Substance: The Acceptance

Drugs suck.
That's this whole blog being boiled down to two words, but if you want -please continue with this blog.

I really can't see why people get into drugs "just to get into" them, if that makes any sense. I know it must be difficult to end an addiction but it's pretty simple to say no in the first place. Some people are going to look at this blog like I'm just another straight-laced kid who doesn't know what she's talking, "Who the fuck gave her the right to judge MY life?" My family gave me that right, my childhood gave me that right. I lived in the section 8 supported, kept on welfare, bugs in the cabinets, dog shit on the carpets, hellhole apartment because a kid like me is too young to get work and the people supposedly raising that child is too lazy , looking to get high, sleeps until 6 p.m., has a junkie asshole boyfriend, and won't keep a home together. Then there's the missing: jewelry, game system, DVDs, CDs, money in birthday cards, and family heirlooms. The water or electricity is shut off because th bill isn't paid. The cops show up and know you by name because of all the "public disturbances." The savings looks a little low because someone decide to bail out your aunt or uncle without asking for your permission but you're too young to understand. BEFORE you got approved for food stamps you had to decide whether bread or toilet paper was more important.

There is so much shit, so much baggage that goes a long with such a lifestyle. No not everyone will end up like this but I bet a good majority of people who say "yes" will travel down this path once or twice. I just want people to think a little more about the future even if I say I'm all about the here and now, maybe looking ahead every once and awhile isn't so bad.

Lots o love.
Take care.

Weekend

Well, all I can say was that it was a quiet weekend and I most definitely enjoyed it. There was thunder and lightning outside, warm outside cool inside- cool enough for me to use a blanket ha ha. My friend and I spent quite a bit of time playing Mancala. I forgot how to play and she taught me again, I didn't realize that such a simple game could be so addictive or enjoyable. All in all, a good weekend.

Take care.

Set Off A Spark

I watched a video on the net today (which I take no credit for) that got me thinking. Now it's nothing too philosophical - you know, how humans are the dangers to themselves or what we can do to save the ecosystem. It was simply a musician talking about his life, what he loves, where he comes from and I just wanted to say it's amazing how one musician can touch the life of some kid he may never even hear of during his time on this earth. Listen to what he says...think about it. I feel where you're coming from Tim, thanks for remembering us. And thanks for taking a few minutes out of your day to spend it with me. I'll never forget.

Take care.
-Kristiana



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0PGTClWa1Y







photo taken by some girl on Lansdowne St. Drawings by me.

Punks Not Dead: The Movie

Highly recommend for the punk and any other human being ha ha. A genre with so much history and bullshit controversy must make a grand ole film. Now I say bullshit controversy because of things such as What is a real punk? And as you will hear Tim Armstrong say in PND "Who am I to say who is and isn't a punk. I know I'm a punk...." Hopefully I'll be seeing it when sometime in Cambridge, Ma. Maybe I'll see ya there.

GET OUT AND SEE IT.

WWW.PUNKSNOTDEADTHEMOVIE.COM

6/13/07
PUNK'S NOT DEAD SCREENINGS
We're really excited to let you know that "Punk's Not Dead" is finally coming out and you'll be able to see it on the big screen! Keep checking back as we're adding new cities all the time - and if you don't see your city listed, let your local independent theater know that you want to see it in your area. See you at the movies!

7/6 - 7/7 Times Cinema
5906 West Vliet St., Milwaukee, WI 53208

7/21 - 7/25 Siskel Film Center
164 N. State St., Chicago IL 60601

7/27 - 8/2 Sunset 5
8000 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90046

7/27 - 8/2 Brattle Theater
40 Brattle Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge MA 02138

7/27 - 8/2 City Cinemas Village East
181 2nd Avenue, New York, NY 10003

8/3 - 8/9 Zeitgeist Theatre
1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd New Orleans, LA 70113

8/31 - 9/7 The Loft Cinema
3233 E. Speedway, Tucson, AZ 85716

9/7 - 9/14 Market Arcade Film and Arts Centre
388 Evans Street, Williamsville, NY 14221

9/7 - 9/14 Hollywood Theatre
4122 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, OR 97212

9/20 - 9/24 Red Vic Movie House
1727 Haight St., San Francisco, CA 94117

The Adicts
Alkaline Trio
Anti-Flag
Angelic Upstarts
The Anti-Nowhere League
The Ataris
Bad Religion
Bang Sugar Bang
Jello Biafra
Black Flag
The Briefs
The Business
Buzzcocks
The Casualties
Channel 3
The Circle Jerks
Cock Sparrer
The Damned
Dead Kennedys
DEK
DI
The Diffs
DOA
The Exploited
Funeral Dress
GBH
The God Awfuls
Good Charlotte
Green Day
Billy Idol
The (International) Noise Conspiracy
Iron Cross
L7
MC5
Minor Threat
My Chemical Romance
Naked Agression

Narcoleptic Youth
NOFX
The Offspring
Pennywise
Peter & the Test Tube Babies
Pogo Atak
The Ramones
Rancid
Henry Rollins
Scream
Sex Pistols
Sham 69
T.V. Smith
Social Distortion
Stiff Little Fingers
Story of the Year
The Subhumans
Sum 41
Texas Terri
Thrice
Total Chaos
TSOL
The U.K. Subs
The Used
Vice Squad
The Voids
X
Youth Brigade
999

Craig Aaronson
Warner Bros. Records

Lorraine Ali
Newsweek/MSNBC

Alternative Tentacles

BYO Records

Mitch Cramer

Dischord Records

Drunk Tank house
Echo Park, California

Epitaph Records

Fat Wreck Chords

Jim Guerinot
Rebel Waltz Management

Hot Topic

Barry Jones
Co-founder, The Roxy

Kung Fu Records

Kevin Lyman
Founder, Warped Tour

Legs McNeil
Co-founder, PUNK magazine;
co-author, Please Kill Me

Chris Morris
Music Editor, Hollywood Reporter

Kelly Osbourne

Alan Parker

Jennie Smith
Founder, HITS/Wasted

Rob Schwartz
TBWA/Chiat/Day

Stormy Sheppard
Leave Home Booking

Stryker
KROQ DJ

Steve Van Doren
Vans

Thanks to everyone we interviewed for the film who didn't make it into the final cut - we hope to see you in the DVD Extras!

Anti-Product, The Bags, Billyclub, Black Market Baby, Rodney Bingenheimer (KROQ), David Brandt (Artist), Edward Colver, Crazy Danny, Brandon Cruz (Dr. Know/Dead Kennedys), DESA, Discharge, Division of Laura Lee, Dropkick Murphys, Kipp Elbaum (CBGB's), Fallopian, Fanscape, Gary Farley (Electric Chair), The Forgotten, The Germs, The Goo Goo Dolls, Juliette and the Licks, Jenny Lens (Photographer), Brendan Mullen (Founder, The Masque; co-author, We Got the Neutron Bomb), Orange, Pleasant, Hellin & Trudie, Plop, Posh Boy Records, Punk Connection, Punk Rock Aerobics, Punk Voter, Team Goon, Noah Segan (Actor), SOS Records, Side One Dummy Records, Simple Plan, The Skulls, The Slits, Ezzat Soliman (Showcase Theater), Kevin Spencer, Kevin Staab (Punk Rock Skateboards), Todd Taylor (Razorcake Fanzine), Third Eye Blind, Gary Tovar (Goldenvoice), Toy Dolls, Tsunami Bomb, Unwritten Law, U.S. Bombs, Arturo Vega (Artistic Director, The Ramones), The Vibrators, Shane West (Actor/musician), Wrecking Crew, Geza X

Attraction

Last night was another example of how people are attracted to the horrific. Looking up my street last night you could see a group of people congregating on the corner. Asking someone passing by if they know what's going on, "Some kid is getting his face kicked in."
In a not so accurate description, that's what was going on. People from my own house decided to join the spectators bringing back the story. He took on 3 Puerto Ricans, he's soft in the head, he was sitting in the back of the ambulance with bloody gauze taped to his head, the blood was on the windows, some kids ran, they had the k-9 unit, he stole a spike from our yard to defend himself and ended up getting his head cracked with it...so on and so forth. Really why would you want to gawk at this? But then again I like horror movies, so who am I to say.

Take care everyone.

The First

I must admit that yes this would be my first time posting to a site simply dedicated to those who blog. However this would not be my first time actually writing one. And for you to be fairly warned, as hard as I may try, I'm also negligent on the upkeep of profiles like these. Now to me a blog is somewhere I can ramble and not be required to write you a novel to be consider a 'blogger'....so expect ramblings, yes. That's why it's not so cleverly named disparate aggregate .

In not so much detail, today is exactly 11 days since I returned to the U.S. after what was about a 9-day excursion. Traveling in a group I met some interesting people not only from here in Boston but as well as from: San Diego CA, Knoxville TN, South Carolina, and Nashua NH. We spent most of our time in the Republic of Ireland where the trip began. We spent time in Killarney, Waterville, Cork, the Ring of Kerry, Dublin and I'm sure some other places we didn't bother to get the names. After our time in Dublin we took a ferry to the country of Wales(I love Wales). We didn't stay long but we did happen to visit Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch (translates to "The church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St. Tysilio's of the red cave"). Even though our hotel wasn't top class I have by far some of the best memories from our short time there. Next we began our drive into England, most definitely passing through many English towns that I couldn't name. Stopping in Stratford-upon-Avon we did some typical tourist-like things (another town I enjoyed quite a bit, had myself a wonderful lunch ha ha). With many things gone unmentioned our time came to an end in London where quite a bit happened. To recall so much would be tiresome but when I get my pictures I will share a whole lot more.


Take care.