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[09 Nov 2009|11:39pm] |
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Who out there thinks that being an only child automatically makes you more mature?
I have known a number of only children. Some are indeed mature. Some are not. I find a higher incidence of immaturity among single children than among those who grew up with siblings. I assume this is because such children had to learn to deal with someone else of a similar age sharing their space, both physically and conceptually.
This is not a hard and fast rule, I can think of some only children more mature than most people I know, but saying "IMA ONLY CHILD SO IM MORE MATURE" is really just saying "I HAVE NO REAL SELF-AWARENESS". If you are more mature, it probably has less to do with being a single child and more to do with having had experiences with people that forced you to grow.
/rant
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| Yay I didit. |
[08 Nov 2009|02:03am] |
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GRE is OVAR. I crashed when I got home and just woke up a few minutes ago, missing a few people. :(
Anyways, will likely be going back to sleep, but for now, seeing if I can get around this annoying 'no on has irises save for Morrigan' bug in DA:O
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| Update as to last post! |
[23 Oct 2009|06:04pm] |
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So, after talking with a friend in the physics department, I have illustrations for my comic concept.
I still have another concept for serial form. Any suggestions on where to host both?
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| An idea has occurred to me. |
[23 Oct 2009|07:03am] |
It's hardly an original one, but it comes down to this:
I have always wanted to do a webcomic. I have no artistic skills whatsoever. So, if I were to write an online serial, who would be interested? Or, even better, would someone want to bring the art to my ideas?
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| Hooray insomnia! |
[30 Sep 2009|01:33am] |
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Usually hits me first week of school. WE'LL SEE HOW THIS GOES!
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| Saga of the crazy woman! |
[24 Sep 2009|01:35am] |
Some of you may have gotten random IMs complaining about a crazy woman in the house I live in. Since the crazy seemed to come to a head today, here's a brief rundown.
I moved into this new place back in June/July. It's a room in a house of 10 rooms. I've met the inhabitants of most of the rooms, if not all.
There are two rooms on the top floor, 4 rooms on the middle (ground) floor, and 4 rooms in the basement. I'm in room 7. Crazy lady is in room 10.
She looks like a short hispanic lady, and at first, like with most people, I was friendly, if mildly wary of new people. And at first, she too seemed friendly. Then, at random, she basically told me off one night when some mail had gone missing and I wanted to ask her about it. She went from that to warm and inviting the next day, telling me all about her life, or at least what she said her life was.
She was also apparently involved in some sort of feud with the two black guys who live here as well. Both of whom I have found to be friendly and personable. This has involved her claiming she had a restraining order against one, and calling the police on them both. The police call, and the claim of the restraining order, both turned out to be fraudulent.
Other habits: she slams the door all the time. Her mood swings from friendly to paranoid. She's willing to talk, but never to listen. She claims to have worked in a correctional facility.
As I noted in my last post, I was out of town last week at an observatory in Eastern WA. Much awesome was had. When I finally got home, I dropped my stuff off and then went to hit the head. At which point she started yelling at me, saying I always slam the doors and that she's sick of it (I tend to shut my door as quietly as possible), and yelling at me to go away as she's trying to shower. There are two bathrooms on this floor. The one she uses (as well as the one I use, and we stick to our own) has an inside bolt. For much of the day she's yelling, at random, 'bitch', 'whore', 'shut up', 'I'm not going to jail' and laughing. She started banging my door as she went by, telling me that if I complained she'd call the police.
So, around 12:30 I heard some honking outside, followed by yelling, and someone talking in a calm voice upstairs. At about 1 am, police came down and knocked on her door. Unlike last time they came to her door, I couldn't hear them clearly, but I definitely heard the Miranda Rights being read, and she was asking if she could do some last-minute things, like turn off the TV, before she went with them. Then they all went out.
So the crazy woman is gone (for now), and hopefully she'll get the help she needs, because she most definitely has issues, if not subscriptions or even volumes, and she obviously can't handle them in any reasonable fashion.
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[22 Sep 2009|05:46pm] |
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IM IN UR OBSERVATORY, WATCHIN UR STARS
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| So, there is one book of the bible that needs to be made into a miniseries. |
[01 Sep 2009|11:49am] |
Judges. This is possibly the bloodiest and most fucked up book in the bible. We have a Heracles without the rose colored glasses, we have people sacrificing their daughters because of an ill-timed oath, and we have the original "I have a message from God" which turns out to be THEIR DEATH.
In short, it's awesome.
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[31 Aug 2009|10:54pm] |
So, we had a fairly simple case. It was domestic violence. Only two direct witnesses, although if a third witness had bothered to show up to court, prosecution would've had a better case.
Basically, what the picture turned out to be, was a single mother's ex-boyfriend (and father of her youngest) threatened to kill her eldest, a smart young boy of 13, and did so to her over the phone. Part of the problems with the case was one, only two witnesses to the incident took the stand. The mother didn't show up, and while I don't blame her, it really weakened the case, as she was the one who called 911. The defendant's testimony, however, had holes you could easily drive a truck through. What the prosecution could prove was that the kid was threatened, and believed it to be an honest threat (misdemeanor harassment) and that the kid was touched in a way he didn't want (Assault 4).
Apparently, the defendant was also being held on other charges. This was the second trial, the first had become a mistrial. Fortunately, we were able to actually come to decisions.
On the whole, though, I really feel sorry for the kid. He sounded smart, and it was obvious his mother was not the best parent in the world.
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| For those so interested: |
[19 Aug 2009|07:55am] |
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I'm going to be going to Camlann Faire this Sunday, it's their last day. My brother and father both have been working in it, and my brother has the part of Sir Ywain in one of the plays. If anyone else feels like showing up, admission is 10 dollars.
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[12 Jul 2009|11:35pm] |
So, I've been sitting here watching people bash on Palin for... No apparent reason, other than that she is an outspoken female republican. When I ask people about it, they either assume it is obvious, or go for niggling details that wouldn't stand up if you went after a liberal woman or POC. Honestly? It seems that self-proclaimed feminists have a double standard, and now, it seems I'm not the only one who sees this:
http://www.reclusiveleftist.com/2009/07/04/feminists-and-the-mystery-of-sarah-palin/
Honestly? People I respect? Stop being sheep.
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[25 Jun 2009|05:39pm] |
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Dear Financial aid: get off your butts and fucking aid me.
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| A reminder: |
[14 Jun 2009|09:33pm] |
Blaming all pro-lifers for the actions of an extremist few is equivalent to blaming all Muslims for the actions of an extremist few.
If you want to argue that many pro-lifers have given tacit agreement to certain acts, I will remind you that there were no pro-lifers dancing in the streets after any act of pro-life terrorism, and a number of them have condemned such acts. A number of Muslims condemned most Islamic terrorist attacks, but dancing in the streets seems to be a more common pastime.
If you think I'm bashing Islam here, I'm not, there is no cause so right that you cannot find idiots following it. I'm bashing those without a sense of proportion who go after pro-lifers and Christians because it's more politically correct to do so. Unless you also bashed Islam, when there was BETTER REASON TO DO SO, welcome to hypocricy.
That stated, I think EVERY act of terrorism, no matter who perpetrates it, is appalling. However, I'm not going to say all apples are bad because I once had one with a worm inside, I'm just going to check for worms more often.
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| Weird dream. |
[11 Jun 2009|09:43am] |
It was one of those standard run around and do wacky stuff dreams (like go to an amusement park and take the role of imaginary kids, I think I was running about 5), when suddenly it turns out I'd forgotten I was getting married to someone I haven't seen in years in a few days. After a couple seconds of panic, within the dream, I started making new plans based on this.
Yes, this was a real person I know, too, and someone I've been in love with, which made it very plausible as a dream. Right now, I'm trying to figure out what my subconscious is trying to tell me.
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| A reminder of what the current political climate looks like. |
[08 Jun 2009|12:30am] |
Rockabye baby, daddy's a whig
When he comes home, hard cider he'll swig
When he has swug, he'll fall in a stu
And down will come Tyler and Tippecanoe
Too many democrats are demonizing republicans, and visa versa.
STOP IT. NOW. You are just as human, just as fallible, as those you disagree with. You are just as capable of causing harm as they are. And right now? YOU'RE. NOT. HELPING.
And for the record? I have yet to find more than a handful of people in capitol hill who are. I'm still waiting to see if the White House will be among them.
Sadly, in reality, hope is just another way to say roll over and take it. If hope alone changed anything, even in US politics, we'd be doing much better. Hope means nothing without will, and except towards infighting, that's the main thing this country is lacking right now.
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| What the shit? |
[26 May 2009|02:41pm] |
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=501
Jenny McCarthy is perfectly fine to speak her views. So long as people understand that they have no basis in reality whatsoever, I'm fine with that.
There are a great many things that fall outside of science. Medicine is not among them. Even responsible naturopaths will send you to a hospital for something there is a scientific way to deal with.
Sometimes, you can change the world with belief. But sometimes, no matter how much you believe that tree bark will save you, all you end up getting are ticks.
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| So, I figured it out. |
[13 May 2009|09:57am] |
For some reason, LJ notify was being marked as spam.
So, if I haven't replied to your comments, I blame my spam filter. Now it should filter correctly.
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[12 May 2009|01:36pm] |
Your results:
You are Spock
| Spock |
| 64% |
| Chekov |
| 60% |
| Jean-Luc Picard |
| 55% |
| Will Riker |
| 55% |
| An Expendable Character (Redshirt) |
| 55% |
| James T. Kirk (Captain) |
| 50% |
| Leonard McCoy (Bones) |
| 50% |
| Geordi LaForge |
| 50% |
| Deanna Troi |
| 50% |
| Uhura |
| 45% |
| Mr. Sulu |
| 45% |
| Beverly Crusher |
| 45% |
| Worf |
| 45% |
| Data |
| 41% |
| Mr. Scott |
| 40% |
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You are skilled in knowledge and logic.
You believe that the needs of the many
outweigh the needs of the few.
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Click here to take the Star Trek Personality Test
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| Just a note... |
[12 May 2009|10:06am] |
If you're attempting to troll a political community?
Actually troll them. Otherwise, gtfo, you're just wasting your time.
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