Give her effervescence

crackersmatter @ 2006-11-06T02:08:00

2006-11-06T06:08:38Z

wow I forgot live journal existed

Roger, Roger

2006-08-25T05:05:10Z

that was hard.

crackersmatter @ 2006-06-11T16:51:00

2006-06-11T21:07:31Z

life is never dull these days

when a new life turns towards you

2006-05-01T03:44:51Z

I haven't updated in forever. What's going on? What is this thing for again? I don't know what I'm doing.

But since it's quarter of 12 on a Sunday night I really feel like staying up late and being super tired in the morning. (even though, you know, Tuesdays are always worse)

OK I'm going to go in a somewhat chronological order.

New York Trip

On the train, sneaking glances at that red-haired guy.

zomg beer drummer!!!!

metropolitan museum of art

I think he saw me taking a secret picture at DDR.

Driving Back from Baltimore

there were a lot of tolls.

Orchestra Cruise

oh, the ship I went on

at the kayak place we went to in Key West, the people were pretty desperate

heyyyy Spanish, haven't seen that in a while

speedbumps are cooler in Mexico

Mayan ruins

walking in a tunnel?

dancing at dinner

our waiter guy

pool on the ship

party on the front of the ship

where are they going?

elevator/lobby area

These next few weeks are going to fly by. Like you have no idea. I'm trying not to be sentimental; we'll see how it goes.

PS: I'm forserious going to Brown next year. Even though my hoodie is black. Getoverit.

crackersmatter @ 2006-03-31T16:39:00

2006-03-31T21:52:14Z

Just so I don't have to repeat the story several times:

I didn't get into Yale
I got wait-listed from Columbia
...but I got accepted to Brown

¿? so many decisions

But I'm a lot happier than I thought I would be. I think I set myself up for the last 3 to be rejections but hey this isn't that bad.

As it stands, it's probably between Brown, BU (because they gave me lots of money), and Johns Hopkins.

Then there's McGill, but it's far, but Montreal is so nice!

Thoughts, opinions? I think I need a pro/con list like Rory.

Other than this minor disappointment, however, everything else is going swimmingly. The show opens tonight, we leave for the cruise in 2 weeks, the Grease poster looks awesome, it's Friday and I left after 4th period, and then there's London/Ireland in the summer. Really, I'm pretty happy.

Edit: I almost forgot; as of Tuesday, I am now 17½.

crackersmatter @ 2006-02-17T22:05:00

2006-02-18T03:39:53Z

Hey, I got into a college!

It's just University of Maryland, which was kind of a safety, but oh well!

This is good. I should start a checklist.

1 down, 8 to go.

lalala ♪

By the evening we'll be laughing

2006-01-04T04:21:18Z

In the year 2006 I resolve to:

Have an affair with my English teacher.

Get your resolution here

What are the odds.

I cleaned my room for 12 non-consecutive hours over the last 2ish days which resulted in 3-and-a-half (very heavy) trash bags and a lot of resurfaced memories.

And now the floor is clean, the books are shelved and I am not possibly going to bed for several hours seeing as I am on a vacation schedule (2:30 AM - 12 noon).

School is so completely, utterly, not-even-funny-it's-true boring I don't know what I'm going to do with myself.

I do, however, enjoy late-night calls from Paris.

I wait in 4/4 time

2005-11-01T03:31:45Z

I just cut off the bracelet that I made over the summer that has been on my wrist for 3 months.

It made a little snap, and then it was gone.

Best Halloween Costume 2005: The little girl who was a big, orange traffic cone

Sometimes I wish I was a big, orange traffic cone

Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders.

come sail away!

2005-10-06T01:15:49Z

Come, sir. We must get you to your ship.

We are men of action. Lies do not become us.

Well spoken, sir.
--what is it?

You have six fingers on your right hand. Someone was looking for you.

So i'm really enjoying this fast internet.

Hey the week is half over!

PS: Pixies = AMAZING concert! In case you hadn't figured.

Rain is falling, looks like love

2005-09-19T04:09:05Z

It strongly smells of clean laundry/detergent in my room. Strongly.

So I have become a bit mix-obsessive lately, what with the long car rides down to the shore to see my grandparents. Boring like whoa. (And no, Claudia, we didn't talk about groceries this time. More like scheming telemarketers.)

I made a series of 2 mixes within a couple days of each other and yet I cannot think of a name for the 2nd one.

#1 September Mix
Summer 78 (instrumental) - Yann Tiersen
Look Up - Stars
Somebody Else - Kubb
Orange Sky - Alexi Murdoch
Clear Spot - The Pernice Brothers
To Be Alone with You - Sufjan Stevens
My Head Is In The Sun - The Rentals
How Far North? - Fitzgerald
Haiti - The Arcade Fire
Cody - Mogwai
I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You - Colin Hay
Autumn Sweater - Yo La Tengo
Far, Far Away - Wilco
Your Hand in Mine - Explosions in the Sky
I Better Be Quiet Now - Elliott Smith
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
Warning Sign - Coldplay

#2 [Untitled] Mix
Number 1 - Goldfrapp
California Dreaming - Mama Cass
Summer in the City - Lovin Spoonful
I Can Give You The Starlight - Jeremy Northam (Gosford Park OST)
I Just Wanna Love You (Give It To Me) - Jay-Z
Fool - Blur
All Good Gifts - Godspell
Gold Soundz - Pavement
First Rendez-Vous - Yann Tiersen
Do You Like It - Our Lady Peace
Last Post On The Bugle - The Libertines
What Is The Light? - The Flaming Lips
It's no good - Depeche Mode

haha they're SO random and motley! especially untitled 2.

In an unrelated note, my community service for C.I. is awesome and I'm so glad I'm not writing a term paper.

I also need to make an impromptu Pixies playlist I can listen to it over-and-over again to get excited!!! Yay!!!! Tickets = bought and now all I need is to start my job so I can get some cash.

I love weekends :)

It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself.

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE!

2005-09-12T02:21:37Z

busy weekend. hebron harvest fair was great as always. I ♥ Hebron!

I got a box o'books at the Library book sale for only 12$ and I'm SO EXCITED. Makes up for getting up at 6:30 on a Saturday.

Then I visited Yale and spent almost the whole day there. Pretty cool place, I must say. Kinda makes me want to go there. Kinda shouldn't get too excited because I probably won't get in.

And today I picked 6 pints of raspberries and lost my sunglasses in the process. Fair trade, I'd say. Did I mention I love raspberries?

omgomg this song is so good you must all download it immedia-tely! I don't care that it took 45 minutes to upload. (shutup)

Yann Tiersen - Summer 78

(Thank you, favorite person)

my list of things to do is like 10,000 pages long

oh damn, it's sunday night

it has a nice ring when you laugh

2005-09-03T17:50:51Z

I got a job!!!!!!!!

Yay now I am happy.

I love practicing for hours and hours and I love weekends.

"Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils"
-Louis Hector Berlioz

A heart that's full up like a landfill

2005-08-30T02:56:51Z

!!!ahhh!!! I don't want to go to school!!!

there is a small part of me excited, but mostly i'm dreading. Dreading!!

I hope I get a good seat in CI, and a sleeping one preferably. But one with a view. (if you know what I mean...)

Everyone keeps saying "I can't believe we're seniors!!" but I can. It seems like I've been in high school forever.

What am I going to do with no musical in the fall? I'm going to be bored to tears.

I need a job. Everything is always bad timing.

Okay enough whining. There are some good things, right? Like, all my favorite fall TV shows start soon!! Except 24 which doesn't start until JANUARY!!!! are they TRYING to annoy me?!?

Broken Wings is an excellent movie. Highly recommended. Just so you know.

I wish I could whistle. ♪

I need to try to make this year fun.

crackersmatter @ 2005-08-18T22:53:00

2005-08-19T03:05:54Z

I am (Aladdin was wonderful) yet utterly (I will miss you all so much).

Same as it ever was

2005-08-06T04:26:29Z

So tomorrow I am off (again) this time for New Hampshire (no, not Vermont)

And that will be nice, and relaxing and I can catch up on my reading and crosswords!! because that is my latest obsession.

OMG I finished Harry Potter 6 and it is shocking!! Shocking!!! I know it took me a while but I had to re-read some of the others but now wow... Well I won't spoil it here!!

Also, I saw the most interesting movie today which I coincidentally found in the library called "Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie" (The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie). It was so odd, and nothing like I've ever seen before. But so amusing! I recommend highly.

I wish I could find a job. Looks like I may have to end up working at Highland. Ugh. I hate grocery stores. Well, actually I love them, but hate them to work in. I especially like the produce area. Mmm, raspberries. You know they're out of season now? But don't worry, they'll be back the end of August!!! The only reason I hate the fall & winter (my favorite seasons) is because I cannot get raspberries. sad.

ahh...why did I leave packing to the last minute? I cannot find any socks, oh dear. Plus there are no Starbucks where we are going, gah!! Coffee!! (That was unrelated, but it is also troubling me.)

Now I should get some sleep, seeing as they are making me wake up in 7 hrs. Gr. This aggression will not stand!

chicken-pancakes

2005-07-17T00:56:37Z

hi I'm back now

the gorillaz are so weird. they're like blur on acid. but I love them

and I love blur!!!

man-o-man I love camp. there's nothing like a good week at camp to alter your perspective

everything's all dirty though
but capture the flag is the best game ever!!!!!

so now I have to go to the movies so I can see lotsa previews, and why hasn't BK made any movies lately?

you should laugh, because I got my first US News in the mail today

WHERE ARE THE AP SCORES!?!?!?

deletion feels good (feel good!)

ok i'm off to watch Pi. (finally)

I love Beowulf!!!

2005-06-16T23:21:11Z

I think I am obsessed with the weather.

I always look up the 7-day forecast online. Constantly. To see if anything has changed.

And I watch the weather channel (#35) almost every morning. Local on the 8's is my favorite but I also enjoy the "international forecast".

There's a meteorologist named Jennifer Lopez on TWC. Heh, the meteorologists' cheesy conversations make me laugh.

Sometimes I even dance around to the weather channel music in my living room.

....Just kidding about the last one. (or am I?)

Happy almost last day of school.
Wish me luck on the British Liter-a-ture Examination.

A good spy never gets caught....a good spy never gets caught

2005-06-14T02:26:11Z

My mom is very sick and I don't know what's going on.

Hopefully it's just bronchitis or laryngitis or one of the -itis's
...as opposed to something far worse, that is.

My fortune cookie said "Look! Good fortune is around you!"

I think it's funny because in my life I have never seen a fortune with exclamation points. Also it just made me smile. (Look!)

I kinda want to go swimming now.

There's nothing like a sunset

2005-05-31T01:11:59Z

I have had several ideas for themed mixes. I only need to buy more blank CDs.

1) Songs over 7 minutes
2) French/Indian
3) Songs less than 1 minute
4) Summer music (clichéd, I know)
5) Instrumental songs by bands who aren't usually instrumental

And I am open to suggestions in any of the above categories.

I really really like painting and hot-gluing. I only don't like building the stupid thing.

I can't wait 'til book awards...and summer.

We'll laugh 'til the tide creeps in

2005-05-06T02:43:28Z

I just had some pecan-chicken and Spanish rice at 10:12 PM. Oh it was good, yes.

And I've decided to never say "not much" in response to the question "what's up?" again. Life is too interesting (short?) to have nothing to say.

crackersmatter @ 2005-05-02T20:21:00

2005-05-03T00:21:51Z

How did it get to be 8 PM already? I don't have enough time for life.

You know when you take long naps at home and you wake up with a weird taste in your mouth and you don't know where you are? It's like that right now.

Despite everything that's happening NOW I'm doing just fine. I'm a-ok. I may have a busy calendar, but hey, who doesn't? (Ha.) I live for May 13th in the afternoon anyway. There are some bad times going on, but there are some good ones too. I think everyone should focus on the good ones. (Please?)

Well if that wasn't vague....

I was thinking how life is like a series of Sundays, because it seems like I'm always waiting on Sunday, and they stretch on for hours. Yesterday was one of those days, even though it was May Day.

Every time I cross a movie off on my list-to-see, I add about 50 more. How frustrating. How many movies. Is it raining?

Ohhhh well 24 is on tonight, that makes it all better. Funny how TV does that. (Scary?)

Sometimes flashing lights seem soulful in the window

2005-04-26T00:47:10Z

Oh hi! I feel really narcoleptic right now but I can't take a nap because I have too much work! But I am doing this...oh well.

April vacation was lovely/boring. I went college-searching [boring part]. I saw Vassar, McGill, and Dartmouth. McGill is probably my favorite, plus I love Montreal. The lovely part was the midnight rainstorms and smell of spring.

It takes me a while to develop pictures so I have a bunch. All of the sudden. How did that happen?

Let's start at the beginning. Last Summer in Vermont. Yes, last summer.

Me, my sister, and our two friends stayed at this really big, nice house in Vermont for a couple days.

aww, camp! That's my cabin and my campers.

Jump to February Vacation. Bonfire Party Part Deux.

there was some intense air hockey

nice face, Meghana

some exciting ping pong too. yea Claudia!

thanks, Amanda

oooh sparklers!

huh?

A bonfire in the snow, what were we thinking?

Colleges!

Vassar

Dartmouth, taken from the car hence the reddish tint

McGill. Hey, French signs

Montreal from up high

May Day is coming up. I love May Day.

I also bought several things on vacation despite my limited budget. Mostly music and shoes. I don't really buy shoes but then I bought 4 (!?) pairs. But they're nice. For music there was this great deal in this tiny shop in Montreal: two cassettes for 1$!! So of course I got "Music from 'Harriet the Spy'" and "Quantum Leap: TV Hits Vol. 1". Ohhh yeahhhh

Does anyone know where the laserdisc is? I miss it.

Ohhhh Hitchhiker's Friday. yesyesyes !

It’s got nothing to do with your vorsprung durch technic, you know

2005-03-29T01:20:34Z

I have to stop eating candy. NOW.

All in all, not a bad half birthday. Of course it was (is?) a Monday but then again this is CAPT week and everyone can party except the little kids. But we shouldn't make fun because we were them back then. No no we can make fun anyway.

I feel "important" because I'm doing all this "important" junior year stuff. And term paper is just so goddamn exciting why am I so excited? Maybe it's the color-coded notecards. (Or Batman? Oh, kidding! Or am I...?) I shouldn't be excited about it/him. I must have a fever.

Music is my radar and I have just been getting so many copies of CDs lately that I just had to buy one (Sigur Rós) on Friday. Sometimes, I just need to see the album cover and CD art, d'you know what I mean?

I am SO not in the mood for capitalization. or working.

howeverrr...things are good ♥

These are fun. More to come, I think.

2005-03-11T03:40:43Z

Just because, I never could get the hang of Thursdays.

Beetlebum

Song 2

There's No Other Way

The Universal

Coffee and TV

Parklife

End of a Century

No Distance Left to Run

Tender

Girls and Boys

Charmless Man

She's So High

Country House

To the End

On Your Own

This is a Low

For Tomorrow

Music is my Radar

Directions:
How to make an album-collage:

Get the track listing to your favorite album (All music works if you don't have it handy).

Go to Google Image Search type in the name of the song, look at the pictures it gives you, choose whichever one tickles your fancy, it's your collage. Remember there are usually multiple pages of results if you don't like anything on the first page.

Once you settle on a picture, click on it in Google Image Search this will load the page and and at the top of the screen there will be a little thumb-nail of the picture. Right click on the thumbnail, in Internet Explorer click on "Copy Shortcut" in Firefox/Mozilla click on "Copy link location" now paste that link into the parentheses in this code (Make sure you take the spaces out from before and greater/less than signs):
< img src="TEXTHERE" >

For instance, a link to the google image search picture looks like this:
< img src="URLGOESHERE" >

Do this for each track on your album, it seems kind of complicated but it's really not.

Put all this in LJ cut at the top of your page:
< lj-cut text="Album collage" >

Paste the instructions at the end of your collage if you want your friends to do it.
(from ok_computer)

up up down down left right left right B A start!

2005-03-09T02:35:11Z

Oh hi.

So I really didn't think that I was going to get back into this again. But there are always things to talk about.

First and foremost, we need to stop talking about DV so openly because too many people know and this is getting scary. But fun too. But scary!

It's March, and you know what that means. March is so slow, oh and I guess, that I just don't know. I have a feeling it's going to be fun though.

So I had a bonfire and I would have pictures if I had a digital camera. Um, yea. Tobey Coffee Wire? No wait, my favorite was CASPER!! But that was the other time. I have come to the conclusion that I do not mind large numbers of people coming to my house as long as their cars don't break down or they don't mind driving the "treacherous route" that it is to get here. Also, as long as they don't look too hard at my wall of pictures because they might come to some m-barrassing conclusions which are not true! You know what I mean.

Well, Zorro's hair is stupid and Batman is growing on me (oh no).

I think I'm going to be disappointed by the remake of Willy Wonka because I mean who can replace Gene Wilder? We'll see.

Limewire is slow and I hate my ISP (who shall not be named) but then again I always have. I just want those songs from Gosford Park that Jeremy Northam sings! And Earth Wind and Fire.

I just realized that I have 50 gmail invites. And while this may be a fad that has well gone out, there must be someone who still yearns for a gmail-email. (z-mail?) Anyways, they're up for grabs.

I would really like to learn French so I'm prepared for Montréal in case that is indeed where I end up going for college. Why-ever did I take Spanish? I would like to time-travel back to 6th grade and smack my 11-year old self for choosing Spanish.

24 is amazing. I wish I had someone else I knew who watched it regularly so we could gush over it and say silly things like "Michelle is back!!" and "Oh, I think Audrey's husband is a traitor." I believe it is the one good thing to come out of FOX.

I think it's time for spring. I am most definitely a winter-person, but enough is enough. The snow is lovely especially when it gets us out of school but I'm ready for something new. All good things come to people who wait.

It's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst... And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment...