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Bing beats it

Jul 5

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Eating Bing cherries I bought for a dollar a bag on the Petaluma Hill roadside. They are sweet and firm and perfect for this weather. I’m listening to the music coming from the 4th of July fairgrounds band sets. I have a perfect view of the fireworks tonight outside my upstairs apartment. The band is currently playing “Beat It.” The neighbors downstairs are BBQing and squirting each other with orange plastic squirt guns. One of the ladies seated directly below my window (her outside patio is below me) is singing along to the music from the fair. She just keeps saying “Beat it, Beat it” over and over with no tune or melody, just the words, “beat it, beat it…”

The youngest teen girl keeps shrieking every time the water hits her hair from one of her brother’s guns. I’m tempted to scream, “IT’S JUST WATER, YOU ARE MAKING MY EARS BLEED!” But I don’t want them to hate me. Even though I would be some mysterious voice booming from a window above. That girl has a future in scream work.

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D-bomb

Jul 4

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My whole friendship with D-Rock came to a head today. I never talk about him, but he’s a leftover of the art class kids. Garfunkel is long gone along with little Mags. But D-Rock, I could see this coming.

He brought over Honey Moon beers for me because he knows I love Blue Moon with oranges. It’s delicious but he thought that bringing me 12 beers (to share, obviously) meant I would somehow get drunk enough to want to bone him? Uhm, no.

You know those dudes who when you think you’ve made your “friends only” idea clear with someone and they consistently tap at the door over and over again until they either break it down or finally just go away? That’s this guy. Today he decided to break it down and I wanted to break HIS ASS DOWN.

Well not really, because I am a wimp. But I told him that he was making me feel awkward. He got the hint and backed off a little. It got really quiet and weird. He tried to talk about art. Asking what was I painting as he grabbed my hand to see the paint colors left on my nails from working on mom’s birthday present. It felt weird and I pulled my hand back a little too fast. I could see it hurt his feelings just by the way his eyes brows moved over his eyes. He has pretty eyes, but pretty eyes do not delete all the other things about him..

He’s too young, he’s a bum, he lives with his parents, and I’m pretty much 80% sure he’s a secret alcoholic. So no more D-Rock.

I could tell by the way he hugged me goodbye that he probably knows I’m done. He tried calling a minute ago and when I didn’t pick up he didn’t leave a voicemail (he always, always does).

Yeah, he knows.

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Fire and Crap TeeVee

Jun 29

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I am HOME. I was the first one done with my test and got the f out of there. I’ve done that as long as I can remember. I remember my dad and sister always did the same thing regarding tests.

While I was waiting for class a security guard on campus talked to me for a long chunk. He told me the fire happening right now (that they just put out, but caused insane traffic on the 101, which I experienced) is suspected arson. And then he told me how his fire buddies tell him about arsonists going back to the scene of their crimes to masturbate. I told him I’d read that in a criminology book, that pyros are known to get sexual thrills from their blazes. He said he’s seen a lot of things in his 20 years.

The thing that cracked me up about him is that he is like an exact replicant of the guy who plays a security guard on that horrendous Yes Dear show. Back in the dark ages when Shannon and I lived together, she would force me to watch that shit with her. And now I am seeing the characters in REAL LIFE. I hope that show was canceled because I still hold ill feelings in my soul towards it.

I went to starbucks since it’s 9000 degrees and got a raspberry passion tea. At the turn towards farmer’s lane two guys in the car across from me made kissy sounds and “grabbing” fingers at me when I looked over at them. Two older than 40 year old gentlemen with 1980′s trucker hats on. I just cracked up because I had no idea how else to respond to that. I tried to ignore them but could still hear the sloppy wet smooching sounds in the wind as my car turned away from them.

When I got upstairs and in the apt, I went to turn on my AC box above my desk. In doing so, I knocked my starbucks tea with my hip and all over the desk and floor. It was like a murder scene of red juice. I was pretty sad about that. The universe just doesn’t want me to have sugar today.

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Superior Saturdays

Jun 19

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Live music has been filtering it’s way through my windows all day. Not sure what’s over there (at the Fair), but I like being close to things. Even if I have no intention of going to them, somehow being close makes me feel part of it.

Spent the last 10 minutes lint rolling my bed and pillows. All it takes is one night of Rupert snuggling me or plopping above my head or next to my stomach to fill the entire blanket/pillow area with fluff. I need to get him an undercoat brush because he is entirely too furry to keep up with all his summer shedding using just a regular cat brush. Those things are futile when placed in front of his bright orange village of hair.

I finished my On The Color Line book for Soc 30, Race and Ethnic Studies, last night. The ending made me cry. Because I am a sap and everything makes me cry. It’s such a great feeling having a book finished, one of two assigned to us for the next 6 weeks. I feel so ahead of the game. And motivated to knock my two papers out early even though they aren’t due until a week or two from now. This is what school does for me. It helps me feel proud and motivated. That alone makes it worth it. Beyond the end result of a degree towards a fulfilling career, I am just proud to be accomplishing something. Doing well and getting a 4.0 the last 3 semesters has changed my entire outlook on myself, who I am and who I can be. That’s an amazingly powerful feeling.

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Summer Sliced

Jun 17

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Scrubbing the shower is spectacular fun. Pizza in the oven to match this 85 degree gorgeous weather. Reading my On the Color Line book today since we need it finished by Monday. There is something somewhat refreshing about having an entire book due in a week. Instead of slugging away chapter at a time like in High School English or something. The weird benefits of summer classes.

I was talking with the people around me that it’s kind of bullshit that we have to pay the same price for a 6 week parking pass (summer classes) as we do for 17 week (fall/spring classes) parking passes. THIS SHOULD NOT BE DONE, SRJC! Oh well, I’m gettin’ my education.

The pizza is at the part in the oven when you can smell the pepperoni cooking. Which is when your mouth starts to water. Oh man, I’m pretty excited about this. Oh, food. Why must you be so great? Let’s just do it, food. Let’s run away to Vegas.

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Summer is finally, finally here

May 15

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I’ve been waiting for summer. And it’s FINALLY, finally here. My last final is Monday, and it’s more of a going over our art portfolios and watching movies. We’re having a potluck, I’m bring cupcakes of course, and a couple other girls are bring brownies and chips.

Waiting for summer is something I think I’ve done maybe 2 times total in my life. But things, myself mainly, are different these days. I have completely transformed in many ways in just the last year. Going back to school, getting my driver’s license, getting rid of my slacker roommate, ending a long term relationship, moving. These are all huge things that people don’t usually do AT THE SAME TIME in the SAME MONTH. I pulled it all off, and I can honestly say that I have even surprised myself. Who knew this strong, independent adult existed inside of me? Who knew I could feel PRIDE in myself? It’s awesome, it’s awesome on levels beyond awesome. Making it quite possibly fantastic with a dash of unexpected coolness.

I’m going to Fort Bragg and back to the Mendocino Hotel where my good pal Linnea and her husband Evan were married. I haven’t been to the area since the wedding (pictures here!). Linnea invited me along with her for a repeat visit since Evan has to work. We get to chill and do whatever our hearts desire for 3 days! I’m super excited, we both are, to be able to just enjoy the area and take pictures we didn’t get to take before. I am just so happy to get to spend time with Linnea, we always have so much fun, so I know this will be awesome. All I have to do now if figure out what to do with Rupert for 3 days. This time I get to go to the hotel and actually eat at the restaurant. My ex was cheap and kind of ruined the entire trip experience for me when I was with him at the hotel for Linnea’s wedding. So being able to go back on my own and have the experience I wanted the first time and have it with a close friend is just so awesome

Mendocino Coast
The view from our room, the day of Linnea’s Wedding

When I was at dinner with Shannon, Mike and my mom the other day I said I was going to “Macro the shit out of that place” with my new camera lens.

And how!

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