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Karma

Two years ago, to the day, my dear, sweet pitbull, Ezzie, died. She had advanced lung cancer, which may have grown on its own, or it may have metastasized from her earlier (removed) breast cancers. Whichever it was, not a day goes by that I don't miss her, and it made me very glad when my dad finally quit smoking earlier this year.

Yesterday morning, then, it was wonderful to hear that these people want me to work for them. Starting Thursday, I will be an intern with their development department.

Yay!

Thanks, ya little bitch. Miss you. Love you. Mwah.

Now Feeling: blue
Now Playing: Elvis Presley, Hound Dog (ha!)

posted by Bubonic Lou 9:26 PM

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Why are all the contraction words in my last post mis-er-spelled-formatted? Blogger strikes once again...

posted by Bubonic Lou 10:06 PM

Book Review: Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights

It’s gratifying to be reassured that what you thought sucked when you were in 12th grade, still sucks…

** Here be spoilers**

When I first read Wuthering Heights, I was a moody 17 year old. You might think I’d have enjoyed the depressing distraught love story, et al, but I didn’t. I thought the book was lame and overly melodramatic, and soap-operatic, and all that crap. I even said so in class, not endearing me to my English teacher in the least. She loved the Bronte sisters, especially Emily. I think I might have even been a little more eloquent than merely calling it “shite,” but what did she care.

I didn’t like any of the characters, especially Heathcliff and Catherine Sr., the 'protagonists' (only for lack of a better word). And you know what? I still don’t. I don’t believe their character development is very well done, and what is revealed of their characters isn’t worth much sympathy. The men are aggressive or whiny boys, and the women are spoiled and/or whiny girls, and none of them are pushed to change significantly, except mostly for the worse. Perhaps they aren’t meant to be sympathetic figures, but I do generally believe that in order for a novel to read well, it should have somebody the reader can, if not identify with, at least have some interest in. This book doesn’t.

You may protest that the ending of the story, with the next generation being redeemed by love in the absence of the hatred of the previous generation, makes it worthwhile, but I would disagree. It’s a simplistic end, too neat for my taste. And still lame.

On a perhaps unrelated note, it isn’t for lack of trying that I dislike this book so much. I wanted to give it a second chance, knowing that 8 years can make a difference in one’s tastes. It should also be noted that I’ve been on something of a reading tear lately, since it’s summer and I have nothing else besides looking for work to occupy myself. It took me a week and a half to finish Wuthering Heights, standing at just over 300 pages. Meanwhile I’ve been reading thousand-page Stephen King novels in under a week. So, if nothing else may be said about this novel, it is most definitely not a page-turner.

posted by Bubonic Lou 10:03 PM

Cross posted from my LJ

So after 2.5 days of no email service in my old account and a pointless exchange of 'did you try this' form responses from their user services, I'm making a formal switch to my alternate email. See my info for it--at any rate, I'm sick of excite being stupid and letting as much spam through as it does.

....[rant]...

anyway, long live gmail

Now Feeling: grr

posted by Bubonic Lou 2:34 PM

WAAAAAAAAAA WTF It's a post

Yay I have something to announce
I got an A in my Medieval Lit Class!
It was finally posted today! After only almost a month!
Yay!
And for the first time my GPA is above a 3--it's now

dun dun dun duuuuuun

3.02

!!!!!!

Now Feeling: joyful
Now Playing: U2, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own

posted by Bubonic Lou 1:21 PM

Heelp Meeeee....

I'm supposed to be working. I'm supposed to have done work. I should be sleeping right now.

I'm almost compulsively incapable of doing work. Yes, that's it. I compulsively procrastinate. and do other things, like chat with friends, and play Trogdor, and read stuff online, and check my mail all the fucking time, and a million other little things, and all the while watch TV too. Because as a backup to boredom, I usually find things to watch on TV. Like just right now, I had thought I was going to have to buckle under and get to my reading that's fucking due tomorrow afternoon, not to mention two fucking scientific journal papers that I can't post links to because they're stuck on Nerdular Nerdence--type sites, as abstracts. But at any rate, they're papers on the evolution and biology of menstruation. Oh what fun.
Just the same, I'm not doing all that reading right this second, because I discovered (none to my surprise, as I often watch it) that after Leno comes Conan, and so I am watching the Conan O'Brian show, and therefore still not getting any work done!

Teeeeeriffic.

Now Feeling: sigh
Now Playing: Bill Maher is on tonight

posted by Bubonic Lou 1:41 AM

Oh God!

Gottinhimmel! It's on now! Boohbah is on right now! I just found it again! Oh, the pain...
So, uh yeah. I guess its time slot is 11 to 11 30 on Ch. 21 (WLIW) on weekdays. They're bouncing around again.

Now Feeling: spastic
Now Playing: ugh

posted by Bubonic Lou 11:15 AM

Egads

I stumbled upon this (publicly sponsored, no less!) show on PBS the other day, called Boohbah. It's this ridiculously retarded half-hour of sparkly psychedelic rotund things, who do nothing discernably useful. Sometimes kids are there in another dimension, sometimes grandmama and grandpapa are there in still a third dimension doing very strange things indeed (you'll just have to watch it). Occasionally they start bouncing around in some kind of aerobic workout, and I think that might be the purpose of the show--some kind of exercise for kids. Well, whoop de doo. If I were a 4 year old, and I saw this on tv, I would run away in abject horror.

But at any rate, the first thing that occurred to me was that Jabba the Hutt had raped the Teletubbies, and these were the offspring.


Now Feeling: I need a drink
Now Playing: I'm watching the Jane Pauley Show. Oy

posted by Bubonic Lou 10:56 AM

Bleh

I was writing a monster post on my trek with the Saturday March for Women's Lives, but Internet Explorer fucking SHUT DOWN unexpectedly, and I lost the entire text. Fuck. Oh well. I'll have to rewrite it tomorrow when I'm more patient. I'm not doing this again now, at 4 am. Argh.

Now Feeling: ugh
Now Playing: the fucking tv is still on after the Olympics and now "Extra" is on

posted by Bubonic Lou 3:54 AM

I bet my soundtrack is more boring than yours

The Soundtrack to Your Life Survey

Make a soundtrack for your life, matching songs with the following:

Opening song: Hellborn, Unwritten Law

Waking up: Watch This, The Slackers

First date: He Needs Me, Shelley Duvall

First kiss: High And Dry, Radiohead

Falling in love: Lovin' You, Minnie Riperton

Seeing an old love: Pictures Of You, The Cure

Heartbreak: Travelin' Soldier, Dixie Chicks

Driving fast: Too Fast For Love, The Donnas

Getting ready to go out: Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, Santa Esmeralda

Partying with friends: Let's Get Retarded, Black Eyed Peas (the real version)

Dancing at a club: I Love The Way You Move, Outkast

Flirting: Cornflake Girl, Tori Amos

Feeling sexy: Venus As A Boy, Bjork

Walking alone in the rain: Sleep To Dream, Fiona Apple

Missing someone: One of Us, ABBA

Playing in the ocean: Miserlou, Dick Dale & the Del-Tones

Summer vacation: Doin' Time, Sublime

Fighting with someone: Friend Is A Four Letter Word, Cake

Acting goofy with friends: Bye, Bye, Bye, N*SYNC

Thinking back: Soft Shoulder, Ani DiFranco

Feeling depressed: Swandive, Ani DiFranco

Christmas time: Riu, Riu, Chiu, The King's Players

Falling asleep: Edi Beo Thu, Hevene Quene, Anonymous 4

Closing song: Rock Me To Sleep, Jill Sobule


Take The Soundtrack to Your Life Survey

Get more cool things for your blog at Blogthings

All on my iTunes, of course, of course.

Now Feeling: musical
Now Playing: They Might Be Giants, Lucky Ball and Chain

posted by Bubonic Lou 12:10 AM

Huzzah, it's my own private hell

General asshats
Circle I Limbo

Creationists
Circle II Whirling in a Dark & Stormy Wind

DMV Employees
Circle III Mud, Rain, Cold, Hail & Snow

Hipsters
Circle IV Rolling Weights

Republicans
Circle V Stuck in Mud, Mangled

River Styx

Trixies
Circle VI Buried for Eternity

River Phlegyas

George Bush
Circle VII Burning Sands

NAMBLA Members
Circle IIX Immersed in Excrement

Henry Kissinger
Circle IX Frozen in Ice

Design your own hell

Wow, I hate conservatives. But really, it's only because I had to pick 9 people/groups. Oh, who am I kidding. I do hate Republicans. But, given God-like powers, I don't know if I'd really send them to hell. Oh well, off they go.

Also, I never knew what a trixie was until tonight. Apparently, it's a slang term local to Chicago, but really it's just a yuppie white girl. But I don't particularly like them, so what the heck, into the 6th Circle they go, with the likes of Farinata degli Uberti and the rest of the Heretics.

Now Feeling: devilishly liberal
Now Playing: a goddamn Sprint commercial

posted by Bubonic Lou 11:43 PM

Woman, Thy Name is Vanity

My friend Menachem turned 21 the other day, and had a party. He took some pictures, and here is one he took of me. I put it on my Yahoo profile, for everybody to see. I think it is one of my best so far.

LOOK HOW CUTE I AM!!!111!

I think I look a little like John Linnell of They Might Be Giants for some reason. I think it is the hair, and that he often seems to favor green shirts as well.

Now Feeling: photogenic, for once*
Now Playing: Cat Power, Red Apple

*boy am I a mistress of the backhanded compliment or what

posted by Bubonic Lou 1:31 AM

Just Call Me Marlon

I decided to go old school and make macaroni and cheese for lunch. So I was done boiling the pasta, and about to add the milk and butter and e-z-cheez powder packet, when I smelled the milk and--

ewwww! the milk had done gone and spoiled! Well it was almost down to the bottom of the container, and it is August. I couldn't use that milk. And there was nothing else remotely milk-like in the house. But I was not to be deterred from my macaroni and cheese. The solution?

MORE BUTTER!

Now Feeling: cheesy
Now Playing: Paul Oakenfold, Zoo York

posted by Bubonic Lou 1:53 PM

Ok, so I swear this is the last one for tonight


Postatem obscuri lateris nescitis.

Which Weird Latin Phrase Are You?
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...and I know what it means too! Nyeah nyeah! "If you only knew the power of the dark side." Good old Star Wars. Ok, so I cheated, it's in the code. But I can still read enough Latin to sort of know it anyway.

Now Feeling: tiiiiired
Now Playing: Incubus, Out From Under

*did you know incubus is Latin too? It comes from the root verb "to lie upon," haha
It was thought that incubi would come out at night and lie with women in their beds, having sex with them and knocking them up with demon-children...OoOoOo

posted by Bubonic Lou 1:27 AM

-Yikes-

My inner child is sixteen years old!
Life's not fair! It's never been fair, but while
adults might just accept that, I know
something's gotta change. And it's gonna
change, just as soon as I become an adult and
get some power of my own.

How Old is Your Inner Child?
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I sincerely hope this doesn't mean I'm regressing. I just got done being a teenager. But, then this is just my inner child. What part of me is that supposed to be? My id?

Now Feeling: I haven't read Freud since, like, junior high, no I'm serious, don't laugh
Now Playing: Sinatra, Moon River

posted by Bubonic Lou 12:51 AM

Unfortunately True

L	Lucky
O	Overwhelming
U	Unforgettable
I	Insane
S	Slow
A	Awkward

Name / Username:

Name Acronym Generator
From Go-Quiz.com

No Further Comment.

Now Feeling: huh?
Now Playing: The Pixies, Oh My Golly

posted by Bubonic Lou 12:42 AM

Well, Neat

"It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is."

You are Desiderius Erasmus! You have great love for others and will do just about anything to show it to them. You are tolerant and avoid confrontations, so people generally are drawn to you. You are more quiet and reserved in front of strangers, but around some people you open up. When things get tough, you like to meditate alone. Unfortunately you often get things like "what a pansy," or "you're such a liberal."

What theologian are you?

A creation of Henderson

--Not only would I have been zoned for Erasmus Hall High School, but my mom has always had a poster of him (her favorite academic?) in her study...so, go figure...except for the "avoiding confrontations" part. {cough}bullshit{cough}

Now Feeling: Dutch
Now Playing: Faith No More (ha!), The Real Thing

posted by Bubonic Lou 12:21 AM

King of the 'oo?


Well, u-- um, can we come up and have a look?

What Monty Python Character are you?
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Now Feeling: over-quizzed
Now Playing: The Doors, The End

posted by Bubonic Lou 11:55 PM

Only 52 Percent??

You are 52% geek

You are a geek. Good for you! Considering the endless complexity of the universe, as well as whatever discipline you happen to be most interested in, you'll never be bored as long as you have a good book store, a net connection, and thousands of dollars worth of expensive equipment. Assuming you're a technical geek, you'll be able to afford it, too. If you're not a technical geek, you're geek enough to mate with a technical geek and thereby get the needed dough. Dating tip: Don't date a geek of the same persuasion as you. You'll constantly try to out-geek the other.

Take the Polygeek Quiz at Thudfactor.com

Oh well.

...and just who is that chick anyway?

Now Feeling: feh
Now Playing: Lisa Loeb, Stay

posted by Bubonic Lou 11:29 PM

It Is As It Should Be

...?

My Squirrel Name is Pope Nutkins.

I suppose this is a good thing, as it upsets the patriarchy and all.
More quizzes to come...I'm feeling stupid tonight...

*BEP thanks to TJ!
Now Feeling: squirrelly
Now Playing: Led Zeppelin, Carouselambra

posted by Bubonic Lou 11:05 PM

Vuelve a me