tate's Journal

2:23pm: Hippos Rock- listen!
http://www2.fanscape.com/thehippos/music3.asp

1:18am: hmm.. I would have guessed I was an addict of some sort

You're an INDIFFERENT AIM-ER. Meh.


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2:34pm: Look at me- Im one rockin' monster

tate is an Average-Sized Ape that shoots Electricity from its Eyes, emits Ultrasonic Screams, spits Jets of Water, and has Dozens of Tentacles and Heavy Metal Armour. Strength: 4 Agility: 6 Intelligence: 4 To see if your Giant Battle Monster can defeat tate, enter your name and choose an attack: fights tate using Strength Agility Intelligence

12:53pm: Buddy Icons are fun

12:53pm: Buddy Icons are fun
Numero uno

12:00pm: oh god
Is this buddy icon creepy or what? I wont tell you who made it.. but they are one twisted mofo haha

1:49pm: heh.. tmbg fans can be funny
you know what was weird... today I was listening to tmbg in the car.. kinda loudly I suppose, and Im stopped at an intersection and the songs going "now I laugh and make a fortune off the same ones that I tortured and the world screams.." and the guy in the car next to me yelled really loudly "KISS ME SON OF GOD!" hehe.. it was great. I felt the need to follow him to the next red light just to see if he would keep singing. sadly I had to turn. ah well. dude.. he was hot too. On second thought maybe I should have followed him.. heheh

8:24pm: heheh...
gmu/gt d p- c++ l- u--- e* m/m+/m-- s--/-- n-- h-- f+ !g @w+ t--- r-x+

- thats my geek code-
http://linux.cudeso.be/codegeek.php is where I found it. It's amusing... if you're bored.. and have way to much free time... like me...
::sigh::

9:09am: arg.
bah.. does anybody.. (who may possibly read my journal). know how to post to the communities? I don't get it! *sigh*

2:40pm: back home!
Alright so haven't updated in a while, Im finally back home in Virginia.. no more LA for me! I'll update more a little later. but on an interesting note:
YOU EAT PEOPLE!!!


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ha! you would have never guessed!

1:57pm: Joh Cusack is cool :)


Being John Malkovich


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11:51am: on a sadder note...
Oh, and uh, I think I lost my job at the music store.

damnit.

I have enough saved for at least two months rent and food and stuff (and my father is chipping in a little)

but I need to get a job, or find a new place to live.

11:44am: A Third grader!!
So yeah... me and phillip. :)
We're not officially dating or anything (yet, hehe), but he calls me every day (and if he doesnt, I call him first).
I really like him, I've never liked anyone so much, I was so afraid that I would find out something terrible about him and it will ruin everything. Which is sort of what happened.

I found out that he's only 20 years old.. and I'm 29.
I know it's not that bad or anything, but it still kind of stuns me, I mean, I've always gone for older guys, and it's weird to think of having a 9 year difference between you and someone you are having a romantic relationship with.
I keep thinking of 9 year olds - I mean, 9 year olds are in like, 3rd grade, already!
I dont know, it makes me feel old and confused.

I dont think he realized how wierd it is for me that he is so much younger than I am. But then, it really shouldnt make that much of a difference, he's very mature, and I can definitely be childish at times.

So maybe it balances out?
I think so, at least.

2:24am: I had an amazing day...
So, I think this is the first actual post I've ever written about what's actually happening. And it's kind of a long one, too :-P

This morning I woke up really sad... I'm not even sure why. I just havent had a good week, My boss threatened to fire me on thursday and she was just generally being a bitch.
(I hate to use that term... but in this case it's really neccessary. She accuses me of stealing the merchandise and selling it outside of the store - I would NEVER do that. It's completely against all my morals, and it's not like anything is missing anyway. She also accuses me of being lazy and slacking off on the job, which is also a lie. The other people in the store get away with so much and I do so much work that it makes me want to cry. I really dont know what her problem with me is, I work so hard!)

So, I was nervous about being fired because I'm already low on funds and my roommate, Sara, might move out to live with her boyfriend and I definitely wont have enough money to cover ALL the rent. Especially if my boss is going to fire me. I dont know what I would do if that happened, It's not like there's anywhere I could go.

But my friend Sam (Samantha) heard about how my boss was picking on me (from a co-worker/mutual friend) and she surprised me this morning by taking me to IHOP for breakfast.
Man, I love IHOP. I have so many happy memories associated with that place.

Then we met up with our other friends Kelly and my old best friend Jessie showed up (which was amazing, because she moved about two hours away and I feel like I never get to see her any more because we have so much work to do) but she came down to visit me and Kelly and Sam on her day off. At first we wanted to go play video games or something like that (Kelly suggested that we hit the bars and scope out guys, haha, but I reminded her that it was a little after noon - no time to be hitting the bars!).

I didnt want to do anything that involved spending money, because I'm worried that it's gonna get rough from here on in.
When Jessie heard me say that she was outraged! She hates it when people let money dictate their lives. She thinks I need to stand up to my boss, and feel more confidant in my own abilities. So she decided that she and Kelly and Sam would pool their money together and have a "Make-Tate-feel-good-about-herself" day. This involved a makeover (I rarely wear makeup) a new haircut (I went from really long straight hair to shoulder length and layered - with highlights!!!) and they wanted to get me a new dress.

That was the hardest thing to find by FAR. I rarely find dresses that I like, just because they're all so... I dont know... tight? and I never feel comfortable in them, I always feel like I'm dressing up when I wear a dress. I wanted a dress that was comfortable and fun, and surprisingly enough - I found one! It's this green dress with short sleeves and a skirt that goes to right above my knees - I have the perfect shoes to go with them. I seriously want to go dancing now, just so I can show off my new look! hehe.

But anyway... I dont usually talk so much about hair or clothes or anything but I'm feeling kind of girlish and giddy, and it kind of fits in with the story...

So, I had this complete makeover at the mall (I felt like a teenager again! I used to be such a mallrat! me and my old friends... those were the days!) and I was walking around looking all great with just Jessie (Kel and Sam both had other plans for the afternoon, so they left). We walked around for awhile, we went to see a movie (Anger Management - It was pretty funny , but definitely not Adam Sandler's finest) and then when we got out Jessie had to get home to make dinner for Ryan. (Her fiancee - he cant do anything without her, it's kind of cute)

I decided to stay around the mall and look in the bookstore for a little while (I needed to find a book for my nephew's birthday... I heard he liked those Artemis Fowl books so I picked up the most recent one)

But long story short (too late!) I bumped into a cute guy named Phillip... We hit it off! It was so great!
I havent had a relationship with anyone since that terrible thing with Micheal, and I didnt realize how much I missed it until today. We walked around the mall for hours just vagualy looking through stores and laughing at eachothers jokes.

I treated him to dinner and he bought me a drink (or two) then he gave me his phone number, and I gave him mine...
He seems like such a perfect guy!
We listen to the same kind of music, read the same books, love the same movies (for the same reasons!) and like the same food.
And he thinks I'm gorgeous (The feeling is mutual!)

So after I left the bar to go home, he ran outside and stopped me.
Him: Are you just going to go to sleep when you get home?
Me: Yeah...?
Him: Because I'd like to call you tonight... I wanted to continue the conversation we were having before..
Me: Um... ok you can call me tonight, if you like
Him: How long does it take you to get home from here?
Me: about 15 minutes
Him: Ok, it takes me 20 so I'll call you as soon as I get home

so he did! He called me right away. He didnt remember exactly what he wanted to say on the phone but that didnt matter because we were on the phone until just now, when I started writing this...

Oh man, my heart is racing... I cant beleive this is happening to me! After Micheal I thought nothing good would ever happen to me in the guy department. And I'm going to see him again tomorrow, we're going to meet at the movies.

I guess the makeover really did something!!!

And even though the rest of my life isnt going to great, this made me so happy!

Goodnight, guys... I'm so tired.

11:12pm: damn Im a lazy fuc... fun peeerson
ok! right ! my live journal.. I forgot about it for a while.. but now Im back.. from outerspace.. right. Anyhow.. life has been really busy lately wich is why I haven't been writing. I got a new dog and named her sandy . she fuckin' rocks. Okay well now that we've established that Im not dead.. Im going to go sleep. later dudes.

12:31pm: hmm
I just saw something on the TMBG community about Meetups? Anybody do that? Sounds really fun to me, so far almost all of the tmbg fans I've met both in real life and online are really cool.

12:18pm: Erg.
Well, I wanted to post in communities, but Im dumb and can't figure it out.. help? anybody?

12:04pm: Hey all
Hey, Im new! Im Tate... Im a big music dork. When Im not doing that Im probably swimming. Im big time into swimming and Tenis. Want to race? Lets see. I love TMBG a lot... I've seen them way too many times.. ha ha. (lots of my tmbg fan friends have these things so I figured I would have one too so I could be a cool kid..ha!)Anyway -Im going to go join some new communities and such if you read this- what up all!