Boo!

Happy Halloween, you pagan fuckers.



That was the scariest thing I could find. God bless Einstürzende Neubauten.

SO! I got a badge for CMJ! With my full name on it! And some Insound people got their badges at the same time as me, lol. I said hi. BUT even more exciting, I bumped into Rrrachel! Literally! Well, more accurately, I saw her and I charged at her. She took it well. And... let's see. I got a bag of free stuff. TOTES WORTH $295. I really have no idea how badges work. I'm gonna try to go to a few panels.

I'm in such deep shit, I have to present a summary on a critical essay but it has words like "chthonic" in it. UCK!

Oh, and by the way, today in class, a mouse came into the room. I was really freaked out. I'd never seen a mouse so small, it was only like two or three inches long! SO unsanitary. That's NYU for you. Great location, shitty pest control. Though I'd sorta like to stick up for the school and say that there's pest problems everywhere in the city.

To Do.

(1) Junot Diaz reading at school. Hope it's good.
(2) WFMU Record Fair next weekend!! Anyone wanna be my date for that? Should be ASSUMEXCORE.

Here's a vid, since I'm making a post and all.


OH YEAHHH!! AND THE BEST THING I SAW ALL WEEK ON TV:

Jared Leto Plz Die in the Ass.

GAWD! JARED LETO! YOU FUCKING DOUCHEBAG! GO PICK ON SOMEONE YR OWN SIZE.

KTHXDIE.

Oh, and he sorta hurt Stereogum's blogging finger, too? I don't mean to sound like an ass, I don't like getting hurt after all, but a finger... meh. Just call me jealous because I'm not cashing in from being a blogger. But Stereogum has a day job, doesn't he? Okay, yeah, I feel bad. You have my solidarity dude!

Tiny Moments.

At lunch today, Boogie-Down Nicole and I revealed to each other that when we were kids, we always got the mcnuggets when we would go to Mickey D's. We bonded over it until she said she ate 'em with ketchup. I was more of a sweet & sour gal myself, y'see. Tragic really. For a moment there, I really felt like we had something special.

This guy came to the office because he had an appointment, and I asked him if his name was "João" except I pronounced it the way you're supposed to, and he seemed very grateful that I said it correctly. So that felt very nice.

Erratic My Chemical Romance Post Ahead.

Okay, guys, new My Chemical Romance album, very hit or miss. Actually, mostly misses, but some of the songs are so bad that they're beyond good--they're CLASSIC. Like that song that's supposed to have Liza Minelli on it? Hilarious. Changed my life. Wept tears of joy. The clouds parted and I saw God. Etc, etc. There was another song that sounded like post-Elephant White Stripes, but it sounded much better because when Gerard wants to sound all snarly and "intense" or whatever he can nail it, whereas Jack sounds like he's got something up his ass, which is quite funny to think about because it's probably TRUE.

The really really really bad part, the part that made me wanna barf, was "The End" which IRONICALLY enough is actually the first track of the album (omagosh! orly?! no wai!!) and I'm pretty sure it takes the melody from "Five Years" and it's like, NO. No, no no nonono. I groaned so hard and wished it wasn't so. I think my heart broke a little when I heard this track. And by "a little" I mean COMPLETELY. Also, Gerard Way: crooning, really not your forte, huh? Even Julian Casablancas is better at it than you. On the other hand, I'll look forward to the day when you and Jules do a lounge act double-header. Ahhh.

Long story long, I'm so happy that My Chemical Romance entered my life! They're hilarious! And they could have picked worse a worse hero than like, David Bowie! I mean, Panic! at the Disco are so young that their heroes are like, Third Eye Blind!

School of Rock.

AHHH!! First the gays, now musicians?!?! Why don't they make themselves useful and like, fight terrorists or some shit like that?!?!?!?!?!?! Or while we're at it, why don't they do what the Girl Scouts are doing and just try to examine why the fuck they're so irrelevant in this day and age. Tch!

So, let me talk about school a little bit. My last punk class was last Thursday, quite sad, but we watch music videos. Most of them were uninteresting, and the ones I really wanted to watch we had them on MUTE! GAh! I'm sorry, but I'm not down with that. I mean, a skinny, half-naked Birthday Party-era Nick Cave deserves to be heard! Actually, they did put up the volume for that one, at least for half a minute, but people were like, "WTF" and creeped out and I was like "STFU NICK CAVE IS MY MOST FAVORITE DILF EVER!"



Okay, and then last Wednesday, too, we started doing presentations in my other music class. We work in pairs, we pick a music label and talk about it. So uhhh the first group was presenting on Fueled By Ramen! And they didn't even talk about Less Than Jake, it was all like WentzXcore, but not the interesting stuff, so it sort of sucked. Also, I felt pretty ridiculous listening to "Snakes on a Plane" IN CLASS. Oy!

I have to present on Touch and Go, but I'm not sure what to say about it other than "ASSUM!" My mid-term is due and I don't know what the hell I'm doing.

Poster Children for Abstinence, Cont'd.

Sooo... let's forget what I said about Lindsay Lohan. Word on the street is that Kate Moss may or may not be pregnant. And that Pete the Sorry Sod is her baby daddy. Now, if these couple of sentences don't make you quake in fear, I don't know what will (though "Steve Coogan did Courtney Love" comes real fucking close). As Gawker points out: "Frankly, we are mildly surprised that anyone with as much drugs in his system as Doherty can procreate, let alone, you know, do the deed." All I can say is WORD! Even Iggy Pop couldn't get it up during his worst drug period. And we all know Iggy's like, almost invincible, so I have a hard time believing that Pete could achieve anything like this.

I mean, what's the justice of the thousands of people who are infertile and want children, whereas there's a chance that Pete might be having ANOTHER one on the way? I told my boss about the chance of a Kate-Pete baby and he was like, "You know, people are all up in arms about gay couples adopting children, but when people like this have children, people think it's so cute and funny." SIGH.

I have to admit, I almost titled this post "Poster Children for Abortion", but I know that's too wrong on too many levels, and I feel bad for even thinking about it. But yeah, unfit people procreating... that's NOT punk rock.

Another thing I feel should be mentioned: their kid's probably gonna have a really wide face!

This is Worth an 'OMG.'

Nick Cave doesn't know who Busted were?? He missed the greatest musical creation out of the late 20th century!

Recently Consumed.

Edit: Aterciopelados going on tour! Releasing a new album Tuesday! HURRAH!

If you don't care to read the rest of this post, please, just WATCH THIS VIDEO! NO SRSLY! WATCH THE ENTIRE THING! IT'S SCANDALOUSLY GOOOOOD.



So, on to things I've watched or heard or read or whatever recently:

The Office Series 1. Amazing. I can't believe my brother didn't like it. This show was beyond hilarious. Ricky Gervais must be one of the most annoying people I've ever witnessed. Well, not really. Lots of annoying people here in NYC. But yeah, the "crazy" character in the British version (Gareth) is so much more awesome than the American version (Dwight). I mean, I love Dwight, but his antics pale in comparison. In general, the American version is so much more... obvious. I don't know how to explain it, it's like their facial expressions have to be wider, more prominent, so that the dumber people can RLY RLY GET IT. Well, does anyone think so? I think so.

But I still think Pam is cuter than Dawn. I mean Dawn is cute too, but in a more realistic sort of way.

Also been watching Ugly Betty every week. I can't explain how funny this show is. And it's not even like "look at us immigrant folk" jokes, it's "omg the fashion industry is FABULOUS" jokes. And the cast, even the ones who are just in supporting roles, are absolutely ASSUM. I mean, even my dad likes it!

Vida de Perros by Los Bunkers. I'm shocked by how some parts really sound like Franz Ferdinand (first album)! I also don't understand why they're not such a great band but I still love ALL their songs to pieces! Best Chilean band I've heard? YES. FUCK YOU TO LA LEY.

Sandman: Endless Nights. Pretty good, not as amazing as the original Sandman series, but this book will stay with me and I love how it reveals a lot of things about the Endless.

The Big Lebowski. No words. I need to stop watching Steve Buscemi movies. I just feel myself blushing when I see him on screen. Sigh!


Sizzle sizzle!

I know The Big Lebowski is not a "Steve Buscemi" movie but a "Coen Bros." movie, but w/e.

Help Plz.

THINGS I NEED/WANT:

(1) Pictures of Nikolai Fraiture with his fucking mohawk!
(2) That Blood Brothers song from their new album that apparently has the same bassline as "I Turn My Camera On."
(3) A hug.

I Have a Way of Making People Uncomfortable at Times.

Look! It's Håkan Hellström!!


So... Simon Reynolds, who wrote Rip it Up and Start Again, came to speak to our class. He was very nice, very cute and cuddly and knowledgeable, too. Then a fire alarm went off. I was so fucking pissed off! I did not wait for 7 weeks for this dude to show up just so the fucking fire alarm could fucking go off on a fucking rainy day! Tch! Anyway, we only stayed out in the rain a few minutes and we made it back in, and we found out we got locked out of our classroom. Haha. Ohhh god. So I happened to be standing right next to el señor Reynolds, so I go, "Hey, you should do another episode of New York Noise" to which he made this face, in recognition, and replied in his proper British accent, "Oh god, you saw that, did you," and then he sounded sort of apologetic trying to explain that the producers had stuck him in a hair salon and how he didn't know what the fuck he was doing there so he had to improvise. Aw! I didn't mean to bring back bad memories, so I tried to assuage the emotional damage and was like, "Yeah, but I really liked your choice of videos, like I'd never seen Josef K video before," and he seemed to appreciate that okay. And then we parted ways with an awkward goodby, since class was over.

Oh yeah, totally forgot that CBGB's finally closed. What's next? Chinese Democracy finally to be released???

Oh Really, Your Folks Are Away Now?

I guess Paul told his roommate (Poingly) that I LOVED his set at the Obsolete Units party, cos he added me on MySpace. That made me LOL more than a little. Of course I added him back.

So on Friday I spent most of the day with Boogie-Down Nicole. After work we went grocery shopping and we also bought a gift for Rrrachel. Oh yeah and I bought Rip it Up and Start Again. Assum! I watched a bit of MTVU at Boogie-Down Nicole's and "Wolf Like Me" came on. It was awesome. I love that TV on the Radio look mad serious but they're pretty goofy when they wanna be.

We went to get Pommes Frites and we met Notorious Angela and I dunno. Oh that's right, we went to Disshapes @ Militant Vegan Emo Boy Adam's. It was pretty lame while I was there, but it was still sorta fun. Like I got so annoyed that we hardly listened to any song all the way through, but at least they let "Deceptacon" play to the end. Shiiit, that was seriously so annoying. Also, it was way too estrogen-heavy. Where were all the duuudes. As my dad was driving me away I saw Kareem (avec his posse) and I was like, "Damn, well there goes the REAL party". Indeed, I hear the party was awesome once Kareem (and his minions) got there.

Whatevs, the best thing that happened all night was that Boogie-Down Nicole burned me these Håkan Hellström albums into one CD and they're fucking awesome. Actually, I can't get through the first album because I like it so much. But eventually, I'll get to the second one.



On Saturday I met with Doris and we made fun of white people and looked at comic books and I bought an Anita Carter album and a Los Bunkers album from Tower. The LPs I wanted were GONE, cos I'm too much of an obvious idiot who waits around too long and doesn't take advantage, but at least I got those 2 CDs.

Then afterwards I went to Rrrachel's house for her birthday and I wasn't looking forward to it but then Rrrachel gave me some ibuprofen and the rest of them fine folks drank wine and we all had grilled cheese sandwiches courtesy of Boogie-Down Nicole and we listened to Room on Fire and everyone tried to clap but no one could get it right and it was hiiiii-larious. Best party ever! Except for the lack of hot guys. All we had was Panic! at the Disco on the cover of Spin. LMAOXCORE.



I'm so exhausted. At least my musicsecret showed up. Guess the number. Hint: reference to the Illiad, LOL! No seriously. Like the epic poem. What what.

Today I went to Staples and there was one of those hot Latino scene kids. I mean, totes in black, from head to toe. Damn. Anyway, he was there picking up some bubble envelopes. Go figure--he probably had some demo tapes to send out. Sexy.

Do You Like Me Vulnerable?

Have I ever made it clear that I'm pretty paranoid? Do you think the North Koreans will bomb the US or South Korea because of the new head of the UN? Do you think the North Koreans will wage a war? Do you think they would win the war? They have an entire nation of soldiers. The US has a nation of fatties and South Korea has a nation of cell phone addicts.

I think if North Korea started a war and they won, the worst part would be that we'd all be forced to stage those campy productions hailing Papa Kim. Ew, can you imagine? The film industry would be even worse than it is now. Awful, just awful.

Come Out and Play.

Yesterday was national Coming Out Day!

Here's a video of Klaus Nomi. He was one of the early victims of AIDS, when it was still seen as a gay epidemic. In his dying days, he was actually quarantined because of misconceptions that even being near someone with AIDS was dangerous.



And here's a video of the Germs. Darby Crash never came out of the closet, which I personally feel contributed to his depression and recklessness and ultimately his death. I'm really just including this because I love the Germs, and although I hardly agree with Darby on anything really, you have to admit it's impressive how many suckers fell for his fascistic tendencies.



Here's something more recent, a video of Grizzly Bear. I love this video, they've got such wonderful songs.



Another recent one, just for the LOLz.



This last video may be really obvious, but whatever: Madonna has been a queer icon for decades now, and this MTV performance is scandalously good.



Sorry this seems to have a bias towards gay men! Really, all these songs are excellent and I love them! I know there's lots of other artists who represent the queer spectrum even more widely, but maybe that's for another post.

Can You Believe It?

(1) Snow Patrol are now on rotation on Z100. What a fucking joke.

(2) That girl from Whale Rider is 16 and totally knocked up. However, I still think that Haley Joel Osment wins the 2006 award for Most Pathetic Thing a Former Child Star Has Done. Y'know, for crashing his car while he was high/drunk? EDIT: Crap, never mind, I just realized that Keisha Castle-Hughes was born in 1990, I mean, isn't it totally creepy that people born in 1990 are already having sex and getting pregnant?!?!?!

Listen Up!

I got a lot to say:

First, Tower Records is FINALLY doing a clearance sale to FINALLY close their fucking 4th Street store, which means a whopping 10% on supercheap $18.99 CDs. YEah, you read correctly. I'm sorry, are they morons? If they keep this up their inventory won't sell out until, like, 2010. I get the feeling the Tower Records closing is gonna drag on longer than the fucking CBGB's "last shows" bullshit. HOWEVER, I still want to buy some vinyl from there.

I finally said something smart in my punk class today. Pat me on the head. Well I got so fucking pissed and I felt so embarrassed that this photographer lady came to talk to us about "punk fashion" and she didn't really know that much about punk at all. But my comment had nothing to do with punk per se, I was talking about how Mexican-American kids used the zoot suit as a "fuck you" to los gringos during WWII, long story, and a complicated one at that. Honestly, there's no point to this, other than to brag that I'm not entirely incompetent, though it may seem that way from reading this blog.

I should mention that the Bronx Museum of the Arts is hosting this exhibit on tropicália. What does this mean? Well, it means awesome music, artwork inspired by the movement, a lot of political talk, learning about Brazilian culture...

From the press release:
Grand Opening Celebration, Open House: Sunday, October 29, 2006, 2 to 6 p.m.
There's also a shitload of events (music, films, panels) to complement the exhibit, some of which are located downtown so y'all don't have to schlep yo' asses all the way up here. Actually, the museum's real easy to find, it's on 1040 Grand Concourse @ 165th Street, here's some directions for y'all. You guys totally need to go!

Another important thing is that Paul posted up videos of the Obsolete Units release party, and I'm feeling really sore that I missed Poingly's set. It looks amazing. I can't believe I missed it. Click the fucking link! I highly recommend it.

So... YouTube has been acquired by Google. Now what? I feel a bit strange knowing that such a big chunk of my (online) life is dominated by Google.

At least YouTube has shown me that New Kids on the Block were sort of awesome:


Or if you need something with a li'l more cred, YOU CAN BOW DOWN TO BETH DITTO!

Forgive Me, For I Have Sinned.

Dear Chairs Missing,

Please forgive me. I take it back. I love you, I really really love you.

Regretful,

Elizabeth U.

_____

Bee tee dubs, how did y'all celebrate Native Peoples' Day? Was it good times? I went to work and this girl who works there and I gushed about the awesome that is Michel Gondry. She kept telling me to check out the Chris Cunningham DVD as well, and I was like, "Isn't it scary?" and she's like, "No no, it's not scary," but then she thought a bit more about the videos in the DVD and she's like, "YEah, okay, they're scary." And then my supervisor shows up and he's like, "Gael García Bernal" and we all gushed about how he's not just pretty, but talented as well. LE SIGH.


¡Él es un Adonis!

Even I Have My Limits.

Brand New in NYC! YEAH!

Opening for Dashboard! BOO HELL NO!

At MSG! OMG SO WRONG ON SO MANY LEVELS!

Conclusion: Brand New opening for Dashboard Confessional is more heartbreaking than finding out that Barbra Streisand is opening for Il Divo.

Tch!

I Wanna Sell Out, Too.

Watched Tristram Shandy, Steve Coogan playing Steve Coogan playing Tristram Shandy as well as Tristram's father was not as charming Steve Coogan playing Tony Wilson, but I still believe he's awesome and the movie was so funny in that sort of pomo way.

I think it was Korean Thanksgiving? Either way we went to my grandma's house and I really didn't feel like going but by the time we got there the party was already over. I can't explain how fucking happy I was that everyone was gone and no one was bothering me and I didn't have to hear these suburban, normal kids talk about cars and church and top 40 music and shit.

I was watching the TV at my grandma's and this commercial came on and the song in it had a really familiar bassline and I was like, "Why do I like it so much?" It was THE OCCASION. THE OCCASION HAVE A SONG IN A COMMERCIAL. CAN I GET A WTF? KTHXBY.

"Can You Tell Me Where to Find Sex Street?"

Wednesday, the way I remember, felt pretty shitty at first. Work was terrible. A fire alarm went off and the sound was horrifying, it just pierced right through you and the flashing light was no help, either. But then things changed a bit. I got a bit of dinner and just as I finished, I saw Gabs and she joined me on the steps of Weinstein, where I eat sometimes because I like people-watching.

Gabs was like, "You wanna dinner" and I was all like "I just ate but I'll watch you eat" and she even "paid" for my non-meal and I ended up cutting my class which is just as well because all I'm really learning is that major labels are soul-sucking machines and I don't see why anyone would want to work in such an environment. Gabs and I talked for a while and it was really nice, except for the part where I found out that this girl in one of my classes is totally the girl who was sort of talking shit about Gabs (IN HER XANGA OMG TACKYXCORE) and I was so surprised cos she really doesn't seem like that when I talk to her. And then I told Gabs about my girlcrush and she's like, "Oh yeah, I know who she is," LOLLLLL.

Anyway, after dinner we parted ways and I ended up chillin' 'round. There's this movie that was being shot near Tower Records; I thought I would look around from a safe distance, so I was about to go into Other Music when I saw Grumpy Jesus Guy looking out the door and I was like YIKES and I decided not to go in this time. I ended up going into Tower and when I went in, it was almost empty. I don't know what the fuck was going on, there were as many employees as there were shoppers. Except the music they were playing was pretty cool. In fact, this song started and I got a really warm fuzzy feeling inside me and then I was like "OH MY LORD IT'S 'THE WEEPING SONG'" and I was just so so happy that I could enjoy that song blasting through the speakers with no one watching my goofy smile as I pondered the sweet romance that Nick Cave and Blixa shared at one point in their lives.

And then when I got home: my mp3 player arrived. I only tried out the video feature yesterday and I was shocked. I wasn't even planning on using it much but now I'm totally sad that most of my videos are .mov because the quality of the video is incredible!! Maybe it's for the best, cos then I would use up all my space on all the stupid videos I have.

Either way, Wednesday ended up being pretty sweet. I don't remember Thursday very well. The only thing I remember clearly is that we were in class and this fire alarm light went off, but there was no sound. We were all "WTF?" and my professor was like, "I hope none of you are epileptic"... it really would have been bad news otherwise. At first a security guard came and said it was just a test, but then he came back five minutes later and was like, "I'm sorry, we have to evacuate the building because a construction worker got into an accident," and we all got scooped out of there and we waited for a while as the chilly wind blew by and these crazy NYU fucker kids were like playing bongos and trying to dance capoeira and shit and there had been this street party that happened at school but it was over by then and people were cleaning up and there were all these balloons and this clean up person was like, "Anybody want balloons? No?" so she starts popping them.

Claudia has a fear of balloons, she hates them. This was the first time--it will probably be the only time--I was happy she was an ocean away. The sound was horrible, even I felt sorta sick watching the balloons pop.

Yesterday we had a pizza party at work. In the morning we had a small protest because a military recruiter came to do job interviews with students, and since the military discriminates against the LGBT community, everyone was in a bit of a tizzy that someone was coming on campus.

Afterwards, Boogie-Down Nicole and I met with Maria, and then the three of us met with Christina Fairy and then after dinner the four of us met with Christina and Maria's friend Marie. The five of us gots snacks at Duane Reade and then we headed to the movies, to see Shortbus. I really loved it. Where do I start?

The music was great! In particular, they used this Animal Collective song repeatedly, even in really poignant parts. It's never been my favorite Animal Collective song, hence why I can't be bothered to even look up the name, but it was interesting the way it was used. Also, JD SAMSON TOTALLY SHOWS UP IN THE MOVIE AND SHE'S SO HOT AND I WANNA HAVE HER BABIES. After the movie Maria was like, "I totally forgot to tell you she's in it" and I was like "nonono THANK YOU" cos it was such a pleasant surprise. I gasped so loudly when she showed up on screen, I can only imagine how dumb I sounded, hahaha. Oh, and Bitch from Bitch and Animal is in it too, and featured quite a bit as part of the band that plays regularly at the Shortbus party. The music the band plays is really cool too.

I really liked the animation, the miniature city.

I thought the pacing of the movie was really good, the humor was refreshingly realistic. People were howling and we were all ZOMG together, it felt really nice seeing this in the theater. It's like everyone in the movie was so comfortable together and it showed.

I didn't care much for the sex, I really didn't get it and it didn't seem out of normal. Honestly, on occasion I felt it was getting in the way of the story! Well, there was this one great sex scene! It's a gay three-some, and it has the most hilarious, puzzling, thoughtful, and weird political message. It involves our national anthem. All I can say is, God bless America!

Honestly I felt really freaked out by one line this dominatrix girl says she's scared she won't have enough money to live in the city and that made me cry because I'm scared about that too. I don't even know how to drive, where the fuck am I gonna go. I'm gonna have to learn how to ride bikes. That'll help, right? I don't wanna leave here but I'm gonna have to, aren't I. I also felt very worried when the blackout happens, but that's just me being neurotic.

Whatever, the movie was awesome, go see it, go with all your friends and have a good laugh and hug one another.

After the movie this guy came up to us and asked us where to find Sex Street, by which he really meant Essex Street. We pointed to the right direction and giggled about it.

Question of the Century.

So when bloggers (Disco Nap, Stereogum's readers, etc.) say that the new My Chemical Romance single sounds a lot like Queen, is that a polite way to say that MCR are just rly rly gay?


"Homoerotic, us? NO WAI!!"

Yes, Elizabeth, There IS a Santa Claus!

Ohhh shit. I got my mp3 player. It's amazing. It's so beautiful. I feel so powerful. And it was so easy to install and I didn't have to make no .m4a files SO FUCK YOU APPLE YOU CAN TAKE YOUR IPOOP AND FLUSH IT DOWN THE TOILET WHAT WHAT.

I'm listening to "The Message". HOLY MUTHAFUCKIN SHIT.

"We're down with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five!"
"What's that, a gang or somethin'?!"

Bad Things Happen in the Night.

Last night I learned that Brooklyn Vegan sleeps late. I learned this because I emailed him at like 2 am and he wrote like right back. However, I doubt that he was busy writing a D-quality paper like I was. I'm sure you're pleased to learn a bit about the late night habits of your favorite bloggers. Anyway, for some reason I'm surprised he gave me proper credit for sending him the M. Ward show info. So I really appreciate it.

Some parts of today were really bad, including handing in said shitty paper and getting charged $1.29 for a 20 oz. bottle of Coke at St. Mark's Market. WTF. I USED TO PAY $1.18. Shit, you don't hang around the neighborhood for like a month and everything changes. What's next? I'm gonna go into Other Music and find out that Token Yellow Guy has gotten fired? The horror! But seriously, what the hell am I gonna go to St. Mark's Market now? Tch!

Also, one of my classmates came in wearing one of those rainbow-colored Unknown Pleasures shirts she probably bought from Urban Outfitters and I almost threw up in my mouth. Okay, yeah, that may have been THE low point of my day. Ian Curtis must be spazzing in his grave.

The cool parts:

- Got free pizza @ the Queer Office at school and we talked about whether there should be non-gender specific bathrooms. They showed us a documentary about the whole bathroom problem and one of the trangender individuals looks like a sort of effeminate version of Eddie Argos, bushy eyebrows and all!

- The girl in sitting next to me in Creative Writing was doodling in her notebook and on her notebook she had written "I'm not in love with the modern world". Can I get a LOL y'all? I <3 this girl!! Mostly because she actually speaks to me and shit!

- We had this journalist come into our class, Amy Linden, and she was too hilarious to be true. I couldn't stop laughing, especially when the teach put in this DVD and it scrolled the FBI/Interpol warning in multiple languages, so Amy goes, "Boy, this is like in every language except Wolof" and I cracked up and then I realized no one understood what she meant and I cracked up even harder. The end. Oh wait, not the end, cos she was actually there to talk to us about West Coast punk so we listened to X and I was so so happy.

Oh hey, here's a clip of Seu Jorge doing "Já sei namorar"!! Aww. He's serenading the babies. How adorable.

Poster Child for Abstinence.

Y'know, I was thinking, and it's a bit of a horrible thought, but what with Lindsay Lohan fucking so many dudes (so many people?), I wonder if she's gonna get cervical cancer? Plz reply Y/N.

gack.

got really mad at my dad today. he told me if i wanna see an opera i should buy a dvd. i can't explain how angry i felt when i heard that.

watched motorcycle diaries. there's one scene where they're in the south of chile and i gasped because there was snow. i heard there was snow in the south of chile but seeing it was really shocking. i didn't see snow until i was maybe five and only because we were in korea. oh the movie was good. nice to see che guevara before it all went wrong (or, if you're in that school of thought, before it all went right).

watched saturday morning cartoons yesterday. they must be cutting budgets on the children's programming because at one point it was all shit from my own childhood: babar, doug, and best of all, BEAKMAN'S WORLD! especially cos in chile we had no clue who the fuck bill nye the science guy was, i loved beakman's world so much. no offense to el señor nye, god knows any geeky scientist who plays a scientist on television who is capable of getting married is cool in my book.

on friday during lunch break boogie-down nicole and i spotted maria and we was like, "what you doin here" and she's like, "i wanted a cream puff" lolllll too good to be true.

i watched the new episode of girlfriends. it was... weird. cos you know one of them dropped out of the show? it makes me sad, i thought the four-some worked well. the tone seemed different, but we'll see how it pans out. hope it's less disappointing than grey's anatomy, oh boy that one is turning out totally mediocre.

i'm tired. and by tired i mean depressed. yesterday i learned that i may be a pomosexual.

here's something from when i was little:


and here's something else from when i was little and when gael garcía bernal was little too: