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i went to myspace today for the first time. i tried to write loren a message, and it tried to make me join. apparently you can't talk to anyone on myspace unless you get with the program. so i sat there for about two minutes with the cursor blinking on 'email address', then closed the window. i hate filling out forms.
i will probably get one eventually, and then feel the way i felt that time i bought a cell phone. reluctant, but more connected.
my sister was on leave for a few weeks in february, and i got to talk to her on the phone before she went back to iraq for 10 to 12. she seemed really distant. i probably seemed depressed. i don't really like to talk to people when i'm depressed, because i always feel that i'm imposing my shitty mood on everyone else. that's probably why i'm not really active on livejournal any more. anyway, i felt kind of ridiculous being sorry for myself about my own problems, when my sister has to be in iraq for another year. she convinced me i need to change my attitude.
angelique gave me forty bucks to write a 5-page paper on rodolfo gonzales' i am joaquin. i read through it and wrote the paper in five hours. reading the poem, and learning its historical context/effect on the chicano people, really inspired the hell out of me for a day or two.
twenty-five bucks and free food from work should take me into the next paycheck. as much as i hate scraping the bottom of the barrel, i seem to have acquired a knack for it.
tara and company came into town last weekend and took me to amber's house to hang out. this is the third time i've hung out with amber. she takes neat photos and has interesting things on her walls and on the fridge. i like her, but never seem to get enough time to talk to her. i should have asked for her number, but it didn't even occur to me at the time.
griffin and i played axis & allies for 17 hours yesterday. we are nerds in the truest sense. by the end of the session, i had taken western europe, berlin and everything in germany except for southern europe, but his japan had calcutta and caucasus and was amassing to take moscow, meaning that we could have possibly played for another six hours before having a decisive winner. which i like to think would have been me:)
17 hours, though.
we were playing the same game at nate's house a week ago. nick said, "i really like this game, and it's fun, but it always seems to drag out." loren, who would answer his phone as "japan" and put on a military-style bike helmet every time he rolled the dice, said, "yeah. imagine what war is like."
lately it seems all i do with my spare time is play games, to fill the void that poker left. spades, monopoly, gin, backgammon, chess, scrabble, axis & allies. besides their being a fun distraction and a social event, i think we like to play games because they are a form of war without the violence. and boys like to play war. it's in our guts.
i've also finished the first season of lost and am two episodes into season two. before i starting watching it, i didn't think it would catch on, but now i think it's one of the best tv shows i've ever seen. it's dark, cinematic in quality, works on different levels (literal, metaphysical, big-picture commentary, soap opera, mystery), has depth and unique pacing, and it's populated with characters you care deeply about. i heart lost.
okay, i haven't eaten today, so i should go do that.
i will probably get one eventually, and then feel the way i felt that time i bought a cell phone. reluctant, but more connected.
my sister was on leave for a few weeks in february, and i got to talk to her on the phone before she went back to iraq for 10 to 12. she seemed really distant. i probably seemed depressed. i don't really like to talk to people when i'm depressed, because i always feel that i'm imposing my shitty mood on everyone else. that's probably why i'm not really active on livejournal any more. anyway, i felt kind of ridiculous being sorry for myself about my own problems, when my sister has to be in iraq for another year. she convinced me i need to change my attitude.
angelique gave me forty bucks to write a 5-page paper on rodolfo gonzales' i am joaquin. i read through it and wrote the paper in five hours. reading the poem, and learning its historical context/effect on the chicano people, really inspired the hell out of me for a day or two.
twenty-five bucks and free food from work should take me into the next paycheck. as much as i hate scraping the bottom of the barrel, i seem to have acquired a knack for it.
tara and company came into town last weekend and took me to amber's house to hang out. this is the third time i've hung out with amber. she takes neat photos and has interesting things on her walls and on the fridge. i like her, but never seem to get enough time to talk to her. i should have asked for her number, but it didn't even occur to me at the time.
griffin and i played axis & allies for 17 hours yesterday. we are nerds in the truest sense. by the end of the session, i had taken western europe, berlin and everything in germany except for southern europe, but his japan had calcutta and caucasus and was amassing to take moscow, meaning that we could have possibly played for another six hours before having a decisive winner. which i like to think would have been me:)
17 hours, though.
we were playing the same game at nate's house a week ago. nick said, "i really like this game, and it's fun, but it always seems to drag out." loren, who would answer his phone as "japan" and put on a military-style bike helmet every time he rolled the dice, said, "yeah. imagine what war is like."
lately it seems all i do with my spare time is play games, to fill the void that poker left. spades, monopoly, gin, backgammon, chess, scrabble, axis & allies. besides their being a fun distraction and a social event, i think we like to play games because they are a form of war without the violence. and boys like to play war. it's in our guts.
i've also finished the first season of lost and am two episodes into season two. before i starting watching it, i didn't think it would catch on, but now i think it's one of the best tv shows i've ever seen. it's dark, cinematic in quality, works on different levels (literal, metaphysical, big-picture commentary, soap opera, mystery), has depth and unique pacing, and it's populated with characters you care deeply about. i heart lost.
okay, i haven't eaten today, so i should go do that.