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La façade. [08 Mar 2008|08:48pm]
I'm a liar, and a damn good one at that. I go by the personal (and admittedly imperfect) philosophy that it's better to wear a mask than to wear your emotions on your sleeve. When I start to spiral downward, I use my mastery of illusions to keep up the "I'm All Right" image. Nobody really knows.

Is it that I believe myself to be an inconvenience? Well, sort of. In this brief moment of honesty, I can say that much. I also don't feel comfortable with telling people - especially those closest to me - how I truly feel, what I truly think.

They don't know what eats away at me every single day. I'd rather not tell them. Half of them wouldn't understand. The others would, and I think that would bother me even more. I don't want to be understood or misunderstood. I don't want sympathy, empathy, or apathy. I want nothing. Nothing at all. I just want to keep up the façade.

All I really want is... freedom. I want to live outside of myself, at least for a little while. I want to slip through the space in between the cage's steel bars. I want to dream of nymphs in the woods and waterfalls cascading down into luscious blue pools. I don't want the nightmares anymore. I don't want to wake up and realise that reality is worse than the nightmares. I don't want anxiety, or, rather, any of the things that breed it. I don't want the susceptibility I have to that vicious monster.

Since I haven't attained that level of zen quite yet, I'll keep up la façade.
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だめ... [01 Feb 2008|09:14pm]
今日は忙しい。 ライフスパン一クラスの一番テストはややこしかった。私はPiagetの"schemata"を知らなかった。 =( 私はたくさん事実を忘れいた。Cが受け取れば、私は幸せである。テストの後で、私はカットちゃんどジェン二番の昼食を食べた。その後、 私たちは日本語二〇二クラスへ行った。この火曜日のクイッズはだめだったね!皆さんは不幸せだった。クリスタルちゃん90パーセントが受けいた。私の得点は88パーセントだった。だめ!だめ! だめだよ!ハハハ、 とにかく、 ジェン二番は下げる得点が受けいた。彼女はクイッズをやり直す。

この週末はとても忙しい。 私はたくさん宿題があるね!次の火曜日、 二テストがある。恐い!私はこの週末たくさん勉強をする!


Today was busy. Lifespan 1's first test was difficult. I didn't know Piaget's
"schemata." =( I forgot many things. If I receive a C, I will be happy.
After the test, I ate lunch with Cat-chan and Jen #2. After that, we went
to Japanese 202 class. This Tuesday's quiz was not good! Everyone was unhappy.
Krystal-chan received a 90%. My score was 88%. Not good! Not good! Not
good! Ha ha ha, anyway, Jen #2 received a lower grade. She is to redo the
quiz.

This weekend is busy. I have a lot of homework! Next Tuesday, I have two
tests. Scary! I am studying a lot this weekend!
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Tears of Pearls [30 Jan 2008|07:57pm]
[ mood | blah ]

I'm trying to hard to hold everything together right now and keep my head about me, but every day presents a new, bigger obstacle. It never ends. Being sick, having problems with my family, on the verge of being homeless because of lacking finances... I have work and school to concern myself with. My entire life has been trying to make ends meet. I'm so sick of it. I'm tired of trying to figure out ways to save this family when I struggle just to make it through the mundane. I can't do this anymore. Something has to change for the better. I want to believe that it can.

I keep hoping that there will be some intervention. Not the divine kind. I don't believe in that. Then again, I've lost so much faith in humanity that the few good things people do in the world seem trivial. They're not, by any means, but that's how I'm starting to feel about things. I hate being the pessimist.

People always say, "I'll pray for you." Do you think your prayers help? Don't pray for me. Comfort me, give me suggestions, pointers in the right direction, but don't ever say you'll pray for me. I need help. Real, tangible, authentic help. I need to know what I can do in times of financial crisis. I need to hear the optimistic voice ring out, saying that things will turn out better than I anticipate. I need to know I'm not a failure. I can only give myself so much self-validation and comfort.

Yet how can I be sure comfort will help? Nothing is ever enough... Nothing... Not when you know what could happen. Not when you're faced with your worst fears. I normally think myself a brave person. In this situation, I'm a coward. I need something good, something to make me believe in the world again.

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一番音楽記入 [30 Jan 2008|02:44pm]
[ mood | hungry ]

"If You Could Read My Mind" - Gordon Lightfoot

"Working Class Hero" - Marianne Faithfull

"The Animal Song" - Savage Garden

"Moon Drop" - JackRose

"Ten Out of Ten" - Nguyen Thang

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I'm sick of this shit. [28 Jan 2008|03:46pm]
I'm sick of my mother playing the victim. She's over-dramatising her entire life to me right now, and guess what? I don't give a shit. I know how she is. She'll fabricate and over-exaggerate to make herself look good. Does she think she's the only person I've come across who's like this? Actually, I'm convinced she doesn't realise how big of a drama queen she is.

She LOVES telling me that I'm "emotionally disabled." She tries to diagnose everyone on this planet with mental disorders, but she never takes a good look at herself. She's a bigger mess than anyone I know. She's a gossip. She's a slob. She's narrow-minded and bigoted. She's self-righteous and hypocritical. She takes credit for what isn't her doing and refuses to take credit for what is. She sinks below the level of my bipolar/OCD/ADHD/learning-disabled brother, yelling at him, mocking him, and calling him names. She invades his bedroom but won't spend the kind of time with him that he wants. He knows he can't talk to her about personal things, so he talks to Matt (my fiance) and Becky (my neighbour).

I'm tired of her self-glorification and over-dramatisation. I know she'll never change, not unless something absolutely profound happens, but there's only about a .00001% chance of it happening.
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Blech. [28 Jan 2008|02:37pm]
[ mood | bored ]
[ music | "Carry On Dancing" - Savage Garden ]

I haven't accomplished anything today, nor have I had the energy to do so. I'm sure there's something I should be doing. I just can't think of what it is, ha ha. Oh, that's right... Reading the rest of Shakespeare's Henry V.

I've been sick for over a week, and it isn't getting much better. =(

I'm trying to find people from GJ on here. I am trash_society on there, but I guess that GJ is about to be pronounced dead. No wonder people disappeared.

Also, I'm crash_and_burn at Scribbld, if anyone is interested.

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Quizzes. [25 Jan 2008|03:14pm]
</form>
Which Jrock Band will kill you? by mrbiggles
Name:
Age:
Jrock Band:Gazette
How:Well, you were there...and they were there...and then, one thing led to another...
When:August 24, 2033


</form>
Saiyuki Sex Offenders
by Yasuragi
Name
Color
VictimNataku
OffenderGoyjo
The crime?Stalking the victim


</form>
Saiyuki Yaoi Fanfic Meme by Lemon Meringue
Username
PairingHakkai/Homura
ContentVoy, Solo
Random ReviewPlease update soon! *begs*


</form>
Which Dir en grey member did you annoy? by Yumejin
Your Name
Age
Favourite word
Smoke?
MemberKyo
How did you annoy him?You mistook him for a comedian
How did he react?He stared at you blankly...and stared...and stared...
Does he forgive you?Yes


</form>
Which Dir en grey Member Will Kill You? by toxin_deadly
Lj username
Favorite Dir en grey album
WhoDie
Whereyour backyard
Whenturn around
WithHis car
Becauseyou said his face would break a mirror


</form>
Dir en grey Yaoi by Furutii
Name
Fav. Album
PairingShinya x Toshiya
GenrePWP
RatingR
Perversion Level
69%



</form>
What Jrock song should you be? by kagerou
Your name
My life would be the color
MUCC"Ieji"
Vidoll"Agoraphobia"
Art-School"Diva"
Merry"Violent Harenchi"
deadman"Himawari"
Kagerou"Yubikiri"


</form>
What Oscar Wilde Quote are You?
by purple_alice
Name
Gender
You are this Quote:Clever people never listen and stupid people never talk.
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First post. [25 Jan 2008|01:30pm]
[ mood | sick ]
[ music | "I'll Bet He Was Cool" - Savage Garden ]

I've become a non-entity over at GJ, so I thought I'd sign up here.

Anyway.

My name is Jen. I sometimes go by Jens. I'm 23 and am a senior in college. I'm an English and Psychology major with minors in Writing, Japanese, and Art History. It usually causes me to burn out quickly, doing so much, but I'm a bit of a masochist in that respect.

I live in a townhouse with my overbearing, hypocritical mother, my younger brother, and my fiance Matt (whom my mother despises with every fiber of her being). We also have two kitties who live here, Simba and Honeybear.

In what little spare time I have, I enjoy reading (novels, manga, anything that's good), writing, drawing, going online, listening to music, etc. I'm a huge Asian music lover. Unfortunately, I live in Michigan, and we hardly ever get jrock acts here. We were really lucky to have Dir en grey come here a few times since 2006. Of course, the whole Taste of Chaos thing is coming up, and guess who can't afford to go? Yep, yep, pity me, ha ha!

My life has been one huge mess lately. My mother hates my fiance and will do anything to get rid of him. He really hasn't done anything wrong. She has him pegged a certain way, and she refuses to step out of her stupid little mind-frame and realise she's wrong. She's like that with pretty much everybody who isn't actually a jerk. I just can't wait to have enough means to support myself and be away from her. She's a major downer.

As for my fiance, I do love him, but everything is being placed on my shoulders by my mother. Perhaps that's why I cannot be as good of a fiance as I probably would be otherwise. I wish certain things were different. I often think that, had we met at another time, in another place, things would be better for us. He's so loving though. I just feel like there is a lot preventing me from measuring up.

I wish I could tell him that. Maybe some day.

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