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Friday, August 27th, 2004
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12:02 pm - Coonass recipes!
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Here are some of my favorite Cajun recipes. All of these were acquired by following my grandmother (a Ville Platte, LA native) around in the kitchen writing down everything she did because usually when we'd ask her how to make stuff she would give us answers like "Well you put just a little little basil and some paprika, but not too too much." My following her around was my attempt to crack the code. If you try them, let me know how they turn out. (posted for ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) metaphive)
Shrimp Etoufee
Although there are thousands of different ways to make etoufee, this is my favorite recipe. I may be biased, but I've had some really good reviews. This recipe can be made as crawfish etoufee (just substitute crawfish for shrimp) but it's really hard to find good crawfish if you're not in or around Louisiana. I made this with those frozen crawfish they sell at HEB from China and it was not so good. I haven't really looked around Austin to see if I can find some better ones, but I don't recommend using anything that isn't Louisiana crawfish that you trust is fresh (even if it is frozen.) To give you a better idea of freshness, crawfish season is from about mid Feb (or Mardi Gras) to mid July. April is the best month (which is why we usually have a huge crawfish boil for Easter.)
Ing:
1 diced onion
1 diced bell pepper
1 diced jalipino
1/2 cup vegatable oil
2 diced celery stalks
3-4 garlic cloves
1 stick butter
2-2.5 lbs Gulf shrimp
2 tblspoons Italian parsley chopped
1/2 bunch green onions chopped (about 5 green onions)
1 tomato chopped
Seasoning mix: (for each lb of shrim; double for two lbs)
1/2 tea white pepper
1/2 tea salt
1/2 tea cayenne
1/2 tea black pepper
1/2 tea sweet basil
1/4 tea dry mustard
Directions:
Saute all ingredients (except shrimp, tomato, green onions and parsley) over medium heat for 30 min. Add shrimp, seasoning mix, and tomato and cook until shrimp gets pink. Add two tblspoons of flour, one cup of water, green onions and parsley. Cook for about 10-15 min, serve over rice.
Catfish Cortbullion (pronounced koo-be-yaw)
Cortbullion is not nearly as popular or common as etoufee, but in my opinion it is one of the best dishes I've ever had. It's kind of Creole in a way because it's fish in a tomato sauce, but still very Southern Cajun in flavor. For this recipe, you'll need to get a whole catfish cut up into steaks WITH the bone left in (NOT fillet. The bone is a big part of the flavor.) I've looked around Austin and I usually just go to Fiesta and get either two medium or one really big catfish cut into about 1-1.25" steaks. I've also heard that a place at Airport and 290 called the Seafood Shoppe has live catfish as well, but I haven't gone by there yet. Since this dish keeps the bones in, be careful when eating it and especially when serving it to children.
Ing:
1/2 onion diced
1/2 large bell pepper diced
3 tablespoons Italian parsley chopped
7-8 cloves of garlic minced (I prefer fresh garlic chopped very finely rather than the minced garlic in a jar)
1 jalipino diced
1/2 bunch green onions chopped
1-1/2 cans 8 oz Huntz tomato sauce
Dir:
Season fish with cayenne, salt and pepper on each side of the steaks. Layer fish with the biggest bones on the bottom of the pot. Then green onion, bell pepper, jalipino, garlic. Layer more fish on top of that then pour one can of Huntz tomato sauce. (Depending on how much fish you have, I tend to add a little more sauce if there's a lot of fish or I'm feeding a lot of people.. The sauce stretches the dish.) Then layer two generous tablespoons of flour over the top (as if you were adding breadcrumbs) so there's a nice topping of flour. Finally layer the green onions, parsley, 1 tea salt, 1 tea pepper, 1 tea cayenne and one can of water. Cook on medium heat for 1/2 hour to 45 min. Serve over rice
***IMPORTANT: Since there are so many bones in the catfish steaks, DO NOT STIR THIS DISH! The order of the ingredients and the layering are designed so that stirring is not necessary. In lieu of stirring, grab the pot by the handles and turn it back and forth in a circular motion. This will sift the ingredients together without breaking up the catfish steaks. Use this method sparingly, as too much WILL break up the bones (I typically shake it about every 10-12 min.) Also, the final seasoning is very much to taste. I use a lot of cayenne and cut back on salt cause I like mine extra spicy, so you can manipulate the combination to your preferences.
Enjoy!
Leah
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| Tuesday, August 10th, 2004
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3:22 pm - Article in Texas Adult Guide
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| Sunday, August 8th, 2004
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8:00 am - Mmmmm... crack
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Yea so uhm... MySpace.. is crack. Seriously. My roommate and I have been obsessing for about a week. Yea.. Friendster OUT, MySpace IN.
You should totally add me. DO IT!
But when I'm not on MySpace I've been rehearsing for this Thursday's show. That's right children.. There will be much dirtyness and freakyness onstage (and off) at Elysium this Thursday eve. Many spankings will be dolled out before and after the show so GET THERE EARLY and buy me a damn shot. You know you want it. Just give in.
Doors open at 9.
Kisses,
Leah
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| Thursday, July 29th, 2004
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7:05 pm - First I'm gunna make it...
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Random note: I've been obsessing about Donnie Darko for like the last week. Seriously.. I downloaded all the music from the movie and I've seen it twice in the last few days. And I heard there is a re-release of the directors cut in theatres, but the most recent date I found was the 23rd. Dammit. Must do more research.
So the shows have been going rather well. Our next one is scheduled for Thurs, Aug. 12th so cancel whatever vanilla hooplah you have going on and come to our show. We have some pics on our yahoo groups site so you should join (to get updates) and check them out: groups.yahoo.com/group/fleshassembly.
In other news... I'll be having a very busy week in Sept. The 14th is the Siouxsie and the Banshees show at Stubbs followed by a three day trip to Vegas! Whoop! It still amazes me that I've never seen Siouxsie perform seeing as how I was so obsessed with her in high school. There's a picture of me in my yearbook of the drama group I performed with that was taken with a cheap camera so it washed out a lot of the white. So in the picture all you can see is my ridiculous Siouxsie makeup and lips. It kicks ass! And the Vegas trip is gunna kick ass... I'm going with some friends from work and we're gunna tear it up Rose style! I haven't been since I was 17 (good lord) so I'm very ready to go. God I love that city. I really want to do a titty bar tour there. I hear they have some amazingly huge topless clubs. Oh yea.
It's on.
Leah
..then I'm gunna break it till it falls apart
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| Friday, May 21st, 2004
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12:04 pm - Quick update
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Back from London and it kicked ass. I really didn't want to leave... But the tickets were non-refundable. Heh.
But before I get into all that, if you're interested in getting on the Flesh Assembly mailing list, please send a message to me with your emaill address or write to fleshassembly@yahoo.com and we'll put you on. This'll give you up to the minute updates for shows, reviews and such.
Do it now!
Leah
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| Saturday, May 8th, 2004
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6:21 pm - London Town
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Alright children... I'll be in London from Monday until the following Monday the 17th. I know you're jealous, but it's ok; I'll take lots of pictures! I'll be in Houston for a couple of days after I get back (jetlag,) and I'm leaving early tomorrow morning so I'll be MIA for about a week and a half.
I know you'll miss me; you'll just have to make due. In my absence I suggest the following:
1. Build your pain tolerance
2. Build your alcohol tolerance (because I know I'll be building mine)
3. Buy me presents! (Anything black and/or vinyl will work.. I could also use some cat-o-nines and a new bullwhip)
4. Sneak into my house and clean it!
5. Pine away for my arrival
I'm sure you'll find something to keep you busy.
Leah
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| Friday, May 7th, 2004
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11:46 am - Show and troupe update
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Well I have to say that the show was AWESOME. We had a really great response and it inspired us to reform fleshassembly! (Add us for updates, or send your email address and we'll send you email updates.) BPC kicked major ass and I have a crush on all three of the girls doing the fetish show. Candyxxx even invited me to beat my sub on stage with them, to which I happily complied.
So we're reforming and going to start doing actual coreographed shows at Elysium at least once a month (probably twice or so) and I'll keep this journal and the official group's journal updated. We got a good review with some great pictures in Rank and Review (pick it up ASAP because they don't have a website that I can find.) As soon as I get some pictures, I'll post links (and if you have any, you should hook a girl up... I know I saw many a flashbulb at the show.)
We're taking over this city. Get ready, bitches!
Leah
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| Wednesday, April 28th, 2004
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3:30 pm - Bozo Porno Circus
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Looking for a fun fetish show with great industrial goth rock? Well I have the show for you. This Friday 4/30/04 Bozo Porno Circus will be performing with a live fetish show hosted by Flesh Assembly at Elysium Nightclub. There will be plenty of latex, religious sacrilege, and all the spankings your dark little heart can handle.
( Show info )
If you find me at the show, you win a prize!
Leah
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| Thursday, February 12th, 2004
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1:29 am - Oops
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I just accidently deleted the folder that I kept many, many downloaded songs and movies.
It amounted to about 40GB of crap.
Dammit.
Leah
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| Monday, December 8th, 2003
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5:53 pm
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I am so ready for this semester to end.
By Friday, my brain will be made entirelly of mush. Yay.
Leah
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1:25 am - Oh holy crap!
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12:27 am - Toy drive and other ramblings...
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Hmm… Updates…
Went to Sarah’s toy drive last night. (:P’’’ on those who missed it. You suck.) Holy shit it was cold! We ended up leaving halfway through Honkey’s set because we couldn’t stop shivering. Lauren and I went to the Ritz for like 20 min but I’ve been fighting this bug and I was totally exhausted so we took off to grab some late night fud and for me to crash headfirst into sleepy bliss. Mmmm sleeeeep…
I ended up getting books for the toy drive. I guess it’s kinda my shtick. I’ve always given my cousins books for Christmas just because I know kids don’t read as much as I’d like them to, and the crap they are reading is just that: crap. So in an effort to convert them to a more rational school of thought, I’ve become that one family member who you know just got you another bunch of goddamn books instead of a gift certificate like you really wanted. Thanks, Leah. You kick ass.
Hey; they’ll thank me in the long run.
I suppose.
So I considered this and picked up a deck of Uno cards on my way out. Hey, I loved Uno. Still do, as a matter of fact. Oooo maybe I should organize an Uno night at my house. Drunken strip Uno! That would be awesome! As long as I took pictures and invited strippers… Which could very well be done! Do not doubt my powers of persuasion! (Or my speed dial stripper list.)
I am soooo putting off schoolwork. But I’d like to justify it to myself by saying that I’ve been doing schoolwork since two this afternoon. Finished some accounting work and went to IHOP to immerse myself in bad coffee, terrible food, and Spanish and history homework. Whoop! Three hours and a pot and a half of coffee later, I picked up a stranded and thankful Ashley from Starseeds cause she had a flat tire. Huge gash in it, too. She has no idea how it happened, but she’s gunna make her man fix it later. Heh. Behold the power of helpless girl!
So the question is now… stay up and be a conscientious student, or load a bowl and watch X2 on DVD?
Well we’ll see how it goes.
Leah
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| Tuesday, December 2nd, 2003
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5:24 pm - Island of Misfits Toy Drive
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Wanna do something to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside while catching a great show this Holiday Season? Well do I have the event for you!
Attend Miss Conduct's 1st annual Island of Misfits Toy Drive this Saturday night at the Allen Street Warehouse. Price of admission is one new, unwrapped toy and you'll be treated to holiday cheer from bands like Honkey, Murfph, and the Tuna Helpers. There will also be a raffle for gift certificates from great Austin businesses like Alamo Drafthouse and Forbidden Fruit, as well as a silent auction.
( Read more about it! )
If you need more information, you can send me a message or call me on my cell... I'll prolly be at the Ritz Thursday night passing out fliers so you can catch me there as well (and grab a flier!)
See you there!
Leah
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| Friday, October 31st, 2003
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1:57 pm - Haaaaapy Halloween!!!
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This really is my costume.
| My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul |
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| Leah goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as Little Red Riding Slut (with her basket full of sex toys). | | brim gives you 17 mauve tropical-flavoured jelly beans. | | chuque gives you 8 green root beer-flavoured wafers. | | karilia tricks you! You lose 6 pieces of candy! | | koax gives you 5 light orange strawberry-flavoured gummies. | | metaphive tricks you! You lose 12 pieces of candy! | | morbidthoughts tricks you! You lose 7 pieces of candy! | | nathanblack tricks you! You lose 4 pieces of candy! | | twilight gives you 8 red lemon-flavoured nuggets. | | zakk tricks you! You lose 8 pieces of candy! | | Leah ends up with 1 pieces of candy. | | Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern. |
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| Thursday, October 23rd, 2003
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1:39 pm - Ahhhhnold
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| Friday, August 22nd, 2003
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6:18 pm - My horoscope...
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...from The Onion:
Aries: (March 21—April 19)
Your threats to the other bar-goers would have seemed a lot more frightening if your Vespa hadn't stalled while you were trying to race away.
Uncanny, isn't it?
Leah
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| Thursday, August 14th, 2003
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4:56 pm - Spiral out
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Signed up for classes today finally. I'm taking French, US History, Amer Lit, and Managerial acct. Woohoo! Should be a fairly easy semester. And I'm taking real classes (except the finance class) so I'll be actually going to real school. Heh. Got an A in both my classes this summer (yay me) and I have two weeks to relax before classes start again.
Two very short weeks. :P
Went to H-Town this weekend to pick up some furniture from my aunt and uncle. I got a really nice new couch that's L shaped and COMFORTABLE as hell. It's awesome. Josh got a bed so now he's finally able to sleep in his own room (which I'm very happy about) and I can keep the downstairs area a bit more orderly. So PARTY at my house! Whoop! Just come over. I'm usually here. But it's BYOB so yea. :P I was so stressed out, though, on Tuesday because I had to read my last two chapters in my accounting class, unload and drop off the truck, take my test, and then go to work. And when I went to drop off the truck they told me I had to pay them another $40 because I dropped it off after 9am. Ok... Here's the thing. I paid about $170 for the truck, spent a good $40 on gas, and was already stressed out about my test, and they wanted another $40?! Oh HELL no. I explained that when I picked up the truck that no one specified a time to drop it off; he just said Tuesday. That's it. No "make sure you get it there before 9am because they'll charge you," just Tuesday. So I'm arguing with this guy (after waiting 15 minutes for him to get to me) and he informs me that his hands are tied because he's an independent UHaul and I need to go across the freeway to the affiliated UHaul. Christ. So I haul ass over there and this guy gets the brunt of the force because by this time I'm pretty livid. Finally he agrees not to charge me (probably because he was tired of hearing my mouth) and I rush home to study and then rush to ACC to take my test. By the time I got to work I was quite fettered. Some guy actually accused me of being geeked out because I was still trying to unwind from the day. Haha.
But I'm much more relaxed now. :)
Think I'm going to the Superjoint show on Sat at the Bathroom... Er Backroom. I just saw them last time they came, but you just can't get enough Phil, really. I'm making up for all the Pantera shows I missed. Honest.
Ok.. Gunna go make stew now. If you're hungry, come over in a few hours and it'll be ready. My stew KICKS ASS!
Leah
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| Wednesday, August 6th, 2003
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4:20 pm - Sometimes I need health insurance..
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Charge for hospital xrays, IV painkillers, and air breathed during ER visit: $921.25
Seperate bill from doctor who examined me: $405.00
Ranom other bill for pathology: $16.90
Not being in terrible pain after enduring it for 20 hours: Pri... er about $1350
Christ... I just got my bills from my little ER visit a couple of weeks ago and, had I any idea it'd be this much I would have tried harder to get a hold of my friendly neighborhood drug dealer. Seriously.. It cost $1300 for them to guess that I had a muscle spasm and perscribe me Valium. And they couldn't even spell my last name right even after I told them twice while I was there. But I don't understand why the woman who checked me out told me she estimated it at $144. Maybe she missed a zero or something.
Bastards.
Now I'm almost mad I didn't have a pinched nerve. Then at least it'd be worth it.
Leah
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| Monday, August 4th, 2003
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8:26 pm - Ya don't buy beer, ya rent it!
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Saturday I spent most of the day helping Mike and Ashley move.. Fun times! I can’t believe how much water I drank. Luckily we had several people helping so it wasn’t that bad. And they’re happy they got all the big stuff outta the way. Their house is really cute and is in Crestview (off Justin between Lamar and Burnet) and they’re really happy with their new little house. I’m jealous. :P
Saturday night, Jessica invites me to see a Flametrick show at Beerland with the cheerleaders in tow. Albeit a bit exhausted from moving day, I figure a coupla Lone Star tallboys and some good psychobilly aint hurt no one. Unbeknownst to me, Jessica and I had “We are open to all drunk guy conversation” written on our foreheads. We get there and while waiting for the band some random guy is asking me about the show… I talk them up of course pointing out I’ve been following them since ‘94 (thanks to Twizzlepop) and I make him let us in front so we could see better (the guy was tall, dude.) During the show some random drunk guy is buying the band beers and getting REALLY into the band while taking breaks to comment about his newfound love to us... Which is all well and good, and provided some entertainment. Then about halfway through the show another random guy starts talking to Jessica and, by the end I actually made a comment about being in shark infested waters because there were 4 different drunk ass dudes all trying to step in on our conversation. Seriously like breaking in to ask what I had said to Jessica.(!) It was pretty funny.
But the most hilarious part of the evening was that we saw Psycho Dave from New Orleans there talking to the cheerleaders and some other regulars. You remember Psycho Dave who took us to the seedy strip club while we were in New Orleans and wanted us to take him to Austin on our way back? Yea. He was there. Skull tattoo and all. After making generous fun at Jessica for running into him, he recognized her and I noticed his gaze was allllllllll up in her face for two or three songs. It didn’t help that we were standing right next to him. After a little while of staring her down he walked by and said “You should really let down your hair” (it was assumed he was referring to her hair being down in NOLA) and walked off to the other side of the stage. She was convinced he knew exactly who she was. I was more curious about how he knew the cheerleaders… It’s possible I didn’t recognize him before, but I go to a LOT of Flametrick shows and I know most of the regulars. I’ve not seen him at one.
Weird. But it did liven up the evening. Oh the show was kickass, by the way.
Sunday afternoon was spent at the Ritz customer appreciation party at Emma Long park. We went through 11 kegs. 11 KEGS! Jesus! Course, when you think of it in terms of all the alkies from the Ritz partying on the lake, it’s not that surprising. The party was pretty fun… Not nearly as much fun as last year but I was considerably less plastered so that might have had something to do with it. Plus this year no one camped out! I reeeeally wanted to camp out and had planned to do so with a couple of girl friends, but one of them got too wasted and started being whiney bitching about wanting to go home and such. Bitch. So we ended up leaving around 9 or so and then Jessica and I went back to the Ritz that night to hang out even though she had to be at work at 5am. :P Hey, she agreed to go, ok. :P We had a couple of beers and saw some of the fellow party goers, but it was pretty dead considering most of the regulars were passed out from earlier that day.
Good times.
I spent most of today finishing up my Business Ethics course and doing random homework… Last week of class so the pressure is on. I’m pretty much finished with that course but I still have a lot to do in my accounting course. Bleh. I suppose I should concentrate on that since DIXIE flaked out on me. Dammit. I couldn’t hang out last night because of the Ritz party, so we were supposed to work on the show today, but I called her earlier and she said “I’ll call you right back” and I haven’t heard from her since. I suppose I’ll call her again like a good bitch to hear her latest excuse. (sigh) I really should have worked tonight and blew it off to go and work with her, but they are CONSTANTLY flaking out on me! It’s starting to irritate me.
Ah well.
Tune in next week for more stories of debauchery!
Same bat time, same bat channel!
Leah
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| Tuesday, July 29th, 2003
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5:12 pm - Friendster
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Yea so someone on my friendster group posted this message on the bulletin board:
"I just feel the need to give a list of a
few things that make me happy as a way to remind
myself about good things in my life.. and I felt
like shareing.
Sunkist is my favorite soda and I'm drinking some.
I'm a good person, even if I can't always please
everyone. Atleast I care enough to try.
I love music. It makes me happy all the time.
Thank god for the variety of music there is.
I am an uncle and godfather to 2 very beautiful
lil girls who I love.
I don't have anything else right now.. anything
else I have seems pretty materialistic and those
things can be taken away, so in turn don't make
me happy.
What makes you happy?"
Going to the titty bar.
You have to have your priorities straight.
Leah
(with renewed focus in my life)
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