| 19! |
[May. 22nd, 2009|02:55 am] |
Happy Birthday to Me. I'm now 19!
Hurray for legal drinking age.
Finally. It was about time. |
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| EL JAY OVERHAUL |
[Apr. 23rd, 2009|04:56 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  blah | ] |
i've decided to revamp my lj!
i miss being all obsessed with it, and i feel that if i reformat my journal, which i haven't changed in YEARS, get some new userpics, maybe even a new username, all will be much awesomer.
ps info:
-i'm taking a year off school because i hate it and am failing most of my classes because i literally never do any work
-my mother keeps dragging me to the doctor and it's driving me crazy. well, it was one time, but she won't leave me alone.
okay there are things i'm supposed to be doing right now, like study for my sociology exam tomorrow, so i'll peace out.
also i'm going to a blue jays game tomorrow with my friend, it will be funtimes. |
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| el jay |
[Mar. 18th, 2009|04:52 am] |
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| |  tired | ] |
I wish I updated my LJ more often.
looking back on the days when LJ was my NUMBER ONE site makes me chuckle.
it all stems from the 'hermit' of my username; when I moved to Calgary I really didn't have a great time making friends, or once I did meet people I didn't feel as though I could be myself. if you will.
so yay LJ, I found people who were awesome and vented a lot about life.
and then things changed again when I moved back to Toronto.
I got so immersed in my social life, catching up on the badass activities that my friends had been getting up to in the time I'd been gone. making a lot of new friends, gettin' in on the SCENES, ahahkillme.
there is a point to this- in the summer my loyalty changed to the evil ways of PURERAVE.
don't worry, I hadn't heard of it either. its own description:
Purerave is an online community of ravers, clubbers and party-goers. It allows for the unintrusive interaction of its members via instant messaging, galleries, journals, reviews, event listings, poetry and much more.
PR is sort of like facebook for ravers, as I like to think of it (I'm not a raver though, let's clarify), where a lot of people who are friends in REAL LIFE interact (in that way it's most like facebook). journal posts are generally short, lots of memes are involved, people complain about random shit and it's pretty low-key.
WHEREAS on LJ I always feel as though I need to impress someone. I know this makes no sense.
in conclusion:
I miss the LJ days, but I acknowledge things aren't the same anymore-- maybe I need a new username?
instead of maddethehermit i can be maddethebatshitcrazysleepdeprivedtool
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| AH |
[Mar. 8th, 2009|04:01 am] |
I AM GOING TO BONNAROO!
I WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN.
THERE ARE FIVE PEOPLE GOING IN A VAN AND I WOULD BE THE 6TH, FUCK I'M EXCITED!!
the lineup is incredible; i'm most excited for:- yeah yeah yeahs
- girl talk
- mgmt
- crystal castles
- the decemberists
BUT THEN WHEN YOU THINK THAT'S COOL:- okkervil river
- kaki king
- bruce springsteen
- snoop dogg
- neko case
- jenny lewis
- tv on the radio
- wilco
and the list goes on and on.
but yeah, ballin'.
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| pity meeee |
[Feb. 11th, 2009|09:53 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  sick | ] |
guysss i forgot how awfully shitty it is to be sick.
it's been so long since i was sick with something other than a cold, but now i've got the fever thing, lack of appetite, variation of chils/mad sweating... basically death stuff. but then also the cold symptoms, like phlegm and fuzzy-headedness.
normally i wouldn't complain so much, but it's come at pretty much the worst time ever; it's the week before reading week and i've had so much fucking work to do. i wish essays could evaporate. |
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| Um |
[Dec. 11th, 2008|05:12 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  chillin' | ] |
So I have my philosophy december exam tomorrow at 2.
I haven't started studying, and I'm at my friend's house. We went to bed after 5 this morning and slept till 2.
Today my friend Aisling called me and offered me a spare ticket to Stars tonight, and I turned her down.
SELF-CONSTRAINT, MY FRIENDS, I CAN HAS IT.
Lol, overall, LOL.
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| two doses |
[Nov. 21st, 2008|06:42 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | okay | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Neutral Milk Hotel | ] |
two doses of crack later
and i've still got nothing.
i tried this time.
i actually did try this time.
this time i read some philosophy, i really did think about it.
i really did read the whole article, pondered, contemplated.
and though i have nothing to show for it
no essay to hand in
(yet again)
i'm not ashamed, because i actually got something out of this night.
even if that something can't be graded and printed out on a diploma. |
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| oBAM!a |
[Nov. 5th, 2008|01:25 am] |
what a great night :)
there's nothing like celebrating obama's victory like a cheers and a beer with friends at a bar in kensington market, of course with the results being announced by stephen colbert and jon stewart.
things are looking awesome. |
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| beat |
[Oct. 28th, 2008|02:49 am] |
i've become obsessed with beat.
beat generation.
i wish i could be a beatnik.
beat: Beat was slang for "beaten down" or downtrodden, but to Kerouac, it symbolized being at the bottom and looking up.
beat is being at the bottom and looking up.
BEAT.
allen ginsberg.
jack kerouac.
william s burroughs.
the list goes on.
the beat goes on.
beat.
geniuses.
celebrated non-conformity and spontaneous creativity
thank you sonny and cher, you unintentionally helped beat.
beatnik baby.
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| fail |
[Oct. 28th, 2008|02:15 am] |
fail # 34327: becoming friends with your ex.
the ex that you still love.
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| truefact |
[Sep. 19th, 2008|01:57 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  dece | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Crystal Castles - Vanished | Scrobbled by Last.fm | ] |
you can't reason with a zombie.
you just can't! |
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| remember |
[Sep. 16th, 2008|02:54 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  thoughtful | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Crystal Castles - Untrust Us | Scrobbled by Last.fm | ] |
public transit is a glorious place. made the most intense connection i have ever made with a stranger today, with a boy. a lost freckly young european man on the bloor blue line. didn't know his name, didn't know where he was from.
gave him directions- he was going to islington- royal york and islington- who knows? sat down behind me when the bus finally arrived. what- is it already 2:07? i can't believe i missed bloor st.- i'm getting off at wellesley!
he approaches me.. where is this guy from?
...
and now we're on the bus.
he squeezes my shoulder- was it my upper arm? - i remove my headphones (mgmt). his eyes are red, welling up with- tears? more about where he's going... and then -
"i made a mistake.
"i made a mistake in my life.
"i made a mistake tonight".
and there in front of me, this grown man, only a few years older than myself, is actually crying. i reassure him about directions, make sure he knows that he can ask the bus driver if he's lost.
but now we've arrived at bedford!
i have to get off- i tell this to my new friend.
we hug.
i hug him and he hugs me back.
"you're going to be fine," i tell him.
"you're going to be fine." |
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| I'm in |
[Jul. 28th, 2008|06:15 am] |
I got into all of the courses I wanted for my first year at U of T.
At the moment I'm technically majoring in sociology with a minor in english and a minor in philosophy, but that's just being technical.
I also wanted to take Anthropology, Biology, and Poli-Sci, but you can only fit so much into a schedule.
I'm taking--
JEF100Y1 - Western Tradition (English)
PHL100Y1 - Intro to Philosophy
TUT 2501
SOC101Y1 - Intro Sociology
TRN170Y1 - Ethics & Creative Imagination
TRN171Y1 - Ethics & Public Sphere
The last 2 courses are part of my Ethics Law and Society program and are seminar courses with 25 people- sweet. |
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| bllleeeerrrrr |
[Jun. 12th, 2008|03:20 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | tired | ] |
cho lj world
tomorrow i'm graduating!
it's this whole deal where we all wear white and endure a 3 hr ceremony thing.
boring/exciting at the same time.
also, i got into this special program at uniiiiii, the trinity one programme, ethics stream. i was on the waiting list for international relations but eff that. chillin'! i have to pretend that i know something about law? meh.
okay pce, i rly need to sleep. |
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| I should be sleeping |
[Jun. 1st, 2008|12:57 am] |
I love the feeling of smooth freshly-shaved legs on bed sheets -- my own.
Tomorrow I have to wake up at quarter to 6 to go on a dumb bike ride. I'm going to be so tired. I'm tired even now. |
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| damnit mexico! |
[Apr. 23rd, 2008|01:31 am] |
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080422/national/mexico_cda_prisoner
I heard this Canadian woman, Brenda Martin, on a CBC radio interview last month and it was really sad. She's (in most people's opinion) wrongly accused of being involved in some internet scam, and she's been in this Mexican jail for 2 years already and she actually wants to die, she was openly crying on-air during the interview, it made me upset. Srsly, Mexico! |
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| Peace Out |
[Mar. 8th, 2008|12:09 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  meh | ] |
Peace out T-Town, LJ, etc. I'm heading to England in a few hours.
It'll be nice to get out of the dreariness of Toronto winter + school + all that other shit I don't feel like talking about in detail at this time. Have a good one, but don't get too out of control while I'm gone. Bah.
Alright, I'm out.
Slash, before I go, I need to tell you that I saw the most incredible movie tonight at Clara's-- METROPOLIS, a 1927 German silent film that was really really good. Rent it.
 
It's intense. |
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| Glam Rock <3 |
[Feb. 29th, 2008|04:55 pm] |
David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed
Glam Rock Triple Threat
And so he's not left out...
Marc Bolan of T.Rex fame. |
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