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Hey kidz! Welcome to the latest installment of my journal.

Instead of bitching like I usually do, I have decided to let everyone know all about me! I realized when I uploaded my new user pictures that pretty much no one who reads my journal (both of you) knows what I even look like. Interesting, yes? Well pupuce does cause he bought me dinner. I am currently waiting for the rest of you to contact me for the pleasure of spending an evening with me. I'll only go if you're as cool as David though.

So a warning for jnmadrigal, who has known me way too long, was my Prom date actually, csh82 with whom I spent every day this summer, (That isnt a joke, every day.) and suburbanlegend and rdg who go to college with me, you know most of this shit already! And you know me, everything's a production so we're talking lots of fun images and photos.

No more talk! Let's get down to biz-nass!



Awh! You clicked! You're actually curious to know the girl behind the journal. Or whatever. Okay, c'est parti!

Anyways. Let's start out with the basics: I was born in Madison, Wisconsin on April 20th (yes, 4-20) 1982, to my parents Mary Jane (no joke) and Carl. My dad was finishing his PhD in Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Go Badgers!

My mom is shy and hides from the camera, but heres a good one of my dad:



Funny story about these lobsters. My mother was clowning on csh82and myself because we are bad cooks, so she told us to pick out a recipe and we'd do a dinner. Chris and I, being the smartasses that we are, chose lobster. HAHAHA.

and ha! this one from when he was doing his doctorate, I'm linking to it so you can read what he did. His dissertation was dedicated to me. My dad's smarter than yours booyah. My mom works as an aide with special needs kids. She really likes it. Which makes me absolutely stoked for her, and envious.

I have a little sister, her name is Kerry. Here we are this summer:



We deny any resemblance. We just don't see it. Although we used to fight when we were younger, now we hang out all the time and are best friends. Even though she stole my car. Brat. I lev u!

This is me:



I'm about 5'8'', &$# lbs with green eyes and light brown hair. I'll be 21 on Easter Sunday. I want these things for my birthday:

My Wish List

I grew up in San Marcos, which is a (ghetto) suburb of north San Diego Country. There I met my best friend Ben:



God I look like shit in that picture. Ben has been my best friend since age like, shit, 12 or something. Ben's photo, believe it or not, is actually advertised on every "Mode d'emploi" in the Paris Metro system! Funny how that shit works, isn't it?

Ben lives in Fallbrook, which I'm not even sure is technically San Diego or not. It was through Ben that I met jnmadrigal. Jonathan is an ungrateful homosexual, see?:



We had many movie nights. Jonathan's dog talks. He drove a really nasty car. A Plymouth Duster, lovingly called "The Dust-bucket" hahaha! He was nominated for Prom King or something our senior year and we went to Prom together, I'll show you the picture but NO LAUGHING:



Fallbrook is fucked up, but I went to pretty much every one of their dances and football games my junior and senior years. Fun times those were. *Sighs*. Denny's really isn't as cool anywhere else. THAT alone should give you insight into all there is to do in Fallbrook. Yet I made the trek.

I like Britney Spears. A lot. I learn the dances, I buy the albums. Deal with it. I have my reasons, if you want to know, ask, but you'll feel bad that you did, if you were coming to clown on me. Just warning you ahead of time.

Anyways, after spending my high school years raising hell at The University of San Diego High School:



I grew up and headed out to the east coast, namely, Boston College:



Word. This is where I met these clowns:



My sophomore year roommates and friends 4 eva Krissy, Nikki, Brittany and Scott, aka suburbanlegend. This was taken from a party in Worcester, Massachusetts (yeah, i know, wtf right? ;-)) to celebrate (read: cry and get stupid drunk) me and Nikki:



leaving for Paris. Nikki is the coolest roommate in the entire world. Everyone should comment to this entry saying how beautiful she is, cause she doesn't know it all the time. Silly girl.

Here's a photo from the same party, dubbed the "bon adios" by Krissy, of Krissy and myself being drunk and *trying* (and failing) to be sexy:



Rowr!

Krissy and her boyfriend, Erik are cute:

and always fun to cause trouble with. I used to drink with them fairly often last year at Boston bars and in the dorms. Krissy and I liked Wonderbar, but they won't let in the riff-raff like Erik so we had to head further down Harvard Ave to The Kinvara, or the Ninth Circle of Hell as I prefer to call it.

That same night Erik dove into a bush in the BC dustbowl



Hah. Good times. Battlescars and whatnot.

I began my freshman year at BC as pre-med double major in psychology and art history. I quickly dropped the concentration and psych major and became the full-time art fag that I am today. My favorite artists are:

Mondrian


Matisse


Munch


and Wessleman


I hate Salvador Dali and Georges Mathieu. I have a popular post entitled "Why I hate Salvador Dali" if that gets you going.

I like boys way too much. My recent failure concernes a heartbreakingly adorable painter named Jean-Baptiste. He doesn't seem to care for me much anymore. Oh well.

I have the cutest pets in the world. You might think you do, but you are wrong. Here is my dog, Nikko:




and my cat, Caymus. Now I've had Caymus since the I was very young, and I love her a lot, so don't front. This means you, suburbanlegend:



I have a crowd of the best best friends in the whole world. In addition to the aforementioned Ben, and excluding my sister who is one of my best friends but I'm talking non-family we have:

Chris csh82
This is us at Charles De Gaulle airport when he came to visit me in Paris in December:



and this is us at a Padres game: (sometimes we get stupid and think we are thug)



Chris gave me this lobster puppet to take places in France. His name is Herr Lobsterkopf. He tends to take over French buildings and whatnot:



He even got to meet Jack Johnson. And yep, thats me behind them. Word.



hehe. Anyways, moving on to

Jean
I wish I hada photo of Jean scanned in, but until I do suffice it to say shes a cute redhead who's way to smart for her own good. Pretty much the only person I keep in touch with from high school, and there's a good reason for that, trust me.

Nikki

Probably the best roommate in the entire world. She gets much love. *love*. She loves me too, see?:



Erin and Kyle



Cuties, no? I set them up and they dated for a long time. I like this picture cause they look sweet, but trust me, they can be pretty gnarly. Awh, I love you guys.

Alright enough of those clownshoes. Back to me.

I am currently spending my junior year abroad at La Sorbonne:



Hot, yeah? My classes are ridiculously difficult, and I have one professor who seems to seriously dislike Americans. He's cute though, and I have a crush on him. I wish he would quit bitching and take me out to dinner. Me-ow.

I currently live in the 15th district of Paris, but on May 2nd I will be moving to Montmartre:



*sweatin'* If you've seen Amelie, its where she lives. The church on the hill and all that. Hot hot hot.

Anyways, this brings me to my conclusion and a question suggested by Scott, suburbanlegend. Lately, I've been bigtime struggling with this whole Paris thing. Losing friends, crap about the war and whatnot. My grades are falling as well. The question is: Do I transfer to Paris, or do I go back and finish at BC, then maybe come back?

Alright kidz! If you're still here (which you're not-Malkovich) thanks for reading, and I really hope you enjoyed a glimpse into my life!

Now, everyone on my friends list, DO THE SAME!

Live Love Make Art,
Your Queen.