kitty_bucket

kitty_bucket @ 2007-07-11T10:00:00

2007-07-11T14:01:17Z

i'm tired. i feel used, lied to, and desperate.
who would have thought

kitty_bucket @ 2007-07-06T21:20:00

2007-07-07T01:25:13Z

falling asleep to traffic and cicadas just isn't the same as falling asleep to lions and monkeys and elephants.
water ballons are fun though.
it's good to see everyone again.
i'm excited about this month. there will be lots of swimming and grilling and partys!
sweeeet bra.

goodbye

2007-05-25T13:54:36Z

Meg and i are leaving for south africa in a matter of hours. The past week has been a blur of last minute preparations, packing, and goodbyes. I'm excited, but it still doesn't feel like it's really happening, and i'm not sure it will until i set foot in madrid. Anyway, i hope all of you are safe, don't do anything too crazy without us. We will miss you.
love,
Erica and Megan

p.s. the third pirates.... was terrible. we do not recommend it.

kitty_bucket @ 2007-04-03T00:18:00

2007-04-03T04:30:01Z

i don't think brian's going to moving down here in september like he promised. that makes me really really sad. i'm tired of doing the long distance. i feel so emotionally drained sometimes. i'm really scared about making a mistake. if he doesn't move down here, i don't think i can handle this anymore.
a tiny part of me is kind of glad that he's not.
ok, hold on. here's the thing i don't know if its the distance or the actual relationship that is giving me second thoughts. the distance sucks. this is one of the most challenging relationships i have ever been in. but also, i'm a flirt. i like flirting, i like the process of falling for someone. i might be falling back into some of my old ways, and just be getting bored with this relationship. there's no way for me to really know unless he moves down here, but i don't want him to pick up and move and then 1 month later have me be like "oh, btw... i don't want to be in a relationship with you anymore. thanks for quitting your job, leaving all your friends and family, and moving thousands of miles down here to a state that you hate just for me though, i really appreciate it." that would be really shitty.

i don't know, i'm just tired. i want someone to cuddle with.
~erica

kitty_bucket @ 2007-03-22T14:28:00

2007-03-22T18:31:06Z

I hope everyone's st. patty's day was as awesome as mine. clevland was AWESOME. Ryan's brother and sister in-law are quite possibly two of the coolest people EVER. They tried to give us a CHINCHILLA.
It was very cute but we couldn't keep it because we didn't want to PAY $200.

This week kinda SUCKS.
I don't feel like i should have to be in SCHOOL.
I can't wait for SUMMER.

kitty_bucket @ 2007-03-06T11:31:00

2007-03-06T16:40:03Z

i'm alone in the house... ben is in winston/ pittsburg, anna's at her conference, ryan's in raleigh, and bobby's in charlotte?.

it is very peacful. i like it.

on another note, i am really, really excited about the house megan and ryan and i are siging the lease for on sunday!!! it is possibly the cutest most perfect house in the world, the only down side is the $200 (non refundable?!?!?!?!) fee for pets (per pet)... i counted and between us we had planned on bring $1,000 worth of pets (que?, sammy, the finches, meggie's bird, my bird)into the house. there is going to have to be some negotiating. especially since to me, sammy and the finches are the equivelent of fish because they don't leave their cages, and so can not cause any damage.

i hope break is fun and exciting for everyone. i'm working everyday except for wed., when i will be camping with ryan, john, megan, evan, justin, and more.

with love,
erica

the fuck?~

2007-02-01T05:02:55Z

Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Artist arrested for planting marketing figures

By Maria Cramer and Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff

The man who sent city and State Police rushing to defuse what they believed were explosive devices around the Boston region was arrested tonight.

Attorney General Martha Coakley scheduled a 9 p.m. press conference to announce the arrrest of Peter Berdvosky, an Arlington artist.

On his personal website, he posted pictures of a small group installing the figures -- little square-shaped men frowning and making an obscene gesture -- on the exterior wall of a hospital, on the awning of a Cambridge bar, at an Urban Outfitters, and a bridge.

On another website, he describes himself as adroit at painting, animation, video and sound design, sculpting and installation art.

Berdvosky's lengthy resume boasts a 2005 bachelor's degree "completed with distinction" at the Massachusetts College of Arts, his second place finish at the 2004 Massachusetts College of Art All School Show, and a merit scholarship he received from MassArt in 2000.

On his website, he also lists several authors who have inspired him, including Douglas Adams and Leo Tolstoy, and included passages that moved him. One sentence from Tolstoy's "Confession" was underlined:

"It became clear to me that art is an ornamentation of life, something that lures us into life. But life had lost its charm for me so how was I to charm others?"

The guy, Peter, in that article is my friend. He's one of the boston folk. The square shaped men are the moonenites, the "bombs" are propaganda for adult swim. basically adult swim encouraged a lot of people to do advertising and propaganda, these incidences happened in 10 other major cities. peter was the only one arrested, for terrorism. his bail has been set at $100,000 and the mayor wants him to do jail time for 2-5 years for each box that was put up in boston.... THE FUCK?

kitty_bucket @ 2007-01-29T21:49:00

2007-01-30T02:49:59Z

p.s. derek and brian are getting me a taser, it should be coming in the mail soon.

kitty_bucket @ 2007-01-29T21:44:00

2007-01-30T02:48:14Z

I love:
1) My new puppy
2) doing sociology projects that confuse people
3) biosphere class
4) South Africa backpacking plans
5) Hooka
6) PF Changs...for free w/ ben
7) fat kitties at jim's house

I Hate:
1) being hit in the back of the head with a rock (or frozen something or other, or whatever the fuck that was)
2) Working 3 doubles in a week
3) Calculus

kitty_bucket @ 2007-01-10T01:55:00

2007-01-10T07:09:37Z

I am unbelievably happy right now. I'm glad in greensboro, I'm getting a kitty (for real) this friday, i love all of my biology classes this semester. and I'M BOOKING A TICKET TO AFRICA. Meggie and i found this buss thing we can do for a week after C.A.R.E. where we travel around from hostal to hostel. It's events like these where i wish money didn't exist. I want to be able to experience EVERYTHING and not have to miss out because it cost too much.

I'm glad i came back. I didn't think i would be this excited but i feel like this year is going to be wonderful.

Some new years resolutions:
1) lose some weight/ get in shape (at least so i feel good about myself)
2) join a sports team ( i just joined the ultimate frisbee team... i'm not telling brian, i don't want him to think i joined cause of him hehe)
3) rock climb more and do more things out doors (camping, hiking, etc., etc.)
4) read more
5) become more aware of environmental topics (other than the ones that intrest me)

i'm so happy right now; with where i am in school, relationship wise, shape, etc.

I just want everyone to know that i love you (even if i don't see you that often or everyday) and that you are some of the most awesome people i have ever known.

love,
icka

kitty_bucket @ 2006-12-28T02:35:00

2006-12-28T07:38:30Z

Soooo, this maybe a little too much information but a little note to all you ladies out there.... NEVER NEVER NEVER TRY TO DO A BRAZILIAN WAX WITH A DO IT YOURSELF KIT. Nel and I learned it the hard way.

On another note, my plane to boston leaves in 3 hours, i haven't gone to bed yet, hehe. I hope everyone has a wonderful new years night and i hope to hear from you!
~icka

kitty_bucket @ 2006-12-25T18:17:00

2006-12-25T23:17:43Z

MERRY CHRISTMAS

blah

2006-12-22T01:32:15Z

My house is full of sickies right now. Derek just got his wisdom teeth out today, my mom is still recovering from her surgery (she's not supposed to do anthing for three more weeks) but she looks good. And i'm starting to catch a cold or something. Break so far.... hmmmm. well it's nice because i'm not in michigan. i've been trying to get around and see everyone i can before the 28th (then i will be in boston till anna and ben bring me home). It was a little bizzare, an extremely old friend of mine from before high school that i have not heard from in years and years and years contacted me not too long ago. we got together and had dinner and a couple of drinks. it was nice to catch up, she is just as crazy as ever. She's been trying to disapear from the chapel hill scene, which is understandable considering the fact that this is where she started doing coke at the age of 15 and had to be sent away to jamaca (yes jamaca) for drug rehab. She has been fight her addiction for a long time, but is finally doing ok. i'm proud of her. we are supposed to hang out again friday night.

I'm excited about christmas, not because i get presents or anything but because i really want to give everyone theirs. I suck at keeping secrets and i get so excited about presents because i want to see if they like them or not.

I'm also extremely excited about boston. I'm leaving the 28th and I will be there for at least a week, and i can't belive that anna and ben are going to be there (the 3rd?). It makes me so happy because i'm going to get to introduce them to everyone up there and show them around. I hope they are going to have as much fun as me. I guess it just means a lot to me because they are both close friends of mine, and i want them to get to know the other people that mean a lot to me.

New Years is going to be awesome. It will be spent in Vermont or New Hampshire with brian, josh (who is back home from colorado), jed, sam, john,kate, and i'll finally get to meet streeter (brian's best friend). Apparently we're going to a mountain resourt because jed has conections or josh's family has a place (i'm not really sure which one is official yet). All i know is that there will be fireworks (which i totally want to be in charge of), snow, and drinks. So i'm not going to be complaining.
well i hope everyone's break is going well and you all have wonderful holidays.
love,
icka

kitty_bucket @ 2006-12-16T18:27:00

2006-12-16T23:28:08Z

I've got a kitty and her name is bucket. She is the most adorable kitty in the world.

kitty_bucket @ 2006-12-04T23:21:00

2006-12-05T04:21:30Z

TINY FOODS PARTY WED> DEC> 13TH!!!!!! be there.

you were on my mind 9/10s of yesterday, i think i've gone insane

2006-12-04T02:33:08Z

school's over!!! kinda. i'm really excited.

when is everyone leaving??? me and ryan are trying to have a tiny christmas party w/ everything tiny (tiny foods, tiny tree, etc.).

have a good exam week.
love,
icka

last week of classes

2006-11-29T22:28:29Z

SUCK, hardcore... i'm tired of studying.

kitty_bucket @ 2006-11-27T10:32:00

2006-11-27T15:32:21Z

waking up to finches in the morning is wonderful, even if one does sound like an airhorn.

i had a dream the other night that my mom came to pick me up and had a paper bag. i heard a purrrrr sound coming from the paper bag so i opened it and there was a cross between a BUNNY AND A KITTY!!!!! he was really tiny and had a kitty tail and bunny ears and hopped and snuggled and purred and i want one.!!
hope everyone's break was good.
love,
icka

p.s.
i'm either getting a dog or bunnies. i'm tired of this no pets thing.

p.s.s.
being sent to your room when you are twenty years old is pretty ridiculous, especially when all you did was let a pot of water accidently boil over, and even more especially so when your brother makes you smoke with him while you're in "timeout" in the room....

kitty_bucket @ 2006-11-20T21:08:00

2006-11-21T02:08:11Z

good food

good drink

good friends!!!!

love,
icka

kitty_bucket @ 2006-11-14T22:23:00

2006-11-15T03:23:49Z

This weekend was fun and long over due. it really helped things a lot, we had a lot of long talks about not hating each other anymore(we were both getting bitter). i don't really feel like i want to kill brian anymore, and i don't feel like i don't want to be in the relationship (which, i'm not going to lie there was a period in time where there wasn't really much of a "relationship" anyway cause all we did was argue about how the other one didn't care or was a jerk). but any way this weekend was good. i got to go to a concert. that was actually about it, it was just good to see him, and to see everyone in boston and hang out. it was too short. i still miss him....

i don't like sleeping alone. i miss not caring about it.

i'm very excited about break! the beach will be gooooood. i'm excited about my next semester classes too. this week is going to be good. and i'm happy.
~erica

kitty_bucket @ 2006-10-29T14:03:00

2006-10-29T19:29:33Z

so, this is the second post i've made in 2 days, and it makes me feel like a whinny emo kid, but sometimes writting stuff out helps a lot. i've been talking w/ nel and ben trying to figure things out. they both made me feel better, ben said, that no matter what everythings going to be ok. and he's right. i'm human and i make mistakes. so does everyone else. the big part is realizing that you screwed up and learning your lesson. i've learned a big lesson. nel helped, b/c she's been through a lot of the same kinds of things i have, our lives tend to go in the same direction, only i get more emotional. it's good when i talk to her b/c she knows me and she can see through all the bullshit. basically she helped remind me that people grow apart, but that there's always other new people coming into your life too, and that it's ok. it's ok if i get replaced or if i'm not apart of the same group or same things i was before. there are parts of my life that other people aren't apart of anymore. and even though it makes me sad (it's hard sometimes for me to deal with change) i have so many other things to be happy for. i have gotten so much closer with ryan and anna and megan, and ben is my rock and helps me realize when i'm being ridiculous. i haven't seen mikey or dan that much this semester, but whenever i did, i had fun. (i have potentially messed taht up).
like i kinda started to explain during my last post, i haven't really been that happy this semester. i feel distant. part of it is because the 2 of the people i love most in the world are the furthest away and i've never gone this long with out seeing either of them. part of it is because i feel like i've lost a lot of close friends (as stated above, i never see mikey and dan), mostly due to my raging insecurities. part of it is because i get so scared about the future because i really don't know what i'm doing.
not everything is bad though, i know i have a lot to be thankful for. the biggest thing i'm happy about right now is africa. this is something that i have wanted so badly, and now i can do it. i feel like i'm a part of something big.
so i guess the bullet point to this presentation would be that things happen but life goes on and even though friendships die and good times fade away into memories, there is always something new that is just as good; it might not be the same, but it is just as good, you just have to see it and aknowledge it for what it is.
~erica

crazy bitch

2006-10-29T00:22:29Z

i am a crazy bitch... i am not drinking anymore, i am obviously not mature enough,nor do i have the ability to demonstrate self restraint. i am not capable of making "big girl" smart decisions when i drink, and hurt not only myself but those who are close to me, not to mention people i don't even know.

on another note, i have been one big ball of confused upset emotion for a long time now. i feel hurt and abandoned by a lot of people i used to be close to, and i realize i need to talk about it with them or it won't get any better. (no i'm not talking about chris). so either i'm going to fuck up even more and make more people angry and hate me, or the talking will help and maybe i can get myself back on the right track. i guess we'll see.
~erica

funny story....

2006-09-22T14:19:59Z

So, derek just called and told me this:

Gavin and his mom were driving home and it was late. Mrs. Weigley thought she saw a possum on the road and swerved to run it over. well, it turned out to not be a possum but instead a cute little kitty. The kitty was still alive, but very injured and upset because it had just been run over by an SUV. Gavin and his mom didn't want the kitty to die, so they tried to catch it. It ran into the woods and they spent literally two hours trying to catch him. When they finally caught him they had to load him up into the cat carrier, but the door to the carrier was broken so gavin decided to duck tape it. during the process of duck tapeing the door, gavin somehow missed the door and just duck taped the cats tail to the carrier. He then had to cut the duck tap off the cat's tail. This was very difficult because he had to do it slowly so he wouldn't cut the kitty. Well, he got frustrated half way through, and ended up accidently cutting the cat's tail instead of the tape. By the time they got the cat to the emergency vet, they had to explain to the vet how the kitty had been run over, duck taped, and cut.... His name is now possum.

All i want is for you to be happy, and take this moment to make you my family...

2006-08-06T03:44:17Z

you have found something perfect and finally you have found yourself...
And i want to treasure the rest of your days here and give you pleasure in so many ways dear...

so,
I really really like the newest red hot chili pepper cd. i think its one of my favorites. my favorite song on the whole cd is Hard to Concentrate. That's how i want someone to feel about me, and how i want to feel about someone. i went to a wedding today. this is going to be really corny one, sorry guys. it was beautiful, i've never really belived in marriage, i don't even really think it's something i want. it's hard to tell, really confusing because when you see 2 people on their wedding day they are so in love and it's so wonderful you can't help but think that's how it's supposed to be. but you think about it and when it comes down to it, there are so many people in the world, there is always someone else you could be just as happy with. i don't know how i feel about that, what's the point of making close connections with people then? i think it's important,to get those connections, it's hard to let go for a reason... i don't really know wher ei'm going with this. i have to admit i had quite a bit to drink tonight. i'll just leave it with you have to listen to hard to concentrate. that's how it's supposed to be when you're in love....

kitty_bucket @ 2006-07-28T03:28:00

2006-07-28T07:29:21Z

I'm glad i'm coming home soon.... 4 to 5 days. i miss everyone...i'm ready to leave...for real....