ramanda's Diaryland Diary

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and your lips burn wild; thrown from the face of a child

03.16.05

11:22am

I took one of those online tests! And I'm going to post the results in my online diary! I'm 15 years old! Do I get bonus points because it's a test about English proficiency and not a test to tell me which guy on the O.C. I should hook up with?

Holler at your girl!

Speaking of English proficiency. . . did I ever tell you about the ELPE? The English Language Proficiency Exam (ELPE) is a requirement for a lot of undergraduate programs at UW. You were required to write the ELPE if you had a mark of less than 80% in OAC English, or if you were in Applied Studies (as I was) they made you write it anyway. Out of spite, maybe?

Aside: Now that I'm thinking about it, I'm pretty sure a lot of the requirements of the Applied Studies program were made up by sadistic faculty members. Possibly while high.

"We'll make them all take Intro to Management Accounting!"

"And, ooooh look at this! This textbook weighs about 80 pounds. This is the one! We'll have to make sure the instructors demand that all students bring their textbooks to class."

"Oh yes! And we'll make all the classes on the 4th floor of the math building! At 8:30 in the morning!"

{insert gales of hysterical laughter here}

Fail? Me? The girl who got a perfect mark on her OAC English independent study? The girl who got a special award when she graduated high-school because I had more English credits than anyone else in my graduating class? Me fail English? That's unpossible! But fail I did. I was kinda distraught about it at first. But eventually I just got pissed off. And by the end of my first year I had earned As in both the English courses I took. So I appealed. I wanted to see my essay. I wanted them to re-mark it. They wouldn't, of course. But they did waive the re-write requirement, making me the only Applied Studies student to graduate from UW without ever actually satisfying the ELPE requirement.

Oh wait! I didn't actually graduate from Applied Studies. But that's a story for another time.

8:18am

Because yesterday brought no content of any real value (worked out, went to work, birthday present shopping, laundry, dinner, House*, bed) I thought I'd toss you a list of all the songs I listened to yesterday.

1. Bad Company - Feel Like Makin Love
2. Mrs. Jesus - Tori Amos
3. Kiss - Prince
4. Tease - Method Man ft. Chinky
5. Hot Rockin' - Judas Priest
6. Like Dylan in the Movies - Belle & Sebastian
7. Inoculated City - the Clash
8. Waitress - Live
9. Is This What You Wanted - Leonard Cohen
10. Party To Damascus Remix - Wyclef Jean ft. Missy Elliott
11. Twenty Four Hours - Joy Division
12. Where My Girls At? - 702
13. Nothingman - Pearl Jam
14. Gimme The Loot - The Notorious B.I.G.
15. Livin It Up (ft Case) - Ja Rule
16. Photo Jenny - Belle & Sebastian
17. Easy Like Sunday Morning - The Commodores
18. Holiday - Green Day
19. Starman - Seu Jorge, which prompted me to listen to the entire Life Aquatic soundtrack
20. Jimmy the Exploder - the White Stripes, which prompted me to listen to their self-titled - god I LOVE this record!
21. City Boy Blues - M�tley Cr�e
22. Ten Seconds to Love - M�tley Cr�e
23. Danger - M�tley Cr�e
24. Home Sweet Home - M�tley Cr�e
25. I'll Back You Up - Dave Matthews Band
26. If 6 was 9 - Tori Amos
27. The View - Modest Mouse
28. Sex as a Weapon - Pat Benatar
29. Marcus Said - Sloan
30. One More Cup of Coffee - the White Stripes
31. Tillsonburg - Stompin' Tom (holler at your boy!)
32. The Boogie That Be - Black Eyed Peas
33. Mr. Jones (Acoustic) - Counting Crows
34. Sleep Now in the Fire - Rage Against the Machine
35. Fuel - Metallica
36. Still of the Night - Whitesnake, which prompted me to listen to their greatest hits, obv
37. Hot and Wet - 112 ft. Ludacris
38. Vivrant Thing - Qtip
39. Lose My Breath - Destiny's Child
40. Soldier - Destiny's Child
41. Zither - REM

Tonight, on the other hand, I'm going to RENT with Julia and Kim and a girl from Julia's dance class. And maybe an assortment of boyfriends as well? I can't quite remember. Either way, RENT! As Mike would say: Ima sited.

-A

* I friggin LOVE this show. I used to say that 24 was the only hour of television I cared about. Now I also care about this hour. Seriously. It's CSI meets ER, though without all the gore and the lame interpersonal drama. I was actually surprised earlier this season to discover that ER is still on. The hell? Really? I stopped watching it about six years ago when I got tired of watching them intubate people. House though. Watch it! There's just enough interaction between the characters to make you care about them, but not so much that it becomes a soap opera instead of a show about medicine. In the end it'll probably get cancelled because it's on opposite the Amazing Race and everyone and their mother watches that stupid reality race crap. Which makes me sad. Isn't reality TV over yet? I am a steadfast Survivor fan, but really. If I have to watch another episode of The Apprentice I will stick a goddamn compass in my eye. I was reading something on the weekend about a reality show about interior decorating? Where people get voted off based on their design ideas? Good lord! I bet you $10 right now that when Martha gets out of jail she'll have her own reality show. Mark my words.

And now I'm one of those people who talks about television in their online diaries.

*hangs head in shame*

8:18 a.m. - 03.16.05

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