black and white

Let's see, what was the highlight of my day... getting gas in my truck?... nope. pittling around at home?... nope. going to school?... nope. failing my cal quiz?... nope. oh well. today's been just a day among days. But that's ok. You know why? Tomorrow's payday!! yes!

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There was something else today. Before calculus, I was debating with Josh (a guy most of you, if not all, don't know) on wether black was the absense of light, or all the colors of the spectrum combined. I held to the viewpoint that white is the combination of all colors, and that black is the absorbtion of all of them, thus the lack of light reaching your eyes. He (irroniously) claimed that black is all of the colors being reflected into your eyes. His example was that if you mix alot of colors of paint together, it makes black, and thus black is all the colors. I tried to explain to him that light and color are not paint, but he couldn't seem to see the difference. It was a long debate that concluded with neither side backing down, but I went on the net and found a definition of white and black in terms of colors to show Josh that I am right. Because, afterall, I'm never wrong... except, of course, when I am.

((white: contains all colors of the spectrum. black: absense of color))

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and there's nothing like washing away

the troubles of this life

like drinking a nice cup of hot tea.

~duck

drive-by body pierce

Keeping in touch with my more feminine side... the shirt I'm wearing don't match my hoodie I gots on. OH WELL.

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Anyways. I'm just blogging to postpone the inevitable: schoolwork.

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Man, today's pretty nice. It's cool, if cloudy. But clouds aren't bad. It's for real windy out there though. Driving over to Decatur on the interstate, I could feel the wind pushing on the truck. But it's a nice day overall. At least it's not uber hot. But then again, I don't mind the heat too much. Not as long as I'm not going somewhere or wearing something nice, or the like. Well, I'm off to do some cal and comp. yay.

~duck

jade buckshot

You know, it's rather humorous the when you're wearing alot of black and some sunglasses, that people will see you and take a quick side-step to get out of your way. Especially if you keep your face expressionless. Fun to play with people like that sometimes and see their reactions to things. Interesting how to most people black=gothic=bad. Oh well, I like wearing black all the same; it's a good color and all.

That reminds me that I still need to make my hemp necklace and bracelet w/ that black hemp I have to go with the clothing of that color that I own. Oh, and if you want me to make you something, I could do that... if maybe for some kinda of monetary exchange. Or maybe not. It all depends on whether I like you enough or not. ;)

~duck

"they can't see me: i can't see them"

Why is it that the windshield is the only window in the car that will fog up at night when you're driving? It's really quite frustrating. I mean, why don't the other windows fog? And why don't they make the windshield like those so you don't have to turn on the AC evry 30 seconds just to keep it clear enough to drive safely? Silly car manufacturers.

~duck

put the lemon in the coke you nut

Here's something to try:

1. get a cup, glass, mug or whatever you like to drink out of.
2. pour into the cup, glass, mug, etc. some Coke.
3. add one slice of lemon.
4. drink and enjoy.

That's actually some pretty good stuff, believe it or not. But watch out for that last sip, it'll getcha.
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Today's the day the parents get back from their visit to the Quigleys. They're getting sometime late tonight. It was fun while they were gone, a little taste of complete freedom; but I'm in some want of good home cookin'. So yeah, pray for their safety coming back and all that. It's a long way from there to here.
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Man, that storm last night was worse that I thought. The wind was anyway. It took another large limb off of our bradford pear out front. I guess we'll finally be cutting the poor thing down. You served well bradford pear. We shall miss your shade and your striking good looks. Fare the well; you go on to a better place.
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Welp, that's all the random ramblings for right now. I'm off to tidy a bit so the parents can come home to a clean house.

~duck

when it rains it pours

It's raining.

I love the rain, so... so... rainy...

But seriously: I love to walk around and do stuff outside when it's raining.

It's also nice to listen to when you're trying to think/sleep.

Good stuff, rain is.

Voted number one precipitation of the year, 6000 some odd years running.

ok, I made that up.

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wow, I just almost fell asleep at the computer. that's cool... a wise man once said,"when you're sleepy: sleep." ... ok, not really, I just made that up, but it does sound like a good idea. so keep that in mind whenever you're sleepy... or something.

~duck

stuff to put onto your music to listen to file in your brain:

Rain by Breaking Benjamin

i didn't make that up

smile

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marshmellows on a stick

13% happy

I want to heal, I want to feel
What I thought was never real
I want to let go of the pain I've held so long
(Erase all the pain till it's gone)
I want to heal, I want to feel
Like I'm close to something real.
I want to find something I've wanted all along
Somewhere I belong

Linkin Park: Somewhere I Belong

stress level rising

Man, nothing this evening is going at all or in any way satisfactorily. I go over to the place to get my tags renewed and find I'm just a hair too late. I drive home and walk to the library to find that I'm just that much too late there too 'cause they're closed. Next thing you know I'll be missing $50 out of my wallet... oh wait, I am. It's all very frustrating. ugh.

maybe i'm just made to fail

hello kitty

Well, I've got some good news. I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico... wait... nevermind. The actual news I have is kinda good, kinda bad. The guy that was grinding on my nerves and really annoying me got fired. It's kinda bad he lost his job, but then again, he should've been trying harder to actually do his job.

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Big Spring Jam is tonight. I would've gone, but 1) I didn't want to spend the money, 2) there were only two bands that I would want to see (Alter Bridge & Shinedown) and 5) Shinedown don't sound the best live, so that would only leave Alter Bridge so it wouldn't be worth it.

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Well, I've got things to do, places to go, etc etc.
Remember kids: ice cream is good and drugs are bad.

~duck

in yo face, wrench. take that, bone head.

Well, I decided to play HALO at the Mobley's tonight. It was fun. There's no "getting to know you better" experience better than that formed by killing each other. Maybe not? ok. But anyways, I gots work tomorrow. I might actually be able to get online tomorrow night. Who knows. Well, I'm off.

~duck

so long and thanks for all the fish

Last night I went to Wal-Mart and purchased Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and David and I watched it. It was good. It's one of those movies that the humor lies in the diologue and background stuff. It's British Humor, so it can be hit or miss as to whether or not you like it.

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I also finally found a pair of sunglasses that don't look horrible on me. It's rather hard (for me) to find ones that are good. Either they stick out way too far from the sides of my head, the lenses are too big, or they just look out of place on my face. But that's how it goes i guess.

kaboom, yo!

I've got a candle.

And I've got a spoon.

I live in a hallway...

...with no doors and no rooms.

from shinedown's, "save me"

~duck

technical difficulties

welp, it seems that blogger is having some troubles and is in need of fixin'. so this might be the last post (if it even posts) for a couple a days. until next time.

~duck

cheese its

For good or for bad, the History test is done. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. There were those of course that I wasn't really real sure on, but it was multiple choice, so I had a 25% chance of getting it right, and that's w/o using logic to deduct the answer, so most I had a 33% if not a 50% chance of getting the right answer. And if you add that all together, I have a 108% chance of acing the test!!!... oh wait... nevermind. There was the four to six paragraph discussion question, but that was easy enough, even though I don't like writing that much and it takes me a bit to write stuff out. I did do the bonus question thing. It was actually pretty easy... theoretically.

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Oh well, enough of school... except there's not much other than that to write. Well, there is the fact that my parents are going to be gone until next Tuesday. That could be good or bad. Who knows.

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Oh yeah. The other day, I pretty much bit the side of my tongue off. Well, it wasn't that bad, but it was pretty bad. I was chewing gum you see, and once when I bit down my tongue happened to be there. Ouch is the word that I like to say in those situations. I was like, well, I've bit my tongue before, no big deal; but that was before my gum started to taste like blood. And also before I had to spit blood out of my mouth. I had that metalic taste in my mouth for another like, half an hour or so. I'm sure you guys wanted to know that, but I thought I might tell you so that you wouldn't want to just go and bite your tongue. Man, having your tongue peirced would have to hurt. Don't do that either. Unless you have a really good reason to, and even then re-evaluate your situation before doing so. Just in case. But in any case, I'm off.

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~duck

if ya can't beat 'em, you're not tryin' hard enough

Well, I'm here at home, fixing a nice cup a Lady Grey tea. I took today off, you see. There must have been some sorta subconscious thing goin' on in my head 'cause although I had forgotten that RUSH was this (past) weekend, I had taken this Monday off for what can seemingly be a "day of rest" although I didn't know that at the time either. The little man in my head has some good advice. 60% of the time, it works evry time. Quite remarkable. Anyway, I should probably finish my tea and get to some home work.

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"ahh. this is hot on my face...!"

~duck

best of the old school

The 357 Magnum. A legend.

time keeps on slippin'...

It's 4:11... AM. I guess I'm staying up all night after all.

if i may

I don't really have anything to say, but I'm bored and evryone I would talk to on IM is eithr not on or has an away message up...

...ahh the sweet savory of boredom...

or not

~duck

¿Dónde voy yo de aquí?

¿Por qué será que yo obtengo este sentimiento que personas no me quieren alrededor? Deprime, realmente. Soy roto: yo no quiero ofender pero quiero también vivir mi vida como quiere vivirlo. ¿ "Yo tratar deberá ser alguien, yo no trato de ser alguien más," el derecho? Yo no me siento hacer cómodo el material con las personas más viejas. Está como yo no pertenece. Como soy apenas un tipo que acaba de suceder de estar allí. Todo desanima muy. Venga la iglesia, yo no sé si sentarme con mis amigos arriba en la sección del grupo de la juventud, para sentarse con los edad/individuales colegiales agrupa en la espalda, o encuentra apenas un rincón en el balcón. Sé que algunos de ustedes diría por lo menos sentarse apenas con usted tipos arriba la frente, usted lo ha dicho antes, pero mis padres parecen pensar que mi hacer eso "no mueve en" y "guardando el pasado" y el material como eso. He movido en. Yo no trataré de empujar Brandon a permitirme ir en nada durante el verano, y esas cosas. Sé que eso es para usted las gente más jóvenes. La razón primaria que yo me RUSH es 'la causa David pagó pero decidió no ir tan tomé su lugar. Pero todo que decir: soy perdido.

~pato

nothing like spanish to vent with.

con riluttanza accovacciato al che cominciando linea

Not sure what's up with it, but it seems like evry time I drive somewhere as of late I've seen a wreck. Today for example, as I was driving to Calhoun in Decatur, I drove past a wreck on whatever the road is a few miles before the bridge that goes into Decatur. There were four (4) cars involved, three with the front ends smashed (very badly) up, one of those three with rear bumper damage, and the forth with half the back end beat up. I'm just hoping I don't end up with 'em sometime. I've come close a few times, but have been lucky enough to avoid the catastrophe. And yesterday, I saw a guy almost get the front end of his pick-up knocked off by a speeding dump truck running a red light. That woulda been fer-real bad. And there was the bumper thumper yesterday. And that one time with the three cars on Hughs, and...

Non of you are going to want to evr be with me in the truck evr again, will you? But think of it this way, maybe it means that I have a knack for keeping alive while driving. Like, when I was a uber crazy driver, I never hit anything or anyone, and still haven't to today. Of course, now that I say that I'm going to be T-boned by semi and have evry bone in my body broken; that would be just my luck, or lack thereof. Well, I do try my best to drive safely, even though it may not seem like it at times, but that's only due to unruly circumstances: like traffic on Hughs, ugh, that's a nightmare. But in any case, I'm going to see about getting some food in my belly and then proceed to pittle in my room for a while before Art Appreciation.

And for anyone that may want to chat or be expecting me to get online tonight, it won't be until late if I decide to 'cause I'm buying the cd player tonight after school. I may or may not talk to you guys on Friday night, so to those who are going to RUSH, I'll see you bright and early Saturday; and to those who aren't, I'll see you Sunday night.

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~duck, the decapotator

faulty software

Man, the cd that's supposed to have these readings on it for World History don't work! That's not good considering that that stuff's going to be on the test. Maybe I can get a copy from the teacher or one of the other peoples. Hopefully.

~duck

I've had alot of posts w/i the last 24 hrs

that, makes no sense...

Now for a song that I heard on the radio that don't make a lick a sense, but it's got nice sound.
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Loser
Beck
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In the time of chimpanzees, I was a monkey
Butane in my veins and I'm out to cut the junkie
With the plastic eyeballs, spray-paint the vegetables
Dog food stalls with the beefcake pantyhose
Kill the headlights and put it in neutral
Stock car flamin' with a loser and the cruise control
Baby's in Reno with the vitamin D
Got a couple of couches, sleep on the love-seat
Someone came in sayin', I'm insane to complain
About a shotgun wedding and a stain on my shirt
Don't believe everything that you breathe
You get a parking violation and a maggot on your sleeve
So shave your face with some mace in the dark
Savin' all your food stamps and burnin' down the trailer park
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(Yo, cut it)
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Soy un perdedor
I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me
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(Double-barrel buckshot)
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Soy un perdedor
I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me
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Forces of evil on a bozo nightmare
ban all the music with a phony gas chamber
'cuz one's got a weasel and the other's got a flag
one's on the pole, shove the other in a bag
with the rerun shows and the cocaine nose-job
the daytime crap of the folksinger slob
he hung himself with a guitar string
a slab of turkey-neck and it's hangin' from a pigeon wing
you can't write if you can't relate
trade the cash for the beef for the body for the hate
and my time is a piece of wax fallin' on a termite
that's chokin' on the splinters
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Soy un perdedor
I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me
(Get crazy with the cheeze whiz)
Soy un perdedor
I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me
(drive-by body-pierce)
(yo bring it on down)
soooooooyy....
(chorus backwards)
(I'm a driver, I'm the winner; things are gonna change I can feel it)
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Soy un perdedor
I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me
(I can't believe you)
Soy un perdedor
I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me
Soy un perdedor
I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me
[repeat]
(Sprechen sie Deutche, baby)
Soy un perdedor
I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me
(Know what I'm sayin'?)
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If you've read through all that, you are quite a trooper and are too be commended.

~duck

learn to live, live to learn

If you want to learn how to drive a manual, you can ask me. I've already given Kenneth a night-time crash-course in stick-shift take-off. So if you're interested, gimme a call (if you don't know the phone #, it's in the church directory) or email me. My email's the same as my s/n but with a @yahoo.com tagged on the end. Pretty simple.

On that note, KP did pretty good. He only killed it once, and that wasn't even his first take-off; he actually did a good first take-off for one who's never driven a stick before. And his best was when he was starting going uphill. That's the most difficult.

But if you're interested, you know how to contact me.

~master skipper

the eagle has landed

A plane landed on University. No, really. It had engine trouble and had to make an emergency landing on the road. After doing so it pulled off into the median, but it was still a sight to see.

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Do you have a person that you don't like to have to deal with? Well, today I had to work with a guy that I really don't like to. It's not like he's a jerk or anything, but 1) he's clueless, 2) he's always in the way, 3) he makes alot of mistakes. There are more reasons, but I'll refrain from throwing them at you. In short, he's annoying.

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Also today, I bought a bumper sticker for my truck. It says like this:

"silence is golden, but duct tape is silver"

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And another thing: I'm going to get a new cd player/radio thing for my truck in the more than near future. It's gonna be wicked cool... or at least be able to play music.

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~duck, the discombobulator

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and yes, the first lettersof the paragraphs spell out the acromym ADAA

the American Dodgeball Association of America

nothing like a little paint

maybe i was bored?

drop it like it's hot

Have you ever wondered how piping hot soup feels like on your skin?
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Ever wanted someone to bump into you and splash it all over your arms?

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Have you ever wanted to be helpless to getting the scalding soup off?
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If so, have I got news for you!

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Don't try it.

more 3 doors down

You should really really really listen to this song guys. It's Here Without You live. Ah, man. That's just one of those songs. It's even better live. It's one that brings back memories of when I thought my life couldn't get any better... only things turned for the worse... *sigh*...

Listen... (click there)

for the record

Some of you may not believe me, thinking I was just joking or playing around; but I really am going to be growing my hair out to my shoulders (if my parents don't kick me out of the house for it). I will not cut my hair (except for nessecary trimming) until it can touch my shoulders without trouble, and maybe not for a while after that.

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BUT KEEP IN MIND: I may change my mind and decide I don't like it long (or get too many death threats or the like) and end up cutting it back to (relatively) short.

~duck, the amputator

trapt

STAAAAND UUUUP!!
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and i have
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HAAAAD EENOUUUUGH!!
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Walk away!... (more of the song i don't know the words to)!

feel the weight of the world on my shoulder

...Or at least some boxes. This afternoon, after work, I went with David to help a work colleague of Dad's move some stuff out of her apartment and into a storage building thing. It wasn't half bad; the whole thing took only an hour; much less time than I anticipated. It was quite alot of stuff. But we got to have Milo's tea between loads ((three chears for Milo's tea!!!)) and we each got paid 35 $$'s. It twas very generous of her.
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I boiled my index finger today @ work. It was on an accident of course, 'cause who's stupid enough to boil their finger. You may be asking, "How on this round earth did he manage that?" I'll tell you. I was getting a bag of soup out from one of the Nitros ((containers that hold and heat water to keep stuff hot)) and I had to submerse my hand in the 200 degree water to get it. Although I had two pairs of gloves on, the finger of one of the gloves was missing; thus it took the brunt of the storm. It rather hurt. The thing was sore for a long time afterwards too. So, to all you readers of this blog out there, never stick your hand in boiling water... although I'll probably end up doing that again anyway. What can I say.
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"Just makin' my way and I'm gone" ~shinedown

~duck

bing, bang, boom. you're fired ed.

You're going to think that it's competely not me, but I went to East Limestone's football game tonight. I know: *shock*, *gasp*, and all those others. Maybe not? ok. I had fun. Although I'm not a sportsy person and one to get all into team alliences, I don't actually mind watching a game. Amid the shouts of people and the screams of running children, amid the crunching of body armor on body armor, and amid the chears of a winning team; I held conversation w/ Laura and a couple of her friends. Nobody was too severely injured. Part of me thinks, "aw, man. that's boring"; but the rest is glad no one had to suffer too bad. It is funny though how none of them can walk straight after the game.

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A couple noteworthy things I don't want to put in paragraph form:

1. East Limestone won (40 to 7)
2. I saw what could have been Tom Welling's twin.

I am beat. So I'm going to wrap this up.

~duck

note to self

wise men wander tomorrow while strong men die

tickets for the Breaking Benjamin concert go on sale.

Smile Empty Soul'll be there too.

and seems like someone else. some new band. i could be wrong

show me how it ends it's allright

I'm so getting some... or.. one...

show me how defenseless you really are

satisfied and empty inside

that's alright, let's give this another try

Q & A

just when i began to find a place to "fit in"...
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...i've got to start all over again.

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that wasn't an intended rhyme. todd's rubbin' off I guess.
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~duck

skillz that killz

It was funny. This morning when I got to work, they were playing emo on the radio. That made me laugh, 'cause what we normally have to listen to is oldies, and "soft rock." Nancy (one of the managers) made 'em change it when she got there though. That was a drag. Emo's far better than that other junk.

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that's all for now.
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bye bye

~duck.

3 for the show

So I saw what I thought I would not, a truck with the left headlight (or where the headlight used to be) completely covered in duct tape. I was like, wow, never thought I'd see that. They must have used at least a roll if not more in that venture.

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in other news:

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Man, the moon tonight was awesome! It's just this red-gold cresent. And although there are no other stars in the sky; there are two right close to it. Really bright ones. wow. I love that kinda thing. I'm a star gazer if there ever was one.

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also:

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Todd and I are starting this new approach to conversing on the AIM. This new approach is pretty much just not using "yeah" or any of its derivitives. Bizarre I know... but then again, it's not that bizarre.

~duck

beat the odds

Here's a couple things I gotta say before I go pittle around in my room.
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1) The Cave is a good movie. I recommend it. ((and it's not scary, just "suspenseful". and it's not about demons... someone knows why i say that))
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B) I like fans. They keep ya cool.
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Threve) I've got good friends, no, I've got great friends; even though I might not think so at times. But yous guys are the muchest!
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VI) Old jeans are definitely the most cumfy of all the jean world.
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Z) My favorite thing in the world to wear is a pair of beat up jeans (refer to "IV") and a good button up shirt. It just, works.
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Etc.) Season four for RvB is out! Let the fun and games continue.
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My eyes say it's time to stop and go to bed. That man in my head is saying that too. I think I'm going to do as he says and go do that sleep thing.

~duck

this time, i was not victorious

well that fell through and flopped miserably

napoleon??

shake that spear

to be or not to be...

...is that really the question??

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don't worry people, this doesn't have any meaning you're supposed to get.

shock and awe, cotton; shock and awe...

Actually, there was a thorough lack of "shock and awe" today. Just had work. Worked to 3:00 today. I did get payed and get some more free cookies. Yeah! mmm, cookies. I'm going to be helping Adam and Devin do some work to Devin's car. Switching engines or something easy like that. Just got finished budgeting and stuff of that nature. Have to do that now that I've got an income and stuff that I want/need. Oh well. I got home work to do: blah. You win some you lose some. I'll stop since I'm just kinda rambling now.

~duck

take 10 and start from the top

you're the man

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oh well/it happens

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yikes, that's not good

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and now i'm sitting here

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you win some you lose some
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to each their own and to some more than others

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...that's what i always say.

er something. i say that too.

you break you die

This kinda goes along w/ that whole pacifist thing... in a way. But whether it really does or not, here's what I gotta say. Evryone knows about the hurricane and all the devistation it's dealt, especially to New Orleans (which really had it comin' to 'em. but that's for another time). We also know about those men that have robbed gun stores and such and have proceeded to loot the remaining people at gunpoint and shoot at police and rescuers. The news people keep asking how they should deal with those people. I've got a way. If they just shot the looters on sight, no questions asked, and shot anyone that tried to shoot at the rescuers, etc.; that would end that real quick. It's been proven effective in the past. People are less likely to do something if their life is threatened if they do so. That's how I see it anyway. Those people are in effect killing even those they aren't physically shooting at by hindering rescue efforts. I'm a firm believer in capitol punishment.

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I also want to say all kinds of stuff about enviromentalists (animal worshiping pansies) and a couple other things. But those are other topics for other times. And it's late, I'm tired, and I have work tomorrow morning.

~master skipper