Hey there Kiddies,
I hope that everyone's year has gotten off to a great start. I konw mine hasn't. Haha. Eh, it's so-so. Anyway, I know I haven't posted anything in over a month, but I've been busy with finals and whatnot. But I did manage to do something that I'm actually pretty proud of. I compiled another top 10 list, this time of the best purchased or otherwise acquired albums of 2006. So, why don't you mozy on over to my other blog, "Play Your Stereo Loud" (the link is just there to the right), and read my work. Yeah, it's pretty cool. And hopefully insightful and/or helpful for your next trip to the record store.
Enjoy!
Christina
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Camera and NaNo News!!!
Hey faithful readers (however many there may be),
A lot has happened. I went home for Thanksgiving Break. Got to spend three days in Charlotte just bumming around town. Bought a kick ass digital camera. It's a FujiFilm S6000 fd. It's really cool. It has a pretty kickin' zoom and 6 megapixels. And all the cool ass manual settings too. And I took these totally awesome pics:
They're pretty awesome.
Also, in other news. I won NaNoWriMo 2006! That's right, I wrote over 50,000 words in a month! That means that now I can finish my novel, edit it, and then look into finding an agent and a publisher. That's so exicting! Something I've wanted for so long may actually become a reality! Can you believe this???
Because I can't. This is insane. Welp, off to do more writing instead of homework or something else I should be doing... until then...
<3 Christina
A lot has happened. I went home for Thanksgiving Break. Got to spend three days in Charlotte just bumming around town. Bought a kick ass digital camera. It's a FujiFilm S6000 fd. It's really cool. It has a pretty kickin' zoom and 6 megapixels. And all the cool ass manual settings too. And I took these totally awesome pics:
They're pretty awesome.
Also, in other news. I won NaNoWriMo 2006! That's right, I wrote over 50,000 words in a month! That means that now I can finish my novel, edit it, and then look into finding an agent and a publisher. That's so exicting! Something I've wanted for so long may actually become a reality! Can you believe this???
Because I can't. This is insane. Welp, off to do more writing instead of homework or something else I should be doing... until then...
<3 Christina
Monday, October 30, 2006
Massive Update
I really hate that it takes me so long to update this thing. I've kinda started a regular schedule over on "Play Your Stereo Loud," so hopefully that'll help me update here. Though I don't know how many of you still read this, if you ever did. I promise I'll try to do better.
Not a whole lot has happened over on the Christina Front. Christina gets paid on Friday. That makes her very happy. You know what else makes Christina happy? Cary Brothers :)
On Saturday, my friend Kaitlin and I went to see this little thingy called the Hotel Cafe Tour at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC. It's sponsored by myspace.com and (RED)TM, that little campaign that raises money for, I think, AIDS research. I should be more with it, haha. Anyway, so the whole little tour thing was kinda conceived by Mr. Brothers. It featured Joshua Radin, Jim Bianco, Kevin Devine and Schuyler Fisk (the girlfriend in Orange County with Colin Hanks!). Oh, and Cary too. But, I mean, seriously. All that great music in one room?!? Are you kidding me? Best $17 plus train&subway tickets I've ever spent! (Musical review to be on "Play Your Stereo Loud" later in the week). Plus we got to meet some of them. Kaitlin is in love with Joshua Radin so we talked to him for a bit and got autographs and then she talked to Schuyler Fisk for a few minutes. I stood next to Schuyler but didn't say anything because I didn't know what to say, haha. But it was cool.
After the talking, we went back upstairs to watch some more and got to see Cary sing "Blue Eyes," the song that appears on the Garden State soundtrack. Oh man, it was a crowd sing along. It was fantastic. After his set ended, we watched a few more songs, but then decided that we had to go in order to catch the very last train out of NYC (1:34am!). We went downstairs where I spotted Cary by the bar. This was my opportunity to tap him on the shoulder, say hi and get him to sign the poster I had Kaitlin rip off the wall for me, haha. So I did. He looks different close up, but he's still super gorgeous :). I told him that it was a great show and I wished I could watch more, but we had to leave. Then I asked him to sign it. He goes to a table to sign it and then turns back to me and extends his hand "Hi, I'm Cary." "Hi, Christina," I smiled. He signed it: "To Christina, Love Cary Brothers." It was really cute:). Then he was like "It was nice to meet you," and I said the same, and then he said "Don't worry. We'll see each other again." I smiled at him and was like "what?" He then explained that he was sure he was going to be in the area again at some point and that he was releasing an album in February so he'd probably be back. "That's great!" I said "So I can come to another show or something." He says, "Yeah, we'll see each other again." Hahaha... oh man, I <3 Cary Brothers.
Oh! I almost forgot to mention that I got my first over-21 wrist band that night, and celebrated by buying a giant cup of Budweiser for $5. Beer has never tasted so sweet, hahaha. Oh, and I also got beer spilled on my knee by some random person. My knee. I don't know how that happens, but that was pretty awesome too...
All in all, it was a pretty groovy night. And and and... I got two Cary Brother's EPs for $10 total. And they are AMAZING. Saturday was a great day :)
Not a whole lot has happened over on the Christina Front. Christina gets paid on Friday. That makes her very happy. You know what else makes Christina happy? Cary Brothers :)
On Saturday, my friend Kaitlin and I went to see this little thingy called the Hotel Cafe Tour at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC. It's sponsored by myspace.com and (RED)TM, that little campaign that raises money for, I think, AIDS research. I should be more with it, haha. Anyway, so the whole little tour thing was kinda conceived by Mr. Brothers. It featured Joshua Radin, Jim Bianco, Kevin Devine and Schuyler Fisk (the girlfriend in Orange County with Colin Hanks!). Oh, and Cary too. But, I mean, seriously. All that great music in one room?!? Are you kidding me? Best $17 plus train&subway tickets I've ever spent! (Musical review to be on "Play Your Stereo Loud" later in the week). Plus we got to meet some of them. Kaitlin is in love with Joshua Radin so we talked to him for a bit and got autographs and then she talked to Schuyler Fisk for a few minutes. I stood next to Schuyler but didn't say anything because I didn't know what to say, haha. But it was cool.
After the talking, we went back upstairs to watch some more and got to see Cary sing "Blue Eyes," the song that appears on the Garden State soundtrack. Oh man, it was a crowd sing along. It was fantastic. After his set ended, we watched a few more songs, but then decided that we had to go in order to catch the very last train out of NYC (1:34am!). We went downstairs where I spotted Cary by the bar. This was my opportunity to tap him on the shoulder, say hi and get him to sign the poster I had Kaitlin rip off the wall for me, haha. So I did. He looks different close up, but he's still super gorgeous :). I told him that it was a great show and I wished I could watch more, but we had to leave. Then I asked him to sign it. He goes to a table to sign it and then turns back to me and extends his hand "Hi, I'm Cary." "Hi, Christina," I smiled. He signed it: "To Christina, Love Cary Brothers." It was really cute:). Then he was like "It was nice to meet you," and I said the same, and then he said "Don't worry. We'll see each other again." I smiled at him and was like "what?" He then explained that he was sure he was going to be in the area again at some point and that he was releasing an album in February so he'd probably be back. "That's great!" I said "So I can come to another show or something." He says, "Yeah, we'll see each other again." Hahaha... oh man, I <3 Cary Brothers.
Oh! I almost forgot to mention that I got my first over-21 wrist band that night, and celebrated by buying a giant cup of Budweiser for $5. Beer has never tasted so sweet, hahaha. Oh, and I also got beer spilled on my knee by some random person. My knee. I don't know how that happens, but that was pretty awesome too...
All in all, it was a pretty groovy night. And and and... I got two Cary Brother's EPs for $10 total. And they are AMAZING. Saturday was a great day :)
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Hey You!
Yeah, that's right, you! Have you been reading "Play Your Stereo Loud"? No?!?!? What the heck is wrong with you?!?!? Go read it. Right now.
It is now going to be the site of my new semi-weekly, -monthly, daily, -lifetimey column called "Why I <3 Rock Stars" and features funny news stories or quotes or whatever I can find about rock stars and why I <3 them. You should read it. The first one is pretty funny. And they're not that long either.
Oh, and while you're there... read the reviews, leave comments, go to the bathroom, eat a slice of pizza, whatever you want. Just read it, yo :)
<3 Christina
It is now going to be the site of my new semi-weekly, -monthly, daily, -lifetimey column called "Why I <3 Rock Stars" and features funny news stories or quotes or whatever I can find about rock stars and why I <3 them. You should read it. The first one is pretty funny. And they're not that long either.
Oh, and while you're there... read the reviews, leave comments, go to the bathroom, eat a slice of pizza, whatever you want. Just read it, yo :)
<3 Christina
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Update on My Life
Hey all, not a whole lot going on here. I'm full blown into NaNoWriMo now, with outline and characters and all. Actually I'm finding new characters all the time, and I'm only like 25% of the way through my outline. I def need it if I want any chance of making it through this coming month... especially if I want to come out anywhere near the top. It's actually kind of stressful, but this should be fun. It really pisses me off that I also have to deal with this little thing called "school." What a bitch.
Also, Breanne and I went to Fright Fest last night. Wow. Let me tell you... $45 well spent on waiting in line for 2 hours for a 10 minute "scary" hay ride. Though, in its defense, it was kinda creepy b/c it takes you in the woods in the dark and people jump on the wagon and out of trees. It was... cute... it was fun. Waaaay too many people for my likes though... but whatever.
Also, in other bloggy news. You should really check out "Play Your Stereo Loud." The link is just over there to the right ---->
It's good. Read it. :D
Also, Breanne and I went to Fright Fest last night. Wow. Let me tell you... $45 well spent on waiting in line for 2 hours for a 10 minute "scary" hay ride. Though, in its defense, it was kinda creepy b/c it takes you in the woods in the dark and people jump on the wagon and out of trees. It was... cute... it was fun. Waaaay too many people for my likes though... but whatever.
Also, in other bloggy news. You should really check out "Play Your Stereo Loud." The link is just over there to the right ---->
It's good. Read it. :D
Sunday, October 01, 2006
PostSecret and NaNoWriMo
So yesterday Breanne, her sister and I went to the PostSecret exhibit in Reading, PA. It was really cool. Pretty inspirational i think. I wish i had more art supplies here. Like card stock. I wrote somewhere around 26 secrets last night after I got back to my room, and I want to send some of them in, but I need to find something to make them out of. I also purchased the book. It's really amazing. I love PostSecret so much
Also, I may have talked about this before, but I'm going to join this thing called NaNoWriMo, which is a group of people around the world (though mostly in the US) that join together for the month of November to write crappy novels. The goal is to write 50,000 words in 30 days. They don't have to be good and they don't really have to be coherent. Plot holes are allowed. The only stipulation is that you have to start from scratch at 0:00 (or 12:00am) on November 1, and you have until midnight or 11:59pm on November 30 to submit your story. This is going to be awesome! www.nanowrimo.org.
That's really all for now... (oh, and I didn't get to meet Alessandro Nivola on Friday:(...sadness) Oh well, maybe some other time, haha.
Christina :)
Also, I may have talked about this before, but I'm going to join this thing called NaNoWriMo, which is a group of people around the world (though mostly in the US) that join together for the month of November to write crappy novels. The goal is to write 50,000 words in 30 days. They don't have to be good and they don't really have to be coherent. Plot holes are allowed. The only stipulation is that you have to start from scratch at 0:00 (or 12:00am) on November 1, and you have until midnight or 11:59pm on November 30 to submit your story. This is going to be awesome! www.nanowrimo.org.
That's really all for now... (oh, and I didn't get to meet Alessandro Nivola on Friday:(...sadness) Oh well, maybe some other time, haha.
Christina :)
Friday, September 29, 2006
MIA
Wow, I didn't realize how long it had been since the last time I posted on this. I finally got my little music blog off the ground and into the web, so you should go check it out. The link is over there to the right ---->.
It's called "Play Your Stereo Loud." You should check it out, and if you like what you read you should sent other people there to read. Right now the updating is going a little slow and classwork and clubs and all the shit going down on the homefront is distracting me, but I'll try to post something at least once a week. The new post from this week is up. It's a review of Josh Rouse's Nashville. On of my favorite songs of all time is on that album. It's the song I got the title for the blog from. It's a good song, you should try to find it and listen to it. Do it.
Do it.
In other news, I haven't been doing a whole whole lot. Went to the Lactose Tolerance Campaign last weekend in NYC. Signed a petition to make June 1 National Lactose Tolerance Day. That would be awesome, haha. I love milk. Got some cool posters, stickers and a shirt.
Oh good! It doesn't look like rain anymore, which is good b/c i was planning on going into the city later today to "have lunch" with my cousin. Which means that i want to go to his work to meet an actor... under the guise of wanting to go to lunch with my cousin, haha. Oh, me. I'm so clever. Haha.
Anyway, that's all for now. Until next time...
- Christina :)
It's called "Play Your Stereo Loud." You should check it out, and if you like what you read you should sent other people there to read. Right now the updating is going a little slow and classwork and clubs and all the shit going down on the homefront is distracting me, but I'll try to post something at least once a week. The new post from this week is up. It's a review of Josh Rouse's Nashville. On of my favorite songs of all time is on that album. It's the song I got the title for the blog from. It's a good song, you should try to find it and listen to it. Do it.
Do it.
In other news, I haven't been doing a whole whole lot. Went to the Lactose Tolerance Campaign last weekend in NYC. Signed a petition to make June 1 National Lactose Tolerance Day. That would be awesome, haha. I love milk. Got some cool posters, stickers and a shirt.
Oh good! It doesn't look like rain anymore, which is good b/c i was planning on going into the city later today to "have lunch" with my cousin. Which means that i want to go to his work to meet an actor... under the guise of wanting to go to lunch with my cousin, haha. Oh, me. I'm so clever. Haha.
Anyway, that's all for now. Until next time...
- Christina :)
Sunday, September 17, 2006
woot.
Wee hoo... i finally uploaded me a picture... after having this thing for almost a year, haha. You've probably seen this pic before... man, i really need a new one, haha. maybe someday...
Anyway, not a whole lot has been happening. I still have work to do, but I'm procrastinating. NJ Transit free week is this week. I really want to take advantage of that, but damn my work schedule! Damn it to hell... maybe on friday I'll go into the city and have dinner with my cousin or something. We'll see...
Also, I'm thinking of starting another blog. So if I do you have to go read it. It's going to be all music oriented (which this one was supposed to be, but i'm so damned open that i felt like sharing everything with the world here, haha). But this new one, should I decide to make it, will seriously just be about music. I don't know what I'll call it yet. Or what will go on it. We'll figure something out (we being me haha). So like all those "In Music News" things I put on here sometimes will be on the other one. I'll let you know when I make it, so that you can read it and tell all your friends to read it and so i will become a music blogging goddess! heh....
Whatever... catch ya later,
Christina
Anyway, not a whole lot has been happening. I still have work to do, but I'm procrastinating. NJ Transit free week is this week. I really want to take advantage of that, but damn my work schedule! Damn it to hell... maybe on friday I'll go into the city and have dinner with my cousin or something. We'll see...
Also, I'm thinking of starting another blog. So if I do you have to go read it. It's going to be all music oriented (which this one was supposed to be, but i'm so damned open that i felt like sharing everything with the world here, haha). But this new one, should I decide to make it, will seriously just be about music. I don't know what I'll call it yet. Or what will go on it. We'll figure something out (we being me haha). So like all those "In Music News" things I put on here sometimes will be on the other one. I'll let you know when I make it, so that you can read it and tell all your friends to read it and so i will become a music blogging goddess! heh....
Whatever... catch ya later,
Christina
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Afterthought...
Okay, so I meant to post this about two weeks ago.
When Amy, her boyfriend Jay and I went to the Counting Crows concert on August 29th, we took separate cars. Thus I had to walk from the parking lot by myeslf. But it was cool because i heard one of the funniest things I've ever heard in my life. Some of you may have heard of the veyr funny site OverheardInNewYork.com. For those who have not, you should check it out. New York is filled with people, and you'd be amazed at the percentage of people are are just retarded. People send the website stupid/silly conversations they overheard. It's actually very amusing. Check it out.
Anyway, I think there should be one for Charlotte. What I heard that night of the concert would definitely make it.
Guy in Orange Shirt: Man, I remember the last time we were here... like 2003. Phish, man. That was an awesome night!
Guy's Friend: You haven't been to a concert since 2003?
Guy in Orange: Nah, man. Remember? 2004-2005 I was in prison.
Guy's Friend: Oh yeah.
Something I heard in the Arbo Walmart would also make it I think.
Little boy: Look, mom! Fun-ton!
Mom: Baby, that says futon...
Maybe not the funniest things ever (though I think the first quote is hilarious), but I still think they're amusing. Someone should start and Overheard in Charlotte site. It'd have like 3 visitors a week. And two of them would probably be me... whatever...
Just a random thought,
Christina
When Amy, her boyfriend Jay and I went to the Counting Crows concert on August 29th, we took separate cars. Thus I had to walk from the parking lot by myeslf. But it was cool because i heard one of the funniest things I've ever heard in my life. Some of you may have heard of the veyr funny site OverheardInNewYork.com. For those who have not, you should check it out. New York is filled with people, and you'd be amazed at the percentage of people are are just retarded. People send the website stupid/silly conversations they overheard. It's actually very amusing. Check it out.
Anyway, I think there should be one for Charlotte. What I heard that night of the concert would definitely make it.
Guy in Orange Shirt: Man, I remember the last time we were here... like 2003. Phish, man. That was an awesome night!
Guy's Friend: You haven't been to a concert since 2003?
Guy in Orange: Nah, man. Remember? 2004-2005 I was in prison.
Guy's Friend: Oh yeah.
Something I heard in the Arbo Walmart would also make it I think.
Little boy: Look, mom! Fun-ton!
Mom: Baby, that says futon...
Maybe not the funniest things ever (though I think the first quote is hilarious), but I still think they're amusing. Someone should start and Overheard in Charlotte site. It'd have like 3 visitors a week. And two of them would probably be me... whatever...
Just a random thought,
Christina
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Back in Joysey
Yo yo yo. I is officially back in Jersey. It was a mother of a move in day though. I woke up at 4am and made it to NJ around 9:30. Breanne picked me up from the airport and we mosied on over to the SHU. After checking in Bre and I went to Bunny's. Uh! Come visit me in Jersey. We will eat fantastic pizza at Bunny's! It was wonderful... unfortunately the rest of the day was spent in SAB training, but it's all good, met a few new fun people. More of the same, blah blah blah...
Then Tues. was the first day of classes. They were alright. Nothing seems too too difficult... but i haven't been to all my classes yet. I had to skip American History II, but no biggie. This is all extremely exciting to you, I'm sure.
What the hell is up with the prices of text books? It's fucking insane. It's such a scam. By the time I've finished getting everything I need I will have spent over $300. When I sell them all back I'll probably get like $25 tops. I wish someone would buy my German book, haha. Damn, i want to get rid of that. Maybe I'll post my history book too... i think i'll do that when i'm done here.
Which I am. There's really nothing much to say; I just felt like I needed to post something.
Oh, in Music News: I kinda found this guy by accident. Actually i was sitting in the SAB office and he imed me, haha. His name is Jim Gaven www.myspace.com/jimgaven He's pretty good actually. He graduated from SHU last year I think. He plays around jersey a lot, and if you get a chance i think you should check him out if you haven't already. I hope we get him to play here again... i wanna see him. check him out.
Peace out:P
Christina
Then Tues. was the first day of classes. They were alright. Nothing seems too too difficult... but i haven't been to all my classes yet. I had to skip American History II, but no biggie. This is all extremely exciting to you, I'm sure.
What the hell is up with the prices of text books? It's fucking insane. It's such a scam. By the time I've finished getting everything I need I will have spent over $300. When I sell them all back I'll probably get like $25 tops. I wish someone would buy my German book, haha. Damn, i want to get rid of that. Maybe I'll post my history book too... i think i'll do that when i'm done here.
Which I am. There's really nothing much to say; I just felt like I needed to post something.
Oh, in Music News: I kinda found this guy by accident. Actually i was sitting in the SAB office and he imed me, haha. His name is Jim Gaven www.myspace.com/jimgaven He's pretty good actually. He graduated from SHU last year I think. He plays around jersey a lot, and if you get a chance i think you should check him out if you haven't already. I hope we get him to play here again... i wanna see him. check him out.
Peace out:P
Christina
Sunday, August 27, 2006
More Haiku news
Don't worry, I won't talk about the Psy-kus anymore, haha.
However, I do have some other of my haikus featured on another blog. It's still up and coming, but it's a brilliant concept that I think could catch on. It's called the Free Time Masons. Basically it showcases art/literature/whatever that people do when they're supposed to be doing something else. Little creative outlets. Anyway, I recommend you check it out, and perhaps think about showcasing your doodles/creative output too!
Love,
Christina:)
However, I do have some other of my haikus featured on another blog. It's still up and coming, but it's a brilliant concept that I think could catch on. It's called the Free Time Masons. Basically it showcases art/literature/whatever that people do when they're supposed to be doing something else. Little creative outlets. Anyway, I recommend you check it out, and perhaps think about showcasing your doodles/creative output too!
Love,
Christina:)
Friday, August 25, 2006
Hahahahahah Holy Crap!!!
I did it! I did it! I won! I won! Oh yeah, that's right.
Remember that little haiku writing contest I told you about last post? Well... it's not really a contest in that I win anything... unless you count getting to bask in the glory of my genius and Psych devotion. To recap, a mission was given to write haikus about the new hit USA show called "Psych." You could basically write as many as you wanted, but only a few would be selected and featured on the Production Blog "Fly On the Wall." Hell yes, this is like a small self-esteem victory! I, Christina a.k.a. Psyched4Psych, was given special thanks. That's right, I said "special thanks" for giving a shout out to my half soul-mate Gus, the buddy in this buddy-cop/psychic show. You all know how much I hate bad grammar, and I could tell there was something special about this particular haiku when I wrote it, even though it wasn't particularly my favorite. Hahahaha, I didn't even win anything, but I am so excited. Hahahaha:D.
This is like small personal victory for Christina. My haiku is being read all over the world. Oh yeah. That's right. :) x 1000
Remember that little haiku writing contest I told you about last post? Well... it's not really a contest in that I win anything... unless you count getting to bask in the glory of my genius and Psych devotion. To recap, a mission was given to write haikus about the new hit USA show called "Psych." You could basically write as many as you wanted, but only a few would be selected and featured on the Production Blog "Fly On the Wall." Hell yes, this is like a small self-esteem victory! I, Christina a.k.a. Psyched4Psych, was given special thanks. That's right, I said "special thanks" for giving a shout out to my half soul-mate Gus, the buddy in this buddy-cop/psychic show. You all know how much I hate bad grammar, and I could tell there was something special about this particular haiku when I wrote it, even though it wasn't particularly my favorite. Hahahaha, I didn't even win anything, but I am so excited. Hahahaha:D.
This is like small personal victory for Christina. My haiku is being read all over the world. Oh yeah. That's right. :) x 1000
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Greetings, Gang! I changed the layout of my site, hope you like it. I was getting bored of the dots. I like this... so this it shall be... at least for a while, haha.
Anyway, ain't much been happening here. Went to Myrtle Beach for like a day with my dad. It was kinda boring except for the 20 mins we were at the beach to see the sunrise, haha. Perhaps this tentative trip to LA should be a tentative trip to Myrtle Beach... or at least include a trip to a beach. Haha. I've been working on next year's line of Valentine's Day cards. I've got about 7... i need about 13 more. More info on that later.
Also, to amuse myself in my spare time I've entered a Haiku writing "contest." These haikus (or Psy-kus) have to be about the new USA show called "Psych." It's an extremely hilarious cop comedy-drama about a guy who's actually a good detective, but tells the local police department that he's a psychic. He has nothing better to do. But so, all the haikus have to be "Psych" related. I wrote ten. They can be found here. My handle is Psyched4Psych, haha. Enjoy.
Catch ya later,
Christina
P.S. - I've been meaning to share this song with you. It's called "Business Time" and it's by these New Zealanders called The Flight of the Conchords. You should listen to it. Good stuff, hahaha.
"Makin' love.... makin' love for twwooo... makin' love for twooo minutes!" :D
Anyway, ain't much been happening here. Went to Myrtle Beach for like a day with my dad. It was kinda boring except for the 20 mins we were at the beach to see the sunrise, haha. Perhaps this tentative trip to LA should be a tentative trip to Myrtle Beach... or at least include a trip to a beach. Haha. I've been working on next year's line of Valentine's Day cards. I've got about 7... i need about 13 more. More info on that later.
Also, to amuse myself in my spare time I've entered a Haiku writing "contest." These haikus (or Psy-kus) have to be about the new USA show called "Psych." It's an extremely hilarious cop comedy-drama about a guy who's actually a good detective, but tells the local police department that he's a psychic. He has nothing better to do. But so, all the haikus have to be "Psych" related. I wrote ten. They can be found here. My handle is Psyched4Psych, haha. Enjoy.
Catch ya later,
Christina
P.S. - I've been meaning to share this song with you. It's called "Business Time" and it's by these New Zealanders called The Flight of the Conchords. You should listen to it. Good stuff, hahaha.
"Makin' love.... makin' love for twwooo... makin' love for twooo minutes!" :D
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Long, but perhaps useful...:)
I haven't blogged in a long time, so I thought up a topic and was going to write about it here. It was kinda depressing, but what did I care; I'm depressed about 20-50% of the time anyway. But the topic wasn't really going to be about depression, but more about how I cure my depression. And now after thinking about and actually taking in my cure, I'm no longer depressed, so I don't even want to talk about being depressed. Heh. Go figure. My cure worked once again.
But now you might be wondering what my cure is, so I guess I'll indulge. What I use to cure depression is an everyday item. I'm sure all of you have some of it in your your house right now. I'm sure that all of you have purchased some at some point in your life. *Shifty eyes* And I bet you've stolen some too. Go on, admit it. You have. I have. So what? Wanna make something of it? Come on! Let's take this outside! Sometimes I even buy it, use what I need, and return it. Heh. I got $4.80 of store credit the last time I did that. And then I bought more of my cure (but that cure ended up being rotten and cut to pieces, and really wasn't that enjoyable, but I still think I'm going to keep it...). So what is my cure, you ask? Come on, this is me we're talking about....
Turns out my depression cure-all is music. Turns out I've been using it for this purpose for years, but didn't realize it until Sunday. I suppose I always did know about it, but not in the way that I realized I do. You see, the whole story begins about 5 years ago. I was about to be a sophomore in a new high school because the school board is retarded and decided to bus kids all over town so they could go to their "home" schools, so I was about to leave a bunch of new friends, teachers and clubs behind to start anew. Mind you, this new school was in the ghetto, and despite the reassuring fact that my friend told me I could "pass for Mexican," I did not want to subject myself to the perils of life in the ghetto.
And to top it all off, I was 15. And I'm sure most, if not all, of you reading this remember what it was like to be 15. Puberty and hormones are the devil. Anyway, I was chronically depressed. Every single day of my miserable little life was like awakening to a dark cloud filled with acid rain. Undiluted. I didn't know what the hell I was going to do with my life. I didn't really even want it anymore. And I was seriously contemplating giving it back. One fateful day I bought a CD with a song that changed my life. Listening to "Drive" by Incubus (on Make Yourself) over and over again made me realize that maybe if I WAS the one behind the wheel of my life then maybe I could make it find direction. Maybe I could take control of my life instead of waiting for it to take control of me. I had never really looked for messages in music before. Or at least I had never found any like this.
And you know what? 2 months later I had my first boyfriend. I was down a pants size. And I was actually happy. Ever since that day music has been my saving grace. I never realized what a good friend it could actually be. If that summer had turned out differently, I would never have known Josh Rouse, who made me realize all this in the first place (and who i've decided is going to have at least one of my babies, haha). I would never have known Bain Mattox or my musician friend, both of whom also mean A LOT to me. I would never have met some of my best friends in the world, and the one I already knew, I wouldn't have known as well. I'm not claiming to be free of depression. God knows I have my days. But without having music that affects me, that speaks to me (like Josh's or Bain's), I dont' know what I would do. To quote something I wrote on Sunday on the topic: "We all have problems, every day of our lives. But without a special friend, who sometimes empowers or inspires or depresses or makes you have these sorts of epiphanies, life would be a lot worse."
That's why I'll always hold a special place in my heart for Brandon Boyd of Incubus (for saving my life Summer '01), Bain Mattox (for saving my sanity in November '05), and Red Perspective (for saving my life and sanity after the death of my dorm neighbor March '05). And of course Josh Rouse (for making me realize how much I appreciate my life).
Music is my cure-all. A good melody and some good lyrics are all I need....
(sorry, it's a lot longer and slightly more depressing than I had anticipated. And perhaps a little hard to follow. But if you're reading this blog, you should know and love Christina logic by now, haha :P ).
But now you might be wondering what my cure is, so I guess I'll indulge. What I use to cure depression is an everyday item. I'm sure all of you have some of it in your your house right now. I'm sure that all of you have purchased some at some point in your life. *Shifty eyes* And I bet you've stolen some too. Go on, admit it. You have. I have. So what? Wanna make something of it? Come on! Let's take this outside! Sometimes I even buy it, use what I need, and return it. Heh. I got $4.80 of store credit the last time I did that. And then I bought more of my cure (but that cure ended up being rotten and cut to pieces, and really wasn't that enjoyable, but I still think I'm going to keep it...). So what is my cure, you ask? Come on, this is me we're talking about....
Turns out my depression cure-all is music. Turns out I've been using it for this purpose for years, but didn't realize it until Sunday. I suppose I always did know about it, but not in the way that I realized I do. You see, the whole story begins about 5 years ago. I was about to be a sophomore in a new high school because the school board is retarded and decided to bus kids all over town so they could go to their "home" schools, so I was about to leave a bunch of new friends, teachers and clubs behind to start anew. Mind you, this new school was in the ghetto, and despite the reassuring fact that my friend told me I could "pass for Mexican," I did not want to subject myself to the perils of life in the ghetto.
And to top it all off, I was 15. And I'm sure most, if not all, of you reading this remember what it was like to be 15. Puberty and hormones are the devil. Anyway, I was chronically depressed. Every single day of my miserable little life was like awakening to a dark cloud filled with acid rain. Undiluted. I didn't know what the hell I was going to do with my life. I didn't really even want it anymore. And I was seriously contemplating giving it back. One fateful day I bought a CD with a song that changed my life. Listening to "Drive" by Incubus (on Make Yourself) over and over again made me realize that maybe if I WAS the one behind the wheel of my life then maybe I could make it find direction. Maybe I could take control of my life instead of waiting for it to take control of me. I had never really looked for messages in music before. Or at least I had never found any like this.
And you know what? 2 months later I had my first boyfriend. I was down a pants size. And I was actually happy. Ever since that day music has been my saving grace. I never realized what a good friend it could actually be. If that summer had turned out differently, I would never have known Josh Rouse, who made me realize all this in the first place (and who i've decided is going to have at least one of my babies, haha). I would never have known Bain Mattox or my musician friend, both of whom also mean A LOT to me. I would never have met some of my best friends in the world, and the one I already knew, I wouldn't have known as well. I'm not claiming to be free of depression. God knows I have my days. But without having music that affects me, that speaks to me (like Josh's or Bain's), I dont' know what I would do. To quote something I wrote on Sunday on the topic: "We all have problems, every day of our lives. But without a special friend, who sometimes empowers or inspires or depresses or makes you have these sorts of epiphanies, life would be a lot worse."
That's why I'll always hold a special place in my heart for Brandon Boyd of Incubus (for saving my life Summer '01), Bain Mattox (for saving my sanity in November '05), and Red Perspective (for saving my life and sanity after the death of my dorm neighbor March '05). And of course Josh Rouse (for making me realize how much I appreciate my life).
Music is my cure-all. A good melody and some good lyrics are all I need....
(sorry, it's a lot longer and slightly more depressing than I had anticipated. And perhaps a little hard to follow. But if you're reading this blog, you should know and love Christina logic by now, haha :P ).
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Photoshop is fun
Found photoshop on my computer. Decided to swap heads. These are the results.
Baby Spears. Oh I crack myself up..... 
I'll keep practicing, hahah....
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
I just felt like bloggin'.....
That title is funniest when said in a Forrest Gump voice, hehe.
But seriously, I did. It's approximately 1:14am and I'm not tired at all. Maybe because I woke up at like 11:30. I try not to wake up that late, but I can't help it. But I feel like my entire day is gone if I wake up after noon. It really sucks. Haven't been up to much. On Friday, Alison, Mary Ann and I went to see my musician friend play at this wine shop in the university area. He was pretty good. I told him to play Josh Rouse and he played my favorite song. That made me extremely happy. I told him to play more Josh Rouse when I talked to him between sets, but he forgot. It was okay though because he played my other requests: Damien Rice, The Fray, and an original song called "Grace" that I am absolutely in love with. It's sad and heartfelt. It's wonderful to see/hear performed. Unfortunately it was hard to enjoy it because I could tell my friends were getting antsy and wanted to leave; we had been there for over 4 hours already, hahaha. Plus the rest of the crowd was getting loud and drunk and annoying (stupid whores, hahah). Also, for reasons unknown, we plunked down at a table kinda far away from him. So that kinda sucked. I promised him next time we'd sit closer; he wants our applause to spread to the rest of the crowd so that they pay attention to him, hahaha. Or at least more attention. Oh well. Next time I'll sit closer.
Saturday was Alison's surprise birthday party. Her birthday isn't until today (Tuesday), but it was the weekend, so we had it. It was kinda cool. I'd never been to a surprise party before. Her parents planned it; but my job was to get a group of friends there. Mary Ann helped, haha. It was really cute. Alison was really surprised; she had no idea. The beginning of the party was kind of emotional, haha. It was sweet and fun. Afterwards a few of us ventured on to the movies where we saw You, Me & Dupree. It was kind of a feel good movie, haha. It was cute actually. Is it just me, or does Owen Wilson play fly-by-the-seat-of-his-pants characters every time? Oh well, he's good at it, heh. It really was a cute movie. Kate Hudson is my girl crush. I love her. Hahaha. I want to be her when I grow up :P
Also, I finally found a creative outlet. I could feel this need for creativity building up for a couple weeks now. I try to write more to my story when I feel that, but it didn't work this time.
I bought a sketchbook and some very nice color (or "colour" according to the box) pencils and started to draw. So far it's just a couple pics of Chris Martin of Coldplay. The first one I did was pretty good, if I may say so myself. But the second one is not so good. The black charcoal pencil smeared a little more than I anticipated so now his face is gray-peach, haha. It's not that great; I didn't even really finish it because I couldn't get rid of the gray. His mustache is not done, his nose looks funny, and he looks bald, haha. Oh well. The first one is pretty life like though, I guess. I'll continue to attempt to master my nonskills. Doesn't really matter though; it's only for entertainment.... and cheap gifts, haha....
But seriously, I did. It's approximately 1:14am and I'm not tired at all. Maybe because I woke up at like 11:30. I try not to wake up that late, but I can't help it. But I feel like my entire day is gone if I wake up after noon. It really sucks. Haven't been up to much. On Friday, Alison, Mary Ann and I went to see my musician friend play at this wine shop in the university area. He was pretty good. I told him to play Josh Rouse and he played my favorite song. That made me extremely happy. I told him to play more Josh Rouse when I talked to him between sets, but he forgot. It was okay though because he played my other requests: Damien Rice, The Fray, and an original song called "Grace" that I am absolutely in love with. It's sad and heartfelt. It's wonderful to see/hear performed. Unfortunately it was hard to enjoy it because I could tell my friends were getting antsy and wanted to leave; we had been there for over 4 hours already, hahaha. Plus the rest of the crowd was getting loud and drunk and annoying (stupid whores, hahah). Also, for reasons unknown, we plunked down at a table kinda far away from him. So that kinda sucked. I promised him next time we'd sit closer; he wants our applause to spread to the rest of the crowd so that they pay attention to him, hahaha. Or at least more attention. Oh well. Next time I'll sit closer.
Saturday was Alison's surprise birthday party. Her birthday isn't until today (Tuesday), but it was the weekend, so we had it. It was kinda cool. I'd never been to a surprise party before. Her parents planned it; but my job was to get a group of friends there. Mary Ann helped, haha. It was really cute. Alison was really surprised; she had no idea. The beginning of the party was kind of emotional, haha. It was sweet and fun. Afterwards a few of us ventured on to the movies where we saw You, Me & Dupree. It was kind of a feel good movie, haha. It was cute actually. Is it just me, or does Owen Wilson play fly-by-the-seat-of-his-pants characters every time? Oh well, he's good at it, heh. It really was a cute movie. Kate Hudson is my girl crush. I love her. Hahaha. I want to be her when I grow up :P
Also, I finally found a creative outlet. I could feel this need for creativity building up for a couple weeks now. I try to write more to my story when I feel that, but it didn't work this time.
I bought a sketchbook and some very nice color (or "colour" according to the box) pencils and started to draw. So far it's just a couple pics of Chris Martin of Coldplay. The first one I did was pretty good, if I may say so myself. But the second one is not so good. The black charcoal pencil smeared a little more than I anticipated so now his face is gray-peach, haha. It's not that great; I didn't even really finish it because I couldn't get rid of the gray. His mustache is not done, his nose looks funny, and he looks bald, haha. Oh well. The first one is pretty life like though, I guess. I'll continue to attempt to master my nonskills. Doesn't really matter though; it's only for entertainment.... and cheap gifts, haha....
Monday, July 10, 2006
Six-pack o' Nothin'
Not a whole lot to report over here. Still not being honest (see previous entry) about certain things, haha. Maybe at some point this summer. We'll see. *Sigh* Heh.
I've been having these weird dreams lately. They're not really weird in that the plot of the dream is weird; just that each one involves a different guy, and heavy flirting. One of them was about Josh Meyers, the dude from MadTV. Just a lot of flirting... I don't remember much else. Another one was about this kid Greg who lived on my floor freshman year, dubbed "The Most Gorgeous Boy in the World" by yours truly. Just a lot of hugging, cuddling and flirting. Mary Ann woke me up from that dream. Dammit. Then there was one about my German teacher from high school, Mr. Land. Oh, Mr. Land.... *drools*. More flirting, talking. He was hot. It was nice, haha. And then I think there was one about he-who-shall-not-be-named, hahah :). More of the same. Then last night I had this weird dream about this other kid Marko who used to go to school with me. This one had a heavier mood than the others; he was meaner to me, and there was really no flirting... though he let me stay at his place while he was gone (haha?). I think I'm over-sexed. Or under-sexed. One of them. Hahaha... but ooh... those were some gorgeous men in my dreams, hahaha.
In Music News: I'm still obsessed with Josh Rouse. He's virtually all I've listened to for 3 weeks. The compilation CD my friend made me has been spinning almost constantly in my car. The only time it's not in there is when another Josh Rouse cd (1972) is playing. Or when my friend is in fact playing, haha. But seriously, I wish I had known about this guy sooner. I don't use this phrase often, but I think his music is potentially life changing. Seriously. I can't even count how many times I've listened to "Comeback" these past few weeks. And now I've discovered a new song. It's called "Its the Nighttime." I haven't even formulated words for it yet. But let me put it this way. I wish that someone would sing it to me. Perhaps even he-who-shall-not-be-named, hehehe. :D
I've been having these weird dreams lately. They're not really weird in that the plot of the dream is weird; just that each one involves a different guy, and heavy flirting. One of them was about Josh Meyers, the dude from MadTV. Just a lot of flirting... I don't remember much else. Another one was about this kid Greg who lived on my floor freshman year, dubbed "The Most Gorgeous Boy in the World" by yours truly. Just a lot of hugging, cuddling and flirting. Mary Ann woke me up from that dream. Dammit. Then there was one about my German teacher from high school, Mr. Land. Oh, Mr. Land.... *drools*. More flirting, talking. He was hot. It was nice, haha. And then I think there was one about he-who-shall-not-be-named, hahah :). More of the same. Then last night I had this weird dream about this other kid Marko who used to go to school with me. This one had a heavier mood than the others; he was meaner to me, and there was really no flirting... though he let me stay at his place while he was gone (haha?). I think I'm over-sexed. Or under-sexed. One of them. Hahaha... but ooh... those were some gorgeous men in my dreams, hahaha.
In Music News: I'm still obsessed with Josh Rouse. He's virtually all I've listened to for 3 weeks. The compilation CD my friend made me has been spinning almost constantly in my car. The only time it's not in there is when another Josh Rouse cd (1972) is playing. Or when my friend is in fact playing, haha. But seriously, I wish I had known about this guy sooner. I don't use this phrase often, but I think his music is potentially life changing. Seriously. I can't even count how many times I've listened to "Comeback" these past few weeks. And now I've discovered a new song. It's called "Its the Nighttime." I haven't even formulated words for it yet. But let me put it this way. I wish that someone would sing it to me. Perhaps even he-who-shall-not-be-named, hehehe. :D
Sunday, July 02, 2006
Poignant Quotes...
I love to read. And more than anything else, I love to take pieces of philosophy from the books I read and write them down so that I never forget them. I recently found an old notebook I use to write down such quotes and other moving passages (usually song lyrics). I haven't opened it in months, so I started reading some of the quotes I've taken from books that I thought were so insightful. Here are a few:
"And maybe you don't go to hell for the things you do. Maybe you go to hell for the things you don't do." -- Lullaby, Chuck Palahniuk, p. 175.
"Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have left of our education." -- Invisible Monsters, Chuck Palahniuk, p. 103
"When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves." Invisible Monsters, p. 104
"What you don't understand you can make mean anything." Diary, Chuck Palahniuk, p. 134
"According to Plato, we don't learn anything. Our soul has lived so many lives that we know everything. Teachers and education can only remind us of what we already know." Diary, p. 188.
"Why is it that you feel like a dope if you laugh alone, but that's usually how you end up crying?" Invisible Monsters, p. 121
Okay, so most of them are from the same author, haha. But I don't think that makes them any less true or even jarring. That last one is especially telling. Why is it that we often just cry by ourselves? Perhaps it's just ingrained in our minds to be strong and not let others see our weaknesses. I never understood that ideal. I think that if everyone was as open with each other as we are with ourselves we'd have a lot more happiness in this world (not to sound all hippie-y or anything). If we could tell each other the truth, the truth of what we are feeling... there'd be less pain. I mean, obviously, yes there would be. But if little Billy could just tell his mommy that he broke the window, he wouldn't have to see her afraid of burglars. Or if Cindy could tell anyone about what Old Man Jenkins does to her behind the barn, she wouldn't hate herself quite as much..... If I only could tell him that I think he's talented, intelligent, kind, attractive, and all-around wonderful, maybe then he could let go and allow himself to open up a little more. And then maybe I wouldn't feel so nervous around him.
*sigh* if only we could be honest, eh? Heh.... ;)
God, I hope he never reads this.... hahahaha.... or figures out I'm talking about him.... *embarrassed* hahaha:)
"And maybe you don't go to hell for the things you do. Maybe you go to hell for the things you don't do." -- Lullaby, Chuck Palahniuk, p. 175.
"Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have left of our education." -- Invisible Monsters, Chuck Palahniuk, p. 103
"When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves." Invisible Monsters, p. 104
"What you don't understand you can make mean anything." Diary, Chuck Palahniuk, p. 134
"According to Plato, we don't learn anything. Our soul has lived so many lives that we know everything. Teachers and education can only remind us of what we already know." Diary, p. 188.
"Why is it that you feel like a dope if you laugh alone, but that's usually how you end up crying?" Invisible Monsters, p. 121
Okay, so most of them are from the same author, haha. But I don't think that makes them any less true or even jarring. That last one is especially telling. Why is it that we often just cry by ourselves? Perhaps it's just ingrained in our minds to be strong and not let others see our weaknesses. I never understood that ideal. I think that if everyone was as open with each other as we are with ourselves we'd have a lot more happiness in this world (not to sound all hippie-y or anything). If we could tell each other the truth, the truth of what we are feeling... there'd be less pain. I mean, obviously, yes there would be. But if little Billy could just tell his mommy that he broke the window, he wouldn't have to see her afraid of burglars. Or if Cindy could tell anyone about what Old Man Jenkins does to her behind the barn, she wouldn't hate herself quite as much..... If I only could tell him that I think he's talented, intelligent, kind, attractive, and all-around wonderful, maybe then he could let go and allow himself to open up a little more. And then maybe I wouldn't feel so nervous around him.
*sigh* if only we could be honest, eh? Heh.... ;)
God, I hope he never reads this.... hahahaha.... or figures out I'm talking about him.... *embarrassed* hahaha:)
Monday, June 26, 2006
I Don't Get It...
What is going on with the world? Like two weeks ago a kid I went to elementary school and middle school (i'm not sure where or if he went to high school) died of a brain aneurysm. He was like my age. Then like a week later I found out a friend from school's father died. Then last week one of our soccer players died. She sat next to me in Great Books I spring semester of freshman year. It's almost getting to the point that it's freaking me out.
And to top it all off I had a dream that my friend's car (and house? heh...) was stolen. A few months ago his car was stolen... and that was after my dream that his car BLEW UP. What the hell is going to happen now? I swear to God, if his car blows up..... :( x 1000 Just my mass confusion with the world, I guess.
In lighter news, I'm still in love with the Josh Rouse compilation my friend (the car friend, actually) made me. He also let me borrow his Death Cab dvd "Directions." It's a collection of 13 videos directed by different directors (hence the title) for all the songs on their latest album Plans, plus 2 bonus songs. It was pretty interesting actually. A few of the videos were really weird and I didn't understand at all (and I pretend to be pretty arty). Others were genius, like the ones for "Different Names for the Same Thing" and "Someday You Will Be Loved." And the video for "Crooked Teeth" was histerical.They were amusing, disturbing, depressing and moving (especially "What Sarah Said"... i felt on the verge of tears). It was interesting and worth the watch, but if you can find someone who owns a copy I suggest you borrow it, but I wouldn't necessarily suggest you buy it.
(Please, Friend's Car... don't mess with me....)
And to top it all off I had a dream that my friend's car (and house? heh...) was stolen. A few months ago his car was stolen... and that was after my dream that his car BLEW UP. What the hell is going to happen now? I swear to God, if his car blows up..... :( x 1000 Just my mass confusion with the world, I guess.
In lighter news, I'm still in love with the Josh Rouse compilation my friend (the car friend, actually) made me. He also let me borrow his Death Cab dvd "Directions." It's a collection of 13 videos directed by different directors (hence the title) for all the songs on their latest album Plans, plus 2 bonus songs. It was pretty interesting actually. A few of the videos were really weird and I didn't understand at all (and I pretend to be pretty arty). Others were genius, like the ones for "Different Names for the Same Thing" and "Someday You Will Be Loved." And the video for "Crooked Teeth" was histerical.They were amusing, disturbing, depressing and moving (especially "What Sarah Said"... i felt on the verge of tears). It was interesting and worth the watch, but if you can find someone who owns a copy I suggest you borrow it, but I wouldn't necessarily suggest you buy it.
(Please, Friend's Car... don't mess with me....)
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