We'll Never Sleep (An After-Midnight Thread)

IHeartJenny · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:39 am Post subject:

So, I just spent 20 minutes reading this thread, and when I was done, it was 12:02. Ha!

I've been listening to my own music for the past like, hour...which is weird, I think. Cause like...I'm not really doing it on purpose, but It's on my iTunes and there's a lot more of it than I thought and apparently I'm too lazy to change it. Which is retarded cause I don't even have to get up. Whatever.

I recorded a Sam Cooke cover tonight! It's kind of a funky arrangement and it's not Wonderful World, cause I couldn't find any good tabs for it, buuuuut here is is to download, just for my RKnet insomniac buddies. Very Happy

I have this weird thing with Sam Cooke lately...he's kind of a hub for the only happy memories I have with my dad, and he's the first person I ever remember hearing played in my house as a kid...I'm sad that I haven't been able to appreciate him till now. It kind of sucks that I was exposed to such good music by my dad when I was a kid and I seriously hated it, and then my mom didn't expose me to any good music at all (she loves dyke rock, it's really sad). And so now, I'm re-discovering all this awesomeness and wondering why I was such an uncool kid.

Leah, I think you and I might be the same person. I'm not concerned about my future at all...and I'm already a senior, you're only a junior...you don't really need to worry that much. You have a whole other year to figure it out. My friend just got rejected from UC Davis, which was her first choice, and she's really bummed about it. She got into CalPoly though, and she's happy about that. I know nothing about CalPoly at ALL.
I'll be going to City College and scraping by on waitress wages. Woo!
...I'm really lazy about learning to knit properly. I haven't knitted AT ALL in forever and when I did, I would get really half-assed about it. It's sad. I want to make some knee socks. Some awesome knee socks.
Oh! My friend Maggie's mom is like...single...and she doesn't care about Maggie's grades at ALL. But she still does really well in school, and she's happy. I think that the lack of expectations on the part of a parent is the key. It's like, if you're just kind of neutral about it, your kid will do well and be happy cause they aren't rebelling or under any kind of pressure. Yeaaah...
Also, I really should write in my paper journals more, because I have a lot of empty blankbooks that are going to waste.

I write songs like a write essays. Over and over and over again and only one every couple of months.

I wrote a short story for class and I'm going to have to read it out loud on Monday and I'm terrified. My amazing friend Andrea (who is amazing, which is why I feel the need to tell you her name) wrote the most gorgeous story. Anyway, mine is super-personal...it's like a dystopian look at eating disorders. Whatever, I'm proud of it, but it's kind of strange that I'm going to have to read it for my whole class--most of whom know nothing about my issues and will probably wonder where it came from and feel the need to ask me about it. Grr. I hate when she springs author's chairs on us like that. Also, I wrote something about bulimia at the beginning of the year, so I wonder if she'll think I'm like, beating her over the head with it or like...crying for help or...something. Huh.

Omg. Okay. SOMEHOW I got an A- and a 4 out of 5 on my last 2 essays, and they both SUCKED. This is an honors class. I know what I'm capable of as a writer and that SO was not working up to my potential. SO if I did that well on those essays, I imagine she was grading on a curve. And if that's where the curve was set, I'm really sad for everyone else in my class.

ALSO does it bug you when you know that you're the smartest person in an honors class by a wiiiiide margin? I'm not trying to be all bitchy like, "oh, I'm sooo smart I'm suuuuch a great writer" or anything like that. It's just that I've read writing samples from EVERYONE in my class...there was a magazine project-y thing where we all had to write articles and upon reading them all I thought, if these people are in an honors English class, there is something TERRIBLY wrong with California's educational system...but I guess we knew that already.
Wasn't there a point where the CA school system was like, 49th in the country or something? Ugh. Sad.

I totally had something else that was way more interesting to say, but now I cannot for the life of me think of what it was.

I'm listening to my iPod earphones dying out right now. It's a rather interesting sound.

I really want to get season 3 of News Radio on DVD. I'm poor and I'm saving my store credit slips for "Show Your Bones."

OMG I get my skates on the 31st and THEN on April 1st I'm going to the B.A.D. Girls bout! So excited. Derby is so awesome. And my SKATES! I'm so sad that Rollergirls got cancelled. SKAAATES!!! SOOOON! Apparently there are books for bicylists that help them avoid the hills in SF. I should get one of those if I plan to rollerskate everywhere once I get my skates. I don't mind going uphill in skates, buuuut the idea of going downhill scares the shiznet out of me.

I wonder how long I can make this post.
It's 12:36 now. Hmmmmm...

I should really take a shower. Like, really.

Also, I'm supposed to be reading. Not for school, I just want to finish Survivor so that I can start reading the Bible. Yes. The Bible.

That's another thing...I want to major in like...something to do with religion, but I also want to go into Musicology. Decisions, decisions.

I'm going to make my friend teach me how to speak Farsee. It's such a beautiful language. And then I can hit on Afghan boys. Very Happy

Middle Eastern boys are so sexy. Even Birol Unel is hot, and he's like this old German Turk who's kind of...skeezy looking. But his Turkishness makes him soooo hot.

I'm going to stop now before I dig some kind of horrible hole that I'll never be able to get out of.

IHeartJenny · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:53 am Post subject:

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Oops, one other thing, and then I will really go to bed...
This is a huge generalization....but to agree with a previous post, I often find Middle Eastern men quite interesting too. I also think men from India are charming, with musical accents and names like Tjinder.

Anyway...I kind of hate brushing my teeth, and washing my face, and regretting all the things I didn't do each day...but it's that time again, so goodnight.

IHeartJenny · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 6:02 am Post subject:

Dyke Rock: A term (that I made up) to describe music made by and/or (primarily) for lesbians. Not meant to be used in any sort of derogetory way. Ex: Indigo Girls, Ani Difranco (I actually like her a lot, but still), annnd to get suuuper mainstream, Melissa Etherige (I can't get enough of that "Come To My Window" song (I love it when they sing it on American Idol. No idea why, really), but she totally reminds me of my 4th grade teacher who was so OBVIOUSLY a lesbian--hell, I could tell and I was in the 4th grade--but married a dude anyway...I know this because her wedding was held at my school, during school hours. They made us all go...it was a Catholic school...wow, what a tangent.)

I didn't even notice the YSM/YSI thing until you mentioned it...that's just what I use to upload shit. Hehe...I guess it's the kind of thing that people notice when they're up late...or the kind of thing you miss, depending on who you are.

I love Indian boys also. Basically, boys from anywhere in between Egypt and that Kazakhstan/India area, not including China (no offense, Chinese dudes), but also including Turkey and pretty much all of Eastern Europe, should be prepared for me to jump them on sight. Yes. Oh yeah, and African men. Like, men from Africa. And black men from England. Bascially, any black guys who aren't ghetto in general...probably because I don't see too many of those where I am. What the hell am I talking about anymore?

Also, I rememberd that other thing that I was going to say. Achem:

Does anyone listen to the LeftCoast Podcast? I enjoy is. Renee Stahl has a very soothing radio voice and I really like Sarah Coleman, who's a nice alt-country singer lady and has a food-related segment every couple of weeks. It's the only podcast that I consistantly listen to, I suggest y'all check it out.

zephyr_ · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:59 am Post subject:

I never really looked at pandas as being the emos of the animal kingdom... i will always love them though no matter what. I have a panda clock that wakes me up every morning.

I'm tired i didn't sleep untill morning last night and i drank to much as i seem to do all to much these days. It's pointless really its not like i drink every night but when i do its always to much and always to quickly. eh as long as i don't start drinking on school nights it should be okay.

I don't like it when people talk about me it makes me uncomfortable its never good either always bad or the people talking are planning something its happening a lot recently, i've had some pretty full on things happen to me recently and people think its strange i don't want to talk about them all the fucking time. I'll be open in my time not theirs. Vague and distant, vague and distant i'll punch the next person who uses those two words to describe me. not so distant anymore am i bitch! *punch in the nose* hehehehee.

I need to start a band my head is buzzing with songs and all that junk i just need some people to play with that would be rad! we shall use ukeleles and we shall be great.

12:59 time for bed
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ohvelveteen · Cool Kid Joined: 09 Sep 2005 Posts: 748 Location: Maryland

Yay, I'm really excited that it's finally past midnight and I'm allowed to respond to this thread! Okay, in order:

Catie: The learning disability that makes you unable to see the big picture thing? You're totally right, if you're talking about what I think you're talking about. Executive Function Disorder. I was totally diagnosed a couple months ago. Yess, I love science/psychology/medical terminology for things happening in my brain!
And...I love Sex & the City with all my heart...I think the appeal is precisely in the fact that they ARE so stupid and annoying and pointless. The show makes me never want to be like any of them EVER. It's great! I've totally learned how not to be a selfish bitch from that show. Just do the opposite of everything Carrie would do! Or Samantha! Or Charlotte! Or Miranda! They're all petty bitches! That's why it's amazing!

Heather: What kind of school do you go to? I don't know, I'm completely paranoid this will make me sound incredibly rich and pretentious and....East-Coast-ian, but I think that definitely has a huge impact on how kids look at their future. I go to this really expensive private school, where more than half the kids who go there are completely incredibly rich, and everyone ends up going to all those really hard liberal arts colleges in New England. Or the Ivies, of course. So there's just all this pressure, even though everyone tries hard to make it seem like there isn't any pressure, just because EVERYONE else around you will be going somewhere good and is constantly worrying about that stuff. So I just feel like I'm being stupid for not worrying about it, I guess. But as long as you're happy going to City College and scraping by on waitress wages, that's great for you, you know? Because in a way I honestly really respect that so much more than all the kids at my school who are going to NYU next year because they applied Early Decision and they live in mansions anyway.
Oooh, Heather, you know what we should do? We should totally start a RKnet knitalong! Will you do that with me? please? We can do a knee sock knitalong! By the time I actually finish these, it'll be next winter, it's on such small needles it's taking forever, but whatever. Or we can do a sweater or a shirt or a stuffed animal or a blanket or anything! Heather (OR ANYONE ELSE WHO'S INTERESTED!!): PM me if you'd actually be up for this. Haha, am I taking this way too far, or is it actually a good idea?
And at least you have honors English. We don't even have that, so my class is just all over the place. Pooh.

I don't actually have anything else to sayyyyy. BOONDOCK SAINTS IS A VERY GOOD MOVIE! EVERYONE SHOULD GO WATCH IT NOW!
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It's 12:42 here - I'm listening to music on my little cube and playing the Sims instead of sleeping.

Today was my brother's 51st birthday... that makes me feel incredibly old.

I had prime rib, cake, and ice cream today though - so that helped me feel better about things.

Saturday I'm going to the Elected show in Philly and I'm excited about it. I'm going with my hubby and friends of ours that I haven't seen for months, so that should be fun. One of the friends is making us all dinner before the show.

I was making a nifty green scarf with a cool pattern in it for Aus when I ran out of green yarn yesterday.

I just wrote the sixteenth installment of my Michael-stories this week.

One of my daughters is sick with a cold and fever at the moment.

I'm going to be interviewed by a podcast/internet radio thingy from New York this week.

That's about all that's going on in my life right now.

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the best thing about staying up all night
was in the morning i didn't feel afraid
~ Rainer Maria (the band)

lyrics from a rainer maria song from their upcoming album. The best thing for me about being up tonight is i just returned from seeing Rainer Maria (along with Black Heart Procession and Scout Niblett) and they were every bit as wonderful as robot said they were. a nice end to kind of a rough evening.

wishing a wonderful night to all you night owls and night hawks.

IHeartJenny · Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:13 am Post subject:

I need to stop staying up late just to post here. This is bad. DAMN YOU, CATIE!

Um...really, it's not her fault. I just have a horrible addiction. Where's that intervention I was promised?

You know who's awesome? Chrissy Hynde. Yes.

Did any of y'all watch Big Love on HBO tonight...or...last week? Mormons FASCINATE me...almost as much as Scientologists, but we'll get to them later. It's a damned good show...and the woman who plays Johnny Cash's first wife is in it and I've always liked her...though I never knew her name.

Annnyway, I read that article about Scientology in RS from a while baaack and omg. These people scare me. A lot of what LRH wrote about was very close to eugenics. Part of me wants to classify Scientologists as like...Hitler's Unitarians or something...I guess not really, but it's just so scary. The crazy part is that there are all these kids who are raised as Scientologists who are either brainwashed OR, if they decide to leave the church when they get some sense, excommunicated. And they aren't getting a proper education and it's all very scary. Not to mention that I really don't want to believe that Tom Cruise knows all the secrets of the universe. That scares the shit out of me. (Katie Holmes needs to leave him...she can just be like, "look at my super-cute baby--it's half me and half Tom Cruise, making it the best-looking thing ever." Either that, or it'll be really ugly or really crazy or both. Sad.)
ALSO there are a lot of really cool people who are Scientologists and this makes me sad...Beck, for one...of course he was born into the "church" but still! He is TOO COOL for Scientology (Juliette Lewis, too, though I'm not surprised cause she's always been kinda weird).

Oh! Did you know Issac Hayes quit South Park? Guess why! He said that they were taking it too far with making fun of people's beliefs blah blah blah becauuuuse HE IS A SCIENTOLOGIST. And so then Matt or Trey (I can't remember which) was like, "Well, you had no problem taking our money while we were making fun of Jews and Mormons but now that we're coming after you're beliefs, it's not cool?" Yep. Issac Hayes is a big fat hypocrite. ANGER.

ALSO APPARENTLY L. Ron Hubbard, after he died, turned out to have a shitload of psyciatric drugs in his system. This is a cult based around hypocracy.

I think I'm going to name my next cat Xenu. Ha!

Seriously, though. Scientologists are scaaaary people. Oh wait! They aren't people, I'm sorry. Scary thetans.

zephyr_ · Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 9:40 am Post subject:

I just turned 17 listening to "Pull me in tighter" even though i've only been 17 for twelve minutes i think it was probably the best song i could turn 17 to.

Only a short one tonight i hella tired.
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catie · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:08 am Post subject:

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IHeartJenny · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:02 am Post subject:

Awww Leah, I still love you. No bitchiness is seen from here.

So, what does everyone think of the new avatar? I rather like it, I think it'll be sticking around for a while.

I'm listening to Patton Oswalt right now and it is making me happy.

I just realized that I have a lab due tomorrow and I haven't even touched it. Whatever, I'll copy it in the mornin'. Go me.

So, today, other than about 40 minutes of Seinfeld, I watched zero television. I am sooo proud of myself.

Also, a friend of mine who frequents the MCR boards informed me today that there, the person with the #1 post rank has more than 24,000 posts and she joined in July of 2005.

I feel. Sooo much better. I may be a loser, but this kid is a LOSER.

Um. I'm going to sleep now. Cause I can't keep staying up this late.

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dragonfly · Cool Kid Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 604

Oh yeah, good birthday to you , zephyr_. Here's what I'm giving to my niece for her birthday, a game called "Pandabo", made out of bamboo.

zephyr_ · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:36 am Post subject:

argh! a panda game!! you are the coolest seriously!

My birthday was fairly casual i enjoyed it although i didn't really see anyone untill 7 tonight i heard from people though so yeah i wasn't totally ignored all day haha. I'm really sleepy, i got the walk the line soundtrack its so awesome such a great movie! such great songs and reese ohhh myyy gosh reese! newest crush. gah.

night all and once again dragonfly = coolest.
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The Shoe. · Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:12 am Post subject:

I wish I was motivated enough to have done this project over spring break. I sat around for a week, doing nothing, and now I'll be pulling an all nighter tonight to do a school project. I feel stupiddd.

I'm going music downloading crazzzy these days. Getting into really random stuff. I guess I'm just in an odd mood. It seems like I always end up looking for new music in the spring time; it was a year ago from right around now that I first got into Rilo Kiley. Hmmm.

I'm going to an MUN conference in Seattle in like 3 weeks. I'm super excited. I just got my country and committee today; I'll be Singapore in Disarmament. Not the most interesting committee, but it'll be interesting. Annd next November, I'll be chairing the MUNSA conference, which my school puts on. Whoohoo for MUN nerds.

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catie · Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 3:02 am Post subject:

Ok, I just sat here for six minutes so it would be late enough to post, and now I have nothing to say. Cheers.

My legs hurt... we did indoor conditioning for tennis today and now my legs feel all tired and cramp-y. It's awesome (not).

Over spring break I'm going on a billion college tours... has anyone else done this/how did you retain your sanity?
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The Shoe. · Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 3:06 am Post subject:

catie · Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 3:19 am Post subject:

*clears throat* Amherst, Wesleyan, Harvard, Tufts, Brown, Yale, Princeton, Swarthmore, UPenn. In five days. It's going to be ridiculous.
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The Shoe. · Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 3:33 am Post subject:

That's verry ambitious. But also a great selection of schools. Good luck with the sanity bit. Laughing

maxticket · Baby Stabber Joined: 15 Apr 2004 Posts: 5702

So, lately something's been really annoying me. A new type of ignorence. Let me explain.
I am very anti-Bush. I make no secrets about it. He's done things I am indifferent to, but he has yet to do a single thing I look at as good, or if he does he isn't consistent with it so it basically cancels itself out. Example, I did a research project on stem cell research and apparently Bush banned public funding for it based off the reasoning that people shouldn't have to pay for something they don't believe in. Sweet, I'm all for stem-cell research (though it does kind of make me feel uneasy in someway) but I'm also for not having my money go toward something I don't believe in (as if that was he real reason, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt). Yet, he's making us pay for a way that's approval rating is depressing as hell.
I digress. Why I hate Bush was bot my topic.
Anyway, I'm very respectful of people's political beliefs being different from mine. I'm almost always ready to debate them, but I will never tell them they are wrong for their opinions and I try not to generalize simply because I know it's something I'm very passionate about and, you know, the whole golden rule thing. Now, that being said, why is it that I have to deal with these bullshit conservatives that think because I'm anti-bush I am anti-republicans?
It's not that black and white. Both democrats and republicans have things they do really well, and things they suck at. If only we could stop worrying so much about working against each other and spend half that energy combining strengths... again, I digress.
The worst part about this shit is people won't even let me explain that.

I'm not sure where I was going with this, but, yeah. Just be aware that politics tend not to be simply for or against (or at least they shouldn't be).
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