| for Wootton grads... |
[Apr. 25th, 2006|11:52 am] |
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I dunno if you guys heard or not, but Mr. Musgrove passed away about a week and a half ago. I heard about it on myspace and don't know much about it at all except that he died of a heart attack. I never had him but I know he was loved by a lot of people and I just thought you guys would appreciate knowing. Hope you're all well. |
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| WHAT ARE THE CHANCES?? |
[Apr. 19th, 2006|09:37 pm] |
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oh man i saw the best thing ever today...as i was walking to class i actually got to witness a bird shit RIGHT on someone's head! hahaha and who was this someone? your typical bitchy, perfect hair, popped collar white chick. IT WAS INCREDIBLE!! she started screeching and crying and pretty much everyone around her was cracking up. her "token, not as pretty as her" friend looked really upset but totally didn't know what to do. definitely the most classic thing i've seen in a while and i just HAD to share :)
first bike boy, now rich bitch...i wonder who the next lucky victim will be?? lol |
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| fun fun |
[Apr. 11th, 2006|12:06 pm] |
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Instructions: Go to wikipedia.org and look up your birth day (excluding the year).
List three deaths, three births, and three neat facts in your journal, including the year.
Births
1774 - Johnny Appleseed, American environmentalist
1888 - T.S. Eliot, American-born writer and editor
1898 - George Gershwin, American composer
Deaths
1626 - Wakisaka Yasuharu, Japanese warrior
1820 - Daniel Boone, American frontiersman
1937 - Bessie Smith, American singer
Neat Facts
1969 - The Chicago Seven trial begins (seven defendants charged with conspiracy, inciting to riot, and other charges related to violent protests that took place in Chicago, Illinois on the occasion of the 1968 Democratic National Convention)
1969 - The Beatles album Abbey Road is released in the UK
1973 - Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time |
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| WATCH OUT FOR THAT WALL!!!! |
[Apr. 5th, 2006|10:12 pm] |
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so i was walking to class this morning and i saw this kid totally WIPE OUT on his bike. when he got up he was limping and moaning and kept trying to just shake it off and act like he was totally fine (i'm guessing out of embarassment). i wanted to stop and help but i was late to class (again) so i just kept walking. later in the day, on my way to my car, i saw the same kid w/crutches and his ankle wrapped in an ace bandage. at first i was was so sad but then my true colors came out and i started cracking up. i found the whole thing hysterically funny cause i thought back to earlier in the day when he first got up he just tried SO hard to pretend like he was totally fine but he clearly wasn't. it also made me think of dane's explanation of witnessing someone get hit by a car which made me laugh even harder. i dunno, maybe you had to be there. i'm awful, i know. sue me.
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| my weekend |
[Mar. 12th, 2006|10:26 pm] |
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-FINALLY cleaned out my car and found 2 cd's i thought i'd lost back in october in the trunk lol
-also got around to cleaning my room (hadn't vacumed in WAY too long and all the hair that's fallen off my head started to make a new layer of carpet. gross, i know)
-talked to Billy after quite a long hiatus
-rehearsal blew today but luckily it'll all be over soon...
-saturday night Zia, Tita, and Jess came over for dinner and hookah on the deck. it was perfect
-had a super scary dream that involved having to go through the woods in the middle of the night and alone :(
-can't wait for Jen to get home!!
-REALLY can't wait for spring break!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| my life is complete... |
[Mar. 6th, 2006|12:42 pm] |
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last night i witnessed a stripper use her vagina to push down a push pop into Zia's mouth for his 21st birthday. in his basement. with about 20 of his AU friends. AND HIS PARENTS AND SISTER. actually, it was rashna's idea lol. i had the best time and will never forget the look on some people's faces/reactions after she was gone for as long as i live. too bad she wasn't hot... |
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| i am disturbed (and maybe a little amused) |
[Mar. 1st, 2006|02:02 pm] |
there's this guy in my anthropology class who walks around barefoot. BAREFOOT. and sometimes in shorts and a t-shirt when it's freezing outside. but mainly his barefootness is what bothers me. no shoes, no socks, just his bare feet touching the ground outside, the floor of the buildings, and i'm sure a bathroom now and then. EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!! is anyone else as disturbed by this as i am? i mean, to each his own but BAREFOOT?!?! WTF??? lol
*M |
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| oh happy day |
[Feb. 9th, 2006|10:16 pm] |
i had the most inspirational day today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm taking intro to teaching this semester and we do 4 hours of field experience each week (spent in an elementary school, observing and interacting with a classroom of kids). i'm in a 6th grade classroom at Adelphi elementary (in PG county) and today was my first day. i thought it might intimidate me but all it did was make me wanna be a teacher even more. i can't wait because i'm gonna be the best teacher ever! then after class i went to a lecture presentation given by Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billing of MIMAUE (Maryland Institute for Minority Achievement and Urban Education) about how to teach in urban classrooms. it was very informative and again just made me want to get into a classroom SOOOOO badly!! i was feeling really down yesterday about my tentative grad date being so far away but today i realized that i wanna be a teacher so badly that i'll do whatever i have to to ensure that i get there. Dr. Ladson-Billing also stressed the importance of travel and how she thinks that anyone who wants to be a teacher needs to go abroad. i have an appointment with my advisor next week so i'm gonna ask about my options and try to go abroad before i graduate. also got to hang out with rich today for a little while. we had lunch and he told me how he just got a job working at a children's center and i'm totally excited for him because he's gonna be fucking awesome with kids. i'm also in deep shit because i'm falling for him hardcore and he just wants to be friends. i don't wanna focus on "changing all that" because it could potentially turn into another baaaaad situation (if you know what i mean...) and that would suck. anyway, i've put off doing my math hw long enough and now it must be done. i haven't talked to too many of my peeps lately so i hope you're all doing well!!
*Mar |
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| my favorite things... |
[Feb. 1st, 2006|12:43 pm] |
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i especially love freaking out because of chest pains, going to the hospital, sitting there for 3 hours with my dad into the wee hours of the morning eating fruit snacks, getting called in after midnight, all just to have the doctor tell you it's nothing and to go home and take some Tums. my body has been malfunctioning like crazy and it's driving me nuts! at least my lips are down to their normal hugeness and i only had to miss ONE QUIZ IN A CLASS I'M ALREADY NOT DOING WELL IN...at least i can be grateful for that! hmph, i'm feeling grumpy as shit but at least i'm off to a class i ACTUALLY like!! i'm looking very forward to getting through friday (i have like 4 things due, blah) and then hanging out with Rich friday night and my homies on super bowl sunday! i miss my sis :(
*M |
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| it's about fucking time |
[Jan. 26th, 2006|10:32 am] |
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*the cruise was AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMAZING!!!!!!!!!! i had the best time of my life and met some great people and took some beautiful pictures and right now i have no time to post them so you can see them when you're home next (or whenever). i never could have anticipated having THAT MUCH fun on a damn boat with 20 members of my family and hundreds of other armenians, but i did!!!! i'll be talking about it forever so i won't go on anymore here. i will say that we had such a great time that we've actually already booked for next year and that thought will def keep me warm during the times i feel stressed :)
*first day of school wasn't too bad. my profs seem cool and the work load is gonna be heavy and i'll prob never have any extra time for anything with 16 credits and 14-hour work weeks on my plate but i'm down for the challenge. if i wanna graduate some time this decade i've gotta jump on it and get shit done.
*24 is the love of my life!!!! i had 5 hours to catch up on and watched them all with phil last night and it was awesome. monday nights have become one of my reasons for living.
*I'm trying super hard to watch what i eat and get to the gym. i'm off to a pretty good start this week and hopefully i can maintain my mentality and strength to see it all the way through. i always start strong and then it fades because other things become priorities but i know that this has to become as much of a staple as sleeping and breathing. encouragement encouraged!!
so i hope everyone's semester is off to a good start and even though i'll be running around like a mad woman until may i'll ALWAYS make time to chill/talk even if i'm not initiating contact! love to my peeps :)
*M |
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| evolution is the solution to my situation |
[Jan. 10th, 2006|11:15 am] |
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***Ground Rules: The first player of this "game" starts with the topic "5 weird habits of yours" and people who get tagged need to write an LJ entry about their 5 quirky habits as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next 5 people to be tagged and list their names.***
1. i MUST roll tiny paper balls if i have a napkin or tissue in my hand
2. i cannot hold a pen in my hand without clicking it or playing with the cap
3. i like playing with my hair and messing it up on purpose so that it looks ridiculous
4. i have to twist any hairbands i keep around my wrist around my pinky and then move it to my ring finger and back again over and over and over...
5. in my car i talk to myself, practice conversations i'm gonna have with people (like if i'm about to call someone or if i'm thinking about calling them), and sing at the top of my lungs like i'm appearing in a music video. i like when people watch me.
I'm tagging:
1. Jen
2. Jess
3. Els
4. Tita
5. Z |
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| just for fun, if you're interested |
[Jan. 10th, 2006|11:10 am] |
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how well do you know me?
my name:
Who is the love of my life:
Where did we meet:
Take a stab at my middle name:
How long have you known me:
When is the last time that we saw each other:
Do I smoke:
Do I drink:
Do I curse:
Do I believe in God:
When is my birthday:
What was your first impression of me upon meeting me:
Color of my eyes:
Do I have any siblings:
What's one of my favorite things to do:
Am I funny:
Do you remember one of the first things I said to you:
What's my favorite type of music:
What is the best feature about me:
Am I shy or outgoing:
Am I a rebel or do I follow the rules:
Do I have any special talents:
Would you consider me a friend/good friend:
Would you call me preppy, average, sporty, punk, hippie, glam, nerdy, snobby, or something else (what):
Have you ever seen me cry:
Are my parents still together:
If I had broccoli stuck in my teeth would you tell me:
Have you ever hugged me:
Do you miss me...do you think i miss you:
What is my favorite food:
Have you ever had a crush on me:
If there was one good nickname for me, what would it be:
What's your favorite memory of me:
Who do I like right now:
What is my worst habit:
If you and I were stranded on a desert island, what one thing would I bring? |
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| stole it from Car who stole it from Kate |
[Jan. 4th, 2006|04:43 pm] |
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The Year 2005 in Review:
1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before? went to Atlantic City
2. Did you keep your New Years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? i don't make new year's resolutions...if i wanna change something about myself, i'll change it
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? someone close to someone close to me gave birth
4. Did anyone close to you die? my granny :(
5. What countries did you visit? none
6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005? a serious lover
7. What dates from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? 5/5/05 (the day i bought my car!!), 11/25/05 (311 concert with Cara, Chris, and Rich), the summer of "7H turns 21" (especially 6/25/05, Tanya's birthday! oh, Sam lol), Cara's 21st in Atlantic City, September '05 (started at UMD)
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? getting into MD, buying my first car, and expanding on old relationships/making new ones/dumping bad ones
9. What was your biggest failure? hard to say. i don't really think i failed at anything too miserably
10. Did you suffer an illness? do my crazy hives count?
11. What was the best thing you bought? Sassy Scarlet
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? Tanya, 7H +2, Car bear, my parents, my cousins...I have the best people in my life
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? Billy
14. Where did most of your money go? car, bills, tuition
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? giving x-mas presents!
16. What song will always remind you of 2005? an entire album, Magical Mystery Tour (Beatles)
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? MUCH happier
b) thinner or fatter? pleading the 5th
c) richer or poorer? richer
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? sex, drugs, and rock & roll
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? crying
20. How will you be spending Christmas? spent it with my family
21. Did you fall in love in 2005? nope
22. How many one-night stands? not my style (aka zero)
23. What was your favorite TV program? 24 & Nip/Tuck
24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? nope
25. What was the best book you read? so many!! (Back Roads, HP 6, Time Traveller's Wife, Tuesdays with Morrie, 5 People You Meet In Heaven, A Million Little Pieces to name a few)
26. What was your greatest musical discovery? SO many (thanks to Cara!!)
27. What did you want and get? laptop
28. What did you want and not get? i-pod
29. What was your favorite film of this year? 40-year-old virgin
30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? i turned 23 this year and had numerous celebrations (including party at my house, dinner and movie with various family members and friends, and got the best card ever that read: ..."Take each day as it comes and live it in peace. The good thoughts of all who love you will keep you warm. Rest easy for everything will take care of itself...and each new tomorrow will find you feeling better."
31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? travelling more
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005? dude, i don't fuckin know
33. What kept you sane? i'd have to be sane to begin with...
34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? sweated Johnny Depp and Tim Burton HARDCORE for Charlie
35. What political issue stirred you the most? so fucking many
36. Who did you miss? Billy
37. Who was the best new person you met? Cara HANDS DOWN (and Chris and Richard)
38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005: you can't be afraid to go out and make things happen. there's a time to grow up and for me that time was at various points during this year and I think i handled it all ok :)
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: in the words of my lover from another time Frank Sinatra: "It was a very good year" |
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| a present on the floor just for me?! YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE... |
[Dec. 23rd, 2005|09:57 am] |
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i LOVE it when i'm dogsitting and i come in to find she has pissed and shit all over the kitchen floor! i was already running late this morning and walking in to find that mess was the last thing i needed but thankfully there was no traffic AT ALL on 495 and i actually made it to work in the normal 20 minutes! even had time for a cup of coffee, yum.
so we had our 7H + 2 gift exchange last night and i love my bitches more than life, more than money, more than my car, more than chocolate, more than presents, more than snow days, more than EVERYTHING!!!!! i wish our time together wasn't always being cut short but we make a point to get together as often as we can, so that makes me glad. i had a gift exchange with cara, chris, and richard on wednesday night and that was totally fun too! i got a sudoku board game, 40-year-old virgin dvd, and a rubber ducky! i appreciate my new friends as much as my old ones and i sincerely hope they know that i care about them a lot. christmas is gonna be fun as hell and new year's eve is shaping up to rock too (i think we're having a gathering at our house...what's everyone else doing? you're all invited).
today's a short day at work and i have monday off so i'm in the BEST MOOD EVER!!!!!! nothing can bring me down today :)
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa to all!!
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| feelin great! |
[Dec. 19th, 2005|02:10 pm] |
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finals are over and i'm the happiest person in the world today!!!!!!! AND the skins won yesterday! AND i find out who the carver is tomorrow night! AND i'm spending the week at a beautiful house w/the cutest pooch AAAAAAAAAAAAALL by myself! AND we do secret santa on thursday! my smile could stretch from here to timbuktu... |
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| fucking fed UP |
[Dec. 18th, 2005|09:40 pm] |
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i'm SO FUCKING SICK of school and work and boys and my family and my car's maintenance light being on and all the stress and unhappiness and self-consiousness and lack of satisfaction and hopes that something better will come along and worrying about stuff and being under-appreciated and working so damn hard and living from paycheck to paycheck and not having any security and thinking about the future and wondering what's gonna happen to me. fucking sick of all the bullshit. at least the skins killed the cowboys today. that was def amazing even though phil was in a bad mood because of it. anyway, i have my last final tomorrow and i have to study some more before i go to bed. |
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| bullets over kensington |
[Dec. 17th, 2005|10:39 am] |
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-i love when i get to sit in traffic for ONE HOUR AND FORTY MINUTES to get to work and i REALLY love when my average speed on 495 is SEVEN MILES PER HOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! definitely wanted to kill myself.
-holiday party at work was a big success! my kids did a great job, all the parents were impressed, good food, and i got to see the hot dad of one of my students who i haven't seen in months! yummy.
-we bought our tree last night even though chris wasn't there :( and me & my mom spent some quality time together putting lights up before bed.
-did ok on my bio final today and calculated that even if i did pretty poorly (60% at the lowest) i can still get a B in the class! WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-my lips have swollen up on both of my exam days because of nerves and the grandaddy of all finals will be on monday so i can only IMAGINE what i'm gonna look like then! i am REALLY nervous about it, mainly because i didn't go to more than half of the lectures after the mid-term. and of course today after my exam i had to bump into george w/my lopsided mouth, lookin all crazy and freakish!!
-good convo with Jen last night, put a smile on my face :)
-Jess, Tit, and Jen: down to chill tonight? call me! |
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| no worries, friends, no worries! |
[Dec. 15th, 2005|10:32 am] |
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so i woke up this morning to find my top lip swollen to the size of a pack of smarties...for those of you who know how big my mouth ALREADY is, you can imagine me looking like something of a cartoon character, lol. i was running late but popped a benadryl and booked it to my first final of the day (which i just finished and kicked ass on). after exam #1, i did a little holiday shopping at our school bookstore (we get a student discount, Car!! they have what i was talking about yesterday, random trinket stuff and i found something for rich!) and i think i've pretty much gotten something for everyone on my list. except for my secret santa, so ladies of 7H +2 i am ordering all of you to post a small list of things you need/would like!!!
i have my next final at 1:30 today and then a review session for my bio final at 5. i've been up since 6:30 this morning and luckily i don't have to go in to work today! i got my holiday bonus a few days ago and that put me in a great mood. it's amazing how much better my work conditions are after i quit for 2 months and they realized how much they need me, what an asset i am to their business, how they can't survive without me, etc. i'm vain, fuckin sue me. hehe. our holiday party is tomorrow night and i taught my kids "jingle bell rock" (they're so cute when they sing it!!) and "hanukkah oh hanukkah" and they'll also be reciting "twas the night before x-mas", 2 hanukkah poems, and the 7 principles of Kwanzaa...gotta be PC and hit every major holiday/religous group!
in other news, i'm house-sitting for close family friends (who have a dog) for 10 days starting on monday and i'm totally excited about it! they were like use the house! spend the night! go in the jaccuzi! hell yeah i will!! i've known them for 15 years and they're family to me so i'm glad i can help them out. and use their shit. but more to help them out. lol. anyway, i hope everyone had a good semester and that finals aren't too stressful. hurry home so we can chill in my living room next to our soon-to-be-bought tree, talking about inappropriate things and drinking hot chocolate!!! love to mah peoples :)
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| could you not pee so close to my laptop? |
[Dec. 11th, 2005|10:17 pm] |
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cara turned 21 on friday and we celebrated ALL weekend long! she only just left my side (for the first time in days) an hour ago lol. we went out for a drink at midnight on her b-day, went to atlantic city for the evening of her birthday, and went to b-more to chill w/her sister Angela on saturday night...GOOD TIMES EACH NIGHT!! i broke even in atlantic city and even though we had to leave kinda in a hurry on saturday morning, i had the best time. chris was really hungover so we took it slow and the highlight of the evening was definitely when he peed in a corner of the hotel room lol. he was really wasted and we all had a good laugh over that. we also went to this bar in baltimore on saturday night called "howl at the moon" and they have dueling piano players who take requests and know how to play ANY song and ANY instrument (bass, drums, piano, harmonica). it was SOOOO fun to watch them perform. and we sang along and had jello shots. i haven't been out in a while and with it being my girl's birthday, it was double the goodness.
so after the dust settles from my weekend, the week comes into clear view and lemme just say, if i live to see next semester i will be the most grateful bitch who ever lived. this week i have a test on monday, a paper and poster presentation due on tuesday, tuesday night i have to make a study sheet for one of my finals, on wednesday i have a review for my history final, on thursday i have 2 finals, on SATURDAY i have another final, and then next monday i have my last final. i am tired just thinking about it. fun stuff this week: nip/tuck, work holiday party on friday, hopefully seeing syriana with rich. hope everyone ends the semester on a good note and i can't wait to see everyone!
*M |
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| feelin good in the neighborhood |
[Dec. 7th, 2005|10:56 pm] |
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my happiness is wrapped up in...
*late night phone calls that go on way too long but you can never tear yourself away
*tuesday nights
*7H (+2; Els & Minnie!)
*zia's basement
*worn & comfy over new & yet-to-be-broken-in
*my parents and sister
*the belief that things really will get better
*Oh The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss
~grin like a fool, sing at the top of your lungs, dance till you collapse, hug and kiss everyone, make eye contact, never back down~ |
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