Serial killer story #1
01.31.03
My favorite serial killer story of the week:
One of the Hillside Stranglers, Kenneth Bianchi, used the defense of having Multiple Personality Disorder. His "other" personality was named Steve Walker, and he was the opposite of Kenneth, who was a "loving, responsible father." So Kenneth is blaming "Steve" for the murders, and the defense's psychiatrists are going to town with this by hypnotizing him and getting details of the murders from "Steve". After a while, the prosecutor's psychiatrist decides to hypnotize Kenneth, and he mentions to him that it's rare to find a case of MPD where there are only two personalities. Low and behold, moments after being hypnotized, a personality named "Billy" emerges too.
Needless to say, Kenneth ended up pleading guilty.
12:04 AM [link]
Men smell rancid
01.28.03
What is it with you men and your god-awful cologne? Today I was sitting in class, and this guy sits down in front of me, and I literately had to breathe through my mouth during the entire class because he was wearing this rancid cologne. It didn't help that it smelled like he had taken a bath in it as well. Very rarely do I like men's cologne...really, just take a shower and wear deodorant. I don't need your "wood pine musk" scent invading my olfactory system. All those commericals you see where wearing cologne makes women jump you in the elevator -- those aren't real. They're just trying to sell their product. And it's working, apparently.
04:02 PM [link]
Long day
01.27.03
I was up at 8:30 this morning to get ready for a long day of sorority business; the exec council had a workshop that lasted from 10 am to 5 pm. It was incredibly informative and really helped us get together what we want our chapter to accomplish this year. A half hour after we finished, we had to have our weekly Chapter meeting, which lasted an hour and a half. After that I took a nap, and ended up DREAMING of sorority busines and trying to get rules and policies in place. I ABSOLUTELY hate it when I go to sleep to try and take a break from something, and I end up dreaming about it. One of my least favorites was when I would be putting in over 40 hours per week at Limited Too and then I'd spent my nights dreaming about working there. Man that was miserable.
Question: If one man attempts to steal a wallet from a person's pocket and succeeds, should he receive a greater sentence than a man who attempts to steal a wallet but finds the person's pocket empty (as has traditionally happened)?
01:23 AM [link]
Finally the weekend
01.24.03
I've been enjoying zero-degree weather lately. And people wonder why I'm so adamant about going to law school in California.
I'm really starting to wonder what I got myself into with this VP of Scholarship position. I'm hoping that once all of the training workshops and meetings get out of the way, it'll be much less hectic.
And despite feeling slightly overworked, I applied to be a Rho Gamma for recruitment in the fall. Rho Gams guide all of the girls going through rush and have to give up their sorority identity for the first few weeks of school so that none of the rushees get biased opinions. I was called back for an interview, so cross your fingers for me. : )
05:54 PM [link]
Empire records
01.21.03
Today's quote is thanks to Shannon, who had an Empire Records quote in her AIM profile. Empire Records is only the bestest movie ever.
Joe: Lucas...?
Lucas: Joe...?
Joe: Where's the money?
Lucas: Joe, the money is gone.
Joe: Yeah, I know it's gone. Where's it gone to?
Lucas: Atlantic City.
Joe: Is it coming back from Atlantic City?
Lucas: I...I don't think so Joe.
Joe: What's it doing in Atlantic City?
Lucas: Recirculating.
Joe: Lucas, listen to me. I told Mitchell Beck that you forgot to deposit the money. I told Mitchell that the money was still here.
Lucas: Joe, that's not true. It's in Atlantic City. I swear.
Joe: Shut up. Sit down and don't you move.
Lucas: It could be in other cities by now.
I have the giggles now. Happy birthday, Shannon.
01:14 AM [link]
Mmmmmmm
01.21.03
My newest obsession:
Melt marshmallows partways on a piece of bread (marshmallows in the microwave = much fun) and pair it up with a peanut buttered piece of bread. We're talking some serious gooeyness here, but damn is it yummy.
Total homework assignments completed today: 2. I feel productive.
And yes, I remembered to bring back my PS2 controllers with me after this weekend.
12:09 AM [link]
Bananas without a sex drive
01.17.03
In very important world news today, bananas haven't had sex in years.
This whole painting thing is driving me nuts. Joseph says I'm creative, but I don't really think so. If you sit me down with a blank piece of paper and a box of crayons, I probably won't end up drawing anything simply because I don't know what to draw. I guess I lack inspiration. Also, I can't get the girl's arms to look right. I royally suck.
01:10 AM [link]
Nazi skinhead fans?
01.16.03
To whomever found my website by searching for "nazi skinhead pictures" on Google, I honestly hope you're doing research for a school project, or something like that. I'm sorry to disappoint you, since the only nazi skinhead pictures I have are the pictures of Shannon's perpetually bald ex in the photography section. My website is now a part of the hatemonger scene. I'm thrilled.
I'm counting down the hours until I go home and can get my PS2 controllers back. There are about 24 left. Although I'm very tempted to just go and buy a brand new one, I've been eyeing those colored ones. The green ones, more specifically.
Favorite quote of the week:
Melantha regarding visiting a boy at work just to say "hi": "It's obvious, sure, but sometimes boys have to be hit on the head with a clue-by-four."
04:07 PM [link]
Forgetful girl
01.14.03
So I left my PS2 controllers at home, which means I can't play any games this week. I also decided I didn't need the handheld PS2 remote, which means I can't even watch DVDs on it. Blah.
Classes seem to range from decent to intellectually stimulating. One of them, Research Methods, confuses me. The prof doesn't take attendance, doesn't give exams, and says we can email him our five homework assignments. I don't get where our grade comes from.
It was lots of fun walking home alone in the dark after three hours of watching videos about serial killers. Sitting for three hours in one class wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be.
I'm absolutely drained; I felt this way last night too. I think the rest of the week will be better. Monday was hectic because of going around to two different bookstores to get all my textbooks (I only had to spend $300!) plus our weekly sorority meeting had to be on Monday since it wasn't guarenteed everyone would be here Sunday. One of my sisters got engaged. I'm insanely jealous; I have guys tell me that they only way they'd marry me is if I got a boob job (I'm already a C cup). Today was hectic because I had 6 hours of classes. And there wasn't even an episode of Buffy on tonight.
Time to chill. Chilling without video games, dammit!
11:24 PM [link]
Am I a nerd?
01.12.03
Am I a nerd if I'm looking forward to classes starting? I always enjoy the first day of class when you find out what it's going to be like. And when you decide which ones you can skip. ;)
My dislike of buying textbooks still stands. It just seems to me that if I'm going to spend $500, I should get something more than 35 pounds of not-fun books. I'm hoping tomorrow's books shopping doesn't leave me wanting to shoot myself.
Lastly, I need a boyfriend, if only so that I can have someone strong and muscular to help me carry my luggage inside.
10:06 PM [link]
Unmentionable
01.08.03
I refuse to believe that I just had a 49-minute-long conversation about spawning, copulation, and unmentionables.
Today was a Buffy-riffic day. I picked up the Season 3 DVDs, and was treated to a brand new episode tonight. Please don't let this be the last season. Please? It's going to be so sad when it's over.
02:56 AM [link]
Changes
01.05.03
It may seem like I've been neglecting the site, but I've been working on a brand spankin' new layout for the past few days. Things like real life and chats in Tara's chat room have prevented me from finishing it as quickly as I want to.
The other day I got this crazy idea that I wanted to start painting again. I took two painting classes my senior year of high school and absolutely loved it, despite the fact that I am very certain that I suck at it. So I hauled butt over to an arts supply store and bought ten tubes of paint, three new brushes, and a new pallete, since all my old supplies disappeared over the last two years. I also got a pre-made canvas, which is quite a novelty since I always had to stretch and gesso my own for class. I haven't started the actual painting part yet, but I will as soon as I finish the new webpage layout.
I actually took five art classes my senior year of highschool - advanced photography, painting, advanced painting, graphics, and computer graphics. And people wonder why I always said I could have skipped my entire senior year and gone straight to college. My whole goal was to not take a science class and to take slack-off classes that the typical morons that I always disliked wouldn't take. Unfortunately, the morons all decided to take art classes too. Some of them ended up in a ceramics class that Shannon often sat through to work on her AP Art stuff, and she says that they smashed their final projects together and shattered them and started hooting and cheering -- until the teacher told them she hadn't graded them yet. *snickers* Yeah, I really miss those boys. (Sense the sarcasm?)
04:08 PM [link]
Victoria's Secret addiction
01.02.03
Somebody keep me away from Victoria's Secret's website. After ordering $60 worth of sale merchandise yesterday (I told you I'd be rewarding myself), I keep going back thinking, "Hmmm, should I get that bra to match those panties?" or "I should buy another push up bra while they're still 25% off." My reasoning is that one pair of pajamas I ordered are on backorder until March, so I need SOMETHING to keep me happy until then.
Shopping their website is so much nicer than going to the store. I should know, I worked there, the salespeople are programmed to be annoying bitches who don't leave your side. We're instructed to pester you about opening a credit card account until you finally give in. We're instructed to not track down a bra if we don't have your size in the color you want, we're just supposed to tell you to check other stores. When I worked at Limited Too, we bent over backwards to help people find their sizes.
I actually walked out of a VS store not too long ago because the woman who was working there would NOT leave me alone. I kept saying, "I'm just going to look for now, thanks," and she kept following me and shoving bras in my face that I didn't want. She couldn't even get my size correct. She kept handing me a 36B, which I am so totally NOT.
Matt will be happy that I want to shop for lingerie online now. We met his mom and sister at the mall the other day, and when I wanted to go to VS, he had to look around and make sure his mom wasn't anywhere within sight so that she wouldn't see him going in there. He cracks me up.
02:04 AM [link]