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| Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 | | 10:36 am |
it's been a whirlwind of a week
so wednesday i moved to houston. Manny helped me. he carried the heavier stuff. like a good boyfriend. then we went out to Crescent City for dinner and beignets and then brought beignets to Lauren. Lauren approves of Manny. :) night before last i made new friends. Mohana and Trad are best friends and both are from Saudi Arabia. they are very nice and very funny. Omar is from Libya. he's extra cool. he's only been in this country for three months. after about two hours of sitting outside near the entrance to the apartments and meeting other people who live here (like Ricardo who is very cool and comes off as very gay), Mo and Trad went off to Mo's place and left me and Omar to talk about everything. we talked so much. another two hours. finally at 1:15 i looked so tired that he said he was worried about me. but before that, he gave me a nickname! Koka i think is how we decided to spell it. it is pronounced somewhere between "coca" (like coca-cola) and "kooka". it's the Arabic accent. of all the nicknames that my friends have tried to give me, i think this is my favorite. i've been using it to introduce myself ever since. yesterday morning i got an email from my sister saying how much she loves her job over in Greece and the ladies she works for/with want her to come back next summer but only if she brings her sister with her. after spending the previous evening/night with these Arabs i couldn't resist and agreed befor ei could change my mind. so apparently i'm spending next summer in Greece. i'm so freaking excited!! work yesterday sucked. this store is a lot bigger and lot busier. at my old store the most dogs i ever did in one day was seven and two or three were little. yesterday i had 8 big dogs. fortunately only two were crazy and they weren't that bad. what was horrible was that this place has twice as many kennels as well as the higher traffic. also, at my old store we would clean kennels throughout the day. before someone was allowed to go home they were expected to clean a bit and they would usually clean kennels. this place doesn't do that. so at the end of a long day, i still had to clean every single kennel. and the bathing area. to make things even more fun, the girl who was supposed to help me close left 30 minutes early. so i was there forty minutes late. i was ready to quit. not two weeks notice, just quit. if this happens again when school's in, i will quit. i don't need that kind of stress. but after work, before i had even gotten to my room to change into jeans, i saw my new Arab friends again. and then i met some of their Arab friends. and because it is Ramadan and they cannot eat when the sun is up, they stay up all night so they can eat just before sunrise. so i had dinner with them. at five am. and then around six i just lay down on the ground and they immediately gave me a pillow and covered me with a comforter. how sweet is that? then i woke up around 9:15, folded up the comforter, and then came back to my room so i could get my contacts out and washed. they needed it bad. it was all too much fun. so except for work, this whole adventure has been far better than i could have ever expected. | | Thursday, August 13th, 2009 | | 9:45 am |
excerpt from my walk:
man: morning me: morning man: looks like you've got a handful me: *chuckle* two of 'em man: that a rottweiler and a pit bull? me: umhm man: how do they get along? me: wonderfully! i was surprised when i found out they weren't "supposed" to. man: Cesar Milan would be proud. me: *squeelly voice* thank you! i love him! i really do heart and greatly respect Cesar Milan. to be compared to him by someone i have never met before is such a great honor. | | Monday, August 10th, 2009 | | 9:39 pm |
it has been forever and a day since i updated yous gais. here are the highlights: i got a boyfriend about two weeks ago even though i just told facebook yesterday (he wanted to surprise our friends. reaction was less than i had hoped.). his name is Manny. we've known each other since seventh or eighth grade when texas started making us do those standardized taas tests. we met because our last names are right next to each other and so we were always seated next together. our families were very excited that we had started going out. maybe that's why i was a little let down that our friends were not so enthusiastic. i went dancing with some friends about a week and a half ago. it was so much fun! the only down side of the night was the creepy, old, fat guy asking me to dance and then saying i was "so sexy." i quite literally ran away. work is starting to slow down. we've already hired my replacement. he seems okay. as long as he continues to improve, we'll be golden. i've already got my transfer set up. i am to start at my new houston location next friday. i'm kind of nervous. i'm afraid i'm not good enough or they'll be mean to me. if it's too much, i'll quit. i'm very excited to go back to houston. i want to see all my friends that i've been missing to death, but i also want to dive into classes. or my new living situation. i hope roommate roulette treats me well. well, that's all for now. | | Monday, July 20th, 2009 | | 9:36 pm |
quotes from today: Beth: that dog is as pretty as Rhett [manager's dog] Me: what? Beth: [repeats] me: oh. i thought you said he was as pretty as Rick [a coworker] Beth: oh no. Rick doesn't look good. Todd [store manager]: you're difficult, short, and overly gleeful i really need to update more. but i needed to write these down before i forgot. more later. hopefully. | | Monday, July 13th, 2009 | | 12:02 pm |
think i'll slip on down to the Oasis
so yesterday was pretty much the slowest day in the history of ever. i was supposed to get off at four:thirty. at one point in my day i panicked a little and thought "i haven't looked at a clock in a while. it's probably past time for me to go home!" it was one:thirty. i had three hours left! two of the groomers said the same thing. they kept on thinking "i have to hurry up! i'm getting so behind! *look at the clock* no i'm not." and one guy came in to get his dog's nails trimmed, which is usually a five-ten minutes process. so he came back two hours later... grr somewhere in my day i thought to myself "you know, it's sunday. i have tomorrow off. the Oasis has latin dancing on sunday nights. i should go. but i also really want to read this book i've been working on. hmm.... what to do?" so i texted three people and two said to go. but by the end of that long extremely boring day, i didn't feel like doing anything. not even reading or watching tv! so went home, ate some dinner, and realized that i have the next three days off and if i sit on my fat, lazy ass tonight, i won't get off it. screw it! i'm going and i'm going to have fun! so i did. i think it was more the atmosphere and the live music than the dancing. i didn't really get to dance much. i went by myself and only two guys took pity on me. the first was an assistant dance teacher and was very patient with me. taught me some steps and danced a few songs with me. the other guy was not as patient. he gave up after one song. then i stodd there by myself for something like forty-five minutes soaking up the sounds an trying to relax into the music. at about eight:thirty (i got there at seven) i decided that if no one danced with me by nine, i was going home. then the lesson started and some guy asked me if i had a partener and then if i wanted one. we danced for a while (he was horrible, but friendly) until the floor was way too crowded to breathe. then we went to chat with a friend of his who was sitting at a table. he bought me a beer (my first beer!) and the three of us talked until they kicked us out. it was all SO MUCH FUN!!! i want to go back wednesday night. there are more dance lessons then, too. i can't stay as late because i have to work thursday, but i usually work wednesay nights, too. this might be my only chance. | | Saturday, July 11th, 2009 | | 3:16 pm |
i don't know a thing about love
wow. i haven't updated in ages. i still love my job. i got a $40 tip from one lady a few days ago. apparently she's a really good tipper. on wednesday, i was booked 7 dogs. 6 of them were large, 5 had long hair, 4 had thick undercoats, 3 needed lots of extra brushing, 2 were too old to be kennel dried, and all of them were bad for the drier. (kinda feel like i'm singing a grooming version of the 12 days of christmas....) all of these conditions warrant extra time. so i was very frustrated that they had been booked so as to give me 30 minutes for each dog. to say i was unhappy would be a gross understatement. one of the groomers took pity on me and did one of my dogs (the large one with short hair) for me. nate really is the nicest guy. getting paid is nice. getting time-and-a-half for working july fourth is also very nice. but you know what is even better? having (and wearing) clothes that actually fit. i've lost 4 inches since the doc said to stop eating fat so some of my clothes are practically falling off me. the worst is the foundations not fitting. but now i can afford to get stuff that fits! hurray, huzzah, and yay! i still don't have a place to live in houston this fall. cullen (my prefered place of residence) hasn't gotten to me yet. they said to call back in a week. i really hope i get it. i'm tired of sharing a room. i really want to be able to close my door on everybody else and escape every now and then. le sigh. that's pretty much my week in a nutshell. two points to whomever can tell me from whence comes my subject line. ;) | | Thursday, June 25th, 2009 | | 9:28 am |
so sunday i cried at work. i had screwed up thrice on some very basic, common sense type stuff and was just so mad at myself. and i really love this job and what i'm doing. i really want to show that to everybody by caring enough to not be such a foul up. and then i showed up twenty-five minutes late yesterday. i was focusing so hard on the time that it somehow got shifted from "be there at - " to "leave the house at - ." for the suckage. grrrr. and monday i got to close by myself because the person who was supposed to close with me called in sick. my sixth day of work. fourth int he salon. first day to close. and i was alone. ....the stress levels. got a surprise haircut tuesday! i went in with mom to her appointment so i could say hi and look through magazine pics to find a new shape for mine. my hair has been so shapeless for months now. i've been working on growing it back out. but yeah.. i went in and passing mentioned something about needing something done to my hair and she just said " you want to do it today? i can cut your hair while your mom's color is processing." !!!!!! and it looks sooooo fantastic! i just kept looking in all the mirrors (fifteen,by my count) and could not stop playing with it. i lurvs it. even better: she said that because she didn't really take much off, just gave it some shape, that she wasn't going to charge for it. free surprise haircut!!!! squee!! michael wants to get back with me. he's come off his rebounds and realized how good i was to him. and now the rejection is hitting him like it hit me four months ago. i'm not mad at him anymore. but i've realized that we really are not good for each other. i thought i was over him. maybe i am. what hurts is knowing he's hurting. but i know that stopping the temporary pain will only make things worse for the both of us later on. closing again tonight. should probably get dressed. | | Friday, June 19th, 2009 | | 6:00 pm |
work day four
so today my manager commented on how quickly i was picking up on the tasks of bathing and answering the phone. (you wouldn't think washing a dog would be that hard and it really isn't, but the girl who's there now takes an hour and a half to bathe a pug. no lie.) and then later a lady came in to ask a price on something and someone else was there before her and even though three people were up near the desk she was kind of being ignored. before too long, she gave up and left; i really don't blame her. but then i ran out after her and tried to make amends by asking her if i could help. and then i apologized for not being able to help because i'm new and don't know all these things yet. but i was able to help her find another petsmart that was closer to her house. as she was thanking me for my friendly customer service, one of the store managers walked up and began talking to her about some question she had asked him previously and she told him all about how the people in the salon had been rude to her and i had come out and was so wonderful. he almost looked like he hated me. btu now two managers know i'm good. w00t! there was also a HUGE dog that came in today and had ordered the full "spa" treatment. she took about an hour to bathe (i think. time flew by today. when i was asked if i had taken my lunch yet, i thought it was around eleven. it was two:thirty. the day was over before i knew it.). i loved her despite her terror. her name is Candy. | | Thursday, June 18th, 2009 | | 12:12 pm |
limestone cowboy
yes, i know the song is "rhinestone cowboy" but i had it stuck in my head last night with the wrong words. it doesn't help that those are the only two words of the song that i know. day one at petsmart was lame and boring. mostly training videos. but i did get to meet half the staff so that was cool. day two was not much better. got to meet almost the rest of the staff and was done with the vids but had to read instead. had to study salon safety so i could get certified and be allowed to actually enter the grooming salon. didn't get to take the certification test because i still didn't have an employee number. :( BUT!! and irish wolfhound came into the store! he was soooo huge!! his name was Grover. the muppet. and! this is how sweet he is: he can't have squeaky toys because when they squeak, he thinks he's hurting them. how. adorable. is that? lurv!! day three (yesterday) i finally have a number! and get to take my test! i failed it! ...... there was a good hour of moping. i took a lunch so i wouldn't mope on the clock. but then i reviewed all four of the questions i missed, retook the test, and passed! hurray! so then i got to spend the last hour and a half to two hours actually working with dogs. i got soaked! it was great. but the bather who's there now kind of sucks. i've already heard complaints from the groomers. and she's the one actively training me. not quite so cool also, it would seem for this job i have to get some pants that run about eighty dollars. not so excited about that. it would seem that guy and i are not going to date. the reasoning is complicated and has to do with what we both think would make a good foundation for a healthy relationship. we agree that we do not have that foundation but are still interested. we're going to step back and see what happens. or at least i will. i'm still more than a little disappointed. i was so very excited about it despite the very obvious flaws. le sigh. kind of ruined my day yesterday. | | Sunday, June 14th, 2009 | | 4:10 pm |
really long update
wow. it's been forever since i last updated. almost two weeks! i've been keeping a mental list in my head of things to tell you; i just haven't sat down to do it. i am so horrible about procrastinating. le sigh. this might be long. so last tuesday, i didn't get to sleep until very late. i had climbed into bed at ten and lay there for a few minutes until a friend called me. a few minutes after we hung up, another friend texted me (at ten to eleven) and said to get on aim because we had been cut off earlier that day. i really didn't have much to say, but i love my friends and obeyed. then a third friend (remember that guy from a while back who was being kind of annoying? yeah, him.) started texting me that he had figured out how to get any girl he wanted. when he told me and i said it wouldn't work on me, he had the balls to say "already did"!!! when pushed on that point he said "not like that, i told you i stopped, i didn't try." (and then to next day he asked me what first attracts me to a guy! wtf!) so friend no. 1 called me back around midnight to say good night, friend no. 3 kept texting me until almost that late, and i talked to friend no. 2 until twelve:thirty. then a thunderstorm came our way. my dogs don't really like thunder too much and seeing as two of the walls in my bedroom are half made up of windows, the lightning flashes weren't letting me sleep anyway. so i lay on the floor with my dogs to comfort them. ...so that finally passed around one:thirty or two. and then i got to sleep. the next day (i think), i was feeling inexplicably down and didn't know what to do about it. i just felt like getting out of the house. once out, i felt like driving north on 35. just driving. when i saw the exist for Louis Henna and suddenly remembered La Frontera (a shopping center i haven't been to in a good three years) and felt compelled to go, i took it as an omen from Santiago and went. i wasn't at all sure i was remembering correctly that there had been a Barnes & Noble there or if they would still be there, but i decided to check it out. it was indeed there. instead of looking for my favorite authors like i usually do, i decided to wander aimlessly around until something told me i should stop. when i did, guess where i was? go on, guess. you'll never believe it. i was standing in SciFi/Fantasy right in front of Terry Pratchett!! the universe loves me! i was of course drawn to Good Omens. i opened it to a random page and began reading. it was a bit that i had somewhat forgotten about, but was nonetheless priceless. how could it be anything less? -this whole experience may seem like not much to you, but it really made my week. that friday, we went down to San Antonio to see my grandma. she was as fun as ever but her memory keeps getting worse. it's now back to the sixties. (dementia is kind of like alzheimer's in that it primarily affects the short term memory. so it would seem she's lost 40 years of "short term" memory.) then we went to the river. i do love that walking that river. despite its touristiness. the following monday, i had a interview with Petsmart! not the new one i applied to, but one much closer to my house. i was hired but had to take a drug test. the worst part about the drug test was having to hand my "sample" to a really hot guy. so not cool, The Universe! so not cool! i start work monday. that is to say, tomorrow. this past wednesday i went to houston to take care of some things on campus. i happened to see Jenny. i didn't realize until two days later that i saw her on her effing birthday!!! i can't believe i missed that! i feel like such a jerk it's not even funny. *epic shame!!* then i went to go hang out with friend number two. we've sort of been talking for a while now about possibly dating and decided that we should definitely go out. neither of us really wants to go near anything resembling a long distance relationship, so we'll go official in august when we live in the same city again. i'm just too excited to keep it under my hat until then. squee! then friday was Anne's birthday party. so. much. fun!! there was tasty, tasty food, good friends who i haven't seen in ages, some new people to make friends with, and a little alcohol. Bri gave me a hickey on my shoulder, i was shut in a closet with Rhian, Rhian and Manny each gave me a back/scalp massage, and i returned the massages. got to sleep at four. slept the floor at Anne's house but couldn't sleep past eight:forty. and because i felt guilty for not bringing any booze, i went up to heb and bought breakfast of donuts and cinnamon rolls. we all agreed we need to get together more often. i'm so excited! the anticipation! | | Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 | | 10:43 am |
does that make me crazy? ...probably
ok so last night one of my dogs really wanted to sleep on my bed with me. my dogs are not allowed on my bed for a few reasons: 1) i have a pretty delicate bedspread that would get caught in their nails and get buggered up, 2) they are big dogs and my bed is only a twin, and 3) it helps set me apart as dominant pack leader. as pack animals they like to sleep in my room but know better than to try to get on my bed. and isa has claimed my sister's bed as hers anyway. i realised that the problem was that the other bed didn't smell like me. so i went over to my closet, pulled some dirty clothes out of my laundry bag, and made her bed that smelled like me. does that make me crazy? she slept very contentedly. "Like so many villians, he believes he's a hero." Darken Rahl!, Legend of the Seeker this line really redeemed the show for me. in the book, the author right from the beginning explains this idea of perception saying that the villian character in the book actually thinks he's doing what's best, that killing many ppl just comes with the territory of ruling and conquering, and that to him the hero is the real threat to happiness. in the tv adapation, they have been missing this point until recently and the whole show has sort of felt very ... dimensionless. i'm very excited they decided to add at least a little bit of depth even it was only a single line. it does make it more interesting that it was said by the bad guy, though. today the sun, a cloud, and a tree cospired against my darkening efforts. le sadface. | | Saturday, May 30th, 2009 | | 3:40 pm |
switching between channels watching Way of the Dragon with Bruce Lee and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III is down right strange. a good kind of strange. i've never seen Way of the Dragon (called Return of the Dragon in the States) before. the dub was horrible! but there's a scene that i recognized from Kung Fu Hustle. it made me laugh and squee and clap. it was priceless. epic fight scene with Chuck Norris is epic! also, Bruce Lee's smile is adorable. almost as cute as Craig Horner's. also, a tiny little bug decided to curl up and die in my computer screen. this afternoon, i taught my mom some basic netspeak like lol and omg as well as how to make smiley faces. she tried doing two chats at once. apparently it was strenuous for her. she said it felt like going to the gym. i laughed. a lot. and josh gave me a few pearls (pirate pickup lines) that made me laugh far too much: Pardon me, but would you mind if I fired me cannon through your porthole I'd love to drop me anchor in your lagoon That's some treasure chest you've got there I must be hunting treasure because I'm digging your chest Avast, me pretty! Strike your panties and prepare to be boarded. | | Friday, May 29th, 2009 | | 6:02 pm |
so............. my mom showed Boondock Saints to her high school students today. she had forgotten about the... um, language. .................... oh dear. | | Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 | | 5:34 pm |
You are Wash. As the pilot of Serenity, you soar like a leaf on the wind. Carefree and cautiously optimistic, you hate fighting and violence. You are faithful and true to the one you love, though you still can't believe she wants to be with you! You lighten every situation with your wit and humor, though you may be a bit corny at times. Also, you love to play with toy dinosaurs.. | | Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 | | 9:53 pm |
don't fence me in
yesterday jenny and caitlin came over to give me a few things i had left behind at the apartment, mostly things i had left for the others to use. they came inside and met my dogs who were perfect! sure they jumped a bit, but once i asserted that these were ok, there was not one growl. i was so pleased. and to make it even better i got to chat with jen and cait for a while before they went on about they're running of errands. last evening, i went out for a walk in the park that's near my parents neighborhood. Walnut Creek Park it is. 293.62 acres with 3 or 4 baseball fields, 2 basketball courts, a swimming pool, and all the bike/hike/off-leash trails you could wish for. most of the trails are kept clear of brush, debris, and rocks but i prefer the slightly less manicured ones. or just walking along the side of the creek. i had completely forgotten how much fun it is to climb big boulders and descend steep and slippery slopes and be glad i was holding onto a tree limb or root sticking out of the ground. i slipped a few times, got a little muddy and a little wet. stayed as close to the creek as possible. on my back to "civilization" i saw a man walking a Rottweiler and of course had to pet the dog whose name was Coco. apparently he and his wife and daughter live just on the other side of Parmer (about where i used to live) and we talked about the possibility of a Rotti play date. that would be so much fun! i hope it works out. he also told me an absolutely hilarious story about his other dog, a very friendly black lab named Blacky. he, his name is Barton, and his family had been walking the dog off leash around a park. there had been a party of sorts going on with people and food and naturally the dog had to run over and investigate. the assembled party was mostly black people. so there was quite a ruckus when Barton's wife started yelling at the dog "Blacky! Blacky!" apparently she was oblivious to the turning of every head and the teenage girl with the look of "oh no she di'n't" on her face because she just kept on yelling. poor Barton walked over and got the dog with his wife still yelling "Blacky!" that story made me laugh so much. also! it would seem i never filled you all in on my last venture to houston despite my promise to do so. so this is about three weeks late but.... i went over the last thursday in april. i was going to go that weekend anyway and then when i found out that one of my friends was in a play that was showing thursday night, i decided to go before friday. i have been so starved of live theater! i got so spoiled to it in middle and high school. i had to get my fix. that my friend was the play, the Tempest, was a bonus. i was there early because i had thought it started half an hour earlier than it did. so i spent the time reading my favorite parts from a copy of Good Omens i had gotten the friend in the play whose birthday was that sunday. and as i was watching the performance, i couldn't help but think of one of the characters as a "flash bastard." (if you don't get that reference, read Good Omens. if you have and still don't, read it again.) after the show i got to wander around campus doing approximately nothing which is much more fun than it sounds. i don't remember much about friday except that i spent time with friends. but saturday was so much fun! i went to the campus bar with two friends. the bar had created a drink they called swine flu to be served in shots. my friend Luke bought me two. and that night another friend took me swing dancing! it was so exciting! and apparently i just looked like i was a lot of fun because i danced with so many guys. the poor guy who brought me only got two or three dances with me in 2 hours. :( for him. and then sunday i went to Crescent City Beignets with Lauren! do i really need to say more to explain the awesomeness of this situation? i didn't think so. XD | | 7:31 am |
happy memorial day to me
Cartoon Network had a Teen Titans marathon yesterday. i'm glad i still love that show. and can remember so much of it. Nick2 is supposed to have an A:TLA marathon! i think it's friday. need to double check that. zomg! found http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Ter ry_Pratchett/1 and squeed a bit. also, strawberry yogurt with green grapes, honey, and cinniman is love. then i got to hang out with Schefke! all afternoon and into the evening. (for those who don't know, David Schefke, pronounced "chef key", is a friend from high school who i haven't seen in far too long.) we were about to go absolutely no where until we drove past a Chipotle and he decided we should go in. once we had our food, we proceeded to entertain me as well as members of the staff with stories of whataburger and drunk people. oh those idiotic drunks! then we went to his apartment to put the leftovers in the fridge with the intent of then going to the arboretum. but i got caught up looking through his and his roommate's movie collections and then we got on his computer and watched vids on youtube, zero puncutaion, and hulu. btw, the Family Guy episode 420 is wonderful and made me laugh far too much. during this Schefke was sitting in his chair so i sat on the bed. this is when i found out that his bed apparently has magical properties. such as making people sleepy. and making pants fall. fortunately i was wearing a trusty belt. i don't know if it was the bed's magic or just my effort to become more of a morning person, but i started getting very sleepy around ten. lame, i know. after David took me home, apparently his roommates had the gay balls to ask why he was cheating on his girlfriend! (when srsly, absolutely nothing happened.) and this was after they had closed the bedroom door early in the afternoon because i was laughing so loudly at MTV liebt Gunther, locking up the place for the night while i was still there, and then turning out all the lights while i was standing there looking at them just before they ran into their room giggling. i'm sure they're nice guys and they weren't exactly rude, but they did seem somewhat disdainful and offended by my presence. anyway. i lolled at their suggestion. i kidnapped vincent!! again! i have missed vincent. it's been what? two years since i last kidnapped him? i'm excited. i need one of my own. but i need money first. and then Schke might get to help me take the orange plugs out. | | Sunday, May 24th, 2009 | | 12:39 pm |
am i a total bitch for this?
so this guy friend of mine texts me this morning, says i'm his best friend and that he "really likes someone and doesn't know how to say it." then when he says it's me, i reply "i know." i know that sounds bad but consider this: he can't keep his hands off me, he wants to spend every minute of the day with me, he's even tried to kiss me at least three times although i think it's more like five. and the last time when i turned my head he just kissed the top of my head. does he really think i don't know that he's interested? does he think i'm stupid? is this what being single is like? if so, count me out. does not want! and he's not on lj he hasn't read "i've decided to swear off boys until i figure out how to be single again. i've spent the last quarter of my life committed and i think i should learn to be more independent." from a post on May 5th. le sigh. i don't know how people do this. edit: i really do need an answer for the question in the title. he's a good friend and i don't want to lose a valuable friendship but i also don't want to lead him on. but i haven't heard from him since that last text, so i'm pretty sure he's too delicate for the straight forward approach. what to do. update: i got a reply finally. he says "i told you that because i knew i had zero chance. it was me relieving myself of the question." wtf does that mean? | | Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 | | 3:46 pm |
my life has been pretty uneventful lately. but ...
preface: EPIC SPOILER WARNING OF DOOM!!!! if you even think you might ever want to read Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind (which i highly recommend) DO NOT read the following paragraph! but if you do, you will lol. so i've started reading the Sword of Truth book series and immediately started making crossover connections. 'cause that's how i roll. a few of the characters are very similar to characters from Star Wars. for example: the great wizard who saved an infant from an evil magical tyrant and then hangs around to protect the boy as he grows up to become the one prophesied to save the world. (i dare you to tell me that doesn't sound familiar.) i often explained much of the plot to my roommate in terms of this connection. but in this storyline, Luke is the result of Darth Vader raping Obiwan's daughter and is never told who his biological father is until he's already killed him. so how does he respond to the news? (imagine this in Mark Hamill's voice) "No. That's not true. It just isn't possible." i laughed. hysterically. and then had to call jen. because she is my partner in geekery. ......there were at least two other things i wanted to put in here, but my memory fails me. maybe i'll remember later and edit. | | Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 | | 7:39 pm |
i got plenty o' nuthin and nuthin's plenty for me
when one of my friends commented on my farmer's tan, i drew the line and decided to darken up a bit. so yesterday i donned my bikini, set up a lawn chair in a nice sunny spot in the backyard, and fired up my ipod. i now have three white strategically placed triangles on my front surrounded by a lovely soft rosy pink. my back is done in a similar hue that is a tad more pink and is accented with a white shape that can't decide if it wants to be a rectangle or a triangle when it grows up, and a very distinct design looking somewhat like a string that had been tied into a bow and dropped on the middle of my back. i'm going to go ahead and chalk this up as a success. :) today was also lovely although i'm giving my skin a little rest. i've mostly stayed in the house reading or researching educational opportunities. it makes me sad that i've forgotten how much i really love reading. it would help if i could learn to read faster. i'm working on it. also yesterday, i was talking to the ex, trying to be a friend, when he suddenly decided to act like a total dick. that's when it hit home that i don't have to feel obligated to put up with his shit anymore. i sort of hung up on him. (ie i said goodbye but didn't give him a chance to say anything.) if he wants to be my friend, he's going to have to start acting more friendly. i also don't need to feel defensive anymore when a good and trusted friend says something negative about him. to clarify: i don't hate him, but i don't feel the need to like him. i learned many things from that relationship. one of them is that all future boyfriends will be thoroughly vetted by my friends. that's you guys. nz, i will find a way for you to interrogate him. i also learned that in my friendships with guys, i really don't give a good preview of what kind of girlfriend i would be. i'm going to try to be better about that. i think i've been much too distant with my friends. i feel i haven't been expressing my ...um, feelings with you guys, as well as those not on lj. it's not healthy to bury that kind of stuff and certainly not so much of it. so look out! you're gonna get to know me better! be afraid. ;) i also need to get better at responding to comments... i fail. i think i should go. firefox keeps crashing. suck and a half. so... ta ta, my lovelies! | | Sunday, May 17th, 2009 | | 9:50 pm |
point. this post has none.
watched How Bruce Lee Changed the World on History Channel. it was so good! if i had money i but it. it was basically about how Bruce Lee's ideas have affected and continue to affect such things as fitness, movies, martial arts, personal expression (like break dancing and freerunning), arts, music, philosophy, and ideas about race and ethnicity. favorite anecdote: an actor (i forget who) was telling about the first time he saw a Bruce Lee movie. he was in a theater that had 2 screens, a movie on each screen, both playing at the same time so you could watch both. one was Fist of Fury and the other was a porno. he said "this is how good Bruce Lee was: nobody was watching the porno." also, my mom didn't know Bruce Lee was dead. there was a facepalm. talked to some good friends last night. ( i repeat: i <3 fb chat. except when it tells me that it didn't send my message when really the other person has already replied.) it's always good to visit with people. i feel so cut off over here. i really have missed being able to just wander around campus and likely see someone i know and tag along with them for a while. le sigh. also, it would seem i have rediscovered my cub scout uniform shirt. you know, the one i haven't worn since high school? i wore it the last time i went to houston and remembered how much i enjoy it when someone asks "so you're a boy scout?" and i reply "oh yes! i love scouting boys!" XD i've decided to add some more patches and fully intend to wear it much more often. even though it fits me even worse now than it did in high school. these little shirts just weren't made for people with chesticles. |
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