larah

lrp @ 2004-08-16T14:34:00

2004-08-16T14:35:54Z

I am switching journals because this lady gave me the one that is my name, yo. So add me there. I already added a good lot of you, but I got lazy. So if you see the name below on your `friends of` list, CLICK ON IT! If you don't see it and you wanted to see it there, go ahead and add me and I shall add you back. This is so lame.

larah.

shameless glory.

2004-08-12T13:33:55Z

``If the national scene is in such an odd gender state, what about the local one? Last Wednesday night, we wandered over to central Phoenix to catch a show by female rock acts Bella, Secondhand Emotion and Dear Nora — the latter actually singer/songwriter Katy Davidson, 26, a Cave Creek native who now lives in San Francisco and has her own CDs out on indie labels. The goal: to hear some good tunes, and maybe suss out gender insight from some of the Valley’s few all-girl groups.

The show, at The Phix art gallery, was fairly dead, with the dozen or so audience members divvying up their time equally between listening to the bands and taking smoke breaks outside. Onstage, both Bella and Secondhand Emotion deal with tuneful trainwrecks and technical difficulties. Though the local bands are friends, they couldn’t be further apart stylistically.

Bella is one of the Valley’s more popular rock acts, playing short power-pop punk ditties that showcase 28-year-old guitarist/singer Natalie Espinosa’s fancy fretwork and androgynously deep, smoky voice. Espinosa used to jam with some of the guys who would become Jimmy Eat World, but she says playing with girls — her band includes drummer Jency Johnson, 28, and bassist Kristi Wimmer, 31 — is a more social experience.

“When you get a bunch of girls together, you get everyone in different moods and attitudes,” Espinosa says. “Everyone really does care, and everybody has an opinion. I’d hate for somebody to come by practice, because we spend 45 minutes playing songs and the rest of the time just catching up. They’d be like, ‘Do you guys actually practice?’ ”

Bella bassist Kristi Wimmer, left, singer/guitarist Natalie Espinosa and drummer Jency Johnson played Phix artspace Aug. 4.

Espinosa says her band hasn’t suffered any discernible drought in attendance (that night’s show withstanding) since forming three years ago because of any perceived bias against female rockers. But that’s because Bella never aimed to draw any gender lines to begin with, she says. Her band wears slightly gender-disguising jeans and T-shirts, and the frontwoman’s shaggy hair droops down low enough to cover her entire face, except where a microphone would go.
“That’s what I want people to see,” she says. “That we can play with the boys.”

Contrast that with Secondhand Emotion frontwoman Jessica Jurgens, 23, of Scottsdale. Looking voluptuous in a red and black floral dress, cute pink shoes and big sparkled earrings, she straps on a guitar and bobs her head as her band — guitarist Jen Rahlf, 25, and drummer Krista Ruet, 24 — kicks off a jangly ’80s-inspired pop tune; when they flub the entrance, her eyes roll up in the back of her head, she flashes an angel grin and says her favorite catchphrase of the night, “Bru-tal.”

Left to right: Krista Ruet, Jen Rahlf and Jessica Jurgens comprise ’80s pop and indie-inspired local band Secondhand Emotion. ( photos by Joe Trevino )

As if the stereotype of Go-Go’s-era silly rocker girls needs further enforcing, Jurgens announces in between songs, “My dress just came undone. Whoo! That wasn’t planned.”

But even if a wardrobe malfunction wasn’t intentional, the bubblegum shtick sure is, Jurgens confides after the show.

“It’s a tongue-in-cheek response,” she says, “due to the lack of response. You have to tell people it’s gonna be the sexiest show of the galaxy, to get them to come.”

Adds Ruet, “You’re a token girl band, and you have to prove yourself more.”....( read the rest here. )

I thought I would share the article for everyone. ;]

lrp @ 2004-07-29T16:09:00

2004-07-29T16:11:04Z

This reminds me of Jessica;;

woopeedoo.

2004-07-28T13:30:25Z

so i got up this morning to go to work at the ungodly hour of 8 am (yes, i realize this is normal for some folk), and i walk outside, keys in hand, ready to go and...there is no car. where is this car, i ask myself. i look left, look right, look down the center and still, no car in sight. so i go back inside and ask my pops if he moved the vehicle to the street to which he responds with a `what the fuck` and jumps up and runs out the door. then he runs back in and asks me what is going on and if i am playing a joke? huh? i'm all no i need to go to work could you please tell me where the car is and we went through this for a full five minutes before we let it sink in that the car had been stolen. from our carport. and it had an alarm. a loud one. and my overdue library books were in it. fuck me, man. i'll have to pay loads of fines now. baaaaaaaaah. so. the police said that some dudes had stolen another last night and dropped it off a couple doors down so that they could steal ours. the inkling is that these fuckers are still in town, driving around like supreme morons. as if it weren't bad enough that there was only one vehicular mode of transportation between my mother and i. can i get 400 more dollars please so that i can buy my own next week?! LORDIE.

anyway. l.a. was fun. lots of laughs and new friends made. i wished that i could have seen my beauty, natalie, but alas, this is my life. i tried to call again the hour later, like i said and somehow couldn't get through. i tried at least 5 times before i just gave up. i'm sorry babes. but it'll be better in charlotte. which is soon. promises made and promise will be kept, for sure.

my fucking ear is STILL CLOGGED.

lrp @ 2004-07-22T11:03:00

2004-07-22T11:05:14Z

Sometimes I get too annoyed for my own good.

Then I realize, I don't really care. Go ahead and act like the concern was misplaced. There was no spotlight here in the first place. Thanks.

Whatever. I am ready to get out of town.

lrp @ 2004-07-20T17:46:00

2004-07-20T17:46:37Z

Spencer, its me and you baby.

Love is all my crippled soul will ever need.

2004-07-18T14:52:31Z

I think I am totally blessed to have parents that have never divorced, seperated or cheated or done anything crazy like that. It's disheartening to hear other people's stories about their folks that have gone off and disrespected one another. I feel so bad for them and yet, so extremely happy for myself. Is that wrong? I mean, my parents have been married for 25 years and have made a relationship that anyone would envy. For example, this morning I took my parents to the airport for their trip to Vegas that my sister and I have supplied them with. Before getting in the car, my parents danced for a few minutes outside in the hot sun (while I said `hurry up. you're going to be late.` and they laughed), making out and smiling so largely that I couldn't help but smile myself. We get to the airport and we're late, they jump out of the car, give me a quick kiss on the cheek, tell me to `be good` and then run inside, hand in hand, giggling like teenagers. The last sight I had of them brought a sort of happy tear to my eye, as cheesy as that sounds. But I am in love with my parents being in love. And one day, I hope that I am lucky enough to find someone that I can be so complete with for that long and more. But as time continues on, I am pretty sure I am going to be alone forever.

a p p e a r a n c e
HEIGHT: 5`8 1/2``
HAIR COLOR: blackest black, yo.
SKIN COLOR: it needs to see the sun.
EYE COLOR: brown with a hint of green and gold flecks. haha descriptive, no?
PIERCINGS: none. except my ears, i guess.
TATTOOS: none as of yet.

r i g h t - n o w
WHAT COLOR PANTS ARE YOU WEARING?: they are dark denim.
WHAT SONG ARE YOU LISTENING TO?: ``take the L`` by The Motels.
WHAT TASTE IS IN YOUR MOUTH?: cranberry juice.
WHAT'S THE WEATHER LIKE?: it's sweltering heat.
HOW ARE YOU? sick. i wish that i could kick this shit like now.

d o - y o u
GET MOTION SICKNESS?: sometimes.
HAVE A BAD HABIT?: being fearful.
GET ALONG WITH YOUR PARENTS?: absolutely.

f a v o r i t e s
TV SHOW: The L Word, Dave Chappelle.
CONDITIONER: I don't know. I sort of like the Rosemary Mint shit by Aveda.
MAGAZINE: Nylon and Jane.
SODA: cream soda. i almost typed `sofa`.
THING TO DO ON THE WEEKEND: hang out with my girls, drink alcohol, listen to music and pretend that we will start a band with no instruments.
BAND OR GROUP or SINGER or RAPPER: that is a lot of options. i don't have a single favorite right now.

h a v e - y o u
BROKEN THE LAW: uh huh.
RAN AWAY FROM HOME: yeah when i was like, 15. i was being rebellious.
SNUCK OUT OF THE HOUSE: yes and the only time i did it, i got caught and grounded for 6 months.
EVER GONE SKINNY DIPPING: haha yes. never again. :[
MADE A PRANK PHONE CALL: that is the best of pasttimes.
EVER TIPPED OVER A PORTA POTTY: no, but i have dreamed of doing so.
USED YOUR PARENTS' CREDIT CARD BEFORE: when they tell me to, but never just to be brat.
SKIPPED SCHOOL BEFORE: yeah. the majority of high school was skipped.
FELL ASLEEP IN THE SHOWER/BATH: not asleep exactly, but i have been in a dream-like state before.
BEEN IN A SCHOOL PLAY: um yes. too many.
LET A FRIEND CRY ON YOUR SHOULDER: of course. what kind of friend would i be if i didn't?

l o v e
BOYFRIEND: nope.
GIRLFRIEND: that is also a nope.
CHILDREN: not for another million years, okay?
BEEN IN LOVE?: yeah.
HAD A HARD TIME GETTING OVER SOMEONE: yes. but it was the most enlightening experience. i made many epiphanies.
BEEN HURT?: yeah. :/
YOUR GREATEST REGRET: letting things get so bad and doing nothing about it.
GONE OUT WITH A SOMEONE YOU ONLY KNEW FOR 3 DAYS: yeah. lately.

r a n d o m
DO YOU HAVE A JOB: yeah it's like, a real one, too.
YOUR CD PLAYER HAS IN IT RIGHT NOW: the moldy peaches.
IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?: magenta.
WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY?: laughter.
WHO MAKES YOU THE HAPPIEST?: feeling safe.
WHAT'S THE NEXT CD YOU'RE GONNA GET?: i don't know.
WHO DO YOU CONSIDER GOOD FRIENDS?: the ones that know me best.

w h e n / w h a t - w a s - t h e - l a s t
TIME YOU CRIED?: Wednesday afternoon.
YOU GOT A REAL LETTER?: a few days ago from the oh-so beautiful, Kathryn.
YOU GOT E-MAIL: a few minutes ago from some random dude who knows me from someone that i don't remember. weirdness.
TV PROGRAM YOU WATCHED: celebrity golf. yeah, i don't know why either.
MOVIE YOU SAW AT THE THEATER: the stepford wives. but i ended up having to leave in the middle of it.

y o u r - t h o u g h t s - o n
ABORTION: pro-choice and that is all i am going to discuss.
TEENAGE SMOKING: eh, whatever.
SPICE GIRLS: i think they are rad.

I was never satisfied.

2004-07-17T19:31:26Z

I learned how to blow snot out of both nostrils at the same time. I didn't know that it wasn't normal to just blow one at a time!

*The \\*
Last Cigarette:	Marlboro Light. Last night/morning @ 4:13
Last Alcoholic Drink:	Budweiser. In the can.
Last Car Ride:	This morning at 5:23.
Last Kiss:	Thursday night. July 15th.
Last Good Cry:	I don't know.
Last Library Book:	Stranger than Fiction by Chuck Palahniuk.
Last book bought:	I don't buy them often.
Last Book Read:	Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs.
Last Movie Seen in Theatres:	The Stepford Wives. But I didnt see all of it. :[
Last Movie Rented:	Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Last Cuss Word Uttered:	Shit. I have no idea what I was saying it in regards to.
Last Beverage Drank:	A tall glass of water. No ice.
Last Food Consumed:	A broccoli and cheese pizza.
Last Crush:	Tee hee.
Last Phone Call:	Whitney at like, 5:30?
Last TV Show Watched:	Crashbox on HBO?
Last Time Showered:	This afternoon. 4 something.
Last Shoes Worn:	My Keds. They aren't really white anymore.
Last CD Played:	Songs of the Free by Gang of Four.
Last Item Bought:	Marlboro Lights.
Last Download:	A couple of The Moldy Peaches songs I didn't have.
Last Annoyance:	My niece screaming.
Last Disappointment:	Too many things are a dissapointment.
Last Soda Drank:	Root Beer. Yum.
Last Thing Written:	A journal entry that was super lame.
Last Key Used:	My house key.
Last Words Spoken:	`You didn't see me sitting there, eating it?`
Last Sleep:	Last night, this afternoon.
Last Ice Cream Eaten:	The vanilla shit that was in my root beer float.
Last Chair Sat In:	This one.
Last Webpage Visited:	This one!
Create a survey!

The trip to L.A. is totally for sure now. We leave Friday afternoon and will be coming back on Sunday night. Real late night, I'm sure. So if you want to go Brandon, give us a call.

EDIT; GO HERE -------------------> http://www.froguts.com/flash_content/demo/frog.html !!

Who you callin a

2004-07-16T13:36:04Z

All I want for my birthday or Christmas is a fucking Pentax camera. Seriously folks. I am sick of using those piece of shit disposable cameras that never come out right. I am determined to get this camera by October. And then I am determined to make a darkroom out of whatever extra room I might have somewhere by December. Let the capturing of moods begin as planned!

An old friend of mine from NYC called me at work this morning. He called to ask me if I wanted to come out for a few months and work for him. I told him no, but now I am thinking that I might actually want to do it. He travels so damn much and I would be going with...all expenses paid. I really need to get started on this school thing though. I've got four years! Count 1.2.3.4. And I want to try and be done by the time I am 28 :[ Dear god how did I start getting so old? For those of you who don't know, I am going back to school to get my Nursing degree. I finally decided what to do as my second option. Cause really, what the hell am I going to do with the NON-education I got at American Academy? Uh huh. Exactly.

My back is killing me. And I acidentally passed on the sickness that resides in me to someone else. :[ I feel so bad. It's a really rough one, too. But maybe it'll actually bypass his system and whatnot. Who knows. I'm done now.

>>>P.S.!!!!!

My birthday is in 89 days, 10 hours, 24 minutes and 14 seconds. YOU BETTER MARK IT DOWN BITCHES.

>>>>P.P.S.!!!!!

We are making a trip to Los Angeles next weekend. I don't know why that was important enough to make a p.p.s. Clearly my birthday was enough.

lrp @ 2004-07-15T18:16:00

2004-07-15T18:18:23Z

HAHAHAH :[

lrp @ 2004-07-15T15:29:00

2004-07-15T15:55:37Z

Another eventful day at the mortgage company. I have officially become the most bored person in the entire world. Did you know that Tori Spelling has extreme cellulite on her 31 year old thighs? Or that Daryl Hannah only has half of a finger? Stranger than fiction, for sure. Two Star magazines, 3 bottles of water, 93845734 pieces of tissue for my nose, approximately 6 hours of internet surfage and 30 minutes of spinning around in this ergonomic swivel chair. THAT is all that I have accomplished today. And I fear that this will be my fate for tomorrow.

I went home for lunch. Mainly because I have no loot until tommorrow's am. I walk in and my mother takes one short look at me and tells me, `you look like shit.` To which I respond with a `thanks.` But it made me want to cry. She rarely says that to me. But then she went on this whole fucking rampage about how I was dressing like a slob and how everyone in my office probably thought that my clothing choice was indicative of my behaivor. No. Sorry. You lose. I wasn't even wearing anything too casual. I had on a light blue button down shirt and this skirt that has like, a painting of shit on it in greens and pinks and blues and these like, Indian-inspired sandals that don't make my feet lok like humongous creatures attached to my body. I thought it was a cute outfit. I don't know why I am wasting an entire paragraph on this. I don't care all THAT much, but let's be honest, it pissed me off. So I changed my shirt to a charcoal gray thingamajig and my sandals to intrcately woven fake tan leather sandals. Whoa. Okay the buck stops here with this paragraph. Hello superficiality.

This entry is going to be long because what else do I have to do right now? We did karaoke more than once this week. That's downright insane. I can't sing (AND GOOD THING!) because of this awesome sinus shit that I got goin on in and around my schnozz. How exactly do you spell that word, anyway? It's super gross. I have to blow huge piles of snot out like, every 3.2 minutes but atleast it is turning clear. My mom is trying to get me to take this perscription pack. Z-pack? I don't know. But we all know that I can barely take an advil without freaking the fuck out. Where was I going with the karaoke bit? I don't even know. But I sort of don't have anything else to talk about. Mainly because I don't want to publicly write certain events and stuff. Or at least, not right this moment. My `trainer` likes to sit next to me and read the things I write on the computer and it freaks me out. Did I mention she also sits right next to me and crunches ice? Does she not get it that I HATE THE SOUND OF ICE CRUNCHING! It sends chills down my spine and I want to turn around and chop off her head with a battle axe and then watch blood spurt out of the stump that is her neck. I was a little graphic there. How fun. Okay bye!

3 tangible things you've recently misplaced;;
my i.d. (yet again)
a telephone number of someone i was supposed to call. those damn small pieces of paper.
my hairbrush.

3 non-tangible things you've recently misplaced;;
my ability to speak in sense.
my health!
creativity. :[

3 awesome things, tangible or no, you've recently found;;
Tori Spelling has cellulite.
Old photographs of my grandmother (dad's side. the polish one.) smiling and fishing.
That I actually have some sort of confidence.

3 things you're happy about not having;;
bills to pay.
a missing finger.
a disease!

3 things you'll never be able to live without;;
knowledge.
entertainment.
funds for my entertainment.

lrp @ 2004-07-15T10:31:00

2004-07-15T10:35:39Z

What a dream come true.

stolen from whit and jess

2004-07-09T11:30:12Z

1. First name? Larah!
2. How many brothers/sisters do you have? I have one sister, Jennifer and a brother in law, Thomas.
3. What fashion trend do you find most irritating? Uh anything that was on The O.C.
4. Is there something in your house/apt. you wish you could get rid of? ME. I'd like to be out of it.
5. Do you purposely keep something around that reminds you of a past boyfriend/girlfriend? No that is lame and proves you are still dependent.
6. Have you ever yelled at an employee in a store (when you're the customer)? Uh huh. I have like, no patience.
7. Have you ever purposely put false name/address on some sort of service/product application so that they couldn't find you and you wouldn't have to pay the bill? I've put false addresses on things because I didn't want any mailings.
8. When you were in school, if you saw someone trying to cheat off you did you put your arms around your paper so they couldn't? no. i liked it when people cheated off of me.
9. What's the most expensive piece of jewelry you own or have given to someone? eh i think i gave Xan a watch that was like, 300 or something like that.
10. Do you get annoyed with political discussions or join in? Yes to both. I get annoyed enough that I join in.
11. Did you take Spanish/French/German/etc./none in school? I took French.
12. When you were little you wanted to be _____? Smart and She-ra like.
13. Have you ever accidentally sent an embarrassing/revealing/lewd email to the wrong person? Nope.
14. What was the name of the kid in your class everyone picked on? I think her name was Stacy Minnews. She had long red hair and was super pale with pink freckles. Heh.
15. If you had a kid who turned out to be a dork, would you try to turn him/her cool or just leave him/her alone? I'd leave them alone because number one, my kids will be super fucking cool and numer two, dorks are people too.
16. Have you ever had a crush on a professor/boss/person in authority? i've had crushes on bosses before.
17. Do you prefer for people to use "politically correct" phrases? i don't care either way.
18. How many countries have you visited? like, 4?
19. Do you feel like you got the shaft the last time you bought a car? no i haven't bought a car!
20. Do you know anyone who is in jail right now? i don't know. probably back east.
21. How many times have you joined the Columbia House Music Club (or BMG)? Hhaahhaha never.
22. What was the last thing you Googled? Salon Jo-EL.
23. What was your reaction the first time one of your friends told you he/she was gay? `Okay. Neat. What are we doing tonight?`
24. Have you ever used the phrase, "I didn't ask for this crap."? Nope. I say shit.
25. What is the most insulting thing you have ever said to anyone -- that you really meant? I've said so many insulting things, how could I remember them all?
26. Were you a punk/goth/skater/raver/hippie/etc.? Are you still? HAHAH I WAS A RAVER AND FUCK NO.
27. How old were you when you flew on a plane the first time? I was a wee youngin.
28. How long has it been since you talked to your mother? like, 12 hours.
29. How much money would you need to have in order to feel "rich"? god. too too too much.
30. The last time you looked in the mirror, you thought ____? jesus i need a haircut and new face included.

my boss walks by and blatantly stares at my tits.

lrp @ 2004-06-11T16:23:00

2004-06-11T16:23:50Z

Second-Hand Emotion!!, Death of Marat (reunion & last show ever possibly) , & Reindeer Tiger Team

tonight (June 11th) @ 9pm. totally free. and probably one of the sexiest shows ever.

located at;
4502 n.2nd drive
(2 blocks west of central, off of campbell)

Which One Of Your LJ Friends Will You Marry?
LJ Username
Favorite color
Gender
You will marry...	elementality
You will be married for...years	47
Your combined income will be...	$777,489.77
You will have...children	34

This fun quiz by fuzzinabox - Taken 9949 Times. </a>

Your LiveJournal Love Life
LJ Username
You are lusted after by:	charlestonchew
You will be seen naked by:	nerds_rock
You will have casual sex with:	lemonpie
You will be loved by:	elementality
You will fall in love with:	brandons
You will end up with:	hauscat

This fun quiz by butterkitty - Taken 31767 Times. </a>