And here it is, your Moment of Zen ...
Last night was intense. Shemek, you amaze me. Lindsay, I love you. Steven, ... oh Steven.
Another year has come and gone. It can't get any worse than what I have just escaped. Somehow, I will seek to capture my year in an eclectic series of entries.
"So I was sitting in class and we were introducing ourselves. This girl in front of me said her name was Amelia. I thought in my head, 'God, I'd hate it if my name ended with an A.' Then it hit me. My name does end with an A!" - Gena, 01/08/2004
"But would an emo kid have a threesome? I think not!" - Rosie, 01/13/2004
"What the hell does strongsauce mean? ...psycho???!" - Ro-J, 01/17/2004
“I'll singlehandedly cause the downfall of protestantism." - Mo Money Mo Trouble, 01/2004
"You can't write 'whore' and hold it up to someone. Writing 'dork' is different. You just ... can't." - Nishan, 01/2004
"I had a dream about something or other that was very important, but I forgot it. Like during it, I was thinking, 'Damn this is really important. It's a life lesson or something.' It wasn't Chinese, but it was important." - Daniel, 01/28/2004
"I was just saying that some people who have mohwaks are sadists. It's like - some sadists wear underwear. I wear underwear. You wear underwear. That doesn't mean we're sadists. That doesn't mean Kris is a sadist, but I hope he wears underwear." - Emily, 02/2004
"I can give a talking to for twenty-five dollars. And by talking, I mean baseball bat." - Shemek, 02/13/2004
“If I was paying for a lap dance and the girl said, “Let me finish my bowl of cereal first,” I would say, “Damn … that’s nasty”. And not pay for the lap dance.” - Hasan, 01/2004
DaNceMonKEy708: u slut
DaNceMonKEy708: what is this
DaNceMonKEy708: well at least do it right (02/15/2004)
"Are you okay? You don't have terret's or anything, do you?" - Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol to Tali, 02/19/2004
"But I can make you taste my monkey!" - Matt to Ursula, 02/21/2004
"Swastika, yay!" - Nishan, 02/24/2004
"I want to learn to dance like Usher ... that would be off the hook." - Zander, 02/2004
"I was trying to keep the mud back with all my might, but I was fighting a losing battle. So then Mom yelled 'abandon ship!' Ok, well I yelled 'abandon ship ..." - Emily, 02/25/2004
"Does decorum mean drunk?" - Rosie, 02/26/2004
"That would be incest." - Kris, 02/27/2004
PrzemekP: but honestly, what are the odds of that?
PrzemekP: I mean, they're almost as remote as Nishan getting laid (03/01/2004)
Emzlygrl: I need you to make me an offer I can't refuse
Ballerina Gena: why?
Emzlygrl: so then I can refuse it (03/02/2004)
"Hey Gena, can I light you on fire, babe?" - Nishan, 03/2004
"Do you think he fucks girls, seriously?" - Tali, 03/09/2004
"Dude, Gena, have you ever had a guy stick it in your kidney?" - Daniel, 03/09/2004
"Poor Kris, we dump on him so much." - Ro-J, 03/11/2004
Lindsay-mo: Franz Ferdinand, wasn't he the guy who got shot?
Gena-pro: No, Lindsay, that was 50 cent (03/15/2004)
richwhiteboy87: whats the fun of having mafia friends if no one gets rubbed out
richwhiteboy87: everyone wins that way
richwhiteboy87: except her (03/27/2004)
Ballerina Gena: my face hurts
petitcambrioleur: lol
petitcambrioleur: i'm sorry it's probably not funny (04/01/2004)
Gena: Oh I see how it is. You didn't miss me over spring break.
Marcus: You look like Cindi Lauper. I don't miss Cindi Lauper. (04/02/2004)
"If I were God, I'd make the wind stop blowing." - Demetre, 04/03/2004
"I know this guy, he's so poor, he'll eat anything you put in front of him." - Demetre, 04/03/2004
"You know, wearing a suit and having a mohawk is not just stylish, it's the shit." - Guy with Long Hair Who Asked For My Phone Number Earlier While Distributing Petitions, 04/08/2004
"I believe the title was 'Bin Lauden Determined to Attack Inside the United States." - Condi Rice, 04/09/2004
"He's a total douchebag." - Marcus, 04/09/2004
Shemek: Stealing is bad.
Sebastien: Well, I only stole paper.
Shemek: Yeah, me too. (04/14/2004)
"I think you forgot your pants." - Boy on Street to Me, Picnic Day, 04/17/2004
Do I look like a black girl?" - Rosie, 04/29/2004
Gena: You can't just move the oval office!
Peter: Why not? They moved the hog barn. (05/07/2004)
"She's the most retarded person I've ever come in contact with." - Lindsay-mo Trouble, 05/07/2004
"He doesn't do tongue well." - Gena, 05/13/2004
"What about that makes you think it's okay?" - Nishan to Catharine, 05/20/2004
"I think its cute when you smile." - Some Guy, 05/29/2004
"I love big Samoan guys!" - Tyler, 05/31/2004
I know it sounds gay, but whatever, I iron." - Shemek, 06/19/2004
"Do you have commitment issues? I take it by your laughing that's a yes." - Jakob Dylan to Me, 06/19/2004
Ali: You said my fish was ugly!
Malik: You knew your fish was ugly and Akilah knew it too! (06/2004)
David: So I have a deck of playing cards ...
Malik: Come back when you have a bottle of whiskey. (06/2004)
"That's two pathetic things put together. Good for him." - Sam on someone's LiveJournal username, 07/2004
"If we're ethnic stereotyping, Marc looks like he'd be good at basketball." - Ivan right after Marc lost to Chuck, 07/2004
"It'll take more than just that, sunshine." - Marc to Amber on being Marc, 07/2004
"If I'm a fifty cent whore, someone owes me a dollar." - Gena, 07/2004
"I will smack both of you ... and I will smack a woman. Don't mess with me now." - Mr. Stridiron to Gena and Chuck, 07/2004
Ivan (On Marc): It's the nature of the beast.
Amber: It's his nature to be slow? (07/2004)
"But I don't hate myself as much as I hate you." - Marc to Gena, 07/2004
"I'm sorry, Lindsay, but I learned everything I know about girls from David and obviously, that's not enough." - Kieran the Emo Kid, 07/2004
"Can I get a rematch?" - Marc, 07/2004
SamTheCamel: psh, that was so not an emo bike
SamTheCamel: it had way too much character
Ballerina Gena: it had no tire
SamTheCamel: so? it had personality
SamTheCamel: and that's way more important than a tire (07/28/2004)
"Scott's the meanest. I can be as mean as Scott if I want, but Scott is meaner." - Mitch, 07/30/2004
"Emo kids must be really weird." - Anna, 08/06/2004
SamTheCamel: dude!
SamTheCamel: i was at ralph's last night, and i was gonna buy a 6 pack of newcastle in remembrance of you
SamTheCamel: cuz it was on sale
SamTheCamel: but then MGD was on more sale, and there was much more of it
SamTheCamel: so i didn't get it
SamTheCamel: i'll go get em soon
SamTheCamel: cuz i wanna drink em (08/10/2004)
GroundZero006: i hear she considers u the next worst thing to satan? (08/11/2004)
Steven: It's not gay! It's emo!
Shemek: What's the difference?! (08/26/2004)
Snail of DEATH: as to the Gena
Snail of DEATH: the Gena is a seething mass of angst
Snail of DEATH: much like those yetis on hoth
ruby wallflowers: I cannot believe you just compared me to a yeti (08/26/2004)
"Lindsay, your friend is hot, but she's kind of a bitch" - Chris, 09/2004
"I don't want to say that ugly people can have sex ... but they can." - Agent Pro, 09/2004
"I can't jack off on demand." - Nishan, 10/11/2004
"Alright John, can you jack off on demand?" - Nishan, 10/14/2004
"I think I'm clearly the one who planted his flag among the virgin hills of genarinaldistan." - Name Withheld, 11/2004
Gena: It's just amazing that he wasn't even twenty-three and he conquered the world.
Yahya: I'm twenty years old and I haven't even conquered the bathroom!
-- On Alexander the Great, 11/10/2004
"I'll put out your flame with this! ... Oh wait, this is flammable!" - Nishan, 11/12/2004
"I want my underwear to be anywhere but where it is right now." - Tom, 11/12/2004
Dad: We're all lesbians here.
Emily: We can call our car the "Lesbian Mobile!" Or "Cool Machine Extreme". That's what I named the van.
Mom: I didn't know you were in a band, Chuck!
-- Ride to Church, Rinaldi Style, 12/24/2004
"I can't wait until Ryan gets home. We're going to do each other's girlfriends." - Shemek, 12/2004
"As long as the Jack Daniels is okay, you're good." - CHP Officer at the scene of a car accident, 12/31/2004
"That's hot. You could do a minor." - Lindsay-mo Trouble, 12/31/2004
I talked to Chris last night and this morning. With all the things that went so horribly wrong in 2004, I took a chance and did something right. He makes me feel wonderful. I can't wait for him to come home. I am rather excited to see how 2005 will differ from this past year, but speculation aside, I need a nap. This year was exhuasting.
Believe in me, 'cause I don't believe in anything and I want to be someone who believes ...
*~ gena
Do You Recall?
The Window On The West - I've laughed, I've cried, I've lived (2001)
Well-Wishers and Malaysians - I hate writer's block. (2002)
I Can't Explain - Everyone knows the sterotype. (2003)
Oh The Humanity! - Can I make someone make a decision? The question is, if I do that, will they make the right decision? (2003)
Not On Rex Manning Day - Do I miss you? I can't figure it out. Am I allowed to? (2003)
Another year has come and gone. It can't get any worse than what I have just escaped. Somehow, I will seek to capture my year in an eclectic series of entries.
"So I was sitting in class and we were introducing ourselves. This girl in front of me said her name was Amelia. I thought in my head, 'God, I'd hate it if my name ended with an A.' Then it hit me. My name does end with an A!" - Gena, 01/08/2004
"But would an emo kid have a threesome? I think not!" - Rosie, 01/13/2004
"What the hell does strongsauce mean? ...psycho???!" - Ro-J, 01/17/2004
“I'll singlehandedly cause the downfall of protestantism." - Mo Money Mo Trouble, 01/2004
"You can't write 'whore' and hold it up to someone. Writing 'dork' is different. You just ... can't." - Nishan, 01/2004
"I had a dream about something or other that was very important, but I forgot it. Like during it, I was thinking, 'Damn this is really important. It's a life lesson or something.' It wasn't Chinese, but it was important." - Daniel, 01/28/2004
"I was just saying that some people who have mohwaks are sadists. It's like - some sadists wear underwear. I wear underwear. You wear underwear. That doesn't mean we're sadists. That doesn't mean Kris is a sadist, but I hope he wears underwear." - Emily, 02/2004
"I can give a talking to for twenty-five dollars. And by talking, I mean baseball bat." - Shemek, 02/13/2004
“If I was paying for a lap dance and the girl said, “Let me finish my bowl of cereal first,” I would say, “Damn … that’s nasty”. And not pay for the lap dance.” - Hasan, 01/2004
DaNceMonKEy708: u slut
DaNceMonKEy708: what is this
DaNceMonKEy708: well at least do it right (02/15/2004)
"Are you okay? You don't have terret's or anything, do you?" - Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol to Tali, 02/19/2004
"But I can make you taste my monkey!" - Matt to Ursula, 02/21/2004
"Swastika, yay!" - Nishan, 02/24/2004
"I want to learn to dance like Usher ... that would be off the hook." - Zander, 02/2004
"I was trying to keep the mud back with all my might, but I was fighting a losing battle. So then Mom yelled 'abandon ship!' Ok, well I yelled 'abandon ship ..." - Emily, 02/25/2004
"Does decorum mean drunk?" - Rosie, 02/26/2004
"That would be incest." - Kris, 02/27/2004
PrzemekP: but honestly, what are the odds of that?
PrzemekP: I mean, they're almost as remote as Nishan getting laid (03/01/2004)
Emzlygrl: I need you to make me an offer I can't refuse
Ballerina Gena: why?
Emzlygrl: so then I can refuse it (03/02/2004)
"Hey Gena, can I light you on fire, babe?" - Nishan, 03/2004
"Do you think he fucks girls, seriously?" - Tali, 03/09/2004
"Dude, Gena, have you ever had a guy stick it in your kidney?" - Daniel, 03/09/2004
"Poor Kris, we dump on him so much." - Ro-J, 03/11/2004
Lindsay-mo: Franz Ferdinand, wasn't he the guy who got shot?
Gena-pro: No, Lindsay, that was 50 cent (03/15/2004)
richwhiteboy87: whats the fun of having mafia friends if no one gets rubbed out
richwhiteboy87: everyone wins that way
richwhiteboy87: except her (03/27/2004)
Ballerina Gena: my face hurts
petitcambrioleur: lol
petitcambrioleur: i'm sorry it's probably not funny (04/01/2004)
Gena: Oh I see how it is. You didn't miss me over spring break.
Marcus: You look like Cindi Lauper. I don't miss Cindi Lauper. (04/02/2004)
"If I were God, I'd make the wind stop blowing." - Demetre, 04/03/2004
"I know this guy, he's so poor, he'll eat anything you put in front of him." - Demetre, 04/03/2004
"You know, wearing a suit and having a mohawk is not just stylish, it's the shit." - Guy with Long Hair Who Asked For My Phone Number Earlier While Distributing Petitions, 04/08/2004
"I believe the title was 'Bin Lauden Determined to Attack Inside the United States." - Condi Rice, 04/09/2004
"He's a total douchebag." - Marcus, 04/09/2004
Shemek: Stealing is bad.
Sebastien: Well, I only stole paper.
Shemek: Yeah, me too. (04/14/2004)
"I think you forgot your pants." - Boy on Street to Me, Picnic Day, 04/17/2004
Do I look like a black girl?" - Rosie, 04/29/2004
Gena: You can't just move the oval office!
Peter: Why not? They moved the hog barn. (05/07/2004)
"She's the most retarded person I've ever come in contact with." - Lindsay-mo Trouble, 05/07/2004
"He doesn't do tongue well." - Gena, 05/13/2004
"What about that makes you think it's okay?" - Nishan to Catharine, 05/20/2004
"I think its cute when you smile." - Some Guy, 05/29/2004
"I love big Samoan guys!" - Tyler, 05/31/2004
I know it sounds gay, but whatever, I iron." - Shemek, 06/19/2004
"Do you have commitment issues? I take it by your laughing that's a yes." - Jakob Dylan to Me, 06/19/2004
Ali: You said my fish was ugly!
Malik: You knew your fish was ugly and Akilah knew it too! (06/2004)
David: So I have a deck of playing cards ...
Malik: Come back when you have a bottle of whiskey. (06/2004)
"That's two pathetic things put together. Good for him." - Sam on someone's LiveJournal username, 07/2004
"If we're ethnic stereotyping, Marc looks like he'd be good at basketball." - Ivan right after Marc lost to Chuck, 07/2004
"It'll take more than just that, sunshine." - Marc to Amber on being Marc, 07/2004
"If I'm a fifty cent whore, someone owes me a dollar." - Gena, 07/2004
"I will smack both of you ... and I will smack a woman. Don't mess with me now." - Mr. Stridiron to Gena and Chuck, 07/2004
Ivan (On Marc): It's the nature of the beast.
Amber: It's his nature to be slow? (07/2004)
"But I don't hate myself as much as I hate you." - Marc to Gena, 07/2004
"I'm sorry, Lindsay, but I learned everything I know about girls from David and obviously, that's not enough." - Kieran the Emo Kid, 07/2004
"Can I get a rematch?" - Marc, 07/2004
SamTheCamel: psh, that was so not an emo bike
SamTheCamel: it had way too much character
Ballerina Gena: it had no tire
SamTheCamel: so? it had personality
SamTheCamel: and that's way more important than a tire (07/28/2004)
"Scott's the meanest. I can be as mean as Scott if I want, but Scott is meaner." - Mitch, 07/30/2004
"Emo kids must be really weird." - Anna, 08/06/2004
SamTheCamel: dude!
SamTheCamel: i was at ralph's last night, and i was gonna buy a 6 pack of newcastle in remembrance of you
SamTheCamel: cuz it was on sale
SamTheCamel: but then MGD was on more sale, and there was much more of it
SamTheCamel: so i didn't get it
SamTheCamel: i'll go get em soon
SamTheCamel: cuz i wanna drink em (08/10/2004)
GroundZero006: i hear she considers u the next worst thing to satan? (08/11/2004)
Steven: It's not gay! It's emo!
Shemek: What's the difference?! (08/26/2004)
Snail of DEATH: as to the Gena
Snail of DEATH: the Gena is a seething mass of angst
Snail of DEATH: much like those yetis on hoth
ruby wallflowers: I cannot believe you just compared me to a yeti (08/26/2004)
"Lindsay, your friend is hot, but she's kind of a bitch" - Chris, 09/2004
"I don't want to say that ugly people can have sex ... but they can." - Agent Pro, 09/2004
"I can't jack off on demand." - Nishan, 10/11/2004
"Alright John, can you jack off on demand?" - Nishan, 10/14/2004
"I think I'm clearly the one who planted his flag among the virgin hills of genarinaldistan." - Name Withheld, 11/2004
Gena: It's just amazing that he wasn't even twenty-three and he conquered the world.
Yahya: I'm twenty years old and I haven't even conquered the bathroom!
-- On Alexander the Great, 11/10/2004
"I'll put out your flame with this! ... Oh wait, this is flammable!" - Nishan, 11/12/2004
"I want my underwear to be anywhere but where it is right now." - Tom, 11/12/2004
Dad: We're all lesbians here.
Emily: We can call our car the "Lesbian Mobile!" Or "Cool Machine Extreme". That's what I named the van.
Mom: I didn't know you were in a band, Chuck!
-- Ride to Church, Rinaldi Style, 12/24/2004
"I can't wait until Ryan gets home. We're going to do each other's girlfriends." - Shemek, 12/2004
"As long as the Jack Daniels is okay, you're good." - CHP Officer at the scene of a car accident, 12/31/2004
"That's hot. You could do a minor." - Lindsay-mo Trouble, 12/31/2004
I talked to Chris last night and this morning. With all the things that went so horribly wrong in 2004, I took a chance and did something right. He makes me feel wonderful. I can't wait for him to come home. I am rather excited to see how 2005 will differ from this past year, but speculation aside, I need a nap. This year was exhuasting.
Believe in me, 'cause I don't believe in anything and I want to be someone who believes ...
*~ gena
Do You Recall?
The Window On The West - I've laughed, I've cried, I've lived (2001)
Well-Wishers and Malaysians - I hate writer's block. (2002)
I Can't Explain - Everyone knows the sterotype. (2003)
Oh The Humanity! - Can I make someone make a decision? The question is, if I do that, will they make the right decision? (2003)
Not On Rex Manning Day - Do I miss you? I can't figure it out. Am I allowed to? (2003)