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January 8th, 2009
02:14 pm - Question:
Does anyone have MySpace or Facebook? I feel silly for asking. Why? Because, well, they're kind of silly. But............
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January 2nd, 2009
11:14 am
It's 2009. I never thought I'd see the day. Any resolutions?
I jumped in an ice cold lake yesterday. That was my resolution. Monthly ice-cold lake jumping extravaganzas. It brings you back to reality. It also helps with alcohol detox; my brain literally froze.
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Also, I want to get my lip pierced and I have a strange desire to house another domesticated animal that isn't a cat or a dog.... turtle? Snake? Monkey? I think I'm going through some strange middle-twenties life crisis. Anyone else ever experience this?
Current Location: work
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October 29th, 2008
01:16 pm - Nothing added? Yeah right!
Noooooo! My life will end if this is true!
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In other news, I found a moth in my spinach. Isn't that delicious? So here's what happened starting with my doctor. Just follow me here, it will make sense I promise:
1) Doctor drew my blood. Blood got tested. Apparently I'm anemic..... again. Something about *not eating beef, my body is deficient of red blood cell production, my diet is pretty low in iron, etc. So in addition to taking nasty iron supplements I am trying to enhance my diet with food rich in iron. Spinach happens to be one of those foods and conveniently a green substance I actually enjoy.
2) Went to a grocery store, whose name I will not reveal here, bought one of those "pre-washed" "ready to eat" bags of spinach. I wanted a salad.
3) Opened the bag, reached in the bag, grabbed a bunch of the green stuff, put it in a bowl. Noticed my middle and index fingers were brownish and shimmery.
4) They were moth particles! On my fingers! Gross. I looked in the bowl and there it was... a huge moth buried beneath the spinach leaves. I could still see its wing and part of its head. I almost threw up!
5) It was still moving! It was aliiiiiiiiiiiiive! It was walking around in the bowl trying to get the weight of spinach off so he could be free. I freaked out. I poured the contents of the bowl back in the bag, put the bag back in the refrigerator, threw up a little, and somewhere in there I snapped a few photos.
So! For your viewing pleasure:
( twomore )
The next day I took the bag back to the grocery store and during the return I almost slapped the cashier in the face. He called his manager over and said "she wants to return this, she says the moth was already IN the bag when she bought it" and then rolls his eyes.
PLEASE, bitch! Gimme my three bucks.
So what did I learn from his experience? Never trust "pre-washed" "ready to eat" statements on bags of salad, spinach, or anything for that matter. Also, definitely follow through with a slap whenever merited.
*Certain kinds are permissible. ;-)
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October 24th, 2008
02:22 pm - So yeah, I suck. Hi.
So the supposed amazing story I wanted to share with you over 27 weeks ago (see last post) has completely escaped my mind. Seriously. I feel like a failure in the LJ world, am I still permitted to be on your F-list? Most of the friends I once had have dropped me anyway so whatev. Those of the smart few that chose to keep me around are the only ones I care about anyway. Thanks, friend.
Life goes on and it has gone on for over six and a half months since I've last posted. I think this has been the longest hiatus ever. I'm not sure what happened or why I lost interest in writing silly anecdotes and blurbs about my silly life and the silly things I do throughout my day. Maybe I got tired? Maybe it got old? Maybe I became too engrossed in World of Warcraft?
Okay! So before you use that against me later in important stages of my life I suppose I should break down and recommit back to LJ normalcy. I used to produce on average 2-3 posts a day back in 2001!
Only I was kind of a loser then.
And because I am awesome now, I carved a pumpkin yesterday. It's wicked. Photos forthcoming.
So how've you been?
Current Location: work
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April 16th, 2008
06:36 pm
I have an amazing story to tell you about. Stay tuned.
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March 7th, 2008
01:42 pm
I need a shot of vodka. Would you like to help me out with that?
Like, now? The freezer at worked doesn't come full stocked. :-/
Current Location: work
Current Mood: tired
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March 4th, 2008
09:00 am
If you have already seen the new Kucinich TV Spot, to fight back against the corporate pile who is trying to force him out of Congress, you know what I'm talking about. If you don't or haven't, here it is:
http://www.usalone.com/thank_you_dennis.php
Yes I am an idealist and an optimist and no I don't care if you think it's stupid.
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Also: how are you?
Current Location: work
Current Mood: good
Current Music: John Mellencamp
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February 19th, 2008
07:43 am
President Bush was traveling in Rwanda when the news of Castro’s resignation broke early this morning. Bush told reporters: "The US will help the people of Cuba realize the blessings of liberty."
Ok, this is the same guy that told The Today Show's Ann Curry that the war in Iraq has helped the US economy by creating and providing jobs for those transporting military weapons.
I'm in a bad mood this morning.
Current Location: work
Current Mood: bad
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February 18th, 2008
02:56 pm - I wrote this on 2/12/08
It won't stop raining. It won't stop raining. It won't stop raining.
I've had very vivid dreams about South America recently. It makes me want to move back there. Maybe explore the northern region: Colombia, Venezuela, and maybe make my way up the Pan-American Highway into Mexico. That is of course if I want to get shot along the way. Or raped/kidnapped and used as a decoy for drug cartels. Maybe if they'll supply me with some powder of my own it won't be so bad?
Yeah, this is what it feels like to be skeptical about life. I'm damn skeptical about life. I'm going through that angsty 14-year-old "no one understands me" phase... only it's 10 years later and I'm supposed to be an adult.
A co-worker recently brought in her 1-year-old granddaughter and all the women in my office were ogling over her. Is is wrong that I was the only one that stayed in my seat and continued working? Is it wrong that I rolled my eyes? Is it wrong that I just didn't care? Does this mean I don't like children? Am I cold and cruel? Or do I need to lighten the f- up? And most importantly, when did Ked's come back in style? I've seen people wearing them around.... and I'd rather not if I can help it.
Current Location: work
Current Mood: poop
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January 28th, 2008
11:13 am
According to TMZ.com, this is what Britney Spears had to say about the passing of Heath Ledger:
"He's still here, no one ever really dies."
Thank you Britney, for your poignant and ever-elusive commentary never fail to amuse.
Also, incase you're interested: I'm wearing bright pink today. Aside from my LJ icon and today, I am usually never seen in such a color. So when I am, I must make special note. And I'm sure this was very important to you.
Current Location: work
Current Mood: sleepy
Current Music: Madonna - Lucky Star (on the radio)
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January 24th, 2008
10:15 am
Dell or Gateway? You decide.
I want a laptop.
And my ear still hurts. :-/ Wah.
Current Location: work
Current Mood: Ok
Current Music: Whitney Houston on the radio
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January 23rd, 2008
10:45 am - I am in mass pain but it's mass cute
I don't think I will be able to sleep on my left side for the next six months. Literally, my ear is in serious, excrutiating pain. Good thing I had a few long islands afterwards to numb it. I just need one right now at work and I'll be set for the day.
Ok carry on, there isn't much more to see here.
Current Location: work
Current Mood: in pain
Current Music: DMB on the radio
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January 22nd, 2008
11:49 am - Industrial bar here I come
I'm getting my ear pierced again for the 11th and 12th time. Is that tacky? Keep in mind that I'm a girl and my head isn't shaved, I have no tattoos and I don't wear spikey necklaces and bracelets. I think I almost did when I was 16 though. But I think the neon wrist bands won that battle, and the lead poisoning slap bracelets eight years earlier.
I'm sick of work. It's absolutely gorgeous outside and I get to stare at a computer for another five hours. Do you have a motorcycle you want to lend me? That would be great.
Current Location: work
Current Mood: excited
Current Music: Wilson Phillips (on the radio)
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January 17th, 2008
10:17 am - Breathe!
I took his number out of my speed dial today. Funny how I waited until almost a month after we stopped speaking to do this. I think subconsciously I prolong my getting over him, even though I was so convinced that I had moved on completely from the very beginning. Also funny how you try and convince others of the same thing. Maybe I don't want to appear vulnerable and insecure? Upset? Heartbroken? Depressed? You know, all of those shitty feelings we all must experience at least 10,000 times during our lifetime.
I want to ride on the back of a motorcycle on Chuckanut Drive. I want to wear cut up jeans and army boots. I want to hold onto his (whos?) leather jacket tightly while the wind entangles my hair. I want to feel my heart race, I want to smile, and I want feel absolutely fantastic about myself. I want that elated, "I don't give a fuck about the world" feeling again. Though perhaps it is only because it has since been lost? I'm surprised I'm not pissed at every living thing because of what happened to me, and I'm especially surprised I don't want to cut anyone's throat. That would only get me life in prison, not another love interest. Well, wait....
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I'm looking out the window from my office and it's so grey. No rain today, just grey. Just clouds. I want some beer and pizza tonight.
I still haven't replaced the speed dial number he was assigned to. I wonder if I ever will? It's the little things you don't realize you will miss the most when that person is no longer in your life.
Current Location: work
Current Mood: strange
Current Music: the weather report on the radio
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January 7th, 2008
04:29 pm - Update, except not really
Wow, I completely and utterly suck at this. Who woulda thought.
I think perhaps if someone wanted to send/buy me a computer I'd have the time to update/read this thing more often. I'm discouraged at work because of the busyness factor and I'm trying to be a good employee and shit.
Just not right at this moment.
What's worse is that I have SO MUCH TO SAY. But I can't find the time to say it. Or I can't find the right words to say it in. Isn't it odd that LJ used to be like my only source of social interaction? Isn't it even more odd that I miss that?
I miss you!
Current Location: work
Current Mood: undecided
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October 30th, 2007
07:38 pm - So.
I don't have a boyfriend and now I don't have a computer. Guess which one I miss the most?
:-(
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October 13th, 2007
10:20 am - So I was at the mall yesterday...
And I rarely go just because malls are stupid and boring, but I went nonetheless. Ok so I was in a department store where I would only assume normal, semi-intelligent people work. Is that too much to ask? It's a pretty nice place, wouldn't they hire people with common knowledge? Logic? Reason?
Afraid not, folks. I was at the register and there was a woman in front of me paying for her things. The clerk asked how she was doing today and she responded with something I can't remember and then mentioned how she spent over two hours waiting at the border. Yes, it's no surprise, I live close to Canada. So anyway, the clerk is talking away and being kind of annoying, asking if the department store we were in was also in Canada, asking what the weather is like up there (what? we're 20 minutes away) and so the Canadian chick thanked her and as she was leaving the clerk says,
"Have a happy Thanksgiving!"
Um, say what? Not only is Thanksgiving two months away, you just wished a person born in another country who does not celebrate Thanksgiving a happy Thanksgiving! Are you retarded? The Canadian thanked her kindly, I assumed it was because she didn't want to get into some confrontation or whatever. Or maybe it wasn't a big deal to her. Maybe she didn't care. Maybe it was only me?! Would this kind of thing bug you? Does it annoy you when people wish you a Merry Christmas if you don't celebrate it? Like if you're Jewish or Jehovah's Witness of the Atheist persuasion? I don't because they don't know what the hell I celebrate, or if I celebrate anything at all. But when someone knows that you're from another country and what I would assume knows that the holiday Thanksgiving isn't celebrated outside of the U.S.... that would annoy the hell out of me. I guess I can't assume she did know this though, in which case what a fucking idiot.
Then again, this was the mall and there are stupid people out there that still know how to survive in this world. Sometimes I'm amazed at how resilient they are.
Current Location: home
Current Mood: annoyed
Current Music: Geto Boys - The Unseen
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October 7th, 2007
11:34 am - postpartum breakup
In light of my most recent turn of events, I need to ask you all a question.
How do you/what's the best way to get over an ex? I'm not heartbroken, I'm not even really sad. Mutual breakups are always the best way to end things, in my opinion.... but it still effects you like nothing else! It sucks!
Ok.... discuss.
Current Location: home
Current Mood: lonely
Current Music: Geto Boys - Actions Speak Louder Thank Words
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October 1st, 2007
12:14 pm - a case of the fucking Mondays....
My father's cousin (does that make him my great cousin?) died shortly after his 59th birthday two nights ago after a year long battle with lung cancer. The glitches in his eventual but too late diagnosis by a "reputable" HMO Kaiser shouts out at us to the urgent need for meaningful health care reform in a country whose government is hell-bent on spending billions of dollars for the purpose of ruling the world and destroying people's lives in the process. He was trapped in a system that denied him the opportunity to seek a second opinion because of financial reasons.
How great this country could be if we used our resources, financial and human, wisely. Meanwhile, millions of Americans watch as their family members suffer needless delays in getting the health care they need and die in senseless, imperialist wars. He did not want it this way, and neither do most of us. I didn't know him well but he will be missed nonetheless.
And ok, no more political/sad posts from me for a while, I promise.
Current Location: workity work
Current Mood: sad
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September 21st, 2007
03:35 pm - from dailykos.com
The situation is breathtaking. Bush opposes a bipartisan bill on children's healthcare because it offers too much help to kids who lack insurance. Republican lawmakers want the bill, Republican governors want the bill, American families want the bill, medical professionals want the bill, and congressional Dems are desperate to pass the bill. Bush has not only vowed to veto, he’s arguing that Congress is "putting health coverage for poor children at risk."
Say what? Bush pulls con jobs on the nation from time to time, but this one’s a doozy. What is his logic here? No I will not support a bill that helps millions of children get proper health care because it is "putting health coverage for poor children at risk"????? Personally, health care is the single most important issue for me next November (no one knows what to do about Iraq anymore) and I'm just hoping that someone, whoever is elected, comes out with a sound health care plan that requires all Americans to have coverage and that which prohibits insurers from dropping or denying clients with pre-existing medical conditions.
January 2009 can't come quick enough.
And in light of that, here are the political views from a song by the one and only Backstreet Boys. I was listening to their greatest hits album the other day and this song just struck me as very introspective and poignant:
Am I original
Yeah
Am I the only one
Yeah
Am I sexual
Yeah
Am I everything you need
You better rock your body now
What do you think? I'm very surprised Nick Carter didn't have a successful solo career, are you?
Current Location: work
Current Mood: blah
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