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dernier_verre

I really cannot decide where I want to go for college.
It's between New York where I could have an in with a great photographer and possibly do an internship and both SVA and Pratt look amazing, Seattle where I have family and Cornish is a fantastic school, or Portland where I am really drawn to for some reason and PNCA looks really rad, and my friend tells me it is.

Shit. shit shit. I'll be visiting PNCA hopefully in November, but not new york until next spring. I hope I can figure this out soon.

Kevin Drew's new album, Spirit If is amazing.
I'm so psyched to see Broken Social Scene play it at the Fillmore at the end of October.

I have a huge sore throat right now, which sucks. But on the upside, I'm going to see Arcade Fire tonight!

Schedule an appointment for a haircut.
Paint my room ASAP. (also get a new rug/shade. curtains?)
Stop dropping f-bombs every other word.
STOP PROCRASTINATING SO MUCH. (It's only the second? week of school and I'm already not doing my homework at home)
Decide what colleges I'm applying to and start doing essays/apps
Take more photographs & add to portfolio(Holga portraits!)
Stop being so damn negative about everything i do or make.
Save my money and maybe buy this!
Go to a piercing/tattoo place and get 14 or 12g plugz.
Decide which coat I will buy between this in navy or this. (Input?)
Figure out when I will go to London to visit my sister.
Eat out less.
Eat more healthily. (not so much pizza after work!)



I got my comforter in the mail today. It's pretty rad.

Well well well.
I'm sitting here at my computer having milk and a cookie, avoiding my AP Spanish summer assignment that I should have been doing throughout the summer, but unfortunately, I did not. Tomorrow is my first day of school. It's really quite mind boggling. I think I'd like at least one more week.

I've had a lovely summer. Far too short.
I met so many beautiful people whom I will miss (for only a year, hopefully) so so much.

Maybe I won't procrastinate this year. ha.

I am home again from camp. I wish i weren't. On saturday/sunday I had to say goodbye to so many people whom I love so dearly and it was so hard to see them go. Saturday night I drank 40s with Hannah and Jesse which was premium. At the moment I'm finishing one they only drank half of. Everything i see or do is reminding me of camp. : (

Today I drove to San Francisco to buy a ticket for a wolf parade show in september for waaay too much money. It will totally be worth it though. The ticket was from an older dude who is apparently going and he said 'with this ticket you'll get a free drink.' [it was not said in a creepy way. just a nice 'you're spending way too fucking much for this ticket so i'll make up for it' kind of thing] Also, I don't think he knows i'm under 21 (let alone under 18) but i'm going to use this to my advantage. ahha. Maybe i'll just be druunnnk at this show. And i'm not driving! so it will all work out.

HOLY SHIT Random Spirit Lover (sunset rubdown's new album which leaked on the internets) is incredible. It will live in my car forever.

ew two day old 40s are naaaaasty



Also, my birthday is in 17 days which means school is in 15 days. fuck.

I have a meeting at a modeling agency in the city at one.
I hope they like me. I could have a bunch of money to spend on INSTRUMENTS!! or CAMERAS!! or a MINI!!


So today I got a check for $21 for my photos winning at the fair.
I was rewarded SO generously.


Soon I will bike from my house to the beach at china camp with my friend Ryan while he longboards. it's gonna be rad. and VERY tiring.

oh man, saved AIM conversations with someone I used to like are making me lol so hard.

tomorrow night will be grand! (after i close at work, that is)

listening to Kraftwerk at 2:30 in the morning while I'm falling asleep is really weird.

People (guys) think I'm way older than I really am.


Last night, I was with my friend Kira at this restaurant/bar called Rafters in San Rafael where her friend Miles (the son of the guitarist of Journey)'s band was playing. They were having an intermission and this guy wearing a weird fedora, a t-shirt and rust coloured pants walked past me who looked in his mid 20's and said hi and I just kind of shrugged it off. About two minutes later as Kira and I were leaving, he walked up to me and the conversation went like this:

guy: 'So are those Keds to match your age, or your personality?'
me: 'I don't know, I just wear them'
guy: 'well how old are you?'
me: 'uhh, I'm almost 17'
guy:(he gets SO embarrassed that he's hitting on a minor)'Jesus Christ! What are you doing out on a week night!?' (and it was like, not even 10:00 yet)
me: 'well, I just got off work and it's summer. Wait, how old did you think I was?'
guy: (still so embarrassed) 'I thought you were AT LEAST 20. Jesus. Sorry. I gotta go now. Bye'

Kira and I died laughing. so hard. ahhahaha


Ugh. Since I always work 5-9 or 5-9:30, and my sister has the car during the day, I never have anything to do during the day. sjkdf

So:

All of my photos won 1st place, the one of the upward view of the window won best in show. and i also got an outstanding achievement award.
So I think that means I win $21. haha. Speaking of money, last night I got my first paycheck! Now I actually have money to spend, which is way cool.

I watched the messengers last night. It really wasn't scary. oh well.



Oh yeah, happy 4th of july! woop

Thursday: worked from 5-9, met up with some folks at farmers, went to Kirby Cove and sat around a campfire and went down to the beach where there was a full moon and a view of the golden gate bridge and hella fog coming in, drove back with tasia's parents and we played guitar and sang to one of her little brother's friends, some other people came to tasia's house and hung out for awhile, then i got a ride home from ryan and we went to 7-11 and saw a dog in a car in the parking lot that looked exactly like an ewok.

Friday: Went to the house Zach is house sitiing at, drank a beer, smoked some hookah, played egyptian war with zach's friend alex (I won a game, then he won one), laughed at how ridiculously drunk everyone was, made chocolate milk, hung out, went out to andronico's market at 1 in the morning with 5 other people and stole 6 watermelons and four boxes of coke which probably was a very bad idea, ate the watermelon, hung out for a bit more, then i went home at two.

I entered these four photos into the marin county fair:








my mom called me an hour ago and asked if i wanted to know how i did, but i said i wanted to wait and see for myself. She said i'd be very pleased. So that's a good sign.

I have been addicted to Beirut recently, namely the song Elephant Gun and the music video for it. (especially when he sings the first verse, AH!):

If I was young, I'd flee this town
I'd bury my dreams underground
As did I, we drink to die, we drink tonight

beautiful man, beautiful voice, beautiful music.


Work is way cool. What i do is answer the phone/take peoples' orders, take pizzas out of the oven and cut them, bus and clean tables, and hang out. I also watch Giants games and skate videos too.

Work is going to be AWESOME.
Everyone is really cool!

I like:
the feeling of freshly brushed teeth
sneezing


I don't like:
hiccups
rat tails
wheelie shoes
being hungry in the wee hours of the morning


Wee I have a new wave of optimism lately. I say it will last a long long time!

CHRIST! I've had the hiccups at least five times today.

Woo so last night, I saw Architecture in Helsinki. SO much fun. Basically, it was a giant dance party all night, just as I expected. Y.A.C.H.T. was first and he was rad! He came down and danced in the audience twice right next to where my friends and I were, and he has the dopest dance moves ever. Also, he's really cute, ha. He had a Q&A session briefly and a girl asked for his number and when he said he was super dates with a girl who was on stage with him earlier everyone in the audience went 'awww' and half were from disappointment and half were because they were so cute! Then next came Still Flyin' which was this 10 piece indie ska band which was pretty cool. Architecture came on and they were so fun! Everyone was dancinf and having a good time (on stage and in the audience) but there was this really tall old guy in front of me (with a greasy white ponytail, EW.) But I didn't let it get to me, I was having too good of a time. They played a bunch of new songs and some off In Case We Die. They played a song about marraige and Cameron Bird said 'we're not Christians or anything, but marraige is awesome' and then Kellie said 'just fuck before you're married' hahaha. Cameron was tuning his guitar and was saying something about how he calls it a tuna. Jamie's beard was as epic as ever. I got the drummer's setlist and had all them sign it when i met them afterward. I discovered that the band are very big fans of Wu-tang and that Cameron's favourite song is C.R.E.A.M. and him and Gus tried to draw the W on my friend zoe's setlist, but both came out pretty bad. I also talked to Jona (Y.A.C.H.T.) and had him sign a sticker. I told him I was in awe of his moves. Quite a good show!

But boy, am I sore as hell! and my throat is sore too!

I have been so happy recently!
Well, aside from the every 15 minutes video and finding out my SAT scores I've been in a very good mood. ahh. I like how things are turning out.

has been fucking weird.
I wish i were better at testing. Fuck you SAT. I will defeat you next time around.

I just realised I've never had a shot out of a shotglass.

funny.

I cannot sleep. ughhhhhhhh

Also, it's really cool when you message someone asking how they are and they read the message and don't respond

I just had a waffle. guhsdfjs I could watch an episode of Jake 2.0. yes that is what I will do. I still probably won't be able to sleep.