lisalion816
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2004 12 July :: 11.22am
HEY!!
Ok its been forever since i've been able to get the internet! ahhh...oh well what can i do?
I went to Stockholm last week for two days and had fun with the family. Well, as much fun as you can have right?
Havn't been doing that much...went for a long walk in the woods saturday and picked a bucket full of blueberries. that was something i can't do at home.
Im going to write as often as i can! Hope all my buds are having a fun summer!
Later...
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lisalion816
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2004 3 July :: 12.49pm
OK....
Not much has been going on lately....
Last night we all went to my cousin's house for dinner and then the siblings, eric, and i went in the field in the woods and played soccer for a while. We left around 9, but it wasn't dark because the sun never goes down over here in the summer...it after 8 it just looks like it does at 6 in the evening.
Today we went over to a friend of my mom's, who has two kids our age that we know. It was ok.
Monday we're taking the train up to Stockholm and we'll be back on tuesday evening or so. Fun stuff....
Im tired....not quite used to the 6 hour time change yet....
not much else to say
Later...
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lisalion816
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2004 2 July :: 8.14am
ok...here is the address where you guys can write me until august:
Lisa Tous
c/o Sven Persson
Barrvägen 4
S-446 35 Älvängen
Sweden
Stay cool, literally....and i'll try and stay warm..
Later...
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Rina
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2004 2 July :: 7.44am
Hey, i guess i was lying when i said i wouldn't be able to update from Sweden.
Because, look at me. I'm updating. In sweden. it is so great here you can not imagine.
send me a letter. i will send you a postcard.
Carina Tous
c/o Sven Persson
Barrvägen 4
S-446 35 Älvängen
Sweden
See you when school starts.
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lisalion816
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2004 2 July :: 7.24am
Hey!
I am now in sweden and freezing. Go figure. Today we went to a castle that was built in 1320. Its mostly in ruines but its still cool.
the flight sucked. it was long...11 hours or so
great now im getting yelled at to get off since everyone needs to check their mail right this second....geeze!
Later....when i have internet access once again...
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lisalion816
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2004 27 June :: 10.26am
:: Mood: busy
Im leaving on a jet plane, don't know when i'll be back again...
I still haven't been able to get ahold of Jon and it sucks. you think he could put some time aside to call me before i leave, but no. I mean even if hes at work, it is possible for him to call me from his cell while hes on break.
oh well i still love him.
ok, i need to finish packing the last of my stuff and make sure i have everything.
see ya in sweden
later...
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Rina
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2004 26 June :: 9.57pm
:: Mood: blank
:: Music: green day
you almost make me happy
maybe life is scary, but it’s also exhilarating. you know, it’s kinda like skydiving or something. you do it.
it scares the crap out of you and it might make you puke.
but it was probably the most fun you’ll ever have. if you’re too afraid to jump out of the plane, you might be safer, but you’ll miss out on all the fun.
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lisalion816
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2004 25 June :: 11.49pm
:: Mood: bored
Packing, Packing, and more....Packing...
Okay then. A little more than one day left for me here in ft. misery before I'm off to Sweden for a whole year. Reality punched me in the head today when I had to start packing. I already have one of my suitcases packed and its huge. The airline's policy is that each bag can weigh up to 51 lbs each....my single suit case was 70 lbs. Yeah...had to take some books and sweaters out and i'll fill up my other one.
Yup...im leaving for a year...won't see my friends, can't drive my car (or any car for that matter), my cat will miss me terribly and i will miss him more. Oh yeah...my cats mad at me. He knows that we are leaving, hes seen this packing stuff before and he doesn't like it one bit. Hes a nut, oh well.
...Time is like a blur now. Its like i know im leaving at a certain date and time and i know that on the day that i leave, when im sitting on the plane, it won't feel like im leaving for a year, or a month, week, or a day even. Time is a funny thing. I remember middle school, and wishing that i could just get out of high school already! Now highschool is gone, a meer memory and will be. Time goes by so fast, too fast. I know that when im in sweden, i'll get comfy with everything after a while, and then its like OH! Time to go home! Florida is waiting!
Yup, and I will think to my self,DEAR GOD WHAT HAPPEND??
...i can see it already...
I don't know how often I will update since i dunno when i'll have internet acess...i will figure out something...
....Later...
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Rina
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2004 22 June :: 3.19pm
:: Mood: thoughtful
:: Music: the small print - muse
i'm bending the truth
Looking into oneself has become cliche, in a society where writing down your innermost thoughts for the world to read is a common occurence.
Some people take time off, others hold people at an arm's length, while others hold on tightly to whatever they can hold on to.
Because somewhere in a kitchen there could be a woman stopping the dishwasher, her yellow-gloved hands in the soapy water, gazing out the window, realising that she always wanted to be an actress but had become a mother too soon. On the other hand, there could be a spinster in a rocking chair, crying over the child she had aborted when she was young, feeling more alone than ever. And maybe, in a hospital somewhere a doctor could be holding up a newborn by its ankles, marvelling at the miracle he had just performed. Elsewhere, who knows, a college student could be cheating in an examination, to meet his parent's expectations.
As for me, I lie in bed till 2 in the morning, writing about my passions and dreams in black ink, thinking back on past experiences, present circumstances, and the mystery of the future.
Thinking of past lives, of threads and stars. Of Universes in one's palm. Of portals into the soul, of lost convictions, postcards and passports, of jumping from one mountain to another.
Self-introspection leads me into viewing my Life in some basement, a slice of dust-light from the projector beaming images, episodes, and sketches of the quilt I'm slowly stitching together.
And I watch my Life so far with a smile, bittersweet, and sometimes I laugh out loud, and cry. Most of the time I keep quiet, watching the slideshow in awe. Everything I've ever held close to my heart, I watch.
Elementary notebooks filled with summer drawings. The cresecendos and lulls of my favourite songs. My first paperback book. The sting of a palm slapping my cheek. My mother's laugh. Watching a plane take off from behind an airport window, shielding my eyes from its silver brightness.
Fingers intertwining. The taste of tears, saying goodbye at the airport. The shock of hearing about someone's cancer. Seeing a wedding. Beautiful sunsets I've collected, midnight walks. Slipping stones into my pocket.
Looking back, looking within.
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Rina
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2004 18 June :: 1.51am
:: Mood: bored
O Fortuna,
velut luna
statu variabilis,
semper crescis
aut descrescis;
vita detestabilis
nunc obdurat
et tunc curat
ludo mentis aciem,
egestatem,
potestatem
dissolvit ut glaciem.
Sors inmanis
et inanis,
rota tu volubilis,
status malus,
vana salus
semper dissolubilis,
obrumbratam
et velatam
mihi quoque niteris,
nunc per ludum
dorsum nudum
fero tui sceleris.
Sors salutis
et virtutis
mihi nunc contraria,
est affectus
et defectus
semper in angaria;
hac in hora
sine mora
cordis pulsum tangite,
quod per sortem
sternit fortem
mecum omnes plangite
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lisalion816
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2004 16 June :: 5.06pm
:: Mood: calm
:: Music: The Vines
This weekend I had my going away party. Jamie, Christina, Jessica, Cindy and Ashley showed up. I had been calling Jon for a week and still haven't heard from him so whatever. Anyway, we had alot of fun, messing around and remembering those good ol' times. Around 10 we all went to go see a movie and then we parted. I think everyone had a good time. I got this crazy funny book from Jess called "The Worst Case Scenario survival handbook:TRAVEL" Yeah it tells you how to survive runaway camels, UFO abductions, Leeches, how to jump out of a moving van, ect. very entertaining to say the least.
I haven't been doing much lately other than going to work and then comming home and doing more work. Oh well.
Leaving the country in 11 days....yay
Later...
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Rina
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2004 15 June :: 11.00pm
:: Mood: calm
:: Music: tomorrow i'll be you - thursday
a king's morale is like a hurricane; empty, but for the force of its gale.
oh, writing time again.
what now.
well. i slept at lyn's house, and went to bed at 5:30. the same day i was dragged to the mall by my mother to find pants, with no luck. instead i got a corduroy jacket. score.
yesterday i went shopping with lisa and got clothes, a purse, and a cd.
a two-disc compilation of the 2004 warped tour.
today i went to the mall again and found one pair of pants.
anyways, im having a hard time with myself. i want to talk to everybody, do everything i can before i leave.
but i also want to be alone to think and read and create.
there was marching band camp today. it was only 1 and a half hours and we practiced music. which is to be expected. hardly anyone was there. only like 11 people showed up.
i want for one person to see everything of me and like it.
just everything. at my best and at my worst. and everything in between.
sigh. wishful thinking.
oh man. i was really creeped out when we were at burdines. we were walking through the men's department to get to the exit and it was deserted, man. deserted. one random person would walk by every 7 minutes. approximately.
i had the strangest feeling too. but i couldnt quite put my finger on it.
almost like you know what something is, but are lacking the terms required to describe it.
its eerie.
back to reality. the fresh market at bell tower is a conspiracy to steal souls to sell on the demonic black market. that store is way too perfect.
at least, thats what me and carrie think.
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Rina
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2004 13 June :: 11.30pm
:: Mood: happy
:: Music: franz ferdinand
good times, good times
The Altoid Life
Starring: Speedy and Rina
aka Andrea and Carina
Scene 1:
(Rina is sitting on the couch watching Pirates of the Carribean.The front door opens and Speedy comes walking into the apartment.)
Speedy: Hola Gola Go!
(Speedy tosses an Altoids container to Rina)
Rina: Wow, Speedy! Are these the NEW kind?
Speedy: Why, yes they are, Rina the Monkeyinthemiddlator....I had to kill a man in Reno to get them.
Rina: Wow! How did you know I was craving this flavor?
Rina and Speedy: (together) Psychic!
-End Scene-
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Rina
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2004 11 June :: 10.29pm
:: Mood: bored
:: Music: restless suite
there's a traitor here, beneath my breast
i just felt like writing.
like maybe if i keep writing the right words will come out and everyone will know how i feel.
but the trouble is, i kind of dont know how i feel. im just.. blank. im not hungry, or tired, or happy, or sad. im just.. nothing.
you know, i think that if a person were left in a room with absolutely nothing to occupy themselves with, they would go insane.
i cant function on an afternoon when all my priveleges are taken away. i just cant. i will sit there and be absolutely insane until i can find something to do. but it isnt like my mind isnt always doing something. its always thinking about things that have been thought of before, just rearranging everything to make it seem better or worse. and it takes all these memories and says 'if you did this, what wouldve happened?'
and i will sit and think of everything i cant change.
i, honest to god, need something to occupy myself with. to stick me in a room with no color and nothing but myself in that room.. well, crazy doesnt even begin to cover it.
and now im just rambling off on something that probably only makes sense in my mind.
like two nights ago, i dreamt the whole night.
and i remembered some of it in the morning.
which is hard because i had the same dream the whole night. my dream never stopped, i never got a new one. it was the same one, except parts of it changed. evolved, you could say.
and some of it is so hard to describe because i swear that i have a.d.d. or some nonsense like that.
because, my brain will automatically link topics together by some familiarity that only i know. so when someone is talking to me, my brain goes zapzapzap. and then, i talk and it is completely random and ridiculous to the person who is hearing it. although it is completely logical to me.
anyways. this dream i was having. it was my brain making connections to a whole bunch of different topics, so by the time the dream ended, it was dramatically different from when it started.
and im just happy i can remember my dream at all. even if its only a few tidbits. because for some reason i dont remember dreams unless im sick or congested.
oh, good lord. i hope it isnt a foreshadowing of me getting sick. because that would suck.
i hate how illness can come at the worst times. and you feel so selfish thinking that the cold is so inconsiderate of your schedule. its not like the cold can help itself.
so im leaving for sweden on the 27th. and i will get to be with my relatives for maybe a week and then i have to go to sparreviken. sparreviken is this conformation camp. and its a month and you do all sorts of fun nature-ish things like hiking, and sailing, and camping, and canoeing.
how the hell do you spell canoeing? canoe-ing. fuck the english language, i say. we americans already butchered the hell out of it. and the grammar is just a bunch of rules. but there are 5 million exceptions to that one rule. and it just confuses the bejesus out of everyone.
well, anyone not english. or american.
what was i talking about anyways?
oh yes. well, this camp i am going to. i will only know one person. my cousin felix. and he is 15 also. but i havent seen him for, what, 3 or 4 years?
i can tell you that its just going to be a giggle.
but im seriously scared about coming back to school. i will have jetlag from hell. and i wont even get to go to the orientation thingy. where i find out where all my classes are.
and oh, we got report cards yesterday. well, i think it was yesterday.
oh man, you will not believe how bad of a memory my sister has. its kinda funny.
anyways. report cards. i got an F on my alg II final, you guys know that already. so go me, because i had a C for the quarter. hell yes.
then, i got a B on my biology exam. WHAT NOW? i just thought that was freaking awesome. i screamed really loud. and then my sister yelled at me. but A in that class for the quarter too. A's for everything else.
i passed my english final. whoa.
speaking of which. in my dream i had a fit because i couldnt find my vanilla lotion. my mom said we were leaving for sweden the next day and everything was packed. except, everything was in cardboard boxes. and we were in my friend's garage.
im not sure what that means.
but i am pretty sure that this will be one hell of a long entry.
or maybe not. i can only tell how much i write by this scrollbar next to my box and it doesnt look like the face thing is getting any smaller.
well, it made sense in my head.
i think im going to go listen to some music and think of things to do.
god, do i just love summer vacation.
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Rina
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2004 9 June :: 10.00pm
:: Mood: relaxed
i fell into the moon and it covered you in blue
today was not boredom-til-insanity, amazingly enough.
me and lisa went to bath & body works at the bell tower because they were having a ridiculously huge sale. which is good. i got some vanilla stuff.
if i could smell like anything in the world all the time, i would smell like vanilla.
then we went over to barnes & noble, where i got a caramel frap, and a journal. but its really small and thick. and black. hardback. whee.
then we got to go grocery shopping. which is fun when you run around. and slide on the floor, but shh, lisa doesnt know i do that.
holy mother of cows.
today we had a very fierce storm.
it was right above us. it was exhilarating. there was hardly a second between the thunder and lightning. and the thunder shook my window and made some vibrations through the walls. the power was out too, so we lit candles.
and for maybe half an hour, i just sat staring at my candles and listening to the roar of rain outside.
dont ask me why. i didnt even realize i was sitting there for that long. it seemed like 10 minutes at the most.
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