Author: Pearl L

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long weekend! what to do,

long weekend! what to do, what to do! study? party? stay in? MAN, I don’t want to do ANYTHING!!! >=O people are going to vegas, people are going skiing.. and frankly, I just want to stay home and veg. I have to clean the apartment too.. it’s my turn. =P

did I tell you i love my apartment? I love my apartment. My roommates are awesome, our place is really clean and comfortable, I’m finally making it more homely for meself (put up my travis poster and put my books on my bookshelf. whoohoo!), and everyone here loves candles. I am furiously taking notes on how to decorate my future places of residence. (candles, check… cute heart shaped lights, check…christmas lights, check… wow, these are all lights! goodness, lighting makes a difference!)

so I hung out with one of my working-world friends last night. he’s at a major crossroads in terms of what he wants to do next with his career. it’s the first time in his life he’s ever straight out not know what he wants to do next with his life, and he’s kind of freaked out. to be honest, it freaks me out. I have the urge to tell him, “HEY! it’s MY job to be confused about my life, dammit!”

hahaha, i’m kidding. but I honestly feel for him. It’s never a fun position to be in when you have to turn your sights to a new goal, when you’re forced back into rethinking your goals and into seeking something new, something inspirational enough to drive you forward. I personally think my friend will be fine: he’s very smart, very talented, a quick study, and people like him. whatever he does, he’ll succeed. the question is.. which thing will he do?

other updates: I’ve been a’running (though not tonight cuz I was hanging out with my friend), and i went to wooden on monday to attempt to shimmy up the rock wall. only for me, it’s never “shimmy up.” It’s more along the lines of “flailing up.” I mean.. honestly, I know i’m not the best climber, but I was never so blatently BAD in any other time I’ve gone indoor climbing! granted, I took on some trickier routes that required a lot more use of the natural contours of the rock (which means a LOT more trusting of your shoes and your belayer… and not just prancing about hand- and foot-holds and whatnot) and hence spent a LOT more time just kinda hanging and trying to figure out how i’d get to the next hold. oh good gracious, my arms were SOOOOO SOOOOORE for days after. *oof* but freaking A… I can do 5.8 climbs at planet granite, and I sure as heck do 5.6’s at wooden. the staffer there (tony) said that the courses were probably underrated since “we have some great climbers here,” which made me feel a bit better, but at the same time still made me mad enough to be pretty eager to hit the wall again. Grr, those people think they’re way better than they are! WRAWR!!

if anyone wants to climb with me, lmk. a quarterly pass for the wall is only $15!! you just go three times all quarter, and it pays for itself! what a steal of a deal!!!

anyway, because today is the 18th of january, it is crispy’s birthday. he is 22 years of age. say happy birthday to him if ya have a chance.

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song of the hour: john

song of the hour: john mayer – no such thing

on another note, bad music manages to find its way to the ears of many a listener everywhere, especially if it’s performed by a singer as good looking as Britney Spears. I heard “Not quite a girl, not yet a woman” or whatever that stupid song is called tonight at islands. And again, I must pronounce another Britney Spears work as trash.

.. not to say that she doesn’t have her merits! It’s not possible to deny that teen pop does have its place, especially in karaoke bars across the nation. While I personally feel that “Stronger” is a great song on its own, it’s definitely not as fun to belt out drunkenly as “Hit me baby one more time” or “Lucky,” that pathos-laden too-superstar-for-U anthem. And what’s this “I’m a slave for U” business? If you’re going to do soft core, take it off already. I won’t stand for any of this “look at me wear my underwear outside of my pants!” nonsense.

throughout her career, there was at least a sense of mystery to what she was doing, that she was having fun with her image and teasing people with her “is she, or isn’t she?” question. now, that “is she or isn’t she” question is moot: it doesn’t matter what she actually is, she’s trying so very hard to be “isn’t” that there’s no use playing games anymore. before it wasn’t clear whether she wanted you or not, and that made things interesting. now you know she wants you, and the fun just isn’t there anymore!

With her new album, Britney’s thrown all measure of self-respect out the window. Instead of simply playing her role in the media as a sexy teen pop songstress, she’s actually becoming the image she’s trying very hard to portray. Sure, it’s fine to go along with her manufactured “sexpot Britney” image, but she seems to be buying into it a whole lot more than she reasonably ought to. Once you believe your own hype, you are so over. Once you start believing you are who people say you are, instead of maintaining a clear sense of self, she becomes just the boring image and not a real person with mysteries one feels like he could discover. There’s nothing keeping people guessing, and this renders her as uninteresting to watch as the next half-naked smiling blonde.

which, as most people feel, isn’t really that uninteresting anyway! but had she played her cards right, she might have been the next madonna, whom she so clearly idolizes but very obviously doesn’t have the strength of character to carry out. I’m curious to see how long she’ll last. >_

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song of the hour: ryan

song of the hour: ryan adams – new york

Ok, I know I said I wasn’t going to any concerts this quarter, but Ryan Adams (no, not Bryan Adams!) is performing at the El Rey Theater in February. The former lead singer of Whiskeytown has a second solo cd out called “Gold” which is on my “cds to get when I actually have money” list. =) He’s been getting some radio play — his notable song is “New York, New York.” You can listen to it here.

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Hi kids, so you’re probably

Hi kids,

so you’re probably thinking, “hey! I expect a pretty frilly site! what the heck?!”

If you haven’t figured it out, I’ve finally decided to go through with that redesign i keep talking about. It’s been a while since I’ve done this sort of thing and actually played with any real amount of code, so please bear with me as I go through this harrowing process of gettin’ back in the business. I’ve only changed my blogging page and made that the main page you hit now; pretty much everything else still looks the same flowery blue-green way it did before. All is not lost! .. but if things go right, soon, they will be. -twiddles thumbs menacingly-

anyway, opinions are desired and welcomed. please email me if you have anything to say, or hit up my guestbook. thanks! :D

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Your House by Jimmy Eat

Your House by Jimmy Eat World

when you’re on, i swear
you’re on
i think the whole room can hear me clear my throat
then out of nowhere you put me right back there
we know what happens when we get to your house
you’re winning me over with everything you say
when i let you closer,
i only want you closer

you rip my heart right out

i throw away everything i’ve written you
anything
just keep my mind off it
thinking how i had you once
no, i can’t forget that
sometimes i wish i could lose you again

if you still care at all don’t go tell me now
if you love me at all please don’t tell me now
if you love me at all
don’t call

(no real application to my life right now, but still suuuuch a good song…)

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ok, this is a sleepy-excited

ok, this is a sleepy-excited totally material obsessed rant, so forgive whatever weird non-sense this might make!!

current obsession: sephora!!
so, I’ve been hunting high and low for a perfume I like (yes, I’ve been interested in perfumes!) for quite some time now, and I’ve finally FINALLY found a fragrance I really really like and I can wear without making myself sick!! I’m pretty sensitive to fragrances. some of them will make me ill (e.g. polo sport for me. if you wear it around me, I will run so fast away from you, I’d even have flo jo going “daaamn!”). but this week, I’ve found one I adore smelling and love smelling on me. alicia intro’d me to DKNY for women when I went shopping with her during our last vegas run (yes, I went again! more on that later!), and i thought it smelled terrific. then, after a little bit of hinting, my sister got it for me for christmas! I’ve been wearing a bit of it for the past couple of days and I really love it!! wheeee!!!

so, this continues with my obsession with fragrance and accessories and glamming it up. maybe it’s the holiday urge in me this break, but it’s been oh-so-fun! I’ve gotten really into scarves and hats. I got a really nice long winter coat from benetton (one of my favorite stores) for a really awesome price when I went outlet shopping in Primm, as well as some useful purses and wallets from Kenneth Cole (also a joyful new discovery!)

ahck, at this rate, I might as well just list my happy discoveries:
– salt and pepper mill in purple plastic. hehe.
– a STEEL meat hammer!! do you know how hard it is to find these things?!
– this amazing plum brown sparkly mascara by Bourjois Paris. the small lip gloss sample that came with it is also a delicious shade of pink that looks so cute!
– first leather purse.. kenneth cole… immensely useful…found it on clearance.
– silk/cashmere scarf from banana.. it’s so soft!
– black and grey beanie from gap
.. and that’s about it. =)

whee! I normally hate shopping, but ahh!! soo many goodies!!!!!!!!! =D