"Today that melodramatic teenager wrote all over me again. Every minor incident is a crisis of earth-shattering proportions. When is she going to get a life?!" -Finding your diary's diary, Bizarro, by Dan Piraro.Was up all night, pretty much, knowing I had to study for the test, doing very little of it, reading magazines left around the living room and daydreaming. I even got up for breakfast today...now that's twisted and weird for me. At 6:45 a.m. when the sun wasn't out yet. Sick!
Anyway, the test went well, I got $12.50 for my books (used paperback English, so you can't expect much!), so I won't starve/get pulverized by Daddy, basically finished packing, now just waiting for the night's fun to begin.
Just a thought I had looking over old e-mails, specifically the last one I sent Remington before he stopped writing me- it's possible he'd run out of stuff to say. Maybe I was too harsh?
Anyway, the e-mailing has been going good today =), so here you go:
} >} Hmmm, well, 28 or 9 would probably work better for me, seeing as all the } >} Christmas crap will be done by then. } >Yep. For me, too. Is one of them better than the other? } Nope, I checked, nothing much going on either day. Except recuperating. } Then again, that's on the calendar from about Saturday on, so I can move } that around =) Well, should we plan on the 28th, then? Around, oh, I dunno, I guess when depends on what we want to do. There's good restaurants in Berkeley, of course, or there's some decent movies out, or both, and I don't know about options in Livermore, but if there's something cool there, or a particular restaurant you like, we could do that, too. So, what do you think? } >The Necronomicon, from the latin for 'the book of names of the dead', also } >called Al Azif, written ages ago in the desert by the mad arab, Abdhul } >Alzhared, chronicles the worship and ways of the Great Old Ones, those } >tenebrous, } Big words are fun... 'Zackly. I got that one from Lovecraft in a letter to a friend about the latest story he'd written, and it always struck me as a word that sounded like what it meant. } >oozing, } and ya gotta love any sentence that uses the word "oozing." Or my } personal favorite funky word, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Ye gods! The sound of that is something quite atrocious! How about, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a lung disease caused by inhalation of volcanic ash. I got that one right in a spelling bee once. Then I lost five minutes later because I spelled magazine with no 'ga' in the middle. } >Reading the Necronomicon, even just for a page or two, has driven men } >mad. } Well, I guess that explains _some_ of the people I know being kinda } loopy... just wondering for no good reason whatsoever, but have you read } it? Depends on the version. It really isn't supposed to exist, since even Lovecraft claims he made it up, but a while back Ace books put out a version that was supposedly channeled from the spirit world by a guy named 'Simon'. I read that one, and it was lame. Then there was a version from Corgi books, in England, which was supposedly decrypted from a manuscript made by the Elizabethan astrologer John Dee that's stored in the British Museum. I've yet to check whether that copy exists, but I doubt it... but at least John Dee is known to have existed, since he wrote some other books. Anyway, that was more believable, at least. Then there's a version that my ex-wife claims some friends of hers with, shall we say, connections, showed her once, that was bound in human skin, and that gave her a really bad feeling just from looking at. Supposedly, the fellow who owned it had never read it, but always seemed unnaturally... lucky. Of course, Robin always could spin a mean tale. Which doesn't mean it's not true, since I really can't prove it isn't. } >Of course, there are those that say its very existence is a myth, and that } >it was 'made up' by a SciFi/Horror author named HP Lovecraft in the 20's, } >but then, that's what THEY would WANT you to believe, now isn't it? :) } You mean those men in the suits behind me right now?.... huh? What was } I talking about? Don't worry about it, just look at the little red light and smile. } >Of course it is, but _I'm_ right. } And uh, kinda a person with a vested interest in this point of view. Well, nobody else is jumping up and down to vest their interest in my point of view, so I suppose I'd better do it myself, eh? } ------------------------------------------------------------------- } "Today that meoldramatic teenager wrote all over me again. Every } minor incident is a crisis of earth-shattering proportions. When is } she going to get a life?!" -Finding your diary's diary, } Bizarro, by Dan Piraro. Heh, I like that. Remington 'There is an ancient Klingon proverb which says: "You cannot loosen a man's tongue with root beer."' --Worf,DS9 >Well, should we plan on the 28th, then? Fine. Around, oh, I dunno, I guess when >depends on what we want to do. Afternoon (say, 3ish and on) is good for me. There's good restaurants in Berkeley, of >course, Hmmm, I think we've had this discussion before. Sounds familiar.. or there's some decent movies out, or both, I'll take your word on the movies- I have no idea what's out other than a lot of bug stuff, or the two I last saw (Elizabeth and Rugrats). and I don't know about >options in Livermore, but if there's something cool there, or a particular >restaurant you like, we could do that, too. There is NOTHING to do in Liverbore. The only cool thing there is one guy's big Christmas lights display, but that takes about five minutes to see (not counting waiting in line and trying to park). Any time I spent in Livermore on a weekend in my teenage years was spent sitting in cars or parking lots, whining about how bored I was. >} >tenebrous, >} Big words are fun... > >'Zackly. I got that one from Lovecraft in a letter to a friend about the >latest story he'd written, and it always struck me as a word that sounded >like what it meant. Hmm, most of them don't sound like what they mean when you think about it. supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. > >Ye gods! The sound of that is something quite atrocious! How about, >pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a lung disease caused by >inhalation of volcanic ash. That's even more atrocious! How'd you like to have to tell someone you have THAT all the time? I got that one right in a spelling bee once. >Then I lost five minutes later because I spelled magazine with no 'ga' in >the middle. You're telling me you spelled all of THAT and couldn't handle "magazine"? (Then again, who am I to comment...I can spell supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and missed chauffeur in the last spelling bee.) > >} >Reading the Necronomicon, even just for a page or two, has driven men >} >mad. >} Well, I guess that explains _some_ of the people I know being kinda >} loopy... just wondering for no good reason whatsoever, but have you read >} it? > >Depends on the version. It really isn't supposed to exist, since even >Lovecraft claims he made it up, but a while back Ace books put out a >version that was supposedly channeled from the spirit world by a guy named >'Simon'. I read that one, and it was lame. Even if it's lame, it still might count... Then there's a >version that my ex-wife claims some friends of hers with, shall we say, >connections, showed her once, that was bound in human skin, and that gave >her a really bad feeling just from looking at. Well, I should think so! Anybody showed me that I'd have such bad feelings I'd be running out of the room screaming "Ewwwwwwww!" Doesn't help after having to hear about Nazis making lampshades out of skin in my English class either. Although some book I read did feature a book like that...and some decapitated body parts...and well, it wasn't much of an upper, but at least it didn't make people go mad. Supposedly, the fellow who >owned it had never read it, but always seemed unnaturally... lucky. He might have been lucky, but might have gone a little cuckoo later...if I had something like that lurking around the house, unread or not, I don't think I'd be too sane. >} You mean those men in the suits behind me right now?.... huh? What was >} I talking about? > >Don't worry about it, just look at the little red light and smile. What little red light? I don't remember any red light...K, did you use that flashy thing on me? "No, no." > >} >Of course it is, but _I'm_ right. >} And uh, kinda a person with a vested interest in this point of view. > >Well, nobody else is jumping up and down to vest their interest in my >point of view, so I suppose I'd better do it myself, eh? Guess so...I remember reading some book as a child, remember almost nothing about it but this rude card the heroine gave to her teacher that ended in that line instead of the offensive rhyming word you figured would be there... I bust up laughing when I think of it. > >} ------------------------------------------------------------------- >} "Today that meoldramatic teenager wrote all over me again. Every >} minor incident is a crisis of earth-shattering proportions. When is >} she going to get a life?!" -Finding your diary's diary, >} Bizarro, by Dan Piraro. > >Heh, I like that. Yeah, me too...and so true to life as well! I thought I took out the italics? >Remington > 'There is an ancient Klingon proverb which says: "You cannot > loosen a man's tongue with root beer."' --Worf,DS9 > Shoot, methinks that's an ancient drunken human proverb as well. Or more likely, a sober human proverb... Jennifer } Afternoon (say, 3ish and on) is good for me. Cool, that'll give us plenty of time to get to Berkeley, then. Should we say fourish, just to not be cutting things close anywhere? And, I'd need to know where in Livermore... } >There's good restaurants in Berkeley, of course, } Hmmm, I think we've had this discussion before. Sounds familiar.. Yeh, I just wanted to make sure that there weren't options we were overlooking, what with us starting out from somewhere completely different. :) } >or there's some decent movies out, or both, } I'll take your word on the movies- I have no idea what's out other than } a lot of bug stuff, or the two I last saw (Elizabeth and Rugrats). Heh. I heard a rumor they got someone different to do Grandpa's voice. It just won't be the same, I'm sure. :) Elizabeth sounded neat, was it good? Did it have John Dee in it? :) One I heard about was called A Simple Plan, which one reviewer liked and another didn't, but it sounded sort of film noir, and I tend to like that. Then there was You've Got Mail, which sounded lame but vaguely... appropriate, some how. And I haven't seen the new Star Trek yet... And The Faculty sounded like a possibility. } >options in Livermore, but if there's something cool there, or a particular } >restaurant you like, we could do that, too. } } There is NOTHING to do in Liverbore. The only cool thing there is one } guy's big Christmas lights display But that'll probably be down by the 28th, anyway. } Any time I spent } in Livermore on a weekend in my teenage years was spent sitting in cars } or parking lots, whining about how bored I was. Sounds like Hyde Park, Chicago. :) } >} >tenebrous, } >} Big words are fun... } >'Zackly. I got that one from Lovecraft in a letter to a friend about the } >latest story he'd written, and it always struck me as a word that sounded } >like what it meant. } Hmm, most of them don't sound like what they mean when you think about it. Well, this one does, to me, anyway. Tenebrous just screams 'dark and ooky'. } supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. } >pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a lung disease caused by } >inhalation of volcanic ash. } That's even more atrocious! How'd you like to have to tell someone you } have THAT all the time? I think I'd write it on a piece of paper, and just show it to them. I doubt lung diseases make talking much fun. :) } >Then I lost five minutes later because I spelled magazine with no 'ga' in } >the middle. } You're telling me you spelled all of THAT and couldn't handle } "magazine"? (Then again, who am I to comment...I can spell } supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and missed chauffeur in the last } spelling bee.) Yeah, it made me overconfident. :) } >} >Reading the Necronomicon, even just for a page or two, has driven men } >} >mad. } >} Well, I guess that explains _some_ of the people I know being kinda } >} loopy... just wondering for no good reason whatsoever, but have you read } >} it? } >Depends on the version. It really isn't supposed to exist, since even } >Lovecraft claims he made it up, but a while back Ace books put out a } >version that was supposedly channeled from the spirit world by a guy named } >'Simon'. I read that one, and it was lame. } Even if it's lame, it still might count... Nah, it was really, really lame. And I ended up no madder than before. Well, in the sense of angry at having waste $3.50 on the damn book, maybe... } >version that my ex-wife claims some friends of hers with, shall we say, } >connections, showed her once, that was bound in human skin, and that gave } >her a really bad feeling just from looking at. } Well, I should think so! Anybody showed me that I'd have such bad } feelings I'd be running out of the room screaming "Ewwwwwwww!" Doesn't } help after having to hear about Nazis making lampshades out of skin in } my English class either. Well, Robin had a thick skin about these things... one of her lifelong dreams was to be a coroner. So if it made her feel ooky, it was probably more than that. } Although some book I read did feature a book } like that...and some decapitated body parts...and well, it wasn't much } of an upper, but at least it didn't make people go mad. What book? } >Supposedly, the fellow who } >owned it had never read it, but always seemed unnaturally... lucky. } He might have been lucky, but might have gone a little cuckoo later...if } I had something like that lurking around the house, unread or not, I } don't think I'd be too sane. You never know, the human mind is an aazingly resilient thing. Then again, everything has its price... } >} >Of course it is, but _I'm_ right. } >} And uh, kinda a person with a vested interest in this point of view. } >Well, nobody else is jumping up and down to vest their interest in my } >point of view, so I suppose I'd better do it myself, eh? } Guess so...I remember reading some book as a child, remember almost } nothing about it but this rude card the heroine gave to her teacher that } ended in that line instead of the offensive rhyming word you figured } would be there... I bust up laughing when I think of it. Er, what? I'm not following this at all... what rude word? which line? } >} Bizarro<,< by Dan Piraro. } I thought I took out the italics? Only the comma is in italics. Easy to miss. } I wish I would have a real tragic love affair and get so bummed out that } I'd just quit my job and become a bum for a few years, because I was } thinking about doing that anyway.-Jack Handey } Remington "This is what I'm saying! Any food?" -Uncle Harold >Cool, that'll give us plenty of time to get to Berkeley, then. Should we >say fourish, just to not be cutting things close anywhere? Fine. And, I'd need >to know where in Livermore... > Where do you know there exactly? I live in the boonies (yay, more cows), (edited directions followed) (Elizabeth and Rugrats). > >Heh. I heard a rumor they got someone different to do Grandpa's voice. >It just won't be the same, I'm sure. :) Honestly, I don't remember what Grandpa's voice sounded like, so I can't tell you. It's been a while since I saw the cartoon. Elizabeth sounded neat, was it >good? It was okay... I can't really explain why I'm just eh on it...other than being rather annoyed by the opening/closing of it, which was just kinda glaringly odd compared with the rest of the film, and some funky camera angles that seemed out of it again (I took a film class). Then again, I spent most of it trying to recall what I'd done in my eighth grade report on Elizabeth, thinking stuff like "I thought she and Dudley's affair went on for a lot longer than that.", etc. So what do I know? Did it have John Dee in it? :) Uh, who? Don't recall that name. One I heard about was called A >Simple Plan, which one reviewer liked and another didn't, but it sounded >sort of film noir, and I tend to like that. Haven't heard of it. Then there was You've Got >Mail, which sounded lame but vaguely... appropriate, some how.Gee, I just can't imagine why... I've heard mixed stuff on it, some lame, some not. And I >haven't seen the new Star Trek yet... Me neither. And The Faculty sounded like a >possibility. Is that the one where aliens are teachers or something? I thought that was a documentary...=) > >} >options in Livermore, but if there's something cool there, or a particular >} >restaurant you like, we could do that, too. >} >} There is NOTHING to do in Liverbore. The only cool thing there is one >} guy's big Christmas lights display > >But that'll probably be down by the 28th, anyway. Nope, till after New Year's. > >} Any time I spent >} in Livermore on a weekend in my teenage years was spent sitting in cars >} or parking lots, whining about how bored I was. > >Sounds like Hyde Park, Chicago. :) I like That 70's Show for the theme song. "Hangin' out Down the street The same old thing We did last week Not a thing to do But talk to you." > >} >} >tenebrous, >} >} Big words are fun... >} >'Zackly. I got that one from Lovecraft in a letter to a friend about the >} >latest story he'd written, and it always struck me as a word that sounded >} >like what it meant. >} Hmm, most of them don't sound like what they mean when you think about it. > >Well, this one does, to me, anyway. Tenebrous just screams 'dark and >ooky'. And vaguely earthquaky. > >I think I'd write it on a piece of paper, and just show it to them. I >doubt lung diseases make talking much fun. :) Good point. > >} >Then I lost five minutes later because I spelled magazine with no 'ga' in >} >the middle. >} You're telling me you spelled all of THAT and couldn't handle >} "magazine"? (Then again, who am I to comment...I can spell >} supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and missed chauffeur in the last >} spelling bee.) > >Yeah, it made me overconfident. :) I blamed it on the "Second Round Curse"- every time I lost a spelling bee I got out on the second round on something stupid. > >} Although some book I read did feature a book >} like that...and some decapitated body parts...and well, it wasn't much >} of an upper, but at least it didn't make people go mad. > >What book? > I think it was called Fingers (hence how I remembered the body part bit). Something about how some dead musician was reincarnated in half (so to speak) in brothers- one could write music and not play, and vice versa- the musician was decapitated and de-handinated. > >You never know, the human mind is an aazingly resilient thing. Wish I could agree, but I know enough people who have either snapped or are very close to it. > >} >} And uh, kinda a person with a vested interest in this point of view. (That line) >} Guess so...I remember reading some book as a child, remember almost >} nothing about it but this rude card the heroine gave to her teacher that >} ended in that line instead of the offensive rhyming word you figured >} would be there... I bust up laughing when I think of it. > >Er, what? I'm not following this at all... what rude word? which line? Okay, the rude poem: Outside of card features a black model. "They're saying black is beautiful but the best that I can figger is that everyone who's saying so looks mighty like a .... Inside: person with a vested interest in this point of view." Nasty, but the twist of the last line is good. > >} >} Bizarro<,< by Dan Piraro. >} I thought I took out the italics? > >Only the comma is in italics. Easy to miss. Yeah, but that was the one bit NOT edited there (it was originally fixed the way that the cartoon was, with underlinings and italics, except after Bizarro), so it's kinda strange... > >} I wish I would have a real tragic love affair and get so bummed out that >} I'd just quit my job and become a bum for a few years, because I was >} thinking about doing that anyway.-Jack Handey >} Another one!?!? > >-- >Remington > "This is what I'm saying! Any food?" > -Uncle Harold Lemme guess, that was at some holiday function... Jennifer
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