worrrking

good morning friends!  

it's currently 8:49 in the am on monday morning!  it was pretty cloudy when i woke up, but now the sun is shining.  

our one resident left for work at 8:30.  so, i'm alone.  i had one phone call, but the person they were looking for wasn't in yet so i put them through to voice mail.  easybreezy.  

so, i've got ten more minutes and then i can go back to sleep.  nine more minutes!  

i like ten men.  wait, what?  ten men.  is that an old phantom planet blog video i'm thinking about?  i like ten men!  i'm getting this memory of alex and darren dancing on their tour bus.  although, that was many blog videos.  oh how i miss those.  i'll try and find some for you later.  they are really a treat.  

so i actually got dressed for work.  i woke up at 7:30.  and got dressed.  i wanted to enjoy putting my nightgown back on when i go back to sleep.  

i thing blog videos are great.  especially band ones.  if i was in a band, you can be sure there would be blog videos.  blog diaries, what you like to call them.  phantom planet really takes the cake for the most awesome and entertaining ones.  

Ruby Tuesday was very excited when i woke up this morning and went out into the kitchen because she thought she was getting breakfast.  i reminded her that she ate her second supper about 4 hours before and she didn't need her breakfast yet.  then i gave her a hug and a kiss and she went back to sleep on Aliya's rock in the tiny room.  there was sunlight coming in.  

i had some sort of dream last night that was interrupted by my alarm clock this morning.  but i can't remember what the dream was.  

i meant to tell you this scary thing that happened to me last week.  READY?  

so, it was tuesday morning.  i went down to work, and then found out that i didn't need to be there, so i went back up to sleep.  it was like, 8am.  then i must have been like, half asleep for a long time.  i woke up because i thought i could hear voices in my living room.  they were saying, 

"julie, we're here!  we're here!"  

and i remember thinking, "oh crap, i'm still asleep!"

so then, i saw a dark figure walk into my room, sit down on my bed, and put his arm around me.  i remember this exactly.  and then i woke up quite suddenly.  it was 8:45.  and i was like, "what the heck just happened?!"  it was a very weird experience.  

i don't know if the whole thing was a very intense dream, or if i was half awake listening to the ghosts in my apartment conversing in the living room.  it was very strange.  and i remember being scared, but still okay.  i was nervous to go back to sleep.  but, things were fine after that.

ALRIGHT THEN.  that's that.  it's 9am.  my shift is over.  

hope you have a great day!!!  

<3

now even breathing feels alright

lyric from an Alexi Murdoch song. it was just playing and so i decided to make it the subject. that's that.

i figured i would leave you with something other than lame updates from the drug class. thanks for being there with me this afternoon while i was doing the reading. it actually helped me through. and now i feel like i've cracked the surface and i start to catch up on week 2. wanna come? you do?! great! so, we'll do it together again. sometimes it's easier for me to think about things in terms of a blog entry.

like that time i needed to write a paper for some class. but i just couldn't get started. so i wrote the paper in my livejournal. i don't think i posted the entry. in that case, it was easier to write the paper in the blog than it was to write it in Word.

anyways. i'm thinking about working on week 2 monday night. are you busy? i could do live updating. Drug Education: Live! i don't know. we'll see. i would set a time for us all to meet, but i would probably procrastinate that time until the very end of the night.

i just finished watching this movie, The Last Word. i think i told you i rented it. Winona Ryder and Wes Bentley. Wes Bentley is the kid from American Beauty. her neighbor next door who records everything on video. befriends Kevin Spacey. Chris Cooper's son. that kid. he looked pretty much the same in this movie as he did in American Beauty.

in this movie his job was to write people suicide notes. he was a poet. it was really beautiful.

it reminded me of in Love in the Time of Cholera where he writes people love letters. only like, kind of the opposite. and so he writes a suicide note for Winona Ryder's brother and they meet at his funeral. and then kind of start dating. but, i didn't like her at all. and i didn't like their relationship.

and so, it followed their relationship and his relationship with a new client, played by Everybody Loves Ray Romano. i liked their relationship way better.

hmmm.....curious that i'm writing about suicide notes and Elliott Smith's 'Needle in the Hay' starts to play. hmmm......curious. but great song. and he was a hampshire grad!

(that was a reference to The Royal Tenenbaums. not a reference to Elliott's death. do we know if he committed suicide or not? last i heard, it was debatable. anyone have any updated info, please let me know.)

anyways. this movie took place in LA. which, again made me want to move there. and live in Silverlake. because that's where they went for all the cool coffee shops.

but, i don't think i would want to write people's suicide notes. i just don't think i would be good at it. i mean, these were really beautiful. reading them would make me want to live so i could try and write beautiful things like that. he was good at it. and although i suppose you could say it was a sad job, i really respected him. he really respected and was non-judgemental about the people who came to him. and i appreciated that because sometimes i think that,

well, i don't know what i think. i guess i sometimes think that people judge others for committing suicide. like, they are being selfish. like there's no other way out. well, maybe there is no other way out. although i think there is always something to live for, maybe sometimes having something to die for is just as important.

i really have no idea what i'm saying. i think this is coming at the end of a long day reading about drugs, and listening to the shins, ryan adams, and now, elliott smith.

i bought twizzlers at the store tonight. when i went out for eye drops. i saw the twizzlers and kind of bought them without even thinking about it. i saw Mickey Rourke eating some in SPUN. and that image, mixed with the drug reading made me want candy.

have i told you about this business in barrington, new hampshire. it's on Route 125. it's called Sugar and Ice. and its address is 555 Route 125. everytime i drive past it i think to myself, "front business." doesn't it sound like a front business for a drug dealer?!? Sugar and Ice are probably code names for all kinds of drugs. and the address 555? um, that's the fake area code they use in the movies. has anyone else picked up on this?! i've never actually been in there. i'm sure it's a nice, family run business just like they say on the website. it just makes me laugh everytime.

anyways. i'm working monday morning 8-9. you should probably expect another update. not sure how many exciting things will happen in between now and then. that's like 5.5 hours away. i guess i could have another exciting dream where a national monument disappears. no, i don't want that. that really did scare me.

i want to find a park on top of a hill. that's my new goal. and i want to go there and sit by myself.

Ruby Tuesday has been crying allllll day. she cried so much when i got back from running my errand. and she's just been so clingy. i don't think she liked it that i went away for kara's birthday. right now she's sitting under the blanket on my lap. i played the song Ruby Tuesday for her today and she seemed to like it.

ok. i might go to bed soon. no plans for monday. maybe find a park. maybe do my drug class. probably not find a park because i just remembered that i don't like being outside.

maybe i'll do some writing. i was reading through some stories that i have written today and i liked them. not stories that i wrote today, but i was reading them today. i read this one i wrote about these high school kids that have a band. i actually thought it was pretty good. and reading it made me want to finish it. i wrote 19 pages and then just stopped! i have so many unfinished stories. that's a good story because the dialogue is really good.

i think maybe i want to become a writer. but maybe that should be the last thing i do when i grow up. that way i could write about being a lighthouse keeper. and being president of the motion picture academy of arts and sciences. and write about my jewelry store. and my time as a professional blogger. and a security guard for a major hollywood studio lot. and a ship captain.

man, there is just not enough time in life.

oh, and an overnight residential counselor for a home for pregnant and parenting teenage girls. that's what i'm doing right now.

i'm worried about the ship captain idea. because, nobody really travels by boat anymore. i don't want to work on a cruise ship. and i don't want to become a pirate. something in the middle? i want to lead some sort of oceanic expedition. HELL YEAH!!! that's what i wanna do. ok, send me your ideas.

OK. i could lead an oceanic expedition and blog about it. and then i'm crossing two things off my list!!!!!

oh man i'm excited about this. let me know if you want to become part of my crew.

oh geeze. i just don't know what i want to be. all those things on that list are completely unrelated. i am 23 years old. i have to start figuring things out. sometimes i am just lost, ya know? i feel a lot of the time that i am lost. how do i START? how do i GO? i need to pull off the invisibility cloak from the statue of liberty and start doing things.

does anyone actually take me seriously? sometimes i feel that my sense of reality is severely impaired. and other times i just get annoyed at other people for making me feel that way.

maybe i'll go to france tomorrow and buy that lighthouse that is for sale. what's stopping me? money? yes. but who cares? i don't care about that. maybe i'll just trade in my car.

i want to live in paris.

i'm tired of feeling limited.

here's the thing: i feel like i am always thinking, "ugh, i need to get out of this place." does that mean that i just haven't found the right place? or that i'm just never satisfied? i got out of maine. out of berwick. i left amherst. and now i'm getting tired of lebanon.

i'm going to go to sleep now. i'm getting mad at myself. and i need to stop before i get totally upset with my life.

but this has made me smile today.


Theres no time to lose, I heard her say
Catch your dreams before they slip away
Dying all the time
Lose your dreams
And you will lose your mind.
Aint life unkind?

WEEK ONE = DONE

ok friends, we've completed week one of the drug class. we've completed it almost two weeks late, but it's done nonetheless.

i turned in my attendance questions to prove that i finished the lessons. the final question was, "do you have any questions about the material?"

and i thought this was a good time to question the part in the reading when it said, (i'm paraphrasing here), "obviously it's not ethical to test these drugs on humans, so instead we did it on fruit flies and spider monkeys."

my question about the material went something like this: "how can you justify testing these drugs on animals?"

it didn't really make sense to me.

the video i had to watch had this joyous man's voice saying, "let's take a look at these images of spider monkeys on ecstasy!!!"

anyways.

in celebration of the completion of week one in my drug class, i will proceed to the drug store to purchase drugs in the form of eye drops. they are quite wonderful and make life more pleasurable. they are rewarding and help me escape the everyday horrors that is pet and seasonal allergies. some could probably say that i am addicted. but, not really.

although, after watching Spun, and then reading this drug thing, i kind of had the urge to go buy some suphedrine. boil it on the stove for about 16 hours until it is a frothy mixture......

i'm totally kidding. that stuff will ruin your life.

ok. i'm of now. hope you enjoyed your mini drug lesson as much as i did. i'm glad we got to experience it together.

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interesting drug graph

if you'll notice the graph on the bottom, we can see that inhaling a drug (such as THC, the drug found in weeed) is pretty much just as fast as getting to the brain as injecting a drug (such as heroin). this is interesting to me.

I would have thought that the fastest ways of getting high would be:

1. injecting
2. snorting
3. inhaling
4. ingestion

but, in reality it is:

1. injecting
2. inhaling
3. snorting
4. ingestion

hm. did you know this? what would you have thought??

those colors in the graph represent the amount of drug present in your brain depending on which method of pathway you choose. yikes.

CELLULAR UPDATE:::

FEDORA WEARING, BRIEFCASE HOLDING CELL SENDING THE MESSAGE = presynaptic
PARK BENCH SITTING CELL WHO GETS THE MESSAGE = postsynaptic

and the space between these two guys is called the = synaptic space.


omg so much fun!!!

we're all in this together

I have to take the drug class. YOU have to take the drug class.

here's the first piece of interesting information that i've learned:

It has been estimated that there are more synapses in the human brain than there are stars in our galaxy.

SYNAPSE = The site where a presynaptic terminal ends in close proximity to a receiving dendrite.

i'm currently trying to figure out what those crazy words mean.

i just can't concentrate about cells. i think it's the way that they are always described. this type of cell sends a message to this receiving cell. it's like, what?? i immediately imagine a little cell wearing a fedora and carrying a briefcase walking down the road to another cell sitting on a park bench and handing him an unopened letter.

this is all going on in my brain?!?!

can't we just watch The Magic School Bus??? there must be an episode on this stuff.

ok. back to reading.

this is gonna be fun, right?! we'll both learn about this stuff. that will make it easier for me.

skyscrapers are scraping together

so, i had this dream last night. and i want to tell you about it. i keep thinking about it and what it could mean. ok, here we go.


so, me and my friend andrew were in new york city. it was super foggy. like, we could barely see each other because the fog was so thick. and we said, "hey, let's go see the Statue of Liberty." i have never actually been over to see the statue, so we decided it might be a good idea.

but, they had moved the statue to this marshy area, in a lagoon-like setting. the trees were really tall and there was this small river that you sailed down to get there. but, there were no ferry boats. you had to have your own boat. so, we rented this little tin boat and set sail.

and we get to the spot that the statue is supposed to be, and it's totally empty. there is a large grassy area right next to the water and it is empty. there are no people around, we are the only ones.

and it's very confusing because this is exactly where the statue is supposed to be. but, as we sail around the lagoon a little more, we start to see something funny.

the only way i can describe it is like in harry potter. when harry is about to take off his invisibility cloak. you still can't see him, but you know he is there because of the way the cloak is draped around him.

and i say, "i think the statue is there." even though there is nothing there. it's a large marsh. and so we start throwing rocks at this spot in the air. and, sure enough, the larger rocks we throw start to uncover the statue.

it was under a giant invisibility cloak!! we don't get the cloak off all the way, just enough so we can see Lady Liberty's face. and we just stand there, staring at the Statue of Libery, still half invisible.

and then we hear something in the water. and we turn around and it's this GIANT ship with big lion's heads in the front and it's sailing towards us. it's not a pirate ship, but it's something like that. guarders of the statue, or something. so, we realize that we need to get out of there, pronto. so we swim back to our little boat and the guards are coming after us....

and then i wake up.

and i was really scared when i woke up. it was like i had just had a nightmare.

isn't that a strange dream?? i hope it's not some horrible premonition. didn't they just reopen the top of the statue??

so anyways, i decided to go to my go-to online dream dictionary on the off chance they would have what "statue of liberty" meant. and they did! here we go:

STATUE OF LIBERTY
To see the Statue of Liberty in your dream, signifies personal and/or cultural freedom. You have found your own independence and are learning to stand on your own. It is also a symbol of free enterprise and patriotism.

apparently, seeing the statue in your dream is more of a personal thing, rather than a national thing. i'm guessing that since the statue was under a cloak of invisibility, it means that i cannot stand on my own and i am not independent. i guess i'm still searching for my own independence.

anyways. i think it was a sad dream. sad and scary. because when i still think about it, i get scared.

it's like in all those end of the world movies where the national monuments crumble to the ground and it's very dramatic and beautiful.

well actually, it's not like that. i think that actually might have been better. this was hidden on purpose. someone had put that invisibility cloak on it. why would someone want to hide the statue of liberty?? and why were me and andrew the only ones looking for it?

i don't know. i can't think about it anymore because it is seriously making my stomach turn.

anyways. it's a beautiful gloomy day outside.

so, yesterday one of the cast members of Heroes was married in Kennebunkport, Maine. i was very excited about this, even though i wasn't at home. the one who plays Nicki/Jessica/Tracy. Ali Larter. you might also know her from Legally Blonde!!! she played Brooke, who was the one Elle was defending in court. she had the workout empire. "it's not like normal women can have this ass!" great movie.

so, naturally, i imagined that the entire cast of Heroes was in Kennebunkport. but, i don't think they were. it was fun to think about though.

i spent a long time last night looking up jobs in Los Angeles on craigslist. there were a couple that i would have applied for if i lived in the los angeles area.

i also love reading the Missed Connections. anyone else do this? it makes me happy. and sometimes sad.

Ruby Tuesday has been doing this thing the last two days where she wakes me up by frantically licking my face and walking all over me. and i can't stand it, but she's so cute. and i hate when she licks my face because then i get hives. but she's so cute!!!! she's just hungry. and she's trying to get me to feed her. she's just like a baby. if she doesn't eat every 7 hours she gets cranky and starts crying. although, babies need to eat more often than 7 hours.

alright. i think that's all for now. i might make a new iTunes playlist. because i love making those. my nose is really stuffy today. i had to buy 4 more boxes of tissues because i went through the 6 boxes i bought a few weeks ago. i might go out and buy more eye drops today. i am running low and i don't want to run out because they are a godsend for my itchy eyes.

what do you all think about this latest Jude Law scandel?! he's having another baby with this girl he met up with in NYC filming Sherlock Holmes!!!!!! i think that's crazy. she's like, 24 or something. crazy. lucky girl? well, i don't know.

okay. i think that's about all i can think of. have a good day. maybe i'll do some work. that drug class is just hanging over me. UGH. and that online piano is calling my name.....

have a good day!!

go and cut all my wires

yo yo you yo. hi!

so, it's saturday. technically it's sunday. back in new hampshire after some nice days at home for kara's birthday celebration week. we had a fun time.

wednesday - got home around noontime. relaxed on the porch. it was about 95 degrees. we enjoyed each other's company. then we had to drive over to Ogunquit and pick up kara's birthday cake from the bakery she works at, Bread and Roses. that was a quick trip. came home. admired the cake. got ready to go out again. the plan was to go see The Proposal and then have dinner. so, that's what we did.

we walked into the theater and there was a big poster for Julie and Julia, the new movie with Meryl Streep and Amy Adams. we immediately noticed this and i asked kara if she wanted to have a photo shoot. YES, OBVI. so, we walked over and she posed in front of Amy's face, making it look like Meryl and Kara were the stars of the movie. the pictures came out awesome. i wish i had one to show you. we also saw a preview for this movie. which was awesome. it looks great.

The Proposal was good. very funny. it was set in Alaska, but filmed in Rockport, Massachusetts. my mom was very excited about this because she recognized everything. i recognized some of it too. i heart rockport.

let me tell you about this cake that we had for dessert. it was a chocolate fudge cake, with raspberry mousse, and white chocolate buttercream frosting. UM, delish. even the frosting was good. and i am not a frosting person. my only complaint was that there was too much frosting. i had to scrape some off. but, the raspberry mousse was perfect. so light and cool and pink. it was a great cake. i highly recommend that everyone get their cakes from Bread and Roses.

after cake we watched some episodes of Weeds, season 4. i got it from netflix. we had watched season 3 last summer. season 4 is intense. that show definitely got more dramatic and less comedic as the seasons went on. still good though.

then, kara and i set up the living room for a Sister Sleepover. we put down lots and lots of blankets. that was fun. then we watched some episodes of Arrested Development. just what i wanted.

good birthday day.

thursday - slept in. didn't really have any plans. hung around for a little. then kara decided that she absolutely wanted to get her nose pierced TODAY. so, we got dressed. found the piercing place located in Rochester, New Hampshire. walked in. and kara GOT HER NOSE PIERCED. it looks so effing hott. for serious. she looks awesome. she got it on her left side, since her upper ear piercing is on the right side. she said it hurt really bad when they were doing it, but then it immediately stopped hurting. i went back into the room with her. the guys were really nice. it was pretty exciting. made me want to get a nose piercing for about 3 seconds. it would really be impractical because of my bad allergies.

then we got fancy coffee drinks to celebrate. drove home. snacked and lounged. and that was pretty much the day.

that night kara and i decided we wanted Burger King. so, we went out. got up to the drive through. oh man.

DRIVE THRU KID: Hey. Welcome to Burger King.
JULIE: Hi, can we have -
DRIVE THRU KID: Oh, we have a special tonight.
JULIE: Yeah?
DRIVE THRU KID: Yeah. You get a free sandwich if you give me a kiss.
JULIE: Is that right?
DRIVE THRU KID: Yep.
JULIE: Um, I think we'll pass. Thanks, though.
DRIVE THRU KID: Come on! You haven't even seen me yet!!
JULIE: ......Well, you haven't seen me either. (kara told me to say that)
DRIVE THRU KID: Yes I did! I saw you when you drove in!!!
JULIE: Oh. Well, I don't think so. Thanks anyways.

super awkward. kara and i were laughing hardcore. it was pretty funny. we didn't go through with the deal. haha. good times.

then we went home. watched some more Weeds. watched some more RD (arrested development).

kara and i straightened our hair and cut our bangs. kara kept saying she could hear piano music. so, i thought, 'hm, what can i do to encourage this?' so, i googled 'online piano' and then found the sheet music for 'California' by Phantom Planet. she realized immediately that it wasn't the piano music she had been hearing. but, it was super fun and i can't believe i went through 4 years of college without finding that online keyboard. it's so awesome. and i totally rocked 'California' for about 20 minutes. then we had another Sister Sleepover.

friday - woke up early. kara had set her alarm for 9:45. and i set mine for 9:46. so, at exactly 9:45 In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (neutral milk hotel) starts to play. then about one second after it finishes, West Coast (coconut records) starts to play. it was like a concert!! then, snooze for ten minutes. and then at exactly 9:55 and 9:56 the exactly same thing happens. it was great! such a nice way to wake up.

we were meeting our dad for a father/daughter day/birthday celebration.

we met him at the movie theater at noontime to go see Funny People. now, i was talking about going to see this NONSTOP because Jason Schwartzman composed the score. and there are THREE Coconut Records songs on the soundtrack. and even though i don't really care for those Judd Apatow movies or Adam Sandler, we went.

so, i really liked the movie. the music was so great!!! simple and breezy. i read some interview with Jason Schwartzman about what it was like to compose the score and he said something like, "i just had to imagine that the dialogue in the movie were the lyrics to the song, and it was easy." and i was like, "wow, that is so lovely."

there was one part in the score where it kind of reminded me of the opening music in Little Miss Sunshine. it started off very simple, and then more layers were added as the scene got deeper. if you have seen, or will be going to see Funny People, it was the music with the clap track. maybe about halfway through. and then i think again at the end. there's a bass drum too, i think.

but, it was a good movie. i decided after that i didn't think it was too long. it was a movie that didn't feel rushed, and i appreciated that. there was time in the film to capture some little moments that were nice. such as the beginning with some vintage Sandler. some moments with the little girls. 'Memory' from Cats.

but, keep in mind - it is a long movie. but there is nice Schwartzman throughout. keep an eye out for the plaid shirt and cardigan he wears in the end. that was when my heart melted.

and you won't see much of the clips in the trailer. which, i also appreciated. it was just really showcasing the actor's talent for improvisation. it was refreshing to be like, "oh, this is the scene from the trailer" and then have it be totally different. interesting, Apatow.

and i remember in the middle of the film that Jason Schwartzman and Jonah Hill were in I Heart Huckabees together.

overall great music in the movie. great live version of Jesus, Etc. by Wilco in the end.


and now i'm back with Ruby Tuesday. she was SO HAPPY to see me. she knocked down my window curtain and the hardware that kept it up. i brought back one of her favorite toys that we had left in Maine. she was happy to see it. aw, she's such a sweetie.

saturday was a good day. i needed to go to the video store and the grocery store. well, technically i only needed to go to the grocery store.

i rented this movie called The Last Word. with Winona Ryder and Wes Bentley. about a poet who writes people suicide notes. i thought it sounded pretty dark. and then i got to the counter and the girl said

GIRL CASHIER: Oh, I just think Winona Ryder is so pretty.
JULIE: Yeah, she's really pretty.
GIRL CASHIER: She always looks so great in everything.
JULIE: She does.
GIRL CASHIER: And then she had to go and steal those clothes!!
JULIE: I know! That was too bad.
GUY CASHIER: I think it's so weird that girls can just talk about how pretty other girls are. I've never heard a guy be like, "hey, that guy is so hott."
JULIE: Yeah, I guess that's true.
GIRL CASHIER: Well, I don't do it often. Winona Ryder is just so pretty.
JULIE: I didn't even recognize her in Star Trek, though. She had on all that old makeup.
GIRL CASHIER: She was in Star Trek?! I didn't see it.
JULIE: Yeah! She played (ohmygod i can't think of his name.....not sylar, not sylar, not sylar) Spock's mother.
GIRL CASHIER: Ohh, wow.
JULIE: (to Guy Cashier) Did you see it?
GUY CASHIER: Yeah. I love Star Trek.

i left there in a good mood. as normal. i just have the best conversations in that Hollywood Video. they are the coolest workers. i think me and the Guy Cashier bonded over the Star Trek thing.

then i went grocery shopping. had another nice conversation with the three people bagging my groceries. just about regular things. nothing too notable.

then i saw the two hot air balloons i talked about earlier! they made me happy.

then i turned up Coconut Records and drove home on the road with the one lane bridge. i like that way a lot.

i thought about how i want to have a bridge named after me. and then i thought to myself, "well, once i am president of the academy of motion picture arts and sciences, then i will be worthy of a bridge." i don't know why i thought that. but i did. for realz.

and then i thought about something i have been thinking about a lot lately. i thought about becoming a lighthouse keeper. and i decided that this is something i want to do in my lifetime. i think it would be a beautiful and lonely job. that is my new goal. i wonder how many lighthouse keepers become president of "the academy?"

got home. unpacked the groceries. googled, "how to become a lighthouse keeper" and read about it for a long time. i read an article that said that there is only one lighthouse in the country that actually requires a keeper, and that is the one in Boston Harbour. then it said, "another way to ensure you will become a lighthouse keeper is to buy a lighthouse." so then i googled, "lighthouses for sale." turns out the United States Coast Guard is selling them for pretty cheap. pretty much all under $100,000. i guess they've become too expensive for the Coast Guard to maintain them all, so they are selling them.

i also found this beautiful lighthouse and a lighthouse keeper's house for sale in northern France. it was like, $1.1 million dollars. which is a little out of my price range. but still - to be a lighthouse keeper in france?? it just screams indie film. i could be the girl with the thick bangs and the dark rimmed glasses.

anyways. i'm gonna make it happen. lighthouse keeper. oh, it sounds so awesome.

then i took a bath. Ruby Tuesday jumped up in the window between the kitchen and the bathroom and i had to help her down twice. i said, "don't go up there if you can't get back down." but she didn't listen.

then i went to work.

ok, i love iTunes Genius. you know the Genius feather?? i mean, Genius feature. not feather. haha. i use it all the time. i wish i had a portable genius to take with me everywhere. and i could use it on everything.

i love how when i "genius" a song from a Wes Anderson movie, all the songs that come up in the playlist are songs from other Wes Anderson movies.

that's what i'm listening to now. i "geniused" The Rolling Stones 'I am Waiting' which is from Rushmore. and seriously, probably three quarters of the 75 song playlist are songs from Rushmore, Life Aquatic, Royal Tenenbaums, Darjeeling Limited and Bottle Rocket. and yes, i own all of those soundtracks.

and i can't wait for The Fantastic Mr. Fox. has everyone seen the trailer? looks pretty great.

"i don't have a bandit hat, but i modified this tube sock."

hm. what else, friends?

sunday i have no plans. sound familiar? yep. just like every other day. i really have to do some work on my drug education class. ugh and i am super dreading it. i rented Spun to maybe get me pumped. but, no. but Mickey Rourke really looks good in a white leather jacket and cowboy hat.

hey, wanna see some hott brothers? it's Rooney (as "the coconuts") and Coconut Records in concert together. they're singing 'West Coast.' there's a sweet brotherly hug. and they totally kill on the song.

there was a Rooney twitter (or, "tweet") recently saying that they are planning a tour to Boston this fall. KARA AND I WILL BE THERE. if anyone else wants to come - you are welcome to come with. Rooney was one of the best concerts i've ever seen.

i've been thinking a lot about the concerts i've seen recently. i also thought about Guster. they were awesome too. they played with Phantom Planet. and The Format! they were awesome. and Zox! Ben Folds! Ben Lee and Ben Kweller together!!!! HANSON!!!!!!! man. concerts are a drug.

hm. i guess i'm getting sort of tired.

oh, i HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN about the Blog presents. don't worry!! i am still organizing them and once i am ready, i will post the entry about how to get them. calm down! you know i love you. you know you love me. xoxo.

OH. i know what i can tell you. i had to make a big decision today in the grocery store. cracker aisle. the Cheez-It sitch. you know where i'm going with this. they had the Sharp Cheddar and Parmesan kind. and they had the Zesty Queso and White Cheddar kind. but only the latter was of the Star Trek variety. and - i decided on the former. i just liked the Sharp Cheddar and Parmesan better. the Zesty Queso just didn't taste good on my tongue. and although it brought to mind some very attractive men, i couldn't do it. so, for now, at least, the Star Trek Cheez-It Phenomenon is paused. maybe they will start producing more boxes, i don't know. maybe in the early fall to get people excited about the dvd release.

i just checked my Genius playlist because i didn't recognize the song Rock and Roll by the Velvet Underground from any Wes Anderson movies. but, that's because it's from SLC Punk. another great one.

ok. i think i will have my tea now. i bought more vanilla red tea today. and i will enjoy a cup right now.

i have been killing tiny baby spiders on the wall behind my couch since last night. i have a feeling they were just born. it makes me feel bad killing them. but, they are spiders. and i don't want them in my house. if they were outside the house, fine. but inside? spiders should have their babies elsewhere. and this is in addition to the nightly earwig massacre.

what are those people who collect insects? entomologists? not collect them, but study them. that's what i meant. i should invite them into my home.

OKAY. hope you have a great rest of the weekend. did you do anything fun? have any good stories? not about the weekend, but about anything?? tell me something good!

i had a dream about someone last night and then awoke to see that they had left me a voicemail. isn't that strange? i thought that was curious.

alright. i'll talk to you a bit later. have lovely days!


<3

before i forget:::

List of Interesting Transportation Vehicles I Saw Today:

- three police cars (at different times)
- two ambulances (at different times)
- one fire truck
- one helicopter
- one "fighter jet" looking airplane
- two hot air balloons

what an exciting day!!!

what a great day!!!!

it's kara's birthday today!!!!! 29 july!!!!! i'm super excited about her birthday. not only do i love birthdays, but i love kara. we have lots of fun times together.

speaking of fun times with kara, i was just recalling the time the two of us ventured to the new Target for the very first time. i would like to re-share that day with you.

if you don't re-read the vintage Misty Green and Blue livejournal, at least you can look at a photo of kara and i being totally hott outside Target:


SISTERS!!! she's my favorite person in the whole world. hands down, the votes are in, close up the shop. she's my favorite.


<3 happy birthday kara <3

2 things exciting from staff meeting

ONE::: people were passing around a box of Zesty Queso/Cheddar Blanco Cheez-Its. i resisted the urge to point out the similarities between the flavors and the characters in Star Trek. but i thought about it the whole time.

TWO::: it was suggested by another staff member that we review our movie ratings policy because some of the pg-13 movies the residents have been renting are too scary for them. SO, i totally jumped on this issue and gave everyone my big speech that you all have heard a million times, on how i think the rating system in this country has been severely relaxing with time. and i used The Dark Knight as an example and everyone was pretty impressed. SO - i am now spearheading the new movie ratings policy. i have to compile a list of INNAPPROPRIATE PG-13 rated movies. and along with that, i am going to compile a list of APPROPRIATE R rated movies. i am very excited about this.

SO - if anyone has any movies that would make the list in either category, please send them my way. these are teenage girls. under 18 for the most part. and they all get scared in this big house. those are the guidelines.

i'm excited.

<3

Star Trek/Cheez-It Update

wow, i've been blogging a lot today. i like it. this one will be quick.

i forgot to tell you that last week i bought a new kind of Cheez-It. a new variety. they are still Star Trek though, don't worry. but, i forgot to update you on this new development with the flavors.

so, remember how we were discussing which characters would be which flavors?? actually, it wasn't really a discussion. it was more like an embarrassing admission.

and i said that i thought that Mister Spock would be Parmesan and Captain Kirk would be Sharp Cheddar.

WELL, these new flavors are Zesty Queso and Cheddar Blanco. some kind of spanish theme, or something.

and i bought this new kind and didn't really want to think about which character would belong to which flavor, because it's kind of dumb. but, i had already done it once before and so i kind of had to.

it was easy this time. i'm not sure if i made the decision purely based on fact, or not.

Mister Spock = Zesty Queso
Captain Kirk = Cheddar Blanco

here's my reasoning:: Zesty Queso. Zachary Quinto. it was like he was made for this flavor! in more ways than the obvious. cause he's totes zesty. the only problem is: the zesty queso is a little too zesty for me. it's just a tad too spicy. or, not spicy. but, zesty. but, Zachary is not too zesty. he's just right.

and, Chris Pine kind of goes with Cheddar Blanco. if you take off the bottom part of the B, then they have the same initials as well.

so, you have to eat the two flavors together so the zest equals out with the blanco. or, whatever. JUST LIKE Kirk and Spock. they equal each other out. they're a good team. and together they are like a ZESTY OVERLOAD. oh man. too much zest to handle.

OHOHOH!!!! that's what the Star Trek sequel could be called!!!!! JJ Abrams!! read this!!!!

STAR TREK: Zesty Overload.



loves it. yeah, that one would sell.

wow. those are some zesty gentlemen up there. zesty and dashing.

ok. that is all. you can go back to doing what you were doing now. i will go back to wasting time and not doing my online class about drug education.

have a great night!!!!


<3


(it's so hard to not look at that photo)

GOLD

oh, how much do i LOVE jeremy piven on Entourage??? TOO MUCH for words. i feel like i haven't talked about this much. maybe i have. i can't really remember. but, i JUST LOVE him. he is soooo good it's amazing. anyone else feel this way?? i love his character. he makes me laugh outloud. that show is just great. Emily and David were right when they said i would love it. i totally love it.


in other exciting news, i believe Meryl "the queen" Streep will be on Conan sometime this week. Maybe even tonight. i can't remember when. i'm excited for Julie and Julia. it's going to be a SISTER MOVIE.

AND! i just learned last night that Meryl will also be in the new Wes Anderson stop-animation film, The Fantastic Mr. Fox. SO excited about this. the pictures from the film look totally awesome. all-star cast as always. comes out this fall. GET READY!

in unrelated but still awesome news:

i read an article this morning comparing The Godfather to Arrested Development. now, i haven't seen The Godfather, but i have seen Arrested Development. the article makes the two sound like pretty much the exact same thing. Son is forced to take over the family business while his father is in jail because the rest of his family is pretty useless. i thought the article was pretty good. you should read it. and let me know if you've seen both and how they really compare.

ALSO ALSO ALSO, getting back to Entourage. PAUL HAGGIS guest starred in an episode today!!!!!! AAAHHH i was so excited. it was great. they talked about Vince wanting to star in the new Paul Haggis film and i got really excited. AND THEN in the next episode - there he was!!!! Paul himself. i was even more excited to see how excited they all were on the show to meet Paul. sadly, it does not look like Vince will be able to do the Paul Haggis film due to his contract with Aquaman.

oh, i love it.

also! more Entourage. so, the character Vince (who is the movie star) did this Aquaman movie directed by James Cameron. and it was a total hit. made more money than Spiderman. that was a spoiler, i guess. and so Vince signed on for 3 movies, not realizing that James Cameron only signed on for the first. so, they were talking about who was going to direct number 2 and i am sitting there thinking, "i bet Jeremy Piven is going to say Michael Bay." and then:

VINCE: Who's directing the movie?
ARI: Michael Bay.

YES! i was right. and then they were all like, "awwww come on!" it was funny.

and that's the second "hollywood thing" i've gotten right while watching the show. the first was just the other week when i predicted they were going to San Diego for Comic Con. and they did. and now this Michael Bay thing. i was proud of myself because both of those times i immediately thought, "i could totally be an agent." or, "i'm so cut out for this celebrity thing." even though it's not really related to anything.

OKAY. it's 7pm.

actually, i've decided what i want to be when i grow up. i want to work for a big studio lot in LA. and i want to be the person in the security booth at the entrance who lets you in, or makes you turn around. how cool would that be?! you would get to see soo many celebs. like, "oh, hello celebrity, yes, please drive in. oh, hello other celebrity, right this way." it would be so cool.

ok. sleepy kitty just woke up from a long nap on the rock. i have to scratch her face and give her kisses. so, i'm gonna go. i think after i am going to take a bath.

have a great night!!!!


<3

the time

i have not been waking up to my alarms recently.  now, i know you are probably thinking the exact same thing that kara said when i told her this.  she said, 

KARA:  Julie?  Not waking up to her alarms!?  What!?!?!

she was being sarcastic.  but, normally i am good about getting up to alarms, it just takes me like, an hour of hitting snooze.  

but lately, i haven't even been hearing them go off.  like this morning.  my alarm was set for 7:43.  and, i had my alarm song all set to go.  and i didn't wake up until the very end of the song.  and it was soooo loud.  

this weekend while i was home, i had a really hard time waking up to my alarm.  and it ended up that on saturday morning my mom woke me up and on sunday morning Ruby Tuesday woke me up.  

ugh.  who invented alarms?

wow.  there is much debate over who invented the first alarm clock.  who knew?!?  most people say that it was our own Levi Hutchins from Concord, New Hampshire.  his alarm clock that he invented went off at 4am everyday to wake him up for work.  he was a clock maker.  

i wonder why he had to get up so early?  if you're a clock maker, can't you somehow convince people that it's later or earlier in the day if you want?  so, instead of Levi getting up at 4am, let him sleep in however late he wants, but then he'll convince people that it's way earlier by setting all his clocks back!  a trick!  

i guess there is one big clock you can't trick and that is the sky.  people would probably start to wonder after a few days of Levi's trickery.  or, not Levi's trickery, but Julie's trickery.  i would like to control those things.  like time.  

i like to have a lot of clocks around.  which is strange, because i am usually late for things.  why be early when you can be late?  that's what i like to say.  

ugh, know what i hate even more than alarms?  deadlines.  kind of on the same horrible idea that, something has to be done.  or, you have to wake up.  like this online class that i am taking (but haven't started yet...), i wish it didn't have deadlines.  i can't do that.  

like my senior project in high school.  i forfeited getting the 'distinguished' grade because i wanted to make my own deadlines.  and that was not part of the deal.  

i wish that everything could be like Div 3, basically.  do whatever you want, whenever you want.  

anyways.  i'm at work now.  that's why i'm awake.  working 8-9am.  monday, tuesday, thursdays from now on.  it's been really quiet.  both of the residents are at their respective internships.  and, no staff members come in this early!  that would be crazy.

there is something that i have been wanting to talk about and i think i'll do it now.  it's very important and i was waiting for just the right time.  crucial information.

i wanted to talk about the HBO dvds.  has anybody ever rented a HBO dvd???  say, the John Adams movie?  the Sopranos?  Angels in America?  Entourage?  (i really enjoy the HBO original movies and i would encourage that everyone watch them.  or, rent something from HBO so you know what i'm talking about.)

BUT.  there are these incredible montages at the beginning of the dvds that advertise either their other HBO movies or tv shows, whichever you happen to be renting.  and the montages are just tiny clips put together in dramatic form so it makes you want to rent the movie, or start a new tv show.  

the movie montage is usually set to a hauntingly beautiful piece of orchestration while the tv montage is usually set to a catchy Tracy Chapman song.  they are great.  i enjoy them so much.  some of them give me chills.  oh, they are great montages.  does anybody know what i'm talking about or do i just sound crazy??  they're awesome!  i love these montages.  

if there was an Emmy for Best Montage, the HBO montage making department would get it.  for sure.  it would probably be a technical emmy given out on the night that they don't show on tv.  

or would it be a Golden Globe?  hm.  i guess technically HBO is a tv station.  but, they have movies too.  Best Made for TV Montage.  hm.  i think Emmy.  but, hands down, the HBO montage guy.  YOU ROCK.  

alright.  it's time for me to go now.  9am.  nothing happened.  except me being awake for an hour.  back to sleep.  

have a great day!  i'll talk to you a bit later.  it's monday!  anything can happen!!

<3

::blog reader appreciation week 2009::

WELCOME TO THE MISTY GREEN AND BLUE BLOG READER APPRECIATION WEEK MASQUERADE BALL!!!

this is the final event of my Blog Reader Appreciation Week 2009. i hope you all are here (i can't tell because you all have your masks on...right...), and i hope you are all having fun.

remember what i said about commenting? if you are attending, please write, 'hello! from new hamshire.' just a simple 'hello,' and then the place of where you are posting from. this will be so much fun!!! and don't worry, nobody knows who you are because you are wearing a MASK!!!!

ok, so here's our ballroom that we are all in right now (technically it's in pennsylvania, but let's pretend it's in all of our living rooms....)


ooo!! isn't it gorgeous!!!! i chose it because it had a gorgeous fireplace and windows! lots of the ballrooms i looked at didn't have windows. i thought that made it more vintage. also - the totally gorgeous chandelier! didn't i promise you chandeliers!?!?!?

so, it was kind of hard finding a teal ball gown at the last minute, but, this is the one i decided upon:

loves it!!!! i want to wear this dress every day.

and this is the mask i'm wearing:

so pretty!!! i think i want black accessories with my teal dress. it's more mysterious seeming.

OK!!! now it's your turn!!! what are YOU wearing?!??! what kind of a mask do you have on?!?!?!

this is the last night - and EVERYONE attending will get a prize if you post a comment. i really love you all and want to appreciate you! so, even if you don't decide to post a comment, know that i still love and appreciate you and i thank you for reading my blog.

thankyouthankyouthankyou.

love you all,
.Jacuzzi.Jacuzzi.


man is least himself when he talks in his own person
give him a mask and he'll tell you the truth.
.oscarwilde.