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brokenmentality

:: 2005 19 September :: 6.11am

its laguna beach night....

mwah ha ha.. *points at brad and keegan* that means for you guys as well.

i went to bridgeway with my friend becca yesterday... i liked it. next sunday me and keegan are gonna check out res life in rockford. we've been wanting to find a good church... any suggestions.

i dont feel like doing anything this morning.... *cries... i wanna sleep

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bleedingsun

:: 2005 18 September :: 10.32pm
:: Music: Nightmare of You - Thumbelina

I'm glad you can live without me

Had another one of those weekends where it was summer all over again. Busy, busy, busy. Summertime funtime busy. The best kind of busy.

Two new CDs this weekend, and two new last weekend. I'm on a roll. But, while putting the new CDs in my case, I realized that I have many CDs I never listen to, which can only mean one thing: CD Sale.

All CDs will be three dollars or best offer. If two people want one of them, the highest bidder will get it. All CDs (unless otherwise said so) come with the original cases and CD wallets or booklits or whatever you-call-it's. They're all in perfect condition (probably because I don't listen to them much).

Godsmack - Faceless
Midtown - Forget What You Know
311 - Evolver
Doves - Some Cities
Hoobastank - The Reason
Korn - Take a Look in the Mirror
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane
Saliva - Back into your System
Something Corporate - Leaving Through the Window
3 Doors Down - Away From the Sun
Fuel - Natural Selection
Evergreen Terrace - Sincerety is an easy Disguise in this Business (This one doesn't have the booklet but will come in a case.)

The person who buys the most will get a Victory Records Music Sampler with 6 songs on it for free.

Damn, I'm quite the salesman.

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anachronism

:: 2005 17 September :: 9.18pm

I went to some strong man show at the Ressurection Life Church in Rockford. Saw some big, sweaty guys break bricks and rip phone books in half, haha. It was pretty cool though, better than sitting at home like usual.

Dan proposed to Molly before the show on the stage. It was soo cute and I'm glad I was there to see it. Her ring is beautiful.

Things are good lately.
That's all.
Night.

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brokenmentality

:: 2005 15 September :: 10.52pm

i spoke to soon.

what was i thinking?! it was only 10... i should have KNOWN that there was still time to end on a bad note and go to sleep pissed off. i should have KNOWN that i wouldnt be able to sleep tonight because somebody doesnt care when im upset. but wait... "what was he supposed to say" it wasnt the time nor the place was it? because you were off busy having fun werent you. well ya know what... i dont KNOW what time i'll get around to calling you in the morning. and when you read this late at night when you get home, i hope you're just as upset and pissed off as i am. because there are things you're gonna wanna talk to me about and "you cant" because i'll be sleeping. bummer huh. to bad how that works. how one of goes to school and the other doesnt. ya SORRY i cant answer my phone during class by the way.

goodnight darling.

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brokenmentality

:: 2005 15 September :: 10.11pm

me and danielle just went shopping.... i didnt know it was possible to laugh so much in one simple trip to the mall.. giggles.

less than 2 weeks.... and then our reign is over. im so sad... but at least im out of denial! laughs.... and i havent had a nightmare in a few nights.... woot woot.

keegans out dancing right now... well practicing anyways. *smiles...... all it takes is his name.. and ughrlekjraslk... i dont even know. every day it gets stronger, everyday he becomes more beautiful than the last... emotionaly, physically, spiritually.... and i love it because we're growing into one relationship instead of 2 different parts of one. and that doesnt even make sence, and i dont even make sence, but thats ok. because it doesnt have to.

i got the CUTEST little boxer shorts from american eagle tonight.. aww.

alright.. off to bed.


SEPTEMBER 25TH DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES COMES BACK!

could i BE any more excited?! *giggggles

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brokenmentality

:: 2005 13 September :: 9.53pm

i feel like i've already made some new friends this year.
*giggles.. te he. how 6 year old did that sound... i dont care :)

tomorrow will be the first days since school got out that i can just be with keegan from the time i get out of school to the time i go to bed. no work, no nothing..

me and stacy made brad and keegan watch laguna with us last night. im thinking it should become a weekly ritual... mwah ha ha.

GO TO BED ERIKA
ok fine.

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anachronism

:: 2005 13 September :: 3.54pm

I don't know what's wrong with me lately.
Everything in school is really hard. I don't understand anything and I never can just get my homework done. It never makes any sense to me. And I'm not even in difficult classes with tons of homework.

I'm not happy. I don't know why. As soon as I am it only lasts a day or so. I'm not trying to be negative, it's just..this year seems way too hard for me to handle.

Everytime I try to do my homework or just understand what a teacher is saying I'm on the brink of tears because I feel so lost and stupid.
Everyone around me gets it and if I ask for help I am treated like a complete dolt. I'm just stressed out. Nothing makes me happy anymore, I wish I knew what could do it.

I hate being at school and I hate being here.

I don't know what to do.

Oh, and I fucking hate Econ.

In other news I am very dissapointed about something going on. It frustrates me so much. Erika, Mishy.. you know what I'm talking about. I don't know what to do, it goes in one ear and out the other. It's like I'm just a broken record..

I guess I am.
Nothing ever comes easy, I should get used to that.

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brokenmentality

:: 2005 11 September :: 8.25pm

even though i have breakdowns, and even though we can fight.... neither one happens often or lasts long, and at the end of every day i can tell myself regardless of the situation that im part of a beautiful relationship with my best friend...... and if it feels like at times the whole world points out my flaws and imperfections, i know that there's a place i can run for protection, because when you hold me everything else melts away and its just us.

:)

kourtney, stacy, brianna, kelli, and taryn.... you guys are great... thanks for lifting me up when i needed it. it really helped. :)

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bleedingsun

:: 2005 11 September :: 5.30pm
:: Music: at.the.drive-in

Bruises that never reach the surface;

This weekend felt like summer all over again. I could have sworn I didn't have any homework to do, or a schedule to fit myself into come Sundaynight/Mondaymorning. But...I do. And I think I have a test tomorrow. Hm. I should read the chapter.

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anachronism

:: 2005 11 September :: 7.49am

The bonfire was fun.
Not a lot of people showed up, but it didn't even matter.
The main group was hilarious and I enjoyed it.
I like smaller groups better.
Though it is sad that none of my "closest" friends even showed up.
Whatever, just don't expect me to bother anymore.

Other than that I feel sick and I needed a lot more sleep than this.
I get today to write an essay then tomorrow it's..school.

I hate saying that.

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anachronism

:: 2005 10 September :: 12.08pm

I'm sick of this shit.

See everyone at the bonfire.
I hope another unnecessary scene doesn't occur.
Ha! Riiight..


brokenmentality

:: 2005 10 September :: 12.52am

i hate this. im stuck awake because we just ended on bad terms and now im all upset and crying and hating myself and he's just fine having fun with his friends, doing whatever the fuck he wants to do. and guess what.. its my fault. god i hate myself. i always do this. when i get accoustomed to something.. its not easy for me to let it go. i got used to seeing him alllll the time.. and when i dont get that attention... i cant take it. and i dont care if that makes me selfish.. and then i do care, and then i dont again. and im just so confused. i havent been this upset so FREQUENTLY in a long time. and espeacially tonight... we never end phone conversations on bad terms... but tonight is different. well different in the way that this time when we fought scott could here. thanks alot, make me look like a total bitch in front of your friends. is that what you want them to think? do you get some sort of joy out of people feeling sorry for you because of your crazy girlfriend? "oh no baby you're the only one i want, you're the girl i want" what boyfriend wants to make his girlfriend cry all the time... its like you wont give up until i start crying.. except tonight.. you know that i am, and you dont care. because YOU'RE upset becasue of me. it doesnt matter that i've been sitting at home ALL fucking night waiting for you, at least YOU were having fun. yeah... FUN lets drive an hour and a half and spend 30 dollars... you better not EVER complain to me about not having money. "well i got payed today" and so what'd you do? you went out and spent it right away. "its 11 dollars and that includes food" which it apparantly didnt. "its only 45 minutes away" which it wasnt. "i call you back as soon as i know if we're in the final 4" which you didnt. "i just didnt think to call you, i dont know what else to say" there ya go.. didnt think to call me. because thats how it is..... your breakdancing has nothing to do with me. im the unsupportive girlfriend who calls you and doesnt want to get off the phone because she's upset. i should have just come home and said fuck the battle, fuck keegan, i dont wanna know whats going on, and just went to bed on time like i planned. i didnt think i would be up this late. but yeah... i can see you tomorrow because YOU'RE free... because YOU dont have plans. whenever it works out for you because you're things are more important. *your job: "im paying 400 dollars a month for my car, arent you happy i got a new car?" "you dont even act happy about my new job, if i would have known you'd have gotten so upset i wouldnt have applied" *breakdancing: "yeah... its super important, we're not getting paid, probably wont win, and hey lets spend money in there while we're at it." "oh and hey, lets take my car because nobody else in the world drives"

seriously.. i am such a self concious person. one of the things i said in drama class today was that one of my biggest fears is that people will see me only for the things i do and not actually see me. my biggest fear in my relationship is that he'll just see my faults and what i dont do. i try so hard. in everything. im the president of the student senate, editor of the yearbook, red flannel queen, throw a relationship in there, school work, tryting to be more "active" in my family so my mom gets off my case.... its exhausting. and sometimes i just cant do it. i get so overwhelmed and what do i do? i keep going, there's no breaks. and i feel like if i fail or if something goes wrong somebodys gonna say "look what she did" im terrified of failing. im so self critical. but nobody would know that. i have alot of "friends" but hardly anybody knows me. keegans one of the few that do and that makes it hard because it would be so easy for him to hurt me. and im so scared of that. i always have a gaurd up with people, and for once i dont. and i hate when i sometimes think... "what are you doing erika" whats the matter with you... why are you letting someone it.

when i let someone in, that means im at their mercy. anything they say or do could affect me. and it doesnt help that as much as i may say i dont care what other people think of me... i do. very much. and im very defensive. i mean... what the hell.. i've cried more in the past week than i have in the past 2 months. thats not healthy. i dont cry. im supposed to be the strong one. what happens when i cant be that.

i pride myself in being strong and not letting things get to me. i've always told people, no im not emotional... so what the fuck is going on with me. lately i've just felt that i have no one. that nobody will EVER know me. that nobody will ever understand me.

one of my biggest fears is that i'll never fall in love and be alone forever. it sounds stupid, but its so true. the experiences that i have, and the things that i've seen, and am still witnessing my mom go through have shaped me in more ways than i can even count. im just so critical when it comes to love, that im afraid i'll never find it because i'll never be satisfied. just with mymoms situation... shes still dealing with chris. i thought when we left it was over, and finally our lives would turn out.. and they have, but he still has that same power over us. i swear he's satan... and im just a little person, its not healthy to feel so much hate towards one person. and when i get so angry i dont know what to do, and i dont know how to express or deal with my anger so it all builds up and then it subsides and just more or less burries itself away. so then i have all this built up emotion and it always just comes out one night. and thats the night where i talk to my mom and i cry and tell her why i hate myself and confess my insecurities and bring up the past and all the terrible things that for some reason im still not letting go. and then she makes me feel better and i move on. but it never fully goes away.... it always comes back.

i dont even know why i get so angry with him... he's right, it is my fault. i AM the one who overdoes it, who blows things out of proportion. he's always telling me that. "you're being irrational" "your making to big a deal out of this" "you're making me feel bad for ...." and then when i finally talk to him about it tells me that its not all my fault.... well does he know me at all to know that everything he says to me sticks with me. and every lie that ANYONE tells me sticks with me and makes me question myself. and feeds more into my insecurities.

right now... he's fine. and here i am sitting alone venting to a stupid online journal where anyone who reads this will judge me on some level and im just making myself more vulnerable.. but what else can i do? keegans not here for me and made it very apparant that he was done talking, and my moms sleeping. those are my two people. the only two people i have, and i cant depend on either of them to be there whenever i need them. and i know thats not right, and of course somebody wont always be able to be there. but this is what happens. i over think and everything comes out. everything i hate about myself comes out. i mean i have stacy... and she knows me pretty darn good, but its different. its the facts that she knows, not the emotions. and thats not a bad thing.. because i dont know here emotions either and she's just an amazing friend that i can trust anything with. but its hard to let that gaurd down to anybody... obviously since i've only done it twice. im so afraid of realizing what a small number of friends i have. most people just assume things about me that are completely untrue. i hate drama and i HATE when somebody says something bad about me or doesnt like me. not because i think everyone should like me, or because it pisses me off... but it hurts. it really hurts... and when i start to hear things about myself, i start to believe them. it doesnt matter if i know its not true. i start to believe them, and then i fear that other people will start to believe them. prime example is that whole ordeal with mitch and the senior group. i felt so attacked, and he called me such horrible things and then people in his journal that dont even know me said such terrible things when in reality what i said was taken so far out of context. his purpose was to make me look like a preppy bitch. so what did i do. i tried to defend myself, and in turn got even more names, and even more hurtful things... but i couldnt help but defend things. and you may say that it doesnt matter if somebody who doesnt know you says shit... well yes it does. i take offense to it greatly. i just want to be liked. more than anything i need acceptance... because as a child i didnt get it from key people in my life that i should have gotten it from. and then at 10 losing my grandpa was the worst thing i've ever experienced. i know alot of people say that their grandparents are their best friend, and who am i to say that they're lying... but for me my grandpa was my best friend, and the only father figure i ever had. i was with him all the time... the only place i ever wanted to be or ever was was with him. he took care of me and my mom because it was just the two of us. and so i never stopped to think that hey... all my friends have a mom AND a dad. when i lost him my world stopped spinning. for once i was alone with nobody to tell my secrets to and it all happend to soon. and on top of losing him chris and my mom got seperated, and it was just terrible. so many times i just need him, and he's not here for me. and sometimes i find myself angry with god because i just feel like he's been taking things from me and targeting me for so long. i just want to feel that protection that my grandpa gave me.. and the security. i need those things. and at times i feel like keegan doesnt care, or doesnt know, or doesnt care to find out.

im so self concious in everything... i hate my face and my body and the fact that if the red flannel pageant required a talent, i wouldnt know what to do. i feel talentless... like i cant do anything. theres nothing special about any of the things that i can do. i get so jealous of danielle because she plays the piono so beautifully. i just feel like all my friends have an outlet, and i just lack one. what would i do... get up there and create a yearbook template? i cant sing, i dont play sports, i dont play an instrument, i dont even feel good enough for my drama class.... so how can i expect to run for high pageants? in the past couple of months i've basically given up on that. why do i do that? i just give up on dreams. and at the same time i dont. i've achieved so much sucess in high school... but then again i dont get all A's, im not the teacher favorite, i dont play sports, i fit into NO social group whatsoever. i feel like im not popular enough to be "able" to talk freely to those people, i dont fit in with the circle or the goths or whatever they call themselves now because im "preppy".... and so if im not preppy enough, or depressed enough, or athletic enough, or smart enough... where do i fit it at? im just erika.

i need to just get used to that.... im just erika.
whatever... fuck this.
and see, then thats my next step... to say forget it. thats why i do what i do.. i'd rather let things burry down inside me then to deal with them, because in all honestly it just hurts to much.

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brokenmentality

:: 2005 9 September :: 10.41pm

im tired, but am i sleeping? nooo.. why would i be sleeping when the phones just gonna ring as soon as i fall asleep. i honestly think this whole thing is so stupid. its not even the crew.. its 2 and then some random fill in. whats the sence in even going then if you dont even think you're gonna win. they got there at 6, and the breakdance battle didnt even start until about 9:30... but thats all cool, because they were warming up... for THREE hours?! oooook. i was feeling kind of bad about not going cuz i had to work, but gauranteed i would NOT be in a good mood if i was still stuck down in god knows where. yeah, i hope they win and all.... but i'll be happy when this whole stupid thing is over.



in better news: tomorrows stacys bon fire.
in worse news: i have to work tomorrow through tuesday... mmm
in even worse news: im so fucking tired... gahh.

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anachronism

:: 2005 9 September :: 3.54pm
:: Music: BOB DYLAN

Why does every party have to have drinking to be fun?
I thought a lot of people got over that..apparently not.
Whatever.

Anyway, I've been good. I'm happy lately.
School sucks, but it doesn't seem to go as slow as it did last year.
It's fine. I have to just suck it up and remember I only have to make it through the year.

And I seriously need help in Econ. I'm doing shitty with the stock thing. Does anyone know the "loop-hole" in the game? Ah fuck it..

I realized that being an office aid is like saying you're their slave for the hour. I'm so the office bitch.

I love Bible as in Lit. First we drew pictures of God, then today we played with Clay. Hard work.

Ummm...I love my bunnie.
And life is good.
Remember to come to the bonfire tomorrow.
8:00pm!

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bleedingsun

:: 2005 8 September :: 9.29pm
:: Music: Andrew W.K.

I've used them all before

This school thing is really cutting into all my free time. Morale is low.

I've had enough for this year already. Homework every night. What's that about?









It's about dumb, that's what.

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anachronism

:: 2005 7 September :: 7.54pm

Bonfire at my house this Saturday.
8pm-12am or whatever.
It's not really a party, nothing is planned. I just want whoever that wants to be there, be there. To just chill, talk, and hang out.
My dad dug a new fire pit out by Brad's current home (camper) haha. So, please if you wanna come and hang for a while do.
Let me know if you are coming!

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anachronism

:: 2005 7 September :: 5.08pm

Today in 3rd hour (office aid) I was told to make a copy of a paper.
First of all I have no idea where that fucking machine is.
So, I find the room and there's like 8 machines! I know, I know..a copy machine doesn't seem to be a complicated thing to spot, but their machines are EVIL! And the copy machine was the worst. It's so confusing, it's not like normal ones where you just put the paper on the glass.. Anyway, the lady tells me to make one copy and to type in her code '4994' so I do it and it starts printing '1 of 4,994' and I was like, "Shit!" So then I hit stop and it stops after printing like 10 sheets. Then I see that I copied the wrong fucking side. So I flip it over and try to copy it and it copies the same wrong side and I tried to stop it, but once again it copied like 10! So I finally went and told them I had no idea what I was doing. They weren't too mean about it.

I'm sorry, you must think I'm an idiot, but it really is more complicated than it sounds.

Being an office aid is scary.

Anyway, I hate school. Today was a little better, but it still sucks.
And today was the bad day..the day when actual work and homework starts..bleh! ;(

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bleedingsun

:: 2005 7 September :: 3.57pm
:: Music: the Strokes - Is This It?

Root of all evil

The bus is the fucking devil. I can't stand it. I'm considering walking, even though it'd take me even longer.

Lots more work this year. I hope I can handle it.

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anachronism

:: 2005 6 September :: 9.15pm

If you're wondering why I am so stlyish lately (haha) it's because my boyfriend picks out my outfit and straigtens my hair for school every day. :P

And he's not even gay!
What a keeper.

Proud parents: Read more..

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anachronism

:: 2005 6 September :: 6.13pm

School sucks.. blah blah blah..

Hitler, Nazi, Germany seems to be all right. It's just sad I have it first hour.. I won't be awake to even listen.
Econ is going to be hard for me since I am bad with math and all that. Does anyone have a JA Econ book I can have?? [With answers!]
Office Aid is interesting. I get to hear everything that's "private". I like it though, I get my own desk and get to deliver passes. Woo!
Advanced Drama scares me. That's all I have to say. I'm very nervous..
Bible as in Lit is going to be cool. I have a lot of friends in there and I know it's going to be a good class. I'm excited to learn a lot.
Yearbook is . . yearbook. The same as last year, except I'm an editor. Which is bahmb.. it's nice having some authority.

In other news.. I like Brad living here. It's nice because I get to see him when I get home every day. I wish he didn't have to leave in October.
I love yooouu.

My bunnie is still cute as ever.

So, who's ready to graduate all ready?

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bleedingsun

:: 2005 5 September :: 9.37pm
:: Music: 30 Seconds to Mars - The Kill

Red eye flight, carry your luggage under your pupils

I haven't slept in two days.

Insomnia?
Not quite.

I will have the latest comic with me at all times tomorrow, so just ask if you want to see it. The camera is still fucked up.


I'll see you all tomorrow.

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brokenmentality

:: 2005 5 September :: 2.43pm

last night was the perfect last night of summer.

i love waking up to you.

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anachronism

:: 2005 5 September :: 1.47pm

Brad got me a bunnie!

Pictures: Read more..

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anachronism

:: 2005 4 September :: 7.28am

I woke up this morning and the sky was a beautiful, glowing orange, so I ran outside snd there were two huge rainbows casting colors in the sky. It was so pretty.

Did anyone else see that?

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anachronism

:: 2005 2 September :: 5.33pm

I now own five cameras!
My dad and Brad found three old ones in some boxes and they're not shitty.
All they need is some clean'n up!

I think me getting all these sweet deals on cameras is a sign.
Maybe my dream can come true.

:)

I know.. I sound corny, but I don't care!

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anachronism

:: 2005 2 September :: 10.49am

Dresden Dolls
Intersection, Grand Rapids, MI.
Tuesday Oct 18, 2005
8:00 pm
$13.00


I am going, no fucking doubt about it.

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bleedingsun

:: 2005 2 September :: 12.01am
:: Music: unwritten law

Let the beast sleep

Well, I'll never do it again. After that, I don't think it'll even be possible.
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Anyway...
Lucy is back from the vet, we got her last night. She's perfectly fine besides being a little weak. She's still contagious for up to 6 months though, so we can't let her by any other dogs.

Since being home, she's peed in the house at least 10 times. I just now got her to stop whining and go to sleep in her kennel.

I just hope she doesn't wake up. I can't take more whining.

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anachronism

:: 2005 1 September :: 11.18am

Has anyone ever seen the show Gilmore Girls?
I was just wondering if how fast they talk makes you want to kill people.
That show seriously just made me feel stressed out because they talk so incredibly fast.

I just want to know if I am crazy.

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bleedingsun

:: 2005 31 August :: 2.12pm

Give up

We're going to pick Lucy up from the vet at 5 o'clock. They called today and said she's doing fine, and that we have a very hyper dog.

Good.

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anachronism

:: 2005 31 August :: 12.38pm
:: Music: John Lennon - Give Peace a Chance

Blah blah bla.
I feel really wierd. Like physically.. I don't know what it is, but I need it to go away. I'm not in the mood to vomit.

Brad's moving in today. It's temporary. He just needs to find a new apartment to rent so he's not stuck paying another months rent in the shitty apartment he's in now.

Things have been ok lately. It's really strange to think I'll be in school at this time next week. But, this summer has felt like an entire year to me. More happened this summer than all of the last school year.
I am excited..only because this is my last year. It still doesn't seem real to say it. I can't believe I'm a senior.
When did my life pass me by?

In other news.. I am bored. My life consists of watching old T.V shows and eating way too much when I'm not even hungry.

I just want to be happy. And this has nothing to do with anything I just said.
Whatever.

Oh and Erika, Keegan.. you guys are awesome. I love that we're spending time together lately. You help, truly. And you're a great couple.

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