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Tuesday, March 16th, 2004
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9:54 pm - hey there.
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| Friday, March 12th, 2004
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2:47 pm - [sigh...]
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thank jesus christ it's friday. in the past two weeks, i have read four shakespeare plays, 50 pages of Kant for philosophy, and 200 pages of ken burns's book for jazz & film. i'm DONE. i went to the library the other day and after the first hour, probably, i noticed i was just staring off into space. my brain is absolutely fried. it's toast. so if today wasn't friday, i don't know what i'd do, because this is too much. i still have to read titus andronicus and more Kant this weekend, but at least the tests are over until after spring break. thank you.
KU/mizzou (again) is tonight and i'm excited. the game on sunday was amazing (definitely better than duke/north carolina... just that particular game, not the rivalry) i'm looking for another great game. hopefully ending in a W for us.
i didn't mention anything about the YYY's show in omaha last friday, so all i'll say is that it was awesome and karen o is perhaps the coolest chick i've ever seen. phantom planet is next wednesday at the granada. i hope i'll be able to go.
the sky is blue outside and there are no clouds.
today is pay day... i might go spend it all at urban... and target. i need food.
i'm now going to lay down and watch tv and not do anything... besides lay down and watch tv.
p.s. elijah wood was on jay AND conan this week. it was pretty great. that's all i'm gonna say.
current mood:  relieved
current music: "brass monkey" - beastie boys
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| Tuesday, March 9th, 2004
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6:48 pm - from today's kansan:
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in the "best of the big 12 basketball" section...
worst tattoo:
Corey Simms, Nebraska guard
-"Blessed" tattoo down his left arm. Just 4.2 points per game. Doubtful.
it made me laugh.
school makes me want to shoot myself.
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| Friday, March 5th, 2004
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12:30 am
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i just watched viggo mortensen on letterman, and in the words of dave himself, "that man just might be as cool as johnny depp."
viggo... you're amazing.
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| Thursday, March 4th, 2004
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5:47 pm - caught in the rain without an umbrella...
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i wish the rain would stop.
i forgot to update with all my thoughts on the oscar's. well, i think it's too late for that now. bottom line is that i liked it.
last night's game was a good one. and i guess it was fairly sentimental. i'm going to miss gravy. and i'm also going to miss the games. no more until next season! well, no more home games. oh well. keith langford doing those push ups was maybe the best thing ever. i laughed for like 10 minutes. i liked it, keith. atta boy.
going to omaha tomorrow for the yeah yeah yeahs. i'm excited. and then i'm coming back with my mom and my sister for mom's day and that will also be fun and exciting. if only i didn't have those three tests next week, then i would be able to enjoy this coming weekend even more.
viggo mortensen on letterman tonight. everyone should watch.
i need a new computer so i can get iLife04. oh yeah and an iPod. i need one of those, too.
ok, time for shakespeare. (i'm sick of saying that.)
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| Monday, March 1st, 2004
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12:22 am - OSCARS!
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i should be finishing my paper, but the bottom line is that this was the BEST oscars EVER. i mean, lord of the rings... 11 nominations, 11 wins. that's incredible.
and did you SEE elijah wood?! good night. he is gorgeous.
back to shakespeare. more thoughts tomorrow.
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| Friday, February 27th, 2004
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2:53 pm - who loves the movies? me.
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i officially submitted my ballot into my mom's office pool for the oscars. some of those categories are so obscure. sound/sound editing/sound mixing... what the hell is the difference? they really need more than one category for sound?
in a nutshell: lord of the rings wins everything.
i rented "pieces of april" and "american splendor" this week and both were good. definitely worth seeing. i want to see "triplets of belleville" before it leaves liberty hall, so i might do that tomorrow. and lindsey and i have plans to see "the passion of the christ" on sunday (God's day), but i'm a little nervous about that. that lady in wichita DIED when she was watching it. and i heard one of the beatings takes something like 45 minutes. jeez, mel. tone it down.
my j301 instructor said she'd have a box outside her office door with our work in it... nope. so i still have no idea how i'm doing in that class. grrr...
off to the gym, i think, if this motivation keeps up.
current mood:  cheerful
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| Monday, February 23rd, 2004
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7:04 pm - what fun this is...
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Time: 7:05 pm
I am: completely happy
I miss: kirk hinrich and nick collison
I want: to be a writer in new york
I have: my life ahead of me
I hate: being afraid
I fear: EVERYTHING... mostly death
I play: really great music in my itunes
I hear: radiohead coming through my headphones
I care: about the state of the world
I smile: at every little thing in my life
I wonder: if the weather will stay this nice
I poke: holes in napkins when i eat
I love: pop culture... too much.
I mess: around on the computer all day.
I ache: nowhere, because i'm lazy and don't work out.
I think: KU will beat texas tonight.
I always: bite my nails when i'm bored/nervous.
I am not: a sorority girl.
I dance: not often enough.
I sing: when i drive... and very poorly.
I cry: once in a blue moon.
I talk: when i have things to say.
I spilled: rubbing alcohol on our carpet.
I wish: i would win the lottery so i could study abroad
I keep: thinking too far into the future
I am not always: realistic
I can: always find the bright side
I can’t: stand the WB/country music (the roommate likes it)
I write: every day, usually more than once
I win: at blackjack on my computer.
I lose: my cool when christian moody enters a KU game
I smell: my hairspray on my hair
I confuse: myself reading for philosophy
I need: a subway sandwich every day for the rest of my life
I should: read some shakespeare
current mood: procrastinating!
current music: itunes mix
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| Sunday, February 22nd, 2004
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11:40 pm - the weekend:
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so, the weekend was good. friday was kirby's birthday, and that was fun. went to applebee's and back to kirby's for the keg. a good time overall. everyone is 20.
i am young.
which is fine, except that in a year, i will have no friends. i won't be able to go to the bars, right? oh well. that will be in a year. and everything will probably be fine then, anyway.
saturday was the KU/iowa state game, which was alright. i wish we didn't start to choke, but what can you do? turned out alright. today involved mass street, the SAG awards, and the end of "sex and the city". and it was a very good final episode. very well written. so, that is sad. also, today, i may have seen return of the king for a fourth time, but i can't really remember. i mean, maybe/maybe not. ok, i did.
but "sex and the city" put me in a good mood. it makes me want to go to new york and hopefully live there someday... maybe be a writer if i get better. i don't know. i like it, and that's what i would like my life to be like. anyhow, i'm happy right now with everything in my life. how about that?
time for the journal and my bed. good night.
current mood: happy
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| Friday, February 20th, 2004
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4:06 pm - sigh
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i went to the library today and checked out a laptop so i could write my j301 story there. and when i was typing, i had a very carrie bradshaw moment. i mean, i was writing my story on a laptop while glancing at the ny times now and then. i don't know. it was neat. i wish i was a better writer. grrr...
happy birthday, kirby. : )
current mood:  tired
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| Wednesday, February 18th, 2004
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10:29 pm - quote of the night:
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"jesus. that is perfection."
-me, upon viewing an orlando bloom poster
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| Tuesday, February 17th, 2004
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8:12 pm - : )
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today was incredible. i don't know where that snow came from last night, but it was beautiful today. thank you, KU for being you.
i read all the articles about jeff graves and was utterly disappointed. come on, gravy. how could you not put forth effort after getting your ass beat by oklahoma state? doesn't make sense. i also read all the articles about the "rock, chalk, 'gay'hawk" sign at the nebraska game. show some class, nebraska. i understand a fan making the sign, but security people can't let that person keep it. plus, abc should have known better to show it on tv. mistakes all around. anyhow, i've been feeling blue about KU basketball for a week or so, but then i found pictures on the internet of the mass street celebration during the final four, and i felt happy again. very happy. because that was maybe the best experience of my life. plus, i read a story in which scott skiles of the chicago bulls called kirk hinrich their best player. that's my boy. so, in conclusion, we don't REALLY suck.
i need to read for shakespeare tomorrow, but happy gilmore is on. come on, people. damn you, tv.
off to BW3's for 30¢ wings/mozz sticks for me.
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| Monday, February 16th, 2004
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8:46 pm - p.s.
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i just moved my car and got the best spot in the lot, so i am very excited about that. also it is snowing big, fat, white snowflakes and it is absolutely gorgeous. i thought i was done with the snow, but then i remembered how much i love it. i could live in winter all year long.
"the sound of silence" by simon & garfunkel is maybe the best song ever. that, or "mr. blue sky" by the electric light orchestra. still figuring it out.
ok. homework for real now.
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7:31 pm - back in lawrence...
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where my life makes sense.
the weekend was a good one, though. good to see my family even though my dad was sick. he still had to ref despite his horrible cold. i must say i respect that. a lot. valentine's day was good. i got ryan adam's "rock and roll" cd from my parents, which is very enjoyable. and we also went to dinner. some might say that sounds pathetic, but i don't really give a damn. i had a very nice day.
the confirmation went well. it reminded me of "the godfather" when michael is renewing his vows at the baptism, even though it wasn't a baptism and i didn't have to renew my vows. oh well. it's still what i thought of at the time. i got to see father tom, my old priest, who is still one of my favorite people in the world. he was very excited to hear that i'm at KU and he said he might come visit me and kevin. that would be fun. also, i talked to the man i am destined to marry. actually, he's a friend of the family and i had the biggest crush on him when i was little. and he's still cute. well done. well, that's boring for anyone that doesn't know anything about my past. which is pretty much everyone. sorry. anyhow, this weekend left me feeling very religious, which is not a bad thing at all. right?
yesterday i saw "master and commander" with my mom. it was good, but "lord of the rings" should still win best picture. i've seen all the nominees and the only one that could hang with it is "mystic river," but i don't think that will win. "lost in translation" is also very good, but that won't happen. and "seabiscuit"? nope.
well, that's all i got. time for a little homework.
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| Friday, February 13th, 2004
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1:49 pm - i'm not here...
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| Wednesday, February 11th, 2004
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10:13 pm - i've been absent
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i've wanted to update on several occasions so i would have the opportunity to wax poetic on many subjects up to and including my journalism class, the grammys, tv, my friends, housing plans next year, etc. however, i've been in a perpetual bad mood for around a week, so the updating got cancelled. writing in a journal (a real journal) is extremely therapeutic and i recommend to all. that's it.
how do bad days find a way to get worse? and to last for 3 days... and counting...
i need to go home. i never miss omaha, but i do miss my family. this trip home to confirm my sister could not be coming at a better time.
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| Sunday, February 8th, 2004
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5:34 pm - random
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i think if i had to pick one cd to listen to for the rest of my life it would be "give up" by the postal service. i mean, for example:
"i want so badly to believe that there is truth, that love is real. and i want life in every word, to the extent that it's absurd."
well, maybe the previous statement is not true, but i'm just listening to this cd right now and thinking about how good it is. because it's so damn good. just thought i'd share.
current mood: calm
current music: "clark gable" - the postal service
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| Friday, February 6th, 2004
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8:11 pm - wow
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i suck at the updating of this online journal. i'm sorry. but i don't have anything good to say anyway.
the second full week of school is over. and i'm sick of it. seriously. i would kind of just like to go out and get a job right now. not work for the degree. eh. classes were cancelled at 1:00 yesterday. that was good. except i only got out of journalism lab and i don't mind that. man, that class is already starting to kick my ass. so far we've had to write an obituary (which was easy) and broadcast copy for a news story (which is harder than i thought it'd be). and then we have our audio editing assignment due next friday... and it's just going to get worse. ugh.
we played and beat mizzou on espn's big monday. and that was good. i think it was consistently the loudest i've ever heard the fieldhouse. it was amazing. the loudest had to have been last year's texas game. ah... nick collison... ku basketball just doesn't have the same excitement this year. it's sad.
as much as i would like to go out and have fun tonight, the cult is telling me no with their stupid meeting tomorrow at 8. why? ugh.
jet, the band, is good. better than i thought they'd be.
last night we went out to eat for sarah's birthday. mmmm... paisano's.... anyway, it was the big 2-0. i am slowly becoming the only person i know who is still a teenager. weird. kirby's 20 in a couple weeks. there have been like 8 birthdays this week. why am i so young? oh well.
going home next weekend will be nice, i suppose. remind me again why i'm my sister's confirmation sponsor. whenever i tell people that, the universal answer is "what?!" usually followed by laughter. eh. i hope i don't get snowed in omaha.
everyone have a good night. if you're not going out, watch "best week ever."
current mood:  okay
current music: "move on" - jet
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| Sunday, February 1st, 2004
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9:53 pm - no comment
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um, i'm pretty sure i saw janet jackson's boob.
current mood: disturbed
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1:19 pm - happy super bowl sunday
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go patriots. like i really care...
it's official. "best week ever" on vh1 is really the best show ever. for those of you who don't know, it's just like "i love the 80's", but it's only half an hour long and about current events in pop culture. it's SO GOOD. well everything on vh1 is good, but this is the best. for real. the only fault i can find with it is their recent assessment of elijah wood at the golden globes. in the segment "upgrade/downgrade" they ruled him a downgrade. um, i disagree. no one has ever rocked a velvet suit like elijah did at the globes. ever. mmmm....
speaking of the golden globes, everyone who is voting johnny depp as the worst dressed male is 100% incorrect. what's wrong with you people?
did anyone notice that we lost to iowa state yesterday? because what's going on with that? really. iowa state. whenever the 'hawks want to wake up and realize that they're KU and that they're good, y'know, i'd be fine with it. i like watching quality basketball. don't let me down tomorrow against mizzou. no way i can handle another big 12 loss, especially not to them.
anyway. where's the snow storm? i want lots of snow and no school tomorrow. hook me up.
one of the girls is having people over to her house in KC to watch the super bowl. a bunch of sorority girls watching football together sounds like a huge headache for me, but i'll probably endure it. you have to love a day set aside for worshipping beer and football. a sunday, at that. god bless america.
current mood:  cold
current music: title and registration -- death cab for cutie
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