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Friday night I had a dream involving Marie and I thinking we needed to get together with our Little Brother right away. I scrambled to get dressed and Marie said “I hope you can get dressed faster than World War 4”. Later, I was at the Exclusive Company with my Great Big Headphones on and the clerk, who I did not recognize, handed me a CD of a band “320” and said “Man, you are totally going to leave these guys, man. They rock!” I got tangled up with my headphone wires with someone else, who apologized through a thick German accent. I went into a small room that was a “Listening Station” and suddenly I was listening to The Weakerthans “Aside”, followed by some Weird Al. It’s the first dream I can remember hearing music. Suddenly, I’m still in the Listening Room but I’m naked and there is a toilet in the room. I realize I have to pee and do so. I flush and the whole room starts shaking, like an earthquake. I step out of the room and ask the clerk about it. He says the stadium down the street causes the shaking, with all the fans stomping up and down in the stands.

Sunday night I had a dream where Jeremy and I go to the mall to catch a movie. We walk past the food court and see Carrie B working there. I make the sign for “j” with my right hand and she smiles and waves back to me. We continue to the movie theater, where Kristie and another woman are working. Kristie had a customer, so Jeremy asked the other woman if Kristie could join us for the movie. She says “No, she’s working until 10:00”. Kristie then starts speaking in Spanish to us. We decide to go back and get something to eat. There is a long line and we are next to the fountain drinks. There are signs for Mountain Dew Pie, Pepsi Pie, etc. A large woman keeps brushing against me and complaining about the wait. She says to me, “She can make a salad with a mouse click”.
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The weekend was relaxing and nice. Friday night Andrea came into town and we cruised to a Chinese restaurant for some dinner after seeing The Chalice was too crowded. After filling our bellies, we returned to our apartment and visited for a long time. It felt good to reconnect with Andrea and get up to speed with her life. Thinking back, I can remember the stress of planning a wedding, even when we had the blessing of our sets of parents.

Saturday we visited my grandparents and got a chance to look through some photo albums. They are going through the reduction phase and gave us quite a few pictures to add to our collection. The evolution of my dad’s hair is the best gift anyone could give me. Interesting to see pictures of my grandfather’s grandparents and my mom and aunt’s growing up. Always more scanning to do.

From there we went to see my parents. Dad is in better spirits and nice to see him up and smiling again. Visited for a bit and then headed to Fall Fest in Oshkosh. Got quite a large number of progressive handouts about some very liberal programs and organizations. Refreshing to see that sort of thing on campus. Had a veggie burger and some cheese curds and then made our way to the video store. Rented The Royal Tannenbaums (which was average) and Pleasantville (which was unwatchable, due to tracking problems with the tape. Also caught a talk by Aaron McGruder (cartoonist of The Boondocks) give a talk on C-SPAN about the war on terrorism and how the Democratic Party continually rolls over when they have the opportunity to make positive differences. Also discussed Michael Moore, Nader, Gore, and so forth. We taped it and I highly, highly recommend it to everyone. You can order a copy from their site c-span.org or check the schedule for a re-broadcast. Good stuff.

Sunday was grocery shopping and football. Stupid Packers. I bet Terry that the Panthers would beat them this coming week ($1) and also that the Packers would not make the playoffs ($1). I hope I’m wrong on both accounts, but to give up 31 points to the Detroit Lions is beyond disgusting. So much for preseason predictions, eh?

I too am worried about [livejournal.com profile] mikecheck.

This is long enough.



A movie that can ALWAYS make you laugh: Chasing Amy

A movie that can ALWAYS make you cry: I don't cry. But I did almost cry at I Am Sam.

Your three ultimate comfort foods: String cheese, any dessert item, tea

Three teachers/professors who impacted your life POSITIVELY: Miss Fahrenkrug (History/Media, 11th grade), Mrs. Long (1st grade), Mr. McClellan (Algebra, 10th grade)

Three teachers/professors who impacted your life NEGATIVELY: Too many to list.

Name three life altering events from your past: Meeting Marie, joining LiveJournal and getting Big Choice for my 18th birthday. Not so much the events themselves, but what happened as a result

A song that makes you feel good every time you hear it: Back and Forth – The Dismemberment Plan

A song that brings back painful memories every time you hear it: Anything by Brian Adams, reminding me I once traded in my hard-earned money for Waking up the Neighbors. Oh, the humanity.

A TV show you absolutely loathe: Friends

A TV show you love so much people question your sanity: The Simpsons

The band/musical group/singer that you think you would be best friends with if you met them: Trever Keith

The celebrity that you think you would be best friends with if you met him/her: Jason Lee

One person who had a great effect on you but is no longer in your life: Heather

Would you rather re-live the first time you had your heart broken or the first time you failed at something very important to you? Failure, I guess.

Would you rather re-live your most emotionally painful experience or your most physically painful experience? emotionally, maybe it would bring me closer to my emotions

If you had to pick one thing to be absolutely fabulous at, what would it be (ex- sports, music, comedy)? Making people happy

If you had three wishes and they had to be selfish, non-World Peace type wishes, what would you wish for? 1) Safety and happiness for my friends and family, 2) The ability to function on 1 hour of sleep with no side-effects, 3) A clear, positive impact on the world.

Name five people you know and pick a quality you admire about each one of them:
Marie - She's the most giving person I know
Terry - The best friend I've ever had
Jeremy - His ability to always look on the positive side
Andrea - Fighting for love, despite opposition from her family
Brian B - Always has a kind word to say about most everyone and is sincere

A - Age: 24 (cripes!)
B - Best Quality: Loyalty or level-headedness
C - Choice Of Meat: The fake kind
D - Dream Date: Something involving lots of cuddling, sex and conversation
E - Ex (most recent): Does Kristin count? No, she doesn't.
F - Favorite Food: Cheese
G - Greatest Accomplishment: Keeping it together on a daily basis
H - Happiest Day of Your Life: My wedding day
I - Internal conflicts: A few weeks ago I would have said Eric, but I think I'm at peace with my decision and have been for a while.
J - Jam or Jelly: Jam
K - Kool-Aid: Lime, if they made it any more
L - Love: Marie
M - Most Valued Thing I Own: Probably my computer, due to the scanned pictures and memories
N - Name: Brian
O - Outfit You Love: Pajama pants and sweatshirt
P - Pizza Toppings: Pineapple
Q - Question you want to ask: How does killing people help make things better? I can never get a straight answer.
R - Radical thing you've done: Liked Milhouse
S - Sport To Watch: Football american
T - Television Show: I already answered this
U - Unique habit: Obsessive email checking, and lately it's been plucking arm hairs that look too dark.
V - Very favorite verb: Fucking, at least the one I use a lot
W - Winter: Must. Have. Snowball fight.
Y - Yesterday's best meal: Chinese for lunch
Z - Zodiac Sign: Taurus. All bullshit, all the time


TEN Movies I Can't Live Without:
1. Chasing Amy
2. Dogma
3. Clerks
4. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
5. Mallrats
6. American Beauty
7. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
8. The Usual Suspects
9. face to face - The First Seven Years
10.Breakfast Club

NINE Albums That Are Important to Me:
face to face - How To Ruin Everything
face to face - s/t
The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I
The Dismemberment Plan - Change
The Dismemberment Plan - !
Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
NOFX - Punk in Drublic
face to face - Ignorance is Bliss
Foo Fighters - s/t
Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape

EIGHT "Bands/Artists" I Couldn't Live Without:
face to face
The Dismemberment Plan
Pearl Jam
Foo Fighters
NOFX
Alkaline Trio
Billy Joel
Weezer

SEVEN Things that Annoy Me:
Allergies
People who are excessively wordy
People who are afraid of computers
Bad drivers
Meatheads
Office politics
Capitalism

SIX of My Favorite Songs at This Moment:
Alkaline Trio - Queen of Pain
face to face - Double Standard
The Dismemberment Plan - The Ice of Boston
Jawbox - Empire of One
Alkaline Trio - Radio
Wheat - Don't I Hold You ([livejournal.com profile] so_gracefully = hell yes)

FIVE TV Shows I Watch Regularly:
Home Movies
The Simpsons
Football American
Newsradio

FOUR of My All-Time-Favorite Books:
A People's History of the United States
Stupid White Men
All About Us
Eyes of the Dragon/The Stand

THREE Albums I've Bought Recently:
Weezer - Maladroit
Bruce Springsteen - The Rising (for Terry, stupid cribbage tournament)
Alkaline Trio - s/t

TWO People That Have Influenced My Life the Most:
Marie
Parents

ONE Thing I Could Spend the Rest of my Life With:
My glasses (how positively emo)

[ series 1 - you ]
-- Name : Brian
-- Birthday : 5.10.78
-- Birthplace : Hartford, WI
-- Current Location : WI
-- Eye Color : cloudy day with a hint of blue

[ series 2 - your favorite ]
-- Music : Department of Redundency Department has taken this question hostage
-- Cartoon : Simpsons
-- Color : Blue
-- Slushy Flavor : Fruit punch
-- Magazine : The SUn
-- TV Show : Cease and desist this repetition, please!
-- Song at the Moment: face to face - The New Way
-- Language : Love
-- Spice Girl : The one that shuts up first
-- Food & Beverage : Veggie burgers and lemonade
-- Weekend Activity : avoiding work
-- Ice Cream Flavor : Cookies + Cream
-- Roller Coaster : The Viper

[ series 3 - what is ]
-- Your most overused phrase on IM : Hey now, don't press charges
-- The last image/thought you go to sleep with : Here we go
-- The first feature you notice in the opposite sex : that they are the opposite sex
-- The Best Name for a Butler : LeRoy
-- The wussiest sport : Baseball. Wussies!
-- Your best feature : My Soft Man Hands
-- Your bedtime : Usually around 10
-- Your greatest fear : Life without Marie
-- Your greatest accomplishment : Completing this survey. Small victories, all right?

[ series 4 - you prefer ]
-- Pepsi or coke : Pepsi
-- McDonald's or Burger King: Neither
-- Single or group dates : groups are more fun
-- Adidas or Nike : neither
-- Chicken nuggets or chicken fingers : Phony chicken nuggets are good
-- Dogs or cats : Dogs
-- Rugrats or Doug : Doug, simply due to the fact that they pulled off a name like

Patti Mayonaise
-- Single or taken : Spoken for
-- Monica or Brandy : Brandy is wicked hotter
-- Tupac or Jay-Z : I'm partial to Young MC myself
-- Shania Twain or LeAnn Rhymes : Pass
-- Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea : I'll have to get back to you
-- One pillow or two : Two
-- Chocolate or vanilla : Vanilla
-- Hot chocolate or hot cocoa : Chocolate
-- Cappucino or coffee : Yech
-- Boxers or briefs : Boxers

[ series 6 - the future ]
-- Age you hope to be married : 23 (it even came true!)
-- Number and Names of Children : most likely 1 and Child Number One seems appropriate
-- How do you want to die?: Quickly
-- What country would you most like to visit? : Australia

[ series 7 - opposite sex ]
-- Best eye color? : Green
-- Best hair color? : Brown
-- Short or long hair? : Long
-- Best height? : Shorter than me
-- Best weight? : Thinner than me
-- Best articles of clothing? : Pantaloons
-- Best first date location? : Dinner and a walk
-- Best first kiss location? : Under the tail
-- What facial feature do you find the most attractive? Smile

[ series 8 - other ]
-- When's the last time you slept with a stuffed animal? : the last time Marie was gone
-- How many rings until you answer the phone? : I've still not perfected the three ring waiting time
-- What's on your mouse pad? : a calendar
-- How many houses have you lived in? : Probably a good dozen
-- How many schools have you gone to? : 5
-- What color is your bedroom carpet? : Beigish
-- Would you shave your head for $5,000 dollars? : Affirmative
-- If you were stranded on a desert island and you could only take three things (not people) with you what would you take? : a deck of cards, a photo album and sunscreen

5 things you are wearing:
A devilish grin
My heart on my sleeve
A twinkle in my eye
Self-confidence
Underwear

5 things you can see:
Computer monitor, business cards, glasses, radio, mug of ice water

5 things you are doing right now:
Typing
Inhaling
Exhaling
Listening
Being

5 things you ate in the last 24 hours:
Peanuts
Bagel
Cereal
Tater tots
Soup

5 things you did so far today:
Went to an investment meeting
Picked my nose
Cracked my neck
Washed my hands
Drove to work

5 things you can hear right now:
Telephone ringing
The Dismemberment Plan - The first anniversary of your last phone call
A co-worker talking
Another co-working sorting papers
The clickty-clack of the keyboard

5 colors you can see:
Beige, black, gray, gold, red

5 people you talk to most online
[livejournal.com profile] reject
[livejournal.com profile] jonnyv
Marci

5 things about being online that piss you off
Pop up pages
Secretly fretting that someone is trying to call on the telephone
Not being able to download things I want due to having dial-up
Not having people I want to chat with being on-line at the same time as me
My posture

5 sites you visit alot
livejournal.com
espn.com
disinfo.com
mail.yahoo.com
everything2.com

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Date: 2002-09-27 08:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wicketgate.livejournal.com
I need to start doing that too, I always forget them! :)

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