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[06 Jan 2006|02:07pm] |
pete would eat: okay SHOWER TIME
Freedumbtaco j: tyme
pete would eat: update your journal yo!
Freedumbtaco j: kk
Freedumbtaco j: have a gooe showah
pete would eat: i willlllll
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[19 Nov 2005|11:09pm] |
WAY TO HAVE THE BEST DAY EVAR, GEE thx
all right so it all started off with me waking up in a particularly peachy mood. then i met elysa, nate, and christina for an anti-recruitment event on kingsbridge road. we stopped in a local market and i found freaking strawberries for freaking one dollar and bought two because wtf. then back to my dorm..and within a half hour miss amanda laws calls me. she asks if i want to go and feed a bum with her. UMM YEAH OF COURSE is naturally my answer. she makes a nicely sized container of ramen, i bring some fruit and a power bar, and dan domato donates some chips and goldfish. and laws and i are off to the Eckerd's parking lot, where earlier she had met a mute, possibly homeless man. she offers him food...and HE SPEAKS..he says "I'm full." we managed to find one of the few people in the world, let alone needy people, that chooses to refuse free food. so the two of us are left with this food...and naturally we cannot eat it ourselves, now that it's been allocated this higher purpose..so we decide to get on the 1 train and not rest until we find someone that needs some food..sure enough, we did not have to get off. a woman, who looked very familiar..came on the train, saying she was homeless and asking if anyone would help her. it was one of life's "perfect" moments when we were able to offer her two bags full of real sustenance, rather than a dollar bill. we must have looked completely psycho to everyone else on the train, but since when is that of importance?
oh, but it doesn't end there. we had originally planned to get off at the 34th station to donate the food to someone, and then walk around, maybe do some shopping. we reach 34th and the doors open...but we barely make it. amanda holds them open with her arm and after a minute they're opened again and she manages to slip through before they quickly shut again, leaving me on the train. the thing is, both of us were laughing hysterically..i will never forget the image of amanda laws backing away from the closed door, bowled over in laughter during the few seconds before the train sped away. so everyone on the train is aware of the situation and offering to help..giving directions of where to get off and offering their cell phones..there was no service of course but yeah, those people were nice. so anyway..i eventually find my way back to 34th..i don't see amanda and i want to call her. i have no change. i explain my situation to a subway worker and ask if he has two quarters i could use; first of all, he knew who amanda was..."Oh, yeah i heard a girl laughing before.." just..wow. so i graciously accept the dollar and the guy tells me i can get change by asking a man who is playing the bongos if i can exchange the bill for four of his quarters. sure enough, he's okay with it..i'm guessing the appearance of a young girl "stealing" from his donations was pure entertainment for everyone nearby.
so eventually, we meet up..and go to K-mart..where she tries to fulfill a fantasy of being the female version of santa claus..somehow there are two versions of this fantasy..one is a cozy santa wearing an oversized red velvet bathrobe; the other is the kind of sexy santa that changes into a red with white faux fur teddy in the middle of the store because the dressing room is closed. don't worry, there are pictures.
so then we ate at my favorite buffet; the same one where i met THE FORTY YEAR OLD VIRGIN, er, rapist. next stop is Old Navy..nothing much there...then we head to Forever 21..which actually has three floors..talk about getting lost in your shopping. we stopped in american eagle, aka the most overpriced store ever..and then on the way back to the station, we stop at a street vender selling books...books that all seem to have a racially oriented theme..when two tipsy, self-proclaimed "spanish harlem guys" strike up a conversation about..i really have no idea. we get on the train and sing TV show theme songs on the way home; the end.
again, do me a favor and be awesome.
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[18 Nov 2005|03:46pm] |
Just S p a c e: i've been offerend the position of being king of the world
freedumbtaco j: micheal jackson died?
Just S p a c e: as my first executive order, all the cool people are to report to europe
freedumbtaco j: what's europe?
Just S p a c e: you're in charge of making sure all the cool animals make it there ok
Just S p a c e: well, all the cool stuff in the world is going to europe
Just S p a c e: and were going to nuke the rest of the jerks we dont like
freedumbtaco j: thank you for your trust in me, oh sensay you
Just S p a c e: and from that build a perfect society f only awesome people
freedumbtaco j: awesome but where are we going to find thaht big of a microwave, dammit where is hitlah when u need an expert on mass extermination
freedumbtaco j: the Awesome race
Just S p a c e: hiel!
freedumbtaco j: do i get
freedumbtaco j: a crown
Just S p a c e: and a scepter
freedumbtaco j: holy shit
Just S p a c e: or trident
freedumbtaco j: i am going to rule the animals
freedumbtaco j: but of course
Just S p a c e: and a giant seahorse to ride around on
freedumbtaco j: in a nice way
freedumbtaco j: oh my god
Just S p a c e: you get to be aquaman
freedumbtaco j: steve how do u read my mind
freedumbtaco j: aquaPERSON , ahem cough
Just S p a c e: how about you just change your name to ariel
Just S p a c e: oh, and you get scuba gear
freedumbtaco j: oh yeah and put on a seashell bra, right? wtf you sick bastard
freedumbtaco j: carry out your disney fantasies with someone else
Just S p a c e: hey, i never said that
Just S p a c e: i said scuba gear
Just S p a c e: granted, its sexy scuba gear
Just S p a c e: but you didnt hear my second decree of earth
freedumbtaco j: decree of earth hahahahahahahah
Just S p a c e: once all the cool people are assembled, we become nudists
Just S p a c e: because that will alleviate all the sexual tension
Just S p a c e: and cause fewer problems
freedumbtaco j: which would get rid of the need for sweatshops, damn you are a political mastermind
Just S p a c e: you'd automatically know who had the hots for you
freedumbtaco j: yes sexual tension, of course
freedumbtaco j: HAHAHAH TRUE DAT
Just S p a c e: because they would poke you
freedumbtaco j: lolololol
freedumbtaco j: what about
freedumbtaco j: the womoen though
freedumbtaco j: they could....
freedumbtaco j: ingest a chemiical
freedumbtaco j: so that
freedumbtaco j: they t urn blue
Just S p a c e: hahahahaha
freedumbtaco j: ok i am saving this conversation
Just S p a c e: lmao awesome
Just S p a c e: i was going to put it on my LJ along with katie's
freedumbtaco j: omg me too
freedumbtaco j: wow.
Just S p a c e: ahahahha
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[16 Oct 2005|08:48pm] |
this weekend was awesome. friday night we all met up for manhattan madness, a silly pep rally that was just like the ones i had in high school. then we went to Liffy's. i finally got to dance. and now it's like a drug that i need more of. i got to see theresa and melissa; that was awesome. matt and midge played photo hunt for seriously like two hours; we kept just missing the high score board. that game was really addicting.
saturday i slept for ten years in a very important way..went to the gym, had dinner..and then me, katie, joel, and hiedi hung out in horan trying to figure out something to do. all the places serving crepes were closed, so the next logical thing to do was eat tapas, which apparently are spanish appetizers. we found a place called empanada mama on 50th st...it was soo good..i had the Elvis, which is a pb & banana empanada..and everyone got awesome smoothies. after that someone thew out the idea of getting a tattoo? i don't even remember how it came up..and for some reason i was the one who was getting one that night..so we went down to astor place and found a shop called Whatever. by the time we got there i had realized that a tattoo is sort of permanent and i needed more time to think about what design i wanted..so instead i got my ears pierced. it's probably weird that they weren't pierced already. i think i will get a tattoo though..probably of something related to being straight edge; that would be a cool means of personal support. anyway, after that we went back to horan for a movie. we watched the butterfly effect and then all fell asleep in my dorm..good stuff.
today i went grocery shopping with hiedi..hit the gym and discovered that queen is maybe the best band to listen to when you're running..then later on me and hiedi went to the 242nd station for the riverdale run. i'm in the library right now. and i will not be here for long. that is a promise.
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[24 Sep 2005|12:55pm] |
last night chris came to visit me; it was awesome. we went to this vegan restaurant called Candle Cafe; it's on 75th and third if anyone's interested. you should be interested because the food was AMAZING; the choices are outstanding..reading the menu was like having an appetizer before the meal. and it is especially exciting for me because i am not limited at all; i can eat everything right down to the desserts...we got chocolate cake with rasberry topping..seriously, i cannot describe this cake with words. and my meal was perfect because i needed something really soft - my braces were just tightened and holy crap, pain - and they had this sweet potato casserole with black beans and millet served over steamed greens. fantastic. chris got a soy burger which he enjoyed. i also got a peanut butter and jelly smoothie...it tasted exactly like eating the sandwhich..i mean like i swear i tasted the bread, too. i only got to drink half of it though because the peanut butter didn't really go well with the sweet potatoes. anyway so Candle Cafe is my new favorite restaurant of all time.
a lot of my time has been taken up by Just Peace, this unofficial group at school that's trying to get rid of the apathy on campus by raising awareness about different social issues...right now we're focusing on Darfur..we're trying to set up a mock refugee camp on the quad..and have info sessions and stuff. i'm also heading an effort to get MC merchandise that isn't made in sweatshops.
my birthday is next weekend...i really want to go dancing somewhere..okay i must go do a million things
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[11 Sep 2005|03:28am] |
my mind is going into overtime about what i'm supposed to be doing now to prepare for my future. i think i've decided on someday running a not-for-profit..for an entry-level position i need a bachelor's degree of whatever; then later on i need a masters in public admin. or communications or something similar..hopefully an academic advisor will help me sort this stuff out.
yesterday i started Habitat for Humanity..it was a lot of fun..and a real workout. some were helping dig ditches; most of us primed the walls for painting. there were like fifteen kids from MC and they were all really cool. the founder of the organization was actually there to speak to us..he was a sweet, old southerner; he spoke so genuinely and shook all our hands. how.cool.
later that day me and katie went downtown to Mooshoes so i could get sneakers..i found a green pair that is awesomely. then we got totally lost in chinatown..and we couldn't find any chinese restaurants without decaying ducks hanging in the window..when we actually did sit down and eat, the food was great though..and we even met a russian tourist named alex. i swear he knew the city better than we did. he was really funny.
friday night a bunch of us went to Scatterbomb..it was lamely funny.
i have a job interview tomorrow..it's the second one for that filing assistant thing..which means i'd have to quit being a gym clerk person..whatevvvvvvvvvvv
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[06 Sep 2005|09:28am] |
my legs got the best workout ever today..walking around to my classes is always awesome but today i went to the gym for the first time and i swear to god i am addicted after one time. i don't know how long you have to run to get a runner's high but i definitely felt amazing when i hit the treadmill for 40 minutes; i alternated speeds so i didn't tire out..i would really love to build my endurance up so that i don't wheeze at all between classes haha. i went with this cool girl sara and we weren't sure how to use a lot of the machines..but i did also get on a thigh/butt kind of workout thing..and the more i pushed myself the easier each set was. i know this sounds so simple but i've really never worked out before in my life so this is all exciting for me. i'll definitely be making a habit of it.
right after the gym i went to meet katie and erica for dinner and they had those awesome wrap things again. i think they have them every night. hopefully. last week i really ate like shit; i was a lot more focused on finding my way around and getting adjusted. so today i tried to set up a good eating schedule. simple things like this really brighten my days hahaa.
after dinner the three of us went to target and to the grocery store, so that was a lot of walking too and i honestly already felt a difference in my stamina so that was cool. katie and erica got a ton of food at target, but erica couldn't find her favorite kind of pop-tarts and i couldn't find any soymilk so we looked for a grocery store on the way home.
i just got back and i'm beat..the good kind of tired, not the sleepy kind. haha that COULD make sense.
i've still gotta read The Odyssey..psh.
sunday night i did laundry with katie at two in the morning, and last night i watched Mallrats with a facebook friend named joe..and then i joined charlie, pat, matt, john, and chris for frisbee on the quad...all the boys went home after a bit except for matt and john and then an awesome quad gathering was formed on the steps with katie, erica, joel and his friend i don't know the name of. somehow we manage to crack each other up all the time..right now i feel totally blessed to have the friends that i do.
all right i've gotta do some work.
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[03 Sep 2005|01:59pm] |
i've gotta say i'm loving college. my classes are interesting and my teachers are great..my roommate kaitlin is such a dork just like me..and i've met the most amazing people. last night katie, matt, erica, sara and i got some chinese, bought these nasty dominoes and tried to play them on the quad..we told ghost stories that geuinely freaked eveyone out..played some frisbee..explored De Lasalle at night..watched family guy during which i fell asleep out of pain from these goddam braces..last night was pretty terrible in that aspect..i'm gonna try to hit a grocery store and buy soft stuff for the next two weeks..tofutti ice cream sandwhiches, soo good...anyway, last sunday everyone above plus john and shelley went into the city with no purpose becaue WE CAN. we ended up eating and going to Toys R Us..we got some silly pictures taken. wednesday night i went to a Used concert w/ amanda at Hammerstein. we had to sit through a ton of opening bands..30 seconds to mars was probably the best..and the Used was expectedly amazing. we went around back afterwards in hopes of meeting Bert..we were out there for over two hours, but he never showed..we did get to meet jeph and brandon though; i had them sign my nb because i am lame. they were such cool guys.
classes have been going well..i'm glad i'm keeping my priorities straight..like i definitely put homework before going out. that makes being with my friends so much sweeter.
i had a fucking long job interview yesterday..i don't even know if i got the job..it's like filing stuff. eh. i wish i could find a cooler job than that..we'll see what happens.
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[20 Aug 2005|02:39pm] |
tuesday i opened an account with Bank of America..it will be crazy-cool when i get to deposit that huge loan check and send MC their silly tuition. i can't remember what i did wednesday..probably something with chris..oh yeah we went to walgreens and i got a bunch of college stuff..or was that tuesday night? mmm well thursday i went with sam stanton to her little brother's basketball game at SUNY Old Westbury..we didn't really watch the game..we sat outside on the picnic bench eating and talking about trippy things. there's some awesome scenery over there. then i went with her family to IHOP. sam had chocolate chip pancakes and they looked so chocolately..i mean like whoa. then sam and her brother and i went to Mcdonalds so she could pick up her last paycheck..and because she wanted to ask out a co-worker before she never saw him again. i give her mad props for that..it takes guts. they're hanging out tonight, actually. she said they're going to some young guy's birthday party? i don't know man...but i'm happy for her. so anyway, yesterday i drove around with chris for a bit and then we got brian and went to kberg for one last(?) time to get our yearbooks..there was a semi-party in the cafeteria so everyone can sign your book. i got to see some friends i haven't seen a lot of this summer so that was cool..and when i was walking down the halls..like for the first time, i didn't feel like it was my home. high school seems like forever ago. onto bigger and better things, ay. after that we stopped by the mall so bri could cash in his Catholic Supply gift certificate and get some jeans. then we went back to bri's house and just hung around in his awesomely comfortable room.
tonight we had a farewell dinner for ian..we went to Boulder Creek and he ordered a two-pound rare steak. chris said he'd pay for half of it if he finished his entire meal, including every last bit of meat and his salad and his fries. ian is a silly monster so he actually did it, and had trouble breathing afterwards. that steak was pretty revolting.
after dinner i hung out with larocca, theresa, melissa, and melissa's cousin jess. we hung out at the diner and then went to the brew. for the first time since i've been going there for the past three years, we actually talked with the people sitting around us. there were two guys from yale..one of them was ahem, nice to look at. they were both business majors and they talked with jess about her developing fashion line. she seems pretty talented. it made me think...what i'm gonna do with my life. the answer shall come in good time, hm? for i think no reason at all, we started clapping at random times and the people we were talking to and a few scattered strangers clapped with us..i've gotta say that amused me a lot.
oh yeah we were in the car with "Lady Marmalade" blasting..driving down hempstead turnpike when this guy comes up to the window, apparently trying to answer the question in the song. "Me? how about me?" is what he was saying i'm pretty sure..lol hempstead.
when i got home i pretended my room was a dance club and worked up a sweat..i can't wait to dance all night in manhattan.
all right that's pretty much it.
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[14 Aug 2005|04:29am] |
so i went to a birthday party tonight. brian tannenbaum turns eighteen on thursday. good stuff. we met his family and hung out in his room and his little cousins tried to hurt us a couple of times. ian bought brian a very large amount of candy. we ate all the swedish fish. chris and i got him a twenty dollar gift certificate to the catholic supply in the mall. he loved it, thank god. oo pun intended.
and thennn we went to malverne to see The Aristocrats. interesting movie. more like PROFANE. but it was funny. and ian almost had a heart attack laughing so that made it worthwhile.
chris pierced his ear.
witches brew as always
goodnight
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[11 Aug 2005|02:21pm] |
it's august 11. i can't tell if the days are going faster or slower right now. probably faster. yes, the days are dwindling.
yesterday, i had a splendid day with miss larocca..we did some errands, and then the plan was to hang out at the mall until we could drop amanda's bday presents off at her house - happy birthday to her. however, my swift eye noticed a sign advertising a makeover and a photoshoot for just seven dollars. apparently, there is a Glamour Shots in the mall, just like in THAT movie. we wandered in and thought, hey, why not? the makeup artist's name was mike, and he was so darn cool..energetic and sweet and all of that. larocca looked like an effing movie star..and i was told that i looked good, eh. the photographer was frank, he was awesome, directing us in all these different poses. he even had us lay on the floor with rose petals. after that one, we made it clear that we weren't a couple, just two good friends. they said they knew, meh.
so we were told to come back in fifteen minutes to see the photos. we walked around, amanda spilled snapple on me, then we actually found a shirt in hot topic that was worth getting..it had pandas on it, and underneath it said "vegetarian." for those of you that don't know, larocca is obsessed with pandas and she is also a vegetarian. it was quite the perfectt.
so anyway, we go back and see the photos. they were in a slideshow set to music. larocca looked..so beautiful..i mean really, wow. and she made a big deal about my photos..i'll say that they were better than any i've ever been in before. so all is going well..the picture with the rose petals is hilarious..and then a lady sits down with a CALCULATOR. button button button..."so the total package comes to two thousand something something dollars."
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hi, do you remember us? we're two teenagers that just strolled in your shop for fun on a wednesday? we do not have two thousand dollars in our purses nor up our butts. so we strategize. we pick out one of her, one of me, and one of us together. eliminate the re-touching and the fancy paper. it's still three hundred something dollars. the least amount of money we could spend in there would have been two hundred for the PROOFS.
i'm ready to get the hell out of there, call the cops on them or something, but larocca calls her mom and explains that we can pay her back if she lets us use her charge card. her mom was screaming and her dad wanted to come down to the mall and scream. so we left.
so at least we have the memory..and mike's card.
we met up with teresa and melissa at the diner after that and ate our sorrows.
i saw charlie and the chocolate factory with chris the other day; it was really well done. and i saw must love dogs..i liked it; diane lane is so goddam gorgeous.
i talked to my college roommate for the first time recently; her name is kaitlin. THAT was a huge weight off my shoulders - she's so laid back and i really see us becoming close.
i guess that's it for now.
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[30 Jul 2005|01:03am] |
tonight i was with people and there was debating..a lot of it, too. i also heard a male and female opera singer and sang the theme song to Golden Girls with teresa and amanda and the female opera singer. before that i went to Kohl's with amanda and met her obsession. he was having a bad day because his goldfish has a hangover...i mean something. then we went to a card store that wasn't Hallmark and then to Nine West so she could return something and THENNN to the biggest supermarket on Earth, Stop N' Shop. she got soy crisps...which is more exciting when i tell you that they were BBQ, booyah. we ate stuff at her house and her brother was..there.
later on after the big debate we went to the diner AGAINN because we like to play it cool. then we went home. indeed. oh yeah we almost ended up in Manhattan while trying to find our destination. we saw the parkway and screamed.
so i've played a lot of scrabble lately..whether with people or online...with people. like keith. and chris. and once with ian but NOT REALLY. and with mike who reraped the game. keith and i went to the mall and got him a black dress shirt. the new BNO cd isn't on sale anywhere. had to throw that in. i got to see brian yesterday..we went to Borders and read magazines and then chris drove forever to the north shore and back.
mike and chris and i did a lot of internetting the other day. there's some quality videos that everyone should download out there.
i believe that covers stuff.
why do YOU believe in God? or why don't you? this question is starting to freak me out.
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[22 Jul 2005|11:42pm] |
tonight was part 2 of the Fancy Jelly fiasco. amanda, teresa, and i went to Stop N' Shop to see what other "fancy" jellys we could find. teresa brought her camera to document everything. what we found was shocking - it seems that only single serving packs of jelly found in diners are Grade A Fancy; the larger jars are unfortunately indeed Frumpy jelly. teresa also bought a pizza lunchables...which amanda and i joked is probably the worst possible thing to put into your body next to heroin. she ate it in the car, somehow. AMANDA'S CAR has the stalest air conditioning i've ever experienced...the next time she tries to kill me i might have to kick her ass back, meh. we sat in the witches brew for a while, as always. we saw anthony fiorello there, with his gf. he can be nice.
i dyed my hair today..and nothing happened. maybe i should have used the whole bottle. or maybe i need to pick a lighter shade.
btw, i watched Elektra the other day. i was telling amanda and teresa tonight that it's highly underrated. i thought it would be pretty unbearable but i was like whoa, this is pretty damn good. watch it - the fight scenes are awesome.
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[21 Jul 2005|07:34pm] |
i had so much fun last night with chris and mike. chris and i hung out for a bit and then hijacked mike from his house. well, first he gave us a tour; he has an awesome drumset and even awesomer videos. we went to Pizza Hut for dinner and then to Walgreens where i picked out some dye so i can lighten my hair - it's time for a change. then we headed back to chris' house and watched some episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm..that show is insanely good. after that we decided to play some board games; first we played Tribond just for fun and then we got into some hardcore Scrabble, which i won, thank you. it all sounds so simple, but we all laughed really hard that night. i really think we should play a different board game every week. we should INVENT one.
today i walked to Josie's and tore through every rack..i tried on a bunch of stuff and ended up getting two shirts. there was a jacket i almost got..almost. hm. maybe i'll go back and get it. i don't know.
i wanted to walk to the Rainbow shop, which has a lot of cheap clothes, but i only made it halfway down fulton avenue before feeling really..really uncomfortable. no comment.
note to miss amanda laws: i keep forgetting to tell you that i have a pink tank top for you..i found it at Josie's a while ago but it's from H&M. i almost got you a Backstreet Boys t-shirt today..i wasn't sure you would wear it, meh. but yeah, i hope you read this because knowing me, i'll forget to tell you again. come and claim it.
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[20 Jul 2005|02:35pm] |
i laughed so hard last night. amanda larocca and teresea picked me up and we drove around aimlessly, looking for something to do. we stopped by Savers and almost bought a lot of stuff that was almost cool. then we headed to the brew for a while, until a certain someone from amanda's past showed up with another certain someone. oo the drama. so we left and went to the diner where some cute waitor once "looked at teresa"..that guy wasn't there, but there was an interesting bus boy that may or may not have spoken english. i still say we should have left our screen names on a napkin for him, movie-style. so anyway, we all felt very privileged that the jelly packets on our table were "Grade A Fancy"..because as everyone knows, Grade B Frumpy is just not as tasty. teresa took a bunch of pictures, including one of the non-ethnic smiley face she made with french fries. oh, and there was dancing. not really, but there could have been.
we blasted the used in the car all night..it was amazing because my first album is really scratched so i haven't heard all my favorite songs in a while. god, i need to see them in concert again soon.
oh yeah, earlier that day i walked to the library in the intense heat, spent three hours there, and then in the middle of walking home it started pouring. it felt so good, i started jogging. honestly it was like one of the top five moments of my life. i hope everyone gets the chance to jog in the rain at some point in their life.
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[06 Jul 2005|04:40pm] |
amanda and i went into the city yesterday - it was like a mini-vacation. we had free passes to Alfangi salon; this place was so freaking nice. first of all, it smelled really good. definately better than my house has ever smelled. and i went home smelling awesome. amanda had her hair done - holy crap, she looks amazing. she barely told the hairstylist what she wanted; he just knew what would complement her face perfectly. she was talked into getting lo-lights, too; they bring out her eyes. good stuff.
i had my very first manicure, ever. it was free so it didn't feel like a waste. i let the manicurist pick the color and she chose hot pink. it's pretty cool. i also had my first, long-awaited and highly anticipated massage. oh my god. i will not desecrate my memories of this by using mere words to describe it. i am very thankful. thank you, roxy the masseuse. oh yeah and someone did my makeup...however i am not used to makeup and i don't think it compliments me. it came off rather quickly.
after the appointment we walked around, browsed some bead shops and dress stores. it was a lot of fun; i hope laws puts some silly pictures up on her journal.
sara: how are things with the wounded bird? i really wish i could have helped more. i wish there were free vet clinics. totally impractical, you know..but very cool.
so that was our girly day of being girls. it finally happened. and it was nice.
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[19 Jun 2005|01:23am] |
okay, so i haven't written in here in a very long time. that is partly because my internet was gone. thank god for free aol software.
so, uh...disney, comps, prom, graduation, manhattan college, amanda larocca's 18th birthday. there, now i'm all caught up. the last two were pretty important. i love manhattan and i can't wait to go. and i love amanda. both of them.
who am i kidding? i probably won't write in here often.
but yes, i am still alive.
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[15 Apr 2005|07:45pm] |
i just got back from Get On The Bus 2005; it's a human rights rally that Amnesty does every year. i had such an amazing time. when we first got there, everyone met at a church for some guest speakers. there was one from each country whose UN consulate we would be protesting at - india, jamaica, and china. the speaker from india spoke about how the Dow company allows massive chemical explosions in bhupal, as well as generally polluting the rest of the world. at the protest, we held up posters of an anonymous child who was buried in the rubble..that protest was the first and the most energetic; there were so many people there, 95% of them were high school/college kids. i went with sam stanton and her friend tricia. they're both awesome people; tricia is hilarious. sam's dad and brother were there, too. again, i thought they were great. at this protest, tricia grabbed a megaphone and led the chanting; it was so cool how she took charge like that. anyway, the speaker from jamaica spoke about gay rights. he explained that, in jamaica, the subject is taboo and if someone is found to be gay, they're tortured and killed. i was suprised..i always imagined jamaica to be very mellow. then i learned that rastafarians are against homosexuality; the general government is. in fact, there were "pro-jamaica" protesters a block away from us. it was almost like we were battling with our signs and words. the last protest was in favor of freeing tibet from china's oppression. particularly, we were chanting to free a man named tenzin dekel who is being imprisoned because of his peaceful opposition to china's rule. by then all our voices were so strained; we ended with a minute of "we'll be back," which was cool.
i never once had to focus on what i was doing today, meaning that usually my mind wanders and it's hard for me to enjoy doing anything. but i was so lost in the positivity..the friendly unity of all these young people caring about something other than their own problems..it was so inspiring. it made the world not so scary. i thought about doing this for the rest of my life, and it felt really good. a difference can be made. i think our generation's future is so promising..that can really take the edge off all the shitty problems in the world.
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[31 Mar 2005|11:38pm] |
i hate college. i don't want to go. but i don't want to be in this house any longer than is necessary. and i don't want to struggle financially, like my family has, in my future so i have to go to college to "do something with my life." i was just in my room, packing the two sweaters i own for a trip to ESF in syracuse, and i basically had a breakdown. up until then, i had never thought about college, and my future, in a realistic way. it was always something i had plenty of time to settle. but when i actually viewed college as something i'm going to do in a number of months, i realized that i don't want to go to ESF, not even a little. i actually wanted to slap myself because i've been so useless and apathetic about college..i just kind of picked ESF to not be bothered with any of it. i didn't genuinely consider that all their majors are science oriented and i don't even have the option of pursuing perhaps my only talent - writing. i couldn't major in sociology or psychology or any other liberal arts type subject. my classes would be all science, for four years. i hate science. and i'm bad at it. i almost convinced myself that because i could focus on animals in science, i would learn to enjoy it. but when i'm totally honest with myself, i know that i don't want to be a veterinarian. and i don't want to have any of the jobs the speakers talked about at the ESF seminar i went to. i don't want to have an environmental job. i don't have the passion for it. i have a passion for justice in life, so i'm interested in animal rights because right now they're the most abused species of life, and that's unjust. and i'm interested in the environmental policies of the Bush administration because they're bullshit. so activism will always be in my life. but i don't want to get up every morning and review land plots for chemical pollution. am i making sense?
this is very boring for anyone that's not me. but writing about it helps me organize my thoughts.
other things about ESF that i hate: it snows seven months out of the year in syracuse. also, i didn't get good vibes from the speakers i heard. i was basically turned off at that point in time but i felt like it was too late to change my mind. thank god it's not. also, i am a baby. i don't want to make new friends. i'm avoidant and i'll isolate myself. i'm going to college with amanda if i want to be alive by the end of my first year. the end.
okay. well. i feel better now. i told my parents all of this and we're not visiting the school tomorrow so i can just enjoy the rest of my vacation.
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[29 Mar 2005|03:50am] |
it's 3.45 am and i just spent a lot of time trying to find a survey to do. i don't wanna go to bed because i don't wanna wake up. does that make sense? anyway, it shouldn't have been that hard to find one decent survey. i had to find an actual survey community. they exist.
( gr8 )
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