Grapefruit Juice

dalinae @ 2006-10-12T19:12:00

2006-10-12T19:18:04Z

Wait, was yesterday's Tek Jansen episode (on the Colbert Report featuring George Lucas) a parody of the Lori Jareo spectacle or am I imagining things again?

Migraine again - a bad, bad migraine. But wonderful, wonderful European anaesthetics that can be obtained from various sources other than pharmacies.

dalinae @ 2006-09-29T12:28:00

2006-09-29T09:34:12Z

Take the quiz at dicepool.com

(Description: You are a four-sided die, a d4. Otherwise known as a tetrahedron, a "Caltrop", or (to a lesser degree) "Ol' Pointy". This crap bores you, so I'll get to the point. Others tend to see you as petty, conniving, manipulative, argumentative, defensive, greedy, and needlessly antagonistic. You see yourself as focused, effective, efficient, influencing, shrewd, tactical, and direct. Both points of view are in fact correct. You always know the best way to get things done, a fact that never wins sympathy with others. Whenever you manage to gain control of a situation, your solutions are swift and brutal. Unfortunately everyone else is convinced that granting you such power is, "a bad thing" and often conspire to keep it out of your hands. Such short-sighted fools!)

Shamelessly stolen from taokodr with much gratitude for one of the funniest and funnest quizzes I've taken so far.

dalinae @ 2006-09-22T14:45:00

2006-09-22T11:56:23Z

It's Bulgaria's Independence Day today, it's rainy and quiet and I'm sitting at home and arranging my family's film collection by color and watching some Bulgarian music channel where people text in questions and some "oracle" answers with a "yes" or a "no". It's quite fascinating to witness, this shotgun marriage of old superstition and modern technology.

dalinae @ 2006-09-15T02:26:00

2006-09-15T06:31:34Z

Yay! Kristin Chenoweth (the bestest Galinda/Glinda, in my opinion) and Mark Twain's version of the Bible. In a musical. Couldn't have wished for more awesome in one place (except for tickets to see Wicked with its original cast, of course.)

The moom's just sitting there, staring at me like a stalker. Can't sleep like that, people.

dalinae @ 2006-09-15T00:51:00

2006-09-15T04:52:42Z

It's amazing how many videos on YouTube have cats flushing toilets. In fact, when reading on toilet-training a cat, I was warned not to teach one how to flush because they are so fascinated with running water.
My own cat's now looking at me all angry as evidenced by the two orange points of light coming from the edge of the bed.

Language Savvy

You scored a 210 out of 400 on language knowledge.

Congratulations! You know your stuff! You've scored higher than most people would and you probably have taken a linguistics or cultural science class to boot. Most likely you are bilingual or even multilingual. You are also probably fascinated by languages and want to learn more of them in the future. When you travel to a foreign country, you make a point to learn some of the language instead of imposing your own. It's people like you who help promote the exchange of languages worldwide. Keep it up!

My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 99% on knowledge

Link: The World Languages Test written by jeremie096 on OkCupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

Well, I expected a comfortably-high score but those questions are friggin' tough.

dalinae @ 2006-09-15T00:24:00

2006-09-15T04:31:14Z

I should really be going to bed considering that tomorrow I need to get up by 7:00 AM to, well, relocate to a different friggin' continent with two bags of luggage and a sulky cat. I just don't feel like it. So, I'm sitting here, drinking my two-liter bottle of Coke and eating my salt-and-vinegar (yum) chips and watching Deadwood. Because I am irresponsible like that.

But honestly, how many times in a sentence can Deadwoodians use the word "cocksucker"? Poor word needs some overtime pay worked into its contract.

dalinae @ 2006-09-10T17:52:00

2006-09-10T22:02:10Z

That Craigslist prank (need I mention it's NSFW) that people were saying might not destroy lives and jobs and marriages because, after all, who reads Encyclopaedia Dramatica? Yeah, it's on Fark. Welcome to the Internet.

General consensus is that RFJason's a little asswipe, which yeah. But, come on, pedophile vigilante sites have been using similar methods for years, it was just a matter of time before said methods were abused by a kid with a little too much time on hir hands. If you do anything online that you might be embarassed of IRL, maybe you need to cover your tracks a bit better, dummies. Oh, and replying with sexually-explicit language and pictures from your company email address? The pinnacle of lame-brainedness, genius!

dalinae @ 2006-09-10T14:57:00

2006-09-10T19:03:22Z

Haha, looky here. I am officially the fastest bannination on the journal of the infamous Ginmar. All it took was one comment:

More than half of the human race lives in fear and depression from being objectified, villified, ridiculed, dismissed, assaulted, and murdered by members of the other slightly-less-than-half.

I don't. My female friends don't. Aren't generalizations fun though?

You hinted at not being a female just below this. Why do you presume to speak on behalf of me and other females, you pseudo-feminist?

To someone who asserted that all women live in fear, etc. and Ginnie-girl immediately replied with

Wow, look it's Katie Roiphe. "If one quarter of my friends were being raped, wouldn't I know?"

Your friends are not the center of the universe.

And the ban-hammer, which prevented me from responding with a:

Haha, no. S/he tried to assert an absolute statement, saying that more than half the population lived in fear. I just proved him/her wrong. *sigh* Will people learn to read, damnit?

Shee-it, I am so proud of myself, I can cry.

For bonus fun, watch her mathematically and logically-challenged friends try to convince me that earth-logic is null and void.

ETA: Just in case someone skipped Relational Math in college. Ctrl+F for "disprove an absolute".

dalinae @ 2006-09-05T22:32:00

2006-09-06T02:54:55Z

I hate the world a bit more since yesterday. Every Steve Irwin tribute I see on TV makes me tear up. You just know life's a bitch when evil asspistules like Phelps are allowed to poison the world for over half a century while omeone like The Crocodile Hunter dies in such freakish circumstances. Booo, life.

On a more positive note, I have a new favorite song. I'm sure Poe (i.e., my pretend husband) approves.

dalinae @ 2006-08-17T17:04:00

2006-08-17T21:21:20Z

"(6)WOMAN.—The term ‘woman’ means a female human being who is capable of becoming pregnant, whether or not she has reached the age of majority."

And since every woman is to be considered pre-pregnant now, under law, our rights are to extend as far as we have working ovaries. Crank 'em up, ladies, cause once you get ovarian cancer or get your tubes tied or go through menopause, you're in a limbo status. Will you, dear inbred fucking monkey-assed gentlemen, tell me what am I going to be once I get to be 45? What are you? Can I feel free to define man as "a male human being with a functioning brain and independently-functioning male organs"? In that case, even those blue pills you keep popping and subsidizing as medical necessities won't help.

I resign from the human race (again).

With much disdain,

An ill-wisher.

dalinae @ 2006-08-16T06:31:00

2006-08-16T10:45:38Z

New rule of fandom: plagiarization warrants death threats. Is it that a disproportionate amount of batshit is drawn towards fandom (HP or otherwise) or does the environment of fandom turn some people batshit? Maybe I should try to research that instead of wasting my time with psychology of surrealism.

Let's see how long till someone else realises that infinitedomain is being sarcastic.

Oh, looky who went and learned himself a new catchphrase without bothering to actually understand it. Poor dear, confusing "cognitive dissonance" with "denial".

If you haven't already, be sure to vote for Colbert in the Hungarian Bridge-naming contest.

Sonofabitchfuckingmigraine almost had me leaving for the ER again last night. I think I overdosed on chocolate or wine or oats or fish or air again. Triptans would have helped a bit, had they not come with a host of stupid sickening side effects in spite of $20/pill price tag.

So, to distract myself, I finished watching all episodes of Weeds I could get my hands on and went on a

meme spree.

Haiku² for dalinae
female for turning him down how is such level of stress and normal
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Created by Grahame

Hm...

Given that freezer from whom I stole this meme also got Uma Thurman, I am not so sure this is true, however flattering it might be. And, seriously, I tried like five pictures and I got Amisha Patel and Susan Sarandon on all of them. I think those servers are on e-crack or something.

And that "get the book you're reading, turn to page 123, and copy three sentences starting from the fifth sentence" meme:

"Didn't Tim say something about seeing Osborne abducted by a midget in a frock? I mean, it may be a different midget, of course, but--"
"You're right."

From "The Lynne Truss Treasury", Lynne Truss (author of "Eats, Shoots and Leaves")

dalinae @ 2006-08-14T02:50:00

2006-08-14T07:17:02Z

Hahaha. njyoder and hexennacht were shoulder-to-shoulder in the Dumb Derby and njyoder just won in a photo-finish. anti_feminism now sports a spanking new Hello Kitty outfit and is being modded by a fem-jay. Hysterical doesn't even begin to cover it.

Weeds is a pretty cool show.

Do not go to a store with taokodr. He eggs people on to buy fatty chocolatey stuff that people shouldn't have.

I'm a Roseanne addict. There, I've said it.

dalinae @ 2006-07-27T23:56:00

2006-07-28T04:44:20Z

Long time no write. Actually, plenty write just not in journal. Let's go chronologically just to keep the pretence this is actually a journal and not a thought trash heap:

New York was amazing, as usual. I stayed with some friends from college, walked around a lot, played drinking games, and was one of those obnoxious football-people during the WC. As mentioned before, I saw the Bodies exhibit and let me tell ya, it is well, a bit shocking but really breathtaking as well. You start by walking into a darkish room replete with the usual glass cases and people peering down into them. Only, the objects inside are actual human bits and parts and the foci of the room are two complete, well lit, actual human bodies of dead human beings flexing their dead muscles, some of which have been fileted and flared out like wings for better viewing. Well, color me fascinated. The rest of the rooms (around 10 or so) contained more bodies, sliced and diced and preserved with plastic-based compounds, organised around different functions pretty much like your average Bio 101 textbook only infinitely more morbid and enchanting.

And then, halfway through the exhibit - the circulatory system display. A completely dark room. The only light (red as hooker's lips) comes from a dozen glass cases containing what looks like blood-red corals suspended in water. Bitches managed to preserve complete blood vessels while stripping away the rest of the flesh. Genius, I tell you. Ethereal.

So, we came back, I had some more med tests, and the little bastards are benign, upon which a collective sigh of relief from family, doctor and me is heard. Healthy as a horse, baby. Well, minus the evil migraines but hell, no body is perfect.

What then... hm, sleep, sleep, sleep, shop, shop, impromptu wine-tasting, ah yes, Outland.

A friend of a friend of James's (okay, my friend too; I'd met him at a party the evening before) was going to said goth-club and since I'd expressed an interest in visiting, on we went. This being a goth club, I just <i>had</i> to wear my pink jacket and preppy make-up, it's just more fun this way.

(to be edited with the rest whenever I feel like it)

dalinae @ 2006-07-04T02:17:00

2006-07-04T06:24:09Z

Ah, NYC. I've missed you. Starting at the Empire State Building out the window of my friends' apartment now, all tired and happy. *delighted sigh*

Tomorrow, watching the game at the ESPN Zone at Times Square, whooohoo! Go Germany!

Saw the "Bodies" exhibit today. Still can't put my thoughts into order but will. Soon.

dalinae @ 2006-06-30T15:57:00

2006-06-30T20:12:16Z

Oh, for fuck's sake.

You know what my happy place is? Earth, uninhabited by people.

But Germany won! And it was good. That means at least one more game this month watching Ballack prance around in shorts and play with balls and jump other fit young men. *le sigh, le purr* Oh, and the game was solid, too, except for the post-final whistle brawl which I hear resulted when a German player made fun of an Argentinian (who missed the penalty, ouch) for crying. Hey, asshole, you of all people should know how pentalty kicks scamble your nerves ESPECIALLY at a WC quarter-final game, jeez. Still, the mean girl in me is kind of snickering even though she knows it's wrong.

dalinae @ 2006-06-27T17:00:00

2006-06-27T21:01:22Z

Meh, I don't care. Football sucks anyway. Stupid game.

dalinae @ 2006-06-27T16:18:00

2006-06-27T20:19:44Z

FIFA, you really screwed up with the moronic referees this time. Hope you're happy, assholes.

dalinae @ 2006-06-27T15:46:00

2006-06-27T19:49:25Z

Spain, baby, don't do this to me, okay? I'm pulling for ya like I've never pulled for any national team. Don't give me a heart attack, hon, come on, I'm hyperventillating here.

God, this was such a beautiful first half!

dalinae @ 2006-06-26T17:02:00

2006-06-26T21:32:12Z

What Your Soul Really Looks Like

You are a wanderer. You constantly long for a new adventure, challenge, or eve a completely different life.

You are a grounded person, but you also leave room for imagination and dreams. You feet may be on the ground, but you're head is in the clouds.

You believe that people see you as larger than life and important. While this is true, they also think you're a bit full of yourself.

Your near future is a lot like the present, and as far as you're concerned, that's a very good thing.

For you, love is all about caring and comfort. You couldn't fall in love with someone you didn't trust.

Inside the Room of Your Soul

Hm, the first three points are quite true (despite the crappy spelling). The last two - completely off.

Don't you just hate it when people who ask for some analysis from you don't give you the necessary inputs even though they are clearly delineated in the request form? Even more, when you ask them for said inputs they either don't get back to you for a week and counting (while the deadline is slowly ticking away) or they ask you how to find said information, which is utterly their job and not yours. Did I forget to mention that those people have been at their positions for years and you haven't hit your first anniversary yet? *sigh*

On the positive side, black hair looks smashing on me.

dalinae @ 2006-06-25T17:18:00

2006-06-25T21:29:50Z

What the fuh? The Portugal : Netherlands game was the ugliest match I have seen in the last decade or so. It was so disgusting it was tiresome. By the end I was not only just begging for it to end but was feeling sorry for anyone involved in that travesty. How the hell did that happen? Poor, poor van Basten and his disbelief. Poor ref. who will never ever ref. an international game ever again. Poor Dutch players lying scattered on the field long after the game was over? And Portugal? Is now fucked against England with at least 2 crucial players out of comission. This is NOT why we love football, damnit!

dalinae @ 2006-06-24T20:45:00

2006-06-25T01:18:13Z

I love my friends. :-)

Okay, so removal of stuff growing on your skin is painless (not counting the local anesthetic) but the smell of your burning flesh during the cauterization isn't too pleasant, yuck. Anesthetic turned half my chest dead white for a bit and scars will remain but that's nothing. I'm happy I did it - the chance of melanoma's nothing to joke around with. But, and here's the point of this post...

I now understand what people who have undergone plastic surgery mean when they say it affects your personality. For 25 years, that little black bean has sat in the middle of my collarbone and drawn the focus and now there's just an oval groove there and I no longer feel like Dani, she-who-was-born-lucky. It might be fucked up to say but I'll miss the little guy. Is there such thing as a phantom mole?

Innyway, Nadia, a friend, and I went to Easton yesterday and chanced on some nice sales, especially Bath and Body Works' Semi-Annual one. And for those who don't know, C. O. Bigellow is a bit of an upscale BBW (different stores, same company) with better quality products but the smells are purer and a bit of a crapshoot. Especially for someone like me who can only abide soft floral and citrusy scents. BBW's range, on the other side, is quite limited but in a wide variety of scents.

I also bought two whole pairs of shoes, bringing the total of wearable shoes in my collection to, ah, four, counting the boots. *gasp* I am not a real woman.

Oh, and Victoria's Secret. Sucks. Big time. Just sucks. It's badly constructed underwear (calling it lingerie would be doing real lingerie a dusservice), made of unsuitable, cheap materials, and sexified by a team of blind lemurs who've been taught sexiness by alien robots. The much cheaper Intimissimi down the street has much sexier, cuter, and more comfortable clothes for a fraction of the prices. Come on, US women, what gives?

dalinae @ 2006-06-22T17:28:00

2006-06-22T21:30:09Z

Whoa. I'm not sure if anyone else's following the msscribe saga but, wow.

dalinae @ 2006-06-22T13:18:00

2006-06-22T17:28:16Z

Hm, not sure how I feel about this one yet. Still, Muse... I. e., awesome.

This, on the other side, I know how I feel about. Great, Europe, keep giving ammunition to Bush, Bush's and the Bushites.

And this is just what I needed today. Live it up, people. Stop taking yourselves seriously.

BlakeVII's still in repair so my postings will be intermittent and tenuously constructed at best. Yes, even more so than usual. :-)

Oh, and gooooo Ghana!

dalinae @ 2006-06-21T15:30:00

2006-06-21T20:07:49Z

So all my laptop's issues have been caused by a bad motherboard, I just found out. Poor thing's out of comission for at least 2 weeks. My bank account - for a bit longer.

Sister's first day commuting on the bus started with me (I was showing her the way around) being asked if she was looking for a husband. By the 50-something year old driver. Ugh. What am I, her pimp? Next day's work reportedly passed in people taking pictures with her. Which, okay, I get it, girl's got a swimsuit model's bod (*shrug* athletes) and a very east euro accent (when she manages to squeeze out a few words in English) but the hell? She WORKS at the amusement park, she's not the amusement. I really do hope she's more entertained than annoyed by all the attention.

We went for long walk to downtown yesterday evening to walk off the sushi we'd just had. Within a few minutes, some weird guy stopped us for a five-minute talk and, when we left, followed us along the way. Not really scary cause each of us had at least five inches, ten pounds of muscle and months of sobriety on him but oh, so fucking annoying. And he sincerely thought we were flattered by the sleazy way he was sliding his eyes up and down. He was harmless at first with his hackneyed compliments and his assertions that he had six women (bzuh?) and I gave him a really polite (for me) "buh-bye" but with the following and the moving over to my sister who was completely at a loss earned him a threat of getting his ass kicked if he touched either of us. Lechery has never been replaced by anger so fast in human history. And, you know what, I'm happy I pissed him off and not the other way around.

But really, throwing aside the fact that we're some bitchy batshit bulgarians, how can an unwashed man with unwashed clothes and unwashed personality afford to get mad at a clean, educated female for turning him down? How is such level of delusion allowed to fester in society? How are some men allowed to grow up thinking that skeevy looks and skeevier behavior turn women on? And what is it with summer that gets the unsavory elements out sniffing the wind?

And I don't even have Krav Maga anymore to get my anger out. Anyone know a cheap place to buy one of those boxing bag stands?

dalinae @ 2006-06-14T17:21:00

2006-06-15T00:38:56Z

Die, you pigdog rat bastards.

Translation:

The 10 things men expect from their spouses during the World Cup

1. To have made the salad and cooled the brandy.
2. To have bought enough beer and appetizers and if not - to go out for more.
3. To not meddle and to be quiet.
4. To not be annoying.
5. To not interrupt the game with anything.
6. If she decides to watch - to be quiet, or to show some interest.
7. To be for his team.
8. To not say in the middle of the game "let's go home" or "you gotta go shopping."
9. To "clear out" of the house.
10. To "bear with" the sport or to pretend to do so.

The 10 things women expect from their spouses during the World Cup

1. To not be loud and not to shout.
2. To not be mad or moody after the game.
3. To not ask for too many things and not to shout at her if he wants something.
4. To provide for some other entertainment for her.
5. To not interfere with her cleaning during the game.
6. To clean up his mess after the game.
7. His friends to not stay too long after the game.
8. That there isn't a second game.
9. That there isn't a commentary studio after the game.
10. To "give her some respect" (sex) after the game.

Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, you fucking sexist country.

The first man who has such "expectations" of me will be eating his severed, fried penis on the balkony while I enjoy the goddamn game by myself and if he's lucky enough, I might take off his balls I will be wearing as earrings and reinact the game for him afterwards.

Kill mode on.