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#2151

The Chapstick of Banality

Posted: 4/21/06 at 6:46pm

Yeah, something like that.

I'm just... laying here. *must get to work*

A work of art is an invitation to love.

#2152

The Chapstick of Banality

Posted: 4/21/06 at 7:39pm

Ugh, the people downstairs and the girl across the hall from me are blasting their rap music. So I just put on Cabaret and turned it up.

No day but today.

#2153

The Chapstick of Banality

Posted: 4/21/06 at 7:48pm

Snaps for you, jlc.

Emcee, what are you and your mom fighting about? You don't have to tell if you'd rather not.

*mails Allie a coat*

Frivolous, non-heavy banality: I saw an albino squirrel today.

#2154

The Chapstick of Banality

Posted: 4/21/06 at 7:49pm

Albino? Really? Weird. I saw my first actual chipmunk last week. SO CUTE!

#2155

The Chapstick of Banality

Posted: 4/21/06 at 7:50pm

Music from both rooms has now stopped, coincidence?

An albino squirrel? That's so cute! We have squirrels running all over campus here.

No day but today.

#2156

Atrias, how have you gone your entire life without seeing a chipmunk? We used to have tons of them in our backyard and my dad set out traps (humane ones, they were little boxes that trapped the chipmunks without hurting them) and put them somewhere else. We called in the "Chipmunk Relocation Program".

There was an insane squirrel in my town seven or eight years ago. It attacked people.

#2157

The Chapstick of Banality

Posted: 4/21/06 at 7:53pm

I am peer editing a research paper that is so bad it has me in hysterics.

I recognize the addiction to being alive.

#2158

The Chapstick of Banality

Posted: 4/21/06 at 7:54pm

nia, my mom's mad at me because I she thinks I'm not being "aggressive" enough about trying to find something to do this summer. She thinks I should be making calls to the places where I sent applications and asking if I'm getting an interview, but I think to call and bug them like that, rather than, er, taking the hint, is kind of over-eager and annoying. I don't want to do that, nor do I think they'd be too anxious to hire someone who's obnoxious like that. I guess it's hard to find a balance between "selling yourself" and not being a bother. She keeps asking me if it doesn't bother me that I don't know what I'm doing over the summer, and would I rather sit around at home and have a boring job, etc? But I'm already stressed enough about it, without her berating me for it, too -- the housing deadline is coming up, and, understandably, my parents don't want us to lay down the money for housing unless I *know* I got something.

.... that was probably more than anybody cared to know.

Banal: I wish there were more hours in the day, and my tailbone is sore.

Was the albino squirrel cute? Maybe the insane one had rabies.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

Updated On: 4/21/06 at 07:54 PM

#2159

The Chapstick of Banality

Posted: 4/21/06 at 7:55pm

There are craploads of squirrels, but the chipmunks stay in the woods. The deer however, come up out of the woods that are behind our house and eat the flowers out of our front yard. The pretty flowers that we just planted yesterday. Aarrrgh.

#2160

The Chapstick of Banality

Posted: 4/21/06 at 7:56pm

I like chipmunks.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

#2161

The Chapstick of Banality

Posted: 4/21/06 at 7:59pm

It is typically recommended that you follow up on an interview and an application just to prove you're interested. Calling once or twice and asking if they've considered you is not a bother.

*patpat* That's a pain, Atrias. We have a lot of deer around here too, but they usually stay in their forest.

The albino squirrel was creepy. Like the opposite of a black cat.

Fantabulous, I feel your pain. I read an example IB paper the other day that would change topics three times in once SENTENCE. I hope it got a terrible score. It said "Symbolicized".

#2162

The Chapstick of Banality

Posted: 4/21/06 at 8:01pm

What, you've never used the word "symbolicized", nia?

I had to film a commercial for my school GSA that aired on tv today. I was too scared to watch it.

#2163

The Chapstick of Banality

Posted: 4/21/06 at 8:02pm

Symbolicized.... that reminds me of... my brother used to say "rememberized."

There are *so many* deer at home. They get hit by cars all the time; it's awful.

By Tuesday, I'm going to have to make some phone calls. Bleh.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

#2164

The Chapstick of Banality

Posted: 4/21/06 at 8:03pm

*patpat* It's ok, Atrias. What was in it?

#2165

The Chapstick of Banality

Posted: 4/21/06 at 8:06pm

It's for the Day of Silence next week. It was basically just me screaming a bunch of ****e, but the audio was edited out. The sad part was, I only did that take to try to give the girl who was *supposed* to do it an idea of what to scream. I hate being on film when my hair is unbrushed!

#2166

The Chapstick of Banality

Posted: 4/21/06 at 8:06pm

Atrias, I'm sure you were great. :)

My right leg is asleep.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

#2167

The Chapstick of Banality

Posted: 4/21/06 at 8:07pm

Fortunately, I'll never know. I had a sudden urge to escape to the bathroom during the morning announcements.

#2168

The Chapstick of Banality

Posted: 4/21/06 at 8:07pm

Sounds good to me.

#2169

The Chapstick of Banality

Posted: 4/21/06 at 8:08pm

Maybe I can provide some giggles.

First off, she spelled the author's name wrong. She has started waaay too many sentences with "and" and "because". She keeps starting paragraphes with quotes, not topic sentences, and ending them with questions, not her opinion. She's misquoted sources, and omitted sources alltogether.

This one pretty much takes the icing off the cake. She said:

"She comes back to haunt Roderick! Lady Madeline of Usher with her bloody, white robes (how scary!) "....quote..."

Yes. This is from a student of a well respected college. Oy.

I recognize the addiction to being alive.

Updated On: 4/21/06 at 08:08 PM

#2170

The Chapstick of Banality

Posted: 4/21/06 at 8:09pm

*chuckle*

My neighbor is singing....

A work of art is an invitation to love.

Updated On: 4/21/06 at 08:09 PM

#2171

The Chapstick of Banality

Posted: 4/21/06 at 8:10pm

On-key, I hope?

#2172

The Chapstick of Banality

Posted: 4/21/06 at 8:11pm

The Fall of the House of Usher, right? I loved that, along with The Masque of the Red Death.

#2173

The Chapstick of Banality

Posted: 4/21/06 at 8:11pm

Yes. She just started a third paragraph with a quote. And a fourth.

I recognize the addiction to being alive.

Updated On: 4/21/06 at 08:11 PM

#2174

Posted: 4/21/06 at 8:12pm

My avatar is a reminder to myself. I need lots of reminders...

Updated On: 1/23/09 at 08:12 PM

#2175

The Chapstick of Banality

Posted: 4/21/06 at 8:12pm

That girl's parents must have bought her way in. I could write better in first grade.

I love the Masque of Red Death too, Siamese. The ballroon sounds so cool; I wish someone would make it into a short film.

Larry Kramer compared that story to the AIDS epidemic: it snuck in, showed its ugly face and killed millions.

Updated On: 4/21/06 at 08:12 PM

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