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Friday, August 20th, 2004
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2:49 pm - Computer Drama
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We have this $100 McAfee virus suite on our computer that's supposed to be top-of-the-line and yet somehow managed to miss the huge evil Trojan virus that ravaged our computer. PC-cillin, something I downloaded for free, detected the virus and tried to delete it, but by that time it was too late. Anyway, the place where we bought our computer was like "errrrmmmm, you broke it by installing two virus programs" and then proceeded to charge us $100 to repair it. A few days go by, they return the computer, we turn it on, the whole thing crashes again. Retards didn't check it before returning it to us. So a few more days go by, they had to do a clean reinstall of Windows XP,and we finally have our computer back. Bear in mind, this is a new computer so we shouldn't have any problems with it.
Anyway, that's where I've been. The folks are gone until Sunday, so if anyone wants to sleep over, you're welcome to.
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| Saturday, August 14th, 2004
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10:57 am
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| Friday, August 13th, 2004
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7:09 pm - Quitting
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So, instead of leaving on Friday, I told Nina that I had to leave on Tuesday because my back is killing me and I can't do the six transfers a day anymore. This, of course, made me mom super angry because I'm "nothing but a quitter" and have made all these quitting patterns in my life (French horn, BYU, band camp, etc.). I quit work at Target because I stopped breathing, I quit working at Carl's Jr. because it was awful, and now I'm *gasp* quitting three days early at my work! Don't you know that you're supposed to sit there and be a nigger, take every piece of shit life throws at you with a smile and say "Thank you! Let me wipe your ass!"
I am not a fucking quitter. I do not give up. I quit when my back gives out, when the pain becomes unbearable. If that's quitting, then they may as well get used to it: I'm going to be doing it my whole life.
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| Thursday, August 12th, 2004
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8:12 am
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The Dresden Dolls will be here on Tuesday!!!
For you sad souls who don't know them, they're only the greatest band alive. They'll be at the Casbah on the 17th, tickets are $8 ($9 if you get them on will-call). I'll be driving because I'm sexy and awesome and you're welcome to come along (but only if you're sexy and awesome as well). THE DRESDEN DOLLS baby!!! *faints*
It's a fucking 21 and over show. I knew it was too good to be true.
current mood:  pissed off
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| Wednesday, August 11th, 2004
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10:35 am - Passing
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When Griff had a heart attack two days ago, his wife called us. As his best friends, it was up to our family to track down Griff's daughter in Rancho Cucamonga and get her on a plane out to Oklahoma. Her mom had an emergency contact number for Karen, so we called that. Some guy answered the phone, said Karen was out, said he'd have her call us as soon as she got in. Never called back. The next morning, I called, flirted with the guy, got someone else's cell phone number, got told Karen had gone out again even though I heard her in the background, left my phone number again. The person I talked to was so high she couldn't even repeat the number back to me correctly. Karen never called, missed all possible flights for Oklahoma and her dad went into surgery yesterday morning.
Somewhere in Rancho Cucamonga Karen's getting high in a stranger's house wondering when she's going to get her next fix and has no idea that her father is dead.
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| Monday, August 9th, 2004
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9:53 am
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Working for the most obsessive-compulsive, anal-retentive woman in the world sure is fun! Excuse me while I go slam my head into a wall...
Which club are we going to on Friday/Saturday?
current music: Depeche Mode- Love in Itself
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| Saturday, August 7th, 2004
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9:51 pm
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| Monday, August 2nd, 2004
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12:46 pm - The Pumping Smashkins
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There's something about Tonight, Tonight that has kept it being my favorite song since 8th grade. Every time I hear it I'm transported, just immediately happy, immediately calm. Like the world suddenly inhales after holding its breath for so long. It makes me want to laugh and start running to some secret, magnificent place. Music is incredible; it affects our very souls. It's a great power and, like any other power, can be abused. That's why I get so angry when music is bastardized and perverted, then thrown away. Some tinny, whiney melody that gets passed off on TRL as something hot for a few weeks and quickly retreats back to obscurity. Emotionless nothing. What right have we to stick some whore singer's voice into a computer, manipulate the notes, then stuff it into the public's ears? How can someone's life be complete without knowing Kokomo by the Beach Boys or Afterhours by Covenant? No wonder everyone's angry; they've been listening to crappy music and can't get it out of their heads.
current mood:  content
current music: Smashing Pumpkins- Tonight, Tonight
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| Friday, July 23rd, 2004
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9:45 pm
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| Wednesday, July 21st, 2004
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11:41 pm - Adventures in Dermatology!
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I went to my dermatologist appointment today. Good thing I made one too because apparently I have a scalp infection and if I hadn't started treating it, I would have lost all my hair. Worse, it's a pretty bad infection, so I've got it all over my body (it's severely contagious, so if I touch my scalp and then touch another place, it gets infected as well). The problem is that my scalp itches incredibly bad and I can't touch it. Grand, hm? Not to mention I also have foliculitus (whatever the heck that is) and I got to give someone an enema yesterday. Woohoo! Life rocks! This summer had better start shaping up soon. I haven't been to LA, the beach, San Diego, or any clubs. Come on! Get with the program!
current mood:  blah
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| Saturday, July 17th, 2004
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1:07 pm
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| Tuesday, July 13th, 2004
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10:11 pm
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If you happened to be watching the news the other day and saw a car crushed by a cement truck....well, that was my cousin.
He was waiting in the middle of the intersection to turn left when a full (16,000 pounds) cement truck came down a hill opposite my cousin and turned too quickly, turning it over on its side. My cousin saw it coming and put his head in the passenger seat, which saved his life. He now has a few crushed ribs, a rod in his leg, and glass embedded all over his body. It took a half hour for the police to cut him out of the car and as he lay there, in more pain than he thought someone could live through, he tried to get to his cell phone to call his wife and tell her to bring the kids because he was going to die. I can't even imagine that. So my aunt is basically living at the hospital, splitting her time between watching him and her other son, Michael, who's hooked up to a morphine tank. Life's grand.
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| Wednesday, July 7th, 2004
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10:45 pm
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Man, it feels like forever since I've been on a computer. Anyway, I'm home and am choc-full of stories and stuff, but am also weary from a terrible flight and days of driving, so I'll update later with all the stuff and pictures. I love California!
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| Saturday, June 26th, 2004
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9:20 am
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Leaving for NEW YORK CITY!!! (WOOHOO!) in ten minutes! So freaking excited! If you'd like to call for any reason, I'm taking my cell phone. WUBBA WUBBA!
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| Saturday, June 19th, 2004
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11:40 pm - Prepare Yourselves
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Alright, hairy muffins of infinite utility, I have returned home. That's right, I'm back in the land of traffic and heat and am loving every second of it (every second that my mom isn't telling me how fat I am, anyway). Hung out with ![[info]](http://library.vu.edu.pk/cgi-bin/nph-proxy.cgi/000100A/http/web.archive.org/web/20040826081941im_/http:/=2fstat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) acuteasphyxia and lostinreveries and had COFFEE! I also hugged my dog a lot and was generally awesome. *le sigh* So many wonderful things to look forward to.
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| Monday, June 14th, 2004
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2:01 pm
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I'm not sure how I'm supposed to feel.
On the one hand, I love the Ellis family and I'm incredibly sorry for their loss.
On the other hand, she got into the car with a drunk driver.
Not to mention our past.
And then Maurice's new girlfriend tells me about it this morning after I had already found out. Said she "knew about her and Maurice." Knew what? Knew he had cheated on me with her? Or is he going to pretend he had feelings for her now? Should we all pretend she was better than she was? Make her a dead saint?
And the strange part is, I told her this would happen.
current mood:  confused
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| Saturday, June 12th, 2004
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3:02 pm - x-posted in byupeople
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Does anyone with a truck happen to be driving from Utah to Southern California in the next few weeks? I'm trying to find a way to transport my Vespa. I know it's a long shot but yeah... I love da vespa =)
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| Friday, June 11th, 2004
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10:41 am - Almost Home
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In exactly 6 days, I will be on the I-15 on a 12-hour journey back to beautiful California for a vacation of awesomeness. Plans for the summer:
* New York
* Bat's Day at the Happiest Place on Earth
* Dancing at every single club that lets me in
* Shows galore
* More dancing
* Adventures in the Yellow Submarine
* Trips to San Diego/Ocean Beach
* Working for Nina and getting paid for it
* Exercising and getting my thyroid fixed
* Writing
* Sleeping
* Eating
* Watching channels we don't get at BYU
* Touching someone hot
* Attacking scene kids with a chainsaw
* Throwing gutter punks into a large vat of acid
Oh the thrills that will ensue! I just wet myself for pure joy.
current mood:  tired
current music: Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Maps
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| Monday, June 7th, 2004
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11:44 pm - Fights
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I'm always fighting something. Battling depression, thyroid, weight, school. Warring with something or another. It's so exhausting. The depression is just this black pit... everytime I think of it I visualize the Nothing from the Neverending Story; this all-consuming void. It negates the entire universe. I've got this thing inside of me and I don't know how to combat it. And the worst part is that it never ends: I'm going to be doing this for the rest of my life. I'm tired of school and I got my Pell Grant denied this year since my dad didn't get to count the travel agency's losses against his income (no one's traveling and all the agencies are going out of business so there are no tours) and it appears we make too much money. Too....much....money....
Right.
I need to get out of this fucking cell, this retarded city. It's never bright here no matter how much sun we get.
current mood: tired
current music: Dresden Dolls- Bad Habit
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| Saturday, June 5th, 2004
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10:47 pm - Holy Shit
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Tonight, randomly, I happened to be watching America's Most Wanted while making cookies. There was this story about a man who killed a young telemarketer and then fled the state.
A few minutes ago my roommate began screaming and I rushed into the room to see what had happened. It turns out, she and her friend were at a party last night in a wealthy Utah neighborhood and there was a man there who was really creepy and was wearing a fake mustache and blush. He then started singing "Bad to the Bone" on the karaeoke machine. Guess who it was? Yeah. Billy Myears.
http://amw.com/amw.html
Too bad I don't get the $25,000 reward.
current mood:  shocked
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