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Holy Crap

2009-10-10T20:28:39Z

Apparently seven cups of tea filled with sugar might be the magic number that cause me to not be able to stop moving. This makes typing effectively very very difficult. Otherwise, the teahouse I was at was delightful.

Books! Stolen from vera_dicere

2009-08-14T02:49:04Z

The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits stack up? Instructions: Copy this into your NOTES. Look at the list and put an 'x' after those you have read. Tag other book nerds...

1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen -
2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien -X
3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte -
4. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling - X
5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee -X
6. The Bible -
7. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte -
8. Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell -
9. His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman -
10. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens -
11. Little Women - Louisa M Alcott - X
12. Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy -
13. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller -
14. Complete Works of Shakespeare -
15. Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier -
16. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien - X
17. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk -
18. Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger -X
19. The Time Traveler’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger -
20. Middlemarch - George Eliot-

Running Total: 6

21. Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell -
22. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald - X
23. Bleak House - Charles Dickens -
24. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy -
25. The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams -
27. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky -X
28. Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck -
29. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll -
30. The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame - X
31. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy -
32. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens -
33. Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis – X
34. Emma - Jane Austen -
35. Persuasion - Jane Austen -
36. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis - X
37. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini -
38. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden -
40. Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne - X

Running Total: 11

41. Animal Farm - George Orwell - X
42. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown -
43. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez -
44. A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving -
45. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins -
46. Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery -
47. Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy -
48. The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood -
49. Lord of the Flies - William Golding -
50. Atonement - Ian McEwan -
51. Life of Pi - Yann Martel -
52. Dune - Frank Herbert -
53. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons -
54. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen -
55. A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth -
56. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon -
57. A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens -X
58. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley -
59. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time - Mark Haddon -
60. Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez-

Running Total: 13

61. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck - X
62. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov -
63. The Secret History - Donna Tartt -
64. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold -
65. Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas -X
66. On The Road - Jack Kerouac -
67. Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy -
68. Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding -
69. Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie -
70. Moby Dick - Herman Melville -X
71. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens -
72. Dracula - Bram Stoker -X
73. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett - X
74. Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson -
75. Ulysses - James Joyce -
76. The Inferno - Dante -X
77. Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome -
78. Germinal - Emile Zola -
79. Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray -
80. Possession - AS Byatt -

Running Total: 20

81. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens -X
82. Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell -
83. The Color Purple - Alice Walker -
84. The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro-
85. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert -
86. A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry -
87. Charlotte’s Web - EB White - X
88. The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom -
89. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle-
90. The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton -
91. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad -X
92. The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery -
93. The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks -
94. Watership Down - Richard Adams -
95. A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole -
96. A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute -
97. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas -
98. Hamlet - William Shakespeare - X
99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl -X
100. Les Miserables - Victor Hugo-X

Grand Total: 25

you know..i never post...but this just seemed..oddly fitting

2008-12-08T16:37:50Z

My LiveJournal 12 Days
My True Love gave to me...
12 purple_huess a-giggling.
11 vera_diceres a-gyrating.
10 ascmama_ducks a-sleeping.
9 nikikikiiis a-kissing.
8 colonnade_girls a-laughing.
7 austinshea22s a-chuckling.
6 scottiques a-drinking.
5 light green radicalfights.
4 spitting sezabelles.
3 Mongolian ladysilmariens.
2 parrot carnet_ateliers.
And a neveragain1369 in a papaya tree.
Get gifts! Username:
Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern.

ruluo_turnleaf @ 2008-11-07T00:02:00

2008-11-07T05:05:16Z

PALIN! I CHOOSE YOU!

Damn. Even Team Rocket thinks you suck.

this is in response to a facebook status scottique posted earlier

ruluo_turnleaf @ 2008-09-07T20:09:00

2008-09-08T00:10:30Z

Your results:
You are Spider-Man

Spider-Man		85%
Superman		65%
Batman		60%
Iron Man		60%
Robin		55%
Green Lantern		55%
Hulk		50%
The Flash		50%
Catwoman		50%
Supergirl		30%
Wonder Woman		30%

You are intelligent, witty,
a bit geeky and have great
power and responsibility.

Click here to take the Superhero Personality Quiz

ruluo_turnleaf @ 2008-09-06T16:07:00

2008-09-06T20:07:49Z

Gah. I'm really tired of my hair. I think it should go away :(

ruluo_turnleaf @ 2008-08-30T14:07:00

2008-08-30T18:08:37Z

i probably won't have internet until tomorrow morning. if you need me the best way to find me is my phone. save me from unpacking.

A brief update.

2008-08-19T23:12:55Z

1. The Car: After the serious car fun that was had on Sunday evening, it would seem that it was just the battery being completely and utterly dead. Since we already knew the battery was gone, Mom, Jeff, and I went to Wal-mart to purchase a new one. After installing it my car started right back up and we drove it the five miles (the tow guy said that if it was the alternator it would only last about two miles at most) to the place where we are living. Thus far it seems to be holding up but I'm still going to take it to get the alternator checked out just to be sure. btw thank you guys for not abandoning me to deal with that by myself.

2. The Academy Is... : The new album is pretty fantastic. I recommend it. Some of the songs have a vaguely Garden State feel to them. For the first time in a long while I actually went out and bought a CD. That was fun.

big surprise here..

2008-08-09T03:25:59Z

Your result for The Harry Potter Husband Test...

Mrs. Weasley Twin

Your perfect HP man is Fred and/or George Weasley.

Laughter is important to you. You want a guy who's never boring, who can always put a smile on your face, and who can pull the best of pranks and never get caught. Or possibly two such guys. Because let's face it, they're pretty much a two-fer. You get one, you get both. Even if one of them's only a friend, he'll still be around so much you'll feel like you're married to him, too. Sure, they may not seem like the most mature guys in the world, in a traditional sense, but just ask them about their business plan. When they drive you nuts by relentlessly testing their latest inventions on you, you can console youself with that huge stack of cash and dragon-leather jacket. Besides, you know you're powerless against those stereo smiles.

Take The Harry Potter Husband Test at HelloQuizzy

Stole'd from Mer and Laura

2008-07-28T04:21:25Z

SEVEN THINGS YOU WILL FIND IN YOUR ROOM:

1. Computer
2. Shoes
3. Magazines
4. CDs
5. Concert tickets
6. Diamond..the cat not the precious stone
7. Bookes

SEVEN RELATIONSHIP QUESTIONS:

1. Do you like anyone (relationship wise)? Nope
2. Does someone like you? Not to my knowledge
3. Last kiss? I don't recall
4. Hold or be held? Depends
5. Been cheated on? Not that I know of. It's possible I guess.
6. Want a relationship? Eh. Whatever
7. Wanna get married? Maybe at some point

SEVEN THINGS YOU CAN’T (OR DON’T WANT TO) LIVE WITHOUT:

1. My friends
2. The Family
3. Music
4. Coffee
5. Computering
6. Tasty food
7. Penguins

SEVEN OTHER THINGS - DO YOU:

1. Believe in God? That's been kind of up in the air for a while.
2. Had a dream come true? I'm sure I have.
3. Read the newspaper? When there is one around.
4. Get enough sleep everyday? Maybe. Is the generic amount still 8 hours?
5. Have a best friend? Yes.
6. Take a bath daily? Yes, as long as there is a place to do so.
7. Wish on stars? No

SEVEN HAVE YOU EVERS:

1. Fallen in love? Yes.
2. Kissed someone of the same sex? Yes.
3. Hooked up with someone who had a gf/bf? No
4. Been to a Bonfire? Yes.
5. Ran away from home? I pretended to once when I was little.
6. Played strip poker? It's quite possible. =D
7. Pulled an all nighter? Of course.

SEVEN THINGS IN THE LAST 24 HOURS HAVE YOU:

1. Cried? yes
2. Had fun? Yep
3. Been kissed? No
4. Felt stupid? Frequently
5. Talked to an ex? yes
6. Missed someone? yes
7. Listened to music? music is kind of my life.

ruluo_turnleaf @ 2008-06-22T20:36:00

2008-06-23T00:38:05Z

this is like the best day in competitive sports ever. gymnastics and soccer all packed into one day. =D

ruluo_turnleaf @ 2008-05-06T17:44:00

2008-05-06T21:46:36Z

So. Finals are almost done. I have no desire to finish anything right now. I'm just leaving one of my Comparative Politics essays to chance I think..and hoping its not too terrible. My Greek paper is fun. Latin was a bitch. Um.

I will be glad when tomorrow is over and done with because then I can do what I want to do.

HACKED

2008-05-03T06:07:52Z

Okay, not really. But I was in here doing something for Jana, and as my tradition, must make a post.

So, YAY!

Okay, it's late and I'm crazy.

- meggygurl

ruluo_turnleaf @ 2008-04-14T23:52:00

2008-04-15T03:53:30Z

i'm wearing mismatched socks and this makes me grumpy.

I'm sure this comes as a big surprise...

2008-04-03T14:28:36Z

Find Out Which Disney Girl You Are!
created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as Mulan

A free spirit, a beautiful soul, all things that most people would tag on a lovely girly girl - but you're more boy than anything! Sometimes you're considered a 'nerd' or 'dork', but that just comes with the package - you even embrace your inner nerd. Go you!

Mulan

96%

Belle

79%

Jane

79%

Jasmine

75%

Megara

75%

Tinkerbell

67%

Alice

54%

Pocahontas

46%

Snow White

42%

Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)

42%

Ariel

38%

Esmerelda

33%

Violet

33%

Cinderella

29%

At request...

2008-03-10T01:40:13Z

Put your iTunes (or similar program) on shuffle, write the first line of the first twenty five songs that play. Strike the ones that are guessed and put their guesser! Like the Movie quotes challenge: no cheating!

1. ~~Now I know, That I can't make you stay.~~ MCR- Famous Last Words ascmama_duck
2. You say everything the right way
3. ~~For about four years I’ve hated this town~~ The Rocket Summer- Brat Pack ascmama_duck
4. ~~I miss the part, when we were moving forward now~~ Saosin- Voices ascmama_duck
5. I am outside, And I've been waiting for the sun.
6. Just in case their wondering They've got us pinned.
7. ~~Hey You always seem to catch me when I’m lying about the stupidest of things~~ Forever the Sickest Kids- Believe Me, I'm Lying ascmama_duck
8. ~~Am I more than you bargained for~~ FOB- Sugar We're Goin Down ascmama_duck
9. ~~She left her books, her car, her clothes, and a note~~ Mayday Parade- Champagne's for Celebrating (I'll Have a Martini) ascmama_duck
10. ~~I hope this is the last time, because I'd never say no to you.~~ FOB- Dead on Arrival ascmama_duck
11. Now the parking lot is empty
12. Oh yeah, I'll tell you something, I think you'll understand.
13. I heard about your trip.
14. ~~My life reads like the classifieds~~. TAI- Classifieds ascmama_duck
15. ~~In the middle of a gun fight...~~ MCR- You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us in Prison ascmama_duck
16. ~~The amount of pills I'm taking, counteracts the booze I'm drinking~~ MCR- Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us ascmama_duck
17. ~~They're, they're these terrors kind of like it feels like~~ MCR- Sleep ascmama_duck
18. ~~You've got me poppin' champagne~~ ATL- Poppin' Champagne ascmama_duck
19. ~~My eyes can't believe what they have seen.~~ TAI- The Phrase That Pays ascmama_duck
20. Just let me ask you:
21. ~~Baby, seasons change but people don't.~~ FOB- The Take Over, the Breaks Over ascmama_duck
22. ~~I'm sleeping my way out of this one~~ FOB- 7 Minutes in Heaven (Atavan Halen) ascmama_duck
23. Oh baby here comes the sound!
24. Whoa.....Man I just saw something
25. In the town where I was born,

ruluo_turnleaf @ 2008-02-22T20:28:00

2008-02-23T02:01:20Z

1. Pick 15 of your favourite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDb search or other search functions.

1. Excuse me! The last thing I need right now is some fruit who's just proved himself straight tellin' my ass how sexy I am! meggygurl

2. It... it just ain't penguin, okay? vera_dicere

3. He's gotta have a weakness, because everybody's got a weakness. I mean, for what? Pandora, it was the box thing. For the Trojans, hey. They bet on the wrong horse, okay? aslana

4. Stern, if this factory ever produces a shell that can actually be fired, I'll be very unhappy. cesontmesmots

5. What's this, then? "Romanes eunt domus"? People called Romanes, they go, the house? aslana

6. Hundreds left, a handful stayed, only one looked back. aslana

7. No, no, don't speak. For some moments in life there are no words.aslana

8. I think love should be irresistible, like a drug, you know? I think when it happens you should just not be able to help yourself. I just - I wanted... more.

9. No, of course. The nudity is entirely optional. As you well remember! speudete

10. Tell me the Greek alphabet. Huh huh huh? Alpha beta...

11. Only after extracting the last exquisite ounce of agony, only when he had them litterly begging for death would he finally... kill them. meggygurl

12. Daddy, why don't we throw mommy out the window? It won't hurt her. She'll land in the gladiolas.

13. And I'm going to attach a pinecone to my vibrator and have a really merry Christmas! clodia_risa

14. Mom I'm a lesbian. But don't tell Daddy! I want to wait for a good time; like Father's Day or Christmas Morning! speudete

15. Simplicity. Read Marcus Aurelius. Of each particular thing ask: what is it in itself? What is its nature? What does he do, this man you seek?

Some of these might be obscure since I watched them when I was pretty little.

ruluo_turnleaf @ 2008-01-25T19:49:00

2008-01-26T00:49:45Z

stolen'd from vera-dicere
COMMENT (with your favorite color!) AND I WILL:
1. Tell you why I friended you.
2. Associate you with something - fandom, a song, a colour, a photo, etc.
3. Tell you something I like about you.
4. Tell you a memory I have of you.
5. Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
6. Tell you my favorite user pic of yours.
7. In return, you must post this in your LJ.

You know..I never post these things...but this one just made me giggle.

2007-12-24T21:11:56Z

On the twelfth day of Christmas, ruluo_turnleaf sent to me...

Twelve lucretius drumming

Eleven frogs piping

Ten catullus a-leaping

Nine lesbians dancing

Eight piercings a-milking

Seven euripedes a-snogging

Six linguistics a-knitting

Five cla-a-a-assics

Four sweaters

Three hairtie bracelets

Two lip rings

...and a california in a mythology.

ruluo_turnleaf @ 2007-11-05T08:31:00

2007-11-05T13:36:35Z

so i'm fairly sure i may have broken my arm this weekend...at least a little bit. its really swollen and hurts a lot.

ruluo_turnleaf @ 2007-07-05T08:49:00

2007-07-05T15:48:58Z

So, I'm in California as per my normal 4th of July ritual of hopping on a plane. Its nice and not humid. /cheer. Of course, I did break my glasses last night.

ruluo_turnleaf @ 2007-06-21T10:08:00

2007-06-21T14:10:45Z

Jesus effing christ..
Did you guys know that the little girl who plays Lilo is the same kid who played Samara in The Ring. *scarred*

Stolen from purplehues

2007-05-26T04:36:14Z

1. Your Middle Name:
2. Age:
3. Single or Taken:
4. Favorite Movie:
5. Favorite Song or Album:
6. Favorite Band/Artist:
7. Dirty or Clean:
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings:
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ?:
10. What's your philosophy on life?:
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty?:
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest?:
13. What is your favorite memory of us?:
14. What is your favorite guilty pleasure?:
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarkey) - what are they?:
17. Can we get together and make a cake?:
18. Which country is your spiritual home?:
19. What is your big weakness?:
20. Do you think I'm a good person?:
21. What was your best/favorite subject at school?:
22. Describe your accent:
23. If you could change anything about me, would you?:
24. What do you wear to sleep?:
25. Trousers or skirts?:
26. Cigarettes or alcohol?:
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together?:
28. Will you repost this so i can fill it out for you?:

The "G" word is rapidly approaching.

2007-05-07T00:00:04Z

However, I have a hell of a lot left to do before I can even think about doing anything fun again since I decided to go out this weekend rather than working.

Here's what I still have left to do:
Greek Paper- Topic: Dreams and Oracles in Herodotus 4 pages of 8-10 done
Latin Paper- Topic: Horace's Utilization of Greek Motifs and Themes in the Odes Nothing written as of yet.
Printmaking Project- Mythology book. Still have to print text and bind books
Sociology Exam-Hahahaha

If anyone happened to know any articles that would be pertinent to my papers, I would love you for sending them my way.

jearnhardt@agnesscott.edu

ruluo_turnleaf @ 2007-04-17T17:59:00

2007-04-17T22:01:09Z

New shoes, new hair, new day.

Dancing like a madwoman to wonderful music- Priceless