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Relationship advice

October 19th, 2009 (01:53 am)

What's the best and worst advice you ever received? Did you follow it even if it ran counter to your gut intuition? How did it turn out?

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My best friend suggested I not go for this guy I liked, who we were both really good friends with. She's known him since they were kids, and I've known him for quite a few years now, but it had been proven history that he was a manipulative, male drama queen, but my feelings for him beat out my sense.

This is both the best and worse advice I ever received because while, in the end, she was right in not dating him (it ended up being incredibly awkward, mostly because we already knew each other way too well, and he "broke up" with me over Myspace), that's the kind of thing you need to experience in order to really get over. Without having dated him for those two seconds, I think I would really have always wondered if we could have made it as a couple.

I have to say, though, that I'm glad it didn't work out. I'm in love and living with my boyfriend of a year and a half!

Erika [userpic]

Thoughts, thoughts, thoughts

September 3rd, 2009 (08:03 pm)

I didn't wake up to my alarm today so I missed my first class of the day, my English class about John Milton. I'm not going to lie, I'm kind of okay with that. I did, however, manage to make it to my Comm class, which was fortunate because everyone who was there was able to get 1 of the 10 participation points needed for the semester just by putting our name on a piece of paper. There's more to it, of course, it was like a mini open-book pop quiz, for which you got another point for getting all the answers right. Sweet!

I had a cheese quesadilla from Taco Bell because right now I have about $30 to my name (damn the rent in Hawaii), and I can't afford much more than $5 a day in food. I've had hot dogs and rice for the past week. But at least I have that, right? I dyed my hair black-blue last night. Not as blue as I'd hoped, but that's okay.

I walked home in the rain today while listening to 21st Century Breakdown on my iTouch. I was grinning like a fool, but I felt like I was floating as I mouthed the words. Green Day takes me into another world, and I don't think a lot of my friends quite understand how much they mean to me. My boyfriend calls me "obsessed," but wouldn't he be obsessed, too, if they had changed his life?

Ah, the ramblings of a poor college student :) Today, I finally finished Moll Flanders, and we'll have our final discussion of it tomorrow in class. Then, it's on to The Great Gatsby. I had to write a paper on that in my freshman year, but I don't quite remember it. Perhaps I have it saved... *ponder* Also half-done with A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. If you haven't read it, I recommend it. Heart-wrenching at times, but an incredibly thoughtful book.

My bf's continuing to work on the Green Day portrait he's painting me, and it's coming out great! Very excited! Again, I'll post it up for ya'll to see. As for me, I'm working on some GD icons, and opened a new Photobucket account solely for Photoshop work. I'll post the icons when I feel like there's enough to share.

Thanks for reading!

Erika [userpic]

Ladies and Gentlemen, Consider Me TIRED

August 31st, 2009 (11:13 pm)

Gosh golly willickers, sometimes I regret choosing English as my major. I don't really have time to go out, since I have to read all this John Milton, prose fiction, New York literature stuff. Add Communications and Astrology assignments to that, and you know what you've got? A full frickin' house! The only thing I can say is that this is really pushing me to work hard, which is good because I'm not accustomed to working hard when it comes to school. I need a little self-discipline. Ooh, kinky! Hmm.

Anyhow, I have been reading Milton and playing Typing Maniac on Facebook and typing out my GD fic and chatting with people online for the past like, 8 hours. It's a sad life I lead. But I've said it once, and I'll say it again, I'm glad to be back on LJ. To be honest, I think one of the reasons I love it most is that 99.9% of the friends I have in non-cyber world don't have an LJ. It's a little more private, I can say whatever I want without really having to worry about anything... It's a luxury.

Thanks for reading!

Erika [userpic]

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August 31st, 2009 (09:19 pm)

Okay, GD friends... New story posted at [info]comingclean!

Erika [userpic]

Going out for a Coke

August 29th, 2009 (10:05 pm)

Soooo I'm heading out to grab some Coke. But I'm taking the long way to see what's up with the accident I just heard outside a few streets over.

Does that make me sick? Maybe.

Do I care? Nope.

Erika [userpic]

Hmm...

August 26th, 2009 (10:13 pm)

Back yet again, after a 2 year long hiatus. I need to actually start keeping in contact with people so that I don't forget about LJ again.

I'm lookng at my page, and it's just so bizarre how quickly my obsessions come and go. Well, I still love T.R. Knight, but c'mon, let's face the reality, people... He's not on Grey's Anatomy anymore. And frankly, he barely has been for more than a year! Ah, well... I'll be going back to a GD layout soon enough. If anything is constant, it's my love for BJ, Mike, and Tre.

I need to post something about the BEST DAY OF MY LIFE Green Day concert in Sahn Diahgo (I nearly died of laughter when Billie Joe quoted Anchorman; later, he actually said, "Stay classy!" It makes me feel that much happier to know that aside from being ridiculously talented and good-looking rock stars, the boys are just boys!).

I really should be doing some reading for class right about now. But dammit, John Milton's "The Reason of Church Government" just doesn't titillate me the same way GD slash fic does. Le sigh.

Erika [userpic]

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July 4th, 2005 (01:05 am)

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Erika [userpic]

Salutations, friend!

February 27th, 2005 (10:13 pm)
Tired, but not...

boy, do i feel: Tired, but not...
currently obsessing over: probably something that has to do with Rent



What's up, ya'll! It's true, my journal is ~*FRIENDS ONLY*~ because there's just a lot of things in here that have to do with real life. But I'm not allergic to new friends, and I'm zero percent opposed to adding new people! Just let me know if you add me, and I'll do the same right back!

Erika [userpic]

Good Times...

February 21st, 2005 (02:50 am)
Billie Joe...

boy, do i feel: Billie Joe...
currently obsessing over: Give Me Novacaine--Green Day

Green Day fucking owns me. Billie is teh fucking sex. I swear, with every article I read about them, I find my respect for them growing. I finally got the Rolling Stone with GD on it today, along with (again, finally) the Warning: CD. I don't know how I went that long without it. Anyway, I've been reading some amazing fics by [info]bonegardens and I'm in such a good mood right now. I'm reading one of her fics, listening to the American Idiot CD, checking out the Billie Joe communities, watching their performance on the Voodoo Fest site (you don't know teh hot until you see this video)...All things Green Day. Although, I'm pretty upset because I keep reading concert experiences, and I know that I don't have a chance of seeing them in the near future b/c I live on fucking Oahu, otherwise known as the most boring rock on this island. The last "big" concert we had was the American Idol season 3 crap. Well, actually, My Chemical Romance was here last week, but I didn't find out until a few days before because I don't listen to the radio anymore. Anyways, I'm off to continue reading the fics!

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