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4:56 p.m. - January 13, 2002
colorblind casting
Something came up last night between me and my dad after I told him the story about the 'colorblind casting' (involving a play in English class in which we unwittingly cast the two African-Americans in our group as the fast food workers; the teacher was appalled, thinking we did it on purpose, when in fact, we didn't even notice until she pointed it out. She refuses to believe us.) Anyway, we were talking about political correctness and if there's a point at which it's necessary. My dad was saying how, in his generation, it was necessary to pay attention to things like that because discrimination and separation were still the norm, not the exception. In other words, if a group of his friends had cast these people as fast food workers, everyone would have noticed, while they were doing it, and probably thought it was a fitting casting as well. Which is why my English teacher noticed so quickly. She's being very careful in order to make sure that nobody feels uncomfortable. But by bringing it up, she amplified the differences. Now we're uncomfortable. We're thinking we should change the casting. We can't look each other in the eye. Did being politically correct benefit us at all?

Also, look. A random survey because I cannot think.

Where would you live?: Portland, San Francisco, London, Boulder or Melbourne

Nationality: Russian, German, and English

Gender: Pheemayl (sorry, it was a spark thing making fun of feminists and I had to use it..)

Zodiac sign: Aries

Pets: cat, Cici

Hair Color: Blonde

Eye Color: Green

Hair Length: maybe a foot

Dyed?: half.

Roomates: my dad, unfortunately

Car: Geo Tracker

Bed Time: round 12

Do you find yourself attractive?: entirely depends on the day.

Do you think you are cute?: not usually

Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?: No

Where do you shop the most?: dr wax music

Do you have any piercings?: three in each ear

Do you have any tattoos?: nope

Do you do drugs?: once

Do you drink?: nope

What sport do you play (do)? climbing, half-assedly.

What are you most scared of? puking.

How many phones in your house?: 6

How many TV's do you have in your house?: 3

What are you listening to right now?: Numbers by Tub Ring

What book(s) are you reading now?: God Bless You, Mr Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut

Who are you talking to right now?: silence.

What clothes do you sleep in?: long t-shirt and undies. too much fyi yet?

Who is the last person who called you?: maria

If you could have 1 wish what would it be?: endless amounts of money. one less thing to worry about.

If you could change anything about yourself what would it be? my skin. make it semi-normal-ish.

Who do you really hate?: I don't think I really hate anyone right now

Do you wish on stars?: when I'm forced to by overzealous wishers.

If you were making a movie about yourself, who would play you?: jesus. me, of course.

Do you like your handwriting?: i like it, but i don't like doing it.

Who do you admire?: perversely, courtney love.

What is the #1 priority in your life?: keeping happy and sane.

Any bad habits?: nail-biting, i suppose.

What store would you never be caught dead in?: marshall fields, after that last fiasco.

If you were another person, would you be friends WITH you?: maybe. i'd probaly find me annoying.

Have you ever told a secret you swore you wouldn't tell?: yep

Do looks matter?: usually

Do you pray?: i ask the air for stuff.

Have you ever met anyone famous?: i have this habit of always running into julia stiles everywhere i go.

Are you trendy?: don't think so.

What do you do to vent anger?: sulk

Are you passive or aggressive?: pretty damn passive

Who is your second family?: erik's family, of course.

Do you trust others easily?: i used to. now I'm a bit cautious.

What was your favorite toy as a child?: my little xylophone on wheels that would play music as i dragged it around.

What class in school did you think was totally useless?: human behaviour.

Do you like sappy love songs?: if the voice is good they give me nice tingles. if the voice isn't good i will laugh and mock it and and then turn it off.

Have you ever intentionally hurt someone?: yes

Do you like sarcasm?: who, me?

Do you feel understood most of the time?: never. well, occasionally by Camille but that's just because we share a brain.

Have you thought seriously about committing suicide?: seriously? nah...

Could you be a vegetarian?: only if i wanted to give up about ten of my favorite foods

Would you ever bungee jump?: if you paid me, maybe

Do you untie your shoes every time you take them off?: yeah

What are you worried about right now?: getting into college

Do you ever wear overalls?: last time was fifth grade

Do you think you are strong?: physically or mentally? well, for both the answer would be no

Worst feeling in the world?: unimportance

Best feeling in the world?: cliched, but.. love

What is the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning?: fuck the world.

How many rings before you answer the phone?: however many it takes me to get there.

Future children's names?: nicole, jesse, taylor, amelia

What is most important in life?: being able to look back at it and liking what you see

Do you like to drive fast?: yeah

Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?: yeah

What type was your first car?: geo tracker.

If you could meet one person dead or alive?: daniel johns

Do you eat the stems of broccoli?: yeah

If you could have any job you wanted, what would it be?: freelance composer

Would you dye your hair any color?: i'm trying to keep it natural for once

What's under your bed?: CD's

Get along with parents?: i get along with one of them

Who have you been friends with the longest?: nikki

What are you thinking right now?: i smell weird

What is your good luck charm?: my creative necklace

The nicest things someone has done for you?: oh.... i can't think of anything. maybe when paul drove an hour to bring me index cards.

Best thing that happened to you today?: i played my music for someone and didn't feel that embarrassed

Favorites:

Color: periwinkle

Candy: toffifay

TV show: south park

Food(s): chilean sea bass

Fast food restaurant: Steak n shake

Song at the moment: Staging A Traffic Jam by Daniel Johns and Paul Mac

Place: metro

Holiday: new years

Thing to do on a weekend: road trip

Number: 4

Radio Station: bleh, radio

Animal: monkeys, camels, frogs, turtles, cats

Store: the sharper image

Scent: rain

Ice Cream Flavor: gold medal ribbon

Teacher: mr. bournes

Game: jezzball!

Saying: An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. -Ghandi

Soda: clearly canadian lemon ginger water. mmmm

Actor: josh hartnett

Actress: linda fiorentino

Month: july

Book: The Basic Eight

Toothpaste: oh, shut up.

Restaurant:: the hole in the wall

Type of music: electrosymphonic

Music Video: the only one i've seen ever is drive by incubus

Website: < href="http://shanmonster.lilsproutz.com/">Shanmonster!

Album: Neon Ballroom by Silverchair

Sport to watch: pshaw

Juice: apricot

Place to go when you have nowhere else to go: my car, driving aimlessly

Season: summer

Possesion: cd's

Breakfast food: pancakes

Place to go with friends: metro

Have you ever:

Smoked?: yes

Drank?: yes

Gotten drunk?: yes

Broke the law?: yes

Stole something?: no

Tried to kill yourself?: no

Made yourself throw up?: no

Been in love?: maybe

Gone skinny dipping?: yes

Fell asleep in the shower/bath?: no

Ate ice cream with a fork?: yes.

Played pin the tail on the donkey?: yes

Played spin the bottle?: yes

Moved and had to leave behind all of your friends?: no

Asked out the guy your friend liked?: yes

Sent your pic to someone online you didn't know?: no

Been on radio or television?: yeah, once on wildkit radio with erik and nora

Said, "I love you" and meant it?: yes

Made prank calls?: yes

Skipped school?: yes

Loved somebody so much it made you cry?: yes

Met the president?: no

Been scared to get a shot?: yes, when i was young

Gotten a cavity?: yes.

Shopped at Abercrombie & Fitch?: no

Broken a bone?: yes

Been on a plane?: yes

Cried in public?: yes

Climbed a tree?: yes

Fell asleep in a movie theater?: no

Kissed a guy/girl?: yes

Kissed your cousin?: no

Ran away?: yes

Pictured your crush naked?: yes

Actually seen your crush naked?: yes

Broken someone's heart?: not to my knowledge

Cried when someone died?: my cat

Wanted someone you knew you couldn't have?: Yes

Lied?: yes

Cried at school?: yes.

Sat by the phone waiting for a call all night? no

Had AOL conversations?: yes

Save e-mails: yes

Wished you were someone else?: yes

Wished you were a member of the opposite sex?: for a few days maybe

Wanted to look differently?: yes

Cried because of someone's words? yes.

Angels?: no

Aliens?: yes

Ghosts?: yes

Heaven & Hell?: no

God?: something like that.....

Love at first sight?: by complete accident

Kisses on the first date?: yes

Monsters?: yes

Horoscopes?: No

Cheating?: sure, why not. i call it polyamory, but whatever

Yourself?: mostly

What or Who or When was the last...

Noise you heard?: cheech and chong singing the reefer song, and that rhymed.

Song you heard?: see above.

Movie you saw?: half baked

Email you read?: from taylor

Person you talked to?: my dad

Time you cried?: ooh, i don't remember

Time you laughed?: about an hour ago

Time you were in love?: oh, whatever.

 

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