RDTRN Archive - RDT Right Now #1845

RDT Right Now #1845

From: Scotch <scotch@torithoughts.org>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 08:49:11 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: RDT Right Now #1845
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Do not hit reply to unsubscribe. To unsub, send a message to: <rdtrn-request@torithoughts.org> with "unsubscribe" in the subject and body. o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o Really Deep Thoughts Right Now Volume 03 : Issue #1845 . o - O - O - O - O - O - O - O - o . o o . o o O "Thoughts right now... O o What will become of me, o o Become of her, become of we?" o . o o . O O O - o - o - o - o - o - o - o - O o . o o o Tori Amos, "Thoughts" In this issue: o-o-o-o-o-o-o Anyone selling Atlanta tickets? [ "Steven Girardot" <spgirardot@chart ] holla [ Succubus Megan <Abulia@imaterrorist ] Got a Final in 4 days... [ "Beth Coulter" <betheqt@voicenet.co ] indulgence is wonderful yet expensiv [ "ms. jessica parsons" <fullblownlif ] I got blisters on my fingers!!!!!!!! [ "Beth Coulter" <betheqt@voicenet.co ] The joy of hex [ Brian Cooper <byteme@smartchat.net. ] Missed a digest? Pick up a copy at the RDTRN archives: http://www.torithoughts.org/rdtrn/archives -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 21:59:43 -0400 From: "Steven Girardot" <spgirardot@charter.net> To: "RDT Right Now" <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: Anyone selling Atlanta tickets? Hi All, Is anyone out there selling tickets to Tori's Atlanta show, September 1? I'm hoping to find 2 tickets at not too much above face value. Thanks, Steven -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 21:01:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Succubus Megan <Abulia@imaterrorist.com> To: rdtrn@torithoughts.org Subject: holla Hola mes amies, It's been 2 days since my surgery and the back of my head still hurts like a motherfucker. I got the....lypoma? lyphoma? ...how the hell do you spell it, anyways?...I got the lump in the back of my head removed and now it hurts to brush my hair. I also got a funky ass scar on the back of my head around an egg-sized shaved area. I can't wait for it to heal, already, cuz I'm sick and tired of having to sleep on a specific side. No complications, though, which is nice. And it also hurts a lot less than it COULD be hurting right now, thanks to the skillful application of advil. I hung out with Ade and friends today, eating lots of food, and I'm still really full even though we ate at 6 -something and it's midnight now...but then again, I've also eaten about 3 of her peanut butter cookies since then, too. Damn peanut butter cookies. So damn addictive. So yeah. Surgery = Ow. Cookies = Good. Advil = God. (Actually, Ibprofin, but I can't spell it and my head STILL hurts even though I took three, so not God. Maybe one of those old pagan half-deities that faded into catholic demons over the years? Like, Ibuprofin = Baal?) I need to read more. I haven't been reading very much at all, recently. I'll start a book and then I'll put it down and start ANOTHER book, when I'll then put down after page 25 and start ANOTHER BOOK and it's an endless cycle of my ADD-wannabe reading habits. Ow. My head. Must go not type. Which I can do. Quite easily. Cuz I'm a lazy bastard-bitch-person. Au revoir, mes amies. How Now, Brown Cow? Megan Christine Auffart *************************************** "I like money better than people. People can so rarely be exchanged for goods and/or services!" - Buffy the Vampire Slayer *************************************** http://www.angelfire.com/poetry/abulia/ _____________________________________________________________ Sign up for FREE insane email from tshirthell.com's E-Mail Hell at http://www.tshirthell.com -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 02:02:33 -0400 From: "Beth Coulter" <betheqt@voicenet.com> To: "RDT Right Now" <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: Got a Final in 4 days... I have a 6 hour geology field trip Saturday morning (Delaware Water Gap and fossil digging north of Stroudsburg, PA), and then the final on Monday night and I am done!!!!!!! I got a 100 on my last test (the one with the notes) and had the highest grade by 3 points. The three questions I missed weren't in the notes section anyway, so my lack of notes didn't hurt. I suppose I could skate on studying for the final (I've got an A for the course with a 72 on the final), but I just can't do that. I'd like to walk out with a pure 100% in a class that I was afraid I wouldn't get a B in. My research paper ended up grad student quality the prof said (he's positive I love geology, or have a friend who's a professor in it, or am good friends with a former student of his; he can't quite figure out why I'm doing better than any student he's had). But it has gotten embarrassing that he regularly starts class with banning me from answering any questions, and when no one was answering at one point, he threatened the class with letting me answer all the rest of the questions and get extra points for the day (like what can I do with extra points???). It worked, everyone started answering, even if having to guess. I don't like it, but I suppose it's a science thing. It is a study that uses a whole different part of my brain, so maybe scientific minded people just think differently. Hell, who am I kidding??? No one thinks like me (except my professor). We finally had a sit down, the elusive professor and I. With all the craziness in his life, he can't even consider romance now. But he wants us to be friends, and that is enough for me. Who knows, in time friendships can grow to something more. I still believe he is my soulmate. But I also know that my timing is historically lousy. I always end up in people's lives at the exact wrong moment. The fact that he made an effort to establish that he wants a friendship means (to me) that he does feel that we have something unique between us. Time will unfold what that may be. I just have such a lack of patience that I wanted him to jump into my life now, no preamble. I am learning patience and that is a good thing (right Martha?) My next semester is still up in the air. I know I'm doing a Honors Non-Fiction Writing, and the Debate team for my credit courses, but the other class I really want (Psychology of Religion) I'm waitlisted for, and the class I'm signed up for (Psych of Healing Relationships) is another of those two weekend accelerated courses and that is a really rough way to go. So I'm searching desperately for something that's interesting, fits into my schedule, and works toward my requirement. Not an easy task, unless I'm willing to do a daytime traditional class (2/3 x a week) at almost twice the tuition cost of once a week afternoon/evening courses. On the extra-curricular side, I'm co-founder (& presidential nominee) of the Peace Coalition on campus: the focus is making people aware of their civic responsibility and to use their vote to bring peace to the world, as well as hosting teach-in's, voter registration drives, and getting candidates to speak on campus for the community. I'm also going to be one of the DJ's for the campus radio station (WCCC on channel 99, Service Electric Cable of Lehigh Valley [right, our radio is broadcast on TV]). I get to develop any program I want, with no requirements or restrictions other than George Carlin's 7 Words you can't say (hell if I know what they are, I guess they are posted in the station). So I can have a Tori Concert in full, or do an entire album. I definitely will sprinkle Tori into each show. I've got quite a Fall lined up for myself, eh? 7 weeks nicotine free and going strong. Welcome back Simon. I hope your Financial Aid gets straightened out. Check out the loans. Student loans are ridiculously easy to get, even with little or no income. Off to bed (it's after 2AM) so I can do a full day of study on Friday. Oh, that's today already. ;) Fairy Blessings, Bethey I'm OK when Everything's not OK cause it's the Fairies Revenge they say And I have always been a Fairy. www.bethcoulter.com -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2003 18:04:08 -0700 From: "ms. jessica parsons" <fullblownlife@hotmail.com> To: rdtrn@torithoughts.org Subject: indulgence is wonderful yet expensive I got a bikini wax yesterday...I really don't know why people make such a big deal out of the pain since it hardly hurt. I have a medium pain tolerance so it's not like I have a pain center of steel. I guess getting tattoos helps though. It was a little funny lying there listening to nature music with my knee pressed against her boob and her hand on my clit, tweezing me afterwards. Getting waxed makes you feel like you're the damn sexiest female to walk the earth, I have to admit which is the partial reason that I want to run back there ASAP. She wouldn't do a brazilian for time reasons...I should have specified when I made the appt. Also, the waxer said that since it was my first time, I shouldn't go all the way. funny, i went all the way my first time...anyway, it was great. i feel gorgeous. too bad hardly anyone's gonna see it. :( i wish i had a webcam. haha. after the wax, i got a pedicure. i felt like a fucking princess. well, for $60, they better make me feel good. i read trashy magazines and let some stranger molest my feet for an hour with a bunch of great smelling stuff. when she was rubbing my feet, i was like 'that tickles but if i can go from a bikini wax to this...' and she said "you just got waxed? i don't want to hear you say anything else!" So, I shut the hell up and read trashy magazines. if i was bling-blingin' i'd fuckin go there every weekend. i'm dying to go to the J Salon in NYC and get a brazilian. the women that opened it are from brazil so they obviously know what they're fucking doing. it's only $55 there to get a brazilian as opposed to $50 at the salon that i went to yesterday so it's a good deal. oh, and like i picked any other nailpolish color than bright, flaming red. is there a better color for toenails? no fucking way. my dad said that it looks like i killed an animal with my feet. hahahha. -jessica, feeling dead sexy with less hair. Don't become so tolerant that you tolerate intolerance. --Bill Maher _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 00:33:21 -0400 From: "Beth Coulter" <betheqt@voicenet.com> To: "RDT Right Now" <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: I got blisters on my fingers!!!!!!!!!! Hands that are used to keyboarding, pens and pastel charcoals don't hold up well to rock hammers. I immediately got a blister that broke, and another that tore down several layers of skin. OW! But I got some awesome fossil specimens. I got an intact solitary coral (not the imprint but the coral itself) that is about 350 million years old. I found some bi-valve fossils, and other marine life imprints. In certain areas of every state almost, there are places that were central marine areas, like giant tide pools left over when the inter-continental seas drained, and there you can find really neat fossils. If you want to find places near you, go to google and type in your state + fossils + geology, then do a map search within the results. It's kind of neat finding all these old marine (ocean-dwelling) creatures in the middle of the Blue Ridge Mountains. My studies for my final are not going well. Everytime I go to make a study guide, I get distracted by something. I try to draw diagrams but end up grabbing this pastel drawing I've been working on for weeks. I've never felt so apathetic about a test before. Part of it is that I am missing my professor. I know I said I am satisfied with friendship status, but I just miss him because we won't see each other until the Fall semester starts up again. Well, I'll be there a week before that because I'm going to be a "student ambassador" for "life long learners". I have to be at orientation, and give tours and be available to give answers to new students and go to student council meetings and be a "good role model" for the traditional students. Personally, I don't think the 18 - 23 year olds are going to look at a 42 year old as their role model, but if I break the barrier that currently exists between "the kids" and the "old folks", that would be wonderful. I get along with everyone, and get to hear the complaints from both sides. The "kids" complain that the "old folks" put them down for being young and only associate with people their own age. The "old folks" claim the "kids" exclude them from discussions and make fun of being old. Each group sees me as one of their own, hell if I know why, but it should help in campus diplomacy. I need to find something good to distract myself with until August 18th (but not until I actually study for that damned test). I feel like I've spent the entire summer trapped in my cool apartment with my head in books and writing (and my heart wrapped up in my professor), and going to class. Well, that *has* been my summer. I've done nothing but schoolwork and "love" work. Here I am, facing the last few weeks of the season and can only prepare for the fall. That's just plain sick. I need to do something different. I do miss my professor badly. But I can't let him know that because he is scared of me right now. I have to show I can be a friend who just says hi on the quad and not jump on him. Which I can do. It's really weird, but I never actually had an adolescence due to being abused. This past June and July (because of great advances in my therapy) I had an accelerated adolescence, and my poor professor was nearly drowned by my late teen attitude. So he is very skittish. I'm old enough for him, but I think I was acting just like the other 5 - 10 young girls who have "crushes" on him each year, so he has to react to me the way he reacts to them. But his need to pursue a friendship instead of letting me slip out of his life shows he has feelings for me. I said it would take through the Fall to get him where I'd like him. I knew this was going to be a long, slow and difficult process, getting this desperately wounded man to trust me enough to feel what I feel. I should either go to bed or actually study. hmm. Bed sounds good. Fairy Blessings, Bethey I'm OK when Everything's not OK cause it's the Fairies Revenge they say And I have always been a Fairy. www.bethcoulter.com -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 21:49:49 +1000 From: Brian Cooper <byteme@smartchat.net.au> To: Really Deep Thrusts Right Now <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: The joy of hex Tori chat - The one subject that amused me was the mother that was worried about taking her 5 year old to the show because of the risk of profanity. The likelihood of a kid picking up on one or two words out of a two hour show is minuscule. If anything, any it'll be a sensory overload for the kid and it will all be a blur to them. I agree though that you shouldn't take an under 2 year old for potential damage to their hearing and they're not likely to get anything out of being there. On the same subject, on one of the commercial network's morning shows here a few weeks back there was a minor controversy. Someone being interviewed said "boofhead" and a small number of viewers rang up saying it was inappropriate language for morning television. The next day they had this prim and proper looking woman from the Macquarie Dictionary to explain the word and when it is or isn't offensive. She said that if you were to call someone "boofhead", it would be a term of endearment, whereas if you prefixed it with "you are a...", then it would be an insult. She then went on with the idea of "you are a..." and was clearly heard to say, "You are a fuckwit." It was completely in context with what she was talking about, but as you'd guess, that's where that segment ended. Of course, the phones ran hot that day, so on the third day they got a psychologist in to talk about how to deal with children when they hear something they're not supposed to. He proceeded to say, "When you hear something like you're a....", he was cut off by the hosts waving their arms around frantically and telling him to not go there. Of course, this was lampooned by a show on the public TV network. On with the replies. Way back in digest #1838, John replied to Jessica's reporting of men masturbating to lower the risk of prostate cancer... > > men between the ages of 20 and 50 who masturbate frequently... > >I wonder how they define "frequently". The research stated 3 times a week. On that scale, I know some guys that are going to live to be 800. Jim Mathers posed... >There seems to be a sinister plot in civilized world to eliminate silence. Silence is an almost impossible thing to find. Last time I came anywhere near it was in Monument Valley. It was so quiet you could hear planes fly overhead at 38,000 feet. You can't get much quieter than that. It was blissful. I just want to make it perfectly clear that I am not Bethey's geology teacher (#1840), though people have been known to suggest I've got rocks in my head. Onto Bethany's response to my musings on Liz Phair: >Today at work I read an article in Billboard about the new album. In it, >she basically says "blame me if you don't like this album", but then the >article goes on to say that her label laid down all these rules for her album. I've read so many articles about the new album that I don't know what to believe any more. Some have Liz pissing on the whole alternative culture, thereby upsetting her core fan-base, to it being an album where she was doing what she wanted to do all along. Whatever is going on, she certainly seems to be working to the rule any publicity is good publicity. A lot of recent articles have attacked those who have criticized her album for departing from her earlier work. I've even heard what you suggested that Liz deliberately did an album like this to get dropped by Capitol, because she had no choice when her contract was signed over from Matador. If you do listen to her previous albums, they do seem to migrate from alternative rock goddess towards pop. Whitechocolatespaceegg was largely loathed by her original fans. Some even thought Whip Smart was a sell-out. >I meant when i said the "people who count" - the people who think she is >an amazing indie rock goddess whose whole stance of "fuck society and what >it thinks i should be as a woman" came across as genuine I agree with you wholeheartedly on that point, but being "genuine" doesn't necessarily pay the bills. It was about 7 years before Exile In Guyville went platinum and Whip Smart went that way a couple of years later, but I can't see that happening with her last two albums. What I have noticed about the latest self titled album and on WCSE is that the production is a lot slicker. Her vocals are beefed up by layering her voice, which isn't a bad thing in itself. It seems that when the producers want to grab your attention, you hear the singular Liz which is a throw back to the old days. I think a great deal of her early sound had a lot to do with Brad Wood's production on Guyville and Whip Smart. It's consistent with all the other bands he produced at that time and a lot of those are my favourites from the 90's. Latest figures in say 108,000 copies of her self titled album have already been sold in the U.S., which is fast approaching the figure for WCSE. Maybe the plan, if there is one, is working. Cyndi - I've just committed to a builder and a time for getting my bathroom remodelled. They'll start in just over a week. I've picked out all the tiles, taps, basin, toilet and bath and quite frankly, I'm sick of it already. Good to see Estraven appreciates a bit of hex. Something I've sadly lost the ability to program in, but then I haven't had to do it in so long. I think I'll leave it at that point. Don't want to fill up a digest. Brian o-o-o o-o-o o-o-o o-o-o o-o-o o-o-o o-o-o o-o-o o-o-o o-o-o $$$ Wax On, Whacks Off digest $$$ To POST messages to this list: <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Can't figure out how to SUB, UNSUB, or CHANGE ADDRESSES? Send a message to <rdtrn-request@torithoughts.org> with "help" as the subject. Digest PROBLEMS or QUESTIONS? Contact: <admin@torithoughts.org> Want your BIRTHDAY announced on RDTRN in 2003? Visit the registration form located at http://www.torithoughts.org/RDTRN/birthday.html RDTRN SITE AND ARCHIVES: http://www.torithoughts.org/rdtrn RDTRN'S SUBLIMINAL THOUGHTS (you can't see this): http://www.torithoughts.org/rdtrn/subliminal/ For information on joining the TORITOUR list: Send a blank message to <tour@torithoughts.org> and you'll receive an instruction file. 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