:: The 451 Family ::

:: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 ::

It's been 1 year and 10 months since my deadline for giving up which I blatantly ignored. But deadlines should be like rules: Made To Be Broken. Speaking of which, my birthday is in 2 months...roughly. In a daydream on my ride home from Richmond I imagined going to the Hey Mercedes show in Baltimore the nite of my 23rd birthday and Bob Nanna announcing, "Today is Scarlet's Birthday, Let's get her onstage and sing to her" Do you realize how amazing that would be? Wow. So how are daydreams interpreted by psychologists...I wonder. I mean, dreams are obvious because of the whole subconscious thing or whatever (Ok, ok...Psyc 101 was freshman year). But daydreams....I wonder.
The thing about My So-Called Life, besides that it totally rules and Jordan Catalano is incredibly amazing is that Angela gets Jordan. I don't know where I'm going with this but Ali and I are watching a bunch of episodes and it just takes me back to 9th grade when all I wanted was for a "Jordan Catalano" to hold my hand walking down the hallway of Liberty High School (a coincidence? I think not.) Cue Buffalo Tom. And cue "Jordan Catalon" 2003. Wow, If I didn't already go out a lot I'd say I need to get out more. But that's not it. I'm just a girl....take a good look at me, just a typical prototype. Oh man, I've gone off my rocker. Those were No Doubt lyrics by the way. I'm going to stop before I'm running to catch up with myself. Someone stole my running shoes in Richmond by the way.
xo,
scarls

:: Miss Scarlet 12:47 AM [+] ::
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There are so many things I wish I could elaborate on. In this blog.

Lucas, You have to let me know when you work or I can never "drop by".

I'm starting a new savings plan entitled, "Travel"...Anna and I have to go to Austin and now I'm all about going to CA, and NYC of course.

I wish I'd get some epiphany about what to do with my life=/ Or some motivation, ha.

xo,
scarlet

:: Miss Scarlet 10:51 PM [+] ::
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I don't know where to begin. The middle: I saw Brian Stozek at the show, which was lovely. I don't know if he ever reads this, or who else does but I miss him a lot. You don't know how much you miss someone until they're really far away. Thank goodness for IM, and Engine Down. I hope to see you again soon dOOd, maybe for your weekend tour in CA:)
The beginning: I worked from 8-5 which tired me out so much and my feet hurt a lot. Then my car battery was dead and I was crying and this nice man helped me out. Then I raced to pick up Mandy 45 minutes late bc of traffic and we headed to DC.
The end: The nite ended with mixed feelings of complete exhaustion and elation, sadness and contentment, hopefulness and hopelessness. Then I played a quick round of Tony Hawk with Ali and passed out.
oxo,
scarlet

:: Miss Scarlet 7:38 PM [+] ::
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Engine Down tomorrow in DC.
Tonite at work I met a girl who is a freshman at MWC, I'm going to take her under my wing.
They also made me be The Greeter for an hour and a half tonite. It's not that I'm too shy anymore to talk to people...it's that I feel like people don't want to be bothered. When I go shopping I want to be left alone, no don't want a mesh bag and if I have a question about a return policy, I'll ask someone. I dunno, I understand the whole customer service thing but when there's a whole thing of mesh bags sitting there, is it really necessary for me to bother people asking if they want one? Anyway...
Rena leaves for CA tomorrow, I'm gonna miss her even though I've seen her once in the last year. But her blogs are great.
I need to sleep, I have to get up in 4.5 hours:( And yes, I'm going to complain about it a lot.
xo,
scarlet
ps. I hope tomorrow nite is as exciting as I think it will be
pps. Chipotle has been open since the 23rd...and all of Manassas is constantly in line for it=/

:: Miss Scarlet 1:22 AM [+] ::
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I made out pretty well with Christmas. Lots of JCrew sweaters, mmm. I love sweaters. And some CDs and some furniture for my room. AND THE COMPLETE DVD SET OF MY SO-CALLED LIFE! YAYAY! Ali and I got the FRIENDS first season on DVD too:) And she got Tony Hawk for PS2 so we're playing that now. I love this game. I just beat her, woohoo! Now she's making another park. More later.
xo,
scarls

:: Miss Scarlet 10:17 PM [+] ::
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Merry Christmas Eve! I have a ton of presents to wrap but I'm really pleased with everything I got for people and I think they will like it. I love buying presents for people...when I can spend the time to get them something they'll really like. My parents are going to Aruba (as I'm sure I've mentioned to EVERYONE) so Ali and I got them each a toiletry type bag and have 2 short sleeve shirts to put in my dad's, and some little things to put in my moms. I got awesome deals too! I'm such a good shopper:) I also got my mom this stainless steel bar trashcan, its really small and I got some mini things of booze to put in it. I think she'll really like it bc 1)she likes small things 2)she likes stainless steel things and 3)hello, booze! I can't get into what I got Ali and Jesse because they *might* read this.
I had insane dreams last nite. I'm not telling some of them on here. haha. But at one part a bunch of us were on a school bus going on a trip to somewhere but we had to make the bus look like a hayride so there were hay bales (sp?) all around. And I started sneezing of course and said, "HEY! Does anyone have a Claritan!??" And noone did but they asked if I was ok and I said, "Well, I'm ok but I'm allergic to this hay" and then they all started freaking out and running around and moving it even though I was saying don't worry about it, I didn't want them going to any trouble. Haha.
And at another part I was in 7-11 with some people getting my patented mixture of hot chocolate and french vanilla cappicino (sp?) but it was weird bc I only filled my cup up a tiny bit, strange. Then I had to catch up with those other people but all I had was our truck which is manual. But I could totally drive it which was exciting although the gear shift was really high up. Anyway, I had my Old Navy shirt and while I was at a light this lady kept asking me about these shirts on a rack and if we had anymore but I just lied and said we didn't, haha. Then this lady who I gave swim lessons to over the summer came up to me and was annoying and took forever and I really had to go to meet up with those other people so I was just agreeing to whatever she said. Anyway, some other unbloggable stuff happened but overall it was a crazy funny and memorable dream:)
xo,
scarls

:: Miss Scarlet 1:17 PM [+] ::
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Man oh man, I don't want to work tonite. I'm super tired and I have to work 3-12 which is a long freaking time! I hope its really busy though. Then the managers won't have time to walk around and complain about little itty bitty things and there will be lots of shirts for me to fold. I'd rather have a huge mess to work on then pretending to do stuff. Like when Rena and I would organize the cigarettes at nasty Food Lion to look busy. Haha. Those were the days. Ew, no they weren't. There were some okay things about that job, its kind of fun to use a cash register (not for 8 hours straight however) and reshop is ok. But dealing with stupid managers SUCKS! Like when they won't bring you pennies or ones or something, or get mad bc of something dumb. Ew, I need to stop talking about this.
Did anyone watch American Dreams last nite and by any chance tape it? I love that show but Ali forgot to tape it. I've missed the last few episodes. It's such a good show...
Um, what else? Tomorrow is Christmas Eve, yay! I don't work which might be the best part about it. My feet need a rest. And my pleasantness needs time to replenish. I'm like a cell phone, my battery's getting low.
Anything else? Ali and I got the Chicago pizza at Pizza Hut today finally. It was good, I still prefer pan meat lovers though. They did not "finish the pizza at my table" though by pouring the sauce on then and putting grated cheese-no extra cheese, sheesh! Oh well, it was good though.\
CHIPOTLE OPENS TODAY!
xo,
scarls

:: Miss Scarlet 12:48 PM [+] ::
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I don't deal well with authority. People trying to tell me what to do, or how to do something different. Well, It's when the "authority" figure is someone who really no smarter than me, does that make sense? Like, if they actually knew more than me in that area then I'd be fine with them sharing their knowledge. (I think) That's why I love my pool job-especially last summer after I was manager, bc I was the one who knew how to do everything. There were little things the Board Members would request but for the most part I knew more about the pool. Oh and good example of accepting authority was when we hired Payne Pools (I love Kenny Payne) and he was teaching us about pool chemicals-I was fine with him telling me what to do for that bc he has like 843209 years experience. Uh yeah...wow I'm basically a snobby brat, haha. But's its true-I can't stand for like, some kid in high school to try to "teach" me how to fold a shirt...um HELLO, I've been folding shirts my whole life, I know what is aesthetically pleasing. I don't need your guidance on that one, Thanks Chief!
So basically I better get a job where I can move up in management quick! I could own a music store that has a bar and has bands play. Oh my gosh, dream job! haha! I need to work on this:) I'm going to look up online about bartending school:)
xo,
scarls

:: Miss Scarlet 1:26 AM [+] ::
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Sorry for multiple posts with Old Navy themes but this was funny:
I told Ali it was a nice surprise seeing her and Nathaniel there and then was telling her the FUBU story and she said, "Was it the blond haired guy who came out of that room after you?" and I said yes and she told me that Nathaniel joked and said "Was she making out with him in there?" and Ali 'joked' back, "No, casual sex" and Nathaniel said, "yeah they were both adjusting their pants when they came out" Haha, then I laughed and blushed.

:: Miss Scarlet 2:30 AM [+] ::
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Dammit! I was not mentioned in the Hey Mercedes for having sent a cool mix cd:( All that effing work at $14! But I should receive their mix cds soon, so that will make up for it.
Man my hands are cold.
Work was ok today. I had to go at my on-call time of 3 and I worked til 12.-ouch! But I got Pantera Bread for my lunch and that helped, hehe. I worked in Kids for awhile which was weird bc I know nothing about that dept and when people ask about sizing I have to make stuff up. Then I did the fitting room for 2 hours which was ok because Paul, a guy back from college, would come in and make me laugh. Then I worked in Mens and then I fixed the "Chevy Truck" with all the shirts. I like doing stuff like that. The funniest thing happened during clean up though when Dave found a pair of FUBU jeans in the stack of Old Navy jeans. They even had the size sticker on them-Someone just walked out wearing a new pair of pants! Haha, Aren't FUBU's nicer though? I don't like Old Navy men's jeans. So Dave put then on to see "how he looked *ghetto*" until some girl joked, "I bet they have crabs" and he jumped in the air trying to pull them off (they were over his other jeans) and fell on the floor..haha. Craziness-I blame it on Justin Timberlake.
xo,
scarls

:: Miss Scarlet 1:13 AM [+] ::
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My horoscope:

Security feels good. Risk feels dangerous. Your passive, tender side emerges. Don't worry -- you aren't losing your edge. Tomorrow you'll be back in trouble and having fun with it.

You haven't lost your edge. You're just taking a break. You'll be yourself again.

:: Miss Scarlet 12:00 PM [+] ::
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I happened upon this blog of a girl with an eating disorder, it was really hard to read. She beats herself up for eating over 600 calories a day! She drinks olive oil after meals as a natural laxative and fasts whenever she can. I wish I could have commented, but she didn't have that set up. Its obvious her friends and family know but from what I read nothing's being done about it=/

I'm "On Call" for work tomorrow at 3 which means I call at about 1ish and see if I have to go in at 3 or the regularly scheduled time of 5. I really hope I go at 5, I'm really tired lately for some reason and I'd like to play Ali's new PS2, hehe. She got Crazy Taxi (and Vice City) and I suck at it, I didn't even get a license which is pretty sad. She got some cool loot for her bday, so exciting:) I even got a party favor, yay! I can't wait for Christmas, but you know...Christmas nite is so weird. Everything's open and, now that I'm not a kid with new "toys," there really isn't much excitement the rest of break. But actually, my mom-I mean Santa, is really good about that and she, I mean he, always gets us some childish stuff-games, toys, etc. It's fun:)

I was thinking about some people I don't talk to on IM anymore-people I wouldn't talk to on the phone ever so don't give me that lecture about calling people-ew. Sometimes these "relationships" just end all of a sudden. It's so strange. If you want me to name names, I will. We all get busy I guess....and I'm (as my dad says) "too sensitive" (haha) so I take things the wrong way sometimes. Anyway, hello cryptic messages! Next subject.

On an email survey type thing where the person fills it out about the person who sent it to them, Ali said I have a temper, hehe. It's so true.Especially when I'm at home. This goes back to that sensitive thing. Say one wrong thing and I'll get mad. I usually cover this up in public and with friends however. Be a fly on the wall in my house though and whew, watch out. It's not like I walk around yelling at everyone, but we all get on each other's nerves sometimes and let loose. Don't be afraid of me.

Ali did so well at her meet....made up time in both of her relays and got 2nd place in the 500 free (first from LHS)!!!! It was awesome. I know she was really tired and "still full" from the Chinese lunch we had so I'm super proud of her. And jealous, going to those meets makes me so nostalgic for swimming and I wish I could have gotten the chance to swim longer and year round or in high school. My high school got a team the year AFTER I graduated, man. And it's so funny to think back when I was 14 and my mom had to force me to be on the team....and 5 years after that I was the coach for 4 years, I just can't get away:)

xo,
scarls

:: Miss Scarlet 1:53 AM [+] ::
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BEST SISTER EVER! Ali's 16, woohoooooo. Everyone send her birthday wishes at almarinda@hotmail.com even if you don't know her! I'm serious...send her love:) Not that kind of love!
xo,
red

:: Miss Scarlet 12:52 AM [+] ::
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All day long all I do is figure out what 20% off of everything is. Seriously, everything I fold I think, "I'd get this in gray and wear it with this." Its actually pretty funny. I really need to resist getting an Old Navy credit card! I'd get myself into so much debt. But I really need to find my discount card to go to the Gap bc I love it there and hello-30%!!!!!!!!
So tomorrow is Ali's 16th birthday. I'm taking her to school, picking her up and we're getting Chinese then we're hanging out til her meet. Well, I think some of her friends are coming over before they head to the meet. Should be exciting!
So, who else enjoys french fries and ice cream together? It really only works with salty mcdonalds ones and soft ice cream. yummm.
Man I have nothing exciting to talk about:( TIME FOR A TOP SEVEN AND A HALF!!!

Top Seven And A Half Things That Made Me Happy Today:
7.5. Chipotle is opening in Manassa....
7. This happened yesterday but oh well, I saw my friend Jessica from sophomore year. yay!
6. CD player in car is fixed!
5. I said lots of things into the Old Navy headset today and it was fun, I make myself not make jokes though. ALthough I'm going to start saying, "I'm on it!" (like Joey!)
4. FRIENDS and ER, even though reruns, are both episodes I haven't seen
3. I love seeing construction worker guys buying things for their teenage daughters for Christmas, SO ADORABLE!
2. Seeing the QOTSA video on MTV
1. My mom made me breakfast

xo,
red

:: Miss Scarlet 10:36 PM [+] ::
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I'm going to let you all in on a little secret. When the last customer leaves Old Navy at nite and the employees are still there cleaning up they put on this CD featuring Justin Timberlake. There, I said it. It's weird. But after hearing the effing Jackson 5 all day, Justin Timberlake is the best thing ever. I hate the Jackson 5, I always have.
I'll write more later, Ali's kicking me off the internet.
xo,
sc

:: Miss Scarlet 5:51 PM [+] ::
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Last Nite:
My Chemical Romance: Good, kind of melodic punk stuff but that was melodic...screaming at times, singing at others. I liked it. They did a Morrissey cover which is pretty daring but I thought it was really good. I also liked the singers bat belt buckle, wohooo!

"And if they get me and the sun goes down into the ground
And if they get me take this spike to my heart and
And if they get me and the sun goes down
And if they get me take this spike and
You put the spike in my heart"

Koufax- I missed them at the Hey Mercedes show over the summer bc I came straight from work. They're good. Just that good wholesome rock type of stuff. I can totally see them opening for HM. I can't think of who they reminded me of though...

"Everyone says that it's wrong
We never did slow down
To think about this adultery - it screwed morality
When I brag about having a Mrs. Robinson
Knowing that it is only the sin that is the attraction
We never did slow down
To think about this adultery - it fucked morality"

Elliot- I've always been interested in them since some of my friend really liked them. They were the most different of the 4 bands, some people really weren't into them I dont' think. I thought they were good. They use a lot of effects pedals and get a really big sound.

Piebald- Woohooo! They played The Stalker which was all I cared about;) They're great, very entertaining and funny. The Jewish jokes were funny, haha "yeah yeah laugh at the Jewish guy." And in honor of Vanessa's favorite song:

"I mastered the dance but now you're gone
All you need is drums to start a dance party
You're invited to our dance party
All you need are kisses to start a make-out party
You're invited to my make-out party."

Last nite I dreamt I lived in NYC-wohooo!
xo,svr

:: Miss Scarlet 1:57 PM [+] ::
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Last nite I had some dreams in which I was making sure Jobeth didn't steal my Mt. Dew I bought and then I was riding in Buck's car and then we were all watching a movie that used a road near my house and I got mad bc they added different buildings in it. Weird.
Old Navy was good yesterday. I was supposed to work from 9-1 and I spent half that time folding t-shirts in the kids dept, then I was helping the regional people in the clearance section. So when 1 rolled around and noone made me go home I figured I'd just stay and make more money. Besides, the ladies I was working with were nice. Then at 2 they were going to go to lunch so I went up to the store manager to check about leaving and she was with the Regional Manager and she said, "I bet you want to go home, past 1, huh? haha" and explained to Jack, the regional manager, that it was my first day and he said, "You're doing a wonderful job! You want to stay?" So I didn't have anything else to do and Jack was loving me so I stayed. He let me take a 45 minute lunch and when I came back me him and these other 2 girls worked in the men's jeans area-by the way, there should be one style and one size, haha. Then he said, "They've got that, you come with me" and he found me something else to do. Hehe. And he asked about school and stuff and when I said I go to VCU he said I should "work for us in Richmond" and gave me the name of the manager at Willow Lawn and said, "Tell her you know me, You'll get a job" YAY! Then at 5:30pm the shift manager said, "You know you were on til 4:30?" and no, I did not. They fail to remember I have NO IDEA what I'm dong there, haha. So then as I was leaving (finally) I passed the store manager and my best friend Jack and they're saying how great I am (*wink*) and Jack shakes my hand and is like, "Don't forget those names for Richmond. Thanks for all your help." yay:)
Tonite is Piebald. I'm kinda sad I'm missing Ali's meet but it will be super crowded bc it's against Fauquier and I'm going on Friday which is her 16th birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We're all old now=/
xo,
svr

:: Miss Scarlet 2:17 PM [+] ::
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Yay for Ali for rocking the LHS VS. Sherando!!!!! She swam the 100 free and then 1 event later the 500 free (which is about 7 minutes of continuous swimming) and got 3rd place, her team swept that one, yay! After getting back to Bealeton in my patented record time I headed to Fredericksburg to hang out with Vanessa, Pat and Nick. It was an interesting nite and I'll leave it at that.
xo,
scarlet

:: Miss Scarlet 12:51 PM [+] ::
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I had more dreams last nite but if I don't get to write them down right away I forget, Why are dreams like that? I had a "big" day of jobbing today and I won't bore you with the in between details but, I got a job at Old Navy:) Yay! Just a winter break job but then hopefully I can transfer to an RVA location. Rock and Roll!
I helped Ali with her homework last nite (makes me feel smart, SMRT, right Reens? ha) and it got me looking at my old art history text book. That class was tough but one of my favorites. Other favorites include Conducting (besides the day I wanted to cry and my not being able to "show change"), Orchestra, Calculus 2 (yeah, I know) and Psychology (Allright sports fans, arghh). Ew, enough about school.
Pat and Van are at Covance Prom right now, lucky them-no seriously. Ali's at Second St. watching a friend's band. I'm just hanging out at home, but that's ok with me. Tomorrow is her meet, I can't wait! I'm going to be such an obnoxious cheerer.
My posts have been lame-o lately, sorry. My throat kind of hurts, eek.
xo,
scarlotta

:: Miss Scarlet 8:16 PM [+] ::
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This remembering dreams thing is fun:
Last nite my dream ruled, read on to see why. The beginning is hazy, but I was with a group of friends at this place and all of a sudden this tour bus thing drives by and it has Dave Grohl on it! And we all cheer and scream and he waves. Then the next tour bus goes by and it has Taylor Hawkins on it and we all cheer and scream and HE waves:) Then my friends and I went into the town for lunch and that part is hazy too. But then we heard that Dave was heading back so I ran and got my camera and my "There is Nothing Left to Lose" cd and went back to where he would be left off. And I almost missed him but I caught up with him and he signed my CD, he said, "Oh, is this the special pressing of Everlong?" and I said, "Um, no...I don't have any money" (haha) but he signed it:) But it was weird bc his signature was actually one of those wax pressing things they used to use in old timey days to seal letters. And his little picture on it was a rose..interesting.
xo,
red
ps. breathe out so i can breathe you in...

:: Miss Scarlet 1:40 PM [+] ::
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My hair is straight again. It's so easy to do now and I really like it, but then I feel bad neglecting the curliness. Oh wait, the waviness-dammit.

Tonite was pleasant. Not the scandalous, "party like a rockstar" nite I was hoping for but I had a nice time. Me, Nick and Pat went to Spirits which was dead. And weird. A parallel universe Spirits. And my "people" didn't go, oh well. But the no expectations plan worked once again, I was only mildly disapointed.
Actually my highlight of the nite was my "wasting" time in the Underground and having a quick chat with Mandy and MikeRoth and seeing Patrick. It's seeing them all hanging out (some studying) in the Underground that makes me really miss MWC. I remember back when I was too intimidated to go in there and now I'm there way too much for someone who graduated. But I can give myself a year, right? I mean, I still know a lot of people there so it's allowed. I wish I could have had senior year twice it was so good. It was so good I've pushed out of my memory all the crappy parts. (roommatebotanybeingpoorseeicantevenrememberanythingelse) I miss Hard Time every Wednesday, Spirits at least once a week, going to every and all shows with Anna Craft (the best concert buddy ever), hanging out in the Underground and getting nothing done, practicing for my senior recital with Mandy (yes, I miss that;), Dinner at 5-everyday, crepes on Thursday with Cara, Bio lab with Van, Trinkle labs-so much trouble there, passing notes with Andrew and Jules in music classes, sitting with MikeDisque, Mandy and Andrew in music history and collectively rolling our eyes and holding in laughter...
But besides missing all of that. I'm in much better spirits tonite, compared to last nite especially. Last nite was horrible but I'm blaming it on not getting any sleep and having everything just seem to go wrong all at once. My biggest stress is to not disapoint. Mostly my mom at the moment. Othertimes, myself. Why can't I just let myself accept the idea of having a job that is not as glamorous as the "dream job"? But then I think, why should I settle? Maybe my new approach will be to take the non-dream job and make it better...hmm, a good thought. Or, to have the non-dream job and add to it cool stuff in spare time. Such as mine and Pat's band. We're going to go far! And now that Ali agreed to play drums-watch out!
Well, I hope noone minding my "talking to myself" thing here...It's easier to think about thinks while typing/writing...otherwise my mind will wander...usually towards my unconscious state, hah!
xo,
scarlet

:: Miss Scarlet 1:43 AM [+] ::
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I swear this is the last blog before I got to sleep. I've been blog (un?) happy today. But I must post about my dream I remember:
It was scary, which is unusual for me. I don't remember all of it but I was trying to get away from a scary man, but it was someone I sort of know I think, and I went in my car (a sports car, awesome) to Shoppers Food Warehouse. But it was really small and is actually the setting I used often in my dreams bc I remembered it. So I went there and I forget what happened but eventually I'm back at my house and I open the door to my basement and there's this little girl riding in circles on her tricycle and she's just like the scary girls in The Shining so needless to say I was freaked out. She just looked up at me and kept riding, then I woke up. Very creepy. I hope tonite I dream about......um, winning the US Open.
xo,
red

:: Miss Scarlet 1:44 AM [+] ::
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The Longest Day:
I've been semiconscious since about 5:30AM after passing out at about 3:30AM. I took my Vetebrate Natural History exam at 8AM and did ok, not the 100 like I was aiming for but I already have a degree so I don't care. Ok, That's a lie-I care. Then I came and slept some and went at 1PM to take the makeup Life Science exam which was retarded and even had extra credit, whhhaaat? A peanut butter and cherry jelly sandwich made the morning move to the past and I chatted online with some people while I watched those "awesome" soaps. Then, and this is when the day goes slightly putrid: I called the Kohl's lady to have her tell me that they had finished their hiring. I wanted to ask her why she never called me back in effect causing me to miss out on a much needed job but I was about to cry so I just said "Thank You" (aka I hate you) and hung up. Then I proceeded to have a minor mental set back. Sounds much worse than it was, it's just that I was this close *holds up fingers that are incredibly close* to getting that job I thought and then all because that woman probably lost the paper with the message to call me back I'm screwed. Neither Manassas nor Fredericksburg Kohls are hiring anymore. What about all of the college students who don't get back until next week? I don't understand how they'll get jobs. My new plan is to hopefully sub teach, which I've done the past few years. It's an easy 45 bucks or so and then I can be at my lovely decorated Bealeton house and go to all of Ali's swim meets. I hear she got 3rd, maybe 2nd, in the 500 free last nite and I'm so mad I missed it! There was no way I could have gone though, so that helps a little. Ali rocks my socks and I'll end it with that.
xo,
scarls

:: Miss Scarlet 12:22 AM [+] ::
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Speaking of being upset, Can I just take a nap that lasts about 5 days? I don't want to get into this on here, but I'd love to talk to everyone:) Call me 540-270-0869 (after 9) and email me scarls17@hotmail.com and IM me at sgt5pepper.
xo,
me
ps. seems like the lottery is a better bet...

:: Miss Scarlet 5:36 PM [+] ::
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:(

:: Miss Scarlet 4:22 PM [+] ::
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OK, Here's the deal:
Covs, do you even realize you are Covs? I want each and every person who checks the blog today to click on the "SITE METER" little button thing above the archives. This will take you to another page and on that page click on "By Details" on the left hand side, then you will be taken to another page that will list everyone who checks this blog. LOOK AT THE TIMES THE PEOPLE VISIT! Figure out when you check this blog and if it corresponds to "covad.net" then YOU ARE COVS AND WE WANT TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE! Please! Comment or email me. Don't be shy! And for the rest of you, comment more, ok!?
xo,
red

:: Miss Scarlet 3:06 PM [+] ::
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I'm awake!

:: Miss Scarlet 5:55 AM [+] ::
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I never got to go to the beach this year. That's maybe the first time ever and it's sort of sad. If there's one thing I hate it's endings: endings of movies, endings of nites, endings of traditions, etc. My family has gone to the beach ever year since I was born pretty much and the few years when I couldn't go bc of college I went with other people. Wow, There's a few weeks of the year left, maybe we can just go to VA Beach and stick our toes in.
I got sad Sat nite when the Edenpark show was over, *ending of nites*. I ended up just leaving because I didn't want to be disapointed by it not ending how I wanted it to. I'm so glad Vanessa called me on the way home and my mom and Ali were awake when I got there. How depressing if I had gone home to a sleeping house and tried to fall asleep in the cold den. Much better to be welcomed with a Christmas tree decorated with a zillion lights (my doing:). I love Christmas trees, I love the lights. They're even efficient in providing heat.
An ending I do not get sad about is the semester and finals. I have to take my bio exam in about 7 hours, am I ready? no. Am I buckling down yet? Nope. Am I stressed? Not really. Should I be? I'm thinking yes. I have 6 pages of typed out notes. I'm not very good at taking tests anyway, I go blank the second it's handed out. It's sort of like if I didn't know it from hearing it in class I'm screwed. My way of learning is by writing it down about 10 times at least-that's impossible to do with 6 pages of notes. I need a new way of learning. Does cheating count?
xo,
scarls
ps. kidding about cheating.

:: Miss Scarlet 12:51 AM [+] ::
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Counter-current thermoregulation- the blood going to my hands in the arteries is transfering heat over to my veins to keep my core warm but in the process my hands are cold....Yeah, I'm studying. I'll return to better blogging tomorrow afternoon, I promise. Until then you're stuck with these lame updates. I'm taking a mini break. And I'm freezing.
Berry Berry Kix are back!
Seinfeld is on, Weeknites at 11PM would be so much better if FRIENDS was on.
I should get back to work. COVS, WHO ARE YOU!?!??!?!?!?!!
xo,
scarls

:: Miss Scarlet 11:22 PM [+] ::
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By this time tomorrow I will be done with finals and can stop being anti social and stressed. Until then however, I will remain holed up in my room studying and I will continue eating raw cookie dough (doh!). Bio exam at 8AM=/ and Life Sciences at 1PM, big phat bust.
I want to go to Spirit's on Wed.....Hey ho, Let's go!
Today I expanded my navigational knowledge and I successfully found my way all over the place in my quest to find the appropriate banks..I'm switching to Wachovia ASAP.
Hmm, I need to study but reminiscing about high school with Reens is TOOO MUCH FUN!!!!
xo,
scarls

:: Miss Scarlet 6:29 PM [+] ::
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Warning: Random Dream Thoughts:
I have to be quick in typing this, I remember my dream, sort of. It was my family and we were going to see trail of Dead play? So we're waiting around and Kevin says "Oh my god, you're beautfiul and I think I love you" (whoa) and yeah, thats pretty exciting but of course I'm like "yeah right" but he keeps touching my hair? Which was straight-interesting. And then this other guy who I can't place who he is was saying HE wanted me, but then I didn't want him to mess it up if Kevin was serious of course. And the Trail of Dead guys were all high from smoking pot or something. And then there was this Christopher Hogan + someone else I can't remember guy who was buying ecstasy and these police guys came to the store (?) where we were sleeping to check it out but I don't think he got in trouble. Then my family and Trail of Dead were getting ready to leave and I had to make sure the lights were all of and my mom was making sure I had my allergy medicine (?) but then...this is sort of weird. We watched a Full House episode where Steve does something to make DJ happy. It involved bringing in a big blow up palm tree. whaaaat? Then I woke up.
So to analyze my own dream, I love Trail of Dead and someone slipped me crack last nite.
xo,
scarls

:: Miss Scarlet 10:37 AM [+] ::
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If ever I've wanted to be somewhere else, it's right now.

:: Miss Scarlet 11:19 PM [+] ::
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Big update when I get back to RVA...for now however I am in Bealeton on Ali's computer and since my eyes are burning for some reason I'm going to go to sleep. It's been such an eventful and fun-filled weekend. Covs, what did you do this weekend/!?!!??!?!?!?!?!?!
xo,
scarlet

:: Miss Scarlet 1:41 AM [+] ::
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I'm a little disapointed in myself because my extra credit essay for anthropology is most likely not going to happen. I just can't seem to get work done during the day and then I run out of hours at night. It's Thursday though which meant FRIENDS and ER....Both of which were amazing but didn't help the plan to study for my anthropology test I have tomorrow. For anyone not on the East Coast or living in a hole, today was one big snow day. I enjoyed mine without ever touching the stuff. While I adore snow and have great memories of being forced to play in it all day long by my younger sister Ali (hehe) I'm not a fan of it when it gets crunchy, and that is what happened in Richmond once that sleet hit it. Now I'm confused though because I saw one report that VCU isn't opening until 10AM but I have not seen that report again. This drastically affects my plans for studying and waking up: I either need to get to sleep NOW to be up in time to de-ice my car and get to my 8AM or study now and sleep in in time to get to my test at 11AM.
I got a comment on my blogs tonite and now I feel like I let the loyal readers down with this lame post. But I'm distracted with thoughts of "culture" and other "things" in my head. Check out my more focused (?) thinking that has a great compliment to Rena (Reens) in there:)
xo,
scarls

:: Miss Scarlet 1:36 AM [+] ::
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bach1160 (1:08:29 AM): i dont think we should put aside the unrequited love
sgt5pepper (1:08:32 AM): haha
bach1160 (1:08:39 AM): thats my theory and i'm sticking to it

:: Miss Scarlet 1:13 AM [+] ::
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Like Jules and I talked about during my 45 minute drive North, on the ride home the sky was pink..in that dangerous sort of way. 55 Miles clocked on the odometer and about 2 hours of my time spent gripping the steering wheel so hard my hands started to feel separated from my body. My back began to ache after I had to scoot the seat up and drive like an old lady when my winshield wipers stopped working as well bc they were encased in snow and were essentially just smearing the snow then. I saw about 5 cars that had slid off the road and I went into "professional rescuer" mode getting ready to call *77 for the state police. But I was convinced that the second I took a hand off the steering wheel I would lose control and careen into a guard rail or something. I did have a flasher buddy on the road, we both had our flashers on (hence the name;) and stuck with each other going about 30 miles an hour the whole way. Why was I in this predicament you may wonder?
I went to see The French Kicks and Denali tonite. After deciding I shouldn't go at about 6PM I had already gone into my mode of convincing myself that it would have sucked and wouldn't be worth it so I wouldn't be upset about missing it. But I'm glad I didn't miss it, I haven't been to a show in awhile and it's good to support those Richmond bands. The French Kicks were a pleasant surprise! The drummer-singer reminded me of my other favorite drummer-singer of the Gibbons. But that might just have been bc I haven't seen him in a long, long time. I defeinitely find myself watching the bass player the most now, checking out what progressions he's playing and trying to commit every move made to memory. (I just had a great memory which I'll share later). I'd like to get the French Kicks album...when I have some dinero.
Denali-wow. I sort of get sidetracked by Vanessa's hatred of them (hehe) and even though I did like them when I first saw them it was a warped memory bc that was the same nite I saw Strike Anywhere and almost died and had someone step on my head. So you can see how I might not remember them as well. I couldn't get over how much Keely and Maura looked alike when singing the same parts. It was cool. And Anna and I were excited for the return of the blue lights, how can you rock without them? I love the "soft loud soft" musical template that so many great bands use: Nirvana of course, Trail of Dead, Denali!, etc. I love it when the music hits the climax of the song and its just so powerful. Whatever band I have, and I will, it's going to do this. I just need to work on the singing....screaming?
Like Mandy wrote about in her livejournal, we had a music major moment when something eerily like Stockhausen came on between songs and I was a little frightened. I need to get a copy of that because you haven't been spooked until you've been in a dark room with that on...believe me! On the "music major" subjec though, I'm sort of depressed by how much I've forgotten already. It's all there but with no connections. I'm going to start looking back over old music theory texts and piano/voice things. That stuff is really cool and I need it to be fresher in my mind. I'm so jealous of you guys who can sing well.
That's about it, but I must say Richmond is gorgeous covered in snow. I wanted to take pictures of it at nite (my favorite time of day) but the sleet is a minor obstacle I don't wish to tackle right now.
I'd like to build a snow duck tomorrow.
xo,
svr

:: Miss Scarlet 2:54 AM [+] ::
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I have this talent, sort of, where whenever I'm listening to the radio in the car or going between two channels on tv as I often do with Leno and Letterman and Conan and Craig I sometimes have this feeling that I need to switch bc I'm missing something. I know it's dumb but it happens all the time. Craig Kilburn was introducing some lame rap act when I flipped over to Conan and there they were: Sparta. Another amazing product of Texas who I absolutely have adored since I first heard/saw them. See, this performance on Conan was a repeat from a nite a few months ago that I accidently missed so it's so cool I happened to change the channel and I even had a tape in the VCR to record it. Now on tape I have the Texas flagged amp, Jim Ward's initial and Texas tattoos, the Brian Stozek look alike drummer and those crazy bitches screaming their asses off. (ha) I'm going to go look at my many pictures of Sparta and then try to fall asleep in my mild, totally overreacting, insomniac state....ummm, underneath my map of Texas hanging on the wall. Obsessed much?
xo,
Scarlet *Don't mess with me* Rose

:: Miss Scarlet 1:42 AM [+] ::
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Top Five FRIENDS Episodes From Season 3:
1. TOW The Jam
2. TOW/out The Ski Trip
3. TOW The Hypnosis Tape
4. TOW The Screamer
5. TOW The Beach

:: Miss Scarlet 11:56 PM [+] ::
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SPY TIPS:

Never leave lipstick
on a martini glass
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Don't leave
fingerprints
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Wear shoes that
don't squeak
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Double agents have
double the action

:: Miss Scarlet 4:35 PM [+] ::
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"Auto Pilot" by Queens of the Stone Age is a great song, I love it.
Today is sucking. Contrary to my previous post I'm not in the "scheme of things" mindset. I just want a job, why is that such a difficult thing to obtain. I'm giving the lady today to call me back and then tomorrow I'll call her. I don't want to bother her and I can't go in for an interview tomorrow anyway because I have class all day. If only she had an answering machine-I love those things. So as a direct result of this I'm still having to totally skimp on things so I'll be able to go to the last few things going on this week: Denali and maybe Spirits tomorrow in Fred (hopefully will only cost gas money if I can put my skills to good use, and no, not those skills), Thursday is Ali's swim meet at Vint Hill and I'm going to this thru snow and whatever else is thrown my way (will only cost gas money and I can probably get a free dinner out of the deal and maybe steal some of the fam's food), Friday is I think going to be Interpol at the 9:30 Club which I didn't want to go to bc it's more than the Alley Katz one and duh, farther away BUT, Edenpark is playing in my pseudo hometown of Manassas on Saturday nite and since I actually know those guys and always have a great time seeing them play I have to go to that. But I'll have to miss the First Friday again (where you walk to different art things and sometimes there is food and wine, I've never been but I bet it will be cold as balls so maybe missing it will be ok, ha). By the way, the Edenpark show will cost gas and it's a charity thing so admission is a $5 toy or something. But I can probably stay at my house Friday nite and cut down on gas, oh I hadn't thought of that, yay! Unless of course, all of these plans get foiled bc I will HOPEFULLY get a job and will have to work-Please! I can't decide if it's a good or bad thing to plan my weekend before "hump day".....
"In the Fade" is also really good but Nick Oliveri doesn't sing it;)
xo,
scarls

:: Miss Scarlet 3:11 PM [+] ::
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Sometimes it's a good thing to not care. About petty stupid things. Like, when Andrew asks to borrow money (you owe me!!!!!!! PAY ME BACK) and I say "I DON'T CARE!" and he says "But I feel like you do!" Honestly, I don't really care. I mean, of course I'm not into sharing my prescious, hard-earned dinero but in the scheme of things it doesn't really matter. Everyone should work on this "in the scheme of things" idea. One bad day, or even year isn't the end of the world. Believe me, I have my things I could be upset about but what is being upset going to do? Not a damn thing.
I really shouldn't allow myself to post these late nite blogs. Just skip over it, hehe. I'm on the verge of writing "real" things but after checking the site-o-meter I'm rethinking that idea. I'm lame.
I am rewatching the ALIAS episode, yay. Now THAT is something to be excited about! I need a job at the CIA. I'm intelligent?
Yes, Have some.
~Red

:: Miss Scarlet 2:11 AM [+] ::
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I'm about to go ace my stats test. I'm getting pumped up with some Eminem, hehe. I'll write something substantial later. A package just came and I was hoping it would be my new cell phone faceplates but NOPE! Man, the Kohl's lady needs to call me back bc I am getting sick of calling them. I should get offline. Peace.

:: Miss Scarlet 1:21 PM [+] ::
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A Big Announcement..sort of:

I saw part of Star Wars. Many people know of the fact that I've never seen any of them and I often get "scolded" on this subject. So over T-Day break I attemped to get into one of the older ones...to no avail. I'm sorry but I firmly believe that since I don't have some grandiose memory of watching them as a child then it's not going to be exciting when I try to watch them now. I find them boring, and old....and I don't get into the R2D2 and whatever the hell other things there are. So my second attempt was on T-Day nite when one of the newer ones was on. This was a better experience because it was made recently and is more exciting in my *humble* opinion and has actors/actresses who I like. In the "better made" way, and yes this is just because its more high tech or whatever. Don't fight me on this, I won't listen to you. I don't care if the other one was ahead of it's time, it doesn't matter. So, my thoughts after watching about an hour of it are that 1) I like the story, it's interesting. I'm sure it's exciting to see how to characters came about. And when I saw characters I am not talking about the non-human things, I'm not into them at all. 2) I don't care for any of the parts with non-human things...such as that fight scene with the things in the bubble or whatever, I channel surfed during this part. I'm sorry, I just don't like it. 3) Natalie Portman is cool and everyone should watch The Professional 4) Light sabors-eh... 5) THat's all I guess but don't jump all over me just bc I'm not into your precious movies....and *you* is not directed to anyone.

xo,
svr

:: Miss Scarlet 11:28 PM [+] ::
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Top 10 FRIENDS Episodes From Season 2:
1. TOW The Prom Video
2. TOW Ross and Rachel...You Know
3. TOW Dr. Ramoray Dies
4. TOW The List
5. TOW Two Parties
6. TOW Ross Finds Out
7. TOW Ross's New Girlfriend
8. TOW Phoebe's Husband
9. TOW The Baby On The Bus
10. TOW Barry And Mindy's Wedding

YAYAYY!

In other news, ALIAS is on tonite and I can't wait. Seriously-CANNOT WAIT! I'm so tempted to go to the store but I want to conserve the dinero until I find out if I got the Kohl's job...oh my gawd I just remembered I took Mac and Cheese from my house:) Mmmm. Milk might be an issue..I wonder what it would taste like without....
I'll let you know how it goes.
xo,
scarlet

:: Miss Scarlet 5:26 PM [+] ::
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