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Name: Barney
Country: United States
State: California
Metro: San Francisco
Gender: Female
Interests: Patrick Dempsey, Hugh Jackman, Raoul Bova, Italy, baking, photography, indie films (especially those with free screenings), eggs, Boston, and the peculiarity of the opposite sex
Expertise: insulting people, frying eggs
Occupation: your new favorite person
Message: message me
Member Since:
12/3/2005
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| My roommate was calling me a perfectionist a couple of weeks ago. I just told her I like to organize things a certain way and have my writing be neat.
Today, after I finished taking my poo pile of a math midterm where I swear my calculator was betraying me, I realized one stupid mistake I had made on one of the problems. I'll probably still get an A or B, but I was still so like upset about it. And I was pissed that the person who graded my homework took 2 points off out of 20 because I couldn't staple it together before I handed it in that week. I still have 39/40 on homework.
BUT IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
When did I start to expect 100%s from myself?!
Okay, I expect it when I know I'm capable of it.
I don't like groupwork. There's always one person in my group who doesn't meet my standards.
Beginning Korean group skit--one guy who's taking it pass/no pass instead of letter grade like me, so he doesn't study as hard and totally fails at pronunciation, vocabulary, and some grammar.
Intro to Media--There's one girl who dismisses my pressing question for the midterm project--"What is the point of making a documentary with a bunch of random reenactments of embarrassing moments?" Another girl, a 3rd-year with the most experience with media of the whole group, asked the same thing and suggested that we explore a common, more serious issue of embarrassment and harassment from peers.
Or we could've done a funny documentary on "Why are Farts so Funny?"
BUT SHE'S SO FUCKING KEEN ON A REEL OF RANDOM ASS TYPICALLY EMBARRASSING MOMENTS! PLUS she chose pirates over ninjas based on Johnny Depp playing Captain Jack Sparrow in PotC. LAME.
Oh yeah, my roomie's a racist.
First time she met our Indian suitemate, we were having a conversation about smoking, and out of nowhere--
Roomie: "Hey, don't Indians smoke something?"
Suitemate: "No... I don't."
Roomie: "Really? I could've sworn they did."
Earlier this evening, a song came on the radio--
Roomie: "A girl sang this at my graduation! ... [turns to face me] And she was Asian!"
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| Is it strange that I know where she got her outfit from?
I want that scarf in blue.
I also want these shoes:
But they only come in size 6.5. My foot measures about 9.18", which is between 6.5 and 7. Lame.
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Juno
By Original Soundtrack
So Nice So Smart - Kimya Dawson
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Even though I proposed the idea to provide some coverage on the Writer's Strike in this issue of the paper, the story got assigned to Tina. See, Gina chose me as one of the three people to work with her on the in-depth story, and the simple solution would be to trade with Tina, but Gina doesn't--I wouldn't either--trust Tina with an in-depth story. But I'm Tina's editor for the WGA Strike article, and I'm basically writing the thing for her. I'm not even sure she was aware that there was a strike. Also, she doesn't watch any talk shows (or TV, for that matter), so she can't talk about how some of them have gone to crap without their writers. But there are no other story ideas for her to take, so I can't take the WGA article away from her! -______-
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| Interesting how a public figure can get away with using Asian slurs but get fired for using Black slurs. And I love how they defend themselves:
"'If people understood the context, they wouldn't be upset,' Mike
Murphy, a senior adviser to the campaign, said last night." SF Gate article
Right. Because Asians are psychics, right? So we should be able to tell when people are using slurs in an "acceptable" context and when they're not?
I read some of the comments posted by readers on the article. I find this one interesting. Wait, I mean, stupid:
"I wonder, have the Vietnamese ever apologized to Americans for the way
they treated our POWs? I doubt it. I wonder, are the Asian race
hustlers even a bit sorry about how their people treated our people
during the war?" - from user ms_kitty
The Asian race hustlers she's referring to have only included Asian-American spokespeople from what I've read. He/she (Men sometimes like to pose as women on the Internet. I don't know.) expects Asian-Americans to apologize for something the Vietnamese did forty years ago? "Their people." MY people? Bitch, please. I may be of Asian descent, but the Vietnamese are not my people. Hell, none of the people from Asia are my people. But if we play it like this, I want all Americans of German descent to apologize to Jews and homosexuals for the Holocaust and for people of Japanese descent to apologize to the Chinese for the Nanking Massacre. And stop grouping Asian countries together! I mean, what the hell am I supposed to say, "I expect Caucasians to apologize to Jews for the Holocaust?" Hell to the no. I bet all the Caucasians of the countries of the Allies would not stand for that. They fought against the Holocaust, so what the hell would they have to be sorry about?
I'm surprised to have found these sorts of comment on SF Gate. Like, what the hell are you even doing, reading such a liberal publication if you have conservative views? (pro-immigration laws, anti-PC)
Cheerful note: YES, YES, YES, I got an A in American Democracy!
"Because you killed on the final. See, you've gotta talk more in class. Stop being so mysterious."
Also, I got an A on my English essay rewrite, which balanced out into an A- with my first draft grade. W00t, a sliver of hope for A in AP English after all. Man, and last year, I was worried about even maintaining a C. But I probably bombed the final. I hate analyzing poetry with time pressure.
So methinks I'm getting a weighted 4.14 or 4.28. Mm, academic validation.
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| Instances in which I am mistaken for a college student or 18+:
age 13, waiting for the bus in downtown, approached by two strangers--college students polling college students, asked about my studies and major
age 14, at the Safeway in the Castro, unfamiliar man asks me to register to vote
age 14, on the bus, unfamiliar graceless man approaches me about a date, quizzes me on my age and guesses higher numbers when I tell him I am not 18
age 15, a certain Safeway employee spots a woman from behind whom he assumed to be me--actually a thirty-year-old mother
age 15, approached by a quadrumvirate of male SFSU students waiting for the 5 and heading to a concert, asked questions by the clear leader of the posse
age 16, two males petitioning for something speaks for a couple of minutes about their cause, makes guesses about whether I go to CCSF, SFSU, but settles on USF, and requests my signature
age 16, two 30-year-old tourists from Germany asks me if I know any good clubs
age 17, Halloween, trying to score glowrings from Robin Williams's people, one of them asks me with a skeptical face and tone, "Are you a teenager?"
age 17, cashier at the Gap expects asks me to open a Gap card with the assumption that I carry a credit card/debit card/ATM card.
age 17, with Cindy, Allen, and Sam, asked to vote. I'll admit this one is less of an annoyance since we were eating on the UCD campus, but come on, I was sans backpack and sporting my "I [Green Apple] SF" tote bag (which does not carry much), and Sam really looks like a high schooler.
There are more experiences to list, but I'm trying to convince myself that the reason I am approached about things only 18+ absolutely not an indication that I look older than I do but that candidates are just desperate to court the youth vote. Even though half the ones listed here have nothing to do with laws or voting.
After reading Fourth Comings and sharing stories with Cindy about how we get mistaken for old geezers, I was just wondering if I would ever really consider getting Botox. I already dislike looking older than my age, and despite what Jeff said (that I would "stop aging in my twenties"), I still believe my exterior will age progressively.
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