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can i get another "amen"?  Home for Thanksgiving. Joey drove me home. We were in a car for seven hours due to traffic on I-696. I'm too exhausted to write a significant entry even a day later. until next time, Chalkey Here is the setlist for my latest Common Grounds concert on Friday: 1. She Says 2. The Castle 3. No My I.S. Isn't Done Yet, Thanks For Asking (new) 4. My Name Is Tim 5. E1 (new) 6. Tomorrow Is A Long Time (Bob Dylan cover) 7. Water Buffalo Song 8. Horcruxes and Hallows 9. Get Off The Lowry Stairs 10. The Luckiest (Ben Folds cover) 11. E Medley (attempting 33 songs in 8 minutes) 12. Viking Spirit (new) 13. Good Riddance (Green Day cover) 14. Illusions (Matt Nathanson cover) E Medley list 1. Mxpx- Party At My House, Be There 2. Avril Lavigne- Girlfriend 3. The Calling - Wherever you will go 4. BlindMelon - No Rain 5. The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be 6. Jack Johnson - Upside Down 7. Regina Spektor - Better 8. Journey - Don't Stop Believin' 9. Blink 182 - Feelin' This 10. Death Cab For Cutie - I'll Follow You Into The Dark 11. The Penguins - Earth Angel 12. Third Eye Blind - Never Let You Go 13. Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up 14. Alladin - One Jump Ahead 15. White Stripes - Seven Nation Army 16. Backstreet Boys - I want it that way 17. Jonathan Coulton - Skullcrusher Mountain 18. Wayside School Is Falling Down (book) - I got one sock 19. Monty Python - Bright Side of Life 20. Black Eyed Peas - My Humps 21. Bob Marley - No woman no cry 22. Isley Brothers - Shout 23. Outkast - Hey Ya 24. Iron And Wine - Naked As We Came 25. Eddie Schwartz - Hit Me With Your Best Shot 26. Das Racist - Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell 27. Eminem - Without Me 28. Drop Kick Murphies - Shipping off to Boston 29. Rob Paravonian - Pachabel Rant 30. Green Day - Basket Case 31. All American Rejects - Gives You Hell 32. Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice It's Alright 33. Numbers 6:3 (the benediction) 34. Mxpx end I was shooting for 33 songs in under 8 minutes, just as homage to the guy on YouTube that does 32 songs in 8 minutes. The final time was 7:31, but I skipped "Wherever You Will Go" at the beginning due to absent mindedness. I would have made it, though, was it was just that one line from the chorus. But the medley as a whole was probably the loudest people cheered all night. I was heartbroken when I realized there was no recording of my performance - I'm not sure if I'll want to do it ever again. "No My I.S. Isn't Done Yet, Thanks For Asking" was the most well received of my new songs, despite its pathetic simplicity in chord progression. "Viking Spirit" was written solely because Thomas told me once that he had a dream I played a song called "Viking Spirit," and I wanted to make his dream come true. No one seemed to like "E1." I can't remember the last time I played "The Castle." I wasn't the biggest fan of the song after realizing I borrowed a line from Hairspray, which Nathan pointed out sophomore year right after its first performance. But, being a senior, I figured I have nothing to lose. People cracked up at my terrible attempts at a trumpet solo, which may I was originally going to play "half past eight" right before "Viking Spirit," but swapped it out for "Good Riddance" in response to Joey driving FOUR HOURS to come see me play in concert from Huntington Woods. At that point, I had to play some sort of Green Day song just to say thanks. ( lyrics to originals ) until next time, Chalkey Current mood:  tired.Current music: Veggietales - The Bunny. A few weeks ago, Jonah came up with the idea that we should enter Wooster's Battle of the Bands. Nathan, Marten and I were all enthusiastic, but none of us really had a whole lot of time. So, with three band practices total, we hit the stage last night. I was especially excited to get to do this, because a full band necessitated an electric guitar, which meant I could cross one thing off my list: "Use Red In A Show." ( RED ) And with that, one more childhood fantasy came true. I played my childhood guitar to a club and got applause. I said swear words into a microphone. I jumped and danced around while playing. I made people clap. Time well spent. until next time, Chalkey Current music: Regina Spektor - The Calculation. (2 words of encouragement | tell me i'm loved) Corey: How's the NANO coming this year? Me: SHIT!!!!!!! until next time, Chalkey Current mood:  busy.Current music: Imogen Heap - Hide and Seak. Recently, the Circle has been really into this game called "Contact" that Nathan and Jonah introduced to us. Contact consists of a table of people, preferably one right after a good meal (or, if you want to screw people over, while eating large mouthfuls during a good meal). The leader comes up with an obscure word, then starts with "The first letter is R" or whatever letter they choose. Then the rest of the people ask questions to guess the word, such as "is it a type of musical instrument?" to which the person replies, "No, it is not a recorder," unless they get it right. Now what makes this game fun is the contact part. If a given person can guess the word that someone is alluding to before the leader does, they say "CONTACT!" and then proceed to count down from ten. If the two people can count down from ten then simultaneously say the word before the leader can, the leader reveals a new letter of the word. But what makes this fun is that you can guess words you know are incorrect just for the sake of making contact. Inside jokes and inappropriate remarks are strongly encouraged - anything that catches the leader off guard. For example, if the first letter was in fact R like before, and Jonah and I were the only ones at a table of six freshman, I could say to the leader "Is it the secret to time travel?" and Jonah and I would then say "Contact! 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, RIBOFLAVIN." Then we'd get the next letter. Here are some of the examples from the last few games: [the first letter is K] Nathan: Is it someone I've dated... Kylie: No, it is not me. Me: Is it that one show with the alien that I never watch? Kylie: What? Tristan: CONTACT Me and Tristan: [simultaneously] 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, KYLE XY! Kylie: Sigh... okay, the next letter is Y. Colin: Is it a kind of gel? Nathan: Contact! Colin and Nathan: [simultaneously] 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, KY GEL! Marten: Teehee, contact indeed! [the letter is S] Nathan: Is it something Chalkey hasn't had in a while? Jonah: CONTACT! Nathan and Jonah: [simultaneously] 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, SEX! Me: ...What? Oh, sorry, delayed reaction. No, it is not salad. [the letter is m] Colin: Is it something Nathan does when he thinks Chalkey is asleep? Nathan: I don't care if Chalkey is asleep! [the letter is O] Nathan: Is it something three people at the table have? Me: Contact! Nathan: [simultaneously with me] 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, OVARIES! Me: [simultanenously with Nathan] 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, OBESITY! [table looks around] Marten: So, Chalkey... who were the three? until next time, Chalkey Current mood:  bouncy.Current music: Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice. (1 word of encouragement | tell me i'm loved) Looking back, there are a lot of entries in my journal that implied I thought I would be doing something for much longer than I actually did. With that in mind, decided to write an entry that loosely alludes to the last few months of I.S. and Voice, just in case I forget someday what it was like to be a journalist. You know you're a journalist when you lock your own journal entries to seem more objective on a current event. You know you're a journalist when you are threatened with lawsuit at the age of twenty one (or, at the time, twenty - I just wanted an entry like this to bring it up). You know you're a journalist when you know how the difference between six and seven hours of sleep affects an interview. You know you're a journalist when people hating you for what you write kind of excites you. and most recently... You know you're a journalist when the President of the College of Wooster accepts a one hour time slot for an interview then allegedly leaves for a meeting after fifteen. until next time, Chalkey Current mood:  dirty.Current music: Anya Marina - Vertigo. The wrath of mankind is temporary. The shame of fear lasts forever. ( naked naked naked ) [today at practice] Coach: It meant so much to see Terry and Rik come into my office and tell me that no one was going to do the Naked Run this year [looks at me]. The Naked Run [looks at me] has always disgraced this program and distracted people from the good things we do. So to find that the team did not do it this year [looks at me] just means a lot. [glares at me] So. Let's get out there and go run. [the group glares at me as they leave] Me: Wow, I got off easy for this one. Sean: Yeah. [We exchange high fives] until next time, Chalkey Current mood:  hungry.Current music: Iron and Wine - Naked As We Came. Ever since class registration, I have been less than favorable for all of the other kids who wanted to get into that class. Nathan's informed me of Kylie, Grace and Jonah in particular, all of whom really wanted to take that class and have been emailing Larry Stewart for days begging to get in. Truth be told, this tactic has worked in the past; last year's Children as Readers class had so many kids that half of them were sitting on the floor every day. Nathan: You do realize everyone's going to kill you for that stunt you pulled with registering for classes, right? You picked a junior over three seniors. Jonah, Kylie and Grace are all going to kill you. Me: Well, the way I see it is like this: I fear Michaela more than I fear all three of them put together, so I'd rather have her on my side. [in a wall post Jonah left for me on Facebook] Jonah: I tried to make a FB group called "I don't want Facebook to add a Dislike button, but if they do I'm using it on Chalkey Horenstein and everything he represents." but it wouldn't let me use that many characters. Nathan: I believe Jonah's exact words were: "The revenge will be so epic that he'll have to write a livejournal entry about it..." Me: To be honest, I probably would. [Grace hugs me in the hallway later that day] Me: Oh, I thought you hated me. Grace: No, silly! We don't hate you, we're just plotting sweet, sweet revenge. There's a difference. Me: I don't know if that makes me feel any better. [Thomas and I walk into Lowry for lunch] Michaela: ...yes, but I actually needed that class for, you know, what I want to do after college. It's relevant. Grace: Yes, but I deserve it more than you do. Michaela: No you don't! Me: [to Thomas] Wanna get food? Thomas: Girl fight avoidance powers activate! Damn, I almost wish they did hate me. If they hated me, I'd be able to avoid them. This way, I can't possibly run or hide from them forever. until next time, Chalkey Current mood:  bring it.Current music: Carbon Leaf - On Any Given Day. Dear person that decided it would be funny to bury a ditch in a pile of leaves and even it out in such a way that it looks like there is no ditch, Fuck you. Love, Chalkey Current mood:  sore.Current music: Dan Miraldi - Sex Symbol. 9. and 10. 8. Gender is defined as “the set of characteristics that humans perceive as distinguishing between male and female entities, extending from one's biological sex to, in humans, one's social role or gender identity” according to Wikipedia. Reading an article on performative gender the author states: “Gender is an historical situation rather than a natural fact.” By this she means to say that our gender is constructed by our political, cultural and family history. Think back on your childhood up to the present and choose a few times the your socially accepted gender was enforced. How has your gender been continually constructed through your education and in other social environments (i.e. family)? Talk about your own gender and how you express it on a daily basis. Hmm... I can probably come up with a few instances from my past where boyhood was enforced. I was totally one of those kids who had a stepdad trying to entice him with sports through buying him equipment and balls and stuff. When I played video games, my Uncle Ray would frequently ask why I wasn't doing something more productive like playing outside. When I was in fourth grade, I cried after watching the movie version of Where The Red Fern Grows and was called a faggot. That kind of thing. My friends seem to mold my manliness or lack thereof the most, though. It's usually there where I learn most quickly the consequences of being varying degrees of manliness (I do something and get a positive or negative reaction). If I am looked down upon, that tends to sway me - though not anywhere near as much as it used to - and if looked at positively I am reinforced. Joking responses mean it's something I can joke about (like my frequent jokes about and allusions to "The Notebook" despite only thinking the movie was okay - sometimes it's fun to give something to make fun of about me). Friends aren't typically the ones you try to avoid being like, or else they're not good friends for long - the consequences and reactions of your friends are far more critical than family or society, though both play a role too. TV shows and movies that are particularly good will make me want to emulate characters regardless, so sometimes that overlaps. Oh, and number 9 looks like fun. According to the email, it was written by one of Allison's 9. So I was talking to my friend So-and-so two days ago and she was really mad at Whatshisface and Whatsername. She mentioned that she and Whatsername repeatedly have been fighting in person to the point of slamming doors and screaming. Yet any and all interactions I saw between the two of them (and Whatshisface) on Facebook were not only amicable but actually rather cheery! Examples include "cute photo!" "oh thnx!" kind of banters back and forth for five posts and playful status comments. SO. Why is it that on Facebook we're magically nicer people, even to those we dislike or share harsh feelings towards at the moment? Do we feel too proud to publicize our bad words? Do we just dislike having a semi-permanent record of fighting, in case we make up later? Or is Facebook interaction somehow bigger than petty fights? Your thoughts? As its primary function, Facebook informs others of how you're doing right now. Nobody really wants to have it publicized that they're fighting with their best friend - and when it finally blows over, who wants to remember that? I think there's always an assumption that either the fight or the friendship will end, and either way that makes it not worth posting forever. If the fight is over, no sense in causing drama and attracting attention. If the friendship is, there isn't much point in having that person on your Facebook wall. Last one. 10. Reflect on how your life is going at this moment in time, overall. Look into each facet, just checking in with yourself—social life, academic, spiritual, stress levels, home, relationships etc. [please don’t worry about sharing this with me. This is more for yourself.] Next, think about how much time you’ve been spending on Facebook. Have you been trying to distract yourself from more important responsibilities? “Stalking” someone who’s been on your mind, but maybe a little too much….? Think over the reasons you spend, either a lot or a little time on Facebook as you pass through the different small phases of your life. (i.e. when your social life is satisfying do you cut down on Facebook use or the opposite?) Then we'll talk about the needs Facebook fulfills in our interview. Just about everyone I talk to says they check their Facebook more often when nobody is around. Summer, Christmas Break, that kind of thing. And I admit I'm far more active on Facebook when I feel lonely. It's a way to connect to people, but as fun as it is it's not the preferred method unless I'm particularly shy around someone and need that. However, sometimes it's just as simple as a procrastination tactic; in my head, I probably have a list of things I'd like to do at the moment, and Facebook will fluctuate on that list depending on what else is there and what is possible. Other reasons... I do like to "stalk" the people I am thinking about at the moment, like someone I haven't seen in a little while or someone I mentioned in a funny story that day. I like to let people know when I think of them. Current mood:  chipper.Current music: Dan Miraldi - More Than Yesterday. |
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