Jun 13, 2004

Summer Reruns

And here are my summer reruns because:
1. I'm too lazy to post.
2. AFA starts tomorrow and I won't have time.

So every time i've got nothing better to do I'll post a link to one of my old posts or one of someone else's old posts. Enjoy!

Rerun #1 - The Blogster Awards
Rerun #2 - Vibrrrrrrraaatoh!
Rerun #3 - To Rhyme
Rerun #4 - The First "10" List

Jun 11, 2004

An English to English Dictionary

The english language is so weird. to show you what i mean, let's look at a passage from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, translated into English through the ages...

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SCENE I. Verona. A public place.

Enter SAMPSON and GREGORY, of the house of Capulet, armed with swords and bucklers
SAMPSON
Gregory, o' my word, we'll not carry coals.

GREGORY
No, for then we should be colliers.

SAMPSON
I mean, an we be in choler, we'll draw.

GREGORY
Ay, while you live, draw your neck out o' the collar.

SAMPSON
I strike quickly, being moved.

GREGORY
But thou art not quickly moved to strike.

SAMPSON
A dog of the house of Montague moves me.

GREGORY
To move is to stir; and to be valiant is to stand:
therefore, if thou art moved, thou runn'st away.
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That was the original Shakespeare...now let's see the modern summary/translation, courtesy of SparkNotes...
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Sampson and Gregory, two servants of the house of Capulet, stroll through the streets of Verona. With bawdy banter, Sampson vents his hatred of the house of Montague. The two exchange punning remarks about physically conquering Montague men and sexually conquering Montague women.

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and now translated to the way a AOL user would write it, via the AOLer Translator...
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SCENE I. Verona. A public place.

Enter SAMPSON and GREGORY, of the house of Capulet, armed with swords and bucklers
SAMPSON
GRAGORY O MAH WORD WAL NOT CARY COALS

GREGORY
NO FOR THEN WA SHUD B COLEIRS

SAMPSON
I MAAN AN WE B IN CHOLAR W3L DRAW

GREGORY
AY WHIEL U LIEV DRAW UR NEK OUT O DA COLAR

SAMPSON
I STRIEK QUIKLY BNG MOVED

GREGORY
BUT THOU ART NOT QUIKLY MOVED 2 STRIEK

SAMPSON
A DOG OF TEH HOUSA OF MONTAGU3 MOV3S ME

GREGORY
2 MOV3 IS 2 STIR AND 2 B VALIANT IS 2 THEIR IF THOU ART MOVAD THOU RUNST AWAY!!1! LOL
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Jun 6, 2004

20 (times 5) Questions

I didn't really want to do this, but here goes anyways...

HAVE YOU EVER...
1. Kissed your cousin: on the cheek, sure
2. Ran away: nope
3. Pictured your crush naked: not gonna answer this ~.~
4. Skipped school: me? no, seriously...
5. Broken someone's heart: sadly, yes
6. Been in love: depends on your definition of "love"
7. Cried when someone died: mhm, my uncle...R.I.P. Kshitij Kothari
8. Wanted someone you knew you could never have: yep
9. Broken a bone: nope
10. Done something embarressing: THIS is embarassing!
11. Lied: i prefer to call them "distortions of the truth"
12. Cried in school: nah

WHICH IS BETTER...
13. Coke or Pepsi: Coke, duh
14. Sprite or 7up: sprite, if anything
15. Girls or guys: in what way?
16. Flowers or candy: CHOCOLATE!!!
17. Scruff or clean shaved: wtf?
18. Blonds or brunettes: quoting Ha: "Neither. Black hair is friggin awesome."
19. B!tchy or Slutty: there's a difference?
20. Tall or short: for girls, i'll take short
21. Pants or shorts: Pants
22. Night or day: the shadows of the nocturne

WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX... (ooh this should be interesting)
23. What do you notice first: smile
24. Last person you slow-danced with: let's see...i think it was nupur...she taught me how to slow dance (thanks!)
25. Worst Question to Ask: what gender are you really?

THE LAST TIME YOU...
26. Showered: this morning
27. Stepped outside: my balcony, about five minutes ago

ABOUT YOU...
28. Romantic moment: nothing noteworthy
29. Romantic moment gone wrong: see above
30. Your Good Luck Charm: keychain
31. Person you hate the most: no one, really
32. Best thing that has ever happened to you: lieben
33. Worst thing that has ever happened: see above
34. Picture on your desk: me and my sister!

FAVORITE...
35. Color: blue
36. Movie: lord of the rings! woo hoo!
37. Artist or band: too many! some good ones: dispatch, Wise Guys, Howard Shore
38. Ice cream: double chocolate chunk dipped in chocolate
39. Food: indian, chinese, mexican, italian, american

WHO...
40. Makes u laugh the most: um...myself
41. Makes u smile: the innate humor in the world
42. Can Make you feel better no matter what: my sister
43. Has a crush on you: *cough*
44. Do you have a crush on: *cough*
45. Has it Easier: class of '07 in mr. trinh's class
46. Gives you a funny feeling when you see them? define "funny"
47. Makes you feel like you can fly forever: isn't this getting a bit personal???
48. Do you love unconditionally? family

DO YOU EVER...
49. Sit by the phone at night waiting for a certain someone to call: if they TELL me they're calling, then sure...otherwise, not really
50. Save AIM conversations: twice
51. Save e-mails: i have Gmail! i archive everything
52. Forward secret emails: never
53. Wish you were someone else: probably once or twice, but not really
54. Wish you were a member of the opposite sex: NO
55. Wear cologne: meh
56. Kiss: kiss who?
57. Cuddle: meh
58. Go online for more than 8hrs at a time: a real question would be LESS than 8 hours at a time

HAVE YOU EVER...
59. Fallen for your best friend: funny you should ask...
60. Made out with JUST a friend: no.
61. Kissed two people in the same day: mom and dad?
62. Had sex with two ppl in the same day: well...no, just kidding
63. Been rejected: not yet
64. Been in love: define "love"
65. Been in lust: no.
66. Used someone: i'd love to say no, but...
67. Been used: meh
68. Dumped someone: nope
69. Been Cheated on: not yet...let's keep it that way
70. Been Kissed: by?
71. Done Something you regret: yes.

WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON...
72. You touched: my mom
73. You talked to: my mom
74. You hugged: my mom or my dad...there aren't that many ppl in my house! and i haven't been anywhere the whole day
75. You IMed: close2home
76. You kissed: dunno
77. You yelled at: dunno
78. You thought about: someone ~.~
79. Who text-messaged you: i think it was joy, about a year and a half ago...
80. Who broke your heart: *sigh*...
81. Who told you they loved you: no comment

DO YOU...
82. Have tattoos: define "tattoo"
83. Have piercings: nope
84. Have a boyfriend: um...that's disturbing. who made me take this quiz anyways??
85. Own a Webcam: yeah, but do i use it? no.
86. Own a Thong: nah
87. Ever get off that damn computer: never
88. Sprechen Sie Deutsch: Ja, Deutsch ist am Besten!
89. Habla espanol: nein
90. Quack: do i quack? yeah, at the ducks on the lake near my house.
91. Do a lot of stupid stuff: sometimes

HAVE YOU/ DO YOU/ ARE YOU...
92. Stolen anything: let's just keep that quiet, okay?
93. Smoke: although i don't have MY brain, i do have A brain. NO.
94. Schizophrenic: at times i argue with myself...does that count?
95. Obsessive: um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um um
96. Compulsive: ;slkjlkjfkd
97. Obsessive Compulsive: *twitches convulsively* heh heh heh
98. Panic: when panic is called for, yes
99. Anxiety: "have you anxiety?" "do you anxiety?" "are you anxiety?" none of those work, you 100-questions-writing-idiot!
100. Depressed: sometimes...but overall no.

whew...finally done. and i managed to not reveal anything at all! yay!

60 Years From D-Day

Go here for my D-Day project.
It's been 60 years...I quote The Return of the King:

"Hail the victorious dead."

Jun 3, 2004

meh...

Current time...11:58 PM

my aim conversations are slowly ending as one by one, people either go to sleep or get annoyed with me. mostly they go like this:

hOtangel: why dont u go 2 sleep?
nirav015: i'm too lazy to drag myself the two feet to my bed
hOtangel: thats just insane
nirav015: well
nirav015: i also have to turn off the light
hOtangel: you're just a lazy beep
nirav015: sounds about right

(note: hOtangel is nupur, not some random online hooker, as it may seem by the name)
here's another funny excerpt:

hOtangel: todays the first day i was home the whole day
hOtangel: all i did was SLEEP
nirav015: i've been home for the past week...consider yourself lucky
hOtangel: ive been out VOLUNTEERING
hOtangel: i consider that fun, eh?
nirav015: right
hOtangel: volunteering my foot
nirav015: i didn't know anyone would want your foot

...right. here's what else i've been doing: reading archives from Real Life Comics (it's an online comic strip, idiot). i think colin suggested it to me.
i was thinking about drawing a comic strip myself, but i realized that i can't draw worth a crap. my comic self portrait looks like a lima bean. and i'm not joking.
so if you, dear reader, have anything at all to do, please leave a comment or tag the message board because I (to use a cliche) am bored beyond belief. if you're bored just like me, IM me and we'll have a pointless conversation.

P.S. it's the next day. i'm having a pointless conversation with maerilly...excerpts:

nirav015: you know what?
ooooolala06: chicken butt?
nirav015: no

...and...

ooooolala06: FIND A BLOG SKIN!
nirav015: I WILL
nirav015: SOMEDAY
nirav015: whenever i get off my lazy beep and get around to it
ooooolala06: then get off it now!
ooooolala06: hehe
nirav015: it happens to be quite comfortable where it is, thank you very much

"Oh, The Places You'll Go..."

I told Ha the other day that "I don't travel much...only a few places." But then she asked where I've been, and I realized that actually, I travel a LOT.
Here's my list so far:

Foreign Cities
London, England
Budapest, Hungary
Vienna, Austria
Bombay, India
Delhi, "
Prague, the Czech Republic
Bratislava, Slovakia
Venice, Italy
Florence, "
Rome, "
Zurich, Switzerland
Basel, "
Toronto, Canada
Amsterdam, Holland

U.S. Cities
Los Angeles, California
San Francisco, "
Palo Alto (Stanford), "
Santa Cruz, "
Washington D.C.
Austin, Texas
San Antonio, "
El Paso, "
Port Aransas, "
Dallas, "
Galveston, "
Corpus Christi, "
Orlando, Florida
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Columbia, Missouri
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Detroit, "

That's all for now. I'm going to Albany, New York later this summer for a wedding. One more to add to the list!

Jun 2, 2004

Abandoned

What's going on?? I feel like all my friends have left me. Everyone's either:

1. On a cruise (Joy)
2. In Germany (Jordan, Andrew, most people in German)
3. In Iowa (Pranay)
4. Under house arrest (Ha)
5. Just logged off AIM (Maerilly)
6. Not on AIM at all (everyone else)

It's boring! Especially since I actually have work to do; I'm taking the Chemistry SAT II on Saturday, and I'm supposed to be studying.
I've taken to playing Tien Len, also known as VC, with Maria and Luis. That, or I've been playing iSketch.
Also, I've been checking my Gmail inbox. Repeatedly. As though I expect someone to email me. Even though I haven't emailed anyone.
You can see how much my life has degenerated. I need b&n, coffee, and spades.