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June 1st, 2007

02:23 am Happy blue moon everyone! (We've had two full moons in the month of may)... the next one is in 2026 and the last one was in 1988. Finally called work back and it's official I start at 10 am on Monday. Shit, that means I have to get up before noon. Yuck. Going to a brewers game with the family tomorrow. Had kind of fiasco with the tickets... hopefully we can sort it out. Current Mood: restless

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May 30th, 2007

03:32 am Today was really great... I got a lot of things, mainly phone calls done today. I also finished watching 6 Feet Under, which I've wanted to do for awhile. Oh my, I really wish my mom was awake so I could talk to someone about it. It was really an amazing show and I’m sorry that there weren’t more seasons. I loved how it ended though. I loved the dynamics of the show; the dreams and the imagining scenes were incredibly well done and added that whole dimension to the show. Just how you could really see how everyone saw each other when you would see what others were thinking one character would say and how that character really would become something completely different in the mind of another. I wish I didn’t hear so much about the ending. I don’t think it was as powerful as it could have been, (another Gatsby all over again). I am probably going back to work at the end of the week or on Monday, which I am not so happy about. I have really enjoyed this time I've had. I've gotten a lot of relaxing done, but I've also been doing some good writing and painting and catching up with people at home. I really have not been doing such a good job keeping in contact with people at school though. It seems like a big project, since there are so many people I want to talk to... I just need to get started I think. Once I get momentum then it won't seem so daunting. I already emailed Dee, which I have been putting off for awhile. Maybe that can be my project for tomorrow. I have been doing a lot of reading too. I've read The Whole Story and Other Stories by Ali Smith, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and right now I am reading You Shall Know Our Velocity! by Dave Eggers, which I like a lot but is taking me awhile to finish. I think it looses a bit of momentum in the middle because the overriding connection is revealed and then it loses a bit of energy since you didn't know what it was. Once you figure it out, it seems less interesting. It is very well written though, incredible description and phrasing. He is a magnificent writer. I really enjoyed his book of short stories...How We Are Hungry.  I don't know where it is at the moment. I think I lent it to Gwen, but I really would like to re-read it eventually. And now I will go to bed since it is almost 4. Ack! I really have to stop staying up this late.... Current Mood: cheerful Tags: books, friends, tv

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March 30th, 2007

09:27 pm - Hey my day sucked but... I taste like Peanut Butter. I am one of the most blendable flavours; I go with sweet, I go with sour, I go with bland, I go with anything. I am practical and good company, but have something of a tendency to hang around when I'm not wanted, unaware that my presence is not welcome. What Flavour Are You?

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March 16th, 2007

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March 13th, 2007

11:51 pm It's been somewhat of a rough day. I went to my grandpa's apartment and found out that I have a weird attachment to the thing that holds his phone numbers. It is like an old rotary phone but with letters instead of numbers. I remember playing with it as a kid even though I'm pretty sure I wasn't suppose to. It's fascinating how much one can get attached to the most obscure things. IT makes you think about your own possessions that you've squirreled away. When you die what will others attaching meaning to as away of remembering you? Will the things that you consider most important just be thrown away. Of course there is probably some overlap but I'm starting to discover that everyone attaches meaning in fairly different ways; it's what I've noticed when me and my mom were going through my grandpa's stuff. It was interesting for me because some of the stuff was from before my time, that my mother remembers, but it was a light that I never really saw him in, as a coach or as a teacher. Sometimes I think I look for meaning in scraps of paper that people scribble on. I wonder if I can get a job looking at people's old junk Current Location: my room Current Mood: morose Tags: death, grandpa, material possesions

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January 13th, 2007

02:43 am In 2007, special_k16 resolves to... Connect with my inner rain. Become a better cricket. Give up golden doodles. Volunteer to spend time with lunachicks. Admit my true feelings to kreative. Cut down to ten boys a day. Get your own New Year's Resolutions: My computer is working again! Huzzah! New hard drive and everything...now im just trying to redownload all my music... Current Mood: thankful

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November 13th, 2006

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August 5th, 2006

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July 4th, 2006

01:57 am I should really not be allowed on the internet after a certain time since I always seem to look at things that make me feel depressed. Besides this fact things have been fabulous! I got a job and I have been much more active socially, getting out of the house and stuff. I found out who my roommate is and where I am living next year which for some reason makes it seem more real. I seem to finally have a good handle on many things and am actually starting to enjoy my summer and I still have time for reading!!  I haven't been very creative recently in writing or painting. I have been writing random snippets of thoughts down but nothing that will lead to anything. I have some ideas I am toying with but nothing I have acted upon yet. If you were an animal what color would you be? Current Location: home Current Mood: restless Current Music: Eels Tags: art, internet, summer, work, writing

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June 28th, 2006

01:24 am Today was a very good day... a wonderful possiblity of a job.....got a lot of stuff done, paperwork for school and such.....found a figure drawing class at the art museum at a good time so that I can get there....got out of the house.....was social.......got my package (new Keane cd, Waking Life and 13 conversations about one thing dvds). It's funny how in one day everything seems to turn itself around. I'm very content. Current Mood: pleased Tags: art, daily life, friends, movies. music

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June 23rd, 2006

02:44 am "Just because we can read and write and do a little math, that doesn't mean we deserve to conquer the Universe"- Kurt Vonnegut's Hocus Pocus Current Mood: tired Current Music: Tori Amos Tags: books, quotes

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June 20th, 2006

12:47 am - Excitment! Went to ultimate today and it was pretty fun. I made a few good catches. Talked to Zi on the phone about my play. Finished cleaning my room. But the thing I am excited about is I just ordered "13 conversations about one thing"! I have been looking for this movie for a long time and now I will own my top 5 movies. I got a gift certificate for graduation to Barnes and Noble and since I have about two shelves of books that I haven't read I thought  it would be time to update my movie collection. I also bought "Waking Life" a movie I lent to someone and they lost (so now I am never lending Waking life out again. If you would like to see it give me a call! I'm always up for watching it, but never again will I lend this movie out)  and the new Keane cd and got free shipping.... I also got a book today from paperbackswap.com which is by far one of the best things about the internet. Now I'm going to read Light In August perhaps I can finish it tonight and move on to another book! Current Location: my room Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: frogs outside Tags: books, frisbee, movies

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May 15th, 2006

01:01 am Graduated today. In light of that stole this from Liza Post an ANONYMOUS comment about what I could change about myself. Please do not hint at who you are. Go ahead, knock yoselves out! say whatever the hell you want to say. Will write more tomorrow. It's been hard because I have been keeping paper journals. Sorry internet, you still can't compete. Current Location: Mequon Current Mood: sleepy Tags: questions, school

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April 17th, 2006

05:55 pm So today I am sitting looking out at the Puget Sound and watching a rain cloud that seems to be rolling our direction, threatening my sun. That's really too bad since this is the first strech of sun in a while. I know what your thinking, "Jenny if your looking at the Puget Sound that means your on the West Coast (Seattle to be exact) and doesn't it rain there all the time?" Well yes, but just like everywhere else there is this neat-o thing called seasons and usually now is the time of sunshine and warmth. A couple of years ago, it was 80 degrees last easter, just for an example. Anyway, I am having a fabulous time here. I have had a lot of great talks with Jon and it was fun to spend Easter with Jon, Hartmut and Hartmut's parents. It has been slightly strange since his parents are from Austria and so most of the conversations have been in German, which I only know a few words. No matter, because Hartmut will usually translate for me and partly for Jon who has a pretty good understanding of the language. Easter was fun because they had a bunch of their friends over and many of whom have little kids, so Jon and I had a wonderful time creating a Easter egg/basket hunt for them. Now I am craving jellybeans but I have no idea where Jon is keeping the leftover candy. Oh well, I suspect that when I get home I will have an Easter basket waiting for me, it's my Mother's last hurrah I suppose, unless I come home for Easter. So my main reason for being out here is, I am looking at my other top choice school University of Puget Sound. And I thought "Ok so I'll go see it and it will make me sure one way or the other." Not true even in the slightest!! My decision seems far harder than I ever imagined and now it seems like the date is coming closer and closer. I know I could do well and be extremely happy at either school, so I guess that makes me feel a bit better, but I am still pretty stressed about this whole decision thing. Honestly both schools are great, but I am pretty talked out about the whole college thing. I'll try not to think about it for the rest of the day. Another piece of news is that I got my graduation dress! The cool thing about it though (the whole news thing about it) is that I got it at a vintage store and it is from the 1950's. It was the only white dress in the whole store and with a few pretty easy alterations it will fit me perfectly and I'm sure no one else will have it. Maybe I'll get a picture of it up here later because it doesn't sound as good if I describe it. It's somewhat weird because on the hanger it really doens't look all that great but once I put it on you can really see the beauty of it. It was actually pretty inexpensive as a dress goes, especially a vintage one and it's really perfect for the occasion. I also got this cool velvet teal shirt, also needs a bit of fixing up but it's such a great color I had to buy it and the woman at the store seemed very convinced it would be easy to alter. We spent a ton of time in this store in Tacoma and the woman who worked there was a great resource to tell me about the town (that's where UPS is located). I also bought two buttons, one which is neon orange and says "go for the glo" in black lettering and one is green lettering on a white background that says "women concerned about nuclear war". Funny how this stuff comes full circle isn't it? I've missed quite a bit of 4th quarter and i'm pretty sure I will have a ridiculous time catching up on work... of course it's worth it, but I can't turn off the worrier in me... Current Mood: contemplative Current Music: None Tags: college, jon, seattle, shopping, travel, ups

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April 13th, 2006

12:41 am - What's going on with me? I don't know if it's the exhaustiontalking but suddenly I'm really sad that I'm done with highschool. Everyone else seems excited about moving on and I thought I would be too, but it doesn't feel any different. It doesn't feel like i have 9 days left or however many there actually are... This might be from how tired I am. I'm nervous about picking a college. I am afraid of what people will say. I am afraid it will be the wrong one, and I know that people can transfer and that it's not final, but I want to be right and I want to have the college experience that everyone tells me I will have. I am constantly being told that college is so much better and that I will have friends and opportunities and I'll find a boyfriend etc. etc. I don't want to be let down but I have really high standards for happiness. Maybe I'm just thinking too much.... Current Mood: thoughtful Current Music: Lipstick- The Buzzcocks

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March 29th, 2006

12:26 am This makes me feel so happy! http://www.foundmagazine.com/index.php?fuseaction=finds.view&fid=796 and the fact that I have new music compliments of Gwen...thanks Gwen! Current Mood: tired

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March 27th, 2006

10:18 pm Long time no update! I suppose this has something to do with the fact that now I am keeping more of a paper journal of my day to day activities and whenever I sit to type out an entry it feels pretty stupid so I delete it. I suppose I am constantly feeling the need to do something important and nothing in my life has been that fascinating. It seems like others feel the same. People do not seem to be updating as much as they once were, which is upsetting because now I don't see you all on a regular basis. I'm feeling quite cut off anyway since most people are away the second week of break. I've gotten a lot done today. It feels nice to be productive again, but I do think I need to get out of the house more. I've gotten a lot of good news from schools today and I got accepted to Wheaton and Dickinson today. So far I have been accepted to Denison, University of Puget Sound, Wheaton and Dickinson. I've been rejected from Madison BC and Colby. I've yet to hear from two more schools (Whitman and Tufts) but am pretty sure I will be rejected from both (which is fine they were both reach schools for me). I plan to visit both Denison and Puget Sound since they are in my top three and I haven't seen UPS and Denison has a program for the recently accepted. I've already seen Dickinson so I don't think I have to go back. Although I am excited by all this, I think people (family and friends) are more excited than I am about it. I am just nervous mainly. This seems like such a big deal, but then I get these rushes of "wow this is really happening to me! I am going to college!!!" I've also done some more meaningless activities, such as planning my trips, cleaning my room, updating my spy ware, writing letters and other tasks that have been hanging over my head for quite some time. Not very interesting to report (or read I suppose) but it does feel nice to check all these things off my list. Tomorrow I will attempt being more social, although there are no promises. I also want to pick up some canvas, the AP books for Bio and English and something else which I can't remember at the moment. I also started to read The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende, which I am really enjoying. She has a captivating writing style. I also recently finished Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison and Brick Lane by Monica Ali, both books really absorbed me so they were both finished in around 2 days. I would really suggest Invisible Man. Some of his descriptions, especially the first chapter are so incredible, even if you don't like the plot it is still worth reading the book. I'm curious to see what the rest of my English class will think of Brick Lane (my spring break reading). It does seem like a bit of a girl's book and I'm sure that will be the complaint of many of my male classmates. We'll have to wait and see. Current Mood: content Tags: books, college, spring break

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February 17th, 2006

08:36 pm I'm at boston college at the moment visiting Phil. It's been fun so far, a lot of walking. We went shopping downtown and I got a blazer on v and bought Phil a track jacket. Both are very snazzy. Unfortunately for me this was right after I had arrived so I still had all my stuff with me. Not very fun to do all that walking with all that stuff on my back. The flight was fine. It was very windy in boston so we spent quite some time circling around before we could land. That was alright though, because I got a lot of work done (seriously because this next week will be hellish for me- tech week a big test/ project/ paper in every class). I also read a good portion of my book- Atonement which is fabulous . It's not really that cold here, but when the wind picks up... it's pretty chilly. Phil's friends are all really nice. We had dinner and now we are going to go out I think. PS Mug-z I hope your show goes/ went well! Current Mood: excited Tags: boston college, phil, travel

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January 30th, 2006

01:13 am - blah I am always up far too late. I really haven't done anything productive in the past two weeks. I finished two paintings. I waste far too much time on the internet. I saw this really complex french movie called "kings and queen" which was good but i think i should see again for clarification. I don't think I really got it. I probably should have made more of an effort to see people this weekend. I probably should have caught up on work. I did watch a lot of tv though. Current Mood: confused Tags: lack of sleep, ramble, school

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January 9th, 2006

11:20 pm - Procrastination!! So today in creative writing, we wrote down one descriptive sentence and then passed it on to the next person who would write another sentences and so on.... so i thought I'd share what my class came up with for mine.... Betty sat placidly staring at the iron grey sky as she cooed back at the morning-dove perched on her window sill. The dove tilted her head, watching Betty from a new sideways view. Laughing, Betty drew back her hand, whipped it through the air, and knocked the dove from it's perch; "life is good" she thought. Falling, falling the dove thought, "NOOOO" and swooped victoriously into the clear bright sky. Soaring like an eagle she was admiring the beautiful pine trees below. Until she snagged a branch and fell aimlessly to the ground. Current Mood: tickled Tags: funny, school, writing

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