life of a flamingo who has flown too far south

Saturday, 9/7/02--11:06 p.m.
i like american music, you like american music, meeeee

i like:
having perfect weather like we did today
finding $5 cds
random dancing
weekends involving no hwk
getting paid for playing with kids
getting paid for playing with kids and getting free pizza and brownies at the same time
acoustic guitars
people who can sing (well)
people who can write (well)
watching tennis
oreos

yes, how wonderful. am very tired right now. a week of not going to bed before midnight has taken it's toll... school should not suck this much. only thing is, i've been in the best mood, despite living in such a sleep deprived state. thanks joe. love ya :)

Saturday, 8.31.02--09:21 a.m.
hey where did we go days when the rains came

i'm still convinced school is just a mass brainwashing session, a lesson in conformity. "no! you must all look the same! no colored shorts! white socks are better for your feet! you must wear them!" ack! i was thinking how great it would be if i dyed my hair bright blue or something. first of all, i would be murdered in my sleep by my whole family. but if i somehow coud drag my bloody, mangled body to school i think i'd be funny to see peoples faces. anyway, rockapella is great, everyone go listen to them. and never EVER roll down a hill of dried grass. i really do feel bloody and mangled. yay for drought! or not. i like rain! must do rain dance... going to hershey park en uno momento, so i've got to go shower.

Sunday, 8.25.02--02:51 p.m.
and there's no time left for losing

ok, well, i wrote an entry last night, but aol froze before i clicked 'done!' as a result, i forget everything i wrote, and am now very frustrated. actually, not really, it doesn't matter. :) i slept in until 12:30 today, just because i can, and it's the last day of summer that i can. sigh, fh early on mon and tues, then school on wed. but i'm kind of looking forward to it, seeing everyone again and whatnot. that's what i say NOW, after the first day, i'll be eating those words, i'm sure. school isn't that bad, it's just the stress. so! new philosophy for this year: don't stress, don't worry too much about grades, just LEARN. you like? i do. maybe i'll actually follow that this year, wouldn't that be nice? in other news, had handel's last night with my family, eric and nate. eric had never been, (and therefore ordered a medium and almost keeled over) and nate's leaving today for hill. so, it was cool. nate, if you ever read this: we are so gonna race next summer! you'll beat me, but that's ok. no inferiority complexes here... anyway, a trip to Yorkfest is on the agenda for today. i really want to go, art is so cool, as is music. especially when you know it's local stuff. maybe i'll meet up with some friends there, who knows. ok, time to go finish a widow for one year, plan a hershey park trip, and finish refinishing my bed...

Thursday, 8.22.02--12:38 a.m.
the look of abandonment

so, a recap:
*school in a wk
*joe's far away
*i have a sweet 16 party to go to on fri, as well as a shaving creme battle and fh bbq
*i'm probbly gonna play varsity this year
*my grandparents are visiting
*i'm eating an oreo

a well-blended mixture of good, and really not so good... in other news, i just finished watching When We Were Soldiers. it's such a good movie, but so horrible. so many needless deaths...

before i get all philisophical, i'm going to bed. the whole -oh-lets-wake-up-at-6 am thing for school just isn't going to work. i already hav 4 alarms set for 9, and i still dont wake up! how sad!

Tuesday, 8.20.02--09:27 p.m.
haven't you heard

i think the whole world decided to stop by today, bringing lacrosse sticks, trips to handel's, wonderful journals, great-smelling shirts, lots of love, and books bought solely for their pictures. it's been interesting, and tiring. not to mention sad. but things'll work out, and i'm happy for the most part. i love labor day.

i'm so grateful for the rain we got last night, it caused the temperature to drop for up around 100º down to a nice, cool, 75º. now, if it will just stay like that for field hockey tomorrow... plus, we really do need the rain, drought=bad. lake redman's water level is so low you can walk out into the lake for 10-20 ft before you even hit water. i did my rain dance today :)

Sunday, 8.18.02--06:27 p.m.
in the still of the night i held you tight

i love that song. recap of today: woke up at 9, read for 5 hrs, sketched for 2, went to staples w/laura and dad, ate entirely too much for dinner, and now i'm about to take a trip to handel's... mmmm, wonder what flavor i'll get, so many to choose from.

i wish sadie and julia would get home already! i want to know if they're in any of my classes (i hope i hope i hope)!

days until joe leaves: 3
(well, technically, tonight, and tomorrow... he's outta here on tues... how fun)

Sunday, 8.18.02--11:48 a.m.
microwaving hampster

Sitting still as stone watching- watching
People walking by you wondering why
No one ever stops to talk or thinks about it
-if they ever did

What if God shuffled by?
One day we might see
Doing not a thing
Breathing just to breathe
We might find some reason
But rushing around seems
What's wrong with the world
Don't lose the dreams inside your head
They'll only be there 'til you're dead
Dream

-DMB You Never Know

Saturday, 8.17.02--11:47 p.m.
sundown, i moved furniture!



oh the insanity!! i feel like rapping or something. ever felt like that? probably not. oh well, you're all missing out.

why the heck do they put nutrition labels on bottles of water? that's as bad as putting those warning labels on hair dryers on toasters and hair dryers. yes, we KNOW not to use them in the freakin bathtub!

Thursday, 8.15.02--10:20 p.m.
a long time ago when the earth was green

how well do you know me?

Thursday, 8.15.02--09:21 p.m.
totoro totoro

i always sound so depressed on this!! oh man, guys, i'm not really like that... er, i hope i'm not. it's just that i've frustrated lately as a result of the up-and-coming school year, and my overall lack of time. but life is good anyway. i'm gonna work on a new layout, because this template is annoying. that is, i'll work on it upto the point that i feel like i'm gonna fall asleep on the keyboard. yes, i AM that tired. i love field hockey!

Wednesday, 8.14.02--09:13 p.m.
eddie walker, this is your life

oh my. sigh... i feel drained. running around outside all day doesn't help, either. we got our school schedules and crap today, too. it feels like it's already started. actually, it already has started. you know you're in something school related when you feel like you have no time, and that's exactly how i'm feeling. ever feel like you can't concentrate on anything? when even reading is a chore? yep, that's me. i still have lots to do, but i feel like i just don't have the energy. bleh. well, mom and i went out to k-mart today, before hockey. i finally got something to put all my art stuff in. up until today, it's just been sitting in a corner of my room, basically colleting dust. not good.

ok, i'm zoning out. i hate it when i do that. oh well, time to go read... or something...

Monday, 8.12.02--04:07 p.m.
yo ho ho



well bless my soul, what a funny lookin' critter. only on EBay folks...

in other news, fh started today. i woke up late, but still got there on time thanks to mi bueno amigo, Joe. it's hot out, but running around felt really good.

Monday, 8.12.02--12:23 a.m.
those crazy asians...

that's meant as a joke, really. fh today. bright n early too, 8:30. we went and played tennis after strolling tonight, quite enjoyable really :) my sister is very violent and loud though. i think she enjoys hitting my friends with tennis balls and water bottles. and screaming at the top of her lungs too. shes SO easy to annoy! its unbelieveable. ah well, only 3 more years at home, right? heheh... *sideways glance* BWHAHAHAHA! so, since im getting up so early today, it be bedtime. if only my hair weren't wet. hrm. i'm gonna die when we're in school again. waking up at 6am is just not my style, thank you very much. and now laura and i have to share a bathroom in the morning cuz she'll be up at the same time i will. oh joy! mrh. moooo. over and out, me.

Sunday, 8.11.02--11:49 a.m.
squishy

*clever*
What fuzzy creature are you?

Friday, 8.9.02--12:11 p.m.
as long as we're off the blanket together

boy do i feel lazy. my god. i just realized that i just have this wkend to do whatever the heck i want all day long, and then fh starts. boooo... all good things must come to an end though, i guess. but why NOW? why not, say, 2 months from now. i could handle that i think. maybe. yesshir. heh so, plans for today:
-dance around room singing along to simon and garfunkel
-read for hours outside in the crazy beautiful weather while relaxing in our broken hammock
-run miles and miles. or maybe just a couple.
-call kasey, for real
-actually open that alg2 bk... ick
-write sarah+julia letters
-fill out volunteer application for york arts
-flute

wonder if i'll actually do all that. hope so. que sera sera.

everyone should listen to simon and garfunkel. the world would be a much nicer place.

Thursday, 8.8.02--10:54 a.m.
how do you measure, measure a year

...in daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee, in inches, in miles, in laughter and strife, in 525,600 minutes... such an awesome song. just for the record:

I am...

Thursday, 8.8.02--09:27 a.m.
runaway on a one way track

god i hate it when we show the house. i feel sick every time we leave for them. worried someone might actually like it, and then we'll be gone in like a wk, dad will make sure of that.

Wednesday, 8.7.02--01:28 a.m.
it's a game of give and take

FINALLY watched LotR again! yay! it was pretty cool, we ended up with surround sound, courtesy of my good friend Joe. muchos gracias Joe! today was pefect actually: i talked to sadie on the phone before she left for camp, it was so nice out, i read the scarlet letter in the (broken) hammock for 2 hrs, started refinishing the other half of the bed, went to target w/joe and got the vhs version of lotr and busted stuff, played around outside and watched lotr. coolness. i love summer.

heh i'm trying to type the 'right' way. you know, the way they try to teach everyone in school. i've never typed like this before, and it's taking forever. i always hit the spacebar with my index fingers, and it's hard to break the habit. yes. now, everyone go watch fellowship!

Monday, 8.5.02--01:13 p.m.
albionrose

stayed up til 4am this morning, watched lots of movies then sketched for like an hour. good times, but bad endings. my sister has become that stereotypical annoying little sister. bad. i don't like...

i should go finish stripping my bed, i reeeally wanna paint it. i just don't know WHAT to paint yet. i'll think of something. also on the to do list: write letter to alex, call kasey, draw, burn erics cd, buy a backpack, practice flute, go buy busted stuff, and plan the lotr viewing for tomorrow. it's finally coming out on video! mmmm, elijah...

Sunday, 8.4.02--06:40 p.m.
stripper girl

i'm gonna pain my bed! sooo happy. i stripped the headboard today, and it took forever. from 1-6. so i should go take a shower now. i need a massage too, my back is killing me. i guess this is what it's gonna feel like when fh starts. ah well, time to shower and watch a movie, generally make the most of what summer i've got left.

Sunday, 8.4.02--01:22 a.m.
zorro

watching zorro. this is such a great show, i mean, come on: black and white, terrible actors, spanish people who eat too much, it's a classic. anyway, we drove back from la playa y la casa de mi abuela ayer. it was a five hour drive. well, we stopped at this restaurant/motel that's right after the bay bridge. it was packed, people filled it wall to wall, literally. it was well worth the 1 hr stop though, they have the best milkshakes and crab soup i've ever had. the rest of the trip was uneventful, i slept through most of it. i've got many stories to tell about the beach though. we went to one of the places on assateague, so there were lots of wild ponies. one of them decided it wanted to eat our garbage. heh luckily, a kind-hearted stranger grabbed the bag before the pony shook it. there were a couple times during the day when the ponies wandered by, and so i would run up out of the water (no waves by the way), grab my sketchbook and draw like crazy. didn't get one good sketch. really annoyed me. i need to start drawing/painting more things. not just hands, feet, and faces. although, i'm getting pretty good at the hand thing. most people hate drawing them. i like it. :) but back to the beach. we visited the boardwalk, and stopped in one of those arcade things. mom played one game of skee-ball, and the tickets wouldn't stop coming out! we ended up with like 900 of them, enough for laura and i to get these little taz stuffed animals. you know, the kind they hang from the ceiling that no one can ever get. well ha! we beat the system... and mom never wins anything either. umm, we rode the ferris wheel, and went in a couple of those beach front junk shops. laura found these shorts that say 'pennsylvania girl' on the butt, so i got them. heh, they amused me. i have way too many pairs of shorts now. not that i can wear any of them to school mind you... we also bought dolle's caramel popcorn and saltwater taffy. its a tradition, except now it costs about $8 more than it used to. fun! so, yeah, that's my vacation.

went and saw signs today with joe. it was a really good movie, in my opinion. i won't ruin it for anyone, but it's not exactly about what i thought it was gonna be about.everyone: handel's has the best peach ice cream you will ever eat. ever. go get some now. that was my dinner tonight. i feel like i should go eat something real now. maybe i will. like an oreo. heh... but yeah, so i have 8 days until fh starts, and joe has 16 days until he leaves for college. gotta make the best of it. and i still need to do any things on my 'summer to do' list. gotta get busy. i finished Garp at gmas. stayed up until 2:30 doing so, but it was worth it. good book. now i just have to re-read Being Good nd Mists of Avalon and finish the other half dozen books im in the middle of. going to bed now. adios

Days Until LotR Comes Out On Video: 3

Friday, 8.2.02--12:01 p.m.
carry-out to home

tales of the beach soon to come...

Tuesday, 7.30.02--09:56 p.m.
what a wingding

this my dears, is what i do when i am bored.


What obscure band are you?

cool, eh? i think so. im very proud of myself, i actually went running today! and it was actually relaxing, i loved it. field hockey starts soon, and i can't wait. it's what comes after fh starts that bothers me. i dont want to go back to all the stress and grade analyzing and being eternally tired. makes me sad. i should stop thinking about it. just like i should stop beating myself up for not doing stuff. for example: i SHOULD call kasey and tyler (shoulda done that at the beginning of summer...), find a place to volunteer, paint something, run everyday, write to people at camp etc... just hasnt happened yet, and i continuously think about it. bad! oh well, maybe sleep will help :)

Sunday, 7.28.02--05:21 p.m.
what's your name

it's an Art Day. it had better be an Art Day. i will make it an Art Day! it's really frustrating, and i don't get it. don't get me wrong,i LOVE art, but i never seem to get around to DOING it. my house and family are anything but artistic, what with mom and her insane-cleanness and non-spontaneity, my sister and her 'oh let's watch tv all day' philosophy and dad, who's never here. although right now, he is, and has major back problems. no good. so! i took a shower put on my barenaked ladies cd, and am now in an art mood! yay! first time this has happened in.... well, a long time. i shall go work wonders with a paintbrush now! if i can find a clean one. hmm.. :)

oreo count: 0
fig Newton count: 4

(we only have the spring oreos, with a few stale original ones thrown in. they aren't nearly as good as my normal double stuf chocolate ones, so i resort to the mushy goodness of fig newtons. mmmmm)

Sunday, 7.28.02--03:42 p.m.
i wanted a job and i wanted to live alone, that made me a sexual suspect

so. it is the end of july. only about 15 more days until fh starts, and i have yet to do anything on my 'things to do this summer' list. how depressing. i wonder if 15 days is enough time to paint my bed, go to hershey park, volunteer at a nursing home, read like 20 books, make a 'movie', paint my grandma a watercolor, go to the beach, get together with kasey and tyler, work on alg 2, and go kayaking? and that's without even looking at the list, either. bah! and i have no motivation either, im just dreading go back to that prison they call 'school.' i shouldn't even be talking about this, really, i should be NOT sitting here, and actually doing something. only problem is... im still sitting here. oh wow, must stop rambling. i might go take a nap. i woke up at 6:30 this morning, to the sound of a huge thunderclap. nice way to wake up, eh? but, really, rainstorms are cool. the gutter on my roof glugs though, it kinda figures. lalala. im gonna go read some more of Garp. the book is so much better than the movie, which, coincidentally, is on right now. may the force be with you!

Friday, 7.26.02--03:58 p.m.
adjectives on the typewriter he moves his words like a prizefighter

went and saw the new austin powers flick. it was kinda lame, they tried too hard to make it funny... after awhile i just wanted it to end. bleh, mind numbing. but still fun nonetheless, as long as friends are present :) oh, and to top it all off, we're all gonna watch crossroads tonight. talk about bad movies! i should do more worthwhile stuff, since we only have like, what, a month or so left of summer vacation?? bleh, not fun. oh, i finished Being Good last night. it was ok, lots of common sense stuff and philosopher's theories. good nonetheless though, i need to read it again so i make sure i understand it all.

Forget about the reasons and
The treasons we are seeking
Forget about the notion that
Your emotions can be swept away
Intentions are not wicked,
Don't be tricked into thinking so
Soon we will all find our lives swept away
-DMB Seek Up

Thursday, 7.25.02--04:00 p.m.
loofa

do you have any idea how many words there are for bathroom?? theres: toiletroom, washroom, loo, water closet/wc, powder room... i had more, i just forget them. oh, and guess what? THE GUM I BOUGHT ISN'T STALE! score! i always buy gum at rutters, and then figure out that its been sitting on a shelf for like a year. i'll have to go to giant more often. other purchase made: copy of the rolling stone, and some limes. mmm. gotta love the limes. oh, got my hair cut and went to vito's for lunch, fun times! i'e come to a conclusion: my family is awesome, but i really dont like them always hanging around when i hve friends over and stuff. i'ts just not good. oh, and my keyboard sticks. forgive any typos.

Wednesday, 7.24.02--11:38 p.m.
will you call my name?

im boooored. and should be sleeping, or better yet, reading! or drawing or painting, just not sitting here. oh well, i'll get around to it.

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Wednesday, 7.24.02--06:31 p.m.
standing streching every nerve

this is too great to leave on my other page, where no one sees it. actually, no one'll see it here either. oh well, just for the heck of it:

The Uthus Love... as told by Eric Uthus
You know me as funny, pathetic, and caring,
Childish, obnoxious, loud, and annoying.
But the world is like your friends, can't forget it with a shove,
Have you heard what people are now calling The Uthus Love?
It's overwheling, joyful, something you can't get out of your mind,
Until you feel that special feeling, which makes your stomach grind.
The Uthus Love spreads like wildfire, a disease with no immunity,
It will pound you to a pulp, and see how much love there is in me.
So look upon yourselves fellow classmates, and see around and above,
Hearing these heart-felt harmonies, have you felt The Uthus Love?

Wednesday, 7.24.02--05:33 p.m.
and i wonder where these dreams go when the world gets in your way

time for a new page, again. yeah, maybe this'll force me to relearn html, fun! but for now, it might be a good idea to get used to the lack of an interesting format.

i think we should get rid of money, and fire all sears fix-it people who make you wait around at home all day, and then never show up. it would really make the world a better place. on another note, rain makes me happy :) i think it should rain now.

oreo count: 1

go listen to acoustic #3 byt the goo goo dolls. it's great.