Rose Mary

hello?

2008-09-25T18:04:02Z

Hello? is anybody there? its been so long since i've been on here but I thought I might try to re-build some old friendships. please say hi if you still check this thing, I'd love to talk to you.

x

rose_mary @ 2006-12-05T21:03:00

2006-12-05T20:03:30Z

here i sit
again
half drunk
again
phoning you
because i miss you
and oh,
its the answering machine.
but to hear your voice!
just to hear you,
until it beeps,
then hanging up
quickly
again
too afraid to leave a message.
again.
but youre tired,
i know.
too tired to talk
even for a minute
to me.
again
because youve been working.
and here i am
in paradise, begging to leave.
begging to leave and be in your arms
cocooned in your warmth.
but alas,
it is not meant to be.
not tonight.
tonight, i am meant to dwell,
dwell in silence and in lonliness,
waiting until you talk to me
again.
.
.

spread the word!

2006-11-20T19:01:43Z

global orgasm for peace!!!

fucking decisions

2006-10-30T11:41:02Z

i dont know what to do. if i decide to spend christmas with my family in south africa, away from Ray in paris, then he might change his mind and decide that he doesnt want me to come back. what would i do then huh? it seems ridiculous to me that im willing to sacrifice christmas with family just because he might change his bloody mind. but i am willing to do that. im so happy to do that, because i love him.

problem is, i think i love him a lot more than he loves me.

thats not true. i KNOW i love him more than he loves me.

oh well. i'll decide soon i suppose. i have to.

x

rose_mary @ 2006-09-19T19:53:00

2006-09-19T17:57:03Z

gah fucking men. they never change, whether theyre 5 or 50. honestly, its just pay attention to me and no one else until they decide that theyre bored with you and then bugger off. and they always act like theyre doing you some huge fucking favour whenever they do something for you. i am really truly tired of them.

(haha rock on lj for recognizing speak like a pirate day! update captaings log? check!)

rose_mary @ 2006-08-29T15:42:00

2006-08-29T20:42:53Z

'What will your obituary say?' at QuizGalaxy.com

the upside of paranoia

2006-08-27T20:30:44Z

Important info..
We can now add to the list of victims the retired 77 year old TCU professor from Ft Worth whose body was found last week in Oklahoma--and the 11 year old in Sarasota, FL. It never hurts to be careful. Pass these tips along to your loved ones. It never hurts to be safe. It's better to be safe than sorry (or paranoid than dead.)

1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do: The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to use it do it!

2. Learned this from a tourist guide in New Orleans. If a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from you....chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse than you, and he will go for the wallet/purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!

3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy. The driver won't see you, but everybody else will. This has saved lives.

4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc. DON'T DO THIS!) The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, put a gun to your head, and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE.

5. If someone is in the car with a gun
to your head DO NOT DRIVE OFF, repeat: DO NOT DRIVE OFF! Instead gun
the engine and speed into anything, wrecking the car. Your Air Bag will
save you. If the person is in the back seat they will get the worst of it. As soon as the car crashes bail out and run. It is better than having them
find your body in a remote location.

6. A few notes about getting into your
car in a parking lot, or parking garage:
A.) Be aware: look around you, look into
your car, at the passenger side floor, and in the back seat
B.) If you are parked next to a big van,
enter your car from the passenger door. Most serial killers attack
their victims by pulling them into their vans while the women are
attempting to get into their cars.
C.) Look at the car parked on the
driver's side of your vehicle, and the passenger side. If a male is
sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back
into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out.

7. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. (Stairwells are horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot. This is especially true at NIGHT!)

8. If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN! The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; And even then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN, Preferably ! in a zig -zag pattern!

9. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP. It may get you raped, or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked "for help" into his vehicle or with his vehicle,which is when he abducted his next victim.(Sort of "Silence of the Lambs" style.)

THE NEWEST SERIAL SCAM:
Someone just told me that her friend heard a crying baby on her porch the night before last, and she called the police because it was late and she thought it was weird. The police told her "Whatever you do, DO NOT open the door." The lady then said that it sounded like the baby had crawled near a window, and she was worried that it would crawl to the street and get run over. The policeman said, "We already have a unit on the way, whatever you do, DO NOT open the door." He told her that they think a serial killer has a baby's cry recorded and uses it to coax women out of their homes thinking that someone dropped off a baby He said they have not verified it, but have had several calls by women saying that they hear baby's cries outside their doors when they're home alone at night. Please pass this on and DO NOT open the door for a crying baby. The Crying Baby theory was mentioned on America's Most Wanted this past Saturday when they profiled the serial killer in Louisiana.

I'd like you to forward this to all the women you know. It may save a life. A candle is not dimmed by lighting another candle. I was going to send this to the ladies only, but
guys, if you love your mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, etc., you may
want to pass it onto them, as well.

Send this to any woman you know that may need to be reminded that the world we live in has a lot of crazies in it and like I said before, it's better to be safe than sorry (or paranoid than dead.)

Shannon LaForge
Courtroom Deputy to Judge Robert Junell
U.S. District Court for the Western
District

woo woo!

2006-08-11T09:13:01Z

How To Shower Like a Woman:

Take off clothing and place it in sectioned laundry hamper according to
lights and darks.

Walk to bathroom wearing long dressing gown.

If you see husband along the way, cover up any exposed areas.

Look at your womanly physique in the mirror - make mental note to do
more sit-ups/leg-lifts, etc.

Get in the shower. Use face cloth, arm cloth, leg cloth, long loofah,
wide loofah and pumice stone.

Wash your hair once with cucumber and sage shampoo with 43 added
vitamins.

Wash your hair again to make sure it's clean.

Condition your hair with grapefruit mint conditioner enhanced with real
passionfruit.

Wash your face with crushed apricot facial scrub for 10 minutes until
red.

Wash entire rest of body with ginger nut and jaffa cake body wash.

Rinse conditioner off hair.

Shave armpits and legs.

Turn off shower

Squeegee off all wet surfaces in shower.

Spray mold spots with Tilex.

Get out of shower and stand on bathmat.

Dry with towel the size of a small country.

Wrap hair in super absorbent towel.

Return to bedroom wearing long dressing gown and towel on head.

If you see husband along the way, cover up any exposed areas.

How To Shower Like a Man:

Take off clothes while sitting on the edge of the bed and leave them in
a pile.

Walk naked to the bathroom.

If you see wife along the way, shake wiener at her making the 'woo-woo'
sound.

Look at your manly physique in the mirror.

Admire the size of your wiener and scratch your ass! .

Get in the shower. Wash your face. Wash your armpits.

Blow your nose in your hands and let the water rinse them off.

Fart and laugh at how loud it sounds in the shower.

Spend majority of time washing privates and surrounding area.

Wash your hair. Make a Shampoo Mohawk. Take a pee.

Rinse off and get out of shower. Avoid bathmat.

Dry off forearms and butt only.

Fail to notice water on floor because curtain was hanging out of tub the
whole time.

Admire wiener size in mirror again. Shake it to watch water fly off.

Leave shower curtain open, wet mat on floor, light and fan on.

Return to bedroom with towel around waist.

If you pass wife, pull off towel, shake wiener at her and make the
'woo-woo' sound again.

Throw wet towel on bed.

If there is anyone among you who did not laugh at the truth behind this,
there is something so very wrong with you.

Have a great day! And, "woo woo"!!!

finally

2006-04-22T06:43:25Z

well, yesterday morning, i finally took my final final exam. it took me bloody long enough but thats it, im done with high school. yay me.

last night i went out and celebrated. I did things that will not be shared or repeated, and will only be known by the girls and boys who i was with, and the 200 other people in the club. no, theyre not bad. not embarrasing. just not for you to know :).

i told them i wasnt going to drink last night, because i have work this morning. so of course it was vodka all night. you know, vodka gets me a completely different drunk from tequila.

peace.

rose_mary @ 2006-02-11T13:20:00

2006-02-11T19:20:50Z

aaaaaand hes gone.

rose_mary @ 2006-02-05T03:12:00

2006-02-05T09:13:31Z

well at least SOMEONE has the right idea....

confusion

2006-02-01T11:04:14Z

someone please explain this dream to me, I can only remember the last bit of it, but it was v weird...

I was swimming with my friend Dani and my mum was yelling at us because we werent wearing underwear underneath our bikinis.

yea thats it. i dont get it. input anyone?

rose_mary @ 2006-01-25T15:35:00

2006-01-25T21:42:55Z

Question: What do you think of me, music list?
Answer: Say Goodbye to Hollywood - Eminem
(well bugger off to you too music list)

Question: Will I have a happy life?
Answer: Flying Dreams - Michael Mandrell
(ooo sounds like a yes to me)

Question: What do my friends really think of me?
Answer: For Emily, wherever i may find her - Simon & Garfunkel
(Interesting...)

Question: Do people secretly lust after me?
Answer: Does Your Mother Know? - ABBA
(haha im really glad she doesnt know actually)

Question: What should I do with my life?
Answer: La Familia - Mirah
(yuck, i dont like my family)

Question: Why must life be so full of pain?
Answer: 'Till I Collapse - Eminem
(hmm...)

Question: How can I maximize my pleasure during sex?
Answer: Caress me Down - Sublime
(oh wow creepy lol)

Question: Will I ever have children?
Answer: The Catholic - Carousel Shy
(so i'll have lots and lots of children?)

Question: Will I die happy?
Answer: Mamma Mia - ABBA
(i'll die dramatically by the sound of it)

Question: Can you give me some advice?
Answer: Places to Go - 50 cent
(i need to go lots of places? sounds like good advice to me)

Question: What do you think happiness is?
Answer: Give me Novacaine - Greenday
(haha, how apt)

Question: What's my favorite fetish?
Answer: Words cannot Describe - Mirah
(teehee)

Question: Am I a complete freak?
Answer: Maclavity the Mystery Cat - Sarah Brightman
(meow)

Question: How will I die?
Answer: Come What May - Various artists
(sounds good to me)

I'm still fucking writing 2004 instead of 2005, now its 2006? what the fuck!?

2006-01-01T16:20:50Z

Well I had a decent night last night. We started off with the family going to a party at parents-friends house, where I met up with Thomas (my boyfriend, who loves me a lot more than I deserve) and met some people I didn’t know previously. Not very interesting, but there was a lot of booze, so its all good.

At 9ish, after we all got reasonably tipsy, Andreas, a.k.a. Angry, picked us all up (us all being Greg, Thomas, and me) and we headed to a beach about 15 mins away. It was so beautiful when we came down the stairs to the beach because everyone on the beach had candles around them so they could see, and with the stars out and the sea right there it was amazing. Unfortunately there were cops wandering up and down the beach confiscating booze but it was no big deal.

We were going to go to another party (we were with a big group of people by this time) but it didn’t start until one, so we decided to just go back to Angry's house and chill and drink and get high at his place. We got there about 11:55, and so I just nipped to the restroom quickly (this is relevant, honest). I decided to lock the door, as one does when one is in a house full of people one doesn’t know very well. Unfortunately when it came time to get out of the restroom, I discovered that the key had jammed in the lock. After messing with it for a couple of minutes I went to the window (there were people just outside) and was about to ask for help when I heard, "fuck, its nearly 12!!... here we go guys...5...4...3...2...1... Happy New Year!!!" so I went and tried the door again for a min (decided not to disturb people) and lo and behold, it opened. So, I spent the first few seconds of my New Year LOCKED IN A BATHROOM. I can already tell this year is going to be GREAT. woohoo.

Anyway, after everyone got thoroughly pissed and high, most people left and Thomas and I spent the night on Angry’s sofa, Greg slept in a double bed, another girl slept in the other double bed, and angry and his girlfriend slept on the other sofa. Sounds logical, huh?

All in all, it was a good night. I hope yours was as good.

Happy New Year everyone, all the best for 2006.

All my love xxx

rose_mary @ 2005-12-23T03:49:00

2005-12-23T09:53:42Z

--well, i sent most of you christmas cards, but because of the crappy american postal service (its great here, weird, huh?) you wont be getting them until way after christmas. just so you know that theyre coming.

--also, i have a boyfriend! hes wonderful, but leaving for university in the beginning of february. figures.

--i have internet connection now!! be happy for me! its been horrible using my dads laptop (when hes here)for his dialup (when it works). so hopefully i can talk to you lot a bit more now.

--all my love my amigos from the past. merry christmas!

--xxx

rose_mary @ 2005-12-03T19:27:00

2005-12-03T17:29:08Z

god keira knightley is such a fox...

rose_mary @ 2005-11-27T13:57:00

2005-11-27T12:01:04Z

agh im so pissed all these movies have come out over there and i cant see them! what id give to see harry potter and Pride and Prejudice. oh well, such is life.

believe in the power of the lesbian phone tree!

2005-11-04T12:12:39Z

MTV European Music Awards was on last night. Im still not sure whether or not i liked Borat or not. Hes strange. now, thats normally a good thing, but hes REALLY strange. like, kinda gross. oh well.

I've falled in love with The L Word. what is it with me and these damn drama shows? my mother hates it, but its only because she thinks its vulgar. its alright though, she doesnt have to watch it :).

The weather is beautiful here. Its cool and sunny. perfect beach weather :).

Its beginning to frustrate me more and more that i cant understand what my cat is saying when he speaks to me. I'll sit down on the sofa and he'll look at me, really meaningfully, and meow. i dont know what hes saying! i mean, damn, it could be important! we'll have to get those sign-language speaking gorillas to start translating what other animals are saying soon. that would be useful.

We should be moving into our house soon. as soon as our stuff gets here, and that should only be another week or two. it'll be nice not having to rely on my mothers friends for internet access. and we'll be able to get a dog! instant friend for judith :).

alright, i have to go work. tell me whats happening with life.

rose_mary @ 2005-10-28T15:16:00

2005-10-28T14:18:28Z

damnit im lonely. The only person that ive met is the son of some guy my dad works with. hes cute as hell, but i dont think that hes particularly interested in me. i should start going out a bit soon, but i dont know. i miss people. why is no one online when i am? download msn messenger damnit.

rose_mary @ 2005-10-09T22:30:00

2005-10-09T21:30:58Z

alright. we can blame gleb that that didnt work as well as it might have done. next time i'll get it right. i promise. well, i hope. until then, enjoy the links :) sorry if it takes a little while.

now these took me a bloody long time to upload, so appreciate them damnit!!

2005-10-09T21:28:16Z

these were taken today in Kirstenbosch Gardens at the foot of table mountain.

now that i know how to resize and upload pictures so efficiently (thank you gleb) i will do it more often. i'll get my dad to take more pictures. i hope everyone is having a good day. im going to bed now i think, becuase im going to get information about the university tomorrow.

nite nite everyone.

rose_mary @ 2005-10-05T19:26:00

2005-10-05T19:32:57Z

Hmm, well where to begin? I'm in Cape Town. We arrived on monday and we're living (for the moment, until our furniture etc arrives) in a small 2 storey house/townhome thingy. Its close to Constantia Village, which is basically a shopping centre with restaurants and stores and the like for the area that we live in. Although i'm getting ahead of myself, aren't i? I really should start earlier.

Pre-move
Well, we had the movers in tuesday and wednesday 2 weeks ago. they were supposed to stay thursday and friday and then we were supposed to fly out sunday. But, thanks to hurricane Rita, they didnt come in and we couldnt check Bob (our cat) into any kennels, so it had to be postponed. We camped out in the house all weekend, staying up all friday night clutching glowsticks and watching the news. nothing happened though. no power cuts, not water outages, nothing more than a smattering of leaves and branches down off of the trees. On friday (this is still a couple of weeks ago) my dad started me on steroids again (no not the kind that makes you all muscly and gross - the kinda that fixes my skin). so for the last few weeks and hopefully for a few more my skin has been amazing. the movers came back on monday and tuesday, and we moved into the hotel on tuesday. i went out every night i think with various people. or nearly every night. i went out with anne and becca to the Waffle House the first night (now why the HELL have i not been to one before?? it was like a million times better than dennys or ihop...). I saw kenzie and josh one night. im not going to say anything about that.

The Night Before
Ok, so i went out with my parents and friends of the family to Lupe's on friday night(amazing food, great margaritas). I started off the night thinking that this was the last time for a long time that i was ever going to have a margarita (my mother had made me panic saying they wouldnt have margarita mix in cape town. well guess what, shes wrong - thank god). so i got particularly drunk. i think i had 3, but they were quite big and very strong. alright, so we got back to the hotel and sass called me wanting me to go to a party. i talked my parents into giving me a ride (absolutely amazing...) and they drove me all the way out like 20 minutes away from the hotel and i called sass and she was like "the cops just busted it so we're moving it to a friends house. he lives in dairy ashford and briar forest" (right by the damn hotel). of course, i wasnt allowed to go cuz my mother wasnt that comfortable with me hanging out with a bunch of people whos party had just been busted by the cops. anyway, so i got back to the hotel and called sass, who recruited Will (whos apartment they'd moved to) to come and get me. i got there and promptly got leapt upon and pantsed (skirted?) by a very drunk sass. nicole was there, as was sasses boyfriend and this guy will (very cute. although i was drunk...). so they immediately poured me a shot of Crown Royal i think (i NEVER drink shots. cant really handle them...) which i downed. i then drank a koolaid and lots of vodka thing. now we have to appreciate that im not a very big person, and i was working on my 5th drink. and what did Will produce next? some fuckin weed. now i was thrilled. i hadn't smoked in like 8 months. so of course i had mostly forgotted how i react to it. i have always found that i have to take it slowly cuz i'll smoke and smoke and smoke and be fine and then BAM im fucked up. so having forgotten this i was goin kinda crazy (already drunk rememer?) and i was fine fine fine and then it fucking hit me. agh it was awful poor sass had to put up with me. i had this crazy panic attack and made everyone worry about me. my heart was fucking racing and it felt like my throat and stuff was swelling up so i was having serious issues breathing. but whatever that passed (no more weed for judith...) and i cant really remember much from the rest of the night, and the stuff i do remember im not sharing.
SO, Will took me back to the hotel at 4:30 and i got up to my room and i had FORGOTTEN MY FUCKING WALLET which had $50, my drivers licence and my goddamned room key, along with other miscellaneous, albeit important, things. so i went back down to the desk and rang.rang.rang that annoying little bell and someone came out and i called sass a few times but i knew that she was passed out in Wills apartment and not entirely coherant. ok so they got me a new room key and i got up to the room and called sass a few more times to no avail. i eventually said fuck it and went to bed and told my parents some bullshit story about losing it in her car cuz she and i had gone to the waffle house. now, we have to appreciate that it took me a LOT to come up with this, because i was sill mindblowingly fucked up.

The Move
Anyway, so i got up the next day, told them the story, made lots and lots of phone calls, got all bags together and stuff, and went to the airport. First we had an 8-9 hour flight to london that went really well. because of my lack of sleep and im sure remenants of the previous nights exploits still in my system i was in kinda in a daze. i watched a movie (mr and mrs smith. god that woman is amazing...) and read one my my books and knitted some and slept some and then we were in london. we messed around with our bags (8 big checked and 2 carry ons each. thats a lot of fucking bags) and then went up to heathrow (we had flown into gatwick) and checked into the fancy shmancy hilton hotel in the airport for a few hours so we could get a couple of hours sleep before the next flight. we got up around 4ish pm (we'd got there around 10am, eaten etc, slept from 12) and rearranged and rechecked our bags and went off to the next flight. this one was on South African airlines (i've flown continental for 7 years now) and it was certainly a good change. the seats were about 2 inches smaller all around (not so great, but forgivable) but the food was amazing compared to continental. i swear i ate EVERYTHING they brought me lol. and the movies were really good, you could pick from like 10 and start playing them whenever you liked, as opposed to them starting at scheduled times. it was much more personable and much nicer. another plus side, all the stewards (air hosts? oh yea - fligh attendants. bloody political correctess...) were young and good looking guys, as opposed to old creepy bitchy women. but, it was a 12 hour flight and it sucked, but its ok we got here. wait no - first we got to johannasberg, and then ANOTHER 2 hour flight here.

Cape Town
All i can say is OH MY GOD and point and laugh at all you poor folks still stuck in fuckinghouston (its become one word...). The drive to the house was amazing. there are mountains all around (still kinda surreal - im so used to the flatness. even hills weird me out a little) and the ocean is soooooo blue. the plants are beautiful. they have everything from plants you'd find in the UK to ones you'd get in houston. its such a strange (but PERFECT) climate that the variety is amazing. we have lavander in our garden growing right next to these tropical lillies right next to a lemon tree. It has been kinda chilly (such a welcome relief from the heat) the high today being somewhere in the 60's, but its lovely and warm in the sunshine.it also rains on and off all day, but theyre nice showers, not horrible warm and humid drenches. OH! on the drive back from the airport (this isnt so great, but still interesting) we drove past these what they call "shanty towns". its basically these huge areas with all these shacks and lean-tos that lots of unemployed blacks live in horrible poverty. the government is, on the plus side, systematically pulling the shantys town and building plain-but-pretty apartment buildings that are pretty much council homes (provided by the govt) for the people whos shantys get torn down and other various homeless people. The poverty is pretty bad down here, but no where near as bad as the rest of africa, and the government is working so hard to improve the country, so its all good. its still kinda crazy though to drive for 5 minutes and go from seeing these shantys to seeing the huge fucking stately beautiful houses in Constantia (the classier part of cape town, the other side of table mountain from the bay). you constantly hear people describe cape town as a mixture of the 1st world and the 3rd, which is unfourtunately very accurate.

but whatever, im still studying, i should be graduated in a couple of months *crosses fingers* and i think we're enrolling morten in the british/international school tomorrow. we've started kinda looking at houses, which is exciting. so far, every time we've been grocery shopping, we've been able to find everything we've wanted and then some. its very british style in the grocery stores with lots of nice prepared food and the like. the prices are kinda weird though. books and cds cost the same as their UK counterparts, but food is reallyreally cheap. we all (four of us) ate at a restaurant today for lunch. the parents got salads each, morten got a pizza, and i got a chicken pita wrap thingy. we all got drinks, and it cost like $15 for everything. of course, its in rands so its really like R110 or something, which is taking me a while to get used to. when we first got into the airport, my dad, brother, and i all got coffees and it was like R24.95. at first i was shocked (ohmygod its so much!) until i realized that it was just over $3 which is nothing for 3 coffees. ok whatever im rambling now. sorry it was so long, i just had a lot of news. keep in touch! i'll give people my new address as soon as i get it, and i'll send postcards if you give me an address. i think thats about it for now. i'll get online occasionally - we're relying on my dads laptop and his sloow dial-up but its all good im not complaing. g'night eveyone.

rose_mary @ 2005-09-26T13:59:00

2005-09-26T18:59:32Z

Oh dear. He's made me sad.

rose_mary @ 2005-09-21T14:09:00

2005-09-21T19:11:04Z

well thank-you-very-much Hurricane Rita. My dad has postponed the move until next saturday, cuz the movers dont want to work this friday and there arent any flights from london to cape town through the week. my mother is beginning to panic because theres no water anywhere and we dont have all that much left. i think that people are just being panicky because of what happend with katrina.

but what if im wrong?

I knew it would happen suddenly, but damn....

2005-09-19T18:26:00Z

alright. well.

- we're getting our passports and visas tomorrow.
- the packers are coming tomorrow
- we'll prolly check into a hotel tomorrow or the next day.
- we'll be leaving sometime this weekend or early next week.
- i cant believe its finally fucking happening.