tell me tell me tell me

batyoureyes @ 2009-03-31T13:16:00

2009-03-31T17:29:06Z

It's just one of those days...

batyoureyes @ 2008-12-14T17:53:00

2008-12-14T22:54:40Z

Thinking about asking santa for a bike this year. And Im torn between these two...

http://www.bianchiusa.com/06_pista.html

and

http://www.redlinebicycles.com/adultbikes/925.html

Any suggestions?

batyoureyes @ 2008-11-24T02:48:00

2008-11-24T07:48:35Z

http://www.yesmagazine.org/article.asp?ID=403

things that make me happy:

2008-11-17T22:48:30Z

complex people enjoying simple things
asking people questions about things theyre passionate about
passion in general
animals, especially ones who enjoy being petted/walked
scarves and mittens
kisses
cold weather and sunshine
camping
bicycles
children, especially nice ones, and even ones who kick and have snot running down their faces or try to share their boogers with me
big cities
public transportation
colorful things
ice cream with jimmies
roommates
exploring new places
throwing frisbees
music with banjos and silly lyrics
snail mail
looking people in the eye
being appreciated
appreciating
old photographs
holidays
owls
spending the entire day at the beach
north carolina
skateboarding & snowboarding
traveling
recycling
people holding hands, especially old people
writing
books
listening to my sister talk about pretty much anything
daydreaming (in moderation)
inside jokes
being in love
listening to records in the afternoon
naptime (even though sleeping is giving in)
rock band
thumb wars
grocery stores
swimming in lakes
randomly receiving my grandmother's stamp collection and finding out that we had more in common than i thought
talking to strangers
flying kites
playing barefoot in the grass
cooking
red wine
crossword puzzles
rainy days
coffee mugs
newspapers
burritos
watching kids play on the playground (i am so creepy, so what)
public art
long weekends
a sense of community
quilts
gardening
learning

aubrey de grey

2008-11-17T22:23:11Z

he thinks humans could live to be 1,000 years old within the next few years with proper research.
sounds crazy...sounds interesting...
regardless of whether he's right or wrong, the dude has a sweet beard.
check it out:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/30/AR2007103002222.html

batyoureyes @ 2008-10-16T19:28:00

2008-10-17T00:14:23Z

ever feel like youve nothing to say?

update?

2008-09-08T18:57:36Z

1) im a senior in college and i know NO ONE. how did this happen.
2) i make things much harder than they actually are. unintentionally, of course, but still.
3) im going to boston in two weeks...thats like TOMORROW! so excitin!
4) i might be getting fat?
5) what is sociology? i wish i knew. shoot.
6) i need a purpose.

we made up growing up

2008-07-26T06:23:54Z

what should i be when i grow up

and more importantly

why should i grow up

batyoureyes @ 2008-07-08T15:41:00

2008-07-08T19:45:06Z

Im living in Charleston for the next month.
Right now Im supposed to be doing math homework...Id rather be taking a nap...
I had almost forgotten what it felt like to sit in classrooms & libraries & have homework assignments hanging over my head...welcome back to school!
The lady sitting next to me has a screaming baby in a stroller AND shes talking on her cellphone...TSK TSK.
I need to make some friends here!

batyoureyes @ 2008-06-17T10:24:00

2008-06-17T14:21:13Z

I value politeness, but anyone can be polite.
I value laughter & not everyone can make me laugh.
I value sincerity & honestly, & wonder why some do & others dont.

The world is such a strange & mysterious place...Im trying to figure out my place in it...maybe trying a little too hard...

But oh, the mystery!

batyoureyes @ 2008-05-26T21:42:00

2008-05-27T01:39:37Z

watch this, motherfuckers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtk5qs3HvlI

batyoureyes @ 2008-05-20T20:54:00

2008-05-21T01:01:19Z

My great-grandmother (whom we used to call G.G. Mom) used to live here, in the Strawn Apartments over in Dilworth. I have the vaguest memory of being in the padded elevators on the way up for a visit. I remember the elevators having a very distinct smell, something like the smell of vinyl or new rubber. G.G. Mom had a bird named Sonny that was kept in a cage and could repeat phrases on command.

Ive been meaning to read Why the Caged Bird Sings...I even have the book sitting on a shelf in my room, but somehow all my free-time has been disappearing before my eyes. Ive been sleeping too late. Spending too much time reading about humanitarian organizations on the internet. Daydreaming of living in a big city with a boy and a dog and a worthwhile job.

batyoureyes @ 2008-05-18T00:16:00

2008-05-18T04:14:52Z

I am (unfortunately) very allergic to cats...
But that doesnt stop me from playing with strays.

batyoureyes @ 2008-05-16T22:52:00

2008-05-17T03:06:11Z

I cant stop thinking about "what I want to be when I grow up"...which is such a silly thing to sit around and OBSESS about...

I recently started reading The Exception to the Rulers, which was written by Amy Goodman & her brother...
If youve never seen/heard Democracy Now!, I would recommend checking it out.
www.democracynow.org

"Going to where the silence is. That is the responsibility of a journalist: giving a voice to those who have been forgotten, forsaken, and beaten down by the powerful."

Amy Goodman makes me want to be a journalist, for real.

batyoureyes @ 2008-05-14T18:24:00

2008-05-14T22:25:50Z

Bikes & trees...two of my favorite things...

Im trying to make a dedicated effort to begin learning to play the banjo. Yeehaw!
I want to read more & take more pictures...I have been sleeping too much, probably.

"Take what you do seriously, but dont take yourself that seriously."
-James Carville

batyoureyes @ 2008-05-11T16:40:00

2008-05-11T20:38:57Z

I want to say something funny about squirrels eagerly anticipating graduation day...but Ive got nothin...

batyoureyes @ 2008-05-08T12:35:00

2008-05-08T16:39:03Z

Apparently there are crabs in Little Sugar Creek?!
WHO KNEW.

"QUALITY is the continuing stimulus which causes us to create the world in which we live."

batyoureyes @ 2008-05-06T23:14:00

2008-05-07T03:18:13Z

My bike was stolen from the Dowd YMCA yesterday while I was taking a yoga class.
After viewing the security tapes (which clearly show the person stealing my bike) and submitting a report to the police, the security guard gave me a ride home.
I still cant believe that it happened...
I realized that I had forgotten my bike lock once I pulled into the parking lot of the Y, but I decided to "see if I could trust people" by leaving my bike unlocked inside the building, right outside the yoga studio. Big Mistake.
The moral of this story is...trust no one...and always lock up your bike.
The security guard couldnt believe how calm I was throughout the whole ordeal...
Gah, what a bummer. But at least I have a car...

Anyway.
I found this little guy sometime last week while I was on a bike adventure.
Along the Little Sugar Creek Greenway behind Park Rd Shopping Center.
That area is quite nice now...greenspace is so much better than rundown houses that flood multiple times a year!

a bamboo forest

2008-05-06T14:59:03Z

came across this backyard last week as i was riding my bike home from...somewhere.
the bamboo had grown so close together that it appeared to be impossible to walk through the yard.
kinda awesome. unfortunately, no koalas were spotted.

batyoureyes @ 2008-04-30T20:43:00

2008-05-01T00:42:18Z

not all who wander are lost
not all who wander are lost
NOT ALL WHO WANDER ARE LOST?

Is there an easy way to post pictures to an unpaid LJ account?
Ive been trying (off & on) for about twenty minutes...help?!
Technology is such bullshit.

batyoureyes @ 2008-04-07T10:52:00

2008-04-07T14:53:36Z

After three decades of dormancy, youth activism is again flowering. But today’s flower children are a hardy new variety. They’re economically, ecologically, and electronically sophisticated. They’re also globally organized, dead serious about democracy, and determined to have more fun than their opponents.

wild geese

2008-03-13T04:43:18Z

You do not have to be good

You do not have to walk on your knees

For a hundred miles through the desert repenting.

You only have to let the soft animal of your body

love what it loves.

Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.

Meanwhile the world goes on.

Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain

are moving across the landscapes,

over the prairies and the deep trees,

the mountains and the rivers.

Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,

are heading home again.

Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,

the world offers itself to your imagination,

calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting-

over and over announcing your place

in the family of things.
-mary oliver

first update in eight weeks...

2008-03-07T20:10:35Z

Im not sure of the best way to "break the news" or whatever...and I feel like a huge coward for doing it through livejournal...

BUT

I wanted to update this thing to let you guys know what Im doing these days...
I was scheduled to study abroad this semester...and I flew to NYC for the weeklong introduction...
Long story short, I decided to withdraw from the program and come home.
So now Im living with my parents and sister, taking a much-needed break from academics and trying to get a job.

That's basically it...

I might start using this journal again...I havent really decided yet...
But if you think I'd appreciate a phone call from you...or if you'd appreciate talking to me and youve got my number...feel free to call me up and say somethin to me.

This is an awkward livejournal entry...ohwell...

tgif and stuff

batyoureyes @ 2008-01-10T01:44:00

2008-01-10T06:50:48Z

I may be neglecting this journal for awhile...sorry dear friends...but I wanted to let anyone who's interested know that Ive created another journal for the next few months of my life, since Im going to be all over the world and busybusybusy...

http://juliana-ihp.livejournal.com

Since I will most definitely be difficult to contact, PLEASE feel free to find my life-updates there...
And thanks Rob and Lila (mostly) for the idea!

So take care, be safe, enjoy living in the now, much love and I'll see you when I see you!

-juli

batyoureyes @ 2008-01-03T02:25:00

2008-01-03T07:32:41Z

Sometimes life seems like a joke
And sometimes that joke is hilarious
And sometimes that joke is cruel cruel cruel.

Being both impulsive and (somewhat) rational will often lead to cognitive dissonance and a great deal of internal (and external) confusion. Im quickly realizing this.

I think Ive been thinking/saying/doing things recently that I wouldnt normally have done...at least not until a few months ago...

I want to do more listening than talking. I think Im a much better listener.
No more hickies (hickeys?) for awhile, since I recently received a few in one night.
Try to sleep more. Maybe. Or else, actualize my dreampower of never needing to sleep. Which would totally rule.
Read more.
Live in the now and keep it on the real (almost) ALWAYS.
Survive to the ripe age of eighty.
Discuss those frustrations.
Enjoy.