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rina

:: 2005 18 May :: 9.52am
:: Mood: blah
:: Music: consider this - anna nalick

boys will be boys
i'm skipping second period, and chilling in the media department.
i love how badass you can feel when you walk by administration while skipping and they don't even ask you for passes.

i still am having an awful time getting to sleep at night.
and i just got over this wonderfully horrible habit of eating nothing but two bowls of cereal a day.
nothing for breakfast or lunch, come home and eat cereal, and then skip dinner.

next year i'm going to be in newspaper instead of computer graphics, and i'll be editor of the literary magazine our school puts out.
i feel so geekish that i'm so excited, but i can't help it.

and boys? pah. who needs them.

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rina

:: 2005 5 May :: 8.52pm
:: Mood: calm
:: Music: the way things are - fiona apple

neon insomnia
midnight black descending
small illuminations brightening
brilliant reds rushing by
whites and yellows fast as light

traveling unknown cities
windows open to silent pities
bursts of wind mingled in gold
wild hair a testament too bold

sleepless nights a catalyst
for mangled thoughts in a twist
highway to nowhere coming soon
underneath a crescent moon

faster and faster, accumulating speed
open roads full of aching need
headlights blinding near catatonia
just another case of neon insomnia

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rina

:: 2005 27 April :: 11.10pm
:: Mood: contemplative
:: Music: elsewhere - sarah mclachlan

of the time, and inbetween
have you ever looked into the mirror, and realized what you were looking at?
if you looked in the mirror everyday, and just one day, you just notice who you are. and how you've changed from one year to the next.
three hundred sixty five days of seeing yourself and in one of those, you're watching yourself change. watching yourself grow up.

i think its supposed to happen on birthdays. or at least, thats what should happen on birthdays.

tonight i looked at myself in the mirror, and i didnt just stare at the reflection. i saw myself. and even though i've seen myself almost every day, it was different. i looked older, i guess. its difficult to explain unless you've actually experienced it.

but maybe no one experiences it. maybe everyone does.
and maybe its just me, stressing about school, and my birthday, and how the next year of my life will unfold.

half of me is hoping that someone will notice. it feels like it just happened overnight sometime, and people will be just as taken aback as i am.
if they dont notice, which i dont think they will, it'll just be me. finally fitting into my own skin. and that half of me wants it to keep it to myself. a secret of sorts, but more personal.

anyways. i should be sleeping.

canyoustandonyourhead?


rina

:: 2005 9 April :: 11.24pm
:: Mood: thoughtful
:: Music: don't die in me - mirah

past, present, and future tense
what is life?
im sure you can read books upon books describing the meaning of it, whether it is love, art, adventure, or change.
maybe its one of those things. maybe its passion, or inspiration, or nature.

i dont know.
but put your life in perspective with the rest of the universe. on such a large timeline, with billions of people, and billions of years before you , its like you dont even exist.

but there is still all this pressure from the world to do great, to be great. that if you are not famous, you are not worth remembering.
what kind of life can we offer future generations if this is the way things are now?

it seems to me, that all those legends before us; galileo, aristotle, newton, and hell man, even elvis.
they are legends in themselves because they did what no other person in their generation did. they broke the mold in a certain area. something that has never been tried before.

hence what bothers me. we've tried everything. we've done peace, war, experimentation, medication, television, bombs, cancer, rocketships.
the future is either bleak and barren, hardly supporting life, or it is technologically advanced. it cannot be both.

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rina

:: 2005 31 March :: 1.20am
:: Mood: thoughtful
:: Music: goodnight and go - imogen heap

its bad enough we get along so well
i love how only two people read this.

im pretty close to being nocturnal.
but when you sleep in until 3 in the afternoon, you feel like you missed half your life in that one day.
and though i am more productive in the wee hours of the morning, i find it particularly lonely, because no one is online.

i have a website. [www.velut-luna.org]

my addiction to psp is horrendous.

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rina

:: 2005 20 March :: 12.11am
:: Mood: apathetic
:: Music: action adventure - andrew bird

failure by design
you know this war on humanity thats going on?
i finally figured out what the fuck it is.

evolution.

its survival of the fittest.
good luck, rest of the planet.

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rina

:: 2005 19 February :: 12.23am
:: Music: untouchable face - ani difranco

who am i, somebody tell me that much
writers block is so ridiculous.
i know exactly what should happen next in finding new york, but.. BLAH.

i cant wait to finish off my b&w film from the nikon. i want to develop them like mad.

i should just bring it to school and take random pictures of people.

i've been having many odd dreams as of late. on consisted of my nine year old brother crashing a car, while i was in it as well as my sister, and when the police came he started laughing. and saying it was just like need for speed. or burnout III takedown.

i was panicking, and they were excited.

odd, yes? yes.

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rina

:: 2005 6 February :: 5.17pm
:: Mood: woo.
:: Music: where is my mind - the pixies

finding new york II
of course he wasnt from california. he was from new york. from brooklyn. he knew the taste of real pizza, and could accurately depict the big apple and its millions of inhabitants on a routine monday morning.

and it figured that after meeting this kid, brian, and talking for maybe 15 minutes, that my cellphone would ring with its what's my age again ringtone.

i sighed. hold on a minute, i said, and grabbed my nokia from my back pocket. brian just nodded.

hello? i asked the phone.
"alice, we're coming to pick you up, your brother made reservations for a new restaurant," replies the voice.
why do i have to go?
"because its a family thing," my mother says.
whatever. i'll be waiting, i reply.

i pushed the end button on my phone and shoved it back into my jeans. brian looked at me with his blue, blue, pale sky blue eyes.
"leaving?" he asked quietly.
yeah, i said. i guess we have some reservations at this new restaurant somewhere. happen to know about it?
"nah," he said. "but i have to leave for work soon, anyways."
oh. well, i guess i'll see you around?
"yeah," he said in that same quiet tone.

i saw my mother's green jeep wrangler start to pull up. i remember seeing it in the parking lot when i came out of the airport, and asking her what the hell she was thinking. first, she said not to use that language, and then said that it was the "thing" to have jeeps in california. i realized later that it was so not the thing to have. everyone had convertibles here, and i could understand that. despite the dumb beaches, california had really nice weather.

i didnt want to go to another restaurant. the one last night was awful, the waiters couldn't take a joke. my mother said in the car afterwards that asking if the opera singer was a dying cat wasnt funny, and that i shouldnt try to taunt the host. she was mistaken though, because the timing was perfect for it. it was hilarious; some of my best work.

i realized i had around two minutes.

do you have a computer? i asked brian.
"yeah," he said.
fantastic. do you have a pen?
brian wore a confused look on his face as he reached in his jean pockets and dug out a black pen.
give me your hand, i said urgently.
the look deepened as he stuck out his right hand.

i grabbed it and scribbled my screen name on it. if he didnt have aol, i was going to cry. he had to have aol.

he smiled at the word on his palm and said, as my mother honked the horn in the parking lot, "hope you manage to find your way out of the rabbit hole."
i half-heartedly rolled my eyes.
i've had it since i was twelve, i said.
he just smiled. my mother honked the horn again. "don't be late," he said.
yeah, yeah, its an important date, i got it, i said as i walked towards the parking lot.

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rina

:: 2005 1 February :: 7.13pm
:: Music: shh - frou frou

finding new york
i was at that theatre where all the highschoolers went to hang out and look cool at night. it was annoyingly boring, listening to the gossip of a group of girls scattered around in short skirts and tanks with flip flops. i looked down at my own feet, stared at my right converse shoe covered with writing and little drawings from my real friends back home.

because i wasnt home. this theatre was foreign to me. i was out of place; i knew it, and they were obviously too dense to notice it. the girls around me, i mean. you could hit them with a brick and they probably wouldnt respond. there was nothing i could do about it though, mom had insisted i get a social life.

i had a social life, it just wasnt here. i wanted to be back in seattle, not here in california. i don't even like the beach. its wet and hot and you get sand in all the wrong place. what a hassle.

i glanced toward said beach, it was right by the theatre. it had wooden steps flooded with sand winding its way to the cement pathway that led to the parking lot.

and thats when i saw him. he was standing apart from the little groups, leaning over a rail that lined the walkway and faced the parking lot. he had a black t-shirt on, a band name i didnt recognize scribbled across the front. he had faded-looking jeans on, and converses, i noticed.

he had converses. not sandals or flip flops or wet shoes or rocket dogs or whatever. converses.

it was simple relief, that not all of the people here had never heard of the sex pistols or ridden the subway. i mean jeez. this is the first person i had seen who looked remotely like me. clothes-wise.

because appearance-wise, he had darkish brown hair, short, with little ringlets covering his ears. he turned his head slightly and i saw really really great cheekbones.

i usually dont notice something as dumb as that, mind you. but i did. and i couldnt resist walking up to him.

i tried to be casual, but the thought of actually having a conversation that did not include fashion made me excited, so i looked like i was extremely happy to see him.

he didnt notice me coming over toward him though, and i nonchalantly leaned against the rail next to him. i glanced over at him.

hey, i said.

he looked surprised when he turned his head toward me. like he couldnt imagine anyone striking up a conversation with him. he looked me straight in the eyes, and said, "hey."

and oh man, let me pause here. his eyes. they were the exact color of the sky. exact. except they seemed lost in thought, as if i disrupted his thinking. that didnt bother me though because man! his eyes!

i didnt respond right away, so he stood up carefully and turned so he could see me face to face. sort of. he was a bit taller than me.

i held out my hand.
"i'm alice," i said after a moment.
"brian," he replied, his hand meeting mine and shaking it.

he noticed my favorite shirt, and said, "sex pistols fan?"
totally, i said. you?
"yeah."




to be continued?

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rina

:: 2005 27 January :: 11.40pm
:: Mood: in that writing mood

shoebox
i could tell by your face that it was different this time around.

i knew you'd be taking back that promise that i hid away in my shoebox full of knick knacks.
that shoebox covered with pictures and words and a lot of amazing memories. that held the little oath safe between my shell necklace and the small elephant figurine you always made fun of.

the one that said we'd go to california one day, laying on the beach for hours on end, letting the sun melt the time together.
i would walk in my thin flip flops to you, the sand whooshing over my feet as i padded through with my two ice creams.
and i would make a mess of myself eating that ice cream cone, and you would say i was silly and brush the hair from my eyes.

but i guess i knew that it would have to go.
you're always somewhere else. sometime else.
because its so hard
oh, its so hard
to be in love with a ghost.

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rina

:: 2005 22 January :: 12.01am
:: Mood: sleepy
:: Music: run - snow patrol

such sweet symphony
so, its been a while.

i am really looking forward to doing some major art this weekend, i cant wait. and i feel like such a nerd for being excited about painting, but i guess thats just how i am.

i want to do a portrait of one of my friends. it would be like the ultimate gift.

i think so, at least.

i dont know whats going on with me this week, but ive been procrastinating out the ass.

i really hope i can be better friends with lauren and mark, they seem incredibly awesome. and heather is so hilarious, i love her.

ive noticed that ive been comparing myself with other, which is so awful, because i hate doing that.

ugh, this is such a worthless entry, but its midnight, who gives a damn?

canyoustandonyourhead?


rina

:: 2005 14 January :: 9.47pm
:: Mood: sick
:: Music: deja entendu is on repeat

i thought i was safe from your gaze
so today i felt like absolute fuck. i woke up at 2 in the morning and i felt like screaming bloody murder. instead, i snuck into my mom's bathroom and took some aleve and tried to go back to bed.

my alarm clock, my R E A L L Y obnoxious alarm clock, failed to wake me up, and my mom came in about three times.

and then i said i wasnt going to school and that i would call her when i did finally wake up. she told me to feel better. i miraculously fell asleep.

and then i woke up at 10.00 but could not move. it felt like someone was playing twister with my insides, and after an hour, i had to force myself to get up and eat breakfast before i fainted or vomited.

i vomited anyways after breakfast, wasnt that great.

and then i just layed in different parts of my house, because the thought of moving somewhere else made me want to cry, and i only did it when the place i was in became too hot.

i turned on the tv, and didnt pay much attention, but at least it was distracting.

i took more medication throughout the day and started feeling a little better around 3.30, which is when i remembered that nahs inductions were tonight.

and i did NOT want to miss that.

so i started getting ready and by 4.20, when my mom came home to take me to the highschool for the inductions, i had accomplished to put on clothes, brush my hair, and put very little make up on.

so, now i'm a member of nahs. and im happier than i should be about it. but come on. when i came up to accept my certificate, ms roeder said to ms thimler "she is a very good artist" and ms thimler says "is she?" and ms roeder replies "yes."

that made me feel good.

the gallery and reception afterwards was great.

and i saw some of james' work. that kid is amazing. ahaha, but his hair is ridiculous. he congratulated me though, as i walked into the gallery.

i managed to plaster a smile on my face, even though i felt like hurling.

i came home and wanted to pass out, but refrained, and instead talked to chrissie online.

that girl is freaking incredible. i mean, jesus, she is just awesome. i burst out laughing quite a few times during our conversation. and im already feeling much better.

so tomorrow i am going to teach her math, and then we're going to eat ice cream, and win things from friday's.

i cant wait. :)

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rina

:: 2005 13 January :: 6.45pm
:: Mood: indescribable
:: Music: spidey suite - danny elfman

crescendos and lulls
i really want to go to the phantom of the opera, and i think im going, too.

also, score, i am going to scotland and/or italy. definitely scotland though. i think over the summer, and we might go to italy over spring break, im so excited!

and my sister says the next time we're in sweden, we'll go drinking in london, because i'll be 18 by then!

i think i'll be a lot more different then i was last year. im not sure if its a good or a bad thing.

canyoustandonyourhead?


rina

:: 2005 10 January :: 3.16pm
:: Music: sic transit gloria

i am such a fuck up.

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rina

:: 2005 9 January :: 10.32am
:: Mood: confused
:: Music: jude law and a semester abroad - brand new

wtf mate?
oh my god, most fucked up dream ever. i have to write this down, because im already forgetting it.

it was like a movie.

i was at emma watson's house, and we were eating dinner or something. then tom felton (as draco malfoy) had wrote a book about quidditch or some nonsense.

and after dinner (?) we all had to go in emma's room, but somehow my head identified it as ginny's room. anyways, i couldnt find it at first, and i only found it because there was light coming from the crack of the door.

there are other people besides me in there, but i dont remember who they are. but, there is someone in her bed, and everyone (which has narrowed down to two people, wtf) and this kid jared is under the covers once someone pulls them off.

and he's lying in the bed, but it's way too small for him. the footboard for the bed is against the wall, but his feet somehow manage to slip between the space between the wall and footboard to get under the bed. almost like his feet were made of paper.

and we go "what are you doing in here, we're supposed to be doing something." (i dont remember what we were supposed to be doing.)

and he mumbles, because he's half asleep, and says "hermione said i could."

then i somehow end up in this gigantic parking structure. just one floor of it. and i dont know what to do, but something tells me i have to crash into something.then a little red car goes by and i "lock on" to it. because now it feels like there is a ps2 controller in my hand. there really isnt. but still, i lock on using the R1 key which is totally wrong.

as i locked on, a little yellow "1" appeared on the side of the car, and i thought it was too small of a number. so i really quickly locked on to another car which was going fast and i tried driving into it, because i somehow am a car, but also myself. its confusing just thinking about it.

i could never crash a car and i was getting frustrated. and then there are no more cars driving around, but james marsters kind of walks in between the parked cars, with his signature black duster, his platinum hair, and a cigarette in one hand. he stopped by me and told me something, then took a drag of his cigarette. i dont remember what he told me.

i end up in the back of this van with two other children. and there is a small bird-cage like cage that is black and is seperated into four different parts from a seperator inside. and i know that there is a red, a blue, a green, and a yellow fairy inside.

let me say: what. the. fuck.

moving on. one of the children is a little girl and she is really scared, so to make herself feel better, she says out loud that she doesnt believe in magic.

and i look at her sadly and say "you know, everytime you saw that, a fairy dies." i hold up the cage, and the green fairy is lying on her side. i think in my head 'poor earth fairy.'

then i am observing the front of the van (it is white, by the way). but it's in motion, so its kind of like watching a movie. cut to the inside of the van, and sarah michelle gellar is in the passenger seat. smoke is coming from the back of the fan and somehow filtering into the front.

she says "what's that smoke from?"

and michelle trachtenberg, who is behind her says "i dont think you should worry about it."

that's all i remember.

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rina

:: 2005 9 January :: 2.29am
:: Mood: still awake.
:: Music: run - snow patrol

your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
haha forgot to mention the new layout. i = such a dork.

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rina

:: 2005 9 January :: 1.23am
:: Mood: very awake.
:: Music: guernica - brand new

is she an airhead? HAHAHA oh god yes.
hahaha i went out with sabrina and tiffany tonight.

tiffany has her own vehicle. not the greatest, haha. they picked me up around 9 and we went and had dinner at macaroni grill. i had chicken parmigiano. mmm.

but when our waiter, doug, was putting the pepper and the oil on the plate for you to dip your bread in, tiffany was looking at him like he was insane.

and as soon as he left she goes "what is that for?!!?"

we laughed. and said it was for bread.

and then sabrina said the cheese on my chicken was mold, and tiffany believed her. holy christ.

but here is something priceless:
when sabrina was at her house, they finished watching a movie, and she says "just put the dvd back in the case."
and tiffany says "how do i rewind it?"

good times. anyways, we hit up barnes and noble afterwards, and get coffee and some sort of dessert. none of us finished them.

it was such great fun. and sabrina is getting a mustang convertible!!! ahh! we are totally cruising in that mother.

and since i had coffee i am very very very awake. fuck.

canyoustandonyourhead?


rina

:: 2004 28 December :: 10.00pm
:: Mood: screamy-ish.
:: Music: somewhere only we know - keane

teenage angst? oh no!
i am not having such a good day. blah.

i think my mother is going to kill me soon though. i ordered some my chemical romance patches online. with my debit card. without asking permission.

oh dear.

ugh. all day ive had this constant need to just scream. or pass out or something.

and the moment of zen for the day is:
What one-liner are you? by shinikami
Name
LineA clean tie attracts the soup of the day.
Quiz created with MemeGen!


.. wtf?

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rina

:: 2004 25 December :: 10.51am
:: Mood: blank
:: Music: geek stink breath - green day

yay something corporate


Take the test, by Emily.

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rina

:: 2004 24 December :: 2.20am
:: Mood: in paaaaiiiin bad claws!
:: Music: where is my mind - the pixies

i dont think duct tape will work this time
its christmas eve.

christmas is broken. because it doesnt feel exciting or happy or cozy anymore.

and my cat is a maniac. as i type, he is ARGH kneading into my left thigh and is purring like a steam roller.

wince.

i love this song.

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rina

:: 2004 21 December :: 2.10am
:: Mood: amused
:: Music: where is my mind - the pixies

oh walt you silly man
i love how all the fairy tales have been disney-fied. they are much more gruesome than you would think. and hardly any have happy endings. no lie.

take the little mermaid for example. first of all, she eats people. second, she doesnt actually get the guy; to get legs and have fun as a human she has to kill the man she wants. but as she is going to stab him, she cant bring herself to do it and instead stabs herself in the heart. and then she turns into seafoam.

isnt that fantastic?

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rina

:: 2004 19 December :: 12.56pm
:: Mood: awake

iwantkingdomheartstwoooooo
it is winter break.

my first day = video games!!!

i can already tell, this will be the best break ever.

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rina

:: 2004 17 December :: 7.59pm
:: Mood: blarghisnebasdbgol.
:: Music: remy zero

everyone should go out and get trashed.
it is winter break!!!!!

and i have exams to study for. what bullshit.

dude, i have the most fucked up dreams ever. the one i had last night was absolutely ridiculous. if you want to know; ask. otherwise, just leave it. for your own safety.

i sometimes wonder why they're so odd, and have come to the conclusion that its just my family gradually driving me insane.

i am sad about my chemistry exam. sad sad sad. i got a 105/120.

BECAUSE OF THREE STUPID IONS!! thats such shit. blah.

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rina

:: 2004 16 December :: 4.07pm
:: Mood: dumbfounded.
:: Music: the dusty brothers

welcome to the outback.. in africa.. WTF?!
ah. chemistry is easy when you study like a madwoman.

ugh. i am so not looking forward to the precalc exam. im trying to think of some genious way to cheat. because we can only have a piece of paper that he gives us, a pencil, and a calculator.

and yes, he clears the memory of graphing calculators before every test. argh.

and holy shit, my bus is so retarded.

they were talking about STDs or some shit like that, and this one boy was like "yeah, but thats a disease way down in.. africa or something if you get bit by a kangaroo."

so i ask myself.

is stupidity contagious? it seems he passed it on to some of the others on my bus. i pray that i am immune.

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rina

:: 2004 14 December :: 3.29pm
:: Mood: insane
:: Music: mad world - michael andrews

prepare to evacuate soul in 3, 2, in 1
during exam week i think everyone walks around with an invisible gun to their head.

and i am about ready to just fucking die from everything i have to do.

tomorrow is the chemistry exam. you can imagine how thrilled i am.

..

i also have 2349516140560673828510483684 things due on thursday which i have neglected to do. it sits there staring at me from my bag saying "you are so fucked."

ohmygod. we took all the notes we need for the precalc midterm today. when i looked at the board i wanted to cry. holy shit.

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rina

:: 2004 13 December :: 3.44pm
:: Mood: blank
:: Music: cute without the 'e' (cut from the team) - taking back sunday

insomnia would be better
so this dream i had.

i was at a party at this house. and i was talking to alot of people and suddenly i had to go run to the house next door to get something. the dream is set in a kind of grayish tone.

and i run across this yard with gray grass and jump over a tree made out of metal.

it looks like one of the trees from ferngully, you know, with the mushroom things sticking out of it like little plates.

i step on one of the mushrooms as i fly over it.

and then i end up at the next house over and there are people there. i look to where they're staring. its a house, with one of those screened porches that wrap the whole way around it. like an endless patio. and just as i look, a naked man with a funnel on his head runs from one side of the porch to the other.

now, i couldnt see his bathing suit area. it was 'censored' out like the 'whats my age again' video by blink 182, when tom, mark, and travis are running through the streets in their birthday suits.

i turn to the group of people and say "he must be really drunk."

the rest of it was really strange. and also i was talking to some boy and we were looking across the street and our noses touched and we started laughing hysterically.

it was pretty fucked up.

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rina

:: 2004 11 December :: 2.46pm
:: Music: home - three days grace

fight club
new layout.

i haven't updated in a long while. i hope i can update more now that i will be getting my computer back soon.

i was grounded.

and later i must post a very odd dream i had.

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rina

:: 2004 11 December :: 12.57pm
:: Mood: curious
:: Music: i'm not okay (i promise) - my chemical romance

yay memegen
Your love is... by ChibiMarronchan
Your name is...
Your kiss is...breath taking
Your hugs are...to die for
Your eyes...sparkle like the stars
Your touch is...awakening my heart
Your smell is...amazing
Your smile is...encouraging
Your love is...unique
Quiz created with MemeGen!

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Rina

:: 2004 4 November :: 8.20pm
:: Mood: blerfnah!!
:: Music: we are - ana

see the devil on the doorstep now
bush won.

what a fuckhead!!

i am wearing black tomorrow. i shall mourn kerry's loss.

ah ha, and it coincides with spirit day.

oh the joy.

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Rina

:: 2004 20 October :: 10.19pm
:: Mood: aggravated

FOR THE LOVE OF CHRIST AND POTATO CHIPS!!!!

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