| I don't have a subject. |
[Jun. 1st, 2005|05:10 pm] |
| [ | feelin' |
| |  restless | ] |
| [ | spinnin' |
| | Yann Tiersen - "La Valse Des Vieux Os" | ] |
A strange week I have had.
I seem to have a delayed response to everything, and it usually takes me a while to realize what's going on.
Work's been blah today. I got plenty of sleep, but I can only seem to find enough energy to stay awake.
Went for a round with a rude lady on the phone today. During the previous two summers I've worked, I've never had to deal with any really difficult people, so it came as a bit of a surprise today.
The rain... well, it's been nice today.
I started a list last night. I wrote down all the things about myself that I want to change. No, not my hair color or my dumpy mid-section... but my apathy, my tendency to be distant...
We'll see how it goes. |
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| What? A fake update? |
[Apr. 17th, 2005|01:09 pm] |
| [ | feelin' |
| |  stressed | ] |
| [ | spinnin' |
| | Sparklehorse - "Sick of Goodbyes" | ] |
Katie Lou Benjamin's Aliases
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Your movie star name: Banana Louis
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Your fashion designer name is Katie Rome
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Your socialite name is Tater Oxford
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Your fly girl / guy name is K Ben
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Your detective name is Turtle Kossuth
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Your barfly name is Kiss Water
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Your soap opera name is Lou Route Seven
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Your rock star name is York Light
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Your star wars name is Katmag Benjoe
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Your punk rock band name is The Lazy Post It
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| Heh again. |
[Dec. 14th, 2004|08:41 am] |
| [ | feelin' |
| |  groggy | ] |
| [ | spinnin' |
| | The 5 6 7 8's - "Woo Hoo" | ] |
( me. ) |
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| Heh. |
[Dec. 3rd, 2004|05:17 pm] |
| [ | feelin' |
| | merry | ] |
| [ | spinnin' |
| | R.E.M. - The End of the World | ] |
( She's goin' down. ) |
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| Uh oh... |
[Nov. 24th, 2004|02:06 pm] |
| [ | feelin' |
| |  happy | ] |
| [ | spinnin' |
| | Glenn Miller Orchestra - "The Twelve Days Of Christmas" | ] |
You Know You're Addicted to Photoshop When...
You see the world with one eye and stock images with the other.
When asked what the primary colors are, answer "RGB"
You get the urge to 'fix' poor quality images.
You start teaching your significant other to use this "evil" program and in the space of one afternoon convince them it's at least only quasi-evil in the face of PSP.
You ramble about a breakthrough in the piece you're doing to people who have no idea in hell what you're talking about
You ponder the meaning of existence without layers.
You never leave the house without a digicam and notepad.
You drop something and your brain tells you automatically "Ctrl-Z! Ctrl-Z!". When you realize it won't work, your brain tells you "Ctrl-Alt-Z! Ctrl-Alt-Z!"
You're getting dressed for something important and you look in the mirror and realize you would look so much better if you could just tweak the levels a little and apply a slight gaussian blur.
You stop on the street to rant about cheesey effects that should not be on professional posters.
You scream out fonts as they appear on TV.
You have dreams in "glowing edges"
You're standing by the ocean and wondering who used Ocean Ripple.
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends who are addicted to Photoshop. |
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| "Matt Damon!!" |
[Oct. 16th, 2004|12:40 am] |
| [ | feelin' |
| | amused | ] |
| [ | spinnin' |
| | Green Day - "American Idiot" | ] |
Be sure to go see Team America: World Police.
No, seriously. |
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| Worries. |
[Oct. 15th, 2004|03:30 pm] |
| [ | feelin' |
| |  confused | ] |
| [ | spinnin' |
| | none | ] |
I am afraid that I am very much like Holly Golightly. |
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| To Remind Myself |
[Oct. 14th, 2004|07:46 pm] |
| [ | feelin' |
| | happy | ] |
| [ | spinnin' |
| | Stone Temple Pilots - "Vaseline" | ] |
Arrested Development marathon starting Saturday @ noon on FX! |
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| Is this lump out of my head? I think so. |
[Oct. 7th, 2004|08:34 pm] |
| [ | feelin' |
| | chipper | ] |
| [ | spinnin' |
| | Wilco - "Jesus, Etc." | ] |
Look! I think I'm gonna update.
What ever will I do? I'm so far behind, and I have so much to say...
I feel so crazy. Ever start thinking about your life... and how you never thought you'd be where you are at the moment? I guess that's one of the great [and crappy] things about life... full of surprises.
I want my job back. [Can't believe I'm saying this.] I wish I could quit yearbook now and just start working every afternoon instead. I mean, I can quit... but that would be a bit crappish of me. I'm gonna go up to the office tomorrow after school to see how things are going. From what I hear, they have a new girl working up there who can't do anything. Maybe I could beg my way back into at least working on Friday afternoons.
I'm finally getting somewhere with my &@#% outside sketch book. I must finish 25 more drawings before the 21st. That's two weeks from today, roughly two drawings a day. Think I can do it? ...I hope so. I'm really enjoying my art classes.
I've gotten lots of great new music lately! I can't believe how great the SP Adore album is. I've also been digging into some of my old stuff over the past month. The only thing I hate is that some of the songs I used to dearly love now remind me so much of people or times in my life that I prefer not to recall.
I want to try something new.
I hope I am in bed by 10 tonight. That would be so awesome...
***
Truth - covered in security
I can't let you smother me
I'd like to, but it couldn't work
Trading off and taking turns
I don't regret a thing
And I've got this friend, you see
Who makes me feel and I
Wanted more than I could steal
I'll arrest myself, I'll wear a shield
I'll go out of my way to prove I still
I still smell her on you
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| Subject? What? |
[Sep. 27th, 2004|11:02 pm] |
| [ | feelin' |
| |  sleepy | ] |
| [ | spinnin' |
| | Smashing Pumpkins - "Thirty-Three" | ] |
I forgot to do this yesterday.
I don't feel like doing it today.
78 on my Psychology test. What is wrong with me?
And why do people keep telling me I look like Ashlee Simpson? |
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| "While I'm young and while I'm able, all I wanna do is..." |
[Sep. 25th, 2004|11:39 pm] |
| [ | feelin' |
| | good | ] |
| [ | spinnin' |
| | Green Day - "J.A.R." | ] |
I did nothing I had originally intended to do today, but that's okay!
I took some neat photos this afternoon, and Mama bought me a new purse. Kind of nice to have someone else give me something; I have gotten so used to buying the things I want for myself. I dread when this last paycheck finally runs out. After I buy the new Green Day album, no more impulse buying. I promise. Just food, movies, and gas.
I talked to Josh today. I thought I saw his car at the drug store and called to see if it was him, but no... he's still in Starkville. It was good to catch up though, made him promise to call me next time he was back in Corinth so we could do something.
I'm gonna draw tomorrow afternoon. Really. [After the baby shower...]
***
She
She screams in silence
A sullen riot penetrating through her mind
Waiting for a sign to smash the silence with the brick
of self control
Are you locked up in a world that's been planned out for you?
Are you feeling like a social tool without a use?
Scream at me until my ears bleed
I'm taking heed just for you
She's figured out all her doubts
Were someone else's point of view
Waking up this time to smash the silence with the brick
of self control
Are you locked up in a world that's been planned out for you?
Are you feeling like a social tool without a use?
Scream at me until my ears bleed
I'm taking heed just for you |
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| Nothing, nothing at all. |
[Sep. 23rd, 2004|07:30 pm] |
| [ | feelin' |
| | sore | ] |
| [ | spinnin' |
| | Glenn Miller Band - "In the Mood" | ] |
The lack of driving skills possessed by prissy women in SUV's are going to get the better of me. At least once every day on my trips to and from Northeast, one suddenly appears in my rear view, giving me the sickening feeling that it's about to charge right on up into the bed of my truck.
I had a wonderful quezadilla from Mi Toro in Booneville today, but I ate alone. That wasn't so much fun. I just sat in the back and watched all the kids on the school trip drive their teacher crazy. I would swear it, I know more than half of those kids had on some type of clothing with a John Deere logo blazoned onto it. [To all my friends in other places: Is this a nation-wide trend right now, or is it just some local thing?] It's so tacky...
I made a 99 on my positive/negative space project in Design, and I made a 99 on my eggs in Drawing... YAY. I believe I had the highest grade in both classes. I really don't know why, I saw some work that I thought was just as good as mine.
I really wish people would not mock my chosen field of study. Just because it is art does not mean it is easy.
I have twelve pages of Psychology notes I should be reading over right now. Something tells me I'll end up scanning them once or twice and going in there tomorrow and winging it. Why do I do this?
My goal for the week has nearly been accomplished -- I haven't worn my SCAD shirt to school at all. Just one day left. I probably won't be able to make it. |
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| Short and Sweet |
[Sep. 23rd, 2004|06:52 pm] |
| [ | feelin' |
| |  crazy | ] |
| [ | spinnin' |
| | Charlie Brown score | ] |
I want some MCC. |
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| "People come and go so quickly here!" |
[Sep. 21st, 2004|06:16 pm] |
| [ | feelin' |
| |  hungry | ] |
| [ | spinnin' |
| | Black Eyed Peas - "Let's Get it Started" | ] |
I did something new today. I went in to Wal-Mart without speaking to a soul. Booneville has self-checkers now, so I walked in, grabbed a gallon of milk, fed the machine my paper bills, and left. Isn't that insane? I am not yet sure whether or not I enjoyed the experience.
***
Two songs caught my ear today. Funny thing is, they've been on my iPod all along. I'd just never listened to them very closely before.
Quasi's Our Happiness is Guaranteed
Orbiting pods, underwater domes -
We fill our tanks with oxygen to step outside our homes.
Once it was hard, now it's just routine
And I can't tell the difference between people and machine.
Love was a problem for our ancestors;
It's not such a problem anymore.
Breeding as a science proved it has no use at all
And it mostly disappeard when we eliminated war.
There's comfort and control, it's safe for you and me.
News for the surface shows how hard life there can be.
Why live in danger? Why live with pain?
People from the surface find it hard to explain.
And every little thing is strictly monitored;
We're given everything we need.
Fed by I.V., we rarely need to sleep -
There's no pointless dreaming and our happiness is guaranteed.
Badly Drawn Boy's The Shining
Faith pours from your walls, drowning your calls
I've tried to hear you're not near
Remembering when I saw your face
Shining my way, pure timing
Now I've fallen in deep, slow silent sleep
It's killing me, I'm dying
to put a little bit of sunshine in your life
Soleil all over you
Warm sun pours over me
Soleil all over you
Warm sun
Now this slick fallen rift came like a gift
Your body moves ever nearer
and you will dry this tear now that we're here
And grieve for me not history
But now I'm dry of thoughts wait for the rain
Then it's replaced, sun's setting
and suddenly you're in love with everything
Soleil all over you
Warm sun pours over me
Soleil all over you
Warm sun
***
My mom, with my permission, just threw away my voter registration form that came in the mail yesterday. Sorry to disappoint you, MTV. |
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| Time on me is wasted time. |
[Sep. 20th, 2004|10:52 pm] |
| [ | feelin' |
| | chipper | ] |
| [ | spinnin' |
| | Snow Patrol - "Same" | ] |
Could the weather have been more beautiful today? I don't think so.
I had a nice day. I took a long nap in my truck this morning after Psychology. I think that morning nap might have to become a habit of mine.
I even ate three full meals today. It's been a few weeks since I've done that...
My outlook on life is beginning to change. I don't know if it's college, or the weather, or the recent chain of events that have occurred... but I'm feeling pretty good. |
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| Who really knows? |
[Sep. 19th, 2004|11:51 pm] |
| [ | feelin' |
| | disappointed | ] |
| [ | spinnin' |
| | Snow Patrol - "Same" | ] |
Oh my. I almost forgot to update.
I saw Without a Paddle this afternoon. I really enjoyed it! Doug had free passes, so I only had to buy my nachos and Sprite [which ended up costing as much as a ticket]...
Ya know what? I'm too tired to write, and I really just don't care right now.
Good night. |
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| My alibi |
[Sep. 19th, 2004|12:06 am] |
| [ | feelin' |
| |  content | ] |
| [ | spinnin' |
| | Snow Patrol - "Spitting Games" | ] |
Well, tonight was definitely full of surprises.
We didn't go see a movie, but we did waste lots of time doing nothing.
I bought the Snow Patrol album for only $10, and I finally got a [free] cell phone cover via my friend, the pirate.
When I think of tonight, I will always think of Pizza Hut pizza and spiced apple cider from Books-A-Million [never ever drink that stuff].
The weather was perfect today, and I am quite happy. |
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| Slipping between the cracks. |
[Sep. 18th, 2004|12:26 am] |
| [ | feelin' |
| |  bored | ] |
| [ | spinnin' |
| | TV | ] |
How can it be that I am online at 12:15 on a Friday, and no one else is? I suppose the rest of you had important plans. I did go out tonight, but it was earlier, so I'm not completely lame.
I had a marvelous #7 from Arby's tonight.
I spent my whole day at school, and I only needed to be there for one class. I went to Psychology at 9 and learned all about neurotransmitters (!!), then I kept myself occupied until my 11:30 lunch with Tony. De was sick, so English was cancelled... I left school around 1, came home to an empty house, and wasted lots of time online... since that's what I do best.
I listened to all of Green Day's new album on mtv.com... sounds okay. I'll probably end up buying it, just because it's them.
Now I'm sitting here on the love seat in the dark, sinking down in between the two huge cushions. It feels quite nice, and I bet some sleep would feel even better.
I bought a new camera. How shallow... to buy myself something new just to make me feel happy. The worst part... it worked. |
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| Yeah. |
[Sep. 16th, 2004|06:40 am] |
| [ | feelin' |
| | groggy | ] |
| [ | spinnin' |
| | Smashing Pumpkins - "Once in a While" | ] |
Go into your LJ archives.
Find your 23rd post.
Find the 5th sentence.
Post the text of the sentence in your lj along with these instructions.
"i'm STILL grounded from chatting online. doesn't mean i haven't violated that. i've been working on my website some lately. added some new pictures. my stomach hurts. i think it's because my pants are bugging me. we find out who is 11th grade homecoming rep tomorrow at the pep rally. tana really wants it."
-September 19, 2002
What a dorky entry.
***
Anyway, I'm up and at 'em. I was freezing when I woke up, so I decided to sit here and let my Powerbook warm me up a little. Worked quite well, and now I must go poof my hair and paint my face. |
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