so... fuckin' alan wants to hang out with me last night. and i'm all up for it, because i haven't seen the dude forever. plus he's real hot (don't deny it, you know he is). and he's all like "dude, do you remember saved by the bell?" and i'm like "yeah, dude". and he's like "dude, remember mr. belding?" and i'm like "uh, yeah". and alan's ( Read more... )

jessie and i and some other chatham girls went to the peace march in d.c. this past saturday. it was my first really big march (they say there were between 300,000 and 500,000 people there!) and it was totally life-changing. i'm still just so amazed by it all. there were people of all ages, from babies to world war II veterans for peace. there ( Read more... )

my dad died. my mom and i were going out to lunch today and she broke it to me in the car. she said "i have something to tell you", with a dire look on her face. at first, i thought she was going to tell me my grandma died, because she's been sick. mom said "no". i asked if my cat sylvia was okay. she said "yes, she's fine". i was prepared ( Read more... )

i survived (barely) the first week of school.

please write to me! i'm so lonely in my apartment!

eliza russell
box 837, woodland road
chatham college
pittsburgh, pa 15232

i say it every so often, but i mean it this time. really. i'm not going to use live journal much anymore. all i do is complain and it just makes me seem like a big whiny baby (according to some people, anyway) and they're probably right. i don't talk about my problems in "real life", so this is my little place to vent. i've decided i should ( Read more... )

all my relationships are fated to end horribly ( Read more... )

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guess who got her prom dress last night?! me, that's who! last night mom and i were looking on the internet at some dresses and we went to loralie.com. there had been a few i'd been interested in, but had kinda forgotten about them. so i went back on and saw it again and fell in love. and my mom fell in love right there, too. she immediately ( Read more... )

last night was opening night for our musical. it went pretty well, although we were having a bit of trouble with the mikes. ah well. everyone told me i did a really good job, even though i have a small part. some lady came up to me and said i was one of the most natural actors on the stage and i should have had a bigger part! i was like "oh my ( Read more... )

so how about this: my mother borrows my cursive cd, takes it to school (she's a teacher) to listen to, and has had it for over 2 weeks and hasn't brought it back. i keep telling her to give it back, but she keeps "forgetting". psssh. my mom likes cursive. way weird. she likes bright eyes, too. however, she doesn't like norma jean. she says ( Read more... )