Mood:  lazy
Now Playing: stacy burcham, "hey look, i wrote you a song!"
i don't really do this very well
from my other attempts, it's easy to tell
words just don't flow right from my pen
but i'm inspired
so i'm tryin again

hey look, i wrote you a blog!

i bet about 3 people in the world understand that reference.

the question of my life is, do i have the guts to be a theater major? or a music major? it's so tempting... i'm pretty sure i don't have the guts to be ANY kind of major, really. can't i just get a degree in 'general studies' or something? that'd be great. i don't want to learn a lot about one thing, i want to learn a little bit about lots of things. is that so wrong? can't blame me for wanting to be worldly. geez.

two more weeks and i'll be home free, quite literally. one paper, 3 tests, and a b.s.'d journal to go! oh, and 4 chapters to read. the end is in sight...

i take the cheese off all my pizza
and blow snot rockets down the drain.

The goose is getting fat!
Mood:  celebratory
Now Playing: Save Me- Queen
25 DAYS UNTIL I GO HOME FOR CHRISTMAS!

and only 6 DAYS until I go home for Thanksgiving!

People I'm most excited about seeing:
Mom
Dad
Licen
Josh
Emily
Mari
Poncy (el perro)
The Chavoors
Gramma

and eeeeeeeverything else! I got a BIG piece of cake... a BIG one!
So what does everyone want for Christmas? you gotta let me know while I'm still in the giving spirit, and before I spend all of my money on new clothes that actually fit me (what a concept).
I hope everyone is having a good day, because I am. I'm in the mood for watching my home videos. If you'd like to join me, this would probably make your day as great as mine. I'm sure of it!

Now Playing: bbmak - back here, in the stylings of emily roellke
hello emily fans!

this is blair, emily's roommate. if you don't know me, you should. we would probably get along very well. anyway, emily is busy freaking out and singing and dancing about how she has to write a paper tonight before noon tomorrow and asked me to post on her behalf. we had a fun, sleepy weekend filled with many visitors. the homecoming game was great and we had warm blankies to shield us from the cold. if this sounds like a 5 year old wrote it i apologize, i'm a little tired and probably don't have the best writing skills anyway. so, i bid you adieu and leave you with an excerpt from the greatest book of our time, on our own

"By eight o' clock Jill was almost ready for the party. She had decided on her favorite gray cotton jump suit and had caught her long reddish brown hair back in two combs.
'I wish you'd come,' Jill said to Cassandra as she dressed. 'I won't know a soul there.'"
then jill decides she'll only stay for a little while because this a senior party that kyle the dream hunk is taking her to, but she ends up having more fun than anticipated. she returns to talk to cassandra in the morning...
"'...You must have had a big time last night.'
'I didn't get back until after midnight,' Jill admitted, slipping on her robe and tying it around her.
Cassandra gave a knowing smile. 'And you told me you'd be back early because you wouldn't know anybody,' she said. 'You must have met someone who persuaded you to stay on.'"

Night all!

<3 blair

ugh, i have nothing to say... i'm only posting because i wanted to get that depressing election day blog off of there.

why is it so impossible to do work anymore?!? i lock myself in my room with intentions of getting things done and literally do NOTHING for hours. i can't tell you where the last 7 hours of my life went. OH i know that i read part of "On Our Own", a really cool teen novel from 1986 that my sister sent me! it's fantastic.

"Sheridan looked as if she had been slapped across the face. 'How dare you!' she yelled. 'I'm going to the R.A. right now to demand another roommate. There is no way I can spend another day with you!'
'No, wait!' Jill said, fighting down her sudden panic. But Toni stepped in front of her."

So then, Jill meets Kyle, a kind of jerky but OH SO dreamy upper classman that takes her to a party where she drinks champagne (gasp) for the first time. When Kyle starts to act like an ass, she realizes that maybe the 'cool' crowd isn't exactly her style, and that she can have fun without drinking parties. If only she didn't miss Craig so much, it might be easier to adapt to college life! Sigh... Jill has so much to learn.

now that i've wasted another half hour of homework time, i think i'll go to bed. goooodnight, los angeles.

Mood:  incredulous
Now Playing: taps.
i refuse to acknowledge the events that have just passed. i will now enter a state of mourning.

what has the world come to?

Mood:  a-ok
I think I've developed an unhealthy obsession with my appearance. Weight, to be specific.

Don't worry- I'm not actually DOING anything about it. It just occupies my thoughts constantly... I guess I'm just hyper-aware because of the whole Freshman 15 thing. I go to the gym most days, and lord knows I'm paying attention to what I eat. That's most of the obsession, food. I hate everything. I eat the same thing every day, and none of it is any good. I mean, I love pizza, don't get me wrong.. and I could probably eat it every day and be satisfied. But how horrible for you is pizza? Pretty bad I think. I'm constantly caught between being starving, wanting to eat healthy, wanting to actually ENJOY what I eat, heaven forbid, and having no time or energy or patience to put effort into my meals.

I guess I'm writing this down out of fear of the obsession becoming a real problem. As long as I recognize the issue and vocalize it, it can't get out of control. The last thing I want is to become one of the gym-obsessed dieting freaks that I see every day at this school. Superficiality is SO not my style.

So thanks for listening.

P.S.- There are new pictures and new links up, so check them out!

Now Playing: the carpenters, rainy days and mondays
today is both Monday and rainy. fantastic.

so Michael Moore came to USC, and I saw him speak along with about 6000 other people in McCarthy quad. It all felt so important, so pivotal... I had this strange flash forward to my children and grandchildren reading about it in their U.S. history books. How awesome is it that this is the very first election I get to vote in?! pretty awesome, I'd say. anyway, Mr. Moore was interesting... he really didn't have anything novel to say; it was pretty much your typical Bush Bash. Maybe I was expecting too much, but the guy really wasn't all that revolutionary. I found it surprising (and somewhat pleasing) that out of the thousands of attendees there was only one small faction of protestors in the back corner. All THEY had to say was "four more years, four more years!", to which Michael Moore responded "More like three more weeks!" and got the whole crowd to chant it with him. Please vote, people.

AIDS Walk was fun, even though it rained and I dropped my t-shirt in the mud, and my feet hurt and it was hot sometimes. Thank you SO much to everyone who gave me money. It meant a great deal. And eew, there were protesters there, too.. Who protests the AIDS Walk, honestly?! One guy had a giant sign that said "The Wages of Sin is Death" or something horrible like that. Get a life.

I am the worst blogger ever. Also the worst worker ever since I'm at work right now writing my horrible blog! Ha. I have lots of new pictures so check soon, I'll try to have them up.

Nothing else to say, love you all!

-eeemily

Title!
Mood:  special
Now Playing: ozma, turtleneck coverup
SO voice lessons it is. Class voice, actually... But intermediate or beginning?! Clearly the music school advisors will be better suited to answer this kind of query. So rest easy, your vote is not needed!

I went home AGAIN this weeken. It was super. I ate a lot and relaxed and saw soo many fun people including but not limited to: Elise Richard, Allison Dawn Bunn, Private Morgan Taylor, US Marine Corps, Andrew Myovich, Jesse Ma-in-dale, Chasen Allen, Kaitlyn Wilson + Family, Amanda 'Peaches' Cockerham, Lizzie Davis, Elisha Willems, Michael Bergin, Greg and Kelsey Chavoor, Maureen and Jim and Sam and Daniel Berg, Mommy, Daddy, Rachel, Jacob Sacks, Josh Whittemore, Peter Vagnino, Abby Sipes! There are tons more that matter and even more that don't, but those are all I can think of right now. Stupid Edison lost their homecoming game to Clovis East! Majorly disappointing, but not like I was really watching the game anyway.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DUSTIN! Big 19. He's G-Lovin' it up right now, and later he will watch Mean Girls and be content that he has amazingly awesome friends such as Emily and Jason Yelvington. Sigh.

Blair and I are currently rocking out to the Friends theme song and being giddy because it's the BEST EPISODE EVER! You've got to be kidding me. What kind of teen movie am I living in?!? By the way, WHAT AM I GOING TO BE FOR HALLOWEEN?! So far Pregnant Prom Queen and Courtney Love are tied for first, but Blair and I just had an epiphany to be Jessica and Ashlee Simpson... pieces, pieces.. living in a SHADOW! muuahaha. gross.

So many midterms, so little studying. Do grades REALLY matter? Does anything really matter? I think I should become a nihilist. Life would be soo much easier. Or would it just make me really skeptical and in denial of all existence? Either way.

Once again, a totally useless blog that took me way too long to write.

Lots of love, Lucinda...

It is so hard to write this damn thing! I never know how to begin.

I wanted everyone to know that I'll be walking in the AIDS Walk Los Angeles on October 17th. I'm quite excited. If you happen to have 25 or more dollars laying around that you would like to donate to fighting the AIDS epidemic (and helping me raise my goal of $250) then please visit this website and sponsor me:
http://aidswalklosangeles2004.kintera.org/faf/r.asp?t=4&i=57875&u=57875-59102788
It's obviously a really fantastic cause, so I know I don't need to hype it up, but don't feel pressure to donate just because you love me or whatever. But please do donate if the spirit so moves you.

Friday is Salsa Night, woo hoo! We get to have free dancing lessons and then dance the night away to live music and food somewhere in downtown L.A. The best part is that I get to wear a pretty dress.
Also, Josh is coming to visit! Too bad his sorry ass never reads this blog, the dummy. His loss, right guys? Anyway, we're going to the Body Worlds exhibit at the Science Center across the street. Have you heard of it?? They preserved all these cadavers with plastic or something and posed them doing cool things, so you get to look at dead bodies playing basketball with creepy eyes that stare at you, etc. I'm pumped.

Let's take a poll. Is it more important for me to take a voice class or a guitar class next semester? I really feel like I need to advance my singing abilities, but my poor guitar sits unused under my bed because I only know how to play like 6 chords and I play the same song over and over again. What do you think?

This is a long blog! Don't forget to check the picture page, because there a lots and lots of new ones up!

Love,
Emily

RACHEL IS HERE!!!!!!!! I haven't actually seen her yet but she's in los angeles and I get to touch her face in only a few hours barely! I am so excited because she is probably my favorite person in the world. I'm super pumped for her to meet all of my friends and for them to see her because I talk about her constantly. By the way, everyone should always look at www.rachelroellke.com. Pay special attention to her blog. I was reading it the other day and realized how amazing she is, because she bares her entire soul all the time (a stark contrast to my blogs... "hey guys, this is what i did today! yay!") and does it in a wonderful beautiful way. She is a fantastic writer and should be published immediately. It's urgent. In the meantime, please read her blog so that you can experience her talent. Anyway, we should all be as honest and real as Rachel Roellke. She is also the best sister ever.
Tra la la la la la, sing a happy song!