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bored - Music:Tricky - "Bad Things"
The faces, I was told, were drawings of me and Jimmy.
Also, filed under "funny things that Mia says":
Kayla: "Yeah, so Mia and Shelby (my 9 year old cousin) were drinking sparkling grape juice, calling it 'wine', and going 'chug, chug, chug' to one another."
Me: "I wonder where she learned THAT from?"
Mia, matter-of-factly: "Watchin' movies."
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dying of the cute - Music:Method Man f. Busta Rhymes - "What's Happenin'"
Yes, I regularly faint at the eye doctor's. Mock away.
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ecstatic
Saturday -
Sunday - woke up to find that one of my contact lenses had somehow gotten stuck on the outside of the holder, dried up, and cracked. We spent most of the afternoon looking for someplace that was open that could replace my lens, to no avail. So I have an emergency eye appointment this morning. I have glasses, but the prescription is really out of date and I only use them for around the house. Luckily the eye doctor that I'm going to is only about 2 miles down the road. I really shouldn't be driving at all, but I gotta do what I gotta do. Was up till midnight writing a paper on the worst book ever written. I started falling asleep, so I have to finish it this morning.
For your Monday morning amusement, I provide you with this link to a product that I think we could all use. Be sure to read the customer reviews and also the customer images.
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busy
more here: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archiv
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giggly
In other news, the heat in my apartment is still not working. It's about 58-60 in here. Someone should be arriving shortly. Thinking of going to get firelogs for the fireplace, can't justify the expense. Unless it's going to take longer than a few hours to get this shit fixed once and for all. Then it might be a neccessity.
Or maybe I should work out, but that would be awfully awkward when maintenance arrives. Besides, I have had a pot and a half of coffee so far today, my heart might explode.
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bouncy - Music:She Wants Revenge - "These Things"
http://clackindustriescom.easycgi.com/s
Thanks to
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giggly
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=254a6
1) lyrics self-explanatory
2) see #1
3) see #1
4) title self-explanatory
5) I always listen to "Agaetis Byrjun" when it snows. Always. There's something snowy about it.
6) Chicago is cold
7) I pray to die in space/to cover me in snow/cover me in snow
8) makes me think of late fall/early winter
9) oh take me with you...
10) there's nothing like a screaming match in the middle of winter
11) gives me chills.
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cold - Music:Sigur Ros - "Olsen Olsen"
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amused
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birfday! - Music:Tori Amos - "Snow Angel"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_
This sort of news story always makes me smile. For all the yet-unknowns like Dorothy that are still out there: Some of us haven't forgotten. Even if it takes us over half a century.
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hopeful
"In the summertime, it was gross," Cash said. "You could always smell it. It smelled like something rotten."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_
I can tell you from firsthand experience that human decomposition smells like nothing else in this world. It's a sweetish sort of rot that you can almost taste. The smell gets in your hair, clothes, and your skin.
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geeky - Music:Blur - "Girls & Boys"
I think this is an incredible article, and sad too. When I worked with Joanna Devlin last summer at UT, it became incredibly apparent to me that arson investigation and forensics training were so desperately neccessary at local levels. I only worked with her for one day - eight hours - and she told us point-blank that specialized training was more than most arson investigators around the country currently have under their belts. And, I assure you, even with that training I do not feel in any way qualified or comfortable enough to investigate an arson or fire deaths. In most areas, this kind of job only requires a high school diploma, and training is done informally, on the job, and paired with more experienced investigators passing down their wisdom; however, rarely are any these investigators required to have any kind of formal schooling whatsoever. At max, they have to take a forty-hour training course - much like the one I took at UT in taphonomy. Forty hours. Nothing more. I have a forty-hour training certificate and I still feel like I don't know shit, that it was just the tip of the iceberg in terms of knowledge that I will need to one day do a very important job that desperately depends on my accuracy as well as reliable, up-to-date scientific information.
This lack of knowledge and training is frightening and mind-boggling, and it doesn't apply exclusively to arson investigators. Often times homicide investigators, crime scene techs, and other individuals in the field don't have enough training or knowledge of specialized situations, unintentionally overlooking or destroying evidence that isn't "in their field" - entomology, anthropology, forensic botany...etc.
Just something to think about.
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contemplative
Already gotten several compliments on the outfit. I forgot my wand, though. D'oh!
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devious - Music:Far - "Pony"
Also a list of the 6 creepiest places on Earth: http://www.cracked.com/article/181_
Anything you would add to the list? Personally, I've always had a strange fascination with Centralia, PA.
Feel free to entertain me, I'm bored at work this morning.
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bored
This is probably #2 on my personal Scariest Thing Ever list. I just scared the crap out of myself with a GIS for "Robert The Doll."
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scared

Some hilarious News Caption Fail.
Also, an interesting article on Photoshop and missing kids. Keep in mind that the 97% recovery rate that NCMEC claims is due to the fact that most child abductions are parental/familial abductions, and they already know who the kidnappers are. Rule of thumb in a non-familial abduction is that if the child isn't found in 24 hours their survival rate drops to around 50%. After 48 hours, it's near zero. This isn't always the case (see also: Elizabeth Smart, Jaycee Dugard) but it is generally the expected outcome.
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bored
Your result for The Social Persona Test (Version 2.5)...
The Rarity (QTAF)
Quirky Traditional Alpha Female

You have an unusual and unbelievably precious combination of traits, especially in a woman. Not only are alpha females extremely rare, but traditional ones with nerdy/geeky interests are even more scarce. Unlike the other types, I can't give you a description because I'm not sure if you actually exist.
PS: I know this is not a compatibility test, but assuming a mutual physical attraction, there is a very good chance you are the girl of my dreams. Not to sound desperate or anything, but please, oh please message me! (Assuming, that is, that you are between 20 and 30 and live in New England or the Tri-state area).
--Bookwyrm85
You are more QUIRKY than NORMAL.
You are more TRADITIONAL than LIBERAL.
You are more DOMINANT than PASSIVE.
When picking a date, consider: Lord of the Misfits (QLAM), The Late Bloomer (QTAM), The Snowball's Chance in Hell (QTBM), or The Manga Geek (QLBM).
(Image from http://folk.uio.no/thomas/lists/amazon-c
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confused - Music:Timbaland f. The Hives - "Throw It On Me"
Attention Whore Friday, directly stolen from
spiffynoodle
Post a picture of the actor you would like to portray you in LJ: The Movie and share why do you think this is a good match. Then post this in your own LJ and see what kind of discussion this generates.
However, I suck at
Post a picture of the actor you think should portray me in LJ: The Movie and share why do you think this is a good match.
For the record, my boss thinks I look like Amber Tamblyn. I'm not certain.
Discuss/share/deny.
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relaxed
http://songza.fm/~p550qf
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giggly - Music:obviously, the abovementioned song