Below are the most recent 14 friends' journal entries.

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
cynima	2:48p	Getting up on my high horse I think modern society is far too obsessed with the lives of teenagers. I am totally sick of all these trashy teen soap operas that are getting more and more risque. I am especially peeved with the new version of 90210 that is about to be unleashed on the masses. I loved that show in its original incarnation in the early 90's, and it was plenty racy for the times, but it is just pathetic that the people who were part of the original series are trying to profit from it again. I mean, jeez, Jennie Garth, don't you have anything better to do? Have another kid with Peter Facinelli, or something. You don't need to do this! It's embarrassing! And also, why are you trying to compete with Gossip Girl? Don't even get me started on Gossip Girl. I may start retching again. I think this infatuation with vapid, wealthy, oversexed teenagers shows a real lack of maturity for this entire country, and illustrates how sad and lacking today's communal values system is. But really, my disgust isn't only for the values of my own country's society, but for other parts of Western civilization as well. I watched some of the very racy new series Skins about teenagers in Bristol, England, on BBCA, and with the exception of one character, I could not sympathize with any of these badly behaving young people. Their parents are depicted as total assholes, so you're supposed to side with the teens, but I refuse to sympathize with brats who wreck the home of one of their friends at a party while the adults are away and then drive a car into a lake, without having to suffer any consequences. I must be an old lady or something. I think I always was an old lady. I was very sheltered as a teenager, and went to a very demanding high school, so no one really had time to get into much trouble, but even if I had fewer restrictions on me, I still don't think I ever would have behaved so badly. And I have been made fun of (and worse) for being uptight, on numerous occasions. It's really sad that I, and others, have been ostracized for having standards Current Mood: cynical (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, August 18th, 2008
nightstalker	2:06p	Escape! As some of you already know, I ran away to Baltimore County for a week. Not the city, but far North of that, almost at the PA border. It's less then an hour to the city from here, but it's entirely different. It's a rural area, mostly farms and fields and forests, with patches of suburbia/exurbia here and there, like the one I'm staying in. Unlike most suburbs, living here kind of makes sense. You're in the middle of nowhere, but you have plenty of space for a large house, and a huge lot around it. No neighbors looking over your shoulder or peeking into your windows, no lights shining everywhere. No neighborhood association looking over your shoulder, no local regulations telling you what you can or can't have on your front lawns. I've gotten pleasantly lethargic since I've been here, enjoying the quiet and the lack of cars and letting the days flow by. I had intended to go into Baltimore or DC to see friends, but I haven't found myself with any desire to do so - I've just escaped the city, why head into another one? Still, if you're in the area and you'd like to meet up, get ahold of me in any of the usual fashions. I'm here for a few more days, at least, and there are many of you I'd love to see. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
takeonpink	8:49p	i'm now free master and everyone surprise: i CANNOT stop listening to this new bonnie prince billy live record, is it the sea? i hope i get to see this man live one day. i hope i get to hug him. anyway, there's this one song, and i actually just found out that it's an old traditional song or whatever, so he didn't write it, but that's probably the one i listen to most on the record. molly bawn! i love this song! and the last bit the best. sorry but i give away the ending. spoiler alert! The night before Molly's funeral, her ghost did appear, Crying, "Uncle, dear Uncle, let Jimmy go clear. I was going to my uncle's when a shower came on. I went under a green bush, the shower to shun. With my white apron 'round me, he took me for a swan. Won't you tell him he's forgiven, by his own Molly Bawn?" a girl sings that bit! molly bawn sings that bit! what a story, right there. Current Mood: this and that Current Music: bonnie prince billy (Comment on this)
Sunday, August 17th, 2008
webmd	9:53a	Bizarre Olympic sports Riddle me this: How do people get started with some of these sports? Like track racing with bicycles? Do these indoor sloped bicycle tracks exist in a lot of places? It's not like anyone says on a Saturday afternoon, "Hey let's go down to the bicycle track." (This same question can apply to luge or bobsledding as well.) When a rider wins an equestrian medal, does the horse get a medal too? And who said dancing around with a ribbon could be an olympic sport? Or dancing around underwater, for that matter? Or table tennis? Seriously, I mean seriously? Where's Olympic air hockey then? Olympic video game playing? What about the athletes whose activities aren't sport, like aerobics instructors? Why can't sit-ups be an Olympic sport? (1 Comment |Comment on this)
takeonpink	11:46p	diaried days i think i'm going to buy a pink lipstick this week. i've got a red and an orange so it's obvious to see what would make my life complete. i want to buy a bunch of stuff actually. i had a really depressing shopping trip after school one day last week. i didn't find anything. everything fit wrong, i had the fattest week of my life and everything was so so mini, and i don't really go higher than just above my knee. i found some shoes i want though, but i couldn't really walk in them. you need to be able to walk in your heels, right? i could sort of clomp in these. i think i'm finally buying my india ticket this week. assignments are piling up also. we've got to organize seminars and i magically ended up in charge because nobody else was doing much. i've got to do this personal networking thing and i don't know what i'm doing. i've got to make a bunch of movies and i'm hoping that goes well. my elective is cruisy though. it's called art in public places. we just walk around the city with a great teacher who's constantly amused or something. my personal life is feeling weird. suddenly all my friends are people younger than me. i continue to feel like a cool and busy nun. i want a cute new dress. maybe i'll buy those shoes after all. clomp around in my pink lipstick. Current Mood: bed Current Music: fabulous diamonds (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, August 16th, 2008
takeonpink	7:05p	schmolympics okay, i really hate when an american wins any swimming race. physically, i retch a little. i'm happy for anyone else to win, really. Current Mood: ookay Current Music: eli paperboy reed (Comment on this)
Friday, August 15th, 2008
dracoreina	6:42a	Tired This is a "I couldn't fall asleep last night b/c I was going over in my head what I was going to tell my boss today about why I won't be staying in the area and options of how I could continue past the first week of September" meme.......... from lightningspark, athousanderrors, and some other people I know.... Bold the ones you've done: 01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink (small bar) 02. Swam with wild dolphins 03. Climbed a mountain 04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive 05. Been inside the Great Pyramid 06. Held a tarantula 07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone 08. Said "I love you" and meant it. 09. Hugged a tree 10. Done a striptease 11. Bungee jumped 12. Visited Paris 13. Watched a lightning storm at sea 14. Stayed up all night long 15. Seen the Northern Lights 16. Gone to a huge sports game 17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa 18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables 19. Touched an iceberg. 20. Slept under the stars 21. Changed a baby's nappy 22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon 23. Watched a meteor shower 24. Gotten drunk on champagne 25. Given more than you can afford to charity 26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope 27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment 28. Had a food fight 29. Bet on a winning horse 30. Taken a sick day when you're not ill 31. Asked out a stranger 32. Had a snowball fight 33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier. 34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can 35. Held a lamb 36. Enacted a favourite fantasy 37. Taken a midnight skinny dip 38. Taken an ice cold bath 39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar 40. Seen a total eclipse 41. Ridden a roller coaster 42. Hit a six in cricket 43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days...........try one and a half days, before Danny deployed..... 44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking 45. Adopted an accent for an entire day 46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors 47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment. 48. Had two hard drives for your computer 49. Visited all 50 states in the US 50. Loved your job 51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced 52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied 53. Had amazing friends 54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country 55. Watched wild whales 56. Stolen a sign. 57. Backpacked in Europe 58. Taken a road-trip. 59. Rock climbing 60. Lied to foreign government's official in that country to avoid notice. 61. Midnight walk on the beach 62. Sky diving 63. Visited Ireland 64. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love 65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them 66. Visited Japan 67. Bench pressed your own weight 68. Milked a cow 69. Alphabetized your CDs And DVDs. Within genre. 70. Pretended to be a superhero 71. Sung karaoke. 72. Lounged around in bed all day 73. Posed nude in front of strangers 74. Scuba diving 75. Got it on to "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye 76. Kissed in the rain 77. Played in the mud 78. Played in the rain 79. Gone to a drive-in theatre 80. Done something you should regret, but don't regret 81. Visited the Great Wall of China 82. Discovered that someone who's not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog....which is why it is now friends-locked. 83. Dropped Windows in favour of something better. 84. Started a business 85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken. ... I'm married, aren't I! :-D 86. Toured ancient sites 87. Taken a martial arts class....actually, taken three types, just two not for very long.... 88. Sword fought for the honour of a woman. 89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight. 90. Gotten married 91. Been in a movie 92. Crashed a party 93. Loved someone you shouldn't 94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy 95. Gotten divorced 96. Had sex at the office ...(not yet! I should do it before I leave this job hahaha) 97. Gone without food for 5 days 98. Made cookies from scratch 99. Won first prize in a costume contest 100. Ridden a gondola in Venice 101. Gotten a tattoo 102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on 103. Rafted the Snake River 104. Been on television news programs as an "expert" 105. Got flowers for no reason 106. Had sex in a public place 107. Got so drunk you don't remember anything 108. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug 109. Performed on stage...does playing piano in front of my entire school and being in a school play count? :-) 110. Been to Las Vegas 111. Recorded music 112. Eaten shark 113. Had a one-night stand. 114. Gone to Thailand 115. Seen Siouxsie live 116. Bought a house 117. Been in a combat zone....vicariously 118. Buried one/both of your parents 119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off. 120. Been on a cruise ship 121. Spoken more than one language fluently 122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone 123. Bounced a cheque 124. Performed in Rocky Horror. (helped a friend design costumes for it) 125. Read - and understood - your credit report 126. Raised children 127. Recently bought and played with a favourite childhood toy 128. Followed your favourite band/singer on tour. 129. Created and named your own constellation of stars 130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country 131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did 132. Called or written to your Member of Parliament 133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over 134. ...more than once? 135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge 136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking 137. Had an abortion or your female partner did 138. Had plastic surgery 139. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived 140. Wrote articles for a large publication 141. Lost over 100 pounds. 142. Held someone while they were having a flashback 143. Piloted an airplane 144. Petted a stingray 145. Broken someone's heart 146. Helped an animal give birth 147. Been fired or laid off from a job... I was ten and it's hard to be a mother's helper when the kid just doesn't like me....... 148. Won money on a TV game show 149. Broken a bone 150. Killed a human being 151. Gone on an African photo safari 152. Ridden a motorcycle 153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100 mph. 154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced 155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol 156. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild 157. Ridden a horse 158. Had major surgery 159. Had sex on a moving train (not yet! give the newlyweds some time) 160. Had a snake as a pet 161. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon 162. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing. 163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours 164. Visited more foreign countries than US states 165. Visited all 7 continents 166. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days 167. Eaten kangaroo meat 168. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground. 169. Been a sperm or egg donor 170. Eaten vegetarian sushi 171. Had your picture in the newspaper 172. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime 173. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about 174. Gotten someone fired for their actions 175. Gone back to school 176. Parasailed 177. Changed your name 178. Petted a cockroach 179. Eaten fried green tomatoes 180. Read The Iliad 181. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read 182. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them 183. ...and gotten 86'ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you 184. Taught yourself art from scratch 185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating 186. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt 187. Skipped all your school 188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language 189. Been elected to public office 190. Written your own computer language 191. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream 192. Had to put someone you love into hospice care 193. Built your own PC from parts 194. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you 195. Had a booth at a street fair 196. Dyed your hair...just highlighted it again Wednesday night, in fact :-) 197. Been a DJ 198. Found out someone was going to dump you via Livejournal 199. Written your own role-playing game 200. Been arrested. Current Mood: exhausted (Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
takeonpink	10:22p	anp surprise i totally forgot that i ever even subscribed to anp quarterly. so when i got one in the mail today, it was seriously like a double surprise. Current Mood: bizzy Current Music: sonic youth (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
takeonpink	10:09p	i'll always be true to you i found a weird setting on my stupid camera: excuse the fly screen: aaaand this is where i intern now: one day a week. school is three days a week. then i have my job and all the other shit i like to get done. Current Music: morrissey (Comment on this)
takeonpink	8:54p	sort of like a dream here's what i love during winter. oranges! navel oranges. i keep 'em in the fridge and have about one a day. summer oranges are never so good because they're often drought affected and dry but right now, they're like the best thing ever. so that. i just really like oranges. i'm really tired. i started my internship today. Current Music: air france (Comment on this)
Monday, August 11th, 2008
takeonpink	12:15a	the shower to shun from scratch, bitches. Current Music: bonnie prince billy (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, August 7th, 2008
dracoreina	6:17p	fun quote of the day "We're plenty cranky, but only a few things work us into a really frothy righteous rage — our Xanadu DVD disappearing, the popularity of the Twilight books, and of course the resurrection of leggings." From NY Mag's The Cut (http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2008/08/katie_holmess_downard_style_sp.html?mid=fashion-alert--20080807) MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
michellegc81	9:15p	Forever... I won't lie - I'm a little scared by, superstitious of and worried about turning 27... I definitely think it's my "shit or get off the pot" year. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
webmd	10:32a	Queens zoo pics On Sunday I went to the Queens Zoo in Flushing Meadow Park. I hadn't been there since I was a kid and now that I am a member of the WCS I get free admission to all the NYC zoos, so I've been meaning to check it out for awhile now. Most of the animals there are from North America, the one exception (I think) being the spectacled bear, which is native to the Andes in South America. My favorite part of the Queens Zoo though are the farm animals. They have 5 or 6 highland cows -- 'airy coos! ( Under the cut. ) (2 Comments |Comment on this)