Dancing With Turkeys (and other mindless shananigans)

Fff'real Though

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 22:05:15 GMT

honestly, why did i have to be birthed by such horrible parents?

seriously.. i'm almost in college and i still don't have a car. now, this wouldn't be such a problem if they'd let me borrow their's once in a while to go up to see my boyfriend, rather than making him waste money in gas all the time. i seriously haven't driven to see him in like a month. lam0rz.

People Change

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 02:57:34 GMT

i make friends because i enjoy their personalities and their company.
when these two things change, so does the friendship.

it's funny how the choices people make that seem so small in their own eyes, but can be life-altering in the eyes of another.

Another Pointless Entry

Fri, 05 Aug 2005 05:09:56 GMT

i'm currently at work. i suppose i got one good thing out of today. a woman asked me for a towel, stopped and said, "your skin is absolutely gorgeous".

i'd just like to take a second to thank the inventor of accutane. a moment of silence, please.

Work It Out

Sun, 31 Jul 2005 20:49:00 GMT

it's that time again.. yes, it's d00ble datin' season. jessica, sean, kevin and ashley are at it once more. i have to work 2 to 6, but after that, we're venturing out to the star cafe for some good eats and good times.

my parents go through these phases where they feel the need to look at houses on the market and talk about buying them. now is one of those times. i found a nice house with a rediculously nice pool in el dorado hills. my parents really like it. we might just venture down and take a look at it. i hope we do, even if that does mean i'd have to commute to school. however, this could also mean that my parents would have to help me buy a car, so i suppose it works out for all of us.

my sister got caught sneaking out AGAIN last night. she's pretty much grounded for an eternity. to be honest, i don't have any sympathy for her. even her best friend is worried about her. she doesn't even tell HER the truth anymore. briana doesn't really get it, to say the least. she's pretty clueless. just goes to show how we really are complete and total opposites.

well. i'm off to work (hooray, hoorah). hopefully it doesn't suck too much.

Alors..

Mon, 18 Jul 2005 03:50:29 GMT

i haven't updated since france. not much has been going on. summer is flying by at an incredible rate and it's really scaring me.
i want my life back. all i've been doing lately is going to summer school (i'm taking government at sierra every monday, tuesday, wednesday, and thursday morning for two and a half hours) and working. i don't have time for anything anymore and i hate it.
i miss kevin. i don't get to see him for two more days. i was supposed to tag along with elysia in their vegas trip, but robyn (whom i was going to ride with) wasn't allowed to go anymore. come to find it was their best show ever. this makes me feel LOADS better about the whole ordeal. that and the fact that i wound up working 10 hours straight instead because some stupid broad called in sick for the fourth time in a row.. AND SHE ONLY WORKS ONCE A WEEK! ugh.
i need to buy a car. my parents won't help me out at all. it's depressing. i'll never get enough money to fund one. by the time i do it'll be a month before i even get the money to pay for gas. is anybody willing to make donations? i'll be your best friend! no? ..okay..
the fifth harry potter book was sent to me yesterday. my mom reserved it on amazon. i'm only on the third chapter but i can tell it's gonna be good. harry comforts me on boyfriend-less days like these. to tell you the truth, i prefer ron weasley. he always intruiged me more. that, and who wouldn't want to marry into a family like that?! fred and george are the gh-uys.
rob and i caught up this morning for a bit. we haven't hung out in so long. it was good to have a nice chat over some starbucks.

in conclusion: i hate work, summer school sucks, harry potter r00lz, and i love kevin marquez.

end.

Allo Allo!

Sun, 19 Jun 2005 20:17:56 GMT

alright, so i'm in france. i figured i'd update while i'm here even though i kind of gave up on livejournal for a while.

i miss everyone. i think i realized how much i truly value my friends this past week. being thousands of miles away from everyone makes for a very sad ashley. it's especially hard being so close to the other kids on the trip and not being able to see them for a week. ross and i have been writing each other essays. apparently he's not having a very good time. the boy he is staying with is somewhat of a geek. all he does is talk about magic cards and star wars and play halo with one of his three friends. thankfully, the girl i am staying with is really cool. and she speaks english very well; a lot better than i can speak french. i've held back my urge to shop even though i've been to several places where i could do so. i'm holding out for provence and paris where i can shop with my friends. angela, my love, i wish you had called before i left. i really want to hang out. chantel, if you're reading this, i love you darling. we need another date at mark and monica's. i get to go to monaco with allison tomorrow!! apparently the family i'm stayin with knows the family allison is staying with. friggin' awesome. it will be easy from here on out. the following day i meet back up with the rest of the group for and english speaking extravaganza!

the mullet is dead? oh no my friends, for it is alive and well in a place called ITALY!! geez, i cannot even begin to estimate how many mullets i saw in my mere six hours in italia. i'm not talking scene mullets here, i'm talking the real thing. the best part is that they're totally serious about it. props to them. i'm trying to convince my father into following the trend.

i think the best part is the fashion. angela, think engrish.com and you'll know what i'm talking about. whenever europeans sport english words on their clothing it is almost NEVER correct. either that or it's hilarious. i saw a boy wearing a shirt with a picture of bart simpson on it. in the speech bubble, bart was saying "RIGHT IN, MAN!" hah oh gosh! i also saw this pretty little sequined shirt hanging in a store window and in the very center it read "SAFE SEX". it took a lot of strength to refrain from buying it.

i think the best experience i have had so far was getting to see degrassi in french. it was magical. i'm actually quite amazed at all the american movies and music they have here. of course they dub over the films, but it's still impressive. i guess the french don't completely loathe us after all. today marine (the girl i am staying with) and i watched the movie 'honey' in french (with english subtitles pour moi). i hate to say that i actually didn't hate it.

sadly, i have adjusted to the keyboard, and no, it didn't take long for me to do so. sad, is it not?

i miss kevin. yea, a lot. i hate that my cell phone isn't international. i get NO service here. sucks, right? leave me funny/heart-warming voicemails so i can listen to them when i get back to california. alright, i'm done. this is probably the longest entry i have ever written. madd props to you if you can manage to read it all. I LOOOOOOOOOOOVE AND MISS EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!

ciao

BWAAAAAAAAAAAA

Tue, 24 May 2005 04:37:34 GMT

i bought a rediculously hot shirt today. mhmmmmmmm. and some pretty rad undies. and a hat. yup.

BWAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

Tue, 17 May 2005 03:13:58 GMT

well, as it stands, my schedule for next year is REALLY messed up. i have to take five AP classes and somehow wound up not being able to fit american government in my schedule... which is a required class. not to mention, i don't have a sixth period. my solution: take government through independent study offered by this company over the summer, and instead of having a sixth period class next year, take calculus II and III as night classes on mondays and wednesdays at american river college. sounds good, yes?

ehhhh..

PROM PROM PROM PROM

Tue, 10 May 2005 00:23:56 GMT

amen to that.

we had a gay ol' time. i only wish i had brought my camera inside. perhaps i will get more pictures from zak later. but until then...

my faces are classic, as always.

ewwwww.. daddy kisses.

we're friggin' sexy.

still friggin sexy.

yup. still sexy.

yea. that's all i got. perhaps more later.

Technicolor Girl

Fri, 06 May 2005 05:24:42 GMT

i have a sudden strong desire to go back to visit my old neighborhood. particularily my old elementary school, isabelle jackson, in elk grove. koji called me yesterday. it was the first time we've talked in months. i've been feeling nostalgic ever since. i teared up a little, thinking of the old days, how much i miss being a kid. i realized how distant it feels. i haven't been there in nearly eight years. i still remember the day i left the school, moving up here. while i cried outside the classroom, my mom wrote my address on the board so all my classmates could mail me. danielle was the only one who ever did. we were penpals for years. whatever happened to that? i think i might drive back down one day, see what i've been missing. yea. i think i will.

Mitch Album is a Genius

Thu, 05 May 2005 05:36:03 GMT

ladies and gentlemen, i have found my n'sync no strings attached cd. and yes, i did blast it in the car today. and yes, i did sing along. and yes, i did enjoy every minute of it THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

pondo's prom is saturday. i'm gonna look like a girrrrrrrrl. scary thought, isn't it? it's been a while. i don't think i've even worn a skirt (let alone a dress) since june. should be interesting, n'est-ce pas?

perhaps i'll post pictures later.

Can You Dig It?

Sat, 23 Apr 2005 06:56:25 GMT

today school day consisted of:
+ numerous referances to jonathon taylor thomas
+ on-and-off singing of justin timberlake and snoop dogg's "signs"
+ drawing a portrait of ross o'brien complete with cheshire cat smile
+ wishing i could be elsewhere

Almost Fell Into That Hole In Your Life

Wed, 20 Apr 2005 02:08:52 GMT

to be honest, the junior research project isn't even all that bad. i'm just lazy as heck.

i miss kevin. but, he's coming to visit me tomorrow!! ::sigh::.. what a wonderful boy i have found.

She Draws Your Eyes From Everything That Makes You Numb

Fri, 15 Apr 2005 03:50:22 GMT

well.. my birthday is saturday. if you're bored.. stop by. i don't really know if we're going to do anything, but kickin' it with friends would be nice.

my parents are going out of town that night too. sa-weet. that's the best news i've heard in a long time.

There's Beauty in the Breakdown

Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:48:21 GMT

yes, i'm listening to frou frou. i'm also attempting to sign up for SATs. it's not working out. i forgot my password to my username on collegeboard.com, and i'm having a hard time recieving the e-mail with the password enclosed.

mommy and daddy are yelling at each other. it's exciting.

birthday is in five days. come saturday i'll be able to get into R-rated movies. that's pretty cool, i guess. too bad they never ask for my ID anyway. parents are going out of town that night. freaking awesome.

i need money. badly.

SUCK ON THAT!

Mon, 11 Apr 2005 04:42:50 GMT

no longer am i grounded.

got to see kevin friday, saturday, AND today, so i was pretty darned pleased. other than the fact that i got a flat tire on the way to his house and him and his dad had to fix it for me. =/ whatever would i do without him?

we saw sin city on friday. it was excellent. parks are excellent. easy mac is excellent. life is excellent.

looking forward to wednesday's minimum day.

Now I Want To Be In Your Hide and Seek

Thu, 07 Apr 2005 23:20:18 GMT

well, i haven't updated in a while, so here's
the up and up:

+ went to SF to the cbk show on april 1st
+ stayed the night at franko's afterward
+ got grounded for doing so, after claiming i was just hanging out with angela
+ still grounded
+ came to the conclusion that i have the most wonderful boy in the world
+ wouldn't trade him for anything

this has been one of the longest weeks in the history of weeks.

Happy Friggin' Easter

Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:43:37 GMT

i wish i could stop listening to the same song over and over, but i can't. it's too wonderful. everything's wonderful. today was particularily wonderful.

i left to go to kevin's at around 1, didn't get there until 2 (due to road construction and getting lost). he introduced me to his goats and watched shrek 2, as promised. my mom needed the car by 5:30 and kevin was leaving for merced, so i had to be out by 4:40. i found ways to stall and ultimately left at 5. wish i didn't have to.. i miss him. like.. a lot. <3

at work, john and i decided we're making a horror movie titled "HELL NORTE: resurrection". it's your typical teen slasher movie, in a health club setting. this will include people getting their skulls bashed in with dumbells, scalding coffee scorching faces, and an intense discovery of the killer's hideout in the tennis lounge. the release date is yet to be determined, but keep your eyes peeled.

i love us.

She Changes Your Mind

Sat, 26 Mar 2005 12:05:46 GMT

ohhhhhhhhhhhh goodness. tonight was all around AMAZING!!

i did something i haven't done in five years, and i'm so glad for it.

<3333333333333333!!

Strike Three.. I'm Out.

Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:39:23 GMT

something that has always amazed me is how society portrays lust as a baseball game, with each base defined as the next step toward the ultimate "score": sex. the objective is much the same, as well.. to obtain more points by making more runs. did anybody think that perhaps there is a sort of required uniform for such a game? that perhaps love is necessary? i've noticed that people use broken hearts to justify their actions, claiming that love does not exist and thus resort to lust. what one does not realize is that it could take a lifetime to find true love, and some people are just too hormone-driven to wait. weakness seems to prevail these days.

all i know is, i'm completely content being benched.

Maybe I Fell Too Fast

Thu, 24 Mar 2005 01:05:31 GMT

thus far, today hasn't been too great. i woke up in a decent mood, later progressed into a crappy one.

a little bit ago i decided to go for a drive. there was no real reason behind it, i just wanted to get out of the house and listen to copeland. of course, i ended up going to starbucks. there really is nothing better than gloomy weather, acoustic music, and a white mocha.

i don't really know what happened, to be honest. things just end. the worst part is that i've been here before. you'd think it'd be easier the second time around, but in actuality, it only gets harder. this could have been avoided..

These Are Meaningless

Wed, 23 Mar 2005 09:47:07 GMT

pretty words are nothing more than sporadic thoughts compiled. spontaneous, but not necessarily meaningful, at least to my knowledge. charm her. charm her 'til she breaks. until she numbs herself to all others outside your walls. that's the goal, isn't it? control. a feeling of self-accomplishment. be the first to admit they meant nothing. for she still holds on, grasping onto every last worthless syllable you so brilliantly strung. it's art. simply art created on a surface level but admired by critics on a deeper level. too bad it wasn't meant that way.

spontaneity? yes. but my words are truthful.

Spring Break, YAY YAAAAAAAY!

Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:27:38 GMT

well, i guess you could say that this weekend was fun.

friday after school, jessica called me to see if i wanted to go to the shingle springs show. we ended up getting a ride out there with stephanie. i met a lot of really cool people. on the downside, i've never seen so many fights break out in my life. it was a battle between the punks and hardcore kids. some crazy stuff went down. some of the punks were whipping around chains, it was insane. the owners of the venue didn't do anything about it, either.

the punk lifestyle rather disgusts me. who decided it was a good idea to base a subculture around self-made clothing, drinking, STDs, and lack of showering? hmm..

after the show a bunch of us went to denny's. the waitress hated us the second we stepped foot inside the place. i tried to be extra nice to her so she wouldn't spit on my mozzarella sticks. oh well, i'm still alive. all in all, it was good times.

went to andrew's last night to watch movies. his cat is a savage, but i love it. surprisingly, andrew didn't hate garden state. he's leaving for boston for a week, i'm gonna miss him.

tomorrow i'm going out to coffee with wes and then to hang out with angela, chantel, and amos. tuesday, jessica and i are organizing a movie outing to see the ring 2 with all the CP kids. good times ahead. perhaps spring break won't suck too badly after all.

I'll Take You To The Candy Shop

Thu, 17 Mar 2005 07:07:16 GMT

finally finished filming our french project. once again, i cried from laughter.. i've been doing that a lot lately, namely while watching zac's antics in physics. that is by far the funniest kid on the planet. he kissed ms. rogers today. that makes four teachers now. first mrs. huff, then mr. marshall, then mr. waldo, and finally ms. rogers. baker's going to get it soon.

oh right, and i have turned yet another man gay. ian stuart joined in transvestite fun for our french newscast video. we're editing tomorrow, so we shall see how it results.

Oh, It's So Amazing Here

Sun, 13 Mar 2005 22:33:13 GMT

last night was exciting.

+ left house around 6 to go watch movies with andrew.
+ realized after i was halfway to folsom that i forgot the movies.
+ ..didn't turn around.
+ picked up andrew to go get his backpack in el dorado hills.
+ turns out kim, jessica, sierra and sierra's bro kyle stopped off at andrew's before going to bryan's
+ (we never watched movies)
+ took kim, jessica, and sierra to bryan's.
+ jessica came with me to go sneak andrew out of the house to go to bryan's (he was grounded).
+ andrew's parents ended up letting him leave anyway.
+ went to bryan's.. was the only sober person there.
+ looked after all the "crunk" kids.
+ watched both rob and jesse run into bryan's sliding glass door.
+ jesse slapped aaron, aaron slapped jesse back, jesse got a bloody nose.
+ everyone laughed at jesse.
+ picked up sean at dimple and took him to bryan's.
+ wes passed out.
+ aaron and i tried to get him up, it wasn't working.
+ eventually wes got up.
+ stayed with wes while he vomitted his brains out.
+ took jessica, sean, kim, and andrew back to andrew's house.
+ got home 10 minutes late.

jam-packed, wouldn't you say?