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Thursday, October 20th, 2005
10:08 pm	Breaking news from the edge of reality. *phase in* Alex Toy is a hobag. *phase out* (9 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 29th, 2005
5:02 pm	Yeah, so being graduated and out in the world is just fine. However, I made the mistake of letting myself get too attatched to someone at this turning point in our lives, and now she's gone North. I went on a nice hedonistic trip North myself, recently, with a few of the Scorpion Tigers. The overnight trip was planned in about 2 minutes, and everything went swimmingly. Well, except when we were 'lost' on a mountain, but I like being lost. Yesterday I was walking by the oceanside when the humidity finally convinced me to get in the water. The dense fog had reduced visibility across the bay so much that I decided to skinny-dip. It was very calming. Last night, after hanging out and playing frisbee in the sprinklers of the Bowdoin athletic fields, I took a long walk home. When the sounds of the night no longer interested me, I popped Tom Waits into my CD player. The album was Rain Dogs, and how appropriate it was, considering that it began to rain during my journey. You can't get any better than Tom Waits for a nightwalking soundtrack. Vrnda Daktor is the most beautiful woman I've ever seen. Anyone up for a trip to Scotland? I lifted both these surveys from Anna Simmons's livejournal, so you have her to thank for this: 1. What does your LJ nickname mean?: Mortimer Platypus, the name of a character I created long ago who has lived on in stories, comics, drawings, paintings, and in my head for eight years. 2. Elaborate on your icon?: Well, it's Mortimer as seen in my much-conceived but little drawn comic 'Earth City'. In that one he's a Venusian Samurai who has been transmogrified into a platypus by a corrupt government. 3. Did you lie about your age anywhere on the net?: Yeah, I'm sure tons of times. 4. How many LJ friends do you have?: I am NOT going to check. Probably a lot. 5. What is your current status?: As single as Kraft cheese, if that is indeed what 'status' implies. 6. What are you wearing right now?: Shorts, boxers, a t-shirt that reads "St. Patrick's day" and has a shamrock on the front, and "Sotally Tober" on the back. 7. What is life to you?: Life is the playground that the higher powers decided to leave me in, because they are deadbeat parents. Life is also a boardgame by Milton-Bradley in which players vie for the greatest sum of money, based on the decisions they make. 8. What is love to you?: Love is the specific connection you make with another person that gives you joy, even when it's making you sad. 9. What kind of people do you hate most?: I don't particularly hate anyone, but there are certain behaviors I dislike: Logic without compassion, pessimism unless entirely warranted, selfishness. 10. What type of people do you like most?: People who are happy, fun, compassionate, and don't take anything too seriously. People who are actually robots. 11. What makes you happy?: The natural beauty of this world, the sun, comic books, cool movies, Belle and Sebastian, animals, mutual love, friendship, The Legend of Zelda, cartoons, dinosaurs, people. 12. Are you musically-inclined?: Well, as saxophone legend Bobby Watson once said to me after I told him I didn't play anything, "Ah, you's the cat who 'preciates." That I am, Bobby Watson, and thanks for the autograph. 13. What would you do if you woke up one morning and found out that the person you love most didn't exist, or was killed?: First, I'd be in shock. Then I'd probably cry. If they didn't exist, I'd have myself committed. What a sad question. 14. If you could go back in time and change ONE thing, what would you do?: I would've not fed that pregnant woman uranium miso. Just kidding. I don't think I'd change anything. Sorry, I know that's boring. 15. If you MUST be an animal for ONE day, what will you be?: Any bird capable of flight, really. 16. Ever had a near death experience?: Unfortunately not. It means there's probably one right around the corner. 17. Name ONE obvious personality quality you have?: I like Vikings. I'd think the Valkeries and Hammer of Thor in my room are dead giveaways. 18. What's the name of the song that's stuck in your head right now?: "Sleep the Clock Around" by Belle and Sebastian. 19. Are you happy today?: Yes, despite the torrential rain. 20. Who will cut and paste this next?: What a waste of a question. and then there's this one: What is your full name? Adam Dale King Nicknames? No real ones. Single or taken? Single. Sex? Unprotected, please. Where do you live? Brunswick, Maine. Sex or ice cream? Right now I'd rather have ice cream, by why not multi-task? What color underwear are you wearing right now? Green and blue. What are you doing right now? I think it's obvious. What was the last thing you did? The last significant thing-I went to the optometrist and was told I needed specs. What is right next to you? My CDs, two pairs of aviator shades, a printer, a lamp, some cranberry juice, and a fan. Who was the last person you made out with? Probably someone in Europe, who knows anymore. If you were a toy, what would you be? A cool wind-up car. Where do you want to go on your honeymoon? A ranch in the Outback. Who do you want to spend the rest of your life with? I can't answer that now, I'm only 18. How many people do you have on your buddy list? 76, I took out the garbage. How's the weather right now? Thunderstorm. Last person you spoke to on the phone? My dad. Last person who IMed you? Sam Bell-Hart Last person you IMed? Uh, Andrew Dalrymple, I guess. What's your ring tone? No cell. Hair? Sort of, Katherine buzzed my head. What are you wearing right now? Shorts and a t-shirt. Do you wear contacts? Not yet. What school do you attend? The School of Nature. Do you own a vehicle? Just my flippers. What are your future plans? To be cool and continue being cool until I can't because I'm dead. Last film you saw at the cinema? Batman Begins. Did you actually watch it? No, I wasted my money...Of course I watched it! Fave day of the year? It depends on the year. Are you too shy to ask anyone out? Not always, but usually. If you could change your name to anything, what would it be? Monroe Kane. Have you ever been in love? Yeah, I think so. Do you like scary or happy movies? Both. Christmas or Easter? Christmas has Jesus and Santa, but Easter has a freakish Eggbunny. Kisses or hugs? It depends who I'm hugging or kissing. What color are your pajamas? ROYGBIV What color is your toothbrush? Blue and White. Fave part of the opposite sex? Eyes, hair, derriere (eso rima) Whats the first thing you think of when you wake up? "Why is my CD player in my pants?" Roller coaster: scary or exciting? Both. How many times do you let the phone ring before you answer it? One or two. Well, that's all. -ADK Current Mood: good Current Music: Devo (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 21st, 2005
1:51 am	THREE NAMES YOU GO BY 1. Adam 2. Some guy 3. Battleship THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD 1. Mortimerp 2. MortimerTP 3. IcabodJ THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF 1. My imagination 2. My relationship with nature 3. My inability to write in cursive THREE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF 1. My sensitivity 2. My nose 3. My Brown Tail Moth susceptibilty THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE 1. French 2. English 3. Samoan THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU 1. Needles 2. Big fish swimming near me 3. Relationships THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS 1. Peeing 2. Pooping 3. Blinking THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW 1. Boxers 2. T-Shirt 3. Uh... THREE OF YOUR FAVOURITE BANDS OR MUSICAL ARTISTS 1. Blackalicious 2. The Clash 3. The Flaming Lips THREE OF YOUR FAVOURITE SONGS 1. 'Train in Vain' by The Clash 2. 'No Woman, No Cry' by Bob Marley 3. 'Fool in the Rain' by Led Zeppelin THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS 1. Birdwatching 2. Flying 3. That cool Kaleidoscope over there THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP 1. Trust 2. Independance 3. Unquestioning love TWO TRUTHS AND A HALF-LIE (in no particular order) 1. I touched the backside of the Venus DiMilo in France 2. I beat up a fifth grader when I was in first grade 3. I'm not THAT cool. THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX (or same) THAT APPEAL TO YOU 1. Eyes 2. Hair 3. Bootay THREE OF YOUR FAVOURITE HOBBIES 1. Drawing 2. Meeting new animal friends 3. Hiking THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW 1. Take an oatmeal bath 2. Eat a bread 3. Talk to someone THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING 1. Illustrator and writer 2. Bounty Hunter 3. Velociraptor THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION 1. Australia 2. New Zealand 3. Italy THREE KID'S NAMES: 1. Monroe 2. Ebby 3. Danforth THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE 1. Paint a picture in Antarctica 2. Find a girlfriend who doesn't want to break my heart...and face 3. Hold a platypus THREE WAYS I AM STEREOTYPICALLY A BOY 1. I have a beard 2. I think farts and poop are the funniest things ever 3. I have cooties THREE WAYS I AM STEREOTYPICALLY A CHICK 1. I like hanging out with girls 2. I don't know how to read good 3. I have a menstruation cycle THREE CELEB CRUSHES 1. Uma Thurman 2. Sandra Oh 3. Marzipan THREE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO STOP POOPING ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW OR GO TO BED IMMEDIATELY WITH NO DESSERT 1. Mortimer Platypus 2. Icabod Jefferson Turtle 3. Wallace Wilhelm Wombat -ADK (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, June 19th, 2005
2:44 pm	The Run-Around Oh Man. There is so much to talk about that I'm not going to talk about any of it. At all. But here's this! The Survey #12: Is there a sale at the exclamation point store? Name: Katherine Diana Rattey Age: 17 Favorite Color: Blue has the prettiest shades, but I like green too Favorite Movie: Beauty and the Beast Favorite Television Show: Gilmore Girls! Favorite Book: The Harry Potter series Favorite Muppet: Is Gonzo annoying? I just like his nose Favorite Candy: Peanut M&Ms Favorite Restaurant: Pedro’s, I think! Favorite Academic Subject: English Favorite Season: I like them all for different reasons, but overall I like Fall best Favorite Decade: Maybe the sixties! Either that or the one we’re in now Favorite Planet: Neptune Favorite Food: There's no way I could ever choose a favorite food. Don't even try. Favorite Dog: Springer spaniels, I guess, or just happy dogs in general! Favorite Jollyrancher Flavor: Cherry Favorite Beverage: Shirley Temple Favorite Country: Switzerland Favorite Placental Mammal: GROSS, giraffe? Favorite Marsupial: I got out a list of marsupials because I don't know any. Koala. Favorite Monotreme: Is the platypus indeed a monotreme? Then I choose that one! Favorite Song (currently): American Pie, Don McLean is so fancy Favorite Band or Performer: Beatles, I guess Favorite Author: I guess I have to say J.K. Rowling! Favorite Artist: Vincent Van Gogh. Favorite City: Machias! Just kidding. I guess I'd say Boston or Madrid? Favorite Cartoon: I thought a lot about that one, and I guess I'd say Recess. Favorite Instrument: Guitar. A country guitar. Or acoustic, if that's the real name. Favorite Sport: Track or soccer to participate in, Red Sox baseball to watch. Favorite Fruit: Strawberries or ripe bananas Favorite Piece of Furniture: A warm, comfy bed Favorite Website: Weather.com Favorite Superhero: Spiderman (the cartoon) Favorite Article of Clothing: Fleece pants in Winter Favorite President: I don't know anything about any of them before Clinton. Favorite Thing to do in Trees: Sit in the branches. Or on the branches Favorite Adjective: Lame Favorite Toy: The Paper Game, I think! Favorite Andrew: Dalrymple and Massey, tied. Favorite Place to Buy Things: Candy store Favorite Mode of Transportation: Car. Or walking if it's a short distance on a nice day. Song Quote: "Got a whale of a tale and it's all true, I swear by my tattoo" -ADK (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 25th, 2005
1:02 pm	Crosseyed and Painless I wish this shit would subside. I'm tired, restless, depressed, and on the edge of my mind. My cat's dead and I didn't even get to say goodbye. They did it while I was at school. It's still gray out. -ADK Current Music: Talking Heads (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 24th, 2005
8:15 pm	In the Evening The delicate balance between the good and bad aspects of my life never really shifts, rather, it's my own mindset. The shifts may be caused by chemical imbalance, lack of sleep, general grumpiness...whatever. These past couple of days my mind has gravitated towards focusing on the negative aspects. My grandmother can hardly speak. My cat is dying and is taking a trip to the vet's in a few days. The weather has been murky for more than a week. And as much as I try to supress it, I'm still pretty lonely as far as female companionship goes. These are all things my mind has been focusing on, rather than the fact that I'm graduating soon, I'm going to New York and Montreal, I had fun at All-State and Relay for Life, and next weekend is a day longer than most. My mind has been more or less pulled out of this emotionaly rut, yet the inner balance has not quite been corrected yet. This of course means...I'll put it in my livejournal! Damn. -ADK Current Mood: discontent Current Music: Bob Dylan (Comment on this)
Saturday, May 14th, 2005
5:51 pm	Alto Songo I thought I might be dying slowly. Well, I guess we all are, but I felt like maybe I was gonna die sooner than most. I had three dreams in a row about digging up corpses, and the last one was easily the most startling, considering that the corpse looked just like me. Then I woke up one morning with ants all over me and brushed a spider out of my hair the same day. But I think I'm fine. This morning from 7 to 11 I directed parking at some huge-ass yard sale for community service hours. At one point I had to order a line of people (there was like a hundred or more) to curve out of the way of traffic, and one really old dude saluted me and said to his friend that I reminded him of one of his partners in World War II. That made me happy. I also did a sweetass photo shoot today. Everyone looked the most badass that I've ever seen them. Andrew was like a badass leather street punk with a baseball bat. Ben was this tall dude with sunglasses and nunchucks. Gavin looked like a secret service guy but with a Samurai sword. Katherine was like this fencing chick and kind of looked Uma Thurman-esque (like from the end of Kill Bill pt. 1). Laura was the badass Samurai chick. Shannon was an assassin with two knives. Those will be sweet photos. -ADK Current Mood: good Current Music: Rusted Root (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, May 8th, 2005
5:52 pm	Half a Person Yuck. What a dark and dismal day to be alive. My grandmother had a stroke in Las Vegas while she was travelling cross-country with her sister. I guess she can't speak, but outside of that, I have no idea what's going on with her. I managed to preservere through all the stress and tension one feels while trying to complete an advanced placement studio art portfolio. There was a few mishaps concerning the slides I shot so a lot of last minute emergencies arose. Thankfully, everything worked out and I got it done. Regardless of all that, it's a bad portfolio...that's kind of alright though. I just need to rest up now and finish high school. I guess a few of my friends have had suspicions that I was gay. Well, enough to discuss it without me being present, it seems. It's because, apparently, I'm able to have close relationships with women I'm not dating. I'd understand their suspicions if it wasn't for the fact that I've had relationships with women. Hell, I even spent half a year (or more) pining over one who didn't like me. That's just sad, not gay. Today is Mother's Day. So happy that. -ADK Current Mood: okay Current Music: Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, May 2nd, 2005
6:06 pm	Life is Carnival My friend Katherine is of the Greek Orthodox persuasion, so naturally she celebrated Easter yesterday, and thus, the termination of lent for the year. This includes the spit-roasting of an entire goat. The goat on the spit was slightly disturbing in appearance, with the little hooves at the end of its skinned legs folded back as if in midleap. So sad, yet so absolutely delicious. After some Greek singing we were free to dig in and stuff our uncapacious bellies with delcious goat, pilaf, salad and some other...things. Later we went to get ice cream. I got up pretty early on Saturday and I was grumpy for most of it. I read some short stories in the morning, and then decided to boogie on down to the Point. Once I was there I noticed a strange shortage of periwinkles on the rocks but as I peered over the edge of one granite slab I saw that they had all congregated in the mud for some reason. During my walk back it started to rain but I met a cat and decided to stop and see him. He was uneasy at first but I sat down and let him come to me. After I patted him for a bit he followed me for several hundred feet, but then he decided to go back where he came from. And now, it's time for my dinner. -ADK Current Mood: cranky Current Music: Sly and the Family Stone (Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 27th, 2005
10:32 pm	Heaven at Once Prom Prom Prom It's much ado about nothing if you ask me. It's just a dance at The Taste of Maine. But that's all the complaining I'll do about it for now. Nothing out of the ordinary has happened lately. Well, I guess that's a silly thing to say; I have no idea what ordinary is. I stayed for an extra period at school today rather than take advantage of my early dismissal so I could work on some art, but I wish I hadn't. Gavin and Ben came to get me in the morning but I wasn't there, so they broke in and stole a pair of my shades. Word has it that Kira snatched 'em up for me, so I'll have to find her. After the extra period I went with Chris to his house for a bit, and then to Wild Oats where we talked with Matt O'Rourke for a while. I try not to criticize people too often (and fail horribly), but I have a problem with one thing: what point is there to leaving a cell phone on during school? Just about every other day, some hobag (pardon) has to reach into her bag and turn of a wildly vibrating or loudly chirping piece of crap and suffer the embarassment of looking like an idiot. Who the hell calls while your in school? Most of the time it's the same perpetrators over and over again, so they obviously know that someone might call them. Why not just turn it off? What kind person is so self-important that they feel like they're in need of being contacted at all hours of the day? I don't care if it's a text message. "U left ur birth cntrl at my houz" is not so important that it can't wait 85 minutes. Turn them off! Other than that things have all around been pretty good. Since the weather has started getting nicer again I've gone back to having a more active lifestyle, so I should be getting into shape again. Maybe Kool-aid is delicious. Did you know that Abe Lincoln had webbed feet? I love life! -ADK Current Mood: content Current Music: Claude Debussy, Preludes Heft II (Comment on this)
Sunday, April 24th, 2005
12:14 am	April F'ing Vacation Yeah, I kind of felt like vacation was lackluster at best, but now, as I retroactively speculate, I realize that it wasn't all that bad at all. To begin with, I did not end up going to Bard with Ben but I DID end up going to Montreal with Ben and Gavin. Montreal's a good city. Our hotel, well, it was an Econolodge. I can't complain. It suited our needs just fine. We had ourselves expensive dinners (60+dollars Canadian?), we went out to a few bars, checked out a hookah lounge (and went back the next night), and went to a Sushi bar and had bad Sake. During the day we checked out McGill and the other sights, and ate at fancy bistros. The rides to Montreal and back were also pretty wonderful. When I got back I hung out here and there. Last Wednesday we had a fancy dinner (we even dressed up!) and we made a salad, fettucine alfredo, and sauteed ostrich steaks. The ostrich was amazing, I'll have it again. The dinner was exquisite. Afterwards there was a big party. It was pretty fun in the early stages but then it just got sad and disgusting. I walked home and unfortunately it was raining. The next morning I went back to the house and found a very confused and hungover Nate who had no idea where anyone was. He left and I cleaned up the house as much as my head and stomach aches would allow me to, and then I took George to Simpson's Point. I went and got ice cream with Hannah and Chris yesterday and hung out with people at the radio station. Today Katherine and I went to Chris's and Chris's dad took our blood pressures (for practice). He even taught Katherine how to do it! (but she almost killed my arm). Then we hung out more and I won at trivial pursuit. Katherine had to go and Chris and I ate pizza and such, then she returned and Katherine and I played pool, and very badly. Then Hannah came over and we had a Super Smash Brothers fest. Probably not the coolest way to spend the last night of vacation, but hell, it was Super. So tomorrow I guess we're getting brunch. Mmmm. -ADK Current Mood: happy Current Music: Dave Matthews Band (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, April 7th, 2005
7:30 pm	The End of an Era The week was rigorous. With the end of the quarter just around the bend, it was once again time for me to step up to the proverbial plate and do the homework hustle. I spent much of the week entrenched in work, mostly art and English, but it wasn't as bile-inspiring as one might predict. Tuesday was actually mildly satisfying considering its early chronological postition in the week. After I left the school at eleven, I had my hair trimmed, I bought myself a sandwich, and got a lift back to school so I could study in the library and do some work that I had missed from excessive absences. Today I raised my art grade up from an F to a 78. I also picked my English grade up by the ears and hoisted it skywards. It is imperative that I do not fail these classes. Last weekend I saw Sin City. I was entirely floored throughout the whole film. The transition from Frank Miller's comics to the screen was flawless, and it took filmaking and noir storytelling to whole new levels of badassery. It was seemingly tailored entirely for my entertainment. Best movie I've seen in theaters for quite some time. On a completely different note, I've been slightly replaced. Whatever though, things weren't the same anyways. No use carrying on about it. I'll perhaps be travelling to New York with Ben this weekend in order to have a glimpse at the roaring college life of Bard. My mother told me she'd have to think about it, which in the past has usually meant I have a good chance of going. Road trip...whooo! -ADK Current Mood: alive Current Music: The Who (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, April 2nd, 2005
5:02 pm	When the Boredom Strikes Your Soul! I found this ugly piece of work at Chuch's journal. I took it because I got overwhelmed with reading Harry Potter. My only regret is that I didn't put any artists or authors under historical figures...I figured they'd ask me about those later. Oh well. Oh yeah, I also regret taking it (kind of). EXTREMELY LONG SURVEY for those bored people out there! Created by hotlikewhoa and taken 250 times on bzoink! The Basics First Name: Adam Middle Name: Dale Last Initial: K Age: 18 Date of Birth: December 18th, 1986 Place of Birth: Brunswick, Maine USA Current Location: Brunswick, Maine USA Hair Color: Brownish, Blondeish Eye Color: Blue Height: 6 feet Weight: 160 lbs Piercings: none Tattoos: none Smoke?: Very Occassionally Drink?: Once in a while Do drugs?: Sometimes Favorites Movies: Pulp Fiction (sure, it's somewhat cliche), Apocalypse Now, Kill Bill, anything by Hayao Miyazaki TV Shows: Seinfeld, South Park Books: Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne Bands: The Band, The Flaming Lips, Blackalicious, Grateful Dead, Earth Wind & Fire, The Clash...uh fuck it, there are many Singers: Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Isaac Hayes, Aretha Franklin, the vocalists from Belle and Sebastian Radio stations: 100.9, 107.5, 104.3, WBOR, WBLM Albums: Blazing Arrow (Blackalicious), London Calling (The Clash) Actors: Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Lorre Actresses: Uma Thurman, Julianne Moore, Ingrid Bergman Historical figures: Abe Lincoln, Al Capone, MLK jr., Charles Darwin Board games: Trivial Pursuit, Cranium, Balderdash Computer games: Half-Life, Grim Fandango, Doom, Baldur's Gate, Starcraft Video games: Super Mario (anything), Chrono Trigger, Legend of Zelda series, Harvest Moon, Metroid Prime Colors: Orange, Yellow and (recently) Green Animals: All of them (but platypus really) This or That Pepsi or Coke: Pepsi McDonald's or Burger King: Burger King (gross) Left or Right: Right Britney or Christina: Christina for singin', Britney for bangin' Jessica or Ashlee: ugh...I don't even know Mary-Kate or Ashley: They're both malformed Usher or Justin: USHER! Orlando Bloom or Johnny Depp: Johnny Depp Ocean or Pool: Ocean Lake or River: River Rock or Pop: Rock Country or Rap: Rap Emo or Indie: Indie Jazz or Oldies: Jazz Hip-Hop or R&B: R&B Moon or Stars: Stars Sun or Rain: Sun Day or Night: Day Late nights or Early mornings: Early mornings Summer or Winter: Summer Spring or Fall: Fall Silly or Serious: Silly Have you ever... Skinny-dipped? Yes Done drugs? Yes Smoked? Yes Had alcohol? Yes Gotten drunk? Yes Gone to 1st base? Yes 2nd base? Yes 3rd base? Yes All the way? Not really Shoplifted? Yes Ran into a stop sign? No Gone skydiving? No Done rockclimbing? No Been a witness in a crime scene? No Screamed a swear word in a stranger's face? No Hugged a stranger? No Or anything more with a stranger? No Flicked someone off? Yes Been on a date? Yes Lied to a boyfriend/girlfriend? Yes Cheated on a boyfriend/girlfriend? No Gone hunting? Yes Been fishing? Yes Relationships Single/In love/In a relationship/Other: Single Hetreo/Bi/Homosexual: Heterosexual How many boy/girlfriends have you had? Like three or four (seriously I don't know) How many do you have now? Like three or four How many do you think you will have? Like a billion If you're single, are you sick of this section? Yeah If you're taken, how long have you two been together? I'm not taken What's the most you've done with your significant other? Which one? Are you two serious? Who? To single people: Can you forgive me for making this section? Who are you? Friends Best: Oh Jesus, not this Worst (ones you pretend to like but secretly hate): No Oldest: My grandparents... Newest: Probably Katherine and Hannah Smartest: Sylvanus Biggest Ditz: Andrew Tallest: Ben Shortest: Laura Funniest: Tough one...Nate probably Loudest: Laura or Gavin Most Quiet: No one really Most Obnoxious: Laura or Gavin Weirdest: Andrew Funnest: They're all quite fun Hottest: Hotty Jane Ugliest: Ugly Dan Sweetest: N/A Nicest: Katherine or Ben Best listener: Ben Best talker: Ben Most energetic: Nate Most mellow: Ben Most missed: Nobody yet. Well, Chase I suppose Write down the first thing that comes to mind when I say... Pineapple: MMMMMMMmmmmmmmm Digital camera: Porno Garfield: the Cat School planner: Trapper Keeper Fiji: Vacation Baseball: sucks Laffy Taffy: Delicious (except banana) Hollister: What? Cheesecake: Kinda good Grass: smoke it Scrapbook: For girls American flag: just sits there and waves Pine Sol: Smells not like pine Newspaper: informative Cell phone: don't care Your Dream Guy/Girl Eye color: Doesn't matter Hair color: Doesn't matter Hair length: Preferably girl-length, but it really depends on the girl Hair style: Not stupid Height: Not taller than I Weight: Not very heavy, but not grossly light Clothing style: Nudity Favorite music: Everything Piercings?: No stupid piercings Tattoos?: Sure Smokes?: No Drinks?: Not a lot Druggie?: No Age: Close to mine Overall body type: Um...hot.. Best feature(s): Face Dream date: Australian Rainforest Sweet or Bad Ass? Oooh, either Romantic or Laid-Back? Laid-back Hot or Cute or Both or Neither? Both Dream date with them: Didn't this question just happen? Past Checkered What is your favorite memory? I don't know Worst favorite? Worst favorite what? Best year? Probably seventh grade Worst year? Probably eigth grade Any regrets? I made a few mistakes last year Have you changed a lot over the years? Yeah For the better or the worse? Both Do you hate change? No Can you easily move on? Depends on what with Are new beginnings good or bad? Good What's the best thing anyone's ever done for you? Been an unwavering friend Futures Do you plan on going to college? Where at? Yeah, I don't rightly know yet (I'm taking a year or two off) Do you want to get married? If so, what age? Maybe, I haven't decided yet Describe your dream wedding. Quick and painless Do you want to have kids? Not right now If so, how many? Zero Adopted or Not? Maybe Favorite Girl Names: Emily, Shannon, Laura Favorite Boy Names: Monroe, Henry, Manuel Do you want to travel the world, or any specific place? The whole world, but Australia specifically Where do you want to live? In what kind of home? A ranch in the Outback What will your career be? Writer, artist, cowboy What sort of car do you want to own? I don't really care Any pets? A few If so, how many? What kind? Probably three or four, dogs, a cat, maybe something interesting Do you believe that you'll be successful in your future? I haven't a clue Anything else you'd like to share? My left ass cheek hurts when I sneeze Random Questions What's your lucky number(s)? 7 Do you prefer markers, colored pencils, or crayons? Colored pencils Do you hate your birthday? Yeah Do you have an iPod? No Is the world too hypocritical? No Are you into politics? Not usually Is AIDS going to be cured in your lifetime? Hopefully Do you play any sports? No Are cardboard boxes fun? Yes! Do security cameras make you feel paranoid? No How many times have you been on an airplane in your lifetime? eleven or twelve times or so. Do you believe in... Magic? No Love at first sight? Yes True love? Yes Aliens (or forms of life on other planets)? Yes Fairies? No Religion? Kind of Evolution? Yes Pots of gold at the end of a rainbow? No Abortion? Yeah Gay marriage? It's fine with me The End What time is it? 5:00pm exactly Did you enjoy this survey? No Will you miss me? No Was this long enough? Yes Any last words? No Create a Survey | Search Surveys | Go to bzoink! -ADK Current Mood: good Current Music: Aretha Franklin (3 Comments |Comment on this)
3:57 pm	Plug Tunin' Haldo! I haven't had much to say these past couple of weeks, things have been pretty chilled out. I did quite poorly on my senior paper due to several time-related infractions, that put me in an awful mood for about twenty minutes yesterday. I also got "grounded" but that didn't change anything at all...I still managed to get out of the house when I wanted to, and without having to sneak around even. I lost my copy of the Dao De Jing, and I wish I hadn't. I guess the pope died. That would be one hell of an April Fool's joke. My family got all spiritual for about an hour and went to church, and I'm here alone. My mom made a point of telling me she'd pray for me. Cool! I guess I shouldn't comment because I've come nowhere near to feeling the importance of what the Pope does for a living, but I still think it's silly to get all worked up. I mean, as the Catholics would have you think, it was his time to go. Our old group of cool dudes, the Scorpion Tigers (Ben Raker, Chris Hunter, Nate Mooney, Gavin Davis, Andrew Dalrymple and myself) were going to have a fun campout last night but some of the STs had to drop out. Gavin got in some kind of trouble with his mother and Ruby Tuesday's last night (go ahead and read his journal, it's much more informative on the matter) and had to go home. I think that if he really hates Ruby Tuesday's as much as he claims, he ought to just not go, especially not first thing this morning. He did it to KFC. Well, anyways, Chris decided to be a boyfriend last night and left us for a lady. Then we lost Andrew to oblivion. The remaining Scorpion Tigers (Nate, Ben, me) went to Megan Rousseau's and stuff and then slept in Nate's basement, an old tradition that we haven't been keeping up for years. Ugh. I really shouldn't look at this screen for so long. The wire connecting my computer to my monitor is fucked up so the screen changes colours every once in a while. Right now everything on the monitor is tinted blue, and when I look around the room everything appears kind of reddish. Oh yeah, my poem made it to the semi-finals and is being published in a coffee table book (if I send the thing back). So did Laura's and Andrew's. -ADK Current Mood: good Current Music: T. Rex (Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2005
10:13 am	Music Brings People Apart I'm sitting in journalism class, and I'm tired. To my left, some "indy" girls are complaining about how their music becomes mainstream. "The music that we listen to that is known," she says, "is called 'alternative'. Isn't that cute?". Then she continued to complain about more stuff. Shut up. How can someone be so narrow-minded to feel like their music has been "corrupted" because a lot of people like it. They should be happy that the musicians they like are making more money so they can make more albums, not complaining that they're music is becoming "unindependent". I like indie music just fine, it's just that too many people are assholes about it. I mean, we're all musical elitists at heart, personally I'd have trouble mustering respect for a true Fifty Cent fan, but I don't get mad when people listen to the same music as me. How snotty is that? How can one person be more entitled to music than others? Oh, the girls are at it again. I feel like tossing my laptop at them. To my right, the fella sitting next to me is wearing his headphones in rebellion. Good. Earlier I felt compelled to argue with Mrs. Shields about her headphone policy, but it's quite hard to argue with someone is who is really dumb. Right now, people are playing music aloud on their laptop, I hate the music that they're playing and frankly I don't want to listen to it. Mrs. Shield's told them they could play music out loud, but I'm not allowed to listen to my music quietly, especially in a class where Mrs. Shields and more than half of the students play annoying and unfunny George Bush and John Kerry cartoons? If I had headphones right now I would not take them off. I'd let her send me to the office and while I was down there I'd tell them what everyone, including Mrs. Shields, does in this class: play internet games and cartoons. She made someone take off their headphones and I told her that wasn't fair and she didn't even answer me. What a stupid whore. I hate this class. -ADK Current Mood: tired and frustrated Current Music: Crappy Crap that Someone is Playing (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, March 21st, 2005
11:20 pm	I Like the Space Monkey Way Better Dance the night away by karchan85 Name What you Look like The Music The Music in your Head Quiz created with MemeGen! Isn't that that oversexed blue-haired dame from Tenchi Muyo? Oh wait, no. It's that stupid white-haired guy from that show that Adult Swim has on Saturdays. -ADK Current Mood: tired as all hell Current Music: The Flaming Lips (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, March 12th, 2005
9:56 am	Far Out! I just had the most bizarre dream (also probably the longest continuing storyline), and I just woke up from it so I'm going to hurry and put it here while it's still fresh in my head. It was weird and exciting. The dream was quite long. It began with lots of people who went to Greece, some who didn't, and myself (of course) going on a trip. Apparently they wanted us to go back to Greece for some educational purpose or something, and so we all got on a plane and left. I sat next to Sam Belhart on the way to Greece, it was a surprisingly short flight. Chase, my old friend who moved to New Hampshire, was there! That was his only appearance though. Once in Greece, we had to walk the length of this massive bridge over a chasm. I broke away from the group, following a dog, and found myself deep in the chasm. There was a strange old guy and a gyspy looking fellow down there, and they were building something out of sticks. I talked to them, and asked them if I could help, but they said no, and showed me a secret passage that lead to the other side of the bridge. I went in and it was a lot like a cave that you'd see on the coast, it was all wet and sandy. The dog came with me. When I got to the end of the bridge, the group was still in the midst of crossing it, and were all surprised to see me waiting for them, casually petting the dog. Afterwards, without even going to are hotels, we had to grab our things from the bus and get on an airplane that was waiting for us in a field. It was a huuuuge plane. It was actually a lot like the boat we had taken in Greece (on the real trip). The bottom two "decks" were normal coach and first-class seatings, but upstairs was an immense dance floor, and a bar, and bathrooms and everything. My friends and I went upstairs, and Joe Rogan (strangely) was the entertainment. He did magic tricks and even set up a funhouse in the storage area of the plane (which also had an elevator). All of my friends were on the trip, and many teachers. It was fun. When it came time to go and have a seat, some people sat on the deck chairs, while I went down and found my seat. I had an aisle seat, and next to me, in the middle, was Laura. Beside her, in the window seat, was a stange woman who jumped at loud noises and drooled when she slept. After taking a nap I got up and asked Laura if she wanted to come with me and see what all our friends were doing upstairs. She didn't want to, so I went by myself. The scene was somewhat out of control. Sparsely clad females were dancing with big muscily fellows, and Joe Rogan was playing poker with Mr. Blake, and a girl was dancing in the boy's bathroom. I saw all of this as I explored the upper deck, and I never actually saw any of my other friends up there. Suddenly, as I stood on the edge of the dancefloor, eyeing the girls dancing on the bar, a bunch of kids, covered from head to toe in ketchup and mustard, ran out onto the dance floor and began dancing. They were lead by Chris Herlan (or however it's spelled) and they were having lots of fun and the ladies loved them and wanted to join. Unfortunately, this pissed off the big guys. Lead by some Kung-Fu guy and Phil Franklin and Garrett Masse (who are actually wonderful guys in real life, I'm not sure why they were so crooked in my dream), the guys attacked the ketchup and mustard kids with bottles from the bar and deck chairs. The ketchup and mustards retaliated and soon people were getting fatally injured. Absolute chaos broke out, and people started to scream and run, and something caught on fire (that always seems to happen when things go awry). I started to dart towards the bottom deck, and lots of injured and bloodied people were yelling and running away from the dance floor. I saw Mr. Gordon, he was trying to control the situation, but then he got hit with a chair and was knocked out. I would've helped him but the crowd of people whisked me away. Once in the coach area, I went to Laura, who was calmly reading a book, and explained to her why people were screaming and wounded. I looked out the window, past the still-sleeping drool-lady and saw that we were making an emergency landing on an island just outside New York or Boston, or an amalgam of the two. The island consisted of about one field, and despite it's proximity to the city, it was completely undetectable by civilization. We were basically stranded. When we landed, people had calmed down a bit, but the plane's waitstaff (who also happened to be trained soldiers) had to subdue the K and M kids and the Big Guys. People were swarming in all directions. I had left my stuff on the plane. People saw some boats out on the harbor, within swimming distance, and it was decided that some would swim out to them and sail to the city and get help. I turned to Laura, who was the only person I recognized, and asked her if we should go or stay and wait for help. She wanted to go. I asked her if we should get all of our stuff, and she said no, and I asked why and she said "I don't care about my stuff, I just want to get out of here." I saw that she had blood on her hands but before I could ask her if she was okay, she went out and started swimming in the cold water (it was an Autumnal climate) to the boats. I stood for a moment and decided to go and get help with the swimming group. The waves started to get unbearable, and people began to drown, I couldn't find Laura, or anyone else that I knew, and I wasn't able to swim any longer. Joe Rogan, of all people, who was also rescuing a small boy, started to swim towards me. He grabbed me and pulled me up, but I passed out. When I woke up, I was in pain, my arm was cut. I was on a sailboat, and Joe Rogan was getting the sail ready while the youngster he had rescued was playing with his toes. In my weak state, I fell off the boat. When I resurfaced, the boat was in the distance, with all of the other boats heading towards shore, except one very diminutive sailboat. I got on and, although my sailing experience is pretty limited, got the sail working and also began to paddle for extra speed. I looked back and the island with the plane was nowhere in sight. I had to paddle to the city shore. When I finally got to the shore (which looked a lot like Harpswell) I saw no boats or people so I walked along the rocks. The road along the coast was unreachable, because the wealthy people who had bought mansions by the sea had put fences restricting people from passing from the road, through their yards, and to the ocean. I saw my boat float away. I continued to look for a way to get to the road, but I always ran into a fence. I didn't dare bother the wealthy people. Finally, about a mile down the coast, I spotted a boat that was sitting atop some rocks. It was one of the sailboats that some airplane survivors had used. I ran to it and looked for whoever had piloted it, and I heard some arguing behind some rocks. I looked behind the rocks and saw Ben, Nate and Andrew. This made me very happy. Ben and Nate were arguing about how to get to the road. Nate wanted to just run through one of the mansions and out into the street, but Ben was saying it would be too risky and that they should just ask. Andrew agreed. They saw me and were happy that I was alive and asked me what we should do and I said we should keep looking for a path to the road. Nate, taking control, broke into the mansion. He was stoppe almost immediately by the mansion's owner, a bespectacled black man. He asked Nate what the hell he thought he was doing. Ben, taking control back, went up and explained to the guy that Nate had escaped from a nearby mental hospital and that he was going to take him back. Nate played along, and they both left the mansion. We decided to sneak across a yard and try to climb over a fence. The yard was closed on three sides, the ocean side was open. The house blocked the way to the street, a tall stone fence blocked the way to the left, and a weird mini-cathedral blocked the right side. Upstairs in the house we could see a woman. It was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen and she was playing a clarinet. I told everyone to be quiet but I secretly wanted her to hear us and come down so I could meet her. We crept across the yard towards the cathedreal. I heard the clarinet playing stop in the middle of a song and I saw that she was no longer in the window. She came into the backyard and we ran to the cathedral at full speed and hid. The other guys ran in different directions, bit I found a hidden compartment in the ceiling (which was strangely like the one that has been appearing in my dreams for the past couple of weeks). Apparently this was where this woman's parrot slept, but the parrot was nowhere to be seen...and it was feeding time. She came in and opened a small hatch and said something like "Pookie? Are you in there my little friend?". I made a parrot noise and hoped for the best. She bought it and threw some grain at me through the hatch. She left the cathedral and I got out of the parrot-compartment. I found back exit to the cathedral. When I went outside I found my self in a hedge maze, which was also full of trees which made it very dark. I walked a short ways, and bumped into Laura. We exchanged excited hellos and I told her we should have stayed on the island. She said "No". It turns out, she explained to me, that she was trying to save someone's life (which explains her bloodied hands), but they didn't make it, and that she did not want to go back. I told her I understood but then she started to walk in the wrong direction, towards the cathedral. I tried to tell her that it was the wrong way, but it was too late. She was gone. It turns out that the maze was not very long, if you concentrated, and I found msyelf on a shady street, no cars in sight. All of the mailboxes were lobster-shaped. I started to walk in one direction, but then decided that the other would be better. Then I woke up. As you would expect, I tried to go back to sleep and back to the dream, but I couldn't. That is the longest dream I've ever had, and it made sense most of the time, surprisingly. Oh well, at least it gave me something to write about this morning. Current Mood: pleased Current Music: Earth, Wind, and Fire (Comment on this)
Thursday, March 10th, 2005
6:32 pm	I Can't Afford Another Ticket to Suffragette City Honestly, I don't even know what is my fault and what isn't anymore. So I went snowshoeing today, because I've been in the house for quite some time, and I was swip-swashing across a field, looking at the cool tunnels the mice had made in the snow, when I saw something white and swift dart to my left. There was a rabbit launching himself in the direction of the forest to my right. I turned around and watched him disappear into the shrubbery. I've seen a lot of rabbits in the wild before, but this one was super fast. He went like forty feet in two seconds. Last night, after I accidentally got watercolors all over my sheets (it was like two in the morning, I was sick but I was restless), I looked over at my cat. His paws, ears, whiskers, nose, and tail were all twitching in a most comical fashion, no doubt dreaming of his days as a youngster when he'd make patterns on the kitchen floor in chipmunk blood. He was also making funny noises. Animals are so cool when they're dreaming. I had a dream that I was in a movie universe, but nobody knew we were in a movie, but then I got ahold of the script. I read ahead a few pages, and everyone thought I could predict the future because I always knew what was going to happen. For some reason, the dream ended with me hiding in a secret compartment in my basement (which, strangely, has appeared in several other dreams) while the rest of my house was ransacked by Nazis. I was reading the Bohemian Manifesto yesterday (I thank Jackie for providing me with casual reading for the past two weeks), and I noticed a long section about how absinthe has been a key elixir in the history of Bohemian counterculture. Many great artists, poets, and musicians have apparently been partially inspired by the drink. This struck me as somewhat surprising, considering the only experience I have with it is watching a bunch of really drunk people in a Greek hotel room scream and grimace as they take short swigs. So, my illness is on the cusp of subsiding, which means I'm going back to school I suppose. Ah, well. It's been a relaxing week. -ADK Current Mood: confused Current Music: Velvet Underground (Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 8th, 2005
4:48 pm	TeeVee! So, I've been sick kind of a lot recently so I've been watching a lot of movies (even more than usual) and a lot of television. I haven't watched this much visual media in a long time, but it really solidified two things for me: the Mad Max trilogy is superemely underrated, and Seinfeld is, without contest, the best show on television, even if it is syndicated now. I watched all three Mad Max movies at the beginning of the week. I'd seen them all before, but only the first two as they exist in the crooked world of the Sci-Fi network. Edited for content. Pfft. Upon this more recent viewing I fell in love all over again. It's hard not to love a movie about a complete badass travelling through a post-apocalyptic Australian Outback, kicking the ass of anyone sporting a mohawk. The costumes get more and more rediculous as the series progresses, but the movies also get better. I wish Mel Gibson had gone ahead and made Mad Max 4 rather than that stupid Jesus movie. So, I was watching television and a few things amazed me. First, I was watching this show on health network called "Medical Incredible" about all these really weird medical incidences and conditions. Among other things (an 8-year-old with a 70 year old body, internal decapitation, Foreign language syndrome) they showed a pair of Siamese twins joined at the head, and they are facing opposite directions. They had footage of them sleeping and grocery shopping and it just amazed me how they were able to maneuver through those tight aisles without destroying a Tostitos display or something. It also made me incredibly grateful that I don't have any diseases or defects. Another thing I saw wasn't really amazing, just stupid. You know that (probably lame) new show that NBC or CBS or someone is having about the blind guy, called "Blind Justice"? Well they showed a bunch of review excerpts, including one that said "Out of sight!". My god. One more television thing. I was watching animal planet and this cool British safari chick (who had the decidedly unsafe habit of traipsing through the savannah barefoot) was tracking this one lion. Why was she tracking this one lion as opposed to a whole pride? Because this one lion has adopted an Oryx calf. Oryx are big african antelopes, ones with long sharp antlers, and they're often hunted by predators, not least the lions. That's why it was so weird, watching the lioness treat the little antelope like it's cub. When the baby tried to rejoin her herd so she could recieve mommy milk, the lioness drove them away. Nature is cool, man. I also watched Snow White, as part of my new goal of watching one Animated Disney Classic a week, in chronological order. I hadn't seen that in a while either, so it was fun. Why was Grumpy such a douchebag? Fun fact: " [Snow White] was the first of many Disney films to have its premiere engagement at New York City's Radio City Music Hall. At the end of the film's initial engagement there, all the velvet seat upholstery had to be replaced. It seems that young children were so frightened by the sequence of Snow White lost in the forest that they wet their pants, and consequently the seats, at each and every showing of the film." courtesy of IMDB. -ADK Oh, P.S! As much as I love David Bowie, don't ever rent "The Glass Spider Tour", at least don't rent it with hopes of a wonderful Bowie performance. It's this David Bowie concert movie from like Spain or Mexico (somewhere where they speak Spanish), and it's poor quality and it's from the 80's. David Bowie was NOT at his best in the 80's, I think we can all agree. Let's Dance, Heroes, Under Pressure and a few others are fine, but...eh...the DVD is not very good. Current Mood: good Current Music: David Bowie (Comment on this)
Monday, February 28th, 2005
11:19 pm	Poetry.com couldn't handle this so I'm putting it here instead. The Folly of Adam King A man’s discontent Is a man’s time poorly spent But why is it so That he will never know It is to such a great extent When the skies dress in blue His sky puts on a darker hue Your roses are red His violet is dead Worldly pleasures have become so few It’s at such a cost That his companions are lost The reason simply is By large fault of his His emotions are too frequently crossed It’s not that they never cared It’s that they wish to be spared Too much and too often While his flesh has been softened From the problems he so eagerly bared A man’s discontent Is life of his spent It will be to the end For the grave he will send A message that is too swiftly sent. -ADK (2 Comments |Comment on this)