July 2009
3 posts
skip the apologies
so lara and i were going to first write an excuse-tumble-note to all of you to say that we’re sorry we haven’t posted in so long. but the thing is, that implies that somehow we have taken away something vital in your lives when really … i’m sure there is mild to “meh” interest in our usually dull blog.
so let me just say: we’ll try to write more from now...
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I want to make a bumper sticker for the bicycle.
It will read: My other bike is a Nissan.
June 2009
2 posts
the disappearance of free willy
Today Susan and I searched three different rental stores for Free Willy.
This is because Michael Jackson died today.
Michael Jackson died today.
I know we all know that by now, and probably every blogger has mentioned it, but that won’t stop me.
Michael Jackson died today.
Insane.
This will be a day that people look back on and tell about to others.
Where you were the day the King of...
synopsis of sister reunion weekend 3.2
innocently started with: tarantino fest
sporadic roadtrip to LOST angeles (hollywood blvd, elena, kate & one l.a. jewish diner)
back to SB for pancake breakfast and pirate excursions with the robertsons
later that day: old school family friends [kate and family] playing midwest hick games, winning in ultimate adult-versus-college-students trivial pursuit tournament [it truly was epic],...
May 2009
5 posts
I’m on my way to New Mexico. Stopped currently in Santa Monica, with friends such as Travis Fraser and Terence Latimer. Soon to stay with a Carly Cram. I wish I could say I’m jumpin’ a train to Santa Fe but instead I’m just plain ol’ flying to El Paso. Boring!
Then…
SISTER!!
Lara, I think we should consider videoblogging our roadtrip journey from all the...
SCENE: One of my students walks into the classroom...
Me: So you like tennis, huh?
Josh: Oh, I've never played tennis.
Me: But you've got a tennis ball in your hand.
Josh: [Looks at ball in hand] Ms. Morgan, this is a football.
Me: Yeah... that was a joke...
Josh: [With a forced laugh] Oh, ha. [Josh looks concerned and exits]
Even though I have chronic nausea...
… the nausea only kicks in during mundane things. Like, I keep looking down to a mirror in my hand in order to successfully pluck my eyebrows and throw up. Or I run for five seconds and throw up. Or, you know, wake up… and throw up.
YET!
I am able to go on roller coaster rides like a Champion. No nausea. Just pure fun.
Tonight a carnival came into Ruidoso! Woo hoo! Now imagine any...
So tapped
I have recently lossed all creative juices. I believe this is because I am being so drained from school and living that by the time I get home I have nothing of worth to say. Not to say I don’t love school - it’s just that it’s the last month and the CHILDREN ARE GOING CRAZY.
So, because of my lack of anything interesting to say. I’m going to fill out one of these kind of...
April 2009
6 posts
“No offense, Ms. Morgan, but you have bad taste in shoes.”
– Lacie (age 8)
I never should have complained about Abilene. A...
Once upon a time a California and/or England girl moved to a small(ish) town in Texas. This city was Abilene. While the girl enjoyed her friends, she was always quick to complain about various aspects of this small Texas town:
“There’s nothing to do.”
“I have to drive two and a half hours to go to a good concert.”
“This place has too many...
the internet is a funy thing
I start my “trial run” for a second job on Monday….
At a new vegetarian café downtown. I hate being new at jobs, but when you are restless in spirit, mind, and body, it’s inevitable to frequently experience the fluster and insecurity of a first day of work. I’ll just have to deal with it, because working a lousy 20 hours a week isn’t going to cut it.
In other...
the entirety of my first gmail chat 07/23/2006
me: hey babe
lara: it is!
me: its all small and doesnt take up space. this is my new best friend
lara: i thought i was your best friend!
: ,,,(
me: you're a hottie
March 2009
13 posts
spring break 2009
Good morning everyone, thanks for listening to MF FM music, bringing you the smoothlastic stylings of the classics, the ones who actually sing. None of this oh-so-fashionable hiphop-house-electro underground bullshit. Before I start my regular programing I’d like to send off this first song with a dedication to a Miss Lara Morgan. Lara, your sister says, “drive safely. take care of the...
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Good Samaritan vs. Apathetic Cashier
SCENE: LAWRENCE BROS GROCERY STORE. LARA (WHO CONTRIBUTES NOTHING TO THIS STORY) AND SETH STAND IN LINE. PURCHASING A CHEAP BOTTLE OF WINE AND AN ONION TO COMPLETE THEIR RECIPE NEEDS FOR PASTA CARBONARA. AN OLD MAN BUYING SUGAR-FREE POPSICLES STANDS IN LINE IN FRONT OF THEM.
OLD MAN (AKA GOOD SAMARITAN): That looks like quite a meal you guys have got yourself there. SETH: Oh, yeah. We’re...
Holidayletting.co.CA
I like having a hotel. I do indeed. A beautiful location, I am a host of distant travelers.
Last week I took in a frozen girl with pretty blue eyes. She escaped Vermont and came for a week. Had our fill of food, walks on beaches, and I sent her home with sunkissed shoulders.
I now have a childhood friend that is “coming home” [from our other home in Brasil] in as much of the sense...
February 2009
6 posts
The Rejects (See below, as this is part 2)
Oh and you may have noticed there were three very talked about films from this year left off my list. You may think “She must not have seen those” but you are wrong. The three following films were left off of my list for a reason:
1. Tropic Thunder: Not very funny. Not very shocking. I hate the term “retard” and it was thrown about like there is no tomorrow in this film.
...
Lara's Best Films of 2008
Here is the very professional, Lara Morgan’s top films of 2008 list. Obviously I haven’t seen everything. But I have tried my hardest to see as much as I can. 10. The Wrestler: A painful yet good movie. It makes me: never want to recognize a has-been, never see wrestling again, never become a stripper, and never end up alone. If I didn’t know any of those things before. I love...
Pride, Prejudice, & the Undead.
Lara, so I read the bit about the likely bidding for Keira Knightly as Zombie Elizabeth Bennet. Whatchu think gurl?
Well I can guess what you think, but wonder if you agree with me completely on the following statement: First of all, we both know she’s already proven she can’t play Elizabeth Bennet — her attempt of feeling contempt for Darcy comes off as an oh-so-sublte, “do me...
Re: Pride, Prejudice, & the Undead.
Sister, Well my questions is whether or not the main Pride and Prejudice characters, themselves, are zombies. Because if so, this casting would need to vastly change. However, since we don’t have that tidbit of information, I will go on as if it is Pride and Prejudice, all the same characters, but with zombies attacking Netherfield. I agree with most every casting choice you made. But have...
"Has she frightened away some of your lovers? Don't be cast down, Lizzy. Such squeamish youths as cannot bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth your regret." [see full story: on the ever favored: slashfilm]
Seth: I had a crazy dream last night.
Me: No way.
Seth: Yeah. I had this dream about this movie. It was the republican party's answer to Oliver Stone's 'epic' W. Obama and the first family move into the White House. Months of fierce campaigning have brought them to this point. They immediately lock the place down with metal shutters over all the windows and doors. They proceed to massacre all the staff inside because... they are VAMPIRES!
Me: Geez!
Seth: Oh and Pepsi produced it in association with Rockstar Games.
Me: Wow. That should be a movie. What would one title that? "Barackula Obama"?
Seth: Yeah, that or "Obama Bin Vampire."
January 2009
7 posts
OKay Ok, that was super funny, but now for the real Daniela update.
It’s true, I do have other hobbies. Sometimes a hobby finds you, its something you can’t escape from, because for whatever reason, you inexplicably want to do it.
For me, an example of this is cooking. I no longer have anyone to cook for, really, and although I’m strapped for cash and shouldn’t buy...
a rebuttle, to myself
Me: Shoot, girrrl, I gotta hobby.
Me, from previous post: Oh yeah, like what, shoppin' for wine coolers at Kmart?
Me: Nah, makin' out with your boyyfriend.
Me, from previous post: [snort, and rolling eyes] Cha right! In your dreams, mamacita.
“We are so grateful to live in this land, a land of unequaled possibility, where...”
my weekend
Friday: Got out of school and then went to a middle school dance that I was helping to chaperone. Seth was expecting to break up couples having sex on the dance floor, thinking it would be a mad, clothed orgy. I, however, thought it would be .. a middle school dance. I won. It was a huge group of girls screaming in excitement at the start of every song, freak dancing together, just praying that a...
the new year, thus far - Lara edition
New Year’s Resolution:
DON’T BUY AS MANY MOVIES. TRY TO CUT IT DOWN TO ONE EVERY THREE WEEKS.
January 13:
I have purchased seven movies since the year began.
the new year, thus far
activity:
—maritime museum volunteership (on a ship!)
—library aka book dusting, book pointing, book shelving, etc.
—my friend and i are going to join a women’s roller hockey league. my team name suggestion is Tropic Thunder.
inactivity:
—photography lax
—beach walks are few and far between
—I don’t get to cook very often
—I miss...
December 2008
16 posts
My Top Ten Favorite Christmas Movies.
10. Die Hard. - Until recently I had never seen this movie, and therefore had no idea it had anything to do with Christmas. Now I do, and boy am I glad. This movie, like so many others, makes me wish I was not a pacifist so that I could kill a bunch of mothaf***as.
9. How the Grinch Stole Christmas. - This cartoon is perfect. True to the book, except for a few new bizarre songs that I’ve...
If You Are Going to Write a Book About Your...
I was going through stuff on my computer, deleting files, though I hardly need to with 150 gigs to spare, and found this old paper. It’s from African-American Literature, which I had with Steven Moore my junior year. At the end of the semester we were asked to write a one-page paper reflecting on one of the books we had read, which we would read aloud to the class. Even though I liked lots...