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[23 Sep 2009|04:29pm] |
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i officially like Lil Wayne. haha. damn you Vh1 behind the music!!!
pictures from Thailand coming soon...
school is going alright. I am just getting used to the fact that there will never be enough time in the day or energy in me to do everything I need to do. that's ok. but i'm learning how to use different nuances to get where i need to get. it's a good thing.
also my sister is in college!!! oh my god. crazy. shes going to oregon state university. im so happy for her! kids growin up man.
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[18 Aug 2009|07:06pm] |
news:
in fact I AM GOING TO THAILAND!!!! We fly out this Saturday. Julie and I arrive in Bangkok and three days later fly to Phuket. We are very lucky to have connections with friends who are close friends with Thai people who will pick us up from the airport, show us amazing things, and take us back to our hotel each day. Basically our own personal tour guides and all we have to do is pay them money and pick up the tabs for food. You will benefit with some beautiful pictures. I figured what the fuck else am I saving my money for if not something like this? Sucks that the day after we return, I have my first day of grad school class. And the following week, the new school year begins, but I am ready because fuck it all! I've been feeding my neuroses by planning out the school year for the class of Seniors I am teaching who have one last chance to pass their state exams before they can't graduate on time. Pressure. So i'm really trying to do my shit now before I go on vacansie next week because that is the last thing i want to think about ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD. ok thanks. other than this excitement, summer has been an excellent balance of nothing and something, excellent and not-so-excellent, hot heat and wet rain. I haven't done as much as I wanted to, but I also got to rest up a lot, which I needed more than anything.
also what's the deal with the comment on my last post?
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[29 Jul 2009|03:05pm] |
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you know when you're talking with someone and you come up with a crazy plan to do something that most likely won't actually happen? well, my roommate, julie, and I are attempting to plan a trip to some islands off the coast of Thailand. I fear that this might be one of those things, but since Julie got work off I think she's motivated to make it work. We're thinking about the last week in August, and then when we get back I'd have a weekish left of summer before i'd have to go back to work. anyway, eve if it doesn't happen it's good motivation to make me do my shit for September. i think it will happen though. i really really hope so!
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[23 Feb 2009|06:57pm] |
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well, it's a long time coming, but i think i'm finally learning how to teach! imagine that
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[21 Feb 2009|11:39pm] |
Rules: Go to Google and type in quotation marks your name and then "likes to" (ex. "Steve likes to").
Type in the first ten things that come up and repost in your own note. Then tag 10 friends.
1. Jessica likes to thinks she's a ghetto gangsta
2. Jessica likes to hurt people
3. Jessica likes to try new looks all the time
4. Jessica likes to start her day with a T-bone steak
5. Jessica likes to keep her clothes on
6. Jessica likes to bake?
7. Jessica likes to sing
8. Jessica likes to spend money
9. Jessica likes to stay out of the paparazzi eye while shopping
10. Jessica likes to read, paint, play Frisbee with Kerby
It was fun until I realized like half of these are Jessica Simpson...
Did qigong in my apartment today. It was nice, but I can't wait for the warmth. Then I'll walk to the park and do it!
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[15 Nov 2008|03:26pm] |
I need to work on
- developing my sense of style. Being in this city actually makes me want to wear clothes that express who I am and make me feel like the beautiful woman that I am on the inside.
- taking more pictures around the city. Everyone moves so fast, there's not even a moment to waste taking a picture. I need to open up to my touristy side because I know she's in there somewhere.
- keeping in contact with long lost people. Actually making a dent in my mental "To Call" list, which is also kind of a problem since I lost many numbers when my old phone vanished.
- learning how to teach. period.
- not being so damn critical of myself all of the time. I love that I value personal growth and development, but sometimes I hold myself to an unrealistic standard.
- taking more time for myself. Lord Jesus Buddah Allah knows I don't have much spare time in the first place. I need to treasure what I do have.
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[04 Nov 2008|08:15pm] |
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cars honk, screaming and jumping and fireworks outside my window. this is a very wonderful moment and place to be. we'll see what actually happens in the future with barrack's decisions, but for now it is magical.
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[01 Nov 2008|08:37pm] |
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my phone is gone. i called it when i was trying to find it, and it went straight to voice mail, which means that someone turned it off, which means my phone is definitely disassembled and in the coat pocket of some shady person who is attempting to sell the parts for crack on the streets of NYC. there were stickers on it that said HOT POO with a frog leaping across the front. here's to my cell phone of 5 years! i'll miss you boo. you've been good to me except for the occasional freeze up. i think i still get to keep my old phone number, which is wonderful. so anyway, send me your phone number if i had it, and i'll screen these comments. now i'm talking on instant messenger with my dad about what to do next. i havent been on IM since high school, and it's very strange to talk to my dad of all people. so yeah. i dunno. Halloweekend was pretty sweet aside from all of this nonsense. and tomorrow is sunday = groceries and lesson plans. ugh bug in a ruggg.
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[15 Nov 2007|01:41pm] |
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well, it just never ends. i burned my forearm on a tea kettle last weekend. a second degree burn. apparently i have very slow reflexes. the injury is tear-shaped. it has recently started to scab over, which i am grateful for. but no, i just couldn't be content with healing, i had to hurt myself again this morning via a bike accident. riding to class, trying to avoid the cars, i miscalculate and slam into the side of a parked truck. yes, parked. i fly off my bike. the mexican construction workers ask me if i'm ok. i say yes and start talking about my bike accidents in amsterdam. i must sit down. feeling light-headed. they call their white boss over to talk with me and he calls campus security to come get me. i spit part of a molar on the ground. feeling very rugged. my chin is bleedng profusely. my jaw is slightly popped out. one trip to the clinic, on trip to the dentist, one trip to the oral surgeon, and three hours later, it turns out i have a hairline fracture on the left side of my jaw. if my jaw wasn't "so strong" they would have had to wire my jaw shut. ahh. terrifying. i can only eat liquid things. sucks ass. so much ass. so much for gorging on delicious thanksgiving food. at least i'm currently working on two very cool looking scars.
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[24 Oct 2007|10:05am] |
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well, i have a confession to make. all of you who were excited about my excursion to the grand canyon, i must admit that it did not happen. i decided instead to spend the majority of my break resting, which is what i needed. i mean, really needed. the people i was going to go with wanted to hike down the canyon in one day (12 miles) and then split the hike back up into two days. so yes. i thought i would die/they are crazy. i did go camping for a night on a mountain, but that is obviously not close to the grand canyon. one day i will go though, and i will be much better prepared for it. oh, i also saw the GO! Team over break! theywere soooooo great. such energy. danced my ass off. and that's a lot of dancing.
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[18 Oct 2007|03:20pm] |
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things that are happening:
i am exhausted. i need to get more sleep. much much much more sleep.
we have monday and tuesday off for fall break, which basically means we can't think of any reason why we should have no class other than it's fall!
i am going camping at the grand canyon for fall break. i am excited because i have always wanted to go! there is an outdoor activities organization at my school who is taking people there, but their cars are apparently all full, so me, boyfriend brian, and two other guys are taking it upon ourselves to have an even BETTER time going there ourselves. needless to say i probably won't be catching up on my sleep this weekend. fuck. but yeah. i'm excited. before that though, i have my last (and most tedious) class of the day at 4:15 which i am waiting in agony for. after that finishes (hopefully early, please god) i will ride my bike uphill back to my apartment with a hiking backpack and sleeping bag on my back. once i get there, i am going to sleep sleep sleep sleep sleep all day and all night and then leave for arizona tomorrow. whooooo nonstop movement!
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[09 Oct 2007|03:57pm] |
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the new animal collective cd is amazing.
i fucking swear.
amazing.
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[03 Oct 2007|03:02pm] |
From wherever you are in the world, there is something that can be done...
Dear friends,
Burma's generals have brought their brutal iron hand down on peaceful monks and protesters -- but in response, a massive global outcry is gathering pace. The roar of global public opinion is being heard in hundreds of protests outside Chinese and Burmese embassies, people round the world wearing the monks' color red, and on the internet-- where our petition has exploded to over 200,000 signers in just 72 hours.
People power can win this. Burma's powerful sponsor China can halt the crackdown, if it believes that its international reputation and the 2008 Olympics in Beijing depend on it. To convince the Chinese government and other key countries, Avaaz is launching a major global and Asian ad campaign on Wednesday, including full page ads in the Financial Times and other newspapers, that will deliver our message and the number of signers. We need 1 million voices to be the global roar that will get China's attention. If every one of us forwards this email to just 20 friends, we'll reach our target in the next 72 hours. Please sign the petition at the link below -if you haven't already- and forward this email to everyone you care about:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/stand_with_burma/t.php
The pressure is working - already, there are signs of splits in the Burmese Army, as some soldiers refuse to attack their own people. The brutal top General, Than Shwe, has reportedly moved his family out of the country – he must fear his rule may crumble.
The Burmese people are showing incredible courage in the face of horror. We're broadcasting updates on our effort over the radio into Burma itself – telling the people that growing numbers of us stand with them. Let's do everything we can to help them – we have hours, not days, to do it. Please sign the petition and forward this email to at least 20 friends right now. Scroll down our petition page for details of times and events to join in the massive wave of demonstrations happening around the world at Burmese and Chinese embassies.
With hope and determination,
Ricken, Paul, Pascal, Graziela, Galit, Ben, Milena and the whole Avaaz Team
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[03 Oct 2007|02:38pm] |
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This Saturday is the day i have been waiting for. THE YEAH YEAH YEAHS ARE PLAYING FOR FREEEEEEEEEE AND I GET TO SEEEEEEEEEE THEM! YAY.
also william and i bought the new Liars cd and the new Animal Collective cd, but we are waiting for a very special/chilled out time to listen to them. i've been listening to some new Liars tracks on myspace and god they are AMAZING. i wonder if animal collective is on myspace... (edit: they do, and it's so amazing it makes my body do things. GO EMMA, GO!!!! also, speaking of emma, dude i just saw on myspace that they're playing at the MELKWEG ON OCTOBER 23 FUUUUUUUUCCCCKKKKK I WANT ITTTTTTTT. i miss you poodle)
there is a lot of new energy going on right now. now more than ever in my life i wish i could fly. and just like... explode all over everyone. not like suicide bomb style, but you know, just energetically. i don't think that is the smartest word to put in my blog, but oh well.
one thing though, that is kind of eating away at me, is i desparately want to figure out what i want to do with my life. here is what i know so far: creativity, happiness, society, experience, intensity.
FREAK OOOOUUUUTTTTTT
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[19 Sep 2007|09:32am] |
so hey. i have a headache. perhaps it's because i'm sleep deprived. perhaps it's because i spent 5 HOURS yesterday staring at my god forsaken computer screen and trying to hook up the internet. and of course those 5 hours were the end of my day after sitting through four classes, the earliest of which begins at 8:10am. i just want to be connected to the world, is that so much to ask??! i think everything is alright now though... except for the strange fact that after i installed all this shit, my " and @ somehow switched places. i don't fucking know, but that is most definitely the least of my problems. it was also frustrating last night at 1:00am when i tried to turn off my computer, which just led to MORE downloading/installing shit that i thought i had already done.
i went to campus this morning to eat some food and half way through my scrambled eggs and potatoes hodgepodge, i felt an overwhelming urge to vomit. i thought it might be the text i was reading at the time since for some reason the words are printed unnecessarily tiny. i don't know. but i didn't end up vomiting. hurray. so now here i am at work (which is an assistant office to the Dean of Faculty). Officially my job is making copies of things, answering the phone when nobody else is around, and telling students where so-and-so's office is. Unofficially my job involves fucking around online, doing my homework, and listening to the faculty gossip. i think i might go home early today because i feel like shit. however i do have one request of the lj friends:
if anyone sends me good websites for watching tv episodes, i would be eternally grateful and love you forever (especially if i found Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Season 2 of Weeds).
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[06 Aug 2007|07:10pm] |
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well, this summer is moving much too quickly. william and i have scored an apartment right down the street from our school. obviously pictures will be up as soon as we are settled. i get to see my amsterdam-related poodle next week in minnesota, which is obscenely what needs to happen right now. then school starts two weeks later. i am staring to feel the you-don't-know-what-you're-going-to-do-with-life-and-senior-year-is-a-month-away pressure, but then i read a uplifting book written by a channeled spirit or talk to a veteran who killed an eight year-old in Vietnam and whose friend was chopped in half and asked for a cigarette before he died, and i remember that the universe is not trying to pressure me. oh, right. that's society. and i can do whatever i want, dammit. i just want to be creative. i want to be innovative. i want to listen to my impulses. and i want to help EVERYONE. and i want to feed the homeless and make art for them. and i want to surround myself with lovely, loving people. pressure does not exist. but seriously, senior year...? wtf is that about?
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[15 Jul 2007|01:03pm] |
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damn, have i even posted this summer? apologies to all my awaiting fans about that... today is chock full of packing, running around, and crossing things off a list only to replace them with something else. I am driving to San Francisco in three hours to go see Sonic Youth on Thursday with William. They are going to play the entire Daydream Nation CD! I have always dreamed of seeing a show where an entire CD is played. FUCK YEAH! and as if spending a week with my best friend in the entire world in one of the best cities in the entire world isn't enough, we are also staying with Brian Dolphin. After this week ends, Brian's program will be over and then another adventure begins as he and I drive to Mt. Shasta for a crazy magical camping trip. eventually we'll end up back in Tahoe where I will share my home with him. How do you benefit from this journey, you ask? Let's just hope that i come back with tons of photos because it has been much, much, MUCH too long since i have done one of those. Now, since blogging isn't on my "to do" list, i think i should get my ass in gear and either consolidate the massive stuff pile on my bed into a bag or actually do something on my "to do" list. farewell, buds, i hope everyone is enjoying their summer.
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[11 May 2007|08:19pm] |
finished all my work on tuesday. feels good. but sad to leave. many are graduating. sad to leave the boy for most of the summer too. three more drunken nights to go before flying back to Tahoe for four months. seriously, i don't think i can stay there that long. i would collapse of internal boredom and i am getting depressed just thinking about it... looking for excuses to visit people in other places, but will only be sure about the logistics once i find out just how minuscule my part time hours will be at the Chevron station.
list of people in order of urgent necessity: Emma in Minnesota, Brian Dolphin when he comes to San Francisco, perhaps Alice in Boston, and i am hoping for Oona and lj friend Rachel in Canada, but that is a bit more of a jump because it requires convincing Rachel that i will not murder her and her house mates in their sleep (i swear, it won't happen!!) and Oona said i can only stay with her for a night because she is busy busy busy writing her book (she was my professor Freshman and Sophomore year) and her husband is apparently very antisocial and she has a daughter, so yeah. it would be fucking great to get out of Tahoe, not to mention the country even for a little while. and i've only been to Canada on a layover, so i don't think that counts.
buhhhhh things are crazyyyy
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[15 Apr 2007|12:37am] |
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during my time here at Pitzer "the bubble" College i must admit i have had my fair share of moments where i said, "welcome to college, jessica." but i think this one might take the cake for a while. i'm hanging out listening to music in my room, hearing the drunken yells coming from the courtyard outside, which my window faces. usually the noise passes after a minute or so, but this time it didn't. so i look out my window and what do i see? two boys on my floor level holding up some drunken ass by his arms as he dangles over the railing. and one more boy on the ground floor, trying to push a trash can under the dangling boy so that he can stand on it. the sadist in me hoped that he fell over or his friends pushed him off. i think what actually happened was that the dangling boy was trying to jump from the trash can and climb over the side of the railing and on to the second floor. but lo and behold, that did not happen. i had just watched an episode of Six Feet Under, so i allowed my morbid fascination to kick in and kept watching the boy, expecting (ok, fine, hoping) that he would fall. but alas, he did not. in fact he made it safely to the trash can and learned nothing except that the laws of gravity will always be against him no matter how drunk he is. maybe he didn't even get that much out of it. masculinity can be so entertaining.
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