This was just too interesting of a coincidence not to paste.


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I was assigned The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea by Yukio Mishima in Asian Pacific Studies today. One line really stood out in my mind.

"The shorter a perfect moment, the less there can be to mar its perfection."

Or something to that effect.

Thoughts? Comments? Personal experiences?

My shrink is cooler than your shrink.

Stolen from the thisisnotemo LJ community. What are your nominations? Pick one or all, just tell me what you think about it! And I will do awards, too, based on votes. (Aaaand if no one votes on one or more of the categories, I decide. Muahaha ( Read more... )

MTV2 did a "22 Greatest Bands in the Past 22 Years" specialty dealie today, and I was...kind of appalled. I was going to write a whole schpiel on why most of these bands suck, but I'm too tired, so I'll just pick the five worst and write about them. I will, however, list all of them.

( The 22 Greatest Bands According to MTV2 )

I am the new proud mama of a blue 1996 Mercury Tracer, with very little mileage, power fucking everything, and enough room to cram what/whoever I want in the back seat. Perfect condition. Brand new brakes, new tires, new windshield, new oil.

$1900.

Boo. Yah.

YAY for Friday.

BOO for sucky classes which give too much homework.

YAY for funny people who totally do the overkill thing for Valentine's day.

BOO for the nauseating school day before Valentine's Day.

YAY for exercise.

BOO for being sore.

YAY for no school Monday or Tuesday.

BOO for school Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

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My journalism teacher gave us a list of banned books today, and I want to read them all. These are the most commonly banned ones- I put the list of the full 100 in a private entry so it wouldn't clog your friends page, but if you've read any of these, give me comments. The ones I've read already are in bold.

Ulysses by James JoyceCandide by ( Read more... )

The Super Bowl sucks. This whole fat-hairy-guys-grunting-sitting-around-watching-sports-instead-of-playing-them-and-gorging-themselves-on-overprocessed-spray-cheese fiasco does not appeal to me. I'm planning on going to Natalie's and watching Scarface or Fight Club instead, or maybe fucking around with her guitar, or playing Grand Theft Auto ( Read more... )

Some sketchbook tidbits. I had Kristin scan these for me, and they were just kind of sitting there, clogging my inbox. So I figured I'd share them with you guys.

( This first one is a close-up of a picture inspired by the song Cross Out The Eyes by Thursday. I cropped a lot because it was...well, gigantic. )