Today isn't my day to find you

[trenchkamen]

Memething from finmefiant and tanuki_dono.

1. Reply with your name and I'll respond with something random about you.
2. I'll tell you what song/film reminds me of you.
3. I'll pick a flavour of jelly to wrestle with you in.
4. I'll say something that only makes sense to you and me.
5. I'll tell you my first memory of you.
6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of.
7. I'll ask you something that I've always wondered about you.
8. If I do this for you, you must post this on your journal.

Half-days are glorious. I went to Chipotle with the Nerd Herd, visited Lizzy in the hospital and watched some quality daytime television (today's topic: bisexual male gigolos confess their night jobs to their wives), picked Rachel and her friend up from the mall, and I am planning on spending the rest of the afternoon working out, doing homework, and researching stuff for college. And looking for community service. For college.

I should just scrap this and go to Saguaro Continuation College to take advantage of Jeff's money laundering scheme. I could get a degree in something-computer-related and give up on excelling. And stuff.

And junk.

I'm pretty sure that if I go in-state I'm going to the University of Arizona in Tucson, so that at least narrows something down. Maybe that would be the best option until I decide in which direction I want to go. It's a top-tier school, the best for the money, and two hours from home. I can hit up UCLA and whatnot for post-grad.

Maybe when I take Rachel to her dance lesson this evening I will stop by Goodwill to attain some new pants, finally.

Comments

[tanuki-dono.livejournal.com]

School, huh? I'm glad all my college stuff is pretty settled. THe best thing to remember, I guess: you can learn anything, and you can anlways change your mind about what you want to do.

Here for meme. Hit me. (Erin is my name).

[trenchkamen.livejournal.com]

1) You seem like an incredibly nice person
2) Something mild and calming, like the Zora theme from Ocarina of Time
3) (glancing at your icon) Freaking strawberry
4) I have no clue.
5) I vaguely remember you from fanfiction.net of the Illusory Tandem fame (I only read the first chapter; I need to read the rest of it, but it was excellent), but the first memory I have of you as a person would be your survey on the X-rating community.
6) A dove
7) There's a lot to ask, likewise. I honestly don't know where to begin. Just... tell me something about your childhood yourself, Clarice

[tanuki-dono.livejournal.com]

1.I'm normal. Nice and mean. Kind and cruel. Your basic human.
2. Mild and calming, eh? I need to look that song up. Maybe it will prevent me from tearing my hair out when I'm overlaoded with homework.
3. "freaking" strawberry? (laughs)
4. Neither do I.
5. Fame? (laughs) Don't worry about reading it. I, in turn, need to read all of the famous "A Perfect Circle". And I remember your nice comment from x_rating. Thanks for that.
6. Dove hunting is popular in some areas. >_< Oh, no! I'll take that as a compliment though. =3
7. When I was a child, I was obsessed with rubber duckies. I'm allergic to chocolate. I've been battling eczema my entire life. I have to use all-organic products.

[trenchkamen.livejournal.com]

3) I like colloquialisms.
5) "Famous"?
6) That's because they're so pure and irresistible It's meant as a compliment.
7) My wife One of my best friends is allergic to chocolate, and I have eczema too.

[tanuki-dono.livejournal.com]

7. Wow, so you understand! (resists the urge to attack with a dorky hug) I ate chocolate ice cream last week and turned into a human cherry. Not fun. My allergies and eczema are related so...(shrugs). It's something I've had since I was a baby. With the colder season coming up, I begin to almost dread. It's always worse in the winter. But with my bland diet, I can control my eczema pretty well. What about you?

[trenchkamen.livejournal.com]

My mother-the-dermatologist diagnosed me with atopic dermatitis a long time ago, which, exactly as you said, is related allergies and eczema. Here we don't have a cold season so much as we have a 70-degree season, but when I lived in the Amarillo area I got horrendous eczema during the winter. It's dry in Southern Arizona all year, though. I've never tried controlling anything with a diet. My allergies are all respiratory and related to grass and whatnot, so there is no point.

[hilorain.livejournal.com]

Danielle!

[trenchkamen.livejournal.com]

1) We totally went to Europe together.
2) MMBop or anything by Hanson
3) Cherry
4) Internet cafe
5) Stelmach introduced us because we both knew Ryan Thirkhill.
6) A cat. What a surprise.
7) Have you ever regretted?

moof.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, I have definitely regretted. Sometimes I still do, but not the extent that I used to.

Since I think I've already posted this in my journal at some point, I will do yours here.

1. I have a picture of you on a merry-go-round.
2. The Matrix. hehe
3. Lime
4. Is your penis sticky?
5. I saw you walk through the hallways and thought you looked kind of sad. Then I realized that you were just kind of like me and didn't smile much.
6. a bird? I think I'll just stick with human.
7. Are you still mad at me at all, and do you ever truly relax? (yay, 2 things instead of one)

Re: moof.

[hilorain.livejournal.com]

that was me. I forgot to log in.

Re: moof.

[trenchkamen.livejournal.com]

4) Yes it is.
7) I'm not mad at you, and yes, I do truly relax.

[zoe-sama.livejournal.com]

You know me. Now say stuff. =P

Let it be known that Dr. Cook is welcome to hide out visit Dr. Cannon's laboratory whenever she is being chased by the police wants to.

[trenchkamen.livejournal.com]

1) You're a hot piece of intellectual action, Dr. Cannon.
2) Erik's pieces from Phantom of the Opera and Escaflowne
3) Kiwi
4) Age just isn't a factor anymore.
5) We were chatting on the Neko board and got along swimmingly.
6) A young crow
7) What's your favorite scary movie?

[zoe-sama.livejournal.com]

I love you, Dr. Cook.

Let's see... I actually don't have a favorie scary movie because I don't watch them. Not alone, anyway, and Judy isn't usually around to watch them with me. So. Come visit and force me to watch some of your favorites, and I'll pick from those. =P

I'll also stay awake for a month.

And age isn't a factor. It just isn't.

[xcerebraledemax.livejournal.com]

Do me, baby.

[trenchkamen.livejournal.com]

1) We're freaking married.
2) "Take on Me" and everything Buck-Tick and Beastie Boys
3) KY
4) "Mommmmmmeeeee..."
5) We talked for a long time at Christina Nordstrom's party about Zaibach, you became my stalker, and you slept under my trenchcoat. In so many ways.
6) I can't get 'bird' out of my head, so it's pinned
7) I've pretty much asked you everything I want to ask.

[xcerebraledemax.livejournal.com]

1. Yes, we are.
2. ..Aw..
3. YOWZAH
4. Heh, yeah, those good times. We should go on planes together more.
5. Them's good times.
6. Yeah...;;;;
7. All righty.

[trenchkamen.livejournal.com]

4) It will happen if you let me Jedi Mind Trick your mommy.

[gogglebeast.livejournal.com]

You better know my name. =D

[trenchkamen.livejournal.com]

1) You're the real seme.
2) Dragostea din Tei and anything from Final Fantasy VII
3) Glowing freaking lime
4) She should have flipped him off in the tram car.
5) You were a rainbow tiger for halloween two years ago, and your mommy drove us to Alice Cooper's Nightmare since I had just gotten my licence and was dying of pneumonia. I didn't get to know you well until later.
6) A dragon!
7) Do you think I'm sexy?

[xcerebraledemax.livejournal.com]

*WHAP* NO! Noooooo. BEHAVE.

[trenchkamen.livejournal.com]

Was that for Jedi Mind Tricking your mommy or Whitney? I did nothing wrong either way...

[gogglebeast.livejournal.com]

1) ..>D
2) *hums the victory tune*
4)YES I SO AGREE
5) ..I remember that! Wow. That was an amazing Halloween. XD
7) ...Yes. Yes, I do. X3

[trenchkamen.livejournal.com]

Victoly! Annie, I'm leaving you for Whitney.

[fuyu]

You totally know me.

(I wonder if it's actually allowed to go pestering other people for this meme when you've already done it.)

[trenchkamen.livejournal.com]

1) We totally watched South Park together at Expo.
2) "Iris" because you sang it in my car.
3) Mango
4) Everything that I want to say comes off of ficbitches, so I'll say "assbabies" and leave it at that.
5) You were at Whitney's graduation party, drawing.
6) I want to say a ferret for some reason.
7) What's your greatest fear? I'm not good at these questions.

[fuyu]

Wewt.

Greatest fear, huh? I really don't know... I guess it would be losing my friends, whether through accident or you guys getting fed up with me.

[ryutsuki.livejournal.com]

Sarah :D

[trenchkamen.livejournal.com]

1) Your icons make me happy.
2) The Chocobo theme song
3) Blueberry
4) I can't think of anything.
5) FF.net.
6) I want to say a Moogle.
7) I don't know much about you as a real-life person, so there are a lot of things I would want to ask about in that area. I'll suffice with asking where you usually are when you think up fic ideas.

[ryutsuki.livejournal.com]

1) :D
2) That song totally eats your soul. Er, mine, at least.
6) 8D
7) Anywhere, actually. I used to get a lot of Yami no Matsuei ideas (like Oh Wow, A Giant Fishbowl...) from doing the dishes and walking, and I remember the idea for Snowman popping into my head as I walked the dog, but other than dishwashing and walking the dog, it happens pretty much anywhere. Mostly, though, when I'm walking or preoccupied with something else. It's rare that I actually sit and think something out. It just happens.

[meyrevived.livejournal.com]

Me, uh, MeyRevived

[trenchkamen.livejournal.com]

1) You're strong-willed.
2) "I Am You" by Depeche Mode
3) You get the lemon Jell-o for the smutfic.
4) I can't think of anything.
5) FF.net.
6) A snake
7) Same question as Asato's, and, though this is a rather open-ended question, what is day-to-day life like in Israel?

[meyrevived.livejournal.com]

1. hot headed and stubborn more like it ^_^
2. oh that. I took it off from Equivocal the last time I did small repairs in it. It wasn't proper.
3. Jell-o? you want us to fight in a lubricant? >.<
6. A snake?
7. You read the answer Asato got right? if not then go and read it. Day to day life in israel hmmm....Nower days it's very quiet and everything is comperatively peacful. A few years ago you couldn't pass a week without being sad about at least of terror attack but now it's very very peaceful. The Gaza pullout ending brought a kind of stalemate that's like....nothing's happening really, compared to all the noise made by settelers before etc. At the moment people are more occupied with keeping an eye on New Orleans and how our politicians re-arrange themselves towards the next allection, which will basically directly and powerfully influence where the country's going. that's what's on people's minds.
Generally we're a lot like you in technology levels and exposure to the outside world media etc.
oh yeah and we have cars. yes, cars. not camels; C-A-R-S. bedus (a group of nomad arab tribes) have camels and even they're giving it up for cars. I'm sorry but whenever I talk to someone from abroad about israel it's all about 'so how many camels do you have in the neighborhood, how many do you have etc.' In the San Diego Zoo's camel compound there's a picture of a camel tied to a plow with the title 'in israel' or something, it doesn't even make sense for god's....

so there. anything else?

[trenchkamen.livejournal.com]

I was never under the delusion that Israelis all rode camels or any such nonsense like that. That's typical ignorant, novel thinking about foreign countries that aren't in Western Europe or East Asia. I have had some people from abroad ask me, when the find out that I used to live in Texas, if everybody there rides horses. Erk.

And, obviously, if you didn't have advanced technology, you wouldn't be talking on the internet.

What I was wondering more about was how peaceful it actually is nowadays. I don't trust the American media, especially when it comes to reporting on the Middle East. But that answers my question. I am glad to hear things have calmed down. Hopefully the country will head in a positive direction with the next election.

[meyrevived.livejournal.com]

Ah, sorry about the camels rant, it was more in general and less aimed at you. you don't sound like a person who would think that.

About the peace i really don't know. it seemed like the right winged party is going to be alected again in the next round and since no one (in his own party) loves Sharon because of the pullout the man who might get chosen is such a bad prime minister (he has experience in that) and such a shallow, ignorant, careless andhorrible man that i fear the day he'll get alected.
Also just because we pulled out of the gaza strip doesn't mean it's going to be peaceful. the heads of the terorist groups in palestine are far too currupt and bloodthirsty to let it go so easily. they want the whole land and they have thier branches all across the west bank and gaza strip, brainwashing ordinary people into going to our cities and exploding themselves (something i learned during my service) so i don't know.

you know how, when you recieve an unexpected serious injury and for few minutes there's shock and you can't feel anything; that's what i think is going on. either that or actual real recovery. things have been so bad these past four years that it's hard to believe things are getting better.

[white-manjushri.livejournal.com]

I am Sam...Sam I am.

[trenchkamen.livejournal.com]

1) You're my darque monk, and I love the way you spell your name.
2) Saiyuki anything
3) Current
4) I ordered way too much food.
5) Annie introduced us, but I forgot when and where exactly we first met. For the longest time I only knew you as the mysterious Nataku-by-day-Kakyou-by-night.
6) A blonde cat
7) How old were you when you formulated most of your current spiritual beliefs?

[white-manjushri.livejournal.com]

3) Mmm-Mmm.Damn skippy.
5) You know I'm not sure when we first met, I still think it was at one of whitneys parties but I'm not really sure as we may have met at the chinese festival or matsuri or something...For the longest time I only knew you as annie's other lover. =)
7)I hope this doesn't end up to be a too long winded answer but I have a lot to say on this subject.There is a lot that I've always believed in but I used to fall in the norm of our judeo/christian society(it's a strange thought to me that I ever was...) but somewhere around 12-13 years of age that all started to change. I became fascinated with reading about different relgions and beliefs and time and time again I found that buddhism (particularly thervada)just worked perfectly for me. I don't claim to be buddhist as I still think I need time to grow and find my place with spiritual beliefs. Since I am ever changing, since life is transient, my current spiritual beliefs will be exactly what they are at present time but they will continue to change and grow...I hope that all made sense and didn't seem like too long of an answer.