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Is there more to life than love and being together?
by taylorsaurus rex on November 08, 2008Comments are disabledI can't edit any of my journal entries? What even is this ridiculousness? I do not even know.
Well I should be getting ready for going to work, but I always get ready too early and then end up sitting around, doing nothing. So here I am lazing around on Songmeanings, watching Family Guy. I actually probably should be writing my short story for English class, but it's so stupid. She was like, "Write about the holidays." ?! Seriously? Nothing else? So, ok, choose the lamest, cheesiest topic and that's the only thing you can write about. I wish I could write something like "The Wall" by Jean-Paul Sartre or "In The Penal Colony" by Franz Kafka, but I don't think she'd "get" it, as it were. Like, I want to do a flow-of-consciousness type of story, but she'd probably take points off for grammar or something. I mean, hello, one of the most famous books of all time: "On The Road"? Or anything by William S. Burroughs or Hubert Selby, Jr.? But nooo.
And worse yet, it's a contest. Whoever writes the best story doesn't have to take the end-of-semester final, you just get an automatic 100. So ordinarily I'd write whatever the hell I want, but hey, who doesn't want to get an easy 100? So here I am, just bitching about things I can't control, as usual.
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Hugs and kisses from the girls and the boys
by taylorsaurus rex on November 07, 2008Comments are disabled:]
This has been. The greatest week. Of my life.
President Barack Obama...it has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?I'm not going to go into detail about how historic this election has been (you can turn on any news show for that), and how ecstatic I am (read my other entries to surmise that). I have one thing alone to say:
YAY.
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But don't you know that only fools are satisfied?
by taylorsaurus rex on November 04, 2008Comments are disabledTodayy! Finally! I swear to God, I have been waiting for nearly a year, and here it is: election day. All the days I've spent reading political blogs, all the hours spent watching CNN and Fox News (to be fair), wearing my Obama tee-shirt, going to the rallies (I went to another one yesteday yay!), debating with anyone who's willing to, volunteering - finally, finally, finally, it's election day. Some people say it doesn't matter, and some people are like, "Well, Obama's really not that special.", (somebody at my school literally tore my Obama bumper sticker off my car, like, what the hell.) and some people laugh at my being so into it, because I can't even vote - but it matter to me. It means a lot to me. I think it's the first exponentially important thing, important movement, that I've ever been apart of. I mean, the people who are saying it doesn't matter probably haven't lived with Bush as their president for half of their lives, eight fucking long years, like I have. The people who are saying Obama doesn't matter doesn't live in a fucking city that's lost hope in its citizens, lost hope in America a long time ago and is just now starting to get it back again. They haven't seen grown men who haven't voted in years waiting in a line for three hours just to cast their vote. They haven't been to a rally where old black men stand beside young white teenagers and lift their voices up together to celebrate just the possibility that Obama represents to them. And the people who laugh at me for being so involved, for giving my time to the cause even though I can't vote don't realize this: if I can convince one person to vote for Obama, I'll consider none of my time wasted. I'm involved because I believe it's my duty as an American to be a well-informed citizen. Even some of my peers who like McCain - whatever. At least they're getting involved and getting informed. We're the next generation - sure we can't vote now, but we'll be the ones voting next, and then next, and then next. We're the ones who will be running this country ten, twenty, thirty years down the road. My philosophy is the sooner the better. Sure I can't vote, but that doesn't mean I can't be involved.
But yes. There is my impassioned rant. I am so fucking excited and nervous. But I feel that even if Obama looses (unlikely at this point), he at least got people interested, and excited, and proud of their country. So that has to be something. It's one step in the right direction. I have to say that if McCain wins, I will be seriously worried. We can't afford to be hurtling off in the same direction we've been going in for the past eight years - IT HASN'T FUCKING WORKED. And, I'm sorry, but he is an old man. What happens if he dies? There is no way - NO WAY - Palin is ready to be president. No. Way. I am not even going to get into all the reasons why I think this is so, but rest assured it is an informed decision. I would much, much rather Biden be president than her, and of course, much rather than anything Obama be president. Because I love him. :]
Onnnn a less serious note, Rolling Stone sent me ANOTHER fucking mag, I don't know why. I thought I let my subscription out, but they keep sending me magazines. They are just so terrible, RS has really gone down the tube. I got a subscription to Spin instead. I've been meaning to for a long time, but I was in a bookstore the other day, and guess who I saw on the cover? MGMT! I knew my subscription decision couldn't wait another day. I fucking love MGMT. How cool is it that Spin put them on the cover? I mean, let's go back through some recent RS covers: Jonas Brothers. Zac Efron. A bad caricature of McCain. Old bands that have passed their peak (The Police, I believe?) I mean, come on. Let's put some fresh bands on the cover, let's talk about real music, let's get some good reviews! RS is so fucking biased and WAY too political for something that calls themselves a music magazine, and then their articles are either on an old band that was popular 25 years ago, or some new pop sensation. But Spin is really fucking cool, and I hope that my first issue comes soon. :D
Now, I leave you with the beauty that is the presidential election of 2008:
<a href="http://dlisted.com/files/caption1016_0.jpg">Enjoy.
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We can do the Zarathustra
by taylorsaurus rex on November 03, 2008Comments are disabledOk so this new site thing is kind of wigging me out, I'm not even gonna lie. I apparently have to re-add all of my favorite bands or something? I am a tad confused here. And I'm not sure I like anyone being able to reply to my idiotic journal entries. By the way, sorry. I'm sorry some of you take the time to read these, seriously. Hahah.
So, nothing much happened. I got in a huge fight with my dad and we're...pretty much not speaking. He threatened to take my car away and I was just like, uh, no, I don't fucking think so. But whatever, I spent the entire day by myself, away from the house. I actually just got home. But yeah. I think I'm just gonna bop off and add my bands now.
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I'll be laughing out loud
by taylorsaurus rex on October 31, 2008If you have Bravo, turn it on. Top 100 Scariest Movies of all time is on, and it's quite good. It's the third time I've ever seen it, but whatever.Comments are disabled -
I watch you sailing far above the seashore
by taylorsaurus rex on October 19, 2008My life...has plateau'd lately, seriously. I mean, a lot of really little good things happen, but then bad things offset them. Thus the plateau. I worry that I'm becoming less easily happy, which is a bad thing. But...idk. I'm really tired and kind of sick, and I have finals. I'm hoping that once that's all over life will be better. But seriously? My one friend is supremely pissing me off. It's weird, because she has a ton of friends, but they're all fake scene whores and stuff. Her only two "close" friends at school are me and my other friend. But she treats us both like shit, especially me. She literally makes fun of me...for being a virgin. It's bizarre. Maybe I'm only friends with her for her drama. I mean, she sleeps around quite a bit and gets a new boyfriend every week and does a lot of crazy shit that I'd never do. I love her as a person who is smart, talented, and interesting, but she treats those who value her the most like shit, just because we're not as morally bankrupt as her other friends. And I know the shit is going to hit the fan - she's my only friend that I am so up and down with. I wish that we had a more stable relationship, but I don't know how to get it to be that way, because I really don't trust her. I realized lately that I don't actually TRUST most of my friends. My two best friends, yes. (F from a former entry, and the new one I will call E) I tell them everything. My other really close friend, R, I am very comfortable talking to as well, but there are some things I feel are taboo with her. One of my best guy friends, L, I trust a lot and tell a lot of stuff too, but not as near as much as my girl friends. But I'm taking everything with a grain of salt. I have too much on my mind to take on another friend feud. I'm just going to let it kind of fizzle out. If she thinks the frienship is worth it, I'll let her let me know. I made M a mix tape because he made me one. It was songs that remind him of me, and it was actually really cute. He like, wrote down the reasons why each song reminded him of me, hahah. So I did the same for him. Here it is: 1. Just the Girl - The Click Five 2. What's Yo Myspace? - T-Pain 3. MMMBop - Hanson 4. The Owls Go - Architecture in Helsinki 5. Let's Make Out - Does It Offend You, Yeah? 6. Take Me to the Riot - Stars 7. Dirty Pop - *NSYNC 8. Radar - Britney Spears 9. Why Don't We Do it in the Road? - The Beatles 10. You Make Me Gay - Gravy Train!!!! 11. Let's Make My Bed - Applied Communications 12. Fucking On the Dancefloor - Dirty Sanchez 13. Sex in the Kitchen - R. Kelly 14. The Man Who Sold the World - David Bowie 15. Music is My Hot Hot Sex - CSS 16. Temptation Greets You Like A Naughty Friend - Arctic Monkeys 17. Beating Hearts Baby - Head Automatica 18. No More Eatin' (Plan B Mix) - Hadouken! 19. Human - The Killers 20. Tipsy - J-Kwon 21. Je Veux Te Voir - Yelle So, yeah. Hahah. :] I realized many of the songs are sexual/cheesy/horrible pop/techno, but it's kind of a joke. I mean, it's not like that mix CD is an accurate description of my musical taste. Hahah. But whateverrr.Comments are disabled -
Sit on a park bench that's older than my country
by taylorsaurus rex on October 17, 2008The quote that's my title is one of my favorites from any song. It's from "Absinthe Party At The Fly Honey Warehouse" by Minus the Bear. It's about his trip to Europe, and in context, the line is about being in awe of the fact that some trivial things in England, i.e. a park bench, are older than his entire country (America). This line is also meaningful to me because... ...I might...be going to London this summer! Mmm that'd be so much fun. :] This school called Richmond University is located there, and I am actually rather interested in it. Sans financial worries, I meet the academic requirements to get in. SO I consider it worth it to apply, and they recently sent me something in the mail for their open houses. One happens to be two days before my 17th birthday, so I was thinking I could ask my uncle if he wants to hop the pond for my birthday present. Yayayayayay. First time abroad, whoo! But on a much cuter note...this boy with an accent said I was pretty. :] Aww, I know. Hahah. I'm not sure what his accent is, but I believe it to be Slavic in origin? Which is always, as everyone knows, a good thing. I may be biased because I am of my Polish heritage, but no matter. He's talked to me a few times, but I didn't even think he knew my name. Apparently...he does. Hahah. This entry has been one long blather. On a sadder note, I don't personally think Barack Obama won last night's debate. :/ And to anyone who thinks the election doesn't "matter"...well, I could rant and rave for hours, but it would all boil down to one point: it does.Comments are disabled -
But baby, we're invincible
by taylorsaurus rex on October 12, 2008Soooo yeah. Last night was kind of a bust. I thought this guy would call me to hang out, but he didn't because he had some dumb-ass scrimmage. It wasn't that bad, though. I hung out with F and M (from earlier post). We basically just watched The Simpsons and gossipped, par usual. I tried to make us pasta in F's kitchen, but, yeah, she has a gas stove? And I didn't know how to use it? I basically filled her entire kitchen with gas. It smelled horrific. Then we walked to a park around 9 o'clock near her house, sat on the swings, were gonna smoke, and...the lighter didn't work. So we walked back to her house to get some matches, walked all the way back to the park, and somehow my cig nearly broke in half along the way. So I had to hold it oddly and it kinda burned my fingers. In retrospect, rather funny, hahah. The park/walk was pretty chill. We went barefoot, which is always a good thing. Except M stepped on a snake. He screamed pretty loudly, it was highly entertaining. Then we went skinnydipping. No lie. It was kinda gross, though - F's pool hasn't been cleaned in a while. And I forgot to shave. Whoops. Actually, it was a pretty good night. F and I drove M home and we got lost on the way home. But it actually wasn't that bad. We were listening to some mellow music and the windows were down - it was actually kind of nice to have an excuse to be out, even if we barely made curfew. I spent the night at her house and we found her parents' secret vodka stash and stayed up late giggling. But then I had to wake up early and go to work, no coffee. THAT was not so much fun. Then today was kinda eh. I went over some college brochures and kept the ones from schools I liked. I gathered some basic information about them and made a flow chart...I've narrowed it down to about fifteen schools, by the end of my search I hope it'll be closer to ten. Applying to more than that may, ahm, make me want to, oh, I don't know, kill myself. Hahah.Comments are disabled -
As she skipped down the road
by taylorsaurus rex on October 09, 2008:] I am in such of an exponentially better mood than I was yesterday. I am just fantastic. I am good, happy, swell, terrific, joyous...etc, etc. Insert more PSAT vocabulary words. It's weird, because I started off the day horribly. I was in a really bad mood because of my stupid decision, and because of my growing self-awareness of my bad points. And my friends were NOT helpful at all, at least not at first. Then I talked to my best guy friend and he made me feel a lot better. And thennn... Guess who I talked to? :] He called me "cutie". Life is good.Comments are disabled
Soooo I haven't written in a while. There's really no reason, I just don't have much to say. It's finally fucking cooling down in Florida...it was really hot for a week or so, but not it's nice and cool. And, oh oh, I have three days off from school next week, which'll be really amazing.
Ok, and get this: I lost my job a week from Wednesday. Too many employees, or whatever. Then my car breaks down the next week, on that next Wednesday (aka, two days ago.) So I basically had like, the worst fucking week ever, because in addition to that I found out that the school system where I live is royally fucking everyone over. But then, ok, yesterday...my car was fixed. That fast. Just one day. And then...my boss calls. She gave me my job back. She was like, "Yeah, I didn't realize that one of the waitresses, when I made her a cook, wouldn't be able to waitress." or something.
But the problem is, I applied to a bunch of places this past weekened, because I desperately need a job...and one of them called me and was like, "Yeah, we'll take you on." And idk where to work...I told my boss about how the new job may be better, because it's only on one day instead of two, and me and my boss are on good terms enough for her to accept it. But idk. The new job would be really cool, because it's at a natural food store, and I'd get a discount, and I heard they pay really well. But I love my job a lot, as well, and I like my boss and the people...so I'm not sure. I'll have to see how that turns out.
And I got a Facebook. The end.