Saturday, September 16, 2000

I love the word 'columbarium', even though it's kind of morbid...
Posted by: Shannon M.: 9:29 AM |

"Even writers, those professional exhibitionists, have their moments of reticence." -- Edmund White, from The Farewell Symphony.
Posted by: Shannon M.: 9:32 AM |

Friday, September 15, 2000

 

 

A List Of Domains From Which I Recieve Spam (most of which have little if anything to do with the contents of said spam):

• Naseej -- The Arab Information Network
• Shanghai 163 Email
• Ministry Of International Trade and Industry... For Japan. It's actually a pretty interesting site, if you follow the 'English' link.
• 163.net, a nmore visually interesting version of Shanghai 163.
• Blast.net, a New Jersey ISP -- be sure to check out the traffic cam!
• ITL.net, which appears to be either an ISP or a portal in the Ukraine somewhere.
• Monster Ice! Well, no. Not really.
• Codec Electronic Products and ISP. In Romainia/Czechoslovakia. (Another site that's kind of fun to explore, though moreso in the original language.)
• Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique.
• Blackie MacDonald, from Austrailia.
• 21cn.com, which appears to be of the same ilk as the 163 guys.
• Frontier Software, another French site.
• Acorn, the Dice.Com for New Zealand. (Wanna see what I -did- with this particular spam?)
• And in the Not-So-Intersting catagory we find MSN, Yahoo, Lycos, NetScape and (of course) Hotmail.

Posted by: Shannon M.: 10:12 PM |

Exciting Discoveries Happen Every Day.

I found Fumbling Toward Ecstasy! The CD, the case, and the liner notes are all in one place, at last! And of course I haven't -listened- to it, yet... Because I'm afraid of losing it all again. *Rolls eyes* It came with a price, though -- I canNOT find my No Strings Attached CD. I'm relatively certain of the box/liner note locations, but I can't find the CD! I -like- N'Sync, okay? It makes me cranky when I don't have their bubble-gummy melodies to make my way to school by.

 

From The "...But I love you anyway." File:

Molly was regaling me with the tale of a hapless Dragonball Z fan at her school, who happens to wear a DBZ tee (say that three times fast...) nearly every day... She said that, in her considered opinion, anyone that wore an anime shirt was a geek. I told her that I couldn't find mine, and it cracked us both up. Okay, so maybe you had to be there... But it -was- funny. And I sort-of know where my anime shirt is. I keep meaning to buy or make another one...

Of course, I -could- point out that -she- like Tenchi In Tokyo (the dubbed version, icky), which would make us even, Or Something.

 

"I've got you... Under my skin..."

I found some Hello Kitty temporary tattoos. They've got kind of an icy-blue butterfly theme going on, and they're small and non-glittery. I like sparkly things, but glitter tattoos are just... Well, -silly-. *Shrug* Butterflies aren't exactly me, either, but these are okay butterflies. I need to remember to buy some nice tribal-derived tattoos when Halloween comes around... I need to practice wearing skin-art before I decide to commit to the real thing. I -do- think that I have an excellent idea for my first one... I -had- been considering a logo of a group that was near and dear to my heart, or a little raven with nine stars around it, but now... I think I'll go for Semper Misericordia Semper Gracia Semper Robum Semper Fides Semper Veritas in a circle around the words Ago Semper Cum Honoro in a nice block print or something.

"Always Mercy Always Grace Always Strength Always Faith Always Truth" encircling "Act Always With Honor" seems like words to live by, don't you think?

And yes, it was inspired in part by Gladiator. Only a very little bit, though. I probably would have come up with it on my own even if I'd never seen the movie.

 

Hey! Free donuts!

Not -really-, but going to the donut shop -is- a perk of driving and/or chaperoning on field trips. I love that.

 

"Number two Dallas, two minutes, obstruction, holding."

Hockey pre-season started last week. Yaaaaay! *Dancing around* New games! New teams! New players! Maybe even I hope I hope I hope new writing!

Posted by: Shannon M.: 10:34 PM |

I hate being in this state of mind. I just go around in circles, bouncing from one thought to another, with mood swings to match. Is that a cause to worry, or is this cheer-despair-cheer cycle normal? It seems to be somewhat normal for -me-, because if I recall correctly, I went through something similar with Danny. I was happy to see him, happy after I left, and then a little while after getting home, I'd be unhappy because I saw him and still said nothing. I also didn't -do- anything.

Maybe. Maybe I should have acted with him, should have brought everything to a head when I actually saw him, like, y'know, face to face.

I can't and won't do that now. I won't. I mustn't!

 

But GOD how I want to. How nice it would be if I could...

 

Sigh.

Posted by: Shannon M.: 10:41 PM |