http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:tlwarenik42&section=today deviantART RSS for by:tlwarenik42 en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:41:24 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/22516041/ http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/22516041/ Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:26:17 PST
Great classes are going to be had and fun all around. I didn't make any new year's resolutions but I never do. I guess I need to make one to keep on writing. Never stop. Well, I guess that doesn't go for DA. Keep on plugging along. I still love all the work on this site (DA, not necessarily mine)

Keep plugging along, you never know what you're going to get.

]]> ~tlwarenik42 http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/19907225/ http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/19907225/ Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:11:07 PDT To be honest though, I'm ready for another 9 months of school.
Worked at a movie theater the past 2 months and had a lot of fun, making friends and seeing movies.

I leave on Wednesday.
Got to visit Caruso, The Coach's Love, Dillmeier, and Wilson today.

Also, Melissa's Birthday, woohoo!
Dinner and some stimulating talking with her friends (Kelley, Sarah and Gibby)

Note to self: Remember to call Brandon.
2nd note: Keep writing that story!

The only thing that remains to be said is: Sleep or read?--my eyes beg sleep but my brain won't listen.

]]> ~tlwarenik42 http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/16443415/ http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/16443415/ Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:19:12 PST whoops.
blame classes?
it's been a fun year on here.
friends made, downloads completed, comics read and photos awed.

here's to another one

]]> ~tlwarenik42 http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/15983703/ http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/15983703/ Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:21:18 PST Haven't submitted much lately...been too busy with school and finals.
Gah.
But, good news, I'm done for the semester and have been home for a couple days.
I'm on my way a tad north this afternoon to Georgia...family get togethers are becoming harrowing adventures that I am loathe to undertake.
(talk about dramatic!)
But! I get to see one of my favorite cousins, have some cheap eastern cobb arab food and see the Darjeelnig Limited.
Can't wait!

Much love to every one and have a fantabulous holiday.

]]> ~tlwarenik42 http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/14900410/ http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/14900410/ Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:48:08 PDT Not saying that Chaucer wasn't a brilliant man, but why couldn't SOMEONE change his language to somehting more understandable?
Garrrr.
I only have to read the general prologue right now and already I'm going insane!

On a brighter note, studies are going well so far and the Neil Gaiman book I ordered will be coming in on Firday
(Dreamscapes...or something, the new one)

On an even brighter note:
I will be going back home Nov. 9 to attend Miami's annual book fair!
I'm super excited

]]> ~tlwarenik42 http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/14564007/ http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/14564007/ Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:00:19 PDT Waking up late is a luxury I haven't had for a while and so I took advantage of it today. Went to brunch in the dining hall and then to my sister's to do my laundry. Watched a couple of movies and I came back to see Meagan Benson (Kelly's, my roommates, sister off back to her college) and then on to dinner (we do the early bird special) Took a shower, and sifted through some DevArt stuff.

Interestingly, I got a note from a fellow dev-er and it said something along the lines of "OMG, you're amazing! You need to submit your poetry here!!!!!" And I responded back with something along the lines of:
"Uhh...thanks for the support but I really don't think any of my poetry is good enough. I was in Creative Writing for 4 years and have actually entered the Poetry.com contest and was supposedly published in one of their hard-bound books. I'm an extremely trusting person until you lie to me, then I become the most cynical person you've ever met. So thank you again so much for the support but I'll just keep posting my poems on DA and hope to hear back from more people like you"

I promptly went to it's site and saw about 20 people had already posted responses to similar notes from it. They all acknowlegded it as a spammer, not an hour later it was banned.
SO, the moral of my long harangue "Go DevArt! You're def. on top of things " (And No, I'm sctually not being sarcastic.)

]]> ~tlwarenik42 http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/14259733/ http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/14259733/ Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:39:39 PDT School started all over again for the unfortunate souls who are still in public school, primary or secondary, in Florida.
I, for once, was not among them.
I head north in 11 days for Flagler.
I have been reading and watching movies for the better part of a week.
Feeling extraordinarily lazy and yet still I don't move.

On to the next adventure I say!

]]> ~tlwarenik42 http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/14003369/ http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/14003369/ Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:05:59 PDT Keuka Lake, N.Y.

Also spent the time with my Nana and her husband who own the house on the lake.
Went on a four day trip to Montreal, Laval, Mont Tremblant, Stowe, Vermont, Burlington, Vermont and back to the Lake country.
All the time I spent there was lovely and I will miss it, until next summer.

I only have about 40 pictures from my trip because my camera schitzed out on me in Montreal and came back to life the last three days at the lake, I can't explain it.

Back to my continuous reading, as always

P.S. Also wrote a couple new pieces. Not the best, not the worst.
Maybe I'll post them.

]]> ~tlwarenik42 http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/13823703/ http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/13823703/ Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:10:06 PDT HP #7 was everything I expected and more.
J.K. Rowling really out-did herself.
And I personally loved the final chapter.
There was no loss of heart-wrenching moments and I think I may read certain chapters again.
Amid the flurry of rumours I persisted to stay unbelieving.
I will say no more but that I was not dissappointed by fellow internet-scammers.

If you've read it already, let's talk!

]]> ~tlwarenik42 http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/13811777/ http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/13811777/ Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:25:49 PDT I is so excited!!!
One of my friends baited me with a link to the spoilers and didn't tell me what it was and so now I "know" what is going to happen.
I am hoping that he gave me a sham link.

Also, I finally finished The Gun Seller, which I started about Tuesday.
I was a good read and reminded me of HHGG, only because of the type of writing, not the genre, of course.
Hugh Laurie is always showing new layers.

Next I will be reading
Darcy's Story, Janet Alymer
OR
A Dirty Job, Christopher Moore
OR
Interworld, Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves

]]> ~tlwarenik42 http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/13460662/ http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/13460662/ Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:05:02 PDT I got back to the car and the temp. read-out was 102. And we were parked in the shade.
Insane.

Anyways,
I don't think anyone will notice but I spiffed up my site a little, taking off the crap I thought was not good enough to be seen on here, no matter how free speech there is.
I only took off about 20.
I added 2 today.
Both kind of humorous in their own ways.

Went to a Janet Evanovicn signing on Wednesday and I'm already on the 8th of 13 she has published of one series (I started wednesday morning. My dad says I am sick in the head. I just think they're interesting.)

My family, aka Aunt Cathy, Aunt Nancy and Paternal Grandmother are visiting (my grandma lives 10 minutes away) for the weekend and thankfully my favorite cousin on my dad's side, Blake, is coming to visit as well and also another cousin, Stacey and her best friend Mary.

I have about 350 pictures on my camera to date but I have no way to get them uploaded. well, this is not a complete truth, I do but I don't want to buy the USB cord and fiddle around with my MAC because as user friendly and unbreakable as they are I think I may have broken the camera part.
If anyone knows a MAC let me know what I did.
Instead of uploading automatically in to iPhoto with just a USB, it no longer recognizes the camera and I have to take out my memory card, put it in muy printer and my computer recognizes that. Strange, right?
Someone help?!
Anyway, pictures of all my ventures (not all 350!) will be up the second week of July or so.

Must go mingle with the old people

]]> ~tlwarenik42 http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/13303101/ http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/13303101/ Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:28:34 PDT Yes, I am obsessed.
I am watching the commentary of the last episode of House Season 2 and I just learned that on the hospital bracelet he is admitted with has his real birthday on it, which is today.
He is 48 today!
So Happy Birthday Hugh

On another note:
I found out that my video chat works and talked to my parents for about 20 minutes, as I am out of town for the next two and a half weeks.
I am thankfully in range of wireless.

And that is all.
For now.

]]> ~tlwarenik42 http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/13022069/ http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/13022069/ Sun, 20 May 2007 06:33:22 PDT
Vanderdecker’s Deck
By: v.ware


Wind from the south brings an atrocious stench—
A whacking great galleon passes by,
Vanderdecker on board seen with a wench—
Arguing grants him a punch in the eye.

500 years is how long we’ve been here,
A gift or curse in an elixir form.
Never to die, at least buy us a beer.
The smell gagged in becomes part of the norm.


Vanderdecker’s fault, he thought it was rum.
Finally, a solution had been found:
We glow— from a nuclear reaction.
Women flee, I don’t blame them in the least.

Anyway, who needs warmth of women
When we have our whacking great galleon!


P.s. It was a class assignment to write a sonnet. this was my attempt. in the end I rhymed everywhere needed and while writing i thought I had it down. Then you get to the 3rd stanza, last line, it cracks me up everytime. --it has the syllables. so there.

]]> ~tlwarenik42 http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/12931765/ http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/12931765/ Sat, 12 May 2007 16:23:02 PDT This is in honor of the 6th year of Douglas Adams' death.
(May 11th, 2001)

And unfortunately it's not really an honor.
I just want to acknowledge the fact that we all, well errr....me, remember.

With that said. I wrote this little piece 2 years ago, and you can definitely tell.
(In honor of the movies' release)

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy comes
Douglas Adams’ dream comes to fruition
Sadly he is not here to witness it
Passed on since May of two thousand and one
In science fiction circles he is mourned
His books, radio and T.V. shows live
His legacy is one to outlast all
His last endeavor will not be in vain
It approaches, May 6th is the premiere
Dawn arrives with Marvin, Dent and “The Guide”


-sigh-
At any rate, I hope you all like it.

]]> ~tlwarenik42 http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/12610331/ http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/12610331/ Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:11:54 PDT And may i say holy shit.
It was awesome.
I cannot say enough about it.

I don't want to spoil it for anyone so I won't.
but yeah.
I'm babbling because I'm at a loss for words.
Which I normally never am.


]]> ~tlwarenik42 http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/12545840/ http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/12545840/ Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:00:06 PDT I went on a posting rampage...
:whistles sweetly:

Just ignore me.

:sheepish glance:

]]> ~tlwarenik42 http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/12517038/ http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/12517038/ Sun, 08 Apr 2007 21:27:13 PDT I had a blasty-blast (lol!) this weekend!
Went to Nana's and saw Derek, Denise, Lars, Betsy, and the 5 kids under the age of 11.
Spent the nights at Alex's and saw Pool Hall Junkies for the first time in complete-ness...lol!
Went to Flagler's Legacy and bought a couple more shirts for my collection and met a few of the students.
It was a bunch of fun.

As a caution:
I took over 200 pictures this trip just to really experience St. Augustine in a way I never have before. About 100 of the pictures are of the college. I won't post all of them (I'm not crazy!-And I don't hate you!) but i will post more than a few. So be on the lookout but I'm really not looking for pageviews and comments. If you get 30 at a time in your deviations (if you are my friend) I would not mind if you just "selected all" and marked them as read. Really.

]]> ~tlwarenik42 http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/12461463/ http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/12461463/ Wed, 04 Apr 2007 19:07:56 PDT
I know.
Blah.

Also, was talking with Mike and his girlfriend and some of their friends who are addicts of the game Kingdom of Loathing which I started playing almost 2 years ago. I kind of lost my...want to play the game but I always loved the radio (RKoL!) and so I felt inspired to go back on and play again and so now I'm back to listening to radioKoL!

So excited.

And because I am a big dorkface, I forgot but then remembered my Neopets password and am playing that again. Almost 5 years that one! (May 5th!)

God, I'm a weirdo.

]]> ~tlwarenik42 http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/12236731/ http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/12236731/ Sun, 18 Mar 2007 18:32:36 PDT
AKA: Billy Talent II
I must admit it is better than their first album and ahhh!!!!

LOVE IT.
Ok, I'm kind of strange but yeah.

I also downloaded the music thingy Acquisition and got some Reel Big Fish that has never been put on a CD and all that jazz
(Mele Kalikimaka!!!)

I have to apologize to DevArt because I placed basically all my crap in the wrong places and they moved some but after about the 6th one they decided I would do the other 50 or so.
lol.

Back to real life tomorrow.
Bugger it all.

]]> ~tlwarenik42 http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/12080990/ http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/12080990/ Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:26:42 PST
So I have been busy, or rather just lazy.
Still a bunch of AP work to do, but that's just me complaining.

Got to get on that.
Lit Mag. is coming along, still have a few things to do and then just send it off to the printer.
This year I think we'll receive the superior.
yeah, that's the dream anyway.

Also new:
Though they aren't new, they are to me.
I bought 4 new cds and my best friend burned me one as well

Gym Class Heroes:As Cruel as Children
The Papercut Chronicles

The Damnwells: Air Stereo

The Cat Empire: Two Shoes.

All are amazing in their own ways and I'm pretty proud of myself for going out of my comfort zone (I was trying to but Billy Talent II) and buy new things. Take a chance and all that.

]]> ~tlwarenik42 http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/12018086/ http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/12018086/ Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:46:39 PST
At any rate, I got my camera working for the majority and so I can probably start posting more pictures. I know I have, but all those were kind of oldish, but not quite. and I had to upload all my pictures on to my old computer and then on my flashdrive, on to this one. so much freakin' work. Blagh.--Well worth it, I think. I don't want to make a habit of it though.

]]> ~tlwarenik42 http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/11946169/ http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/11946169/ Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:28:34 PST Woke up at 8.
Watched taped Conan from last night.
Went and picked up Gee.
Went to get breaky at Einstein's and Starbucks.
We then proceeded to go to the park and sit down and try and accomplish something for our AP English class.
In the interim we took some pictures with my photo booth and listened to some tunes.
Anyway, if you know us, which you don't, we are extremely ADD together and yet in less than 2 hours we were able to accomplish what we set out to do.
And we had some pretty funny pictures too:



This is an example.
Doofus' we are.

And so off I go to read more of the Becoming because I have no wish to read Beloved. I'll leave that for tomorrow. Yeah.

]]> ~tlwarenik42 http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/11936782/ http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/11936782/ Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:52:07 PST In Creative Writing I mean.
I'm not trying to bad mouth everyone, but I'm at my wits end.
I am finally through with Mrs. Seigel.
I just need to take some time away from her to not allow her teaching style to bother me, though it never has in the past.

I finished Blood Bound, I must admit a great book, by Patricia Briggs. If you want to pick it up read Moon Called first though. I can't wait for the rest of her series to come out; which unfortunately will not be for some time...until at least January of 2008.

I will try and have a book log, books that I read and my critiques of them every few days, or even more frequent.
And I will try not to unload all of my issues here, not the right place, most of the time.

]]> ~tlwarenik42 http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/11896358/ http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/11896358/ Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:01:50 PST
It is not at the top of my list, but then, few things are.
)

My apologies for being a bit selfish earlier.

]]> ~tlwarenik42 http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/11894704/ http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/11894704/ Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:59:17 PST
Having taken AP English Comp. last year and having read Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye I thought I would be fine reading another of her novels.
Boy was I ever wrong.
Not that its horrible, ok, it is...
but honestly, as much as I can appreciate what Black people have been through I really don't see the point of having a class of students (the only one in the entire school) read a book classifying the strife and pain a people went through in order to make us all uncomfortable in the future.


I am not trying to be a bitch.
Honestly.
I feel the same about Holocaust memorial books.
I can feel their pain but why put us through it?
I understand and will never forget what you went through and how much you wanted to die/live and all the stories of torture and hate you went through.

And to answer your question: I am a white girl from a upper-middle class city who has never had to deal with these issues. (Of race and immediate familial death/murder and love)

But what about reading a book about divorce (There are one or two extended family members on both sides of my family that are still married, and are in their 70's and 80's.) Honestly.
I don't understand why I should have to read a book that does not move me or inspire me.

I guess that's just AP.
And maybe we should have the other classes read texts such as these.
In the long run, as an inspiring English major, it will give me an edge other students have not had.
I have to approach it from a completely literary standpoint.
I can appreciate the time and emotions that went in to writing this book and it will take me through, I just don't have to enjoy it.
Maybe in the end I will find that I will.

]]> ~tlwarenik42 http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/11877629/ http://tlwarenik42.deviantart.com/journal/11877629/ Mon, 19 Feb 2007 06:30:31 PST The dreaded dentist.
I have been told he/she, probably the assistant, will only be cleaning my teeth but I have this horrible sinking feeling that they will find something irrefutably horrible going on in my mouth.

Oh well, nothing like diving right in and going for it.
Maybe I'll actually get over my non-phobia of going to this supposed doctor. Nah.

]]> ~tlwarenik42