Mr. Midshipman Davies

went out with jacks for happy hour; just now getting home. good times indeed!

Hey everyone,
I'm a 'potential' transferring student. I currently attend UWGB and have been planning to go to UWM after I finish gen ed requirements. By the Spring semester I should be nearly complete with all gen eds and then I'm planning on transferring. So my question is not necessarily a UWM question but a general college question.

Would it be more beneficial to transfer into the Spring 2009 or Fall 2009 semester? I ask here instead of at a general college questions community since I'm curious if UWM has a lot of transfers halfway through the year. I'm really debating between the two and I think I would definitely lean more towards entering next year's Spring semester if I knew a lot of people do that and I wouldn't be alone to get used to the new school.

Any advice/input/whatever would be great. =) Thanks!

( May 25 at the Miramar Theatre )

What was the largest human migration? A colleague said it was the California Gold Rush. I said no, that could not be the largest human migration, I said look at the slave trade out of Africa (she said that did not count because it was forced). So, what do all of you say was the largest human migration in history?

I give up.  I've searched and searched. Why did the crusading movement decline and end by 1700?  Any particular event?  This is driving me crazy.

All the way from San Francisco
As I chased the end of your road
Cause I've still got miles to go.

And I want to know my fate
If I keep up this way.

And it's hard to want to stay awake
When everyone you need, they all seem to be asleep.
And you wonder if you missed your dream

i've been thinking...

1. i think i might have finally found the mystery perfect nail polish that i've been waiting for. its not black. not brown. not purple. not red. its nearly perfect.

2. i think i'm going to phase out the word ghetto from my vocab. i had this whole thing planned out to justify my justification, but really, something happened this weekend that made me realize that most of my references to it were covertly racist and standing from my northern liberal stand point simply being anti one certain word didn't allow me to see that. be the change you want to see in the world.

3. i wish that there was a way to monitor "organic" labeling on things other than food. while shopping for new conditioner today i found many that said that they were organic yet a quick glance at the back of the bottle made me realize that nothing in the ingredients section was listed as organic, nor did the company site any certifying agencies. oy.

4. a couple of weeks ago, i went into the bathroom and screamed. screamed loudly. for so many things. my own stupid walls. i screamed at the wall. i realized it today while running errands. and the weekend that i wanted to drive home. and that november weekend in san fran. having anyone know me scares the shit out of me. its not just boys. its friends, co workers, family. i don't know how to do it. one second we're all just happy, moving along, right on course, and the sun is warm and i feel full. like this is what it was always supposed to feel like. and then there's gunk in my eyes and i can't make out the shapes in the dark and i think about what it would be like to have a secret again. that there's some ulterior motive; and so i screamed that day. because i'm still a little mad. mostly at myself. for not having founding a way to make it all mix together. my mother called yesterday. my phone was off. it was out of battery. she said she'd call back this morning, at 8:45. i got ready early. she did not call. at skyline laura said i was independent. i'm a loner dottie, a rebel

5. a while back, i was a guru. someone said something, i smiled. it was magical. i was more than beyond proud of myself. i didn't realize it until driving up the hill today. i wasn't a guru that weekend i wanted to drive home. i am going to be guru-ish again. be the change you want to see in the world.

6. i downloaded the new death cab album. i likey. esp bixby canyon bridge.

7. i find it humorous the people that i talk to/text on a daily basis. it makes me smile; these random friendships. i can't go two miles without thinking of them.

8. i told allison that its almost to the "jayme moody" part of spring. its may 12th today. i know what that means. and soon it'll be the 25th. and then soon it will all happen again. sometimes i have dreams that its next thanksgiving and i wake up sweating and shaking. one day; six months; four years. months and years. that's how we define things now. six months; half a year. it already is nearly overwhelming. i sat at katie from the y's house before going to my dad's for his birthday. this year we're going to go camping, leaving early in the morning. i may never return.

9. i don't like sleeping alone. as stated in 8, there are too many dreams. i like waking up and seeing someone i know. i think i need a new stuffed animal to be my calm when i sleep at home, which is only about half the time these days, but still. my usc bear is too many things wrapped into one, and every other thing i own is from an ex and there's no point in cuddling those. so if anyone sees something perfect, soft - like what magalicious likes to nap with - throw it my way. i'm a good sleeping companion.

10. i planted things. in our searching for the most perfect mother's day gifts i bought myself an aloe plant (for when i get sunburnt again) and i planted more marigolds - two kinds this time, i like variety. i miss the plants i had to leave in cali. while walking though the garden section, it dawned on me that B still has my plant. we named them carson and brett. he has brett!!! since brett has retired, i really need to go about securing him a home with me. but i'm not going to fixate on it now - minus this bullet point - because i'll turn it into so many reasons, and this is me being strong jayme.

11. we had so much fun this weekend. i can't even begin to explain. i finally walked to purple people bridge - which sounds like something out of yellow submarine but in reality is a purple bridge that people walk across from kentucky to ohio. we tried to feed the ducks downtown, but the one that we found wanted nothing to do with us. i sat and stared at the ohio. such a dividing line. at one point this river separated what we now consider good from evil. and i watched big boat after big boat, freighter and freighter, moving like a conveyer. like this river is just a river. but back to the fun. we spent our sunday searching for presents. got mama schneider a frog and a fish. b and i once had an interesting conversation about fish as pets. i tried not to think about it. this was a much needed gift. nearly everyone has a scar from last weekend. we're so typical drunkies and i love it.

12. i watched all five million of the sex and the city commercials during the hills and the after show and stayed just as excited about the movie during each of them. i think i'm going to watch the epis when carrie and big get together the second time tonight. be the change you want in the world.

Okay- I thought I might pass this on to those that don't know about it...

www.yelp.com


it is chuck full of reviews by real people who are as addicted to reviewing as I am. Anytime I go to a new city.. or when I am just trying to get some info about someplace around here... I yelp it.... there are great ideas on new and old attractions, entertainment, places to eat, bike shops, tattoo parlors, anything you can think of..... 

I am probably the last one on earth to know about it... buuuuutttt.. just in case.. you are now informed, too.

If I might ask, when you think of "slavery," what leaps to mind, and why? Is it the 3/5ths compromise and slavery around the time of the founding of the U.S.? The Civil War and Lincoln? The Roman Empire, or the pyramids as their history is popularly conceived? Press Gangs and the Royal Navy in the 18th century? Does anyone here think of the slaves in the world today first, or are they mostly an afterthought?

I suppose it might be an unfair question, as all our thoughts may be driven by what we studied most recently. But my feeling is we tend to associate slavery largely with the American Civil War and the legal institution of slavery, rather than with what it means to be a slave or the history of slavery not limited by the law. What do you think?

so we all know it's a potawatomi thing, the billboards with the cryptic messages (dON't look hEre, to maKE it Yours), gofindthekey.com.

today in the mail, i received this:


so if you haven't got it yet, and are on their mailing list, you're gonna get a key. which handed over to a fire keeper's booth, gives you an entry to win $10,000 or $100,000.

i think i'll just put the key on my key ring. as a reminder not to waste my money playing slot machines i never win on.

Sorry, that subject line is a Zevon quote…I was reading some of his bio today and I’ve been listening to his stuff all night. It’s just how it goes. I suggest to anyone who hasn’t seen him during his final Letterman appearance to go to Youtube and look it up. A guy staring death in the face manages to have a great sense of humor about it. What can be better than that? Warren was definitely of a different stock. I can’t imagine many of the modern pop stars showing the same resolve, but fuck ‘em. Fuck ‘em all!

If someone refers to "the OC" in the Milwaukee area, is that Oconomowoc? Or what is it?

I saw a dead deer on the side of the road coming back from Lockport. I can't get it out of my head. There was a gash across her stomach. Her eyes were open. She was close to the road... someone probably moved her.

At least, I hope they did.

I wonder if someone will move her again. I can only imagine what it would be like to travel along that same road every day for a routine commute, watching her body decay and break away from the bone with each passing week... until a mid-spring shower washes her into the ground like everything else... right along with old McDonald's cups, plastic bags... splashes of oil from passing cars...

My father broke down against the counter yesterday afternoon. He'd opened a cupboard to find something for a late lunch and fell against his elbows, his head bent low, telling me over and over again, "I can't do this anymore, I can't do this anymore," with a strain in his voice I've never heard. I prayed last night, my eyes watching the ceiling. God, please, give my dad some peace. He deserves some happiness.

We all do.

Even now, as I write of my dad's broken spirit, I hear him drumming against the kitchen table to George Winston's "December" while reading class materials for the course he's finally enrolled in to finish his BA at GSU. He's drumming and nodding his head because this music allows him to escape... or at least find a little comfort... or maybe it reminds him of better things, in spite of this gray afternoon.

If you know who Marty Willson-Piper is, then you may be interested in rendezvousing prior to or at the show. Is there anybody out there that fits this description?

I'm thinking about getting a motorcycle. Where would you guys recommend going for a basic training course? I live on the East side, and would prefer somewhere close to home.

hi milwaukee. im on way to your town memorial day weekend for a convention and want to throw together some debaucherous ideas for my girlfriends. can you tell me some of your favs:

strip clubs?
after bar food?
bar to find a one night stand?
sex toy shop?
peep show?

what about the history of your town? anything dirty and awesome i can share with the girls?

thanks so much. i will be cross posting this to a few other milwaukee communities.

i'm writing a paper and am arguing that the use of the word "mustang" for wild horses in north america is appropriate regardless of whether the horses descended from the original spanish stock brought over in the 16th century. to do this, i need to cite several dictionaries. two questions:

1. is it appropriate for me to cite dictionaries? i feel weird doing it, but it's possibly just because i've never had to do it before.

2. how do i cite dictionaries? is it the same as if i were citing another book, just sans author?

thanks!

today a heavily armed secret service officer helped a lost momma mallard and her ducklings find their way out of the driveway near the west wing of the white house back to the lawn. cuuuuute!

Yea... So... Me Again!


Hey.. My friend in Chicago just messaged me this...

"So, what's the dirtiest, darkest, creepiest dive bar in Milwaukee that has all the skinny tattooed boys and heavy metal playing in the background? Is there a bar like that in Milwaukee?"

Any Suggestions?

is it possible to run off and marry a tv show? if yes then consider me betrothed to LOST! After the girls left for the inn I sat with mama as we finished watching one of the best epis in a long time. usually i don't like locke flashbacks/flashfowards (whatever we're calling them these days) but come on! so yes, if me and the whole david cook thing doesn't work out, i'm marrying lost. you heard it here first.

in other news, i am not drinking again tonight. this whole not eating for days on end due to my stomach rejecting everything i've ever put into it thing has made for a very sleepy jayme. also, i have no money. also, since we're all so broke tegan and sara tomorrow night sold out before we could buy tickets. that makes me very sad. i'm going to listen to the live at the wireless songs and pretend i'm there though.

I need a therapist that has a decent self pay option.
I have no mental health insurance and I would like to see someone who maybe will charge based on income?
If not any suggestions will be coolio.

It can't be American Behavioral because I work there.

Any help would be A+

Thanks in advance!!

Anyone looking for a job?

I'm a Supervisor at the Kinkos on Farwell and we are in desperate need of a 3rd shifter.

the pay is damn good for retail, we're awesome people!

Please! Tell your friend!

Apply Here: http://fedex.hodesiq.com/careers/job_search.aspx?User_ID=

use job code 2008-26035





p.s. thanks for the ideas for vacation, now someone make the gas prices drop!

RiffTrax now has a new section called RiffTrax Presents. Trax approved by Mike, but not featuring him.

First up is....

Dark Water by Matthew J. Elliot.

Water... the most dangerous of the elements. Except for fire. Or earth, if you happen to get caught in a landslide. Then, there's air, too. Remember that Gary Larson cartoon where some poor bastard is skydiving, pulls the ripcord and a grand piano comes out instead of a parachute? And let's not forget lightning. Actually, now I come to think of it, lightning might not be one of the elements. Let me check on Wikipedia and get back to you on that. Sorry, drifted a little there. Where were we? Oh, yeah – water. It gives life, but taken to excess, it can be fatal. Actually that's kind of redundant. Anything taken to excess can be fatal, that's pretty much what “excess” means. OK, forget that. Start again. Deadlier by far than your regular water, it seems, is Dark Water. It can make people act in strange ways, such as encouraging Hollywood executives to greenlight far too many remakes of superior Japanese horror movies. Just as well, then, that this version of Dark Water is packed to the seams with today's top acting talent. Talent such as... that chick who won the Oscar for that movie... that guy who looks like he was grown from one of Ned Beatty's scabs... that English guy who always plays Americans... and that other English guy who always plays Americans. Anyway, it's a quality product, and you're guaranteed to walk out of the movie theatre humming.* *Provided you took your iPod with you.

and also

Star Trek Phase II : World Enough And Time by Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett!

Rifftrax is boldly going where no Rifftrax has gone before, and it’s not just a hokey cliché, we really mean it! Rifftrax Presents veteran riffers Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy, beaning on (or is it “beaming?” I can never remember) the most ambitious exercise in fan fiction since that really good Civil War reenactment! These are sumptuously produced “new episodes” of the original Star Trek series, authentically detailed and produced by Trek fans, yet with the beefy swagger of a roomful of Shatners. Rifftrax Presents: Star Trek: Phase II: World Enough and Time! A title that has more colons than a gastroenterologist’s waiting room, and also contains more delicious hamming than Smithfield, Virginia at Easter. Original Series veteran George Takei reprises his role as Sulu, but as an older Sulu, due to a spontaneous fluctuation in the space-time…Okay, it doesn’t really matter, does it? It has Sulu, pretty women, pretty men, time-warping, and enough wigs to fill Phyllis Diller’s closet. * For convenience, this product includes the RiffTrax combined with the Star Trek New Voyages video at no extra charge! Or, you can choose to download just the RiffTrax commentary separately if you prefer to sync them up yourself. All formats are made available in your My Files area after purchase.

and 20qs tomorrow, 11 Pacific.

i've spent so much of this tumultuous week laying in my bed thinking. due to the violent food poisoning suffered either from lunch from work or the mastery of diet coke, i was unable to attend an important event for a friend. its amazing, as i watch relationships evolve around me: blossom and grow, others fade and yet others erupt like a volcano just spewing ash where greatness once existed. and so as i finally admitted to myself and others that trying to stand and leave the comfort of my bucket and bathroom was an impossibility, i was not greeted with anger or questions, simply a "feel better." the next day there is no hostility. it seems like such a simple interaction. one friend wants to be there, but can't. the other friend wants friend to be there but they can't, saddened but understands. so simple. but lately so much in life has been the opposite of simple. has been the opposite of logic, and therefore taking time to appreciate the actual love and friendships in life is necessary and refreshing.

is it possible to want something so completely and yet not want it at all? i've been having a lot of b withdrawal feelings lately. I suspect most of it is due to our last encounter and that whole weekend. so here i am, seeing him in many things that i had forgotten about, nearly crying at work again. and yet if i let my brain daydream and continue the fantasy, it always always ends with me not wanting to be with him again, me unable to get passed things, unable to put myself in that situation again. and i am convinced that it would be a bad idea. yet still my mind wanders. wanders fast and far i think some of it has to do with where i am with life now. we started recycling at work. i made the box, drew pictures of trees on it and put it in the break room. in the past week i have been called: light switch nazi, mother earth, green queen, and the girl who will save us all one light bulb at a time. wifey and i watched inconvenient truth this week for her environmental class. good times. at our last lunch, i chastised B for planning to go get his car washed later that day. my how the tables have turned.

i slept through everything last night, top model and idol. i slept for nearly twelve hours straight; my body needs to find recovery. speaking of healing. my hand is nearly back to normal. so morgan and i accidentally punched each other at work today, mimicking what would happen if they got the extra wii controllers required for player on player boxing. already i can see this possibly leading to a black eye.

my kite string is nearly 100% untangled. that makes me happy.

For those of us who are slaves to Grand Theft Auto IV and have discovered the wonders of the incredibly hot Russian pop star Glukoza I offer you this, a surprisingly hardcore video for the song "Schweine":



Yeah, that's pretty fucked up. Also, GTA IV is awesome. Running people over in a video game really shouldn't be as much fun as the Euphoria engine makes it, and Niko Bellic is hands down my favorite GTA protagonist. No offense meant to Ray Liotta or Tommy Vercetti, but that streak of nihilistic fatalism that Niko suffers from is just great. Somehow he manages to be threatening, honest, and likeable all at the same time. It's Slavic thing, I guess.

Well done, Rockstar. I'm amazed you guys haven't been sued about this game yet. It's been over a week now, where the hell is Jack Thompson and his cadre of goose-stepping pig men?

Does anyone know where I might be able to sell slightly used PC parts?

Hello Milwaukeens....

I was lucky enough to get my boyfriend and i a four day weekend!

so, may 16th-19th we are going to leave Milwaukee and go..............where....

the only place i can think is Chicago.
i tried looking online at cabins up north somewhere but their all way to expensive....

I'm a city girl and my boyfriend would like to go camping... we are both up for either... he would get bored shopping...



any ideas?

There's so much stuff I'd like to learn about, so I'll write a list or whatever, and ask if anyone knows about a good book on it! 


Okay so... we should end up resulting in me asking for help, huh? 
Well, let's start with Ancient Paganism. I'm not Wiccan or Pagan or Neo-Pagan (...I MIGHT be.... I'm a teenager--leave me alone. I'm still wondering what I want to believe in ><), but I find this stuff fascinating. It sort of helped that one of my best friends is Pagan and the stuff she tells me is really interesting. 
So I don't know how you say it. Ancient Paganism? The History of Pagans. Whatever. I want to learn about how it originated and when it happened--also, what other religions or cultures decided to adapt from it (I only know about Santa Claus so far ><). 

If anyone could recommend me a good site or book that could tell me everything I'll need to know, that'll be great. Wikipedia's great, but sometimes I get bored on there. =P I might check back there, though. 

Anyways, yeah... thanks for listening and I hope someone can help... and if I need more help, you'll know where I'll be. xD