Eyes Wide Open

Oh my gawd.

2005-10-03T22:47:27Z

BECK. FRIDAY.

hate to say it, but dreams do come true, sometimes.

one more night, its a good one.

2005-09-07T03:05:49Z

Schools tomorrow.

its been good kids, real good.

maine. canada. Groovers. Clivus. jesse likes wearing neon. Gang Bangs. Over night. Falling. Missing campers. French people. Crepes. Fire pit. TramPOPolining. beach. Turning 15. Doug is awesome. Chris is a chimpmunk. Pwnage. Goddamn noob. NYC. Clara and Fayes visit. Six Flags. Quebec. Montreal. Boho. Miss hawaii. Cinderlla man. Top Bunk. Shaving attack TEAM RED GO!. christmas lights. fayes a demon. my pissing tree. spiderrss, oh no wait grass. CAR NO WAIT NO CAR. stop lying. Pomp. Pimp. Eagles. Kayaking. Jellyfish. Crying. last campfire. Bubbles. Potholes. PArty int he woods. Sleeping Beauty. marley. One love.

too many good times.

Havent seen you round these parts...

2005-08-21T19:42:13Z

Well the truth is..i got sucked into the pathetic myspace world and kind of left my livejournal. Either way..online blogs arent really that interesting. But for an update:

Summer was amazing. After my freshman year ended(three days after to be specific) i left for Frost Valley Outtrip. There..the unthinkable happened. I met the most amazing people ever. Two of which id already known from other camp years. lily and jess....two crazy kids. Well we all got to know eachother, while jess got sick and decided to throw up multiple times on during our ten hour drive up to maine. Maine by the way is extremly beautiful. Our campsites were pretty much amazing, not counting the unbelievable amount of mosquitos. Which werent that terrible if you were on the shore cause the breeze made if hard for them to survive.

**Dont eat bananas when camping...they attract bugs..**

(didnt know that at the time)

Well we biked for one weak, around 80 miles into acadia national park. A lovely little town on desert island called Bar Harbor made our trip a little less.....woodsy. We shopped all day. Ate chinese food. Saw a movie(cinderella man) IN LAZY BOY CHARS. The most amazing movie theater ever....5 dollars for some comfortable seating..free water...food in plastic bowls..and bingo. Yea the people there thought we were strange for taking a large amount of pictures. The next week we kayaked with our tour guides...who were just another amazign addition tot he trip. The sky was clear and the weather was amazing. Our island was Pomp island, and we spent at least six hours everyday sitting on the large rocks making hemp necklaces and such for eachtoher while the sun set infront of us. We kayaked around the area, couple miles i guess a day..hiked here..explored there..etc.etc. We met up with the other maine trip group(the yonger kids..almost all were at least) and they didnt have such a great time.

**fire 47 man...leave fire pits if drunks approach..and if you let kids use your fire to roast grapes, they give you free food..**

Saying goodbye on the last day was one of the hardest things to do. Of course since then ive seen a lot of the kids and well..were all still great friends.

Second session was also amazing(residents camp). Although i was in the younger village cause of my friends, it was still amazing. Next year im hopefully becoming a C.I.T...if not im probably only doing the outtrp in costa rica. Yea thats right, costa fucking rica to save the sea turtles(hahaha). And then explore europe, thats how we do. Second session in tacoma was..bliss. From the 80's dance to team red pranks at 6:00 am with the discovery song..and the clivus(luckly chen actually DIDNT fall in, although she was a missing camper..for a night).

Leaving for vacation this week, and im a soph now. Thats pretty excited.

One love.

Im well aware i havent posted in a while..

2005-05-19T02:29:28Z

This week has been very akward. And by akward i mean extremly strange and suprising. Freshman year is comming to an end. But before the glory of finishing a year with good grades and nothing awful, we must make it through the end of the year exams, projects, regular tests and for some..including me..SAT's. On June fourth i(as well as other freshman who chose to take so..goodluck guys!) Will be taking the Biology SATs. Why? Well im not sure, it looks good for when applying for colleges, even tho i am going to major in art, mostlikely. Speaking of art, my art teacher is off to china to visit friends, have showings at universities and other important places and hangout there. I wont have another lesson till around the end of july when im home from camp(or when he returns). My dad talked about going to china one summer, i think that would be amazing. After the year of chinese art lessons, going there and experiancing it first hand would be, just, wow..And going to a school for art. F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C.
This weekend is going to be awesome. Starting off with tomorrow...going on a field trip to the city to see Indian Music.YEEEEESSSSSSSSSS. Chillin with Sarah and cool kids all day. After School straight to frisbeee passttaaa dinnerrrrr and LOTS of fun! Then home to study, study, study. SO much stress and work this week, i hate school. Probably going to leave early, parents dont wanna get into Pittsburg really late. Maybe missing italian and English(last two periods of the day). YEA SIX HOUR DRIVING AND MORE! For those of you who dont know what easterns are, its the east side Tournament for frisbee. Sparkle Motion(the columbia maplewood southorange girls team) will be amazing. Today some guy from news record stopped by cause he saw people playing frisbee, took some random pictures..pretty weird.. Well..EASTERNS WILL RULE. Comming home late sunday night.

Well, long post time.

2005-04-24T04:29:40Z

So the last few weeks have had their ups and downs, good times and bad. This week has been extremly stressfull. With the ongoing problem of mrs. Brundidge, the project was extremly hard. After finishing five pages of pure crap, she gave the outline for how she wanted it, and those five pages of crap had to be done over. Scooreeee...causing me to miss frisbee practice again. The weather was lovely for the most part, not including friday and saturday. Although, it would have been amazing to go away for spring break. Somewhere warm, a cruise...returning to hawaii. Amazing place. Staying home has its turnouts though, being lazy is exciting sometimes...if that makes any sense whatsoever.
Today:Morning was extremly interesting. Lately ive been having moodswings, the pressure is just unbelievable, and because of recent happenings..its just hard. FINALLY GOT TO SEE ELIZA. Missing my haircut, and going to shorthills to fix this goddamn ipod of mine. Worth it. Her new house is amazing, cant believe he made music in that roomm eliza! We went to "uptown" montclair, even tho i think its really downtown, whatever. Her friends are pretty chill, pretty crazy, but its entertaining. There are some massive houses on uppermountain...
Chris, Mike and Laura came over. IT WAS FANTASTIC. AMAZING. Watching chris and mike practically hump on the floor...priceless....haha fatasses. well that wraps up a lot, now enjoy some pics.

^Mountvernon, smooches for brian!

^Mike what are u doing?!

japajam @ 2005-04-17T17:18:00

2005-04-17T21:33:32Z

____YOUR LIFE____
[x] they call me: Marlena
[x] also: Mar(hate that), Marmar(that too), mars, shortay, Giggles
[x] sex: feeemmaalleee
[x] my first breath of air: August 17
[x] nationality: Italian(No i am not spanish), polish and other ishes
[x] best friend: Andriana, and a couple others but havent seen em in a while.
____PLAY____
[x] feeling: Extremly sore, my arm is purple and still puffed up and slightly bloody, and allergies suck ass.
[x] listening: Nothing, just my dad trying to fix the grill which includes a lot of cursing and load random banging.
[x] craving: ice cold lemonade and id actually like to go for a run.
[x] thinking of: Ultimate Frisbee
[x] hating: The fact that theres school tomorrow.
[x] worrying about: Life and my art teacher who is extremly sick.
____LOVE?____
[x] love is: Passion. Life.
[x] your current thing: Not official yet,who knows.
[x] love or lust?: eh..
[x] best love song: dont know any off the top of my head.
[x] is it possible to be in love with more than one person at the same time?: nah
[x] when love hurts, you: it always hurts.
[x] true or false - all you need is love: it doesnt have to apply to another person so yes it depends.
[x] have you ever been in love?: im not sure
[x] is there such thing as love at first sight?: I wouldnt know.
____THE OPPOSITE SEX____
[x] turn ons: Smile, eyes, just being chill.
[x] turn offs: being way to cocky, being a dick, etc.
[x] does your parents' opinion on your bf/gf matter to you?: Not really, but i do listen because my mom has an excellent way of thinking which i usually follow anyway.
[x] what kinda hair style?: itd be nice if things werent living in it, whatever works for them.
[x] the sweetest thing a member of the opposite sex can do for you?: Diamonds is the last thing id want, id go with the general way they talk and treat you.
____LAST PERSON____
- You touched: mmm ether mom or neighbor.
- You talked to: mom
- You hugged: mm someone on the frisbee team, gotta love group hugs.
- You instant messaged:l-l-laura
- You yelled at: dad maybe...i wouldnt say yelling..just aggrivation talking.
- You kissed: ...
____MISCELLANEOUS____
[x] can you swim?: hells yea, not in columbias pool tho im allergic.
[x] whats your most embarrassing moment?: no idea.
[x] what are you scared of?: Many things, dying alone.
[x] what is your greatest accomplishment?: Making wind ensemble? but i realise its not as important anymore.
[x] what kinda roof is over your head?: a roof..
[x] do you like tomatoes?: yea most of the time
[x] how many TVs in the house?: three, well four but its not hooked up yet.
[x] how many phones?: well four,(one on each for) not counting cell phones..
[x] how many residents?: 4 but my brothers in college
[x] how many DVDs do you have?: two dvd players, and a couple of dvds.
[x] last dentist visit: nooo idea a long time ago.
[x] last doctor visit: Oh god, a few months ago..i dunno four visist a month? i hated it.
[x] last phone call: Well ari called but i didnt pick up(sorry so tired)..so...mom i think.

well

2005-04-04T01:33:37Z

Pope died? The first non-italian pope in a VERY long time as well. Polish..cool guy.

Rays was freaking fun as what.

trills.

Excuse the lack of postings..Computers falt.

2005-03-30T03:34:36Z

Well, Easter was strangly...not easterlike. Which is a big let down for some reason. I pictured spring and family bonding outside, which wasnt at all what happened. The usual...Brooklyn..chilled in the empty apartment onthe top floor cleaning it up since they left it a mess....

Id really like to have a small apartment in Parkslope, it would be pretty cool, Or NYC....but its all pretty expensive and what not.....

Hopefully this weekend will be eventful. Friday night ether hanging out with some kids, or going to see the bands play(yay sams band) at CHS, then chill with the usual kids. Saturday probably going to the city, then comming home, possibly making some money babysitting.,...then friends comming over. And sunday, FINALLY another art lesson.

Men are evil.

2005-03-25T05:40:01Z

Well, today didnt consist of much.

Woke up to my Cell Phone ringing (7:30 a.m.), Chris apparantly needed my help to find his way on Randalls island to Ichon Stadium for a track meet, which was later canceled.
Delayed opening, so just chilled until my ride came at 10:00 a.m.
School of course, was extremly boring. Not very excited for Wind Ensemble try outs, i know for a fact im not going to do so well, not very good under pressure.

However, it is a three day weekend and that is a plus. Chris, Eric, and Andriana came over today around five after i came home from Sparkle Motion teach in(sccoooreeeee). Chilled, played pool, ordered in...the usual. Cheered me up after the day didnt go so swell. It happens.

But easter is sunday,and thats always fun. Tomorrow hopefully going to chris's to meet the coolest kid in the worlldd. And its Dylans band perfomance which he has been talking about foorreverrrr. Probably will stop by sometime to hear them with Chris and Sam, and seeing Ring Two with Andriana. Scared shit.

Peace out kids.

japajam @ 2005-03-23T22:50:00

2005-03-24T03:52:11Z

SHIT MY INTERPOL PICTURES CAME OUT BAD.

AND SOME ARE MISSING.

but i'll post them sooner or later. Guess that means we have to go to another one of their showsss....

Crazy like the Good Old days, but i love you:

2005-03-22T04:08:21Z

Well, i just realised that this is the end of March, and the school year will soon come to an end. Time seems to be moving by at an EXTREME fast pace. which frightens me. Soon enough, I will be sitting taking the goddamn SATS flipping out over my future. Probably will be on the floor, gasping for air...if i spaz out from my nerves for next weeks wind ensemble test. Which by the way, is extremly close, and my medicine for breathing has run out, so practicing is muchos hard.

Some reason, tonight i am anticipating summer..more then the usual ammount. I cant wait to leave this town, although i will miss the seniors who are leaving, probably wont see them again a lot. But Bike trip, Maine, leaving southorange/mw/chs....

Two and a half months is not too far away.

The sun will come out, tomorrow.

2005-03-19T06:14:48Z

Well. Very tired at the moment, although all today i was as bouncy as can be. Pretty annoying, sorry guys. Just felt like letting loose,and being stupid. Its all good. Too tired to say much...semi good day. So heres a pic:

woorrddddd.

Were sexy, ya know?

Wear the Green Fellas.

2005-03-17T04:18:12Z

Tomorrow is a lovely day. St. Patricks day.

St. Patricks day is like Andriana day, its all tied in there together.

SErious.

japajam @ 2005-03-15T21:51:00

2005-03-16T02:58:33Z

Well, tomorrow I am probably going to have to choose classes for next year. Not really excited at all, specially since i know the classes i want to take will affect my future. Highschool, college, why cant i just drop lunch? Lunch sucks anyway...

thats so very much positively. FALSE.

Drama can SUCK IT. seriously. im not kidding here.

2005-03-14T03:17:11Z

NOT KIDDING AT ALL.

so shy.

Woke up an hour ago. CRAZY.

2005-03-12T19:01:39Z

And still pretty damn tired. Just might have to go back to sleep....

Well, yesterday was our opening show. And the results were....................pretty good. But we messed up big time. Im very satisfied(my bead word) with the outcome, but still very angry that lighting crew didnt pull it together, it wasnt their fault....but hopefully tonight we will have the back scene, gaslight, and of course THE TREE working properly.

Afterwards, cast and crew went and pigged out at the Maplewood Diner(contrary to popular belief, it is not the same thing as the Maple Leaf, at all.)

Got home at 1:30. Not to exciting, not to bad.

Peace out kids.

How goes it?

2005-03-10T05:04:23Z

Alright, got home from crew at around 11. Very very long stressfull, physically painful, mentally painful, awesome fun day.

The awesomeness of awesome, and sometimes not so very awesome:

Me: Terrence, do you happen to have a bannddaiiiiiddddddddd?????
Terrence:A what? A Penis?
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Aarons t-shirt. Love them weiners....
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Alright, you schooled eachother.
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Espo saved my life.
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Flats. enough said.
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"aww u made a stinky grossssssss"
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etc.etc.

japajam @ 2005-03-07T23:17:00

2005-03-08T04:20:15Z

I deserve this.

Horrible.ness.

Tubgirl, sucks, a lot, big time. yea.

2005-03-07T04:05:01Z

Crew is taking over my life.

And the play is a peice of shit.

Come see it friday. Ten dollars or something.

k thanks.

Its all over, the whole shabangbang.

2005-03-05T05:05:19Z

And i will wait for a long period of time until the next concert. Hopefully other bands will be playing for me to see. Like the walkmen later this month, hopefully. Not even that, the whole deal was good. Going to the city, chilling with friends, feeling so excited

well here are two pics of our awesomeness:

Thank you Eric, were even pretty much.

Chris's cd is pretty hardcore. yeaaaaaaaa.
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March marathon band thing tomorrow all day. whos NOT excited?!

Thats so extremmmmeeeeee.

2005-03-04T03:21:38Z

-Chris and erics day at the signing-

Parts of the conversation with chris:

madrevisionist: ok
madrevisionist: sam " hey, whatsup man?"
Majapaj: oh my god
madrevisionist: me "not too much, yo, thanks sooo much, you guys are amazing"
madrevisionist: sam "thanks, a lot, really"
Majapaj: oh thats so unoriginal
Majapaj: you should have been like, we were with some crazy girl who wanted carlos's baby
Majapaj: she was insane, and she wasnt a fat chick
madrevisionist: "we're from around here you know, the east village..."
madrevisionist: then paul shouts out
madrevisionist: "carlos, man, you look pretty hot in that new video"
madrevisionist: me "haha"
madrevisionist: *my album makes it to paul*
madrevisionist: Paul "hey whatsup?"
Majapaj: *passing out*
madrevisionist: *can't remember what i said.....maybe...nice beanie?
madrevisionist: album makes it to carlos now
madrevisionist: carlos "hey man, how's it going?"
madrevisionist: "pretty well, thanks a lot, you guys are friggin awesome"
madrevisionist: *signs name, blows, kisses*
Majapaj: OH MY GOODDD
madrevisionist: "hey, no problem man, thanks a lot for coming"
Majapaj: did u ask about new cds?
Majapaj: if they are single?
Majapaj: haha
madrevisionist: *touches me, i touch him, make insane eye contact*
Majapaj: hahaha wow
Majapaj: wowowow
madrevisionist: yea, you have no idea
madrevisionist: eric didn't say ANYTHING!
madrevisionist: oh yeah
madrevisionist: then
madrevisionist: i got to go out their secret backway out
madrevisionist: oh yeah
madrevisionist: and!
Majapaj: *drops dead*
madrevisionist: i got a sick poster
madrevisionist: because
Majapaj: whats it look like
madrevisionist: i was one of the first like 50 there or something
Majapaj: (cursing)
madrevisionist: it's a picture of them, w/ orange lights behind them in silhouette, and they have instruments, and below it has all their tour dates and who they are touring with
madrevisionist: hey
madrevisionist: maybe you know how pissed i was yesterday?
madrevisionist: but yo if you came
madrevisionist: you might have started going insane like eric and i were
Majapaj: haha
madrevisionist: for starters
madrevisionist: it was about 20 out
madrevisionist: secondly
madrevisionist: we were standiung
madrevisionist: *nowhere to sit*
Majapaj: um and maybe i would have said somethinga little bit more..uhh..ORIGINAL
madrevisionist: for 3 1/2 hrs
madrevisionist: YEAH RIGHT
madrevisionist: trust me
madrevisionist: you would've been paralyzed by awesomeness
Majapaj: lol
madrevisionist: eric is a crazy dude
Majapaj: they wil lhav another signing sometime
madrevisionist: he would've beeb like
madrevisionist: hey
madrevisionist: girl next to me got high at ur ocncert last night
madrevisionist: and he said NOTHING
Majapaj: i would have told them
Majapaj: ugh hes crazy
Majapaj: THATS SO NOT EXTREME

-The end-

the turnout: Posters, signed cds(one kissed) and some awesome memories.

Just came home

2005-03-03T05:35:42Z

INTERPOL WAS INSANE. BEST DAY EVER. SO AMAZING.

The big day:

-School.
:Woke up late, pointless to go to school for lunch for the first period. Then had art, algebra, bio, english
-Walked home with sam
:Good conversations, but thats normal.
-Chilled at my house
:Changed, haha apparantly i do that too much. Talked about art and such, fun.
-Train to Hoboken
-Path to Where the World Trade Center was
-Met up with Chris and Eric
-Ate dinner at this gross spanish/italian restaurant. The guy there was really creepy and tried to get my number and called me beautiful, so i left, really fast..
-Tried to get to my moms office, person at front desk wasnt letting me up...pshhh.
-Chilled in office
-Subway to The Concert
-THE CONNCERRRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTTtt
:Blonde red head was alright, not a good band life really. Not very krunk. Then finally interpol came on, oh god, oh god, oh god. I died. Haha i made sure sam would watch that i didnt pass out. Smelt like weed, awesome. The girl next to us was totally baked, screaming"I love you carlos, i want your baby, fat chicks suck, i am not a fat chick." She lost her self phone, made eric call. Now she has his number..haha. The concert was perfect, they were perfect. Louder would have been ok..but i cant even describe how it really was, and it makes me horribly sad that its all over. Might go see them tomorrow, shake their hands. Amazing.
-Dad picked us up, had awesome conversations on ride home.

Now, i am extremly tired, best day of my life, goodnight

Heaven

2005-03-02T04:03:24Z

TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE THE BEST DAY EVER.

The lowdown:

1)Go to school late because of HSPA (11 A.M)
2)Easy classes
3)Walk home with sam and chill until 4:45
4)Meet andriana on the train
5)Take path to WTC
6)Have a fun adventure to find something to eat
7)Meet mom at her work
8)Go to Radio City Music Hall to meet Eric at 7 pm
9)see Blonde Redhead
10)FREAKING IIIIIINNNNNNNNNNTTTTTTTEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRPPPPPPPPOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL with myself, sam, andriana, eric. YES.
11)Ride home with andriana and everyone
12)Realise my life is complete.

And they didnt know i had it? Are you kidding me?

2005-02-28T20:54:28Z

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Whooping Cough:

Whooping cough or pertussis is a contagious respiratory disease caused by the B. pertussis bacterium. The disease is spread by coughing or sneezing. Thick mucous builds up in the lungs and clogs air passages, triggering violent coughing spells. It can be quite serious, especially for young infants with tiny air passages. The fatality rate is highest in infants under six months of age. The effects of toxins in the B. pertussis bacteria can produce high fever, convulsions, brain damage and death. Permanent damage can include continuing seizure conditions, mental retardation, learning disabilities, and chronic illness, not always though.

Severe cases of whooping cough may require hospitalization, respiratory support, and nutritional and rehydration therapy. There is no medicine to cure whooping cough but antibiotics are often used to reduce the spread of the disease to others as well as treat secondary infections such as pneumonia, bronchitis, and otitis media (inner ear infections). In the past, these secondary infections often caused many of the deaths, which occurred after a child had whooping cough.

The dangers of whooping cough:

In its early stages, pertussis is indistinguishable from the many colds common in children. However, after one or two weeks, the illness gets progressively worse. Thick mucous builds up in the lungs, triggering severe coughing spells as children try to clear their clogged up airways. Children can cough so long and hard that they literally cannot ‘catch their breath;’. Their faces turn blue when they are unable to get fresh oxygen into their system. As the coughing spell ends, children gasp for their next breath with a characteristic crowing sound, or whoop. These coughing spells can occur up to 40 times a day and can last two to three months.

What is the Risk of Dying from Whooping Cough?

In 1934, more than 265,000 cases of pertussis were reported in the U.S. with nearly 8,000 deaths. Whooping cough in the underdeveloped Third World countries is still the killer it once was throughout the world in the early part of this century. However, in modern countries, such as Europe and the U.S., today whooping cough is a much more manageable disease that causes death or injury less frequently. This is due to improved sanitation, nutrition, and medical care; the use of antibiotics to control secondary infections, etc.

Whooping Cough is characterized by severe coughing spells that end in a "whooping" sound when the person breathes in. Before a vaccine was available, pertussis killed 5,000 to 10,000 people in the United States each year. Now, the pertussis vaccine has reduced the annual number of deaths to less than 30.

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Are you kidding me?

Oh my God

2005-02-27T06:03:09Z

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