Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high...

A Colbert Christmas Widget

2008-11-20T02:38:01Z

Oh, Steven Colbert, how I love thee...

And this is why I cringe when I hear "Norm Coleman"

2008-10-11T23:18:56Z

Okay, back to watching "The Office."

Why the Sam-hill can't I post videos?

2008-09-26T03:05:07Z

Whatever. Just go watch this. It is hilarious. I love "Office" fans.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iv8suLyJ9s

Whoa, dream big!

2008-03-13T01:49:53Z

So, back in the day (which definitely could have been a Wednesday), I saw an spoof of "Juno" on "Attack of the Show" and it made me giggle.

"Oh dear God..."

Yo Yo Yo Diggity Yo

2008-02-23T01:27:35Z

I need to take a break from doing the Cobra remix (I think I'll actually be done tonight!) So I'm just going to take about random stuff that is making me happy. (Warning: this is the clue to skip probably cause this post will just be totally pointless, so yeah.)

- I was watching "Attack of the Show" and the host quoted a review that described Juno as "Livejournal in movie form." It was quite amusing.

- Listen to Mr. Jepsen (Jenni and Katherine can agree with me that this has to be Jepsen's new favorite thing, jeez...) and go to www.ted.com It has awesome little videos talking about pretty much everything. It totally rocks.

- Ashlee Simpson's new song. Damn my fondness for pop music, I can't help it. The 90's burned into me. http://themob.1035kissfm.com/drex/blog/2008/02/21/drexclusive____new_ashlee_simpson

- Happy Birthday to Chuck Palahniuk. This guy has to be insane, and he totally doesn't look like he writes the stuff he does. http://www.randomhouse.com.au/authordatabase/Palahniuk,%20Chuck.jpg
I am learning that "Invisible Monsters" is child's play compared to his other stuff (still kicks ass, but, seriously? "Choke" just got way more crazy than I thought it would). At least you don't need a flow chart to keep track of "Choke".

- There's a toy model for the monster in "Cloverfield" and it looks totally awesome (except for the part where it costs $100, but whatever).

Okay, I feel much better now. *runs back to Audacity*

Ideas por favor!

2008-02-09T02:04:00Z

So, there is a scholarship where you tell a funny story from high school and use lots and lots of SAT words in said story. So, I don't know what the story should be on, so someone jog my memory of funny times on which I can write a 1,500 word essay for $500.

:-D

p.s. There is a possibility I will write the story on the Deep Throat story cause it is a) funny and b) would work with SAT words. So I might end up like that girl in the cell phone commercial that does the exact opposite of what her boyfriends suggests. My apologies if this happens.

Really, really, really ridiculously awesome....

2008-02-01T22:27:41Z

Pretty much the best concert I've ever gone to in my entire life.

Venue - Beautiful. Imagine a large-ish dance floor with elevated booths and seats on the side and a bar in back. The ceiling had white Christmas lights all along the top with disco balls hanging down. Pretty much, Varsity Theater kicks ass.

Show - Amazing. The Cab, We The Kings, and Metro Station were all awesome. Cobra was insane. I'm so sore, but it was totally worth it. They did a great job (even with technical difficulties) and were plain amazing. Barricade is the way to go kids. Water is also a life saver. Jumping and feeling warm air getting fanned on you is not a good combo. Girls need to learn to wear ponytails though.

Other - met Alex (the singer) and Ian from The Cab. Also got to meet Ryland. He is just a tid-bit taller than Jenni. 'Twas amusing to watch someone who was actually his height stand by him.

Sadly, I can't find the cable to load pictures, so...yeah. Seeing Gabe do the Soulja Boy dance will have to wait, I guess.

Alright, I am off to sleep. Somewhere between the Cities and Albany a horrible cold set in. Gross.

So...

2007-12-04T01:07:10Z

I haven't written anything in this sucker for a while...

Not much to talk about....

*sigh*

Actually, there's a bunch of stuff I could talk about....I just don't want to. *shrug*

This was fun....

Now it's too late to go...

2007-10-28T16:25:00Z

Rules
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
NO CHEATING
______

1. Opening credits: freak me out - weezer

2. Waking up: the market - the hush sound

3. First day at school: dance, dance (demo) - fall out boy

4. Falling in love: new slang - the shins

5. Fight Song: ophidiophobia - cee lo

6. Breaking up: trust me - the fray

7. Prom: tuesday morning - michelle branch

8. Life's OK: hold me down - motion city soundtrack (ironic)

9. Mental Breakdown: it's not a side effect of the cocaine, i'm thinking it must be love - fall out boy

10. Driving: the damage in your heart - weezer

11. Flashback: a little less "16 candles", a little more "touch me" - fall out boy (that works)

12. Getting Back Together: smile for the paparazzi - cobra starship

13. Wedding: alfie - lily allen (whoa, that would be a weird wedding....)

14. Amazing Hot Sex Porno Scene: smile - weezer

15. Birth of Child: do not listen to this - playradioplay! (haha)

16. Final Battle: prostitution is the world's oldest profession (and i, dear madame, am a professional) - cobra starship

17. Death Scene: fame < infamy - fall out boy

18. Funeral Song: when "you're" around - motion city soundtrack

19. End Credits: the kids are all fucked up - cobra starship

Lessons from Chicago

2007-10-21T22:47:22Z

- It's good to see a friend after 2 months of being apart- It is fun to stay in nice hotels
- Saturday is the day construction is done on the trains
- If one has to deal with the construction mentioned above, it can take the same time to fly from Toronto to Lakeview as from going to O'Hare to Lakeview. This is sad.
- Cool people are in lines. Always. *nods*
- Fun stories about Fall Out Boy are good.
- The Clan store is cool. From the outside.
- Box offices should be inside the arena, not across the street.
- Meet and greet is fun.
- Charlie is good at describing fights between Pete Wentz and the dude from June he beat up.
- "settled out of court"
- Patrick is a sweetheart. And not chubby at all. And adorable.
- Pete is not attentive.
- Not being able to find cameras right away is good at meet and greets.
- Chicago concerts kick ass.
- Acoustic is amazing.

c_springwood @ 2007-10-03T19:37:00

2007-10-04T00:40:50Z

Watching "The Colbert Report". In "The Word", he's wearing a wig so he looks like a hippie in the alternate universe where he is insanely liberal.

Random, but I'm having a good giggle.

Interview.....

2007-09-23T21:40:41Z

INSTRUCTIONS
01. Leave a comment saying, "Interview me" or the like.
02. I will respond with five questions of a totally random nature.
03. You will update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
04. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
05. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

For Mr. Colbert:
1. How did you find my journal?
My awesome friend jangojips sent me a link.
2. How often do you watch my show, would you consider yourself a hero?
Every day, but usually it's the re-run of the previous night's episode. And absolutely, I do.
3. What are your thoughts about eggs?
Eggs are good for making food, mainly baked goods. Sometimes scrambled eggs.
4. Why do people like Barry Manilow?
I have no clue. I never liked him.
5. Besides me, who is the best role-model for America and why?
I"m inclined to say Paul Wellstone. He was absolutely amazing.

I FUCKING HATE MONOPOLY!!!!

2007-07-30T06:15:01Z

It can go die in a fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was winning all flippin' game and Jess got the friggin' roll in one in a million and won the whole fucking game. Which we started at like midnight by the by. It was lame. I threw shuttlecocks at her in my post-loss-ness.

And now I'm good.

I would retaliate with quotes she made during the game but they are a) slipping my mind and b) not good for others to hear. We did quote Dane Cook the whole way through ("You cheating whore!!!")

*throws shuttlecocks back at Jess*

Dude!

2007-07-27T22:48:57Z

I have fast internet now! It's glorious. And emotionally magnificent. I can watch Youtube and stuff now. *jumps up and down*

Okay, i go to do chores.

YAY!/ NOOOOO!

2007-07-21T23:48:43Z

I finished the last book. I won't talk about it or anything, but I'm just really sad knowing it's all over on the book end of things.

Overall though, I'm really happy with the book. Remember how I thought that the end was ruined for me cause I accidentally saw spoilers?!? They were wrong! So I had no idea what the ending was going to be after all!

*sigh* Now I officially have nothing to really look forward too (except Girl's Night Out on Monday). This is lame.

c_springwood @ 2007-05-12T14:49:00

2007-05-12T19:54:09Z

Yeah. At my grandparents. They have internet now. 'Tis nice. And I have a cell-phone signal too. 'Tis craziness.

Anyways, yeah.

I go now.

phew

2007-04-22T18:46:59Z

Thank goodness everything 's better...

Now I just have to deal with the evil "moring-after prom" hair. Oh dear, that will be interesting/ unpleasent.

c_springwood @ 2007-04-18T15:28:00

2007-04-18T20:29:20Z

Ernest Hemingway is one of the greatest American authors. He was born on July

21st, 1899 in Cicero, Illinois. Hemingway had an older sister. Growing up,

Hemingway enjoyed hunting, fishing, and camping. In high school, Hemingway did

well athletically and academically although he did get a "D" in writing because

of poor penmanship. He wrote for the school newspaper and was the editor his

senior year. After high school, he started working for The Kansas City Star.

His writing style was greatly influenced by his time there even though he just

had to write about what happened at the police and fire station.

Soon after starting at the newspaper, Hemingway left to be an ambulance driver

for the American Red Cross during World War I. While working as an ambulance

driver in Italy, he was wounded while handing out candy and coffee; he was not

able to return to combat due to the injuries. Hemingway's time and experiences

in Italy greatly influenced one of his first novels, A Farewell to Arms. After

the war, Hemingway went to write for the Toronto Star. Hemingway was able to

travel abroad to Paris, France as a foreign correspondent for the newspaper.

While in Paris, he learned about writing and began to write short stories. After

coming back to the U.S., Hemingway resigned from the Toronto Star and published

his first short story.

Oh man...

2007-04-07T14:46:56Z

Yeah, I'm now more than slightly concerned about the tour delay and stuff. The journal entry that was the song a band played before they broke up didn't really help matters....

If it was just because they had to practice, that would make sense. But 3 weeks? I don't know. It's a major tour, I just think it has to be something bigger than that. I think that by now they would know whether or not they could be ready for the tour with the amount of time they had.

If they just needed to rest, that would make more sense. But why wouldn't they just say it was exhaustion? Why say it was because of "personal problems"?

I just hope someone isn't leaving. I almost wouldn't be shocked if it was Patrick or something....

I just don't know....

Meh.

So, that's concerning...

2007-04-06T16:50:07Z

Yeah, the Honda Civic Tour got delayed by a couple of weeks. Now the show we're going to, May 16, is the 5th show on the tour. According to the website, the tour got delayed for personal reasons. Which is slightly concerning, I think, because that last time something got delayed or changed like this, it really, really wasn't good. So yeah.

Oh, and I just saw that the maker of some software we have is "McAfee" and I had a giggle. Hah.

Anyways, Blades of Glory today!!! YAY!!! It's going to be awesome.

It's a winter wonderland outside!

2007-04-03T22:26:51Z

The problem with that is that it's not exactly winter. It's April. It shouldn't be that white and pretty in the beginning of April. It just shouldn't. The April showers shouldn't be freezing on the way down to Earth and ending up as snow.

I was wearing flip-flops for the last week. And now I have to wear a winter coat again. 'Tis craziness!

Anyways, yeah.....but it does look pretty out though.

Random Minnesota weather...

wheeze Ugh wheeze

2007-03-30T03:17:01Z

Nooo! I can't find my inhaler anywhere, and I really want/ need that thing! I swear it was on the end table last night and now it has vanished. GRRRRR! No me gusta! I like the ability to take air into my lungs without thinking about it!

Tonight/ tomorrow is going to be yucky...

This is putting into a "snapping pencils" mood, and I really don't like it.

I miss not having to think about my breathing...

history day...

2007-03-23T02:13:14Z

May 8, 1945 – Berlin is divided into four sections: the American, British, French in the West, and the Soviet Union in the East

October 29, 1946 – An Interzonepass, a thirty day pass, is required to travel between the sectors in Germany

1948 – The United States, France, and Great Britain feud with the Soviet Union about how to govern Berlin and Germany.

June 23, 1948 – Berlin begins to use two different types of currency.

June 24, 1948 – The Berlin blockade begins.

June 25, 1948 – The Berlin Airlift begins.

April 1, 1948 – Soviet Union blocks routes in and out of East German; 2 million residents of West Berlin are trapped with little food or fuel.

Late 1948 – The United States, France, and Great Britain counter the blockade with the Berlin Airlift. Planes fly with food and Supplies into West Berlin for 462 days, straight.

May 12, 1949 – The Soviets lift the blockade.

May 24, 1949 – In West Germany, Federal Republic of Germany is founded.

September 30, 1949 – Berlin Airlift ends.

October 7, 1949 – East Germany founds the German Democratic Republic.

1950’s – The gap between West and East Germany continues to widen. While rebuilding booms in Western Germany, food and housing are scare in Eastern Germany. Citizens of East Germany begin “voting with their feet” – fleeing to the West.

May 26, 1952 – The border between East and West Germany is closed. The border between East and West Berlin is the only border that remains open.

November 14, 1953 – The Interzonepass is waived by the Western Powers, but the Soviet Union still requires permission to travel west.

1961 – Three million people have fled from East Germany to West Germany. Rumors of a closed border begin to spread.

August 11, 1961 – 4,000 East Germans flee to West Germany.

August 13, 1961, 2A.M. – The first generation of the Berlin Wall, a barbed-wire fence, is constructed between East and West Germany. Within the next few days, concrete blocks are cemented into a low wall throughout the city.

August 14, 1961 – The Brandenburg Gate is closed.

August 26, 1961 – For West Berliners, all crossing points are closed.

June 26, 1963 – President J.F. Kennedy visits Berlin. In his speech, he says, “Ich bin ein Berliner.” (“I am a Berliner.”)

August 15, 1961 – The first member of the East German People’s Army escapes. Another 2, 000 soldiers follow him.

October 1961 – American and Soviet tanks confront each other at Checkpoint Charlie; the clash ends in a stalemate.

Late 1961 – The Berlin Wall reaches for ninety-six miles and it stands twelve feet high.

August 17, 1962 – Peter Fechter tries to just the border by Checkpoint Charlie. He was shot in his attempt, and East Berlin soldiers refused to allow anyone to come to his aid. Fechter was the wall’s fiftieth casualty and his death became a symbol for all those who died trying to cross.

December 17, 1963 – West Berliners may visit East Berlin for the first time in more than two years.

1964 – A group takes six months to build an underground tunnel, measuring 145 yards, under the Wall. Fifty-seven people from East Berlin are able to escape.

1960’s and 1970’s – Citizens of both Berlins vow to keep their city alive. Radio broadcasts create cracks in the “Iron Curtain”; the Wall is not working. Although the number of successful escapes drastically drops, East Berliners attempt to reach West Berlin.

1980’s – Communism is bankrupt. Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev begins to introduce the glasnost (openness) and perestroika (democratic reform) policies.

June 12, 1987 – During a visit to Berlin, President Ronald Regan urges Gorbachev to “tear down this wall down.”

September 10, 1989 – Hungary opens its border with Austria. This provides a route for East Germans to escape.

November 9, 1989 – East Germany opens its borders, and 10,000 East Germans cross the border. Worldwide, the fall of the Wall is watched.

December 22, 1989 – The Brandenburg Gate is opened.

March 1990 – Free elections are held in East Germany; non-communists gain control of the government.

July 1990 – West and East Germany begin to use the same currency – the deutschemark.

October 3, 1990 – East and West Germany become a single nation and Berlin is declared the capital.

1993 – New government buildings are made in Berlin where the eastern and western portions met.

bangs head on desk

2007-03-23T01:59:12Z

No me gusta....

There are (almost) too many things going on. A good many of them things I don't want to deal with or am not prepared for. Grrr...

I don't like this....

This stuff will not turn out good, most likely...

No me gusta....

WOOT!

2007-03-21T20:37:22Z

The first team for the JV KB meet got first!!! Yay!!!

It was close all day, and we were able to jump up a couple spots after the last round and tie with Apollo for first. We had to go to a sudden death round, where the winner would be the first to get a majority of 15 questions or be in the lead when the round ended. At the 15th question, us and Apollo were tied and we got it right!

My goodness that was stressful...

Anyways, it was cool. And the Dairy Queen was good afterwards. :-D