I just went back and re-read my entire LJ history, all the way back to 2001 when I was a whiny, angsty little creature who had no appreciation for anything. It was kind of surreal, like I was reading about someone else because I'm so far removed from whoever that person was. Also I don't remember a good chunk of that time period, so I was kind of  ( Read more... )

um, hey. i'm not dead.
i'm in Australia.
and that's pretty cool.

is anyone still out there?

hi there folks.
sorry for the intermittent posts but my life, while hectic, is not that interesting at the moment. to be honest i'd probably just complain a lot, and who really wants to read about that?
so instead i've decided to post photos of my many recent tattoos. after a five month drought i'm at it again at breakneck speeds! wowzers!

i ( Read more... )

i'm moving back to chicago in 2 1/2 months ( Read more... )

i started meditating last night. after discussing with my mom the current/ongoing dissatisfaction i have about my relationships with others, she decided it must be something i'm doing. not to say she isn't right, she probably is, but who likes to hear that they're the one that needs fixing? class ended really early last night so i went to see the ( Read more... )

i hate my uterus.

the end.

for the first time in weeks i felt genuine happiness yesterday when i ventured to the supermarket and found out that they carried organic toilet paper. how dorky is that?

i realized something recently, in the fullest way possible. i am not someone who others think about. for a while there i had let myself believe otherwise. but i know now that it is my destiny to stick my neck out, to bend over backwards and have it not be recognized. you'd think that years of experience would have taught me this already, but some ( Read more... )

Week One: Band of Outsiders, Breathless, The 400 Blows, Jules and Jim, Masculin Feminin

Week Two: Children of Paradise, The Double Life of Veronique (technically not 100% French but I really want to watch it anyway), Alphaville, Hiroshima Mon Amour, Casque d’or

Week Three: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Shoot the Piano Player, A ( Read more... )

So Rambo ended up being a very strange movie. The first half was really heavy on the genocide of the Burmese people which I'm hoping was an intentional message because otherwise it was just depressing as all hell. It was so awful and hard to watch, I ended up crying. The rest of the movie was basically Stallone running through the jungle taking ( Read more... )