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Thursday, August 29, 2002
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Well this week is zipping right along. I'm feeling a bit better today after a good nights sleep. I wish I could have slept in a bit longer but, alas, one more day at the grind. Maybe tomorrow I'll get some more sleep in the morning since I won't have work. Although I will have to get stuff done, I don't have to start at 9am or whatever. Yay. :) It's rainy today. I wish I had my raincoat still here. Oh well, at least I've got a brolly or two around here.
Thursday Thumb Twiddler
1. You're helping raise money for a charity, and someone pledges a very large contribution if you'll perform, on stage, at the upcoming fund-raising show. There will be about 1,100 people in the audience. Would you be willing to perform? If so, what sort of act would you prefer to do? Yes. Either recite a some poetry, or a piece from a play, or do some dance routine thing.
2. Have you ever cheated in a game (like a card game) for money? No. I've never played games for money.
3. If you could go back in time and relive any moment in your life exactly as it happened, what event would you choose to experience again? My Senior year one act state performance.
Thursday Threesome
Onesome. Double. If you could have a clone of yourself, what thing would you most want that clone to do so you don't have to? Clean. :)
Twosome. Bubble. Anyone you know live life in a bubble? Who? And do you wish they'd snap back to reality? Not really. Most people I know have their feet mostly on the ground. Although if I did know someone like that would wish they'd come back to reality, since most people who live life in a bubble are rather selfish and annoying.
Threesome. Bubblegum. Willy Wonka talks about chewing gum to be a nasty habit. What's your worst habit? Do you wish you could give it up? Worst habit must have to be procrastination. I do wish I could stop but I don't see that happening. I've gotten a bit better over the years but...its still pretty bad.
Wednesday, August 28, 2002
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I am feeling awful. I wonder if I'm getting a cold or something. I'm all achey and tired and stuff. I'm sure that's part of the whole moving process too but then again who knows. It could be from going in and out of the cold of the office I'm working in. Honestly that place is so cold you could store meat in it. Speaking of meat...I'm making dinner tomorrow night for the boys. I wonder what I should whip up. I was thinking of lasgna or something. Maybe steaks? I wish I had a grill...steaks would be so great. I've been craving red meat lately. Making up for the lack of it I guess. All I want to do right now is take a nap. Unfortunately my bed is already out of my apartment and there's no way I'm laying down on the floor. It badly needs to be cleaned. But I'm waiting on doing it until the rest of the things are out here. Okay enough rambling for now.
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Scientists to recreate Mammoths. I recently watched a program on Discovery or TLC about this. Pretty interesting.
Did you know there is an official wizard position in Christchurch NZ? And the man who has held the position since the 70s is retiring...so get your applications in! :)
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Moral from Mum
My mum sent this to me. I think she's saying I'm a cracked pot. *lol*
A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water.
At the end of the long walk from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer
delivering only one and a half pots full of water to his house.
Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments, perfect for which it was made. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own
imperfection, and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do.
After 2 years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream. "I am ashamed of myself, and I want you to
throw me away and replace me. I have been able to deliver only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house. Because of my flaws, you have to do all of this work, and you don't get full value from your efforts", the pot said.
The bearer said to the pot, "Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side? That's because I have always known about your flaw, and I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you've watered them. For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty with which to grace the house".
Moral: Each of us has our own unique flaws. We're all cracked pots. But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding. You've just got to take each person for what they are, and look for the good in them. Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape. Remember to appreciate all the different people in your life!
Tuesday, August 27, 2002
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butt print artist- interesting concept. found via the ultimate insult site
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Uncreative title
Home from the gym and I could use a shower. I feel very stinky. I was going to shower at the gym but I wanted to get away from the city before the baseball game time got too close. Getting home on a game day is a nightmare. I really hate it. I wish they'd move the stadium to the other side of town. Or out of town would be nice too. It's so annoying.
Working this week at a non-profit. People there are interesting and very nice. No real heavy lifting though, which is not a bad thing really. It's very close to the gym and that's good motivation to get my butt there this week before my account gets put on hold. I wanted to work out longer than I did today but I kept yawning through the workout and I'm physically exhausted from moving this weekend, so I thought I shouldn't push myself too much. Plus I still have the last bits of things to move out end of this week, so I don't want to strain or pull anything that would interfere with that.
There's a farmer's market in town on Tuesdays and Thursdays I think near where I'm working. I went today at lunch and got some fruit. I would have loved to have gotten masses of veggies and made a veggie lasagna or something tonight but I'm too tired to cook and I didn't want to leave veggies in my locker at the gym. There's just something kind of nasty and disgusting about that.
I may have a place to be in October after all. It's not very close to public transportation, which was really the only thing I was looking for in a place, but it would be easier, since one of us is already living there. It's not as cheap as we were looking for, as C thought he was paying too much. But, it's got a ton of space, a nice sized kitchen with a dishwasher(!!), and we'd have a good sized study too. Oh and there's an AC in the livingroom. I figure either way I look at it I'm going to be paying less than I am now- with the exception of transportation costs in and out of the city. I may have to pay for parking and the like which would increase my share. That kind of bugs me but I'm not sure if it bothers me enough to want to go through the whole hassle of apartment searching and the possibility of having to pay some yahoo a whole months rent for doing absolutely nothing. I'd still have to come up with a two months rent though- last and security (if there's one...I'm not sure), so that's not so much better for me, although it would be for C. He thinks the landlord said something about a possible decrease in rent if they stayed instead of an increase or whatever...so if that's the case that would be nice too.
I still haven't heard a thing about either job, the fulltime one or the freelance gig. I was supposed to hear back from the fulltime guys yesterday with some "idea" as to what was going on, since they weren't sure by when they were going to have a decision made and all that kind of thing. But, not too surprisingly, no one called. And I figure, these guys are busy trying to work, on top of doing the whole hiring thing, so I'm not going to push them too much. If I don't hear anything by Friday I figure I'll call again, because then it will have been over three weeks since the 2nd interview and I think (and would hope) by then they'd have some idea at least what was going on. Then again who the hell knows.
While on my lunch break I did some blogcrawling to these places that looked pretty funky.
druzba
Roniweb
Amytart
contraversion
RuPaul's weblog!
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Two for Tuesday
1. Tell us a little about the first car you owned/leased/drove -- i.e. what it was like, what you loved/hated about it, etc. The car I have now is my first car. It was my stepdads, and now it's still not even technically mine. It's still in my mum's name. It's a 87 Camry. His name is Nigel. He's not new and shiney but he gets from A to B and that's what matters :)
2. This is a two part question: first, do you consider yourself a good and/or courteous driver and second, what's one of your biggest pet peeves with other drivers? I do usually. Unless someone is being a jerk. Then I'm rude. Biggest peeve lately has been drivers who seem to think they have the right of way while making left hand turns.
This or That Tuesday
1. Sesame Street or Captain Kangaroo? Sesame Street
2. Muppet Show or Fraggle Rock? Both! But I'll go with Fraggle Rock
3. He-Man or Jem? Hahha. Aww I loved both too. I'll go with Jem.
4. The Smurfs or Muppet Babies? Smurfs!
5. Archie or Josie & the Pussycats?? Archie!! I used to collect the comics too
6. H.R. Pufnstuf or The Banana Splits? I've never seen either so I'll say HR Pufnstuff
7. The Partridge Family or The Brady Bunch ? Brady Bunch although not much of fan of either
8. Happy Days or Welcome Back Kotter? Happy Days
9. Punky Brewster or Small Wonder? Hah! Punky Power!
10. The Facts of Life or Silver Spoons? SIlver Spoons. I had a crazy crush on Ricky when I was little.
Monday, August 26, 2002
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PromoGuy's Monday Mission 2.34
1. What do you do to make things better when you feel sad and/or lonely? Put on some music that makes me happy. Usually Depeche Mode or Sting or RHCP.
2. Are you a "touchy-feely" person? That is, do you like to touch people you don't know that well? And on the flipside of that, do you like being touched by someone you aren't close with? Not usually. Sometimes after a drink or four I will get a bit more "touchy-feely". I don't mind too much being touched depending on who it is and where it is (for example I DON'T like it when I'm on public transportation and someone brushes against me).
3. Do you like to have "me" time, time to yourself to be alone and relax? Or do you prefer to just do your own thing with someone else in the room? When was the last "me" time you got and what did you do? I like "me" time. I need it now and again to regain my strength but I don't always need that much of it. Last me thing....I'm doing it now :)
4. Generally speaking, how do you feel about the concept of marriage? Are you the marrying type? Do you think the act of getting married means something today or is it simply just "a piece of paper?" I'm not really sure how I feel about marriage. I've got mixed feelings on it. I also think that it is much more of a governmental thing than anything else- benefits, etc type of stuff. I think there's one side of it that is proclaiming to love someone for the rest of your life and then the other side of it which is the benefits that a married couple have. I just wish that they would get on with having same sex marriages be legal. MetaFi had a thing about it and it's so stupid because the only real reason for it to not be legal is because of some religious idea that it's bad or wrong. And, since there's supposed to be a seperation of state and church I don't see why the government doesn't legalize it. It annoys me. I think that some day my gay friends and relatives deserve the option to get married if they want to.
5. That said, as many as 25 states have passed legislation regulating who they believe should be the "marrying type." What are your thoughts on the banning of same-sex marriages? Heh. i didn't read ahead did I? See above.
6. If there was one law you had the ability to create or change, what would it be? Hard to say. I can think of quite a few.
7. What would you like someone visiting your Blog for the first time to know about you? Now is your chance! Hah. No one visits my blog. It's me talking to myself.
BONUS: Can you hear them? Yes. Can you tell them to keep it down a bit please?
Monday Memories
When you were a child, did you have someone, a relative, an old family friend, an older sibling maybe.. who told you scary stories? They might have been ghost stories... they might have been axe murderer hiding in the garden stories...? Who was it, and what were the stories? No one I every knew growing up did that. Then again I never really liked scary stories either. I remember in elementary school we'd lock people in the bathroom and do "Bloody Mary". We never did much more than that in the way of scaring people...although that was pretty scary too!
Monday Positives
~ All my big stuff and most of my things are out of my apartment now...
~ I got a job for this week or at least part of it
~ There's a possibility that we may have worked out an apartment solution for October but, I'm not sure yet
~ I'm still waiting to hear back about two possible jobs
~ Someone gave Gweneths new movie a bad review! Yay! (yes i'm mean)
~ It's not deathly hot anymore
Saturday, August 24, 2002
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And on it goes
This place is looking more and more empty. Which I guess is a good thing. I got a job for next week doing some transcribing so I won't have as much time to get the last of things out of here. Tomorrow is big stuff moving day. Ugh. Yucky. Oh well. Needs to be done.
It's very weird to be moving back home, even if it is only for a month. Last night I cleaned out my closet and dresser drawers (for the first time in ages) in my room at home to make more room for my stuff. It was sort of weird. I think I ended up with 3-4 trash bags of clothes, shoes, and various other things to donate. My mum wants to "sit down and discuss" what we expect of each other during the month to make living arangements more...suitable for the both of us. I suppose it's a good idea, although I'm not looking forward to it. Free rent though, so I suppose I can't complain too much. While cleaning out things I found some funny old stuff. I think I need to get a box to put all my "memory" things in, instead of having them scattered all over the place. It would make sense. Maybe that will be a project for me to do while I'm home. I also want to put some photo albums together too. I've got tons of pictures that need a home, other than the envelope things they come back from the developing place in. Also I'd like to organize them before I forget when they are from too.
Going to a BBQ this afternoon, which should be fun if not interesting at least. Meeting C's cousin who is on leave from the military and her boyfriend. And maybe out to Cornwall's for a drink later on. Just have to be careful not to drink too much tonight, because moving with a hangover will be awful.
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Saturday Scruples
1. You're an M.D. A patient asks you for a sick note. She took time off work to visit a daughter who just had a baby. Do you provide the note?
Of course. Pregnancies are just like going to see family who just had surgery too. And if a boss wouldn't let them go without one, well, boo to them.
2. In a supermarket, you send dozens of packages tumbling into the aisle. No one sees you. Do you tip toe away?
Probably. If it was only one or two I'd put it back though.
3. A colleague is out of her office. You notice her paycheck stub on her desk. Do you glance at it? No. Because most likely it would only make me upset or something and it's not worth all the trouble. Besides, it's none of my business.
Saturday-8: "You Come To My Senses"
1. Your eyes, nose, ears, tongue, skin. Which is the most sensitive part? Probably my ears. I'm sensitive to some noises, like high pitched stuff...I swear I'm part dog or something. Which one do you like the least? My nose. Why? I think it's sort of a funny shape. Which one has the best feature? My eyes I think. They are blue but change depending on what I'm wearing and stuff. Sometimes they are more green. Sometimes more gray.
2. How good is your eye-sight? Do you wear any glasses or contact-lenses? If you do, since when? Pretty bad. I can't see much without my glasses or contacts in. I prefer to wear my contacts because they are easier. I started wearing glasses in 7th or 8th grade just to see the chalkboard.
3. If you could afford and you have the time to do a plastic surgery, which part of your body you want to "repair"? Lipo on my stomach I guess.
4. Do you ALWAYS get what people tell you? Or do you need them to repeat what they are saying often? Usually I do. But sometimes it needs repeating, depending on what I'm doing when they are talking to me.
5. Sensitivity. How sensitive are you? Is your skin is sensitive? How about your feelings? Tell me. I'm pretty sensitive emotionally, although my skin isn't very sensitive. Although I do burn pretty easily.
6. How is your skin? And your lips? If you need some lotion for your skin, what the brand you use? And for your lips? My skin is pretty groovy. Except for the occasional blemish on my face it tends to behave. In the winter I get dry elbows though. I like to use a passion fruit lotion from the Body Shop. And lately I've been using their Vitamin E lipbalm too, although my lips don't get too dry during this time of year.
7. How ticklish are you? Where is the most ticklish part of your body? I'm quite ticklish. Although I've gotten better at not being as ticklish as I used to be. But once someone starts tickling I tend to be super ticklish. Most ticklish part would be my sides I think or my feet.
8. List the function of each senses of yours. The out-of-ordinary ones! (We all know that toungue is not always used for tasting flavor, don't we? *wink*) Hahha. Um. I'll answer this one later.
Friday, August 23, 2002
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Made some major headway. I think I'm going to need more boxes. Gah! Not many more though...thankfully. I really need to get the car loaded up and bring this trip's worth of stuff to where it's going before afternoon traffic gets too bad. Then again, today is a day I wouldn't mind traffic so much. Don't ask why...I have no idea myself. Now I have to see how much of this stuff I can cram into my car.
I wish I had Jeannie's (from I Dream of Jeannie) or Samantha's (from Bewitched) powers...oh to blink or twitch my nose and make everything go where it needs to!
Sunday I'm getting C's help in moving all the big stuff that I need a truck to move. This will entail taking down bannisters, taking the front door to my apartment off it's hinges to get the bed and kitchen table out (I'm assuming we will anyways since we had to to get the stuff up here). I'm wondering what I'm going to do without a bed for a few days. I guess I can crash at C's place for a couple days. But I'm trying to have it so that I can at least have a chair and table to put my computer up on since I'll still have a phone and stuff to surf the web. I need to cancel that stuff too. (note to self- cancel phone, electricity and long distance!) Having all the big stuff out of the way will make it easier to douche this place so I'm not stuck with a cleaning fee from Mr. Landlord. But, I'd really like to keep my bed here. Oh well. We'll see. Maybe I should bring it up with C and see if it would be possible to do a couple of things Friday night or something. I definitely don't want to do any moving Sat or Sunday as those will be absolutely hectic days around here- it's like the whole city moves on September 1st and everyone becomes insane. I'd like to avoid that at all costs. When I moved in here I was able to move in a couple days before the 1st...which made life soooo much easier.
*blink* dang it didn't work. *twitch* booo. I want superpowers!!!
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Blogcrawling
A town without ramen
that you
fuzzy sweater
fuzzy black sweater
ask me if i'm a pineapple
the new typography
round things roll
listen missy
scrubbles
my teeth are pretty
This is what I'm doing instead of packing. Argh. I need to get back to stuffing boxes. Coffee break is over. Awww. Time to cover myself in more newsprint! Yay.
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Friday Five
1. What is your current occupation? Is this what you chose to be doing at this point in your life? Why or why not? I wish I had an occupation right now. I'm a copywriter, but I've been out of work for a while. Grr. There's a few things up in the air right now but hopefully they will pan out. Being unemployed isn't what I thought I'd be doing now. Nor the office temp work I've been doing (when there's work that is).
2. If time/talent/money were no object, what would your dream occupation be? Being a copywriter. I really like what I do. Other things I'd consider would be field studying dolphins, whales and seals, being a chef, an artist, or actress/screenwriter.
3. What did/do your parents do for a living? Has this had any influence on your career choices? Dad is a lawyer, Mom and stepdad are/were social studies teachers. It didn't have much of an effect on what I chose to do at all.
4. Have you ever had to choose between having a career and having a family?
Nope. Not yet. And I really hope I never have to.
5. In your opinion, what is the easiest job in the world? What is the hardest? Why? Hmm. That's a hard question. I'm not really sure what would be the easiest. Hardest would have to be one where you are dealing with the public or having to make extremely difficult decisions.
Thursday, August 22, 2002
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Doctors in Phillipines tell stroke victims to have sex but not affairs. Neurologist Dr Abdias Aquino of St Luke's Medical Centre in Manilla said sex "is good for the brain and the heart" and may help stroke victims to recover.
Italy to send taste police around the world to check the authenticity of Italian restaurants. Interesting concept.
This is just wacky- although could be an easy way to make £160,000.
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There's a lot to be doing today and I've done nothing so far. It's bad. Procrastination is seeping in...wait a minute, it's always there. Hah. I'm not feeling motivated to do anything. I want to call and see what's going on with the job thing but, I also don't want to be a pain. I emailed on Monday and left a message yesterday. Still no word. In a way, I understand that the people who are making this decision are also busy doing other work, but I'd like to have an idea as to what is going on. I have no clue if there are more rounds after this, or when they would want the person to start. It's frustrating having so many things up in the air. It drives me nuts. I'd like to at least have some information. I think I would feel much better if I did. I suppose I better get myself motivated. Argh.
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Talking Cock poetry
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Thursday Thumb Twiddler
1. If you were to discover that your closest friend is a heroin dealer, what would you do? I'd have a chat with them. I wouldn't approve but, there's only so much I'd be able to do or say before they would probably stop listening to me and do whatever they wanted anyways.
2. Having learned to a moral certainty that the world is going to end in six months, what one thing would you do for the first time? Scuba dive.
3. If you could create a memorial to yourself in a city park, what would it be? A big fountain with some funky scuplture in the middle of it.
Thursday Threesome
Onesome. Small. Is it a small world? In how many miles of space do you live your life? It varies. Virtually it is much larger than in reality.
Twosome. Spiral. Ever felt as if you were on a downward spiral? How did you pull out of it? Yes. I'm still working on that. But attempting to do it but surrounding myself with good people, taking time to do what makes me happy, and getting plenty of exercise.
Threesome. Notebook. Notebooks and pens and crayons and glue...when you think about school supplies, what do you most remember? Um...I remember trying to find those cool trapperkeeper notebooks. I think that's what they were called. By the end of the school year mine tended to have torn plastic and be a bit dinged up.
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So I'm up late tonight and watching Leno reruns (well more having it on in the background), and I am wondering why he keeps having Arsenio Hall as a guest. What the heck does he do now? He sure does look awful. I'm not quite sure what this look is that he's going for, but he looks like the cowardly lion from the wizard of oz. weird. Oh well. I guess if I was paying attention I might have an idea what he was doing there. *shrug*
Wednesday, August 21, 2002
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Blah. I can't remember my username for my commenting thing. Very annoying. I have it written down somewhere around here. Just wish I knew where. Something is up with my counter and I wanted to see if it was a code thing or whatever, but I guess I'll have to hold on with checking that until later. :\
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The great box expedition
Moving is a major pain. It's the only time when useless boxes become priceless commodities. I had to see if I could get some boxes from the liquor store down the street. I have found in my many moves that the liquor boxes are best for kitchen things like plates and glasses because the boxes are usuallly a bit thicker and more sturdy than those you'd normally find. I was prepared to deal with whoever was behind the counter. Luckily, they had placed a good number of boxes on the sidewalk. Only a few weren't broken down, but that's fine. I have tape. I can put them back together if I need to. So I stood on the sidewalk, probably looking a bit like a weirdo, poking through the stack of boxes and rearranging the ones I didn't want. I didn't want to leave a huge mess on the sidewalk. That would be just rude. So I am arranging these boxes and when I turn around, there's this homeless guy sitting in front of one of the shops next to the liquor store looking at me like I'm a bit crazy. I had to find this amusing. It suppose it would seem a bit weird. But I got my boxes, and I didn't have to interact with anyone from the store so yay! On my way back to my apartment, I walked past the island of newspaper machines and grabbed a handful of free newspapers, as I didn't have any of those either. So now I've got plenty of paper (I hope), and plenty of boxes (I hope) to continue on with the ordeal of packing up my things.
Still no word on the job front. I am thinking of calling later this afternoon if I don't hear from them, if only to see if they even have an idea on when they will be making a decision. It's hard to not let it get in the way of other possibilites, but I'd really rather have this job than just get a freelance gig for month or two. Maybe I should go sacrifice a chicken or something.
Tuesday, August 20, 2002
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Life
Argh. Frustration stuff first. I'm waiting to hear back about that job. Today I got a phone call about a freelance gig, that would be great, and I need to know what my situation is going to be. I hope I hear back about the job soon. Stressssssss! Blah. I suppose it's good stress though. I mean better that there be too many opportunites than none. Today I have to go to a state mandated seminar on creating a "good" resume. I'm not really looking forward to it, but, alas, I have no choice. Since I am getting unemployment money, I have to do what they say. I suppose it's not all that bad, but I wonder how much useful information they can give to me, as advertising (especially creatives) looks at resumes in a different light compared to most other businesses. But, I'm willing to play along.
It's finally cooled down a bit. YAY! I'm so glad. It's rainy today and overcast but that's fine. I'm just happy I can exist without feeling like I've been locked in a sauna.
Last night I was able to get myself to stop thinking instead of lying in bed with a thousand thoughts going through my head. It wasn't easy but I did it! I used a bit of a meditation technique, and it helped. I need to remember that because it may be what I need to keep doing in order to get a decent nights sleep. I have used these "natural" sleep aids called Calms, and they work okay, but I'd rather be able to get to bed without the help of chemicals, natural or otherwise.
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Don't show your underwear if you want to shop at a grocery store in Cincinnati. The owner finds it offensive and has put up a sign stating you will not be served if your underwear can be seen.
Beauty in the eye of the beerholder, not the beholder, study shows. Scottish scientists say they have found proof of the "beer goggles" effect, following a study involving 80 students. Did they really need to do a study to find this out?
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Two for Tuesday
1. Other than a family member, is there someone (you don't have to name names, of course) that you've never been able to forget? Why him or her? There have been quite a few actually. There are a lot of wonderful people I've come across so far, who have made their way out of my life in one way or another, that have made an impact on my life. My 7th grade social studies teacher (who I remember every St. Patties Day as that was his bday-yes I remember that years later!), my medieval history professor and one of my advertising professors from college who was an amazing teacher, multiple people from internships who gave me guidence and advice on career pursuits, and many more.
2. What incident -- either one that happened to you personally or something that you witnessed but weren't directly a part of -- have you not been able to truly put behind you? Why not? I can't think of one that I've not been able to put behind me. At least nothing comes to mind.
This or That Tuesday
1. CandyLand or Chutes and Ladders? CandyLand! I loved that game
2. Barbie or GI Joe? Oh Barbie for sure. I had soooo many of them.
3. Play-Doh or Silly Putty? Play-Doh definitely.
4. Lincoln Logs or Tinkertoys? Tinkertoys! I think I still have a set of mine.
5. The Game of Life or Monopoly? Game of Life.
6. Etch-a-Sketch or Lite-Brite? Lite-Brite!! turn on the colors of magic light!
7. The Slinky: metal or plastic? Plastic. the metal ones got too bent out of shape after a while.
8. Easy-Bake Oven or Sno-Cone Machine? I had an easy-bake oven but always wanted a sno-cone machine. I envyed one of my best friends who had a snoopy one. So, Sno-Cone machine!
9. Hot Wheels or Matchbox cars? never really was in to these but I'll go with matchbox cars.
10. Spirograph or Paint-by-Numbers? Spirograph! I still have mine!! :) (see I am a packrat!)
Monday, August 19, 2002
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Monday Positives
~ Was called back to a second interview last week
~ Got some packing done this weekend to make the whole moving process less painful
~ Filled out my health insurance stuff for money back from the gym, which I hope I'll get before I get switched on to another insurance company
~ I helped my mum solve a computer problem
~ I talked to my dad last week and he was great with helping me out
~ I found a long lost Red Dwarf thing I thought had disappeared
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Monday Mission
1. Many children have blankets, or a favorite nubby stuffed animal that they like to keep near them for security. Do you recall what you had for your "security blanket" as a child? When did you finally give it up? What brought that about?
I had a satin bear that I carried around for a long time when I was little. It was light purple and wonderful. I think I eventually grew out of it but I still have it on a chair in my room at home.
2. Now that you are a big kid, what do you have to give you that same sense of security? Sadly enough, my Paddington Bear that my mum got for me on a trip she took to London. When I'm alone, he's in my bed with me.
3. With a little over four months left in 2002, have you accomplished everything you wanted to for the year? Is there anything that you would like to accomplish before the year is over?
I never set goals for the year, since I'm bad about completing them. Although I do have a few things I need to accomplish before the end of the year like getting a job, finding an apartment and other more mundane kinds of things.
4. I don't know about you, but it seems to me children have it pretty good these days. Game systems, computers in the home, microwaves, cable TV, the internet, cell phones and pagers, they certainly have a wider variety of technology than most of us did as children. What modern convenience, if any,
do you think it would be good for children today to do without? What would they gain?
I think it's all good in moderation. It's the parents that let their kids get away with getting everything they want from the video games to the cells phones that causes problems.
5. Many of us have one thing in which we believe we excel. What do you do better than most?
I'd like to think cooking. But I'm still working on that. I'm not sure really.
6. In the United States, and possibly other countries, teenagers in High School usually wind up falling into several social circles or "cliques." Stoners, Rich Kids, Jocks, Cheerleaders, Band, Drama, Goths, and so on (though the names are probably different today). What High School "clique" did you find yourself in? Was it by choice or did it just happen? Did you look down on other groups? (Aw it's ok, it was/is High School, we all did dumb stuff)
I hung around with people from all groups. I was a floater. I played volleyball, did the drama thing, etc and was friends with people from all groups, but never really "made it" into one specific one. I think it was a good thing. Although my high school wasn't very big (about 160 in the graduating class), it definitely was divided. Except right before graduation. Which I found some what odd. I mean people who looked down on other kids were like "Yeah we're one great class" and it seemed so fake and phoney.
7. (it begins) I have great news! I won the contest and we now have plane tickets to anywhere in the world. The bad news is we have to pick a place now and leave in the morning. I can't decide where to go, so you get to pick. Where should we go, and what is the first thing we should do when we get there? London. And spend the day wandering the British Museum.
BONUS: Must I beg you? Yes. You look so pretty down on your knees :)
Monday Memories
Camping. My first camping trip that I remember went okay. Although I remember my dad and stepmom going over the safety stuff and telling me that if we left food out over night bears might come by. I spent most of the night awake, jumping at every noise outside the tent, thinking it was a bear.
Sunday, August 18, 2002
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It's been mad hot here for so long but supposedly we're going to see a break in this heat wave this evening and tomorrow. I can't wait! Oh to not sweat while sitting!! Packing in the heat is never fun either. Ugh. But there's not much to be done about it other than just sucking it up. Hopefully for the big stuff it won't be too hot that day. I've been cleaning out stuff as I've been packing it up and it's so hard to throw out things. I have lots of things I don't really need that have sentimental value and feel bad throwing out but, I also don't feel like having to move all that stuff twice in two months either. So there's a little bit of motivation to not keep it all. I suppse that's good. It seems to be helping. I've also gone through my clothes and set up a pile of things to donate that I never wear anymore. I'm not looking forward to moving all my books and ad magazines though. Heavyness isn't fun. Blah. I don't want to throw any of those away. It would be easier if I did but, they aren't things I think I can part with. I'm looking at these boxes and not looking forward to having to move them. Oh well, I'll consider it my workout for the day.
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Saturday Scruples
1. Your boss demands to know what a co-worker is saying behind her back. It's not flattering. Do you say? No. Just because they are the boss it doesn't mean they have the right to know. I'd just play stupid and say I didn't know what they were talking about.
2. You pick up a lottery ticket for yourself and a friend. Your friend's number is drawn before you can deliver her ticket. Do you switch tickets? Hmm. I'd be very tempted to. I'm not sure if I would or not.
3. You've been pounding the pavement looking for work. A company where workers are on strike offers you a job. Do you take it? Yes. I think so. After the job search I've been going through, if it was a job I really wanted I would.
Friday, August 16, 2002
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Man oh man this heat wave is becoming absurd. I'm hoping for a break in the heat at some point but according to the weather folk, it won't be coming for a while. Boo.
Spent most of today doing some packing although not as much as I should have. Got caught up surfing on the web. Typical way to procrastinate (that doesn't look spelt right but i'm too hot and lazy to check it) though, and it was almost too muggy and humid to do much of the packing sort of work. (excuses, excuses, I know).
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How many iMac spoofs are out there? Plenty. ibrator, itoilet, icar.
Truthlaidbear is an interesting blog to check out. Pundit type...but interesting.
Wordspy- a neato place to check out some definitions of today's current lingo.
Gothic Martha Stewart. Amusing but full of good tips if you want to decorate goth style.
defrang weblog...some links to cool stuff.
Thursday, August 15, 2002
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Thursday Thumb-Twiddler
1. How do you react when people sing "Happy Birthday" to you in a restaurant? I get shy and try to hide.
2. The cashier gives you change for a twenty, even though you paid with a five. Do you keep the extra money, or return it? Return it. Although I'd be tempted to keep it.
3. What do you think is the best conversation piece in your house? Um. I don't think I have anything really. Well maybe the paintings I've done.
Thursday Threesome
Onesome: Here-When you are in, where do you hang out? Not your favorite room necessarily, but where you always seem to end up. My livingroom. Then again this apartment only has two rooms.
Twosome: There--When you go out somewhere to relax, where do you head off to? The beach or a friend's place.
Threesome: Everywhere--If you could chose, where would you like to be able to go for a week to relax? England.
Wednesday, August 14, 2002
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well I think the interview went okay. It was kind of hard to tell. No one said when I'd hear back either, which makes me worry a bit. Is that a bad sign or just an oversight? I'm hoping for the second option. Eeeeeeek. Oh well, now only time can tell.
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Nerves.
My stomach is full of nervous knots. Agh. Well, they will have to disappear soon enough, since I should be done with interviewing in 3 to 4 hours. They can't last afterwards. I won't let them. No sirrie bob! Although I should be getting ready in a short while to attempt my trek in this heat on the public transportation system. At least it's air conditioned on there. I'll cry if I end up on one that has it's broken or something. Ugh I don't even want to think about it. Blasting some Mozart right now to get me calm and whatnot. Or at least trying to. I'm not even sure who I'm supposed to be asking for when I get to the the office. Ut oh. Oh well, I'll ask for the guy I met with first I guess. Or something. I will figure it out. Not a huge problem. *deep breath* Okay. Now the only problem is deciding what to wear. Most of my work clothes aren't very cool. And as it's over 90 out and above 70 on the humidity thing, I would like to show up in a bathing suit. Although 1) I'd never wear that out and 2) its not a good thing to wear to an interview, even if I am a creative. So, that leaves me looking at the coolest clothes I have that I don't look like a blob in. I'm not sure if I even have any of that. Oh well. I'll find something.
Inconstant speed of light may prove Einstein wrong. Deffo very interesting!
And some funky blogs I visited this morning: The Joy of Soup, Blork blog
Tuesday, August 13, 2002
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Things have gotten some what crazy all of a sudden.
But it's not all bad crazy. I've got about three weeks to get all my things moved out of this place. I've got my 2nd interview for a job tomorrow. I've got some crappy "career" seminar I have to go to next week (who said you don't have to do anything to collect unemployment?). And I have to call the unemployment people this week. I have a painting to start and finish in about three weeks. I have fanfic stories to judge. I have campaigns that need work. I have a portfolio that needs work. I have to clean out all my stuff so that I'm not moving things that I no longer need (not really looking forward to that since I'm a packrat but it needs to be done). Have to start apartment hunting. I'm sure there's more but my head hurts just thinking about these things. Gah.
It's so hot today. I'm glad I have the gym and C's place to go to where it's not so hot that I'm feeling dizzy. That's how bad it is today. The news said it was "unhealthy" to be outside. That's not a good sign at all. Well instead of sitting here sweating I suppose I should go and be moving my ass and sweating.
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Two for Tuesday
1. Which is your favourite season, and why? Autumn I think. Or Spring. Mainly because it's not too hot or too cold then.
2. Describe your idea of "perfect" weather conditions. Being able to wear jeans and a t-shirt of long sleeved shirt without looking like I've been sitting in a sauna for five hours.
This or That
1. Dr. Seuss characters: the Cat in the Hat or the Grinch? The Grinch
2. "Anne of Green Gables" or "Little Women"? Toughie. Um, Little Women
3. Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys? I never read much of either but I'll go with Nanc Drew
4. Winnie the Pooh characters: Tigger or Eeyore? Tigger!!!
5. Which author: Judy Blume or Beverly Cleary? Judy Blume
6. Roald Dahl books: "Charlie & the Chocolate Factory" (Willy Wonka) or "James & the Giant Peach"? Charlie!!
7. "Harry Potter" or "The Wizard of Oz"? Wizard of Oz
8. Curious George or Madeline? Curious George
9. "A Wrinkle in Time" or "Little House on the Prairie"? A Wrinkle in Time for sure! Great book.
10. Dr. Seuss again: "Horton Hears a Who" or "The Lorax"? The Lorax
Monday, August 12, 2002
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Oh to have a dishwasher!! It's hot and the idea of putting my hands in hot soapy water is very unappealing. It needs to get done though. Anyone want to do it for me? It's days like this that a dishwasher would be super handy. Normally I don't mind washing the dishes all that much. I've gotten used to it in a way. But, hot days are always bad for cleaning. And I really do need to clean. This place is quite a mess.
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The Caffeine Archive. Contains links to vendors, coffee shops, and other various coffee/caffeine related stuff. Pretty neat.
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PromoGuy's Monday Mission 2.32
1. If I could guarantee that the Fashion Police would not lay the smackdown on you, which favorite out-of-style article of clothing do you wish you could wear right now? (and if you have photos of you wearing it, post 'em) Something from the 60s. Maybe those peasant blouses with a suede vest decorated in fringe.
2. In your opinion, who is famous but shouldn't be? Gwyenth Paltrow
3. Are there any new movies or TV shows that you are forward to this fall? No.
4. If you had a time machine that you could use only one time (there and back), where would you go and what would you do? I'd go to watch the first production of Much Ado About Nothing.
5. What cologne of perfume do you like to wear? Which brand do you prefer that your partner wear? I like Banana Republic's Modern. For men, I don't care too much as long as it's not too "airy" a scent.
6. Do you recall your first "French kiss?" Tell me about how that felt, and how it came about. Do you like them? It was the summer before high school and I was dating this guy, who was my first real boyfriend. The exact specifics I don't remember but I know I liked it.
7. Excluding your partner...If you had the opportunity, who would you most like to Frech kiss? Brian Trousseau (I think I butchered the spelling of his name)
BONUS: Can't you see that it's late at night? Well, it's not right now.
Monday Memories
Do you remember learning to ride a bike? Or roller skates? Or a scooter? You must have learned to ride something!
When I learned to ride a bike I was a bit scared. I remember my dad saying that it wasn't a big deal and then telling me a story of how when he was a kid he once hit a parked car and rode up over the top of it or something. I'm not sure if that was supposed to be motivational though. I think it ended up scaring me even more. I had a pink Huffy with a white basket in the front with these cheesy plastic flowers on it. Eventually I took that basket off. Especially since most of the neighborhood kids I hung out with were guys, and they'd tease me about that basket.
Participation Positives
~ I had enough coffee in the fridge for an iced coffee this morning
~ I spent most of the weekend with "the boy"
~ I should hear back about second round interviews and if I made it to them this week
~ I have an idea for a present to make for my dad's bday
~ Slept in air conditioning last night....so wonderful
~ My apartment isn't completely oppressive (yet)
~ Hoping to catch the Perseids meteor shower tonight.
Saturday, August 10, 2002
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WheresGeorge allows you to track where your green has been, and where it's going. Interesting and spooky all at the same time.
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Well this week is zipping right along. I'm feeling a bit better today after a good nights sleep. I wish I could have slept in a bit longer but, alas, one more day at the grind. Maybe tomorrow I'll get some more sleep in the morning since I won't have work. Although I will have to get stuff done, I don't have to start at 9am or whatever. Yay. :) It's rainy today. I wish I had my raincoat still here. Oh well, at least I've got a brolly or two around here.
Thursday Thumb Twiddler
1. You're helping raise money for a charity, and someone pledges a very large contribution if you'll perform, on stage, at the upcoming fund-raising show. There will be about 1,100 people in the audience. Would you be willing to perform? If so, what sort of act would you prefer to do? Yes. Either recite a some poetry, or a piece from a play, or do some dance routine thing.
2. Have you ever cheated in a game (like a card game) for money? No. I've never played games for money.
3. If you could go back in time and relive any moment in your life exactly as it happened, what event would you choose to experience again? My Senior year one act state performance.
Thursday Threesome
Onesome. Double. If you could have a clone of yourself, what thing would you most want that clone to do so you don't have to? Clean. :)
Twosome. Bubble. Anyone you know live life in a bubble? Who? And do you wish they'd snap back to reality? Not really. Most people I know have their feet mostly on the ground. Although if I did know someone like that would wish they'd come back to reality, since most people who live life in a bubble are rather selfish and annoying.
Threesome. Bubblegum. Willy Wonka talks about chewing gum to be a nasty habit. What's your worst habit? Do you wish you could give it up? Worst habit must have to be procrastination. I do wish I could stop but I don't see that happening. I've gotten a bit better over the years but...its still pretty bad.
Wednesday, August 28, 2002
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I am feeling awful. I wonder if I'm getting a cold or something. I'm all achey and tired and stuff. I'm sure that's part of the whole moving process too but then again who knows. It could be from going in and out of the cold of the office I'm working in. Honestly that place is so cold you could store meat in it. Speaking of meat...I'm making dinner tomorrow night for the boys. I wonder what I should whip up. I was thinking of lasgna or something. Maybe steaks? I wish I had a grill...steaks would be so great. I've been craving red meat lately. Making up for the lack of it I guess. All I want to do right now is take a nap. Unfortunately my bed is already out of my apartment and there's no way I'm laying down on the floor. It badly needs to be cleaned. But I'm waiting on doing it until the rest of the things are out here. Okay enough rambling for now.
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Scientists to recreate Mammoths. I recently watched a program on Discovery or TLC about this. Pretty interesting.
Did you know there is an official wizard position in Christchurch NZ? And the man who has held the position since the 70s is retiring...so get your applications in! :)
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Moral from Mum
My mum sent this to me. I think she's saying I'm a cracked pot. *lol*
A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water.
At the end of the long walk from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer
delivering only one and a half pots full of water to his house.
Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments, perfect for which it was made. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own
imperfection, and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do.
After 2 years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream. "I am ashamed of myself, and I want you to
throw me away and replace me. I have been able to deliver only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house. Because of my flaws, you have to do all of this work, and you don't get full value from your efforts", the pot said.
The bearer said to the pot, "Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side? That's because I have always known about your flaw, and I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you've watered them. For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty with which to grace the house".
Moral: Each of us has our own unique flaws. We're all cracked pots. But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding. You've just got to take each person for what they are, and look for the good in them. Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape. Remember to appreciate all the different people in your life!
Tuesday, August 27, 2002
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butt print artist- interesting concept. found via the ultimate insult site
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Uncreative title
Home from the gym and I could use a shower. I feel very stinky. I was going to shower at the gym but I wanted to get away from the city before the baseball game time got too close. Getting home on a game day is a nightmare. I really hate it. I wish they'd move the stadium to the other side of town. Or out of town would be nice too. It's so annoying.
Working this week at a non-profit. People there are interesting and very nice. No real heavy lifting though, which is not a bad thing really. It's very close to the gym and that's good motivation to get my butt there this week before my account gets put on hold. I wanted to work out longer than I did today but I kept yawning through the workout and I'm physically exhausted from moving this weekend, so I thought I shouldn't push myself too much. Plus I still have the last bits of things to move out end of this week, so I don't want to strain or pull anything that would interfere with that.
There's a farmer's market in town on Tuesdays and Thursdays I think near where I'm working. I went today at lunch and got some fruit. I would have loved to have gotten masses of veggies and made a veggie lasagna or something tonight but I'm too tired to cook and I didn't want to leave veggies in my locker at the gym. There's just something kind of nasty and disgusting about that.
I may have a place to be in October after all. It's not very close to public transportation, which was really the only thing I was looking for in a place, but it would be easier, since one of us is already living there. It's not as cheap as we were looking for, as C thought he was paying too much. But, it's got a ton of space, a nice sized kitchen with a dishwasher(!!), and we'd have a good sized study too. Oh and there's an AC in the livingroom. I figure either way I look at it I'm going to be paying less than I am now- with the exception of transportation costs in and out of the city. I may have to pay for parking and the like which would increase my share. That kind of bugs me but I'm not sure if it bothers me enough to want to go through the whole hassle of apartment searching and the possibility of having to pay some yahoo a whole months rent for doing absolutely nothing. I'd still have to come up with a two months rent though- last and security (if there's one...I'm not sure), so that's not so much better for me, although it would be for C. He thinks the landlord said something about a possible decrease in rent if they stayed instead of an increase or whatever...so if that's the case that would be nice too.
I still haven't heard a thing about either job, the fulltime one or the freelance gig. I was supposed to hear back from the fulltime guys yesterday with some "idea" as to what was going on, since they weren't sure by when they were going to have a decision made and all that kind of thing. But, not too surprisingly, no one called. And I figure, these guys are busy trying to work, on top of doing the whole hiring thing, so I'm not going to push them too much. If I don't hear anything by Friday I figure I'll call again, because then it will have been over three weeks since the 2nd interview and I think (and would hope) by then they'd have some idea at least what was going on. Then again who the hell knows.
While on my lunch break I did some blogcrawling to these places that looked pretty funky.
druzba
Roniweb
Amytart
contraversion
RuPaul's weblog!
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Two for Tuesday
1. Tell us a little about the first car you owned/leased/drove -- i.e. what it was like, what you loved/hated about it, etc. The car I have now is my first car. It was my stepdads, and now it's still not even technically mine. It's still in my mum's name. It's a 87 Camry. His name is Nigel. He's not new and shiney but he gets from A to B and that's what matters :)
2. This is a two part question: first, do you consider yourself a good and/or courteous driver and second, what's one of your biggest pet peeves with other drivers? I do usually. Unless someone is being a jerk. Then I'm rude. Biggest peeve lately has been drivers who seem to think they have the right of way while making left hand turns.
This or That Tuesday
1. Sesame Street or Captain Kangaroo? Sesame Street
2. Muppet Show or Fraggle Rock? Both! But I'll go with Fraggle Rock
3. He-Man or Jem? Hahha. Aww I loved both too. I'll go with Jem.
4. The Smurfs or Muppet Babies? Smurfs!
5. Archie or Josie & the Pussycats?? Archie!! I used to collect the comics too
6. H.R. Pufnstuf or The Banana Splits? I've never seen either so I'll say HR Pufnstuff
7. The Partridge Family or The Brady Bunch ? Brady Bunch although not much of fan of either
8. Happy Days or Welcome Back Kotter? Happy Days
9. Punky Brewster or Small Wonder? Hah! Punky Power!
10. The Facts of Life or Silver Spoons? SIlver Spoons. I had a crazy crush on Ricky when I was little.
Monday, August 26, 2002
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PromoGuy's Monday Mission 2.34
1. What do you do to make things better when you feel sad and/or lonely? Put on some music that makes me happy. Usually Depeche Mode or Sting or RHCP.
2. Are you a "touchy-feely" person? That is, do you like to touch people you don't know that well? And on the flipside of that, do you like being touched by someone you aren't close with? Not usually. Sometimes after a drink or four I will get a bit more "touchy-feely". I don't mind too much being touched depending on who it is and where it is (for example I DON'T like it when I'm on public transportation and someone brushes against me).
3. Do you like to have "me" time, time to yourself to be alone and relax? Or do you prefer to just do your own thing with someone else in the room? When was the last "me" time you got and what did you do? I like "me" time. I need it now and again to regain my strength but I don't always need that much of it. Last me thing....I'm doing it now :)
4. Generally speaking, how do you feel about the concept of marriage? Are you the marrying type? Do you think the act of getting married means something today or is it simply just "a piece of paper?" I'm not really sure how I feel about marriage. I've got mixed feelings on it. I also think that it is much more of a governmental thing than anything else- benefits, etc type of stuff. I think there's one side of it that is proclaiming to love someone for the rest of your life and then the other side of it which is the benefits that a married couple have. I just wish that they would get on with having same sex marriages be legal. MetaFi had a thing about it and it's so stupid because the only real reason for it to not be legal is because of some religious idea that it's bad or wrong. And, since there's supposed to be a seperation of state and church I don't see why the government doesn't legalize it. It annoys me. I think that some day my gay friends and relatives deserve the option to get married if they want to.
5. That said, as many as 25 states have passed legislation regulating who they believe should be the "marrying type." What are your thoughts on the banning of same-sex marriages? Heh. i didn't read ahead did I? See above.
6. If there was one law you had the ability to create or change, what would it be? Hard to say. I can think of quite a few.
7. What would you like someone visiting your Blog for the first time to know about you? Now is your chance! Hah. No one visits my blog. It's me talking to myself.
BONUS: Can you hear them? Yes. Can you tell them to keep it down a bit please?
Monday Memories
When you were a child, did you have someone, a relative, an old family friend, an older sibling maybe.. who told you scary stories? They might have been ghost stories... they might have been axe murderer hiding in the garden stories...? Who was it, and what were the stories? No one I every knew growing up did that. Then again I never really liked scary stories either. I remember in elementary school we'd lock people in the bathroom and do "Bloody Mary". We never did much more than that in the way of scaring people...although that was pretty scary too!
Monday Positives
~ All my big stuff and most of my things are out of my apartment now...
~ I got a job for this week or at least part of it
~ There's a possibility that we may have worked out an apartment solution for October but, I'm not sure yet
~ I'm still waiting to hear back about two possible jobs
~ Someone gave Gweneths new movie a bad review! Yay! (yes i'm mean)
~ It's not deathly hot anymore
Saturday, August 24, 2002
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And on it goes
This place is looking more and more empty. Which I guess is a good thing. I got a job for next week doing some transcribing so I won't have as much time to get the last of things out of here. Tomorrow is big stuff moving day. Ugh. Yucky. Oh well. Needs to be done.
It's very weird to be moving back home, even if it is only for a month. Last night I cleaned out my closet and dresser drawers (for the first time in ages) in my room at home to make more room for my stuff. It was sort of weird. I think I ended up with 3-4 trash bags of clothes, shoes, and various other things to donate. My mum wants to "sit down and discuss" what we expect of each other during the month to make living arangements more...suitable for the both of us. I suppose it's a good idea, although I'm not looking forward to it. Free rent though, so I suppose I can't complain too much. While cleaning out things I found some funny old stuff. I think I need to get a box to put all my "memory" things in, instead of having them scattered all over the place. It would make sense. Maybe that will be a project for me to do while I'm home. I also want to put some photo albums together too. I've got tons of pictures that need a home, other than the envelope things they come back from the developing place in. Also I'd like to organize them before I forget when they are from too.
Going to a BBQ this afternoon, which should be fun if not interesting at least. Meeting C's cousin who is on leave from the military and her boyfriend. And maybe out to Cornwall's for a drink later on. Just have to be careful not to drink too much tonight, because moving with a hangover will be awful.
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Saturday Scruples
1. You're an M.D. A patient asks you for a sick note. She took time off work to visit a daughter who just had a baby. Do you provide the note?
Of course. Pregnancies are just like going to see family who just had surgery too. And if a boss wouldn't let them go without one, well, boo to them.
2. In a supermarket, you send dozens of packages tumbling into the aisle. No one sees you. Do you tip toe away?
Probably. If it was only one or two I'd put it back though.
3. A colleague is out of her office. You notice her paycheck stub on her desk. Do you glance at it? No. Because most likely it would only make me upset or something and it's not worth all the trouble. Besides, it's none of my business.
Saturday-8: "You Come To My Senses"
1. Your eyes, nose, ears, tongue, skin. Which is the most sensitive part? Probably my ears. I'm sensitive to some noises, like high pitched stuff...I swear I'm part dog or something. Which one do you like the least? My nose. Why? I think it's sort of a funny shape. Which one has the best feature? My eyes I think. They are blue but change depending on what I'm wearing and stuff. Sometimes they are more green. Sometimes more gray.
2. How good is your eye-sight? Do you wear any glasses or contact-lenses? If you do, since when? Pretty bad. I can't see much without my glasses or contacts in. I prefer to wear my contacts because they are easier. I started wearing glasses in 7th or 8th grade just to see the chalkboard.
3. If you could afford and you have the time to do a plastic surgery, which part of your body you want to "repair"? Lipo on my stomach I guess.
4. Do you ALWAYS get what people tell you? Or do you need them to repeat what they are saying often? Usually I do. But sometimes it needs repeating, depending on what I'm doing when they are talking to me.
5. Sensitivity. How sensitive are you? Is your skin is sensitive? How about your feelings? Tell me. I'm pretty sensitive emotionally, although my skin isn't very sensitive. Although I do burn pretty easily.
6. How is your skin? And your lips? If you need some lotion for your skin, what the brand you use? And for your lips? My skin is pretty groovy. Except for the occasional blemish on my face it tends to behave. In the winter I get dry elbows though. I like to use a passion fruit lotion from the Body Shop. And lately I've been using their Vitamin E lipbalm too, although my lips don't get too dry during this time of year.
7. How ticklish are you? Where is the most ticklish part of your body? I'm quite ticklish. Although I've gotten better at not being as ticklish as I used to be. But once someone starts tickling I tend to be super ticklish. Most ticklish part would be my sides I think or my feet.
8. List the function of each senses of yours. The out-of-ordinary ones! (We all know that toungue is not always used for tasting flavor, don't we? *wink*) Hahha. Um. I'll answer this one later.
Friday, August 23, 2002
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Made some major headway. I think I'm going to need more boxes. Gah! Not many more though...thankfully. I really need to get the car loaded up and bring this trip's worth of stuff to where it's going before afternoon traffic gets too bad. Then again, today is a day I wouldn't mind traffic so much. Don't ask why...I have no idea myself. Now I have to see how much of this stuff I can cram into my car.
I wish I had Jeannie's (from I Dream of Jeannie) or Samantha's (from Bewitched) powers...oh to blink or twitch my nose and make everything go where it needs to!
Sunday I'm getting C's help in moving all the big stuff that I need a truck to move. This will entail taking down bannisters, taking the front door to my apartment off it's hinges to get the bed and kitchen table out (I'm assuming we will anyways since we had to to get the stuff up here). I'm wondering what I'm going to do without a bed for a few days. I guess I can crash at C's place for a couple days. But I'm trying to have it so that I can at least have a chair and table to put my computer up on since I'll still have a phone and stuff to surf the web. I need to cancel that stuff too. (note to self- cancel phone, electricity and long distance!) Having all the big stuff out of the way will make it easier to douche this place so I'm not stuck with a cleaning fee from Mr. Landlord. But, I'd really like to keep my bed here. Oh well. We'll see. Maybe I should bring it up with C and see if it would be possible to do a couple of things Friday night or something. I definitely don't want to do any moving Sat or Sunday as those will be absolutely hectic days around here- it's like the whole city moves on September 1st and everyone becomes insane. I'd like to avoid that at all costs. When I moved in here I was able to move in a couple days before the 1st...which made life soooo much easier.
*blink* dang it didn't work. *twitch* booo. I want superpowers!!!
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Blogcrawling
A town without ramen
that you
fuzzy sweater
fuzzy black sweater
ask me if i'm a pineapple
the new typography
round things roll
listen missy
scrubbles
my teeth are pretty
This is what I'm doing instead of packing. Argh. I need to get back to stuffing boxes. Coffee break is over. Awww. Time to cover myself in more newsprint! Yay.
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Friday Five
1. What is your current occupation? Is this what you chose to be doing at this point in your life? Why or why not? I wish I had an occupation right now. I'm a copywriter, but I've been out of work for a while. Grr. There's a few things up in the air right now but hopefully they will pan out. Being unemployed isn't what I thought I'd be doing now. Nor the office temp work I've been doing (when there's work that is).
2. If time/talent/money were no object, what would your dream occupation be? Being a copywriter. I really like what I do. Other things I'd consider would be field studying dolphins, whales and seals, being a chef, an artist, or actress/screenwriter.
3. What did/do your parents do for a living? Has this had any influence on your career choices? Dad is a lawyer, Mom and stepdad are/were social studies teachers. It didn't have much of an effect on what I chose to do at all.
4. Have you ever had to choose between having a career and having a family?
Nope. Not yet. And I really hope I never have to.
5. In your opinion, what is the easiest job in the world? What is the hardest? Why? Hmm. That's a hard question. I'm not really sure what would be the easiest. Hardest would have to be one where you are dealing with the public or having to make extremely difficult decisions.
Thursday, August 22, 2002
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Doctors in Phillipines tell stroke victims to have sex but not affairs. Neurologist Dr Abdias Aquino of St Luke's Medical Centre in Manilla said sex "is good for the brain and the heart" and may help stroke victims to recover.
Italy to send taste police around the world to check the authenticity of Italian restaurants. Interesting concept.
This is just wacky- although could be an easy way to make £160,000.
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There's a lot to be doing today and I've done nothing so far. It's bad. Procrastination is seeping in...wait a minute, it's always there. Hah. I'm not feeling motivated to do anything. I want to call and see what's going on with the job thing but, I also don't want to be a pain. I emailed on Monday and left a message yesterday. Still no word. In a way, I understand that the people who are making this decision are also busy doing other work, but I'd like to have an idea as to what is going on. I have no clue if there are more rounds after this, or when they would want the person to start. It's frustrating having so many things up in the air. It drives me nuts. I'd like to at least have some information. I think I would feel much better if I did. I suppose I better get myself motivated. Argh.
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Talking Cock poetry
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Thursday Thumb Twiddler
1. If you were to discover that your closest friend is a heroin dealer, what would you do? I'd have a chat with them. I wouldn't approve but, there's only so much I'd be able to do or say before they would probably stop listening to me and do whatever they wanted anyways.
2. Having learned to a moral certainty that the world is going to end in six months, what one thing would you do for the first time? Scuba dive.
3. If you could create a memorial to yourself in a city park, what would it be? A big fountain with some funky scuplture in the middle of it.
Thursday Threesome
Onesome. Small. Is it a small world? In how many miles of space do you live your life? It varies. Virtually it is much larger than in reality.
Twosome. Spiral. Ever felt as if you were on a downward spiral? How did you pull out of it? Yes. I'm still working on that. But attempting to do it but surrounding myself with good people, taking time to do what makes me happy, and getting plenty of exercise.
Threesome. Notebook. Notebooks and pens and crayons and glue...when you think about school supplies, what do you most remember? Um...I remember trying to find those cool trapperkeeper notebooks. I think that's what they were called. By the end of the school year mine tended to have torn plastic and be a bit dinged up.
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So I'm up late tonight and watching Leno reruns (well more having it on in the background), and I am wondering why he keeps having Arsenio Hall as a guest. What the heck does he do now? He sure does look awful. I'm not quite sure what this look is that he's going for, but he looks like the cowardly lion from the wizard of oz. weird. Oh well. I guess if I was paying attention I might have an idea what he was doing there. *shrug*
Wednesday, August 21, 2002
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Blah. I can't remember my username for my commenting thing. Very annoying. I have it written down somewhere around here. Just wish I knew where. Something is up with my counter and I wanted to see if it was a code thing or whatever, but I guess I'll have to hold on with checking that until later. :\
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The great box expedition
Moving is a major pain. It's the only time when useless boxes become priceless commodities. I had to see if I could get some boxes from the liquor store down the street. I have found in my many moves that the liquor boxes are best for kitchen things like plates and glasses because the boxes are usuallly a bit thicker and more sturdy than those you'd normally find. I was prepared to deal with whoever was behind the counter. Luckily, they had placed a good number of boxes on the sidewalk. Only a few weren't broken down, but that's fine. I have tape. I can put them back together if I need to. So I stood on the sidewalk, probably looking a bit like a weirdo, poking through the stack of boxes and rearranging the ones I didn't want. I didn't want to leave a huge mess on the sidewalk. That would be just rude. So I am arranging these boxes and when I turn around, there's this homeless guy sitting in front of one of the shops next to the liquor store looking at me like I'm a bit crazy. I had to find this amusing. It suppose it would seem a bit weird. But I got my boxes, and I didn't have to interact with anyone from the store so yay! On my way back to my apartment, I walked past the island of newspaper machines and grabbed a handful of free newspapers, as I didn't have any of those either. So now I've got plenty of paper (I hope), and plenty of boxes (I hope) to continue on with the ordeal of packing up my things.
Still no word on the job front. I am thinking of calling later this afternoon if I don't hear from them, if only to see if they even have an idea on when they will be making a decision. It's hard to not let it get in the way of other possibilites, but I'd really rather have this job than just get a freelance gig for month or two. Maybe I should go sacrifice a chicken or something.
Tuesday, August 20, 2002
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Life
Argh. Frustration stuff first. I'm waiting to hear back about that job. Today I got a phone call about a freelance gig, that would be great, and I need to know what my situation is going to be. I hope I hear back about the job soon. Stressssssss! Blah. I suppose it's good stress though. I mean better that there be too many opportunites than none. Today I have to go to a state mandated seminar on creating a "good" resume. I'm not really looking forward to it, but, alas, I have no choice. Since I am getting unemployment money, I have to do what they say. I suppose it's not all that bad, but I wonder how much useful information they can give to me, as advertising (especially creatives) looks at resumes in a different light compared to most other businesses. But, I'm willing to play along.
It's finally cooled down a bit. YAY! I'm so glad. It's rainy today and overcast but that's fine. I'm just happy I can exist without feeling like I've been locked in a sauna.
Last night I was able to get myself to stop thinking instead of lying in bed with a thousand thoughts going through my head. It wasn't easy but I did it! I used a bit of a meditation technique, and it helped. I need to remember that because it may be what I need to keep doing in order to get a decent nights sleep. I have used these "natural" sleep aids called Calms, and they work okay, but I'd rather be able to get to bed without the help of chemicals, natural or otherwise.
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Don't show your underwear if you want to shop at a grocery store in Cincinnati. The owner finds it offensive and has put up a sign stating you will not be served if your underwear can be seen.
Beauty in the eye of the beerholder, not the beholder, study shows. Scottish scientists say they have found proof of the "beer goggles" effect, following a study involving 80 students. Did they really need to do a study to find this out?
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Two for Tuesday
1. Other than a family member, is there someone (you don't have to name names, of course) that you've never been able to forget? Why him or her? There have been quite a few actually. There are a lot of wonderful people I've come across so far, who have made their way out of my life in one way or another, that have made an impact on my life. My 7th grade social studies teacher (who I remember every St. Patties Day as that was his bday-yes I remember that years later!), my medieval history professor and one of my advertising professors from college who was an amazing teacher, multiple people from internships who gave me guidence and advice on career pursuits, and many more.
2. What incident -- either one that happened to you personally or something that you witnessed but weren't directly a part of -- have you not been able to truly put behind you? Why not? I can't think of one that I've not been able to put behind me. At least nothing comes to mind.
This or That Tuesday
1. CandyLand or Chutes and Ladders? CandyLand! I loved that game
2. Barbie or GI Joe? Oh Barbie for sure. I had soooo many of them.
3. Play-Doh or Silly Putty? Play-Doh definitely.
4. Lincoln Logs or Tinkertoys? Tinkertoys! I think I still have a set of mine.
5. The Game of Life or Monopoly? Game of Life.
6. Etch-a-Sketch or Lite-Brite? Lite-Brite!! turn on the colors of magic light!
7. The Slinky: metal or plastic? Plastic. the metal ones got too bent out of shape after a while.
8. Easy-Bake Oven or Sno-Cone Machine? I had an easy-bake oven but always wanted a sno-cone machine. I envyed one of my best friends who had a snoopy one. So, Sno-Cone machine!
9. Hot Wheels or Matchbox cars? never really was in to these but I'll go with matchbox cars.
10. Spirograph or Paint-by-Numbers? Spirograph! I still have mine!! :) (see I am a packrat!)
Monday, August 19, 2002
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Monday Positives
~ Was called back to a second interview last week
~ Got some packing done this weekend to make the whole moving process less painful
~ Filled out my health insurance stuff for money back from the gym, which I hope I'll get before I get switched on to another insurance company
~ I helped my mum solve a computer problem
~ I talked to my dad last week and he was great with helping me out
~ I found a long lost Red Dwarf thing I thought had disappeared
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Monday Mission
1. Many children have blankets, or a favorite nubby stuffed animal that they like to keep near them for security. Do you recall what you had for your "security blanket" as a child? When did you finally give it up? What brought that about?
I had a satin bear that I carried around for a long time when I was little. It was light purple and wonderful. I think I eventually grew out of it but I still have it on a chair in my room at home.
2. Now that you are a big kid, what do you have to give you that same sense of security? Sadly enough, my Paddington Bear that my mum got for me on a trip she took to London. When I'm alone, he's in my bed with me.
3. With a little over four months left in 2002, have you accomplished everything you wanted to for the year? Is there anything that you would like to accomplish before the year is over?
I never set goals for the year, since I'm bad about completing them. Although I do have a few things I need to accomplish before the end of the year like getting a job, finding an apartment and other more mundane kinds of things.
4. I don't know about you, but it seems to me children have it pretty good these days. Game systems, computers in the home, microwaves, cable TV, the internet, cell phones and pagers, they certainly have a wider variety of technology than most of us did as children. What modern convenience, if any,
do you think it would be good for children today to do without? What would they gain?
I think it's all good in moderation. It's the parents that let their kids get away with getting everything they want from the video games to the cells phones that causes problems.
5. Many of us have one thing in which we believe we excel. What do you do better than most?
I'd like to think cooking. But I'm still working on that. I'm not sure really.
6. In the United States, and possibly other countries, teenagers in High School usually wind up falling into several social circles or "cliques." Stoners, Rich Kids, Jocks, Cheerleaders, Band, Drama, Goths, and so on (though the names are probably different today). What High School "clique" did you find yourself in? Was it by choice or did it just happen? Did you look down on other groups? (Aw it's ok, it was/is High School, we all did dumb stuff)
I hung around with people from all groups. I was a floater. I played volleyball, did the drama thing, etc and was friends with people from all groups, but never really "made it" into one specific one. I think it was a good thing. Although my high school wasn't very big (about 160 in the graduating class), it definitely was divided. Except right before graduation. Which I found some what odd. I mean people who looked down on other kids were like "Yeah we're one great class" and it seemed so fake and phoney.
7. (it begins) I have great news! I won the contest and we now have plane tickets to anywhere in the world. The bad news is we have to pick a place now and leave in the morning. I can't decide where to go, so you get to pick. Where should we go, and what is the first thing we should do when we get there? London. And spend the day wandering the British Museum.
BONUS: Must I beg you? Yes. You look so pretty down on your knees :)
Monday Memories
Camping. My first camping trip that I remember went okay. Although I remember my dad and stepmom going over the safety stuff and telling me that if we left food out over night bears might come by. I spent most of the night awake, jumping at every noise outside the tent, thinking it was a bear.
Sunday, August 18, 2002
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It's been mad hot here for so long but supposedly we're going to see a break in this heat wave this evening and tomorrow. I can't wait! Oh to not sweat while sitting!! Packing in the heat is never fun either. Ugh. But there's not much to be done about it other than just sucking it up. Hopefully for the big stuff it won't be too hot that day. I've been cleaning out stuff as I've been packing it up and it's so hard to throw out things. I have lots of things I don't really need that have sentimental value and feel bad throwing out but, I also don't feel like having to move all that stuff twice in two months either. So there's a little bit of motivation to not keep it all. I suppse that's good. It seems to be helping. I've also gone through my clothes and set up a pile of things to donate that I never wear anymore. I'm not looking forward to moving all my books and ad magazines though. Heavyness isn't fun. Blah. I don't want to throw any of those away. It would be easier if I did but, they aren't things I think I can part with. I'm looking at these boxes and not looking forward to having to move them. Oh well, I'll consider it my workout for the day.
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Saturday Scruples
1. Your boss demands to know what a co-worker is saying behind her back. It's not flattering. Do you say? No. Just because they are the boss it doesn't mean they have the right to know. I'd just play stupid and say I didn't know what they were talking about.
2. You pick up a lottery ticket for yourself and a friend. Your friend's number is drawn before you can deliver her ticket. Do you switch tickets? Hmm. I'd be very tempted to. I'm not sure if I would or not.
3. You've been pounding the pavement looking for work. A company where workers are on strike offers you a job. Do you take it? Yes. I think so. After the job search I've been going through, if it was a job I really wanted I would.
Friday, August 16, 2002
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Man oh man this heat wave is becoming absurd. I'm hoping for a break in the heat at some point but according to the weather folk, it won't be coming for a while. Boo.
Spent most of today doing some packing although not as much as I should have. Got caught up surfing on the web. Typical way to procrastinate (that doesn't look spelt right but i'm too hot and lazy to check it) though, and it was almost too muggy and humid to do much of the packing sort of work. (excuses, excuses, I know).
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How many iMac spoofs are out there? Plenty. ibrator, itoilet, icar.
Truthlaidbear is an interesting blog to check out. Pundit type...but interesting.
Wordspy- a neato place to check out some definitions of today's current lingo.
Gothic Martha Stewart. Amusing but full of good tips if you want to decorate goth style.
defrang weblog...some links to cool stuff.
Thursday, August 15, 2002
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Thursday Thumb-Twiddler
1. How do you react when people sing "Happy Birthday" to you in a restaurant? I get shy and try to hide.
2. The cashier gives you change for a twenty, even though you paid with a five. Do you keep the extra money, or return it? Return it. Although I'd be tempted to keep it.
3. What do you think is the best conversation piece in your house? Um. I don't think I have anything really. Well maybe the paintings I've done.
Thursday Threesome
Onesome: Here-When you are in, where do you hang out? Not your favorite room necessarily, but where you always seem to end up. My livingroom. Then again this apartment only has two rooms.
Twosome: There--When you go out somewhere to relax, where do you head off to? The beach or a friend's place.
Threesome: Everywhere--If you could chose, where would you like to be able to go for a week to relax? England.
Wednesday, August 14, 2002
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well I think the interview went okay. It was kind of hard to tell. No one said when I'd hear back either, which makes me worry a bit. Is that a bad sign or just an oversight? I'm hoping for the second option. Eeeeeeek. Oh well, now only time can tell.
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Nerves.
My stomach is full of nervous knots. Agh. Well, they will have to disappear soon enough, since I should be done with interviewing in 3 to 4 hours. They can't last afterwards. I won't let them. No sirrie bob! Although I should be getting ready in a short while to attempt my trek in this heat on the public transportation system. At least it's air conditioned on there. I'll cry if I end up on one that has it's broken or something. Ugh I don't even want to think about it. Blasting some Mozart right now to get me calm and whatnot. Or at least trying to. I'm not even sure who I'm supposed to be asking for when I get to the the office. Ut oh. Oh well, I'll ask for the guy I met with first I guess. Or something. I will figure it out. Not a huge problem. *deep breath* Okay. Now the only problem is deciding what to wear. Most of my work clothes aren't very cool. And as it's over 90 out and above 70 on the humidity thing, I would like to show up in a bathing suit. Although 1) I'd never wear that out and 2) its not a good thing to wear to an interview, even if I am a creative. So, that leaves me looking at the coolest clothes I have that I don't look like a blob in. I'm not sure if I even have any of that. Oh well. I'll find something.
Inconstant speed of light may prove Einstein wrong. Deffo very interesting!
And some funky blogs I visited this morning: The Joy of Soup, Blork blog
Tuesday, August 13, 2002
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Things have gotten some what crazy all of a sudden.
But it's not all bad crazy. I've got about three weeks to get all my things moved out of this place. I've got my 2nd interview for a job tomorrow. I've got some crappy "career" seminar I have to go to next week (who said you don't have to do anything to collect unemployment?). And I have to call the unemployment people this week. I have a painting to start and finish in about three weeks. I have fanfic stories to judge. I have campaigns that need work. I have a portfolio that needs work. I have to clean out all my stuff so that I'm not moving things that I no longer need (not really looking forward to that since I'm a packrat but it needs to be done). Have to start apartment hunting. I'm sure there's more but my head hurts just thinking about these things. Gah.
It's so hot today. I'm glad I have the gym and C's place to go to where it's not so hot that I'm feeling dizzy. That's how bad it is today. The news said it was "unhealthy" to be outside. That's not a good sign at all. Well instead of sitting here sweating I suppose I should go and be moving my ass and sweating.
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Two for Tuesday
1. Which is your favourite season, and why? Autumn I think. Or Spring. Mainly because it's not too hot or too cold then.
2. Describe your idea of "perfect" weather conditions. Being able to wear jeans and a t-shirt of long sleeved shirt without looking like I've been sitting in a sauna for five hours.
This or That
1. Dr. Seuss characters: the Cat in the Hat or the Grinch? The Grinch
2. "Anne of Green Gables" or "Little Women"? Toughie. Um, Little Women
3. Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys? I never read much of either but I'll go with Nanc Drew
4. Winnie the Pooh characters: Tigger or Eeyore? Tigger!!!
5. Which author: Judy Blume or Beverly Cleary? Judy Blume
6. Roald Dahl books: "Charlie & the Chocolate Factory" (Willy Wonka) or "James & the Giant Peach"? Charlie!!
7. "Harry Potter" or "The Wizard of Oz"? Wizard of Oz
8. Curious George or Madeline? Curious George
9. "A Wrinkle in Time" or "Little House on the Prairie"? A Wrinkle in Time for sure! Great book.
10. Dr. Seuss again: "Horton Hears a Who" or "The Lorax"? The Lorax
Monday, August 12, 2002
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Oh to have a dishwasher!! It's hot and the idea of putting my hands in hot soapy water is very unappealing. It needs to get done though. Anyone want to do it for me? It's days like this that a dishwasher would be super handy. Normally I don't mind washing the dishes all that much. I've gotten used to it in a way. But, hot days are always bad for cleaning. And I really do need to clean. This place is quite a mess.
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The Caffeine Archive. Contains links to vendors, coffee shops, and other various coffee/caffeine related stuff. Pretty neat.
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PromoGuy's Monday Mission 2.32
1. If I could guarantee that the Fashion Police would not lay the smackdown on you, which favorite out-of-style article of clothing do you wish you could wear right now? (and if you have photos of you wearing it, post 'em) Something from the 60s. Maybe those peasant blouses with a suede vest decorated in fringe.
2. In your opinion, who is famous but shouldn't be? Gwyenth Paltrow
3. Are there any new movies or TV shows that you are forward to this fall? No.
4. If you had a time machine that you could use only one time (there and back), where would you go and what would you do? I'd go to watch the first production of Much Ado About Nothing.
5. What cologne of perfume do you like to wear? Which brand do you prefer that your partner wear? I like Banana Republic's Modern. For men, I don't care too much as long as it's not too "airy" a scent.
6. Do you recall your first "French kiss?" Tell me about how that felt, and how it came about. Do you like them? It was the summer before high school and I was dating this guy, who was my first real boyfriend. The exact specifics I don't remember but I know I liked it.
7. Excluding your partner...If you had the opportunity, who would you most like to Frech kiss? Brian Trousseau (I think I butchered the spelling of his name)
BONUS: Can't you see that it's late at night? Well, it's not right now.
Monday Memories
Do you remember learning to ride a bike? Or roller skates? Or a scooter? You must have learned to ride something!
When I learned to ride a bike I was a bit scared. I remember my dad saying that it wasn't a big deal and then telling me a story of how when he was a kid he once hit a parked car and rode up over the top of it or something. I'm not sure if that was supposed to be motivational though. I think it ended up scaring me even more. I had a pink Huffy with a white basket in the front with these cheesy plastic flowers on it. Eventually I took that basket off. Especially since most of the neighborhood kids I hung out with were guys, and they'd tease me about that basket.
Participation Positives
~ I had enough coffee in the fridge for an iced coffee this morning
~ I spent most of the weekend with "the boy"
~ I should hear back about second round interviews and if I made it to them this week
~ I have an idea for a present to make for my dad's bday
~ Slept in air conditioning last night....so wonderful
~ My apartment isn't completely oppressive (yet)
~ Hoping to catch the Perseids meteor shower tonight.
Saturday, August 10, 2002
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WheresGeorge allows you to track where your green has been, and where it's going. Interesting and spooky all at the same time.
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Perseids in sight
Perseids Shower coming up August 12th...peak of the shower for the US. These meteors are the dross of a comet called Swift-Tuttle. Neatness! Hope I'll be able to catch these. Sad I missed the Leoniods last year.
Gnomes on the run
101 missing gnomes found. The funniest part of this story is this part, "The Front for the Liberation of Gnomes says it's campaigning against the enslavement of gnomes." Yes, they have a web site.
help the stupid?
This is absolutely ridiculous. People on the web help a woman pay off her credit debt. I just am flabbergasted that people are actually sending this woman money. Karyn put over $20,000 USD on her credit card and is now asking people to help her pay it off. At least she's honest in saying that she spent most of it at Bloomingdales and the like, but I mean...this woman has a job. There are people much more deserving of people's five bucks. There are hundreds of thousands of people and organizations who could use this money, as opposed to some dumb ass girl living beyond her means. In response to this, Ben and Bob have created the Don't Save Karyn site. If you give them money instead of Karyn they promise to spend it in creative and inventive ways. Their site is a complete spoof of the savekaryn site. The most amusing thing on the SaveKaryn site is the Daily Buck section where SHE gives advice on saving money. Oh the irony.
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annoyed. I've been trying to rework the water part of a painting and it just doesn't want to work. grrrrrr. It's peeving me right off.
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The TV and Cooking
Well, I made it to the weekend and through that filing job. I guess that's my accomplishment for the week. Sort of sad, but ah well. I'm sitting here fooling around online and I should really be cleaning up the kitchen, getting my butt to the gym to work out, working on two paintings and on an ad campaign. Instead I've been surfing through other weblogs/journals/blogs and tinkering with my own. The web is such a perfect way to waste time though. I mean, there's plenty to see and do and especially with weblogs, there's plenty of links that can keep you roaming. At least that's what happens to me. I look at one and end up clicking on all the links (or some of them). I've got PBS on and they are showing their cooking programs. But, it's pledge time for them so, you get nicely interrupted with them begging for cash. I really hate it but I suppose they don't have much of a choice. And therefore neither do I.
They are showing an interesting thing on Julia Child. They have a bunch of well known chefs and cooks talking about her and showing clips from all her shows. I really watch too many cooking shows, but I love to cook and I find it's good inspiration for me. Sometimes I think I would enjoy being a professinal chef. But, then I think about the hours required, especially in the early stages of that sort of career, and I think maybe I'm better off just cooking for friends and family. True, the ad biz does have some crazy hours, but it's not the same thing.
One of the things I want to work on is getting a nice selection of my own personal recipes together. To create things that may become family recipes in the future or something like that. I have a few from my family that have been passed down, but not as many as I'd like. My mum created a nice cookbook for me with most of the recipes in it. It's one of those things I think about sometimes. My grandmother made some great things and she never had a written recipe for anything she cooked. If it's around now it's because my mum got it written down before she died. But there are some things I wish I had a recipe for, like her mushroom rice. I loved that rice so much. I've tried to duplicate it with disasterous results. Although when attempting such a feat, that does usually seem to be the case. But I do have her cupcake recipe, which my dad asked me to give to him. I didn't want to but, as she was his mother I suppose I should. Not that he'd make it. I'd rather make him the cupcakes myself. The chances of that happening though are few, at least in the near future. He won't come out to see me, and I'm not all the keen on the idea of flying. In someways I am still scared to fly, although I did around the holidays last year and it was fine. But, I am already so stressed out lately that I don't know if it's a good idea. The other thing is that I get invited out there to visit, and then he spends next to no time with me. I get tired of that.
Watching this program i realize there are a lot of foods I only really know one or two ways to prepare. I'd like to expand that knowledge. Another thing I want to work on in terms of cooking skills is the ability to make dishes from various cuisines around the world. I think I've got italian and mexican down okay and would like to move on to moroccan, thai, indian and spanish. There are loads more that I would like to learn as well. I need to expand my cookbook collection by about 1000 fold. Well, I'd like to at least.
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Saturday Scruples
1. In a "must win football game, your coach tells you to target the rival quarterback's recent knee injury. Do you obey? No. Knee injuries are serious and I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I was the reason someone was going to have knee problems for the rest of their life.
2. Your cool new look gets you nowhere because your best friend looks like trailer trash. Do you avoid being seen with him/her? No. if they are my friend, I don't care what they look like. Although, if they did look trashy, I may mention it.
3. When a young waitress leans forward to wipe tables, you have a magnificent view not meant for you. Do you keep looking? No. If I wanted to look at a view I could just look down at my own. ;)
Friday, August 09, 2002
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1000 journals. A very intriguing project. I may have to participate in that. The designs for the journal covers are worth looking at too. Some really nice art there.
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Yesterday while changing into my workout clothes at the gym I discovered I had done something quite silly. I had worn unmatching shoes all day! Granted they are both black loafer shoes, and I doubt anyone noticed but, I felt so stupid. Have you ever done anything like that? After my workout I was glad I had sneakers to wear home so I didn't have to knowingly put them back on. :)
The weekend is just around the corner...only about 9.5 hours to go. Today is going to be a bit hectic, since I have a few errands I gotta run during work and afterwards. But, they shouldn't be too bad. I have to go pick up my portfolio from the place I interviewed at last Monday, since they say they don't need to have it anymore. The news on the job is that they haven't made much progress, and I'm still in the running. So that's good news. I was supposed to find out if I made it to the second round of interviews this week, but it's been pushed back to mid-next week. So *fingers crossed*. Sacrifice a chicken for me. ;)
Better go get ready to be a filing machine for one more day. The job I've been at the last three days has been dull, but then again, filing tends to be. But at least the people there are nice. They've let me go early two of three days so far, and have said they'll pay me for the full amount of time I should have been there, so that's groovy.
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Friday Five
1. Do you a car? If so, what kind of car is it? '88 Toyota Camry
2. Do you drive very often? Mostly on weekends. And even then it's not a lot.
3. What's your dream car? Right now, a Mini Cooper or a VW Jetta.
4. Have you ever received a ticket? No. *knock on wood*
5. Have you ever been in an accident? Yes, both times when I was under 10 (no I wasn't driving). One was just a dinger, and the other was a bit more serious. I was fine but the person driving ended up with some bad whiplash.
Thursday, August 08, 2002
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Googlewack- another cunning way to waste time.
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walking back from lunch I saw a girl who couldn't have been older than 8, standing alone outside a shop, her hands full of a pile of scratch tickets. I'm trying to figure out if that's really very sad or not.
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Ready to head out on my lunch break. My head is spinning. Boring work makes me sleepy and grumpy. I am looking foward to going to the gym today to "release my anger and annoyance" of this stupid job. But I be needing the green and this is what I have to be doing to get it...at least for now. I called the guy I interviewed with last week to see if they have made any decisions (and to set up a time to get my portfolio, since he asked if they could hold on to it), but he had "stepped out". So I left a message and if I don't hear back by this afternoon, he'll be getting another call.
Talking to my mum about my portfolio and how sending paper samples of work to agencies is expensive. It is a weird thing about the ad biz...you're not just sending a black&white copy of a resume. You're required, usually, to send full colour copies of your work. It adds up. And the worst part of it is that so many of these versions of portfolios just get tossed out. It seems an awful waste of money, especially for those without a job who are looking for a job. I don't understand it. I mean I know that you have to promote yourself, and it's true in any biz. But the advertising industry is so screwy about job hunting. It costs a fortune just to print the stuff (unless you have a very good quality printer, which I need to get), and then there's the cost of mailing your cherished work to the CDs. At some point I have to scrounge up 20 bucks or whatever it is now, to go use a computer at kinko's or one of those type places to print out some new work I've done for my portfolio. Although, hmm, now I'm thinking about it, I wonder if I could just burn the work to a CD, give them that and just have them print it out for me instead. That would be sweet. Maybe I'll stop in and ask um what that would cost. It's got to be cheaper than computer time.
Trying to decide what to do during lunch today. I only have a pb&j sandwich and some grapes (yes I need to go to the market), so eatting won't take long. Maybe I'll take a walk. But to where? I can't go far because this job is only an 8 hour job...so I only take a 30 minute lunch so I get paid for 7.5 hours. Gotta make the most of it when paid per hour. And when I get back, I'll have a nice stack of stuff to file waiting for me...yay. Oh well, only one more day of it.
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The Valley...not to be confused with "a" valley ;)
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Engrish, it's amusing.
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I really need to post some content type stuff. There's a lot going on in my head, but I just haven't had the chance to post it yet. Gah...I just looked at the time...*pooooooooof*....
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Thursday Thumb Twiddler
1. If you could (a) prevent an earthquake in Peru that will kill 40,000, (b) a crash at an airport near you that will kill 200, or (c) an automobile accident that will kill an acquaintance of yours, which one would you choose to avert? Probably C. Hard choice to make though. I guess in a way it depends on the acquaintance. An acquaintance isn't a friend really, and if I didn't really like the person all that much, I might go for A.
2. You're engaged to someone in a distant city, but find yourself physically attracted to someone who lives close by. Would you have an affair with this person, if you knew there was no chance it would ever be discovered? No. I'd feel too guilty, even if no one ever found out.
3. If someone were to give you a $100 gift certificate for your birthday, what store would you want it from? Banana Republic or Amazon.com (so I can use it on the UK site and get all kinds of goodies!)
Thursday Threesome
Onesome: Blue - what is it that bums you out and makes you feel blue? The news. And being unemployed. And plenty of other things.
Twosome: Light - what is the light at the end of your tunnel? Hope.
Threesome: Special - who is that special someone who has seen your bluest of blues and your light of the tunnel? My mum. She's the best.
Wednesday, August 07, 2002
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online journal reviews
Tuesday, August 06, 2002
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Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work I go.....
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Two for Tuesday
1. Describe one of the best gifts you've ever received. My cat Carmella. She's such a sweet kitty. I wish she could live with me but she stays with my mum.
2. Describe a gift that you gave to someone else that was a really big hit. A necklace I made that was purple and blue with these funky square silver beads.
This or That
1. What's your personal clothing style ... trendy or classic? Somewhere between the two. Whatever fits good and is comfortable.
2. Do you shop for designer names or stick with the more generic brands? Depends on the price and how it fits and if I like the styles. I tend to have a lot from Banana Republic mainly because their clothes fit me well.
3. Work clothes: dressy or casual? casual for the most part.
4. Days off style: dressy or casual? casual.
5. Women: high heels or flats? High heels. Although flats do have their good points too. Mmmmm shoes.
6. Do you have a large wardrobe, or just a few carefully selected pieces? Medium sized I guess. I'm working on cleaning out the stuff I don't wear and donating it.
7. Do you shop for clothing at stores or from catalogs/internet? Stores. I'm sort of between sizes and I prefer to try it on first.
8. Are most of your clothes dry-clean only or machine-washable? About half and half. Most work clothes are dry-clean only.
9. You buy an article of clothing and realize it is all wrong for you when you get home. Return or keep it? Definitely return it.
10. Hats: yes or no? Yes in the winter. Baseball caps are okay sometimes too.
Monday, August 05, 2002
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Austria launches anti-moaning ad campaign. What a great way to use government funds!
I'm posting this article in full because it's amusing. Find it here.
"Sperm-shaped booze bottle slammed"
A row has broken out in Holland over an alcoholic drink served in sperm-shaped bottles. Anti-drinking campaigners say it is a marketing gimmick which wrongly associates sex with alcohol.
The bottles of Popsy contain a vanilla-caramel flavoured drink carrying the slogan "I'm coming". The Dutch Foundation for Alcohol Prevention says the campaign is perverse and breaks advertising codes. He says the codes are there to prevent the link being drawn between drinking and sexual or social success. The Foundation's Wim Van Dalen told Twentse Courant Tubantia: "They've crossed the bounds of decency. Its absolutely not done to link alcohol to sexuality that way."
I'm amazed that this even got this far. Must be a very different kind of client. I wish they had a picture of the bottle. I'm curious to see what it looks like.
Found this cool weblog. All about coffee and coffee related news. Groooovy!
Another fun site to spend some useless time at is Memepool. (thanks to gnos for this)
A more down-to-earth hypothesis on big, black, triangular UFOS from the National Institute of Discovery Science in Las Vegas, Nevada. They claim that some of the UFOs that have been seen are US Military air craft.
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PromoGuy's Monday Mission 2.31
1. Ever considered just deleting your Blog and not doing it anymore? What prompted that and what stopped you? Not yet. Then again I've not been at it for very long.
2. How about a quick review of the last movie you saw? Some old flick with Drew Berrymore and Chris O'Donnell. It was bad. Don't see it.
3. What's your favorite gadget? Are you lusting for any new ones? Will you ever be satisified??? My computer, if you consider it a gadget. Well that or my coffee/espresso maker. I want a digicam and scanner and fancy printer and a new blender (mine leaks).
4. Saturday night I played "UNO" for the first time in years, I mean it has been over 10 years since I played it. It was great fun, but it really made me want to learn how to play Backgammon again. What "table game" do you enjoy playing most with other people? Have you played it lately? Boggle. Not played the real version in ages. Although there is a similar game on yahoo called word find that I play on occassion with my brother.
5. About a year ago I was obsessed with loosing weight, and I dropped pretty low before I got a handle on things (I've actually gained about 8 pounds of it back, and it is still a struggle sometimes to not try to loose it). Thankfully, I like fattening sweets and buttery popcorn too much to live like that for too long. Have you ever been obsessed with something so much that it was close to causing you physical or mental harm? If not, have you known anyone else who has? Not really. (Hides jealous glare that someone has trouble not losing weight.) I did have someone in my life at one point who was a cutter and that was hard to deal with.
6. Did you grow up in a family or community that displayed racist or prejudice attitudes? Did it influence you in any way, either toward or away from those views? How did you manage to avoid it, or did you? Well, where I lived until age 10 was quite diverse and when I moved to the area I am now, it was a big change. People weren't closed minded necessarily but it was a big change. It never altered my views though. Racism and prejudices are stupid.
7. Good grief, I am starving! You got anything to eat around here? Um, bagels, grapes, and some frozen burritos. I'm trying to limit the amount of food in my place, so I don't munch all the time. Although I guess the heat has been doing a good job of killing my appetite too.
BONUS: What did you tell them? Give me a job or I'll screeeam.
Participation Positives
~got a temp job for the next four days.
~it's only for four days
~may have good news this week about my interview last week *hopes*
~it's supposed to rain and be cooler for the rest of the week
~I got a new canvas and some paint I needed
~there's a breeze that's cool and feels nice coming through my window
Monday Memories
Did you ever fall down, either badly or not, but have feelings of some sort, pain, embarrassment, fear, whatever, totally overwhelm you? Tell us about falling down, or up.. or walking into a pole...
Oh I do it all the time. Most recent one I think, was tripping over nothing and falling flat on my face at a temp job where I was working. To make it worse, it happened in front of most of the office. I'm a horrible klutz. The most recent non-public one was in the privacy of my apartment. I turned around and walked right into the corner of my coffee table. My kneecap was sore for a few days from that.
Saturday, August 03, 2002
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I am neeeeeding coffee. Sadly I didn't brew a pot last night, so I'm waiting for it to cool off in the fridge. It's way to hot to even think of drinking a hot beverage. In a way I wish it was though. Ah well. Hopefully soon it will be okay, so the ice won't melt the second it hits the coffee.
The random link that was showing up before doesn't seem to be. I'm confused as to what that was but ah well, as long as it's gone, I guess it's ok. If someone wanted me to add a link to their blog all they have to do is ask.
Watching a thing on Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth. Kind of interesting. Otherwise it's a dull Saturday afternoon. Maybe I'll do some surfing and see if there's anything interesting out on the web to post here.
Friday, August 02, 2002
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Advertise on this man's head. There's a $100,000 USD reserve price, via ebay to get your logo or slogan tattooed on a man's shaven head. And I thought people hated advertising...guess not when you can get $100,000 for it.
Now this is a job I could handle. Chocolate taster...although you must really put the pounds on. But every job has it's downside I suppose.
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Friday Five
1. What is your lineage? Where are your ancestors from? Wales, Ireland, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden I think. There also may be a bit more in there but those are the ones I remember.
2. Of those countries, which would you most like to visit? Ireland or Wales.
3. Which would you least like to visit? Why? Lithuania, although I'd still like to go.
4. Do you do anything during the year to celebrate or recognize your heritage? Not really. My family isn't really big on national heritage.
5. Who were the first ancestors to move to your present country (parents, grandparents, etc)? Well on my dad's side it was my great grandparents...but I'm not sure on my mom's side how far back it goes.
Friday Group Therapy 1.6
1. What are your three favorite things about being in a relationship? Sex, companionship, being in love.
2. What are your three least favorite things about being in a relationship? Arguing, stupid jealousy and feeling "stuck".
3. How much free time do you have to do "you" stuff? Is it enough? Plenty for now. But we also don't live together yet so it may change. Although I don't think it will.
4. How does your current {or last one if you are between relationships} compare with your parents relationship while you were growing up? Well considering my parents were divorced much better.
5. Tell us about your first relationship. Um. Well, my very first relationship never really occured. Supposedly I was dating one of the guys in my 6th grade class, who I had a major crush on, but I never spoke to him. And he told his friends that we went out on dates and stuff. Amusing now when I look back but at the time I was really mad.
6. Tell us about your favorite relationship. The one I'm in now. We share a good number of interests and when I need someone to be there for me he is.
7. Tell us about your worst relationship. Ugh. I'd rather not remember it. It went on for too long.
Thursday, August 01, 2002
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Been quite a "eh" day. Got some stuff together for submitting to ghostonly.com, did some laundry and went to the beach. Not terrible but then again not superduper either.
There's a weird web site showing up on the right hand side of this. I'm going to be very upset if someone is hacking into my html. I'll have to check it out. That's just a really shitty thing to do. Then again, there are quite a lot of shitty people too, so I guess that's why. Well, off to try to figure out what that is and why it is there.