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[20 Jul 2009|07:54pm] |
Oh come on people... I know I should be reading and stuff, but I can't help but be super bummed out when there are like 16 new updates on facebook that say almost nothing of interest... and then there are maybe 2 updates here that make me still feel like I am connected to my friends.
What's up with the one liners people? I know you have more to say than that! I know I do anyway...
Sure, I am not innocent in the accusation of facebook abuse, but I promise if you all start posting here again then I will too.
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[27 Feb 2009|05:39pm] |
okay, so at least two of you can relate to this...
you know how sometimes you bleach your hair, knowing that the bleach is an in-between stage, but then when you rinse it out the color that it left behind is SO FUCKING CRAZY that you almost for half a second think maybe you should leave it like that?
dude. in all the bleach jobs i've done in all the years i've been doing this, i have never seen this many different colors in my hair at the same time. it's really quite amazing. and no, i will not be taking pictures of this catastrophe.
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[14 Nov 2008|08:40am] |
also... wonderlove is playing tonight at the gypsy lounge in lake forest for all you socal people. they had broken up for a long time, and it looks like they are playing together again.
anyway, they are quite good so if you're bored you should check it out. they go on at 9pm.
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[17 Sep 2008|10:08pm] |
Take a picture of yourself right now. don't change your clothes, don't fix your hair...just take a picture. post that picture with NO editing. post these instructions with your picture.
sure. i'm just like everyone else. so here i am. trying to avoid both studying & paperwork for dasan's school.
really honestly i just want to sleep but i need to finish watching project runway and get some of these damn forms filled out.
after having spent 4 hours in lab today siding ribs and identifying vertebrae and then listening to freshman make funny sounds in linguistics and THEN having to tolerate back to school night... well frankly, i'm done.
(ps. bone lab is fucking awesome. the most draining 4 hours of my week, but so amazingly awesome!)
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[13 Sep 2008|01:05am] |
one...two... freddy's coming for you... three... four... better lock your door...
dude. nightmare on elm street 3 is on IFC. it was pretty much the first scary movie i ever saw, and remains my favorite. i was 10 or 11 when i first saw it. at a slumber party at my friend carla's house. i had terrible nightmares for years after that. still do.
needless to say, when it was on earlier i had to tell dasan that there was no way in hell i was going to let him watch it for a few more years. but i was quite happy to see that it was being replayed :)
what was the first scary movie you saw?
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[04 Sep 2008|08:22pm] |
oh man do i hate this. politics. it gets uglier every year and while sometimes i find myself all jazzed up and ready to rock the vote, other times i'm just exhausted.
so my little bro called me last night with his regular "hey, sis, what am i voting for this time?" question. which to be honest, i love. it's nice that he respects my opinion and knows that i'm all about voting for what's right. he was a little bummed when i told him that i had re-registered up here and that he should probably read up on the local stuff for himself.
anyway... to help him out i started looking around at what was going to be on the ballot this time around. and man, does that always make me sad.
so here are two, and in my opinion, two of the most important:
i have actively campaigned against this proposition in one form or another for the last few years. they keep trying. let's keep knocking them down and letting them know that we are not going to give up the right to choose in california.
and this... it just makes me angry and sad.
so i'm going to try not to get preachy about the politics, and you can bet your ASS i won't say a word about the presidential election because i am so beyond pissed about the whole business... BUT.
Californians, please, vote no on props 4 & 8. it's important.
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[02 Sep 2008|08:40pm] |
following in the footsteps of ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) vegmom, and also because it has been my intention since i left socal... i have set up a blog, to document the time i spend at cal, because i'm pretty sure you guys will get sick of hearing about it.
so if you're interested in what's happening with life for me at cal, go here:
http://mama-bear-nico.blogspot.com/
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[20 Aug 2008|04:07pm] |
is there a casino around here...? i'm feeling pretty lucky.
( also... )
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[10 Jul 2008|08:06pm] |
i just spent 12 hours on the berkeley campus and all i got was this lousy wristband!
no really though... holy tired nico! but i'm officially registered for classes at cal. it's like, amazing. i'm supposed to be emailing a couple of professors right now to ask for permission to enroll in a couple classes, because (omg!omg!omg!) since i'm (as of today) a declared anthropology major with all of my lower division anthro prerequisites met, it appears that i may be admitted to certain classes that require a bio class, even though i haven't taken bio!!! this makes for one happy nico.
it also means that if all goes well between now and phase 2 registration, which is in like 2 weeks? that my schedule will include:
evolution of brain & language
skeletal bio & bioarchaeology
intro to linguistics
and if the skeletal bio class doesn't work out,
human anatomy!
um... all without ever having taken a bio class. it's crazy and i will hate myself, but the anthro adviser assured me that it's very normal for someone wanting to go into forensic anthro to do this & that my physical anthro course will have been plenty of prep. wow.
WOW.
and i met a single mom who's moving herself and her 12 yr old daughter from LA into "the village" as well. and two cute little boys from san diego who are also anthro majors.
so i just have to say THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! to everyone that donated to the nico goes to cal fund, and everyone that told me i could do it, because i'm sitting here and i almost feel like now, i can finally say that i really, truly did it. i'm in. they assured all of us over and over again that they did not make a mistake. that if we had gotten this far, then we were really in. they really wanted us. it really was happening. and that we deserved it.
seriously i'm way too emotional of a person for all that that. i got teary eyed like 10 times today, but i hid it really well.
oh!!! and the anthropology adviser was talking about semesters abroad, and i asked the silly question: "how likely is it that there would be a semester abroad program that would allow a relatively small child to tag along?"
and i totally expected her to say "not very likely at all!"
but instead she started naming off all of the anthro profs that do semesters abroad and take their small children along and how i should come see her and we would go over what the best options would be!
seriously? can you imagine dasan and i on some dig in south america next summer?? because i can totally imagine that after today, while before today i would have never imagined it in all of my wildest dreams.
i'm exhausted. i have so many emails to send. i just had to share ;)
(i'm leaving this public so those of you that encouraged your friends to donate to me, you can link to this so i can thank them too... though a proper thank you will be going out to everyone that helped out financially in a couple weeks once things have settled down ;)
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[21 Jun 2008|04:45am] |
hey guys! it's totally silly... but i'm being stalked tonight by someone from this phone number:
714.277.2836
anyone know who it is? wanna call them and find out? i'm tired of them calling & i would like to get some sleep.
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[11 Jun 2008|09:11am] |
hey, everyone!
THANK YOU! i have enough money to rent a uhaul, put gas in it and the truck following, and get two plane tickets! very exciting :) i can't believe i'm really going to do this. it's like, something i've always talked about and never figured i would get the chance to do. i have enough saved to cover the first months rent so now i just need to get next months rent and some food money and i'm set!
seriously, i've been telling my mom that i was going to dye my hair black and run away to san francisco since i was 3 years old. just ask her.
well the hair's black, and berkeley's close enough to sf, right? of course, moving away to school is a little different than actually running away... but who's keeping track?
can it be friday now?
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[07 Jun 2008|10:55pm] |
there was a suburban casualty down the street today. people in my neighborhood don't see these things. not ever.
( more )
also, you guys rock so much. a big giant thank you to everyone that is helping me get to the bay area. you all have no idea how much it means to me :)
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[05 Jun 2008|06:37pm] |
hey guys! this is where i beg and stuff!
i'm sorta desperate... so now i have a paypal account and if you or anyone you know would like to help get dasan and i up to the bay area, well now you can :)
for those of you that don't know... the reason for the move is that i will be transferring to uc berkeley in the fall! it's totally awesome and exciting, but i can't quite afford to actually move there. the cost of gas, moving trucks, first months rent, and food are overwhelming and unexpected... so anything will help :)
*there's a link on my profile too... i know, it's terrible, but i am going to get there no matter what it takes ;)
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[21 May 2008|09:33pm] |
i'm done with community college. go me! i did miserably on the stats final, but i can't imagine that i would not pass the class because of it. so i'm done! no more gwc for me :)
the next time i set foot in a class it will be at cal state uc berkeley and that's fucking amazing. something i never thought i would ever be able to do. and since it's my birthday a week from today, you should all be requesting my address so that you can send me cash money to help fund my move to the bay area, because you love me, and i'm broke =p
speaking of money... you should give some to sooz. she is raising money to fight stroke, and it's a good cause and she is made of awesome so you should help her out. she's so close to her goal! you can donate here.
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[11 May 2008|10:07am] |
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happy mamas day to my mama friends :)
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[28 Apr 2008|09:40pm] |
portland-032
Originally uploaded by nicosmurf.
so last weekend sooz and i flew away... the pictures are at my flickr in a set called portland... i know, it's super clever.
they are all friends locked though, so you're gonna need a flickr account to see them.
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