| taken from bridge |
[Nov. 12th, 2005|10:04 am] |
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| | belle and sebastian | ] |
i started to do this last night, because a friend/coworker was crashing here, and apparently doesn't have a good understanding about how to stay at someone's house (i mean wob). it's fine to use the phone, but when it is a one room space, take it outside. don't have an emotional conversation with your fiancee about how hard it is being apart while i fuck about on the internet trying to seem busy and like i can't hear everything that's going on. awkward, awkward. anyway,
Two Names You Go By
1. Claire
2. i don't really have any nicknames right now, but i guess mike calls me baby sometimes
Two Things That Scare You
1. spiders (especially the thought of them on my face)
2. disapointing people/having people realize that i'm not good enough (whatever that means)
Two of Your Everyday Essentials
1. coffee
2. kisses
Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now
1. my fuzzy green horny toad sweat pants
2. my velvety brown horny toad hoodie (yay pjs)
Two of Your Favorite Bands or Musical Artists (at the moment)
1. animal collective
2. broken social scene
Two of Your Favorite Songs - at the moment
1. animal collective - the purple bottle
2. nina simone - little liza jane
Two Truths
1. i am not very good at letting people in
2. babies kind of scare me (i don't know what to do with them/how to interact with them), but i want to get over that
Two Physical Things that Appeal to You
1. on boys (and on some girls, i suppose), slightly gapped/crooked, but clean-looking teeth
2. intelligent eyes
Two of Your Favorite Hobbies
1. reading
2. hiking and playing in nature, although there hasn't been near enough of that lately
Two Things You Want Really Badly
1. private kitchen and bathroom, fully equipped, that are a part of my living space
2. one more big hike before winter really sets in
Two Places You Want to go on Vacation
1. Mexico
2. Alaska
Two Things You Want to Do Before You Die
1. travel EVERYWHERE
2. stop being so stupidly hard on myself
Two Ways that you are stereotypically a Chick/Guy
1. ... i have breasts and a vulva
2. i worry about my weight
Two Things You Normally Wouldn't Admit
1. why would i admit them here? <- good answer, bridget
2.
Two Things You Are Thinking About Now
1. i wish the high speed usb port would come in so we can redo our ipods and have more music variety
2. what the hell did i dream about last night? it was weird. i wish i could remember it.
Two Stores You Shop At
1. the curry store
2. trader joe's in fresno when i get the chance
Two people I haven't talked to in a while
1. jess
2. katherine
3. most people i care about |
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| goodbye, sweet ring. |
[Nov. 6th, 2005|04:09 pm] |
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| |  friday | ] |
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| | clap your hands say yeah | ] |
so i took out my lip ring for good a few days ago. i'm kind of bummed about it, because i was rather attached to my little decoration. i miss it already!
it had just become too much of a pain in the ass to be worth it. i still really liked the aesthetic of it (oh how nice it looked on my lip!), but the cons were too heavy. it kept getting irritated (which it hadn't done in about a year and a half) because of taking it in and out at work all the time. the kicker was that for some reason it had started to push on my teeth in such a way that one or two were moving and getting crooked. not that i really care all that much about the straightness of this particular tooth (it's not too visible), but it hurts to have your teeth move! so it felt stupid to keep it in. oh well.
let's relive some lip ring memories! hooray!
so it goes. at least it's my friday! |
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| shining! |
[Oct. 17th, 2005|01:13 pm] |
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| | sam and mike | ] |
this is very clever. |
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| (no subject) |
[Oct. 11th, 2005|03:38 pm] |
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| | critters buggin | ] |
today and last night feel so good it completely makes up for the shit week that i have had.
( here are some pictures. ) |
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| (no subject) |
[Oct. 5th, 2005|07:20 am] |
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| | just fine | ] |
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| | my ipod is broken. | ] |
i love autumn. i always forget how beautiful it is, then it comes and amazes me, every time. |
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| why, hello! |
[Sep. 29th, 2005|11:07 am] |
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| |  dirty | ] |
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| | the white stripes get behind me satan | ] |
so it's been a long time since i updated. yosemite is prone to sucking me in and keeping me away from computers, which is excellent in some ways but definitely divides me from everyone else who is not here. so i'm sorry to everyone i've been not-contacting the past two months; it doesn't mean i don't love you, because i do. but now things will change. i have my cell phone here (610 420 7258), although i can't check my messages from the park and i never got around to changing the voicemail from my mom's old message. don't let it confuse you. i have a landline with an answering machine that is probably a better way to reach me (209 372 4696). and as of yesterday, i have wireless internet in my wob. right now i'm in the stage where there is so much online stuff i have been putting off it is too daunting to do all at once. i did pictures last night, this morning is lj, but the scariest of all, email, will have to wait for tonight.
i live with mike now. it gets messy easily (of course) and there are still some additions we need to do, but i love our place and i love living with him. all in all, things are going very well for me. work is fine, i'm at the coffee corner where i was last summer. it's a pretty good job, but i just spend far too much time there. i need to go hiking (next weekend, please!). since it has been so long since i've updated, i'm going to let a mostly pictorial lj-cut do the job for me.
( get ready. ) |
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| (no subject) |
[Jul. 19th, 2005|10:47 pm] |
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| | excited (and stressed) | ] |
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| | joanna newsom | ] |
tomorrow i drive up to vermont to see josh! i only get to spend about a day with him, then i'm headed up to maine for family vacation time.
i'm so excited about it, but also sad - my dog billy is having surgery tomorrow. he has a mass on his spleen, and there is a strong possibility it is cancer. it will be so strange and bad to be in maine and not have him there running around and wearing his lifejacket and swimming and being thrilled about everything. i hope he comes out of this okay and can go to maine next year, poor boy. i don't want him to die.
but anyway, vermont -> maine. i'll only be there for about ten days this year, then i'm coming back to philly and almost immediately leaving to go to california. i have to be there much sooner than i thought i would, so my road trip will be rushed. i thought maybe i'd have to go it alone, but HELEN is coming with me! and h's friend sarah might come, and bridget was a hesitant maybe. (edit: i just talked to b on the phone, and it's sounding good!) so, yeah, that is awesome. i'm so excited to drive across the country with awesome girls to one of the most beautiful places on earth, to be greeted by people that i love.
now i just have to pack... |
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| (no subject) |
[Jul. 18th, 2005|07:49 pm] |
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so, things are turning positive again. i'm still having trouble emotionally throwing myself into everything, but i am going out to yosemite, and i am happy about how things are looking.
i also just got back from visiting duffy! good times in the boons of pa. i miss him already. |
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| (no subject) |
[Jul. 6th, 2005|11:31 am] |
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| |  furrow-browed lemon | ] |
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| | jarabe de palo ¿grandes exitos? | ] |
i am currently dragging my feet about writing a paper, more than i usually do, even. it's taking FOREVER. except you know what i just thought of? in a few (or more) hours when this is done, i will not have to procrastinate and get frustrated over any more papers for a full year (as far as i know). pretty crazy.
on friday i'm going to buenos aires. i am excited both for the city itself (obviously) and because this will be my first time travelling alone. i'm really looking forward to it. though really, i would have liked it if antonia and her boyfriend could come earlier - they're coming in the morning of the 11th, and i'm leaving late at night that same day. but we still get a good part of a day together! so i come back at 1AM on monday, and fly out HOME (eep) at 9PM that night. i really can't believe it. it's felt very close for a long time now, but it still feels like it should be in the close-but-not-so-close future - not confined within THIS WEEK.
i'm going to miss a lot of things, but i think i'm mostly excited about leaving.
oh, i put up some more pics the other day, from last saturday.
here are two with some hand gestures:
i can't decide if i want an empanada. sheila, meghan, phil and i made them last night (by ourselves!), and they are definitely rica, but i felt so sick at the end of last night, and i don't know if my belly can take any today. but on the other hand, they're empanadas. hm.
well back to work.
maybe i'll see you soon. (and maybe i'll make you empanadas.) |
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| new pics |
[Jul. 3rd, 2005|01:23 pm] |
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| |  groggy but drinking coffee | ] |
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| | nick drake bryter layter | ] |
i put up some new pics, by the way. (nothing super exciting, just some around santiago shots.) |
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| help! |
[Jul. 1st, 2005|10:15 pm] |
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| |  wracking our brains | ] |
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| | it's raining sabor en tu cocina | ] |
meghan and i are going crazy because we can't think of this movie. there is a scene in a diner where a man gets his sandwich and complains to the waitress that it has mayonnaise on it. she takes off the slice of bread and wipes it on the edge of the counter, then slaps it back on the sandwich. ¡¿what movie is this?! i know someone knows.
and it's not the whole nine yards. |
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| (no subject) |
[Jun. 26th, 2005|08:47 pm] |
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| | tired, happy, AND irked | ] |
today i went skiing! oh man, i got to go skiing in june, in the ANDES. it was gorgeous. and so much fun. i wish i had brought my camera, both for the beautiful mountains and to show you all what it looks like to see santiago's smog from above. it really made me not want to come back down into the brown cloud, but here i am. at least i got some clean air in my lungs today.
unfortunately, my good mood from today was somewhat ruined (as usual) by my terrible host-dad. i don't know if i have ever disliked someone as much as i dislike him, and i have to live with him. but only for two more weeks.
on tuesday i am officially finished with two of my classes. the following tuesday i am completely finished. oh yes. |
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| i miss this! |
[Jun. 5th, 2005|04:29 pm] |
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| |  antsy | ] |
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| | magnetic fields get lost | ] |
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| (no subject) |
[Jun. 4th, 2005|12:13 pm] |
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| |  meow | ] |
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| | otis redding | ] |
so it's been a while. things were mostly down for a while, but lately there have been some ups. most notably, my parents came for a visit! it was perfect timing, and did good things for my mental and emotional health. they were only here for six days, but we kept quite busy. of course, being poulins and all, much of our time was spent eating and drinking wine or coffee, depending on the time of day. i put up pics of their trip, and also some friends/party type pictures. go see.
( i think i'll put some back here too. )
now for the first time since i've been here i have actual work for school i have to do. what the hell is that about?
it seems really strange - exciting and scary - how fast the weeks are going by, and how soon i will be back in the states. |
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| la serena |
[May. 17th, 2005|06:34 pm] |
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| |  cold | ] |
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| | nina simone's finest hour | ] |
this weekend i went up to la serena, which is about 8 hours north of santiago, on the coast. it was so nice to get away, and overall it was a good trip, although not extremely exciting. some highlights include frollicking on the beach, sea lions, cabaña parties, visiting an observatory (although we got one of 5 or 6 cloudy skies they will have this year) and eating at a community project/restaurant that uses solar ovens (although their speciality is goat, and they have not yet mastered the vegetarian plates).
i put up pictures. |
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| wow. |
[May. 11th, 2005|01:33 am] |
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| | happy it's over. | ] |
that was without a doubt the most generally awkward and HORRIBLE nights, ever. |
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| (no subject) |
[Apr. 21st, 2005|08:14 pm] |
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| |  hungry | ] |
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| | dubbed simpsons | ] |
you know what dogs in ñuñoa should do? STOP BARKING. i swear, 24 hours a day.
alright, i guess maybe the real problem is not the dogs, but the owners who don't pay attention to or walk their dogs, and just leave them bored and antsy behind fences. it's pretty sad.
still, shut the fuck up. |
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| torres del paine |
[Apr. 19th, 2005|10:42 pm] |
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| | tipsy from pisco sours | ] |
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| | the kinks - lola vs. powerman | ] |
so i went backpacking this weekend in patagonia, in a national park named torres del paine. it was the farthest south i have ever been in my life. at the airport in punta arenas there was actually a flight to antarctica! crazy. did you know that while the rest of the world thinks of antarctica as its own, non-national thing, chileans consider it part of chile? well they do.
torres was pretty amazing. it was tough at times, especially when it was raining and/or blowing hurricane-style winds. i went with jackie and antonia, two girls from COPA (my program here), but we met a lot of cool people along the way. not many chileans go there, but lots of awesome traveling europeans. it was jackie's first time really camping or hiking, so that was pretty interesting. i put up a ton of pictures, but i'll put a (slightly) more concise version here.
( claire walks around the end of the earth ) |
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| (no subject) |
[Apr. 2nd, 2005|12:38 pm] |
right now i am eating a pomegranate that grew outside my window. it's delicious!
for the longest time i didn't know what the mystery fruits are, but now i do and i will feast. |
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