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Friday, November 5th, 2004
1:14 am	Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now. Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine. Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday. Do one thing every day that scares you. Sing. Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours. Floss. Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself. Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how. Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements. Stretch. Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't. Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're gone. Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's. Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own. Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room. Read the directions, even if you don't follow them. Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly. Get to know your parents. You never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings. They're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future. Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young. Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. Travel. Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders. Respect your elders. Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out. Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it will look 85. Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth. But trust me on the sunscreen. ~Mary Schmich Current Mood: awake Current Music: the verve (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, October 29th, 2004
11:01 pm	i played this and laughed http://www.imgag.com/product/full/ap/3067907/graphic1.swf Current Mood: awake Current Music: the verve (Comment on this)
Thursday, October 21st, 2004
1:48 am	Wouldn't it be great to win the lottery. Some guy at work, who works in the warhouse, well his father just won 6.5 million. Yup, 6.5 million pounds. That's alot of money. The guy is supposidly gonna keep on working, however now it will be for fun and not out of neccesity. In a way though it makes sense. I suppose, if you have alot of free time, you will at some point get bored. I think he's gonna take a bit of time off aswell. Go on a holiday somewhere.........and the rest. He should have a good christmas that's for sure. Imagine all the nice presents he.....his father could buy. I played the lottery once. Didn't have much success. I'm gonna give it another try soon. Current Mood: ambient Current Music: explosions in the sky (Comment on this)
Friday, August 27th, 2004
12:13 am	white light/white heat right this very second i'm watching olympic mens wrestling. It looks, kinda strange, wierd even. I think wwf..actually wwe is better. Its more fun. Ok, we all now it isn't real, but it's funny as hell. But after saying that the last time i actually watched any 'fake' wrestling was roughly about a year ago....so what the hell am i going on about? Anyhow i have finally decided i am gonna learn how to ride a motorbike. I've always wanted to ride bikes, so i'm gonna. I passed my driving test like just under 2 years ago and i feel quite confortable on the roads now. I know its alot more dangerous, but i'm a careful car driver and i've been fine so far. I mean i've had a few close ones but no crashes as yet. It would be worth it though cos i'd have my own transport, and wouldn't have to rely on my mums car. Also motorbikes are about ten times as efficient as cars, so petrol money would be no issue. Though, those are benefits, i think it would be fun and thats the main reason i think. The more i think about it the more i'm gonna do it. Current Mood: awake Current Music: jimi hendrix band of gypsys (Comment on this)
Monday, August 9th, 2004
4:18 pm	http://www.geocities.com/timherrick2003/index.html (Comment on this)
Sunday, August 8th, 2004
11:24 pm	ouich!!!! i keep on bumpin my feet into things, its agony. I'll just be walking along and i won't see like the hoover or sumthing and my foot walks straight into it. Its happened around 8 times today, not all with the hoover mind. Its really sore everytime it happens, i think i might wear shoes more offen in the house to stop it happening. (Comment on this)
Friday, August 6th, 2004
2:03 am	Well today i got up and my mum told me my gran was in hospital. I think she fell or sumthing and hurt her leg. Yeah, so all the family are going up to see her this week. Its a shame. Then i went to get a haircut. Though we had booked an appointment, we had to wait 2 hours, it was a bit stupid. What's even more stupid was the fact that they were understaffed and busy and i was answering phone calls and stuff for them. Then i got home, arsed around for a bit, and got ready for work. Work today was horrible. Everyday this week we have been getting something like double the stock we are mean't too. I don't think i have ever worked as hard as i worked tonight. I mean i nearly didn't get a break i had so much to do. Its more to do with the fact i'm the only one in my department, so if something happens i have to sort it out. anyhow these are trivial things, not worth worrying about. Current Mood: tired Current Music: metallica and sigur ros (Comment on this)
Sunday, August 1st, 2004
12:54 am	just finished watching 'born on the 4th of july', good film, long though. The film has alot of good parts and afew poor parts aswell -namly being the lentgh of the film. I'd say though the best part of the film is the ending. I like how the director rounded things off. You kinda feel sorry for the soldier whose been paralysed, however by the end of the film hes managed to turn his life around. The film hasn't dated at all and is completly relevent to today's issues ie Iraq. Infact today at work i met this guy who said he was a union representative. He was saying stuff about how politicians were corrupt and only interested in self gain. Also he said how he didn't trust tony blair and that people who work at asda should get paid more.....i said i agreed with that. Aye also he said he'd watched some mad program on tv about how to peel carrots and shit, i got kinda confused at that part. Anyhow he was a really cool guy, much cooler than ur average shopper. Current Mood: dirty Current Music: system of a down/sigur ros (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 27th, 2004
2:13 am	a very weird film beware of the muffins http://www.muffinmanthemovie.com/Default.htm (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, July 26th, 2004
12:43 am	my left eye has been sore for the past two days. i'm not really sure what the problem is. i think i may have banged my eye or scratched it or something. it's quite sore and i really do hope it gets better soon. i can't really concentrate so its bugging me a bit. last couple of nights i've been having really strange dreams. i had a very strange dream last night, and.....well... .it was very strange. To cut a long story short it was about buses and neds and shit and people were in it and i can't really explain why they were. hhhmmmm.....maybes my dreams are like this all the time except i've been waking up and remembering them. i wonder what freud would say about it. actually, after a second thought, i don't really think i would care. but yeah, it has got something to do with the fact i'm falling asleep all the time. my sleeping pattern is fucked up right now. Anyhow i think i might go to sleep now..... Current Mood: sleepy Current Music: bob dylan- blood on the tracks (Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 14th, 2004
11:28 pm	just turned the tv on, a jaws film might be on whoopppii. Many underwater shots being taken, and there's a bunch of swimmers and surfers who look real stupid. Yeah this is a jaws film, there seems to be a shark kinda swimming about, and err, oh yeah, theres a diver....haha hes just been eaten. To say i'm never drinking again might be a slight exagerration. I think i'm better saying i'm never drinking soo much on an empty tummy. Waking up , still shit faced, on the couch, and realising you've been sick everywhere is not cool....anyhow, shit happens. Yeah i seriously think the original jaws film is better than jaws 3. Don't you just hate it when a good film is made and shoddy sequels are released. Sometimes a good film is made and the sequels change in terms of style. Like the evil dead series, the first evil dead was bloody scary, evil dead 3 was funny as hell. I'll now watch the remainder of jaws 3. Somehow they're gonna try and catch a great white shark. I have the feeling they won't succeed somehow... Current Music: the doors- Live in Hollywood (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, June 11th, 2004
2:17 am	something quite peculiar Today i am happy. I have drawn some inspiration from somewhere. That somewhere hasn't been pinpointed yet. Maybes its something subconcious, something i will realise after a while. May take time. Yeah i've been thinking. Peter Andre is a bit of a weird kinda bloke. The guy lived off only bananas for 2 months, in his quest for the perfect body. However there are definatly things more 'insania' than him. The Polyphonic Spree for instance. They're crazy, no, they are crazy. Well, not in the sense that they run around doing crazy things. Hmmmmm....maybes they are crazy then. What i want to know is how many god damn members there are. Is it the kinda thing anyone kind join, or is it only those, select few, who play instruments we've never heard of. Would they really miss they're theremin player, whatever that is? Possibly, i think they're more likly to miss they're electronic effects wizard. He supposidly does magic. I can see where they're coming from with the whole white robes. The Polyphonic Spree boasts a ten-member choir. They're from texas you know, everything in texas is big. Its damn cool, the guys a genius, i wish i was a member. Another insane thing is the 100 hidden packages on vice city. After finding them all, i don't wanna play no more. Enough, rambling, gob shite for one day me thinks Current Mood: happy Current Music: echo & the bunnymen (Comment on this)
Monday, June 7th, 2004
1:01 am	My sisters boyfriend came down for the weekend. He is just back from his holiday is Tie land....hhhmmm....Thailand thats the one. Yeah,he said it was fun. Thailand is becoming a very popular place for some strange, perculiar reason. No particular reason is standing out. Suposidly a pint is only a pound or some shit? Anyhow we all watched donnie darko last night. I'm still trying to find the intended angle for that film. So much shit is going on its hard to be entirely certain what everything means. But i suppose that can be applied to all great films. A good film is one that makes you stop and think. But yeah its a complex film......not for the faint hearted. Soundtrack kicks ass as well, which is always a good sign. Not being much of an 80's fan. I'm slowly exploring that period in time. I've always liked sonic youth and the smiths. There are many bands i have heard of, but have never really been exposed to them in any great depth. So instead of just writing them off, i might listen to afew. So yeah, we'll see. I think its time for sleep Current Mood: awake Current Music: the cure, joy division, (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, June 5th, 2004
1:57 am	feel good hit of the summer Current Mood: confused Current Music: queens of the stone age (Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2004
1:56 am	what difference does it make? Everytime i log onto my universitie's website i get some stupid message saying "Internal server error". This means i can't access uni work and check my exam results and shit. I've sent a couple of emails to the computer help deak at uni. They have been no help at all. Sack that then. Yeah i did a search on the internet on what an internal server error is. It basically said it's a hard problem to sort out, and you need help of the people who run the server. So I'm hoping if i just leave the problem, it will sort it self out......well prob not. I don't really care anyway. Hopefully, i'll have more to say in my next post. Current Mood: numb Current Music: alice in chains, the smiths, nirvana, sleepy jackson (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 26th, 2004
1:58 am	hail to the thief and that one goes out to you george bush...... Yeah not really done much over the last couple of days. Although today i did a mass tidy of all my stuff. Threw out alot of things that i didn't need, so i have more space, something i suppose. My computer is fucked up. Stayed up till 4 last night trying to sort it out. Think its really messed up this time. Some of it is my fault but it things like people adding more programs without sorting out the previous version first. Does weird shit as well. Its starts saying that its gonna defragmentate the hard disk to save on mememory, then it doesn't do it. Its kinda strange, i won't bother trying to explain. Yeah i'm working a bit more this week. That should hopefully kept my parents off my back for a while. Which, to me,is more important than the money. So yeah g'night Current Music: system of a down (Comment on this)
Friday, May 21st, 2004
11:36 pm	Wow, nick drake, wish i'd discovered him sooner, he never wrote a dud song. Man, this weekend is gonna suck badly!!! I'm working all weekend and starting at 7 on both days. Man thats so shit. But i suppose at least all my exams are over. Think i have passed 2 of them, possibility i may have failed the third. Oh, yeah well see. Not feeling to depressed today, things are looking brighter. Better get some sleep need to be up soon Current Mood: refreshed Current Music: road- nick drake (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, May 20th, 2004
12:06 am	Today i got up early. Early i mean 9 o'clock. I think i've finally broke my sleeping habit of going to bed late getting up even later... Its a habit i wouldn't necessarily say was bad (unlike my parents), just gettin a bit fed up with it. I think the habit really started when we were getting the extension built. I didn't like having people in the house the whole time.....so i kinda unconsciously made a decision to just sleep. But after a while it has an affect on you. You get tired of it....you become lazy.....miss out on things. My sleeping habits certainly weren't helped by my poor studying techniques, tho i must add worked nonetheless. But relations between me and my parents have been 'icy' to say the least. For instance today my mum was giving me a lift somewhere, she said i was being disrespectful to her cos "i made her wait for 5 minutes". The 5 minutes was more like 2 and i was hardly disrespectful. I would have probably, a year ago, told her to go shove her lift, but you know the boundaries.....or the line you shouldn't cross. I have crossed 'the line' on several occassions.....like i'm sure most of you have and no what i mean...but it just causes you more troubles you have to deal with. You may as well just agree with it all and save urself the bother. Cause i mean lets face it the whole teenage angst passed.....i just don't get along with my parents. Well, i think its probably more my parents fault than mine. I still feel like they treat me like a kid....like the feeling you get when no one listens to what you say....or patronises you. Like for instance today i had to phone the uni up to book a laptop session, the only time available suitable for me is this friday, its a bit tight cos i have an exam on friday but its just manageable, my mum was like 'if u managed ur time better u wouldn't have had this problem'. My mum knew nothing about this laptop session and just used it as a chance to get at me. I explained to her it had fuck all to do with time management..but more on exams and available laptop sessions. Another disagreement.....another argument.... But anyhow there are lots of things we disagree about. No point losing any sleep over them. They're all petty...each and everyone one of them. Current Mood: numb Current Music: the verve- the drugs don't work (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 19th, 2004
2:09 am	Last night i stayed up and listened to all of my sonic youth records. I have alot of sonic youth records. Even after 25 years as a band they're still recording as well. They have a new album coming out soon. Today i caught up with alot of sleep. I must have had no more than afew hours sleep over the past couple of nights. For some strange reason i felt totally hyper last night. Think i've been drinking too much dr pepper. I had an exam yesterday as well. Had to spend the whole night studying for it, then i had to get up early cos the exam was at nine. I feel the need to get really drunk..... Current Mood: numb Current Music: sonic youth and the verve (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 12th, 2004
11:12 pm	i wanna break it up..... i wanna smash it up..... i wanna fuck it up..... i wanna watch it come down (Comment on this)