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  <title>Que sera, sera.</title>
  <subtitle>C'est la vie.</subtitle>
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    <name>Topher</name>
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  <updated>2005-12-31T10:10:30Z</updated>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:arcwelder:29462</id>
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    <title>one down</title>
    <published>2005-12-31T10:10:30Z</published>
    <updated>2005-12-31T10:10:30Z</updated>
    <content type="html">I'll try to keep this sort, it's too early in the morning.  But sometimes that's when my I my best work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I didn't even start writing my term paper for geography until the morning it was due... and I got an A on it, well, and A-, but who's counting?  I'm not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speaking of college...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've been at college now for one semester, had one round of finals, done all those things and more... and I can't say I'm a different/better person than I was before.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I never thought I'd say that I miss high school...&lt;br /&gt;and I don't.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But this whole 'university' thing I just don't know if it's working out for me, you know?  It seems like I'm just delaying the inevitable... I always thought that going to school wasn't for the purpose of getting a career or choosing my path in life, or whatever... I thought that there was some intrinsic value in education, and I still do.  But it seems like I've never really had direction.  I'm realizing that maybe the point of college isn't too get the skills/knowledge you need to do something that you like, or to find out what it is that you would like to do for the rest of your life, but just to force you to have a life... I mean, to give you direction.  I don't know.. .I think that, it's just my fate to just pick a major and stick with it and then let that determine what happens to me, because I'm certainly not going to determine it for my self.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I don't know if there was a point to this post... but I haven't posted one in a long time.. and I don't feel like sleeping right now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, I didn't... but I do now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So good night.</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:arcwelder:29385</id>
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    <title>I just saw one of those "talk to your kids about smoking" commercials.</title>
    <published>2005-08-31T05:46:40Z</published>
    <updated>2005-08-31T05:46:40Z</updated>
    <content type="html">They really piss me off.  I wrote a bunch of crap about why, but I deleted it because I sounded really melodramatic and really, it could be a lot worse and I don't have anything to complain about... but those commercials still make me want to change the channel more than any other.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But, I have to get back to packing.  Peace.</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:arcwelder:28990</id>
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    <title>I'm stuck</title>
    <published>2005-08-31T05:02:39Z</published>
    <updated>2005-08-31T05:02:39Z</updated>
    <lj:music>Hotel Yorba-The White Stripes</lj:music>
    <content type="html">It's no secret I don't really like who I am.  I want to change and lately I've been visualizing myself living a different life, having different conversations, being a different person.  I think that college will be a good opportunity to make a change.  But I don't feel comfortable, I feel like I've committed myself to this and I owe it to all the decisions I've made in the past to stay true to who I am, and I owe it to those who've known me.  I imagine myself being more extraverted, more honest, more direct, more outspoken, more firm, more active... and then I fall back, I sit back down and slouch and remember who  I am and changing really makes me feel uncomfortable.  I feel like if I changed my personality I would be betraying... I'm not sure who, betraying my friends, my self... my past decisions, mistakes, regrets.  I think that college will be a good place to change and I hope that I snap out of this phase of doubt and enable myself to mature... because I really don't think I can stand living like this much longer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speaking of regret:  I usually say that I have no regrets... and I don't like to use the word... but it's descriptive.  I was reading a liveJournal quiz that Kassidy took a long time ago, one question said would you rather have million dollars or be able to go back in time and fix all your mistakes... she said a million dollars and for that I envy her.  I like to think that my attitude is "forgive, forget, move on" and so forth, not to live in the past, etc... but really I tend to dwell on every detail of my mistakes and there always seems to be a vortex of guilt spiraling around following me wherever I go.  I would love to be able to say "a million dollars" but I know I am not comfortable enough with life to do that.  It's not that I think there's something noble in being able to go back and un-hurt the ones I love, although I wish I had never hurt them... but really, I just wish that I could be honest with myself enough to live the way that I want to live... to be who I want to be... I would like to be able to say "I have no regrets" and mean it.  I wish that I could live a philosophy in which what's done is done and in which people learn from their mistakes and it shapes who we are and it's all for the better... but, I'm not that big of a person.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I'm still optimistic.  Like I said, college will be good for me, I'm excited.  Wish me luck.</content>
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    <title>Since I'm not in high school anymore.</title>
    <published>2005-08-27T05:28:14Z</published>
    <updated>2005-08-27T05:30:56Z</updated>
    <lj:music>New Kid (On The Block)-Barenaked Ladies</lj:music>
    <content type="html">&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="600"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.quizfarm.com/1104014769loner.jpg"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt; You scored as &lt;b&gt;Loner&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border="0" width="300" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="1"&gt;Drama nerd&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="50" bgcolor="#dddddd"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="1"&gt;50%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="1"&gt;Loner&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="50" bgcolor="#dddddd"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="1"&gt;50%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="1"&gt;Geek&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="44" bgcolor="#dddddd"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="1"&gt;44%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="1"&gt;Prep/Jock/Cheerleader&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="38" bgcolor="#dddddd"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="1"&gt;38%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="1"&gt;Punk/Rebel&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="31" bgcolor="#dddddd"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="1"&gt;31%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="1"&gt;Goth&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="25" bgcolor="#dddddd"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="1"&gt;25%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="1"&gt;Stoner&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="25" bgcolor="#dddddd"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="1"&gt;25%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="1"&gt;Ghetto gangsta&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="6" bgcolor="#dddddd"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="1"&gt;6%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=987"&gt;What&amp;#039;s Your High School Stereotype?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="1"&gt;created with &lt;a href="http://quizfarm.com"&gt;QuizFarm.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess I'm a loner.  I do a pretty good job of hiding it by having lots of friends and stuff, eh?  I'm a closet loner, I guess.  It's funny that drama nerd was so high because the last time I was in a play was in eighth grade.  But, I was the best President Roosevelt you've ever seen, "when I'm stuck with a day that's grey, and lonely... I just stick out my chin, and grin and saaaayy..."  I figured I'd be Geek above nerd and loner..  oh well.  And I don't know how the stoner got in there... I guess I have just have a really mellow personality, eh?  So, there you go... one of these stupid test things... be happy.  Peace out.</content>
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    <title>Waist deep and sinking fast</title>
    <published>2005-08-27T02:56:25Z</published>
    <updated>2005-08-27T02:56:25Z</updated>
    <lj:music>Hello City-Barenaked Ladies</lj:music>
    <content type="html">There's nothing like using Lava soap to wash the grease off your hands after working on your own bike.  I got some new brake pads (mine were completely worn down) and it's amazing now, and much safer, too.  I realigned my wheels and did some other maintenance stuff, it's as good as new now.  It's a good thing I got it into shape because I'll be using it more than I thought next year.  I just spent the last three days in Eugene taking a motorcycle class to get my endorsement, I failed the test.  The good news is that I can re-take the test, for free, within the next 60 days.  The bad news is that in the next 60 days I'll be in Canada.  So I'll have to find a time to come down and take it... yuck.  I got an offer for a parking spot at UBC, but I can't even bring my Vespa up there because it's in the shop and they had to order a part from Italy and it won't be here for a couple weeks.  So I think next year I'll just be riding my bike, but there's nothing wrong with that, I could use the exercise.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know that I don't update this thing as often as I used to, but I don't care... no one reads in, anyway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I'm going to be a lowly Freshman next year... that will be weird.  I'm excited, though.  Nervous, too.  I've not started packing yet, but I think I'm done shopping for school finally.  I have no idea what I'm going to need, but I figure it's not like I'm going to a 3rd world country, and I'll be able to buy anything I forgot when I get there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm finally finishing that "Fascination" game I started last year.  I just finished cutting the wood for the scoreboard thing, I need to go to the hardware store and buy some screws to assemble it.  I ordered the relays that I need to do the electronics and they'll be here soon. Then I just need some switches, lights, sockets, wires and some sort of power source and I'll be set.  I decided to make it run on AC instead of batteries, so that will be exciting.  I'm still not sure what I'm going to do with it, because really you need at least two of them to have any fun... but so far it's cost me about a hundred dollars to make!  I don't really want to make another one, maybe I'll give it to Sara for her new apartment.</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:arcwelder:28384</id>
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    <title>Absence makes the heart grow fondest, right?</title>
    <published>2005-08-02T17:46:53Z</published>
    <updated>2005-08-02T17:46:53Z</updated>
    <lj:music>...But Home is Nowhere-AFI</lj:music>
    <content type="html">So I know that it's been awhile... both since I've posted here and since I've seen many of you in "real life."  So just to catch people up to speed...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm *officially* going to the University of British Columbia in September.  I'm going to be an Arts major, probably in Anthropology or Philosophy or Sociology or something.  I have a drivers' license and have been borrowing my dad's car.  I can drive a stick, too.  I'm still doing dragon boat, we have races this weekend at Sellwood park... come and watch, or something. Wow, I really thought I'd have more to say... the last thing I posted was May 29th... that's pretty sad.</content>
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    <title>still not my scene</title>
    <published>2005-05-29T20:41:43Z</published>
    <updated>2005-05-29T20:41:43Z</updated>
    <lj:music>Stairway To Heaven - Led Zepplin</lj:music>
    <content type="html">so... to anyone who didn't go to the beach yesterday: you  missed out.  It was such a fun time!  At first it was a little weird... it was an odd mix of people... I mean, we were all friends, but we all new each-other in different ways and had never hung out with just us, we were missing a few key people that would normally tie us together... but, it was still really a fun time and I'm glad I got to know those people better :)  The weather was nice and the water was warm... I just wish that I had remembered my swim suit... going into the water in your underwear is kinda weird.. but, it was so fun I didn't really care.  We played in the surf, some of use used skim boards and body surfed... then we had a picnic on the beach... david got the cheese all sandy.. lol... we hung out on the beach for like 5 hours and then came back to my house, hung out there for a while and then went and got dinner in cannon beach... it was a great trip... we've got to do it again some time but with more people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;then I went to see star wars... well, yeah... I still don't know why everyone likes star wars so much.. but, it was fun.  I enjoyed it but it was hard for me.  see, I'm a trekie... so everything in a movie had to make sense and if it doesn't there has to be some sort of made-up explanation so that I can ignore it.  there were just too many things that were completely off base, it bugged me... especially with the space-fighting scenes... it was too battle-star galactica for me.  and the CG stuff was really badly implemented... I was like, wow... did they just run out of costume budget or something?  it was pretty distracting how fake everything was, it might was well have been animated like shrek or something.  I think filmmakers today are too eager to use CG because it's easier and cheaper than going through the trouble of making real sets and costumes and crap... but, it really makes a difference.  and, now I know they were trying to give it the feel of the original three, but, what's with all the cheesy transitions?  I mean how many times can you use an iris close in one minute?  well, you'd be surprised... and all the venetian blinds... man, it reminded me of a bad hypercard stack.  and the acting was horrible... well, obi-wan was okay... but oh man, haden christensen had probably the worst lines ever... it might have been the writing, but really I think it was the way he said them, too... anyway... I'll stop... but, in summary it was an okay movie, as good as any of them... probably could have lived without seeing it and not as good as the hype makes it seem.</content>
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    <title>I hope you had the time of your life</title>
    <published>2005-05-26T02:14:15Z</published>
    <updated>2005-05-26T02:14:15Z</updated>
    <lj:music>Twist My Wrist-'63 Monroe</lj:music>
    <content type="html">Well... I've done a lot of things in high school that I wish I had thought twice about... and some that I did think twice about but did anyway.  However, and I'm not saying this with a lot of pride or any disappointment... I just think it's interesting to note that I made it through 18+ years without smoking, drinking, using drugs or having sex.  I and I am glad that I didn't do any of those things, but when I started high school I didn't make a commitment like "I will never drink" or "I won't have sex" or anything... and there were plenty of opportunities to do all those things... I just didn't... and I'm not exactly sure why... i think that I didn't smoke because I never had a desire to... and I never drank because I have a hard enough time controlling myself when I'm not intoxicated and also because of my dad.  I think that mostly I just never felt uncomfortable with who I was... I didn't need any of that stuff, it's like that BNL song, "never is enough."  my dad likes that song.  Anyway... I think that I had a pretty successful high school career... I survived, at least.  and then there's sex.  I'm never sure how I feel about sex.  I want to wait... but I never said I'd wait 'till i was married... but I knew I wanted to wait until I was out of high school, at least... and I taught STARS last year... so I mean, that's where I'm coming from, I guess... and Sara was probably a big influence on me... but, I could have had sex before that, and I didn't... and I could have had sex after but I didn't... it's just something I don't think I'm ready for... but, it's something I'm not scared of (like drugs) and it's not something I think is stupid (like drinking) so I'm not exactly sure... it's not my parents' influence, my mom's a health teacher and taught me how to use condoms and stuff in elementary school (hmm.. maybe that turned me off of the idea...) but, really... I can't point to one specific reason that I don't want to... except maybe from the accounts of friends of mine who had sex and said they'd regretted it and it changed their relationships and stuff... I think sex just makes things too complicated.... but then again, I don't have first-hand experience.  anyway, I don't know why I'm going on about this... this wasn't the point of my post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the point was that today as my last official day of high school.  In one week I'll be walking across the stage and getting my diploma, and I really don't feel as excited as I think I should be.  But oh well... it will hit me eventually.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have to do homework tonight... english and economics.. if I don't want to mess up my GPA... and tomorrow I have to go in and do work in the darkroom for photography... so... yeah, I have a busy day... the senior assembly is tomorrow, as well.. and practice for graduation, I have to wear my cap and gown... which side does the tassel go on, anyway?  but I think once I put that on, it will sink in a little more.  but, yeah... I better get to work so peace out.  and to all my friends who are graduating this year... congratulations!  we made it! it's the beginning of the first step of the rest of our lives, eh?</content>
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    <title>it's the end of the world as we know it...</title>
    <published>2005-05-23T04:14:10Z</published>
    <updated>2005-05-23T04:14:10Z</updated>
    <lj:music>Good Times Gone-Nickelback</lj:music>
    <content type="html">and I feel nothing at all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;really.  I have three days left of my entire high-school career and I feel nothing.  I'm not excited, I'm not nervous, I'm not sad or reminiscent... and I really don't care.  The last few months I have been trying my hardest just not to think about life or anything... I'm not trying to be emo or something... in fact I have had very little emotions lately.  I'm a little bit excited for college, but mostly I have a feeling I'm just going to waste my time there as much as I did here.  I really have gotten the feeling that I'm not going to "make something" of myself... that would have bothered me once... but it doesn't anymore... I want to just get on with it.  There are a few people that I wish I wasn't going to lose contact with, but I'm not really going to try to hold onto them.  I've had a lot of good times in high school, it's been the best four years of my life.. I finally learned to "break out of my shell" and found a group I can fit in with and I learned a lot... in class and out... really, it's been a great experience... but it's done and that's good.  The most important thing I've learned is to be honest, both with others and myself... and I've also learned that most of the time I'm not honest.  And it really does bother me... a lot of people think I'm a jerk because I think I just really don't know who I am yet... I was supposed to "find myself" or whatever... well, I'm still looking.  So, I'm sorry to all those people I've hurt, and I know I have a long list... and I'm sorry for all the things I shouldn't have said and all the times I should have said something but was silent.  I'm sorry, but, that's about it... I hate myself, but that won't do anyone any good... so if you have any ideas about how I can change, please tell me.</content>
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    <title>Updates</title>
    <published>2005-05-19T03:41:28Z</published>
    <updated>2005-05-19T03:41:28Z</updated>
    <lj:music>Mr. Brightside-The Killers</lj:music>
    <content type="html">apparently I wasn't failing oceanography after all, I had a C but Fletcher wanted to scare me, or something... it worked, though... I did a bunch of work so that I wouldn't fail and now I might get an A!  ha!  so yeah, that's pretty cool.. but, he really shouldn't do that, I mean.. what if I was like that guy, Brian?  from the Breakfast Club and I went home and shot myself in the head with a flare gun.. then he would feel pretty sorry... maybe, oh well.  I'm not and I wouldn't so don't worry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I do have a big project in English tomorrow... in fact it's my final, culminating project for the entire year... and I've barely started it.  Why do today what you can put off tomorrow, that's what I always say.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My chem. final went really well... I got a 52/75 on the multiple choice section.  Now I know this seems really bad (that's 69%) but they way this test was set up, 50% is a good score, like, an A.  So, I feel pretty good about that.  I asked Mr. D-P, "did you get those scan-trons scanned by any chance?" "why yes, actually, I did." "oh, how did I do?" "well... surprisingly... very well!" so, the fact that it was surprising should tell you something, but, it also made me feel better.  We did the free-response section today, it went well but it will be awhile before it gets graded and I know how I did.  Pretty much my entire grade in the class depends on how well I do on this final... so, damn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The dragon boat team has been running laps and lunch and working out in the weight room after school... today we did agility training with the ladders... it is interesting.  I personally think it's a little bit late in the game to be doing this kinda stuff but oh well, better late than never, eh?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;anyway...  I better get back to work on my english thing, or else I fail at life and that would be sad.  peace out.</content>
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    <title>Say "Cheese"</title>
    <published>2005-05-17T05:00:07Z</published>
    <updated>2005-05-17T05:00:07Z</updated>
    <lj:music>The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight-R.E.M.</lj:music>
    <content type="html">I got a new camera.  &lt;a href="http://www.photographic.com/filmcameras/504minolta/" target="_new"&gt;Minolta Maxxum 70&lt;/a&gt;.  It's pretty spiffy.  It has so many crazy computer-controlled whizz-bangs and such that I have no idea how to use but... I'll get used to it.  It's quite a step up from my old X-700 from 1981.  It takes good pictures, too.  You can see some at &lt;a href="http://arcwelder.deviantart.com" target="_new"&gt;my deviantArt page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also having to do with cheese.... I was going for a week without eating dairy products, to see if maybe I was allergic to them... because I was learning about some symptoms and thought maybe it was worth a shot.... but, then today they had cheese pleasers and I couldn't say no to those so... yeah, it had been almost a week, though... and no very conclusive, I'll have to do it again... hopefully there won't be any cheese pleasers next week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have an F in Oceanography... so... I have to do a bunch of stuff to make that up.  And I have to ace my finals in chem and econ to pass those classes, too... so pretty much I'm screwed.  I have to call ODS and tell them I can't go next week, I'm sad... .in more ways than one.  Oh well... better get to work.  Peace out.</content>
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    <title>All is One</title>
    <published>2005-05-07T01:53:41Z</published>
    <updated>2005-05-07T01:53:41Z</updated>
    <lj:music>Stay-Beth Hart</lj:music>
    <content type="html">&lt;a href="http://www.global-community.org/flash/wombat.shtml" target="_new"&gt;Listen to the Wombat&lt;/a&gt;</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:arcwelder:26515</id>
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    <title>stick a fork in me, i'm done</title>
    <published>2005-05-05T03:23:34Z</published>
    <updated>2005-05-05T03:23:34Z</updated>
    <lj:music>Lives in the Balance-Jackson Browne</lj:music>
    <content type="html">In case there was any doubt... I am SO ready for school be over, it's insane... I am going to be so busy and I have so much to do but I have so little motivation to do it.. I hate people like me, I'm such a hypocrite... man, yeah... I can't wait to grow up... I know I'll regret that later, but I don't care... I'm in a very strange mood right now.</content>
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    <title>Peas and Carrots</title>
    <published>2005-05-01T20:17:05Z</published>
    <updated>2005-05-01T20:17:05Z</updated>
    <lj:music>Children Of The Grave-Black Sabbath</lj:music>
    <content type="html">&lt;a href="http://www.topherhodes.com/html/movie.html"&gt;CLICK HERE&lt;/a&gt; to watch the movie that Kassidy and I made for the film festival.</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:arcwelder:26103</id>
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    <title>Vote Dukakis</title>
    <published>2005-04-30T04:46:59Z</published>
    <updated>2005-04-30T04:46:59Z</updated>
    <content type="html">well today started out all right.. I was late to school, but oh well.  I skipped the assembly and went and had some huge pancakes on Division with Kassidy.. they were HUGE luckily Tasha stopped by and she had a few bites so I almost finished them... and anyway... but then after school I went to my bike but then I was like... "I think I'll go stop by the choir room and see if Kassidy is there..." and so I set my bag down into the little well thing in the teacher's parking lot by the door, so that people couldn't see it and then came back about a minute later and I told Kassidy... "see where I put my bag??" and she said... "no..." and I looked and, it wasn't there at all.. and so yeah, it was stolen.  We split up and went on bikes around franklin and to all the bus stops in the area and then I went back and filed a stolen property form thing with school police so... who knows.  anyway, my parents took it pretty well... very well, actually.. they're we're really mad.. just felt badly for me.. so, that was nice :)  and then kassidy and emily took me out and made me macaroni and cheese and got me ice cream and we went to a dollar store and got some cool stuff... I'm watching donnie darko now... not exactly a cheer-up kinda film, but.. it's good, and I was talkin' about it today so, yeah.. I'm not in a mood to say much.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;oh, on a good note... the film that kassidy and I made for the film festival won best movie... we got a little trophy and 117 dollars... so 60 for me.  so w00t, eh?  peace out.. and "anything's possible"</content>
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    <title>arcwelder @ 2005-04-21T21:58:00</title>
    <published>2005-04-22T05:06:29Z</published>
    <updated>2005-04-22T05:06:29Z</updated>
    <lj:music>I Want You to Want Me</lj:music>
    <content type="html">I really made an ass out of myself in english today, and I just want to apologize for it.  I want you to know that it really bothered me throughout the day and I kept thinking about it.. and I so I just wanted to let people know that I wasn't just stupid or ignorant or something, even though I know that it was inexcusable (and when other people do it it's one of my big pet peeves.)  So what happened is that I was thinking about how I was going to explain the whole pillow book thing and I was thinking about how it was written before Japanese had a written language, and so it was written in  Chinese, by a Japanese author.. and right then she called on me, so I was thinking about Chinese and so I said that instead of Japanese... I'm didn't just get the two mixed up.. but, I still know it was a really stupid thing to do and I'm sorry if I offended anyone... I know that I would probably be offended if I were you... so once again, I'm sorry and I hope you don't think less of me.  thank you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;other than that... practice was good... hard, but good... and salsa went well, I finally am getting it down to the point were I can lead and feel confident and kinda know what I'm doing.. I like that we've switched to the actual dancing position instead of the two hand hold.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am really excited about earth day tomorrow (well, FHS earth day, the real one is Saturday) but it's going to be pretty awesome and it's such a nice feeling to see something that you've worked so hard in come together... and, maybe I'm speaking too soon, but it should be really great... ::crosses fingers::</content>
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    <title>personality...</title>
    <published>2005-04-21T14:47:41Z</published>
    <updated>2005-04-21T14:47:41Z</updated>
    <lj:music>Great Balls of Fire-Buddy Holly</lj:music>
    <content type="html">is this accurate?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;table style="color: black; background: #eeeeee" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" bgcolor="#eeeeee"&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td bgcolor="#eeeeee"&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;Advanced Global Personality Test Results&lt;br&gt; &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4" bgcolor="#eeeeee"&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table style="color: black; background: #dddddd" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" bgcolor="#eeeeee"&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;Extraversion&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="61"&gt;||||||||||||||&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="30"&gt;53%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;Stability&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="61"&gt;||||||||||||||||&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="30"&gt;70%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;Orderliness&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="61"&gt;||||||&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="30"&gt;30%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;Empathy&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="61"&gt;||||||||||||||||&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="30"&gt;70%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;Interdependence&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="61"&gt;||||||||||&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="30"&gt;36%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;Intellectual&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="61"&gt;||||||||||||||||&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="30"&gt;70%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;Mystical&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="61"&gt;||||||&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="30"&gt;30%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;Artistic&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="61"&gt;||||||||||||&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="30"&gt;50%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;Religious&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="61"&gt;||||||&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="30"&gt;23%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;Hedonism&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="61"&gt;||||||||||&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="30"&gt;36%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;Materialism&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="61"&gt;||||||&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="30"&gt;23%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;Narcissism&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="61"&gt;||||||||||||||||&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="30"&gt;63%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;Adventurousness&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="61"&gt;||||||&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="30"&gt;23%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;Work ethic&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="61"&gt;||||||||||||||&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="30"&gt;56%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;Self absorbed&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="61"&gt;||||||||||&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="30"&gt;36%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;Conflict seeking&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="61"&gt;||||||||||&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="30"&gt;36%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;Need to dominate&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="61"&gt;||||||||||&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="30"&gt;36%&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/table&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table style="color: black; background: #dddddd" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" bgcolor="#dddddd"&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;Romantic&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td width="61"&gt;||||||||||||||||&lt;/td&gt; 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    <title>lost another part of myself today</title>
    <published>2005-04-20T05:09:04Z</published>
    <updated>2005-04-20T05:09:04Z</updated>
    <lj:music>House of the Rising Sun-Rolling Stones</lj:music>
    <content type="html">so, I was flossing my teeth like I do every night (no lies!) and guess what happened?  I was flossing underneath the little metal retainer that's been glued to the back of my bottom teeth for the last 5 years and POP! it goes flying out of my mouth and goes down the drain... bye bye!  So, no more retainer for me!  It's okay because it was supposed to come off 3 years ago, I just never got around to it and it didn't bother me... now it feels weird, my tongue hasn't felt the back of my teeth naked for a long time... and there's some glue still left on them, so that feels weird... anyway... I got up early (to work on my english stuff) so I'm going to head to bed early tonight... peace out.</content>
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    <title>escuela</title>
    <published>2005-04-19T13:59:20Z</published>
    <updated>2005-04-19T13:59:20Z</updated>
    <lj:music>In The Cold Cold Night-The White Stripes</lj:music>
    <content type="html">so.. .I didn't start my english project until about 5:30 this morning.. it's due in about an hour... a... yeah, I'm stupid.... oh well... it happens, at least I got to bed early and stuff.  I'm getting a vespa today, that'll be sweet.  peace out.</content>
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    <title>... nope... not yet</title>
    <published>2005-04-18T03:20:54Z</published>
    <updated>2005-04-18T03:20:54Z</updated>
    <lj:music>Spider In My Room-Barenaked Ladies</lj:music>
    <content type="html">instead of doing homework I did this:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;div align="center" style="width:450px;"&gt;&lt;table style="border:0px;width:450px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;color:#fff;background-color:#1F5892;width:450px;text-align:center;padding:5px;padding-bottom:0px;margin:0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bzoink.com/surveys.php?id=6154" style="color:#fff;" title="Describe yourself using one band and song titles from that band"&gt;Describe yourself using one band and song titles from that band&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:11px;color:#fff;background-color:#1F5892;width:450px;text-align:center;padding:5px;margin:0px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Created by &lt;a href="http://www.bzoink.com/users.php?id=naw5689" style="color:#fff;" title="User Profile"&gt;naw5689&lt;/a&gt; and taken 25308 times on &lt;a href="http://www.bzoink.com" style="color:#fff;" title="bzoink!"&gt;bzoink!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="font-family:Verdana;background-color:#3886D3;padding:5px;font-size:12px;color:#fff;text-align:right;"&gt;Choose a band/artist and answer only in song TITLES by that band:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#8AB8E6;color:#000;font-size:12px;padding:5px;text-align:left;"&gt;barenaked ladies&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="font-family:Verdana;background-color:#3886D3;padding:5px;font-size:12px;color:#fff;text-align:right;"&gt;Are you male or female:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#8AB8E6;color:#000;font-size:12px;padding:5px;text-align:left;"&gt;"what a good boy"&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="font-family:Verdana;background-color:#3886D3;padding:5px;font-size:12px;color:#fff;text-align:right;"&gt;Describe yourself:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#8AB8E6;color:#000;font-size:12px;padding:5px;text-align:left;"&gt;"the king of bedside manor"&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="font-family:Verdana;background-color:#3886D3;padding:5px;font-size:12px;color:#fff;text-align:right;"&gt;How do some people feel about you:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#8AB8E6;color:#000;font-size:12px;padding:5px;text-align:left;"&gt;"crazy"&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="font-family:Verdana;background-color:#3886D3;padding:5px;font-size:12px;color:#fff;text-align:right;"&gt;How do you feel about yourself:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#8AB8E6;color:#000;font-size:12px;padding:5px;text-align:left;"&gt;"I live with it every day"&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="font-family:Verdana;background-color:#3886D3;padding:5px;font-size:12px;color:#fff;text-align:right;"&gt;Describe your ex girlfriend/boyfriend:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#8AB8E6;color:#000;font-size:12px;padding:5px;text-align:left;"&gt;"lovers in a dangerous time"&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="font-family:Verdana;background-color:#3886D3;padding:5px;font-size:12px;color:#fff;text-align:right;"&gt;Describe your current girlfriend/boyfriend:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#8AB8E6;color:#000;font-size:12px;padding:5px;text-align:left;"&gt;"just a toy"&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="font-family:Verdana;background-color:#3886D3;padding:5px;font-size:12px;color:#fff;text-align:right;"&gt;Describe where you want to be:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#8AB8E6;color:#000;font-size:12px;padding:5px;text-align:left;"&gt;"in the car"&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="font-family:Verdana;background-color:#3886D3;padding:5px;font-size:12px;color:#fff;text-align:right;"&gt;Describe what you want to be:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#8AB8E6;color:#000;font-size:12px;padding:5px;text-align:left;"&gt;"humor of the situation"&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="font-family:Verdana;background-color:#3886D3;padding:5px;font-size:12px;color:#fff;text-align:right;"&gt;Describe how you live:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#8AB8E6;color:#000;font-size:12px;padding:5px;text-align:left;"&gt;"who needs sleep?"&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="font-family:Verdana;background-color:#3886D3;padding:5px;font-size:12px;color:#fff;text-align:right;"&gt;Describe how you love:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#8AB8E6;color:#000;font-size:12px;padding:5px;text-align:left;"&gt;"be my Yoko Ono" / "break your heart"&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="font-family:Verdana;background-color:#3886D3;padding:5px;font-size:12px;color:#fff;text-align:right;"&gt;Share a few words of wisdom&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#8AB8E6;color:#000;font-size:12px;padding:5px;text-align:left;"&gt;"never is enough"&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&lt;p style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;color:#fff;background-color:#1F5892;text-align:center;padding:15px;padding-bottom:10px;margin:0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bzoink.com/create.php" style="color:#fff;" title="Create a Survey"&gt;Create a Survey&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bzoink.com/search.php" style="color:#fff;" title="Search Surveys"&gt;Search Surveys&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bzoink.com" style="color:#fff;" title="bzoink!"&gt;Go to bzoink!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/center&gt;</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:arcwelder:24498</id>
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    <title>I wrote a letter, she should have got it yesterday</title>
    <published>2005-04-18T03:10:24Z</published>
    <updated>2005-04-18T03:10:24Z</updated>
    <lj:music>Jane-Barenaked Ladies</lj:music>
    <content type="html">went to the beach with Kassidy this weekend... it was good fun, although we didn't get nearly as much homework done as we had thought we would... but, did we really think we would get any done?  Oh well, the weather was pretty nice, to our surprise... the only time it rained was as night and Kass and I played scrabble, skip-bo and some crazy games of Egyptian rat screw... it was good fun all around.  but, can you really have a bad day at the beach?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so... here's the deal, my dad and I are going down to the Vespa store tomorrow to make a down payment or something, put the one I want on hold... I'm so EXCITED  it's going to be cool... it doesn't have a lot of the things the newer ones do, but it has a lot more style... it'll be so sweet this summer and next year at college.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and other than that... I have a lot of homework I should be doing now so check ya later.</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:arcwelder:24264</id>
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    <title>...Tues.</title>
    <published>2005-04-12T13:31:13Z</published>
    <updated>2005-04-12T13:31:13Z</updated>
    <lj:music>Muscle Museum-Muse</lj:music>
    <content type="html">I was going to bed and then I woke up and sat up and thought "no!!  tomorrow is tuesday!" and I just wanted to die or something... blah... oh well, Tuesday's here and it's not too bad... yet, but I haven't made it to school.  see ya... happy tuesday.</content>
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    <id>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:arcwelder:24009</id>
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    <title>hey babe, you want a ride?</title>
    <published>2005-04-12T04:31:11Z</published>
    <updated>2005-04-12T04:32:31Z</updated>
    <lj:music>A Day In The Life-The Beatles</lj:music>
    <content type="html">my parents are the greatest... guess what I'm getting for graduation/going to college?... too late, here it is:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v512/trhodes/Random/406.jpg" alt="Vespa1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v512/trhodes/Random/411.jpg" alt="Vespa2"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v512/trhodes/Random/412.jpg" alt="Vespa3"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;yeah, too bad that's the sexiest thing you've seen all day, I know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;my dad was like "but, it's so old... " and I say "that's the point, it's a vintage 1962 Vespa VNB"  "but it has 100,000 miles on it..." "well, that's pretty good for being 43 years old... and besides, the engine was rebuilt 600 miles ago."  "the tires are so small, though..." "they're the same size as the new one's tires..."  so, anyway, my dad is funny... but very nice since he'll probably buy it for me... so I can't complain, eh?  we're going to take a trip down to the Vespa store on Belmont and check it out... I need to get my license in the mean time... I know, I'm 18 and I don't have it yet, that's sad... oh well... sad things happen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;anyway... other than that... a whole heck of a lot of things have happened... I went to utah, I went to mexico, i've been super busy.... I got accepted to UBC, so that's where I'm going next year (if I can keep my GPA up...) so that'll be awesome... um... yeah, I could say so much about what's been going on in my life lately but I think I'll just leave that to your imagination... and I promise to update this journal more often, okay?  peace out.</content>
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    <title>too long</title>
    <published>2005-02-25T05:50:11Z</published>
    <updated>2005-02-25T05:50:11Z</updated>
    <lj:music>Monkey-George Michael</lj:music>
    <content type="html">I know, I have a ton that I want to talk about.... going to Utah... and some other important things.. but, instead I'm gonna post a stupid quiz for y'all to waste your time with... have fun:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have you ever...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; ( ) snuck out of the house&lt;br /&gt; (X) gotten lost in your city&lt;br /&gt; (X) seen a shooting star&lt;br /&gt; (X) been to any other countries besides the united states&lt;br /&gt; ( ) had a serious surgery&lt;br /&gt; (x) gone out in public in your pajamas&lt;br /&gt; () kissed a stranger&lt;br /&gt; (x) hugged a stranger&lt;br /&gt; ( ) been in a fist fight&lt;br /&gt; ( ) been arrested&lt;br /&gt; (X) laughed and had milk/coke come out of your nose&lt;br /&gt; (x) pushed all the buttons on an elevator&lt;br /&gt; (X) swore at your parents&lt;br /&gt; (X) been in love&lt;br /&gt; (X) been close to love&lt;br /&gt; (X) been to a casino&lt;br /&gt; ( ) been skydiving&lt;br /&gt; (X) broken a bone&lt;br /&gt; ( ) been high&lt;br /&gt; ( ) skinny-dipped&lt;br /&gt; (x) skipped school&lt;br /&gt; ( ) flashed someone&lt;br /&gt; ( ) seen a therapist&lt;br /&gt; ( ) done the splits&lt;br /&gt; ( ) played spin the bottle&lt;br /&gt; (X) gotten stitches&lt;br /&gt; ( ) drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour&lt;br /&gt; (x) bitten someone&lt;br /&gt; ( ) been to Niagara Falls&lt;br /&gt; (x) gotten the chicken pox&lt;br /&gt; ( ) crashed into a friend's car&lt;br /&gt; ( ) been to Japan&lt;br /&gt; (x) ridden in a taxi&lt;br /&gt; (x) been dumped&lt;br /&gt; ( ) shoplifted&lt;br /&gt; ( ) been fired&lt;br /&gt; (x) had a crush on someone of the same sex&lt;br /&gt; (x) had feelings for someone who didnt have them back&lt;br /&gt; ( ) gone on a blind date&lt;br /&gt; ( ) lied to a friend&lt;br /&gt; ( ) had a crush on a teacher&lt;br /&gt; ( ) celebrated mardi-gras in new orleans&lt;br /&gt; (x) been to Europe&lt;br /&gt; ( ) slept with a co-worker&lt;br /&gt; ( ) been engaged&lt;br /&gt; ( ) been married&lt;br /&gt; ( ) gotten divorced&lt;br /&gt; ( ) had children&lt;br /&gt; ( ) seen someone die&lt;br /&gt; ( ) had a close friend die&lt;br /&gt; ( ) been to Africa&lt;br /&gt; (x) Driven over 400 miles in one day&lt;br /&gt; (x) Been to Canada&lt;br /&gt; (x) Been to Mexico&lt;br /&gt; (x) Been on a plane&lt;br /&gt; (x) Seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show&lt;br /&gt; ( ) Thrown up in a bar&lt;br /&gt; ( ) Purposely set a part of myself on fire&lt;br /&gt; (x) Eaten Sushi&lt;br /&gt; ( ) Been skiing/snowboarding&lt;br /&gt; ( ) Met someone in person from the internet&lt;br /&gt; ( ) lost a child&lt;br /&gt; ( ) gone to college&lt;br /&gt; ( ) graduated college&lt;br /&gt; ( ) done hard drugs&lt;br /&gt; ( ) tried killing yourself&lt;br /&gt; ( ) fired a gun&lt;br /&gt; (x) purposely hurt yourself&lt;br /&gt; ( ) taken painkillers&lt;br /&gt; (x) love someone or miss someone right now</content>
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    <title>I'm just mad about Saffron</title>
    <published>2005-02-12T17:34:35Z</published>
    <updated>2005-02-12T17:34:35Z</updated>
    <lj:music>What Good This Deafness-Trans-Siberian Orchestra</lj:music>
    <content type="html">I went to bed last night with the worst headache in the world and then woke up drunk the next morning.  Crazy world we're livin' in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But on the bright side I'm eating some wonderful raisin toast.  Thank you Emily for giving my dad the inspiration to purchase some, it is being enjoyed tremendously. Speaking of Emily...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The show as WONDERFUL last night, I really enjoyed it.... everyone was great, especially Ms. Beloof. ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Assimilate This"  And other fun quotes.  Thanks for humoring me and watching Star Trek last night with me, not many friends would be that devoted.  Special thanks to Kassidy... one of these days you'll learn to love the Trek, you just wait.</content>
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