the party that started a revolution.

Braden's back!!!!

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:31:28 GMT

Come in, come in
Come into my world I've got to show
Come into my bed
I've got to know

I have dreams of orca whales and owls
But I wake up in fear
You will never be my
You will never be my fool
Will never be my fool

Floaters in my eyes
Wake up in an hotel room
Cigarettes and lies
I am a child, it's too soon

I have dreams of orca whales and owls
But I wake up in fear
You will never be my
You will never be my fool
Will never be my fool

The porter smiles to me a smile
I've bought
With a couple of gold coins
A sign that I've been caught

Come in, come in
Come into my world I've got to show
Come into my bed
I've got to know

I have dreams of orca whales and owls
But I wake up in fear
You will never be my dear
Will never be my dear, dear friend

let's not fool ourselves.

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:49:30 GMT

i'm ready to be back.

today today today

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:52:53 GMT

i move back to parkside today and i'm not excited about it. besides cora living next door there is absolutely nothing that makes me like that place. i'm convinced that if i was living at at the park my attitude would be different.
i look at school with a mixture of excitement and dread. excitement because i'll get to see all my friends and dread because of my classes.
i hope that this semester will be better than last, or at least hopefully it will be similar to the last half of the semester. because that part was fantastic.

so basically if i can make it through this last semester in art school in one piece, i will be happy.

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:02:19 GMT

school starts in a week and for the most part, i'm happy about it. i miss everyone!
but today is going to be epic because i get to see my siamese twin maisie!!!

45 seconds of brilliance directed by sofia coppola.

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:27:42 GMT

i'm obsessed with this:

i know you're married but....

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:39:41 GMT

it's true!
i'll be home next week.
the question was, do i stay another week and see the new paris hilton movie "repo! the genetic opera" or come home? but crap, i miss my high school friends. so maisie, lc, kelly, kelsey, and morgan (plus i everyone else i regularly talk to and miss), i will be home soon. i was looking through pictures from senior year earlier this afternoon and missed all the memories...

i was sick on new years eve. it was a true blast. i went and hung out with some friends, and came home. nothing like watching dick clarke and a ball drop by yourself. i plan on making up for it. my parents on the other hand stayed out until 4 AM (dad) and 7:45 AM (mom).
this weekend i'm hopefully going to se "vivre sa vie" at the belcourt. it's a sixties french film about a woman who turns to prostitution to get by and it was banned in belguim. that was pretty much all courtney and i needed to decide that we had to see it, immediately.
tonight will be boring though because i'm still "recovering".

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:40:14 GMT

no autographs or celebrity sightings for me today :[
but i did see a guy at walgreens earlier who had on blue jeans, a school sweatshirt and pink cape. it was very imaginative; he looked like a lost member of mgmt.

anyways, happy christmas eve everyone. i get to see my friends in a few hours which makes me happy.

i thought i recieved a cryptic message from heath ledger.

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:29:45 GMT

so today i recieved another autograph in the mail (yay!!!!) and it was very confusing. you see, i had sent letters to like alot of people in the dark knight cast and the photo was of the dark knight. well actually the first thing i noticed was heath ledger. i couldn't tell who signed it either since the person only put their initials...all i could read was the note that said: "BRADEN, FOLLOW YOUR INSTINCTS ;D" and for a minute i got very freaked out and was like ".....but you're dead...how?!" then i realized it had to be aaron eckhart (two-face!) because of the hand writing. i had seen it on a bunch of other autographs. so i was very relieved. what a scary freakin message to recieve. like think of all the unsaid subtle things it could have meant.
so thank you aaron!

anyways, after seeing milk (again) with courtney today i had totally not planned on spending any more money for a few days. but then lee called and wanted me to come over because he wanted all of his best friends to come hang out and go to the cheesecake factory which is so expensive. but of course i went. i love doing things and it was his birthday and i love everyone who went. so we ate, went shopping at green hills and then came back to his house to watch wall-e. then after rachel and allison left lee, dave, christopher, and i went to hang out in james's room for a while where he showed us his guns that were so b.a. (they really were...i usually don't care much for guns. but this was rad)
courtney made me this beautiful bowl to put popcorn in for movie nights!!!! she painted it and painted the words "movie night" on it. i loved it! we're going to the pottery place she made it at sometime next week and i'm thrilled.

i also think i saw josh farro, the guitarist of paramore (the skinny one with perfect hair), at las palmas sunday night. a bunch of us went (nearly 20 since soooome people are too nice and invite everyone possible) and i had to look over lee's head like a thousand times to see if it was reallyyy him. i was too nervous to ask. he was with his cute little emo girlfriend. but it makes for a fun story.

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:54:48 GMT

so it's date night, every thing's fine, except you've got that look in your eye
when I'm telling a story and you find it boring,
you're thinking of something to say.
You'll go along with it then drop it and humiliate me in front of our friends.

Then I'll use that voice that you find annoyin' and say something like
"yeah, intelligent input, darling, why don't you just have another beer then?"

Then you'll call me a bitch
and everyone we're with will be embarrassed,
and I wont give a shit.

My finger tips are holding onto the cracks in our foundation,
and I know that I should let go,
but I can't.
And every time we fight I know it's not right,
every time that you're upset and I smile.
I know I should forget, but I can't.

You said I must eat so many lemons
cause i am so bitter.
I said
"I'd rather be with your friends mate cause they are much fitter."

Yes, it was childish and you got aggressive,
and I must admit that I was a bit scared,
but it gives me thrills to wind you up.

Your face is pasty cause you've gone and got so wasted, what a surprise.
Don't want to look at your face cause it's making me sick.
You've gone and got sick on my trainers,
I only got these yesterday.
Oh, my gosh, I cannot be bothered with this.

Well, I'll leave you there 'till the morning,
and I purposely wont turn the heating on
and dear God, I hope I'm not stuck with this one.

My finger tips are holding onto the cracks in our foundation,
and I know that I should let go,
but I can't.
And every time we fight I know it's not right,
every time that you're upset and I smile.
I know I should forget, but I can't.

And every time we fight I know it's not right,
every time that you're upset and I smile.
I know I should forget, but I can't.

well you guys...

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:45:04 GMT

i know, i know i'm a whore for not updating for two weeks.
its only because my life is so magical.
so here is a rundown on what has been happening lately: christmas break has taken effect and i will not be living in midtown for the next five weeks. sadness. buuut my last week of school was great. some of us went downtown, chilled at the peabody, there were many movie nights and sushi nights...overall it was great. and my GPA rules so suck on that!
also maisie came to visit me and made my life.

so i've decided that james franco is the coolest man ever, with his brother dave following close behind. i'm OBSESSED with their funny or die videos. you must watch them if you haven't...especially the guardian one.
my mom and i are going to see "doubt" christmas day! an added fury will be added to opening presents and eating dinner because all i will be able to think of is "omg i can't wait to see meryl streep rip philip-seymor hoffman a new one!!!"
and finally "comin' tonight" by martha wainwright should be listened to by all.

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:43:25 GMT

i feel like at some point tomorrow i'm probably going to let out some form of a tear just because it's going to be so amazing. i can't wait. i'm getting everything i wanted.
thanksgiving this year was truly the most boring ever and also kind of sad. we went to my grandparents who i see about once a year and all they could do was talk about their new house. that was it. my grandmother almost cried when she broke a glass and it kind of saddened me to realize that they put so much emphasis on how their home looked but took absolutely no time to really get to know me or my mom as a person. they tried talking to me about college but once they asked when my braces would be coming off i excused myself to go read.
so it was a breath of fresh air to be back in nashville. as a late birthday present i got felicity season one and watching the pilot episode, i had never seen a show that more accurately depicted my first year as a freshman as this one did. it was amazing...the dialogue, the way she talked, her emotions about coming there rather impulsively...it's how i've felt all semester. i don't know whether i'll stay or leave. i'll choose within the next few days, but for once it was nice to see something that really spoke to me.

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:17:58 GMT

my birthday is tomorrow!!!!! i'm pretty much convinced that it won't top last year's because last year was totally epic.
but i am sure going to try.
i saw this really great movie last night called "flakes" starring zooey deschanel. i think she's fabulous and has awesome style. she played the sister in almost famous and i've loved her ever since. i want an older sister like that. who says she'll take me wherever i want to go and leaves me records under my bed.

check out her band too--she and him.
in other news i'm writing an essay for writing 1 about censorship in movies involving sex. i'm excited because i'm pretty sure its going to be the best thing i've ever written.
i've come to hate this apartment. its disgusting and always reeks of pot, i feel so gross every day and don't even get me started on the bathroom. i will be soooooo happy to go to my nice clean home tomorrow.
i talked to my old roommate yesterday. i miss living there. he blasted VH1 until 3 AM but the apartment looked like home and he was cool. too bad the OTHER one made me leave. i still resent him for that.
i hung out at jordan, weston, and sebastian's tonight. we watched the italian job some...i miss nights like those.

anyway, now i'm going to attempt to finish "the stone angel." i bought it because kevin zegers of "transamerica" was in it but its been quite a drag so far. i hope it gets better.

a public service annoucement (PSA).

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:24:39 GMT

anyone who gets me "IFC docs present: indie sex" for my birthday will get massive amounts of hugs and first dibs on the cake.
you can find it at best buy for about $25. i think dita von teese is on the cover.
and no it is NOT porn, but a documentary about how sex is used in independent films. one of the most interesting ones i've ever seen.

anyway, that's all. birthday is november 21 by the way. let me know if you'd like to go to the midnight screening of twilight that morning.

best halloween ever!

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:14:16 GMT

seriously i couldn't have asked for a better one.
and i danced my butt off at that costume party.

but i miss you kelly, sarah, kelsey, morgan, and bekah.
alot alot.

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:17:43 GMT

my dad just surprised me with news that we're going to SUNDANCE FILM FEST next year!!!!!!!
i am beyond excited.

story of the day.

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:20:39 GMT

so last night i was over at chloe's and we had been talking forever and reading old IM conversations when we realized it was like 3:30 in the morning so she was like "sleep over so you won't have to walk home and encounter anyone scary." so i did until about 8 when i decided i should maybe make my grand entrance back into parkside...so i get there and i'm trying to unlock my door but i can't because the locks are crap and jesh comes out and i'm like "umm can you unlock this for me?" and after about five minutes he finally gets it, only jon freakin deadbolted the door sooo we have to get him to undo that...THEN i try to get my keys out....and they're stuck. and while i'm like thrusting myself against the door to get them out jesh is like "hey we're going to home depot and yall should come because it'd be fun." but i said i needed to sleep and decided to worry about the keys later.
and we could never get the keys out so they're actually still stuck in our door just begging for someone to rob us. it was all quite funny for so early in the morning.

the well

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:18:07 GMT

standing still i'm gonna stand still, stiller than the stones
you know i will, oh you can test my will, it won't go breaking with my bones
take a picture, take a lasting look of the person you once adored
hide it somewhere in your secret book, think of me no more

following my wish into the well, down into your deepest dark i fell
drowning with your kisses in the well,
i look to you for saving but you're saving someone else.

go on home, won't you go home, go where you belong
left alone i'm better left alone, the one you didn't want.
standing still i'm gonna stand still, stiller than the stones
you know i will, oh you can test my will, it won't go breaking with my bones

following my wish into the well, down into your deepest dark i fell
drowning with your kisses in the well,
i look to you for saving but you're saving someone else.

no one knows. no one knows.

following my wish into the well, down into your deepest dark i fell
drowning with your kisses in the well,
i look to you for saving but you're saving someone else

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:44:31 GMT

i'm moving to parkside tomorrow. sigh.
i wish my life was as care free as paris hilton's.

things weren't supposed to be this way.

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:30:48 GMT

i need to get away.

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:06:47 GMT

i liked last night.

but i'm slightly confused about my drawing homework. hmm...oh well.

it's a hit.

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:56:37 GMT

i'm pretty exhausted...
buuuut that's only because i only stayed out til 12 and didn't fall asleep til 2. as a result, drawing class was hell. so i changed professors because i had no freakin idea what mine was talking about.
my writing professor said my paper was "wonderful". after that class jeshua and i went to jessica's apartment and watched tv, ate cookies that she provided, and had deep intellectual conversations. then jeshua and i walked back home and he invited me to a party at parkside which i went to and everyone was doing drugs. haha. after that, i went and hung out with my friends across the hall because they had a candy web. so we played video games and listened to the beatles.

and now i'm waiting for art history to begin. sigh.

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:53:10 GMT

MY REIGN AT MEMPHIS COLLEGE OF ART BEGINS IN TWO DAYS.
also, i'm going to work at party city and that's that.

my life is so melodramatic.

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:56:55 GMT

yesterday was great!
but today could not be any worse.

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:21:37 GMT

i am so sick of fighting.
ironic considering i started it. but i ended it too and we're DONE. you've been deleted from my phone and the pictures are being ripped apart tonight.

but david's text just made me laugh. which i needed so thank you, davvee!
maisie-i am saying this for everyone to read, you are SO much prettier.

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:11:55 GMT

last night was red white and boom. a few surprises. of course...my life is never without surprises.
paris hilton was there.

"disturbing behavior" comes on tonight! it has a really good soundtrack so i'll be watching it.
ummm, i miss you. alot alot alot.