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Friday, March 23rd, 2007
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3:35 pm
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Life...
My crazy life... never stops being crazy. I used to be into writing and I still am... it's just that many of my thoughts... yea...
They are just too crazy...
But life has been good to me lately... I'm enjoying school... I have a great job... good friends and all that jazz.
Yea... that's about it for now.
I'm just glad I survived last quarter.
Edit:
I decided I do have some things to say since the last time I wrote a real entry about my life in Athens...
Teaching is a blast. I wish I had mor time to devote to actually planning my lessons, but of course the reason I have the job is so I can go to school here and study, so there are not too many complaints in that department.
As for friends... I have made a few friends... mostly people I just hang around with inside the department. Occassionally we'll get together other times, but seeing as we all practically live in our work building anyway... it's just normal.
My hours are long (well they were long last quarter... this upcoming quarter is going to be very different for me) but as much as I complain about it, I love it. I worry too much and then everything turns out alright and it's like I had nothing to worry about in the first place.
This upcoming quarter is going to be nice and light... no extra classes... no extra teaching... not too many extra curriculars... Just focusing on my studies and on my work... hopefully with more free time to actually try and get out and do things... we will see how that goes though...
Biggest news... I'm cutting my hair... it's been a long long time... and it's about time to see it go.
Anyway that's all for now... Seriously.
current mood:  cheerful
current music: Chasing Cars- Snow Patrol
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| Friday, February 23rd, 2007
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3:41 pm - Short and Random
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There was a time when I used to update all the time, when I was constantly around... when I felt like actually had things to share.
Now more so ever then in my life do I have things I could share and yet... I just never feel like writing them all down. I don't know what it is with me lately but life is just really crazy right now.
It is so unpredicatble...
current music: Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
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| Monday, August 28th, 2006
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8:57 am - Quiz Time...
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Below is a list of 30 language "facts"
I want you all to tell me which ones you believe to be true and which ones to be false. (Do something like T-5,8,9 F-2,16,7 so as not to take huge space in the comments).
1. Writing is more perfect than speech.
2. Women generally speak better than men.
3. There are “primitive” languages with only a few hundred words.
4. French is a clearer and more logical language than English or German.
5. People from the East Coast talk nasally.
6. Homosexuals lisp.
7. People who say Nobody ain’t done nothin’ can’t think logically.
8. Swearing degrades a language.
9. Kids need to study for years in school to learn to speak their language properly.
10. Some people can pick up a language in a couple of weeks.
11. It’s easier to learn Chinese if your ancestry is Chinese.
12. Native Americans all speak dialects of the same language.
13. Some words, like sapphire, are naturally more beautiful than others, like runt or stupid.
14. The only reasonable way to arrange words in a sentence is to start with the subject and follow with the verb.
15. English is a simpler language than Latin or Greek.
16. Every language distinguishes singular nouns from plural nouns by adding an ending in the plural.
17. The only ways deaf people can communicate are by writing, by reading lips, and by spelling out English with their fingers.
18. People all over the world indicate “yes” or “no” by the same gestures of the head that we use.
19. Many animals have languages much like human languages.
20. You can almost always recognize Jews and Blacks by the way they talk.
21. Correct spelling preserves a language.
22. International relations would get better if everyone spoke the same language.
23. Japanese, Chinese and Korean are dialects of the same language.
24. The more time parents spend teaching their children English, the better their children will speak.
25. There were once tribes of Native Americans that had no spoken language but relied solely on sign language.
26. Sloppy speech should be avoided wherever possible.
27. Eskimos don’t have a general word for snow, therefore they can’t think abstractly.
28. The more words you know in a language, the better you know the language.
29. Nouns refer to people, places or things.
30. It’s me is ungrammatical, bad English and ought to be avoided by educated speakers of English.
current mood:  amused
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| Tuesday, August 8th, 2006
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9:35 am - My name is shakezilla....
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Its been quite the long while since I have updated that I can't even remember what was happening at the time. Anyway I'll just do a quick run down off my life lately and we'll take it from there.
So I've been working on my room lately... making it possible for someone to live in... of course by the time I get done with it totally, I will be back in school and not here to live in it... maybe when it's finally done I will post a picture or two...
Right now I'm just sorting through crates and bags full of stuff seeing what should be kept and what can go to goodwill... I actually am close to being finished... if you had seen my room last summer at the beginning of the summer to what it looks like now you would think you were in a different house... no more floral wall paper or pepto bismal pink carpet... its actually more my style now and I feel like it really is "my room" after 16 years... ha ha ha.
After waiting all summer I finally heard from Ohio U about my TAship... the funniest thing had to be at the beginning of July when I got my letter accepting me to the grad school "officially" because they finally got my transcripts from Miami saying I had graduated...
I head down to Athens in just a few short weeks... I'm starting to get nervous... teaching college students is nothing like teaching 1st graders which is what I thought not to long ago what I would really be prepping to do right now...
My first assignment is to come up with a syllabus... shouldnt be too hard (I hope)... my biggest problem is that they're using a ling text that I don't have yet (it is a text just released this summer) and get pick up until I get down there... luckily I have the older edition and got some advice from a friend so I should be able to pull this off...
In other news my major job this summer is to watch my youngest brother... as brothers can be, it is a pain sometimes but I think not killing him yet is a good sign that we are getting along relatively well... I leave him to his starwars battles and his video games and he lets me clean (as if that were fun for me)...
I've attempted to teach him to cook this summer (or at least be able to use things like the microwave, toaster, and stove top)... we are getting there but I still dont trust him with a pan right off the stove top...
My "real" job this summer is going well... its been a lot of fun... I'm glad that I did it, if only just 1 time... the fraze isnt much older then I am and I feel attached to it as I have grown up and gone listening to music in the park there... so it was cool to work there just one summer... and the music has been great too...
There are too many work stories I have to list them all here so ask me sometime if you want to here all the craziness that my job has been including my tales of guarding the restrooms...
When I do have free time most of it has been spent reading... lots... Ive read over 20 books this summer which isn't too bad... I've read more in past years but I've tried to vary my activities this summer so that is what I have accounted to my lower book count this summer...
I also have gone out to the driving range... I am no Tiger Woods... at least not yet... when I get a good swing I can hit it almost 175 yards... I tend to slice a lot so I know that if I actually ever wanted to attempt the game I would either a)need more practice first or b) be fishing for my ball in the woods (a lot)...
I have been lucky enough to go to 4 baseball games this summer (so far)... 2 dragons games (single A team for the cincinnati reds) and two reds games...
The dragons games both came earlier this summer, the first being in late june and the second being in the middle of july... the second game we had awesome seats, first row right behind home plate... the only thing that would have made that game better was if they had won...
Last tuesday I recieved the opportunity to go and see Arroyo pitch at a reds game... I was determined to see him pitch at least once this year while he is in cincy not knowing if he'll be back with us next season and I finally got the chance... I waited down along the first base line for two hours before the game in hopes of an autograph but that was a no go... I did get a good picture of him in the bullpen which I may or may not get around to posting...
Yesterday was my second reds game... though we lost it still ended up being a fun night... again I spent the first two hours before the game along the first baseline in hopes of an autograph... at first I was frustrated because my cousin caught a ball from batting practice and when Pujols (who yes does play for the cardinals and not us) came over in front of where I was standing signed his ball but not mine... I did however get the chance to talk to Pujols while he was standing there signing stuff and seems like a rather decent guy (which is saying something coming from me if you knew how I felt about pujols before this experience)... my standing there for two hours did pay off in the end for I got one of our catchers, David Ross, to sign the baseball I had brought with me... I was lucky because I was the last one he signed before he ran back into the dugout to get ready for the game... It would have been worth going to the game anyway even if I hadnt gotten an autograph as the tickets for the game were half price and they were selling $1 hotdogs as a promotion to bring more people to the game while the Cardinals are in town...
Anyway... that has been pretty much it as of lately... the next couple of weeks will be full of work, preparing for my class and getting ready to go back to school... hope everyone else is having a fun summer whether chilling before the new school year or working in the office... peace :)
current mood:  bouncy
current music: Dreadlock bunny song aka Accidentally in Love-Counting Crows
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| Monday, July 3rd, 2006
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8:30 pm
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When your lost
When you think you know
When your so unsure
And you can't get out
When your in your mind
Or in your heart
Or outside yourself
And you can't find the answer
Don't want to find the answer
Is the question wrong
Has it always been there
Staring you in the eye
Have you always known
And missed the signs
Maybe you were right all along
Maybe you just don't see it
I see it
I feel it
I know it
I think about it
Sometimes I wish you would too
current music: Silence
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| Saturday, January 28th, 2006
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11:51 pm - No Day Like Today....
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| Tuesday, October 25th, 2005
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5:24 pm
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Last call... then I'm officially closing shop to the public...
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| Saturday, October 22nd, 2005
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6:21 pm
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My journals going private unless your a special case and then I'll let you join the club... previous entries will soon be switched over or deleted... if you want to join the club... let me know... those who are already there... all three of you can stay, this is just to the rest of the masses (or lack there of) who read my journal... that is all...
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| Monday, November 8th, 2004
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2:27 pm
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| Sunday, September 19th, 2004
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10:46 am
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Do you ever feel like breaking down?
Do you ever feel out of place?
Like somehow you just don't belong
And no one understands you
Do you ever wanna runaway?
Do you lock yourself in your room?
With the radio on turned up so loud
but no one hears you screaming
No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels all right
You don't know what it's like
To be like me
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
But no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
Do you wanna be somebody else?
Are you sick of feeling so left out?
Are you desparate to find something more?
Before your life is over
Are you stuck inside a world you hate?
Are you sick of everyone around?
With their big fake smiles and their stupid lies
Well deep inside you're bleeding
No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels all right
You don't know what it's like
To be like me
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
But no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
No one ever lied straight to your face
No one ever stabbed you in the back
You might think I'm happy but I'm not gonna be okay
Everybody always gave you what you wanted
Never had to work it was always there
You don't know what it's like what it's like
To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
But no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
Welcome to my life- Simple Plan
current music: Simple Plan- Welcome to my life
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| Thursday, September 16th, 2004
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3:18 pm - Friends...
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Your best friends are the ones who sit and listen without interrupting and constructively criticize you only when asked to do so. They know when to listen and when to speak. They know how to make you smile on a rainy day. They know the meaning of true friendship. They believe in you when no one else does. They don't laugh at your life's goals, but threaten that they'll come after you if you don't try and reach them.... More on this later... have to run to class
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| Saturday, April 3rd, 2004
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2:26 pm
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I hate the world today
You're so good to me
I know but I can't change
Tried to tell you
But you look at me like maybe
I'm an angel underneath
Innocent and sweet
Yesterday I cried
Must have been relieved to see
The softer side
I can understand how you'd be so confused
I don't envy you
I'm a little bit of everything
All rolled into one
[Chorus:]
I'm a bitch, I'm a lover
I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your hell, I'm your dream
I'm nothing in between
You know you wouldn't want it any other way
So take me as I am
This may mean
You'll have to be a stronger man
Rest assured that
When I start to make you nervous
And I'm going to extremes
Tomorrow I will change
And today won't mean a thing
[Chorus]
Just when you think, you got me figured out
The season's already changing
I think it's cool, you do what you do
And don't try to save me
[Chorus]
I'm a bitch, I'm a tease
I'm a goddess on my knees
When you hurt, when you suffer
I'm your angel undercover
I've been numb, I'm revived
Can't say I'm not alive
You know I wouldn't want it any other way
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| Tuesday, March 16th, 2004
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9:10 pm - Yea...
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I forgot what I wanted to say...the story of my life...
This is kind of interesting though.... those who actually look at all the moods on the list I never knew what quixotic meant and now that I know it kind of in a weird way describes how I am all the time...
From Websters:
Main Entry: quix·ot·ic
Pronunciation: kwik-'sä-tik
Function: adjective
Etymology: Don Quixote
1 : foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals; especially : marked by rash lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action
2 : CAPRICIOUS, UNPREDICTABLE
synonym: IMAGINARY
current mood:  quixotic
current music: Pep Band Music- Looney Tunes
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| Saturday, March 6th, 2004
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10:07 am - Betcha you didn't know this...
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Little known (sometimes odd) facts about me:
-I danced for ten years (consecutively) mastering the arts of ballet (8 years
including 2 years on point), tap (2 years), and jazz freestyle (5 years)
-I will stop for worms that are on the sidewalk or in the street and pick them up
and throw them in the grass
-My pinkie toe on my right foot is permanently broken
-I like to seperate graham bears and other animal crakers into assorted categories
-I am semi-proficient in sign language (I could use some practice)
-Basketball is my all time favorite sport (Infact, I've actually mamed myself many
times playing the game leading to me now having to wear on brace on my right knee)
-The first word I ever used in proper context was a cuss word (If you really want to
know the story you can ask me)
-I can speak over five languages somewhat well (some better then others)
-I have had my hiccups for over four years now and they won't go away (I get them
everyday)
-I once beat a heavyweight state runner up wrestler in a game of euchre
-I have taught a 3 1/2 year old Spanish (and he actually did learn something)
-When I was 14, I taught a group of adults how to drywall when we were fixing up a
house
-I've been to just less then half (24) of the states in the US, none of them being
any farther then Missouri (obviously all on the east coast)
-I sleep on my right side most of the time
-I have never had blood drawn (knocks on wood)
-I truely only like to walk on the right side of people
-I have had my temps for four years (yes I've taken the written test four times)
-I have never been to a real concert
-I have a thing for eating foods with small forks (not shrimp forks but the smaller
pronged forks) because I believe food tastes like metal with a bigger fork
-I won't drink soda under any circumstances
Ummm... I think thats all for now... I'll try and think of more later.
current mood:  weird
current music: Britney Spears- Toxic
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| Monday, March 1st, 2004
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9:18 am - Quotes to think on...
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-Wanna be an expert, know a lot more about a lot less.
-For one to be a friend requires a deep level of trust. Fear has to be dropped, the future forgotten and the moment embraced.
-Could you live never knowing what could have been if you decided to walk away?
-Friends are the most important part of your life. Treasure the tears, treasure the laughter, but most importantly, treasure the memories.
-Life is too short...kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly.
-How lucky I am to have known someone who is so hard to say goodbye to.
-Some people come into your life, and quickly go, some leave footprints on your soul, and you are never ever the same.
-All women need to be told they are beautiful (Note: can be taken two ways, but one is more preferable)
(Taken from random peoples profiles because I'm bored to no end)
current mood:  nauseated
current music: Theme song from the Simpsons
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