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you know that feeling... [Sep. 21st, 2009|02:35 am]
[Current Mood | ecstatic]

...when everything just feels perfect? Tonight was that night.

I went to see a show at the Fillmore, full house. The line-up: Frank Turner, The Loved Ones, Murder By Death and The Gaslight Anthem.

It was by far the BEST show I've ever had the pleasure of attending. Fucking epic. I couldn't help but wish the night would never end.

This is a great example of why I love live music so very much, and I will continue going to shows until my ears bleed.


I'm thinking about making a new LJ name, since I rarely use this one anymore. Stay tuned for that.
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accurate. [Aug. 18th, 2009|03:03 am]
[Current Location |www.last.fm/user/ghosttownbllues]
[Current Mood | contemplative]

Your result for The Alice in Wonderland Personality Test...


The Mad Hatter



The Hatter was the first to break the silence. `What day of the month is it?' he said, turning to Alice: he had taken his watch out of his pocket, and was looking at it uneasily, shaking it every now and then, and holding it to his ear.


Alice considered a little, and then said `The fourth.'


`Two days wrong!' sighed the Hatter. `I told you butter wouldn't suit the works!' he added looking angrily at the March Hare.


`It was the best butter,' the March Hare meekly replied.


`Yes, but some crumbs must have got in as well,' the Hatter grumbled: `you shouldn't have put it in with the bread-knife.'


The March Hare took the watch and looked at it gloomily: then he dipped it into his cup of tea, and looked at it again: but he could think of nothing better to say than his first remark, `It was the best butter, you know.'


Alice had been looking over his shoulder with some curiosity. `What a funny watch!' she remarked. `It tells the day of the month, and doesn't tell what o'clock it is!'


`Why should it?' muttered the Hatter. `Does your watch tell you what year it is?'


`Of course not,' Alice replied very readily: `but that's because it stays the same year for such a long time together.'


`Which is just the case with mine,' said the Hatter.


Alice felt dreadfully puzzled. The Hatter's remark seemed to have no sort of meaning in it, and yet it was certainly English.


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You're one of the most far out figures in Wonderland. With high levels of insanity, inquisitiveness and blood sugar, you tend to be the life of the party wherever you go. And wherever you go, it's party time.


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Take my other tests. You know you wanna!


new! The Police State Test


The Quizgrrrl Compatibility Test


The Ethnicity Identification Test


The Social Privilege Test


The Alice in Wonderland Personality Test


The Love Style Test


The Christopher Pike Trivia Test


The Abusive Parent Test


Take The Alice in Wonderland Personality Test
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(no subject) [Aug. 13th, 2009|03:10 am]
[Current Mood | chipper]
[Current Music |Beirut]

http://www.helloquizzy.com/tests/the-star-wars-personality-test


Your result for The Star Wars Personality Test...


Chewbacca


According to our patented JawamaticTM technology, you are most like Chewbacca in personality.



Chewbacca epitomises the idea of a "gentle giant" -- someone whose stature is intimidating but who is actually very kind and caring. In many ways he's very similar to Han Solo, his best friend, but he's much more comfortable with his emotions.



Chewie is, in a word, sweet.



(The polar opposite of Chewbacca is Darth Vader.)



The eight profiles are as follows:




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the ghost of what should have been. [Jul. 23rd, 2009|05:01 am]
[Current Mood | confused]
[Current Music |Two Gallants "My Baby's Gone"]

There's still something missing.

Friends, lovers?

Perhaps if circumstances were different.

Perhaps if I was different.
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<3 [Jul. 11th, 2009|03:01 am]
[Current Music |www.last.fm/user/ghosttownblues]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzI-lRtxx74&feature=player_profilepage
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(no subject) [Jul. 6th, 2009|01:46 am]
[Current Mood | cynical]

I hardly recognize who I am anymore. Mentally, physically, emotionally.

I am so in love already, and it scares me.

I don't want to hurt.

I just want everything to be okay.
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(no subject) [Jul. 6th, 2009|01:42 am]
[Current Mood | geeky]

Your result for What badass fighter are you test...


YODA BAD!!!


The force is strong with you.Your little, your green, you talk funny, but you can open a can of whoop-ass from another galaxy! You are a master of the jedi-mind trick. and your skills with a light saber are second to none!



BADASS , INDEED YOU ARE!!


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(no subject) [Jun. 25th, 2009|12:16 am]
[Current Mood | melancholy]

Your result for The "Ten Most Famous Tori Amos songs" Personality Quiz...


"God"



“God sometimes you just don't come through God sometimes you just don't come through Do you need a woman to look after you? God sometimes you just don't come through”



THE MUSIC: According to the Music Genome Project, the song features acoustic rock instrumentation, r & b influences, blues influences, a prominent rhythm piano part, call and answer vocal harmony (Antiphony), demanding instrumental part writing, a clear focus on recording studio production, groove based composition, mixed minor & major key tonality melodic songwriting, electric guitar riffs, an electric guitar solo, a dynamic female vocalist, prominent percussion and vocal harmonies.



THE FACTS: "God" is the second track on Amos' 1994 album Under the Pink. The song reached number forty-four on the UK singles chart as well as #1 on the US Modern Rock Chart which is to date her only number one song on that chart. The song was Amos' response to patriarchy and the repression of women through religion. Lyrically it was heavily confrontational of male-deity headed religions. American radio was very hesitant to play the song because of its heavy use of guitars, so a promotional CD was released in the USA with two commercially unavailable mixes of the song: the "No Guitar" mix and the "Some Guitar" mix. The b-sides to the American release included Amos' reworking of the traditional song "Home on the Range", with new lyrics reflecting her Cherokee heritage, as well as a two-song instrumental piano suite. The music video for God features Amos in a variety of religiously themed situations, notably showing mundane situations in day to day life and making visual correlations with religious rituals. This includes visually comparing a Tefilin used by a Rabbi with a basketball player using a belt on his arm while injecting drugs. The video is often remembered for scenes of Amos dancing with a plethora of brown rats; this was commented on in an episode of the television show Beavis and Butthead.



YOU are one of Tori’s most talked about songs, simply because it’s so left-of-the-middle. Challenging issues of divinity, religion, gender and everything else across the board, chances are, you’re pretty much of a challenge yourself. The song is clearly a jab at patriarchy, who has been subjugating and, at the same time, excluding women for much too long. Whether or not you actually are a feminist, however, is a different matter altogether. Perhaps not. But what’s safe to say is that you are quite unconventional. And not passively so, either. Yours is a snarky, witty, biting kind of eccentricity, one which leaves no norm challenged and abides by no principles simply because ‘it’s the thing you do’. You are passionate about your causes, and may even have a militant bone in your body. Or several, for that matter. Some of which may have been broken during various protests. When attacked, your best defense is your spear-headed tongue. Snap, snap, snap. And with that kind of coping mechanism, it’s probably safe to say you’ve seen your share of strife. The lesson you took away from those experiences was to not blame ‘authority’ or some sort of ‘higher order’ for your woes. Throughout your experiences, you’ve really grown into the belief that people are entirely responsible for what they make of their lives and their potential. Your worldview is wholly anti-deterministic, you have faith in humankind (in spite of your apparent cynicism) and you believe that we all have the potential to fulfill our potential – if only we’d stop being so goddamn sheepish.


Take The "Ten Most Famous Tori Amos songs" Personality Quiz
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(no subject) [Jun. 9th, 2009|02:54 am]

Your result for The Achewood Character Personality Test...


Téodor


You are Téodor! You're extremely well liked, and you're an all around classy fellow. You enjoy fine foods, fine liquors, and the company of friends both stoopie and sagacious. You have an eye for design and the hands-on ability to execute impressive projects. You do parkour. You're a renowned chef, an accomplished musician, and a surrogate paternal figure to a young otter in need. You're probably gay.


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<3 [May. 7th, 2009|03:04 am]
[Current Mood | happy]
[Current Music |The Moldy Peaches, "Jorge Regula"]

Despite some speed bumps in the road, I feel that life just keeps getting better and better.

I am in love with the Bay Area.
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Here we go again. [Mar. 31st, 2009|12:42 am]
[Current Mood | hopeful]

There's this boy that I like...
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(no subject) [Feb. 27th, 2009|10:06 pm]

Your result for The Social Orientation Inventory...


The Narcissist


You scored 63% Attention-desiring, 52% Other-directedness, 55% Attachment-desiring, 65% Emotionality, 51% Romance-seeking, 71% Range, and 56% Secureness.


Your Bonding Quadrant: Merging


Summary: You crave regular acknowledgment and recognition from others. You like to have close, intense relationships—especially sexual/romantic ones—with many different people. Seduction is a special talent of yours. Your sex partners often say, "Shut up—(moan)—before the neighbors make a—(moan)—noi-oi-oise complaint (mooooan)!"


Here is a glossary to help you understand the cryptic, septapartite notation of your SOI type:




-Attent=low desire for attention, acknowledgement, and/or interaction


+Attent=high desire for attention, acknowledgement, and/or interaction (specific attentional needs vary from type to type)





Self=more interested in oneself than in others when interacting


Other=more interested in others than in oneself when interacting




-Attach=does not seek out long-term attachments


+Attach=seeks out long-term attachments




-Emo=prefers unemotional relationships


+Emo=prefers emotionally intense relationships




-<3=low desire for sex and/or romance


+<3=high desire for sex and/or romance




Narrow=interacts with few people


Broad=interacts with many people




Insecure=expects negative evaluation from others


Secure=does not expect negative evaluation from others




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Merging=High attachment-seeking, high emotionality (merging types are prone to obsession; devotion; identity crises; offspring)


Companionate=High attachment-seeking, low emotionality (companionate types are likely to be loyal, cool-headed, and dependable, with a long-term temporal orientation)


Acute=Low attachment-seeking, high emotionality (acute types tend toward extremes, and temporal orientation is mostly immediate)


Distant=Low attachment-seeking, low emotionality (distant types are the most autonomous and the most avoidant)


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plastic wrap litters the floor... [Jan. 14th, 2009|11:01 pm]
[Current Location |my bedroom without a bed.]
[Current Music |Marathon, Okkervil River and Neutral Milk Hotel]

And I FINALLY got a new computer, after two months of having to rely on my DVD player to get me through those long, lonely nights. It was a nice change of pace, but I did miss the music. I realized how miniscule my album collection is. SIGH.

What's new these days... I'm working, barely. Seeking a second job, a new apartment (possibly with my best friend Edgar), and a path to the future.

Go back to school? Maybe. Wait tables? It's possible. Work at Trader Joe's? Likely, if I get off my ass and turn in my application. It's that, or a coffee shop.

I sort of want to act again. I miss the feeling of being someone I'm not.

I'm giving up dating for the time being. I have better things to do.

What else, what else... my mom is in Calistoga with her boyfriend. Lucky her.

I may be visiting NYC, once I save up the cash. Liz, that means you.
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take this one. [Sep. 19th, 2008|03:24 am]
[Current Location |don't worry, I know it's not a real love song.]
[Current Mood | loved]
[Current Music |Led Zeppelin- "All My Love"]

Your result for The High Fidelity Playlist of Love...

The Hipster

20% tuner, 20% rocker, 0% old-timer, 0% songwriter and 60% hipster!

You march to your own beat. Well, maybe march isn't quite right - what's the countercultural form of marching? (Has anyone really thought through this expression?) Anyway, you're attracted to people who're interesting, who'll introduce you to new things, and who appreciate phrases with the word 'local' - as in 'music scene' or 'coffee house'.



I'm going to go ahead and guess that you're also a liberal, a vegan, and/or named Megan. In which case, you may just be my ex-girlfriend, and what are you doing taking my okcupid test? Jeez, talk about not moving on!

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my triumphant return to LiveJournal. [Sep. 19th, 2008|03:11 am]
[Current Location |I met a boy in the Bay Area, CA.]
[Current Mood | giddy]
[Current Music |Smashing Pumpkins- "1979"]

Your result for Reincarnation Placement Exam...

The Pleasure Dome of Kublai Khan

39% Civilization, 67% Humanity, 38% Urbanization, 50% Danger, 75% Exoticness, 29% Chaos, 81% Hedonism.

You were a little difficult to place. You want a world that's exotic, but still very civilized and under control. And your answers indicate you don't give a fig for technology, education, urbanization and all the benefits thereof -- but you still have a great fondness for the human beings who tend to pursue these things.



Well, we have something for you that should be something of a treat. You won't get out much. But we don't think you'll mind.



In the Pleasure Dome of Kublai Khan, you are born and bred to serve pleasure all your days. Physically beautiful and mentally geared toward pure pleasure, you will spend your allotted days subjected to all manner of hedonistic play and sensual experimentation. You need never suffer a moment of pain, nor of sobriety. Cuddle up, honey, relax and enjoy yourself.



You kinky pervert.

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life, or something like it. [Jul. 17th, 2008|10:56 pm]
[Current Mood | contemplative]
[Current Music |The Fiery Furnaces]

Update time...

the "relationship" evaporated. It was just a mutual throwing in of the towel... we stopped talking, and that was that. No closure. I care less and less every day.

I've given up on finding romance. I work, massaging clients three days a week, working the spa job two days a week.

I have the internet back, and I'm loving it. But I'm starting to tire of all the same bullshit websites.

Any suggestions?
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Shows. Bros. Hos. [Mar. 29th, 2008|04:13 pm]
[Current Mood | loved]
[Current Music |Justice]

Update:

I saw

JUSTICE

perform on Thursday night. It was brilliant. I never though I could get into a French electronic/ DJ type duo. But it was a grand ol' time.

I have a (kind-of) boyfriend. He and I both agreed that we're in an open relationship, that we're non-exclusive, which I'm definitely relieved about. I'm not ready to settle just yet. I hit a minor snafu, when another boy I was seeing thought of me as his girlfriend. We never had "the talk" or anything, we went on maybe five or six dinner dates, and he thought that he owned me. I kind of hurt his pride, I could tell in our (most awkward) conversation over the phone. But this is why you never assume.

But anyway, my guy, he treats me like a princess. He's way affectionate, which I adore. I guess I'm just polyamorous now. There's no jealousy, no accusations, no cheating. We tell each other everything: who we go out with, what we did, and so on. It's all about being honest with each other, and we care for one another. That's all that matters.

Working a lot. I now have three, count them, three jobs. Two are massage therapy, one is for the Oakland A's baseball team, as an Events Assistant. Not sure if I'll keep that last one very long. But it's good money, and I get to see free sporting events. Kind of wish it was at the Oracle arena across the way, then I could see the Warriors play.

Dating a lot. It's pretty hit or miss, usually. But it's a nice diversion.

Eating healthier. I shop at Whole Foods and Trader Joe's as much as I can. Eat fresh fruit and drink tea at the Hilton spa as I work. And lots of water. I don't eat as much meat- no red meat at all, and barely any fish. Chicken usually does me in. I don't think going totally veg is for me. But I'm making an effort.

I'm losing weight, which is most excellent. My confidence is up, and I'm suddenly much more extroverted. (Recent personality testing shows that I am an ENFP.) Go look it up.
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only five hours in between... [Feb. 27th, 2008|03:33 am]
[Current Mood | blah]
[Current Music |Hot Chip "My Piano"]

I drank tonight and did some things even I am not proud of.


Sometimes I wonder how I can be so detached, so nonchalant about everything. Fucking hell.
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Anti Feb. 14? Go see Teeth. [Feb. 12th, 2008|04:29 am]
[Current Mood | cold]

Valentine's Day is almost upon us. Happy? Sad?

The pessimist in me just sees it as another day Hallmark can rob sappy, seintimental fucks blind in the blink of an eye. And yet... this may or may not be the first one I've shared with someone in a significant-y other sort of way. (Technically, it won't be, though, since Andy and I are celebrating it on Wednesday, he has to work that night)

I think back on all the old conquests (or did they conquer me?)...

I wonder if any of them remember me. Well, I know some of them do. They ask me when I'm coming to visit Boston, or Las Vegas, or wherever. And the answer is still never. Sorry, boys. But no regrets. It all happens for a reason, or something along those lines. It's too late (too early?) to philosophize.

I think I'm catching a cold. Fuck. I feel like I'm coughing up a lung. Never touching a cancer stick again. Luckily I can chalk that up as yet another teenage mishap.

Oh, and today someone told me I talk like Mitch Hedberg when I'm joking. So flattering.
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peanut butter and jelly sandwich [Jan. 23rd, 2008|04:56 pm]
[Current Mood | discontent]
[Current Music |Music From The Motion Picture Juno]

Rollercoaster of emotions. What else is new? I quit my second job, but hoping to pick up more hours at my other one, maybe even apply for one to replace the one I left. I'm kicking myself for turning down Peet's Coffee and Tea. Free coffee... every... day... fuuuuck.

Last 5 albums I bought:
Mirah- You Think It's Like This When Really It's Like This
The Magnetic Fields- Distortion
Film School- Hideout
Battles- Mirrored
Music From The Motion Picture Juno

Have yet to even see Juno. Going to see it on Friday or Saturday, I think. Also planning on seeing No Country For Old Men and Teeth, sometime this week or next.

Today has been semi-disasterous, but nothing too intense. At least I have a few days off now to go on adventures. I'm headed to Berkeley tomorrow.

Rasputin Music is one of my most favorite places. No lie. Amoeba is pretty good, too. I can get lost in the racks, perusing mostly the "indie" section (sad how this has suddenly become a genre, but at least it saves me time going through the hundreds upon hundreds of artists under "rock"). I wish I could work there. Maybe someday I will.

I've also gotten the idea that one day soon I need to purchase an iPod, and a decent camera. Even though I hear 6.0 megapixels is good for a cheapo digital one, I want to get into what I consider "real" photography.

I'm also going to (try to) volunteer at a radio station, if I can beat the hordes of UC Berkeley kids vying for the empty spots. Maybe I can at least score some free concert admission once in a while. Eventually my own radio show would be absolutely blissful. But that won't be for ages, if ever.

And yes, my life is this uninteresting. My apologies for any time I've wasted.
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