For Those Who Feel The Need To Share All of Their Banal Details Part 4- Page 120

Posted: 9/23/06 at 11:11pm

Aww Gravochegirl why is your head about to explode

Posted: 9/23/06 at 11:44pm

omg, i deff just took part in a hige cake fight out on our quad at school. it was AMAZING!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 9/24/06 at 12:08am

Today was incredibly weird.

I went to services at my temple back home; I grew up in that congregation, and going there always does feel like a homecoming, of sorts. It was -- and still is -- a big part of who I've "grown up" to be. My rabbi is one of the smartest people I know, and one of my favorite people in the world, too.

But this year, markers of the passage of time (a phenomenon that often upsets me) were everywhere. The entire morning was very, very awkward, socially speaking. I saw people I grew up with, but have now become even snobbier than I knew them to be in our teenaged years. People seem to treat me like I've disappeared into some college student vortex, and act like they haven't seen me in an age. Maybe they really haven't. It's just strange to be greeted and asked about my "new" life by people I used to see at least once a week. It's strange to look across the room at people from my past, and know that I *should* go say hello to them, but avoid it because I don't know what to say. I saw my former best friend's parents, with whom I used to be extremely close. Our exchange was less-than-friendly, and it was just a sore reminder of how stupid losing her even was.

And yet the service itself made me glad I went. I'm far from deeply religious, but I identify so much more with the Jewish New Year than I do the secular New Year, because it's actually given a (very weighty) meaning. It's about thought and reflection and action, rather than partying and getting drunk -- or in my case, laying around in front of the television, brainwashing myself with whatever marathon suits my fancy. The service was quiet and calming; I kind of likened it to that familiar comfort of curling up into a fetal position under a blanket. It's reassuring and warm, even though I was in a room of cold reality and drastic change brought about by time's natural passage and broken social circles. Even though I'm not extremely observant, or even sure where I stand on certain religious ideals, the comfort in hearing things that I can put into my own personal context, as well as what was left of the communal notion, is something I really needed.

... I should probably just get a blog, because that was really damned banal.

Updated On: 9/24/06 at 12:08 AM

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 9/24/06 at 12:16am

I cut off 10 inches of my hair for Locks of Love.

I mean I wanted to do this, but I really hate having really short hair...

thank god hair grows back quickly, mine in particular.

[xoxRogue]

Posted: 9/24/06 at 12:17am

I warn you: if you get a livejournal, it can get addicting. Communities are lovely -- even if you only go to one.

I was watching V for Vendetta at my friend's house, and I couldn't stop making references to 1984 and Hamlet in my head.

[Fantabulous428]

Posted: 9/24/06 at 12:18am

I had a rather antisocial evening. I'm hoping the people I was with know me better than to write me off as a b*tch.

Posted: 9/24/06 at 12:53am

It's all good, Fantab. :)

I just got back to my dorm a second ago. The trains were so incredibly f*cked up.

Posted: 9/24/06 at 1:22am

ugh, some people just suck at times

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 9/24/06 at 1:37am

I really wish my body would figure out what sleep is.

and allow me to do it.

[Amber_C2003]

Posted: 9/24/06 at 2:11am

To sleep or not to sleep.

That is the question.

Posted: 9/24/06 at 2:18am

someone please murder all my neighbors, i will give you a shiny new qusrter.
they are having a block party with a live salsa band, still going strong & its 2:15 am.
i dont think they have a permit for it, because cars keep beeping for the crowd to part so they can get thru (its on lennox avenue)
ive called 311 to register a noise complaint, they said someone will come out "wiithin 8 hours."

i really WANT to sleep. surely i am not the only person in the neighborhood that wants to sleep.

in this old building, you can hear everything, & my walls & floor are vibrating with the music.

a street filled with a crowd & a live salsa band may look fun & glamorous on SEX & THE CITY but i assure you it isnt in real life.

& i know that when the music stops, thats when the drunken brawls will start. (ive been hearing glass bottles breaking all night as well)

Updated On: 9/24/06 at 02:18 AM

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 9/24/06 at 2:33am

Do you live in my neighborhood?!

My neighbors have a mexican fiesta party once a year and tonight is the night. They have a mariachi (sp?) band going right now..

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 9/24/06 at 3:19am

Hi Neddy! Haven't seen you around here in a while!

n69n - you can call the police. Not the 911 number though. You have to look up the number online- type in the name of your city and then "police dept."

That should give you a number to report the noise.

[Color and Light]

Posted: 9/24/06 at 4:11am

Oh my goodness. I've never been so drunk in my life, and it's terrible. That's my banal story of the day/night.

And the moral:
Kids, keep away from the hooch, especially if its called "99 Apples". It will hand your ass to you on a silver platter. Vile stuff. Utterly vile.

EDIT: It will also have you doing your laundry at 4:30 in the morning.

Updated On: 9/24/06 at 04:11 AM

Posted: 9/24/06 at 11:05am

i did, honey, thats the 311 number.
the police came @ about 3 & broke it up...but then 20 minutes later they regrouped & played on til 4!

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 9/24/06 at 12:22pm

Hi!

I have been very busy lately, and I will be until October 29th. :) So you won't be seeing very much of me until then.

Have I missed anything?

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 9/24/06 at 12:54pm

Well, you've just missed a whole lot of trolls posting on this board.

[soapguy17]

Posted: 9/24/06 at 1:15pm

OMG! I'm listening to the Charlotte Church pop albu, for a second time, and I am actually starting to like it. . . I don't know what this means, but I think the world might end any second now.

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 9/24/06 at 1:18pm

I have my Jersey Boys tickets.

OWNED.

[sweetestsiren]

Posted: 9/24/06 at 1:36pm

I have to walk to the grocery store (that, or take the bus all the way around its 45-minute loop), and it's raining. I would put it off, but... we have no food.

On a brighter note, I got an awesome voicemail message earlier.

[Marlene]

Posted: 9/24/06 at 2:47pm

I don't want to do my homework.

I am so confused about college applications. I swear my in school advisor is on crack, especially when I told her I needed an extra safety school on my list and she attempted to convince me that NYU was a safety school in my case.

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 9/24/06 at 4:24pm

Aww dangit I love yelling at the trolls. Especially ones like WICKEDPHANTOM

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 9/24/06 at 4:26pm

LMAO, yeah. There were two of them; both kept PMing me. I think they're gone now.

I have a sore throat, and I hate it to no end. I also need to look over my lines.

*is procrastinating*

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 9/24/06 at 4:31pm

I'm procratinating too. I emailed 2 of my professors on Thursday and I still haven't gotten a responce. Both of them said that they ALWAYS answer within 24 hours. And I'd even give them a break because it's a Jewish holiday, but neither of them are Jewish.

Arg.

Posted: 9/24/06 at 4:53pm

umm, yea, procrastination is my middle name. i wanna get work done early but then i try and i cant do it.