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 bookquotes [ caligula ] | 21st of November, '09 10:38 pm Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk. In the house on Paper Street, a police detective stated calling about my condominium explosion, and Tyler stood with his chest against my shoulder, whispering into my ear while I held the phone to the other ear, and the detective asked if I knew anyone who could make homemade dynamite. "Disaster is a natural part of my evolution," Tyler whispered, "toward tragedy and dissolution." I told the detective that it was the refrigerator that blew up my condo. "I'm breaking my attachment to physical power and possessions,' Tyler whispered, "because only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit." The dynamite, the detective said, there were impurities, a residue of ammonium oxalate and potassium perchloride that might mean the bomb was homemade, and the dead bolt on the front door was shattered. I said I was in Washington, D.C., that night. The detective on the phone explained how someone had sprayed a canister of Freon into the dead-bolt lock and then tapped the lock with a cold chisel to shatter the cylinder. This is the way criminals are stealing bicycles. "The liberator who destroys my property," Tyler said, "is fighting to save my spirit. The teacher who clears all possessions from my path will set me free." The detective said whoever set the homemade dynamite could've turned on the gas and blown out the pilot lights on the stove days before the explosion took place. The gas was just the trigger. It would take days for the gas to fill the condo before it reached the compressor at the base of the refrigerator and the compressor's electric motor set off the explosion. "Tell him," Tyler whispered. "Yes, you did it. You blew it all up. That's what he wants to hear." Leave a comment | |

 robynsummers | 21st of November, '09 11:37 pm Gratitudes - 1.2 Saturday 1. Bought several boxes of yummy Girl Scout cookies 2. Met a charming elderly Scot walking his beautiful black Scottish terrier! The terrier was so friendly. 3. Saw my college's production of Grease with two friends 4. Watched several Hulu episodes on my queue 5. Beautiful Papyrus cards in the bookstore 6. Reading scholastic articles for a paper Current Mood: relaxed Current Music: Lady Gaga - I Like It Rough
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 hazumuchan | 21st of November, '09 05:05 pm Indeed! Leaving in 1/2 hour for choir concert. First onstage solo in 14 years! Nanase captures my mood perfectly in this icon. ULP! indeed.
Wish me luck! Current Mood: anxious Current Music: 宇多田ヒカル "Heart Station"/"Beautiful World"
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 announcements [ squeaky ] | 21st of November, '09 02:30 pm IJ Holiday Sale We are starting this years InsaneJournal holiday sale. From now until the end of the day Friday, November 27 we are going to be holding a sale on Self-Committed[paid] accounts and Extra Userpics.
The prices are be as follows
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Then on Friday November 27th from 8am until 4pm (Eastern US time) we will be running a very special sale on Permanently Insane accounts. 21 comments - Leave a comment | |

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 hazumuchan | 21st of November, '09 09:37 am AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!! *runs and hides* First of all, the choir concert is TONIGHT! *sigh* We managed to get through dress rehearsal okay, and even managed to hangout with some of the women in our choir at a small bar afterward, although I wasn't really much in the mood for it. But we survived it, and we can survive the concert as well. My first onstage solo in 14 years, although it's part of a small group. *swoons in fear* I should be okay. I belt the fucker out in "Give Me One Reason" (yes, the Tracy Chapman song!) and be done with it. I'm just worried about the other small group I'm in that's doing an interpretation of "Gloria In Excelsis Deo"; there's one part that we had finally gotten right, but the song is pretty complex and in Latin. Oy! The concert itself should go well, though.
Second of all, the trans study about how transsexual people experience sexism is a bust. *headdesk* ( More details if you REALLY want them. Cut for length. )
Between this and the choir concert, adding to the fun is that all 3 of us are hitting that fun-fun time of the month damn near simultaneously. I'm tired and anxious from the concert and frustrated with the trans study and my breasts hurt and I'm having bowel issues and I just want to stay in bed the rest of the weekend. But there's my group, the choir concert and another event we already said we'd be at tomorrow. *sigh* So I'm feeling half-insane right now.
In any case, hope y'all's weekend is less stressful than mine. Wish me luck during the concert! TTFN! Current Mood: overwhelmed Current Music: Run D.M.C. "It's Tricky"
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 robynsummers | 20th of November, '09 11:58 pm Gratitudes - 1.1 Friday 1. A classmate found a ring I lost a few days ago and returned it to me! :D 2. Finally watched Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail. Wasn't really my kind of movie, but at least now I can get the references made to it! 3. Ice Cream Friday in the cafeteria for dinner 4. A really nice nap after classes 5. Drinking lots of fluids 6. Blessed silence Current Mood: chipper
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 robynsummers | 20th of November, '09 10:57 pm Reebok's Easy Tone advertisements really bug me for its very shallow and explicit sexual targeting.
ARGH. Current Mood: aggravated
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 robynsummers | 19th of November, '09 10:26 pm Gratitudes - DAY 365 - ONE YEAR!!! It's been a year! Some days were harder than others, when I couldn't think of 5 good things. In times of stress, I could only think of 3 or less, or the list sometimes got repetitive. Sometimes the list became a way of keeping track of events during the day, and perhaps that wasn't in the spirit of the 5 gratitudes. I tend to be more focused on events, I have to admit, or something physical as opposed to feelings or emotions. I can feel good or calm, but I tend to focus more on what caused the good feeling, if there's usually a reason. Sometimes I do feel calm without a discernible explanation or cause. :-D I should probably focus on these feelings more, when they do occur (rarely, but still important).
So, things I'm grateful for!
- You, my awesome friends! Thanks for being willing to open your lives to me, and trusting me. I've enjoyed reading your entries, and living vicariously through you. Thanks, also, for the support you've given me. Not just during the past few days, but whenever I've been distressed since we've befriended each other.
- I'm also grateful for my friends in person, who are also awesome. They're good people.
- Using multiple swipes during lunch to get extra chips, a boiled egg and extra juice.
- Eating some Girl Scouts cookies -- Caramel cookies and Peanut Butter cookies!
- A good, involved discussion about Tuesdays with Morrie in psych class.
- Feeling calmer today.
- Being trusted enough by someone they confided in me about feelings of dissatisfaction and some values they held dear.
- Yeah, Hulu... >_>
Current Mood: calm
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 robynsummers | 19th of November, '09 01:49 pm Gratitudes - Days 362-364 Monday 1. Professors being understanding 2. Good writing class 3. A professor accepting an emailed paper 4. Kindness from others 5. Chicken noodle soup 6. Hanging with a new friend in her room, looking at her art
Tuesday 1. Made an appointment to see my therapist 2. Cleaned out my room of garbage and trash 3. Finished a good anthology of short fantasy stories 4. Canceled a pre-order 5. Nice hot shower
Wednesday 1. The 2 symposiums I saw were good 2. Got a new library book and donated a book to the lib 3. Folded and put away clean laundry 4. Good debate about French and American secularism with someone 5. Bought earrings off Etsy 6. Finished computer science project #4 due Friday 7. Bought 2 pints of ice cream!! 1 Cookies 'n' Cream, the other Rocky Road Current Mood: full
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 liebe_maus | 18th of November, '09 05:53 pm HELLO, GORGEOUS!  Well lookie here at what came in the mail this morning! Current Mood: jubilant Current Music: Andrew Bird - Simple X
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 robynsummers | 18th of November, '09 03:30 pm International Symposium Day Today's Int'l Symposium Day on campus, where people give symposiums mostly based on their experiences abroad. This entire week is Int'l Education Week. Monday night was the Iron Chef competition.
I had several marked as potentials, but either their times clashed or I got back too late from public library errands to view all of them. I did go to see one, though. It was by someone I have class with. Her symposium title was "Inside the Mind of Someone with an Eating Disorder: Psychological, Theoretical and Practical Perspective." Her blurb was
( Her blurb )
( Presentation and thoughts of it )
There's another I'm interested in and might go to at 3:50. It's "Headscarves and Homework: Defining Religious Freedom in France and the United States." This blurb is
In 2003, three Muslim girls were barred from attending public schools in France when they refused to removed their headscarves. The following year, the French government banned all conspicious religious symbols from public schools, including headscarves, skullcaps, and crosses. This presentation will address how historically divergent traditions of French and Americans secularism present competing conceptions of religious equality, with a focus on the headscarf controversy.
In both France and the United States, free exercise and separation of church and state constitute the most basic principles of religious freedom. However, while French headscarf ban clearly violates American tenets of religious freedom, it is consistent with French secularism known was laicite.[ I don't know how to do accents here, so it's not properly spelled.]
Originating during the revolution, laicite has become a central pillar of the contemporary French Republic. Generalized as freedom from religion (as opposed to the Americanized freedom of religion), laicite limits the interaction of church and state in order to assure equal treatment of all groups. Be separating private life from the public sphere, laicite emphasizes freedom of conscience and offers a competing vision of equality relative to American secularism.
As anxiety mounts over Muslim presence in Europe, the headscarf controversy crystallizes the tensions between assimilation, French identity, laicite, and the Republic. Both a response to mounting pressures and support for the status quo, the headscarf ban remains one of the most controversial issues in French politics.
The weather's dreary and I already walked 50 minutes to and from the library today...legs tired, and I still need to go pick up some things at Walgreen's. Ah, we will see. I shouldn't be lazy lazy.Current Mood: contemplative
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 addme [ jayjay ] | 18th of November, '09 02:50 am hello :) Hey y'all! :) Name's Billie. I'm 19, an artist, college kid who's trying to figure stuff out. I blather on about random stuff but it's sure to keep you entertained. :D I love music, bands include AFI, Kill Hannah, HIM, and Linkin Park. I like The Simpsons and Futurama, and my favourite movie is Zombieland. I need new friends because my friends page hardly moves and I'm bored and want to meet new people. Haha.
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