27 October 2002

quote of the week
"Well, if it was the best, so what?"
-john lennon

16 October 2002

a billion and one uses
duct tape is listed in my Top 5 Greastest Inventions of All Time...here is but another reason why...


**dont wanna know where this is from

14 October 2002

captured like fireflies
a dream without meaning
shot past the whirlpool
like space outta nowhere
back as a rebel
in one of mikey's poems
dare neglegt the baby tantrum
scolded high noon

13 October 2002

dag nab it
i haven't been keeping up with my internet adventures well...just read that mighty girl is geting married...shit im depressed...

24 September 2002

too funny...

You Know You're a Nova Scotian When:

1. Your Idea Of A Traffic Jam Is Ten Cars Waiting To Pass A Tractor On The Highway

2. "Vacation" Means Going To MonctonFor The Weekend.

3. You Measure Distance In Hours

4. You Know Several People Who Have Hit Deer More Than Once

5. You Often Switch From "Heat" To "A/C" In The Same Day

6. You Use A Down Comforter In The Summer

7. Your Grandparents Drive At 100 Km/H Through 13 Feet Of Snow During A
Raging Blizzard, Without Flinching.

8. You See People Wearing Hunting Clothes At Social Events

9. You Install Security Lights On Your House And Garage And Leave Both Unlocked

10. You Think Of The Major Food Groups As Deer Meat, Fish And Keith's

11. You Carry Jumper Cables In Your Car And Your Wife Knows How To Use Them

12. There Are 7 Empty Cars Running In The Parking Lot At The Canadian
Tire Store At Any Given Time

13. You Design Your Kids Halloween Costume To Fit Over A Snowsuit

14. Driving Is Better In The Winter Because The Potholes Are Filled With Snow

15. You Think Lingerie Is Tube Socks And Flannel Pajamas

16. You Know All 4 Seasons: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, And Construction

17. It Takes You 3 Hours To Go To The Store For One Item Even When
You're In A Hurry, Because You Have To Stop And Talk To Everyone In Town

And Finally, You Know You Live In Nova ScotiaWhen:

18. You Actually Understand These Jokes And Forward Them To All Your
Friends From Nova Scotia


...i wanna meet someone from nova scotia...

31 August 2002

hazardous to your health
As a seventh grade student, Claire Nelson learned that di(ethylhexyl)adepate (DEHA), considered a carcinogen, is found in plastic wrap. She also learned that the FDA had never studied the effect of microwave cooking on plastic-wrapped food. Claire began to wonder: "Can cancer-causing particles seep into food covered with household plastic wrap while it is being microwaved?"

Three years later, with encouragement from her high school science teacher, Claire set out to test what the FDA had not. Although she had an idea for studying the effect of microwave radiation on plastic-wrapped food, she did not have the equipment. Eventually, Jon Wilkes at the National Center for Toxicological Research in Jefferson, Arkansas, agreed to help her. The research center, which is affiliated with the FDA, let her use its facilities to perform her experiments, which involved microwaving plastic wrap in virgin olive oil.

Claire tested four different plastic wraps and "found not just the carcinogens but also xenoestrogen was migrating [into the oil]...." Xenoestrogens are linked to low sperm counts in men and to breast cancer in women.

Throughout her junior and senior years, Claire made a couple of trips each week to the research center, which was 25 miles from her home, to work on her experiment. An article in Options reported that "her analysis found that DEHA was migrating into the oil at between 200 parts and 500 parts per million. The FDA standard is 0.05 parts per billion." Her summarized results have been published in science journals.

Claire Nelson received the American Chemical Society's top science prize for students during her junior year and fourth place at the International Science and Engineering Fair (Fort Worth, Texas) as a senior.

"Carcinogens -- At 10,000,000 Times FDA Limits" Options May 2000. Published by People Against Cancer, 515-972-4444.

On Channel 2 (Huntsville, AL) they had a Dr. Edward Fujimoto from Castle Hospital on the program. He is the manager of the Wellness Program at the hospital.

He was talking about dioxins and how bad they are for us. He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers. This applies to foods that contain fat. He said that the combination of fat, high heat and plastics releases dioxins into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body. Dioxins are carcinogens and highly toxic to the cells of our bodies.

Instead, he recommends using glass, Corning Ware, or ceramic containers for heating food. You get the same results without the dioxins. So such things as TV dinners, instant saimin and soups, etc., should be REMOVED from their container and heated in something else. Paper isn't bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It is far safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc. He said we might remember when some of the fast food restaurants
moved away from the foam containers to paper.

The dioxin problem is one of the reasons.

22 August 2002

yak!
"if theres nothing on the line, it don't mean anything"

**compliments of my roommate

19 August 2002

end of year
its that time of year again...everyone goes back to school, off somewhere in the great blue yonder, and i stay...this is MY college town...

14 August 2002

yippee!
if you live in SF, DC, or NYC (or visit there and get a ticket so that you curse the place forever), you now have a savior...

parking tickets dot com

**from the lovely kat (in SF)
mi amore
another spectalur article by the glorious Margaret Berry...meticulusly pointing out the obvious, or should be obvious and we all seem the convienently "forget"

Don't be Rude: Part II
calculated affair
i just watched my ex and my friend (whom she dated right afterward) verbally abuse each other...picture a porixide blonde and a cool grubby 30 something having it out...and me in the corner smoking laughing my ass off...untill they ask me something...do i agree? hey, man, leave me outta this one...don't worry dave, you won, hands down...

08 August 2002

:)
life on prozac

04 August 2002

Frisco
yesterday morning i emarked on a road trip to san fransisco, via sacramento. awesome drive. mustard hills and salemander skies. then SF. i fucking love that town. went out with kat and sean. got obscenely drunk. yakked going back over the bay bridge. fun, fun. this morning was berkely and smelly people. and an awesome shopping spree @ amoeba. then back home. i think i spent more time in the car then in the city, actually i know i did. but, what the fuck, right?

01 August 2002

hiatus
things have been kinda slow since i got fired...i'm taking a sabbatical from working...been working fairly steadily since i was 14...time for a break...

27 July 2002

F@#K!!!
yesterday i got fired...today i bought a labtop...and a digital camera...

23 July 2002

better than ice cream
i am undecided on this one...i'm either really freaked out or feeling kinda mushy...kinda like jell-o...mmmm, jell-o...

**from mighty girl

22 July 2002

whatchamacallit
do you remember the candy bar named this? and those silly commercials they used to have...i can hear the faint ringing of the catch tune..."whatchamacallit!"...always reminded me of evil elves dancing around in my sleep...

18 July 2002

silly rabbit
the most fun since play-doh...

bad bunny

**from mighty girl

17 July 2002

"quote"
"i dont know, i don't care, and it doesn't make any difference"
-Jack Kerouac

16 July 2002

simile
i am a leaf
floating in the wind
i toss and i turn
twist and spin
i am up and down
float all over this town
i am a leaf
watch me as i float by
where do i sign...
some guys are filing suit against the DOE...apparently white males are put into a special department where they do nothing and get paid mad amounts of money...only a white guy would complain about that...

click here

**from rick

15 July 2002

:) TOOL (:
going to see 'tool' tonite...not a huge fan of their's but i love a good show. i dig that zeppelin tune they cover though. jordan is in love with them. so is karen. so jordan's bringing me, and i'm bringing karen. she says i'm santa claus. i asked if i get to wear a suit. hmmm...maybe my birthday one...

ps- kat, i'm coming up in a few.
^newsflash^
'one man out' is performing at the OC Battle of the Bands Monday July 22, 2002
email them for ticket info

info@onemanout.com

12 July 2002

~{~@mind fuck'd@~}~
>>>>>intercept II 19 MM0II-b

//bgn

down in the drags but im still pure
been lost together, me and my girl
she left me for a mirror image of me
she left me so alone i would be

do you love me or my words?
soft spoken and redeeming
golden or demeaning
in tattered clothes i bare the flag
shot up in galleries same as my dad
went out to bakersfield to see what i'd find
got lost in the desert drinking turpentine

arch your back
curl your toes
eyes dilate
escaping moan
warm breath
soft touch
not enough
not too much
hands pressed
minds collide
all as one
body, mine

think you can beat this? think you have won?
tempt me twice more and we'll dance

who knows what you're bitter heart can unleash
backed up dumpsters and garbage disposals
tethered down to a railroad track, seconds away

i want to scream
but no one can hear me
bound and gagged by suit jacket and tie
beg for forgiveness but pious im not

i can't help this feeling
im uncontrolled
where is my lover
covered in gold

//end
justification
i now have, once more, a valid california drivers license. it was originally suspended in October of 1999...yes, 1999...but that didn't slow me down...it wasn't until i got a DUI in August of 2000 that i payed any attention to it...oh yeah, getting a DUI while driving with a suspended license is frowned upon by the judicial system...so, my debt to society being paid (in the grand total of $1,253.21 and drivers license being suspended for an additional year) i am back as a fully formed and functional member of society...

boo-yah!

11 July 2002

worthless
i have just spent the last 20 minutes trying to spell "decision"...it required:
a) the help of a co-worker
b) all our combined functioning brain cells
c) spell check

...the saddest part is we were trying for most of that time just to spell it vaguely close so that spell check would understand what iwas trying to say...oh well, here's a cool link:

funny russian jokes

**from metafilter

10 July 2002

hurumpf!
i hate everybody

fuck you all

...again, not you kat, you're a darling...
*check it*
there's a new blogger on the block...its called no parking...the interpretations of reality by a certified lunatic...its true, swear...he's a friend of mine...

and if that weren't enough...

and for those of you still feeling the post 4th blues...an american classic:
Battleship

08 July 2002

~~holiday~~
>>>begin transmission XVII 01 MMII

here i am the shadow of a naked angel
know my heart and love it
lay me down beside four-leaf clovers
and whisper to me with wind
lay with me in utter confidence
this naked angel spreading wings
carry me to safety
engulf and enshroud with those feathery curtains
entombed for eternity

..

on these cliffs a mind was born
of thought surpassed by god
expansion of eternity
through electronic warfare
digital interface to a heavenly body
a shrine to lay thine eyes

..

those eyes
they're on me
penetrating...

does she know?
does he suspect?
is it all too much to assume?...

this pedestal is faltering
this image still not clear
i want to whisper madness
into that lovely ear...

that's all they see, my insanity
and what they can reap from me
they want my soul, and so much more
they all want my dream...

i fear for myself in times of doubt
normally i just carry on
but when the bottle hits the lips
and we embrace in bitter kiss
i kick out those around me...

on my rooftop
arms in a V
i am awesome
no one can touch me.

..

>>>end transmission XVII 01 MMII
}buddah{
his holiness, the Dalai Lama is working for the union of science and Buddhism. a worthy cause, in my opinion. check out Science for Monks

**from metafilter

03 July 2002

journey to the center of the void
so i was mindlessly "surfing" for a little bit. i am extremely tired and it makes me look like i'm actually working so :P
here is my journey, please vist all sites because they are all very worth both time and respect:

whygodwhy.com
to the abouts page
to anil dash's about page
to anil's archives
to to anil's portal page
after a brief jaunt to and fro with several of those, back to anil's current(??) post
to a dead blog with an awesome archive

this whole process was a cleansing, mind-expansive jaunt through the thought process of several magnificent human beings...thanks guys...

p.s...by the way, i'm only being fluffy 'cause im FUCKING TIRED!!!!!!!!!!

p.p.s...kat, sweetheart, pay no attention to the bad words, they're not for you...
...at a loss for words...
okay, this is just wierd...

lobotomy 101 presents:

Piss Jumping

**from rick
worried still
okay, i am not a very patriotic man. i got detention in high school for not saying the pledge of alligence, i always forget flag day, and i cannot support a regime that says i can't smoke marijuana in my own house and if i do i am a terrorist. i'm not a terrorist, i'm a pot-head. there's a BIG f@#$ing difference! anyway (so easily distracted) i read this article by an American Airlines pilot and i just wanted to share it with the rest of you. very aptly put for a pilot, i must say. (sorry pilots of the world)

**from metafilter

01 July 2002

good clean funnies
UCSD has a comedy newspaper called The Koala...pretty funny shit, check it out...
|top 5|
Top 5 Greatest Inventions of Mankind
5) spam...more fun than play-doh, tastier than tofu
4) velcro...speaks for itself
3) cheese...some guy goes walking in the desert for a couple weeks with some milk, magically when he got back it had turned to cheese...oooo...aaahhh...oooooohhhh!
2) bread...any way you like, call it yum yum!!!
1) beer...liquid bread AND its got alcohol!!!

28 June 2002

~{my god is a porcelin one}~
last night jordan and i went out celebrating...there were several reason for this, can't get into it now...we went down to hennesy's where they serve this drink called "the Big Wave"...64 fluid ounces of rum, pineapple juice, red bull, and stuff...served in a fish bowl, like you used to keep your goldfish in...my head hurts...

27 June 2002

astounding
floating wreckage:jettisoned cargo is f@#$ing great site...all in the guise of just another simple blog...news, reference, this site has it all...

thanks metafilter!
mi amore
check out this great article by the captivating Ms. Margaret Berry...

'Chagrin and Men I Have Loved'

26 June 2002

[sport-o]

2002 FIFA World Cup


okay, so i forgot to post this earlier...blame it on denial

United States 0, Germany 1



Final Match Up


Brazil vs Germany {6.30 4a PST}


Third Place Game

S. Korea vs. Turkey {6.29 4a PST}
wishing i could age like wine
the number of times i feel old is increasing on a daily basis...example 1 (last night): some friends and i try to re-hash old habits and go down to Strands to have a bonfire...(i bought a 40 of Mickey's to go with my voddy...very old skool)...but, as in the old days, we didn't bring any wood...expecting to either find wood there or some chill people willing to share...(fire for alcohol, i love bartering)...arriving at the first pit we meet 3 very chill guys...so we sit our fat asses down and begin conversation...i notice these three guys positively staring at the 3 women im with...shit! "how old are you guys?" i ask..."17" they reply...double shit...they then continue to tell me about thier high school, which is about 5 years old, and built where i used to ride BMX back in "the day"...these kids were still drooling and pissing themselves when i used to sit at a fire with older girls and stare in absolute delight at their breast's...i wanna be peter pan...i don't wanna grow up!...

(segue into 'Toys R Us' theme and fade into the background)

25 June 2002

drawn
out on the town but just for an evening
we lay by the sea completely believing
naked with words we share our one being
eyes straight ahead but not really seeing
bare feet in sand and you know the feeling
the stars over head will make up the ceiling
she speaks in a tongue that is drenched with a meaning
we lay on our backs, the ocean is breathing
oh...

i've got problems
and you do too
got something else
but this will do
she says its alright
we can just be friends
but i think we both know
how this will end, oh...

i believe in myself and nobody else
try to keep feelings high up on a shelf
but she does something that no one else does
like light up my life with her love...

so i see through the eyes of a needle or gun
there's work and there's play but everythings fun
lifes too damn short and its only begun
shes larger than life and she shines like the sun
i look for complaints but aint got none...

i think im boiling over
and its fresh and its new
want something else
but this will do
she says its alright
that we're just friends
i hope i know how this will end...

finally found something else to believe
had all the magic waiting up my sleeve
she takes me to levels beyond and above
and flies like an eagle as sweet as a dove
she does all these things and says just because
she showers me with her love...oh just because
just because
just because.

~b

20 June 2002

oh so very james joyce-ish
check out this really cool bands website:

stephen will apologise
dream a little dream
i had really fucked up dreams the last two nights. tuesday night the entire world was on fire and i tried to pee on it to put it out. i failed, of coarse. then last night i dreamed that i was leaving a venue and the exit actually took you into an alice-in-wonderland-esque maze with no end. i ended up climbing out while others just stood there all squished. when i climbed out i was in a swap-meet. so i bought a churro. mmmm. churro.

19 June 2002

you scream, i scream we all scream when there's a body in the Ice Cream truck
there's multiple lessons to be learned here
1)don't run from the cops
2)frozen banana's kill


**from rick

18 June 2002

mr. mojo rising
there is a great article about a guy who has been dead for 80 years and is just now being buried.Mojo (no one knows his real name) apparently died while passing through the town. Remind me to never stop there.

16 June 2002

leaving a message
a message left in CS of my work:

girl: ...i'd like for one of you customer service guys to call us back. We have left several...
guy in background: what are you doin', woman?
girl: I'm leavin' a message for 'em
guy: What?!
girl: I'm leavin' a MESSAGE!
guy: You just don' do it!

14 June 2002

[sport-o]

2002 FIFA World Cup



United States 1, Poland 3


next game vs. Mexico in Round of 16 {6.17 @ 2.30a}

Ireland vs. Spain {6.16 @ 7.30a}

12 June 2002

stoked
i am now a rich man...i was awarded a full settlement of $100,000.00 for a car accident i was in on 3.1.02...wooohooo...

11 June 2002

[sport-o]

2002 FIFA World Cup



United States 1, S. Korea 1


next game vs. Poland {6.14 @ 4:30a}

Ireland 3, Saudi Arabia 0


Ireland advances to Round of 16
how rude!
read a great article about rudeness in the work place. now i have to admit that i once did somethings mentioned in the article (ie. leaving a message to inform them i wouldn't be coming in anymore, i did it in the middle of the night when i knew no one would answer)...but i was 17 at the time, working as a VB programmer while doing independent study to finish high school...i think im allowed some lea-way


**from rick

07 June 2002

legal beagle
the various legal problems i am currently attending to or are against me:

1) auto accident from 3.1.02 {current status: in settlement}
2) possesion ticket from 3.23.02 {current status: arraignment on 6.13.02; im gonna fight it!}
3) witness to an assult on 5.30.02 {current staus: on call}

all i can say is my lawyer...loves me.

06 June 2002

my life as a vegetable
>>>>>intercept II 19 MM0II-b

//bgn

down in the drags but im still pure
been lost together, me and my girl
she left me for a mirror image of me
she left me so alone i would be


do you love me or my words?
soft spoken and redeeming
golden or demeaning
in tattered clothes i bare the flag
shot up in galleries same as my dad
went out to bakersfield to see what i'd find
got lost in the desert drinking turpentine


arch your back
curl your toes
eyes dilate
escaping moan
warm breath
soft touch
not enough
not too much
hands pressed
minds collide
all as one
body, mine

think you can beat this? think you have won?
tempt me twice more and we'll dance

who knows what you're bitter heart can unleash
backed up dumpsters and garbage disposals
tethered down to a railroad track, seconds away

i want to scream
but no one can hear me
bound and gagged by suit jacket and tie
beg for forgiveness but pious im not


i can't help this feeling
im uncontrolled
where is my lover
covered in gold

//end

>>>>>intercept II 19 MM0II-b
[sport-o]

2002 FIFA World Cup



United States 3, Portugal 1


next game: vs. S. Korea {6.9 @ 23:30}

Ireland 1, Germany 1


next game, vs. Saudi Arabia {6.11 @ 4:30}

04 June 2002

language barrier
little punk rock bunny doll
all hopped up on smiles
send a smile out to me
i'll save it for a rainy day
when im standing all alone outside
wearing nothing but that smile

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

cowboy made of paper clips
lost hi-way
the desert moves and breathes you life
calls sanctimony out
with glitter to make the ceiling
and glass to close the world
not too much now, she sees me
and hollywood collides...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

palm
mighty
lamerica and you
gold coast
shiny
a stranger creeping forward
-request to the management-
I, the Penis, hereby request a raise in salary for the following
reasons: I do physical labor. I work at great depths. I plunge head
first into everything I do. I do not get weekends or public holidays
off. I work in a damp environment. I don't get paid overtime. I work
in a dark workplace that has poor ventilation. I work in high
temperatures. My work exposes me to contagious diseases.


Dear Penis,

After assessing your request, and considering the arguments you have
raised, the administration rejects your request for the following
reasons: You do not work 8 hours straight. You fall asleep on the
job after brief work periods. You do not always follow the orders of
the management team. You do not stay in your designated area and are
often seen visiting other locations. You do not take initiative -
you need to be pressured and stimulated in order to start working.
You leave the workplace rather messy at the end of your shift. You
don't always observe necessary safety regulations, such as wearing
the correct protective clothing. You will retire well before you are
65. You are unable to work double shifts. You sometimes leave your
designated work before you have completed the assigned task. And if
that were not all, you have been seen constantly entering and
exiting the workplace carrying two suspicious-looking bags.

Sincerely,
The Management
...ha...ha...ha...
A lonely man decided that life would be more interesting if he had a pet so he went to the pet store and told the sales person that he wanted to buy a very unusual pet.

After some discussion, he finally bought a centipede that came in a little white box for its house.

He took the centipede in the box home and found a nice spot for it.

The man then decided to start things off by taking his new pet to
the bar for a drink, so he asked the centipede in the box,"Would you like to go to the bar with me for a drink?"

...but there was no answer from his new pet.

This bothered the man, but he waited a few moments and then asked the centipede again, "How about going to the bar with me and having a drink with me?" ...but again there was no answer from the centipede.

The man waited a few moments and asked him one more time, this time putting his face against the centipede's house and shouting,

"Hey in there!

Would you like to go to the bar and have a drink with me?"
A little voice comes out of the box:

"I heard you the first time! I'm putting on my fucking shoes!"
Thank you for your cooperation.

**from shorty

03 June 2002

Personality Disorder of the Week



Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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Diagnostic Criteria

A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:



-has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements)

-is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love

-believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions)

-requires excessive admiration

-has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations

-is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends

-lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others

-is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her

-shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes

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Associated Features

-Depressed Mood

-Dramatic/Erratic/Antisocial Personality

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Differential Diagnosis



Histrionic Personality Disorder; Antisocial Personality Disorder; Borderline Personality Disorder; Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder; Schizotypal Personality Disorder; Paranoid Personality Disorder; Manic Episodes; Hypomanic Episodes; Personality Change Due to a General Medical Condition; symptoms that may develop in association with chronic substance use.

31 May 2002

amish teens gone crazy
apparently there are a bunch of drunk, under-aged amish kids running around. and somebody thought it'd be a good idea to make a documentry about it.

i can't think of anything witty so...

amish afro

afro squad

that's a good segue into and out of all things amish...

**from Rick
defender of the so called faith
a guy who used to beat his wife.
a wife who's trying to get a divorce.
a restraining order.
some cops.
me, drunk outta my mind.
what a lovely evening last night was...

30 May 2002

-sob-
black heart fool who knows so well
speed walk streets with names like girls
dance with chickens in desert airs
playful city streets...
the beats in the mind and it drives it drives
callused hands meet tender flesh in the middle
punk rock hair-do all made up for fashion
and the label remains on permanent display
jet blown back to Betty Boop days
in the instant you close your eyes
and could this make up hide the eyes like curtains in your window
singing the song that plays over and over and over...
...what a geek...
...the Original Lobotomy 101...made while at work on just another cheesy free server...didn't even have FTP...interesting color choices though, huh?
rude dog
i don't watch much TV and the speakers on my computer recieved a healthy dose of orange soda awhile back...following that line of thought (???) my friend sent me a video of 'rude dog' from the conan show. i haven't seen conan since he was on the Daily Show...

by the way, i am a fiend for orange soda...

29 May 2002

spring
@~}~

the fun is over; the dream is gone; long lost girl-friends still haunt my sleep; she turned over and smiled at me; made me think of suicide; its not all that bad; but mostly so; hollywood-vinyl-pin-up-doll; made for pleasure; fun-police; why can't i wake from this terrible sleep; ive never seen dawn; except through glass; could my eyes bare the sight of it?; would wings sprout and carry me away?; or is that the bottle talking now?; visions of cornfields and long straight-aways; revving up motors with Daisy Duke girls bopping on the side-lines; she screamed then as i do now; ate cauliflower with soy cheese; my little Earth-girl; but ulcers and cancers and pisces , aquarius and sagittarius; all those busy bees and paramours; dance with me on a sunday morning; the virgin is lonely and lost with out you; everythings horrible and everythings fine; i'll be alright...
big city
yesterday i went to get a haircut...just one mind you...and i ran into 4 people i know at the barber shop...made me realize that i live in a fairly small town...

i miss the city...where it never goes dark...the only stars you see are on the streets walking around looking very beat...and even if you could see them, the giant pillars of capitalism would block the view.

been thinking of SF...sara and kat are plying me with sweet stories of pleasure and pavement...something to think about...

28 May 2002

pocket full of quarters
i went out to dinner with my parents the other night and at the table next to us was a family celebrating their sons graduation. his grandparents were asking what school he was going to now that high school is over and what he was going to do with his life. i caught my dad looking at me at this point. so when the kids said he had no idea and he was going to take a year or so off and then maybe try junior college for a little while, i just smiled.

23 May 2002

{busted}
a few months ago i recieved a ticket for possesion of marijuana. this rather sucks given that i'm still on probation from drinking before i was 21 (now almost 2 years!)...maybe im biased, but i think they should try to bust criminals who actually commit a crime, not a hapless drunk who enjoys an occasional puff. i work, go to school, pay my taxes and now have to deal with some judge who probably thinks im some sort of deliquent...i admit i may be, but thats not for him to judge without knowing me.

22 May 2002

|side note|
americans drink to be social...the brits to "un-wind"...the germans for taste...the russians for a good time...the irish, well, we drink to get drunk...
|toast|
few people recognize the importance of etiquette while drinking...kids go to college and learn to do keg-stands and beer-bongs...very few learn the real etiquette of drinking...its a way of life. this article is the first step for those with no bar-room manner's...a sort-of guide book for the inebriate-impaired...

**from mightygirl

21 May 2002

Benjamin worm targets Kazaa

By Matt Loney
ZDNet (UK)
May 20, 2002, 8:00 AM PT

The Kazaa file-swapping network has been hit by a virus, according to security experts.

The Kazaa network is one of the most popular file-exchange networks, with more than 81 million copies of its client downloaded to date, according Sharman Networks, the company that developed the service.

Security software firm Kaspersky Labs said the worm, called "Worm.Kazaa.Benjamin", is the first malicious program to spread through the Kazaa file exchange network, although Gnutella was hit by a proof-of-concept worm in February.

The Benjamin worm was reported to Kaspersky Labs on Saturday. "In terms of data destruction it is not very dangerous," said Kaspersky spokesman Denis Zenkin. "It does not erase any information, but eats up space on your hard disk and it jams the data transmission channels. It becomes harder for the Kazaa network users to communicate because lots of infected data is being placed in their hard drives, and if you look for a game you are likely to be offered a copy of the virus instead."

Benjamin spreads by creating a directory that is accessible to other users of the Kazaa network. It makes numerous--possibly thousands--copies of itself in this directory, using many different names from a list contained in the body of the worm. When a network user conducts a search for a file under a name corresponding with one the worm's pseudonyms, the unsuspecting user is given the chance to download it from the infected computer.

When it is downloaded, Benjamin displays a false error report, warning the user that the file is possible corrupted, but then goes on copy itself into the system directory and creates two keys in the system registry.

As well as eating up free disk space, said Kaspersky, Benjamin opens a Web page, called benjamin.xww.de to display banner ads. On Monday morning the Benjamin.xww.de Web site had a message saying: "Domain closed due to massive abuse."

Benjamin is written in Borland Delphi and is approximately 216KB in size - it is compressed by the AsPack utility. The size of a file can vary greatly as the worm ends each file with random data--called "dust"--for masking. But, said Zenkin, is can be removed relatively easily by deleting the infected files. Antivirus software vendors such as Kaspersky Labs have already updated their products to detect it,
he added.

Sharman Networks could not immediately be reached for comment.

**got this from matt
PERSONALITY DISORDER OF THE WEEK


Schizotypal Personality Disorder:
A pervasive pattern of social and interpersonal deficits marked by acute discomfort with, and reduced capacity for, close relationships as well as by cognitive or perceptual distortions and eccentricities of behavior, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:

(1) ideas of reference (i.e., incorrect interpretations of casual incidents and external events as having a particular and unusual meaning specifically for the person)

(2) odd beliefs or magical thinking that influences behavior and is inconsistent with subcultural norms (e.g., superstitiousness, belief in clairvoyance, telepathy, or "sixth sense"; in children and adolescents, bizarre fantasies or preoccupations)

(3) unusual perceptual experiences, including bodily illusions

(4) odd thinking and speech (e.g.vague, circumstantial, metaphorical, overelaborate, or stereotyped)

(5) suspiciousness or paranoid ideation

(6) inappropriate or constricted affect

(7) behavior or appearance that is odd, eccentric, or peculiar

(8) lack of close friends or confidants other than first-degree relatives

(9) excessive social anxiety that does not diminish with familiarity and tends to be associated with paranoid fears rather than negative judgments about self

[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV), 1998 by the American Psychiatric Association]

Summary:
Ah, good old Schizotypal Personality Disorder! It soothes on a rainy, dreary Monday, doesn't it? Sure, I'm slaving away at my crappy-ass job with no end in site, but at least I'm not some kind of a fucking weirdo!


**from rabbit blog

20 May 2002

cool daddy-o

found THIS on mighty girl dot net...god i love that woman...
[dur!]

across the street from my apartment lives this lady and her boyfriend/husband (im not sure which)...yesterday she is out on the street picking a fight with these little kids...they were making noise and she wanted them to stop...it was like 2p on a sunday!...so instead of asking the kids to please be quite, she goes over there itching for a fight...i was going to go down and defend the kids, but they did a terrific job of it themselves...they actually got her to back down!...i love kids...

17 May 2002

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time stamp

i'll ask for a second to gather my thoughts up. they were spilled on the counter and im afraid when i got up. they fell through a letter to this girl that i know. and she reads them quite slowly devouring the up words. with one hand beside her and the other much lower. she's waiting for something she wants to discover. i will not desert her, i will not desert her.

so i take all these pills to try and balance my brain. but im even a little more than afraid. that ive gone off the deep end and i cannot swim back. it'd just be so terrible that i'd have to laugh... another drop in the bucket, it scares me to death. im not much better than most or the rest. she has built up this shrine in an image of me... full of things i cannot see...

i might swim to an island where i'll be alone. no more discussing these things with anyone. because i can't explain how or why that i am. im too old to be changed, im nearly a man. she begs for forgiveness and i duly oblige. and this circle gets repeated when she asks me why. why does the dew smell so good on a field? if maybe it didn't would it make it less real? or maybe its nothing more than a dream. would knowing that make it better or worse than it seems. i'd fall to floor and simply stop moving. and see if anyone asks what im doing. and if they didn't and the world would go on and not notice. the death of this idiot, madman, and poet. i think it'd been fun to go to my funeral. and make farting sound or something as juvenile. what i want when i die, yeah my last request. is to replace my head with an old TV set. so all in attendance just might have some fun. watching old I love Lucy reruns.

16 May 2002

cool aid

im going to joshua tree this weekend with my dad...he does this every year...him and his buddy's from high school go out there and re-enact scene's from The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test...wicked real...

15 May 2002

the pink dot
Ozzy Osbourne's teenaged daughter has made a cover of Papa Don't Preach, Madonna's 1986 hit, with member's of incubus...does this sound stupid to anybody else? but, kelly says SHE didn't pick the song...mommy did. mom's a great manager...she's even setting up franchise's...

14 May 2002

how to give your own frontal lobotomy
you will need:
* a corkscrew
* a mirror
* a turkey baster
* a towel or moist towelette
* a sharpie(r) marker
* a map of the human brain
* a band-aid

1)using the map and mirror, locate the general area of your own fronatl lobe. mark on skull with sharpie(r).
2)take the corkscrew, and screw into marked area. use towel or towelette to sop up blood.
3)after penetration into the frontal cavity, remove corkscrew and insert turkey baster. remove frontal lobe.
BE CAREFULL AND REMOVE ONLY THE FRONTAL LOBE
4)remove the baster and apply band-aid.
5)enjoy life as a vegtable. never again be bothered to get up before using the restroom. my advice, use money from 401K to but stock in Depends(r)
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