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Every aspect of my life has been absolutely insane. Immense amounts of stress and petty problems made me neglect a lot of things. Well... basically everything. (Including people, school, my art..etc) I also got behind in my school work. I had an immense amount catch up on, but by the end of this week, I'll be pretty much caught up with everything.

As of the beginning of this month, I've moved on from the crazy events of January & February, and my life is going back to normal : ) All I can say is I've learned SO much this year. Y'know, those 'life lessons' you have to experience in order to fully understand.

Well, It's good to be backkkkk.
Give me a few days to catch up on my messages & everything.
I'm looking forward to hearing from everyone!


-Andreea

]]> ~xandreea http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/23131182/ http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/23131182/ Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:24:20 PST James Dewitt Yancey
aka J Dilla
aka Jay Dee
aka your favorite producer's favorite producer
(February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006)


[link]
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]]> ~xandreea http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/21133605/ http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/21133605/ Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:58:50 PDT Around December 15th is when my dream school will tell me I'm in or not...the wait is killing me...haha.
Oh & one more thing...lately I've been thinking about my family in Romania, and I miss them a lot...I miss Europe in general, and everyone that I care about that's there...and to think I was just there in July =/ I haven't lived there in 8 years though, and it feels like I've been homesick this whole time..

]]> ~xandreea http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/20961169/ http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/20961169/ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:59:37 PDT (you know, except my huge trip back to the
homelanddd this summer, of course. Europe
is always the best )
But anyways, I saw the Roots Sept. 26th here: [link]
(UCR's Block Party). What an amazing day...

Here is some footage: [link] [link]

That same night I also saw Lyrics Born and
U-N-I. It was a pretty dope night. : )

Indeed, life has been pretty crazy,
but I'm gettin' by, of course : )
Hm, I can't wait until December... : )
That's all I can think of for now...
another journal coming soon.

&

]]> ~xandreea http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/20676290/ http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/20676290/ Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:45:01 PDT there is something to figure out. I don't like this
situation, but I can't do anything about it now...
If only I could...

Well, week 5 of this school year is almost over.
It has been extremely stressful, but as soon as
I'm done with college-related things (maybe after
December), all there is to do is wait and see where
I'll end up going next fall...

more pictures from this summer coming soon !
Thank you everyone for all the support.
I appreciate all of you !

p.s. Gackt is amazing...
[link] & [link] &
especially: [link]

"Tsuki wa sora wo dakishimenagara
Namida de mienai anata wo sagashite sakenda
...Kowareru hodo watashi wo tsuyoku dakishimete
Mou ichido aenu nara yume no naka de ii"

"I became frightened by loneliness, So I called out,
searching for you, but couldn't see through my tears.
...To the point of breaking, Hold me tightly.
The dream, from which I've been waking up, is vanishing,
Your arms and beloved voice is slipping away"

]]> ~xandreea http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/20059232/ http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/20059232/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:16:32 PDT
[ENGLAND]:
(Accommodations: Britannia International Hotel && Warwick Castle)
*London- Buckingham Palace, Tower of London, Churchill's Cabinet War Rooms, Greenwich Village, London Eye, Theater (Lord of the Rings musical!!), met a member of Parliament. (we saw the queen drive by us!)
*Oxford >>> explored the city & university.
*Warwick >>> explored the castle and grounds, learned about medieval battle preparation/weapons, watched the firing of the world's most powerful catapult, spent the night on castle grounds in tents
*Stratford-Upon-Avon >>> visited city & house Shakespeare was born
*Wiltshire >>> STONEHENGE !!!
*Portsmouth >>> boarded ferry to France around midnight : ) crossed the English Channel in around 6 hours


[FRANCE]:
(Accommodations: Holiday Inn- Versailles/Bougival)
*Caen >>> visited Le Memorial de Caen Museum, which highlights the effects of D-Day
*Normandy >>> visit the location of the D-Day landings (Utah & Omaha Beach), visited the American Cemetery, the site of 9,387 American soldiers who died during the landings.
*Paris >>>Arc De Triomphe, Notre Dame, Eiffel Tower, Louvre Museum, Place de la Concorde, Champs Elyees
*Montmartre >>> visited Le Sacre-Coeur, explored the artists quarter of town (loved it!)
*Versailles >>> Chateau de Versailles
*Compiegne >>> place the WWI armistice was signed. Also, in WWII, this is where the French signed their surrender to Germany.


[BELGIUM]:
(Accommodations: Hilton Brussels Hotel-amazing)
*Brussels >>> visited a chocolate factory (Planete Chocolat), met the owner, learned how chocolate is made. Explored Brussels, visited the Grand Palace, stopped by Fresh Kicks (best shoe store everrrr) (:


[NETHERLANDS]:
(Accommodations: Holiday Inn -Ijmuiden: right by the coast!!!!!)
*Amsterdam >>> visited Katrina & Kees Jan’s farm, learned how cheese & clogs are made. Visited the Anne Frank House, VAN GOGH MUSEUM (aamazing!), canal cruise, diamond factory (Coster Diamonds)
*Ijmuiden >>> @the Holiday Inn -went to the beach at night

]]> ~xandreea http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/19744653/ http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/19744653/ Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:35:11 PDT Aw, I missed everybody...and to the select few of you that are near and dear to me (haha), I don't know how I survived without you people..really.

About Europe: So, where do I start? In many ways, this trip put every aspect of my life in a new perspective. I loved the meaningful conversations I had with people who had opinions that were the complete opposite of mine. It's so refreshing to try to see everything from a completely different angle.

Being exposed to so many different people, situations, cultures, and just...ideas, in general, so many questions arose. (most of which have million different answers)
I could go on about this forever, but I don't want to put all of you to sleep..haha. I've had an amazing two weeks full of realizations not only about life, but also about myself. Where I've been, where I'm headed.....etc etc...and I don't even have to mention the notorious "who am I?" question... (thanks to this trip, it's a question I no longer am afraid of..hhaha)

I have so much to tell everyone.
Details & pictures next week


]]> ~xandreea http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/19357841/ http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/19357841/ Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:14:08 PDT I am so excited to go back home for the second summer in a row. I don't think I'll get any sleep tonight...I forgot to show you guys what my luggage looks like: [link] yeah, I thought it was completely my personality, so I had to buy it.
I got the money issue resolved. So now I have money to spend on my trip, which is great I am so thankful everything turned out okay and that I'm actually going.

I'll be back in 2 weeks as far as I know. I'll miss everyone a lot. Can't wait to be back & tell you guys about it!

byee

]]> ~xandreea http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/18901537/ http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/18901537/ Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:33:18 PDT
I got my flight info today! I fly out of LAX the 13th (to New Jersey), than London, France, Belguim, Netherlands. I'm so psyched ! France for 2 summers in a row... PLUS 3 other countries 0_0 so insane.

After I get back, I have 6 days to recuperate. And then: BIRTHDAY celebration! Pretty amazing. Well, can't think of anything else to say.Expect some brand new pictures end of July/beginning of August hm, my mom is turning 41 tomorrow. for some reason, I had forgotten that she isn't old..haha

oh yeah & I ALMOST FORGOT to tell you guys: i got a new camera!! Here it is (I bought the black one): [link]

&& Listen to this:
[link]

"You are the personification of all God's blessings
Coming to me in just one physical being
One physical dream that I wanna redeem"



]]> ~xandreea http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/18452449/ http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/18452449/ Thu, 22 May 2008 18:18:40 PDT I'm a class officer for class of 09 ! (Co-Social, w/ Priscilla B.)
I ran for class office, campaigned with a running mate (we ran against 4 pairs of people)...there were elections and we made the top 2. THEN, there were elections AGAIN.
and...WE WON ! yep, authority over my class of about 900 people. haha nah, I'm not power hungry.... but, seriously I am so happy. It was a complete surprise. We thought we had no chance, so yeah...pretty cool stuff.

14 school days left ! YESS.
50 days til europe !
life is so crazy
but I love it : )

]]> ~xandreea http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/17747410/ http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/17747410/ Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:32:11 PDT (from: europe 07, monterey/san fran & THIS trip!)

I have a feeling my laziness will disappear after
this spring break. we will see : ) haha

when I was packing this morning, I got all excited..hhaa
and I finally admitted to myself I am not a light packer
(I've been told many times, and I just realized it) xD
haha
talk to you guys on Monday !!

, andreea
: )

]]> ~xandreea http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/17668767/ http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/17668767/ Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:37:56 PDT [link] ...
(and i got new lenses!!!!!! you probably noticed the fisheye one and I also got a panoramic lens)
100 days til Europe! England, France (yes, again), Belgium & the Netherlands. yessssir, I am super excited. haha Paris for the second summer in a row I have $3,000 already payed off on this trip. 3 more to go. PLUS I need spending money...The euro is killing the dollar... need at least 500 euros to spend. SO, that's about 780 dollars or something like that. It's ridiculous.
So, if you wanna send me money, let me know. I accept bills over 100...hahhaa. just kidding, i'll take anything.... HA I'm too desperate Wu Tang was right.....HAH

peace. I'm out : )
p.s. check out the new Grouch ablum..and Look Daggers.
FIRE! haha..okay, that's all.

]]> ~xandreea http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/17418468/ http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/17418468/ Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:22:57 PDT
BIGGER NEWS: (not really….okay, maybe) Also this summer, I will be attending Brown University. BROWN!!!!! If anyone doesn’t know, it's part of the Ivy League along with Harvard, Cornell, Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth.

Enjoy the new San Francisco and Monterey Bay pictures that will be up within the next few days. Life is pretty dang exciting right now.

I'll update this again sooon peace !

]]> ~xandreea http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/16168924/ http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/16168924/ Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:31:40 PST Maybe things that I didn't want to know. But nevertheless, I've come to realize that 2008 will be the best year everrrr. Like Emm said, "No one is going to stand in my way, and if they do, they better be prepared for what's comin' to them." haha

Everything is beginning to make sense. People that have disappointed me, people I've lost, things that haven't gone my way, trusting the wrong people...
I see the big picture now.

I'm ready for '08

]]> ~xandreea http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/16049818/ http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/16049818/ Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:45:27 PST hhaha. Feels good to sleep in til 10 @#&^ I have a goal to stay in bed for 24 hours one day..sometime before I have to go back to school. I'll probably do that on New Year's.....Jan. 1st is always blahh. haha.
Well, lately....I've been having very vivid, extensive dreams. It's quite wierd... :/ I don't know what to make of it.

on another note, I'm awaiting the release of "Rising Down" -- April 29th, 2008. haha I can't waitttt. The day it drops will most likely change, but still... sometime around then. I can't think of what else to sayy. Christmas is around the corner. I can't wait for ittt. Besides that, I'm trying to come up with a New Year's resolution. Something do-able. If that's even a word.... ha.

oh and watch this: [link]

]]> ~xandreea http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/15756328/ http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/15756328/ Sat, 01 Dec 2007 21:24:49 PST Well, I kept thinking the car ride to vegas was gonna be long....but it took us only 3 hours to get there...and 5 to get back because we stopped and ate, and then went shopping...haha. I bought a blue plaid jacket from H&M, bright orange NIKE's (Air Forces, to be exact), a Nike bag, a Bob Marley shirt so yeah, my money is pretty much gone....I feel like I had an early Chirstmas. But anyways, Vegas was really tiring, and when I got back to Riverside It was the day before thankgiving, and I had to cook >.<

Thanksgiving day was boring. VERY boring. The day AFTER was great. I was at the 15th annual Riverside Festival of Lights. It was rated 3rd in the NATION this year, and it was broadcasted nationally on TV. (on Good Morning America)... fun stuff. Riverside is really getting on the map. Especially because UCR is getting a medical school in 2012. hmm, it's gonna be fun watching people migrate here for college. But yeah, I was on TV because of the Festival, and I'm on the cover of my school's newspaper. So I feel special....hahaa.

hm, what else has happened ? oh yeah, yesterday was a rainy day (you have to understand how rare these are) hah, IT RAINED THE WHOLE DAY. It was pretty hectic walking around campus with no umbrella. by the end of the day, I took 100 pictures of miniature ponds that had formed on campus, people who were super wet, me, my friends and random things....hhaha. yesterday was a good day.
Today I talked to Adi and found out I'm going to visit him and his cute little family around Christmas timee. I'm excited about that.

I think I pretty much covered everything.
I'll try to update this more often.

]]> ~xandreea http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/14443983/ http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/14443983/ Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:21:26 PDT it'll be nice to get away from everything (well, at least for 3 days..haha)

Don't even ask me what I should be doing right now. Probably my Physics work, working on my spanish essay, reading...etc. I wanted to do a bunch of that stuff last night, but i simply had no time. and i decided to draw instead....I usually pick drawing over anything else anyway. haha.

oh AND, I hate waking up at 5:40 every day. well, enough of me complaining. I should go catch up on my sleep even though it's only 4 PM. hey, a nap never hurt anyone....right???

]]> ~xandreea http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/14325488/ http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/14325488/ Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:53:58 PDT

p.s. the new Aesop Rock album is AMAZING. If you didn't pre-order it, buy it on the 28th !!

]]> ~xandreea http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/14274471/ http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/14274471/ Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:11:51 PDT

Six fun facts/habits/dislikes...

FACT: School starts monday and I SO do not want to go. Someone come kidnap me ! kthanks hhaha

FACT: Katt Williams is my favorite comedian. [link] << I can SO relate to that. hahaha "I have a disease, I'm allergic to stupid shit" AMEN ! haha. and he can FLOW: [link]

HABITS: I watch too much stand up comedy !!

HABITS: And I also add YouTube links to everything..haha [link] so trueee. haha

DISLIKES: Bill O'reilly. He's fond of fake statistics, he's closed-minded, a liar, and he doesn't listen to any of his guests.....I can go on forever...he's a piece of crap, bottom line ! [link]

DISLIKES: People who think they're better than everyone. Enough said ! haah

p.s.: i'm not tagging anyone, cause i don't feel like it haha

]]> ~xandreea http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/14227470/ http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/14227470/ Sat, 18 Aug 2007 14:51:16 PDT



and fuck, i update this too much.
but whatever.

]]> ~xandreea http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/14209491/ http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/14209491/ Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:37:53 PDT
@^&!* I just listened to the whole thing because it's up on his myspace page (i don't know for how long though)...but anyways, WOW. it's so much better than I thought it would be.

go buy it when it drops in stores. the 21st ! it's a must buy.

watch these:

[link]
[link]
[link]
[link]

peace !

]]> ~xandreea http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/14155706/ http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/14155706/ Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:19:32 PDT
the other day, people were talking about famous people they’ve met…and i was like…eh. haven’t really met anyone famous. and then, it hit me ! i met Ray Bradbury. and he signed two books for me ! i can’t believe i had forgotten that day. it was a while back, but..pretty awesome if you ask me.

I lost my collage. yes, i want to cry. I swear i cant find it anywhere. it was SO good, too. but whatever. i’m gonna start painting again. i found my amazing old paint set. thank you, jesus. ugh, i’m all fidgety right now because i’m drinking coffee. eek.
well, at 7 PM today it was 95 degrees outside (35 celcius), for those of you who are ‘U.S. measurement system’ impaired. someone has to agree there is something wrong with that. besides the fact that i’m BURNING UP ! haha. well, today was a productive day. went to the doctors, had a check up, got a shot, got my blood work done (all for a yearly check-up, by the way). went to school for registration ( to get my schedule), then picked up my books. it was such a pain. school starts the 27th. just wonderful. >.< my school ID picture is absolutely horrible. i scanned it, ask me if you wanna see it so you can laugh at me. haha & oh yeah, and since Kristin was out of town for my b-day, she just gave me a bracelet at registration today. yeeep ! i love it. I’m sure other things are worth mentioning, but this entry is super long , so i’ll stop. haha.

thanks for reading this. PEACE.

]]> ~xandreea http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/14079963/ http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/14079963/ Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:07:36 PDT my birthday was fun, though! (friday) i spent it with my cousin (of course) : ) saturday was boring. sunday i went to visit my friend Andreea and her family in Anaheim ( and yes, her name is the same as mine....also with two e's because she's Romanian like me) : ) SO, We ended up going to the beach Newport/Balboa. It was really nice. the weather was perfect! Then we went back to their house in Anaheim and ate lunch, hung out, watched a movie, etc. it was really cool since i hadn't seen any of them in a while. also; something random i just thought of: i love getting into debates/ arguments over politics and current events. it's becoming a serious hobby. haha no joke.
'07 TRIPS PLANNED: WHOOO
--Rent cabin in the mountains (big bear, california) - September 14-16
--Las Vegas, Nevada !! - Thanksgiving break (november)
i cannot wait. traveling is the best. even short distances like Big Bear, or the beach. and states close to cali. but i love international traveling the most. haha : )
Disneyland with Kristin & Leslie is being postponed til the end of the month sometime. yes yes.

to all of you;

PEACE AND LOVE!
and P.S: talk to me sometime... cause i don't bite. haha

]]> ~xandreea http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/13969009/ http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/13969009/ Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:52:51 PDT hm, what's new? i just finished reading a 760 page book, took me like 3 days. i'm probably re-reading The Historian next. because I read it for the first time two years ago. and that was a while back; so yep. haha. I remember 3 years ago when I used to be a good writer. and everyone told me I should be a journalist, because I have a 'gift'. HAHAHAH !! what happened to that?! i'm not even sure i was EVER a good writer. anyways, about ART; I don't have the patience to pick up a pencil anymore, and sit down and do something. I was working on this hip hop collage thing, but last night I decided I hated it, and that it wasn't working out. My standards are way too high. bleh. haha. Or maybe......(here comes the word I fear)...I'm a perfectionist??? I thought I'd never admit it. haha. That needs to stoppp.
thought i'd share this with the world:
- '07 hip-hop ALBUM RELEASE DATES I AM PSYCHED ABOUT!:
YESTERDAY (July 31): "Finding Forever" -Common
August 21: "Ear Drum" - Talib Kweli
August 28: "None Shall Pass" -Aesop Rock (been waiting for this FOREVERR!!)
September 4: "8 Diagrams" - Wu-Tang Clan
September 11: "Graduation"- Kanye West <---not so much, but eh.
-Unknown '07 Release Dates:
- "Experience A Whole New Thing" - Jimmi Stone (my friend ! i'm so excited for him! album expected to drop in August sometime! on iTunes and everything ! )
- "Swift & Changeable"- Ghostface Killah w/ MF Doom


PEACE !

]]> ~xandreea http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/13660481/ http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/13660481/ Sun, 08 Jul 2007 15:52:11 PDT
keep in touch & PEACEE <3

]]> ~xandreea http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/13466532/ http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/13466532/ Sun, 24 Jun 2007 00:28:23 PDT by the way, i don't bite. so if anyone feels like striking up a conversation with me, i'm definitely up for it! you choose a language; english, romanian, or spanish. to explain; my spanish vocabulary is very limited, but i can understand a lot of it. romanian is my native language, and i still know it, obviously. and.. english; i had to learn it when i moved to the U.S. (i was 8). and i've been speaking it ever since. so, i prefer english. hhaaha. there's a little background on me ! there's a lot more to know...but those are the basics. feel free to ask questions & what not

]]> ~xandreea http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/13180599/ http://xandreea.deviantart.com/journal/13180599/ Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:51:56 PDT
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