J The Fashionista

Gotta Love Those Teacher/Student Things....

Sat, 08 Nov 2003 04:40:26 GMT

Your Years at Hogwarts by nevermindless
Name:
The Sorting Hat places you in:	Hufflepuff (Yellow and Black)
Subject you are naturally best at:	Arithmancy. You quit Divination.
Your favorite book:	Intermediate Transfiguration
Pet you bring to school:	Rocky Mountain TOAD
You are most known for:	Being Prof. Snape's favorite student.

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I Fear for the Future

Tue, 14 Oct 2003 04:08:20 GMT

The following questions and answers were
collated from SAT
tests given in Oklahoma in 2002 to 16-year-old
students!

Q: Name the four seasons.
A: Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.

Q: Explain one of the processes by which water can
be made safe to
drink.
A: Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it
removes sand,
Dead sheep and large pollutants like grit, canoeists.

Q: How is dew formed?
A: The sun shines down on the leaves and makes
them perspire.

Q: What is a planet?
A: A body of earth surrounded by sky.

Q: What causes the tides in the oceans?
A: The tides are a fight between the Earth and the
Moon. All
water tends to flow towards the moon, because there is
no water on
the moon,! And nature abhors a vacuum. I forget where
the sun joins
in this fight.

Q: In a democratic society, how important are
elections?
A: Very important. Sex can only happen when a male
gets an election.

Q: What are steroids?
A: Things for keeping carpets still on the stairs.

Q: What happens to your body as you age?
A: When you get old, so do your bowels and you get
intercontinental.

Q: What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty?
A: He says good-bye to his boyhood and looks
forward to his adultery.

Q: Name a major disease associated with
cigarettes.
A: Premature death.

Q: How can you delay milk turning sour?
A: Keep it in the cow.

Q: How are the main parts of the body categorized?
(E.g., abdomen.)
A: The body is consisted into three parts -- the
brainium, the borax
and the abdominal cavity. The branium contains the
brain, the borax contains the heart and lungs, and the
abdominal cavity contains the five bowels, A,E,I, O
and U.

Q: What is the Fibula?
A: A small lie.

Q: What does "varicose" mean?
A: Nearby.

Q: What is the most common form of birth control?
A: Most people prevent contraception by wearing a
condominium.

Q: Give the meaning of the term "Caesarian
Section."
A: The caesarian section is a district in Rome.

Q: What is a seizure?
A: A Roman emperor.

Q: What is a terminal illness?
A: When you are like sick at the airport

Q: Give an example of a fungus. What is a
characteristic feature?
A: Mushrooms. They always grow in damp places and
so they look like
umbrellas.

Q: What does the word "benign" mean?
A: Benign is what you will be after you be eight.

Q: What is a turbine?
A: Something an Arab wears on his head.

Alphabet!

Mon, 13 Oct 2003 17:17:46 GMT

Ok, I think of this as a quiz, though it gets called a meme. Personally that's just one of those words that bugs me, I think it gets over used/not used right, and it also sounds like a really bad Engrish word. [/rant]

Gacked from dejla

Act your age?: In the sense of middle aged=boring, no. (43)
Born on what day of the week?: Not sure exactly, I think Friday or Saturday, since the doctor came to the hospital to deliver me right from the hospital Christmas ball, wearing his tuxedo.
Chore you hate?: Scrubbing sinks, toilets or showers. Ick.
Dad's Name: ??? Seriously, I have no idea who my biological father is.
Essential make-up item: How do I choose? I'm a major cosmetics junkie...I guess dark brown mascara and my Chanel foundation brush...hm.
Favorite Actor/Actress: I like a ton of them, at the moment can't be arsed to pick out a favorite.
Gold or Silver?: Ehh, very rarely wear jewelry.
Hand you write with?: Right.
Instruments you play?: None
Job title?: Retail Sales Associate (and Team Trainer)
Kids?: No, never had any desire to reproduce.
Living arrangements?: Rent the top floor of a Victorian house in my city's historical district.
Make of vehicle?: Ford Tempo
Number of people you've slept with?: Nine
Overnight hospital stays?: Three days for a mystery illness, about 15 years ago. Came out in worse shape than I went in.
Phobias?: Eye surgery. Don't show me any LASIK pictures.
Quote you like?: "Where art ends, violence begins."--Egon von Neindorff.
Rock Groups?: U2, Beatles, but lately I tend to listen more to individual singers.
Siblings?: None
Time you wake up?: Varies, since I don't have a 9-5 job, but never later than 9:00, unless I'm really sick.
Unique habit?: I can't stand wearing knee-high socks or nylons, they drive me crazy. I wear ankle socks even in the dead of winter.
Vegetable you refuse to eat?: Celery. Loathe even the smell of it.
Worst habit?: Taking on way more than I can accomplish in any reasonable amount of time.
X-Rays you've had?: Teeth, sinuses, hand, hips(MRI)
Yummy food you make?: Anything Italian or Mexican. Beef stroganoff. And those killer sweet chocolate/coconut square things--can't remember what they're called.
Zodiac sign?: Sagittarius.

Fri, 10 Oct 2003 02:19:22 GMT

ESTP - "Promotor". Action! When present, things begin to happen. Fiercely competitive. Entrepreneur. Often uses shock effect to get attention. Negotiator par excellence. 13% of the total population.

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Since I work in commission sales, I guess this means I'm suited for my job?

Wow!

Fri, 10 Oct 2003 01:34:50 GMT

Didn't realize my dressage icon would be such a hit! Seems to be some riders on JF--who knew?

A bit about my horsey self--I have been riding sport horses for 20+ years. I did some jumping when I was younger but for the past few years have concentrated on dressage. I got to go to Indoor Brabant in Holland in '92 and saw Carol Lavell and Gifted ride in a World Cup qualifier. I was also fortunate enough to ride with Judy Kelly for about two years. I still technically own my horse but she is on 'permanent loan' as a lesson horse to a friend of mine--it has gotten so expensive to board I can't afford to keep her properly any more. But as soon as I get some other RL things taken care of, I am going to start taking riding lessons again.

I think this is appropriate

Thu, 09 Oct 2003 01:14:11 GMT

You are the patriotic pin-up! Rosie the Riveter
speaks volumes for you. God Bless America and
all that.

What Type Of Retro Gal Are You?
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Worst. Covertune. EVER.

Thu, 04 Sep 2003 02:13:57 GMT

Does anyone else hate that new version of "Boys of Summer" by the Ataris (I think?). I just cringe every time I hear it.

The original song was sad and happy all at the same time--it always evoked memories of a love lost and remembered...but this new one--Aaargh! It sounds like a garage band practicing for the upcoming Battle of the Bands or something (remember those?). They've lost all the feeling that was in the song, it's just noise now.

How appropriate!

Fri, 29 Aug 2003 02:40:40 GMT

When you consider my post to fandom_lounge
the other day!

You are Dolemite quotes!

A voice of reason in the insanity that is fandom,
you can frequently be heard wondering what the
shit things are and whether that bitch is for
real.

Unfortunately... okay, there is no unfortunately.
You are the shit! Go you!

Which article of Fandom Wank culture are you?
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Kewl or just stoopid??

Tue, 26 Aug 2003 03:23:18 GMT

OK, this one got me thinking. Today was a typical summer day for where I live--about 90^o with 80% or so humidity. I was wearing shorts and a T-shirt and still pretty warm.

So as I'm going around town doing errands, I see some teenagers walking down the street--Goths?I guess--they had the huge-legged black jeans, black spiky hair, and black sweatshirts. In this weather. I don't get it, are they so stoned they can't tell how hot it is, or are they afraid wearing something 'appropriate' to the weather might hurt their image? And no, it's not just cause I'm an old fuddy-duddy---back in the day, it was always shorts and t-shirts for all of us as soon as school ended. Our parents had to force us into wearing anything else until school started again.

Oops, kind of late, but--

Tue, 12 Aug 2003 17:21:27 GMT

Happy belated birthday to maahes and WAY late greetings to phosfate. (I need to check that home page more often!)

EDIT: 'K, what is the html to get the little journal fen user logo on someone's name? I just cannot seem to figure that one out.

EDIT 2: Thanks phosfate! Another piece of html added to my knowledge.

Ha, this is actually pretty accurate ;-p

Mon, 11 Aug 2003 17:39:57 GMT

<td bgcolor="#000000">Username</td><td bgcolor="#DDDDAA"></td></tr><td bgcolor="#000000">Number of LJ Friends</td><td bgcolor="#DDDDAA"></td></tr><td bgcolor="#000000">You will be wanked for</td><td bgcolor="#DDDDAA">admitting you need a Gin N Tonic fix </td></tr><td bgcolor="#000000">On this date:</td><td bgcolor="#DDDDAA">April 25, 2044</td></tr>

How will you be fandom_wanked? by morrigain

Created with quill18</a>'s MemeGen!

Except in my case, it's usually more like LongIsland Iced Tea.

Sun, 10 Aug 2003 02:21:10 GMT

Your Ultimate Purity Score Is...
Category	Your Score	Average
Self-Lovin'	63% Explored the pleasures of the flesh	64.8%
Shamelessness	64% It takes a couple of drinks	79.2%
Sex Drive	65% A fool for love, but not always	77.5%
Straightness	16% Knows the other body type like a map	44.8%
Gayness	100%	83%
Fucking Sick	89% Refreshingly normal	89.7%
You are 66% pure Average Score: 72.4%
Take The Ultimate Purity Test and see how you match up!

Hahahaha

Fri, 01 Aug 2003 02:27:43 GMT

On Monday I got six inches cut off my hair. . . yesterday two people at work told me I look like Scully.

I So Want One. . .

Wed, 23 Jul 2003 02:54:01 GMT

Saw an ad in a magazine for those Mac IPod walkman thingies--they're now compatible with Windows. I am coveting one of these things, would be so much easier to take to the gym instead of buying new tapes when I get sick of the old ones. (An hour of cardio goes faster when you have some music to listen to!)

Only problem is, they start at $299. Maybe if I have real good sales this winter. . .

Like I really needed another one

Tue, 08 Jul 2003 04:32:47 GMT

I stopped at TSC today to get spring vaccinations for my horse, and what should I see but a Breyer model of Pay 'n Go (dressage Appaloosa) on clearance, half off! So of course I ended up trotting out with him tucked under my arm, another piece to add to the shrine to horses which is my apartment.

And I didn't kill my landlord's begonias, thank God! Told him I'd water the garden while he was out of town, promptly forgot, and came out yesterday morning to find that one of the hanging baskets was, well, hanging. I grabbed the hose and soaked everything, when I got home from work they had revived. ::wipes brow::

Some thoughts on Fandom Wank

Fri, 20 Jun 2003 03:03:40 GMT

The last few days have been making me think about why I get so much entertainment out of f_w. Partly it's because I'm kind of a snarkily humorous person in real life, as are many of my friends. I was describing this community to a semi-mundane friend at work, and she said, "Man, that's just like us in the stockroom!"

Which brings me to my observation. In RL or f_w, you'll never see me cracking on someone for what they are--it's the things they do that make me laugh. In my book, if you act cool and have a good sense of humor, you're cool, and if you act like an ass, you're an ass, and I'm going to have a laugh or two in your name.
To compare to professional comedians, I find Jay Leno to be Wonder-bread boring, but David Letterman cracks me up, and I would happily go out to dinner with him. (Yeah, right, like I'd ever have the chance.)

So if you're going to get up on that high horse, you'd better be able to make it piaffe, shoulder-in, and do flying changes, or otherwise you're going to be fair game. I respect people who can argue their point and say what they think, on the net as well as in real life.

On the other hand, people who resort to calling me obscene names, making cracks about my family which are totally irrelevant and which they would have no way of knowing about anyway, are nothing but trolls, and the most they're going to get from me is an "Okay!". (Of course, the sad thing about folks like that is when you get bored and quit answering them, they think they've won the argument. *Sigh* Come back when you can hold up an argument/discussion...then I'll pay attention to you.)

So yeah, I'm sure there are some people on JF with an agenda, it's a big group of people after all. But the wankery I find so entertaining is laughing at someone who takes theirself way too seriously. (Or refuses to admit they've made a mistake. That's another big one.)

</rant>

Thought For the Day

Thu, 19 Jun 2003 12:45:20 GMT

Don't take life so seriously. It isn't permanent.

And a corollary:

The one who dies with the most toys is still dead.

Mon, 19 May 2003 05:12:25 GMT

There are kids skateboarding up and down the concrete ramp at the back of the church across the street.
They look about 12--what are the little fucks doing out at 1 am anyway?

Anime Wank!

Mon, 28 Apr 2003 04:33:42 GMT

Gloria is the creator of an unmodded Hawaii 5-0 egroup. However, when anyone tries to discuss H50, she turns the conversation to herself and creates sockpuppets to agree with her. At one point, out of the blue, she starts an anti-anime rant, backed up a few messages later by one of her sockpuppets.

Actually, the woman is one giant walking wank.

Spring-like, finally

Mon, 14 Apr 2003 04:31:16 GMT

Wow, the weather has finally gotten nice! Took all the plastic off my windows, and was totally pissed when the tape snapped a big chunk of paint off the window casing, especially since my landlord just painted it before I moved in last summer. Argh!

And in a convergance of FW and RL, "I keel you biatch" is now the standard insult in the stockroom at work!

Sat, 05 Apr 2003 02:24:19 GMT

Holy shit. I almost died at work today, and not falling-down-laughing died, but -real- died. I was eating lunch in the employee lounge when I got a piece of a taco shell stuck crosswise in my throat. I couldn't cough it up or swallow it, I jumped up and tried to get a glass of water and two of my coworkers saw something was wrong with me. I couldn't talk or breathe and I was getting -very- scared.(understatement) when one of them finally managed to give me the Heimlich maneuver, which disloged the taco chip enough for me to start breathing again. And the kicker to the whole thing? My ex-boyfriend was sitting at the table right in front of us and he just kept eating his lunch and didn't do a thing to help. Fucker.

It's 23 degrees and RAINING right now, has been like this all day, everytime you go out you have to chip a giant casing of ice off your car. This weather sucks.

Gas prices

Sun, 30 Mar 2003 04:27:47 GMT

Anyone else think it's strange that gas prices have gone DOWN since the war started? Since the first night of bombing in Iraq, gas has gone from 1.79 a gallon to 1.54.

You'd think it would go the other way, I don't know, maybe someone snuck a giant siphon into the oil fields or something.

Also related to cars, mine started making a strange road noise a couple of days ago--I was afraid it was a wheel bearing (major $$$ and possibility of wheel falling off), but my mechanic checked it out and I just have shitty worn out tires. (Less $$$ and can be replaced a couple at a time.) Sigh. Would be nice if one could get along without a car, they are a big money suck.

Fri, 28 Mar 2003 13:38:55 GMT

Just discovered that when lightning hits across the street from your house while you're working on your computer, it WILL knock you right offline. Yikes.

New journal

Fri, 28 Mar 2003 01:38:40 GMT

Well, here we go!