it's only cold when you sleep alone.

[xbravenewgirlx]

I recommend the album Nothing Feels Good by the Promise Ring to every human being with eardrums on the planet. That, and "The Alumni Interview" by David Levithan. Oh, and anything by Zoe Trope. Oh yeah, and anything Geoff Rickly ever touched, because that man is a complete genius. And the songs "Vindicated" and "Hey Girl", because I swear

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reading list of very random stuff.

[lantecedentl]

1. nothing feels good by andy greenwald. amazing!, and much dashboard is included. *gush*
2. 1984 by george orwell. easily one of the greatest books ever written.
3. me talk pretty one day by david sedaris. hilarious. o so sidesplitting. :)
4. middlesex by jeffrey eu...something. it's a last name i don't exactly remember and can't spell, but you'd problably like this one. i'm almost done with it.

happy reading!

Re: reading list of very random stuff.

[xbravenewgirlx]

I actually own the book Nothing Feels Good, which inspired me to check out the Promise Ring. It's nothing Pulitzer-worthy, of course, but it introduced me to a lot of good bands, and I loved the chapters with the one-on-one Chris interviews. 1984 is actually one of my favorite books. Orwell is amazing (but it did kind of bother me how Michael Moore quoted it at the end of Fahrenheit 9/11). I'll definitely check out the last two, though. Thanks for the recommendations, love.

[girlwhosmiles]

reading lists!
i second 1984. it's mindblowing.
oh, and the middlesex author is jeffrey eugenides. he wrote the virgin suicides.

but anyways.
i will most definitely check out the albums/songs/whatever. and i agree, pancaketuesday is absolutely amazing.

your room sounds awesome. right now, i'm not even putting effort to make my room kickass. i'll wait for the college dorm.

and don't worry, i think every teenage girl that is a virgin talks about sex. i mean, look at jess darling.

[xbravenewgirlx]

Thank you for the name, I loved the Virgin Suicides, so I'm sure his other novel is more than worth checking out. I know it sounds kind of pointless to be putting so much effort into a place I'll only be living in for another year, but a year is a long time. And I have a feeling I'm going to need someplace to get away from everybody else this school year. Ugh, I'm getting anxiety just writing this. I can't wait for senior year to be over with already.
Most of the freshman dorms I've seen are pretty disgusting, so perhaps I'll luck out and get in the honors dorm. Although I can't imagine they'd be palaces, either.
Oh, and pancaketuesday = Adrien = absolutely amazing, you're right. She never fails to amaze me.

the alumni interview

[flickerberry]

by far the best thing written in "sixteen." (i'm a megan mccafferty whore.) everyone else seemed to like the one about the secret lives of emily milty or something. i HATED that piece of fluff.

p.s. adrien is a goddess. by the way, how did you two meet up?

[xbravenewgirlx]

yes! thank god someone appreciates the wonderful david levithan. everyone else i know thought the story was too "weird", but it was one of the most beautiful, bittersweet things i've ever read. i, myself, am a megan mccafferty whore. and the secret lives of emily milty sucked ass. so you sister ran away and you steal things because nobody notices you? big deal. like i care.

in all honesty, i don't actually remember. but i am certainly glad we did.

charmed thirds

[flickerberry]

only a million and a half years till it's out.

or at least it feels like it.

do genuine kisses exist
in a world of plastic mistletoe?

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[xbravenewgirlx]

CHARMED THIRDS OUT NOW!!!!!!!! ooh, it's forever later.

[only_solace]

i'm sad to say i have never even heard of 'the promise ring'. but i have it written down and will definitely pick up that album on my next trip to best buy

[xbravenewgirlx]

I can't believe it hasn't snowed for fifteen years! Well, I mean, I can, because it's Florida, but still. I think I would die. When it does snow here, I should box some up and send it down there, enough for you to make 6'1" angel.
I wish you could come here, I need more people like you. The things I write in here about my friends and I are considered dorky and loser-ish, I guess, and no one I know wants to do them with me except a select few who aren't worried about their reputations. But you're right, I try very hard to realize how lucky I am. Sometimes I have to remind myself. But I don't want to, I don't want to be one of those people who just disregards everyone's feelings and only cares about stupid material things and never slows down and looks, I mean really looks and appreciates the world around them.
You sound amazing, and I would love to know you. How soon can you hop that plane?

[only_solace]

///You sound amazing, and I would love to know you.\\\ ditto x 100.

may i have your address? not to surprise you with a knock on the door, unfortunetly. but i am a total christmas card whore and absolutly have to add you to my mailing list.

and of course one day i will surprise you with a knock on the door!

heaven knows
what a girl can
do

*acm

[sweetvlady]

I have this huge window in my room, and it's a perfect angle to my bed, so when I lie down, I can see everything. I love it. My room is very small, so when it snows, it reflects, and my entire room feels completely white and new and clean and fresh and cold. It's like I'm the first person in the whole world who sees that snowfall. I love it.
thank you for writing this because i loved reading it. my walls are swimming in magazine cut-outs and lyrics and telus pictures and paintings that i paint.

i'm reading a book right now and there's a part that i think you'll like and understand, so i'm typing it out.

S said: Well, do you ever feel like English is a foreign language sometimes? Like you can say all the words inside your head perfectly but when they come out of your mouth it's like you've never learned them at all? Like they're sounds you never learned to pronounce?
Then my mouth opened up + words rushed out in bunches:

Like they're alive
in my head
but they aren't
when they come out.

[xbravenewgirlx]

Wow, thank you.
I could swear I've heard that before, or something like it, it really does sound familiar, and it so fittingly describes how I feel most of the time. I can think something, and in my head, I can explain my feelings and thoughts and opinions, I can ask for what I want and demand what I need from the world, I could spill my guts to anyone. And I open my mouth, it's like no one can hear what I'm saying. Or maybe they can hear, but they don't listen. My words are sloppy, jumbled together, a messy string of nonsense, because I want things so badly and I hold them inside for so long that when they finally escape, it's like no one in this world is even interested, and even if they were, my words wouldn't be enough for them. For anyone. It just strikes me as so strange that the things I so love putting down on paper are the things that trip me up as soon as I part my lips.
By the way, darling, what book is that? Because I'd love to read it. You have excellent taste.

[sweetvlady]

yeah, sometimes i spend so much time piecing my words together in my head and putting them in an order that people will understand. too much time.

that book is called 3 NBs of Julian Drew by James M. Deem. i bought it at this little book store for $0.99 because the description looked really good. i haven't reached the end yet, but it seems so perks to me. i think you should read it <333 it's about an abused 15/16-year-old boy who's really quiet and always measures his words. i'm going to recommend it to the perks community once i reach the end. if it's good enough.

p.s. i'm glad we added each other <3

[xbravenewgirlx]

thank you . . . if you found it in kind of an out-of-the-way place, do you think i'd be able to find it at a barnes + noble? it does sound really similar to perks, and people in the community are always asking anyone to recommend new novels.
p.s. i am very glad myself. =)
<3<3<3