Two annoying girls moved into the apartment above me.
I'm forced to hear every dumb thing they say.
These are my letters to them.
I'm forced to hear every dumb thing they say.
These are my letters to them.
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“Some nerdy space guy got it wrong, I’m NOT a Cancer now! Do I look like a loser who never goes out?” Hey, I walked my dog today!
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WT…Oh, she means the Zodiac sign…At least she believes in something.
I’m just happy they don’t believe they have cancer now.
Haha this is exactly what I thought when I first saw it.
When I heard about the new addition to the Zodiac, I knew I had to check out the GAM. I assumed these ladies would have something intelligent to add on the topic. I was happy to see my hypothesis was confirmed. I’m going to give myself a pat on the back for my cosmic prediction of idiocy, and deduct yet another twenty cool points from your upstairs neighbors.
Just 20? How many points do they have now? -1000 maybe? We really should start calculating this.
I work with a woman who’s an astrologist. She swears by the fact that astrology is real and can tell everything about your personality but thinks that psychics, acupuncture and hypnotism are all fake. I guess everyone has their beliefs.
http://1001awfulthings.com
This astrology-changing business really gets under my skin. You can’t change who you are. I suppose that means I agree with them–which is terrifying. But I’m still a Scorpio, damn it.
I heard it only applies to those born after ’09.
This is true. It does not affect anyone born before at the very least, ’09. It all has to do with where the stars and planets where at the moment you were born. No one’s sign has changed
Sorry for the typos. How upsetting.
So the change only applies to those born after ’09?
Oh god I hope so. I was born a Cancer, so I can’t be a Gemini!
thats exactly what I thought. At first, I looked at the Gemini horoscope on yahoo, but I felt really empty and strange, so I checked back at the Cancer horoscopes and felt better.
If all the signs have changed, have our personalities changed with them? We see here that the new Zodiac system hasn’t helped the GAM at all…
It’s not true. No one’s sign has changed. http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fon.cnn.com%2FgOk5aV&h=d8a5c
i keep telling people this, but they keep ignoring me. they don’t understand that there are more than one zodiacs, and the one that changed actually has 13 signs.
We cancers aren’t that bad! I drove my brother to football practice TWICE today, thank you very much
Even though I think it’s a load of rubbish I agree that the signs changing is annoyning. I’m used to being a scorpio, so I’m not changing XD
Ohhoho.
I laughed. (:
You know…
I always wondered where you wandered off too all these months. Mind sharing? You always seem to have a very verbose yet interesting story to tell.
BTW LEOS ROCK IT.
On a goodwill mission!
I learned a lot and taught many people about Ythrl. People were a little stand-offish
and strange when I got there, but then they sent me to camp for free!
Kyo-hwa-so Reeducation camp No. 12. taught me that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is the true Korea, and that the ROK is a puppet government that is nothing more than a tool of imperialism. While I don’t quite know what a puppet government is, I do know that I dislike puppets and mannequins. They stare at you with their blank soulless eyes from underneath the season’s hot new fashions that they are modeling from inside the display window at The Gap. Even worse, puppets are often found at the end of one of Jeff Dunham’s arms. Remember, in the event that you spot that criminal, please do not approach him. Just call for backup and wait for help to arrive. Do not be a hero, and do not under any circumstance listen to any of his so-called “jokes”.
Anyway, I’ll be back after film class to talk about Ythrl. Do feel free to descend into hedonism and madness without me though. It is what Ythrl would want after all.
lol…. SILENCE I KILL YOU
Aries. What now.
Yeeaaaaah. Aries are awesome
Those damn signs confuse me. I mean.. I’m on the cusp. Am I a cancer or a gemini? I say Gemini.. And now Taurus might be thrown in the mix now, too? That’s way too much for anyone to handle.
I agree with you. I’m on the cusp, too – Libra-Scorpio. According to the zodiac changes I would be a Virgo. That’s far too many personalities for one body.
We’re going to be turning into Sybil here…
Well, let’s look on the bright side, Jillian. If worse comes to worst, we could always get an apartment together. Perhaps two girls with multiple personality disorder living together is blog-worthy as well.
Now, I’m wondering which of my zodiac personalities is showing.
This is an extremely good idea. Definitely marketable. I see a movie, too.
Hey Charlie what’s your sign? I’m a Leo, and hate it, lol.
I’m a Sagittarius & love it. Mostly because my sign didn’t change!
Lucky!
I went to school AND walked my dog today. Can’t say I never get out. That loser bit though..
The signs are only different for people if you were born after the Earth’s axis changed…
I was a Sagittarius but according to the “new” zodiac, I’m an Ophiuchus or whatever. Like Sagittarius isn’t hard enough to spell! Dx
Same here, yo! What does it even mean?!
It’s not a change. It’s a different zodiac entirely. The one we use for astrology as a Western culture is based off of a system established by Ptolemy centuries ago, and is tied to the seasons (which is very stupid, considering the fact that the signs are constellations), and this “new” zodiac is the Eastern constellation based system that the Babylonians established. There’s nothing new about it. If anything, the 13 sign system is the older one. Apparently stories like this dredge up every few decades when someone finds out that the Western World isn’t the end-all and be-all of existence.
Okay- so you seriously think that a constellation can determine your personality? No, that is merely a combination of nature and nurture. Has NO ONE read parenting books? Yeah, me neither. But still. You are an amalgram of your relatives, peers and who you want to be. Not some stars or whatever.
ok so….
1)I am originally a Gemini and proud of it!
2)were do you find the new signs?
3)I also heard it only applies to people born after 2009
They should just leave it as it is and not make the world more complicated :(
I’m A Pisces. I Have To Be, Because My Mam Says That Pisces’ Are The Weird Ones In School Who Wear Crazy Hairstyles, Spend All Day On Ebay Looking For Vintage Edith Piaf Records And Eventually Move Into A Smelly Apartment In London To Express Their Individuality. That’s Me, Past, Present And Future. I Gotta Be A Fish.
i think we’re soul mates.(:
The signs, the signs, Who believes them anyway?
The signs, the signs,
All aranged from disaray.
And just ’cause your a Cancer,
Doesn’t mean you don’t get out,
Don’t let the stupid Zodiacs fill your mind with doubt!
And a second poem as promised:
You’re not a loser, Charlie!
You have the best blog in all the land!
But I have to say, I’m still in shock from that post about your hand…
Ahh, I was wondering when one of your famous poems would crop up. :) Nice.
((and me too!))
That could be my favourite of your poems to date!
Haha thanks guys.
What?!?!?! What are you talking about? Why did the signs change?I am so confused.
You can read about it here.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41062376/ns/technology_and_science-science/?GT1=43001
wtf, i was a leo now im a cancer?):
Apparently I’m now a Pices and Aries. Whatever.
Damn that sign change was uber confusing.
I think I got it down now though.
Seems like the girls won’t be so lucky xD
Hey guys, if you wanna listen to a pod cast interview I did, here’s the link. I discuss GAM, directing, music, but pretty much just stumble my way through incredibly boring incomplete sentences for an hour. Also, I wasn’t wearing any underwear…it was laundry day.
http://www.christopherjarecki.com/admin/wp-content/uploads/radio/05-charlie_mcdowell-re.mp3
You added that last line just so more people would listen, didn’t you?
It’s entirely possible, but I’m guessing it worked.
…The last line made me giggle, then I decided, “Hey, I guess I’ll listen.” Then I read your comment. And spazzed out about how true it was. xD
I think somebody needs to dig up your True Gangsters film. I have a feeling it’s AMAZING!
… and now Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes! It’s official: You are awesome.
You don’t drink caffeine? By the by, we listen to the same music.
Charlie, it is wayyyy too weird putting a voice to the posts. But kinda awesome.
It was so strange hearing your voice! haha
I can’t wait for the TV show =) *hoping I can still watch it in England*
There’s no way I can be a piscies(or however you spell it)… I’m an aries, the fire sign.. Everyone says I’m exactly what an aries is supposed to be.
I spent several hours laughing hysterically. I don’t normally post stuff like this in random places, but its TOO funny not to share. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OxtHSQLiZE
That is ridiculous! I thought it was a joke at first…
I also thought it had absolutely nothing to do with GAM, but then I realized that they might be the type who would actually buy crap like this…lol
NO ONE’S ZODIAC SIGN IS CHANGING!
The confusion comes from two different ways of reckoning the zodiac. Known as sidereal and tropical astrology, nearly everyone uses the tropical system, which uses the fixed dates as set forth by Ptolemy, the writer of Tetrabiblos and ‘father’ of our modern zodiac.
Sidereal dates move forward roughly one degree every 70 years to offset the movement caused by Earth’s slowly changing axis and keep the constellations in the same position as they were in the time of Ptolemy. This results in the sidereal signs currently being about one month ahead of the tropical, hence the different dates. This phenomena was known well before Ptolemy, it’s nothing new.
As for Ophiuchus, the 13th sign, it shares the same space on the ecliptic (path of the sun) as Scorpio, but is further “down” and out of line with the rest of the circle of zodiac constellations. Combined with how much easier it is to fit 12 into 360 degrees than 13, and that the Babylonians who developed our zodiac system considered 12 auspicious, most astrologers have always just considered it at most an extra-zodiacal indicator that complements the zodiac signs. Not to mention that having 12 signs fits nicely with our 12 months in a year and gives us three signs for each season.
My point is that you shouldn’t blindly believe the misinformation and quotes taken out of context being perpetrated by some of the media. Obviously the people in these comments follow the “standard” tropical system and so it would be senseless for them to switch to the sidereal.
If you want to know more, read about it for yourself. Wikipedia is a great place to start.
You lost me after the first paragraph.
Seriously, if Cancer means being a loser who never goes out, my zodiac sign should have switched to Cancer. Although, I don’t think I’m a loser. I just never go out.
If they can read, this would calm them down.
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/13/no-your-zodiac-sign-hasnt-changed/?hpt=C2
I’m personally glad for the change. It’s nice to not be the only inanimate object in the Zodiac anymore (darn Libra).
Does anyone read before they post?? Your sign did not change. Move on.
i’m more concerned by the fact they think this is down to some ‘nerdy space guy’. clearly they don’t know that astrology and astronomy are completely different things. or do the think nasa is the national association for supercool astrologers or something?
I just like their idea that the whole concept of astrology’s being run by one nerdy guy in an office somewhere.
*like*
so, if anyone REALLY wants to know what sign they are (it does not change drastically, this shift HAS been happening for years), then have an astrological birth chart made for you for free online…coming from an astrology enthusiast, thank you very much.
Its only put me more into Taurus, which is a little disappointing :(
It worries me that my best friend has (or… had) the same sign as her… >.>
Wrong, The ‘new’ Zodiac only affects people born AFTER
born after 2009.
And my computer fucked up. Oops.
hi im 12 what is this
You need to stop doing this.
stop do wat????????
u ned 2 kalm down u smelly girl im juss wndring wat dis is ok so stop yell at me
Well, at least this means they watch the news if they’ve heard about the zodiac change.
But it must be some very sadly misinformed news station. The zodiac as the majority of American’s know has not changed, but it seems that about half of these people don’t read before posting since a lot of them think their signs have changed.
Are you going to sundance charlie?
I think Charlie died again….
I’ve been a Sagittarius my whole life, and now they expect me to be Ophuichus, a nature lover?! I mean, I love nature and everything, and I’m good at healing people, but I’m more Sagittarius than anything. Intelligent, headstrong, somewhat superficial…yep, sounds like me!
It doesn’t change. Try to find the real article online (hint its in the star tribune). Then stop freaking out. Ur a saggitarias. And it doesng rly matter anyway.
Umm…I’m a cancer and I’m super busy. So…its just another statement from two druggie girls.
Charlie can you post a picture of your dog?
The new Zodiac signs don’t apply to any of us anyway. Only those born in 2011 or after. So it doesn’t matter that the signs have changed at all. Good new for the girls, huh? We’ll give them another couple months to a years to figure that one out.
I wish the sign change were true, because then I would be a Pisces, and the Pisces personality profile describes my quite well (emotional, a dreamer, imaginative, compassionate…sounds like me), but I’m really born an Aries even though the Aries profile doesn’t describe me that well
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Incredible post i love the pictures also next to each level….