GetOffMyPeaches

01:31 am: Howling At The Moon (Sha-La-La)

Friday night, at home, playing on ITunes and apparently making what seems to be my annual appearance on LJ…

 

Not quite sure what prompted this entry, but I felt the need to reflect on some things going on in life lately and chose this as my venue. So to those of you who still remember my lame-ass who fell off the face of the planet, read on…

 

 

 

 

I’m happy because:

 

I have a boyfriend who loves me endlessly.

 

I have a great relationship with my mother now. Someone told me once that you can never truly grow as a person until you learn forgiveness (preachy, I know). It’s been a work in progress for the last year or so, but its amazing how much truth and honesty can repair in a wounded relationship. Now, I consider her to be my best friend.

 

I have my health.

 

‘THE POLICE’ HAVE REUNITED!!!

 

I still have my great-grandmother alive and well. She turned 100 years old last August and doesn’t show any signs of quitting any time soon. She is an incredible inspiration, I just wish I had more opportunities to visit with her more.

 

I have found the best chapstick in the WORLD – Jamba Juice Orange Dream Machine.

 

I went to Ireland a few months ago, a truly amazing experience I will remember the rest of my life.

 

I will be seeing ‘Wicked’ in June for my b-day…with my momma.

 

It is Friday.

 

 

 

 

I am frustrated because:

 

Although my boyfriend loves me endlessly, that doesn’t seem to stop him from treating me like poo. Yes, still with Mikee.

 

I am not being challenged enough at my job. Yes, still at Princess.

 

I am still working on the school thing, currently in the middle of the transferring process…I think.

 

I have such an awkward living situation. Sharon (aka ‘the wife’) seems to be content wallowing in her own misery that living here has caused her. My father simply ignores the constant bitching. Oh yeah, she still has a fear of driving. My only saving grace under this roof was my brother but the he moved out a couple months ago and within the following week, my step-sister was moved into his room. And she brought her dog. And just bought another one. Fucking hell.

 

My bamboo plant is dying.

 

I have gained some weight. Not a lot, but enough to notice which pisses me off. I guess that’s what sitting at a desk all day does to a person over time, eh?

 

I miss people. I had a dream the other night that was more of a flashback. It took place in Matt’s house where we were all pajama-clad sitting in his living room grubbing on chicken nuggets and taquitos. We were watching ‘Labyrinth’. All who were present – Matt, Paul, Jenn and Niki.

 

I have a tendency to lose touch with people I care about.

 

 

 

 

I am relieved because:

 

The charter group I have been working on at work FINALLY sails this weekend. Life can now go on.

 

I just paid off my gas bill.

 

My mom is healthy.

 

My brother is starting to pull his head out of his ass. He hurt himself at work and has been on disability, but never saw a doctor or treatment (at which during this time, his head was firmly planted in his ass) and he wound up hurting himself even worse. Now he seems to be taking the right steps to take care of himself. Or that’s what he tells me.

 

I just relieved myself.

 

 

 

 

I am worried because:

 

I don’t know if I will get into school. *fingers crossed*

 

I sometimes feel like I am in a relationship that may not be the best for either party involved. I stay where I am because I am in love and because I am comfortable. Am I happy? Most of the time, but not all the time. Not tonight, any way.

 

I fear that my brother will not pull his head out of his ass successfully. Maybe he needs someone to keep him in line, a good bitch-slapping would do him some good I think.

 

My grandpa is alone now.

 

I haven’t figured out my career path yet.

 

Hillary Clinton may be our next President…?

 

An earthquake is going to hit one day that will result in Las Vegas becoming beachfront property.

 

 

 

OK, I think that pretty much covers everything currently running through my head. If I find myself at home in a boyfriend-loathing stupor again any time soon, it may be less than a year before I am back here again. I’m going to go make tea. Then sleep. So to all, a good night.

 

Remember to floss.  

01:56 am: guess who's back...
So I was down on Santa Monica about a couple hours ago at the 7-11 across the street from the Nuart. The moisture in the thick air, the bums on the corners, the still vacant theater across the way that would soon see scantily clad Rocky goers…it brought me back, man.

I was actually coming back from my friend’s dinner get-together for her 21st b-day, I had to head home early cuz I have work tomorrow at 8:30. So here I am, home considerably earlier than I normally am and I got to tinkering around my computer and realized it was about time for my semi-annual posting on livejournal…if anyone still posts here since the wave of myspace.com hit. But I figured what the hell, there may still be people out there who care enough to read about my life since my last post god knows when. So on we go…

Working at Princess Cruises for just about a year or so – and its ok. Im quite sick of my dept (reservations sales) where im basically talking to the general public/travel agents about bookings and how fabulous our company is, blah blah blah. It a cool place to be benefits wise and the pay is decent, but I need to find a new home there cuz Ive really started to develop a hatred for people all together because I now realize how STOOOOOPID they are. Any hoo, job is working for now, mainly cuz its close to home/school and I have a consistent schedule. Now on to other things…

School – still in it. Believe it or not – still at COC aka College of the Crayons. But don’t worry, im in my last semester and then Im done with that hell hole. I kinda slacked off a couple semesters by only taking 1 or 2 classes which is why my educational career still resides there. But once im done this fall, I plan on treating myself to a celebration cruise and then its off to CSUN, I hope. Or that’s the plan for the time being.

Love life – yeah, ive got one. Coming up on 2 years this November for Mikee and myself. I would definitely say that we are happy together but just on very different paths. I am at work and school – full time each, while he has been struggling to find a steady job for some time and although he plans on career college, isn’t of much priority right now. So basically he has all the time in the world with his day when on almost any given day of the week the earliest I can see him is about 10 pm. It sucks big hairy monkey balls that we are on just different chapters of our lives and usually whenever were together im falling asleep on his ass cuz im always so fucking exhausted after my day. But at the same time he makes me breakfast in bed on days I get to sleep in and records all my favorite shows so that I don’t miss them (btw, “weeds” and “prison break” are the shizzzzzznit!!!), so its in all the little things that make up for everything else. Ive never been one to require much spending for any way, as long as I can feel the love, which I definitely do. So with that being said, things are all good in the love department.

What else can I blab on about….hmmm…I just bought some pumpkin ale at whole foods yesterday. I saw it and it immediately took my back to the parking lot outside the Nuart, where corey had offered me a taste of the seasonal goodness he was sipping on. Ever since, I hadn’t really looked for it, but in the wake of my 21st birthday (this past june actually) and now that I can not only look for it but I can purchase it too, I saw it and I had to get it. So yes, hooray for pumpkin ale.

So I don’t know if anyone still talks to niki. Its been well over a year since ive heard or seen of her. In all honesty, I hope she is well. Ive known that girl since elementary school and weve gone through a lot together. I just couldn’t watch her become the person that piece of cock-shit boyfriend of her’s was turning her into. But what the fuck do I know at this point? - it has been over a year. But I just go by what I saw forming when I was still around, and it truly made me sad to see my now and then ditzy, loud mouthed, attitude 3 times her size (like a true Columbian) but still sweetheart of a friend turn into a docile and passive girlfriend of a reckless and uninhibited psycho who she seemingly choose over her friends. Yes, it sounds like im quite bitter over it, and the truth is that I am. Her and JeNn where my girls and I miss them dearly. I can only hope JeNn is ok, a couple weeks we were playing phone tag when she was back up here in SCV for a few days, then I saw her brother a week later and he told me that she left for the day and didn’t come home. Before that, its been months since ive seen or talked to her. I don’t know if anyone on here is still in contact with either of them, but I just hope they are both healthy and happy doing whatever it is their lives entail these days.

Blah, blah, ok starting to get tired. Ummm, fawk. I need to clean my room. Yeah, still live at home…with dad, and the trophy wife, and her kid – whos actually turned out to be a pretty cool kid, and of course my brother. But my brother and I have always gotten along well with each other. In fact, theres been talk of once were both financially set, we may get a place together. Depends on what happens with Mikee and when this would actually be taking place all together, but for now its nice to think of the prospect of getting out of this sick and twisted brady bunch from hell scenario ive been living in for the last 13 months.

Whoa! Paul just IMed me! Jesus, this night has been one crazy blast from the past.

Oh, yeah, I got rear ended AND got pulled over all within the same half hour today. Got rear ended at a busy intersection and the rat bastard boned out so im stuck with a huge indent of someones license plate frame on my rear bumper. Then with my adrenaline pumping full throttle, I was popped going 7 miles over the speed limit on soledad. But the cop showed some mercy on me and let me go, but not without ripping me a new one about being a law biding citizen on the roads and next time they wont be so forgiving. Puleez, I pulled the damsel in distress and was wearing a low cut shirt – can you blame me for taking advantage of the situation?

Ummmmmm, yes, Im out of things to talk about. Oh, wait…one more thing, I plan on buying the “Family Guy Movie” whenever it comes out, if not already. I think I will go investigate that tomorrow after work. Well, I think its time I head to bed, so I bid you all farewell for now. Hopefully I will be back sooner than later with another update updating you all with the same damn things as before. Until then, take care of yourselves and each other. Ciao.

12:58 pm: What in the...?
Could it be? Could it really, actually, truly, honest to Gob possibly be?

*GASP!!!*

Yes! Leanna has once again come out of her hole to make her once in a god-damn blue moon post on LJ! Shit. Its been a while since ive done this so…ummm…GOAT SEX!

Ok seriously, I don’t know what drove me to visit my ever-so neglected LJ community, but here I am, so im just gonna ramble on for a bit, cuz that’s what you do in a place like this.

So since I haven’t talked to many of you in 3504860455.5986 light years, I guess ill catch you up to what ive been doing lately. I still live at home with my dad, my bro and my cute doggie, but as of 2ish months ago dad got himself hitched so now we have his twiggishly delightful wife, Sharon and her looks-nothing-like-anyone-in-her-family-kinda-have-to-wonder-if-hes-adopted 11 year old son, Jeff. Needless to say, life has been interesting these last couple months. Were still getting to know each other and learning how to live with one another at the same time which is…interesting. Jeff is one weird fucking kid. But I guess we were all kinda weird at that age, so its all good. As for dealing with this new woman of the house, its been…interesting. But I will say that she cant cook for shit.

But hey, its cool, cuz I don’t plan on living here forever! But for now, im broke as a motherfucking joke so living at home for free aint to shabby. Besides, im at school/work or with my boyfriend most of the time so its not like im home much (which would explain my non-posting tendencies).

Any hoo, on with the rest of my life! School: yeah, im still at College of the Crayons aka COC, but not for long. Hopefully after busting my ass this semester and next (and maybe summer school if need be) ill graduate/transfer with my AA in gen studies. It sux that this school process is lagging, but as long as im ok with it, you should be too. Alright, enough about school, i have a new job now too! So for all of you who vowed to come visit me at the bookstore no longer can because I have relocated my services to that of Princess Cruises, baby! Im starting out as a bit of a scrub (reservations support agent = call center bitch), but that usually changes in about 6 months, so im cool with it.

Ok, enough about work, im sure at least a handful of you (if you still remember who I am) might be wondering about my love life. I am pleased to report that I am UBER HAPPY as can be with my UBER SEXY boyfriend, Mikee. Its been a month shy of a year for us and I cant believe how crazy-in-love I am with him. Even tho we see each other every day, it still doesn’t feel like enough. Ive never known the feeling of not being able to get enough of a person and that feeling has yet to fade. Its simply amazing.

So yes, life if good. I still talk to some of the good ol’ homies. I have been bumping into jenntropy a lot lately at school which has been nothing short of awesome! Monday night Fable, biooootch!!!! However, im sorry to say I don’t talk to or see much of cherrykitt these days. She started dating this big, fat, fresh out of your mother’s ass piece of shit a while back, who was cool for a while, but not so much. I figure as long as shes going to let someone like that ruin and control her life, I really don’t want to be around to see it. So cherrykitt, if youre reading this, I really hope you know what youre doing with this piece of ass cock shit and he was worth dropping your friends for.

Lets see, I still catch THE SHAD every now and then which is muy bueno. Its good to know he hasn’t killed himself on his distgustingly SIIIIIIIICK bike. Yeah Paul, that’s right, you know you cream your panties every time you hop on that bad bitch. And I don’t mind saying that I prolly would too. Just try not to die, k?

However, I do miss those peeps I don’t talk to quite so much as I used to. I still hear from evilmre and rydot every so often, who are a couple goof balls I miss. Maybe, if people are still going, ill get my lazy ass out of bed one Saturday night and go to Rocky, yes? Perhaps, we will see, hmm? But for the other Rocky goof balls and other miscellaneous peeps I don’t talk to so often, I have a big, huge ‘HI, HELLO AND YOU ROCK!’ to say to the likes of aphyllophorales, berniebrad, boymaenad, cuteovaries, danabean, kittycat637, larmesdelange, lemoncake, lifeofreilly, mandiefavor, midnitewolf, miss_marianne, misterj, ravnos1313, sexychicken, thetelevator, tizzy_lish!!!!

Well, im not sure of what else to say. So my little lovelies, for now I will bid adieu, but who knows when I will be back…so be good and long live GOAT SEX.

*bows out*

03:25 pm: *pokes head out of the hole you all must think ive been living in*
*waves exuberantly*

hi peoples!

yes, i am indeed alive! thought some of you may like to know. = )

i like the history channel...and cinnamon toast crunch too.

ok, that is all for now. much life and love to you all.

lets be careful out there, shall we?

*hugs to go around*

peeeeeeeeeeace

02:18 am: m-m-meah!!!
so the ever allusive leanna has returned to make another post.

prepare yourselves.

so xmas was kinda cool. it was my brothers birthday and he turned 21. all he wanted to do was sleep. and thats what he did. sleep...on his 21st birthday. all the live long day. well, at the very least, he got exactly what he wanted. rock on, chris!

i got a lot of cash/gift certificates to cool places. i cannot convey in words how happy i am now that my family knows the best thing to get me is MONEY. no more 10.99 sweaters from TJ Max...*two thumbs up*

THANK YOU JOE PESCHI!

ok, wierd...

some sad news...my great-grandmother is coming to her bitter end. might have to go spend a few days in mission viejo depending on the next coupla days. i wont elaborate on this too much, but i will say that the woman is 98 years old and shes lived a DAAAAYUM good life. *yay optimism!*

so new years...was supposed to go to frisco to get jiggy at the cow palace. but as most cool ideas pan out, this one didnt. so prolly just gonna do something at least semi-local. should be good times. my only requirement is jello. = )

speaking of the jello...

should i speak of the jello, i wonder?

hmmmm...

well, for those of you who are wondering, my jello and i are getting along just fine. couldnt be happier. *smiles galour*

so i went to rocky this last weekend. twas interesting. saw many missed faces. i should be returning back to the show a bit more regularly pretty soon. it was great to see you all again.

o'doyle rules!!

doooood, i went through our new starbucks drive thru for the first time tonight. IT WAS SO COOL!

ok, so is it just me, or is Pierce Brosnon the biggest pussy of all the James Bonds? hes just too british rico suave and doesnt kick enough ass.

so has much else been going on?

nope, not that i can recall.

so i guess you didnt have to prepare yourselves for very much. sorry, for the unnecessary suspense. i know i could just scroll up and delete what i said, but i prefer to leave it. just because i can.

so a belated merry christmas to all and to all a good flight.

have a pleasant new year too, of course.

have an even more pleasant tomorrow. = )

much love to each and every one of you. yes, you too. and that includes you, as well. and of course i mean you, and i especially mean you.

*hugs*

01:36 am: uhhh...
your mother.

dunno, im bored.

nite.

10:50 pm: something to ponder over...
why was betty rubble never a flintstones vitamin?

06:40 pm: camoflaghed camels coming from cambodia to count chromosomes in colorful cuban cubicles
AC go *BOOM!!!* a couple days ago.

aint that a bitch.

ps - i *heart* my new icon.

02:26 pm: doh!
im working in the topanga store tonight. tis such a tiny little store.

my hair is wet. im craving greek food.

i just noticed that there is a red light on my phone that serves no purpose at all.

saw 'pirates' last night. story line was interesting, although predictable/cliche at moments. hell, its a pirate movie, and for that, it was pretty damn good! i HATE rachel ferris!!! you know those stupid cds of 'up and coming' artists they put on the lid of your drink and then they make you listen to their crappy music for 20 minutes before the movie starts? yeah, i hate her! she has ugly shoes. 'i am not the girl im going to be'. WTF, does that mean shes gonna have a sex change?

k, have to leave soon. this sucks, i have to leave an hour before my shift starts to make it there on time. friggin crap. at least its a pretty drive going through topanga canyon tho! = ) yay optimism!!!

04:22 pm: dog shit taco!!!
today is my last day of vacation. they actually tried calling me in tonight, but sorry, no dice. i WANT my last day off, damnit! but i am really happy to be going back finally.

yesterday was friggin awesome! went to DISNEYLAND with niki and we owned the place. we were walking around downtown disney first and stopped in the build-a-bear place. oh yes, we built bears! she got a purple one dressed as tink (duh) and i got a leopard dressed as snow white (for the sake of randomness).

then we hit up california adventure. to those of you who think that place is lame, i have a big 'FUCK YOU' to send out. we only went on soarin and the roller coaster whatever-the-hell-its-called. soarin made me cry, it was that cool. or im just a girl. any hoo, that place rooooocks! then we hopped over to DISNEYLAND and hung out there for a bit. rode a few rides, grubbed on clam chowder (gaaaah), ran into mike for .4837 seconds then headed over to HOB. mind driver played a kickass show. they debuted a new song which was awesome. those guys are all so sweet and theyre always great to see perform.

once we were done there, niki and i hauled ass back over to DISNEYLAND just in time for fantasmic. we kinda had a crappy view, but it worked. the moment didnt really hold the same kind of sentimental value as the last time i saw it, but it was still an amazing show. i dunno, bittersweet memories i guess. ran into lots of those yesterday. *sigh* niki offered to make out with me on pirates if it would help. hehe i love you, girl. so the show ended and we were passing by pirates and the guy was still letting people on the ride! woo!!! so we rode it a second time and killed a good 25 minutes so the park was practically empty by the time we got out.

so we took off, feeling satisfied with our day, carlos called to talk about the show and greg wanted us to stop by. so we did and we watched wax furniture in the making and we drew on niki with sharpies. hes leaving for germany in a month and a half for his school. ill be sad to see him go, but hes wanted this for 3ish years and he gets to be with his gf. but we always have the sweet canadian mullet.

dont begin something for it to end and dont end something for it to begin. never heard that before.

k, get to do laundry. peace out mah peoples.

03:37 am: shhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
i am assuming that by now jenn has peed...is that how you spell it? peed? as in pee in the past tense? 'peed' for some reason sounds like a noun. *still kinda tipsy* ok fine, i sure as hell hope that jenn has RELIEVED HERSELF by now.

shhhhhh!!

tonight was fun, minus the few exceptions. yeah. dave told me that my attitude towards people and the situations i find myself in amuses him. i took it as a compliment. danielle brought me cookies - i love her so much. normandies hair is so cute. evan experienced all that is naked cock tub. w00t! ryan didnt move. he was there, but that was to be expected. we threw grass. i sang a little bit...but they sang more. peach schnopppppps!!! wassup frederick. had an interesting discussion with greg. i made dana laugh...not even if it were on someone else. twas a funny thing.

shhhhhhhhhhh!!!

yay jonathan/bernie!!!!

jared totally felt the wrath of rocky...yeah, you know...

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

k, i am still scantily clad in luau attire, so im gonna go do something about that. then its sleepy time.

10:19 pm: i want to ride my biiiiiiicycle
dads leaving tomorrow...tummy hurts...niki has most of her columbia stuff together...yay niki...luau is tomorrow...should be...fun...*designated driver raises hand*...hope things are ok with jenn...hope things are ok with jenns dad too...wingapo, jenn...wingapo...im thirsty...i have green tea!...greg flipped over the trash can...bling bling...paul told his little nephew that he was going to take him to disneyland and instead took him to a burnt down warehouse and told him that disneyland burned down...sleepy...

01:30 am: back to school, to prove to dad that im not a fool...
so i registered for classes today. go me. schedule:
eng 101 - comp/lit (about friggin time, eh?)
psych 109 - social psych
psych 240 - abnormal psych
philosophy 205 - intro to logic
polisci 150 - american gov/politics

15 units, most classes are in the afternoon/evening (yay sleep!) and i have fridays off again this semester. i *heart* my schedule. im not really taking any BS classes tho. ill prolly take a couple fun ones next semester. i cant wait to go back to school. summer is great for what its worth, but im realizing why i start hating it about half way through. i seriously have no focus right now. i need to keep busy. work can only do so much and ive had these last 2 weeks off. but even when im working, i mean, how focused does one need to be to sell books? at least it would be something to do, i guess. *counting down until aug 18th*

hahaha! my brother rocks like none other. i opened my freezer expecting only to see ice and fish sticks, but no. there was something else, something foreign, something beyond all conceivable greatness that can only be found in a freezer. my 2 best friends, BEN & FUCKIN JERRY!!! on the front of its pintly perfection was a note that said 'youve seemed down lately, hope this cheers you up. -chris' im so ecstatic over this, its almost pathetic. but i dont care. phish food OWNS me!!! hooray for kick ass brothers!

05:40 am: i hear sprinklers...
i viscously crush it with my fist whilst giving her crazy eyes. youve gotta dominate these thai women or theyll get all loco and piss in your rice wine.

that is all.

03:33 am: i really liked him a lot. i wish things werent so completely fucked. i wanted so badly for things to work out. i told him our relationship up to this point had been 'so volatile and were both miserable'. he didnt say much. he said that he will miss me. and then he said good night. i cant think rationally about this right now. im so emotionally scattered i can hardly think coherent thoughts (added to the fact that its 4:something am). i miss him. ive been missing him...even when were together. i wish he could be here. shit, he doesnt even have to be HERE, but just not an hour and a half drive away. i love the way he would hold my hand and sporadically kiss it every now and then. he would kiss me so sweetly and passionately. when i say 'passionate', its usually a nice way of saying the guy is throwing his tongue so far back in your throat that hes about to swallow your head - not the case. it was tender and delicate...like each kiss had its own meaning. hes right, when we were together, we were 'disgustingly cute'. and it was great.

i miss him.

a lot of people talked shit. i wish i could have just ignored such things. i know hes been nothing but genuine with his feelings since day one. nothing that anyone has to tell me can make me think otherwise in regards to that. but something was holding me back. something caused my hesitancy. something caused my discomfort. sadly enough, that was all starting to fade and i was feeling like i was in the right place. and he could be the right person.

shit! i hate how dramatic im being. ive been involved with him (however involved we were) for something like 2 months. i make things seem like he was my soul mate and we had something of godly proportions. i think whats making me so depressed is that it could have been a possibility. within weeks of knowing eachother, we would have 6 hour conversations about anything and everything and it amazed me how much we have in common and how similar we are in so many ways. i miss that. i miss him.

lol wow. this song just started playing (thanks a bunch sugarcult):

pretty girl is suffering while he confesses everything
pretty soon she'll figure out what his intentions were about
and that's what you get for falling again
you can never get him out of your head
and that's what you get for falling again
you can never get him out of your head

it's the way that he makes you feel
it's the way that he kisses you
it's the way that he makes you fall in love

fuuuuuck the random selection of winamp!!!!!!!

ok, im going to end this here. ummm yeah, im sure when ive regained some sort of composure on this ill post again for making you read this. wait, fuck you! you didnt have to read shit and if you did, its your own damn fault! bah!!!

05:41 pm: i dont want to use my AOL wallet!
damn those pop-ups! damn them!

so its late afternoon/early evening and im a pajama-wearing-messy-haired-makeup-less chick loving life and grubbing on guacamole doritos. *blissful sigh* its been a good day.

had fun last night too. kinda slept the day away then went to chill with cam before he took off for home. niki, jenn and i went to the whiskey to see a B9 show (in which we only had 20ish minutes to get ready and we all looked damn cute!) the new guy, david, Rocks with a capital 'R'. vast improvement, indeed. we also saw crash radio, in which i had been wanting to see them for a while now. after that, we went to justins where we watched animals run into walls and then south park.

i have to register for classes tomorrow. which means i still need to figure out which ones i want to take. i already have a general idea, but i need to narrow it down to how many units i want and i need to work out some sort of schedule. i should do that. i think im going to. laterz.

05:55 am: the city lights burn...
i just got home. i drove around some and then i went to the park to watch the sunrise. i didnt want to go home tonight/today. no one has been able to cheer me up. i dont know what to think. im at a loss of words. loss of thoughts. i draw a blank. or maybe im just at a loss. i am disgusted. (only evan knows why) i am baffled by what some people are capable of doing to others.

what the fuck is this?

im going to lose my mind.

11:55 pm: WARPED TOUR!!!!!
holy holy crap! fuckin awesome!!! woooo!!

5 stages...20 something bands total...some i really could have cared less to see. the ones i did, however, rocked like their lives depended on it. heres some highlights...

simple plan - great energy; the place went nuts. i expected them to be a lot more poppy...still kinda are, but they did a bad religion cover, so you gotta give them some cool points for that

something corporate - theyre always great to see live; one of the better performances of the day in my opinion; very humble/gracious group about their musical stylings; something different but good to add to the mix (especially before pennywise came on)

less than jake - one of the most entertaining performances; wished they would have played some of their older stuff, but they do have quite a selection of songs to choose from; they shot t shirts out of a potato gun from stage during their last song which was great fun

the ataris - not too shabby; they played songs that THEY actually wrote as opposed to the covers they seem to favor

face to face - nothing special; i had never heard much about them but apparently their cd is of better quality than their live performances

dropkick murpheys - all sorts of fun; they have an amazing following and their fans are insane; saw lots of bloody peoples leaving that mosh pit

pennywise - PURE INSANITY! easily the group most people came to see...no shit, its fuckin pennywise!

sum 41 - wasnt too surprised to find out that they suck live; vocals were sketchy and something was seriously up with their bass...

the used - less talk, more rock!

there were others on the smaller stages, some of which were really good. i have known of eleventeen for a while and i finally got to see them live. pretty decent. then much to my dismay, army of freshmen, were there to perform but their name had been neglected to be added to the line up they had posted. that kinda freaked me out at first, but i love seeing those guys live so i went to watch their show, then made my quiet exit. i actually bumped into a couple other bands i know. slick shoes were there and so were bullets n octane. later on, i was walking by the criterion records table and saw a bunch of BnO and MD stuff so i went to check it out. then i got to talking to the guitarist from adair and then to some guy proclaimed as 'the boss' named jeremy. have no clue what he does at criterion but a very cool guy. we have a lot of mutual friends in the OC area and apparently have been to a lot of the same shows, so it was cool to meet/talk with such people.

i got free stuff too! score!!!

only downside is i got a little sunburnt. oh well, small price to pay to the warped tour gods.

11:27 pm: *pins and needles*
my foot is asleep...ants have a stronger sense of smell than dogs do...mens clothing are more comfortable than womens clothing...'i love the 80s' is a great show...i have a belly button too...i wonder if eric clapton actually has a white room with black curtains...woo hoo for gary payton...boo for kobe bryant...bananas are really gross...does it bother anyone else that pinks hair isnt pink?...pink...pink...pink...the word has lost all meaning...is the only place where you can 'have it your way' burger king?...my friend wrote a song called 'shower funk'...lama las cabras...my dad thought lollapalooza was swahili for 'lesbian festival'...no, dad...no...the atomic weight of cobalt is 58.9...thank you egon...im seeing a band called 'switchblade kittens' tomorrow...im seeing another called 'bowling for soup'...i have a mink coat...im not wearing it tho...whats up cameron...i will call him squishy...

02:32 am: i hate this day and age.

i really do...

i want to go somewhere where no one knows who i am. perfect strangers every which way i look. some times i want to know what it would be like to go somewhere completely foreign than what im used to. no sense of belonging. just the nomadic lifestyle of someone aimlessly searching for something to fill the void(s) in her life. there to see if things could be better...or worse. thats what ones youth is most well spent doing, am i right?

to see the possibilities. to see the wonderment that is life outside the box ive lived in for 19 years. learn other ways, other cultures, other customs. see how things go beyond whatever drama presents itself from the day to day life i live in santa fucking clarita. i need a change. i need something to change. do i need to change? perhaps...i need something.

i so flippantly use the world 'need'(i just noticed that). everything i need, i have. but i feel its come to that in order for me to feel like im not just here to amuse and please and comfort those who need amusing and pleasing and comforting. that is all.

ok, im done. ignore all of the above. good night.