I've Got Troubled Thoughts and the Self-Esteem to Match

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:24:12 GMT

This wasn't supposed to happen.

Guilty, but Fighting

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:11:25 GMT

Dear World,
I say this not as the best friend of a homosexual. Nor do I say this as a family member of homosexuals. I say this as a human being. I should have fought harder before the election in November 2008. I was of the false hope that people in my seemingly liberal state of California would never pass something as demeaning as proposition 8. This isn't about just prop 8. This about the dictionary. This is about definition. This is about religion ruling our laws. I am a firm believer that God exists. There is something out there watching us. And I believe God created us equal and free.
It is simply un-American to refuse anyone the right to their sexuality, choice(?), and rights. It is un-American to hinder the pursuit of happiness. It is our job to be unpartisan and unbiased.
First of all America was originally a safe haven for those fleeing religious prosecution. We are NOT a religion-based country. America will NEVER be a religious state. Do not kid yourself into thinking that you have the right to judge anyone.
Love isn't defined by Christians or Catholics or Muslims or Jews. Love isn't defined in simple terms. Love is feeling intristically. Bound to another human and God will accept all, regardless of "flaws". It is only he (she) who can judge that. Pretending you can make that desision makes you not only ignorant, but stupid and self-righeous.
I am not a supporter of biogtry. Humans are inheirently flawed. We were MADE to err. And for that reason alone we should stop throwing stones in our glass houses.
I have complete faith God will intervine on behalf of those being wronged. I believe whole-heartly that God created us and loves us all. He made us as we were supposed to be.
Please remember that it isn't your 'job' to judge. Please remember "Judge not lest you be judged". Please remember "laws" are subject to mans interpretation. Remember how flawed man is.
Please reject hate when you vote.
If I have to say this for the next 10 years I will only grow more passionate.
I am sorry for thinking my generation was capable of rejecting hate the first 2 times, but I will never accept bigotry, hate, and discrimation as part of my law.
I refuse to raise the next generation to hate. My future children may be gay, and I'll be damned if my kids will grow up persecuted and punished by my own lazy hands. Pass this on to every person you know.
Sincerely,
Ashley Lauren Galindo

Writer's Block: Deal or No Deal

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:33:55 GMT

What's on your list of dealbreakers when it comes to romantic relationships?

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This is all hearsay since I've never been in a relationship, thus wouldn't really know what I wanted.
They're probably all petty, but here goes...
Not being intelligent.
Arrogance
Ignorance
Critical of the stupid things that make me happy. Obv they make me happy; stop pissing on my parade
Being too close too fast
Selfishness.
Being too serious. I'm only pretend serious.
Homophobia would not go over well.
Racism.
Overly religious.

Not wanting kids would kill me if it were a serious relationship. So would not believing in marriage. I'm old-fashioned in some senses and would want him to want those things too.

my life would suck without you

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:40:53 GMT

Dear Patrick (Martin) Vaughn Stump,
Stop being so goddamn fucking adorable, sexy, and amazing. I know you don't think that you are, but believe me i am not the only one (and I would hope your gf lets you know). Singing, music writing, producing, film making, painting; I've seized to care about what you actually do, just that you do it. More than being sexually attracted to you, I am in utter awe. I mean, dude, you are 6 days younger than me and you are so accomplished, and there is no measure as to how much you can actually do. I'm constantly amazed. You have absolutely no idea the kind of jealousy I feel when I think about your work.
If you could actually see this or read this I'd probablyjust blush and bow my head and pretend i was drunk when I wrote it. Honest to god though, you're an endless talent to the world. You're humbleness only make you that much more attractive. I wish, I WISH I could have the same amount of talent and the same amount of immunity to being a diva. But I know me, and I know that if I were as talented and charming and outstanding as you are I would never stop talking about it.
So keep on denying. Keep on pretending that you're nobody, unimportant, and insufficient, but I know better.

Love and admiration,
Ashley Lauren Galindo

Writer's Block: Secret Ballot

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:49:15 GMT

It's hard to ignore the fact that today is Election Day in the U.S. If you went to the polls today, tell us what it was like. Long line? Free stickers? Hanging chads? We want the details.

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Yeah I did my civic duty this morning bright and early at 7am. Am I nerd because I fully planned my day around when I would be voting? What can I say I was excited.
I got there at 7:05 (it was in a church at the end of my block) and waited 45 minutes to mark my ballot. We were even on the news! Which was exciting, even though I didn't really wanna be interviewed.
The voting process was pretty easy, fill in the circle. It was kind of like taking a test.

Got my sticker and then rewarded myself with starbucks. Now I'm on pins and needles waiting for the results.

Writer's Block: Secret Crush

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:04:42 GMT

Everyone knows having a crush at the office or in class can make the time pass a little bit quicker. Is it better to keep your crush a secret or tell them how you feel?

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Whatever, crushes at work suck! Crushes suck in general. They just make you feel awkward and insane and never yield good results.
I told one of my friends that I had a crush on him and it didn't do anything but make things weird. It took years for us to talk to each other normally again.

Writer's Block: A.A. Milne

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:57:54 GMT

Some people find Eeyore’s gloomy outlook charming. Others prefer the bouncy enthusiasm of Tigger. Who would you rather be trapped in an elevator with: Eeyore or Tigger?

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I've never answered one of these, although I enjoy reading other people's answers. But this question was made for me.
Hands down, eeyore. I love eeyore. We sit in opposite corners of the elevator and 'oh dear' til we got rescued.

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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:17:09 GMT

My fucking internet won't work on my phone and its driving me insane. I'm so bored!

Not having internet is hard

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:03:07 GMT

ignore this public entry. i'm trying to show my sister something.
i'm going crazy over these right now.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/ashaloo02/43.jpg
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test ignore me

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:37:43 GMT

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Tue, 06 May 2008 14:41:41 GMT

i feel like crawling in a hole and never coming out. I need to stop worrying, but its my nature. Work seems so hard today.

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Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:32:34 GMT

san diego, u fail. 2 person moshpit in the 2nd row from the back ftw. Seeing hct from a movie theatre makes me a giant nerd.

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Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:59:38 GMT

i messed up my back pretty bad and ive been bored out of my mind today at home trying to rest. Esp w no internet. D:

UHHH

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:32:15 GMT

most boring cover ever?
ps. peter kissising patrick martin. blah. and ew. and boring.patrick likes girls.
i'm a little more ambidextrious.
ilulady.

EDIT: WHAT THE FUCK!? AMBIDEXTRIOUS? LOL!

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Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:41:46 GMT

i am a tears machine. Ps happy belated bday to lint whos number i lost and bday i just remembered. :D

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Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:10:46 GMT

am i the only person in the world distracted by her own heartbeat when she goes to bed? Thump thump thump. Shut up!

dear heroes, ilu.

Fri, 22 Sep 2006 01:02:57 GMT

sometimes i wish i could put all the people i love (musicians, singers, producers, directors, writers, whathaveyous) into one room and give this collective kiss and a big hug for being there for me when i don't have courage enough to be there for myself or to even leave my anti-social little shell. i fucking love you people for a million and one reasons or more. so thank you.

Unamusing Park

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 07:57:34 GMT

i did something amazing today.
I wrote for the first time in 8 months. i started writing my book, titled at the moment, Unamusing Park. It's meant to be a collection of essay/stories about working in atheme park and how much it sucks. pretty much a memior of my last 4 summers and it's going to be amazing! work is now fun, because it's research. :]

So this is the introduction to my book. i'd love for you to read it and tell me what you think. this is semi autobiographical.

UnAmusing Park

Life Underwater
You get in line, you grab a form, and you wait. At the end of the waiting you talk to an overly bubbley, overly blonde woman named Jennifer. Jennifer thinks everything you say is hysterical. This will be the crux of your existence for the next 5 years. You are hysterical, laughable, a regular comedian, but you are rarely trying to be funny. Jennifer is going to learn your name. Every time you see her in the lounge during breaks she will inevitably wave to you across the room and shout "HOW ARE YOU, HONEY?" to which you will reply, "I'm ok." (which you're not) and she will laugh.

You abhor smiling on command, but if you don't you will eventually be fired. So you have become a smiling idiot. "Hi, how are you doing today? *smilesmile*." You're only reward for this is money, and that's good, because you like and/or need money. Money can afford you booze, which you will eventually consume in very large portions on a fairly regular basis with 2 or 3 others like yourself, in a car parked in an alley behind a club and blasting Hilary Duff. This is what Drunk People (TM) DO.

Your life will suddenly revolve around summer, not unlike the way it did when you were in elementary school. Only now, instead of loving it, you will hate it. You will hate it with the passion of a Muslim on a Jihad against the infidels of America with the promise of 80 virgins on the afterlife. Not only that but you will slowly begin to sympathize with those who hate America. We are a country founded on the idea that the customer is always right, even when the customer is a conniving little douche bag sent by Satan to kill your spirit and eat your heart.

You will no longer have friends, only 'co-workers' whom you become inexplicable close acquaintances with until they get out. So it's kind of like prison with worse clothing.

You're potato sack uniform, which strikes fear into your fashion sense (assuming you have one) will allow you to look like every other slave. Unless you are unarguably attractive (which you aren't, by the way) you will look like a washed out, hung-over, college dropout (which you also are, but you don't need to spell it out quite so obviously). The only advantage to this is when you inevitably go to a birthday party outside of work the cute guy that works next door will see your cleavage and he will half-heartedly flirt with you at the party. The bad news is you will see him inside of work later, and he will be an asshole. The even worse news is he is 19 and you are 22 and he will never date you. That's okay because his co-worker is 21 and way cute too.

The rub is, when you painstakingly went to that jobfair and let Jennifer talk you into working here, you had no idea of any of this bullshit. When you go to orientation and eat pizza and outdated soda and watch beer commercials, you will not know the meaning of the word 'hate'. You are just an 18 year old kid with no life who couldn't get hired at VONS. You are a fresh out of high school ingénue that has no idea you just signed you life away to working every holiday imaginable, getting shit on my seagulls and management alike, and the phrase, 'Have a good day.' I both pity and envy you.
Hello, I'd like to welcome you to your future.

like vines we intertwined

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 19:33:28 GMT

Download this: We Intertwined
by far my favorite on the CD
Then Go Out and Buy
the Hush Sound "Like Vines"
TODAY!
you will not be disappointed.

music

Wed, 31 May 2006 23:30:31 GMT

i posted these to a music sharing community but it got rejected because they don't do single song requests. so...i'll ask you guys to see if someone has any of these.

Song Reqs
Artist: Ciara
Song Name: So what
Format: mp3/m4a, itunes compatible

Artist: Rihanna
Song Name: S.O.S.
Format: mp3/m4a, itunes compatible

Artist: Daniel Powter
Song Name: Bad Day
Format: mp3/m4a, itunes compatible

Artist: Shakira
Song Name: Hips Don't Lie
Format: mp3/m4a, itunes compatible

Artist: All American Rejects
Song Name: Move Along
Format: mp3/m4a, itunes compatible

Artist: Kelis
Song Name: Bossy
Format: mp3/m4a, itunes compatible

Album Recs:
Artist:Phantom Planet
Album Name: Negatives
Link: hxxp://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=E3022768386EE703
Number of Tracks: 20
Favourite Tracks: 2, 4, 9, 12, 14, & 17
Format: mp3/rar
Approximate File Size: 49mb
Recommended To Fans of : Rooney, Maroon5, Ben Kweller the Donnas, the Beatles, the Strokes, Nightmare of you, Brand New [just my opinions] (yahoo music says: Badly Drawn Boy, the Von Blondies, Grandaddy, the Get-Up kids, the Thrills, the Stills, Built to Spill, Cursive, At the Drive-In, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, elefant, Neutral Milk Hotel, And You will Know Us by the Trail of dead, Cursive, sunny day real estate, the walkmen, the new pornographers)
My Comments: This is my ABSOLUTE favorite band. This a fan club only b-sides record, and probably my favorite all their records. Their song "California" is the theme song for the OC, but they are worth much more credit than that song gives them. they are way more than "the OC band".

Artist: Jimmy Eat World
Album Name: Futures
Link: hxxp://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=CF89A0B95B1EE403
Number of Tracks: 11
Favourite Tracks: 2, 3, & 10
Format: m4a/rar (itunes compatible)
Approximate File Size: 45mb
Recommended To Fans of : Taking Back Sunday, Weezer, Sum41, the Killers, Straylight Run, the Used, Rise Against [Yahoo! Music]
My Comments: One of my favorite records. No matter what other band i get into, I keep coming back to this record and listening to it for hours. I Love 'Work' with Liz Phair. JEW is pretty much amazing!

my journal is friends only.

Fri, 10 Feb 2006 04:25:38 GMT

"They don't even know what it is to be a fan. To love some band or some silly piece of music SOO MUCH it...hurts!"

Add me. I'll add you back. Usually.

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