i love the BBC's Robin Hood.  all of that time i spent watching the first two seasons, i should have been finishing my novel or practicing drawing or paying attention to my husband.  somebody tell me what life is for.  i get so distracted.

I hate....

I hate hate hate jumping photos! Stop jumping!

Why are you jumping? So you can time yourself with the camera, like a contest to see if you can beat the flash? If this is why you do it, just go outside and try to jump over the garage door sensor without it noticing you, way more fun and way less annoying.

i think people who wear their high school varsity jackets are idiots.

i also secretly love how BYU always has unattractive people in their advertisements...it makes me feel like this world is getting a bit more realistic about the people in it. (i also realize that this last confession is hypocritical...but whatever...you HAVE to love me....we're friends/family!)

i am blessed

i have good, sweet, nice, smart, loving, kind friends.

lets have a big family reunion of friends. 

chocolate

i brought so much chocolate back to new york from kosovo, and i was gonna mail most of it to "some people". but instead i ate most of it myself...which was a good idea i think.

I tried to brush it off....

but it keeps eating away at me....PROP 8!!!!!!!

Did the church ever officially instruct members to oppose the civil rights movement on the grounds that blacks could not hold the priesthood? President Monson has taken a matter of doctrine, limitations of gay's in church activity, and asked us to extend that to public policy. As far as I can tell, despite the fact that blacks were officially unequal in the priesthood, the prophet never asked us to enforce that same inequality in society. This is why am have been so shaken by this whole thing. For the prophet to go so far as to essentially command all saints to oppose same-sex marriage either means it is really important or he is a complete fraud.

I don't see how I can just sweep it under the rug and casually say that they must be mistaken on this one. I can say that when my sunday school teacher refutes global warming or evolution, or even when general authorities do. Of course they have never told me to vote against global warming initiatives or fund creationist education advocates.

I guess my confession is that I'm closer to the edge than I want to be.

confession

I'm pretty sure that I LOVE everyone who posts on this blog.

csi

since school has let up, i have watched approximately 30 hours of csi. never gets old.

i am looking at vegan blogs while dan is working in the chair across from me, making chewbaca noises and laughing to himself......no now he is singing wizard of oz in 5 different voices and lauging to himself


confession.... i am luckiest woman alive

you should probably take a look at google chrome

This is coming about four months late but....

uhh this is kind of embarrassing BUT

When Broken Social Scene came to SLC I had my friend Parker lift me up so I could knock on their tour bus window and give them the "I love you" hand signal. Kevin Drew gave me a weird look and the "OK" hand signal.

Do not judge.

when i think about my friends i miss provo terribly, but when i look through provo facebook albums i want to throw up and never go back there.

i have no motivation.

this paper is taking me FOREVER!

when i am busy with school and things (like i am now) i never feel like i can spare any time for things like clipping my finger-nails. so it goes undone for weeks sometimes.

gamer, pt. II

In high school, I played Warcraft II and Diablo a lot, including online with a friend on multiple occasions. I also played Final Fantasy VII every day for several hours until I beat it.

soap, a scoop of water, and my hand

I didn't use toilet paper for most of my mission.

i clean how my mom taught me....

i already posted about this on my blog, but i feel like its more of a confession than a dictated not read.....

i hired a house keeper. i feel like i am 40.

when quinn was a kid he always signed his papers "Quinn the Bold," or "Quinn, Boy of Destiny"

i was pumping my fist along to some music and courtney said "you look so young and skinny when you do that."

I keep on seeing this person, a boy, everywhere I go.  I don't know him, or like him, but we have mutual friends. The more I see him, the more I become intrigued. Its like this snowballing obsession. 

i stalk people on the internet. people i have never met. people i will never meet. justifiable curiosity or over-the-line?

ps. i am TOO good at it. maybe perversely good at it.

i have recently developed a fear of....

RACCOONS!

I developed a fear of squirrels while living in San Francisco.

Raccoons, which are apparently abundant here (and previous to our move I had only seen a raccoon once- in a garbage can outside of Liberty Jail in Illinois) are like huge angry, demonic, squirrels. They lurk and hiss, and I nearly cried while listening to the Halloween episode of this American Life.

conformist, I Amn't

even though i love nothing more than to point out the conformist behavior of hipster culture (ironic theme gatherings, tight jeans, 90's hip hop lingo, fixed gear bicycles etc).....I'll be damned if I don't love a good 80's dance party, my levi skinnys, the affectionate "homie" and jumping on my gypsy-build fixie to go buy some fresh vegan meal-makings from the farmer's market. Is it even possible for my personal interests to so prolifically intersect spontaneously? Or, do I subconsciously really just want to be like them?..anyway, my confession is that i do, in fact, ride a fixed gear bicycle...embarrassing, i know....don't judge me....i need your approval....soo bad.

why?

uhh, sometimes i miss my job at starbucks?

my favorite animal is the white bengal tiger.
what's yours?

today is the 3 yr anniversary of our first kiss.

sometimes i sing, "i can't get enough of you baby!" by smash mouth to TJ. i don't think he likes it very much but i LOVE it!

when you're alone in a voting booth, anything can happen.....

me and tj have shared toothbrushes twice this week. we aren't even married! too comfortable? mmmmmm.............i'm ok with it.

I had a friend pretty much tell me I'm not in good standing with the church because of my feelings about prop 8. What hurt more than her completely rocking me with her eloquence and well thought out argument was that her uncompromising, unabashed judgment and ability to completely disassociate herself from our friendship really, really hurt my feelings.

calloused hand in calloused hand

somehow I felt like he was saying that to me...and maybe, just maybe it really moved me. to tears?

also,

i am looking for new music to listen to. i like all kinds of music: happy or sad. cool or dumb. hipster or indie kid. fast or slow. loud or soft. please recommend some good new music that i can get into.

love,

Quinn

dreams instead of dollars

i love bane

courtney and i also share the same deodorant. it is called swagger by old spice. it is the official scent of confidence.

bobby has a potato face!

everything i feel like confessing has to do with poop, so i never do.


but here is one for you:


courtney and i always use the same toothbrush. you can do that after you're married.

I love New York more in the autumn than in the summer. Lucky to be here.

i don't think bill maher is funny.


in fact, i think he is a pretentious, smug, idiot. he is also an "i will dish it but i can't take it" kind of person. i hate those kind of people

:(

i don't know who kristen wigg is.

i don't think kristen wigg is funny.

i'm dating my boy counter part! who thought it could ever be this great?!

serious jokes

lately i have been saying "loves it!" like paris hilton.

also,

i wish the ice maker and water dispenser was smart enough to know just when the glass was full so i didn't have to pay attention to the water squirting out.

something i need to do more is help others.
something i need to do less is think about myself.

bike boy out....tj....IN!

i've been sad lately that i've become so grown up. i've thought this thought a lot lately, "what has africa done to me? and when am i going to cry about it all?". i hope it doesn't catch me off guard...if it ever does.

no joke

i just spent the last 30 minutes watching videos just like this, laughing and having my mind blown. go to youtube and type in "parkour" then sit back and enjoy the show

I WILL RISE ABOVE IT ALL

i am trying to overcome: SELF DOUBT

one time i lost about 10-15lbs. because of a boy. it's not because he thought i was fat it's because he made me so nervous i couldn't eat.

boys make me nervous and they make me lose weight.

i do not like this.

i have been reading quinn's mom a book called "do hard things." because of this, i have so much confidence in myself. i wish i had started doing hard things sooner.

(even when i feel small, i expect great things)

MULTI-TASK

something i like to do is eat a cheeseburger while driving and listening to music

message in a bottle

When people ask me  how I like it here in Cambridge I say, "It's great! I love it!" when really I mean, "Iamreallysadandlonelyandwanttogohomebutwhereisthatanymore" and "I am not too excited about freezing my ass off in a month's time"

one of my favorite things about art classes is talking about art so much. during a critique in yesterdays drawing class i was able to reference ideas from artists as varied and different as piet mondrian and the de stijl movement and KR and the contemporary "street art" movement.

i don't care if people see me pick my nose.

i still have a tape this boy in 2nd grade recorded professing his love for me.

CUTE!

Can we?

With all this Obama mania, I am too afraid/ embarrassed to stand up and admit that I do not care for Senator Obama* and as much as Hillary Clinton scares me, I was hoping she would get the nomination...it feels good to get that off my chest.




*Note: this doesn't mean I support Senator McCain either.

piccolo!

I can't believe I never thought of this until today, but in high school I used to watch Dragonball Z every day at 4:00, for at least a solid semester. I even remember leaving friends' houses and/or taping it so I wouldn't miss what was going on.

i really like pickled carrots

Out of sight

I'm watching Mr. Holland's Opus.

i recently read the profile to a stranger's diaryland. she said, "i rarely read a book that i don't like."

my first thought was, "i frequently read books that i don't like." so what?

i don't think that this means that she likes reading any more than i do. is it weird that i got really defensive about this inside my head? i've never been "competitive" about reading reactions before.

when i see dead animals on the street i think: "that is sad"

867-5309

I get really frustrated talking on the phone.  Especially when the person on the other end is talking to somebody else.  Sometimes I even hang up on them.

i gave up before i even began.

today i learned that one of the funniest things i've ever heard, i said.

if i were a police officer i would want to be the motorcycle kind

I just found out that my brother didn't pass his CFI certification test. He's been working so hard for the last two weeks! My eyes are tearing with the frustration of it all.

Confession- I am more protective over my brother than anyone else (except maybe my niece). But I don't think he would ever know it.

when i write i unconsciously flare my nostrils. its only when they start hurting that i notice i'm doing it. weird.

dry

a water main broke that supplies the water to our building so we have none. No showers, brushing teeth, washing dishes or flushing toilets.

Max just left to take a poop at Target.

but just so you know, even though i am not the best with the tooth brush, i have never had a cavity

NEW HABITS

i have been more consistent with brushing my teeth this summer than at any other time in my life.

this is the 100th post.

being back i feel like i aged 5 years and provo stayed frozen in time. i'm so happy to see my loved ones....but i also feel like i'm on the verge of a panic attack. yikes.

loi'mve

temping

tonight i am working the desk at the clarendon apartments in arlington, va. it is crazy how nice this place is.

i am updating other blog every day.

i think my host mother is a BITCH!

sometimes i feel self-righteous thinking that win or lose, at least i am shooting beyond my capabilities.

i am scared to death of parsons.
i am scared to death of debt, and of proving myself, and if this is even what i want.
sometimes i think fashion is shallow.
sometimes i worry about modesty and what i will confront if i make it.
sometimes i am scared that i will make it.
sometimes i am terrified that i wont.

i hate when i see a good opportunity and then miss it

hocus pocus

maybe something like a karass is just way beyond my ability comprehend.

homesick

i'm ready to come back too!

homesick

i'm ready to come back!

my karass

i sometimes wonder if, for all these years, i have been trying to force myself into a granfalloon

all true

i read tons of blogs.
i am unemployed.
i love living in dc.
i go to the community swimming pool daily.
i watch a lot of movies.

It needed to happen sooner or later.

I feel relieved but I also feel like a complete asshole.

drink

i love non-alcoholic beer. it has one of the best tastes ever.

when hip is just the norm

i went on a bike ride yesterday and only recognized about two people. i was very much weirded out by all the pseudo-hipsters in attendance and couldn't help but wonder "where the hell did you all come from".

a hot confession by proxy

Maybe we should invite her to the blog

Marriage?

Don't think so. I am really bad at tying knots.

DC/NY

my feelings about moving are:

EXCITED

SAD

gamer

I downloaded a time-wasting game a little while ago, and when I noticed that there was a worldwide high score board, I made it my goal to get my name on it. Now it's there, and I'm kind of proud of it.

I'm going to miss you more than I thought

The People Have Spoken

I was the prom king.

I think I confessed this on the old confessions blog...but...

ugh....here goes....

at jr prom. my theme was ghetto fabulous.

i had corn rows and high heels with laces that wrapped up my leg. and a really awesome necklace with a star pendant. my dress was from express and was strapless on one shoulder....really sexy.

i looked like such a skank. seriously.

woops.

Neo-Realism

I think that I get the most depressed when I like a girl. Watching "Once" for the third time by myself doesn't help any.

I'm listening to

Adam's Song by Blink 182 right now.

most embarrassing moment

being alive is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to me

dolls

Remember the He-Man action figures? Remember how there were She-Ra figures too? Yeah I had those.

i wish i could jump on the bandwagon...

but i can't work up the courage to share my most embarassing moment.

why not.

Last night one of my roommates who I don't know very well came into my room while I was looking at his facebook profile. There was a big picture of him on my screen and I didn't even realize it till he had left. I looked like a pretty big creep.

And I recently ate two boxes of girl scout cookies by myself. in two days. damn you thin mints.

I'm worried I like him too much.

i think one of my most embarassing moments was this summer when my sister pulled down the handkerchief around my neck and exclaimed, "oh my gosh! who gave you that?"

it was a hickey....the biggest hickey i've ever had the displeasure of sporting on my bare neck. it was impossible to hide and took days to go away.

i was so bugged.

as god as my witness that is the last time i kiss a rookie.

speaking of boobs

After the Elliott Smith concert summer 2003 I cruised State Street with friends flashing mine. You probably saw them.

who didn't?

I didn't put these in the guest book at Alison's wedding. I put them in my pocket.

fixed

i dislike when people have a fixed gear bike with a flip-flop hub and breaks

what is wrong with me?

i have felt terrible all day. today my boss told me that another coworker complained about the way that i dress. tomorrow there is an all-staff meeting to discuss the dress code. well i want to die. what the fuck is wrong with me.

video follow-up to my last post

i don't go running even though i want to...cause i hate that i think i need to lose weight.

girly vanity

I've started running, mostly to lose weight.

this one's hard to confess...

i have started listening to dr. laura....almost every day.

i had a dream i got married last night....and this is what happened...

we were walking to our car and i was like, "haha! we're married now! and i can do whatever i want" i then proceeded to pat his crotch.....so weird.

woes

i drive a small truck. i hate big trucks and the people that drive them. today i was biking to a shoe repair shop to get a pair of courtney's flats fixed up. on the way home i was turning from univ. on to center st and a big diesel engine truck was coming around the corner and forced me against a curb. i wrecked between the side walk and the street as the truck spit black smoke out of its ass at me. i am a little scraped up but fine. i will probably need to replace the bar tape on my bike. i am ok with that. the sad part is that my favorite jeans got a rip in them, which hurts my heart.

So terrible....

One time I had a dream that Jesus came in a motorcade except he was on one of the motorcycles and when he took of his helmet he shook his hair in a manner similar to that of a "Charlie's Angel".

one upmanship

this might be worse than yours samsam.
I too peed at a grocery store at the checkout. I was wearing shorts and tube socks. A girl from school was there. I was FOURTEEN

juicy.....

when i was 4 i pee'd in my pants in the middle of a grocery store aisle. yup, just a big puddle of pee for some pimply teenager to come mop up.

also, around the same time i used to stick gum in my ear and then put it back in my mouth!

and...when i was little i used to kick my brother in the ribs as hard as i could and knock the wind out of him....he cried like a baby....and i felt terrible about it.

he made physically ill!!!!!

i would also like to confess that i was involved with a certain boy this summer....we didn't kiss or anything...but honestly honestly...thinking about him makes me want to throw up. i actually lost about 3lbs during the 5 days he was visiting. i couldn't really eat any food either. i think there was one day i only at maybe...3 doughnut holes and part of a snow cone. and this makes me feel bad because i know that some of you are friends with him...but it was just a bad experience....if you want to know who he is you can text me.

boob

i would like to confess that i in FACT have NOT given ANYONE the FLU

he he

I've been trying to start a rumor that Samsam gave everyone the flu.

re: bobby

I was once an unapologetic elitist bitch.
I would like to think I am not anymore, but sometimes it can't be helped.

snob

I dislike many bands that I have never heard. This is based either on a bad band name, a hyperbolic review that I've read, or both.

when i'm at a live performance of a play or musical and i think the acting is good...i'll tear up...even if it's a comedic scene.

joel and ethan

i will not lie. i teared up watching the academy awards.







more than once.

confessions

father forgive me, for i have sinned

dry

I never cry when I hear someone has died.

fanboyz

Max and I are totally unironically crazy about Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Not much of a secret anymore but maybe it's new to you?

we need more people on this blog....like tiffany and meredith and rory and dane...they had some funny shi* to say.

heartless

i have said "i love you too" to a boyfriend i didn't love.


i miss dan gilman


bob, did dan tell you we are coming to provo the last weekend in february? you can embrace him then.

heartless

I don't miss people. I missed my dad once on my mission. I've only missed one girl, and it wasn't my serious girlfriend when she went to Romania. I think I've mildly missed Chad, but I can't remember missing Tim or Monson. But I do miss Dan Gilman.

same old story

i'm not going to lie. i am really into our band CCQB.

I cried on campus yesterday. First time in YEARS!! I am such a baby.

My cup overfloweth

Last night I was leaving a friend's house and got a few blocks away when I had to urinate in an urgent fashion. So I pulled over in the local school's parking lot grabbed a water bottle and stepped out of the vehicle and moved to the side that is not close to the street. The bottle overflowed and I happened to be right in front of the security camera. That's so cool, huh? I washed my hands after that as well.

indie

Confession: voting for a Democrat is too mainstream for me to think that it's cool.

Sometimes I think my pheromones are out of wack.....and that's why I never have a boyfriend. It's easier to blame something I can't control that something I can. Like, maybe I'm actually really overbearing or boring and no one has the heart to tell me.

I got you beat Bob...

17 months. A two week break, then 2 years.

où sont les neiges d'an·tan

I love children who go out in pajamas, or Halloween costumes.
I love their parents more for letting them do it.

I wish I were a kid again.

v.d.

I used to be a Valentine's hater- not because I was lonely, just on principle. Those greedy card and candy companies!
I was lying to myself. Now that I don't have to be alone I kind of love Valentine's day and have no patience for the 'haterz' because I know why they really hate it

they jes jeliz

somtimes I am mean

*see above

drought

I haven't kissed anyone in 8 months!

ew

i had a dream that i tried to hold the hand of my TA who i am not attracted to at all. and even more embrassasing was in the dream he rejected me....and i was hurt by the whole thing. weird and stupid.

fixed

i am anxious for summer because: bike rides every day

purpose

i sleep in every day. i dont have a job and i dont go to school.

lalalala!

i have so many boogers in my nose...it is ridiculous!

just sayin'

most people who think they can write poetry can't-
and shouldn't.

i never kissed anyone in high school. not a one. this doesn't bother me, but i sometimes wish my adolesence had been sexier. more tights and heels and sneaking around, less working and adult responsibility.

arrogance

I think I'm smarter than you.

i am confessing on behalf of my mom who confessed to me that during the 70s there was this hairdresser in Pacific Beach who was all the rage. i mean you just had to get an appointment with Lyon (that was his name), but he was booked for months. so my mom finally got an appointment and even took work off early to go. but she was ten minutes late. when she arrived Lyon said, "0h there is just no way i can fit you in, no nothing can i do. try again in three months." my mom was so upset that the weeks following she proceeded to call lyon and make appointments under fake names and then just wouldn't show up.

kleenex wasn't working

I was picking my nose in the break room the other day and a co-worker walked in. He didn't say anything.

i fart in public.

I'm in the lrc right now. I have bad gas. Today I just don't feel like holding back. Sorry dude sitting next to me.

intercom-on!

i'm at my internship and i'm working the desk for half an hour. in the first 5 minutes i managed to 1. make a woman cry 2. drop a phone call 3. be under the impression that someone still might be on hold and 4. dialed the intercom on the phone and say, "can i have someone from...hello? hello? i can't hear it...hello?" twice. TWICE!

My first confession

I am writing my dissertation on climate change and I never remember to recycle.

already the beginning is the end

i am annoyed that that guitar violence post is not a confession.

my first real confession is that i get annoyed and mad a lot more than i let on.

GUITAR VIOLENCE!!!!

Its time for you to start listening to some guitar violence. Check it:


(but seriously, its a really good album....What are you listening to?)

I was embarrassed when this blog was taken down. I'm not sure why.