Relating To Barbie

Today I had an interview for a management position at Aldo's. I cleaned up nice, I think. The wardrobe for Aldo's versus the wardrobe for Journey's are very different ends of the spectrum, but today I actually found a way to fit into both and still fit into me, so needless to say, I was pretty proud! The biggest thing, maybe, would be that I actually incorporated PINK into the fit. The saddest thing would definitely be that I'm actually writing about this on a Friday night. :) Nerd.

I definitely had a good day though, very productive, very mapped out and followed.. through... even though I don't know how to word that. I work again in 9 hours but am stuck listening to Tyler Hilton, How Love Should Be and getting drawn in by his lyrics, again. He's really freaking good at what he does.

There's a new girl at work, R. She's really sweet and honestly it's kind of nice having a girl around 'cause I then don't notice as much that I'm the only one. It was cool to help her in the store and kind of teach her the little things you pick up. It was also cool to go from a morning of errands to a 4pm meeting to a 5pm shift writing songs the whole time and finally singing them out loud on the car ride home. There's definitely something empowering about running shiz in pink patent leather pumps. Between the pink shoes, the pink earrings, and the pink members only jacket, I think I have filled the very small hole that is in my wardrobe which can handle that particular hue... It's completely safe to say that you won't see me in pink again until at least next month.

love you,
love, me

mariel.

Personal Myspace Persona.

So, I've been thinking. It's funny how huge Myspace has gotten. There have been a lot of friend network thingys, but none have ever reached the ridiculous popularity level that myspace eased up to.

The picture there... yea. First of all, let me say that this is the first time I think I have ever actually looked like a 20 year old female in a photo, haha. Secondly, I think myspace is increasingly decreasing our face value as people.. I made that my little caption. See?! We, yes myself included, are really wrapped up in this little website. It's really odd, actually. We make references to it as if it's a huge part of our lives... We have phrases like, "Default pic," "You're on my top," and the worst, "Whore me." Ew.

I wonder what the world will come up with next.

love you,
love, me

mariel.

Tiger Balm.

So, my apartment smells like Tiger Balm and the neighbor's cigarettes, I have a headache from it being smashed into the wall by a stranger aiding another stranger in attempting to steal my laptop FROM my lap, and I'm hungry for something other than the ever-present boxes of cereal that inhabit my cabinets while leaving my stomach completely bare. On the bright side, I figured out how to use the internet on my laptop (which luckily isn't broken) through the internet provided on my fone so.... now I can write about alluvitt.

I wrote a rap today, pretty sick, I think. Met some interesting customers at work who don't understand personal space, haha... and I also read a ridiculous email from CA that listed a number of books that McCain's VP candidate, Palin, tried to get BANNED. I will share.

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

Blubber by Judy Blume

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

Canterbury Tales by Chaucer

Carrie by Stephen King

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Christine by Stephen King

Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Cujo by Stephen King

Curses, Hexes, and Spells by Daniel Cohen

Daddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite

Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Peck

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

Decameron by Boccaccio

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Fallen Angels by Walter Myers

Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure) by John Cleland

Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Forever by Judy Blume

Grendel by John Champlin Gardner

Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

Have to Go by Robert Munsch

Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman

How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell

Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Impressions edited by Jack Booth

In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak

It's Okay if You Don't Love Me by Norma Klein

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Little Red Riding Hood by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Love is One of the Choices by Norma Klein

Lysistrata by Aristophanes

More Scary Stories in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz

My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher

Collier

My House by Nikki Giovanni

My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara

Night Chills by Dean Koontz

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer

One Day in The Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Ordinary People by Judith Guest

Our Bodies, Ourselves by Boston Women's Health Collective

Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy

Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl

Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones by Alvin Schwartz

Scary Stories in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz

Separate Peace by John Knowles

Silas Marner by George Eliot

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Swimming Upstream, Slowly by Melissa Clark

Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

The Bastard by John Jakes

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Devil's Alternative by Frederick Forsyth

The Figure in the Shadows by John Bellairs

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Snyder

The Learning Tree by Gordon Parks

The Living Bible by William C. Bower

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

The New Teenage Body Book by Kathy McCoy and Charles Wibbelsman

The Pigman by Paul Zindel

The Seduction of Peter S. by Lawrence Sanders

The Shining by Stephen King

The Witches by Roald Dahl

The Witches of Worm by Zilpha Snyder

Then Again, Maybe I Won't by Judy Blume

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary by the Merrium-Webster

Editorial Staff

Witches, Pumpkins, and Grinning Ghosts: The Story of the Halloween

Symbols by Edna Barth

Seriously? Hm.... this is something to think about. I'm glad (and pretty surprised, actually) that she didn't have The Giver on this list or I would've had some serious complaints.

love you,
love, me

mariel.

Come On

You knew another blog was comin tonight :)


Questions of Today:
- Why is today such a bloggy one?
Ahdunno. The headache may have had some influence on the brain's progression throughout the past hours.
- When do you plan to stop believing?
Sadly, nevaaaa.
- Why is Jacob Luttrell so beastly?
Seriously. He is amaaazing!

Answers of Today:
- I realized I am going to be making much more money than I had planned.
- I was wrong about M and worried for nothing. This is a wonderful thing :)
- I may need to write less rock.

I think there may be something in the street that is bad for skin. Mama no likey. Better note, I wrote another really good little thing today :) I just have problems converting them to catchy songs.... Shipoopy, I say. Bytheway, I have far too much passion in me to be in the position I am currently faced with. imjustsayinnn.

love you,
love, me.

mariel.

To You

Hello again,
you're back, I see.
It's been awhile,
thought you'd forgotten me.
But here you are,
I should've known.
You've watched me fall
and seen how much I've grown.
It's nice you're back,
empty isn't easy.
Atleast when I'm lonely
I'm alone completely...

How freakin sad, haha. Wowza. Tomorrow is going to be amazing :)

love you,
love, me.

mariel.

10:57PM

Dude, this band... haha manohman. So, talked to M today and they are doing extreeeemely well. They're so so so close to where they need to be, it's such a good thing to hear! I have been posting stuff from my fone and it refeuses to show, so that's no good :( Today was kind of a poop day but it went well with yesterday, haha.. atleast things are staying consistent, right? Seriously, though... I was looking thru our list of songs and I think I really like them, actually. I'm a little proud of us considering we only have me and him on the guitar.. we've done pretty well for ourselves, haha. I'm currently sitting in a little back hallway that I'm not supposed to be in, using internet that I'm not supposed to have. Sorry.

GO GO GO:

myspace.com/2amclub

love you,

love, me.

mariel.

Shady.

So, confusion and i are at it again! Laaame. It almost makes me wish things were easy... ;)

I watched Rad tonight, how funny i that? And work today was a beast but I got an ample amount of compliments on my Transfer t-shirt... which, much to my dismay, can now be considered vintage of some sorts. Didn't have a very good day, the night wasn't running too smoothly either but i DID

- figure out guitar chords for my favorite song of ours
- meet a sweet C with the classic WB swag that i tip my hat to
- act as recipient to a much needed Black Current Vanilla massage
- write a really good poem
- decide that i may be looking into adding pink to my wardrobe... haha don't ask. not that you would. cuz really... you is me and i already know what im talking about :)

Anyway, its back to slumber with an empty palm, but the morning will bring new chances with dreams within our grasp.

love you,
love, me

mariel.