| Teeth! |
[May. 8th, 2008|07:50 am] |
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On Tuesday, I got my wisdom teeth removed. As you probably know if I talk to you ever, I was terrified. It wasn't as bad as I expected. The IV was fucking awful and they couldn't find my vein for like a minute and I almost started crying. I don't like when people dig around inside my arm with needles... not one bit! That was definitely the worst part. Then I woke up in a different room (or, well, I didn't, but that's how I remember it) and refused to take the elevator downstairs. I didn't even say anything hilarious when I was coming out of the anesthesia, what the eff?
Kelsey came over an hour or two after I got home. We ate mushy foods and made tofu pudding. Probably I'm just going to eat mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes, oatmeal, soy yogurt, tofu pudding, ice cream and apple sauce from now on. I don't know when I'll be able to chew. I didn't need to take any narcotics, so that's cool. My cheeks are puffy, but not nearly as puffy as they were yesterday. I looked like a chipmunk lady and it was ridiculous. I hope I stop looking like a chipmunk soon. Oh, and Kelsey and I watched Life Size (the movie where Lindsay Lohan's barbie doll comes to life and it's Tyra Banks!) and Donnie Darko.
So, it's not so bad. It's a little sore, but I expected to be in extreme pain. Mostly the discomfort is in being a chipmunk and not really being able to move my face like a normal person. Hah.
Oh yeah. And I kept my teeth and they are awesome. |
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[Apr. 13th, 2008|04:14 pm] |
I like lists.
Most recently ones of the "to do" variety.
Today I brought my application to Rosemont. I made a carrot cake for my sister's birthday, which was yesterday. I worked on an absurdly late letter. I'm making birthday cards for a few people.
Let's make plans this week. |
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[Apr. 11th, 2008|10:20 am] |
Yesterday was a nice day. It was sixty degrees outside! I started walking downtown, and my sister drove by me and gave me a ride. We hung out for a little while with her friend who was working. Then I met Zoe and we went to Little Lad's. I'd never hung out with Zoe, I like her a lot. The folks who own Little Lad's now are so friendly. It's awesome. The guy came up to us and was like "Is this yer first time here!? Lemme show you how it works. Shake my hand, shake my hand. Take a sample of banana bread, if you don't like it, you can spit it out! Here, take a plate and a bowl... don't forget the bowl, a lot of people do, but hey, if you don't want soup today, you can have fruit or salad! Oh, you gotttta try the carrot salad. If you don't like it, you can come up to me and say 'Mike -'" and the other guy who was working was like "They just wanna eat, leave them alone! Here, I'll come save you. I saved you!" and he dragged him away. It was funny. After that we went to Material Objects and then to Tommy's Park, where a little kid was breakdancing. It was super cute.
Then I met Zach at Deering and we went to see Grease. I gotta say, I wasn't as impressed as I would've liked to have been. I mean... I feel like kind of an asshole saying that, because I know they worked hard on it and everything... and I couldn't do any better, that's for sure... but I just didn't think it was that great. There were a few people who did a REALLY good job, but other than that it was just kind of disappointing. They did stuff in a funny order and they cut out pretty much all of my favorite songs!
Oh yeah, did I mention it was TEN dollars? For a high school play?
*zips mouth* |
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[Apr. 9th, 2008|04:13 pm] |
Francine, my littleoldlady hamster, died today.
It is sad, but she was old for a dwarf hamster.
December 2005 - April 2008 |
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| I am just a poppy seed inside a great big bowl... |
[Apr. 3rd, 2008|07:02 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | a mix tape i made when i was fifteen | ] |
Oh, gosh. The weather was beautiful today. It probably still is. I hung out in Whole Foods for a few minutes and read and drank kombucha. Yesterday I bought a gallon of pickles so I can make my own in the jar. Pickles, anyone?
After that I went to Post Office Park and read for a little while. It was so sunny and cozy that I was practically falling asleep, so I walked home. I'm kind of having one of those days. They happen every once in a while. I didn't have a miserable time today or anything. I'm not even really in that terrible of a mood. I'm fine, but in the back of my mind I feel gross and enormous and ugly. I'm hoping it's the kind of thing that will go away when I wake up tomorrow morning. I hate that shit.
Tomorrow morning I'm going to Hampshire to see Bly and to go to the Reproductive Rights Conference. It should be good.
...And the ocean is a giant that can swallow me whole. |
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| April fools? Nah. |
[Apr. 1st, 2008|10:41 am] |
Yesterday Kelsey and I ventured downtown to look for a journal (through the rain and the snow) and I ACTUALLY FOUND ONE. In case you didn't know, I'm usually super, super picky about my journals. They have to be the right size, the lines have to be perfect, the cover needs to be beautiful, and it has to be spiral bound and not a million dollars. Haha. I'm ridiculous, I know... but I use my notebook a lot and I want to have something I'm excited about writing in, instead of the ugly school notebook I used last time around. But I found one! It has a black cat on the front and has some gold design on it (in the background, not on the cat). The rain and snow made me chilly and a little bit whiny, but now I'm happy.
I wanted to go somewhere and sit in the sunshine and write and drink tea or something, but guess what? IT'S NOT SUNNY. It's practically foggy. Boo, weather. Boo. |
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[Mar. 30th, 2008|09:54 pm] |
Today I:
-Slept super late.
-Saw my grocery store crush!
-Made delicious carrot cake with Julia.
-Watched (...chatted through) Cop and a Half and watched Kindergarten Cop with Julia, Nick, Ariel, Kelsey and Adam.
-Learned how to make kombucha.
-became pretty much neighbors with Kara and her boy friend because they just moved.
Tomorrow I am:
-going to try to find a new journal because I'm so close to being finished with the one I'm using now.
-going to buy some tea.
-going to hang out with Kelsey and SARAH.
-hoping it will be beautiful weather.
Yeah! |
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[Mar. 27th, 2008|05:26 pm] |
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My oral surgeon is SO FUNNY.
I'm so scared to get my wisdom teeth out, but I feel a little bit better. Also, I get to keep 'em and I'm going to make sweet jewelry or something.
I had sushi and some pineapple for lunch today and the sun was shining and I sure do like life. |
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| Tommy's Park is so classy. |
[Mar. 26th, 2008|02:24 pm] |
It's super lovely outside today. I went downtown and sat in Tommy's Park and wrote in my journal for a while. There was a vicious argument between a young couple. It was really uncomfortable. I hate when people yell. And I think it's weird that people feel comfortable screaming at each other in the middle of a park in broad daylight. I don't know. I just feel like if I was gonna do that, I'd have to go somewhere private. They had two little kids and I felt so bad for them. They were crying and I don't blame them. Then the guy was like "Stop crying... NOW!" which isn't funny, but it made me chuckle a tiny bit because... um... like that's gonna make her stop crying. Then there were a bunch more people who got involved. I could hear this girl yelling "I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU, I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!" Agh. God damn. People are crazy. Then the couple walked off together with their kids. Weird, weird, weird.
I ran into Mitchell. We walked together for a few minutes. Then I went to Ferdinand and bought a patch with mushrooms on it and I went to the knitting store... Everything was a million dollars, so I did not get any beautiful yarn.
Speaking of everything being a million dollars, after that I went to Whole Foods. I was gonna get something for lunch, but I ended up just getting kombucha and sitting and writing in my journal more. I saw my grocery store crush! I also saw a man with a beard that could win the World Beard and Mustache Championship and a little boy with cat whiskers painted on his face. Whole Foods is good for people-watchin'.
Now I am home. And last night there was a show and Pat the Bunny is fantastic and I wish I could listen to him sing always.
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[Mar. 11th, 2008|04:35 pm] |
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| | yay! | ] |
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| | ghost mice | ] |
I finally got my results; I passed my GED tests! I'm really relieved. Now I can stop subconciously worrying that I failed the math portion or that they lost my scores and are gonna make me re-take three parts of the test. Haha. YAY! Also, go to this because it's gonna be super:
thursday, march 13th
9pm
at the meg perry center!
644 congress street
portland, maine ghost mice (gainesville, florida- underground acoustic punk)
wingnut dishwashers union (brattleboro, vermont- acoustic explosion!)
the rattlesnakes (portland, maine- usually electric but on this night, acoustic blood-pumping portland faves)
over a cardboard sea (portland, maine- charismatic songs your grandparents would appreciate, sweet!) the show starts at 9pm, but there is a video showing at 7:30pm.
movie: "war made easy"
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| Hey, help me out. |
[Mar. 10th, 2008|04:46 pm] |
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Is there a way to delete all my livejournal entries without doing it individually? |
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| Bubble tape!? |
[Mar. 8th, 2008|11:05 pm] |
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Do they still Bubble Tape? I just used some bubble gum flavored lip balm that was sitting on the table and now all I can think about is getting Bubble Tape and blowing the hugest bubbles ever.
WHO'S IN? Also, today I went to some car repair type place with my parents to look at a car they might buy. I was reading in the waiting room, and a man walked in and talked to the guy at the desk for a while. I'm pretty sure he was my Deering Coaching teacher last year, and I smiled at him because I wasn't sure. After I left, I felt so bad that I didn't say "hello" to him. No one talked in that class except me, and I was a grumpy smart-ass all the time. And now I feel bad... even though he probably doesn't even remember me. I'm awkward. |
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| "Slippery floor!" |
[Mar. 4th, 2008|12:00 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | the garden - mirah | ] |
The side walks sure were slippery today. I'm really, really surprised I did not fall once.
I can't stop listening to The Garden by Mirah.
I'm too nervous to call Adult Ed and see if my test scores are in. |
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[Mar. 1st, 2008|10:42 pm] |
Why do I like America's Next Top Model so much? It's so good. I am so ridiculous.
Tomorrow I'm going to belly robics for the first time in a very long while. I always seem to miss it, which is a bummer, but I'm definitely going to go tomorrow. Emma is such a sweet lady. I hope it doesn't rain tomorrow. Today I didn't mind it very much, and the snow sure was pretty, but I wish there were more nice days. I am so happy that winter didn't make me feel like total shit this year. It's kind of unbelievable how drastically my feelings about the season changed within the first year. I mostly think it bummed me out because of high school. And I know it's easy to blame all things negative on Deering High School, but I seriously think that was it. It's tough sitting in white rooms with obnoxious people all day and then only having one hour of sunlight to myself (during which I am fucking exhausted). I'm so glad that's not part of my life anymore. So glad.
I can't wait 'til Ghost Mice on the thirteenth! Every time I think of it, I get a big smile on my face. I'm SO EXCITED.
Are you going? |
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| Leap day |
[Feb. 29th, 2008|09:52 pm] |
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| | maple leaves - jens lekman | ] |
Isn't leap day weird? Weird.
I combed out a couple small-ish rat nests in the back of my hair that were getting annoying. I wish my hair would naturally dread instead of just turning into big, random, annoying knots. Hmph. Anyway, it was fucking gross. I got hair everywhere, and it stuck to my hands and it was really disgusting. I don't know what it is about hair that is not attatched to my head or body, but it kind of freaks me out. Yuck. While I'm on the subject of hair, I still don't know what I wanna do with mine. I wanna cut it, or dread it, or cut it and then dread it, or dread some of it.... but... I don't know. It shouldn't be this hard to decide. I just don't wanna cut my hair and then be like "Oh, shit, wait... I waited a year and a half to let that shit grow out and now it's gone. I'm a dumbass."
Yesterday I made cupcakes finally. They were not very fancy, but they were pretty cute and they were delicious. I put apple sauce in them instead of oil, and thought they might come out a little bit funny, but they were grrrreat.
Part of me is waiting horribly impatiently for my GED diploma to arrive in the mail, because every day it doesn't come, I get a teeny tiny bit more worried that perhaps I didn't pass. I do think I passed, but I can't help but feel those awful "what if"s in the pit of my stomach. I hate that shit. Dearest Adult Ed, pleaaaaase stop making me feel this way.
The purple scarf is coming along nicely!
Tonight is cozy, my purple scarf is coming along nicely and now I'm going to watch America's Next Top Model (Cycle 2) and then get some letter writing done!
Happy Leap Day, everybody! |
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[Feb. 26th, 2008|01:21 pm] |
from katrina:
10 things that I like that start with the letter B:
1. bly!
2. best friends forever
3. books
4. breakfast
5. boots
6. bright eyes
7. boston
8. babies
9. bananas
10. broccoli
Yesterday I walked downtown, walked around, and walked most of the way home and my feet are not impressed now. It was a really good day, though. I got some yogurt and a Human Order tape and a funny CD. It was a beautiful day! On the way home, Jake and Matt pulled up in a car and I hung out with them for a while.
Today I had dance class. It was nice, as always. It's so hot in there in the winter, though, ugh. After class, I came home and made a delicious smoothie for lunch. Then I returned some books to the library and went to Rosemont. John said they might be hiring in the near fututre and that I should keep in touch. Afterall, he said, I just have to yell across the street. Silly.
I think I'm going to go soak my feet in hot water. Eeep. |
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| Why am I so obsessed with sweaters? |
[Feb. 24th, 2008|10:52 pm] |
Lately I've been thinking a lot about making cupcakes just to decorate them. I don't really want to eat cupcakes, but making ones and decorating them with beautiful frosting and fun sprinkles sounds so wonderful. I'll make you cupcakes if you want! Haha. I watched a show the other night on the Food Network about cake. There's some place, I can't remember where it is, called The Makery and it's the cake equivilant of those places where you can go and paint pre-made pottery. They make cakes and frost them with white frosting and they have a million different frostings and sprinkles and edible paints that you can use. It's really ridiculous. It sounds like a fun place. Eh!
I bought a new sweater today, because I just can't resist cozy clothes, apparently. I really don't need any more. I also bought some lovely, fuzzy, purple yarn that I'm going to make a warm scarf out of, I think. It'll be nice.
This evening I went to Kelsey's for falafel making and eating with some lovely folks.
Tomorrow I would like to go on an adventure, but I'll probably just end up reading Buddy Wakefield poetry, returning things to the library and maybe starting to reply to Elin's letter.
ALSO, I really badly would like to cut my hair soon. I just don't know what to do with it. Any suggestions? |
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[Feb. 15th, 2008|01:28 pm] |
I still have Valentines to finish and send out, which I feel bad about... but they'll get to you, I promise.
I just got back from my math test. I don't think I failed. Mostly I'm just happy it's over. I'm also happy that it's sunny and beautiful outside! Yeah! |
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| Teenagers are kind of dumb. |
[Feb. 11th, 2008|02:06 pm] |
When I was taking my science test this morning, there were two other people testing at the same time. The boy sat down and asked if either of us had a cigarette. The other girl did. Then the boy said "I would love one, I've got a hangover and no cigarette!" The girl went "Awww." In my brain I was saying "Stop talking. I'm taking a test." I was also saying "Is it really that hard to not get trashed on a Sunday night when you have a test in the morning? Seriously. That didn't cross your mind once? If you're going to do dumb shit like that, stop being a whiny baby about it." People don't really make sense sometimes. Anyway, I think I did alright on my test. On Friday I'm taking the math test. Then you all will never have to read about me being whiny and scared about GED tests ever again (if all goes well, that is).
I bought a book of Buddy Wakefield's poetry called Live For a Living. It's really great. He's really great. I'm thinking I'm going to read some of it and then fall asleep in the sunshine. Mmm. |
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| GED |
[Feb. 8th, 2008|12:38 pm] |
I just got home from my third GED test! So far I've taken Reading, Social Studies and [today I took] Writing. I got my scores back from the first two today. I got a 660 on Reading and 610 on Social Studies. The average I need to get for all of the tests is 450, so I'm feeling pretty good right now. I'm relieved, that's for sure. The writing section wasn't so hard. Half of it was multiple choice questions, mainly about grammar and composition and all that. That was pretty simple. Then I had to write an essay about problem solving and about how I've solved a problem in my life. It was really stupid. I don't think I did too badly, but I was so panicky towards the end (when I was copying my ideas onto my final draft) that my heart was beating really fast and I got really hot and my hands were shaking. I didn't think I was going to have enough time to finish. And I didn't. I didn't get to write a conclusion. I hope they don't fail me. At least it's combined with the grammar section, so even if I don't do super well, I probably won't fail completely. WORRY WORRY WORRY.
It's snowing. Again. This lady who works at Adult Ed who was in my dance class gave me a ride home. It was sweet. :]
Next test: Monday morning. MATH and Science. Yikes. |
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