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Sunday, February 29, 2004
 ELEVEN!!!!! *glass-shattering squeal*
There are no words. Edit: Wow, I'm still shaking. I cannot form a coherent thought. SO MUCH LOVE. Priscilla said at 11:15 PM 
If we don't win Best Picture, I'll break the Academy's legs. Priscilla said at 6:34 PM Priscilla said at 6:26 PM Holy cow! Yesterday it was 51, and today it's 62! A sign of the apocalypse? You bet your booty.
Ah, well. We can enjoy the next few days before the world ends without the necessity of hats and gloves and three layers of clothing. Priscilla said at 1:17 PM Tori is awesome! She made caps of the first half of her Filipino-captioned boot of RotK. I converted them to .jpg and posted them here. Enjoy textual proof of exactly what Merry and Pippin were smoking, Gandalf with an insufferably huge ego, Gollum channelling my mom, Pippin waxing Catholic, creepy and unwanted Denethor/Pippin evilness, character death, evil trees, and hints at Legolas' marshmellow kink.
I pity the poor translator (already with a clearly limited grasp of English) attempting to translate Billy's accent. :D Priscilla said at 11:03 AM ::snorks:: This is even better than people suggesting Dobby looks like Vladmir Putin.
Meanwhile, it just occurred to me that "Kilt!Billy" could be construed as a pun on "Kill Bill." To make this post not worthless: Daniel of the Endless, from Sandman. Photomanip. Playing around with styles for consideration for a class project. Mmm, boredom. Happy Leap Day, kids! Priscilla said at 12:59 AM
Saturday, February 28, 2004
Dude! The temperature broke 50! Woo-hoo, tank top time! XD
Priscilla said at 7:15 PM Hah! I found this earlier last week, and I was going to post it yesterday, but I forgot.
Happy Froday! (is it bad that Frodo really doesn't look that bad in a dress?) So who else is completely psyched up for tomorrow? :D Priscilla said at 2:25 PM There's an LJ meme going around where people are linking to entries they made exactly one year ago. Because I so rarely update my LJ, here's a link to the equivalent in my blog. No entries for Feb 28th, 2002, but there's a couple for Feb 27th, and here's Feb 28th, 2001.
::points and laughs at my 3-years-ago self:: Priscilla said at 2:04 PM *cackles* My friend Tori has a Filipino boot of Return of the King, complete with fabulously Engrish subtitles. She capped this for me because she is such a fabulously cool person. Thank you, Tori! *schnoogles*
Any chance of more in the future? *puppy dog eyes* Priscilla said at 12:21 PM
Friday, February 27, 2004
Shame on you, Kerry. Just when I was getting to the point where I felt I could stomach supporting you, there's this.
CIVIL UNIONS = "SEPARATE BUT EQUAL" NOT GOOD ENOUGH, SENATOR. Priscilla said at 10:02 PM Oh, goody. My roommate probably has mono.
Priscilla said at 6:13 PM
Thursday, February 26, 2004
As the first comment says, Amen to that.
Priscilla said at 11:17 PM Whee! 6 solid hours of Java homework! I'm feelin' good!
And that kid in my Film Noir class never dropped off the DVD by my room, so I don't have to worry about watching a 1.5-hour movie and writing a review on it before going to sleep! I have an excuse! *grooves* Meanwhile, Vote for Magsby! Priscilla said at 11:09 PM Priscilla said at 1:13 PM GUH. Cannot... break... eye-contact...
(And Alli is adoreable. They are so cute together!) And I assume all Billeh fans have seen these pictures. There are no words. None at all. Not one. Because it's all said in the expression on John Noble's face. Very curious what Liv was looking for. I mean, Billy has his fellowship tattoo on his ankle! Elijah is the one with his tattoo on his hip! Priscilla said at 11:59 AM How appropriate!
~Thalia~ Your muse is Thalia, the Flourishing. She is the muse of comedy, and her symbol is the comic mask. You love comedy, whether it be Monty Python, Mel Brooks, Terry Pratchett, or Jim Carey. I have no doubt I'll see you on Comedy Central sometime soon... Which of the Nine Muses is your muse? brought to you by Quizilla Hmm... I wonder if I should scrap my current in-progress layout and bite the bullet and just do a layout inspired by the Nine Muses. I am such a wuss. :D Priscilla said at 11:36 AM
Wednesday, February 25, 2004
Out of curiosity, I ran a UPenn directory search. Apparently there are four Priscillas in the entire university. Well, three students and one "directory guest", whatever that is.
I am a unique and beautiful snowflake. Meanwhile, we're finally getting into Photoshop in my Digital Design Foundations class, and I'm going to be doing some portrait photography for our first project. I just dug out Otto, my beloved Nikon N-80, from underneath its pile of clothes and shoes in my closet, looked through the eyepiece, and fell in love with photography all over again. How could I have strayed so long from Mark and Otto? I love my little Melvin, but his 1.8" LDC screen just can't compare with the sensation of looking through a viewfinder. And no playing with lenses and filters for Melvin, alas. I think that when I redo my "Who's Who" listing, I'm going to include my cameras. Otherwise, people might get scared. I mean... wait. Wow, I'm between a rock and a hard place here. Thought to ponder: Have I ever named any of my beloved technological devices after females? I can't think of a single one. Priscilla said at 10:42 PM Ugh. First I find out that John Rhys-Davies, who seemed so educated and eloquent in the TTT:EE commentary, is a racist bigot, and now it's Orson Scott Card's, author of one of my favourite books, turn to lose my respect.
Dylan has already voiced perfectly my reaction to this statement, so I'll point you to her response. Absolutely unbelieveable. Priscilla said at 2:49 PM Not cool.
After reviewing the incidents of the first two days of assassins, it has been decided that assassins will be suspended indefinitely. I apologize on behalf of those who took it too far to the point that it was no longer a game, but offensive behavior of that nature can not be allowed to continue. The entire game will be made void and no points will be awarded. Should assassins be attempted again later in the semester, it will be a fresh start and the participation and kills from the past few days will have no bearing on who may or may not participate. If you have any questions let me know and I will do my best to answer them. Thank you for your patience, and again I am sorry that it had to come to this. -Jonathan Korman And Ajes: Are you Ajes Blue, who wrote those fabulous Percyfics? Can I have your babies? Priscilla said at 11:00 AM Happy 33rd to Sean Astin and Happy 18th to James and Oliver Phelps!
Priscilla said at 9:37 AM A fun thing to do: While waiting the last few minutes for laundry to finish drying, sing in the delightfully echoey stairwells. It's past 1AM, no one is on the stairs to hear me. "Steward of Gondor" goes over particularly well.
And for new Lincolnite Ajes' sake, I shall recount the story of my first kill. His name was Julian Diaz, and he was not in the facebook, the cheapskate. Fortunately, Giselle and Chris, who work in the Comissary (the mini-store for snacks and basic necessities), recognized his name and knew that he worked in the Comissary as well! So Giselle looked up his work schedule, and lo and behold, he was working that evening! What luck! So later that night, I trooped down with Giselle, Tricia, and Carmen and waited for the shift change, which should have already taken place, but Julian was late. I let him settle in a bit, then waited for him to get busy attending to a customer, then pegged him with a sock when no one was looking. And my first target was justly executed! Go me! And now, a bit of light reading for Communications, and sleep! Priscilla said at 12:29 AM
Tuesday, February 24, 2004
And this is what happens when I don't keep up with the papers.
Let's hope he stays away from West Philly. Heck, let's hope he's caught. I'm definitely going to bring a friend with me if I ever have to walk around after dark. Priscilla said at 10:55 PM Rachel is great, because she gives me peanut butter and chocolate with a thin candy shell. Mmmm, tasty.
Priscilla said at 10:15 PM queekie99: hmm
queekie99: what would you say to Johnny Depp in a note? queekie99: in a RATIONAL note agent_starling_1999: MARRY ME NOW queekie99: am giving advice to girl who's friend is going to give a picture to johnny depp for her spockmonkey4: You mean one that didn't read like "OMGHAVEMYBABIES"? queekie99: Rational, Moni. Rational. queekie99: something like "thanks for giving the world the opportunity to see your talent" or whatever spockmonkey4: Just write--I mean tell her to write--that you're--I mean she is a huge fan of Johnny's movies and he has an enormous talent etc. spockmonkey4: :D queekie99: *CHOKES* queekie99: Enormous talent agent_starling_1999: underline enormous spockmonkey4: :D agent_starling_1999: and also add that you?d love to see more of his uh... talent in the near future spockmonkey4: of course In other news: Question: What's yellow and dangerous? Answer: Shark-infested custard. Meanwhile, Assassins has been suspended until the Powers that Be sort stuff out, because apparently some people were being a little too exciteable about the game. Not sure of the details. But it's nice to be able to walk around normally without carrying socks and jumping around corners in case of ambush. Oh! And I'm now feeling better about the Evil Java Midterm of Doom. Apparently, not a single person got an A, and this is a class with some pretty hardcore geeks. And of course, the professor refuses our pleas to consider curving the grades. Niiiiiice. Priscilla said at 8:22 PM All Hail Elijah, King of Dorks!
All Hail Dom, Wearer of What Looks Like Gryffindor Quidditch Drag! Happy Mardi Gras, boys and girls. (For those out of the loop, Dom and Elijah were kings of the Orpheus and Bacchus crewes in Sunday's parades. So delightfully dorky. They should win prizes.) Priscilla said at 12:44 PM I couldn't resist. Too brilliant to pass up.
Ah, the colorbar meme. It just never gets old. Priscilla said at 12:15 PM
Monday, February 23, 2004
Vote for Alicey because we <33333333 her. Vote early, vote often!
Priscilla said at 11:34 PM DUDE! BEST KILL EVER! Eight of us were planning on swarming the 2nd floor and getting Chris' target, carrying blankets to keep Chris from view and for making moveable barricades. Then lo and behold, a bunch of 2nd floor kids came down to our suite, including Chris' target, so a bunch of us grabbed the blankets and ran around to block off both sides of the suite. We surrounded Chris' target, then covered Chris with blankets so that no one could see him. Then Chris hit her with the sock. PERFECT KILL!!! A brilliant team strategy; props to Chris.
Our Suite: SO MUCH COOL! Other Suites: Can't touch this! We are unchallenged! None of our suite has been killed! I think our total is 11 kills for 10 participants, so huzzah for us. Can I get a w00t w00t? For those curious, here are the basic rules: Overview: The goal is to stay alive as long as possible. You stay alive by avoiding other assassins, making sure you're always with somebody from the dorm, and killing your assignment in a timely manner (by using a ball of socks). The winner is the last one standing. Killing your assignment: Once you get your first assignment, you will have approximately 36 hours (until Monday night at 11:59 pm) to make a kill before being terminated. You must continue to kill at least one target every day to remain in the game (see the section on being terminated below for more details). A kill is NOT VALID if... 1. Anyone who lives in Hill sees you ACTUALLY throw the socks. If they see you a moment before, or a moment after, but don't see you the moment you throw the socks, it counts. If they see your target die but don't see you throw the socks, it counts. (etc) EDIT: WHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! I just knocked off Kill #2! But in the process, Chris bit the dust. So we are no longer unchallenged, but we still rock. 2nd EDIT: Even better! Chris' death might not count, because he wasn't killed properly. He was just tapped with the sock, rather than having it thrown at him. It never left the assassin's hand. So wheeeee. And Chris knows my target, so he's going to be a ridiculously easy kill. Yay for murder! And Shu Kee's brother: Be proud of your older sibling! He's gotten two kills already, as well! Priscilla said at 11:14 PM Curses! My subtle and cunning plan was thwarted! For shame, I dishonor my nonexistent yet noble lineage of ninja ancestors. I knew I should have used a Penn Finance or something envelope rather than the only one I could find at the moment, from Dean For America. No Georgian would fall for that! Back to the drawing board. I have until tomorrow night to kill her, as I dispatched my target last night.
Of course, I'm still alive and kicking, regardless of the fact that I seem to have THREE assassins after me. A girl, an Indian guy, and another random kid. What's up with that? Probably because I am just so sleek and agile, nigh uncatchable. Priscilla: 1 Loser-faced Wusses: 0 Priscilla said at 6:48 PM Ugh. So that explains why my Java exam grade was so low. I was not aware that my professor defined "rigor" as "stating the blindingly obvious." I looked at a fellow student's test, in which he got full credit on a question where I got only 5/20, and I feel like my IQ just dropped 50 points. It's insulting to the reader's intelligence. Mine explains just as well as his, and mine doesn't make you stupid. This class is so obnoxious. Next time, please word the question as "Suppose [bleh] and [bleh], prove [bleh] and assume I am 5 years old."
Priscilla said at 11:32 AM
Sunday, February 22, 2004
Whee, Assassins! I love this game! We're only one day into it and I'm already having a blast. And it goes the entire week! I have already dispatched one of my targets and I'm hot on the heels of the next. Go me! Unfortunately, I'm not going to provide too many details about it, in case my assassin Googles me (I'm the first Priscilla Spencer that comes up), but hopefully, by the end of the week (or whenever I'm killed, if it's before that), I'll have a nice, long entry about the zany hijinks involved. Whee!
Meanwhile, speaking of murder, I am kilt. Guh, that boy is beyond cuteness! And his girlfriend is adoreable, even though we all know who would look better in her place. *bats eyes* (ooh, more!) And they won Best Ensemble Cast at the SAG awards, so w00t. And Johnny Depp won Best Actor! Priscilla said at 10:40 PM Priscilla said at 11:59 AM Nader, you moron. For the love of gravy, don't make this any harder than it already is.
Priscilla said at 11:02 AM
Saturday, February 21, 2004
Curious Things about the RotK movie: (spoilers, obviously. But if you haven't seen the movie yet, you do not deserve to live, much less deserve to be shielded from spoilers)
Priscilla said at 5:14 PM
Friday, February 20, 2004
Frodo does his little turn on the catwalk.
Priscilla said at 5:58 PM Okay, I just talked with Jeff and Ray, the other two CSEers on my hall, and they both also got surprisingly low scores, one just below and one slightly above my score. So I'm feeling better, but still in shock. Sam's GTA LJ has improved my room considerably, but still, bleh.
Priscilla said at 5:34 PM Java Graders: Are you sure you're not looking at that score upside down? I left the testing room expecting a near-perfect score. Don't you mean I got a 91, not 61? Honestly, I can't think of any place I could have lost points! Why do I have to wait until Monday to learn what I missed? RRRRRRRGH, my day is ruined. And it was going so well! And gah, compounded by another relapse of Dean Depression! Even Nutella has no effect.
Priscilla said at 5:11 PM The day just keeps getting better! On my way back from Film Noir, I stopped by the Fine Arts Library to tell my sob story to the librarians. They were super-nice about it, then suggested I check in the stacks to see if it had been returned, but not checked back in. Lo and behold, it had been! It was there in the library, safe and sound, the entire time! So I got $100 refunded on the spot, which felt great, and they told me to come back on Monday to talk with a guy named Ken about refunding the $40 in overdue and referral charges, as technically it was never overdue in the first place. LIFE IS GREAT and I just got two letters from Renata which reminds me that I am scum and have not sent her her Christmas present yet but LIFE IS STILL GOOD and I have Snapple.
Priscilla said at 2:32 PM I just took the easiest computer science midterm is history. Life is so good.
Priscilla said at 11:01 AM
Thursday, February 19, 2004
It's rather interesting. In Communications, we learned about the Kuleshov Effect, in which the onscreen appearance and conveyed emotion of an actor can be manipulated by context.
Then this was posted on Lotrboys_daily. Dude, what are silly captions if not the ultimate proof of the Kuleshov effect? We know that the actors are obviously expressing sentiments very different from the suggested dialogue in the caption, but in most cases, especially with really funny captions, it really looks as though the actors could be saying the captioned words. In class, a bunch of the students were still skeptical about the effectiveness of Kuleshov (myself included), but now I'm convinced. I'm so going to mention this to Professor Messaris on Tuesday. Ah, Visual Communications. It has changed the way I see the world. Or at least movies. </dork> Priscilla said at 11:59 PM *snickets*
*snorks* *chortles* *full-blown, uncontrollable gigglefit* There are no words for this picture. Priscilla said at 10:46 PM Random Music Meme!
Step 1: Open your MP3 player. Step 2: Put all of your music on random. Step 3: Write down the first 15 songs it plays, no matter how embarrassing. 1. "How Do You Solve A Problem Like Korea", The Capitol Steps 2. "Suppertime", Little Shop of Horrors NBCR 3. "Another Girl's Paradise", Tori Amos, Scarlet's Walk 4. "Universe Communion", Stuart Davis, Self Untitled 5. A random, long ago discarded bit from a MAA song. How did that get in here? 6. "Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank", Barenaked Ladies, Born on a Pirate Ship 7. "Girl", Tori Amos, Little Earthquakes 8. "Man of La Mancha (I, Don Quixote)", Man of La Mancha (Placido Domingo version) 9. "Look Down", Les Miserables (Original London Cast) 10. Guards! Guards! Track 12 (muchas gracias to "Bucked Up") 11. "Humor of the Situation", Barenaked Ladies, Maroon 12. "Pilar (Things Here Are Different)", Jill Sobule, I Never Learned to Swim 13. "Bad", Little Shop of Horrors NBCR (Demo version, an early version of "Mean Green Mother From Outerspace") 14. "A New Life", Jekyll and Hyde (1994 Concept cast recording) 15. "See Emily Play", Pink Floyd, Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd I'm rather shocked to see no Beatles representation. I have 8 of their albums on my computer... Ah well. Random is as random does! Priscilla said at 3:55 PM Priscilla said at 1:21 PM The Japanese are wonderful. Please, let this be the action to get the ball rolling!
Priscilla said at 12:30 PM Over Math last night, Tricia and I discussed the advantages of being hobbit women.
Priscilla said at 11:54 AM Gah! Just got another "Notice of Fine or Fee" email from the library, and they've charged me another random $25. I now owe $140. And Joan hasn't found the book yet, and I'm beginning to doubt we will. Should I just go ahead and pay it so I won't be charged any extra? Urggh, stupid library.
And stupid person on the 2nd floor making eggs at 6AM that burned and made smoke and set off the fire alarm and we all had to troop outside in the cold and I wasn't awake enough as I left the room so I wasn't wearing warm enough clothes and we were out there for 20 minutes and bleh. Priscilla said at 9:05 AM
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American people." - Theodore Roosevelt
Anyone but Bush in '04. I'm going to need a three-plus hour long shower with a steel-wool loofah afterwards, but come November I will vote for the nominee. In the meantime, I'll see that those 4,000+ signatures I helped gather don't go to waste and vote for Dean in the Pennsylvania primary this April. Dean's policies still need representation in the party platform. I've added a strip of duct-tape to my button that says "Still supporting" Dean for America. In the meantime, I'm still deciding on whether Kerry or Edwards deserves my favor. Bah to the both of them, they just can't compare. On the lighter side, "Howard Dean supporters will be thrilled to find out that the former frontrunner has finally won something!" Presidental Candidate Hot or Not Ratings. *cackles* Priscilla said at 7:24 PM Priscilla said at 2:52 PM *heavy sigh*
And then there were four. Gotta just keep reminding myself: my primary platform is "Anyone But Bush." Preferences within the Democratic candidates should be second. History will not forget you. In a way, you've already won. You gave backbone to the Democratic party. You shaped this election. You stood up when no one else would. A large percentage of the Democratic platform started with you. Your mission was to change America, and you have. It's not that Howard Dean wasn't ready for America. America wasn't ready for Howard Dean. The fight is not over. As for me, I guess I'd better give Kerry and Edwards another chance. Meanwhile, I'll still be wearing my button. Howard Dean for America, not just in '04. Priscilla said at 9:30 AM I dreamed that I woke up one morning and my hair was fluffy and gorgeous and thick and went down to my knees. My first act was to make Princess Leia buns. Hmm, I must have done something right. I've noticed that in my dreams, hair symbolizes status and general good karma. *ponders*
In other news, this makes my morning. Zombie! Kicked puppy! Evil chipmunk ninja mastermind! Priscilla said at 9:03 AM Whee! And at 3AM, my Java homework is more or less done! Now, off to work a bit more on my Design stuff. Yaaaaaay, college. Props to Alexi and Tanner for keeping me awake. Apologies to Tanner for giving him a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup as motivation, as he's probably suffering post-sugar rush withdrawal now.
Highlights: I named one of my arrays "IHateJava" and tested the majority of my methods with an object named "figwit". Because everything is funny at 3 in the morning. Priscilla said at 2:04 AM
Tuesday, February 17, 2004
I skipped Math today to work some more on my Communications paper, which prods bootay. After all, Stovall essentially teaches right out of the book, so missing the Math lecture once a blue moon isn't too bad. The only really negative thing is the missed opportunity to add to my "tool" count, comparable to the "um" count from my British History class a few years ago.
Bwaha, I get to overuse the word "torrid!" Thank you, Dove Chocolates, for highlighting such an excellent word in your ad! Torrid, torrid, torrid. I've used it 6 times so far in 3 pages. Muahahaha! Also: licentious, lustful, endorphins, naked, strewn. Good words. But not moue, alas. In other news, does anyone know where one can find a clip of Andy's "Gollum does Grease" bit from Conan? Priscilla said at 11:43 AM
Monday, February 16, 2004
Oh! Aren't you proud of me? I lasted through the entire Valentine's Day Weekend without making a single "my precious" joke! I *so* deserve Nutella for this.
Mmm, Nutella. Priscilla said at 8:51 PM Wow! It's probably going to end up taking me less time to write my Communications paper than it did to find my ads in the first place! This thing writes itself!
Priscilla said at 8:39 PM Quote of the Day, discovered while looking back through my communication notes:
"Monkeys are dumb. I had a very unpleasant 3 hours with a monkey once." --Prof Messaris Priscilla said at 8:01 PM Okay, I can tolerate our new Lupin. I might even go so far as to say that I'm pleased. But until you shave that moustache, I will still say that you remind me of the Duke from Moulin Rouge.
(And who is afraid of Jack in the Boxes? Can we make fun of them?) Priscilla said at 12:35 PM This week just keeps getting better and better. I was able to attend the other math recitation, no problem, but things just went downhill from there.
Due Wednesday: Due Thursday: Thursday Night: Due Friday: Edit: Not to mention, scheduled perfectly to coincide with the WORST PERIOD EVER, REALLY BAD CRAMPS EVERY DAY THAT DO NOT RESPOND TO ALEVE, ONLY CHOCOLATE. I WILL BE FAT, FAT, FAT AND UGLY OUCH OUCH OUCH PAIN STAB hobble hobble *fallover* Priscilla said at 12:30 PM Happy Birthday, Moni! *tosses confetti*
Meanwhile, the day is already shaping up to be not very fun. I forgot to turn my alarm on last night, and I forgot to reset the time on my backup, so I ended up sleeping through my math recitation, which I really needed to go to, as Shimon most likely went through all the answers for last week's exam, and I missed the recitation quiz. You know what? I think I'll just run out the door and go to the 10AM recitation and hope they let me. I'm off! Priscilla said at 8:58 AM Sodaspew warning: Top 12 Reasons Why Gay People Should Not Be Allowed to Get Married
Priscilla said at 12:38 AM
Sunday, February 15, 2004
I can't believe I'm getting excited about a film version of Merchant of Venice. But you know why? Mackenzie Crook* as Launcelot Gobbo and Andy Serkis as Tubal. EEE! Well, either Andy Serkis or Allan Corduner, whoever that is. Come on, IMDB, get your act together! I want to know if I need to start squealing or not!
*Mackenzie Crook: "Ragetti" in PotC, the one with the glass eye. ♥!!! Priscilla said at 8:56 PM W00t! Ran into schoolchum Erin Finley at dinner and managed to convert her to Deanism. I'm definitely going to start wearing my button on my lapel rather than sticking it on my purse as I have in the past.
In that same vein, "Hiya" asked in the comments about Dean's intentions after Wisconsin. Roy Neil (Dean's campaign manager) answers right here. Rumors of his demise are greatly exaggerated. Priscilla said at 8:18 PM Whee! Lots of signatures, and lots of ammunition gained to counteract negative slurs! And far less political apathy! And we may or may not have a few seconds of exposure on Channel 6 News! WOO-HOO! Feelin' good!
Priscilla said at 2:31 PM Dear gravy, I am such a loser. I just realized that I was picking out clothes for the day based on how well they matched my "Dean for America" button.
Off to Rittenhouse Square to gather more signatures! Priscilla said at 12:43 PM So who else is going?
And Kerry, just because you're upset the pot has called the kettle black and call the pot on his ridiculous allegation, it doesn't stop the kettle from being black in the first place. Priscilla said at 10:50 AM
Saturday, February 14, 2004
Happy V-Day from Calvin and Hobbes! Plus V-Day smoochies from Billeh:
If anyone remembers who made that icon, tell me. I can't remember who I stole it from! Priscilla said at 4:24 PM Apparently, people have been missing links, as I just have them a slightly different color and bolded, so I'm adding underlines. Let's see if this works.
Edit: Okay, I lightened the link text. Is that better? Underlining is oogleh. Priscilla said at 4:01 PM Presenting: Where Priscilla Was Between the Hours of 3 and 4:30 This Afternoon
What have you done for Democracy today? Meanwhile, I'm disgusted at the levels of political apathy in today's society. Only about 1/5 of the people we met were registered to vote (and only about 1/5 of them were registered to vote in Philadelphia county). And even if they were registered Democrats in Philadelphia county, some of them wouldn't even spare the two seconds it took to sign the petition to get Dean on the ballot. Grr. Priscilla said at 3:57 PM Priscilla said at 1:59 PM *is again reduced to laughing so hard she cannot breathe*
I never noticed that those LotR valentines had multiple pages for each movie! Oh, my sides... Priscilla said at 1:30 PM
Friday, February 13, 2004
Priscilla said at 9:03 PM Whee! The HPVP cards are up! Go squee over their cuteness and general w00tery. I'm a bit disappointed to see such a small turnout ("So few! So few have come!"), but the cards submitted rock, so no worries.
Shout-outs to (among those that read my blog): Jia, I'll try to have it finished tonight. Looks very likely! So yay. Priscilla said at 6:38 PM *snerks*
I love this. It's the ultimate pot-calling-the-kettle-black. Bush accusing Kerry of taking special interest money? Oh, my sides. Anyway, I feel so industrious! I just cleaned my entire room, did my laundry, and I replaced the burned-out light above Rachel's closet THAT HASN'T WORKED THIS ENTIRE YEAR. Seriously. It blew the first time I turned on the light the first time I entered the room. And when I saw how much brighter her keen flourescent bulb was than mine, I replaced my own. So now my room is both clean AND shiny! And I have a massive pink heart-shaped cookie for my troubles! Weren't Friday the 13ths supposed to be negative? Priscilla said at 6:11 PM I just cleaned up my desk and put all my rarely used stuff in the bottom drawer of my file cabinent and sorted stuff into piles and threw lots of stuff away, and I feel so ordered and clean! Yay, prettiness!
Also, I just got an email back from the Penn Glee Club, and they informed me that my secret admirer is none other than DADDY. *hearts* Daddy is wonderful and thoughtful and the cutest person ever! Thank you! Priscilla said at 4:53 PM I feel ill.
Priscilla said at 4:45 PM *sings* I've got a secret admirer!
Today in Film Noir class, the choir of five singing Valentine deliverers came for me. I laughed, thinking Rachel had sent them. However, before they even got to sing five words, Chris loudly and emphatically kicked them out for disrupting class. Rather disappointing, as they never got to sing their song, and I never got the card saying who it was from, but I was sure it was Rachel, so I could thank her for having the cleverness to figure out my schedule and to convince the Glee Club to add one more Valentine to their roster after they'd said they weren't taking any more orders. I explained to the class about my prank yesterday and all were amused. But I just got back to my room and thanked Rachel, but she had no idea what I was talking about. So someone sent me a singing valentine and I have no idea who they are! As I was probably intended to know, I'll just email the Glee Club and ask them to tell me what was on the card, or at least who sent it. Now I'm really curious. Priscilla said at 2:52 PM Happy Friday the 13th! *breaks a ladder, walks under a mirror, allows a crack to cross her path, and steps on a black cat*
Priscilla said at 11:35 AM Question: What programs do you guys use for making screencaps? All my media players don't allow it, except for the one that came with Kazaa. Any recommendations? (preferably free, of course)
(and while on the topic of media players, everyone go see Rhysenn's V-Day RotK song video. So much love!) Priscilla said at 11:32 AM Oh! I forgot! A shout-out to the coolness of Hockaday's "History of Art and Music" class and my AP art class last year for making me Cultured and Intelligent.
Today, in Visual Communications, we were talking about ads that tapped into a desire for social status, so a large part of the discussion was the use of famous (and occasionally esoteric) works of art. A few kids and I were naming all of them, geekily rattling off icons like "Botticelli's 'Birth of Venus'!" and "Claes Oldenberg!" and "Botticelli's 'Allegory of Spring'!" and "Pointilism!". And because of Mrs. McCullough, I will forever pronounce "pointilism" the French way, like "pwaahn-til-ism", and sound like even more of a dork. At the end of class, Rob (who was sitting in front of me) asked me "How do you know all this stuff?" and I kinda shrugged. THANK YOU, HAM! Gravy, I love this class. It always makes me feel so intelligent! Especially today when Professor Messaris called one of my comments "very insightful" and got all glowy and impressed. Life is good. Life is very good. P.S. I love how it's become universally accepted that the huge, ugly, abstract red sculpture in the middle of the campus is called "Dueling Tampons." Does anyone actually know its real name? I heard somewhere that it was supposed to be a representation of the sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham. Go figure. Priscilla said at 12:14 AM
Thursday, February 12, 2004
GAH! I fail!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN! 195 YESTERDAY! 
Thanks to that Wilson-loving heretic Rebecca G. for reminding me. C'mon, Rebecca, Lincoln is so much cooler than Wilson. It's obvious! In addition to the unequivocal proof voiced by Neil Gaiman ("You want me to say 'Lincoln is better than Wilson'? ... Okay, I just said it."), he also STARRED IN X2. And his fabulous principles were a running joke in the play I just saw tonight. Give up, Grabman. Priscilla said at 11:37 PM *cackles* Oh, the evil! After Ari's show (which was hilarious and awesome), I stopped by Fresh Grocer, as it's just a block out of my way coming back from the Hillel building. Ah, the indulgence!
I got: Chocolate soymilk, pineapple juice, dried apricots, sprouted wheat cinnamon raisin bread, and Nutella. Worth twice the sinful pleasure because they're actually healthy! (Nutella is healthy. Shut up.) All in all, a great way to end the day. Priscilla said at 10:21 PM Not happy just discriminating against gays, Bush now wants a piece of the deaf.
In other news, Barbie dumps Ken. So I finally tracked down Joan, and as it turns out, she hasn't been getting my emails, as I sent them to the address in the school directory, which she never checks, rather than the one she gave us the first day of class. (mmm, commas.) Oops. Anyway, when we didn't find it in her office, she said she'd look for it. I guess all I can do now is wait. *sigh* But now I'm off to Ari's show at the Hillel. T'will be crazy fun, he assures me. Hurrah! Priscilla said at 6:35 PM | ||
