tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87007215711507490872024-03-05T00:57:13.051-04:00unemployed.irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890942544429224734noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700721571150749087.post-35910174354826742992008-05-21T06:28:00.003-04:002008-05-21T06:35:08.495-04:00miley cyrus<a href="http://weblogs.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities_blog/mileyvanity.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 230px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 293px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="280" alt="" src="http://weblogs.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities_blog/mileyvanity.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>i know i'm weeks late on this one, but i've had different concerns about the miley cyrus vanity fair photoshoot. she's 15 and holding the premature twins up with a sheet. ok, whatevs. i don't really care about that. here's what i think: she looks like a zombie. like, a total freaking zombie. </div>irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890942544429224734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700721571150749087.post-12051969143450922332008-05-21T06:12:00.002-04:002008-05-21T06:28:05.582-04:00no-duh, yahoo!ever since yahoo has started posting headlines on thier homepage (which has been eons, really), there are often these "no-duh" and/or really useless headlines that some how make it on thier featured list. over the past several years, i've been meaning to collect them and compile a list, but have never done so. what better time than to start now? yahoo strikes again!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/s/885234">Risk of birth defects doubles in pre-term babies, researchers say</a><br /><br />you mean, if the bread's not baked yet, then it's...not baked? no way! ok, so i understand that the whole point of the article is that the rate doubles (as opposed to just simply increases) and i'm sure there are a lot of people who found that fascinating or didn't know it before. well, just wait until i find some more. some golden past ones include "studies show...": lack of sleep affects concentration, memory loss associated with aging, and bullied children tend to have low self-esteem.irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890942544429224734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700721571150749087.post-59237921744079575622008-02-22T18:25:00.003-04:002008-02-22T18:27:55.412-04:00stuffwhitepeoplelikestuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com is the best thing i've read today. check it out. stuffasianpeoplelike.wordpress.com just sucks major. surprise. it's written by an asian. i'm going to make my own list.irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890942544429224734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700721571150749087.post-34958477307359217982008-02-21T06:23:00.002-04:002008-02-21T06:45:42.288-04:00click5<a href="http://a690.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/11/l_24edbce31dca8b08c18b7183366241e1.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://a690.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/11/l_24edbce31dca8b08c18b7183366241e1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />speaking of 5 people i love. i love love this new kid in the click 5. kyle patrick (middle above) is ridiculously adorable. i was at the roxy tonight to see evan's band (black list club) and these kids played last. they were very good, aside from the extra 4 lbs. hair they could get rid of.<br /><br />anyway, this kyle kid was wearing some white shoes and pulled them off flawlessly. i couldn't keep my eyes off of his feet. melt! there is something so terrific, hip, and kind of ethereal about white shoes. and it was matched with the perfect outfit. white shirt, white tie, adorable black front/white back vest. this kid is trying to kill me.irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890942544429224734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700721571150749087.post-76047270930382543762008-02-21T06:10:00.005-04:002008-02-26T02:31:40.064-04:00people i love<div><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://z.about.com/d/movies/1/0/N/d/N/jackass2prem5.jpg" border="0" /> <div><ul><li><strong>dr. drew pinsky:</strong> he's a doctor, therapist, radio personality, opera singer, actor, and whatever else. i listen to loveline only for this guy. he's freaking amazing.<br /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com/media/images/music/interviews/greggraffin/greggraffin.jpg" border="0" /> </li><br /><li><strong>greg graffin:</strong> he's a professor at ucla and the lead singer of bad religion. seriously. i already have a post dedicated to him, but is clearly worthy of another mention in this category. </li><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa13/iluv_incubus/Music/dave_grohl.jpg" border="0" /><br /><li><strong>dave grohl:</strong> dude, its dave grohl. beads of his holy sweat once flew off the tips of his hair and onto me. it was magical. </li><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://upload.moldova.org/movie/actors/j/jason_bateman/thumbnails/tn2_jason_bateman_1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><li><strong>jason bateman:</strong> remember that episode in arrested development where he plays with the paper crane on marta's shoulder? that is probably the cutest thing i have ever seen a guy do on tv.<br /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/070102/070102_gates_vmed_2p.widec.jpg" border="0" /></li><br /><li><strong>bill gates:</strong> is bill gates.</li><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://nymag.com/images/2/daily/showandtalk/07/02/03_timgunn_lgl.jpg" border="0" /><br /><li><strong>tim gunn:</strong> this guy has the most exquisite taste in stripes and patterns. savvy, nice, and unbelievably stylish. </li></ul></div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890942544429224734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700721571150749087.post-77268720644951121712008-02-07T22:44:00.003-04:002008-02-14T00:33:11.362-04:00em's gmail status"HAPPY NEW YEAR, Chinese people!! "irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890942544429224734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700721571150749087.post-80520542473730918942008-02-02T20:50:00.000-04:002008-02-02T21:19:15.722-04:00continuedso when i was writing the previous entry, i remembered that i also have to share my top 5 must-haves for any guy's closet at all times.<br /><ul><li><strong>the anti-jean</strong>: every guy should have a different pair of pants than jeans. sweats do not count. you should have at least one pair of terrific jeans, but since most guys already do, i didn't think that was necessary to mention. if you can pull off white pants, that is amazing, but if you can't, a great pair of khakis will do. </li><li><strong>brown leather shoes</strong>: shoes are made out of leather. leather is brown. have some brown leather shoes. it only makes sense.</li><li><strong>the monochromatic t-shirt trio</strong>: invest in some basic, short-sleeve, crew-neck tees in white, black, and gray. they <em>must</em> fit well. they hardly cost anything. if the target hanes fit you well, perfect. if not, h&m, urbn, and american apparel offer more sizes. </li><li><strong>sweater</strong>: personally, i think every guy should invest in a decent heather gray cardigan. if you're not cool enough to do the cardigan look, you have to have at least one nice sweater. no fairisle, argyle, plaid, or stripes before you invest in a nice plain sweater. </li><li><strong>coat</strong>: or sport coat. i think every guy needs one great black coat, but if youre in california and don't need a real coat, get a sport coat. </li></ul>irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890942544429224734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700721571150749087.post-18139683149708783072008-02-02T20:27:00.000-04:002008-02-02T20:50:37.670-04:00no-no's for boyssome of you may already know that i really want to become a menswear designer. anyway, here is my first piece of top 5 no-do's to y'all.<br /><ul><li><strong>hair styles and do's</strong>: guys cannot have hair-do's. you can have great haircuts, but no styles. likewise, dreds are never attractive. </li><li><strong>deep v-neck t's</strong>: straight men cannot pull off deep v's. i don't care how much american apparel ads try to push them. please. i am being very serious about this. </li><li><strong>low waisted jeans</strong>: if you want to look a million times better and million dollars richer instantly, pull up your pants. the mid-90s were wrong and are sooo over. </li><li><strong>man purse</strong>: be <em>very</em> careful about this.</li><li><strong>polyester</strong>: do i have to explain? </li></ul>irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890942544429224734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700721571150749087.post-24292163820394521502008-01-30T03:15:00.000-04:002008-01-30T03:29:12.069-04:00still funnyso, i'm giving james some advice for shopping for senior spring classes and when we get to talking about social psychology, i remember this bit. my social psychology professor was a visiting professor from U of A. sure, whatever, maybe i'm making judgements, but a couple weeks into the semester, she asked the class (mostly psych concentrators) this --<br /><br />prof: has anyone in this room ever heard of the word "stigma"? raise your hand if you have.<br /><em>(everyone raises hand)</em><br />prof: oh, wow! okay, do any of you know what it means?<br /><em>(everyone raises hand again)</em><br />prof: whew, that is amazing! i am so impressed!<br /><em></em>irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890942544429224734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700721571150749087.post-41054937408363024972008-01-22T18:07:00.000-04:002008-01-22T18:19:36.974-04:00heath ledger<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvF6dO6w-Cdpxo8kWEmwt-JAmL9EzwoGdjQdcqG5nZXhQ2zr6qv8Z6wAsiOEIi-3zxLXpD9TV4t-F4EodaRCeSPi1EIAgdwH8XKfpZBhx1v3FjgPzg0V52F7gxWFXBWo0IzXghwO0fpNE/s1600-h/heath.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158428050278418562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvF6dO6w-Cdpxo8kWEmwt-JAmL9EzwoGdjQdcqG5nZXhQ2zr6qv8Z6wAsiOEIi-3zxLXpD9TV4t-F4EodaRCeSPi1EIAgdwH8XKfpZBhx1v3FjgPzg0V52F7gxWFXBWo0IzXghwO0fpNE/s320/heath.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><em>Report: Actor Heath Ledger Found Dead at Manhattan Residence</em></div><br /><div><em>NEW YORK — Actor Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan residence in what authorities say is a possible drug-related death, the NYPD said. He was 28. </em></div><div><br /><em>NYPD spokesman said that Ledger had an appointment for a massage at the Manhattan apartment that is believed to be his home. The housekeeper who went to let Ledger know the masseuse was there, and found him dead at 3:26 p.m, Browne said.<br /></em></div><div><em>The Australian-born actor was an Oscar nominee for his role in "Brokeback Mountain" and has numerous other screen credits.</em></div><br />*i know i don't normally post news on here, but this is an exception. </div></div></div>irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890942544429224734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700721571150749087.post-84414743013016199542008-01-21T07:53:00.001-04:002008-01-21T07:56:43.491-04:00!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmw8xOsYyWSWMMX2pdhBDiG1ayV_HDW2X5PPBzCGmTPg2A7VnEvBH9CEkDXYnwCJQZ0eLLn7CPwCEhwNqxgRxdiJz4IpofvkH4JcHORLA6c-7Z1KQm-VQ2hZ1AITQ3PDtsC_XY9Etyvcs/s1600-h/28dogxlarge1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157896853018216562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmw8xOsYyWSWMMX2pdhBDiG1ayV_HDW2X5PPBzCGmTPg2A7VnEvBH9CEkDXYnwCJQZ0eLLn7CPwCEhwNqxgRxdiJz4IpofvkH4JcHORLA6c-7Z1KQm-VQ2hZ1AITQ3PDtsC_XY9Etyvcs/s400/28dogxlarge1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>i'm going to freaking explode if i look at this for a second longer. it just might be the cutest puppy i have ever seen. it is wearing a tuxedo shirt with 2 socks. seriously. stop. i'm going to die. </div>irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890942544429224734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700721571150749087.post-61931701660219690452008-01-14T23:43:00.000-04:002008-01-14T23:45:17.516-04:00predicament: emoticon punctuationwhen using an emoticon at the end of a sentence, do you still use proper punctuation before preceding on to the next sentence? do you just assume that you cannot use an emoticon in the middle of a sentence in between clauses?<br /><br />e.g.:<br /><ul><li>i'm so fat :). do you like churros :p?</li><li>my cat hates me :/, but my hamster hates me even more :(.</li><li>lean pockets make the world the move faster =o)!</li></ul><br />and in the case of an ellipses, it could get really confusing. i mean, are you crying or what??<br /><br />e.g.:<br /><ul><li>carson daly sucks =(...ryan seacrest might be worse. </li></ul><br />do not tell me that asian emoticons are the solution to the problem because they are vertical. as far as i'm concerned, ^_^ can go screw themselves.<br /><br />also, i would've used the word conundrum instead of predicament in the title because i think it's more appropriate, but that would be so "garden state-y" of me!irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890942544429224734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700721571150749087.post-26457828851528090962008-01-14T21:03:00.000-04:002008-01-21T07:46:05.826-04:00i still ♥ the 90sdon't get me wrong, i understand that the 90s was a complete debacle for retail fashion. baggy jeans, attitude tees, sketchers, and the worst: mini-backpacks. but besides that, it was gold for tv shows. as em posted on my facebook,<br /><br /><blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;">Emily McCoy wrote<br />at 8:05 pm on November 10, 2007<br /><br />it is saturday night. i am watching legends of the hidden temple reruns. these kids are so stupid. SMASH THOSE CLAY POTS, damnit. Also, that monkey is not hard to assemble. Give me a break...<br /><br />If you and I had only been friends in the early 90s, we would've been on that show and won a sweet game boy or a huffy bike. If only...</span></blockquote><br />naturally, for christmas, she got me this awesome blue barracudas shirt with this insignia:<br /><div align="left"></div><div><div><div><div><div><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 193px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 188px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="197" alt="" src="http://www.mypartyshirt.com/images/bluebarracudassmall.jpg" border="0" /> now, if you're smart, you should know that the blue barracudas was the coolest team. the green monkeys were alright, but as long as you weren't the purple parrots, you still had an okay chance of winning. </div><div><br /><div>p.s. alex mack was sooo hot!</div><div> </div><div>UPDATE: i just found out that i have 2 copies of <em>wayside school is falling down</em>, which is #2 of the <em>sideways stories from wayside school</em> series. hardcore!</div></div></div></div></div></div>irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890942544429224734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700721571150749087.post-1995459019465028802008-01-14T19:43:00.000-04:002008-01-15T00:27:03.079-04:00hello againi stopped writing new entries once school ended because the reason i even did it in the first place was procrastination. anyway, now that i'm unemployed, i have lots of free time and i am already sick of online scrabble and alluc.org. not that any of you care, but here is a quick update of what happened during the hiatus:<br /><ul><li>june: moved to la</li><li>july: started work at american apparel offices</li><li>aug: went tanning</li><li>sept: turned 22</li><li>oct: bought some cute shoes</li><li>nov: </li><li>dec: jamie lynn spears sperminated</li><li>jan: quit job</li></ul><p>next month, i will still be wondering who the hell the jonas brothers are and why we care about them. </p>irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890942544429224734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700721571150749087.post-29260637393411703092007-06-29T01:54:00.000-04:002007-06-29T02:08:25.840-04:00ranking cities i'm familiar with according to things that are important to mehottest people:<br />1) LA<br />2) NYC<br />3) boston<br /><br />best dressed:<br />1) NYC<br />2) LA<br />3) boston<br /><br />smartest people:<br />1) NYC<br />2) boston<br />3) LA<br /><br />nicest people:<br />1) LA<br />2) NYC<br />3) boston<br /><br />fastest (walking) people:<br />1) NYC<br />2) boston<br />3) LA<br /><br />best service:<br />1) LA<br />2) NYC<br />3) boston<br /><br />most insomniac:<br />1) NYC<br />2) LA<br />3) boston<br /><br />best pizza:<br />1) boston<br />2) NYC<br />3) LA doesnt have pizza<br /><br />best weather:<br />1) LA<br />2) NYC<br />3) bostonirenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890942544429224734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700721571150749087.post-22696487933475152762007-06-29T01:53:00.000-04:002007-06-29T01:54:56.065-04:00questionhow often do they collect the quarters from parking meters? because i have never seen this happen...irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890942544429224734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700721571150749087.post-84130974274031490002007-06-28T23:10:00.001-04:002007-06-28T23:15:14.437-04:00surprise visit!just right now, the ice cream man came to visit me! technically, ice cream woman. this is incredibly exciting. i don't think the ice cream man has been here in eons. really, i mean it, i think the last time i heard them was in 1992. the truck made two rounds around my house before anyone stopped them, which was me. i frantically ran out and asked for a spongebob squarepants ice cream-sicle kind of thing. they were sold out, so i got a bugs bunny one instead. my mother got a sno-cone. those are pretty good, too. the children in this neighborhood have no idea what an ice cream man is. now, THAT is a deprived childhood. <br /><br />dont worry, i took pictures to document this marvelous event. post them soon, i lost my camera cable.irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890942544429224734noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700721571150749087.post-63500610179708036652007-06-18T04:33:00.000-04:002007-06-18T04:37:41.540-04:00conversation about tea parties and pubertyirene: apparently, emily had to go this mother-daughter tea thing in 5th grade at her school where they watched a video about thier changing bodies and passed out tampons and stuff. is that a mass. thing?<br />taylor: uh, no. definitely have that in irvine. all my sisters went.<br />irene: i don't think i ever went...<br />taylor: how'd you miss the mother-daughter tea boat?<br />irene: it was on a boat?! wow! i definitely did NOT go.irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890942544429224734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700721571150749087.post-37238771619617935582007-05-23T03:28:00.000-04:002007-05-23T03:37:11.884-04:00dirty clotheslast night, someone pooped in the cabot laundry room. as in, left a pile of fresh crap on someone's clothes. of course, no one wanted to believe this and a bunch of people (who didn't see it) speculated that a squirrel must have snuck into the laundry room and pooped. i didn't see it for myself either, but according to these testimonials over the open-list, i'm pretty sure its human poop.<br /><ul><li>" go check it out, it's still fresh and liquid"</li><li>"For further explanation, the turd is roughly the size of a small squirrel."</li><li>" a SQUIRREL??? that whole f*&%ing thing is the size of a squirrel!!"</li><li> "Given the dispersion and probably trajectory of the stuff, I think it had to be a larger animal. Small animals just don't have that much spray factor."</li><li>"there was a LOT of this poop"</li><li>"very liquidy"</li></ul><p>too good/bad to be true. </p>irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890942544429224734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700721571150749087.post-20128319050304429102007-05-22T05:56:00.000-04:002007-05-22T06:27:53.395-04:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR5UchUGJNYOrUHN08EQD2-7rtjbJcOzqDYuMw83t63hwJAHEkYJl8H69W1A27XK7GHL3suDWivR-PjV2sO_PSjUxzS4Nvz4Uzokp6PY8ve3Wn0HCAxSlAKPAdsHCTJqwfc8EJP-u_LCM/s1600-h/untitled.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067323617729245298" style="CURSOR: hand" height="347" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR5UchUGJNYOrUHN08EQD2-7rtjbJcOzqDYuMw83t63hwJAHEkYJl8H69W1A27XK7GHL3suDWivR-PjV2sO_PSjUxzS4Nvz4Uzokp6PY8ve3Wn0HCAxSlAKPAdsHCTJqwfc8EJP-u_LCM/s320/untitled.JPG" width="254" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:0;"><span style="font-size:0;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:0;"><span style="font-size:0;"></span></span><br />"The Blender shoot was really fun because it was super rock and roll — we had a bottle of [whiskey] and ate cupcakes."<br />- Avril Lavigne<br /><br />(congrats to adrian for finding this.)irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890942544429224734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700721571150749087.post-35791605757745205972007-05-22T04:55:00.000-04:002007-05-22T05:03:11.194-04:00my puppy-to-be<a href="http://www.legacy-kennels.com/TARBABY.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 229px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 195px" height="178" alt="" src="http://www.legacy-kennels.com/TARBABY.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div> </div><div>its currently 5am on tues and for the past 4 hours i've been googling everything about puggles (beagle/pug hybrid): pictures, breeders, training, coat types, costs, whatever else. for the longest time, i thought i was going to get a shiba inu puppy, but now i think i changed my mind. i WILL get a puggle and he will be black with a white belly. yes! just like oscar eliot! </div><div> </div><div>i have 2 finals and a 20 page paper (3 pages into it) due all within the next 36 hours or something, but you know how its impossible to start on anything until there's an hour left and then you have no choice? yeah, until then, i'll be looking at pictures of puggle puppies. </div>irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890942544429224734noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700721571150749087.post-80962150381408743042007-05-21T03:17:00.000-04:002007-05-21T06:48:02.104-04:00bad wordsremember my good cereals list? i think its time for another list. today's is words i don't like saying, hearing, and/or sometimes reading.<br /><br /><br /><ul><li>lozenge</li><li>loin</li><li>groin</li><li>handsome (makes no sense)</li><li>mushroom (same)</li><li>buttocks </li><li>brassiere </li><li>trough</li><li>broil</li><li>awry (as a kid, i read this as <em>awe-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ree</span></em>)</li><li>follicle</li><li>pustule</li><li>thong</li><li>moustache</li><li>shampoo</li><li>banal </li><li>corps (always read this wrong in my head)</li><li>vermicelli</li><li>venereal </li><li>woman </li><li>yeast</li><li>saucer</li><li>girdle</li><li>girth</li><li>birth</li><li>cloister</li><li>ham</li><li>uvula </li><li>penal</li><li>jaundice</li><li>pregnant </li><li>condiment</li><li>fungus</li><li>corny </li><li>horny </li></ul><p></p><p>trough and lozenge tie for the worst word ever award.</p>irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890942544429224734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700721571150749087.post-86493271026492208982007-05-21T01:51:00.000-04:002007-05-21T03:14:19.602-04:00buy stuff herei am spending way too much time (and maybe money) on these sites, but theyre seriously worth it. i will never buy anything at msrp again!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pricegrabber.com">www.pricegrabber.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.pricewatch.com">www.pricewatch.com</a><br /><br />yay for new camera memory card and 500gb external hard drive. amazing!irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890942544429224734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700721571150749087.post-40798878078411907272007-05-21T00:02:00.000-04:002007-05-21T00:55:00.969-04:00south korea to be renamed "terran confederacy"<a href="http://www.pcgames.com.cn/fight/starcraft/mingren/0408/pic/pcgames_X2KT_tossgirl.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 223px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 316px" height="295" alt="" src="http://www.pcgames.com.cn/fight/starcraft/mingren/0408/pic/pcgames_X2KT_tossgirl.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />do you know who she is? (hint: she is not me 4 years from now.) i don't know what her name is, but on pcgamess.com, it says she's one of the best professional starcraft players in korea, which probably means she's one the best in the entire universe. now i just need to find a country where they live and breathe 'alchemy' on yahoo games. and since we all know that i'm the alchemy champion (board cleared in 1:19, impressive i know), i would easily become an obsession there!<br /><br />on saturday, blizzard entertainment officially announced the current development of starcraft 2 at thier worldwide invitational held in seoul (obviously). according to the AP, an estimated 35% of south korea's population is considered "gamers," many of them very familiar with starcraft and several of them now dead from game-addiction/overplaying (i'm totally serious). here is a brief timeline of what to expect from now:<br /><ul><li>may 2007: blizzard announces starcraft 2 in seoul. south korea implodes with joy. blizzard does not announce specific release date. </li><li>june 2007: korean government funds project to create time machine to teleport koreans into future, find out release date, and possibly procure a copy of starcraft 2. </li><li>later 2007: mission fails. several koreans killed in the attempt. handful of anxiety/depression suicides also occur from failure to wait until next year. national holiday instituted to commemorate dead. </li><li>sometime 2008: blizzard finally announces release date and price. koreans implode with more joy. release date is instituted as national holiday called "starcraft 2 release date."</li><li>shortly after in 2008: starcraft 2 released. koreans implode even with more joy. seoul hosts starcraft parade on this glorious holiday.</li><li>later 2008: consequential deaths follow from game-addiction. tragic news for the country.</li><li>2009: 8 year old korean boy hailed as new starcraft champion and prodigy. koreans elect him as president. south korea renamed to "terran confederacy" (or something like it).</li><li>2013: starcraft prodigy-king-president dies from game-addiction. koreans mourn, institute new holiday in his name. </li></ul><p>am i going anywhere with this? i have a 20 page paper to write on farm subsidies due in 2 days or something. i'm just going to draw 20 pictures of cows and pigs and turn that in. </p>irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890942544429224734noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700721571150749087.post-71205610471039277092007-05-20T22:34:00.000-04:002007-05-20T22:48:18.908-04:00Gerbil CompetitionYesterday, in Bedford, there was a gerbil show. Oscar Eliot is currently traveling across the country and was unfortunately unable to compete (even though I didn't even know about the opportunity until I read this article on BostonNow.com). Had he competed, he would've definitely won the Best White Belly category, considering the runner-up was a handicapped defect. He would've also placed in Cutest Face, Best Gnawer, and...Best Fed?</span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><blockquote></blockquote></span></span></span><blockquote></blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;"><em><blockquote><em></em></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;"><em><p><strong><span style="font-size:100%;">Only one top gerbil? Gnaw, they're all Best In Show. </span></strong></em></span></p><p><em><span style="font-size:100%;">"It's the equivalent to the Westminster Kennel Club in there!" Judith Block from New York City said about the American Gerbil Society's 6th annual New England Gerbil Show. More than 200 people and their 77 show-gerbils squeezed, scurried and gnawed their way through the crowded Lexington Room of the Bedford Best Western last Saturday. </span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:100%;">Braving bad weather and even worse directions, the Blocks<br />made it to the hotel on Thursday. It was worth it - they picked up their brand<br />new 11-week-old Gerbil pups, Pete and Guthrie. </span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:100%;">Block says her special gerbil was Phoebe. </span></em><em><span style="font-size:100%;">"She would chew cardboard into sculptures," she said. "She had an artistic soul." </span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:100%;">Amateur gerbilists took part in Pet Class competitions. Best Gnawer, Most Adventurous and Cutest Face were only some of the categories open to these gerbil competitors. </span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:100%;">Tracy Kukkonen's Mochi took first place in Most Adventurous. </span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:100%;">"He climbs on everything," Kukkonen said. </span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:100%;">By the end of the day, Renee and Tom Arena and their son Justin Salmons from Waltham were on edge. It was a nail-biter as Buffy defended her crown for Best White Belly, while Blackie competed for the first time in the Best Color category. </span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:100%;">It was looking grim for Blackie. Judges discovered a minor eye injury. </span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:100%;">"They're in there splitting whiskers," Arena said. </span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:100%;">In the end, Blackie took second place in her category. The Blocks pup, Pete, took third in the Spotted category. Block wasn't upset that Guthrie didn't place. </span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size:100%;">"All my children are special," she said. </span></em></em></span></p></blockquote>irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890942544429224734noreply@blogger.com1