The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved - by Hunter S. Thompson

4/6/06

Eucalan Sample
9861 Holland-Glenwood Rd.
Glenwood, NY
14069


How to Write a Thank-you note

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From a "Supernatural" recap on TWOP:
If these people are "teenagers" then I'm a twice-baked potato.

another TWOP quote, this time from a GG recap:
Watching this clip from The Polar Express makes me want to hit the X button on my Playstation controller to skip ahead the badly acted, oddly soulless, dead-eyed actors in the skits between the actual videogame and go back to the real fun.


GG recaps

Supernatural recap

GRANOLA BAR (SWEET AND SALTY NUT, ALMOND)
160/7/2

YOPLAIT SMOOTHIE (STRAWBERRY)
190/2.5/3

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She Wants Revenge interview on mp3.com

pads & sponges
pads/sponges

Quote of the day from a little old lady:

"I don't like this Medicare part D, it's so complicated...oh well, he won't be around much longer, thank goodness, this Bush."

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http://community.livejournal.com/roller_derby/91507.html

tiny bit of rollergirls in the overexposed NASCAR commercial?


MN roller girls article (and another one)

blog linked from harlot, making pomotous socks, too

Jenn,
Today is a highly charged day with the potential for intense focus, so setting a steady work pace early will keep you on track. Having too much to do at work could bring up feelings of deep resentment. You could become overwhelmed and just give up if you fall behind the busy pace. Stay strong and things will lighten up soon enough.

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Last night I dreamt about a very nice apartment with two big bedrooms and a huge closet and a small room that would be a good computer (or yarn) room. I also dreamt that I was in a video game - it went back and forth between being live action and action on a screen. I never killed anything in live action, just onscreen. When characters talked, it was in live action. It was a very interesting dream.

Today I am sleepy, sleepy, sleepy.

I'm so tired today. I pushed myself rollerskating last night, which is good, but then I ended up staying up later than I wanted. Tonight's plan is to go to bed very, very early.

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ROLLERDERBY APPROPRIATE KNITTING PATTERNS

Lolita Legs pattern
Skating Queen Skirt pattern
Hot Tamale Skirt pattern (the yarn for hot tamale)
Zaftig Bra
Vintage Bathing Cap
leg warmers
Becky Sharper - fishnet fingerless gloves
Marnie McClean leg warmers
Fishnet Shirt
ChicKnits Leg Warmers
another leg warmer pattern

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knitting blogs/magazines
knitting fog
whip it up
rebecca
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BOOGER BLOG

about sweden (which is where i want to move if Roe v. Wade is overturned):

The Local - Sweden's news in English

Sweden travel info - from The Lonely Planet

Sweden's official tourism site

Wikipedia article

the CIA's World Factbook article on Sweden

The official gateway to Sweden

Smorgasbord - the shortcut to Sweden

wikipedia article on yoiking - traditional Sami music

Introduction to Swedish

Learn Swedish

Bjorn Engdahl's Swedish Course

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http://www.spellingtuesday.com/

"Pinnar eller bestick?" the girl behind the counter asked, and I held up the line for a minute, unable to decide whether to go for chopsticks or regular utensils (there, you've got your Swedish phrase for the day). from How to Learn Swedish in 1000 difficult lessons

Firefly movie recap on TWOP!!

http://www.metamorphosism.com/

Best. Description. of. Mal. Reynolds. EVER.

"He loves his ship more than anything, but like with anything else he loves, he has no idea what's going on inside her."

Lawrence E. King/White House/Nebraska sex abuse/child prostitution ring case, by the way? The documentary that was BANNED from the Discovery Channel in 1993 or 4??



http://www.boingboing.net/2006/02/21/1982_atlantic_articl.html

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/198202/diamond

http://blog.qusan.com/

http://home.comcast.net/~osoono/ethnicdoughs/paczki/paczki.htm

http://acweb.colum.edu/users/agunkel/homepage/paczki.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paczki

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/attallahshabazzcorettakingeulogy.html

http://alternet.org/story/32382/

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/185/story_18589.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Poland

http://alternet.org/story/32604/

http://alternet.bookswelike.net/isbn/0375423265

MEN'S CHEAP SKATES - $40

WOMEN'S $65 RIEDELL SKATES @ AMAZON, SAME AS LPS

http://televisionwithoutpity.com/story.cgi?show=55&story=24&limit=&sort=

http://televisionwithoutpity.com/story.cgi?show=23&story=631&limit=all&sort=

http://televisionwithoutpity.com/story.cgi?show=25&story=1020&page=2&sort=&limit=all

http://community.livejournal.com/roller_derby/

http://www.ictrollergirls.com/

http://community.livejournal.com/roller_derby/85296.html

http://rollerderbysuperstar.com/index.html

http://pennjerseyshedevils.blogspot.com/

http://chapstickandfishnets.blogspot.com/

http://steaknpizza.blogspot.com/

http://sweetwilliam-v.livejournal.com/

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

http://waynesderbyworld.blogspot.com/

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Also, House. OMGWTFBBQ. Was that the Jenn fan service episode or what? House gets naked, drops acid, becomes extremely angsty. Film at 11.


You know how when you read the fortune in a fortune cookie but add "…in bed" to the end of it to make it more entertaining? I think Ana-Lucia probably adds "…with guns" to the end of her sentences for the same reason: "We should go clubbing…with guns." "This week is a good time for you to make some decisions…with guns."

Today's obligatory "Every Rose Has it's Thorn" rendition.

The Ted Hughes homepage
lovesong by ted hughes
jim lehrer interview on "The Birthday Letters"
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emily dickinson
correspondence
on Bartleby


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It was the limit of my dream,
The focus of my prayer,—
A perfect, paralyzing bliss
Contented as despair.

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I many times thought peace had come
When peace was far away,
As wrecked men deem they sight the land
When far at sea they stay.

And struggle slacker, but to prove,
As hopelessly as I,
That many the fictitious shores
Before the harbor lie.


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XVII


SHE rose to his requirement, dropped
The playthings of her life
To take the honorable work
Of woman and of wife.

If aught she missed in her new day 5
Of amplitude, or awe,
Or first prospective, or the gold
In using wore away,

It lay unmentioned, as the sea
Develops pearl and weed, 10
But only to himself is known
The fathoms they abide.



XX


I have no life but this,
To lead it here;
Nor any death, but lest
Dispelled from there;

Nor tie to earths to come,
Nor action new,
Except through this extent,
The realm of you.


XXXII


HE put the belt around my life,—
I heard the buckle snap,
And turned away, imperial,
My lifetime folding up
Deliberate, as a duke would do
A kingdom’s title-deed,—
Henceforth a dedicated sort,
A member of the cloud.

Yet not too far to come at call,
And do the little toils
That make the circuit of the rest,
And deal occasional smiles
To lives that stoop to notice mine
And kindly ask it in,—
Whose invitation, knew you not
For whom I must decline?


XXXIII


I held a jewel in my fingers
And went to sleep.
The day was warm, and winds were prosy;
I said: “’T will keep.”

I woke and chid my honest fingers,—
The gem was gone;
And now an amethyst remembrance
Is all I own.


XXXIV


WHAT if I say I shall not wait?
What if I burst the fleshly gate
And pass, escaped, to thee?
What if I file this mortal off,
See where it hurt me,—that ’s enough,—
And wade in liberty?

They cannot take us any more,—
Dungeons may call, and guns implore;
Unmeaning now, to me,
As laughter was an hour ago,
Or laces, or a travelling show,
Or who died yesterday!

XXXV


PROUD of my broken heart since thou didst break it,
Proud of the pain I did not feel till thee,
Proud of my night since thou with moons dost slake it,
Not to partake thy passion, my humility.


II.

I have no life but this,
To lead it here;
Nor any death, but lest
Dispelled from there;

Nor tie to earths to come,
Nor action new,
Except through this extent,
The realm of you.


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http://www.bartleby.com/42/811.html
http://www.bartleby.com/42/772.html
http://www.bartleby.com/42/767.html
http://www.lovepoetry.com/poems/random_classic24.asp

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ELEPHANTS IN ZOOS - THE FIRST ARTICLE I READ
ARTICLE ABOUT THE TN ELEPHANT SANCTUARY
savezooelephants.com
in defense of animals zoo elephant link
washington post elephant article
captiveanimals.org
elephant free UK
DISNEY ELEPHANTS

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BEST WEEK EVER BLOG
CHAPELLE ON ACTOR'S STUDIO

http://www.pamie.com/butterfly

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http://knitpsychos.hello-lovely.org/

http://www.needlebeetle.com/lace/seaweed.htm

http://www.discountyarnsale.com/pd_glampyre_bulky.cfm#

http://www.katwithak.com/

http://jessimuhkaknits.blogspot.com/2006/02/knitting-olympics-drinking-game.html

http://emmajane.net/

http://now.what-happens.com/2ktog/

http://www.greyswriters.com/

http://alohanoreos.blogspot.com/
http://veiland.blogspot.com/

http://televisionwithoutpity.com/story.cgi?show=75&story=3452&page=4&sort=&limit=all

http://televisionwithoutpity.com/story.cgi?show=15&story=5466&page=10&sort=&limit=all



I believe that Sawyer did love Cassie, but he's just that bad of a person. I'm into guys who are self-defeating this week, it's like House.

http://www.csifiles.com/

http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=3127079&st=3435

http://knitty.com/ISSUEfall05/PATTfallingleaves.html

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http://www.guimp.com/

http://www.berroco.com/galleries/gallery_white/index_white.html

http://www.delaneyhouse.com/menu.mpl?menu_id=4

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Your mental stress can be eased by putting your energy toward completing unfinished business with as much focus as possible.

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ROLLER DERBY/TRAINING

http://www.rollerderbypreservationassociation.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=32

http://gothamgirlsrollerderby.com/faq/

http://people.howstuffworks.com/roller-derby.htm

http://www.baycitybombers.com/

http://www.google.com/Top/Sports/Skating/Roller_Skating/Roller_Derby/

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Overheard in the office:

"She talks in 'ghetto' while she types."

Favorite headline from Google News today:

Sleep is the New Sex


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http://knitting-yarn-store.com/silk-yarn.htm
http://www.lalanawools.com/
http://snowballinhell.net/sb/drawing-a-blank-for-titles-once-again/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Friedan

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Top 5 songs I associate with 2005:

1. Total Eclipse of the Heart
2. Personal Jesus, any version
3. VNV Nation
4.
5.




I love my mom. I love my mom a lot. And we get along really well, all things considered. But lately, like the last few years, she's gotten really pushy. And I don't know if she just doesn't realize that she's being pushy, or that she doesn't interpret herself as pushy, but it's causing me to withdraw from her.

She has these ideas on what she wants for me. And, honestly, they are things that I want, too. But wanting doesn't make them happen, and I think that's where she gets stuck.

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My first rollerderby specific memory is from the TV show "clarissa explains it all." Clarissa's best friend Sam lives with his dad, because his mom left him to join the rollerderby. There's one episode where she shows up, and she's all bad-ass, and Clarissa is very impressed.

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this skirt > $58 plus shipping
5 skeins knitpicks Shadow yarn in Lost Lake > $11.45 plus shipping
2 skeins sheldridge ultra > $16.40 plus shipping
www.chiagu.com
www.spunmag.com
Shelridge Farm Soft Touch Ultra Fingering Weight (CAN BE FOUND AT EARTHFAIRE)
pomatomus sock pattern

http://perplexcitycardcatalog.com/view.php?item=084
http://www.burningcam.com/index2.html
http://community.livejournal.com/bigdderbydevils/
http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=rollerderby

the notorious bettie page trailer

wendy wasserstein article in the New Yorker #1

wendy wasserstein article in the New Yorker #2

ramones article

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http://televisionwithoutpity.com/story.cgi?show=56&story=8475&page=3&sort=&limit=

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0922915385/103-3087275-0709416?v=glance&n=283155

http://feralhouse.com/titles/kulchur/rollerderby.php

http://www.gothamgirlsrollerderby.com/links/

http://crashzineonline.net/

http://www.lowpriceskates.com/index.asp

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0916290808/qid=1138640045/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/103-3087275-0709416?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=1O2ogQzCtK&isbn=0679745068&itm=3

http://televisionwithoutpity.com/story.cgi?show=56&story=2021&limit=all&sort=

http://televisionwithoutpity.com/story.cgi?show=56&story=49&page=5&sort=&limit=all

http://televisionwithoutpity.com/story.cgi?show=56&story=2021&limit=all&sort=

ikea appreciation blog. links one, two, and three.

Ben Roethlisberger's blog

the 2006 Bloggies

Daniel Powter
Bad Day

Where is the moment when we need it the most
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
They tell me your blue sky's faded to grey
They tell me your passion's gone away
And I don't need no carrying on

Stand in the line just ahead of the law
You're faking a smile with the coffee you go
You tell me your life's been way off line
You're falling to pieces every time
And I don't need no carrying on

Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day
You had a bad day

Well you need a blue sky holiday
The point is they laugh at what you say
And I don't need no carrying on

You had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day
You had a bad day

Sometimes the system goes on the blink and the whole thing it turns out Wrong
You might not make it back and you know that you could be well oh that Strong
Well I'm not wrong

So where is the passion when you need it the most
Oh you and I
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost

Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
You've seen what you like
And how does it feel for one more time
You had a bad day
You had a bad day
You had a bad day

Jenn,
It's all too easy for you to over-commit at work this week, so keep reminding yourself to complete the first job before you begin the second. As busy as you are now, things will continue to get more hectic. You can still be nice to others without necessarily taking on obligations to show that you care.


The experience of studying Zen is like hiding your body in fire: even if you have iron guts and a brass heart, here they will surely melt and flux.

-Chien-ju

Gemini

Daily extended (by Astrology.com)
If you're attached, expect to suddenly feel much closer to your partner now -- more so than you have in some time. In other words, the connection you've been after may be right around the corner. That goes double if you're single, so don't argue with a friend, sibling or neighbor who's insisting that they know just the person for you, even if they've tried this before and, to say the least, it wasn't a match made in heaven. This time, they may be right. Hey, you can't win if you don't play.

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boing boing link to vintage circus pictures

EarthFaire yarn/beads


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When Your Period Signals a Problem

Early Home Testing Fails to Discover Some Pregnancies

ObGynCenter online

My Cycle Tracker

Ask Dr. Amy

baby bandana dresses, halter outfit

http://www.cutebabyshoes.com
http://www.flutterbyegarden.com/
http://www.ethicbaby.ca/(i want this onesie, and this sleeper!)
http://www.blueberrybabies.com/clothes.html ( i especially love this girl set)
http://www.babystyle.com/
http://www.tinytush.com/

to make the VEGAN SWEDISH MEATBALLS, I need:
* allspice
* ground cardamom
* one more pkg silken tofu
* tamari

VEGETARIAN POT PIE RECIPES
this one has mushrooms, but looks excellent
no mushrooms, and a biscuit-style crust
w/ portabello mushrooms, sweet potatoes and butternut squash
pretty standard, no mushrooms
ghetto veggie pot pie (canned soup, frz veggies)
w/ tofu or TVP
thanksgiving harvest pot pie