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When I’m bored and it’s Halloween, I make stuff like this:

I decided that since it’s Halloween, I’d upload some of the best (yes, based on my own opinion) gothic and/or spooky songs (that I might not like, but that amuse me)… or they just have something Halloween in their name… I tried not to ladden it down with Japanese music. Look… all but three songs are English, and two of those Japanese songs are instrumental, so they have no lyrics at all.

Yeah, and most of them are .m4a because I ripped them in iTunes and forget to change the option to .mp3. As always a * means I LOVE the song…
The Cruxshadows- Deception
Depeche Mode- Personal Jesus *
Gerard McMann- Cry Little Sister (Theme from the Lost Boys) *
Kozi- Zashiki Hitoya [J][I]
Malice Mizer- Bara no Souretsu [J][I] *
Mission UK- Deliverance *
Moi Dix Mois- Deus Ex Machina [J] *
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult- A Daisy Chain 4 Satan
New Order- Dracula’s Castle *
Oingo Boingo- Dead Man’s Party *
Rasputina- Signs of the Zodiac
Seelenkrank- Mistress of the Dark
Sisters of Mercy- This Corrosion *
Type O Negative- Bloody Kisses (A Death in the Family)

Oh my god, I want this shirt…

Today, they brought the kids from the child study center on campus around the Darden Education building. Since I was in my ECI- Reading and Writing in Content Areas class at that time, they came through our classroom and circled up. They looked so cute in their costumes. I saw Batman, a jockey, a pirate, Superman, a snake, Snow White, and more princesses than I could count. It was adorable. They all had bags of candy, but instead of saying ‘Trick or Treat’ and letting us give them candy, they were saying ‘Trick or Treat’ and giving US candy. It was soooo cute. We were all a bunch of squealing girls watching them waddle around. They’re only 4-5, so they were beyond words adorable.

Then, in my Food and Culture in European History class, we ‘celebrated’ All Soul’s Day with Ossi dei Morti. They’re really hard cookies made to be like bones since ossi dei morti means bones of the dead. Anyway, they’re really hard cookies made of nuts, flour, water, sugar, lemon peel, and orange peel. My teacher used a Medieval recipe and they were so good. Sort of creepy considering what they were eaten for, but it was cool to eat knowing that the recipe was hundreds upon hundreds of years old. And pagan in origin. They were yummy, but I can’t seem to find the actual Medieval recipe, just modern takes on it. I’ll ask my teacher for it Thursday. She loves to share food stuff. And Roman stuff.

So far, I’ve gotten a perfect 100 score on two midterm exams. Only one left. I feel pretty positive about this semester since it’s over half over and I haven’t gotten anything below a perfect 100 score. Still, there are a lot of assignments to turn in. Keep your fingers crossed for me. One more semester to go… well, about that. If I can just keep my GPA up, I can graduate super goodlike.

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Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god!

8 Films to Die For - After Dark Horrorfest…

I am so there. I’m going to check back later and see how much a pass is. I can’t miss a chance like this!

If you guys haven’t read Paper Eleven, you should. And then after you read that, read Fire Candy.

And guess what? Neither are those “gay manga” I read so much of. But because I can’t help myself, feel free to have some of the Queer As Folk clips I’ve collected… that’s not all I have on my computer, just three of many. I got sleepy and stopped uploading them. I swear, I’m making a legacy for myself… an archetype of pure moralistic degeneration. But hey, who said that revolutions had to be made of virtue?

Speaking of which, if you haven’t participated in this project, please do:

Right. Off to read Fire Candy volume 2 now.

Wait… wait, but before I go…

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Music Videos * good… ** GREAT
Blur- Parklife (when you have a bad day, watching Damon Albarn jump and down makes me happy)
The Charlatans- Blackened Blue Eyes (I can always hear a lot of this band in more modern English bands… especially Oasis)**
The Cure- Open (Robert Smith depresses me in a good way– my Wish cd got ruined *tear*)*
Danzig- Mother (Glen Danzig is going to kill me. )
Depeche Mode- Strangelove (Depeche Mode has been one of my top 5s for 10+ years)**
Jose Gonzalez- Crosses (I can’t stop listening to this song, it’s so simple and pretty)**
Kent- If You Were Here (I remember seeing this on an import show a long time ago, I still like it)
Mew- Special (this is another song that I can’t stop listening to…)**
Mazzy Star- Fade Into You (such a pretty song that just seems to have been forgotten)
Mission UK- Wasteland (yey, Jack gave me this song. I <3 it)**
Mute Math- Chaos (Collin made me listen to this song and I really really liked it… even though I didn’t tell him that and made a face at him at the time… ha ha, fooled again!)*
New Order- True Faith (these words always make me think about my own growing up, you know, so it’s personal)**
Psykosonik - Welcome to my mind (why don’t more people like Psykosonik!?)
Sean Lennon- Dead Meat (I don’t know WHY I like this song, I just do)
Sisters of Mercy- This Corrossion (check out those super goth glasses)*
The Smiths- There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (… *slits wrists and drowns in tears*)*
The Stone Roses- Fools Gold (I miss music like the Stone Roses, it was a genre all in its own)
Tori Amos- Cornflake Girl (I don’t like much Tori Amos, but when I do like something by her, I REALLY like it)

Movie Trailers/Clips
Death Trance (Japanese)
Ichi the Killer (Japanese)
Janghwa, Hongryeon (Korean)
Whasango (Korean)

See more of my favorites HERE. I promise… it’s good stuff.

Yes, I hate youtube. Do you hear that youtube? I hate you. But, I <3 your videos.

And because this is my blog...

And then the singularly sexiest picture ever taken by anyone ever…

Die, you sexy bitch, you. Yes, watching Die live on stage WAS the best moment of my life. <3

One day I will get myself a sexy Asian husband. Damnit. I’m not marrying an American boy.

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He didn’t write her poetry with romantic intent, he wrote her poetry so that he would never have to tell her outloud how empty everything really was.

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My mother buys a lot of things like glow sticks, keychains, and hand held fans because they flash and pulse a rainbow of neon colors, which she thinks is really pretty and neat.

Sometimes I tell her that she really just bought a rave toy for kids on ecstasy to play with and sometimes I don’t.

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The moment I walked out of school today…

The notes that I had made (which took me a day to make) to study for my Japan After the Tokugawa Era exam were grabbed by the wind and blew far, far away.

Valorie’s List of Guy Qualifications
Revised- October 20, 2006
Have hair (but not too long)
Clean nails
No driving work trucks
No liking/watching sports, especially ultimate Frisbee
No wearing polo shirts with the collars flipped up
Tall(er than me)
Thin
Non-homophobic
Can learn to love or respect my affection for any genre of music that has a synthesizer
Capable of sympathetic and compassionate control
Likes mild S&M
Tolerant
Likes porn (esp. Japanese)
Not chatty or overly talkative
Limited foreplay (it’s so boring)
Carries things for me
Black hair (it doesn’t matter the nationality, just have black hair)
Don’t spit in public
Open doors for me
Carry my books
If I drop something, help me pick it up

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If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?

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Youtube.com used to be the place to go. You could see music videos for songs you hadn’t heard or seen on MTV in years, watch anime (like I did with Fruits Baskets and promptly bought), see TV shows and interviews not available in the United States, cringe at crappy AMVs, and laugh at people who actually had something funny or original to say (Bro Rape: A Newsline Investigation, Final Fantasy - In Real Life).

Now, it’s a hovel for narcissistic vloggers, celebrity endorsement (Ditty Channel), and banal video responses.

Fuck you, youtube.com, and my account with it. It’s all about the pornotube.com now.

I just read that CBGB’s is closing. Awwww. Maybe they just got really sick and fucking tired of people wearing their goddamn tshirts when they’ve never even been to the place. I know I sure am.

It’s punk rock. Like Blink-182. Cos that guy has tattoos and stuff.

Seriously, it’s like watching ‘This is Spinal Tap,’ but worse because you know these jerks are serious.

Oh…
Valorie’s List of Guy Qualifications
Revised- October 13, 2006
Have hair (but not too long)
Clean nails
No driving work trucks
No liking/watching sports, especially ultimate Frisbee
No wearing polo shirts with the collars flipped up
Tall(er than me)
Thin
Non-homophobic
Can learn to love or respect my affection for any genre of music that has a synthesizer
Capable of sympathetic and compassionate control
Likes mild S&M
Tolerant
Likes porn (esp. Japanese)
Not chatty or overly talkative
Limited foreplay (it’s so boring)
Carries things for me
Black hair (it doesn’t matter the nationality, just have black hair)

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I loathe pro-lifers. I’ll never understand why they feel that their moral standards are supreme and above my own independent right to decide what is best for me, my body, and my lifestyle. Yes, some women DO regret their abortions, but I feel that for most of them the blame for that rests with them. They should have thought about it more, made a more reasonable decision. A lot of women never regret getting an abortion because they accept that it was necessary. Absolutely necessary.

In keeping close to the enemy, I went for a stroll around VoteYesForLife.com and found these facts:

1.2 million women each year put their lives in danger by having an abortion and has steadly increased each year?
Because it’s sooo much more dangerous to let hospitals give safe and sterile abortions than for women to have them on their kitchen tables with anything sharp and made of metal. You think banning abortion is going to STOP them?! There were abortions long before they were legal. Women still got them, they were just much, much, MUCH more dangerous.

96% percent of all women have an abortion because it is more convenient for thier lifestyle and only 1% have an abortion because of rape or incest.
Spell check, voteyesforlife.com. People generally have more confidence in organizations that seem competent. And spell check.

Anyway, easy to spot and fix error aside…

Accidents happen. Even the most responsible adults end up doing something stupid. We’re not perfect. In my opinion, it’s better that those 96% of women are allowed an abortion rather than having a child they do not want. In that case, we run the risk of babies being raised in hostile, non-compassionate, financially incapable, and unreceptive households.

Also, I’m uncomfortable with incomplete statistics. To give two implies an either/or situation and the numbers don’t add up. Why do the other 3% of women get abortions?

30% of Planned Parenthood’s income comes from government grants and contracts.
The government should support a women’s right to choose. Most women who seek abortions are poor and cannot afford an abortion. If some women can’t afford an abortion, how are they going to raise a child?

A summary of depositions that have been collected for a Planned Parenthood vs. South Dakota lawsuit to stop enforcement of a law that requires doctors to meet with women before the abortion and give her information on the effects of abortion.
Okay… I sort of agree with the reasoning here. I do think that women should have a doctor consultation of the risks and procedures beforehand, though not a persuasive one. It should just be informative.

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I’ve found that I generally have more liking for people who believe in weird things sincerely than people who believe in the most common things because that’s just what you do. Like the guy who said that Prince was the best artists in the world and went on for about 20 minutes telling me why. He wasn’t trying to make me believe him, just justify his stance.

I felt that I liked him much more because he had such a sincere passion for the artistic abilities of Prince, even if I didn’t agree with him.

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I’ve been telling people for years, it’s not the Arab nations you have to worry about, it’s North Korea.

Lion was telling me that in Korea every male has to serve two years in the military. It used to be two years and two months, but they recently changed it to just two years. In the military, they have to patrol the border that splits South Korea from North Korea to protect from any North Korean threat. He said when he was there, he watched the North Korean soldiers on the other side of the ‘gate’ planting things. I thought to myself when he told me this that farming would be a good thing for North Korea seeing as most of the people are starving there.

But then, I wonder if it was for the starving citizens who can’t get out of the country or for the military.

A link to explore: NK News

The :rain: Nor’easter is almost gone. Yesterday the wind was so bad that just standing outside for a few minutes made me sore.

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