the boring leading the bored
Sunday, August 31, 2003
but daddy, I want a happy ending too!
sometimes i wanna throw tantrums.
music: eh, you know. probably the cure. maybe coldplay.
today has been a fairly good day.
i bought my pencil case!!! from cat and girl.com!!! so it will hopefully come to my house soon!!! and then i will have pencils that say "repetition is the essence of reality" and "i'm wasting my life" !!! but hopefully i won't be wasting my life. i think i've sorta been wasting it recently, but then just keeping sane and continuing to breathe has been the constant challenge. Thanks to God for helping me pull through. hopefully i'll be able to get to work soon.
i got starbucks. mocha malt frappucino. yum.
remind me that i still need to go shopping for my books for english.
i went grocery shopping with dad. my favorite things we bought were 100% whole wheat bread (white flour free!), soy milk, and some granola bars. what with running and lactose intolerantness im totally into hippie foods recently... and that's why i had froot loops for breakfast.
my meet yesterday was pretty cool. i got called "one of the guys" again... it was funny. but not ha ha funny, just funny. i got really really muddy. mud mud mud. the whole team of us, we were just dirty birds.
"bird" is sixties slang for girl. it's my new favorite word. it's featured in the Beatle's song "Norwegian Wood"... as in, "when i awoke/I was alone/this bird had flown" and then he burns her house down, norwegian wood and floor cushions and all. i really like that song. it has good solid morals?!? actually it just sounds cool. it has sitar!
i also bought some ice packs for my lunch box at the grocery store. i was gonna post a picture of my lunchbox but i think my fotolog died. this upsets me.
i think its time for dinner now. bye!
music: the cure, mostly. and i've had suffragette city by david bowie stuck in my head all week.
Wednesday, August 27, 2003
my favorite first day of school quote:
me: hi danny adams! how was your summer?
danny adams: deadly.
music: delirious
Tuesday, August 26, 2003
first day of schoooooool
so im bein a junior now. here's the shakedown. my classes rock. maybe ill have time to be more specific later but i gotta go to practice and then do homework and stuff.
and i still need that cat and girl pencil case.
music: coldplay
Friday, August 22, 2003
the infamous "back-to-school splurge"
tough choices.
1. Cat and Girl Back School Pack! so fabulous... i totally need a pencil case, too... this is looking tempting, kids. but then, i must wrassle the credit card from my mother. and wait. but it also doesnt involve leaving the house, which is good because its hard for me to get out.
yeah i only have one right now... but ill update as i come up with more...
music: love on the run
i need to stop getting on the internet right after breakfast. its just stupid.
so mommy has mono. but its grown-up mono... i think its weird that mom got mono and not me... ive just been asking for it with all my drink-sharing ways. DRINK-SHARING!
i apologize for not updating very often. ive been doing summer reading. and watching i love the 70s. the latter has been pretty cool.
well time to go put myself together
music: techno, david bowie, the cure
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
it was good to talk.
It's tough to be alone isn't it... it's painful
I felt that way too
But if we're together at times we may hurt each other
We may part
But it won't be the end
I'll always be with you
-Hitomi from Escaflowne.
music: anything with memories
Sunday, August 17, 2003
kung-fu soccer.
i went with rojo, erin, erinsfriendwhosenameicantrecall, jerron, drew, seth, kira, dan, bri, and luke all went to the movies. we saw shaolin soccer. was it as bad as the previews made it sound? no. it was worlds worse. maybe theres a lot i dont understand about asian cinema, but it was definitely the worst movie i've ever seen. it was dubbed, which wouldnt be a crime in itself... but it was just a HORRIBLE movie. and im nice to most movies too. im not quick to judge. but this was inconceivably bad. really. save yourself 5.50 and just hit yourself in the head over and over, fake a chinese accent, and think of all the insulting stereotypical martial arts or eastern culture things you can.
i would like to take some time to pay my respects to mitzi, who passed away today. she was a good car, if she was incredibly feminine. my condolences to jerron.
music: dise's 113 songs of techno, especially "days go by"
Friday, August 15, 2003
because my great grandma used to sing it to me
i present to you, one verse of the american folk classic, "Oh Susanna".
well it rained so hard the day i left,
the weather it was dry
with a sun so hot i froze to death
Susanna, don't you cry.
music: breakfast.
"like, for serious? or in the 'ironic hipster' way? i'm all about the 'quotation marks' today."
-nessa, from the comment box of the August 13 entry of The American Undershirt!
for serious.
music: none
Monday, August 11, 2003
oh... and i cant BELIEVE you re-ran that.
i hate you forever.
<3.
today was fine. im still eating too much sugar and not doing enough summer reading, although i did a lot of reading today.
frank is so amazing, by the way.
practice was cool, we went to some park to run. i ran with gaeta, it was silly fun. there were big bugs sometimes.
heres something fun to do. it kinda reminds me of MYST... anyone remember how cool that was? i was really young when we had it so i really had no idea how to play... but it was awesome.
i think its probably going to be less crying and more tearing my hair out.
my arm itches!
im writing again, after a long time of... not writing. and everything im trying sucks but at least im trying. perhaps i will finish my story on telemarketing this evening. it may sound cheesy but i swear it isnt... it isnt a funny story. its a story about loneliness and... the future. i curse myself for writing a future story, thanks to the dublin scioto honors english program and Ayn Rand, Aldous Huxley, and especially Ray Bradbury. Sure they have their place... but theres just SO MANY and they make us read so many of them. the best future story ever? Harrison Bergeron. anyway... hopefully soon i will write something that doesnt suck. but i wouldnt start placing your bets on it.
music: flogging molly, david bowie, the cure (because it always manages to weasel its way into my head)... oh, and Jimmy Eat World. yes, they arent really that good... but i listened to them this one time... and there were these geese and it was really windy...
Sunday, August 10, 2003
people on streets
last sunday. i couldnt tell... still cant. i dont know WHATS going to happen when i finally notice what's happening. its really cold in this room.
i woke this morning at 8. and then waited around in bed for an hour and a half because we didnt go to first service. i had a dream about going to church.... it was disastrous. but when i DID go to church it WASNT disastrous. it was rather nice. i played it selfish this morning... which was sorta uncool but i figure i can give myself one sunday. and even so i didnt feel like being with people... so selfish, i am. so yeah, then i went home... had team pictures. i suppose they went pretty well, except that we had to do them inside because it rained! i was having a good hair day though... all day. what a bonus. i came home from pictures and lazed around a bit, then cleaned bathrooms with my new chamois i purchased at the fair. the chamois is much more friendly than my old yellow sponge. and then i went to bible study. it was really cool. and we went to bw3... i had some quesadillas and some french fries shaped like smiley faces. they made me happy. i watched Dise rock the house at the trivia game and then we fiddled around with The Book of Questions, which is basically a book full of questions so you can learn about yourself, people around you, and your society. questions like, "When was the last time you sang to yourself? To someone else?" or "Would you be willing to give up all television for the next five years if it would induce someone to provide for 1000 starving children in Indonesia?"... its really a lot of fun. And interesting. I went home, i did nothing. and that was my day.
music: David Bowie, "Heroes"
Saturday, August 09, 2003
wow.
You are a Lava Lamp.
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today was a sleepy sort of day. mostly because i slept a lot. then i sat a lot. but i did go running eventually. and then i had chinese. and then i tried to make some plans for the evening and they sank into the swamp. so i tried again and sure enough andrea agreed to do borders with me. i dont know why i continue to go there when every time i do i just get sad about the fact that i dotn have a million dollars to buy all those material delights. i did indulge myself a bit... best of bowie is now mine on compact disc. smile. i have figured out that i am a music addict. in the worst kind of way. cause i have bad taste. but a habit is a habit and now i have music for the next week until i get bored.
BUT WAIT! REWIND!
last we heard from me i was lamenting my stay-at-home-ness on friday night. but i went out! at 9 45. me and shannon went to see PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN! Kurt and Steve met us there... and abandoned us temporarily for American Wedding... not a good move in my opinion, because they missed out on the mad swashbuckling action. it was a very good film. thats all i have to say. the real party of the evening was my random late night vigil i decided to pull for no reason. i just stayed up and did stuff, including look through my good old five subject notebook which is full of my mad ramblings. it was a fun experience. i found some wonderful quotes from some F. Scott Fitzgerald stories that i think i jotted down last year on my way to/from canada and michigan. maybe ill throw a few of those somewhere... another activity of the evening was documenting the evening. i wrote down what was going on every fifteen minutes or so... amusing. i wonder how it reads now, i havent tried yet. *****. ok just read it... its BORING! but that's alright with me.
and i present: the commentary on my big 5 subject notebook.
last august was much more interesting than this one. like... the 23rd? holy crap.
i can really write some phenomenally bad poetry.
i kinda like some of that poetry anyway.
if there were no boys in the world, i would not really need a notebook.
i have a tendency to disobey my own orders. for example, the page titled "DONT READ ME. DONT DO IT. REALLY. DONT." ? i read it. im not that sorry...
i wish i could finish my cute flapper story.
A quote from the story "The Offshore Pirate" that strikes my fancy:
"He used to laugh afterward at the phrase 'artistic suicide.' They all used it."
Another:
Time is a thief
Gladness and Grief
Cling to the leaf
As it yellows.
^aint it the truth.
i had totally forgotten i wrote some of this.
ok ill stop being boring.
music: david bowie, bien sur.
'it's a sort of glory,' he murmured after a second.
Friday, August 08, 2003
ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on
so how about how im really bored? its friday night and im doing NOTHING. nothing except sit around and cram myself full of sugar. im feeling kinda sorry for myself. practice tonight was tough. im sore... but the soreness is mostly from waterskiing and tubing, my exploits of yesterday. it was a darn good time. i wish i could have stayed all day but i had to be back for practice. pity.
went and saw cirque du soleil: DRALION the other night. it was totally awesome... TOTALLY awesome. i love the aerial stuff, like the ribbons and hoops and things. i wish i could do all that....
uh... i guess thats all i got.
every so often the thought sneaks up on me....
music: josh groban
Thursday, August 07, 2003
...never fails me
sorry i havent been updating.
sorry im not really updating now.
i wish people left more comments.
i guess this thing sucks.
music: delirious, mezzamorphis
still my favcrite album of all time. i think ill sleep to it again tonight.
Sunday, August 03, 2003
"if you play 'call me' you get TWO treats!"
PrincessJill069: i still say you dont need to
xxstrrynightxx: order you a shirt?
PrincessJill069: yeah, dont, id feel bad
xxstrrynightxx: its a BDAY PRESENT
PrincessJill069: the balloon and candy was enough
xxstrrynightxx: no way. im getting you that shirt.
xxstrrynightxx: no more arguing
PrincessJill069: fine lauren, you leave me no choice
PrincessJill069: xmas time, i will buy you blondie
PrincessJill069: the actual band
xxstrrynightxx: lol!!!
PrincessJill069: and you know they can like pop out of the present box or w/e
PrincessJill069: but they'll be yours
PrincessJill069: ok?
xxstrrynightxx: but how will i feed them?
PrincessJill069: well, like all bands...they eat regular band food, and water, and they like to be taken for walks and scratched behind the ears
xxstrrynightxx: i see
PrincessJill069: and if theyre good, they get a treat
xxstrrynightxx: sounds like work
PrincessJill069: yes it sounds like alot of work, but its easy, as long as you show them love
xxstrrynightxx: alright
xxstrrynightxx: deal.
PrincessJill069: ok
PrincessJill069: im glad you've agreed
PrincessJill069: i think you'll make the perfect mom for this new band
heehee.
music: blondie, under the gun (quelle coincidence!)
... it usually goes that way.
irish festival today! i never thought i'd go, but it was free... Rojo's mom had tickets and he took me. it was fun, for a while we just walked around and looked at irishy crap. rojo threatened to flog me if i bought any crazy irish clothes. we eventually (quickly) got bored and decided to go catch flogging molly, so we walked over. and who gave me a running, knock-me-over-if-he-hadn't-caught-me hug? BEN! it took me completely by surprise... in so many ways. we were excited to see him... we had just been discussing how he, too, would not appreciate crazy irish clothing. he said he couldn't miss flogging molly, especially because his sister ADORES them. i wonder what sarah said when he told her... anyway, said band rocked my casbah, totally. i may have to put their album on the (extensive) list of albums i desire to purchase but don't have the money for. after the show we lounged about on the grass and then ben ran home (he ran there from his house) and me and rojo swung by panera where i got dinner. and green beer! okay fine... it was green apple soda. and it was good. then we went to church. it was nice... learned a lot about friendship. after i went for a walk. i planned on walking alone but ben and jerron joined me. it was rather pleasant. but there were bugs. i have two bites... that i've noticed anyway. we sat on matt's (yeah catch-22!) car and discussed cars. i mostly just sat... i had little to say. but i enjoyed the company and all.
i always hate to leave that place.
what happened? i want to know. and you cant tell me its nothing.
music: flogging molly and the cure, the 13th... reminds me of things.
Saturday, August 02, 2003
dont quit your day job or your paper route
i was a waitress! i never thought i'd be so lucky so soon. (leave my small dreams alone.) i served tea to the ladies at church. im a terrible waitress i think, but everyone was very nice and said i was doing a good job. plus they gave me a 20 dollar mall gift certificate. whatabonus. it was really very fun, although dishes weren't super cool.
in other news, went to Baja Fresh and then to the movies with the fam, the Hayes's'es, and Alle. we saw seabiscuit. it was predictably sappy, but actually rather good. it was very well directed... there were some quality artistic elements, which made it a decent film. the middle aged woman next to me bawled through most of the movie... it was kinda sad but kinda cool. i like to see people being themselves and just enjoying things. and the middle aged audience clapped for seabiscuit when he won a big race in the middle of the movie... it was REALLY funny.
why do i not care right now? im just happy...ish with my one million calorie cinnamon roll.
music: the cure, strange attraction
out tonight. walmarting! with ben, alle, kira, and dan. it was excellent. nothing quite like doing the hokey pokey with elmo in the toy aisle. i'd have to say the toy section was my favorite... or perhaps music. that was fun. mmm AC/DC on cassette. then we did sns... good fun. the place is just a cesspool of lactose though... made me a little sad but i just went for it and got a rootbeer float : ) and i feel fine. maybe i am just a pansy.
i think the reason i like the night so much is that i feel free. during the day, i can be a workaholic but nighttime is play time. i dont have any responsibilities at night. my parents are asleep, the house is dark and cool... i own the place and i like it. makes me feel like mimi....
music: RENT. Out Tonight.
Let's go out tonight
I have to go out tonight
You wanna play?
Let's run away
We won't be back before it's Christmas day
Take me out tonight (meow)
sure its trite. but its a cool song.
Friday, August 01, 2003
"fifteen and pregnant," a lifetime original movie
yesterday was quite a day. nothing like spending approximately ten hours just playing around with your friends named joe, jay, and sam. we did: the zoo, general tso's chinese, wal mart, music go round, graeters, and pokemon snap to the MAX!
today's been dull so far. i read a lot of catch 22 (brilliant! love it.) and discussed dropping ap us history with mum. she actually doesnt seem to mind the idea, fortunately. but the decision isnt made yet. i painted a little... my type A would not allow me to just sit and watch tv for long when that mural is nowhere near done. it should be awesome if i actually get it done. i need to go running soon. like, ten minutes soon. i hope i dont die of heatstroke... cause thats just not allowed. i also hope i get to go out tonight.
sorry this was boring.
music: josh groban covering "vincent" by don mclean
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