Christina updated! I'm so happy. I was worried and actually considered bothering James to make sure she was ok. Yeah, I'm a goofball like that. All I gotta say is that she better email me soon!
swirly said what she needed to say 1:23 PM
Saturday, March 30, 2002
Jimmy Eat World is gonna be on SNL next week.
swirly said what she needed to say 10:51 PM
My Blog This! is only working while I am IN blooger. wtf? wtf?!
swirly said what she needed to say 11:55 AM
This afternoon, I saw Empire Records . I haven't seen it in years so I was pleasantly suprised when I popped it in the dvd player and instantly heard the music at the start of the movie. I love soundtracks, in case none of you figured that one out. And this movie has got one of the best soundtracks around. And the last scene where Mark and Eddie are discussing Henry Rollins (yum) vs. The Misfits vs. Primus vs. The Pixies is pretty funny too.
The other reason this movie rocks in my opinion: Rory Cochrane. He played Slater in Dazed and Confused, another one of my favorite movies. Except in Empire Records , I would honestly say that Rory Cochrane looks hot in this movie. Not so much in Dazed. But the character in Dazed is much more funny.
swirly said what she needed to say 11:16 PM
Tuesday, March 26, 2002
Realizing you are really stupid and have a stupid web site!
If you haven't been there yet, you really need to check out Eric coveys an emotion
swirly said what she needed to say 12:44 AM
Gosh, I sound kinda mean in that last post don't I? Sorry. Bad night. Kelly and Brian started ...well, being guys. Arguing/fighting with one another. Sometimes I think we're hanging out too much. Because after they leave I feel like I need to listen to all the Rage Against The Machine albums I own and then kick down a door. The only thing I didn't do was kick down the door last night. 'nuff said.
swirly said what she needed to say 12:12 PM
Let me start this post out by saying that I like it when I see people are spending time looking over my blog. I make no promises as to its content. And in all actuality, I've been using this blog mainly to purge so I don't torment my r/t friends. Face it, there's only so many times you can tell your friends about a fear that you're having consistently before they get fed up with you. At least when I write it down here, I can say the same thing in every post if I wanted. Just like I did in the weeks prior to going to Vegas.
Anyway, my point to this post is just this: I like that people are spending time reading over my blog; but spending 35 minutes here is just wasting time. There are tons of better writers, less selfish people, better spellers, and funnier individuals out there than I could ever hope to be. If you're spending 35 minutes here each time you visit, you seriously need to email me and tell me why you're spending all that time at my blog.
And since I'm on this "why?" motif, I just want to say one thing about the James No Sleep blog I stumbled on... James said that he didn't want anyone commenting unless they were there with him. Why? I can tell you're acting weird just by reading your posts. And if you look at all the other blogs he has set up, you can pretty much extrapolate that he is sleep deprived. Duh.
swirly said what she needed to say 2:34 AM
Saturday, March 23, 2002
Ok, I'm already going back on my "I'll stop commenting on other people's blogs...blah,blah,blah" But this isn't exactly a blog. Anyway:
yes! You too can now become a ninja !
swirly said what she needed to say 12:10 PM
Christina seriously needs to get her comment thing working. She's a Jane and I'm a Daria...we are sosupposed to be friends. hehe. Fonzie, you're the coolest.
swirly said what she needed to say 12:56 AM
You know, I think I'll just stop looking at other people's blogs. Or at least stop commenting on them.
swirly said what she needed to say 12:48 AM
Friday, March 22, 2002
This guy has an interesting concept.
swirly said what she needed to say 4:27 AM
Another excerpt from the Strip
My Uncle: (Adjusting this scary looking blue bucket hat) How d'you like my new hat? Me: Um, it's great. You look just like one of those Backside Kids. My Uncle: Ok, you're not winning any points with me. You know that right?
swirly said what she needed to say 3:26 AM
Reasons Brian and Kelly can now be considered good friends:
1. Placed order and paid for pineapple pizza, even though both guys considered it a severe punch to their masculinity. 2. Went back to the video store when we found that the movie we had was not Snatch, but a porno called something like "Bubba's Black Snatch"; and they didn't make me go with them. 3. Asked the all important question of me: " If I'm puking my brains out, will you at least hang around to make sure I'm not gonna die?"
Maybe Christina's right....maybe my friends are weirdos. But hey, they think Conan is funny too, so they can't be all bad. I guess number 3 is the male equivalent to the girls: "If I puke will you hold my hair back?" I dunno.
swirly said what she needed to say 3:17 AM
Conan: "Is it true you were in a porno?" IceT: "Yeah, it was called Frankenpenis"
yea, i laugh at this kinda stuff. It's a shame if you don't.
swirly said what she needed to say 10:13 PM
I was checking my stats for my blog and saw that someone with a livejournal had linked to me. So I checked it out only to find out that it was the person who designed the skin I'm using for my blog now. I think he/she/it was upset about the 5 missing white boxes. So I had to tell them that I just moved them to the bottom of the page. but that got me thinking about something...
When I first read his/her/it's complaint, I was kinda miffed. I was sitting here thinking, "um, what's the problem if I didn't want the boxes?" Then I was out talking to a friend of mine today. I had given her a gift a few months back. But the gift I gave her resembles nothing to the gift I gave her a few months ago. But in essence it was still the same gift. With that said, I think I know what he/she/it was bent about. So I'd like to take this second to say that I'm sorry I screwed around with the five white boxes. But as I told he/she/it in the reply I sent; I really just didn't have anything cool to put in the boxes, so I put them at the bottom of my blog.
Ok, this point of reflection and introspectiveness made a lot more sense in my head than it did on here. Oh well, won't be the first time I look like a total idiot.
I'm gonna go watch Snatch now. Brian and Kelly brought it over, along with a really yummy pineapple pizza and a crapload of beer (which if anyone cares to remember, I hate beer). Brian also brought me something that I lost years ago-- Live's Mental Jewelry . I used to listen to that CD all the freakin' time.
in case your wondering: yes, my brain really works like this; going from thought to thought to thought to thought. Scary huh? Ok, movie and pizza time.
swirly said what she needed to say 10:10 PM
Christina just IMed me. I was laughing the entire time! so, thanks for making me your religious studies diversion. Here's to you Fonzie....hehe
p.s. My Blog This! thingie has chosen not to work again.
swirly said what she needed to say 9:53 PM
Tuesday, March 19, 2002
My Blog This! thingie is working again! Yay!
swirly said what she needed to say 10:00 PM
You ever get the feeling that your friends are stalking you? Come to think of it, if they are your friends then how can they be stalking you? I mean, friends are people you know...Stalkers are well, people who don't. Still, I think you can think your friends are stalking you. Not in the hey-I-wanna-eat-your-spleen-kinda-way. I'm talking about your friends seem to be everywhere you go. Let's take today for example:
1. Went to grab some coffee this morning. Saw Brian 2. Went to a bookstore about 15 miles away from where I got coffee. Saw Brian again. 3. Went to check out an art exhibit of a friend of mine. Saw Brian and Kelly. 4. Went to dinner this evening at Mexican Inn--not the one I regularly eat at, but the one all across town. There was Kelly, kicking back some margaritas with his gal, Kelly. 5. Went to fill up with gas, a block away from my house, and saw Brian.
What's weird is that I haven't really talked to either one of them since I got back from Vegas. Brian's been busy with midterms. Kelly's been busy with girl-Kelly, his band, and whatever else there is. And me? I haven't been busy. I've just been trying to figure out what the hell I'm doing with my life. I applied for an job as an assistant editor position in Chicago. Not really what I want to do, but at least it's a step in the right direction.
Dee got back from England a couple of days ago, I still haven't spoken to her properly. Hopefully I can make plans to meet up with her on Saturday.
swirly said what she needed to say 9:58 PM
You are Kermit! Though you're technically the star, you're pretty mellow and don't mind letting others share the spotlight. You are also something of a dreamer.
I just saw The Cider House Rules. Do you ever hear music in the background of a movie and realize that it's what is stirring your emotions more than the film itself? This movie definately has a soundtrack like that. I must have it.
swirly said what she needed to say 1:38 PM
Joke from the taxi cab driver, Tuesday
Taxi Cab Driver : So, the three stooges walk into one of the strip clubs down here right? So the three of 'em see a hot chick that they want to dance for them, so they catch her eye and she comes on over. She does a lap dance for Larry and he gets all excited--cause he's never seen anything like this girl before. So he take a 20 out of his wallet, licks it and sticks it to her left ass cheek. So, she's thinking "ok, this is weird. But I'll roll with it." She then grinds on Moe for a little while. He's so excited at what he sees; he takes out a 50, licks it and sticks it to her right ass cheek. So now she's thinking, "Hey, if I dance for Curly there he'll give me a c-note." So, she gives Curly a real good show. Curly pulls out his what looks like his debit card; runs the card in the crack of her ass, takes the 70 bucks and leaves. HA! Wasn't that funny?
After hearing this joke, the three women in the car just sat there. We didn't laugh because it wasn't funny, because it totally was, we didn't laugh because none of us could believe that this guy is telling us a joke exactly 2 seconds after we got into the cab. It was a very Twin Peaks experience.
swirly said what she needed to say 3:30 AM
Friday, March 15, 2002
Hey ya'll. I got back from Vegas. You know, it's funny when you come home after a trip. I saw everything that I never want to be in Vegas. If I don't have a job by the middle of April, I'll be shocked.
The trip in general was pretty fun. We walked along the strip almost every day. My uncle even got me tix for Madame Tussauds! And I have to admit that we went to the Liberace museum. It was kinda cool to see all the cars he owned. We also saw Lance Burton, the magician, at the Monte Carlo. Ok, so what did I like? The museum, Madame Tussauds, Lance Burton, winning big money at the Three Stooges slots at the hotel. What didn't I like: Wasting about 15 hours walking the strip, buffets, and the fact that the entire freaking state seems to have never heard that smoking can kill you.
But when you add it all up, the trip was easier to endure than I had expected. I was still right; my uncle and his wife, and my sister are not my favorite traveling companions. They were really concerned with drinking themselves into a stupor there. I just wanted to make it home with some money. Over the next couple of days, I'll probably be sharing more stories from the strip.
Here's one now.
Excerpt from the Roulette Table, Monday 2:30 a.m.
Guy1: "Hey, look at her." (nods to a dealer at a blackjack table) Guy2: "Dude, that's not a her." Guy1: "Sure it is. Look at that ass." Guy2: "Dude, I'm telling you, it's a....SHIM!" Guy1 : "Whatever it is, it has a great ass."
swirly said what she needed to say 1:04 AM
Sunday, March 10, 2002
I love Carson Daly.
Last Call with Carson Daly - Music Notes Finally, to all you N*sync fans out there-answer me this - what do Lance, Joey, and Chris do? After watching their (yawn) Grammy performance I had to ask myself this yet again. I know way too much about N*sync from my days at TRL and fully believe that JC and Justin are two, unbelievably talented performers. However the other 3 serve no purpose except to make fools of themselves. Sure On The Line was on every critics list of best movies of the past year, but what's going on? I guess you can't blame them, though. Offer me trillions of dollars to wear tons of airbrushed / tattered / rhine-stoned denim, grow some quirky facial hair, and act like a fifteen year old remedial student and I would do it too. But in the end it just takes away from the talent that actually does exist.
swirly said what she needed to say 1:53 AM
Well, I leave tomorrow (or today rather) for Vegas. I don't know what to expect. I'm nervous about heading to a place with no friends present. I'm even more nervous I'm gonna have some college kid puking in my lap because him and his buddies decided that they needed to go on a bender before getting on the plane. I've never been to Vegas, and I'm not a gambler. I live in texas, why can't we just head over to bossier city to gamble?
My uncle is worried. he says it's because I'm not acting like I want to go. Probably because I'm not. What's there to see but the Liberace museum, and the hoover dam? No sense in complaining about it, I'm flying out tomorrow. Hope everyone else has a good time on their spring break.
swirly said what she needed to say 12:59 AM
Wednesday, March 06, 2002
Christina, I just got your email. I'll write you back before I leave for Veags, I promise. In the meantime just know that that I totally agree with you about the jr.high crap. Tell Pircilla things will get better. I'll email you everything else.
I [HEART] CHRISTINA
swirly said what she needed to say 2:19 AM
Tuesday, March 05, 2002
We met up with Kelly and his lady friend. She seems nice. Of course she was nervous, after being bombarded by Brian and me. But this is where it gets weird, yet explains exactly why Kelly didn't want to really talk too much about the date: The girl's name is Kelly too! How's that for oddity?
I wrote an email to Mike, the dad of Henry . I told him that I thought Henry was a pretty cool kid. He actually wrote me back and said thanks. Good to know that manners don't go to hell in a handbasket when you're online.
I'm gotta shower. I've got a busy day tomorrow.
swirly said what she needed to say 11:14 PM
Brian and Kelly just left. We just got finished watching El Hazard: The Magnificent World. Brian just got the boxed set as a gift. I remember the first time he told me he liked this movie. I was standing there searching high and low for a copy at some video place to show him, because I thought he would like it...and he was doing the exact same thing! I like friends like that. The type of friend who knows you. Right down to reading a rather subtle facial expression. Or how about those friends that will give you a "are you ok?" look during dinner when the conversation turns semi-confrontational with people you've just met? Yeah, friends like that are cool. But friends who look for a movie that they are convinced you'll love; and are actually right in the process...well, those friends are keepers.
Kelly said that he's got a date tomorrow. Brian and I are mildly shocked by his confession. Neither one of us has seen Kelly interact with a woman since...well, birth. So of course he was rather annoyed to tell us anything about his date. Especially because Brian threatened to show up at the restaurant to check the potential "long-term chick" out. We're going to grab drinks at the Railhead...Kelly and his woman friend will be having drinks there too. Guys...what weirdos.
swirly said what she needed to say 12:02 AM
You know what I don't get? People who can't follow directions, suggestions, or any other indication that said person is basically holding me up. That's all.
swirly said what she needed to say 9:27 PM
Friday, March 01, 2002
Wow! I got a " I [heart] Natalie" from Christina and her web cam. Sweet.
I was just reading my new favorite Blog . After reading one of his posts, I suddenly remembered this story.
When I was living in Des Moines, IA (attending Drake University), Phil (my ex) came down from Michigan to see me. Phil had stopped cutting his hair in 1993, the year his dad past away. 5 years later, he has this beautiful mane of blonde hair; he also has a full beard. After hanging out on campus all day, we decided to head out to the movies and dinner with some of my friends. Phil and I decided to follow the rest of my friends in his car. We're on the main strip of road next to the college when this really nice car pulls in behind us. I guess they thought that they recognized us, because honking and yelling began. There was even an occasional "hey! slow down, we want to talk!" Well, Phil's freaked out; I'm like "it's Iowa! Just ignore them". Finally these guys pull up on Phil’s side of the car at the next stop light. Phil turns to look at them and they guys in the other car look horrified! Can you imagine? There you are trying to do some vehicular flirting only to find out that for the past 15 minutes you've been flirting with a beautiful long blonde haired...man???
swirly said what she needed to say 2:27 PM
