Sep 25, 2008, 12:09 pm

Mood: dude...seriously...

Well...maybe not really, there may be some hyperbole and melodrama tucked away somewhere in that title, but I am tired. But that isn't the interesting thing I came to talk with ya'll about:

HOMG: I'm going to Yale for a couple of days at the end of October.

ZOMG: It looks like I'm going to Scotland for a little bit sometime next semester (probably Spring Break), as one of my friends is studying abroad there next semester. So Glaswegian Ochibau look out!

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Aug 28, 2008, 12:54 pm

Mood: Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I went to a taping of The Daily Show yesterday.

adfhjkafdghkjfghjfhgjkdrool....

This is very exciting for me because I live in Denver, not the natural habitat for The Daily Show which is based in New York.

They also taped the International Opening to the show while I was there, so if you plethora of foreigners switch on CNN International for The Daily Show, you will hear me (and some other people) shouting and clapping at Jon Stewart.

....Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

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Aug 23, 2008, 5:01 am

Mood:

In a recent little oekaki I drew a picture of characters from Anansi Boys and said: "I included a number of rabbits as a nod to my Southern roots. Sparkly internet points for those who know why there are spiders AND rabbits."

So I thought I'd explain myself....

As the book itself, somewhat explains: ochiba is right with her “Uncle Remus” guess. “Uncle Remus”, for those not in the know, was a character most popularly know by his appearance in an old Disney feature called “Song of the South” which is itself most popularly known for 1) The Zip-a-dee-doo-dah Song, 2) Enormous Levels of Racial Insensitivity, and 3) Splash Mountain The Story of Br'er Rabbit.

Br'er Rabbit stories are an interesting phenomenon. They are American versions of African Folklore. Anansi the Spider, upon forcibly crossing the Atlantic, becomes Br'er Rabbit. Br'er Rabbit stories are often word-for-word retellings of Anansi stories, with a Rabbit instead of a Spider. Locations change, and maybe props adjust for the American South, but still, Anansi = Br'er Rabbit.

Just so you know...

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Jun 08, 2008, 1:35 am

Mood: age

I'm going to California with my family June 19th-July 3rd. And, yes we are driving there. Through Utah, and Nevada (I live in Colorado [That is where South Park is]) in a rented car. So wave at passing Hybrids in California, Utah and Nevada and you might hit me.

Also: On June 12th I turn 20! I am no longer the curly-haired, free-spirited child in the flowery blooming palm of youth! But an eccentric, slow, droopy-eyed matron of the elderly sports. I shall immediately know how to knit and forget how to laugh at body humor-related jokes.

Which reminds me, when I went to see the Judd Apatow film 'Knocked Up' at the $1 Theater (Actual Price: $2.50), there sat behind my party a group of about six women in their mid to late 100's. One of life's greatest mysteries.

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May 26, 2008, 5:29 pm

Mood: bastardsonovabitch

Oh (BIG ELECTRONICS STORE I WORK AT), you bastard.

There's loads of lovely works laying around the site but I can't be bothered to lift my head from the slumbering, slackjawed position it has adopted after re-entering the working world long enough to tell everyone how great they are.

My grievances...

PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT TAX RATES: is fucking killing me inside. EVERYONE HAS TO PAY THEM. NO YOU ARE NOT EXEMPT FROM SALES TAX BECAUSE YOU ARE FROM THE ONE STATE THAT DOESN'T CHARGE SALES TAXES YOU COMPLETE AND UTTER FUCKING SHITHEAD.

PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT PRICES: is killing me inside. GO TO ANOTHER STORE, WHERE THE PRICES WILL BE THE SAME OR MORE.

PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT HOW LONG IT TAKES TO WALK THROUGH THE LINEUP AREA: is killing me inside.

THE WOMAN WHO SHOUTED AT ME FOR TEN MINUTES: Because we didn't have enough Country Music in stock (Not!American Ochibau, hopefully Country Music is something you are in complete ignorance of). I had asked her if she "found everything okay", which is in my mind meant to be an entirely rhetorical question borne completely out of fake politesse. I don't actually want to know if you found the proverbial "everything" okay or not: pretend that you did and we'll call it good.

THE MAN WHO THREATENED US: For reasons he did not fully explain a man in his forties informed one of my Supervisors working at Returns that "By Tuesday, everyone in this store is going to regret seeing my face. By the time I'm done with your Regional Manager, everyone in this store is going to regret working here." Obviously he intends to blow up the building, we'll see on the very specific date of Tuesday (remarked one of my friends when I told them: "He's waiting until Tuesday? What, does he want to make sure he gets his Memorial Day Weekend in first?").

FUN RETAIL FACTS: Talking loudly at an employee makes them less likely to fullfill your request, not more.

It's only been a week and I never want to see another person again.

Will comment on art and stories later. Ostensibly after my store is bombed on Tuesday.

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