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| Monday, July 2nd, 2007 | | 9:24 pm |
still alive
I have basically no free time, because I'm spending about 3-4 hrs a day on buses - but other then that, life really is good. I *think* I'll manage one day a week w/ enough time to do recreational/social internetz type stuff - hopefully that'll be on Friday. Current Mood:  sore | | Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 | | 7:18 pm |
Moved is DONE!
HUGE thanks to everyone who made my move happpen: ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.1) alyxmjceledraugiaminyourheadladyrutilends_wolftemtanAltoKitten KnightWebWalker A.M. Extra special thanks to..- AltoKitten & KnightWebWalker for the fantastic chili. I really appreciated the chance to eat something actually substatial & good after working for hours. - celedraug & nds_wolf for being there at all - The trailer your brought with was above & beyond, & really made moving much, *much* faster then it would have been otherwise. - AltoKitten, A.M., celedraug, & everyone else who got that storage unit packed in so well. I saw it for the first time today & was amazed that all my stuff went in & I've still got all that extra room. - alyxmj, because without you I would have been rocking in a corner on moving day & nothing would have been ready. - ladyrutile for use of your van as additional transport to the storage unit. For driving iaminyourhead & temtan to Auburn, & for following us to Everett afterwards so that the last of everything could get unloaded. - iaminyourhead & temtan for helping with the moving even tho it'd been one giant stack of cruddy week for you guys. - A.M. for being there even tho you had somewhere else to be that afternoon. Ok, so that's actaully extra special thanks to everyone, & I know that's not all I've got to be thankful of you guys for. Please forgive me for what I've forgotten. The nine of you made that move go unbelievely fast & smooth. It could not have happened without you. I am thankful for all of your help. I would also like to thank HammerHead, because I know you were there in spirit for the move. And because you & alyxmj have made space for me in your apartment, which made moving out a viable option. Current Mood:  contemplative | | Sunday, June 17th, 2007 | | 12:20 pm |
Nothing says "Sorry I forgot" like pie!
( an example of my life )In other news: For moving day there will be Chili. Pizza isn't actually real food, & it seems that no one really likes it that much anyway. So, there'll be *real* food instead in the form of beef chili. (And if it doesn't get eaten, then that's ok too, because it's good stuff & I'll be quite happy to take the leftovers.^_^) Current Mood:  awake | | Thursday, May 31st, 2007 | | 11:12 pm |
Ways in which I make myself INSANE.
We've all done it, I'm sure: You work a job where your schedule varies & you go to bed one night carefully planning out your next day. You set your alarm & for a wonder, everything goes on time. You get done the things you wanted to finish and are even a bit early when you stroll into work feeling on top of the world - only to have your boss ask where the hell you've been because you're hours late. (or worse - in your oblivious absence you were fired.) Maybe not that exactly, but that same general *feeling* you get when you make that type of mistake. No, I wasn't late for work today, nor was I fired. But I did experience that horrible moment of duality when you still know with utter certainty that your plans are solid & good & that they'll work out fine for you - while at the same time being confronted with irrefutable evidence that one of the fundamentals of your plan is wrong, wrong, wrong. Then comes the split-second/eternity later when you can see how wrong you were, but you can't figure out how you got there - because you remember thinking things out at the beginning, & you remember how your logic was totally sound. From your new perspective you can see that the very foundations were off - but you can't figure out how you arrived to that point that the bit of incorrect data became TRUTH as you know it. And so, not only do you have to deal w/ the jarring drop back into synch w/ the rest of the universe; you also get the joyous opportunity at the same time to deal with the repercussions of a mistake that you consciously made - even though you were sure you were right at the time. ::sigh:: this is one of the ways in which my brain seems to sabotage me sometimes. I got some basic crap miss-wired in my head a few days ago, and it took until just this evening to realize that I'd missed an important deadline by just about a month. ::sigh:: ( the details about all that are here, if you want ) Suffice it to say, I was feeling on top of the world for about 12 hours today before I realized that I'd made a mistake. Now I'm just sad, & frustrated as all hell & I'm going to go to bed. | | Monday, May 28th, 2007 | | 8:37 pm |
Memorial day weekend
I had an excelent weekend. we went to folklife & wandered around, then went down to the pier & ate dinner at Ivars. I learned a new card game & got to know Tiki - girlfriend of a friend - better then I'd had a chance to before. she's a pretty spiffy person. I got a microwave on loan, so that's all sorts of coolness. When I got back to my place the ants had evaporated like they'd never been hundreds of them all over my counters on Friday & none now. i kinda wonder where they went... I also got to make my first 911 call because of my neighboors. That's the part that's making me feel kinda unwell. The dude downstairs was screaming at his kid &... I had to do something. I'm afraid that it wasn't the right choice to make, but. ::sigh:: I don't know. I just don't know. ::shakes head:: So they have my name now, attached to a report on the guy downstairs. I feel like such a petty person. I dont' know their situation, but no one should be yelled at and threatened like that. And yet... My biggest worry is that he'll find out that *I* made the call & that it'll come down on me from there. There go all my idealistic notions: There's injustice in the world, & someone's being mistreated, & I care more about me not getting hurt. Current Mood: nauseated | | Friday, May 25th, 2007 | | 7:19 am |
| | Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007 | | 9:52 pm |
Why I shall be happy Happy HAPPY to leave this place. (Part two) ( The parking lot thing ) Current Mood:  frustrated | | 9:35 am |
HUH
I really don't know what this says about the internet subculture(s), but I did go to the site to begin with. Then I went back & looked at everything. Maybe it makes me irrevent or socially unconcious or something, but it's *funny*! LOL President(To get the bucket jokes, you should click here, or go here for the pictures. It's just two pictures, & they're great ones.) Ok, and it's also sad. And a bit shocking, like a bad train wreck... The one where he's signing the flag just rally bugs me, & I don't consider myself like extremly patriotic or anything.. Current Mood:  blah | | 9:20 am |
Geek trompe l'oeil!! click This Link and marvel at the "Transparent" laptop screen. ^_^ | | Monday, May 21st, 2007 | | 12:20 pm |
Pan's Labrinth
I was remiss. I saw this movie days ago, & said nothing, even though it was really excellent. Now I have no time, but, I still must say it was really lovely. (except for the gory bits that were just kinda bloody) | | 11:38 am |
| | Sunday, May 20th, 2007 | | 2:48 pm |
| | Saturday, May 19th, 2007 | | 11:17 pm |
| | Thursday, May 17th, 2007 | | 8:31 am |
Another interview
And I have another interview scheduled for monday. I heard back from the last one, & yeah, they were totally not interested in me. But I remain hopeful, and maybe this one will be it. It's at Northgate too, which is kinda really spiffy for the moving northwards goals. Current Mood:  calm | | Wednesday, May 16th, 2007 | | 9:18 pm |
Volunteer Responsibility
So somehow I got roped into a job in my Choir. It's just a small one - not like holding an actual office or being on the board - but it's responsibility all the same. It be my job in these next few weeks to call around & talk to people about the upcoming choir elections (and to convince some of them that they really want to throw their hats in the ring so that the people currently in the positions can escape!) So it started tonight with making a call to the person in the choir that I know best. She's the one that got me into the choir. I asked her for advice on how I should go about doing this - because I really had no clue - and then I started calling around to some of the choir members. (I still really have no clue what I'm doing - but at least I'm making progress!) I've now got an entire excel workbook devoted to this project w/ 5 distinct pages & spaces for notes about each conversation, & spaces for me to remind myself who I should call next about what position. (and lots of spaces for other things besides.) ::shakes head:: I wouldn't have actually stood up & volunteered *myself* for this job, but now that I'm doing it... Well, I'm kinda scaring myself. I really need an actual focus/outlet for these crazy obsessive hyper-organizational tendencies I have. And no. Sorting through 10 pounds of mixed seed beads does not count. Current Mood:  energetic | | 10:40 am |
I've been XP'd!!
My new OS came in yesterday & I just picked it up from the office. Color me excited!!! ^_^ | | Tuesday, May 15th, 2007 | | 11:36 pm |
It's a concpet, it's a song...It's ETERNAL
It's a world of laughter, a world of tears
It's a world of hopes, and a world of fears
There's so much that we share
That it's time we're aware;
It's a small world after all.
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
There is just one moon and one golden sun
And a smile means friendship to everyone
Though the mountains divide,
And the oceans are wide,
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small, small world Current Mood: insane | | 11:41 am |
Post-interview blues
I did a job interview this morning & I can quite confidently say that it went rather badly for me. Like, amazingly so. I know that two interviews is not a large enough sample to solidly base any conclusions on, but... Well yeah. I sure I don't really need to say out loud that this is exceptionally depressing. Current Mood: depressed | | 7:24 am |
This is rather sad...
| Your Life is Rated PG-13 | 
Your life isn't totally scandalous, but you definitely don't shy away from adult themes! |
::sigh:: No further comment. Current Mood: awake | | Monday, May 14th, 2007 | | 8:52 pm |
Dairy Confusion
Quoth the Wiki: In the United States, half and half is a mix of ½ whole milk and ½ cream, typically used as a more stable cream in coffee. It has a fat content of about 12.5% and is sometimes used to make ice cream.Ok. So at least according to the wikipedia - and according to everything I've known about it - Half & Half = Fat content. (And Fat=flavor, but that's another story...)Can someone explain to me how, then, they have *fat free* half & half??? I saw that at the grocery store tonight & it confused me so bad I forgot why I was there. Why would anyone even *bother* w/ it at that point? I can't wait until we start seeing citrus free oranges & starch free potatoes. It's only a matter of time. Current Mood:  puzzled |
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