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So I bought Fable: The Lost Chapters the other day. My brother plays it more than me.
Kind of sort of upsetting. I want to waste my life away uninterrupted thank you very much!
Life's been sort of, off key lately. Not bad per say, but I'm not enjoying it at the very least.
I'm pretty upset with this job thing. There must be so many jobs around and yet I'm sticking with this on call one that hardly gives me enough hours. Bah humbug!
I think I'll give my boss a call in the morrow. And pending on how that goes, try to find a new job.
I want to be the one building the house, not putting on the doors.
Otherwise, I'm pretty good. No complaints, could use a bit more cash but that comes with the hours. So resolve one problem and then the other will fix itself.
Now all I have to do is get Sam off of the xbox. Haha.
Bah. This lj post was pointless.
I'm off to explore the ever becoming boring internetz

30 unknown facts/secrets about yourself:

1. What does your LJ username mean?
Well what I was really aiming for was to make a livejournal, with an incredibly nerdy name. Devlin and Katz helped come up with it. Come to think of it I might have been better off with xxx.\\AndrewJohnson//.xxx or something of the sort.

2. Elaborate on your default photo?
Ok, you've been ambushed and left stranded on Regula One by a superhuman being seeking revenge who you once previously banished. KHAAAAAAN!

3. What's your middle name?:
Lyle

4. What is your current relationship status?:
Uh.. Marriage, haha.

5. What are you wearing right now?
A tight fishnet t-shirt, leather vest, and pink hot pants.
Oh you wish don't you.

6. What is your current problem?
I hate my job. I've been employed 2 weeks and I've only worked 2 days Arararhjkgj!

7. What do you love most?
Picture perfect moments.

8. Who makes the you most happy?
Alicia ♥, My friends, and my cats

9. Are you musically talented?
Uh, five minutes with any instrument and I can play ode to joy. That's really about the extent of it.

10. If you could go back in time, and change one thing, what would it be?
If I changed things, I wouldn't be where I am today.

11. If you HAD TO be an animal for ONE day-
Hmm. In risk of being cliché an eagle?

12. Ever have a near death experience?
Nope.

13. Can you dance?
Haha. I wish.

14. What's the name of the song that's stuck in your head right now?
I normally have several songs stuck in my head or none at all. This is one of those none at all moments.

15. Who did you cut and paste this from?
Aaron

16. Name someone with the same b-day as you.
Weird Al, Pele, Johnny Carson, and Dwight Yoakam haha.

17. Have you ever destroyed someone's property?
Destroyed? No. Damaged? Not likely.

18. Have you ever been in a fight?
Besides a joke one, no.

19. Have you ever sang in front of a big audience?
In elementary school

20. What's the first thing you notice about the OPPOSITE sex?
Hmm that's a toughie. I'm not enough of a ladies man to really answer this. I do like their faces, and that's not just some bullshit answer to avoid saying boobs. Haha
I'd like to say personalities... Just to be the nice guy, but when you look at a girl you can't always tell: 'Man that girls an airhead' But then again a lot of the time you can.

21. What do you usually order from Starbucks?
I've only been to starbucks like once. And that's because I had a gift card.
-What do you usually order from Starbucks Fantastico?-
An Africano

22. Do you have a car
No. I wish.

23. Ever had a drunken night in Mexico?
Maaayybeee that's where these pink hotpants came from.

24. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity?
Johnny Carson apparently. Which is weird because we have the same birthday.

25. Do you still watch kiddy movies or TV shows?
I don't really watch TV much anymore.

26. Did you have braces?
Nope.

27. Are you comfortable with your height?
Yeah.

28. What is the sweetest thing someone's ever done for you?
Hmm. That's a tough one. I can't really think of one greater than another.

29. Do you speak any other languages?
/_337 5|*34|< ?

30. Whats your favorite smell?
Dark chocolate. Like real dark chocolate.

1. Honestly, what color is your underwear?
Black with gray lining.

2. Honestly, whats on your mind?
Life, love, and sleep.

3. Honestly, what are you doing right now?
Playing tetris. Doing this. And being awesome.

4.Honestly, what do you think of the person who took this survey?
Alicia, is a special lady.

5. Honestly, do you think you are attractive?
At times.

6. Have you done something bad today?
Nope.

7.Honestly,do you watch the disney channel?
For weekenders and recess totally.

8. Honestly, are you jealous of someone right now?
Nope!

9. Honestly, what makes you happy most of the time?
Friends. Video Games. Music. And this may sound weird, but work.

10. Honestly, do you bite your nails?
Yes.

11. Honestly, do you pick your nose?
Only if I can't get it by blowing my nose.

12. Honestly, have you had an eating disorder?
Hahahaha! ME! No.

13. Honestly, do you want to see someone this very minute?
Yes.

14. Honestly, do you have a deep dark secret?
No

15. Honestly, do you have a friend you don't really like?
Yes.

17. Honestly, are you loyal?
Yes

18. Honestly are you in denial?
No

19. Honestly, who would you wanna see right now?
Alicia.

20.Honestly, do you like anyone?
See above.

21. Honestly, does anyone like you?
Look up.



Ok so people will stop asking me.
Alicia and I have not broken up. Far from it actually.
We just had to take a break to sort some stuff out.
So please stop asking. Haha!

Ok, now I'm not famous for being sympathetic for things I don't agree with. That's your disclaimer.

Can anyone tell me what's up with feminists calling themselves womyn? Ok so what, woman has the word man in it. You don't like men, I get it. But it's just the root of the word. Are we humyn, or human?
Who cares if it's policeman, police-woman, or police-person. Honestly! It's just a word.
The word slaughter, for instance, has the word laughter in it. Does laughter have anything to do with slaughter? Would you invite John Wayne Gacy Jr. to your child's birthday party? I bet all of those people under the floor boards are laughing.
Look the english language is broken enough without you.
I respect women wanting independence, but that doesn't mean you have to act like you're in grade 2.
If you want to be equal, truly equal, stop raising a scene. Stop changing perfectly decent words. And most importantly no more double standards. If you act like you're different, it's going to be tough to be treated the same. So just drop it. You're a woman, you always will be. Live with it.

A is for Age: 17
B is for beer of choice: Don't know.
C is for career: Currently? Carpenter
D is for your dog's name: Ruby and Rosie
E is for essential item you use everyday: Hmmm. Well the computer I suppose.
F is for favorite song at the moment: I really don't know. I don't think I have one currently.
G is for favorite game: RISK!
H is for home town: Calgary. But it wasn't for very long. It would be more accurate to say Victoria.
I is for instruments you play: I used to be able to play the Cello. I can play the one part of Ode to Joy on any instrument if you give me about five minutes.
J is for favorite juice: Apple!
K is for whose ass you'd like to kick: Hmm no-one really.
L is for last hug? Alicia!
M is for marriage: It'll happen when it happens.
N is for name of your last ex: If you could call her that? Ronnie. More like a day that lasted three months.... Ha yeeaah.
O is for overnight hospital stays: What about them? I've spent a week in the hospital for pneumonia. But that's it.
P is for phobias: I dont have one in particular.
Q is for quotation: 'Life is not a problem to be taken seriously' Oscar Wilde
S is for status: To be honest we might as well be married.
T is for time you wake up: 9-10:30 ish pending on when I went to bed.
U is for underwear: Whatevers clean boxers and breifs.
V is for vegetables you love: I'm not picky. I just hate squash, and artichokes.
W is for worst habit: Being obsessive compulsive. Well not really, it keeps things clean.
X is for x-rays you've had: Do dentists count? Yes? A million. No? Two.
Y is for yummy food you make: ... ... ... Grilled Cheese?
Z is for zodiac: A sclibra? Sclorpio? Librio? Ah screw it. I'm on the cusp.

Yay another pointless quiz!
1. My ex... Is an air head.
2. I am listening to... Death Cab
3. Maybe I should... Sleep
4. I love... to love?
5. My best friend.. I don't just have one.
6. I don't understand... Why we need to understand everything.
7. I lost... My pride?
8. People say... that exactly 50% of all people have a lower IQ than average
9. The meaning of my screen name is... We'll do my msn name it's more interesting. It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others. Even if you fail at life you may still prove useful.
10. Love is... Love to describe it as anything else would be cliché
11. Somewhere, someone is... Annoying me
12. I will always be... (Imma go with Jared on this one) A goof
13. Forever seems... impossible
14. I never ever want to...
15. My mobile phone... doesn't exist
16. When I wake up in the morning... I begrudgingly get ready for the day ahead.
17. I get annoyed at... Stupid people
18. Parties are... not my style
19. My pets are... Cute as a button, but annoying as hell.
20. Kisses are the best when... When they're from the girl I love.
21. Today I... Was on my computer all day. Oh joy!
22. Tomorrow I'll... do the same thing i did today. le sigh
23. I really want... to get my job back.

Would you rather live in a world where nothing matters, or where everything matters. Which is worse? To live in a world where every action is so consequential, that anything might just change the world. Or to live in a world where nothing you could ever do would change the tides of life - forced to drift along.
We always strive for meaning in life, but say life means nothing. Nothing can be anything depending on your perspective. What might be sad for one may be completely different for another. What brings hope to some, might bring despair for the rest.
To tell the truth life is full of contradictions. Life is too short, life is too long. Does slow and steady truly win the race? I don't mean to ramble, just to ponder. What do people expect when asking about life's meaning? Do you really want an answer? Would you really want to be told that in the sands of time that you are nothing but an insignificant spec? Live life to the fullest. Expect nothing and get everything. You hold your world in your hand just as it holds you in it's. It's all about perspective.

Tonight while walking home I saw the moon. It was a dark, strong red. Like nothing I've ever seen before. It was magnificent. I wish I had a camera because I don't think I'll see anything like that again.

P.S. As an afterthought, one of my favorite comics, Perry Bible Fellowship.
http://www.pbfcomics.com/files/PBF106Billy_the_Bunny.jpg
That's kind of what I was getting at there. Sort of.

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
6. There is nothing you can't discuss in Canada when it comes to sex. You can call up strangers and say, "Hi! We're taking a survey and we want to talk to you about sex! Do you like sex?"

That was how to be a Canadian, by Will and Ian Ferguson

So I wrote my physics exam today. It doesn't matter whether I passed or failed, because it's done! Eat that Zoz!

As well I have my carpentry exam tomorrow. Even if I fail I get a second chance (They're desperate ya see...) But unfortunatly my entire summer is riding on that test. If I fail the first time I have to spend 3 weeks taking the course again, everyday from 8:30 until 4:30. Added to that, if worse does indeed come to worst, I'll have to wake up everyday at 6:30. Please god let me pass that exam!


In entirely different news I have a new puppy! Her name is Veronica. -Glee!- Now I have a dog and a cat, a puppy and a kitten. 8 more cat's and I'll be well on my way to becoming a senile old man. Huzzah.

Oh god, now I have to study...


You are Charles VI of France, also known as Charles the Mad or Charles the Well-Beloved!

A fine, amiable and dreamy young man, skilled in horsemanship and archery, you were also from a long line of dribbling madmen. King at 12 and quickly married to your sweetheart, Bavarian Princess Isabeau, you enjoyed many happy months together before either of you could speak anything of the other's language. However, after illness you became a tad unstable. When a raving lunatic ran up to your entourage spouting an incoherent prophecy of doom, you were unsettled enough to slaughter four of your best men when a page dropped a lance. Your hair and nails fell out. At a royal masquerade, you and your courtiers dressed as wild men, ending in tragedy when four of them accidentally caught fire and burned to death. You were saved by the timely intervention of the Duchess of Berry's underskirts.

This brought on another bout of sickness, which surgeons countered by drilling holes in your skull. The following months saw you suffer an exorcism, beg your friends to kill you, go into hyperactive fits of gaiety, run through your rooms to the point of exhaustion, hide from imaginary assassins, claim your name was Georges, deny that you were King and fail to recognise your family. You smashed furniture and wet yourself at regular intervals. Passing briefly into erratic genius, you believed yourself to be made of glass and demanded iron rods in your attire to prevent you breaking.

In 1405 you stopped bathing, shaving or changing your clothes. This went on until several men were hired to blacken their faces, hide, jump out and shout "boo!", upon which you resumed basic hygiene. Despite this, your wife continued sleeping with you until 1407, when she hired a young beauty, Odette de Champdivers, to take her place. Isabeau then consoled herself, as it were, with your brother. Her lovers followed thick and fast while you became a pawn of your court, until you had her latest beau strangled and drowned.

A severe fever was fended off with oranges and pomegranates in vast quantities, but you succumbed again in 1422 and died. Your disease was most likely hereditary. Unfortunately, you had anywhere up to eleven children, who variously went on to develop capriciousness, great cruelty, insecurity, paranoia, revulsion towards food and, in one case, a phobia of bridges.

Which Historical Lunatic Are You?
From the fecund loins of Rum and Monkey.

((I actually got the same one Caleb did, but repetition is boring, so enjoy!))

how jedi are you? :: by lawrie malen

Go Sammy J! (Excuse me while I go get rid of some snakes on a muthafuckin' plane)

In other news, I have to be one of the only students in the district still going to school. And it's all because Mr. Wheeler can't get his act together. Fuck!... Anyways, as the mark of a (hopefully) succesful school year, and the end of high school all together, I say we all get together and go to thetis lake. Saturday June 1st. Everybody bring some food... or at least a couple dollars to get some crap food at the concession. We'll meet at the front gate from about 2-2:30 pm. If there is the small chance none of you know how to get there and you cant bum a ride, we'll meet in front of the seven eleven on douglas. I'll make a more informative update later. Hopefully it will be a little more coherent. But for now i'm off!

Is it too much to ask for another week. A week to get my shit together. A week to do my physics homework. And most importantly a week spent not listening to Ms Taggart's patronizing rants. I guess it's normal to want more time, but I just don't want to do this yet. Grad... It's like Vic High got the shaft and nobody but me seems to care. Our Ceremony preparations are last minute. Our grad song is completely inapropriate. Our dinner dance is being held in the U Vic Commons. Listen, if Esquimalt High can afford the Empress we can too! Sorry to all of you Esquimaltites on my friends list, but it's true! And to follow all of this up After-grad is going to be lame. And only Aaron and I seem to realize this...
Teh Lamz. Teh Lamz indeed...

It's not that I'm not happy to blow this fascist popsicle stand. Perhaps I'm just being cynical. But right now I'm happy to just do nothing, but with provincials up-and coming that's the worst thing I can do.
I don't really know why I'm posting, other than the fact that livejournal has tightened it's cold, firm, steel grip around my soul.

Whatever I'm just being bitter, and as of this moment I have nothing left to say so I am off!

These kids are having far too much fun if you know what I mean.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdAIt4MgnHc

Katz... You should give em a call.

Cowboy?
{ } do you have a couch in your front yard or porch?
{ } do you drive a four-wheeler?
{ } do you ride four-wheelers?
{x} do you like to get dirty?
{x} do you like country music? (A select few)
{x} do you have a broken car in your back yard?
{ } do you own a cowboy hat?
{ } do you live on more then 2 acres?
{ } do you have more than 4 different animals at your home?
Total X's: 3

Goth?
{ } do you wear black eyeliner?
{x} is most of your clothing dark?
{ } do you think about death often?
{ } do you want to die?
{x} are you a social outcast?
{ } are you pale?
{ } do you like Hot Topic?
{x} do you enjoy Tim Burton movies?
{ } are you mean?
Total X's: 3

Punk?
{ } can you skateboard?
{ } do you wear vans?
{x} do you do stupid stuff with your friends?
{ } have you gotten in trouble with the cops?
{x} do you watch the x-games?
{ } do you have any piercings?
{ } do you like/wear mohawks?
{ } do you wear band t-shirts?
{x} have you called someone a poser?
Total X's: 3

Prep?
{ } do you say the word "like" alot?
{ } do you shop at Hollister/Abercrombie&Fitch/American Eagle?
{x} do you say "omg" all the time? (zomg!)
{ } do the people in Hot Topic scare you?
{ } is the only nerd you like Seth Cohen?
{ } do you watch Laguna Beach?
{ } do you like pop music?
{ } do you want/have a little dog?
Total X's: 1

Hippie?
{ } is your hair long?
{ } do you own a tie-dye shirt?
{x} do you want to save the animals?
{x} do you think war is unneccesary?
{x} do you like classic rock and trippy music?
{ } have you ever participated in a protest?
{ } have you ever been overcome with a desire to hug a tree?
Total X's: 3

Gangsta?
{ } do you act ghetto?
{ } do you wear do-rags?
{ } do you like hip-hop?
{ } was Tupac truly the greatest rapper in the world?
{ } do you believe he's alive?
{ } do you like afros?
{x} have you ever said "Fo Shizzle"?
{ } do you like to dance?
{ } do you own any Baby Phat or G-Unit?
Total X's: 1

Emo?
{ } do you cry often?
{x} do you wear hoodies?
{x} do you like soft music?
{ } do people not understand you?
{ } do you write your own poems?
{x} ever dyed your hair red, black, or dark?
{ } do you cut your own hair?
{ } are you lonely?
{ }is "ohio is for lovers" by Hawthorne Heights, a good song?
Total X's: 3

Surfer?
{ } do you surf?
{ } do you wear flip flops year-round?
{ } is your hair long, and maybe sort of "shaggy"?
{ } do you wake up before 6 every morning?
{x} do you own any pairs of shorts?
{x} are you tanned?
{x} do you want to be at the beach right now?
{3} do you hate tourists?
Total X's: 3

Geek?
{ } do you wear glasses?
{x} do you get good grades?
{ } do you use an inhaler?
{ } do you stick pens and calculators into your shirt pockets?
{ } does your mom pick out your clothes?
{x} are you on the computer often?
{ } do you ever get picked on?
{ } do you look forward to going to school?
{ } are you shy around the opposite sex?
{x} do you play video games?
Total X's:3

I'm a cowboy punk rock emo hippy surfer geek! Go me!

I'm having one of those days. You know the days where although nothing is actually wrong, but nothing seems to be going for you. Yeah, you know. Don't get me wrong I'm not depressed or anything. I've been quite the happy camper lately. Maybe I'm just tired.
Wow I feel like typing more, just to keep you all entertained. As entertaining as livejournal is. It's more of a compulsion really. An unexplainable compulsion driven by teen angst, bad poetry, and picture posts. Well...where to start? It's hard to make nothing sound exciting. School. Physics would be better if my teacher actually explained things...Capp is complte and utter bull-shit I could stop doing all my work now and I'd still pass. Then theres Carpentry. I'm really enjoying it actually. But the problem with having two straight classes in a row is that I find myself counting down for one to end, just to realize 'Hey wait a minute!' Call me slow if you will, but it's more of a habit. Kind of like LJ. Lawl.
Life; it's going well. I haven't done anything in a while. We should start doing the beach thing beach again, and I should hope I don't have to advertise it with size 72 fuschia font this time. As well we should all go bowling soon. We haven't gone in a while and frankly, I miss it.
Anyways it's not like I have anything deep to say so I'm going to stop myself now.


P.S. I am impressed and yet so ashahamed of the human race.

Edit: Ha! I clicked the link for "location" Apparently there's actually a man named Peter Roffle. I'm so changing my last name to Roffle.

the Prankster (38% dark, 34% spontaneous, 15% vulgar)

your humor style: CLEAN | COMPLEX | LIGHT Your humor has an intellectual, even conceptual slant to it. You're not pretentious, but you're not into what some would call 'low humor' either. You'll laugh at a good dirty joke, but you definitely prefer something clever to something moist. You probably like well-thought-out pranks and/or spoofs and it's highly likely you've tried one of these things yourself. In a lot of ways, yours is the most entertaining type of humor because it's smart without being mean-spirited. PEOPLE LIKE YOU: Conan O'Brian - Ashton Kutcher The 3-Variable Funny Test! - it rules - If you're interested, try my best friend's best test: The Genghis Khan Genetic Fitness Masterpiece

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 99% on darkness You scored higher than 99% on spontaneity You scored higher than 99% on vulgarity

Link: The 3 Variable Funny Test written by jason_bateman on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

So today in CAPP class Dan and I were being our inattentive selves, instead of doing our projects, as always. Now Dan is doing his project on depression, and inspired by something I had seen on much the day before I decided to help him on his project by ranting about pop-punk. (Sorry to those of you who have seen this twice...)

"People think they're hardcore because they listen to a bunch of people whining about how their girlfriend dumped them and no-one understands how much pain they're going through.... meanwhile starving children in Africa die, and all other teenagers suffer the same fate. And somehow this whiny music style is labeled as hardcore, although all it is is glorified pop.... if you want to be hardcore maybe you should listen to.... oh .... I don't know... HARDCORE. But now you're all telling me 'Ohhh but I don't like hardcore!' WELLL THEN MAYBE YOU'RE NOT HARDCORE!
You'd be more hardcore if you listened to Raffi, at least his songs are written for babies, not by them..."

Don't even start me on hot topic... I swear to god...

Edit:
I'm getting a job at Floyds Diner, apparently they really need the help. It's not Kaboodles, but it'll be cool nonetheless.
-Glee-