the journey of a thousand miles

that's right, folks, i'm going FRIENDS ONLY!



after roughly thousands of years, i am finally giving in. the internets are a scary place. so if you happen across my journal, and you think i seem cool, please add me and comment on this post to be added back! i am very nice, i promise.

( a bit about me... )

to all of my non-lj friends and family members who read this journal (and i know there are several of you), you should sign up to get an lj and add me so you can still keep up with my life! it's easy and free, and very fun... you might even want to start blogging here yourself.

i think that is everything. after years of seeing friends only posts, i still don't really know what sort of stuff people put on them. so yeah. hope to see you around!

and keep in mind:
nobody with naturally curly hair
can be that bad

tonight, i started a writing journal. if you are interested at all in my creative writing, or perhaps writing in general, please add it. i'd be happy to share this piece of myself with you.

afro_moon afro_moon afro_moon

see you there! :D

current novel word count: approximately 55,000 words. :O

we like to tell ourselves that our only real thoughts are the ones we dwell on. but the truth is, many more thoughts enter our heads, a new one every millisecond, but we tend to sweep them away because we're ashamed of them or because they're inconvenient. and when, suddenly, they are convenient, we dredge them up again and tell ourselves that we thought them all along.

THE LOSER by Shel Silverstein

Mama said I'd lose my head
If it wasn't fastened on.
Today I guess it wasn't
'Cause while playing with my cousin
It fell off and rolled away
And now it’s gone.

And I can't look for it
'Cause my eyes are in it,
And I can't call to it
'Cause my mouth is on it
(Couldn't hear me anyway
'Cause my ears are on it),
Can't even think about it
'Cause my brain is in it.
So I guess I'll sit down
On this rock
And rest for just a minute…

a long time ago, my sisters and i stopped exclusively drooling over male specimens who naturally fit the bill of conventional beauty. we began to acknowledge the tingle that runs down our spines at the sound of a deep, rumbling voice, the endearing nature of mild physical imperfections (especially in the nose), and the ability of a cool demeanor to transcend any limitations of age or appearance. hence...

( the list of strangely attractive men was born. )

this list will most likely be updated as time goes by. feel free to post pictures of guys you find strangely attractive in the comments. the post is public, so don't hesitate to link it around... i want as much input as possible! :DD

list of things i want to do before i die (will be updated as necessary):

- learn how to beatbox
- read the unabridged version of the count of monte cristo
- solve an entire rubik's cube
- write a novel

i'm posting this as a separate entry, since i was afraid it would get lost in my other incredibly long one.

this weekend i randomly decided to ask a bunch of people who their favorite vocalists are. not their favorite musicians necessarily, just their favorite vocalists. one male and one female.

my favorite female vocalist is definitely imogen heap.
my favorite male vocalist... that's a bit harder. maybe a tie between aaron marsh from copeland and masamune kusano from spitz.

so... who are yours?

usually when i see a movie i love, my first reaction is to tell everyone to see it under the assumption that they will surely love what i love. but it doesn't always work that way. i don't even want to try to explain the effect that august rush had on me. i will say that it made me cry more than any movie i have ever seen, perhaps even more than i ever have in my life. but it won't necessarily do that for you. we all connect to different things in our lives; those connections show us who we are. somehow, this movie represents a part of what i am. if you'd like, you can see if it does the same for you.

friends cut, yo!

the following users have now been deleted from my flist:

ali_jay
ameridolphreak
cerridwin
dayray42
exmoirae
feel_flows
gangstaduck
hsiujuan87
indygirl
janet_san
jenna_b
lazyamerican
lijahorlijohnny
lindsers83
serwato27
sucker_for_john
switchduckie
xmeanttolive021
yanatican

i know that seems like a lot, but for the most part i only deleted people who haven't updated in almost a year. if, however, any of the above people would like to stay on my flist, just leave a comment saying so... i will most likely add you back, since i didn't even want to do a friends cut in the first place. i just like to know who is actually reading out there, and i'd rather not have my lj available to people who don't even care...

sorry for the snobbery!

when i really like something, i make icons of it. so i made icons of tokikake tonight. far more icons than i can use. which is why i am posting them here.

warning: spoilers if you haven't seen it yet! (but why haven't you?)

[35] tokikake

teasers:
  

( time waits for no one )

ahhh, that felt good. haven't done one of those in a while.
you know the drill. comment, credit, all that jazz.

random: kathy and i decided that chiaki is quite reminiscent of mugen, y/n?

A Little Fable
by Franz Kafka



"Alas," said the mouse, "the world is growing smaller every day. At the beginning it was so big that I was afraid, I kept running and running, and I was glad when at last I saw walls far away to the right and left, but these long walls have narrowed so quickly that I am in the last chamber already, and there in the corner stands the trap that I must run into."

"You only need to change your direction," said the cat, and ate it up.

so, kathy, becky, and myself are probably the only people who will benefit from this, but i made a bajillion wolf's rain icons last night and i figured i would post them here for whatever purpose. if any of the rest of you watch wolf's rain someday (which you should!), then you know where to find icons.

[55] wolf's rain

teasers:
  

( THIS ONE WANTS A WOLF'S RAIN ICON )

so that's it. comment, and like, credit me and stuff.