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What color is your mailbox?
Black.

Are you single?
Yes.

Have you ever hit a deer?
No, and let’s hope it stays that way. Freakin’ wildlife…

Do you have to drive over a bridge to get home?
Back to the suburbs, yes.

What color is your room?
A generic apartment beige. <– I’m stealing Erika’s answer.

Do you have a small driveway?
No driveway, just a parking lot.

Do you know anyone with the same ringtone as you?
No, but I also have crappy polyphonic ringtones that came with the phone, so I assume everyone else has paid to change theirs.

What do you do first in the morning?
Hit the snooze button and go back to sleep. <– Erika and I are twins.

What brand is your printer?
I don’t remember, my printer’s in storage and we’re using Erika’s.

Do you enjoy fighting with people?
No, I don’t. A healthy debate does not count as a fight.

Is your hair naturally straight or curly?
Wavy. Blegh. Unless “Wavy + Frizzies in the back” counts as an answer.

Who was your kindergarten teacher?
Ms. Lyons. I’m near positive she was diagnosed with a disease that put her in a wheelchair (after I left Kindergarten), and that she killed herself by rolling her chair out on to railroad tracks. How’s THAT for damaging?

What is your ringtone?
It’s called “Speedy Way.” I do not know why it is called that.

Are you taller than your mom?
Haha, yeah. She’s a shrimp-o face.

What curse word do you say the most when your pissed?
Fuck or frack. Though it’s usually “fuckin’,” not just “fuck.” Because usually when I’m pissed, I’m telling a story. Like, “I went to the fuckin’ store and I tried to get some fuckin’ cereal, and they fuckin’ didn’t have any.”

Are you God?
Ha ha, I can’t be something I don’t believe in. Da-da-da-da-da-da *ch*. <– lame attempt at sound effects in a blog post.

Do you like someone?
No, I hate everyone. <– Can I take Erika’s answer again?

Do you enjoy writing in colored pens?
AUGH yes. That’s why I’m going to be a teacher, seriously. I have an unhealthy obsession with office supplies. And colored pens are like…my FAVORITE. 2nd place: colored staples.

Does anything hurt on your body right now?
I had a migraine before. My arms are sore from knitting, and my back hurts from just having terrible posture in general. So yes.

Do you often cry during a movie?
Hahaha, that depends on if it’s “Hook.” I cry every damn time I watch that movie. In fact, there are lots of movies that I cry at, so yeah. I fear that I’m going through early menopause…I am not ashamed to admit that I cry at Walgreens commercials if they’re sweet enough.

Last phone call you received?
Tim, calling me to tell me the most horrifying story I’ve heard in my life. You could not pay me to repeat it. Tim, if you feel like repeating it in the comments section, go for it.

Last text message?
Hahahahaha, it was from Google Calendar, reminding me that tomorrow is my brother’s birthday. For some reason, I find this hysterical. And besides, TODAY is my brother’s birthday, at this point. It’s after midnight.

Do you hate your life?
No. Sometimes I hate people. But I don’t hate my life. I’m just looking forward to the life I’ll have in a few years, that’s all.

Do you get mad easily?
Not really. I may get frustrated, but few people have seen me actually pissed off.

What is your biggest pet peeve?
Illiteracy and bad journalism.

Are you cold?
No, it’s toasty in my room.

Do any of your friends have kids?
No, but I’m about to be an aunt at the end of January.

Do you know anyone that is pregnant right now?
My sister-in-law! Yay!

Who should pay on the first date?
You should go dutch.

How many years older than you are you willing to date?
I don’t really have a set age, seeing as I’ve really only dated one person older than me.

Do you have any friends?
Nope. Everyone hates me. <– Again, I’m going to take Erika’s answer.

Do you have any mean friends?
I don’t think so. I’m probably the mean friend.

What is the ugliest color to wear in your opinion?
Purple. Take that, Mom!

Have you ever liked someone who all your friends hate?
Yeah, and they were right.

Have you ever felt like driving off a cliff, seriously?
No.

Have you ever contemplated suicide?
I wouldn’t say contemplated. I had one really bad day and I tried to get attention from one person, and I still regret doing that. But I didn’t actually consider suicide. Life never sucks that bad.

Do you scratch your ears?
? How do I even answer that? I do if they itch.

Who was the last person to hug you?
Kyle, the stage manager at Theatre Fest. He’s the last one I said bye to on the way out the door. Awww…I miss All-State rehearsal! I can’t wait until the next one!

What brand are the pant/jeans you’re wearing right now?
Ummmm…*looks* Old Navy.

How tall are you?
5′4″

What is the closest green object?
The knitting in my lap.

If you were born the opposite sex, what would your parents name you?
I don’t know.

Do you want to have kids?
Pah. Who knows? Probably not. I’d be a bad mom. I’m too selfish. And I don’t want to unleash holy terrors on the world. We’ll see how I feel later in life.

What is the brightest color you’re wearing?
My shirt is white with fuchsia.

Who is the friend you have that you would never have expected to have?
Erika. We hated each other when we met.

Who do you hate the most right now?
I don’t hate anybody.

What kind of car do you want?
A Honda Fit.

What is your favorite video game?
Hm. Tough one. Tetris, Super Mario Brothers, Katamari Damacy, and Kingdom Hearts.

Do you like your dad?
Yes, of course. I love my dad.

Do you have any TV shows on DVD?
24, The O.C., The Simpsons, SuperGALS!, Buffy, Firefly, Kare Kano, Chobits, Fraggle Rock

Are you wearing make-up?
No.

Do you have a tattoo?
Yes, I have 7.

Have you ever broken a piñata?
I think so.

What time is it right now?
12:27am

Do you know how to draw?
Yes, I’m getting much better at it. Thank goodness.

Who loves orange soda?
Katie loves orange soda. Is it true? Mmm-hmm! I do, I do, I do, I do-ooo!

Who did you last IM?
John Craig

Do you work a lot of hours?
20 hours a week, but you sort of have to count schoolwork and theatre work, too…and goodness knows what that adds up to.

Where were you in the last 24 hours?
Home, Centennial West (class), Stevenson (work), Schroeder (class), Stevenson (work), home. Lame, I know.

Is there anything you regret?
Hahahaha. Just one thing.

Do you know where your family name originated from?
No, I don’t. I mean, I know where my family lives in Greece, but I don’t know what those names mean or anything. Smyrniotis was from Garea, Panagopoulos was from…I don’t know, I think all over. And Sarelas was from this little village of crazy old men in nightcaps and nightgowns. Literally.

Is there an animal that creeps you out?
Wolves.

What is your favorite color ON A CAR?
BLUE OR SILVER. WHY ARE WE YELLING?

Do you use digital or film cameras?
Digital.

Do you own an iPod?
Yes.

Have you ever been on a charter bus?
Yeah, for various school/color guard engagements.

Do you like going to water parks?
I don’t know, it’s been years.

I took this survey here: http://www.dehp.net/candidate/index.php. The candidates are ranked by how much I agree with them, and then the policies that I disagree with the candidate are listed next. Frankly, I think that if Dennis Kucinich and I disagree on No Child Left Behind, we cannot possibly be friends. So I’ve bumped myself down to being a Gravel supporter. Take the test, let me know what you got. Oh, and let’s all pretend that we’re shocked that Mitt Romney is my LEAST agreed-with candidate. *eyeroll*

Kucinich 73
No Child Left Behind

Gravel 65
(you have no disagreements with this candidate)

Edwards 42
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Iran – Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Obama 41
Patriot Act, Border Fence, Same-Sex Marriage

Richardson 41
Death Penalty, Assault Weapons Ban, Patriot Act, Iran – Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Clinton 37
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran – Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage

Dodd 32
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran – Military Action

Biden 29
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Same-Sex Marriage

Paul -2
McCain -16
Giuliani -24
Thompson -31
Cox -31
Huckabee -47
Brownback -54
Tancredo -67
Hunter -68
Romney -70

Okay, here’s a really simple way to find out which candidates share your views. This script is composed entirely of data collected by www.2decide.com. Enter your choices below and hit GO to rank the candidates.

Here’s how it works, if you want to know. If you agree with a candidate, he gets point(s). If you disagree, take point(s) away. Unkown/other results in no points. The number of points given or taken depends on the weight you set. “Meh” is worth 1 point, “important” 2, and “key” is worth 5. The items you disagree about will be listed directly underneath each candidate (if they score greater than zero).

For a long time, I felt that if I wasn’t going to be Christian, I would look into the more female-centered religions (e.g. paganism and wicca, etc.). I had a bunch of relevant horoscopes (even though I’ve never really been a typical Capricorn). This is today’s horoscope:

Your Horoscope for July 17 , 2007
A couple of excellent aspects, along with the moon in Virgo, indicate an exciting and fun day for you today. You should make a point of visiting your local mall with friends and then prepare yourself for an evening of dancing, joking and generally having a fabulous time!

*giggle* And then I can dye my hair blonde and get highlights and max out my credit cards and get drunk at a club wearing slutty clothes and get taken home by some guy who gives me an STD!

Horoscoping has become mainstream. No more doom-and-gloom Trelawney predictions.

It’s pouring rain today and I have to start coming to terms with the fact that Justin does not want me back. I’m sure that the moon in Virgo can also be interpreted as, “You’ve been a terrible bitch and you’ve got what you deserve.” Otherwise, this “mystical seer” considers self-loathing and pouring thunderstorms that soak your socks and pants to be, “exciting and fun.”

Ooh, here’s another good one:

Quickie:
This is a great day for you and your people to plan the details of upcoming events.

Overview:
You have knowledge that can be used for a higher purpose. This learning doesn’t apply to one specialized area, either. With a little creativity and know-how you can apply this toward the betterment of your everyday life.

Yeah, I’m sure me and my “people” are going to have a good time planning all the time I’m going to be spending alone until school starts. Most of my friends are gone and Erika and I work all the time. We’ve got Harry Potter coming up, but that’s essentially planned. After that…nada. Unless a yard sale counts.

July 17, 2007 — If you are not happy with your image there is nothing stopping you from changing it. You don’t have to be the kind of person that others want or expect you to be – you can be anyone you want to be any time that you choose. Be someone different today and someone even more different tomorrow.

Woooooooooooooow. Specific. Good job.

I used to be able to find relevant horoscopes. Apparently, not anymore.

[1] What is your middle name?
Sue

[2] What color is your mailbox?
Silver

[3] Are you available?
No, I am not.

[4] Have you ever hit a deer?
Nope.

[5] Do you have to drive over a bridge to get home?
Home to the parents’ house? Yes. Home to the apartment? No.

[16] Are you taller than your mom?
Hahahahaha, yes.

[17] What word do you say the most when your tickled?
I don’t get tickled. It doesn’t work for me.

[18] Are you a Christian?
No.

[19] What do you do to get over a broken heart?
Cry, typically.

[20] Do you enjoy writing in colored pens?
Hell yes. My obsession with red pens is how I knew I wanted to be a teacher.

[21] Does anything hurt on your body right now?
My back.

[22] Do you often cry during a movie?
Not often, no.

[23] Last text message you received?
I don’t remember.

[24] Who sent it?
See above.

[25] Do you hate your life?
No.

[26] Do you get mad easily?
Not really.

[28] What is your biggest pet peeve?
People who talk about your relationship as if they know what’s going on in it. And people who don’t know how to speak English when it’s clearly their native language. Especially people who don’t know how to use English on the computer, like suddenly the rules of the language don’t apply anymore. Do U NO what I SAYIn’?!?! LOLOLOL!11!!!!!

[29] Are you cold?
Always. That’s why I need to move to California.

[30] Do any of your friends have kids?
No. Erika’s sister does, but I never really see her.

[31] Do you know anyone that is pregnant right now?
No.

[32]Who should pay on the first date?
You should go on the assumption that you’re going dutch.

[33] How many years older than you are you willing to date?
Probably only a few years, though it doesn’t apply right now.

[34] Do you have any friends of the opposite sex?
Yes.

[35] Do you have any mean friends?
Not really. I let go of the last really mean friend I had three years ago. Good riddance.

[36] What is the ugliest color in your opinion?
Purple.

[37] Have you ever liked someone who all your friends couldn’t stand?
Nobody liked John when I was dating him. I’ve been told in retrospect that people have hated my ex-boyfriends. So far everybody seems to like Justin.

[38] Have you ever felt like driving off a cliff, seriously?
Oh, Gods, no.

[40] Do you scratch your ears?
Only when they itch, like Rae.

[41] Who was the last person to hug you?
Justin. Who just hugged me right this minute so he’d be the most recent.

[42] What brand are the pant/jeans you’re wearing right now?
Old Navy! W00t, awesome semi-cords!

[44] What is the closest green object?
My pants! W00t!

[45] What is on your feet?
Nothing but nail polish. And Justin’s feet.

[46] If you were born the opposite sex, what would your parents name you?
I have no idea.

[47] If you could go back to any time period when would it be?
I refuse to choose only one. Ancient Greece, Jerusalem in the Crusades, Medieval Europe, Elizabethan England, 1940s America or Germany, 1960s America.

[48] Do you want to have kids?
No, because my boyfriend will warp them permanently and then end up eating them.

[49] What is the brightest color you’re wearing?
Pink on my undies.

[50] Who is the friend you have that you would never have thought you’d have?
Erika, actually. I hated her when I met her. Same goes for Rae, who is now my hetero life mate.

[51] Who do you hate the most right now?
I don’t actually hate anyone. Except maybe George W. Bush. Or Tom Lenox on “24″. Or Fox for screwing up and/or cancelling every good show ever.

[52] Whats your mother’s middle name?
Marie

[53] What kind of car do you want?
Honda Fit, VW Beetle (old or new), VW Bus, VW Jetta, VW Cabriolet

[54] What is your favorite video game?
Katamari Damacy or any Mario Bros. game before the 64.

[55] Do you like your dad?
I adore my dad. I’m a little upset I never grew up to be a daddy’s little girl. I miss that. Too bad I’m a tomboy.

[56] Do you have any TV shows on DVD?
Buffy, Firefly, Kare Kano, The O.C. (first season, still need the rest), 24, Fraggle Rock, Chobits.

[57] Are you wearing makeup?
No. I almost never do.

[58] Do you have a tattoo?
I have 7.

[59] Have you ever broken a pinata?
I doubt it highly. I could be wrong, but if I did, it was like 19 years ago and I don’t remember it.

[60] What time is it right now?
8:29pm

[61] Do you know how to draw?
Eh, workin’ on it.

[62] Who loves orange soda?
KEL LOVES ORANGE SODA! And so do I.

[63] Who is your hero?
My grandma, my aunt Debby and my aunt Sue. My mother. My Great Yiayia. Notice a theme? Also, Fiona Apple.

[64] Who was your last IM?
My boss.

[65] Do you work a lot of hours?
HAHAHAHAHA, yes.

[66] Where were you 24 hours ago?
Sitting in Justin’s basement waiting for him and his brother and his friend Chris to get ready to go out.

[67] Who was the last person that called you?
Kerry, Justin’s sister.

The Dante’s Inferno Test has banished you to the Sixth Level of Hell – The City of Dis!

You approach Satan’s wretched city where you behold a wide plain surrounded by iron walls. Before you are fields full of distress and torment terrible. Burning tombs are littered about the landscape. Inside these flaming sepulchers suffer the heretics, failing to believe in God and the afterlife, who make themselves audible by doleful sighs. You will join the wicked that lie here, and will be offered no respite. The three infernal Furies stained with blood, with limbs of women and hair of serpents, dwell in this circle of Hell.

Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

∴ Level descriptions
∴ Take the test

Some crazy guy was walking a big figure 8 outside the theatre school today. I guess someone asked him what he was doing, and he said he was solstice-walking. But…um…the solstice is in summer. It’s the equinox today. But still. Weird. He trampled down the grass, too. He says he’s going to walk from sunrise to sunset. He also looks like a homeless guy, so I’m not sure what that’s all about.

It’s so cold. I am SO sick of this weather. I need heat. I feel like I’m going to freeze up and die soon.

Anyway, back to school. And I work tonight, and let me just tell you people, I am SO SICK of working. I don’t think it’s the job I hate, I think it’s just that I resent the job for keeping me from doing my homework and making me stress out. It feels like a giant waste of 5 hours of my nights. I can’t wait until I start teaching.

In other news, I did my schedule for the next few years, and it looks like I’ll graduate in 2008 instead of 2009 like I thought. I have to double-check with my advisor and stuff, but yeah. I’m also going to be going to an informational meeting about the Honors program in April. I think I might nail this 4.0 again this semester. One step closer to summa cum laude. Cross your fingers for me.

Hahahahahahaha. My internet is working again. For those of you who didn’t know, I was hard-wired to the network for a few days because my wireless was being stupid. Thank you, Linksys operator who didn’t speak very good English!

Being back on my wireless network feels like coming home for some reason. Wow, I really AM a geek.

In other news, I bought two shirts at Old Navy the other day that TOTALLY make me look hot, and I found the best way to do my hair ever. EVER. I am a hottiepants, it’s been decided. Unfortunately, I can’t wear my hair this mystical way to work because my hair needs to be up and off my neck (stupid sanitation rules!), but days where I don’t work, I will hit everyone on the planet with a healthy dose of HottiePantsNess. Prepare yourself.

In other, much less frivolous news, I just finished reading The Jesus Mysteries, a book describing the early Gnostic Christianity and how it differs from Literalist Christianity, which became the Roman Catholic Church. It is absolutely fascinating. It’s a tiny bit sensationalist, but not enough to bother me. But it was really really good. I recommend it for anyone interested in history and religion.

That’s about it. It’s Spring Break and Tasha comes on Wednesday, yay!!!!

I just counted up my Camel Cash C-Notes today. I have 560 of them. Now, don’t get too excited, that’s 3 years of saving and there are two 100-notes and a 20-note. So technically, that’s 440 notes. And really, some of them came from the crazy guy who I did some yardwork for in Florida. So let’s take off another 30. That makes 410 over 3 years, which is about 135 each year. Doing the calculations, that’s a pack every 3 days or so. And I’ve been smoking a pack every day and a half for the past year. I’m not really sure what all that means, but what 500 of those C-Notes means is two free cartons of cigarettes. Yay for saving money! That’s just about a month’s worth of cigarettes I won’t have to buy. Hooray!

Also, I went to my first pagan wedding last weekend. That was so awesome. I would LOVE for my wedding to be like that. They served mead instead of wine. How much does that rock? And it was renaissance dress requested but not required, which was also awesome. As soon as Sean gets the pictures developed, I’ll post them on Flickr. Yay for Rebecca and Steve!

I guess besides that, school’s been stressful, but alright. Money sucks hardcore, but what are you gonna do, right?

Right.

I’m getting a 12-inch iBook! W00h00! It comes in 2 weeks or so. I’m so excited I can’t get over myself. YAY LAPTOP! YAY MAC! YAY OS X TIGER! Okay, I’m done now.

Other than that, things are pretty cool. I totally dig all my classes except costuming, because it’s taught by a grad student who thinks the Egyptian symbol for life is spelled “ank”. Well, great. But it’s not. It’s “ankh”. She spelled Nefertiti wrong. Said Anubis was the god of the Underworld and weighed the souls. Yeah, maybe before Osiris came along, but still…

The jackal-god of mummification, he assisted in the rites by which a dead man was admitted to the underworld. Anubis was worshipped as the inventor of embalming and who embalmed the dead Osiris and thereby helping to preserve him that he might live again.

Anubis is portrayed as a man with the head of a jackal holding the divine sceptre carried by kings and gods; as simply a black jackal or as a dog accompanying Isis. His symbol was a black and white ox-hide splattered with blood and hanging from a pole. It’s meaning is unknown.

Anubis had three important functions. He supervised the embalming of bodies. He received the mummy into the tomb and performed the Opening of the Mouth ceremony and then conducted the soul in the Field of Celestial Offerings. Most importantly though, Anubis monitored the Scales of Truth to protect the dead from deception and eternal death.

Early in Egyptian history, Anubis was a god of the dead. This role was usurped by Osiris as he rose in popularity.

The god of embalming is probably associated with the jackal due to the habits of jackals to lurk about tombs and graves. One of the reasons the early Egyptians sought to make their tombs more elaborate was to keep the bodies safe from the jackals lingering about the graves. It is only natural therefore that a god of mummification would be connected with them. By worshipping Anubis, the Egyptians hoped to invoke him to protect their deceased from jackals, and later, the natural decay that unprotected bodies endure.

Anubis was the son of Nephthys: and his father was Osiris. One myth says that Nephthys got Osiris drunk and the resultant seduction brought forth Anubis. Yet another says she disguised herself as Isis and seduced Osiris and subsequently gave birth to Anubis.

- Ancient Egypt: the Mythology – Anubis

I mean, okay, she didn’t completely slaughter it, but there were a lot of, “Um…”s and “I think…”s and really, someone out in class yelled out that he was the god of the Underworld. Either way, Osiris weighs souls. She’s like, “Oh, here’s a picture of Anubis weighing souls.” He’s kneeling down and pretty much watching over a mummification. *blink* Also, she didn’t have a picture of the pschent crown (the crown of the pharaoh after Lower and Upper Egypt joined together). “I couldn’t find a picture.” Oh, look: Royal Regalia. I know teacher’s don’t trust the internet, but for Christ’s sake, there’s a lot of good research to be found, particularly because this class isn’t about specifics, it’s about general costume pieces. She didn’t have pictures for like…half this stuff. Grar. Yet, we’re supposed to find pictures to label for our midterm project…so…?

Tomorrow, we start on Ancient Greek costumes. Somebody hold me back.

Judge: Parents can’t teach pagan beliefs

I don’t even know what to say.