I have been stuck at home for the past week due to house-related stuff and a pet with health issues, so I've occupied myself with learning some new skills. I still have some improvement to go, but I'm pretty pleased so far with my efforts, most of which were in response to suggestions or requests.

A tribute to the Anonymous protest movement, with ( Read more... )

O Lordy, is dat sum WIN?


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A video taken on Atlanta's MARTA system.

Click here to see the DRAMA!
Come back when you've watched this.
Seriously, this is madness. Fo' shizzle.

Okay. You back? Now, ain't that some shit? I hate MARTA, man. Gawd.
Apparently "Souljah Girl" (a.k.a. Stroppy Girl) was later arrested.

How NOT to "pop off," son:
"I'm pressing charges! I'm pressing ( Read more... )

How Savannah celebrates the Fourth: stuff gets blown up over the waterfront and down on the beach.

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Posted by Joe852963741. River Street, 2006. (1:21 minutes)
SNAP CRACKLE POP BOOM (includes "patriotic" cop car sirens whooping in the background. Welcome to Savannah!)

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Posted by jusafaze. Tybee Beach, 2006. (2:04 minutes)
WARNING: Loud crowd noise ( Read more... )

About a week ago or so, I was hanging out at my friend C.'s house and we had NOM NOM NOMed some veggie din-din and were futzing with audio-visual files and gabbing away. All in all, a pretty quiet night.

We started looking up music files to put on the videos, and got sidetracked from pirate-related tunes to Coolio, of all people. Coolio naturally ( Read more... )

Presenting the Pet Peeves concept album!

I'll have to stick to the Greatest Hits version, or else we will be here all day.

Give me a "C," a bouncy "C."

1. Finish What You Started

Oh roommate, you asshole, your dishes are rotten.
The trash bin's in the corner, in case you've forgotten.
Your shoes belong on your feet, not the chair
The bathtub drain is ( Read more... )

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To keep peace with my mother, I decided that the time had come to throw her a few bones of cooperation and daughterly agreeableness. She wanted me to see her new office at the university and go out to dinner. I wasn't particularly excited about either plan, but it was important to her and I had a little free time, finally, so I agreed ( Read more... )

As an adult, I started learning the knack of being a stealth introvert: I can act like an extrovert. At the end of the day, though, other people eventually tire me out and I need alone time. I haven't stopped being introverted, I've just learned how to socialize in a more socially-validated way. Add to that my decision in my 20s to force myself to ( Read more... )

I didn't want to go on the trip with these kids, but I felt torn between my awareness that I was being too antisocial (as usual) and earning a figurative gold star on my college applications as a useful member of this particular school club. I lived a lot in my head as a teen. My home life was adrift and full of conflicting messages ever since my ( Read more... )