my time's almost up in Philly, the nicest Fall in this little room made of windows. it's pretty cold in here these days. i miss making sandwiches and riding bikes and watching movies with you. missing makes me feel like an L7 weenie. lately i've been living a life of leisure(i quit my job 2 weeks ago), playing my bass in my tiny room until the sun goes down, reading chainbreaker so i can learn more about keeping my bike up without other people's help, writing zine stuff, planning out mixtapes and letters I'm always late on and need to send out. last minute house hang outs lately, late night porch hang outs even though it's freezing outside, running around to all the potlucks going on and generally trying to iron out everything for the next couple of months when I get back to NY.
L7 weenie.
best things:
riot grrl cover show
the fest 7
empty beach in south carolina
savannah,ga
new bike tire
NOT eating it on trolley tracks again
riding my bike during phillie's world series riots
getting high fives left and right during the riots
hanging out with brian schleyer at the fest
3-hour car ride with kathi to philly
zine plans!
band plans!
seeing the kids in sourpatch
thanksgiving breakfast at Ian's house
drinking ridiculous amounts of coffee
drinking soy shakes while semi charmed life plays
book binding toolkit organizers with the best buds
one room party in fishtown
tofu hoagies & lucky's
holiday weed tapestry pictures
getting my little blue bike
phillie's world series riots
bike rides all over philly
sweet 16's house for a while
weekend trips to new york
rosie's rooftop when it was still warm out
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
the days are getting shorter, darker earlier and earlier. i already miss summer and laying out on the grass. i wish i had a tape adapter to make all the mix tapes I owe people and want to spend rainy days like today making. instead i'll read graphic novels and eat pizza. work on some stuff for MY BAD and write letters to people I miss.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
FALL
i have
a little blue bike with yellow handle bars and brakes that work
a second hand bass that looks dreamy
a job at a delicious cupcake shop
a job interview to work at another place too
delicious smoked tempeh strips & mashed potatoes
a room that's a little chillier, but still the nicest place I've been in a long time
best friends I live with and good friends that are only a 30 minute bike ride away
a Halloween riot grrl cover band show to look forward to
a go sailor cover band
a crass cover band
a maybe las vulpess/fabulous stains cover band
a ride to the fest maybe(?)
a cheeky sweatshirt i just made
pictures to post shortly
a flea-free house! yay
a minor sinus infection(fuck)
mixtapes i need to finish
all of Fall and next year to look forward to
a little blue bike with yellow handle bars and brakes that work
a second hand bass that looks dreamy
a job at a delicious cupcake shop
a job interview to work at another place too
delicious smoked tempeh strips & mashed potatoes
a room that's a little chillier, but still the nicest place I've been in a long time
best friends I live with and good friends that are only a 30 minute bike ride away
a Halloween riot grrl cover band show to look forward to
a go sailor cover band
a crass cover band
a maybe las vulpess/fabulous stains cover band
a ride to the fest maybe(?)
a cheeky sweatshirt i just made
pictures to post shortly
a flea-free house! yay
a minor sinus infection(fuck)
mixtapes i need to finish
all of Fall and next year to look forward to
Monday, September 8, 2008
dear,
i know exactly how you feel. i know you have stuff to deal with, but if you ever want to run away for a little bit, my doors always open and then we can drink coffee and try and figure out how our words got so hard to say and life got so hard to live and create more whole things together.
more and more i feel like that's all i want to do with other people, move outside of the space I'm usually moving in within myself and collaborate with other people on things we can be proud of and use to fill in the spaces we can't fill in ourselves right now. i don't think it's too much to ask.
today i'm looking for a job and making mix tapes that are long overdue.
i know exactly how you feel. i know you have stuff to deal with, but if you ever want to run away for a little bit, my doors always open and then we can drink coffee and try and figure out how our words got so hard to say and life got so hard to live and create more whole things together.
more and more i feel like that's all i want to do with other people, move outside of the space I'm usually moving in within myself and collaborate with other people on things we can be proud of and use to fill in the spaces we can't fill in ourselves right now. i don't think it's too much to ask.
today i'm looking for a job and making mix tapes that are long overdue.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
philly
Living in Philly I've been :
utilizing my new library card
reading too many graphic novels
playing H-O-R-S-E in swimming pools and going to bbq's
looking for a job
having bike problems
having my brother lose my expensive bass
spending more time alone than in a while
making plans
zine planning/zine making
visiting new york
eating cheese fries
listening to jawbreaker and the descendents
sitting in the park all day
taking naps
enjoying the end of summer
itching too many mosquitoe bites
playing my friend's bass and getting sonrisa's drum kit together
my best friend just moved into the house and will be here when jon moves in. I'm fully excited for Fantastic Philly Fall which will include Alex, Jon, Sonrisa, Brendy, Me and whoever else.
utilizing my new library card
reading too many graphic novels
playing H-O-R-S-E in swimming pools and going to bbq's
looking for a job
having bike problems
having my brother lose my expensive bass
spending more time alone than in a while
making plans
zine planning/zine making
visiting new york
eating cheese fries
listening to jawbreaker and the descendents
sitting in the park all day
taking naps
enjoying the end of summer
itching too many mosquitoe bites
playing my friend's bass and getting sonrisa's drum kit together
my best friend just moved into the house and will be here when jon moves in. I'm fully excited for Fantastic Philly Fall which will include Alex, Jon, Sonrisa, Brendy, Me and whoever else.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
endless (b)(s)ummer
A lot and nothing really has happened.
-Stevie,my 2-day kitten died from an upper respiratory infection.i was trying to get him better. we buried him in the backyard and it felt awful.
-i've worked three 14 hour days this week and my body feels like it's shutting down.
-Christine's pregnancy is starting to show
-i decided I'm moving to Philly at least for three months starting in August. maybe longer-I'll be subletting jessi's room which is the most exciting thing.
me and sonrisa have already made plans for fucking fantastic/fuck the world FALL.
which will be a mind meld with east meets west annihilation in a little less than two weeks. I've only been talking about this SINCE before i moved here.
a couple of nights ago I had a dream that Juan and Doug owned a TV that was haunted and made people turn into disgusting versions of the things they were watching. like their dream dog-a pitbull that i watched turn from a version of clifford the big red dog into cujo with huge black eyes.somehow me skip christine, alex, juan,and a bunch of other kids had just graduated from college and we were driving around in a huge van with huge windows stealing things and making trouble. Alex said "we better get to the bars soon so that we can milk this whole graduation thing for all it's worth, you know everyone will buy us free drinks".it was just really strange and long.
I fly out the morning of August 8th.let's hang out before i leave.
-s
-Stevie,my 2-day kitten died from an upper respiratory infection.i was trying to get him better. we buried him in the backyard and it felt awful.
-i've worked three 14 hour days this week and my body feels like it's shutting down.
-Christine's pregnancy is starting to show
-i decided I'm moving to Philly at least for three months starting in August. maybe longer-I'll be subletting jessi's room which is the most exciting thing.
me and sonrisa have already made plans for fucking fantastic/fuck the world FALL.
which will be a mind meld with east meets west annihilation in a little less than two weeks. I've only been talking about this SINCE before i moved here.
a couple of nights ago I had a dream that Juan and Doug owned a TV that was haunted and made people turn into disgusting versions of the things they were watching. like their dream dog-a pitbull that i watched turn from a version of clifford the big red dog into cujo with huge black eyes.somehow me skip christine, alex, juan,and a bunch of other kids had just graduated from college and we were driving around in a huge van with huge windows stealing things and making trouble. Alex said "we better get to the bars soon so that we can milk this whole graduation thing for all it's worth, you know everyone will buy us free drinks".it was just really strange and long.
I fly out the morning of August 8th.let's hang out before i leave.
-s
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
summer shedding
I've been listening to only pop-punk and old mix tapes I used to listen to when I was 16.
all i've been doing is working and staying out of the house till all hours when everyone's already asleep and just crawl into my bed and pass out until the sun comes in through the curtains I have, which don't really block out anything, but the streetlight outside my window at night.
on sunday i went to antioch with juan and we drove around in the heat that reminded me of NY a little and made me homesick for New York summers more than I already am. i sat by the pool and thought of how much i miss swimming. we walked around 'the strip', but since it was Sunday no one was out and I wondered about growing up in a place that would probably sometimes become a too hot ghost town. it reminded me of when I was down in Athens or Asheville-for almost no reason at all, except for the way it felt. it was really nice.
also we ate at IHOP, which was weird because of how the crepes are different based on their country name(German& Swedish and some other one I can't remember).also there were some juggalos sleeping in the back of their juggalo truck in the parking lot at the water park.
jenny's sick and moves out tomorrow, I'm gonna miss staying up late and coming home with her.
lately I've been having weird night sweats and nightmares-but only when i sleep in the house. I think it's stress.
my tattoo is healing up finally and not shedding all over the place anymore-which is always nice especially now because it looks less like a disgusting snake and more like summer.
this weekend i have a 3-day weekend-hopefully I end up doing bigger things than i think
<3
all i've been doing is working and staying out of the house till all hours when everyone's already asleep and just crawl into my bed and pass out until the sun comes in through the curtains I have, which don't really block out anything, but the streetlight outside my window at night.
on sunday i went to antioch with juan and we drove around in the heat that reminded me of NY a little and made me homesick for New York summers more than I already am. i sat by the pool and thought of how much i miss swimming. we walked around 'the strip', but since it was Sunday no one was out and I wondered about growing up in a place that would probably sometimes become a too hot ghost town. it reminded me of when I was down in Athens or Asheville-for almost no reason at all, except for the way it felt. it was really nice.
also we ate at IHOP, which was weird because of how the crepes are different based on their country name(German& Swedish and some other one I can't remember).also there were some juggalos sleeping in the back of their juggalo truck in the parking lot at the water park.
jenny's sick and moves out tomorrow, I'm gonna miss staying up late and coming home with her.
lately I've been having weird night sweats and nightmares-but only when i sleep in the house. I think it's stress.
my tattoo is healing up finally and not shedding all over the place anymore-which is always nice especially now because it looks less like a disgusting snake and more like summer.
this weekend i have a 3-day weekend-hopefully I end up doing bigger things than i think
<3
Sunday, June 22, 2008
bumsville,USA
yesterday was mostly amazing and a little awful-which I guess is a pretty good day.
i stumbled home in the morning after sleeping out for no good reason except I knew the house would be empty and creepy like it usually is when everyone's gone.
Christine took me on a ride down the Great Highway and i sat around by Ocean Beach looking at the water while Skip & Christine talked about Tonga.
dropped Skip off at work and got free coffee & an almond croissant, met up with naomi at the park and we sat around while random hippie christians ranted about their sinful lives and sang pretty monotonous folk-y songs.pretty bad on all fronts, so we walked off to get falafel and juice, then came back and pretty much spent the entire rest of the day at various spots in the park with different friends. Ran into bert who ended up telling me about a party and hanging with stephen until some random dudes came around and we left.
walked over to meet up with juan & austin at the needles, straitjacket nation show at balazo. got bummed. got drunk and ended up actually having a pretty good time and hanging with kids i don't see or hang out with often enough. the bands were awesome and i was psyched to see needles since I've been hearing they're pretty good for a while. straitjacket nation was really good and had the most brutal drummer.
then jenny and alec came by the show and we went to meet up with bert to go to this party which had been already described to me as a party full of yuppies playing 70's jam rock-but it was a block away and there was free alcohol. it was some of the worst dancing I've ever seen-but the DJ had changed and after a cup of whiskey it didn't seem so bad and the girl that was doing intepretive dance on the couch was more hilarious than annoying. also bert is a great dancer.
Around 3 they had to end the party and Alec & Jenny drove me over to Daniel's to eat pizza and watch Heather's-a pretty good end to the night, passed out on a cramped bed and tried not to let anyone hog the covers.
tonight I'm pretty sure daniel's friend is giving me a tattoo which i'm completly psyched on and looking forward to since I've been wanting to get a new tattoo. and, i've also been pretty bummed so maybe this will cheer me up a little. i need to do some serious thinking, quit my job and more than likely move out/away.
-s!
so that this isn't all words until i get a cord to connect to the scanner-here's an unflattering picture of me at 16
i stumbled home in the morning after sleeping out for no good reason except I knew the house would be empty and creepy like it usually is when everyone's gone.
Christine took me on a ride down the Great Highway and i sat around by Ocean Beach looking at the water while Skip & Christine talked about Tonga.
dropped Skip off at work and got free coffee & an almond croissant, met up with naomi at the park and we sat around while random hippie christians ranted about their sinful lives and sang pretty monotonous folk-y songs.pretty bad on all fronts, so we walked off to get falafel and juice, then came back and pretty much spent the entire rest of the day at various spots in the park with different friends. Ran into bert who ended up telling me about a party and hanging with stephen until some random dudes came around and we left.
walked over to meet up with juan & austin at the needles, straitjacket nation show at balazo. got bummed. got drunk and ended up actually having a pretty good time and hanging with kids i don't see or hang out with often enough. the bands were awesome and i was psyched to see needles since I've been hearing they're pretty good for a while. straitjacket nation was really good and had the most brutal drummer.
then jenny and alec came by the show and we went to meet up with bert to go to this party which had been already described to me as a party full of yuppies playing 70's jam rock-but it was a block away and there was free alcohol. it was some of the worst dancing I've ever seen-but the DJ had changed and after a cup of whiskey it didn't seem so bad and the girl that was doing intepretive dance on the couch was more hilarious than annoying. also bert is a great dancer.
Around 3 they had to end the party and Alec & Jenny drove me over to Daniel's to eat pizza and watch Heather's-a pretty good end to the night, passed out on a cramped bed and tried not to let anyone hog the covers.
tonight I'm pretty sure daniel's friend is giving me a tattoo which i'm completly psyched on and looking forward to since I've been wanting to get a new tattoo. and, i've also been pretty bummed so maybe this will cheer me up a little. i need to do some serious thinking, quit my job and more than likely move out/away.
-s!
so that this isn't all words until i get a cord to connect to the scanner-here's an unflattering picture of me at 16
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Beginning of summer
this summer i want:
sleeping in late
staying up until sunrise
exploring places I've missed here
gallons of lemonade & a mountain of home fries
watermelon agua frescas & cherry pie
dance parties & house hang outs
laying in my backyard with my boombox
a kiddie pool in the back
small shows in the backyard
starting a band with christine and whoever else
continuing/finishing me & sonrisa's zine
making non stop summer fun mix tapes
listening to "this must be the place" on repeat
going on a ridiculous number of beach trips
laying in the park
summer love
re-reading all the books i love & finding new books to love
making 22 the best summer I've had since I was 18
tons of friends visiting!
a hammock in the backyard-somehow and backyard naps
the past two weeks is what I want all summer, even if some of it was specifically suited to the past two weeks:
like the rosie's starting off my first/last(?) san francisco summer
or me and jennifer's underwater themed birthday party
but some of it wasn't like
geary bar and the amazing bartender that calls me babygirl
playing $3 worth of erotic photo hunt (babes & hunks-your two choices)
photo booth pictures
old cab drivers that tell raunchy jokes while your friend sings to his girlfriend in the back
trips to santa cruz
summer crushes on the boardwalk
watching the sunset at aquatic park
huge 11 person breakfasts
taking pictures of everything
east bay hang outs
sweaty punk shows
house parties
mix tape trades
lemonade and cake and my boombox in the park
drinking wine coolers & watching stardust while nick and rich exchange emoticons
hot crusties on the cave train
I've been sick since my birthday, today i just tried to breathe through the summer heat and my fever while eating soup in the backyard. alternately crawling through erika's window into her unbelievably cool room to hang out with everyone and taking naps on the ottoman beneath the backyard stairs.it was fun hanging out with Sylvia, Rich, Jennifer, Alex and Christine once she got home-it felt like all day summer fun, hosing things down in the heat and blasting my boombox. then going to get indian pizza.
i got kinda bummed-thinking of all kinds of mistakes I've been making lately, but summer wouldn't be summer without making mistakes caused by heat, delirium & boredom.
more pictures later, and maybe a mixtape post.
<3
s!
Also:the beast that lives in my house(dexter)
more bro-mance between juan & daniel
tony & gabe's love
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