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speedstress87
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Birthday: 1/7/1921
Gender: Female
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i love:
chocolate. oldies. taking back sunday. something corporate. brand new. nirvana. witty humor. bright eyes. sarcasm. scrabble. snl. death cab for cutie. the oc. hawthorne heights. writing. senses fail. poetry. coldplay. reading. roller coasters. eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. e.e. cummings. elliott smith. the early november. vintage. my chemical romance. matchbook romance. art. feminism. saves the day. barnes & noble. dashboard confessional. mae. cheesesteaks. smile empty soul. anne taintor. fall out boy. ryan atwood. artsy movies. afi. frank sinatra. the beatles. brownie sundaes. the postal service. norman rockwell. everclear. cookie dough
i hate:
chemistry. hot dogs. oranges. disappointment. math. playboy. evangelism. sexism. gangster rap. cockiness. the mass media. pushovers. bad grammar. bad spelling. animal prints. ignorance. celery. salad. your mom.
Expertise: i play a mean game of scrabble. mmm hmmm
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Member Since:
2/20/2004
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ok, first off: i am an official howard high school alumna.
freaky, kind of.
i have to say i'm a little disappointed. i was expecting a major
epiphany--the whole "ohmigod, high school is over, i'm not a kid, blah
blah," that everyone on tv seems to go through. i thought it would
finally hit me at graduation, but it never did.
it's kind of like
turning sweet 16 and never having been kissed {been there} . . .
i'm still waiting for something.
epiphanies aside, this year wasn't too bad. people are always all
angsty about high school, but honestly, i love(ed?) howard. for real,
yo.
here's some proof:
homecoming 05; lovely
appropriately titled "freddiemonkey"
nhs bowlathon. whenever i look at it, i think betsy's arm is mine.
hottest human knot i've ever seen
as becca eloquently put it, rach, rach, me, and alex's thumb
spanish field trip at some gorgeous restaurant where em wants to be proposed to. oh, and paul is a thug.
a ton of people got cut off there. prom was mad fun, esp cause em and i were so well coordinated
and again! em and i have the dress thing down. boat trip was one of the best school functions eveeeer
a meticulosuly posed photo on the dock
very mary-kate and ashley-esque, don't you think? i love that girl.
ostiguy pimpin it up.
betsy's maddd awesome grad party, and my two best friends fo lyyyyfe
em and i together and neither of us is eating! i am so glad this moment was documented
so far, this summer has already been awesome. senior week was
drama-free, the grad parties were great, although it sucks that they're all over. and i loved seeing my sister
(who left 5 hours ago and who i already incredibly miss).
i have yet to be bored, which is great, because being bored sucks balls. just this week, i went to:
+the racetrack
+columbia lakefront festival
+breezy point (beach on the chesapeake)
+old ellicott city
+washington d.c.
+the national museum of art
+hirshhorm museum
+my favorite shakespeare play (a midsummer night's dream)
+swimming in a mad cool quarry
for anyone who likes art, the hirshhorn museum of modern art is
absolutely amazing--where else can you see a five foot stick of butter
in a jail cell?
and now i'm going to go eat some "tunnel of fudge" bundt
cake (600 calories a slice, baby) and watch snl. and subconsciously
panic over monday, when i will go to college orientation and proceed to
fail my math placement exam. and they will wonder why they put me
in honors. and they will wonder how i even function mentally. wish me luck!
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ok, so i tried to fight my obsessive compulsive listmaking, but i just couldn't. check it out . . .
1. may 25=blue & white day!
2. may 27=last day of high school EVER/boat trip/sleepover?
3. may 31=graduation
4. june 1-june 4=senior week!
5. throw in about 6 graduation parties up to this point
6. june 8=killers concert
7. june 11-17=one of my favorite people in the world (aka my sister) visits
8. june 20-21=college orientation
the most beautiful list ever, yes? i can't wait.
and now comes my rant.
ever seen mtv's "i want a famous face?" i just watched it, and i
found that it just gets more disturbing with each episode.
the girl wanted to look like brooke burns, and so she got a boob job
and liposuction on her thighs, her back, and her
"saddlebags." funny thing is, SHE HAD NO SADDLEBAGS! she
was completely thin. and she did it all because she said she was
horribly self-conscious about her body, which is ironic because her
sole occupation was working as a swimsuit contestant.
self-conscious, my ass (which, according to her, probably needs
lipsuction, too). it was absolutely crazy.
although i
definitely admit to finding shows like that entertaining, i think they
send an awful message; they tell us that your looks are the sole path
to happiness (read: unattractive people are doomed), confidence can be
bought, and our appearances determine our worth. plus, the
fact that they often showcase people who are already thin and beautiful
pre-surgery just magnifies the insecurities of the 99% of the
population that isn't so fortunate.
i don't know if anyone else at all sees this, but that's definitely
what i get out of shows like that. and even if you don't notice it, i
still think it's bound to affect you on a subliminal level.
what do you think?
and so as not to ruin the whole happy vibe of my entry, check out these pretty skirts. and how awesome is this.
i'll write again as a high school graduate.
{.holler.}
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so, after one month of
stress
sleeplessness
proscrastination
indecision
and overall pain,
i mailed my college confirmation.
guess the school i sent it to, and you get a cookie
(home-baked, of course)
::EDIT::
yes, i'm a terp.
woot?
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ok, so i'm in a really good mood right now. now, you would think
this was a good thing, but it's just weirding me out; happiness
does not seem at all appropriate considering the stress of my current
predicament. thus, being a cynic, i am attributing my good mood
to sleep deprivation and the oncoming of a nervous breakdown.
no, i'm not a drama queen.
on a more positive (and perhaps naive) note, i will attribute this good mood to:
1) manu chao. spanish/english/french/arabic music all in one is freakin amazing.
2) after just one day, the director of college park's women's studies
program emailed me back answering all of the questions i had when i met
her yesterday.
3) she told me md does in fact have a lit mag.
4) the OC rocked (superficiality does not escape me).
so i still am in a current college committment limbo. and its
painful. but it will be over soon, hopefully with the right result.
prom is tomorrow and i'm honestly not too excited. i hope i get more than i expect.
and with that, i will leave with a lovely picture from the cross
country meet the day of homecoming. why? because it
makes me happy. woohoo, one more for the list.
and now i must go work on that sleep deprivation thing.
buuuuuut first i will take a shower while blasting disney's princess collection. yeah baby.
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vs.
emerson college vs.college park.
new&exciting vs. safe&secure.
two weeks to decide.
i need an answer.
any suggestions?
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