The Lunch Table Club

and I say your uncle was a crooked french canadian

2005-01-18T01:51:30Z

*wind wooshes by*
*watches tumbleweed float by*
hello?

Title: Pigeon Commander
Genre: doodle
Medium: micron pen

I drew this entirely to so that I could have something to scan. Also to test out the micron pen I got in my stocking. As such, there is no real purpose or story behind it, other than she controls pigeons. I would have gone down to Penn Ave & 19th where the pigeon gang lives and drawn them from life, other than it is fourteen degrees farenheit outside.

Title: Dinosaur Love
Genre: doodle
Medium: micron pen
Warning: Hot Dinosaur Lovin' depicted below.

have I ever told you how much I love stegasaurouses?

Also, go see Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. Marvel at the amazing costumes and scenery. Drool at the animation at the end. Then read the books and realize how awesome the writing is and how superior the books (inevitably) are.

making a list...

2004-12-11T02:05:18Z

I was just wondering if anybody had any good books or movies to suggest since I'm going to be home from December through August, and I could actually read something besides school stuff. I am a fan of all kinds of stuff, from Anne Rice and Laurell K. Hamilton to Harry Potter, so I'm not really picky, and any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! I feel kinda weird posting this in here since I don't know everybody but I figured I'd get more suggestions this way.

change of code

2004-11-07T19:48:42Z

I changed the codes for the banners. Refer to the info page for the link to them and the look of the banners.

-kay out-

lunchtableclub @ 2004-11-07T12:47:00

2004-11-07T17:54:02Z

Title: Hiding
Genre: Poem
Fandom: original
Warnings/Rating: it is a blurb, so i may add to it at a later date. and that could get rather graphic. but as of now, it is tame.

She who wears her mask in the sun
and battles her demons in darkness.
She is making a chilling reappearance.
A smile across her lips in the light,
to hide the pain stabbing her each night.

*yawn* i'm feeling creatively retarded, but hopefully some feedback will help.

drugs!

2004-11-06T01:01:55Z

Title: Project I did for class
Medium: xeroxography, collage, magazine lift, and heat transfer, not lazertran.
Warnings: depicts drugs!

This was from my "Non-Darkroom Processes class." The instructions were to use two different processes, so I made a xerography and lazertraned it onto the frames. Then did a magazine lift for the inside part. Basically what you do is you paint about ten layers of acrylic medium onto a magazine picture, then soak the paper off. The ink stays in the acrylic medium. It makes it kind of translucent and such. It turned out kind of interesting so I thought I'd share. The drugs that I xeroxed are all my family's, and it's not even a third of what's in our medicine cabinet. There are two anti-depressents and an anti-psychotic pictured. Happy Family!

p.s. someone else needs to to post pictures here so I stop feeling dumb.

p.p.s. I AM WRONG. That's heat transfer not lazertran on the frames. I feel reall dumb now.

"art objects"

2004-10-16T00:56:01Z

Title: Wood Objects, Metal object.
Medium: Wood, Metal

Project one, using laminated red oak, white pine, particle board, and plywood.

Here you can really see the lamination.

Projects two and three. Number two is zebra wood with a purple stain. There's a walnut plug on one side and the plug on the other side is exotic purple thing I borrowed from some crazy chick. Number three is laminated red oak and ply wood with a yellow stain. It's actually my favorite. Erik wants it really bad so I may give it to him for christmas.

The objective of all this was to create three wood "art objects" using very different techniques on each one. I majorly stressed out on it and was almost positive I was going to fail, but I got three A-s, two As, and one B+. Which corrosponds to what I'm still not sure, but I'm not going to worry too much.

This is what I was working on today. My teacher calls it a Gehry piece.

That's the other side. I have a few more pieces to add to it. If you're interested it's made of copper and galvanized steel, pop riveted together.

Wasn't that exciting?

avatars and whiteboards

2004-10-11T03:05:20Z

So after my fun filled peanut weekend, I got around to the Whiteboard installation that was asked of me. So check that out at the website.

Also, for those not aware I wanted to know if you could make an avatar of yourself and send it to lunchtableclub@yahoo.com

make some magic!

lunchtableclub @ 2004-10-06T16:20:00

2004-10-06T20:25:01Z

I've got some of the basics up for the web page. When you have a chance please take look around and let me know what you think. Hope eveyone is having fun and studying hard!

I'm open to suggestions on color scheme. Also I'm looking for lunchy type pictures to make some background images with and also to make banners. Comment or send it to LTC's email address!

those krazy banners...

2004-10-05T20:10:48Z

NEW BANNERS FOR YOUR LJ INFO PAGE!!!!
Please feel free to take them and add them to your journal!

Book Code:

Flower Code:

Paintbrush Code:

Strawberry Code:

For anyone who makes one, send it to: lunchtableclub [at] yahoo [dot] com
I will post any for everyone to enjoy, use, and promost the community!

lunchtableclub @ 2004-10-04T15:59:00

2004-10-04T20:02:00Z

Forgot to post this in the midst of LJ's technical problems yesterday, but...

Happy Belated Coby and Ruth Day!

there should now be great jubliations and praise!

Procrastinating...

2004-10-04T19:48:16Z

First best friend: Max, I went to preschool with him
First date: Kyle Shaw
First real kiss: Kyle Shaw
First screen name: wow I don't remember, probably something dumb, I was in 7th grade
First self purchased CD: I am ashamed to admit this, but Ace of Base, I was in 2nd grade...
First pets: Pepper, my dog, I got her when I was 15
First piercing/tattoo: none
First musician you remember hearing in your house: probably the Beatles

.LASTS.
Last cigarette: never smoked
Last car ride: yesterday going to lunch with my grandpa
Last kiss: a very long time ago
Last good cry: after I got off the phone with my mom last night
Last library book checked out: Agnes of God, its actually a script for acting class, I am a crazy nun
Last movie seen: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Last beverage drank: Dr. Pepper
Last food consumed: Chinese
Last crush: Andrew
Last phone call: my parents called last night
Last time showered: this morning
Last shoes worn: my flip-flops w/ the monkeys on them
Last cd played: Evanescence
Last item bought: a new umbrella, mine broke
Last annoyance: my roomate's snoring
Last disappointment:
Last shirt worn: my gray VT one
Last website visited: Blackboard
Last word/s you said: I dunno...
Last song you sang: I don't sing when people can hear me
What color socks are you wearing? I'm not
What color of underwear are you wearing? blue
What's under your bed? my desk, bookcase, shelf (I have a loft)
What time did you wake up today? 8:30 am

.FUTURE .
Where do you want to go? vet school
What is your career going to be? veterinarian
Where are you going to live? somewhere warm, like Arizona
What kind of car(s): I have no idea

.CURRENT .
Current mood: avoiding work
Current music: none, I was reading
Current taste: Dr. Pepper
Current hair: half up, half down, its too short for a ponytail
Current clothes: black HHS swimming t-shirt and red soffee shorts
Current annoyance(s): none
Current desktop picture: Johnny Depp
Current book: Agnes of God for acting
Current color of toenails: normal, they aren't painted
Current hate: schoolwork, and my mom

(x) - you've done
(_) - you haven't done

(x) been drunk
( ) been high
(x) kissed a member of the opposite sex
( ) kissed a member of the same sex
( ) crashed a friend's car
( ) been to Japan
(x) ridden in a taxi
(x) been dumped
( ) been fired or laid off
(x) been in a fist fight (my sister...)
( ) snuck out of my parent's house
( ) ever had a crush on someone of the same sex
( ) ever dated someone of the same sex
(x) had feelings for someone who didnt have them back (story of my life)
( ) been arrested
(x) made out with a stranger (most people who know me are probably laughing right now...)
(x) stole something from my job (do band-aids count?)
( ) celebrated new years in time square
( ) gone on a blind date
( ) had a crush on a teacher
( ) celebrated mardi-gras in new orleans
(x) been to Europe
(x) skipped school
( ) cut myself on purpose
( ) been married
( ) gotten divorced
( ) had children
( ) seen someone die.
( ) been to Africa.
(x) Punched a friend (in a joking way)
( ) Been to Canada
( ) Been to Mexico
(x) Been on a plane
( ) Seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show
( ) Thrown up in a bar
( ) Purposely set a part of myself on fire
( ) Eaten Sushi
( ) Been Snowboarding
( ) Met someone in person from the internet
( ) Been moshing at a concert
( ) had real feelings for someone you knew only online
( ) been in an abusive relationship
( ) been pregnant or got someone pregnant
( ) lost a child
(x) gone to college
( ) graduated college
( ) had sexual intercourse of any kind
( ) tried killing yourself
(x) taken painkillers (not like trying to hurt myself with them)
(x) love someone or miss someone right now

Wow, I haven't done a whole lot have I? Maybe my professor wasn't too far off with the nun thing...

late night writing

2004-10-04T06:46:04Z

Got inspired tonight. . .

Title: Two Lovers
Genre: Poem. . .of course
Fandom: Original

Two Lovers
they were always captivating while
painting their names in the dust
in the corner of the courtyard.
the umbrellas couldn't hide the sun completely
and so it liked to beam
against their broken hearts
while they explained over cigarettes that
they never asked the wind to drag their bodies,
as if gravity showed no mercy.
If only they'd realize the air
is not sick, but full of overwhelming art. . .
if only they'd taste it.

memories

2004-10-04T03:42:06Z

i thought i'd post one of my published works.

Title: Memories and Cigar Smoke
Genre: Short Story
Fandom: Original
Disclaimers: As I stated, it is a publish work, but it is mine! you can check it (oct. 2003 issue) and other good teen writing at: teenink [dot] com
Warnings/Rating: G/PG fairly mild. little sappy, maybe sad?

Memories and Cigar Smoke

She leaned back in her patio chair, her eyes shut in bliss. Her head tilted back as she inhaled deeply, capturing the sharp and tangy scent wafting through the air. Cigar smoke. A memory long buried in her mind reemerged as she breathed in the smell like it was oxygen fueling her life force. Images from her past played over her closed eyelids as they fluttered slightly; brief glimpses into happier times with her father. She’d only know him until she was four and he was in his mid-thirties. A wistful smile spread over her full lips and she sighed reminiscing about story time and swing set adventures.

Rising suddenly from her relaxed pose, she set her sketchpad down on the glass toped table. The top page displayed that she had been intently recreating the hustle and bustle of the crowd passing before her apartment complex. Chunks of color blended to create the blurry image of passing cars and people walking quickly, people with places to go. Her piece a statement of how fast paced the world had become. Everything was a blur now.

Following the cigar’s distinct tang on the light evening breeze, she found herself walking along the street, past shops and cafés. People cast curious glances at her unusual attire. Her dark jeans were splattered with paint from various art projects and room repaintings. Her long black hair was pulled back in a ponytail that looped through the back of her baseball cap swishing back and forth like a tail behind her as she strode past the inquiring bystanders. Her huge bleach spotted tee shirt slipped off one freckled shoulder revealing a satiny red bra strap. She was determined to find the person smoking the cigar, even if she hadn’t figured out yet what she was going to do when she found him or her.

Rounding a corner she spied a young man leaning back in a cheap wooden chair at the Corner Café. Twined between the fingers of his right hand was a cigar. His head was arched back as he exhaled the smoke slowly into the air. Smoke rings danced in the gentle wind, twirling and swirling till they dissipated in the heavy city air. The glowing embers of his cigar burned like a lighthouse, guiding her to him. Looking both ways before crossing the street, she paused as a couple on a motorcycle sped past. She cautiously crossed the street and sat with him, leaning back and closing her eyes as a delighted and peaceful smile curled her lips.

Sitting forward her chin cradled in the palm of her right hand, she sighed as she watched the young man puff his cigar. He was probably in his early twenties right around her age, with a medium build accented by his finely tailored suit. He was obviously well off. His dark brown hair was neatly combed back, every strand in its proper place. She watched him a few more minutes before getting up and turning to leave, content simply with the brief flash of memories he helped induce. She turned back in surprise as she felt a hand on her arm. The man held her left wrist in a loose grasp as he quietly urged her to retake her seat. Nodding to him and sitting once again, she leaned back and replayed the good times with her father that she had so loved. Years and years had passed since she had sat with him as he smoked a cigar in the evening to unwind. Very few people enjoyed the rich scent of a good quality cigar these days and she was loath to leave her memories of her happier childhood.

Her dream world shattered back to reality at the sound of a smooth deep alto voice, “What are you seeing?”

She regarded the man for a moment before answering, her voice thick with unshed tears, “My father smoked cigars when he was alive and I was remembering him.”

The man seemed to contemplate that as he rolled the cigar between his thumb, fore and middle fingers. “Scent is one of the strongest memory triggers we have.” He paused sucking in a deep drag on the small stump. Exhaling the smoke he continued, “Memories are the only connections we have to the past…you should never forget your past.” Quieter he added, “It helps to remember where you came from to truly enjoy life.”

She nodded at that logic, “Thank you for allowing me to sit with you…it has helped me to remember my father. He was my hero.” She stood giving him a bright and grateful smile.

The man inclined his head returning her smile with a satisfied one of his own. Turning she ambled back to her home and her life; she didn’t look back over her shoulder to the corner café and its patrons. The man watched her and taking another pull on his cigar whispered, “I’m proud on you, honey.” A car drove past the café and as it moved beyond the table with the man, he vanished. The only object that remained from the encounter was his hot cigar stump smoldering in the ashtray. The embers burning and forcing smoke to curl upward to the heavens.

As she arrived at her apartment complex she picked up her sketchbook and went inside. She gave a teary smile to her neighbor as she passed. The elderly woman smiled in sympathy, “it’ll be alright dear.” Nodding in response, she chewed her lip as she bounded up the stairs. She keyed her way into her apartment and tossed her sketchbook and key onto the side table before her large papasan chair.

The sudden and strong urge to read enveloped her so she rummaged through her father’s rather large collection of books. As she pulled one from the shelf a slip of paper drifted to the plush carpet. Frowning she bent to pick it up and regarded it and blinked in shock. I revealed a picture of the man she had just spoken to. He was dressed in his finely tailored suit and lounged in a chair with a cigar twined in his hand. Flipping the picture over she squinted to make out the faded loopy scrawl across the back. It read: Bryan Larson 1984. Under that inscription it continued: Memories are the only connection we have to the past…always remember where you came from. Gazing at the bookcase before her dark brown eyes wide in shock and mouth gaping, she whispered, “Dad?” Feeling a warm presence engulf her with rich cigar smoke tickling her nose, she smiled, whispering to the empty apartment, “I’ll always remember…I’ll always remember.”

Eternal Sunshine...

2004-10-02T02:19:20Z

Just wanted to stop by real quick to say that if any of you haven't seen Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind, go rent it ASAP!! It is awesome! Seriously, go rent it, I really think you will like it!

being a follower...

2004-09-22T03:28:11Z

thought, mer's idea was awesome...so i'm following...

bold the ones you did!
You know you grew up in the 1980's and early 1990's if...
1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE."
2. You watched the Pound Puppies.
3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Belair"
4. You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish.
5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own. I really did own all the books, no joke
6. You owned those lil Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.
7. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom.
8. Two words: M.C. Hammer
9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock."
10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars.
11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales."
12. When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.
14. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on the big screen.
15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school. i have it...
16. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.
17. You played the game "MASH" (Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)
18. You wore Jordache jean jacket and you were proud of it.
19. L.A. Gear... i had them before they were huge
20. You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in Kindergarten.
21. You remember reading "Tales of a fourth grade nothing" and all the Ramona books. Ramona completed in 1st grade.
22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF"
23. You wanted to be a Goonie.
24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing.
25. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off...
26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
27. You took Lunch Pails to school.
28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets. i think i had at least 10...
29. You still get the urge to! say "NOT" after every sentence.
30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.
31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band.
32. You thought Sheera and He-Man should hook up.
33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged friendship bracelets.
34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes. they were the only thing i would wear for a long time...my da's still bitter.
35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?"
36. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"
37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were in-line skates. I had some old-school barbie roller skates
38. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.
39. You have ever played with a Skip-It.
40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.
41. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement. drove my da bonkers...he always said he couldn't hear my brain rattlin so i should respond...
42. You remember Popples.
43. "Don't worry, be happy"
44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.
45. You wore socks scrunched down.
46. "Miss MARY MACK MACK MACK, all dressed in BLACK BLACK BLACK"
47. You remember boom boxes vs. cd players.
48. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies.
49. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!!" Still own that movie actually..
50. You remember watching Rainbow Bright and My Little Pony Tales Pretty sure there is still a pretty big My Little Pony collection in my garage...
51. You thought Doogie Howser was hot.
52. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.
53. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool.
54. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By the Bell", the ORIGINAL class.
55. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THRU THE HEART.
56. You just sang those words to yourself.(didn't you)
57. You remember watching Magic vs. Bird.
58. You cut your t-shirts in half and wore it with your homemade Levi shorts..(the shorter the better)
59. You remember when mullets were cool!
60. You had a mullet!
61. You still sing "We are the World"

lunchtableclub @ 2004-09-21T21:06:00

2004-09-22T01:06:27Z

I was supposed to write an essay for my women’s studies class about what feminism meant to me. I wrote it about scouts, football, and PE classes. Now, a week later, I have something much more important. To me, feminism is being able to work in an environment that isn’t dangerous or sexual; to be able to live without fear of being attacked because I am a girl. Thanks to a real life incident that thank the lord wasn’t worse than what it was, I have a much broader definition of feminism.

Bodies getting nearer
Touching…almost
Fingering the hair,
lightly rubbing the shoulders…
I want to say something,
But I do not.

I want to jump up,
Slap you,
Run away,
And yet, I stay seated.

My mind races,
My body tenses,
And you take no notice
Of the obvious discomfort
I know I am showing.

I retreat into myself
I hide from you,
From the world.
I’m locked inside my head…
If only I can get get out.

I want to jump up,
Slap you,
Run away,
And yet, I stay seated.

What seems like ages pass,
Your phone rings,
But you don’t move
You are called to leave,
But you don’t…not yet.

You stay close by,
Hovering over me,
Like a hawk looking for prey.
You move slowly,
Like you don’t want to go.

Thankfully, you do.
I sit entombed within myself
And wonder what I did wrong,
Who do I call?
What should I say?

I walk away from the place
I will have nightmares about.
You don’t know,
I don’t know,
I will never be back.

I took a stand,
I won’t return.
It was wrong,
You should know better,
And now so do I.

hilarious...

2004-09-21T20:02:02Z

Ok, I found this on lttlsparklz's journal and thought it would be fun to go through and bold all the ones I've actually done :)

You know you grew up in the 1980's and early 1990's if...

1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE."
2. You watched the Pound Puppies.
3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Belair"
4. You wore biker shorts under your skirts and felt stylish.
5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own. I really did own all the books, no joke
6. You owned those lil Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.
7. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom.
8. Two words: M.C. Hammer
9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock."
10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars.
11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales."
12. When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.
14. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" on the big screen.
15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school. I used to have to stay after school with my mom and I would play this ALL the time
16. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.
17. You played the game "MASH" (Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)
18. You wore Jordache jean jacket and you were proud of it.
19. L.A. Gear...
20. You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in Kindergarten.
21. You remember reading "Tales of a fourth grade nothing" and all the Ramona books. Ramona completed in 1st grade.
22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF"
23. You wanted to be a Goonie.
24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing.
25. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off...
26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
27. You took Lunch Pails to school.
28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets. i think i had at least 10...
29. You still get the urge to! say "NOT" after every sentence.
30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.
31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band.
32. You thought Sheera and He-Man should hook up.
33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged friendship bracelets.
34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes.
35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?"
36. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"
37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were in-line skates. I had some old-school barbie roller skates
38. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.
39. You have ever played with a Skip-It. Man did I suck too!!
40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.
41. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement.
42. You remember Popples.
43. "Don't worry, be happy"
44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.
45. You wore socks scrunched down.
46. "Miss MARY MACK MACK MACK, all dressed in BLACK BLACK BLACK"
47. You remember boom boxes vs. cd players.
48. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies.
49. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!!" Still own that movie actually..
50. You remember watching Rainbow Bright and My Little Pony Tales Pretty sure there is still a pretty big My Little Pony collection in my garage...
51. You thought Doogie Howser was hot.
52. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.
53. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool.
54. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By the Bell", the ORIGINAL class. I had a huge crush on Slater
55. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THRU THE HEART.
56. You just sang those words to yourself.(didn't you)
57. You remember watching Magic vs. Bird.
58. You cut your t-shirts in half and wore it with your homemade Levi shorts..(the shorter the better)
59. You remember when mullets were cool!
60. You had a mullet!
61. You still sing "We are the World"

lunchtableclub @ 2004-09-20T11:37:00

2004-09-20T18:54:58Z

01. anyone excited about a tv show, movie or book coming out soon? season premieres are coming up for the major networks.
i'm excited about:

TV shows:
I'm excited about nearly 800 shows. What is that? I never thought I was a big TV watcher, but apparently I was wrong.

Jack & Bobby was the one new show I was looking forward to the most. It's really neat because it starts out with someone from the year 2039 talking about the president, and then it'll go back to 2004 and show what he was like growing up. I know I definitely did not do this justice and probably made it sound lame, but I think it's an interesting concept. I just don't know how it can last past the first season, but we'll see.

Also I'm really looking forward to the spin off of the Practice. My mom and I really got into The Practice last season and that was sad because then it ended. But the new one is with James Spader's character, and he was the part that I loved most about The Practice. Plus, William Shatner is in it. Haha.

Movies:
Over the summer there were about 15 movies I wanted to see and I only got to see two :(. But now, I'm not so much excited for any of the new ones. Well..that I know of at least.

Books:
The books I'm excited for aren't necessarily new, but just ones I haven't gotten to yet. Alice Hoffmans' Blackbird House. There's also a book that I want to say is called The Perfect American (But I could be wrong on this) and is about Walt Disney, and it looks really good because it tells about how much of a jerk he was.

Also, about 2 years ago, I think, a book called 1471 came out, and it speculates that the Chinese possibly discovered America before Columbus did. Which is a really amazing claim. I'd like to see why the author thinks this.

My godmother is sending my mom Kitty Kelley's The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty and I'm definitely going to steal that after my mom reads it.

02. the hardest class you've taken so far? International Relations. And it really shouldnt have been so hard. If we had a lecture that lasted more than 15 minutes, I feel I would have done better. But because we screwed around and talked about things going on in the world, it also made IR one of my favorite classes. So...

03. gotten any good cds lately?
The last CD's I bought were Less Than Jakes "B is for B-sides" and Fall Out Boys "My Heart Will Always Be the B-side to My Tounge" which are both amazing CDs. But mostly because I'm incredibly emo. But Green Day's new CD is coming out tomorrow, which I am looking forward to (but probably won't buy for a long time) and I want to get the Rock Agaisnt Bush compilations, because I don't like Bush and I do like punk.

a little something...<3

2004-09-20T03:47:52Z

Title: Untitled
Genre: Poem
Fandom: Original

Untitled

my fingertips cry silently
for delicacy has killed me.

i saw my dreams dancing
in a puddle-
damaged fantasies cause
even the air to tremble.

his voice seems to
trickle across my shoulder
he tastes like a poet;
while i suffocate on
the lines from his pen.

i saw happily ever after
pass by my window
with a conceited smile.

i murder self-indulgence
every.time.

lunchtableclub @ 2004-09-19T11:41:00

2004-09-19T15:41:40Z

(1) TV Shows none, I don't like the TV that much
Books none, I read at the blazing speed of ketchup...but I am hoping to eventually get to the Tao Te Ching
Movies to see Vanity Fair (in theatres), Garden State (in theatres), Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (in), Before Sunset (out), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (DVD Sept 23, by favorite director, Michel Gondry), Maria Full of Grace (in), Coffee and Cigarettes (out)

(2) Hardest class from junior year 'til now Calculus, hands down. Each week I study more for this class than I ever have for all my finals combined.

(3) Good, recently-purchased cds All the White Stripes albums, Yoshimi and Yuka - Flower with No Color, Triplets of Belleville Soundtrack, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind soundtrack, Lost in Translation soundtrack, They Might Be Giants Dial-A-Song, Cowboy Bebop - Knockin on Heaven's Door soundtrack

answer

2004-09-19T00:13:44Z

01. anyone excited about a tv show, movie or book coming out soon? season premieres are coming up for the major networks.

Okay, you know you all want to see The Incredibles. Pixar=love.

Also when I went to find the link for that I realized that they have the short "Red's Dream" on the site. My parents saw that way back when they still went out on dates at a film festival and not since. I was so excited to find this I had to share it with you, even though you do not care.

I am also excited about books you do not care about such as Terry Pratchetts new discworld novel Going Postal. That comes out at the end of the month but whether that's here or the U.K. I'm not sure.

As for TV, this whole network television has me confused. Why is it all so bad? How does anyone on earth find seinfeld funny enough to rerun 6,890,656 times a day? Or for that matter, how does anyone find Seinfeld funny period? So no, I'm not looking forward to any new tv shows and I can't wait until I'm living at home again and have my cable back.

02. the hardest class you've taken so far? Probably my resources class, which I'm taking now. It's complicated to explain, but it's mostly making things with power tools. I have to take it for two semesters. I'm seriously dreading it. Thinking back I haven't taken that many difficult classes over the past couple of years. I'm such a slacker.

03. gotten any good cds lately?
No, I am a lame child who doesn't buy cds because she has no taste in music.

New To The Table

2004-09-18T05:36:38Z

Title: Growing Up

Genre: Poem

Fandom: original

Disclaimers:

Warnings/Rating:

Growing Up

I Look in the mirror,
I do not know what I see,
I do not see me,
But instead the girl that I have been.

I want to know the future,
What is in store, who will I be?

For I do not recognize the girl I see
Just a little girl and a life,
Stemming out from nowhere,
going nowhere.

She had so many dreams, so many hopes,
Where have they all gone?

They have been lost, the girl is gone,
Dark reality has hit,
She has been drowned in a sea of confusion,
Her childhood fantasies are gone forever.

But now as she sees the past behind her,
She knows her will is stronger than ever...
And she is ready for her new life,
Ready to show who she is!

LeaAnne Louceil Eaton

lunchtableclub @ 2004-09-18T00:45:00

2004-09-18T04:42:07Z

I'm looking forward to Polar Express coming out in November. I think it looks exciting. And it's animated. Good times.

I might think of something else I'm excited about later on.

I'm excited about Sims 2 also, but that came out on Monday. And I'm waiting until after midterms to get it. Because I dont want to fail all my classes.

answering question...

2004-09-18T03:34:54Z

01. anyone excited about a tv show, movie or book coming out soon? season premieres are coming up for the major networks.
i'm excited about:

TV shows:
none actually, anybody have any suggestions?

Movies:
Finding Neverland- I gotta agree w/ Kay on this one, Johnny Depp and Peter Pan, in the words of Xander, there is no bad here :)
Wimbledon- Ok so its probably cheesy chick flick but its got the guy from A Knight's Tale(Chaucer)in it, and I love that guy! :)

02. the hardest class you've taken so far? junior year of high school to now.
Umm...probably the calculus class I dropped last semester, math and my brain just don't go together, chemistry was pretty hard too. Anatomy this semester is going to be hard too.

03. gotten any good cds lately?
No, I got an iPod though, so I've downloaded some stuff, but nothing really new.

edit- Yay I got it to work, thanks Kay! :)

answer

2004-09-18T03:04:49Z

01. anyone excited about a tv show, movie or book coming out soon? season premieres are coming up for the major networks.
i'm excited about:
CSI: in the fourth
CSI: NY this one's brand new!
Joan of Arcadia refreshing
Clubhouse it has the peter pan kid in it!
dr. vegas rob lowe, leanne!

Finding Neverland johnny depp and peter pan!?! where is the wrong?

Tricker's Queen second in a series by one of my all time favorite authors, Tamora Pierce!

02. the hardest class you've taken so far? junior year of high school to now.
chemistry 102 in conjunction with Biology 151. both were intro. courses i took last semester. got close to getting Ds in them too. *shudder* also took calculus over the summer...reminding me how much i hate math.

03. gotten any good cds lately?
Ryan Carbrera's Take It All Away i enjoy him.
American McGee's Alice score. so creepy and awesome!!!

batten down the hatches folks, there be tornados and hurricanes a-brewin'!

-kay out-