How Remuck Spends Her Breaks

I'm at my pastor's house utilising teh internetz. Mom and PK are downstairs talking about Lord only knows what. I've gone through and checked Facebook, MySpace, PoC, MCR...y'know, most of my normal internet hangouts. Now, bored, I turn to SeeSquared to rant about something that is worthy of notice simply for it's ludicrousy. (Is that a word?)

For the last minute, I watched the minute hand on the clock move.

I wish I could say I was kidding. I have other things I could be doing without the computer - reading about acting Shakespeare, for one, or solving crossword puzzles (a spontaneous craving continuing from last night) - and yet, here I sit, marveling over the fact that every single second the minute hand twitches ever so stealthily toward its next marker. Once I was slightly over this observation, I made another one. The hour hand twitches too! It's nearly imperceptible, and yet, if you keep your eyes on it and make careful notes about its position at any given time, you can see the slow but steady phenomenon that is the hour hand moving. Incredible.

Yes, I really did just wax deep about the movement of clock hands.

Maybe I should go work on a crossword...

OMFG

HT to Brant.

One Hundred Things I've Mostly Not Done

1. Started my own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than I can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sung a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched lightning at sea
14. Taught myself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown my own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person (from both sides)
34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught myself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had my portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book (I think contributing to a devotional book counts)
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had my picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury (almost, but not quite)
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Ridden an elephant

HT to Coffeepastor.

I Should Talk to Dinah.

More brooding about death...

I watched a Heath Ledger movie earlier tonight. It made me wonder how long it will be before I can simply watch and enjoy without mourning the loss of such talent. I didn't even know him - barely really knew of him - and yet, here I sit, pensive, retreating from suitemates...

Heath...I know you're there...I didn't, and now never will, know you until I move on too. What was going on that made you resort to drugs? The Joker? Your recent divorce? What? Couldn't there have been some other fix? Call me the motherly, help-me-fix-you type, but...anything? I wish I'd known you - even if you'd been an asshole, just to feel the talent roll off of you in droves, and I'll be frank. I am very much that hormonal young woman. Even just being near such looks would have been nice. I didn't know you personally - not even professionally...but you are very missed. You will be for a long time.

I'm gonna go finish printing, watch some more movies and gorge myself on pizza.

Enjoy your night, and don't get too stressed - it is finals week now, after all.

Peace.

Dedicated to the One I Love.

1. If someone says, “Is this Okay?” you say…
"I Never Told You What I Do for a Living." (MCR)

2. What would best describe your personality?
"Cornish Pixies." (John Williams, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)

3. What do you like in a guy/girl?
"Headfirst for Halos." (MCR)

4. How do you feel today?
"Don't You Know Who I Think I Am?" (Fall Out Boy)

5.What is your life’s purpose?
"God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen." (Mannheim Steamroller)

6. What is your motto?
"My Favourite Things." (Julie Andrews, The Sound of Music)

7. What do you think of your parents?
"Written on the Wind." (Yanni)

8. What do you think about very often?
"Shameful." (Atreyu)

9. What is 2+2?
"Smile." (Lily Allen)

10. What do you think of your best friend?
"The Bird and the Worm." (The Used)

11. What do you think of the person you like?
"Belle." (Beauty and the Beast)

12. What is your life’s story?
"Love Letter." (Gackt)

13. What do you want to be when you grow up?
"Captain Hook's Pirate Ship." (Kingdom Hearts)

14. What do you think when you see the person you like?
"Morning has Broken." (Cat Stevens)

15. What do your parents think of you?
"Bang the Doldrums." (Fall Out Boy)

16. What will you dance to at your wedding?
"Casting a Spell." (Danny Elfman, Corpse Bride)

17. What will they play at your funeral?
"A Very Small Wish." (Kingdom Hearts)

18. What is your hobby/interest?
"Santa Claus is Coming to Town." (Frank Sinatra)

19. What is your biggest secret?
"Astral Observatory." (Koji Kondo, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask)

20. What do you think of your friends?
"Linus and Lucy." (Vince Guaraldi, A Charlie Brown Christmas)

21. What’s the worst thing that could happen?
"Any Other World." (Mika)

22. How will you die?
"Papercut." (Linkin Park)

23. Does anyone like you?
"Nyappy in the World." (An Cafe)

24. If you could go back in time, what would you change?
"Welcome to Wonderland." (Kingdom Hearts)

25. What hurts right now?
"The Downeaster 'Alexa'." (Billy Joel)

26. What will you post this as?
"Dedicated to the One I Love." (Mamas and the Papas)

Remember how I said I wouldn't change it again? Yeah. I lied.

Change is good. Shut up.

The only really new thing here is the second quote. It too is an MCR quote, this time from "Disenchanted" off of The Black Parade. Good song. Oh hell, I'll even post the lyrics for you, should you be curious. If you're not, tough - just grit your teeth and bear it.

Well I was there on the day
They sold the cause for the queen
And when the lights all went out
We watched our lives on the screen
I hate the ending myself
But it started with an alright scene

It was the roar of the crowd
That gave me heartache to sing
It was a lie when they smiled
And said, "You won't feel a thing"
And as we ran from the cops
We laughed so hard, it would sting

If I'm so wrong
How can you listen all night long
Now will it matter after I'm gone
Because you never learned a goddamned thing

You're just a sad song with nothing to say
About a life long wait for a hospital stay
And if you think that I'm wrong
This never meant nothing to you

I spent my high school career
Spit on and shoved to agree
So I could watch all my heroes
Sell a car on TV
Bring out the old guillotine
We'll show 'em what we all mean

If I'm so wrong
How can you listen all night long
Now will it matter long after I'm gone
Because you never learned a goddamned thing

You're just a sad song with nothing to say
About a life long wait for a hospital stay
And if you think that I'm wrong
This never meant nothing to ya

So go away
Just go, run away
But where did you run to?
And where did you hide?
Go find another way
Price you pay


You're just a sad song with nothing to say
About a life long wait for a hospital stay
And if you think that I'm wrong
This never meant nothing to ya
Come on

You're just a sad song with nothing to say
About a life long wait for a hospital stay
And if you think that I'm wrong
This never meant nothing to you

At all
At all
At all
At all

Well that will do it.

Cheers and peace
Remus