I think...that this is the best I've felt, both physically and mentally, on my birthday ever.

Sup 24th year of existence.

"I'm going to take a video of me holding the cat upside down and send it to Ellen. She will probably take her away and strip me of my lesbianhood."

I think
we should have
new years
in athens this year
thoughts?

September 30th and October 1st are the student days so those are out.
It is every weekend from september 5th to october 25th. I think it would be nice to go the 3rd or the 4th of October for my birthday! Or something.
Get back at me with all scheduling conflicts in october and september. kthx.

hey it's july

all of the jobs I'm qualified for are jobs I would have been qualified for without attaining a degree
so really
all I did
was delay my job search until the economy crashed

hurray!

One of the worst feelings in the world is when someone walks out of your life and you aren't ready for them to go. :(

Chaz Bono's wikipedia page went from a few edits here and there, months apart over the past 7 years to nearly 100 just today

lol
I love the internet

I HAVE A GRAY HAIR
good thing I am of the opinion that it makes me look DASHING




also why is everyone suddenly gay
seriously

I'll be in ironton next friday through tuesday

haha

As some of you may remember, I wrote a World of Warcraft Dictionary for my History of the English Language final paper about a year ago. I'm working with the same professor now on my thesis, which is about the lexicography of WoW. Currently I'm just working on updating the dictionary to include WotLK information, but I'm writing a paper to go along with it (as sort of an introduction) that focuses on the social aspect of online gaming, wow in particular, and the need for that social structure to be successful in the game.
(I'm particularly excited about writing about the history of Lookingforgroup)
For those of you on my FL who play WoW, any input or opportunity to bounce ideas off of you would be more than welcome. I would also appreciate a few extra pairs of eyes to glance through the finished dictionary and give word suggestions or tweaks to definitions.
One thing in particular I'm struggling with currently are the three class separations I've created. I subdivided the classes into Caster Class, Hybrid Class, and Melee Class, but the latter doesn't seem like the best word to describe those classes since Hunter technically isn't melee. DPS class also doesn't work because DPS includes casters. Physically Damaging Classes is wordy and also innaccurate for Hunters. I could, potentially, add another subclass, Ranged Classes and just have hunters in there, but that feels wrong too. And Death Knights complicate that too. Hm. Any ideas are welcome.

PS hilarity = explaining what WoW is to an elderly english professor.

today a girl came into the office to get hired at Nelson
her last name was Butts

I tried really hard not to laugh
but I did anyway
because I am five

I totally hit a deer on my way from Athens to Ironton. Or I should say, a deer hit me. I'm okay, my car's fine...I was incredibly lucky to have seen it in time so I could swerve. Instead of hitting it dead on it sort of bounced off the door. I have no idea if it was okay or not, but there wasn't anything on the car when I looked so I assume the deer was okay. It's just scary to think about if I had been going faster or hadn't seen it or something, I woulda fucked up my car pretty badly.
It was a big buck too.

neat.
so I'm in Ironton.
woo

Jeff's wedding was absolutely wonderful. Pictures pending, haha.

Everyone said my toast was good, Jeff and Maggie were sufficiently embarrassed, it was all good
I danced, I got drunk, I had fun. :D

oops I forgot to sleep

I have a prospectus due at 4:30 but I have to be at work at 2 so boooooo
A week from right now Jeff and Maggie will be married
I have to finalize my best man toast
I can't be bothered with school anymoooooore woo

( and birfday )

do not even tell me that isn't the cutest cake ever. Lili likes clocks you see.

1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
shaved my head. saw the new pornographers in concert

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I can't remember my new year's resolutions so probably not.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
I mean Lili was born so close to 2008! but no. Though my cousin's wife did become impregnated.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
I...don't think so actually

5. What countries did you visit?
none :(

6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
ladyfriend :(

7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
June 14th, cause my Andyface got married...Dec 27th cause my niece turned 1...August 1st because it is when I had an amazing night of makeouts on my roof...August 5th because that's when the person with whom I had makeouts decided we should just be friends..June 15th because it is when I got the epic email from Rebecca ending our friendship..september 28th because it was the only time in 2008 I had relations and it was a really really bad idea. Okay that's enough memory!!!!

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Either getting promoted at work, getting published in WERQ, or getting an A in my chaucer class

9. What was your biggest failure?
hmmmmmmm it's sad that the only ones I can think of off the top of my head are relationship related ones. idk

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
I busted up my hands multiple times being an idiot and badass simultaneously.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
rock band & the wii were really the only big things I bought...WOTLK was a good one :D

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Lili's!

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
I agree with Jenny on this, people during election season....and drunk rednecks outside the peddler being racist

14. Where did most of your money go?
alcohol, rent...

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
the new pornographers concert. shit dude.

16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
Missy Higgins - Steer

17. Compared to this time last year, are you: happier or sadder?
dear god happier.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
I dunno, my first instinct was to say I needed more me time, but honestly I think that my inability to be a loner this year has been good for me.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
honestly...drinking. I made some really bad decisions and I hurt someone really badly and a lot of it had to do with my being drunk most of the time.

21. How will you be spending New Years?
Heading up to Columbus later this afternoon and partying with all my Ironton friends.

22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
I fell in infatuation

24. What was your favorite TV program?
oh...I dunno. I don't really watch anything religiously, I just have a list of shows that I'm willing to watch.

26. What was the best book you read?
hmmmmm it's hard to even remember everything I read this year. I read a lot of Kurt Vonnegut short stories, those were probably my favorites.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Missy Higgins. She opened for Ben Folds when I saw him and I became obsessed.

28. What did you want and got?
idk

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Dark Knight

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I threw a party and got drunk because 23 is the new 21. I blacked out, dove out a window onto a roof, punched a wall, shattering the plastic armor I was wearing and cutting up my hand, and I woke up feeling refreshed and awake.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
ladyfriend who wasn't crazy

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
haha...um...I moved away from disgruntled teenager into frat boy somehow. I'm not sure how it really happened.

34. What kept you sane?
My friends.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
hard to answer...Katherine Moenning

37. Who did you miss?
rebecca cause I'm dumb pretty much

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.
sometimes you can love someone dearly, but the healthiest thing for your relationship is to just let them go. Or something like that.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

The search ends here
Where the night is totally clear
And your heart is fierce
So now you finally know
That you control where you go
You can steer.