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I lack creativity with journal names. Poor me.
Anyway, I leave for New York in a week. A bit nervous, as is, and I need to find a ride to the police station so I'll be able to load onto the bus. x_x Maybe my mother will be able to get off work, or a friend will give me a ride. I seriously need to get a car and my license, or at least find some where to practice driving so I could feel comfortable when going to get my license.
Due to financial troubles, I don't know what I'm going to do regarding college... I have until May to pay the deposit, but in order to sign up for classes when I go to Open House in April, it needs to be payed by the 23rd of March. Heh, heck of a lot a scholarship is doing me there. XD I find this as somewhat ironic.

For AP English I had to read Camus' The Stranger. Surprisingly, I was able to relate to Meursault quite a bit. I thought everyone would, but apparently the majority of the class didn't at all... I believe that I am an absurdist. Upon thinking about a little response-essay I had to do in class yesterday, I came to the conclusion that the only real meaning life has, if any, is that which we give it. When doing my homework on researching Existentialism, absurdism, and Nihilism, I found what I had thought of paralleled that to the Wikipedia definition of absurdism, so there you go. I guess that's why I felt a "connection" (for lack of a better word) with The Stranger.

I've also come to a few other self-realizations within the past week: 1) my hair, no matter how hard I may try, will not be the pretty, curly, high hair of my sisters. Volumizing only makes it get wider, and scrunching doesn't hold. However, this does not get me down because I want it all cut off anyway. 2) I think my eyes are green. You may think this is silly- "How can she not know what color her eyes are?" My five sisters and father have clear, blue eyes, and I have my mother's eyes, which is a blueish-greenish color that reminds me of the DA layout scheme. I have never gotten a clear answer on their color of being green or blue. During lunch my friends and I got on the subject of eye color, and one told me they were blue, another green/gray... so who knows... I like the idea of having green eyes, so that is what I shall be telling myself they are. ;)

On a lighter note, in April I am going to Raleigh to see The Rocky Horror Picture Show in a theater. I'll be sure to bring my supplies. x) I may attempt dressing up, but that may go beyond my expenses, unless I found something resembling a Transylvanian's garb at the local Goodwill.

On a darker note, the 27th marks the anniversary of Maizie's disappearance. >_<




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I'm starting to think I should try reading the Stranger. It's been popping up a lot lately in the oddest places!

Anyway, that aside, I hope you enjoy New York :P What's with going to the police station?

I ended up doing quite a lot of reading around Sartre last year for IB Philosophy and thought that he had the most epic description of more or less what life is like-- got pretty into existentialism myself, eheh. There's something odd about it though. I find that you can both identify with it and then also be very, very deeply scared by it, depending on the sort of mood you're in. Realistic yet terrifically depressing. The idea that there's no goal to our endeavours is liberating and yet totally freaks me out at the same time with the sense that if we make everything in our lives, what's the difference between living your life and just dying? The whole Sisyphus thing is a bit of a depressing answer if you ask me. Much as I would love to fall in love with my own giant rock of punishment D8

Fascinating stuff, though :D We should consider ourselves lucky to be studying interesting literature instead of Jane Austen, IMO xP
*kicks Sense & Sensibility*
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D: your hair is GORGEOUS. You obviously don't know what having split ends and porous hair up to the top of your head is like.

And your eyes have seemed both green and grey-green the times I've seen them on webcam. :3
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*WAVES FROM NYC*

Bah, I'm still sorry about Maizie. :[ It's such a crap thing to have happened and I can't express how much I feel for you. It always sucks to lose a friend like that, with no resolve.

:hug: On a sidenote, that dal-cursor is amazing. :O

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:icondalmatianluver:
-waves back- Perhaps we'll unknowingly see each other. XD Doubt it, but always fun to think of. I'll be going to NYC, I think, where the school and I will be seeing shows on Broadway. Fun times!

:heart: thank-you- I miss her dearly, and not a day goes by without me thinking about her. Though I'll probably be on the way to NY on the 27th, I'm going to attempt to make a little tribute to her. If not then, then the day before I leave.

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:icondalmatianluver:
You should- depending on the version you get, it's a very easy read. Mine was the American translation (XD) by Mathew Ward, which is closer to the original French text than Stuart Gilbert's British version (and knowing enough French, I'll agree with that). I will say I did get a bit upset with it, though, at the trial part because of the way society perceived Meaursault due to his personality and views of the world. And, sadly, that's still how a good bit of society is still, today- very judgmental based on its ideas of morals and values. >_<
Existentialism is very interesting- though apparently the rest of my class doesn't really personify with it like I do. :P In ways it is kind of scary, but no where near as depressing as Nihilism. xD Though with absurdism, to commit suicide would not be making what you have with the life you've got, so it's best to live while you can. Granted, this philosophy doesn't make me any less terrified of the thought of dying, but it is liberating, like you said. :P

Haha- I've been meaning to pick up a Jane Austen novel lately, seeing as my mother loves her (I bought her two books for Christmas, though I do not know the titles). However, I can't say how well that will go, as every time (about 4?) I've sat down to watch the movies of Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, I've fallen asleep. xP But it was nice to read something that I could relate to and made sense to me while reading it for once. While the other novels I've read this semester were good books, it was hard to really get into them.

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:icondalmatianluver:
But I love short hair. XD I had horrible split ends before I had my hair cut last time. :X Over all, it's improved greatly since last year, where it was very flat and had horrible split ends due to the length and thickness, but it's still not as short as I'd like it to be (then again, my hair grows quickly). Plus, in all truthfulness, I'm too lazy to put a lot of effort into my hair- I just wash it, dry it, and brush it out or put it up if I'm running late and haven't time to spend drying it completely. :P

See, that's always what I've thought- they're more green than blue, if anything, yet some people continue to insist that they're blue. O_o

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-tackles- Daliluff! -snugs- It's been too long! -cries- Find Billy for me mkay? And tell him that he needs to give use forever front row seats to his concerts, Elton's concerts, and their tour! Or else I WILL find him!
:icondalmatianluver:
But what if he calls the police on me for threatening him? D:
I can just imagine sneaking off with my friend and trying to find his house- "Don't question it! We just have to find it so I can get a picture at the very least!". XD

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:iconhansoloqt:
Even better 8D Then I'll have an authentic autograph because HE would have to sign the restraining orders!

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