urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ellieg124 ellieg124 ellieg124 2006-08-08T22:39:40Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ellieg124:15245 2006-08-08T22:39:40Z 2006-08-08T22:39:40Z The news yesterday said to fill up your gas tank b/c gas prices were supposed to go up by the end of the day, but today as I'm driving I realize that gas prices today are cheaper than they were yesterday! So lesson of the day - don't believe everything you hear urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ellieg124:15069 2006-08-07T23:42:16Z 2006-08-07T23:42:16Z A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.<br />A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.<br />A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.<br />A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.<br />A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.<br />A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. <br />A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. <br />A snail can sleep for three years.<br /><br /><br />Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. <br />All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the <br />back of the $5 bill. <br />Almonds are a member of the peach family.<br />An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.<br /><br /><br />Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child <br />reaches 2 to 6 years of age. <br />Butterflies taste with their feet.<br />Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. <br />Dogs only have about 10.<br />"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".<br />February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.<br />In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.<br />If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line<br />would never end because of the rate of reproduction.<br /><br /><br />If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend <br />an average of 6 months waiting at red lights. <br />It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. <br />Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.<br />Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.<br /><br /><br />No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, <br />or purple.<br /><br /><br />On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament <br />building is an American flag. <br />Our eyes are always the same size from <br />birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.<br />Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.<br />Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.<br />"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and<br />"lollipop" with your right.<br />The average person's left hand does 56f the typing.<br />The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of<br />diesel that it burns.<br />The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube<br />and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.<br />The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses <br />every letter of the alphabet. <br />The winter of 1932 was so cold that<br />Niagara Falls froze completely solid.<br />The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they<br />are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).<br />There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.<br />There are more chickens than people in the world.<br />There are only four words in the English language which end in<br />"dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous<br />There are two words in the English language that have all five <br />vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."<br />There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins.<br />Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.<br />TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters<br />only on one row of the keyboard.<br />Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance<br />Women blink nearly twice as much as men.<br />Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks;<br />otherwise it will digest itself. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ellieg124:14819 2006-07-30T17:49:02Z 2006-07-30T17:49:02Z Ashlee Simpson In case you haven't noticed I haven't written in here in AGES and decided to give livejournal another try. I did however delete a lot of previous entries that I had written months ago about people that no longer exist in my life and topics that really aren't an issue to me anymore. <br /><br />But enough about that - last night I went to the Ashlee Simpson concert and it was awesome! haha yeah I thought I outgrew my Ashlee Simpson stage, but I guess I didn't since I had a great time! I haven't watched my soaps in over a month either- gasp!<br /><br />AA Channel 19 edited me out...jerks...<br /><br />Only a month left of summer vaca! I'm sad...I wish summer didn't have to end. I'm dreading the upcoming school year. Plus summer has been so much fun! Model searches, getting hit on by mimes, trying to get on TV, concerts, trips, Alyse's get togethers (or jamborees as your mom would say! haha)... does life get any better? I think not!<br /><br />peace out urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ellieg124:14224 2006-02-21T04:42:10Z 2006-02-21T04:42:10Z I sometimes forgot that I have a livejournal.<br /><br />Aside from the loads of homework and studying that keep piling up, I'm the happiest I've been in a long time.<br /><br />I will be in France in less than four days. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ellieg124:13171 2005-11-15T23:06:26Z 2005-11-15T23:06:26Z I just read Stacy's entry, which got me thinking: adulthood is overrated. How come as kids we couldn't wait to be a certain age and now I wish I could just go back in time and redo everything. Well maybe not now since right now for the first time in a very long time I'm very content with my life and how things are. Hopefully this feeling lasts b/c I'm really lovin it! Hope everyone is doing well on their midterms! Study hard! ~ Kells urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ellieg124:13014 2005-11-04T17:51:49Z 2005-11-04T17:51:49Z I am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother that I am a lesbian.<br />I am the prostitute working the streets because nobody will hire a transsexual woman.<br />I am the sister who holds her gay brother tight through the painful, tear-filled nights.<br />We are the parents who buried our daughter long before her time.<br />I am the man who died alone in the hospital because they would not let my partner of twenty-seven years into the room.<br />I am the foster child who wakes up with nightmares of being taken away from the two fathers who are the only loving family I have ever had. I wish they could adopt me.<br />I am one of the lucky ones, I guess. I survived the attack that left me in a coma for three weeks, and in another year I will probably be able to walk again.<br />I am not one of the lucky ones. I killed myself just weeks before graduating high school. It was simply too much to bear.<br />We are the couple who had the realtor hang up on us when she found out we wanted to rent a one-bedroom for two men.<br />I am the person who never knows which bathroom I should use if I want to avoid getting the management called on me.<br />I am the mother who is not allowed to even visit the children I bore, nursed, and raised. The court says I am an unfit mother because I now live with another woman.<br />I am the domestic-violence survivor who found the support system grow suddenly cold and distant when they found out my abusive partner is also a woman.<br />I am the domestic-violence survivor who has no support system to turn to because I am male.<br />I am the father who has never hugged his son because I grew up afraid to show affection to other men.<br />I am the home-economics teacher who always wanted to teach gym until someone told me that only lesbians do that.<br />I am the man who died when the paramedics stopped treating me as soon as they realized I was transsexual.<br />I am the person who feels guilty because I think I could be a much better person if I didn’t have to always deal with society hating me.<br />I am the man who stopped attending church, not because I don't believe, but because they closed their doors to my kind.<br />I am the person who has to hide what this world needs most, love.<br /><br />Repost this if you think homophobia is wrong. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ellieg124:12571 2005-10-29T16:32:58Z 2005-10-29T16:32:58Z <table width="350" align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#FFA5B2" align="center"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="color:black; font-size: 14pt;"><b>You're a Shy Kisser</b></font></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFDBE0"><center><img src="http://images.blogthings.com/whatkindofkisserareyouquiz/shy.jpg" height="100" width="100"></center><font color="#000000"><br />You *do* love to kiss, once your comfortable with it<br />And that means knowing the person you're kissing pretty well<br />You usually don't make the first move when it comes to making out<br />But you've got plenty of intensity in return</font></td></tr></table><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofkisserareyouquiz/">What Kind of Kisser Are You?</a></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ellieg124:12018 2005-10-19T15:15:19Z 2005-10-19T15:15:19Z I need a halloween costume...everyone please give me some suggestions!!!! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ellieg124:11655 2005-10-18T21:59:55Z 2005-10-18T21:59:55Z <table width="350" align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#EEE9E9" align="center"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="color:black; font-size: 14pt;"><b>How You Are In Love</b></font></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFAFA"><center><img src="http://images.blogthings.com/howareyouinlovequiz/rose.jpg" height="100" width="100"></center><font color="#000000"><br />You fall in love quickly and easily. And very often.<br /><br />You give completely and unconditionally in relationships.<br /><br />You tend to get very attached when you're with someone. You want to see your love all the time.<br /><br />You love your partner unconditionally and don't try to make them change.<br /><br />You stay in love for a long time, even if you aren't loved back. When you fall, you fall hard.</font></td></tr></table><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/howareyouinlovequiz/">How Are You In Love?</a></div><br /><br />so true so true urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ellieg124:11111 2005-10-16T05:06:36Z 2005-10-16T05:06:36Z <table width="350" align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#999999" align="center"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="color:black; font-size: 14pt;"><b>Your Power Color Is Teal</b></font></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"><center><img src="http://images.blogthings.com/whatsyourpowercolorquiz/teal.jpg" height="100" width="100"></center><font color="#000000"><br />At Your Highest:<br /><br />You feel accomplished and optimistic about the future.<br /><br />At Your Lowest:<br /><br />You feel in a slump and lack creativity.<br /><br />In Love:<br /><br />You tend to be many people's ideal partner.<br /><br />How You're Attractive:<br /><br />You make people feel confident and accepted.<br /><br />Your Eternal Question:<br /><br />"What Impression Am I Giving?"</font></td></tr></table><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatsyourpowercolorquiz/">What's Your Power Color?</a></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ellieg124:10605 2005-09-28T05:24:42Z 2005-09-28T05:24:42Z Mozhgon I just thought I'd let you know that Acceptance is playing at Magic Stick on Friday b/c I remember u telling me that you wanted to hear them play..just thought I'd let you know and I miss you lots! Hope everything is going well at Spring Arbor! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ellieg124:10420 2005-09-20T14:53:47Z 2005-09-20T14:53:47Z So I finally have internet...so things are somewhat starting to settle down. hmmm this year has kind of had a rocky start, but things will calm down. Boys are being stupid, but hey whats new? Oh yeah finally got cable last week and I AM ADDICTED TO LAGUNA BEACH SEASON 2! MUCH MUCH better than season one! hmmm not much else to say, just felt like updating since I haven't in a long time. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ellieg124:10009 2005-09-03T12:25:22Z 2005-09-03T12:25:22Z question for little miss alk...<br />why is he JF.k?<br /><br />Anyways there are a few problems with the apartment, but all in all I like it and I'm not totally settled in yet, but I will have to be soon since school starts on Wed! I'm so excited since I've had like 5 months of summer and I'm starting to get very bored of it! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ellieg124:9736 2005-08-29T21:52:17Z 2005-08-29T21:52:17Z I am moving tomorrow.<br />Goodbye Canton...hello Ypsilanti urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ellieg124:9701 2005-08-25T21:53:13Z 2005-08-25T21:53:13Z Oh yes I just thought of something else to add...last night roger, mozh, and I saw "March of the Penguins"...sorry Mozh...it just wasnt that cool of a movie. BUT it did have some funny parts and what I did learn about penguins is that right after a penguin has a miscarriage, it tries to steal a baby penguin from someone else..haha I got a kick out of that part of the movie, so I did learn something about penguins! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ellieg124:8894 2005-08-20T21:54:47Z 2005-08-20T21:54:47Z Sooo I just went to a wedding where my sister was a bridesmaid and now I sooo want to get married! Yay I heart weddings...they're soo perrrrty! Anyways only 2 more weeks of living in C-Town! yay and then next week is MSU's welcome week! good times are straight ahead! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ellieg124:8599 2005-08-18T20:50:06Z 2005-08-18T20:50:06Z How come mozhgon no longer writes in her lj? I'm very disappointed in you little miss gun lover since you are the one who introduced me to this thing and now you don't even use it! You better have a good excuse for not having updated in a while! <br /><br />P.S. ~ a good excuse might be that ur too busy hanging out with a certain someone whose name starts with an "r" and ends in "oger"! haha <br /><br />ONLY TWO MORE WEEKS OF WORK! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ellieg124:8303 2005-08-16T21:45:08Z 2005-08-16T21:45:08Z yes I am all about the quizzes nowadays..lol they keep me occupied and amused. I still have three more weeks of summer, which means three more weeks of work! boo! Anyways im super pumped to move in with erin and jay! yay! I heart my roomies! They are awesome and I know we will get along fabulously! Dont forget to mark ur calendars for the nights of Dec 1, 2, and 3 b/c it will be a nonstop weekend of birthday celebration for little miss kelley wu! But if u are looking for a good time a lot sooner, miss erin moran's bday is sept 14 so im sure we will have a party for her! So stop on by the apartment for sure! Last night went to the all american rejects concert with miss alk and miss gun lover, and it was oodles of fun! (mozh, I stole ur word...i remember u using it before in ur lj..i think im slowly turning into you!) I finally found out who jon fries/fry (whatever his name is) is...alyse we DEFINITELY dont have the same taste in guys, which is good b/c that means we wont fight over boys, but then again boys arent worth fighting over sometimes b/c they are silly! BUT there was one guy who was selling merchandise for jon fries band who was beautiful and wearing a naive shirt, and he just looked so cool and unphased by everything so I thoguht he was part of the band so I didnt talk to him b/c i wouldnt have known what to say b/c that was the first time I ever heard number one fan play before, but then after we left I found out from alyse that he was just the merchandise person! aghhh! soooo should have talked to him...who knows? we could be best buds by now! haha not likely...anyways i gotta get back to cleaning/packing/organizing! feel free to leave comments! I am a fan of them! love ya all lots and lots! ~ K dubya urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ellieg124:8034 2005-08-16T21:36:00Z 2005-08-16T21:36:00Z <div align="center" style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><form action="http://www.blogquiz.net/quizzes/LiveJournal-Memes/912/My-bid-for-world-domination" method="post" name="quiz912"><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><table style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"><tr bgcolor="#003366"><td colspan="2" align="center" valign="middle"><div align="center" style="color: #FFFFFF; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.blogquiz.net/quizzes/LiveJournal-Memes/912/My-bid-for-world-domination" style="color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none;">My bid for world domination</a></div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#6699CC"><td align="left" valign="middle" style="color: #FFFFFF;">LiveJournal Username</td><td align="left" valign="middle"><input type="textbox" name="ljusername" value="ellieg124" size="20" maxlength="64"></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#6699CC"><td align="left" valign="middle" style="color: #FFFFFF;">Why you did it</td><td align="left" valign="middle"><select name="input:0"><option value="0">Your mother never understood you</option><option value="1">Your homeland was eaten by gerbills</option><option value="2">To meet your father's unreasonable expectations</option><option value="3">To win your loves heart</option><option value="4" selected="selected">Why not?</option></select></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#6699CC"><td align="left" valign="middle" style="color: #FFFFFF;">Your lair</td><td align="left" valign="middle"><select name="input:1"><option value="0" selected="selected">Basic classic castle</option><option value="1">Hidden underground complex</option><option value="2">Undersea dome</option><option value="3">Den of inquity</option><option value="4">Mountaintop hideout</option></select></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#6699CC"><td align="left" valign="middle" style="color: #FFFFFF;">Your hideous secret weapon</td><td align="left" valign="middle"><select name="input:2"><option value="0">Orbital mind control lasers</option><option value="1">Giant tumble dryer</option><option value="2" selected="selected">Army of mind zombies</option><option value="3">The entire Abba collection</option><option value="4">Killer robots</option></select></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#6699CC"><td align="left" valign="middle" style="color: #FFFFFF;">Your favourite colour</td><td align="left" valign="middle"><input type="textbox" name="input:3" value="purple" size="20" maxlength="64"></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#6699CC" height="5"><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#336699"><td align="left" valign="middle" style="color: #FFFFFF;">Beautiful and exotic but deadly eastern lieutenant</td><td style="color: #FFFFFF; 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font-weight:bold;" align="left" valign="middle">61</td></tr><tr bgcolor="#003366" height="5"><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#003366"><td colspan="2" align="center" valign="middle"><div align="center"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Fill in your answers and click here!" style="font-size: 9pt;"></div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#003366"><td colspan="2" align="center" valign="middle"><div style="color: #FFFFFF;" align="center">This <a href="http://www.blogquiz.net/" style="color: #FFFFFF;">Fun Quiz</a> created by <a href="http://www.blogquiz.net/users/Hairymonster" style="color: #FFFFFF;">Andrew</a> at <strong>BlogQuiz.Net</strong><img src="http://stats.blogquiz.net/x/blogquiz.net-blog/0" border="0" width="1" height="1"></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><a href="http://1.primaryads.com/z/7879/CD6855/"><b>Free ringtones and wallpapers!</b> Click here!</a></form><br></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ellieg124:7844 2005-08-12T20:28:54Z 2005-08-12T20:28:54Z I honestly do believe that I have the greatest friends in the entire world! I heart you all tons and tons muahhzzzz! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ellieg124:7438 2005-08-08T23:19:39Z 2005-08-08T23:19:39Z damn right...I'm an awesome kisser! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ellieg124:7231 2005-08-08T23:18:58Z 2005-08-08T23:18:58Z <table width="350" align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><tr><td bgcolor="#FEA7B6" align="center"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" style="color:black; font-size: 14pt;"><b>Your Kissing Purity Score: 43% Pure</b></font></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#FFCED6"><center><img src="http://www.quizdiva.net/kissingpurity/kiss2.jpg"></center><font color="#000000"><br />You're not one to kiss and tell...<br /><br />But word is, you kiss pretty well.</font></td></tr></table><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/kissingpuritytest/">Kissing Purity Test</a></div> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ellieg124:6998 2005-06-30T18:59:26Z 2005-06-30T18:59:26Z So I got back from China yesterday and I must say that it is quite different over there than anywhere else I've been. Since I've been to Singapore and Taiwan a few times, I didn't think China would really be that different from them, but boy was I wrong. It's totally different over there and I'm so glad to be home! Not that there's anything wrong with China or anything, but it was just way too different from home for me. Everyone there is like always in a rush and traffic there is just crazy! So glad to be back home in Canton! Anyways there are still two more months of summer and I'm starting to get a little bit bored of it already...sad to say huh? But I've been out of school since April 26th so I've already had over two months of summer vaca! Oh well can't complain since I know when fall comes I will want it to be summer! Anyways have a good rest of the summer everyone! peace out! ~ Kells urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ellieg124:6835 2005-06-15T00:03:46Z 2005-06-15T00:03:46Z GO PISTONS! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:ellieg124:6474 2005-05-27T20:53:26Z 2005-05-27T20:53:26Z MONDAY = 89XBDAY BASH! YAY<br />June 21st - CHINA<br />and CHICAGO with the PC girls sometime in August hopefully!<br /><br />yayyyyyyy i love spring/summer 2005 b/c i get to hang out with the PC crew!