quick update/ post 300!

this amuses me. i look like Madonna?

in other news.... my Sea Monkeys have hatched! maybe i've found a pet that i can keep alive. wouldn't that be amazing?

school is going well. I'm taking a Printmaking class, Engineering 101, Precalc (again.... ugh), and a course on Ancient Greece. so far, all seem fairly interesting. frankly, the Prinkmaking and Greek classes are the best thus far, but who knows? things could get more exciting in.... er.... engineering.

speaking of post 300 AND my Greek class.... we're going to watch the movie "300" in class! the teacher says that it's mainly for laughs, but that it's interesting how they depict the Persians in the movie. i haven't seen it yet, so that's kind of fun.

what else, what else.... i need to get photos of my room up! it looks pretty good this year. well, except for right now- it's pretty messy. but once i've done laundry and located a digital camera.... woohooo! bedroom shots galore! (haha, that sounds kinky)

Anya is off to the Nellie McKay concert this weekend. i wish i could be there, but with the half a million things going on right now, she'll just have to make do without me :p nah, i'm sure she'll have a great time. if you haven't listened to Nellie McKay before, definitely make sure to find some of her music (that link will take you to her Myspace page- i recommend "Clonie")

ok, i gotta go drop some stuff off at someone's house, then drive Sam to the greyhound station.

OHH!! that reminds me- Sunday was Sam and I's 1 year anniversary! it was very nice. he brought me a beautiful bouquet of flowers, and we went out for a late lunch. such fun. Sam = awesome

right. off to the Greyhound station. cheers!

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Now playing: Dekker, Desmond & The Aces - 007 (Shanty Town)
via FoxyTunes

Timber Army, unite!

that's right- tomorrow i'll be at the Timbers game. pretty excited. section 107, here i come!

did i write about what Sam gave me for my birthday? i don't remember. anywho, i got a beautiful blanket (what i asked for), and a neat photo-holding water cup (it's supposed to be for coffee, but i prefer water). very exciting :)

i'm going to go back to playing WoW, but hope all is well on the other end of the cable.

cheers!

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Now playing: Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good
via FoxyTunes

suck it, precalc!

i just turned in my math final. if i don't pass Precalc this time, i'm going to throw something. or make someone sign a passing grade.... at knife point, if need be. gah!

has anybody else found the Taboo show on the National Geographic channel? i love it! Wednesdays at 10.

Portland is lovely for the summer. I'm living with Sam and his people, and currently we're remodeling the house. the only not-so-lovely part of it all is the heat. i am not a warm-weather type of person, so when i found the window fan in Sam's dad's old house (he just moved), life became much more pleasant.

one of Meagan's step-sisters (i think she's 15) is causing problems these days. currently, she's refusing to swap work schedules so Meagan can come up to Portland and go dancing with some friends and i. my suggestion? either send her to military school, or bring her to Portland and we'll check her into the Mission for awhile.

ooooh, here's a photo of the shoes i wore to my cousin's wedding last Saturday. aren't they nifty??

hmm.... i think that's all for now. a bagel calls to me from the depths of the fridge, and i have an episode of Taboo recorded from yesterday.

cheers!

I MET AN ASTRONAUT!!!

it's true. his name is Mr. James C. Adamson. here's a link to his NASA bio.

i met him while sitting outside the Marriott: Long Beach this evening. he told me about being in space, and what it's like to mentally prepare for being chucked into the sky, and possibly most interesting, he explained the importance of aeronautical relations between the USA and Russia. apparently, when the countries are having intergovernmental issues, the "White Beard Council" (as he referred to himself and a group of other old space guys) can step in and chat with their counterparts in Russia, and help to smooth things out.

Jim Adamson, if you're reading this, then thanks for sitting and chatting with me. it was easily one of the highlights of this trip.

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in other news.... i'm turning 21 on friday! tomorrow i'm going to Disneyland with my family, and on the 10th, my mother, my sister, and myself are going to a day spa to get massages/pedicures/etc. should be really fun.

a big apology to everybody who's bugged me about not keeping up with my blog, and to those of you who didn't harass me as well. i've been working on getting back to my life, and hope to continue blogging as long as i can find access to the internet.

i'm going to go up to the hotel room and pass out now- we all took one of those infamous 6 am flights this morning, and i'm beat.

cheers!

whyyyyy

it's 2 am. i was asleep. then my neighbour's phone rings.... and rings..... and riiiiiings. i finally went into her room to answer it.... and it was her friend wanting his computer out of her room. her fucking room was unlocked. gah!!!

umm... in other news, i'm putting in my 2 weeks notice at work. what with the coming school year looking to be stressful enough, i figured that it might be ok for me to focus on studying.

which leaves my summer open! i'll probably end up in Portland, working some job or another, and taking Calculus at PCC. exciting, eh? (the endless amounts of video games are a given)

what else... holy moses, how did i forget? i got a 90% on my history midterm this evening! le woot. i am awesome. (it almost makes up for the C i got on the first half of the test :P)

Sam is good. he, of course, is doing much better than i in the history class. (the "of course" is in reference to his being a history major) this term, he's doing an archeology project (intern? i don't know) where he's sorting through the remains of a native american refuse pile (the technical folk call it "midden"). once he's done with that, he gets to identify the shells and bones. sounds kinda stinky to me, but he seems to be enjoying it.

i think i've run out of things to ramble about. i could type about the flat of Ramen i bought at WinCo recently, or the physical therapy appointment i have tomorrow in Eugene, but i don't feel like it. i'm getting a little bit tired again, and my bed is looking mighty fine.

cheers!

i'm tired.

i'm just... really tired.

i worked Sunday night and last night. i'll be working tomorrow night and Thursday. 10 hours shifts. 5 pm - 3 am.

i'm sick of all my classes. Bio 101? aw, for fuck's sake. i know what a cell is. i know what DNA is. i know how to use a Periodic Table. Math? i like it. it's fun. but the people in class avoid me like the plague. apparently i missed the day in class where everyone chose partners for the term. History? the topic is fine. the teacher does a fine job lecturing, but when i try to talk to him, it's like he can tell i'm not a history major (maybe because i write down every goddamn thing he says), and just ignores me. this has happened twice.

alright, i'm done bitching. in other news....

Sam and i went to the coast this past weekend! it was fun. we scoured the beach for shells (and found rocks), and climbed up onto this rock out in the water that had spotted squirrels living on it. i'd never seen spotted squirrels before! my mind went all Darwin on that one.

and Meagan is back! she and her boyfriend are no more, and thus far we've watched SVU and dicked around at Ross (dress for less, bitches). good times. i'm not sure how she's dealing with the break, but from all appearances (and reassurances), she's just fine. weird.

i still need to wash my car. it's pretty foul.

i just checked out Madge's blog. i can't believe how long it's been since i visited the Blog world! it almost makes me wish that something exciting would happen in my life so i'd have an entry full of amazing photos and whatnot. some day.

alright, i want a bagel. with two packets of cream cheese. and a cup of root beer. mmmmm..... breakfast of champions. adios!

currently:
reading- 1602 by Neil Gaiman (yes, it's a comic book. but it's cool)
listening to- "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse

quick post!

before i take off to Eugene for the night, i thought i'd share some photos from this year's Spring Break:

First, the progression of awesomeness...




My mother likes to take photos.... and the rest of us like to play BS.





There was a turtle farm on the island... and yes, that is my sister.



Sam and i on our first vacation... well, sort of. (i have teeth, i promise!)



This iguana was the size of a small house cat. apparently, the Mayans ate these guys, and when the Mayans took off, the iguanas could grow to be this big.



Alright, i gotta go throw my stuff into the car. hope everybody is enjoying this most holy of days. most all the people i've seen thus far today have been observing the day with utmost solemnity.... or at least as much solemnity as can be displayed while stoned out of their minds...

Cheers!

holy moses

i just spent over $300 on books.

i kind of want to cry.

in other news, i am not quite printer-paper-white any more. Mexico for spring break was pretty fun.

i need a nap. cheers!

Currently:
Reading- Prey by Michael Crichton
Listening to- the Arizona vs. Colorado baseball game

and in other news....

Salazar Gwendolyn called me a "busywork tramp"... see?


i told you. sheesh.

ok, going to bed now.

final in 9 hours.... what else would i be doing? :p

one word answers
Y O U ... C A N ... O N L Y ... T Y P E ... O N E ... W O R D !

N O ... E X P L A N A T I O N S !

1. Yourself: pasty


2. Your boyfriend/girlfriend : grin


3. Your hair: funky


4. Your Mother: russian


5. Your Father: Bobbo


6. Your Favorite Item: Birkenstocks


7. Your dream last night: whoa


8. Your Dream Home: elsewher


9. The Room You Are In: mine


10. Favorite colour: greenish


11. Your fear: people


12. Where do you want to be in ten years?: alive


13. Who you hung out with last night: hahahhaha


14. What You're Not: studying


15. Your Best Friend: busy


16. One of Your Wish List Items: cleaners


17. Your Gender: chick


18. The Last Thing You Did: cuddlebutts


19. What You Are Wearing: jammies


20. Your Favorite Weather: cold


22. The Last Thing You Ate: pretzels


23. Your Life: whoosh


24. Your Mood: shmoopsy


25. Who are you: veggieburger

the next 48 hours of my life

∙∙now: go to sleep

1030: wake up, shower, bitch/moan about how early it is

1200: sit down to take a make-up exam for film class

1400: go to film class. watch unknown movie

1600: get out of class. run to housing office and demand to know why they randomly took 45 bucks off my food card

1700: grab whatever crap food is being served in the mass dining place, then begin homework

2000: yup. still homework

0000: oh boy! almost done with my homework

0200: take sleep aids, pray for a couple of hours of sleep

0800: wake up. again, bitch about the hour. 60% chance that i go back to sleep for an hour.

1000: give 10-minute presentation to my spanish class about the cops here in town. BUST.

1200: go the fuck back to sleep.

1700: work time, baby!

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i wish i hadn't just drawn that out. my life looks so much better in my head. uh, you know, with all the crazy social video-gaming and all.

yeah. good night.

too much!

life is crazy. next week is dead week... ha. spring break is going to be the week of the dead, it seems. i'm going to bed now, and have two meetings with teachers tomorrow today before two classes... then, i will be dead.

oh, and i'm working a 31-hour-long weekend. two 12 hour shifts, and a 7 on Sunday. talk about deadness.

did i mention that i have a couple of papers to write that will probably end up being ~10 pages each? suck.

i can't believe i'm wanting to take calculus.

awesome

it's 5 am. i just got done having one of the best conversations in my life.

Jen (my next door neighbour / one of my bestest friends) = the best.

but i need sleep now. we're going to the Chocolate Festival tomorrow (and Pan's Labyrinth if i can convince folks to go with me again), and i wanna be alive and ready to chow on le gourmet.

and oh yeah, my dad's company will be at the Festival. that's right- my family brings the chocolate show with them!!

hooray!

that is all.

look!! a reason to not go to sleep!!

Red.
1. Closest red thing to you? my hair? or an empty Sweethearts box.
2. Last thing to make you angry? hahaha.... what doesn't make me angry? but seriously, it was probably the lack of snow...
3. Do you have a temper? you know it. i do the quiet angry. apparently it's scary/funny.
4. Are you a fan of romance? not really. the last email i wrote to Sam started off with a story about me running into his room and jumping into his bed... and promptly falling asleep. and drooling on him. and probably snoring.

Orange.
1. Closest orange thing to you? hahaha, a flyer about the HPV vaccine.
2. Do you like to burn things? yes. it is my dream to someday light a kite on fire, and fly it.
3. Dress up for Halloween? only if i think the candy output will be sufficient.
4. Are you usually a warm-hearted person? no. just.... no.
5. Do you have anything against redheaded people? yes. those damn redheads.... why does this fall under "Orange"???
6. Are you usually full of energy? no. i've been sick with various viruses/infections/etc. for over a month now... it's a miracle if i get out of bed and shower.

Yellow.
1. Closest yellow thing to you? a note from my mom on yellow paper.
2. The happiest time[s] of your life? whenever i'm around nice people, and eating cheese pizza. or when the nurse practicioner prescribes opiates. hahahhaha..... uh...
3. Favorite holiday? n/a
4. Are you a coward? not particularly, but i'm not stupid, either.
5. Do you burn or tan? burn. my current record is burning after sitting outside in Mexico for 3 minutes.

Green.
1. Closest green thing to you? Mike & Ike package. or my pajama pants.
2. Do you care about the enviroment? are you kidding? i'm one of those damn spineless liberals... it's all we ever whine about. :)
3. Are you jealous of anyone right now? hmm.... Jen. i can hear her making Ramen. i have no Ramen.
4. Are you a lucky person? fairly lucky. if it needs to be a certain way (ex: snow day last Thursday when it wasn't looking like i would be moving due to illness), then it seems to work out.
5. Do you always want what you can't have? why would i do that? wait- it's true. i want Jen's Ramen.
6. Do you like being outdoors? it's cold out there!!
7. Are you Irish? yeah.

Blue.
1. Closest blue thing to you? uhhh... the exercise ball i'm sitting on. it's blue-ish.
2. Are you good at calming people down? most of the time. go figure.
3. Do you like the sea? it's pretty. but there's too much fish pee for me, thanks.
4. What was the last thing that made you cry? my sinuses. they hurt me.
5. Are you a logical thinker? occasionally.
6. Can you sleep easily? no. unless the sun is out.

Purple.
1. Closest purple thing to you? a white board marker.
2. Like being treated to expensive things? nah. i prefer cheap greasy pizza.
3. Do you like mysterious things? like the tunnels that run under our school's campus? yes. i would very much like to know more about these.
4. Favorite type of chocolate? that which my dad's company makes. or Reese's.
5. Ever met anyone in royalty? me. hahaha... my dad's screen name is king_cocoa... how's that?
6. Are you creative? yes... but not always in a good way.

Pink.
1. Closest pink thing to you? an old light-up necklace.
2. Do you like sweet things? Sweet and bland. those're my two favourite flavours.
4. Are you sensitive? uhhh... ahahhaha
5. Do you like music? it's good for drowning out awkward noises.... like those coming from the next room over.

White.
1. Closest white thing to you? my white irish butt. next question.
2. Would you say you're innocent? not particularly...
3. Are you good at keeping the peace? sometimes. but more often than not, i'm the one picking the fight. :)
4. How do you imagine your wedding? on a boat. me, the husband-to-be, and a drunk ship's captain.
5. Do you like to play in the snow? yes. especially when it means a snow day....
6. Are you afraid of going to the doctors or dentist? dentist, yes. doctor... ha.

Black.
1. Closest black thing to you? my cell phone. wait- it's charcoal. shit.
2. Ever enjoy hurting people? what?!
3. Are you sophisticated or silly? neither. i'm tired.
4. Would you like to go to space? no. i wouldn't know where to pee.
5. Do you have a lot of secrets? yes. this one time, i convinced a girl that i had just gotten out of juvie. hahahaha... one secret down, a couple more to go.
6. What is your favorite colour? dark green. dark blue. black. sometimes red, if i'm feeling not sick.
7. Does the colour you wear affect your mood? actually, my mood chooses the colour. ha!

hey Madge- top this!!

an email from my good spammy friend Delarosa, with the subject of:

lintsniffer, the tubes don't go from EVERYWHERE to the lab.

that is all.

sometimes...

sometimes, i pretend that the noise the heater makes is really somebody knocking at my window.

it's been different people, but they're all exciting and strange. it's been murderers, old movie stars, my dad, a t. Rex, that creepy guy who lives in the basement.... anybody, really.

then i wake up, and realise that i have not much time to get to class.

btw- latest illness: sinus infection. damn, occasionally my hotness is debilitating. oh wait- nevermind, that's the fever.

funny story from my mother

a little bit of background: my mother is of respectable (but not old! she'd hate if i implied that) age. she and my dad have been together since she was 18, and now that she's retired, her big pass-time is quilting. BIG quilting fan. loves it. who knows why, but she loves sewing small bits of fabric together.

this past weekend, she was at some Quiltapalooza-type thing. that might've been the name of the event, actually. anywho, she was at this thing with her friend Barb, a million fabric scraps, and a bunch of other ladies who love to make blankets. in fact, they were so estatic to be at this quilt-o-mania that somebody brought plastic Dollar Tree-type tiaras, and everybody wore the things.

One of the days of the event, my mother was (big surprise) quilting in Ye Lounge of Sewing Machines and Tiara'd Ladies, and had a tin of Altoid's Mango candies next to her Singer (that's a sewing machine, for those of you who didn't grow up surrounded by thread bits). At one point, she tried to pick one of the Altoids from the tin, but three came out instead. Not wanting to slow down (heaven forbid she stop quilting), my mother just popped the three candies in her mouth, and kept going.

A few moments later, one of the Mangoey bits broke off, and lodged in her throat. Strangely (but completely in character for her), she started coughing, but not panicking. No shit that she started coughing, but the not panicking is a fairly odd piece.

She's coughing and coughing, and these tiara'd ladies are all asking if she's ok, and all she can do is keep trying to get the damn thing out of her throat. Lucky for us all, there was a Nurse Practicioner in the group, and the lady knew CPR-type routines. Mom's friend Barb, meanwhile, is freaking out. Again, completely what I would've expected.

After trying (and failing) with the Heimlich maneuver, the NP has Mom lay down on the floor, and starts to do some sort of fancy-schmancy gut punch. There's a name, i'm sure, but i don't know it. The Gut Punch O' Glory works, and the candy piece shifts enough that Mom can breathe. Hooray!

At some point during the choking episode, one of the quilting ladies had called 9-1-1. This, in turn, queued the front desk of the hotel they were all at to send a committee up to the room. Ass-covering type legal stuff. And since the hotel was on some part of National Land, a park ranger showed up with the hotel staff.

Mom got to tell all the paper-pushers about how she choked on an Altoid... and just as she finished her story, a lady in the room shouts, "Hey, look! An ambulance!"

Sure enough, an ambulance and fire truck were pulling into the hotel's parking lot. Stretchers flying, yellow anti-fire coats being flung on, the medics and firefighters run into the building, determined to save some little old choking lady.

What they came upon was a room of white-haired ladies back to their sewing machines, tiaras back in place, a Mounty-type dude hanging out in the corner, and my mother waving her hand and yelling "I'm the choker, and I'm okay!"

Relieved, the firemen began to leave. But these quilty-type ladies, they're sly ones. Somebody got their attention, and asked to take their photos with my mom. and just by themselves. and with various plastic-crowned white-haired friends of theirs.

My mother's description of the men: "they were very... attractive young men. Very nice-looking. Meghan, remember when you were determined to find a good-looking Irish Fire-fighter named Jimmy in Boston? They were all Jimmys."

i have requested copies of all the photos she got of these gentlemen. however, she says that somebody else got a better angle of them, and will be sure i get a copy.

does anybody know how to get a free copy of Photoshop for my computer? it's not related, i swear :)

SNOW

and i'm not talking about the weeny kind that they can sprinkle that creepy pink sidewalk salt all over and call it good.

somebody brought out a motherfuckin SCOOP and shovelled that sidewalk.

no surprise, really.

so yeah. life is good. if there're any photos to be taken, i'll for sure post them.

that is all. la la la...

hell yeah!

i found a single serving thingie of cream cheese fridge. don't know how old it is, but i don't really care.

for i have wheat thins. life is good.

holy moses...

i want cheese. a lot of it. cheddar, if possible. Irish cheddar, if it's my birthday.

but really, any cheese would be awesome. even one of those cheese balls with the evil nut bits on the outside- i can work with the nut bits. i really could.

cheese to me is like chocolate to a woman on her period. it's basically the best in the world.

oh cheese. how i love thee.

in honour of Kat

courtesy of a coworker.

that is all.

i am sick.

sickness can suck my non-existent male parts. any of them.

i've had the same damn sick now three (four?) times. it mutates, and comes back around the dorms again.

what is this, inner-city New York, circa 1900?? the disease.... so rampant....

it's like playing that old Oregon Trail game. except the ailment notices are written on everyone's white boards.

"Jen has a cold."

"Bri has the flu."

"Meghan has dysentery."

well, nobody's gotten dysentery. but one more round through the halls, and it might become the plague. ooooooh, the plague!!

everybody else gets regular diseases.... i get vintage. mwahahha!!

did i mention i have a fever, and this entire post has made me giggle?

i don't even want to say what i'm giggling like. some things are better left

owww, headache. time to lay down. seeing as i have a test to take in 7 hours. and four hours of class afterwards.

that is all.

haha.... wow

i've had this blog for four (five??) years now, and i just noticed a certain irony.

when i started this waste of web space originally, i named my blog "The Grace of Mace" because i thought it sounded cool. shut up, it was beginning of high school.

and now? i carry mace.

but am not at all graceful.

that is all.

well, my criminology career is over...

...because i'm an Engineering student now! woohooooooo

it is official as of today. no more shall that Pig Farm of a program count me amongst its millions- i'm off to learn how to fix things!

in other news.... I GOT A LOVE BOX!!! yeah that's right, my mommy sent me a box of candy/cards/happiness that i just got in the mail.... a giant red box filled with white tissue paper and chocolate.

now let's see what Sam does.... i'm feelin a pizza and a movie. haha

that is all. i think.

man...

i miss my best friend. ever since she got her boyfriend, sightings of Meagan have been scarce. i don't think she's even noticed that we haven't hung out in a couple of months.

but we've been friends for 20 years, and this'll run its course, right??

she'll come back, right?

fuck this. i'm gonna dance.

that is all.

hooray!!

here's some old images i found on my computer just now.... i don't remember where they came from, but they still make me laugh.

that is all.

......for now

when the work day is over...

My tagger: Heidi

Official rules: Once you have been tagged, you have to write a blog with 10 weird random things, facts, or habits about yourself. At the end, you choose 10 people to be tagged and list their names.

10 Random Things About Me

1. i hate having holes in my socks. can't fucking stand it.

2. when i'm forced to go to church, i sit in the balcony and count the bald heads of people below

3. it never occured to me that i work in a mostly male environment until somebody pointed it out to me very recently. for those who don't know, i'm a campus public safety officer (= campus cop)

4. i live for patterns. if there's something that goes against the rhythm, i will find it.

5. occasionally when i first wake up, i can't understand English. also, i usually wake up very disoriented and confused about my location.

6. i fuckin HATE feet. and snot. and people who choose to be ignorant because they think they'll be happier that way.

7. sometimes, when strangers talk to me and i don't want to have anything to do with them, i'll make up a different life story. it usually involves having no family, no home town... basically, i delete my life. this occasionally backfires.

8. when i get sick, the last thing i want to do is take a shower. it seems like the most energy-consuming activity in the world. pretty foul, eh?

9. also.... when i get sick here at college, and i'm chilling out with my friend Mr. Porcelin Bowl, i miss my dad. he used to always hear me running to the bathroom when i was a kid, and he'd get into the room just in time to tell me that everything would be ok. then he'd hold my hair/hand over wet towels/hang out with me.

10. when i was a kid, i wanted to be a doctor. not to help people, though. just to jab them with needles. a clear sign that i've always been just a little strange.

uhh... i tag.... whoever the hell wants to be tagged.

that is all.

just to make sure...

everyone's seen this, right??




that is all

awwww

remember how in elementary school, you had to give valentines to everyone in your class??

show me some love, bitches!! :)

oh wow

somebody just sent me a link.... and when i clicked on it, it was some pro-life website all about the "evils" of abortions...

complete with photos.

i'm so angry, i want to throw up.

who would do this?!

blah...

coming home from a busy day at work to a cold bed is the suck...

Sam's room, here i come! mwahahah

i plan to steal his body heat. you'd be surprised how warm someone of his size can get.

uhh.... that sentence is kinda awkward. oh well.

that is all.

as i lay me down to sleep...

random memory:

back when i was in middle school (probably around 6th grade), every night before i went to sleep, i'd put deodorant on. if i remember correctly, the logic behind it was that i didn't want to smell bad in case i met a cute guy in my dreams.

ahh.... i'm so awesome.

that is all.

keep your laws off my body

because if you trust me, you'd allow me the choice.

crazy life = lame post.... be back soon!

A- Available or single? don't those mean the same thing? either way... i'm not. :)
B- Best Friend? Meagan!
C- Cake or Pie? cake... it comes with tasty frosting
D- Drink of Choice? coke, please. water's ok
E- Essential Item? uhh... my purse. it's awesome. i'll post a photo soon
F- Favorite Color? green. either 003300 or 009900 (hexadecimally speaking)
G- Gummi Bears or Worms? those things taste strange.... can i have Sour Jacks?
H- Hometown? Vanillatown, where the hippies grow free
I- Indulgence? candy bars. all of them. and cheese pizza
J- January or February? both suck
K- Kids? uhh.... maybe a different day.
L- Life is incomplete without? other people.
M- Marriage Date? my what?!
N- Number of Siblings? as many as i want... sheesh
O- Oranges or apples? apples. oranges make my mouth feel weird
P- Phobias/Fears? haha!! SO MANY... airplanes, squirrels, Ashland drivers (when did the red light become a suggestion??), becoming my mother
Q- Favorite Quote? i love me some quotes... here's a good one:

Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.

Robert Anton Wilson

R- Reason to Smile? i'm done with classes for the day!!
S- Season? right now? uhh... suck season. it's just cold.
T- Tag three people! NEVER!! you can't make me! mwahahaha

classiest moment EVER!!

background for the following story:

last year, when the Chronicles of Narnia movie came out, i loved it. much much love was there. and after several months of giving the people at my local video store absolute hell, they gave me the movie poster. however, i've been lazy, and haven't bothered hanging it up.

therefore, i gave it to my sister when the family dropped me off in Ashland. and thought nothing more of it. i mean sheesh, it's just a rolled-up poster, what could go wrong?

well....

here's the email my sister sent me the next day:

Hey,

Guess what I discovered today...

That "Narnia" poster that you gave to me when we dropped you off in Ashland, well.. it's not what you and I thought it was...

I unrolled it today, and let me tell you, it's not Narnia. It's an adult movie poster, showing 3 women in bakinis and a guy and girl having sex in a river stream. It's titled Island Fever 4. It's signed "Meghan, xoxo, Jesse Jane", and something else.

What do you propose I do with it? And do you have the Narnia poster? And, where did you get this??

-Anya.

oh my dear sweet grape jelly, what had i done?!?! when i grabbed the poster off my floor, i hadn't even thought for a second that it might've been the "Island Fever 4" poster somebody gave me as a joke!!!

(i can't give a link to the movie's website... for obvious reasons)

i read her email at work, and nearly died laughing. as did my supervisor.

Anya, i do have the Narnia poster, and i'll get it to you soon.

currently:
reading- Batman comics
listening to- "Spanish Caravan" by The Doors

yuck

i = sick.

sinus infection + bronchitis = no fun.

but on the plus side, my PT taught me how to make my back stop hurting without popping it.

that's nice.

back to sleep.

currently:
reading- uhh.... i don't know/remember
listening to- gamers bitch about having bingo life (BSG reference, anyone? anyone?)

let it be known...

i do NOT eat grape jelly with cheese.

sheesh.

:p

currently:
at work.

jacked from kat

thanks for the inspiration. -side note- i wonder what thyme tea does to potted plants??

let the useless surveying begin!!!

1. Do you sleep with the door to your room open or closed?
closed. you think i want weirdos who prowl the building coming in and staring at me?!

2. What was the weather like on your graduation day?
uhh... i think it was raining. i remember umbrellas. but see, i graduated through two different programs (IHS and regular CHS), so i can't remember which is which :)

3. What kind of winter coat do you own?
a green Eddie Bauer thing. it's nice. there's a special extra bit of fabric that covers my butt :D

4. When was the last time you spoke in front of a large group of people?
oh god... either Spanish class... or any other speech class... i sang at IHS graduation... does that count?

5. Where do you keep your change?
in a change jug. or rattling around in the bottom of my purse. my old wallet had a change pouch, but it got retired last night after being used since 8th grade. may it rest in peace, tattered ineffective piece of leather that it is

6. Describe your keychains?
-what idiot wrote this survey? there's a question mark where a colon should be!- my keychain, eh? alright... it has a blue metal lizard bottle opener on it, two outside door keys, a metal shamrock, a room key, and a key to my office.

7. What is your favorite flavor of jelly?
grape jelly. mmmmm

8. Some things you are excited about?
the next movie in the Blockbuster Online queue. going back to sleep. playing MYST. people getting back for school. the last day of G. W.'s reign of terror. and of course, Kat's baby. :)

9. Do you re-use towels after you shower?
yeah... there was a time, though, that i would use two clean towels every day. then i got yelled at by the folks for wasting water.

10. Have you ever been in a planetarium?
yup! nifty shit there

11. Have you ever received one of those big tins with three kinds of popcorn?
haha.... i remember eating those and watching "E.T." with Lindsay and Brian when i was about three. we were all piled on the couch, and Lindsay and i kept trying to kick Brian off. it was great :)

12. Do you like what the ocean does to your hair?
it makes my hair really crunchy. why would i like that??

13. Any plans for Friday night?
you mean yesterday? well, after i was done with training for work, i ran some top-secret errands with Meagan, then played MYST with Sam.... and at one point, we went to Wiley's World for pasta. it was pretty much an awesome day.

14. What is out your back door?
fuck you. some of us only have one door, and it leads to the other side of a narrow hall.

15. What's the most painful dental procedure you've ever had?
uh... wisdom teeth. something wasn't 100% right about it, so i had to take weeks healing, instead of the usual 3 or 5 days. motherfuckers.

16. Do you draw your name in the sand when you go to the beach?
sure! i draw lots of stuff in the sand. moons, suns, people's names... the names of people i hate... then i watch the water wash their names away, and cackle about how i just erased them from the surface of the earth. is that weird??

17. Who did you lose your concert virginity to?
uhh... Kathy Mattea. when i was really little. eeew

18. Do you ever leave messages on people's answering machine?
if i have to.... but i rarely listen to the messages that're left on my machine.

19. How many different beverages have you had today?
water and leftover tea. two.

20. Last thing you received in the mail?
a movie and something to exchange at the mall.

21. Have you had to take out a loan for school?
Not yet. hoo boy.

22. Do you have any famous ancestors?
don't think so. WEIRD ancestors, yes... but nobody famous.

23. Your prom night?
which one?

24. Do you know all the words to the song on your MySpace profile?
it's "Working Class Hero" by John Lennon. who DOESN'T know the words??

25. Are you any good at math?
if i have to be.

26. What were you doing 15 minutes ago?
peeing. first of the day. it was lovely.

26. What were you doing this morning at 8 AM?
taking my 8 AM meds. then going back to sleep.

27. When was the last time you shaved?
yesterday? maybe the day before. creepy question.

28. Explain what ended your last relationship.
me. that was awhile ago. i think it went ok, though...