3:02PM

i'm having a small party at my house in swissvale this evening. if i know you and you need something to do tonight, please feel free to attend. my cell is 412-296-1708.

3:25AM - hey, why not :)

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!

BE HONEST! COPY FROM HERE, THEN SEND DIRECTLY TO ME IN A COMMENT, THEN REPOST THE EMPTY QUESTIONS.

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

7:57PM - i used to think that the day would never come....

It’s time, once again, to write a bulleted journal entry to update the folks who read this about what’s going on in my life and to help me reflect! Exciting, isn’t it?
-I finally got a promotion at work! As of March 22, I will be the Assistant Supervisor for a mental health residential floor. While I’m just kind of breaking even in terms of pay, since my old position made it possible to get a bunch of overtime and my new position is salaried, it will be nice to have a 37.5 hour work week instead of working 44 on average. It is also a vital stepping stone to get into a more administrative/leadership position in nonprofit/human services.
-I have the next 5 days off to get stuff done for my incompletes. My goal is to get caught up in the teaching soc class I’m currently taking, plus getting 2 incomplete finished. Paul is away visiting his parents until Sunday, so I might be less distracted (though I miss him!)
-In an attempt to be less sedentary, I am trying out my local Curves gym. MY intake is tomorrow. I’m going to catch their 30-min workout 2-3 days a week.
-Paul and I have now been together for a little over 3 years now. It is kind of surreal, but wonderful nonetheless. As you can see from our photo that is now my avatar, we are disgustingly adorable together.

Although I have bouts of battling depression, a trying financial matter here and there, and back pain, I think I’m experiencing a whirlwind of serendipity and things are ultimately going to work out.

p.s. I’m voting for Obama in the primary. How about you?

Current mood: calm

Current music: bat for lashes

6:26PM - i has a collage. want see?

( My Interests Collage! )

6:49PM - concert meme

Here is how it works. Copy this list. Leave in the bands you've seen perform live. Delete the ones you haven't and add new ones that you have seen until you reach 25. An asterisk means the previous person had it on their list. Two asterisks means the last two people who did this before you had that band on their list. Three asterisks etc...

1. Skinny Puppy**
2. Covenant**
3. Front Line Assembly *
4. Switchblade Symphony***
5. legendary pink dots
6. dresden dolls
7. devotchka
8. voltaire
9. le tigre
10. my life with the thrill kill kult
11. haujobb
12. jill sobule
13. violent femmes
14. tori amos
15. lush
16. rasputina
17. android lust
18. ani difranco
19. dar williams
19. Mission UK
20. HUman League
21. Spahn Ranch
22. this ascension
23. faith and the must
24. poe
25. ego likeness

8:08AM - don't forget to break it down!

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68% Affectionate, 48% Excitable, 46% Hungry

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8:53AM - ramblings from post work insomnia

Well, i got off of my midnight shift and have been home for about an hour with no signs of sleepiness. i figured it would be a good time to update anyone who might have an interest in what is going on in my life (and to give myself perspective, but i suppose i could do that without posting it publicly). to digress, i hear the street cleaners outside and forgot (yet again) what day it was, so i bet we have a ticket. bah.

Anyways, it has been 2 months since we moved to swissvale and a little over a month since I started back at the mental health residential job. i haven't done as much as i'd hoped in terms of taking advantage of living in a city, and the missed opportunities/show/etc keep piling up because of work and sharing a car and fatigue and the lack of interest paul shows in going out most of the time, not to mention being poor and unemployed for the first month. I do have some friends who have been wanting be to go out, and maybe now that i don't work friday nights, i can actually accept their invites once in a while (though admittedly, i'm not into the bar scene as they are).

I still have my incompletes over my head, as well as the lack of motivation and mindset to do much about them. Fortunately, profs have been super understanding about it, mostly because they also had incompletes in their grad school days and were very grateful for the profs who showed mercy and understanding to them. I suppose i could rush things and turn in crap, but I have a 4.0 right now and want to keep it.

i was going to ramble on about some personal issues, but lost interest in doing so publicly. i'm also getting to the point that if i were to lay down, i just might be able to sleep. i probably should take advantage of that before i catch yet another wind. it would be one thing if i were productive, but i'm not. and sleep is hot.

oh yeah. i'd really like to get back in touch with people. if you are a person with whom i have lost touch and are feeling like you'd like some danielle in your life again, please do not hesitate to initiate something.

5:39PM - Debutante Balls

Debutante Balls
Performance by Scott Turner Schofield
Hosted by
IUP Pride Alliance/GLBT Commission

Thursday, April 5, 2007
7:30pm
Indiana Players Theater
Philadelphia Street
Indiana, PA

Three Gala Balls, Two Southern Towns, One Leopard Print Dress. Do you have the balls to be a Debutante?

“A transgender, feminist performance artist with a national buzz going.
…funny, revealing, whip-smart and poetic.”
– The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Schofield managed to accomplish what only the most gifted of teachers
can do: he educated, inspired, entertained and deeply moved the students.”
– Lynne Huffer, Professor of Women's Studies, Emory University

“...a bright, sharp and an important new performer in this country.”
– Tim Miller, Performance Artist

Check out Scott's Website:
www.undergroundtransit.com for more info.

4:25PM

12:55PM - me? traditional?? feh.

7:51AM - GAH.

i'm hours away from getting away for a few days and spending time with some great people for new years. when i get back, i'll have my last semester of my master's program (with a little less of a hectic schedule since I'm done at the APH at the end of January). then, it is real world time - time to once again be expelled from the womb of academia and face the obsticle course of the job market and student loans and finding somewhere to habitate and getting all our crap there. everytime i starting thinking about it, i need a xanax.

i really like to have these things planned out way ahead of time, but I can't do that. i feel like i don't have control over anything right now but finishing my degree. and without planning in advance, i'm going to have to hope for a whirlwind of serendipity to have everything fall into place in a short time. i can't find a place to live until i find a job, i can't find a job until closer to may because it i look now, the positions will be long filled by the time can start working full time. I see the job postings for which i'm qualified and the deadlines for applications and "to be filled immediately" and worry that the well of opportunities will run dry before i even have a chance. i also must make sure whereever I go, paul can go to school at an affordable rate and hope i'm not fucking his life up too much by uprooting him from IUP if that is the only way i find a worthwhile job. and, of course, if paul is to go to school somewhere else next fall, he needs to apply for a transer within the next 2 months close to where i can find work, which costs money that we don't really. since i have no idea where the hell i am going to be able to find a decent job, he'd have to apply all over the place at $40-$60 an ap. that is just silly! so, yeah, i'm stressed as hell. i hope i can forget about it for the weekend.

Current mood: worried

Current music: antony and the johnsons - spiraling

3:27AM - a few awesome things

-i scored 22 books at bookcloseout.com for less than 4 dollars a book including shipping. they are having a dollar for dollar sale. i had to feed my addiction and have new books to put on my new bookshelf that i will be getting w/ my giftmas cash. i'm such a dork.
-http://www.careerbuilder.com/monk-e-mail/ - customizable talking monkey messages to send to your friends. need i say more?
-this is possibly one of the cutest things ever

6:51AM - treasure hiding

so, paul and i are officially "engaged" for lack of a better word or concept. i mean, we won't be married until/unless it will benefit us in terms of finances/insurance/etc. we aren't very traditional and are both ambivalent about the whole institution of marriage with its roots in transferring ownership of a woman from father to husband. it also doesn't behoove us financially at the moment since paul will get more financial aid if he doesn't have to claim my income when i find a decent job. of course, if said job is at a university that offers tuition waivers to spouses, or just gives a kick-ass benefit package exclusive to married couples, it might be worth tying the knot. i used to have qualms about usurping the privilege of being able to get married since I am with a male partner, but since tony got married, i feel more comfortable. but i digress...

the important thing is that we are very much enamored with each other and have a wonderful relationship that we are both hoping will last a lifetime. there is so much mutual respect, understanding, support, and admiration - i can't imagine life without him.

oh yeah - i totally gave him a ring and proposed (in a less-than-traditional, nonformal way), just to be sure we fuck with gender roles :) he's going to recipricate the ring giving at some point, but there will be no diamonds involved. there is no need to support that evil industry and perpetuate the whole rock pissing contest.

yeah. i have a life partner. it is neat.

Current mood: loved

Current music: cocteau twins - feathers-oars-blade

12:11AM - moral quiz!

3:03AM - quiz

3:42AM - a neat personality test

6:39AM - i've apparently lost it

oh look. danielle is updating her LJ! i bet it is going to just be another bulleted summary.

* i'm working on.....
* and ummm ......
* my life is....
* grad school something something ummm
* job something


hmm it appears she can't really think about anything interesting to write about. I bet she is just wasting time instead of doing the tons of work she should be doing. i mean, she has that meeting on monday with her tentative thesis committee that she should probably be writing overviews of studies she is thinking of doing. if she could have found her social change books, she could be getting her weekly anti-capitalism paper out of the way. but no. the house ate them. likely excuse!
hmmm well, she can't very well work on the shifting gears webpage because all that stuff is on her laptop and there is no wifi at work. her shift is over soon. then she can sleep.

Current mood: sleepy

Current music: regina spektor

1:18AM - Indiana's 3rd Annual LGBT Film Festival!

Indiana's 3rd Annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Film Festival!

Every Sunday this month (except for the weekend of fall break), come see the best and latest Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender films at the Indiana Theater on Philadelpia Street!

Tonight (Sunday, October 1), we will be featuring the film
KINKY BOOTS
This comedy, directed by Julian Jarrold, was inspired by the true story of a traditional Englishmen’s footwear factory in Northamptonshire which turned to the production of “kinky boots” for transvestites in order to save the ailing family business and safeguard the jobs of the local community.
And short film AVAILABLE MEN

Shows start at 7:00pm and are free to the public (with donation gladly accepted)

Other dates/films:
OCTOBER 8 - The Most Unfabulous Life of Ethan Green (w/ short film: Rape for who I am)
OCTOBER 15 - Go West (w/ short film No Dumb Question)
OCTOBER 29 - DOUBLE FEATURE: Loving Annabelle; Follow My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig

Co-Sponsored by Indiana Cares Campaign to End Homophobia, IUP Commission of GLTB Issues, PRIDE Alliance, IUP College of HUmanities and Social Sciences, and Departments of English, Sociology, and Women's Studies

ALSO: FILM FESTIVAL BENEFIT CONCERT
FEATURING NYC folksinger Eilsa Koreene and Pittsburgh's Brad Yoder.
OCTOBER 7, 2006. CONVENTRY INN, N. 6th Street, Indiana
Donations at the door w/ proceeds going to cover costs of the film festival

4:52AM - Please donate

please visit this entry and donate if you can. thanks!

http://cupcakecomplex.livejournal.com/180255.html

2:29AM

Ten random things about yourself.
10. i can fit my fist in my mouth
09. i have a tendency to overextend myself
08. i love to travel
07. i'd be a vegan if it weren't for my love of cheese and ben and jerry's
06. i am a size 16 on average
05. i'm madly in love with a mad scientist in the making
04. i procrastinate a lot and thrive on the stress created from that
03. i've got legs!
02. i will be a quarter of a century old in less than a month
01. i want to write a sex and relationship advice column again someday

Nine movies that you love. (in no specific order)
9. girls will be girls
8. female trouble
7. hedwig and the angry inch
6. heathers
5. all about eve
4. spirited away
3. the hours
2. drop dead gorgeous
1. I heart huckabees

Eight things that you hate.
8. debt
7. the sound of screaming children
6. the bush administration
5. lost luggage
4. deadlines
3. being unmotivated
2. green bell peppers
1. losing my keys

Seven things you did today.
7. ate mexican food
6. worked at APH
5. slept
4. got new books in the mail
3. talked on the phone to jennifer and dallas
2. watched the laramie project on dvd
1. got all nostalgic and mushy with paul

Six words you'd use to describe yourself.
6. Weird
5. idealistic
4. Depressed
3. rescuing
2. cynical
1. analytical

Five things you are thinking now.
5. i want to go home and sleep!
4. i need to write that paper
3. i wonder if paul is still up?
2. i wish my cell phone didn't run out of batteries! I want to call ppl
1. after this survey, i'm going to work on making more resident folders

Four things you are waiting for.
4. going to visit shade and ion
3. midwest airlines to find my bag or give me a settlement
2. finding out what i am doing for my assistantship
1. new school year

Three things you regret.
3. i don't really regret much, if anything at all
2. see #3
1. ditto

Two websites you often visit.
2. comedycentral.com (for daily show and colbert report clips since i have no cable)
1. LJ

One thing that has changed your life forever.
1. meeting paul :)

Current mood: calm

Current music: antony and the johnsons