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Ryu197
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Member Since:
6/7/2004
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| Those of you out there who know me, probably know that I enjoy my appropriate beverages, like a lot. In fact, I'm basically a lush. But, I'm here to tell that I come by it honestly. I haven't just developed this behavior to deal with my problems. I was, in fact, born to have a blood alcohol content above zero. Clearly, behaviors like this are learned from ones role models - Let's take my parents as a good example. My flight arrives form Indy on saturday and after some shopping we go to my parents house the night plays out as follows: 7:00pm: Bloody Mary, Beer, cheese, and crackers 8:00pm: Open the first bottle of wine (Beaujolais Nouveau - a delightfully fruity young wine from france that is quite tasty and easy to drink.) Make dinner of filet and pototoes. 8:30pm: Open the second bottle of wine (this time a spicy little zinfandel - very peppery to complement the steak) to serve with dinner along with San Pellegrino sparkling water. 9:30pm: Having finished the all of the wine at the table - break into the brandy, rum, kahlua, and baileys to make a lovely little flight of mixed drinks for dessert - and another. Some nights we'll make cosmos or something like that. So that's how I spent my first saturday night of break in Minnesota - and also why I'm such a lush myself, it's in my genes! In other news, I miss my boifriend! Fortunately, I was drunk enough to sleep alone, lol - especially since he was cute enough to spend the last two nights with me. ~sigh~ Alright, well have fun kiddos. | | |
| From Political Cortex, I love it when parties sling shit at eachother.
As there have lately
been so many changes to the basic functioning of the United States -- a
shift of powers here, a whittling away of rights there, it seems a good
time to issue a revised version of the basic operating document. This
is the real Republican Contract with America.
We the Republicans of the United States, in Order to prevent
any challenge to our continued Supremacy, free ourselves from the
Confines of Justice, placate the Tranquil masses, degrade the general
Welfare, and secure the Blessings of War Profiteering for ourselves and
our Friends, do ordain and establish Constitution 2.0 for the United
States of America.
ARTICLE I
Section 1
All legislative Powers are hereby ceded to the Executive branch, though
the Congress will still make a Grand Noise and wave their arms as if
they give a Damn.
Section 2
The House of Representatives will consist of those best able to Lick
the Boots of the Lobbyists and Corporations lining their pockets.
No one can be a Representative unless Fox News says that he is a Patriotic American,
Representation shall be apportioned based on numbers of people willing
to Pay for the Privilege. The actual Enumeration shall be made
whenever it is of benefit to Republicans.
Representatives will choose a Speaker and other Officers by how willing
these Officers are to turn a blind eye to the Crimes of Republicans and
how Loudly they will Declare the Daily Talking Points.
Section 3
The Senate shall... oh hell, just see Section 1.
The Vice President shall be President of the Senate and can use any
Four Letter Word he wants in talking to Senators, so F-You, Leahy.
Section 4
Elections will be held whenever Diebold is prepared to provide the Right Results.
Section 5
Each House shall make a mockery of policing itself and shall be free to
throw out all the Democrats they want, but Republicans who engage in
Pederasty shall be protected.
Section 6
Republican Senators and Representatives will enjoy a Revolving Door of
organizations who pay for votes, and give them jobs any time they are
taking a break.
Section 7
The House and Senate shall apply a large Rubber Stamp to every suggestion issued by the President.
Section 8
The House shall raise all the taxes they want on the poor and middle-class so long as they leave the Rich alone.
The Congress will dodge all responsibility for decisions on War.
Section 9
The rules of Immigration shall be set in a way that protects Republican majorities.
Section 10
Any treaties are not worth the paper they are Written on.
ARTICLE II
Section 1
The President can do anything he wants, that's what's good about being President. Heh heh.
Section 2
The President can wear any uniform he wants and pretend to fly planes.
Section 3
The President and the Congress should split some beers now and then, but he doesn't have to invite any Democrats.
Section 4
Having sex is a good Reason to get rid of a President. Lying, being
Incompetent, Wasting Billions, and getting Thousands of Americans
Killed, is fine.
ARTICLE III
This Article was full of that Judge stuff, so we just took it out.
ARTICLE IV
We can declare any place we want part of the United States so they can
call their stuff "Made in the USA," but don't go thinking they get
representation.
ARTICLE V
Amendments to the Constitution will only be for Really Important Stuff, like how scared we are of Homos and Foreign People.
ARTICLE VI
You can ignore any part of this Constitution if it gets in the way of Profit or something that gets Republicans elected.
ARTICLE VII
People are supposed to be afraid all the Time, otherwise they do too damn much Thinking.
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| omg, so my mom and I just watched HGTV's Design Star for like 8 hours
straight (and they still assume that I'm straight.....) This show
is Project Runway (another fabulous show that I just love) for interior
designers, and I think it's really good. I especially love David,
his style is bold, modern, dramatic, clean lines, fantastic, and he's
amazingly hot. omg, marriage needs to be legal like right now,
haha. I'm sure he's a total superficial bitch in real life
though, sigh, this is why I don't like to date hot guys. But
David's on TV, which to me is clearly a state of suspended reality that
allows me to suspend my realistic needs and desires and ogle not only
his designs but he himself, right? That's not superfical, is
it??? And let me say, the man is 32, but he doesn't look a day
over like 24, or less. I hope to god that I look like that at
32. He clearly enjoys the clinique counter.
Of course, this only rekindles my burning desire to be a designer,
instead of a boring engineer. I mean engineering is okay... I
guess... I do like certain things about it, and I feel like I
stand a decent chance of being able to work out that sort of niche for
myself. At the same time I feel totally creatively stifled and
unsatisfied, while being stressed and overworked, and for what?
Engineering is soooo not that cool, and they don't get paid all that
much money - definitely more than an interior designer, though. I
just wish I lived in a world full of want-to-do things instead of
have-to-do shit. Clearly, that stems from my attitude, but
where does one's attitude come from to begin with?
You totally can't just flip a switch and change someone's attitude, it
based on environmental factors, right? I mean if I really am deep
down inside not happy about what I do, nothing is really going to
permanently adjust my attitude, any more than True Directions style
camps could make me go straight. Are our interests genetically
encoded in us, right from the start? Clearly not, because often
people's interests are completely influenced by inspiration that they
get from things outside of themselves. At the same time, however, I
couldn't agree that ones interests are totally formed by environmnetal
factors. People have strengths and weakness, and are naturally
drawn to things. I'm a terrible athlete, and I have no interest
in sports. I (at least like to) think that I could be a decent
designer, and I have a lot of interest in that. So what then
defines those in a persons life? Some would argue that you're
given direction and a place in life by God and that it's part of his
plan. I really really want a copy of God's strategic plan, it has
to be a crazy complicated. God has to have crazy awesome project
management skills, or maybe the opposite is true and that's why we have
disease, natural disasters, and war... hmm.... I mean really, what kind
management tactic is that? Who writes disease, disaster, and war
into their strategic plan for this crazy complex world that can't have
been all that easy to create. But, if in reality God's just a bad
project manager and things got a little out of control, that could
explain it all. Gotta stick to the project plan!! Of course, that
would suggest that there's a planned end to the project of human
existance, which of course is written in the bible, but it's still a
scary thought.
Anyway, that got way off topic. Clearly, if I can't complain
about my life in a medium that could potentially reach millions of
people I just don't have a real reason to live. I realize that
I'm sure everyone has doubts and stuff, I know my problems aren't all
that original. That doesn't mean they won't continue to frustrate
me, especialy when I'm unable/unwilling to do anything about it.
Particularly when it's for a stupid reason like
practicality/money/parents, ugh. I particularly hate money, but
communism clearly doesn't work so so much for that. That brings
up a whole other philosophical argument that I could blab on about for
way too long, and won't now.
Oh well, I write too much, Toodles!
Me
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| I can't believe it's my last day at the United States Environmental Protection Agency (I like to spell it out, it makes it sound that much more impressive). Although I have to admit that I'm excited about going back to school to be with my friends again. I made a lot of good friends here, and I've really enjoyed myself. I'll definitely miss DC, it's such a fun town. I've had a great time in this town, and I definitely want to come back here sometime, preferably to live - it's more fun than visiting - especially since I know parts of the place pretty well, but there's still a whole lot that I haven't done yet. Working for the government would be so nice if not for the pay issue. I randomly applied to work for the Nuclear Regulatory Commision. They're on a different pay scale - GG as opposed to GS - where a GG-7 gets paid ~$54000, which is much more liveable (as a GS-5 I was making $29604/year). However, I ultimately plan on going to Grad school, so that kind of throws that whole mess out of the window. We'll see where I end up going, I've had some good experiences and I think I stand a decent chance of making it into a good school, we'll see!!! I know I want to work in Environment/Environmental Protection, but doing exactly what I'm not quite sure. (I can blabber on about this stuff for hours and hours, sorry).
Is it bad that I've gotten somewhat buzzed at the office twice? Yesterday was Sue's going away party, she used to be the director of the division that I work for, but she's moving to the Office of Technology Operations and Planning in the Office of Environmental Information (OEI/OTOP). Naturally, there was beer and wine at the party, and persuaded by peer pressure, I had my share. Then Today, we went to lunch for my last day and I had 2 cosmos, and then we sat in the conference room drinking wine while I gave my end of the summer presentation. Good times, Good times. I only came to the office drunk once (I was still kind of tipsy in the morning from the previous night once, whoops) So I guess it's not so bad especially since these were my last two days and I didn't really have anything else to do. They teased me for taking up their internet bandwidth with all the internet surfing I was doing, and I'm like "you can't prove that!" lol. Good times.
Sometimes I guess there just comes a time to finish a chapter in your life's book. But you know, sometimes chapter after chapter I wonder if there's anything behind all of this besides moving on to the next chapter. I mean I have my strategic plan for the book, but am I really the author, or am I just a character? Does my book already have an outline, and if so who wrote it and how do I get a copy? I don't even think that half of the characters have been introduced yet, who writes this crap? Anyway, that metaphor went on way too long.
Love,
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