Welcome To The Monkey House

Hello, twentyten.

2009-12-19T21:32:10Z

1) Where did you ring in 2009?
At Reise's house, though I was party hopping.

2) What was your status by Valentine's Day?
single

3) Were you in school anytime this year?
until April.

4) How did you earn your money?
Shitty Ford....-sadface-

5) Did you have to go to the hospital?
Umm, non. I did not.

6) Did you have any encounters with the police?
sigh. yes. but never because i did anything overly illegal. Tickets and the like.

7) Where did you go on holiday?
Calgary? Sylvan Lake? do they even count?

8) What did you purchase that was over $1000?
School...

9) Did you know anybody who got married?
I was a bridesmaid in a wedding, so definitely :)

10) Did you know anybody who passed away?
not really, no.

11)Pick up any new hobbies?
I can't think of any if I did.

12) Did you move anywhere?
no, I didn't.

13) Strongest memory?
Lots.

14) What concerts/shows did you go to?
i don't know if i can even remember them all. Sam Roberts/The Stills, Matt Good, Pilate, SONIC BOOM!, Jingle Bell Rock, USS/ IllScarlett, Wintersleep, the Arkells, uhh....am I missing any?

15) Are you registered to vote?
sure am!

16) Who did you want to win Big Brother?
I stopped watching it a long time ago.

17) Where do you live now?
St. A, yo...well...north of it...

18) Describe your birthday.
My actual birthday was dinner with my family and the Shudras at Chiantis! and O'Mailles with a few people.

19) What's one thing you thought you'd never do but did in 2009?
haha...there are a few....

20) What has been your favorite moment?
I have a few. aka. too many to write.

21) What's something you learned about yourself?
i REALLY need to not let my emotions affect me as much. Dear lord.

22.) Any new additions to your family?
No.

23.) What was your best month?
this past year had a best month?

24.) What music will you remember 2009 by?
a lot haha

25) Who has been your best drinking buddy?
I dunno. I don't drink often enough to really have one.

26) Made new friends?
yes.

27) Best NEW friend?
Chelsea.

28) Favorite Night out?
umm. that is a very good question.... I really couldn't say.

29) favorite movie watched?
He's Just Not That Into You. or Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. or Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs or ....yeah, there's a lot.

30) Happy with America's Next Top Model winner?
I don't pay attention to ANTM

31) kiss any one of the same sex?
I don't think so.

32) New relationships?
haha nope...unless friendships count.

33) something you look forward to before 2010?
before 2010? CHRISTMAS!!!!

34) where will you start 2010?
No idea.

it's a dull life

2009-12-07T01:43:53Z

so all I did today (no joke) was bake some gingersnaps, nap, and eat probably close to 20 cookies.

ugh.
I disgust myself.

danna_anais @ 2009-11-10T19:51:00

2009-11-11T02:56:22Z

88 Important Truths I've learned about Life.
http://www.raptitude.com/2009/07/88-important-truths-ive-learned-about-life/

1. You can’t change other people, and it’s rude to try.

2. It is 100 times more difficult to burn calories than to refrain from consuming them in the first place.

3. If you’re talking to someone you don’t know well, you may be talking to someone who knows way more about whatever you’re talking about than you do.

4. The cheapest and most expensive models are usually both bad deals.

5. Everyone likes somebody who gets to the point quickly.

6. Bad moods will come and go your whole life, and trying to force them away makes them run deeper and last longer.

7. Children are remarkably honest creatures until we teach them not to be.

8. If everyone in the show you’re watching is good-looking, it’s not worth watching.

9. Yelling always makes things worse.

10. Whenever you’re worried about what others will think of you, you’re really just worried about what you’ll think of you.

11. Every problem you have is your responsibility, regardless of who caused it.

12. You never have to deal with more than one moment at a time.

13. If you never doubt your beliefs, then you’re wrong a lot.

14. Managing one’s wants is the most powerful skill a person can learn.

15. Nobody has it all figured out.

16. Cynicism is far too easy to be useful.

17. Every passing face on the street represents a story every bit as compelling and complicated as yours.

18. Whenever you hate something, it hates you back: people, situations and inanimate objects alike.

19. Ralph Waldo Emerson’s works alone can teach you everything you need to know about living with grace and happiness.

20. People embellish everything, as a rule.

21. Anger reveals weakness of character, violence even moreso.

22. Humans cannot destroy the planet, but we can destroy its capacity to keep us alive. And we are.

23. When people are uncomfortable with the present moment, they fidget with their hands or their minds. Watch and see.

24. Those who complain the most, accomplish the least.

25. Putting something off makes it instantly harder and scarier.

26. Credit card debt devours souls.

27. Nobody knows more than a minuscule fraction of what’s going on in the world. It’s just way too big for any one person to know it well.

28. Most of what we see is only what we think about what we see.

29. A person who is unafraid to present an unedited version of herself to the world is as rare as diamonds.

30. The most common addiction in the world is the draw of comfort. It wrecks dreams and breaks people.

31. If what you’re doing feels perfectly safe, there is probably a better course of action.

32. The greatest innovation in the history of humankind is language.

33. Blame is the favorite pastime of those who dislike responsibility.

34. Everyone you meet is better than you at something.

35. Proof is nothing but a collection of opinions that match one’s own.

36. Knowledge is belief, nothing more.

37. Indulging your desires is not self-love.

38. What makes human beings different from animals is that animals can be themselves with ease.

39. Self-examination is the only path out of misery.

40. Whoever you are, you will die. To know and understand that means you are alive.

41. Revenge is for the petty and irresponsible.

42. Getting truly organized can vastly improve anyone’s life.

43. Almost every cliché contains a truth so profound that people have been compelled to repeat it until it makes you roll your eyes. But the wisdom is still in there.

44. People cause suffering when they are suffering themselves. Alleviating their suffering will probably remove their inclination to create it for others.

45. High quality is worth any quantity, in possessions, friends and experiences.

46. The world would be a better place if everyone read National Geographic.

47. If you aren’t happy single, you won’t be happy in a relationship.

48. Even if it costs no money, nothing is free if it takes time.

49. Emotions exist to make us heavily biased towards or against something. This hinders as often as it helps.

50. Addiction is a much greater problem in society than it’s made out to be. It’s present in every person in various forms, but usually we call it something else.

51. “Gut feeling” is not just a euphemism. Tension in the abdomen speaks volumes about how you truly feel about something, beyond all arguments and rationales.

52. Posture and dress change profoundly how you feel about yourself and how others feel about you, like it or not.

53. Everyone thinks they’re an above average driver.

54. The urge to punish others has much more to do with venting frustration than correcting behavior.

55. By default, people think far too much.

56. If anything is worth splurging on, it’s a high-quality mattress. You’ll spend a third of your life using it.

57. There is nothing worse than having no friends.

58. To write a person off as worthless is an act of great violence.

59. Try as we might to be otherwise, we are all hypocrites.

60. Justice is a human invention which is in reality rarely achievable, but many will not hesitate to destroy lives demanding it.

61. Kids will usually understand exactly what you mean if you keep it to one or two short sentences.

62. Stuff that’s on sale usually has an annoying downside.

63. Casual swearing makes people sound dumb.

64. Words are immensely powerful. One cruel remark can wound someone for life.

65. It’s easy to make someone’s day just by being uncommonly pleasant to them.

66. Most of what children learn from their parents isn’t taught on purpose.

67. The secret ingredient is usually butter, in obscene amounts.

68. It is worth re-trying foods that you didn’t like at first.

69. Problems, when they arise, are rarely as painful as the act of fearing them.

70. Nothing — ever — happens exactly like you pictured it.

71. North Americans are generally terrible at accepting compliments and offers of help.

72. There are not enough women in positions of power. The world has suffered from this deficit for a long time.

73. When you break promises to yourself, you feel terrible. When you make a habit of it, you begin to hate yourself.

74. A good nine out of ten bad things I worry about never happen. A good nine out of ten bad things that did happen never occurred to me to worry about.

75. You can’t hide a bad mood from people who know you well, but you can always be polite.

76. Sometimes you have to remove certain people from your life, even if they’re family.

77. Anyone can be calmed in an instant by looking at the ocean or the stars.

78. There is no point finishing a book you aren’t enjoying. Life is too short for that. Swallow your pride and put it down for good, unfinished.

79. There is no correlation between the price of a brand of batteries and how long they last.

80. Breaking new ground only takes a tiny amount more effort than you’re used to giving.

81. Life is a solo trip, but you’ll have lots of visitors. Some of them are long-term, most aren’t.

82. One of the best things you can do for your kids is take them on road trips. I’m not a parent, but I was a kid once.

83. The fewer possessions you have, the more they do for you.

84. Einstein was wiser than he was intelligent, and he was a genius.

85. When you’re sick of your own life, that’s a good time to pick up a book.

86. Wishing things were different is a great way to torture yourself.

87. The ability to be happy is nothing other than the ability to come to terms with how things change.

88. Killing time is an atrocity. It’s priceless, and it never grows back.

Dramatic irony. It'll fuck you everytime.

2009-09-30T05:01:35Z

Man, I should just post angry/frustrated blogs all the time
because then it's like the Almighty [or something, at least] just wants to prove me wrong
like today, when I get an e-mail telling me they want an interview.
I am TOTALLY fine with being proven wrong.
so....
cough
I AM TOTALLY FRUSTRATED THAT I AM NOT DATING ALEXANDRE DESPATIE.
THE DEAD-SEXY CANADIAN OLYMPIC DIVER.
YEP.
HEAR ME, GOD?
HELLA-FRUSTRATED.
cough

-crosses fingers-

:D

Ode.

2009-07-21T04:19:51Z

God looked around His garden and found an empty space;
He then looked down upon this earth and saw your tired face.
He put his arms around you and lifted you to rest;
God's garden must be beautiful, he only takes the best.

He knew that you were suffering, he knew you were in pain.
He knew you might never get well upon this earth again.
He saw the road was getting rough and the hills were hard to climb.
So he closed your weary eyelids and whispered 'Peace be thine'.

It broke our hearts to lose you, but you never went alone,
For part of us went with you, the day God called you home.

RIP Grandma.
<3

But here's coming a better version of me.

2009-06-17T04:00:47Z

So, I'm pretty impressed with myself recently, even if I do say so myself. I've been really trying to break out of my complacent little bubble and try new things, even it's just new food. I went to Japanese Village and guess what, people. I TRIED NEW THINGS! say what?! ME. Trying new things! I know! I thought it would never, ever happen. But I actually tried shubu shubu soup, whatever the heck that is. And baby shrimp, too. I'm just not a soup person at all, so I won't say that it was good, because while it was alright for soup, it's still...soup. And the ginger sauce for the shrimp was delicious, but I'm still not 100 % sold on the texture.

BUT WAIT: there's more! When we went to the Waterpark in West Edmonton Mall, I even tried water slides! They were just the tube slides, so they seemed relatively harmless to the other bigger, MUCH scarier slides they have there, but still. The fact remains that I tried something scary and [essentially] novel! Holy crap, Batman!

It's actually been pretty rad, this whole trying new things deal, even if I'm pathetic and slowly working my way up from cough different foods cough. haha.

And I've been riding tons this year, and Mocha is going really well, I'm very pleased with him this year, Sharon is a really good instructor. YAY! It's nice to be seriously riding again. I'm also trying to take Rusty for lots of walks and stay active this year.

I'm basically back to working solely in the office again for the summer. DEAR LORD. I'm seriously starting to realize HOW MUCH BETTER NIGHT RECEPTION IS TO WORKING IN THE OFFICE. Fo serious. And I'm also shocked, because I didn't really think I would ever say those words, but the BITCHY OFFICE LADIES ARE DRIVING ME UP THE FREAKING WALL. RAWR.

Also, it's Manda and Chris' wedding this weekend! OH EM EFF GEE. Ridiculously crazy! It's going to be a busy weekend!

All in all, life's pretty decent lately, because regardless of how I did just complain about the bitchy office ladies at Shitty Ford, I mostly stay out of it and it doesn't affect me that much.

Burned out stars they shine so bright.

2009-05-20T04:28:27Z

so I'm going to write a rambling, stream of consciousness post because i have never attempted it before, and I'm bored and ridiculously tired, which means that I am going to be terribly incoherent, because I am always incoherent when I am tired. Which is often, unfortunately. I hate being incoherent and redundant. which I am right now. whoops. this is why I won't ever be an author. unfortunately. even though words are pretty fucking powerful. even though thinking that makes me gullible and idealistic. which is lame. being gullible and idealistic just makes me susceptible to being lied to. Which has happened a lot. because let's face it, words don't mean a damn thing if their actions contradict what they're telling you. "talk is cheap and you get what you pay for." [GOD i loved that prof. what a fucking brilliant man] though it's also true that people really aren't careful enough about which words they choose, really. This is also my first attempt at stream of consciousness, in case you couldn't tell. it's really weird to write so far. Normally what I write is far more planned out. If only I was more creative, eh? Stupid left-brain. It's never helped me any haha. Not that being logical is bad or anything, but it's easy. Being creative is freaking difficult. though I do need to stop taking the easy way out. Because, let's face it, everyone takes the easy way out. We all become complacent. a quote from the show Heroes [such a sweet show, I HIGHLY recommend it]: "Right or wrong, what we choose is never what we really need. For that is the ultimate cosmic joke. " I wish I write like that. How fucking eloquent. Damn, do I ever wish I was good with words. I really have no idea where i was going with this, not going to lie. I guess I really wasn't going anywhere with it, because that's sort of the point of stream of consciousness...Man, I really plan things out FAR too much. it's pretty ridiculous when you can't even write a rambling blog post that, let's face it, really only my sister will read and which doesn't really matter to anyone anyways, which means that I can essentially write anything I want and it doesn't matter. Not that I'm naive enough to think I don't have friends or people who care if I'm upset or sad or whatnot, but let's face it, this blog doesn't really have any bearing on anything whatsoever. anyways, going back to my original point that i really need to stop planning things and learn to be more spontaneous. HA. Fat chance of that happening. need i reiterate? i'm all talk and no action, just like everyone else. In other news, I also really like both Metric's and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs new albums. Both get giant thumbs up from me. I don't know if i like stream of consciousness. I don't like having to come up with my own words. I'm so much better at taking the words of others and putting them together to express myself rather than actually...coming up with stuff myself. THAT I am actually good at. Which is probably why I constantly quote movies, books, song lyrics, and other people. Other more intelligent, funnier, more eloquent, better looking people.

Anyyywho.
I'm done with this whole stream of consciousness post. Ironic how me starting off with complaining about how I'm redundant and incoherent ended up with...me being incoherent and redundant? woo.

I don't know much about geography, don't know much about trigonometry...

2009-04-23T22:17:33Z

DANNA ANAIS HAWKES, B. Sc!

FUCK YEAH, BITCHES.
WOOO!

danna_anais @ 2009-03-27T15:10:00

2009-03-27T21:16:57Z

GUESS WHO HAS TWO THUMBS AND ISN'T HAVING THE OPERATION ANYMORE?

THAT'S RIGHT.
ME.

WOO WOO!

merry belated baby jesus day!

2008-12-27T05:28:42Z

oh. my. goodness.
the wii rocks!
i love it!
everyone should own one!
oui oui!

merry belated baby Jesus day to everyone.

i'm dreaming of a white christmas!

2008-12-03T00:01:16Z

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Paper! It's pretty and fun to tear open. I also enjoy wrapping presents.
2. Real tree or Artificial? REAL. my family will NEVER, EVER have an artificial tree. EVER.
3. When do you put up the tree? When the family has time. Usually 10 days-2 weeks before Christmas.
4. When do you take the tree down? After I go back to school, January sometime.
5. Do you like eggnog? yes. diluted with milk, though.
6. Favourite gift received as a child? probably my trip to Spruce Meadows. woo woo.
7. Hardest person to buy for? my dad. holy balls.
8. Easiest person to buy for? probably Laurie.
9. Do you have a nativity scene? sure as heck do!
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Cards. Not that I send them.
11.Worst Christmas gift you ever received? uhh. probably that toy that I didn't like back in the day.
12. Favourite Christmas Movie? I LOVE THE ORIGINAL RUDOLPH!
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? No.
15. Favourite thing to eat at Christmas? sugar cookies!
16. Lights on the tree? We have medium lights. and bubble lights too!
17. Favourite Christmas song? Silent Night.
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Stay home.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen!
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? I like the star we have. it lights up and everything!
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? We get new pajamas every Christmas Eve, everything else the next morning.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Finals.
23. Favourite ornament theme or color? EVERYTHING!
24. Favourite for Christmas dinner? good question?
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? That's for me to know.
26. Who is most likely to respond to this? Farren? doubtful.

don't know much about a science book [don't know much about the French I took]

2008-11-20T02:57:59Z

I JUST APPLIED FOR GRADUATION FOR WINTER 2009.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
scariest. thought. EVER.
fdxkjhbdfbklpdnb jkdb.
weird.

yours truly, angry mob.

2008-11-16T20:12:57Z

stupid people make Danna something something.

Go crazy?

DON'T MIND IF I DO.

you cannot leave everything to fate, boy. she's got a lot to do, sometimes you must give her a hand.

2008-11-03T05:28:14Z

so a friend has been telling me about this book called 'The Secret'
and it's supposed to give you the secret to getting the life you want.
and it apparently states that there is no such thing as destiny. at all.
but that you create your own, whether it's consciously or unconsciously, and it's all free will.
I've kind of always believed in a combination of the two.
where certain things are simply meant to be
but because of free will, things may have to happen through a different method.
needless to say, I kind of like this theory.
it makes me notice the inter-connectivity of it all more than I think I would otherwise.
and I'm really more into that kind of stuff than I let on.
anywho.
that's enough metaphysical introspection for me!

on another note-
GOD I LOVE LONELY AVENUE BY RAY CHARLES.
this has to be one of my all-time favorite songs.
oh my goodness.
-heart-

reply, dammit! this means you!

2008-09-20T22:55:16Z

If you're on my friends list, I want to know 36 things about you. I don't care if we never talk, or if we already know everything about each other. Short and sweet is fine... you're on my list, so I want to know you better!

Comment here and repost a blank one on your own journal.

01) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
02) What was your dream growing up?
03) What talent do you wish you had?
04) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
05) Favorite vegetable?
06) What was the last book you read?
07) What zodiac sign are you?
08) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
09) Worst Habit?
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
11) What is your favorite sport?
12) Do you have a Pessimistic or Optimistic attitude?
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
16) Do you have any pets?
17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?
18) What was your first impression of me?
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
22) What color eyes do you have?
23) Ever been arrested?
24) Bottle or can soda?
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
27) What's your favorite place to hang out at?
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
30) Do you swear a lot?
31) Biggest pet peeve?
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
34) Favourite and least favourite food?
35) Do you believe in God?
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?

I have the ESPN!

2008-08-15T02:54:00Z

well, I went to the Russian Tea Room yesterday with Cara. Here is a quick rundown of what I was told.

a)he saw a celebration in the next three months-ish. a graduation of some sorts, or a big birthday party. I am going to Cheryl's wedding this Saturday, Sean gets back from Afghanistan in October, so there's DEFINITELY going to be a shindig then, and I am a bridesmaid next June, because he said I might end up hosting it or something and that it's very important for me to support them. Which could also be a load of bull-shit. Who knows!

b)I have a very good money line, and apparently I am quite intuitive and creative and a deep thinker, and I can't remember what else he said about this. Probably not much more than that.

c) He saw something to do with writing [which has ALWAYS been a fantasy of mine, I would LOVE to be an author. a GOOD author. positively Vonnegut-esque haha], and he also saw me introducing people over a microphone to a crowd later on as part of my career...I don't know. guest lecturer perhaps?

d)for my current job, he saw me talking over a PA system, and told me that people generally like me there [Michelle positively loves me] and that I am good at what I do [...I guess so? it's not very difficult...so...yeah....]

d) He saw more than one year left of school, which could maybe mean grad school for me?! Here's hoping! He saw it more correspondence, but I don't think so. I can't do correspondence.

e) He said I need to increase my "bone" count...which doesn't really exist...however, the fact that I have an operation to lengthen and grow more bone in a year-ish...as per the previous entry...definitely kind of ironic. He also mentioned that my late 20's to late 30's is going to be my most stressful time, and that I have to work on my immunity.

f) Apparently my creative line intersects with my love line, which means that I might "marry myself into some sort of project" or something.

g) Apparently, I have a longterm relationship coming up [dun dun dun!]. And he didn't mention anything about being married more than once or anything, so i'mma assume that I am only married once. And if I do decide to have kids, i will probably end up with three. [I was hoping for only two, but once again- total crock of shit? probably!]

h) He also told me that I should look at buying a new car this fall instead of next summer like i was hoping to, but I really don't think I am going to. Whoops? haha.

That's really the most interesting part of it as far as I can remember. And don't worry, I'm not going to live my life as if this is set in stone. Cara found hers pretty accurate, some of mine is, some of mine isn't, in my opinion. It was definitely worth it, it was quite a neat experience and I would definitely consider going back after a considerable length of time [as in, a year or two.] But yes, that's the gist of what I was told. Just wanted to keep a record of it somewhere. Though I do have it on tape too.

I don't need no doctor [cause I know what's ailing me]

2008-08-13T01:42:46Z

so, I went to a foot specialist today, to talk to him about the procedure to fix my toes.
oh. my. goodness.
It turns out I will need to be off EACH foot 2 months.
so for four months of the year, I will have crutches
and I can't work during this time since they want to make sure there are no complications.
so for at least 6-7 months of the year, I can't do JACK SHIT, basically.
so a year from this coming September, we are having one foot done.
And then 3 months later or so, the other.
so there goes my plan of moving out after I graduate.
and probably my plan of buying a new Mustang for super-cheap next August, too...
and a new laptop/computer for when I move out.
because i will be BROKE AS HELL.
fuck.

I am so not happy with this.
I need money!
and MONTHS without working?
I am going to go INSANE from boredom.
holy. freaking. hell.
this is going to be TERRIBLE.
I am definitely Miss Crankypants right now.

so dark the con of man

2008-07-10T01:44:07Z

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE.
4) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've read 6 and force books upon them

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding
69 Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

the D is for Delightful!

2008-07-04T22:35:21Z

so, i FINALLY GOT A RAISE AT SHITTY FORD. woo woo!
I now make 13 dollars an hour, bitches!
And i didn't really even have to ask for it!
[even though i was going to on monday]
AND i got off an hour early, too.
AND i get to be a bridesmaid at my friend Amanda's wedding next summer!

life rocks!
minus working the crazy amounts of hours.

FUCK YOU, SHITTY FORD.

2008-06-20T05:14:57Z

I do NOT want to work OVER twelve days straight, one day off, and then another twelve days straight.
FUCK you, michelle and city ford.
i am SO asking for my raise just before this next paycheck.
yeah, that's right, a raise right before a TON of overtime, bitches.
you don't hire anyone, well, fuck you, i'mma get some money out of it.

grrrrrrrrrr.
FUCK. THAT. NOISE.

to whom it may concern.

2008-06-04T04:39:00Z

here's hoping you can prove it.

so far, you have...
...sorta...
hopefully it won't change back.

you're fat and ugly and an imbecile, too.

2008-05-08T06:49:33Z

have you ever woken up and been completely disgusted/discontent with EVERYTHING?
as in, every. little. thing?
that happened to me the other day.
it was not a pleasant feeling. at all.
i was in a pretty bad mood all day.
all because i was disgusted with pretty much every aspect of my life.
i felt bad after because i know i shouldn't be disgusted with my whole life.
if only i knew what i could and [more importantly] should change.
i was talking to stacey about this the other day, actually.
about how i have changed over these past few months, but not exactly for the better.
i seem to have these cycles, i've realized.
one half is where I am a complete BITCH to everyone and everything
the other is where I'm like "SHIT, i shouldn't be such a horrible person."
And then I smarten up for a bit.
and then alluva sudden, I realize I am once again being a heinous bitch
Rinse, repeat....

see, and now, i realize that a lot my posts have been SO incredibly EMO lately.
i'm not emo, i swear!
i'm not!
my next post, i promise, will NOT be emo.
i refuse to let it be emo.
argh.

but time won't let me go

2008-04-03T23:16:50Z

So, it's time to start the countdowns!

Eight days till the last day of classes! [thank gosh x 1]
TWENTY days till MY EXAMS ARE OVER!!!!!!! [thank gosh x 2!!!!]
One month and two days till my spring course starts. -angryface-
One month and a week [+/- a day or two] till this all goes away!
Two months and eight days till my spring course is OVER!
Two months and eighteen days till MATT GOOD AT THE JUBILEE!!! [SO excited!]

All of this pales in comparison to the fact
that I'mma have RIDING LESSONS THIS SUMMER, BITCHES.
for the first time in...two years?
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
I can't wait!
it's going to be such an awesome summer!

a ghost just needs a home

2008-03-17T04:45:05Z

I want you to regret.
I want you to think.
I want to wake up.
I want you to realize.
I want you to discover.
I want you to move on.
I want you to stop.
I want you to shut the hell up.
I want you open up.
I want you to smarten up.
I want you to deal with it.
I want you to learn.
I want you to keep everything in perspective.
I want you to improve.
I want you to listen.
Let me put this world in the palm of your hand.
Now all you have to do is take it.

and no.
this is not directed at anyone in particular.
this is just a product of my mood.
weird.

lines on a paper [black clouds and vapor]

2008-03-10T04:22:58Z

Danna's Birthday poem

One always looks
To find what is hidden
Something is right behind
Everything you don’t expect

Yet that one
Can never find
What is hidden
If they do not start, stop
Then start to look once again

Yet those who keep looking
Find what is hidden
Only in turn to once again
Hide it from others

This hidden thing
Can be told
But only if the secret
Can be kept by those told

Care to hear it?
Keep the secret?
Hide it away?

Love is found
True love exists
Held in your hand
Let it bloom
To fill your heart.

-Yvonne Bouvier

that poem was written for me for my birthday
by the lovely Miss Yvonne Bouvier.
once again, i find myself wanting talent
any talent, really
but especially being able to write well
-sigh-