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at lunch
this is my best memory of a conversation we had at lunch today. i'm sure it's not wholly right, but ah well, that's the way the cornbread crumbles.

Jordan: I got chainsaw massacred on the multiple choice section.
me: Texas Chainsaw Massacred?
Terp: Is there any other kind of chainsaw massacre?
me: Sure, there's other ones, they just didn't get movies like Texas.
Jordan: Yeah, you know, they tried out, but didn't make the cut.
me: They 'didn't make the cut'?
Jordan: Sorry, I didn't even mean that.
somebody: Aw, that's corny.
Jordan: But yeah, there was Massachusetts, Idaho, Nevada...
...and they all just couldn't hack it.
somebody: 'Hack it'?
Jordan: I didn't mean that one either. Oh man, my wit is totally beyond even me!

funny.

i'll post when i want

i don't feel like posting somthing good now. but i can't resist not posting anything, so i'd like to teach you some new words::

but not yet.

first, the story behind the words that i want to teach you::

so, right. Jordan and i have been arguing about how to say the word "pique", as in the kind of material that makes up the brand-spanking-new 90th Aniversery ADELFIKOS homecoming polo shirts. we've been arguing since about 3 weeks before homecoming...hmm that must be like more than a month. so anyways, Jordan says that it's pronouced "pee-kay", and i say that it's pronounced "peek". Jordan, the Neuch, Joel Boerckel, and i are hanging out in my room, and Jordan calls to ask Henry, because he speaks French, and you know, i mean, doesn't it seem to you like the French should be the judge of acceptable pronounciation? ...seems logical to me. Henry gives him some pronounciation which Jordan is incapable of replicating, but says it was close to the way i said it. at this point, i decide to use my Ultimate Resource, dictionary com, where we found some interesting definitions while we were looking. ok, i suppose that's all the background you need on the situation.

okay, now i'd like to teach you some words::

(this is all copy/pasted from dictionary com into FrontPage 2k2 and then HTMLerized right into my blogger command window of death.)

right, so, now for the words::

this is one of the 9 entries for "pique"

pi·qué (p-k)  <--NOTE: "Pee-Kay" Jordan was right.
n.

A tightly woven fabric with various raised patterns, produced especially by a double warp.

[French, past participle of piquer, to quilt, from Old French, to backstitch, prick. See pique.]

pique (pk)  <--NOTE: "Peek" But so was I.  I guess we were both right.  ah well.
n.

A state of vexation caused by a perceived slight or indignity; a feeling of wounded pride.

tr.v. piqued, piqu·ing, piques

1. To cause to feel resentment or indignation.
2. To provoke; arouse: The portrait piqued her curiosity.
3. To pride (oneself): He piqued himself on his stylish attire.

[French, a prick, irritation, from Old French, from piquer, to prick, from Vulgar Latin *piccre, ultimately of imitative origin.]

okay, but that wasn't the funny definition that we found::

pique
n.

The jigger. See Jigger.

\Pique\, (Zo["o]l.)

now, for some reason, this was really funny to me, and there was obviously no chance of me not following the link to check on "Jigger"::

first, i'd like to mention that there are 11 entries for the word "Jigger". i recommend you read them all. because that's a sweet waste of time.

jig·ger (jgr)
n.

A person who jigs

while this one seemed rather obvious, i still found it curious and checked out the meaning of jig.

jig (jg)
n.

1.  
   1. Any of various lively dances in triple time.
   2. The music for such a dance. Also called gigue.
2. A joke or trick. Used chiefly in the phrase The jig is up.
3. A typically metal fishing lure with one or more hooks, usually deployed with a jiggling motion on or near the bottom.
4. An apparatus for cleaning or separating crushed ore by agitation in water.
5. A device for guiding a tool or for holding machine work in place.

v. jigged, jig·ging, jigs
v. intr.

1. To dance or play a jig.
2. To move or bob up and down jerkily and rapidly.
3. To operate a jig.

my favorite is definitely the second meaning for the verb "jig". mmm.. to move or bob up and down jerkily and rapidly. welp, that sucks for all those Irish people. you know. ...always doing their jigs and things like that... hmmmmm.

ah well, i guess i did make a reasonably long post. sorry everybody for lying to you at the beginning of this post. i really didn't mean to post something here. so. umm. if you're offended, don't read this post.

whatever i want it to be
this post is going to be whatever i want it to be. it's my blog, and i'll cry if i want to. or something. anyways, it's 7pm on Tuesday night, and i'm here in HAL 123 sitting through a make-up Old Testament class because last week Bibza had some severe backpain and left before our class. since he's one of the profs that believes in teaching, we're having a make up class.

i love the <blockquote>tag. i plan on using it many times in this post. such as this except from OT tonight:

Bibza: Now, about the prophet Gad... researchers think that his first name was Ernest, therefore his friends called him E.Gad... Egad?
Bibza (to Jason): Did you like that one?
Jason: oh yeah.
Bibza: every bad joke is devoted to Jason.

from the final Eh Team hall dinner last year::

good punk songs names which were written on a napkin during dinner at Sun Gin's

A Ballad (to the tune of Do Not Destroy)
A Misappropriation of Words
Mass Production Cheapness

mmm...i had two <blockquote> tags on that one. hope that works out well...hmm.. okay, next: Sugar Hill Gang, Rapper's Delight (1979)::

I said a hip hop the hippie the hippie
to the hip hip hop, a you dont stop
the rock it to the bang bang boogie
say up jumped the boogie
to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat

umm..there was one other thing that i wanted to include when i started this post, but ah well.

ooo, here's one::

Bolen (to Tony): how come you attempt to kill me every time i come into your presence?

well. i'm dumb. and by dumb, i mean speechless.

is there any way this [blog] could possibly be better?
Allan said that Nick is a blog whore. it's funny because it's true. but it's not necessarily a bad thing. i mean, sometimes you do want to hear about the stuff he links to.

i don't know why, but::

F# B D,
G B D,
F# B D,
E B D,

E A D,
E A C#,
F# A D,
E A D,

G A D,
F# A D,
G B D,
F# B D

nothing really that great to talk about::
obviously.

so anyways, we (me, Jordan Burdge, Joel Boerckel, Jenna Powell, Katie Garland, Allan Edwards, JonTrout, Ellen Magee, Jeremy whatever-his-lastname-is, and Annie Lindsay) got kicked out of the corn maze last night. actually, Jordan, Katie, and Allan didn't get kicked out, even though the guys lied to us and told us they had already been kicked out and were waiting for us at the car.

i wish we hadn't paid $5 to get in, because the whole deal was pretty silly. there was no point to this so-called "maze" i think that's why we were acting rowdy and making fun of the "scary" people, and that's why got kicked out. either that or it was flashing the rave light (JonTrout) mode of my headlamp in their eyes repeatedly. either that or it was Annie trying to spit on the chainsaw guy from the lookout tower. at any rate, the guys who escorted (silently followed) us our of the place were waaay more creepy than any of the people that were supposed to be scary.

and the best part was that most of the people with us, being typical Grovers, had never been kicked out of anywhere before. therefore, they were freaking out, and even thought that they were going to call the cops on us. i thought that was pretty funny.

okay, no more now. i really am going to attempt to wake up for prayer Warriors, which starts at like 7am in the chapel. if you're still up reading this before then, i recommend that you go to bed now and definitely try to get up for Ultimate Warriors...it's a sweet way to start off the school week.

i forgot the best part

the easiest way to explain the best thing that happened to me today is by just pasting a single message from my DeadAIM log...so here goes::

BikerJew3 (4:16:42 PM): i'm in for alabama

oh man, i'm so excited! Jordan is driving with me down to Alabama!!!! (BTW: that last link is the route we're taking to get to the 'Ham) weeee!! ...also, is just happens to be the same weekend that Betsy is coming home to Birmingham. what fun, and excitement!

and now::
for my next feat, i will be copy/pasting an ENTIRE AIM CONVERSATION!!!!
*ooooooohs, ahhhhhs, and dazzled looks of wonderment*

gstreet4life (1:32:33 AM): it's crazy foggidy here
betsyboo316 (1:32:45 AM): how so?
gstreet4life (1:33:04 AM): i'm not sure how fog works
gstreet4life (1:33:08 AM): but it's real foggy anyways
betsyboo316 (1:33:30 AM): that sounds fun
betsyboo316 (1:33:34 AM): i like fog
betsyboo316 (1:33:39 AM): as long as i'm not driving
gstreet4life (1:33:51 AM): yope
gstreet4life (1:33:57 AM): oh, speaking of driving
gstreet4life (1:34:04 AM): i planned my trip today sort of
betsyboo316 (1:34:19 AM): trip to bham?
betsyboo316 (1:34:24 AM): or somewhere else?
gstreet4life (1:34:28 AM): well, planning was basically just going on MSN.com driving directions and finding the shortest route to bama
gstreet4life (1:34:43 AM): (with a banjo on my knee)
gstreet4life (1:35:00 AM): i think that's a song somewhere
gstreet4life (1:35:03 AM): whatever
betsyboo316 (1:35:04 AM): banjo? fun. i hope you don't play while you're driving
gstreet4life (1:35:11 AM): anyways, and i have a friend coming down with me
gstreet4life (1:35:20 AM): well, i'm bringing my guitar
gstreet4life (1:35:26 AM): i suppose i could play that while driving
betsyboo316 (1:35:43 AM): yeah it's a song too. that'd be a great one to listen to. . .
betsyboo316 (1:36:13 AM): who's your friend coming? it's going to be a blast coming to the amazing state of alabama
gstreet4life (1:36:50 AM): a guy that was on my freshman hall and who is a social bid for our frat
betsyboo316 (1:37:03 AM): that's fun
gstreet4life (1:37:05 AM): he's a sweet dude
gstreet4life (1:37:09 AM): his name is jordan
betsyboo316 (1:37:28 AM): am i going to get to hang out with yall any?
gstreet4life (1:37:40 AM): well, i hope so!
gstreet4life (1:37:47 AM): i don't have anything to do
betsyboo316 (1:37:47 AM): :-)
gstreet4life (1:38:00 AM): but unpack stuff and a little studying
betsyboo316 (1:38:03 AM): it will be exciting. . .
betsyboo316 (1:38:11 AM): actually i'm sure we'll have fun
betsyboo316 (1:38:20 AM): i want to go to that scary bridge so bad!
gstreet4life (1:38:26 AM): haha...
gstreet4life (1:38:27 AM): ok
betsyboo316 (1:39:08 AM): hey i have a very important irrelevant question
gstreet4life (1:39:13 AM): shoot
betsyboo316 (1:39:15 AM): what is your favorite type of donut?
gstreet4life (1:39:46 AM): defintely the chocolate iced, custard filled kind
betsyboo316 (1:39:53 AM): hmm
betsyboo316 (1:40:09 AM): i'm going to get a dozen assorted tomorrow and i don't know which kinds to get
gstreet4life (1:40:19 AM): get whatever you like
gstreet4life (1:40:24 AM): ???
betsyboo316 (1:40:30 AM): what?!?!?! then i'd just get crullers
gstreet4life (1:40:40 AM): well, there you go
betsyboo316 (1:41:23 AM): i think i'll get some of the creme filled kinds too because i'll be sharing them and others like those
gstreet4life (1:41:32 AM): ah
gstreet4life (1:41:35 AM): good for ou
gstreet4life (1:41:36 AM): you
gstreet4life (1:41:39 AM): way to be nice
betsyboo316 (1:41:40 AM): i'll ship you one
gstreet4life (1:41:46 AM): ?
betsyboo316 (1:41:54 AM): i don't know
gstreet4life (1:41:55 AM): i'll be down there before it would get here
gstreet4life (1:42:00 AM): but it would be a nice gesture
betsyboo316 (1:42:05 AM): unless i sent it overnight
gstreet4life (1:42:07 AM): a token of your friendship
gstreet4life (1:42:15 AM): much like the indians gave the pilgrams corn
betsyboo316 (1:42:16 AM): you're not coming this weekend are you?
gstreet4life (1:43:06 AM): and how the frontier men killed the indians...
gstreet4life (1:43:13 AM): you know...a token of friendship
gstreet4life (1:43:14 AM): sorry
gstreet4life (1:43:24 AM): now back to your question
gstreet4life (1:43:32 AM): no, i'm coming down next wednesday through sunday
betsyboo316 (1:43:43 AM): ok ok. i was getting so worried!
gstreet4life (1:43:50 AM): so you COULD send it overnight
betsyboo316 (1:45:12 AM): yes!
betsyboo316 (1:45:15 AM): i'm not going to
betsyboo316 (1:45:19 AM): but it would be nice
betsyboo316 (1:45:26 AM): we'll get some next weekend. yes!
gstreet4life (1:45:43 AM): awesomes!
 
betsyboo316 (1:45:43 AM): hey-- no problemo

crazy supra-foggidy
i don't know what that means

mmm...old school format . . . aaaaaaaaandddd . . . . . . GO!

listening to::
Reel Big Fish. i finally found Turn the Radio Off, their best album, on DC++. definitely if you go to GCC and don't have that program, get it. it totally elimates the eternally irritating dependency on Sigma or other search engines, because it's p2p sharing on only the college's network. there's nearly 2 terabytes of stuff shared. that's ridiculous, considering that Kazaa only ever got up to 5 terabytes, and it was worldwide.

anyways, Real Big Fish eh? ah, i had forgotten about how ska-tastic they are until i was playing "Sell Out", and Kyle came in and started skanking and doing other sorts of strange dances. i did get it on video if anybody cares to make fun of him. i also have video of him and Sheez in here dancing to rap-hop, which i would say is actually a little more funny.

and now::
fog on the quad.

i could definitely go pee right in the middle of it, and nobody would ever see me, not ever the night vision cameras at the top of Rockwell. yeah, that's right, i said night vision cameras. trust me, they're there. ask security.

coming soon::

"Halo 2 is a lot like Halo 1, only it's Halo 1 on fire, going 130 miles per hour through a hospital zone, being chased by helicopters and ninjas ... And, the ninjas are all on fire, too"
—Jason Jones
Bungie Studios

oh wow... i can't wait for Halo2 to come out. it is going to be supreme. on xbox com it shows the release date as March 2004. that's mostly because they called me in my dorm room and asked when my birthday was. i told them, and they said they'd try to have it done for that. i was mighty appreciative.

back to reality::
yeah, so just kidding about that.
anyways, if you haven't already, i recommend that you check out the E3 video release. it's about 15 minutes long, and it shows the crazed gameplay and graphics of Halo2. check it out on bungie com.

stick this in your fotune cookie and chew on it::
it's always better to be a Reel Big Fish rather than a dead fishie.

everybody's doin the fish
yeah, yeah, yeah
everybody's doin the fish
yeah, yeah, yeah

it's not so bad
being trendy;
everyone who looks like me
is my friend!

this class makes me laugh

Stringer's classes are ridiculous.

today this conversation took place:
Dr. Stringer: How many of you get junk emails offering you drugs?
*silence* after a few seconds of everybody looking around, a lone hand in the back goes up
Dr. Stringer: Eric, how come it's only me and you?
Eric: I think we chill with the wrong crowd.

but every once in a while he says something meaningful:

also today:
Dr. Stringer: I'm not in the business of marrying people, I'm in the business of building families.

well, that's good to hear. it's just that he doesn't really tell us how to do that. this class is Church Education: Youth and Adults. it's supposed to teach us how to be youth/family ministers. the reading material isn't bad, in fact it's actually good. it's just that whatever he teaches---wait...no, he doesn't teach. he just tells stories that HE thinks are funny. too bad their not funny, nor meaningful. ah well. the end.

on a funnier note:
joel promised to stop complaining

re: Concerts plus

gstreet4life (1:15:59 AM): YAAAAAAAAY

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Auto response from PogChamp83 (1:16:00 AM): well, five iron is over.
switchfoot on monday!
but until then, i'll study for my test tomorrow
good night
the end

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gstreet4life (1:16:05 AM): what awesome-ness
gstreet4life (1:16:27 AM): now i'll revel in the glory of fiveiron concert
gstreet4life (1:16:32 AM): for a couple of days
gstreet4life (1:16:51 AM): and then i'll get pumped about going to Switchfoot on monday

so the Winner's Never Quit Tour was last night, Switchfoot is monday night, and fiveiron was last night. if you weren't there...oh man, you definitely missed out.

anyways, so Daniel left last night after the concert with his friends from CUP, Rachel is here from Bucknell, i have a prospective student staying with me from 4:30pm-9am tomorrow, the finals of IM frisbee are at 5pm today, Pirates of the Carribean is showing in Crawford tonight, i'm working on the ADEL float tomorrow from 9:30am-12pm, then playing paintball, ADEL fall party, coming home early to sleep, at church at 8am Sunday for worship team practice, church until noon, studying and sleep until 7:30, Bible study until 9, more studying and sleep, class Monday from 9am-3pm, then some SWITCHFOOT action. what an exciting weekend!

WHAT A FREAKIN AWESOME DAY!
my voice is gone--i don't care. i'm hungry and tired--i don't care. i accomplished no school work, and skipped two of my classes today--i don't care.
oh wow oh wow oh wow. the FIVE IRON FRENZY concert rocked my socks!
and Reese Roper in chapel was great! it was also fully awesome that Kyle swung it so Daniel and i could help with stage crew, so we got to spend they day doing stuff to get ready and meeting all of the bands and junk like that...oh man, it was great. you should have been there. what a concert...especially the last 3 songs. oh how i love fiveiron's more worshipful songs. oh how i love fiveiron, and how i will miss never seeing them in concert again.

losing showers suck

i hate POOP!
yes, yelled out of my window at the top of my lungs....it always makes me feel better.

we had the win within our grasp. but yet we sucked. they weren't any better than us. they really weren't any faster, better throwers, or smarter players. in fact they really only had about 2 or 3 good players other than their RAs. i have to give it to Johnny though. he's the freaking man. he's probably the best thower in the league.

still--if we had given it our all, if we would have played smart, watched the disk, stayed on defense, run toward the thrower, all the things we talked about before the game--we would have won. ARGH! it's so infuriating to sit on the sidelines and watch your team drop disks, play something other than the planned strategy, miss blocks, and underrun touchdown passes. FREAKING A! just dive for it! ARGH! i haven't gotten mad in a long time. i also haven't cussed in a long time before the game.

i have a bad attitude. i'm not going to think about this anymore.

FIVE IRON FRENZY

blaring in the background, it's still soothing to me. mmmmmm...i love it. Daniel will be here in not too long....i better clear off the couch.

i can't wait until tomorrow.

in retrospect::

this IS the farthest the Blackhawks have ever gone. an undefeated season, and the only team to go into the semi-finals undefeated. and we weren't in the easy bracket like the 1st seed Crons were. it was a good run. thanks Hawks, for being awesome. even though you irritated the crap out of me today, i love you guys. hopefully Mike will change his mind, and we'll have enough players, then we'll win next season.

yeah, but i still hate POOP! oh man...that's definitely the best thing to yell out of your window. try it.

i don't post so much
yeah, i know it's been a while since a good post. i dunno, but i can't get into the posting groove like last year. i'm sure that everyone has now stopped checking my blog

never ceases to amaze me::
Dr. Bibza sang the Baal song today. i had heard rumors of this song from those that had previously taken Old Testament, but i never knew it was coming. oh man. you know... it goes:

the B-A-A-A-L
that's the god for me
i'll fornicate with the preistesses in the temple
the B-A-A-A-L

even better::
today in Russian History, Dr. Tilford re-inacted the beheadings that took place in Russia during the reign of Peter the Great. he also told stories of Peter's bacchanalias, and somehow led that into a story of one of his relatives that got onto the national news by streaking through a police station. mmm...i love Russian history.

floats and flamers::
work on our fraternity's homecoming float is in full swing. somehow i became one of the guys in charge. i'm sure i'll end up in charge of it next year. anyways, it's finally starting to come together. prepare to be impressed.

today we play in the IM frisbee (sorry, the link doesn't work for you off campus) semi-finals. We play the Flaming Throwers, which is a freshman team. they're certainly the best freshman team, and only one that made it into playoffs. in the last couple of days they've been talking a lot of smack. that's just so uncouth and uncalled for. i don't care if they are good, or if they beat us, but they're acting like the AOs. more importantly, though, this is the farthest the Blackhawks have ever gone, and we plan to win it all.

the best. ever.
tonight Daniel Campell is coming up! i haven't seen him in a while, so that's sweet action. and then Rachel Glass is coming up tomorrow afternoon. and then THURSDAY EVENING IS FIVE IRON FRENZY!!! that's all that matters...oh man, i can't freaking wait. and Thursday morning REESE ROPER IS SPEAKING IN CHAPEL!!! holy crap...whoah.

ok, now i go to sociology 101