A Glimpse At Me as an HS Senior...

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   Having finally posted an ad on craigslist for my apartment (since I have a week to fill two rooms now), I was feeling so accomplished that I needed to celebrate. So I drew a picture. Then the urge to find the pictures I drew in high school welled up again, and while searching I stumbled upon my 12th grade binder. Among other things, there were a lot of photographs in it from my photo class. And they still smell of darkroom chemicals four years later! Smelling them made me nostalgic of developing pictures in the darkroom.
   And then I was scanning the picture I drew, with the scanner that happened to be hooked up in the other room, so I scanned some of the old pictures as well. I'll probably post those tomorrow though. Also the monitor on that computer absolutely fried my eyes in less than an hour.


Picture of the Day

   Inspired of course by the entry a year ago yesterday. I've threatened several times to draw saucy illustrations to go with my entries and so now I've finally done it. Hopefully it won't be the last time either. (=
   Incidentally the Wild Rivers "breakroom" doesn't even HAVE a door and is much more like a break corral or something.


   And now, to be really disturbed, see pictures of my 12th grade binder, a true and revolutionary work of art!

Front cover:

   From left to right thats Muammar Kadafi, now in his 33rd or 34th year as leader of The People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (thats not a kind of soup, thats the country of Libya); Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin, former General-Secretary of the Soviet Union, and William "Bill" Clinton, former President of these United States.

Back cover:


Other side of front:


Close up of that:

   Thats totally my high school. Tall building is the auditorium, on the left is The Office, and on the right is the 200 Building.

First two pages of Model UN section:

   Thats European Russia on the left side and Turkmenistan on the right. In Model UN you see we did current events every day, and had therefore developed a rich tradition of completely making things up. Two favourite topics in my class senior year were raging wildfires in Brazil, and icebergs breaking off Antartica and in various incidents threatening the very existence of New Zealand, Australia, California, and Brazilian wildfires.
   Personally though mine always involved Turkmenistan. In a gripping story that slowly developed throughout the year I regularly updated everyone on a series of interconnected events that involved the world's largest mushroom (I think it was kidnapped).


   And now I'm sure you all think I'm totally insane.


   In other news, lj seems currently unable to support the "old layout" right now. I can't stand the new layout. I hope they fix this very soon.

Comments

[shid.livejournal.com]

I remember that binder.

Btw: elana got married

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think we've been over this already. (=

[emd.livejournal.com]

MONKEY DEVIL

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

Hella. funny thing is it doesn't look THAT different from the official Wild Rivers mascot.

Lil Story

[basicallyasap.livejournal.com]

My papa sold my car on craig's list! Apparently he posted an ad or whatev, and two hours later some berkleyites with British accents called him and they came ASAP and checked out the car and bought it. No more little Honda :'( or sickass CD player. Hmph. The End.

P.S. If we went to the same high school, we totally would have been friends, even if all my friends made fun of me for me hanging out with you ;) jusssst kidding. I know my friends love you.

Re: Lil Story

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

LIES! You would have been like "filthy commie!! DIE ASAP!!"

Yeah two guys called me this morning about the craigslist thing.

[suddencasualty.livejournal.com]

Haha.
You damn russians!
Love the binder, yo.

[rabidglow.livejournal.com]

emd has already covered this, but my first reaction was:

MONKEY DEVIL!!!

hahahaha <3

[probable-cause.livejournal.com]

gahhh i can't stand the new layout either. thankfully the old one is working a o k. on another note, nice drawing of mvhs. i had to go there to regester (for my last year there, yay) this morning. 'twas tragic.

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

ah the memories. When you find out which teachers you have you should tell me.. or at least post it in your lj.

[probable-cause.livejournal.com]

done.

awesome

[apoplecticfittz.livejournal.com]

BLAH!


He is ALIVE!

Re: awesome

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

For the record there really is a "THE SPIRIT STARTS HERE" sign at the employee entrance to wild rivers.

Re: awesome

[apoplecticfittz.livejournal.com]

It should say: "AWESOME STARTS HERE"

Re: awesome

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

I couldn't find a good picture of the ferret otter, but he flashes on the screen and then appears to two less good pictures at the Wild Rivers website.. so go marvel at the resemblance to the monkey devil. Coincidence? I think not!

Re: awesome

[apoplecticfittz.livejournal.com]

The Monkey Devil could kick his ass!

Re: awesome

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

someday there'll be somebody wandering around in a giant Monkey Devil suit with an ice vest underneath, just like the ferret, and then they'll fight to the death, and the loser will be cast into the wave machine intake.

Then they will have scars from being sucked into the wave machine intake, just like me.


true story.

Re: awesome

[apoplecticfittz.livejournal.com]

So you are telling me I should start Monkey Hell Land?

Re: awesome

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

OMG YES!

Re: awesome

[apoplecticfittz.livejournal.com]

I'll get to work on that.

[nibot.livejournal.com]

the biohazard break room is awesome and SO TRUE.

biohazards

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

I'd imagine its probably almost a plausable representation of how things might be at some of the places you've worked.


for an extra five points you could tell me the origin of the biohazard symbol.

[my-little-pearl.livejournal.com]

greetings comrade! oh man nigel.. you are my hero!! im so glad i know someoen who also has a crazy love of hating communism! you are the coolest! come up to berkeley and we can talk politics. i need help here! stay awesome.

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

(= Yeah I'll totally have to come visit!