| |
|
|
| 12:58am 29/04/2004 |
| |
i wish someone would love me like i could love somebody. |
|
| |
|
|
| |
| 23rd entry, 5th sentence |
|
|
| 04:46pm 28/04/2004 |
| |
......
this has appeared in some type of variation, but i always love looking back in in my trash can of archives:
Go into your LJ's archives.
Find your 23rd post (or closest to).
Find the fifth sentence (or closest to).
Post the text of the sentence in your lj along with these instructions
"we drank waaaay too much, as planned." |
|
| |
|
|
| |
| what the fuck? |
|
|
| 11:09am 15/04/2004 |
| |
i m convinced that every girl that lives in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada is gorgeous.
that s so not fair. |
|
| |
|
|
| |
| last night we could not make it |
|
|
| 01:45pm 24/02/2004 |
| |
tried hard but we could not make it
____________________________________
holy mutherfuckingshit.
so last night did nt turn out how i planned at all.
i was hanging out with cameron and traci last night over at their place and after a while they had to go to bed, so i came back home. when i arrived, there was a note on the answering machine from nina, my hottt neighbor. so i call her back and she s like,"hey, my friend and i are at supercore (little cafe/bar/japanese tapas place a few blocks away) and i was wondering if you wanted to hang out for a drink. i m going to this bar in chelsea later too, if you wanna come.." . so naturally, i m like ,"hell yeah".
so i meet them at supercore and have a glass of wine, chill, talk, get to know them a little. nina s from wisconsin and has this cuteass accent, and she s a painter and funny and really cool. so her friend has to leave and nina and i get on the train to go to chelsea. we talk about this show i saw last night at cameron and traci s (they stole my tv,, not that i ever watch it). anyways, the show was one of those get-married-on-tv shows. except.... it was with MIDGETS!!! wha? midgets. i m serious. it s too fucked up for me to even talk about it right now. but we tlaked about that for a while as we rode the train and talked about goals and why we moved to nyc and how we feel about things. it was really really fucking nice. so, we find this tiny bar in chelsea that has a floor like the one in that club in saturday night fever. that was cool. and so we had drinks and talked some more and then went to meet one of her old friends from back home at this bar down the street. it was the shittiest dive bar i ve ever been in in my life (except for the ones in mexico). the guy she knew was completely wasted and so we did shots and talked to his obnoxious friends. then suddenly it kinda seemed like she was playing footsie with me. but i was nt sure. i was nt trying real hard to impress her or hit on her, but she kinda started playing footsie with me and was kinda affectionate. then she turns to me and says,"i d much rather be talking to you than be here with these people. let s get out of here." so we do. we walk outside and suddenly we look at eachother, smiling, and out of nowhere, we re kissing and making out on the corner. it felt so good to kiss her. we kissed and kissed and kissed and kissed and kissed and kissed. we d stop about every five feet and make out again. we made out on the train The Whole Way Home. we made out walking from the train to our street, and then made out in front of her house. it was silly and wonderful and so much fun. i don t know what i m going to do. she s awesome and so beautiful and she lives nextfuckingdoor. whoa. this is too much. i m confrused. but, i guess we ll just see what happens.
hearts. |
|
| |
|
|
| |
| make it anywhere |
|
|
| 08:28pm 06/02/2004 |
| |
ech. new york is getting to me.
still no jobby job, though it looks like i ll be getting one tonight. seems like the verb is gonna hire me, which ll be cool, but prolly not nearly enough moolah.
i m a little too bummed out to report the rest.
it s friday night.
i m writing in LJ.
figure it out for yourself. |
|
| |
|
|
| |
| 7 million things. 7 million people. |
|
|
| 11:54pm 02/02/2004 |
| |
i live at the edge of the world.
there s so much i need to report. i can t even begin. so i won t.
well. not exactly.
cameron and traci live across the street. i can t believe it. it s perfect. and so strange. i love it. and i ll love even more once we re all settled.
the settling process is full underway.
my job search is hurting right now. competition is fierce, but i ve definately lowered my standards enough to get at least something. . . .
i can t believe the interviews i ve been on. so intense. i m glad i m not a total idiot and that i actually know stuff. i can t imagine what it would be like if i came up here with no experience. i ve never know of restaurant gigs that ask for headshots. wtf?! anyways, something ll happen soon. i already have something on the 18th, but i need to start working before then. we ll see. everyday i have more invterviews and opportunities, so, odds are there ll be something real soon.
------------------------------------
it s four in the morning
the end of december
i m writing you now just to see if you re better
------------------------------------------
living here is awesome. it s lonely cause everyone i know is a couple, but i m sure i ll be okay. though, i don t really feel motivated to meet people or make new friends. i ve met several people i want to be friends with, but it s not like atlanta yet. still so strange. but the energy of the city is enough to keep me going. and i love our place. it s so huge, and it has good funk shui. or whatever that is. my room is a little small, but it s not like i have a lofted bed or anything. and all my furniture fits. everyone should check out www.ballroomstudios.com and look at the spiderhole part of it. there are no nice shots of the house, but there s some fun stuff in there. so, anyways, i m gonna love living w/ j&j i think. jena and i are homeimprovement kings and have tons of ideas on top of all the things we ve already done. there was a part in the shower (where the pipes are) that exposed the brick underneath the tile and i bought fake flowers to cover it up. beautiful. and so nice. it s like taking a shower in a comercial, but it s for real. there s plenty of other stuff, but the place is cool already. i just wanna put my own touch on it. i ll be posting pictures very soon. you gotta see this shit. i can t belive this is where i live.
-----------------------------
new york is cold but i like where i m living
there s music on clinton street all through the evening
-----------------------------
jeremy s birthday was friday. big party. mucho fun. i think i made some new friends, which is really exciting. it s nice to know there are people like you everywhere. i m really excited about brian, danielle, and meghan. those people were the coolest, and really funny. they just had a good energy about them. as far as other stuff, it was so awesome to hang out with jena and jeremy and tball and cameron and my good friends from the ATL. (i heard some dirtydirty at the verb the last few times i was there. made me miss home).
i ve been eating better than i ever have in new york. we ve cooked everynight and i ve really outdone myself the two nights i cooked. 1st night: antipasti__5 kinds of black and green olives with ciabatta bread and olive oil with cracked black pepper and fresh grated parmesan reggiano. entree__spinich and basil fettucini (al dente) with sundried tomatos, roasted pine nuts, broccoli florets, and chicken breasts grilled with tuscan herbs. deeeeeeelicious. the other night jeremy and i did dinnner together. it was awesome. we had caesar salads, my badass mashed taters, spinich sauteed in garlic and butter, and a pork tenderloin baked with sage leaves topped with a cream sherry reduction with sage, cream, portobello mushrooms, and cracked black pepper.
it was so good i wanted to kick my grandmother in the mouth.
damn.
so getting used to living in this city is going to take some getting used to. wait. that s redundant. i m lonely, but it s better than atlanta. as overwhelming as it is here, i m so glad i m not there anymore. i fell as if there s nothing there for me. i miss my girl but i ve missed people before, and i think i m mature enough to deal with it now.
we ll see.
if anyone reads this and wants to know my contact info (address, phone, email, et cetera) lemme know. i ll give it to you.
i ll do my best to update, but most of my posts will be confidential. (as they have been for a while now)/ now tha ti have madass computer acess, i ll try to update daily, though, until i have a job, i won t really have a routine, and therefore make posts at random. i could really use a nice phone call or two (or personal email) if anyone wants to send one. i m not really good at writing back right now, but that s due to my random life. and if anyone wants to come and see me , well..... do it.
------------------------
she sends her regards
----------------------- |
|
| |
|
|
| |
| i copied this from commondreams.org |
|
|
| 02:40pm 20/01/2004 |
| |
it was originally published by Independent/UK.
here s the link: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0120-01.htm
i thought it was worth copying over since alot of people don t click on links.
232: Number of American combat deaths in Iraq between May 2003 and January 2004
501: Number of American servicemen to die in Iraq from the beginning of the war - so far
0: Number of American combat deaths in Germany after the Nazi surrender to the Allies in May 1945
0: Number of coffins of dead soldiers returning home from Iraq that the Bush administration has allowed to be photographed
0: Number of funerals or memorials that President Bush has attended for soldiers killed in Iraq
100: Number of fund-raisers attended by Bush or Vice-President Dick Cheney in 2003
13: Number of meetings between Bush and Tony Blair since he became President
10 million: Estimated number of people worldwide who took to the streets in opposition to the invasion of Iraq, setting an all-time record for simultaneous protest
2: Number of nations that Bush has attacked and taken over since coming into the White House
9.2: Average number of American soldiers wounded in Iraq each day since the invasion in March last year
1.6: Average number of American soldiers killed in Iraq per day since hostilities began
16,000: Approximate number of Iraqis killed since the start of war
10,000: Approximate number of Iraqi civilians killed since the beginning of the conflict
$100 billion: Estimated cost of the war in Iraq to American citizens by the end of 2003
$13 billion: Amount other countries have committed towards rebuilding Iraq (much of it in loans) as of 24 October
36%: Increase in the number of desertions from the US army since 1999
92%: Percentage of Iraq's urban areas that had access to drinkable water a year ago
60%: Percentage of Iraq's urban areas that have access to drinkable water today
32%: Percentage of the bombs dropped on Iraq this year that were not precision-guided
1983: The year in which Donald Rumsfeld gave Saddam Hussein a pair of golden spurs
45%: Percentage of Americans who believed in early March 2003 that Saddam Hussein was involved in the 11 September attacks on the US
$127 billion: Amount of US budget surplus in the year that Bush became President in 2001
$374 billion: Amount of US budget deficit in the fiscal year for 2003
1st: This year's deficit is on course to be the biggest in United States history
$1.58 billion: Average amount by which the US national debt increases each day
$23,920: Amount of each US citizen's share of the national debt as of 19 January 2004
1st: The record for the most bankruptcies filed in a single year (1.57 million) was set in 2002
10: Number of solo press conferences that Bush has held since beginning his term. His father had managed 61 at this point in his administration, and Bill Clinton 33
1st: Rank of the US worldwide in terms of greenhouse gas emissions per capita
$113 million: Total sum raised by the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign, setting a record in American electoral history
$130 million: Amount raised for Bush's re-election campaign so far
$200m: Amount that the Bush-Cheney campaign is expected to raise in 2004
$40m: Amount that Howard Dean, the top fund-raiser among the nine Democratic presidential hopefuls, amassed in 2003
28: Number of days holiday that Bush took last August, the second longest holiday of any president in US history (Record holder: Richard Nixon)
13: Number of vacation days the average American worker receives each year
3: Number of children convicted of capital offences executed in the US in 2002. America is only country openly to acknowledge executing children
1st: As Governor of Texas, George Bush executed more prisoners (152) than any governor in modern US history
2.4 million: Number of Americans who have lost their jobs during the three years of the Bush administration
221,000: Number of jobs per month created since Bush's tax cuts took effect. He promised the measure would add 306,000
1,000: Number of new jobs created in the entire country in December. Analysts had expected a gain of 130,000
1st: This administration is on its way to becoming the first since 1929 (Herbert Hoover) to preside over an overall loss of jobs during its complete term in office
9 million: Number of US workers unemployed in September 2003
80%: Percentage of the Iraqi workforce now unemployed
55%: Percentage of the Iraqi workforce unemployed before the war
43.6 million: Number of Americans without health insurance in 2002
130: Number of countries (out of total of 191 recognized by the United Nations) with an American military presence
40%: Percentage of the world's military spending for which the US is responsible
$10.9 million: Average wealth of the members of Bush's original 16-person cabinet
88%: Percentage of American citizens who will save less than $100 on their 2006 federal taxes as a result of 2003 cut in capital gains and dividends taxes
$42,000: Average savings members of Bush's cabinet are expected to enjoy this year as a result in the cuts in capital gains and dividends taxes
$42,228: Median household income in the US in 2001
$116,000: Amount Vice-President Cheney is expected to save each year in taxes
44%: Percentage of Americans who believe the President's economic growth plan will mostly benefit the wealthy
700: Number of people from around the world the US has incarcerated in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
1st: George W Bush became the first American president to ignore the Geneva Conventions by refusing to allow inspectors access to US-held prisoners of war
+6%: Percentage change since 2001 in the number of US families in poverty
1951: Last year in which a quarterly rise in US military spending was greater than the one the previous spring
54%: Percentage of US citizens who believe Bush was legitimately elected to his post
1st: First president to execute a federal prisoner in the past 40 years. Executions are typically ordered by separate states and not at federal level
9: Number of members of Bush's defense policy board who also sit on the corporate board of, or advise, at least one defense contractor
35: Number of countries to which US has suspended military assistance after they failed to sign agreements giving Americans immunity from prosecution before the International Criminal Court
$300 million: Amount cut from the federal program that provides subsidies to poor families so they can heat their homes
$1 billion: Amount of new US military aid promised Israel in April 2003 to offset the "burdens" of the US war on Iraq
58 million: Number of acres of public lands Bush has opened to road building, logging and drilling
200: Number of public-health and environmental laws Bush has attempted to downgrade or weaken
29,000: Number of American troops - which is close to the total of a whole army division - to have either been killed, wounded, injured or become so ill as to require evacuation from Iraq, according to the Pentagon
90%: Percentage of American citizens who said they approved of the way George Bush was handling his job as president when asked on 26 September, 2001
53%: Percentage of American citizens who approved of the way Bush was handling his job as president when asked on 16 January, 2004 |
|
| |
|
|
| |
| gurrr |
|
|
| 02:47pm 07/01/2004 |
| |
not having a car in atlanta sucks. it sucks, i say. oh well. just two more weeks.
i have a tummy ache.
mel and i are having tball and cameron over sunday. i m excited. we re gonna cook a fancy dinner for them and everything. it ll be really fun.
how i do love those guys.
does anyone have some good recipies for something with wild mushrooms? i have a few ideas, but nothin solid yet. lemme know. |
|
| |
|
|
| |
| where does it all go? |
|
|
| 12:47pm 07/01/2004 |
| |
if you guys have nt discovered AccuRadio.com yet, then GET ON IT! fools. it s rad as hell. i just heard me some pavement, unrest, olivia tremor control, et cetera. it s rad.
so i went out with melissa and this chick she works with last night. funny. we tried to go to some martini bar in buckhead (fuckhead) that the girl goes to, but it was closed, so we ended up at.......... (do i have to say it? eeeekkkk!!) COYOTE UGLY. hahahahahahahaha. omfg. anyways. it was nt super obnoxious as it coulda been since it was a tuesday and all, but really, it was just funny.
i m still freaked out about leaving. something feels amiss about it, but i know it s just because my money situation is nt what it should be and i m not really emotionally ready to leave, but the only way to do it is to just dive in. so i am.
holy shit. the pig is sooooooo cute.
i made jack shit for money last night. suckola. money s been really good lately, though. so i should nt complain. and the people are funny.
YUM! the shins are on accuradio right now. woowoo!
sonomi emailed me back. weird. she s still a jehovah s witness. i feel bad for her. she could be the coolest ever if she would just realize that her religion is a load of crap. poor girl. i wonder if i ll ever see her again... ... ...
uh, guys. guys... seriously, guys. IT S COLD AS SHIT !!! what am i gonna do in nyc? i don t think i can take it. : ( somebody hold me.
i m not big on the white stripes, but that song "we re goning to be friends" is kinda sweet. i think i like it. even though they re total cheese.
i heard a song in my sleep last night, but i could nt remember it today. damn. |
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
| 01:42pm 06/01/2004 |
| |
holy shit. i almst forgot. .... todd is married now. wtf?
oh, and i got the COOOLEST cardigan ever in athens. and some players cigarettes. woo hoo canada!
i wonder if i ll ever be old?
i should nt be spending my time writing this.
i have a million things to do. |
|
| |
|
|
| |
| finally |
|
|
| 12:46pm 06/01/2004 |
| |
well everyone. here goes.
i have nt written in this in so long, and it s not for lack of desire. and now, i finally have a chance to get on and i m kinda arrested as to what to say.. life has taken one bizzare turn after another. in general, i ve been pretty unhappy for the past three months, but somethings have made it possible to get through it all. anyways, i could go on speaking in generalities forever, but what fun is that? so, i ve moved now. not all the way to new york, but that ll happen in 15 days. no, now i live with mellissa. just for three weeks. my car has blown(blowed) up. i have a new job. i went to austin & athens and well,,, there was christmas and new years and thanksgiving and all that crap. i really like my new job. it s gonna be hard to leave, and i hope i can get something like it in new york. i mean, i don t LOVE it or anything. it s not what i want to do with my life, but it s way more than tolerable.
in other news, i don t think i m going to be able to see everyone i want to before i go. my work schedule is packt and not having a car makes things hard. hopefully i ll see kim and katy before i go. of course, ayerick and leann and all the ballroom folk. but there s so little time left now.... i m not going to get to say goodbye to atlanta like i really wanted to. maybe i ll throw a goingaway party for myself.... hhmmmmm.
anywerez guys, i don t have my new address and phone # in nyc yet, but i ll post it soon so all you fools can get in touch with me and everything. jaymi, thanks for the card btw. in the mean time, email works pretty well, i ll check it everyday until i leave.
new york is just that much closer to canada! |
|
| |
|
|
| |
| ? |
|
|
| 06:41pm 22/12/2003 |
| |
well, hello everyone.
no. i didnt fall off the face of the earth. just no computer access.
i m moving to nyc january 21st.
holy crap.
more later. |
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
| 04:57pm 01/10/2003 |
| |
 |
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
| 04:06pm 30/09/2003 |
| |
shit. i hope my last post went though. it was about fifteen pages long. |
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
| 03:37pm 08/09/2003 |
| |
Democrats
Circle I Limbo Jehovah's Witnesses
Circle II Whirling in a Dark & Stormy Wind Militant Vegans
Circle III Mud, Rain, Cold, Hail & Snow People wearing trucker hats
Circle IV Rolling Weights Amature Drinkers, Rednecks
Circle V Stuck in Mud, Mangled River Styx Bill Gates
Circle VI Buried for Eternity River Phlegyas Republicans
Circle VII Burning Sands Girls
Circle IIX Immersed in Excrement George Bush
Circle IX Frozen in Ice Design your own hell |
|
| |
|
|
| |
| props to myself. |
|
|
| 10:51am 03/09/2003 |
| |
here s the testimonial i wrote for mattress (aka nosearmy) on Friendster. i must say, it s a masterpiece:
"he s funnier than a coconut getting a shoeshine. he s smarter than 30 monkeys typing shakespeare. he s more fun than a rollercoaster on X. he gives plasma (not just for the money, either) he s the only friend of mine that has read more books than i have (except leann). well, maybe. we re pretty close. matt is my reason for breathing today. if he was a girl i d pull his hair and smack his ass. more often." |
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
wagatron's journal
wagatron