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[02 Dec 2004|01:15pm] |
December 1st was world AIDS day.
In Africa there are 884,000 children made oprphans by HIV/AIDS.
Every minute a child dies of AIDS.
Every minute. By the time you are done reading this, a child will have died.
Please go to www.KeepAChildAlive.org to help get important medicine to children living with HIV/AIDS.
This atrocious epedemic has already wiped out an entire generation. The least we can do is to help prevent it from wiping out this one too.
In Uganda I met a man named Stephen Wante. He has taken in 24 children into his home who were orphans of AIDS. He is 26 years old. This man is the most amazing person I've ever met. He is giving these children a home and is educating him as to how to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. He is giving at least 24 children a future. If you would like to e-mail to thank him for his help in the world or to tell him that you are praying for him, or if you would like to send him money (just so you know the average income for a family is $250 a year.) his e-mail is Stephenwbm@yahoo.com This man is doing an amazing job of trying to change his world. Please just let him know you appreciate it, if you can.
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[06 Oct 2004|03:36pm] |
Here's obviously how a great Martial Arts class should work:
Pair up the tallest, hardest kicking guy in class with the girl who has the weakest kicks. Then have them take turns kicking pads while the other person is holding them. Not to mention the fact that when this guy is paired up with the second tallest guy in the class, he sends him flying backwards when he kicks. This is a great combination.
Here's obviously how to be a great student in Bradford's English class:
Bradford: When you're doing the essay make sure you only pick one of the three given questions. Some people try to do all three, but you won't get credit, only pick one.
Girl: um......so... is it like bad to do more than one?
Here's another example:
Girl: So this movie was about the war.
Bradford: Was is the Vietnam war?
Girl: Yeah the Korean, the, the Vietnam, Korean, Yeah. That war.
The Korean and Vietnam wars were actually the same war. It's a little known fact but totally the truth.
Or how about this classic one:
Bradford: So when you're writing your essay about Slaughter House Five, which will be your midterm, make sure that you're using the right kind of essay. It's not a proccess analysis so you can't really use th-
Girl: (interrupting)I like your haircut.
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| drowning myself is a game i play |
[13 Sep 2004|04:34pm] |
i feel like i am disappearing and no one notices but me.
i have so many things that i plan to do but they just end up on some list that is left in the passenger seat and i never remember to do anything. what makes paper such a strong thing to hold all my responsibilities?
what makes me stand so tall and walk so proud when i know that inside im nothing but failing and flailing and falling and drowning?
it's been almost three years. i still look at that picture on my dresser and wipe off the dust from his face only. and then i wipe tears from my face and only i know it. because if anyone else knew then they would know how weak and little i am. i'm so weak and little and scared and i miss him so much. what could i have done what could i have said why did i run away from you that last day i had the chance to see you? i ran so far away that i got lost and i've never found my way back. you were my friend and now you're no different than the dust i wipe from the picture of your face.
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| here comes the douche-mobile |
[13 Sep 2004|04:20pm] |
from www.aidsvote.org/candidates.html
Within hours of taking office in 2001, President Bush reinstated the executive order known as the "Mexico City Policy," which prohibits federal funding to any family planning group abroad that provides or promotes abortions, limiting access in the developing world to HIV prevention education and condoms.
In 2003, the Bush Administration extended the "Mexico City Policy" to the State Department, prohibiting USAID funding for international groups that provide any abortion-related services, even with non-US funding.
THANKS! Because even though every minute a child dies from AIDS, obviously this isn't something important enough to educate people about.
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[19 Aug 2004|10:05pm] |
Sammy moves the day after tomorrow. How terribly tragic. Sammy, one of my best friends. To Orange. Two hours away. Do you think that a little thing like 120 minutes is going to get in the way of me and Sammy's friendship? I'd hope not.
so...work+school+cheryl=poop. throw in an extra my gas pedal sometimes isn't working anymore for some good measure.
I should be doing school work or IMPACT work or presentation work or laundry right now, however I choose to lazy it up. For the next 30 or so seconds.
Sometimes driving at night reminds me of when I used to go to my dad's house and sometimes we'd go for a drive late at night. And sometimes we'd go to the woods or to griffith park or whatever place was far away that required long drives. I don't know why I like long drives so much. Eating tomatoes remind me of him too. I don't know why I like things that remind me of sad times. Isn't that a little counterproductive?
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[08 Aug 2004|12:03pm] |
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I saw Garden State. For some reason I found myself thinking about him alot. I thought "I wonder if he would have liked this movie" and "I wonder if he would have liked this song" and these sort of things. And I thought that maybe more than two years would be enough time but I still miss him so much. It makes me so sad that people I put my hope and my trust and my everything into just leave me in the end. I know it's not my fault and that there was nothing I could do, but it still makes me feel so hurt. I miss him so much. Why is it that two and a half years later I'm still missing him still thinking about him still crying about him?
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[29 Jul 2004|12:57pm] |
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Goodbye Uganda, I will miss you.
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[18 Jul 2004|05:35pm] |
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Okay Guys I am In Africa and I have been to this internet cafe twice and none of you have e-mailed me! You meanies! Noel this is probably your last chance. remember last year? Okay. I don't know how many more Times I'll be able to check it but I would like some e-mails. Happy late birthday to Lena. I love Africa so much. A man sat on me in a matatu and a boy almost threw a rock at my face. it was nice.
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| Sujet (facultatif) |
[11 Jul 2004|09:21pm] |
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okay everybody I am in Brussels in Belgium. Everyone speaks French and the keyboard is all wiggedy wack, not even just the regular kind of wack. It took me five minutes to figure out how to update because it is all in french. Never the less I took all of this time to make this pointless entry to tell you that I have checked my e-mail and not a single one of you has sent me an e-mail! geez louise who do i have to sleep with around here to get an e-mail? this keyboard is hard to type on so im just going to wait until Im actually in Uganda to update or check my e-mail again, but let me just say i feel very un-missed.
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| BBQ |
[04 Jul 2004|12:52pm] |
OFFICIAL GOING AWAY BARBEQUE FOR CHERYL THE DOYLE
TODAY!
At 2 or 3ish just come on over baby. Christina Aguilera is also stopping by. Yep, an old school chum of mine. Or this is just a scheme to get you to come.
Give me a c to the izzall (that's call for all you non-gangstas out there) if you don't know where I live or how to get here.
404-DOIL (that's 3645 for the big dum dums out there.)
I LEAVE TOMORROW! AFRICA HERE I COME!
(PS if someone could pack for me, that would be great.)
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[30 Jun 2004|02:33pm] |
Okay 4 days now. But Check It Out!
SUNDAY JULY 4TH CHERYL'S GOING AWAY(and maybe slash birthday) BARBEQUE!!
RSVP you effers.
404-DOIL
Please call and tell me if you can be there or if you are a square. I am going to call some people and see what the best time will be, but I'm guessing 2 or 3 ish. My dad needs to know how many people will probably be coming so he can buy appropriate amounts of food. PLEASE COME TO MY GOING AWAY BBQ!!! Even if you just stop by because your family is having something... please?
GOING AWAY BARBEQUE!
GOING AWAY.
TO AFRICA.
BARBEQUE.
have you gotten it yet?
404 DOIL
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| Last few days of work, SUCKAZ! |
[25 Jun 2004|04:31pm] |
Okay not to be annoying with the "countdown to Africa" thing, but honestly folks, I leave real soon. I am going to Africa for a month in 10 days.
While I am still here and don't have work for the next week (well after sunday, that is) I want to be hanging out with you! Yes, You! So PLEASE call me
(805)404-DOIL
(yes I know that it is incredibly cool that my phone number has my last name in it, even though it is actually spelled Doyle)creepy stalkers need not apply (unless you are very attractive, in which case stalk away.)
And while I'm in Africa, I want E-mails beotches. I will probably only get to e-mail people on the weekends when we go into town because that's where the internet cafe is. But I will be so homesick (I am a swami who can tell the future, and the future is me being homesick.) so in about 10 days start e-mailing me at my incredibly clever and cunningly decieving e-mail adress:
CherylCrow@hotmail.com
EVERYONE PLEASE E-MAIL ME WHEN I'M GONE (I AM WRITING ANNOYINGLY IN CAPS BECAUSE I REALLY WANT YOU TO E-MAIL ME!) Everyone. Including you, Mr.WormsEatDirt, and you Ms.Sunkistsoda, people whom I have never spoken to in person but we have a special affair in the lj world.
End of (annoying)transmission.
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[21 Jun 2004|03:41pm] |
14 days till Africa
Saw Turbulence show. Died from Migraine. Did 15 pages of research on my schedule for next semester. Help.
Is it just me or is my Guitar playing getting worse and worse as the trip is coming up sooner and sooner? What a big can of poop. Poop comes in cans now. Big ones that say "tasty dessert" on them.
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| Africa Update: |
[12 Jun 2004|04:36pm] |
Tickets have been bought. Ahem.
Going To:
Jul10th: Los Angeles to Frankfurt.
July11th: Frankfurt to Brussels.
July12th: Brussels to Entebbe.
Coming Home:
July30th: Entebbe with a stop in NAIROBI to Brussels.
July31st:Brussels to Frankfurt. Frankfurt to Washington DC. DC to LA.
I guess I should brush up on my German.
I wish we were taking British Airways, because then I could save Robby the little package and he'd have socks. Those were comfy socks and I lost one in the dryer. I am overcome with sadness. Boo.
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| a news report! I'm Ted Koppel! |
[10 Jun 2004|06:09pm] |
Africa News: July 5th I leave and now instead of July 31st I might be coming back on Aug 2nd. Tickets have not been bought yet. Here is what they are:
July 5th to July 31st:
LAX to New York to London to Kenya aka rebels killing hundreds of Americans to Uganda
...or...
July 5th to Aug 2nd:
LAX to Heathrow to Kampaala.
Hmm... do I feel like being slaughtered this summer? Meh, I think we should try to get the tickets that don't stop 392,157,026 bajillion times and where we won't get MURDERED HARDCORE STYLE BY ANGRY OPPRESSED AFRICANS!!! What do you think?
In additional non-African news, people are still sick bastards. One guy thought it would be super funny to pee all over some clothes in the fitting room. Yeah, super really funny. or super really I had to clean it up and his pee stunk like death. But I made sure to show my boss what I was cleaning up so he'd know first hand what we deal with. I got a free movie. Which is great. Until I get Hepatitis C from work because I clean up CRAP.
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[28 May 2004|11:29am] |
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sleep was created for me and only me so stop enjoying it if you aren't me this means you. i have two tubes less of blood in my body. i am so tired. and un-blood-filled. i need to drink some blood. and sleep. and stop writing this..
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| eeps dr appointment tomorrow morning! |
[27 May 2004|01:57pm] |
award was given for most akward conversation made into seemly harmless banter today at my house.
me: so i'm getting blood work done tommorow. Is that gonna show if i have disease kind of stuff?
my mom: well it's about your blood count and hemoglobins and everything.
me: oh. well was i ever tested for that kind of stuff? you know, after all the stuff with,uh, john?
my mom: oh yeah don't you remember going to the doctor?
me: uh not really i was kinda young.
my mom: well you were tested. so do you know how to get to dr. kodamas? you go like you're going to the college but get off at the second exit and...
hooray for white elephants!!
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[18 May 2004|12:47pm] |
New.
Blue.
Guitew.
This is an actual e-mail I got from a random person:
photon living with sell to taxidermist near swamp, or chess board beyond give lectures on morality to impresario behind dahlia.Indeed, tuba player toward conquer earring related to.CEO know for plaintiff.
exoskeleton crowley cardiology spencer versatec fivefold
stop pretending crescent roll dough and margarine and cinnamon sugar is not a gourmet meal.
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| well looky whos ms. posty-pants recently. (hint, it is me.) |
[12 May 2004|04:38am] |
Pulling an all-nighter! WOOT! My first official all nighter of college. I am taking my history final tommorow and we are going to see my Leenie Beenie graduate from navy school tastyness and i need to go get my visa for Africa. My mom basically told me to take it like a bitch if my dad is a douche to me on this trip for about 4 days. Thanks. Because it's not like i don't just take it all of the fricken time. Oh well. I finished my traffic school. Thank you Ian for letting me use your laptop of sexyness and thank you Vanessa for letting me pull this all-nighter at your house (which is where I am right now whilst Vanessa lay sleeping all beautiful like in her bed, not that i am creepily looking at her sleep or anything, i am only assuming.) and thank you Sammy for being amazingly sexy and thank you Alex Martinez for a number of things (like "one vagina,please!" and "may I take your coat?")
Name Dropping = Awesome sauce.
Cordelia i miss you like nothing else and Alex Mack and I want to hang with ya soon. Angie, I hope you had fun at your show and I will call you when i get back in town.
I have a dance show on tuesday and i get my shots on wednesday. hand holders, where are you? I am needing you.
I saw mean girls and it was awesome. Why didnt anyone tell me Africa had something to do with the storyline? Why don't people call me Africa like they do linsday lohan? please start now.
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