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Thursday, October 13th, 2005
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3:10 pm - Giving Myself An Order
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Alisha:
You have your first UCLA essay due tomorrow, which means today is the worst day of your life. Not to worry, there are a few things you can do:
a) don't waste time with livejournal updates.
b) go to a secluded place wearing non-descript clothing and work on your essay. don't look anyone in the eye. just write.
c) don't listen to music or do anything that reminds you of existence outside of your first UCLA essay.
d) write a kick ass fucking paper. (and try to forget the fact your teacher was trained at Harvard).
current mood: will self destruct
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| Tuesday, October 11th, 2005
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4:15 am - if i can't dance than i don't want to be a part of your revolution.
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Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
A medley of extemporanea;
And love is a thing that can never go wrong;
And I am Marie of Romania.
-Dorothy Parker
i have believed in something that disappointed me, and that is the risk of believing. but it is better to color your life with passing loves than to never take a risk at all. after it is over, what have i lost? nothing further than a belief that was meant for a particular time and place anyhow.
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| Wednesday, July 20th, 2005
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11:03 am - "I would like to step out of my heart, and go walking beneath the enormous sky."
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"Considering that, all hatred driven hence
the soul recovers radical innocence,
and learns at last that it is self-delighting,
self-appeasing, self-affrightening,
and that its own sweet will is Heaven's will;
she can, though every face should scowl,
and every windy quarter howl,
or every bellows burst, be happy still."
-William Butlet Yeats from Erica Jong novel.
events in the past week have me sick and down...but things were bound to fall apart. college breaks everyone up. but its good, because it reminds me that I'm young and that I should be doing what I'm supposed to be doing.
I am buying tickets to Costa Rica tomorrow for only $302. and that's with tax, baby. It's the perfect get-away before I get cramped up in a teeny dorm room studying to keep myself afloat at UCLA. I want to intern at the newspaper, join a couple of clubs, get involved in a film/creative project, and spend all my free time guy-watching, visiting my best friends, dancing, going to concerts, eating good food, sunning on the beach, admiring people and clothes on Rodeo, thrift shopping, sushi stuffing, sitting at a park with a good book, going to the good view spots with the hot boys, hanging around the museums, and just taking advantage of all LA has to offer. maybe I wont be cramped up for all that long. ;)
current music: glad and sorry
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| Wednesday, April 13th, 2005
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7:10 pm - just wakin' up in the morning, gotta thank god.
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today was a good day.
but really, these last few months have been good. freakin great, actually. moving out was the best decision. they say its not easy to live on your own, but for the three of us it is. i wanted color music beauty light and i have it. and the best friends, near and far. and beautiful fresh flowers from costa rica. and empty bottles of wine reminding me of nights gone by. the other night we got drunk and everyone picked up a different instrument and we jammed to moby while christine danced. tiddly-wee. who says being young is easy.
on another note: berkeley and ucla have been dragging this shit out for too damn long.
current music: and momma cooked da breakfast wit no hog
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| Tuesday, April 12th, 2005
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12:23 am - Leanna's Talking...
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quote of the night: "whenever i want to cry on call i think of you dying"
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| Tuesday, March 8th, 2005
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3:03 pm - its that time of the season again...
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GOALS AND OTHER THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN(by June):
- the good times with friends
- straight As
- school decisions
- no more tin man boys
- shape up tone up lose weight excercise damnit
- save $$ for big travel
- make mexico happen
- a boy over 21
- guitar and pilates everyday
- do your art thing
- read those books
- uh oh credit card debt
- theme "FUCK IT!!!"
- u are going away soooooooooon
current mood: fucking ready
current music: u dont know jack
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| Tuesday, February 15th, 2005
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5:12 pm - fuck me
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goddamnit i missed the due date for the alumni scholarships goddamnit
current mood: howdidigetthislazy
current music: PUT OUT MORE EFFORT
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| Friday, January 14th, 2005
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10:48 pm
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Dear Family & Friends,
On Thursday, January 20th, President Bush will be sworn into office foranother four years. There are numerous protests scheduled for that day.
The biggest will be in Washington, D.C. There will also be
local protests in every major city throughout the U.S.
But not all of us will be able to participate in these protests and
demonstrations. However, there is a more meaningful protest planned for that day that EVERYONE who
opposes the war in Iraq CAN participate in.
Please join me in:
Not One Damn Dime Day - Jan 20, 2005.
Since our religious leaders will not speak out against the war in Iraq,
since our political leaders don't have the moral courage to oppose it,
since Bush is wasting 40 MILLION dollars on his inauguration
party...while the soldiers have inadequate armor and too few of
them to create or maintain peace in Iraq...
Inauguration Day, Thursday,
January 20th, 2005 is "Not One Damn DimeDay" in America.
On"Not One Damn Dime Day" those who oppose what is happening in our name
in Iraq can speak up with a 24-hour national boycott of all forms of consumer spending.
During "Not One! Damn Dime Day" please
don't spend any money. Not one damn dime for gasoline. Not one damn dime for necessities or for impulse purchases.
Not one damn dime for nothing for 24 hours.
On "Not One Damn Dime Day," please boycott Wal-Mart,
Kmart, and Target...
Please don't go to the mall or the local conveniencestore.
Please don't buy any fast food (or any groceries at all
for that matter).
For 24 hours, please do what you can to shut the retail economy down.
The object is simple.
Remind the people in power that the war in Iraq is immoral and illegal; that they are responsible for starting it and that it is their responsibility to stop it.
"Not One Damn Dime Day" is to remind them, too, that they work for the people of the United States of America, not for the international corporations and K Street lobbyists who represent the corporations and funnel cash into American politics.
"Not One Damn Dime Day" is about supporting
the troops. The politicians put the troops in harm's way.
Now1,300 brave young Americans and (some estimate) 100,00 Iraqis have died.
The politicians owe our troops a plan - a way to come home.
There's no rally to attend. No marching to do. No left or right wing
agenda to rant about.
On "Not One Damn Dime Day" you take action by
doing nothing. You open your mouth by keeping your
wallet closed.
For 24 hours, nothing gets spent, not one damn dime,
to remind our religious leaders and our politicians of their moral
responsibility to end the war in Iraq and give America back to the people.
Please share
this email with as many people as possible.
Bridgit Van
Belleghem
bavanbelleghem@ucdavis.edu
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| Tuesday, December 28th, 2004
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9:14 pm - skip a life completely, stuff it in a cup
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this whole growing up thing has really gotten out of hand. just when ive finished with one decision, there comes another. and they are all big now. big important contractual future shaping decisions. it wasn't always like this. it used to be a thought a feeling an idea-one second and decision made. and it didnt matter too much either way. now im wondering what the hell i thought about with with all that free time when i was younger. dreaming decisions away. ive really got to cut back on rationalization-thought time per day before i start bleeding oil.
current music: egg drop soup conversation
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| Thursday, December 2nd, 2004
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4:36 pm
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)is seeking
input on a new proposed study in which infants in
participating low income families will be monitored
for health impacts as they undergo exposure to known
toxic chemicals over the course of two years. For
taking part in these studies, each family will receive
$970, a free video camera, a T-shirt, and a framed
certificate of appreciation. The study, entitled
Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study
(CHEERS), will look at how chemicals are ingested,
inhaled or absorbed by children ranging from babies to
3 years old.
Please take a moment to follow this link and join tens
of thousands of citizens in petitioning the EPA to
terminate this study prior to its proposed launch in
early 2005.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/epa-alert.htm
current mood: ...i'm sorry, WHAT?!
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| Tuesday, November 9th, 2004
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3:19 pm
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they aren't fucking around with those toll road violations.
current mood: getting out of it
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| Saturday, October 9th, 2004
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6:00 pm - and fate cycles by...
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I LUV NYC.
we should be in boston right now, but new york city calls.
were hanging out at asheesh's apartment in tribeca tonight...he's throwing a kegger on the roof, surrounded by all of the tall financial buildings, down the street from the world trade center. the view is ridiculous. christine and i are the only ones that wont be a nyu music business student, but we are gonna work on our m.r.s. degree tonight. growl.
spent the day at columbia and the met museum...our feet hate us right now...meeting amazing people, everyones got a cool story...
eating a knish this morning, we saw vincent gallo ride by on a rickety old bike. missed him by that much.
god i luv this city. gotta live in this city.
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| Wednesday, September 15th, 2004
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12:03 am
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now you can find me here:
alishajuice
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| Sunday, September 5th, 2004
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8:40 pm - everybody says yesterday paved the way
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i am making tea, deleting pictures, listening to john lennon's imagine, jumping in the pool backwards, reading erica jong in between naps, taking a long hot shower, researching hybrids and ibooks, getting ready for my dads party tomorrow, finally getting around to my homework, a little bit bored but relaxed.
christine comes home tomorrow!
current mood: girl crushes boy
current music: and this is what we get for being lazy
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| Thursday, August 26th, 2004
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3:57 pm - find me and follow me to the academic factory
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somethings: old friends. im so happy when shelly is here...i want her to stay more than anything but vegas is the best path to get where she wants to...my aunt was supposed to visit but shes canceled again, im so disappointed because we would have so much fun with her and i know i can learn a lot-the womans got a law degree from georgetown! and shes a professional photographer and she moved to NYC when she was my age and i love her stories; she went to europe too and we have so much to talk about...so i guess ill have to go out there (NYC) to visit her, because stories are better in person...
im excited for this year...i just got hired with student traveler magazine in advertising, working from home, and it completely depends on me how much i want to make, and i want to make just enough to pay off this summers travel expenses and still have enough for next summer...im looking forward to going back to classes, learning about art and the stars and reading good literature, get my brain working again, i havent written anything im proud of in a long time...more beach days, less tv time...stine and i are finding the most beautiful places to study and relax-it makes all the difference to me...i think about finding a boyfriend sometimes but then i remember that boyfriends are a distraction, a happy distraction, but not one that i need right now...lia, my teacher in paris, called and i think we are going to go to lunch or something. i like her, she's like me in a lot of ways, and we talked about things that i thought id never have in common with anyone. its really random cause she might be as old as my grandma, but we get along so well...i love having mentors, i get so much out of those relationships at this age.
so thats where i am at...i still think about europe everyday and how life was there, and it is for me. its a cure for all things orange county. but hey, its not so bad here, especially when you can wear your bathing suit everywhere and anything you want is a drive away. but i am planning my future elsewhere.
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| Wednesday, August 4th, 2004
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12:05 am - this corner of the earth smiles at us....
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we were very sad to leave paris...until we went to kandersteg!!! a fairytale town in the middle of swissland...ps the swiss are a higher BREED!!! i want to marry one
we are in amsterDAM now
our hostels slogan is "now with a door on EVERY room!" we found a tiny cafe that is 2 flights of stairs underground and painted like venice beach and smokey with weed blasting oasis wonderwall and the hash/weed menu is cheap! really cheap! (christine says) 4E a gram...
coming from a town pop. 1100 in the swiss alps, where the biggest day of the year was August 1st for the Boy Scout parade (and you know stine and i were right along side!...ps we stayed with the boy scouts and had to call ourselves the "Flecky-Davis" troop!!!haha), and they dont even GIVE you a key to your room because stealing is inconceivable...and now entering a hostel that says in every possible open space "DONT NOT LEAVE VALUBLES UNATTENDED!!"...it can be a bit disheartening...christine and i are very sad because the french flag i got from bastille day and the swiss flags they gave us from swiss/boy scout day (to decorate our backpacks) were stolen out of our bags while we checked in...heeeeeellllp!
we are trying to make friends with apartments. amsterdam is like a boston college town x200 because its people from all over the world smoking weed and smoking weed and sometimes hash, if they really wanna mix it up...
we are happy to see some english again...in swiss-land you had no idea what language youd come upon, even greeting eachother (everyone says hi in small towns) people would wait until the very last second to see what language you used, then they'd be like,"oh yes! hell-o! Good even-ing!!"...hahah
tomorrow we may meet a friend at the heniken brewery then go to the van gogh museum!!!!
ok now we must go...we are worried about our backpacks/lifepacks...
loooooooove you all and we should all study abroad in AMSTERDAM
current mood: coming home is like going to
current music: jail
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| Tuesday, July 27th, 2004
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10:56 pm
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has everyone gotten my postcards?
i take two metros to school everyday. it is about 45 minutes to school and lately i have felt like i am in the waiting room of the doctors office. everyone coughing and looking sick and looking around to see who else is sick too. so it makes things better when i imagine who i want to be there with me. and ya heres some cheese but i think of everyone i love at home and katie to make things out of nothing; linds for laughs and jokes; sarah for intensity; shelly brings class and because i think she is silly; britton keeps us relaxed; weber for long funny stories; silverman so we learn something; dan for his perspective; garett for comments; and leanna to make everything beautiful and there is more people but i have a crowd waiting for me up the street at an aussie bar i just came to check my mail and i have none so i wanted to update because i had nice things to say.
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| Friday, July 16th, 2004
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11:38 pm
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we are using a cojmputer at someones house right now and we have one minute to write and we are drinking sangria and eating home made apple pie and listening to moby and having pathetic conversations but fun and laughing and making fun of eachother all the time and everyone knows more and less of every language so we all sound stupid and it makes everyone silly...the sangria does too...
:)
and one of the guys is the french version of brian tice EXACTLY and his name is BRYCE! ahaha
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| Thursday, July 15th, 2004
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11:41 am - just buzzing like a fridge
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christine is updating about bastille day right next to me.
she doesnt want me to write about the same exact things.
we picnicked yesterday and a boy next to us played radiohead on his guitar and sang and for once the sky was blue while we ate soup and grapes and were happy.
we found FRENCH TOP RAMEEEEEEEEEEEEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
! 34centimes a pack!
i like european life better than america.
meeting amazing people everyday, 2 boys on metro yesterday...one french one spanish but they speak italian to eachother and english to me...everyone loves to practice their english...
yay called home yesterday and i was happy to talk to leanna and mom.
today we are going to the au pair place in paris that can hook us up with babysitting jobs for long periods of time...apparently the family will pay for your school if you watch their kids. sounds good to me.
then we are going to musee d orsay...gonna be good because it has a lot of modern art...i am halfway through gertrude stein's The AutoBiography of Alice B Toklas, which is basically gertrude steins life-stories and one sentence at the end of each paragraph about alice. its great because she hung out with picasso matisse gaugain apollinaire braque etc etc etc and i love this book.
im hungry and there is a cafe down the street i have to try.
current music: europeisagoodplacetolivebecausetheyknowhowtoenrichtheirdays
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| Tuesday, July 6th, 2004
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9:38 am - but a life of luxury is all i need.
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i am adapted now.
ive rediscovered my legs.
i bring an umbrella and sunglasses everywhere.
i eat cheap warm and flaky croissants for breakfast.
i can ask for tap water with dignity.
metro-eyes closed.
now i buy champagne from the market.
some one asked ME for DIRECTIONS!!!!
saw Farenheit 911 with Stine and Rauldolph-political history genius with a laugh like Noah Bagdonas.
want to stay.
tomorrow monet's house then party at the discotec with some waiters from the champs elysee.
current music: the kinks, modest mouse, beck, mozart, velvet underground
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