Julia's Bloglet - Tuesday 18 May 2004

Me: I really do want to go for a walk. Is it still raining?
Moss: I don't think so. Besides, what's the worst that could happen to us?
Me: We could get rained on, lightning could strike us, the world could end...
Moss: We could fall and twist our ankles and be rescued by a dashing man whom we'd fall in love with, even though he'd turn out to be a scoundrel, but we wouldn't know that and we'd marry him anyway.
Me: But that's not true. That wouldn't happen.
Moss: Which part?
Me: We wouldn't marry him. He'd turn out to be a scoundrel and not marry us because we wouldn't have enough money.
Moss; Oh, damn. That's right.
Me: And then we'd fall ill and be taken care of by a less dashing, older man who was nicer, and we'd fall in love, but it would be the right sort of love and we would marry him.
Moss: Exactly.
Me: Of course, that would never really happen. to us.
Moss: It does seem a bit unlikely. _
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09:21:16 PM, Tuesday 18 May 2004

I have this creeping notion slithering around the back of my brain that if I just listen to enough German music, and watch enough German movies, I'll magically know how to speak it fluently (instead of just knowing how to order people to sleep or die). _
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01:04:17 AM, Monday 17 May 2004

A bird just trilled outside the window. I wonder what kind it was. _
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06:37:41 PM, Saturday 15 May 2004

There's something about the empty sound and disconnected feel of dry wind that makes me despondent. It has always been so. _
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09:29:58 PM, Thursday 13 May 2004

Yesterday while talking with me about After School Specials, Moss hit upon a brilliant idea. I present to you a series of school themed drinks:

The After School Special: Friesengeist (or Rumple Minze), Creme de Menthe, Chocolate Milk (preferably an individual carton from the school cafeteria).

Hot for Teacher: Calvados and Hot Damn!

Prom Night: Orange Juice, Plastic Bottle Vodka, Peach Schnapps.

The idea, of course, is that they have to be awful, but believable combinations, and theme appropriate. Suggestions welcome. _
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06:25:48 PM, Thursday 13 May 2004

Does anyone else (who isn't either on Nate's list or in the comments below) want a copy of my latest blogswap mix? _
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12:19:44 PM, Wednesday 12 May 2004

Red, not pink. _
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03:32:07 AM, Saturday 8 May 2004

More red than pink, but not nearly red enough. Here goes round two. _
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02:43:21 PM, Friday 7 May 2004

If all goes according to plan, I will have pink hair before the night is out. _
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07:38:49 PM, Thursday 6 May 2004

And, Oh, it is Scary!
Julia's Spring, 2004 Mix
1. "Maps" - The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2. "Son of Sam" - Elliott Smith
3. "The Prickly Bush" - Steeleye Span
4. "The Model" - Belle and Sebastian
5. "There is a Town" - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
6. "Gin and Juice" - The Gourds
7. "Become a Robot" - They Might Be Giants
8. "Sympathy for the Devil" - The Rolling Stones
9. "Solitude Standing" - Suzanne Vega
10. "Banshee" - The Flash Girls
11. "Silent All These Years" - Leonard Cohen and Tori Amos
12. "Oliver's Army" - Elvis Costello
13. "I Bombed Korea" - Cake
14. "Arnold Schwarzenegger" - Wesley Willis
15. "Detachable Penis" - King Missile
16. "Time to Get Ill" - The Beastie Boys
17. "God's Gift to Women" - Jewel
18. "Fido, Your Leash is Too Long" - The Magnetic Fields
20. "Waiting for the Bird (White Bird of Texas)" - Liz Phair.

Rather than try to go through the traditional disorganized channels, I'll just ask who wants one right here. If you do, leave a comment and I'll send you one. _
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09:23:38 PM, Wednesday 5 May 2004

Who couldn't love this face?
Happy Birthday, Trixie! _
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06:46:03 PM, Wednesday 5 May 2004

God help me, but I actually find this idea intriguing. _
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05:07:03 PM, Wednesday 5 May 2004

Neck, you can REALLY stop hurting now. Okay? _
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04:41:34 PM, Wednesday 5 May 2004

Well, That's the bathroom cleaned in any case. Now I just have to do the rest of the house... _
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06:25:25 PM, Tuesday 4 May 2004

Can anyone tell me what the hell "reet" means? Please? _
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08:51:15 PM, Monday 3 May 2004

Okay, ew. I just went to get a glass of water and a dead spider poured out of the britta filter and into my glass. Gah. _
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07:47:33 PM, Monday 3 May 2004

The good news is, I am now burning blogswap discs! My new blogswap creation is 20 songs, sixteen of which I took from the random guess the song list, so I'm afraid I can't give a track listing until the guessing is finished. _
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07:38:15 PM, Monday 3 May 2004

I put the guess the song music meme thing over on my livejournal, in case you want to try your hand at it. _
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05:15:58 PM, Monday 3 May 2004

Can't buy much heroin for 26 dollars these days, can you? _
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06:52:18 AM, Sunday 2 May 2004

Moss: How can so many bands rock so much? The world is a beautiful place.
Me: You know what I think it is?
Moss:What?
Me: That we don't watch TV or listen to the radio.
Moss: You're right!

It's amazing what just listening to albums you like can do for your outlook on life. _
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04:53:09 AM, Sunday 2 May 2004

Name Adjective Thingies. I did them all in one go, because making individual soundfiles would take way too long. If you simply must have your in an individual soundfile, let me know, and I'll do it. _
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02:49:29 AM, Sunday 2 May 2004

Annelet. I think I may also end up recording all of those name adjective things like I threatened to ages ago. Remirkable and Mirabulous and all that. _
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02:26:18 AM, Sunday 2 May 2004

Sudden realization: The way I say Annelet comes directly from the way my Great Grandmother, Julia Hayward Thomas, said, "Owlet." _
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11:55:59 PM, Saturday 1 May 2004

It is the first of May. Summer is upon us and we have Photos to prove! _
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10:51:51 PM, Saturday 1 May 2004

By the power of Gothskull, I AM GOTHRA!!! _
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10:01:46 PM, Saturday 1 May 2004

Belle & Sebastian at The Warfield last night. Deliciously sexy. How can things manage to be soothing and energizing all at once? Yum. The best bit was when they were just talking while waiting for something to get sorted out, and this boy near the front said it was his birthday, so they asked what his name was, and he said it was Nico, and they found that really amusing and played "I'll Be Your Mirror" and even sang with accents. It was delightful. And hilarious. Also, Moss and I were noting just how non-hip we looked in the crowd of carefully selected corduroys and trucker hats and tight thrift store shirts and such, but then the band came out and Sarah was dressed like us in a plain shirt and jeans that weren't fitted and regular type running shoes. We concluded that were are too hip to try hard at dressing hip. _
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01:43:30 PM, Saturday 1 May 2004

Fortune cookie says, "Your present plans are going to succeed." Rock on! Crazy turreted house, here I come! _
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08:23:55 PM, Thursday 29 April 2004

Why don't things like this work? The world would be so much easier if they did. _
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07:49:04 PM, Thursday 29 April 2004

Lunch is Fun! _
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03:46:29 PM, Thursday 29 April 2004

So, all of the google searches (four) that brought people to my bloglet in the last week have to do with tape worms. Interesting. _
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02:12:41 PM, Thursday 29 April 2004

For those of you interested in such things, a longer and more exciting Harry Potter preview than I'd previously seen is up over here. _
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06:26:25 PM, Wednesday 28 April 2004

The corset looks quite different on me than on Anne. I am surprised every time I wear it to find that it's very confortable. I am tempted to take a picture now, but the camera's batteries are dead. _
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09:38:22 PM, Monday 26 April 2004

Our pictures from this weekend are up in the gallery. We accidentally left the camera at Katherine's house on Friday night and have no pictures from Saturday or Sunday. Alas. _
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03:56:23 PM, Monday 26 April 2004

Yesterday, as I was restlessly perusing the Maryland Souvenirs shop at BWI ("Beyond Security. Shops, Fast Food, Lounges and More!"), I heard a song by Dido, and it stuck in my head for the rest of the day... and is still there, which is annoying. Go away, Dido song! I don't want you here now. Anyway, it's even worse because it always makes me think of fangirls and slash because it has the words "go down" and "ship" in it. And that tells you I know far too much about fangirls and slash to begin with. Damn. _
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12:59:50 PM, Monday 26 April 2004

And now we are Martinless. O woe, O woe, etc. _
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04:29:58 PM, Sunday 25 April 2004

"Let's Stay Together" is playing now in the BWI Burger King. What is up with this music selection? Martin already pointed out one of the other bizarre selections. My sister and Moss are discussing politics. I am trying to ignore everything that would require me to think about well... anything. Flying is not the time for thinking. It is the time for making the time go away as quickly and painlessly as possible. Thankfully, I have a romance novel with me. Meanwhile, Martin reads over the side of the screen (not actually over my shoulder, which Martin points out would be inaccurate). I am confused as to whether this weekend was actually sevenor eight days, or just one day long. _
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03:21:30 PM, Sunday 25 April 2004

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