July 19, 2005
July 17, 2005
Jarrod0000: hairy pooter
Holy shit, that book was INTENSE.
And I had it read in less than a day.
And I didn’t cry until page 639, beat that SUCKAHS.
Once again, I must stress, WOW.
Also I just read for like a day straight and now my eyes kill.
When is the next one coming out? Soon, I hope.
PS RON DIES AT THE END
jk i’m not telling
July 15, 2005
and only when i sleep can i feel stronger
So, stuff. I still don’t have a new phone. Summer school is going well, except it’s so fucking boring, I fall asleep every day. Working every day, from right after school until around 5ish, whenever it’s not so busy that I need to be there. Friday is my only day off. I’m a manager now. It’s scary. Today I was asked to figure something out with the phone system, and I did, and I’m proud of myself because I like learning. You know, when it’s something that’s fun. You know what I’m saying. It’s not like book learning.. it’s problem solving. I like that. I get a raise tomorrow. Work is hard.
I am addicted to coffee now. If I don’t get my extra large hazelnut with cream and extra sugar by about 10 a.m., I get a terrible headache and can’t function. Today my mom wasn’t going to let me drive to work because I was trying to tell her what I was doing after work, but I kept falling into the wall and messing up my words. I hate being an addict 🙁 At least the people at Dunkin Donuts know what I order, because usually I am too out of it to tell them.
Me and Annie went to Boston tonight because I got screening tickets to Wedding Crashers, but by the time we got there it was FULL. So I talked the manager into giving us refunds on our popcorn and soda, and then we walked around Boston Common and I climbed a tree and then we rented Team America and watched it and now I am tired. I wrote Jane a letter. Thanks.
Going to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with Ashlie tomorrow, yay! At least I bought my tickets ahead of time, so we’ll definitely be able to get innnnnn
Also Coldstone after, plz.
Friday is my only day off. I am sleeping forever. I have never been excited for sleeping before. But I am going to go do that now.
I want to hang out with Crystalyn. Thx. I need a car.
July 6, 2005
fuck used cars
So yesterday I killed off my 4th car, if you count the Volvo that I only drove like twice. I was driving to Crystalyn’s, and my car started wobbling, and I pulled over and looked at it and the rear passenger-side tire was tilted IN. The back wheels are DEFINITELY not supposed to do that. I called my dad, he came out to get me, we jacked the car up and looked at it and this thing was snapped that is apparently a very important piece of the suspension. There was no way I could drive it, and we were going to get it towed but luckily I broke down DIRECTLY across the street from a Tire Repair Center. It’s really an $80 repair, but a ton of shit needs to get taken out to fix it, and its all so rusty that shit would break and end up costing me a fortune, says the mechanic.
You know you’re in dire straits when your mechanic says I make my living fixing broken cars, so it’s weird for me to say this, but I don’t even want to touch that. You need a new car.
So I am done with old, shitty cars (rip ’82 volvo, ’86 buick, ’93 dodge caravan, and now ’92 escort). I am going to buy a car that is 2-3 years old, and make monthly payments on it. I should be able to afford it if I start being smart with my money, I am making twice as much now, and it is worth the expense to me to not have to worry about it. I spent FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS last week fixing the brakes in my car. The fuck at Midas should have TOLD me how bad it was in there, and I would have kept the money and bought a new car. So right now I have about $60 to my name, a car with a brand new set of brakes and rotors in the front, but rear wheels that are due to fall off any second now. I obviously can’t drive it, but my dad is loaning me his car for now, fortunately he bought a motorcycle during his midlife crisis.
FUCK.
Oh well. It could be a lot worse. I like this band. And I have my bike (cross yr fingers) I think I actually need new rims, but whatever.
ANY SUGGESTIONS ON NEW MODEL CARS TO LOOK INTO? I’M SERIOUSLY CLUELESS. thx4yrhelp
edit: i forgot i got a postcard from annieface! it made me laugh. THX
July 3, 2005
rock down to electric avenue
On my way to cash my paycheck on Friday, interesting things happened:
Hung out with Julia, I missed her! We went to Coney Island and I ate 5 hot dogs, and we reserved a seat for life. And went to the carnival and made fun of white trash. And hung out at Angela’s and made crank calls.
Rode my bike to work yesterday. It was like infinity miles. Or more like 15, round trip. But it’s like the only exercise I get. Ever.
Bought my tickets for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, opening day. I’m going with Ashlie, I’m excited!!1 🙂
oh yeah.. pork chops wrapped in bacon, WHAT? so good.
ps i need someone to watch the fireworx with tonight. QTz PLZ
June 30, 2005
delicious things that i ate this week that i hadn’t eaten for three years:
I feel healthier than ever since breaking my veg-edge. I’m not treating my body like shit anymore, skipping out on an entire food group. It’s fine if you want to do that, but you have to be able to get in all the stuff you’re missing from tofu and soy and shit. I’m way too busy to do that, so instead of eating someone healthy, I’d just eat something shitty with no meat in it. So I don’t think I could ever go back. All the flavors I was missing! I still get the tofu at Moe’s, though.
Summer school is stupid. The teacher talks to us like we’re idiots, which, I guess we deserve for failing the class.
Saw EELS last night. It was the second most amazing show I’ve ever been to (after Alan Jackson, duh). They played with full strings.. instruments included two violins, a cello, dude playing the SAW, upright bass, 3 pianos and organs, harmonica-type thing, harp.. and duh guitars. The band did FOUR encores, for one of which they came out after almost everyone was gone, and were wearing pyjamas.
Oh yeah, that Get Up Kids show was okay too. Oh, and I’m hanging out with Emily soon and that’s sweeeet.
June 23, 2005
(no subject)
In the past few days, I’ve done lots of stuff. I don’t feel like making complete sentences. So here’s a list.
June 12, 2005
i got a haircut. trust me, it’s shorter.
Graduation was Friday. Really weird, watching my class get diplomas and me sitting in the balcony. I’m happy for them, though. They earned it. I was at least sitting with other kids who also weren’t graduating. I feel stupid that I couldn’t even pull off passing a class my second try, and failing by five points.
Someone stole my cell phone out of my car. They could have stolen the entire car, since I’m stupid and left the keys in the lock. Ehhh. I had it suspended.. I need to buy a new phone. I don’t really want to. I’m just pissed about losing all my numbers. Seriously, I needed a new phone anyhow. If someone wanted it I would have GIVEN it to them. WITH the car charger, if they asked nicely enough.
Rachel said the reason I never have a girlfriend is because I’m too picky, and that I only like girls that fit a certain mold (“except Shanon.. I don’t know how THAT happened”). Super pretty skinny scene girls, all with the same personality, and everything. And also that I can’t keep liking the same girl for more than a month.. maybe I’m afraid of relationships, I don’t know. I kind of already knew that.. and it’s probably too late to change anything. I didn’t realize it was that obvious that other people noticed.
SO. Any super pretty scene girls that want to date me for a month or less, let me know. I’m cute and I like holding hands. And bike rides. MUST OWN A BIKE.
May 26, 2005
who’s flirtin with the diamond donkey?
I want to hear about the first live music performance you attended. This means whatever show, or concert, or whatver that you went to first. This does NOT include the school sing-alongs that you went to in second grade. Who did you see? How old were you? Did it have any sort of impact on your life?
I went to see a Polish opera when I was about 12. It was kind of crazy because I had no idea what anyone was singing, except one part was about a woman who fell in love with a goat. I only knew this because it was in the program. It was interesting, to say the least. My grandmother (or babci, rather) had a great time, while I just wondered what was going on. The singing was nice, though.
Reading through all the ljdrama and everything recently, it’s weird to see how what I thought were well-defined and infinite friend groups are falling apart. Some people that I thought were ‘best friends forever’ now are not anymore. It’s weird for me because two years ago I really didn’t have any friends. I used to look at some of you guys and think how awesome it would be to have friends like that. Now I do have friends like that, but some of you guys hate each other now. I know it’s all part of growing up. I just never really thought about it. Eh, people grow apart I suppose.
bffls?
May 23, 2005
who even “goes to shows” with their mom?
Last night I went with my mom to see ALAN JACKSON. It was so fun. Not gonna lie. I knew all of the songs, and all of Sara Evans’ as well, which is weird considering I don’t listen to country radio anymore and I don’t own any of their albums. I think I was one of the only people there who was not drunk or wearing a cowboy hat, so I felt left out.
Anyhow it was sweet, I’m glad I went. Not really the kind of concert I usually go to, but definitely interesting. It was also funny because everyone was there for the music, which I think is why they originally started having concerts back in the day, before scene points. Nobody was there because it made them look cool, or because it’s cool to “go to shows.”
It’s about music, guys.
slide guitar > double bass.