corporate zombie
( May. 2nd, 2010 11:08 pm)
Age: 25
Where you grew up (Ages 0-18): Indiana

1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks: Creek (pronounced creak)

2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called: a cart.

3. A metal container to carry a meal in: Lunch box

4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in: Frying pan or skillet. I generally prefer skillet.

5. The piece of furniture that seats three people: Couch

6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof: Gutter

7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening: deck or porch

8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages: I prefer to say soda, but everyone around me keeps saying pop or coke T_T

9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup: Pancakes.

10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself: Sub (sandwich).

11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach: Swim trunks (or speedo, depending)

12. Shoes worn for sports: Tennis Shoes

13. Putting a room in order: Cleaning

14. A flying insect that glows in the dark: Lightening bug, normally, but sometimes also firefly

15. The little insect that curls up into a ball: roly-poly

16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down: See-saw or teeter-totter

17. How do you eat your pizza: With my hands

18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff: garage sale and yard sale are interchangeable terms.

19. What's the evening meal?: Dinner.

20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are: basement

21. What do you call the thing from which you can drink water in public places: water fountain or drinking fountain
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Dr. Horrible from http://www.livejournal.com/users/atellix/
( Jan. 15th, 2010 06:27 pm)
I want all of you reading out there to know about this . This is another good source of info on the matter. Honestly, I discovered this issue when i was walking through the living room while my parents were watching the news and I was appalled. Like, genuinely shocked. I understand that hair can fall under the jurisdiction of dress code, but I think this borders infringement of civil liberties. I don't know how I could say more clearly that this is just wrong.

This is another link in the chain of reasons I don't want to put Spawn in public school.
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Dr. Horrible
( Nov. 29th, 2009 01:32 pm)
Pretty self-explanatory.  If you want questions from me, let me know with a quirky message! (non-quirky messages will also be accepted)

Q#1: I have no idea what your SCA persona is, other than early period. Tell me a little bit about your persona and why you chose it!
A#1: My persona, named Andreas Edoart de Lessete, is a Norman soldier around the time of the conquest of England, 1066-ish.  I have no idea how I even heard of the Norman culture (because I sure as hell wasn't taught about them in world history--William the conqueror was always just "French," which isn't really at all accurate) but I took an interest in them because I was, at the time, studying the French language in high school.  I have since majored in French in college (although I transfered to a different school and changed my major... again) and studied a little bit of the language that was actually spoken in the time of the conquest (ancient French).  I continue to research their culture in my spare time and have actually been disappointed a few times, but that's what I get for ignorantly blundering into a persona.  I don't regret my decision, but I will more than likely stick to this persona in combat alone.  I have also been looking at some fun 14th century garb as an experiment.  We'll see where that goes.


Q#2: What is your favorite activity in the SCA and why?
A#2: If i had to pick just one (although I really do enjoy participating in a wide variety of SCA activities) I would have to say Heavy Combat.  I finally have most of my armor together (although my membership and authorization have lapsed and I have no one with which to fight locally) and nothing gives me the thrill that Heavy Combat does.  It's a bigger contact sport than anything mainstream and has all of the appeal of martial arts with none of the pulled punches.  It's gets my adrenaline pumping when nothing else will and it's something I know I will always have room to grow in.  The SCA is a big place--there will always be someone better than me and I can't wait to jump into this with both feet.  For now, however, I have to take a slightly more casual approach as I am raising a son with my partner/wife, am unemployed, and a full-time student.  A second choice would probably be thrown weapons, although I'm really not very good.  It's just something I enjoy every now and then when there's a Marshall around.


Q#3: Do you have any non-SCA hobbies?
A#3: Yes!  Err, well, I used to!  Apart from my passion for languages and the amount of time I waste every day on the computer, I am also borderline fanatical about the martial arts. As with all other things I enjoy, I am far from being an expert.  I have had a grand total of maybe two years of actual classes since I first got into it around the age of nine (i'm 21 now, to give you a little frame of reference).  I have learned enough to be formidable but not enough to make sure I don't kill or maim whoever picks a fight with me.  I have studied Okinawan Karate, Hap-Ki-Do (Korean martial art), Shurite Kung-Fu, Crane Style Kung-Fu (taken concurrently with Shurite), and some Mixed Martial Arts.  I know, it's a lot to cram into only two years of classes, but most of them I only took for a summer or during a fall semester and didn't last more than a couple months.  Karate was the first and longest class I took, lasting over a year.  I still want to study Aikido and maybe Judo and would someday be proud to obtain a black belt in at least a single form.


Q#4: Tell us about a good book or movie you read/saw recently.
A#4: A couple months ago, I think, I saw a move called Children of Huang Shi.  The story follows a British journalist in China in 1938, the early days of the Japanese occupation.  The journalist smuggles himself out of the Japan-controlled safe zone so he can photograph the atrocities that the Japanese soldiers were committing against the Chinese people.  He is caught but before he can be executed, he is saved by a Chinese Communist resistance fighter.  In exchange for saving his life, the resistance fighter sends him to Huang Shi, an orphanage housing 60 young boys, where he will help an American nurse run the orphanage.  The main character slowly (ever so slowly) grows attached to the boys in the orphanage and becomes their teacher in English while he himself begins learning Chinese.  He earns their respect by fixing the generator and electrical system  and by tilling the land surrounding the orphanage so they will have food of their own and won't have to wait for shipments.  They are forced to flee the orphanage when the Chinese Nationalist Army shows up and considering conscripting the boys to fight against the Japanese.

All this courtesy of Wikipedia because I can't remember everything. ^^; The main reason I liked this film was because it gave a very real portrayal of what happened in China at the time (including the rape of Nanking and Sanko Sakusen).  It showed me how much I knew about Chinese history, but, perhaps more importantly, how much I didn't know about Chinese history.


Q#5: What is your favorite food in the world?
A#5: My favorite food would probably be a toss-up between Golden Curry brand Japanese curry (which I love so very, very much) and a corn casserole that I make (and actually made for Thanksgiving this year).

(It's kind of depressing, but I think this is my single longest journal entry since making this account back in April XD)
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corporate zombie
( Oct. 24th, 2009 12:13 pm)
The problem with journals: we all think we are so close, but really, we know nothing about each other. So ask me something you want to know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away. Then (ETA: if you feel like it) post this in your journal and find out what people don't know about you.

[I'm posting this because I realize that I don't post very often and it is difficult to gain a complete understanding of my interests merely from the information that can be gleaned from my posts and comments.]
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Dr. Horrible from http://www.livejournal.com/users/atellix/
( Aug. 14th, 2009 08:40 pm)
When my mother got off of work tonight, after finishing her first week back to school, she decided it was a night worth celebrating.  And, because my father doesn't like Thai food, we went to Golden Corral.  It was around this time that I was reminded exactly why is it that I have been avoiding my parents so thoroughly.  It's not that I am excluded from the "adult" conversations (although I can't help but think that might be better), but the fact that I am so thoroughly included.  I am included in the conversation, but everything I put forth anything that might be of a perspective differing from that of my parents', it is automatically dismissed as either me being completely ignorant of the real issue or that I am once again seeking to fulfill my neverending quest to make the entire world conform to my ideals.

Needless to say, I'm a little pissed.  It would be unacceptable for my parents to have only done it this once, but it is an age-old theme of our relationship; they always have treated me like a child and they always will.  This is one very large frustration for GeekMama but it seems that, no matter what I do, nothing can ever change this.  Tonight's topic of discussion was a whole other matter than makes me continue to lose all faith in public education, but I believe the heart of that lies with another post.

I am concerned that, while I live with my parents and have to interact with them on a regular basis, I face the possibility of a return to many of the feelings I had in high school, which I do not miss, as well as a regression to some of the less-than-healthy thoughts I had at that time.  GeekMama and I have talked about how it's unhealthy for me to visit her as a means to escape my parents, but I just don't know what else to do.  When I had friends in high school (which didn't really happen much at all for the first half) I did the exact same thing.  I would spend all my timne with friends so I didn't have to deal with my parents.  I've long-ago given up on trying to change them.
Dr. Horrible
( Aug. 7th, 2009 07:57 pm)

So, according to my account settings, I haven't made a post of any sort in over three months.  Because I believe the purpose of a journal is to post in it, I am forced to examine why this is and, in the process, re-examine what I expect from dreamwidth.

My life is anything but uneventful.  I have plenty to write about ranging from the bleakness of the future to what I'm hoping to do with school.  And it's not that I'm squeamish about any random person being able to stop by and read my thoughts and what's going on in my life.  I think the problem lies more with my difficulty in expressing myself in words.  From time to time I come across a moment of introspection which I think would be good to post about, but, when I sit down to write it out, the words just don't come.  This is rather troubling for me.  I consider myself fairly articulate and intelligent, but this has been a consistent theme across my lifetime regarding creative writing as well as journal writing.  I've been thinking about this very post for over a month.

I don't really think what I had originally hoped for from Dreamwidth is really anything close to what I got.  I've already had to re-evaluate this once, but I still haven't got it quite right.  No matter what I expect, I seem to make an unconscious effort to remain unnoticed when I don't really think this is what I want.  Most recently, I had expected to meet new people and enter into interesting new discussions via DW's communities but, although I am a member of many communities, I have yet to actually make a post or comment on a post in a community.  And, frankly, I don't feel like I'm missing out on much.  I just really know where else to go to find the type of discussion that I seek.  Maybe it's just not possible for me.  At least not with the level of committment I can put into it.

fuck off
( May. 5th, 2009 09:28 pm)
 So, I ended up going to fighter practice yesterday and, while I don't regret the experience, I think these are some fo the worst bruises I have ever gotten from fighting.  This is partly due to my poor defense, but largely due to the fact that I have little to nothing covering my thighs and butt.  As I said in my most recenty post, I had decided to take it easy and not overwork myself because I was already tired and sore before I got there, but apparently most of the others didn't get the memo, so I am exceptionally lumpy.

I have also, recently, been faced with some really frustrating issues within the local shire.  Almost every single person in the shire is opposed to peerage/chivalry/royalty and it's really frustrating because both my fiance and I would really like our AoA's, to become part of the laurels/pelicans/chivalry, and, eventually, to become royalty in the SCA.  But there's no one at all we know in our own kingdom that would support us in our endeavors or even like to see us succeed.  They all have such disdain for the chivalry and peers that they just avoid them completely.  It's not that they're stopping us, but there's no way we're going to get anywhere with this group.  Plus, within a couple months of taking over the position, the new Seschal has gotten her Purple Fret, despite her disdain for peerage and name registration.  What the fuck?  Seriously?  Gah!
corporate zombie
( May. 4th, 2009 01:02 pm)
Well, so far so good. DW wasn't what I thought it would be, but I'm not disappointed. I've jumped into the community thing with both feet (something I never even dabbled in on LJ) and am quite pleased with my findings. DW has grown at a ridiculous rate but is still much smaller than LiveJournal and I really like the feel of relatively small communities. I see the same set of people posting and can remember that I recognize them! It makes me feel like I know them, even if we never actually talk or post under the same topic. Starting to feel like a creepster, but I suppose I'm not the first person to lurk journals.

I'm still pretty exhausted from the move. Forty times and down the stairs was a start, but I think it was sleeping on the floor that really did me in. So I've been on a steady flow of Tylenol since before my shower last night. I'm not really sure how much it's helping with the pain, but I do feel marginally better, even if it's just relaxing my mind. Honestly, though, the only reason I'm really being proactive about this is because I really really want to go to fighter practice today.  I went last week and am still showing the bruises but I'm really getting tired of missing practice for no good reason.  If I go, I'll probably take it easy on the fighting but something is better than nothing.  Last week's practice left me just wanting more the next day, regardless of how tired Iw as at the time.  I'll just have to see how I feel in a few hours.  I'm also strongly considering going out and buying myself the knee and elbow pads that I so desperately need.  We'll see.
fuck off
( May. 1st, 2009 10:03 am)
As is customary for these particular circumstances, I have no idea what to write about. This is a great new resource for all my open source journal needs, but... I never really used LiveJournal all that much on the first place. I'm not really sure what this means to me and my role in this community. I'm not expecting to suddenly be filled with inspiration just because I'm in a new location. On top of that, it just doesn't feel right to jump into a post about everyday things or things I would normally post about without an introduction, but isn't that was the bio is for? I guess that means I need to fill that out. ^^;

I guess it's true that I'm not really as excited as I should be about this just because I'm not yet certain how much of a difference it will make for me. I've already participated in communities way more than I ever did on LJ (which was none at all). I'd like to think that there will be people interested in me because of my interests or my writing but will these people ever actually message me? Probably not. I'm going into this hoping for the best but I'll most likely just be disappointed.

I don't really mean to sound to pessimistic, but... well I'm just pessimistic.
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