tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38069422011-04-21T23:36:47.253-04:00thoughtsheatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comBlogger431100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1111799264849428392005-03-25T20:07:00.000-05:002005-03-25T20:18:27.040-05:00yea for this article!! here comes summer :)heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1108787354294489442005-02-18T23:30:00.000-05:002005-02-19T12:31:03.943-05:002005!this year, i did it right-- was in NYC for new year's. five of us got a nice room & went to MSG for the flaming lips / wilco. i drank way too much gin & tonic, wore silly 2005 glasses, and stumbled out of the show early (i.e. before midnight). vanessa and i made it back to the hotel where i passed out on the floor.... wasn't bright enough to choose the luxurious king size bed. at some point heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1098543660807841832004-10-23T10:46:00.000-04:002004-10-23T20:52:06.033-04:00cleveland could have been a disaster!
i drove six hours saturday morning. rem & bruce were phenomenal.... there's just somethin' about michael stipe. unfortunately, we couldn't rock out cause the jerks behind us complained. i dunno about you, but i wanna jam at shows, not kick back like it's the theater. certainly didn't make it a bad time.
tailgating sunday was us walking around with a plasticheatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1096606700646848742004-10-01T01:28:00.000-04:002004-10-01T01:04:05.966-04:00la di da di da. after the first debate, a few points...
kerry:
"i will hunt down and kill the terrorists, wherever they are."
"i...have a plan to win the war on terror."
OH, really???
bush:
"we're facing a" *long pause during which i incorrectly predicted evildoers* "group of folks who have such hatred in their heart, they'll strike anywhere, with any means."
watch the daily show re-broadcastheatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1096514793901245352004-09-29T23:19:00.000-04:002004-09-29T23:26:33.900-04:00is there anybody out there?
time to celebrate! i start my job on tuesday! after accepting the offer, i made a snap decision to move into a townhouse with my brother and dad. wtf?! i won't be paying much more than i am here, but it will add an extra twenty, thirty minutes to my commute. not to mention, i'll be moving away from my cats, and my mom, and andy, and comfort....OH, the sadness! iheatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1095647505237548162004-09-19T22:17:00.000-04:002004-09-19T22:31:45.236-04:00heeeee's baaackk! we shouldn't be surprised. at least we got go-go.
heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1095520821398477002004-09-18T11:20:00.000-04:002004-09-18T11:20:21.396-04:00mmm saturday morning.... words can't describe how thankful i am for not serving omelets to assholes right now. i had two interviews this week-- one with a bureau of the dept of the interior (YUCK) and the second with a private environmental consulting/engineering firm. i wasn't offered the govt job, but there's some hope i'll get a call from the other. it wouldn't be my first choice of job, heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1093840173643935302004-08-29T23:44:00.000-04:002004-08-30T12:26:51.130-04:00i'm a flake-- sue me. truth is, i haven't made much "progress" with things, and updating reminds me of my shortfalls. it's not as bad as me sitting on my ass, totally spaced, but it's not much better. here's a list of goings-on since may:
witnessed mr david bowie in concertmy good friend & parkway comrade kristy moved to NYCtraveled to manchester, tn for that bonnaroo spectaclecamped with a good heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1085891329653059702004-05-29T23:59:00.000-04:002004-05-30T22:03:05.106-04:00i think i have TWO fans! thank you-- i really mean that!! this thing is still very awkward.... anyhow,
basically, nothing's new. i'm working four days a week at the same place (waiting tables at a deli), running & swimming on occasion, preparing for another (third) summer of traveling & shows. shit could be worse, right?
on the family tip, my dad's been as together as i've ever seen him. heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1076999425554467102004-02-17T01:30:00.000-05:002004-02-17T01:33:00.186-05:00this is all. thank you & goodnight.heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1075612043128948332004-02-01T00:07:00.000-05:002004-02-01T00:09:36.653-05:00this will probably come across the wrong way. fuck it. i ain't hatin-- know that.
reading the gazette the other day, i noticed this. meredith was one of my good high school friends (& teammates). even though we both went to maryland, we lost touch (mainly my fault). years later, attempts to "reunite" failed. it couldn't have ever been the same. AND we had changed a lot.
so, about the heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1075271876490988582004-01-28T01:37:00.000-05:002004-01-28T01:40:04.390-05:00mom & andy gave me dr. seuss' the lorax (dvd & book) for christmas. yesterday i watched it for the second time ever (the first in mrs. bowen's sixth grade class). of course, it made me cry.
" 'I am the Lorax who speaks for the trees which you seem to be chopping as fast as you please. But I'm also in charge of the Brown Bar-ba-loots who played in the shade in their Bar-ba-loot suits and heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1074141161168864732004-01-14T23:32:00.000-05:002004-01-14T23:38:00.013-05:00happy new year!
i declare 2004 to be the end of my misery! clearly, shit ain't gonna change until i get active. i won't expect it to be easy or to come quickly, but i will change my behavior. and there it is.
my new years was spent sad and confused. the closest thing i've had to a good friend in a long time dissed me. i'm still unclear about the circumstance despite a polite handwritten heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1073958346735032132004-01-12T20:45:00.000-05:002004-01-12T20:47:34.466-05:00"i'm a busy guy."
ohhhh. i get it now.heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1071815150891314092003-12-19T01:25:00.000-05:002003-12-19T01:27:06.326-05:00first, i'm exhausted, but i wanted to jot a few things down. today marked my last exam of my last day of my last semester as an undergrad at umcp. can't say that i'm sad to see it end. in hindsight, what a horrible choice, especially considering the four year scholoarship offer from goucher. you live and learn, right? i'll be at one of the two graduation ceremonies saturday night.... a slickheatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1069395824944688382003-11-21T01:23:00.000-05:002003-11-21T07:47:40.420-05:00i graduate in ONE MONTH. this week i had a breakdown of sorts; i can't turn in an assignment on-time to save my life. my dad was able to calm me down wednesday morning, thank god, and i worked the whole damn day (even got out of job work to catch up). stay cool, ice cold. things are basically where they need to be.
toasted sandwiches are GOOD. my favorite has been toasted ham & american on heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1068342290493143962003-11-08T20:44:00.000-05:002003-11-08T20:45:11.920-05:00can i admit that i'm *actually* surprised the war has been so devastating? as much as i disagreed with the decision & its justification, i assumed we'd be in & out. from the blurbs i catch, it's an enduring fight: helicopters shot down, bombs dropped on cities, continued foreign occupation, etc. so much death can never be good. even if they get their shiny little "democracy," what's the totalheatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1067824536656798662003-11-02T20:55:00.000-05:002003-11-02T20:55:50.733-05:00hello & good evening. i don't have much to say, so i'll leave it to you for the time being....heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1065588632115647972003-10-08T00:50:00.000-04:002003-10-08T00:50:32.373-04:00california deserves it! ha ha ha.
today turned out to be pretty damn decent. i handed my paper in ON TIME. dr pease made me laugh good (he's smart). i completed the homework assignment by the time class rolled around. the short paper i wrote for "dave" last week got an a+ (that IS a plus! mommy, i can do it). the two classes i skipped last week were actually only one cause dr james heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1065492230160935132003-10-06T22:03:00.000-04:002003-10-07T00:42:24.760-04:00here i am. it's cool. i really do like talking to myself. in fact, i was lying in bed for at least an hour the other night having a conversation, out loud, with myself. you know, kind of pretending to talk to someone in particular. it wasn't even very important, but it was on my mind. i won't get super into it cause it's what i like to call "stupid," but draw your own conclusions from my heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1064160001342517292003-09-21T12:00:00.000-04:002003-09-21T15:46:12.326-04:00power came back on here around 8:30 last night. so, it was out for two days. not bad at all. and to be honest, it was kinda nice without all those electric-powered distractions. wish i would've made better use of my time, though. school was cancelled thursday & i didn't work thursday-saturday. got to hang out a bit w/ moms, and that was cool. but then i start thinking too much and get all heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1063864511633199232003-09-18T01:55:00.000-04:002003-09-18T01:55:11.050-04:00just about finished my six pack of yuengling & talking dirty. don't get no better than this.heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1063429530078556812003-09-13T01:05:00.000-04:002003-09-13T01:05:30.063-04:00look at me go.... how many times in the past week? en fuego. i'm drinking...again (three nights straight, uncharacteristic). so. i gotta get something off my chest. since last fall, i've felt like total CRAP. i remember going out to gorge & having a good time. i remember going to farm aid & enjoying myself. basically, from that point on, shit been fucked. now i'm tired of it. if i don'theatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1063342054464250132003-09-12T00:47:00.000-04:002003-09-12T00:47:34.480-04:00pretty please with sugar on top...go read richard cohen's op-ed piece from yesterday's post. wasn't i just talking about this?! (at least i like to read something.) well... i don't feel much like talking, but listing isn't asking too much.
things i like:
incense
good beer (=imports)
cheap & decent beer (=pbr)
live dmb
pretty glass that serves a purpose
cute girls named kristy
LOTS of coffee
heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1063169795312208062003-09-10T00:56:00.000-04:002003-09-10T00:59:22.216-04:00did anyone catch "highlights" from tuesday's senate armed services committee hearing on the request for additional financial support in iraq? i was watching nightline out of the corner of my eye.... you wouldn't believe how many times this administration goes back on what they've said & conveniently recreated reality. unfortunately, i can't locate a transcript. going from memory (and you heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1062979559089360122003-09-07T20:05:00.000-04:002003-09-07T23:18:08.593-04:00god i love fun people. if you've never been to a show at tweeter in camden, please do. the party in the lots can be quite enjoyable. the band was on, weather was beautiful, but somehow i'm still not feeling right. it's the strangest thing... nothing notable going wrong but not being okay. and if it were as easy as "just stop it," i woulda long ago.
there's got to be some motivating factor.heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1061686053036605652003-08-23T20:47:00.000-04:002003-08-23T20:47:32.910-04:00so, here i am, minding my business and i get this random im from some kid i went to middle school with. (actually, i consider him my first boyfriend...from back in the sixth grade.) thing is, i happened to run into him a few years back. it had been something like eight or nine years. now, this is a guy who i was pretty much obsessed with. not crazy obsessed, just the one who i fixated on theheatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1060992986457176902003-08-15T20:16:00.000-04:002003-08-15T20:58:29.200-04:00so relaxed at this point i'm enjoying a thorough listening of everyday. serious. desperate measures in times like these-- the only tv i've seen in days has been about some damn blackout. (who needs hours upon hours of news coverage for that?) i mean, sorry for the inconvenience and all, but get a life. if that's the worst you're dealing with, things are alright.
i don't think i've ever heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1060660213186519812003-08-11T23:50:00.000-04:002003-08-11T23:56:36.156-04:00dear me. i just wanted to jot a few things down in between the two legs of my vacation. my flight didn't get in until 11:45 last night, and i had to be up early this morning to start this internship. tomorrow morning i'll head out to the outer banks (a splendid six hour drive) until sometime friday. trick'll be getting myself to finally relax. i absolutely enjoyed my time in wash, but i've heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1057981919035689522003-07-11T23:51:00.000-04:002003-07-11T23:56:13.553-04:00i saw a dude on a motorcycle fifty yards ahead of me flip end over end (twice, i think). disturbring shit (and what a terrible sound). such a long day; my eyes hurt so bad, i gotta take out my contacts. then a shower...mmmm. if you get a chance, i've got some reading material courtesy of today's wash post. please note: my position does not totally coincide w/ mr. anderson's (we basically heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-1056984069927841022003-06-30T10:41:00.000-04:002003-06-30T23:11:19.336-04:00here is the most loving being in the whole world. it's so sweet to have him dash up the steps towards me the second i walk in the door! then he'll plop down at my feet and beg to be scratched! who was it i had read lately that mentioned a slight fear of becoming an old cat lady? i think i'm well on my way there. disturbing.heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-952198872003-06-02T23:20:00.000-04:002003-06-02T23:24:57.000-04:00it's obvious i'm no good at keeping up with this thing. i'll do my best. and you'll love me regardless.
so... today everything began to sink in. i'm talking my trip next week down to tn. i've made little progress gettin my shit together, but i do have a whole week to shop & pack & prepare. plus, i've been totally shafted at work-- lots and lots of free time. sure, i'd rather sleep. but heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-942905112003-05-13T18:03:00.000-04:002003-05-13T18:06:52.000-04:00back to that one gvpt class i'm taking, the one that frustrates me to no end. it's intro to public policy, by the way....well. we've been working on a group project/simulation for the past month. in this simulation, every student in the class is filling some role in the policy process to address the growing global coffee crisis (i'll direct you to oxfam for background reading, but i'm biased).heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-942155972003-05-12T14:02:00.000-04:002003-05-12T14:05:55.000-04:00couldn't have been longer than fifteen minutes since i'd walked in the door from the bank to deposit $160 to cover the $150 check i wrote friday. i've got mad skills. this being broke thing has lasted longer than it should, and it seems to be getting worse. i need to fix that. but back to my story...
the doorbell rings; it's 1:30 on a monday afternoon, and i'm by myself. i don't wanna seem heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-938054552003-05-05T11:48:00.000-04:002003-05-06T00:49:22.000-04:00my dad didn't show up this morning, i don't think. the alarm went off at 4:40, but it felt *a little* too early, so i closed my eyes. it was six after five when i woke up for real; i rushed down the stairs, ran out the front door in bare feet, preparing to blurt, "okay, okay, just give me a sec." however, no dad right there, nor was he in the parking lot. stood up again! plus, he was heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-937362002003-05-04T01:29:00.000-04:002003-05-04T01:32:28.000-04:00as busted up as my body felt, it was a nice run...very soothing to see the blues, pinks, oranges painted across the sky. the one thing about jogging-- it allows me to allow my mind to rest. it's quarter after one now, and i'm exhausted. still didn't do school work tonight; i'm getting behind. i'll be up early in the 'morning' to get a good start.
i booked my flight to seattle tonight. i'm heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-937237552003-05-03T19:33:00.000-04:002003-05-03T19:33:46.603-04:00there's something i don't do often enough...watch the sun set. there's something peaceful and calming and conclusive about it (maybe that's the point). it's a good time to breathe and reflect; probably the ideal situation for a run. i'll let you know how things go ;)heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-929928012003-04-21T13:34:00.000-04:002003-04-21T13:34:16.403-04:00i ate too much breakfast this morning. bleh. i'll be back to running with dad in the morning, though. thank goodness!!
more later after i digest...heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-926755362003-04-15T17:52:00.000-04:002003-04-15T17:52:13.110-04:00shiiiiitt. i'm stuck in the middle of this crap ass week (a little behind on some school work-- what's new?), and i get an exam back today. this is that dreadful intro to public policy crap that is filled to capacity w/ your typical prick ass gvpt students (including a small but unmanagable handful of ultra-conservative freaknasties). it's so out of control that i sit in my desk furiously heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-912248152003-03-23T09:54:00.000-05:002003-05-05T11:57:49.000-04:00this thing finally looks good enough to use it. that, and it's taken me awhile to get my head on straight. people have said to me, off and on, over the past several years, "you know, you really should look into some type of counseling." to be honest, i knew it too, but that's one of those things you don't necessarily get super excited about. i've been attacking this monster (depression) sinceheatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-873361122003-01-12T23:24:00.000-05:002003-01-12T23:24:10.626-05:00yeah lazy. just as i'm about to totally give up, i make some progress. i may not be as inept as i had feared. yeah right.heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-820812772002-09-25T01:21:00.000-04:002002-09-25T01:32:47.000-04:00all i gots to say is, this boy works it well. i sit there (well, the two whole times i've seen the commercial on tv) and stare mouth open. dude screams sex. yes, please. maybe it's just cause i can't move my body like that. who knows.heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3806942.post-820264832002-09-23T23:12:00.000-04:002002-09-23T23:13:17.000-04:00hmm. maybe this IS a good idea. we shall see...heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11339367295596694373noreply@blogger.com