Sunday, February 29, 2004

okay since i can't sleep b/c the oscars are on
which i'm actually really annoyed because i have a headache and want sleep
except the tv is on, and it' s hard to sleep with light and noise...gripe gripe gripe

wow, i actually had this conversation brought up a long time ago and no one responded
i think nudity can be very beautiful
why do you think artists learn by drawing the naked human body
i guess i'm going to be hypocritical to say, that yes i would be uncomfortable on a nude beach
or seeing naked people walking around, nor can i undress fully in front of most others
and i certainly don't like it when girls (and guys) dress slutty all the time
the human body is beautiful, but it doesn't mean being overly provocative in the public eye
we preserve it's beauty in certain ways and art form can be one of them
you sort of pick and choose in a sense how it is displayed and who it's displayed for

pornography is not a form of art to me, it is entertainment, yes, not art
there you are creating lust for the purpose of lust
but you could say it's hard to draw a line between porn and art sometimes
it is also hard to dictate what children can see, also with violence

religion is manufactured
people want something to believe in

no, what is up with guys and butts?

Kristan @ 1:07 PM [link]    

Yeah, I'm not gonna touch the Christianity thing. I don't like organized religion in general, so I think I'm biased.

As for nudity, I speak for myself when I say I'm not really comfortable with most displays of it. Generally speaking, I don't find naked bodies attractive -- I agree with Adam's paraphrasing of the Pope, and I'll take a spin on that to say that men and women can be much sexier (i.e. more attractive) wearing more rather than wearing less (i.e. nothing). I'll take jeans over nudity (or briefs, even) any day. (There's a certain fit of jeans on a guy that I just looooove. ; ]) Same goes for chicks -- much sexier to wear, I dunno, a miniskirt and halter top, than nothing at all.

But I suppose that's veering off-topic a bit.

But then again, I don't really feel like going too much into my opinion. Basically, I don't think over-exposure for nudity is good for society -- I feel more like your body should be something you respect and share only with those you truly care about.

 

On a completely unrelated note: why isn't this a story about CMU???! : (

Harvard announces that they will no longer seek any financial contribution from parents who make less thatn $40,000

Saturday, February 28, 2004

nudity, is nudity frankly i believe the reason it is unacceptable in OUR society is because there arent many places where you would be comfortable walking around naked (climate wise). Even when it is hot outside you need some sort of protection. Maybe it evolved from that. Or maybe it is some sort of weird human instinct of insecurrity, hate to bring religion into this but thats wat seems to have been the case for adam and eve they saw themselves nude and felt ashamed and hid in the bushes. Watever i dunno.

And Adam is right about the eenie meenie minne mo thing, i heard it from my parents way back when. They also had a racial name for kolaches but we wont get into that.

justin @ 5:18 PM [link]    

Staying on Olivia's original topic of nudity:

I think the reason society deems nudity morally wrong or unacceptable is because images of naked bodies tend to distract people. I think it's fair to say that males in general are very visually orientented, and so naked images of females would cause us to become lustful, or at the very least distracted. (I think it's the sexual lust that makes nudity a moral issue) Granted, every person is different, but I don't believe guys can ever become completely "numb" to such images, the way our brains function just doesn't allow that.

Just speaking from the male side. Unless it's an image to portray a work of art (and the definition of art will be scrutinized as well), naked images will distract us. It's somehow different for women.

Now digressing into Wylie's bunker...

Nope, I still think for this issue, sensitivty still applies. Conservative Christianity might keep sex as a hush-hush topic, but the act is totally fine within the bounds of marriage. The link between nudity and saving sex for marriage isn't strong enough to group the two as near equals (although they are slightly related). Nudity incites lust, lust tempts you to have sex, embracing the temptation and sex outside marriage = bad, but the sex doctrine isn't directly related to our view upon nudity. That goes to the Bible saying lust is bad. So basically, yeah, I hereby *flame* you for badly equating the two.

*flame*

Friday, February 27, 2004

uhh...I'm not exactly sure what's meant by rhetorical question, but here's the version I grew up with.

eenie meanie minie moe
touch a tiger by its toe
if he hollers let him go
my momma told me to pick the very best one
and you are not it.

...

a lot longer, very different, maybe I just went to a ghetto school.

Thursday, February 26, 2004

oh yeah nader is speaking here today in the geology building
it'd be fun except i would rather watch the apprentice
but i can't do anything b/c of my stupid night calculus test :(

Angie @ 12:00 PM [link]    

62% dixie, i'm a little north leaning eh?
yeah, my roommate read from that site to me a while ago (texas schools)
funny thing is mostly true, although ut-austin is made a little too liberal

okay Q it's width="numbersizegoeshere" added into your tag
i made them smaller so i put in 300 i think, but you can make it bigger if you want

quentin @ 10:32 AM [link]    

ahhh kristan my pictures are huge ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

quentin @ 10:32 AM [link]    

Snow

quentin @ 10:17 AM [link]    

Sorry guys, but about the party thing more talking less dancing, I would have to totally rip that idea. First of all you dont need a party to call your friends and go ANYWHERE and talk. Second of all I always stop and talk to people at parties whats preventing you from doing the same. And a majority of the time if you look at any of our parties, most of the people are not on the dance floor, they are indeed talking. So thats all I have to say about...

Oh ya it Snowed in hotlanta ill post pictures later.

Kristan @ 12:31 AM [link]    

Julie -- not the "let it pay" one.

Everyone -- AWESOME links: Are you Dixie or Yankee? and Texas College Humor.

(Warning, that second one might be a little offensive, so either don't read it or take it with a grain of salt.)

My results are in my profile, but yeah... "82% (Dixie). Did you have any Confederate ancestors?"

Wednesday, February 25, 2004

anyone going to see the passion?
they get very real with the crucifixion

Tuesday, February 24, 2004

Haha I dont think he will drop out, if he gets 5% of the vote he will get federal money for the next election.

Monday, February 23, 2004

tekken tag?
yeaaaaaaaah. *kicks ass*



so it sucks when your professor gives you like, a 25/100 for a two-question assignment. i think it's his way of forcing us to put a lot of effort into the "mandatory" rewrite. his overall methods are frustrating, but i guess they work.


that aside, speaking of evil beach signing on guestbooks..
i kind of feel like i want to go to the beach. sprawl out and pretend there's nothing to worry about. rock out on the sand and forget about bad headaches, ex-boyfriends who make you cry, those freezing rainy days that ruin your mood, that time you got lost on campus, the way you feel when you realize you totally suck at something you thought you'd have a chance to be good at, people hanging up on you while you're on the verge of tears, bad hair days, bad skin days, bad outfit days, missing family, missing friends, computer crashes, computer programming that takes hours, that time when livejournal or blogger or xanga deleted your entire long entry, the time taco bell made you throw up, the guy who gave you a cigarette burn at a club, printers that won't work, and pictures that didn't come out right.


yes. so i think you should throw a beginning-of-summer beach party some time. before it gets too hot.

class time. blogger is such a great way to burn time.
have a great daaaaaaay

Kristan @ 11:54 AM [link]    

Hey kids who use Alxnet guestbooks: yes, there's a nasty virus encoded in an entry for the surfonbeach[dot]com website or something. (Don't go there, don't be stupid.) Basically all you need to do to make your guestbook safe is go to www.alxnet.com and log in, then go to Edit and Delete Entries, and delete the one with the <iframe> at the beginning (should be the most recent one).

Be sure to do this and then post and let people know when your guestbook is clean again. I've already done this for my guestbook, the monstergirls guestbook, and all of Albert's (his rally one, the old BGH one, the Remix one, the old CNET one, and ... one other I can't remember).

Fefe Dobson - Rock It Til You Drop It ; )

You know you're...
- tired when you sleep through BOTH of your alarms in the morning
- sad i.e. pathetic when you laugh and (a) your abs hurt, and (b) you start coughing and/or dying

Sunday, February 22, 2004

dang it nader, why you gotta run
hmm, although this time he'd probably won't tip the vote too much
obviously not enough people went to ralph please don't run

i'm really sorry, i don't really play video games
except, hmm, i did like the old mario and mariokart on sns

quentin @ 6:24 PM [link]    

WOOT Thank you so much for the American born presidents only check this out

Kristan @ 10:17 AM [link]    

Well, Gunbound is loved, but Worms is still pretty hot right now. Hehe, I remember back in the day (meaning like '94) when Lemmings was the shiz. And still I maintain that Modus Operandi is the coolest ever, even if it doesn't have pictures. (Haha, any of you guys remember me playing that at Kinkaid when Mr. Vigil wasn't looking? *halo* I mean... *looks around*) : D

Other old personal faves:

Sonic the Hedgehog (yay Tails!)
Mortal Kombat I - IV
Warcraft II & III
Star Trek TNG & DS9 (shaddup)
Myst & Riven

and always always always from my lovely original 8-bit Nintendo from Taiwan

Twin Bee
messed up Mario Bros.
Mario Bros.
Tetris
Chip & Dale
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
and BUBBLE BOBBLE!! : )

justin @ 1:20 AM [link]    

the current successor to worms: gunbound

that is all.

Saturday, February 21, 2004

there is a new guestbook virus please delete them from your guestbooks.

Friday, February 20, 2004

This is fun: Iran blogging

Thursday, February 19, 2004

Haha, that thing scared the CRAP outta me the first time I walked by. She was like, "Hello, can I help you?" only I didn't see her (the counter wasn't completely open back then) and I was like, "WTF mate?" Hehehe, ah, I love my school and its dorkiness. : P

Meanwhile, here's what CORNELL people came up with: http://people.cornell.edu/pages/slp29/alcohol.html.

(Much funnier, but not nearly as cool.)

quentin @ 2:38 PM [link]    

Nah dont think CMU is weird, just bored...

EH i dont care who Kerry's running mate is, as long as we dont re-elect "King George" (I dont like living in a monarchy).

Angie @ 11:00 AM [link]    

so dean's out
see we're thinking it'd be cool to have kerryedwards runningmates

oh! that's so awesome, the cmu robot
as long as robots don't take over

Tuesday, February 17, 2004

yes it was. it was real snow.

grr. don't hate on our Austin snow.

Angie @ 6:36 PM [link]    

valentine's weekend was absolutely fantabulous
that's because my valentine is this really smoking hot guy!!
(even the bus ride home was great
and my awesome parallel parking of anne's car)
i hope everyone elses was a lot of fun too

oh yes, GO UT BASEBALL!!!

Saturday, February 14, 2004

my snow experience of Austin:

I was at Midnight Rodeo (a country dancing bar), and the DJ guy announces "Ladies and Gents, it is now SNOWING OUTSIDE!!" and so when the song ends, all of the college kids rush the exits. About half of us was from Houston, so we naturally went crazy. And the snow kept piling up. Super AWESOME! Hearing the sound of snowflakes falling on your car while you're inside the car ... something about it makes it all memorable.

Of course, the fact that I was at Midnight rodeo at the same time made it cooler.

Kristan @ 10:55 AM [link]    

Happy Valentine's Day!! Y

Thursday, February 12, 2004

This is how you would make a link:

Type:

<a href="http://www.hrc.org/millionformarriage/index.shtml">whatever you want the link to say</a>

which will end up looking like this:

whatever you want the link to say

*pat pat* for Albert. Viruses suck. Task Manager is our friend.

Sunday, February 08, 2004

Quick answers just for the record, since I already told Angie on the phone earlier today:

1 - No, 'cause I don't drink, but I think it would influence what someone drinks, not whether they drink. Peers, family, school, and personal values do that.

2 - Going with freedom of speech, yeah, I think alcohol advertising is okay, though it obviously needs to be regulated, because...

3 - Yes, I think kids are affected by alcohol advertising. Young minds are very impressionable, and if they see a young movie star or singer casually chugging back a beer, yeah, they're not gonna think it's a bad thing. (And it isn't necessarily, but it can be.)

Friday, February 06, 2004

hahah 100% kucinich, 99% kerry, whew, 93%dean

okay i need a favor: could y'all help me with my homework by answering these questions:
1. do you think alcohol advertising has influenced you? (as a consumer to buy this)
--or if you do drink, is it more peer related influence? (or what is it that influences you to drink?)
2. do you think alcohol advertising is okay? (yes or no)
3. do you think young kids are affected by alcohol advertising?

if y'all could answer here or email me at elephants_rule@hotmail.com your responses, that'd be really great!
thanks!

Thursday, February 05, 2004

I got 100% Sharpton 93% Kerry and 24% Bush. Ain't no way I should have 24% Bush.

Kristan @ 1:43 PM [link]    

Apparently, according to this super cool website, Kerry is my 100% match. Veeery interesting...

By the way, I know this is a million years late, but here's a pic of me as a ninja (and my friend Simon as a Japanese samurai) for Halloween:



Kristan the lone ninja
Group in costume

Wednesday, February 04, 2004

my roommate is very happy about this

so far, kerry is in the lead

Tuesday, February 03, 2004

Justin: yeah, dood, it rocked!! Sooooo much tension!! : O
Q: it was a silver sun thingie.
Rose: actually I think CBS would still be in trouble; and I don't see why your friend would think they're fake.
Olivia: uh, try and catch a video clip of it -- she looked really steamed. (Could be acting, but... I know I'd be ticked.)
Sandra: that was a good commercial, but my floor liked the donkey Budweiser commercial best. Too cute!
Wylie: nope, what's "coheed and cambria"?
John: showing off those abs, eh? ; )

quentin @ 11:16 AM [link]    

missing out on you say... (and as far as the fake comment, they might be implants but cbs wouldnt be getting in trouble if they were fake)

rose @ 9:24 AM [link]    

my friend thinks her breasts are fake.
uhm.

anyways, wanna see what you are missing out on if you're not in AUSTIN?!

Monday, February 02, 2004

I think he was reaching for the top layer, but pulled it all off. The expression on her face says it all. I don't think the best actor or actress could pull off an expression like that.

quentin @ 6:16 PM [link]    

Lol matt halftime show did suck until the end. That made up for it. And guys... that wasnt any sticker...


SO what do you think happened. Ive got a couple of hypothesis. First Janet and Justin played a trick on everyone. OR Justin was supposed to pull the top layer off and accidently pulled the whole thing off. Its obvious that he was reaching to pull something off no mistake about it. What do you guys think.

Sunday, February 01, 2004

yeah, the only semi-decent commercials involved cars or the 7-up truck. All others were pretty bad. And the half-time show? My goodness, did anyone catch what happened right at the end of it? CBS was pretty good at cutting the feed pretty quick (I guess there was a 5 second delay in real time between live action and broadcast for the censorship committee to...well, to do their job). At first I wasn't sure whether it was planned or not, I couldn't believe that something like that was actually aired on public TV (I thought it was fake, I thought the skin was wayyyy too light for Janet), but apparently Justin screwed up..

There was a streaker too. CBS was pretty funny about handling it. All the guys in the room were laughing that during the whole thing CBS had a zoom in on some player's face, and then the halftime stats soon followed. The background displayed the blimp's view of reliant, and you can see fuzzy dots converging onto one location to get the streaker. CBS only referred to the incident once by calling it an onfield delay, or someting.

The game, however, totally rocked. Best Game Ever.

Matt @ 9:48 PM [link]    

I just have to say those were the worst superbowl commercials ever. Plus the halftime show just sucked.

Angie @ 9:43 PM [link]    

was that not the most awesome game ever????!!!!!

i knew the patriots could do it, though Vinatieri's screwups had me a little worried