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Friday, November 30, 2001
Sunshine On My Shoulders Makes Me Spiffy -- Well another day of work missed. I'm am going to have one majorly crappy paycheck... Since I was feeling like a dead animal I missed geetar class yesterday and James e-mailed me today saying that next week will be our final... HOLY POO GAS! I just hope I'm feeling better tomorrow so I can go to Crawfordville to practice with Sarah. In loving memory of George Harrison... <3 Thursday, November 29, 2001
Argh! -- Today sucks sooooo badly! I'm sick at home with a cold... and I hate it when I'm stuck at home and bored out of my mind. I can't go to chat rooms because first of all, I just don't like them, and secondly, my mind is so screwed up right now I can't concentrate on a single conversation. I can't watch televison because I've grown to hate it since I've gone so long without it. And I can't do any other functional activities because... I just can't concentrate with my illness. BAAAH! The only thing I can do is hope I fall asleep soon... I've spent most of the day listening to Reggie and the Full Effect and Jason Becker's cd "Perpetual Burn". I'm surpised at how so many people don't have a clue who the guy is. Actually... I didn't either until James loaned me the cd. Apparently he used to play in a band, Cocophany, with Marty Freeman (he joined Megadeath after Cocophany broke up while Jason worked on his solo stuff). But geeze this dude totally shreads on his guitar, even when he's playing classical stylized songs. Definately a must for anyone who plays guitar or loves guitar driven music. I want the new getupkids cd... *cries* Wednesday, November 28, 2001
Who or What Am I? -- I took a series of online tests to see exactly "what" I am... here's the results: I am 25% EMO.
I AM 24% PUNK.
I AM 36% GOTH.
I am 34% Grunge. I am 46% ADDICTED TO THE INTERNET. I am 40% Metal-Head. I am 21% Raver. Keirsy.com rated me as an Idealist (Healer) Hehe silly surveys! Tuesday, November 27, 2001
FINALLY! -- Anime is finally reckognized by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ! Hayao Miyazaki was described as the "kurosawa of animation". This is a joyous day for anime fans!
Questions or Comments? -- Haha! I now have a comments thingy! Weeeeeooooooh! I should format it tho to my liking... the bright green irks me. Now you can tell me how much you hate me and how boring my blog is! *sniff* I love it! Monday, November 26, 2001
I'm SOOO Gonna Vomit! -- Ugh! I was watching the Discovery Health channel with my mom. She loves watching baby birthing shows so I figured oh well. So here I am munching on my chicken sandwich while watching mothers scream, get epidurals, and slimy little monsters get yanked out of their bodies. I finished my sandwich... but now I'm not feeling so well. I'm starting to like the sound of adoption...
WhatDoIKnow.org -- I really enjoy reading this guy's work... and his new media design is absolutely fabulous!! Anywho I ran across this, found it quite interesting: A window to the past | A few days ago I was participating in that time-old Atlanta tradition of sitting in traffic, watching giant gas-sucking SUV�s swerve around me driven by self-absorbed scumbags chatting on their cell phones in their desperate effort to get home to their suburban ranches before sundown. Atlanta dies everyday at 5pm. Skyscrapers empty like beads in a rain stick, shiny new cars and trucks rev onto the highway, and an eerie silence creeps onto the streets and sidewalks. Within a couple of hours, downtown Atlanta becomes a concrete ghost town. I was reminded of Atlanta�s urban flight last night at Thanksgiving dinner, hanging out at my father-in-law�s house in Cumming (an hour north of Atlanta). On his coffee table was �The History of Atlanta� � a large book filled with old, sepia-tone photographs of downtown Atlanta placed alongside new ones shot from the same perspective for easy comparison. In nearly every case, the old photographs, originally shot a century ago, contained large groups of men, women, and children walking around, sitting on park benches, and filling their bags with groceries to take home. The streets were filled with Model-T�s, horses, and bicycles. The energy on street was magnetic, alluring, and vibrant. Utterly absorbed in the photographs, I could almost hear the sounds of antique cash registers, the clip-clop of horses, and the polite greetings of neighbors passing one another on the sidewalks. With one glance to the opposite page containing the matching �new� photo, shot from the same angle a century later, the sounds fell silent. The people, shops, and cars were gone. Gleaming signs with rich typography were torn down in favor of lifeless forest green and red awnings. Park benches filled with citizens taking a brief rest were now either empty, or filled (ironically) with homeless men and women slumped over on the hand wrests. Amazingly, the book�s forward and captions were written to convey far we�ve come in the past hundred years. Look at how modern, large, and powerful we are. No more dusty roads or noisy signs. We have gleaming skyscrapers, miles of blacktop, and a Starbucks on every corner. The social erosion so eerily conveyed by the book is rooted in the city government�s short-sighted decisions and a total lack of urban planning. Atlanta has become a sprawling, strip-mall and parking garage-laden mess. Houses and buildings of civic pride and historical importance, one of which called a �hunk of junk� by Mayor Andrew Young, have been erased. The result, as many found out during the �96 Summer Olympics, is a city with a hole in its soul with nothing standing to physically convey our civic personality or spirit. The urban planning is so out of whack, we now have the distinction of being a guinea pig for students of the Harvard Design School. Perhaps they can get us out of this mess. Sunday, November 25, 2001
Damn My Horrid Memory! -- Arrrgghh! I hate it when I have something I think is cool to type in my head, and boom! I forget it! By George I'm a doofus! Oh yeah... guess what! I have dubbed myself the most foolish person on earth! Last night I was working with hot glue and ended up getting some on my right thumb and index finger. BAD MOVE! Cuz those are the fingers I use to grip my art tools... and I have class monday... *sigh* THEN (yes there's more) the little star that I was applying the glue to, but got it on my fingers, then threw it in the air while yelling a bunch of obscene words, landed on the mirror. Soooo I made another bad move and tried to remove it with my x-acto knife. It worked, but also slipped and stabbed right into my left hand.... damnit! So now my hands are decorated with hippie "tattoo" bandaids. I feel like a reatard. I recieved the following e-mail from Jonathan's buddy Matt: I know this is like sooooooooooooooooooooooooo late but I am just now checking my email from before all my computer problems. In case Bebee didn't tell you my computer had a surge and the power source had to be replaced. And the monitor went out. Then the monitor we stol..... er "borrowed"(hehe) from work went out and I had to fix it. So anyways I just d/l that Halloween pic and it made me laugh and with the day I had today I really needed that. Thanks alot. Talk to you later. The Texan Cheesehead Haha! Spreading smiles everyday! TAKE THAT McDONALDS!! Stupid sappy meals... Saturday, November 24, 2001
Red is for Whores -- This thanksgiving has been full of fun! Most people I have talked to pretty much hate thanksgiving because they hate their family situation. Mine wasn't fun because I spent it with my family, it was because I spent it with my friends. I went to Beth's house, spent the night there, ate LOTS of food, then we came to Tallahassee, ate more food, she spent the night here, and well, just did whatever we felt like doing. We spent all Friday driving around town, shopping, and chugging pixie sticks. Jonathan called that night, Beth and I talked with him out in my yard, using both phones... but I fell asleep in the middle of their converastion about music and bands. Hehe :) After we were through talking to him, she and I stayed up all night talking just about everything you can talk about... but mostly our families. Saturday was spent in Crawfordville to help James and Sarah with their house, and we were there four about 3 hours. There wasn't too much for us to do there, but we walked out of their with paint all over ourselves. Sarah came after me with red paint because I kept saying as loud as I can "red is the color of cheap whores!" since their bedroom is painted red. I still have my "whore paint" mark on my finger, and it stained my arm... dangit! Afterwards I drove Beth home, and on the way there we stopped to get gas and eat some fried chicken and "tato logs"... something I haven't had in a long time... I tried to call Rachel since she was in town, in hopes we could hang out, but she wasn't home. Instead, I called my cousin and went to his house since his family came to see me, and I wasn't there. Apparently my parents never told them I was moving to Georgia, but they were happy for me. ... more to come later... I'm about to get a phone call soon. Thursday, November 22, 2001
News Flash -- from bef: Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland was arrested and charged with domestic abuse in Las Vegas on Monday morning, stemming from a dispute with his wife. The couple was staying at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, where STP had a pair of gigs scheduled. Weiland was released from custody in time for STP's Monday night performance. Now see? This is what I hate! He goes and shows off how much he loves his little porn star, and then goes on to do something like this! What a waste! Plus I can't stand any guy that's dumb enough to abuse his wife or any woman for that matter! WIFE BEATER!
beththedrummer: happy constapated turkey day! DotPlaysGuitar: yay!! DotPlaysGuitar: happy dead turkey day to u too beththedrummer: hes not dead! beththedrummer: hes sleeping. DotPlaysGuitar: ooooh DotPlaysGuitar: don't wanna wake him up beththedrummer: they give him sedatives beththedrummer: he cant feel anything beththedrummer: thats why people think hes "dead" DotPlaysGuitar: oooooh beththedrummer: when hes not, hes diversed into a coma by the main course DotPlaysGuitar: so will he wake up in my belly? beththedrummer: his turkey parts will beththedrummer: ;-) DotPlaysGuitar: ewwww! DotPlaysGuitar: but i don't want him tot wake up beththedrummer: well you wanted to know the truth DotPlaysGuitar: but but... *sings* I found bliss in ignorance beththedrummer: tell him to put on his ..MAKEUP! beththedrummer: so he wont WAKE UP! DotPlaysGuitar: oooh cuz I don't think you'll trust his thanksgiving suicide beththedrummer: DOROTHY! HES NOT DEAD! DotPlaysGuitar: what?! beththedrummer: mama said so...... beththedrummer: he didnt commit suicide, hten he wouldnt go to turkey heaven DotPlaysGuitar: oooh I sowwie beththedrummer: I thought everyone ate apple pie on T-day DotPlaysGuitar: haha beththedrummer: we doooo DotPlaysGuitar: i made a note of that in my blog beththedrummer: commies DotPlaysGuitar: no it's pumpkin pie, but oh well beththedrummer: we eat both DotPlaysGuitar: mom never makes me apple pie *cries* beththedrummer: and choclate beththedrummer: tell her to this year or Osama will kill her in her sleep beththedrummer: and Dubya will kill her with a nuke DotPlaysGuitar: okay! Wednesday, November 21, 2001
DotPlaysGuitar: happy dead turkey day! AmigaAbattoir: YEAH!!! I love any day that celibrates dead things! DotPlaysGuitar: whoooo! AmigaAbattoir: Another excuse for us to stuff our faces, be lazy. DotPlaysGuitar: exactly DotPlaysGuitar: do u think its cheezy the whole apple pie instead of pumpkin pie deal? AmigaAbattoir: Yeah. But I can't be bias on this case. I hate apple pie. DotPlaysGuitar: lol DotPlaysGuitar: Me: Why didn't you eat apple pie BEFORE the attacks? Stranger: Because I can't stand the stuff! But I HAVE to be patriotic or else I will die! AmigaAbattoir: Actually, I Boston Cream Pie would be better. But I don't get the whole "Apple Pie" thing. Like if I stuff my face with Apple Pie, the Taliban will vaporize! Shouldn't it be cherry pie since George Washington chopped down a cherry tree?? DotPlaysGuitar: haha no cuz that would be a sign of rebellion! and we don't want to be terrorist rebels now do we? AmigaAbattoir: Yeah. Wouldn't want to fight dirty. You know like hiding in the swamps "Waiting until you se the whites of their eyes" instead of wearing bright red coats and marching neatly into battle DotPlaysGuitar: nope! cuz then the taliban would win! AmigaAbattoir: Oh, yeah. Run out buy a car, a bunch of other stuff, run up your credit cards, otherwise the Taliban wins DotPlaysGuitar: haha at the chevrolet place the cars all have red/white/blue trim w/ a sparkly flag on it AmigaAbattoir: I think it's funny when I see cars with the American flag, with the outline of the skyline that says "God Bless America". And then the guy gets out of it doesn't speak a word of English. DotPlaysGuitar: hehe! DotPlaysGuitar: God Bless American! Now NO SOUP FOR YOU! AmigaAbattoir: :-) I'm sooooooooooo bored! I rode around town trying to think of what to do.... BUT I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING! Pooies! Its too dark to go to the park... I don't want to see Harry Potter again (I'm waiting for the FOUR HOUR DVD!!) Darn yard gnomes and their boredom ray guns! Monday, November 19, 2001
Sunday, November 18, 2001
Weeee! Boy am I tired! I was rockin' the casbah till well... only 2:30 AM but it was good! I went to the Cow Haus to see Mira and check out the other bands there... so you'll have a report soon on the Muzik Piks section of the website! Chris Cobb from shittyban... oops... I mean socialburn, was there... it was funny to see him. At first I didn't know who it was, but he was standing near wher James, Sarah, and I were sitting. Then I noticed that he was semi-buff and had a beer belly, that gave it away. I really had alot of fun with Sarah and James last night. Since the sound was horrible we just made fun of the bands and people in the club. Especially this one band... I think the lead singer wants to be Anthony from the Chili Peppers. He was running ALL OVER the stage and the floor! Then he started stripping off his shirt and Sarah says "Yeah next thing you'll know he'll take off his pants and wear a sock!" And the weird thing, some chick tells all three of us "Oh my gosh I just wanted to tell you all that you have ADORABLE shirts! I WANT YOUR SHIRTS! THEY'RE SO COOL!" I was wearing Beth's Paul Frank monkey shirt, Sarah was wearing a Felix the Cat shirt, and James wore his Punisher shirt. Yes we are cool cuz we wear cute shirts. WHooo! And to my Bristol buddies: Beth, Ashely, Erin, Julia, Chris, Cody, Keith, and Gary, thank you guys sooooo much! I love you all and hope you'll stay in contact with me once I leave. I'll never forget what you did for me, and how you make me feel as a person. Saturday, November 17, 2001
Birthday par-tay! -- Today is my 9th... err... I mean 19th birthday! But the sad thing is, this morning I became extremely depressed. I realized that this was going to be my last birthday party that I would ever have with my Bristol friends. Its hard because, I lived so much of my life as a loner and the town weirdo. I met them in my senior year of high school... and it wasn't too long after I got to know them that I moved to Tallahassee. They made me feel important, like I am worth something. We have so much fun when we're together, even if there's some friction between one or two of the group, everyone still ends up having a good time. I wish they knew how much I love them for the friendship that they give me. I'm really going to hate to leave... We went to the AMC theater and watched the Harry Potter movie. Then after the movie Erin wanted to go to Stone Age and look at some insence. Lo and behold, Alan (this kid from Godby that had a HUGE crush on me) was there. So I ran out of the store and hid out at K.B. Toys. Chris, Ashley, and Beth walked around behind him yelling "OH gee! Dorothy Harpley would LOVE this! Oh yeah didn't she go to Godby? Yeah, that Dorothy Harpley is such a neat girl!" Then they walked out, and Alan and his friends walked out, and he started walking behind them... I think he was looking for me. Anywho all three of them start saying to me "OH MY GOSH! I FEEL SO BAD FOR YOU! His girlfriend looks JUST like you! She even acts like you! AND TALKS LIKE YOU! She even wears the Rivers Cuomo glasses!" That's just plain scary. Friday, November 16, 2001
STAFF MEETING! -- today was the staff meeting! Thank the bunnies I got out of there early! I ended up staying an hour longer than I had planned cuz Nancy wanted me to attend, but I left right before the poo started flying. Its funny tho because we shouldn't have to do that shit. Everyone knows what they're doing and what they're not doing, and what they SHOULD be doing. But oh well, that's life, and that's state employment! Thankfully I have The Onion to keep me insane. So now that I'm out of work early I get to clean up my house! Yippie! I'm picking up Keif from work and get crap done to my truck so my dad will be pleased with me, and I'm gonna buy the starlight mints cd (hehe ya got me hooked Mike!) and the Harry Potter tickets once the truck is finished. Keif was gonna get me the Grave of the Fireflies DVD for my birfday, but dumb ol Suncoast had to run out of it!! *cries* I REALLY REALLY REALLY want that anime! That and Catnapped... it looks so adorable! I can't wait to get Jonathan's package! He says I probably won't like it, but ya know what? I DON'T GIVE A DANG DOODLE! If its from Toasterboy then I'm happy! Sarah and James are meeting me at the Cow Haus tomorrow night... I'm really suprised they're coming... I always figured they thought I was stupid or something^_^ So you Don't Call Me Punk fans of Tallahassee be sure to go to the Cow Haus and say "HUGBEES!" as loud as you can! Then you'll be cool, like me. Or just feel REALLY dumb. I've recieved word that Miyazaki's new animated movie "Sen No Chiro" has just beaten Titanic as the top grossing film of all time (haha and its only been shown in Japan! Lookie thar!) GOOOOO HAYAO! I'm going to work for Studio Ghibli someday! You just watch me! Thursday, November 15, 2001
Once again... and again... random thoughts -- my house is freezing again... my hands like icecicles... Tomorrow is Friday... and the day after that is Saturday... then comes Sunday.... then I go back to work... I've been listening to Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies' "What A Drag" cd again, and I almost forgot how great it was! My birthday is rapidly approaching... and the one thing I want I cannot have. Every night I see a shooting star, Conversation between Sarah and I concerning our co-workers: Sarah: Don't you have work to do? I kno I do! Friends make me happy when co-workers make me mad =) I love you guys! Wednesday, November 14, 2001
Don't get a state job! -- Well I'm back from work (thank the bunnies!) and I am in once piece! Although, I would really enjoy um... um... um... doing something bad! No wait... REALLY BAD! So bad that... um... I don't have a clue. Apparently we're going to have a "meeting" soon at my job. Everyone keeps saying "well if it's going to be open table then I've got a few thing I'd like to get off my mind!" What a friggin JOKE! Everyone that has said that crap knows that they haven't been too good at doing what they're SUPPOSED to do themselves, so instead they try to point the finger at someone that they believe is worse than they are.
AHHHHHH! -- Ahhhh! Our heroin, Moo Foo (Dot) is stuck at work and is working late (again)! Anyone for a game of e-mail tag? Tuesday, November 13, 2001
Weeeeeelll! Right now I'm at Bef's house! I love Bef! She's such a cool person... she's looking over my shoulder and telling me what to type... yes I love her! My bestest strangest friend in the whole wide woooorld! I went to work today. I hate work. Especially after a three day weekend. I had fun on my three day weekend, but not today cuz it's not a three day weekend. Three day weekends rule! I think everyday should be a three day weekend-day! How about it? You know you want it. So why not? Common lets go on a three day weekend holiday vacation party thing? You can honor your vets, your parents, your dog, your cat, your pet armadillo, and your uncle's cousin's sister's roomate's lover's kitchen sink. Then the calender has only three days on it and each day will say "three day weekend holiday". Yippie skippie. Awww Jonathan got booted =( I'm sad now. Jonathan is booted and it's not a three day weekend and Beth just hit me!!! OWWIES!! *proceeds to whip out the rubber chicken of DEATH AND DOOM!!!! (with destruction on the side!)* I miss my three day weekend. Ooooh dinner is ready!! Time to eat! Bye!! Monday, November 12, 2001
Three Day Weekend! WHOO! -- Wahooooooooie! Today is Vet's Day and being a lowly state employee I get to sit on my lazy ass alllll day long! Acutally I don't get to... I almost forgot that I promised James and Sarah that I'd help them restore their house (its an old hunting lodge that got converted into a crack house). Apparently James is going to do a buttload of electric work so I'm probably gonna end up sweeping the entire time ^_^. But once I'm finished I'm going to the park again to do some long sketches (long sketch = sketching that takes a couple hours to complete) and maybe try some painting... maybe. I never did inform you about what happened with the college ordeal I was going though. Well I talked it out with several people, and searched online for a current SCAD student. Once I found a student I asked him a bajillion questions (mostly about finances) and he answered every single one of them. The next day, at work, I scaned moster.com and hotjobs.com to see where I'll most likely be living and how much I will make with my career... with an illustration major I can make up to 90,000 (tops) in one year... but that only depends on the job. Most of them will review your salary history and then deturmine what to pay you from there. 90% of the jobs were located in New York and California. I found a couple in Penacola and Ft. Lauderdale... but I don't want to stay in Florida.... My new Mastercard commertial: A 4 year education at the Savannah College of Art and Design: $80,000 "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind Sunday, November 11, 2001
I HATE VH1! -- VH1 has opened the polls to their My VH1 awards. I browsed through the nominees and was extremely dissappointed. (Yeah I can't spell...) The whole thing focuses on Dave Matthews Band, Stained, Alycia Keys, and U2. You'd think that because other music awards focus on on the huge #1 chart topping bands that the My VH1 awards would focus on those that were ignored... I guess not. What about Weezer? What about Green Day? Sterophonics was nominated for the international award, but obviously not too many people listen to music outside of the radio cuz they were in last place with the Corrs and Coldplay fighting for first. Saturday, November 10, 2001
Here is my impression of myself playing the guitar. Me: *sings*
"I don't get many things right the first time In fact, I am told this alone But now I know all the wrong turns and stumbles and falls brought me here... --- And where was I before the day That I first saw your lovely face? Now I see it everyday... And I know that I am the luckiest. -- What if I'd been born 50 years before you In a house, on a street, where you live Maybe I'd be outside as you passed on your bike Would I know? -- Next door there's an old man Who lived to his 90's and one day, passed away And his wife, she stayed for a couple of days and passed away I'm sorry I know that's such a strange way of telling you that I know We belong --- And in a wide sea of eyes I see one pair that I recognize And I know that I am the luckiest... bits and pieces of Ben Folds - "The Luckiest" Beautiful song...
For some odd reason my father loves to keep the house at - 60 degrees... I'm at the computer with a comforter wrapped around me...
Yes it's that cold! And it's FALL TIME DANGIT!! Teehee Thursday, November 08, 2001
Today has been very odd to me. Work was okay, but I'm getting rather annoyed with my new supervisor because she apparently wants to get things done so bad that she doesn't really think much about how much work has been piled on those who acutally DO it. So now I'm caught between filing documents, searching lava for lost/misplaced documents, shifting shelves, ALL AT THE SAME FRIGGIN TIME! It's really driving me nuts because I preferr working on one thing until its finished rather than have to do 3 or 4 all in one day... its too much for my pathedic cavity where my brain is supposed to be located... but its not there. I've been getting more involved with anime more than I used to. It's strange now because I've started posting in an anime artist forum, and its brought back alot of my desire to draw... but at the same time there's the empty void feeling that I have... even right now I'm at the point of crying. There's so much I want to do with my life right now... especially move to Savannah, but if I even mention the word I get a lecture from my parents about finances, having a plan, etc. Yes I know those are all important, but I really need this, I need to get out of my house, I need to grow up and live for once in the "real world". Yes I'm aware that if I go to SCAD I'm going to develop a really large debt in student loans, but that's something I'm willing to do to get the education I want, to get the job I desire. But then again is it really worth it? I mean there's a guy at my job who has a masters in library sciences, yet he's only making $9.15 an hour. Would a career in art really be worth having $20,000 loans for? I donno... Wednesday, November 07, 2001
I couldn't get much sleep last night so I put in my tape of recorded Adult Swim episodes. (James records them for me since I can't watch cable in my house with my parents hogging both tv's!) I have to tell ya... I think Mike Lazzio is on some acid! Especially with the Aqua Teen Hunger Force... that was some trippy stuff (a half korean leprichan), but I couldn't stop laughing! OH MY GOSH! The Sea Lab 2021 was great too! Can't wait to see more! |
