Gifts, meme, stupid.
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I love to give gifts. I find it enjoyable the way some people find cooking enjoyable, or fishing, or painting, or anything else people do just for their own pure delight. I just love it. Sadly, I am un-wealthy this year because my living expenses went up since the move, I have to buy a new car like, next week, and I am saving up for going to grad school soon. So, those of you who are used to getting gifts from me around this time of year, my apologies - I hope to return to my usual distribution schedule next year. ;)
THREE THINGS THAT SCARE ME
1) our current administration's beliefs, desires, and actions
2) the fact that it seems no one can stop them
3) being up off the ground with nothing to hold on to
THREE THINGS I DON'T UNDERSTAND
1) the appeal of Tom Cruise (stolen from
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2) how an electron can travel from the first shell to the ninth shell without travelling through all the shells in the middle (but I keep trying to understand it every year)
3) people who *don't* want their leaders to be much much smarter than they are
THREE THINGS I'D LIKE TO LEARN
1) to play the standard harp
2) to play the violin
3) more sign language than I already know
THREE THINGS I AM WEARING RIGHT NOW
1) a brown turtleneck
2) glasses
3) a headband that is not my own (waves at
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THREE THINGS ON MY DESK
1) a giant statue of Daffy Duck
2) a lava lamp
3) two 21" monitors
THREE THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE
1) see my country move to the left by abandoning hatred, ignorant fear, and greed as its motivating forces
2) go back to Italy
3) save enough money to not work for a year and just fuck around
THREE WAYS TO DESCRIBE MY PERSONALITY
1) prickly
2) boisterous
3) suprisingly easy-going at times
THREE BAD THINGS ABOUT MY PERSONALITY
1) quick to dismiss those who aren't thinkers as complete wastes of space
2) uncontrollable bursts of anger over minor things, which almost immediately disappear, leaving everyone in their wake confounded
3) general hatred of people who expect me to know what they want without them having to tell me
THREE PARTS OF MY HERITAGE
1) English
2) Polish
3) Czechoslovakian
THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY BODY
1) eyes
2) hair
3) the fact that I gain weight proportionately
THREE THINGS I DON'T LIKE ABOUT MY BODY
1) skin
2) knock-kneed, bow-legged, flat-footed lower third
3) that it went from size 4 to size 16 in about 2 years
THREE THINGS MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME
1) I cry at the end of E.T. every. damned. time.
2) I have done an impression of Julie Andrews singing "Light My Fire" for an audience
3) I would probably still give the relationship with my alcoholic, drug-addicted ex-boyfriend one more shot, if he were to show up and ask, because love makes you do the wacky
THREE THINGS I SAY THE MOST
1) Dude!
2) Whodidwhatnow?
3) Oh, fuck me!
THREE PLACES I WANT TO GO
1) back to Italy
2) swimming with dolphins
3) outer space
THREE NAMES THAT YOU GO BY
1) Jessica
2) Tzikeh
3) Jess (my parents call me this and it's much too late to train them otherwise; if you call me this I will kill your neighbors and frame you for their murders)
THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE OR HAD
1) 14177,3598
2) jessicar
3) tzikeh
An essay on the definition and examination of stupidity. http://www.truestupidity.com/basic.htm
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Date: 2003-12-05 03:27 pm (UTC)Well, if you can get to Minneapolis, you can fly to Rome for $285. This same company can get you there from Chicago fro $715.
Rome is lovely - and cheap.
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