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So I've started Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which I've had sitting in various book piles to read for a while now. I'm about part way through, but already I think I have my verdict.
said verdict )
On a completely random note- SoBe, at least "SoBe Tsunami" uses real sugar, and not high fructose corn syrup. You learn something new every day.

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So, life goes on. Where to start?
Life, it goes on )
Off to Tai Chi, and then the big meeting!
Current Music:
Ixtapa- by Rodrigo y Gabriela
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Hello, hello. I thought I'd do a post about the show me and a few (read several) friends are trying to produce. This is probably not a post most people will find interesting, because it's pretty Seattle centric, and at least a few of you have heard me rant about already, but if this does any good, it will be well worth it.
So a few weeks ago I went to see an amateur production of Romeo & Juliet. It was good, but Mike (my boyfriend, who happens to be a Shakespeare buff) left it telling me all the weird cuts they had made, and how he would have liked to do it, and how it didn't have a message, blah blah blah - so, finally, I told him to stop with the talk, and actually do.
So here we are, a few weeks of planning and lots of work later with our own amateur company The June 23rd Movement: Guerilla Theater. Our first production will be Romeo and Juliet, which we plan to perform in parks around Seattle late this August and early September.
Part of the reason for this post is that auditions start tomorrow, the 8th, and continue on to the 9th and 10th, 15th 16th and 17th, from noon- 4pm, on the 8th floor at the Seattle Central Library. The 8th and the 15th are important audition days and we hope to see more than just actors, anyone who is interested in helping in anyway should come), so we're asking that everyone who auditions make it to at least one of those, and however many others they can or want to. Other audition days will be by call back, but anyone who wants should come. We have a script that we're using, and we're sending it out via, so, if you're interested please drop me your e-mail in a message, or comments, or e-mail me, or the company at june23rdmovement@gmail.com, requesting a copy of the script.
If anybody has any questions, feel free to ask.
Alright, so this is me finishing up with the play pimpage by saying that I hope to see many people in the next two weeks, and, if you can't make it, maybe some of you will come to performances.
Thanks for letting me use this journal as an ad-
Cheers.
~Me

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I have been accepted into Southern Oregon University!
On another note: I hate shoe stores. They are more than a little traumatizing, and I still don't have shoes.
Alas.

Current Mood:
accomplished accomplished
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I am sexy, and totally badass.
Take that, society. I can be a strong, confidant, happy young woman without being arrogant or a bitch.
Also, fire is sexy.
and, another also, everybody I know rocks my socks.
Thank you world,
 Signed (which I just mistyped "singed," how fitting)
        ~A Fire Dancer
Current Music:
The Beatles!
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So, a lot of things have been happening in my life of late. Mostly good, and almost all of it terrifying. So I thought I'd do a quick list (in no especial order)

Listy list )

So, yep. There you have it. My life all wrapped up into a tidy little list.

Current Mood:
sick sick
Current Music:
Pandora Radio
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Alright, so my dad has this online friend who's teaching in new york right now, and he's interested in the way Nova works and why.  So he requested that I write up a list. 
So I did. )

Hmm, the lj cut is doing strange things to my headings. Oh well.
Does anyone have any suggestions for this?

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So the single serve coffee pot at my grandmothers house is probably haunted. It turns on by itself, sporadically leaks (And is fine the next day) And once we found it plugged in and on when, by all accounts, it should have been on the other counter. It had been unplugged to clean, and since than no one had any reason to plug it back in.
SpoOooOoooOOOoky.
=D
Current Mood:
amused amused
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Lake Tahoe is, in fact, a paradise on this earth.  Such beautiful, clear, blue, warm water. Sandy beaches that sparkle with fools gold, sunny weather (Cooler than in Reno, and yet hot hot beach weather), and rocks. Actually , I feel the need to clarify, boulders. Boulders that jutted up out of the water in massive, gorgeous formations. Perfect for dangerously (sort of) clamoring over so that I could get as high up as possible for a panoramic veiw of the lake (For I am Beverly, Queen of all I survey, High Master of the Rocks, Mistress of the Waters!) and than skipping and sliding from one rock to another so I could get down into the rocky jungles that was at the base of these boulders, away from the casual beachers (For I am Beverly, Ace Explorer!), where I found a cave. Which only had a little bit of garbage where countless other teens have obviously used it for a hangout spot. Alas, 'twas not just my cunning mind and skillful maneuvering that got me there. It has been found by many an explorer before me.
All in all, it was an adventure (Piggie.), and it was quite a lot of fun. 

Also, My whole family has the potty humor of a four year old. My aunt and Grandma went into great fits of mirth 6 times in two days over basic bodily functions.

Current Location:
Reno
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Awesome.

This needs no words.
Except, you know, Joss Whedon's.
But not my words.
Oh, also except that it's going down Sunday (Tomorrow) at midnight. So, please, watch it soon!
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          Somewhere, the keepers of Murphy's Law are clinking martini glasses and celebrating with fancy hors de vors over the day I had yesterday. If yesterday had been something I had read instead of something I had experienced I would have thought it was horribly contrived, and too full of coincidences and unlikely circumstances.

 So, to all my friends who have no Idea why I wasn't at school, that's why. Murphy's law was out to get Mae and me.
I still think it's kind of funny.
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Occasionally in this world one comes across something that makes you wonder about the direction our culture is taking. Often times these things are disturbing, but highly funny. Sometimes these things are adored by millions of tweenage girls across the country. If that's the case, it's either Tomagatchi or "High School Musical "
And if you picked Tomagatchi, you're wrong.
I've never seen "High School Musical" Or "High school Musical 2" But I've heard enough to know that if you said something at all unkind about either of those high-school glorifying movies around any group of tweenage girls, you would be attacked, and left in an ditch along an abandoned road. Probably with "We're all in this together" still ringing in your ears.
Now, I was talking with a very good friend today (Who's little sister happens to be obsessed with High School Musical, and is often unwillingly bombarded with the aforementioned movies), and through the course of conversation, that movie came up. She than gave me the link to one of the more disturbing videos I have seen.
Feel the terror I felt, see the horror I saw.
Laugh as I laughed.
    Hysterically, and with strange choking noises.
But, really, there is nothing I can say to make that any more terrifying, or entertaining.
He sort of... Undulates.
  
And to the tweenage population of America- Why?
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Whoever decides such things as HTML tags, and formatting should be cleaved in half.
They've gone about and changed most of the HTML I knew, and replaced it with a weird CSS hybrid HTML language. I suppose it's my fault for not keeping current, and suddenly having a whole shit-load of new stuff to learn, but it's like learning a whole new language.
I realize that they've changed it for the most efficiency in webpage designing, but that doesn't mean it isn't damned irritating to have to learn it all over again.
Rant end
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Here's the Meme, for anyone not familier with it.


"I'm SKINNY, so I MUST be anorexic.
I'm EMO, so I MUST cut my wrists.
I'm BLACK, so I MUST carry a gun.
I'm HISPANIC, so I MUST be dirty.
I'm ASIAN, so I MUST be smart.
I'm NOT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, so I MUST be a loser.
I'm JEWISH, so I MUST be greedy.
I'm GAY, so I MUST have AIDS
I'm a LESBIAN, so I MUST have a sex-tape.
I'm ARAB, so I MUST be a terrorist.
I SPEAK MY MIND, so I MUST be a bitch.
I'm OVERWEIGHT, so I MUST have a problem with self control.
I'm RELIGIOUS, so I MUST shove my beliefs down your throat.
I'm an ATHEIST, so I MUST hate the world.
I DON'T HAVE A RELIGION, so I MUST not have morals.
I'm a REPUBLICAN, so I MUST not care about poor people.
I'm a DEMOCRAT, so I MUST not believe in being responsible.
I'm JAMAICAN so I MUST smoke weed.
I am LIBERAL, so I MUST be gay.
I'm SOUTHERN, so I MUST be white trash.
I TAKE ANTI-DEPRESSANTS, so I MUST be crazy.
I'm a GUY, so I MUST only want to get into your pants.
I'm IRISH, so I MUST have a bad drinking problem.
I'm INDIAN, so I MUST own a convenient store.
I'm ERICAN, so I MUST dance around a fire screaming like a savage.
I'm PREPPY, so I MUST hate those who don't wear Hollister.
I'm a CHEERLEADER, so I MUST be a whore.
I'm A DANCER, so I MUST be stupid, stuck up, and a whore.
I WEAR SKIRTS A LOT, so I MUST be a slut.
I'm a PUNK, so I MUST do drugs.
I'm YOUNG, so I MUST be naive.
I'm RICH, so I MUST be a conceited snob.
I WEAR BLACK, so I MUST be a goth.
I'm BLONDE, so I MUST be a stupid ditz.
I'm a WHITE GIRL, so I MUST be a nagging, steal-your-money kind of girlfriend.
I'm CUBAN, so I MUST spend my spare time rolling cigars.
I'm MEXICAN, so I MUST have hopped the border.
I'm NOT A VIRGIN, so I MUST be easy.
I FELL IN LOVE WITH A MARRIED MAN, so I MUST be a home-wrecking whore.
I'm a TEENAGE MOM, so I MUST be an irresponsible slut.
I'm POLISH, so I MUST wear my socks with my sandals.
I'm ITALIAN, so I MUST have a big dick.
I GOT A CAR FOR MY BIRTHDAY, so I MUST be a spoiled brat.
I'm ALWAYS SMILING AND LAUGHING, so I MUST have a great life.
I'm PRETTY, so I MUST not be a virgin.
I HAVE STRAIGHT A'S, so I MUST have no social life.
I DYE MY HAIR DIFFERENT COLORS, so I MUST be looking for attention.
I DRESS IN UNUSUAL WAYS, so I MUST be looking for attention.
I'm INTO THEATRE & ART, so I MUST be a homosexual.
I'm a VEGETARIAN, so I MUST be a crazy political activist.
I HAVE A BUNCH OF GUY FRIENDS, so I MUST be sleeping with them.
I HAVE A BUNCH OF GIRLS WHO ARE FRIENDS, so I MUST be gay.
I HAVE BIG BOOBS, so I MUST be a hoe.
I'm COLOMBIAN, so I MUST be a drug dealer.
I WEAR WHAT I WANT, so I MUST be a poser.
I'm RUSSIAN, so I MUST be cool and thats how Russians roll.
I'm GERMAN, so I MUST be a Nazi.
I HANG OUT WITH GAYS, so I MUST be GAY TOO.
I'm BRAZILIAN, so I MUST have a BIG BUTT.
I'm PUERTO RICAN, so I MUST look good and be conceited.
I'm SALVADORIAN, so I MUST be in MS 13.
I'm POLISH, so I MUST be stupid.
I'm HAWAIIAN, so I MUST be lazy.
I'm a STONER, so I MUST be going in the wrong direction.
I'm a VIRGIN, so I MUST be prude.
I'm a FEMALE GAMER, so I MUST be ugly or crazy.
I'm BLACK, so I MUST love fried chicken.
I'm BI, so I MUST think every girl I see is hot.
I'm ASIAN so I MUST have a small penis.
I'm a HOOKER, so I MUST have crabs.
I've got RED HAIR, so i MUST be Irish.

Bold it."


This stereotype meme seems to be circulating around quite nicely, so I will now give my (probably inane) commentary on it. Why? Because I MUST be an ATTENTION SLUT!
First of all, it amused me. Clear and simple. I like making stereotype jokes. Like, the Irish drink a lot, or blonds are stupid. Ask me, I have a million blond jokes. I will also happily make jokes about all those into theatre being gay.
Honestly? I know a lot of blonds who aren't stupid (And have great blond jokes, by the way. Have you ever noticed that?), I AM (Partly) Irish, and into theatre. (Now I sound like one of those politicians who stand around and talk about how many BLACK friends they have, or how many GAY poeple they know so they can get in good with that group of voters). So, those are my thoughts. I don't want to be PC all the time. PC is boring, and when played to the extreme it's more insulting then what's being censered.


Secondly, I've never heard of anyone who believed about half of those. A bunch just didn't make sense. If you wear skirts a lot, you must be a slut? What? That doesn't make sense. I have a good friend who wears skirts on a regular basis, and could, by no stretch of the imagination, be called a slut.
Or the "I'm RUSSIAN so I MUST be COOL, and that's how RUSSIANS ROLL." Once again, what? The need for the phrase WTF on the internet becomes more and more abundantly clear every day. I guess one might consider the Russians cool, but, on a meme that had the phrase "I'm GERMAN so I MUST be a NAZI," I'm suprised there wasn't one that said "I'm RUSSIAN, so I MUST be a COMMUNIST."
Or, and this one amused me, "I'm POLISH so I MUST wear my socks with sandels." I honestly thought that was a Seattlite thing. I guess the Polish and us Seattlites have more in commen then we thought. Maybe we should perpetuate a sandle wearing scandle?
How about the ones about dying ones hair, and dressing unusually for attention? Well, actually, you probably are. When you put any thought at all into your clothing and appearance, you're caring about what other people think of you, and going for people to notice you. I can only think of one other reason, and that's a rather convaluted mental one. Does anyone really wish to contest that? It's commen sense.
Here's one, they had one strereotype that was "I'm a GUY, so I MUST want to get in your PANTS." I'm suprised there wasn't an "I'm a GIRL so I MUST want to get into your MIND" one. That would have been funny.
The rest? Well, those are good for a laugh on there own. Most of them are plenty humourous without my interfearence. In fact, almost all of them were. I just felt like doing it anyway.
Now, I apologise for this late night post, and beg your forgiveness if I have offended you (Only not really, because I think all the people I know on this are smart enough to know that I'm not mocking them, nor trying to insult a race or lifestyle chioce. Unless you deserve it, in which case I am mocking you.) I also, and more importantly, apologise for any spelling errers, or sloppy grammer, which is something I so abhor, but I should really go to bed.
Good night everyone

Current Mood:
cynical cynical
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