not your parents' opera's daily fix [my shit/fushiawase na tamashii/used bicycles]
not your parents' opera

you valnish our grattitude and ferdingly a lollum until lunar-solar rejuxtaposition thersh.

[w00t h4mst3r ]
[ the blurst of times ]

ugh [05 Jul 2009|06:37pm]
[ mood | tired ]
[ music | ask for joy - peace ]

not dead.

i miss being able to write here.

rosencrantz passed last night, aaron was here with me and was of great comfort.

it's fucking hot and all i can think about is moving somewhere better.

this was not a good weekend.

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ugh. [23 May 2009|10:39am]
[ mood | blank ]
[ music | ask for joy - peace ]

So... life. It's bigger than you, and you are not me.

My life is so happy a place with Aaron in it. He's awesome.

My nonprofit is dead in the water as we speak, my former partner decided she couldn't work with me after I fucked up a deadline. I'm still trying to pull pieces of things together to be able to post.

A friend of mine sent me pretty much a breakup email last month. Well, it was more like a "I'm still here if you need a friend, but I'm defriending you on social networks." I don't have a reaction to that other than, "Ok."

I really thought I'd have more to say. I'm not surprised.

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nightmare i woke up from about 45 minutes ago [02 May 2009|05:41am]
[ mood | scared ]
[ music | ask for joy - my deepest ocean ]

I saw something happening on tv that made me carry a loaded gun and go where i went, went into a parking garage that i dream about often, it's a subconscious combination of garages at the glendale galleria, the seattle airport, and the domain. there was a waiting room thing where a few people were sitting, reminded me of austin's amtrak station, just kind of people milling about... but i could hear their thoughts. there were a lot more people than i expected, and most of them guys, and they were all psyching themselves up for something, getting ready to "give it to him" and "not let him" do whatever "he" was going to do.

Everyone's thoughts stopped all at once and i turned right around at one point and this man appeared almost out of nowhere in the chair immediately behind mine. he smiled at me with the most terrifying smile i've ever seen. after a second a few guys in suits, obviously packing and official looking, walked in and spread out like they couldn't find the guy they were looking for, but they were all on one side of the room. the man behind me stood up, and i ran, without my gun or bag, for a back way out, but could hear him talking to the agent guys who had just walked in. he was asking who they were going to kill now for him. he held up a gun in the air and said "you have to kill all the children in this room first. how many children we got?" and counted six, including me, though i couldn't tell you why i was included.

"And then," he said, "you gotta shoot all the white folks for me in the head." he paused and looked around and about three guys in the room dropped to their knees to start begging. "And then the black folk, and then the asians, and then everyone else." At this point three of the kids had been shuffled by agents out a glass door leading to a walkway on the opposite end of the room from me and shot dead. he counted them slowly, and was so excited when four was shot, and was yelling "In the head! In the head!" when they shot the fifth one.

i drove away in a panic and found the nearest neighborhood and knocked on doors to make a phone call or call the police or get some kind of help at all, and no one would answer their doors.

that's when i woke up in a panic.

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icelandic or retarded? [13 Mar 2009|12:33am]
[ mood | frustrated ]
[ music | king arthur ]

friends, love, and life are all mixed up right now.

i really want to start writing again. i'm still reading and sometimes commenting.

i'll have more to say soon, i promise.

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getting older is hard [24 Feb 2009|09:38pm]
[ mood | sleepy ]
[ music | baby ]

happy mardi gras to you
happy birthday to me
face is better
bourbon was nuts
baby is adorable
so overwhelmed
getting older is hard
i kind of want to go to sleep

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lacy, gently wafting curtains [23 Feb 2009|01:40pm]
[ mood | dorky ]

forgot how the south makes my hair wavy, even after straightening.

i'm a dork and put on green gold and purple eyeshadow.

i thought my face wasn't swollen anymore but it totally is.

i got beaned in the sunglasses by a sidearmed bag of beads, super hard.

i blacked out but didn't fall over. saw stars for sure.

i still have them, they will be treasured.

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the drive [22 Feb 2009|09:40am]
[ mood | amused ]

few things of note yesterday:

mythology jokes start happening when i'm losing my mind, so i decided cauterization should be called "de-hydra-tion".

additionally, i called [info]hypezombie at one point and told him i'd been eaten by the cloverfield monster and was dead.

the last two hours were in storms still going 80mph. yeesh.

only stopped once, and used a tank and a half of gas. that seems about right.

i made it through houston in 15 minutes, until i tried to get on 10. then it took half an hour to get out of houston.

the baby cracks me up, she's a little terror, but she almost immediately recognized me as nice person. which is good.

edit: should also note for future reference that even with stop and construction it took me 7.5 hrs to get here from the edge of austin city limits.

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i can see it in my dreams [21 Feb 2009|12:23pm]
[ mood | excited ]
[ music | something french ]

leaving for new orleans
cell phone is on and in car
excited about everything
birthday is sort of meh
hungover thanks jamie <3
here i go, don't forget me
the road is my home
and my home, the road

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woo [18 Feb 2009|09:52pm]
[ mood | bouncy ]
[ music | david bowie - space oddity ]

i'll be in new orleans next week. i leave saturday morning and i'll be back wednesday afternoon, assuming all goes right.

my birthday is on mardi gras.

*flash*

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aw, man! [17 Feb 2009|10:57pm]
[ mood | annoyed ]
[ music | dirty jobs ]

so i got this print from threadless with the $200 gift certificate i won from them.

i'm really wanting this one to go with it.

i'm just not sure i want to pay $35 for it. stupid expensive things, being expensive.

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angered by advertisements [16 Feb 2009|12:53am]
[ mood | angry ]
[ music | msnbc special on sex slaves from the suburbs ]

i hate the most recent halls commercial i've seen.

there is a stocker working frozen foods at a large store, her apron is walmart blue with an orange edging. she coughs and rubs her throat a little. a drill sergeant shows up and yells at her and tells her to buck up and asks for her war face.

it feels like it's encouraging people who are sick to not take care of themselves. like, you know you can't go home to take care of your illness because you'll lose your job, so take this to cover up the symptoms and get your ass back to work. like it's your patriotic duty or something.

it's just infuriating to me, and i can't stop seeing it that way.

wow, i'm posting a lot today. i think it's because i'm sick and frustrated and angry.

perhaps it has something to do with the show i'm watching.

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wo. [15 Feb 2009|11:47pm]
[ mood | surprised ]
[ music | msnbc special on sex slaves from the suburbs ]

distribution of child porn has a 15 years federal minimum mandatory sentence.

seriously? i'm impressed.

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Kilbornin' to ya [08 Feb 2009|05:13pm]
[ mood | aggravated ]
[ music | kitteh ]

This just in:

Twilight fans are the new catgirls.

This just in.

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dream from last night [07 Feb 2009|10:14am]
[ mood | amused ]
[ music | voltaire - dead ]

i had a dream that voltaire and i had hooked up when he was in town before, and that now that he was engaged, he took me to dinner and kissed me once but said he couldn't do it anymore, but that he knew it was my birthday soon (it's on the 24th, mardi gras this year, i'm going to new orleans for sure).

so he took me to a bar on east sixth that doesn't exist in real life, and there were a ton of people, none of which i knew, but they turned out to be a choir singing with some woman who in the dream was this amazing singer, but she was also sting's wife in my dream. she looked nothing like either frances tomelty nor trudie styler. so we listened to that, snuggling on some kind of bench, and we drank a lot, and afterwards i thanked and hugged everyone there. and next door was this huge glass structure that was a façade for the building, but had really great acoustics, and voltaire sang me when you're evil and dead and i sang along, and it was ridiculous because they're not really the best a capella songs, but i clearly didn't care.

he then took me to another club that doesn't exist behind maggie mae's (RIP - stupid fire!), and we had some kind of clothes exchange where we all brought out bags and bags of clothes, went through and categorized and sorted them, took three or four items that we had to have from everyone's stuff, and took the boxes by size and donated them to safeplace at like two in the morning. still drunk. we fell asleep in a greenbelt somewhere, and that's the end of the dream.

dude, my brain loves telling wild fantasy stories... but i will say that totally made up for him not sleeping with me. i mean, not that i'd turn him down in real life (apparently i didn't in dream either), but that was a pretty damn good night.

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honesty [28 Jan 2009|11:56pm]
[ mood | frustrated ]
[ music | doctor horrible's sing-along blog ]

i keep trying to legitimately update, or journal even for my own sake how things are.

all i can do lately is make lists.

con
styn had surgery today that lasted hours and hours; it appears to have gone well but haven't heard
civil deposition i have to be in california for in may, might not get to train, might have to fly *shudder*

pro
tax return will get me out of credit card debt as well as most of an xbox
i smell of baby because i held one of travis and alex's twins for a while
lost is back

i have so much to say but i'm stifled and i'm being paranoid and not wanting to worry people but i'm doing it even more than i usually would by being vague.

ugh.

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grr [24 Jan 2009|08:24am]
[ mood | aggravated ]
[ music | amanda palmer - leeds united ]

ugh. fuck fuck fuck.

was supposed to finish sewing my costume for tonight last night. bought a sewing machine because i couldn't figure heather's machine out (i'm impaired and it was too late to call for help, it was getting jammed and i couldn't put the bobbin/feed dog/etc back in correctly).

so i bought the brother ltd edition project runway 50 stitch machine because it was an awesome deal and it has a ton of stitches and came with six presser feet and and and. yes, i patronized walmart... sue me. it was what i needed and nowhere else sells it (oddly enough).

i came home and laid down because my back hurt, and promptly fell asleep at about 930. with my contacts in. i woke up at 11, and took my contacts out, and fell immediately back to sleep. and woke up about twenty minutes ago. nothing got done, now i'm in a half panic, because i have the brunch this morning.

i hate when i do that. i mean, i know i needed the sleep, but it couldn't happen, like, on a night when i didn't have ten thousand things to do?

grr. arg.

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the times, they are [20 Jan 2009|12:37am]
[ mood | hopeful ]
[ music | indulging in msnbc ]

i approve of keeping laura bush's rug... i agree with clinton.
i've always thought it was kind of awesome... she has taste.

i seriously can't believe today is here, you guys.

*sigh of political relief*

bring on the war crime charges and let's get to fixing things.

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halp? [16 Jan 2009|01:09am]
[ mood | itchy ]
[ music | amanda Palmer - Have to Drive ]

okay, so tanning seems to be a helpful option.

anyone have any tanning salon recommendations in austin? know anyone who would?

sorry for everyone who has to deal with my facebook and twitter saying all the same things.

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kill me plz [15 Jan 2009|12:08pm]
[ mood | aggravated ]
[ music | rage against the machine ]

i was worried it would get better before i got to the doctor, but i awoke to two more spots on my shoulder.

i have pityriasis rosea. this means things will get worse and more plentiful before they get better. so exciting.

it could either be viral or from lack of sun. it's not dangerous or contagious, but i'll have about six weeks of recovery time. what's funny is how quickly he recognized it, he listened to what i had to say, took one look at each of the now four spots, said wait here, i have a picture i want to show you. he came back with pictures of what i would have identified as ringworm if i didn't know there was an option, but all over people's torsos.

so... great. i'm going to be a hideous malformed beast for a few weeks until there's more sun for me to have.

also, they couldn't patch my tire so i had to buy a new one which is awesome. totally. now i can't afford new brakes.

i warned you, 2009. keep fucking me over and i'll... well, i won't do anything. but i might kill myself and then you'll be remembered for the year i died. and you don't want that over your head. fucking swear to god. money and cars and biology and men can all go fuck themselves as far as i'm concerned.

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it's okay. captain hammer will save us. [15 Jan 2009|01:20am]
[ mood | frustrated ]
[ music | bad horse ]

sorry i'm not updating lately. i'm reading constantly and commenting where i can. i just realized i have posting rights in 38 journals.

i'm spending a lot of time not caring about shit. i'm so tired of fussing about everything. tons of things are problematic, but i just don't want to care about anything.

i think this week it's all because i'm going to the doctor for what i think is skin goombas (ringworm) but am so freaked out by them and their spread and vast expansion that i'm braving panic attacks for them. tired. of. fussing.

i need to make a list of things to talk to him about.

i have also to make with the tire patching and the brakes fixing.

this morning i watched seventeen cars and two bicyclists pass me by while putting on a spare tire. chivalry is dead.

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mmmmm [10 Jan 2009|10:31pm]
[ mood | blah ]
[ music | NPH on SNL ]

omigaw. i dunno if i'm drunk or just exhausted.

i made some awesome hot chocolate. start by putting milk with a little tiny bit of vanilla extract in a saucepan on low. tonight i used half a bar of chocolate with chipotle in it, i've used chocolate with cinnamon before. i break it into tiny pieces and microwave it for 10 seconds at a time between stirrings until it's mostly melted. for the last 10 seconds, i put a shot of buttershots in with it so it makes a nice syrup when you stir it with the melted chocolate. after stirring the chocolate put it in the milk and stir until dissolved. then put the irish cream in just long enough to warm it up, pour into mugs, add whipped cream, and serve.

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i'm pretty sure i have ringworm. websites say maybe up to a week of OTC treatment before it goes away, so if it gets worse or spreads i'll hit the doctor.

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SNL tonight is awesome if you can just get through the Broadway sketch.

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A story in photos of a girl's circumcision [09 Jan 2009|12:58am]
[ mood | melancholy ]
[ music | Suzanna Choffel - Subtle Boy ]

"A seven-year-old girl is taken by her mother to be circumcised in Kurdish Iraq, where more than 60 percent of women have undergone the traditional and controversial procedure."

Here is the link to the article.

Caption from the last picture in the slideshow: Sheelan is carried home by her mother after her circumcision. "This is the practice of the Kurdish people for as long as anyone can remember," said her mother, Aisha Hameed, 30, a housewife in this ethnically mixed town 50 miles north of Baghdad. "We don't know why we do it, but we will never stop because Islam and our elders require it."

Photos are not at a glance unsafe for work, but they are heartbreaking.

I wish I could rescue them all.

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explorer! [07 Jan 2009|01:35am]
[ mood | crafty ]
[ music | ps22 chorus - 1000 oceans ]

so i'm working on costume bits for the steampunk ball on the 24th.

i think i have to give up and buy a sewing machine, unless someone with one wants to help me for a couple of hours this weekend or some night next week. *bats eyelashes*

i've made myself a no-sew underskirt to give whatever i have to wear some more shape, depending on how i tie it. it's also fun to just run around the house in, it's like a long tutu, just a skirt made of yards and yards and yards worth of tulle strips all tied or braided into shaping pieces. it's awesome. i'm a gothy crafty princess.

i'm feeling juvenile. today sucked a lot. yesterday did too.

i'm ready for this week to be over.

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2008 [01 Jan 2009|11:42am]
[ mood | groggy ]
[ music | mythbusters ]

2008 meme )

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2009 [01 Jan 2009|12:54am]
[ mood | grumpy ]
[ music | text message ringtone ]

happy new year.

i'm fucking over it already.

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ugh. [28 Dec 2008|04:02am]
[ mood | awake ]
[ music | nickel creek - helena ]

why the fuck am i still awake? i've physically exhausted myself and i'm still up really late.

i. just. can't. sleep.

my hair is finally long enough to use the big clip again (woo!). really enjoying having the length again, it makes me feel less naked.

did three of six loads of laundry. feel like i have several hundred boxes left to unpack.

trying to convince myself it's not as bad as i think it is because it's gotten overwhelming.

not looking forward to working on monday, but perhaps that'll set the tone for my week of productivity.

discovered new music, suzanna choffel. reggae/bluesy. love her voice.

i'm apparently giving interior design recommendations again. hopefully it won't cause problems.

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OMFG OW MY BOOB [27 Dec 2008|12:44am]
[ mood | pained ]
[ music | amanda palmer - leeds united ]

so my boob has hurt all day, my nipple has been incredibly irritable and wearing a bra, while necessary, was incredibly more painful than usual.

turns out i had a rather large clogged pore on my areola that i couldn't see earlier in the day because it was all so swollen and sensitive i couldn't tell where my nipple actually even was without a little work.

omg ow. pray you never, ever, ever, ever get one. it's not just on the surface, and it hurts in a wholly different way than any pain i've experienced. it's possible mine are just extremely sensitive, but oh god oh god oh god it hurts. i cried by the time it was over. it's still swollen enough to look like i have sister nipples, and is aching in a throbby way. ugh.

sorry. that may have been tmi. but ow!!!!

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)-: [26 Dec 2008|11:34am]
RIP, Eartha Kitt.

Mee-yow.
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saw the spirit [25 Dec 2008|09:28pm]
[ mood | ecstatic ]
[ music | home alone ]

somewhere in the world, there's a man turned on by a large breasted woman in a domino mask with a red tie, black everything else, and chuck taylor's.

and that's the man for me.

"i'm gonna kill you all kinds of dead." is my new favorite movie line ever.

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happy [25 Dec 2008|12:31pm]
[ mood | loved ]
[ music | grandpa saying goodbye for the 9th time ]

After a conversation with grandpa about dad installing card readers that don't make you swipe, grandpa said "You know what that is right there? Identity fraud. Know how I'd fix it?" "No, grandpa, how?" "I'd hang 'em!"

He went on to say that he'd guarantee you the ones he caught wouldn't do it again. And then, on a nicer note, that there is so much wrong with the world that it would be so much easier to take care of problems like starving children "if we didn't have to deal with all that junk."

this is why my granpda has always been my hero.

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