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October 10th, 2008
09:42 pm - So there you were with the blue banana...and no pumpkin.
If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now (even if we don't speak often or ever), please post a comment with a completely made up and fictional memory of you and me.
It can be anything you want - good or bad - but it has to be fake.
When you're finished, post this in your LJ (if the spirit moves you) and see what your friends come up with.
Hat tip to ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) notgruntled.
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07:08 pm - Answers without questions meme
"Here are the answers, but if you want to know the questions you have to reply and promise you will do the meme too." The answers should all be lj friends of yours.
1. Oddly, I didn't think of anyone here.
2. vees
3. mspurrmeow
4. slave2tehtink
5. elizabethgarner, though it's just a "seems" because, IRL, she isn't.
6. rednekkid
7. blognak (it can be hard to tell, though).
8. eeminy
9. brooklynite
10. blognak, among many.
11. notgruntled
12. x_h00ine
13. tiltmom
14. ptomblin_lj
15. iayork
16. shysterb, and sometimes that seems to weigh on you.
17. mr_booze
18. chi_editrix, but I can't quite put my finger on why. I don't mean it in the negative sense in which it's often used.
19. mamaslyth -- it's funny that we picked the same one for each other. I didn't realize it until I looked back at yours after doing mine.
20. frivolity
21. shysterb, and not for the obvious reason.
22. lauredhel
23. fellspointjazz (sometimes).
24. rednekkid, though if it were really true, I guess it would have already happened by now. Maybe it's good we live in different time zones.
25. oddprofessor, without question.
26. Possibly lignamorren, if I used my cackle.
27. oddprofessor
28. editaur
29. fellspointjazz, of course.
30. Take each day as it comes.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/moonsis/stars/purple/mellow_sp.gif) calm
Current Music: Audioslave
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October 7th, 2008
06:52 pm - Hallomeme
jupiter9's Halloween party:
alice_q dressed as Pavlova the ballerina -- dancing on point too.
beatonna dressed as Camilla Parker-Bowles when she becomes Queen.
blognak dressed as a pirate.
brooklynite dressed as the Vicomte des Boules-Velues.
chi_editrix dressed as something suspicious, but what, specifically, you can't tell.
d_konstantinov dressed as Adriana Lima riding a elk, and it suited them disturbingly well.
editaur dressed as the Viscount of Pluandrolade.
eeminy dressed as a vampire.
frivolity dressed as the main character of "Garden State".
iayork dressed as the King of Chile.
jupiter9 dressed as a substitute computer programmer.
lauredhel dressed as Trent Reznor - tarred and feathered.
lignamorren dressed as a squirrel.
mamaslyth dressed as Mde. Lachienne Foutue d'Enfer -- you don't wanna know.
mentisfugit dressed as a PLHQ & Co. Ranch, Incorporated employee.
mr_booze dressed as your cousin, though it looked more like Ichabod Crane, the schoolmaster from Sleepy Hollow.
mspurrmeow dressed as Ivan the Terrible of Russia.
notgruntled dressed as Dick Cheney.
oddprofessor dressed as a duck.
pasketti dressed as a new superhero: Blonde Blade.
ptomblin_lj dressed as Thomas Jefferson.
rednekkid dressed as Helga the wisewoman, although the live snake was a mistake, though it looked more like Ichabod Crane, the schoolmaster from Sleepy Hollow.
shysterb dressed as Mary-Kate Olsen with her very own conjoined Ashley.
sigma7 dressed as a very fake witch-doctor complete with a collection of shrunken skulls.
slave2tehtink dressed as Sigfried in need of testosterone.
tigtog dressed as a monster from a Super Mario game.
tiltmom dressed as a walking Guillotine.
vees dressed as the Quiet Power Ranger.
warinner dressed as Ichabod Crane, the schoolmaster from Sleepy Hollow, though it looked more like Mary-Kate Olsen with her very own conjoined Ashley.
x_h00ine dressed as the Lord of Blue Valley.
Throw your own party at the Hallomeme!
Created by sigma7: More info here.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/moonsis/stars/purple/exhausted_sp.gif) distracted
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September 26th, 2008
12:55 am - Another "Iranian hostages" ploy?
I had an unsettling thought.
Are the House Republicans withholding approval of the bailout, waiting for Obama to leave for the debate and McCain to stay behind, so they can credit McCain with "brokering" the agreement?
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/moonsis/stars/purple/indifferent_sp.gif) suspicious
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September 25th, 2008
05:09 pm - Food meme
Ganked from eeminy :
Food I've eaten is in bold:
1. Venison (my husband's boss's venison sweet bologna was to die for)
2. Nettle Tea
3. Huevos Rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile (I have had alligator)
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese Fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba Ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black Truffle
18. Fruit wine made with something other than grapes (mulberry)
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio Ice Cream
21. Heirloom Tomatoes
22. Wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and Beans (often)
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de Leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi
32. Clam chowder
33. Salted lassi (I have had sweet rose lassi, not salted)
34. Sauerkraut
35. Cottage Cheese
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects (dried, chili flavored)
43. Phaal
44. Goat's milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken Tikki Masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea Urchin
51. Prickly Pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald's Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini (I have had many dirty vodka ones)
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob Chips
61. S'mores
62. Sweet Breads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs' legs
67. Churro
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe Beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft Shell Crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole Poblano
96. Bagel and Lox
97. Lobster
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
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September 18th, 2008
09:17 pm - Meme
Meme via frivolity
take a picture of yourself right now.
don't change your clothes, don't fix your hair...just take a picture.
post that picture with NO editing.
post these instructions with your picture
(click on it for full-size, you can read all the book titles though many are of books I haven't really used much)
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01:25 pm - Userpics
New userpics for the duration.
Let me know which you like best, or any suggestions:
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/moonsis/stars/purple/artistic_sp.gif) creative
Current Music: The Mars Volta
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September 4th, 2008
03:12 am - That pin Sarah Palin and her family are wearing
The pin Sarah Palin is wearing on her left lapel? The one everyone in her family is wearing? The one Cindy McCain is wearing, too?
It looks to me like a blue star flag pin. It means someone in her family is on active duty in the military.
Which is interesting, since her son isn't on active duty yet. Is there someone else in her family on active duty? I'd assume she wouldn't wear it otherwise.
This article points to a blog that noticed her wearing the pin, and displaying a similar flag in her office. They initially think it's an Israeli flag, but comments point away from that. It does indicate she's been wearing it for a while, not just today.
Current Music: "You Haven't Done Nothin'", Stevie Wonder
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August 16th, 2008
06:10 pm - Perception Personality Image Test
Your result for The Perception Personality Image Test... NFPC - The ArtistNature, Foreground, Big Picture, and Color 
You perceive the world with particular attention to nature. You focus on what's in front of you (the foreground) and how that fits into the larger picture. You are also particularly drawn towards the colors around you. Because of the value you place on nature, you tend to find comfort in more subdued settings and find energy in solitude. You like to deal directly with whatever comes your way without dealing with speculating possibilities or outcomes you can't control. You are in tune with all that is around you and understand your life as part of a larger whole. You are a down-to-earth person who enjoys going with the flow.
The Perception Personality Types:
 Take The Perception Personality Image Test at HelloQuizzy
In Myers-Briggs land I think this would make me ISTx. Since I'm generally using a Sensing function when doing visual stuff, this make sense, but my life isn't pictures.
Current Music: theme from "Saving Grace"
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August 1st, 2008
05:12 pm - McCain makes a Freudian slip to the Urban League
Updated to give the correct verbiage and more context:
"1.2 million businesses today, owned and operated by African-Americans, more and more, are no longer just specters, spectators, on the prosperity of our country, they are stakeholders...."
Gah. It's at 12:33 in this video: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25968617/
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July 26th, 2008
06:56 pm
Ganked from notgruntled
1.ONE OF YOUR SCARS, HOW DID YOU GET IT?
There's a scar on one of my toes. I was a kid, and another kid had gotten a crayfish that he put in the stream near where I would play. I went to look at it and stepped on a piece of glass. Four stitches -- a flap of toe was nearly cut off.
2. WHAT IS ON THE WALLS IN YOUR ROOM?
Not much.
3. WHAT DOES YOUR CELL PHONE LOOK LIKE?
Red.
4. WHAT MUSIC DO YOU LISTEN TO?
Lots of different stuff. Right now, I've glommed onto Audioslave and I'm starting on Daft Punk.
5. DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME YOU WERE BORN?
12:26pm.
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July 12th, 2008
07:23 pm - Have you led an interesting life?
Ganked from lauredhel.
You know the drill. Bold the ones you’ve done, leave an explanation in parentheses if you so desire.
I've also decided to italicise the ones that might be a bit borderline. I've no idea how many yeses constitutes an "interesting life", but the list is definitely more engaging than a Purity Test. Some of you may remember doing some of these things with me...
01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said “I love you” and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Done a striptease
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July 10th, 2008
09:55 pm - Meme of the day
The rules:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd's mosaic maker.
The questions:
1. What is your first name? JoAnne
2. What is your favorite food? Lobster
3. What high school did you go to? Towson High
4. What is your favorite color? Purple
5. Who is your celebrity crush? Naveen Andrews
6. Favorite drink? 10 Cane Rum
7. Dream vacation? Amsterdam
8. Favorite dessert? Chocolate
9. What you wanted to be when you grow up? Scientist
10. What do you love most in life? Knowledge
11. One Word to describe you? Seeking
12. Your flickr name? jupiter9
1. from joanne*, 2. Lobster landing, 3. High Voltage, 4. Purple fingers, 5. Naveen Andrews, 6. 10 Cane Rum, 7. A rooftop view of Amsterdam, 8. coffee and chocolate mousse cake, 9. Scientists on a Lighthouse top, 10. The fountain of knowledge..., 11. Hide & Go Seek-2 year old style, 12. zenit412ls + jupiter9
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June 26th, 2008
06:01 pm - Mememememeeeee1
Via [Unknown LJ tag]:
Rules:
Post 3 things you've done that you believe nobody else on your F-list has done.
Indulge in remorse if someone calls you out on a listed item.
1. Gone on a blind date with, and had to vigorously physically fend off, a guy who looked just like Charles Manson (minus the swastika).
2. Asked the docent at Monticello about a story I had heard that Thomas Jefferson used human manure to fertilize his fields, transported underground on a kind of "poop train." While wearing glasses that had one lens missing.
3. Sat at a lunch counter with John Waters.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/moonsis/stars/purple/singing_sp.gif) cheerful
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June 23rd, 2008
11:20 pm - New userpic
My friend lignamorren, who is an awesome artist, created this userpic for me. He does very kewl pictures of slugs in various activities. Since I've been doing a lot of exercising, I wanted something that reflects that, and he put my slug on an elliptical machine. I can't believe how natural it looks. This is one of the best gifts I've ever gotten. Kisses!
He and another friend of mine have a weekly comic up called Explosive Bolts which I definitely recommend.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/moonsis/stars/purple/hyper_sp.gif) bouncy
Current Music: NIN, "The Great Destroyer," remix by Modwheelmod
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June 15th, 2008
12:28 am - Mah bukkit, is you it?
moar funny pictures
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June 14th, 2008
08:49 pm - Pengwinz
Also posted to all_macros:
moar funny pictures
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June 7th, 2008
08:42 pm - Meme
SCATTERGORIES… It’s harder than it looks!
When you are done, send it on to everyone who likes games, including to the person who sent it to you. Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following… They have to be real places, names, things…nothing made up! Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial. You CAN’T use your name for the boy/girl name question.
[I'll use my LJ name since it's got the same initial]
What is your name……….. Jupiter9
Four Letter Word…………. Junk
Vehicle………………. Junk (ha!)
City……………………… Jacksonville
Boy Name…………… Jerod
Girl name…………… Janine
Drink…………………… Juice
Occupation…………. Jumpmaster
Something to Wear……… Jumper
Celebrity…….........…. Janet Jackson
Food………………… Jellybeans
Something found in a bathroom………. Jews
Reason for Being Late…………………… Jugglers were blocking the parking garage entrance
Cartoon Character……………. Jimmy Olsen, boy reporter
Something You Shout……………. Jumping Jehosophat!
Animal………………. Jackass
Word to describe you…. ...... Jovial
Disease........................ Jaundice
Element ....................... Jam of the Universe
Movie ........................... Jezebel
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/moonsis/stars/purple/silly_sp.gif) silly
Current Music: 867-5309
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May 15th, 2008
03:55 pm - Racism, sexism, idealism, and miracles
I was never really involved in actual "movements." I went to a couple of marches and stuff, took Women's Studies classes, but didn't go to meetings or hang out. I'm not a social kind of person, and most groups of any kind turn into little Peyton Places. Not my scene.
Instead, I read a lot of anti-racist and anti-sexist books and magazines. I therefore got a "purified" vision of what those movements really meant. Sure, there was still overt sexism in the anti-racist stuff, and there was usually some overt but more "accidentally exclusionary" racism in the anti-sexist stuff.
But I remember reading Ms. with all the interesting Black and Lesbian and Native American and Hispanic and international articles and fiction, and thinking, this is great, they're not leaving out women who aren't White, or even American.
So when I got into the big bad blogosphere where people were saying how the Women's Movement ignores people who aren't White, I felt some cognitive dissonance. I had been taking the movement at their word. And it's unfortunately confirmed my instinct that you can trust many books, and many ideas, but people in general are lying sacks of shit, will cheat and hurt each other for the smallest reason or no reason at all, that every group becomes cliquey and mean and self-serving and blindly bigoted.
On a friend's blog there was a discussion of if White people should police themselves rather than having non-White people tell them when they're being racist. That racism is the "property" of the racist and racists can recognize it and clean it up themselves.
We discussed whether one needs empathy to detect and get rid of racism. I think it's not, and in that thread I said that you don't have to have a personal stake in whether racism makes non-White people feel bad. You just have to see that it's not fair. It's illogical. It's like taking a bunch of pencils of all colors and throwing away all the blue ones, or using them only to prop the window open or stick in a fan to make noise.
Where I'm going with this is that I think there's a lot of complaining by people that they are being forced to care about other people that they don't really care about, groups they don't want to "fight for." That everything is a zero-sum game and they need to belong to a team and fight some other team for resources.
And I'm saying that's not necessary. Just don't be illogical. Don't be stupid. Keep your mind and heart a sewer if you want, but you know when you're being prejudiced, so just don't act on your prejudices. Drop the team shit.
I think a lot of parents discover that they raise less sexist and less racist children just by keeping their fucking mouths shut with the sexist and racist comments. Act, and the feelings will follow -- maybe not for you, though I think it eventually does. But for those who don't have the feelings burnt into them, the actions and feelings will be in harmony.
It's a sort of miracle, really. The despised "political correctness," even if your heart is filthy with sexism and racism, even if you conform to it with great resentment, results in something good. When the parent or adult messes up and says the horrible thing, the child is shocked and dismayed, and that may even shock and dismay the adult into behaving better.
The magazines and books I read hid a lot of the real racism and sexism of the movements they were representing from me, so I learned and absorbed the ideal, and not the reality of the shitty racist and sexist people who wrote them and said "but really you can't trust a woman/black/hispanic/$foo."
I'm glad I wasn't part of those movements. Idealism has a value. It transmits ideals. Don't lose it.
Current Mood: quixotic
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May 14th, 2008
07:30 pm - dudes...
Blank from http://ruralvotes.com/thefield/?p=547
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/moonsis/stars/purple/happy_sp.gif) perky
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