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Tuesday, December 7th, 2004
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9:51 pm - Update (Finally!)
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So it's been awhile since I've updated this thing, eh? (And the winner of the understatement of the year award goes to... ME!)
I thought about just creating a new username and starting over, but decided that would take way too much work and dedication.
So here goes attempt at updating regularly, take 35.
Don't expect it to last!
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| Tuesday, March 16th, 2004
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12:11 am
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You are the grammar Fuhrer. All bow to your
authority. You will crush all the inferior
people under the soles of your jackboots, and
any who question your motives will be
eliminated. Your punishment is being the bane
of every other person's existence, because
you're constantly contradicting stupidity.
Everyone will be gunning for you. Your dreams
of a master race of spellers and grammarians
frighten the masses. You must always watch your
back. If only your power could be used for good
instead of evil.
What is your grammar aptitude?
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| Thursday, March 4th, 2004
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10:30 pm
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| Friday, October 31st, 2003
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5:09 pm
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Has ran away for the weekend. Mwaaaah!
If anyone needs me, I'm at home.
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| Wednesday, July 23rd, 2003
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12:12 am - A Few Good Movie Reccomendations
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As per ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) vagueexistence's request, here's a few good older movies I could think of offhand.
It Happened One Night- Stars Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. A good romantic comedy.
Singin in the Rain- Bar none, my favorite movie musical ever. It's just so funny! It's set in the transition from silent movies to "talkies," and get this- every song in it with the exception of I think one is recycled from MGM musicals of that era. Stars Gene Kelly.
Casablanca I can't remember if you had saw that one or not. If not, it is an absolute must see.
The African Queen Stars Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn. An excellent romance. If you're intereted, ask and I'll lend you my copy of the book Katherine Hepburn wrote on the making of this movie once fall semester starts. It's interesting.
The Gold Rush Warning: it's silent. It's also friggin hilarious, and well worth watching. Stars Charlie Chaplin.
The following movies are all directed by Alfred Hitchcock. I recommend anything of his (I'm a fan) but these are ones I've seen and especially think you'll like.
North by Northwest
Vertigo
Dial M for Murder
Notorious
I could probably add more but my brain's too fried at the moment. I may amend it later, but for now any of my movie loving friends are welcome to pipe up.
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| Thursday, July 17th, 2003
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12:53 pm
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1:51 am - Wibble...
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| Monday, July 14th, 2003
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6:02 pm - Harry Potter Quiz
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| Wednesday, July 2nd, 2003
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5:28 pm
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| Friday, June 27th, 2003
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12:04 am
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| Wednesday, June 25th, 2003
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9:16 am
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| Wednesday, June 11th, 2003
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4:38 pm
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Take this quiz here!
Megan, your hemispheric dominance is equally divided between left and right brain, while you show a moderate preference for auditory versus visual learning, signs of a balanced and flexible person.
Your balance gives you the enviable capacity to be verbal and literate while retaining a certain "flair" and individuality. You are logical and compliant but only to a degree. You are organized without being compulsive, goal-directed without being driven, and a "thinking" individual without being excessively so.
The one problem you might have is that your learning might not be as efficient as you would like. At times you will work from the specific to the general, while at other times you'll work from the general to the specific. Sometimes you will be logical in your approach while at other times random. Since you cannot always control the choice, you may experience frustrations not normally felt by persons with a more defined and directed learning style.
You may also minimally experience conflicts associated with auditory processing. You will be systematic and sequential in your processing of information, you will most often focus on a single dimension of the problem or material, and you will be more reflective, i.e., "taking the data in" as opposed to "devouring" it.
Overall, you should feel content with your life and yourself. You are, perhaps, a little too critical of yourself - and of others - while maintaining an "openness" which is redeeming. Indecisiveness is a problem and your creativity is not in keeping with your potential. Being a pragmatist, you downplay this aspect of yourself and focus on the more immediate, the more obvious and the more functional.
In a way, this quiz is right on.I feel that the way it speaks about learning applies to many things I do. On the other hand, I feel I am considerably more of a visual learner than I am auditory.
Oh, and the organized part is a total joke.
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| Monday, June 9th, 2003
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9:18 pm
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| Tuesday, May 27th, 2003
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3:42 pm - Messages to Friends
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Miko- Are we still doing June 21's line party together? We need to figure out exactly what we're doing when we get the chance.
Aliison- Have you reserved your plane tickets yet? Registered for Nimbus? Where are you in that process?
Talk to me, guys! I misss both of you!
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| Wednesday, May 21st, 2003
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7:25 pm - Here's a different survey...
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Bold=Read it.
Italics=Started but not finished.
Underline=Planned to read before I saw this list.
Oh, and if you plan on stealing this survey, add a book on. (In proper alphabetical order.) I want to see how long this thing gets!
1984, George Orwell
The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
Animal Farm, George Orwell
Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
The BFG, Roald Dahl
Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
Bleak House, Charles Dickens
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
Catch 22, Joseph Heller
The Catcher In The Rye, JD Salinger
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
Dune, Frank Herbert
Emma, Jane Austen
Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
The Godfather, Mario Puzo
Gone With The Wind, Margaret Mitchell
Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, JK Rowling
Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Douglas Adams
The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
Holes, Louis Sachar
The Hundred Secret Senses, Amy Tan
I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
Katherine, Anya Seton
The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, CS Lewis
Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
The Lord Of The Rings, JRR Tolkien
Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
Magician, Raymond E Feist
The Magus, John Fowles
Matilda, Roald Dahl
Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
Middlemarch, George Eliot
Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie
Mort, Terry Pratchett
Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
On The Road, Jack Kerouac
One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Perfume, Patrick Suskind
Persuasion, Jane Austen
The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
Pride And Prejudice, Jane Austen
The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier
The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret History, Donna Tartt
The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
The Stand, Stephen King
The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
Tess Of The D'urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee
A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
The Twits, Roald Dahl
Ulysses, James Joyce
Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
War And Peace, Leo Tolstoy
Watership Down, Richard Adams
The Wind In The Willows, Kenneth Grahame
Winnie-the-Pooh, AA Milne
The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
The Hundred Secret Senses is my addition.
Oh, and a cool website. www.wheresgeorge.com Track your dollar bills and see where they go!
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| Thursday, May 15th, 2003
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11:53 pm - Lunar eclipse
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It's not fair. I really was excited about the lunar eclipse. So, I go out tonight, and what do I see? Not an eclipse- an almost solid mass of clouds. I wanted to see it, darn it! So spent about 15 minutes standing out with Amy, before we decided the clouds weren't going to clear. So now I'm mosquito bitten AND disappointed!
In other words, I'm really excited about the summer program with the Y. Update (and request for feedback) to follow.
current mood:  annoyed
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| Wednesday, May 14th, 2003
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9:14 pm
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| Wednesday, May 7th, 2003
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10:22 pm - Literary Crushes!
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Okay, as per Michelle's insistance, I'm going to do a post about literary characters I've had crushes on. Beware, the list is long.
Gilbert Blythe, from the Anne of Green Gables series. As everyone knows, these books are long time favorites of mine. I swear, I'd marry him if he were real. He is Anne's greatest supporter, unflinchingly supporting her decision to attend college in an age and a place where very few did, and cheering her on the whole way. He challenges her, and is not afraid to argue with her, calling her veiws into question on several large issues over the course of the series. Yet he loves her dearly, and sacrifices for her. He gives up the Avonlea school, and takes the Carmody one, so that Anne will not have to leave Marilla in her time of need. He forgives her time and time again. *sigh* He is the perfect guy. He doesn't even gloat over rescuing Anne from her precarious grip on the supports of the Avonlea bridge, even though one doesn't see females clinging there every day.
I too have the Prince Caspian love. I mean, come on. He's utterly capable, and nice. I'm also willing to bet he has some damn sexy arm and back muscles, too. Peter has also been a crush of mine in the past, too.
Julian, from the Forbidden Game trilogy. Guy's gorgeous, and incredibly evil. What could be sexier than that? Only an incredibly evil guy with hope for redemption... which describes him well. I still say Jenny should have ended up with him rater than Tom. It's one of the great literary travesties, I tell you.
Mr. Darcy- Jane Austen style. Other than being the star of a wonderful book, and damn addictive BBC miniseries, he's just a great guy. Another one I'd marry if he were real. I wanna be Lizzy Bennet! (Mark Darcy isn't too shabby, either!)
Bill Weasley. If anyone is still surprised by this one, they don't know me very well at all.
Remus Lupin- He's smart, he's sweet, he's sensitive and I'd imagine he has really sexy eyes.
I know I'm missing some. I might add more later.
current mood:  sleepy
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| Monday, May 5th, 2003
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1:34 pm - A survey!
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Birth name: Megan Elizabeth
Birthplace: FL
Last place you traveled: My grandparent's cabin in NC
Eye Color: brown
Height: 6'0"
Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Describe:
Your heritage: Welsh, German, Irish
The shoes you wore today: Brown leather sandals and tennis shoes
Your hair: Dark brown and curly
Your weakness(es): Cheesecake, good food
Your goals: Get into law school, right now.
Your perfect pizza: Pepperoni, Pineapple, and black olives
One thing you'd like to achieve: a happy life
What is:
Your most overused phrase on AIM: "*grins*" and ":D"
Your thoughts first waking up: This morning, "I don't wanna get up!"
Your current worry: Don't really have any.
Your plans tomorrow: Get up and go to work.
Your best physical feature: My legs and my eyes.
Your bedtime: 1 or 2 am... working on getting it earlier.
Your greatest accomplishment:
Do you:
Cuss: yes
Do you think you've been in love: yes
Want to get married: not right now, maybe eventually
Believe in love at first sight: no
Type w/ your fingers on the right keys: no
Like to take baths: Yes, as long as I can read while I'm in there.
Like talking on the phone: Not really
Like thunderstorms: yes
Play an instrument: I used to. Sucked beyond belief!
Favorite:
Body part: backs, shoulders, and upper arms
Kind of fruit: Watermelon
Music to fall asleep to: I can't get to sleep with music on.
Time of the day: Late at night.
Car: Green Volkswagen Beetles. I've recently fell in love with light blue convertible ones, too.
Number: 8
Thing to do right before bed: Take a warm bath or shower, then read.
Thing to say when you're mad: Bloody hell.
Era: 1920's, 30's, and 40's
Horror movie: *wibbles* Horror movies scare me.
Colors: yellow!
The Future:
Age you hope to be married: sometime before 40?
Numbers of Children: 3, maybe?
Describe your dream wedding: Lots of flowers, probably formal.
How do you want to die: In my sleep.
What do you want to be when you grow up: A ballerina! Lacking that, I'll settle for a lawyer.
What country would you most like to visit: Italy and Greece
Finish:
I eat: cookies
I am: happy
I adore: movies
I suck: sounds like a question that can be used for blackmail!
I am obsessed with: movies
I can: sing christmas songs for hours on end.
I can't wait: for the fifth Harry Potter book! Come on, June 21!
I am annoyed with: my mother
I miss: all my school friends
ARE YOU:
-Single?: yes
-Hungry?: no
-Thirsty?: yes
-Tired?: yes
-Bored?: well, I'm doing this, aren't I?
-Alone?: yes
-Looking for a job?: no
-A vegetarian?: yes
-Christian?: how should I know?
-Proud of yourself?: usually.
-A sports fan?: no
-In college?: yes
-In love?: no
FAVS:
-Band/Artist?: The Beatles
-Song?: St. Patrick's Day, by John Mayer
-Day?: JUNE 21!
-Holiday?: Christmas
-Season?: Summer
-Food?: Chicken and Dumplings
-Drink?: Sweet tea
-Website?: www.fametracker.com
-Magazine?: Cosmo. :D right, Michelle?
-Store?: Old Navy
-Brand of shoes?: errr...
-Soda?: Coke
-Radio station?: Don't listen to the radio.
-Movie?: Too many to list.
-Show?: Buffy
WHICH?:
-Black/white?: White
-Apples/oranges?: Oranges
-Dogs/cats?: Cats
-Boys/girls?: Girls
-CD/tape?: CD
-Rent the video/go to the movies?: Go to the movies.
-Spoon/fork?: Spork.
-Pool/ocean?: Pool.
-Beach/woods?: Woods.
-Socks/no socks: No socks.
DO YOU?
-Miss someone right now?: Yes.
-Who?: My school friends
-Do you Wish you were with someone right now?: No.
-Who?:
-Do you like school: Yes.
-Like your parent(s)?: Most of the time.
-Eat the stems of broccoli?: Bleech. Broccoli.
-Talk to yourself?: Rarely.
-Talk to your animals?: Yup.
-Smoke?: No.
-Know anyone gay?: Yes.
-Sing in the car?: Yes, loudly.
-Play video games?: Occasionally.
-Think long distance relationships can work?: Depends.
-Go in chat rooms?: No.
-Save emails?: Yes.
-Save IM conversations?: Yes.
-Write poetry?: Occasionally.
-Paint?: No.
-Draw?: No.
-Believe in magic?: Depends.
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| Sunday, May 4th, 2003
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11:19 pm
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Mmmmm. I've just finished baking cookies. Well, not really, they're in the oven as I type this, but the dough's all made up.
-I've decided I should bake more often. It really calms me down and makes me happy. I also think I could get really excellent if I tried.
-Making something you can eat right away is much more satisfying than pie crust, which was my original plan. Although I do need to bake a pie, soon. I have new techniques I want to try.
-Butter and sugar taste really good creamed together. I'm surprised there was any left for the flour.
-My mom's new mixer is great. Albeit, the thingy controlling the speeds is a little hard to change. Maybe that will improve with use.
-I love my mom's habit of buying all sorts of cooking gadgets and not using them. That was quite possibly the first time that mixer's been used since she got it at Christmas. As my dad put it when I pointed that out, "I think she likes to watch cooking shows more than actually cook." (Food Network is a staple in this household. Out of the four of us, I'm the only one that bothers to ever cook, though.)
current mood:  content
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