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julie

juliedahlstrand

About Me


So...I grew up pretty much split between Erie PA and Houston TX. I went to college at the University of Pittsburgh and had the best time EVER!! Sometimes I wish I could go back to the craziness of being a freshman all over again :) Back then you never really knew how great you had it!
Now I am pretty much just living the "real world" life with my boyfriend of over 5 years, Matt... He's the best! I don't know what I would do without him in my life. We live in the Upper East Side in New York City (Manhattan) so I guess life could be a lot worse, right?! I absolutly LOVE New York! It's been about 2 1/2 years since I moved here and sometimes I still can't believe I actually live here!
A little more randomness about me... I always try to make the most out of life. I think I am a very optimistic person. I'm always so indecisive, but it's usually because i just don't care either way. I almost always end up happy no matter what anyways. I can be very impulsive, especially when it comes to shopping. I love my family, actually I'm obsessed with my family. My parents are really young and they are both sooo funny!! I'm pretty sure that I have the best family in the entire world... no seriously- they are awesome and I can almost guarantee that if you spend the day at the Dahlstrand house, you will definitely be very amused. Even though we were pretty poor when i was little, (my parents had me when they were 18 & I'm their second kid) I can't imagine having a better childhood! I pray every day and thank God for the amazing life I have. I love to travel and hope to see most the world before I die. Even though I HATE winter it seems like football season and Christmas help me get through it! I love taking pictures (which drives most of my friends insane ), i think my scrapbooks are like the story book of my life. I hate to admit that i love reality TV... I can't help it, if i watch a show once (even if it's stupid) I get addicted. I love sugar and probably eat more candy than anyone you know! Erie, PA will always be "home". I love going out in Erie because it's always so random and I usually run into someone i've known since 2nd grade or haven't seen since we graduated from High School. My boyfriend tells me every day that I am the weirdest person he's ever met... I'm still not sure what to think of that- but since we're still together 5 years later, i guess i take it as a compliment! I'm secretly pretty smart, but have the shortest attention span EVER unless i'm really interested in something. I think babies are the most amazing things in the world (but i want to wait a few more years before i even THINK about having my own!!) I love music and really hate when people say that they like "everything BUT country music"... that's such a cliche answer. I also hate cliche answers! haha!
I hate to stay mad about anything. Life is too short. For me, with a sincere apology all is forgiven. I'm not in any huge hurry to grow up. I just want to live each day as it comes and be who I am. I totally believe in fate and I think that everything happens for a reason. I love to have fun and i would probably try anything at least once. I hope to live a life that when i die, no matter when, i know i lived the best life ever!
Anything else you want to know, just ask ;)
My SN: jDahlstrand

My Interests


Obsessions: Beaches, California, working out, People-watching, CONAN O'BRIEN, Sephora, Living in NYC, Shopping, Central Park, Acapulco!!!!, Traveling, perfume, taking tons of pictures, looking at pictures, Babies (as long as they aren't mine!), US Weekly, MTV, VH1, Reality TV, lotion, Urban Decay Eye Shadows, Football, the Dallas Cowboys, the COLTS #21!!, & the Steelers (yes, i have 3 teams- GET OVER IT)!! Peyton Manning, friend requests that are actually friends & not some random band or weirdo!, Limes, being totally random, Avocados, Laguna Beach, Cute purses, short skirts, "tank tops and flip flops if u got 'em" (-a little Kenny Chesney for ya!), Red Wine, Mexican restaurants, painfully HIGH heels that look cute but kill your feet, St. Patrick's Day, technology, anything designed to make life better or easier, Palm Trees, Scrapbooking, reminising about anything that was "the funnest thing ever", over using the word "LOVE", any reason to bring good friends together, Drinking, Smokin' & having fun!

Things that I Hate: fake people, people that try too hard, popped collars (the worst), guys that wear shoes with no socks, Mondays, messiness and un-organization, people who think that all of Pennsylvania is Amish!- (which i've learned is pretty much everyone that is not from Pennsylvania), Bad eyebrows, pessimistic people, people that don't know how to have FUN!, not winning the lottery and having to work, the Daily Show, Winter, the saying "No Offense", People who don't think normal social "rules" apply to them, Winter, Idiots, losers with no real aspirations in their lives, people who accept failure, people who pretend they like you and then talk shit behind your back, shitty movies, when things aren't perfect, boring quiet people (that probably comes from being a Dahlstrand- cuz none of us are ever boring OR quiet! LOL), natural disasters ruining awesome places, friends that are far away :( and hard to keep in touch with, people who have the world in their hands but let it go to waste, letting something stupid ruin your day, overly crowded places, rising interest rates on student loans that are already high enough, when girls make that stupid looking puckered lip kiss face in every freakin' picture (there is nothing attractive about it). and Winter (did I mention that i hate winter?)

I'd like to meet:


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Music:

Doug Acoustic, Justin Timberlake, Tim McGraw, Coldplay, John Mayer, Jack Johnson, Dave Matthews Band, Kelly Clarkson, Eminem, the Killers, Good Charlotte, 50 Cent, Kenny Chesney, Fall Out Boy, Brad Paisley, Jimmy Buffet, J-Lo, Maroon 5, YellowCard, Sheryl Crow, and pretty much any Fun Dance music!

Movies:

BORAT- the funniest movie EVER!!! SuperBad, The Departed, Home Alone & Home Alone 2, Napolean Dynamite, Big Fish, Wedding Crashers, the Notebook, Boondock Saints, Pulp Fiction, American Beauty, Bruce Almighty, Blow, Office Space, Half Baked, Count of Monte Cristo, Thomas Crowne Affair, Sweet Home Alabama, 40 Year Old Virgin... I could go on and on!

Television:

Project Runway, Big Brother, Best Week Ever, The Soup, Entourage, Six Feet Under, Sex and the City, Rome, Desparate Housewives, Laguna Beach, the Real World, Curb Your Enthusiam, Grey's Anatomy, Weeds, Friends, Sopranos, South Park, Las Vegas, Family Guy, House Hunters, HGTV (my inspiration!), Seinfeld, Gossip Girl, Nip/Tuck... can you tell i'm obsessed with TV?!? Don't ever get a DVR if you don't want to have the same problem! haha!

Heroes:

Matt ♥ and my family... especially my parents because without them, I wouldn't be the person that I am today.

My Blog

Life Goes On...


Posted by julie on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:39:00 PST

In Loving Memory...

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Posted by julie on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 03:45:00 PST

remember this?!

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