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October 30, 2005
Bert is Evil
So I had to pull a Halloween costume outta my ass and did evil Bert. I didn't have a camera with me so I'll have to get pix from friends but it worked pretty well aside from being way too hot to dance in.
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October 26, 2005
Strong Suits
Well, part of Landmark that was pretty cool for me was figuring out your strong suits and how they came to be. I found out that for me, many of my current behaviors were molded from an early age. Without further ado...
- Being organized - this may have started from when I was like 2-6 yrs old (in their age categories) and my Dad was yelling at my mom going off on her since we were lost in Chicago and she had the map. I remember feeling powerless and that's when I knew I had to have everything like directions/answers etc all the time so that wouldn't happen - it's kinda funny b/c Vann's comment on me on Friendster was: "if you're ever high and meet this guy in the middle of the desert, he'll have what you need. this isn't as unlikely as you think."
- Independent/Elusive - not sure if this is exactly a strong suit, but it is something I fall back on. This was in the 7-14 yrs old age range and I think I became that way when I was in grade school and I would get overlooked during recess when the team captains would pick their kickball teams. I even was picked after girls, which at that time was quite the slam so I became more introspective and elusive. I think that may also be why I like athletic girls since they were prized more than me - and I know I was actually pretty good at kickball!
- Quirky/Different - this was from the 18-25 age group that they said you was when you realized you were on your own. Not quite sure on this one but I think it may have been when I first got into my first class at UT where it was a lecture class that had two profs and was divided into two halves b/c it was so huge and your SSN was your ID. It had over 300 people and I was just another number, so I think that's when I really started to try being different. Now of course I do the hair thing, etc.
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October 20, 2005
Stalled projects
Yet another stalled out personal project. I had my $2 bill idea and this was my first and so far only shot for the project...sigh
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October 16, 2005
Review: Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
Franz Ferdinand, You Could Have It So Much Better (Domino, 2005)
Franz Ferdinand are confident. They boast that you could have it so much better with them than some other ear trash bands out there. Telling the truth? Or all swagger? Eh, a healthy dollop from column A and a teensy smidge from column B.
If you check out FF's website, the bio page reveals that the modus operandi of this outfit is to make girls dance. With the follow-up to their outstanding self-titled debut, they've succeeded in the making the girls dance part, and for something new, they've also managed to get the girls all moony-eyed and wistful with tracks like the Beatle-y "Eleanor Put Your Boots On" and "Fade Together" plus "Walk Away." "Eleanor..." apparently is about Eleanor from The Fiery Furnaces. I didn't know frontman Alex K. and Eleanor are/were involved. Well, that just goes to show I'm not hip on my rock band gossip.
The weakness here is that some of the songs aren't likely to be caramelized into your brain, sweet and getting stuck in the head. Not quite. There's the forgettable "This Boy" and "Evil and a Heather." One of my faves is "I'm Your Villain" with the boys doing their best Interpol impression with the thundering groovy bassline. Don't fret, Alex still croons and dabbles with the man love (infectious first single "Do You Want To"). The bottom line is that You Could Have It So Much Better is somewhat slumpy, but by no means a bad buy. Now all I have to do is see Franz Ferdinand live and then I will be happy.
- by Lisa Hwang
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October 15, 2005
we had a party!
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October 08, 2005
rackets and possibilities and such...
Well, I've been Landmarked and had my first day today and one of my assignments was to write a letter to someone with whom I've been inauthentic with. Well to kill several birds with one stone so to speak (write?!) I thought I'd blog it...
One area that seems to stand out right away is me not being intimate and how I have convinced myself that I am happier being single - I still am not resigned to saying that it's definitely not true, but I am open to that possibility.
So in their parlance, "the possibility that I have invented for myself and my life is the possibility of being in love and in a committed relationship." It's hard for me not to say to myself that I don't see it happening though, and I have to catch myself each time I do that (like right now!).
Anyhow, I gotta crash out here soon, but hey I did my assignment right?
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October 04, 2005
Why I don't Flex
So in Spain, I really only had one day to chill and one of the athletes from the competition, Jayne Pickering from Australia hung out on the beach with myself and our mutual friend John Plummer.
Of course we had to take one pic and I was forced to flex my measly bicep... that and my miserable non-tan make me look pretty sad...
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