as ebilvampyre had so kindly pointed out, my body mod page was completely out of date. photos as well as text. so tonight i sat down to clean it up a bit. i put all of the more recent photos up and corrected the content. however, i unfortunately still need to take even newer pictures of my ink. i have been meaning to shoot with josh rubin for months now, but every time we make plans they never quite seem to work out.
one of these days... i promise i'll have and updated collection of photos of my ink =)
Posted by
Dina on 08.30.05 @ 01:30 AM EEST :: [link]
Monday, August 29th
hooray for dorkiness
music: none mood: silly
i was going through some of my photos and came across a very flattering photo of me on my 30th birthday =D
Posted by
Dina on 08.29.05 @ 04:37 PM EEST :: [link]
thank you =)
music: none mood: alright
i really have to thank adam for a very elegant and lovely evening last night. it was a small party in a fancy little bar, which turned out rather well. good company, good music and a little alcohol go a long way =)
Posted by
Dina on 08.29.05 @ 09:35 AM EEST :: [link]
Sunday, August 28th
untitled
music: AC noises mood: ever so slightly hung over
i should have gone back to sleep but somehow i got sucked into talking to random people online (oh the shock!) and now i'm updating this thing... last night was actually a really good time. albion can be amusing after not having been there in a while. not to mention that the place itself is actually a pleasure to be in since they made the changes =) the music was o-k. nothing special, really. but the company was good and i was in the mood to dance for a while, which is always a good workout. lol.
anyway, last night was apparently the night for burying the hatchet and seeing old friends.
good times =)
Posted by
Dina on 08.28.05 @ 12:35 PM EEST :: [link]
Saturday, August 27th
my oh-so-exciting life
music: TV - spongebob squarepants mood: ok
yesterday i met up with crystal and ed to go see the brothers grimm. the general consensus about the movie seems to be that it sucks, but i actually rather enjoyed it. i think that most people go in there thinking it's going to be some crazy action-packed sci-fi movie, when in fact it's supposed to be a cute and cheesy fairytale. so i loved it =D after the movie i headed home and that was the end of the night for me. i was out by about 10:30. lol.
today was for being slightly productive but mostly lazy. i woke up late, played around with my phone a bit and then headed out for my pedicure and such. having done that, i was in no mood to go home, so i called alison and headed over to hang out. we had a late lunch and wandered around for a while. exciting, huh? heh.
anyway, i think i might actually head over to albion tonight. i haven't been there in ages. not that i think anything exciting is going to take place, but lucid is going to be there so it can't possibly be all bad =) besides, i need to dance!
Posted by
Dina on 08.27.05 @ 07:23 PM EEST :: [link]
Friday, August 26th
out with the old
music: rammstein - sonne mood: ok
i have an insane amount of collectibles. mostly nightmare stuff and some star wars (some others too). while i absolutely adore these figurines and toys, i think i have decided that in the next apartment i occupy - they will be staying in their respective boxes. i am getting tired of the clutter. also, since my general style has really shifted over the past few years from elaborate to simplistic, this makes perfect sense. i will not make the mistake of selling any of them or giving them away cuz i know i will end up regretting it.
all i really want around me now are white walls, my framed posters and my lovely black furniture =)
oh, and my network =D
Posted by
Dina on 08.26.05 @ 02:32 PM EEST :: [link]
Thursday, August 25th
OMG!!
music: none mood: excited =)
it turns out that the number i had for my friend's parents was still correct. i spoke to his mom about ten minutes ago and she gave me his email address and the number of a friend he is staying with in montreal. he's in canada!! that means (that if he'll be as excited about this as i am) that we can actually meet. i spoke to the friend he's staying with and left my number... now i wait. hehe.
Posted by
Dina on 08.25.05 @ 12:48 PM EEST :: [link]
Wednesday, August 24th
could it be?
music: that 70's show mood: hopeful
ok so since i was in LA last week, i've been obsessing over getting in touch with people who used to be my friends years ago, who i have let slip out of my life. for the most part, i am in touch with my friends in israel and until last week i didn't even realize how much i even missed any of my past. but being with rave and his friends for a week made me remember a whole bunch things and people that used to hold near and dear. also, even though i'm pretty sure rave will vanish again the way he has in the past, at least i know he will pop up again somewhere - hopefully on this side of the world. heh. anyway, memories started flooding back and i realized i missed some people whom i have no idea how to get in touch with. i tried googling some of them, tried finding them on myspace, tried the israeli yellow pages - all with no luck.
but tonight... i decided to dig into the only pile of crap i have left over from when i moved here from israel. i found a couple of old phone books (yes, paper books), but they were not as old as i'd liked. i thought i was going to cry when i found the one phone book that had ALL of the numbers i was looking for. i couldn't fucking believe it! of course, i'm not sure these numbers are any good, but some of them belong to the parents of the people i'm trying to get in touch with - which means that chances are that at least they still live at those numbers.
tomorrow i shall make an attempt to contact some of them =) yay!
Posted by
Dina on 08.24.05 @ 11:56 PM EEST :: [link]
Tuesday, August 23rd
long overdue
music: TV mood: getting tired
oh god! LOL! i just went through most of my photos (or at least more than half) and uploaded them to the album app i installed a while ago. i also ordered the albums so that they make some sort of sense and added captions to most (but definitely not all) of the photos.
so for those of you who have nothing much to do with your time (or are just looking for something else to look at) - i give you my incomplete photo album.
i swear i will finish going through and uploading/captioning more old photos for your amusement =D
damn, some of this shit is OLD!
Posted by
Dina on 08.23.05 @ 12:16 AM EEST :: [link]
Sunday, August 21st
yep!
music: TV crap mood: ok
######: eh. he's a cutie and i like the attention. and yes. there was improvement. otherwise i don't care how cute you are. lol acerbitydotorg: oh i agree 100% acerbitydotorg: lol acerbitydotorg: im the sex deprived sex addict, remember? acerbitydotorg: LOL ######: lol
Posted by
Dina on 08.21.05 @ 07:08 PM EEST :: [link]
Posted by
Dina on 08.21.05 @ 01:29 PM EEST :: [link]
Thursday, August 18th
more scatteredness
music: TV mood: lol
ok, while i'm relaxing here, waiting for rave (pronounced rah-veh) to get back from work - so we can do more of nothing - yes!, i figured i'd check in on this whole internet thing. i haven't been on AIM since monday morning, which is a complete shock to my system. haha. anyway, i finally got a decent night sleep after 6 flags yesterday, and now i am functional during the day. not that i NEED to be functional, cuz all i'm doing here is chillin with a bunch of stoners. LOL. but i guess it's allowing me to catch up with friends and people i left in the middle of various issues when i flew out on monday.
*please note that i feel like a stoner myself, being that i cannot form an entire thought without drifting off to another subject*
anyway, this was my magic mountain experience... we took our time getting there cuz rave had to do some work in the morning. however, it was all good since i hung out with his roommate and her friend. we smoked a bit and went to get lunch. after lunch, rave actually got home and we went to pick up his brother and his friend. we got there rather late, but the park was relatively empty. we got to go on all of the best roller coasters. nothing like wandering about the park with a bunch of israeli guys! they're so fucking funny! this is prolly the only thing i miss about anything israel related - the extreme laughter levels possible with certain people. israeli humor is sarcastic and mean - just like me =D when we were done with the park, we headed back to rave's brother's apartment for some more smokes and nonsense.
Posted by
Dina on 08.18.05 @ 05:04 PM EEST :: [link]
Wednesday, August 17th
scattered thoughts
music: nothing mood: relaxed
short update from the other side of the country (just so you know i didn't vanish) - my flight was way too long; my friend was 45 minutes late picking me up (some ass kicking was done, not to worry =P); the weather here is gorgeous; i've mostly been doing what i do best - being a lazyass motherfucker; got to see my brother and niece for a little while; today we should be going to 6 flags (yes!); no photos taken so far, but i think that will be remedied today... and a few more things that do not require mentioning. heh.
in other news, i love my friend and i wish i could do something to make his life a little less hectic. he has gone from being the most laid back person, to being a frantic business man. heh. who'd a' thought?
Posted by
Dina on 08.17.05 @ 01:01 PM EEST :: [link]
Sunday, August 14th
falling
music: silence mood: pretty fucking good =)
friday night i was at korova for a short while, to help celebrate henry's birthday. hung out till kristen came by to pick me up. then we made our way out to kreestof's house to crash for the night. we all figured it made more sense cuz we were going skydiving early the next morning. on our way out there, the LIRR was as gay as it can be. meaning, when we got out to jamaica, we got an announcement on the tracks saying that our connecting train was canceled and we were to get back on the one we just got off to go another stop, where there will be a local bus waiting. wonderful. so we did, and we got off where we were told, but there was no bus in sight. naturally. upon calling kreestof with this news, he hopped in his car and was there to pick us up in no time =) we hung out at his house for a bit and then all crashed for a few hours. we woke up at the ass-crack of dawn and found our way out to the skydiving place in a lot less time than we had anticipated. this was good since the staff was already there and ready to get us ready for our jump. i was getting nervous and i know kristen was (though i can't speak for kreestof =P) as we waited to be told what to do. we had to watch and instructional dvd on the release that we were signing (which essentially told us that if we got hurt - which was possible - we could not sue the skydiving place. LOL.) this didn't help calm us down, but i was sort of expecting this cuz i one of my agents had told me about it. then it was time for us to step outside cuz the place was actually filling up. we were supposed to be the first group to go up and were shortly assigned instructors. they (and the entire staff, for that matter) were super friendly and nice. of course they all had the same sense of humor (i.e. 'yea, i've been jumping for three weeks now and this is my first tandem jump. i THINK it should be ok' or 'so do you wanna pull the chord or should i?' etc), which i'm assuming they found really funny =P kristen looked like she was in shock for most of the time we were standing around with our harnesses on, waiting. LOL. but we were all given instructions and were soon sitting on the plane, making our way up to 13500 feet. hehe. i think we all got a lot more comfortable once we were actually in the air. i know I was feeling more at ease as i looked out of the window of the tiny plane. it was beautiful and i was tightly attached to my instructor, who was giving me last instructions on what to do on the way out/down. before i knew it, i was inching towards the door and then falling! wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! omg, it was SO incredible. the first 40 seconds or so are spent in free-fall. the wind is really loud passing by during that time, but the sensation is incredible. my instructor was making sure that i wasn't only looking down cuz he didn't want me to miss everything that was going on around us. before i knew it, the chord was pulled and the shoot was up. un-fucking-believable!! i watched kristen and kreestof come following me, somewhere above. the rest of the way down was sooooooo beautiful. the ride was definitely too short!
we were done there by 9:30 and headed back to kreestof's area. this is when things started getting annoying. kreestof dropped us off at the train station, as planned... and we were soon to find out that the LIRR was still being retarded. that is to say, it wasn't running. at.all. we called for a cab and were told it would be 5-10 minutes, which slowly turned into 15, 20 and the 30 minutes. holy fuck! anyway, they did finally get there (not before kristen and i called them back about 4 four times and had kreestof leave his house again to come take us to them - though in the end we didn't need him) and we were on our way to queens. we got on the 7 train, which i figured i'd take to grand central and then cab it home from there. kristen actually got left off at her station (at least that plan worked for one of us) but the 7 was not going into the city (what a surprise!!). i had to get off at queensborough plaza and wait for another train. all in all it took me three hours to get home. haha!
when i got in, i turned the AC on and passed out. i should have showered and ate, but i was so fucking exhausted that i couldn't stand up or think anymore. LOL. at about 5:30pm i actually got up, showered (and i found out that i will not develop a new reaction to my hair dye every time i wash it - thank.fucking.god.) and ordered some food. after an exciting night of TV watching and being lazy, i fell asleep again. heh.
so aside from the gheyness of the LIRR, the skydiving experience was beyond anything i've ever done in my life. and i believe the current plans are to go again on the 27th with kristen and adam (and anyone else who would care to join us). i need to learn how to jump alone =D
Posted by
Dina on 08.14.05 @ 07:37 AM EEST :: [link]
Saturday, August 13th
...
music: silence mood: tired
skydiving update when i'm not so fucking exhausted =D
Posted by
Dina on 08.13.05 @ 05:40 PM EEST :: [link]
Thursday, August 11th
on lenses and frames: my experience so far
music: office noises mood: odd
this is weird. i'm still getting used to having something on my face that is not actually attached to me. it's also weird because the glasses obviously aid my vision only if i look directly through them... so every time i see something through the side or not looking directly through the lenses, i feel totally thrown off balance. i keep on testing to see if these things are really improving my vision, which they obviously are, but on the whole it's still a very odd sensation. however, i have no trouble with the way they look on me. i never thought i'd look even half way decent in a pair of glasses, but i actually think they're cute. lol. i think i went through about seven or eight pairs yesterday when i was trying to figure out what frames would look ok on me. at first i wanted to go with the whole '$99 deal' but the frames they had available weren't as complimentary as some of the 'non-deal' ones were. so i figured i'd bite the bullet and just shell out the extra cash. as it turns out, these were not all too expensive (compared to what some people told me they paid for theirs). so my cute new ralph lauren glasses are the only designer item i have ever owned, and will probably ever own. lol. i guess designers have to be good for something.
Posted by
Dina on 08.11.05 @ 02:11 PM EEST :: [link]
Wednesday, August 10th
behold four eyes
music: TV mood: odd
Posted by
Dina on 08.10.05 @ 07:38 PM EEST :: [link]
finally
music: server roar mood: ok
sooo... after five hours in two different ERs, a cortisone shot, some antihistamines and a complete eye exam - i am officially feeling better. i had consulted with ru to see is stripping my hair of color was a good idea, since i seem to be getting a new reaction every time i wash my hair (due to the product getting wet and touching me). he basically told me not to dare since a product that is henna based contains certain metals that will cause my hair to break upon contact with other chemicals. so the thing to do now seems to be waiting this out. hopefully with the help of benadryl and the cortisone cream that i was prescribed, the pain will be minimal and i'll be ok. as for my eye situation, it appears that it had nothing to do with my allergy. and although it seems to have attacked me without advance notice, i might, in fact need glasses. not a terribly large prescription, but glasses nonetheless. i shall be taking care of that today.
so no more freaking out for the dina. on with the good times =)
Posted by
Dina on 08.10.05 @ 09:46 AM EEST :: [link]
Tuesday, August 9th
four eyes
music: office babble mood: heh
last week, while i was at the DMV, i discovered that my left eye was not seeing things too clearly from a distance. i thought it was due to the fact that i had just rubbed it pretty heavily. however, today - a week later, i feel this bothering me quite a bit more than i did even two days ago. looks like i need to go get my eyes examined. i think imma look kinda funny with glasses, but whatever. lol.
Posted by
Dina on 08.09.05 @ 09:56 AM EEST :: [link]
Monday, August 8th
*sigh of relief*
music: CSI mood: better
steroids help =D now i have to stay away from salt as much as i possibly can so i don't get FAT =P
Posted by
Dina on 08.08.05 @ 08:06 PM EEST :: [link]
jezus fucking christ!
music: office babble mood: itchy and annoyed
so the skin patch test and the first day after i did it were misleading. there was no reaction and i was happy. however, this is the fourth day since i dyed my hair and i haven't stopped itching since i started. after the first day of itchiness, i figured that all standard hair dyes must contain some nickel in them... being that nothing causes an allergic reaction in me the way it does. so i did a little research and found that nickel is in fact one of the ingredients in dye and that there is another substance that might be the cause of this irritation. it's called para-phenylenediamine (or PPD), and many people react badly to it. i also read (after being hit with this insane allergic reaction) that the brand of dye that i used, contains about twice the amount of PPD allowed by the FDA. nice. the lovely keleigh had recommended the use of allergy medication, which seemed to be helping at first. but i was shortly to discover that it really does nothing. ...so in about a half an hour i shall be heading over to see my doctor and find out if she can prescribe anything for this. and if not, if she can recommend a good dermatologist. this is insane. i wish i had had experience with non-ammonia hair dyes before i did this cuz at least i would have known that it is not what i was allergic to and would not have been so quick to think that an 'all natural' hair dye might be the solution.
oy.
Posted by
Dina on 08.08.05 @ 11:19 AM EEST :: [link]
Friday, August 5th
discoveries
music: TV stuffs mood: sleepy
i love keleigh. benadryl kicks ass. benadryl is knocking me out.
.:the end:.
Posted by
Dina on 08.05.05 @ 10:59 PM EEST :: [link]
situation update -
music: servers screaming mood: slightly on the itchy side =P
so i was wrong to be hopeful on the no-reaction thing. though it's not as bad as it could have been, i think it's safe to say that it's not ammonia or peroxide that i'm allergic to (i used neither). i don't even think it's they dye itself since the skin patch that i tested still has no reaction. so i have no clue. either way, next time i will have someone else do it for me, and they will hopefully have a better solution than i did. i don't want to go back to blonde. i don't like it on me (too bad it's more or less my natural hair color. lol.).
i'm still thrilled to have black hair again!! =)=)=)
Posted by
Dina on 08.05.05 @ 09:10 AM EEST :: [link]
we shall see
music: my noisy AC mood: ok
so far there are no reactions. i hope today continues like this and i don't break out in an insane itch marathon later on. heh. i can't wait to see my boss' reaction. HAHA! the faces and the comments i'm going to get today are going to be priceless. 'what did you do??' or 'i like blond much better on you' are most likely going to be in the mix of remarks thrown my way.
ahh, the mundane people who will never understand my aesthetic preferences...
Posted by
Dina on 08.05.05 @ 07:12 AM EEST :: [link]
Thursday, August 4th
dye it black
music: national geographic channel mood: excited
hair.turning.black.
i'm using this. i tested it for a few hours. i know you're supposed to wait two days with a skin patch test, but previously my skin would react right away. so i figured that two-three hours should be ok. especially since there is no ammonia in it and it doesn't require peroxide. anyway, this stuff is pretty incredible. it works immediately. i can't wait to wash it out to see how it turned out =)
Posted by
Dina on 08.04.05 @ 09:32 PM EEST :: [link]
Wednesday, August 3rd
daydreaming
music: TV stuff mood: i want! i want! i want!
i know i'm getting ahead of myself here, but i've been looking at this bike as something i might wanna get once i have my license. i don't know much about the specs, but it's cute, inexpensive and it's made by a company i'm familiar with. i don't need a huge bike with a giant engine. but who knows? i might change my mind a million times before i actually have my license. heh.
Posted by
Dina on 08.03.05 @ 08:30 PM EEST :: [link]
whee!!
music: office noises mood: excited
so it looks like kristen will be joining me next week for my skydiving experience! this should totally kick ass =)
Posted by
Dina on 08.03.05 @ 11:32 AM EEST :: [link]
Tuesday, August 2nd
well...
music: servers mood: you guessed it, anxious =D
i've been saying this for months and have not yet been able to follow through with my desire to go hiking. i think i am going to visit amber and aaron for the weekend, up in MA, but they are busy people so i don't think that hiking is in the plans. heh.
i don't know what happened, but i am in sudden need of lots of adrenaline. perhaps not drinking is good in more ways than i thought =D
ps - someone remind me to get rid of that tag-board thingie above, and find a decent script that can be hosted here. i'm tired of having a hole in my layout. haha.
Posted by
Dina on 08.02.05 @ 09:04 AM EEST :: [link]
Monday, August 1st
today's decisions
music: TV mood: (yes, still anxious)
1) renew passport 2) dye hair black (well, that's not a new decision) 3) get drivers license ASAP 4) get motorcycle license soon after that 5) go skydiving sometime in the next few weeks
Posted by
Dina on 08.01.05 @ 08:41 PM EEST :: [link]
wtf?
music: people still yapping mood: still anxious!
i wanna learn how to drive/ride a bike. LOL! am i having a midlife chrisis at 30? HAHAHA!!
Posted by
Dina on 08.01.05 @ 03:59 PM EEST :: [link]
tentative plans
music: people yapping mood: anxious
ok, so since i lack any and all patience, i've been looking into going skydiving as soon as possible (mind you, this is something i said i'd never do, but fuck it). i already have a possible partner. however, having done some research on good places to go to do this, i would like to ask if anyone has any info regarding this. if so, it would be greatly appreciated... thanks =)
Posted by
Dina on 08.01.05 @ 11:47 AM EEST :: [link]
need some changes
music: nothing mood: frustrated
i have come to the conclusion that my life is boring. i never do anything interesting anymore and nothing interesting ever seems to happen to me. i'm not counting any kinds of 'crushes' i might have, cuz frankly those bore me now too. especially since they always end the same way. i think i need to go skydiving or just go away on weekends more often. something... anything! what the fuck? i never thought i'd be saying that i think my life is boring. dammit!
Posted by
Dina on 08.01.05 @ 10:41 AM EEST :: [link]
i.lack.patience
music: nothing mood: antsy
can it be august 15th already? i really wanna go see my friend rave in LA already. dammit.
Posted by
Dina on 08.01.05 @ 10:09 AM EEST :: [link]
