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Sunday, October 12th, 2008
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9:08 pm - i love spyro!!
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Music by Stewart Copeland
Stewart Copeland, the drummer of the band The Police, is credited with composing the soundtracks for the first three Spyro games as well as Enter the Dragonfly. The score for Spyro the Dragon was given high praise for its originality, portraying oriental/fantasy-like themes for the Dragon Worlds. All music was performed on a computer which he says were rather shallow compositions but one of the most fun gigs that he ever had. The original titles of the music tracks were named after the first noun that came into his head before he hit the "save" button.
Copeland made music for each world in the games as well as music devoted to each level, giving them each their own feel according to the natural surroundings, architecture and inhabitants of the place. For example, in Spyro the Dragon the Artisans' world of shepherds, sheep, medieval towers and endless green hills has an oriental-sounding mixture of bells and drums where as the Beast Makers' midnight swamp has a solid rhythm overlayed with the melancholy calls of an owl. Ambient music features in Spyro 2 such as Autumn Plains. Mainly, the music is very "busy", i.e. full of different percussion instruments underlying the melody. Ted Price, the head of Insomniac Games believed Copeland's work for Spyro: Year of the Dragon, which he co-wrote with Ryan Beveridge, was some of his best to date. It is the stage for all kinds of sounds, including strange vocals and exotic instruments in styles from all over the world. The music has never been released on CD.
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9:59 am - how delightful
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this morning i felt the first touch of winter on my exposed skin. it's time to throw on another blanket and start getting ready for long sleeves :)
current mood:  content
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| Thursday, October 9th, 2008
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2:19 pm - tee hee
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| Sunday, October 5th, 2008
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10:45 pm
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please let it be winter already. it's time for change.
current mood:  indescribable
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| Friday, September 26th, 2008
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6:40 pm - i love the way ellen thinks
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please take the time to read this short message from ellen. once you've read it, please, pass it on! it's important to get the word out about this misleading campaign. thanks!
"My Political Point… And I Do Have One
You know how usually I talk about cell phones or kitty cats or cheese pizza… well, this is sorta like that… without the cell phones, the cats, or the pizza.
There’s a California Proposition on the ballot that’s a little confusing. It’s Proposition 8. It’s called, “The California Marriage Protection Act” — but don’t let the name fool you. It’s not protecting anyone’s marriage. Not yours. Not mine.
The wording of Prop 8 is tricky. It’s like if someone asked you, “You don’t want dessert, right?” But you do want dessert so you say, “Yes,” which really means you don’t want dessert. And if you say, “No,” which means you do want dessert — it sounds like you don’t. Either way, you don’t get what you want. See — confusing. Just like Prop. 8.
So, in case I haven’t made myself clear, I’m FOR gay marriage. And in order to protect that right — please VOTE NO on Proposition 8. And now that you’re informed, spread the word. I’m begging you. I can’t return the wedding gifts — I love my new toaster."
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12:40 pm - Help support Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
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Hi friends,
In remembrance of my Aunt Rhona who died from Leukemia my cousin Jackie (her daughter) does a yearly fund raising effort every October. I need your help raising money for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - Palm Beach Area Chapter. When you donate, you will be helping to fund lifesaving research and provide help and hope to thousands of families. To make an online donation, simply click on the secure link below. You will receive a confirmation by email detailing your donation. Any kind of support is appreciated!
https://www.active.com/donate/ltnPalmB/2420_bocalovey
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| Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
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9:07 pm - "this is exactly what the nerds want" - merrill
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i am a genius, courtney helped!
i had this leftover nasty whole wheat pasta that was already cooked, so i felt bad about throwing it out anyway. i threw it in a pan with some butter, spaghetti sauce, some seasoning, a couple kinds of cheeses, and finally some white wine.. and VOILA! pasta a la deb et court. yummo.
we're hangin out in our sick pad watching SIGNS in the dark with mood lighting. it makes me want to make out :) but not with her.. lol. hope it doesn't smell... lol. oh yea, and i got my new desk! yay!
current mood:  geeky
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| Monday, September 22nd, 2008
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5:26 pm - white privilege
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White Privilege, White Entitlement and the 2008 Election
Submitted by BuzzFlash on Sat, 09/13/2008 Guest Contribution
A BUZZFLASH GUEST CONTRIBUTION
By Tim Wise
For those who still can't grasp the concept of white privilege, or who are constantly looking for some easy-to-understand examples of it, perhaps this list will help.
White privilege is when you can get pregnant at seventeen like Bristol Palin and everyone is quick to insist that your life and that of your family is a personal matter, and that no one has a right to judge you or your parents, because 'every family has challenges,' even as black and Latino families with similar 'challenges' are regularly typified as irresponsible, pathological and arbiters of social decay.
White privilege is when you can call yourself a 'fuckin' redneck,' like Bristol Palin's boyfriend does, and talk about how if anyone messes with you, you'll 'kick their fuckin' ass,' and talk about how you like to 'shoot shit' for fun, and still be viewed as a responsible, all-American boy (and a great son-in-law to be) rather than a thug.
White privilege is when you can attend four different colleges in six years like Sarah Palin did (one of which you basically failed out of, then returned to after making up some coursework at a community college), and no one questions your intelligence or commitment to achievement, whereas a person of color who did this would be viewed as unfit for college, and probably someone who only got in in the first place because of affirmative action.
White privilege is when you can claim that being mayor of a town smaller than most medium-sized colleges, and then Governor of a state with about the same number of people as the lower fifth of the island of Manhattan, makes you ready to potentially be president, and people don't all piss on themselves with laughter, while being a black U.S. Senator, two-term state Senator, and constitutional law scholar, means you're 'untested.
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White privilege is being able to say that you support the words 'under God' in the pledge of allegiance because 'if it was good enough for the founding fathers, it's good enough for me,' and not be immediately disqualified from holding office--since, after all, the pledge was written in the late 1800s and the 'under God' part wasn't added until the 1950s--while believing that reading accused criminals and terrorists their rights (because, ya know, the Constitution, which you used to teach at a prestigious law school requires it), is a dangerous and silly idea only supported by mushy liberals.
White privilege is being able to be a gun enthusiast and not make people immediately scared of you. White privilege is being able to have a husband who was a member of an extremist political party that wants your state to secede from the Union, and whose motto was 'Alaska first,' and no one questions your patriotism or that of your family, while if you're black and your spouse merely fails to come to a 9/11 memorial so she can be home with her kids on the first day of school, people immediately think she's being disrespectful.
White privilege is being able to make fun of community organizers and the work they do--like, among other things, fight for the right of women to vote, or for civil rights, or the 8-hour workday, or an end to child labor--and people think you're being pithy and tough, but if you merely question the experience of a small town mayor and 18-month governor with no foreign policy expertise beyond a class she took in college--you're somehow being mean, or even sexist.
White privilege is being able to convince white women who don't even agree with you on any substantive issue to vote for you and your running mate anyway, because all of a sudden your presence on the ticket has inspired confidence in these same white women, and made them give your party a 'second look.
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White privilege is being able to fire people who didn't support your political campaigns and not be accused of abusing your power or being a typical politician who engages in favoritism, while being black and merely knowing some folks from the old-line political machines in Chicago means you must be corrupt.
White privilege is being able to attend churches over the years whose pastors say that people who voted for John Kerry or merely criticize George W. Bush are going to hell, and that the U.S. is an explicitly Christian nation and the job of Christians is to bring Christian theological principles into government, and who bring in speakers who say the conflict in the Middle East is God's punishment on Jews for rejecting Jesus, and everyone can still think you're just a good church-going Christian, but if you're black and friends with a black pastor who has noted (as have Colin Powell and the U.S. Department of Defense) that terrorist attacks are often the result of U.S. foreign policy and who talks about the history of racism and its effect on black people, you're an extremist who probably hates America.
White privilege is not knowing what the Bush Doctrine is when asked by a reporter, and then people get angry at the reporter for asking you such a 'trick question,' while being black and merely refusing to give one-word answers to the queries of Bill O'Reilly means you're dodging the question, or trying to seem overly intellectual and nuanced.
White privilege is being able to claim your experience as a POW has anything at all to do with your fitness for president, while being black and experiencing racism is, as Sarah Palin has referred to it, a 'light' burden.
And finally, white privilege is the only thing that could possibly allow someone to become president when he has voted with George W. Bush 90 percent of the time, even as unemployment is skyrocketing, people are losing their homes, inflation is rising, and the U.S. is increasingly isolated from world opinion, just because white voters aren't sure about that whole 'change' thing. Ya know, it's just too vague and ill-defined, unlike, say, four more years of the same, which is very concrete and certain.
White privilege is, in short, the problem.
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Tim Wise is the author of White Like Me (Soft Skull, 2005, revised 2008), and of Speaking Treason Fluently, publishing this month, also by Soft Skull.
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| Saturday, September 20th, 2008
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8:29 pm - a great idea
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i will substitute guys and sex for reading the many amazing books i have lined up and redtube.com
::cheers::
current mood: cheerful
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| Friday, September 19th, 2008
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7:42 pm - whole wheat pasta
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how does everyone feel about whole wheat pasta?
do you think it's really that much better for you? i've tried to get myself to like it but for some reason i just think it tastes so much different, and not in a good way.. the last time i made it it seemed like it tasted like fish!
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| Thursday, September 18th, 2008
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10:15 pm - All the world's a stage,
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And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
current mood:  high
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| Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
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12:54 am - ...
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i just watched bowling for columbine, what a terrible and amazing movie. people are seriously FUCKED UP. what's wrong with the world we live in?
current mood:  nauseated
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| Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
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12:06 pm - adorkable
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So after cleaning out my old apartment I came to the part I dreaded the most, deciding what to do with my old PC. My parents bought me this computer when i graduated from high school (5 years ago). I sat down on the floor with nothing else around me but a few boxes and other random moving things and decided to plug it in to see if it even still worked since i haven't turned it on in over a year. Alas, it still works and I was thinking about donating it or recylcing it and now I want to keep it.
Many of you know that I've switched to Macs and that I love my little Macbook, so why do I want to keep this big, bulky, out-dated PC? For starters it was the first computer I ever owned.. but the desk it used to sit on recently crumbled to bits during the move so I need a new desk. Also, I know that *almost* all the computers used in the business world run on Microsoft programs and so it would probably be handy to have a PC in case I had to bring work home with me some day (fuck i need to job search!). Not that I really ever play games, even on my playstation, it might be nice to have a PC for that? I dunno.
Here are some cons:
Like I said, the thing is BULKY. Like super heavy and awkward to carry. The monitor is huge, like 20 something inches and it's NOT a flat pannel, and it sticks out for eternity. And the tower is also huge and quite pointless. The software and operating system on this thing hasn't been updated in years. I'm kind of wondering how much it would cost in total to upgrade the software, switch out the hard drive and other parts to a smaller tower, and buy a new, small flat pannel monitor? Probably atleast $300.. I wouldn't mind spending $100 but that's not realistic.
Anywho. Maybe I'll just make this thing my next "project" and dork around on it myself when I have some free time.
current mood:  contemplative
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| Saturday, September 13th, 2008
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11:27 pm - what do you think?
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1:41 pm - i want
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some good art to put up on the walls of my new room, any suggestions where to get some stuff that isn't too expensive??
we went to ikea yesterday and i didn't see anything that wowed me.
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| Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
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12:29 pm - polar bear fur is not white
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If you see purity
As immaturity
Well its no surprise
If for kindness
You substitute blindness
Please open your eyes
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some people should not have kids.. SO SAD: i heard this crying baby while i was unpacking earlier and it was just going on and on and on so i looked out my patio (which over looks the pool area) and there was this baby strapped into a stroller facing the OPPOSITE direction of his/her mom while the mom and some other chick boiled themselves in the jacuzzi. and the kid keapt crying like it obviously didn't want to be in the stroller and wanted to be with it's mom and it was like, struggling to get out and the mom and the other chick were just yaking away and occasionally one would be like, ohhh what's the matter?? STUPID COCK FACE your kid needs you..
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on the other hand, court and i were just unpacking in the living room when we heard a little knock on the door. so we go over there and it's two neighborhood kids (4th and 5th graders) selling wrapping paper and chocolate just like we used to when we were that little!!! SO CUTE. so we looked through their little catalog and bought 4 different wrapping papers to help them try to win a prize :D i feel like a better human being for some reason.
hopefully getting the rest of our stuff out of the old apartment tonight, going to ikea on friday, and cleaning the shit out of the old apt saturday/sunday. i need to take pictures soon :)
oh, and burning my new essential oil: "leaves" it smells GREAT i can't wait for fall and winter!!
current mood:  busy
current music: dr. acula avec court!
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| Monday, September 8th, 2008
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12:10 am - i feel like i've been fed on
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Emotional Vampires
Not just annoying people, but darkly seductive. Emotional Vampires draw you in with charm, beauty, talent and pulse pounding excitement. Then they drain you – not of blood but of every last drop of emotional energy.
You know them – Sexy, but unreliable lovers, drama queens who use emotions like Afghan Rebels use Kalishnikovs, jealous spouses, demanding parents, manipulative coworkers, and bosses with gigantic egos, who are so small everywhere else.
It’s almost supernatural how quickly Emotional Vampires can get you to trust them, then, just as quickly, get under your skin and drain you dry. It’s downright scary how quickly they can trick you into letting them come back and do it again.
current mood:  tired
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| Friday, September 5th, 2008
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12:41 am - yes
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IT'S KILLING ME
current mood:  cynical
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| Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
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11:33 pm - /
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tonight drinking wine, tomorrow bar tending.. au revoir..
current mood: blank
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| Friday, August 29th, 2008
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9:16 am - wake up wake up!
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so much to do, so little time.
work again for the day shift. my knitting class was amazingly successful yesterday!!! i'm working on perfecting my swatches since before i just completely ignored them. also i almost have the hang of purling but i still have to really pay attention to what i'm doing. i made amazing spaghetti and garlic bread for dinner last night.
yogurt for breakfast today like usual. i should stay all day at work but we'll see if fate intervenes >:) i need to go to the bank but i'll probably just go when i get back from FL. Leaving tomorrow morning at 5:30am. i also might go to stone tonight with my friend leah but i realllllyy need to pack and clean up my room. i partially cleaned thew kitchen last night while i was cooking. but there are also a million recipes i want to try!
i had a crazy dream about moving last night. the place i was moving into was amazing, so maybe i'll live there someday. and it was also pretty much right next to disneyland! !
so much to do, so little time.
current mood: groggy
current music: rihanna
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