Technology to the MAX

then dem don't stand a chance at all

Sat, 13 Aug 2005 03:32:50 GMT

hey hey! i'm baaack!!! martha's vineyard was ROCKING. no sighting of bill clinton though. but apparently jill's whole family has met them. pretty awesome. its really nice there though, the beaches are not ice cold and there is no fee for parking. THE WAVES WERE CRAAAZZZY THOUGH! oh man, we got TOSSED AROUND.

the best part though was seeing jill and monica. i'm excited about next year. i feel like there is a lot more i want to do at home, but next year will be fun. the caf food though. x.x but we got to watch fresh prince and dr. phil!! w00t! and we shopped in crazy hippie stores and looked at expensive sustainable fiber shirts and odd smelling body oils. i'd rather just smell than wear those oils. most of them just smell so strong and kind of bad. maybe i just don't have good smell receptors, cause no one else ever thinks they smell bad. there really isn't much to do there though (though barrington levy is coming!!). and it takes so much effort and six dollars to get to the mainland.

other highlights:

an old man on the ferry called monica and i "complacent" for not caring about a "overseas intelligence tip" that there might be another september 11th that was mentioned in the 5th page of the globe. what did he wants us to do?!?! be unhappy and scared?!?! and what was he doing on vacation to martha's vineyard if he was so concerned?! he must've been doing a mental survey of people or something, just to get our opinion. cause he kind of slapped his paper to get our attention in the first place. LAME.

the black dog store! and how they sell four square balls for 12 dollars just cause they have the black dog logo on it! and all the ridiculous things that people spill on stuff in stores. and getting a black dog sticker courtesy of jill!

supporting fair trade coffee and getting yet another mug.

getting BAD ASS SUNGLASSES.

more fun use of

in case you can't read it:
"urethra (where you urinate), vagina (INSERT TAMPON HERE), anus (where you have bowel movements)." i just thought that was hilarious.

and of course, LISTENING TO WELCOME TO JAMROCK AS SOON AS I GOT HOME! i love it! i finally found out who he took the sample from: ini kamoze. (the song is like "world of music" or something like that), i can't get it to download though, but i heard a sample, so I KNOW ITS IT! i love the damian marley version though. something about it. some parts are just really good. he's no sizzla though, that's for sure! and people get mad at him cause how big he's getting and he's sending out a bad image for jamaica. i guess the video is all pictures of slums and negative images. but at least he's not slamming gays. i think.......

i am web savvy!

Mon, 08 Aug 2005 18:36:56 GMT

i can now post pictures online! (excuse the resolution of the picture)

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 16:31:04 GMT

so i spent a good hour this morning (and yesterday morning) trying to get mark's mp3 player i bought off of him to work. the software just sucks!! but its a cheap mp3 player and its all i need to go joggging. WHICH I DID THIS MORNING! my back's been horribly cramped up lately and i've been horribly out of balance because of it. i keep having that "its hard for me to move" and "my resting heart rate/pulse feels like its 120." FIND ME SOME EQUALIBRIUM! what i really need is a dino massage.

he gave me a number i could call him at today, but i don't think he gave me the country code so it didn't work. also, despite the fact i put a loud alert on my AIM he signed on and off TWELVE TIMES and i still slept. but it was good i got lots of sleep last night.

before i went to sleep however! vicky and i watched crazy cartoons that included (in choronological order)

-rainbow brite
-"what's happening to me?" the free rental from video signals about puberty!
-sonic the hedgehog
-fraggle rock
-ninja turtles
-schoolhouse rock - the science one!

oh the 80's. we also stopped at brooke's house for her shindig which was fun.

today i am going to play trumpet! then i'm going to see shakespeare in the park tonight with my friend mike from luxembourg. HAMLET!!! if only mr. crick were coming....then tommorow i'm going to the beach with my sister. we're going to leave at 6 in the morning, eat a power breakfast at julie's (which i've been craving for a good while now) and then go to crane beach i believe. i'm PSYCHED! i'm in the process of cleaning my bathing suit now. i need to do laundry more often. i also need to get new bras. mine are so old and i've washed them so many times that they're just not comfortable anymore. which is a shame cause they're still perfectly fine. i guess i'll donate them to somewhere.

and apparently my dad thinks i'm ready to buy my own car. which i am, i could manage it and pay for it and stuff. i just don't think i want one anymore. i mean, the bus systems are working in worcester again, and there's the train. not to mention gas prices are HORRENDOUS. and i like public transportation better anyway. but then again, if i'm going to do my adventure in another city next summer (possibly with vicky) then a car might be useful...then of course its no fun trying to navigate new places. *cough* *cough* the presidents village in acton!!! what the fuck is that rotary for?!?!

it also depends on what city i choose. where the best jobs are. how far it is. if there's public transportation. real estate prices. but i have a year to figure it out. i'm already excited though. especially after hearing ashley's experience in new york. molly's lonely experience in san francisco got me kind of discouraged, and carolyn was lonely in philly for a little while, but i think she met a lot of people. and it depends on what kind of job i have. if i work for a small environmental company then i'm sure its the kind of environment where i can meet people and hang out with them. and maybe i can find a student program so its not just a bunch of older people who want to go to bars.

okay, TRUMPET TIME!

my new profession should be playing spider solitaire

Tue, 26 Jul 2005 20:41:23 GMT

yeahhh!!! wooo!!! so i worked today and it was uneventful except for the fact our register broke and all hell broke loose!

and yesterday i hung out with vicky (after work which was sooo dead). we're almost done with our new song which is refreshing, to have a new song and to be playing music again. and we watched hedwig and the angry inch, which is an awesome movie! the day before though could not be beat! lorraine, vicky and i went to hampton beach and had a swell time screaming at cold water, dunking vicky underwater (sorry vicky!), scratching obscene things in the sand while singing along to our new theme song "buffalo vagina" (sung along to the tune of bob marley's buffalo soldier!), and ate lots of yummy seafood! and of course we WALKED LIKE THERE WAS NO TOMMOROW. i'm still sore from it. work was so painful and grumpy. i need to do some yoga or something.

i don't know whether its just my soreness or missing dino or what, but i'm really depressed today. i just feel like everyone is doing such awesome things. and i had the two best days of the summer sunday and saturday so i don't know why i feel so desparate. i just don't like my job anymore, serving the same customers the same thing at the same place for 5 years is getting to me. and i'm not a full time person so its not like i'm even really part of the business much anymore. i just can't wait to find an internship for next summer. but i suppose i should stop complaining and use my free time for music while i can.

but! i got an e-mail from dino! its so hard to talk to him with the 13 hour time difference. its also hard to fall asleep knowing he might be online cause it would be the morning/early afternoon there. i feel like i've only talked to him once since leaving though...

and happy birthday tina!

PRETENTIOUS IS A PRETENTIOUS WORD!

Thu, 21 Jul 2005 03:50:31 GMT

yup. so today was hilarious adventures with liz. we ended up:

-getting blueberries at carlson orchards!! but there was no one there (we technically could've robbed the store) so we just left the money and took the blueberries cause its a great farm and i know the people who work there and they ROCK LIKE METAMORPHIC ROCKS DO!

-then we pretended to be littleton residents and went swimming at long lake

-sold used cds at newbury comics and i got ridiculous magazines in return! one of which includes punk rockers with pictures with their pets! hahaha. i also found out that the old mad caddies drummer commited suicide! i'm really sad. its such a horrible thing to think that people don't have anything to live for or just can't take the pressures of the world. i think elliot smith's suicide was the saddest though, cause he stabbed himself. most people will just shoot themselves (not that that's an easier task, but probably quicker and cleaner). but to stab yourself? i dunno, its just much more violent in a way.

and before all that happened i watched a four hour made-for-tv movie. EAST OF EDEN! it was sweet. basically true to the book. but it wasn't anything special. it was really good, but nothing revolutionary. except considering it was made in '55 it was pretty risque at the time.

don't deconstruct

Mon, 11 Jul 2005 20:15:44 GMT

so my summer's going well. working at continental! i've been getting much less hours which is nice. i have a lot of other things i wanted to do this summer that are more important. like hanging out with dino!!! he's leaving sunday and that makes me sad.

but lately the highlight of my life has been hanging out with lorraine and ashley! i hadn't seen ashley pretty much all school year, and lorraine very rarely. so its been nice to see them so regularly. its also awesome to hang out with people that aren't music snobs and don't like bland acoustic/indie music! we've just been listening to rilo kiley and tegan and sarah and its so nice! driving around and singing and smiling. I LOVE It!

but i wish vicky was here and she needs to GET HER ASS BACK FROM ITALY!!! a while back lorraine and i went to hampton beach at night and it was BEAUTIFUL!! and we kept sporadically running into the ocean and screaming "vicky we're coming to get you!" hahaha. oh what fun!

and who else is missing from my life???? MY CLARK HOMIES! i've gotten to see monica (we went to go see sleater kinney! ahhh! i can't believe i've seen sleater kinney in concert it was great!). and then molly's back from cali! so i'll be seeing her soon. and i've gotten to talk to carolyn on the phone. but besides that there is a huge void! i didn't think i would be ready to go back to college until the very end of the summer, but i almost feel like i want to go back now. but there is still so much i want to do.....

today i worked and this crazy lady came in and was like 'CAN I SIT HERE AND READ (she bought a WSJ)??! THE POLICE ARE ALWAYS ON MY BACK! HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU WERE FOLLOWED AROUND ALL THE TIME...somethingsomething....MY BROTHER...A COUNSELOR...somethingsomething...I HATE MASS AVE...I HATE THIS TOWN." it was really scary! and everyone was laughing/angry at her. she clearly had something wrong in her head and no one felt bad for her! i wonder if she's ever been well. i can only imagine her frustration. she said to angela: 'YOU PROBABLY HAVE MORE FREEDOM THAN ME AND I'M 61.' to be underestimated her whole life! its just tragic. but what can you do? i'm certainly not good with people, so i guess i could donate to organizations?!?! for medications?? i still don't know what i'd do if i ever had kids and they were disabled. i don't think i will know until it actually happens, and even then i'll probably make the wrong choice.

oh, and i made a "too zesty hummus." i can still taste it and i ate it an hour ago. bah!

acton: a dodgy town in england

Wed, 04 May 2005 17:54:00 GMT

whoa! i'm actually gonna update my livejournal! you guys ready for this?!?!

so this year has gone by so quickly! i kind of am embarrased at my anti-socialness throughout the year, but i learned a lot academically. i realized its much better for me to sit down and study then it is for me to get up and talk to people. hopefully i'll remember this for future reference....

and i'm excited to go home and see my ho's from acton!!! and play a lot of music. my guitar hasn't been getting much action and that needs to change! hopefully vicky and i will be jamming. and i hope to get the hooligan site working again so maybe i'll put up some jam sessions. annnnddddd.....spring is beautiful! i discovered the best tree ever. IT'S SO BIG!

i keep on being tempted to talk about china and korea, maybe this is a sign that i should return to my paper. but leave mad props for me updating!

side note: I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT MY FERRET FACES! I LOVE IT! and my micah icon! go acton!

note to self: don't say i'm from acton in luxembourg. i'll get in a gang fight.

i gotta find out why i'm sticking around

Wed, 20 Oct 2004 03:02:09 GMT

yesterday was THE BEST day EVER here at clark! it was awesome. it was so nice outside. and i got back good tests grades and met new people and had a good meal (aka the caffeteria having the good granola!!) and i listened to the starlight mints all day and the red sox won. it was wonderful. unfortunately, today, i realized that i need to cram like mad for my english midterm. it's like 30% of our grade...and i know NOTHING!! so i'm kinda stressing about it. but we have a study party tommorow which should help.

and i got an awesome birthday present for dino!! he better love it.

and our room smells like ass. but i still really want to go to le tigre this weekend and mouse on mars and ASOB but I HAVE SO MUCH WORK TO DO!!! x.x

and what more can i say you don't need her anyway

Mon, 11 Oct 2004 23:14:31 GMT

whoa! livejournal semi-changed their layout!! but anyway, I JUST GOT A DIGITAL CAMERA! so expect some super pictures coming soon. i'm in act!on acton right now for the midterm break. i made a lot of money working and saw all my trumpets at the football game it was GOOD TIMES. bell promised to make me a toe nibbler shirt!! i can't wait!! i just got back from the mall with my family [where i got my digital camera.] i love day trips with my family. they're so much fun cause we get back to the house and it's all dark out. and of course my mom buys me stuff. (: but that's not really the reason cause i usually don't buy anything. i also got AWESOME boots. they're green with pink polka dots. i'm very happy.

and yeah, last tuesday i went to go see RILO KILEY and TILLY AND THE WALL along with "it's overhead"?!?! it was VERY fun. it was like a quest trying to get there though. i went with molly and first we had a nice fall drive up to her mom's house, then had to get the tickets from her dads house, then we came to davis square in time but we had to find a parking spot. so we finally met up with tina and vicky and yang [surprising tina courtesy of vicky!!] and went to the booth to get our tickets and it turns out THEY DIDN'T HAVE THEM!! because ticketmaster sucks. so anyway, we had to buy new tickets and hopefully molly's dad will get redeemed for the ones he bought. but then we had DELICIOUS BURRITOS! best in the world. and then we went to the show to find so many clark kids! along with a few simmons and tufts. and the concert was awesome. i wish however, there was a dance floor, but instead it was just seats [after all it was in a movie theatre.] so anyway, tilly and the wall is adorable and the second band was not very good. they were uber paranoid and their songs were very bland. they had two guitars and you couldn't even hear them! i mean, some of their songs had potential but it was just a really painful set. but rilo kiley made up for it!! they were honestly one of the best live bands i've seen. like up there with the cure. and i could swear jenny lewis was looking straight at me for like 15 seconds, it was odd . . . but they had a triple encor including a song with the girls from tilly and the wall [though they didn't do much.] then i was able to catch a ride back with cool kids from clark when i had thought that i would have to stay over at mollys and take a train back in the morning then somehow find a way back to the train station. but i got lucky!! the end.

but this weekend has almost matched that because it's so nice out and i've got to see everyone. i also got to go to my sister's band show with dino which was SO MUCH FUN! they have a really good show and i want to go to their other show on saturday so i can take a video with my NEW CAMERA!! it's just been a travel back in time, working and marching band. but it was fun nonetheless!!

and i also listened to SkankieMixie for the first time in a LONG TIME. it was VERY enjoyable.

this post is so incoherent but i don't care!

i've got hos, in different area codes

Sun, 19 Sep 2004 06:48:26 GMT

dammit! i can't sleep! it SUCKS ASS. i don't even have anything to do. everyone is still at parties, or asleep, or lost. and there's no one online to talk to!! it's so sad! i hate not being able to sleep it really agravates me. but at least i can make a quality post for once!!

yesterday was good times. there were these really hardcore bands playing at the grind and it made me laugh a lot. then we watched zoolander!! w00t w00t! i miss everyone in acton though. i'm going home for ashley's mom party and am DAMN EXCITED! not only do i get to meet the person who created one of the most amazing people ever, but i get to have lunch with matt baskin!!! what more could i want??

as for clark, i really can't formulate an opinion on it. i go from thinking it sucks, to thinking it's better than most colleges. i mean, at least there aren't frats and football teams! but at the same time there are some really annoying kids that are just like clones of the jocks at ab (not to say all the jocks at ab were assholes, i'm just using it as an example). i mean, i felt in going to clark those people wouldn't be so extreme. but i guess it's all in who you hang out with, and there are assholes whereever you go.

and we don't even get WERS here! it makes me angry! i need to figure out the web broadcast thing! i'm doing the radiostation here, but i'm not sure if i want to really. i dunno, i'll see if i get a time slot or anything.

mike watt is my brother

Mon, 13 Sep 2004 01:37:43 GMT

okay i'm just making a post cause i finally uploaded my micah lj icon to my account. umm i don't have much to say other that eating at house of india and boston market made my weekend. the dining food isn't necessarily bad, you just get sick of it fast. molly and i are gonna start a commune and we're gonna make our own food. TAKE THAT HIGGINS!!!

and it turns out that baskin is going to the same pixies concert i am!! how exciting!!

Wed, 08 Sep 2004 16:19:02 GMT

yeah!! first day of classes for all you acton kids! SUCKAS!!! well it's my first trumpet lesson here at clark, as well as i'm missing a million of the club meetings i wanna be in because i have jazz band, but other than that! i have so much work to do today though, it's ridiculous. it's hard to not procrastinate here cause there's just ALWAYS PEOPLE.

and yeah, for all you acton band kids, we're playing overture in Bb. !!!!!!!. but at least we're not playing sleigh ride, though i do miss slay ride!! hahah.

but everyone congradulate amy on making call backs for the pea pod squad.

we also got a new chair. the pimp chair. it's SOOOO comfy. you need to come visit me so you can sit in it.

donkey + skin = catherine deneuve

Sat, 04 Sep 2004 05:04:31 GMT

okay. here it is. the long awaited list of things i miss about acton (actually, probably only vicky was expecting this).

-my friends (obviously, but we're still gonna be tight)
-my shower
-the tap water
-my cats
-driving back late at night on littlefield road
-trashcan parties
-continental and the mobile station

okay. mines short. i probably miss more, but i really do miss my shower the most and the tap water in terms of material things. i feel like i don't get clean at clark. and i'm not the most hygenic person. it much be driving clean people mad.

but today was fun. i coincidentally saw maggie and baskin at continental, then i got to see ashley and we ate piles of muffins and rich ice cream. i wish i could take her to college with me. but it was weird driving back on littlefield road and such, cause it's always so dark and i'm always alone, so i feel really alone. but it's really nothing. what's really odd is being in a group of random clark kids and feeling completely alone. cause i have friends, i shouldn't feel alone, but i really miss the bond of our acton crew. and it's hard to meet new people in general. w00t!!

i had a vision last night

Wed, 01 Sep 2004 22:18:54 GMT

okay kiddos. so i'm going back into action this weekend! (aka going to acton friday and saturday). saturday night is already reserved for vicky and lorraine, but if you'd like to do something else, let me know!! i'm psyched to go back i miss everyone. but college is so much fun. tonight is "indian food with ankit" but i can't go cause i have jazz band at 7. i'm like the only one in this damn building.

but yeah, i'm met some superrad people. have done some superrad things. i'm doing concert band and jazz band and both emsembles are RIDICULOUSLY small. the concert band is like 25 people max and the jazz is like 12. and academically it hasn't been so hard. i'm probably jinxing myself, but whatever. i've also gone on a quest for soda cans and i'm gonna make so much money off of them.

i only spent $210 on textbooks and i'm proud (origionally it was 196 but i got the wrong book). and that's all i can think of to write. i'm so tired. i was up till like 4 yesterday and at 12 today people were like COME EAT WITH US and then kelly and i were so tired that we got sour cream instead of yogurt and put granola on it and tried to eat it. so my breakfast mainly consisted of vegan cupcakes (which are SOOOO good!!). i'm going through muffin withdrawl though. i'm so going to continental and you should come too!!!

HOLLA!!!!

oh and there's this scary girl that likes bush (which is fine, her political views are her own business) but she wants to have his babies and it's really disturbing.

jill: "i'd have his babies just to kill them after birth"

i'm getting kinda pissed off at the liberals here though, like if that bush girl wasn't so outspoken and comfortable, it could be scarring. people seem to be treating republicans like they're not human. and the RNC speeches were good, i only got to read them, i missed it on tv. but. . . .

"In that moment [9/11], we were not different races. We were not poor or rich. We were not Democrat or Republican, liberal or conservative. We were not two counties. We were Americans." can't we always just bond over our humanity?!?!?

Wed, 01 Sep 2004 22:15:48 GMT

okay kiddos. so i'm going back into action this weekend! (aka going to acton friday and saturday). saturday night is already reserved for vicky and lorraine, but if you'd like to do something else, let me know!! i'm psyched to go back i miss everyone. but college is so much fun. tonight is "indian food with ankit" but i can't go cause i have jazz band at 7. i'm like the only one in this damn building.

but yeah, i'm met some superrad people. have done some superrad things. i'm doing concert band and jazz band and both emsembles are RIDICULOUSLY small. the concert band is like 25 people max and the jazz is like 12. and academically it hasn't been so hard. i'm probably jinxing myself, but whatever. i've also gone on a quest for soda cans and i'm gonna make so much money off of them.

i only spent 210 on textbooks and i'm proud (origionally it was 196 but i got the wrong book). and that's all i can think of to write. i'm so tired. i was up till like 4 yesterday and at 12 today people were like COME EAT WITH US and then kelly and i were so tired that we got sour cream instead of yogurt and put granola on it and tried to eat it. so my breakfast mainly consisted of vegan cupcakes (which are SOOOO good!!). i'm going through muffin withdrawl though. i'm so going to continental and you should come too!!!

HOLLA!!!!

oh and there's this scary girl that likes bush (which is fine, her political views are her own business) but she wants to have his babies and it's really disturbing.

jill: "i'd have his babies just to kill them after birth"

i'm getting kinda pissed off at the liberals here though, like if that bush girl wasn't so outspoken and comfortable, it could be scarring. people seem to be treating republicans like they're not human. and the RNC speeches were good, i only got to read them, i missed it on tv. but. . . .

"In that moment [9/11], we were not different races. We were not poor or rich. We were not Democrat or Republican, liberal or conservative. We were not two counties. We were Americans." can't we always just bond over our humanity?!?!?

Sat, 28 Aug 2004 15:12:21 GMT

yo kiddos!! hooray for college! it's good times. it's expensive, but hey, I GET FREE NEWSPAPERS!! i can get the globe, the times, the herald, ALL OF THEM! AT ONCE! FOR FREE!! dude, this has been like beyond exciting for me.

but yeah. i don't know what to say. my classes are fun. kids like zoolander. people are extremely nice. oh man. i'm hungry. last night was crazy.

tramp down desolation

Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:48:27 GMT

yesterday/today aws definately one of the funnest nights ever. sleep deprived vickys and lorraines is always a good thing!! i'm so happy my mom actually let me sleep over. it was amazing! about time though, i'm 18. we had a campfire i had the first smore i've had in like . . . 3 years, maybe?! and dave and jimmy both had their first! i usually hate marshmellows, but something about smores. being over the camp fire and all. i just love the smell. and we had a mini danceparty and heartfelt conversations.

THEN VICKY TURNED BRITISH! it was hilarious! say these things in the most british accent ever and hopefully you'll understand.

"are you accusing me cause i'm FOREIGN?!"
"go fuck yourself!"
"you americans insert such violence into your card games!"

but it was awesome and now i'm all motivated to clean my room since lorraine had cleaned hers to the max. so yeah, my room is getting there.

you've gotta be two thousand places at once

Tue, 20 Jul 2004 21:59:25 GMT

i feel as if school has already started!!! my insecurities that always arise during the school year have invaded my mind! whatever happened to summer paranoia!?!?! it's probably most due to the fact that i got a three on my english ap . . . or that all my guitar recordings have been HORRIBLE. it's a good thing i can't save them as my recording software is just a trial. so lets see . . . those two things have RUINED MY PLANS FOR COLLEGE! my whole i'm gonna major in english and minor in music. i'm so mad. it seems that whenever i care about something i can never do it right. then there are some kids who can just pick things up instantly! either that or not get discouraged and keep up their enthusiasm. i can't do that and it sucks. *steals your enthusiasm*

but on a lighter note! my laptop i got for college is awesome! and i only have to work for two more weeks! and i get to hang out with my hooligans tommorow! and i got to hang out with ashley today and go to curves!! we had to watch a really bad movie with my sister though . . . it was just horrible. it had no plot.

and yeah, my new polyphonic spree cd came with a dvd and there was a tim delaughter video. it made me really happy. i love that man. i also watched the liam lynch dvd's "up late with liam" which was really interesting. i dunno, i love just seeing people in action. i wish i could do that for a living . . .

it only really matters how we stand our ground

Thu, 15 Jul 2004 04:37:16 GMT

dude!! the show was amazing! all of you that didn't go are missing out. the know how, streetlight manifesto, and big d ALL acknowledged my birthday. as well as the whole axis sang happy birthday to me. it was SPECTACULAR. i have completely ANOTHER of my life goals. *crosses off list* i was so happy. and it was a wonderful show. streetlight is amazing live. their horn players stole the show. i wish i had brass kids to play with that were that cool. and everyone was there--minus brooke, tina, baskin, and jake.

i don't know what to say about it even! we had to leave halfway through big d's set, which was disapointing but they were playing a lot of their new songs that i'm not familiar with yet, so it's okay. slater was kinda out of place. i felt really bad for them. cause they just had the wrong crowd.

but thanks to everyone! i had a super birthday. and got lots of cool stuff!!! O.o AM I GAY YET?!?!

to blow the children's mind

Fri, 25 Jun 2004 01:30:18 GMT

yeah! i had french toast today at julie's in honor of the french movies me and ashley watched!! they were so good and artsy! rosetta was really good i thought, mainly because it had no dialogues. it was mainly just life actions, which i always find beautiful. the ending was a bit abrupt, but made sense, because she went full cycle and ended up where she started cause it was a depressing film. the second movie we watched, ma vie en rose, was really depressing for me, even though it was happy. cause yeah, the last scene is happy cause the kid finally finds his transexual niche, but there is eerie music playing in reminder of the troubles he took to get there and the assholes in the world. and i guess since ashley just loves how gay the plot is?!?! as opposed to the movie i got depressed and she didn't. but i am still proud we both noticed the dramatic color changes! though i can't see how one couldn't . . .

so enough with french films! NO! YOU CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH FRENCH FILMS!! dino pronounced "amelie" today in the most bizarre way. he said like ahm-ail-ah-ay or something. i dunno, i do my best to replicate it but i can't.

lorraine and i are beefing up to hopefully return to AB to play some football. though in the process we almost get his with lacrosse balls. x.x

in other news, everyone should not plan anything for july 14th and instead go to my birthday party at the axis!! it's streetlight manifesto with big d and the kids table and the know how, and some other band i've never heard of. slater?!?! from saved by the bell??? but yeah! we're all gonna wear birthday hats and i'm gonna do my best to get them to sing happy birthday to me. best eighteenth birthday party EVER! i have just added it to my life goals . . . but i dunno, is it expecting too much to expect big d or streetlight to sing happy birthday to me? OF COURSE NOT!!! *ska face*

story of nothing

Fri, 18 Jun 2004 21:41:44 GMT

dude. aquabats was AMAZING. i thought it deserved an entry since i did after all complete one of my life goals. *crosses it off list* [i did actually finally start my memo book of life goals. if you remember any of my life goals, remind me] i'm doing this ashley style because i'm tired and i want to go to bed.

-lederhosen lucil was in fact, to my happiness, just lucil with her keyboard-drum machine
-lucil kept talking to her keyboard--like "yamaha! wrap this song up!!!"
-i decided that the lead singer of planet smashers is matt shearer in 10 years
-other kids besides me knew what the aquabat hand symbol was
-kids besides chris and i did the circle of love
-aquabats battled the white buffalo [which was basically my RABBIT SUIT!!!! with a buffalo mask on it]
-dino discovered the magic of skanking
-the aquabats did not play worms make dirt but did play chemical bombs with lucil doing the "la la la's"
-it was the first axis show i've been to that sold out
-there was a bjork shirt

in fact, i got so exicted i puked. the end.

everybody's on top of the pops

Thu, 10 Jun 2004 17:18:30 GMT

yeah. so i missed the living end at the concert the other day. so horribly frustrating. cause being in traffic was no one's fault, but yet it happened and we came in right as no doubt was starting. so the only person we missed was the living end. i did get a shirt though. so i guess that makes up for it!?!

now i'm waiting for band practice. the same sort of no one's fault, yet i'm waiting feeling. RAR! i felt i was being unproductive sitting in bed for a half hour reading, i've nearly finished that book waiting.

and last night lesley, marc, dino, and i had an intense game of scrabble . . . THAT LASTED TWO HOURS!! i didn't spend any time with him besides that game. i won, which i guess is pretty cool, but i feel like i got jipped out of our time together. hmm . . . that sounds horribly sentimental. GOOD THING I'M GOING SOFT SERVE! now i can melt in the warm weather!

but i do like rabbits. and ashley is having a lucy party soon. so that should be ROCK-ING! and tonight we're watching dancing in the dark. that crazy bjork!! she reminds me of rabbits . . . she's so cheerful and fuzzy with all of her crazy fur outfits.

oh, and awesome quotes:

"now that kid with the sign! put that thing away! the kid behind you needs to see my AWESOME haircut!" [Tom]

and it's days like these

Sat, 05 Jun 2004 09:35:36 GMT

oh man. i'm so angry!!! but i should be happy, being graduated and all. but you know, i just get angry when i get no sleep i guess. and when i have my period and horrific cramps.

but graduation was fun. the speeches were kinda dissapointing, and my beach ball only lasted for a minute, and they pronounced my name wrong . . . but it was still fun. i got a partial band standing ovation!! lots of random kids i hadn't seen in a while showed up as well. everyone i would've wanted to be there was in fact present. ashley went out to dinner with us cause she's my sister. then i went to project graduation.

of course i was really tired because i had to open in the morning at 6 and was sore for who knows what reasons and also had cramps. SOOOO i battled sleep for the first few hours drinking coffee and mountain dew. by the time i started waking up the fun stuff was wrapping up and i couldn't do anything so i just waited for the slide show, which was cut off, the hypnotist, who was grumpy, and the raffle, which i did not win [but lorraine did! holla!] but my sister lent me her digital camera so i have all these goofy close up pictures of everyone. the theme was hollywood and there were red carpets and palm trees and a pink bathroom?!?!

it's weird to think this is the last thing we're doing as a class. it still seems like i never graduated and that there are still more fun senior things coming up. but there aren't. the rest of my summer is just work and friends.

i really just wish my body hadn't been so crappy so i would've been able to enjoy the day more. it's times like these where i miss my gooberness and wish i had any energy at all.

yeah dude!

Sun, 23 May 2004 21:57:11 GMT

okay! y'all ready for an ashley-esque summary of prom?!?!?! I AM!! after all, i really do feel like i looked like ashley last night. i was looking over all my prom pictures and i realized that we really could be sisters!! anyways, these are all the highlights of the night:

-me dancing with ms. hammond, ms. hitz, and ms. landry!! WITH MY CHEM GOGGLES!!
-the party bus! that looked like a veteran bus from the outside, but was classy on the inside!!
-having phil pull me aside just to tell me i "looked really nice" >.<
-getting a giant orchid type flower for my corsage
-singing to yang yang
-seeing all my friends at their classiest
-getting props for wearing my converses and party socks all the while repin' the ska
-and possibly the most amusing part of the evening FLASHING ALL OF ASHLEYS FRIENDS only for them to discover i was wearing shorts under my dress!

but yeah, everyone should share their pictures from prom with me! cause my camera sucks so the only pictures i have are the one's my sister/mom took at kristy's. and i wish i had pictures of EVERYONE! cause they all looked so nice!

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i thought it was a battle, it was just self controll

Thu, 20 May 2004 00:17:27 GMT

dude!!! i saw matt from my creative writing class today!! and it was so inspirational!! i don't know what it is with these older kids that makes me so happy when they come home from college, but it sparks me more than that history special on barbarians did on sunday--and boy was that exciting!! but no, he was the first one i had heard such a positive review of college in terms of academics. he said very sincerely that he had learned so much from college in retrospect. and i mean, reading that you may think it's stupid for me to react so, but whenever i ask someone about college i never get direct answers. they always say "yeah, it's great to be away from acton!!" or something else similarly broad. but something with these kids i knew . . . it makes me wonder why they were so friendly, why they bothered to talk to me. they're all so sophisticated, but not snobbishly. they're just really mature i guess and they're great people and everytime i see them i feel full. and that does not happen very often.

so yes, i guess you could say i'm getting pumped for college. and naomi and i and hopefully all the other clarkies shall have a pirate psych just for the hell of it.

and so begins the last two days of school followed by a summer of no sleep, solitaire, partying, music [hopefully including lollapolooza!!], swamp ass, literature, and yes, insanity.

oh and any suggestions for the design on my graduation cake spit them out, cause abbe refuses to make me a plain cake!!!!