The Whateverlah Blog

You do not have to be good.

You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.

You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.

Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.

Meanwhile the world goes on.

Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.

Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.

Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting —
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.

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Friday’s xkcd had Mathnet reference!

It was only this past Monday that I was telling someone how much I loved Mathnet and Square One TV. The Mathnet series was a spoof of, duh, Dragnet and each episode was about 5-7 minutes, if I recall. In place of cops, you get two mathmeticians. One of them is obviously George there and his partner is Kate Monday. They solved crime using maths (no, not like they do in that silly Numb3rs show). The partners dressed in jacket and tie, and wore shoulder holsters that held a calculator. Oh, that killed me. I was a crime show junkie before I knew what “procedurals” meant.

Whatever happened to good educational programs eh?

Etchly, I wanna play SimCity. Not Simcity 4 cause it’s stupid hard. I wanna play Simcity 3000.

I wanna watch The Boat That Rocked:

Why? Because it looks really entertaining and it’s done by the same people who did Love Actually which is quickly becoming my favorite Christmas movie.

Did I mention I was really disappointed with The Wrestler? I didn’t? OK. The Wrestler was a let down. Everything you needed to know you already saw in the trailer.

Just got done watching Revolutionary Road. That one was only one step up from The Wrestler in not quite meeting expectations. This is a Sam Mendes film. The guy who made American Beauty. Problem was Revolutionary Road was a little too much like American Beauty with none of the latter’s charm and heh, beauty. Real shame because I’ve always been attracted to stories about the scary suburbs sucking the life out of you.

(Embarrassingly enough, I didn’t make it out to see Talentime and I’m pretty sure it’s no longer playing in the theaters. At least the ones near me.)

Whenever I feel down, I turn to LOLcats to make me feel better. This one I had to share cause I actually chuckled.

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…for G, who is still having server issues.

When someone shared this website – quirkyalone – with me, I had a moment there where I felt like the zebra in Madagascar 2 when he arrived at the reservation. Yea, ok, it’s one of those you had to have watched it thing.

So, quoting the site:

quirkyalone noun/adj. A person who has the capacity to enjoy single life (but is not opposed to being in a relationship) and generally prefers to be alone rather than dating for the sake of being in a couple.

It’s kinda nice to know that there are other far more outspoken people than I am about being single by choice and establishing a presence.

What’s really interesting is that Rilke is quoted in the essay that explains the whole… movement.

It quotes Rilke (automatic +10), delineates like-minded people as romantics and idealists and rebels… how could I resist? Labels are so easy, aren’t they?

So, yes. Yes, I think I’ll refer those who give me shit about being single to this website. But no, I don’t really care for labels. No ‘quirkyalone’ on my business card.

And in those moments where I question my values and beliefs, there is now outside validation – it’s important that this comes from people who aren’t friends – and remind me that I’m not completely off the grid.

p.s. – i want to blog about food and stuff that involves lots of photos. but until i fix whatever is wrong with the blog you’re going to be treated to alot of soapbox rants. this is my very own Hyde Park, don’t you know?

Name your top six TV shows right now**, before reading the questions.

1. The X-Files
2. Law & Order: SVU
3. Battlestar Galactica
4. The West Wing
5. Will & Grace
6. Star Trek: TNG

** I don’t have that many shows I watch right now so I’ma reaching way back for my all-time faves.
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because if creationism – oh sorry – *intelligent design* can be taught in schools then surely there is room for astrology in the curriculum.

anyways….

Your result for The Real Zodiac Sign Test…

Gemini

6 Elements

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This is Grolsch:

It is good.

That is all.

My Wii is fried.

Anyone?

Yeaaaaa, I know it’s Saturday but since I was supposed to be silent yesterday…

Watch Anderson Cooper get schooled by David Beckham. teehee.
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