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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:26:58 GMT

In 10 minutes time I discovered that I missed so much in that last post that I'm making a second update.

There's a new Dharma video up concerning the Black Swan. The link was right in the middle of the Dharma Wants You home page, but I didn't notice it. No small wonder that I only lasted a second in that attentiveness test. In case you're wondering, those static-y jumps in the video are Black Swan emblems.

I also figured out a method to the madness in the results groups. Test Three groups are all giants; Test Two are cyclops. I guess Test One group names are mortals? I'll have to see what the next group's theme is to see if it's on some sort of scale, getting closer to deities or something.

There are already cheats up for the Test Three, which I'm not linking to.

SciFi starts showing Season One of "Lost" in 10 days!

spoiler and a story

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:58:55 GMT

I guess I should start warning for the spoilers....

Role of Ilana, one of two new recurring characters, cast.

Test Three is up on Dharma Wants You. I failed miserably my first try, but after a few go-rounds I scored 29. Of course, I'm not that dexterous or attentive. I was ranked Antaeus.

In Greek mythology, Antaeus is an incredibly strong giant/king and a renowned wrestler. He collected the skulls of his defeated opponents to... uh... build a temple out of them for Poseidon, his father. He also ate lions. His superhuman strength came from the earth (his mother was Gaia, Mother Earth, after all); when struck to the ground, he would become even stronger. He got into a battle with Hercules, who soon discovered Antaeus's secret -- the part where he poured sand over himself before the fight and fell to the ground of his own volition in the second round kind of gave it away. Hercules hoisted Antaeus into the air where, deprived of his power source, he became more vulnerable by the minute. Hercules crushed his ribs in a bearhug and held him off the ground until he died.

How does this ranking system work again?

What is the most obnoxious roommate behavior you have ever put up with?

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:32:55 GMT

Watching anime (and a few times anime porn) without the decency to wear headphones. I swear, that high-pitched squealing jabber.... She nearly ruined Harry Potter for me with her weird fanaticism: she once watched this YouTube fan video 20 times in an hour 'til I could recite it by heart. Really, I have a whole post on this stuff.

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more "lost" tidbits

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:26:11 GMT

Minor casting spoiler here. Not a surprise, so much as a specific.

Dharma Wants You has its first test up and running. Game One is "Pressurized Spatial Judgment Evaluation". It's designed to test "perception of temporary spatial relationships", which would be handy if your job required you to "observe and document unique research results in the field." Like rabbits time travelling around a lab, or a rat completing a maze it won't be shown for another hour. It took me less than a minute to complete, and another game won't be up for a couple days. Fun.

anticipation

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:18:54 GMT

Pretty big spoilers. Don't look!

EW.com article with tidbits on Season 5:

Jin will be back next season. My bet is that he'll be one of the Island's ghost emissaries, according to my theory that Christian Shepard and Co. will haunt everyone, convincing them to return. Hopefully we'll get a nice scene with Jin and baby Ji Yeon. Anyway, I can't to see Sun this season.
Season Five's alternate reality game. Register to become a Dharma volunteer. Beginning Aug. 19, you can take a series of tests that will "assess the most appropriate research role for your talents and abilities". That is, if you pass the weird multiple-choice eligibility test.
There was another Dharma video ("Secret Candle") shown at Comic Con. It's now up on ABC's website, but I haven't watched it yet.
The title of the premiere episode is revealed. A little cheesy I think, but fitting.

Let the countdown begin.

Also, SciFi will be airing "Lost" in syndication. Season One re-airs Sept. 15.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:48:42 GMT

I've been hiding out for a while, sort of letting the malaise that is my life wash over me. (That sounds so emo, I apologize.) Thankfully, some issues have been resolved and I'm creeping back on to the internet.

I've gone back to my first job, and even though I have yet to start it isn't looking so good. It's way out of the way, and the pay is hardly worth it. I don't expect to be there a month before I leave for something better -- feel bad about abandoning them, though. I'm working on getting a great volunteer position in my planned career field. I just have to wheedle my way into pay or an internship. This place is 40 minutes out and my car, as fuel efficient as it is, cannot run on enthusiasm alone.

The school I will be attending is about 40 minutes from my house in the opposite direction. The area is heavily trafficked, however, so I'll spend a lot of time idling on the freeway. If I can't get a decent work-study position, I hope to work out some way for my volunteer work to count toward credits. Apparently a bunch of people I knew in elementary school go to the same university. That's cool. Unfortunately a friend who turned nemesis during my recent drama also attends this school. Huh.

This school isn't my first choice, but I'm picking schools based on how far away they are from people I've known. I want a really good reason for having no friends, rather than this awkward avoidance thing. That's the worst part of all that's happened: going through it with almost no one to talk to, just sulking alone in my room. I'm debating whether or not I should confront them on this. Like before, I don't really want to fix things I just wanna know what the hell is up and maybe virtually tell them off. I've got nothing to lose, so why not?

As far as my broken heart goes, I'm as over that as I'll probably ever be. Yeah, it still tears me up, yeah, I'm still very pissed, but it's no longer so overwhelming. I sort of what to see her again just to say "Hey, you fucked up my life for a couple months. I hope it was so worth it" and then she'll confess to me that her life is now misery and if she had the chance she would take it all back, and then I might verbally crush her into the ground. I want to relate the story to the people I thought were friends and make them ashamed for taking her side, even though I have so true evidence that they have (if you don't compare the pictures of them together with the lack of replies to my invitations to meet up, or the lack of support from the message I posted about what happened). Anyway.

I am so ready to start over.

How would you accept rejection from the person you love?

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:55:48 GMT

Not well at all. I might try to leave the state or something.

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i like milk

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:04:57 GMT

The other day I was very bored and drinking a glass of milk. Somehow the idea formed in my head that I should try to make my own butter. I contemplated building a mini-churn out of a water bottle, a skewer, and a plasticware top. The odds of that working out didn't look too good, but apparently you can do it with just a jar. The next day I bought some whipping cream -- you're supposed to use double cream or heavy cream or something, but I don't know the difference, so whatever. We have something like 6 tubs of butter in the fridge, so I decide against butter in favor of whipped cream (it's whipping cream after all).

Whipped cream is typically made with an electric mixer or blender, but as I was very, very bored, I opted to whip it by hand. I recommend using a mixer. It came out pretty good. I ended up with two cups, but it didn't last long.

So tonight, I had a leftover half-pint of whipped cream and a craving for vanilla ice cream. Thinking back to those days in grade school the week before class let out for summer, I decided to make ice cream in a plastic baggie. We always used milk in school and it always tasted bleh, but it works better with cream. So I just ate two cups of ice cream in less than 10 minutes. I wanna take a nap.

What is in your summer playlist?

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:13:24 GMT

Copied directly from my iPod:

"Signal in the Sky" - Apples in Stereo (Powerpuff Girls were awesome!)
"Dream" - Bardi and Noemi
"Ballade At Thirty-Five" - Carla Bruni
"Walk On By" - Dionne Warwick
"Call On Me" - Eric Prydz
"Dead On Arrival" - Fall Out Boy
"Swmming Pool" - Freezepop
"High and Low" - Greg Laswell
"Bleeding Love" - Leona Lewis (yes, really)
"Time to Pretend" - MGMT
"Great Escape" - Moby with Azure
"Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair" - Nina Simone
"Why Did You Stay" - The Pipettes
"Maniqui Parisien" - Sara Montiel
"Quizas quizas quizas" - Sara Montiel
"Es mi hombre" - Sara Montiel
"Sunday" - Sia
"Lazy Eye" - Silversun Pickups
"Daydream" - Smashing Pumpkins
"Sofia" - West Indian Girl
"Tree Hugger" - Antsy Pants
"Loose Lips" - Kimya Dawson
"Tire Swing" - Kimya Dawson

This playlist was inspired by three of my favorite things: "The L Word", Juno, and La Mala Educacion. And a few commercials.

On my reading list is Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk (technically, it's an audiobook) and The Judas Strain by James Rollins.

On my to-do list: find a job, get in school.

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random

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:31:18 GMT

We went to beach today. My sister took her poodle in the water, and for the first time we saw the dog swim! It was comical.
I made whipped cream by hand. It was delicious.
I'm watching "Intervention" on A&E. A woman is hooked on pain/anti-depressants/anti-anxiety/etc. meds, and her poor son is so traumatized it hurts to watch. Her older son is kind of a douche, though I feel bad for saying that.
My mother is horrified by my reading list:

Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die
The Hypochondriac's Pocket Guide to Horrible Diseases You Probably Already Have
Haunted: A Novel, by Chuck Palahniuk
Survivor [Audio CD], by Chuck Palahniuk (I'm excited to hear a backwards book!)

Creating audiobooks on iTunes is way too complex a process.