the everyday happenings of ada

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Mmm, I wanna shoop

Those of you who are current or former grad students: How did you finance it? Did you take out student loans, or did you have luck getting financial aid?

So... one of my old high school/gaming friends died in September and I'm just finding out now.

Remembering Greg Allard

I can't believe it. We weren't really close any more, but we were both doing computer science at UCF so I saw him around and we talked now and then.
I don't know what else to say, other than I'm really upset right now.

So I turned my Pandora Radio on just now and it played me this amazing Jimi song I've never heard before... (which is saying something in itself...)

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Well I'm standing here freezing inside your golden garden,
Got my ladder leaned up against your wall...

Dude shot a bunch of people downtown. Apparently they caught him?

Mostly I'm posting this for myself here so I can find it later, but I figured some of you might be interested in it too. It sounds delicious.

Lablabi - Tunisian Chickpea Soup

So I explained my academic situation (graduating this term, applying to start Professional Writing certification next semester) and asked my boss if I can keep working at the lab after this semester... and he said yes, they'd be glad to have me! Which means that I shouldn't have to get another job next year.

Now I just need to, er, get accepted into the program... which, in theory, shouldn't be too difficult...

So... as if I needed another reason to love him... the Pirate Song!



Also... this next one is one of the most amazing songs I've ever heard. The first time I listened to it it just... HIT me so hard.
And yes, this is how I feel today.



On the street of villains taken for a ride
you can have the devil as a guide
crippled by the boundaries, programmed into guilt
'til your nervous system starts to tilt.

And in the room of mirrors you can see for miles
but everything that's there is in disguise
every word you've uttered and every thought you've had
is all inside your file, the good and the bad.

But in the rising sun you can feel your life begin
universe at play inside your DNA
you're a billion years old today
oh the rising sun and the place it's coming from
is inside of you and now your payment's overdue
oh the rising sun, oh the rising sun.

On the avenue of sinners I have been employed
working there 'til I was near destroyed
I was almost a statistic inside a doctor's case
when I heard the messenger from inner space
he was sending me a signal that for so long I had
ignored
but he held on to my umbilical cord
until the ghost of memory trapped in my body mind
came out of hiding to become alive.

And in the rising sun you can hear your life begin
and it's here and there nowhere and everywhere
though its atmosphere is rare
oh the rising sun and the place that it's coming from
is inside of me and now I feel it constantly
oh the rising sun, oh the rising sun, oh the rising
sun.

But in the rising sun you can feel your life begin
universe at play inside your DNA
you're a billion years old today
oh the rising sun and the place it's coming from
is inside of you and now your payment's overdue
oh the rising sun, oh the rising sun, oh the rising
sun.

So... I'm actually having serious urges to learn the sitar. I've been having SERIOUS creative urges in general lately. It's wonderful. (I think I'm feeling the childfree equivalent of a biological clock... I NEED TO CREATE SOMETHING!)
But... realistically... I need to get a lot better at guitar first. I've been practicing a lot more lately, and I've definitely improved, but I've still got a ways to go. (I'm still playing the old Silvertone I bought from lineaalba , but she's working well enough for me so far... I named her Elphie... if you've seen her recently you know why =) )
Quite honestly, I still am not great at tuning by ear. I can get close but not quite there. And if I can't tune a guitar by ear, I sure as hell would never be able to tune a sitar by ear. So at this point I can't really justify even _thinking_ about buying a sitar (the cheapest cheapest cheapest ones I've been able to find are still $150-$200). Not even asking for one for a graduation present, because I wouldn't be able to play it any time soon.

But I have a question for you, LJ. I need to learn to tune by ear. I know I should buy a keyboard, so I'm going to start looking for a cheap one at Goodwill, or on Freecycle. (I've tried the websites that play tones to help you tune your guitar, but they're just not doing it for me.) Beyond that, does anybody have any advice for helping me learn? I know a lot of you are musicians; is there anything particular that helped you learn? Other than just practice, practice, practice? =)

(On a semi-related note, I had a dream last night that George Harrison was giving me sitar lessons. It was extremely vivid, and one of those dreams that wasn't quite a normal dream. It was amazing.)

Hey all... there's going to be a candlelight vigil tonight for Craig Cohen (Ft. Lauderdale guy beaten to death for being gay; you can read the story here: Man dies six months after attack outside Oakland Park diner ). The one in Orlando is at Lake Eola Park, but I believe other towns are having vigils as well; a couple others came up when I Googled it. I'll be lighting a candle at home but I won't be able to go because of work... but I figured I'd post here in case anybody else wanted to go. Thanks k001daddy for passing this along.

Hey kids - - I'm looking for a jingly anklet, like pronto. You know, the ones with little bells on them. I know some of you people know where I can purchase one. If you can think of someplace that carries them right now, please leave me a message here (or on AIM at AmericanWitch013). Thank you!

Captain Lou Albano, legendary WWF-era wrestling manager and Cyndi Lauper video star, dies at 76

Read more:http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/2009/10/14/2009-10-14_captain_lou_albano_legendary_wwfera_wrestling_manager_and_ci.html#ixzz0TvrGtEG2


In memoriam, here's Captain Lou Albano's Steady Descent Into Madness. 'Cause, really, this is what I think of when I think of Captain Lou.

So apparently that song (Got To Get You Into My Life) is about pot. I'm not even joking. It still has significant other meaning to me, but I find that hilarious. This just adds to how awesome the song is.

Moving on... here's some George Harrison.

First here's young George playing Love You To, which to me is definitely the sexiest Beatles song there is... George did everything in this song other than tambourine and tabla. Makes me want to learn to play the sitar...



And then here's old George, talking about the soul.



Just things I meant to share with you the other day... =)

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Send me a postcard, drop me a line
Stating point of view
Indicate precisely what you mean to say
Yours sincerely, Wasting Away

Give me your answer, fill in a form
Mine forever more
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four?

Am I supposed to say "hispanic" or "Latino"? Or does it depend on context or what?

(I like calling people what they want to be called, but I don't know what's preferred in this case. Help an ignorant white girl out.)

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Also, got a bag of those Crazy Cores Skittles... the ones that don't have gelatin in them... OMG they're so good x_x Normally I'm pretty good about not just gobbling down candy, but I haven't had Skittles in years, so I'm all "NOM NOM NOM SKITTLES"

Knock knock...

Watching 'The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising'. Now, I was a fan of the books (I tore through all of them at some point while I was working at Kodak), and the movie doesn't resemble the book at all. Like, seriously unrecognizable. It's really not a very good movie.
However, I'm still loving it. Because there's so much Christopher Eccleston! He's the villain, and his scenes kind of alternate between being outwardly evil and pretending like he's not evil but actually being sinister at the same time. Glee!
Also, somebody says you see his ass in one of his movies, possibly Gone In 60 Seconds. Can anybody confirm/deny?

So Disney bought Marvel.
This does not bode well.

Okay, so you know how Wikipedia will have disambiguation pages, and pages for things that have the same name will be differentiated by a classification in parentheses? Like Woodstock (film) versus Woodstuck (Jimi Hendrix album) or Woodstock (Peanuts).

Well. You also know I loves me some Bill Moseley. There's also a William Moseley, who's in the Narnia movies. How do they differentiate William Moseley from Bill Moseley? By marking _William Moseley_ as an (actor). As opposed to Bill, who's... not an actor, apparently?

My icon has never been more appropriate, nor shall it likely ever be this appropriate again.