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whoa! (edit)

2009-06-15T03:58:05Z

pissy, much? yeesh.

sorry, folks.

i hate twitter

2009-06-09T05:01:24Z

no line breaks??? wtf, twitter?

all i wanted to post was

the flood took our home
took all our belongings, too
it did not take us

it really can't be that hard to accomodate.

</anti-twitter>

ps - yeah, we got an iphone to replace the old drowned phone (partly for easy internet access). i'm seeing about getting a blogging client for it so i can stay in touch on here easily. i'll keep yez posted. it's been a hell of a week. what day is it again???

Oh,

2008-11-17T06:04:43Z

hi.

elerinine @ 2008-09-19T00:12:00

2008-09-19T04:29:54Z

~~two~~ three things.

one:

Tomorrow (9/19) is talk like a pirate day.

two:

Seth Rogen is hot.

three:

Lately I'm enjoying watching Columbo with my husband.

i wonder if a total stranger could guess my age based only on this post. ha.

In case you hadn't heard, it's true.

2008-09-14T04:36:07Z

1. We (Ben and I) got married. We did not have a church wedding. We did not have guests. We did not get gifts (for the most part). It's all fine by me -- a pretty fair trade for not throwing an expensive party. I look forward to a life of having not only my first name, but also my LAST name butchered in pronunciation, and I am still insanely happy about it.

[EDIT: WE WERE MARRIED ON THE 4TH OF JUNE. -A.T.]

2. Forbidden Zone is out in its Richard Elfman -approved and -endorsed Colorized Version! BUT...I was not sent a special VIP copy. What the hell, Rich??? Although, I still haven't finished my sequel audition tape. It has to be perfect!!! *sigh* The sequel will be done filming by the time my tape's perfect enough! :(

Everyone do the "Yiddishe Charleston!!!"

...c'mon, do it for me! Yeahhhh!!! :D

Geezers need excitement.

2008-02-03T06:54:38Z

If their lives don't provide it, they incite violence.

Common sense.

Simple common sense.

lolstreets.

elerinine @ 2007-10-03T13:56:00

2007-10-03T18:04:01Z

my sweetheart and i saw something for sale the other day.

it's a car. but not just ANY car. it's the bestest car ever, with the most funnest name to say...get ready to say it with me...

DODGE DART.

it gets even better!!! it's a freakin' automatic!!! and it's older than i am!!! the upholstery is only minimally torn, and it's the most atrocious shade of TEAL you've EVER SEEN garrrrrrg i LOVE it.

it probably needs thousands of dollars in repairs, but who cares IT'S A FUCKING DODGE DART SWINGER.

eeheeheehee, Dodge Dart. :P

I blame my scratchy-throat sinus cold thing

2007-10-03T01:34:16Z

so i dreamed i was snorting

BAKING SODA.

ewwwwww

i also dreamed i was (with others) in some sort of tall vehicular structure thing, getting away from a

TYRANNASAURUS REX,

the catastrophic effects of which were being reported in the media as some sort of weather phenomenon. "That's bullshit!" i said.

i guess i can blame the kava kava, too. maybe it won't always be part of my sleeping-better plan...

kava kava's a helluva drug

so i guess i'm in the mood to actually post more often for now

2007-10-02T18:25:02Z

hay guise!!! i'm crawling out of depressed-land in order to tell the world about the wonders of...

BAKING SODA.

if you want to clean your tub, all you need is a brush, some vinegar, and...

BAKING SODA.

if you want your teeth and tongue to feel cleaner and sparklier (y'know, the way yer tub looks now), y'know what you put on yer toothbrush before you sploot the toothpaste on it? that's right...

BAKING SODA.

if you're almost out of shampoo, or if your shampoo is unsatisfactory to you, here's something you can add to it to make it stretch and/or make it more cleansariffic:

...BAKING SODA.

there's also something you can put in the laundry to make your detergent more powerful! it's

BLEACH. or BAKING SODA.

DO NOT PUT BLEACH ON YER TOOTHBRUSH. although...on a message board i lurk on for laughs some woman was using a MR CLEAN MAGIC ERASER on her teeth. also, one night many of the women were SWISHING OIL FOR 20 MINUTES because someone read this would whiten teeth, and insisted that it worked for her. this is the same message board where there was SHOW PLACEMAT DRAMA.

lOOk at this (may be ***NSFW***):
OMGZ THIS WOMAN IS FORKING HILARIOUS I LOVES HER I WILL HAVE HER BABIEZ0RZ!!~!~`1

jumpin' through hoops to Gogol Bordello

2007-09-21T04:35:08Z

heehee, Seth Rogen and Gogol Bordello on Letterman.

[/fangirl squee]

ugh, i gotta pin down an action research proposal for class. it might be ok. i can't find any lit on what i'm thinkin' about doing...but i haven't done any serious digging yet. Laughing Librarian's Sept. 4th blog contains my (possible) inspiration: http://www.laughinglibrarian.com/index.htm

i spent hours today reading librarian blogs and being very entertained by Annoyed Librarian's "Library 2.0" tirades and the subsequent comment-discussions. this post here is what got me interested, but several other tangents are there at AL, too.

i'm learning so much more from reading blogs than i am from "reading" (skimming for relevant bits) peer-reviewed lit.

...

kate bush music in the CSI ads??? whiskey tango foxtrot.

also,
"SUNDAY. The music of Nirvana. ... On CBS. In an all-new COLD CASE." Again...who tackles fuzz???

omigod, shoose.

2007-09-03T03:05:05Z

omigod, i'm half a hipster.

in other words, i'm sharing a job with someone else at Hipster Heaven.

it's SO MUCH BETTER than the no-job i had before. :\

eat it, citibank student loans.

i'd like to thank Josh for believing in me and convincing others that they should, too.

i'm way more happy about this than anyone should be about a job in retail. but i get to fix/straighten stuff and help people find stuff while i ease into library school. it's kinda perfect.

Okay, I couldn't resist.

2007-08-09T04:01:36Z

Singing Tesla Coil at Duckon 2007

2007-08-06T05:50:41Z

i found this on YouTube, so i'm cheating by posting it remotely, but it was too cool to resist sharing. there's an explanation here on YouTube, and it's really interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ff_AXVlo9U&NR=1

weeoooo!!!

Hey, we're back -- and everyone's fine.

2007-08-02T04:10:32Z

We've been back for a little while, actually. I was putting off posting here for no reason, until disaster struck this evening in the Twin Cities...apparently a very large highway bridge over the Mississippi collapsed during the end of rush hour today. We had no clue until the announcers on the Twins Radio Network mentioned that tomorrow's game and the groundbreaking for the new stadium would be postponed due to "the I-35W bridge tragedy." So we looked it up on the Star-Tribune website and watched CNN for a bit and Ben called his family and friends there, and eventually we found out that everyone we knew was accounted for and ok.

Whew. I'm really freaked out by that happening, and we've been out of the area for over a week. I wanted everyone to know we're ok, though.

LIKE, OMG THEY LET PARIS OUT LOOKING LIKE A TROLL

2007-06-26T07:42:58Z

Paris's roots are like, soooooo bad. Just because you've been in jail most of the month doesn't mean you can get away with such awful, awful grooming. Someone is SO not a Smooth Susan right now. tsk, tsk.

And she's probably got...BODY HAIR!!! OMGWTFBBQ 1st stop, electrolysis clinic!!! "ew ew ew!!!"

What's weird is that I'm reading Foxfire, and Legs just got out of juvie. Like night and day: Legs Sadovsky and effin' Paris Hilton.

And here is the Mayor of Tiny Town hat. Only $148. I think mine was $8. Wherever it is... :(

I *heart* my Dr. Who brothers.

The university area has lost its most enigmatic denizen.

2007-06-06T20:16:37Z

Rest in peace, Sam. We'll miss you. I hope you knew you how much you were admired and respected.

Billy Joel * The Bridge * Part One FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER. lol.

2007-05-12T09:50:29Z

There's a lot of tension in this town
I know it's building up inside of me.
I've got all the symptoms and the side effects
of city life anxiety...

I could never understand why the urban attitude
is so superior.
In a world of high rise ambition,
most people's motives are ulterior...

Sometimes I feel as though I'm running on ice
paying the price too long...
Kind of get the feeling that I'm running on ice--
where did my life go wrong?

I'm a cosmopolitan sophisticate
of culture and intelligence;
the culmination of technology
and civilized experience...

--But I'm carrying the weight of all the useless junk
a modern man accumulates.
I'm a statistic in a system
that a civil servant dominates...

And all that means is that I'm running on ice--
caught in a vise so strong--
I'm slipping and sliding 'cause I'm running on ice--
Where did my life go wrong?

You've got to run, run, runn runn runnnn, runnnnnn, whoaaaa...
You've got to run, run, runn runn runnnn, runnnnnn, whoaaaa...

As fast as I can climb
a new disaster every time I turn around.
As soon as I get one fire put out,
there's another building burning down.

They say this highway's going my way,
but I don't know where it's taking me.
It's a bad waste, a sad case, a rat race--
it's breaking me...

I get no traction 'cause I'm running on ice--
it's taking me twice as long--
I get a bad reaction 'cause I'm running on ice;
Where did my life go wrong?

You've got to run, run, run run runnnnn, runnn, whoaaa...
You've got to run, run, run run runnnnn, runnn, whoaaa...

Running on ice
running on ice
running on ice
running on ice

We walked on the beach beside that old hotel--
they're tearing it down now, but it's just as well.
I haven't shown you everything a man can do--
so stay with me, baby; I've got plans for you.

This is the time to remember,
'cause it will not last forever.
These are the days to hold on to,
though we won't, although we'll want to.
This is the time--
the time is gonna change--
you've given me the best of you,
and now I need the rest of you.

Did you know that before you came into my life,
it was some kind of miracle that I survived?
Some day we will both look back
and have to laugh--
We lived through a lifetime,
and the aftermath!

This is the time to remember,
'cause it will not last forever.
These are the days to hold on to,
'cause we won't, although we'll want to.
This is the time--
but time is gonna change--
I know we've got to move somehow,
but I don't want to lose you now.

Sometimes it's so easy
to let a day
slip on by
without even seeing each other at all
but this is the time you'll turn back to, and so will I
and those will be days you can never recall...

And so we embrace again
behind the dunes--
this beach is so cold
on winter afternoons.
Ah, but holding you close is like holding the summer sun--
I'm warm from the memory of days to come.

This is the time to remember,
'cause it will not last forever.
These are the days to hold on to,
'cause we won't, although we'll want to.
This is the time--
but time is gonna change--
you've given me the best of you,
but now I need the rest of you.

Some love is just a lie of the heart;
the cold remains of what began with a passionate start.
And they may not want it to end,
but it will, it's just a question of when.

I've lived long enough to have learned
the closer you get to the fire the more you get burned.
But that won't happen to us,
because it's always been a matter of trust.

I know you're an emotional girl--
it took a lot for you to not lose your faith in this world.
Well, I can't offer you proof,
but you're gonna face a moment of truth...

It's hard when you're always afraid--
you've just recovered when another belief is betrayed--
so break my heart if you must.
It's a matter of trust...

You can't go the distance
with too much resisistance.
I know you've had doubts,
but for god's sake, don't shut me out.

This time, you've got nothing to lose--
you can take it, you can leave it--
whatever you choose.
And I won't hold back anything,
and I'll walk away a fool or a king.

Some love is just a lie of the mind.
It's make-believe until it's only a matter of time...
and some might have learned to adjust,
but then it never was a matter of trust.

I'm sure you're aware, love,
we've both had our share of
believing too long...
when the whole situation was wrong.

Some love is just a lie of the soul--
a constant battle for the ultimate state of control--
after you've heard lie upon lie,
there can hardly be a question of why.

Some love is just a lie of the heart--
the cold remains of what began with a passionate start--
but that can't happen to us...
because it's always been a matter of trust...

You see her sitting with her coffee and her paper
with her high top sneakers of Italian design
--with a long, cool stare she aggravates the tension--
makes up her face while she makes up her mind.

Now you're in trouble, maybe she's an intellectual
--what if she figures out you're not very smart?
Or maybe she's the quiet type who's into heavy metal;
boy, you've got to get it settled,
'cuz she's breakin' your heart...

Don't try to put on an act,
you can't do that to a modern woman...
And you're an old-fashioned man--
she understands the things you're doin'...
she's a modern woman.

She looks sleek and she seems so professional--
she's got a lot of confidence, it's easy to see.
You want to make a move, but you feel so inferior--
'cause under that exterior
is someone who's free...

She's got style and she's got her own money,
so she's not another honey you can quickly disarm--
she's got the eyes to make you realize
she won't be hypnotized by your usual charm.

You've got your plan of attack
that won't attract the modern woman:
When you're an old-fashioned man,
she understands the things you're doin'.
She's a modern woman.

Time goes by and you're sharing an apartment
she says she loves you, but she doesn't know why...
in the morning she leaves you with your coffee and your paper--
it's a strange situation for an old-fashioned guy

But times have changed
things are not the same, baby--
you overcame such a bad attitude.
Rock and roll just used to be for kicks,
and nowadays it's politics,
and after 1986, what could be new???

You've got to learn to relax
and face the facts of modern woman
and you're an old-fashioned man;
she understands the things you're doin'.
she's a modern woman.

Late at night,
when it's dark and cold,
I reach out
for someone to hold.
When I'm blue,
when I'm lonely,
she comes through--
she's the only one who cares--
my baby grand
is all I need.

In my time,
I've wandered everywhere--
around this world--
she would always be there.
Any day,
any hour,
all it takes
is the power in my hands--
this baby grand's
been good to me.

I've had friends,
but they slipped away.
I've had fame,
but it doesn't stay.
I've had fortunes--
spent them fast enough--
I've had women;
they don't last with just one man...
but my baby grand
will stand by me.

They say that no one's gonna play this on the radio.
(What? I don't believe it...)
They say the melancholy blues are dead and gone.
But only songs like these,
played in minor keys,
keep those memories holdin' on...

I've come far...
from the life I strayed in.
And I've got scars...
from those dives I played in.
Now I'm home--
and I'm weary--
in my bones,
every dreary one-night stand...
but my baby grand
came home with me.

Ever since this gig began,

My baby grand's...

Been good to me.

MYAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-05-12T06:53:33Z

There has been a cat hanging out outside our place. Every time one of us walks around outside, it says

"MYAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!" insistently to us.

I can't do it nearly as cutely as B. can. "MYAAAAAAAAH!!!"

It's REALLY REALLY CUTE (both ways, cat and B's impression).

The cat is tiny, with black and white tuxedo markings and a LOUD SQUEAKY VOICE.

I've named her Tuxedo Diva, even though I know she belongs to a neighbor and has kittens (there are four, and they will look and mew out their window when it is open--it is the cutest thing ever--"Mom!!! Hey, Mom!!! Hey!").

I hope her people will not be so dumb as to continue to not get her spayed. That makes me angry.

Are you in the Gboro area??? If yes, read on. If no, you suck. Ha! Just kidding! ...or am I? :P

2007-05-08T22:05:09Z

COME SEE MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL AT THE CAROLINA THEATER IT STARTS AT 7:30 TONIGHT IT'S $5 IT'LL BE FUN I MIGHT BE LATE 'CUZ I'M WAITING FOR S.O. TO GET HOME FROM WORK BUT GIVVA CALL OR TEXT IF YOU GO AND I'LL TRACK YOU DOWN AND SIT WITH YOU YOU'LL KNOW IT'S ME 'CUZ I'LL BE SHOUTING IN ALL CAPS LIKE THIS WITHOUT ANY PUNCTUATION ACROSS THE THEATER JUST FOLLOW THE TRAIL OF FROWNS AND SHUSHES

--------completely unrelated besides that this person SHOULD COME TO THE MOVIE IF POSSIBLE--------

i know SOMEONE in gboro who will have a squee-fit over this. clicky!

AGH CLICKY NO WORKY STAND BY WHILE I FIXY

...[15 hours pass as i try to figure out what i did wrong]...

RAWR. SRSLY! NO MORE H REFS??? REALLY??? WHEN THE EFF DID THIS HAPPEN???? *GRUMBLE* OKAY, FINE...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/geishabot/141114291 It's still hella cute. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i can take the time to write this, yet i keep shunning my phone. wtf?

2007-05-08T18:07:57Z

Dear Tyra,

It's really good to see more representation of transgender issues in the mainstream media. Any positive portrayal is a big step in the right direction, and I think it's great that you and your producers dedicated a show to speaking with people who are transgender and their partners. But please, please don't go through faux-sensitive questions and concerned nods only to glance "awkwardly" at the audience and begin prodding your guests to go into very personal details they clearly aren't comfortable sharing or confronting on national television. With EVERY GUEST. Sensationalist much?

Kthxbye.

p.s. to be fair, a couple guests didn't seem that uncomfortable. still. it was kinda rude. but it may be the only reason many people would bother watching, and some of those people may now have a better understanding of people as PEOPLE instead of freakshows. ok, fine.

all hail the loser dork

2007-05-05T04:50:13Z

I went to Ed McKay's today, and one of the guys working said he really liked my Dalek shirt (it has a big picture of a dalek on it. underneath, it says "DALEK"), so I went, "oh, thanx!" :D

...and then he tried to ask me about "this guy in the group, Tom [somebody] -- have you heard his solo thing?" <--[may not be exactly what he asked. too puzzled.]

Now, imagine the most genuinely bewildered face i'm capable of making. (It's pretty damned bewildered-looking.) I made that face as hard as i could because i completely forgot i had once heard about this thing he was talking about.

"Uhhh. I, uh...[frown.] I'm sorry, what???" <---[EXACTLY what i said]

"Oh -- is that the band? The group? The...[i indicate that i don't know what the hell he's talking about]...oh, they're sort of an underground hip-hop thing."

"OHHHHHHHHH, okay! I'll have to check them out, thanks! Yeah. It's...it's not them. [looking down at shirt] I don't think.* No, I just really like Doctor Who."

*wtf??? "I don't THINK?!?!?" granted, it was a gift, but still. I'm WEARING it.

Jem VS Le Tigre - Deceptacon

2007-05-03T06:28:55Z

OMG THIS ROCKS SO HARD MY PINK METALLIC SHOES MELTED OFF!!!!!!!11

Ira Glass AND Regina Spektor on Letterman. ...urgh.

2007-04-21T04:47:30Z

Got the Comedians of Comedy documentary from Netflix.

So.

Am I weird (I mean, more than usual) for getting kind of weepy? Don't get me wrong -- it was Really Funny. Well done. I especially enjoyed Maria's Old MacDonald bit (maybe too much) and all the...erm...racey-nudey parts. You'll know what I'm talking about if you've seen it (it's worth watching just for those).

But still, the almost kinda weepy. Maybe I just find Zach really endearing in a really weird way. Well. I know I do that -- I mean, maybe that's why the weepy. For some dumb reason I anticipate something really upsetting. Whether it's a stay in rehab or an impending bad marriage or something else entirely, I can't say, and it's really weird of me to mention it because I'm not at all...superstitious/(insert your favorite trendy adjective here). Also, I sound really creepy fangirl. But someone must have picked up on this sometime, right? Am I being horribly negative? (Yes, of course.)

In case you hadn't noticed, http://shockingcats.ytmnd.com .

elerinine @ 2007-04-11T12:49:00

2007-04-11T17:23:40Z

1. i did my good deed for today (drove a friend to the airport).

2. i'm doing tons of laundry today. i know. WHOOPADEEDOO

3. i'm going to have to organize a formal protest involving pie-tossing if Campbell's doesn't CHANGE THEIR GODDAM JINGLES OR AT LEAST THE F%CKING IRRITATING PERSON SINGING THEM AAARGHGLKBAARAKLHGA ...or i could just not have the tv on as background noise. pfft. speaking of that...

4. Idiocracy (saw it in Pittsburgh) was, overall, a forgettable movie but very, very entertaining in clever little jabby ways. i would watch it again just to catch more of the jokes. speaking of that...

5. *bored deadpan* "Welcome to Costco. I love you. Welcome to Costco. I love you. Welcome..."

6. the Borders in W-S was giving away CDs a few weeks ago and for shits & giggles I took Paris Hilton's CD. It even has a big sticker on it that says, "WITH OUR COMPLIMENTS." Guess they decided against "please for the love of god get this out of our store."

7. "thank god you're here, father, i've got a confession to make." "well, spit it out, son." i love http://www.icanhascheezburger.com . go ahead. say something mean, you mean Meany McNohearts. pbbbt. i iz kewt soez yew shood notz bee making meen w/ teh commentz cuz i noes yur reely suite peeplz undr teh meen!!!11

8. one pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small...and the pills i take to get my ass to sleep make me sleepy and then help me go to sleep but then i wake up a few times during the night which never happens usually and then when it's time to get up i somehow still feel like it's making me groggy even though i feel like i got enough sleep. gotta be prepared to get up at ass:30 in the morning if i get that job. urgh

9. i so want to learn to sew so's i can sew dresses like so: http://www.dangerdame.com/cgi-bin/dbs//order.cgi?db=order&uid=default&Category=DressToKill&view_records=1&sb=1&so=descend&nh=19&mh=1

10. i'm trying to figure out how to blend burlesque and butoh in a way that works. whether it works or not, it sure will be fun.

have fun, kids (or not)

2007-04-04T03:32:01Z

my interview today went _____________. in _ weeks, i'll be notified that i ____________ the job. shockingly (or not), the only weird part of the whole experience was when ____________________.

______. i'm full of _________ for either outcome.

i'll be in _____________ for the rest of the ______.