enter hokey and pretentious title here.

ok. so.
from now on, this thing will probably be "friends only". not to snub you non-lj people, but i've recently been made aware that persons i've never even met are keeping tabs on me via the interweb. kinda weirds me out. admittedly, i do my fair share of interweb stalking as well....but i don't then contact the person and behave as though i know them ohsovery well. that's just off. eek.
my xanga is now under "xanga lock", which means no one can look at it unless they are a xanga member and signed in at the time.
for those of you whom i DO know, who don't have lj, who read this: i'm sorry. i do appreciate your attention, but a couple of creepy people have ruined it for all of you. boo.

Remember Remember the 5th of November
The Gunpowder Treason & plot
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot!



.........go watch v for vendetta. yes, it's based on a book. i bought the book. i read the first half of it. i couldn't get into it. i was ordered to watch the movie anyway, so i did....and it's amazing. it is, most definitely, an important film. and today, when i have to work eight hours and study for two huge tests......i still want to make time to watch it again and remember, remember, the fifth of november.

in other news, i talked with morgan and maggie, told them of the house's recent decision to offer the room for less rent (it IS the smallest room, after all), and they are both seriously reconsidering. i hope i hope i hope that one of them goes for it. they're both great, and we desperately need that room filled and the cost covered.

Life's a twisted road
We unwind together
Clouds uncover, our sky
Sitting in a couch made of sand
The milky ring around the moon enchants me...

I'm swimming though the tunnels of my mind
The waves of energy splash over my body

Transition from day into night
The euphoria of spinning in the moonlight

Open up yourself to what is out there
But don't take off like a snowball down a hill

You inspire me to be so crazy
You inspire me to be free
You inspire me to be so crazy
You inspire me to be free

Life's a twisted road
That we unwind together
The ubiquity of our love
is what makes it last forever...

You've got to flow like the river
You've got to shine like the sun
You've got to flow like the river
You've got to shine, shine like the sun

Going through the sky, within my mind
And sweeping me away...
Away, away, away...
Awaaay.

Tune in the sky
Ubiquitous and natural
Carry the light
Simpatico and simple

Tune in the sky
Ubiquitous and natural
Carry the light
And take it deeper and deeper inside
Take it deeper and deeper inside
Take it deeper and deeper inside
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took a new turn today. still adjusting to the facts of life now.....i'll be much more available over christmas, i spose, though i'll still be a cripple (left knee gets sliced dec 15th).
life is, indeed, a twisted road.

i think i may want to make this thing "friends only". can a person still do that?

i have spent the last couple of hours deep-cleaning parts of my house, specifically the bathrooms. unfortunately, i went blonde for a spell and accidentally bleached one of my housemate's kitchen towels. :( i'll get her a new one.
the potential housemate, megan, stopped by today for a tour and discussion of practicalities (rent numbers, dates, etc). she seemed pretty cool - young, but has a steady and well-paying job (that she is NOT going to mess up in a few weeks), intelligent and fun. she's going to take the weekend to consider her options and call me sunday/monday with her decision. i hope she wants to move in.
this weekend is party time. tonight, going to shburg to costume out with cody and friends. tomorrow, party here at RLD. the whole weekend will pretty much be spent with sexpot, as he is coming into town right about when i get back from shburg. that'll be fun, trying to keep him entertained as he goes smallTown for a couple of days. aahh, mnpls, how much more exciting you are.
people should come to our party tomorrow night. shari should come and show me her costume, as it will not be Carrie and i've never seen her costume out as anything else.
i'll be a Hot Topic customer for the weekend, complete with a shopping bag from the store substituting as a purse. it'll be great. and freakishly easy, since i once was a regular customer of the emo-angsty teenybopper store. ahh, high school, when i had money to blow on such frivolity.

anyway. off to condition my hair and switch the laundry around.

what will YOU be for halloween?

i went shopping today. it was great.
i bought john legend's new album. it came out yesterday, it's gorgeous and incredibly sexy. all john legend's music is incredibly sexy. i love it.
i bought the new special edition nightmare before christmas soundtrack, with a second disc featuring popular artists covering soundtrack songs. marilyn manson, fiona apple, fall out boy, etc. this was pretty close to an impulse buy - i've only seen the film once, and i got hit in the face with manson's cover today when a friend recommended it. manson songs are like that in my world - i don't listen unless they're recommended, and then they hit me in the face. and i always enjoy it. i was explaining this to sexpot today. not sure if he got it.
i bought the prestige, the novel by christopher priest that the presently screening film is based on. looks to be a good'un. i'm excited.
i bought running with scissors in paperback. now there is only one augusten burroughs book that i do not have. that one is sellevision hello, ebay.
i bought richard III (yeah, the thing shakespeare wrote) because i'm in a staged reading of it in november and i hate lugging my complete works around.


there are at least two elizabeth wurtzel works that i do not have. barnes&noble in town does not have them either. hello again, ebay.

before i went shopping, i slept. all day. it was fantastic.

some girl named Megan called and needs a place to live. she's coming over on friday. i'm excited. we here at RLD are sick of paying extra for an empty room.

i did not go to sleep last night. i have presently been awake for twenty-one hours.
i am smelly and gross and desperately need/want to shower.
i wrote a paper, figured out chicago style citations (seriously, who DOES that?!), and spent time with a dear friend that i've missed the past few months.
i close tonight. my sleeping pills will most likely work tonight.
i got a parking ticket, but it's cheap.

overall, today is an okay day. i have great friends - they are strong, brilliant, beautiful, passionate and inspiring. i've been thinking lately about the few persons i care for deeply, whom i hold very dear. i've spoken to a few of them today, and it makes me smile. not all of these friends are in happy situations right now, some of them are facing very difficult choices and adjustments, but i am proud of each and every one of them for making the decision they knew to be right - even if it took them awhile to act on it, even if they're not sure what to do now.

i have been blessed with true friends. they are treasures.

..........LISTEN TO FLYLEAF.

.............COME TO OUR HALLOWEEN PARTY.

.............TAKE SOME TIME TO READ A BOOK.

.............LEARN ABOUT THE LIFE AND LOVE OF SOMEONE VERY DIFFERENT FROM YOU.



i've just finished reading More, Now, Again by elizabeth wurtzel. she wrote prozac nation. i love her. i want to be her friend. next time i'm in nyc, i may try to look her up.....i'm sure she's unlisted and protected from silly fans like me, but i'll try anyway.

i'm trying to write a paper predicting the outcome of two upcoming iowa elections. i've had about three (LARGE) cups of coffee. angry music and caffeine are conducive to writing about politics, right?

let's commence the listing:

1. TO JON C: while i will proceed to bitch at you for an indefinite amount of time regarding your absence, i am glad for your return to the virtually social world. i propose that we meet up sometime in the physically social world (aka real life or something) and have coffee.

2. TO EVERYONE EVERYWHERE: i enjoy writing letters. the kind where you write things on paper and then put that paper in envelopes and send that envelope off into the risky system of USPS. if you would like to receive a letter from me, send your snail address to me at crystals@uni.edu. one condition: you commit to writing me back. i'm sending you a letter, not a greeting card. a response will be in order.

3. TO MY FRIENDS IN NICKEL & DIMED: i am coming to your show tomorrow (friday) night. i will be bringing two of my friends. i commit to paying attention, caring about your show because it is important to you, and trying to get the jokes. (i read there are jokes.)

4. TO PEOPLE LIVING IN IOWA: have you been following the gubernatorial race at all? i have, and am planning to vote, and would like to hear some opinions about the candidates and their plans of action. i am also following the race for the 1st district congressional seat, but as i am not registered in black hawk county, i can't vote in that one. makes me sad.

5. TO BRIAN: send me a new fbk message with appropriately stimulating questions. my brain is no longer full of phlegm or pain meds, so i shall respond as deserved.

6. TO EVERYONE WITHIN DRIVING DISTANCE OF MY HOUSE: we (RLD) are having a halloween party. for those who attended the one we had a few years ago......this one should be just as fun, but without the police intervention. costumes are preferred but not mandated. it shall take place the saturday before halloween, oct. 28. out of towners (specifically our mnpls buds) will be warmly welcomed and accomodated.

sometimes itemizing is the best way to go.

so i'm here at home and my mother went back to her house yesterday. i need to do a TON of studying to catch up from last week, and i have it worked out into a schedule: today i will get through half of the Russia study guide and research/write my thesis for my politics paper. tomorrow i will finish the russia study guide, outline my politics paper, and start on the study guide for my next humanities test. wednesday i will finish my politics paper and show it to katie for proofreading, familiarize myself with the Emerson book for american civ, and continue work on humanities study guide.
that's as far as i've planned right now - everything up until i go back to class on thursday. i'm going to try and go to two of my classes tomorrow morning, but we'll see how i'm moving around then. i'm still needing the pain pills to take the edge off, but they don't make me woozy anymore. i still shouldn't drive while i'm on them, and i don't think i could walk it without a lot of pain. i'll try to get a ride to class....anyone going to campus at around 930 tomorrow morning?
i'm not allowed to exercise my abdominal muscles for two weeks. damnit. there goes my goal of losing fifteen pounds by thanksgiving! GAGGH. well.....i might still be able to do it....i just really need to watch what i eat, drink a TON of water, and hit the gym hard when i'm up to it again.
i think i'm going to get a hanging calendar and use it to track due dates - for bills and such. that way, i can just glance at it and know how long before something is due, and how much, etc.
we're having trouble with our postal service here at RLD. there have been several things that were reportedly sent here, but we never received them, and there were a few days last week when we didn't receive any mail at all. i'm going to call the post office tomorrow and ask them what's up.
my new friend maggie and i have rescheduled our christian bale movie marathon for tomorrow at 1p. that's going to be, like, eight consecutive hours of christian bale movies. -sigh- it will be wonderful.

now i go and make dinner.