6.29.2005

Jeff's Quiz by Kylie

kylie's quiz

How tall are you? I'm trial size.

Do you own a gun? Yeah... I have one... it takes the minisize glue sticks.

Rehab? Even though people probably will not believe me, I have never been institutionalized.

Have you ever killed an animal? A raccoon. It turned around and looked at me with frightened eyes right before it bounced off my bumper. I think I may have starved my parakeet when I was sick for a long time.

Are you Irish? Let me ask the magic 8 ball. It said no.

What do you think of hot dogs? I hate them... but strangely crave them from time to time.

What's your favorite Christmas song? Silent Night

What is your favorite smell? I like when you can smell winter... that's the first sign of Christmas and I go on a hot chocolate drinking binge.

What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Chocolate milk, hot chocolate, or coffee.

Do you do pushups? Never, the voices in my head don't encourage me to do such things.

Have you ever done ecstasy? Nope, I'm all naturaly messed up in the head.

Have you been shot? Yes, in the butt.

Have you ever been hospitalized? Yeap... my arm was hanging above my head in a cast for a week.

Do you like painkillers? Only if they really kill the pain.

What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex? Lol my weapons are hardly a secret.

Do you own a knife? What kind of question is that... do you own a knife. I prefer the spork... its much more pokey.

Do you have A.D.D.? I think I show more and more symptoms of adult ADD every day.

Do you love the pain a tattoo brings? Couldn't tell ya... yet.

Name Five Drinks You Regularly Drink:
1. Dr. Pepper
2. Hot Chocolate (again)
3. Milk
4. Tea
5. Water

What's In Your CD Player? Switchfoot

What CD player? In my ghetto blaster

What's Under Your Bed? I have a waterbed with 6 drawers underneath holding various objects

What Time Did You Wake Up Today? 9:30 am

Current Hair? blonde with dark roots... that I need to get fixed.

What are you wearing? Red shirt and short black skirt

Current Worry? I'm hungry

Current Love? Little Debbie Snack Cake Brownies... is that perverted?

Current Hate? Bad drivers

Favorite Place To Be? My bed

Least Favorite Place? The gas station

If You Could Play An Instrument? Piano

Favorite Colors? I'm gonna skip this question.

One Person From Your Past You Wish You Could Go Back And Talk To? Corey Hall

One person From Your Past You Wish You Could be with Right Now? My grandfather I never met.

Where Would You Like To Go? To sleep.

Where Do you want to live? with my baby... someday.

Favorite food? see current love

Color of most clothes you own? black

Number of pillows you sleep with? 5

What do you wear when you go to sleep? absolutely nothing

What were you doing 12AM last night? probably running around like a chicken in a dream.

What do you think you'll be doing in 10 years? The same thing I'm doing now... just with more money involved.

Are you paranoid? About some things... like penguins and bugs.

Do you burn or tan? Neither... light bounces off my skin.

First piercing/tattoo? Ears... then those were done two more times... then tongue and naval... and now eyebrow.

Last person you yelled at? The moron in the Volvo

Last crush? My math teacher in high school

Last thing you ate? An everlasting gobstopper

If you could be a pirate, would you? Can I be a pirate without being piratey? If not then I'll pass.

What songs do you sing in the shower? Whatever I happened to have gotten stuck in my head.

When and why did you last vomit? That's a twisted question... but I'm almost sure either PMS or a kidney stone were involved.

What's in your pockets right now? I don't have any pockets right now.

What color are your bedroom walls? Sandstone

Last thing that made you laugh? A gooberistic friend.

Best bed sheets you had as a child? Multi-colored hearts... I had that set like... forever.

Any pets now? A turtle named Ari and a basset named Anna... and Jade... Chad's manx cat.

Inny or an outty? Inny

Worst injury you've ever had? The arm swinging in a way that it definetly shouldn't have been swinging hurt pretty badly.

Do you have any piercings? Yes... I have a total of 8 holes that I was not born with.

What shoes do you wear? right now... sexy black heels

Have u ever won any awards: Dear god, I couldn't even begin... but the last award was well earned. My bachelors degree.

How many TV's do you have in your house: Three, two are mine.

Have you ever sprained/broken/fractured a bone or gotten stitches? The arm (again), and I broke my finger, sprained ankles.

Who do you tell your dreams to? Chad... and whoever else is relevant.

If u could pick one person to make out with who would it be? Steve Jobs... yeah I'm a nerd...
Baby... I wouldn't JUST make out with you ;)

Cards and Shirts


This is how people look at me... seriously. It hurts... until I get to do stuff with em that other people can't. Okay that was dirty... but oh well it's true.


I'm getting another piercing YAY! But not on my utters.


This describes me quite well...


I'm a professional stuff-maker-uper.


Perfect when you just want to blend in.

I wonder...



This is Rayma, my boss. She's holding a piece of glass. This piece of glass, along with many other pieces of glass similar to it are being used in a sculpture. This is a project the engineers are working on. We can't all help but think many things about this piece of glass. For instance, is it a representation of a giant pickle? Or well, is it a representation of... something else? If so... where do the batteries go?

Anna and the Fish



6.28.2005

Muscles

"Always remember, when someone annoys you
it takes 42 muscles in your face to frown but
it only takes 4 muscles in your arms to
bitch slap that mother fucker upside the head."

6.23.2005

Tao 6.23.05

There was something formless and perfect
before the universe was born.
It is serene. Empty. Solitary.
Unchanging. Infinite. Eternally Present.
It is the mother of the universe.
For lack of a better name,
I call it the Tao.

The universe is great.
Earth is great. Man is great.
These are the four great powers.

Man follows the earth.
Earth follows the universe.
The universe follows the Tao.
The Tao follows only itself.

6.22.2005

Toa 6.22.05

He who stands on tiptoe
doesn't stand firm.
He who rushes ahead
doesn't go far.
He who tries to shine
dims his own light.
He who defines himself
can't know who he really is.
He who has power over others
can't empower himself.
Hew who clings to his work
will create nothing that endures.

6.20.2005

Toa 06.20.05

If you want to become whole,
let yourself be partial.
If you want to become straight,
let yourself be crooked.
If you wantto become full,
let yourself be empty.
If you want to be reborn,
let yourself die.
If you want to be given everything,
give everything up.

6.19.2005

If a Car Could Cry...

Then mine would have shed tears of joy today. I washed the poor thing AND detailed the enterior. I cleaned the turtle's mansion, went grocery shopping, and continued my takeover of Chad's apartment (I'm sure he'll have something to say about that). This weekend was difficult because I was PMSing the whole time... I injured my arm pretty badly by slipping and a sharp edge of the car door caught me. Wal-mart continues to fleece the American population with the exploitation of a holiday. Our dryer broke so we had to go buy a new one. I want to redecorate so badly but have neither the time or energy or resources. I want to go see the new Adam Sandler movie... maybe I'll use that free ticket I scored. Oh yeah... my birthday is coming up. Wohoo.

6.17.2005

Insomniac

I guess its my turn to be sleepless. I woke up around 1 am and haven't been to able to sleep since. So I've been playing with my new toys.

I bought one of those ionic air purifiers with some gift certificates I got for graduation. Its not THE ionic breeze but should work just as well.

Tested out my negative scanner I bought off Ebay. Yes baby, it really was a scanner... a really big one too. It's really heavy, now I know why shipping was so much. Scanned a few negatives just to try it out... its sweet.

Set up the new printer... will be bringing both my old printer and scanner up to work so I'll have something that I can use easily. Its a shame that one could buy an entirely new printer for less than what it costs to purchase new ink cartriges. It's all a rip-off of the american consumer anyways.

I got an iTrip, which works really well with my iPod. The only bad thing is that you have to have a separate thing to charge if you need it. That's why I originally purchased the Monster iCarPlay cause it did both at the same time. I guess I'll return that if I can. God I hate wires... everything should be manditorily wireless now.

Mom says Ari was awefully cute yesterday... I don't doubt it. That little turtle makes me want to talk all baby like to it... I've never been that way with anything before... not even babies.

I don't think I mentioned that a cookbook that I illustrated when I was in 7th grade was printed last week. Well it was... it only took them 10 years to do it. I didn't remember drawing that stuff even after taking a look at it.

The Father's Day card I picked out is insanely perfect. On the outside it says something to the effect of "For Father's Day, Dad, you shouldn't have to do anything." Then on the inside it says... "so I guess I'll just have to pull my own finger". I think I snorted loud enough for the security cameras in wal-fart to hear me.

Did you know its 6:10pm in China right now? And we havent had hockey for 274 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes, and 45 seconds?

Chad's car blew up yesterday... maybe he should sue it for malpractice?

6.16.2005

OMG!

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Toa 06.16.05

When the great Tao is forgotten,
goodness and piety appear.
When the body's intelligend declines,
cleverness and knowledge step forth.
When there is no peace in the family,
filial piety begins.
When the country falls into chaos
patriotism is born.

6.15.2005

Wronged

So... I eBayed for a new LCD screen... today instead I got a docking station. YAY! Exactly what I overpayed for by about $250! Lets hope this mix-up gets resolved quickly or I may go on a Nerds sugar binge.

Disaster Strikes Again

So I have to drive down to south Louisiana on business. I get to spend a night in a relaxing, luxurious bed and breakfast plantation home and get paid doing it. Sounds great huh?!? Why am I so lucky? Well you see, I'll be redesigning their existing brochure and website, so as the graphic artist, I have to experience it to be able to convey what it's like to potential customers. So the plan was to leave work around noon. Drive 1.5 hours to Franklin. Meet with client for maybe 2 hours. Sleep.

Well... I got as far as... 0.25 miles. Then the "fun" part started. It was supposed to take 15 minutes to get out of Baton Rouge. It took 1.5 hours. Why? Because for some reason, the police felt the need to block off every entrance to the Interstate to "alleviate traffic congestion". I tried every intersection from College Dr. to Bluebonnet... where I was finally able to get on and continue driving towards Sorrento. At this point... I'll be an hour late for my meeting.

So I make it as far as Morgan City, behind the farm vehicles and the state troopers and potholes, all of which slow me down to the actual speed limit or less. Grrrrr! I need to get back onto the interstate in Morgan City (although a different one from the one going through Baton Rouge). When behold, the sherriff's officer a car ahead of me drives halfway up on the on ramp and blocks it with his lights on. We sit there for almost an hour...

Then for no apparent reason, he gets back in his car and drives off... hmmm

Tack on another full hour to being late to my meeting...

Get back on the road... rolling (admittedly very fast)... I see more blue lights.
AGHHHHHHHHHHHH! WHAT NOW! I see massively twisted vehicles strewn across the entire highway... geez... I get rerouted to Hwy 6something-or-nother-that-i-have-no-idea-where-it-goes. So what do I do... I follow the big trucks. I figure they of all people have the highest percentage of getting back on the right road. 30 minutes later... my guess was right.

I FINALLY arrive to my meeting.... 2.5 hours late. Always the right way to impress a client.

At least I did eventually get to sleep. I'm home now. I just spent a completely absurd amount of time trying to figure out what FedEx is doing to my packages. I think they think because I live out in the stix that means they are under no obligation to deliver my packages.

One time, the driver listed my package as undelieverable because... my house burnt down. Wow... I wonder who's house he was looking at... cause it wasn't mine.

Last time, the driver delievered my package to the wrong address. It was a neighbor that recently relocated to Baton Rouge, so... they weren't there to even sign for the package. That's okay.. the driver just signed for it himself and left if on the doorstep... where it stayed for over 2 days... Did I mention it was raining?

So... I admit. I wasn't here to get my package yesterday. I was going through roadwars with the cops on the pothole infested highways of south Louisiana. But why... was my package being held for pickup all the way at the sort facility in south Baton Rouge? The only reasonable answer is that I called and requested it to be held that. Maybe it was my evil twin... maybe one of those other personalities reached out and dialed the numbers... but I certainly didn't. Which of course means I have to find the spare time and gas to go pick up a package that is supposed to be at my house. Or I can call and... for lack of a better phrase. Bitch. Well gas is expensive now, so I called.

It was so hard being meanly stern though... cause the FedEx customer service person obviously had terrets which considerably lengthened my phone call.... because everything was repeated 6 billion times!

6.13.2005

Life is Beautiful

Well... Chad got his iMac G5 and his new ipod. He should be content for like... the rest of his life right.

I have also gotten a few new toys. I ordered a new screen, retails minimum $800, to replace the damaged one on my powerbook (I know I never told the story, but basically one day I was really tired and forgot to close my laptop case, so it hit the ground and the screen has been spastic ever since). To repair the screen would have cost upwards of $800-900. My computer isn't even worth that much in the real world, but in Cynthia's world, it is worth everything because that is what I make my living on. So I Ebayed for it... buying it outright for $350. That's more than what they were selling for, but this was an emergency, plus that particular screen was practically brand new. So it was worth it.

I also bought a negative/slide scanner. It scans 24 negatives at a time... retails for $550. Ebay is my friend. Scored one for under $350.

Then after helping Chad get his toys, I decided to treat myself to an iPod as welll, although we call it "exchanging birthday presents". I got a cute little purse to put all my iPod things in. Got the FM transmitter for use with my car stereo :) 7,000+ songs later. Life is beautiful.

6.12.2005

Grrrr Ice Cream

All my life, this is how it has been.

Open freezer. Grab box of ice cream. Open. Cry.

Why cry? Because there never is more than 3 bites left in the box. It's an unwritten law that whoever finishes off the box of ice cream, shall not exactly finish it off. Leaving the next person, ughhhh victim... with just a tease.

Why can't they just finish off the box of ice cream!?!

What are You Like in Bed?


You scored as A Slave To BDSM. Admit it, you like being tied up and being told you've been very naughty. You like teasing your partner and making them squirm, and not letting them be able to do anything about it. Some people think what you do is sick and disgusting, but you know it's all in good fun.

A Slave To BDSM

83%

Sex God

73%

A Romantic

58%

Virgin

50%

How are you in bed
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Which High School Sterotype are You


You scored as Loner.


Loner

94%

Drama nerd

75%

Goth

50%

Punk/Rebel

44%

Geek

31%

Prep/Jock/Cheerleader

25%

Ghetto gangsta

19%

Stoner

19%

What's Your High School Stereotype?
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Which Disney Character Are You?

You scored as Ariel.
Your alter ego is Ariel, the little mermaid!
You are a dreamer, and you often want what
you can't have. You can be rebellious and
sometimes disobey your parents
to get what you want.

Ariel

88%

Sleeping Beauty

81%

The Beast

69%

Peter Pan

69%

Donald Duck

63%

Goofy

63%

Cinderella

56%

Snow White

38%

Pinocchio

25%

Cruella De Ville

19%

Which Disney Character is your Alter Ego?
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6.10.2005

The Dancing Pancake


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I FINALLY got a picture of the dancing pancake... while driving and turning. It occasionally appears on the IHOP corner a block away from where I work. It taunts me sometimes. I don't even like pancakes... I don't trust them...

Bolda - "the dancing pancake is like a
beautiful unicorn or a sasquatch
it is elusive and mystical
like a rumor that no one believes.
dude, i bet the IHOP mafia are going to
show up at your house and take your camera"

I said its more like flour that had too much radiation or something

Toa 06.10.05

Colors blind the eye.
Sounds deafen the ear.
Flavors numb the taste.
Thoughts weaken the mind.
Desires wither the heart.

The Master observes the world
but trusts his inner vision.
He allows things to come and go.
His heart is open as the sky.

6.08.2005

Toa 6.8.05

Can you coax your mind from its wandering and keep to the orignial oneness?
Can you let your body become supple as a newborn child's?
Can you cleanse your inner vision until you see nothing but the light?
Can you love people and lead them without imposing your will?
Can you deal with the most vital matters by letting events take their course?
Can you step back from your own mind and thus understand all things?

Giving birth and nourishing, having without possessing,
acting with no expectations, leading and not trying to control.

This is the supreme virtue


"Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 5:10

6.06.2005

Toa

The supreme good is like water,
which nourishes all things without trying to.
It is content with the low places that people disdain.
Thus it is like the tao.

In dwelling, live close to the ground.
In thinking, keep to the simple.
In conflict, be fair and generous.
In governing, don't try to control.
In work, do what you enjoy.
In family life, be completely present.

When you are content to be simply yourself
and don't compare or compete,
everybody will respect you.



What is the Tao? The word describes an ancient Chinese concept that can be translated as “way” but in reality the Tao is much more profound. It is a philosophy built on the belief that our world is governed by certain unalterable truths. C.S. Lewis defined it this way:

It is the doctrine of objective value, the belief
that certain attitudes are really true, and others
are really false... This thing which I have called
for convenience the Tao, and which others may
call Natural Law, or Traditional Morality, …is
not one among a series of possible systems of
value. It is the sole source of all value judgments.
(C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man)

Tired Heart

I thought of you. I saw a gorgeous butterfly fluttering around.

As I sat on the stairs, it landed less than a foot away from me. When the stunning black and red wings closed, the other side was shown and it was transformed into a dirty and brown moth-like creature. When the wind lifted it up again, it was hard for me to appreciate its beauty, because the truth had been revealed. Butterfly is just a fancy word for an insect.

I once treasured your friendship with all my heart. You were lovely to me. Your touch felt sincere. Your words were comforting. Now the poetic words flow that flow from your lips are laced with poison and my devotion to you has withered away like an unattended garden with the passing of the seasons.

I'm almost sure you think friends are disposable. I read all the good words people say about you and I feel ashamed because I can not say the same.

There are no excuses this time. You are old enough and mature enough to know that a friendship, like any relationship, requires maintenance. I wasn't asking for you to call me once a week, but at least, to tell me you were proud me when I achieved my life-long goal. The moment which I've been working for all my life. It came and went... and you weren't there, you didn't even call or return my phone calls. Do you have any idea how much that hurt? Why should I put my heart through this again?

You weren't the only one. Its just that your knife cut the deepest...

Tech Support on Relationships

Dear Tech Support:

Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a slow down in the overall performance, particularly in the flower and jewellery applications that had operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0. In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5, but installed undesirable programs such as NFL 5.0 and NBA 3.0=And now Conversation 8.0 no longer runs and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system. I've tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail. What can I do?

Desperate

**************

Dear Desperate:

First keep in mind, Boyfriend 5.0 is an entertainment package, while Husband 1.0 is an operating system. Try to enter the command:

C:/I THOUGHT.YOU.LOVED ME and download Tears 6.2 to install Guilt 3.0. If all works as designed, Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewellery 2.0 and Flowers 3.5

But remember, overuse can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0, or Beer 6.1. Beer 6.1 is a very bad program that will create Snoring Loudly.WAV files. Whatever you do, DO NOT install Mother-in-law 1.0 or reinstall another Boyfriend program. These are not supported applications and will crash Husband 1.0. In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have a limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly.

You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance. I personally recommend Hot Food 3.0 and Lingerie 7.7.

6.01.2005

Where the Squirrels and the Cantelope Roam

Finally! I saw Madagascar! It was so cute... with the little Lemur's *I like to move it move it*... and the psychotic penguins... and all the antics that come along with a zoo full of crazy talking animated animals. Jeff is having difficulty deciding which is his favorite quote.

"If you have any poo, fling it now" - The Monkeys as they are being caught by the police for escaping

or

"What's a little friendly butt biting between friends" - The King of the Lemur's, explaining why a hungry lion would be tempted to eat his zebra best friend.

Saw the cutest movie preview for Open Season, set to release in September of next year... looks very promising.


Jeff bought me a Foamy the Squirrel shirt and DVD for my graduation present... one of the best presents I've gotten. I can't wait to watch it! If you're curious as to who Foamy is... you can watch some of his rants at http://www.illwillpress.com. Some say I really remind them of Foamy, minus all the language.