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mood:  nervous music: whatever they are broadcasting at the breslau mcdonalds.
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man, i'm finally sort of free. i abandoned the gulag. and can go online without the gestapo peeping over my shoulder. but i still have limited time and limited net access (altho i now have julia with me!). i want to write a really long, involved, explanatory and recapatory post to summarize the last 20 months or so, but it will take me some time to feel the vibe.
suffice, for now, to say, that i never thought i would say it but i totally miss the states. i'm moored in poland for the foreseeable future (or europe, at least), and i do love europe, but.. damn it i'm an american after all. and i don't feel 100% myself unless i'm in english!
more to come, i hope.
does anyone still miss me? ;-P i miss you all. |
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| 07:46pm 04/12/2007 |
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Who is your ideal presidential candidate?
http://www.selectsmart.com/president/2008.html
1. Theoretical Ideal Candidate (100%)
2. Barack Obama (89%)
3. Dennis Kucinich (87%)
4. Christopher Dodd (82%)
5. Joseph Biden (82%)
6. Alan Augustson (campaign suspended) (81%)
7. Hillary Clinton (80%)
8. John Edwards (77%)
9. Wesley Clark (not running, endorsed Clinton)
10. Al Gore (not announced)
11. Michael Bloomberg (says he will not run) (72%)
12. Bill Richardson (65%)
13. Mike Gravel (64%)
14. Ron Paul (49%)
15. Elaine Brown (45%)
16. Kent McManigal (campaign suspended) (38%)
17. John McCain (30%)
18. Rudolph Giuliani (28%)
19. Tommy Thompson (withdrawn, endorsed Giuliani) (28%)
20. Mike Huckabee (26%)
21. Chuck Hagel (not running) (20%)
22. Alan Keyes (19%)
23. Mitt Romney (17%)
24. Newt Gingrich (says he will not run) (16%)
25. Sam Brownback (withdrawn, endorsed McCain) (15%)
26. Fred Thompson (12%)
27. Tom Tancredo (10%)
28. Duncan Hunter (8%)
29. Jim Gilmore (withdrawn) (5%)
30. Stephen Colbert (campaign ended) (1%)
Oh, internet quizzes, how I have missed thee! |
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| 07:28pm 28/10/2007 |
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Ewa's livejournal readers:
As most of you probably realize, Ewa has been really struggling with some difficult issues this past year. She had been trying to deal with these issues at home, but that situation is complicated and wasn't working out for her. In response, her parents made the decision to send her to a very rigorous and demanding program back in Poland. I heard from Ewa a couple of days ago, and actually, the program sounds pretty good for her. She's getting a lot of exercise, eating somewhat better and she gets to spend time in a rural environment with horses and stuff. I think that the program might really work out for her.
Nevertheless, Ewa is alone in Poland while most of her friends and family are back here in the United States. The program is by nature very restrictive about communication with the outside world, which means that she can't check email, talk on the phone, or check this livejournal. Also, her birthday is coming up in a little more than a week (November 7). Even though I think her program is pretty good for her, I imagine that Ewa is feeling very lonely, and she'll probably feel especially lonely being so far away on her birthday (which is her 25th, so it's even a mildly significant birthday). Anyway, the reason I say this is that I think it would mean an enormous amount to her if some of her friends from home sent her a birthday card this year. Just a reminder that people on this side of the pond haven't forgotten about her, and that there are people who love her waiting for her to return to the States, I think would be really, really good for her to hear.
Her address is:
Roznowice 34
64-610 Rogozno
Stowarzyszenie "MONAR"
Zaklad Opieki Zdrowotnej
POLAND
I don't know if they'll let her have presents shipped to that address, like I said, they're pretty restrictive at this program. But I think they'll let her have any cards, and maybe small gifts. Anyway, I just can't emphasize enough how much a few simple gestures would mean to her right now. If you know Ewa, it would be a great thing to do for her. And if you (especially you Poorna) know people who know Ewa but aren't likely to check this LJ, spread this address around.
Thanks.
-Dan (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) satyadaimoku)
If you have any questions about Ewa's current status, feel free to ask me at satyadaimoku@gmail.com, or leave a comment here. |
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| 05:13pm 18/10/2007 |
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mood:  curious
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the plahe did not get hijacked, nor did it crash. thus, i am alive. leave your address if you want a postcard from the former soviet bloc!
BLOSSOM don't kill me i've been a MESS. (yes, again). i'll call you from here when i can.
love love, and happy birthday to fates_world!! |
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| 06:13pm 18/09/2007 |
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i did some legal work for a group that concerns itself with advocacy for the mentally ill. it was good, i thought. i emailed them again to let them know i would love to do legal work (gratis!) for them while i am on leave from school.
( response... )
can i feel at least slightly special? |
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| 01:05pm 17/09/2007 |
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ok. so im looking at todays news, and they say "oops, certain agencies are not meeting accountability standards set for them". TOO BAD that those agencies are: 1. the Department of Homeland Security; and 2: the Defense Department. TOO BAD, that the point of accountability is to make sure that budget is meeting expenditures. So, we have the two departments that are responsible for such things as, oh, the "war" in Iraq, and, oh, the complete and obvious stringent and, imho, retarded measures to keep the 'homeland' free from terrorists. them darn terrorists fucking things up for us. **** glower **** Furthermore, this article article was nestled in between articles about how flowers should be tended, and under the BIG HUGE HEADLINE about something that really requires our national attention, namely that the Buffalo Bills lost a game to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Thank God I received that information.
Another thing: the recent criticism (veiled) of Mother Teresa's "crisis of faith". The fuck? The woman worked her ass of as a missionary for the unfortunate, yet we feel the need to find some chintz in her armour. She wrote, to Rev. Lawrence Picachy in August 1959 (TIME magazibe, Sept 3, pg. 41): "Tell me, Father, why is there so much pain and darkness in my soul?"(. Hmm. How scandalous. Because dealing with the sick and infirm; those lots of people who have nothing in their lives, would produce pain and darkness in ANYONE'S soul. What a criticism of empathy. It seems that, as a society, we feel the need to bring others down in order to feel better in our own, less profound, lives.
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| 11:17am 10/09/2007 |
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sorry about previous post, dudes. i really appreciate the comments and will make a concerted effort to not be such a drama queen in the future.
le sigh.! |
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| 12:07am 08/09/2007 |
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so i just saw a movie that i feel really conflicted about. on the one hand, it was ludicrous and amusing in its own way, but on the other hand, it made no sense.
the movie i speak of is "Balls of Fury". Now, the concept sounded exceptional - battle of the ping pong masters. However, unlike the other movie whose concept sounded exceptional, namely "Blades of Glory" (please note the similarities of the titles of these two features), Balls seemed to fail to deliver as rollicking of a good time as Blades did.
As far as I could tell, the plot was as follows (omit of you are worried about "spoilers". On the other hand, if you are afraid of "spoilers" for this particular movie, I feel perhaps you have other, unaddressed, problems which may be more significant).
... Kid plays ping pong well and loses. For some reason, his loss means his ex-Marine father is killed. Kid's career plummets because he babbles something about DisneyWorld (I still don't get the DIsneyWorld thing). Flash forward 19 years and Asian Mafia Buster dude, who is Hispanic and referred to as "Secret Agent Man" by the blind ping pong master coach, needs ex-ping pong master Randy to play ping pong again, apparently in order to infiltrate Asian Mafia. Blind dude shall be coach, although it seems his hot half asian neice Maggie is the one that does most of the teaching. They play with spoons. Somehow, all this ends in some sort of secret underground ping pong lair, where Sudden Death matches actually equal death, via a blow dart blown through this large staff thing, courtesy of an ambiguously trans-sexual "woman" with nice, and rather prominently displayed, breasts. Randy;s old nemesis returns, and we are inundated with gratuitous ping pong scenes and deaths before SHOCK AND SURPRISE, Randy faces nemesis again (btw, the nemesis is actually my favorite character due to solely one line he delivers. You'll have to suffer through the entire movie to hear the line. Or, better yet, watch the preview.) Somehow amidst all this, we discover a secret Asian Mafia arms cartel. It is not explained why Christopher Walken is the head of this Asian Mafia Cartel or whathaveyou (I think). There is a super secret ping pong table which electrocutes you when you lose. Actually, it is supposed to electrocute you when you lose, but turns out it electrocutes you whenever Christopher Walken wants it too. Oh yeah, there is some anal spy inplant involved. And gay male courtesans. And Boggle. Anyway, suddenly the movie gets all Crouching Tiger on your ass and there is random Nam-like navigation through bamboo. Explosions. Electrocutions. At some point hot asian and Randy have fallen in love, not sure how I missed that. Blind dude falls down the stairs. The End..
So. That was interesting, then they played Pour some Sugar on me (Def Leppard, apparently Randy's fave) at the end and I danced in the aisle with aplomb.
"Audition" for Kaplan went pretty well, I find out if I scored an interview Mon or Tues.
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| 08:34am 07/09/2007 |
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salvation army run yesterday!!! so so good, i don't understand why i don't just shop there exclusively!
purchased:
- express beige capris
- wet seal red tight T
- Vote for Pedro T
- beige cargo capri-esque pants
- denim shorts
- three red/maroon sweaters
- purple plaid skirt
- pink/beige striped button up shirt
- yellow furry pillow
- two hippie print wall hanging cloth things
- neato belt
- cute blue stripey purse
Total: $47.80
And I tried on this wedding dress. It was wacky, the thing fit me like a glove right off the rack. But it was very difficult to get on. Damnation. It was fun to play dress up, though. It's been too long; by too long I mean over one week- oh, the horror. ;-)
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| 01:43pm 05/09/2007 |
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a message on match.com that i received and am gloriously entertained by. ha.
Hello,
I am looking for one special someone who I can spoil and be spoiled by. Someone that I can wake up in the morning and give kisses to and than make breakfast for. Someone that likes to hold hands and kiss when they are 80 years old and be in more love than because they have shared more memories together. Someone who will spoil me back and make me feel cared for. I am looking for a true connection. Someone who is my other half. I am looking for something rare to find that many times people settle because they are not willing to go through all the effort it will take to find this special person. I am willing to put the extra effort in and will search until I do find her. She will be beautiful and all will see this, but what they will not know is what I know that she is even more beautiful on the inside. The connection we share is one of true intimacy. We share a connection of our souls. When we are apart we are still connected. We have searched for each other for most of our life and now when we touch we know what heaven is like. Our dreams are moments we shared together. Our thoughts are of what we will do together in the future. Others will look to us and realize what love really is supposed to be. We will always be smiling for each of us knows that we have something special and we have searched for it for a long time. We can be seen looking into each others eyes until late at night and talking about our future. Yes, I know these things are rare but I know that this is what I will seek for I know that the rest of my life will be spent in the joy of her company. I only want to be known as the man who accomplied my mate through life and when we leave this world to join with her in heaven.
Hope to hear from you,
Don
I am very very erotic and sensual with the right woman
... uhm, yeah. and he doesn't have a picture, or i am sure i could entertain myself even further. it just says "37 yr old man in washington d.c." or whatnot.
I mean, really, dude, do you honestly think someone is going to RESPOND to a message like that? When it is screaming "psycho" all over the place? Really. Save the schmaltz for AT THE VERY LEAST a couple months in. If you can find a woman you can blinker into thinking you are worth sticking around for. I think I would, personally, vomit on this dude.
Ha.
haaa.
I should write more in here rather than just cut and paste or whatever BUT i am lazy. perhaps I shall write more tonight? yeah. wishful thinking, I know.
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| 03:28pm 30/08/2007 |
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What is the evolutionary/nature-preferred value of humans having distinct fingerprints? I suppose you could ask it about dental profiles as well. But individually non-repeated fingerprints seem more useless. As far as nature goes that is. Obviously they are use for cops, etc. And why are they different from every person to every person?
Eh. I'm sure wikipedia has all the answers. It usually does. What's the point of grade school anymore? Just make kids read wikipedia all the time from when they are able to read. I guess we need school to teach them to read. And learn social skills. Or more probably, anti-social skills, depending on their position in the various social strata.
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| 02:52pm 30/08/2007 |
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it SUCKS majorly to be so broke, that I can't even go to the dollar theatre. And as going to bars and getting boys to buy me drinks, that is sort of out as a form of entertainment, even if i weren't in rochester.
so. it sucks. to further rub it in my own face how ridiculously poor i am compared to some people, i went to this extra fancy swanky clothing store in pittsford village called l'avant garbe. they have like, filtered water and coffee as you enter and extremely EXTREMELY expensive clothes. see: picture of me in a, like, 500 or 600 dollar dress which is, like, two feet square of material AT MOST.
i'm pretty sure i could buy fabric and sow something similar myself for like 10 bucks. or so.
anyway. yeah. some people get to enjoy the high life. not me, at the moment.
suck.
but, 60 days today, or something. whoo, gold coin! |
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| 09:03pm 12/08/2007 |
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shnarfukoodaswerginghrrdudoojrakushlifrrrrrruk.
or something. idk. no good word exists that can catalogue how absurdly BLAH i feel about life, the universe, and everything. what else is new? blah, blah, blah.
I WANT MY UNHEALTHY COPING MECHANISMS BACK, dammit, THEY ARE BETTER THAN NONE. |
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| 01:45pm 13/07/2007 |
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i need to write more in here. unfortunately not much to say as my life, currently, sucks. go me. i'm bored and sad and lonely and it's taking a LOT of effort to screen out all the bad thoughts - like beating myself up for everything i have screwed up. all the way back to undergrad. so, i have been reading approximately two books a day to try to escape reality. and going to two meetings a day, which at least guarantees that I will get out of bed and get dressed. and sort of interact with people.
fucking suck. at least i get a visitor this weekend!! get to show of the sights of rochester, whoo. i'd rather be the one doing the visiting sos I could get away from the mother beast, but oh well. no one wants me and i'm under house arrest anyway.
fucking suck.
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| 09:01pm 09/07/2007 |
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the new law mail server thing is LAME AND STOOOPIC
i hate it with a vengeance.
addicts DO NOT LIKE CHANGE, MUTHA FUCKAS!!!!!!! |
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| 03:07pm 07/07/2007 |
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aaaaand another userpic! omg kewlzzzzzzz ;-P |
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| 04:54pm 06/07/2007 |
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le big fat sigh. i wish i could fast forward 6 months and just be passably normal already. just passably. i can't ask for miracles, as i will never be normal normal. nor do i want to be :-P |
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awake
dorky