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[Jul. 11th, 2008|12:09 am] |
I, I hope she's got a baby
I'm hoping someday, maybe
He'll come for me and break both of my legs
I'm not looking for trouble
I'd rather something subtle
To come along and carry me away
A class-5 hurricane
To clear away the slate
And clear the air so I can breathe again
The fog out of my head
The smell out of my bed
The creepy sound of her voice in the den
Cause loving her's not something that I find
Comes to me naturally but sometimes
Loving her's all I can do to keep
Myself together through the week
I, I hope she's got a husband
I hope that he is coming
To find me out and tear out both my eyes
I'd rather something subtle
Reducing me to rubble
To raze me so that I may someday rise
A human sacrifice
I think that it's be nice
To go down like a plane in flames tonight
The thing is I don't mind
I wouldn't miss the time
Reminding me of my life ticking by |
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| Mary Desler, how I love thee |
[May. 30th, 2008|12:12 am] |
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| | Zero 7 - Throw it All Away | ] |
I don't know, this just doesn't seem like something Mary Desler would write in an email:
"Windigo Kite Surfing will be demo-ing kite boarding and showing off their baller kites all day."
I don't know about you, but I'm down for baller kites.
Oh, and the Royals just lost their 10th straight game. My homepage is KansasCity.com (the homepage of the Kansas City Star) and they actually have a section called "How will the Royals lose today?". Personally, I'm sick of these fairweather fans in Kansas City. When the Royals finish in 3rd place, everyone will be acting like they were behind them the whole way and blah blah blah. When the Chiefs stop sucking, people will be acting like they had faith in them the whole time. When Kansas City finishes its transformation, everyone, especially shelter Johnson County residents, will act like they weren't scared to go down to 12th and Oak when it's nowhere near as rough as some of the places I've been to off of Prospect.
I'm going to go see them play next week against the Sox. It should be interesting as always...I'll even wear my powder blue Mark Teahen jersey just for them. |
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| When I met you I was just a kid, hadn't built up my defenses. |
[May. 27th, 2008|10:04 pm] |
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| | Lupe Fiasco - Dumb it Down | ] |
I have been oh so very busy for the past quarter that I haven't had time to update this. What's happened in the past three months?
School. I got the best grades of my NU career last quarter. I mean, they weren't straight As by any means, but I was beyond pleased. Who knew that once you switched majors, your grades would drastically improve? My GPA is more than a full point higher than it was at this same time last year. This quarter's going equally well. Maybe my days of C's are over?
Rugby. This season was amazing. I scored three tries, which is quite a feat for a prop, especially on my team with its back emphasis. I really feel like I understand the game and where I should be on the field at all times. We had a great season, performing well at the NIU tournament and equally well in individual matches. My dad came and saw me play in our last match of the season against U of C. We beat them pretty badly and also had quite a large crowd of fans. I'm sad that the season's over, but I plan to continue playing during the summer.
Boys. Overall, they're lame, especially here at NU. They need to get over themselves. That's all I'm going to say about that.
About three weeks left and I'm back to Kansas. I can't wait. Before then I have a shitload of stuff left to do including, but not limited to: finishing my study abroad application (Denmark here I come!), a fatty book review project that I realized was more complicated than it appeared over the weekend, Earth 101 report, and never ending Latin translations. I'm looking forward to Dillo Day...COMMON IS GOING TO BE HERE!! I'm so stoked/amped/any sort of synonym that means excited. I've been a fan of Common for years, going back to when he was still Common Sense. It rained last year and we were crowded into Patten (ugh), but I hope the weather cooperates this year (showers are in the forecast). I guess we'll see. |
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| (no subject) |
[Mar. 6th, 2008|01:12 am] |
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| | Britney Spears - Piece of Me | ] |
Big news in the Kansas City Star:
North Dakota now produces more wheat than Kansas.
Now I know two things about North Dakota, the other being that its capital is Bismark... |
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| (no subject) |
[Feb. 19th, 2008|03:06 am] |
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| | Iron and Wine - Passing Afternoon | ] |
Why am I up at three in the morning...oh yeah, Linguistics.
Stuff White People Like.
Any truth? YES. |
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| (no subject) |
[Jan. 28th, 2008|06:54 pm] |
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| | Sly & the Family Stone - Que Sera, Sera | ] |
Subhead for an article on the front page of today's Daily Northwestern:
26 percent of NU's black men are athletes
Really? I thought it was higher. What's sad is I don't think this figure bothers many people. |
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| (no subject) |
[Jan. 23rd, 2008|01:04 am] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Stevie Wonder - Evil | ] |
stop sending me mixed messages. |
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| (no subject) |
[Jan. 7th, 2008|11:04 pm] |
I made it back from India in one piece, food poisoning and all. I can't say that I didn't expect it to happen, but the fact that it happened with two days left was sort of a slap in the face by the gods.
I was reading Sports Illustrated and came across this letter to the editor that made me crack up:
Did you see Kansas' collapse against Missouri coming when you added "so far" to the cover? The last time you pur one of our football teams on your cover (November 17, 2003), the 9-0 Chiefs also lost the next week. Please don't put Kansas City-area football teams on the cover anymore! ––someone from Lenexa (one town over from me!)
Good point.
Cover in question:
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| There is a God. |
[Dec. 18th, 2007|12:30 am] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Michael Jackson - Thriller | ] |
Keeping abreast on Kansas City and Johnson County news:
After years of planning, a computer-coordinated effort to synchronize traffic lights on many main thoroughfares in the five-county metro area is quietly starting to change our driving experiences.
State and suburban traffic engineers who work with the system, called Operation Green Light, already have produced new timing patterns for one-fifth of the 624 traffic lights targeted. Many of the rest will be done next year. Synchronized lights for better-flowing traffic ultimately will cover more than 160 miles of road.
The completed roadway corridors include stretches of Shawnee Mission Parkway, 87th Street Parkway and 95th Street in Johnson County; Missouri 350 through Raytown in Jackson County; and Barry Road/Kansas Avenue through the Interstate 35-Missouri 291 intersections in Liberty.
Studies bear that out. One prepared by the Mid-America Regional Council, the metrowide planning agency that coordinates Operation Green Light, estimated that synchronized lights along a two-mile stretch of Shawnee Mission Parkway decreased travel times one to two-and-a-half minutes, or generally about 30 percent, depending on the time of day and direction of travel.
Along two miles of Missouri 350 through Raytown, the amount of time the typical vehicle was stuck at traffic lights dropped one-third, or about half a minute. Along a one-mile stretch of Lenexa’s 87th Street Parkway between Lackman Road and Renner Boulevard, the average vehicle went from generally stopping at three lights to stopping just once.
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Shawnee Mission Parkway has come a long way from the mess it used to be six years ago. And so has 87th Street...hell, I really don't mind driving on the major streets any more. |
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| (no subject) |
[Dec. 16th, 2007|12:07 pm] |
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| | Stevie Wonder - Someday at Christmas | ] |
I just took my first typhoid fever pill...we leave for India in a week!
Christmas in India should be interesting to say the least. |
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| (no subject) |
[Dec. 13th, 2007|11:46 am] |
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| | Stevie Wonder - It Ain't No Use | ] |
The leaders of several black organizations want Kansas City Superintendent Anthony Amato placed on administrative leave pending investigation of a complaint that he called two school board members “bitches.”
Um, so he's not going to be suspended/fired over the fact that Kansas City schools are this close to losing their accreditation? |
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| (no subject) |
[Dec. 9th, 2007|11:03 pm] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Curtis Mayfield - No Thing on Me (Cocaine Song) | ] |
I don't want to be that Northwestern student, but I'm realizing that some of my friends from back home are dumb as hell. |
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| Blah, blah, blah, I'm talking about myself |
[Nov. 22nd, 2007|11:56 pm] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | A Tribe Called Quest - Award Tour | ] |
I came to write an entry because I feel like I'm starting to become delinquent. It's not that I haven't attempted in the past couple of days, but every time I start to write, the entry always ends up with me talking about the same stupid guy. I'll admit, I think about him all of the time. I hate talking so candidly about this...I guess because I consider it pretty personal and it's shit that I'd rather keep to myself. However, I'm pretty sure that getting this off my chest will help.
If I were a bystander looking at this situation and I knew a bit of the history of this ordeal, I would tell myself that I don't have any room to complain about anything. Maybe that's true. Actually, I know it's true. That's why I think it's ridiculous that I'm still stuck on this. Every time I come home, he practically throws himself at me (this is not an exaggeration). Believe me, it's hard to pass on his advances. He's a great guy with a fantastic personality, plus he's easy on the eyes, but for whatever reason, I just can't give in. Back in high school, it was even worse. The excuse that I always used was that I was too busy to focus on someone else; I guess it was partially true. Really though, I think it mostly was a defense mechanism...it just kept things simple for me and them. Toward guys, I became super aloof and successfully kept myself relationship free. What's sad is that I still do it...four years later.
From what I hear, he's trapped in his current relationship. It pains me to hear it, but I can't do anything about it. She's such a little diva and is so demanding, I can't even stand it. I personally could never intentionally hurt someone. It's terrible that she can treat someone who would do anything for her so badly. But I guess she's the typical Johnson County princess.
So this is me leaving this alone. I know it's easier said than done, but I'm serious about this. There are way too many guys out there for me to be trippin' over this one. |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 7th, 2007|12:05 pm] |
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| | Stevie Wonder - Please Don't Go | ] |
Some questions that I have recently pondered:
1. Why do ipod headphones suck so much? The first pair broke after about a year, which I guess is kind of impressive, but the ones I have now I got spring quarter meaning that it hasn't even been six months. Maybe Apple loves the fact that with pair that breaks, the consumer is forced to pay $29 for a new pair. Well, forget that. You're not taking me for a sucker, Apple.
2. Why has fall quarter gone by so quickly? Maybe it's because the days of each week are all the same: go to class, collapse/take a nap, do five-six hours of homework, sleep, REPEAT. Of course, the weekends are far too short.
3. Since when has Shepard become a dorm of tea drinkers? I'm not saying that I'm any sort of connoisseur, but really, when you don't know the difference between black, white, and green tea, then that's an issue.
4. The question of all questions: Why do most people who own bikes lack the basic ability to ride them? A lot of them can't even steer. I'm tired of getting run over by people on bikes, and that's real talk. |
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| (no subject) |
[Oct. 30th, 2007|03:07 pm] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher | ] |
What is there to say that hasn't already been said?
Absolutely nothing. |
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| (no subject) |
[Oct. 12th, 2007|01:14 am] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | In Rainbows | ] |
I just have to throw out there that In Rainbows is pretty amazing...almost as good as Kid A and even closer to OK Computer (one of my favorite albums of all-time). I cannot stop listening to 'Nude'; there's something so haunting about it...it sort of reminds me of drowning or floating underwater. Thom's vocals at the end...just wow.
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| (no subject) |
[Oct. 9th, 2007|02:49 am] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Earth, Wind & Fire - That's the Way of the World | ] |
I guess this is what it feels like to have people gossiping about you. |
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| (no subject) |
[Oct. 1st, 2007|05:04 pm] |
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| | Ghostface Killah and Jadakiss - Run (Ratatat Remix) | ] |
Holy shit, Radiohead's new album comes out in 9 days. |
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| (no subject) |
[Sep. 27th, 2007|03:10 pm] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Kanye West ft. Dwele - Flashing Lights | ] |
What am I getting myself into? |
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| (no subject) |
[Sep. 18th, 2007|03:50 pm] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Athlete - If I Found Out | ] |
I'm finally back at NU and it's good to be back. The freshmen moved in today and I'm excited to get to know them. This year is going to be way different from last year, I can already tell.
Before I came back, I had a slew of tests for my ulcers because at this point, they're pretty sure that I have them, but they're not exactly sure what's going on inside. Last Thursday, I had a esophagogastroduodenoscopyat KU Med West. During the process, it wasn't bad...I was sedated and woke up in a recovery room with graham crackers and apple juice by my bed-- not bad if I do say so myself. The back of my mouth hurt like a mother though (and still does). Friday I went to the real KU Med (not that Med West isn't real, but really, it's in Shawnee, it's not the same) down at 39th and Rainbow for a CAT scan. I had to drink two bottles of a nasty drink that was 'vanilla milkshake' flavored. The scan went fine, but the aftermath was not so pretty. I don't think it had milk in it (I can't drink milk because I'm lactose intolerant), but it made me really sick anyway...it was rough.
On the bright side, my music works again and that means access to about 11,000 songs! |
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