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July 26, 2005 at 5:49 pm · Filed under Rigamarole
Are you an optimist or a pessimist?
Do things happen for a reason?
In Voltaire’s Candide
the main character, whose name is the same as the book, begins his life
with the belief that everything happens for the best in this best of
worlds. As the story goes on, Candide clings and grasps to his
belief as one after another outrageously shitty things happen to
him. Half-way through the book I caught myself thinking “Man,
things can’t get any worse than this!”… and yet, they did.
So, through this social sattire, Voltaire smashes to pieces the ideals of the overly optimistic.
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My views
Personally, probably because I was raised buddhist, I feel that though
everything may not be for the best, I cling to the belief that
everything is equal. It may not be equal to everybody —
people in poverty and people who are ridiculously fortunate, but overall in the large scheme of things, everything is balanced.
At least — that’s what I like to think.
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Things I’m reminded of because of this book (and if you like to think about this kind of stuff): Arthur Nerssesian’s The Fuck Up, and the episode of Sex and the City where Carrie gets dumped by Burger via post-it.
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So tell me… what do you believe?
Do things happen for a reason?
Are we all a part of a big pattern on the wheel of time?
Or is it all just bullshit that humans make up to make life more bearable?
July 25, 2005 at 6:30 am · Filed under Rigamarole
Back from Vegas
So just got back from Vegas.
At one point I was up about 50 dollars [BIG BALLA~], unfortunately I
ended up losing 30 bucks (LAME!) but! had a great time, so no
complaints here. Nothing philosophical to talk about today
because I’m still depressed about losing the money.
P.S. for those of you who said you wanted to split half of my winnings,
since my winnings were -30, you owe me 15 bucks. These people are:
and
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I will give you good luck through this message so whatever you win I get half!
Posted 7/24/2005 at 9:54 PM by AnnaBiara – delete – block user |
I accept checks, cash, and paypal.
In other news…
I pwned chris [aka cakalusa]
pretty good. He decided to post a picture of me on his site in
order to make fun of me and start a ‘Xanga World War’ so I retaliated
by dropping the first bomb. 
The funniest thing is that it’s around 3 in New York right now, so he probably won’t see this until he wakes up.
Click for full-size pwnage screenshot
Original Pwnage Image
*Tsk tsk* Chris, you of all people should know better. 
July 23, 2005 at 4:53 am · Filed under Rigamarole
Off to Vegas!
— Alright everybody! I’m off to Vegas! Wish me luck — and remember,
what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas — unless it’s Blog-worthy…
because then everyone has to know about it.
Gentlemens clubs, Casinos, Wheel
of Fortune Slots, free drinks, Pai Gow, Mini Baccarat and Blackjack
…. here I come! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
July 22, 2005 at 3:55 pm · Filed under Rigamarole
I needed new clothes and I found this site…
SupportPositive.com:
I’ve
been looking around for new clothes lately, since I sold all of mine
because of el-fat-tummy-o and I found out about this amazing clothing
company called AccentuateClothing. Their designs look more like
stuff you would put on your wall than on your body… Gorgeous!
After taking a look at their site, I’ve decided that I really want
to buy a shirt from them, but I’m not sure which one.. So I’ve narrowed
it down to three choices, and I’d like you guys to tell me which one I
should get…
CHOICE 1: Wings
I think this one looks really cool because the print is
actually printed on the INSIDE of the shirt in BLACK, making the wings
show through the shirt in grey. Way cool idea.
Doesn’t my hair look HOT in that pic?
CHOICE 2: Heart
This one is also pretty cool, because the little cupids in the
shape of the heart are actually printed over the side of your breast…
Mmm…. breasts. Wait, though.. This might not be a good idea
because I don’t have any breasts, so I shouldn’t be drawing attention
to them.
CHOICE 3: Beauty
The name of this is “world of beauty” but I just like it
beause it has nifty curly-cues and shit. Unfortunately, it’s only
availible right now in the men’s section… But, I could use some
masculinity now and then.
//EDIT– i stand corrected, this IS availible in womens… but Im too lazy to fix the image
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Which one, which one?! I’m totally at a loss. I think they’re all
gorgeous, but I’m going to vegas soon, so I have to save my money and
only get one for now. I’m horrible at fashion choices, so I need your input!!
July 22, 2005 at 3:40 pm · Filed under Rigamarole
I needed new clothes and I found this site…
SupportPositive.com:
I’ve
been looking around for new clothes lately, since I sold all of mine
because of el-fat-tummy-o and I found out about this amazing clothing
company called AccentuateClothing. Their designs look more like
stuff you would put on your wall than on your body… Gorgeous!
After taking a look at their site, I’ve decided that I really want
to buy a shirt from them, but I’m not sure which one.. So I’ve narrowed
it down to three choices, and I’d like you guys to tell me which one I
should get…
CHOICE 1: Wings
I think this one looks really cool because the print is
actually printed on the INSIDE of the shirt in BLACK, making the wings
show through the shirt in grey. Way cool idea.
Doesn’t my hair look HOT in that pic?
CHOICE 2: Heart
This one is also pretty cool, because the little cupids in the
shape of the heart are actually printed over the side of your breast…
Mmm…. breasts. Wait, though.. This might not be a good idea
because I don’t have any breasts, so I shouldn’t be drawing attention
to them.
CHOICE 3: Beauty
The name of this is “world of beauty” but I just like it
beause it has nifty curly-cues and shit. Unfortunately, it’s only
availible right now in the men’s section… But, I could use some
masculinity now and then.
————-
Which one, which one?! I’m totally at a loss. I think they’re all
gorgeous, but I’m going to vegas soon, so I have to save my money and
only get one for now. I’m horrible at fashion choices, so I need your input!!
July 21, 2005 at 3:13 pm · Filed under Rigamarole
Linguistics: Things that amaze me
Today I’m taking a break from ethics (though I plan to have a further discussion on that in the future — your comments are positively intriguing) and taking a dip into linguistics.
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So I was thinking the other day about the power of written communication. It’s amazing to me that with simply twenty-six letters and some auxiliary punctuation marks we can communicate to each other in such a full manner.
The most striking thing to me is that we do not even need to always use the ‘correct’ manner of spelling things to be able to communicate with each other because of the power of phonetics. (This, to me, is most evident in all of the teeny-bopper pages out there.)
For example:
“OMg! i
There are only two words in that sentence spelled correctly — one is a one letter word, and one is my name. Also, the word “you” is spelled incorrectly twice. However!! Amazingly enough, through the power of phoenetics and symbolism most of you will understand that sentence — and even more amazing, some will find it as easy to read our native English.
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Which started me thinking about how we are SO good at understanding multiple forms of our own language simply through sounds that we can even make entire sentences out of single letters.
So far, the ones that I’ve been able to come up with, or have seen are “O, I c” , “A! F u!” and the classic, “I O U”.
It totally amazes me every time, how malleable the human mind is.
What are your favorite methods of alternative spelling? … and how far do you think we can go, before it ceases to be communication?
(Go nuts guys, this is the one and only time I’ll accept people who ‘rItE LyKe diS!!’*~~!)
July 21, 2005 at 2:41 pm · Filed under Rigamarole
Linguistics: Things that amaze me
Today I’m taking a break from ethics (though I plan to have a further discussion on that in the future — your comments are positively intriguing) and taking a dip into linguistics.
———
So I was thinking the other day about the power of written communication. It’s amazing to me that with simply twenty-six letters, 10 numbers and some auxiliary punctuation marks we can communicate to each other in such a full manner.
The most striking thing to me is that we do not even need to always use the ‘correct’ manner of spelling things to be able to communicate with each other because of the power of phonetics. (This, to me, is most evident in all of the teeny-bopper pages out there.)
For example:
“OMg! i
There are only two words in that sentence spelled correctly — one is a one letter word, and one is my name. Also, the word “you” is spelled incorrectly twice. However!! Amazingly enough, through the power of phoenetics and symbolism most of you will understand that sentence — and even more amazing, some will find it as easy to read our native English.
—–
Which started me thinking about how we are SO good at understanding multiple forms of our own language simply through sounds that we can even make entire sentences out of single letters.
So far, the ones that I’ve been able to come up with, or have seen are “O, I c” , “A! F u!” and the classic, “I O U”.
It totally amazes me every time, how malleable the human mind is.
What are your favorite methods of alternative spelling? … and how far do you think we can go, before it ceases to be communication?
(Go nuts guys, this is the one and only time I’ll accept people who ‘rItE LyKe diS!!’*~~!)
July 20, 2005 at 3:50 pm · Filed under Rigamarole
Ethical Standards: Part One
The hypocrisy of parents:
“Do as I say, not as I do — unless it benefits me.”
Society tells us that good parents will teach their
kids to be honest and good people. So, that’s what parents teach
to their kids — at least when it benefits them. For
example, a kid who steals from the proverbial cookie jar will get
punished for stealing, and even more if he lies about it.
Sounds pretty good, doesn’t it? Ethical, idealistic, and promising.
How come then, is it the parent that is teaching the same child to lie, steal, and cheat?
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Alright, I shouldn’t generalize… But honestly, who here has never
lied, cheated or stolen anything in their life? I’m willing to
bet among those that arent lying that most that read this can think of
one instance where they’ve done one of these things.
I know I have.
Now, I know there are other factors that teach people to do
these unethical things — such as, say, the media, or your peers.
However, in my case, the people from whom I learned to actually justify such
actions were definitely my parents.
Afterall, my parents aren’t thieves, they weren’t bad people (and neither am I, I don’t think)… But
even they are human. As a child I caught them in white lies, I saw them grab
grapes and candies in the grocery store and munch on them when no one
was looking.
It made me think, hey, why can’t I do that? And so I
did. And I do. Even though I know it’s wrong, in my mind
it’s justified because I saw my parents doing it as a child.
As I grew up, I saw more. I caught more mistakes, lapses in judgement. My parents, my teachers, people who
were supposed to be my role models, the things I thought were wrong,
I understood them more. And though I thought they were
wrong, I began to justify them more.
When my parents got divorced and my mom began to drink heavily…
I thought… My mom, she drinks because my dad is bad, and he cheated on her. It’s okay, because drinking eases her pain. Even if
she drinks the entire bottle of cognac a day.
So when I began college, and symptoms of bi-polar disorder started in me..
I thought… There is so much pain…
It’s not that bad to drown it and suppress it with alcohol and
drugs. That’s what one is supposed to do.
And so I did. Even though the logical part of me knew it was
wrong, I was still able to justify it without feeling much guilt
because I had seen my mom doing it. Even though, if my mom ever
knew, I knew she would kill me for doing such ‘bad’ things.
But what would she be able to say, really, if I replied “I do this because I learned it from you” ?
——–
I guess the cliche moral of the story is that actions do speak louder
than words, and that kids are a lot more observant and susceptable to
learning your weaknesses than you think.
But… The real message I want to get out, the real question I want to ask is this:
Who taught you your ethical standards?… and who taught you to break them?
July 20, 2005 at 2:49 pm · Filed under Rigamarole
Ethical Standards: Part One
The hipocrisy of parents:
“Do as I say, not as I do — unless it benefits me.”
Society tells us that good parents will teach their
kids to be honest and good people. So, that’s what parents teach
to their kids — at least when it benefits them. For
example, a kid who steals from the proverbial cookie jar will get
punished for stealing, and even more if he lies about it.
Sounds pretty good, doesn’t it? Ethical, idealistic, and promising.
How come then, is it the parent that is teaching the same child to lie, steal, and cheat?
—-
Alright, I shouldn’t generalize… But honestly, who here has never
lied, cheated or stolen anything in their life? I’m willing to
bet among those that arent lying that most that read this can think of
one instance where they’ve done one of these things.
I know I have.
Now, I know there are other factors that teach people to do
these unethical things — such as, say, the media, or your peers.
However, in my case, the people from whom I learned to actually justify such
actions were definitely my parents.
Afterall, my parents aren’t thieves, they weren’t bad people (and neither am I, I don’t think)… But
even they are human. As a child I caught them in white lies, I saw them grab
grapes and candies in the grocery store and munch on them when no one
was looking.
It made me think, hey, why can’t I do that? And so I
did. And I do. Even though I know it’s wrong, in my mind
it’s justified because I saw my parents doing it as a child.
As I grew up, I saw more. I caught more mistakes, lapses in judgement. My parents, my teachers, people who
were supposed to be my role models, the things I thought were wrong,
I understood them more. And though I thought they were
wrong, I began to justify them more.
When my parents got divorced and my mom began to drink heavily…
I thought… My mom, she drinks because my dad is bad, and he cheated on her. It’s okay, because drinking eases her pain. Even if
she drinks the entire bottle of cognac a day.
So when I began college, and symptoms of bi-polar disorder started in me..
I thought… There is so much pain…
It’s not that bad to drown it and suppress it with alcohol and
drugs. That’s what one is supposed to do.
And so I did. Even though the logical part of me knew it was
wrong, I was still able to justify it without feeling much guilt
because I had seen my mom doing it. Even though, if my mom ever
knew, I knew she would kill me for doing such ‘bad’ things.
But what would she be able to say, really, if I replied “I do this because I learned it from you” ?
——–
I guess the cliche moral of the story is that actions do speak louder
than words, and that kids are a lot more observant and susceptable to
learning your weaknesses than you think.
But… The real message I want to get out, the real question I want to ask is this:
Who taught you the rules of ethics?… and who taught you to break them?
July 14, 2005 at 4:13 am · Filed under Rigamarole
Now that I’m a heffer…
I’M SELLING ALL MY SKINNY CLOTHES
to make myself feel better
Posting can be seen at : http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/clo/84360982.html
Dozens of shirts and pants and misc. items of clothing. I’ve gotten
really fat in the last few months and had to revamp my whole wardrobe.
Items being sold include pieces famous from my website (madpimp.com)
such as:
*NOTE all these pictures taken around 2001 whiile I was still living in the dorms. I’ve already graduated.
This shirt, circa 2001
This shirt, circa 2001
And this shirt, worn as recently as 2001
And this shirt that has a hole in it (A famous hole that has been seen everywhere on the internet, by the way.)
That’s right, folks. Dozens and dozens of articles of clothing now on sale because I’ve become a complete heffer!
So here’s the deal:
$5.00 per jacket
$3.00 per other items of clothing
$10.00 for 4 items of clothing (making them $2.50 each)
$20.00 for 10 items of clothing (making them $2.00 each)
And $75.00 for the entire stack of clothing
(I have no idea how many pieces there are.. it might be even less, if
there are less than 40-45 pieces.) PLUS! My entire collection of
japanese phonebook comic books [ribon.. about 7 issues], and about 15
free posters of hot chicks and/or anime will be thrown in there for
free.
Seriously a great deal.
*Note, the posters and the comic books are a promotional offer and may
expire at any time. However, if you do decide to buy everything, I’ll
include a free gift of some sort.
nonSerious offers only. Just playin. I’m really selling them, but do you think this ad will get people to want to buy it?
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