(he's) spinning a web of seduction

words collegiate humans like to throw around a lot:

-dichotomy
-quintessential
-postmodern(ism)
-gentrification
-phillistine/plebian/suburban (all used for the same purpose)

this is just the beginning, and i'm pretty sure it varies regionally.

so, are there rules about US-VOICE? like... if something you were trying to send out had the word "kickass" or a mention of alcohol on it, would it be rejected forever and spiral into the pit of sad, abandoned nat'l listserv emails ? (i'm picturing something like Ursula's valley of souls in the Little Mermaid here). a mystery for the ages. i shall ask jim kelly, who is not only the us-voice filter, but the pride and joy of the Buffalo Bills. his wife is a die-hard born-again christian/bills cheerleader and spoke at this optional graduation thing when i was a seeeenyor in hs.

a story. cultural? bien sur! so guillermo (qui vient de peru) came up to boulder last week and we met him on pearl. i asked him what the newest english word he'd learned was. his answer? to us, it sounded like "muggles". utter hilarity, because, you know, that's not even a real word. plus harry potter! goofy extreme. well, the word was actually "moguls" and he'd learned it in loveland. i suck at telling stories. but it was great!

yes.
yes.
yes.
goodbye.

house of 1,000 bummers

- having absolutely no time to do anything remotely social until the weekend, at which point i am ridiculously totally entirely burnt out
+ promise of best friend m.c. lovering on the telephone tonight
- passive aggressive, note-writing, type A roommates (excluding the eyeball, of course)
+ beautiful weather
- rarely seeing said weather because of the plethora of conference calls / emails / meetings / classes
+ guillermo from peru tomorrow! (!!!!!!!!) awesome because: he's from PERU! and i think i want to go there this summer.
- dreadful hair, no clean laundry
+ aiesec is DEFINITELY paying for my phone bill
- every tour date in the west is in california or texas. every tour date in the east is in canada, nyc, florida, and boston.
+ new degrassi!

i think i want a pet, named "pet". or Shark Saint Feather.
rick wants to come here, but i don't think i can handle it. he may be offended.
it would be wonderful to live in a 24hour city, instead of a 7am-9pm town.
welcome to almost-february!

distance vs. displacement

500 words in french on anything? i think the subject matter is obvious: haunted cemetaries, especially goodleberg. [when we attempted to go over the summer, it was likely one of the most surreal experiences of my existence. not because of ghosts, though partly in anticipation of ghosts. it was the most perfect, most creepy evening possible: new moon, fog on the ground, broken bridge, hidden path, etc. set the stage. and then-- thousands thousands thousands of FIREFLIES everywhere. we did not get to the cemetary that night. i can't even picture it anymore, i just know it was awesome. so. that's not a texte d'information. damn.]

word of the day is abysmal, but not because the day is abysmal.

stories that only the stories care about

info sessions. freak. me. out. majorly. (bad public speaker on the loose) BUT! something interesting (ish): so i was looking at powerpoints and stuff, trying to figure out what the hell i was going to say and i came across an old one kristie ko made which was really intense in terms of showing Colorado paaaaaaartying big time! body shots, an acronym about sex, and a lot of other stuff. please imagine a splitscreen with that new recruitment powerpoint with all the run-throughs and the "activating leadership" and the "enjoying participation" as the split. just imagine. so the moral of the story is, i had a really hard time reconciling the two and made my own damn powerpoint with an awesome color scheme. did i say this was an interesting anecdote? oh yeah. sorry.

today i sang the song "george w. fuck" all day, another brilliant hit from the Bear. i wish mike maloney would get his butt in gear, so i could listen to this in real life instead of just thinking about it.

"dance the dance, wear the pants"

from the international bestselling, critically acclaimed bookmark... 101 Things to do Instead of Tobacco:

-finish what you start
-draw a picture
-whistle a tune
-wish on a star
-memorize a song
-help a friend in need
-smile
-do good deeds
-have lemonade on a hot day
-run through a field of wildflowers
-tickle a baby's tummy
-roll in the grass
-snuggle a stuffed animal
-kiss a parent
-think happy thoughts
-do better than the last time
-improve your score
-plan a treasure hunt

there are trillions more, but these are the ones i thought most effective. if i was a smoker, and had access to this bookmark, i'd drop cigarrettes like a hot tamale cause i'd be missing all this other neat crap. besides, if you're going to be addicted to anything, there are much more fashionable things. like TRIPLE KISSING.

"lol gtg brb omg tmi l8rz!"

this song was written after i made it, baby!

this is a wonderful time-waster. i like it a lot.

remember SARS? i started thinking about that again for the first time in awhile. one good thing that came out of that was that i got to attend "the biggest and best concert in the world" (proclaimed by dan akroyd) aka i got to see the rolling stones for 20$ in toronto.

the eyeball gave me a magic tricks cylinder.

mismatched chopsticks... how very college/urban. fire alarm is going off!

why are the following things so AWESOME??

-super soakers
-haikus
-tire swings
-office supplies
-puzzle pen pals
-pen pals in general
-pez candy
-Philadelphia
-nancy drew mysteries
-calvin and hobbes
-the ferret calendar 2005
-groundhogs day
-the sketchexpress and similar entities (photobooths)
-le francais

?!

i have to buy pez online

the Ultimate Boulder Experience... bought schoolbooks in Word Is out, progressive, independent, sweatshop free, pro-gay, pro-feminist, male-positive, anti-corporate, locally-owned bookstore for similarly-minded classes. on the way out, commiserated with a homeless man on how much bush sucks, grabbed a chai and a falafel, saw the rat on top of the cat on top of the dog, gave it the thumbs up, fended off a man who claimed his major was underwater basketweaving (last time it was the import/export of slaves), two feet on the bike pedals and off i go. if i'd been smoking weed throughout this whole thing, it would have amplified the experience one thousand times. whoaa.

there seems to be quite the likelihood that my women's lit class from last year is cursed. anytime i have a class with any of those girls, the class blows. of course, we have fun, but seriously... ARTMATH. case in point. set and match.

1 day.. 3 mtgs, 3 conference calls, thank you aiesec, i am now 35 years old. and loving it!

best bestfriend ever. "can an anaconda kill a tiger? can an anaconda kill a velociraptor? who would win in a fight between a bear and a shark?" hard-hitting questions that demand answers.

witches abroad

espagnol in ANYWHERE this summer? i think yes. yes. YES. it's a go. i've changed my mind so many time about what i want to do this summer though, the most recent being iceland. facts concerning iceland that intrigued me:
1- bjork.
2- george said you have to take an icelandic name if you move to iceland. MARVELOUS. i love it. it's such a great idea.
3- my father said that the richkidz from boston/new york fly out to iceland on the weekends to parrrrrtay in Reykjavik
among others.

the line between amnesty and aiesec has thus far been set firm. no interaction between the two. sierra might bridge the freakin gap, and if she does it'll be an explosion!

plan on attending mountain mayhem in march. this means ALL OF YOU. i will call at the most inappropriate time possible to make this happen. trust me.

fake dino.... real fun!

peppermint te-a, spiral notebook

so i am the maximum unintelligible. zero percent articulate, zero percent understandable. case in point:
awj: "you're going to get that on your skin"
lks3: "i don't have any skin"

yo. please allow The Bear to ROCK YOUR WORLD / freak out on the mic at you. i saw these guys christmas eve and they blew me away. "claw Mark" pretty much exemplifies my life. it's beautiful, and i really think everyone can relate.... purevolume.com/thebear

fashion disaster

goodbye, cubicle paradise!! the woman whose cubicle i most recently utilized enjoyed the following three things very much: jesus, frogs (specifically covered in lipstick marks), and dr seuss. i never met her, but i know. there was also this woman there who was quite into mechanical pencils... she showed me her favorite one and told me all about how her husband buys them for her and stuff. it's great. what an office packed with characters. m&t high school, basically, but less now than in the summer.

so op is like DESERTED! aye. attempts at canada foiled by lack of dd (put it in the headline, dudes). opportunity of hanging out with possibly THE most awkward group of humans ever, tonight. and maybe it's worth it, just for that distinguishment.

george called to read me a passage from harry potter. it wouldve been better in an english accent, but i'll take what i can get.

tomorrow morning... picture this: kath, me, bright red hats, classy dresses, LEROY. digiquick. like senior portraits, but wayyyy better. it's going to be GREAT, i'm super excited.

science fact.

surf colorado

things i like to see when people type:

-people who "put" quotes around all "these" weird "places" (finger quotes are also good, but not computer "doable")
-when people Capitalize random words so that They Look more important than all the Rest... it reminds me of Books in The genre of 1984 and the Like.... Big Brother
-good solid spelling and grammar
-people who replace letters incessantly with numbers... the more the better

l8r sk8rz!

and all the rest of that bug stuff

agh. back to life, i actually have to figure out what on earth the day is today. agenda planner AND exciting ferrets will help of course. of course! so ps, on the wsc note-- i spent a grand total of about 15 minutes outside the whole time i was in chicago. mega bummer. i heard it got pretty INTENSE at the end!

so on saturday i'm picking up this chinese guy from l'aeroport in b-lo. one of those ravenous delphi trainees. i bet he'll be awesome, plus! i get to utilize a rental car. dooooood. (fude)

and it always comes back to-back to-back to this. unfailingly. i feel as if it's way too easy though... there definitely need to be some trials and tribulations between here and there. 20 minutes on the phone (more than i've spent on anyone in ages), don't screw around with small talk.

oh so there was this woman on the plane back who was totally the epitome of the person everyone thinks of when they think of buffalo. ridiculous. she was super loud and obnoxious and managed to include ALL of the following buzz phrases for buffalonians in the course of a 1hr flight: 1) football (the bills aren't going to the superbowl? what!) 2) hockey 3) roast beef on weck 4) sweat pants 5) being italian 6) blizzards 7) labatt blue 8) tona-freakin-wonda........ YESSSSSSS!

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