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Friday, February 22nd, 2002
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1:48 am - say it aloud
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i decided to write because i have five pages left in this ridiculous core paper, i can't drink coffee, and it's almost two.
plus, i'm wearing a dorky light blue sweatshirt. i practically feel like a carolina fan....gag. doherty/benjamin arnold, argh!
i hope you are having a cooler night than i am.
yeah yeah. :)
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| Friday, December 28th, 2001
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7:38 pm
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merry christmas and happy new year, everyone.
sorry that i haven't written in so long. i hope your life...yes, You. is going well.
be woo and punk, always.
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| Monday, October 1st, 2001
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2:21 pm
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this weekend ruled. carlin being here made everything cool.
we pulled off the jumpsuits on friday night at the dillon/alumni dance-rob and i put up pete's mohawk (its quite an intense process) and he wore his yellow jumpsuit, i had on mary jane heels and braids and my black mechanic's jumper. ah. so much fun. so liberating to be around blah couples being completely gross on the dance floor and have our sweet group of cool dancers with cool clothes on. ah. not very good music...but it still ruled.
saturday was kind of weird, it passed by so quickly and i didn't do much work. we all went to carlin's late saturday night, which is the best. it was great to have mi hermana back in town..although i was painfully reminded of how great things are with her and then the sad downside of what its like to lack her every other weekend. oh well...school's good for her, and i'm glad she has her own place now. bloomington's not that far away.
the rest of the weekend was okay, too. work, a trip to best buy where i got the wrong size cartridge for my printer and we introduced nick to the concept of lots and lots of dvds for sale, wvfi meeting and west quad mass.
this weekend we had two more guests stay here without passes...making a total of five illegal stayovers this year. woo.
i'm tired from class and tutoring..time for a nap and more work later.
current music: pete's amazing pumpkins mix
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| Friday, September 28th, 2001
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12:47 am - i'll stir fry you in my wok..
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ah. beastie boys forever.
speaking of, carlin's coming up this weekend! wooness. total wooness.
and scratch that whole dorky reminescent dance nostalgia from earlier...pete asked me to go with him! ah, how cool. almost the whole punk family will be there. since it's being held outside, and this week it has dipped into the 40s at night, i think we're going to wear jumpsuits instead of typical syr attire (trashy clothes, usually.)
i'm going to help pete put his mohawk up, and put in some braids for myself. yellow and black jumpsuits, wooness. i can't wait to punk up the dance.
haha. i'm such a nerd.
back to this insane paper.
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| Thursday, September 27th, 2001
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2:44 pm - no more captain america...
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| Wednesday, September 26th, 2001
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9:26 pm - dancing queen
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fire drill at mcglinn...we knew it was coming, but had to rush out the 4a exit door nevertheless. a bunch of my friends were trying on formal dresses at the time, so it was a mix of pajama pants, sweatshirts, formal gowns, heels, and salvation army men's pants and sambas (me.)
i'm not going to our formal...it feels funny saying that. last year i so looked forward to them, i invited italiano to our first syr and was invited to his, i set up katie and kristin with guys from marian, tim and tommy, i went to the cove with rob for his dance and had some good, cold fun and then for our formal in november adam came up, and it just ruled.
but, maybe that freshman ingratiation stage has passed. alexis will be here, and perciliz and christine and i are going to play it mellow and have dinner and see a movie or something. it feels great having that option..not making a huge deal out of something that really isn't. i wish i was going to be in nc this weekend, visiting adam and seeing ralph covert, checking on mullens' growth, meeting my long distance punk sister ariel, etc, but hey. life goes on. quadrock is going to be cool on saturday (hey mercades and space and noise will be there) and i need to catch up on sleep and work, as well.
tutoring was cool today. i had a passenger, wooness. rob got up early and gave lasalle a try. lots and lots of geometry..it's funny thinking back to sophomore year of high school. but i think we helped, somewhat. i love the atmosphere there, and the neighborhood.
oh, and...hillie bought me a beautiful pair of earrings, so now i have 5 pairs, total. :) she's the best.
current music: system of a down-atwa
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| Thursday, September 20th, 2001
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11:46 pm
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i haven't written for quite some time. no special reason, really. last week just left me shaken up...i've done a lot of thinking off and on, and i've been really overwhelmed with class stuff, too. i'm starting my sixth novel of the year this weekend. but reading is good-it builds character, i'm sure. i hope.
but life is good. there's so much to be happy about. pete and i got u2 ticekts tonight, mcglinn wore green togas to the pep rally, and the weezer set was awesome. afterwards brent, christine, jeremiah, mike, vito and i made a big W in the grass and everyone took pictures. it's fun to be dorky with your friends.
so yeah. have a good weekend, everyone. i'm going to start the ball and the cross, and get some actual sleep tonight.
sorry for sounding so out of it and distant.
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| Tuesday, September 11th, 2001
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12:49 am - annie, are you okay?
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today was interesting.
my first day as a lead tutor for the csc. the keys didnt fit in the buick, i was late, and no one was waiting at library circle.
it was okay though. fun to have solo tutoring time alone, i suppose. i like lasalle. the neighborhood is refreshingly la casa-ish, the people are sincere...the juniors and seniors are limited in terms of numbers, but they really want to be there. or else theyd just drop out, like all of their classmates. so, woo.
now its nearly one and i still have a core debate to prepare (over the peloponnesian war, enticing, i know) and a history paper to write.
enough caffeine and music. i should really get working.
current music: las cabriolas-skank pit betty
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| Saturday, September 8th, 2001
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10:23 pm
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eh. what a dumb loss to nebraska. the n is for nowledge...
summer service project retreat today. i woke up around 8, after flipside bowling last night. it so ruled-pete dressed up in 80s punk clothes and we speed bowled and shadow bowled...it was fun to be out with everyone. i was always on a team with boys, but when woo songs would come on, christine, perciliz, carrie and shanida and i would dance together in the lanes. it ruled.
but yeah. im dead from "sharing" so much about la casa and its goings on today..and the loss. so. some more of yezierska's bread givers, and im going to sleep.
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| Thursday, September 6th, 2001
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2:24 am
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yeah...heard a funny thing somebody said to me, you know that i could be in love with almost everyone...i think that people are the greatest fun..
woo for bottlerocket. what an amazing movie. i miss it.
anyway. reckers in pajamas and glasses tonight, oh yeah. rob ran up and listened to a football player's order-that's how large it was. twenty dollars last night, thirteen tonight. awesome.
i got a free refill on my coffee, woo. and then was able to finish my history paper and my english questions.
why am i majoring in what i am, again? ugh. all of the course packet micro-tiny print scares me. but i love the allure of waddicks, coffee, cool professors.
there was a cheg party going on tonight, about 7 or 8 got together next quad to figure out their homework. christine and i just shook our heads and were glad that we're arts and letters.
so, yeah. ham pizza is kind of funny.
current music: deftones-rx queen
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| Tuesday, September 4th, 2001
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2:48 pm
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i decided to take a day off luca brasi, and instead try some more comfort eagle. mmm. so fantastic.
im working part of activites night in the social concerns section tonight at the jacc, which should be cool. i have a wear this dark green tshirt with part of the mission statement on the back-"...calling us all to action for a more just and humane world." aw yeah. hopefully i'll find 3 or 4 kids who want to tutor with me at lasalle.
last year's activities night was when i heard j-5 playing near the wvfi booth, and wandered over. "you like jurassic five? you should be a dj." haha. if not for the subtle convincing of jon alvarez, i wonder if punk up the hardcore would have evolved the same way. who knows.
arco arena and then literary catholicism. woo.
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12:42 am - blah
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labor day, going to class.
i only had one, but i spent most of the rest of the day reading and doing class stuff. it was alright.
scott came over and cried on my couch..that was a new experience. everything's so confusing for him and mar right now. i feel bad. all i can do is listen and be there for them, i guess. but im definitely not a counselor and im rather poor at offering advice...too optimistic and idealistic, i think.
then mary and i ate dinner and talked some more...it was good to hear it all from her side. but again, it just kind of wore me out. i guess at heart im an introvert, and all of that expended energy was just kind of phew. too much.
i dont know what to do about punk up the hardcore. i love pete and rob, but im really confused about the scott situation. he drives me crazy sometimes...but we cant dump him now, because itd be such a double whammy. mary, then us. im glad rob pointed that out.
at times like this i really miss alexis. its great to have my sister home, but its not quite the same thing. i wish we could just get coffee and talk at nicks like we used to.
anyway. sorry to sound so whiny. i guess im just tired.
have a good rest of your week.
current music: ghotihook
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| Friday, August 31st, 2001
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12:33 am
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fourth row!! man. im so excited for football games to start. we have an awesome group this year..i'm glad how it all worked out.
i'm pretty much done for the week. it feels so good, no more late night reading. im going to start the great gatsby again for my ethnic novels class. i love that book, its fun to read..nothing trying or dificil.
milkshake mass tonight. it was great, but something felt different. a lot of people, and we had to fight for milkshakes, no room on the couch. luckily we had the exorcist poster room to reside in.
rob's cd came out today...congratulations, luca brasi! it's amazing.
and they might be giants, tomorrow night. yeah yeah.
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| Tuesday, August 28th, 2001
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11:51 pm
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my first day of classes went fairly well. core started off the day, and it just stunk. ugh. i couldnt wait to get out of that room. add ten more novels to my 21.
english was great, though. my professor's bulgarian, and so awesome. ethnic novels, oh yeah. katija mocejunis.
history was alright. we had to use little namecards, and he told us wed have a map quiz and vocab quizzes over the church through the 15th and 16th centuries. i somehow must have reverted to seventh grade.
and then theology ruled. literary catholicism-we discussed superman, robinhood, and harry potter, and then the simpsons for a long time. wooness.
i have over 300 pages of reading and two response papers for thursday, so. im off.
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| Monday, August 27th, 2001
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9:05 am
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enrollment, football tickets, ssp celebration.
i finished my stuff at 2:30 last night. oh well.
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| Friday, August 24th, 2001
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10:48 pm
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yikes. the most recent adam frick email was 71k. i like the guy, but not that much.
tonight my family tried to order dinner from this great italian restaurant. everyone was looking forward to it, and my dad got home early so we could all eat together. we know the lady who owns the restaurant, she used to run a little pastry shop, and now shes expanded to a small italian kitchen.
so. we had the newspaper article about her new place, but the number was misprinted, and from 5:30-6:30 i kept trying the number before they opened-no luck. then i finally got the right number, and they refused us, around 6:45. shes like, "no, no. you are too late. you must be one or two days early before you order," in her cute broken english.
not that cute, though. so then my mom called back-by this time we were all starving and really craving this awesome food. she somehow worked her magic and they agreed to give us dinner, so mom did her best picking out entrees (the menu changes every night) and they told us it'd be ready around 7:30.
so em and i get there, 7:35ish, and the guy says, "oh, so sorry, one more minute. no, two more minutes." we think thats fine, so we wait inside. its super tiny and very quaint, and we feel very out of place standing at the counter while everyone stares at us, but we stay and wait patiently. then a girl comes out and says, "sorry, 15 minutes, or 10 minutes for your food."
so em and i sit on the porch outside and talk and watch cars drive by and pass the time. finally, at five of 8, we walk back inside, and stand at the counter for ten more minutes. the place is wicked busy, and everyone keeps apologizing, and finally some of our dinners are brought out, but not all of them. the one or two minute kid says, "here, do me a favor. eat these!" and he hands us free pastries. nice try, but you know how it is when you need real food, not some sweet.
we finally walked out with all our stuff at 8:30. ugh. i had three boxes and three salads and butter and em had two boxes and two salads and bread, and once we shut the door all of them tumbled out of our hands onto the ground. my shirt and shorts were covered in oil, cream sauce and marinara sauce, and the same thing with em. we sat down on the grass and burst out laughing.
finally, we attempted to carry everything to the car, but my keys were so slippery with the leaking sauces that all the boxes fell when i tilted my chin to get into the car. once again, we could hardly control overselves. we stuffed everything in the back seat and drove home.
we walked into the house and i was hysterical again. covered in leaky sauces. em and i changed, and we didnt all sit down to eat until 9.
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11:28 am - hmm
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hey patty,
nope, sorry, i haven't been employed yet through notre dame. i've done some volunteer stuff before through the csc, but nothing with the forms that you probably need. sorry about that.
if you need me to stop by and pick them up or fill them out, thats fine. ill be out of town this weekend, but starting monday i could swing by campus and
get things taken care of.
thanks,
katherine
okay, so thats the email i sent. what did i get back from this woman, you ask?
>See you monday
isnt that so creepy! i think i will go run and hide from everyone at the csc.
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| Thursday, August 23rd, 2001
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11:22 pm
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thanks for all of the earring advice. i bought a few for myself, and a pair each for em and hillie. they loved them-woo.
i finally finished up all of my journals, but i still have my paper and this dumb book of essays to finish. ee. oh well, ill manage somehow.
i helped christine and her family move in..they were so nice to me. it feels funny to be in the other section of my old floor with all new people, but itll probably be cool. shell be there all weekend, but im not moving in until sunday. woo..it feels good to be laid back like that.
im just finishing a large coffee now and feeling very, very awake.
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10:48 am
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today im going to buy some earrings!! woo. hoops? studs? who knows. i just need to get a few pairs to bring back to school.
this is a whole new thing for me. at 19..thats kind of sad. :)
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| Wednesday, August 22nd, 2001
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11:58 pm - you don't have to believe me..
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im on week 7 out of 9, so i guess im making progress. with my journals..the ones i was supposed to do as the summer went on.
and my paper is due monday, so...hm. i love that i can manage to procrastinate before the year even begins.
ha, oh well.
christine and her family drive in from new york tomorrow, so im going over to help her move in. thats the third time this week ive helped people get ready for college life. aw yeah. now i just wish that i was a little more ready.
maybe i can convince rob to buy the animated clerks episode dvd. you never know.
im helping out la casa at fiesta michiana on saturday. i wonder what thats like..ive never gone. perhaps its yolmy? yeah. 12-2, it shouldnt be that bad.
man really, t-boz tried to talk to me.
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