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"All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at
their peril."
--The Picture of Dorian Gray |
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[Jan. 31st, 2007|03:27 pm] |
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My brain is explodin'.
Gotta love this quote, though:
ATHIEST MOM: Oh, and don't go in the bedroom.
ATHIEST DAD: Why not?
ATHIEST MOM: There are two gay men fucking eachother in there.
ATHIEST DAD: Why are they here?
ATHIEST MOM: I wanted to watch them do it for awhile. They just aren't finished yet.
ATHIEST DAD: Okay, that's fine with me! |
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[Nov. 21st, 2006|10:57 pm] |
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| | Jekyll & Hyde - Facade | ] |
"I had an image of you in my head earlier. I thought about how a mexican version of Joy would go "Ole!!!!" all the time rather than "YAY!!!" It made me laugh."
Going to Nyack was fun. School is killer. Thanksgiving will be boring.
The further the year goes on, the less I care about AP Calculus. Or journalism, for that matter. I've completely blown it off. It's not a class, so I won't bother to write anything for it. We're two months late with our first issue, I'm supposed to write three stories but I haven't written anything. Worst editor-in-chief ever.
Whatever though. Nyack was fun.
Went with Danielle, and Joshua. Joshua I met once before but I didn't really remember him.
Huge goddamn nerd, by the way. He made a ton of references to a ton of things, many of which I got. And he likes Jonathan Coulton. People are not supposed to be like that in real life!
So yeah. We saw TMBG. Twice in one day; the kids' show in the afternoon and the 16+ show at night. Yay.
So we went with Danielle's boyfriend Mike, who has seen...something like... 130 TMBG shows? He has their signatures tattooed on his ankles. He is internet-famous and arguably Their biggest fan.
It was a little weird. He'd tell me what the next song was just by the start of the band's introduction speech to it.
We didn't go into the city at all, and even if we had planned to there wasn't any time for it. Ah well.
It was fun. Met some interesting people. Listened to some good music, not only from the concert but from Danielle's and Josh's extensive CD collections. Became a better driver. Got tired and giggly and cursed like a sailor. Lost a lot of sleep, which I'm still trying to make up for. Lost a lot of hours at work and a lot of spare time.
I'm glad to be home. All in all though, I'm glad I did it too. It was fun.
I probably have some photos on my camera, but they likely didn't turn out. I'll be pleasantly surprised if any of them did.
Tired now. Don't have anything else to write about. Going to bed.
~Joy |
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| "Peace" - by Eleanor Farjeon (or, proof I've been working on stuff for the past two days) |
[Nov. 15th, 2006|11:45 am] |
i.
I am as awful as my brother War,
I am the sudden silence after clamour.
I am the face that shows the seamy scar
When blood has lost its frenzy and its glamour.
Men in my pause shall know the cost at last
That is not to be paid in triumphs or tears,
Men will begin to judge the thing that's past
As men will judge it in a hundred years.
Nations! whose ravenous engines must be fed
Endlessly with the father and the son,
My naked light upon your darkness, dread! --
By which ye shall behold what ye have done:
Whereon, more like a vulture than a dove,
Ye set my seal in hatred, not in love.
ii.
Let no man call me good. I am not blest.
My single virtue is the end of crimes,
I only am the period of unrest,
The ceasing of the horrors of the times;
My good is but the negative of ill,
Such ill as bends the spirit with despair,
Such ill as makes the nations' soul stand still
And freeze to stone beneath its Gorgon glare.
Be blunt, and say that peace is but a state
Wherein the active soul is free to move,
And nations only show as mean or great
According to the spirit then they prove. --
O which of ye whose battle-cry is Hate
Will first in peace dare shout the name of Love? |
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| "And DESPITE THE MISLEADING NAME, not only the back, but in fact the front cover of the book are now made of a light, flexible material called PAPER." |
[Oct. 16th, 2006|12:16 am] |
I finally finally finally bought John Hodgman's book.
I have traveled to at least seven states and several foreign countries. This includes England where, on a charge of "leaning an object against the fence" (police code for nighttime drunken zoo-invasion), I spent a night in a London jail, which my captors insisted on spelling it "G-A-O-L." This is but one of the ways they tortured me. Let us not speak of it again. |
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| As imperceptibly as grief the summer lapsed away... |
[Sep. 20th, 2006|10:33 pm] |
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| | Franz Ferdinand - All for You, Sophia | ] |
It's going to be some work, but I think I'm going to enjoy this. :)
The teacher (professor, rather?) seems pretty cool. I came in late (THERE WERE NO PARKING SPOTS ARRGH, and I had to get all my textbooks) but he didn't care, he's one of the teachers that doesn't take attendance and doesn't care so long as you show up for tests. He looks like Penn Jilette and acts like my 6th grade history teacher. The lecture was interesting and he made a lot of jokes too. I must've taken 6 or 7 pages of notes, front-and-back. (If you saw my AP US History notes from last year, you'd be as amazed as I am at that.)
On grammar:
"To, too, two and 2. Believe me folks, it doesn't add up to 8."
"They drove through Sarajevo in an open-top car. Didn't they learn anything from Kennedy? Wait..."
All in all, it was a good class. I daresay it was...fun? At any rate I'm learning tons.
Tomorrow is Sociology and ASL. I'm flipping through my ASL textbook already... :3
On an unrelated note, it is chilly! Really pretty cold this morning and this evening. Wasn't there supposed to be some sort of transitional season between summer and winter, when all the leaves start to fall to the ground? The name escapes me, but I'm sure I remember something like that...
~Joy likes it too cold better than too warm anyway. |
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| What Google has brought me tonight in email |
[Sep. 4th, 2006|09:30 pm] |
"...but Mac enthusiasts, in relative terms, are like left-handed Esperanto-speaking albino Zoroastians. Interesting folks, but not numerically overwhelming."
XD I am amused.
Also: Idunwannagotoschooltomorrah! *whine bitch complain*
Also also: I start work on Thursday. I should've checked the schedule to see if Jessie's working with me. |
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| 90.9 WGUC hell yes |
[Aug. 24th, 2006|09:34 pm] |
"You have that kind of look about you that says, 'I watch porn every day'."
-Brandon. Re: Me. XD
I think I've gotten more driving experience in the past not-quite-week since I got my license than in the month or two before. I can drive anytime I please, to wherever basically, and I'm not as uptight when I'm alone in the car. I'm not constantly second-guessing myself like "Do I have the right of way? Can I make that turn?" I'm much more relaxed.
NOWIJUSTNEEDAJOBTOGETMONEYBECAUSEINEEDSOMEMONEYYESTHATWOULDBEGOOD. Cici's is hiring. The pizza place where Jessie works. So is this party supply store by the movie theatre, I picked up an application there. Don't ask me why I didn't do this at the beginning of the summer.
PS: I love classical public radio and I don't care who knows it. Half hour songs and no commercials. Yay! :3 |
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| Connect-a-cut |
[Aug. 15th, 2006|06:32 pm] |
[WeighThoseOpinions] I'd expect it to be in Connecticut.
[WeighThoseOpinions] That's America's richest state, I think.
[Joyuna] One day I will be head of English Spelling Reform
[Joyuna] and I will kill that silent c in Connecticut once and for all!
[MechanicalBird] You're just pissed everyone knew about it but you, Joy.
[Joyuna] YES I AM!
[MechanicalBird] MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE PAID MORE ATTENTION IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
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| Drew Carey Show reference |
[Aug. 12th, 2006|10:14 pm] |
Gustavo says:
anyway, either way you're making out with Ryan Stiles
Joy says:
XDDDD
Gustavo says:
*thumbs up* |
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| I have no idea |
[Aug. 9th, 2006|10:01 pm] |
Joy says:
I seriously suck at drawing wangs
Gustavo says:
I don't think it's a trait most people want
Gustavo says:
hehe on Next the three factoids
Gustavo says:
*Joy can draw wangs superbly!
Gustavo says:
*Joy dressed up as Batgirl once!
Gustavo says:
*Joy says 'large toes' are a big no no |
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[Aug. 4th, 2006|03:54 pm] |
"Je t'assure que le monde n'est pas aussi amusant que nous l'imaginions." |
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[Jun. 23rd, 2006|01:35 am] |
[Joyuna] it's PIRATE-THEMED LASER TAG
[Joyuna] quite possibly the best thing ever
[Joyuna] Pirate-themed laser tag where all the emo kids like to hang out.
* Joyuna shoots emo kids
* Joyuna laughs evilly
[Noser] why would pirates use lasers
[Joyuna] Why not?!
[Bizarre] Pirates would use lasers if they had lasers.
Wheeee sorry for all the short silly posts lately. Feeling kind of hyper.
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| Gaah time travel! XD |
[Jun. 5th, 2006|10:50 am] |
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I've been reading Night Watch the past few days and today all of a sudden I've really gotten into it. Other than the English exam, we haven't done anything today so I've basically been reading all morning.
"For the seamstresses?" said Vimes, putting the pliers down in a hurry.
"Those things? No, the ladies of the night take pride these days in never requiring that sort of thing. My work with them is more of, shall we say, a preventative nature."
"Teaching them to use thimbles, that sort of thing?"
"Yes, it's amazing how far you can push a metaphor, isn't it..."
Graaaaah I can't stand being cooped up in this classroom. The last week of school is such a waste. |
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| Picture me a balcony... |
[May. 31st, 2006|04:31 pm] |
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| | Porcupine Tree - Blackest Eyes | ] |
"I want a directory of wonderful things... not a directory of left-wing politics." -Jule, Re:Boingboing.
Haha oh Jule. He calls me a "flaming lib". :P
Gaah, this summer weather. It's not even comfortable to go outside anymore.
Which is exactly why I'm going to King's Island again with Jessie and Elyssa on Friday?
At least I'll be doing stuff now that school's almost over. Between everything lately I haven't gotten out much. Haven't seen Danielle or Brandon or those guys in months.
PN Day is tomorrow! I will definitely stay in 'PN Chat' on AIM for the whole time I am online and I damn well better get some visitors. PNers! We haven't had a chat in, like, FOREVER! Ya shmucks. But I love yas.
I'll be writing a nice thoughtful too-long-to-read entry on that soon, by the way. Tonight after midnight or tomorrow sometime.
My mood is selected as 'chipper'. Chipper? Chipper was the name of one of our dogs a long time ago. And it reminds me of the Tin Man. I'd be young and chipper, and I'd lock it with a zipper. Or something?
I've been reading a lot of my old entries lately (you'll find out why soon), and I absolutely hated it when I skipped around from random thing to random thing. And when I complained about having nothing to write about. And I did both those things a lot. I was also rather emo at times... And a year or two from now, I'll hate reading these entries as well.
Life is good right now though. Can't complain.
~Joy |
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[Apr. 23rd, 2006|10:16 pm] |
PS in a separate entry, because this is important:
We went to Medieval Times, and at the end the announcer said his goodbye and also "There are some who call me Tim" and I was like OMGOMGOMG and NO ONE ELSE GOT IT WTFFFF.
PPS: Omni you're wonderful.
Wolfy Pirate: Bonne chance avec ton homme de Britain! |
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| Seventeen |
[Apr. 7th, 2006|12:16 pm] |
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| | O-HUM - In Sham-e Delafrooz | ] |
: )
I'd cast Joy as Oracle. Both have red hair, and both can find out every single fucking thing about you if they so wished.
I got The Annotated Alice for my birthday. Zi, if you have the means to do so, go out and buy it right now it is gorgeous. An absolute wealth of information.
Something I learned: Dodgson memorised 70-some digits of Pi. ^_^
Saturday I am going to Scallywag [laser tag] with Jessie Elyssa Doug Paula and maybe Soo Wan! It's going to be fantastic.
John Hodgman was on the Daily Show last night (rather, night before last, but I caught it at 8:00 yesterday). I really need to download some of the Little Gray Books podcasts, because everything he does I find positively hilarious. Also, JC contributes to those.
Today I have the day off. I slept until 10:30 and I have completely wasted the day up till now. Now I'm going to have lunch.
~Joy's seventeenth ring around the sun is off to a pleasant start |
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[Apr. 4th, 2006|04:15 pm] |
Rawk. On SD, I just got called "Joyuna, the Queen of Linguistics".
:D
A little scary that my obsession comes through on a comicbook forum though. I mean, I hardly even mention language stuff there... |
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[Feb. 13th, 2006|10:49 am] |
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And I do say, "Roffle!"
"Al mia amatino neesperantista", de William Auld. First stanza:
Eklerni esperanton vi evitas:
tre bone, kara, scias mi la kaŭzon
de tio, ke vi kvazaŭ sentas naŭzon,
kiam mi ion esperantan citas.
"You've avoided learning Esperanto:
very well, dear, do I know the cause
of that - that it's as though you're nauseous
when I quote something about Esperanto."
Then goes on to something about jealousy for the love he shows to Esperanto, but just that first bit - seems familiar, cxu ne? ^^;; |
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| For the fucking win |
[Jan. 29th, 2006|09:47 am] |
QUOTE (Joyuna @ Jan 28 2006, 03:11 PM)
Doctor, I compulsively refresh my email inbox.
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You refresh you inbox because of your want for sex.
The inbox is like your vagina, in that it accepts an object. Spam is like rape.
When you receive email, you receive gratification in the same way you do when you receive sex. |
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[Jan. 23rd, 2006|09:21 pm] |
[21:20] (Joyuna): Myspace is an evil virus that spreads among high schools
[21:20] (Joyuna): and I'm infected
[21:20] (Joyuna): it's like herpes, only with chain letters
PS: I love Shakespeare. We started Othello today.
IAGO-
I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daughter
and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs.
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| Christmas comes this time each year |
[Dec. 1st, 2005|10:51 pm] |
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| | The Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick | ] |
It's December! Christmas season! With Christmas season comes Christmas songs! Behind the cut is my current collection.
( Pretty songies )
Soo, recommend me some more. I plan on ripping my Trans-Siberian Orchestra CD, but other than that I don't think I have anything. Tell me anything you want as long as it's good and it's got a winter, holiday (if you have Hanukkah songs that aren't by Adam Sandler, that's a plus), or Christmas theme.
And, what's that song they played all the goddamn time last year? For The Polar Express? I think it was Josh Groban. It was a good song.
PS: ( My AIM Profile is friggin' awesome. )
That's a double-entendre'd song lyric from Paula's English teacher, a Shakespeare quote and a Richard Dawkins quote. I love it. |
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