shutitdown: taking one for the anecdote

life

° stalksies  The greatest pleasure I have in life is stalking and obsessing (mainly obsessing). This is because in real life, people...
° An email from Squeefers  My pal Aoife called me recently, all in a flutter. She had, she told me, pulled a Lina. She told...
° Rage against the dying of the light, or, the twighlight of my twenties  Last weekend I was standing in a muddy field with a couple of thousand Irish teenagers having mucky beers passed...
° crisis of what  I think I might be having a mid-life crisis. This doesn't bode well for my predicted longevity. I haven't written...
° Seriously?  Sometimes I cannot believe that this is really my life....
° Swiss cheese and the failings of the elderly  "Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know." -Ernest Hemingway For a large part of my life, the...
° A little fishy  When I got my black, bug-eyed goldfish named Spanky, I knew that I had wanted a black bug-eyed goldfish...
° Back to my future  So I just finished the first draft of my novel. I do not feel nearly as fulfilled as I was...
° Confronting Wolfy  My documentary....
° Cottaging  I just moved to a new apartment, except that it's not an apartment at all, it's a cottage. I'm not...
° The long awaited (ha ha) self-improvement update  The progress so far: Last night I went straight from yoga class to a class on how to give handjobs....
° Back to Cali, or 8 Weeks of Self-Improvement  So I wrote this on January 17th, but apparently never posted it. My next post will be an update on...
° It's a long way from Tipperary.  Right now I'm sitting on the ground on the floor of a rickety train that's lurching its way from the...
° fear and loathing  Today my visa and work permit application was submitted to the Irish government. This is a frightening moment for me....
° My semester abroad  I've now been in Ireland for 2 months, and I feel like I'm having the high school/college experience that I've...
° On subletting  I don't even know how to respond to this: Hi Here is my situation and what I am looking for....
° On being alone  The last time I was in New York, I forced (begged) my brother to have dinner with some of my...
° SMS  I saw a list of text messages on the Internet, and decided to see what's on my SIM. Apparently, I...
° The drug years  I'm watching this VH1 special, and for the first time, am wondering if I missed something by not participating in...
° Sears, etc.  Hello friends, I have nothing to say. I have, however, added more of my Sears Portraits to the Internet. You...
° The power of portraiture.  What?...
° Babies  Tomorrow I'm going to a birthday party for a one-year-old. This is not something I really understand, but nonetheless, I...
° Oof  Why does every interaction I have with a human male inevitably make me feel like I've just been punched in...
° Doing too much  There's an after-school educational program in Oakland that helps prepare girls from urban areas catch up in school. My friend...
° An uncommon sensation  The other day at work I felt strange. Although I am rarely afflicted by illness, I intuitively knew that I...
° This night has opened my eyes  This morning I woke up, besieged by handsome men with English accents. I shook my head, sure that I was...
° External organs  Fran called me the other day to let me know that the New York Times has printed the word pudenda...
° It's called dogs get lonely 2.  For two weeks this summer, I had a pet. Zoe has been in our family for nearly 10 years now;...
° Ooh Baby  In the early eighties, my mother was pregnant with my brother, and my parents tried to infect me with their...
° Esta Noche  The other day, one of the members of my international male harem was visiting from Sydney. We went out to...
° DJ Mittens  When I introduced Billy to my roommate Nivan, it was for both the first as last time, as he was...
° The Fat and The Furious  In an effort to boost my ever-waning self-esteem, I watched American Idol tonight, paralyzed with horror as an enormously fat...
° I'm with Holly  The other day, I was in an incredible funk. I checked my email at work, and there was a message...
° I'm with Holly  The other day, I was in an incredible funk. I checked my email at work, and there was a message...
° Enough.  Everybody said they'd stand behind me When the game got rough But the joke was on me There was nobody...
° Is this good enough?  I got this Lina balloon for my birthday. I don't know what is wrong with me lately, I just...
° So  I'm alive....
° The big day.  Yes darlings, it is my birthday. This means a few things--I'm a pisces and I'm probably way too old to...
° Here again.  What can you say about an image like that? Thank you Luna, that's what! And since I ripped off...
° Sometimes  I get inspired to update my website when I should really be inspired to lull myself to sleep reading about...
° Oops...I did it again.  I'm sorry it's been so long since I've posted. But since dear luna requested an update, here one is. (See,...
° I'm tired right now.  I don't actually have anything to say, but Mary told me to update because she was sick of looking at...
° Halloween, sibling orgy and a memory.  Halloween, Lina Squared-style. Here's me and the other Lina on Halloween. Yes, we were "Nurs Lina." What I love...
° Update this.  Last night was the other Lina's birthday. Well, I suppose it was actually all day, but since I couldn't...
° Reflections.  I've been checking out the archives over here recently, to try and gauge what sort of information said archives would...
° she's a wha?  I saw this the other day and pulled over to take a picture. Lucky thing because it only lasted...
° Sodomy and Priss.  I took this photo more than a week ago, but I hadn't posted it because for once I was...
° ...  I still can't think of anything to say......
° The Resurrection.  I have had a rather full weekend, and since I know you are here to get vicarious thrills from my...
° LA vibes.  Feelin' it. I got back from LA, none the wiser, but so much more tan. Actually, I don't tan, but...
° If you ain't dirty you ain't here to partay.  I'm going to LA today, so exciting. Road trip with my buddy Mary. Many pictures will be taken, and if...
° Blocked?  I was telling Franny some little anecdote and I happened to use the term "cockblocker." Now the story wasn't actually...
° just another depraved entry.  I have been upchucking all evening (after eating at a resturant my father affectionately refers to as "Whoremaster") but I...
° With pictures like these, there really isn't much else to say, is there?  ...
° wah  I'm sick! And it's 03-03-03. I feel like someone put a handblender in my skull. I'm supposed to have a...
° ?  Sometimes I suspect that happiness may only be possible in retrospect....
° Bah  I want to update but I just don't have anything to say. Isn't that frustrating?...
° Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got..  So I have been thinking about updating since Monday, when I met my doppelganger, THE OTHER LINA. She is in...
° Arrr matey!  I have six black and white striped shirts....
° Spanky  The other day I went to the pet store because one of my friends decided that he needed a goldfish....
° I think the young people enjoy it when I "get down" verbally, don't you?  That is my holiday picture for you, sorry it's a little late. It's an example of how the kids...
° Here's to your fuck.  Here are some bitchin art sites you should check out: kyleranson.com | markryden.com | joesorren.com So I only got two...
° I hate thinking up titles for these posts.  So here I am, being a good little webmistress. I have a very hard time maintaining this page nowadays. I'm...
° Friday Five...Jewlery  1. Do you wear any jewelry? What kind? Yup. I wear earrings every day -assorted types. I also wear necklaces...
° Picture it...  Picture it: a roomful of single young people, five or six in number, smoking cigarettes and bickering with one another....
° Apologies and memories.  I'm sorry I've been such an ass about updating. I just wait to go online until after my bedtime, and...
° Print for Sale!  I am selling a screen print that I made on Ebay. Check out the auction listing. You may have seen...
° photo album  Go check out the new photo album! I uploaded a new photo album from September. As promised, there are...
° Poll results...  What a fun little contest we had here at shutitdown. Our winner, Clay, hails from deep in the heart...
° Thank you! and other life updates.  I just got a number of my school books today, thank you to everyone that helped me with that. I...
° 81 new photos!  I just added 81 new photos to the yahoo club/photo albums. If you haven't join yet, you are just, well,...
° hell of cool.  I was talking on the phone with Frances last night and I was telling her about my first day in...
° United Colors of Ass.  Pete from the UK sent me this. Why do I love the brits so? I saw Hugh Grant's movie and...
° Connected.  So here I am, connected to AOL. Life is sweet. I am about to go to bed, but I had...
° biggie biggie biggie can't you see?  I am so tired! Why am I awake? I don't know! Go visit Gutterslut, she's the newest chickenlegs writer lady--and...
° i'm back!  I'm back! I bet you missed me! ;P I just got back from the airport and now I am going...
° pumpkin-head.  Well, tonight my cam broke and turned orange. Soon after, I took a shower. This seemed to be a killer...
° OMG job interview  OMG I have a job interview tomorrow! Root for me! Or pray. Or something! Here's a good quote from Point...
° more sugar.  I just added a new sugar glider album over at glidercam.net. Click here....
° long time.  Hohoho I haven't had anything to say in days. I haven't updated my cam pic because my hair looks like...
° Computers and a big ass.  So my dearest uncle has lent me a temporary 6 gig hard drive and he made my computer work for...