Beth&#39;s Journal

Thursday, June 10, 2004

4:34PM - It's been a while

Hey guys I know it been a LONG time since I last updated but hopefully since summer is here I'll have a little more free time on my hands.
I want to take time to congratulate all the graduates of the class of 2004. our graduation was held at the convocation center in U.M. it was an interseting ceremony. I think (not sure) it was jenny with 13 years perfect attendece who was supposed to be in the empty chair on stage, people starting to clap during ricky's speech. There was a girl who walked in late and refused to put her hat on. and the people who thought they were going to a basketball game and showed up to the cermony with air horns, I'm bitter that my family didn't think to bring one. again it was an interesting cermony.
after graduation cookie and I, and our groupies otherwise known as our family headed to bahama breeze once there we proceded to wait...and wait and wait, until finaly after an hour we were able to be seated, not bahama breeze's fault there were 12 of us. the food was great and we were able to top of the meal with some family feuding for desert. kind of a bummer but cookie and I prevailed and I would venture to say had a very good time.
Last night I went with alex, janoy, Diana, and gadys to the beach to celebrate or commencment. I would like to take a moment to thank gadys and diana for putting thier pride on a line and wearing their caps around south beach, without them we would have never gotten free starbucks and I would have never been the valedictorian. (for an extended version of the story check out diana's lj)we hung out on the beach for a while and saw a rat, a ship, I peed in an expensive resturant, and janoy got a sea oat stuck on his ass. oh I can't forget the body we saw on the beach.... since know one else will undersatnd the true meaning of this paragraph I offically dedicate it to diana gadys janoy and alex.
Again I wish all the graduates the very best in life and advise you to never be afraid of who you are or be afraid to act like who you are.......

Current mood:

accomplished

Saturday, April 17, 2004

12:20PM - I am back

hey everyone Iam updating my journal.......... sorry it's been so long but I've never been home, I've been at work. so yeah Iam supprised that diana didn't update HER journal yesterday, I was kind of excited to read what she had to say about me breaking jenkins stapler, he freaked out, he had finnaly gotten a stapler and the someone goes and breaks it. I did eventualy fix it, but no one cared. so any way yesterday I got paid but damnit my whole check already has places it has to go. I have to pay for the housing deposit at fiu. (thats already half of my check) then I have to take some of the money to grad bash, a pair of my jeans broke so I think Iam gonna go to hollister and get a replacement for them but thats only if my credit card bill doesn't come before wensday. I have to work tonight, 3-11 I hope I get sent home early but I doubt I will....eww sucks that reminds me though I have to take a shower. well guys have a happy day.

Current mood:

awake

Friday, March 12, 2004

10:46AM - pink eye

Hi everyone.......I've been bored this week, I have pink eye so I can't go to school, or to work because it's contangious, I've been putting eyedrops in 4 times a day since sunday, but this morning I woke up and my eyes were sowllen so we went to the eye doctor and she gave me a stronger perscription.
Yesterday I went with nicole, david, Hildemar, and Alex to Fiu and saw caberette. I was a good play I liked it a lot, the last act did seem to drag on a little while but it was still really good.
I don't know what else to write to you so buh-bye

Happy birthday Alex! ;)

Current mood:

bored

Wednesday, March 10, 2004

12:24PM - The history of the traffic cone

The origin of the modern traffic cone is a mystery that has perplexed researchers for decades. There are few similarities between Conus and any other species living today, leading scientists to believe that it diverged from from the evolutionary tree quite early. Its flat foot, distinctive cone-shaped body, and lack of appendages evolved for reasons not entirely known. Theories abound of divine intervention and alien master plans, but there is little concrete evidence to support such claims.
The most commonly held opinion upon the origins of Conus, and that with the most evidence, was presented by Dr. Edgar Blascon at The National Conference of Conology last April. His research compared the physiology of the modern cone with that of the ancient squid, Polypodis narensis. Narensis and present day cones share many features, including a distinctively tapering body. Dr. Blascon believes these squid began leaving the water in search of safety in the late Cretaceous period. Although the first "land squids" might have seemed helpless beasts, Dr. Blascon asserts that they most probably had strong beaks and might have been inedible, or even poisonous to the touch, as in the case of modern day Conus Esthericus.
Over time, as nature favored larger and larger dinosaurs, it also favored massive cones. Evidence of this "Megalacone" was found by Dr. Mildred T. Orange in the form of a massive cone foot print. If modern foot-to-body ratios hold true, this ancient cone would have stood 120 feet tall. At this height, and cone-shaped, the Megalacone would have resembled a small volcano. The evolutionary process perfected this rather effective masquerade, ridding cones of unecessary appendages and reducing sensory organs.

As the climate changed and dinosaurs disappeared, cones became smaller. Smaller cones were much more mobile than their heavier counterparts, allowing them to travel to warmer, more hospitable climes.To avoid predation, they traveled in packs. It was then that cones began to exhibit the altruistic tendencies they still possess today. It appears that cones would gather near hazards such as tar pits and quicksand to warn others of these dangers. This behavior preserved members of their herd, and allowed the species to prosper. Other creatures learned to take advantage of these warnings too, and avoided cones instead of eating them.
The Automobile Age was a time of profound and rapid change for Conus. Burgeoning road construction attracted cones, and most left the valleys and the fields to live on the new roads. They flocked to construction work sites, potholes, and other road hazards. Unfortunately, these new environs did not favor all cones. Species of grey and black cones that had previously flourished were rendered almost extinct, as automobiles were much less likely to see them upon the asphalt. Nature began to favor only the brightest and most visible of cones, which tended to be red, yellow, and orange.

The most recent evolutionary adaptation is the Reflective Stripe. This feature increases the visibility of cones at night. Whether this evolutionary adaptation will threaten the dominance of the Orange ConeCone is yet to be seen...

http://animation.filmtv.ucla.edu/students/awinfrey/coneindex.htm

Current mood:

bored

Current music: Good day live

Friday, February 20, 2004

1:33PM - worldwide laws

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And we thought some of OUR laws were strange...

Most Middle Eastern countries recognize the following Islamic law: "After
having sexual relations with a lamb, it is a mortal sin to eat its flesh."
(umm OK, I'm sure the lamb appreciates that one)

In Lebanon, men are legally allowed to have sex with animals, but the
animals must be female. Having sexual relations with a male animal is
punishable by death. (OK, like THAT makes sense...)

In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman's genitals, but is
forbidden from looking directly at them during the examination. He may
only see their reflection in a mirror. (Ouch!)

Muslims are banned from looking at the genitals of a corpse. This also
applies to undertakers; the sex organs of the deceased must be covered
with a brick or a piece of wood at all times. (...a brick?)

The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is capitation. (Wonder how they
enforce that one?)

There are men in Guam whose full-time job is to travel the countryside and
deflower young virgins, who pay them for the privilege of having sex for
the first time. Reason: under Guam law, it is expressly forbidden for
virgins to marry. (Now let's just think for a minute...is there any job
anywhere else in the world that even comes close to this?)

In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous
husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. (The husband's lover, on
the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired. COOL)

Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England, but only in tropical
fish stores. (Of course!)

In Cali, Colombia, a woman may only have sex with her husband, and the
first time this happens her mother must be in the room to witness the act.
(I shudder at the thought. How many of us would be virgins today?)

In Santa Cruz, Bolivia it is illegal for a man to have sex with a woman
and her daughter at the same time. (We have to presume this was a big
enough problem that they had to pass this law...)

In Maryland, it is illegal to sell condoms from vending machines with one
exception: prophylactics may be dispensed from a vending machine only "in
places where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the
premises." (Is this a great country or what?)

Category: News of the Weird
Rating: PG
By: Meggi-Poo

Thursday, February 5, 2004

6:51PM - hey

well well kiddies...........It's been a while since I've updated but it's been a little busy. Iam reading "The picture of Dorian Gray" by oscar wilde it's pretty good. Iam a little over half way through it. I don't know if it's gonna be one of those books that Iam gonna oh "I love that book", but I wont really be able to tell that until I finish it.
In jenkin's class we are watching this movie about the death of jfk and all the controversy the surrounded it. It's so interesting It gives all these eye-witness testimonies about people who say him die it's a very informative.
Speaking of jenkin's class I have a project to do for econmics. Iam supposed to make a monthly budget, Iam so clueless as to what Iam supposed to be doing though and I've been trying to put it off. well anyway Iam kinda hungry so Iamma go get something to eat buh-bye.

Current mood:

drained

Current music: friends

Saturday, January 10, 2004

3:38PM - the fiddler on the roof

I had no Idea what to title this entry so I put "the fiddler on the roof" because nicky burned me a copy of outkast yesterday and Iam listening to a song that starts that way. Nicky and I have been listening to outkast for the entire week, Jenny has to because she's been in the car with us for most of the time. so Iam happy now because I've finnaly gotten a new phone, Yea!!!! It's a flip phone from verizon, stupid verizon. I was in the mall with my mom today and some weird guy who was doing survey's had been following us around trying to get us to fill one out. I went into fye and was listening to a demo of a c.d this guy tapped on my shoulder and was like "Hello my name is Steve!" I was like god help me and told him to leave I was busy, he didn't so I told him I was deaf and only understood sign language. He rolled his eyes and went away. I was kinda offened that he rolled his eyes at me, What right does he have to roll his eyes at me? he interupted my c.d. demoing.........I should be the only one with the right to roll their eyes. Iam so sick of waiting to hear back from FIU, I want that stupid letter to arive in the mail so I can apply for housing and scholarships if IAm excepted, or plan to take a year off if Iam not. I should've applied to more then one school but I'd have to write those stupid essays which I don't want to do. well I'll ttyl bye.....

Current mood:

happy

Current music: outkast

Saturday, December 13, 2003

11:26AM - homecoming

hey guys last night was homecoming it started at seven, but I was still at my house at seven-thirty trying to decided what dress to wear well my mom dropped me off at nicky's house so that we could take pictures. When nicky and I were about to leave, we were heading towards the door, her brother danny slapped her ass. she turned around to hit him and messed up her nail polish but I fixed it for her. well when we did finaly leave we had to go pick up gadys from her house we couldn't find it for a while but we eventually got there and got to the dance I don't dance to much at things like this. so a bunch of us decided to go to exploring, It was like the makings of a scary movie. Six high school seniors wander away from the dance to go explore an abandoned race track. omg it was so dark and weird jessica and I were freaking out we would have been the first to die if it were a scary movie. we spent about a half hour doing that and when we got back it was about ten-fifteen we chilled for a little while there and then went to denny's nicky was feeling bad so we ened up leaving there pretty early, we dropped of gadys and then nicky and I went driving around talking about this guy who she likes it was cool. when I got home I took a shower and went to bed. and that was the end of the night.

Current mood:

awake

Current music: watching t.v.

Wednesday, December 10, 2003

9:27PM - commercials

I've been watchin the t.v. lately, and everytime I do I see this really corny but super sweet commercial by pepsi. It starts out with this nerdy girl dressed up in a hotdog suit passing out flyers for a fastfood place. well people walk by and make fun of her she gets all depressed and goes to the trash to throw out the flyers. When she's there she looks across the street and there is this guy in a pepsi suit and he smiles at her, she waves at him and they walk off together in the sunset. It's a really really cute idea but it's really dorky. I remember one of my favorite comercial was about this guy who was trying to excercise on a tredmil and it stops, he bends down to see whats wrong with it and the treadmil starts again and he ends up hitting his head. Then the treadmil starts going backwards and he falls on his back and long story short this guy gets beat up by the treadmil, I think it's the funniest commercial. I think it first aired during the superbowl, those are the most interesting commercials. I think besides that treadmil commercial the best ones are the budweiser and budlight commercials. You guys remember the frogs? nike has very inspirational commercials but they are all really boring. well ttyl later Iam gonna go checkout diana's L.J. bye.

Current mood:

amused

Current music: billboard music awards

Sunday, December 7, 2003

8:18PM - S.A.T

Saturday morning I took the S.A.T It was long and boring and painful........ this is the second time I took it. the first time I studied the second time I really didn't, but this time I finished all the sections I hope I got a better math score. but I really have no Idea whether I did better or not. ok well bye-bye

Tuesday, December 2, 2003

8:25PM - Will You Kill My Wife

A guy dials his home phone number from work. A strange woman answers.

The guy says, "Who is this?"

"This is the maid.", answered the woman.

"We don't have a maid!"

"I was just hired this morning by the lady of the house."

"Well, this is her husband. Is she there?"

"Ummm...she's upstairs in the bedroom with someone who I just figured was
her husband."

The guy is fuming. He says to the maid, "Listen, would you like to make
$50,000?"

"What do I have to do?"

"I want you to get my gun from my desk in the den and shoot that witch and
the jerk she's with."

The maid puts down the phone. The guy hears footsteps, followed by a
couple of gunshots.

The maid comes back to the phone. "What should I do with the bodies?"

"Throw them in the swimming pool!"

"What?! There's no pool here?" Long pause.

"Uh.. is this 832-4821?"

Current mood:

giddy

Current music: tv: the simple life

Monday, December 1, 2003

2:34PM - my school is stupid

hey guys I didn't go to school today because I had to go to miami childrens and take a test. when I was done my mom and I took a trip to dolphin mall which was really cool we bonded. well Today when I got home the school called saying I was absent from shcool today and friday. My mom asked me (as a joke) why I had been skipping school friday, I tried to think and I didn't remember going to school friday. Then I remembered that there was no school friday. stupid school. well thats all for now ttyl buh-bye

Thursday, November 27, 2003

10:17AM - happy turkey day

hey happy thanksgiving everybody.......Iam having an alright ay so far my woke up really early this morning (8:30), so it fells like I've been awake for a really long time already. A whole bunch of my family is coming over here today but I don't know what they are planning on doing because I don't they haven't been cooking. grrrr........my family is so untraditional. well my mom was supposed to work this morning from 7-3 but they called and they cancelled her which is cool but I still have to work tonight. (ugh) I've been watching the macy's thanksgiving day parade hoping that the chicago act will come on but it hasn't yet. well I haope everyone has a good dinner today buh-bye.

Current mood:

dorky

Current music: christmas carols

Wednesday, November 5, 2003

9:43PM - hey hey

ok Iam sad I just found out that my favorite manager got transfered to paradise in broward sucks. but on a better note congrats to nicky she got her license today. she signed her name special for me. on her restricted she signed it and didn't put the star over the i and I said something about so this time she did it. she signs all her things with the star over the i except for the resrictied but she fixed it so it's better now. oh speaking of nicky today we went to see the matrix a very good movie..... I won't sayanything about it though. so goodnight everyone.....bye

Current mood:

okay

Current music: nothing

Tuesday, November 4, 2003

9:30PM - go seniors!!!!!

hey hey I was just @ autumn capers and Iam very proud to say the seniors kicked ass........congrats. We hold bragging rights for another year. For all those in the class act you guys rocked. and to all those underclassman better luck next year. thats all I have to say tonight.

c/o 04 #1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Current mood:

energetic

Current music: sound advice by ronnie size

Thursday, October 30, 2003

7:41PM - @ paty's

Hey pepole Iam at paty's houseme and her sister albania went to the movies to see scary movie and texas chainsaw masacre. Iam spending the ight at her house today because neither one of us had a ride to school tommorrow so we figured it would be better for two people who don't have a ride to be in one place we might end up taking the bus. oh yeah Diana and Janoy are coming over here to work on a project with paty later (I do't think they're gonna get anyting done.) well I don't know what else to write in my journal so I'll end it there. ttyl. buh-bye

Current mood:

good

Current music: paty and her sisters fighting over who will die in matrix 3

Saturday, October 25, 2003

10:57AM - chillen

hey Iam back it's been a while since I've written, sorry. so I've gotten used to being back in school, It's really cool this year I only have five classes, my sixth one is senior seminar so I can leave home early. which is really cool I always feel like I can be so productive that extra two hours, I mean I could clean my room, study, get some good yoga in there, read a book, or save the world(j/k), But most the time I just sleep. Sometimes If I the cheerleaders have practice and I have that class I have to stick around school because If I leave I won't nessecarily have a ride back. Lately I haven't had to go to practice, because Iam not going to be in autumn capers and it's practice for just autumn capers people. Iam thinking about sitting in on one of the practices so I can watch them. The routine is really cool. Oh this year sucks at the football games, nobody shows up anymore. I remember last year the stands were packed, but last year we had more home games too. This year are football team is really good too we beat american last night it was a tied game and we won in the last 12 seconds, it was good for two reasons; 1. we won, 2. we didn't go into overtime. so thats life it's really chilling now that theres a pattern again. well I'll write more later. oh and diana I promise to update this more for you.

Current mood:

awake

Current music: the whistle song from kill bill

Wednesday, August 20, 2003

9:07PM - practice

ugh guys this sucks......I've gotten used to the fact that I have to wear the uniform the first day of school but now I have to wear a "uniform" the second day too. w/e any way thats all that happened today. luis called me because he was bored and we talked about how to take the bus. he's never taken it. I remember my first bus trip.I was w/ paty and she got into a fight with our bus driver. oh god.....paty and I have some bus stories for you if your ever bored enough and want to listen. well ok thats all I have to say buh-bye

Current mood:

annoyed

Current music: original nuttah---uk apachi

Tuesday, August 19, 2003

10:33PM - end of summer

awe man............this sucks. summers almost over. less then a week ugh.........Iam not excited at all. (can u tell?) well I have my room for the first day it's merk's class, yea! something to look foward too.(not really)so yeah this weekend was crazy at work and it's all that freddy vs. jason movie's fault. it brought crazy people out. not everyone was crazy but more then ussually come on the weekend and they all happened to be watching the same movie freddy vs. jason. oh but anyways I saw uptown girls this weekend it was so cute! I liked it. so this weekend I took saturday off to go shopping. well thats all I have to talk about right now. so I'll talk to you later buh-bye.

Current mood:

dorky

Current music: at close range---ak1200