jackknife juggernaut

you're getting married?... what for?

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:23:11 GMT

I've been MIA for the last week or so due to being at the beach in North Carolina. The weather has been beautiful, but of course I've been sick for most of it so I've barely been outside. I've been having a great time anyway; Tiago came with, and we've spent a substantial amount of time playing Smash and reading lots of books on porches. There has been an unfortunate amount of socializing with my brother's in-laws, but that's been tolerable because you can get on their roof!!! I am very easily amused, as has been established many times throughout my life.

New movies seen:
Control
Bringing Up Baby

New books read:
Kafka on the Shore
Anansi Boys

Still reading:
The Passion of the Western Mind
Perdido Street Station
If on a winter's night a traveler
Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs

Also, I'M MOVING IN TO MY NEW APARTMENT NEXT WEEKEND!!! Oh man, I am so fucking excited. I can't wait to be back in Athens. I'm a little apprehensive about things having changed too much while I've been gone... but I'm sure everything will be fine. I've been in a melancholy mood today after all (which might have to do with the fact that I watched Control this morning). Well it's nice to check in and read up on everyone. Goodnight, all.

insults rescinded

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:00:07 GMT

I take back all the nasty things I said against Neil Gaiman because he is now my friend on Goodreads. My best friend. He'll even say that my new book, Shadow Leopard: Scion of Space is the best science-fiction harlequin novel of the twenty-first century if I give him enough money.

damn you neil gaiman

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:43:25 GMT

I'm so pissed that Neil Gaiman is ignoring my friend request on Goodreads. DAMN YOU NEIL, I JUST WANTED TO BE E-BUDDIES. Who does he think he is, some famous author or something? Shit.

In my long span of doing nothing I've managed to get a few things done:

1) Carpeted the rat palace. That's right. I cut up some old bathmats and pinned them to their cage, so they would have a softer place to play. I'm calling Nico "Monkey" now because she chitters and has a prehensile tail. Damn I love my ratties.

2) Renewed my library card. Ohhhh the excitement! I realized I hadn't used it in, oh, three years, and it was time to check and see if the library had expanded their inventory or not. Well, they have, but in no other direction but beach thrillers and DVDs. Both of which are fine, but still, I'd appreciate a better selection of classics or asian lit or something. What can you expect though, it's a Southern town and hell, it's free.

3) Set up my new record player. And dad gave me some badass old Bose speakers of his, too. It sounds amazing in my room. And I bought my first records; Elliott Smith's self-titled, and a $4 bargain-bin find of three swing records. They're pretty amazing.

Other than that I'm chugging through my three books and also Metroid Prime 3: Corruption which is kicking my ass. Hopefully Tiago comes back tomorrow so that's something to look forward to.

So what are three things y'all have accomplished lately?

and it's SUMMER for chrissakes

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 04:47:33 GMT

So I have decided to do this senior thesis thing. I DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS. That's what I have to remember. This is not required of me, this is just some over-achiever shit that I will probably end up doing. Anyway, I am getting way too worked up about it and I need to just stop and pop some pills or something. I need to decide on a mentor and get him/her to fill out all this paperwork... but to do that I kind of need to figure out what I'm writing on. I'm between Japanese and Korean literature.

I'm simultaneously freaking out about the things demanded for Comparative Literature grad schools. Some of the more prestigious ones want writing samples in a language other than my language of origin... So, that would mean an essay in Japanese. The thing is, I haven't studied Japanese since a semester ago... I would need to study to catch up, assuming Mori would even let me into the next level. ARGH!

Of course, I could just apply for an English program... or I could just not go to grad school at all. But I have no idea what I would do if I didn't do grad school. Work??? HA!

OH, and then there's the GRE. Which has, you know, a lot of math on it. :(

two new things

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:25:26 GMT

1.) Glasses
2.) New rat, Nico

and for the hell of it, a meme:

You know how sometimes people on your friends list post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think "Wait a minute? Since when are they working THERE? Since when are they dating HIM/HER? Since when?" And then you wonder how you could have missed all that seemingly pretty standard information, but somehow you feel too ashamed to ask for clarification because it seems like info you should already know? It happens to all of us sometimes.

Please copy mine below, erase my answers putting yours in their place then post it in your journal! Please elaborate on the questions that would benefit from elaboration! One-Word-Answers seldom help anyone out.

1. Name: Sarah

2. Age: 20 until mid-August

3. Location: Southeast United States

4. Occupation: lol. Full-time undergraduate, I guess.

5. Partner: Tiago, recent college graduate and journalist

6. Kids: nooooooooo

7. Brothers/Sisters: three half-brothers, much older. matt is 32, doug is 34, bill is 36. bill and doug are married, all of them miraculously have jobs, NONE OF THEM HAVE MADE ANY BABIES >:(

8. Pets: two rats! Moose, an older white rat and Nico, a young gray one. they are so adorable and stinky. I also have two dogs, Helen is a little black lab/bloodhound mix, Doc is a yellow lab mix.

9. List the 3-5 Biggest Things Going On In Your Life:
* I'm freaking out about grad school: studying for the GRE and trying to figure out where to apply
* I'm trying to settle on a thesis idea for my senior paper
* I'm playing trying to get all the medals and stuff on Mario Kart Wii
* I'm going to the beach in a week
* Right after that, I'm moving in to my new apartment!

10. What did you go to school for? Comparative Literature with a minor in Japanese Language and LIterature

11. Parents: Bill and Susan, they own a dinner theater restaurant where they write their own musical comedy. it's a strange house.

12. Close Friends: Maggie (ponzis_ruin) is my best friend, we've been this way since we were three years old. Lindsay (the_aeroplane) is another of my closest friends, currently living in Ohio. Madison and Adam are two of the smartest and funniest guys I've ever met, and they're who I usually hang out with at home.

is there a machete dealer around here I should be aware of?

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:22:56 GMT

Today has been a pretty amazing news day in Greenville, SC. Here's my favorite:

Machete-Wielding Woman Smashes Up Restaurant

Upstate individuals seem to have an affinity with machetes. Let us not forget the man in January who brandished a shotgun and a machete at children who were throwing snowballs at him. Best. Home town. Ever.

I'm also searching for the video of a story about a man bitten by a rabid fox, because the only words I can understand out of his mouth are "grand-younguns" and "it's a blessin."

god these dunkin donuts commercials are awful

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:59:32 GMT

Goddamn I am so bored. Madison and Adam left a couple hours ago... we watched the first two episodes of Six Feet Under. Fuck, that is such a good show. I still need to rewatch the fourth season so I can finally finish the fifth. Damn. Also, Michael C. Hall is so gorgeous why why why. And he's STRAIGHT! Allegedly! Yes. Because that increases my chances?

Also this T-Mobile commercial about feuding is pretty stupid and a bit offensive to me as a Southerner. But you know, anyone below the Mason Dixon is a small-minded idiot. Lest we forget.

GOD I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY, MAKE ME INTERESTING.

I also caught Articuno and I am well on my way to catching Moltres.

peach is so fucking badass

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:59:43 GMT

The end to Super Mario Galaxy was so bizarre and epic. I loved it. What a good game. I ALSO JUST CAUGHT A ZAPDOS, NEWSFLASH.

I don't ever want to go to sleep. I've been having bad dreams. :/

i just like the buttons, ok

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:40:25 GMT

Chillin' at Tiago's in ATL. We are about to go to the aquarium!!! Ahhhh, so wonderful. Best boyfriend ever.

This week has been pretty good, just trying to get through a period successfully and keep stress levels manageable. I'm still having the same problem with stress--I keep feeling that I have something I should be doing, but can't figure out what it is. And I'd so much rather just play Mario Galaxy. On that note, OH MY GOD BEE MARIO IS SO CUTE WHY.

I don't know if it's backlash from England but I just want to play videogames all day. The Wii is the best invention ever, I'm beginning to think. There are about 1,000,000 games I want to buy and play. All while catching them all on Pokemon Blue. That's right, old school.

That's it for another pointless entry. I miss England :/

books and stuff you probably don't care about, and I don't blame you

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 06:28:35 GMT

Aughusrhgh I have this strange stress that comes from nowhere. Wait, perhaps my period. I'm over being sick, and all the excitement has left my house so I'm left with this empty feeling of stagnation. I know I should be doing something, but what???

One thing is to prioritize the books I need to read this summer. So this being my journal I believe I will do JUST THAT.

THESIS CRAP
1. something by William Faulkner; most likely Go Down Moses
2. something by Flannery O'Connor; most likely Wise Blood
3. something by Haruki Murakami (?)
4. something South Korean, maybe The Dwarf

FANTASY CRAP
1. finish Sword and Citadel
2. finish Titus Groan
3. read the China Mieville trilogy

COMICS CRAP
1. Sandman vol. 1-4
2. last volume of Y The Last Man

FEMINISM CRAP
1. finish Female Chauvinist Pigs
2. read Getting Off

RANDOM CRAP
1. finish If on a winter's night a traveler
2. read a Vonnegut; most likely Deadeye Dick or Jailbird
3. read At Swim-Two-Birds

This is all assuming I can tear myself away from Brawl, Mario Galaxy and Pokemon. And that is a big assumption.

god so boring

Tue, 27 May 2008 05:24:55 GMT

Back in Greenville, with strep throat. Again. Or something like it, I don't know/care. I've been in bed for 2 days and I'm feeling much better, but not in any grand condition. Blerg.

Maggie's back for like two days before she goes off to the beach, so it's wonderful to see her even if I'm a bit fever-delirious. We watched Enchanted today... yeah. It was so much better in the beginning, when it was funny and making fun of itself. But by the end it started sucking again. God she so should have gotten with Edward. I would have.

Arghhh what else do I have to saaay ahhh

long story short

Mon, 19 May 2008 02:51:01 GMT

So I'm back in the States! I miss England a lot, but it's been a lot easier getting used to being back home than I thought. I just bought coffee with a card. That's insane. I still have a ton of pounds in my wallet so I gotta figure out how to turn that back into American money. Also, I leave my country for FOUR MONTHS and I come back to see the five dollar bill looks like Monopoly money. Cannot leave these people to make decisions.

I will be in Athens tomorrow to hopefully get a ton of shit done. SO if you are there, call me! Tchau people.

done bitches

Mon, 12 May 2008 11:19:10 GMT

WU-TANG CLAN AIN'T NOTHIN TA FUCK WIT

paper update

Sun, 11 May 2008 12:24:55 GMT

I have now written enough words on each paper, but the one on Poe and Freud still needs some serious organisational help. I'm not freaking out today as much as I thought I would be! What the hell? Oh god I am going to be writing with British spelling until I die, aren't I?

Also I am now up to date on LOST so if you want to talk about it IM me immediately.

I have moved down to the computer lab because I find it easier to work on a computer that isn't mine? How does that even make sense? Also I think it helps that it is 1) a desktop and 2) a Windows. Something about it is nostalgic I guess and it's easier to work on. Why did I just blog about that?

Fri, 09 May 2008 21:57:20 GMT

WHY DO I DO THESE--oh wait, procrastination.

Basics:
Name: Sarah aka The Sarahciraptor
Single or taken: taken
Gender: whatever
Birthday: august 15
Location: uk
Sign: LEO BITCHES
Hair color: brown. can I say fawn? please?
Eye color: blue?
Height: 5'
Are you straight/bisexual/gay?: THERE ARE MORE OPTIONS THAN THAT, THANKS

Fashion:
Where is your favorite place to shop for clothes?: nooooo
Favorite designer?: noooooo
What is your sexiest outfit?: NOOOOOO
What is your most comfortable outfit?: lol everything I wear
What do you usually wear?: The same 2 pairs of jeans and various ironic t-shirts

Random:
What kind of shampoo do you use?: dove smells awesome!
What are you listening to right now: library at 10:45 on a friday night silence
Who is the last person that called you?: the pizza delivery man. GOD I AM SAD
How many buddies are online right now?: I am talking to 3 and am too lazy to count the rest

Favorites:
Foods: japanese food thai food chinese food
Girls names: I am so digging on Daphne recently
Boys names: ISAAC
Subjects in school: english
Animals: octopus, DUH

Have I Ever:
Given anyone a bath?: i don't think so
Smoked?: yes
Bungee jumped?: no
Made yourself throw up?: yes when I'm feeling sick :(
Skinny dipped?: noooooooo
Ever been in love?: yeeeeeeees
Made yourself cry to get out of trouble?: no, I don't have that kind of control
Pictured your crush naked?: yes
Actually seen your crush naked?: yessss
Cried when someone died?: yes
Lied: of course
Fallen for your best friend?: ugh
Rejected someone?: yes
Used someone?: probably? I don't know
Done something you regret?: plenty

At the moment:
Clothes: baggy jeans, t-shirt against domestic violence, harried expression, socks with holes in them
Music: dude did this question not already come up?
Smell: this library smells like pee
Desktop picture: a colorful vector cartoon with ROCKETS
CD in player: lol who listens to cds anymore
DVD in player: none

Lasts:
You touched: I probably hit jon
Hugged: also jon when I told him he was my girlfriend forever
You IMed: tiago
You yelled at: tiago, haha. OH HORMONAL SARAH
You kissed: tiago <3

Am I?:
Understanding: yes
Open-minded: very
Arrogant: no
Insecure: yes
Random: let's go ride bikes!
Hungry: always
Smart: yes
Moody: can be
Hard working: uhhhhhh
Organized: not at all
Healthy: not at all
Shy: sometimes
Difficult: can be
Bored easily: depends
Obsessed: not really
Angry: not now
Sad: not now
Happy: not now
Hyper: not now
Trusting: to some

Who Do I Want To . . . :
Kill?: the eagles
Slap?: the eagles
Get really wasted with?: lindsay :( we just talked about it
Get high with: tiago
Talk to offline: no one really
Talk to online: the people i am talking to
Sex it up with: TIAGO'S PENIS

More Random?:
In the morning I: hit snooze until my alarm shuts off and totally kills the point of me having an alarm in the first place
Love is: total emotional honesty
Sexual preference: bring it all on
What do you notice first in the opposite sex you're into: this question makes absolutely no sense

What is Better?:
Coke or Pepsi: DEAD COLUMBIANS
Flowers or candy: chocolate
Tall or short: hobbits 4 life

Who?:
Makes you laugh the most: maggie. at sussex, caitlin
Makes you smile: tiago. talking to that kid makes my face hurt
Gives you a funny feeling when you see him/her: what?

Have I Ever?:
Sit on the internet all night waiting for that someone special to IM you?: yes no what?
Wish you were a member of the opposite sex?: I think it would be cool like 30% of the time
Wish you were younger: noooooooooooooooooooo
Cry because someone said something to you?: lol yes. I'M SENSITIVE D:

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
my paper is due on monday ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

erughf

Fri, 09 May 2008 01:01:48 GMT

Why have I not been keeping up with LOST, why? This season is so fucking good and just why? Why? Augh. I am crushing so hard on Faraday it is just ridiculousness, and there is so much Will Kill You With Brain Smart!Ben and Why God Why!Locke and Jack has a gun and he cries with it in a manly way, and I actually didn't hate Kate for like 3 episodes so far and just UGH. UGHHHHH. I love the new people, love them, and there was like a whole episode dedicated to a Kurt Vonnegut reference and BEN WAS READING PHILIP K DICK and I just want to die with how good it is. It's like they're suddenly caring about all the cool people again.

Ugh, Tiago is seeing Radiohead at this very second in Atlaaaantaaaaaa. :( :( :(

I'M A VELOCA RAPTOR

Wed, 07 May 2008 17:07:48 GMT

So rather than working on my paper last night I went out and got super wasted.

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!

party all the time party all the time party all the tiiime

Fri, 02 May 2008 02:23:56 GMT

I am obsessed with this song in the WORST WAY. I mean, also: did Eddie Murphy become terrible because he did too much cocaine, or was it because he stopped? Think about it.

"my partner in america of an undisclosed gender edited this paper in an air of sexual mystery"

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:25:36 GMT

God that is the sexiest picture of me ever.

There is just only so much I can write in a day. And I'm starting to think that is about 1,000 words. After that my brain just kind of... starts to die and the drool starts flowing and it's just bad. And also SNOOP DOG AS A KEYTAR ON THE TELEVISION WHAT IS GOING ON?

I am addicted to sites that let me list books, movies, or music that I like so I can flaunt my pretentiousness on the world. Why do I do this? Do I want friends? Do I want someone to look at that list and say "oh my god we like the exact same books we must be SOULMATES let's talk about James Joyce for 5 hours?" I mean no. I already have plenty of amazing friends and an amazing boyfriend. I think it's just because... I like cataloging.

That's my epiphany for today.

the crunch

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:43:31 GMT

Tomorrow's Goals:

1) 2,000 words
2) Buy plane ticket
3) Title Form
4) Cleaning material from Nua
5) Clean room

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:50:31 GMT

I am seriously beginning to think that I need glasses. I have had a headache for three days now that simply refuses to go away, and if it hasn't been caused by my incessant staring at books of criticism well it certainly hasn't been helped by it.

I'm so glad I cut my hair... it sounds silly, but it's really changed the way I see myself. I was always scared I'd just look like a huge fat dyke. But then I realised, hey... I ALREADY look that way! And besides, I really look more like my 10 year old cousin than anything. Very cute with a constant cowlick.

Well back to Muldoon then.

man that clarence thomas is an uncle tom!

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:00:11 GMT

Hey!

UGA Made Feministing.com!

Oh, bulldog pride.

joycin' it up

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:49:05 GMT

So today I got lost in the Brighton bus system... you'd think that having lived here 4 months already would mean I could find my way into town, but you would be wrong. I swear one of the bus drivers was trying to kidnap me... he kept driving in the wrong direction from where I wanted to be, and didn't stop at any of the stops to let me off for like 20 minutes. It was harrowing.

Once in town (an hour+ later than schedule) I bought a copy of Portrait of the Artist and, on a whim, Flann O'Brien's first novel called At Swim-two-birds. Now I just have to get on Amazon and order a few more... I am going to be up to my ears in Irish literature to send home. That's fine with me.

I have three weeks left to work on my dissertations, and I'm just starting research for one of them today... ugh. Wish me luck.

whine whine whine

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:33:42 GMT

I had a bad dream you guys! Now I really want to call Tiago and complain about my bad dreams, but it's 8:30 where he is so he's def not awake. Arrgh I hate bad dreams!

Thankfully I was woken up out of it by Jon and Pooja, who proceeded to show me our kitchen which had been TRASHED. I thought it was a raccoon or something, but then I remembered that they don't exist in England or something. There was mayonnaise and curry all over the floor, people had thrown tomatoes and strawberries about and the floor was covered in beans. It was surreal. I wondered if it was 4/20 related but then I was like... wait, pot doesn't make you completely deranged. Maybe it was the poop shower guy.

Ugh I want to take a shower, but high retards are in the room next door and I don't really want to run into them when I walk down the hall in a towel. MY LIFE IS SHIT. whine whine whine

mp3 players

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:42:52 GMT

Goddamnit my iPod keeps freezing when I try to plug it into my computer. I'm about to be over this shit. I know a lot of people have had problems with theirs, but mine has lasted me almost 2 and a half years. And I'm not saying it's dead yet... I'm just saying I've backed up all my music so I'm prepared for that eventuality.

But I'm thinking -- should I go with another iPod or should I try a different mp3 player? Let me know the mp3 player you use and your opinions/experiences.