"i haven't really been home. i've been wandering around."

so, here's how my second night of stargazing went:

i got all ready. put on really warm clothes. gathered up my camera, phone, ipod and blankets and headed outside. it was cooler than last night. but, perfectly clear! so beautiful! so, i go around to the back and immediately think i see a large cat in the woods. maybe a fisher cat. maybe a mountain lion. i don't know. it was just something else. but, it looked like a big cat. so, now i'm all jumpy. and then i hear all these other noises. and i try and relax but i am looking over my shoulder every two seconds for other wild animals to come and bother me.

so, i decide to go back inside. it was kind of a bummer. but, i figured that i could go back in and tell you all about my adventure. and that will make up for not stargazing. although.....i did do some stargazing during the daylight today.......doesn't that make you want to read more?!!?!

yes!

so, let's go!!!! first, let's start off with some pictures i took my first night of stargazing. to prove i actually did it.


there's me, looking slightly confused. trying to keep warm. see! i was outside at nighttime!


that was the beautiful cloud curtain that was in the sky. with the moon behind the trees. isn't that beautiful?

OK! NOW BEGINS MY FRIDAY EVENING ADVENTURE::

i left the house about 6pm, i think. that's a total guess. but, my plan was to walk up the hill that's behind my house.

so, here i go:


there's like, a ski lodge. so, this place is called Storr's Hill Ski Area. it's kind of famous i suppose, because people train there for the Olympics. they have two ski jumps to practice on. and so Olympic people go on them. i would probably never go on them. and once, a few years ago, the Olympic torch was passed through here. for realz! i don't really know how that works because i don't ever follow the Olympics. but, the torch was here. cool?

so, just before this, i was standing, looking at the maps of the trails that run behind this mountain. and i see a man walking down from the lodge. and i'm like, "oh god, i'm probably tresspassing." but, i wasn't! he was merely a simple trail-goer. he stopped and we talked for a minute. told me about some of the trails. i told him i had never been up there before. he said it was really nice. i asked if i could just walk to the top of the hill, and he said, "oh yeah, absolutely." he was handsome and was wearing a red boston red sox t-shirt.


that's the tiny ski jump. at first i thought it was the only one. but then i saw the other one, which is like, huge compared to this. and i was looking at this and saying, "holy crap people jump off of this?!"


my progress up the hill. okay, this was more like a mountain. i was totally unprepared for this hike. that's the lodge from before.


up a little further......!!! one of those is my house, i think. or, that's my neighborhood. area.


that's the tiny ski jump from behind. i still had not noticed the big one at this point.


a little further! the view was getting gorgeous. and i was getting sweaty.





AND BAM!!!! just like, out of nowhere, i realized there was an EVER GIANTER ski jump!!!! look at it compared to the trees!!!! it's TOWERING over some of them!!!! crazy ski people.


wow! it's my town!!! that's the church steeple that's in the giant roundabout downtown.

AND THEN. i found it. the thing i had been looking for. the thing i had been looking for allllllll winter. the thing that comforted me those cold, lonely nights and cheered me up when i was feeling scared. the most beautiful thing to see out your window......


my star on the mountain. i hope you all remember how much this star meant to me this past winter. i could literally see it from every window of my third floor apartment. it confused and scared the heck out of me when i first saw it. that first night they lit it up. and then pretty much nobody believe me when i told them about it. and then nobody believed how beautiful it was until they saw it. you could see it from my whole town. driving on the interstate, even. it was a beautiful winter beacon. and then, one night, they shut it off. i thought they must have taken it down. but no, it still remains. waiting to be lit up again next winter. it's good to know that it's still there, even if i can't see it.

this was when i took a break and sat down :)


there's the giant ski jump on the right. and my town some more. although, from this high it looks like a small mountain village. i kind of felt like Heidi.


i wore my Ireland adventure sneakers. it was nice to put them back on for an American adventure. ps: that hill was friggen steep. see the tiny ski jump on the left. and the lodge way at the bottom.



hey! it's me outdoors!!!






i even brought up my book. remember, like i said!?? i never got to reading it, though. it was really beautiful. and quiet. up there. and i just wanted to be.

AND THEN. i said to myself, "well, my break is over. i'll walk up to the star now and then take more pictures and maybe start reading!"

and so i stand up and face the star, and what do i see staring back at me????



A DEER. i think there were two of them. but that is the one that stared at me and shook his tail. i almost lost my balence i was so scared. and i said, "HOLY CRAP."


that's him on the right. right next to my star.


see, i think he has a friend laying in the grass to his right. like, in front of that little bush. oh, they were just staring at me. and then i said, "okay i need to get out of here immediately."

and i booked it down the hill.

but then, i saw a little opening to my left and i said, "hm, maybe i'll go down here."



so i did. and i thought, "maybe this connects around to the huge cemetary on the hill."


BAM. i walked down this little pathway and down another ski trail and this opening was right behind the tiny ski jump. now i was ready to explore.



it was a beautiful cemetary. and huge!




and i was there at the perfect time of day. i kept thinking of the line from I Heart Huckabees,

GIRL: What happens in the meadow at dusk?
ALBERT: Everything. Everything. Everything.




i had never been in a cemetary at sunset before. this cemetary was very well cared for.



i liked this one.


then, there was this little roundabout with these trees and a tiny pond in the center, and the cemetary continued on the other side!



i walked over to it really hoping there wouldn't be a dead body in the water. like in the Dead Marshes from Lord of the Rings. and then wherever Harry and Dumbledore are at the end of HP6 with those bodies in the water. there was lots of slimy looking things in this tiny pond.



and an opening in the trees reminded me that we were still on a hill!




then there was this grave set back in the woods a bit, and it had a wind chime and a crystal hanging above it. i really like this idea. i think i want those things hanging above my grave.




now this, i think, is the pizza place on the water that i have been to once with my parents. this would be the back of it. and the river runs right behind it.



yep, i was really there. i wore a flower in my hair today.



heading back.






roundabout with the pond.



looking up from the center of the roundabout.



i really loved this grave.




and now i'm leaving through the cemetery entrance.



that's how you are supposed to enter.



walking back home. so, i started the adventure here. walked up up up. saw the deer. walked down down. to the left left left. so, walking through the cemetery i was walking further away from my house. to kind of give you an idea of the layout.

and then! there's this street called Water Street that's a couple streets down from my street. and i said to myself, "you must be able to see the water from that street. i'll go find out."



yep! i found it!!



so, the tall smoke-stack like object was the same smoke-stack like object from a few pictures back. the picture taken where i thought i was seeing the pizza place. there's a tall smoke stack in that picture too. and it's that one way in the back. it looks kind of far away, but it's not really, if you're walking on a hill in the trees.



this is a different one. the name "Lebanon" probably means something like, "two smoke stacks."



and then i had to walk up yet another hill to get home. this was taken from the end of my street. those trees at the end are where i was. for serious. i was up in those trees. the cemetery is behind them.



and this is my house. my bedroom window is that one on the top floor. the staff office is the first floor, curved window.



side of my house. that triangle window is in my tiny room. the tiny room is literally that top triangle. above those two windows. it's a tiny, tiny room.

and then since i was not outside stargazing tonight, i instead took pictures of my twinkle lights. they look like stars, i think..





i love all the twinkle light reflection in this one. it makes it look like they are everywhere!!!! so beautiful!!!! and that's my air conditioner.

but, the best stargazing today was to finally be able to see my star on the mountain. oh, i was so excited. and although now everytime i think about the star, i will also think about those deer, it was worth it. totes worth it.

WOW! i hope you enjoyed taking my adventure with me. i was really proud of myself. i was pretty nervous to have an adventure by myself. but, once i started, it was great. i wasn't really alone on the mountain because the star was with me. and you're never really alone in a cemetery.

it was a great day. Ruby Tuesday was very excited to have me back at home. and she definitely smelled some outdoors on my jeans because she would not stop licking them. i think she was just hungry, actually.

alright! it's 3:26am. i'm probably going to head to bed. i'm tired. that hill was steep. i don't know if it looked it in the pictures, but it was. i compared it to trekking up to the top of the Aran Islands. but, that turned out to be way easier. this was HARD. next time i will think to bring water. i had no idea the hill was really that steep. i keep calling it a hill. but it's a mountain. it's like a ski mountain! and i didn't even make it to the star. BUT I WILL. i will go back up there and see the star up close. probably not tomorrow, because those deer are still fresh in my mind. but, before the summer is over, i will make it my goal.

REACH FOR THE STAR!!!!!

that's what i will call it. so perf! haha.

alright, have a great weekend. now it's your turn to photodocument an adventure and tell me about it. your mission!!! GO!!!!


tall grass
the longest shadows ever cast
the water's warm and children swim
and we frolicked about in our summer skin
i don't recall a single care
just greenery and humid air


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storytime later

friends! i have so many amazing stories to tell you about my incredible day. i also have wonderful pictures from my expert photodocumenting skills. you should be REALLY excited.

i had such a great adventure today and i can't wait to tell you all about it.

BUT FIRST - i am going to overcome my new found fear of skunks and rabies and go stargaze again.

i think i have a new idea. instead of laying on the daycare lawn, i'll lie on the picnic table. then at least i'll be higher off the ground. can skunks climb picnic tables? hold on, i'll google it.

ok. information was found. they report that spotted skunks are good at climbing, striped skunks are not. this was a striped skunk that i saw. and it says they cannot climb up table legs. so, i suppose i will be safe on the picnic table.

the only downside is that the picnic table is not in a good stargazing location. it's off to the side of the driveway. and there's a bright light. i wonder if i could turn that light off.

there is another picnic table in the daycare yard, but it's one of those Little Tikes ones and it didn't look big enough to lie on. sturdy enough either. it's also way more closer to the ground. it's for babies!

so, i'll scope out the situation outside, i suppose.

oh - ps. i think my piercing is infected. it was majorly hurting today. so, i cleaned it with the special sauce and it started bleeding. and it looks like there is a blister behind it. does this mean infected? what do i do? after i cleaned it with the special sauce i also cleaned it with kosher salt.

oh! and i just finished watching Coraline. wow, great movie! GREAT soundtrack!! really eerie music from the children's choir of nice. Ruby Tuesday actually watched most of the movie with me. she is normally sleeping during this time, which surprised me. but, she sat either on my lap, or on the floor, and she really did watch the movie. i was surprised. and now the movie is over, and she's taking a nap.

ok. i'm gonna go conquer the skunk. wish me luck :)


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well now, wait a sec

after learning that skunks can be a major carrier of rabies, i'm not sure i want to risk it anymore. the skunk i met last night seemed pretty normal. but still.

i guess the worst possible scenario would be that i end up getting sprayed by the skunk, and also get rabies.

that doesn't sound too good.

anybody have any thoughts of suggestions on this topic?? i guess anytime you go outside you risk encountering a skunk. or a deer.

tell me what you think!!!!

for serious, i can feel my heart beating irregularly

ok, i'm sorry. but did any of you see the picture of J Schwartz i posted the other day??? take THAT to the bank. come on. for real? is he really that handsome?



uh oh. boy wearing cardigan. be still my heart.

underneath the moon, underneath the stars

WOW! just got inside after a great hour of stargazing!!!!

the conditions were not ideal for stargazing, because the moon was almost full (or maybe it was full), so it was pretty bright.

BUT LISTEN TO THIS. it was the most incredible experience. so, i go outside at exactly 12:59am. i don't actually lie down to stargaze until 1:19am. i tried to have a mini-photoshoot, but my camera battery kept dying. i'll charge it and have one tomorrow, don't worry - there will be photo-documentation.

SO, i lie down, and i'm just enjoying the night sounds for a while. i'm not seeing anything. then, a large patch of clouds comes in. they breeze by pretty quickly. and then it's like a giant curtain being lifted on the sky. it was like i was watching a performance.

so i said to myself, "okay, now the show is starting." so, i put on my headphones and pressed play. the song i had been listening to last was Jesus, Etc (the live version from Funny People i was telling you about), so i started it from the beginning, and lay my head back.

AND THEN. and then! the lyric is this, "you were right about the stars, each one is a setting sun" and just as he's singing, "each one is a setting sun" i see a glorious shooting star sail across the sky. it lasted through the whole lyric! it was so, so beautiful.

it was like someone was setting my life to music. and it was funny, because just today i was looking at the pictures i have from the Oscar Wilde monument and i have the picture of the quote that says, "you have set yourself to music." and it was just perfect.

and then during the same Wilco song, i saw ANOTHER shooting star! this was lasted for like, two seconds, but it was a bright burst of silver in the sky. it made me gasp. (i can't remember what the lyric was for that one.) and it was so bright that i actually whispered my wish quietly, instead of just thinking it in my head. i don't know if that's allowed, but it seemed more powerful.

oh, it was a wonderful night to watch the stars. i just enjoyed it so much. night is just so much better than day. it was pretty chilly, though. tomorrow night i'll have to bring more blankets.

next wednesday, 12 august, are the Perseids Meteor Shower. i might see this week in staff meeting if me and our resident can get permission to stay up late and watch them.

anyways. so my first night of stargazing was great. i had the perfect stargazing soundtrack. tomorrow night i'll have to remember to bring out some tissues. i kept sneezing, which kind of ruined the mood. i momentarily forgot that i am allergic to things outdoors and indoors.

BUT THEN! so, i get really excited because 'I Am Waiting' by The Rolling Stone comes on my playlist, and i've been listening to that song a lot lately. and so i am even more happy. and then, i see something white out of the corner of my right eye. so, i turn my head to look, and it's a skunk!!

A SKUNKERS MCGEE IS RIGHT NEXT TO ME!!!!!! and so i sit up really fast and then immediately think, "crap, i should stay still." and then the skunkers looks like it gets startled for a minute and then i start freaking out, thinking that i'm going to be sprayed. and then i think, "oh god, what if i've already been sprayed?!?!" because, i can never smell skunks because of my bad sense of smell. but then i think, "well, if i've been sprayed by a skunk, i'm assuming that i would smell it pretty strong."

so then the skunk just turns around and climbs down into a hole under the house.

but then i gathered all my stuff together and cautiously ended my stargazing session.

i've never been that close to a skunk before. and i kept sniffing the air to see if i could smell anything. but, no. and i still can't smell anything. so, i'm assuming that i didn't get sprayed. Ruby Tuesday didn't smell anything funny when i came back in. so, we're all good.

but, even without the skunkers encounter, it was a great night.

and i decided that i will photodocument myself completing all those tasks i would like to have accomplished this weekend. then it won't feel like i'm doing them alone.

and while i was outside tonight, i was thinking, "why do i hate the outdoors so much? it's so great!" but, i really think it's just the daylight i dislike. i really think i am a nocturnal creature. me and Edward Cullen are meant for each other.

actually, i probably wouldn't ever marry a vampire. there's too much negative connotations associated with them. people kind of get freaked out when you talk about vampires. much like if you said you were married to a terrorist. or, Lord Voldemort. the reactions, i imagine, would all be similar. "WHAT?! you're married to Lord Voldemort?!?!" or, "WHAT?!? you're married to a terrorist!?!?"

so, i watched V for Vendetta tonight. it was good. i got teary eyed at the part where her head is being shaved. and then i said, "geeze julie COME ON." and then realized that it was just hair.

and i made a ham, pineapple and goat cheese calzone for supper tonight. Ruby Tuesday enjoyed some ham and goat cheese. i offered her the pineapple, but she didn't seem interested. then she licked the pizza sauce from the plate. it was a delicious calzone.

but the best calzone i've ever had was at that place in Brattleboro, Vermont. i can't remember what the name of the place was, but i think i would know how to get back there. hot damn they had the best calzone. i went there after a court date with a resident.

also, i think i forgot to tell you this when it happened. but, that day when i was in brattleboro, on the main street downtown there is a Turn It Up! record store. just like the one in northhampton!!!!! and we passed it, and i immediately thought about Gary. the guy who used to come into the airport lounge and work/sleep. did i tell you that when it happened? i can't remember.

so yesterday, i was reading JustJared.com and there was a story about Michael Cera and that girl from his new movie and whatever. and there was a rumor that they had broken up, or something, and she made a statement that went, "i didn't even know that Michael and i were dating! he's in canada right now filming a movie called Scott Pilgrim!"

and i said to myself, "Scott Pilgrim?? where have i recently seen that name?!?!" and so i thought very hard about it. and then i remembered!! it was last week sometime when i was on youtube watching Rooney blog videos. (which are really funny and you should all watch them.) and there was a link to a video of Robert Schwartzman reading lines for some movie. and the movie was Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. and there are like, three different clips of him reading a bunch of lines. it's pretty funny. and his mom, Talia Shire, is off camera reading the other part.

and so i'm like, "Robert Schwartzman is going to be in a movie with Michael Cera?? that is semi-weird since he hasn't been in a movie since The Princess Diaries."

so, i go to the IMDB page for it and then get even more confused when Robert's name is totally not listed in the credits, but Jason's name is. so, it's a movie with Jason Schwartzman and Michael Cera. and not Robert.

but! if you're looking for a new movie with Robert, then you're in luck. because he told me the other day (via twitter) that he had just finished filming a scene in the new Sofia Coppola movie, Somewhere. which i also want to say stars Benicio Del Toro. but, that might be wrong. they've been talking about him on Entourage and i might be getting it confused.

actually, maybe he told me via a myspace blog. not twitter. hm, now i can't remember. i'm just in contact with so many celebs these days, i can't keep track of them all.

i read Emily's blog for a long time today. i hadn't read it in quite a while. it made me miss her and David a lot. they've had so many great adventures recently! it was impressive and very entertaining. AND THEN! i checked my email tonight and Emily had sent out an email!!!! proposing a reunion for nearby MOD 61 residents. i was very excited to receive it. i haven't emailed back yet. but i will.

hm. i'm getting tired. it's that time of night. almost 3:30am. that's usually when i get tired.

not sure what the plan is for tomorrow. maybe read my book. maybe find a hill. maybe read the book on top of a hill?!?!!?!? that would be completing two tasks with one stone!!!!! what? i don't think that expression worked.

i just checked facebook and Aliya's brother Sam posted the video of 'Bet On It' from High School Musical 2, and it gave me such a good laugh that i wanted to post the link for you all to see. troy just has it so hard. nobody understands him.

AND WITH THAT, i think i am off to bed. one minute past 3:30 in the am. more exciting adventures to look forward to tomorrow.

but for now! sleep.

goodnight all. have a wonderful friday. hott plans for the weekend?!


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okay, let's go

i just fixed my earring which broke in Ireland. my diamond clip-ons. they broke in Ireland and i just fixed them! hooray for jewelry glue.

i wish i could find my fake glasses. anybody seen them?

i think i am going to take a trip to Dollar Tree. i've been wanting to spend money on cheap crap lately. i like looking at the dinnerware section. mugs and glasses.

i was able to get my Burt's Bees Citrus and Ginger Root handsoap at Rite Aid yesterday. i can't believe i didn't tell you this sooner! i had been looking for it every time i went to Walgreens, and they never had it. so yesterday, i needed more shampoo and i said, "i'll just go to Rite Aid, since i don't have to cross under the highway." that's where the traffic patterns need to be redesigned.

and i went into Rite Aid - and they had the soap!!!! i was so excited! they also had a cute red-headed boy working at the check out. he was like a mix between the red headed kid who played Jean Val Jean at Seacoast Rep and Ron Weasley. only with a beard, i think. i probably would have given him a "let's be friends!" business card, if i had them.

listening to Ben Folds now. i feel i've been talking about music lately. Still Fighting It, for those of you ben folds fans playing at home.

alright. have a good night, again. i'll talk to you laterrrrrrrrrr.


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and another thing about being alone

i don't know if i've ever spent a night alone in a house before. i can't think of a time in college where i was alone in the mod overnight. and even then, the mod was in a building full of other mods. i don't think i ever spent a night alone in our house in maine before. kara was always there. same with my dad's house. i've never been alone in this house overnight.

i don't know why i keep thinking about this.

i wonder if anyone will come into work tomorrow.

i guess i should think of it like the airport lounge. i used to be alone overnight in the airport lounge all the time. there were pub safety officers there too, yes, but still. i was alone in my place of employment overnight.

and i will think of this experience like that. alone in my place of employment/house.

one of the pictures i uploaded from my computer to my phone was the sunrise in the airport lounge. i have the Airport Lounge Conference Room sign with me. i can't decide on the perfect place to hang it up. this is the one that alex torpey threw in the trash and after he left i went over and took it out.

maybe i'll make cinnamon rolls at 2am. then it will really be like an airport lounge night.

aw man. i miss college a lot sometimes.

i don't know what else to say.

ok. i'll go be alone now.

maybe i'll watch V for Vendetta. courtney and i were talking about it last night. and i'm listening to Cat Power now and it's making me think of it.

ok. have a good night. i'll probably talk to you later because i'll most likely be bored and scared.


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a letter

Dear Julie,

DO NOT lose your new health insurance card! As soon as you open the envelope with the new card in it, put it right in your wallet. FOR SERIOUS. Take better care of important things and be more organized!! And, be productive this weekend. Don't get scared in the big house all alone. Read that book. Find that hill. And write that story. Have fun.

Love,
Julie

speaker in the house

i need new speakers for my laptop. the ones i have now are getting all weird and fuzzy. static-y. it's hard to get the sound right. i've had these a while. i think since my sophomore year in high school. i guess it's only right that they should die in the Summer of Expensive Things Dying. 2009.

so, i'm sorry about not blogging all day. i don't know why. i literally wasn't doing anything else.

i went to the post office. returned some movies at Hollywood Video. bought more shampoo, conditioner, hand soap, and teal nail polish. got a coffee. went home. and that's all.

i just watched four episodes of Entourage. they were excellent as always.

oh, i know what i've been meaning to tell you. something that is dire to your further knowledge of life, and of the world in general.

so, i watched Fever Pitch last weekend. i had been wanting to see it, i don't know why. but, i had forgotten that Andrew Wilson is in it! he plays kind of a big shot at the company Drew Barrymore works for. and i saw him and said, "hey, it's andrew wilson!" Futureman from Bottle Rocket! The Coach from Rushmore! Margot's real father from The Royal Tenenbaums! it was nice to see him.

i think something weird is happening to my computer right at this moment. something is definitely happening. a large black box just flashed on the screen. then the speakers went out and a bunch of k's appeared on the screen.

maybe the cause of my computer problems has to do with a demon. i guess that could do some condsiderable damage.

OH. i know what i wanted to alert you all of. another piece of information that will change the way you view others, and the world around you.

so, in the movie Funny People, Jason Schwartzman plays this D-list celeb who is on this totes lame sitcom called, Yo Teach! it's like all those movies where the teacher changes the lives of inner city high school students. only in sitcom form.

and so today, when i was definitely not watching Heroes videos on NBC.com, i stumbled upon this totally joke showpage from this fake tv show that Jason is on in the movie. and it's totally hilarious. i guess if you haven't seen Funny People, you might actually think that this is going to be a show. there are some great clips from the "episodes" as well as a good interview with the character Jason plays in the movie, talking about the character he plays on the the tv show.

the show is like, this way-cool, way-hott teacher who is the only one who understands the kids. and he teaches them about important life lessons. there's a good one on teen pregnancy. we learn that you don't need a baby to be cool. thanks, Teach.

but, the show's community board is the best thing ever. i really have no idea what the deal is with this. it's like a huge Apatow joke, or something. there are all these people posting (who i am assuming are fake people) and they're like, "omg i love this show, where can i buy t-shirts?!" and, "that actor on this show is so much hotter than jason schwartzman!!" this is my favorite message board posting, "this show reminds me of the movie Rushmore. i'm just glad the guy who played Max isn't in this show. that guy sucked big time."

it's so bizarre and wonderful and i definitely recommend you check it out. and then go see Funny People, maybe. because it's blog time and i love seth rogen during blog time.

last night was a weird night for sleeping. did anyone else have a weird night sleeping? it took me a long time to fall asleep because i went to bed early, around 2am. and i wasn't really tired. and then, i kept dreaming about weird things and i was just never sure if it was real or not. and then i woke up at 9:47 and i was really confused because i had been dreaming that i was at work, but then i woke up and wasn't at work. and then i went back to sleep. and then had another weird dream. and everything was like, in slow motion. the morning moved so slowly. and i dreamt that i had four big, red scratches on the back of my neck.

and then i woke up because i thought i heard someone say, "julie? are you there?" and i immediately woke up and JUMPED out of bed. but, it was nobody.

it's been strange lately. and sometimes i actually kind of feel like maybe there really are spirits living in this house with me.

i'm kind of nervous to be here all alone for three nights and three days.

holy crap it's 4am! when did that happen?? i thought it was like, 3am. it's been 2 hours since i stopped watching Entourage?? what have i been doing?? blogging. youtubing. oh, researching boutique bed and breakfasts in the san francisco bay area. i decided upon this one, in Half Moon Bay, California.

i get bored, and then plan to go away to lovely places. that's what i do. i literally have places mapped out all around the world to go to.

i think my hair is turning red. for some reason, it's a different color than it used to be, i think. i want it to be darker. either dark brown with teal streaks or blonde with teal streaks. nothing in between.

i feel like i have to teal streak is soon. or else i'll go crazy. ugh i wish i had better hair. that's the one thing i am usually dissatisfied with. my hair. everyday. if i had enough money, probably one of the top ten things i would do is hire a personal hair stylist.

KARA KARA KARA KARA!!!!!!!! i just checked movie times and 500 Days of Summer is coming to hanover on friday!!!!!!!! we must go see it together when you come to visit!!!!!

maybe i'll go see G-Force this weekend. i heard from Kristen Bell (via twitter) that it was an awesome movie.

during my next four days off with nothing to do, i hope to accomplish these things:

1. read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
2. work on the story i am writing (maybe finish? probably not. i have to figure out how it ends.)
3. finish the Blog Reader Appreciation Week 2009 presents
4. go to the top of a hill

you should be proud because all of these require me spending no money. i also want to watch tv. like, sit and watch tv. the other day, i forgot for a minute that i don't get any tv channels. and i was like, "oh, i'll make a sandwich and watch tv. wait a sec....." it was weird.

ANYWAYS. i've been sneezing hardcore all night and i'm getting annoyed by it. i think it's partly sleepiness and partly allergies. probably more part allergies.

wow! i just looked out the window and the moon is totally gorgeous!!!!! maybe i'll stargaze during one of my nights off.

wow! great idea!!!! the lawn in the daycare is perfect for it. and there's a tent set up and everything. maybe i'll sleep outside!!!!!!

wait a sec, what am i saying? who am i right now? sleep outside? alone? i don't think so. there are deer outside. probably watching me right now. deer and birds.

no sleeping outside. but, maybe stargazing. i think it might actually be less scary here than in Maine because there are more houses around. so it's not like you are in the middle of nowhere.

yay. i'm excited for this adventure by myself these next couple days. part excited and part nervous.

the daycare lawn is fenced in though, so the likelihood that any deer would enter is pretty slim, i would think. unless the deer can jump the fence. it's a pretty high fence.

no, i'll do it anyways. i read a blurb on the star Betelgeuse today and it made me want to stargaze. Betelgeuse is the top, left star in Orion. about 640 lightyears away. it could supernova at anytime, pretty much. but, i guess i won't see Orion this time of year.

ok. it's almost 4:30. i'm going to bed like now. i'm tired and hope i have a good night of sleeping. not a weird night. although, i do remember at one point Ruby Tuesday running into my room and crying a bunch of times and it woke me up. and then she climbed onto my arms/buck and slept for a little while. and i remember thinking, "wow, this is really cute." i love it when she has just woken up and her eyes are all squinty and she yawns. and i say, "hi sleepy!!" i called her Sleepy a lot. i bet she calls me the same thing.

OK WHAT AM I DOING. go to bed julie.

alright, friends. have a great friday. wait. thursday? have a great thursday. i'll be talking to you soon.

OH!! ELIZABETH!!!!! i don't know if you are reading this, but i LOVED the email you sent out. and i PROMISE to discuss Joseph Gorden Levitt SOON.

so, you all can get excited about that. JGL in the MGaB.

ok! goodnight all. enjoy this image from Yo Teach!


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celeb excitment!!!!!!!

penelope cruz and javier bardem are having a baby!!!!! together!!!! i've just read it all over the internet!!!

i'm so excited for them. it will be the most beautiful baby ever. ah, i'm so happy.

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"Oh yes, Mr. Scorsese, come right through."

this is the drawing of the new Plymouth Rock Studios which is going to open in 2010 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. it's going to be a big, huge studio lot with fourteen sound stages and a ten acre back lot. it's part of this whole "Hollywood East" thing.

ANYWAYS.

see that front gate? that's where i will be sitting. in my little booth, probably wearing a cute little uniform.

"Welcome, Mr. DiCaprio, have a great day."

i will be the best studio lot security guard ever.

"Hello, Mr. Haggis! Would you mind taking a look at my recently completed screenplay? You wouldn't?! Great!"

(because i will finish it one day)

and i will be best friends with all the famous people and big shots that rule the entertainment industry.

and before any of us know it, i will have gone from:

"Welcome, Mr. Clooney."

to:

"and I'd like to thank the Academy for this great honor."

to:

ANNOUNCER: Now, please welcome the President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences....Julie Evans! (thunderous applause)

wow! what a great ladder climbing segment. i should do those more often. what a great life i have to look forward to.

ok. well, i just wanted to show you all my new job location. you all can come visit me at anytime. i will probably let you in if you mention this blog.

i think i'm going to go to bed early tonight. not right now, but possibly by midnight. we'll see how that works out.

have a great tuesday evening!!!!


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so quick, you won't even know i'm here

this is going to be quick.  

a quick one while he's away.  oooo who sings that song????  it's going to drive me CRAZY.  geeze.  look what i have done.  i have gone and written a simple blog entry before starting work, and now have already driven myself crazy.  i seriously can't think of who sings that song.  uugghh i can see it on my iTunes.  i just can't see the artist.....  crap.  

OH!  i know.  i can just google it.  ha, the wonders of the google machine.  ok, hold on.

THE WHO!!!  they sing the song.  phew.  ok.  now i can rest.

so.  to update you since i last saw you.  or, talked to you.  let's see.  i worked until 9.  had breakfast after that.  started to watch The Life Aquatic.  i figured, 'why the heck not?'  i did not remember that the guy who plays the video camera guy ALSO plays the head train steward in The Darjeeling Limited.  that was something that surprised me.  pleasantly surprised, of course.  

then we had our doctor's appointment.  we had to wait a long time which was annoying.  that place is like a giant, giant machine.  out of all the doctor's appointments i have been to, i have NEVER seen the same doctor or nurse twice.  every time we go, it's like meeting them for the first time.  none of this is for me, though.  it's all for our residents.

our pregnant resident lost 6.5 pounds since we were last at the doctor's, 2 weeks ago.  yikes.  everybody was pretty concerned.  so, tonight she wants an italian sub for dinner, and then i'll probably suggest we get ice cream.  we'll probably have to start eating with her to make sure she's eating.  although, the problem with that is that nobody else is pregnant here.  so, nobody else has an excuse to eat all the time.  that could get problematic.  but, i'll do it tonight.  i'll eat the ice cream.  take one for the team.

came back from the doctor's.  napped from noontime until 3:17.  woke up.  got ready for work.  walked downstairs.  and now i'm at work again.  

i had set my alarm for 2:25.  i woke up.  re-set it for 3:38.  the song was 'Wires' by Coconut Records.  love that song.  i shut it off.  and must have fallen back to sleep.  just happened to wake up at 3:17 and said, "crap it's 3:17 i have to be at work in 13 minutes."  then i got up.

Ruby Tuesday slept under the covers right next to my legs the whole time.  she was being really, really cute.  

then i fed her some lunch.  went to work.  there was another staff member who was doing a puzzle when i came down.  so i worked with her on that for a while.  as you can see, things here are really slow.  for everybody.

we were supposed to have a new resident here last week, but that didn't happen.  and looks like it won't happen.  and we were supposed to have another new one here this week, and now it looks like that won't happen until september.  

and the resident we have here is going home this weekend.  ssoooo, it'll just be me.  all alone in this big house.  i don't really want to drive to maine.  maybe i'll drive to Philadelphia and check into a hostel.  or maybe i'll drive to Canada.  we're only 100 miles away.  

so, remember how i told you i had the scratch next to my eye?  well, our resident saw it and said, 

RESIDENT:  Did Ruby Tuesday scratch you?

JULE:  Um, I don't think so.  I woke up and I had it.

RESIDENT:  Looks like the ghost got to you too.

JULIE:  I guess so.

because there was a few days a couple weeks ago where she would wake up and have scratches on her face and she didn't know where they were coming from.  they were big scratches, too.  this is a big scratch that i have.  it goes from the top of my eye to my cheek bone.  

i don't know if it was the ghost.  but, i had thought of it before she mentioned it.  maybe it was the same shadowy figure that walked into my half-dream last week and sat on my bed.

speaking of half-dreams, are we going to be half-vegans for a week??  is anyone up for that??  i just remembered that.  i guess i'll think more about it.

so, i thought this was going to be a quick one while he's away, but it's turning into a long one while he's still here.  let's google that and see if it's a song.

nope.  no song.  maybe i'll write it.  probably not.

hmmm.  what else?

OH.  so, i got a blog comment from my friend Dafe and he said that the show that Dudley was on was Freaks and Geeks.  and that it was the best show ever.  

(Dudley was the character in The Royal Tenenbaums and in the commentary Wes Anderson said that he found him through his good friend Judd Apatow....remember?)

so, i have heard from lots of people that Freaks and Geeks was the best show ever.  but i have never watched it.  BUT NOW.  i am going to watch it.  Dafe was the last recommendation i needed.  he recommended some movies for me to see while i was still in high school, i think, and they were great.  i think one of them was Ghost World.  

so now my mission is to watch Freaks and Geeks.  and i'll blog about it.  

why do i say that?  "i'll blog about it."  just like with the drug education class and with the half-vegan thing.  it's like, "what do i NOT blog about?"  it'll probably end up in here some way or another.  maybe it's a tool i use to get you excited.  

Freaks and Geeks Blogging.  i like it.  it will happen.  i'm going to watch it.  just added the discs to my Netflix.  

ok.  it's 5pm.  5 more hours of work.  "work."

i'm going to get a disc of Entourage tomorrow.  omgican'twait.  i left off at this super dramatic episode.  it was really sad.  and tomorrow i get to see what happens!!!  yess.

what else?

hm.  what should i do this weekend?  a big, big house all to myself.  i could have a rockin' party.  set up some speakers.  "it's amazing all these speakers we have and how little talking we do."  

or something like that.  from a Phantom Planet blog video.  i watched a bunch yesterday.  i know i said i would post the links to some, but i didn't.  maybe i still will.  i will.  just not now.

me and Courtney have to start planning a baby shower.  i'm sooooo excited.  i talked about it a little bit with our resident today.  i've never planned a baby shower before!!  

James Franco was in Freaks and Geeks?  that should be fun.

OK.  i don't really have anything else to say.  

somebody just pulled in to the driveway of the house across the street.  it's the house that's for sale.  it's a big house.  i want it.  one of you buy it and then we can live across the street from each other.  

ok.  now i'm going to leave you.  have a great evening!  i'll talk to you later alligator.  

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the quiet

hey friends.  it's just me.

i'm at work.  it's currently 8:28 in the morning.  

i just picked up the evening shift here.  so i'll be working 3:30-10 tonight.  hooray more hours.  it was pretty sad last night when i was filling out my timesheet.  it was the first week since i've worked here where i didn't need a calculator to figure out my hours.  normally i do, because there are so many quarter hours and three quarter hours.  but last night - nope.  

i had a really hard time sleeping last night.  i don't think i could get comfortable.  and i wasn't really that tired.  it was frustrating.  

and i woke up and i have a big, red scratch next to my eye.  

and my eyes are really hurting this morning.  and i wish i had taken my inhaler before coming down to work because my breathing isn't so great.

and remember how the back of my neck was itchy?  well, there are also scratches there.  but, that might have been from me.  i don't know where the scratch next to my eye came from.  

i wish i had more exciting things to tell you.

i guess i could make something up.  nah, i won't do that.  i would never do that.  

so i guess i'll eat breakfast when i go back upstairs at 9.  then get ready for the doctor's appointment.  then come back.  maybe eat lunch and take a nap before 3:30.  and then work until 10.  no staff meeting today.  

could this be a possible day where i eat meals at the normal times???  that would be weird, right?  all three meals, in the accepted allotted time for eating them.  

i just read an article about being a part-time vegan.  here's the deal:  you don't eat any animal products or processed foods during the first half of the day.  then at night, you eat whatever you want.  it doesn't really make sense to me, because isn't eating later at night bad for you?  and it seems that if you're eating vegan things all morning, you would want to eat like, candy and fried things all night.  is that just me?  

maybe i'll try it for a week and blog about it.  i need to find vegan luncheon items.  when should we start??  want to try it with me??  

it's amusing to me that when i read the article like, ten minutes ago i was like, "pfff, why would i want to do that?!"  and now i'm like, "come on, friends!  let's all do it together!!!"  

we'll see.  too bad i wasn't reading this on the weekend, that way i would say we should try it monday to friday.  but now, it's tuesday.  i guess we could wait until next monday?  i say 'we', but is anybody going to do this?  heck, i might not even do it.  

I KNOW!  how about YOU all try it, and then write about it so I can read it!!!  it'd be a role reversal!!!!!  that'd be crazy times.  

ok, we'll say that IF we are going to do the half-vegan experiment for a week, it will start next monday.  and run until friday.  that's like, the 10th of august through the 14th.  that way we can have all this week, plus the weekend to think about doing it.  and to eat lots of candy and fried things.  

Misty Green and Blue's Week Long Half-Vegan Experiment 2009!!!!!

oh man.  this is like the summer of blog events.  now that i've talked about it, i have to do it.  and i've gotten myself semi-excited about being half-vegan for a week.  

the thing is find is this:  when i write about something in my blog, i automatically get more excited about it.  like, the drug education class.  being half-vegan.  judd apatow movies.  

i'm writing about it and i'm like, "well, i guess i don't really hate seth rogen."  and then i see him on Conan and think, "what a moron!"

and even now, i'm like,  'why am i writing that mean thing about seth rogen?  he's so funny!  and he looked so great in those plaid shirts he wore in Funny People!'  

i don't know.  i guess he's a good screenplay writer.  he can do something that i cannot, and that is finish a freaking screenplay.  go seth rogen.  you are the man.

also, he was the voice of one of the characters in The Spiderwick Chronicles and i really liked that movie.  

what am i talking about??  he wrote Superbad.  and i couldn't even finish that movie.  

ok, nevermind.  i have to go soon and i don't want to end on a hating seth rogen note.  he's canadian.  he looks good in plaid shirts.  just focus on those two things.  

OK THEN.  

so, half-vegan for a week?  you in?  we're all in this together!?!!  you jump, i jump?!?!  

i can picture us now.....all munching on carrots and celery and reading about drug education.  it's really a beautiful picture.  

OK!  i'm off.  have a great day.  i'll talk to you soon, promise.  

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"He's taken off his shoes and one of his socks and... actually, I think he's crying."

i decided this afternoon before i watched The Royal Tenenbaums that my favorite movie character maybe of all time is Richie Tenenbaum. i think he's the greatest. i just love him. love the sunglasses. love the beard. love the bloody marys.


also, something from the commentary that i forgot about, but wanted to tell you:

Wes was talking about where he found the actor to play Dudley (the character Bill Murray is studying) and he said the actor was on a tv show that was directed by one of his good friends, Judd Apatow. and i was like, "what?!" Judd Apatow and Wes Anderson, friends?! they seem like an unlikely pair.

i don't know. maybe i have to get over this thing i have about Judd Apatow. i don't know if it's actually his movies that i don't like, or the language he uses in his movies. OR, if it's just that i don't like Seth Rogen. or Jonah Hill. i'm sorry! they need to clean up their language.

ok. it's 11pm. i'm going to eat supper. maybe to bed early tonight. i'm working tomorrow morning 8-9am again. then i'm taking our resident to her doctor's appointment at 10:40. so, i won't get to sleep in between.

the back of my neck is very itchy right now.

it was downpouring last night and it was beautiful.

i want to live somewhere where i can go up onto the roof.

this evening me and a girl i went to high school with have been facebooking about Heroes. more specifically, Sylar and how sexilicious he is. it's been pretty funny. and awesome. i haven't talked to her since high school, and now we're connecting over this random thing. heroes connects us all around the world. ha.

ok. Ruby Tuesday just jumped on my lap. and she's kneading on my led. she's a keeper.

have a great night!



richie and mordecai.

added to my list of jobs, i think

i also want to be a location scout for movies. the director would be like, "julie, find me a 4 story library with glass walls!" and i'd be like, "I'M ON IT!!"


i just finished watching The Royal Tenenbaums. i started the movie and then got up to the part where little Chas is using his rotating tie rack and i said to myself, "wait a minute. i want to watch this movie with commentary."

so, i stopped the movie, and started it again from the beginning with commentary by Wes Anderson. something about that tie rack made me remember how awesome the commentary was.

(and that tie rack belonged to Owen Wilson's friend Stephen Dignan.)
(FACT: Owen Wilson's character in Bottle Rocket is named Dignan. i believe after his friend.)

i love that Wes Anderson just uses his friends in his movies. and not just one movie. like, all of them.

and there's that part in The Royal Tenenbaums where it's Gene Hackman and Kumar and they are standing by a bridge talking about some investigative work that Kumar has done. and i forgot that the way Kumar is standing he is blocking out the Statue of Liberty. and Wes Anderson talks about that in his commentary. and i immediately thought about my recent dream where the Statue is invisible.

ok. that's all for now. enjoy the rest of your day.