"When I was five my mother gave me an Oreo cookie. I promptly shoved the entire thing into my mouth and, while chewing, asked if I could have another.

My mother said "You should concentrate on enjoying the cookie you're eating instead of thinking about the next one."

That's pretty much the best advice I have ever received in my life."

-- Defective yeti

"Puff Daddy is planning his own line of Lincoln Navigators. Like everything he does, the car will be pieced together from older, better cars." - Lewis Black

Listening to... Goo Goo Dolls - Broadway
Feeling... a monster caffeine-withdrawal headache

Oooouch... I wasn't kidding about the headache. Since I'm nearing the end of my stay in Hotlanta (5 months to graduation, just turned in the petition) I've been working on doing all the things I've been meaning to do here. Among this summer's plans:
1. See Oakland park
2. See the state captiol (and being "tourist for a day")
3. Monday night drag show at Nickiemoto's
4. IPST paper museum (it's directly behind my apartment bldg, I'm just lazy)
5. ATL botanical

I'm knocking out number 3 tonight.

While I'm doing lists, I'll post this list of volunteer jobs I'd like to get into (as a reminder to self):
1. Food prep at Zoo Atlanta
2. Project Open Hands
3. Teacher's aide
4. Train Seeing-Eye dogs

Now if only I had some good short-term job prospects for spring...

Old Song Lyrics again-- I'm on a roll....

"Well, maybe I'll call or write you a letter. Now maybe we'll see on the 4th of July. But, I'm not too sure and I'm not too proud. I'm too sure and I'm not too proud to say (ah-oh) it was good,
living with you (wah-oh), it was good."
-Better Than Ezra (the only band to ever give J,LC a run for their money as my favorite performers)

Old song lyrics:
"God help you if you are an ugly girl.
Course, too pretty is also your doom,
Cause everyone harbors a secret hatred for the prettiest girl in the room."


"I'd never try to give my life meaning by demeaning you
And I would like to state for the record, I did everything that I could do."


-Alana Davis- 32 flavors

Interesting description of Jump, Little Children:
"He lists band ingredients a little bit of electric lead, cello and accordion and upright bass electric and acoustic mandolin and "a tasty little trap drummer. [hahaha] They're each quirky looking in their own way--the hunk, and the nerd, and the artsy guy and the rockabilly guy, without it looking contrived or anything."

Eno Music Festival

"and social skills are important, because in life I'd have to get people to do what I want" -3 X K

Me- I think she (the new grad kid) could be one of our minions.
Green- I think we're cool enough for minions.
Me- Yeah, we definitely have insufficient... minion-age.

As if I could be a bigger fan of Jay Clifford's, I saw him in an amazing solo concert last night. I heard this Rosebud song for the first time. It's nice...

DON'T PUT IT ON

Don't put it on
Last night you were a vision of perfection
Leave your dresses in the armoir
As the evening addresses it's last au revoir
I think we left your scarf on the lawn
And don't put it on

Don't put it on
I'm begging you dear, now that the dawn is near
Leave your jewelry on the nightstand
There's no ornamenting your porcelain hand
And though the night is now dawn
Don't put it on

I love to watch you dress
I'm jealous how your silk caresses you
You are so wonderful
Why put on anything at all?
Don't put it on

Don't put it on
Your naked eyes awake to the rising sun
Leave your perfume on the table
Leave your lipstick to stain my lapel
Your lace, your gloves, your ribbons
Don't put it on

I love to watch you dress
I'm jealous how your silk caresses you
You're so wonderful
Why put on anything at all
Don't put it on
Don't put it on
And I love to watch you dress
I know your room's a mess
But don't put it on

Another song I still love - Honey by Mariah Carey

Oh, I can't be elusive with you, honey
Cause it's blatant that I'm feeling you
And it's too hard for me to leave abruptly
Cause you're the only thing I wanna do

And it's just like honey
When your love comes over me
Oh baby I've got a dependancy
Always strung out
For another taste of your honey

Identify yourself using the songs of one artist/group. I choose Jump, Little Children (of course!)

1. Are you male or female?
Ordinary Girl
2. Describe yourself:
Undergroung Elite
3. How do some people feel about you?
Hold your Tongue
4. How do you feel about yourself?
First to Feel like this
5. Describe your girlfriend/boyfriend/interest:
Someone's in the kitchen
6. Where would you rather be?
Cathedrals or Holy City
7. Describe what you want to be:
Aimless
8. Describe how you live:
All around the world
9. Describe how you love:
Lover's Greed
10. Share a few words of wisdom:
It's Up to You

How can you resist a test that asks:
"T/F A pimp is a good thing to be." ?
Dante's Inferno Hell Test
(I'll be sorrowful but not tortured in level one: Limbo).

"She's a special one..." - from the guy behind me in my Bio final when Dr Yen stopped us half way through a very difficult exam to take a picture.

Queens of the Stone Age - Go with the flow

She said "I'll throw myself away,
They're just photos after all"
I can't make you hang around.
I can't wash you off my skin.
Outside the frame, is what we're leaving out
You won't remember anyway
I can go with the flow
But don't say it doesn't matter anymore
I can go with the flow
Do you believe it in your head?
It's so safe to play along
Little soldiers in a row
Falling in and out of love
With something sweet to throw away.
But I want something good to die for
To make it beautiful to live.
I want a new mistake, lose is more than hesitate.
Do you believe it in your head?
I can go with the flow
But don't say it doesn't matter anymore
I can go with the flow
Do you believe it in your head?

True, true:

"Don't be sorry, be better."
-- Kerry's Motto

Obviously, I prefer funny quotes, but sometimes I like a good inspirational message:

Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, falling in love in
a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your
imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of
bed in the morning, what you will do with your evenings, how you will spend
your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what
amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love. Stay in love. And it will
decide everything. (Pedro Arrupe, S.J.)

Why, oh why can't this guy be my Behavior Analysis professor???

From the final:
"I'd like for you to describe (IN GREAT DETAIL) an operant conditioning procedure that you would implement if you desired to train your dog to fetch beers from the fridge for you as you relax watching the old tube. Tell me about what you would need to do to your home environment to make this possible, what type of reinforcement you would use, give me details about the discriminative stimulus, the final response behavior, and how this would ideally play out after some hard work. I should be able to give your response to interested parties and they should be able to train their dog if they follow your procedure. Have fun with this one. You should be able to draw from our initial primer and your experience with Sniffy to answer this question very completely."

Oh my gosh, this is soooo fabulous. A peeps wedding.

And while we're basking in the fun of Easter:
Great Moments in Rock and Roll as reinacted by Peeps
Pyromaniacs and Peeps*

*Yes, I do endorse the torture and wasting of Peeps. They are icky and should never be offered to me as food.

Random lyrics for your enjoyment:

15 Stories - Jay Clifford (Jump, Little Children)
He was seen on the 15th floor
Straight up and straight down
He seemed to lean into the wind
And scream like an old bloodhound

Two more inches would do it
Midnight to midday
There was always a crowd
A traffic jam and someone to pray

Heaven above- hold him back
Hold out and hold on
He would say to himself
I'll be bigger than life when I'm gone

He's a legend unto himself
A legend unto himself

There's nothing between him and the pavement
And there's nothing between him and anyone else

Everyday he would try
Two feet up, two feet down
Fifteen stories high
Became old familiar ground

Nice view of the river today
Sunrise and sunset
A lady screamed on the street below
He wished she hadn't noticed just yet

Kinda peaceful up here all alone
Hang-outing around
Til everyone comes to see
Again they'll all be let down

He's a legend unto himself
A legend unto himself

There's nothing between him and the pavement
And there's nothing between him and anyone else

Leaned out far today
Too far, too close
He closed his eyes and he felt the wind
He could hear the silence of the crowd almost

15 stories is quite a tall tale
Straight up and straight down
The crowd disappeared and the traffic returned
The legend spread quickly through town

Hey, hey... my last dating dry spell was a big eight months. This one was only two months. Not bad, just wanted to brag.