Facing the Truth

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

in other news.

Well, today is Tuesday - or was. Now it's 1:59 AM on Wednesday.

Amazingly, I slept all day Tuesday. ALL DAY!

Everyone says "Oh, Amanda, the reason you sleep all day is because you go to bed so late! If you're going to bed at 8 AM of course you're going to sleep all day! You should go to bed earlier!"

So last night, I did. I took some melatonin and was asleep by 2:30 AM (Monday night/Tuesday morning).
I woke up Tuesday at 7:30 PM.
That's 17 hours. SEVENTEEN HOURS.
TOTALLY unnecessary.

Also, I was just thinking that I have won a lot of scholarships and awards. And I just realized that I can (legitimately) call myself an "award winning writer". I am!
Not as in "I guess I like to write some, and on a side note I happened to win an award, which happened to be for best 80's hairdo," or something, but I won an actual writing award.

I have a plaque! And I'm not talking about on my teeth, either!

Also, if you go to the website for the Webster freshman writing awards page, I am in the damn picture! So is Brian Gordon Kennelly, but unfortunately he is vignetted out. Boo! He was a great teacher (probably still is) and had more impact on my thought process anyone in post-high school education.

Here's the image, so you don't have to click on the link (I know how hard that kind of thing can be).

I gave that blazer to Sadie a couple years ago, but I still have that t-shirt. And considering that I have reduced my t-shirt ownage (ha ha, ownage) from that point in time by over 90%, that's really saying something. The t-shirt features a quote from Twin Peaks, a subject about which people often (though not often enough) have something to say.

Also, it says "Twin Peaks" on the "chestal area" (props to anyone getting that reference) so people who don't even know what Twin Peaks is can also find a reason to comment. Sigh.

Looking at that picture again (as in 5 minutes later) makes me wonder why people always wear subdued colors. I mean, not that I'm not guilty of it, but I think I only wear "quiet" attire because it isn't always easy to find clothes that are as loud as I am. I mean, not that I want to look ugly, but I'd rather stand out due to people's ... mild displeasure ... than just blend in.

Sometimes. Sometimes I don't want anyone to see me at all. I know how to be invisible, by the way, but I'm not telling any of you.

My dad had a book passed down to him by his grandfather, which had been passed to him by HIS grandfather. I think it was published in the 1850's or 1860's... had all sorts of "miracles" in it, cures for scurvy and the like.

Also, here's a subject that I wonder about:

Who was sitting there eating some ground up meat and was like "Mmm, this is good, but it would be even better if it were more "contained" some how, packed tightly together in some way... I know! Pig intestines! Just the thing!"

The other way I picture it is a person just sitting there playing around with pig intestines and thinking "Mmm, this is fun, but it would be even MORE fun to fill these with ground up meat, twist them into phallic oblongs, and eat them! What a great idea!"

I really hope it was the former.

It's probably a bad idea to look up "intestines" on youtube. I didn't try it, but after looking up "tapeworm" on youtube, I have decided to think more carefully about what I search for there.

Oh! Speaking of YouTube!

I just put up videos from when I did neurofeedback in Key West with Monica. you can see them here on youtube. Watch them all at once, one at a time, or (though I would hope this isn't your choice) none of them.
Or you can watch it here if you realllly want to. Haven't tried embedding a playlist before, but here goes...

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Also, the movie "Neu Wave Hookers" is a pretty good movie, and worth a watch, if only for the "video" for Dirty Sanchez's "I Dig It". If I didn't think it'd get removed from youtube (along with the fact that on principle I only post my own content on my account) I'd totally upload it.

Oh my, look, some youtube newcomer did it for me! How awesome!
I'll link to it, as it's only like 80% SFW...

Also, I am OK, considering the recent 2-year anniversary of an event that was really devastating, and is always really hard to think about.

Annnyway. This is one of those middle-of-the-night aimless posts that doesn't really go anywhere, and if it HAS gone anywhere, it's reached its "destination" and definitely puttered out of gas

Labels: rambling, random, youtube