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moving on: [21 Sep 2006|09:22pm] http://lisacorrin.blogspot.com/ 3 (@#$) + (!^%)

You're going to want to read this! [13 Sep 2006|02:45pm] [ mood | ecstatic ] You've all been waiting ... Ben and I will be parents. I know that strikes fear in many of your hearts. But I still hear cheering in the back section. This summer has been incredibly ... [I don't have words for the range of emotions that took place.] But here we are. Halfway through September, and we will be a family of three in less than two months. All I wanted was a puppy! I got more than I asked for, but that's okay. I think this may be better than the bulldog I had planned on. Q & A Due date: Nov. 22nd 2006 Gender: Male Possible name: London J Vrazo Registry: Target Baby showers: There will be three. Dates not yet decided on. What else: He's a very active baby. Up every two hours to squirm and flip. He's especially active when I sleep or lay down. He's of average size and has been a very good boy so far and I can't wait to meet him face to face. 9 (@#$) + (!^%)

melting [05 Sep 2006|12:15am] guilt is no longer a factor. obligation? what obligation? no longer. where are the drugs and the damn liquor cabinet?! 2 (@#$) + (!^%)

The way to THIS girl's heart... [30 Aug 2006|09:44pm] Is through her stomach. Ben has mastered this way of communicating his love. It's so yummy and loveFUL! He has become the bearer of groceries and the chef above any other and I am thankful. 2 (@#$) + (!^%)

a lazy saturday... er i mean tuesday [29 Aug 2006|06:10pm] slept in till 1 30 right through all the phone calls and car doors. ate eggs and oranges for breakfast. spent 3 hours in solitude. took advantage and painted. used bens camera. talked to friends. i made a spot on the carpet. its yellow :( the pictures i took wouldnt import :(x2 but bens on his way home with chicken, potatoes and green beans so i wont cry. i get really crazy about food. ps i wish i had an elliot smith cd and my elephunk cd wasnt broken anymore pps i love the flowers ben bought me. white carnations resting and dying in the japanese plastic vases sean cote' bought us. 5 (@#$) + (!^%)

(lost in the city) [27 Aug 2006|09:05pm] "Shyness is a kink in the soul, a special category, a dimension that opens out into solitude. Moreover, it is an inherent suffering, as if we had two epidermises and the one underneath rebelled and shrank back from life. Of the things that make up a man, this quality, this damaging thing, is a part of the alloy that lays the foundation, in the long run, for the perpetuity of the self." Pablo Neruda -Memoirs 2 (@#$) + (!^%)

Join me on September 8th @ 7pm [27 Aug 2006|12:55pm] Detroit Film Theatre DRAWING RESTRAINT 9 September 8 - September 10, 2006 (USA/2005) Directed by Matthew Barney The most visually spectacular work to date from Matthew Barney stars the artist himself, together with his longtime partner Björk (who also wrote the evocative score), as occidental guests who board a Japanese whaling ship in Nagasaki Bay. With almost no dialogue but featuring a fantastic, highly theatrical style, Drawing Restraint 9 takes us with this pair on a surprising, highly unconventional yet strangely compelling journey, by way of elegant pacing and stunning images. Mysterious and challenging, Barney's majestic experimental epic may not tell a conventional story in the manner we've come to expect at the movies, but instead successfully implants an unforgettable, communal dream in our minds using the logic, beauty and persuasiveness of which only the cinema is capable. An, intriguing, often playful work of art, as daring as it is irresistible. (135 min.) Fri. & Sat. at 7:00, Sun. at 4:00 (!^%)

Dear Starbucks [25 Aug 2006|01:09am] Most of you won't find this interesting or worth your read, but those who give a shit about what I think- enjoy: I am a partner from store ..2480 and would like to voice a suggestion/opinion. Through my (almost) two years with the company I've found how much you, as a company encourage and even value what your partners have to say. So here it is. Thank you for your time: Starbucks as a corporation, has acted responsibly and fairly to the general public in my opinion. I think their approach to sharing information, by informing and involving customers has been commendable. The avenue chosen seems to be one of, educating the partners, to the point where they actually become passionate about the many facets of the corporation named Starbucks. The one thing I brag most about our company is how we challenge, educate, involve and treat American men and women LIKE American MEN and WOMEN. Upon starting a promotion for our local zoo, someone higher up decided that making the partners wear safari style straw hats to work would "catch the eye" and jump start conversations between customers and partners regarding our promotion. I believe in the "dumbing down of america". You see it everywhere, people are told what to think, wear, eat, do with their lives, and they bite! Hook, line and sinker. With this recent promotional "trick" I think Starbucks has jumped on that band wagon of bypassing interaction with another person and merely catching their eye to ramble off a "promotion". And that's just it, a promotion, not a conviction, or something we are actually exicted about. Starbucks did nothing to get us excited about what our involvement with the zoo was. And they definitely did not trust their fellow partners to get excited enough to share it with our customers. They threw out all we have as a foundation and shoved hats on our heads to speak to a mass of dumbed down Americans. We lowered ourselves to where the general public is at and decided to take the easy route by not starting conversations on our own or by expecting them to respond. I don't believe this should ever be an option and we need to stick by the foundations we have started. Educate, inform, develop passion about we do and share. Sincerely, Lisa C. Vrazo (1223439) 4 (@#$) + (!^%)

Get informed [20 Aug 2006|03:20am] Watch this and become motivated: 2 (@#$) + (!^%)

Finally [13 Aug 2006|01:05am] I am ready to admit it. I am a .... I use Starbucks for their health benefits and fair pay. I am also a Capitalist Whore, but that's another issue, although not entirely unrelated. 6 (@#$) + (!^%)

Hopelessly hopeful, sometimes I just want to slap myself. [10 Aug 2006|04:34pm] [ mood | stable ] The more time I spend alone the better I feel about ever getting somewhere. I'd be so much more productive single. But I am in love, and would not trade that for anything anyone could offer me. But yes, upon admitting this, out loud and for all to read, I must promise myself more alone time. Or more time with people other than Ben that I am forced to be polite to. Keep me aware, excited, take me to a place where I see more colours. I'm not getting any younger. But damn I'm young. I took the picture on the splash page of Vrazo.com. See what I'm talking about!?!?! PS. I need to build a portfolio. Would you like to be made up? With cosmetics of course! Ben will be taking professional photos of my work. Text me @ 5863813890 2 (@#$) + (!^%)

Turning [09 Aug 2006|04:29pm] [ mood | sad ] My best friend and sister has left. I've already repressed the urge to text her once today. This is NOT going to be easy. Or even managable for a while. And as a distraction I will tell a story: At a red light today a Grey Haired and Floral Bloused woman appeared to be racing me, peeling out and all, but I was disapointed to see she was only trying to get in front of me to make her Michigan left. Why is it that people think if they don't "get over now" or "make this turn" they will drive off the face of the earth and never reach their destination?? It's Now or Never - Do or Die on these roads and you better be prepared. 3 (@#$) + (!^%)

imagine this: [06 Aug 2006|02:04am] sketching more oranges in their nudity entirely. i draped the white sheets amidst the finger foods and welcomed you soundly. besides that i discovered at the sleeping bear dunes visitor spot that opossums are marsupials. there's a very good chance i knew this six years ago while i was in school... but it's funny what time and the adult life will do to the important things in your head. 1 (@#$) + (!^%)

A suburbian day dream. [04 Aug 2006|07:23pm] Well I thought I'd update. I haven't done any writing in quiet some while. My therapist would be disapointed. Things have been... Good. That is a safe word to use and actually mean it. A PHOTOGRAPHY JOB *Ben's cousin got married last weekend. That was... Intense. You can imagine me using that word to the full extent of it's definition. Ben was the photographer for the event and I, his assistant of sorts. Fourteen hours of hair, make up, whining, laughing, food, posing, stressing, driving, smiling, song singing and holding fill cards. Definitely worth the pay though. LIFE IN ROCHESTER HILLS *I can finally sleep here in our Rochester home. The peace and quiet is becoming something I drive home for at the end of a day now. Not to mention all the fresh fruit my sweet husband is constantly providing for me. A NEW CHAPTER *Upon finishing the Lord of the Rings Trilogy I ended up with the usual dissapointed hollow in the pit of my stomach that develops when I finish a story I had grown so fond of. Then I embarked on reading the Appendixes at the end and I'm just plain sick of turning the pages. Next! There's some books my Mom bought/gave me that I have yet to read, so I think those will be next. I STILL HAVEN'T FINISHED Intercourse that Andrew lent me, I swear I'll finish it one day. ICY DEMONS LIVE *Did I tell you we saw Icy Demons in Lansing a while back? Ben and I made the "quick" drive out there (an hour and a half will never take so long, I promise you). You cannot say you like/dislike a band until you see them live. To state an opinion before that fact is pure ignorance. ANTICIPATING 'BROTHER, SISTER' *The MeWithoutYou cd can not come out too soon!)(#@ A REASON TO LOVE MICHIGAN *Ben, Jillian, Dave Daniele and myself ventured up north after the wedding last weekend for "vacation", and whoever considers camping a vacation must be a true mountain man. Among the cities we drove through these are the ones of import: Empire, here you can visit the Sleeping Bear Dunes visitor spot and view a fifteen minute slide show on the history and folk lore of the Dunes. I real tear jerker. Glen Arbor is a reminder that rich people are EVERYWHERE. Traverse City, my home town and city of not much to do without a lot of money. We ate Taco Bell. What the heck?! Cadillac was everyone's first Pastie Experience, I was glad to introduce them, but could not even finish more than half of my half! Swimming out from shore. Standing in Sleeping Bear Bay, surrounded by the Manitou Islands, a pure beach, pinched in by Pyramid Point and THE Sleeping Bear Dune was... powerful. It made me want nothing more than to live in complete communion with the land I stand on. I know it sounds cheesy. But until you experience nature in it's purest form, don't knock it. For all the things I hate Michigan for, I love it for its beauty and rawness even more. This has gotten so long. So much is new, is being discovered, is happening. And if you ever ask me what is new... I'll probably just shrug and answer "Meh, you know, the usual, work blah blah." You're going to have to be direct with my flaky mind okay!? Maybe later I'll post some super sentimental and mushy hoopla of all Ben is to me now. The funny thing is, I don't think I'd bore any of you. I've heard too many times from too many of you that we have given you faith in relationships and hope for what love can truly be. I dunno... All I DO know, is God had a ton to do with it, and humility. Our "love" now, is so much different than our love was before... and I mean that in a VERY good way. Peace. 3 (@#$) + (!^%)

http://direct.motorola.com/ENG/web_producthome.asp?Country=GBR&language=ENG&productid=30540 [24 Jul 2006|10:50pm] Why can't I have this?! *NEED* is the right word for this situation. 1 (@#$) + (!^%)

meandering [22 Jul 2006|06:37pm] my thoughts, my life, my days. meandering. ben and i walked to limpuma today. i liked it. theres nothing like an "all beef" coney dog and some cheesy cheese fries :) i'm looking forward to camping at the end of this month. back in my hometown. i miss TC every now and again. ...for sentimental reasons of course. (!^%)

hahaha [14 Jul 2006|07:50pm] Candy Cigarettes You're a total badass, but you don't taste very good. What Kind of Candy Are You? 1 (@#$) + (!^%)

do me a flavour [13 Jul 2006|10:49pm] http://kevan.org/johari?name=lisacorrin (!^%)

Finding my place. [12 Jul 2006|02:14pm] Things are coming together here. We aren't "waiting" for the right place to settle down in. This will be home for as long as IT IS home. I'm eating salads and reading more these days. $10 a week for gas is enough to make me breathe a bit easier. Other things keep me from being able to take that deep breath. On the other hand, Ben, he's just been.... amazing. I couldn't do this so well without him. (!^%)

independence day down the street from the ymca [01 Jul 2006|12:43pm] raucously drunk while slapping infants. masses of mass, either extremly overweight or ghastly underweight. pass the cigarettes unto the young or stare upwards, blocking all. blocking would't be enough. authorities count them all. we continue. (!^%)

fellowship [01 Jul 2006|12:33pm] He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom. 2 (@#$) + (!^%)

crazygood [28 Jun 2006|10:28pm] Keys will be received on Friday. Anticipation is building... "My" carpet to lay flat on. My french press to start my day. "My" couch to take naps on. My hair dryer to ionize my hair with. "My" window to "windex" all clean. "My" pool to get incredibly sexy and tan by. I can barely wait. Just barely. A meeting place for friends. A place to quickly stop by after work to change before going out. A private, quiet, comfortable place to call OUR OWN. 4 (@#$) + (!^%)

compulsive [18 Jun 2006|12:38pm] [ mood | too much toast ] [ music | The Escape ] ( Fun with Clippers ) 8 (@#$) + (!^%)

reality is relative. [16 Jun 2006|02:59pm] [ mood | starving ] [ music | clinking and clanging ] ( >>> ) 6 (@#$) + (!^%)

ancy. [15 Jun 2006|05:35pm] [ mood | aggravated ] [ music | The Royal Tennebaums Soundtrack ] A N C Y. why don't i do something?! I HAVE GOT TO BE THE MOST UNPRODUCTIVE PERSON TO BREATHE AIR. 4 (@#$) + (!^%)

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