Wendy Newton

UCLA closed my minor.

*Pouts*

No museum studies for Wendy.

On the upside I just got the Chronicles of Narnia on audio book and loaded it onto my ipod.

Anyone else find it a little ridiculous that Barack takes credit for his ideal placement in the history of this country to be what he is today as the first black candidate? "I chose to run at this point in history..." No offense Barack, but you run now because you are alive now, through some greater design of your own intentions. I wish you would/could run without bringing into question your blackness or un-blackness.

Anyways...check out the speach:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPDFuNW55uA

I found it interesting.

Because this conversation amused me greatly:

[13:31] SoBlawnde: but I did loose 45 pounds
[13:31] Hippofishy: that's so much
[13:32] SoBlawnde: heh
[13:32] Hippofishy: that's like 4 babys
[13:32] SoBlawnde: LOL
[13:32] SoBlawnde: 4 big babys
[13:33] SoBlawnde: 5 normal ones
[13:33] Hippofishy: yeah
[13:33] SoBlawnde: 6 small ones
[13:33] Hippofishy: you lost 6 lil people



[13:39] Hippofishy: lol some of that booty will never leave, it's part of your classyness
[13:40] SoBlawnde: classy?
[13:40] Hippofishy: haha maybe your "style" is a better way to put it?
[13:41] SoBlawnde: yeah
[13:41] SoBlawnde: i dont think ghetto booty will ever qualify as classy
[13:42] Hippofishy: umm maybe it's a victorien booty?
[13:42] Hippofishy: whenever they had the big poofy dresses with the stuffed booty
[13:42] SoBlawnde: LOL
[13:42] SoBlawnde: totally!
[13:43] SoBlawnde: Its not just big, its a fashion statement
[13:43] Hippofishy: yeah! seriously I saw a bottom with butt stuffing no joke

Oh Stephanie, how you mind works....so refreshing and ever so amusing.

So I was researching internships for the summer today and I found a rather promising group at the Getty. It's close to home and even involves ancient art. How awesome! I read on, the stipend is pretty good and I'm qualified if not overqualified. This is totally gonna make my day!

And then I get to the part where it proudly exclaims that all Getty internships are offered to groups under-represented in the museum field. Oh dear...that is NOT promising. But no worries, I've seen this before I must just be looking at the wrong internship. I click back to the main menu only to discover that these are the only internships that the Getty offers. You must be well qualified by the color of your skin. What a wonderful and objective requirement.

How is someone more qualified for an internship that will open doors for them in their career by virtue of their skin color? How am I any less qualified because my parents happen to be of German and English descent? I had always been proud of my heritage and all the yummy family recipes that came with it. But now apparently that makes me inferior.

Gotta love that affirmative action.

Gotta love the Getty in all their racist glory.

Because this video is too amusing not to share

I'm officially all settled in to my new dorm room. I now have internet access and cable which are both things I am rather fond of. Now I shall go help the lost little freshmen find their dorms...even though the majority are bigger then I am.

God you people write a lot whenever I go away. Seriously! It’s like a novel or something. Anyways, I'm back from Vegas and oh the stories I have to tell. I'll write more when I’m done with this moving business, probably Wednesday.

It amuses me greatly so I thought I'd share.

Is September 11th and odly enough I got my first good night's sleep in months. No waking up in the middle of the night or 2 hours before my alarm goes off. Huzzah!

So uh, take a moment to remember the tragedy that was...

And possibly do something useful out of respect or something: UCLA is running a huge blood drive.

Has anyone heard of the myth of Lilith?

I have been reading about it and I find it fascinating and incredibly alluring: the idea of a Christian figure of feminine independence and power. Here is my favorite:

"After God created Adam, who was alone, He said, 'It is not good for man to be alone' (Gen. 2:18). He then created a woman for Adam, from the earth, as He had created Adam himself, and called her Lilith. Adam and Lilith began to fight. She said, 'I will not lie below,' and he said, 'I will not lie beneath you, but only on top. For you are fit only to be in the bottom position, while am to be in the superior one.' Lilith responded, 'We are equal to each other inasmuch as we were both created from the earth.' But they would not listen to one another. When Lilith saw this, she pronounced the Ineffable Name and flew away into the air. Adam stood in prayer before his Creator: 'Sovereign of the universe!' he said, 'the woman you gave me has run away.' At once, the Holy One, blessed be He, sent these three angles to bring her back."

It reminds me vaguely of rizwank's post about weather or not female dominance and self assertion is unattractive to men. It does give a bit of weight behind the concept that men don't like women who are not submissive to think that we have it has been engrained into our society for thousands of years, but one would hope modern men would have gotten past that....

Anyways I just find the concept of Lilith intriguing, even if she only took the form of "first woman" in the middle ages and her routes are really in a Sumerian and Mesopotamian deamoness.

Just for you Xach!

Well, everyone else can enjoy it too, if they must...

These just amuse me too much not to share:









But this one is my personal favorite:

I go away for a weekend and you all write like a book and a half! So much for weekends being slow on LJ...

Anyways I'm back. I had a great time. I'll probably write more later, but for now:

Jet skis!

I had a good weekend. I got to spend a bit of time with an old friend who is moving far away. I threw him a party on Friday night. I am still hearing rave reviews. (I think I've got my touch back...that or it's a unique skill for parties I throw for others.)

I hit Rocky Saturday night. That was a good bit of fun. I dragged several friends including my ex-English comp professor. Then we observed and the social dynamics and mating rituals of the males of the group at Norms. The one we termed Alpha Male was my favorite. He had the most interesting behavioral patterns, but then Bernie tends to amuse me in general. (No offense intended. Remind me to send him much love.)

On Sunday I took an impromptu trip down to Oceanside. (My father's friend has a timeshare and he invited the family down) It was back to work on Monday and then back down to Oceanside. That five and a half hour commute was an experience. Orange county drivers are officially more prone to attempting to change lanes into you then LA drives. Maybe LA drivers are just more competent at the asshole-ish driving. Thank god for that. I came back yesterday morning and its back there tonight. I find the place rather pleasant. I love walking on the beach with my mum. Simple but pleasant. I'll be out of touch for a bit, but back in LA Sunday night, or afternoon maybe.

I'll be joining the Rocky group going to IC in San Diego, if I can mange to find out where exactly that is. Where's Xach when you need him?

Note to self: That's twice in a week. When exactly did I become a Rocky groupie?

But um...that’s life and I’m having a good bit of fun with it.

I got back from camping last night so what do I do?

I get online and talk to boys while checking my myspace, facebook, and LJ BEFORE showering off all the camping gunk. How sad is that?

Anyways, I had a lovely time camping on the Kern county River. It was awesome and I have the scrapes, bugbites, and bruises to prove it.

Mote to self: In the future if someone warns you that they hit their head on something, pay attention to what the gesture at. It's USEFUL knowlege.

People this is Southern California. There was a small earthquake. As far as I know the most damage was a broken lamp or two. Is this supposed to be big news? Making a big deal out of this is like saying "Oh My God! It SNOWED in New York in December!" Is this shocking? Is this news to you? Did you somehow miss the fact that this city and its neighbors are built on or near not one fault but several? A thunderstorm would be more noteworthy.

(Actually come to think of it, I could go for a good thunderstorm right now. It would hold off that constantly impending drought that we hear about every year...but not this weekend I'm camping and I dont like camping in the rain.)

So I know I'm a bit late on this, but I just read Mycenae's post and it inspired me. So here is the abbreviated version of my thoughts on the book:

( The stuff I actually care about )

...Seriously, think about it. Superman is weak to magic.

I pitty the poor soul who was so bored as to produce this.

In other news: I'm going campign this weekend! This'll be my first time camping since I left Girl Scouts in the 9th grade.

Doc took away my brace. Now my foot hurts. Any suggestions?