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[11 Oct 2005|03:04am] |
So tonight Shanna, Sam and I went and saw Mindless Self Indulgence and The AKA's. Both great bands. Both put on a good show. Also the other opener was a band I hadn't heard of called Suicide City. They were surprizingly good as well. Also the lead singer had very cool hair, always a bonus in my book. We made it to the show late, and were originally supposed to meet up with Don. However he didn't get advanced tickets and the show sold out at the door. Luckily we got our tickets through will call the night before. I only did insisted that we do this because the last time I made an attempt to go to a show at El Corazon [The Epoxies, The Aquabats and The Phenomenauts] We showed up an hour early still to be turned away at the door. I always forget what an incredibly small venue it is. So we got through the doors probably a few songs after The AKA's started their set. They were high energy as usual and I am always amazed by their ability to stir up the crowd. I was so surprized at how packed it was. Seriously not a square inch of space. Which was severely debtrimental concidering Shanna is still on crutches since she fell down the stairs. It made getting around really difficult. I edged out a path to the bar, where there was some seating and alot more standing room. On the way there I saw Nike and Steph who I hadn't seen in a long time. I asked them how they were doing and they gave me a bit more info on their wedding coming up on Halloween Eve.
Even though Sam had to go in the middle of Suicide City's set due to asthma and lack of air [because of all the cigerette and pot smoke in the air] I still had a good time. M.S.I. was alot of fun as usual. This was the fourth show I've been to of theirs. Shanna seemed to be amused by them as well, I'm glad I could share it with her. I'm always really excited when I get people into new music. Especially if I feel like they wouldn't have known of it otherwise. I was kind of surprized I didn't see anyone else I knew there. I usually see alot of people I know at M.S.I. shows. Also we got to hang with Lila afterwards. Which is always alot of fun. Lila makes me laugh a whole fucking lot. Don was supposed to come hang out too but he's a pussy fucking poser and wanted to sit in his house all by himself and cry like a little emo bitch. Other than that, a good time was had by all.
X-posted to Myspace.
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| The Eye Of The Needle. |
[01 Jul 2005|12:04pm] |
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I guess its been a while since my last update. However that doesn't mean there has been any lack of eventfulness within my life. I've probably been the busiest these last few months that I've been in a long while. Just to highlight certain events and happenings, I will talk about what I think its important in order to keep this entry perhaps only 3 pages long.
To begin with: I havn't been home in almost two months. Other than the occasional visit to pick up CD's/Movies/Video Games and the rare event that Karl and I go back home to stay the night [I beleive that has been 3 nights in the last 2 months].The apartment which I used to call home has become lovingly known as the 'Storage Unite' the place where we keep our stuff and our George. But for the majority of the time we've been staying with Shanna, Sam and Carlos. Who I only met - I beleive it was May 9th. Its great to have people you can connect with so quickly. Its even greater to feel like you have friends who care about you and will stick around with you for a while. Rather than being flakey and running off at the first sign of turbulance.
The usual drunken madness has ensued and carried on further past Karl, George, and I. Shanna, Carlos and Sam have all joined the ranks of our undead drunken zombie soldiers. Many a story has been formed under the influance. Including the "Fuzzy! Not Fuzzy!" tale, but not to exclude the, "22 shots until naked." story. Other than Shanna, Sam and Carlos I've gotten to meet quite a few interesting characters during my stay here. Including Traci, Mike, Llyla and a few others. In turn Karl and I introduced them to Corey and Zach. This house has become a twisted version of the Brady Bunch involving alcohol, a fact book, and a large cat that beleives himself to be an alligator.
About a month after meeting The ominous threesome that would become my everyday crew I started dating one of them [Her name is Sam, yes its a girl.]. Which in itself was a wicked adventure. But I'm not going to go through all the exploits leading up to it. It was way too much of a ride, and harder to explain if you weren't one of the people there. For now I'll just say it was a fucking trip, with a really awesome destination.
Last week I had alot of fun riding the bus [Yup, all by myself. With the appropriate instructions from my Sam. I'm a big girl now.]. I went to see her in Seattle so we could have the afternoon together. After walking to the hill and window shopping for a while we met up with Will and Mike to hang out for a bit. On the way upto the hill we had seen Llyla who works with Sam at the Paramount. She informed us that Margret Cho was playing that night. So in lew of that Sam asked Will and Mike if they wanted to see Margret Cho. So we walked back down to the Paramount in time to catch the last half hour of the show. Will and Mike had to get going, so we bid them farewell and went out for a couple of drinks. After which we came back to catch the first half of the show that we missed. Then we bussed back down home. It was a wonderful day.
Last night the four of us [Meaning Shanna, Sam, Karl and myself] decided to go use Sams very cool digital camera to go take a bunch of pictures in Seattle. In and around Seattle Center. So we all frollicked around Seattle while Sam snapped some great shots of us all. Her photography is really amazing. She can even make me look good. She got the greatest picture of Shannah. I'm pretty sure it will be posted somewhere soon enough. After Sam filled all 256Mbs of her compact flash card we headed over to Zeeks and had dinner where the innuendos ensued. We have compleatly ruined the words box, carpet, meat and wet for Shanna. After dinner was over we met up with a friend of Sam and Shanna. Kevin. We had a few drinks at a pub called Elephant Castle. We had some tastey drinks and talked of some of the events entailed in this entry. It was about midnight when we decided to pack up shop and head back down south. We got our bill and our server had given us a heafty discount. With a wink and a smile we left and headed back down south after dropping Sam off at her aunts house.
So these are some of the events that have been leading upto this entry. I've been having a great time with my newly found friends, and some old ones as well. Tonight we are having a party 'The day ending in Y party' AKA a really lame excuse to have a spontainous party for no reason. Hopefully there will be a good turnout. I'm supposed to head to Best Buy and invite some people. Which is where I'm headed this instant. Hopefully I'll update this more often. Here's hoping.
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| Iron and Wine |
[04 Jun 2005|07:22am] |
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Sometimes getting what you want can be so bittersweet.
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Perhaps its all for the best.
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| Tales From The Emo Cafe. |
[31 Jan 2005|10:39pm] |
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So the rumors are true. Sierra and I split up after all this time. Its probably better for the both of us in truth, we were both making eachother miserable. Now she can finish school and I can get on with my life. Maybe her mom was right after all this time, I'm just a controlling jerk. Oh well. I'm not going to fret over it, truth be told an enormous weight has been lifted off my chest. Although I would like to remain friends with her, I don't think she wants to. I've tried to be civil, nice even. However, she seems to want to low brow me every chance she gets. So I'll just give her some space to do what she wants, maybe later she'll get over it and decide she wants to be friends. Maybe not. Either way its upto her. Its an offer I will leave on the table. She's going to be taking a CNA course with Kaji, so hopefully that will work out for them both. I would love to see them both suceed. Even though there is nothing more that Sierra would probably rather see than me failing. For some reason the loss of her friendship hurts more than the loss of her love. But I'll keep my head up, and hope for the best, like I always have in the past and maybe something will finally look up for me.
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| Stolen from lilelfgirl |
[16 Dec 2004|01:35am] |
1. Reply to this post because I would like to say a couple words about you.
2. I will tell you what songs remind me of you when I hear them.
3. I will also tell you what celebrity/public person you remind me of.
4. I will also give ONE WORD that I associate with you when I think of you.
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| Technical Frustrations |
[12 Dec 2004|01:28am] |
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I've just spent the last 2 hours becoming frustrated with Sierra's computer. However, this story is with a happy ending. Thanks to my hours of frustration she now has a properly working soundcard, two extra USB ports and a functioning copy of Windows XP. Much to my delight. I'm going to go download music and actually LISTEN to it now. Thank you and goodbye.
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[30 Nov 2004|01:50pm] |
It just occured to me that I have no idea who sings Feliz Navidad. Its just one of those songs we all know, but no one has any idea who sings it. Now its going to bother me until I make time to find out. How irritating.
So the most wonderful thing about Kinko's so far is that I get to use the internet on my break. Which allows me to do things I don't do nearly often enough, such as update my livejournal. Working two jobs is proving to be as exaughsting as I was expecting it to be. But hopefully it will pay off a bit. Hannah is trying to get a job at Victoria's Secret because her former schoolmate, Karen, is one of the managers there. I'm hoping that works out so that we can buy Christmas presents for those we intend to. Best Buy is a great place. I really love working there and hope they hire me full time after the holidays are over. Its looking pretty promising so far, but you never know what could happen. Most of the people there are very nice. They all think I'm a rare breed because I'm a girl who knows my way around computers better than most men. So, in theory I should be safe after the holidays.
This is going to have to be short and sweet because my lunch break is almost up and I havn't eaten yet. So if you need to get ahold of me, just drop me an e-mail, I'm usually pretty good about checking it once a day.
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| We Have Not Begun To Fight |
[05 Nov 2004|05:33am] |
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Contrary to early reports on CNN, the Associated Press, and others, the youth vote DID show up and went overwhelmingly to Kerry! According to THE CIRCLE www.civicyouth.org young voters showed up in mass! 4.6 million more 18-29 year olds voted than in 2000! Not only did we show up, but we have reports from all over the country of throngs of punk rockers showing up at the polls together! (Unfortunately, fear stricken homophobes also turned out in record numbers!) For our part we were involved in numerous ways. Pat drove people to the polls all day long. I spent the evening at the University of Pittsburgh, where thousands of college students stood in line fighting for their right to vote even after the polls closed! Such examples of youth commitment were inspirational and to those of you who did your part I salute you for your service!
That said, I wasn’t prepared to write this piece. I couldn’t imagine that enough Americans would have the ignorance to vote for endless warfare, a Supreme Court stacked with neo-con fascists, and a war on the poor, gays, and labor. We didn’t believe that Kerry was the answer but we hoped that he might stop a little of the hemorrhaging Bush opened until we could insert enough progressives into elected office to make a difference in our government. I seriously don’t think that those who voted for Bush realize what they have unleashed. As our civil liberties and the internet are clamped down on, oil interests are thrust ahead of all others, more and more Americans are shipped off to unjust wars, and social programs that people took for granted are discontinued I think the reality of voting for George Bush will start to sink in for them.
I feel ill. I don’t know what else we could have done? Anti-Flag, in partnership with PunkVoter.com and many others worked every avenue available to us over the past 4 years to spread the message that Bush is an enemy of the people and best friend to the mega rich and greedy. Obviously progressive ideas need to reach a broader audience. The question is how?
Yes, we are incredibly disappointed about the result of this election but we know that change does not come overnight. We MUST remain steadfast in our opposition to the lunatic crazies on the right! We MUST continue to fight! In truth, my band mates and I are not fighting for ourselves. We have a roof over our heads, we will not allow ourselves to be shipped off to Iraq, and we are not desperate for health care or food. But we know others who face dire straights in regard to such issues. There are people in my inner-city neighborhood that are so poor that these issues literally mean life and death on a daily basis! And yet because of Republican planted distraction issues like abortion and gay marriage, many poor people voted for Bush and against their own self-interest. What do I mean by distraction issues? Reflect on the following….
Does two gay people getting married affect you, your family, or the nation? NO! Does a woman making the choice to have an abortion affect you or hurt the nation? NO! Is abortion going to go away even if it is made illegal? NO! Does a HUGE tax cut for the rich and nearly no tax cut for you hurt you and the nation? YES! Does fighting a war in Iraq (a country that was no threat to the US) that has inflamed the Muslim world against the US like never before, that will bring the vengeance of its victims to US soil one day no matter how many billions are spent on homeland security; a war that has drained our tax coiffeurs, enriched war supply contractors (Halliburton, Carlisle Group) and cost countless lives hurt you and the nation? YES!
Through constant bombardment from the media, the right use hate, religious manipulation, emotion, fear and lies to coerce people to vote based on issues that don’t affect them! We MUST address this issue in a major way in the years to come! I don’t care what others on the left are plotting or arguing over, we need to hammer on the fact that class warfare is being waged in this country like never before, BECAUSE IT IS! We need to hammer on the fact that greed obsessed-mega rich people and their pawns in government are swindling poor people to vote against their own interests!
If you earn fewer than two-hundred thousand dollars a year and you voted for Bush you are ignorant and have been suckered. If you earn fewer than twenty-thousand dollars a year and you voted for Bush you are ignorant and have been suckered beyond belief! If you voted against Bush I salute you as a visionary. If you make over two-hundred thousand dollars a year and voted against Bush I salute you as a visionary and humanitarian.
The rightwing refer to the moral agenda as the issues of abortion, gay marriage, etc… We MUST redefine that argument within the framework of economic justice because the fact that so many in the US do not have health care, a savings, peace of mind; the fact that the top 1% in this nation own more wealth then the rest of us, THAT is the greatest moral crisis effecting this nation! Unlike personal issues such as abortion or a person’s sexuality, the war on the poor affects all of us because we ARE the poor and the down trodden and there are exponentially more of us then them! It is time for us to put our differences aside and act as one body determined to attain economic and moral justice!
We welcome help from those with wealth who choose to stand with us, who understand that it is their moral responsibility to help and pick up those less fortunate then them. But those who stand against us MUST feel our outrage and anger not only at the ballot box, but everywhere- specifically where it hurts them the most- in their pocket book! Economic boycotts MUST become the center of our strategy!
It is also obvious that in the coming years we’ve got to hammer on media reform. At the forefront of this must be the reform of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) who has given OUR airwaves away to the mega-rich who use those airwaves to brainwash the masses to vote based on issues that in reality do not affect their economic status, personal choice, or freedoms! We must also fight to protect the Supreme Court from being stacked with right wing neo-con activist judges! (This battle that is coming very soon, so get ready!)
So we know what the issues are, the question becomes, how do we tackle these issues? The four of us feel that we need to take a step back for a short time and reflect as we organize and prepare for the up coming battle! As time passes we’re sure that our focus will broaden and narrow to a certain degree but when the dust settles our path and strategy will be obvious and we will be ready to tackle it. We hope you will join us!
Peace-Love-Unity-STRENGTH,
Justin Sane and Anti-Flag XOXO
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| Electoral Pain. |
[02 Nov 2004|07:15am] |
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I know this is going to sound extreamly shallow minded and perhaps even down right mean, but I have to get it out of my brain before it drives me insane. This morning I was talking to one of my friends who informed me that she sent her absentee ballod in for Bush. I was compleatly speachless. This individual who will remain nameless has always been a good friend to me, and I was in a state of shock when I found out about her vote. I was almost in tears over it to be truely honest. I found myself at a compleate void of anything positive to say. I know it was probably cruel of me, but I had to say 'I'm sorry. I can't talk to you right now. I have nothing positive to say'. I know she probably thinks that I'm extreamly closed minded for that, but I cannot take back how I feel. This is something I feel so strongly about the very thought of my friends voting for Bush feels as though it is a personal betrayal on their part. The very fact that if this election ends up a lemon (as did the last) I am going to be moving to another COUNTRY, should speak volumes. I spent a year in a place that I didn't concider my home and damn near cried myself to sleep every day, the thought of doing that again isn't one I invite readily. However, spending another 4 years under the Bush administration is not an option for me. I won't fall victim to a redneck, anti-gay, anti-choice, local yokal, who thinks everyone is going to fall into line because he said so. My convictions in this run deeply. If I knew that my demise would ensure this election to John Kerry, I would pull the trigger with a smile.
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| Subject to Being Fucked in the Ass. |
[16 Oct 2004|06:08am] |
I would like to thank Malanai for this article. Found on the website for a local Green Bay T.V. station, announcing [might I add 2 weeks prematurely] George W. Bush's victorious re-election. The article was taken down almost instantainiously, but not before www.boingboing.net screen capped a shot of the website. [Seen Below]. After being questioned, associated press announced that this was a 'test article'.
Now, being a writer, and knowing the format and processes of journalism myself, I have to say that I cannot say I have EVER heard of this practice. For the soul purpose of avoiding instances such as this. Making a practice of this is ill-logical and just plain stupid. Something stinks to high heavens, and I don't like it. I'm going to make sure this screencap gets around to as many places as possible. You would be wise to do the same.
( Read more... )
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[08 Oct 2004|06:15am] |
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I feel the need to rant for a small moment. About no one in particular, but about a certain behavior that I beleive has become far too trendy in LJ. The behavior of which I speak is posting song lyrics. I love music as much as the next guy, but I know the lyrics to the songs I listen to and don't need someone constantly reminding me of them just because they are in a meloncholy mood. Especially when you scroll through past entries and 90% of some users posts are song lyrics. Especially song lyrics that EVERYONE knows. Bands that are played on the radio every fucking 5 minutes. No one needs a recap of those lyrics! BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY HEARD THEM 900 TIMES! I don't mind it occassionally. But its becoming a daily practice for some, and if I have to deal with it much longer, I'm just going to delete my livejournal and move it over to deadjournal. Because people there don't post song lyrics every other post.
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| Pepper Spray & Candy Canes |
[23 Sep 2004|07:49am] |
So far this last week has been intriguing. With such events as a huge schedule change at work, the Rock Against Bush concert, and moving. Tomorrow we pack our things and head to Meridian West. Goodbye Willow Hills, and good riddance. I will not miss the tacky 70's uppholstry, nor will I miss our fat upstairs neighbors. As a matter of fact, there isn't much about this place I will miss at all. If anything. Rei and Zach are coming over to help us move today. Its going to be weird having Thursday off, when I just had Monday and Tuesday off. At least it gives me time to help move. I was afraid that Hannah was going to end up doing it herself, and I felt really bad about that.
As for the Rock Against Bush tour. The bands were; The Epoxies, Strike Anywhere, Midtown, and of course Anti-Flag. The Epoxies I had seen one other time in Portland. The lead singer is the most effeminate man I've ever encountered in my life. The band was great though, very high energy. Its nice to see some old skool punk with a new flare. Strike Anywhere was AWESOME. I wanted to see them last time they were in town, but I was working so it didn't work out that way. They had the crowd in full swing. In my opinion they should've been the band playing before Anti-Flag. Midtown was the only let down of the show. Although their music was nice on the ears, they really weren't a concert band. Some bands that sound great on a CD in your car just weren't meant to be live. Of course Anti-Flag made a show of it. Justin did his usual preaching "We are all brothers and sisters in this world and together we can take back what is rightfully ours...blah blah blah etc." Its nice to listen to him talk but for gods sake just play the fucking songs. ["PLAY THE FUCKING SONG!", "Um... we can see you."] Also as a special guest they had Jim McDerrmott, a Democrat who is making leaps and bounds for all liberal kind. He is truly a great man, and an entertaining speaker, if I do say so myself. As always their last song was "Die For Your Government." However I wasn't in the mosh pit at this point. I was standing in the bar talking to the lead singer of Strike Anywhere.
Other than the concert the rest of the day proved entertaining. We made a brief stop at Uwajimaya or as Zach's grandmother calls it 'Oojiwama'. Rei bought the 5th Confidential Confessions, and we all got some food. I went to Shilla and got some Korean BBQ [melts]. The ride to the Shobox was fun and interesting. Some of the choice phrases escaping Christina's mouth were, "GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY!" [as said to a Cabrio waiting to turn right.], "I CAN'T FUCKING PARK!" [as screamed out the window of the car as she attempted to parallel park in front of the Shobox] and lets not forget my personal favorite "THE Z IS FOR SHUT THE FUCK UP!" [as said to Zach when we were trying to figure out what the Z is for.].
Tomarrow I start my new swing shifts at work, which I'm not happy about. At least its 5PM-2AM, thats not that bad. I will, however, miss my graveyard shifts. Here's hoping it works out. If it doesn't I'm looking for a new job this week. There is a new T-mobile store opening next to Borders, perhaps I will seek employment there.
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| 867-5309 |
[06 Sep 2004|06:41am] |
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Now that I've sawed off my left arm for a new phone perhaps it would be nice to get my phone numbers back. If I had your phone number than chances are it was in my phone and post-washing it, I no longer have it. So if you would like me to have your number either comment it here- or send it to my e-mail addy. I.E. jowyblight@hotmail.com
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| siR-vAy: Stolen from Danielle |
[04 Sep 2004|08:18am] |
1. My name:
2. Where did we meet?
3. Take a stab at my middle name:
4. How long have you known me?
5. When is the last time we saw each other?
6. Do I smoke?
7. Do I believe in God?
8. When you first saw me what was your impression?
9. Month of my Birthday?
10. Color hair?
11. Color eyes?
12. Do I have any siblings?
13. Have you ever had a crush on me?
14. Have you ever been jealous of me?
15. What's one of my favorite things to do outdoors?
16. What's one of my fav. things to do indoors?
17. Do you remember one of the 1st(!) things I said to you?
18. What's my favorite type of music?
19. What is the best feature about me?
20. Am I shy or outgoing?
21. Would you say I am funny ha ha or funny sarcastic?
22. Am I a rebel or do I follow all the rules?
23. Would you consider me a friend, an acquaintance, or a
good friend?
24. Would you call me preppy, slutty, average, sporty, punk, hippie, glam, nerdy, snobby, or something else (if so what)?
25. Have you ever seen me cry?
26. If there were one good nickname for me what would it be?
27. Are my parents still together?
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