Saturday, October 29, 2005

If you must know

When I get home at night, it usually takes some time for my mind to settle down... Things that are on mind this beloved evening, if you must know.

Lyrics, Brand New Colony: Postal Service, Japanese Gum: Her Space Holiday
Halloween costumes, I need some tall socks
My constant need for new things that are coating my floor
The mystery of boy crazyness and why people feel they need to act so desperately
Are people using me for my connections alone?
Although Vegoose would have been fun, my apartment feels really cozy right now
How do people make it financially?
Old memories of Corbin and I, what was that two years ago? We laughed a lot
He probably won't like me because he'll think I've changed
He's a much better person than I
What's that "IT" factor I'm missing?
How impressionable do people have to be to take up smoking, I hated smelling it on him
I can't finish books
No one could look at me like that
Appreciation of intelligence and being truely unique, something I'm just now finding in people
Insecurity
Failure, 60 percent
I really like my single life but it's taking me nowhere


The fashion show and club opening was fun on Wednesday, a bit of a fiasco to get me in initially. It's so interesting to see these model, yes great bodies, ugly faces. ??? It's a mystery. But anyhow, besides the humping latinos, good fun. 80's dancing is always fun as well. Yes, I slept through my yoga midterm.

Song: Brand New Colony, The Postal Service

Obviously. "I'll be the platform shoes, undue what heredity's done to you, you won't have to strain to look into my eye.....I'll be your winter coat, buttoned zipped straight to the throat with the collar up so you won't catch cold....Everything will change."

Rachel just brought to my attention tonight that it is about a new marraige. How beautiful is that. "Start a brand new colony." I've completely forgotten what's like love someone enough to want to be these things, sacrifice just to make the other one happy. Single life leads me to be a self-serving person as much as I like it. Music always says it better than you can in real life, it's incredible that someone can write a song and it appeals to millions because they have had similar thoughts in life, the song only brings it to their attention that they were actually thinking the thought.

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Fun vs. Health, the ultimate battle

My body is soooo tired!! I don't know what it is lately but I'm useless in every sense of the word. I think for the past 48 hours I've had a headache, nausia, the mad hacking cough and a complete lack of energy and desire to do much of anything productive. I decide to blame this on my night life.... I need to spend more nights staying in and getting stuff done. Yesterday I started to feel like I was drowning, sitting in class after class with announcement of exam after exam... I'm burned out. I haven't even made any super cool Halloween plans yet, so someone invite me to something cool!!! I have to work all weekend but I suspect that I'll get off super eartly so I'm not too worried about that. But should I sit Halloween out? I'm not even in the mood for it right now. Everything is YuK!!

Last night was my brother-in-law's surprise party my sister threw that went really well. He got his Masters in public health, whatever that means. I can't even imagine having accomplished something like that. But it was good to get the family together and he got to see friends and what not.

After, we headed up to SL for the Iron and Wine show which was incredible. It was perfect for me. I threw off my boots and constricting dress and went in jeans, sweatshirt and vans. I was loving life!! I was so chill and the show and people were just as well. I just swayed and took it all in. Sunnie and I were a tad disappointed they didn't play "Such Great Heights." But besides that, it was perfect. At the end they played some songs with Calexico who I hadn't heard before but were impressive. I've decided that going to shows is the perfect cure for love sickness. Not that I'm love sick by any means, but I've been to three shows within the last week and I haven't even thought of a boy!! I think it has something to do with what Epicurius said. Music/poetry/art things like that satisfy your needs and are considered "higher" pleasures or something like that. I'm just pretending to know what I'm talking about, but it makes perfect sense in my head. Also, I'm still trying to figure out the point of encores....

Last weekend was fun, that band thing at UVSC turned out to be fun. There wasn't a ton of people there but there was enough to make it worth while. I saw some old friends and meet some new ones. Plus most of the gang was there, what more could you ask for?

Don't you hate growing apart from people? I consequently spoke to both of my best friends from high school today, both of whom are marriend. We don't really have much to say to each other these days. People just change so much, it's insane but it makes me sad to think how close we all were at one point in our lives. I wonder how long it will take to completely loose contact.

Song of da day: Such Great Heights, Iron and Wine (postal service cover)

Naturally. This song is on Garden State if you remember. They did a great job covering it, but I also really love the original by Postal Service. Check them out if you don't know what I'm talking about.

Friday, October 21, 2005

U.S.E

The tradition of the 80's dancing was put aside for the night. Instead I hopped in the back seat with people I didn't know and took a ride. Well, Rach called me last minute and I decided to go with it, we went up to SL obviously and went to Urban Lounge where a show would be that night. U.S.E, one of the guys favorite bands.... The night started off slow, male escorts had disappeared and blended into the scene, leaving me and Rach to entertain ourselves. But not too much later Damon showed up, and from then on the night just got better and better. The second band was great, The Divorce. More and more people showed up and finally U.S.E came on two hours after we had arrived. They were so much fun to see!! Equal contender to the usual 80's night bliss. It was just a huge dance party from beginning to end. Thoroughly enjoyable evening. Real people as well, none of these overly confidant boring fako's that too many of my friends lately have been turning into!!

Meanwhile, my lovely friend and roommate Tara was wasting her time with exactly that. I was with them for part of the evening, at first very excited for her because she claimed that he was this great gorgeous guy that was way too good for her. Let's just say that it's been awhile since I've been less impressed with a boy. Tara was too completely blindsighted by his "good looks???" to see that he was a board!! Completely boring, arrogant, horribly dressed, uncomplimentary, payed no attention to detail.... She's completely infatuated with this speciman and I'm having a hard time drilling in the fact that she could do a million times better.

Please bless I make money tonight to support my many addictions!! MAC has there holiday pallets out.. eeekkk.

Song: U.S.E

Obvious choice, I don't have any of their stuff.... yet so get and party on!!

Monday, October 17, 2005

Spare keys' dying day

Yes, I decided to change my blog name. So find me here from now on...

I discovered something that'd I'd always known somewhat but not really tested for myself today. Something that controls the male specieman all too much more than I had ever realized. The all powerful and mighty mini-skirt!! And trust me, it's not even that mini, it's like a toy poodle, rather than a mini anything on my stumps that I call legs. Wow. Somehow this $5 clearence purchase had causually made it's way into the regular rotation of fall attire, it goes great with boots... Anyhow, I have worn this skirt out many a time in the past few weeks, mostly among friends. But today in the frantic search for something that would draw eyes away from my undone hair and make-up, I scraped it from the floor, threw it on and ran out the door (already ten minutes late.) The minute I hit campus I noticed immediately that today I could have been wearing a bonnet and it wouldn't have mattered!! Even good friends (probably not the most respectable boys you could meet) that I hadn't seen in awhile had the nerve to stare while standing two feet from me "in conversation." Not going to lie, I smiled inside for the first time or two this happened, but by the end of the day I was so disgusted!! I don't think a single person looked at my face the entire day!! And mark my words that I vowe to never be caught in the skirt on campus again! Unless I become completely heartbroken and desperate for any attention I can get. I'm excited to go to school tomorrow to hopefully get past over by the ongoing horny men.

After making a run for it half way through my math class I made it to the parking lot and began rummaging through my bag for my keys, I was so ready to be outta there. Sure enough like many other recent days (at least twice a week) my keys were dangling from the ignition. I called my pops to come to the rescue but I was left with the animals(men pulling up in trucks with hip-hop playing) for at least 25 minutes waitng for his arrival. When he finally made it there he presented me with my very own spare key to keep in my bag or somewhere else so I didn't have to pull him away from his day anymore.

After lunch with my prego sis I couldn't pass up the music store. I'm so sick of my baby (ipod) being sick. So I bought a bunch of music, some new and some that I used to have from other people but lost in the tragic accident... I'm stoked. But let me tell you it's a sad thing when you have the inclination to purchase an album that you already own just because you love it that much!! Which brings me to the changing of the title.

Song: Bloc Party, Blue Light

"Blue Light"
You'll find it hiding in shadows
You'll find it hiding in cupboards
It will walk you home safe every night
It will help you remember

If that's way it is
Then that's the way it is

I still feel you and the taste of cigarettes
What could I ever run to
Just tell me it's tearing you apart
Just tell me you cannot sleep

And you didn't even notice
When the sky turned blue
And you couldn't tell the difference
Between me and you

And I nearly didn't notice
The gentlest feeling
...................
You are the bluest light


Aww Bloc Party. My favorite album of the year by far. I figured it was more than appropriate, not to mention ironic that these instances occured in the same afternoon. Out with the spare keys deal and in with the love of my life, music, Bloc Party, this song. I hope to never be stranded again, I know Evil has it in for me!!

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Bad-day fix

Got a letter from Corb today... It's actually really good, I'm satisfied and I'll be able to put issues on the backburner until he returns home. And by then I'll be way over life... However, he totally got out all of the old letters I wrote and brought up all of these things that I had said in the past!! Cross-referencing is not fair, totally against the rules. But whatever, it's done and I promise I'll stop bringing it up. Peace out problems!!

I also wanted to take back all the negativity generated by my remarks two days ago... Yesterday I had some misfortune again... (No seriously, like almost everyday) While digging in my bag for my lifeless ipod, I was going to my bro's for help and sympathy, I was at a red light. Out of the corner of my eye I saw all the cars around me moving, naturally I lifted my foot from the pedal (No, I didn't hit the gas people) ... Ya, I'm pretty sure I rammed into the SUV (luckily) in front of me. It was a tap more than anything, well tap/ram. It didn't do a thing to the chick's vehicle, but ripped my liscence plate and liscence plate holder thing? I've got a new passenger now... Uhh, not funny. But my whole point to this story is to prove (mostly to myself) that with the bad there is also ALWAYS good.

After collapsing in my brother's arms who, by the way provided NO sympathy, just pointed out the fact that it's just my idiotic actions spoiling my life, I calmed down and pulled it together. I left his apartment and went straight to the hospital. I held my niece Madi for at least 40 minutes, she just slept but it made me feel so much better!! It fixed my day completely. So my genius self just realized that somehow I need to make my bad luck come early in the day so I can get over it, then I'll do something miraculous, such as witness brand new pure life and Vouala!! Fixed. Plus I bought new music, so that added bonus points to my day, which I think I'll use to get me out of the hole from the last few days of crappy.

If anyone wants to see my room clean, now is a good time!!!

Song: Death Cab, Plans (whole album)

This is all that's been with me for the last few days while my ipod's been under construction and I'm still not sick of it yet! So it's all that I know.... Just kiddin, but it really is amazing if you haven't chosen to go get it yet I strongly suggest you do so. It makes me happy.
CIAO!!

Sunday, October 09, 2005

Bittersweetness

Today my second baby niece was born!! She's the most beautiful girl, tons of dark curly hair. That's perfect, a brand new perfect life. Tiffany did great and Kevin couldn't be a prouder new father. Welcome to the world Maddy!! I spent the morning at the hospital.

Later, my ipod got completely erased. 9,000 songs gone just like that. Amongst everything beautiful and meaningful, I always seem to get sat on. Never just a genuinely good day.

This isn't just today, it's an almost daily instance.

My friend Matt came over to visit, he ended up making out with my roomate...as we speak. Hormones control men. So much for coming over to cheer me up. No, it's aight, I egged it on I must admit.

Weekend was pretty fun, good times only. Fun, friends and dancing. I'm going to go to school this week!!

I heard back from Corb, not good. I'm too frusterated to analyize things, he comes home too soon.

Maddy's beautiful.

Song: There is none! It died

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

The Letter

What is with this giant myspace trend?!! I've refused to sign up for sometime now just because I knew it would consume way too much of my time. But I have to admit I almost did today, just because there were a few friends that I was dying to make fun of. I might still, we'll see. But, mostly I'm done with these lamer than life profiles with pictures of themselves trying to be as sexy as possible. Pouted lips, next to no clothes... Don't even get me started on the naked torso guys pictures. Wow, what is the world coming to? They don't realize that they actully just look trashy, I'm sure they don't care either.

As for profiles, I really want to get a picture on here... But I admit that I'm incapable and need the assistance of a literate compter person with enough patience to teach me. The whole publishing pics online is way over my head, but I feel lame cause my page needs one!!

I sat down to talk to one of my friends a few days ago in between class, right before my dreaded two hour math block. After a few minutes of conversation we got on the subject of two mutual, involved friends. He started going off on a few issues that are more than often spoken about in our little community of friends. So many of the things he voiced totally stuck out in my mind and gave me a whole different perspective not only on our friend's situation but things relating to my many chaotic life experiences and confusions, obviously because here I am blogging about it. The point of all this is just to say how refreshing it was to speak to this boy who is and always has been completley adorable, but besides that, he just had everything so straight in his head! All his priorities straight, the right ideals (in my mind at least) and wasn't afraid to speak his mind. It's so rare these days and I just really respected and appreciated it!! It's hot!!

Have you noticed that references to the title RM have totally changed in the last couple years. Well to me and my discoveries of all walks of life anyhow. I no longer have immediate respect and high expectations of men donning this beloved title. It's too hard to weed out the good from the bad these days, and that's a terrible thing to say "bad." Many have good intentions but it's way too easy to get sucked into crappy ways of life. It's almost humerous to watch our parents' and neighbors' jaws drop when rumors get around about someone who has served a mission. So naive, they have no idea.

My teeth hurt from eating so much bubble gum!! But it's so worth it, it's my favorite!

I'm currently waitng for a response from Corbin, I sent THE letter out this week. We'll see what he says, I hope he got it by today so he can email me. But you would all agree with me, had you actually read the letter that it was a good one, blunt as well.

Song: Mazzy Star, Into Dust

This is for yesterday actually. It was such a rainy day and I felt crappy!! I was driving in the rain listening to completely meloncholy music, you can't rock out on rainy days it's an unwritten rule. Anyhow, this song came on and it reminded me of a movie. I was in this nostalgic state, you know, where you have no idea what is going on, scenery passes but you don't see it, you just stare... Then the next thing you know you're at your destination with no recollection of how you got there. Yesterday was a lot like that.

Sunday, October 02, 2005

80's Rule my dancing skills

I suck. No, I wrote this giant fabulous blog during the week, as soon as I went to publish, it somehow magically got erased! I was bugged at first, then I realized that it was probably a good thing because it ended up being a little more personal than had intended. And I haven't had time until now to redo.

Let's see, Thursday we went to dinner for Rach's birthday... It was hilarious we had the most chill waitress and she gave us so much free stuff. Chris and I shared the never ending shrimp. We ate so much shrimp I was sick. And Rachel Lee ordered a Long Island iced tea with no idea. Our waitress didn't card her or anything, Rachel Lee took a sip and realized that it had two shots of alcohol, ha ha!! Good times, we headed up to SL for 80's night afterwards, got there late but I was way tired so it was about perfect. Ran into Emmy dancing, she chopped off her hair!!

Friday night was a crazy night at work! Super busy, it was almost worth it. But I didn't get out until after close. We decided to hit up the UVSC dance. I can't really do UVSC sponsered events too often, I don't like strangers humping me.... But it was actually pretty fun, it was good to see everyone (the same people that go to any social event in the area). So we made our rounds, dancing for a bit, then I was ready. Chris, Rachel and I were laughing because it's become apparent that we are 80's dancers through and through!! They were playing all hip-hop, obviously, UVSC. And we couldn't do it! Chris suggested that we dance like at 80's, just slow it down, it wasn't working out. It took me awhile to get back into. But I'm okay with that. I'd rather be up there than watching all your friends try hump trashy girls. So after that, we were naturally a bit hungry. Beto's, only thing open at three. I hit my pillow exhausted.....

I've got tons to catch up on school-wise. I plan to spend my day doing just that and hopefully I'll get to bed semi early. I'm so sick of getting to bed so late, it's killing me. I really need to get serious about life. I was having a conversation with Lindsay and Chris on the way up to SL on Thursday. I've never felt so worthless. Well, that's a lie, but I felt pretty crummy. They were going on about career fairs and internships, 13 homework assignments, 5 tests in a week. I just had a realization that I need some direction and self motivation to be fabulous like that. Lindsay plans her week completely around her homework/tests, I plan around social gatherings. I plan to do as little as possible to get by and am lucky to get to class two consecutive days.... What's wrong with this picture? I can't decide why I can't get motivated about school, it all just crappy. period.


I hope you're all catching conference today!! The prophet is so adorable, I love him.

Song: Ryan Adams, Any and ALL!!

Fewer and fewer people I talk to know much about this guy. But he's a genius and a huge icon in my musical journeys. I've been completely effected by lots of his stuff. The reason I thought of him is because this guy Jim gave me a ride home on Friday and he might have been more obsessed with him than me. It made me happy that he was appreciated by someone else but me and Kuch of course. Get his, Love is Hell album for sure. Heartbreaker is killer too. "Come pick me up, take me out, #*%@ me up, steal my records. Screw all my friends, they're all full of #^$*, with a smile on your face... and you do it again, I wish you would."