April Fools has inspired me to write a foolish story.
As Blue writes:
"The Gay Prank"
"~ Brad and Dale want to come out, though they feel a little foolish, and their parents' slip is showing. "
Hope you all enjoy it.
(A fool and his story are soon parted).
This has nothing to do with anything, but I thought it was a funny story.
The other day, a friend and I were having a contest to see who could do their taxes fastest (nerd race!). He pulled ahead, so I shouted "Matt Lauer! You got me."
He pauses and looks up. "What'd you just say?"
"...You got me?"
"No, the first part. Matt Lauer?"
"Yeah, the guy from the Today Show."
"I know who he is. Did you seriously just use his name as an interjection?"
I nod. "Yeah. I like to think of it as
Nothing happened yesterday.
The weather has changed, summer has gone and you will all be relieved no doubt, to know that I have had to put clothes on to keep warm. No more typing naked at the keyboard till November at the earliest, unless we turn the heater up way too high.
Daylight saving ended last weekend here in Adelaide, Australia and it is dark by 6 pm. Still we may yet have a few more sunny days of warmth before our Southern Winter hits.
The above is merely an inane entry to make sure
All about Eve or Stupid Words Strung Together to Form Sentences
He left the two laughing, his blue eyes searching the crowd for Brandon, hoping he wouldn't run into anyone else he knew. After going to the bar, he ordered another beer and sipped it slowly.
"Hi, how are you?" a deep voice called out from behind.
Turning around, he looked into the smiling face of Justin, another one of Brandon's bandmates. "Hi. I'm fine, and you?"
"Bored," Justin replied, shrugging. "But then I'm always bor
Five Greatest Hitchcock Films of All Time
Last Night my roommate, Daniel, and I, got into a loud fight about Hitchcock's greatest films. Three of the five we agreed upon but he feels like North by Northwest is Hitchcock's greatest. I'm not sure if anyone that reads this blog watches Hitchcock, but here is my top five. If you havent seen any of these films, you should do yourself a favor and rent them. Great flicks by a master storyteller with brilliant acting by both Cary Grant and James St
Oh I see; if I want everyone to see my blog entries I have to click on the "publish" button. Duh!
Now what the hell are the other buttons for?
And what is RSS and Trackback?
Does lock do anything?
Oh how I hate learning curves.
So I have sent in my contributions to the AwesomeDude Fools Call.
Then discovered I had sent a wrong file.
Replaced the file, then discovered several typos that evaded my detection during the numerous proofing sessions. Yikes!
If you want to find all the errors, typos, misdemeanors, and assorted illiteracies in you story, nothing is of more assistance than posting it where the rest of the world can see it.
Oh, the shame of it all.
A friend of mine says he proofs by reading his work backwa
Well that was quite a good distraction setting up this blog. I have no idea what I will do with it.
I should be writing my April Fools' story. It is nearly finished.
It is very foolish.
Today's word of wisdom: Buy a dish washer, or get a boyfriend who won't moan about doing the dishes.
I have left several notes for my reincarnation to remind myself to make the dish washer a number one priority in my next life, assuming of course I come back as a human being or something similar.
Okay so now I have a blog. What do I do with it?
I could blog on about lots of stuff but that would bore me and anyone reading it.
I just want to see what happens for the moment so I'll post this and then get back later with something more...or less, meaningful.
Things I learned from one week of student teaching in a 5th grade classroom:
1 - Very few guys are involved in schools at the lower-middle level.
There wasn't even a men's restroom in the building - the only other males in the building were the gym teacher and the principal. This means that for the students who have been in that building for the whole of their schooling, I was the first male classroom teacher they ever had.
2 - While some schools are under-funded, others have way more mone
Maybe The Cause I Am A Bit Fucked-Up
I am in the process of moving, and I found this piece I wrote when I was sixteen. To give a brief, like I could be brief, backstory,
I come from a VERY religious background. In the News and Views this week, Dude posted an article that scared me, so much so
I decided to post this piece here, on my blog. To show others how real the threat of the religious right truly is, and how the young are
brainwashed on a daily basis. This piece was herald by the pr
So, a few posts ago, I mentioned how I wasn't looking forward to dressing professionally to student-teach next week. After thinking about it a bit more, I realized that I've never dressed professionally for anything in my life. Like, I don't even know how it's done. I understand the basics - pants + shirt + shoes + socks - but that's it. I don't know how to match stuff or co-ordinate colors (only that, maybe, by doing the exact opposite of what I've been doing, I might accidentally do it).
For the past week, I've been standing on one foot quite a bit. Basically, cutting down on foot usage by 50%, not by walking less, but by only using one at a time. I had no idea why that was until today.
I'll start at the beginning, I suppose, because no matter how stylish stories that start at the end may be, a bit of sequence now and then can be refreshing.
I tend to not cash my checks right away when I get them. I usually wait until I actually need money for something before going to the
Haven't updated the blog in a while, so here's what's going on in a convenient list format:
Currently on: Spring break
Currently reading: That Thou Art: Teachings of the Upanishads by Ramakrishna (the "secret teachings" of Hinduism); Snow Crash by Stephenson.
Currently playing: Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney - Justice for All.
Currently writing: Laika, Chapter 14; Untitled Short Story; Overlight Strays, Chapter 1 (Yes, a new novel...but don't expect to be seeing it any time soon.)
Current
For the last few months, I have been undergoing some disturbing eye problems. This condition has virtually stopped me from writing, for a time it stopped me even from driving, working, and such normal activities I had taken for granted for years. Let's not even mention the toll it took on my porn watching habits. For three weeks I sat in front of the television and guessed what I was watching/hearing by putting together the sounds I heard. The screen a blur I could not make out.
For a wh
I got a new job today. For those counting, that makes three.
It's closer to two-and-a-half, really. I've been working in my college's computer lab, helping people with software, checking out resources, scheduling meetings with tutors, etc.
Today, someone came in looking for a tutor in Critical Thinking/Logic. I looked it up in our system, and saw that we didn't have anyone who could tutor in that subject. I talked to one of the senior staff members, who told me that they can never find any
A friend gave me an early Valentine's Day present today. Simpsons fans should appreciate it:
"It says 'Choo-Choo-Choose Me'! And there's a picture of a train!"
Ah, classic Simpsons.
I was in Biology class, learning about organic chemisty, when all of a sudden I realized something: I'd never shaved my head before. Not once. So after class, I went home and did it, then came back for my next class. There's a couple people who are in both classes with me, and they were pretty shocked.
I got into a car accident today.
It's weird the way these things work out. I had just gotten out of class (RST244: Great Religions of the East) and since I'm a bit of a gym rat, I was going to go work out for a while to unwind. But, for some reason, I decided that I'd do my homework first. This is weird, because I never do my homework first, being the self-proclaimed Mayor of Procrastinationville. I take about an hour to do the homework, then get my stuff together and drive off in the dir
As I mentioned earlier, I go to a Catholic college (even though I'm not Catholic), so some of my classes are taught by nuns. In a previous post, I mentioned how one of these Sisters was, in class, talking about male pinecones going limp while female pinecones can last forever. Well, I've got her again this semester, and she's added a new phrase to her lexicon: "Blow/shoot my wad". I kid you not.
Now, I understand that it can be used in a non-sexual way, but COME ON. When talking about why
I just got back from the Spring Ska Show, which was awesome.
It's interesting how many different types of people will come out for a ska show. There were skinheads, skate-punks, sXe kids, hXc kids, emo kids, hippies, goths, rudies...it was great seeing all the followers of sub-subcultures gathering together. However, that was only on the second floor of the building - the first floor was being used as a hip-hop/electronica club, and there was absolutely no interaction between the two floors.
Scared Silly or (He pissed on himself)
Current Music Selection: Elvis Presley?Live in Vegas
Current State: California
Current Mood: Hyper
So next door to the hip up-scale restaurant where I work, is this little Japanese place that specializes in Sushi. Now I?ve never tried it, anything related to fish or sometimes takes on a fishy odor; I try my best to stay far away. Either way, this restaurant is ?rumored? to not only have the tendency to ?over-serve? its customers but allows underage ki
I was walking through a parking lot today, just a few hours after a heavy rain storm. The rain had driven the worms out of the soil and on to the pavement. I see that a lot of them are stranded out in the middle of the lot, stuck on the spots where the puddles had dried out. These worms were a good 30 feet away from the grass, and the clouds were clearing up. I knew that if they didn't get off of the pavement pretty soon, they were going to be fried and dehydrated - I've seen it happen befor
