Revolution and Reinvention

So I got tapped for Mortar Board today!

I'm ridiculously excited, but feel like I shouldn't be. I mean, this just means more work and more things to do. But, it feels good. I'm almost sad that I didn't do it last year.

www.unl.edu/mb

Black Masques

I want to destroy my job. So instead... I'm playing internet quiz games.


TEN FAVORITES

01. show - Don't watch TV
02. flower - Stargaze Lily
03. color - Dark Blue
04. sport - Frat Boys
05. mall - Country Club Plaza, Kansas City, MO
06. music - faux indie music
07. food - Indian
08. season - Autumn
09. day - Thursday
10. city - Boston

TEN FACTS

01. hometown - Kearney, NE
02. hair color - Dirty Blonde
03. hair length - Short
04. hair style - Short
05. eye color - Blue
07. mood - Generally moodY
08. smiling - Generally not
09. available - For what? Planning conventions? No. Sex? Usually.
10. lefty/righty - Right

TEN THINGS ABOUT YOUR LOVE LIFE (damn)

01. have you ever been in love? - It's easier to fake it if I say no
02. do you believe in love - Sometimes
03. why did your last relationship fail - Cause I'm a turbowhore, and he was stupid and boring
04. have you ever been heartbroken - Yes
05. have you ever broken someone's heart - Yes, but I didn't know until recently
06. have you ever fallen for your best friend - Yup, but not either of my current best friends. They're too gay.
07. have you ever loved someone but never told them - Yup
08. are you afraid of commitment - Fuck yeah
09. have you ever had a secret admirer? - I have no idea, isn't that the point?
10. do you believe in love at first sight - Nope

TEN THINGS: THIS OR THAT

01. love or money - Love. Fuck money.
02. hard liquor or beer - Right now, neither. Come July 1st, HARD Liquor
03. hot or cold - Cold
04. one night stands - Or what? Isn't this a "this or that" question? ...but my answer is Yes.
05. Television or Internet? Internet
06. pepsi or coke - Neither... Pepsi
07. wild night out or romantic night in - Wild Night Out
08. colored or black and white pictures? Colored
09. phone or in person - In person
10. aim or myspace - Facebook

TEN HAVE YOU EVERS

01. have you ever been caught sneaking out - Yes
02. have you ever skinny dipped - No
03. have you ever done something you regret - Over and over
04. have you ever bungee jumped - No
05. have you ever been on a house boat - Yes
06. have you ever finished an entire jaw breaker - Yes
07. have you ever wanted someone so badly it hurt? - Over and over
08. have you ever been streaking - No
09. have you ever ran away? - A couple of times
10. have you ever caught your parents doing "it"? - Yeah, thanks for the reminder

TEN MORE

01. are you missing someone right now - Yes
02. are you happy - No
03. are you "talking" to anyone right now? - Maybe
04. are you bored - Usually, even when I'm stressed
05. Are you German - Mostly
06. are you irish - A little
07. are you french - Hell no.
08. are you Italian - Nope
09. are you cold - Always, especially on the inside
10. are you addicted to myspace - Hell no.

Sainio, E.L., Pulkki, K. and Young, S.N. (1996) "L-Tryptophan: Biochemical, nutritional and pharmacological aspects" Amino Acids 10:21-47

Apparently eating two bananas a day increases the levels of serotonin in your blood by about 16%.

I'm going to eat bananas.

Ken, JT, and I just played a ridiculous junior high girl game.

We played... CUTENESS BATTLE!

Only including slam poets that we all know (National, Omaha & Lincoln), and with five scientific and well-researched categories:
1) Face
2) Body
3) Accessories (facial hair, clothes, glasses)
4) Emo-ness
5) Innards Beauty

Comparing each of these five categories in a classic tournament style battle, here were the results:

Semi-finals: Sean Conlan vs. Ken Arkind, Dan Leamen vs. Johnny Tornado
Finals: Ken Arkind vs. Johnny Tornado

In the finals, the battle ended in a draw until Ken Arkind pulled out the most emo story of all time, making him the Grand Champion of Cuteness!

Scores from individual battles will not be released to protect the pride of those people completely unaware of this event.

(Now that I'm writing this down, I realize how biased it looks that the two judges who were also contestants were the people that made it to the finals, but I was a very vocal objective judge and can guarantee that we applied the categories fairly across the board, and that each individual battle was randomized between contestant selection.)

Dear Johnmark and others:

I found this MC slam intro thing on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFaY8zpwrEE

I think Johnmark should also change his shirt to say something different between every line of his MC rant. That'd be way more entertaining.

So my newest straight boyfriend dumped me last night for John Cusack. I hate John Cusack. I hate his movies, I hate his acting, and now I hate him for being the cause of my being dumped. Being dumped by a straight man, no less.

Dear Johnmark and Dan,

Good luck at IWPS. I love your guts, both of you.

Loves,
Allen

P.S. Try not to kill each other, alright? Please? For me?

So today the president of the "Lincoln Fantasy and Science Fiction Club" asked me if my tattoo was written in... Elvish.

Yeah, Elvish.

Needless to say, the Lincoln Fantasy and Science Fiction Club is currently looking for a new president.

Seriously... Elvish?

First off, what's the difference between Elvish and Elven?

Second, now whenever I look at my tattoo, I see Elvish and not Sanskrit. The guy totally corrupted my poor work of art. God damn nerds. I usually love nerds... but not right now.

Ugh.

I am SOOOOO a Religious Studies Major right now.