quick jot/check-in:
just got back from wisconsin. fuck, was it cold. seriously. biting winds, black ice, the works. and my newly re-gained insulation didn't help much. (note to self: start pilates again once you have space.) okay, so maybe i don't miss wisconsin winters.
little brother puked a bit ago. i hope it's not the f-l-u. i so can't afford to get sick right now. i need to move into my fucking apartment already! jeez. i know it's a mistake already, i don't have to be reminded again. le sigh.
ugh. i can't wait till broadband. 2 (or so) more days! woohoo! no more being online lazy. and no more lazy, period. i gotsta get my life back, dude. i can't wait.
just got back from wisconsin. fuck, was it cold. seriously. biting winds, black ice, the works. and my newly re-gained insulation didn't help much. (note to self: start pilates again once you have space.) okay, so maybe i don't miss wisconsin winters.
little brother puked a bit ago. i hope it's not the f-l-u. i so can't afford to get sick right now. i need to move into my fucking apartment already! jeez. i know it's a mistake already, i don't have to be reminded again. le sigh.
ugh. i can't wait till broadband. 2 (or so) more days! woohoo! no more being online lazy. and no more lazy, period. i gotsta get my life back, dude. i can't wait.
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Mon, January 17, 2005 - 5:12 PMWait...whats a mistake? The moving part? I'm confused.
Once you get used to it, you are going to looooooooove living on your own! -
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Tue, January 18, 2005 - 9:59 AMmoving in general? no. i'm stoked. but the apartment and that situation (timing, etc) is proving to be less than satisfactory.
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Thu, January 20, 2005 - 5:53 PM[ moodage | chipper ]
[ tuneage | billie holiday - sophisticated lady ]
i now realize how much i've been relying on television to keep me sane. the antenna reception here sucks, so it's either pure pbs and pax or pay for it. i think i'll choose choice number three: find something else to do! like edit that novel i'm supposed to be working on, or draw a picture, or read one of the five hundred (10 boxes, i counted) books i own, or paint that recycle sign on my recycle trash can like i've been planning, or pet the cat, or take a walk, or take several walks, or organize all the damned music i've ripped or download so's i can download more, or write out all those thank yous and postcards i've been meaning to send, or finish unpacking my clothes so i can go and interview at all the temp agencies tmrw.
unpacked so far: kitchen (mostly. there's even food! and booze!), computer stuff (had to tear it down twice and spent all day downloading updates), and...oh. um. i guess that's it. so far anyway. i did get my "living room" all set up with the loveseat and my chair all covered with blankets. it looks homey so far. i don't know what i'm going to do with all my books though. i don't think they're all gonna fit in my two bookshelves. the cat seems to love it here though. she follows me around the apartment, and we check up on each other all the time. 'm sure glad i got to keep 'er.
inauguration day and all my other relative negativity aside, i feel pretty good if i don't focus on being so alone. i may even get back to that gnarly grrl i used to be in school. i just need to be more creative in spending all this free time i have. -
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Thu, January 20, 2005 - 7:28 PMIf you have a cable modem, you can place a splitter on the line and run it to your tv... not that I have ever done anything like that... -
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Thu, January 20, 2005 - 7:32 PMit's T1, actually. so faster than cable and i don't have to share bandwidth (good for my pirate activities), but the whole stealing tv thing won't fly then.
oh well. probably better for me anyway. tv rots the brain. or something.
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Thu, January 20, 2005 - 7:35 PMBig hardcover books stacked on top of each other make for great little tables to put junk on! :) -
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Thu, January 20, 2005 - 7:38 PMoo! and lord knows i've got PLENTY of big english major books lying around: he two volume "shorter" oxford and the american oxford, as well as a couple shakespeare complete collections and other large 'uns. thanks for the idea! -
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Thu, January 20, 2005 - 7:48 PMYou bet! I actually got it from a really cool book.
www.amazon.com/exec/obido...520-4007831
It's got some great ideas in it! -
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Thu, January 20, 2005 - 7:53 PMhmm. maybe i'll check it out. i definitely liked the "decorating your first apartment" book. it really gave me some good pointers. and that pad book's interesting too. my friend jeff has it.
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Sun, January 23, 2005 - 7:20 PMi think i'm about to do something stupid, something i shouldn't do. -
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Sun, January 23, 2005 - 7:34 PMLife is all about making the wrong friends and bad choices. -
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Sun, January 23, 2005 - 7:43 PMthis is the mistake. cross posted from my livejournal (as most of these are):
okay. so. last night i had like the equivalent of like 3 shots all in like an hour and a half; little effect, small buzz, could still walk. tonight? tonight i have one measly woodchuck dark and dry cider and i'm all wobbly and woooozy and freaking out cause my heart feels like it's beating too fast. i'm doing the best i can not to lose control of my fingers and spell everything correctly. shit. what the hell?
i could make a big stupid mistake feeling the way i do right now. the little voice saying no no no don't be that girl is starting to slur a little.
oh my gawd. 20-29 inches of snow in boston. shiiit. bout a foot or so in fort wayne. here? nearly an inch. it's kinda depressing actually. i miss the snow.
(uh oh. here we go. i think the little voice passed out. she may even be drooling.) you know, it would be nice to be given another chance instead of sidelined and avoided. things were really fucking weird a while ago, yes, i admit. BUT! but. but...like the brilliant observation come true, things are better now that i'm not in that nasty stagnant spot anymore. i'm feeling me again. i'm happy, in touch, smiling, not taking life so damn seriously again. granted, maybe some demons followed me down, but their claws are dulling and their holds are slipping. i'm not going to be that girl. i'm not co-dependent, and i'm not expecting shit. i just don't know how to get past this wall i suddenly find in front of me.
wow. i just read some of my earlier shit, the stream of consciousness of an earlier me, chronicled on a public website. it's brilliant. why can't i write like that anymore? where's my confidence in my words, in my expression? is it just rustiness or is it the cotton swath i find myself constantly wrapped in? i don't know of a time when i felt so numb and yet so raw. i'd love to be certain of something, in something, but there's too much trepidation and isolation. i know that i could help if i could connect. the problems you're having, the problems she's having, the problems they're having, i'm having them too. i miss being a confidant, miss being in the role of one who knows, one who can help. it's so much easier to deal with your own problems when you can relate to them through compassion, when you can put things in perspective and stop looking out from the inside. it's easier to tap into wisdom when it's for someone else.
am i starting to confuse you? i think i'm starting to lose it. i've got those weird chills that start on your spine and flood to your limbs, causing tremors and tsunamis of emotion. maybe i should go to bed. if only i had a good book to lose myself in. an escape would be nice, and nothing's worked so far. reality's too damn real.
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Mon, January 24, 2005 - 7:04 PMnote to self: don't take a lengthy walk around campus in your heeled boots. long walks just for kicks, good. blisters, bad.
finally it's working again. the net, that is. for some dogdamn reason, nothing would connect except aim and soulseek. what the fuck. oh well. it's working again now, and i'm happy. even though i'm not supposed to be sitting here, but instead should be reading. too much of my life is dictated by glowing electric boxes, and i want to break that. i'm gonna break it, damnit, and my new library card is my new lasso of truth. i just hope this small county library can support my ravenous needs.
i'm seeing a new trend, and it's making me feel a little bit hopeful. even though today is supposedly the most miserable day of the year (there's an article about it somewhere), and the electronic/internet world got a little buggy, there seems to be a spirit of rebellion amongst the recently oppressed spirits. we're all getting damn sick of it, it seems, and we're all pulling ourselves up by the bootstraps and out of the muck. i think it'll be a uphill task, but i've got faith. expression seems to be flowing a little bit better, and that's a relief in itself.
last night i decided that i need to believe in magic again, in whatever form it takes. and no, i'm not talking superficial faeries and shit, even though i did crack open charles de lint last night, but that deep magic that runs underneath everything. some people call it god, some people call it inspiration, some people call it faith, some people call it art, some people call it beauty, some peope call it love. last night i realized that it's okay to grow up and still believe in something magical, something beyond the ordinary. it's okay to have that vulnerablity of dreams. cause once you stop dreaming, the world gets too heavy to bear.
my bestest friend gets home from spain today. or so he said. he's supposed to be home already. he said he'd hit la around 4 today, and that was 3 hours ago. it's okay. i can wait. i just missed the hell outta him. it'll be nice to have my sounding board back.
funny, thinking about that resurgence of spirit, i see another factor: the admission of our humanity, the admission that we can't do it ourselves. independence is important, but it doesn't mean we have to be isolated either. we can independently depend on each other.
okay. i think i'm done. well, maybe. the clouds are just now starting to blow away, and i'm sure there's more to be revealed when the shadows fade. -
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Wed, January 26, 2005 - 2:47 AMI love you to death girl, but my head hurts after reading all that. :P -
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Wed, January 26, 2005 - 6:21 AMbless you, tommy, for reading it. <muwah> and i still love that nipple pic.
found out i had strangers reading my livejournal yesterday. and i'm not talking the occaisional accidental drop in. i'm talking rss-type subscription holders. nothing i have a problem with, it was just a little strange finding out my auidience is a little more broad than originally thought. but i'll keep this short. (:
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Thu, January 27, 2005 - 9:59 AMshowers are my best thinking times.
i'm doing it again. losing myself in a world that doesn't exist. i'm losing touch with the real things. and i'm letting it happen. it's so easy to shed insecurities in the physical world and throw off a certain perception of you. i'm avoiding things that i shouldn't be avoiding: my entrance into the real world, my journey into me, maturity, responsbilities. it's not healthy, but it's so easy to retreat into that un-reality that was my reality for so long. what do i do from here? i don't know. i've got to think this through some more. i've got to figure this out. i can't afford to take this leap back.
i've got to do laundry this weekend too.
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Sat, January 29, 2005 - 8:24 PMmy skin hates me. i ran out of oatmeal lotion and i don't want to get dressed to go get some. i need to get milk too. maybe tmrw.
just when i get bored, old friends pop up. that's so great. sir wendell rawks the shit and is about to seriously get close to his 'millionaire by 24' goal. fucking brilliant kid. i gotta make a trip to chi-town soon. i needs me some serious whirlwind excitement. and w's his own one man show. maybe it'll happen when he signs his contract with nike. i'll know next week. and truk's visiting tmrw. it'll be old roomie fun!
family responsibilities are tugging right now. the gma's back in the hospeetal and my mom's considering staying up there for a couple weeks. it doesn't make sense for me to be lazing around here doing absolute diddly while she stresses about finding someone to watch ryan while she and his dad are states away. and meg shouldn't have to do it on her own. maybe we can work something out. it's a noble cause, and i'd give up my so-called search for independence. Update: just got a call from mi mater. the cat scan came out negative, so there's nothing wrong with her brain. she doesn't remember everyone's names yet and is repeating a lot of what they say. a little scary and she's not out of the woods yet, but she's improving. i should call my sister.
i'm not sure exactly what happened, but i'm starting to be able to sort through the shit and see things a little more clearly. helps a bit to have someone offer a little support, even if it means i'm suddenly veal. (:
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Wed, February 2, 2005 - 3:18 PMdo you want me to keep posting, even if it means it's a long post? does anyone actually read these? (besides tommy; we've already established he's better than all you. <wink>) -
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Wed, February 2, 2005 - 4:40 PMHey now...
maybe you should be concentrating on your current challenge... -
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Wed, February 2, 2005 - 5:21 PMhey now. maybe some people who are writers should realize that sometimes there's stuff that's gotta be written first, the water that's already in the hose when you turn it on.
(you know i love ya. and yeah yeah yeah, i'm working on it. <grumble> (: )
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Fri, March 4, 2005 - 7:31 AMi think i'm shutting down again. pushing people away. my patience has disappeared, and my conversations are short-lived.
good or bad thing? i don't know. am i pulling into myself to strengthen myself from the inside? am i pulling away so i don't get attached and then hurt again, be it by my actions or others? am i hiding from something, someone?
i think it's more the first question, with a hint of the second mixed in. i'm not trying to totally disengage. i think i just want a less active role. now that i'm becoming comfortable with me again (mostly), i'm retreating into my natural self. i'm becoming the observer again, the one who watches and smiles her sweet smile from the corner. it's not like i don't want to be with people, i just don't want to have to feel "on" all the time. too much energy wasted.
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Mon, March 28, 2005 - 3:55 PMi am pooped. i worked so hard today i forgot to eat lunch and let my sugar run so low my head hurt and i couldn't see straight. worked for 9 hours straight, no break, then came home to a bit of a scare: caddy's left eye weeping and swollen shut. she's doing a little better now, and i'll keep an eye on it (no pun intended), and hopefully she'll be okay.
i'm too wiped to be cool tonight. i thought about it, planned for it, but when it comes down to it, i'm just too exhausted.
'welcome to the adult world,' my dad says. i'm too tired to argue.
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Mon, March 28, 2005 - 4:37 PMCaddy probably just has alergies. I've seen two cats like that, and that's all the problem amounted to, so you probably don't have much of a need to worry. =)
*bleh* on the adult world
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Mon, March 28, 2005 - 4:38 PMbah I meant allergies...with two 'L's
*bleh* on misspelled words
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Mon, March 28, 2005 - 5:58 PMbut only in one eye? i dunno. i think she had something in it or scratched it somehow. it's looking okay at the moment. -
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Tue, March 29, 2005 - 12:13 AMI'm sure she just had something in it. That has happened to my kidda before. If it got better I wouldn't worry any. -
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Tue, March 29, 2005 - 5:05 AMyeah. she looks good so far. but she's still under observation.
it's probably just her trying to make me feel guilty about leaving her alone all weekend. (:
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Tue, March 29, 2005 - 4:37 AMYes. Both cats only had one eye affected. -
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Tue, March 29, 2005 - 5:06 AMhmmm...i'll take that into consideration. what do you do for cat allergies? -
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Tue, March 29, 2005 - 12:24 PMThat I couldn't tell you. =P They weren't my cats. lol -
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Tue, March 29, 2005 - 12:25 PMjeez...a big help, aren't you?
hey, how's the chaotic life up north? moved out yet?
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