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[13 Mar 2006|01:01pm] SPRING IS HERE!!! 9!speak

[08 Mar 2006|02:39am] you must download "mushaboom" by feist. such a happy feeling song! 4!speak

[05 Mar 2006|07:00pm] i've decided to go north for a few days and spend some time at my parents house. already i miss the city, and will be going back earlier than i figured i would. i need to regroup, enjoy the fresh air, and read. i've been trying to work on my developing personality, but i'm also trying to not think too much about it and just relax. as i type this i'm on my parents couch, lounging with cable tv on. it's the academy awards... and as i watch it i reconize each angle of the location. i lived 4 blocks from the kodak theatre, i walked through the intersection they've blocked off, i've seen a movies at the kodak theatre, i've gone to the hollywood bowl where they park the limos. it's very surreal. i remember using a gift card at the gap on that corner, ha. whats astonishing me most is the beautiful weather in california right now. i am so jealous and am actualy missing la. funny thing, it took me coming back to philly and getting settled to miss california. in the end of it, i really do think i'll end up their again someday. i miss palm trees now and the ocean. i miss the warm air and the sun on my face. the other day i was walking downtown and completely was taken to another place as soon as i stepped onto the sunny side of the street. i dont know, i miss my past relationship as well as where it all took place. this is all going back to my current thoughts as of late. i like philly, i like what i do here and the friends i have, but still im not satisfied with where i live. i've got these rushes through my blood that just tell me to go to italy. i'm pondering going just for the summer and working in rome, probably at a hostel where i could live as well. i've also been looking into a language program i could try to sign up for. but who knows. i sure as hell dont. i've even been thinking about going to san francisco. eh, if i get into school here i guess philly will be where i belong. if i dont know, thats another story. speak

[21 Feb 2006|07:34pm] i've become pretty horrible with this thing. i dont think i am able to keep it up as a day to day journal, i've started to write on paper, more for myself instead of on here for you guys as well. there are too many specifics to get into on here that would be inappropriate. i dont want to expose myself so much in this public way anymore. i'll sum up my week... schools been alright when i'm not sleeping in, work has been alright when i'm making good tips my friends have been amazing and i've been going out constantly... philly is slightly getting warmer and i love it... and i am in the beginings of something mysterious and great with this guy dan. i'm loosing unwanted feelings and i am becoming happy with everything around me. all to do now is decide if I definitely want to go to school... and then to move my ass and apply with a portfolio in hand. speak

[14 Feb 2006|10:25am] SAW2 coming out today, makes my valentines day amazing! 1!speak

[13 Feb 2006|04:59pm] the other evening brandon and i went out for a few drinks. it was really nice to spend some more time with him. he has had this air of mystery since he moved in and each and every time we have in depth conversation i realize how cool of a guy he really is. so that night i left the bar early and once i got home decided to cook some food. i put some bread into the toaster oven, shut the lid, and set it to toast. a minute later i heard a crackling popping sound. upon closer inspection of the toaster oven, i found a burnt alive mouse under my toasted bread! he must of been hiding in the back of the oven when i flicked the kitchen light on. poor guy, the popping sound i heard must of been his brain exploding in his own head. i mildly freaked out, but then ate my dinner. i really wanted that piece of bread too, but ah well. last night i called my mom around 11:30 and had a real talk with her. she was able to offer little advice but i was really definitely down and out and got a lot off of my chest to some one. she listened and gave me the same motherly advice she always does... to focus on work and school. i've never talked to her like i did, so it was really nice to allow myself to open up to that next level with her... even if she wont see it as the same thing as i do. it snowed about a foot the other night. yesterday morning my friend julie drove me to work. we were pretty dead, being as the city was snow covered. the walk home was so cinimatic and beautiful. everything covered in white, and the air... the air was so peaceful. i tripped with my really good friend shaun on friday night. it was nice, he was more talkative than i would of liked to of been, but it was still nice. he's got such an air of confidence that I admire. our friendship has developed into one where there is no bullshit, no front. i think i know him very well for who he is, and to say that is a pretty big leap, but i feel it true. 2!speak

[06 Feb 2006|05:40pm] super bowl sunday turned out extremely excellent this year. i was having a pretty glum and depressing day, i was lethargic all morning but got out of the house around 3 to do some homework at the last drop. i started to talk online to my friend james who i hadn't seen in maybe a month and a half and i ultimately suckered him into meeting me for some drinks. we called our friend lauren and went to mcglinchies intending to see it packed with die hard stealers fans, but instead it was empty. we had a few rounds and i tried some jameson which i think now may be a staple of mine when i go there. $1.85 a shot! we saw half the game there and then went to this place in center city called 'noting head". apparently, along with serving food, they have a home-brew in the back. i had a beer fermented from cocoa. it was heavy and really rich, but a fucking treat non the less. we ended up at silk city and i met up with my room mate amber and a few of her friends. i guess they were at a super bowl party in west philly. we danced, all the while celebrating the victory and our excuse to be drunk by 7pm on a sunday, but once we left my bike had a flat. again. for the third time in THREE WEEKS. so i walked home after that. this morning i did some laundry and really fretted because this glorious portfolio that i absolutely must work on and have turned in soon is happening as such a sluggish pace. so tonight my goal is to finish my homework, and tomorrow after work get some serious shit together. Oh yeah, my parents and brother and his girlfriend came to town this saturday. they liked the house and my place of work. it made me happy to see them happy with me. we all got caught in the rain on the walk back to my house, so they dried off for awhile and then headed off to a flyers game. wow, 2 moments in one journal post in which i mention major league sports teams... i guess i shouldn't bring up the winter olympics... 1!speak

[05 Feb 2006|04:37pm] 8!speak

[31 Jan 2006|12:10pm] a few days ago a few of us went to new jersey to find a hooters. our friend shaun quit his job at the gayest coffee shop in the city, so we opted to go to the one place that is pretty much the exact oposite. it was a really funny time. there was some poor goth kid there with like his little brothers and dad. he looked as if he obviously didn't want to be there, and then as all of us at the table were feeling sorry for him the hooters girls come out singing there special hooters birthday song. it was his 16th birthday! poor kid. i've got a mohawk again. decided i was tired of muffing around all winter, so i opted to get some style. my plugs are back in as well. they were filming a scene for the new rocky (yes, the 6th one...) down the street today. last night i hung out with brandon for a long while. i think hes going to be a really great room mate, we seem to be rather like minded. we got drunk, i did my homework poorly, and i got little sleep. i'll be at work in 20 minutes and am already exhausted today. its rainy and cloudy today but was 70 and sunny outside yesterday. 3!speak

[30 Jan 2006|02:54pm] it is SEVENTY degrees out today, on this very very very unseasonably and potentially frightening warm day in january. i am loving every minute of it. riding in the cool sweet air is so fucking nice right now. so last night i left my bag outside on a chair in front of the last drop (the coffee shop i'm at right now.) lately coming here has been a frequent event. doing homework, going online, its a good location in center city to meet up with people, etc. so i came in today and luckily someone turned it in. i had a daily planer/sketch type book in there and was hoping to find a message in-scrawled on one of the pages from the mystery person who turned it in but i found nothing. today i am trying pilates with my friend shaun. we've got these free flyers so figure it could be fun. today brandon moved into the house and all seems pretty well. when i was leaving my house today there was this huge cat fight down the street. a bunch of girls pummeling eachother, infront of a daycare... which is in the back of a church. the warm weather,, AHHHhhhhh!!!! my friend lauren is here now so i'm cutting this short. 5!speak

[23 Jan 2006|02:56pm] So I suppose that this is a new era for me. A new live journal name, finally settled back into my favorite city, in school with a job, I am content. I've recently become more and more alarmingly aware of how poor my memory really is, so I have decided that this journal will be my entirely personal journal. I enjoy looking back through out old journal entries, but need and thirst for the detail that I can never remember in the first place. I'll keep it open, as I don't mind voyeurs, but be warned that it will probably be filled with some very detailed events and the yada yadas of my almost every day life. I feel no reason to spare anyone. No more short blobs either, well.. maybe. I will, of course, post photos and other artworks... but that may take some time. Anyway... it's a really warm day and it feels like spring. I spent the past few days working on my bedroom and it is looking pretty fucking awesome. I refinished this old mirror, dresser, and chair I found over the past month. I also built my bed frame last week, it's just waiting to be stained. I'll put up some photos once it's completed. Speaking of completion, I need to get into Temple Tylers Architecture Program, and to do so.. I must had an outstanding portfolio of general artwork. I've been working on it lately but not as vigorously as I need to. I really do need to have it sent in soon, as there are only 60ish spaces in the program. I am spending a lot of time on the actual process/design of putting it together. The signature, the interior layout, the binding, etc. It will look like an actual book you could buy from a book store. I hope it turns out like the vision in my head. I fell into some wet trolly racks last week. Some asshole in a big SUV was behind me honking at me, leaving me no choice but to go further left on the street... all the while crossing the parallel tracks. Ordinarily in dry weather, bikers have no problem, but the wet steal and my wet bike caused me to get stuck and fall. Some guy helped me up, but no one helped bandage my wounded palms! Every Tuesday and Thursday at 7:30am I bike north to school and risk death! My bike is pretty crappy, Philly drivers really suck, and there is much work traffic. I need to figure out the bus schedule, because this riding bike when its 28 degrees out shit sucks. Although, I do feel a lot healthier and my legs are surely looking better then they did! I really don't think I could ever live in a city that is not bike accessible. Really, I mean I biked up 22nd from south philly the other day and beat the bus to my corner with 2 minutes to spare. I am over all, feeling healthy but have picked up a nasty habit again. I used to smoke in high school, and lately have started to smoke clove cigarettes. Mind you, I am not a nicotine addict... but they have been really great for helping me relax at home or at night before bed. The slight high they give me is a very nice substitute for weed. My friend from Miami is visiting New York this weekend, and I am considering going up tomorrow to see him. Last time I saw him was almost exactly a year ago. I've been so painfully broke that I don't really think I can afford the bus ticket, even though its on the cheapo cramped chinatown bus. Oh, I may have a live journal meeting soon. Irana, (keepinmind.com.ar), and I used to write each other when I was in high-school and ever since have kept a loose online friendship. I offered her a place to stay in Philly while she is in the U.S. and hope she takes me up on the offer. She is from the only city in South America I have much interest in, Buenos Ares. We've been trying to set up internet at the house, but have been dicked around so much by verizon that we've opted to find another provider. Unfortunately, Philly is a fucking monopoly of Verizon and Comcast, and we can not afford comcast. So we may not have internet at the house for a little while longer. Which means it may be a little while before I write again. 4!speak

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