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Thome Widdison, The Man, The Myth, The Legend

As mentioned in a previous post, Thome Widdison taught me a lot of great things. namely how to be a man. especially in the kitchen. throughout my vast college experience, i've noticed that very few people were taught how to be a man. so i am going to teach you.

1. this is the most important one. that is why it is number 1. wash your dishes and wash them thoroughly. PSYCH. Men don't do dishes, that is for the women folk. It isn't that hard, anyway women just have to put their dishes in the washer box. Now we don't all have women in our life to do our dishes so many of us have never eat at home. this can prove to be expensive but mandatory. when eating out, make sure that you are eating what looks good, NOT just what is cheap. Just because it is cheap doesn't mean it is good. there is nothing worse then pulling away from the drive through to bite into your dollar menu item and it because a bunch of crap. If you seem to have mistakenly bought something gross, quickly turn around, go through the drive thru again and order something better.
2. Watch SPORTS. Watch sports in your room/living room/bed it doesn't matter where, watch them anyways. chances are they're is a game on no matter what. The same rule that applied to the dishes does not apply here. You must watch sports yourself because women are terrible at it and can't do it for you. just because the game looks over, it doesn't mean it actually is.
3. Don't shower. we all know men look better three days out from a shower. you probably also prefer them that way. Showering is for wusses, you wuss.
4. Never throw away any and all trash from the food. this is not hard, these wrappers are evidence of your manhood, so I never understand why you would want to throw them away.
5. Never put away any clothing items you might have used that day. this is also not hard. i still don't understand why it gets done


seriously guys, these things are not hard and they are so worth the effort. no one wants roommates angry at them. no roommate wants a wuss for a roommate. they also don't want to be really hungry and have to clean up other people's messes before they can start making their own meal, so they go to the drive thru with you. i cannot tell you how many times this has happened to me over the last 2 years. it's incredibly irritating. i know it's something i just have to live with but i just had to vent. thank you for reading... if you read this whole thing. and thank you THOME WIDDISON (because i KNOW you read the WHOLE thing. probably 5 minutes after i posted it too. i know you stalk me. i also know you're proud of me for knowing how to clean. yes, i am your manly man) for teaching me how to be a man.

NAHPI + Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?

Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?"
Single by The North American Hallowe'en Prevention Initiative
Released October 11, 2005

Contributors

* Win Butler & Régine Chassagne of Arcade Fire
* Beck
* Buck 65
* David Cross
* Liane Balaban of Dessert
* Devendra Banhart (with Noah Georgeson, Jona Bechtolt & Luckey Remington)
* Elvira, Mistress of the Dark
* Feist
* Gino Washington
* Syd Butler of Les Savy Fav
* J'aime Tambeur of Islands
* Malcolm McLaren
* Nardwuar the Human Serviette
* Peaches
* Dntel
* Jenny Lewis & Blake Sennett of Rilo Kiley
* Roky Erickson
* Chris Murphy of Sloan
* Asya & Chloe of Smoosh
* Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
* Russell Mael of Sparks
* Subtitle
* Steve Jocz of Sum 41
* Tagaq
* Anna Waronker of that dog.
* Dan Boeckner & Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade
* Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs



"Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?" is a satire of the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?". It was released on October 11, 2005 in Canada on Vice Records by cast of rock artists and other performers under the name "North American Hallowe'en Prevention Initiative" (NAHPI). It reached number four on the Canada pop chart.

Like its inspiration, it is a charity song, with all proceeds being donated to UNICEF. According to the official press release, the song "stems from a frustration with other benefit songs' misguided, somewhat patronizing attitude, and Western-centric worldview."[1]

NAHPI - Do they know It's Hallowe'en?
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Today, Not Yesterday

I had a conversation with a friend today. It was a unique conversation because it was with a friend whom I have had for a while, but never known quite like this before. We talked about how being this age sucks. How growing up sucks. How getting an art degree sucks. How no one likes your art and that sucks. Basically, a lot of things suck.

My friend is having a young life crisis, so to speak. I had one of those, from about 18 to 20. It sucked. This conversation was both good and bad. On the one hand it was nice to connect in a way we never have before, but on the other hand, I don't feel like I have done any good. I am not unaccustomed to talking to people about the trials in their life, but I will say that this is the first time I have felt like I didn't help. It was weird because I feel like I should have been able to help! I could relate to EVERYTHING they said 100%. I knew exactly how they felt, but I know that no matter what I said it would be useless, and it was, and it was when I was there too. I will equate this situation to trying to pull someone out of a well. I can be at the top, looking down on the person, the person can hear me, and I can hear them. So I throw them a rope. The rope hits the bottom of the ground, but they are incapable of taking hold of the rope, they just can't, say they have no arms. That is how I feel about this conversation. It was seemingly useless. Nothing you say or do will have any real lasting effect until the person themselves decides to make a decision and make change.

I give up, I don't know how to explain that. It is just difficult, because I know how they feel and no matter what I do I cannot help them to stop feeling that way. It is make me depressed. Golley.

Anyway, I just watched Last of the Mohicans. It was my first time watching it, it was great, epic, dramatic, etc.

I hate making decisions. I don't like not being able to come through for someone or not everyone. Thanksgiving plans are stressful!

I am going to try and live in today and not yesterday, I think that will help.

Clarissa Explains it All

I'm complaing

(I am listening to Light Grenades by Incubus)


I'm complaining so if you don't want to hear it stop reading. I am also going to talk about dating, so if you don't want to hear that; reading.

I am human. I think one of the inherent desires of human beings is the desire to be needed/wanted, another is to be loved. Babies want it, children, teenagers and adults want it. As we grow up we want it in different ways and for different reasons. When we are children we want love from our parents for guidance, and support, we don't yet know what romantic love is. As teenagers we have achieved the love from our parents that we desire and we look for "love" in other places. It is then that we begin to experiment with romantic love. As adults I think we look for love because we are alone.

I don't live at home anymore, I attend college and have lots of friends, but I don't receive that comforting love from my parents on a daily basis like I once used to. I think I am in the stage of young adulthood where I am looking for love, I feel like once it is found I will feel so much better, I feel like it is some weird race to get to the finish of, but more about that later.

I want to feel needed. Okay, so if I didn't go to work that would be bad for my coworkers because they need me and my skill set to make their jobs run smoothly. If I don't plan activities for our friends then we don't do anything. We don't do anything anymore. If I don't water my plant, it dies. I want to be needed for some superfluous reason. I want to be needed not because I bring some skill set or because without me the plant will die. I want to be needed just because.

I want to be wanted. I always wanted to be that girl that guys had crushes on and the girls hated, but admired. I'm not, okay, fine. I want to be wanted because of who I am, not what I know, who I know, or what I do. I want someone to want me so that I have some other reason to live.

I hate that I feel this way. It is a major internal conflict because on one hand I feel like this is a natural desire of human beings, and on the other hand I feel like I only feel this way because of the micro society that I live in. Where it is not unusual for girl to marry at 18, to have one or two kids by 21, to drop out of school upon engagement, or to date, get engaged and be married in 6 months. There is a weird pressure to be married and have children.

I don't want to be married now. I don't want children; ever.

Call me a romantic, (but really, please don't), but I believe in "true love." I have my reason for feeling this way, and I don't think everyone will have one true love, but for me I think it is true. This sucks because I also believe that dating is for marriage and I don't want to be married now, yet I still want to date. Can I have my cake and eat it too?

Anyway, I feel like that for as long as I live here, I will get to suffer and watch other people achieve that happiness in their lives of having found that someone who wants and needs them. Don't get me wrong, I am happy for the people around me who have found that happiness! Amy, Christina, Nadia, etc. I really am happy for them, feel real joy for them knowing that they are happy. Selfish Harper wants to know when it will be my turn?

I am just being girl. This blog is probably perpetuated by the heinously long and ridiculous letter I recieved from Sister Leah Morris this weekend. What a nut.

Also, remember that post about how everyone in my group of friends knows everything? Yeah, I am pretty sure that my crush from several posts before that knows already. Yay for subtle and passive rejection. hmph.

I probably just need to sleep.

The Stache

I froze half to death out there

Dear Blogger,

My best friend (s) are the best!

the end.

Au Jour d'hui

Dear Blogger,

I was thinking back to this past winter when I was living in San Francisco. I was being depressed, as usual, and had to make myself be happy. I would keep lists of why I was happy that day or why that day was a good day. I think I blogged some of those.

Anyway, I have been thinking of San Francisco frequently as the winter time blues are setting in and I thought I would make a list to find the nice things about today.

*A friend to whom I don't always give enough credit to, took me to lunch.
* Another friend picked me up and had a movie day with me!
* I got caught up on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
* I watched an episode of season 2 Flight of the Conchords and it was fantastic
* I enjoyed a bowl or two of Lucky Charms.
* My BFF called me their BFF in front of other people and it made me super happy.


Anyway, there are good things about every day and I have to remember to notice them is all.

Love,
Harper

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