i took pictures inside a paper bag and i keep looking at the pictures. the colors make me happy, and i think i want to live in a paper bag with the sunshine on it.

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From Rachel:

Tinker1267: wanna hear something funny?
Al0929: sure
Tinker1267: i'm looking in the classifieds for houses to rent, and there's one ad that says "2br/1 ba GHETTO house $385 month"
Tinker1267: hehehe
Al0929 : HAHAHAHHAHAHA
Al0929: did you tell ghetto sarah?
Tinker1267: no, i just saw it, maybe she and ryan should move there
Al0929: HAHA

:D

This is an interesting story. This guy made a film about what happened to him when he ate at McDonald's for 30 days. I know you all know McDonald's is bad for you, but uh. eew.

here's a toast to all those nurses and doctors
who daily provide women with a choice
who stand down a threat the size of oklahoma city
just to listen to a young woman's voice

(ani difranco - self evident, in honor of the 31st anniversary of roe v, wade)

I have my mp3s back. All is well with the world.

Song of the moment:
The Decemberists - Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect

I am an Intellectual



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Ally, I cannot believe I didn't tell you that Tori was in Mona Lisa Smile. But that was awesome. :) And she's on the soundtrack, twice. You want it, lady. Ryan and I both liked the movie a lot too - we saw it twice, once just us and once with Kelly. Yay. :)

I apologize to those who have seen this 3 times already (ally :)), but it's important and a lot of people don't know about it, so:

Nonoxynol-9 (the most commonly used spermicide, these days) is potentially harmful.

Now, it's been known for a while that N-9 can increase the risk of HIV transmission. So I've been wondering why it's still floating around without any warnings - particularly in spermicidally lubricated condoms, which are kind of pointless anyway since the amount of spermicide on them has been found to make no significant difference in terms of pregnancy prevention. Instead, it just irritates and makes it more likely that you'll contract an infection. So, those of you who this applies to - you might want to stop using spermicidally lubricated condoms because they are not providing any significant extra protection anyway, and only use other, more effective spermicides (foams, jellies, strips, etc.) if infection transmission is not an issue for you or if you can find ones that don't contain N-9.

/end public service message

Coolest chalk sidewalk art EVAR

As someone in the discussion below said, "I think my brain fell out whilst trying to comprehend that these are flat drawings, not actual 3-d things." Yeah.

You are glucose. People feed off of you. You are
sweet, caring, and a source of energy for
everyone around you. You can inspire others
with your creativity and depth, and you can
keep people alive when in times of famine.
People love you...or at least the way you
taste.


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Randomly generated playlist of the moment (well, the first 15, it's like 1600 songs long :)):

tori amos - honey
kenji yamamoto - end jingle
bonnie raitt - not the only one
the beatles - you never give me your money
willie nelson - just dropped in (to see what condition my condition was in)
cyndi lauper - time after time
sarah slean - st. francis
space ghost - everybody wants to be space ghost
robert miles - children
ani difranco - both hands
gabrielle - dreams
soul coughing - soft serve
live - lightning crashes
radiohead - fake plastic trees
REM - just a touch

FARMER'S ALMANAC TOOL OF TERROR

I am listening to Tom Jones' song, Sex Bomb.

This is a fun song, but it creeps me out big time. Tom Jones has all the subtlety of Rod Stewart (compare Tom's "you can give it to me when I need to come along" in this song to Rod's "spread your wings and let me come inside" from the creepy de-virginizer song). Except it feels just a little bit more wrong and icky in this case - and that really is saying something, isn't it?

However, it is a fun song.

23:00:08) mang0fandango: is your brain smaller now?
(23:00:14) bonjour meredith: yes, blissfully :-)
(23:00:41) mang0fandango: yay!
(23:00:53) mang0fandango: i like my women with teeny tiny brains ;)
(23:00:58) bonjour meredith: HAH.
(23:01:00) bonjour meredith: you chauvenist, you.
(23:01:04) bonjour meredith: aw... i know my place.
(23:01:18) mang0fandango: good, woman. fetch me a beer!

Seriously though, Mer, I'm so glad your brain is better.

(She had water intoxication and a swollen brain - eep! ...Eep is an understatement, no?)

Note to self: find the movie "Chance" somewhere :)

(16:26:29) Al0929: AND tortilla chips
(16:26:31) Al0929: the ones that SCOOP (
16:26:38) Al0929: because they are scoop -ly designed
(16:26:42) Al0929: aka designed to scoop
16:26:53) Al0929: hence why TOstitos calls them 'Scoops'

And actually, The Top 10 News Stories that Shaped 2003 according to the Librarian and Information Science News

I didn't see this at the time, but I am amused. McDonalds has a beef with "McJob" definition

Okay, I was listening to an 80s radio stream the other day, and...you want "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora. Baltimora! You know, one of those bands you've never heard of before in your life! It's so 80s and so fun! Unfortunately, I've been going around warbling like freaking Tarzan since I heard it, but it's a small price to pay. ;)

Right now I am listening to a Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, and miscellaneous funk and 80s mix. I am tired of rain and I need an energy infusion.

Happy New Year kiddies :)