Date:	2006-08-28 21:23
Subject:	i quit LJ
Security:	Public
Mood:	happy

i use xanga now.

www.xanga.com/laranita

Date:	2006-07-18 00:27
Subject:	*whiny voice* it's hot...
Security:	Public
Mood:	restless
Music:	dmb - halloween

i wanted to go to the beach tomorrow but my stupid friend has a dentist appointment at 2 pm. so thats no good.

all i've been eating lately is honey bunches of oats and milk.

and im getting excited about going to chile. at first i was more nervous, but now i'm getting more and more excited as the departure date gets closer and closer. on a side note, i'm glad this turned out to be one of those things that i told people i was going to do and actually got around to doing it. but anyways, as sept. 6 gets closer it's like i can't believe i'm going to be living there for a year (most likely). i also am getting worried about packing. for example, should i bring all of my shoes? before you tell me not to, know that i like to have lots of choices when i'm getting dressed. if i bring all of them i'll need like one suitcase just for those shoes. but yeah whatever..

furthermore, i'm getting restless waiting for season 8 of the simpsons to be released. i preordered it in june and am patiently waiting til august 15. lousy matt groening!

hi jay, i found an article about paul frank and thought of you. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-frank17mar17,0,3912555.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Date:	2006-02-09 15:37
Subject:	time for the yearly update.. (i wish i was being sarcastic)
Security:	Public
Mood:	contemplative
Music:	the notwist - off the rails

my french teacher has made french soo boring this quarter, even though im learning a lot. but today we were talking about "nos recettes pour le bonheur" (our secrets for happiness) and someone asked Madame Delevault what HERS was.. and it was the first time ive seen her get that face where youre reflective and emotional and self-conscious all at the same time. so i think her relationships with her family is what made her happy, and she says "c'est precieux" with that happy far away look in her eyes. i dont know why, but her saying that made me see her in a whole new way. ive been thinking about it all day, like "wow, she has feelings too" which sounds really stupid of me i know but its hard to see your teachers that way.

i was thinking of taking french conversation next quarter, but delevault is teaching that too which makes me not want to take it, even though shes a good teacher. so i dunno.. i dont know if i should keep going with french or not.

its already getting hot in LA and i hate the weather. im a horrible judge of weather just by looking outside so ive been dressing in long-sleeved shirts and sweating like a frigger all the way to class. but it is HOT outside..

junkyjenga says:
some of the older programmers are playing with talking dolls
junkyjenga says:
freaky
junkyjenga says:
their laughing their heads off
junkyjenga says:
older as in 40+ years of age
renee says:
hahahhahaa
renee says:
thats funny
renee says:
what kind of talkin dolls
junkyjenga says:
woody
junkyjenga says:
lightyear
renee says:
HAHAHAHHAA
junkyjenga says:
that girl cowgirl
junkyjenga says:
they need their afternoon nap man
junkyjenga says:
hahah
junkyjenga says:
in front of a screen too long
junkyjenga says:
one of them wants to record the stuff onto computer and use it as a welcome to windows sound

every time i say my boyfriend works for disney, people say "disneyland?" yeah...disneyland...

the other big news is that i started running for exercise. running a mile isnt as bad as ive been thinking it was for the past 5 years.

im going to take a nap. good night

Date:	2005-09-14 22:48
Subject:
Security:	Public
Mood:	cheerful
Music:	cherry poppin daddies - no mercy for swine

sometimes i just feel like filling out those surveys about myself and posting them on here so i dont have to really write anything. but i dont have one right now, so here goes..

i feel SO OLD. i used to be in the loop about what was going on at church, like who likes who and whatnot and tonight i was hanging out with a bunch of kids i used babysit and they were telling me like "oh rachel likes gavin" and i pretty much exclaimed "WHAT???" to every single thing they said. im such a geezer now and not cool anymore hahaha. i have a bunch of little girls (well, not so little anymore) that im pretty good friends with and i used to babysit them, so im glad i still have those relationships. they really make me a better person, just because i know im sort of a role model for them so i try to act like i SHOULD be like in real life. a little hypocritical, but i would rather have them turn out well than them having no good role models. i know that eventually they will look past what i do in front of them to what i do in my whole life, so i should shape up. hahaha one of the kids was listing off all the girls that like him (he's in 6th grade) and he says, "yup, they love me because of my great sense of humor!" and i thought he was kidding but he was serious.. hahaha. kids are so great. i always have a blast with them.

"its the way to get over someone, just get under someone else!" oh, those cherry poppin daddies..

Date:	2005-09-13 01:55
Subject:	=)
Security:	Public
Mood:	satisfied
Music:	gorillaz - feel good inc

today everything just turned out the way i hoped it would. well, except me going down to LA early, but thats okay because i wasnt expecting that to even come close to happening. now the rest of this week i can relax, and the wedding i have to go to is this weekend, so it should be fun. and i have a good bf, and some cool friends, and school doesnt start for another 2 weeks. yayyy

okay, when i say chicken, you say wing...

...chicken...

Date:	2005-09-11 22:44
Subject:	?
Security:	Public
Mood:	anxious
Music:	of montreal - pin the wraith on the ghost

when i say chicken, you say pox.

chicken..

Date:	2005-09-05 21:15
Subject:	hurricane katrina again...and other things
Security:	Public
Mood:	lethargic
Music:	andreas vollenweider - stella

i was reading some article about the poorer people in louisiana and i didn't know you had to pay to get a ride out of there. not to be rescued, but just if you're on your own and need to get out of the city. that's ridiculous, for obvious reasons. whats the point of pledging effort and money to aid hurricane victims if some of them cant even get to the aid distribution centers?? of course, people will come to get them sooner or later, but later than is necessary or fair. my brother keeps going on about how its stupid that the government essentially subsidizes people to live in areas prone to disaster, like the coasts of florida and louisiana, but those are probably areas where a lot of lower-middle and lower class people live because of the types of jobs that are available there. it'd be tough for them to move more inland and to find different livelihoods and whatnot. but i dont know about the jobs out there, so maybe im wrong.

on a different note, ive had a headache for about 2 days now. yesterday i basically slept the whole day trying to get rid of this stupid headache. its not as bad now, but i took 5 pills of aspirin. i hope it goes away by tomorrow.

i cant believe i only have two more weeks of summer left. im really dreading fall quarter. the linguistics and psychology classes i signed up for are most likely gonna be a lot of work, and psych is 10 times worse because i think its so boring. the good thing about psych at ucla is that there are no discussion sessions, only lectures. im taking two other classes, plus work and a boyfriend. you can be sure ill be napping a whole bunch this quarter.

Date:	2005-09-03 12:27
Subject:	money is everything..
Security:	Public
Mood:	amused
Music:	dmb - what would you say

today i checked my checking account, and i was happily shocked to find that i had 260 left in it (i thought i had less than 100). then i figured out that ucla only charges you for books when you pick them up =(

ucla housing is so disorganized. they always tack on these late fees when im NOT late, and then when i go into the office to complain about it they're like, "fine, we'll take it off just this once, but this is a special favor and we can't do it again." oh thats nice of them.. oh wait.. i thought this was THEIR mistake, not mine. they should have some accountability system, like for every extra 50 bucks they accidentally add to the bill we get a voucher of 20 bucks to use for housing bills. i would have like 1000 bucks by now. or maybe they should make me housing services president, and ill have the system whipped into shape in no time.

i know everyone is criticizing bush and the new orleans mayor because of the slowness and/or lack of response for katrina, but seriously give them a break. some article my brother and i read said something like, "in a clear photo-op he hugged a black woman and told her to 'hang in there.'" i was watching the news and i admit bush isnt the best comforter.. he didnt even have clothes or anything to hand out.. but dont accuse him of trying to take advantage of photo opportunities just because he hugged black people. if he hugged a white person he'd get accused of being racist, and if he hugged some arab-looking person he'd be accused of some relationship with bin ladin or opec or something seemingly bad from the middle east. true, no?

also, bush is a lot smarter than people think. come on, he comes under such criticism that he must be super nervous every time he speaks. wouldnt you? thats probably why he makes all those doofy mistakes. so he gave some speech about katrina and he says, "we wont tolerate price gougers" (which are people that raise the prices of stuff seemingly unfairly). this is what american people want to hear. but bush is probably sitting in the back of the limo with his economic advisor, and he knows that price gougers are what we need to make sure we have enough food and oil and water for these hurricane victims. raised prices reflect scarcity, so high prices ensure that everyone gets enough of what they NEED. for example, if carrots are 2 dollars each, then maybe a couple can buy 8 of them. but then these price gougers raise the price to 8 bucks a carrot, then a couple can only buy 2, so the couple gets only what they need and other people get what they need to survive because the prices prevent a few first-comers from taking a ton and the rest barely getting enough. bush probably knows that, but politicians have to say what people like to hear. so there will be price gouging and bush will probably not do a whole lot to stop it because its in the best interest of the victims and us too, but americans will see that and be like "what a dick, hes so lazy, blah blah blah..."

this entry doesnt mean im a bush lover.. but just give him some credit. when a lot of bad things happen, like 9/11 and natural disasters, the public opinion is what gets him approval or disapproval, not his actual policy outcomes.

what the mayor of new orleans is doing has been compared to what the mayor of nyc did during 9/11 (in a bad way), which is kind of ridiculous. there are people who think the "looting" is bad and should be controlled, and there are some who think its not wrong and the people should do it because the relief effort is so slow, etc. any way she turns she is screwed.

i was happy to see that abc7 news made a quick list of what HAS happened in the relief efforts. and they had some little bit about how since the majority of new orleans is black, there is less effort going into the relief effort. maybe so, but i would sort of doubt that because its in style to not be racist toward black people. at least blatantly, but thats an interesting thing to think about.

hao no need to take this personally but i just have to complain about this.. seriously dont take this personally.

read this first. ---> http://haoareu.blogspot.com/

and i used the word "you" as a general term to mean all the "nice guys" in general..

i was reading hao's blog today and maybe its true, nice guys are dying out. but what im REALLY sick of is that every guy i know who thinks hes a nice guy is really not all that nice.. they always talk about themselves as if they were the victims of users and women. NOT TRUE. so anyways, he was talking about how nice guys (including him i guess) are always ignored online by everyone and they're always the ones trying to keep up the conversation. oh wait, what about all the times i tried to keep a conversation with him? not to mention a lot of other people that id like to talk to.

i also read that girls are indecisive or ambiguous when they answer guys' questions and whatnot. this is true.. but not necessarily bad!! i cant stress that ENOUGH! god.. but the reason is is because if i say or any girl says a straight "no", the "nice guy" would have a cow and think i dont like him or something, which is probably not true! but anyways, the "nice guys" i know read too much in between the lines, so girls have to soften the answer so they dont feel bad. even if they say they dont do that, its true because it has happened to me a LOT and they just dont realize it. not saying that any of this is anyone's fault, because it isn't, its just a misunderstanding when girls are ambiguous. the problem is is that these nice guys think theyre being kept on the side for when a girl is bored or something and usually its not true (for me anyways).

some bull that i read was that guys dont want to hear how hot a guy is? and the nice guys are always there for girls until she throws him aside?? give me a break! why cant we say once that some guy is hot for every 50 times you say some girl is hot? its not gay to listen to one statement about a hot guy. dont tell me that you dont ever say to girls that other girls are hot, because i know you do. and to answer the second point, lots of girls want to be friends and do not treat him ANY different, but somehow the "nice guy" interprets this differently. then when she suddenly gets a boyfriend or gets more friends or whatEVER, he thinks she was using him all along, which is probably not true. hes just likes to victimize himself because thats what "nice guys" do. (jk that last half of the sentence is partly sarcastic..)

so i say bullshit, because so-called nice guys are just lying to themselves. they really need to rethink how hypocritical they sound and realize that they arent so nice after all and are just throwing pity parties for themselves constantly. the real nice guys are guys who dont continually victimize themselves because thats not nice. all youre doing is pumping the idea into your head that youre the better man ALL the time, which is never true, and then blaming others.