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"The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when [they] discovers that someone else believes in [them] and is willing to trust [them] with [their] friendship."
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Aug. 4th, 2006 @ 06:26 am
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The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when [they] discovers that someone else believes in [them] and is willing to trust [them] with [their] friendship.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Jul. 11th, 2006 @ 02:52 pm
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27 things to do in an elevator
1) When there's only one other person in the elevator, tap them on the shoulder and then pretend it wasn't you.
2) Push the buttons and pretend they give you a shock. Smile, and go back for more.
3) Ask if you can push the button for other people, but push the wrong ones.
4) Call the Psychic Hotline from your cell phone and ask if they know what floor your on.
5) Hold the doors open and say your waiting for a friend. After a while, let the doors close, and say, "Hi Greg. How's your day been?"
6) Drop a pen and wait until someone goes to pick it up, then scream, "That's mine!"
7) Bring a camera and take pictures of everyone in the elevator.
8) Move your desk into the elevator and whenever anyone gets on, ask if they have an appointment.
9) Lay down the twister mat and ask people if they would like to play.
10) Leave a box in the corner, and when someone gets on, ask them if they can hear ticking.
11) Pretend you are a flight attendant and review emergency procedures and exits with the passengers.
12) Ask, "Did you feel that?"
13) Stand really close to someone, sniffing them occasionally.
14) When the doors close, announce to the others, "It's okay, don't panic, they open again!"
15) Swat at flies that don't exist.
16) Tell people that you can see their aura.
17) Call out, "Group Hug!"and then enforce it.
18) Grimace painfully while smacking your forehead and muttering, "Shut up, all of you, just shut up!"
19) Crack open your briefcase or purse, and while peering inside, ask, "Got enough air in there?"
20) Stand silently and motionless in the corner, facing the wall, without getting off.
21) Stare at another passenger for a while, then announce in horror, "Your one of THEM!" and back away slowly.
22) Wear a puppet on your hand and use it to talk to the other passengers.
23) Listen to the elevator walls with your stethoscope.
24) Make explosion noises when anyone presses a button.
25) Stare, grinning at another passenger for a while, then announce, "I have new socks on".
26) Draw a little square on the floor with chalk and announce to the other passengers, "This is MY personal space!"
27) Bring a plastic blow up doll and pretend it is your wife/girlfriend and say "Don't yell at me woman!" and throw her into the wall.
If this made you laugh repost this as "27 things to do in an elevator. |
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Jan. 16th, 2006 @ 05:56 pm
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SNOW
1
A liquid whiteness closes over
my eyes like an ointment, a watery
salve coating my lids, my lashes:
sleet, an oncoming wall of snow
moistens the sea wind that is carrying
birdlike voices through the wood.
Trees, deep-rooted in rows, disband
into a maze. Tangled bramble patches
lead me astray over brittle iced
pools, miniature lakes in a world
grown small and tricky.
2
Miles-long, a cloud-cover
blows about. Voluminous,
gauzy, it trails in off the gray
sea. Its heavy, wet hem is
bending the bleached marsh grasses. Shaken
out from its innermost folds
that hide the stars, small scintillations,
twisted by the winds into six-armed
shapes, spiral down. White as
fish-bone, as branching coral,
they slowly stack their chances, facet
by roughened facet, carved by their journey
into a starry symmetry. They plane
and glide in bevies; fernlike
wings covered with feathery
vanes, fronds of ice, flash
by flash, draw closer to
the stunned earth.
3
They flock in on the raw wind,
thirsty to scooping up the fresh powder,
savoring its melt and run-off
in their throats. Momentarily sated,
they sink puffed bodies down
through a depression in the glazed crust,
hedonists overcrowding a marbled
bath. They fan their oval wings,
tossing flurries over their preened backs.
4
Knowing all the ways
into thickets and under shrubs,
trackless shadows overtake the wood,
until each leafless bush is quilled
with tinkling, black ice. Punctured
the splintering crust gives way,
as if hammer-struck, opening a jagged
hole that scrapes my ankle.
The night pours from it,
silvery flakes caught in my lashes,
crystalline granules of a salve,
flushed from my sight.
-Billiam |
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Nov. 30th, 2005 @ 09:49 pm
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1. One secret.
2. One compliment.
3. One non-compliment.
4. One love note, but it does not have to be for me.
5. Lyrics to a song.
6. How old you are.
7. How long we've been friends.
8. And a hint to who you are.
9. After you do it for me, put it in your LJ and see who does it for you |
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if you wish -- post an anonymous and
honest comment about something that you
think or feel about me ,
and then copy this to your own journal .
please do this.
Oct. 27th, 2005 @ 07:38 pm
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Have you recently:
1. Had sex: ummm let's not comment to that one...
2. Bought something: of course...chocolate covered cherries!
3. Gotten sick: I am
4. Sang: Quote From Lauren's LJ survey..."duh"
5. Been kissed: yeah actually a few times...
6. Ate something: yeah...Grilled Cheese
7. Felt stupid: when do I not?
8. Talked to an ex: yeah
9. Missed Someone: yeah recently
Last person who;
1. Layed in your bed: only me
2. Saw you cry: Kaitlyn Butcher? Not real sure...I haven't cried in a real long time
3. Made you cry: Nicholas
4. Went to the movies with: Rachel, Danielle, David
5. You went to the mall with: Danielle
Have You Ever:
1. Said "I Love You" and meant it: Unfortunately
2. Got in a fight with your pet: yeah I totally yelled my brains out...Very stress releiving
3. Been to California: nope
4. Been to Mexico: Nopie
6. Been to Canada: Nah
7. Been to Europe: I am totally living there
Random:
1. Do you have a crush on someone: "crush", yeh sure
2. What book are you reading now: The Book of Atrus
3. Worst feeling in the world: Getting someone, and then losing them
4. Future kids names: Nicholas, Jenica
5. Do you sleep with a stuffed animal: yeah...rainbow bear...wow I must be real gay
6. What's under your Bed: well I have a raise bed...so my desk and computer
7. Sports to watch: Diving...or Gymnastics
8. Location: Cedar Point, Ohio
9. Piercing/Tattoos: not yet
10. Do you drink: I have...but like just a shot
11. What are you most scared of right now: ummm never finding a guy
13. Who do you really hate: guys who are homophobic
15. Do you like being around people: kind of...I am a real independent person in general
17. Have you ever cried: Are you kidding me? WHO HASN'T?
18. Are you lonely: ...yes...
19. Song that's stuck in your head a lot: If I loved you
23. Pulled an all-nighter: YEPP~!
24. Been on radio/TV: I don't think so
25. Been in a mosh-pit: not yet...but I may one day
-Billiam
Oct. 23rd, 2005 @ 01:38 pm
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I am feeling great today actually...I went to bed at like 7:30 last night and then got up this morning and had two nalgene bottles full of ice coffee. Now THAT is good stuff. Even though I guess that i was talking WAY to fast this morning and I couldn't stop my hand from shaking when I was trying to take AP History notes...Caffine is an interesting thing.
On another few notes (because I like having more than one note played at a time...it creates pretty chords!):
First the Root of the Chord, Musical rehearsal today totally sucked...I am SURE it was because the talented Katie was not there to be the best ummm....are you the third lady in waiting? but I am totally positive that we sucked today because she was not there...but I also butchered a few lines here and there...haha. but oh well...I have like three weeks to learn them...ARG!
On the Third of the chord, I think I may be having a typical midnight meeting with Neil...we are going to stay up all night and watch queer as folk...because I have never seen it and he says it is REAL good. We will see what is good...LOL! jk
On my FAVORITE, the Fifth of the chord...(I should have gone from the root, to the fifth because I am cool like that and LOVE open fifths...but oh well...)So I think I am going to go listen to some music, run "Mattress" lines, and look at how my life is SO great as of the latter time!
LOVE YOU GUYS!
-Billiam
Oct. 19th, 2005 @ 08:50 pm
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Took a Quiz...!
Trait Snapshot:
expressive, open, self revealing, loves large parties, loud, social, outgoing, does not like social isolation, assertive, social chameleon, positive, always busy, likes to fit in, likes to stand out, enjoys leadership, brutally honest, trusting, optimistic, desires attention, dominant, aggressive, attachment prone, wants to be understood, realistic
-Billiam
Oct. 18th, 2005 @ 05:51 pm
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Today was a REAL long day. I started off getting up late...almost NO time for my shower. I think I was in and out of the bathroom in less then seven mins...totally a record and not EVER going to happen again, mark my words.
Then I got to school and I realized that I had the freaking PSAT's the first two blocks, meaning that I would be missing both Chamber Singers and Jazz Band...Now as some of you know, I am hating Chamber at the moment...to boring and just miserable to me. But I mean, ME MISS JAZZ BAND? It was TORTURE. Not to mention that the PSAT's were insanely long. I remember that the math was a breeze...just like Mrs. Nelson told us it would be. But the Reading and Grammar stuff took FREAKING FOREVER. It was insane. I was just going to go out of my mind. Luckily it ended eventually.
The rest of the day was okay. French has a new sub for this week before Madame Underwood comes next week. His name was Mr. Barcello...Ms. Stofanak's husband. Well let me tell you, he was REALLY french...Snobby, stuck up, and rude. I mean give us a break...we are only in French one...not French V. We can't answer questions if we don't know what is being asked asshole.
Then I was off to Musical, where me Jeni, and Alex sat out back and did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR THREE HOURS. It was Ridiculus. And they expect us to come tomorrow also when we all know that we will never get to our stuff to block and we will be doing nothing yet again. but oh well...what can you do?
When I got home, I listened to my messages, and low and behold, SRT called...about Peter Pan...For all of those who don't know yet, I auditioned for it at the beginning of the month. So I was listening and I am being offered the role of a pirate right...and then they say that they will PAY me if I accept the role...and not just like 80 dollars or something. I mean, they are offering FREAKING 375 dollars for two months of rehearsal and show. GOD HOW EXCITED AM I? Oh yes...Billy is going to invest in a real computer for my room that ACTUALLY works. So we will see.
I actually have to leave all of you lovelies and go finish up some of my Pre-Calculus homework...ARG...Talk to you in the morning all!
-Billiam
Oct. 12th, 2005 @ 08:13 pm
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So for all of those who don't know yet, it is Kyle Skillin's B-Day...HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HIM!!! But I am invited to spend the night over his house after the party on Saturday...It should be really fun. I am really excited to actually get to spend some time with Kyle, not in a public, party with other people who are horny, kind of way. It will be real nice I think. So I guess that I will update when I get the urge to...I am not really in the mood to do a real full update...but yet, when am I ever?
-Billiam
p.s. Kendra, I missed you so much and thanks for being so worried about me. I LOVE YOU! It is so nice to have you as one of my BEST friends. I can't wait to go bowling tomorrow...I HOPE...cross your fingers that it goes through~!
Oct. 6th, 2005 @ 06:05 pm
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her [7:17 PM]: do you like the oboe more or less than the sax?
Wmann1me [7:17 PM]: oh I thought you just said sex at first glance
Wmann1me [7:17 PM]: lol
Wmann1me [7:17 PM]: MORE
Wmann1me [7:17 PM]: WAY MORE
her [7:17 PM]: LOL
her [7:17 PM]: lol, what is your stance on oboes compared to sex?
her [7:17 PM]: haha
Wmann1me [7:17 PM]: lol
her [7:17 PM]: that's a joke
Wmann1me [7:18 PM]: well you don't really stand...
Wmann1me [7:18 PM]: lol
Wmann1me [7:18 PM]: jk
her [7:18 PM]: OMG
xAlaska Piex [7:18 PM]: I had just put a sausage in my mouth when you said that
xAlaska Piex [7:18 PM]: >.<
her [7:18 PM]: OMG
Wmann1me [7:18 PM]: lol
Wmann1me [7:18 PM]: wow that is dirty
Wmann1me [7:18 PM]: lol
her [7:19 PM]: you started it :-p
I do love dirty shit!
Oct. 4th, 2005 @ 07:19 pm
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Tomorrow is almost here...TWO BIG THINGS HAPPENING IN ONE DAY!
For all of those people who don't know, it is my sweet 16 tomorrow! OH YES
And school is going to start...I am really about to leave and got get some hot clothes so that you all will drool over me tomorrow at school!!!
Okay then I will see some of you tomorrow! LOVE YOU ALL LOTS!!!
-Billiam
Sep. 5th, 2005 @ 07:15 pm
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Since there was so many problems with the comic, I am just going to give you all the link...IT IS SOOOO FUNNY!!
http://ohmygods.timerift.net/strips/2005/03/26.php
Aug. 29th, 2005 @ 03:37 pm
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Haha. This is such a funny comic!!!
-Billiam
Aug. 28th, 2005 @ 08:18 pm
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"If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I."
- -- Michel de Montaigne
Aug. 23rd, 2005 @ 12:39 am
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Quick Question for the Friends...
IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO TO SEE ROCKY HORROR WITH ME, RACHEL, DAVID, AND MARGARET??? WELL IF YOU ARE AT ALL INTERESTED, THEN COMMENT ON MY, DAVID, OR RACHEL'S JOURNAL.
The plan right now is that we get together and get ready saturday afternoon/night and have a "party," then we all go to see the show in Portsmouth, at Seacoast Rep. We need to know by thurday if anyone is coming so leave your name number and address, and we will get back to you soon!!!
LOVE YOU ALL TONS!!!
-Billiam
Aug. 7th, 2005 @ 05:05 pm
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1. Reply with your name and I will write something I like about you.
2. I will then tell what song reminds me of you.
3. I wil tell you what bugs me about you.
4. I will try to name a single word that best describes you.
5. I'll tell you the most memorable moment I've had with you.
6. I will tell you what color you remind me of.
7. I'll then tell you something that I've always wondered about you.
8. Put this in your journal.
Jul. 22nd, 2005 @ 08:50 pm
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Name 20 people you know:
01) David
02) Kendra
03) De
04) Lindsey
05) Tanya
06) Audrey
07) Katie Way
08) Rachel
09) Brinee
10) Emma
11) Ali
12) Buggy
13) Col. Tibbs
14) Brittany
15) Margaret
16) James
17) Katy Hanson
18) Mary
19) Megan
20) Katie Thomas
How old is #7? 16?
Are you best friends with #10? WE ARE THE BEST OF! Lol Actually we are really good friends...not best
Would you ever date #19? Ummmmm...Sure and she would date even me...a gay man?!
Have you ever hooked up with #17? Ummm...sorry Katy! NO
Do you hang out with #4 on weekends? No..but we did see each other at the fireworks!!!
What's #11's middle name? HAVE NO CLUE>Ali...help!
Have you ever been in a fight with #2? Yeah..once...but we got over it and it was a LONG Time ago...when I liked girls!
Is #12 a boy or a girl? Girl.
Do you like #3? LOVE HER
What's #18's favorite song? NO IDEA
Have you ever went shopping with #8? YES LAST WEEKEND!!!
Does #13 have a screen name? Yes.
Do you talk to #5 a lot? Not as much as I would like to...but sometimes
When's the last time you hung out with #10? School last year...BOO
Who does #14 like? don't know!
Do you live near #16? NOT EVEN IN THE SAME STATE!
What's #9's biggest wish? TO BE A CHORUS TEACHER!!! LIKE THE LOWELL!!
Is #6 considered popular? Umm, well in the Music wingers...OF COURSE DUH!!!
Does #15 like you? I HOPE SO!.
Have you ever had a sleep-over with #20? Nope but it sounds fun!!!
Jul. 21st, 2005 @ 03:52 pm
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This is the best review that I found online...hope it helps!
Redcoats and Rebels is a succinct history of the American Revolution as told primarily from the British perspective. Like the United States, Great Britain has lost only one major war in the last three centuries, and such a singular defeat begs for close examination. Christopher Hibbert, a renowned professional historian, provides the British perspective on the war with his typical pithy style and insights. While there is nothing radically new in this book, Hibbert succeeds in providing a narrative with great insight into the decision-making processes and senior leadership on both sides. Redcoats and Rebels is suitable for either general audiences or specialists who desire background on the British high-level conduct of the war. However, American readers may notice certain sensitivities that have not faded with time and Hibbert fails to ask the hard questions about why Britain lost its American colonies.
Redcoats and Rebels consists of 25 short chapters, each covering a specific phase or episode in the war. In addition to illustrations, some simple but decent maps and a detailed bibliography, Hibbert provides an interesting appendix on the post-war careers of the major participants. Overall, the narrative is well written and flows smoothly. These pages are obviously written by a professional historian.
Ultimately, Hibbert points to three reasons for the British defeat: poor leadership, the difficulty of the terrain and the tenacity of the American rebels. Hibbert is particularly scathing throughout the book in his criticism of the senior British commanders who fought the war: Howe, Clinton, Burgoyne and Cornwallis, as well as the senior political leadership in London. Although the British won battle after battle, their leaders seemed to lack the killer instinct to finish off the Americans when they had the upper hand. The fact that Howe could sit in Philadelphia and not attack Washington's tattered army only 20 miles away at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-1778 seems almost miraculous. One British officer at the time lamented that, "our generals and admirals don't seem to be in earnest about this business." Although Hibbert only touches on the subject of British motivation, it seems evident that most of the senior British leaders had serious doubts about the war and that a certain fatalism crept into decision-making. Hibbert's criticisms of British generals, who often seem more concerned with lavish dinners and mistresses, is not always fair since Howe and Burgoyne both demonstrated tactical competence. The second factor that determined defeat, according to Hibbert, was the rugged and expansive nature of the American terrain, which always provided the rebels with places to escape British offensives. There is no doubt that the British army in America was too small for the task; Hibbert notes that the British estimated that they needed 50-75,000 troops to subdue the rebels but never had more than 35,000 troops available at any one time. As the Americans found in Vietnam, the British could control any terrain they occupied but their forces were just too small to fight war on such a continental scale. Previous campaigns against rebels in Ireland, Scotland and England had not had to contend with such major terrain obstacles or distances. Finally, Hibbert credits the tenacity of the Americans - particularly Washington and Greene - with protracting the war until British resolve dwindled.
One major area that Hibbert only skims around is the issue of strategic objectives in America. Did Britain really have a chance to achieve a military victory and if so, what strategy offered the best chances? Hibbert does hint at the British strategic dilemma when he notes Cornwallis' efforts to raise loyalist troops in the south. With limited troops, Cornwallis could either protect the loyalist areas in a defensive strategy or pursue the rebel army in an offensive strategy. Without sufficient loyalist troops, the British effort in America was probably doomed, but a strategic defense that protected loyalist areas would inevitably yield the initiative to the revels. British commanders were split on the horns of this dilemma; Howe and Clinton were more or less content to hold the loyalist base in New York, whereas the more aggressive Burgoyne and Cornwallis made (fatal) efforts to catch and destroy the rebel armies. Hibbert's narrative also exposes the essentially one-dimensional approach of British strategy in containing the rebellion; the British relied too heavily on their own professional military and under-utilized the enormous political and economic tools at their disposal. Indeed, the main factor inhibiting the rebel war effort was always lack of hard cash yet the British made only modest efforts to go after this weakness. Politically, the British might have made more concessions earlier to encourage loyalist sympathies, but their envoys were never serious about compromise.
Finally, the question of war mobilization is also addressed in part by Hibbert. Fundamentally, Britain never committed the army and navy resources to achieve a decisive military victory in America, but that does not mean that these resources were lacking. Hibbert notes an interesting point about the King's dilemma in raising new army formations: enlisted manpower was cheap and readily available but the officers could draw half pay for ten years after their units were demobilized. Instead, the King relied on hiring large numbers of Hessian mercenaries in order to avoid the overhead costs associated with the enlargement of the British Army. Although the British only had to fight the Americans for the first three years of the war, large army and navy forces were retained in Great Britain in order to deter French and Spanish intervention, but this deterrent effort was a failure. Essentially, Britain opted initially to fight the war on the cheap but was forced into a gradual military escalation that kept the war going but could not win it.
Reviewer: R. A Forczyk (Laurel, MD USA)
Jul. 12th, 2005 @ 03:58 pm
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