Sep. 28th, 2005

stellie: (feel old)
...

I don't know what I was thinking. Everyone has always said how they like Starbucks. I needed a wake-me-up this morning and, after a boring lecture in Art History, I went after one.

Feeling silly (as I always do when faced with decision making of the food-purchasing varieties), I explained to the lady that I've never actually had a Starbuck's coffee before. She suggested the White Chocolate Mocha as 'something sweet' ... okay, sure. I'll try anything twice, right?

Not quite $4. So I'm really going by what the chick was saying -- it's supposedly one of the top selling drinks. Everyone likes it. It's 'sweet' so it should taste good.

I waited for it to cool down a bit. Wandered around the bookstore. Found the cutest little Hallmark card (a flock of Horned Dorsets in sepia, one of which is wearing a black and red bow tie -- "Making matters worse: No one likes my sense of humor." Inside: "What is WRONG with these people?!") which I bought after fighting the urge to tell myself that I didn't need it. I wanted it and, what's more, I wanted it to send to mum. So I got it.

Went over to the sculpture department. The cup had cooled, so I took a sip. Eh, what's this taste? Do I like it? Another sip. What is that?

So I head back out towards home, still sipping lightly trying to figure out if I liked the stuff. I couldn't quite put my finger on what I was tasting...

I didn't want to admit it, but I hated it. I hated that $4 cup of white filth. I threw my money away in the nearest street corner trash bin.

Half-way home I figured out what it was.

Pretension.

If pretension tasted like anything, that would be it. Subtle with undertones of something it's not. Ingrained in the mind that it's so very good and should be placed upon a pedestal of taste buds before swallowing. And it nearly had me. It nearly had me forcing myself to say "Oh, this is good!" for the sake of not making me have purchased something I didn't like and then promptly throwing away the money I'd spent on it.

I'll never make that mistake again. If I ever want to try another flavor of pretension, I'll have someone else buy it for me :\

Lesson today: ...if I wanted the taste of scalded Half-n-Half, I would have gone over to Ukrops and picked up a half-gallon of the stuff for the same price and burnt it myself. At least then it might have had a better flavor that I could have pin-pointed as 'crap' and I wouldn't have felt bad for throwing it out the second it touched my tongue and my brain registered it as nasty.
stellie: (feel old)
Ms. Karrison;

Hi, I believe I've attempted to get information from you regarding the Make It With Wool competition, specifically for Virginia. I'm currently attending Virginia Commonwealth University and, though it's a great deal of work, I'm pushing to have a fibers club installed within the next month or so.

To see 'No Contest in 2005' for Virginia really shocked me. Is there not enough interest in the state? If not, I'm sure I can rustle up enough people interested in the competition for 2006. Any information you can give will be greatly appreciated -- it will be distributed throughout the Sculpture/Extended Media, Crafts and Fashion Design departments within the School of the Arts as well as whomever joins and participates in the fibers club.

If there are posters available, please let me know -- any cost for printing or postage should be easily covered if needed.

Thanks again, I eagerly await your reply :)

I am, as always
-Ashley E. Wilson
Sculpture and Extended
Media Student / VCUArts
wilsonae@vcu.edu

Sheep are love. (Go on. Ask me why.)


I'm hoping that my feeling about this club is right. I'm really expecting a lot out of it and the people who join. Trying to bring together all of these events is going to be a PAIN IN THE ASS though :\ Maybe Chris will help me out a bit when I'm tired beyond belief. I want to change this attitude in Virginia... this odd crux against wool as an enterprise. Even my dad thinks it's a stupid idea, that no one in their right mind would want wool. It's all about meat here.

I will do my best to change that.

EDIT:
Dear Ashley,
As of this date we have not been able to coordinate a MIYWW contest in VA. Possibly we have come at it from the wrong direction. I, and a couple of other people who thought to get one started are all shepherds,(I raise fine wool sheep and am also a weaver) and thought to have the contest at a sheep oriented event, such as the state fair, or (this weekend) the Virginia Fall Fiber Festival in Orange County.

The coordination fell apart because no one could agree where, and the 3 or so people working with me all live in different parts of the state. No one of us could handle it on our own. Even though my name has been on the national MIYWW wewbsite for 2 or more years now, I have recieved only a handful of e-mails expressing any kind of interest in the contest. This time of year is ideal for holding the contest, because it allows for our winner to be chosen shortly before the National contest.

So, if you really think you have enough interest I am willing to do my bit,( I live close to Richmond) and I think there would be one person from No VA I could count on to help.

Kim Harrison
stellie: (end of the world DW)
Wheeeeeeee. Test today at 4:00.

Then back here to finish working on the website and then tinkering a bit with some illustrations and such. Tra.
stellie: (end of the world DW)
Updated [livejournal.com profile] midnights_pawn.

So it's meme time! iTunes~

How many songs? 473, 1.3 days, 2.22 GB

Sort by song title:
First: 01 - Here Comes Your Man (Rose) -- 3:21; Pixies: Death to the Pixies
Last: You Dropped a Bomb on Me -- 5:08; Nightbirds

Sort by time
First: Radio KOL (Continuous)
Last: Easy Money -- 40:13; Nick Cave

Sort by album
First: 2 Forms of ID; Justin Roth and Chris Cunningham -- Blow 'Em Away -- 4:05
Last: Unknown Album (I'm sure I could look it up but I'm lazy); Magnet -- Everything's Perfect -- 3:58

Earliest Added: Man Who Sold the World; David Bowie 3:54
Last Added: After the Rains; Ravi 3:55

Top Five Most Played Songs:
1. 313. Supernaturally -- AB/LOO -- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds; 4:37
2. 311. There She Goes My Beautiful World -- AB/LOO -- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds; 5:17
3. 306. Cannibal's Hymn -- AB/LOO -- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds; 4:54
4. 305. The Lyre of Orpheus -- AB/LOO -- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds; 5:36
5. 302. Nature Boy -- AB/LOO -- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds; 4:54

First song that comes up on Shuffle:
Once Around the Block -- Badly Drawn Boy; 4:00

Find “sex.” How many songs come up? 1
Find “death.” How many songs come up? 3
Find “love.” How many songs come up? 20 (Most of these are Nick Cave :P)

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