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Sunday, September 25th, 2005
3:42 pm	Notice to all my real friends... Due to a recent discovery that people who I have no interest in having in my life have been snooping around in my online blogs I have decided to switch my original plans regarding them. Before I was going to be writing mostly in here and then a little in MySpace but since I have more security in who I let read it on MySpace I'm going to post more there, with the privacy setting on Friends. I know most of you are already on MySpace anyway so that won't be an issue and if you aren't it really is worth checking out, I've actually gotten in contact with people I haven't talked to since junior high because of it. Current Music: "Fastlane" - Esthero (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, September 5th, 2005
4:20 pm	Happy Day Off From Work! Yeah I know it's actually called "Labor Day"... Just checking around on some stuff online, I had really expected to get a call from Adam by now. Today's Brian's birthday and I don't really know where the party is. That and when I told Adam about what I wanted to get him he asked if he could go in on it with me because he didn't have any ideas which I said was fine although I did add that it's bad enough people assume we're dating giving a birthday present together isn't going to make it any better... I also have Garrett's present and a present for Nikki and Joel's daughter (her first birthday is on the 11th, yeah September 11th)... My mom and I went and donated blood this morning. My vein moved so it's probably going to bruise, I get to take the bandage off soon so I'll be able to see then. We also got one of those wristbands and it says "City of Hope" and "I Give Blood & Hope"... It's been over two weeks and I haven't had any problems from my shot once the bruised feeling went away. Someone had replied to my message telling me some horror story but it's not like I hadn't done some research and read all the paperwork they gave me anyway. There are possible side effects just like with any drug and any intelligent person would know that. I was never really worried though since I've never had any reactions to any drugs (well besides what they're supposed to do). It was nice for some (assumed) stranger to care but the scare tactic was a little unnecessary... Well I think I'm going to go take my bandage off to see how it looks and probably put on one of my new Curious George bandaids. Then call Adam to get the party info... I'm excited to see The Big Pill on the 10th because it's not a week day like their usual shows and I can enjoy it knowing I don't have to be up for work the next day. Also Katy might be coming out for the show and Shaunna if she ever returns my calls... Going to Oktoberfest on October 8th and Remy is coming!.. Also I have health insurance now, now my mom will worry less when I get around to doing something else crazy like bungee jumping... Current Mood: anxious Current Music: "Chariot" - Gavin Degraw (Comment on this)
Sunday, September 4th, 2005
3:00 pm	So I've been tagged by Katy to do the 'ten things that make you happy' meme which is interesting since I don't know if I've ever done one before, or maybe it wasn't referred to as a meme, but either way here it is in no particular order: 1. Weekends (especially long ones) 2. That I now have stuff I like at all beer places 3. Caffiene 4. Friends (especially those who don't become irritating when drinking) 5. Tiny bottles of alcohol (they're so cute, almost child-sized, and I easily amused) 6. Sharing good movies and music with other people 7. Concerts (so "v" and "c" are right next to each other so I first typed "Converts" which is totally wrong) 8. Good restaurants 9. Puzzles and board games (still need to break in my '90's Trivial Pursuit) 10. Wanted attention These are things that are making me happy right now, not necessarily things that make me happy in general. I'm tagging byzantium, jgsquirt, kalvelis, leokitty, and _x_missmaida_x but I don't know how to do the linking thing so I just put your names in bold. It's very sad that these things always exhaust my friends list and I would also like to add that I really wish Mike would take me off of his friends list for the obvious reason that we are not friends. Current Mood: bored (Comment on this)
Thursday, August 25th, 2005
9:04 pm	No more "Anti-Baby Time"... I found out that taking the birth control pill puts you at a higher risks for blood clots and strokes which becomes even higher if you get migraines and because of that Planned Parenthood can't issue me any birth control pills. Since I don't currently have insurance I've been trying to find other ways to get my prescriptions so I checked out Planned Parenthood (the closest one is in Pasadena) about birth control. Sure you could state the obvious, that I'm not even currently having sex, but there are other benefits to taking birth control. And anyways, I have no idea what will happen in the future and I figure it's better not to throw my whole "system" off by stopping and then starting up again some time in the future. So now you're asking what then if not the pill? The shot (Depo-Provera) is apparently not as harmful because it doesn't contain estrogen. The shot doesn't hurt that much but the spot where they do it (kind of on your hip not the arm or the butt anymore, they of course said gluteus but no need to be technical here) was sore for like two days. Later on the day I got it we were at Joel and Nikki's engagement party and sometimes when I moved I would wince and Adam would kind of laugh at me (I told him about my exciting morning). So no more "Anti-Baby Time", the lovely nickname my friends gave when I originally had my pager alarm to remind me when to take it. On a completely different note... I still have Garrett's birthday present in my car. It's been there for like a month. I hope I can get it to him before Brian's brithday party because it would be weird to be all "I showed up at your party with a present for someone else"... I don't know if I should get Brian something for his birthday, I gave him a Guinness stein last year but that was for his 21st so that was different. If I can think of something absolutely great I may not be able to resist. Remy might be going with us to Oktoberfest! I don't get to hang out with her as much as I would like so getting together then should be a lot of fun. Also, I want to ask her about helping me decorate a small section of my bathroom when we finally get a place (since I'm the girl one of the bathrooms will be mine to keep my "girly" products in). I have some ideas I'm mulling over but she is such an amazing artist so I would trust her to design something great. We'll have to discuss payment but that will have to wait until we actually have a place. I have this great shirt I'm going to wear tomorrow. It's got this bird on it and says "innocent" which I'm sure will get plenty of comments (at the very least from Schuyler)... Well I'm going to go take a bath, enjoy a nice bottle of Liefman's (cherry this time), and get a good night's sleep... Katy, I'm not sure if Shaunna mentioned it but The Big Pill will be playing Saturday, September 10th at Frank & Joe's Smokehouse in Monrovia. It's a restaurant so the under 21 won't be an issue at all. I've gone to see them a couple times and Adam hired them for his New Years' party (which will also be at Frank & Joe's). Also, you can invite someone if you feel so inclined... Current Mood: good Current Music: "Beautiful Lie" - Esthero (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, August 22nd, 2005
7:31 pm	Stolen from Garrett... Feel free to klepto it yourself... Have you... ( ) smoked a cigarette ( ) smoked a cigar ( ) made out with a member of the same sex ( ) crashed a friend's car ( ) stolen a car ( ) smoked pot (X) been in love (X) been dumped ( ) dumped someone ( ) shoplifted ( ) been fired ( ) been in a fist fight (X) snuck out of parent's house (not mine though so not as cool) (X) had feelings for someone who didn't have them back (just about all of them) ( ) been arrested ( ) made out with a stranger ( ) gone on a blind date (X) lied to a friend (X) had a crush on a teacher (X) skipped school ( ) slept with a co-worker ( ) seen someone die (X) had/have a crush on one of your MYSPACE friends (you should all know I'm talking about James by now) (X) been to Canada (three times) (X) been to Mexico (X) been on a plane ( ) thrown up in a bar ( ) purposely set a part of yourself on fire (X) eaten Sushi (California Rolls, I don't do seafood) ( ) been snowboarding (got a jacket, got a board, got the boots, but not yet) ( ) met someone in real life that you met online ( ) been moshing at a concert (I injure too easily) ( ) been in an abusive relationship (X) taken painkillers (X) love someone right now (X) laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by (X) made a snow angel (X) had a tea party (because in some ways I'm such a girl) (X) flown a kite (X) built a sand castle (X) gone puddle jumping (X) played dress up (X) jumped into a pile of leaves (X) gone sledding (yay, krazy karpets) (X) cheated while playing a game (X) been lonely (X) fallen asleep at work/school (only once, I can't sleep sitting up) ( ) used a fake ID (X) watched the sun set (X) felt an earthquake (hello, I live in California) (X) touched a snake (X) been tickled (X) been robbed ( ) robbed someone (X) been misunderstood (X) pet a reindeer/goat (X) won a contest (X) ran a red light ( ) been suspended from school (X) had detention (for dumbass reasons though) (X) been in a car accident (X) had braces (X) eaten a whole pint of ice cream in one night (with someone else, never by myself) (X) had déja vu? (X) danced in the moonlight (X) hated the way you look (X) witnessed a crime ( ) pole danced (X) questioned your heart (X) been obsessed with post-it notes (of course, I work in an office) (X) squished barefoot through the mud (X) been lost (I carry two Thomas Guides in my car, does that tell you something?) (X) been to the opposite side of the country (X) swam in the ocean (X) felt like dying (X) cried yourself to sleep ( ) played cops and robbers (X) recently colored with crayons/colored pencils/markers (X) sung karaoke (X) paid for a meal with only coins (X) done something you told yourself you wouldn't (X) made prank phone calls ( ) laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose (X) caught a snowflake on your tongue ( ) kissed in the rain (but I'd like to) (X) written a letter to Santa Claus ( ) been kissed under a mistletoe ( ) watched the sun set with someone you care about (X) blown bubbles (X) made a bonfire on the beach ( ) crashed a party (X) have traveled more than 5 days with a car full of people (family vacation *shudder*) (X) gone rollerskating/blading (not recent enough though) (X) had a wish come true (X) worn pearls ( ) jumped off a bridge (I'd like to, bungee jumping is my next thing now that I've been skydiving) ( ) ate dog food (cat food when I was little though) ( ) told a complete stranger you loved them (X) sang in the shower (X) have a little black dress (X) had a dream that you married someone ( ) glued your hand to something ( ) got your toungue stuck to a pole ( ) kissed a Fish ( ) been a chearleader (*shudder*) (X) sat on a rooftop (X) screamed at the TOP of your lungs ( ) done a ONE handed cart-wheel ( ) talked on the phone for more than 6 hours (on IM yes, I dislike talking on the phone) (X) stayed up all NIGHT ( ) didn't take a shower for a week (X) pick and ate an apple right off the tree (apple picking in Montreal) (X) climbed a tree ( ) had a tree house (I wanted one but we never had a tree that might support one) ( ) are scared to watch scary movies alone (not a fan of scary movies in general but that's because I think they're stupid) (X) believe in ghosts ( ) have more than 30 pairs of shoes (X) worn a really ugly outfit to school ( ) gone streaking ( ) played ding-dong-ditch ( ) played chicken fight ( ) been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on (X) been told you were hot by a COMPLETE stranger (X) broken a bone (X) been easily amused (always) ( ) caught a fish then ate it (I already said I don't do seafood) ( ) made porn ( ) caught a butterfly (X) laughed so hard you cried ( ) cried sooo HARD you laughed ( ) mooned/flashed someone (X) had someone moon/flash you (X) cheated on a test (X) forgotten someone's name (rarely though) ( ) slept naked (I can't even sleep without socks on) (X) French braided someone's hair (Barbi counts right?) (X) gone skinny dipping in a pool ( ) been kicked out of your house Current Mood: accomplished Current Music: Esthero - "We R In Need Of A Musical Revolution" (Comment on this)
Sunday, July 31st, 2005
1:44 am	So I'm a glutton for punishment... Okay get your mind out of the gutter... What I'm really talking about it the lack of a happy meeting into what I'm looking for in a guy and what I'm attracted to. No let me rephrase that as "what I want in a guy", there's no active looking resulting in no real necessity... Anyways, the problem is that there could be a guy that I enjoy talking to, we have similar interests and all that but there's no excitement and I think there should be, at least near the beginning. When you hang out with me and my friends (especially if some are mutual friends) I shouldn't have to think about how uncomfortable you are, you should act like part of the group and not like you're just tagging along... So it irritates me that I still like Schuyler, it really does because it's all very wasted feelings. He has so much of the qualities that I'm really attracted to minus the actual ability to have a real relationship. I love all the stupid jokes because I make stupid jokes. I love the movie and Simpson references because I do that (especially the obscure Dirty Dancing reference, that was hot). I love that he's working towards bettering himself (going to school and all that) but not entirely sure what he wants to do (the guy I talked to last near in Carson City, Andy, knew the exact path he wanted to take in life and that was too much but I wouldn't want someone who was completely directionless). The problem being is that he still considers women in the context of "conquest". It's not really about getting to know someone, building something meaningful, but about how far will it go. For the two of us we would both want more but not in the same context... Still I'm tempted to make out with him when I get drunk. He's probably the best kiss I've had but with all that experience he should be. Then there's James. When I don't see him I barely talk to him which is basically all his fault. I don't really call or send that many messages but he takes forever to respond. I wrote in my MySpace blog that I was disappointed in him but I wasn't going to add what I was thinking (because he might read it since he also has a MySpace account which he posts in more often than responding to me). What I was thinking is that I can't believe I could like someone who is so careless about his so-called friends considering how little I ask. I did go and visit him so it's not like he could make the smallest effort to come down this way. The worst is that when I see him I try to enjoy as much of the time as possible and how much I feel slighted now never really enters my mind. I know he's a better person than that so the contrast is even that much more irritating now. And I know that his perspective of me is so different that he'd never see me that way anyway... Okay I don't know how much of that made sense because I'm at the stage where I'm still drunk but starting to get tired but to sum it all up... Damn it! Current Mood: drunk (Comment on this)
Saturday, July 23rd, 2005
11:16 am	Updates... Even though I sent it like a month later than they said was the deadline for admission Glendale Community College sent me a date and time to register for Fall semester. So now I need to look to see what I might want to register for but since I'll probably be one of the last I'll most likely end up on a waiting list. My date for registration is in like two weeks so I've got a little time. My brother has now "washed his hands" of the buying a house together because he's always so dramatic about everything. He's pissed off that he's "doing all the work" when he spends a good part of the time looking at houses he already knows I won't agree to. I wanted closer to my work but agreed on equal distance and I wanted at least 1 3/4 baths because we would have two people working full-time and one going to school full-time, working part-time. I don't want to deal with the hassle of sharing one shower knowing that I'm going want to take a shower before I go to work every day. Those are the two points I'm not budging on and yet when I won't look at one that is farther away or only has 1 1/2 baths I'm being unreasonable. I had to completely reconsider getting a condo or a townhouse because Ryan wants the garage and yet I'm the one who isn't compromising. I was just like well I already planned on getting settled in my job, putting money aside, and then finding a place so I can just go back to that, I had an agreement with my dad about helping me out but then now he's like "well if I help you we won't be able to help Ryan so I'm not going to be helping you" which is bullshit and basically means I'm getting screwed either way. Who knows what will happen when Ryan cools down, I swear he's more of a girl than I am. Not much else going on besides work. Finally got to be out in Pasadena on a Friday but since Stokely was fired I don't know if any of "his regulars" will be around anymore, but of course the only one I'd be disappointed about would be Annie because she's really cool and we were supposed to make plans to have dinner one day after work so I could avoid the traffic. I did get to see Gary, Gustavo, and Dave although briefly. Saw Schuyler but that's a usual occurence, I still kind of like Schuyler which is irritating but that's besides the point and not at anything new to report so I think that's it. Isn't my life boring? Current Mood: indifferent (Comment on this)
Friday, July 22nd, 2005
12:00 am	Tomorrow makes seven weeks at my new job meaning only one more until I am eligible for insurance making my accident-proneness a little less bothersome. Also, only one more week of Farid's vacation meaning the other billers will feel less stressed and the auditors (who have been coming for like the last week and a half to do God knows what in this little room I didn't know existed before they got there) should be done and I may never know the identity of the one who I refer to as "cute auditor guy" in my head. I swear I think I may be of the minority that neither has an accent and/or speaks a foreign language (in my department two people and the mail guy speak Spanish, three people speak Russian, and I barely have a handle on English). That and one lady is pregnant and the wives of three of the guys wives are pregnant, out of like twenty-four people that's a lot (freakin' breeders). With the varying ages of children it's almost like there's some sort of rotation of people expecting... So with this new MySpace thing I've gotten in contact with people I haven't seen or talked to in forever so my new mission is to get Candace to come hang out with me. I invited her out Saturday but it's her dad's birthday so she's not sure if she's going to busy. She sent me a message saying she'd let me know and if she is coming out I should call Kasey and invite her too. If she's busy then at least she sounds interested in making future plans. I am slowly acquiring female friends I can party with, not that there's anything wrong with male friends it's just different, and I get tired of being the "token girl" who has to answer questions for my gender (worse so amongst Schuyler and Garrison) especially since I'd like to think that I'm different than the average girl. And anyways people are always telling me that I'm different... I bought a new DVD and I'm making everyone see it! Well not everyone but as many as I can. Beware that any time I may plan a sort of movie/hangout night it's partly an excuse to make you watch a movie you might not otherwise see. I never make anyone watch anything they wouldn't enjoy despite Mike's opinions of my movies... Well anyways I just ordered Human Nature and I should be in bed already so this will have to be it for the post... TGIF! P.S. I drove behind this guy who had a Got Jesus? bumper sticker and a license plate frame that said Eternity on the top and Smoking or Non-Smoking but before you think "oh isn't that clever?" I should add one additional fact. The driver was smoking and judging by the statements on his car I'm pretty sure that means he wants to go to hell. P.P.S. Finally saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and I liked it but some parts seemed a little wrong. All I gotta say is "whipped cream", you'll understand if you've seen it but that means nothing to you if you haven't. Remember: Don't think of it as a remake, think of it as another version from the book. My friend Patrick kept saying he was disappointed because he kept comparing it to the older version but he wasn't looking at it the right way. And anyways, how can you be disappointed with Tim Burton, Danny Elfman, and Johnny Depp? Also, I want to see Corpse Bride. P.P.P.S. Tonight I'm all about the italics apparently... Current Mood: sleepy Current Music: the air conditioner... (Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 13th, 2005
9:49 pm	Happiness is a new CD! The CD I ordered came in the mail yesterday! It was out of stock when I ordered it which makes it more exciting because I didn't know when it was going to get here so it was kind of like a suprise. Yeah I'm lame I know, but when you work forty hours a week and spend most nights at home you have to find your excitement somewhere. If anyone's curious it was Echo Echo by Carbon Leaf. I didn't know who they were before I saw them in concert but they're really good, I might buy more of their CDs but I shouldn't be buying CDs as much as I'd like (I keep hearing artists like Gavin Degraw on the radio and think "I meant to buy their CD..." but then I might have a CD of someone other people have actually heard of). Also, I found the next book I want to read. Unfortunately it's mentioned in the book I'm currently reading which I'm not even halfway through, but I still have some time to finish it since it looks like the book isn't going to be easy to find and possible out of print. It's called A Low Life in High Heels and it's the autobigraphy of Holly Woodlawn and is described as :"Holly Woodlawn crashed onto the scene 30 years ago as one of Andy Warhol’s superstars, appearing in his films Trash (1970) and Women in Revolt (1972) at a time when being an openly gay Puerto Rican drag queen was risky business, to say the least. You could get arrested for wearing mascara, Woodlawn says. But in keeping with her rebellious spirit, the bombastic bombshell took Manhattan and, ultimately, the world by storm and will go down in infamy as an inspiration for Lou Reed’s Walk on the Wild Side."... Doesn't that make you want to read it? Okay sure I can buy it used online but I figure since I have the time I should look elsewhere and avoid paying the shipping costs. I guess The Chronicles of Narnia will have to wait. I was thinking it might be too late to be able to register for classes in the fall but now I've actually gotten a chance to check and I was right. The deadline was June 17th. Well at least now I'll have my admissions aplication in for winter session right? Okay it's like only after ten and I'm tired, I think I should go to bed... But on another note Bri should be hear tomorrrow! And apparently, according to his info page, Garret's birthday is on Monday... Current Mood: lethargic Current Music: "The Boxer" - Carbon Leaf (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, July 10th, 2005
10:47 pm	Hear, steal my identity... Went on the website for Glendale Community College to find that I can fill out the admissions information online but then need to sign this other paper and mail it in. The stupid part about it is that is that the paper has instructions to fold it and figure some way to seal it (I'm guessing) and just send it like that. It has the address on one section like maybe you aren't supposed to put it in an envelope first. They want you to put some basic information like your name and social security number and then sign it. Isn't that stuff you're supposed to keep more secure than that? Well I'm putting it in an envelope before I send it (and maybe enclosing a little "doesn't this seem foolish?" note). So it looks like maybe I'll be taking a class (probably something anthropology or psychology) in fall semester (meaning starting in mid-August, which apparently the academic world thinks is "fall")... Another wasted weekend... Sort of. It's not like I didn't do anything, I did have dinner with Shaunna and Katy on Friday and introduced them to some fantastic Italian food, but I do nothing all week so I should hope to do something more on the weekend right? Part of the problem is that I get tired early but that can be somewhat helped with a nice dose of caffiene but if it's Friday that means I've been up since like 6:45am and friends like Annie don't get there until after midnight. Since she lives out near my work we were supposed to arrange to have dinner so I could avoid the traffic (not that I take the freeways for the most part but she's cool to hang out with) but she was on vacation and I haven't even really been out on a Friday since she's been back... But Bri should be here on Thursday! Meaning that this weekend should pick up some. I haven't seen her since December (obviously) and have really only talked to her twice since then. She's going to want to go to Lucky Baldwin's and have a "sushi night" while she's here... Hopefully I won't have to deal with Devin too much but since he doesn't like me either I think he'll want to avoid me as much as I want to avoid him. I have to remember to call her some time within the next few days to remind her to bring out her skydiving photos and video, or at the very least the photos, since no one has seen them and I paid for them dammit! A gift of course but I still want to see them. Shaunna wants to have a barbecue when she's here but she's so excited about the house she's going to be in that I'm pretty sure she's looking for any reason to have a barbecue (not that there's anyting wrong with that)... Now I must get to bed because I have work tomorrow to catch up on all the filing that had to be neglected to finish up all the "end of the month" stuff, after breaking down tomorrows invoices. I have a song in my head but I don't know why because I don't think I even heard it today... Current Mood: restless Current Music: "Janey's Got a Gun" - Aerosmith (Comment on this)
Saturday, July 9th, 2005
2:42 pm	Blah... Just finished my fifth week at my job and it's still kind of weird to me. I'm working full-time now, it's like I'm an adult or something. The downside is that I feel like I never see anybody anymore not that I saw a lot of people before but since I don't even make it to Pasadena until like 6:45pm and then have to leave early that leaves very little time especially when many of them don't get off work until later (or in Shaunna's case earlier but she'd have to hang around for almost two hours before I get there). I haven't seen Gary or Gustavo in weeks since I had to leave Ricky's going away party early before anyone else had really gotten there... I felt like I spent that week saying "goodbye" to people, first Meghan (who will be studying in Japan for the next year), then Ricky (who moved back to Chicago, he wants me to visit when Adam goes but I don't know if I could swing that). It kind of sucks because Ricky was one of the few people that I could actually talk to, one of which (Wyatt) already left. It's funny how I used to have only female friends and now I have so many more who are male. Of the people I see on a fairly regular basis now I think the only female friends I really talk to are Shaunna and Katy (many of my other friends I'm not all that close to, in some cases not just geographically, but I think I have less close friends than I used to which is a little sad)... My brother and I are looking into getting a place together, not renting but buying. It's a little scary but also kind of exciting. We filled out all our loan paperwork and are working with the dad of one of my brother's good friends (whose a broker) and his girlfriend (whose a real estate agent). I would prefer to be able to get better settled in my job and put some more money aside but my brother (who had to move back home since he couldn't find a roommate) is really pushing for it. He's beginning to realize how much informatation agents neglect to disclose (like how they're clients enclosed the garage so now there isn't one) so he's backed off a little and he's in Ohio right now anyway. It will be nice to have room for my stuff and some place I can hang out with (select) friends in the evenings (I would like to host my own poker game some time but that will have to wait until we have some kind of dining room table)... Other than that not much is really new, just working basically. I was hoping to be able to take a class or two but I'm still looking into that. I was thinking Pasadena City College but I will probably not make it in time for any of the evening classes and nothing offered on Saturday really interests me. Apparently there's a community college in Glendale but I haven't looked into that much. What I really would like to get back into is Pilates but I can't make it to the ones offered at community colleges and going to a Pilates studio would prove to be too expesive, maybe when I get a place I'll get some videos or something and just make time for myself to do them (hopefully I'll have the discipline). Well until next time... Current Mood: blah (Comment on this)
Friday, June 24th, 2005
8:42 pm	As usual my birthday sucked. Some people did call to wish me a happy birthday and Garrett even tried to go out somewhere. Since I didn't have plans I opted to not skip work that day (no one knew it was my birthday there which was just fine) and then ended up having dinner with my parents. It wasn't a birthday dinner mind you, they were just planning on going to this restaurant called Spires and decided to see if I wanted to join them. Another year passes... At least 22 isn't some milestone or anything... As of tomorrow I will have completed my third week of work, they're even training me in billing already. Just really basic stuff but they don't want to overwhelm me. What are the plans for the 4th of July? I don't work that day so someone should have a barbecue or something... (Comment on this)
Sunday, June 19th, 2005
6:55 pm	Went to Disneyland yesterday. We ended up with six people since Jason couldn't come but that worked out alright since it's usually better with an even number, not that I wasn't a little disappointed. He had family stuff since a bunch of his family were in town for his brother's graduation so it was perfectly legit. It wasn't really that crowded and we went on just about every big ride. Meghan's boyfriend had never been to Disneyland so we wanted to make sure and do as much as we can. We even went on Small World and the Enchanted Tiki Room. We tried to catch Fantasmic but some stupid people in front of us put their kids up on their shoulders just as it started so we couldn't see almost anything. I hate when people are so considerate like that, it's like I know you want your kid to see the show (although they obviously couldn't have cared less) but I'm not standing here just to see the back side of your little brat. I had had a headache (probably a migraine) that got progressively worse so I opted to go sit down while they tried to watch the show. We were told that the fireworks show started at 9:45pm so we hurried over just to find that the two employees Remy talked to were complete morons and it actually started at 9:25pm meaning we missed a good portion of the beginning. Most of the day worked out really good but towards the end there my head hurt so bad that Kristin ended up taking me home when everyone else wanted to buy some souvenirs. I tried not to ruin everyone else's time but at a certain point the pain becomes unbearable, if you don't get headaches like that you wouldn't really understand. There's this constant pressure that progressively got worse, the light was hurting my eyes, I was feeling hot and cold at the same time, and feeling nauseious from the pain. When we left it was after 10:00pm so we were there for quite a while so I don't think anyone was really that disappointed, everyone else was getting pretty tired at that point anyway. My birthday otherwise is going to suck though. I've made it almost a year waiting for my last birthday dinner with my family so I'm not really holding my breath. I had planned to take the day off of work and Adam and I were going to go be drunk at Disneyland but he managed to plan to go with his friend Mo to Laughlin this week after we had made our plans not realizing they were at the same time. They were counting on him to drive so he couldn't get out of it so now I think I'll do nothing for my birthday. I'll let my work know that it now has become unnecessary for me to take the day off. I'm not all that suprised though since my birthdays tend to suck... Happy Birthday indeed... Current Mood: disappointed (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, June 13th, 2005
7:43 pm	Damn It! So I'm on hold with Cingular Wireless now... I got a bill for that stupid other account telling me that I have a balance of $0.19 because of a late payment even though I know that the last one wasn't at all late and that I shouldn't have had to pay it anyway since the account should have been shut down in February. I figured my time that I would have had to spend on hold was more than worth the $12 I supposedly owed so I went ahead and paid it thinking that that would be it but then I received a bill saying my payment was late and they're charging me an $0.18 late fee (plus $0.01 in taxes). Since I wasn't going to spend like $0.30 to send an $0.19 check (they explicitly say "do not send cash") I tried paying on-line but I couldn't access the account that way (probably because the account doesn't really even exist). I tried paying over the phone using the exact wording they used to give me my balance but it said it couldn't understand what I meant. So now I'm on hold while Joe contacts customer service. Apparently it doesn't respond to a payment below $1.00 and they won't refund a credit unless it exceeds $5.00 so if I paid $1.00 I would keep getting bills telling me I have a credit (of $0.81 for the math-challenged). So he's trying to get the account credited the $0.19 but considering how "smart" some of those people I've talked to are I'm suprised he didn't say to make a payment of $5.19 so they would refund my credit. Okay now that should be the end of that account, finally! On another note, I want to plan a game night! Well sort of, I want to have one but I can't really plan it since I don't have any place to host it and as we all know my plans have a tendency to fail and sometimes quite miserably. So if anyone wants to take over and plan something I've got plenty of games, I even have a 90's version of Trivial Pursuit I have yet to open. One of the things that I miss about the coffee shop (and there aren't many) are the afternoons of playing Phase 10 or Uno... Current Mood: annoyed (Comment on this)
Sunday, June 5th, 2005
4:36 pm	Because Katy told me to... 1. Total number of books I own: I don't know, they're sort of all over the place... 2. Last book I bought: Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor 3. Last book I read: I'm in the middle of Forever Amber right now but before that I read Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite 4. Five books that mean a lot to me: I don't really have books that mean a lot to me because I'll read just about anything but one that comes clearly to mind is Blood Ties by Jennifer Lash. That's probably the book I've suggested people read when I'm in a discussion about books... 5. Pass it on to 5 people - jgsquirt, kalvelis, leokitty, byzantium, and _x_missmaida_x (I don't know how to do the linking thing but how sad is it that that exhausted just about my entire friends list?) Current Mood: content Current Music: "Two Drinks" - The JBand (Comment on this)
Thursday, May 26th, 2005
10:36 am	I'm at work already and have been here since 9:00am (when our office opens). I'll be at work for almost two hours by the time I usually get up... Today is going to be a long day. Monday my boss's wife asked if I might come in during my regular hours (12:00pm to 6:00pm) on Wednesday (even though I usually take that day off) but Adam and I were supposed to see Star Wars (more on that below) so I wasn't sure. Then we ended going Monday night so I told them that I could and then they asked if I could come in from 9:00am to 6:00pm from now until I leave. I figured it'd would be good practice for when I start my other job in a little over a week so I agreed to from Thursday (today) on. So yeah my paycheck is going to look good (which is good since I probably should go shopping for more clothes to wear for my new job, anyone want to go shopping next weekend?) but my day is going to seem longer. Is it too melodramatic to say I don't want to be an adult anymore? At least I have a three day weekend to look forward to... And after work today I'm meeting Jason for a movie:) I don't want to ruin Star Wars for anyone but I just had a couple comments: 1. Some excitement is lost in a fight scene between two characters you know are in the next episodes (since those were released first). I'm sitting there going, "Well I know they're both going to live." 2. It's nice to see Anakin not being the whiny little bitch he was in Episode 2. 3. At Arclight they have a couple of the lightsabres on display (Yoda, Anakin, Obi Wan, and Darth Sidious) and while three of them don't look ergonomic, the one for Darth Sidious looks like it's both for pain and pleasure (if you know what I mean). Current Mood: giddy (Comment on this)
Monday, May 23rd, 2005
12:42 pm	It's all falling into place... I got a new job and I start in two weeks! Last Tuesday I went for a second interview, the Thursday before I went for a first and this morning they called to offer me the job. It's for a file clerk position for Modern Videofilm (a post production company) in Studio City. The commute is going to suck but I'll have to get used to it because the benefits outweigh that. It pays more than I make now, it's full-time, and after sixty days I can get medical benefits (which will be nice since after July 1st I won't have any) and a 401K plan. And now I can refinance my car and put it in just my name and start putting some money aside so (hopefully as soon as possible) I can get my own place (buy not rent). Life is actually going pretty good right now (with the exception of the romance department). I actually posted this on my MySpace site and then copied and pasted because I am just that lazy. I don't intend to continue doing that with every post (putting them on both sites) but this one seemed necessary. (Comment on this)
1:55 am	I've broken down and got a MySpace site just like a bunch of people I know. I'm a sheep, Bah. Current Mood: dorky (Comment on this)
Sunday, May 22nd, 2005
12:12 pm	Last night actually went really good. I wasn't sure if there would be any issue with me and Mike being there or anything (considering last time) but I think he realizes that he's better off just not talking to me (and coincidently his psuedo-girlfriend wasn't there). It was really good to see people who I haven't seen in a while and who I see so rarely these days since no one hangs out at the coffee shop anymore (everybody has their own things now and, since a lot of the group has been turning twenty-one, the bar has become the new "coffee shop"). I had the whole dilemma of whether or not I'd met the other people who were there because more than likely it would have been at one of those parties and since Garrett was in Indiana they didn't happen very often. So it was like "is this the first time we're meeting or is this an endless cycle where we're repeatedly introducing ourselves to each other?" The other thing is there's alcohol involved so it's very likely to introduce yourself several times. I think I was the youngest one there (age-wise) but this guy Barry thought that, by the way I "carry myself" that I was in my early thirties (which is definately a first I must say). I actually spent most of the night talking to this guy Jason who was pretty cool. It's always nice to find someone who has an appreciation for independent films (he loves Zach Braff too but not entirely in the same way that I do) and music other than what is most popular right now (and who also happens to be cute)... Also there was this really good lemonade at the party, you couldn't even tell it was about half vodka. Alright well I'm going to go now and see if Adam wants to see a movie or something, I don't really want to be home tonight but I think after being drunk two nights in a row I'm pretty over drinking for this weekend. Maybe I'll go and read if he doesn't want to, we'll see... Current Mood: pleased (Comment on this)
Thursday, May 19th, 2005
8:04 pm	Because I'm a Sheep Robot You are 85% Rational, 0% Extroverted, 14% Brutal, and 28% Arrogant. You are the Robot! You are characterized by your rationality. In fact, this is really ALL you are characterized by. Like a cold, heartless machine, you are so logical and unemotional that you scarcely seem human. For instance, you are very humble and don't bother thinking of your own interests, you are very gentle and lack emotion, and you are also very introverted and introspective. You may have noticed that these traits are just as applicable to your laptop as they are to a human being. In short, your personality defect is that you don't really HAVE a personality. You are one of those annoying, super-logical people that never gets upset or flustered. Unless, of course, you short circuit. To put it less negatively: 1. You are more RATIONAL than intuitive. 2. You are more INTROVERTED than extroverted. 3. You are more GENTLE than brutal. 4. You are more HUMBLE than arrogant. Compatibility: Your exact opposite is the Class Clown. Other personalities you would probably get along with are the Hand-Raiser, the Emo Kid, and the Haughty Intellectual. * * If you scored near fifty percent for a certain trait (42%-58%), you could very well go either way. For example, someone with 42% Extroversion is slightly leaning towards being an introvert, but is close enough to being an extrovert to be classified that way as well. Below is a list of the other personality types so that you can determine which other possible categories you may fill if you scored near fifty percent for certain traits. The other personality types: The Emo Kid: Intuitive, Introverted, Gentle, Humble. The Starving Artist: Intuitive, Introverted, Gentle, Arrogant. The Bitch-Slap: Intuitive, Introverted, Brutal, Humble. The Brute: Intuitive, Introverted, Brutal, Arrogant. The Hippie: Intuitive, Extroverted, Gentle, Humble. The Televangelist: Intuitive, Extroverted, Gentle, Arrogant. The Schoolyard Bully: Intuitive, Extroverted, Brutal, Humble. The Class Clown: Intuitive, Extroverted, Brutal, Arrogant. The Robot: Rational, Introverted, Gentle, Humble. The Haughty Intellectual: Rational, Introverted, Gentle, Arrogant. The Spiteful Loner: Rational, Introverted, Brutal, Humble. The Sociopath: Rational, Introverted, Brutal, Arrogant. The Hand-Raiser: Rational, Extroverted, Gentle, Humble. The Braggart: Rational, Extroverted, Gentle, Arrogant. The Capitalist Pig: Rational, Extroverted, Brutal, Humble. The Smartass: Rational, Extroverted, Brutal, Arrogant. My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 74% on Rationality You scored higher than 0% on Extroversion You scored higher than 7% on Brutality You scored higher than 20% on Arrogance Link: The Personality Defect Test written by saint_gasoline on Ok Cupid Okay on another note, does everyone have a MySpace account but me? Lately it seems like everyone I talk to has one! I thought maybe I should get one but I don't usually have time to do much updating in my LiveJournal as it is. Maybe when I get my own computer I might break down and get one but not yet... Okay I'm going to go and lose my money playing poker (but at least it's going to my friends right?). Until next time... (Comment on this)