| 20051230 |
| heyheyheykate'sonherway!!!!!!!!!! |
Hey everyone!!!!!
So I get a call about half an hour ago and it's one of my bestest friends ever KATE MUSELLI!!!!
Apparently she'd been talking with my mom about driving down to visit me and I had no idea-so she calls and is like "HIII!!!!! I'M COMING DOWN RIGHT NOW!!!" So I'm super freakin' stoked and excited to seeee herrrrr :)
Now Sloane's on her way to get me!! Lot's and lots of fun shopping soon. I'm so glad that we're close again-I hate knowing that things have slipped away but now it's all good (and I slept over at her house the other night and her mom didn't even know..hahahahah)
...I need to get someone a birthday present and I don't know what to get!!! hmmmm...
RPG was really fun last night. Seeing as Steve wouldn't allow me to actually use code names such as "Agent Deepthroat" (EVEN THOUGH there was historical journalist relevance to back that one up) or "Stealth Panda", I settled with a different one...I dunno. Stealth Panda was pretty badass. Anywho, I had lots of fun and I think that Lily and I are going to be the most kickass team (each boasting a CHA of 18...hells yes.) Lots of mango slices were eaten. (Yummmm).
Isn't it amazing sometimes that although you might feel or see, something happens and all of a sudden your sight intensifies and you're even more awe-struck by it than you were before? I dunno-that just happened to me yesterday and I couldn't appreciate what I have more. Thank you (I love you) and I love all of my friends SO MUCH Jesus Cristo. :)
I burned Sloane Elliott Smith and am very happy. I also saw Byro for the first time in a while 2 days ago and had a lot of fun hanging out w/ him that night-I'm glad that he randomly called us and we went and ran across streets and immitated Jewel and by god I've had so much fun w/ Sloane :)
But now I am off to Best Buy!!! I'm sure that I'll update this...maybe tomorrow...? lol but maybe not cus kate'll be here.
In case I don't, here's a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! to everyone-I'm sure I'll actually be seeing most of you tomorrow night, but y'know. I guess that I'll just say now that 2005 was a really monumental year for me-between graduation, college, Jer, travel, friends, family...it's been really big and, for the most part, really great for me. I've thought a lot, expanded my views, experienced some amazing things, met a lot of different people, made some friends, made some not-so-friends (lol), performed, learned, laughed, and loved.2005 has been really great to me-thanks to everyone who was a part of it; if you're readin this now, then I'm sure you influenced it in one way or another-and thank you to everyone who did, good or bad, because you all made it what it was (and that is one BITCHEN year!!) :)
I love you all, and a happy new year!
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I wish the world was flat like the old days
Then i could travel just by folding a map
No more airplanes, or speedtrains, or freeways
There'd be no distance that can hold us back.
There'd be no distance that could hold us back
So this is the new year....
HAPPY 2006, everyone!!!
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| 20051226 |
| HAPPY BOXING DAY, EVERYONE!!!! |
Her everybody! I just got back from L.A. about an hour ago and I'm trying to finish this challenge that Jer gave me last wednesday...
It all started on the train ride up and while we were talking on the phone he asked me what my ONE favorite song could be if I could choose it...I told him that out of the 5,000 songs that I had with me, I would be able to do my top twenty AT LEAST...he then said ok, do it, and I went ummm...can I change it to fifty? ...In which case he said no. The rules have now since changed to my top 20, or however many can fit onto one cd. SO, this has been taking up hours of my time, but I'm resolved to actually figure it out...I'm on the "N's" now...well...this is he second cut. I went through all 5,000, which ended up being a playlist of 297. I'm NOW going through THAT to figure out which are my tops. (P.S. In a random response to Will's comment on the last post, N. Arizona SO does not = or even COMPARE in being better than the east coast, my friend.) But back to the list...I'm going to do it now (It's 2:20am) or else come goddamn close to it before I go to sleep.
I really want to be cool like everyone and make an inventory on here but b/c I was in L.A. I still haven't opened the presents between my mother and myself...but I've got a goddamned good list so far.
Highlights include:
$1,100
A portable dvd player
An actual Coach bag (wtf...?)
A necklace from Fred Segal (another wtf...?)
A casmere sweater
A Broadway dvd pack (which Jer was ALSO given by his parents...lol that, I believe, calls for yet another wtf...?) ;)
Victoria's Secret PINK pajamas
"Plan 9 from Outerspace" on dvd (hailed by critics as the all-time worst scifi/all together movie ever made)
Books (Broadway and The Making of "Memoirs...")
A Christmas Crooner CD
Chocolate
Lancome makeup
Batman Begins (thank you, Sweetie)
LOTS of awesome-tastic action figures
A SIX MONTH SUBSCRIPTION TO NETFLIX thanks to mah one and only :)
And The Mummy 3-pack on dvd
A new robe/socks
A scarf/gloves set
2 new dresses
...I know I'm forgetting some things, but I'll try to remember later...I've also still got to exchange gifts w/ my mom and my brother/his girlfriend tomorrow (which is really today...P.S. Happy Boxing Day, all!) and a few more family members...YEESH. This Christmas turned out to be way insane on the receiving end. I could never ask for a better family-they're amazing and never cease to amaze and warm me.
Well...although this post has distracted me from the music challenge, I think I'll put up some pictures from this year's huge Scotti family Christmas production in Beverly Hills (this year it was at my Uncle Tony and Aunt Sylvie's...it alternated between them and Carol and Ben every year.)
This one is definitely Donny holding up my Christmas tree with one hand. No folks, this is no optical illusion. :) LOL Btw this is NOT from the family function, although it would have been awesome if it were.
A picture that I took of the Del w/ Tony, Emily, Donny, Suca, and Meryn...right before I got told to NOT jump in the ice shavings off of the rink. HAH-but boy, did I enjoy it while it lasted.
This is our cat Banjo...sometimes I really wish that everyone could just be as laid-back as this guy.
Haha a very blurry picture of the dog, Loftus (btw's, I didn't name 'em)...Also, a sidenote: when I keep uploading these I always catch the pictures of me and Jer out of the corner of the screen and they make me so friggin' happy!!! :)
Dee, my daddy, and myself right before the Christmas party :)
This is my Uncle Ben Scotti...he's like The Godfather, I swear to Coppola.
This is my Aunt Ann...she's the best old dame you'll find anywhere on the face (or the core, for that matter) of the earth. No one else can compare to her strength; the true backbone of the family.
My cousin Anna, her daughter Victoria (my favorite kid in the family, but don't tell Courtney), and my amazing Aunt Carol.
Aunt Carol and Uncle Ben's two sons, Anthony and Ben Jr. Pretty goddamned cute if you ask me.
The three Scotti Brothers: Tony, Ben, and Fred. :) Basically, they're Italian rich badasses. It doesn't get too much cooler.
And now from my mom's side, my Uncle Frank and Aunt Maria, whom we saw only a few hours ago!
And another random one from right before the Christmas party!
And lastly, the very English Sam Bardens and myself; Sam is the son of the late Pete Bardens, my mom's best friend for years. We've grown up together and he's practically my (other) brother. And yes, ladies, he's single and he'll be here in a few days ;) (Haha oh yeah and he's got the accent.)
I'm sorry that this turned out to be such a photo thing of my family...lol actually that was more for Jer b/c he's been wondering what most of my dad's side of the family looks like. In other news, I'm on the "R's"...closing in on it... :)
Okay...now it's 3:05 am...I'm through the 297 and it's now down to 80...here's where it gets tough. HOLY SHIT...I'm listening to random parts of each song and they're all amazing...This is now the best playlist I could have ever devised. (...but WHICH Beatles song is the best?)
Okay...it's 3:18 and I've got it to 25...
The five that were just edited out:
"Bust a Move"-Young MC
"Nothing I Can Do"-Ben Taylor
"Requiem"-Mozart (All movements for convenience's sake...if I were to make a "Best Written/Composed" cd, this would be No. 1, though...however, these are my "All-Time Favorite" songs)
"#41" Acoustic Version-Dave Matthews Band
"Enjoy the Silence"-Depeche Mode
Uhm....it is NOW down to 20, but it still won't fit on a cd...but I think that I'll narrow it down until it does, and then anyone who wants a copy can have one b/c I'll burn it and it'll all fit...lol...if people have actually read this far. Ok.
More off the list:
"Layla"-Eric Clapton
"One"-U2...yeah...holy crap, I can't believe I just deleted that song from the list...but now you know just how close it is.
Okay...so...hah...if you're still readin, kudos to all of you. Here's my top 18 thus far in my life (all 18 years of it)...weird how that worked out, but now it all fits on one cd. This is in no particular order, only that it has a good flow. At 3:59am (I *told* you I would do it, Sweetie..haha thank you for the challenge, though...it's been since wednesday afternoon.)
The Final Cut:
1. "The Stranger" - Billy Joel
2. "Waltz #2 (XO)" - Elliott Smith
3. "White Room" - Cream
4. "Georgia On My Mind" - Ray Charles
5. "In My Life" - The Beatles
6. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" - Marvin Gaye
7. "Since You're Gone" - The Cars
8. "Mr. Tambourine Man" - Bob Dylan
9. "Ana Ng" - They Might Be Giants
10. "I've Got You Under My Skin" - Frank Sinatra
11. "It's All Over Now Baby Blue" - Them
12. "Shape of My Heart" - Sting
13. "Boy's Gone" - Jason Mraz
14. "If I Didn't Believe in You" - Nortbert Leo Butz
15. "One Headlight" - The Wallflowers
16. "Hopeless" - Train
17. "Late" - Ben Folds
18. "Time of the Season" - The Zombies
That's all, everyone-have a wonderful Boxing Day and have fun w/ all of your holiday stuffs! Thanks for reading all of this...lol or, if you just scrolled without reading, thanks for at least skimming to here! Much love, everyone-
time for bed NOW.
:)
Goodnight, goodnight,
Sweet baby
The world has more for you
Than it seems
Goodnight, Goodnight
Let the moonlight take a lift off your dreams...
*EDIT ADD*
Man-life is strange...I just got such a stranger nostalgic feeling an hour or so ago and started readin some of my really old xanga entries, some of Jase's, some of Jer's. Life is so strange to me sometimes-so many things happen, people come and go, we all go through phases in our lives. I dunno-Everything that happened only a few years ago seems like forever-I don't even remember these days that I wrote about (even right before Grease auditions, before starting work at coldstone, etc.)...I dunno-it's natural, I suppose; I guess that we all forget so much. This might be random, but I know that most people never read this or even knew me then. A random part of my life that I just feel like posting for reflection. This is from a long time ago-but I read my comment and thought-my god-I was so wise then...sometimes I wonder if I was a lot wiser earlier on in my life...even in childhood...than I am now.
Wednesday, September 03, 2003
here new entry, title "feelings"
you think i dont care, i do
you think i dont look back, i do, i really wish that i could take back all i did not just to steph but to everybody, i find myself looking back too much now adays thinking about everything
you think i have no heart, i do its just very small and black but i have one
you think that i talk and write about these girls to make me feel better, thats not true, afterwards i just feel like shit
i think the pain should stop, i want to talk to steph and my friends but its too late i've put people through too much to talk to them now
nothing i do will take back anything or even help
its too late
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Listen, jase. Andy told me not to talk to you anymore...but whatever. He also said that you weren't going to go on Xanga anymore, so you probably won't even get this...in fact, you've probably blocked me (haha). Oh well; so I heard you were going to call last night, but you never did. I'm getting used to it. Dan took my hat and said he'd come over to return it last night but he never did. (What is it with guys taking my hats.....??? lol.) So, mainly I'm just writing to say, no, this is not going to bridge any gap between us...you have to do that. And if you even want a friendship I guess we may have to work on that, too. If you're not willing, then okay, just remember that it was your choice (again). But I am...I always have been...you were (and still are) such a huge part of my life...I don't feel right just letting that go. But, it's your call. (Hahaha...didn't mean that literally). Then again, like I said, you probably won't get this, and even if you do, you probably won't respond. So, enjoy not caring...that's how andy put it. But I guess I'll never know, will I?
Posted 9/4/2003 at 5:50 PM by wildhoney40
How strange life is-how much we go through and forget...so many people, so many places, so many memories that we bury or conveniently overlook as we grow...I'm sorry if this add-in is so melodramatic and personal, but it's amazing to me...we all go through it. I dunno-I suppose I'm just feeling introspective.
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| 20051218 |
| love and memories. |
R.E.M. once wrote “It’s easier to leave than to be left behind”-although debatable, I’ve found that to be exceedingly untrue today. I’m writing this post from MS Word on my laptop en route, in air to California; by the time you’ll be reading this, I’ll have landed and found some internet connection to post this thing up. I could never understand why Joel hated CA so much-I never got it until now. I don’t necessarily hate it, but I can now and finally see where he’s coming from. I want change in my life. I want snow and I want that excitement that you feel knowing that seasons change and leaves fall and sunsets are hues of blue and green and not of pink and gold. I’m staring at the background on my laptop behind this program-I took it on the trip from the top of the Crim Del bridge at William & Mary-I’ll never forget that bridge and the view I saw there-the lake is a muted teal and the leaves are a bright red and orange. I boarded the plane and the officers announced that the current San Diego temperature is 60 degrees-I miss the cold air and seeing breath through your nose and the freezing rain and the warmth of sitting inside and watching falling water hit the leaves outside.
I’ve had too many amazing memories and impressions from the east coast now-coming back to California makes me so sad; it seems so constant and unchanging. I know it so well. For my entire life I’ve lived in southern California (“South Cali” for Chris)…I never thought that being away from the ocean would appeal to me, and suddenly it does. Good GOD I need change.
And it seems that every time I say goodbye to Jeremy it gets harder and harder (this counts time number three)-I suppose this traces back to the opening of this post, but it was so much more bearable to be the one left behind; you can easily cope with the fact that you yourself did not leave or abandon for any reason. When you leave-you can’t rationalize that feeling no matter how hard you try, and whatever you come up with is never sufficient. (You have to leave today-why? So you can see your own family for Christmas. Oh, really? -And why exactly can’t I just stay out here? …and you can come up with no further answers.) It kills and it stings-I’ve never been put in that position before. Hah-christ-my eyes are so puffy and dry right now and any amount of Louis XIV that I listen to will not cure it.
I’ve decided that I love D.C. I do-it’s a busy city without most of the traffic. And when there is, take the metro! The National Gallery of Art is beautiful and the streets and areas around there are actually clean and well kempt. It’s a great city. My word for northern Virginia that I decided upon was “quaint”; snow on fallen branches and rooftops, acres of land between brick houses, etc. I surprised myself by liking it so much. I think that was a big shock for me-I could never see myself living anywhere but California; all of a sudden, I wished I had grown up someplace like that.
Jer, I miss you like crazy already. This is just ridiculous. Taking off, I looked at the pictures that I took today of you and me and of Chris (especially with that scary elf…but seriously, wtf.) I cried when I saw the pictures of us outside of your grandparents’ house in front of the snow because our eyes look red and bleary from crying upstairs. I cried again as we took off knowing that for the first five minutes of flight or so, we were flying over where you were at that very moment; I hope that your family dinner and your movie pass your time as quickly as I hope my plane lands so that I can call you the second that I’m able to turn my phone on. As Iron & Wine is singing right now, “you’re like grace from the earth.” I miss you and I miss the way that at any angle, my head fits right into that crook between your neck and shoulder, and our arms fit around the other. Last night we suffered through the most uncomfortable sleeping conditions in the world but there was no way in hell that I would fall asleep without you scrunched up next to me somehow on my last night there. (We were crammed together in his grandparents’ living room on the narrowest couch you’ll ever see-by our own choice.)
That week was so much fun and I really loved meeting everyone that I’d talked to on the phone from W&M. My personal favorites happened to be Chris and John, the coolest goddamned roommates on the face of the planet. I ended up cheese sampling with them in colonial Williamsburg, shopping, stealing lots of samples of peanut brittle from The Peanut Shop, falling asleep w/ Jer in their room, eating, and hanging out. (Also add in those random elves AND spilling three different samples of Starbucks on me somehow three different freaking times-go figure, right?) Haha-it was wonderful and I’m so glad that I know them now. (Also, John, one more apology for calling you out on that desktop background of yourself.) ;) P.S. I also had dinner w/ Jer, John, and Andrew Hernandez, a CHS graduate from my freshman year (anyone in “Fiddler…” would remember him, but I think the only people who will read this and know him are Jer, now John, Collin, Steve, and possibly his little brother David.) The oriental buffet? WELL worth the walk in like, 25 degrees!
I think that that just about concludes this post-thank you to Charles & Collin, Aly (I think your message made Jeremy and myself laugh so hard we almost cried…Aly, we KNOW that your psychiatrist could not have said those things…namely because you haven’t got one.), Lauren, Tony, Cass, and Suca for all calling during the trip to just say hey. ☺
To fully see the pictures below, scroll your page to the right and go back to the top. When you come back to them, they should be loaded and not cut-off. :)
Here are some pictures from the trip that I love-I hope you love them as much as I do…it really is beautiful out there and I cannot wait to get back there myself; I also highly recommend it to anyone for a great vacation. ☺
Jer, Me & Chris being brave at one of the top 3 most haunted houses on the nation :)
haha me and my darlin' being wise-asses
"They say if you bring a girl to the top of this bridge and kiss her there you'll be in love forever."
An amazing sunset ^^^^^^^
The amazing John Quinn! (I felt the facial expression was cause for an exclamation point in the caption.) :)
Chris. He's amazing...and reading the ham catalogue we took from The Peanut Store.
I love this boy more than ANYTHING.
the view from our bridge (also my desktop background)
W&M!!!!
Haha this is pretty self-explanitory :)
Possibly the most random and fun day we had
Love of mine some day you will die
But I'll be close behind
I'll follow you into the dark
No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white
Just our hands clasped so tight
Waiting for the hint of a spark
If heaven and hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs
If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark
If heaven and hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs
If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark
You and me have seen everything to see
From Bangkok to Calgary
And the soles of your shoes are all worn down
The time for sleep is now
It's nothing to cry about
Cause we'll hold each other soon
In the blackest of rooms
If heaven and hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs
If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark
Then I'll follow you into the dark |
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| 20051208 |
| Time for an update! |
Hey everyone! Just sittin' in the theatre building waiting for my theatre class to start to I can do my final performance and then, theoretically, I'll be able to go home...I might stick around for a couple more hours, though-I dunno. Hmmmm...yo no se. (haHAA, I'm done w/ Spanish forever unless I choose to ever take it again.)
I'm done with packing, which is awesome-I now have 2 carry-ons for the VA trip and one HUGE duffel bag for the remaining three weeks of my break at home/in L.A...that should do it! :) Oh man-I'm so glad to get out of here for a while. GoodGOD-I'm so happy-Jer THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW-I SEE HIM THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW-WTF?!?!?!?!?! AHHHHHHH!!!!
HAHAHA holy crap...nuts. incredibly crazy. INCREDIBLE! AH! Okay...in any case...(I'm beaming right now) last night was really fun-I went out to dinner w/ Lauren and Bren at Cozy Mel's and spent a lot on dinner...but it was really good...at the end of your meal they give you "white chocolate tamales" which are really just thin really good pieces of white chocolate in that corn husk tamale casing...mmmmm...then we went into a bookstar and messed around in there for a while- GOD I love them-I'm so glad that I can still see them at least like, once a week-it makes me very very happy :)
Ok-the rest of the group's here-I'm sure I'll update before the flight on sat...but if not, I love you all!!!
MUAH!!!!!
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| 20051202 |
| LIFE IF WOOOONNNNNDERFUL! |
Hey everyone!
So today wasn't so good just because I kept thinking to myself...why the hell am I at this school? It's pretty lame. (BUT, hopefully with some plans in progress ;) ...I LOVE you... that will all change. And relatively soon.)
So my mom came by and we went shoppin...which always makes me happy. I got a dress, a pair of jeans, a sweater, a birthday present for James, a piece of marzipan (yummmm) and...oh! and a super happy tank top. It was quite the awesomtastic shopping venture! (Thank you mommy!!!!) Then Collin helped me on the phone like, for 40 minutes helping me print out a picture present for a fam member and it was taking FOREVER. It was pretty damn ridiculous if I may say so myself...and I WILL. Hah! I'm in a happy happy mood right now. Oh GOD-SO freaking happy! Today I got the best 2 minute call in the world; I was in a store w/ my mom and Jer calls and is like, "IJUSTWANTEDTOCALLANDSAYILOVEYOUSOILOVEYOUSOOOOMUCHJUSTCALLMEBACKASSOONASYOUCANILOVEYOUBYEBABE!!!" It made me so incredibly giddy...and I'll be there having the greatest break EVER and it's only like, EIGHT DAYS AWAY. HAHAHA I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!!!
I'm really excited to see how he likes his gifts and even more excited to walk around in the snow w/ him all bundled up...AWWW there will be lots of hot cocoa and warmth and christmas joy...god DAMN it-it's the best time of the freaking year...HAHAHA AH! Now I have "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" stuck in my head! AND I LOVE IT!!!!!
Ahhhhh...Nikou just put on "Wonderwall"...which is the only Oasis song she has...but I'm not complaining :)
Oh GOD, life is good. I just can't get out of here fast enough to get to va.
:)
Now I'm listening to Sublime...life is lots of fun. Awww...I'm sorry if this is a ridiculous post, but hey-it's MY online journal, not COLLIN'S. ;)
Haha well, tomorrow's the Christmas parade and I'll be selling cookies and hot cocoa right alongside the best of 'em...(mgl, bina, & hilary). HAHA oh man...it's going to be a great weekend...and I know that even finals week will be bearable knowing the excitement that all of my anticipation's going to bring.
Ciao for now!
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where nobody knows..." |
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Home: Temporarilly Fredericksburg (or Fred Vegas, if you'd prefer), VA. Also, in the immortal words of my dear friend Joe, "Stephanie Breijo, you live on ebay."
About Me: What can I say that hasn't already been said...? I live and I love it along with friends, good conversations, family, and adventure. I am always waiting to see what happens next. If you've any idea, please for the love of God, let me know.
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