"that'll do, pig"

just finished watching ZOMBIELAND.

yes. it's true. i finally saw this movie. did i ever really want to see this movie? no, not really. UNTIL that great night, 13 december 2009.

i'm standing in the crowd at The Middle East with Kara. i'm totally being blown away by this band i've never heard of before. they are called Crash Kings. and then, maybe about 3/4 of the way through the set, the lead singer who was wearing this totally mesmerizing red plaid shirt says, "this next song was in a movie called Zombieland."

and as i totally fell in love with, 'It's Only Wednesday,' i knew that i eventually had to see this movie.

and tonight, i did. almost four months after first hearing Crash Kings play.

i was prepared to make a night of Zombieland. i was very nervous about seeing it. and seeing it by myself. i was nervous that i was going to be scared and really grossed out. and that's why i decided to make a night of it.

i had gotten ALL these pizza coupons for a local pizza place in the mail like, last week. and i thought, "what the heck, i'll get a pizza."

and i got a pizza.

it was the first time i have ever ordered a pizza just for myself. i figure i'll just eat it all weekend. so, i call in the order. and then 20 minutes later go and pick it up.

i walk up to the pizza counter and the super handsome bald guy with glasses says to me,

BALD PIZZA GUY WITH GLASSES: Whoa, you've got some wild hair!

NICE. right?!!?!??!! oh, you have no idea how happy this made me. SO HAPPY. especially his choice of the word 'wild' as opposed to say, 'cool' or 'crazy.' or something else. WILD. yep. i'm so wild in fact, that i am ordering a pizza for one, and am going home to watch a zombie movie. WILD.

so now i had my pizza. and i came home and settled in. maybe with an alcoholic beverage. maybe not... and i put in the movie. immediately i had to share some of the pizza with Ruby Tuesday. she kept jumping RIGHT next to me on the couch and reaching her paw onto my plate. she really enjoys melted cheese and crusty things. as anyone who has ever eaten a grilled cheese sandwich around her knows.

(btw, the pizza was ham and pineapple.)

and the movie starts. and it's pretty gross. people are being eaten in the streets. but, it's okay. i can handle it. it's like, so bloody and dirty that you can't even really see what's going on.

and now the movie really starts and that kid is pretty funny. Jesse Eisenberg is his name. he's like Michael Cera but with cuter hair! what else has he been in? i like him.

and the movie is actually really funny. i didn't find it scary at all. and it wasn't even that bad in terms of grossness. i think because i didn't find it scary.

AND - Crash Kings song. for like, three seconds. when they're in the car. right after they leave the Native American store. which, i think was my favorite scene. when everything was in slow motion and they were breaking all the stuff. and Abigail Breslin is running in slow motion wearing that big feathered headdress. i really loved that scene.

the scene with the Crash Kings song was actually a really funny part. it's like, a montage of them driving in the car. talking about all different things. ONE OF THE THINGS = hannah montana.

yep! there's a Hannah Montana reference! it's really funny. i laughed a lot.

AND THEN: they play the song 'Popular' from Wicked!!! like, just after 'It's Only Wednesday.' does it get any more awesome?!!??!

YES. YES IT DOES!!!!!!

why, you ask????

because later on in the movie there is A TITANIC REFERENCE!!!!!

um, why did nobody mention this to me?!?! Crash Kings and Titanic in the same movie??!! oh, it was great. so so great.

overall i really liked the movie. i'm going to rate it four stars.

and now on thursday when i'm seeing Crash Kings for the 7th time in four months, and Tony says, "this next song was in a movie called Zombieland," i'll be able to think back to tonight, and think about how happy and excited i was when that song came on.

the music in the whole movie was actually really good. there was that Band of Horses song in the beginning. or are they Band of Skulls? Horses? Skulls? that slow, pretty song. Horses, i think. but maybe Skulls. i don't know.

and Dave Sardy did a good job on the score, as well. it was very rock. with a tad eerie.

which is how i would describe 'it's only wednesday' as well. there's something about that song that is a touch creepy. do you agree? i love it. LOVE IT. i can't figure out what it's about.

it happens only in the daytime
she looks to me and says,
but it's only in the nighttime.
she pulls me closer to her body
so i can hear

there's a kick and then a scream
but it's only in her dream
i look around and it's you

i can't believe it's only wednesday


ooooo! what?! loves it. and it manages to rock the whole time.

great song. really great song.

ummm. let's see. what else?

i went to the library today. and took out three books:

1. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
2. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
3. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

i'm excited. i can't decide on which one to start first. perhaps i'll read all three of them at the same time. i think it's a good selection.

if it's a nice day out tomorrow, i might take them outside and read in the daycare lawn. BUT i might not. depending on the day. my car was covered in pollen the other afternoon and it was not a happy time. i've been sneezing nonstop and my eyes have been burning. a lot.

hopefully i can get to the post office tomorrow morning. they close at NOONTIME on saturdays. NOT NOON THIRTY like i always think. and then i remember when i get to the post office and there are no cars there.

and other than reading, i have no plans for Saturday.

currently it's 1:31am. i might go to bed soon. i've been trying to go to bed early. i don't know why. i think because i'm so bored, that i try and make myself tired so that i can sleep and it will be a new day. and maybe something exciting will happen on the new day.

it's pathetic, i know.

anyways. i'm going to take me and my wild hair to bed. and probably Ruby too. right now she's sleeping on the couch. but she'll wake up when i get up because she's just passing the time until her second supper. which happens just before i go to bed.

alright! have a great weekend! i'll update you on my Jonas Brothers concert tomorrow. YEAH.

talk to you later!!!!


love!

"and all of the glitter neon signs, make you believe that it's alright."

my friend Dan posted this link on Facebook, and i had to share it with you all here.

it's a list of the 'top 10 hipster schools' in the country. which is number one, you ask?

um,

1. Hampshire College

that's right - i attended the number one hipster school in the country.

that's so silly!


"...places where the pants are tight, the hearts are bleeding, the conversation is postmodern and gender is nothing more than a social construct."


yeah, that's pretty much right, i guess.


:)

TWO BEST THINGS!!!! (and one not-so-best thing)

i'll start with the not-so-best thing.

1. TOOTHPICKS. where the heck are they in the grocery store??? i spent like, 10 minutes of my life aimlessly walking around before i found like, fancy toothpicks that came with a fancy holder in the baking aisle. i saw NO OTHER toothpicks, so i unhappily purchased.

when i am president, want to know where the toothpicks will be? IN THE 'T' AISLE!

dear people of the united states,

you will thank me, because life will be much easier.

love,
your future president, julie


AND NOW FOR THE BEST THINGS.

1. i got my Crash Kings ticket for next week in the mail today! AND, my tiny PO Box was so full that i needed a package slip to get it. and who was there to greet me at the mail counter, you ask?

um, the ruggedly handsome postal worker who i have a massive crush on. which brings me to best thing number 2.

2.

RUGGEDLY HANDSOME POSTAL WORKER: Hi!
JULIE: Hi!
RUGGEDLY HANDSOME POSTAL WORKER: (tries to figure out my box number) 8....?
JULIE: Noo....
RUGGEDLY HANDSOME POSTAL WORKER: 4......?
JULIE: 2......
RUGGEDLY HANDSOME POSTAL WORKER: 248! No! Something in the thousands....
JULIE: 2057.
RUGGEDLY HANDSOME POSTAL WORKER: Oh! You should have scrambled the numbers so I would have to figure them out.
JULIE: Haha, next time!
RUGGEDLY HANDSOME POSTAL WORKER: Well you won't see me again for another.....two weeks or so.
JULIE: Why not?
RUGGEDLY HANDSOME POSTAL WORKER: I'm not down in this building very often.
JULIE: Well that's lame!
RUGGEDLY HANDSOME POSTAL WORKER: Well, you'll have to come visit me up in [names other NH town].


now, please go back and read that last sentence, just so you know that you are reading it right. he said to me, "well, you'll have to come visit me." YES. HE SAID THAT TO ME.

and then he came back out with my lovely Crash Kings ticket package and said,

RUGGEDLY HANDSOME POSTAL WORKER: 2057?
JULIE: Yes!
RUGGEDLY HANDSOME POSTAL WORKER: I keep thinking it's something with an '8.' Plus, you normally get Netflix, and this isn't a Netflix, so I'm all confused.

clearly, he meant flustered, because i was around. CLEARLY.

oh wow, it was wonderful. and he knew that i normally get Netflix. so, he totally knows me. and he's totally in love with me. and wants me to come visit him at his other USPS location.

OH. he's so ruggedly handsome. i love it.

and then i got in the car and put on 'You Got Me' which is a super sexy song, perfectly fitting for this momentarily sexy time in my day.

i love going into that post office. one day last week, i was there getting Netflix and they always put a package slip in my box when there are Netflix. so, i go in and there's a huge line of people. and i get my package slip from my box, and go stand at the end of the line.

and it's not the ruggedly handsome worker, it's another guy. who, i really like also. he's very nice and very polite. and i'm standing in the very back of the line when all of a sudden i hear, "Julie!!" and i look up and he's holding out my Netflix for me! at the counter!

so, i'm like, flipping out because i'm so happy and excited that he not only remembers my box number, but that he remembers my name! oh it was a wonderful time. and i didn't have to wait in line. which, i wouldn't have minded, because i like waiting in lines. but, still, it was great.

and then today, with the ruggedly handsome worker. wow, that was awesome. awesome a lot.


so now i'm going to make a sandwich because i haven't eaten anything yet today. and i'm hungry. and it's almost 6pm. and i'm going to eat my sandwich, watch Almost Famous and then do my NAIL ART activity.

i'm excited about today. and i was not excited about it because it took me so long to get dressed today. nothing was right. nothing was comfortable. nothing was pretty. and then it took a long time to get my hair right. which ended up just being in a low, side ponytail. and i ended up wearing just a long sleep black t-shirt and jeans. i think i was trying to do too much. too many layers, too many cardigans. at one point i thought about a dress. and then i was like, "NO, you're just going to the post office and the grocery store!" and that's when i decided to keep it simple. uncomplicate things. and i had on a bandana around my neck, but i even decided to take that off.

and it finally worked. and it must have worked, because now i have an invitation to visit the ruggedly handsome postal worker at the other location. win! i'm not actually going to go visit him. duh. that would be creepy and weird. but still, i can dream about it. yep. that's what i'll do.

OK. now onwards with my day!

hope you're having a lovely time.


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shoe-less day

today is the day where you're not supposed to wear shoes, in support and recognition of people who don't wear shoes everyday.

Kristen Bell made a super cute video about it. she's going shoe-less.

so is Joe, Nick and Kevin Jonas. so is Demi Lovato. AND all the Hanson bros.

i'm sure more people are too, but those are the celebs i know of. because i follow them all on twitter. except for Demi Lovato. but, i found out she was participating via Joe.

anyways. so far i haven't left the house. so it's been pretty easy.

i'm going through a debate right now. a debate over my earring. MY ONE PIERCING. which is constantly giving me problems.

it's infected again. i think the last time it was infected was just before the one-year mark. mid-march. now it's the beginning of april.

i've been online for a while this morning researching all the methods people go through to help the cartilage piercings heal and whatever.

sea salt baths.
chamomile tea hot compresses.
tea tree oil.
hydrocortisone cream.

i don't know what i should do. i like having the piercing, but how much longer until it stops getting infected? for real. will it get infected every month for the rest of my life?!?! it's been OVER A YEAR!

COME ON!

one guy was like, 'i poured sea salt into a mug with a chamomile tea bag and let it brew for a while. then i used it as a hot compress on my piercing three times a day. within two days it was better and never got infected again!'

i suppose i could try something like that. because i already have the sea salt from right after i got it pierced. kara's friend kate told her that sea salt worked better than what they gave you in the store. so, i alternated between both cleaning methods.

and right now i'm once again back to cleaning it three times a day with alcohol.

it was bleeding a lot again the other night. it seems to be bleeding more now when it gets infected then when it would first start to get infected.

i don't know. i'm kind of sick of it. but then there's the part of me that likes it. especially with my teal stud. and now that i have my teal streaks, it's like a super coordinating awesome mix.

anyways.

in other news, Netflix is sending me Zombieland today. i will get it tomorrow. i texted kara yesterday asking, "zombieland is at the top of my queue...what's your final word....is it too scary for me!?"

and she replied, "i think you can handle it. there are more funnies than scaries."
and i said, "what about grossies?"
and she said, "more funnies than grossies."

SO - i am getting it. and i will watch it. and i will finally hear 'It's Only Wednesday' in cinematic form.

also, last night i had a dream about the iPad. i had a dream i was typing on it. i typed, "i wonder..." and then i stopped typing.

let's see. what else can i tell you since i last blogged. oh, i don't know. i guess maybe that's it.

today is my big NAIL ART day. i woke up and realized that i don't have any toothpicks. and ideally, i would need toothpicks for NAIL ART day.

i guess i could go to the store and get toothpicks and chamomile tea bags.

maybe instead of blue nails with yellow stars, i want hot pink nails with black stars. or, black nails with hot pink stars.

i can hear babies outside right now. they are playing in the daycare lawn. it's very sweet.

i might take a shower. and then head to the store. but i think i'll wear shoes because i think you're supposed to when you go into stores.

i'm listening to the Twilight soundtrack again, and i really like the song, 'Slow Life,' by Grizzly Bear with Victoria Legrand.

alright. i suppose i'll talk to you later! after my big nail project.

i might watch Almost Famous too. i feel that watching it could maximize the chance that Crash Kings would want to be my best friend and let me tour with them in Ol' Blue. research purposes, ya know.

OK. have a great sunny day. i think i will. it's not as hott as it was yesterday.

take care!


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meet me on the equinox

OK. big news. BIG NEWS.

i just finished watching Twilight: New Moon. YEP. that's right.

um, wow. i don't really know where to start.

ok yes i do.

i will start by saying that this movie needs to be re-edited. by like.... me. because that's what i was doing while i was watching it. i was re-editing it to make it shorter.

that scene after Edward deserts Bella in the woods? and then she collapses on the ground for like, ten hours? and then something happens and she has to be rescued by a shirtless werewolf human? remember that scene? YEAH. that's where i would start.

that scene takes like, half the movie. they could cut out some parts (which i have already picked out) and rearrange it a little bit, and THAT scene, plus the scene where the months and months are passing while she's sitting in her room being depressed could be cut down to shave off like, ten minutes of the movie.

that time passing scene was just boring. they could have either sped it up so the camera moved around her quicker, or did it some other way.

LIKE, the scene in Notting Hill when the seasons are passing and Hugh Grant is walking through the outdoor market. make it interesting like that. not just watching Kristen Stewart being all lame in a chair.

first order of business:

1. RE-EDIT TWILIGHT

next:

what's up with Bella being SO DEPRESSING all the time?!!? omg she was making me so angry. she is SO OBSESSED with Edward it's WEIRD! does anyone else think it's weird??

like, he is so totally mean to her right at the very beginning and leaves her alone in the woods to go live in Italy, or wherever, and then she spend the next two hours of the film being all depressed/obsessed, until she thinks he's going to die, and then she DROPS EVERYTHING and immediately gets on a plane to Europe!

and then does a lot of slow motion running through a town.

i don't know. it did not feel to me like it was, "aw, look how much she loves him!" it felt more like, "wow she is going crazy because she is so obsessed with him."

and this is a message to her dad:

Dear Bella's Dad,

Um, if your daughter is waking up screaming every single night from horrible nightmares and this continues for like, three months, don't you think you'd get her into some sort of counseling or something? Just thought I would mention that, since you seemed pretty annoyed that you kept having to go into her room and wake her up from all the shrieking.

Good luck with all that,
Julie

that annoyed me too.

ALSO ANNOYING: why can't Bella and Edward just HARDCORE MAKE OUT ALREADY!!??? every time they would kiss for like, one second and then he'd be like, "no!" does he want to bite her so bad? because she is so tempting? or is he just not into making out?

not like TAYLOR LAUTNER who just wants to make out with her all the time. but Bella's all, "no, i can't make out with you shirtless taylor lautner because i'm waiting to not make out with robert pattinson!"

um, okay. if Taylor Lautner was standing in front of me, saving me from motorcycle accidents, saving me from drowning, saving me from the dreadlock vampire in the field, saving me from the mean werewolf, giving me a dreamcatcher for my bad dreams, AND he was shirtless - i would probably make out with him. let's face it. i would.

another thing about Taylor Lauter: WHO DOES HE SOUND LIKE???!?!? when he speaks. he sounds like someone else. when i think of this 'someone else,' i think of a mix between Shia LaBeouf and Taylor Hanson. and for some reason i picture a bunch of government officials having a meeting. why? i don't know. maybe you can help me.

googling, 'who does taylor lautner sound like' was no help. also, googling, 'taylor lautner voice' just took me to a yahoo answers page with the subject, "does taylor lautner have a stupid voice?" which amused me.

and reading through all 14 pages of the Taylor Lautner message board on IMDb was no help. i mean.... i didn't do that. what?

ALSO, the score reminded me of another movie score and it was driving me crazy. i think it was a period film. Alexandre Desplat does the score for New Moon. which is funny, because i watched Fantastic Mr. Fox earlier today and he does the score for that movie too!!

ALSO, remember the other day i read that article on teal and orange and how they are taking over movies? i noticed it! for sure! in New Moon. especially towards the end. and i was proud of myself because i noticed it. like, reading this article and taking my newfound knowledge and applying it to a real-world situation.

ALSO - the scene where Edward and that other guy kept smashing each other into the marble floor? and the marble stairs? and the marble columns? remember that scene? that scene was awesome.

and i loved Bella during that part. i kept imagining the director off-screen yelling,

DIRECTOR OF NEW MOON: And now....LOOK SHOCKED!!!! OPEN YOUR MOUTH WIDER!! SPIN AROUND REAL FAST SO YOUR HAIR FLIES EVERYWHERE! Aannnddddd.....MESS UP YOUR HAIR! AGAIN!!!

oh, it was great.

and after all this criticizing/making fun of New Moon, it ended and i was like,

JULIE: NOOOO!!!!! It can't be over!!!!!! MORE MORE!!!!

yeah, i wanted the sequel immediately. good ending.

and now i'm listening to the New Moon soundtrack. which i already had on my laptop. and it's been on the Top Alternative Albums since like, the summer. or whatever. i like a lot of the music, actually.

The Killers = good song.
Muse = good song, but i didn't realize it was Muse until just now.
Death Cab = good song
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club = good song


and now for a band name mash up:

black sabbath rebel motorcycle S club seven mary three doors system of a down

YES. that was a good one.

anyways. back to New Moon.

eh, i liked it. amidst all my complaining and making fun of - i enjoyed it. i enjoyed all the shirtless, extremely ripped guys. even though i don't like guys who are extremely ripped.

ANYWAYS. let's move on.

let's talk about how hott it is in my apartment right now. it says it's 54 degrees outside. but inside my apartment currently, it is the kind of heat where you can't even move without getting sweaty and sticky. like, i'm all gross feeling, and i'm just sitting on the couch. typing. it's like the kind of sticky that you can't think about too much or else you'll go crazy. ya know?

horrible. and i bet if i walked downstairs, it would be like, 10 degrees cooler.

last night i woke up at like, 5am because i was soooooo hott and sweaty in bed. and i had to put in my window fan. YEAH! it was that bad.

for those of you who don't know - i live in an attic. for real. my apartment is what should be the attic of a very old house. it's quite spacious and lovely, but it's hott.

Ruby Tuesday has spent allllll day sleeping on her back. for real. everywhere. on the couch. on the windowsill. on my chair. on the floor. she immediately rolls over onto her back. it's very, very, VERY cute. i got pictures of at least three of the times. i will post them sometime.

anyways. i am also very tired. i almost took a nap at around 8pm. because i was so tired and bored.

it's like i am either so so super tired from not doing anything all day, OR i am so so super awake from not doing anything all day.

today i went to wal-mart and then to the grocery store. it was boring and lame.

but then i made a sandwich and watched Fantastic Mr. Fox. i got it from the Easter Bunny. OH, i love that movie. best movie of the year. hands down. it's so funny!

i can't remember what i did after that. i thought about taking a nap then, but it was too hott to be around blankets. and i have to have a blanket when i sleep.

tomorrow, which is thursday, i have plans to do NAIL ART. yep. nail. art. i want blue nails with yellow stars. and i will try and make it happen. that will be my creative project for the day.

i should try and do a creative project every day. i also thought i would go to the library. and try and read at least one book per week. because i read that other book last week in just one day. so, i can do more. and then i think i will not be as bored, and i will be productive at the same time.

last night i got REALLY REALLY excited because i was Twitter Stalking members of the Crash Queens, and there were all these tweets that were along the lines of, "i don't know if i would buy a jonas brothers ticket just to see crash kings. i don't think i would feel good about myself..." and people kept going on and on about Crash Kings and JoBros. and i was sooooo totally confused and then i was like,

JULIE: OHMYGOD ARE CRASH KINGS GOING ON TOUR WITH THE JOBROS?!?!!?!?

and i did some more research. and i think people were just talking about it hypothetically. omg i would die. if it were true. how amazing would that be?

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING:

you're thinking: it would be two sixths of THE BRO TOUR!!!!!

HANSON
JONAS BROTHERS
CRASH KINGS
KINGS OF LEON
JET
with special guests
ROBERT and JASON SCHWARTZMAN

yeah. that was like, the first thing i thought of. no, i'm not joking.

if i were a super powerful tour putting together person, i think The Bro Tour might actually be pretty easy to put together.

BECAUSE

Robert Schwartzman is BFF with both Taylor Hanson AND Joe Jonas.
AND
Robert Schwartzman is in Rooney, who toured with Crash Kings, who are BFF with JET.

somebody really just has to let Kings of Leon know. Robert can also let Jason know, because they are bros.

and it would be super fun for all these boys because they're ALREADY friends! well, they have common friends.

and! i forgot about that tweet when Crash Kings was like, 'hey @joejonas let's jam together!' or whatever. after @joejonas was like, 'check out @crashkings! they're awesome!' or something.

so, Crash Kings and Joe Jonas are BFF too.

how come nobody is BFF with Kings of Leon? are those guys nice?

ok i should stop talking about The Bro Tour. i'm getting too excited. i should make up posters. what?! NO. no julie, you definitely should not make up posters for the bro tour.

ANYWAYS.

the other morning i woke up at like, 7am because i thought i heard someone walking across my room. it was pretty creepy, i'm not gonna lie. like, my floor was creaking so loud, that i woke up. YEAH. weird.

last night i woke up like, four times. ugh. it was not a good sleeping night. maybe that's why i so tired today.

i do not sleep well when i am in this house alone. it's a fact. because when i was home in maine over the weekend, i slept SOOO GOOD. like, i would fall asleep and not wake up until i woke up. and then i come back here, and wake up like, every two or three hours.

OH, should i apply for this job? it's to be a HEAD BLOGGER for Alicia Keys on her new website. i was going to apply until i read that one of the requirements is that IF you make it to the end of all the cuts, you have to be interviewed on a morning talk show in NYC. and then i was like, "ooo i don't want to do that." and so i didn't apply.

because clearly after reading this blog, they will want me to blog for Alicia Keys. and i will make all the cuts. YEP.

ok. it's 2am. i think i'm going to go to bed now. i turned on the window fan like, two hours ago so my bedroom could start cooling off.

OH, there was one more thing that i have had on my mind for like, MONTHS. for real. and i am now just thinking about it for the first time while i'm blogging so i can finally tell you.

FINALLY!

i decided that:

Morrissey sounds like the lead singer in The Smiths.

YEAH. right?!?! I KNOW. they sound alike. i think it's kind of hilarious.

OK. UPDATE: i just did some hilarious internet searching and discovered that Morrissey IS THE GUY in The Smiths. who knew?! and now i feel like an idiot.

for real! it's the same guy. no joke. i was watching that Smiths video and was like, "wow, that guy actually looks like Morrissey too!" and then i thought for a moment and was like, "...waaaiitt a second...." and then discovered they are one in the same.

NO WAY. oh, i can't believe it. i'm in shock right now. did everyone else know this?

MAN i thought this was going to be a big, funny ending to this blog post to think that the two guys sounded alike. but now i'm the one who looks like a jerk. geeze. really?

HA. wow. i'm in shock, for real. because i have seriously thought about this FOR SO LONG. and i always kept forgetting to tell you! and now look what we've discovered.

Morrissey seems like such a creeper. and The Smiths are all indie and hip. strange.

ah well. i guess we've just learned some music trivia. perhaps this moment will be a life-changing moment in your very own version of Slumdog Millionaire. and you'll be on a game show and the question will be like,

This singer was the lead vocalist for a popular 80's British alternative rock band and is now a popular solo artist.

(or whatever.) and you'll think back to this moment, RIGHT NOW, when you're reading my blog. wherever you are....whatever time of day or night it is. and you'll get the question right, and you'll win a million dollars. and you'll give some to me. for providing you with the correct answer.

wow, thanks friends!

ok. i'm going to bed. it's 2:18am. thursday morning. day of NAIL ART. yep. i'll let you know how it goes.

have a great day! i'll talk to you later. let's hope for some cooling off.

of the weather. not of our personalities. let's all stay cool. ok, good idea.

ok bye!!!!!


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i am 75% cooler. (maybe 80%...)

folks, it's been a long road. a long, hard road to get to where i am today. lots and lots of uncool, unhott days. tormented and tortured from my normal hair, i somehow kept going. kept going, kept struggling, kept fighting.

how long have i talked about streaking my hair teal? by my count, it's been about five years. FIVE YEARS. for five years, it's been just a thought. just a conversation. just a dream.

a totally awesome, totally hott dream that is now REALITY.

i am finally a complete human being and after 24 years of being lame, i am finally cool. FINALLY.

you.have.no.idea.how.happy.this.makes.me.

not the cool factor, but the teal factor. THE TEAL FACTOR.

what i am about to show you may shock you. your computer may explode with awesome. don't say i haven't warned you. GET READY. GET STEADY. GOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

(i had a photo shoot that probably lasted longer than it should have.....)





(TEAL HAIR AND RED PLAID SHIRT OMG!!!!!!)



the streak on my right came out way brighter because the hair was way more bleach-blonded out. but, i have a tiny streak right on the left side of my face, and then one further back on the left.


(that's me being confused as to why my hair has taken a 'Conan O'Brien-esque' turn.)





and now for the part where i change wardrobe and setting.....










OMG HOW AWESOME DOES IT LOOK?!??!?!!?!?







i decided to end with some artsy shots in front of my brick wall.

WOW. right?! it's so awesome. omg i can't even stand it.

i love it. i sooooo love it. and it's exactly what i pictured for these past five years. like, exactly. OH I LOVE IT. so much.

now, whenever i look at someone with awesomely colored hair, i will no longer feel that painful sting of jealousy, because I AM NOW one of those people with awesomely colored hair.

WATCH OUT - it's a whole new Julie.

i feel really good. because, there have been a lot of kind of drastic changes in my life over the past year. and it feels like none of them were my decision. let's look at some examples:

- cell phone died = had to get a new one
- laptop died = had to get a new one
- car died = had to get a new one
- kara took over my bedroom in maine = now i sleep in kara's room
- not getting any hours at work = might have to get a new job

and those are all things that, had they not changed, i would still probably have. (except for maybe the laptop.... because i really needed a new one. but i would have had the old one for longer, had it not died....)

AND THIS - the teal streaks in my hair - is some drastic change that i am in control of. i said, I WANT THIS CHANGE TO HAPPEN, as opposed to all the other changes, which have happened out of my control.

and i feel really good. things around me, outside me, may change, and i might not have any control over them. but i am in control of myself. and i am awesome. and 75-80% cooler than i was before.

SO THERE! there i am with teal streaks. finally. completely. awesomely. wonderfully.

wow, i'm totally hip, right? and RAD. yeah. i'm so rad. i'm trying to work 'rad' into my normal speak, but i keep forgetting about it. i want to be someone who says, 'rad.'

ok. this entry is bursting with so much awesome. hope you like the new hair. i loooove the new hair.

have a great, wonderful, lovely night, dear friends. i will. because i am going to watch Twilight. probably.

take care! be well!!!!


love!