Ok, here (maybe?) is the caterpillar song.
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04/27/2008 07:40 #44163
trying again04/26/2008 20:45 #44160
caterpillar, caterpillarWow.... I have not updated my user song in a long time. It was on Sufjan Stevens xmas music.
But now I have! Listen to this song while you read. I lurve it.
Caterpillar Caterpillar, by Kira Wiley. The only decent song on some free sampler I got.
So....
What's new around here.
Well... I just got back from Charlottesville, VA. My last interview! I'm done! Woohoo!!
UVA is a really really gorgeous campus. Thomas Jefferson designed the whole thing. They have Edgar Allen Poe's room preserved and on display.
Charlottesville is pretty, too. Nice weather, lots of flowers out...
And more good looking preppy white kids than I have EVER seen in one place. (and no one else). Not sure if that's a good thing.
And I saw my preggo sister. Who has red hair, which was a bit of a shock. But I guess that's what happens when I don't see her for >6mo.
So, now just to decide where I want to go.
I think UVA and Portland are my top 2. But I change my mind every 5 minutes, so I don't know. I have a feeling I'm going to end up flipping coins. It would be nice to be near my sister, and stay on the east coast. And I like the program there. And it's warm. But... portland was really cool. But it's far away. I loved the program in Hartford... but don't really want to live in Hartford.
And then there's the option of staying here... And I'm torn... part of me is ready for a change... but I also hate moving and saying goodbye- it would sure be EASY to just stay. By the time I finish my residency, I will have lived here longer than I've lived anywhere besides RI. Crazy!! And Yale is in the mix too... Oy.
But at least I *have* choices, so I really shouldn't complain.
My rank list is due 5/7, and I then it's up to the computer... I find out on 5/21.
Oh, and everyone keeps asking me where I'm from, and telling me I have some crazy midwestern accent. Someone guess I was from North Dakota. WTF?! I don't like that at all.
But now I have! Listen to this song while you read. I lurve it.
Caterpillar Caterpillar, by Kira Wiley. The only decent song on some free sampler I got.
- can anyone here the new song? I keep getting sufjan. Paul- are user songs broken?****
So....
What's new around here.
Well... I just got back from Charlottesville, VA. My last interview! I'm done! Woohoo!!
UVA is a really really gorgeous campus. Thomas Jefferson designed the whole thing. They have Edgar Allen Poe's room preserved and on display.
Charlottesville is pretty, too. Nice weather, lots of flowers out...
And more good looking preppy white kids than I have EVER seen in one place. (and no one else). Not sure if that's a good thing.
And I saw my preggo sister. Who has red hair, which was a bit of a shock. But I guess that's what happens when I don't see her for >6mo.
So, now just to decide where I want to go.
I think UVA and Portland are my top 2. But I change my mind every 5 minutes, so I don't know. I have a feeling I'm going to end up flipping coins. It would be nice to be near my sister, and stay on the east coast. And I like the program there. And it's warm. But... portland was really cool. But it's far away. I loved the program in Hartford... but don't really want to live in Hartford.
And then there's the option of staying here... And I'm torn... part of me is ready for a change... but I also hate moving and saying goodbye- it would sure be EASY to just stay. By the time I finish my residency, I will have lived here longer than I've lived anywhere besides RI. Crazy!! And Yale is in the mix too... Oy.
But at least I *have* choices, so I really shouldn't complain.
My rank list is due 5/7, and I then it's up to the computer... I find out on 5/21.
Oh, and everyone keeps asking me where I'm from, and telling me I have some crazy midwestern accent. Someone guess I was from North Dakota. WTF?! I don't like that at all.
04/22/2008 18:02 #44105
scientology is wackOk, I finally found the original email I got, which is the source of all my knowledge of scientology. It's a craigslist post, in which some guy says he bought a box of books at a garage sale that included lots of scientology stuff, and this is what he makes of it. 
and here is a list of some of the abbreviations- long, but some real gems in here:
This is my favorite part:
"But there is also one of these types of aliens that I kind of like. They are mentioned in one of the courses along with some other aliens. There is also a whole bulletin about them and from the wording you get the idea that this is current stuff. They are called Blinkers. It says that they are like little cats and you can only really see them if you have eliminated your reactive mind. Once again, that is something I do not completely understand about Scientology. What they do is hop on your head and hurt you. It says that they never like to go on the floor which is kind of like a real cat. They jump on you and then they jump on someone else. Sometimes it seems like they jump and in one lecture it says that they can teleport or something around. Maybe the last part is why they call them Blinkers? They have an incident where some of these Blinkers show up attack a whole room full of people and never once does even one of them touch the floor."
and here is a list of some of the abbreviations- long, but some real gems in here:
This is my favorite part:
"But there is also one of these types of aliens that I kind of like. They are mentioned in one of the courses along with some other aliens. There is also a whole bulletin about them and from the wording you get the idea that this is current stuff. They are called Blinkers. It says that they are like little cats and you can only really see them if you have eliminated your reactive mind. Once again, that is something I do not completely understand about Scientology. What they do is hop on your head and hurt you. It says that they never like to go on the floor which is kind of like a real cat. They jump on you and then they jump on someone else. Sometimes it seems like they jump and in one lecture it says that they can teleport or something around. Maybe the last part is why they call them Blinkers? They have an incident where some of these Blinkers show up attack a whole room full of people and never once does even one of them touch the floor."
tinypliny - 04/23/08 20:58
And of course soylent green is made of people.
And of course soylent green is made of people.
jenks - 04/23/08 17:49
jon, that's what I don't get. L. Ron Hubbard was a sci-fi writer, first and foremost. I mean really... this is War of the Worlds stuff. He made up this insane 'religion' that apparently goes back 75 QUADRILLION years (yes, much, much longer than anyone believes the universe has been in existence)- at which point alien king Xenu's planet was overpopulated so he put the extra aliens on AIRPLANES and sent them to Earth (aka Teegeeack). He put them in movie theaters to brainwash them, then put them in volcanos, which he blew up with hydrogen bombs. Litttle bits of their alien spirits went into the air (or something) and are now in all of us, and our ultimate goal in life is to shed ourselves of these evil spirits.
[yeah, sorry, I got a little wrapped up in wikipedia yesterday...]
I mean COME ON.
that's like george lucas saying "oh, by the way, star wars is REAL people- so join my religion and pay me lots of money or the wookies will get you."
oh yeah and if Fair Game scares you, check out Operation Snow White and Operation Freakout.
jon, that's what I don't get. L. Ron Hubbard was a sci-fi writer, first and foremost. I mean really... this is War of the Worlds stuff. He made up this insane 'religion' that apparently goes back 75 QUADRILLION years (yes, much, much longer than anyone believes the universe has been in existence)- at which point alien king Xenu's planet was overpopulated so he put the extra aliens on AIRPLANES and sent them to Earth (aka Teegeeack). He put them in movie theaters to brainwash them, then put them in volcanos, which he blew up with hydrogen bombs. Litttle bits of their alien spirits went into the air (or something) and are now in all of us, and our ultimate goal in life is to shed ourselves of these evil spirits.
[yeah, sorry, I got a little wrapped up in wikipedia yesterday...]
I mean COME ON.
that's like george lucas saying "oh, by the way, star wars is REAL people- so join my religion and pay me lots of money or the wookies will get you."
oh yeah and if Fair Game scares you, check out Operation Snow White and Operation Freakout.
ladycroft - 04/23/08 10:19
cats with blinky eyes jumping on people's heads and attacking them. awesome! that's so fucking cool. seriously i want to be in that sunday school class when they have this lesson! hahahahaha.
cats with blinky eyes jumping on people's heads and attacking them. awesome! that's so fucking cool. seriously i want to be in that sunday school class when they have this lesson! hahahahaha.
ajay - 04/23/08 10:03
Scientologists are scary; don't underestimate them.
I knew a girl who lived near their "church" downtown. You could see the roof of their building from her kitchen.
She used to walk her dog, and ran into one of their guys a couple of times. She just told him her first name; nothing else.
A few days after her latest contact with the guy, she gets a call on her phone.
It's him (remember, she didn't give him her number).
He says, "come over to your kitchen window".
She goes over. From her kitchen window, she looks out. She sees him standing on his church's roof, waving at her.
So, just by knowing her first name, they were able to figure out where she lived, what was her phone number, etc.
Scary cult.
And the City of Buffalo welcomed them with open arms. Bunch of idiots.
Scientologists are scary; don't underestimate them.
I knew a girl who lived near their "church" downtown. You could see the roof of their building from her kitchen.
She used to walk her dog, and ran into one of their guys a couple of times. She just told him her first name; nothing else.
A few days after her latest contact with the guy, she gets a call on her phone.
It's him (remember, she didn't give him her number).
He says, "come over to your kitchen window".
She goes over. From her kitchen window, she looks out. She sees him standing on his church's roof, waving at her.
So, just by knowing her first name, they were able to figure out where she lived, what was her phone number, etc.
Scary cult.
And the City of Buffalo welcomed them with open arms. Bunch of idiots.
jon - 04/23/08 09:16
Cat aliens... totally awesome. These bits of info would if compiled together would make an awesome B sci-fi movie.
However, here is one of the scary ones from that list, Jenks...
"Fair Game, the notorious Scientology policy of how to deal with critics; they may be "Sued, tricked, lied to, or destroyed," as per policy. A more recent policy has banished the WORDS "Fair Game", but the policy of what to do to them cannot ever be cancelled." ...yikes.
Cat aliens... totally awesome. These bits of info would if compiled together would make an awesome B sci-fi movie.
However, here is one of the scary ones from that list, Jenks...
"Fair Game, the notorious Scientology policy of how to deal with critics; they may be "Sued, tricked, lied to, or destroyed," as per policy. A more recent policy has banished the WORDS "Fair Game", but the policy of what to do to them cannot ever be cancelled." ...yikes.
paul - 04/22/08 18:08
And you are questioning why I would not want one of there big whig recruiters on the site for whatever ulterior motives he would have. P.S. I didn't delete his journal like that sales guy from South Carolina that we all agreed had to go, I just told him I don not welcome him or his scumbagtologist friends here.
And you are questioning why I would not want one of there big whig recruiters on the site for whatever ulterior motives he would have. P.S. I didn't delete his journal like that sales guy from South Carolina that we all agreed had to go, I just told him I don not welcome him or his scumbagtologist friends here.
04/20/2008 14:16 #44066
For jason...Since I can't put pix in a comment....
Don't worry, I'm not knocking the glasses.
This is [a shitty pic-of-a-pic of] my family, circa 1989.
Apparently my bro was still too young for Ray-Bans.
Don't worry, I'm not knocking the glasses.
This is [a shitty pic-of-a-pic of] my family, circa 1989.
Apparently my bro was still too young for Ray-Bans.
paul - 04/20/08 15:18
You guys are missing the 80s neon pink/lime/yellow nose zinc stuff to block the sun, lol.
You guys are missing the 80s neon pink/lime/yellow nose zinc stuff to block the sun, lol.
04/19/2008 12:14 #44054
79 degreeswoohoooooooo!!!!!!
It's so beautiful out I don't even know where to start.
Maybe I will wash my car.
When I got home last night, I went around and opened all the storm windows and all the windows, and they have been open since. yay!!!!
I had a fantastic idea... I was going to make margaritas in my new super-blender (http://www.willitblend.com/ awwww yeah!) [my dad gave it to my mom for christmas- well it backfired- she was PISSED- so he snuck it into my car while I was home and I didn't know it]-
Anyway I was all excited to drink margaritas on the back porch... but I have no tequila. dammit.
So today I went out and bought tequila, rum, and pina colada mix- for a cool $70. Why is hooch so damn expensive?!
BUT, I'm on call today which means no drinking, so it's sitting there teasing me.
ok, time to get off the computer. Feel better paul!!
It's so beautiful out I don't even know where to start.
Maybe I will wash my car.
When I got home last night, I went around and opened all the storm windows and all the windows, and they have been open since. yay!!!!
I had a fantastic idea... I was going to make margaritas in my new super-blender (http://www.willitblend.com/ awwww yeah!) [my dad gave it to my mom for christmas- well it backfired- she was PISSED- so he snuck it into my car while I was home and I didn't know it]-
Anyway I was all excited to drink margaritas on the back porch... but I have no tequila. dammit.
So today I went out and bought tequila, rum, and pina colada mix- for a cool $70. Why is hooch so damn expensive?!
BUT, I'm on call today which means no drinking, so it's sitting there teasing me.
ok, time to get off the computer. Feel better paul!!
metalpeter - 04/20/08 12:06
Hey if there is to much of that stuff to drink I think my phone number is in my profile call me up and I would gladly help you drink one at least I'm sure you could get plenty of (e:peeps) to help you out.
Hey if there is to much of that stuff to drink I think my phone number is in my profile call me up and I would gladly help you drink one at least I'm sure you could get plenty of (e:peeps) to help you out.
paul - 04/19/08 13:34
thanks, seems like Dr Forbes? did a great job.
thanks, seems like Dr Forbes? did a great job.
Hmm, if it were me (not that anyone cares, ha) I'd move to Portland before moving anywhere in Virginia, just on principle. However, being near family is very nice, especially if you don't know anyone in the other city.
Sheesh, I can see why you're vacillating about which should be your number one!
And if you leave Buffalo I'd be sad, but I'd start looking out for professional conferences that meet in or near your new city so I could stop in and bug you. :-)
Well, if you do wind up here, you'd still have us :)
Ah. Didn't see your update comment. No, I can still hear Sufjan.
And I tried changing my user sound as well, but it didn't work. I ended up deleting my original sound as well. Bleh.
I love that song as well. I love Sufjan Stevens in general. I hope he sticks to his 50 State 50 Album plan.
I admit I am a little confused. What's the caterpillar song got to do with anything? Did you mean you are a caterpillar from North Dakota who would like to be a Butterfly in Portland or UVA?