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[01.19.04] O sweetest Melancholy!
[12.13.03] A dark contest of waves and winde;
A meer tempestuous debate.

[12.03.03] O Poesy! for thee I hold my pen
[11.05.03] My thoughts still cling to the mouldering past,
But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast...

[10.11.03] The scholar and the world! The endless strife,
The discord in the harmonies of life!

[10.11.03] Let me not to the marriage of true minds...
[09.29.03] Too weak, for all her heart's endeavour,
To set its struggling passion free

[08.25.03] "I have nothing to declare except my genius."
[08.23.03] "Either that wallpaper goes, or I do."
[08.21.03] Darkling I listen; and, for many a time
I have been half in love with easeful Death,
Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme
To take into the air my quiet breath

[05.05.03] The most insipid and meaningless drivel...
[05.05.03] Un chant mystérieux tombe des astres d'or.
[03.18.03] There is poetry in despair,
And we sang with unrivaled beauty,
Bitter elegies of savagery and eloquence.

[03.08.03] Totus mundus agit histrionem
[03.01.03] 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

[02.27.03] My heart is as some famine-murdered land
Whence all good things have perished utterly

[02.23.03] Morituri te salutamus
[02.20.03] I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker,
And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker,
And in short, I was afraid.

[02.03.03] Because I could not stop for Death—
He kindly stopped for me...

[01.31.03] Read this the tale of my despair...
[07.05.02] Hic astabo tantisper cum hac forma et factus frusta?
[03.05.02] The squalor of the soul
[03.03.02] Resplendence
[03.02.02] Mortality
Archived Entries
[03.15.03] Drivel of the Day | March 15, 2003
[02.21.03] Answers to the Common Knowledge Quiz
[02.21.03] Come one, come all!
Test your mental mettle: Common Knowledge Quiz

[02.17.03] Elen síla lúmenn' omentielvo
[02.16.03] The Conflagration of the Fripperies | Chapter the Third
[02.15.03] Shop! in the Name of Love...
[02.10.03] I leant upon a coppice gate
When Frost was spectre-grey,
And Winter's dregs made desolate
The weakening eye of day.

[02.10.03] I live in Possibility—
A fairer House than Prose...

[01.19.03] Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget...
[12.20.02] Of Love and Other Demons
[12.19.02] Vitanda est improba siren desidia
[12.16.02] Où nagent dans la nuit l'horreur et le blasphème
[10.23.02] Down With The CPP
[10.15.02] The Conflagration | Chapter the Second
[10.11.02] The Conflagration Chapter the First: Revised
[08.12.02] Varium et mutabile semper femina
[07.07.02] Aut insanit homo, aut versus facit
[07.04.02] Bibamus, moriendum est
[07.02.02] He's alive! Aliiiiiiiive!
[05.04.02] For love is a many-splendored thing...
[05.03.02] This is only a test...
[04.27.02] Caution: Wet Paint
[04.27.02] Everything you never wanted to know about me...
[04.26.02] Soirées and sadness
[04.23.02] Mustn't... go... home!
[04.22.02] My raging addiction
[04.21.02] The Life of Eric Jeffus: Apr. 18-21, 2002
[04.21.02] The shocking truth about dogs
[04.18.02] Operation: Apathy
[04.18.02] Need sleep, precious, precious sleep...
[04.18.02] The Black Sabbath
[04.15.02] God has no religion.
[04.15.02] Rituale Romanum
[04.14.02] Purgatory
[04.13.02] Self-defense (literally)
[04.12.02] Rumours of my death...
[04.12.02] On Counterculture.
[04.12.02] I am a Converse convert
[04.12.02] The Monster Stress Hath Begotten
[03.05.02] The crows will kill us all...
[03.03.02] Visions
[03.01.02] What happens to a dream deferred?

Drivel of the Day | March 15, 2003 [03.15.03]

[mood| egoistic]
[music| "Trust" | The Cure]

I filled out this rather fun survey made by the ever-interesting Christi, and decided to post my results (although not on my public page, as it would merely deface the sombre tone of melancholy and erudition I am cultivating there). I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed answering it (not likely, but we can always hope). I'm going to stay up all night, so I'll have a real entry a bit later on. Until then, I bid you farewell. Au revoir, tout le monde!

[Exit Orpheum.]


I am a creepy heavy-breathing phone stalker. What are you wearing?: Black and grey vertically striped button-up shirt, brown (someone into fashion might call it "chocolate") pants, holey black Chuck Taylors.
Where do you live (with parents, dorm, etc.)?: Alas, I still live with the 'rentals. I'm strongly considering taking out student loans just to be able to live in the dorms or campus apartments, however, so that I may escape them.
Were you named after anything/anyone in particular?: My first name (Eric) was chosen because my dad likes Norse names. (At least he didn't pick Thor!). My middle name (Lawrence) comes from my Great-uncle Lawrence O'Toole, a semi-famous painter who drank and smoke himself to death. (Wonderful namesake, huh?)
Do your initials spell anything amusing?: Unless "elj" is an amusing word I'm unfamiliar with, no.
Does your phone number spell anything amusing?: Well, there's "nay-55-OK," which I suppose could be a highly simplified ballot for voting on Proposition 55. *shrugs*
Drug of choice ("life" included): Skittles.
What actually interests you (issues, subjects - not "um, Avril Lavigne?"): Issues: The morality of human cloning and other genetic stem-cell research, the looming portent of an Orwellian future, the gradual decadence and degradation of American civilisation; Subjects: Literature, linguistics, etymology, vocabulary, mythology, mysticism, alchemy, mediaeval life and beliefs, and just about any other form of erudition.

Ideal pet: Betta splendens (perhaps "betta" known [I crack myself up!] as the Siamese fighting fish).
Studliest celebrity: I am secure enough in my masculinity to admit that I find Tom Welling and Colin Farrell quite "studly." (I refer only to male celebrities, as the word studly, so far as I know, is not generally used to describe females.)
Most annoying celebrity: Scott Thompson (referred to by his moniker "Carrot Top"). *shudder*
Lamest favorite musician/band you ever had: Well, let's see... Alanis Morissette, Hanson, Westside Connection. Take your pick.
Favorite childhood game: Handball, hands down.
Favorite corporate mascot (i.e. Vlasic Pickle stork, Ronald McDonald): Jack, from Jack In The Box.
Favorite talk-show host: Graham Norton, from So Graham Norton.
Favorite comic strip: Foxtrot, Rudy Park, Calvin & Hobbes.
Favorite kind of ice cream: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Ben & Jerry's Phish Food, Rainbow Sherbet, French Silk, Peppermint... just about anything that can be loosely classified as ice cream, actually.
Favorite kind of soup: Minestrone, Clam Chowder.
Favorite '80s/'90s fad: Pogs.
Favorite movie refreshment: Skittles, Sour Patch Kids, Zours.
Favorite Disneyland/fair ride: Disneyland: Pirates of the Caribbean; Fair: The Zipper.
Kinkiest fantasy: To be perfectly honest, nothing particularly "kinky" comes to mind.
Guilty pleasures: Irish Cream coffee creamers, Spongebob Squarepants.
Pet peeves: Poor spelling, grammar, punctuation, and syntax; generally, ignorance of any kind, sports fans.
Best "truth": Really, I've never much been into Truth or Dare.
Best "dare": See above.

Most psycho boyfriend/girlfriend you ever had (describe): Not applicable.
Most psycho customer/work experience: Once a woman had a coronary because I might have accidentally touched her food without having washed my hands after handling money, and all but made a formal complaint to my manager.
Most physically painful experience: Watching an entire episode of The Anna Nicole Show without retching. Seriously? Probably stepping on a rusty nail.
Most retarded thing you've ever done in public: Recently I ran into a stone pillar while riding my bike because I was attempting to check my pocket watch.
Weird phases you've gone through in life: Well, there's my "White boy rapper phase" from a few years ago, when I was into Westside Connection, Coolio, and the Wu-Tang Clan.
Interesting song/movie/etc. you lost your virginity to (if applicable): Not applicable.
Boy band song you secretly enjoy (don't lie): I'm not ashamed to admit that I rather like most boy band music. I especially enjoy: from *NSYNC, "Gone"; from the Backstreet Boys, "Rock Your Body."
Best Halloween costume you ever had: I was once a mummy—basically, I just wrapped myself in a bunch of gauze and staggered about moaning eerily (mostly because it was so bloody hot under all that stuff).
Weirdest lie you've ever told: No particularly strange lies come to mind.
Worst rumor ever told about you (that you found out about): Although I don't consider this a "bad" thing by any means, and it really isn't a "rumour," per se, apparently people have mistaken me for being gay. (I can't imagine why—isn't it normal for guys to be sensitive, great listeners, fond of the arts and showtunes, willing to watch The Vagina Monologues, and able to find other males handsome?)
Best way to avenge an evil ex boyfriend/girlfriend: I've always lived by the maxim, "Living well is the best revenge."
If your life were made into a movie, who would play you?: Vin Diesel. No, honestly, I haven't the slightest idea—I can't say I've ever thought about the matter. I suppose Dominic Monaghan (Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck from Lord of the Rings) could, if he wore a dark brown hobbit wig. Even that's a stretch, though.
Do you like pickles?: Not a bit. Sorry, Mr. Vlasic Pickle Stork!
Can you still do the Macarena?: If I ever really could to begin with, yes.
Honestly now. Do you have sex dreams?: None in which I actually have sex, at least none I remember; I do have intimate dreams occasionally.

You suddenly have a child (yes, you are magic), the same sex as whatever you are. You name it: Remington Alexander.
You win an all-expenses-paid road trip (i.e. you cannot drive to Australia if you live in North Dakota) for a week. You go to: New York City.
You win 50 bucks (no, not a million). You spend it on: CDs (Sing the Sorrow, The Art of Drowning, Fallen), movie tickets (Chicago, The Hours), strings for my guitar (thanks, Chris!), and candy.
Your favorite celebrity asks you out, but ends up being into sexual activities you cannot stand. You decide to: Respectfully discontinue the relationship and get my name in the tabloids, but brag to my buddies about dating her all the same.
Carson Daly offers to be your personal (sex?) slave. The first thing on your list is: Self-immolation.
You are kidnapped by a group of angry oompa-loompas who steal your clothes and leave you on a street in Nebraska. Your strategy for getting home (while saving your dignity) is: Go to the police station, which would probably get me arrested for indecent exposure. But at least they would give me clothes and perhaps a chance to explain my highly humiliating situation, after which I would attempt to contact someone in my family who can get me back to California.
You magically turn into Spiderman. The first person whose ass you kick is: Personally, I'm more fond of annihilating people intellectually, but if I must hand someone's ass to them, it would most likely be Brian Ott—that bastard deserves whatever's coming to him.
You wake up one morning and find your life has been somehow switched with Jared, the Subway guy. You devote the rest of your life to: Bloating myself on junk food, thereby ruining whatever admirable reputation he once might have had.
And last but not least, you must live out the rest of your life as some well-known cartoon character. You choose: Johnny Bravo.