, the expression "losing face."
Ladies wore corsets, which would lace up in the front. A proper and dignified woman, as in "straight laced" .. . . Wore a tightly tied lace.
Common entertainment included playing cards. However, there was a tax levied when purchasing playing cards but only applicable to the "Ace of Spades." To avoid paying the tax, people would purchase 51 cards instead. Yet, since most games require 52 cards, these people were thought to be stupid or dumb because they weren't "playing with a full deck."
Early politicians required feedback from the public to determine what the people considered important. Since there were no telephones, TV's or radios, the politicians sent their assistants to local taverns, pubs, and bars. They were told to "go sip some ale" and listen to people's conversations and political concerns. Many assistants were dispatched at different times. "You go sip here" and "You go sip there." The two words "go sip" were eventually combined when referring to the local opinion and, thus we have the term "gossip."
At local taverns, pubs, and bars, people drank from pint and quart-sized containers. A bar maid's job was to keep an eye on the customers and keep the drinks coming. She had to pay close attention and remember who was drinking in "pints" and who was drinking in "quarts," hence the term "minding your "P's and Q's."
In the heyday of sailing ships, all war ships and many freighters carried iron cannons. Those cannons fired round iron cannon balls. It was necessary to keep a good supply near the cannon. However, how to prevent them from rolling about the deck? The best storage method devised was a square-based pyramid with one ball on top, resting on four resting on nine, which rested on sixteen. Thus, a supply of 30 cannon balls could be stacked in a small area right next to the cannon. There was only one problem...how to prevent the bottom layer from sliding or rolling from under the others. The solution was a metal plate called a "Monkey" with 16 round indentations. However, if this plate were made of iron, the iron balls would quickly rust to it. The solution to the rusting problem was to make "Brass Monkeys." Few land lubbers realize that brass contracts much more and much faster than iron when chilled. Consequently, when the temperature dropped too far, the brass indentations would shrink so much that the iron cannonballs would come right off the monkey. Thus, it was quite literally, "Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey." (All this time, you thought that was an improper expression, didn't you.)
O.K. The Second one, which I think is really creepy
Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.
Lincoln 's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.
Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.
Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who as sassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.
Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.
Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.'
Kennedy was shot in a car called ' Lincoln' made by 'Ford.'
Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.
Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
And here's the kicker ...
A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.\
Creepy, Don't you think? Well, mom forwarded those to me, and I thought that they were too interesting not to share with you cool people..... so I hope you enjoyed it as much as Chuck Norris enjoys being a Walker Texas Ranger, Ninja, Exercise Pro, The Third Side and a Redhead.
all of my love,
K.D.
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