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I never do these things because frankly I don't usually have the time, but I'm hungover and would rather not complain about my knee and my TV for the first time in a while. So here goes:
My personal movie soundtrack:
Opening Credits: Air Force Ones-Nelly
Waking Up: Wild West Show- Big and Rich
Falling In Love: Culo- Pitbull
Fight Scene: Who's Cheating Who- Alan Jackson
Breaking Up: Come on Eileen- Dexy's Midnight Runner
Make-up: Boot Scooting Boogie - Brooks and Dunn
Secret Love: Communication Breakdown -Led Zepplin
Lifes Ok: Fuck you I'm Drunk- Dropkick Murphys
Mental Breakdown: Get Fucked Up- Iconz
Driving: What You Gonna Do- Lil Jon and Lil Scrappy
Flashbacks: Kashmir-Led Zepplin
Happy Dance: I Wanna Fuck you-Akon
Regretting: Rough and Ready- Trace Adkins
Long Night Alone: Geronimo-Unwritten Law
Final Battle: Song 2-Blur
Death Scene: Where Silent Gods Stand Guard- Amon Amarth
Final Ending: Can't Stop/Won't Stop-Chingy and Young Gunz
Credits: Tunnel Trance- Orbital
as you can see, none of this makes sense.
woo hoo.
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[14 Oct 2006|03:57pm] |
so...knee.
the diagnosis was a torn lateral meniscus. I had the surgery on wednesday the 11th.
I've been hooked up to an ice machine cooler for 72 hours, its awesome, keeps the swelling nonexistant. Should be back at school tomorrow, hopefully in time for the field hockey game so I can make my reentrance in style ;).
i watched the video of the surgery, they took a giant ass chunk of my meniscus. Hopefully i can get an unloader brace and be able to do my usual athletic stuff...but the necessity of a hard brace means that I definitely can't play rugby anymore. Which I figured.
Oh and the team may have fallen apart in the three or four weeks I've been hurt...so that's encouraging. NOT. I dunno if I have the strength to rehab, do my sigma chi stuff, take care of grades, apply to law school, AND hold the rugby club together through sheer willpower. I'm beginning to think its too much. I'll see how much people actually want to play when i get back and I'll see if its worth it.
I'm not even going to mention the futility of searching for a girlfriend at this juncture either...
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[28 Dec 2005|10:54am] |
yes and no
You can only say YES or NO you are not allowed to explain anything:
1. Taken a picture naked? yes
2. Painted your room? No
3. Made out with a member of the same sex? no
4. Drove a car? Yes
5. Danced in front of your mirror? Yes
6. Have a crush? yes
7. Been dumped? yes
8. Stole money from friend? no
9. Gotten in a car with people you just met? yes
10. Been in a fist fight? yes
11. Snuck out of your house? yes
12. Had feelings for someone who didn't have them back? yes
13. Been arrested? no
14. Made out with a stranger? yes
15. Met up with a member of the opposite sex somewhere? Yes
16. Left your house with out telling your parents? Yes
17. Had a crush on your neighbor? yes
18. Ditched school to do something more fun? yes
19. Slept in a bed with a member of the same sex? yes
20. Seen someone die? no
21. Been on a plane? yes
22. Kissed a picture? yes
23. Slept in until 3? no
24. Love someone or miss someone right now? yes
25. Laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by? yes
26. Made a snow angel? yes
27. Played dress up? yes
28. Cheated while playing a game? yes
29. Been lonely? yes
30. Fallen asleep at work/school? yes
31. Been to a club? yes
32. Felt an earthquake? yes
33. Touched a snake? yes
34. Ran a red light? yes
35. Been suspended from school? no
36. Had detention? yes
37. Been in a car accident? yes
38. Hated the way you look? no
39. Witnessed a crime? yes
40. Pole danced? no
41. Been lost? yes
42. Been to the opposite side of the country? yes
43. Felt like dying? yes
44. Cried yourself to sleep? yes
46. Sang karaoke? no
47. Done something you promised yourself you wouldn't? yes
48. Laughed till some kind of beverage came out of your nose? yes
49. Caught a snowflake on your tongue? yes
50. Kissed in the rain? No
51. Sing in the shower? yes
52. Made love in a park? yes
53. Had a dream that you married someone? yes
54. Glued your hand to something? no
55. Got your tongue stuck to a flag pole? no
56. Ever gone to school partially naked? no
57. Been a cheerleader? no
58. Sat on a roof top? yes
59. Didn't take a shower for a week? yes
60. Ever too scared to watch scary movies alone? yes
61. Played chicken? yes
62. Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on? yes
63. Been told you're hot by a complete stranger? no
64. Broken a bone? no
65. Been easily amused? yes
66. Laugh so hard you cry? yes
67. Mooned/flashed someone? yes
68. Cheated on a test? yes
69. Forgotten someone's name? yes
70. Slept naked? yes
71. Gone skinny dipping in a pool? yes
73. Blacked out from drinking? yes
74. Played a prank on someone? yes
75. Gone to a late night movie? yes
76. Made love to anything not human? no
77. Failed a class? no
78. Choked on something you're not supposed to eat: no
79. Played an instrument for more than 10 hours? no
80. Been cheated on by a girl/boyfriend? no
81. Did you celebrate the 4th of July? yes
82. Thrown strange objects? yes
83. Felt like killing someone? yes
84. Thought about running away? yes
85. Ran away? no
87. Had detention and not attend it? no.
89. Made parent cry? yes
90. Cried over someone? yes
91. Owned more than 5 sharpies? no
92. Dated someone more than once? Yes
93. Have a dog? yes
95. Own an instrument? yes
96. Been in a band? yes
97. Drank 25 sodas in a day? no.
98. Broken a cd? yes
99. Shot a gun? yes
100. Been on myspace for more than 5 hours? yes
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So, I knew I would have to write this Capstone Senior History thesis since I got started at UOP. Now, the entire time I've been there I was told it could be on any topic in history that I'd like. Awesome! I started thinking I could write about the destruction of the Central Asian Empires, and the Muslim Caliphates at the hands of the Mongols, or the Yom Kippur War, or the Thirty Years War, or any number of cool history topics that I was interested in.
So what happens when I actually take the course? I get told I can't do any of my choice of topic, that all 8 of my topics are shot down by the Professor in charge. In fact the topic I end up accepting is one that he proposed, which I don't really care all that much about, because I've already studied it and have satisfactorily answered the question for myself. Great. Its about American Tank Technology in World War II and its effect on Tactical doctrine...a shitty paper title, and a worse topic to research. Why? Because American tanks for lack of a better term sucked fat ass crack, but it had little or no effect on tactical doctrine, because American generals insisted on using their tanks incorrectly for modern warfare. Then why'd they still win? Because there were waaaaaaaay more of them, that's the only reason. America's ability to produce tanks in vast quantities are why the M4 Sherman won in the end. Sweet paper...I have to write at least 25 pages double spaced.
Now to the crux of the matter, because I was lied to, because I couldn't work on a topic of my choice I have pretty much half-assed this course and the research for the paper. I'll be able to write a piece of crap paper and turn it in, and bullshit the oral presentation because I know a whole lot about the subject, and frankly, my professors don't. My parents are concerned because I need this class to graduate, and they are (reasonably) concerned that I'm gambling my entire future, and all the work I've done to get to this point in college on a stupid principle, and/or because I don't want to graduate from college yet.
Yea, ok, maybe I'm gambling. I doubt they'll fail me (there's only 5 people in the class, down from 10, and the history department has been shrinking since they introduced the capstone paper in 2002) but there is that chance, what'll I do then? I have no idea...I feel as though I'm standing up for a principle, one I believe firmly in...the importance of good historical research, and non-fradulent course and major requirements.
Whatever, the principle doesn't really matter. What I really want to do is stick it to them (the professors of the history department) yes I don't like the course, Yes I don't really like the Professor (all his "helpful" advice has been secondary sources which are full of shit I can't use cause its supposed to be an "original" research paper...out of what? the shitty resources avaiable at Pacific? HAH!)
Basically I've been given a nigh impossible assignment and told to excell, instead I'm going through the motions and I'm going to deliever a scathing course evaluation. Unfortunately my "going through the motions" work at Pacific thus far has netted me a respectable grade point average...which means I'll probably get a decent grade on this half assed paper, assuming I can finish the damn thing...which I may not...HAHAH.
Well...that's enough ...what, venting I suppose. God help me if I'm my usual concise self on this paper....for some reason professors substitute verbosity for good concise analysis...but whatever, they want a shitty long paper, they'll get a shitty long paper, when I could easily do this in like 7-10 pages.
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birthdays are soooo funny. J-L's for instance was a fucking shit show. God how I love living here...even to the point of doing foolish things on a recently cleared knee...
oh well, it was worth it, just for the pictures.
so much more funny than I can relate in this state at the moment.
but oh lord, what a night.
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Bill took the free ColorQuiz.com personality test! "Wants to make a favorable impression and be recogn..."
Click here to read the rest of the results.
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scary accurate, weird...thanks Holly for the grab.
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[19 Sep 2005|08:49pm] |
You are a
Social Liberal
(65% permissive)
and an...
Economic Conservative
(60% permissive)
You are best described as a:
Centrist
Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid |
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[10 Sep 2005|10:44pm] |
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I had knee surgery on Friday September 9th, at 7am. I was awake in recovery at 8:15am and home soon after. I'm hooked up to an "Iceman" which is a cooler with a pump in it, that circulates ice water through a cooling pad around my knee, possibly the best thing every invented, I have NO swelling, which is fucking awesome.
I'm also on a little vicodin which is fun. It was my dad's birthday dinner tonite as well, which was awesome. Lots of good food and old friends, it was fun talking to my dad's old buddies and his new ones too. Got a lot of sympathy from the dressing and the crutches, but we'll see how that goes.
I supposedly could walk tomorrow sans crutches, but I'll probably keep'm around for comfort. Hopefully I'll be able to drive on monday, to get back to school and go to class.
2-4 weeks of therapy, and then i'll start running and lifting again, and I expect all those bros of mine who wanted to work out with me to man up and join me on the road to recovery. w00t!
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[31 Aug 2005|12:49am] |
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In the tradition started by some of my friends I will now wax poetic on the subject of my class schedule for the semester, oh and officially re-open my live journal as a readable thing now that school has re-started.
POLS 126 Criminal Law
Professor Ostberg as usual is fairly scary to start out with. Criminal Law is different from any other type that I've studied, but its apparently a lot easier to understand. The issues are fairly straightforward, and the "hardest" part is determining which statute to apply. Right now we're just going over an introduction to Criminal Law and its differences from Civil law. Once again I know too much and have to clamp down to keep from "dominating" the class discussion, although later in the semester she appreciates that. She does remember me from Con Law and I have a feeling that is both a good and a bad thing. Oh well, one of my better and more favorite classes, even if the reading is outrageous.
SOCI 133 Criminology
A possibly interesting subject utterly ruined by an inept professor. I have to take it (a common thread you'll see) in order to finish my pre-law minor before I apply to law school. The study of crime basically, unfortunately 90% of the information so far overlaps with Criminal Law and the professor...Phillips I think his name is, is the worst lecturer I've ever encountered in my life. Nevertheless the bright spot is the lack of an attendance policy, which I may take advantage of, assuming he sticks to his exam schedule. I'll probably wait till the first exam to determine my personal attendance goals ;).
ECON 141 Money and Banking
Now I was supposed to take this class, which would have been utterly awesome as I already like high finance, and this would've just been a great class to take for my interests. Unfortunately the Professor got pregnant and is on maternity leave...good for her, sucky for me, oh well. :(
HIST 160 Capstone
Ah, the History Senior Thesis. Write a 25-30 page paper on a topic of your choosing. Except the topics I enjoy are hard to get sources for, and there are no resident experts in the faculty...so perhaps it won't be as much a topic of my choosing as I want. We'll see, If I can find the sources I'll be able to do whatever I want. Meets once a week, Bill Swaggerty is the Prof, and he's a good man, the gist of the class is learning to research major papers, i.e. prep for graduate work in History, which I won't be doing...have to take it to graduate though. (The 2nd "I have to take..." class)
HIST 133 Women in U.S. History
My third "I have to take..." class. I have to take this one to finish my History major on time and graduate in May. I replaced Money and Banking with this class, and at first I DREADED it. Because to be fair, women in history is a subject that has little or nothing to do with most wars, and I'm a military historian, plus there is the expectation of male bashing and/or feminazim.... Well expectations aren't always everything luckily, and this class is actually gonna turn out to be one of my favorites. Professor Sparks while reputed to be a difficult grader is a really really good historian, its kind of funny that...virtually no one in the class is a history major or historian, and there are only 4 guys in a 30 some odd person class, so again I have to clamp down to keep from dominanting the discussion it'd be too easy to point out every observation in the primary documents and leave nothing for my classmates. Oh well, I can always look at the cute girls in the class (haha how typically male of me ;) ). The way Sparks presents her information is fairly unique, I've never encountered a history lecturer quite like her, although resemblance to Dr. Cox's lectures is striking now that I think of it. Anywho, from what could've been my worst class I'm quite surprised and pleased to be faced with an interesting, innovative professor and an interesting topic that I've never really studied before. :shrugs:
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On the social side of school; I'm the treasurer for my Fraternity and have realized its one of the most overworked and underappreciated positions in the house, everyone's always coming by to ask for money, which is tough to deal with.
Socially, dance floor party last weekend and this weekend, maybe I'll get to enjoy this one b/c I won't be on security (w00t). Also looking at a couple of girls unfortunately its difficult to say whether I can actually move from looking to any sort of positive action towards a...shall we say more intimate intrapersonal relationship.
Kyle is working out very nicely as a roommate, he's not here very often which is...cool but he's here often enough that I can actually interact with him which is always cool, esp. in the house b/c you get to pick your roomies (to some extent).
I still need to unpack a little bit, which is ok, but I'm trying to set up the room for maximum usage without getting as messy as it did last year.
My knee: well the appointment needs to be moved from Thursday to Friday which is ok, but my knee has been hurting something awful. I might ask Dr. Thabit for a pain killer, he'll probably just prescribe advil though...which I should probably get.
My car isn't gonna take as long as I thought, it should be done by the time I go home for my dad's birthday, maybe he'll come up to get me in it and stay over to party for a sec, that'd be cool, or at least I think so.
Otherwise things are looking pretty solid and my senior year of college should make up for the....difficult and untraditional road I took to get here.
Apologies for the length I guess I had a lot to say about my classes and my life...such as it is.
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[25 Jul 2005|07:58am] |
The Expatriate
Achtung! You are 30% brainwashworthy, 22% antitolerant, and 38% blindly patriotic
Congratulations! You are not susceptible to brainwashing, your values and cares extend beyond the borders of your own country, and your Blind Patriotism ("patriotism" for short) does not reach unhealthy levels. In Germany in the 30s, you would've left the country.
One bad scenario -- as I hypothetically project you back in time -- is that you just wouldn't have cared one way or the other about Nazism. Maybe politics don't interest you enough. But the fact that you took this test means they probably do. I'm gonna give you the benefit of the doubt.
Did you know that many of the smartest Germans departed prior to the beginning of World War II, because they knew some evil shit was brewing? Brain Drain. Many of them were scientists. It is very possible you could be one of them, depending on your age.
Conclusion: Born and raised in Germany in the early 1930's, you would not have been a Nazi.
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[16 Jun 2005|04:56am] |
Just had an annoyingly long "debate" (using the term loosely) with some ignorant people on a yahoo message board re: the results of the Schiavo autopsy.
Man that was fun though. This guy was insisting that Schiavo murdered Terri. I ended up having to dredge up like 6 right to die cases which involved hearsay exceptions to make this guy see the light.
And he kept asking for specific paragraphs and clauses for me to cite...damn.
Then when he read them, he couldn't understand them. It was fucking hilarious.
Knew I had him when it started taking him 20 minutes to respond.
Then he cops out at the end, says I'm right, that flimsy suspicious cases can allow for flimsy hearsay evidence to allow one to murder one's helpless spouse...
HAH!
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[09 Jun 2005|08:34am] |
| Your IQ Is 120 | 
Your Logical Intelligence is Above Average
Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius
Your Mathematical Intelligence is Exceptional
Your General Knowledge is Exceptional |
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[19 May 2005|09:20am] |
Your Political Profile
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Overall: 45% Conservative, 55% Liberal
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Social Issues: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal
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Personal Responsibility: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal
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Fiscal Issues: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal
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Ethics: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal
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Defense and Crime: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal
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about right, Texas Democrat/California Republican...
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[03 May 2005|05:07pm] |
420! 420! 420!
No not pot. My new squat max. w00t.
bench max as of yesterday: 315
squat max as of ten minutes ago: 420
I only need to hit 265 on power cleans to get 1000lbs as my three lift total! w00t.
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[02 May 2005|09:02pm] |
ENTP - The Inventor
Your Type is 60% Extroverted, 25% Observant, 62% Logical and 18% Structured |
The single word that describes your type is "inventor", and you belong
to the larger group called rationals. You love to tinker with things
and come up with new ideas. You are outgoing and curious with an
insatiable appetite for knowledge. You have no real desire to lead,
only doing so if there is no other way. 2% of the population share your
personality type.
You are a flirtateous and energetic romantic partner, fun and engagin,
always looking for something unusual to try. In your enthusiam, you may
make promises you can't keep. Your competitive nature and need to be
perceived as an expert can be daunting to a romantic partner at times.
You so enjoy the tug of a good debate that sometimes you act as if you
don't take anything seriously. You are usually very supportive and
helpful to your mate, but somewhat scattered and unable to devote your
full attention there. You feel most appreciated for your great ideas,
unusualy perceptiveness, and ability to understand and communicate with
people. You feel most appreciated when your partner understands your
need for lots of social contact and your need to live life as
spontaneously as possible.
Your group summary: rationals (NT)
Your type summary: ENTP
vincex's shorter version of this test.
My longer version of this same test. The real deal. | | |
My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: | You scored higher than 55% on outgoing | | You scored higher than 39% on observant | | You scored higher than 65% on logical | | You scored higher than 34% on structured |
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i'm angry...why? cause I still care...why do I still care? I dunno maybe I'm afraid to move on.
I want to move on sexually...and all that, but I still care about stef too much.
we got back from Peta's and what do I see? A crying Stef....i go over, she lays her head on my chest, her douchebag boyfriend had been all over some chick previous to this, la di dah...she's crying because he's been ignoring her all night, etc.
so he gets back from walking that girl back to her house...and grabs stef and says "come with me" and she just follows him, like she hadn't been crying all night...
she sure as shit didn't do that with me...so why the fuck does she put up with it from everyone else?
whatever, that's not even the problem...I almost hit him right then and there...but didn't instead I threw a cinder block 20 yards.
why do I still care? there are girls I like...girls I would like to be with, but I still care about her...FUCK.
goddamnit.
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| YOWUCH! |
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Major things on my mind right now? I guess a few...
the yowuch? because I dropped a 265lb power clean on my right kneecap. I'm lifting again which is fun, I maxed out this week after my workouts: so post workout, RAW, Bench: 275 Squat: 365 Clean: 255. Total: 895. I'm gonna keep lifting the rest of the week and try pre-workout maxes in a week or so. My goal is to get a 1000lb total by the end of school, which is May 13th or so? Anywho enough about weightlifting.
What's been going on? Fraternity life is treating me nicely. I just got back from WRGLC, which is the Western Region Greek Leadership Conference. A lot of fun, but apparently not as much fun as last year. Saw a girl that looked exactly like Stef, circa 2002-03, but unfortunately the opportunity to talk to her did not come up. Oh well...had fun with the A-Phis.
We initiated 14 young men into our fraternity and I'm sure they'll continue to make us proud. I was so excited to see the whole deal from the flipside and it was worth it.
Rugby's over so I'm not getting my aggression out very well, which I guess is why I'm throwing myself into weights so hard. Making me feel so good though.
Oh, in other news; I feel like I'm about to fucking explode with sexual tension. Now normally I don't make a big deal out of this, but I have gotten zero play...this is bad. I want/need two things a girlfriend and/or a steady hook up...that might eventually become a girlfriend. Either way...I don't want to keep sitting here chasing after girls for naught.
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