December 31st, 2008

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December 21st, 2008

04:08 pm - Silly movie meme SUPPOSEDLY if you've seen over 85 movies, you have no life. Mark the ones you've seen. There are 219 movies on this list. Copy this list, then paste it on facebook or on your blog. Then, put x's next to the movies you've seen, add them up, change the header adding your number, and click publish at the side. (1) Rocky Horror Picture Show (2) Grease (3) Pirates of the Caribbean (4) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest (5 ) Boondock Saints (6) Fight Club ( ) Starsky and Hutch (7) Neverending Story ( 8) Blazing Saddles ( ) Universal Soldier (9) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events ( ) Along Came Polly ( ) Joe Dirt (10) KING KONG either version? () A Cinderella Story ( ) The Terminal () The Lizzie McGuire Movie (Joey made me watch it *shudders*) ( ) Passport to Paris () Dumb & Dumber ( ) Dumber & Dumberer (11) Final Destination ( ) Final Destination 2 ( ) Final Destination 3 (12) Halloween (13) The Ring (14) The Ring 2 ( ) Surviving -MAS () Flubber () Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (15) Practical Magic (16) Chicago ( ) Ghost Ship (17) From Hell (18) Hellboy (19) Secret Window () I Am Sam (20) The Whole Nine Yards ( ) The Whole Ten Yards (21) The Day After Tomorrow (22) Child's Play ( ) Seed of Chucky ( ) Bride of Chucky (23) Ten Things I Hate About You () Just Married (24) Gothika (25) Nightmare on Elm Street (26) Sixteen Candles (27) Remember the Titans () Coach Carter (28) The Grudge (29) The Grudge 2 (30) The Mask ( ) Son Of The Mask () Bad Boys () Bad Boys 2 ( ) Joy Ride ( ) Lucky Number Sleven (31) Ocean's Eleven () Ocean's Twelve (32) Bourne Identity (33) Bourne Supremacy (34) Lone Star ( ) Bedazzled (35) Predator I ( ) Predator II (36) The Fog (37) Ice Age () Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (38) Curious George (39) Independence Day (40) Cujo ( ) A Bronx Tale ( ) Darkness Falls (41) Christine (42) ET (43) Children of the Corn ( ) My Bosses Daughter (44) Maid in Manhattan (45) War of the Worlds (46) Rush Hour () Rush Hour 2 ( ) Best Bet (47) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days () She's All That ( ) Calendar Girls ( ) Sideways (48) Mars Attacks ( ) Event Horizon (49) Ever After (50) Wizard of Oz (51) Forrest Gump (52) Big Trouble in Little China (53) The Terminator (54) The Terminator 2 ( ) The Terminator 3 (55) X-Men (56) X2 () X-3 (57) Spider-Man (58) Spider-Man 2 (59) Sky High ( ) Jeepers Creepers ( ) Jeepers Creepers 2 ( ) Catch Me If You Can (60) The Little Mermaid (61) Freaky Friday ( ) Reign of Fire ( ) The Skulls (62) Cruel Intentions ( ) Cruel Intentions 2 () The Hot Chick (63) Shrek (64) Shrek 2 ( ) Swimfan ( ) Miracle on 34th street - both versions ( ) Old School () The Notebook (65) K-Pax ( ) Kippendorf's Tribe ( ) A Walk to Remember ( ) Ice Castles (66) Boogeyman (67) The 40-year-old-virgin (68) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring (69) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers (70) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King (71) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (72) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (73) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade () Base-ketball (74) Hostel ( ) Waiting for Guffman ( ) House of 1000 Corpses ( ) Devils Rejects ( ) Elf (75) Highlander (76) Mothman Prophecies (77) American History X ( ) Three () The Jacket (78) Kung Fu Hustle (79) Shaolin Soccer ( ) Night Watch (80) Monsters Inc. (81) Titanic (82) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (83) Shaun Of the Dead ( ) Willard ( ) High Tension ( ) Club Dread (84) Hulk () Dawn Of the Dead - both versions (85) Hook () Chronicle Of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (86) 28 days later () Orgazmo ( ) Phantasm (87) Waterworld (88) Kill Bill vol 1 () Kill Bill vol 2 (89) Mortal Kombat ( ) Wolf Creek ( ) Kingdom of Heaven ( ) The Hills Have Eyes ( ) I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman ( ) The Last House on the Left ( ) Re-Animator (90) Army of Darkness (91) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace (92) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones () Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith (93) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope (94) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back (95) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi ( ) Ewoks Caravan Of Courage (96) Ewoks The Battle For Endor (97) The Matrix (98) The Matrix Reloaded () The Matrix Revolutions (99) Animatrix (100) Evil Dead (101) Evil Dead 2 () Team America: World Police ( ) Red Dragon (102) Silence of the Lambs ( ) Hannibal (103) Battle Royale () Battle Royale 2 (104) Brazil (105) Contact (106) Cube (107) Dr. Strangelove ( ) Enlightenment Guaranteed (108) Four Rooms (109) Memento (110) Pi (111) Requiem for a Dream (112) Pulp Fiction ( ) Reservoir Dogs (113) Run Lola Run ( ) Russian Ark (114) Serenity (115) Sin City (116) Snatch ( ) Spider (117) The Sixth Sense (118) The Village (119) Waking Life ( ) Zatoichi ( ) Ikiru (120) The Seven Samurai ( ) Brick (121) Akira Current Mood: tired Tags: meme, movies

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May 15th, 2008

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March 5th, 2008

02:39 pm - Good news! I have a phone interview for a tester position next Wednesday. Wish me luck! And a very happy birthday to Lisa! Current Mood: cheerful Tags: job

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January 30th, 2008

03:38 pm - Tarot Meme ( Memeage behind the cut ) Current Mood: sick Tags: meme

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January 29th, 2008

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January 19th, 2008

09:37 am - I guess I'm in trouble 26% Meet Maine Singles Current Mood: amused Tags: meme

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January 11th, 2008

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December 24th, 2007

01:37 am - My Band - Go to Wikipedia. The first random Wikipedia article title that you get is the name of your band. -Go to The Quotations Page random quotations. (wikiquote project) The last four words of the very last quote of the page is the title of yourfirst album. - Go to Flickr and click on "explore the last seven days." The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover. - Be creative. Post it. Band: Biocurator Album name: And All to Heaven (Source: Edward Coke, some dude I've never heard of. The full quote: "Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven; Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven.") Album cover (photo by Denis Collette): Current Mood: tired Tags: meme, music

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November 20th, 2007

12:43 pm - You can't just paint it pink Kotaku Article: Wolfking Caters to the Ladies In short, Wolfking makes gaming peripherals. Their sales director said, referring to their new product line, "You can't just paint something pink and say it's for girls. The Girl Gamer products give women access to fully functioning, hardcore gaming devices, but with an aesthetic touch." The new peripherals? Same as before, but they're pink. Current Mood: amused Tags: article, kotaku, video games

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October 27th, 2007

02:57 pm - Nova Update I'm still having trouble sleeping - I wake up at night thinking about my friends in Japan and wondering about the situation there and imagining what I would have done in their situation. Here is a slightly more informative article on the situation. Nova has actually filed for bankruptcy protection - if they can't find a corporate sponsor within 30 days, then they will be declared bankrupt. Since the teachers are still technically employed by Nova, their visas are not in jeopardy. I don't know how or if that status will change if Nova does declare bankruptcy. Edit: Australia & UK embassies offering assistance, there are also quite a few more articles up on the Daily Yomiuri. Current Mood: anxious

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October 26th, 2007

01:11 pm - Guess I left at a good time Nova, the company I worked for in Japan, has filed bankruptcy. They are the largest English conversation school in the country, and all of their teachers are foreigners, who are now left high and dry as a result. I still have friends who were employed by Nova, now left with no source of income and in danger of losing their visas (no job, no visa). Some of them don't have the money saved up to return home. Needless to say, I'm worried for them! I don't think there's really anything we can do but try and send good thoughts their way. Current Mood: worried Tags: japan, nova

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October 8th, 2007

03:46 pm - I love zombies! Okay, well, not exactly. More like I love killing zombies. That's why I've been playing Dead Rising. You can kill zombies with a chainsaw, or a baseball bat, or a hockey stick or a bench or a lawnmower. Yeah, that's right, lawnmower. It is teh awesome. This video is also teh awesome. And it involves zombies. I love zombies. Current Mood: amused

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September 25th, 2007

02:44 pm - This is magical Wonderful World (amazing video - you won't be disappointed) Current Mood: happy

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September 19th, 2007

01:52 pm - AT&T Roadside Assistance SUCKS!!! Last night was fun (NOT). On the way home from visiting my family, I had a flat tire. I called my darling fiance and let him know what was up (he said he'd be right out to join me) and then I called AT&T Roadside Assistance, a service we'd signed up for when we got my cell phone. I was a bit confused talking to them, I'm afraid, because I'm used to either AAA or Amica Roadside Assistance (both of which I've only had awesome experiences with), who make a full assessment of your situation and then recommend which service you might want, whereas I could tell the AT&T rep was going through her flowchart. I told her where I was (and it took her a surprisingly long time to find it on the map) and explained that I was in a slightly hazardous location (I was on a narrow shoulder between two offramps), though I may not have specifically said I was on a narrow shoulder, I did try to give her an accurate picture of where I was and that I was concerned about being there (the whole 'drunks might rear-end me here' thought floated through my mind a few times). She did offer to send emergency police out to me, but I wasn't sure that was necessary. I guess I assumed (how foolish of me!) they'd send a guy in a truck who'd lay out some flares or hazard lights or something. They said it would take about 45 minutes for someone to get to me. An hour goes by... And a guy in a car shows up. Not a truck, he has no flares or anything, just a little car. And says "I can't change the tire here, the shoulder's too narrow." Argh. Now I'm anticipating another wait, which I'm not happy about. AT&T calls me (while I'm attempting to call them) and asks if I would like a tow, since he can't change the tire. They then inform me that this will count as two calls (which my $3 a month guarantees me but four a year), since they sent the guy out to change the tire (but he didn't!). I said that it shouldn't count, since they were the ones who sent someone who couldn't change it and I feel I had accurately conveyed my situation to them, and then (on Steven's advice) I asked if they could send someone to tow it somewhere and then change the tire for me. She doesn't really respond to my issue about the two calls thing, but says she'll check and see if they can have someone do this. She puts me on hold, I explain the situation to Steven, both of us are pretty annoyed at this point (isn't 'assistance' supposed to be helpful?). She comes back and it sounds like this might now count as THREE calls, she keeps telling me they have to pay the driver who came out there, but I don't see why that's my problem. They sent someone who couldn't fix the problem after I gave them an accurate picture of my situation. Their failure, they shouldn't penalize me for it. At this point I'm too frustrated and Steven is too, so I hand him the phone and let him talk to them. After a LONG discussion about the issue, they agree to find a driver who could come and either tow us and change the tire, or just change the tire. This search takes them an HOUR. (They call periodically to let us know they're still searching.) How come it takes a freaking hour to find a tow truck driver in San Jose? In the meantime CHP finally shows up and checks on us, and politely listens to our tale of woe and aggravation. They call back eventually and say they've found someone, but this driver will only bill the customers direct and so we'll have to pay him and then be reimbursed. Oh, and he charges more than they'll pay. So we'll get reimbursed, but not for all of it. Again I hand the phone to Steven and he hassles with them for a bit and eventually says, fine, send the driver. Oh, and this will be another 45 minutes (this is after already waiting out there for over two hours). Fortunately, the estimate was wrong, and it took him about 15-20 minutes. (He's a AAA driver, btw, and the reason we have to pay him and get reimbursed is because AT&T is TOO CHEAP to pay his rates. This is also the reason why it took them so long to find a driver, because no one wants to work with them, the cheap bastidges.) Also fortunately, things got a lot better at this point. Nick from Dick's Towing changed the tire for us, no problem, put air in it and we were (finally!) able to go home. So one person was competent and helpful! I think we're switching to AAA now. For $1.50 more a month, the service is WAY better. You'd think AT&T, being the new kids on the block in the roadside assistance biz, would bend over backwards for their customers. Alas, their customer service in this case, just as in every other time I've dealt with them, was AWFUL. No human compassion or concern at all, they're all about their bottom line and that's it. I hope they lose out in the end for it. They definitely do in this case. Oh, and Steven is my knight in shining armor for coming out there and helping me with everything. I love you, sweetie!!! Current Mood: aggravated Tags: aaa, att, car trouble, cell phone, roadside assistance

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September 15th, 2007

08:14 pm - I didn't even tweak it You Are a Red Crayon Your world is colored with bright, vivid, wild colors. You have a deep, complex personality - and you are always expressing something about yourself. Bold and dominant, you are a natural leader. You have an energy that is intense... and sometimes overwhelming. Your reaction to everything tends to be strong. You are the master of love-hate relationships. Your color wheel opposite is green. Green people are way too mellow to understand what drives your energy. What Color Crayon Are You? Current Mood: happy Tags: meme

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September 8th, 2007

03:24 pm - Hot Fat Girl Revolution Stolen from velvetsiren, originally posted by ocelotsden. Because being a hot fat girl is a lot of work and is undervalued or unrecognized. Because a fat girl still has to pay more money for uglier clothes or spend 11 hours at the thrift store to find anything hot to wear. Because if you take the elevator, people think you're lazy but if you're on the treadmill, people laugh. Because men like John Goodman and Bernie Mac get to have careers on television but sitcom-moms-of-three still have size-two waists. Because even feminist magazines publish fat-phobic articles under the guise of it being a "health issue." Because anti-capitalist activists still use expressions like "fat capitalist pig." Because girls are dieting at the age of nine. Because side effects of the most popular diet drugs are seizures, heart failure, fecal urgency, breast cancer, lung disease, insomnia, nausea and vomiting, dangerously high blood pressure, abnormal heartbeat, psychosis, strokes, hallucinations and sudden death. Because the Cooper Institute's ongoing study of 30,000 people has found that those who are fittest live the longest, no matter what they weigh. Because the doctor who said that there were 30,000 "obesity-related" deaths each year received over $2 million in research funding from Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers. Because that study prompted the FDA to approve Phen-Phen and Redux. Because fat-hatred is a money-making industry. Because fat people who exercise live longer than thin people who don't. Because if you lose weight 'cause you're sick, people tell you how great you look. Because hatred is so ingrained in every single one of us, especially inside the heart of even the hottest fat girl. Because even the most progressive people don't talk or write about it. Because I am tired of being ignored, invisible, de-sexualized and told that I have such a pretty face. Because it's not fat that kills, it's fear of fat. For all that and more I am a part of the HOT FAT GIRL REVOLUTION!

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August 5th, 2007

12:27 pm - Happy birthday! Happy birthday, Moon Whispers! (And also Neil Armstrong *grin*) Current Mood: bouncy

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August 4th, 2007

09:54 pm - It's official! Most of you know that I'm madly in love with my darling Steven, just as he is with me, and that I'm thankful every day that we're together that we found each other. Well, after some deliberation*, plans are now underway to make a public/official declaration of our commitment in the form of a wedding. Yes, that's right, we're now officially engaged! The wedding will probably be sometime in February, details forthcoming. Watch this space for the engagement party info! *According to Baha'i law, we must have parental consent to get married. This morning we met with my family and received consent from them. Yay! Current Mood: ecstatic

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July 30th, 2007

12:53 pm - Hi, my name is Kanane, and I play WoW This video is pretty amusing, for those of you involved in MMOs. Maybe for the rest of you, too. On a side note, I've been working on my NERO costume, and I woke up early this morning with some ideas and couldn't get back to sleep until I distracted myself with a book. My brain is so good at keeping me from sleeping. Current Mood: amused

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