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Girl #1: How's your diet going?
Girl #2: Really good. I've been working out like crazy and I haven't had any water like all day.
Girl #1: Good for you. Water's like soooooooooo heavy.

--Butler Library, Columbia University

Overheard by: branbran

So I've been watching True Blood and I've got mixed feelings about it thus far cuz it's more silly than sexy for my tastes, but can I just say JESSICA/HOYT FTW!!!!! So cute and adorable. And I do like my ships cute and adoable.

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Hobo to one-legged girl walking by: Damn you're sexy, even without that leg!
Bag lady: He wants you to fuck him with your nub.

--Thompkins Square Park

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Brunette teenage girl: So I was doing my once-a-month therapy session and...
Blond teenage girl: I'm getting a therapist!
Brunette: Score! (they high five)

--Park Slope

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Three-year-old boy: Mommy, I want a little brother, let's get one.
Mom: You can't just go to the store to get a baby.
Seven-year-old girl: I know where babies come from.
Mom: Oh, man!
Three-year-old boy: From where?
Seven-year-old girl: God. God made everything, people and animals.
Three-year-old boy: Who's god?
Seven-year-old girl: I don't know, some dead guy who lives in heaven.

--Riverbank State Park

Overheard by: Darin

Am back home.

Prettyyyy sure I do not feel like checking the flist. At all. I mean, love to all you guys and all that, but, I CAN'T BE BOTHERED.

Might go play guitar. Eat some amazing icecream.

my account is about to expire. Paid account. Boo :(

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(a BMW is blocking the bus, people inside get restless)
Guy #1 on cell, speaking to everyone on bus: Hey! What's the difference between a BMW and a porcupine? (pause) Anybody?
Guy #2, after a moment of silence: What?
Guy #1: On a porcupine, the prick's on the outside! (laughs, then on phone) Yeah! I gotta entertain the people on the bus!

--Q25 Bus

Overheard by: jessika

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20-something preppy female on BlackBerry: What do you mean where was I last night?! Are you out of your damn mind? I took an Ambien and passed out at 9 pm! (pause) Yeah, you should be sorry, you asshole. I'll let you make it up to me with a new iPod for Christmas. (pause) No, the blue one! Ugh. I have to go back to work, but there better be an apology e-mail waiting at my desk.
Shocked coworker: Lindsey, you were dancing with me on tables until 4 am!
20-something preppy female on BlackBerry: Obvious! But I can't tell my boyfriend that. Then he will definitely know I hooked up with that gorgeous Australian.
Shocked coworker: Wow. That's impressive.
20-something preppy female on BlackBerry: Oh, please. That's nothing. Wait till the Monday inquisition, when I'll have to step it up to an iPhone!

--Starbucks

Originally published at the awesome summer journal. Please leave any comments there.

A couple months ago I started organizing a huge camping trip to Lassen National Park, which us ‘Dingers have the pleasure of being a little over an hour’s drive away from. The total cost for two campgrounds for two nights was $74, but thanks to the number of people who committed to the trip it cost no more than $8 per person!

This was our silly group shot– the serious one is much too boring to post! From L to R we have Chris, me, Jim, Chritsina, Jillian, Tatton, Gina, Tina and Mat. Not pictured: Kyle.

We camped at Summit Lake North and could see the lake from our fire pit. It was beautiful, freezing, hot, windy and crowded.

The sunsets were unbelievably magical, but the lake made for some prime mosquito habitat. Ouch!

Since Chris and I are a couple of jobless bums, we got to arrive early on Friday. We set up camp, checked out the lake and enjoyed a baked potato and cheesy-pasta dinner before anyone else showed up.

The next morning everyone had breakfast together, some more elaborate than others. My breakfasts consisted of apples and cheese, or chips with avocado and lime ‘cos I’m lazy.

Tatton taught us about the art of “troll poling.” Apparently, a troll pole is a long wooden pipe used to ignite fire from embers. Since we didn’t have one, Tatton used his fingers, which Chris coined as “orc whistling.” Brilliant!

Fortunately we didn’t need no stinking troll pole to get our percolator percolating– Chritsina had the fire situation under control. :P

Around noon on Saturday everyone started to get antsy, so six of us piled into Jillian’s car and drove down to Mt. Lassen.

Kyle sat in what is technically the trunk and lived up to the required creepiness that comes with such a position.

Jim and Chritsina decided to relax at the camp and be adorable instead of hiking all afternoon with us. Can’t say I blame ‘em!

Stay tuned for Part II which will chronicle our journey to the top of a 10,000 ft. mountain!

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Disembodied gruff voice: Don't worry, people! Just give up and accept defeat.
Random woman: That's right. (a few seconds later) I accept my feet.

--Astor Place

A: If you were a dementor, what would be your name?
B: Pete.
A: And if you were Pete, what would be your favorite garden vegetable?
B: I would love the squash, because I could squash them on bad people.

from Moosebutter's song, "Harry Potter"

I've been meaning to share that song for almost a week now, and finally remembered to do so. This time tomorrow, I will be in a theater seeing Half-Blood Prince, as I am sure most of you will also be.

So let's have some Harry Potter spam! Post your favorite quotes, whether from the books or from fic or from conversations with your friends. Post pictures! Post macros! Post crossover ficbits! Do whatever your heart desires, and pimp it out! :D?

Here, I'll start:
( bfff )

******

Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.

from Goblet of Fire

******



******

"Jesus bloody fuck, Moony," Sirius says. "I thought you were. I thought you were rocks."

"Sometimes," Remus gasps, "sometimes rocks have urges, too."

from shoebox_project

******

NOW YOU. ♥

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HPANA presents...Hogwarts Radio #37. A can't miss episode, as it is the last we release before "Half-Blood Prince" comes out, and before Azkatraz, as well. Join Terrance, Jeff, and Jeremy for this insightful (and long) episode.

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20-something guy to female friend leaving house party: If you see Sophia, say hi to her. She's never been to our place before, so just let her know how to get in.
Female friend: I have no idea what she looks like!
20-something guy: She has curly hair!
Female friend, walking outside: I am so going to fuck this up.

--86th St & Lexington

Hey People!

So I have managed to land my first paying job in fashion. A boutique in Brooklyn Heights called: Mirage
I worked starting last week, but have attended orientation the first week in July. So according to the directors my first pay check is coming this Friday in the form of a debit card from the city; as SYEP is a city run program that I was selected. I just am happy I have an excuse to be out the house, and not shopping constantly. But over that week I have dealt with rude customers! And I stand for 5 hours (that's how long I work) straight besides my 30 minute of a lunch break.

My birthday is a month and 4 days away! I will be 19...

--Meme from fairandbright

So many times I'll come across LJ users where I have NO CLUE how to say their user names. That even goes for ppl on my flist (how embarrassing)! What if I'm saying their name wrong in my head? So here's what you should do:

1. If you have a paid account, make a voice post, pronouncing your user name. And then explain why you chose that user name, so it's not a 3 second voice post, lol.
2. If you don't have a paid account, or just don't feel like making a voice post, make a new LJ post (not a comment here, I want this meme to spread), spelling out your name the way you'd say it, explaining why you chose the name you did, and copying these rules down so others can play.
3. Obviously if your name is duh easy to pronounce, there's no need to sound it out for your flist. In that case, just tell us why you picked the name you did, because that's always fun!

Okay I have a fun story! When I was 13 and searching for a username, my friends and I had a tendency to spell our names backwards and call each other by our backwards!names (GOOD TIMES I KNOW).

Anyway my name is Elizabeth which is Htebazile backwards, which is even odder than Htebazy, which is what I shortened it to because I dunno why. (OMG THIS IS SO LAME XD) And then Took because the Tooks were a little crazy and I was in the LOTR fandom so I had to have something Tookish appropriately Tolkien-like.

It gets lamer!

Pronunciation: tuh-BAH-zee took (THE H IS SILENT LOL WTF IS WRONG WITH ME)



--Listening to the HBP soundtrack--it's like a dark version of Copland, which is kind of hilarious considering how Very British HP is. He did a nice job of bringing in John WIlliams motives--not just the obvious ones but also like "Quidditch, Third Year", and manipulating them all of course. I remember some reviewer being pissy that he took you know THE HARRY POTTER THEME and ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING WITH IT THANK FUCKING GOD.

Also built on stuff from OotP and gah it's generally just awesome. It's so nice to finally have a composer be honest to the tone of the books JUST LIKE THE LOTR MUSIC. Don't get me wrong I delight in the John Williams scores but damn they're just too fantastical and in your face.



--Okay I'm tired of doing LJ cuts. Please don't hesitate to tell me if lack of LJ cuts is your pet peeve and it fucks with your layout or something.


How Kirk and Spock reacted to Chekov getting some action:



I wish I knew how to make GIFs because they exchange this look soon thereafter and there's this headtilt and ahahahaha

PICTURE MEMES ARE THE BEST MEMES

• Post ten of any pictures currently on your hard drive that you think are self-expressive.
• NO CAPTIONS!!! It must be like we're speaking with images and we have to interpret your visual language just like we have to interpret your words.
• They must ALREADY be on your hard drive - no googling or flickr! They have to have been saved to your folders sometime in the past. They must be something you've saved there because it resonated with you for some reason.
• You do NOT have to answer any questions about any of your pictures if you don't want to. You can make them as mysterious as you like. Or you can explain them away as much as you like.

( ...so it goes to eleven. I CHEATED. But i could have gone to like twenty! Or fifty! OR A BAJILLION )

Happy with your thrift find, proud of a paint job, want to show off pictures of your new saucy sofa? Inspired by something you saw or just want to leave a show-me-your... request?



You can do so here... have fun!

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Gay boy: So have you guys ever had sex with someone you didn't want to?
Girl: Yes.
Gay boy: Like, they're fucking you and you're just laying there...

--Bleecker St

Overheard by: mezza