Woo, Now I Can Update

Oh my God, I'm still alive!!

I forgot my username/password for a bit there.

Wow.

My Favorite Songs

Making a list of favorite songs is really difficult, but I think I've managed below:

1. My most favorite song ever- GEORGE HARRISON'S RUN OF THE MILL
2. The Velvet Underground- What Goes On
3. Belle and Sebastian- Fox In The Snow
4. The Beatles'- Strawberry Fields Forever
5. Neil Young- Old Man
6. John Lennon- Jealous Guy, Watching the Wheels
7. Belle and Sebastian- I Could Be Dreaming

And that's it for now. Yay!

grand buffet kick ass

Something Funny

I found this on Gawker, and I think it's hysterical and ultimately very true.



September 10th
It's a very solemn day throughout New York and the nation, as we look back on this sixth anniversary of the day before some really bad stuff happened. It seems like only yesterday that we were hanging out with friends and being ironic and worrying about shark attacks and not supporting the President, but six years have actually flown by. Please take a moment to silently mourn everything we've lost, and then share your own memories of that special Monday that took place back in what now seems like some kind of impossible golden age. Where were you, back when you were innocent and unafraid? Never forget 9/10, people. Otherwise the terrorists we weren't aware of (you know, if we weren't working in the White House) that day will have not not won.

Things That Are Not Likely To Happen

1. Osama Bin Laden's apology for ruining the lives of thousands of Americans, and his deceleration to work in the Peace Corps in his next soon to be released video.

2. The Smiths getting back together.

3. The Smiths ever being in the same room together.

4. Lindsay Lohan becoming a nun.

5. Me in the Bahamas, totally getting a tan.

Screw It..

I know what the best album of all time is.

stuff

woops, i meant king= colhquans or whatevs.

scottish ancestry is fun to look up, because if you're scottish you're bound to be related to someone who was an outlaw of some sort or some sort of odd mystical wizard.

and irish ancestry is fun too, except the part of my family from northern ireland...mallahan is a totally uncommon name, and they all seemed to emigrate in the 1700s-1800s when records were not that great. however, we do know a certain amount about the fam, like the fact that i had a cousin in the civil war, james mallahan cain was a cousin,his mom was an opera singer and a bunch of other cousins lived in massachussetts and owned bars and pubs. if you're a mallahan and meet another by the same name, you're guaranteed to be related.

i'm just thinking about family history b/c my aunt came home from ireland recently, and she found the stone ruins of the house our grandma/great grandma lived in with her fam. on the farm. how amazing is that.

The Taggarts= Ross Clan

Anything in () or in CAPS is me.

Ross Family Clan History

In 1241, the time of Alexander II, Malcolm, Earl of Lennox, granted the lands of Colquhoun in Dunbartonshire (THAT'S WHERE DAVID BYRNE IS FROM!!!) to Humphrey of Kilpatrick. Humphrey’s son Ingram is the first person recorded as taking Colquhoun for his surname.

Around 1368, Luss, on Loch Lomond (I WAS THERE, HOW CRAZY IS THAT? SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT BECAUSE I'M A DESCENDANT OF THE ROSS CLAN, I OWN LOCH LOMOND? HAHA), was acquired by Sir Robert Colquhoun through marriage. From then on the chiefship has been described as of Colquhoun and Luss.

His grandson Iain Colquhoun of Luss married Margaret, the daughter of the Earl of Lennox. When James I returned from English imprisonment a few years later in 1424, one of the people he took his vengeance upon was the unsupportive Lennox. The position of Lennox was decimated and Iain of Luss took advantage of this to win the King’s favour by capturing Dumbarton Castle from Lennox. (OH, DAMN.)

By 1427 he was Sheriff of Dumbarton and by 1439 he was dead, like his King, killed by those he had treated so badly. (SHIT, MY ANCESTORS WERE OUTLAWS) By way of compensation, James II made Luss a free barony for Colquhoun’s grandson Sir Iain. It remained this way until the Rising of 1745.

Luss was raided by thieving MacGregors (SOMEHOW IRONIC BECAUSE I AM ALSO A DESCENDANT OF THE MACGREGORS)in 1603, leading to a bloody battle and defeat of five hundred Colquhoun men, three hundred of whom were on horseback, by four hundred MacGregor men at Glen Fruin. (EWAN IS SO HOT) Over two hundred of the Colquhoun men were lost when the MacGregors, who had split into two parties, attacked from front and rear and forced the horsemen onto the soft ground of the Moss of Auchingaich.

It meant the proscription of the Clan Gregor.

It wasn’t until the eighteenth century that the enmity between the clans was laid to rest when, at Glen Fruin on the site of the massacre, the chiefs of the Clan Gregor and Colquhoun met and shook hands. (HOW CIVIL)

The 11th Laird of Luss, Sir John Colquhoun, became a Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1625. Seven years later, however, he vanished along with Lady Catherine Graham, his wife’s sister. He was accused of using witchcraft and sorcery to woo her and so, wisely, never returned to clear his name.

Today the family is seated in the great mansion of Rossdhu. (CAN I LIVE THERE TOO)

Clan MacPhee (Or, My Ancestors Were Mermaids or Sea Creatures?)

Anything in Bold= WTF?

MacPhee History
The gaelic name Mac a'Phi gives the English phonetic spelling Macafie, sometimes shortened to Macfie or MacPhee. However, in its original form, the name was probable Mac Dhuibh (BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT IS PRONOUNCED MAC DUFFY) Shith or "Son of the Dark Fairy". The "dark fairy" is synonymous with the dark stranger who must be the first to cross the threshold at the turn of the new year, bringing presents of food and drink, and symbolising good fortune.

The identity of this stranger is mysterious but legend gives the family of MacPhee its descent from this supernatural creature, who was thought to come from the sea. So the descent of the MacPhees is shrouded in legend and traditional folklore.

The MacPhees of Colonsay were hereditary keepers of the records of the Lords of the Isles. Unfortunately these records have vanished almost without trace, with the exception of one medieval charter which remains extant. This charter is written in gaelic, which shows that the administration of the Lordship was carried out both in Latin and in the vernacular.

After the abolition of the Lordship of the Isles, the MacPhees remained loyal to the MacDonald clan, and shared in the downfall of the powerful MacDonalds when the MacPhee chief was tricked, with other clan chiefs, into signing the infamous Statutes of Iona. When Colonsay passed into other hands, many of the MacPhee clansmen settled in the Cameron country of the mainland, while others resettled on other islands.

The clan became so completely rootless that today the name MacPhee is equated with the profession of itinerant tin-smiths known as "tinkers".

Robot Kids on Kid Nation?

Recently a reality TV show named Kid Nation has been brought to the media's attention. Basically the premise is somewhat controversial; a group of kids have forty days to build a society with absolutely no help or assistance from adults. In short, this can be likened to Lord of the Flies.

Why the hell anyone's parents would whore their kids onto this show is beyond me. Kids can be brutal. I'm sure that the meek quiet kids became the Piggy's, and the loud mean kids took over the group and acted like assholes. There were probably some very deep psychological wounds and scars made during the taping of this show.

In conclusion, I can't wait till it airs!!

In the meantime, I checked out the official website and looked at some of the profiles for the children involved. And um, now I'm not so sure what I think. Are these kids aliens?

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/kid_nation/bios/alex/thoughts.shtml

Look at this kid for example. He's nine years old. He collects microbes. Quote:


What world leader do you admire?
Al Gore. I read the book 'The Inconvenient Truth' which helped me understand the importance of global warming. I admire the fact that Al Gore has committed himself to champion this worthy cause.


WTF? What nine year old read An Inconvenient Truth, let alone freaking read?

Then we move to the right, over to Anjay. He's smart, but he's allowed to be since he is twelve years old. Then there's Blaine, whose appearance makes me give a sigh of relief...Thank God, this kid looks like a normal surfer boy. I'm happy there's a dumb one in there somewhere. But this quote cannot be forgiven:


If you were in charge of education, would art class be as important as math?
No, because art isn't something that you will need in life.


:-(

Golden Showers, Happy Hours!

Maybe my pale skin was giving off some sort of luminescent, attractive light in the murky depths. Or maybe I'm just hot. Because jellyfish freaking love me, and I was stung today on my ankles, knees, and wrist.

And each time I went upstairs and peed in a cup, whereupon I'd pour it over my red wounds.

And it really worked! (Although my knee hurts still, but that's b/c I didn't feel the need to pour urine over my knee. Little did I know that it'd hurt later on)

I looked up online though and many sources said it doesn't work, and that urine is not effective as a means of curing your jelly fish bites. Um, maybe that's Portugese Man of Wars we're talking about, but IDK...

Screw that noise. Pee on yourself.

After calming down...

OMGZRS.

I have a Dr.'s apt. on Friday in the city. Not THE BIG ONE, but almost the big one. I'm kind of nervous, just because I don't want my life ruined by getting a spleen-ectomy (sp?). That'd ruin my life, honestly.

THINGS ON MY MIND...

1. I wish I had $!!!

2. I don't understand Donnie Darko. And trust me, I am on the wavelength of weird existential movies that take repeated viewings to understand. I'm like the mastermind of decoding themes, symbols, and existential shit. But Donnie Darko confounds me. I don't get it. Would someone like to help me? I watched the movie, wikipedia-ed it, and read all this crap about The Tangent Universe and Manipulated Dead. And all along I thought it was a dream that a disturbed schizophrenic boy had. What is going on? Nothing was explained. But not even that- even the things that COULD BE EXPLAINED were NEVER INVOLVED IN THE MOVIE. it seems like the director later on got real pissed at people asking him "WTF", and he made up all these plots that he, uh, forgot to put in the movie.

3. Tammy Faye died :-( And I truly loved that woman. RIP, Tammy.

The Real 9/11 Truth Movement

"That's an internet theory and it's hopelessly implausible. Hopelessly implausible. So hopelessly implausible I don't see any point in talking about it."- Noam Chomsky, in reference to all the 9/11 Truth Movement Nonsense.



The Real 9/11 Truth Movement is represented right here.. aka, it is fully knowing that yes, our government is not perfect and yes, they probably received warnings of attacks on America...


BUT THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT WILLINGLY AND DIRECTLY CAUSE THE WTC ATTACK, NEITHER DID THEY PUT BOMBS IN THE BUILDINGS, ETC.

You know what? Reality sucks. Reality is a tough one. Yes. After 9/11, my whole reality was shaken and my world changed. I was sucked into a new reality, forced to grow up within seconds, forced to enter the "Real World". And it was hard, and sometimes I still can't wrap my head around the events that happened that day.

But I have accepted it.

Unfortunately, some others cannot accept the fact that 9/11 was a completely random, insane, and ridiculous event. There is no real logic behind it for us Americans. And whenever someone has a hard time accepting the truth of a situation, they attempt to form reasoning. No one wants to believe 9/11 was a horrible day where thousands of innocent lives were killed. So they want someone easy to blame (and not just some man hiding in a cave). So they blame the government.

There is a phenomenon occurring in all the conspiracies...one in which someone nitpicks a small detail that "can't be true" and then completely goes back and reasons that everything must be a lie, that we were all fed lies because God forbid something doesn't quite add up in our little minds.

I think that one day I would like to go through all the beliefs and claims of The 9/11 Truth Movement and, with the help of REPUTABLE SOURCES, refute ALL OF THEM. But that will be another day. For now, I am focusing on the essence of its stupidity and all the personal problems I have with it.

On a crude and perhaps admittedly ignorant level, I see Loose Change followers as uneducated, ignorant mid-westerners who have no real connection to 9/11 other than what they saw on TV. As someone who has family that died in the WTC, as well as family friends and acquaintances who died on those airplanes,

There are many questions this comes down to..among them, my favorites:

1) Why the Hell? To what purpose would it serve Bush to plan an attack on the WTC and kill thousands of people? To attack Iraq? Um, hardly. Yes, Bush was probably planning his move on Iraq the day after 9/11... and even though he is an idiot and surrounds himself with idiots, he could have found a better reason for invading Iraq. Killing thousands in the process? Maybe in a George Orwell book. What do you know about Bush? He is one dumb nut. Before 9/11, he spent nearly everyday of his presidency GOLFING. Ok? Not planning a conspiracy never seen by this world before. He was a lame duck president. A lame duck. He may be stupid and he's made some bad choices, but I don't think he's evil enough to kill his own people..

2) Who are you going to believe? Are you going to believe the truth, or what some asshole named Dylan Avery has told you in a cheap documentary called "Loose Change"? Are you going to take one bored young man's word and a bunch of ill reputable "scientists" who can't be trusted? Are you going to completely deny reality as it stands and stick your head in the ground? Chances are, if you believe anything in Loose Change, you are doing so. And at the risk of sounding like a crazy patriotic American, I will say this: if you don't take anything said in Loose Change with a grain of salt, you are really offensive to all those hundreds of people who died on the airplanes that day because Loose Change DENIES THEIR EXISTENCE.

There ya go!! Hey, I knew of two people on those planes! Did they exist? Yes. Ok. Loose Change, go screw yourself. They were not made up social security numbers, there were not false cell phone calls made that day from "computers" using voice technology.

And Loose Change loosely pulls at strings and, just like our government, uses fear and ignorance to completely puzzle our minds and brainwash us into sheep.

DO NOT BELIEVE THE 9/11 TRUTH MOVEMENT. IT IS UTTER, UTTER BULLSHIT.


p.s. sorry if this sounded like the ramblings of some asshole, but i meant every incoherent and loosely put together sentence.

Scuola!!

I NEED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.


I am going crazy.

I miss school so much. I have the strangest urge to open up a notebook and start homework. I want to read textbooks. I want to decorate my locker with pictures of Christian Bale and Ewan MacGregor. I really want to go shopping for all my back to school stuff, and wear sweaters and tights and get out of the summer and into the FALL!!

I Love You, Britney Spears.

Britney Spears, we need to hang out sometime.

Although most of America would disagree with me, I think in the past few years you have become LESS ANNOYING and now are completely tolerable and even likable to me.

Because you have completely let your guard down, and you show the world your true colors and you wear your heart on your sleeve. Yes, people say you're white trash. And you don't freaking care.

And that's awesome.

Reasons Why I Love You and We Should Totally Watch Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion and Pig Out

1. The Sympathy Factor- First Justin Timberlake tells the world you slept with him. That's such a trashy, hurtful thing to do. You married your friend for ten hours in Vegas. Well, I married my best guy friend in second grade. Then, you fall in love with K-Fed. Most people would blame you for this as the start of your troubles. It's ok because I have fallen in "love" with some real assholes too. I know how that feels. Although I've never married any of them. Then you popped out mad babies. Haven't had a baby yet, so I can't really relate to that one. But whatevs. Then the whole world criticized and critiqued your every move. I have been under stress, too.

2. You Shaved Your Head and Wielded a Bat and Attacked the Paparazzi- Hey, sometimes I really want to shave my head too. It's like some weird emotional thing. Like, some people get tattoos when they're finished with bad relationships or ready for a next stage in their life. Um, pansies! Others shave their head. And you went back to your ancestor's roots and attacked cars with a baseball bat, grimacing and basically acting crazy. If I only had the bravery to do that.

3. You're Just Like Me- Hey! We have broad backs, out of shape butts, and acne!! We are so awesome! Let's celebrate and eat some ice cream, because I think you're awesome, Britney.

Kurt and Courtney

I was watching the big steaming pile of shit that is the "documentary" Kurt and Courtney the other day. Although I'm convinced Courtney DIDN'T kill Kurt, and I could probably go on forever about how horrible the documentary is, I like to watch parts occasionally because it's like the biggest circus of eccentric drug addicts. Some really crazy people there. Some funny moments, too.

Anyway, one thing that really moves me is Kurt's Aunt Mari, who doesn't blame Courtney for Kurt's death, btw. She really loved Kurt; her whole house is filled with pictures,old tapes, video, etc. She has such a warmth about her. She plays guitar and goes to schools in the area, talking and singing about the dangers of drug addiction and getting help for depression, etc. In a documentary full of shady characters with obvious biases and/or no real connections to Kurt OR Courtney, Kurt's aunt is like a beacon of hope and um, REALITY. The whole documentary is full of people who knew Kurt through a friend, or shot up with him a few times...aka, people who didn't really know him and insult his memory through their participation and involvement in this stupid project. But Kurt's Aunt Mari is the only one whose love for Kurt shines through the film.

What a cool person.

For all those who don't like anything they've seen so far.

Them.

These girls rock.

Because recently I have gotten into red lipstick, and I'm a firm believer in not overpowering too many areas of your face with makeup. If you want to rock a red lip, wear zero eye makeup (or just mascara and thin liquid eyeliner hehe). If you want to rock a smoky eye, go with a more natural lip. And they have got it down pat.


There certainly happen to be more wearable looks for mod girls such as I this season as well. Just copy those bitches. I hate the summer after like two weeks. Bring on the fall. Bring on the leaves, bring on the Thanksgiving, bring on the Christmas. Y-eah.

A Revelation

Ok, so we established shimmery metallics and natural colors for a more Earthy based look. Yet what's going on in the lip area? The big thing now is a throw back to mod lips, completely nude or just with a tint of sheer. This lipstick is a new Nars shade, just to show you how light and sheer and kind of warm the new look for lips happens to be.

If you're like me, and don't happen to like shimmery shiny sheerness too much on the lips because we happen to look like zombies anyway, skip the sheer/brownish/tan/gold lipstick. Really. And if you're like me, and don't happen to look like the bronzed bitch in the post below because you've inherited zero Mediterranean features, skip the sheer warmness and maybe try some rosy pinks. Rosy pinks are good because they still are in the color spectrum for the fall, as long as they're not too matte.

BUT SCREW RULES!!!

This fall, I will probably do as I want. I don't want to look like everyone else. You see, I want to look like....

Some plaid Before we Begin

Look at this girl rocking the plaid, the black tights, and the boots.

Um, helllo??? That's what I wore LAST season. SO AHEAD OF THE TIMES. So, yes, black tights still rock, and plaid WILL NEVER GO OUT OF STYLE.

Ok, but I really want to focus on makeup. I just wanted to show you the plaid so I can rub all my plaid dresses, kilts, headbands and scarves in everyone's face.

This fall is all about the minimalistic look. Think sheer, metallic eyes in shades like light browns, plums, etc. like that girl in the upper right, with the Bobbi Brown Burnt Sugar Metallics eyeshadow on.

fall 2007

Recently, makeup and fashion has become really important to me.

And not in the old-me sense. Not in the "Oh, I have to make sure these are pleather sandals so I can go to the Phish concert."

That's the old me. Now I'm way different. I can't even begin to describe what styles I like to use here. It's a mix of The Breakfast Club meets vintage fat Twiggy meets twee kid. I like black tights, basically.

Back on topic.

The next few posts are going to be about what happened at Fall 2007 Fashion Week. So take out those notebooks, girls, and get ready for serious note taking about what trends we're going to try to steal (albeit, much cheaply)

The Things I Do For This Awkward Wizard

Tomorrow.

1. 6:30 Wake up, shower, etc.
2. 7:30 Be at lab, blood test.
3. 8:00 Be at work, finish lockers.

4. 12:00 Get picked up
5. 2:30 Be at Barnes and Noble, join the throng.
6. 3:30 Still waiting in line. Alone. With a bunch of Potter fanatics.

7. 4:00 Get my wristband asap, as well as Jana and Daniel's.
8. 4:40 Hopefully by this time I will be out of Barnes and Noble with the wristbands, see Hairspray with Chrissy.
9. Post Hairspray, dinner

10. Post dinner, wait around a bit
11. Maybe do my makeup again.
12. Realize people are partying.

13. 10:30 PM Jana and Daniel come over.
14. Speed to Barnes and Noble.
15. Hopefully by midnight, I will join the huge ass line of people with Jana and Dan and buy Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows (which still happens to be the worst title of a book ever).

sccreeeam

Sunday Bloody Sunday

REVISTING THE NINETIES!!

just a note for myself

stuff that won't make me gain weight

brevicon
necon
triphasil
ortho cyclens and stuff
prog mini pills like micronor, nor-qd, ovrette)

Why the :-( Face

I took one of those face things where they scan your face and find what celebs look most like you. When I first took it, Mariah Carey and that chick from Mean Girls were my first two matches. But that was a year ago. I just did it, and Kelly Clarkson, Minnie Driver, Debra Messing, and Pamela Anderson came up lol.

GOOD THINGS

1. I saw my baby cousins yesterday, and had soo much fun. Little Catherine gave me a cute hug and wouldn't let me go. I love her to death. I hope I get to babysit her soon.

2. I got a 4 on the AP English Lang test!!!


BAD THINGS

1. My platelets are the lowest they have ever been. It basically comes down to, we don't know what the eff is wrong with me.
2. I might have to get a six hour infusion at Robert Wood.

GOOD THINGS

1. If it comes down to that we're going to call my cousins up and ask if i could play with Catherine for a day to cheer me up because she is the cutest thing on two feet.


i'm going to go to bed now, and listen to Phantom Power.

:-(

:-(

Yes, I do believe that cats are magical, lovely, smart, and talented.

Then my anger and rage spilled over onto the page.

nov 20 1997

Today I went to school. I hate Gym! Mrs. G is treating me like Im a baby. I mean pushing Huge balls are not fun! I just want to tell her this

HEY YOU TREAT US LIKE BABBYS!!


Dear Lord!!!



Happy Birthday Roary. Roary's a Beanie Babby he's cute. he had a Birthday party today! he had a pretend party he didn't really have cake. I had cake with mommy!

This is my favorite diary entry. My Mom really did do this for me and my Beanie Baby; she made a little cake for us. How sweet was that. It almost makes me cry, thinking all that she did for me when I was little.

November 11 1998

Ok I skipped a year on my secret diary. Anyway there's a show called pokemon and everyone loves it! I think it's silly! Everyone says it the hottest show on t.v...I think not!!! It's about this Chinese boy and some yellow rabbit. It's very weird. Anyway I'm in third grade now. It's so far pretty easy. Miss D is pretty nice. Let's hope she stays that way!!


It makes me laugh..."I think not!" Wow, what a sense of irony and sarcasm for a young child to have. Anyway, then I wrote a story called The Cat.

One day a dog was barking at a cat. "The cat said, "I think you're very fat." The dog continued to bark. "Well, you look funny with your apple head," said dog with a florish. "At least I don't jump when I'm surprised," the cat said while licking her hands. "Are you saying I'm dumb?" asked dog. "Yes, I do believe that cats are magical, lovely, smart, and talented. Unlike dogs."
The dog was as angry as ever!"
"Well,

And the story ends there....

Revisiting Funny Old Diaries Part One

I've kept a diary now for four years, but before I became a dedicated journal-writer, I used to occasionally flirt with the idea of having a diary. Therefore I have a very old sparkly notebook from when I was in second through fourth grade. I would write two days in a row, forget about my diary, then revisit it months later. Some really funny things were found. Below I will share them with you. Note: Nothing was changed, not even the spelling, however I did change some names. Not like they will ever see thinov 6 1997

I'm back!! at dinner I ate Soup and Italien bread. mmm! Yammy. today I'm going to eat Pie ummm and Jello. It's also near thanksgiving. I'm so Exited. Im thankful for my family and some friends....I would like to finish my soup now. guess What Im back agin!! My Mom is getting Jellow out it's blue I said. The next day I ate yellow.

Ok, wow. Even back then I was fixated on food. I don't know why I said "some friends..." I guess I had drama!!! Wooo!


nov 7 1997
Im in my room just watching TV you know whats on...full house!! its funny. I'm playing with my house. At school today Brad got his name on board I think he's a pig! Zooey thinks that too!

Wow, not very nice...

Hmm

Well, my part III (i accidently said it was the second review) of best albums ever kinda sucked. But I can't describe that album in words. I can only like hop up and down, and show you photos of Scotland.

Damn, I want to be in that band. The Pastels, even though they're sometimes labeled "twee", were so..idk. Freaking awesome. Fun and simultaneously dark. They remind me so much of walking through Edinburgh, just my whole vacation actually. Scotland and The Pastels are one and the same.

BTW, the Baby Honey video below is really hardcore. I know I said "hardcore" before in reference to it, but umm did you see Stephen knock on the coffin? And like a vampire comes out. Soooooo eighties!! Sooo hardcore!!!

I love this band too much. I think if I ever saw them, or any of the members walking around Glasgow I'd just piss myself. They're the stuff of legends, The Pastels.

Part Two Of Best Albums Ever

Illumination by The Pastels is quite possibly a best album ever.


Here's some history for all you indiekids out there. The Pastels were the original cool band from Glasgow, and pretty much are one of the forerunners of the whole Glaswegian music scene. They were signed onto Rough Trade and Wham! Records and made a lot of sloppy-ish singles, such as the song below.



Hardcore.





Fun and twee.



The early Pastels are amazingly fun and the songs are a little bit of everything; new wave, punk, etc. I love them dearly.

The band reconfigured and soon it was just Stephen McRobbie, Aggi, and Katrina. Their sound evolved and became very pretty.



And then-

an amazing thing happened.

The Pastels released the album Illumination, and proceeded to shock the world.

Illumination is possibly the most underrated album of all time. From the first note to the last, it's completely perfect. It is a great example of a band that had evolved over time and really kicked atmospheric, pretty ass.

And look at this!! Check out the link below. Stephen McRobbie writes exactly like me! See, he even used the word "hardcore". This is how I write. (Scarily enough, I did not do this on purpose)

http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~jonathan/pastels/bluff.html

Alli, I will totally make you a copy of this album.

Speeding Motorcycle

This road is ours!!!

A Pretty Good List of Books I Will Be Reading Soon

1. Paul Auster's Moon Palace- I finally got around to reading The New York Trilogy and it blew my mind. Paul Auster is amazing. I love him. Let's go to Brooklyn, get some hardcore thrift shopping done, and ring Paul Auster's bell. Before he would answer, we'd run away giggling.

2. Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin- I know I shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but what a cute cover! That chick is totally me. Anyway, this book is about sisters, and one dies. Wow, it seems like every other book is about that...

3. Atwood's Alias Grace- About insanity, crime, and murder. Almost every review of this on Amazon.com gives five stars.

4. Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale- About not owning your ovaries. Very heavy stuff. I feel like the only person who has never read this, by the way. Long overdue.

5. John O'Hara's A Rage to Live- A girl whose inability to keep her indulgent lifestyle under control makes her mad unpopular in the tri-state area. Sweet cover! I love the sunglasses....

6. Edmund Wilson's Memoirs of Hecate County- Stories about people out of control, again. This book was censored because it was too "frank" in its nature in the 1950's. What phonies!

7. John Dos Passo's Manhattan Transfer- NYC in the 1920's! What could be better?


So those are books that in the next few months or so I'd like to read.

I Was A Secretary

Worked the front office today, completely by myself. Picked up the phones and said, "Hello, this is the high school" and everything. Had to listen to a lot of parents speak on and on, while knowing in the back of my head that in three seconds I was just going to say, "Ok, well let me transfer you to someone who can help you with that". And although I was really scared at first of the big responsibility of, um, running an office, and a bit disheartened at this crazy psychotic estrogen-fueled PMS-ing wife of one of the teachers who wasn't too kind on the phone, today was a really good day. Mainly I just sat at the desk and read Angela's Ashes, which, let me tell you, can be summed up in these words: Babies constantly shit, mothers cry a lot, and fathers get drunk.
I was reading when a hot UPS guy walked in. He smiled at me and handed me the funny electronic thing to sign. I got up from my seat and reached out for it, but then wasn't too sure if I should get an adult to sign it.
"I don't know if I should sign it," I said.

He nonchalantly snapped his gum, and shrugged his shoulders, a smile on his face. "Nah, anyone can sign it, go ahead."

So I picked up the pen (only after dropping it and fumbling with it argh) and signed as the dude smiled at me some more. It was really kind of odd.

"So what's your name?"
"Laura."
"That's a good book you're reading."
"Oh, I know. Just started it today."
"Ok, well, thanks Laura." And he was gone. I watched him leave, and he was looking at the electronic thingy signature and smiling and snapping his gum. I think he had a crush on me or something.

***

I went home and took like two naps. I'm so tired from all the new medicine. I was really motivated to read more of the ghost stories from the book I got at the library, but um...Henry James, your ghost stories suck. I am tired of reading stories about sisters who get married and then the other sister dies. Oh, wow, I'm so scared, I'm practically weeing myself. Whatever. I skipped over that and tried to read Edith Wharton, and a house disappeared! Wow! Scarier by maybe a single point.

I'm just upset because I'm going to get my first paycheck umm next month because I guess July doesn't count??? IDK, my co-worker told me this today. And next month I'll be in Chicago when pay day comes, so I'll have to wait to go on Urban Outfitters shopping sprees and I'll have to delay buying all the books I want to read, like "Valley of the Dolls" and "Memoirs of Hecate County" and crazy books like that. Oh, well! I'm making a lot of money, I'm happy. I could have left today because there were only two people working in the entire school, but I toughed it out and made my thirty dollars. And met a UPS man.

He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss)

Such a beautiful haunting song. Even though I've never been in a bad relationship, I somewhat know what this girl is singing about. I guess probably because I'm a girl, and all girls have at least felt once before that they were being treated like shit but didn't know what to do about it.

Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse, I love you.

I adore this woman.

Back!

I am back from Boston, and I had such a great time. Not even the one hundred degree weather could spoil it for us. (Although having a sweaty back and wet pants on a consistent basis nearly did) We did many things; visited the penguins at the aquarium, toured Boston on the Duck Tour with the Great Garibaldi, met some crazy Korean War Veterans, rode (?? is that the word) on the ferry, and visited the USS Constitution among other things, mainly shopping and visiting such corporate monsters as Starbucks and Walgreens.

There were some intense photos taken, of which I'll probably upload laters.


Stay Tuned for: GROWING UP "FAT" AND FEMALE IN AMERICA

Hey Kids, Rock and Roll

Hey kids, rock and roll, nobody tells u where to go baby. - REM, in the ridicularsly depressing "Drive".

I'm really enjoying the Importance of Being Earnest right now. It's actually really funny. See, I have always been that really nerdy kid who thought humor for previous centuries was funny. Like, Shakespeare- I laughed out loud while reading A Midsummer's Night... and I'm sorry DC Berman, but I wasn't trying too hard.

I'm going to BeanTown soon, and I'm very excited.

Other than that, nothing is really new with my life. Which is a good thing, really, since I'm content where I am at.

I just hope I feel better in the coming weeks. IDK...i'm just still really tired, and my stomach will feel good one day, then the next day it isn't...and I just don't want to get sick

And yet another

While driving down the road, and looking for an address, do you turn the radio down?	Nope, let that music play!
Pretend you are a really good cook, what meal would you make?	Shepherd's pie and mad soups and stews
What is your favorite piece of clothing in your closet?	My pretty '50's green and white dress
Why?	Because it is my favorite style
If you could quit your job right now, and be anything you wanted, what would it be?	A writer, actress, some person on TV in England
What do you think of when you look at the stars?	How many people are looking at the same stars
When you add someone into your cell phone, do you use there real name, or there nickname?	Nickname
If you use there real name, do you add there last name?	Nope
How much information do you ask for before you sleep with someone?	Um, can't say I go around asking people if they want to sleep with me.
How long do you date someone before you sleep with them?	Never even had a real boyfriend, so I guess this doesn't apply.
If you could say ONE THING to the president, what would it be?	One more year to go and we're free!
If you could meet ANY president, dead or not, who would it be	JFK
Why?	He's HAAAWT
If you could get rid of the holiday season, would you?	NOOO WAY!
Why?	Christmas is materialistic, but I love it anyway
IF you could go to any state, which one would you go to and why?	Cali or Mass
Would you ever get a personalized license plate?	I used to want to get one, but now I am not sure
If yes, would would it say?	JK JK LOL
If you could go back to college, what would you major in?	Haven't been to college yet
Before you go to sleep at night, what do you think of?	I imagine scenarios in which I rule the world
What is your favorite kind of weather?	Cool, sort of damp
Do you find it a bit unnerving doctors call what they do practice?	No..
If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked?	Homeless
If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?	Hmm, never thought of that!
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More!!

General
Body or Face	Hmm, I'm not too picky
Looks or Personality	Personality comes first
Height	I don't care quite so much, but I like taller guys
Weight	Fit like Russell Brand lol
Hair Color	Dark brown
Eye Color	Does not matter, I like brown and green eyes
Most Important Physical Feature	Eyes
Good/Bad Traits
Funny	One of the most important they could have
Loud	Don't care for loud guys unless they're funny/witty
Seductive	Seductive as in arrogant? No
Quiet	I like quiet guys
Tall	Yes
Short	As long as they're not shorter than me
Athletic	I suck at sports, but David Beckham is nice. As long as you don't expect me out on the field
Fat	Fat as in obese, or fat as in cute and chubby?
Immature	Throw them off a cliff
Competitive	Not really
Hyper	Hmm, they need to know when to calm down
Smoker	As long as I'm not there at the time
Drinker	Don't care, as long as they're not alcoholic
Smart	MOST IMPORTANT THING
Dumb	No dumb nuts
Observant	YES
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More Silly Questions

What would you do if?:

What would you do if?
The President of the United States called you:	Hang up
You won the lottery:	Do something nice for mum, move to Edinburgh
You got invited to be on a reality TV show:	Probably decline
You caught a friend stealing from you:	Laugh and then wonder wtf?
You witnessed a murder:	Be incredibly frightened, call the police
A random stranger offered you candy:	Decline
MySpace and Facebook closed:	Life goes on
A genie granted you one wish:	More wishes
You lost your favorite possession:	Cry, cry, cry
You found 10 dollars on the ground:	Take it, take it!
Your date throws up on you:	Be frrreeaked out
Someone cut off a chunk of your hair:	Slap them, ask for it back
Your favorite celebrity comes to visit you:	Marry him, and/or have his babies, be set for life
You were stranded on an island with nothing but the ability to make one phone call:	A pilot to pick me up
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Another Thing

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You fill in the blanks
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1. What is Your Name? Laura Elizabeth Fiorelli
2. How old are you? 17 years
3. What is the link to your website, blog, or myspace? this is

Fill in the Blanks
4. Summer is _______ like a neverending weekend
5. School is for ____________ hot geeks like me
6. Friends are like ___________ salvation
7. Dogs are for ___________ dog lovers
8. Braces are __________ a right of passage
9. All boys are ___________ dense and/or really really dense
10. All girls are _____________ self concious
11. American Idol is ___________ fun as hell
12. Spongebob is the ___________ only cartoon I couldn't get into
13. I cant beleive I ________________ used to eat sugar from the sugar bowl
14. I like wearing __________ tights
15. Beer is _________ really funky
16. I'm as fat as a __________ girlfriend of Lord Byron's
17. I have too many __________ old mascara tubes laying around
18. I like eating ____________ in general
19. Sex is _____________ your chance to either be ridicularsly embarrassed and ashamed and/or a good thing?
20. Myspace is a place to _______________ pimp it out
21. Surveys are __________ fun!
22. Skinny Dipping is __________ chilly
23. Gays are ____________ friends
24. Family is not as important as _________ ......idk??
25. Before I goto sleep I _____________ imagine
26. I was really embarrased when __________ i was born naked
27. Bush is ____________ pretty incompetent
28. boys have big __________ heads
29. I hate __________ boys
30. Crying is for ______ those who can't laugh
31. Marriage is ______ a long way away
32. Swimming is _______ a fun concept without the bathing suit part
33. I would do anything for _______ my best friends, and russell brand (that was really random)
34. I wake up at ___________ 6 in the morning to pee
35. I fear ___________ global warming
36. I bought a ___________ lot of makeup today :-( I am broke
37. I drink ___________ water
38. Mondays are _______________ Bob Geldof's least favorite day
39. ____________________________________ And that is all my friend.

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invincible

"don't be afraid what your mind conceals, you should make a stand. stand up for what you believe"

ok, invincible might be corny. but i really like that lyric. don't be afraid what your mind conceals. that's like the ultimate artist's issue. not to be afraid of letting themselves go, etc.

whatevs whatevs

two sad arsed songs and their videos that freak me out

rows of houses
all bearing down on me
i can feel death
blue hands touching me
all these things into position
all these things will one day swallow whole
and fade out again

this machine will not communicate these thoughts
and the strain i am under
be a world child form a circle
before we all go under
and fade out again

cracked eggs
dead birds
scream as they fight for life
i can feel death
can see it's beady eyes
all these things into position
all these things we'll one day swallow whole
and fade out again

immerse your soul in love




there's a bluebird at the window
I can hear the songs he sings
all the jewels in heaven
they don't look the same to me
I just wade the tides that turn
Though I learn to leave the past behind

It's only lies that I'm living
It's only tears that I'm crying
It's only you that I'm losing
Guess I'm doing fine

All the battlements are empty
And the moon is laying low
Yellow roses in the graveyard
Got no time to watch them grow

Now I bade a friend farewell,
I can do whatever pleases me

it's only lies that i'm living
it's only tears that i'm crying
It's only you that I'm losing, guess I'm doing fine.

press my face up to the window
see how warm it is inside
see the things that i've been missing
missing all this time

Stay Tuned For

Part Three of My Favorite Albums

nintendo wii

Ok, got a Wii yesterday.

I KICK ASS.

Seriously.

I have always liked video games, but was used to the fact that I could never be better than my brothers or my cousins who consistently played N64, then of course xbox 360, etc. Of course, I do remember beating Mike's ass in Mortal Kombat which was a ton of fun for a six year old. But last night, when we plugged in the Wii, I completely surprised myself.

Using my sporty left hand as the dominant one, I never lost a game of Wii boxing. I played for one entire sweaty hour. My BO was disgusting by the time I was done. I was a CAGE FIGHTER, threatening my opponent's until the words KNOCK OUT!!! appeared on the screen. Then I just rubbed it in their sweaty, bleeding faces.

I am an animal. I am possibly the greatest Wii Boxer. My brother was laughing at me, because prior to boxing we played golf and I wasn't that great at that (but in real life, I could probably kick his ass in golf).

Bow down to me

RIP Frankie

RIP because you were the only one I ever liked on the Real World.

Way To Ruin My Studying Time For Finals, Sopranos

For the last two days, I have been racking my brain, back and forth back and forth- wtf was up with the finale? TEN SECONDS OF SILENCE?????? DID IT HAVE A POINT? Unlike others, I believe the finale was brilliant and it was cool and stuff, but I just don't know what to think. did he die? was he shot? Was the purpose of the last scene just to describe to us that paranoid life goes on for Tony with his nuclear family??? BUT THEN WHAT WOULD BE THE PURPOSE OF A TEN SECOND BLACK OUT???

IMO, Tony is dead.


For two minutes.

Then IMO, Tony is still alive.

Then Melfi comes in and shoots up the diner and I know I'm just going crazy.

__________________________________________________

dance party!!!

HOW TO SHIT BRICKS

I shat myself at least three times.

A Season Of Fulfillment?

Could it be that this summer has potential to be the greatest ever? A job, giving me money to indulge my clothing and shoe wear needs. A shit load of ITunes music needing to be bought. A huge stack of books. A HUGE STACK OF BOOKS.
See, last summer, I said to myself, "Hey, let's read a ton of books this summer and be cool". That didn't happen.

But- this summer is different. During the year I was an AP student, and spent much time ruminating over passages from Thomas Paine's works and Ben Franklin's autobiography. Now it is the summer. And after finals this week, I will begin my quest for literary fulfillment as I attempt to grow all the hair back that I had lost from stress.

MY QUEST

1. American Psycho- Ok ok, I finished this book so technically my quest is already underway.

2. Sense and Sensibility- Because there is nothing better than reading a classic novel after seeing the movie countless times, thus using Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant as the characters in your mind's eye.

3. Persuasion- Yiz, it has been sitting on my dresser for a year now. It shall be read.

4. Dubliners- I started this one already. James Joyceeee.

4. Fires In The Dark- Holocaust lit

5. Rob Roy- I am really excited for this one. There's a guy with a kilt on the cover! Oh my God, I can't wait.

6. celine's biography- This is a controversial one!! Celine was such a freak! But I love the Claudette Novels!

7. Crash by JG Ballard- Crazy, but it shall be read. It shall.

8. Brideshead Revisted- Because I like British people.

9. A Confederacy of Dunces- It is time to revisit the madness and the brilliance.



And that is all I have for now.



Look at me, I'm David Byrne and I am really really hot ::laura gets flustered and confused at this recent revelation::

I Have To Return Some Video Tapes; An American Psycho Book Review

He lives in the American Gardens Building on W. 81st Street on the 11th floor. His name is Patrick Bateman. He's 27 years old. He believes in taking care of himself and a balanced diet and rigorous exercise routine. In the morning if his face is a little puffy he'll put on an ice pack while doing stomach crunches. He can do 1000 now. After he removes the ice pack he uses a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower he uses a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then he applies an herb-mint facial mask which he leave on for 10 minutes while he prepares the rest of his routine. He always use an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion.



American Psycho is an epic American tale of Reaganism, the 1980's, and Yuppies. So epic, in fact, Patrick Bateman is kind of like Paul Bunyan. But anyway, "I can only get these sheets in Santa Fe. Are you trying to say "Bleach-ee?"

I find American Psycho to be a scathing satire of the self-interested world of Wall Street, and "I don't think we should see each other anymore." Critics, "just cool it with the pretentious remarks". Even though it may be difficult to read through all those violent scenes, "I can get you a lime" and it's worth it in the end.

Which One of You Bitches Wants to Dance?

Hello there.

Today was prom. I didn't go. Instead I went shopping. I am only going to write in stilted sentences. Like Hemingway. Tomorrow is the baby party. I will make my cousins enter a baby race. Catherine will win.

Boston is soon! I'm going to lose my mind in miles of Irish smiles.

I want to be in a dance off. I'd win.

TYPE THE KEYS, DAMNIT!

JACK WHITE IS HOTZZLE.

Sew Is I'd Is Painless!!!!

I GOT THE JOBBB BITCHEEESSSS

POST BOSTON


BRK MY HRT SLWLY 4 LF!!!!!!!!! YIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ BERRIES N CREEEEMEE

Can you tell I'm faking it?
But I want to be myself
A counterfit disposition
Can't be good for my health
So many different faces
Depending on the different phases
My personality changes
I'm a chameleon
There's more then one dimension
I can fool you and attract attention
Camouflage my nature
Let me demonstrate...

Makeup's all off
Who am I?
Magic's in the makeup
Who am I?

If you bore me then I'm comfortable
If you interest me I'm scared
My attraction paralyses me
No courage to show my true colors that exist
But I want to be the real thing
But if you catch my eye can't be authentic
The ones I loath are the one's that know me the best

My makeup's all off
Who am I?
The magic's in the makeup
Who am I?

The makeup's all off
Who am I?
If the magic's in the make up
Then who am I?
Magic's in the makeup
But I want to be the real thing
But the magic's in the makeup
And I want to be the real thing

My makeup's all off
Who am I?

Falling In Love With Russell Brand

Who is this slightly weasley creature with funny Victorian/goth clothing and an outstanding command of the English language? It is Russell Brand, my fellow Americans. And after getting over the initial fear of the man, I think he is one of the funniest and hottest ppl on Earth.

It's kind of sad, that every single female falls in love with this somewhat notorious womanizer.

But look at the statistics.

1) He's hot- Yeah, the hair is weird, but Russell Brand is hot in this really campy way.
2) His dress sense- It's different, it attracts attention, etc. Girls love it.
3) He is a funny one, and he is very clever and expresses himself well.
3) Did I mention he's fit??????

Jeff Buckley, Years Later

One of the biggest disappointments in music is the fact that Jeff Buckley only lived long enough to give the world a single album, Grace.

Jeff Buckley's first album was Grace. Could you imagine what he could have given us if he had lived longer?? How would music have been different today? What beautiful songs could we be listening to??

black books is great

This is how I feel a lot of the time during school. and this is how i felt when I got that critique back from big shot college professor who told me that i don't use enough description in my stories even tho i DID, i just had to freaking EDIT out all description to match the silly four pages requirment that they had.

When Will Lindsay Lohan Just Die Already?

It seems everyday I am bombarded on the television, on the internet, and in general life with Lindsay "firecrotch" Lohan. And I hate it.

One- She can't act. Forget you, Lindsay. You are only famous because you've fucked all of Hollywood and cavort with skinny anorexic spineless rich freaks. Your antics are the only remarkable thing about you, which is sad because you're an actress who wants to be "respected" and get roles like ScarJo. But you never will. Because you're a joke.

Two- She can't act. You garner no credibility as an actor, you have no real skills.

Finally, in conclusion- SHE'S A BETCH! and i'm tired of hearing about her.

king of america

He thought he was the King of America
Where they pour Coca Cola just like vintage wine
Now I try hard not to become hysterical
But I'm not sure if I am laughing or crying

I wish that I could push a button
And talk in the past
And not the present tense
And watch this hurting feeling
Disappear like it was common sense

It was a fine idea at the time, now it's a brilliant mistake

She said that she was working for the ABC News
It was as much of the alphabet as she knew how to use
Her perfume was unspeakable
It lingered in the air
Like her artificial laughter
Her mementos of affairs
"Oh" I said "I see you know him"
"Isn't that very fortunate for you"
And she showed me his calling card
He came third or fourth and there were more than one or two
He was a fine idea at the time
Now he's a brilliant mistake

He thought he was the King of America
But it was just a boulevard of broken dreams
A trick they do with mirrors and with chemicals
The words of love in whispers
And the axe of love in screams
I wish that I could push a button
And talk in the past and not the present tense
And watch this lovin' feeling disappear
Like it was common sense
I was a fine idea at the time
Now I'm a brilliant mistake

follow through
make your dreams come true
don't give up the fight
you will be alright
cuz there's no one like you in the universe

don't be afraid what your mind conceals
you should make a stand
stand up for what you believe
and tonight we can truly say
together we're invincible

sharing the struggle
they will pull us down
but please please let's use this chance to turn things around
and tonight we can truly say
together we're invincible

do it on your own
it makes no difference to me
what you leave behind
what you choose to be
and whatever they say, your soul is unbreakable

sharing the struggle
they will pull us down
but please please let's use this chance to turn things around
and tonight we can truly say
together we're invincible

sORRY

SORRY! i was just writing down the lyrics to across the sea and only got as far
as
you are eightee

when it's

you are eighteen year old girl, who lives in a small city in japan. you heard me on the radio about one year ago and you wanted to know all about me and my hobbies my favorite food and my birthday. why are you so far away from me? i need help and you're across the sea. i could never touch you, i think it would be wrong. i've got your letter, you've got my song. they don't make stationery like this where i come from so ? and defined? so I sniiiifff and i liiiiickkk the envelope and fall to little pieces all the time! etc.

sORRY

i was listening to across the sea and i was just writing the lyrics down here, and i forgot to erase it.

Correction: SRA class.

Ok, little lads who love Berries and Cream, gather round for the tale of unfortunate events and woe that has been my week. Just kidding. I'm not even going to recount the 120 hours of misery, because it's Friday night and I'm going to sleep very late tomorrow and then go shoe shopping and drown my sorrows in Sugar, Keds, and Converse.

So let me discuss the more minor things going on in my life, and conclude with a shocking poem revealing the content of my innermost thoughts.



1. American Idol- Boringest season ever. Jordin Sparks one, much to everyone's total lack of surprise. Boring, boring, boring. Boring, boring, boring. Didn't watch the last two shows at all. A complete lack of interest in Blake's ass. That's upsetting.

2. McSweeney's- McSweeney's, you're such a hit or miss thing. Sometimes I open you up and I'm like, Damn, McSweeney's sucks. Other times I read a story that quickly becomes one of my favorites, and I'm left ruminating over it for days afterward. Sometimes I open up that story about the planetarium thing that guy made that saw into his past and I cry. Then I realize it's midnight and I have to go to bed and am probably suffering from exhaustion.

3. Amy Winehouse vs. Lily Allen- A tough question. Who'd win in a fight? My friend and I completely agree that Amy Winehouse would kick the shit out of Lily Allen, as much as I like Lily. But Amy Winehouse is a cold hard bitch, and it's not put on at all, contrary to what my brother believes. But this question irks me, and tugs at the back of my mind almost as much as the "Would four body builders take down a gorilla?" question. I'd like to stage that fight one day.

4. Old Photo Albums- When we were cute and innocent and fun!!!

5. Manic Street Preachers- I love you, I love you, I love you.

6. Rosie O'Donnel vs. Hasselbeck- Screw Elisabeth Hasselbeck. She can't even respond to any of Rosie's questions and then gets pissed off when Rosie calls her out. Both of these ppls are ridiculous but at least Rosie is mostly always in the right.

7. Weezer- I've been listening to Pinkerton a lot. I really appreciate Rivers Cuomo's personal problems. They resonate within me, even though I'm not obsessed with Half-Japanese girls.

8. The Surprising Reality Behind Our Mythical Creatures- best headlines ever.

9. "I only hit on you because you're Scottish and Italian!"

10. A Raisin In The Sun is one of the best plays I have ever read, and I love the movie!

11. Garnier Fructis, it only took a week for you to build up in my hair.


A Poem

I only liked you/Because you look slightly similar to Nicky Wire/And upon closer study/You actually don't

YAY!!!
























You are eightee

Concluding the Worst Week Of '07...

Yeah. I survived this week.

IT SUCKED!!!!

Many things happened that were disappointing or tragic or really insane.

LIKE THE FACT THAT I FAILED THE MATH HESPA BY FIVE POINTS AND HAVE TO DROP AN ELECTIVE AND BE IN RETARD CLASS NEXT YEAR!!!!!!!!!!

Three AP's and an SAR!

Go me!

A Quick Overview of Bands I Have Called My Favorite

1. NSYNC- I know that now is the perfect time to say I was a misguided youth. But I still love NSYNC. Not even a guilty pleasure. They were so much fun. I like to take out No Strings Attached time to time and dance all over the place.

2. No Doubt- Still one of my favorites. I could write an essay on how much I love them, how much they meant to me. I feel like I grew up with Gwen Stefani, she's my bitch.

3. Radiohead- See above. I feel like I grew up with Thom Yorke, he's my bitch.

4. The Beatles- For a very long time they were my favorite, and they are definitely still up there.

5. Belle and Sebastian- They have been my favorite now for about.....THREE YEARS! Wow! That's a lot of indie-ness. YAY.

well then

well then, let's get on with it. since no one really reads this blog anyway (with the exception of my dear friend alli), and how i just don't really give two shits about privacy, i'll tell u what's going on.

it's horribly high school.

but a guy i really really like might like me waaaaah and i don't know if he does or not, or if his friend was lieing (lying?? sp?)

WAAAAAAAAAH

IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK IDK

I'm just going to have to wait.

All weekend, I've been going through stages, where I'm like OMG OMG OMG OF COURSE HE'S NOT LYING!!!! HE LIKES YOU YAAAY and then I'm like, OMG IT WAS A HORRIBLE JOKE M*** IS A LIAR BOO HOO WHY WOULD HE DO THIS TO ME???

And honestly, I can't think of a reason why he would lie to me.

I just go in circles, and I can come to no conclusion.

This is my mind.

LAURA, WHY WOULD HE LIKE YOU? YOU WEIGH LIKE FIFTEEN MORE LBS THAN HIM!!! HE HEARS YOU TALK ABOUT THE MOST INANE THINGS WITH ALL YOUR WEIRD OUTSIDER FRIENDS!!! YOU'RE UGLY! YOU HAVE A REALLY ROUND FACE AND HE SEES YOUR RIGHT PROFILE A LOT AND YOUR RIGHT PROFILE IS NOT AS PRETTY AS THE LEFT!!! GAAAAH!!

But Laura, you are the only girl he talks to in that class, you have a lot in common, you think you've seen him look at you a few times, and he always hears what you say even when you're not talking to him and sometimes in those situations he even turns around and talks to you or makes some sort of witty remark in response, so he obviously is interested in you.

BUT I CALLED M*** AN UNLIKEABLE JERK, AND MAYBE HE'S GETTING REVENGE NOW!! GAAAAH!!

Whatever, he gives you free candy, he can't hate you that much.

OMG LAURA YOU'RE GOING TO CONFRONT HIM AND THEN HE'LL LAUGH AND DROP PIG'S BLOOD ALL OVER YOU AND YOU'RE GOING TO WRECK THE TOWN WITH YOUR PSYCHIC POWERS!!!!!!!!!

Oh my God, freak, just calm down a little.

UMMM, BIG BIG DEAL!

Something recently just happened that could change my life a bit, and I hope to God he was telling the truth!!!!!!!!!!

Saturdee

Scary Ass Moments

Just watched the Blair Witch Project, and thinking about truly scary things that have happened to me. What pops into my mind are two incidents- all occuring this year!

About two weeks ago, I was up in the morning, walking around the kitchen in a daze (I'm not a morning person). My mom was making her breakfast at the counter, and suddenly I heard the door open and someone walk inside. Now, we're the only ones at home, ok? And I gasped, and I hid behind my mom (LOL), totally believing that some strange man had just walked in.

Turns out it was my dad, who had a flat tire and couldn't go to work at his usual time.

I felt like an idiot.

But a very scared idiot.

Then the scarier moment- In Cape May, we stayed in the Columbia House, on the haunted floor. Toph and I were kind of laughing about it, and didn't really believe in the legends too much- but that night, seriously- we couldn't sleep because the microwave kept beeping on and off, and we heard all sorts of noises like ppl walking, etc. I didn't want to say anything at first. Then she was like, "I'm sorry, but the microwave is freaking out."
"I know, I'm so fucking scared!"

We were SOOOOOOO scared. We didn't sleep. All the noises we heard were just like the incidents from The Ghosts of Cape May Book; every appliance in the kitchen went haywire.

The next morning we asked if anyone else heard anything. And of course they didn't. We played around with the microwave, and the regular normal beeping noise it made was quite different than the one we heard the night before. Two very different sounds.

Later my mum told me that she heard the air conditioning go on and off the next night.

So it wasn't just us. But it was really upsetting at the time, even if we didn't see any ghosts or anything.

A moment that probably should have been scary but wasn't- when i was sucked under a wave at the beach and the current carried me for what seemed like ten minutes. I was aware that I was underwater, and being thrown around; I was like, "oh, right then, this is how it all happens. I guess this is how I'll die"

Or what about Wildwood- when our seatbelts didn't buckle on that wooden rollercoaster, and we still went on it??

wow, such a daredevil.

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well not really crush i guess. it's weird. it's odd.


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right now

I'm feeling really odd. Like a whole mix of feelings. Maybe it's cuz I'm tired. But I think I'm just really hormonal.

Sometimes I just have a million emotions and thoughts inside me but no way to verbalize it. IDK. I'm stupid and it's Spring and I have the biggest crush on someone.

durrr

never play bloons. addictive.

For the past ten minutes I've tried to sum up my feelings and write a coherent post, but I have ultimately failed to do so. it was going to be about sexism, and how difficult it is to be a girl and mold yourself to fit society's expectations and the double standard and all that.

But maybe my brain just farted too much.

Cuz really- to grow up female in America, or the world for that matter, is to grow up a wave of contradictions. It is to be immersed in a culture of confusion, self loathing, impossible waist lines.

It is very difficult to write exactly how one's sex has so affected them; since afterall, I came to the conclusion a year ago that whether i knew it or not, almost every aspect of my life has been effected (affected? IDK, I'm sleepy) by my gender. How I look at myself, how I look at others, how I behave.

It's cuz I'm the age that I am, that I am suddenly aware of how silly this world is for a girl and how , even though times have changed since the 1800s, ppl are still sexist in their own little way. Like, why do even my closest guy friends (with the exception of two or three) call all their girl friends "slut" or "ho"? Somehow being called a "slutty bitch" by my friend has become some weird term of endearment. It's wrong, and I live with it everyday, and I do nothing about it because I, like many others, have gotten too used to it.

The Search For Perfect Hair

I'm tired of being a flapper. In my attempts to become French, I really want to be:

AUDREY TAUTOU

Ok. This is grreat hair. It's gooorgeous. And I'm jealous.

My Guilty Pleasure is Hole

I like Hole. At least, I like Live Through This. Cuz I haven't heard anything else by them, lol. But when I was a lil seventh grader I would totally rock out to Miss World and Peices of Jennifer's Body. I remember watching MTV at like seven in the morning (don't know why the hell I was up so early back then) and the video for "Violet" came up. I was like, OMG RIOT GRRL WTFBBQ!!"

I still stand by my seventh grade self. Those were some good ass songs. I cannot convince my brother of this. But it's true.

More

I can't wait until I start my job, because I really do need the extra cash. No, I guess I just need cash. I've been living on Christmas gift certificates.

As much as I love shopping, though, I feel like I'm cheap. I feel guilty whenever I buy something expensive. I found these adorable eye color palettes (sp?) by a company called Fresh! (or something), but they're $40-$50... and I'd feel really guilty buying them. Plus, it's just not on my budget...I mean, yes, I could shell out the cash. But then I'd be broke for a bit, and not able to go shopping for another month or something.

It's a delicate balance, lol.

I'm off to sleeeeep now. Tomorrow I'm going to sleep as late as possible, and then do laundry and read about Eisenhower. Bleugh.

Ok, Christian Bale...

Why are you so good looking?

my sub basically summed up my life for me today, and it was all very true and personal and it was all very OMGWTFBBQ. For reals. Basically he told me that guys know I'm too smart for them and I wouldn't let them pull shit on me. He was like, you're atypical girlfriend material but not for teenagers.

Ummm, screw teenagers.

Whatevs. I have to work on a powerpoint tomorrow, and I H8 Powerpoint like a bitch because it's mad difficult to write Shape Poems with. Dear Lord, I'm a Junior and I'm still writing Shape Poems.

I'm scared right now because I just watched Red Dragon ahhhh!!! And it's late, and I'm the only one up. Plus, I just googled: Rex 84 program. And I'm convinced the visitors are watching me ahhhhh

Thank You, Prestige and Covergirl

Thank you, Prestige and Covergirl for creating my favorite cosmetics. A girl cannot live on MAC alone, especially if she is unemployed. Therefore, I always depend on my handy dandy Prestige Classic Eyeliner in Chocolate and Kiwi.

It must be fourth marking period, because instead of writing notes on Eisenhower I am writing lists of my favorite celebrities in history class. And celeb guys I like. Here's what I came up with.

Joaquin Phoenix
David Duchovny
Christian Bale
David Gahan
Benicio Del Toro
Damon Albarn
John Cusack

and a few others that if I put up here everyone would be like, omg omg omg omg but liam neeson is so old!!! omgwtfbbq!!!!

All of the English department is going around calling me Anne Frank. Thank you lol.

Anyway, my friendly friends, I'm going off to re-watch Tissue Gate on American Idol last night.

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Haven't been able to post in a while because Mozilla Firefox won't let me get onto Blogger. Whatevs.

So American Idol last night was a total let down. Half of the celebrities they promised DIDN'T SHOW UP. No Gwen Stefani, no performance by Bono. Instead RASCAL FLATTS. WTF. That's so upsetting to me.

Plus, the whole "let's not vote anyone out" thing was such a cop out.

Worst episode of Idol ever.

(except for the fact it raised a lot of $ for poor people)

And they showed that commercial with Benicio Del Toro several times :-)

Top Ten Favorite Albums: American Water

DC Berman of the Silver Jews is friends with Stephen Malkmus of Pavement fame. And Malky Malk even played on a few Silver Jooos albums, including the classic American Water. Rumor has it that after cutting a few Silver Jews albums, Malkmus realized that Pavement sucked in comparison, and decided that he had to disband and form the Jicks.

Even if that's not true, The Silver Jews are certainly > than Pavement. The album, American Water, is kind of alternative/folky/indie/country and paints a portrait of Americana. For someone who is so paranoid about their country, it's really amazing for me to like something like that. But anyway, the music and the lyrics stand up on their own and The Silver Jews are mad underrated.



The Silver Jews basically sound like if Pavement and Bob Dylan hooked up with Walt Whitman and made a band.

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Laura Reviews A Confederacy of Dunces

Yes, my friends, A Confederacy of Dunces is one of my favorite books.

I was hanging out with my brother in the mall, walking out of some inevitably shitty store, when he told me that I should really pick up ACOD. We have similar tastes, so I figured I'd go out and buy it instead of borrowing it from our town's shitty library.

I think I read it in two days.

Granted, I was at a crappy school back then that didn't give me any work to do in the Spring Quarter, so I'd go home and have hours without homework to kill, and then get up in the morning, and manage to kill six hours of school somehow.

But even if I were taking AP classes back then, I'd still zip through the book.

Because ACOD is one of the greatest books ever written. Here's wiki's summary of the book:

Ignatius is something of a modern Don Quixote — eccentric and creative, sometimes to the point of delusion.

The story is set in the city of New Orleans in the early 1960s. The central character is Ignatius J. (Jacques) Reilly, an intelligent but slothful man still living with his mother at age 30 in Uptown New Orleans, who, because of family circumstances, must set out to get a job. In his quest for employment he has various adventures with colorful French Quarter characters.
He disdains modernity, particularly pop culture. The disdain becomes his obsession: he goes to movies in order to mock their inanity and express his outrage with the contemporary world's lack of "theology and geometry." He prefers the scholastic philosophy of the Middle Ages, especially that of Boethius. However he is also seen as enjoying many modern comforts and conveniences, and is given to claiming that the rednecks of rural Louisiana hate all modern technology which they associate with progress.



One day I was called down to the guidance office to talk about what classes I wanted to take next year. I had to explain to my guidance counselor (who I had never seen before in my life) that I wasn't going to be coming back next year. Part of me wanted to tell her that I was pregnant and going to get married to the manager of a local Burger King who wanted to travel out west to seek fortune in Las Vegas. But I ended up telling her the truth, that I just couldn't stand the school and needed to go back home.

Surprisingly, she was really cool about it. Before I left, she said,
"I see you're reading A Confederacy of Dunces."
"Yeah! It's a really good book."
"My mother was friends with the author, you know."
"Really????"
"Yeah."
"What was he like?"
"Well," she smiled. "he was really something else. Very funny."

Then he killed himself, of course.

But still, isn't that awesome? I had just picked up the book like a day ago, and here I was, already two steps away from the author!!

A Confederacy of Dunces is funny, brilliant, and warped. It's an American classic. I'd love to see John Kennedy Toole take down Scott F. Fitzgerald in a fight. You should all go out and buy this book. The characters you meet are unbelieably odd, and the gay ppl are hillllarrrious.

What I'm Thinking

Everytime something heartbreaking and disasterous happens, I'm flooded with empathy and sympathy for the families and people effected.

Events like that are a part of you for the rest of your life. Whether it's fair or not.

It's like, you can mourn and grieve and then you're forced to go on. And then you move on in life, but you always get flashbacks and experience memories you tried to repress.

Then I start to think about the absurdity of the events, and why it's always the innocent that have to suffer.

After all these years, I still have so many questions and I still feel sad and I guess mourn in a different way. Like, what would our lives be like if any of it didn't happen? And although the victims of VTech are older than I was at the time, I can still relate; because I know what it's like to have your life change forever from a traumatic and insane event.

I really hope that they can recover and move on the best they can. As nicely as possible. Because the truth is, a part of them will never recover because something was taken from them. But I just hope they make an ok transition, and I'm thinking so much about all of them.