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                <title>The World At Large.</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 07:07:46 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Ice age heat wave, can't complain.<br />If the world's at large, why should I remain?<br />Walked away to another plan.<br />Gonna find another place, maybe one I can stand.<br />...<br />The days get shorter and the nights get cold.<br />I like the autumn, but this place is getting old.<br />I pack up my belongings and I head for the coast.<br />It might not be a lot but I feel like I'm making the most.<br />The days get longer and the nights smell green.<br />I guess it's not surprising, but it's spring and I should leave.<br /><br />"The World At Large" -Modest Mouse.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Buzz, Buzz.</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:25:49 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Buzz<br />Buzz<br />Buzz<br /><br />Doc, there's a hole where something was.<br />Doc, there's a hole where something was.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~ForeverIce</author>
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                <title>Ah.</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:20:58 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ It's SO hard to be candid in these things.  Overthinking, always overthinking.  <br />Syntax, diction, spelling errors, eloquency.  <br />You can take the girl out of the school, but you can't take the school out of the girl.<br /><br />I can't fucking see.  Like, legitimately can't see.  I practically have my nose pressef up to the computer screen as I type.  Just another aspect of life beyond my control, I guess?<br /><br />Tomorrow.  Oh god.  The dreaded transition.<br />I'm pretty much in this alone.  The dam's about to burst.  A flood of intrusive questions will ensue.  <br /><br />I feel somewhat guilty.  Like a incontinent, senile dog who's flooded the house with piss.  Everyone's screaming at me for something I can't control.  Yet, I'm not even sure what's going on, myself.  I feel like shit for inconviencing everyone, yet I just stand there with a vacant look on my face.  Everyone's gotta clean my fucking mess.<br /><br />Gross analogy.  Jeez....<br /><br />If anyone's feeling guilty themselves for anything they've done to me in the past (whether intentional or not), please don't feel like you have to make up for it in any way.  Just throwing that out there.  <br /><br />And if not, then I send my sincere thanks and appreciation.<br /><br />(But don't let the doctor in.  I want to blow off steam)<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~ForeverIce</author>
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                <title>Eeeek!</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:16:03 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I JUST BROKE MY TOE!<br />Crutches?!  Hopefully!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~ForeverIce</author>
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                <title>Brand New.</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:19:54 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ This is the grace that only we can bestow.<br />This is the price you pay for loss of control.<br />This is the break in the bend.<br />This is the closest of calls.<br />This is the reason you're alone<br />THIS IS THE RISE AND THE FALL!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~ForeverIce</author>
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                <title>QUOTE OF MY LIFE.</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:08:13 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ A lunchtime dialogue between lovers:<br /><br />Me: So, I started reading a new book.<br />Dan: Is it about me?<br />Me: Are you a horny Mormon girl?<br />Dan: If you want me to be.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>The Hollow Men.</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:59:19 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ The Hollow Men<br />T.S Eliot (1888-1965)<br /><br />MISTAH KURTZ -- HE DEAD.<br />                A penny for the Old Guy<br /><br />                 I<br /><br />We are the hollow men<br />We are the stuffed men<br />Leaning together<br />Headpiece filled with straw.  Alas!<br />Our dried voices, when<br />We whisper together<br />Are quiet and meaningless<br />As wind in dry grass<br />Or rats' feet over broken glass<br />In our dry cellar<br /><br />Shape without form, shade without colour,<br />Paralysed force, gesture without motion;<br /><br />Those who have crossed<br />With direct eyes, to death's other Kingdom<br />Remember us--if at all--not as lost<br />Violent souls, but only<br />As the hollow men<br />The stuffed men.<br /><br />                  II<br /><br />Eyes I dare not meet in dreams<br />In death's dream kingdom<br />These do not appear:<br />There, the eyes are <br />Sunlight on a broken column<br />There, is a tree swinging<br />And voices are<br />In the wind's singing<br />More distant and more solemn<br />Than a fading star.<br /><br />Let me be no nearer<br />In death's dream kingdom<br />Let me also wear<br />Such deliberate disguises<br />Rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves<br />In a field<br />Behaving as the wind behaves<br />No nearer--<br /><br />Not that final meeting<br />In the twilight kingdom<br /><br />                III<br /><br />This is the dead land<br />This is cactus land<br />Here the stone images<br />Are raised, here they receive<br />The supplication of a dead man's hand<br />Under the twinkle of a fading star.<br /><br />Is it like this<br />In death's other kingdom<br />Waking alone<br />At the hour when we are<br />Trembling with tenderness<br />Lips that would kiss<br />Form prayers to broken stone.<br /><br />                 IV<br /><br />The eyes are not here<br />There are no eyes here<br />In this valley of dying stars<br />In this hollow valley<br />This broken jaw of our lost kingdoms<br /><br />In this last of meeting places<br />We grope together<br />and avoid speech<br />Gathered on this beach of the tumid river<br /><br />Sightless, unless<br />The eyes reappear<br />As the perpetual star<br />Multifoliate rose<br />Of death's twilight kingdom<br />The hope only<br />Of empty men.<br /><br />                V<br /><br />Here we go round the prickly pear<br />Prickly pear prickly pear<br />Here we go round the prickly pear<br />At five o'clock in the morning.<br /><br />Between the idea <br />And the reality<br />Between the motion<br />And the act<br />Falls the shadow<br />                                For Thine is the Kingdom<br /><br />Between the conception<br />And the creation<br />Between the emotion<br />And the response<br />Falls the Shadow<br />                                                Life is very long<br /><br />Between the desire<br />And the spasm<br />Between the potency<br />and the existence<br />Between the essence<br />And the descent<br />Falls the Shadow<br />                                For Thine is the Kingdom<br /><br />For thine is<br />Life is<br />For Thine is the<br /><br />This is the way the world ends<br />This is the way the world ends<br />This is the way the world ends<br />Not with a bang but a whimper.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Prophecy.</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:57:17 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I give up.<br />Goodbye, High School!<br />..................................................<br />This is the way the world ends<br /> This is the way the world ends<br />This is the way the world ends<br /> Not with a bang, but a whimper.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>The Never Song</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:05:24 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Never talk back to your Mom and Dad when you are mad<br />Never talk back to your Mom and Dad when you are mad<br />Never be rude and disrespectful<br />Never break rules then get forgetful<br />Never throw a tantrum on the floor<br />Never shout at them and slam the door<br />'Cause that's how you get grounded!!<br /><br />Never cheat off some other kids test when you are in school<br />Never cheat off some other kids test when you are in school<br />Never get the answer from a friend<br />Never sneak in notes written on your hand<br />Never let your eyes begin to wander,<br />From your paper to another.<br />'Cause that's how you get sent to the principal!!<br /><br />Never take cough syrup and mix it up with Iodine and Lye<br />Never take cough syrup and mix it up with Iodine and Lye<br />Never take the strike pads off a match book,<br />Or go to a hardware store and then look<br />Near the paint thinners for Muriatric Acid,<br />Or go bring a pot into a rapid<br />Boil or get hydrogen peroxide<br />Never go to a farming store and then buy<br />PH strips and PVC pipes<br />Those fuel cans that make outdoor grills light<br />'CAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU MAKE CRYSTAL METH!!!<br />-WKUK.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Spirals.</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:55:05 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ No amount of coffee in the world could ever wake me up.  <br /><br />I'm sitting here in a dazed reverie, eyelids growing lazy.  My stream of consciousness is steadily dwindling.  I've been thinking for such a long time.<br /><br />Thinking.<br />A human function.<br />But wasn't I made a robot?<br /><br />I am metal.<br />I have not a pulse, but the rhythmic drone of a <br />machine at work.<br /><br />Not a voice, but the the staggered sound of gears struggling to stay in motion.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Incomplete.</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:01:59 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I feel painfully obligated to compose at least ONE upbeat entry.  I understand the whole doom-and-gloom thing irritates people to no end.  But hey, devastation hits HARD.  I've been attempting to create this for awhile, only to grow frustrated and dismiss the window.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Yup, let's save the entry and let the window sleep.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Speeding Cars</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:03:24 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Here's the day you hoped would never come<br />Don't feed me violins,<br />Just run with me through roads of speeding cars.<br />The papercuts, the cheating lovers,<br />The coffee's never strong enough<br />I know you think it's more than just bad luck<br /><br />There, there, baby<br />It's just text book stuff<br />It's in the ABC of growing up<br />Now, now, darling<br />Oh, don't lose your head<br />'Cause none of us were angels,<br />And you know I love you, yeah.<br /><br />Sleeping pills know sleeping dogs lie<br />never far enough away<br />Glistening in the cold sweat of guilt<br />I've watched you slowly winding down for years<br />You can't keep on like this...<br />Now's a bad a time as any.<br /><br />There, there, baby<br />It's just text book stuff<br />It's in the ABC of growing up<br />Now, now, darling<br />Oh don't kill yourself<br />'Cause none of us were angels<br />And you know I love you, yeah.<br /><br />It's okay by me,<br />It's okay by me,<br />It's okay by me, it was a long time ago.<br /><br />"Speeding Cars" by Imogen Heap.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Reconfiguration.</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:24:35 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ IÂm slightly hesitant to change.<br /><br />The fact that my general life situation is steadily improving both elates and frightens me.  IÂm used disappointment.  To being ostracized.  To darkness.  That is my comfort zone, and has been for the past nine years.  IÂve never liked new situations, especially when they were completely unexpected.  I have an irrational fear of surprises.  But now, IÂm gaining a sense of normalcy, if thatÂs what you would call it.  Can I even classify it as such?  Even though it should have been a natural, regular component of my life, I donÂt necessarily feel whole now that IÂve obtained it.<br /><br />IÂm fairly certain I have friends.  IÂve been very social this past week, and itÂs felt quite refreshing.  Of course, the uneasiness is bound to set in sometime soon.  IÂm starting to recognize traces of it in my system.  The beginnings of friendship are always exhilarating and comforting.  I worry about the day when the initial excitement will dissipate.  IÂm afraid of rejection.  In most of my social cases, experiencing it has been inevitable. I'm apprehensive about possible impending disappointment.  But I HAVE made a conscious decision. I refuse to be submissive this time.<br /><br />A bit of internal reconfiguration would do me good.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Senior Classes</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:59:00 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Alright, this journal's mainly for Mike and Heather.  Let me know if we have any classes together!<br /><br />A-Calculus (Faella, I think)<br />B-Honors IR (Buxton)<br />C-AP English 12 (Alper)<br />D-Physics 1A (Dimock!)<br />E-AP Italian IV (Magliari)<br />F-Physical Education (Doesn't matter)<br />G-Guitar Class (Price)<br /><br />Oh, and Heather?  Is your dad teaching Physics next year?  I could possibly have him!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Wanted:</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:15:05 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ People advertise for soulmates, right?<br /><br />WANTED: A best friend.<br /><br />Not just any friend.  This here's gotta be special.<br />Preferably female, anywhere between the ages of 16-18.  Age doesn't matter a whole lot.  Must have a wicked sense of humor that coaxes out genuine laughter.  Honesty is a necessity, whether it be general or brutal.  Must not be friends with me for their own interest or personal gain.  I want someone who's fun to be with, and will go on all sorts of crazy adventures with me.  Must be trustworthy; it'd be nice to have someone to confide in without feeling guilty afterwards.  This person must be able to hold intelligent and occasionally philosophical conversations.  I'm not looking for a genius.  Ruthlessly mean people do NOT interest me.  I don't want to be the butt of a running joke anymore.  Please, have some kindness, sensitivity, and compassion.  We have to have at least a few things in common, especially musical taste.  And most importantly, this person must be willing to make a total ass out of themselves with me in public.  Because life's not fun when you're serious.<br /><br />Megalomaniacs, narcissists, compulsive liars, sadists, opportunists, etc. NEED NOT APPLY.<br /><br />Ah, maybe at this point, I don't deserve to be picky.<br />Beggars can't be choosers.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Liberation.</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:06:01 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Every sentence I write feels like a book.<br /><br />I'm trying so hard, but my brain's hopelessly disconnected.  It's automatically shifted from diligence mode to the "Let's seek freedom" mode.  I need to get out of here, if only for one day.  I seek a place where my worries, reservations and better judgement dissipates.  <br /><br />...Okay, maybe not my better judgement.  But still.<br /><br />I've tried my summer music, ventured outside, gotten my guitar out.<br />No results.<br /><br />I've been speaking in fragments.<br />My senses are dulled.<br />Every breath is a sigh.<br /><br />Something's messing with my head.  And all at once, I realize...<br /><br />I'm looking for that internal feeling of content that usually accompanies summer.<br /><br />Someone tell me where to find it.  And fast.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Jack the Ripper</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:41:07 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Oh, you look so tired <br />Mouth slack and wide <br />Ill-housed and ill-advised <br />Your face is as mean <br />As your life has been <br /><br />Crash into my arms <br />I want you.<br />You don't agree - <br />But you don't refuse <br />I know you <br /><br />And I know a place <br />Where no one is likely to pass <br />Oh, you don't care if it's late <br />And you don't care if you're lost <br />And oh, you look so tired <br />But tonight you presume too much<br />Too much, too much <br />And if it's the last thing I ever do <br />I'M GONNA GET YOU.<br /><br />Crash into my arms <br />I want you.<br />You don't agree - <br />But you don't refuse <br />I know you.<br /><br />"Jack the Ripper" <br />-Morrissey<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Prom Pessimism.</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 12:48:51 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ It's horrible.  All the dilemmas and melodramatics occuring are putting me over the edge.  Blahblah, limo problems, blahblah, "he said, she said," blahblah, insufficient funds, BLAH-FUCKING-BLAH!<br /><br />People seem to be agitated much more easily, including myself.  Apparently, Allie's not going in the limo, which is a-okay with me.  It's just all in vain. After I tried to convince some other people to let her and Corey in.  Not to sound like a martyr, but I mean, jeez, I took quite a lot of shit from some other people.  But we made it happen, and for what?  Nothing.<br /><br />And to add to that, my table sucks.  I'm only putting up with it for Dan's sake.  But, I can't sit with anyone that I actually want to sit with!  The table's a bunch of acquaintances and a few people I generally don't like, if I'm even at the table I'm supposed to be at.  Eliza informed me that the Prom coordinators lost the sheet where I had my table assignment, so she put me at a table with [enter completely obscure name of a guy I don't know].  WHAT?!  <br /><br />I'm freaking out, mainly 'cause getting ready with the other girls is going to be rather awkward. Only one of the other four girls genuinely likes me.  And the last time I checked, getting ready with friends is supposed to be fun and all-inclusive, not miserable and clique-y.  But with those odds against me, and the fact that I tend to make a fool out of myself in awkward social situations?  Quite honestly, I'm dreading it.  Who am I going to dance with when all the fast, fun, dance-with-your-friends song are playing?  I really hate to go here, but I kinda wish Mel was back, only because I wouldn't have go at it alone...<br /><br />Sorry for the melodramatic rant.  <br /><br />I am utterly convinced that this is going to suck.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 07:45:39 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Cigarettes and chocolate milk, these are just a couple of my cravings<br />Everything it seems I like's a little bit stronger<br />A little bit thicker, a little bit harmful for me<br /><br />If I should buy jellybeans, have to eat them all in just one sitting<br />Everything it seems I like's a little bit sweeter<br />A little bit fatter, a little bit harmful for me<br /><br />And then there's those other things, which for several reasons we won't mention<br />Everything about 'em is a little bit stranger, a little bit harder, a little bit deadly<br /><br />It isn't very smart, tends to make one part so brokenhearted<br /><br />Sitting here remembering me, always been a shoe made for the city<br />Go ahead accuse me of just singing about places<br />With scrappy boys' faces, have general run of the town<br /><br />Playing with prodigal sons, takes a lot of sentimental valiums<br />Can't expect the world to be your Raggedy Andy,<br />While running on empty, you little old doll with a frown<br /><br />You got to keep in the game, retaining mystique while facing forward<br />I suggest a reading of "A Lesson in Tightropes",<br />Or "Surfing Your High Hopes", or "Adios, Kansas."<br /><br />It isn't very smart, tends to make one part so brokenhearted<br /><br />Still there's not a show on my back<br />Holes, or a friendly intervention<br />I'm just a little bit heiress, a little bit Irish<br />A little bit Tower of Pisa whenever I see ya<br />So please be kind if I'm a mess<br />Cigarettes and chocolate milk, cigarettes and chocolate milk<br /><br />-Rufus Wainwright, "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk"<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~ForeverIce</author>
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                <title>Symphonies.</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 07:04:09 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ This is a predicament that not even iced coffee can repair.<br />I missed my fuckin' AP English exam.<br /><br />One chance to put SOMETHING impressive on my transcript.  GONE.<br />I'm rather ambivalent about the situation though.  Although English is, well, my strength, I feel like the exam would have gone rather poorly.  I studied diligently for a week for my US History one, and look how that went.  I'm sick of having tainted mental stability.  The inability to function in daily situations negatively affects me.  I could have easily attained a five without this invisible ailment.  And no one quite understands the severity of what I have.  I am ridiculed by my teachers, namely my Precalc teacher.  They've all written me off as a slacker because I don't function like a normal person/student.  I've worked so hard to change their opinions.  People in my classes have also labeled me as a slacker because I barely show up to school.  Of course, revealing that hyperventilation and severe panic attacks cause my absences would be suicide.  With each passing day, college seems more and more out of the question.  <br /><br />Gimme a fuckin' break!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Lightbulbs.</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 16:41:08 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I am feeling very good.  Which is a lot to say, judging by the fact that the past month has consisted of tears, breakdowns and general mental instability.  I'm finding some relief in vitamins and sunshine.<br /><br />I've found relief in some friends.<br /><br />STOP.  <br />OH MY GOD, THE WORLD'S FUCKING ENDING!!!<br /><br />Now, people at school are horrible.  I personally believe that institutionalization brings out the worst of human nature.  The promotion of conformity doesn't quite help this little dilemma either.  Not one of the people I've interacted with at school has been interesting in forming a friendship with me (minus Dan and Kat, whom I've known for ages).  So, I have a slight "me against the world" situation here.<br /><br />THANKFULLY, I am not alone.  I have met some of the best people I've ever known over the summer on the Europe trip.  With them, I never feel outcasted, ostracized or ridiculed.  I am completely accepted and I am not plagued with chronic social awkwardness.  It's been rather tough, though.  I have not seen them all since August.  Therefore, I have been lacking the acceptance and compassion I tend to feed off of.  We've been conversing, the seven of us, and we collectively concur that a reunion is long overdue.<br /><br />SO!  We are meeting next weekend to "hang out."  Needless to say, I am completely elated.  Finally, something to look forward to.<br /><br />But then I got to thinking.  What I'm feeling now...is this how everyone feels?  Is this how I'm SUPPOSED to feel on a regular basis? I've been wondering if lack of positive social interaction has fueled my void.  Whatever.  Fuck it.<br /><br />AP tests are coming up this week.  I've been studying my ass off.  For what, I wonder?  Journals suck.<br /><br />I think it is plausible that I am manic-depressive.  My happiness went as quickly as it came.  How does one preserve an emotion?<br /><br />Sometimes, I feel like a robot.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>EUROPE PHOTOS!</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 13:02:48 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Okay, I just submitted a BUTTLOAD of Europe pictures.  I expect comments.<br /><br />Generally, most of 'em are from England, France and Switzerland.  I got really sick of taking pictures in Austria, Germany, Italy and Lichtenstein.  I really regret it now...<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~ForeverIce</author>
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                <title>Frustrated.</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 11:39:53 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I seriously just submitted 12 deviations.<br />AND NOW THEY'RE ALL GONE.<br />WHAT HAPPENED?!?<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~ForeverIce</author>
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                <title>Across the Universe.</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 15:04:48 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Words are flying out like endless rain into a paper cup <br />They slither while they pass,<br />They slip away across the universe <br />Pools of sorrow waves of joy are drifting thorough my open mind <br />Possessing and caressing me <br /><br />Jai guru deva om <br />Nothing's gonna change my world <br />Nothing's gonna change my world <br />Nothing's gonna change my world <br />Nothing's gonna change my world <br /><br />Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes <br />They call me on and on across the universe <br />Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box <br />They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe <br /><br />Jai guru deva om <br />Nothing's gonna change my world <br />Nothing's gonna change my world <br />Nothing's gonna change my world <br />Nothing's gonna change my world <br /><br />Sounds of laughter, shades of life, are ringing through my open ears <br />Inciting and inviting me <br />Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns <br />And calls me on and on across the universe <br /><br />Jai guru deva om <br />Nothing's gonna change my world <br />Nothing's gonna change my world <br />Nothing's gonna change my world <br />Nothing's gonna change my world <br />Jai guru deva <br />Jai guru deva<br /><br />-The Beatles "Across the Universe"<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~ForeverIce</author>
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                <title>Illusions.</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:46:35 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ My inner child is rather pleased with the attention I've been giving it.  All day, I've just been reading Harry Potter novels.  I've finished the third, and now I'm well into the fourth.  And I wonder if it's unhealthy to wonder what life in this fictional world would be like.  Don't get me wrong, I'm not going off the deep end here.  Not in a creepy fan-girl sense.  But what if transfiguration and potions were completely ordinary aspects of life?  If fully-functioning wands existed?  I could instantaneously make or break you with little effort. If unicorns, hippogriffs and phoenixes graced the earth and sky?  It makes me wonder why my surroundings aren't good enough for me.  Why I constantly keep slipping off into concious daydreams.  Why I return to those pages and read for hours on end. <br /><br />God, I wonder to myself, where has all the magic gone?  <br />And why can't I seem to grasp it?<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~ForeverIce</author>
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                <title>Epiphany.</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:12:54 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ (Please excuse my lack of flow, disorganization and lack of an actual point)<br /><br />Today, Life slapped me in the face with a lovely revelation.<br /><br />There is no need to allow outside influences to dictate my future.<br /><br />We recently filled out our course selection sheets for Senior year.  When it came time to determine our electives, I got to thinking.  I promised my English teacher in 9th grade to take Creative Writing when I was a senior.  Recalling this promise, I reluctantly scribbled down Creative Writing on my form, sacrificing Drama IV.  I figured that was that, and that's how everything was supposed to be.  <br /><br />(Insert background information)<br />I HATE WRITING.  I hate every significant and insignificant aspect about it.  But unfortunately, it is my only "strength."  Ever since my teachers had discovered this, writing has been pushed on me since I was 5.  After parent-teacher conferences, when the teacher revealed my secret talent,  my own parents would encourage me to sit at a desk with paper and pencil and WRITE FUCKING STORIES.  I've been misled into thinking that writing is my future, despite my fervent dislike for the subject.<br />(End background information)<br /><br />Today, I pondered about my schedule again after a long phone conversation with Carolyn last night.  As an English assignment, we were supposed to compose a conceit on love, youth, or another redundant literary theme.  Of course, because I don't particularly enjoy adhering to strict guidelines, I decided to devote my conceit to the topic of writing.  Liberally simplified (and less analogy-like), it would have gone something like this:  Writing is synonomous to vomiting.  You feel sick and get the urge to purge.  Naturally, after this purge, you feel instantly better.  Upon looking at this horrid self-made creation, you instantly want to clean it up and never think about it ever again.  With "you" referring to myself.<br /><br />After this, I realized something.  Why the hell did I sacrifice a course that I love (Drama) for something that induces emotional vomiting (Creative Writing)?  Did I really allow my teachers, parents and peers to influence a decision solely belonging to me?  Theatre is my passion.  The only passion I have that I'm aware of anyway.  And from this revelation, I made my own decision.<br /><br />I'm taking back what's rightfully mine.<br /><br />My POWER.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~ForeverIce</author>
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                <title>Release.</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:35:30 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I was thinking about freshman year.<br />And for some reason, this wave of nostalgia pulled me into this current of memories. <br />I was remembering when everything seemed so new, so exciting.<br />Academic success came easy, relationships were never difficult to maintain.<br />But best of all?<br />No one knew me.  It was beautiful.<br />Generally, I had the freedom to mold myself into any shape I pleased.  <br />Everyone was doing the same, and we all hid behinds these misleading facades.<br />We would pretend to enjoy each others' company, pretend to have amicable relations.<br />We were all impervious to rejection.<br /><br />A year later, it was nearly impossible to maintain our false identities.<br />And so we tore the masks off our faces, and upon seeing the monsters behind the masks,<br />We severed our false ties of friendship.  I clung to the frays.<br /><br />Somehow, humanity always seems to disappoint me.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~ForeverIce</author>
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                <title>Fragmented Thoughts</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:54:40 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Oh, the joy of procrastination!<br />I should probably be engaging in something more productive, but I'm not going to supress my natural inclinations.<br /><br />It's simply divine outside.  That intoxicating spring aroma has officially returned.  Now, where are those lovely zephyrs?  When will the flowers WAKE THE FUCK UP?!<br /><br />So, after a week of pneumonia, I'm returning to school tomorrow.  I'm internally freaking out a little, mainly because of the overwhelming workload that awaits me.  That, and facing my disgruntled Precalc teacher on Tuesday.  Too many tests, reading, equations, etc.  It's making my head spin already.<br /><br />My thoughts are rather fragmented.  Consistency was never really my thing anyway.  Whatever.<br /><br />WHAT NOW?<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~ForeverIce</author>
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                <title>Crayons.</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:26:13 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I never quite know what this journal expects out of me.  It's been waiting, pitifully neglected for about a year or so.  And every time I contemplate purging my emotional vomit, I hold back.  I'm too afraid to see what a mess that would be.  That's most likely the reason why I lack commitment when it comes to journals.<br /><br />The whole typical "teen angst" thing just isn't me.  I try not to live up to the ludicrous "my life sucks" teenager stigma.  But the more I stifle my complaints, the more I crave someone else's open ears and minimal judgement.  I'm a mess, and I sure as hell can't pick myself up.<br /><br />So here's my hypocrisy.  All the trivial occurences that have made me borderline miserable for the past year.  The petty complaints that boost my status up to angsty teenager.  My personal catharsis.  <br /><br />And I'm not going to regret it.<br /><br />(EDIT)<br /><br />But I did.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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