Jupiter9

Mmmmm...

2009-05-03T03:24:38Z

One word.

2009-02-26T05:18:02Z

Describe me in one word - just one single word. Negative or positive.
Leave your word in a comment before looking at the words others have used.
Copy and paste the meme to your journal to find out how people describe you when limited to one word.

jupiter9 @ 2008-12-14T16:27:00

2008-12-14T21:24:25Z

My new blog:

http://www.oldfeminist.com/

If someone who's on my friends list has a paid account, it would be great if they'd add it as a syndicated feed. The RSS URL is:

http://oldfeminist.com/rss2.aspx

jupiter9 @ 2008-12-14T16:23:00

2008-12-14T21:19:28Z

I can't be the only one who, upon hearing that the Big Three auto company executives were going to drive to hearings in Washington, imagined them in a cartoon Wacky Race.

Then, successively, The Great Race. And Smokey and the Bandit.

They all claimed to be driving hybrids, but they could be stylin' in Ed "Big Daddy" Roth-style souped-up cars.

Maybe the most appropriate would be a Death Race 2000 style competition.

Mugged

2008-10-24T23:40:04Z

Click to see/vote on it on ICHCB.

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you

2008-10-22T01:05:03Z

I'm not sure what to think, here.

From http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/1590/t/2705/blog/comments.jsp?key=346&blog_entry_KEY=21129&t=

The past few weeks have been a little strange at Cindy for Congress and, I guess the things that have been happening could just be coincidences, or a run of bad luck, but the climate for the possibility of campaign hanky-panky certainly exists.

Campaigns have been compromised since the beginning of campaign history, but these days with legal warrantless wiretapping and political party conventions sponsored by AT&T and the constant call of "all hail to my political party" and obeisance to the banksters above what's good for our nation, maybe what's been happening on my campaign isn't coincidental or "Mercury retrograde," or whatever.

Starting with the necessity of "changing a light bulb" (bugging my phone) in my hotel phone at the DNC (brought to you by AT&T) while I was out of the room, Cindy for Congress has had an increasing number of attacks. Two weeks ago, we were begged by organizers of a "radical" music festival called "We the People(Sheeple)" forbade me from speaking after having begged me to be there. An article in LA Beat said that the Mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigoso was involved in the decision to silence my voice. Not only did we go down to L.A. at our own expense, but also we took an entire day of valuable campaign time to do so.

The past week, though, has been incredibly trying. First of all we had to file a restraining order against a former volunteer whom, with hindsight, we now know was probably spying on us for the Pelosi camp. After we let this person go, his emails to us became increasingly hostile and threatening. After that happened, the tail lights in our campaign-mobile were busted out (the campaign mobile that has Cindy for Congress signs all over it and pictures of it were in an AP story.

Towards the end of the week, four young men walked into our office and they were acting quite suspiciously as they pretended to be registering to vote. One of our interns was helping them when I heard her yell: "No! Stop!" I heard an awful noise and ran out of my office to see the young men run off. They had grabbed one of our computers (leaving a jar of donations on the front desk) and beat our intern over the head when she tried to stop them. Our front windows are almost totally covered with signs and posters and it would be hard to see what we have from the street…we did, thankfully, recover the computer which has sensitive material on it and we are even more thankful that Somer is okay. (She's tough like her boss).

After several days of harassment, I got home late one night to discover a jury summons in my mailbox. I have been summoned to jury duty the week of, you guessed it, the elections!

The final (and in my opinion worse) weird thing happened on Saturday night. We had scheduled a group of "robo" calls to go out today (Monday, Oct 13). At 10:30 Saturday night, we started getting phone calls and emails blasting us for sending out the calls at 10:30 on a Saturday night, which is not only illegal, but extremely annoying. The company had approached us to donate 10,000 calls to us and then was charging us a small fee for the rest of the calls. 38,000 early/absentee voters received this call and my office has been overwhelmed with angry voters who won't be voting for me now and some of the good will that we have been building here in San Francisco for the last year went down the drain in just a few minutes. Was it just a "glitch" in the system, as the owner of the robo-call company claims, or overt sabotage of the campaign? Isn't it sad that we have to be paranoid about all of this? To be sure, our office is in a rough part of town, but the frequency of the harassment is certainly intensifying.

The stakes are high and I have a feeling "they" won't stop at anything to assure that the tyranny of incumbency continues.

Now read what Kos has to say about it:

"Cindy Sheehan is going insane, obviously paranoid and delusional. It's weird and tragic."

So there you were with the blue banana...and no pumpkin.

2008-10-11T01:43:53Z

If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now (even if we don't speak often or ever), please post a comment with a completely made up and fictional memory of you and me.

It can be anything you want - good or bad - but it has to be fake.

When you're finished, post this in your LJ (if the spirit moves you) and see what your friends come up with.

Hat tip to notgruntled.

Answers without questions meme

2008-10-11T00:16:50Z

"Here are the answers, but if you want to know the questions you have to reply and promise you will do the meme too." The answers should all be lj friends of yours.

1. Oddly, I didn't think of anyone here.
2. vees
3. mspurrmeow
4. slave2tehtink
5. elizabethgarner, though it's just a "seems" because, IRL, she isn't.
6. rednekkid
7. blognak (it can be hard to tell, though).
8. eeminy
9. brooklynite
10. blognak, among many.
11. notgruntled
12. x_h00ine
13. tiltmom
14. ptomblin_lj
15. iayork
16. shysterb, and sometimes that seems to weigh on you.
17. mr_booze
18. chi_editrix, but I can't quite put my finger on why. I don't mean it in the negative sense in which it's often used.
19. mamaslyth -- it's funny that we picked the same one for each other. I didn't realize it until I looked back at yours after doing mine.
20. frivolity
21. shysterb, and not for the obvious reason.
22. lauredhel
23. fellspointjazz (sometimes).
24. rednekkid, though if it were really true, I guess it would have already happened by now. Maybe it's good we live in different time zones.
25. oddprofessor, without question.
26. Possibly lignamorren, if I used my cackle.
27. oddprofessor
28. editaur
29. fellspointjazz, of course.
30. Take each day as it comes.

Hallomeme

2008-10-07T22:52:41Z

jupiter9's Halloween party:

alice_q dressed as Pavlova the ballerina -- dancing on point too.
beatonna dressed as Camilla Parker-Bowles when she becomes Queen.
blognak dressed as a pirate.
brooklynite dressed as the Vicomte des Boules-Velues.
chi_editrix dressed as something suspicious, but what, specifically, you can't tell.
d_konstantinov dressed as Adriana Lima riding a elk, and it suited them disturbingly well.
editaur dressed as the Viscount of Pluandrolade.
eeminy dressed as a vampire.
frivolity dressed as the main character of "Garden State".
iayork dressed as the King of Chile.
jupiter9 dressed as a substitute computer programmer.
lauredhel dressed as Trent Reznor - tarred and feathered.
lignamorren dressed as a squirrel.
mamaslyth dressed as Mde. Lachienne Foutue d'Enfer -- you don't wanna know.
mentisfugit dressed as a PLHQ & Co. Ranch, Incorporated employee.
mr_booze dressed as your cousin, though it looked more like Ichabod Crane, the schoolmaster from Sleepy Hollow.
mspurrmeow dressed as Ivan the Terrible of Russia.
notgruntled dressed as Dick Cheney.
oddprofessor dressed as a duck.
pasketti dressed as a new superhero: Blonde Blade.
ptomblin_lj dressed as Thomas Jefferson.
rednekkid dressed as Helga the wisewoman, although the live snake was a mistake, though it looked more like Ichabod Crane, the schoolmaster from Sleepy Hollow.
shysterb dressed as Mary-Kate Olsen with her very own conjoined Ashley.
sigma7 dressed as a very fake witch-doctor complete with a collection of shrunken skulls.
slave2tehtink dressed as Sigfried in need of testosterone.
tigtog dressed as a monster from a Super Mario game.
tiltmom dressed as a walking Guillotine.
vees dressed as the Quiet Power Ranger.
warinner dressed as Ichabod Crane, the schoolmaster from Sleepy Hollow, though it looked more like Mary-Kate Olsen with her very own conjoined Ashley.
x_h00ine dressed as the Lord of Blue Valley.

Throw your own party at the Hallomeme!
Created by sigma7: More info here.

Another "Iranian hostages" ploy?

2008-09-26T04:54:22Z

I had an unsettling thought.

Are the House Republicans withholding approval of the bailout, waiting for Obama to leave for the debate and McCain to stay behind, so they can credit McCain with "brokering" the agreement?

Food meme

2008-09-25T23:31:59Z

Ganked from eeminy :

Food I've eaten is in bold:

1. Venison (my husband's boss's venison sweet bologna was to die for)
2. Nettle Tea
3. Huevos Rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile (I have had alligator)
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese Fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba Ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black Truffle
18. Fruit wine made with something other than grapes (mulberry)
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio Ice Cream
21. Heirloom Tomatoes
22. Wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and Beans (often)
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de Leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi
32. Clam chowder
33. Salted lassi (I have had sweet rose lassi, not salted)
34. Sauerkraut
35. Cottage Cheese
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects (dried, chili flavored)
43. Phaal
44. Goat's milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken Tikki Masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea Urchin
51. Prickly Pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald's Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini (I have had many dirty vodka ones)
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob Chips
61. S'mores
62. Sweet Breads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs' legs
67. Churro
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe Beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft Shell Crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole Poblano
96. Bagel and Lox
97. Lobster
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

Meme

2008-09-19T01:32:41Z

Meme via frivolity

take a picture of yourself right now.
don't change your clothes, don't fix your hair...just take a picture.
post that picture with NO editing.
post these instructions with your picture

(click on it for full-size, you can read all the book titles though many are of books I haven't really used much)

Userpics

2008-09-18T17:23:14Z

New userpics for the duration.

Let me know which you like best, or any suggestions:

That pin Sarah Palin and her family are wearing

2008-09-04T07:13:37Z

The pin Sarah Palin is wearing on her left lapel? The one everyone in her family is wearing? The one Cindy McCain is wearing, too?

It looks to me like a blue star flag pin. It means someone in her family is on active duty in the military.

Which is interesting, since her son isn't on active duty yet. Is there someone else in her family on active duty? I'd assume she wouldn't wear it otherwise.

This article points to a blog that noticed her wearing the pin, and displaying a similar flag in her office. They initially think it's an Israeli flag, but comments point away from that. It does indicate she's been wearing it for a while, not just today.

Perception Personality Image Test

2008-08-16T22:12:49Z

Your result for The Perception Personality Image Test...

NFPC - The Artist

Nature, Foreground, Big Picture, and Color

You perceive the world with particular attention to nature. You focus on what's in front of you (the foreground) and how that fits into the larger picture. You are also particularly drawn towards the colors around you. Because of the value you place on nature, you tend to find comfort in more subdued settings and find energy in solitude. You like to deal directly with whatever comes your way without dealing with speculating possibilities or outcomes you can't control. You are in tune with all that is around you and understand your life as part of a larger whole. You are a down-to-earth person who enjoys going with the flow.

The Perception Personality Types:

Take The Perception Personality Image Test at HelloQuizzy

In Myers-Briggs land I think this would make me ISTx. Since I'm generally using a Sensing function when doing visual stuff, this make sense, but my life isn't pictures.

McCain makes a Freudian slip to the Urban League

2008-08-01T21:41:10Z

Updated to give the correct verbiage and more context:

"1.2 million businesses today, owned and operated by African-Americans, more and more, are no longer just specters, spectators, on the prosperity of our country, they are stakeholders...."

Gah.

It's at 12:33 in this video: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25968617/

jupiter9 @ 2008-07-26T18:56:00

2008-07-27T00:02:53Z

Ganked from notgruntled

1.ONE OF YOUR SCARS, HOW DID YOU GET IT?

There's a scar on one of my toes. I was a kid, and another kid had gotten a crayfish that he put in the stream near where I would play. I went to look at it and stepped on a piece of glass. Four stitches -- a flap of toe was nearly cut off.

2. WHAT IS ON THE WALLS IN YOUR ROOM?

Not much.

3. WHAT DOES YOUR CELL PHONE LOOK LIKE?

Red.

4. WHAT MUSIC DO YOU LISTEN TO?

Lots of different stuff. Right now, I've glommed onto Audioslave and I'm starting on Daft Punk.

5. DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME YOU WERE BORN?

12:26pm.

6. WHAT DO YOU WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING RIGHT NOW?

To have a new fun challenge.

7. WHO DO YOU MISS?

Mom.

8. WHAT'S YOUR MIDDLE NAME?

Kay.

9. THE BEST TV SHOW EVER CREATED?

Probably The Wire.

10. THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO?

My cow orker Seth.

11. DO YOU GET SCARED IN THE DARK?

No.

12. THE LAST PERSON TO MAKE YOU CRY?

My husband, but in a sympathetic way, not a "bullied me to tears" way.

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COLOGNE / PERFUME?

Hard to say. If I could only have one it would probably be Violet Atmosphere, a long-discontinued scent by the precursor to Demeter Fragrances.

14. WHAT KIND OF HAIR/EYE COLOR DO YOU LIKE ON THE OPPOSITE SEX?

No preference. I quite like my husband's red hair and grey eyes.

15. WOULD YOU RATHER BE SMART OR FUNNY?

Smart, but then again I don't know many smart unfunny people.

16. COFFEE OR ENERGY DRINKS?

Tea.

17. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PIZZA TOPPING?

Black Olives and garlic.

18. IF YOU CAN EAT ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD IT BE?

It's hard to answer this, because I just ate. Maybe some concord grape sorbet from Pitango.

19. WHO IS THE LAST PERSON YOU MADE MAD?

I don't keep track of anything that wide-ranging.

20. DO YOU SPEAK ANOTHER LANGUAGE?

Russian.

21. WHAT WAS THE FIRST GIFT SOMEONE EVER GAVE YOU?

I remember getting books as a child.

22. DO YOU LIKE SOMEONE?

Yes...seems like an odd question.

23. ARE YOU DOUBLE JOINTED?

No, but I'm fairly flexible.

24. FAVORITE CLOTHING BRAND?

I dont' even own any of their stuff, because I'm cheap, but Lucky brand is attractive. I have also discovered from trips to Burlington Coat Factory that I seem to like Calvin Klein clothing. And I just got the cutest t-shirt from the Gap with a tiny little pocket you could just fit an iPod Shuffle in.

25. WHAT'S YOUR DREAM CAR?

Prius.

26. WHAT COLOR IS IT?

Red.

27. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE KIND OF EXERCISE?

I have been getting into using the Spinner bikes at the gym, but haven't tried a class yet.

28. WOULD YOU FALL IN LOVE KNOWING THAT THE PERSON IS LEAVING?

Sure.

29. WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO TELL SOMEONE HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO YOU?

Show it every day.

30. SAY A NUMBER FROM ONE TO A HUNDRED

97.

31. BLONDS OR BRUNETS?

I've more often ended up with brunets. But I've got a redhead now.

32. WHAT IS THE ONE NUMBER YOU CALL OFTEN?

My house -- when I leave work I call to say I'm on my way.

33. WHAT ANNOYS YOU MOST?

An inability to lead, follow, or get out of the way. Especially when I'm late for work.

34. HAVE YOU BEEN OUT OF THE U.S.?

Yes, to Mexico and to Canada.

35. YOUR WEAKNESSES?

Laziness. Wanting it all.

36. TATER TOTS OR FRIES?

Fries.

37. FIRST JOB?

Telephone solicitor for a newspaper.

38. EVER PRANK CALLED SOMEONE?

Sure, when I was a kid.

39. WHAT WERE YOU DOING BEFORE YOU FILLED OUT THIS?

Reading someone else's answers.

40. IF YOU COULD GET PLASTIC SURGERY WHAT WOULD IT BE?

I would wait until I've gotten to a stable weight, and get all the extra skin removed.

41. WHY DID YOU FILL OUT THIS SURVEY?

Boredom. Curiosity.

42. WHAT DO YOU GET COMPLIMENTED ABOUT MOST?

Recently, losing weight.

43. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF ALCOHOL BECAME ILLEGAL?

Campaign to legalize cannabis.

44. WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY?

A clean house. I plan that for next year's birthday, so I can have a birthday party.

45. HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU WANT?

None.

46. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?

Yes, my mother's middle name is my first name, and my middle name is the name of my mother's best friend at the time I was born.

47. DO YOU WISH ON STARS?

No.

48. WHICH FINGER[S] IS YOUR FAVORITE?

My middle fingers have the best fingernails.

49. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY?

Wednesday before last.

50. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?

It's okay.

51. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?

I'm a vegetarian, so I guess tofu.

52. ANY BAD HABITS?

Lateness.

53. WHAT IS YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING CD ON THE SHELF?

I don't have them on a shelf ha ha ha.

54. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?

Today, yes. Probably not when I was younger.

55. HAVE YOU EVER TOLD A SECRET YOU SWORE NOT TO TELL?

No.

56. DO LOOKS MATTER?

Yes.

57. HOW DO YOU RELEASE YOUR ANGER?

Yelling. Crying. Being bad.

58. WHERE IS YOUR SECOND HOME?

Work.

59. DO YOU TRUST OTHERS EASILY?

No.

60. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A CHILD?

The Creepy Crawler Thingmaker.

61. HOW MANY NUMBERS ARE IN YOUR CELL PHONE?

I don't know. Probably over 100, if you count the work cell phone.

62. DO YOU USE SARCASM?

Less often than I used to.

63. DO YOU KNOW ANYONE FAMOUS?

Kinda sorta.

64. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A MOSH PIT?

No.

65. WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN A GUY/GIRL?

Smart, funny, smells good. Can do the sex thing in some way or form. Can talk, because I don't talk a lot.

66. WHAT ARE YOUR NICKNAMES?

Jo. Smitty. Jupiter9, online.

67. HOW MANY PAIRS OF SHOES DO YOU HAVE?

I think about 20.

68. DO YOU UN-TIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?

Sometimes.

69. WHERE YOU UPSET ABOUT STEVE IRWIN DYING?

No.

70. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR?

Soft-serve vanilla.

71. ARE YOU LAZY?

Yes.

72. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE COLORS?

Red, green, black, purple.

73. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BAND?

Yes.

74. HOW MANY WISDOM TEETH DO YOU HAVE?

Three.

75. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?

No.

76. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?

The clicking of my keyboard. Cars rushing by outside my window.

Also, Audioslave "Like A Stone" is running through my head.

77. LAST THING YOU ATE?

Raisins and dried cherries.

78. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?

A cow orker I recommended for a job.

79. WHATS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ON THE OPPOSITE SEX?

Hair and eyes.

80. FAVORITE THOUGHT PROVOKING SONG?

I'm blanking on this.

81. FAVORITE THING TO HATE:

Stupidity.

82. FAVORITE DRINK?

Ten Cane and tonic with lime.

83. FAVORITE ZODIAC SIGN?

I like them all.

84. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SPORT?

Football, I guess. I'm not a big sports nut.

85. WHAT IS YOUR HAIR COLOR?

Blonde.

86. EYE COLOR?

Dark blue.

87. DO YOU WEAR GLASSES?

Yes.

88. SIBLINGS?

Two sisters and one brother, all older.

89. FAVORITE MONTH(s)

October.

90. DO YOU LIKE SUSHI?

Yes.

91. LAST THING YOU WATCHED?

I watched a cockroach dying a few minutes ago, does that count? If you mean TV, as in TiVo, the first half of Grindhouse.

92. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR?

The first day of real spring. And the first day of real fall.

93. ARE YOU TOO SHY TO ASK SOMEONE OUT?

Yes.

94. SUMMER OR WINTER?

I like both.

95. KISSES OR HUGS?

Kisses.

96. RELATIONSHIPS OR ONE-NIGHT STANDS?

Uh, being married, I guess relationship, singular.

97. WHO IS THE MOST LIKELY TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?

Those with time to spare.

98. WHO IS THE LEAST LIKELY TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?

Busy people. People I don't know.

99. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE EXPRESSION?

Today, it's "You fucked with the wrong Mexican".

100. IS ANYONE IN LOVE WITH YOU?

If not, my husband has me fooled.

Have you led an interesting life?

2008-07-12T23:30:40Z

Ganked from lauredhel.

You know the drill. Bold the ones you’ve done, leave an explanation in parentheses if you so desire.

I've also decided to italicise the ones that might be a bit borderline. I've no idea how many yeses constitutes an "interesting life", but the list is definitely more engaging than a Purity Test. Some of you may remember doing some of these things with me...

01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink

02. Swam with wild dolphins

03. Climbed a mountain

04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive

05. Been inside the Great Pyramid

06. Held a tarantula

07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone

08. Said “I love you” and meant it

09. Hugged a tree

10. Done a striptease

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

14. Stayed up all night long and watched the sun rise

15. Seen the Northern Lights

16. Gone to a huge sports game

17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa

18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables

19. Touched an iceberg

20. Slept under the stars

21. Changed a baby’s diaper

22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon

23. Watched a meteor shower

24. Gotten drunk on champagne

25. Given more than you can afford to charity

26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope

27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment

28. Had a food fight

29. Bet on a winning horse

30. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill

31. Asked out a stranger

32. Had a snowball fight

33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier

34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can

35. Held a lamb

36. Enacted a favorite fantasy

37. Taken a midnight skinny dip

38. Taken an ice cold bath

39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar

40. Seen a total eclipse

41. Ridden a roller coaster

42. Hit a home run

43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days

44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking

45. Adopted an accent for an entire day

46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment

48. Had two hard drives for your computer

49. Visited all 50 states (No, but I've visited all Australian states and territories.)

50. Loved your job for all accounts

51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced

52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

53. Had amazing friends

54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country

55. Watched wild whales

56. Stolen a sign

57. Backpacked in Europe

58. Taken a road-trip

59. Rock climbing

60. Lied to foreign government’s official in that country to avoid notice

61. Midnight walk on the beach

62. Sky diving

63. Visited Ireland

64. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love

65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them

66. Visited Japan

67. Bench pressed your own weight

68. Milked a cow

69. Alphabetized your records

70. Pretended to be a superhero

71. Sung karaoke

72. Lounged around in bed all day

73. Posed nude in front of strangers

74. Scuba diving

75. Got it on to “Let’s Get It On” by Marvin Gaye

76. Kissed in the rain

77. Played in the mud

78. Played in the rain

79. Gone to a drive-in theatre

80. Done something you should regret, but don’t regret it

81. Visited the Great Wall of China

82. Discovered that someone who’s not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog
Hi Fish!

83. Dropped Windows in favour of something better

84. Started a business

85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken

86. Toured ancient sites

87. Taken a martial arts class

88. Sword fought for the honour of a woman

89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight

90. Gotten married

91. Been in a movie

92. Crashed a party

93. Loved someone you shouldn’t have

94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy

95. Gotten divorced

96. Had sex at the office

97. Gone without food for 5 days

98. Made cookies from scratch

99. Won first prize in a costume contest

100. Ridden a gondola in Venice

101. Gotten a tattoo

102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on

103. Rafted the Snake River

104. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
I was on a psychic hotline infomercial.

105. Got flowers for no reason

106. Masturbated in a public place

107. Got so drunk you don’t remember anything

108. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug

109. Performed on stage

110. Been to Las Vegas

111. Recorded music
A guy who had a crush on me in college recorded me singing his entry for a new Maryland state anthem.

112. Eaten shark

113. Had a one-night stand

114. Gone to Thailand

115. Seen Siouxsie live

116. Bought a house

117. Been in a combat zone

118. Buried one/both of your parents

119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off

120. Been on a cruise ship

121. Spoken more than one language fluently

122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone

123. Bounced a check
(unintentionally)

124. Performed in Rocky Horror

125. Read - and understood - your credit report

126. Raised children

127. Recently bought and played with a favourite childhood toy

128. Followed your favourite band/singer on tour

129. Created and named your own constellation of stars

130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country

131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did
A great-great grandfather fought in the Civil War.

132. Called or written your Member of Congress (The local equivalent.)

132. Had them write back

133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over

134. … more than once?

135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge

136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking

137. Had an abortion or your female partner did

138. Had plastic surgery

139. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived

140. Written articles for a large publication

141. Lost over 100 pounds
(I expect to lose more than 100, but I haven’t yet, I’m only to 86)

142. Held someone while they were having a flashback

143. Piloted an airplane

144. Petted a stingray

145. Broken someone’s heart

146. Helped an animal give birth

147. Been fired or laid off from a job

148. Won money on a TV game show

149. Broken a bone

150. Killed a human being

151. Gone on an African photo safari

152. Ridden a motorcycle
as a passenger

153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100mph

154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced

155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol

156. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild

157. Ridden a horse

158. Had major surgery

159. Had sex on a moving train

160. Had a snake as a pet

161. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon

162. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing

163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours

164. Visited more foreign countries than US states

165. Visited all 7 continents

166. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days

167. Eaten kangaroo meat

168. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground

169. Been a sperm or egg donor

170. Eaten sushi

171. Had your picture in the newspaper

172. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime

173. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about

174. Gotten someone fired for their actions

175. Gone back to school

176. Parasailed

177. Changed your name

178. Petted a cockroach

179. Eaten fried green tomatoes

180. Read The Iliad

181. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read

182. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them

183. … and gotten 86′ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you

184. Taught yourself art from scratch

185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating

186. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt

187. Skipped all your school reunions

188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language

189. Been elected to public office

190. Written your own computer language

191. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream

192. Had to put someone you love into hospice care

193. Built your own PC from parts

194. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you

195. Had a booth at a street fair

196. Dyed your hair

197. Been a DJ

198. Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal

199. Written your own role playing game
"Tenements and Trollops." Luckily we didn't get far with it.

200. Been arrested

Meme of the day

2008-07-11T02:06:11Z

The rules:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd's mosaic maker.

The questions:
1. What is your first name? JoAnne
2. What is your favorite food? Lobster
3. What high school did you go to? Towson High
4. What is your favorite color? Purple
5. Who is your celebrity crush? Naveen Andrews
6. Favorite drink? 10 Cane Rum
7. Dream vacation? Amsterdam
8. Favorite dessert? Chocolate
9. What you wanted to be when you grow up? Scientist
10. What do you love most in life? Knowledge
11. One Word to describe you? Seeking
12. Your flickr name? jupiter9

1. from joanne*, 2. Lobster landing, 3. High Voltage, 4. Purple fingers, 5. Naveen Andrews, 6. 10 Cane Rum, 7. A rooftop view of Amsterdam, 8. coffee and chocolate mousse cake, 9. Scientists on a Lighthouse top, 10. The fountain of knowledge..., 11. Hide & Go Seek-2 year old style, 12. zenit412ls + jupiter9

Mememememeeeee1

2008-06-26T22:04:55Z

Via [Unknown LJ tag]:

Rules:
Post 3 things you've done that you believe nobody else on your F-list has done.
Indulge in remorse if someone calls you out on a listed item.

1. Gone on a blind date with, and had to vigorously physically fend off, a guy who looked just like Charles Manson (minus the swastika).

2. Asked the docent at Monticello about a story I had heard that Thomas Jefferson used human manure to fertilize his fields, transported underground on a kind of "poop train." While wearing glasses that had one lens missing.

3. Sat at a lunch counter with John Waters.

New userpic

2008-06-24T03:25:59Z

My friend lignamorren, who is an awesome artist, created this userpic for me. He does very kewl pictures of slugs in various activities. Since I've been doing a lot of exercising, I wanted something that reflects that, and he put my slug on an elliptical machine. I can't believe how natural it looks. This is one of the best gifts I've ever gotten. Kisses!

He and another friend of mine have a weekly comic up called Explosive Bolts which I definitely recommend.

Mah bukkit, is you it?

2008-06-15T04:26:36Z

moar funny pictures

Pengwinz

2008-06-15T00:47:34Z

Also posted to all_macros:

moar funny pictures

Meme

2008-06-08T01:09:17Z

SCATTERGORIES… It’s harder than it looks!

When you are done, send it on to everyone who likes games, including to the person who sent it to you. Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following… They have to be real places, names, things…nothing made up! Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial. You CAN’T use your name for the boy/girl name question.

[I'll use my LJ name since it's got the same initial]

What is your name……….. Jupiter9
Four Letter Word…………. Junk
Vehicle………………. Junk (ha!)
City……………………… Jacksonville
Boy Name…………… Jerod
Girl name…………… Janine
Drink…………………… Juice
Occupation…………. Jumpmaster
Something to Wear……… Jumper
Celebrity…….........…. Janet Jackson
Food………………… Jellybeans
Something found in a bathroom………. Jews
Reason for Being Late…………………… Jugglers were blocking the parking garage entrance
Cartoon Character……………. Jimmy Olsen, boy reporter
Something You Shout……………. Jumping Jehosophat!
Animal………………. Jackass
Word to describe you…. ...... Jovial
Disease........................ Jaundice
Element ....................... Jam of the Universe
Movie ........................... Jezebel

Racism, sexism, idealism, and miracles

2008-05-15T20:05:12Z

I was never really involved in actual "movements." I went to a couple of marches and stuff, took Women's Studies classes, but didn't go to meetings or hang out. I'm not a social kind of person, and most groups of any kind turn into little Peyton Places. Not my scene.

Instead, I read a lot of anti-racist and anti-sexist books and magazines. I therefore got a "purified" vision of what those movements really meant. Sure, there was still overt sexism in the anti-racist stuff, and there was usually some overt but more "accidentally exclusionary" racism in the anti-sexist stuff.

But I remember reading Ms. with all the interesting Black and Lesbian and Native American and Hispanic and international articles and fiction, and thinking, this is great, they're not leaving out women who aren't White, or even American.

So when I got into the big bad blogosphere where people were saying how the Women's Movement ignores people who aren't White, I felt some cognitive dissonance. I had been taking the movement at their word. And it's unfortunately confirmed my instinct that you can trust many books, and many ideas, but people in general are lying sacks of shit, will cheat and hurt each other for the smallest reason or no reason at all, that every group becomes cliquey and mean and self-serving and blindly bigoted.

On a friend's blog there was a discussion of if White people should police themselves rather than having non-White people tell them when they're being racist. That racism is the "property" of the racist and racists can recognize it and clean it up themselves.

We discussed whether one needs empathy to detect and get rid of racism. I think it's not, and in that thread I said that you don't have to have a personal stake in whether racism makes non-White people feel bad. You just have to see that it's not fair. It's illogical. It's like taking a bunch of pencils of all colors and throwing away all the blue ones, or using them only to prop the window open or stick in a fan to make noise.

Where I'm going with this is that I think there's a lot of complaining by people that they are being forced to care about other people that they don't really care about, groups they don't want to "fight for." That everything is a zero-sum game and they need to belong to a team and fight some other team for resources.

And I'm saying that's not necessary. Just don't be illogical. Don't be stupid. Keep your mind and heart a sewer if you want, but you know when you're being prejudiced, so just don't act on your prejudices. Drop the team shit.

I think a lot of parents discover that they raise less sexist and less racist children just by keeping their fucking mouths shut with the sexist and racist comments. Act, and the feelings will follow -- maybe not for you, though I think it eventually does. But for those who don't have the feelings burnt into them, the actions and feelings will be in harmony.

It's a sort of miracle, really. The despised "political correctness," even if your heart is filthy with sexism and racism, even if you conform to it with great resentment, results in something good. When the parent or adult messes up and says the horrible thing, the child is shocked and dismayed, and that may even shock and dismay the adult into behaving better.

The magazines and books I read hid a lot of the real racism and sexism of the movements they were representing from me, so I learned and absorbed the ideal, and not the reality of the shitty racist and sexist people who wrote them and said "but really you can't trust a woman/black/hispanic/$foo."

I'm glad I wasn't part of those movements. Idealism has a value. It transmits ideals. Don't lose it.