Crashing

The end of the weekend in photo essay, captions & photos from Skupas:

Step one: We have to talk



step two: stating the facts and facing the truth


step three: a little pep talk while Meg considers


step four: The moment in which Meg realizes she must say goodbye to Sparks and sheds a sigh of relief at her recognition.



step five: change??? or is she really thinking "BUT there will be other substances to look forward too!!!!"


Other choice photos from Sunday evening, which was also Perry's second to last blowout in DC:


Liz and Ivy at the Roommate Fair.


Prom King and Queen and Cake.


Bobby "I will plan three meals a week."


Oh Huckamammal.


And Skupas, my darling.


A Warnockian Moment


Peace out Pman!

The Best Place to Start

Did anyone else catch the Choose or Lose special last nite of Drew Barrymore's documentary, The Best Place to Start?

Drew, who may not be the smartest girl, wants to get involved in politics and sees the easiest way to do learn about politics is to figure out why kids and young people don't vote. She goes on her own tour to speak to kids, commentators, politicians, etc to find the answer. Basically, the only thing that she learns is that kids don't vote so politicians don't target them during the campaigns, therefore kids aren't interested and they don't vote. It's the chicken and the egg syndrome. This really upset Drew and she even cried. By the end of the documentary, she had me crying, she started to focus on groups that care so much about voting and what each person can do to get people excited about voting. I didn't think that she was going anywhere in her search for the answer, but I soon realized that I was one of those people who didn't vote in the last election because I didn't think that it mattered. It's not so much that your vote counts, but your voice that counts for something. It took a long time for women and minorities to get voting rights and here I am sitting around not doing anything about it. What has happened in this country? It's the mentality that "my vote doesn't count" that works against the system. True, I may not change the world or the government, but if I do nothing I can't complain. You don't have to know a lot about politics to be apart of it you just have to try.

The documentary ended with clips of Drew back in NYC filling out her absentee ballot in the primaries. She was really excited to be a part of the voting process and it was really touching. I know that sounds so trite, but I was moved by her little action to take a stand and become part of the process. I applaud Drew for using her popularity to get people excited about voting. Who cares if the MTV generation ends up voting cuz they were moved by that documentary or just cuz they think that Drew is cool. It doesn't matter, she took use of her celebrity to get her message across to the kids. I think it's totally awesome.

PS. I think that the song that plays during the last scene of the movie was a new Strokes song and it was great.

Breaking News

Saturday, October 23 - Death Cab for Cutie w/ Pretty Girls Make Graves at the 9:30 Club.

If anyone knows where to find the sunglasses that Ashley (left) is wearing please let me know. I went through about 20 pages on eBay today and I could not find anything close enough. Thanks.

El Nino is back.

Now when things go wrong, we can blame everything on El Nino.

You're not fooling anyone, we know it's you.

What's up with Benji's new look?


It looks alot like Julian's recent incognito style.

The End Has No End

Watch the latest Strokes video directed by Sophie Muller and starring Ryan Gentles, their manager. 3 years ago, Ryan told Liz and I that we have the rest of lives ahead of us.

Missed Connection for Megadork.

Gorgeous Brunette at Bossa last night - 24

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Date: 2004-09-14, 8:09AM EDT


You were sitting outside Bossa last night smoking with a friend of yours. You guys ordered a bunch of food and were laughing at the spoken word that was going on inside. Then you started petting a big giant poodle.

Damn I was jealous.


this is in or around Adams Morgan

Cuz breaking up is hard to do, but I want to read about it.

This could possibly be my new favorite website.

Where you can find me for the next few weeks.

I just got 5 dvds in the mail today. These are not just any dvds, these dvds were made and sent to me by one of the wonderful Strokes fans from the message board. (I'm a dork, its true, I'm an active participant of the mb.) She sent me the dvds all for telling her my fun story about hanging out with Ambulance LTD after the Black Cat show. And I am telling you this, in case you want to come over and watch them with me.

I now possess (and I'm not sure what is on each DVD yet):

1. The Strokes - Early Stuff
2. The Strokes TV - 2001-2004
3. Live clips from Ambulance, Bravery, Elefant and Franz Ferdinand shows
4. The Strokes Bootlegs - 2004
5. And finally the best, the one I've been waiting for, In Transit, the Strokes DVD that they made on tour. This DVD was sent to first year fan club members and was going on eBay for over $100.

I'm so happy, what a great reason to stay in.

Do you believe in magic?

Saw Donnie Darko Director's Cut last nite. I can't say that I needed the extra footage, but it was cool to see DD on the semi-big screen. Things I liked about the new scenes: the moment between Donnie and his father, the Drew Barrymore scenes and the chapters of the book that they cut over the time travel scenes. I didn't think that it was necessary to explain so explicitly Donnie's time travel, it seems pretty appparent without, maybe I have just seen the movie too many times. Last thought on DD, I love the last scene, when Gretchen waves to Donnie's mom and she waves back. It is such a perfect and sad ending.

I also saw Garden State last weekend. I fell in love with this movie as I watched it, but when I it ended, I was extremely pissed and had to give the screen a dirty look as the credits rolled. [SORT OF A SPOILER]: I couldn't believe that this movie would succumb to the happy-ending syndrome, which I am very turned off by at this time in my life. It took awhile for me to realize that love is not like how it appears in the movies. It just can't be, it's all magic and I have not found that magic in my real life. I always get sucked into the movie magic and believe what I am seeing as reality. It take a moment or two for me to step back and look at the film as just that, a film. Zach Braff beautifully shows the change in his characters by creating a wonderful fairy tale story, using Noah's Ark symbolism. The more I thought about Braff's incredible ability to tell these characters stories, the more I loved the movie. I can't help it. How can you not fall madly in love with Braff's character, Largeman. The way he holds Sam (Portman)and kisses her in the rain. You know life is not this magical, but you hold on to this amazing represenation of love and life and hope that this can happen for you. Is it wrong to idealize like this? Will it put you in an early grave? I used to think that love was like this, that it would happen to me like this, but recently I gave up on the idea that it would. This does not happen to people in real life. And if it does, it is only momentary. I'd like to think it's still possible, I am holding onto these ideals very loosely, I still have an ounce of hope, as stupid as that may seem.

Speaking of magic last nite, Liz and were walking home from Visions, via Toledo, and as we walked up Columbia Road, we saw a lot smoke in front of safeway and a pick-up truck on the sidewalk. Liz asked me what was going on up there. I told her "magic" or they are power-washing the sidewalk. For the life of me I couldn't believe that they would actually power-wash the sidewalk in Adams Morgan, because it is disgusting out there and would just get gross the next day. But, as it turns out they were power-washing and it looked good.

Temptation

I resisted the temptation to go out on a Tuesday nite. Instead, I watched the new Real World Philly, did some laundry and painted my toenails. My life is really boring now that I don't spend a lot of money and stay up all nite. Actually, things are going better. I feel good. I have been going to the gym quite a bit and it's nice to relax at home instead of walking around in the humidity late at nite. I still do not go to bed early, but at least I can say that I accomplished something rather than having an empty wallet and a hangover.

Tonite I have plans to go see Donnie Darko Director's Cut with Liz at Visions. The last time that we tried to go to Visions was to see Party Monster last October. We were all dressed up for the event, but we never made it. Let's just blame it on technical difficulties. Liz had promised that there will be no gliches in our plan this time.

On Friday nite, Caroline and I are going to venture out further into DC. She wants to go out and have a "super fun time," so I have suggested trying someplace new. I think after awhile you get bored with faces and places. Fun becomes life's great conquest. The magic and the invisibility only last for so long, soon you realize that there is more to live than drinking and drugging. And you are forced, against your will, to find new things that bring fun into your life. The older I get the more I realize that things never stay the same. It always brings great disappointment into my life when patterns change and people disappear or decide that they don't want to do the same things anymore. I have decided to change myself before I am left with the "where have all my friends gone" face.

On Saturday is the art show:

The Cause Superfan Speaksout.

Since the Hard Tomorrows rarely play shows anymore, I have become the Cause's biggest fan. Their show last nite sounded great. I especially loved the first song, "I Know You Know". It really stood out and I thought that it was new. I think that they should play this song later in the set so that it really sticks in your mind. As the Cause's trueblue superfan, I am making a Cause t-shirt this Labor Day weekend. I am not sure what it is going to look like, but I think this is a good project for a girl who is trying not to party and not spend a lot of money. I will wear it to their next show on October 5 at TT Reynolds in NOVA.

I recently had to take a lot of breaks from reporting on my life, cuz it was too scandalous for the internet, at least my internet.

What are we gonna do now? you say.

We are calming down.

I'm a hippie now!

What is your ecological footprint?

Do this, the outcome is very interesting. Please post your score. My footprint is 9 acres. If everyone lived like me, we would need 1.9 planets.
This is totally a cause I can support.