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Wednesday, October 31, 2001 @ 1:44 PM
I'm 18 today!
Thanks to everyone who gave me cards or gifts or just said nice things. =)
And a special shout-out to my Supa Fly Pimp Man, Kapa Ka Dana. Shit, fool. Yea'ah!
Monday, October 29, 2001 @ 9:56 PM
Earnest over. One-acts getting started. Texas getting serious.
I'm going to have a party and at 11 pm, we are playing "Suck 'n Blow." By midnight, I expect a full-blown peanut butter orgy to have broken out.
Friday, October 26, 2001 @ 11:14 PM
Well, Importance opened (for real) tonight, and it apparently went very well and the audience was very receptive. Some small problems included a loud ISU fireworks display and a tree falling over during the performance, which prompted the following improv:
"Oh, my!" "They just don't make them like they used to."
Lots of people are having lots of private problems, and I'm discovering that I am fallible and am, from time to time, a real bitch, and I am, occasionally - wrong.
I have my speech piece, and I have advance copy of some beautiful Matt Shaw poetry. Colon-colon-swoooooons-colon-colon.
Wednesday, October 24, 2001 @ 11:32 PM
Um, let's see? What's been happening?
Choral Arts Festival - Panda and I had fun, but overall it was kind of a waste of time. It did get me out of Pre-Calc...
The play is this weekend. Only one typo has been found so far in the program. My funny idea of advertising is pretty much taken care of as well. Now I get to just sit back and help Panda with the House Managing, and it will all be good.
One of my Prose pieces Mr. Allen rejected (apparently "You Will Lose Me" is "introspective crap") so now I have ten days to find and type and learn and write an intro for something new. Any suggestions? And don't suggest I look through Mr. Allen's files, b/c I did already, and I couldn't find anything I wanted to work with.
Much stress, much stress. Miles to go before I sleep.
Wednesday, October 17, 2001 @ 8:47 PM
Oh, and I have my wallet back. It was in HellKat's car all along.
Laugh at Josh and I, and How We Can't Do Math
kellie rai: Hm. Kellie puzzles over the triangle... :-) The White Stick: Yeah, that was my problem. The White Stick: Any thoughts? kellie rai: Yeah. The White Stick: What are they? kellie rai: You have a forty-five angle, so the obvious thing would be to create a larger triangle that would contain a 90 degree angle... kellie rai: Because they'd have that angle in common. The White Stick: Where would this larger triangle be? kellie rai: It's a hypothetical triangle, it doesn't exist. But it would be on the other side. I'll draw you a picture. kellie rai: Hang on. The White Stick: Okay. kellie rai: This is complicated. The White Stick: I guess it can't be done. kellie rai: Don't say that yet. The White Stick: I just talked to a math teacher. kellie rai: Whaaa? The White Stick: Yeah. The White Stick: But I got it. The White Stick: Hold on. kellie rai: You have the answer? B/C I think I'm close... The White Stick: What do you have? kellie rai: here... hang on. kellie rai wants to send file C:\Kellie Folder\light2.jpg. The White Stick received C:\Kellie Folder\light2.jpg. kellie rai: You know what? I'm making this more complicated than it should be... The White Stick: Wouldn't B+D=180 digrees? The White Stick: 'Cause it's the ground. The White Stick: A line. The White Stick: 180 degrees. kellie rai: Um, yeah, that's what it says... The White Stick: Well D is 45 The White Stick: It has to be. kellie rai: Right. The White Stick: So B is 135 kellie rai: Ah! Josh! You're right! Hahahahah! The White Stick: And C is 45 The White Stick: Which is 180 The White Stick: Which means the third angle is zero. The White Stick: ... kellie rai: Eek. The White Stick: Yeah. The White Stick: So what the fuck is this? kellie rai: Oh, well... I know where you're wrong... But I'm not sure how to do it right... kellie rai: It's my fault. kellie rai: Hang on. The White Stick: Okay. The White Stick: I think the problem is that the light is just shining strait out. The White Stick wants to send file light3.jpg. The White Stick: Just that my mind can't belive it. kellie rai received c:\kellie folder\light3.jpg. kellie rai: Are you sure about the 20 on the bottom? The White Stick: Yeah. The White Stick: That's the distance from the stage to the end of the grid. kellie rai: Okay, but if the two legs of a 90-degree triangle are equal, then the other two angles are 45, and we already know that's not right, b/c then the third angle of the original triangle is zero. The White Stick: Right... but maybe it's not a triangle... kellie rai: ...I'm lost. kellie rai: I think... I think trigonometry is not actually applicable to real-life. The White Stick: I could see that. kellie rai: Oh... my... kellie rai: Hm. kellie rai: If this is in fact what we're looking at, that would mean you'd be shining light on a whole bunch of people in the audience, wouldn't it? The White Stick: No way it's going to reach across the stage. kellie rai: ... Why not? The White Stick: Because it has to get 30' The White Stick: On second thought, you're right. kellie rai wants to send file C:\Kellie Folder\light4.jpg kellie rai: heh... The White Stick received C:\Kellie Folder\light4.jpg. The White Stick wants to send file light5.jpg. The White Stick: This is with a MFL kellie rai received c:\kellie folder\light5.jpg. kellie rai: Goody. kellie rai: This I can solve. The White Stick: This is a triangle. kellie rai: I realize. The White Stick: Right. The White Stick: I'm getting a negative number. kellie rai: Did you get that X = 52.93? The White Stick: I was solving for Y and I got -25 The White Stick: But hold on a sec. The White Stick: -2 The White Stick: How'd you do it? The White Stick: This law of sins isn't working for me. The White Stick: What method are you using? kellie rai: sin 34 = 28 / x. Thus, x = 52.93. kellie rai: I don't know what method. I'm just solving for sides. The White Stick: ... how'd you get that? kellie rai: ...with my calculator. The White Stick: ... kellie rai: um... sin 34 = .529. The White Stick: I think you have something here. The White Stick: Where'd you get the 34 angle? The White Stick: The third angle is 24 kellie rai: .529 = 28 / x. So multiply both sides by X, you get... .529x = 28. Divide both sides by .529, you get X = 52.93. kellie rai: How is the third angle 24? The White Stick: 135+21+X=180 kellie rai: Oh, dammit! I typed in 190. And I did it both times. The White Stick: But doesn't that work... kellie rai: 24. Fuck. kellie rai: Hm. The White Stick: Doesn't that finding the sin only work on right triangles? kellie rai: We have a right triangle. Sort of. kellie rai: oooh. I was going about this wrong. kellie rai: Huh. kellie rai: This is like two blind people trying to lead each other. The White Stick: Yeah, no kidding. kellie rai: Okay, I think I'm back on the right path again, bear with me. kellie rai: The sin of 24 = 20/X kellie rai: Right? kellie rai: Opposite over hypotenuse. kellie rai: Can we ignore the negative sign? Because measurements can't be negative... kellie rai: That would make X 22.085... The White Stick: ... hypotenuse is only ona right triangle... The White Stick: Correct? kellie rai: We have a right triangle. kellie rai: We have a right triangle, we have a right triangle. The White Stick: Okay... okay. The White Stick: I'll buy that. The White Stick: I see what you're looking at. The White Stick: I think so. kellie rai: Yes. Yes. See what I'm looking at. The combined triangle. kellie rai wants to send file C:\Kellie Folder\light6.jpg. The White Stick received C:\Kellie Folder\light6.jpg. The White Stick: I see what you're saying. kellie rai: THE ANSWER IS 62.698. The White Stick: To what? The White Stick: X or Y? The White Stick: 'Cause I'm pretty sure that X=48.67 The White Stick: And Y=24.67 kellie rai: Shit. Really? The White Stick: Yeah. The White Stick: Which I just arived at. kellie rai: Well, fuck, because I think that Y is 62.698. kellie rai: Do you want to explain yourself to me and I can check yours, or do you want me to explain mine so you can tell me where I went wrong? The White Stick: Okay. The White Stick: Law of Sins. The White Stick: SinA/a=SinB/b=SinC/c kellie rai: aite. The White Stick: sin24/28=sin135/x The White Stick: Solve for X kellie rai: Um, you set something up wrong. kellie rai: The little a represents the side opposite capital A. kellie rai: And you are looking at the little triangle instead of the big one. kellie rai: And the little triangle is not a right angle. The White Stick: Yeah, I'm looking at the little one. The White Stick: Right. The White Stick: You are correct sir. kellie rai: Hmm... can you do that? The White Stick: Yeah. kellie rai: ... I was thinking you needed to use the right triangle for the law of sines to work... but I'm not all that sure... The White Stick: It's the Law of Sins. kellie rai: I'm not going to argue about the 'e' with you. kellie rai: Okay, for the sake of argument, let's say sin24/28=sin135/x. I'm getting X=-2.75 kellie rai: hang on. kellie rai: sin 24 = -.906. kellie rai: ans/28=-.032. kellie rai: -.032=sin 135/X kellie rai: sin 135=.088. kellie rai: so =.032=.088/X. kellie rai: What am I doing wrong here? Or does it not matter? Should I just be happy you have an answer at all? The White Stick: You're in radian mode. kellie rai: Fuck.
I should write more often, but I'm busy. I won't bore you with a list that I don't have time to write and you're too busy to read. I will only share some interesting tidbits from today and the past few days...
Julia Bartolone carried around a jar today that said, "The truth or a swift kick in the ass, 25 cents."
Jared Huff has agreed to take on the role of Seth for It Came From Texas.
I got my arm pinched in a weightlifting machine and now I have a dark purple bruise the size of a walnut surrounded by a lighter blue-purple bruise the size of an orange.
Megan Dougherty suspects the larger bruise is due to frostbite.
It has been decreed that I will go in to set crew tomorrow afternoon and fix the pedestals I helped to destroy. What's more likely is that I will stand around trying to be helpful and failing until someone sends me home, or 7 pm, whichever comes first.
"What I lack in shortness, I make up for in kicking your ass!" -What Dan and Stephen Hill claim Embarina should have said, while being mocked during a game of tennis or some similar gym-class sport.
I don't want to go to college.
Friday, October 12, 2001 @ 1:15 AM
Eric and Dan and Kat made me watch porn tonight. I filled out college applications.
Porn is gross. It's not that sex bothers me. It's the sex like wild, angry animals trying to do gymnastics and cover every possible disgusting fetish known to man that bothers me.
Creative Writing Club was very fun today, and I'm actually starting to respect Mr. Conant.
Well, maybe not respect, per se...
Sunday, October 07, 2001 @ 6:23 PM
I'm losing my mind... I've lost my wallet. Somehow, between the basement and Family Video, it disappeared...
Weird things have been going on...
And I'm poor again.
Yet, I am strangely optimistic... Especially about going to visit University of Illinois Chicago tomorrow...
Some fan mail would be nice right about now...
Tuesday, October 02, 2001 @ 12:02 AM
kellie rai: Justin, do you think of yourself more as a U-High Thespian or more as a Stick & Co. participant? Ithiophilis: ::shrug:: Ithiophilis: I've done more stick stuff than U-high. kellie rai: aite... hm. Ithiophilis: why? kellie rai: I don't know... what you said on Friday... about... "I'm not sure if I want to be sitting in the middle of all you people..." Ithiophilis: guh? Ithiophilis: oh Ithiophilis: :-( Ithiophilis: sorry. Ithiophilis: I didn't mean it like that. Ithiophilis: I figured... Ithiophilis: I just heard a lot of people talking about it... Ithiophilis: ::shakes head:: Ithiophilis: I don't want to have to pick a side... kellie rai: Thursday's meeting, Thetard is going to tell all the Goth Day participants that she's very disappointed in us. :-( Ithiophilis: that's stupid. kellie rai: There's a very distinct possibility that S&C is going to be blamed... I'm kinda nervous... though, admittedly, these things I stress about always seem to blow over. Ithiophilis: :-( bah Ithiophilis: I think it had something to do with the alumni coming. Ithiophilis: and them seeing a 'lack of spirit' kellie rai: It'll probably all blow over, I... I always thought S&C and UHS could peacefully co-exist. I could build my legacy in one and bite my tongue in the other - at least until I graduated... I don't know... being told by Thetard what a "visible Thespian" I am - even though I'm invisible to her until I do something wrong... just makes me what to quit the fall play and leave Thespians... You know, "Goth Day" wasn't even my idea. I helped promote it, yes... I didn't even think about the alum. assembly... I completely forget until 9:00 class when someone reminded me about Schedule B... I think it's an easy mistake to make, to assume that we were being Anti-U-High, when really we were just expressing ourselves in a different way... I guess I do just want this to blow over... I just wonder what I would have to do for Thetard to not consider me a representative of U-High theatre... What do I have to do to say that I am not affiliated with that so-called "Honor" Society anymore? I've considered burning my point card before, and now I'm considering it again.
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