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i sort of want to live an alternate life. dont get me wrong! i looove my life. but i'd like to see if the grass really is greener on the other side. i'd like to jsut see what i'm missing out on. i'd like to live a life with a boyfriend and be extremely beautiful. not to sound shallow its just that those are things that i'm not very farmilliar with. idk. its impossible anyways. i just feel like i'm waiting for something good to come along and i know it never will. i'm too hung up on boys. but no matter how much anyone tells me that they are more trouble than they are worth, i want to see for myself. and as much as people may tell me that someday i'll get a boyfriend i DONT believe them. not in high school. i'm not even being negative. i'm being realistic. i'm about to go into my junior year of high school and i now know i'll never have a high school sweetheart.........

this weekend has been one of my best yet this year. friday was prom. it was just a blast. i couldnt even believe how fun it was. everything went like clock work. i had the time of my life

then saturday i went car shopping and guess what...i bought a car :)
a 1999 hyundai sonata. shes a real beauty. pearlecsent white. cd player. nice stereo. leather seats. very very nice. i love it
i also got the job at dsw. so i guess you could say thigns are looking up for me right now



i dont want this year to end. i mean i suppose i want summer to come. but it doesnt matter much to me. i love school. i dont want it to end. but i dont want to think of sad things right now
i love the happy things in my life. the people that are nice to me. i hate to think so highly of people that barely think of me at all but just people will do the smallest nice thing for me but it will go straight to my heart and i swear i'll never forget it. as an example: prom...slow song...i had no one to dance with so i just kinda stood in the back-center of the room just alone and kinda swayed to the song hahaha and matt jones just sauntered on over and waved me to him hahaha and asked me to dance. it was just so sweet. idk he probably didnt do it to be cute or sweet but like i said i take those little things to heart. it just made me really happy.

OH BUT LET ME TELL YOU. prom...I WAS A DANCIN MACHINE! hahahahahaha :) i'm sorry i cant get over how much fun i had



so last night was evaline and carla's birthday dinner. it was fun. before that i went shopping with carla kelsey and evaline. my girls. love them. it was fun. i got ev and carla's presents. after dinner some of us went to jambard's and that was very fun

so you see. this week end was extremely pleasent. extremely extremely


and i'd just like whom so ever is reading this, whether it be someone who knows me or not, to know that i truly appreciate every single person that has come into and out of my life. i really do love every single person i speak to. every single person. even if they dont love me. i love the people in my classes, i love the people on my bus, i love the people that work with my parents, i love everyone i danced with at prom, i love everybody. everybody, i love you

ah, i can't wait. this weekend is ganna be amaazing. friday i'm sleeping over madi's, because we have the walk the next morning. and saturday we're going to the walk, since we 'planned' it, hahahahahah that's a lie. and everybody's coming. i get to see magda, courtney and nelly for the first time in what, three months? and i actually get to see tor and sarah, because i only see them in the halls once every blue moon. and after the walk, i'm going to church at 3:30 for our ROPES service. it's like confirmation, except since i'm a Unitarian Universalist you really get to choose what you believe, and i love that about it. my church is like another home for me; it's somewhere where you aren't judged, and everyone respects each other. i absolutely loveeee it. and so at 6:30 our service begins and whatnot, and it's supposed to last until like what nine!? and then we have our overnight, those are allllllllways amazing. last time we chilled in the elevator for like, legit an hour, and ahh it was so much funnnn :) and then sunday, as always, we get up on like two hours of sleep and eat. and then we have to present our beliefs in churchhh, and it'll be a grand old time. it's soo sad though, because we've legit grown up with everybody, and it's almost like time to say goodbye? but not really. like we have youth group next year, but idk how many of us will actually make a commitment to come. whaaaaaatevs though, i'm ganna enjoy it while it lasts :)

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This month is Mental Health Awareness Month, so the LiveJournal team is offering users a chance to support the Depression and Bipolar Alliance, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping improve the lives of those suffering from mood disorders. Proceeds from purchases of the Emerging Sun v-gift during May will be donated to the DBSA, so feel free to buy one. Or, if you really want to rack up some good karma points, get a bunch!

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We know how you salivate over the prospect of new themes, especially when they're designed by users with a unique handle on both form and function.


L to R: Shiny, River at Night, Live and Learn, Vector Drips.

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We'd like to remind you that the nomination process for LiveJournal Advisory Board user-representatives has begun. If you think you're fit for the job, now's the time to nominate yourself! After all, you're the only who can do it. In two weeks, on the 22nd, the voting process will begin; we'll remind you about it again here.

If you're interested in keeping up with the nominations, watch lj_election_en. We'll post the results and announce the winner by the end of the day on May 30th. The new user-representatives will be seated on June 1st. Further details can also be found in lj_2008.

ok i wish i could write "right now, if for only this second in time i am blissfully happy and everything is simple and good and i wish that on whoever is reading this right now" not to say thats not true exactly. its just that was only true 3 minutes ago. now i'm back to how i've been this week. i'm worried and stressed and just blahhhhh! i have reason...
tomorrow i have a job interview, ah! i'm so nervous. like SO nervous
friday is prom and i still dont have shoes and i'm worried about after and getting there and getting home and pictures and how my hair will look and dancing and ahhh idk all this stuff jumping around in my head
AND YOU'D THINK IT WOULD END THERE....NO
next friday i'm going to new york for the whole day with my art class. it should be really fun. except that we leave at 6am and dont get home till 12am. but idk maybe it wont be fun. SEE. i'm worried about that
then in 2 weeks i'm getting my license which worries me because i'm scared i wont pass the test or the drivers ed final or not get my papers. ahhgwrjhgw0o
the school year is ending and thats well and good and all but i'm a little sad. end of sophomore year means high school is half over. thats scary. junior year i need to start looking at colleges and taking SATs and all that. thats so scary. idk i guess i'll just have to cross that bridge when i get to it


i wish dan were home. i miss him so much. i havent talked to him since my birthday and i havent seen him since like march. i went him to come home. i feel like things would be so much easier if dan were here. just him being here and showing me how he lives so calmly and carefree. last year it helped me get through my first year of high school with such ease. i want him back home. to drive me home from school. to drag me all around nashua to take pictures of him and his friends for prom. for him to include me with his friends...sometimes hahaha. for him to take me and pat to watch him get his hair cut and then take us to get lunch and visit jmo then take us under the billboard. ok i'm getting way too sentimental. but reminiscing is making me feel better



i am excited for summer. BUT STRESSED (yes more stress) ABOUT GETTING MY CAR! money isnt an issue but finding the right car is difficultttttttt









relax.......
deep breaths in and out
we can make it

it's may already! i'm very excited. i love the last few weeks of school, they're always the best. this year has FLOWN by. so so fast. and i'm ganna go against what everyone ever thinks saying this, but i LOVE being a freshman. this year was just so fun and although i might have regret things i wouldn't have changed one bit of it. it was amazing. i mean there's still about a month left so who knows what else will happen, but overall this year has just been great. it's the happiest i've ever been. like this year, when i think things suck, i think back to a year or two ago and i think WOW my life is SO much better, i have nothing to complain about. i can't even imagine going back to the way things were. i love how i'm living now. i love the people i know and the friends i've made and the school i go to and the stories i have now and i wouldn't change anything. i want summer SO bad, but in a way i don't want freshman year to end because i feel like things will never be this good again. now that this year was so good i feel like nothing could really compare to it. oh well, who knows, i could be very wrong. sophomore year could be a blast too :]. atleast that's what i'm hoping for. but i'm literally praying and wishing on everything that summer's ganna be BOMBBBBBB :].

anyway, right now things are pretty good. the workload is getting tough again. i think teachers always do this once may comes because they don't want us to slack off even though everyone does anyways. they just make it harder for us to. things are pretty good. alright i mean but overall good. i don't have much to complain about.

our semi is coming up. i'm not sure if i'm going. probably, just depends on if my friends go and suchhh! i wanna go though :]. OH! me & leah might go on a cruise together next february vacation :]!!! her family wants to go on one and so does mine, so i told my mom and she said to talk to leah and her family because my mom can get a lot of deals on trips and stuff. i'm so excited!!! i really hope it works out. me and her are great again :]. i thought for a while that maybe she didn't care very much or something, but now we're good as we've ever been and i'm very glad!

the books i've been reading lately are good too! i'm literally reading five books at once right now hahaha. and i would write a paragraph on books in my livejournal... oh wellll, i'm lame i know it.

anyways, i have a lot of homework, and it's 5 and i haven't started it yet. i should probably go work on that. i'm trying hard as i can not to procrastinate :]

Advisory Board Nominations Begin

This morning we are opening the nomination process for the user-representative positions on the LiveJournal Advisory Board. A full description of the process can be found here.

To get you started, here are the basic things you should know:

- You may only nominate yourself
- Each nominee will need 100 motions of support in order to be eligible to be a candidate
- We ask that you keep your comments on the nomination posts to "I support this nomination" or something to that effect; be kind to those who will need to count the "supports", please.
- Although the nominations and election poll will take place in lj_election_en, you do not need to watch the community in order to keep up with the election; we'll announce everything here as well.

Everyone here at LiveJournal is looking forward to this first-ever User-Representative election! We'd like to thank everyone who is participating. Some words from our current Advisory Board members:

danah boyd: “LiveJournal is filled with very passionate users. These users have helped shaped LJ's various communities over the last decade and it gives me great joy that LJ is recognizing and incorporating users' voices into the decision-making processes. Having user representatives from different parts of LJ on the Advisory Board will help make sure that the company is meeting the needs of its diverse constituents.”

Esther Dyson: "I'm sure we'll learn a lot from the process, and later on from the two users selected as well. Especially, I hope that the discussions before the voting will be more meaningful and more focused on policy than those in some offline campaigns."

Brad Fitzpatrick: "It's cool that SUP is getting users involved with the LiveJournal decision-making process. I look forward to seeing who the community elects and the results of our efforts working together."

Professor Lawrence Lessig: “The user elections will provide a critical check on LJ's process of maintaining a valuable and trustworthy environment for the LJ community. The mandate of the elections will give the user representatives pride of place among the members of the Advisory Board. Each of us will look to them to guide us in our judgment about how best to make LJ the community we all aspire that it will be. I look forward to welcoming the user representatives, and learning a great deal from them.”


chasethestars has also made some banners for you to use, if you'd like to show your support for the candidate of your choice!

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dear sophomore year, you're bitchin keep it up

some people are born romantically half. and they look their whole life for their other half and the lucky ones will find them. but what about the people who are born whole. who are born fine on their own. what about the people that dont need another person. or the people that with another person become more than whole, and overflow. i think i might be one of those people

so my birthday was sunday as i made sure everyone knew. it was very very fun. this week was vaca week. i went car shopping and shopping a lot. i didnt do much this weekend. hung out with carla josh and chris on thursday night. thats about all hah

there still so much stuff coming up. like i thought april was busy but may is even more! every weekend something is happening. this friday is prom. i still dont have shoes. ah! then the next friday is new york. AH! i'm so excited but nervous too!!! then that same weekend i have my drivers ed final and then i do my final driving hours and get my papers signed and get my license...that is if i pass the test. which i pray to god i do. meaning i need to do some serrrrious car shopping and just pick a car! but its so hard. ahhhgjkhogehov
talk about stress. then the following friday is pat's freshman semi i think. 2 weeks after that is my sophomore semi. lghwru0gh40giogk ok i need to relax and trust everything will work out. its really cool to think that i'll be driving myself to my semi. its cool :)
i love that my license is so close i can taste it. i'm really excited.


so i applied for a job at dsw. they havent called me for an interview yet. cant say i'm disappointed because the manager seems like a creep. and my mom had good news last night. well at the library theres this woman named jenn that i'm friendly with and shes one of my favorite employees at the library. and my mom said she is becoming a supervisor, meaning she can hire employees, meaning she may hire pages, meaning she may hire me, meaning YAYYYYYYYY! :)



i got a new bed. its biiiggg. its a full size bed. its so comfy. i like it. we got our new sectional for our living room too. very comfortable. we're getting a new tv too. i'm quite excited. i think i'm going to have a get together of friends at my house just to hang out. probably all the people that came to my surprise dinner. idk it sounds like fun to me. maybe other people will think its lame. haha anyyyyywaysssssssss....... :)

writers block sucks.

Sunset and evening star, and one clear call for me. And may there be no moaning of the bar, when I put out to sea. And may there be no moaning of farewell, when I put out to sea. But such a tide as moving seems asleep, too full for sound and foam, when that which drew from out the boundless deep turns again home. Sunset and evening star, and one clear call for me. And may there be no moaning of the bar, when I put out to sea. Twilight and evening bell, and after that the dark; and may there be no sadness of farewell, when I embark. and may there be no sadness of farewell when I am gone.  For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place, the flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face when I have crossed the bar.  I hope to see my Pilot face to face when I have crossed the bar. Face to face, face to face, face to face, face to face. for I can see my Pilot face to face, across the bar.