I've been using blogger(www.sophiawrites.blogspot.com if you wanna catch up on the past few months) for awhile. it sucks. i miss LJ. I may be making a comeback to this place...maybe a different name...i dunno


anywho

Hey! Let's not publish pictures of women in magazines or newspapers! They lead men astray!

This is absurd! You know, why don't we just make a separate country exclusively for women to live in so as not to distract men?! There is definitely a problem when man can be lead astray by something as simple as a woman showing her face. An even bigger problem when people think that so strong of a measure as this should be taken. It's like that whole dress code thing in high school. WE were instructed not to wear certain things, because "it distracts the young men".

FUCK THAT!

I think this is appropriate


p.s. i want that shirt.

The Vagina Monologues at the University of North Texas are
This Friday and Saturday, February 17th and 18th
General admission is $12 and Students are $8 --You better get your tickets early becuase we are going to sell out this year.

Q: What the heck are the Vagina Monologues and why would I want to see it?

Let me tell you...

The Vagina Monologues is an award winning play by Eve Ensler that has not only put vaginas on the map, but became a theatrical phenomenon. The play is comprised of a collection of women telling real stories about sex, love, violence, and ofcourse vaginas. The stories were a compilation of Ensler's interviews with over 200 women of different ages, races, and backgrounds, and they are sometimes moving, sometimes uncomfortable, and sometimes unbelieveably freaking hilarious.. but they are always unique.

Q: So why do people put on this production and why do I care?

We are committed to stopping violence and we know you are too, right? UNT"s production of the Vagina Monologues is part of the V-day, global movement to fight violence against women and children. In performing this play, our goal is to raise both awareness and money to fight violence. Last year alone, we raised and donated almost 10, 000 to the Parkland Rape Crisis Center, which was enough to build an entire play therapy room.

NOW that you know WHY IT IS IMPORTANT you can get your tickets at the UNT's Union Info desk, 3rd floor or call your " will call " ticket order in 940.565.3805. They are open until 10 p.m.

Other 411:

Friday night only: sign interpreters will be provided

Facility is wheelchair accessible.

We have tons of fun events building up to the show dates. You can check those out at www.fmlaunt.org/vm/vday.html

happy valentines day

i've moved

to here-----------> www.sophiawrites.blogspot.com

I write there way more regularly than here. so if you'd like to know whats going on with me and we dont talk on a regular basis. then go there. i'll still post here from time to time and i'll definitely read your posts all the freaking time. because i heart you

:)

hahaha I found this amusing. It was in our paper today

"a hall director reported a cache of illegal drugs at 12:44 a.m.. Police seized 1 gram of marijuana in a medicine bottle, 9.5 grams in a small baggy, 11.5 grams in an altiods can, and one bong made out of a bacon bits container"


a bacon bits container?! bahahhahahaaha. desperate times, im guessing

So yesterday, KTO, Kamyon, Ashley and I had to do guerilla cheering in classrooms to promote the Vagina Monologues. I led the Vagina spell cheer. It's the one that goes "give me a v" and everyone responds "you got yo V, you got your V". Then I say "give me an A" and everyone responds again. Well, last night in a not so small classroom setting I forgot the N! I forgot to say the N! So I spelled Vagia. LOL. I didnt even realize it until i walked back into the classroom(I left my bags in the front of the class)and the professor said to the class, "here comes a couple of vaginas that dont know how to spell"


ahahahaha

also tonight mavericks v grizzlies. the mavs are going to win.

first off what a shitty day. Alito was confirmed. (puke!) and Coretta Scott King died.


Dear Yahoo!:
Is the saying "Beer before liquor, never sicker, liquor before beer, never fear" physiologically accurate?
Allyson
Santa Barbara, California
Dear Allyson:
No. Portland's Willamette Week interviewed a nutrition expert and a pharmacologist; both nixed the theory. They astutely note that mixing different types of alcohol is generally a bad idea.

The reasoning behind the proverb is that it's easier on your body to absorb weaker alcoholic drinks, like beer, later in the evening. This probably holds some merit. It's also true that your body tends to process alcohol from carbonated drinks faster. But any piece of advice regarding alcohol consumption that contains the line "never fear" is obviously pretty suspect.

I keep finding out these little things about a certain situation and it really makes me angry/sad/worthless.

anyway, on to the entry!

good thing no one was lying next to me when I woke up this morning. Because my eye was disgusting. It was glued shut with nastiness and all swollen. I'm sure had some guy been there he would've looked at me once and taken off. I think it might be pink eye. it's kind of pink and its all runny. Jesi doesnt think it's pink eye and since shes medically trained and all im gonna trust her. hehe...i'm still using it as an excuse to get out of working at the daycare tomorrow. :D

This weekend and the end of last week has had its ups and downs...well not even ups...maybe AN up. Definitely emotional times. The NTdaily ad office(where I work) had a huge meeting with the head of the journalism department this past week to discuss changes in our pay. Which meant a fucking paycut. So everyone in the office is pissed. Everyone(except me) went to my bosses house and got wasted. One guy quit or is in the process of quitting. It's just a mess. and I dont want to deal with it anymore, but i have to. Because I have to eat, pay rent, and school...and still manage to have money to go out of course. also, I'm having finanical problems! It's stressing me out. My mom may have to have surgery for some cysts and last but not least, Jeremy and I broke up. It was mutual and due to the distance. oh well. Now all you millions of sophia fans out there can rejoice....for now i am single. :P

I'm in a really odd mood right now. cant describe it.

anyway, hopefully this week will be much better. so far so good! Last night Christina and I went to Andy's to hang out with some friends and play pool. I suck at pool, but I somehow managed to win the game! After that we went to karaoke night for about 20 minutes. It was amusing. I love how people think they are a number one hit artist and sing/dance there ass off like they are the shit...when they just look like shit. it was good times. and now pictures from the weekend

our beer and our legs


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This is a really important issue to me so please read and please check out the links.

On January 22nd, the 33rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we are asking pro-choice bloggers to join us in a day of activism for choice. This is our chance to raise the profile of reproductive rights issues in the blogosphere and the media, and to let everyone know that a woman's right to choose is not negotiable.


I read other blogs on this issue and I felt like I had to write something. So even though it isn't long and eloquent it expresses how I feel about the issue and that is "your body, your choice". The first time I heard that phrase I loved it. So simple, but it sums up my view on the issue. Choice is a basic right that women deserve. I can't imagine what life without roe would be like and I dont ever want to know! Thank You Dr. Sarah Weddington for fighting for us! When I heard her speak last fall, she told us that the war isnt over. And it's not. Especially now with Roberts in and I guess we'll know in a few days if Alito is confirmed or not. We have to keep fighting. I've posted links for you to read other blogs that I especially liked and links on how to join the fight!

www.prochoiceamerica.org
www.naral.org
www.bushvchoice.com


Links to other blog for choice blogs that I enjoyed

http://sourduck.blogspot.com/
http://spaces.msn.com/members/absolutegrace/PersonalSpace.aspx

so...another update from me! I had a very very merry christmas. On christmas my mom, sister(_darkangel84), and honarary sister Christine(nergizerbunnie), went to Itta Bena, Mississippi to spend christmas with my grandma, greatgrandma and alot of other relatives. We got there around 6 and went to a family get-together/party thing. Let me explain, this is the ghetto side of my family, not the african relatives. anywho, the party was just a big stereo in this little place that someone rented, and some finger food. It was a very entertaining night. My mom and all her sisters danced the majority of the time. my male cousins all fell in love with Christine and hit on her most of the night. good times


i had a second christmas with jeremy's families. It was totally differnt than my ghetto Christmas, but just as enjoyable, and with more presents! I got alot of nice things this christmas. a million fleece blankets. 2 hello kitty ones which were exactly alike and blue one embroidered and some others. I also got chococat accessories, some home-made soap, an awesome jewelry box and some skrilla. oooooh and wine! and some other stuff that i cant remember...

i wish i had a camera so i can take a picture of what i see now, but i dont so im just going to explain it because its so freaking cute...at least to me. jeremy fell asleep in the bed and one of the cats is curled up right next to him. its cute!


hahahha, im on aim complaining to jimothy about how a certain someone farted on me today and then....ill just copy and paste!

jim (1:23:55 AM): farting on girls is the best thing ever
ohpapaya (1:25:55 AM): hmm..ill have to try one day
jim (1:27:14 AM): hahaha if you farted on me i would have no idea what to do
ohpapaya (1:28:01 AM): hit me?
ohpapaya (1:28:08 AM): laugh? or just say ewww
ohpapaya (1:28:15 AM): maybe you'd die
jim (1:28:28 AM): i think i would die
ohpapaya (1:28:59 AM): bahahhaha. but it would smell like flowers...and also little hearts would come out as well as little hello kitties
jim (1:30:01 AM): http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=women_smell

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=women_smell


go to that link! its hilarious...and its so funny to me because i said almost exactly whats on that web page.

k....warcraft. bye

im home bored...which is why you get another update from me. I'm bored. I've been trying to keep myself occupied with things. I've already watched disc one and two of season one of Will and Grace, knitted half of a scarf, gone shopping with my mom, and played with my hair. I put rollers in it and made it really curly, then i decided that i hated it so i straightened it out. I'm working in t he nursery of some episcopal church tonight. My sister usually works there and they needed extra help so of course i said yea. I need money and I have nothing else to do. SO today at the grocery store a fat lady riding in one of those motorized things knocked over a canned bean display. I was right next to her when it happened. I didnt know whether to pick them up or just keep walking. so i stood there for awhile....then i walked a way.....and laughed of course.


here is the rant-y part of my entry. My cousin, Turk, is getting on my nerves! here's the background on him. He lives in my room when I'm not here because he doesnt want to get his own apartment because he's lame like that. He's not here all the time. He splits time between here and two of his babies mama's homes. Anywho, so I'm home for the holidays and of course I'm staying in my own room. well, I guess he's pissed off that Im at home. He came over today to get some of his clothes out of my closet and I greeted him with a hello today and he just looked at me and rolled his eyes. WHAT?! ANd the other day he couldnt find his "protections", as he likes to call them so he called the house pissed at me because he thought I took his condoms. what?


thats all for now....

im a total loser. I just looked at the clock and realized that i have been playing warcraft for 5 hours. 5 hours! man...so anyway, i'm at Jeremy's. He's not feeling too well(I gave him whatever it was that I had) so he's been asleep while i've been entertaining myself with warcraft. (for anyone that cares i am a lvl 21 and i finally learned to teleport!) Since i've been back in Memphis, not much has been going on. and I love that! no class, no waking up at 6 to go work at the daycare and no NTDaily. Just relaxing and hanging out. Last night Jeremy and I went to the Grizzlies v Trailblazers game with Jameeka and Adam. I had fun and i even cheered the grizzlies on since they weren't playing my mavericks. :)

Not alot is planned for my break...actually nothing is planned. Just spending time with the family, the boyfriend and friends.

happy holidays everyone!

oh! i got an ipod from jeremy for xmas! it's the 30gb with photo and video! i love it and i've named it rocky. Jeremy even engraved it with a lyric from one of my favorite Simon and Garfunkel songs("I am a rock"-hence the name rocky)


ummm..no one tagged me but i want to do this little survey thing

round Rules: The first player of this game starts with the topic "5 weird habits of yourself" and people who get tagged need to write an LJ entry about their 5 weird habits as well as state the rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next 5 people to be tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave a comment that says "you are tagged" in their lj and tell them to read yours.

Tagged by MYSELF!


1. i like to stick my hands into fishtanks and poke the fish

2. i always have to pull the coupons out of those automatic coupon giver things at the grocery store


3. I HAVE to have milk in my tea

4. I never start reading at the beginning of a magazine. I always begin at the end or somewhere in the middle

5. cant think of another one...

I tag KTO(rappernotaraper mickey (carxcrash), stef (vitamin_love), whit! (notwhitstanding), Jeremy (triplesiks, he's not going to do this)

i didnt fall down stairs like you had hoped

i'm so bored at work(job #1 at the paper). i have nothing to do but i have to be here says the boss. so i'm here updating my livejournal.....


SO

i have the weirdest co-worker ever! seriously! I work with her at the daycare on tuesdays and thursdays. She is so weird! i come into work purposely late so i wont have to deal with her ass. I got to work about 30 minutes late today, no kids were there so it was no big deal. As soon as I came into the room where we watch the kids, she started yapping my ear off about something i could care less about. After about 15 minutes of her incessant talking i went to the bathroom to get away from her. And guess what? she freaking followed me into the bathroom. but she didnt actually talk to me she just said

"uh....ok...*giggle*...yea....ok,...uh...." for about 3 minutes

yea pretty awkward. I didnt even acknowledge her while she was doing that. I just stood there washing my hands and when i finished...i left. I feel bad about complaining about her because I think she has some kind of problem. perhaps she's slightly down syndrome...or something.


anywho. life is grand. i have no more classes! i'm done with the semester. it's a great feeling, but so weird having nothing to do! I get so bored I dont know what to do with myself. I finished a scarf in one day. IT usually takes 3-5 days, but i finished it in one. A Gryffindor scarf! i'll get someone to take a picture of me rockin' it and I'll post it because you need to see it.Other than that...I dont do much, knit, make an appearance at the NTdaily, and 3 hours at the daycare...oh and watch mavs games! GO mavs! (we're gonna kick the grizzlies ass this friday)


speaking of pictures. the painting that mark did of me is hanging in Art 6! I saw it last night and I didnt realize how huge it is. It's a 3x3 painting and it's even more amazing in person. He's having a show Friday night at art 6, at 6pm and he'll be showing his new series which include full body paintings in addition to the old school headshot series. Come out if youre in Denton. Christina totally embarrassed me last night. It's funny now, but i was sooooooooo embarrassed yesterday. While we were at art 6 she announced to everyone as she pointed to me "this is that girl in the painting!"

wow it's been awhile since i last updated. LJ got a little bit snazzier.


I have write about an amazing conference I was lucky to attend and participate in this past weekend. It was the Global Women's and Human Rights conference sponsored by the FMF...FMLA's mother organization. IT was held right here at UNT. I had a great time and learned alot about sweatshop labor, human trafficking, reproductive rights and health...so much more! and I got to see Dr. Sarah Weddington(the woman who won roe v. wade the case that made abortion legal). It was an exciting and tiring weekend.


ok, so i feel like i should write a whats been up kind of thing so here goes. Work at the NTDaily is ok. i've been making my goals. goals = more money! yay for that. I actually have 2 jobs now. I took on a second job in the middle of October. I do early morning childcare at a dayschool. 6:45-9:00 A.M. It's surprisingly not so hard to get up so early every morning. The only thing that sucks about this job is that it's been cutting out of my partying time. and you know how I like to party! And if you aren't aware of how much I like to party, then let me just let you know...it's alot. what else is new...jeremy and Brendan came to visit about 2 weeks ago. I permed my hair! Yep...I gave up the naturalness...and "satan now lives in my scalp" according to one of my "femis" friends. hmmmmm....that's about it. Oh! i dropped my phone in a puddle AGAIN a few weeks ago. 4th time that it's experienced water damage. poor phone. i've only had it since March.

OH! and Liberia elected it's first female president! how awesome? read about it here----> http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/2518


and I voted last week but proposition 2 passed and now Texas has written in it's constitution a ban on same sex marriage.

hope everyone is doing well.

happy belated birthday _darkangel84

p.s. i dont comment very often but i still read your posts. :)

I'm at work. Taking a break from selling ads even though i shouldn't. I didn't make goal 3. :( but I have a reason(everyone says i always have a reason..that nothing is ever my fault. and i'm realizing that it's somewhat true. I need to stop making excuses or reasons...but yea. this one is a real reason). Actually after reading what I just wrote, I realize I was just making up a reason, AGAIN!. I didn't make goal because I didn't work as hard to sell. simple as that. Ha. But I'm going to work my butt off to make my goal 4.

jeremy left yesterday afternoon. had a great time while he was here. it's always hard for me to say goodbye. i get so used to him being here and then he's gone....

Anywho, saw four tet with jeremy, jimothy, and sean. It was a great show! I enjoyed it! and before the show i cooked dinner. I cooked one of the only things I know how to cook. Catfish. I made fried catfish and french fries and I was really nervous about them eating my food. But they loved it. They thought it was wonderful. so yay me...

i'm having a surprisingly good day. my good days usually dont start until mid-week, on Wednesdays, but I'm having one today. Layla, one of my clients, and I have been talking back and forth for about a month and a half about advertising. I mentioned that I was a broadcast news major on the phone once and she told me that was her major and told me about all the things she has done. She's worked as an anchor overseas, in the states on camera and behind camera. She now lives in Memphis! (what a coincidence!) So anyway, she is coming to Denton next month and wants to have dinner and drinks with me to talk about the world of broadcast news. i'm excited. Getting a good job in broadcast news is all about connections and talent. I think I already have the talent part down so hopefully she can give me the hookup on some good connections. Also aiding in my good day was selling $899 worth of ads and lunch at cool beans with jimothy!

hmm...what else is new. Had a GREAT FMLA meeting last night and a successful protest for the free speech zones yesterday!

ha, my co-worker/friend Chris JUST came up with an idea. He wants to run for homecoming King with me as his running mate! HAHAHHA, how funny/exciting? if we do it we will be running under the NTDaily. I'll keep you updated on that...it may just be an idea. or a dream come true! :D

that last line was me being sarcastic. just pointing it out because you cant read sarcasm

i had to pay a late fee on my rent. $40 extra. it may not sound like a lot to you, but i'm broke. Payroll screwed up my paycheck and shorted me one hundred fifty something dollars. bleh. They're going to add it on to my next paycheck. So, I guess until then i'll be running on a tight budget. My throat is killing me! I guess something's in the air, or just going around in my office at work, because I wasn't the only one complaining about a throat ache. Hopefully I'll wake up tomorrow and be just fine and dandy. I'm notorious for being sick one day and back to normal the next.

Had a fun weekend. I partied WITHOUT christina! for those that dont know, christina is always with me. We ALWAYS party together, but she's been busy with a new male-friend and theatre so i have been pushed to the side. I still enjoyed my weekend. TOmorrow Jeremy's coming! i can't wait to see him. It seems like it's been forever since the last time even though it's only been a month. We're going to see four tet on friday. I'm excited about it. Oh, I saw built to spill again last week with shane. They played 2 of my favorite songs. Other than that it wasn't a great show. The walkmen,who played before,were really good. I actually enjoyed them more than built to spill. since i'm on the subject of music i just want to say that the new metric is coming out tomorrow. I probably wont get it for awhile, but yea...it's coming out tomorrow. go pick up a copy. I'm sure it'll be great. They're playing in Dallas on November 11th and I really really want to go.

I talked to my daddy today. Haven't had a real talk with him since before summer started. He was actually cordial unlike his usual self. he's only acting in this manner because he wants something. The thing he wants this time is my presence at his newborn child's christening. He wants me and my sister to be there not for support or anything like that. He only wants us there so that the rest of our family can think he's been a good dad and stays in contact with us. In reality he doesn't give a fuck and only calls us for situations like this so we can make him look like a great father. I'll probably go. Because I know I should and because I'm sure I'll get so much shit from my relatives if I dont.

oh-he called me a lesbian. I told him i was leaving a feminist meeting and he said "nyale! you are a lesbian now!"

oh #2- new supreme court justice nominee. Harriet Miers.

http://feministcampus.org/know/news/newstory.asp?ID=9305

my co-worker just made a sales call to a guy named micheal bolton! bahahhahaahahaha

Since my last post, nothing major has occured. seanp played a show at art six, I saw blackalicious on wednesday with Jim, I partook in something that I said i wouldnt do anymore(I enjoyed it too), and I have sore throat.




Please tell us 20 random things about yourselves. Keep track of how many minutes you take, and tag that many people to perform this exercise themselves."

1. I miss my daycare kids from the summer
2. I really want some potato salad
3. There are about 3 people in the world right now that i just wanna kick the shit out of
4. I hate celery
5. I am going to the doctor next week
6. I get to see jeremy in a week and a half!
7. I love people watching
8. I am currently knitting a scarf for jeremy's little sister
9. my phone is crappy
10. I went to the store a week ago and bought a broom but no dustpan
11. I love fried okra
12. I was on a dance team when i was younger
13. I cant swim!
14. Im thinking about perming my hair. (bye natural hair)
15.I listen to the mountain goats new cd all the time
16. I have way too many purses
17.I will be so happy when it starts getting cooler outside
18. I have to make ray brownies
19. Im tired of thinking of random things
20. i hate celery......

im tagging
vitamin_love
witnessthine
_darkangel84

im having such a great day :)



hey denton
YOU Come see THE COCKER SPANIELS (www.myspace.com/cspaniels) play tonight (the 19th) @ the Art Six Coffeehouse on 424 Bryan.

They will be opening up for Tera Melos(www.myspace.com/teramelos), an incredible instrumental math-rock quartet from California.

The cocker spaniels go on @ 8 p.m. and Tera Melos will play shortly thereafter. The show is free, and all ages are welcome.

I'll be there and so should you!