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Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Subject:I guess that's why they call it the blues
Time:2:18 pm.
Time on my hands, could be time spent with you.
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So, I may be seemingly over-dramatic, but it seems as of late that I'm being ignored. I know that because of what's happened with me in the past eight months, most of you would enjoy to wash your hands clean of me and all the drama I bring with...but I truly hope that this isn't the case, because I love and need everyone...and those few days that we spent just being us, just being kids, were some of the best times I've had in a long while. I don't know how to transition between teen and adult gracefully. I know that I'm in love, and I don't know how to go about figuring out what it is that society would expect one to do...I just know what I want to do, what makes me feel good. I love all of you, and I hope that's reciprocated. Take care.
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Subject:Thinking about my younger years...
Time:1:26 pm.
I doubt any one will actually recognize this...


Cleaning up the oceans
Captain Hampton and his crew
Trouble in the seven seas
He'll know what to do
Captain, he hates rubbish
To him pirates are just soot
Scallywags and scurvy dogs
Are crushed under his foot.
Captain Hampton, Captain Hampton
Ahoy, Ahoy
Pillaging the Pillagers
Triumphantly he'll sail away
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Monday, February 11th, 2008

Subject:There's reason to believe
Time:12:24 pm.
Maybe this year will be better than the last...
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So I've never been one who was too worried about saving face. I'm sure everyone has heard some rendition of what's going on in my life, albeit not from me, but I'm sure you've heard. I'm sure the lot of you have also formed your own opinions about me, and to that, I say okay, you're entitled to your beliefs. It hurts that a couple of people I considered friends have turned their backs to me, without so much as a conversation, but alas, such is life, and I'm over it. I don't want to sit here and write some spiel that will shed insight into why I've been acting the way I've been acting for the past year, or how people change, but I will say that for those of you who I'd like to imagine do/did know me, you'd know that I haven't been happy for a long time. I'm not saying that anyone is to blame here, just that somewhere along the way I had lost a bit of spark inside of myself, and this is the first time I've felt anything close to being alive in months. Forgive me for not being able to turn my back on that. I've been making lemonade for years now, for once I'd like to taste a fruit without the bitter after-math. I hope that in the weeks to come, the dust will settle and we can all find ourselves on some sort of common ground. I find it doubtful, but I tend to look at life a bit more hopeful these days. To those of you who have taken the time to stick by me, I know who you are, and even though I've been awfully flighty, it's noted, and you are appreciated. For those of you who've cast the first stone, you can keep trying to knock me down, but it's not going to work. We've grown apart and that's that. It's sad that you have nothing better to do with your lives than to latch on to the problems of two people that you consider/considered friends. This isn't High School. You don't have to choose sides to prove loyalty, and even if you felt compelled to do so, you didn't have to act so immaturely.

And to you, because you've made this such a public spectacle, I'll apologize on this forum. Life sort of tore us apart. I understand that you think I've lost my mind, and you know, maybe I have...but you know as well as I do that neither one of us was satisfied with where life was going, and I chose to play the hand I was dealt. My only regret is not being straight-forward from the get go, but in my defense, every time I tried, you shut me down, because you didn't want to face reality. I never wanted to hurt you, because despite everything you were my best friend. I'm really glad that you are talking to a new girl, and I know you don't believe me when I say this, but this is really good for you. I hope she can be everything that I never was, and I hope that all of your wildest dreams come true. Don't give up on living because you have a lot left in you. You will accomplish great things if you just start applying yourself. Listen to the positive and don't focus on what might have been. You have a lot of love to give, so don't shut the world out.

So in turn, I'm done with livejournal. If anyone has anything to say to me that they can't say to me in person or on the phone, feel free to comment. I'll be checking up on this for the next couple of days.
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Saturday, November 17th, 2007

Subject:God and Man...
Time:11:22 pm.
Don't believe in Modern-Love.
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So here's the spiel. I'm sick as a dog, so don't be too offended if I ignore you for the next few days.

I can't believe that it's practically Thanksgiving, and I'm still not in the Christmas spirit. Maybe once it actually snows I'll be there. Here's to hoping.

Everyone is so fucking old now. It makes me sick. Although I had fun ringing in Mr. J's birthday. Delicious cake, delicious friends. Yay.

You know, I'm super grateful that I've been promoted at work, but waking up at 4am everyday...well it's takes its toll. Boo.
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

Subject:The rush of September...
Time:12:31 am.
I walk the streets alone
On feeble bones I ride
My sins are etched in stone
I got no place to hide
Well, I was unshakable
In what I did believe
I feel so breakable
But have I been deceived

You showed me your paradise
And your carnival of souls
But my heart keeps telling me
That ain't the place to go
Well, I'm not invincible
So I want you to leave
Well, I'm so convincible
But have I been deceived

I take your words and try them on
Yeah, it's a perfect fit, boy
You tell me one size fits us all
Yeah, like an old straightjacket
Well, tell me why I'm so afraid
All my words are spoken
All my words are spoken
All my words are spoken
In a stolen prayer

I remember yesterday
When things were black and white
Never thought I'd get confused
On what was wrong and right
Well, I'm not unbreakable
With armour on my skin
Well, it's not unthinkable
I could be fooled again

I take your words and try them on
Yeah, it's a perfect fit, boy
You tell me one size fits us all
Yeah, like an old straightjacket
Well, tell me why I'm so afraid
All my words are spoken
All my words are spoken
All my words are spoken
In a stolen prayer

You steal another minute from my life
You cut a little deeper with your knife
You steal a little breath from my air
And you don't care
And even thought I'm chokin'
All my words are spoken

I take your words and try them on
Yeah, it's a perfect fit, boy
You tell me one size fits us all
Yeah, like an old straightjacket
Take this world and try it on
Man, you're lookin' good boy
Stick your neck out on the block
So you won't miss nothing
Stretch your finger, grab your hair
Don't you feel like screaming
Feel the blood rush from your veins
Now you're a perfect zombie
Now I'm down on my knees

All my words are spoken
In a stolen prayer


Sometimes you think you have the future completely figured out, and everything you desire is only one fine day away. Suddenly, as if by force, you wake up-and you begin to see life with eyes open.
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Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

Subject:...So until the sun burns out
Time:1:17 pm.
I hope you're waiting.
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Another work-week has set its pace, and I'm left feeling snowed.

On another note, last weekend was fantastic. Sometimes singing really crazy karaoke songs is enough to fix even the most dire of aliments.

Fall is on the way, time to keep a sweater in the back-seat, just in-case things get chilly.
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Thursday, August 9th, 2007

Subject:When everything feels like the movies
Time:9:11 pm.
You bleed just to know you're alive.
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I really enjoy cooking, especially when people around me enjoy the finished product. I do believe my hands will smell of garlic and onion for the next four days, but hell, being elbows deep in raw meat is quite the relief of stress.

I think I may finally have become used to working the morning-shift. It's not as hard to be in bed by eleven anymore. Besides, a lonely afternoon cat-nap on a melancholy day is my new best friend.
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Friday, August 3rd, 2007

Subject:Make up your own ending...
Time:9:49 pm.
Let me know just how you feel.
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Sometimes...without even realizing it, the winds of change are upon you, breathing the force of movement down your spine-as a warning, that there indeed is something along the horizon, that a change will come your way.

Is this the calm before the storm? Truthfully, I don't know. I know that for the past couple of weeks I've felt slight despair. Maybe a fork in the road would be a more suitable explanation-but I won't allow myself to be hasty. Every action has its consequence...be it good or bad, and I don't have the mental strength to weigh the situation against itself today.

In retrospect, everything is okay. This mostly adds up to my being unable to fully settle. I'm so fucking restless. I feel so lost sometimes. Is it wrong to say that I feel taken advantage of? Is it selfish to say that for once I'd like something to fall back on that was actually stable?

If we don't speak, why must you speak of me? If we are not friends, does this make us enemies? This is something I've been pondering for awhile now. Maybe...just maybe, there really is no gray-area in life. No middle-ground to stand on.
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Sunday, July 15th, 2007

Subject:All the dreaming days
Time:4:01 am.
Where the mess was made.
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It's still sort of strange. Lord knows it's hard to pretend like you don't know someone, when the truth is, you really know the person. You know them to a tee-and well, vice-versa. At first I wanted to flee, but I'm glad I stayed. I'm glad that despite everything, we had fun. We had fun.
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Saturday, July 7th, 2007

Subject:She'll let you in her heart
Time:2:30 am.
If you have a hammer and a vice.
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So this week has been a very splendid surprise...in every little aspect. The basement wasn't as hard to demolish and rebuild as I had originally assumed. Ric's birthday party was a HUGE blast...and best of all, there was no drama.

Maybe July will be better than I had anticipated. Sometimes the best things happen when you least expect them.
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Sunday, July 1st, 2007

Subject:Hearts and thoughts they fade...
Time:3:14 am.
Fade away.
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Back to the grind. It was an easier progression than what I had figured it would be. Cynical me, couldn't find the silver-lining if I wanted to.

Seems like June has been a shitty month for just about everyone other than myself. Here's to hoping that the remaining two months of summer bring brighter days.

Speaking of brighter news, T & L are heading to Traverse City this week. It'll be nice to finally get my living space situated-and make the basement a nice place to be. I can't wait until everything is finished.
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Sunday, June 17th, 2007

Subject:You can be my bodyguard
Time:2:34 am.
I'll be your long lost pal...
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It's funny sometimes how life sneaks up on you. How one day you wake up and you realize...I'm simply not mad anymore. As I'm sure a lot of people who have graced my life have witnessed, I was such an angry person. I was envious of everyone who cared about me, and I did what ever I could to make everyone who cared about me feel as small as I did inside. The quote "misery loves company" is a very accurate portrayal to the human psyche.

Today I turned twenty-two. From what I can recollect of my twenty-two previous birthday's, this has been the first in which I felt truly happy. Today, I realized that I have friends and family who honestly love and care about me. For once, I haven't tried to stifle that. For so long I was so dead inside that I refused to accept any positive attention, and therefore, the demolition of past relationships was generally rendered by my own hands. Although I know if this epiphany had been stumbled upon a year or so sooner, my life would be greatly different-and yet on the same token, I have absolutely no regrets, other than the pain that I have caused others. I think a person reaches a certain age where they find which people they honestly feel comfortable with, which is why a lot of High School friendships fizzle so quickly after graduation. I used to think that I wasn't attractive enough to be taken seriously...and compared to the females I used to associate myself with, that very well may have been true. I have learned however, that the grass is always greener. No matter how perfect one may seem, you will never find a soul who is fully content with the hand life has dealt them; and with this realization, I know now that it never had anything to do with what I looked like on the surface, but more-so the darkness that lingered beneath my skin. I'm not ashamed of being the girl who laughs too loudly in public anymore. I'm okay with being the girl who is referred to as funny, rather than pretty. It doesn't bother me anymore that I'll never have a good hair-day, and I'll probably always be at least forty pounds over-weight.

I see now that myself as a person, really has little to do with the bigger picture. That my character and views aren't as much a reflection of my past, but more a collection of those around me, and the massive influence that they've had. Everyone has taught me so much. Friend or foe.

The crux of this entry is to thank the people in my life who have stuck by me, thick and thin. I know what my reckless behavior and devious tongue have put you through. I know that to almost everyone, I've been your best-friend and your worst enemy. I'm hoping in the future I can be more of the first and less of the latter. I'll never be perfect...and because of all of you, I'm okay with that. For the first time in my life, I am at peace with myself. I am at peace with myself because of all of you.
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Saturday, June 16th, 2007

Time:2:32 pm.
To anyone who is interested:

Do not eat chocolate-mint cheesecake at 2a.m., after consuming a rather large Margaritia...because if you do, I promise you, you will be burdened with the trotts come the morning after.

-That is all.
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Time:3:06 am.
Thank you, to my lovely friends. I had a fantastic evening.

Here's to hoping that 11x2 isn't as bad as I had originally assumed.
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Friday, June 15th, 2007

Subject:Only the young can say
Time:3:06 am.
They're free to fly away...
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Let me just start by saying that the past two days have been a much needed break from work, and a fully welcomed stunt of time spent with my boo, birthday shopping. I cannot believe that in two days I am going to be twenty-two years young. I love that I'm saying "years young" as though I'm turning sixty. Oh well, I've always been ahead of my time.

I'm really in the mood for cake. (Hint-hint). Maybe, just maybe...if I'm a really good girl, someone will bake one for me...<3
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Thursday, May 31st, 2007

Subject:These are the words that I've never said before
Time:12:19 am.
I think I'm doing okay...
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So going back to school is going to take a little more time and effort than I was originally willing to put forth, but maybe this is a test of my dedication. Lord knows, I can't stick with anything...


In other news, If you are an overly anal person...it's probably not a good idea to have a jiffy frosting fight in a Church parking lot. Sticky would be an understatement.
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Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

Subject:I was a captain that would stay the course
Time:3:00 pm.
When the storm would come and show it's worth...
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Monday was the picnic. Thankfully, everyone was able to come. All the food was eaten, and a good time was had. Despite a couple of issues toward the end, like usual everything worked itself out...and just in the knick of time for that matter. We all decided it would be cute to act as though we were eighteen and go to Drahner Road. It's pretty hilarious that it still has it's scare tactics. Ric was super brave like always but Me and Heather almost pee'd our pants, but what else is new? ;). Justin and I thought it would be fun to play "ding-dong ditch" with some of the houses on the road, which was all fun and games until the "witch" spotted us from atop her bedroom window. I don't think I've ever witnessed a gay run that fast. There's a new plan of action for the next trip, we will break into that slaughter house, lights on or off. Balls to the wall and all that jazz. Shit...we're a regular bunch of Paranormal Investigators.


So next weekend is Memorial Day, which means we'll once again be lugging a cooler around, but this time it'll be to the blue shore of Lake Huron. I'll be counting down the hours until I can freeze my tits off in the icy blue...
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Monday, May 7th, 2007

Subject:...Question of the day
Time:3:16 am.
Does a Fuzzy-Navel constitute as a proper breakfast?
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Sunday, May 6th, 2007

Subject:Me, I'm closer to the door
Time:2:31 am.
I don't get scared no more...
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So let me tell you something...

Casino's are great, especially when you win eight dollars. Food is expensive though, so be sure to fill your gullet before leaving home. Drinks are free, that's right, I said free. All the delicious Pepsi products you can consume at no cost. It's all but a wonder why more homeless people aren't wandering the isles of the MGM Grand...
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Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

Subject:Haven't laughed this hard in a long time....
Time:1:24 am.
Better stop now before I start crying...
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Successful Bike-ride pt. duex. Perfect night, nothing else to say on the subject.

...I need to go for a swim soon.

I can't believe that in six weeks I'm going to be twenty-two. Nursing-Home, here I come!
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