Driving With Knives

Addendum

2006-09-07T17:03:40Z

Okay, so maybe not less whiny, but certainly with less bitching about my mother (since I know you all want to hear me flog that dead horse).

Fin

2006-09-07T16:42:03Z

Well, I've decided to start afresh in the world of online journals, in a more anonymous and less whiny kind of way (plus, it will probably talk a lot more about teaching). I will, therefore, probably not post here again, though I will keep this journal in existence so that I might look at other peoples entries (oh, and as a record of my whiny past). In any case, I'm going to stick a link to my new blog in my facebook profile.

I need a life...

2006-08-09T05:11:34Z

Which OStan are you?

You are Windows Milennium Edition, sometimes known as Miserable Edition. You’re a complete spaz, and you know it, but somehow your cuteness and good nature have made you the most popular OS tan.

Iced Tea

2006-08-06T18:23:44Z

Ah, nothing like a mandate to boil your drinking water to make you think, hey, lets make some damn tea. Since it's hot out, though, lets put some ice in that fucker.

Heard it on the radio...

2006-07-26T16:12:36Z

Apparently, I have the same birthday as Mick Jagger. Who knew?

Ugh!

2006-07-24T16:18:08Z

Current temperature: 80 Degrees
Current humidity: 75%
Expected high: 90 Degrees...10 degrees cooler than yesterday (though the humidity was similar)
Status of Air Conditioner: Not doing its fucking job

Damn tropical weather!

I've been tagged....

2006-07-22T15:15:29Z

Once you've been tagged, you have to write a blog with six random facts about yourself. At the end, choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names.

1. Dad and Linda were planning a birthday dinner for me and my grandpa on Saturday (today), but neglected to tell me. I've got Comic-Con tickets for today. Whoops! Anyway, when Britta finally told me about the dinner (on Tuesday), we were able to reshedule. This is not, however, an unusual event in my family.

2. I almost didn't get my B.S. in psych because I procrastinated too long on writing the lab report for the research I was required to do, and then couldn't find the professor whose signature I needed. Even the office doesn't know how to find this guy. If he's not unreachable in San Diego, then he's probably in India. Luckily, his grad students knew how to get his signature. Still haven't gotten my diploma, though...

3. I'm lactose intolerant, but can't seem to give up cheese and ice cream. Oh well.

4. I did a few lunges on Tuesday and was sore for the rest of the week. So out of shape!

5. I got highlights on Wednesday and am getting a haircut on Tuesday, exactly what they tell you not to do right before a wedding.

6. I love plants, but tend to occasionally neglect them. I therefore love succulents.

I tag:

1. Dumindra
2. Brian
3. Laurel
4. Pat
5. Myrtle
6. Syd (she really should start writing in her journal more often)

chibiparadox @ 2006-07-21T20:32:00

2006-07-22T03:39:40Z

Well, long list-type meme, taken from Cynical Dad. Yup, I'm a blog reader. A parent blog reader. Pathetic, I know.

LIFE EXPERIENCES MEME

Bold the ones you've done (my comments are in italics).

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid Only if the Luxor counts…
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said 'I love you' and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise Man, I remember doing this when I was probably 4. It was the most incredible thing.
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby's diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment Let me tell you, during sex, uncontrollable giggling is not exactly what one would call erotic…
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse Saw an eclipse that was almost total in 4th grade. 'Twas neat. Not a total one yet, though.
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip I don’t think the trip I took to Colorado a couple of winters ago counts. We had a definite destination and time schedule.
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach It’s damn cold. Trust me.
50. Gone sky diving Some day…
51. Visited Ireland Ditto.
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your cds This was my favorite pastime on winter evenings. Can we say ‘problems’?
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Posed nude in front of strangers
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married Almost.
73. Been in a movie Been in a commercial. In 3rd grade. Don’t think that counts, though.
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
83. Got flowers for no reason How about flowers from someone I didn't know? That happened in high school. This guy had his friend deliver them (unfortunatly during a family tiff), called me later to tell me who he was (no idea), and then I never heard from him again.
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Had a one-night stand
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror.
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Created and named your own constellation of stars
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over Does going away to college and never coming back count?
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived.
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Petted a stingray
110. Broken someone's heart
111. Helped an animal give birth Nope. Have seen a couple of ‘em give birth, though.
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced The standard one (bellybutton). I’ve got 8 piercings, all in all. I was originally thinking of going for 10, and I had 10 briefly, but I wasn’t pleased with the result. I am thinking of getting another one up high on my ear, though.
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery This one I had to look up, because really, how major is major. Well, apparently it’s when you go under anesthetic. So, yeah. Twice. Wisdom teeth and fibroademona (lump) in the breast.
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours After getting my wisdom teeth out, I then proceeded to sleep the rest of the day.
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Petted a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad and the Odyssey
135. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school and read Jane Austin
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions Haven’t had one yet. Ugh, I suppose that is coming up.
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146: Dyed your hair Red, purple, blonde.
147: Been a DJ
148: Shaved your head
149: Caused a car accident
150: Saved someone's life

The joys of pet ownership

2006-07-21T20:14:05Z

Euki, the nice cat, likes to eat weird shit. Aside from a passion for cheese, she can often be seen eating carpet fuzz. She's also very playful (not really unusual for a cat). Sitting up on the table near our keys was a small spool of thread. A couple of days ago, I noticed the spool sitting on the ground, empty, where before there had been a decent amount of thread. I looked around for the thread, didn't find it, and promptly forgot about the whole thing.

Yesterday, we found a couple of cat poops in the living room. Gross, but not unheard of, as the cats have been known to play with their poop. Like I said, very playful. Again, I didn't think much of it.

This morning, the cat is standing up on the windowsill and I notice something odd. She appears to have gotten something stuck to her hindquarters. I look a bit more carefully, and several events from the last few days become much clearer. Euki had eaten the string, and about 4" was sticking out of her butt this morning. The poops found in the living room had not been batted over there, but rather dangled like a poop pearl necklace out of her butt for a while before finally coming off. Ick. Additionally, I'm not exactly sure how much string is up in the cat, as when I tried tugging on the exposed end it didn't move. So basically, we've got several more days of string expulsion ahead of us. Gross, eh?

chibiparadox @ 2006-07-12T16:00:00

2006-07-12T23:00:31Z

Yay! Success!!

chibiparadox @ 2006-07-12T15:52:00

2006-07-12T22:58:40Z

Let's see if I can do this...

Can you see this? Hope so.

Anyway, I've got this bizarre obsession with lunches, particularly bento lunches. So cute! I have a couple of divided tupperware that I've been using, but I just now ordered a Totoro bento box. I'm so excited! I can't wait for it to arrive.

Well, it's not really the season...

2006-07-11T17:58:30Z

...but I always wind up singing Christmas carols in July anyway, so I guess it's semi-appropriate.

Dear Santa...

Dear Santa,

This year I've been busy!

In August I got in line at the supermarket at the same time as someone else and I didn't yield (-8 points). In May I bought porn for whywontyoowork (10 points). Last Monday bigmonolith and I donated clothes to the needy (11 points). Last week on a flight to Bangladesh, I stole the emergency flight information card (-40 points). In February I saved a busload of nuns in Angola (326 points).

Overall, I've been nice (299 points). For Christmas I deserve a Lego set!

Sincerely,
chibiparadox

The trial and tribulations of SD

2006-07-11T16:15:31Z

The good: Office party at the beach.
The bad: Godawful La Jolla traffic.

Seriously, they need to do something about the roads. Or stop trying to do something, as the constant construction isn't doing anyone any favors.

Hey, I'm some school I don't really know.

2006-06-13T18:33:19Z

You're Carleton College!

With your frequent excursions to lakes and the woods, you
are into outdoor recreation. These excursions can often leave you stranded
in remote locations, but you feel they're worth it anyway. While some people
have accused you of being a shill, you tend to disappear before they can
finish this accusation. Despite their extreme lack of cost-effectiveness,
you almost always order small sodas.

Take the University Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

Oh, yeah. By the way, I'm graduating on Saturday. I got my cap and gown last week and totally wore them for a while when I got home.

chibiparadox @ 2006-03-27T11:24:00

2006-03-27T19:25:38Z

Oh, man. I got puke on my watch. How nasty!

Groan

2006-03-26T18:24:40Z

Oh man. Definitely made a rookie mistake last night (probably because I hadn't really drank in a long while). Gotta stop drinking when you know you've had enough, rather than when you feel it, because sometimes you really don't.

Ouch

2006-03-24T23:09:26Z

So, for some reason or another I hurt my back yesterday. I wasn't doing anything I hadn't done a thousand times before, but there ya go. Probably had something to do with hunching over a test for almost three hours. Damn you physiology lab!

Anyway, it's feeling better today. Not perfect, but definitely better.

Redeemed!

2006-03-17T22:58:39Z

Ha ha! I feel much better. Many of you have been as journal-negligent as I have.

Apologies all around

2006-03-17T22:29:36Z

So, sorry for not looking at LJ at all this quarter. Probably would have been nice to know that Syd has an England journal, but I guess I'll catch up on it now. It's been a busy quarter. Started off with grad school applications (I got into the UCSD Master's/teaching credential program. Yay!), sustained by lab reports and a mid-quarter move (to a very nice place. Definitely pays to move further East where housing is [relatively] cheaper), and finished up with 4 papers due in the past 2 weeks (I wrote a 10 pager last night). Well, almost done. Finals and all. Anyway, I'm not trying to be all emo or anything. It was a manageable load, but very full nonetheless. That is why I have no idea what has been going on with anyone. Yay for catching up!

Gah!!

2005-11-10T18:28:07Z

The a muscle at the back of my neck, right at the base of my scull, is twitching. What the hell?!!

A slightly belated Halloween...

2005-11-06T05:31:49Z

Boo!
Originally uploaded by euki_and_obi.

My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul
chibiparadox goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as Carmen San Diego.
arcaeris gives you 8 light yellow pineapple-flavoured pieces of taffy.
avisiawinger tricks you! You lose 6 pieces of candy!
mokiemonkey gives you 1 dark blue tropical-flavoured gummy worms.
psyche314 tricks you! You get a toothbrush.
supermyrtle tricks you! You get a rotten egg.
wave_song tricks you! You lose 1 pieces of candy!
whywontyoowork tricks you! You get a scratched CD.
chibiparadox ends up with 2 pieces of candy, a toothbrush, a rotten egg, and a scratched CD.
Go trick-or-treating! Username:
Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern.

Life, and the persuit of knowledge

2005-10-26T23:23:54Z

So I'm taking way too many units this quarter (22), but I seem to be keeping up with it better than when I had a normal class load. Odd. Finally hit my stride, I guess, or at least developed some good study habits. Plus the classes are decently interesting. I have a class that involves writing essays, and I've actually started writing them sometime other than the night before they're due. Amazing!

In other news, I've been tutoring at the Preuss School and I love it. Just being there makes me happy. I can tell I've found the right profession.

Currently Reading: Cryptonomicon

Aagh!! Photos!!

2005-10-12T22:47:46Z

Magic Mountain 5/23/04
Originally uploaded by euki_and_obi.

Drugs!!

2005-09-15T20:22:18Z

I've just come back from the doctor's office with a prescription for Lovastatin (for cholesterol). I think the doctor was expecting more resistance to the idea on my part, because he was totally trying to sell me on the idea (and, to be fair, I doubt most 21 year olds are as eager to start life-long medication as I am). He was all "Even if you had no fat in your diet, it'd be a 1 in 100 chance that you'd be able to get your LDL down to the levels we want. The medicine will do this, plus you'll be able to eat normally." and I was all "Bacon!"

So, yeah. Bring on the drugs.

Davis? What Davis?

2005-09-14T22:13:46Z

I apologize for not seeing anyone while I was up in Davis. The truth is, I was in town for about 15 hours (including the 8 I spent sleeping). The rest of the time I stayed at my Aunt and Uncle's house up near Auburn because I had a spat with my mom and didn't want to have anything else to do with her.