Finally.

After reading 452 pages into Hunters of Dune did a satisfatory line appear. It goes: " To suspect your own mortality is to know the beginning of terror. To learn irrefutably that you are mortal is to know the end of terror. - Bene Gesserit Archives."Sigh, Herbert Junior and Anderson should learn more from Frank Herbe...

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Conversation at work

Sometimes when I'm at work I take a break from beating small children and explaining the "Copy/Paste" function over and over again to computer users. During these breaks, sometimes I will deign to converse with other library staff members.Yesterday I chatted with the 19-yr-old working the circulation desk and mentioned that the Spice Girls were getting back together. I forgot, when I said this, that my coworker friend was probably still wearing diapers when the Spice Girls were popular. Silly me.Me: "That's just so funny. When I was in college the Spice Girls were this huge big deal."Girl: "Woah, wait. You were in college way back then??"Me: "I was a freshman in '97, and that's when they were big."Girl: "Seriously? I didn't realize you were that old!"Me: "Okay . . . "Girl: "I thought you...

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I'm here because I have to be--what's your excuse?

Today is an absolutely, absolutely gorgeous day. It's sunny, warm, slightly breezy, and it is the kind of day that makes me want to call in sick to work and sneak off to the pool. I would, of course, be sure to slather my white, blue-veined body with enough sunscreen to protect an army of newborn albino babies.My sister Spitfire has a swimming pool at her complex but I haven't been in it, yet. That needs to change, I think. I finally caved and bought a new swimsuit through Land's End's big clearance sale. I don't think it looks that great on, but it looks better than my old suit, which I bought 3 years ago at Ross Dress for Less and has now...

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A kind of meme.

Getting incredibly annoyed by the fact that my wallet is getting increasingly lighter and wanting to get the whole exams thing off my chest, I have decided to do this meme, which is passed on by my dearest Solvene friend - Vika, of whom I immensly enjoy chatting with.Here it goes:II completely abhor the utilitarian society with all its very much unneeded bureaucratic processes. Thus, I'd enjoy my own little recluse every now and then. I hide myself by the following activities - metal music, cards, watching films, reading existenial philosophy/Dune/Spirituality and incessantly quoting Pulp Fiction. Nonetheless, people always have their way to irritate me. They will come and talk to me when I have my ear phones on, telling me something totally unneccessary. Excuse me, when I have my ear phones...

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Happy 32nd Birthday, Jon!

Awake in chaos, Maha-Jon!Your name lives on in the history of metal. A true inspiration in all direction, an unending source of energy and ideology, you are. I hail you with obscene ectasty! -Li...

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Traitor to my generation

I watched Rent a few weeks ago and have been meaning to say a few words about it.My reaction? Meh.Maybe if I'd seen it on the stage when it first came out I would have felt differently--I dunno. It came out when I was in high school and everyone made such a fuss over it. I'm sure part of the appeal was that it dealt with issues (like HIV and homosexuality) that hadn't really been addressed in contemporary musicals.But here are my gripes:I didn't love the music. Only a few of the tunes (like Seasons of Love, Tango Maureen, Out Tonight) actually stayed in my head after the movie was over. Also, I just like Tango Maureen. I like tangos. I like...

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Not that I'm unpatriotic

But I think I'm more excited for what's coming after the 4th of July. On the 6th (Friday) I'll leave work early and meet up with Jen & Co at IKEA, where I will return some goods and then purchase many, many more.On our way down to Happy Valley we're stopping at Chadder's for dinner. It's the new In-N-Out knock-off in American Fork and we need to go now on account of In-N-Out is already suing them. Only I'd like to know what they say is the exact copyright being infringed. "We own hamburgers!" "We own short menus!" "We own fries made with real potatoes"I think it's more like this one: "Stopit stoppit stoppit you guys are jerks and you're...

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Slacker Monday

Sorry, friends. I'm going to try to get some work done today so I may not be posting til later.Here's a bit of sweet Ioan-y goodness to get us all through the morni...

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Thoughts

I'm supposed to do a flourish demostration on monday for Mediacorp because impulsive me emailed them about the above subject.I don't know I am even committed enough to do any furthur performances for the TV after the demostration. I am so lazy. XDI have the intense urge to go full time into my intellectual hobbies, I have plans to write, to read more, to think more, to do some spiritual stints, namely to meditate long term. I want a retreat badly.Sigh, I don't know. Just go with the flow, I gue...

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I suppose this is the tiny bit of Alaskan in me talking

Last night I was reminded that it was, in fact, the longest day of the year. My first thought?It's all downhill from here.Because I hadn't been fully aware that it was, in fact, summer solstice, I forgot to plan any pagan rituals or Naked Moonlight Forest Glade Dancing. Which is a shame.I did, though, go to a famous local spot for lunch, which must count for something. It's called Hamilton's and is Logan's fancy restaurant.We splurged on the double stuffed potato spring rolls (Official description: Creamy mashed potatoes with a touch of green onion, bacon, and melted cheddar cheese. All rolled in a crispy Asian wrapper, served with sour cream.)...

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Please understand that I love my mom the most

And if anyone else talks smack about her they're gonna get clobbered. But Jenny and I realized last night that neither of us have told this story and it's too good to keep in.A couple years ago we were all together at Christmas. Jen was finishing up at BYU and had switched over to some touchy-feely new Family Life major because it was the one that would get her graduated the fastest. At this point she already had one baby and didn't want to be in college for 15 years.Understandable. I guess.Slacker.She and her classmates were being asked to help develop the major and give input about the kind of things they'd like to learn. Jen was frustrated because she wanted the program to be more academically rigorous and address some of the sociological issues associated with the family. Her classmates...

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Night Out

It's so awesome to know a video that has been made out of impulse and boredom yesterday was so well-recieved.Plus, the video is Decknique's 666th media. \m/ Hell yeah! Kvlt! Watch for more comments at: http://decknique.net/content/666.html. =)...

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I hate everyone

My friend AuD is on a medical internship in Portland and emailed yesterday to say how things are going. Then he told me this story about an FHE activity the Young Single Adults just had. FHE stands for Family Home Evening, which is something all LDS families are encouraged to do on Monday nights to promote family time & togetherness. They make people in singles wards do it too even though we're not actual family. In the freakish wards they call the organizers of the groups to be "FHE Dads and Moms" or (my favorite) "Mas and Paas." And then they encourage us to date and make out with our dads & brothers, which makes for an odd dynamic, don't you think? That's why I prefer "FHE Group Leader," because it doesn't imply familial relations or incest. And there is no way I will stand in...

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Pulp Fiction Scene -

Classic, dammit!...

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Good thing I lead such a sedentary lifestyle

Over a week ago I was using our apartment's little tiny ironing board. It's the kind with the wee little legs so you have to set the thing on the ground or on top of a table to use it. I was sitting cross-legged on the living room carpet, ironing away at a new red fitted sheet to cover my box-spring. (Note: Pictures of new improved fabulous room coming soon!)Anyway, during the ironing I leaned forward a bit too far to grab some more sheet and pulled back a bit too far with the hand holding the iron. So I backed the thing onto my leg and gave myself a nice right-triangle-shaped burn. I thought I was taking good care of it but it turns out that I didn't keep medicine and bandages on it for long enough. Am back to doing that, but it's kind of not getting any better and looks really, really gross....

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Oh my

Well I'm actually just a bit embarrassed by your response to my birthday blog post. I was expecting a few comments from courageous hitherto-lurkers (and got them--thank you, brave souls!) but didn't expect to hear so many nice things from so many people! Now y'all will think I was fishing for compliments . . . only you don't have to stop. I mean, I would never be one to make you curb a generous impulse, right?But seriously, that was so, so very nice. And it's great fun for me to read about you cool people I haven't heard from before. I'm thinking we should have a young snarky Mormon librarian summit since it turns out there are quite a few of us.The lovely Claire asked what my first name is and even though it would be awesome to let the Internet think that my parents named me Nemesis during...

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Movies

Today was rather productive, although I did nothing but watch a load of movies and practiced my cards. Bored out of my wits I was, so I decided to do a mini-movie marathon with me, myself and I.So, I watched Donnie Darko from 2.30pm thereabouts, then followed by Hitchcock's Psycho. Finishing it off by Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, ending around at 11pm.Bored.I think I forgot there's a thing called Mid Year Exams. Ah ack, tomorrow....

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=)

I just love this description of Meditation, found at ANUS.com;"Imagine calming your mind until it was working at optimal efficiency without interruption. Discipline, regular breathing and homeostatic (bodily energy maintenance) uniformity allow this kind of thinking, and when done together with the purpose of clear thought, the practice is called meditation."So damned right. That's what I am experiencing day in and day out. Meditation is wondro...

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Happy Birthday!

My blog turns two years old today. I've already steeled myself for the public tantrums, the repeated and incessant screaming of "No!" and the smearing of dirty diapers on the upholstery of my car.I've learned a bit since that very first blog post. And if you don't mind, I will share a few of the most important things:If you give a boy your blog address and he comes back to you, he's yours. If runs away screaming at the first mention of your cobwebbed ovaries, it was never meant to be. And he's a wuss.Don't assume that what you're saying about people won't get back to them. Like karma is going to pass up that prime opportunity to kick you in...

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Ricky Jay Cards Across

Damn entertaini...

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Manual Labor makes me cranky

Have been hauling books around all morning because we're moving the picture books from shelves to bins. I have some volunteers to help me and they're good but it's not like I can just tell them to have at it. I am slowly learning that it's hardly ever a good idea to tell volunteers to "have at it," especially if they're the 12-yr-old ADD kind of volunteer. Because that's when the badness happens and my brain leaks out my ears when I see what they've actually been up to.Also, teachers? Wanna do me a favor and quiz your kids on their alphabetizing skills? Because it turns out they don't have any. Or possibly they need glasses.Anyway, I did yoga...

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I need someone to "eat me and drink m...

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Einsamkeit

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So. What can you do?

So the lesson in Relief Society yesterday was interesting. It was based on the concept of "provident living" and these were the 5 main areas the teacher covered:1. We are responsible for our own social, emotional, spiritual, physical, and economic well-being.2. We have been counseled to participate in home food production and storage.3. We should work for what we receive.4. We can become economically self-reliant by saving, avoiding debt, and living within our means.5. Preparedness is a way of life that brings its own rewards.The problem with these kinds of lessons is that they end up becoming All About Food Storage, and this one was no different. I really would have like to have spent more time on #1, especially about social, emotional, and physical well-being, because it seems like those...

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Hmm.

I have taken an interest in Breatharianism, and was reading up stuff about it online.I was quite, slightly, scantly convinced that it made some sense somewhere and I was actually considered to be a Breatharian when I was just born. The latter due to my inability to consume normal milk when I was just out from my mother, I think this lasted for a few months, until they found out an alternative to milk, from then now, I started ''eating''. Recalling this, I went, "Woah.... I was once a Breatharian."Until I read this on the same webpage: "The wavelengths of our DNA (DNA is a complex series of soundwaves) are now active." Soundwaves for DNA, huh? They have not taken a single biology lesson in their entire life. Geez. Ladies and Gentlemen, DNA (deoxyribonuclei acid) are made up of 4 different...

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Nail in the coffin

So remember how I went on another date with the Semi-Stalker-Who While A Nice Guy is Simply Not Turning Out to Be My Type? That is not going to be happening again, bless his heart. The final straw came during that last date.He asked me about places I've traveled and admitted that he hadn't really been anywhere yet.Me: "Where would you like to go?"Him: "The Holy Land."Me: "Yeah, that's one place I'd like to go too." (Seeking common ground, see how I'm seeking common ground?)Him: "Or, you know, just anywhere that has a lot of Muslims."Me: "Um . . . okay . . . the Holy Land would work, then. Or at least that's one of the predominately Muslim areas where you would be allowed to go."Him: "I just--I think we've got it all wrong in our country and have a lot of misapprehensions. I mean, I know my...

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Monologue.

Just popped by HMV the other day. Saw Rammstein's Voelkerball DVD standing tall and proud at 3rd place in the DVD Charts. I went =D. Didn't know Rammstein has such popularity here. Although a more discerning note to notice is that Slipknot's Voliminal DVD stands at second.Damn proud. It means there's a chance of R+ dropping by for a feuerkonkert.Es ist Gut. Viele Gut.Anyway, I just went to Kev's place this evening for a movie. Watched David Fincher's Se7en. I am very impressed by Fincher's work til now. Fight Club was mind-blowing. Same for Se7en, although I have guessed the plot in the middle of watching it. It's still very skillfully executed and directed. Lust's murder was schweet. It's almost as brutal as De Sade. :P Did a read up on John Doe. I just like how well-planned and twisted...

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Out for the day

Am embraced in the arms of my lover. Rejoice with ...

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MARILYN MANSON POP WORLD

Still so beautiful... Paragon of perfection. Manson Is The God of Fuck....

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Just a thought. Poker: not your game

I really need to work on my poker face. My sister Spitfire tells me that even when I'm trying to look all neutral and calm, I still have eyebrows. And they give me away.This is not good.A little more facial control would have been helpful yesterday when my boss came up to the desk and proudly displayed the newest addition to our library collection:It's quite difficult to drum up enthusiasm when one is dying a little bit inside. I mean, I know that we need to give the people what they want, but do they have to want Norbit? Isn't it better if people just forget about that movie and about other crappy, crappy movies like it? How is there even anything...

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Obviously you don't know your audience

So I realize that I tend to tell stories about the crazy people I run into at church. I don't want anyone to get the idea that all Mormons are crazy from these stories. The fact is that we're quite down-to-earth, reasonable people, which is why the weirdos tend to stick out and get remembered. Over at Mormon Mommy Wars, a discussion got started about crazy things people have seen happen at church, including the married couple who kissed 41 times during a 1-hour meeting, and the lady who hit a squirrel with her car on the way to church and put it in her pocket and took it to church with her. That post now has 180 comments.I realize that there are nutters everywhere. It's just that in our church we invite them to get up in front of everyone and say what's on their mind. I refer specifically...

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Because I'm a giver

I got the following comment/request last week: OK totally off subject. I haven't read your blog for a few weeks and found the "holding out for a hero" video very entertaining. But wait! I don't recognize some of those people! I thought I had seen most everything out there. So, please have mercy on me and help me compile a list of movies of that genre that haven't seen yet! Thanks! -a loyal but anonymous reader.How can I refuse such a request?? I give the people what they want. Especially if what they want is my most favorite thing ever: Sumptuous Literary Adaptations. (See also: Regency Man Candy. Or Victorian Man Candy.)Here are the movies...

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MU 2005 Summary

Time flies. That was exactly 2 years ago. Yes, I suck crap at that time. *recalling trembling in front of Bone Evil and being only able to do the sybil*Good times... good times......

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爱我南桥。

南桥，谢谢你的美好回忆和您的纯在。南桥的旧校舍。好想回到过去。。。 Felicity (2002-2003). Integral (2004-2005).Credits for photo: Vict...

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Oh my flipping gosh heck

So . . . school's out. If you want to imagine what my workplace is like right now, go pepper-spray a pack of chimpanzees and then let them loose in your house. That is what my workplace is like right now. I don't know if I'm going to be able to do this.Of course, there are the little moments that help. Yesterday a 3-yr-old girl told me that she liked my skirt. (It's the pretty pink one from Gran Canaria with the sequins, which . . . probably just gave you a totally different vision. It's not a clubbing skirt. I promise. The sequins are very subtle. I'm stopping now.)We're gearing up for the Summer Reading Program, and it's kind of amazing that local businesses will just hand hundreds of dollars worth of coupons over to people who turn up and say they're from a library. Only about 2 places...

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