Entries Tagged as 'Almost Famous'

Adolescence is also a marketing ploy

Robin left a comment on this picture asking when Jaycie turned into a college student. I think it happened sometime in October when Jaycie turned nine.
She has announced on every occasion since then she is a ‘tween.’ Which means, she’ll tell you, that she’s between being a kid and being a teenager. Apparently this has [...]

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an evening of decadence in which i can’t seem to stop crying

since i had the big creative breakthrough this afternoon, i decide to cater to my every whim tonight. so far that has included a divine dinner featuring veggie burgers, baked potatoes, and asparagus, washed down with chocolate milk. then there was some sitting around in the underpants reading an old issue of the The New [...]

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remedy for a bad bad day

my wretched day has taken an emotional toll on me. i’m exhausted and would have liked nothing more than to crawl into bed, find that spot that fits my hip just so and pull the cover over my head until this day was done.
sadly, i could not. i had to do laundry. it was either [...]

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shot down

“you had said monday that you think we need to meet today,” he said.
“yeah, on monday morning it seemed important. now, not so much,” i said.
“ok, are you sure?”
“i got nothing. unless, of course, you want me to lecture on the differences between almost famous “untitled” and regular almost famous.”
“yeah, let’s save that for another [...]

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extinct crushes and getting a death

last night i was bitching to the TTHM (yeah, i know, but if you ever called me, i’d talk about you incessantly) about someone who was bugging me.
“she needs to get a fucking life,” i moaned.
“no,” he said, “she needs to get a fucking death.”
see why i like him?
however, he is dangling perilously close to [...]

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give to me your leather

did i listen to pop music because i was miserable? Or was i miserable because i listened to pop music?
i was driving home from work tonight, on my way to sister #3’s house. the stevie nicks and don henley duet leather and lace came on the radio. of course i turned up ruby’s radio as [...]

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very complimentary

maria just told me my hair and my shirt go very well together, it’s the nicest thing anyone has said to me in a week.
last night i begged for cheer and the silent response was deafening. i’ll just never understand why people don’t like me. i’m cool.
[this is where you quote lester bangs in [...]

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in 11 years it will be 1984

i’m wasting away the day doing homework, masturbating, napping and watching almost famous. of course the playing of almost famous is making it incredibly hard to do my homework.
i’m reading through all my copywriting books again in preparation for the tone & voice meetings i’m having this weekend. after a minor temper tantrum at [...]

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It’s Happening

So this is Sunday and I have the Sunday rambles.
The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you’re uncool.
Indulge me, I haven’t done a stream of consciousness sorta thing in eons. We gotta have one every once in awhile, don’t we? Next week I promise [...]

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of course i’m at home, i’m always at home, i’m uncool

*sigh*
almost famous is over again. the movie makes me ache. the sunday blackness has descended with the rewinding of the video. i try my mightiest to stave off this sunday blackness which tries each sunday to ruin this last piece of quiet before work begins again.
i thought a night of decadence. . . well as [...]

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industry of cool

someday i will sit and watch “almost famous” with someone, hopefully someone i love. we’ll watch almost famous and i will get to talk to someone about the wonder of rock and roll. we’ll talk about lester bangs and i can wax philosophic about how very much i want to kiss jason lee’s nose.
i love [...]

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