chick-flick (chik flik), n. 1. A film in which a male and a female character fall in love, whilst the male character does something "shady" (i.e. a bet), with the female discovering the theme in a timely coincidence and the male ultimately winning her back. 2. A cliché, bad movie which characteristically targets the female gender. [1990-98]
So I saw Hitch last night. It was pretty much met the archetype for a bad chick flick...Hitch's tragic flaw was that he was a date doctor, and the plot twist was a huge coincidence in which his boo found him out. The climax? Well...he said a lot of sappy things and won her back. I don't like that sort of movie because: every time the hero does something, I think to myself, "Welp, can't ever use that."
Every time a chick flick is made, guys everywhere lose certain melodramatic wooing phrases from their ever slimming girl-vocabulary...grrrr.
Anyhow, it was good to hang out with my wyldlife kids on a friday night, and all was good in the world again when I got home, and watched A Night at the Roxbury on TV. Oh joy.
Love,
the guff
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| Date: | 2005-02-09 23:45 |
| Subject: | whew! |
| Security: | Public |
| Mood: |  satisfied | | Music: | Track 5 -Orange |
Yessssssssssssssssss. :-D
Let's do some math
Breakfast with my awesome wyldlife kids.
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My first jewelry club meeting, which freaking RULED
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Nap
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Chicken broccoli caserole (my favorite)
Flipping Awesome day.
g'nite
Love,
the guff
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| Date: | 2005-02-08 20:36 |
| Subject: | Shyeah dude |
| Security: | Public |
| Mood: |  busy | | Music: | Godspeed You Black Emperor |
Well, I haven't updated in a year or so...which sucks.. Sorry all loyal readers. :-X
Ehmm...not much to say. It seems like I've been really busy lately, but I'm sure that's not true. I've been scorekeeping for academic intramurals, so staying til 4 or 4:30 after school, and dodgeball is happening all the time! I probably feel busy because I've been out of the house so much, just wasting time, though.
Anyhow, no matter...the only really negative effects have been not much livejournaling, and my character on warcraft hasn't leveled since thursday...but...I don't think either of those bear TOO much consequence in life...
Nostalgia week!! I hung out with Nick Friday, and I talked to Cole Deisher online for awhile yesterday, and Chelsea for just a second today, and then, BEST of all, I saw my buddy Jer at Target, whom I miss...and talked to him for sometime. It's just got me thinking how much I loved all those guys, and miss them...and the main reason I never see them is because I'm lazy, and that's it. I guess they understood that except for Sean...and now he's gone and I never got to see him. I suck. Do I have any loyalty at all? I'm fixing that, though...and I'm going to go see them at Jer's birfday party saturday.
Ash Wednesday's tomorrow...and I donno what to give up, I need it to be something big, who knows...we will tomorrow, at least. :-D
This feels like my longest entry...I"m going to play warcraft with Andoo, and then sleep and eat breakfast with my AWESOME wyldlife kids tomorrow morning.
Love,
the guff
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| Date: | 2005-01-31 18:55 |
| Subject: | ... |
| Security: | Public |
| Mood: |  aggravated | | Music: | Nickel Creek |
Scrabble Final Score
Mom 279
Me 278
Don't talk to me.
Love,
the guff
(AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!)
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| Date: | 2005-01-27 20:18 |
| Subject: | Welp |
| Security: | Public |
| Mood: | aggravated | | Music: | Letter to a John -Ani Difranco |
Thinking about what matters in life. There's only one thing: Jesus Christ. Sometimes I don't think I'm honest with myself about that. I think "Here's time for God. Here's time for school. Here's time for wyldlife."
Why am I not thinking "Here's life for God."?
I fail day after day, and Christ never gives up on me. What am I doing all the time? How much of it even benefits God?
I mean...we all know everything that happens benefits God, because if it didn't happen then there would be no God, because He's created a set of circumstances which demand each and every result to take place. So, what I do is all a result of those circumstances and succeed in fulfilling His plan up to this moment.
But am I SERVING God explicitly in all I do? No.
"Sin is not giving God the proper place in your life."
If I do not directly and willingly glorify my Lord with each action, word, and thought, then those lacking that direction are sin.
Ope, I just coughed and my gum flew out onto my keyboard....
On that note, I'm OUTTA herrr.
Love,
the guff
(Christy rules!!!)
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"A new comedy duo...Comedy Central's Jon Stewart and Jim Wallis!"
...ay yi yi...
(not that he ws on the Daily Show, but that they sent out an e-mail that says that.)
Sorry if you don't get this.
Actually, I'm not...cuz you're missing out.
Love,
the guff
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| Date: | 2005-01-25 21:01 |
| Subject: | .. |
| Security: | Public |
| Mood: |  sick | | Music: | Muzzle of Bees -Wilco |
I can't believe I stayed home from school today, all I have is a cough.
Last night was super emo night...I lost my key again, and went sort of crazy and was stranded and hurt my hand, etc. Good to have a best friend, though.
So I got my key back, it was just a mix up, after all...I've got to get copies made!
Anyhow...the main thing I wanted to tell everyone is that my mother is the bane of my existance.
Scrabble, final score:
Mom: 284
Me: 280
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Love,
the guff
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Welp, that's that.
I finished Sanctuary last night. I sort of stopped reading it for about a month, so I think it's been the book I was on since November. Pretty pathetic.
Darn you Bracher!!!
Anyhow...it was pretty awesome. The back talked about how it's a study of the "nature of evil." That's the second time the pros have taken a theme out of a Faulkner book that I didn't see at all. Last time, in As I Lay Dying they pros said it was all about the weakness of language, but I really read it as a portrayal of the damages that zeal will cause when unchecked? Now this is supposed to be about the nature of evil...but wasn't it really just a book about how beautiful and powerful the female gender is? I mean...Faulkner does love his ladies...
"Oh," Horace said, "you have a son." Then she showed him her hands, flung them out in a gesture at once spontaneous and diffident and self-conscious and proud...
That was my favorite quote of the book, easily, so thought I'd share it. Of course I read some things in there regarding the fragility of life and time, but I was just impressed at how Ol' Willy leads the reader on the entire book, givomg an air of male dominance among characters. Temple is raped, Ruby's husband is jailed and she is dragged along by Horace throughout the novel, and Miss Reba simply seems altogether pathetic. In the end...the women all seem to be the most powerful characters in the book. Temple's deceit results in two deaths, Ruby's acceptance allows the novel to come full swing, and, in addition, Horace's wife Belle, neglected and ignored throughout the entire story, in finality seems to control Horace completely.
Basically: Women are beautiful, powerful, and to be loved and respected? I really liked the book...I really liked Faulkner's last book, too. Didn't freaking change my life like Brave New World, but William rules!!
To any and all feminists: I am a man and I wrote all this, and so is William Faulkner! It's important for males to have their own perspective on the female gender in order to embrace and appreciate it. Good!!
Love,
the guff
P.S. What do I read next?
God's Politics
or
Homage to Catalonia
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| Date: | 2005-01-22 22:54 |
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| Security: | Public |
| Mood: |  apathetic | | Music: | Bullet to Binary -mewithoutyou |
This is something for Orwell's Homage to Catalonia that I really really liked...but, it's long, and terribly uninteresting to most, I'd assume, so don't bother reading if you don't want to, I totally understand. in fact, I don't even know why I'm posting this.
It was the first time I'd ever been in a town where the working class was in the saddle...Every shop and cafe had an inscription saying that it had been collectivized; even the bootblacks had been collectivized and their boxes painted red and black. Waiters and shop-walkers looked you in the face and treated you as an equal. Servile and even ceremonial forms of speech had temporarily disappeared. Nobody said "Senor" or "Don" or even "Usted"; Everyone called everyone else "Comrade" and "Thou," and said "Salud!" instead of "Buenos dias."
...Human beings were trying to behave as human beings and not as cogs in the capitalist machine. In the barbers' shops were Anarchist notices solemnly explaining that barrbers were no longer slaves. In the streets were coloured posters appealing to prostitutes to stop being prostitutes.
There was much in it that I did not understand, in some ways I did not even like it, but I recognized it immediately as a state of affairs worth fighting for.
Love,
the guff
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| Date: | 2005-01-20 21:20 |
| Subject: | Let's talk |
| Security: | Public |
| Mood: | annoyed | | Music: | Oh Messy Life -Cap'n Jazz |
Ready for the heresy?
Actually, can we call it "hearsay"?
Sorry about this, I just got all worked up because of the speech today.
-"...Bush doesn't make mistakes."
"So, Bush is Jesus, then?"
"No, but he's a follower of Jesus."
If a single human being was actually infallible, he'd probably be God. (yuk yuk yuk)
Today:
"We are winning the greatest achievements in the history of freedom."
Even if Bush's little war was one of the crowning achievements of our nation (snicker snicker snicker)
Does it top everything that's ever been achieved in terms of freedom?
How about the abolition of slavery?
Umm...allied troops saving victims of the Holocaust?
what's that one...oh...ummm...
oh, duh! Jesus!!! Yeah, Jesus dying to free the entire human race?!
"The greatest achievements in the history of freedom."
Georgy: You are not quite God. Perhaps your wisdom and power surpasses all but God. Perhaps you have achieved a mandate from God, as His unfailing Hand on Earth. But you don't beat Jesus.
Has your reelection ended all of your guilt? Are you sure now that no mistakes have been made?
(mosaic of American men and women who have died in Iraq)
"We will not claim that God is on our side
rather, we will pray humbly that we might be on God's side."
-Honest Abe
Love,
the guff
P.S. really sorry about all that. I'm probably going to end up in hell...but, oh well. (rhyme!!)
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| Date: | 2005-01-17 20:45 |
| Subject: | Rose is rose |
| Security: | Public |
| Mood: | satisfied | | Music: | Chelsea Morning -Joni Mitchell |
Tonight was an evening that truly achieved the crowning essence of the Rose family.
All three of us sitting around the fire in the living room
Joni Mitchell playing off my iPod, Father and I both singing along
Mother and I eating sheepherd's pie and drinking skim milk from our mugs.
Auburn Mom and This American Life, respectively
Mother and I playing scrabble, her destroying me as usual.
Father withdrawn, enjoying archconservative blogs and free cell.
Oh, twas a glorious evening.
Final score: 338 to 296
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| Date: | 2005-01-10 01:01 |
| Subject: | Intramural |
| Security: | Public |
| Mood: | giddy | | Music: | Husband and Wife |
Well...geez...I figured I'd post because I need someway to express my overbounding excitedment, and the only person online would probably be mad if I told them this right now.
I don't know if anyone in the world knows how obsessed with intramurals I am.
In January-March for the past three years, Nation of Domination (my academic intramural team) has been my LIFE.
I get really into it...really really into it.
I guess I pride myself in being a good team captain? I hope you all agree...
It's probably because I'm not actually the best at what our teams do that being a team captain is so important to me...I mean...goodness, I'm probably the worst on Nation of Domination, but it's my LIFE.
Looking at whose on Justice (my intramural dodgeball team), I bet I'm the worst on that, too...but I'm the Team Captain...
Basically...I started thinking about my two teams, and I'm sooo giddy! Intramural season will be in full swing at the end of the month, and I will be TRULY happy.
If Nation of Domination doesn't win this year...oh goodness...I don't want to think about it. Sandeep, Sparks, Josh DON'T LET ME DOWN!!!!!!
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!
So...I've spent the last hour drawing logos for both of my teams, and drawing myself in each team's respective uniform.
I'm so excited.
Love,
the guff
p.s. reviewing this entry, it looks really chaotic, but I'm tired, so no matter.
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| Date: | 2005-01-05 22:45 |
| Subject: | Hey!! |
| Security: | Public |
| Mood: | satisfied | | Music: | Dueling Bagpipes |
Please don't skim over this...
Politics and Christ
by Frank S. Palmisano III
To what extent did Jesus involve himself with the tense political situation of his day? When Peter questions the Lord about taxes, Jesus admonishes him to give unto Caesar what is Caesar's and unto the Lord what is the Lord's. When he stands before Pontius Pilate on the charge of blasphemy, Jesus clearly defends himself by putting his own mission as far from the political spectrum of turmoil and unrest of the day as he could possibly go. "My kingdom is not of this world," he spoke. "If it were, my servants would be fighting." Jesus constantly eschewed titles and grandeur. In the political scene of the day, there were groups of nationalists (or zealots) who pushed for Jesus to adopt a political agenda and set up a temporal king on earth. How many Christians too easily fall into the same trap as those zealots? Grievously, it's evident in the masses of Christians trying to establish a temporal reign of Christ here on earth through a political candidate.
How many of us find a perfect set of moral imperatives in one candidate, only to stamp him with Christ's seal of approval, forgetting that it's a change of heart, not a changing of the guard, that is required? How many of us act as God's attorneys when we are not satisfied to be witnesses? As many rushed off to the polls in hopes of consecrating the best man for the job under a banner of Christ, I was reminded of the Crusaders who carried banners in the Lord's name, as they went forth to establish "Christian rule" on earth, and sealed their testimony in the blood of unbelievers. Let us take to heart that we are merely sojourners, not here to establish kingdoms, but to bring people into the only one that matters.
This is good? I hope this helps people understand where I'm coming from...I know a lot of people aren't so interested in politics now that the election is over, but it is something that I love, and I think is important because of its significance in my religion. Thanks.
Love,
the guff
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| Date: | 2005-01-05 22:17 |
| Subject: | Ouch |
| Security: | Public |
| Mood: | full | | Music: | The Garden Song- Peter, Paul, and Mary |
So I said something about how my perspective has changed in the past year, and how Christianity has become more than just church on sundays, young life on mondays, pray every night and before meals, read Bible once daily to me.
annnnd, I said something about how I wouldn't have grown to believe what I believe, even politically, without this new perspective.
People laughed! "You're joking, right?!"
NO! I'm going to post an article I found once that articulated my political views better than I'll ever be able to...unless I plagarize.
It'll be a seperate entry, because I doubt people will even read it if it is at the end of this entry.
(I'm so clever...I'll wait an hour or so, though.)
Love,
the guff
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So that tsunami stuff...whew!
I haven't updated in aboot a year...well...not since last year?
Umm...not much going on.
Chillin' out max and relaxin' all cool.
I am FULL of joy...this has been an amazing Christmas break?
I have a perfect God. There could be no god better than my God
All sorts of new things for me, all very exciting! Praise God for EVERYTHING.
I lost pretty hard at Mario Party last night. Fourth place...
That's all? I'm going back to school shopping. I hope not alone.
Love,
the guff
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| Date: | 2004-12-30 00:42 |
| Subject: | "Show Me" State |
| Security: | Public |
| Mood: |  bouncy | | Music: | The Build -Husband and Wife |
Welllllll
Basically:
Thursday, December 30:
@ Wired Cafe (Main Street Downtown Evansville)
Husband and Wife (w/ Away With Vega & Paul Dube)
$5
Doors: 7:00
Show Starts: 8:00
This'll be good, I promise. BE THERE. Support my bruddah!!
Rides or anything, contact meeeeeeee!!!
Love,
the guff
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| Date: | 2004-12-28 23:33 |
| Subject: | S to da P |
| Security: | Public |
| Mood: | excited | | Music: | The Martyr -Cursive |
Hello, Sausage Party, I've missed you so much!!
I love Sausage Party!!!
Cholesterol Challenge:
December 29. 12:00 p.m. Hardee's.
Love,
the guff
P.S. (I GOT INTO WHEATON!!)
P.P.S. (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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| Date: | 2004-12-28 17:02 |
| Subject: | (Praise the LORD) |
| Security: | Public |
| Mood: | giddy | | Music: | Long Live the Party -Andrew W.K. |
I. Got. Into. Wheaton. I. Got. Into. Wheaton. I. Got. Into. Wheaton. I. Got. Into. Wheaton. I. Got. Into. Wheaton. I. Got. Into. Wheaton. I. Got. Into. Wheaton. I. Got. Into. Wheaton.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Every bit of anguish, worry, despair, excitement, anticipation, nervousness, joy, sorrow, and dread building up in the pit of my stomach for months on end is GONE. No bit of weight can hold down my swift beating heart. God answer's prayers!!! Praise the Lord!!!!
Love,
the guff
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If East doesn't have Life Aquatic tomorrow, heads will roll.
Not tonight, naturally...so I found myself in the Aviator.
If you go to see the Aviator, you will never forgive yourself.
It is the worst movie I can remember seeing.
I'm sorry, boo.
I hope Eric crawls out of his hole and opens up tomorrow.
Show me all the blueprints.
Show me all the blueprints.
Show me all the blueprints.
Show me all the blueprints.
Show me all the blueprints.
Show me all the blueprints.
Show me all the blueprints.
Show me all the blueprints.
Show me all the blueprints.
Love,
the guff
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| Date: | 2004-12-27 13:32 |
| Subject: | I don't even care! |
| Security: | Public |
| Mood: | thirsty | | Music: | Morning in the Forest -Unwed Sailor |
ello
Yesterday was the best day t of my life.
(Awkward. Sleds. Jeremy's girl. National Geography. Shake it.)
Ummm...my house doesn't have water.
My house hasn't had water for days.
Its awesome, my dad tried to melt some snow to brush our teeth.
It had a lot of hair and grass in it. Bleh.
Water? I aint need none of that sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
Love,
the guff
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