Archive for July, 2007
Thursday, July 19th, 2007
Do people usually read these late at night or each morning? I don’t know! They usually get posted between 9pm-11pm.
Anyhow, Friday nights I usually try to go out so there won’t be one posted Friday evening. I’ll see what all I can get done this weekend, though I know there will be preparations for the Big Trip as well as setting up automatic posts. So far Chuck is the only one that’s sent an article about me. Thanks, Chuck. I hope you finally get a motorcycle someday.
Category: Website
Thursday, July 19th, 2007
She was tiny and full of venom.
Lucia and Chuck made a cute couple. She and I were roommates for a year and the only thing that we learned is that we should never be roommates. She was from Argentina, an atheist, and vocal about certain political issues. She fenced saber, my weapon. Her accent was pretty heavy and she frequently picked up new expressions and nuances of English.
She had some amusing quirks. One was that she absolutely hated all females. I asked for the cause of her enmity and her best response was, “I don’t hate girls. I…once had acquaintances that were female.” She also had a bit of trouble properly phrasing responses to certain things. Such as the time some fencers pointed out that they had seen her drunk around noon one day, which she tried to deny by saying, “It wasn’t noon!”
Her hobbies included reclining, fencing, nursing her bad back, shouting “kitties!” while raising her arms in the air, smoking fine cigars, studying, watching Spanish soap operas, and getting frustrated with me. She also liked to cook pasta.
During a fencing trip my parents went out of their way to provide food for the club and generally help out. Lucia was flabbergasted and kept asking why they were doing that, not accepting any answer I could provide. When we asked Chuck why he simply said, “Lucia believes that everyone is self-serving.” She graduated from UH as valedictorian with a degree in Political Science and is presently in New York working on becoming–of all things–a lawyer.
Category: People I Know
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
As some people might know, I’ll be leaving town next Monday to visit California for six days. I’ll be looking around for a while to see what this whole California thing is about, as well as dropping by some little convention that’s going down next weekend. Travel!
While I’m gone I would like to have things to post. This is where you come in. A little over a week ago I mentioned that I’d like to see little articles about me made by some of the people that I’ve posted here. Or just people in general. I didn’t really give a due date and as a result I’ve received zero entries.
Now there is a due date.
I would like to have some together by this Saturday(worst-case, Sunday) in order to start organizing them and creating posts for my downtime. I’d like to set it up so one gets posted each day while I’m away, to let people read and make fun of me while I’m far away from technology. As I mentioned before, an accompanying picture/drawing isn’t required, but it’s an option. So get workin’, if you are so inclined. If I can make seven of these a week I would hope that someone can get one of these done after a week and a half.
I’ll keep a running tally here to give an idea of how many I have. The goal is seven, though if I get more I’ll let them keep going until they’re all out.
Total Entries: 5
Category: Life, Website
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
She dressed up for the Ren Fair.
Sandra was just Sandy. She was someone who had been in the fencing club longer than I. She had a very lithe figure and was allergic to cameras. Her attitude was overall positive about most things, though her eyes always seemed to be hiding some manner of secret tribulation. I was never quite privy to the exact nature of her ills.
She had a wide, comforting grin and smile. She exaggerated her responses to some things, making a fake sniffle and sob if something was disappointing, or cheering if something was good. The club took a trip to a cabin owned by a relative of hers out in the hill country, and while I was cooking dinner for everyone she shooed people away by shouting “get outta my kishen!” and attacking them with a roll of paper towels. She also mastered the use of puppy dog eyes to inflict grievous guilt on the offending parties.
She worked at a bead store for a while and had stories about terrible old ladies. She attended the Renaissance Festival frequently, sometimes going elaborately dressed. I was invited a few times but never went. After the bead store thing she ended up at a job that she really didn’t like. She helped me bake cookies for a party Nic threw. The one with the glog. I only saw her a couple of times following that, though I know she’s still out there somewhere.
Category: People I Know
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
I made two pictures, but preferred this one.
Amanda was another person that I knew through Photography. She wore clothes that looked kind of torn up, as well as shoes that had endured the worst. She was a chain smoker that for a while had hair, and then for another while didn’t have hair. She scanned everything she found in her wallet and made a huge poster out of it. She then did the same for everything she found in her car. Which was a lot of junk. Revealing junk.
She expressed everything that she thought. Her photo projects involved spreading out everything in her pockets, and I felt like her conversations similarly laid out a vast amount of information about her. She had plenty to say about a lot of things, and got very excited when talking at length. This both made her move around a lot while talking, as well as use the word “like” frequently.
She was very honest about her emotional states. When she was mad, she showed anger. When she was upset about something, she creased her brow, shook her head and talked softly. When she laughed about something she liked she swung her whole body. Her smile was very wide and open-mouthed, revealing deep dimples on her cheeks. Overall she was playful, aggressive, and curious.
We all eventually finished our photo degrees and found whatever came next. The last time I saw her in person was at a tea house, where she revealed that she was leaving the country for some time. As I understand it, she was going to look for something that she couldn’t necessarily find here. Something important. I don’t know if she’s found it yet, but if I ever see her again I’ll be sure to ask.
Category: People I Know