[23 Jul 2008|12:11pm] kimya_dawson_ Soooo, there was some confusion about which day I am playing the Block Party in Seattle. That confusion has been cleared up. I am playing this Saturday July 26th from 4:30-5:30 on the mainstage. Mr. Angelo Spencer is playing the same day from 2-2:30 on the Cobra Stage. Sorry about the mix up. 7- post comment

i'm alive and well [22 Jul 2008|09:04pm] flora life is pretty great. i somehow ended up with a full time job working at this amazing non profit organization. i am meeting with a lot of awesome people, working with such phenomenal kids, putting in a lot of overtime to see plans follow through, struggling through different communities to make new plans, planning, prepping, and teaching a lot of workshops, losing sleep for the most rewarding outcomes. i am tired, but it is a kind of worthwhile tired. i moved to a new flat that is above a sweet bar and coffee shop. i love my house mates. there are plants everywhere. music. crafts. marathons. game nights. parties. so much support and encouragement and growth. most importantly, growth. work is a 5 minute muni ride away. my friends are supportive and loving. my family is incredibly giving. i am terribly gracious and appreciative of everything. there have been a few rough bumps, but i try to hold it together and try to pull through. i do not need any failures. or rather i am not accepting any of it. i am learning to start everything over and try harder the second time around. i am determined. motivated. and willing. i am not letting any kind of rejection get to me. my heart is on hold a lot these days. i do not have time for such silly notions of love. nor do i care about haters. i am happy. i am well and alive. i am liked and loved by the people i like and love. that is all that matters. i am pushing through. so far everything is working out. i send money home to my mother and brother. i talk to my father on the phone sometimes. i work extremely hard. i put 110% of myself into everything these days. it is exhausting. i am exhausted. but i do not mind it at all. i am going down to l.a. this weekend for a very short weekend visit. i can not wait to bring good news. i can not wait to be in the arms of my best friends. i can not wait to sleep next to my mother. i can not wait for home cooking. i can not wait to see the baby. i can not wait to see el monte. i can not wait to be at the home that will always be my first home. california, you have been good to me. 6- post comment

[22 Jul 2008|03:46pm] transactions even more studio. i can't wait to do my own project, i'm sick of photographing still lifes (lives?) and people in my class. blahhhhhhhhhhhh post comment

seven. [21 Jul 2008|10:05am] manfredknopf Wow, I am a complete and utter wordnerd. Your result for The Commonly Confused Words Test English Genius You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 100% Expert! You did so extremely well, even I can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don't. You have an extensive vocabulary, and you're not afraid to use it properly! Way to go! Thank you so much for taking my test. I hope you enjoyed it! For the complete Answer Key, visit my blog.

six. [21 Jul 2008|08:53am] manfredknopf Some bad news: no new kitten for us. Not from that particular place at this particular time. We drove all the way to the veterinarian (where the new kittens were) with friend in tow (she was picking up her kitten, we were picking ours out), and they informed us that all of the kittens had been accounted for. This friend felt so terrible (it was through her friend that she was getting this kitten, and she told this friend about us), but it wasn't her fault in the least! John and I were pretty upset, but we look forward to trying again after vacation. I've been stalking petfinder.com since, and we plan to take trips to shelters and things. We did see The Dark Knight at midnight, though. Not too many costumes, but definitely a lot of "serious" faces. I thought it was incredible, completely. It's easy to thrill me, though, when it comes to movies. And this sounds so cheesed, but it really is a shame about Heath. He did a wonderful job. We saw it again last night. Well, I saw less than half of it. We arrived at the theatre a little later than we wanted and only the very front row was available. I couldn't handle being so close! I saw this on cuteoverload.com one day and had to save it. ( A little survey-type thing. ) 5- post comment

five. [19 Jul 2008|09:23am] manfredknopf I just really liked how the clouds looked last evening. I wasn't planning on updating again so soon, but I just felt compelled to. Last night, we took a trip to the supermarket for a few things, and PetCo to get a new water fountain for Jack. He's spoiled and likes his water to move and flow. There were crickets hopping around and the staff was playing catch with something or other. We ended up getting a collar for the new kitten and a scratching thing that will probably never be used. Between these two stops, though, we took a trip to Toys 'R Us! I'll explain now that John is an avid comic book reader. Not in the embarassingly creeped way, but I still like to poke fun. Also, he is probably the biggest Wall-E fan out there right now. He saw the midnight showing, saw it again with me, and wants to see it on IMAX! He heard Toys 'R Us had exclusive Wall-E toys; ( I took pictures. ) We didn't even end up with any Wall-E merchandise, I think because he wants a life-size version. We came back home, had some dinner, and watched some television. But then there was a surprise drying of tears, and it had me realizing just how much I love this person. When John was four or five, doctors found a massive, cancerous tumor on his kidney. This was in the '80s and he has a big scar to show and a tiny frame from the chemotherapy. Almost twenty years later (and before I met him), doctors find a non-cancerous tumor in his brain. He writes his will, he has brain surgery, he is safe and recovers well. The left side of his face has lost feelings in some parts, and the vision and hearing out of the respective pieces is fuzzy. He's had digestive problems for years and years and, every so often, he has such bad tummy aches that he's almost immobile. Doctors say he has an ulcer, and he should try to live a bit more stress-free. Well, I was rubbing his belly last night and felt a little ball in his stomach. This could be the ulcer, it could be a cyst; but with his history, he became very upset at the entire situation. He cried in my arms that he just wants to be better. We always joke that the sickest boy in the world is with the most healthy little girl (healthy in the terms that I've never seen a doctor or hospital about anything, really - just checkups; there was that one time I had mono, but it wasn't debilitating like the horror stories I hear!), but I really just want him to be ok. I know I can handle whatever happens (well, not whatever), and that I'll be here - I just want, for his sake, for him to be ok. And I think he will, I just have a feeling. 6- post comment

four. [18 Jul 2008|09:24am] manfredknopf The sun is already turning my cheeks to red. It's supposed to reach 97° today. I want to say that I just can't wait until Autumn, but do we have those anymore? I remember earlier this year, it would snow and freeze; and a few days later, we were walking around without jackets. Then there was heat, almost immediately! Spring has disappeared, so I can only assume Fall has, too. I'm fine with the Winter, I just like having that buffer period to prepare. John and I are getting a new kitten tomorrow. Well, we're picking one out. We leave for Mexico next Friday and return August 1st. It'd be awful for us to have a new cat for less than a full week, only to leave her at her brand new "Grandmom's" for a period of time. I've decided her name will be Nancy Drew, and now I just have to see which kitten will fit the name. I just know I will cry when I leave, knowing that I'm only picking one and not all of them. I hope Jack will love his new little half-sister. I've been trying to tell him about it, but I can't tell if he's excited or not. ( Jack. ) 8- post comment

three. [16 Jul 2008|06:40pm] manfredknopf Who has a Shelfari account? I'd love to be friends. (By the way, I've tried to post the widget and it isn't working! Argh!) Chanel: Ready-to-Wear, Haute Couture (2008/9)

two. [16 Jul 2008|09:24am] manfredknopf 1. Untitled, 2. Untitled, 3. Untitled, 4. Untitled, 5. Untitled, 6. Untitled, 7. Untitled, 8. Untitled I've always been a sort of Wanderluster, but I'd always planned the "safe" countries to visit. Or the typical ones; England, France, Italy, Germany. I had no imagination about it. Thanks in part to eyeing this gal's beautiful pictures, my mind has been opening more and more. Russia and Switzerland (pictured above) are now on my world-travels-radar. Even places like Cambodia and Israel. I never had desires to stray too far from the norm, as it were, but now I just want to step foot wherever I can. I've been to Germany and Ireland, and next Friday, I'll be in Riviera Maya, Mexico (what a real stretch, hm?). With this new college adventure I will soon embark on, I've already looked feverishly into the university's study abroad program. With my major, I can study all over Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Australia, Africa, South America. Luckily, I have two semesters to really think about where I'd like to go. In other news, I've had a nasty cough for a few days now. I don't know what's caused it, but I know it's irritating. John had it before and has it again, now. I guess we're ping-ponging it around. We're seeing The Dark Knight at midnight tomorrow (technically, Friday), is anyone else planning this? I hope I don't cough one bit through the whole flick. 4- post comment

one. [15 Jul 2008|12:15pm] manfredknopf I've no clue why, but I've recently (as in yesterday) had the urge to write here again. I've written about my day-to-day (ish) events there for some time now, but it looks as though I'd like another outlet. One where I can say what I shouldn't? Hm, I'm not sure. Maybe just a place I can be a little more sentimental and cheesed, without feeling strange in doing so. ( introduction. ) 4- post comment

Damn facebook [09 Jul 2008|06:03pm] thefacebook [hunkahunka] [ mood | happy ] Yea, its me again Anthony I had to make a new facebook profile because I kinda fucked up my other one soo add this one http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1342833348 post comment

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