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Tragedy Is Life


Friday, February 28  

David and Sarah are here right now... cuddling on the couch watching a really crappy vampire movie... they even agree to that fact and are still sitting there... I'm confused... spend valuable time watching crap while you could be out with your fiance... oh well... not my problem... We get to go ride horses again tomorrow... that will be fun... assuming the weather doesn't interfere of course.... I wanna see shamrock again... then we might go down to see sharleen or something like that... a little wierd for her though... be like here look this is my best friend from freshman year... show these fine people what a great person you are shar... maybe not such a good idea... they'd get to see Jerry again of course... I need to see him again too... been a while... I talk in little tiny phrases now... getting a little caried away with the elipses... tis fun though... one of the secrets to blogging is to find something that you do and noone else does... mine are the elipses and the uncited really long quotesI know it isn't really something very noticable or that really completely distinguishes me but it's still mine dangit... ok I'm done now... gbye

posted by Joel | 9:52 PM



Thursday, February 27  

as for you engaged people... it's not that I didn't blog about it cause It's not as important.... it's just that you've covered it all already

posted by Joel | 9:38 PM

 

So yeah... since I actually blogged last I have been out of state... had 4 of my best friends get "unofficially engaged" to each other... finally finished Krystal's valentines day thingy (I blame technical difficulties).... and had my best friend from freshman year suddenly reappear in my life... oh and Truxton as well... found out that Daniel was arrested for 2 counts of grand theft auto.... Anyway... for those of you who don't know Sharleen came back... I've been missing her since the summer after freshman year... Hopefully I'll get to see her soon... that'd be great.... anyway... she forgot my hat at her moms house... The hat I got from New Zealand... she heacka ganked it and took it with her across the country... I bet It smells like her baby or something by now but it would still be nice to have it back... best hat I ever bought... anyway... Truxton called as well... he's back in his house and even has a job now...he sounds repentant too... I'll have to go see him.... I think I'll tell him what I've been thinking when I do too... It kinda messes up the stories when you tell them in bulk like this... Who cares... bye now

posted by Joel | 9:37 PM



Wednesday, February 26  

I have a lot to blog... I mean a LOT... just don't have the time required... this however is a list of songs that would have appeared on Krystal's thing if my cd burner had worked

DJ Sammy & Yanou Feat - Heaven
Dido - Here With Me
John Mayer - Your Body is a Wonderland
Kelly Clarkson - A Moment Like This
Avril Lavigne - I'm With You
LaRue - Fallen For You
martina mcbride - Blessed
Marvin Gaye - When a Man Loves A Woman
Proclaimers - I Would Walk 500 Miles
Chris DeBurgh - Lady in Red
Three Doors Down - Love Me When Im Gone
Steven Curtis Chapman - Echoes of Eden

pretty good eh?

posted by Joel | 11:01 PM



Sunday, February 23  

Too tired to blog..... grrrrrr.... seepy time

posted by Joel | 12:40 AM



Tuesday, February 18  

"A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic."
-Joseph Stalin-

Creepy

posted by Joel | 12:19 AM



Monday, February 17  

This is Hamlet's famous "to be or not to be" speach after being run through an online translation device.... about as coherant now as ever

In order to be not to be or in order: it is the question: If ' tis the noblest in the spirit the zuegel and the arrows of the unworthy fortune terminate to suffer to take or over arms against a sea of the problems and by the opposition them? In order to die: in order to sleep; No more; and by a sleep for us legends terminate the dear grief and the thousand normal shocks that the meat inheritance is, ' tis consummation a Devoutly wish ' D to be on on. In order to die, in order to sleep; In order to sleep: by chance at the dream: ay there are the chafing strips; For in this sleep of the death, which dreams can come, if we smeared except this deadly rolling up, must us the break give: there is the respect, which makes the misfortune of the so long life; For who the whips and it despises from the time became the evil of the eliminator, proud humans supports contumely, the pain of the despised love, the law holds the insolence of the office and when it throws this patient earnings/services of the unworthy seizing could be quietus with a naked bodkin to make? from who fardels support for more grogner and under a tired life to sweat, but that one the fear of something after death of having the will embarasse and us rather stimuli to support these errors us undiscover'land the D, which does not turn of bourn a traveler, that the fly at others that we know? Thus the conscience makes all loose by us; And the native tonality of the resolution is crimping song the o ' it with the pale cast iron thoughts and the enterprises of the large Markes and the time with this respect, that their rivers revs up in such a way, and loses the tender name maintained by action you! Ophelia fair! The doll into orisons it thy is all my remember ' Suendend.

posted by Joel | 12:11 AM



Sunday, February 16  

Blogging from Claire at the moment... turning my head from the face sucking couple behind me.... kinda grrrrr.... oh well..... I'm starting to get used to this whole deal... anyway Yesterday I brought breakfast for the whole crew.. my specialty eggs.... they really are my specialty now.... anyway Tom is like heacka breaking Mellissa's arm... arg I really have no inspiration right now... running low on blogging energy like everyone else...... k bye

posted by Joel | 10:09 PM



Friday, February 14  

It's Valentines day..... yayyyy... it was nowhere near as bad as I thought it was gonna be... I got to go see Daredevil.... Such an uber movie... Alias girl died... I was much saddened.... wait those of you who have not seen the movie aren't allowed to read this... Krystal promises not to read this... For some reason I don't believe her.... she's also complaining about not seeing her name in here enough so Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal Krystal .... yayyy... let's see what she says to that.... :)

posted by Joel | 10:53 PM



Monday, February 10  

I finally got my playlist to a point where I'm satisfied with it so I decided to post it... just in case you might be interested in the stuff I listen to

3 Doors Down - Kryptonite
Afro Celt Sound System - Dark Moon, High Tide
Alanis Morisette - Ironic
Andy Hunter - Amazing
Andy Hunter - Go
Andy Hunter - Pour Out Your Spirit
Andy Hunter - Trip
Avril Lavigne - Anything But Ordinary
Avril Lavigne - Complicated
Avril Lavigne - I'm With You
Avril Lavigne - Losing Grip
Avril Lavigne - Nobody's Fool
Avril Lavigne - Skater Boy
Avril Lavigne - Things I'll Never Say
Ayumi Hamasaki - Dearest
Ayumi Hamasaki - Evolution
Billy Joel - Piano Man
Blanket - Do Without
Brave Saint Saturn - Resistor
Buck Enterprises - All I Need
BUCK Enterprises - Get Real
BUCK Enterprises - When I Get Home
Chad Kroeger - Hero - Main Version
Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia
Cold - End Of The World
Cold - Serial Killer
Dashboard Confessional - Again I Go Unnoticed
Dashboard Confessional - Hands Down
Dashboard Confessional - Screaming Infidelities
Dashboard Confessional - The Good Fight
Dashboard Confessional - The Swiss Army Romance
Dave Mathews Band - The Space Between
Dave Matthews Band - Yellow
Dido - Here With Me
Dire Straits - Walk of Life
Dune - Expedicion
Five For Fighting - Superman (It's not easy)
Five Iron Frenzy - Dandelions
FiVe IrOn FrEnZy - MaMa MiA
Frou Frou - Breathe In
Frou Frou - Flicks
Frou Frou - It's Good To Be In Love
Frou Frou - Let Go
Goo Goo Dolls - Acoustic #3
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Goo Goo Dolls - it's over
Goo Goo Dolls - See Right Through You (Acoustic)
Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
Hamasaki Ayumi - 06. Naturally
Harry Chapin - Sniper
Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
Hikaru Utada - Final Distance m-flo remix
Hikaru Utada - First Love
Hikaru Utada - Hikari (English PlanitB Remix)
Howard Shore - A Journey in the Dark
Howard Shore - A Knife in the Dark
Howard Shore - Amon Hen
Howard Shore - At the Sign of the Prancing...
Howard Shore - Brooklyn Heights
Howard Shore - Concerning Hobbits
Howard Shore - Evenstar (Featuring Isabel Bayrakdarian)
Howard Shore - Flight to the Ford
Howard Shore - Forth Eorlingas (Featuring Ben Del Maestro)
Howard Shore - Foundations of Stone
Howard Shore - Gollum's Song (Performed By Emiliana Torrini)
Howard Shore - Helm's Deep
Howard Shore - Lothlorien
Howard Shore - Many Meetings
Howard Shore - Samwise the Brave
Howard Shore - The Black Rider
Howard Shore - The Breaking of the Fellowship
Howard Shore - The Bridge of Khazad Dum
Howard Shore - The Great River
Howard Shore - The Prophecy
Howard Shore - The Ring Goes South
Howard Shore - The Shadow of the Past
Howard Shore - The Treason of Isengard
Howard Shore - Treebeard
Jim Croce - Gunga Din
Kutless - Again
Kutless - Down
Kutless - Dry
Kutless - Grace and Love
Kutless - In Me
Kutless - Pride Away
Kutless - Run
Kutless - Saved
Kutless - This Time
Kutless - Tonight
Kutless - Vow
Kutless - Your Touch
Lara Fabian - Aimer déjà
Larue - AudioTrack 05
Led Zepplin - Stairway to Heaven
Lifehouse - Cling & Clatter
Lifehouse - Everything
Lifehouse - Sick Cycle Carousel
Lifehouse - Simon
Lifehouse - Somewhere In Between
Lifehouse - Trying
Lifehouse - Unknown
Linda Thompson - Paddy's Lamentation
Live - Iris
Live - Lightning Crashes
Marcy Playground - Sex N Candy
Martina McBride - Blessed
Michelle Branch - Everywhere To Me
Moby - Porcelain
Nickelback - How You Remind Me
Nickleback - Leader of Men
Nickleback - Somebody Help Me
Nickleback - Too Bad
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Mr. Bojangles
Paul Simon - Paul Simon - Allergies
Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
Pink - Don't Let Me Get Me
Pink - Just Like A Pill
Presidents of the United States of America - Peaches
ray charles - It's Not Easy Being Green
Shimmy She Wobble - Othar Turn
Silver Leap Quartet - Gospel Tram
Superchic[k] - I Belong To You
Superchic[k] - Na Na
Superchic[k] - We All Fall
Switchfoot - Concrete Girl
Switchfoot - Edge Of My Seat
switchfoot - evergreen
Switchfoot - Switchfoot--Chem 6A
Switchfoot - Underwater
Switchfoot- You
Tenacious D - The Greatest Song in the World Tribute (HBO)
The Benjamin Gate - Do What You Say
The Benjamin Gate - Lift Me Up
The Benjamin Gate - The Calling
The Riders of Rohan
The White Rider
Train - Meet Virginia
Train - She's On Fire
U2 - Beautiful Day
U2 - The Hands That Built America
Utada Hikaru - Simple And Clean

posted by Joel | 8:24 PM



Sunday, February 9  

"What are they gonna do? Grab a Mag-lite and hope for the best? -Tom
I spent like 24 hours with that kid so far this weekend.... that's a LOT of time.... it seemed to get to Jo Jo by the time we left his house... Lacey was having a hard time as well... seems that even our group is subject to time fostered differences... oh well.. we had a blast at the basketball game... I tried to play Melissa's clarinet... it's funny how you can forget every single thing you knew in 2 years time... oh well.. I was never very good at it anyway... should try to start learning the trumpet... That would be cool... I think I can do it a lot better cause I won't have to deal with my fingers being too fat... at least I hope so... anyway I've gotta go wash my car now... bye

posted by Joel | 1:16 PM



Thursday, February 6  

I showed up at Lacey's house riding with the lemony substance of doom today... for those of you who don't know what that is it's better that you don't... you'll just get eaten when it comes for you and not have to live in fear waiting for that day... anyway... we went from there to the hong kong restaurant to eat good Chinese food before the concert.. Rob and Melissa were both supposed to show up to that.... but they didn't.. I'm kinda worried about that...anyway... had good war won ton soup... cost me all the money I had for the rest of the week... as I begin to get low on gas... at least I'll have a good lunch tomorow.. that is if I don't die from the toxins hidden in the band fridge... anyway.. went to concert.. watched uber performance... quite proud of Lacey and jo jo... found out that jo jo actually is pretty buff... felt sorry for the soloist whose name I can't think of at the moment... then came home... good day... still want to know what new bad thing happened to reber.. oh well goodnight

posted by Joel | 10:26 PM

 

I was gonna go into Lingren's class today and ruin his self esteem.... It was gonna be funny... I have a feeling he might not be too cool about that though.. and I'd burst out laughing before I got it all said anyway... oh well... I'll just go slash Reber's tires instead...

posted by Joel | 2:31 PM



Wednesday, February 5  

he dreamed about licking my eyeball?-Sarah... I haven't hung out with them in a fairly large amount of time... it was rather cool to share grease covered cow patties with them... I'm being overly heath Conscious.. I can't friggin figure out how to spell that word for the life of me... anyway.. they are quite entertaining people.. it sounds almost like I'm talking about test subjects the way I'm talking about them right now doesn't it... that's creepy... anyway goodnight

posted by Joel | 10:30 PM

 

Today has been fairly weird... I worked like a lot in every class but all I have for homework is the physics stuff that I didn't finish last night... Rather annoying that stuff is... I'm stuck in a room with a bunch of freshmen... I don't like them... they're loud and obnoxious and whiney... a lot like us I guess.... but far worse of course... they all seem far too tall to be freshmen too... I guess they might be sophomores... but I know one of them is a freshman... Tabatha's little sister... almost as bad as the ice witch herself... I have this weird thing where I give girls way more chances to be liked then I do guys... It might be called sexist I guess but It's not that I'm meaner to one or anything I just give one group more chances then they probably deserve... but reguardless bye now

posted by Joel | 3:03 PM



Tuesday, February 4  

I created a new blog today... It was quite interesting... all the crap that I don't say cause certain people are reading this is going there... I had a rather extensive post for it today too... anyway... I hugged Lacey this morning and everybody stared at me like I was insane... Jo Jo kinda looked like he expected me to explain myself at that moment too.. It was actually fairly amusing.. I should (seemingly) randomly hug people all the time.. I would too if I could expect to recieve looks like that... well maybe not but still.. I'm gonna try to call Krystal now so bye

posted by Joel | 10:43 PM

 

I'm doing a virtual lab in Physics and it totally doesn't make any sense to me.... We watch a piston go back and forth and a wheel turn and watch unreadably fast moving numbers and try to decifer them... I am now officially not liking this laptop... well not the laptop but when we have to use it... I'm going now... time for English... yayyyyy

posted by Joel | 11:24 AM



Monday, February 3  

we have now officially made every single person in the group depressed... even Lacey... though it sounds like that's not as hard as we all think it is... just hard to get her to show it... you're getting a hug when I see you tomorrow morning kid... and I'm gonna steal your name for everyone else specifically for you.. I think that may have been the closest I've ever been to crying about a blog... not saying much but still... that was very sad... anyway... I'm gonna go do my government homework and then go to bed... bed... I need sleep.... that means I;m going to get off now..... really I am... I swear... I had to weedeat like everywhere today... It sucked... got my brand new jeans all grass stained... I've finally got some work pants again I guess... oh well... I just caught Mork being a kitten again.. he was all playful and stuff then he noticed I was watching him and he stopped... "No I wasn't playing in that bag... I don't know what you're talking about." Yes folks that officially signals time for bed when I start blogging about Mork... 'night

posted by Joel | 10:38 PM



Sunday, February 2  

I got on a horse yesterday... 2 of them actually... it was very much so fun... Shamrock is like the coolest horse ever.. and he likes me more then he like mellissa now... I'm uber horse whisperer... one of the other horses wanted to bite my face off though so it appears my talent only works for a few... Mr. Westgate proposed that he get a shetland pony because while the apartment rules say no dogs they say nothing of equestrian pets... I would so never leave that house if he did that...now we just need to raise the money to buy one and then house train it... and find some local newspaper to donate a lot of papers to us... anyway that's all for now.. bye

You may talk of gin and beer
When you're stationed way out here
An' you're sent to penny fights an' Aldershot it
But when it comes to slaughter
You will do your work for water
An' you'll lick the bloomin' boots of him that's got it

Now in Inja's sunny climb
Where I used to spend my time
Servin' her Majesty the Queen
Of all the black faced crew
The finest man I knew
Was a regimental beasti, Gunga Din

The uniform he wore
Was nothin' much before
An' rather less than half of that behind
But a piece of twisty rag
An' a goatskin water bag
Was all the field equipment he could find

When a sweatin' troop train lay
In a sidin' through the day
Where the heat would make you bloomin' eyebrows crawl
We shouted, "Harry By"
Till our throats were bricky-dry
Then wopped him 'cause he couldn't serve us all

He would dot an' carry one
Till the longest day was done
An' never seemed to know the use of fear
If we charged or broke or cut
You could bet your bloomin' nut
He'd be waitin' fifty paces right flank rear

With his mussick on his back
He would skip to our attack
An' watch us till the bugles made"Retire"
An' for all his dirty hide
He was white, clear white inside
When he went to tend the wounded under fire

It was Din, Din, Din
With the bullets kickin' dust spots on the green
And when the cartridges ran out
You could hear the front files shout
"Send ammunition mules, and Gunga Din"

I shan't forget the night
When I fell behind the fight
With a bullet where my belt plate should a' been
I was chokin' mad with thirst
An' the man that spied me first
Was our good old grinnin', gruntin' Gunga Din

He lifted up my head
An' he plugged me where I bled
An' he gave me half a pint of water green
It was crawlin' and it stunk
But of all the drinks I've drunk
I'm most grateful to the one from Gunga Din

He carried me away
To where a dooli lay
An' a bullet came and drilled the beggar clean
He carried me inside
An' just before he died
"I hope you like your drink" said Gunga Din

So I'll meet him later on
In the place where he has gone
Where it's always double drill and no canteen
He'll be squattin' on the coals
Givin' drinks to poor damned souls
I'll catch a swig in hell from Gunga Din

It was Din, Din, Din
You Lazarushian-leather Gunga Din
Tho' I've belted you an' flayed you
By the livin' God that made you
Your a better man than I am, Gunga Din

posted by Joel | 12:27 PM

 

I saw a shooting star for the first time in my life tonight... you know what the sucky part is.... It was prolly a piece of the shuttle... with my luck it was the part holding the people.... life went on today though... still hasn't set in at all for me that 7 of the most talented people on earth died today... just because some stupid paneling failure or the like... prolly never will but such is life... nobody will really care unless they were somehow involved or knew anyone involved... what about the rest of us... and why does it really matter... people who have accomplished far more service for others will die tonight too... many more than seven.. are they not as important because they weren't riding a multi billion dollar vehicle... or is it the big story that counts... is the media really that powerful? I hope not.. if they are we're all screwed

posted by Joel | 12:50 AM

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