So my mom made a new rule for Christmas this year. We can't spend any money, the only gifts we can give are the ones we make from stuff around the house.  I was thinking I would just take Alyssa's picture and make ornaments for everyone, what do you think?  Macaroni necklaces?  Bird houses? Ant farms? Put on a sock puppet show? Write a song? Take ( Read more... )

The Living Room (stream of consciousness ( Read more... )

I used to be a writer,
I'd like to own a talent like that again. 
Because when you're in it, your mind is purged of everything that lingers around,
all slow, all stale. 
I'd like to refresh my imagination and work so hard, all day, on something brilliant.

Thinking about sense -objects
Will attach you to sense-objects;
Grow attached, and you become addicted;
Thwart your addiction, it turns to anger;
Be angry, and you confuse your mind;
Confuse your mind, you forget the lesson of experience;
Forget the lesson of experience, you lose discrimination;
Lose discrimination, and you miss life's only purpose.

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This morning I had my religion and psychology class with the wonderful Pat Boni.  I'm pretty sure she's a Jew...I know she's New Yorker but her mannerisms seal the deal for me.  I told my mom that whenever she's trying to get an answer out of us, she makes examples of the students on either side of her by placing her hand on their shoulder looking ( Read more... )

Hey Friends,

Would anyone like to go to Disneyland on Thursday, or Sunday?

I'm tired of writing about Nazi Germany!

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This morning I auditioned to be a narrator at Sea World. I felt like I could have prepared more. I mean, sure I narrated for the pandas, but that's one animal, and even though the zoo has a gift shop for them, they are still a non-profit organization, with a completely different hippie vibe. Sea World on the other hand is more commercial ( ( Read more... )

There's a time in everyone's life when they rebel against their parents, right? And by rebel, I mean simply, taking charge of your own life...letting them know that you have your own mind... can think on your own and will only make mild mistakes... while still retaining what you learned from previous mistakes. Well I hardly know anything about it ( Read more... )