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Saturday, July 22nd, 2006
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i know it's been a while and i half way denounced lj but i felt like it was time for a reunion.
just wanted to let everyone (and by everyone i mean the people not on myspace) that i will be in the 'Ham in a week and a half. august 2nd through august 16th, yo!
see ya soon!!!
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myspace is the way to go. i agree with melanie. from now on, i'm strictly myspace. i will peruse lj from time to time but i'm cracked out on the space. oh, by the way, i'm moving to portland in 2 days. fuck yes. and i'll be back in the 'Ham in june. see you then, crackas.
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
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i got my nose pierced last week! it's just a little silver stud right now but in a month i'm going to put a small hoop in. it was definately the least painful piercing i've ever had. i'll post some pics soon.
HAPPY MUTHAFUCKIN' VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2006
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2006
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sooo...my work got robbed for the second time in a week and a half. both times, i was the closer, therefore the one in charge of locking up. the first time they pried open the back door with a crowbar and used our dolly to steal the whole fucking safe along with my portable cd player. this time, they pried the same door open and took all our retail coffee (30 lbs. or so), breathmints, the hopper (funnel) for the espresso grinder, and *drum roll please* the entire contents of the new safe we just received yesterday. and why did they not take the whole safe this time? because i fucking FORGOT to lock in yesterday. i got a call at 7:30 am after passing out from partying at 3 am from my manager that we had been robbed. i had to wake up and frantically take a shower so i could go talk to our district manager. it wasn't until i was standing in the office with him that i realized that i had forgotten to lock it which i told him. now, i'm getting written up which really isn't that big of a deal but i still feel like the biggest fucking idiot in the world. oh, and when i came back at 2 for my shift i realized the fuckers took my cd case too. it was the case that had all my old, nostalgic cd's in it. some of those cd's i bought in middle school. FUCK FUCK FUCKITY FUCK FUCK is all i gotta say. i was so upset i was sobbing on the phone with my parent's this morning. i almost quit. i just got paranoid since it's happened on my watch twice now and i'm the weirdest looking person in the company. i'm not even supposed to work there because of my dreads- my manager hired me not knowing the company policy. anyways....i am hopefully not getting in anymore trouble.
otherwise, life is okay. it's really cold and rainy here. it's been raining off and on for over a month now. but thankfully i'm going camping at tokatee falls with judy tomorrow and friday. there's a beautiful campsite right on the north umpqua river and a hot springs overlooking the river. i just have to get out of town and relax. i'm excited about moving to portland and i feel confident i'll have the money to do it.
i miss you guys....come visit me in the summer.
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Friday, January 20th, 2006
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i think i have reinvented the hangover. or at least it feels that way right now. sts9 played in eugene last night so i raged until sometime this morning. i woke up not really sure how i got to my bed and actually went to sleep. i'm going to ride up to portland in an hour or so to see sts9 play there. weeeeeeeeee! it kinda sucks, though, since the girl i'm riding with i don't know that well and i don't think i can form semi-intelligent sentences right now.
i've been considering moving to portland next year. i really *heart* that city and i haven't even spent that much time there. eugene is great but it's so small and moves at such a slow pace (much like alabama). i feel like i need some more energy and diversity. people in eugene like to promote "diversity" but actually this town is just full of educated, liberal, progressive white people. which isn't necessarily a bad thing.....
okay. back to my hangover.
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Tuesday, January 17th, 2006
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| You Should Be A Gemini | 
What's good about you: witty and energetic, you're simply the most fun to be around
What's bad about you: you're flighty - losing interest in people and projects quickly
In love: you enjoy the "honeymoon phase," but after that it's hard for you to stick around
In friendship, you're: likely to have many groups of friends, with many different interests
Your ideal job: mime, guru, or cartoonist
Your sense of fashion: casual and simple
You like to pig out on: fast food, especially burritos |
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Friday, January 13th, 2006
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i just got a new computer!!! weeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!! it's a gateway laptop and it fuckin' rules. be prepared for more frequent updates. that is all.
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Wednesday, December 14th, 2005
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i really want to be watching the goonies right now instead of going to work. i've got to catch a bus in 10 minutes so this will be short.
I CAN'T WAIT TO COME HOME.
that's my life right now. waiting for december 26th to roll around so i can see everyone. i'm okay otherwise. i moved in with judy into our swinging bachelorette pad (actually, it's nothing like that). i inherited a bed, shelf, computer desk (sans computer), and two tables made out of pallets from her previous roommate. i'm simultaneously fighting loneliness and relief. it's a weird feeling. like i should be laughing and crying at the same time.
okay. time to run across the street to the bus station.
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Wednesday, December 7th, 2005
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i saw the abyssynians(uhhh..sp?) last night at the wow hall. they were fucking great especially considering they're all old enough to be my grandpa. i've seen so much good reggae since i moved here. one more reason eugene is the best! in six months i've seen 4 legendary old school roots reggae bands and the whole time i lived in 'bama i saw the wailers play ONCE 4 years ago.
i can't wait to come home. 19 days and counting!!! i need a mini-vacation where i have absolutely no responsibilites other than to relax and party. we just hired two new girls at work which means i have to be "Shift Leader Melissa" for the next two weeks while i train them. no offense to them, but that sucks cause i'm friends with almost everyone i work with. it's nice to be able to listen to journey and do david lee roth kicks with all the baristas. hopefully they won't think i'm too crazy or they'll be crazy and then we can all be one big happy family. :)
i applied for a permaculture internship in portland. i should hear back from them in a week. cross yer fingers cause i really want to do this.
oh. on a random note. katie- i thought of you last night. after the show, t-$, mark and i got back to the apt. about 2 am and realized the door was locked with the keys inside so i had to scale the building and pull myself through the bathroom window. it made me think of the time we locked ourselves out of your ghetto apt. in t-town and your neighbors thought we were crazy.
uhhh...yeah. everyone should call me cause i want to talk to all of you. peace.
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Wednesday, November 30th, 2005
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will someone please tell me what i should do with my life? why has god cursed me to be the most indecisive person alive?!?! okay. sorry for the freak out.
something must be wrong with me because i'm genuinely excited to go home and spend 10 days sitting on my parent's couch watching lifetime movies in my pj's. also, i hope to be partying with you lovely folks. weeeee!!!!
things are better. i'm still staying with tiffany while i sort some shit out in my head. i love jason so much that it's hard to even think about him not being in my life. thanks to all who extended positive thoughts and housing accomodations (too bad i can't couch surf from 3,000 miles away). now begins the time of introspection and reflection through which i will receive a divine message that will direct my life accordingly. or i'll just stop being afraid of making the wrong decision and do something worthwhile with my life. fuck fuck fuck. i understand now why people keep going back to school. if i didn't hate school so much i would love to be sheltered by the world of higher ed right now.
so. yeah. i'm in the public library so i have to make this short. much love.
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Monday, November 21st, 2005
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i left jason on saturday. i moved all my shit out of our house and now i'm staying with tiffany until i figure out what i'm doing. i'm not moving back to alabama but i don't know if i'm going to stay in eugene long term. think positive thoughts for me.
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Thursday, November 17th, 2005
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the price is right is just not as entertaining as is was when i was a little kid but i still find myself watching it every morning. bob barker looks fucking ancient. anyways...
i just went out to the garden and little cauliflowers are growing!!!!!!!! weeeee!!! my brussel sprouts are covered in some weird grey/black slimy stuff and the kale and swiss chard still look like starts but my onions are rocking out. i keep having dreams about lying in my onion patch and discovering huge onions sticking out of the ground. another month and i'll have some big ones.
i have discovered the best drink at my work. a yerba mate soy mocha latte. you brew mate like you would an espresso shot and then you mix it with steamed chocolate soy milk. oh my fucking god, it is good. tiffany came up with the idea. if you haven't had yerba mate, it is an herbal tea that contains caffeine and antioxidants and doesn't make you feel all cracked out like coffee does. check out:
http://www.guayaki.com/
okay. time to make breakfast.
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Wednesday, November 16th, 2005
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it's cold here. fucking cold. 50 during the day and 32 at night. what?!?! i've have always thought of myself as pretty resilient to cold weather but i've become the world's biggest baby. i've stopped riding my bike and started riding the bus to work everyday. i really like mass transit and i get to overhear really amusing/disturbing conversations from fellow riders.
i'll be back in the 'Ham in a little over a month. i'm simutaneously excited and nervous. excited to see all you beautiful people and nervous about family drama. jason wants us to get our families together for dinner one night. yikes! i told him he will have to procure a decent amount of Valium and feed it to me all night.
soooo....otherwise, life is good. work is work. one of the baristas and i have started doing van halen "jump" kicks during our shifts and rocking out to journey at closing. i do karoake most sunday nights with my manager and a few co-workers. i have to say that this is the only job i've ever had where i genuinely like everyone i work with and want to spend my free time with them. it makes it easier to deal with the fact we're working for corporate-wannabe schmucks. but that's a whole 'nother story, yo.
i hope you are all well. i'm so ready to see ya'll and give you some west coast hippie lovin'!
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Tuesday, November 1st, 2005
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new pictures are up! weeeee!!!
http://mcamp3.photosite.com/Album3
i went to two halloween parties last night after i got off work. i was still in my work clothes and felt extremely tired and hungry so my costume was the lame, bored, tired girl standing in the corner waiting for her friends to take her home.
i'm attempting to ride the bus to work today. i have to be at the stop down the street an hour before i even have to be at work. it's totally better than riding two miles in the cold rain. woo hoo for winter!
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Sunday, October 16th, 2005
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i am sick. so is jason. it's pretty shitty....it started as head congestion and a runny nose and now has moved also into my chest. jason is at the head congestion stage right now so he should be joining me in full-on sinus infection hell tomorrow. i went to the health food store next to my work tonight and got some herbs and what-not to make teas that will hopefully heal us. jason made dinner tonight- red curry coconut veggies with jasmine rice. sounds good, right? well, both of us thought that we should make it super spicy to help out our congestion. apparently, 3 habanero peppers and red curry paste together is a little overboard. i ate about 3 bites and had to stop because my tonsils were burning and i felt like i was going to throw up. yummy. jason made it about as far into his bowl and we decided that it was not worth the agony.
things are good otherwise in eugene. it's getting colder and it's been raining more often. my fall crops are growing nicely. so- that's about it. sorry for not having anything more interesting to write about. i miss ya'll somethin' fierce. namaste.
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Monday, October 10th, 2005
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alright bitches....since i don't post on lj enough, let's make this count.
1. i have a tendency to imagine really random customers at work having sex with each other. it grosses me out but keeps me entertained while i'm slingin' coffee
2. i enjoy using the bathroom with the door open. even #2. it might be the exhibitionist in me.
3. i was 14 before i stopped sleeping in my parent's bed on a near daily basis. i was deathly afraid of thunderstorms. they had to convince me that i was no longer child size and that their bed was too small for 3 adults.
4. when i was into the punk rock phase i would secretly listen to my grateful dead cd's but completely trash them in conversation with fellow punk rockers
5. i'm almost sad that living in eugene means i'm no longer the weirdest person in town. i can have dreads, roll my cigarettes, and have leg/armpit hair and basically go about my business unaccosted. sometimes i wish i could make up funny lies and scare people. good thing i'll be back at x-mas to scare people again!
so. on that note. i love love love eugene. i just got home from doing karaoke with my co-workers. my manager and i did "nothing compares 2 U". it was beautiful. some middle-aged scary chester the child molester guy did an awesome "oops! i did it again". i've never cried and laughed so hard at the same time.
i heart all of you. namaste.
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Friday, September 30th, 2005
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we are trying to figure out which one refers to deriving sexual pleasure from being shat upon. we have some really deep, meaningful conversations obviously. tee hee.
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT LJ PEEPS:
jason and i got our plane tickets today to come back to 'Bama for New Years. we will be arriving on Dec. 26th and leaving Jan. 6th. that gives everyone plenty of time to hang out with us! weeeeee!!!
i went to the hot springs today with my friend/neighbor judy and our dogs. it was so great because everyone left and we had the whole place to ourselves for about an hour. aja got to run around and go crazy and annoy me.
jason says that livejournal is consuming my life so i have to end this now and have a real face-to-face interaction. and he says, "they're all going to think i'm an asshole!" tee hee. good thing he's joking. okay. lovin' you guys....
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Tuesday, September 20th, 2005
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i just uploaded some new pictures. hope you enjoy!
http://mcamp3.photosite.com/Album2/
anyways....life is good in eugene. tiffany's bus is temporarily out of service until it gets a rebuilt engine so she's postponing school for another semester and staying in town for 6 months!! weee!!!
it's already fall here. 70's during the day and fucking cold at night. the summer was so beautiful but it went by way too fast. everyone out here keeps telling me that this is supposed to be the worst winter since 1995. apparently, that year brought massive flooding and ice storms to the willamette valley. geez, i can't fucking wait! i'm about to teach my self how to crochet and do beadwork since it's looking like i'm going to be spending all winter inside.
i'm listening to my 90's frenzy mp3 mix right now. i forgot how much most 90's music sucks balls.
so. that's all i got for ya kids. i miss all of you terribly! jason and i are planning on leaving eugene christmas day or the day after and we'll be in Bama for a week. i can't wait to see everyone!
namaste.
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Thursday, September 8th, 2005
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i love my off days. we partied last night to celebrate jason getting an extension on his internship for the coming school year. he's putting his two weeks in at the lucky noodle today. weee!! now i get to see my FLP more and he doesn't have to work 38 hours in 48 hours once a week. money will definately be tight this school year but it's totally worth it since jason can spend more time on school and his internship. i've been alternatively hating and loving my job depending on the day. i wish i could just quit and go work at the natural foods store next door but i would lose my full-time status and health insurance. sometimes it really sucks being a grown-up but the pros definately outweigh the cons.
t-$ and i just worked in the garden all afternoon. jason, t-$, aja, and i woke up late and went to sweetlife to have coffee and then to the piercing place to get my ears stretched. i'm now at a 2 gauge with green glass flesh tunnels. we're going to see midnite play tonight!! i can't wait to see some good ass reggae. should be a good time indeed.
uhh...other than all that, there's not much else to post about. summer is rapidly fading and it's supposed to be cold as hell here in about a month and then start raining shortly thereafter. it's going to be hella fun to ride my bike 2 miles in the cold drizzle to work every day.
so- i love you all. i hope everyone is doing well and lovin' life. namaste.
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