| stolen facebook meme |
[Jul. 13th, 2009|07:07 pm] |
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I thought it looked like fun...
Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Pass it on to 15 or so people you like (or think will actually do this) and tag me. Try not to repeat a song title. It's harder than you think.
Your Artist: Eels
Are you male or female: Dirty Girl
Describe yourself: I Write The B-Sides
How do you feel about yourself: Numbered Days
Describe where you currently live: Last Stop: This Town
The first thing you think of when you wake up: Rotten World Blues
If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Manchester Girl
Your favorite form of transportation: 3 Speed
Your best friend is: Tremendous Dynamite
Your favorite color is: Fresh Blood
What's the weather like: Dusk: A Peach In The Orchard
If your life were a TV show, what would it be called: Daisies Of The Galaxy
What is life to you: Old Shit/New Shit
What is the best advice you have to give: Somebody Loves You
If you could change your name, what would it be: If You See Natalie
Your favorite food is: Hospital Food
How I would like to die: After The Operation
My soul's present condition: Climbing To The Moon
The faults I can bear: Trouble With Dreams
How would you describe your love life: Love Of The Loveless
That's it. Not as fun as I thought it would be. Back to work. |
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| Pointless pondering, but better than working. |
[Apr. 8th, 2009|09:42 pm] |
Why do I chew so much gum?
- It (supposedly) burns an average of 10 calories an hour.
- It makes me stop eating needlessly.
- It calms me down.
- It helps me remember things from class.
- It helps me remember that I don't need to speak riddles.
I think it also makes me sassy, but this has not been confirmed scientifically.
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| God Save The Kinks |
[Mar. 25th, 2009|08:39 pm] |
Just FYI - I adore the gap in Ray Davies's teeth.
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| It makes me laugh. |
[Mar. 13th, 2009|11:11 pm] |
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Ohmahgoodness. New Ricky Gervais/Steve Merchant sketch for Comic Relief is HILARIOUS.
Just wait for the segway.
Also, the one from 2007 is pretty much fantastic.
Just watch 'em. |
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| Happy times! |
[Mar. 11th, 2009|10:41 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | boys, idols, life | ] |
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| | Ricky Gervais's insane laugh | ] |
Well Nick sent me a pitiful text message this morning which I am hoping I will not have to reply to.
But, Ali sent me the video of Ricky Gervais's recent appearance on Sesame Street!
He wrote the whole episode including a song or two. I've been wondering about this for a while since he kept writing about it on his blog, but here are the outtakes! Amazing. The man is still my hero.
I did find it slightly unnerving though that the muppet kept in character when messing up. Probably a good thing, but still. Weird.
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| lolmoz! |
[Mar. 4th, 2009|10:55 am] |
Within 30 seconds of being on camera Morrissey manages to piss EVERYONE off.
What would we do without him?
My particular favorite is at about 2:30 or so when he's asked if we should sympathize with laid-off workers who've never really known success.
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| It's a pretty big world and I am awful small. |
[Feb. 19th, 2009|04:07 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | art, quest, school | ] |
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| | Velvet Underground | ] |
So I will start off by saying that I have spent most of this week stressing about/writing my Quest audition article. I know I shouldn't stress about it because, well, it's the Quest. But, you know. Baby steps.
( For those interested. )
In other news, I got a total of four hours of sleep last night for no reason other than I just couldn't fall asleep. Just not tired. I've made it all day without fainting so maybe it's all going to be okay.
I guess I did okay in art today. I wasn't particularly pleased but no one was doing very well. The girl working next to me has the exact opposite problem that I do - she draws way too big and I draw way too small. The only way to make myself fill up the page is to literally draw marks on the side of the paper so I can keep track of how many "heads" I've gone. It feels like fucking training wheels. It's so degrading... then I just think about the poor flabby "model" who came in to pose nude for the class. I guess he got paid but I still feel sorry for him. I think it was the bacne.
I haven't gotten my behavioral test back yet, but it should be in my mailbox soon. I think I did pretty damn well on the first part, but then in the actual "look at a real brain" part I took quite a dive. Maybe he'll be nice. Ha.
I've had some interactions with Cute Lab Partner Possibly Named David. I think he's got a girlfriend though I've never seen them together.
And the Eels song for today (plus a pretty sweet video):
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| Here we go again... |
[Feb. 14th, 2009|11:36 pm] |
So it's pretty easy being single on Valentine's Day after this long at it. Sure, it gets me down some days but then there are days like today. There are days when the weird guy on the bus asks if he can go get a drink with me sometime because we actually share a lot in common. There are days when it scares me that we both have nerdy obsessions about film production, existentialism, and comic books. There are days when I don't want to belong to any club that would have someone like me as a member. There are days when this pretty much sums it up:
After a full belly of delicious sushi for a miraculous $8.50 (and being a mere 2 blocks from Powells), I felt that I deserved some comics. I went in looking for the first part of Adrian Tomine's Optic Nerve, and ended up with the first two collections of DMZ. I totally forgot this comic existed! I've been a big fan of Nathan Fox's work for several years now and this series looked too exciting to pass up. It turns out that Fox doesn't start illustrating until the fourth issue but oh well. Weird Bus Guy gave it his seal of approval.
Time to finish some art and sleep.
Sarah |
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| If there's anything good about me... |
[Feb. 13th, 2009|05:26 pm] |
I DON'T want to be the only one who knows.
Just want to start off by saying:
I FUCKING ROCKED IT IN ART CLASS THIS WEEK.
We took the whole three hours on one still life and mine was a-fucking-mazing.
Okay, it's not that great. It's a bit out of proportion. The shading is pretty uneven in places. And it's not like it's realistic or anything. BUT it's the best I've done yet and I'm really happy with it. The prof came over a couple times with only good things to say, often going "yeah! That's totally what I was talking about! You've got it!" It feels really good to be good at something, you know? Also - the best part of class? Getting to walk around and see what everyone else has done with their three hours. It does wonders for my self-esteem. I'm sorry if that's bitchy but that's how it goes.
In related news, I sent in (or desperately fought with my email to send in) this to the Creative Review. Had some pretty good feedback from the first one so I thought I'd try again.
Also, guess what's got two thumbs and who's now a PUBLISHED WRITER? That's right, this gal. I've gotten zero feedback about that article, but I think it's pretty awesome and I just sent in my second one. Staff writer? Yes please. I want to interview Bill Nye when he comes in April. Please?
Behavioral test on Monday seems really scary at this point. I've got the neuroanatomy bit down, but the rest of it (synapses, neurotransmitters, etc) scare the bejeesus out of me. I can feel them leaving my body as I type this (Lauren!).
That's about it I think.
For anyone interested, there's a new sample for the next Ricky Gervais podcast here. The real one is out on the 18th I believe. Check your itunes. |
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| You don't need a thing from me, but... |
[Feb. 10th, 2009|04:46 pm] |
I couldn't find my glasses this morning and spent the day thinking of all the terrible places they could be. I got home, called the CSOs to see if anyone had turned them in. They hadn't. Talked to Katherine and Michael to see if they'd found them. They hadn't. Tore apart my room as soon as I got home to see if I had stashed them in the fridge or something during some kind of NyQuil-induced craze. I hadn't. Looked under my bed to see if they had slid out of my backpack.
They had.
It's been that sort of day.
Art went well today. We did some shading, which is time consuming and deceptive. When you're right up close working on the picture, it looks like shit because nothing seems even and you can't tell how each shade works into the next one. BUT when you step back (and look at everyone else's) it doesn't seem so bad. Contours fall into place and the world makes sense yet again.
Presentation in Neuropsych also went fine. I should have reviewed a little more right before class, but we were the first ones of the entire semester to present so I think the prof gave us some slack. She just had a lot of questions...
Katherine and Michael bought Guitar Hero for their computer. Bad call.
In other news, I really really really want to meet Mark Everett one day... Like for realzies. His music has saved my life more than once, and if that makes me weak or jaded or cynical so fucking be it. The man is a talent like no other. I'm still depressed that I couldn't go to their show last year. Favorite album? Blinking Lights.
This is one of the first songs of theirs I ever heard (way back in ninth grade). I downloaded the whole album and every one before and after it. Never looked back.
Enjoy.
Sarah |
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| Sweetness, I was only joking |
[Feb. 7th, 2009|11:17 pm] |
Why is it that Morrissey insists on being both an asshole AND a genius? Can't he just pick one or the other? |
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| That sun sure looks good going down. |
[Feb. 6th, 2009|10:09 pm] |
Well I've done it. I've lost my favorite pair of earrings. Actually I only lost one of the pair, but that's enough to make me angry. They were my first pair, lasting all of six months, so it's about time to let them go...but still. I miss them already. They were my default "I'm not capable of dressing myself this morning" pair. Fare thee well, sweet earrings.
Moving on, I managed to turn in my first science article this week! I think it's actually pretty good for a first attempt! Hopefully the rest of the Reed world agrees, if they actually dare to read the Quest that is.
Today was pretty good. I only had one class (Behavioral) at noon so I managed to drag my ever-flabbier ass out of bed and work out, as usual, before class. Class was pretty interesting today, well it's always interesting to me, but today we finished up our neuroanatamy unit so we can start to learn about neurons and synapses! Sweeeeet! We also talked about a cool paper about the role of certain brain areas in schizophrenia. Very awesome.
Had lunch with Lauren & co. which was entertaining and delicious. Did laundry, then went grocery shopping, followed by a Burgerville stop (without chocolate hazelnut milkshakes, what. the. fuck?) This was followed by drinks, a mildly drunk viewing of Princess Bride on campus, and then me going home to realize the lost earring previously mentioned. I should have gone to watch Mad Men with Lauren and Kaylee but I realized how exhausted I was (and pissed off about the earrings). Sorry Lauren, I'll catch up on my own then we can ALL watch!
Art Class Update: I did MUCH better in still life drawing than straight up contour drawing. We did one quickie contour drawing at the beginning of class and, since I had been practicing, I felt much better about what I had done. So, of course, it was time to move on. But I think I did pretty well with the still life. I've never been a fan before, but I might become one...
I'd say this was a good day in a good week. Well played, Life.
Also, E - you're still my favorite:
Also:
Sarah |
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| Falling down, perfect and slow |
[Feb. 3rd, 2009|04:13 pm] |
Three words to describe my feelings on three hours of contour drawing?
FUCK
THAT
SHIT.
"Absolutely Fucking Pointless" is another way to put it. I would say "What A Fucking Waste Of 80 Dollars Of Art Supplies And Three Hours Of My Life That I Will Never Get Back" but it would be too long. Turns out I'm not very good at it, at least not when we've been working on one drawing for 15 minutes with the professor standing directly behind me with a disgusted look on her face. Well, next class should be gesture sketches. Great. I can draw myself sitting with a sense of "restrained wrath" behind a guise of "cynical apathy". At least it's not facial expressions, I don't want to waste my good charcoal on that many rolling, disinterested eyes.
Anyways, my day was going really well up until then. I did go eat delicious biscuits with Katherine and Michael (+1) instead of going to Bio lecture (+5). A girl nearly fainted in Neuropsych while looking at a preserved human brain (+1) and it wasn't me (+2). Did not have any mail (-2) but ate lunch with Lauren and other friends (+3). Made a few friends in Art class (+2) but became quickly embarrassed when the prof told me to "remember not to sketch, just the contour lines!" (-everything I gained so far).
Haven't heard anything from those idiots who lost my RAW application. More on that as the story progresses.
Hopefully yoga tonight will make me feel better. Less angry at least.
Later,
Sarah
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| I can't believe I can get there, but I can |
[Feb. 2nd, 2009|08:30 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | art, idols, quest, school | ] |
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| | Theophilus London | ] |
Lol. I'm SO over the Cardinals.
Anyways, today was BRAIN DISSECTION DAY!
I was really nervous, hoping that I knew someone in my 8-person lab section. The guy I was hoping would sit next to me inevitable came in 10 minutes late, leaving me to work with someone else. It turned out fine though because it seems that I rock. That's right - I'm pretty much a rockstar when it comes neuroanatomy as it turns out. I was basically geeking out the whole time just because I was actually looking at a BRAIN! It was just so cool... My lab partner (possibly David?) spent the first half hour gulping water with his head in his heads while we watched the instructional "How To Carve A Brain Out Of A Skull" video but I just sort of went for it. I made him use the giant knife, but I followed closely with the scalpel. It seems Sarah never quite lost her dissection skillz.
I submitted this to the creative review. Hopefully something nice will happen there. As usual, as soon as I sent it in I started noticing all the problems with it, all the ugly lines and amateur coloring, but oh well. Too bad. Can't get it back now.
I started surveying articles for my first science column! So far, ideas include the new ocean feature of google earth as well as the potentially useful brain mapping of autistic people. Clearly not much is going on today.
In other news, Ricky Gervais is still my hero. And after his most recent blog entry, it appears I am not alone.
Tomorrow I'm ditching bio lecture for the first time ever to go eat Pine State Biscuits with Katherine and Michael. It should be a beautiful day for more reasons than one.
Sarah
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| Just getting this out there. |
[Feb. 1st, 2009|07:55 pm] |
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| |  cranky | ] |
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| | Kid Cudi | ] |
Dear Arizona Cardinals,
Fuck you for getting my hopes up for an entire weekend.
Seriously, I have better things to do than defend you and your constant shittiness.
Never again will I be optimistic on your behalf.
Never again will I be fooled into thinking something I might like to happen could actually happen.
Many thanks,
Sarah |
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