Lies

So I'm a really good liar.

I'm fucking miserable here. I've just about had it. Part of me wants to find an airline ticket and come home.

The bipolar's bad, and I don't know how to make it stop. I've been talking to a counselor, but it's not really helping.

I don't know how much more I can take. I fucking hate this.

The rest of them

More pictures from London!

London!

Pictures are here!

Relevant, no?

Howard Beale: I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's work, banks are going bust, shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter. Punks are running wild in the street and there's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do, and there's no end to it. We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to eat, and we sit watching our TV's while some local newscaster tells us that today we had fifteen homicides and sixty-three violent crimes, as if that's the way it's supposed to be. We know things are bad - worse than bad. They're crazy. It's like everything everywhere is going crazy, so we don't go out anymore. We sit in the house, and slowly the world we are living in is getting smaller, and all we say is, 'Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms. Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials and I won't say anything. Just leave us alone.' Well, I'm not gonna leave you alone. I want you to get mad! I don't want you to protest. I don't want you to riot - I don't want you to write to your congressman because I wouldn't know what to tell you to write. I don't know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians and the crime in the street. All I know is that first you've got to get mad.
Howard Beale: [shouting] You've got to say, 'I'm a HUMAN BEING, Goddamnit! My life has VALUE!' So I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell,
[shouting]
Howard Beale: 'I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!' I want you to get up right now, sit up, go to your windows, open them and stick your head out and yell - 'I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!' Things have got to change. But first, you've gotta get mad!... You've got to say, 'I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!' Then we'll figure out what to do about the depression and the inflation and the oil crisis. But first get up out of your chairs, open the window, stick your head out, and yell, and say it:
Howard Beale: [screaming at the top of his lungs] "I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!"
-"Network", 1976

Liz's Rules

So if you've seen my favorite show (that's currently on television), "NCIS," you know that Gibbs, the team leader played by the incredibly sexy Mark Harmon, has a set of 50 rules that he teaches to his underlings. These rules include:
-Always carry a knife
-Never screw over your partner
-Never date a coworker

In this spirit, I've decided to come up with my own list of rules, some humorous, and some serious. Here is the beginning of my list:
-Never let a friend down.
-Don't let people pat you on the head.
-Always have a book with you/
-Always keep your prescriptions filled.
-A "West Wing" quote is always appropriate.
-Have a strong support system.
-If you don't trust yourself, trust somebody else.
-Find something you're passionate about, and run with it.

That's all I have right now. Any contributions? Any thoughts on your own personal rules? I'd love to hear them.

Catch Up

Hi everyone.

I know it's been a while since I last posted. Sorry about that.

My classes are still amazing; I love being able to write on topics I enjoy. One paper I am writing is about (take a guess, i dare you) "The West Wing" and another one is an analysis of an "NCIS" discussion forum. So, yeah, I'm enjoying my work right now.

I get to see the Reduced Shakespeare Company on Friday! They are amazing and absolutely hysterical. I have their DVD ("The Complete Works of Shakespeare-Abridged") and I laugh every time I watch it.

My favorite part about being here is the pub quizzes. I thrive there, and they're the best way for me to make friends. I don't know what I'd do without them.

Make sure you check out my other blog. I'm keeping it a bit more updated than this one right now.

Miss you all! Leave some notes! I love hearing from people!

Pictures!

Pictures of Norwich and Cambridge have been posted!

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My thoughts on the Bailout package and Congress

Boy: Woof! You sure gotta climb a lot of steps to get to this Capitol Building here in Washington. But I wonder who that sad little scrap of paper is?

I'm just a bill.
Yes, I'm only a bill.
And I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill.
Well, it's a long, long journey
To the capital city.
It's a long, long wait
While I'm sitting in committee,
But I know I'll be a law someday
At least I hope and pray that I will,
But today I am still just a bill.

Boy: Gee, Bill, you certainly have a lot of patience and courage.

Bill: Well I got this far. When I started, I wasn't even a bill, I was just an idea. Some folks back home decided they wanted a law passed, so they called their local Congressman and he said, "You're right, there oughta be a law." Then he sat down and wrote me out and introduced me to Congress. And I became a bill, and I'll remain a bill until they decide to make me a law.

I'm just a bill
Yes I'm only a bill,
And I got as far as Capitol Hill.
Well, now I'm stuck in committee
And I'll sit here and wait
While a few key Congressmen discuss and debate
Whether they should let me be a law.
How I hope and pray that they will,
But today I am still just a bill.

Boy: Listen to those congressmen arguing! Is all that discussion and debate about you?

Bill: Yeah, I'm one of the lucky ones. Most bills never even get this far. I hope they decide to report on me favourably, otherwise I may die.

Boy: Die?

Bill: Yeah, die in committee. Oooh, but it looks like I'm gonna live! Now I go to the House of Representatives, and they vote on me.

Boy: If they vote yes, what happens?

Bill: Then I go to the Senate and the whole thing starts all over again.

Boy: Oh no!

Bill: Oh yes!

I'm just a bill
Yes, I'm only a bill
And if they vote for me on Capitol Hill
Well, then I'm off to the White House
Where I'll wait in a line
With a lot of other bills
For the president to sign
And if he signs me, then I'll be a law.
How I hope and pray that he will,
But today I am still just a bill.

Boy: You mean even if the whole Congress says you should be a law, the president can still say no?

Bill: Yes, that's called a veto. If the President vetoes me, I have to go back to Congress and they vote on me again, and by that time you're so old...

Boy: By that time it's very unlikely that you'll become a law. It's not easy to become a law, is it?

Bill: No!

But how I hope and I pray that I will,
But today I am still just a bill.

Congressman: He signed you, Bill! Now you're a law!

Bill: Oh yes!!!

-"Schoolhouse Rock"

Politics Post

Argh-so pissed right now because i can't get C-Span to stream the bailout debate on my computer! I want to see this!

Debate-Biden won. Hands down. And Palin better not use the phrase "There you go again" or "McCain the Maverick" or "Doggone it" ever again.