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Thursday, January 27th, 2005
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11:42 pm - Dylan
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| Monday, January 24th, 2005
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11:53 am
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Mary Alice starts Grad School today!! :)
current mood:  excited
current music: white stripes- elephant
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| Sunday, January 16th, 2005
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6:23 am
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Well its been quite a while. this is mainly due to the fact that I have become very bored with livejournal, and i am well aware that it has become increasingly dull. i have no time to write anything philosophical even when i think philosophically, and it has therefore been less and less meaningful to have this thing. but alas, i continue to blabber away in it from time to time.
much has happened since i last wrote in here, so i wont bother to write extensively about everything, and ill opt for the qquick update, more so that i can keep track of my own life than for anyone else to be able to....
--been substituting lots of little brats.
--got to go to the city for the annual christmas in new york day which is always a ton of fun.
--the holidays were wonderful. saw family. got lots of great gifts. enjoyed myself immensely. kept cell phone by side at all times waiting for news on jayme.
-- 12/29, jayme had a healthy baby boy (sooooo cute). i was in the hospital and got to see him minutes after birth. 9 lbs.10 ounces. Dylan Patrick Stedman-Reyes is a big boy. i have lots of pictures if anyone likes seeing adorable newborns.
--went to philly for new years eve and carol's birthday. got to see carol, scott, rach, vangie, yerges, carol's parents, jen, and ed. got to meet josh and tony. all very cool. spent time in philly (where i lost my cell phone and where josh was yelled at by an old thin black woman who knows the power that she has. and much of the kareoke was done. by my friends.), delaware (carols parents house), and harrisburg (jen and ed's party where we watched the ball drop, drank, and crashed in a hotel, and where i got made fun of the next day at brunch). my goodness it was a long weekend.
--went to visit my grandfather last weekend. 7 hours there on friday, 7 hours back on sunday. but had a great time whiel i was there, and got to spend some time with two cousins- ray and finoan, during which time de la sol was listened to and much Aqua Teen Hunger Force was watched.
-- Tomorrow is marissa's birthday :):)
-- I start classes a week from tomorrow. Im excited, but the concept of "papers to write, grades to get back, studying to do, reading to do..." keeps floating in my head. But hell-- manhattan, classes i am actaully interested in, and again manhattan. if anyone is around in midtown on any monday night or friday night, let me know so we can chill. lots of bars nearby.
i guess thats about it for now.
current mood:  blah
current music: mmm new nirvana
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| Wednesday, December 15th, 2004
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4:50 pm
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I figured I may as well start to update this things since I havent in a while. Ive been so friggen busy, livejournaling was the last thing on my mind. But alas the hard part is over, and I can take a breather.
*Took a trip to Scranton about a month ago. Very good times. For anyone I missed (and there were certainly a few important ones), I will be getting there again soon. Well, when I got there, I met up with marissa which was sooo wonderful cause I love her. We hung around with Caitlin, went to lunch (no grill boy ~tear~), and by the time we got back to the apartment, the guys had already lined the table with many good liquors. Afterwards, a night hangin out with Brad and Scott—cant get better than that. I missed those guys so much. And of course ended the night (in true Scranton style) at Perkins, where, believe it or not, I was inspired to remind myself that there is hope for mankind. People sometimes do nice things for others simply out of the kindness of their hearts. …Anyway, we got back at 7am, woke up and didn’t feel well, hung around the house all day with caitlin, sexpot, colleen and matt, and ended it with ice cream and sex and the city (true marissa and mary alice style ;)). Next day my parents took me rissa and scott out to lunch, and there was transportation of large items from PA to NY. Ahem, anyway. Thanks rissa, scott, brad, cait, colleen and everyone else for a great weekend.
*Saw poet laureate Billy Collins do a reading. I was in the 5th row of the arena, got to meet him and had him sign my book. He’s hilarious.
*After so much work on the part of Alli, Kat and I, we threw a very successful baby shower for Jayme. The decorations looked awesome, the plates that we arranged looked like they were catered, and the stuff that WAS catered was excellent. We kept Jay out of the house until necessary (tye is wonderful), and she had no idea what was going on until she came in (Thank you everyone for parking around the corner!). We had all her favorite foods, people brought such lovely presents, and the cheesy little games were actually really fun, and the nursery is adorable. I’m beyond happy that we were able to get people here from out of town. It was great seeing Megan Freeman and Jess Furman again and I’m sp glad they could make it.
I just have to say that Jay has been handling things perfectly, and the role of mother to this baby fits her so well. She is happy, that whole pregnant mother glow thing is completely true, and I see it more in her than ever before because she is truly beautiful. Im so so proud of her. I pick some damn good best friends :). I couldn’t ask to have had anyone better by my side for the past 10+ years. I can’t believe she can have this baby at any second. I’m a soon to be ½ aunt :-p. 9 months has flown by. Only 9 days left!!!!!
Much more has been going on, but that’s for another post.
~m.a.~
current mood: content
current music: hendrix
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| Tuesday, November 2nd, 2004
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7:10 pm
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| Sunday, October 31st, 2004
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5:21 pm - random poem
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Tangled (c)
I watched a spider climb the wall
And it made me think that
Maybe I'm as insignificant as he
Or she,
No larger than my thumbnail.
Do spiders have minds like my own?
They understand Darwin.
They recognize, perhaps, the
Hunting of prey,
As they do it themselves.
They know of vast plains to travel upon.
We wander miles to reach nothing,
In dominant worlds that will never understand us.
Still we go about our day.
Straying left and right,
Right and wrong,
Reaching no end,
It is the only way we know.
Simply weaving our webs
Trying to
Endure,
Survive,
Avoid
Getting stepped on by those
More powerful
Than I and he,
Or she,
All
Insignificant in our journeys.
Tiny beings lost, threading
Mundane existence.
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| Saturday, October 23rd, 2004
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2:56 am
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Ya know what i hate?
When people who you "trust" keep things from you.
Yeahhhhh, thats fun.
It just never ends.
I would like to abandon most everyone from my life.
Thank you.
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| Thursday, October 14th, 2004
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12:25 am
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THE ULTIMATE SILENCE
October 12, 1998
Listen to the mustn'ts, child.
Listen to the don'ts.
Listen to the shouldn'ts,
The impossibles, the won'ts.
Listen to the never haves,
Then listen close to me ...
Anything can happen, child.
Anything can be.
~ Shel Silverstein
Six years ago this week, Matthew Shepard was murdered for being homosexual.
What will you do to end the silence?
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current mood:  contemplative
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| Wednesday, September 15th, 2004
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11:12 pm - Pink lipstick and sparkly dresses, here we come.
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Ok, in case you weren't convinced that we are shallow enough, tv broadcasts annually air The Miss America Contest just to seal the deal. Yes world, we hold nationwide competitions to determine who represents the states whose women have the biggest boobs. Please, let's reward them with money. For years, the only redeeming quality of this show was that... wait... these women have talent? in between ballgowns and bikinis, and "if i could change the world, i would provide world peace," we had these women actually showing off things that they can do. sure, half the time it's batton twirling. but at least they can show some sort of brain activity while they're busy looking pretty, eh?
Now, keeping this in mind, what do the big corporates decide would attract the people of our money-grubbing, materialistic world the most? more big boobs and tiny stomachs-- and now these women can do this without any talent whatsoever! No, really! Without even pretending to have talent! Ahhh, what a sigh of relief. No more pretending to be, like, smart or nothin'. We can just go on being our hair-twirling selves without being expected to think and stuff. Now everyone smile and nod. And don't forget to look pretty for the camera! Yay!
::end sarcasm here::
no, really though. theyre taking out the talent competition until theyre down to two finalists and then just those two do the talent competition.
~m.a.~
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| Monday, September 13th, 2004
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11:20 pm
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Just got back from:
Donovan Frankenreiter,
G.Love and SS,
and
Jack Johnson
in Central Park on the summerstage. so friggen cool, man.
They all played songs together in each other's sets, G. Love played a lot of new stuff but mixed it with a little bit of the old too. reminded me of being on stage with him 7 years ago *tear*. Jack covered cat stevens, sublime and simon and garfunkel. very chill, very funk, bit of jammin, totally worth it.
~m.a.~
current mood: satisfied
current music: g. love of course; garbage man
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| Sunday, September 12th, 2004
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11:52 pm - sorry. m.a. got bored
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so,... i cant decide if this is completely fitting, ahem, or not... guess i have to open my eyes at some point to find out...
come on... i had to put this in. its not every day that im told this. pay attention guys, really!
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| Wednesday, September 1st, 2004
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3:21 am - annnnd im back in yorktown.
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well, i've officially graduated from the University of Scranton, and find myself trying to make the transition (sort of) out of college life. i guess better that than being a 5th year hittin on the naive freshmen or some pathetic shit like that (nothin wrong with the 5th year-ers, its just the hittin on... nevermind)...i'm officially back in good ol' yorktown for the time being... i am forcing to keep my head above the wonderful townie existence that prevails so strongly in this peachy little town. a little bar opened up in the center of town that is hard not to go to because of its convenience and the fact that a bunch of friends go there, however it rarely fails to be anything beyond an awful high school reunion. always filled with those ever-so-uncomfortable conversations with people whom you clearly dont want to be having a conversation with to begin with. afterall, wednesday IS beer pong night.
the yorktown scene has gotten old fast. in fact, it got old years ago. but at this point, even my group of friends in yorktown has dispersed pretty rapidly. With Lori now married and in Florida, Jayme pregnant (which has been a wonderful experience to be a part of... speaking of which, anyone know what goes into planning a baby shower??), and my brother in Brooklyn, its been quite different. And of course my friends from school are all over as well (and i miss them all dearly).
Still, familiarity is nice sometimes, and it was comforting to go home to some people who i knew i could count on since that number at school was slowly decreasing. Ive kept in touch with those I love and have actually managed to see brad, carol, dc, and marissa. more to come very soon. So, I can't say its been a bad time. Bars, road trips, weddings for people I dont know, coffee dates, and that insanity stuff. took a miserable job for the summer as art director at a summer program to make a few bucks. didnt like it at all, but didnt expect to all that much either. In the process, however, I made several excellent friends. Drama ensues as usual, as does wild turkey whiskey, but hangin with Megan, Alex and James, with a miz of the staple cant-live-without friends, has been a blast. you cant beat day-long drunken beach trips, 21st birthdays, bitchin at the pool, and of course you can't beat the pimped-out barn (come on, it has a basketball court on the second floor. this is no ordinary barn. its a briarcliff barn ;)). Can't go wrong with a weekend in Philly to visit my best friend (despite the lack of Altoona), or a trip to California with the family which was awesome. Many things still on the list of things to do, but ill get it all done soon.
Subbing once the school year starts while i look into internships/ jobs and grad school. looking at publishing, some art-history related things, and some jkwc geared stuff. and have only just started to look into some grad schools. i am not too sure what im looking for yet, but sometimes its very nice to have options in life. anyway, several possibilities are opening for me, and i'm takin them as they come.
well, i know im missing a lot in this update, but more will come now that my computer/ internet is back up after its month and 1/2 crash.
~m.a.~
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| Wednesday, July 7th, 2004
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8:04 pm
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stolen from liz-
Choose a band/or artist and answer only in song TITLES by that band-Led Zeppelin
Are you female or male- Living Loving Maid (SHE'S JUST A WOMAN)
Describe yourself- Dazed and Confused
How do some people feel about you- Ramble On
How do you feel about yourself- Dancing Days
Describe your ex girlfriend/boyfriend- Communication Breakdown
Describe your current girlfriend/boyfriend- Tea For One
Describe where you want to be- Stairway to Heaven, Going to California, Over the Hills and Far Away, Ocean many worked for that one...
Describe what you want to be- In The Light
Describe how you live- Rock and Roll
Describe how you love- I Can't Quit You Baby
Share a few words of wisdom- You're Time Is Gonna Come
current music: zepp!
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| Thursday, June 24th, 2004
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1:16 am
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i've needed to update this for a while about senior week and my party, and the concert, etc., but seeing as how its June 23rd, there are more important things right now.
Live every moment as if it's youre last.
Everything happens for a reason.
The butterflies flying only around us, the balloons, the flowers, the stones... all of us being together. I'm glad that I had you girls today because it otherwise wouldve been ten times harder.
Tara Lynn Murphy--
You will be with us forever. You were always the most courageous person i knew, and to this day that inspires me.
We love you and we miss you.
06/23/2002.
appreciate everything you have while you have it. before you know it, it can all be gone. and then its never quite the same again. ive been very fortunate and i am now thankful every single day. you should be too.
~m.a.~
current mood: reminiscent
current music: "here without you" by ?
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| Friday, June 11th, 2004
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1:00 pm - Say Good-bye to the Moulin Rouge
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i liked my pretty new layout :(.
unfortunately, ethan informed me that it was unreadable to netscape users.
back to the old one for now...
oh well. thanks ethan!
~m.a.~
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| Sunday, June 6th, 2004
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3:03 pm - My Scrantonia
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Written last week, updated today:
Well, today senior week is over (updates on that in the next entry). Tomorrow, I graduate. Ok wait, let me say that again: Tomorrow I graduate. Still sounds strange. I had been back and forth on whether or not I was ready for this, but in all honesty, as with all other changes in life, I’m now ready. Don’t get me wrong—I’ll miss this dirtball of a town and the people I met in it with all my heart. And I’ll certainly be back to visit. There are some important people who will still be around next year and I’ll be missing my sexpot, jenny glenny, cait and em way too much to stay out of this place for too long. But, when it comes down to it, what people have to realize is that we have to leave at some point. And we have to move on. And I’m ready to do that, with the simple knowledge of the fact that I will take with me everyone who is of importance to my life.
( SEXPOT )
( CAITLIN )
( EMMA )
( JENN GLENN )
( ERIK )
( ETHAN )
( NATALIE )
( RACHEL )
Ok, so all of those people mean the world to me, and I could never have survived college without them; however, these two must be separate, because they have passed the stage of just being my friends into being like brothers to me….
( SCOTT )
( BRAD )
Well there you have it. If I left you out, I apologize and it was not intentional. These are the people who have meant a great deal to me in these past 4 years. Of course I also met other wonderful people. Even though Carol didn’t graduate from Scranton, it goes without saying that I wouldn’t be here right now or at least have my partial sanity if it weren’t for her. I could write a year thanking just her. And really she does go in the Scranton category cause that’s where she’ll always be in my heart. Of course there’s DC and Molly and all the other Bloomsburg-ians. And Kat, Jay and Lori from home. All of you helped me through some really tough times, so THANK YOU!!! There are people far away who’ve helped me ;), and people who’ve lived down the block or as my roommates. Erin, I’m so glad we talked! Vin, the triple, and all of the Gonzaga crew… Julie, Susan, Rea (who else can I survive English classes with and talk to in the bathroom for 5 hours???) There are lots of other people, but this is getting long which is why I can never win an emmy or anything cause I’d be kicked off the stage in my introduction!
Anyway, bottom line, thank you to everyone who made these past 4 years a fuckin blast. I was always taught to thank my enemies as well, because all of you have made me into a much stronger person also. So thank you to them, and thank you to everyone who I actually do like ;). Its been a wonderful 4 years and I’m sure that I will stay in touch with those who I should stay in touch with :).
~m.a.~
love faith strength
current mood: nostalgic
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| Wednesday, May 19th, 2004
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6:24 pm - ohhh the scranton drama!
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Havent updated in a while. Because let’s admit—its been a busy month! I have to say that more than anything, sad, mad, etc., I am happier now than I’ve been in a while. Why, you ask as you try to wrap your head around the false rumors you heard from the kid sitting (or acting) next to you in class who doesn’t know what the hell he/she is talking about? Well, I’ll tell you. More important to me than anything else has always been being aware of the truths in people. I’ve never easily trusted people. Perhaps I haven’t been picky enough lately. I’ve always believed in backing your friends up. When I hear that someone has insulted someone who I thought was a good friend, however misguided I may be, I do something about it. But in the end, I can know what really happened.
Its true what some people say that you can’t turn back the hands of time, no matter how hard you hit the BOOZE, but we’re forgetting two things.: 1. That means that time and beer can’t exclude taking our pants off in front of a room full of people. But wait, some people do that sober anyway. 2. Who says that anyone wants to turn back the hands of time?
Contrary to belief, I’m not hateful. I’m rather amused at this point. The only things I’m not amused by are certain misconceptions I’ve heard. Things that I was blamed for that I didn’t do. Yes, I’ve been upset about things that have happened in the past. But when I say I didn’t do something, I mean it.
Bottom line is that we can laugh all we want to, put up away messages, make t-shirts, spread rumors… but in a week, I’m leaving here. And I’m more secure in who I am in leaving than I would have been. See, I’ve never really cared about other people’s opinions of me. Generally, people’s opinions are often misguided and flase anyway. Sometimes (though rarely) theyre true and I just don’t give a fuck. It just took a little bit of drama to remind me that I still don’t care. But I really gotta start choosin my girlfriends more carefully anyway…My true friends are those who don’t judge for things that has NOTHING to do with them, And my true friends are ones who I know I will always have a good time with and will keep in touch with. Particular thanks to Marissa, Rach, Erik, Carol and Cait.
I rarely have regrets in life. I have regrets for things that make me disappointed in MYSELF, and those extremely close to me. Not for what others try to make me feel bad about. Because things happen for a reason. I am glad knowing who I can count on because obviously I was wrong for quite some time. If I could’ve look ahead for just, like, 2 minutes, I would’ve seen all of this and done something about it sooner. Its rather liberating actually…
The past month has been eventful anyway, Besides the topsy-turvy that is always my social life, I handed in several huge assignments that I’ve been working on, got an art job for a few months after school, gave me massive 45-minute open-to-the-university slide lecture for art history which got a better turnout than I expected, figured out plans for the formal, had an awesome birthday—thank you to you all know who you are—where I had a wonderful dinner party thrown for me, and then ended up having a great time at the bar with brad, and had a beautiful bouquet of flowers sent to me (*wink* thank you again…). I have finished up classes, I have one more final left tomorrow and looking forward to an AWESOME senior week!!!
GCHB, CSDB.
current mood: amused
current music: bother, or something contrastingly loud.
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| Tuesday, April 20th, 2004
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6:16 pm - oh scranton, my scranton
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ok lets see. im procrastinating. but i deserve to because my psych test was this morning. and the last few days have been hectic.
FRIDAY night i stayed in cause i needed to do some work (i know, how boring) and saturday was going to be long. marissa and i lept over the boundaries of hangin out and doing nothing and instead actually has some good quality bonding time. id sure say so. pizza and drinks on the porch, movies and psychoticness afterwards.
SATURDAY i went to paint call during the day... and then had a great time at the boys' party at night. oh wait, they advertised it all week and then didnt HAVE it. i went to Oscar's for Nat's birthday as planned though and that was fun... despite getting beer poured on my sandled feet like 5 times. I then met up with jenn glenn and after a little party searching ended up at 919 vine. mmm vodka. and stupid girls who look like men.
SUNDAY, i studied all day. until 9pm where i became delirius from looking at psychology all day (go figure). So i decided i needed a break. I was now, however, expecting a 4 hour break. I called Erik and he came to pick me up and go to Perkins for coffee. Well, we started bullshitting about everything, everyone, the future, the past, and before we knew it, we were 4 hours, and 2 pots coffee further into the night. I have to say that I had a great time though. After I graduate, and I think about why I liked Scranton, I'll definitely remember nights like that (thanks Erik). Returning home at 1am, I continued studying (there was no point in trying to sleep after 8 cups of coffee). Got very little sleep and proceeded to be completely delirius (quite possibly from a coffee hangover which i quickly rectified by having more coffee) for the entire day. Studied all night again and took the test this morning. We'll see. Let's hope the CSDB got its ass kicked.
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Well, there will be more to come soon because it will definitely be a long rest of the week (overview: tomorrow i get pierced, thursday is tbtn- need i say more- and then carol will be here so i will be out after the rally. friday is a primetime night- like holy shit havent been there in a while!, saturday night i hang out with erik and books which should be interesting and havoc will probably be raised, sunday is the stupid third eye blind concert that im only going to for the fact that its free. And sometime in there i need to do some work....)
current music: finger eleven- one thing
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| Monday, April 5th, 2004
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11:30 am
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now... i love kevin spacey. hes a brilliant actor. but, um, kevin, whats up with you doing a movie with justin timberlake? theres something sooo wrong about that.
now... i love bob dylan. awesome live, incredible lyricist. but, um, bobby, whats up with you being in a victoria's secret commercial? As much as I love vicky's secret, there, again, is something so wrong about.
current music: nirvana still
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11:05 am
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1. this snowing-in-april shit needs to stop right now.
2. 10 years since amazing music died.
current music: nirvana of course
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