blurg.

I'm bored.
I'm lonely.
I'm frustrated.
I'm menstruating.

This is a really bad combination.

I recommend.

The Beatles Station on Pandora.

Really good stuff.

I get bored easily.

http://ericawest.tumblr.com/
Tumblr ftw!
It's much easier to use, and more fun in my opinion. I suggest you all convert as soon as possible.
:)

Proud.

There are no words to describe how proud I am to live in a country where this man is president, and this woman is his first lady. I know I'm about four months late, but HOLYSHIT I love Barack Hussein Obama.

Keith Olberman.

Keith Olberman hosts his own show, Countdown with Keith Olberman, on MSNBC. It's amazing. Most of the time, when people here CNN or MSNBC they think of crazed, right-wing conservatives spouting absoloute bullshit in clips later being mocked by Stephen Colbert and John Stewart. Not Olberman.
Keith Olberman is great. He is the complete opposite of bullshit. He is correct and to the point and unlike millions of us, still has faith in this country(like myself). He represents logic and intelligence and optimism. It's such a shame that many are more willing to watch and laugh at FOX News than to learn from Olberman. As I've stated before, I'm pretty bad at describing things, especially things I love, so I'll let Mr. olberman speak for himself.
“The world bursts at the seams with people ready to tell you you’re not good enough.
On occasion, some may be correct. But do not do their work for them.
Seek any job; ask anyone out; pursue any goal.
Don’t take it personally when they say “no” - they may not be smart enough to say “yes”.”


I know the video is long, you it will make your heart soar with the realization that not everyone in the world is a complete mindles, hateful asshole. Sometimes it's hard to believe, but it's true.

Things you should check out.

Here are things that I really like and that I think you would like too:

Being Cool
http://theimpossiblecool.tumblr.com/

Pandora.com
http://pandora.com/

Why?


Jake and Amir


My life is average
http://new.mylifeisaverage.com/

Best.

i don't wanna dance with your shadow no more.

Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love
-Charlie Brown

That little bald headed kid is so wise sometimes.

H1N1

90 people get the swine flu and everybody wants to wear a mask.
A million people have AIDS and no one wants to wear a condom.

Advice.

When having a shitty day, or in my case an incredibly shitty shitty week full of tears and little sleep, i suggest the following:

Why?'s "Elephant Eyelash". On repeat is best.

The most delicious granola bars ever.

Anything Collegehumor related, preferrably Patrick Cassels or Jake and Amir related.


And finally...

Cursing. lots and lots of cursing.

Amazing.

Awesome night.
Seriously.
Little words could describe how perfect last night was, but i'm going to give it a try:
alec baldwin, suit guy, edwin, excitment, perfection, love.

And if our hearts were dying that fast, they would have done the same as you.

In early July Berk and I are going to see Tegan and Sara, the New Pornographers and Death Cab at the Hollywood Bowl.
I've never listened to the New Pornographers, I love Tegean and Sara but I'm seriously STOKED to see Death Cab For Cutie. I love them so much. Everything they do. I'm uber excited.
Summer is going to kick so much ass.

She brings me mexican food from Sombrero's just because

even without travis barker, they were still kick ass. <3

WANT.

hot dog on a stick, here i come!

hey man!

spring break was uneventful but good.
Spring Conference was spectacular. I definitely wish we had a lot more people, but the people that did go had an awesome time, which is all I could ask for. My number one priority is to make sure everyone enjoys Y&G. I want them to feel the same way I do at every conference-an immense amount of pride for my delegation, and excitement for the sessions ahead.
I feel like everything is going in the right direction.
SAT Subject Tests in about a week and a half, AP tests after that. I'm only excited because the sooner they're here, the sooner they're done.

oh, and why did no one tell me that Arcade Fire's Funeral is one of the greatest album's of the past 10 years?! it's fucking gold, man. gold.

I went to Delaney's last night and we straight up talked, chatted, gabbed, gossipped and laughed for five straight hours. And i'm pretty confident we could have gone for another five.
I really really like my friends.

While I was in Santa Cruz i bought this book at Borders for $10. I've read about 1/4 of it on my trip back and I'm obsessed. I don't agree with every single entry (Top Gun?? No Fight Club!?)

but I'm intrigued nonetheless. So many movies I've never heard of, but more than that, so many movies I have but didn't know anything about and din't have any interest in seeing. it's split up into nine chapters, sectioned by genre. Reading about all these classics is one thing, watching them is another, and i'm excited to do just that. I can't decide whether i want to start with Lawrence of Arabia, or Psycho. :)

UC..?

One of the many things I really don't like about our school systems is that they pound the idea of CSU vs. UC schools into you until you know it better than you're own name. Smart? UC! Kinda smart? CSU! Dumb? Community College! Now, you and i both realize that's completely innacurate and stereotypical, but it's what they tell us. Not until the beginning of this year did i even consider the possibility of attending a school that wasn't a UC, namely an out of state college. And now out of state colleges make up the bulk of the places where I'm planning on applying.
This is for many reasons. One is because I really really want to get away. and another is because i don't have many UC options.
I can't get into Berkeley or Davis. (Thank you, D in calculus during junior year!)
Merced, Irvine and Riverside do not interest me in the slightest.
UCLA is way too close.
I wouldn't fit in at San Diego with all the beachy blondes/sluts.

That leaves Santa Cruz and Santa Barbara. At first i totallywrote off Santa Barbara thinking it was too close. But...I don't know. Now, it's growing on me more and more. However Santa Cruz remains my number one pick. It's in the middle of a forest, and is different from any other UC, which is what is the biggest pull for me. I hate to admit it, but I'll probably be going to some sort of UC, simply for the money. It's expensive enough to go to a collge out of state, but in a recession? Very tricky. Obviously this is all based on speculation and I won't really know anything until exactly 365 days from now, when I'll be getting acceptance letters from colleges. (ahh! I can't even believe it.) But until then, UCSC remains my number one pick. oh, one more thing. This is the first picture that came up when i googled, "UC Santa Cruz": I think I'm going to like it there.

i'm posting too many videos!

but this cannot be ignored.


this looks amazing and beautiful and uplifting and straight up great. i cannot wait.

trust me. everything's gonna be fine.

i hate to sound like every other person between the ages of 12-25, but if you haven't seen Fight Club, i highly HIGHLY recommend it. it doesn't matter if you're a girl, boy, white, black, cynic, romantic, grossed out by blood or hate movies. everyone should see it. don't question it. just watch it. absorb it.

it's a sin to live so well

I feel like it's totally appropriate for everyone who has ever listened to this song to round up their closest friends, most likely ones they've had since they were about 6, and lip sync to it, then post it on youtube(see above^).
However if you're home alone, like me, it's just as appropriate to sing it at the top of your lungs into your remote control.
don't knock it till you've tried it!

...and to you, if you have stuck with harry until the very end.

I'm sad i haven't even MENTIONED by deep love for harry potter.
I LOVE HARRY POTTER. I love the books, the movies, the characters, the actors. I love everything about it. I have a short attention span, but I can and have spent entire days simply reading harry potter.
I thought harry potter was dumb, and then i saw the first movie. and it was the coolest FUCKING thing ever. the actual possibility of a world so amazing, with so much wonder and magic, for some reason stuck with me. literally, that week i believe, i picked up the second book and an era began. i was little late to enter the game, i admit, but one i was in i was dedicated. i have almost the entire third movie memorized, thanks to repeat showings on HBO one winter break, and i've read every book at least twice. I'm reading the seventh book again and all my love for harry potter is rushing back.
When I say i love harry potter, I LOVE IT. i wanted to be hermione more than anything in the entire universe(still do). i've always been into reading, but never have i ever connected with characters so much as i have with harry potter. when sirius died i didn't cry, i threw my brand new harry potter and the order of the phoenix book down and screamed, "WHAT THE HELL!!?!" enough times for a lifetime.
I'm not very good at describing things, and worse, the more i love something the worse I am at describing it. I have to consciously make myself use words besides "amazing" and "awesome" because those are the only two that come to mind.
In conclusion, Harry Potter is the best thing to happen to books, both adult and childrens, in a very long time and Stephanie Meyer can suck a fat one.

i'm so fucking weird.

this looks AMAZING. and when the acoustic comes in when they're showing the names...ohmygod. i've watched this at least 30 times. most likely more. i'm so freaking excited.
that being said, i'm also beginning an obsession with coheed and cambria.

I can't bring myself to do anything. last week i did NO homework, except for one worksheet for ap us. it's horrible. all i want to do is go to cpy meetings and read harry potter and the half blood prince. for the third time.

OHYEAH! I'm cpy president! i'm really really excited, but also nervous for the upcoming year. this signifies getting closer and closer to the end of my time in CPY, and in Y&G. (as a delegate, at least!!)
Driving test tomorrow.
spring confrence in a month.

I like my life.

>.<

I'm currently obsessed with lil' wayne and collegehumor.com
is that being ecclectic or just having ADHD?
let's just go with the former, as to sound cool and not like a spaz.

I Don't Care What Anyone Says

this shit takes talent.

When I'm Dead I'll Rest.

Everything is good! Finally.

I feel like the old me. blah, blah, blah so cliche i know, but it's true. that's why things are cliche in the first place, isn't it? anyway, i feel like the old, hyper, crazy, happy erica. and it's feels phenomenal. today was good, as good as any monday could be. ooh. new classes next year.
1. AP Gov/Econ ?
2. AP Stats
3. Multicultural Lit
4. ASB ?
5. Psych/Sociology

now that i'm the 'old me' however, i can now get down to business-get down to what i want to do. and what i need to do. there's a lot on my plate, and it's a combination of the both but i'm embracing it rather than shying away, for i'm prepared and ready.
i really want above a 2000 on my SATs. i think i can do it. i got a 1870 on the Mock SAT.

everything's clearing up. things are amazing. CPY ELECTIONS HOLY CRAP. I'm nervous but mostly just extremely excited. I love CPY more than anything and i hope this works out. spring confrence, leadership aside, will be amazing as it always is. and it might not even be my last!

as i've stated before my camera is broken, dead and gone, you're stuck with my silly text. hope it works out for you.

drift, drift, drift, drift, drift, yeah oh

And I am done with this,

I wanna taste the breeze of every great city ,

My car and my guitar,My car and my guitar,

So you'll come to be,

made of these urges unfulfilled,

Oh no, no, no, no, no,

When I'm dead I'll rest

When I'm dead I'll rest, lay still

i'm so excited for the future again. this is what i mean by the old erica being back. for those first few months of junior year i was stressed and tired and upset and rarely happy. i was panicking about my future instead of fantasizing about it. but now i'm happy and comfortable and excited for my future. Things are good. And I have a feeling they're going to stay that way for a while.

and in the daylight i don’t pick up my phone

cause in the daylight anywhere feels like home

SAC is so soon! I'm not that excited. More nervous.

no mother every dreams that her daughter's gonna grow up to be a junkie.

OHMAN.
last semester was such an epic fail, and even though it's over, it really isn't.
it won't be until i get into college.

what they say is right.

Dissapointment > Anger

I'm Happy!

1. your first impression of me is most likely wrong.
2. i'm in my head way more than is considered normal.
3. i've had like, 5 ipods. no lie.
4. i wish i had limewire, but i'd feel really guilty.
5. i've seen every episode of boy meets world.
6. i LOVE meeting new people and making new friends.
7. i hate talking on the phone. it's awkward!
8. i'm really bad at keeping in touch.
9. i deleted my xanga!
10. i deleted my myspace, then got another one about six months later. and now i want to delete that one. :)
11. i want to help the world. not save it, not change it. HELP it.
12. i love culver city, but i need to gtfo.
13. i'm addicted to the game Vortex on my ipod.
14. i am highly sleep deprived all the time.
15. i'm developing an addiction to monster and it's really scaring me.
16. i'm trying to stop drinking soda.
17. i want to be a vegetarian, but meat is so gooooood!
18. i LOVE to travel. you cannot overestimate how much i love traveling.
19. every new semester, i say i'm going stop procrastinating and turn a new leaf, and i never do. but this year i think it might actually happen!
20. i want a mac!
21. i don't dress as cute as i'd like.
22. i'm consistently inconsistent in everything i do.
23. laughter is the best medicine
24. i can't swallow pills.
25. the future excites me to no end.

I am so sick of this by the book life everyone seems to be living!

this life I seem to be living.
I'm bored. and fed up. and done with it all.

I am ready to leave Culver City. a

i thought you of when you weren't around.

i've been waiting for this moment for months. and it's here.
and everything still sucks.

how dissapointing.
i have this really annoying tendency to build up events in my head before they occur, and then when they do they rarely live up to my expectations.

My camera is broken. so no documentation of my second to last bob2.
Driver's training sucks. So no lisence yet.

This wasn't supposed to happen like this.

Crunch Time.

Finals are coming up.

And all i can think about is BOB2 and dropping calc.
if you haven't caught on:
JUNIOR YEAR'S A BITCH.