Author: Pearl L

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currently spinnings: radiohead – ammesiac

currently spinnings:
radiohead – ammesiac
radiohead – hail to the thief

even though i probably seem like the kind of person who might be a very big fan of radiohead, the truth is i’ve been very indifferent to radiohead for quite a while. (hangs head in shame) it wasn’t for lack of exposure — i’m good friends at least 4 huge radiohead fans (hell, i’m even marrying one of them). and it’s not because i never owned the cds — at various points, i’ve actually purchased ok computer, amnesiac, and kid a, but i never listened to them since they were borrowed away from me by various people who never returned them (that should have been a sign, huh?). and since i was too cheap to go out and buy the cds again and was too lazy/indignant that i’d be forced to download music i already bought, well… needless to say that didn’t help either.

my main beef with radiohead probably was that they struck me as being extremely cold. i’ve found i like my music perhaps aloof, but not alienating, and maybe a little dark, though not machine-like. which may be completely incorrect assumptions about radiohead, but were nevertheless reasons for me to not ever really get into them, despite the fact that i have always thought they are geniuses.

all this (except for the geniuses part) has changed. radiohead has an album coming out on june 9 called “hail to the thief.” i heard some advance songs off of it, and so far, i’m really really enjoying it. it doesn’t strike me as being so cold (maybe i was wrong all those years!), and i’m able to appreciate its brilliance a little more than i used to be.

hail to the thief. w00t.

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craigslist is freakin’ awesome. i’ve

craigslist is freakin’ awesome.

i’ve been reading those ‘missed encounters’ posts, as well as the ‘personals’ posts because they are quite intriguing. seriously! take a scan through them when you have a chance. one takes such an odd little glimpse into other people’s lives, peering into that secret part of the human heart that yearns for companionship…

love is interesting. love is funny. i am a fan.

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this has been such a

this has been such a sad week…

my friend sam lost his brother in a car accident.

my friend jennifer’s aunt passed away.

ucla lost one of its student leaders in a different car accident near campus. her car was hit by a drunk driver.

chinese actor leslie cheung committed suicide.

my sister got into a really retarded fender bender, and the other party is apparently claiming injuries…

:( :( :(

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this is not a war blog

i’ve tired myself out talking about the war and about president bush. all i want is for the war to be over soon, with as few lost lives as possible. i am so angry at the bush administration’s handling of ALL of this (and there’s a lot… i haven’t the energy to detail all the shadiness and lying this administration has consistently been doing for the past 3 years bush has been in office, but believe me, there is PLENTY) that i want to hear nothing about the war, nothing about progress or setbacks, nothing. it upsets me so that even this administration does not seem to understand or care what it has gotten into, refuses to acknowledge the perils or consequences of its actions, and is willing to let the burden fall instead to the average Joe, to his kids, and to their kids.

I weep for the fact that this nation is now led by fear and paranoia, instead of good sense and understanding. My heart aches with the realization that America, instead of being the world’s leading peacekeeper, is now the world’s leading hate-mongerer. We have taken tribalism and isolationism to frightening degrees in a world that grows ever smaller daily with the increasing interaction between businesses and countries around the globe.

Mr. Bush, who do you think you are? You are supposed to be our president, you work for the people. Why do you ignore us and treat us like pawns in your game of corporate greed?

This is not one of your failed ventures as CEO, Mr. President. This is America, and you are threatening to run the most powerful country in the world, as well as its very delicate web of international goodwill, into the ground, just like your other companies. Are you really too stupid to understand even that?

So no more talk of the war. It very honestly hurts my heart to feel as if everything our country stands for (freedom, tolerance, liberty) and appreciates (including the French, who, if people remember, actually built our Statue of Liberty… and helped instill us with the ideals of liberty…) is in the process of being completely and utterly squandered in the process of going to war with Iraq. and furthermore, Republicans, you may not have liked Clinton’s blow job, but was your personal safety ever threatened by his actions? the personal safety of each American is now threatened as American becomes Global Bully #1…

i need to stop here. this truly makes me sad and angry, and i cannot deal with this anymore.

To the troops in Iraq, I salute your bravery and your willingness to sacrifice for our freedom, and for the freedom of the Iraqi people. May you all return home safely and quickly. Godspeed.

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down, freeshell, down!

my webhost has been in the process of moving over the past couple of days, so please forgive the brief disappearance of this site. here’s a bit of an update.

finals are over!! woohoo!!

it’s good to be back in norcal. got a new bed in my room, spent some time with some high school friends, doing some hanging out with my sister watching bad television. American Idol is a really horrible show. I can’t believe how the show basically treats the contestants like pet monkeys or something. tonight they made the ten finalists perform several obnoxiously choreographed numbers and very cheesily record a burt bacharach tune before somewhat unceremoniously booting off one of the contestants. now how’re them apples?

24 is a really terrific show, although the storyline with jack’s daughter is pretty weak. i seriously need to catch up on first season. keke. it’s funny: apparently, i got norm hooked on 24 before i even got hooked on it!! aaah!!

i’m also rereading a few old old books from elementary school, namely Dear Mr. Henshaw. i have to say, the book has even more resonance now than it did when i was in the first grade. i loved it then, and i still love it now. wouldn’t it be wonderful to write like beverly cleary, to capture those complex emotions and filter them through the eyes of a young child so acutely and with such humor…

also getting to chat online a lot more than i usually do. it’s really nice to catch up with some old friends. :)

time for bed. *yawn*