Maybe I should start writing in this again. I mean, I DO love drama.

Today is my birthday. I wasnt ready for it.
Thank you to whoever called me at 1 AM and sang Happy Birthday. You guys are all really sweet. I really like you all a lot. A LOT.
Geoffrey from Toys R Us called me to wish that my day was as special as I am. It has been so far.
AND I love you, Molly!

we got a rotweiller and her name is missy and shes so pretty!

I couldn't finish my Booker Prize book so I made up the ending. Everyone dies.

WE HAVE ONE BIG FAT LOPSIDED TREE
I picked out the largest one to make up for sophomore year, when we had the smallest tree possible. And it was shorter than Akira. But I think Akira grew.

The world never ended last night. I was strangely dissapointed.

Tonight was a blast. My mom and my dad and my sister and I got drunk off gin & tonics and white wine, then we called my brother and made plans for Christmas.

We bought a sweater from the Gap for my dad and my manager at Stewarts and we bought some lavender things for my mom, which she loves. Giuliana bought season one The Simpsons for Frank. I still have to get her something. Suggestions? Over $80 please.

Mom and Dad leave for Cleveland on Wednesday. Oh man, I am too tipsy to do my homework. I think I have to put school on hold anyway. There are more important things like my friends being home from college and...you know...

alcoholism
and indie rock
and my own stupid vanity
and my own stupid self-loathing
and casey and molly, who I love.
oh yea and turning 18...a week from friday...so get your presents ready!

19 days
get your presents ready

2 HOURS TILL BRIGHT EYES!

(Billy I know you're reading this, you fucking lurker)

"And if you want me you'd better speak up,
I Wont Wait
So you'd better
Move Fast."
-RK

For the record, I did like him but he doesnt seem into me. Maybe he's shy but its completely out of my hands. I really wont wait.

ANYWAY last night I bought Season 1 DVDs from the Adventures of Pete & Pete and it was definitely one of the best purchases i've ever made. What a great show. My childhood pales in comparison.

I also bought On The Road by Jack Kerouac, read the first chapter and decided it was the best book i'd ever read. And I bought Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce. I haven't started it yet but I'm afraid its going to be really boring. The Dubliners is pretty good but I feel like it will be ruined by all the unwarranted papers we were assigned...

I drank tonight and yelled at my dad. i found out that he got into columbia, princeton, and tufts and would you believe it he decided to go to BU. We had an argument, it went like this: "YOU WERENT EVEN THINKING OF ME!" "You werent even born." "ITS THE PRINCIPLE!"

And I really really miss Akira and he needs to come home

BRIGHT EYES IN 5 DAYS
HOMECOMING IN 3
(I'm not going but maybe someone else could relay the results?)
THANKSGIVING @ MY HOUSE: YES THERE WILL BE TOFURKEY
Everyone come! But ask me first in case i dont like you...
CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH! & THE SHOUT OUT LOUDS
^those are my favorite bands of this week
AND OMG! OMG! OMG! www.myspace.com/watchplanescrash
GO THERE! LISTEN! DO IT! NOW!!

[A is for age:]
17

[B is for booze of choice:]
vino

[C is for career:]
starving vegan robot waitress

[D is for your dog's name:]
if he existed his name would be keith

[E is for essential items you use everyday:]
mascara, cell phone, wallet, ummm my car?

[F is for favorite song at the moment]
probably something by Bright Eyes

[G is for favorite game:]
Mario Kart duh

[H is for hometown:]
Racine, WI

[I is for instruments you play:]
none. i sang once at open mic night, if you want to call it singing

[J is for jam or jelly you like:]
grape

[K is for kids?]
eventually

[L is for last kiss]
L is also for "let's not talk about it"

[M is for mom's job:]
vocal music teacher

[N is for name of your crush:]
the boy who i stole this survey from
mostly because i've never met him

[O is for overnight hospital stays]
maybe when i was born

[P is for phobias:]
wild turkeys, jagged objects, you know the usual

[Q is for quotes you like:]
"I hate quotations. Tell me what you know." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

[R is for relationship that lasted the longest]
i guess jake

[S is for sexual preference:]
guys

[T is for time u wake up:]
7 when I have school

[V is for vegetable you love:]
most of them, mainly corn

[W is for worst habit:]
procrastination (college applications for example)

[X is for x-rays you've had]
239081287. i dont fucking know.

[Y is for yummy food you make:]
pasta because i am just that italian

[Z is for zodiac sign:]
capricorn

Molly I felt like you needed some encouraging so i compiled this list of excellent reasons to change your eating habits.

WHY NOT TO EAT RED MEAT
-its fucking disgusting. i know because yes, i used to eat it.
-extremely obvious reasons...but you dont like red meat anyway so i wont get into it

WHY NOT TO EAT CHICKEN OR EGGS
-obvious reasons (see above)
-hens in factory farms are packed into a cage the size of a filing-cabinet drawer with as many as five other chickens
-At factory farms, many cages are stacked on top of each other, and feces from the top rows fall onto the chickens below. And thats disgusting. Thats mostly why I went vegan, because I read that on the PETA site and it blew my mind.
-"Hens become lame and develop osteoporosis because they are forced to remain in one spot and because they lose a great deal of calcium when they repeatedly produce egg shells."
-Some birds’ feet grow around the wire cage floors, and they starve to death because they are unable to reach their food
-At just 2 years of age, most hens are “spent” and are sent to the slaughterhouse...and their natural lifespans are 10 years
-Egg hatcheries don’t have any use for male chicks, so they are suffocated, decapitated, crushed, or GROUND UP ALIVE.

WHY NOT TO DRINK MILK
-Cows Suffer on Dairy Farms!!!
-milk is produced by cows to nourish their young...I.E. IT WAS NEVER INTENDED FOR PEOPLE TO DRINK
-"calves born on dairy farms are taken from their mothers when they are just 1 day old and fed milk replacers (including cattle blood) so that humans can have the milk instead."
-Female cows are artificially inseminated (ahem raped) at one year old
-Most spend their entire lives standing on concrete floors, crammed into massive mud lots...you get it, they are abused
-stress caused by factory-farm conditions leads to disease, lameness, and reproductive problems that make cows worthless to the dairy industry so...
-they are sent to the slaughterhouse at 4 or 5 years old even though their natural lifespans are 25 years
-cows are genetically engineered and fed growth hormones to force them to produce quantities of milk that are well beyond their natural limits
-soy milk tastes better. ok i guess thats an opinion.


YOU WILL GET ENOUGH PROTEIN
-the soybean contains all the essential amino acids
-it is nearly equal to meat in protein content
-"Other rich sources of non-animal protein include legumes, nuts, seeds, yeast, and freshwater algae."
-"Most yeasts get about 50 percent of their calories from protein."
-too much protein, especially animal protein, can increase your risk of osteoporosis and kidney disease


ITS NOT REALLY HARD
-there is a vegan substitute for virtually any food nowadays
-yes, you will have to give up taco bell and kentucky fried chicken but trust me you wont really miss them
-you can still eat french fries and drink diet coke

all of this is factual!
source:PETA (duh) except for "why not to eat red meat" and "its not really hard" which i made up myself
if you are still uneasy about your decision, you can click here:
http://www.peta.org/about/faq-veg.asp
or here:
http://veganfreaks.org/
or here:
http://www.foodfightgrocery.com/
and you will read about a lot of other people who agree with me cause i definetly didnt think of this or make this shit up myself.

AND you dont have to listen to what all the skeptical people in your life have to say because everyone told me i would never be able to go vegan, never be able to quit smoking cigarettes, never be able to fucking...i dont know...be my own person. And then I did and I am and everyone else can go suck it.

Yea...I dont want to push anything subjective like morality on you because I think you should go vegan for yourself. Because you reached that decision on your own. And not because I wrote a livejournal entry about why you should. But keep in mind: no single food choice has a farther-reaching and more profoundly positive impact on our health, the environment, and all life on Earth than choosing vegan. It says that on the back label of my chocolate chip cookie haha.

OK IM GONNA POST THIS AGAIN
But this time everyone answer with your own favorites [I MEAN EVERYONE!]

Top Five Songs of Right Now:
1. All-Time Quarterback - Empire State
2. Say Hi to Your Mom - Let's Talk About Spaceships
3. Bloc Party - Always New Depths
4. Panic! At the Disco - I Write Sins not Tragedies
5. Rilo Kiley - Every song they ever wrote because I love this band (!!!)

It's already been pretty lame here. I mean theres plenty of "friends," but there arent really any friends.
And it's not thats there nothing to do, its just that...there isnt anyone to do nothing with.

I'm trying to keep from becoming like everyone else but its hard to act like an elitist by yourself.

from Chris Morgan: List you top 6 favorite songs of the moment and pass it on
His:
1 Cave In- "Prognosis"
2 Wire- "French Film Blurred"
3 Black Flag- "Fix Me"
4 Big Black- "Kerosene"
5 The Icarus Line- "Spit It On"
6 Cat Power- "Speak For Me"
Mine:
1. Rainer Maria - Breakfast of Champions
2. Eisley - Telescope Eyes
3. Rilo Kiley - Science Vs. Romance
4. Outsmarting Simon - The Cusp of Carabella
5. The Polyphonic Spree - Soldier Girl
6. Alanis Morissette - Thank You

LOAD THE CANNONS: ok cool
ataris30: YEA SHUT UP
LOAD THE CANNONS: wtf stop tlaking
LOAD THE CANNONS: talking*
ataris30: WTF NO
LOAD THE CANNONS: ok sorry
ataris30: ITS OK
LOAD THE CANNONS: wait
LOAD THE CANNONS: wtf shut up
ataris30: WTF NO
LOAD THE CANNONS: wtf
LOAD THE CANNONS: ok

THIS ROCKS. THIS IS NOT MY LIFE BECAUSE IT ROCKS SO HARD.

DUDE PALS, I LOVE YOU ALL.

wow im actually updating
i locked my mom in the attic today. she hated it but my dad thought it was hillarious. uhh

i officially hate getting phone calls at 4 20 in the morning. and

18 days till i get my liscence...

OH YEA FUCKING KNOCKOUT LOOK AT MY BIO!

heh

not that anyone reads this but...

im leaving for california tommorow. i think thats important, and for anyone who wants to reach me my cell phone isnt working- doesnt receive calls, texts, and wont send texts. i think i can still call people, but i wont. so if you need to, youd better talk to me tonight or deal with not talking to me till thursday...

im really excited, i bought a digital camera and im about to cut my hair. i hope i like california, find a college i like. and if i dont, i hope this trip is worth it anyway. its probably one of the better things to happen to me, couldnt come at a better time. i need to be away from new jersey even if its just for 5 days.

Jeff upped the punx
Everyone sweated a lot and
It was great



I love this summer.

Today fucking rocked.
Lawrence Arms + Tsunami Bomb
Thats not even the best part...

I just chopped off alllllllll of Katie's hair.

IT WAS A RUSH

Hi, my name is Cristina and this is my LiveJournal.