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(Directions to) Turn up the summer: Stay up all night. Break into pools. Take random day trips. Make several new good friends. Talk about deep shit. Ride your bike. Play in parks. Eat food forever. Feel affinity. Get sweaty. Sing outloud. Dance in the backseat. Love. Walk around the neighborhood in the dark a.m.'s. People watch on the metro. Lounge on the porch. Play games. Quit your job.
Feeeeel(in') good.
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Monday, August 15th - 8603 Cedar St, Silver Spring MD!
(Happy Birthday Spoonboy)
Max Levine Ensemble
MMM
Amina Althea
Up The Voltage
+1 suprise band!
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[05 Aug 2005|11:17am] |
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I think I mighta found a doggywalkin' job and it has awesome hours! Now I guess I need to quit Whole Foods. Also on Monday I'm calling that goldmine of a medical study. Today I'm going to watch Spoonboy and Ghost Mice infront of the White House then go to work.
Tommorow (after work), I'm gonna take Lee back to RVA (around 5pm), anybody else wanna go??
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[31 Jul 2005|04:08pm] |
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Period day is the worst shit ever. I feel terrible and I had to call into work. Two periods in one month. What the hell. I am off schedule and irregular and idk why. Changes in routine, health, mood, and diet? Do those things have an effect on your period? I love my period and I especially love my vagina, blood is beautiful, etc etc, but man! I feel like shit. Erin and I have decided to start making eachothers period times a little more comfortable for eachother, ie, making food with eachother, backrubbin, buying flowers for eachother, "do you need anything?", etc. Last time it helped me a lot because my mind was focused basically on bonding with another woman and all things happy, which is pretty awesome. Living with a woman like Erin is helping me in a lot of ways. I wanna be surrounded by more women. All the time.
So I guess our house is going through some messy stuff. I think everyone here feels sort of crazy and alienated in their own way or because of themselves or because of everyone else or one person or something or maybe people are just ignoring things and people or or or or or. I have no idea what is going on, really. I am constantly confused and crying way too much. I guess certain people can come together because of certain aspects of things and other people can't and everybody still ends up feeling fucking shitty. I don't know much right now about anything.. I guess I just feel fucking crazy most of the time. Hopefully things start to calm down and smooth over somehow and soon. I don't know. I guess it isn't that bad. I'm weird, I think too much, or little, or something.
Ashley is moving out at the end of August to live at Corcoran. Christian is moving out at the end of August go to live with Joey. Rachel Jacobs is gonna move into Christian's room, which I am really happy about. And so we have 1 empty room with nobody to fill it come September. Otherwise the lineup should be staying the same, til atleast December. Me, Danny, Brian, Erin, Adam, Benjy, and Rachel will begin on Sept 1, hopefully with one other!
Danny and I are in a really awesome place right now and bestfriendity is treating us well and giving me a lot of hope and excitement and and and. Brian is the (goodburger) dude, and I love having a friendship with him that seems to grow more awesome every day. Erin is constantly cheering me up and grounding my mind in situations where I just seem to float around like a fucking dingbat, and she is exciting me about, well, everything in life. We had an icecream social last night and Carni came with Jacob and Carndog and I went on a sweet bike ride together and he cheered me up a lot, that kid is fucking important as shit in my heart and head, I don't know, I'm real glad he is around. Benjy has started hangin more and he seems to have his head on straighter, which might sound weird (?), than everyone else here. Chris Carraway is here for a couple days pregaming and that rules. Aaron is also here and I am really stoked to see him outside of emails asap. I'm also hangin with the death star and hope house kids more because Silver Spring is home to some wonderful youth. All these people are inspiring me all kinds of directions for all different reasons and sometimes it is really small gestures that do it but usually its just because everything feels genuine and right. I also keep finding myself still awake around sunrise and that my friends makes me feel good. I don't know. I guess I have all these big feelings inside and I know I am changing all the time and I feel like it is always in a positive direction and these people are really helping me along. Do you want in on this? Lets be fucking good ass friends.
Working at Whole Foods fulltime in Specialty is pretty destructive to my metal health right now. I am gonna do one, several, or none of the following things very soon to make my mind a little sounder: reduce my hours by a significant amount. change sections (whole body is callin' my name). quit altogether and start hunting for another job in doggycare or substitute teaching or something. start doing medical studies to make extra money. Any other suggestions?
The cool temperatures the past few days have been great. I sorta hope this keeps going for a little while. I don't want 100degree attic life anymore ever. Also I love my cats a lot. And my dad. Me and him have been on the phone a lot this week and he rules. He is a fucking PARENT and I love him.
This is the most backandforth shit my head has ever done. I feel weird and bad and then really good. I am weird I guess. What the hell. Livejournal livejournal livejournal.
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[29 Jul 2005|03:44am] |
Friday, July 29th @ the Death Star (8603 Cedar St.Silver Spring MD)
Free. Party Oclock.
SKA PARTY!
ska games, ska prizes, ska bands(?), ska dancing, ska music, ska fun!
no drugs or acohol!
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Thursday, August 4th @ Kay Spiritual Center (4400 mass. ave washington , DC)
8pm! 5$!
***This show is a Food Not Bombs benefit. Bring canned goods & get 1$ off admission***
Requiem
Los Gatos Negros
Tradition Dies Here
+1more.
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Monday, July 25! 8pm! (TONIGHT!)
@ the Death Star (8603 Cedar St.Silver Spring MD)
$3 donations for touring band would be awesome
How We Tie Knots (DC Pop-Punk at its best)
Eat This McKinley (from Louisville, KY)
Welch Canavan (solo acoustic set)
Batman and Robin (Lizz Mazer and Carni Klirs split acoustic set)
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So, I'm learnin the damn drums I guess. Holy crap.
I am feelin pretty incredible the past few days. Everything happening is great and even my sun poisoning is gone!
Andrea returns to the United States tommorow! F yeah!
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[23 Jul 2005|12:44pm] |
Saturday, July 23rd!
MEET BORF at Dupont Circle
Meet at 4pm in Dupont Circle for a celebration and discussion of public art, graffiti and vandalism. There will be sidewalk chalk, stencil cutting materials, free spray paint, hopscotch, handstands, millions of dollars, and the first in a series of communiques from Borf. Borf is not caught. Come so we can talk about what all this shit means.
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I'm home a little bit sooner than expected from tour, but I had an amazing time while I was gone and I'll tell you all about it if you wanna know. I love every single person I was out with so much it is ridiculous. I have big heavy deep crushes on everyone for their words and actions and feelings and thoughts and sweaty hard working/playing bodies and hearts and heads. All I want is that, over and over again. Kevin, Nate, Eric, Jamie, Joey, Kyle, Christian, Adam, Ashley, Danny, AdamP, and Sergio, thankyou thankyouthankyouthankyou. I love you a lot. Before I left I wrote someone a letter and said, "I wanna feel affinity", and I did, for several days at a time. Everything was so good.
There are lots of pictures at http://mmmbrains.com/tourpics/ check them out!!
Having to come home early was the hugest shitter ever, honestly. But the day after we came back 1905, From Ashes Rise and Leftover Crack were playing in Baltimore. So, about 12 of us from the DC area (and 2 all the way from Raleigh) drove all the way there and the fucking thing was sold out. Whoosh. So we all drove to Vegetable Garden in Rockville and ate some sweet foods, and then most of us came back here for some hangin and coldbeers.
Danny and I went on a trip to VA Beach and RVA. In VA Beach we went camping and played in the ocean for hours, thus getting incredible/brutal sunburn (Danny is covered and I am blistered!!) that I feel is, while really painful, totally worth it. In Richmond we hung out with Jamie and Kyle for a couple hours, rode bikes and ate food. Fun time!
Thursday July 21! @ The Infoshop for $5!
Book / Zine Readings and Acoustic Show
Featuring:
Jeff Ott (of Fifteen, reading from a new book, showing a short film and playing acoustic songs!)
Al Burian (of Milemarker, reading from the latest issue of his acclaimed Burn Collector zine!)
Jessica Hopper (of Hopper PR/Punk Planet column fame, reading from her zine!)
Ann with a Plan (local acoustic anarcha-punk)
Alright sweet. Time to cook some dinners and watch a movie with most of the house.
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[03 Jul 2005|10:26pm] |
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July 4! @ AU Kay Spiritual Center $5!
Mass Movement Of The Beards/Babyfaces, Blame Game, Bleeding Kansas, the Power and the Glory, Danke, Barnacle, Sibling Project, Malatesta!
There is also a vegan bbq (i gotta remember the food!!!) and other fun things starting at 5pm!
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[02 Jul 2005|12:53am] |
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Hey so July is here. Is that crazy to you, or is it just me?
I almost quit my job the other night. I don't really wanna ever be there again... ungh. I think August might mark the end.. but first I'll need to find another place to work and make sure I can afford quitting. We'll see.
I got a letter from Andrea yesterday and it was really somethin! I love her a lot and I'm really happy that Europe is treating her so well. Also I was in a pretty extreme mood when I got her letter and it made me cry and wanna give her so many hugs and a kiss on the face. That has to wait for soo long.
Today was funfilled and real good and busy with B Lam and Erin Cave and then RJ?! And then Deathstar for a show that was good/cute/yeah. I don't know what tommorow will hold except maybe a show (fruit salad & terminal youth) in the early afternoon and then maybe a slumber party once more at Deathstar? Idk cuz Danny is coming home tommorow from Lynchburg. This week is gonna be good.. other than you know.. work.
After that here is my schedule for July ( Read more... )
Ok! That is about it I guess. I'll miss you a lot. Write me emails at katerann@gmail.com while I'm gone!
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[29 Jun 2005|12:25am] |
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Do you live in the DC area? Do you have plans for tommorow (Wednesday) night around 730pm? Weeeeeellll, if you do live in the DC area and don't have plans, here are some! Come to Camp Arlington for a potluck filled with delicious veganable foods and friends.
Our home adress is: 1823 N Nelson. You can call me or Danny if you need directions at 540 875 8511/571 643 6492.
I've been makin' some awesome new friends recently and it feels great and hangin with the people in the house is continously fucking sweet. Ugh I really love being here in this city and in this house and and and and and.
PIX Fest was so awesome yesterday. I got there just as Rosa started playing which was kinda perfect. I hadn't heard either of them before but I really liked Madeline and One Reason. Max Levine was a lot of fun to watch, I'm real glad Benjy is back! The Doorkeys were good but the whole time they played I was really distracted with Ashley because there were some kids making out really awkwardly right in our line of vision (next to the bands performing), and their tongues were just everywhere and kinda creepy, it was pretty middleschoolish feelin' and creepy. Also basically everyone (other than those two) in attendance was adorable and awesome and it was nice to see lots of outta towners. I had a really, really good time. If it comes to your city you should definitely go!
Here's some pictures from a totally sweet middle school party ( Read more... )
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[22 Jun 2005|12:14am] |
Oh crap ok so..
tommorow night! potluck at hope house in silver spring. bring fooooods. barnacle is playing and maybe some other bands? i dunno. come! enjoy! mmmm.
thursday night! in maryland! towers/d'amore and some other stuff. sweeeeeet.
exotic fever fest is this friday and saturday, i'll be at that on friday atleast, prooobably saturday? will you?
also on saturday there are a TON of yardsales happening in dc during the day.. who is up for adventures in buying/trading used things? check out craiglist and we can plan a sweet day. anybody?! i know there is one going on from 9-2 and all profits are going to a shelter.
then as previously stated, the 27th is Plan-It-X Fest here in DC! Lots of fun before hand meeting at the Infoshop and then I think the fest itself is happening at Cafe Mowanaj! AND! BENJY COMES BACK!
the 28th i think the potluck is here at our house, but i'm not sure yet. i hope cuz its totally our freakin' turn.
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here's some pictures of some other stuff (people)!
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Work sux.
So does that movie UHF, I stopped watchin' even though Joey wuz here.
I miss friends. Wanna call me on the telephone?
Guadeloupe has become MINE and Eloise DANNY'S.
Erin cut my hair real, real short.
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[20 Jun 2005|03:17am] |
Ashley is back from Greece!! Rejoice! BUT. Benjy left a few days ago for his week+ trip on Plan-It-X Fest. MORE sad faces. PIX fest will be here on the 27th, and a good day that will be indeeeeed.
I had two days off in a row and they really, really did me some good. I did a lot of stuff because I had the time to, finally. I love my roomates and my house and my cats and people who come visit this place.
Christian turned into my older brother in the past couple days. Not in that protective way, (he's like that with Danny), but in that way of picking on me and jamming my fingers and stuff. Erin turned INTO Ms Newman (the spirit of our home), got way domestic and has been cooking monsterous, wonderful meals and shit all the time. B Lam is "THE DUDE" and goes between a posimachine and a poopypants. Benjy is gone and that sucks bad (we need hiphop and shirtless porching). I'm real glad Ashley is home and tonight we were bending our legs into weird positions on the couch together while she told about the cats who run the streetz in Greece. Adam is livin' every 9 year olds dream, except right now he's in North Carolina. Danny is excited about everything (always) and farting a lot. I love this place so much. The porch has become the ultimate place for relaxation and/or bonding, and the citronella candle helps. We've been working on several bags of hoagie rolls for the past 2 weeks.. sandwiches all the time!! Want one?
The Deathstar collectively gave us a huge box of Odwallas this morning, Ben came with it after their Black Metal breakfast. Christian faced it in the fridge. Katie, Jean, Murphy and Ben all came over the other night for some food(AMAZING)/fun, as well as Christina and Tariq. I wanna start spending a ton more time with these people. All are awesome.
I'm doin' great.
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[17 Jun 2005|03:33pm] |
Today is my nephew Julian's 2nd birthday!
Ahhhhhhhhh.
check him out ( Read more... )
This kid is totally amazing. I miss him a bunch. And my neice.
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[10 Jun 2005|01:52am] |
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Holy crap. I had a really awesome couple of days just now. Everything ruled and nothing was bad (except the heat which peaked at 98 degrees one day in the car). I got to see my whole family, and really great/important friends, plus watch/listen to some f'n sweet music each night. I got to embrace all these people in my arms and tell 'em I love them for the first time in quite a while, and I almost felt like crying sometimes because I was so excited to be exactly where I was the entire time. All the hanging out with far away friends (Roanoke, Harrisonburg, Lynchburg, North Carolina) makes my heart swell up real big, and so does meeting a group people from Texas and makin' fast friends!
Thanks everyone for making my birthday the best one I've had (ever) and giving me all the nice wishes and hugging me or kissing me on my cheeks. That whole day was really incredible start to finish. But then again, so was the whole outing. Shit, I am so grateful for having the chances I do to be around such inspiring young people and to be able to have adventures with them. I'm gonna keep writing about all this on paper because I don't feel like I'm gonna write shit this weekend and everyone who made it happen well enough this late at night on the 'nerd. I guess I should just sum this up with the fact that I feel better about all sorts of things than I have in a long time, and that says a lot because things have been good as all hell for a whiiiile.
Not to take a poop on the other shows (which were, for the most part totally sweet!!), but, the show at AU was really something. There was a great group of people and it really felt like everyone was thoroughly enjoying all of everything. There was frisbee and kickball playing (werewolves vs cyclopses), lots of food cooked/brought, bands were all a LOT of fun, and Kay basement turned into a posi circle pit sing along and get sweaty city for: Your Friends, Olive Tree, An Alarm, Toru Okada, Attrition, Tradition Dies Here, and Boa Narrow. Afterwards, there was a three fold slip'n'slide on a hill and that was really funny to watch. Boa Narrow, An Alarm, Toru Okada + Charlie & Marcus, Kyle, David, Lee, Orion, Kristin, and all the roomates were all at the house after that for food, drink, and hangin that lasted all night. I went to sleep around 5am, completely exhausted but really, very happy.
Oooh.. my family got me a sleepin' bag, rice cooker, polaroid film, & new underpants, socks, & bras for my birthday! Danny got me a mystery (really, I still don't know what it is and when it is coming)! I got my damn self a trucka-arm-out-the-window sunburn. Happy birthday, idiot.
I got my license renewed, too. I had a picture of it up, but I guess that is a dumb idea, eh?
Tonight I went to see 1905, Hellshock, and some other bands play at Warehouse. I had a good time talking with people and realizing how bad of a bangover my neck has! AND! Carni got back from Israel.. I'm really glad he is home because man, yeah. Carni. Up him forever and ever.
June 11th, I hope you come to see
Rachel Jacobs
Lemuria
Black Castle
Boa Narrow
French Stewart
@ WMUC in College Park, Maryland
June 13th you should go to this too and it is @ Warehouse
The Holy Mountain
Ahleuchatistas
An Alarm (welcome home, you smell delicious)
Bear and the Butterfly
Ok, finished. I feel great.
Love.
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[03 Jun 2005|07:56pm] |
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This week has been really pretty fun, aside from work, which really hasn't even been terrible. Carpoolin' to work with Lil' Blam and Danner is fun. RJ, Brad, and Ramsay have been staying with us since last Sunday, it riiips! Hangtime is all the time.
Ashley went to Greece for a screenprinting class - wha! She is gonna be gone for like 2 more weeks. Huge sad faces all around.
Yesterday was insane! After work and him getting out of class, Danny and I drove to Lynchburg to pick up the mom-van for the Your Friends Tour. We got in at about 1am, slept, and got up again at 5am. Then we went to Richmond to pick up Kyle from his (AWESOME) new home, and then to work in Vienna by 1030am. Whoaaaa.
I'm lookin forward to the next couple days a whole bunch! No work and tons of hanging out and driving and listening and sweating and loving and did I mention no work! Good thing my period came right before I'll be spending lots of hours in a car. Mmmm.
4th: Maryland [ Your Friends, Boa Narrow, BxB, The Author, ETC ETC ETC ]
5th: FREEEEE DAAAAAAAAAY (I'm off work - all day - wanna hannggg?)
6th: Harrisonburg [ Your Friends, Toru Okada, Boa Narrow, Dialogues ]
7th: Lynchburg [ Your Friends, An Alarm, Boa Narrow, Tradition Dies Here, Hi Ho Six Shooter ]
8th: Silver Spring, MD! [ Your Friends, Boa Narrow, Toru Okada, Attrition, Olive Tree, An Alarm ]
Family hangin' before the show on the 7th, and the 8th is my 20th birthday! I'm really excited because I get to spend that night doing such awesome shit with amazing people! Party people.
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[30 May 2005|02:21am] |
01. Reply with your name and I will write something I like about you.
02. I will then tell what song/movie/icon reminds me of you.
03. If I were to apply an o'clock to you, I'll tell you what it would be.
04. I will try to name a single word that best describes you.
05. I'll tell you the most memorable moment I've had with you.
06. I will tell you what animal you remind me of.
07. I'll then tell you something that I've always wondered about you.
08. Put this in your journal.
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Home was kinda weird but sometimes good. Things happened, andd, eehhhh, yeah.
I just got home from a crazy day.
-drivedrivedrivedrivedrive
-straightto work work work
-work meeeeettttiinnnngggg
-funfax funeral show at the scuba shop
-almost get murdered driving home by a drunk driver
-metal dudes + analarms are in my house! yah.
Mmmmmm. Bed.
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Ryan, Chuck, Kyle, Drew, Lyle were all here for a bunch of days and then they went home. We did fun things this week mostly (BOGGLE), "WOAH.... BEAR!" I had lots of fun while they were here doing things. There was a show where Moth, Chet Stedman, Fighter Hayabusa, and The AK's played. I missed Danke by mistake, missed The AK's on purpose, and the rest were good, and I watched. I don't like College Park much.
So I guess we've been in the house for a week now, and it actually looks like ours. I still have a box er two in my room, but what can ya do. I'm real happy in this place.
I'm goin home sometime late this week to visit my family/celebrate my Dad's birthday. I'll be leaving after work one day, having 1 full day home, then coming back home to be at work by 3 the next day. Streesssful travel.
Tonight there is a show at AU with TOWERS, Burial Year, The Author, Attrition, and a suprise band that I am exciiiited for. Before and after the show things are probably gonna be awesome.
Ciara is in town for a week, and there is a sweet potluck on Wednesday at the Deathstar with some bands and obviously very good food. Hopefully fun games after!!
Andrea is going to Europe in 3 days! Tell her goodbye and that you love her! You'll see her again in late, late July. Don't worry. She'll probably even send you a postcard/letter from there if you want. Really.
Danny is coming home tommorow. Yeeeee.
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[16 May 2005|01:50pm] |
So the "Apartyment" is dead, yeah. Kyle and I gave our keys to the office yesterday.
One of our neighbors came by with a housewarming present while Danny and I were outside hanging. The housewarming present was a case of Corona and 2 limes. She is probably like 50. And really chill. I think she's gonna come enjoy it with us. We also have 5 gallons of homebrew that we got from Clay to be bottled here.. and then 2 things to make a new batch. Woah. It smells really good but it is down in the scary basement with the black widow and brown recluse spiders..... we need a bugbomb!
The Kimya Dawson/Pharmacy/Matty Pop Chart show ruled. That night I played fun games in an attic in Silver Spring til 630am. Exciting things for sure. Chugga Chugga/Piedmonster/Polar/How We Tie Knots show also ruled. Piedmonster got like... really good.. yeah. Lots of shaking and dancing and sweating. Ok yeah, lots of fun music and things.
After droppin off the keys yesterday I came here and (sista sista) Chris was here waiting for me. That ruled. Then dinner with at Harmony with Chris, Carni, and Kiki. Then I came home and unpacked the kitchen and most of my room with Ashley. Then I hung out til 5am waiting for Ryan FUCKING Stack to get here with the rest of the Chet Stedman's. I guess they're gonna be here for like 5 days, this rules.
Potluck tommorow at Jacob Mazer's in Friendship Heights. That'll be sweet. I think next week we are hosting and also having a housewarming party? I dunno!
Gotta go to work now.. buh.
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