v. 3.0

the digits

2007-03-06T18:00:08Z

how funny. that guy from whole foods gave me his number yesterday. now, i have to figure out what to say to him when i call.

violently happy

2007-02-01T03:33:26Z

i'm having a rediscovery of bjork's album debut...........................

i can't stop repeating it even though i just bought 5 new albums i want to listen to. the bjork just won't quit. i listened to it about 8 times on the road trip and i've listened to it 3 times since i've returned yesteday.

there are worse things to be addicted to, right?

sweet

2007-01-05T03:13:47Z

i have thebest li'l sister!!!!!
she bought me a modest mouse cd and let me play guitar hero with her for 5 hours on christmasssssssssssssssss.

she's the world's best li'l sister, ever!

moved locations

2006-11-25T15:57:58Z

the move is more or less official, now. have been blogging here: http://sovereignstate.wordpress.com/

all theory, almost no practice

2006-11-08T01:34:44Z

i can't wait for spring registration to hurry up and get here! i need to get to school. like a-now.

i voted today. did you? i fucking hate machine voting. i can go to kroger, buy groceries and get a fucking receipt! why can't i get one with something just as important?

i think i'm in danger of over-extending myself. theoretically speaking. i want to volunteer for the women's center (i swear to god i'm really going to do it one of these days), volunteer at food not bombs (all vegan, free food for the homeless), be an active hcgp member AND (this is really not the end of the list i'm just cutting myself off here because anymore and this list would be ridiculous) volunteer for houston indy media.

my upstairs neighbor must be raising thoroughbred horses in her apartment because this bitch is LOUD!

i'm switching to another journal. locked details to follow. not that it's going to help.

halloweeeeeeeen pre-party

2006-10-29T19:56:05Z

last night's party was AWEEEESOME! i have no way of moving over pictures using this computer, so i will wait and post them from work tomorrow. i should have taken more pictures, but i couldn't find my camera most of the night due to my "state of being" and spent a lot of the night recovering rather than taking any actual pictures of festivites, but i got some and i'll post those.

long live adult costume parties! and zombie jesus.

fun in the kitchen

2006-10-27T13:58:33Z

simple black bean salad with jicama

1 cup fresh pico de gallo
1 can of no-salt added black beans
1/2 cup chopped jicama

Thoroughly rinse and drain black beans. Combine pico de gallo, black beans and jicama in a bowl. Mix. Serve. Enjoy.

So simple it's awesome.

i have no idea what to call this. i used a recipe from the Dr. Fuhrman mailing list group. i didn't like it because i think the recipe called for way too much vinegar. didn't taste that great, but it sure was pretty. i may try this again, next time with less vinegar and let you know if it was good.

spooky

2006-10-23T22:44:10Z

i have decided i am going to be a french vampire bat from the 1950s. complete with french attire, accent and a french to english dictionary for those difficult english phrases we french aren't accustomed to.

had a lot of fun this weekend helping j and his friends setup his halloween party. i am sore today from all the
kneeling
climbing
exacto knifing
painting and stenciling,
but it will be completely worth it when it all comes together for saturday.

pictures of all this? well if you're good, then perhaps.

i bought a giant golden locket to wear around my neck. it's empty inside (telling isn't it?) and i'm not sure what to put in it. but i know for sure what i'm not putting in it and that kinda makes me sad.

sevenminusseven @ 2006-10-20T17:31:00

2006-10-20T22:33:18Z

if there's more to life than working, why is it that's all we do?
someone ought to fix that.

not that i really believe in this stuff, pt. 2

2006-10-12T00:00:02Z

Scorpio never forgets a gift or a kindness, and it's richly rewarded. Conversely, he also remembers an injury or an injustice, but there are different ways of reacting. The eagle will crush the enemy so the enemy leams never to hurt him again, win the fight, and leave the defeated to go his own way. The deadly nocturnal scorpion will first sting, then plan destruction, then sting again. He's not content with merely evening the score. He must totally destroy the enemy, or at least top him. The typical scorpion stinger will lie awake nights figuring how to get even. However, with the gray lizards, Pluto revenge takes the form of bitterness held inside for years, which inevitably causes deep melancholy or actual, lingering physical illness. Seething Scorpio resentment, turned inward and never expressed, poisons with deadly certainty. Turned outward, it can create guilt, because the stinger scorpion is ashamed to harm the defenseless, when all is said and done. Therefore, it should be turned neither way-inward nor outward. It should be conquered by looking up and forgetting, like the eagle-- never by looking back in anger and retaliation.

not that i really believe in this stuff

2006-10-11T15:56:32Z

Sagittarius is the ninth sign of the Zodiac and associated with travel and expansion. Individuals born under this sign are thought to have a dynamic, ethical, humorous, generous, open-hearted, compassionate, and energetic character, but one which is also prone to pridefulness, foolishness, impulsiveness, impracticality, and superstition. In terms of anatomy, Sagittarius is said to rule the hips, thighs, and sacral area.

(it just happens to fit me exactly...)

Where's Waldo

2006-10-08T00:16:58Z

Studemont & Allen Parkway (Houston, TX)
Originally uploaded by Mr. Waldo.

And every once in a while something really glorious happens in a city like this.

i can live in peace... probably

2006-10-07T15:25:36Z

i have a bad allergy to bananas, raw mushrooms, raw carrots and sometimes melons. i'm also sometimes seasonally allergic to outside stuff. which needless to say, really, really sucks. but i've found a vitamin that with a healthy diet should eliminate my allergies.

oh, hello

2006-10-04T04:03:44Z

how do you tell someone, "sorry your religion is too scary for me?"

dichotomy is dead

2006-09-28T13:37:07Z

you can't classify everything as one or the other, especially when it comes to people, experiences and emotions. if you aren't good you must be bad. if you aren't a virgin you must be a whore. each and every one of us is much too complex to be split up into one of two categories.*

i think this is my greatest challenge. i believe what separates (or should i say elevates since separating would cause a split) adults from non-adults is the ability to understand that as simple as it is to classify someone as one thing or the other we ultimately refuse to do so and we can take them for who they are.

as much as i want to put some people into a category labeled "bad" i don't. okay, i do for just a second while i get over it, but then i say to myself even though i may be angry with you because you did something kinda shitty and i hate that you did it, but you, well you are ok after all because i'm sure it took a lot of abstract thought, physio and psychological crap to get you where you are now and your experiences are not my experiences. so i don't understand why you did this shitty thing to me, but i take you for what you are-- the complex twins within. not a whore or a virgin.

* take a look at that! too, to and two all in one sentence.

recap the last 72 hours

2006-09-27T23:14:31Z

i'm a fool. i didn't realize you have to register to vote again when you move to a new county. that's stupid. i have until october 10 to get my new voter reg in to my new county: harris. because lord knows i've gotta vote for kinky and anyone else who isn't on the repub side of the ballot. voting in texas for me is kinda like hiking up an iced-over incline. but whatever, at least i vote.

i'm going to start riding the bus to work starting monday. houston public transportation is not as effecient as say chicago's but i have a bus stop right outside my apartment and there's a bus stop right outside my office building. think of the saved money, gas, headaches i will get from taking the bus. it almost makes getting up 45 minutes earlier worthwhile (i told you our buses are not effecient).

i'm not reading and i spend my evenings on the internet. i hate that! the weather has been so pleasant, so i should be outdoors, but i always have an excuse. today's excuse? the trail i go to is too crowded. it's true, but it's also just an excuse.

but yesterday i went to refresh houston and monday i went to the trail.

sevenminusseven @ 2006-09-20T19:14:00

2006-09-21T00:15:56Z

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/20/arts/music/20cat.html
a sweet article on cat power

what happened to this weekend

2006-09-17T22:49:46Z

hrmmh! i've never seen a movie that was all in sing-song. no talking at all, just singing the whole way through. paraplouie de cherbourg is such a movie. beautiful sets, beautiful costumes, hated everything else. it got to the point where i just wanted them to TALK!

i slept from 1am-8, 10am-12n, then again from 2:00p to 4p. i think i finally got all my sleep out.

i still need to wash clothes and dishes and i was supposed to go return some stuff at the mall, but i hate the mall and it's already 5:45 (the mall closes at 6)!

i really don't know where this weekend went.

i was cleaning my closet when...

2006-09-15T23:44:58Z

this is a clearance. buy what you want, leave what you don't.
all cds! each for $5 +$2 for shipping.
$7! what a bargain!!!

the rondelles "shined nickels and loose change"
saturday looks good to me "all your summer songs"
elvis costello "blood & chocolate"
tv on the radio "desperate youth, blood thirsty babes"
pizzacato five "playboy & playgirl"
saturday looks good to me "every night"
telefon tel aviv "map of what is effortless"
godspeed you black emperor "!xxx f#a#(infinity sign)xxx"
mike love universal session the chicago gangsta story presents "psychodrama"

all cds are in good condition with no scratches. the last one has never been opened, so it's brand new!

comment with questions or hit me up on aim. also there is email: me (at) shareta dot com
paypal is the preferred method of payment. same email as above (in standard email format of course)

knfcaiuenfa&^)@#U)(@#JK!!!

2006-09-15T04:11:05Z

what's the point in having a cellphone if you're just going to screen your calls? i thought the whole point in having advances in technology was to be more connected to each other. what a farce! we're not more connected. in fact the more connected we get the more we disconnect.

phone numbers used to be earned. you had to work hard to get someone's number...

"well, since we've become friends this semester i'll give you my number. you can call me when you need something."

bullshit. now we exchange cellphone numbers like a 13 year old orphan passing out free acid at the playground.

"you want it? take it." i'll just screen the call anyway. what the hell do i care if you call. i've got fences and a dog.

i can be stranded in the middle of god knows where and you will only let me talk to voicemail. half the time not even a personalized greeting. a g.d. machine.

i hate cellphones and i hate caller id.

***

i also hate bike-riding mother fuckers who can clearly see that you need a jump off and don't do a got damned thing. 50 of you assholes passed by and not one (actually only one) asked me if i needed help. i hope your extremely tight bike shorts malfunction and expose you for the frauds you really are.

***

i'm not sure if i'm more mad that 50 people passed me by in broad daylight without asking if i was ok, if i had help on the way or because my car doesn't tell me when the battery is about to die!

Save the date

2006-09-13T17:12:07Z

Please forward to interested Houston friends and post to the Baha'i website.

The University of Houston
Friends of Women’s Studies
present
The 2006-2007 Living Archives Series

Baha’i Women:
Faith and Social Activism

Panelists:
Dr. Elham Abassi, Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Houston
Dr. Sateh Bayat, Bosch Baha’i School
Deanna McCullum, Social Worker (retired)
Cherry Steinwender, Center for the Healing of Racism

Moderator:
Tiphanie Yanique, Parks' Fellow, Rice University
Tuesday, October 3, 2006
7:00 pm
Menil Collection, 1515 Sul Ross

Admission: $5 for the general public, free for Friends of Women’s Studies and students. Join or renew membership at the event or our website: friendsofwomen.org. Reception following. Free parking in the Menil lot on W. Alabama, between Mulberry & Mandel. Call for reservations, space is limited: (713) 743-3214. Persons with disabilities requiring special accommodations may call 713-743-3214. The University of Houston is an affirmative action/equal opportunity institution.

the day after

2006-09-12T01:30:35Z

my sister turned 16 sunday. i got her this present (it's scout dressed up as a ham from to kill a mockingbird). it was a day late even though i paid for super fast shipping.

still it's an awesome present.

sevenminusseven @ 2006-09-07T19:08:00

2006-09-08T00:08:22Z

the crying game sucks!

when i grow up

2006-09-04T21:19:53Z

i have internet... finally.

i am feeling passionate about going back to school. it's because i think i want to become an un-embedded news reporter after graduating with a degree in print journalism. i think flicking the bird in death's general direction while telling the story of an underdog is the way to go for me. it's just bad-ass enough to be my career. i have a very long (not really THAT long) and drawn out plan that involves me starting school asap! of course, i missed fall registration by that much, but i'm getting a head-start on spring, indeed.

i'm 97% sure this isn't a fly-by-night idea, but only time will tell. i'm super stoked. i'm looking at newspapers in a whole new light.

p.s. go rent hotel rwanda today! i finally saw it and that's when i said to myself, "hey! you can sit there and cry about unfortunte, really terrible situations for the rest of your life or you can do something to change the situations."

Open Letter

2006-08-30T17:45:12Z

Dear Muff,

I saw you on my third day at the new building on Allen Parkway. It's not a new building, it's just new to me and Baker Hughes. We were both, for once sober and working (as opposed to partying). I was on my way back from lunch in the cafeteria. I was going to say hi, but the escalators were too fast and you were round the corner by the time I was close enough to say hello without causing a scene. I see you in the strangest (because work is strange) places. You looked to be doing well. Are you working for AIG?

Maybe I'll see you again and can say hi next time.

Take Care.