Pixel Imperfect

"The November 13, 1959 episode of The Twilight Zone was titled The Lonely and deals with James Corry, a convicted murderer sentenced to 50 years solitary life on a barren desert planet. Allenby, the captain of the rocket which delivers supplies once each year, takes pity on Corry, and leaves him with a gynoid named Alicia who is indistinguishable from a live woman. Corry eventually finds that she makes his life much more than bearable, and falls in love with her. Things go well until one day Allenby returns with news that Corry has been pardoned, however the rocket is already near full capacity, and Corry is only allowed to bring 15 pounds of gear. Corry protests when he realizes that Alicia exceeds this limit, and will be left behind. Allenby shoots Alicia in the face, revealing ruined, smoking wires and components, and tells Corry "The only thing you are leaving behind is loneliness"."

I cannot BELIEVE that no one has known the proper response to this previous post . I'm very disappointed in all of you. (Hint, click title!)

--Skye Sweetnam You wanna know more, more, more about me I'm the girl who's kicking the coke machine I'm the one that's honking at you 'cuz I left late again Hey! Hey! Hey! Could you see I want you by the way I push you away, Ya! Don't judge me tomorrow by the way I'm acting today Mix the words up with the actions do it all for your reaction Ya! Hey! Hey! Get tangled up in me You wanna know more, more, more about me Gotta know reverse psychology I'm the reason why you can't get to sleep I'm the girl you never get just quite what you see Hey! Hey! Hey! Could you see I want you by the way I push you away, Ya! Don't judge me tomorrow by the way I'm acting today Mix the words up with the actions do it all for your reaction Ya! Hey! Hey! Get tangled up in me You think that you know me You think that I'm only When everything I do is only to get tangled up in you You wanna know more, more, more about me I'm the girl that's sweeping y...

You remind me of the babe

I was going to import my blog post to Facebook so people can read the posts there, too. I was looking over what I had imported and realized that I don't want to have to deal with people when they get pissy over what I write. So, I'll just leave them here. If they get pissy about it I'll just tell them to get the hell off of my blog. If you don't like what you're reading, click the little [x] in the upper right hand corner. It's not like I'm loosing your business or anything. And, if I was, I wouldn't care.

I am happy now that George calls on my bedchamber less frequently than of old. As it is, I now endure but two calls a week, and when I hear his steps outside my door I lie down on my bed, close my eyes, open my legs and think of England

-from Wikiality, the Truthness Encyclopedia. No facts. No reality. Just truthness! Why does the geography matter? Isn't the fact that Stephen Colbert would be gone from the face of the earth slightly more important than the geography? It is, but I'll tell you anyway. The world (and more importantly, America) would be covered in a thick blanket of evergreen forest. These "forests" would serve as refuge for the bears and squirrels that wish to harm us. Nothing would stop them and my gut tells me the Bear Uprising of 2012 would begin as early as 2007. That's all you need to know about geography.

So, as you may have noticed, I've changed the look of this blog. I really like it. I was looking for a cool pic to put up on my header (you'll see I've found one). I thought I'd share some of the photos I found. This photo, like many to follow, was taken in Iceland. (Love that country!) To tell you the truth, this isn't one of my favorites. I really wanted to include it, though, because it shows how the lights look like ribbons in the sky, the effect that I remember most vividly. Green is the most common color. It's the reds and the purples that I loved best. They were so rare. What an amazing photo! We've got the moon, the stars, the aurora borealis, and a waterfall!! This is Öxarárfoss at national park, Þingvellir in Iceland. Taken from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska

सो, यू प्रोबब्ली हवे नो आईडिया वहत इ'म सयिंग। रेअल्ली, इ दोन'टी एइठेर। इ वोंदर हाउ वेल्ल थिस वोर्क्स। अन्य्वय, इफ यू कैन रीड थिस, लेट मी क्नो हाउ आईटी लूक्स। उम्म, इन इंग्लिश, प्लेस। इ विष इ कोउल्ड रीड हिन्दी, बुत सद्ली, सुच इस नोट थे केस। For everyone out there who can't read Hindi: neither can I!!!! I was just messing around with a new feature on blogger.

S.C.U.M. Manifesto (Society for Cutting Up Men) Life in this society being, at best, an utter bore and no aspect of society being at all relevant to women, there remains to civic-minded, responsible, thrill-seeking Females only to overthrow the government, eliminate the money system, institute complete automation and destroy the male sex. -Valerie Solanas The very last Tiwari's "Other" Movie Night of the year introduced me to I Shot Andy Warhol . Really, an amazing movie. Well, I thought so. In the discussion after the film, it became obvious that not everyone shared my point of view. Of course, to say that I have been interested in every aspect of sexuality is far too insubstantial. Rather, say fascinated, for this is more accurate, veracious. There were two scenes that I found incredibly striking: Valerie Solanas (who describes herself as "a butch dyke") throws Candy Darling (a pre-op transsexual)down on a bed. Valerie is furious and Candy is terrified. As t...

They're everywhere. Hips, butt, thighs, back of my knees. I don't even have to wear that low cut of a shirt for you to see the stretch marks I've developed on my breasts since I started taking Nortriptyline . Seriously, why would they make an anti-depressant that makes you gain weight??? And I don't mean five or ten pounds. I mean enough weight, and quickly enough, to give you stretch marks. I mean like 35 pounds in the past couple months. You know, enough to cause permanent scaring to your dermal layer. Plus, it's expensive. So, while you're shelling out money for meds, shell out some more clams for new bras, underpants, jeans.... I've been able to get away with not buying too many new tops. I can't wear any of my old button-up blouses, though, so I got a couple new ones at Steve & Barry's . So, in addition to the depression you've already got, you have to deal with incredible weight gain and you're broke. Isn't that going to make yo...

So, I've signed up for classes today! Yay! For Summer 2008 (May 27 - July 25): PC308: Theories of Personality -- MW 6-8 pm (Bolich) PH201: Intro to Philosophy: Modern and Contemporary -- TR 6-8 pm (Cooke) For Fall 2008 (Aug 26 - Dec 22) BI300: Genetics -- MWF 11-11:50 (Ellington) BI300L: Genetics Lab -- R 1-3:50 (Ellington) PC403: Abnormal Psychology -- TR 8-9:15 (Varley) SO405: Demography -- TR 9:30-10:45 (Lodge) SS300: Statistics for Social Sciences -- MWF 9-9:50 (Cote) Predictions For Following Semesters: For Spring 2009 SS400: Philosophical & Historical Foundation (Calhoun-Sauls or Lodge) PC360: Social and Cultural Psychology (Calhoun-Sauls) PC307: Research Methods (Calhoun-Sauls or Cote) EN202: English Literature (Fowler, Harris, Munro, or Weir) For Summer 2009 GB320: Great Books (Donoghue) PH250: Ethics (Cooke) For Fall 2009 PC410W: Senior Thesis (Cote)

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So, do we like the new looks? I do. Let me know... (It doesn't really matter, because I like 'em and they're stickin' around. lol)

Facebook has an application where you can draw "graffiti" on your friends' walls. If you're a friend of mine on Faceook, you can check out the graffiti I've drawn and watch a replay of me drawing it! I thought that was pretty cool For Lady Tiffany: Snape and Ron from Potter Puppet Pals For Dr. Tiwari: He's showing "I Shot Andy Warhol" this Friday. I thought this would be appropriate.

Minesweeper: The Movie Drill Sargent to Recruit: "Why are you here?" "I want to make this ledge safe!" "WHY are you here?" "I'm here because I'M BORED!" "Never forget that!"

-- Jeremy Fisher She's my polyrhythm Carrying my heart like the beat So fast I can't keep up My prayers sing the melody She runs guns, everyone wants guns She runs guns, everyone wants, there she goes She runs guns, everyone wants guns She runs guns, everyone wants, there she goes Why you wanna save me? Lord my soul is taken Doo doo doo doo doo doo She cried, I cried so hard Left her for the LRA Fly by like a million hornets These bullets know my name She runs guns everyone wants guns She runs guns everyone wants there she goes She runs guns everyone wants guns She runs guns everyone wants there she goes Doo doo doo doo doo doo I done too much damage Got nothing left to feel My self is broke and bandaged Her love is a scar that never heals Why you wanna save me? Lord my soul is shaken Why you wanna save me? Lord my soul is taken Doo doo doo doo doo doo I'm so lonely?

Mock (yeah) ing (yeah) bird (yeah) Yeah, yeah Mockingbird everybody, have you heard? (Have you heard?) He's gonna buy me a Mockingbird Ever watch a mockingbird sing? It's kinda neat. As it sings, it keeps quickly changing its tune, like if you sang a song in which every line was from a different song. I wonder why the mockingbird mocks... Birds sing to attract their mates, right? Who is the mockingbird looking to attract? I've read that, while their mimicry may sound convincing to a human ear, such is not true to other birds.

I understand about indecision But I don't care if I get behind People living in competition All I want is to have my peace of mind.

First man : So after Cain killed Abel he was sent from exile and went up Europe way. Second man : Not Asia? First man : No, the Caucus mountains... that's up Europe way. Second man : Oh, you mean like Turkey. First man : And since black people don't like the cold, Cain went to live in a cave and started to grow and was the first caveman. Now at that time there was dinosaurs but they weren't really dinosaurs, we call them dinosaurs but that's just how God made animals, you know, until you start messin with the DNA of 'em. Second man : Oh! First man : Then Cain met his sister and they had a baby together but since Cain was cursed for being the first murderer their baby came out an obino. Second man : An obino? First man : Yeah, a red-headed blue-eyed obino and that's where white people come from. Then they went to the north pole and you know it's light there six months and it's dark there six months and the wind is always blowing and that's where As...

It's True... Wow. Some people just don't think before they speak, do they? Or maybe they just don't think at all. Sarah T., here at school, is one of the most loud-mouthed, obnoxious girls I know. At dinner she was saying that Hilary shouldn't be president. Why? I asked. First, Sarah said it was because "she lies!" citing Clinton's quote about her landing in Bosnia several years ago. Second, Sarah said "we can never have a woman president because she'd get PMS!" Yeah, I see. That's why we can't have women senators and governors (etc...), either, right? Oh, wait.... Sarah said that it was okay for her to say that because she's a girl, so it's not sexist. Quoting Tina Fey's character in Mean Girls: "You guys have got to stop calling each other sluts and whores. It just makes it okay for guys to call you sluts and whores. ... It's just bad for business." Just the same, I explained to Sarah why what she said just...

YAYYYYYY! I get to take Genetics next semester!!!! See, I haven't had Cell Biology -- the prerequisite for Genetics. However, to get a BS in Psych, I need two upper level sciences. I've already had microbiology. Genetics is really the only upper level biology that is applicable to psychology. I think. Anyway, I'm really interested in Genetics, but I need permission from the instructor. I e-mailed her, asking to come by and talk with her about it. I got a reply saying "I have spoken with your advisor, and feel confident that you can handle genetics next semester." Yay! I'm really very excited. So, next semester I am taking Genetics + Genetics Lab , Abnormal Psychology , Demography , Statistics for Social Sciences , and English Lit . This summer I am taking Intro to Philosophy: Modern to Contemporary , and Theories of Personality . What a great course load! Gosh, academically speaking, everything has just gotten a lot better since the beginning of this semester....

So, lotsa posts tonight. Hmm. I'm playing with the Gap Minder right now. It's really really interesting, if you're into sociology and stuff. Its a graph and it maps things like Infant Mortality Rate against Income Per Person and things like that for every (or nearly every) country. When you do Life Expectancy at birth and Income Per Person, you'll see that a bunch of African countries going down recently. That's AIDS. The life expectancy of Rwanda, at one point drops to 24. That's the genocide. Brunei though... this has been puzzling me. The income per person shoots off the chart in 1978 for a year or two, and then levels back out to where it was before. What happened? I have no idea. If anyone knows, I'm really curious. I couldn't really find it online. I didn't do THAT much research, though. I'm kinda tired. Actually, I think I'll be going to bed tonight.

EVERYONE needs to read this . It's great. Written by a bartender. I don't even wait tables anymore, but I still try to encourage good tipping. 6 friends and I went to IHOP on Free Pancake Day this year. A couple of us ordered juice/coffee, maybe a side, but at least 2 people just got the free pancakes and water. That's cool; that didn't bother me. What did bother me is that they assumed they didn't have to tip. "It's free," they said. "We're poor college students, anyway," they said. Oh, yes, and I'm a wealthy... not-college-student? Right. If you can't afford to tip, don't go out to eat/drink. Good lord. You think they're getting paid well to bring you your water and short stack? About $2.13 an hour. Can YOU make a living on $2.13 an hour? I didn't think so. I'm tempted to tag the guilty parties names in this, but I won't. I will tag the college though, because, unfortunately, it's not just college student...

Shopping for my body size is getting a little frustrating. I have a feeling that if I'm still on these meds when I graduate... I may need a little help from Stacy and Clinton. Just throwing it out there.

Yesterday I found out that Charlton Heston had died. I know I'm late in learning this. It made me miss Jeff a little -- platonicly. People who don't Jeff probably don't get why. Lol. Even some people who do know him won't know why. I think only "Tiff-dizzle" (hahaha) will get it. He's just a really cool dude. Jeff. Not Heston. I didn't know Heston nearly well enough to say if he's a cool dude or not.

I'm so proud of me! All grown up. Doing my own taxes. Filling out my own FAFSA. I'm all done except for mailing in the 8453 OL form. Estimated family contribution: $0. THAT'S RIGHT. No one else can claim me this year. I get the rebate and hopefully some kinda better need-based scholarship. Gubment man betta gimme mah munny!!!!!!!!!

Did you know Neelix from Star Trek: Voyager appears in Star Trek: First Contact as a Maitre d' in a Holodeck nightclub? We're watching First Contact. Scene we're on now Borg Queen: Are you familiar with physical forms of pleasure? Lieutenant Commander Data: If... you're referring to sexuality, I'm fully functional. Programmed in multiple techniques. Borg Queen: How long has it been since you've used them? Lieutenant Commander Data: 8 years, 7 months, 16 days, 4 minutes 22... Borg Queen: Far too long Lolz!

Peep Show

"I've died 44 times. I don't think I've ever died that much in my life." -K Swiss playing COD4

Waahhhhh. Twitter is down. :-( Oh well. I have 4 friends now! LTA, Sir Tim, and two other dudes. Now people will see on their feeds that these people are my friends and I'll get more friends. Yay! Anyway, so, our whole dinner conversation today was on StarTrek and Star Wars. About how much the last three movies sucked. I mean, Darth Maul was cool. Qui-Gon was cool. Mace Windu? Did you see the way he died? So frickin' fail! And Jar Jar Binks? Wow. Lame. He's just non-canonical. No. No! I don't care if George Lucas wrote him in. Geezzz. You know, he didn't direct the first trilogy. I think they had a winner there. Let him be producer. I do like American Graffiti, though... Anyway, this guy, Thomas, came over to our table to talk and hang out. And he sat there listening to us for a few minutes. "You guys are such geeks!" He said to me. I shrugged. Yea. Lolz. Who cares? Anyway, I think we should watch the first trilogy. And also some StarTrek. Why?...

I has friends!!! ^_^ yayz0rz!

Hey, I have a new Facebook account since they disabled my last one. Wanna be friends?

Here are a couple pictures of The Pelzer Light People and then two pictures with Christmas lights. I just like them. YES, I understand Christmas was a while ago. But, surely you realize that time is simply an illusion. (Take it from here Lady Tiffany.) Also, some photos are blurry. Tooooo bad. I like Christmas light pictures to be a little blurry. The Pelzer Light People's house. Some of the other houses in the neighbor hood were decked pretty well, too. Not as many as I saw last time I went. People just don't want to take the time anymore. If you want, they'll get you a jacket and you can be a light person for a little while! A picture of some Light People as we were driving up. Our Christmas tree!!!! This is a plant thing we have, made of Jade I think. I'm really not sure. Anyway, Dadders decorated it real nice.

Once again, just messing around with my camera. All these pictures are from last semester, btw Ermmm, is this upside down? I don't know...

One night, at about 3 am, I couldn't sleep. So, I spent a while messing with my camera. This is a really awesome dress I have (that I hope to fit in again, if I ever get off the meds I'm on now). I really like this one. Can you tell I'm gross? My hair definitely needs to be washed. She says baby It's 3 am I must be lonely When she says baby Well I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes Says the rain's gonna wash away I believe it

I'm putting up a bunch of pictures on Red Cat Stills . Go check it out.

Fun times at the Wasabi (Murasaki, whatever) Christmas Party... Had to wait until at least after Pi Day to put these up.... This picture is just sweet I think maybe I was having difficulty standing? No just kidding. Actually, we didn't drink that much. K-Swiss, double fisting, that little tippler. Not really, he's just holding my drink. Mmmm, Malibu and pineapple... Break out the fake mustaches!!! K-Swiss jamming with Heath and the other dude Visiting with Sassafras peoples Thad twirling me I'm pretty sure Steve has no idea what's going on around him

Simon looking out his cage Checking out the cell phone. This is the cutest picture. Just hanging out in his loft area. So, there is also a really cute picture of him eating a carrot -- taken minutes before he shoved the whole thing into his cheek, way weird. Anyway, for some reason, it won't send right. I'll get it to you when I get it to you. Simon is way too cute. Unfortunately, hamsters are kinda nocturnal. _______________________ Simon Belmont This was taken shortly before he shoved the whole carrot into his cheek pouch.

Oh, I've decided what to do about the lack of photos. I'm sending some pix of Simon, my hamster, from my phone to my computer. I'll post them on Red Cat Stills . You should realize that Simon's full name is Simon Belmont. Get it? Get it? No, it's got nothing to do with my geographical location.

Yeahhhhh, so I didn't buy batteries. I bought alcohol and chocolates. Kinda like batteries, but not. I want everyone to see Anders loves Maria . It's a web comic I stumbled upon. I love the drawing style. It's still really short, which is disappointing. You can read through the whole thing in a couple hours, max, which is not something you can say for QC , XKCD , or Qwantz . So, it's alright, yeah? I had a Developmental Psych test today and a Cognitive Psych take home test due tomorrow (I just finished!!!) so, my brain is feeling a little drained. What, you say? Take home tests, not so bad? Oh, my.... you must not know Dr. Cote, who is, no doubt, super awesome and having her as my advisor and professor encourages me to do well. But, man, those tests are hard. Took me 5.5 hours to finish. The last one, I think I did better on. I don't want to hope, though.... For the last test, I thought I made a high B... I made a 98. I feel like I made around 80 on this one... so m...