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stop the nonsense.
07.16.03 (8:29 pm)   [edit]
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STOP!!! just stop. i can't believe what the world has come to. i can't believe what i'm seeing. i can't believe i just used capital letters over this.

have you seen this thing...this thing where the women run around naked while men get to shoot paintball guns at them?? if not, you can see a little something about it here: http://www.thespoonsexperience.com/archives/001110.php" title="http://www.thespoonsexperience.com/archives/001110.php" target="_blank"http://www.thespoonsexperienc...

anyway--ok. this thing. with the naked women and the men with pseudo-firearms. ick. that's what i've got to say. ick. i don't know where to begin...so let me just dissect this for a minute.

1) the men. i am sorry. i am a woman. and i find it pathetic that there are some guys who would be entertained by this. especially the ones who would actually shell out the 5 grand to participate. that's...sad. i have no respect for that. i know plenty of guys who are big into paintballing--my brother is attempting to start his own business, actually. so i don't feel bad going off about this--it's the same stuff i would tell him if he were going out to do this crap. who thinks, "hey! i just got a great idea. let's get a bunch of naked, defenseless women together. then let's charge some guys a bunch of money, give 'em guns, and set 'em loose! yeah!" ugh. that's just sick. if it weren't for the fact that it costs so much, i'd have a pretty good idea of what kind of guys are out there doing this...and many of them would have hyphenated names beginning in billy and ending in ray. but the money factor...that leads me to think of this as more of a high class, high-priced twisted deer hunt--"for the fashionable man in your life" sort of crap. you know what? i said i was sorry earlier in this section, for feeling the way i do about this. i'm not.

2) the women. okay. after i had them all fully clothed, i'd sit them down, get them ready for a nice, long talk, then proceed to beat each of them vigorously with a stick. and as i did this, i'd say, "[u][b]no[/b][/u]" frequently. ok, ladies, listen. i know the money is probably great. you probably hardly even notice the welts that the paintballs leave. you may even have a good time. i don't care. i am not some psycho femme. but this is just stupid and degrading. i can't believe any self-respecting woman would give guys a chance to do this. argh!

you know what? why not just make a nice, big sign about male dominance and let the guys shoot at that? why?? because it wouldn't be a naked woman. this is crazy. i am completely disgusted. so i am leaving. but i leave you with my best friend's thought on this topic (and he just so happens to be a guy)...I believe the exact word was, "spew!"
peace out v*star
 
happy happy happy
07.14.03 (10:42 pm)   [edit]
[image_left]villagestar_1 057011708.gif[/image]happy birthday to my best friend jeramy (erskineboho) yay babe!!

well hey village folk. not a long entry tonight, as i have to go back to work in the morning. i am tired. it's been a good vacation and it ended pretty well. a little pseudo-drama tonight, but otherwise, it's all good. and i'm in a very good mood, because i just tabbed out "your eyes" from *rent* on my guitar. what an awesome song from an awesome show!
wow! well, fun. i'm out now. it's been real. peace v*star
 
great weekend
07.13.03 (10:50 pm)   [edit]
[image_left]villagestar_1 135008434.jpg[/image]yeah, i'm not sure why i wanted sasquatch...but he's kinda fun, you must admit!

well, quite a weekend i had, yes, mwuhaha. it was just awesome--lots of chill time with my friends, and time out of the house, which was pretty cool. we went and grabbed some dinner and then saw "the league of extraordinary gentlemen", which was fun. it was worth it because even though there were some parts that were stupid, we made them better with our witty remarks, hehe. i'm just glad i was with a group of people intelligent enough to understand the references--it helps if you know anything about literary history, trust me. anyway, it was fun and there were few problems. well, besides all the midget waitresses (i know, i know, how very un-pc of me) and the 6 hour wait for food. but they brought us several bowls of 'zingys' and some unsolicited sprite, hooray!

then today. hehe, albert and i decided to try a different restaurant for a change. so we got really brave and went for it. and we did. now, i am awaiting the outcome--as in, if i wake up at 3 am with food poisoning, we'll know just how vegetarian unfriendly they are. but as far as i could tell, it was ok. so then we went to amy's apartment and played this questions game...we all know a lot more about each other now, i will just put it that way. it was fun though, and conversation-provoking, which is good, because no matter how i feel about this guy, i totally lose my mind when i'm with him. i can't ever seem to find anything to say--it could be a sign of just how much i care about him, i dunno. *but* that's an entirely different novel--one which i won't be getting into here. sorry village folk, but some things are better left offline!

anyway, we all kinda went our separate ways this afternoon--jeramy and i had rehearsal and albert had a music practice. then we met back up at amy's apartment and marc and melinda came by. albert brought food and he cooked (with a tiny bit of help). so we grubbed down and i taught amy some songs on the guitar--one of which she proceeded to use throughout the rest of the night to write impromptu lyrics with, it was hilarious!! we played another round of the questions game with jeramy, then the other amy was there. it just kept getting funnier and funnier. we ended up watching "but i'm a cheerleader" which is pretty cool in that it's got a lot of familiar faces (including rupaul!!) and from all accounts by people i know who've actually attended them, stays pretty close to the way actual 'straight is great' camps are run. anyway, check it out--if you're not a homophobe. if you are, steer clear. then i ended up, haphazardly, in a personal wet t-shirt contest (we're not even going there). all in all it was a lot of fun, and we made some new quotes for my aim profile.

and then the evening drew to an end, and all i'm gonna say is, it ended on an awesome, awesome note. *yay!!* i'm out. peace v*star
 
drama queen
07.11.03 (10:24 pm)   [edit]
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hey friendly village folk! well, i would just like to say that the drama is over. three cheers from the peanut gallery. for those of you lucky enough to catch my last entry before i wiped it out, you know the drama of which i speak. it was not fun. but it is over. and this are much improved for it...as in, your host has learned her lesson. i know you're all glad to hear it--i'm glad to realize it myself.

so, that episode removed from my life, i now prepare to return to work. and to do some heavy duty stuff at the theatre, as we open this show in two weeks. tomorrow i will finish looking for my costumes and finish memorizing my lines. ahhh, and the highlight of this experience is getting a pair of nude character shoes at long last. i'm overjoyed about that! (yeah, that's one way to measure my theatre nerd-iness.)

and then tomorrow afternoon, albert will be in town and i'm really excited about that. i can't wait to see him! we're gonna go see a movie. and i get to give him what i got him for his birthday, so yay! speaking of which, i need to go wrap that stuff and get ready for bed. early morning tomorrow.

that's it for me, my village folk (whom i so lovingly refuse to acknowledge as 'village people'.) peace v*star
 
and the pickles
07.08.03 (8:06 pm)   [edit]
[image_left]villagestar_6 75547554.jpg[/image]yay! happy birthday albert!

yeah, had to throw a tiny party there, for my boyfriend albert who turned 19 today. yay babe!

anyway, i spent the day on a miniature road trip with two of my good friends. we went up to see my best friend (erskineboho's) campus. it was fun. then we grabbed some lunch and went shopping (well, more like aimlessly wandering) all over the place. we made a bunch of quotes while we were gone, but i was so tired by the end of the trip that i can't remember a single one of them, which upsets me, because they were really good. oh well. at least we had a good time and got to chill together.

now all i have to do is avoid my mother and her ridiculous obssession. see, when jeramy graduated, all the friends he'd met through me and i threw him a surprise party. and i took these cheap plastic plates and one cheap plastic bowl to amy's so we'd have stuff to put everything in and on. the things were dirty when i left that night, but amy said she'd wash them and that i could come get them from her. i never got around to getting them, and then amy went on vacation. so the entire time amy was gone, my mom asked about the dishes. and the other day, when amy got back, she called me, and while i was on the phone with her, my mom interrupted me in an oh-so-uncharming way to demand the return of the dishes. i am so sick of hearing about those 4 stupid pieces of plastic. ack. and generally, mom and i get along really well--but she gets fixated on things sometimes, and it makes me want to shove large objects up my nostrils, because i think that might take away some of the frustration.

anyway, the saga of the dishes continues another time. for now, i'm peacing out, happy village folk. v*star
 
the quest
07.07.03 (9:50 pm)   [edit]
[image_left]villagestar_4 42595073.jpg[/image] poor potato.

well, hi. i'm here. i survived. although i am sick of blow-drying my hair. oh well. my check didn't come today. i am going on a manhunt tomorrow regarding payment. jeez, you'd think it would be a simple thing. but no, you have to go on some insane quest for a stupid piece of paper. i wouldn't bother if that paper weren't worth an entire month's salary. alas, the quest begins.

but, on a lighter, happier note, i found the perfect dress for one of my many costumes for the show. it is awesome!! and i am going out tomorrow with my best friend and another one of my friends who just got back in town. i'm sure we'll have fun throwing rocks at boys. just kidding, of course. my best friend *is* a boy.

well, not so funny tonight, i know. but that's what happens when you get ready to go on a quest. you become un-funny. peace my village folk v*star
 
outdoor eyebrows, etc.
07.06.03 (11:38 pm)   [edit]
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what a day! it was my grandparents' 58th anniversary, so happy happy. and i had rehearsal for sound of music. it was fun. let me rant some--buckle your saftey belt, we're going for a ride!

i still haven't gotten my check--which should be for about $300--and payday was almost two weeks ago. let me back up some. i work as a ppdt/aba (which stands for paraprofessional developmental therapist with a focus in aplied behavior analysis.) so anyway, awesome job, i love it. but recently, the little boy i work with turned 3--which means he's now legally under the special education sector of our county school district. so, instead of receiving my checks from a state agency, i am now on the payroll for the county school ditrict. and [b]that[/b], my dear village folk, happens to be what i consider the single-most corrupt institution around this crazy place. maybe not, but my knowledge and experience would point in that direction. and the superintendent--let me tell you about this man. there are two kinds of eyebrows in this world: indoor eyebrows and outdoor eyebrows. now, think back to your childhood days of indoor and outdoor voices. it's the same principle, and this man always has on his outdoor eyebrows. i mean, honestly, they literally engulf his glasses. but i'm being mean now. the thing is, i want my check--i [b]need[/b] my check, or i'll be leaving the bug at home and walking to work everyday--not fun, since it's quite a distance away. so now, i have to go down to the main office and inquire about it. and, as outspoken as i tend to be, i don't really like to purposefully enter myself into conflict. but that's where i must go. and i might just have to smack those eyebrows off the man's face if he's not nice. so there! (of course, i wouldn't really...unless he greatly upset me. then i'd rejoice in it.)

so then i went to rehearsal, and that was fun--mainly because i live for the stage. and i have an awesome part--the baroness. ooh, she's so perfectly rich and snobby and independent. i love her. and i am going costume shopping soon. that's my second favorite part, after everything that acting entails. i already have it all planned out, it's gonna be awesome!

and then dinner, with my grandparents. we went to a seafood place where some of their friends were waiting to surprise them. and that was fun for them--not for me, but it's hard to find a seafood place that caters to veggies.

and now, i'm home. and i'm happy. i've talked to a lot of people tonight, including my boyfriend (yay). and i spent some quality time with my fish, whom i lovingly named sushi. we have a special bond. he's a beta--and for those of you who know (if you don't you're about to learn) they're fighting fish. and when they are threatened, or trying to be threatening, they'll flip out these things from under their gills and start flapping them and bobbing around. *think the little spitty dinosaur from jurassic park* well, it's pretty cool, albeit a little disturbing, but when i say my fish's name and bob my head around a little, he'll do that thing, with the stuff under his gills. so yeah, my fish and i have a nice relationship. i'd pet him if i could. i think he'd like that.

well, i'm off to give them monkeys in the hallway one last poke with a stick before bed. (i won't of course, because there aren't any monkeys in the hallway, at least none that i'm aware of. even if there were, i wouldn't poke them. that'd be mean.) peace v*star
 
you never know...
07.05.03 (2:11 pm)   [edit]
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you never know who you'll see or meet...

well hey. i just got back from a little trip to our nearest hot spot--i had to pick up a cd that i'd ordered from barnes and noble. (the 1998 cast recording of the sound of music--my current project. give it up for me, baroness elsa schraeder.) so anyway, there i sit, enjoying my little lunch, minding my own little business. and i was looking out the window, because, well, i'm an actress and we tend to be in the habit of people-watching. so i was watching. there were a bunch of badly sunburned little children, and the usual girls flapping their wrists around (learn your body language and how to control it ladies), guys with 'the walk', and then, out of nowhere, one of my friends, jason. i did a double take and then just about laughed out loud. it was him, with a girl he was kinda hanging out with and one of her friends. if i wouldn't have been eating, i totally would've jumped up and run out to see him. it's probably better that i was eating--i tend to be a little brash when it comes to that sort of thing. anyway, i thought it was kinda funny. i never used to see people i know down there. and now i see someone i know everytime i go. i bet it has something to do with the fact that i know so many people now. plus i am always making new friends...like my friends at barnes and noble.

i went to go pick up my cd, and the guy at the desk was all like, "oh, so you're the girl i talked to on the phone" (he had called me to let me know the cd was in. i told him i guessed so. it wasn't the same guy who'd ordered the cd for me, so i had no idea. then the guy who'd ordered the cd for me came in there--and he remembered me. the other guy--who'd called me about the cd had mooooooooo! on the bottom of his name tag. i'm not sure what that meant. i was just trying to buy my cd. and there were these two guys. and then they basically had a little fight about which one was going to check me out. the one who'd ordered the cd for me thought he should because he'd ordered it, and the other one thought he should because he'd called me about it. and i was just standing there watching them. it was pretty funny. i have no idea what was up with that because they don't work on commission. oh well. hi to my new friends from barnes and noble. you guys are weird.

i guess that's all for now, everyone. i'm gonna go chill for a while. peace v*star
 
literary angst
07.04.03 (9:43 pm)   [edit]
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yeah, it's me again. tonight was a lot of fun. had the family together, and that was cool. everyone was in a really good mood. i got some good chill time with both of my parents, which i get very little of these days. it was great--my dad was watching a movie and my mom and i did a little mst3k to it. we had everyone rolling. i managed to do a little bit of design while we were sitting there too. luckily, i didn't have to pluck any terrified cats out of curtains or off of shelves. they slept straight through all the fireworks, even the grand finale. i don't think my dog heard them, cuz she's a little deaf--but it probably made it easier on her, because loud noises used to petrify her.
anyway, i entitled this post 'literary angst' for a reason, so let me get to it.
i just finished HP5. (i know, i know, it took me long enough--but i didn't start it until just a few days ago. i had another book to finish first.) and now, i'm upset, because my favorite character died. i won't say who (so i won't spoil anyone's surprise). i am honestly feeling a little loss of my own--like i need to reflect on what this character meant to me. which is so absolutely absurd. "hi, i'm v*star, and somehow, i missed the idea of 'fiction'." yeah. i am a huge dork. i had sort of figured out that this character was gonna be the one to get the shaft--but i kept hoping it wouldn't happen. well, it did. and i am such a dork. i cried. i literally, honestly, completely, in every sense of the word, bawled about it. and now, i feel a little depressed. i need a moment. or four. i'll be back when i'm happier and funnier. peace v*star
 
happy 4th!
07.04.03 (11:06 am)   [edit]
[b]*well, happy 4th of july to everyone out there!*[/b]
wish i could be home for it--i'll miss you guys most of all today. i know you're all down there, having an awesome get-together and watching the fireworks from the backyard. have a dip in the pool for me, guys. i love you!

yeah, so i'm here, with the rest of these crazy people. and we're gonna grill out tonight--which means my tofu is currently marinating. yeah, yeah, yeah, it may be sick, but it's tofu, and it's what's for dinner--at least for this veggie.

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we're gonna try to catch some of the fireworks from the college, most likely from the roof--that should be fun. i personally probably won't see too many of them. i'll probably be the one stuck inside trying to calm the dog down and detatch the cats from high, secluded places. oh well. there's always tv.

well, i feel like a jerk because i don't have anything funny to say right now. but i know with everyone hanging out over here tonight, i'll have a lovely little collection later, or tomorrow. for now, i'm gonna go wallow in my own personal mud puddle of pity and shame over not being adequately humorous. peace v*star
 
yay!
07.03.03 (12:26 pm)   [edit]
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*happy anniversary, mom and dad!*[/b]
yeah, so today is my parents' anniversary--big congrats to them for 30+ years. they are going out to dinner tonight. i had lunch with my mom and found out that dad went by her office this morning to give her a rose. i just about died! that was so sweet, and completely unlike my father. don't get me wrong, he's great, but he's the kind of dad you're friends with, you know? he and mom rarely do stuff like that with each other, so i thought it was very cool of him. way to go, dad!
on another note, i actually don't have a headache today. i guess it must have been the threats of purposefully collapsing my sinus walls that did it!
i guess today is just one for celebration. yay. peace v*star
 
argh!
07.02.03 (10:54 pm)   [edit]
[image_left]villagestar_4 42595073.jpg[/image]well, as my buddy list slowly empties, i grow bored. i could go to sleep, only i can't. because i have a headache. again. i have them all the time now. i'm getting quite used to them, actually. it's sort of comforting, knowing i'll always have a headache. i can compare it to the feeling i would have, say, if my mom beat me severely with a whip, crudely fashioned from sticks and twine, everytime i came home. that wouldn't necessarily feel good. but i would expect it, and eventually, i would be comforted by the knowledge that i was going home, and there was a beating in order.

anyway, no one has been able to figure out why i'm having these headaches. i think it's one of two things: either my brain is preparing to explode or i'm suffering from extreme sinus pressure. i'd prefer to go with the latter of the two, just because the thought of my brain exploding is slightly unnerving. so, that in mind, lets keep my brain intact.

a friend told me once that you should get your wisdom teeth pulled while you're young. when i asked why, he answered simply that if you get them pulled when you're older, your sinus walls will collapse after the teeth are removed. at the time, i thought that would be pretty bad. but now, i am sorta leaning in the other direction. i thought about it a minute ago, and you know, if my sinus walls collapsed right now, it would alleviate some of the pressure. but then a question jabbed its way into my brain. where would the sinus drainage (mm-mmm, nice mental images with that one) go? i have a feeling it would go to my left big toe--i mean, that would be the most logical place. and that would suck. not that i think it would hurt, because i doubt it would. but i do think that everytime i walked, there would be this disgusting sound--like when you have to pull your shoe out of mud. you know, that *squelching* noise. so, i'd make that noise wherever i walked. and what's worse--it would only come from my left foot. so it would be every other step. and that would be annoying. so i guess i'd rather keep my sinus walls intact, and hope that i find a cure for these headaches--probably in the form of an aspirin or antihistamine of some sort. until then, peace v*star
 
WOO!
07.02.03 (9:54 pm)   [edit]
[image_left]villagestar_1 057011708.gif[/image]it's a blog. and it's all about me. it's about time someone did this. i would just like to say how excited i am on this monumental occasion in my life--okay, no i'm not, but it sounded good. well, i guess i could introduce myself, for those of you who don't know me. hi. i'm villagestar. i attend a small college in south carolina, where i major in theatre. i drive a 71 vw beetle, i don't eat animals, and i don't like capital letters (except in exciting contexts.) i love my friends, humor, being onstage, and everything bohemian. well, i guess that's a good start. stay tuned--in fact, become deeply engrossed in and obssessed about my life. that should be fun. peace v*star