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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
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1:05 am
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Wow I haven't been on here in two years.
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| Friday, April 20th, 2007
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1:53 am
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Ruby Hollingsworth
Born 1929
How old were you when the depression started?
Well, I was a baby whenever it first started and it lasted a while and people… suffered, they lost jobs. Kids wore shoes to school with holes in them because parents didn’t have the money to get them new one. What they raised they had to eat. And wives had to can things in order for them to have money for food.
It was a bad time.
What were your earliest memories of the Depression?
But I was about five years old. Children want things, they see other kids with toys and it’s sad when you don’t have them. It kind of leaves, bad memories.
Did anyone in your family lose a job during the Depression?
Well, we lived on a farm so we didn’t work with other people. My dad owned a blacksmith shop. He sharpened shoes for horses and fixed hoes and machinery for farmers. He worked hard, but they sometimes would pay him with eggs… two dozen eggs or something like that to pay for the work he had done for them.
My mother would cook biscuits. There was no such thing as a loaf of bread.
Did any organizations help your family during the Depression?
No, because they were having a hard time to. I can remember riding to church in a wagon pulled by two mules, and me and my sister would sit in the back and my dad and mom would sit in the front. And that’s the way we would go to church. And sometimes the church would have a dinner, and they called it a “Dinner On The Ground” to celebrate someone’s birthday or something. Every family would take a small dish and we would sit in the park and enjoy that.
One time the guy said, “That wasn’t enough,” and so she said, if you don’t want to take it I’ve got another debt on this street and I’m sure they would take it. So they took it.
What’s your opinion of FDR and his new deal?
I think he was a good president. He helped the poor people. He started the social security. He knew was suffering was because he had had polio. So he knew what it was to suffer and he could help people. That’s what he wanted to do. And when he died we lost a good president.
What lessons did you learn from living through the great Depression?
Being conservative. Caring for what you’ve got. Work hard, set a goal, and land on it. And don’t let anything or anybody discourage you from doing what you’re doing. A lot of people didn’t have a good education back then. They weren’t smart enough to know what they had to do or how to do it. I know my dad only went to the third grade. But he taught me one thing. He said, “If I can’t pay it off in thirty days, I won’t by it.” And that’s the way he lived. He didn’t believe in putting himself into more debt. And that’s how people get themselves into a lot of trouble. They didn’t have credit cards back then, but they could still get into debt. Things cost a lot less back then. I think my mom paid five cents for five pounds of sugar. Things were a lot cheaper back then. Gasoline. Things like that you never forget. The price of things. The governments hiked up all the prices and it hurts us and helps the rich people. The governments got lobbyists yelling from all sides and that’s why our gasoline prices are so high. We need to tell the government to go on their way and leave us alone.
What advice would you tell young people today?
I would tell people to get the best education you can get. Even if you have to get loans to get it. You can pay it off later, but get that education. Learn, study. Study about history of the country. I know my son owes a lot on loans for college education, but he’s got his degrees and he’s working for one of the colleges now in Miami. They can remember when they did without to help us when things were going hard, and so they learn from that. And I can tell you right now that education is very very important. Try to encourage your friends. Let’s not go that way, let’s not make that decision, let’s make the right decisions because it eventually catches up with you if you fail to make the right choices. Most parents care about what their children choose to do, and they will help you if you ask.
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| Saturday, March 17th, 2007
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8:39 pm - This is how I feel right now
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There is a young cowboy who lives on the range, his horse and his cattle are his only companions
he works in the saddle and he sleeps in the canion, waiting for summer his pastures to change, and as the moon rises he sits by his fire
thinking about women and glasses of beer, closing his eyes as the dogies retire, he sings out a song that is soft but it's clear
as if maybe someone could hear
So goodnight you moonlight ladies, rockabye sweet baby James, deep greens and blues are the colors I choose
won't you let me go down in my dreams? And rockabye sweet baby James
Now the first of december was covered with snow, so was the turnpike from stockridge to boston, though the birches seemed dreamlike on account of that frosting
with ten miles behind me and ten thousand more to go, there's a song that they sing when they take to the highway
a song that they sing when they take to the sea, a song that they sing of their home in the sky, maybe you can believe it if it helps you to sleep
but singing works just fine for me
So goodnight you moonlight ladies, rockabye sweet baby James, deep greens and blues are the colors I choose
won't you let me go down in my dreams? And rockabye sweet baby James
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| Monday, March 5th, 2007
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4:43 pm - Celeste is pretty dandy
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I haven't slept in over twenty-four hours. Bah.. Damn you Franks! Funny man, horrible busy work. But... right now all I want to do is cuddle. I don't want to do homework or change my sheets or put clothes away or clean. I know that's gross, and yet I fall victim to it!
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| Sunday, February 25th, 2007
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11:57 am
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Whoot for sleeping thirteen hours. I dunno why I was so tired last night, but that was awesome. I dreamt about drinking with Mary's mom. How weird is that?
"You must be out of your mind
this was a simple design
you fuck it up everytime
how could you leave me behind
It's alright, it's alright, cause I know what you want
but you'll just have to wait, if I had it to give
I would give it away, I'm living it up
while I'm falling from grace, there's no way, there's no way that I'm running away
I'm used to making it worse, made up of four letter words, you wanna know what it was
now isolated and gone, you fall apart at the seams, I'll never know what it means
try not to pull it apart, your aiming straight from the heart
It had to be the worst for me, I don't know what to say so let me be, and now I find you left me behind, I don't know what to say so nevermind
you're mine" - Breaking Benjamin
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| Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
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9:48 pm
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Rocky tomorrow night and if anyone can offer a ride that would be cool. I have one but I'm not sure if my mom's ok with it. So anyone should let me know what they can do if anything.
Besides that life is really good right now. It has been for a few months now, I don't know, I am thinking I'll get hit by a car or something sometime soon. I don't think it's normal for a person to be this happy this long.
"My shadow
my shadow
change is coming through
my shadow
my shadow
shedding skin
hunting, digging
my scales again" - Tool
current mood:  happy
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| Thursday, November 30th, 2006
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11:29 pm
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Hey, I got a new phone and I need my numbers back because I couldn't get them off my old phone. Please send me your number and any others you think I might have used to have. This is kinda important to me. Thanks.
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| Thursday, November 16th, 2006
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10:54 pm - The Noose
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Im' totally lost in this song right now, there were these girls singing on the stairs on the way back from the voice performance. They were above me, and it echoed everywhere, it sounded like they should be dressed in white and playing "angels". This song is completely following that suit. If you haven't heard it. Go find it. The Noose - A Perfect Circle:
So glad to see you
and overcome and
completely silent now
that until
you cast your demons out
and not to pull your halo
around your neck and tug you off your cloud
but I'm more than just a little curious
how you're planning to go about making your amends
to the dead
to the dead
we call the deeds of there's
their own
someone elses
atroscious stories
now you stand reborn before us all
so glad to see you well
and not to pull your halo down
around your neck and tug you to the ground
but I'm more than just a little curious
how you're planning to go about making your amends
to the dead
to the dead
with your halo slipping down
your halo's slipping
your halo's slipping down
your halo's slipping down
your halo's slipping down
more than just a little curious
how you plan to go about making your amends
your halo's slipping down
your halo's slipping down
your halo's slipping down
your halo's slipping down
to choke you now
current mood: I love Cody
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| Sunday, November 5th, 2006
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7:26 pm
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"I hear the train calling... calling me home"
So in the past week I have read:
Alicia Ostriker - No Heaven
Adrienne Rich - Midnight Salvage
Jorie Graham - Dream of the Unified Field
and I think that's it. Whoot yo. Now I'm reading Edward Hirsch.
I don't know what to say really, listening to Flipsyde. Which, because of Aaron, I'm like in love with. I've been in this really weird mood lately. I hope it goes away soon.
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| Saturday, October 21st, 2006
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1:25 am
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Ok, so I'm in one of those moods where nothing feels real. It's all weird, and I've got the worst feeling and the worst taste in my mouth. I dunno, I gotta go find that key.
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| Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
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3:12 am - Haley
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If you don't know just how you feel, don't say those sweet things
that you know I'd wanna hear
If you don't know just what to think, then put your thoughts away
and keep them out of reach
Haley don't hurt me, if you don't know, I could have moved on a long time ago
you're undecided, your eyes do show, Haley don't hurt me if you don't know
If you don't know just where we are, then slowly step away before we get too far
If you don't know just where you stand, don't brace a fall that you may never want to land
Haley don't hurt me, if you don' tknow, I could have moved on a long time ago, you're undecided, your eyes do show
Haley don't hurt me, if you don't know
We're on and off again, it's more than I can stand, so let me know if you're for real this time
your voice, it shook again, reminded me of when, we talked our way into the end
Haley don't hurt me
if you don't know
I could have moved on a long time ago
you're undecided, your eyes do show
Haley don't hurt me if you don't know
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| Monday, October 9th, 2006
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2:35 am - Make me change my mind
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lovins on the tracy chapman...
saw manderz, aaron, jacque, bug, and jason this weekend twas exciting. i gained two pounds andnow im eating a doughnut and typing w/ one hand. Damn freshan fifteen to hell.
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| Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
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7:15 pm
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Soo much homework. Josh called me today, he just wanted me to make out with Cameron though, but it was nice to receive the call. Talked to Celeste some, and ended up not watching a movie with her. Because of too much homework I'm not going to Reel Alternatives Tonight. Sadness. But I got good canoodling time with Ginger after school, and that was happy. Plus I have a 95 in HISTORY! CAN YOU FUCKING BELIEVE IT? I got a 90 on that essay I worked on for nine hours. I should've worked on it for 10 according to Butt. lol I don't know. Last night wasn't fun. And... I'm missing home a lot. I miss my friends.
"Some people say my love cannot be true
please believe me, my love, and I'll show you
I will give you those things you thought unreal
the sun, the moon,the stars all bear my seal
Oh yeah
Follow me now and you will not regret, leaving the life you led before we met, you are the first to have this love of mine
forever with me till the end of time" - Black Sabbath
current mood:  content
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| Wednesday, September 20th, 2006
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9:25 am
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I think I should write a letter,
and address it to the universe,
leave my phone number on the side,
so it has no choice but to call me
if response is required.
I wonder if
I could ask the universe
one question,
I hope it would sound somewhat noble
rather than
something cliche
that I'll be informed of anyway
two seconds
just before my death.
I should write a letter,
tell the universe I'm deceased
then maybe I'll know everything.
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9:04 am
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I dunno what's going on. But living with Mary... is interesting. I dunno, but I like this school a lot. And I dunno what's goin on with vw at this exact second, but I gotta figure out how to fix all this or something kinda soon. But I'm really excited cause my homework list is surprisingly low right now. And to give you afeel for how much stuff this school has been giving me... here is what it is right now:
1. Read the Ides of March. 2. Read Rousseau 429-437. 3. Write Sammy Back. 4. Write Jenny back. 5. Change sheets. 6. Do practice PSAT. 7. Read Chapter one in Physics book. 8. Read chapter two in Physics book. 9. Read chapter three in physics book. 10. Read chapter four in Physics book. 11. Read chapter five in Physics book. 12. Read chapter six in Physics book. 13. Read chapter seven in Physics book. 14. Read "Happy Days" the play. 15. Read the Palace Thief. 16. Make 25 notecards for US History. 17. Make 75 more notecards in US History. 18. Read the first passage from Burr by Bore Vidal. 19. Read the second passage from Burr by Bore Vidal. 20. Call Robyn P. 21. Do Chapter seven definitions for Physics. 22. Practice Singing. 23. Get $10 and go to SAT Prep Course in Smith thursday and Friday night. 24. Talk To Dean about lights. 25. Write first draft for Scholarship essay. 26. Edit Susan B Anthony Rough draft. 27. Write page of work cited, pg. 320 in MLA Handbook. 28. Print out information on 1870-1880 about the Trial of 1873 on Susan B Anthony. 29. Attach rough draft to newer draft. 30. Do the next draft for Godfrey by Friday. 31. Call Laura M. 32. Do French worksheet. 33. Send Mom bio/profile rough draft and edit the way she does. 34. Finish flag picture. 35. Fill out HDP sheet for Thursday on Susan B Anthony. 36. Finish How to build a house rsponse. 37. Finish Physics homework. 39. Finish Clumsy. 40. Read Blue Knights Bounced from CD Tourney. 41. Write review.
But whoot for Mabon being tomorrow.
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| Monday, September 18th, 2006
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10:09 pm - I haven't written in fucking forever
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My hands are searching for you, my arms are outstretched towards you
I feel you on my fingertips, my tongue dances behind my lips for you
This fire rising through my being, burning I'm not used to seeing you
I'm alive, I'm alive, I can feel you all around me, thickening the air I'm breathing
holding on to what I'm feeling, savoring this heart thats healing
my hands float up above me, and you whisper you love me, and I begin to fade
Into our secret place, the music makes me sway, the angels singing say we are alone with you
I am along and they are too with you, I'm alive, I'm alive, I can feel you all around me
Thickening the air I'm breathing, holding on to what I'm feeling
savoring this heart that's healing, take my hand, I give it to you
now you owe me, all I am, you said you would never leave me
I believe you, I believe, I can feel you all around me, thickening the air I'm breathing
holding on to what I'm feeling, savoring this heart that's healing
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| Sunday, August 20th, 2006
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3:03 pm
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The wedding was wonderful. I'll write more about it later, but I need to remember the Horah. I love Jewish weddings.
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| Friday, August 11th, 2006
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10:57 pm
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The last few days have rocked, but today was uber stressful. But I've got everything done. But gah... I don't wanna move out! I'm such a mamas girl, I feel like being a chick... blah. Plus I can't see anyone for a month. I'm gonna miss Jason and everyone I haven't even fucking seen yet. But good news of the last twenty four hours, Pruitts staying around for a bit longer. Whoot bitches. You know you're all happy in the pants.
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| Tuesday, August 8th, 2006
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1:53 am
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Today I saw Robyn, Alicia, Jessica, Cory, Jason, Elisabeth, Aaron, Rachel and Jacque. It was a good day. I bought Jason his b-day present, went to Pandora's box, barefoot annie's, gun and pawn shop and purple haze. All very much fun. Not too mention jamming some serious guitar ness and then having a movie half-night with my mom. Which was nice. Jason lent me his guitar, its so gorgeous.
I keep getting flashes of scabs covering my back... makes me sick in teh stomach.
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| Sunday, August 6th, 2006
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11:13 pm
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I'm home!
"Anything for you, turn my castles blue, turn my bones to sand
just to see you, I'll give you anything, I'll give you anything
I'll give you anything, Jackie O with the top down open
all the words to what's unspoken, I'll put together everything that's broken
just to see you, I'll give you anything, I'll give you anything
I'll give you anything, Jackie O with the top down open
a king's horse for what's been broken, I'll bring back even what's unspoken
just to see you, I'll give you anything, I'll give you anything
I'll give you anything" - Third Eye Blind
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