2006

Marianne Williamson

moocowinthecity 2006-05-12 No Comments

Subject: Marianne Williamson

Date: Friday 5/12/06 2:08:00 AM

Tags: quotes: general

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” – Marianne Williamson, as written for Nelson Mandela.

Nap Time!

moocowinthecity 2006-05-10 No Comments

Subject: Nap Time!

Date: Wednesday 5/10/06 11:02:00 AM

Mood: sleepy

Tags: blog: tag me, blog: edit me, travels: buffalo

It is most definitely time for a nap.

In other news, the City of Buffalo is out roughly $500.00 and I’m only out $35.00 which means even though I have to pay the fine, they’re still shelling out roughly $465.00 from start to finish to make me pay the fine. So I lost, yet I feel vindicated in the long run.

Anyways, as I said it’s time for a nap =)

~ me

Nap Time!

moocowinthecity 2006-05-10 No Comments

Subject: Nap Time!

Date: Wednesday 5/10/06 11:02:00 AM

Mood: sleepy

Tags: blog: tag me, blog: edit me, travels: buffalo

It is most definitely time for a nap.

In other news, the City of Buffalo is out roughly $500.00 and I’m only out $35.00 which means even though I have to pay the fine, they’re still shelling out roughly $465.00 from start to finish to make me pay the fine. So I lost, yet I feel vindicated in the long run.

Anyways, as I said it’s time for a nap =)

~ me

FINAL Summer & Fall Schedules; New LJ Community and More

moocowinthecity 2006-05-09 No Comments

Subject: FINAL Summer & Fall Schedules; New LJ Community and More

Date: Tuesday 5/9/06 1:46:00 AM

Tags: edit me

First, though I don’t have the pretty version yet here’s my Summer and Fall Schedules:

Summer Session J

FR101 J, Elem French 1st Semester, MTWRF, 0900-1105

LIN108 J, The Roots Of English, M W, 1830-2140

Summer Session M

LIN106 M, Languages Of The World, M W, 1830-2140

Fall 2006:

ARI201 , 2nd Yr-1st Sem Arabic, T R, 1700-1840

ASL191 E, 1st Yr-1st Sem Am Sig Lan, T R, 1900-2020

FR102 B, Elem French 2nd Semester, M W F, 1200-1325

LIN205 001, Intro To Ling Analysis, M W F, 1100-1150

LIN207 CAS, Lang Society & Individual, W, 1900-2140

LIN315 001, Lang In Its Soc Setting, T R, 1530-1650

You’ll notice Hebrew isn’t on the list…this isn’t for lack of doing well; just mainly because the professor is crazy, I’ve had her for three semesters and there’s only so much I can handle before I go “this is not worth taking…I can berate myself and other people for free…my parents should not have to pay for this woman to not teach”

I was at Alice’s (maleficentseyes) house and her Mom, Dr. Jaeger, (who’s my Adviser and Independent Study Professor) and her were like “she’s not teaching, she’s crazy, her department is corrupt and lets you purchase grades, it stresses you out, it isn’t your focus language (which happens to be Arabic) why kill yourself for this woman?” and I was like “yeah…that makes sense…I can just learn it on my own…I’d rather concentrate on Arabic”

Then when I managed to get into American Sign Language (I think it’s one of the top five courses that fill up after first day of registration opens) I dropped Latin because ASL is way more important and of course I need to take French so I can talk with my Mom and not have other people in the room understand us (though one always does need to be careful because you never know when someone who’s poly-lingual may or may not be in the room that said I’m in the higher level Arabic Course and the Second Elementary Level French Course (I’m taking the First Elementary Level French Course the first Summer Session) and I’m in the First Level ASL Course…and of course, all my happy Linguistics Courses.

Graphically, my schedule is awesome…I have no courses before 11AM.

In other news, I created a new community which I have yet to actually post anything of importance, fully add the user info, etc. but I wanted to create it so I can work on it this week…that said, Candie, Teresa, Itai (maybe?) you might want to join it:

I present phoneticians

Enjoy.

Now…bed time.

FINAL Summer & Fall Schedules; New LJ Community and More

moocowinthecity 2006-05-09 No Comments

Subject: FINAL Summer & Fall Schedules; New LJ Community and More

Date: Tuesday 5/9/06 1:46:00 AM

Tags: edit me

First, though I don’t have the pretty version yet here’s my Summer and Fall Schedules:

Summer Session J

FR101 J, Elem French 1st Semester, MTWRF, 0900-1105

LIN108 J, The Roots Of English, M W, 1830-2140

Summer Session M

LIN106 M, Languages Of The World, M W, 1830-2140

Fall 2006:

ARI201 , 2nd Yr-1st Sem Arabic, T R, 1700-1840

ASL191 E, 1st Yr-1st Sem Am Sig Lan, T R, 1900-2020

FR102 B, Elem French 2nd Semester, M W F, 1200-1325

LIN205 001, Intro To Ling Analysis, M W F, 1100-1150

LIN207 CAS, Lang Society & Individual, W, 1900-2140

LIN315 001, Lang In Its Soc Setting, T R, 1530-1650

You’ll notice Hebrew isn’t on the list…this isn’t for lack of doing well; just mainly because the professor is crazy, I’ve had her for three semesters and there’s only so much I can handle before I go “this is not worth taking…I can berate myself and other people for free…my parents should not have to pay for this woman to not teach”

I was at Alice’s (maleficentseyes) house and her Mom, Dr. Jaeger, (who’s my Adviser and Independent Study Professor) and her were like “she’s not teaching, she’s crazy, her department is corrupt and lets you purchase grades, it stresses you out, it isn’t your focus language (which happens to be Arabic) why kill yourself for this woman?” and I was like “yeah…that makes sense…I can just learn it on my own…I’d rather concentrate on Arabic”

Then when I managed to get into American Sign Language (I think it’s one of the top five courses that fill up after first day of registration opens) I dropped Latin because ASL is way more important and of course I need to take French so I can talk with my Mom and not have other people in the room understand us (though one always does need to be careful because you never know when someone who’s poly-lingual may or may not be in the room that said I’m in the higher level Arabic Course and the Second Elementary Level French Course (I’m taking the First Elementary Level French Course the first Summer Session) and I’m in the First Level ASL Course…and of course, all my happy Linguistics Courses.

Graphically, my schedule is awesome…I have no courses before 11AM.

In other news, I created a new community which I have yet to actually post anything of importance, fully add the user info, etc. but I wanted to create it so I can work on it this week…that said, Candie, Teresa, Itai (maybe?) you might want to join it:

I present phoneticians

Enjoy.

Now…bed time.

Drum Roll Please…

moocowinthecity 2006-05-08 No Comments

Subject: Drum Roll Please…

Date: Monday 5/8/06 1:23:00 AM

Mood: dorky

Tags: edit me

First Year, Second Semester Arabic Grade Is:

B+

Dude. Sweet. I’m looking forward to Next Semester…and now I’m left waiting for my Hebrew Grade…which I’m banking isn’t going to be as good as my Arabic Grade…I know it’s trite, but really that reflects more on the teacher than it does on me…I’m not saying…I’m just saying…

Anyways, I’m back from Toronto and exhausted and I think tomorrow today is a sleep in then work out kind of day and then I need to do the last bit of work for Dr. Jaeger; get a new tire (though the spare did remarkably well getting to Toronto and back today yesterday)…plus I need to chill with Alice now that she’s Back and I have to drop off a book with Candie and I have a meeting downtown for which I’m supposed to have read a 54 page brief…which has not happened yet…and needs to occur before 7pm tomorrow…har har har…I’ll read it over lunch (which on a random note, is my favorite meal of the day).

In other news…I went to Second Spin Records in Toronto…NO IWAN CD’S! NO DABKEH! No IVRI LIDER…I struck out on ALL counts…sadness! This furthers proves that I need to GO to Lebanon and bring Iwan back so he can just sing to me here…now if only Natalie and I can figure out where Iwan lives in Lebanon, we’ll be all set…that and I need to know how to say more than “I study Arabic” “the door is big…” “I flew on an airplane to Egypt from New York…” and so on…I need to be able to say things like “I want you to throw me on the bed and make love to me until my eyes roll back in my head…” but it’s all about baby steps I guess…I’ll flash card my “Making Out in Arabic” book later this week (I do actually own that book…the Astute And Amazing Alice pointed it out to me when I was at her store).

That said, it’s time for some Iwan Love:

Marry me Iwan

And now…some sleep…

G’night =D

Drum Roll Please…

moocowinthecity 2006-05-08 No Comments

Subject: Drum Roll Please…

Date: Monday 5/8/06 1:23:00 AM

Mood: dorky

Tags: edit me

First Year, Second Semester Arabic Grade Is:

B+

Dude. Sweet. I’m looking forward to Next Semester…and now I’m left waiting for my Hebrew Grade…which I’m banking isn’t going to be as good as my Arabic Grade…I know it’s trite, but really that reflects more on the teacher than it does on me…I’m not saying…I’m just saying…

Anyways, I’m back from Toronto and exhausted and I think tomorrow today is a sleep in then work out kind of day and then I need to do the last bit of work for Dr. Jaeger; get a new tire (though the spare did remarkably well getting to Toronto and back today yesterday)…plus I need to chill with Alice now that she’s Back and I have to drop off a book with Candie and I have a meeting downtown for which I’m supposed to have read a 54 page brief…which has not happened yet…and needs to occur before 7pm tomorrow…har har har…I’ll read it over lunch (which on a random note, is my favorite meal of the day).

In other news…I went to Second Spin Records in Toronto…NO IWAN CD’S! NO DABKEH! No IVRI LIDER…I struck out on ALL counts…sadness! This furthers proves that I need to GO to Lebanon and bring Iwan back so he can just sing to me here…now if only Natalie and I can figure out where Iwan lives in Lebanon, we’ll be all set…that and I need to know how to say more than “I study Arabic” “the door is big…” “I flew on an airplane to Egypt from New York…” and so on…I need to be able to say things like “I want you to throw me on the bed and make love to me until my eyes roll back in my head…” but it’s all about baby steps I guess…I’ll flash card my “Making Out in Arabic” book later this week (I do actually own that book…the Astute And Amazing Alice pointed it out to me when I was at her store).

That said, it’s time for some Iwan Love:

Marry me Iwan

And now…some sleep…

G’night =D

This has been one weird week…

moocowinthecity 2006-05-07 No Comments

Subject: This has been one weird week…

Date: Sunday 5/7/06 3:13:00 AM

Mood: sleepy

Tags: edit me, private, tag me

Okay, so I’m not going to get into much of last week, because it was fucked up: two of my friends were arrested and beaten by police, one of my best friends of seven years was raped causing me to leave buffalo for three days and help her out and during the time I was with her, having my front, left tire blow out. They involve way too much detail and some things are way, way to personal for me to share that said, I’ll talk about Today’s events:

Spent my morning with Jackie (her parents were trying to find ways to marry me into the family, apparently…and unless Jackie has a brother that I’m unaware of…) which was fun, had breakfast at Panera Bread Co, watched south park, chilled, got some ice cream and just had a nice, mellow Jackie and Matt kind of day. Then I went to Alice’s (which was awesome because she’s been away in Germany and I haven’t been able to see her in a million years) where I got the most AMAZING gift *EVER*…I need to take a picture of it, so I can post it on here, it’s adoring my desk in all it’s glory…but that will come later…Alice…I love you…and I love you even more for seeing it and KNOWING I’d love it.

Anyway, Alice and I went out to TGIFridays where we saw Mark (who’s looking hotter with short hair..good job Alice!) and I tried the Starbucks Martini…it was fantastic. After that, hung out some more with Alice and then I came back to my apartment and eventually Bi-Matt and I went to Club Marcella where the hot straight guy at the door was wearing a cowboy bebop shirt (if he wasn’t straight…I’d date him for that alone…we’re talking Spike Spiegel folks) so we danced and I got to hang out with Bi-Matt which is great (two friends, no sexual interest in the other, no drama = good times). Had a blast and ran into some friends so that was fun.

As the night progressed my friend LoN (who helps DJ and do the lights) called me over to the DJ stand and he reached down and gave me an Oreo! Made me happy =) Then this tall, lanky, adorable twinky kid pulls me into him, starts grinding with me and stuff and I was like “umm…okay, I’m game if you are” but it was awkward because he wanted me to like do the grind in from behind stuff…and…I don’t lead…we’ll leave it at that, I don’t lead…I don’t know how to lead…and I look awkward leading.

Me either attempting to lead or to top is essentially like a turtle on a pole: the turtle doesn’t know how it got on top of the pole, the turtle doesn’t know what to do on top of the pole and the turtle has no idea how to get down.

later that night when I went to go get a shot he was like “me and my friend (his fag hag) love you!” and I was like “oh…thanks that’s sweet =)” (because it was and there’s no reason to be mean to anyone)…and yes, he was cute and adorable, and tall and thin and had nice hair and eyes…and TOTALLY wasn’t my type at all (also under 21 judging by the black X’s on his hands)…I go for, well…tall, dark, Middle Eastern/Mediterranean muscular butch manly guys…who don’t know from body glitter and who can field strip a weapon, navigate a mine field and yeah…though if I knew of someone who goes for that body type in Buffalo who was single, I give this kid a thumbs up he was sweet and adorable.

Anyways, Christie and I are in Toronto Tomorrow for the second to last meeting before Anime North, I have another post on the way (now that I’m back in town) and if you haven’t seen it, the roast of Pamela Anderson ala Comedy Central is AMAZING.

Peace!

~ me

On my way out the door I told the hot kid checking ID’s that if he comes to Anime North and stops by Gay Sex: 101 I’ll give him something; he was like “YOU’RE GOING TO BE AT ANIME NORTH” and I was like “yup, I’m on the Gay Sex: 101 Panel so I don’t k now if you’re gay or not but you’re welcome to come” and he was like “I’m not gay, but I’ll be there” so that’s cool…I think the prize will be me buying him a drink =P

This has been one weird week…

moocowinthecity 2006-05-07 No Comments

Subject: This has been one weird week…

Date: Sunday 5/7/06 3:13:00 AM

Mood: sleepy

Tags: edit me, private, tag me

Okay, so I’m not going to get into much of last week, because it was fucked up: two of my friends were arrested and beaten by police, one of my best friends of seven years was raped causing me to leave buffalo for three days and help her out and during the time I was with her, having my front, left tire blow out. They involve way too much detail and some things are way, way to personal for me to share that said, I’ll talk about Today’s events:

Spent my morning with Jackie (her parents were trying to find ways to marry me into the family, apparently…and unless Jackie has a brother that I’m unaware of…) which was fun, had breakfast at Panera Bread Co, watched south park, chilled, got some ice cream and just had a nice, mellow Jackie and Matt kind of day. Then I went to Alice’s (which was awesome because she’s been away in Germany and I haven’t been able to see her in a million years) where I got the most AMAZING gift *EVER*…I need to take a picture of it, so I can post it on here, it’s adoring my desk in all it’s glory…but that will come later…Alice…I love you…and I love you even more for seeing it and KNOWING I’d love it.

Anyway, Alice and I went out to TGIFridays where we saw Mark (who’s looking hotter with short hair..good job Alice!) and I tried the Starbucks Martini…it was fantastic. After that, hung out some more with Alice and then I came back to my apartment and eventually Bi-Matt and I went to Club Marcella where the hot straight guy at the door was wearing a cowboy bebop shirt (if he wasn’t straight…I’d date him for that alone…we’re talking Spike Spiegel folks) so we danced and I got to hang out with Bi-Matt which is great (two friends, no sexual interest in the other, no drama = good times). Had a blast and ran into some friends so that was fun.

As the night progressed my friend LoN (who helps DJ and do the lights) called me over to the DJ stand and he reached down and gave me an Oreo! Made me happy =) Then this tall, lanky, adorable twinky kid pulls me into him, starts grinding with me and stuff and I was like “umm…okay, I’m game if you are” but it was awkward because he wanted me to like do the grind in from behind stuff…and…I don’t lead…we’ll leave it at that, I don’t lead…I don’t know how to lead…and I look awkward leading.

Me either attempting to lead or to top is essentially like a turtle on a pole: the turtle doesn’t know how it got on top of the pole, the turtle doesn’t know what to do on top of the pole and the turtle has no idea how to get down.

later that night when I went to go get a shot he was like “me and my friend (his fag hag) love you!” and I was like “oh…thanks that’s sweet =)” (because it was and there’s no reason to be mean to anyone)…and yes, he was cute and adorable, and tall and thin and had nice hair and eyes…and TOTALLY wasn’t my type at all (also under 21 judging by the black X’s on his hands)…I go for, well…tall, dark, Middle Eastern/Mediterranean muscular butch manly guys…who don’t know from body glitter and who can field strip a weapon, navigate a mine field and yeah…though if I knew of someone who goes for that body type in Buffalo who was single, I give this kid a thumbs up he was sweet and adorable.

Anyways, Christie and I are in Toronto Tomorrow for the second to last meeting before Anime North, I have another post on the way (now that I’m back in town) and if you haven’t seen it, the roast of Pamela Anderson ala Comedy Central is AMAZING.

Peace!

~ me

On my way out the door I told the hot kid checking ID’s that if he comes to Anime North and stops by Gay Sex: 101 I’ll give him something; he was like “YOU’RE GOING TO BE AT ANIME NORTH” and I was like “yup, I’m on the Gay Sex: 101 Panel so I don’t k now if you’re gay or not but you’re welcome to come” and he was like “I’m not gay, but I’ll be there” so that’s cool…I think the prize will be me buying him a drink =P

Less than two hours…

moocowinthecity 2006-04-28 No Comments

Subject: Less than two hours…

Date: Friday 4/28/06 1:07:00 PM

Tags: blog: tag me, blog: edit me, blog: meme

In less than two hours (at 3:00PM EST) I will be a free man for two beautiful weeks…two weeks to get work done around the apartment, to clean up, do laundry, read, relax, get organized…

And tonight at shabbat services we’re having Buffalo wings…

mnmmbuffalowings.

With that, time to go read Phonetic Spectrograms and discuss Formants.