My favorite thing about livejournal was the friend’s feature that made it easy to read your friend’s blogs. Now I feel like I miss things. But in catching up tonight, I remembered that Ian and Jamie KILL ME. They absolutely crack me up. Honestly, I was crying. The Homeless people? The reason I can’t get anything done? All explained. Worried about what you should eat tomorrow? Wish more people told stories involving the Wu Tang Klan? Sleep easier tonight. And if you can’t get enough of these two, you can always listen to their talk show "ViewPoints" at 6:30 on Wednesdays – broadcasting live from the top of memorial hall, WUOG – 90.5. (I’ve been a special guest before!) See old Comments | See old Trackbacks
"I could never date someone who didn’t understand and respect my deep love and commitment to Alabama football. I could also never date someone who wore orange on Saturday. Boys need to understand they rank around 3 or 4, God, Alabama Football, husband, shoes…"
– Jessica Faye Najjar on the difficulties of intercollegiate dating
I have recently decided that it takes very special circumstances to justify dating someone whose loyalties lie with an SEC football team other than the one you hold dear to your own heart. I’m sure this is a problem within lots of different conferences, but I see it as a special issue down here in the Southeast.
"I dated a Techie for four years. It doesn’t work. Then I dated a Georgia boy and it was great. We shared the love of Georgia football that only Georgia students can share."
– Ashley Marsh on the difficulties of intercollegiate dating within the state of Georgia
I’m not saying that I might not end up married to someone who went to Ole Miss, or whose dad played for Vanderbilt, but I think it is a pretty safe assumption that I will not end up with a gator or a volunteer (orange is not my color). And you should be careful about dating someone who you can’t possibly see yourself married to, because you never know what might happen.
Now, there are some SEC teams that might be acceptable, but there are risks. I divide the SEC into four groups. The first and most hated group consists of Florida, Auburn and Tennessee. South Carolina and Alabama are the second group, Vanderbilt and Kentucky are in a third group, and the fourth group consists of Arkansas, Ole Miss and Mississippi State. LSU isn’t in a group, it doesn’t deserve the degree of hate afforded the first group, but it also doesn’t fall into the other groups.
There are three football teams that I despise. I despise Florida, and Auburn, and Tennessee. I pretty much hate LSU, but I don’t despise them – I like their colors because they are my high school colors. I feel confident that I will never feel good about going to a football game and cheering for Florida, Auburn or Tennessee. Honestly, there is not much I can do about it, I just really dislike these schools (did I ever tell y’all that my dad scored a touchdown at the Georgia Florida game in 1969? I did?). I can’t see my brother and father ever truly connecting with a guy who loved any of these schools, and this is quite important to me. What am I talking about, NO ONE in my family would actually understand and be able to take anyone I dated seriously if they had a strong love for any of these three schools. I can’t image any circumstances where I would sign up voluntarily to be a part of a relationship that dedicated time, energy, and love to any of these orange clad establishments.
With regards to South Carolina and Alabama, I actually like these schools. I grew up in Augusta, which is closer to Columbia than it is to Athens, and as such I have friends who went to USC. Alabama is actually pretty far away, but I have a lot of friends from Alabama who I love and I think that Alabama has one of the most loyal fan bases around which I appreciate. That being said, Alabama hasn’t been a strong contender for a long time because of the NCAA sanctions and South Carolina has had a hard time really getting it together in the SEC east again Georgia, Florida and Tennessee, and as such hasn’t been too much of a threat. I feel that things are looking up for both programs and I might not always have nice things to say about these two schools. I know my friends from South Carolina don’t have very nice things to say about Georgia, so I could see it being hard for the Carolina fan to date me. But all in all, I could support Alabama and South Carolina in situations where Georgia was not directly involved. It would be difficult, especially when trying to decide between a big game in Athens and a big game in Tuscaloosa, but it is something that could be worked through with the right person.
I see the SEC as the only real conference around when it comes to football, and I honestly feel like that SEC championship is much more important than the national title, because personally I think at the very least the two top football teams in the country are in the SEC every year. Not to be splitting hairs, but within the SEC I see things as East and West. The East is my conference. Part of the reason that Alabama is a school I like is because they are in the West. This changes things.
In the East, I hate Florida and Tennessee as I said, and I like South Carolina as long as it is kept in its place (which I fear might soon change). Vanderbilt and Kentucky aren’t particularly threatening, and they are both in pretty places, so I am happy to have them around, especially so I can have someone to cheer for during the basketball tournament. In addition, no one is going to argue that the Vanderbilt game is going to be better than the Georgia game, and Kentucky is quite a drive. In the West, Ole Miss is a great place to visit, Mississippi State rarely even registers on the radar, and Arkansas is too far away to bother me much. Basically the teams that don’t bother me other than the two exceptions of South Carolina and Alabama are schools that don’t have cult like followings with regard to their football teams, and as such these people are available to be swept up in my cult.
The bottom line is that it is hard to imagine not being able to share one of the most serious loves of my life with the love of my life.
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There is something I find very comforting about being in the library. Even on a Friday afternoon. Because to be honest, Fridays just don’t mean that much to me anymore. I don’t really care that it is Friday, except that it was nice to not have class this morning so I could lay in the bed. But I have to do lots of work tomorrow, so it isn’t as if Friday means that I am finished. I know that it is hard to say, but sometimes I like to just sit in the library and do nothing. I feel safe in the library. Even when I’m not doing what I should be doing, at least I am where I am suppose to be. I am part of the way there. And I don’t have to answer my phone. And I can listen to music. and there are big windows to look out of, much bigger than any windows in my house. actually, the windows are probably bigger than my entire apartment – the floor plan at least. I can think of all the work I am going to do. I wish my locker was in the library. So I didn’t have to carry my stuff around. I wish I had an office with a big window. One day, one day. Jennifer and I were discussing the term "one day" yesterday. Or maybe it was this morning. Jennifer was painting me a lovely daydream of sitting on a big porch on the beach with children and I said it was too cold, and so she put flannel and sweatshirts on everyone in the dream, and there would some great work to be accomplished, like the great america novel, or a write up of a fabulous restaurant recently visited for a well know magazine, some great work that could be accomplished at the beach. Then I realized that my "one days" have gotten a little less involved. Now they are more like, "One day I am going to buy a house." And "One day I am going to have a dog." Or, "One day I am going to have a job." As opposed to the above dream of a house on the beach with children and the perfect career. I just want a house that is mine and a dog. Whereas Cristina and Allison would just like to be able to wear high heels without being taller than boys. Speaking of boys, lets not even get into the "One days" there. Right now boys are making me so tired I need to carry a cot around on my back. I am going to leave it with, "One day they will stop acting so stupid." But beach or no beach, I must have a front porch. I bet my parents would buy me a swing. Maybe if I act right. See old Comments | See old Trackbacks
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I can’t deal with this cold snap. I really want it to be warm. I really do. I mean, I guess if I have to be in the library anyway it should at least be cold outside, but it would be nice to take a break in the sun for a little while. But it is a little too chilly. As far as the lyric game goes, apparently I made them a little too hard. For that I apologize. Maybe I will play it another time and make it a little easier. I will give the answers out tomorrow. I went to a lecture about Terry Schiavo today, and I realized that I didn’t know much of any thing about the case at all. It was interesting, but at the end the discussion got to be a little over my head and I was ready to leave before people started throwing bows (just kidding, it wasn’t that bad). I was glad I went. I think that law school classrooms should have doors that don’t make noise when you open and close them. It is distracting and annoying, but there are always going to be situations where the door might need to be opened during a lecture. I think the disruption should be minimized. Someone invent a quiet door. I am reading Angels and Demons, a book I probably should have read last summer when everyone was reading it, but I hate to read what everyone else is reading – something in my contrary nature causes this impulse, so I didn’t read it then. But I am reading it now. I will keep you updated on my thoughts on it. I doubt it will have pretty prose that I will post here like I did for The Beautiful and the Damned, but I’m sure I will have more to say about it later. Hmmm….If anyone sees my attention span, will they please return it to me – I’ll be in the annex. See old Comments | See old Trackbacks
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Okay, I’ve been saying I would do this, and I think this is a really fun game, plus it keeps me from doing my work. Pete started the game, and lots of people have followed. Now, I kinda cheated, because if I took the first 20 songs on my shuffle, we would be here all day and some of them wouldn’t even have lyrics, so I picked the first 20 that I liked. Some of them are from personal favorites, and some of them I picked simply because I thought they weren’t too hard, but weren’t to obvious either.
- Load up your playlist and put it on shuffle
- Pick out a line from the first 20 songs and post them
- Commenters should try to guess the title & artist of the song that the lines are from
- Cross them out when they’ve been correctly guessed
- NO CHEATING. (Yes, Googling the lyrics is cheating)
Here we go: 1. You dream of colors that have never been made, you imagine songs that have never been played, they will try to buy you and your mind, only the curious have something to find This Side, Nickel Creek – Libby 2. Did it take long to find me, I asked the faithful light, did it take long to find me, and are you gonna stay the night Cat Stevens – Moonshadow – Libby and Emily 3. I wish I could tell the world cause your such a pretty thing when you’re done up properly. I might want to marry you one day if you’d watch that weight and you’d keep your firm body Alanis Morrisette – Hands Clean – Kipp, although Jessica and Elizabeth got the artist. 4. Girl you used to be the best, to make life real life to me, and I hope that you’re still out there, and you’re like you used to be Steve Winwood – Back in the Highlife Again – Elizabeth and Jessica 5. Yes I can make it now, the pain is gone, all of the bad feelings have disappeared. Here is the rainbow I’ve been praying for Jimmy Cliff – I Can See Clearly Now – Libby and Elizabeth got the name, no one got the artist 6. Sad ain’t my style, but once in a while, I just have to give in. Cause a woman like you, is so hard to lose, you just don’t want it to end Joe Diffie – A Night To Remember – Libby, but Elizabeth got the song name 7. Now I don’t tell stories, and I don’t pretend, and I won’t be around to say I told you then, cause it seems like something’s finally broke, that will take a while to mend Alison Krauss – Forget About It – Emily 8. Shake it like jello make the boys say hello cause they know Im rocking the beat Ciara – 1,2 Step – Jessica, Pete, Emily 9. Into this life were born, baby sometimes, sometimes we dont know why, and time simply goes by so fast, in the twinkling of an eye Van Morrison – Bright Side of the Road – no one guessed this one. 10. For they could not love you, but still your love was true, and when no hope was left in sight on that starry, starry night, you took your life as lovers often do Don Mclean – Starry, Starry night – Emily 11. All you gotta do is smile that smile, and there go all my defenses, just leave it up to you and in a little while, your messing up my mind, and filling up my sense Dolly Parton – Here You Come Again – Emily and Jessica 12. I was there, and I saw what you did – saw it with my own to eyes. You can wipe off that grin, I know where you’ve been, it’s all be a pack of lies Phil Collins – In the Air Tonight – Elizabeth, Staci, and Emily 13. My eyes fear to close, this reckless letting go is hard to bear, on the edge of all I need, still I cling to what I see, and what have I there? Jennifer Knapp – Say Won’t You Say – no guesses 14. Can you recall a time people loved you unconditionally? Toasting the new south – "this one is for history!" Bubba Sparxx – Deliverance – Dean and Elizabeth of course, and Emily 15. Honey, I got over, you passing me over, a long time ago. And my pride was stronger, when I was younger, now I’d rather have you to know Patty Loveless – Here I Am – Emily 16. You in the moonlight, with your sleepy eyes, could you ever love a man like me? And you were right, when I walked into your house, I knew I’d never want to leave Don Henley and Stevie Nicks – Leather and Lace – Jessica 17. I need you, by me, beside me, to guide me, to hold me, to scold me, cause when I’m bad I’m so so bad Donna Summers – Last Dance – Preston! 18. I’m long gone darling, lonesome blue, I’ve been thinking of leaving, I’ve been thinking of you, but that big city singing, man, I like the way that it shines Nanci Griffith – Going Back to Georgia – no guesses 19. I recall your darkness, when it cracked like a thunder cloud. Don’t tell me this town ain’t got no heart…when I can hear it beat out loud Grateful Dead – Shakedown Street – no guesses, and this one really disappointed me, I thought everyone would know this one! Shame! 20. Somewhere on down the line, you are going to see that this little heart of mine, is so large, so wonderful, and so true. Somewhere on brighter days, you are going to see what a big mistake you made Otis Redding – Remember Me – no guesses, this didn’t surprise me. See old Comments | See old Trackbacks
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Okay, Scrubs is one of my favorite shows of all time. And although part of me hates to admit it, I liked Committed. I mean, if I really think about it, I liked Good Morning Miami – and no one likes that sitcom. I love sitcoms. I really don’t expect much. I do hate laugh tracks – which is why I love Scrubs. And why I thought I would like The Office. But I don’t. Not really. It is just trying too hard. I wouldn’t be able to stand it if it had a laugh track. I did have a couple of giggles, but all the characters are pretty unlikable. And that is not the key to successful tv shows. The laughing I did do made me feel kind of bad about myself, because the people in the world like these characters are truly pathetic. Honestly, this show make me want to kill myself. Or at least hurt on of the characters. Kick them in the shins or pull their hair. I would jump off the parking deck if I worked at this office. I would love to work in Sacred Heart hospital (from Scrubs). Committed – not that great, but very likeable characters – same with Good Morning Miami. Of course, the characters of Will and Grace aren’t that likeable, but they aren’t dislikable and they at least get along with each other – plus they are funny. If the character isn’t going to be hilarious – like Karen or Dr. Kelso – then they need to be likeable, on some level. I liked most of the characters of Office Space. AND the jokes were funny. Also, I don’t want to tune in every week to something that depresses me. The American networks need to realize that popular British sitcoms can’t be replicated. A little originality would be appreciated. But the movie Sideways also depressed me to no end – maybe all the crazies out there that liked Sideways will watch The Office. But I hope not. Or I at least hope that they move the show to somewhere not after scrubs and before law and order so I don’t have to be subjected to it. See old Comments | See old Trackbacks
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| You May Be a Bit Narcissistic … |
 Yeah, you’re a bit fixated on yourself. But you’re so great, you can’t help it! You’re a bit obsessed with your own fame and success. And you’ll push past anyone who stands in your way. |
What Personality Disorder Are You? I do not run over people and I definitely have much better hair than ole’ Trump. Basically, I’m better than this. EX-actly.
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I decided today that I wish I had been a landscape architech major. I really like trees and flowers and stuff like that. I think I would really enjoy it. To be a professional gardener. Too bad I can’t draw very well. Even though art isn’t really my thing I think I might be good at putting flowers in the right place. I can visualize well. Maybe if this attorney thing doesn’t work out, I’ll go back to school. (hah). See old Comments | See old Trackbacks
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Can you spot the mullett? 
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