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Wednesday, July 18, 2007

In the Summertime, La Da Da Da Da...

 
Currently Reading
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
By Malcolm Gladwell
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Should I put that in quotes? I never knew the words to that song, other than half of that first line. You know the one. It's always on those awful classic rock stations. "They're oldies, but goldies!" Now really, you people could have spent a bit more time thinking about that catchphrase. For the sake of Mungo Jerry's "Summertime," if nothing else.

 

Things I've done thus far:

-Explained what a hymen was to a 14 year old boy.

-Was outcast from every group of people I associate with for not understanding the appeal of Harry Potter.

-Cleaned out part of my car. Findings included: NWA cassette tape, the Pocahontas Soundtrack, rotting oranges, a full tea set, and two chia pets...one of which had sprouted long ago.

-Saw Hall & Oates for free. AWESOME. (Er, my kind of awesome...) Even better? Seeing the cops in charge of the show wearing clear vinyl ponchos. Riding Segway Scooters. Dancing on said scooters.

-Looked in my text messaging outbox to find things like the following: "Working overtime on a possible poop explosion. It's 5 a.m. and things are grand." Ugh. I'm so tired I don't even try anymore. Don't ever be my friend, because, at this rate, I'll probably be reaching into my "diarrhea joke" bag within days of meeting you.

 

A few noble goals:

-Get over fears of spider veins, sharks, mayonnaise.

-Stop spelling masterbating masterbaiting masturbating incorrectly. 

-Cash in that winning $1 scratch-off lottery ticket.

-Stop mourning the untimely death of Charles Nelson Reilly.

-Learn the words to "It's the End of the World as We Know It." Shouting the "Leonard Bernstein!" part does not count as knowing the whole song. 

-Learn words in sign language other than "turtle," "king," and "lesbian."

-Form a mutiny at my place of work with my manager (appropriately named Pound, as shown below). This may or may not include blinding people with muriatic acid, stealing the overpriced Nerf Guns we sell, and high fives/fist pounds to cement the bond between overqualified yet underpaid workers such as ourselves:

With a boss known as Little Hitler, streams of lonely male customers making sexual innuendoes, and a paycheck so low I don't even get taxes back, what's not to love?

 

 

I'm not meant for this weather.

 

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I think all he does in that song anyway is sing " la da di da da ... da di da di di di ..." and so on and so forth. It seems to me he only throws "in the summer time..." to make people believe there are actual words in that song. I forgot to mention to you I am buying Mike a shirt that says "I'm actually a lesbian" - I found it at a thrift store. OOhrah! This post was simple and to the point- I enjoyed it. I already feel the diarrehea jokes making a comeback. How I miss them so. Untill later today so I don't wake you up at my meaningless hours- kels kamels. (Oh mama holden!)
Posted 7/18/2007 8:26 AM by Compressible - reply

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Or maybe with those la's I was thinking of that blue song... in a blue house with a blue little window and a blue corvette and everything is blue for him and himself and everybody around, but he aint got nobody to listen to listen to listen to.... I didn't even google those lyrics...
Posted 7/18/2007 8:31 AM by Compressible - reply

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I'm still sad about CNR.
Posted 7/18/2007 10:14 AM by ty_davis - reply

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-Explained what a hymen was to a 14 year old boy.

I think my work should hire you immediately. The other day, a young boy asked me what masturbation was. And when I said 'Ask your parents', he was like 'But my Dad does it all the time'. Oh children these days.

-Cleaned out part of my car. Findings included: NWA cassette tape, the Pocahontas Soundtrack, rotting oranges, a full tea set, and two chia pets...one of which had sprouted long ago.

But no cumberbund and bow tie.

-Get over fears of spider veins, sharks, mayonnaise.

You need to have these fears or else you would be perfect, and the rest of us would be too intimidated to talk to you. So the fears, especially the mayonnaise one, make you more human, less...godly?
Posted 7/18/2007 10:41 AM by ashes_of_my_mistakes - reply

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michael stipe doesn't even know the words to that song--he reads them off a podium (I guess he's too cool for a teleprompter).
Posted 7/18/2007 10:58 AM by AristotleForDummies - reply

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Jasy, this post made me miss you even more. Now I really want to have our "forget the rest of the world" day.

If you've gotten that comment yet. Otherwise you probably don't know what Im talking about.


I don't mind diarrhea jokes. You can tell me one any day.

*< :o)

<3 Tin na na nah
Posted 7/18/2007 12:50 PM by tickled_pink_06 - reply

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That's a really good book, by Malcolm Gladwell. His other one is pretty interesting too, if you haven't looked into it already: The Tipping Point.
Posted 7/18/2007 4:53 PM by secondfiddle - reply

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i guarantee you that your paycheck is higher than mine. even if it isn't, i'll just lie to myself in an attempt to justify all the contempt i have for being a wage-labor, corporate wretch.

do you ever look back and wonder how the past six months have landed you where you are? sometimes i feel like i'm on autopilot or in a state of codependency most of the time.

that second strain of though added more warmth and lightheartedness to this comment, for sure.

#Andrew#
Posted 7/18/2007 8:10 PM by ihadtocometoprisontobeacrook - reply

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plus, they play that stupid song over the tv's at work incessantly. at least it helps me remember what season it is. if only i could get a grip on the whole day-by-day business...
Posted 7/18/2007 8:11 PM by ihadtocometoprisontobeacrook - reply

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firefox 2.0 has helped me become a perfectly garderobe speller. An exquisite perfection in the garden of delight.
Posted 7/19/2007 1:14 AM by Untriseptium - reply

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I have to say, I don't really get Harry Potter, either.  My best friend goes crazy for it in all of it's forms, but the first book was read to us in sixth grade, then I read the first half of the second one and gave up.  I don't know, I just...I don't know.  Maybe if Daniel Radcliff was cuter...oh god..this is my life.
Mayonaise is disgusting. Don't stop fearing it. Disgusting.

and I have bits and peices of it's the enddd of the world as we know ittt, but I'll work on it, too.  Goals are good, because just having my noontime "What Not to Wear" is nothing to be excited about.  I need something to aim for in life.

Posted 7/19/2007 3:21 AM by danielfranco - reply

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I too lack the understanding of Harry Potter's appeal. And I like nerdy stuff.

Also, if you know anyone with perky breasts and sultry eyes, have them call me. I have an idea..

Posted 7/19/2007 6:24 PM by steele_savagery - reply

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I personally like stuff by Margaret Atwood. It's kind of slow to read at parts in some of her pieces, but the stories really are quite good when you get down to it. Also, I read a book called Why Gender Matters by a guy named Leonard Sax. That was interesting. Probably my favorite book of all time though, is Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo.
Posted 7/20/2007 3:35 PM by secondfiddle - reply

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talk to me about chlorine.
Posted 7/20/2007 8:11 PM by bondavage - reply

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I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT CLIP, BUT I HAAAVE ALREADY SET MY TIVO TO RECORD THE TWO COREYS..

oh...my...god..

I'll step to you, you don't want to fight me kid, do you understand that?

Posted 7/22/2007 4:44 AM by danielfranco - reply

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Oh . . . come on! You can get by on turtle and lesbian alone. What other words do you even need?
Posted 7/22/2007 6:46 AM by JeffTheGil - reply

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I don't get anything that has to do with being an obsessed fan or going goo goo ga ga for anything.

Especially, Harry Potter. It has no value to me what so ever.

I'd love to hear your potty jokes when meeting you.
Posted 7/23/2007 3:32 PM by coldwetloser - reply

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I love Hall and Oates, seriously.
Posted 7/23/2007 7:10 PM by YouCantGoHome - reply

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I can't believe you actually wrote out that word.

Looking forward to fun day!!!
Posted 7/23/2007 10:30 PM by EeKhelpmyPaNts - reply

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Hahah, oh yes. And, if you're a fan particularly of "You Make My Dreams", you should check out the song "Stand Up" by Melee, at the end of it, after about 2 mins of silence, they cover it, and in my opinion- faithfully.

And to your comment about how clapping makes songs better, I agree wholeheartedly. You should IM me sometime, you're interesting and pretty.

SN - Are We All Lost


Yeah, that just happened.
Posted 7/23/2007 10:37 PM by YouCantGoHome - reply

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well, now that i realize that anderson cooper is evidently cool enough to get tattooed on someone, i see that i am no match. no one ever tattooed me on their calf. my self-esteem has dipped dangerously low now. thanks a lot.

i've been meaning to ask you if you've ever played online boardgames. chances are, you have. if you have, you would probably only admit it to me, but then again, neither one of us has any shame left. on that note: there are mad competitions to be scheduled between us. no one plays boardgames with me anymore, so i'm having to resort to you, even though you may be a middle-aged sex predator; although, if you were, i can't imagine why you'd be talking to me. hmm

so, what have you been up to lately?

#Anderson# (very nice-ah)
Posted 7/24/2007 1:18 AM by ihadtocometoprisontobeacrook - reply

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you are way too funny for me not to be jealous.
Posted 7/24/2007 3:30 PM by herstoryuntitled - reply

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sometimes mayonnaise can be scary.
I hope this isnt weird:
[IMG]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y51/xSylentWordsx/jasyandi.jpg[/IMG]
Posted 7/24/2007 6:12 PM by xSylentWordsx - reply

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ahhhh. it didnt come up.
Posted 7/24/2007 6:12 PM by xSylentWordsx - reply

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Yeah, but at least whenever I penetrate the apple pie, I don't have to worry about jail time.

Then again, rape is free.

-C
Posted 7/25/2007 1:52 PM by InASaferPlace - reply

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