[assuringlynerdy] is the little man at the center of every black hole

es de todos y de ninguno. es más que fútbol.

2011-08-09T05:36:18Z

Real Madrid son palabras que están en mi vida. Real Madrid significa triunfo en la victoria y triunfo en la derrota. El Real Madrid es historia, es el día a día y es lo que sucederá, es eterna añoranza y eterna expectativa. Es esfuerzo, superar al resto y superarse a si mismo, superar la derrota, superar la victoria. El Real Madrid es el “por lo menos” del día malo y el “pero” del día bueno. Es sufrimiento, es lealtad y es esperanza. Son domingos por la tarde y lunes por la mañana, es algo de lo que hablar, de lo que conversar, es algo que compartir con mucha gente. El Real Madrid es una idea global, algo por lo que merece la pena cualquier esfuerzo. Es Bernabéu y Di Stefano, es Chamartín y Cibeles, es el verde del césped, son pipas, son puros. Son sonrisas y aplausos, son lágrimas y pitos, es alegría y tristeza, son gargantas y son voces. El Real Madrid no es el gol marcado, es el próximo. Es Madrid, España, Europa y es el mundo. Es deporte y es espectáculo. El Real Madrid son once artistas y once guerreros. Es envidia y admiración, es referente, se le odia y se le quiere. El Real Madrid no deja indiferente. Son valores e ideas, es compromiso y unión. Es sueño y es realidad. Hay un Real Madrid y hay muchos. El Real Madrid es cada una de las personas que le tienen en su vida, de los que no pueden verle y no dejan de mirarlo, de los que lo le quieren ver y no pueden mirarlo. Es de todos y de ninguno. Es más que fútbol. Es a veces una excusa y otras una razón. Fue monarquía, fue república, fue dictadura y nunca dejó de ser democracia. Fue primero y fue segundo, es líder sin ser campeón. Son glorias deportivas y mocitas madrileñas. Son portadas, horas de radio y televisión, es el eterno debate y la inexistente conclusión. Es sobre todo ambición. Es el abuelo que todos querríamos tener. El Real Madrid fue ayer, es hoy y será mañana. Real Madrid son palabras que aun no se expresar. [x]

no duele el golpe, no existe el miedo, quítate el polvo, ponte de pie, y vuelves al ruedo

2010-07-22T05:06:06Z

i cut some people. (as was implied by the whole friends cut, but whatever)

if you can see this entry, you've not been cut

if you can't, you have been.

HERE'S THE DEAL:

- if you were cut and feel that you'd like to be ... un-cut, that's totally chill. just drop me a line (what is my lingo i don't even) and everything will be dandy.
- if you wanted to be cut and therefore STRATEGICALLY AVOIDED commenting but i kept you anyway, let me know. i seriously won't be offended. ~~much~~

LOVE YOU ALL.
EVEN IF I CUT YOU.
SERIOUSLY.

i make the most of all the stress, i try to live without regrets, but i'm about to break a sweat

2009-11-09T03:03:48Z

that's what I'm writing about for the ~picture that defines you~ essay (thank you, AP English).
because i am a leopard.
~~an extremely endangered leopard, with fewer than forty left in the wild. D:~~

um.
rawr?

(Amur Leopard, fyi. this one's named Kiska. she was lovely, if a wee bit resistant to having her photo taken.)

ETA. oh, hey, public! i don't give a shit who sees this, actually, because it's a gorgeous photo, and i'm proud of my leopard status. creep on, classmates. creep on.

and don't forget: this is all your fault. it's breathing down your neck

2009-10-21T01:27:36Z

AHHH, GUYS, THIS APUSH DEBATE IS GOING TO SUCK.

I think that I've achieved ~acceptance~, though. I don't know. I mean, there's nothing I can do; I sent an email to Firas about it, asking what the fuck to do, and he hasn't responded. I can't do anything else.

WELL.
NOW I HAVE TO WRITE AN ENGLISH ESSAY.
AND POTENTIALLY PREP FOR AN ENGLISH TEST, BUT THAT'S SO NOT GOING TO HAPPEN (I'm missing it tomorrow, and Mr. Anthony doesn't give a shit when I take it, so I'll probably make it up on Friday or something; plenty of time).

AND NOW I'M REALLY TIRED. At the beginning of the last paragraph, I totally wasn't. But now I am. There's an elapsed time of, like, a minute. ¿QUE ESTÁ PASANDO EN MI VIDA?

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, I quoted Mr. Curley in my AP English essay. That makes me feel special. Also nostalgic. ♥

i hope that you listen up now, america, now that the bones are laid on the beach

2009-10-20T01:25:27Z

I'm going to have to do this homework tomorrow morning. I legitimately cannot think right now; I can hardly even see, goddammit. This essay is due on Thursday, so it's not too urgent, but still. I should get at least an outline done.
And my APUSH debate is going to suck. Firas and I haven't even talked about it yet, and I'm missing the next two days of class.

Sorry that this is so cryptic to anyone who doesn't go to school with me; if you're interested, ask, and I'll tell you about it some time. Probably tomorrow. Maybe. Not sure.

Going to bed now. Waking up at 5 tomorrow. Should be an interesting morning.

♥

i mean, you already look cool. but now you look like a swinging 60s heartthrob

2009-10-19T02:28:50Z

I've figured out why I enjoy Glee's performance of No Air: not because of good singing or hilariously cheesy wind machines, but because of Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Simon Amstell, be still my heart.

vs.

I THINK WE KNOW WHO THE WINNER IS.
IT'S QUITE OBVIOUS.

let me get over you the way you've gotten over me; set me free why don't you babe

2009-10-14T02:57:15Z

Seeing Imprint as a suggested podcast next to Smart Mouths causes me extreme pain.
JUST THOUGHT THAT I'D LET YOU KNOW~~~~~~

PSATs/NMSQTs tomorrow. kind of scared? not really. it's just -- they actually COUNT this time. they actually decide whether or not I'm a National Merit Scholar, which, seriously, shouldn't even be in QUESTION, but with all the shit that went down today — and that sucks, Elise, it sucked then, and it sucks now, and I'm sorry, everything is shit ♥ — my ~faith has been shaken, I don't even know. we'll see. I'm sure that I'll own face. we'll see.

when he learned the title referred to a loose-moral'd lady of the night

2009-10-12T23:57:51Z

If it snows tomorrow in Littleton, I'll -- well, I'll freeze to death, because I'll probably be benched. And, shockingly enough, I'm not looking forward to my imminent death. I've packed a lovely fleece blanket (with kittens!), a fleece, ear warmers, two hats, leggings, a long-sleeve shirt, fleece pants, two pairs of gloves, and extra socks. Also a scarf.
ALSO I HAVE TO BRING IN SNACKS FOR THE GAME, AND MY STICKS (I'm planning on at least warming up with my new one; makes sense, considering that there are only two more games in regular season, including the one tomorrow), AND MY UNIFORM, AND MY CLEATS, AND MY BACKPACK.
WHAT IS MY LIFE.

And I drop my free period tomorrow. And I forgot to do any homework this weekend (NO HOMEWORK WEEKEND, FOR THE WIN.). I'll probably just do the Physics problems during HIMYM and read Wood (lol, dirty) and Spirit in the hour after that (because I'm already dying to sleep).

WHAT IS MY LIFE. (time the second)

now come on, you are forgiven; let's put this down tonight

2009-10-07T22:41:12Z

OH JESUS CHRIST, PEOPLE, YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE PAIN THIS IS CAUSING ME. WELL, ACE PROBABLY DOES. BUT STILL!
IT'S JUST -- REMUS! AND SIRIUS! AND I LOVE REMUS JUST THE TINIEST BIT MORE THAN I LOVE SIRIUS, BUT I STILL WANT TO VOTE FOR BOTH OF THEM AND THIS SHOULD NOT BE THIS STRESSFUL, JFC

... I'm going to have to go with Remus. but oh god oh god was the decision painful. D:

(at hih_greathall if you want to vote)

rest in peace girl, your death is such a shame

2009-10-07T02:05:53Z

IF YOU ARE GOOD AT AP US HISTORY, LISTEN UP
BECAUSE I NEED YOUR HELP.

Test tomorrow. No clue what the fuck is going on. On the Revolutionary period.

Prompt: 'regarding state constitutions and articles of confederation: "the air of the revolution had become not simply independence from British tyranny, but also the prevention of all future tyranny" (Wood 66). Explain'

Literally. I have NO FUCKING CLUE what's going on. We haven't discussed state constitutions or articles of confederation in class AT ALL.

Help and I will give you cookies. SERIOUSLY. COOKIES.

monday, tuesday, we were cool; wednesday, i found out about you

2009-10-06T01:19:50Z

UGH.
TAREA.

NO ME GUSTA TAREA.
Pero, me gusta hablando en español. ¿QUIEN SABES?

... FIN.

Necesito escribir apuntes para un examen en Literatura de la Imagen mañana. No me divertiré nada. D: Pero, en el examen pasado, el señor Anthony dije que estoy un 'crazy obsessed young woman', que es bastante bien, creo. Estoy teniendo dificultades con mi laboratorio de física de 'vectors' a causa de, aparentemente, es más difícil que yo creí. NO ME IMPORTA NADA ESTE LABORATORIO PORQUE MIS APUNTES SON MAS IMPORTANTE.

ADIÓS.

(if you understood that, a+. if not, f-, please see me after class)

you got no time for the messenger; got no regard for the thing that you don't understand

2009-10-04T22:02:21Z

I don't know where 1984 is. And I have a test on it on Tuesday (and an away game on Monday, so I was planning on reading it and preparing for the test over the weekend).
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

Probably just going to do my stupid dialectical journal for AP English (which is legitimately the stupidest thing I've ever had to do) and catch up on Greek or something. I don't even know.

AND THEN I WILL RESPOND TO EMAILS OR POKE MYSELF IN THE FACE REPEATEDLY. >:|

i've seen red flags all over you since i met you. you look like communist china!

2009-10-04T00:55:49Z

SO, BASICALLY, IN MY ATTEMPTS TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE FOR THE LAST FEW HOURS OF THE DAY, I'VE DECIDED TO ... FULFILL THE MEME I POSTED ON AUGUST THE TWENTIETH? SURE, WHY THE HELL NOT.

WHY slowlyturns IS SUPER FLY:

she has amazing taste in TV shows (Chuck, HIMYM, TBBT, Arrested Development, Gilmore Girls, Scrubs, Veronica Mars, etc.)
she takes gorgeous photos (seriously, those ones from Ireland? A-MA-ZING.)
she's always super sweet and fun and lovely. ♥

WHY fiery_twilight IS ALSO SUPER FLY:

her flaily posts about Bones and Doctor Who are always super enjoyable and make me so excited to watch the shows
her photographs are also gorgeous. as are her graphics! (touchofstardust)
she's such a wonderful, happy, fun girl that I'm extraordinarily grateful to have met. ♥

I LOVE YOU GUYS. ALSO EVERYONE ELSE THAT DIDN'T COMMENT ON THAT POST. ♥ ♥ ♥

...
back to homework. D:

our love is like the border between greece and albania: trucks loaded down with weapons

2009-10-04T00:34:50Z

I watched some Degrassi today. Alex was a stripper in order to prevent her inevitable eviction; Paige got pissed and refused to date her while she was still ~removing her clothes for money~. Last night I saw an episode in which Emma was anorexic.
I seriously considered scrapping my entire AP English essay (~on my education~) and writing a new one. The first sentence? 'Everything I've ever need to know I've learned from Degrassi.' Potentially a wee bit of a stretch, considering that I've only seen like five episodes, but still. That and 17 Again. Very educational. (DO NOT FALL IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE YOUR DAD AS A KID. KEEP A LIGHTSABER IN YOUR HOUSE TO FIGHT INTRUDERS. MENTION GANDALF IN ORDER TO MEET YOUR SOULMATE. ETC.)

Other than that, I've done nothing. Literally. Nothing. I could have been writing my paper, I could have been prepping for my Anthony test, I could have been responding to emails that were sent on the 14th of September or earlier (and oh god, Ace, I am so sorry that I haven't responded, really, I am, and I will MOST DEFINITELY get to them tonight. Or tomorrow. PROMISE PROMISE PROMISE.), but no. I decided to just sit here, not even checking on my flist (I've only looked at my 'local' and 'online' friends filters since last Wednesday or something), chilling out, listening to my two 'Mario' songs and then learning about propaganda and then listening to the Mountain Goats again.

I shall endeavour to rectify this lack of productivity in the next hour and a half. WISH ME LUCK~~~
♥

you think somewhere and most of the time somewhere there are correct notes

2009-10-01T23:37:58Z

View all Manchester events on Eventful

IF YOU LOVE ME AT ALL, DEMAND IT.
PLEASE.
♥

no one will touch us if we pick up a star; and if you slide out you can ride in my car

2009-09-30T02:47:47Z

I PLAYED WING TODAY.
OH YES, YOU HEARD CORRECTLY.
ME. KIMBERLEY ANNE. THE QUINTESSENTIAL FULL-BACK. PLAYING WING.

(It was kind of bad-ass, not even going to lie. I was all 'I WILL FEED YOU THIS BALL, JAMIE, AND THEN RUN QUICK LIKE A GAZELLE IN FRONT OF YOU~~')

I really wanted to score. I mean, I only played for two minutes and only because there was a whole yellow card/evil ref debacle going on, but still. Scoring would have been so impressive.

and from that moment on my life would never be the same

2009-09-28T23:25:20Z

Oh, fuck.
Just, seriously, fuck everything.

If I finish this Physics lab before HIMYM, I'll be floored, absolutely floored. I have to answer three more questions, which shouldn't really take that long, but I'm so on edge about the whole 'C IS AVERAGE, KIM, I GIVE MOST PEOPLE C'S, BECAUSE IT'S AVERAGE' thing that I keep second-guessing everything I write.

BACK TO IT, I SUPPOSE.
/fun update was fun

i want to snuff it. i've had it, that's what it is. life's become too much for me

2009-09-22T01:49:32Z

NEWSFLASH:
That whole BBT thing?
Yeah.
That's not happening tonight.
Not for me at least.

Even a light night of homework takes me four hours. And I get home at six. And I go to bed at ten. And I have to eat. I don't know how I do it, I really don't (~~most of the time I don't do it at all, that's what it is. the secret to my success~~).

HEY, ERIN - I'm bailing on ADL on Wednesday. I'm skipping AP English the next day for GSC, so I can't miss on Wednesday. SORRY~~

cause i'm looking for internal truth and not a date

2009-09-21T23:58:26Z

I'm going to have to miss The Big Bang Theory tonight. Well, I think that I'll have to. That is, I'll have to if I can't finish my homework in the hour between 8:30 (HIMYM finishes) and 9:30 (TBBT begins). I should be able to - it's only outlining for my English test tomorrow; but that doesn't really mean anything, because I spend like an hour and a half on those things each time - but who knows.

THAT WAS A TRULY EXCITING AND THRILLING UPDATE ON MY HOMEWORK SITUATION.
~IN OTHER NEWS~
Field hockey today was at times depressing and demoralizing but at other times remarkably exciting and confidence-boosting (not a word, but whatever). Mr. McCaigue was all 'KIM! YOU'RE ON VARSITY NOW. AND THAT MEANS THAT YOU CAN'T MISS THE BALL EVER EVEN ONCE BECAUSE YOU'RE ON ~VARSITY~'. And I was all '... fuck you, I can't even breathe or swallow, so fuck off.' And then I saved goals like a mother, which was exciting.

AND THUS CONCLUDES THE MOST AWESOME ENTRY YOU'VE EVER SEEN. Y/Y/MFY

these opportunities don't just fall from the sky; you have to go looking for them

2009-09-13T21:40:58Z

[x]

COOLEST.
SHIT.
EVER.

This is going in my AP Spanish speech just because it's awesome. Like, it doesn't fit into my ~ideal house~ very well (plz to be giving me a more traditional home library), but still, it's so cool.

but you put on quite a show, really had me going

2009-09-13T02:56:32Z

This is the first time that I've been on the computer since Thursday night.

...
what.

In other, even more surprising news, Junior year is kicking my ass. Not currently, as it's 10:55 on Saturday night, but, you know, in general. I've had about three breakdowns in the past six days of school.
Should be a badass year.

and every movie has a pauper that gets to the heart of the matter

2009-09-08T00:53:04Z

OH GOD, GUYS.
OH GOD.

CASIE AND CAPPIE.
I JUST.
I JUST.

ALSDKFADSFKSFH;ADSFLKJ-

MY HEART.
SHE IS BROKEN.

how many times will i play the hero? how many lies before it's true?

2009-09-06T20:02:40Z

Sometimes I amaze myself.
One day, I can be so committed to something, so enthused and capable and good at something, and the next? The next, I can't even force myself to do anything about it.

I need to write this paper. I just do.

He said to spend one hour on it. That's not bad. It's only a rough draft, after all.
That's manageable.
It's just - other people had the entire summer to think about it. Other people had hours and days to meditate on the book, to subconsciously dissect it, and even to just appreciate it. I need that time.

(on Friday, he told me that he had mentioned that I was in his class. Whoever he was speaking with said, "Oh, you have Kim in your class? That girl loves to argue." He smiled and said that that was great, that arguing was an essential part of the class, and that he was excited.
I don't know, it made me happy. I'm so used to everyone knowing who I am, and I'm never sure, at the beginning of the year, if the teachers do know who I am, even if I've had them before. And the fact that he said that, that he mentioned me in the first place, means that he does know who I am.
Which is good)

...
...

Let's do this shit.

keeping quiet is hard; but you can't keep a secret if it never was a secret to start

2009-09-06T02:07:52Z

GUESS WHO'S AWESOME.
THAT'S RIGHT. I'M AWESOME.
I finished the entire book. All of it. Each and every page.
It's actually really, really good, all about environmental conservation and the like. Go forth and buy/investigate Encounters with the Archdruid by John McPhee.

Not even going to lie, I cried. Kind of a lot, actually.

Brower holds up a photograph of the world - blue, green, and swirling white. "This is the sudden insight from Apollo," he says. "There it is. That's all there is. We see through the eyes of the astronauts how fragile our life is, how thin the epithelium of the atmosphere." (80)

We cruised into the vicinity of a large natural rock span called Gregory Arch, which was now thirty-five feet beneath us. "If I could swim, I would want to go down and lay a wreath on Gregory Arch, because we've covered it up," Dominy said. "Dave, now that we've cemented our friendship, let me ask you: Why didn't you make a fuss about Gregory Arch?"
"We didn't know about it." (202)

There are no victories in conservation, however. Brower feels that he can win nothing. There is no dam at the Green and the Yampa now, but in 2020 there may be. (165)

"Not a single climber he grew up with is still a friend of his."
"They've all turned on him."
...
Philip Berry ... Frequent visitor, throughout his youth, in Brower's home. ... Anti-Brower.
Richard Leonard ... Four years older than Brower and long his closest friend. ... Nominator of Brower as executive director. Anti-Brower.
...
Perhaps incredibly, Brower, standing in the back of the room, still felt hopeful. There could be a change of heart.
All in favour? Ten. Opposed? Five. Carried. (214-218)

"There's another view, and I have it, and I suppose I'll die with it, Floyd. Lake Powell is a drag strip for power boats. It's for people who won't do things except the easy way. The magic of Glen Canyon is dead. It has been vulgarized. Putting water in the Cathedral in the Desert was like urinating in the crypt of St. Peter's. I hope it never happens here." (240)

It just - it makes me sad. We're caught in this whirlwind that it's impossible to escape from, and most people don't even realize that it exists. And the few people that do realize and are actually trying to do something about it can never win. Because all it takes is one loss, and everything's ruined forever.
We're fighting an uphill battle here, and this time? This time I don't think we'll actually win.

--

OH WOW. MY MELANCHOLY, LET ME SHOW YOU IT.

after careful consideration, rashida and i have determined the best course of action: puppies!

2009-09-05T21:36:54Z

Hey, so, you know how I asked you guys to punch me if I didn't read Huck Finn?
Well, it seemed to work (I read it more quickly than I thought I would), so I am enlisting your help yet again.

HERE'S THE DEALIO: My AP English Language summer reading book JUST ARRIVED (school started on Thursday). I have an essay on it due on Tuesday. It is roughly 245 pages, and I've read about 75.
IF I DO NOT FINISH THE NEXT 70-ODD PAGES TODAY, PLEASE PUNCH ME.
OR ANNOY ME OR SPAM ME WITH SCARRING IMAGES OR TALK SMACK ABOUT MY MOTHER, I DON'T REALLY CARE. ANYTHING THAT SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD BE A PUNISHMENT.

My super-epic goal is to finish it today, but it took me way longer than expected to read the first 75 pages - an hour and a half? GET IT AWAY~ - so I realize that that's a wee bit absurd. It would be nice, though, because I would have all of tomorrow to write the essay and think about my mouse-trap car and do all of my other homework.
We shall see.

GET YOUR PUNISHING MUSCLES READY, BBS~~