30 April 2004

College Kids

Erin, what I meant was I thought it would be weird for you. I have no problem with it. But I've found that for the most part my friends who have graduated don't want to hang out with sophomores and juniors as much. Sorry if I offended you.
I know you said no more people, but I'd really like to invite Tyler to join. He's going to being going to Indiana Academy next year and we won't see much of him. Plus Pyler is incomplete without Taul. He probably wouldn't post much anyway. Just to consider.

Oh my God, you're putting my mother's cats on the Supreme Court.

29 April 2004

Simpler hypothesis: You wanted the cute animal back in the strip.~T&R

Erin, no one's trying to replace you. Nate was just curious, though a bit stupid. How exactly would that be weird? Meanwhile, I've been considering tossing my current schedule out the window and graduating early. Even though I wouldn't, because I couldn't survive and still be Marten. I'd probably come out as, I dunno, martin or something.

Paul: somewhere around here are rules about title schemes, which you have suddenly followed by accident after stopping the book one, (Which is Erin's) and you have to keep the template in your post. After the current one has been in use for a week, you can change it. look in the archives for rules I'm forgetting.

Meanwhile, the post ratio has gone a bit off for our most elusive members. Thomas has posted twice within a week, but where's Sophia?

Oh my God, you're putting my mother's cats on the Supreme Court.

I don't know whyshe didn't just come out with it and say, "Darling, do shag Mark Darcy over the turkey curry, won't you? He's very rich."

Am now reading Bridget Jones's Diary and am having trouble reinserting pronouns, etc. into vocabulary.

Welcome to Paul!

Well, it seems since one was last online and not too busy to blog, great irrelevent things have happend, much political murmuring has taken place, a new blogger has unknowingly tried to steal one's title scheme without any rebuke, and it has been suggested that after graduation one ought to just go away and not speak to any of you ever again. One feels miffed.

I think that all of you should know that Frieje is just doing the hall sweep thing because when Dr. Hodgin was visiting he saw four fights in the hall, which is just sad. And Frieje is not any kind of asshole, just rather misguided. He is far superior to Hanna because he at least knows and cares about what's going on. I won't argue that the hall sweeps are dumb, but they probably wont last. And even if they do, well-- I won't be there. Aha! Ahahahahahaha!

Michael didn't know about my Arthurian obsession and came under the impression that I have a girl crush on Keira Knightley. Oh, dear. Really, I was just looking at the costume and metalwork; I'd have been staring at Clive Owen or anyone else just as hard. I have decided that the new King Arthur movie should really be called, "Bend It Like Boudicca." And this, in fact, is how into the dark ages Britain/ Arthurian thing I am. Boudicca was a real, historical Celtic warrior queen. When the Romans invaded, I think about 400 years or so before Arthur time, Boudicca's daughters (and maybe her, I forget) were raped by Roman soldiers and she vowed revenge. She actually mounted an offensive that came the closest of any British attempt at driving the Romans out of Britain-- she was certainly the only one who gave them a real run for their money-- and she actually fought with the soldiers and everything. If I remember correctly, she drove them all the way down to the southern portion of the island... But that's just digression. What I'm wondering now is things like, will they use some copy of the Sutton Hoo helmet somewhere, as it's so popular with dark ages things; what does the guy who plays Lancelot look like, his name is very Welsh-- Gruffydd, or something; is the Merlin they're using old Merlin or young Mary Stewart-type Merlin; are they putting in any of the other cool female figures, e.g. Morgan and Nimue. I'll stop now.

They have not taken away Senior Skip-a-Final, you uninformed ninnies!

Irrelevant spoiler of the day: Correct me if I'm wrong, I don't think I posted a teaser last time. So today's spoiler is-- In Ep. III, Obi-Wan wields... a lightsaber. It is the traditional weapon of the Jedi Knight-- not as clumsy or random as a blaster, an elegant weapon. It's a sword made of light, a laser sword! (hehe, "laser sword")

Must do homework now.

Oh my God, you're putting my mother's cats on the Supreme Court.

Don't know much about History

The World History AP test is really scaring me. The test is on Wednesday, we still have 85 years of history and two world wars to cover, not to mention all the stuff we skipped along the way, yet Leonhart thought it a good idea to spend the period watching a video on and having a discussion of African colonialism. In short, he's doing nothing to advance the curriculum for those of us taking the test. Part of the problem, of course, is that the test comes way to early in the year, but still, we need to be cramming, not just continueing as if we had all year.
Can someone explain to me exactly what these "Hall Sweeps" are? I've heard nothing about them at LN. Yesterday in class Leonhart was talking about African colonialism, and he compared the French colonial government to the SAC, saying that there was a ruling council of Africans, but they had no power. It's worth noting, though, that Ms. Lupold consulted them on the changes they were planning to the Skip-a-final policy. I don't know if she'll take any of the advice she gave, but still, they were consulted on something important.
Is Erin gonna keep blogging here from Hanover? I'm just curios, it seems like it would be kind of strange.
Vote on the Democrats, or you will have elected either Daniel or Duck man by default.

Oh my God, you're putting my mother's cats on the Supreme Court.

28 April 2004

Dancing to a Room Full of Nothing: The Autobiography of Tracey Means

I used Ms. Means in this one because she said it. She was talking about the musical and how if we didn't do such-and-such everyone would leave. Anyway, I just want to say that I am oblivious to Hall Sweeps because I have a press pass! I am awesome! I do like the protest idea, but I think instead of doing it I'll put on my press pass and interview people about it. Protestors always like to be in the paper.
Anyway, I need to go to bed so I will make a real update later.

Oh my God, you're putting my mother's cats on the Supreme Court.

The collapse of the Ferris tetrahedron was oddly silent, as I wasn't really sure what kind of noise it should make.~T&R...obviously

I now hate Frieji. From now on I am intentionally misspelling his name. I am now making a list of things he obviously doesn't know:
1. We're a highschool, not a middleschool, jail, concentration camp, or the like.
2. Students will often be late for valid reasons and proper passes, while distributed, haven't done much.
3. The Principal isn't supposed to do anything! Hasn't he heard of Mrs. Hannah? I think the man's definately over-compensating
4. Getting swept is just going to make the student later. It's not going to speed anything up
5. It leads to stupid people doing stupid things in protest, when they're the ones who actually deserve it and aren't going to help any with their lame attempts at "fighting the power."

Okay, redundant rant complete, on to business. Thomas, that conversation is reminiscent of the monkey story. How come I'm never around for those? I smell chicken! c'mon, some one keep going... darn it.

nothing ever happens around here

Oh my God, you're putting my mother's cats on the Supreme Court.

Stupid Monkey! Stop Eating my Legos!!

Michael I totally agree with you about our newly turned communist school. It's lunatic! Some of my friends have put up signs, but I think the administrations has been tearing them down before anyone is even able to see them...gah! I thought Mr. Freiji was supposed to be cool!!!!!!!!

Oh my God, you're putting my mother's cats on the Supreme Court.

25 April 2004

Away! Don't you read Pratchett?~T&R

Hurray for Patrick Shaughnessy! Okay, explaination of random post. I was really bored, past the point of Prozac the Bear crazy. Everything after the greenday song are excerpts from song lyrics I wrote for "Searching for Sammy" which may or may not end up an actual band. nifty is it not? I sleep now.

Toasters don't play tunes, they cook bread

23 April 2004

Generic Blues

What a rotten day! I feel like screaming and strangling myself. I got one of my worst report cards ever, then mamaged to lose $600 worth of orthodontic equipment. I seriously feel like hitting my self repeatedly with a large rock and screaming at the top of my lungs. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Betty-one looks drowsy!

21 April 2004

Hi! I'm Prozac the Bear!

WAWEWOWUWIWY!!!! GAGAGA! YAR! I be bored. this is my nonsense bored entry. I get to make one once a..a.... something. new feature for everyone. WEEGOOWEEGOOOFISH Death to Moby Dick, I'm Thomas! DECK THE HARRS WIT BERRS OFF HORRY FARARARARARARARA! What, you think you some sort of jedi, with your jedi clothes, and your jedi weapon?THIS IS OUR ONCE A YEAR DAY! her is. I've got two turn tables and a microphone. What goes around comes back! This is a public service anouncement, this is only a test! Emergency Evacuation Protest! Don't Get me wrong, its nice to be needed once in awhile! The greatest Reward in the world is to see you beautiful smile! I was Wandring around, I was searching the town I was looking for someone but they wouldn't be found.
FIN!

The Betty-one looks drowsy!

Oh, look! She sees a parrot! That must mean everything's going to be okay!

For Easter I got the Pirates of the Caribbean DVD. Keira Knightley cracks me up. She does commentary the way I do commentary. Randomly.

In the past few days I have learned a great deal from visiting the Royal Handmaiden Society website. I'm sure I've shared many of them with you. Like that Ani can't count, and Yané is silly, and Hayden tripped over a nightgown and Artoo fell over a lot. They also have a music video which is really pretty and is scored with an instrumental song, but if you play it while listening to "Into the West," it fits with that amazingly well.

I'm in a good mood because of Keira and because Dex's Diner just got reviewed by Kazzy, a fanfic author I greatly admire and whom I review all the time. She must've been like, "Who the hell IS this?" and read my profile and checked out Dex. And the review was favorable, and the gods have smiled upon me. Yay!

I vote for the Duck Man! He's a very intelligent guy, really. He would be great at the job. "Mr. President, what are you going to do about the war?" "What war?" "The taxes?" "What taxes?" Actually, he probably would realize and acknowledge the existence of those things. And give money to beggars, help with unemployment, etc. But imagine the press conferences. "Mr. President, about this duck on your head..." "What duck?" "Can we quote you on that?"

If the term "secretary" is outdated, why isn't Colin Powell referred to as Administrative Professional of State?

Irrelevant Spoiler of the Day: Wait, I have to look up what I said it was going to be... blah blah blah... oh, yes. Do any Jedi survive the dreaded "Jedi Purge," or, as Thomas would have it, Jedi Porridge? Yes. Obi-Wan survives; I'll give you three guesses as to where he ends up. Hint: It's hot and sandy and IN EVERY FORCEDAMN MOVIE. Master Yoda also survives and gets as far away from aforementioned planet and the spawn of Anakin as possible. A wise one, that Yoda.

The Betty-one looks drowsy!

20 April 2004

Posting in Threes: The joint autobiography of Nathan, Jonah, and Sophia

Three seperate posts in the course of ten minutes! What are the chances?

A new day, a new scheme: The Autobiography of Jonah Comstock

If you couldn't understand the last one take heart, for I have a new title scheme: Prospective autobiography titles! I'm thinking mostly for me, but some might be for you guys or other people entirely!
Anyway, the Pajama Game is now over. Thanks to all of you who came, came to half of it, would have come if you'd known the right time and hadn't had choir, or were out of town but expressed a desire to come. I appreciate it.
So, I've decided to do Marching band. Or not. I'm still not sure. The marching band people make these great, logical arguments when I'm with them, and then the non-marchers make sense when I'm with them. So anyone who cares if I'm in Marching Band or not (Marten, Thomas) send me an e-mail outlining the pros and/or cons. That might help. If I am doing and want to be captian I have to write an essay by the end of the week.
I am really not keeping up on these match-ups! But today I'm setting up a big match involving a walrus, a walleye, a wallet, a walnut, a wall, Walt Disney, and Wally from DIlbert. The will battle it out at Wal-Mart. They may only use weapons purchased at Wal-Mart and have ten dollars to spend. I'm giving all inatimate object telekinesis with a three foot range that can't be used on people directly.
MArten - most of us respond to stuff in our own posts, rather than sticking things in each other's. In the words of some girl on the interdisc boards, "i feel violated... like raped or something not nice" Here's some context:

mrs.harrypotter: I dont believe i need an introduction... im well fairly famous



[medit] Actually, this is Kelly Marchant. Just letting you guys know. [/medit]

hey now how did you guys do that i feel violated... like raped or something not nice


Something to think about.

The Betty-one looks drowsy!

Forever 36

Ha, kinda like the store, only not. Sorry. Umm...so, thanks for the happiness, all. It's appreciated, surely, and...that's about it!

Oh! Yeah! MY vote! Daniel Day all the way! MAKE WAY FOR DAY! :D Daniel will kick all of their butts to China-town because he could argue all day about the meaning of life in Greek (or maybe it's Arabic now?), French, and probably his made-up language. He'd confuse Al Sharpton so much he'd end up being condemned to hell, but that's a-okay, because Day does't believe in all that! At least I don't think he does...oh well. He's a nice guy, anyway, and the only one of the four I've ever met. Plus, Kelly's dating him, so that means a lot. :D :D :D

The Betty-one looks drowsy!

Hello, Young Lovers

I'm happy for both of you. Really. Just try and keep the affectionate name calling and banter down on the blog. And Thomas, I want you to tell me about any PDA's so I can make fun of them. But no detail, please. Also, I have a CD I need a copy made of. I'll get it to you ASAP.

The Republican candidate was decided in a game of Soul Caliber because we couldn't find Mortal Combal and it's better anyway. Of course, the Skeleton and Palpatine each tried to mind control each other until they were both trying to let the other one win, making it a competition to see who could lose best, with the loser winning. The Skeleton was losing (winning) when he suddenly said "I sleep now" restoring Palpatine's control of his own mind for long enough to beat the crap out of the skeleton's character. So Palpatine wins. Opposing him for the Democrats will be:

The Duck man (from Discworld)
Daniel Day (the one who used to go to middle school with most of us, not to be confused with Daniel Day Lewis, the actor)
Lawrence Fishburne
The Reverand Al Sharpton

Make your vote count!

The Betty-one looks drowsy!

19 April 2004

Well, I wasn't going going to say anything, but then I was, and then I did~T&R

Okay, if anyone doesn't remember Sophia's first post, It said something along the lines of being my super hot, way-cool friend who just happens to be a girl. Then I complained, and stuff was said about lesbians in Arkansas, but thats not the point. The point is that now she is my super hot way-cool girlfriend, unless the fact that everyone and there mother knows creeps her out so much that she'll not dump me, but viciously throw me down like an annoying chipmunk sitting on her shoulder and biting her ear. I really, really hope she doesn't do that. I may be kinda weird, but after a while it makes perfect sense, to me atleast. I've been dealing with some akwardness too, but you know, you're worth a bit of confusion.

The Betty-one looks drowsy!

18 April 2004

Eekers Creepers!

Omg. I thought the Pajama game tonight was at 7 as well...FART KNOCKERS! I am SOOO sorry I missed it!!! Dag gonnit...poop on a stick...GRRRRRRR!!!! I AM SO FRUSTRATED WITH MYSELF RIGHT NOW!!!

P.S. Nathan, are you going to the dress rehearsal tomorrow night? If you are, I can pay you back for my ticket...how much was the ticket?

The Betty-one looks drowsy!

You're so amusing, Elyot. You make me laugh all the time.

This is just a short entry to say that the Pajama Game last night was awesome! Everything we were promised and more. Tiffany Webb is amazing, Jonah made for an excellent disgruntled employee and Nathan an excellent chorus member, and the orchestra too was pretty darn good. So hooray! Everybody get hyped!

Michael: Tact 101-- Tact does not mean lying, it means telling the truth gently. And, all jokes about you being dead inside aside, you're going to have to learn to use it because people tend not to like having their feelings hurt, and if you hurt their feelings you will sooner or later find yourself very much without friends.

The Betty-one looks drowsy!

17 April 2004

Not only did the Taj Mahal look like a biscuit box, but some women should be struck regularly like gongs.

Disclaimer: Erin does not condone any women ever being struck like gongs.

Welcome to the blog, Rachel!

What I Did On My Field Trip
I went to see a play called Private Lives it was funny. It had lots of witty banter that was very well done, it made me laugh. We went to the mall. We ate at the mall I also bought some books. They were The Truth and Night Watch, now there are only five Discworld books I dont own not counting the young adult ones and Last Hero. We got back at 2:30 and sat in the commons until the bell rang. This was a happy day. The End.

I am coming to Pajama Game tonight because tomorrow I am booked to go see Ella Enchanted with my aunt and my cousin and Toni. I can buy my own tickets, it's ok.

Dr. Disco was... bizarre. [Girl, you stole my adjective! --Michael] Somehow I think we pulled it off, but only just barely. If I ever hear Horrigan say "Oh my gosh" again I'm going to slap her. Amendment to the disclaimer: She is the only woman who should be struck regularly like a gong. [Word. --Michael]

Oh! Palpatine! I vote Palpatine! Why? Because Palpy as president will bring corruption back to the Republic! He will put an end to democracy! The Trade Federation will free its influence over the bureaucrats and our people will be lost! He's the Phantom Menace! What could possibly be better than that? As Jonah pointed out, he would eventually just be destroyed by the Rebellion. In the meantime, we can call him "Palpy." Who needs Jedi, anyway?

Irrelevent spoiler of the day: Where have all the Jedi gone, long time passing? Where have all the Jedi gone long time ago? Where have all the Jedi gone? Gone to graveyards, every one. When will they ever learn? When will the ever learn? That's right, it's horrible, but in beginning around Episode three there is what we call a "Jedi Purge." Palpatine (he's the Phantom Menace, remember?) decides that he doesn't like the Jedi and hires people to kill them all. I weep.
Next time: Do any Jedi survive this "Purge?"

Fanfiction Rec of the Week ("You might not care, but I do"): Wizzardly Accusations, a Discworld fic on ff.net in which Rincewind is accused of attempting to murder the Patrician and runs away a lot. He even throws a scent bomb at poor Angua! It's tough to be a werewolf.

The Betty-one looks drowsy!

16 April 2004

This isn't a real post so it doesn't need a title, but it has one now, so I guess I meant that it doesn't need a scheme-related title, but since no

one gets my scheme anyway it doesn't really matter.

We can buy you the tickets for Sunday on Saturday, but have the money with you and pay us back after the show if at all possible. There is Youth Group, so I guess that's a plan.
Marten and Michael, please get your pants out of my house at your earliest convenience.
And check out Other SIde of the Corndog even if you just did, because there is a special bonus update.


Why shake hands when we can touch...other things? Like Lips...

15 April 2004

SAUSAGE!!!!!

Okay, so here's the deal. Since I'm dumb and can't think of what my title scheme should be, I'm just going to put random words up there until I can think of one. Or maybe my scheme should be "random words." I dunno yet. I'll decide later.
I'm really sorry that I can't go with you guys to see "Pajama Game." I'm really very upset about that, but I'll be in Iowa for a poopy soccer tournament....Comstock boys - do great!
Today in choir our student teacher said that we sounded like chickens when we sang which got me to thinking (which isn't necessarily a good thing)....what if my choir and I happened to go to a farm or someplace with a lot of chickens and then started singing and the chickens were attracted to us!!! "OMG THERE IS A CHICKEN HUMPING MY LEG!!!!!!"
Why shake hands when we can touch...other things? Like Lips...

14 April 2004

Sofa-sitting Snobs

Ha, alliteration. Anyway. Welcome, Rach! Nice to see you here! Yay! And I can't draw, either, so it's all peachy keen. I'm the one on the blog who always gets yelled at for not posting enough or for posting really stupid entries or for saying "lol" a lot. So, welcome again! hehe.

I have no idea about any of those crazy people for president. I'm stupid, remember? But, seriously, anyone is better than Bush. Based on names, the Skeleton gets my vote. :D. Anyway, I swear I had something better to say! OH! PAJAMA GAME! I can come Sunday night...going to a movie Saturday night and another play Friday night...so Sunday night's the only time I can come, but I WANNA SEE IT WITH YOU ALL! So Sunday is the only way, got it?! Okay, now I'm done. Bye!


Why shake hands when we can touch...other things? Like Lips...[hehehehehehehehe]

Uh Buh

I have to have a title scheme!? Oh geez...well, I'm not sure what to do yet, so I'll have to get back to that later I suppose. And thank you to the welcoming committee!

Martin is evil because he said my drawing of a brain was bad today and he made me feel stupid! UGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!! [MartEn is evil. And only because you wanted me to draw it for you]

That is all.

Why shake hands when we can touch...other things? Like Lips...

A convention of Republicans

We should post the rules on a seperate page and link to them. Then we should add some crazy, random rules like
Rule Number six.There is absolutely NO.... Rule Number Six.
(Props to Monty Python)

Anyway, welcome Rachel. I'm posting this from the North Star room, cause I have nothing else to do. I'm eating mysterious popcorn. For the primary, although I'm offended that you never guess on my match-ups and comment on this the first time, I'm going with the Palpatine. I'll go by their plans for Iraq.
Bush: We've seen his rebuilding. It's boring and it's going too slowly.
Bill Gates: He'll probably institute a governement full of glitches so he can release Iraqi government 2.0 to fix the bugs, but it'll contain new ones, and pretty soon we'll just have to shut down Iraq and reboot.
The Skeleton: He'll make all the Iraqis dance for his amusement. This would be fun, but would probably just lead to a massive uprising the minute he says "I sleep now"
Palpatine: He'll likely enslave the populace and force them to build a weapon that he'll use to enslave all the other countries, and pretty soon America would expand and become the Earth Empire, containing every country.

So we can see that Palpatine is best because he will bring world peace. We'll all be united under one government. Of course, it'll be a government of evil, but sooner or later we'll be saved by Luke and things will all be ok.
So, If you want good seats to the Pajama Game, I need a number of people and a day by tomorrow. Money would be nice, too, but I can cover you guys until I see you. That is all. I sleep now

Why shake hands when we can touch...other things? Like Lips...

13 April 2004

Hooray for desperate story transitions!~T&R

First of all, official greetings from unofficial mod. Welcome to the Blog Rachel, you need a title scheme. All mine are quotes from web comics and other blogs, Erins are quotes from books and movies, Nathan has something musical, I dont remember what, Michael's are quotes from the west wing, thomas is welcome to fred, Sophia has band name ideas, and I can't figure out Jonahs. You need one that isn't any of those. Other rules: Nothing can be deleted, but you can add edits in bold to other posts.
You can change the template(little quote thing on the bottom) only after the one currently in use has been there for a week, unless its a special occasion. there are probably some minor rules I'm forgetting, but.... oh well.

I could have sworn I edited in that we were going saturday after thomas posted we were going friday... ( I edited in Sunday because all the marching stuff is on Saturday and I can't go, so I was encouraging everyone to come Sunday --Thomas)

Im stuck between Palpatine and the skeleton. They should fight in Mortal Kombat. literaly. That is, play against eachother in the video game.

Why shake hands when we can touch...other things? Like Lips...

12 April 2004

Oh Happy Day!

Hola Hola Coca Cola! Okay, so I've finally got this thing figured out, and I will be posting on here anytime something stupid comes to mind. Actually, that's a bad idea because then I would be posting about 50 times a day...Anyway!
For my very first entry (woo hoo!) I'll just talk about my other day at practice. Okay, here's what happened...My team and I were running laps and we happened to come upon some ducks. My friend Megan decided that she wanted to catch a duck, so she ran to go get one. Well obviously the ducks flew away! Which got me to thinking...why don't ducks live in trees? I mean, they can fly so it's apparent that they can live in a tree or at least stand on a tree limb if they wanted to, but I've never ever seen a duck in a tree! And now I want to! My goal in life is to see a duck in a tree!
Why shake hands when we can touch...other things? Like Lips......that's a good question! I think it would be a great idea to walk up to some random person, introduce myself, and touch their lips. That way I can give and take germs and become sick and die faster than normal! That's the best idea I've ever heard!...Or perhaps it's the dumbest thing I've ever heard...

Hail to the Chief

I realized something to day. I can no longer remember which of my friends went to Fall Creek with me and which ones I met in High School. The fact that I remember middle school so vaguely is worrying to me. I think I may be going senile early.

I've decided that I need a feature, like fanfic recommendations or match-ups. So to celebrate election year, I'm having our vary own Compendium of Stupidity election simulator. Since we have so few people, I'm letting everyone vote in both primaries. First the Republican primary. The candidates are:

George W. Bush
Bill Gates
Senator Palpatine
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra!

Cast your votes in your next post.

Why shake hands when we can touch...other things? Like Lips...

10 April 2004

Now lets all eat pie.~T&R

I havn't posted in a while, but Thomas hasn't posted in even longer, so the hat of shame lies with him.
I went to a baptist church last night! It was interesting. The man yelled. A lot. And he didn't use his voice properly so he sounded like a louder whinier michael. However, he had some interesting things to say, and to be fair, it was all true, but its point of view, you know? the way they interpret things, its different. more on that on the lobby.
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra has to be the best movie. Ever. But don't see it alone, cuz it sucks when you watch it without anyone to make fun of it with. A horrible experience I had to go through because Michael neglected to tell me of a time change. But all is well, because Jonah paid for my ticket the second time, and I got to punch Michael in the stomach.

Why shake hands when we can touch other things?

My gift is my song, and this one's for you...

Jonah-- Yeah, that is an old one. And all these years I was just waiting for such an occasion as this to use it properly. I do remember Levi's hardwood floors website. That was hysterical.

Nathan-- Congratulations on the braces! :)

Yesterday was one of the coolest days ever. Mrs. Horrigan has this friend who has done plays on Broadway and everything, and he came to talk to us in SRT. His name's Ben Davis, and he went to LN. He's been in Les Mis on Broadway and a touring production of Les Mis, La Boheme on Broadway and in LA, and Thoroughly Modern Millie on Broadway. He's worked with Baz Luhrman and he's met Nicole Kidman and Leonardo DiCaprio and Hugh Jackman and James Gandolfini and James Lipton and all kinds of people. He got a Tony for La Boheme and he brought it and we all got to hold it. I got to hold an actual Tony Award! And then he sang for us. Twice. He has an amazingly beautiful voice. Plus he was really really nice. How cool is that?

Ok, I lied about having the fanfic rec up yesterday. I didn't feel like it yesterday. So it will be on Saturdays. This is all part of my grand scheme to confuse the new bloggers as much as possible when they get here. "You might not care, but I do." For this week's rec, I decided to buck tradition and go with something non-Star Wars. And I've been talking about Discworld a lot lately, so it's not that either. Instead, it is a Chicago one-shot called "Somebody Got Murdered." It's on good old ff.net. It talks about the various violent crimes committed by the six merry murderesses and the sweetest little jazz killer. It's actually very good as far as characterization and mood, even though it's a songfic, which I usually hate.

It's time to bring this ship into the shore, and throw away the oar forever.

See I'm Smiling

My braces are gone! No more braces for Nathan! And I can eat anything I want!
In other news, the Cabaret and the Easter Egg hunt were both huge successes. At any rate, we didn't crash and burn at the Cabaret, which is more than I can say for Josh.
The Easter egg hunt had way more people than anyone expected. We didn't hide enough eggs for everyone, but it turned out ok.

It's time to bring this ship into the shore, and throw away the oar forever.

09 April 2004

A company of Widgeons

Erin - Wow, that takes me back. That injoke probably predates my relationships with Marten, Thomas, and Michael (I don't actually remember when I met Sophia). Do you remember Levi's hardwood floors website?

Anyway, I found out via Michael that there is a Moulin Rouge soundtrack II which has all the good stuff missing off the first one. If anyone is ever looking for something to buy me that might be worth bearing in mind.

I never gave you the update on the watermelon vs a slightly larger watermelon in a pole-vulting competition. Well, neither watermelon has arms, so the real question is, will the extra size increase the thrust of the watermelon or just add dead weight. Of course, the larger watermelon can hold a bigger pole, which would get it higher. So the verdict is the slightly larger watermelon.

I'll conclude with a shameless advertising plug of : The Pajama Game!
Your school doesn't have a musical, so come to ours.


SEE: A knife throwing exhibition by the amazing Vernon Hines!
THe best Tropical Spanish nightclub in Cedar Rapids, Iowa!
Everybody dressed for the fifties!
People losing their pants to humorous effect!
HEAR: A man singing a duet with a tape recorder!
A random middle of the show number that rivals Cabin Fever!
"I love you"... in morse code!
WITNESS: The titanic struggle for Pajama Survival!
You won't want to miss...
THE PAJAMA GAME
Coming soon to a Lawrence North near you!
April 17 @ 7:30 and April 18 @ 2:00


It's time to bring this ship into the shore, and throw away the oar forever.

08 April 2004

Wallpaper's a little faded, that's okay; carpet's a little loose... HARDWOOD FLOORS!

Okay, that's outside my title scheme, but I had to break it just this once in celebration of the fact that our kitchen now has hardwood floors! This is very exciting for me.

Moving on, I have a new Discworld theory. I developed it while I was bored in Precal. I don't really want to disclose too much, because I think I'm going to write a story about it and I want some of y'all to be surprised. But I'm going to have to buy Night Watch. And for some reason I can't even begin to rationalize I've started to try to figure out the Discworld timeline again. Or, as I like to call it, The Glass Clock of DOOM. Especially considering that Theif of Time was mainly Pterry's big excuse for his crappy chronology and just made it worse.

Irrelevant spoiler of the Day: That's right, I know it's heartbreaking, but you remember Darth Vader? You know, the tall guy with the menacing breathing? He's Anakin. Ani falls to the dark side. Feel free to weep.
Next time: Where have all the Jedi gone?
The Original Trilogy comes out on DVD in September, and the Episode III premiere is May 19, '05! Woo!

Let's see... what else did I have to say... Oh, yeah!

I'm bringing back the fanfiction recommendation of the week! And it will be every week! And it will be starting on Friday! ("You might not care, but I do.")

Sigh... sometimes I wish I had a life. And then I think... no, nevermind.

It's time to bring this ship into the shore, and throw away the oar forever.

05 April 2004

Back to Reality

I'm back too! I finished my paper, although it sucks. I don't particularly care, though, because it's only 60% of the 6 weeks grade. There's still 40% of other crap. So there. Anyway, my cruise was AMAZING and I actually got something similar to a tan (it's still reddish). I burn SO easily...ick. Anyways, I'm sad I missed JournalCon and "bitchpants". Sounds like a super-great time, though. I answered all those questions! Yay! And congrats, Erin, on the new fan fiction! It's fun stuff, and your title sounds like coolness. Ha, I'm still in editing mode, I just changed the last sentence because the phrase "sounds coolness" wouldn't have worked. Crazy stuff. Anyway, bye bye!

It's time to bring this ship into the shore, and throw away the oar forever.

03 April 2004

He screamed for help, but no one heard, and by the morning he was dead.~The New Toaster, sort of

Yay! Comstocks have returned! Indianapolis just hasn't been the same. Journalcon was fun. Erin, if you read this in time, please bring the tapes to youth group so they can listen to a bit of the madness.
The new template fits my current mood perfectly. This research paper is driving me mad! I'm about half-way done with it, but I have a real headache, and have taken two naps because of it. It's like pulling teeth out of my ears. I am generally Goshenellumpth. Oh well. Back to work.

It's time to bring this ship into the shore, and throw away the oar forever.

Roll with the changes

This title implies my final change to the title scheme, at least for now. Songs. All Songs, but mostly still musicals with some classic rock and folk music thrown in. By the way, I officially love so called "classic rock", especially Styx, Journey, and REO Speedwagon. More on that if I feel like it.
I'm gonna be posting more now. Things have calmed down a lot. I have my Saturdays back for a while. Life is ok.
It's not good. My grade took a serious dive last six weeks and it's looking very likely I'll take home my first D on a report card ever. I may be able to raise it before it gets on my transcript, but not before the six weeks. And more than likely Mom and Dad will make me quit New Dimension next year if that happens.
One more thing: Orson Scott Card remains the best author ever. I highly recommend "Maps in a Mirror".

It's time to bring this ship into the shore, and throw away the oar forever.

I'm not really a whore-monger, Dad.

That quote is from Jersey Girl, which I just saw. I love Liv Tyler, but it's funny because Ben Affleck tries to act. Like, with human emotions.

Jonah-- Yeah, Nathan can definitely read Monstrous Regiment. It is good, isn't it? :) I think the only reason I bought the Corndog thing was because I was in a heightened emotional state, due to my recent publication. And the Moulin Rouge soundtrack does have some of the good songs on it. Like the Elephant Love Medley. I love the Elephant Love Medley. I love it whenever Ewan McGregor belts out pretty words.

Plus, if you guys who were gone haven't heard about JournalCon 1.5 yet, all I can say is that it involved the word "bitchpants." Quite a lot. And how often do you get to say that?

I'll go do the Friday Five now.



It came with a matching tie, using a liberal definition of the term "matching"
They're both made of fabric?
Pretty much.

A trip of dotterel

I'm back!!!
So the trip to Florida was full of Comstock-like hilarity, some of which will soon surface on Tales from the Other Side of the Corndog. When we actually got to Florida, there were many Comstocks and therefore much more hilarity, including:
-My cousin David who brought his girlfriend to meet the Comstocks after only nine months of dating.
-My cousin Paula's husband, Georgio, whose English is very good, but is still week enough to lead to several amusing translation stories.
-The quote "I feel like a lizard!" actually making sense.
-The mysterious "mini golfing" trips.
I also went shopping, and my aunt paid as her b-day present to me. I got: Newsies on DVD, Silly Songs with Larry on CD, and the Moulin Rouge soundtrack (which sucks, because they axed good songs that were in the movie in favor of "Moulin Rouge inspired" crap by "popular" artists).
I'm happy to report that my cousin Paula in Italy is going start reading TftosotC and, possibly, by extension, CoS. That is, when she gets a computer in her new house, which is the next priority after running water and a bed. So that means international readership for Jonah! By the way, thank you very much Michael for ruining my joke, which Erin actually seemed to be buying.
And speaking of Erin, as soon as I finish posting I will go over to Fanfiction.net and start reading!

BTW, I loved Monstrous Regiment. Can Nathan read it before I return it?


It came with a matching tie, using a liberal definition of the term "matching"
They're both made of fabric?
Pretty much.
I think everyone on this blog is quite aware of my hair situations.

It came with a matching tie, using a liberal definition of the term "matching"
They're both made of fabric?
Pretty much.

02 April 2004

Wack-fol-a-diddle, etc.!

IT'S UP! IT'S UP IT'S UP IT'S UP!
Everybody please please go to fanfiction.net and click on movies and click on Star Wars, and there is Dex's Diner by ME!
Celebrate!

It came with a matching tie, using a liberal definition of the term "matching"
They're both made of fabric?
Pretty much.

01 April 2004

Dex!

I JUST POSTED A STORY ON FANFICTION.NET!
Yeah, I know it's April Fool's Day, but I'm serious! I did! It's Dex's Diner! So everybody look for it there within the next few days, because I POSTED IT! AHHH!

It came with a matching tie, using a liberal definition of the term "matching"
They're both made of fabric?
Pretty much.