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I need white 60s boots! [19 Jul 2008|01:01pm] sheruinsyou Why can't I find white 60s mod calf length boots ANYWHERE?! I've searched vintage shops, thrift stores, and Ebay to no avail. FYI: I will be posting my vintage clothing sale on Monday. I'll be parting with several adorable 60s mini dresses and probably some 80s stuff. I would like to avoid selling on Ebay if at all possible, so please buy my stuff! I'll make you awesome deals. I may be willing to trade if you have something I want. post comment

Wow...this is the juiciest gossip I have? Sad. [19 Jul 2008|02:22am] swannishs_epee [ mood | flirty ] [ music | "A Beard of Stars" by Tyrannosaurus Rex ]     Well, boy howdy, do I feel slightly...slighted. It seems I've been missing out hanging out with my school chums for these past few weeks. Tonight, we had a marathon of the show Psych at my house leading up to the season finale. ^^ They're a great lot, to be sure. It's just...awkward because my best friend, Amanda, has been REALLY clingy around our friend Cory. It's almost certain they're going to end up dating by the end of the year or something. This is odd because we all went to a super conservative Christian high school with only about four couples in the entire senior class. Dating? Pretty much not even an option there.     Let me set for you the scene of characters besides dear chummy Amanda and Cory. First, there's Bethany, who seems to resign herself to being the creature that all jokes are pinned on. I've talked to her about this and she seems content to be that. She's also turning to the dark side, being converted to the indie kid ways by some other guy from our class. *eyeroll* Then, Robert, who tags along in that group of guys that we've meshed with senior year. And I invited our friend Nick, who was home-schooled and only went to our school for several years before leaving. So he's rather sheltered and enjoys the getting out. :P This leads me to another awkward setting. The way things divide up, it seems like I'm always being shoved in with Robert because he's the only other person without a semi-romantic interest.     We were sitting there, watching Psych, when Nick brought up that we hiked up the back hill of our property last week. The menagerie wanted to scramble up the hill again, excepting Amanda who loves wearing heels and of course Cory politely declined as well. Without fail, Robert and I ended up walking together because Bethany and Nick wanted to not walk so fast. In some bad fiction, this is a sure sign for romance, I know, but this is my life and hardly bad fiction. We did, though, end up musing about the wonders of airplanes, the stars, and city lights...and the endless desire to travel the world. He basically shared his dreams of traveling and how he'd want to retire to Monterrey, with me chiming in often about how that was a wonderful idea and "Exactly" and "me too". We burst through the screen door back into the living room, going off about how I'd have to show him the clear view of the stars when it got darker.     Somehow, we even ended up sitting right next to each other on the armchair's ottoman, lying back against a propped up pillow in the armchair's seat. Yeah, it was, erm, close. The show often got paused due to us talking loudly. Well, in my excuse, we are the loudest laughers of the group. And come on, the mention of a FURBY in tonight's Psych episode sent us all off in stitches and crazy stories. And Lassiter with a 90s mustache that looks like that one pitcher's that used to be on the A's that I'd have to ask Robert the name of... And after the show ended, and after talking about how the creepy parts of it were awesome, I did end up showing everyone the stars, him standing close enough to see which constellations I was pointing to.     OK, so I guess I sorta was being a shameless flirt.     ...in my defense, Amanda started it. Half of me is sorta waiting until some rumors start flying about it all, just because that'd be amusing. It'll end up being nothing, I'm sure. To quote Paul "No, actually, we're just good friends." and "I'd like to keep Britain tidy." Oops, wrong AHDN quote. :P Man, I could write awesome trashy romance novels. Katrina Ps- WHY do I always reserve feelings for guys that I spend too much time talking to? Pps- The same-ish sort of thing happened last week when I went ice skating with some other friends. Ohhh, there's such a fine line between friendship and flirting. Ppps- I've planned various things to happen on and around my birthday (Thursday! ^^), making sure to invite this group of school chums. Hopefully the drama will increase? Y/Y? 7 comments|post comment

kiss you when you start your day. [19 Jul 2008|12:49am] erizabeff [ mood | weird ] [ music | "Kathy's Song" by Simon & Garfunkel ] It's been a few days since I've posted. Been busy, you know? I've been working a lot and I'm not really enjoying it. Sure, the pay's good but I'm feeling stifled by it. I want to find something new to do. Once I finish these next three sites I'm going stop making websites for a while, just take a breather. I'm feeling very weird today. My sister told me that she and her friend Ace decided that they were going to start dating in the fall when she turns twenty. I can't really bring myself to be happy for her. When we were all younger we decided not to date during our teen years as a tithe to God. (Supposedly your teen years is %10 of your life. But it depends when you die, really.) So, this whole dating thing is really new to all of us. It's especially weird to me because I hate change and I barely know Ace. When she told me tonight I felt the worst sinking feeling in my chest. I hid it well because my friend Angel was so enthusiastic so I could be a little more mellow. But still, it's really a drag, you know? Soon my sister will cease to be a singular entity and I feel like I've wasted the 7 or 8 years she's been in my life. We've never really got on too well and now I feel like I've missed my chance to become better friends with her. Well, I guess it's going to be a while before october. I better start making things right now. Also, I'm pretty bummed that I'm going to miss Vegas. Well, I'm gonna go watch Monty Python and cheer myself up. -Elizabeth p.s: Hey beatles_who, do you know what time Woody's "Take the Money and Run" comes on TCM? I wanna record it. Thanks. :] 5 comments|post comment

Vintage clothing for sale - cheap! [18 Jul 2008|11:23pm] sheruinsyou I will be selling a bunch of vintage clothing next week, mainly 60s stuff. None of my stuff is crap either. Stay tuned! I need to clear out some space in my closet and I'm willing to make deals. 3 comments|post comment

"I have lights in my brain, girl" [18 Jul 2008|01:27am] swannishs_epee [ mood | amused ] [ music | "Lullabye Letter" by The Soft Machine ] Man, I'm such a little kid at heart. It's crazy. I read a link somewhere that Feist was on Sesame Street. Now...seeing as I greatly dislike Feist, I decided to lighten up and give her a chance. Her song "1 2 3 4" is perfectly suited for a children's show, but that doesn't mean that I'll want to listen to it as part of my daily aural programming. Nevertheless, the clip is just adorable. After watching it, I had a big grin on my face. And then I remembered from my days as a little girl seeing the Spin Doctors on Sesame Street. What do you know? That was on youtube as well! Serious flash back time, that. Cue stupid giggling. As a kid, I knew the real song and proceeded to try to sing along but, alas...this was a different version. And I will wrap up this nostalgic time with one of my favorite musical guests for sesame street: R.E.M. It's adorable seein' Michael Stipe pat the monsters on the head! Another thing I was subjected to as a kid: My mom's collection of REM Cds. :P What's happening in my real life, you ask? Um...a whole stinking pile of nothing. Seriously. Well...um, I taught myself how to play "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" on guitar. It's yet another song that is simple, but the magic happens in the retuning of the strings. Whoot, I think I may have just bought myself a ticket to flaunting my guitar skills. Haha I got Finale, the program that writes out music in sheet music form, in the mail this week too. Good and bad thing, that. a) I get to start working on writing my two compositions for my Comp Major audition and b) I get to start working on my two compositions for my audition. YES, I have to work on something. >.< Sometimes I'm afraid I forget more than I retain. It feels like these boxes I fill in are just imaginations sweeping through the words. During the day, I'll have these notions about using this or that thing as symbolism or taking that piece of my life and carrying it through as the banner I will carry. But no, of course not. It's gone and forgotten within the hour. When you talk to me after the fact, of course it'll seem like I don't care about it anymore, because it's in then out. CURSE my head sometimes... My brother got to see Batman: Dark Knight in a preview showing last night because he works at the local movie theater. He said it was amazing. *shrugs* I'm uber critical...I'm not giving it an ounce of credit until I see it. Besides, it's a modern movie and I do not hold modern, mainstream movies in high regard at all. meh. Doing nothing in real life, though, does lead me to do some interesting things. My dinners that I make for myself are pretty awesome, if I do say so myself. I've had cinnamon blueberry porridge because I can't be bothered to wake up in the morning...ever. I also have made some turkey & mozzerella pesto pizza, as well as some pasta. ^^ My mom keeps the kitchen well stocked, so I guess I can't take all the credit. Doing nothing also leads to some pretty epic makeup creations. Matching my bright pink lipstick to my blush, anyone? ^^ Tomorrow, I have to wake up earrrrrrrly (8:30 ugh...) to go babysit the neighbor's grandkids. Then in the evening, my friends and I are going to have a marathon of the show Psych leading up to the season premiere. Should be a blasty blast. Katrina Ps- early Soft Machine is win. 'Nuff said. 1 comment|post comment

Loving People I'll Never Meet [17 Jul 2008|12:36am] so_i_go [ mood | happy ] [ music | CSI: The Accused Is Entitled ] Perhaps my favorite feeling in the world is reading words written by someone so far removed from yourself that there is no way they could know your thoughts, but feeling like in that paragraph, you were given a precious piece of that stranger's life. I find that sometimes in something so simple as Travis Garland's lyric "the core is sincere, but the apple is rotten" or as ramblingly self-aware as Bob Dylan's musing that "You find God in the church of your choice/You find Woody Guthrie in Brooklyn State Hospital/And though it's only my opinion/I may be right or wrong/You'll find them both/In Grand Canyon/Sundown." I love feeling like Jack Kerouac, dark and brooding with a creased brow from too much thought, is asking me, specifically, dark eyes judging me mercilessly over coffee at Grant's, his favored dining place, all the swinging cats go, "Leaning against that cigar store with a lot of telephone booths on the corner of 42nd and Seventh, where you make beautiful telephone calls looking out into the street and it gets real cozy in there when it's raining outside and you like to prolong the conversation, who do you find?" When Ann Hood writes that "Finally, I returned to this dinner party, dizzy for what I once had, what I never had, and what I hoped for. Dizzy with nostalgia for those long-ago kisses that tasted like canned cherries, for the glamour of flying to Los Angeles in a fog of dry ice, for the 21-year-old girl I once was, standing in front of 30 first-class passengers in my Ralph Lauren uniform and black pumps carving a chateaubriand into perfect slices to a round of applause. This meal, this grown-up dinner party where I am, at last, one of the grown-ups, has brought together my childhood fantasies, my clumsy attempts at sophistication and all that followed. As an adult, I know that how we entertain is a combination of who we are and how we live, of all the dinners we've had and all the dreams we still embrace. Once I leave here I will return to my own version of dinner parties. But for tonight I am here, at the place I once yearned to be. I cut my meat with the heavy wedding silver. I put it into my mouth, and -- finally -- I savor it" with tears in my eyes, I know that someday I will have that dizzy beautiful heartbreakingly actualized moment of knowing that I suddenly have what I always dreamed and to get it I needed to travel in the opposite direction... and that's OK. It's OK because I'm starving to find the truth, and I've always believed in you. Tonight I found a piece in LA Weekly, a paper I've never read about a city I've never desired, about living in Koreatown -- a culture with which I have no experience -- but I was allowed to share something in its words: ( In a way that I neither had been nor could be, my Korean neighbors were at home. ) post comment

[17 Jul 2008|01:01pm] modcentric [ mood | anxious ] I hate my job right now. I am crazily stressed every day (and have been for the past few weeks). We are launching a new store end of this month, and several others are in the pipeline for Quarter 4. I have a new label under my belt and the catalogue is massive. So now altogether I service 3 major labels, 3 Asian labels, and all the independent labels/bands. It is insane. I can only look forward to September, where I will get some relief when I go to Scotland with my family for two weeks. September is the launch month for yet another store, but my leave has already been approved. Ha! 4 comments|post comment

Murderer Susan Atkins denied compassionate release [15 Jul 2008|10:57pm] sheruinsyou [ mood | relieved ] SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Associated Press) -- A follower of Charles Manson who stabbed pregnant actress Sharon Tate to death nearly 40 years ago but is dying of brain cancer in a California prison was denied compassionate release Tuesday. The California Board of Parole released its unanimous decision on the release of Susan Atkins hours after a 90-minute hearing, during which it heard impassioned pleas from both sides. "Obviously, it was too hot of a potato for them to handle," said one of Atkins' attorney, Eric P. Lampel. "Of course we're disappointed. There's no basis for denying this." Lampel filed a motion July 10 with Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David Wesley asking for his client's release no matter what the parole board recommended. No hearing has been set, Lampel said after the hearing. "We're going to be able to make the case in court. We'll take it to the next step," he said after being informed of the board's decision by The Associated Press. Atkins' doctors and officials at the women's prison in Corona made the request in March because of her deteriorating health. She also has had her left leg amputated and is paralyzed on her right side, her husband, James Whitehouse, told the California Board of Parole Hearings. Whitehouse, also acting as one of Atkins' attorneys, had argued that his wife was so debilitated that she could not even sit up in bed. He told the parole board there was no longer a reason to keep her incarcerated. He said doctors have given her three months to live. Atkins, in a hospital near the Southern California prison where she was housed for nearly 40 years, did not attend Tuesday's hearing. The request for compassionate leave generated opposition from relatives of the victims, the state corrections department, Los Angeles County prosecutors and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. "Those kinds of crimes are just so unbelievable that I am not for compassionate release in that case," Schwarzenegger said Tuesday before the parole board issued its decision. Atkins, Manson and two other cult members, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten, were tried for the 1969 cult killings of Tate; Leno and Rosemary La Bianca; and four others. Tate, the wife of filmmaker Roman Polanski, was 8 1/2 months pregnant. Sharon Tate's sister, Debra Tate, the last surviving member of her immediate family, sent a letter to the board opposing Atkins' release. "She is a cold-blooded woman who to this day has not displayed any remorse," wrote Tate, who lives in the Los Angeles area. The defendants maintained their innocence throughout the trial. Once convicted, the women confessed to the killings during the penalty phase. On the stand, Atkins recounted her role in stabbing Tate, who pleaded for the life of her unborn baby. Atkins claimed she was on LSD at the time but did not apologize for the crime until a parole hearing years later. Her brother, Steve Atkins, told the parole board Tuesday that he and his sister had been abused as children. "After Susan got in with Manson, she was lost to me," he said. "Please let us be with Susan in private in her last days, to pray with her and give our last good-byes." The defendants were sentenced to death, but their terms were commuted to life sentences when the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily ruled the death penalty unconstitutional. Manson and the two other women remain in state prison. Atkins has spent 37 years in the California Institution for Women, where she has been held longer than any other female inmate in state history. She was transferred to the hospital in March. Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley said that's where she ought to remain. In a letter to the parole board, Cooley said the nature of Atkins' crimes alone should rule out any release. He noted that after Atkins stabbed Tate, she tasted her blood and used it to write the word "Pig" on the victim's door. Los Angeles County prosecutor Patrick Sequeira said the board made the right decision because of the crime Atkins committed. He said he informed Debra Tate and two other relatives of the victims. "They are both relieved and pleased with the decision," Sequeira said. "It obviously doesn't take away the pain for them." He said it's unclear whether a Los Angeles County judge can consider the compassionate release request from Atkins' attorneys without a recommendation from the parole board. Compassionate releases are rare in California, with just 10 of 60 requests granted last year, Corrections Department spokeswoman Terry Thornton said. Atkins' medical treatment and paying for prison guards to watch over her has cost state taxpayers more than $1.4 million since March, according to the corrections department. Atkins, 60, has been denied parole 12 times. 2 comments|post comment

1980s Pop Culture [15 Jul 2008|05:33pm] so_i_go [ mood | bored ] [ music | "Empty Apartment," Mark & James ] Rodney Dangerfield has been referenced on four TV shows since yesterday. He don't get no respect. His face reminds me of Ripley's Believe-It-or-Not. post comment

"You made a fool of everyone" [14 Jul 2008|12:54am] swannishs_epee [ mood | bouncy ] [ music | "Cecil Rons" by Caravan ] LIVEJOURNAL! My next unlucky victim. Gah...I must be on something right now. I'm so spastic. Man, it would seem like I have an affinity for minor keys and dark sounding pieces. Freud, interpret that as you will. Today was officially my last day of piano. I had my senior recital, which consisted of two of us piano students and one other girl who was a voice student. We mostly did pieces from all throughout our piano careers, so it was kinda fun to hear which pieces were played. And the voice student...man. She sang opera, a musical song, and a modern radio type song. I want to sing opera. It's at moments like those that I find myself doubting everything that I've said I stand for. CURSES! Ever since a child, I'd go through and read all 31 flavors at Baskin Robins every single time we went. All my interests are certainly as delicious as ice cream. I dunno, chocolate cookie dough, mint chocolate chip, piano, voice, or rocky road? Thing is, I KNOW I could have the stamina to take voice lessons. I could take voice as my primary instrument. Piano will be competitive. *stops self* OK. I need to stop doubting and just follow through one step before changing my mind. Yet another thing I do that came and slapped me square in the face was acting. It snuck up on me out of nowhere and pwned me, taunting even with its cry of "Katrina, remember how on top of the world you are when you're acting?!" >.< We went and saw "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" at a local outdoor theater. I swear, it's one of the more gorgeous theater settings. It's set in the Oakland hills right by the forest. It was one of the works projects done in the Depression out here. It has that fantastic art deco architecture as well. Sometimes I walk behind the theater just to look at the fountains and design of it. I'm always a glutton for good architecture. </rabbit trail> So anyways, the show was cute, as a cutesy kinda story like that is supposed to be. But when they all came up to take their bows...it hit me. The look on the faces of stage actors after a show is something completely unparalleled in this world, except maybe to that of an eager bride. I swear, you feel like you can do ANYTHING. And a pang of guilt came across me. I don't know why I felt guilt because it should have been jealousy. Ooohh, boy, was I jealous of them. I mean, sure I acted in school plays, but that's sissy stuff. I want to ACT. You know, it's when I get to this point in the entry that I debate with myself whether or not to actually write out everything I should. Do you want to hear about how my friend ditched me for camp this week so I had to run sound mixing at church all by my lonesome? (+1 for Studio Experience, though.) Or do you wanna know that I started watching "No Direction Home", that documentary about Bob Dylan...and it made me sick inside for art/creativity/society? (Really, it made my soul ACHE. Haha, I'm such an emotional pansy.) Or do you want to know that I've been struggling with the role of a woman, like I always do? (I always want to believe that we're supposed to be a heavenly vision of some sort of faerie-like creature, bringing only mystique, wonder, and magic to those around us) (Don't mock. I like pretending/believing that sometimes.) (Especially around men-folk :P) Or do you want to know something more factual, like the fact that we ate dinner with my dad's work associates from Singapore tonight? (Man, with all my dad's work affiliates, I have the potential to travel all of Asia) VERY important news that I am super *squee* about right now: I learned how to play a whole handful of Joni Mitchell songs on guitar! It's all about retuning the strings, then playing a buncha open chords. *simple* playing, to be honest. It is a BLASTYBLAST to sing along with though. So, I now play "Big Yellow Taxi", "Chelsea Morning", and "A Case of You". I taught myself "Little Green" a few days ago too. My dad loves "Big Yellow Taxi" because he's a big Amy Grant fan. *facepalm* But I came out of the hole of my room to play and sing it with him. ^^ And my new obsession is playing "Chelsea Morning" repetitively, while singing with my best Joni-singing. I think I'm not too horrible, anyways. :P Katrina Ps- Knowing something is COMPLETELY different than doing something. I'm scared out of my wits that my life is all knowing how to do stuff, not actually being able to do them. 4 comments|post comment

ehhh... [14 Jul 2008|12:24am] erizabeff [ mood | blah ] So, I'm pretty sure that I will not be going to Vegas to see Chad & Jeremy, Peter & Gordon and LOVE. I've been saving since they announced the concert in January but I still don't have enough. God, airfare is just to expensive. I'm really bummed and disappointed, I was so looking forward to it. ugh, this is the second time that my plans to see C&J have fallen through. This is becoming exasperating. :/ I must say that I have great love for the movie "Some Like It Hot." That movie is just so amusing, I just love it to bits. It was on TCM today and I hadn't seen it in ages. Too bad I only got to see bits and pieces of it because I was working most of the day. Maybe I'll rent it. Speaking of working, I am so ready to be finished with the site. I've already done over 23 pages and I'm not finished yet. It seems like I've been working all day every day for the past week and still I'm not making as much progress as I'd like. This is enough to make me want to quite building websites for good. D: Speaking of jobs, I've been thinking more seriously about taking my dad's advice and becoming an actress. I've always been really interested in film and I've always thought it would be neat to make movies. I think I've got a pretty good grasp of film as an art. I'm thinking about giving it a go and if it doesn't work out I'll just do something else. I'll always have web design to fall back on because it's a well paying job that I'm pretty good at. (Although I'd hate for that to be my actual profession.) Whatever, I'll have a bash and see what happens. ...Or maybe I'll abandon the idea and wont. I'm feeling pretty indecisive. It's almost 3am. I really need to go to sleep. G'night, kiddos. -Elizabeth 9 comments|post comment

Superpowers [13 Jul 2008|07:31pm] so_i_go [ mood | happy ] [ music | Heroes: Four Months Ago ] Yesterday I watched a lot of X-Men and a lot of Heroes, and I've been trying to think what superpower I would most want to have. I wouldn't want telepathy; it seems too intense and I'd want something with more self-control and less external-control.  And really, if you think about it, is there ever a situation where you would really want to know what someone else was thinking?  Except maybe as a policeman in interrogation, like Matt Parkman. Clairvoyance would be fun, but I get deja-vu often enough, and I believe in fate strongly enough to render clairvoyance unnecessary. Telekinesis would be amazingly fun to play with, but I think maybe I'd get fat if I could just move things around with my mind. I think that I would like to be able to spontaneously regenerate.  My favorites can all spontaneously regenerate... although being able to do anything I see someone do, like Monica, would be useful... although I think it would take the fun out of life. I used to read this book series called Replica, about a girl named Amy who was one of 12 (really 13, but one failed, hard to explain) superhuman clones (all named Amy) who basically had that skill -- the ability to do whatever she saw someone do.  Championship running, prima ballet, olympic swimming.  Nothing was ever fun for her, and she had to constantly underachieve so as not to be discovered. I could never handle underachieving. I think I would like to be able to heal like Claire and Wolverine, and I would like to make ice out of my hands like Bobby, just because I think it would be a neat conversation-starter. 3 comments|post comment

oh me, oh my. [13 Jul 2008|02:24am] erizabeff Do you know what the worst thing to wake up to in the morning is? Dog vomit in your bed. Seriously, my dog apparently had a rough night last night and decided to take it out on my bed. My dad was feeding her salt & vinegar chips before bed last night cause she was so cute when she begged for them. (Sometimes he's too good natured for his own good.) So this morning around 7am I woke up to a big pile of unpleasantness. ugh. D: Yesterday afternoon I saw "Hancock" and was actually pleasantly surprised by it. I mean, I kinda expected it to suck but it's leagues above the rest of the super hero movies. Although it was by no means a "great movie" it was very refreshing compared to the other junk I've seen in theaters recently. I did the icon meme again just because. icons chosen by beatles_who. 1. Reply that you wish to take part, and I will pick four of your icons. 2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose. 3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts. 4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon love ( it's meme time, baby! ) 4 comments|post comment

My "Valley of the Dolls" theme party [12 Jul 2008|09:58pm] sheruinsyou I am having a "Valley of the Dolls" theme party for my 24th birthday on Saturday, August 23. Mark your calendars! More details forthcoming! Please contact me if you would like to attend. post comment

Madonna - "Live To Tell" (Uncensored) [12 Jul 2008|07:07pm] sheruinsyou I think that Madonna is one of the most original and talented performance artists of our time. Her performance of Live To Tell from The Confessions Tour is amazing. I admire her willingness to take risks and discuss controversial issues. I wonder if anyone has kept a tally of how many times she has pissed off the Vatican? :) 2 comments|post comment

Movies of 2008 [12 Jul 2008|07:04pm] so_i_go [ mood | happy ] [ music | "Seven Things," Miley Cyrus ] And an update on my Movies Seen in 2008. Re-Watch New View Help! (1965) Polly (1989) Polly: Comin' Home! (1990) Pollyanna (1960) The Parent Trap (1961) Mary Poppins (1964) Clue (1985) Juno (2007) Ghostbusters (1984) Blue Velvet (1986) A Hard Day's Night (1964) National Treasure (2004) Bring It On (2000) Bring It On II: Bring It On Again (2003) Bring It On III: All or Nothing (2006) Bring It On IV: In It to Win It (2007) Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) Across The Universe (2007) The Parent Trap II (1986) Muppets at Disney World  (1990) The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003) Passport to Paris (1999) Peter Pan (2003) Miss Congeniality (2000) Stardust (2007) The Godfather (1972) Jungle 2 Jungle (1997) Strange Days at Blake Holsey High: Conclusions (2006) All The President's Men (1976) 21 (2008) The Right Stuff (1983) Hors de Prix (Priceless) (2008) Silkwood  (1983) Jurassic Park (1993) Capote  (2005) Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) The Biggest Fan (2002) because of sentimental reasons.  also i'm a sucker for b-movies. Superbad (2007) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) V for Vendetta (2006) Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) Batman Begins (2005) Batman (1989) Batman & Robin (1997) Knocked Up (2007) Accepted (2006) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) Disturbia (2006) Batman Forever High School Musical (2006) High School Musical II (2007) Camp Rock (2008) Stick It! (2006) Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) X-Men (2000) X-Men II (2003) X3: The Final Stand (2006) post comment

"Like a rolling stone" [10 Jul 2008|01:27am] swannishs_epee [ mood | content ] [ music | "Phantom of Galactic Magnum" by Acid Mothers Temple ] Honestly, just when I thought I was going to sign off for reals... I had to hit jackpot. :D Alright, so I had heard of Arthur Magazine before from very reliable sources. Bloggers and users in the psych_folk  comm... you know, awesome music fans. But what I did NOT know was that I could read it online! So now, after hearing about this elusive magazine, I'm kicking myself for not realizing this earlier. Here's the site where you can read it by downloading the pdf files. <3 I think what this magazine, the genre of psych folk, and that blog Naturalismo represent is a movement. Sure there are movements every which way you turn, but this just so happens to be the one that, I think, can do something. This is not a stereotype, it's a quest for beauty. Lol, and also very...almost neo-hippie. I just read in Authur about making dandelion wine, whuut? :P I dunno...I wanna experience this same quest for beauty that they're on. It's weird because in this modern age, it's not about flocking to San Francisco with flowers in your hair. You are the location. I know, how new age of me. :P It's an online sorta movement, only touching ground at every concert and every time a CD is listened to. OH, I'm being nostalgic for something that's going on around me! There were attempts at giving this "movement" a name. At one point, it was "new weird america", but then the key artist, Devendra Banhart, kiiiiinda got picked up by the indie kids. ;_; So, that name is shunned because it started to describe lame people too. There's no name for it presently, although I kinda like Naturalismo or something of that sort as the name. You know, in history, there's always been that "movement" or band of people that sought beauty. The romantic movement, the new romantics of the 80s, the hippies of course and the 60s in general, the Greeks and had mass movements of art and revelry, the Renaissance was all about art and beauty... It's a never ending swirl of rules and rule-breakers, solid ground and ground-breakers. Apologies for that last entry. It was...stupid, but needed to be said. I can't find the words for what my real issue is, except that it involves me being incompetent and imperfect. :P I'm just sick of jealousy. Both ends of it. Being jealous of others and making others jealous. It's ridiculous. I just wanna be content. Katrina Ps- Dig it. Pps- THIS is a lolarious youtube series! I stayed up late watching all of it last night. :D post comment

The Cyclical Nature of Life [10 Jul 2008|12:38am] so_i_go [ mood | amazed ] [ music | "Alone," RAPOSO ] the circle of life it's a wheel unbroken it's a leap of faith it's a band of hope where we find our place. 2 comments|post comment

i wonder, should i get up and fix myself a drink? [09 Jul 2008|11:46pm] erizabeff [ mood | blah ] [ music | "Under The Sea" from The Little Mermaid ] I'm so tired and thirsty. I want some Gatoraid and I wanna lie down. I've been working since 12pm this afternoon on the Asperger Women Association's website. This is the most epic site I've ever done, it may end up having 20 pages, the most I've ever made 7 or 8 and that's only on one of my private sites. Commercially the most I've done is 5. I'm beat but I still have some stuff to do before I'm finished. And now for something completely different. ( Why are they so adorable!? ) I mean, seriously! They're so cute, I wanna make some more icons but I have too much stuff to do. D: Also... ( They were cute too. ) Pattie, you suited both of your men well. God, I have nothing of interest or value to say today. I phail at life! D: -Elizabeth 4 comments|post comment

"Turn and face the strain" [09 Jul 2008|08:36pm] swannishs_epee [ mood | pensive ] [ music | "Changes" by David Bowie ] This entry has been brewing for a while now, to be honest with you. I'm getting frustrated with myself. I know I can change me and time may change me...I just have to set my foot in the right direction. I'm not perfect. I'm so arrogant. I could blame so many things for it, from it coming from my "everything's good" attitude, from a backlash from the prominence of self-hatred/self-discontent of people/teenagers in the modern age, or from me trying to use all the talents that I have. Even some of my earliest memories of myself are those of bragging. Well, I don't know if it was exactly bragging or if it was just...joy at discovering yet another talent. I revel in what I can do and...try not to talk about the things I can't do. It's almost like I hate my talents because I want to share them with people, but I don't want to *brag* them. You know? I think I rub it in because I'm so critical, too. I can't take things that are cookie cutter and boring...and on the other hand, I can't stand things that are arrogantly pretentiously artsy. I think that I can do anything. Blame Disney, blame an overactive imagination, blame optimism... Because so many things look easier than they actually are, maybe. Can I just say right now that I can't do a whole ton of things?! Having how-to's of everything online certainly doesn't make it any easier. And for one, I'm still crap at playing guitar...which I taught myself thanks to online. I've hit another brick wall with it in needing to learn all the notes down the neck. >.< I need to admit that I'm a failure at everything, but I just can't bring myself to do that. I still don't even know if I can write music. In other news, my mom and I saw Mouiin Rouge today...and the only good thing about it was Ewan McGregor. Seriously. Please save yourself while you still can. Yay tomorrow I'm gonna go hiking up our back hills with some of my friends tomorrow night! Distraction +1, Fun +1, Actually being social +1, being out at night +1! ^^ Katrina Ps- And yes, I know I *actually* do have talents and crap, but I think that's exactly what's setting me back. 2 comments|post comment

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