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My own spot to rant about my day.
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wWednesday, October 30, 2002 |
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Slowly getting used to the glasses. I managed to live with using them until 4:30 yesterday, which I thought was pretty good.
I don't know why, but Dave and I have both been really tired recently. The sleep alot kind of tired. Last night we were both happy to go to sleep just after 9 pm. Felt good. Now I'm all happy and refreshed. We should probably go to bed early tonight (not as early) so that I don't feel like crap getting up early to do my hair tomorrow.
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nea at 9:02 AM
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wTuesday, October 29, 2002 |
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Yay, it's almost Halloween. It looks like Dave and I are going to go to West Hollywood with some people and join in the gay freakishness that is Halloween. I've started getting my costume together, but really need to do an Aahs run to get some accessories (hair spray paint, white face makeup, maybe some gloves). Hopefully this year my camera won't die and I'll get some pictures of my getup. Still working on Dave, who doesn't like Halloween but accepts that if he's going out he needs a costume. I want him to be "Prom Queen from Hell" but haven't yet convinced him. heh heh
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I just found a pretty cool site. More work-appropriate entertainment:
http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?jrafgirl
Hope y'all like!
Yay, it's almost Halloween. It looks like Dave and I are going to go to West Hollywood with some people and join in the gay freakishness that is Halloween. I've started getting my costume together, but really need to do an Aahs run to get some accessories (hair spray paint, white face makeup, maybe some gloves). Hopefully this year my camera won't die and I'll get some pictures of my getup. Still working on Dave, who doesn't like Halloween but accepts that if he's going out he needs a costume. I want him to be "Prom Queen from Hell" but haven't yet convinced him. heh heh
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nea at 1:15 PM
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wMonday, October 28, 2002 |
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My first day of work wearing glasses. I feel so totally dorky. And kinda dizzy, in the switching between glasses for computer and no glasses for the rest of the world. Hopefully I'll adjust soon.
Weekend was not so exciting. Cleaned, watched a lot of TV (and I don't even really like watching TV), and visited with both sets of parents. Today is also looking to be very unexciting. I have a little work to do, but not much. And most of it is just getting ahead, which means I'll be bored later. The rest of the week I don't have anything either. Poor nea.
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nea at 8:55 AM
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wThursday, October 24, 2002 |
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OK, so I took the Multiple Learning Inventory quiz, which took forever. Here are my results:
Linguistic 37
Mathematics 45
Visual/Spatial 29
Body/Kinesthetic 34
Naturalistic 33
Music 26
Interpersonal 38
Intrapersonal 33
So I'm good at math and can't play a tune by ear. We knew this already.
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nea at 11:12 AM
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wWednesday, October 23, 2002 |
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What it is like to live in the ghetto.
Our street is a little semi-circle that hits Ventura Blvd twice, and backs on to the LA river. On one end is that shopping place of the rich, 7-11. Yesterday three idiots decided to do an armed robbery at said 7-11, and shot someone inside. This happened around 5-5:30, while I was still at work making up time. Fine, these things happen, and the 7-11 was open in a few hours. But then two of the guys decided it would be a good idea to run down our street. And hide. Possibly in our building. The area was locked down. Dave couldn't get out and I couldn't get in. Dave freaked, as I would too if there were two armed men and who knows how many dogs and policemen roaming the building, while I was totally annoyed. I could not go home. Around 7:30, we decided it might make sense for Dave to pack an overnight bag for the two of us and try to get out during a lull. At about 8:30 he finally got out, after being questioned by a cop. I, who had been hanging out in the Burbank mall with absolutely no urge to be there and nothing to do, came and rescued Dave. When he left, it looked like they were opening the street and letting people in. This turned out to be temporary.
We came back at 10:30 to a continuance of martial law. No one in, no one out. By now, both us were frustrated and tired. It was too late to really call people to crash at their homes. We had no pajamas. I didn't really want to get a hotel room. We decided to wait until 11, then go over to the Beverly Garland's Holiday Inn and plead our way into a cheap room. Luckily, they opened up our half of the street, moving the search to the construction site two buildings down. I have never been so happy to get back in to my apartment.
Today: tired and hoping they don't come back.
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nea at 10:01 AM
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wTuesday, October 22, 2002 |
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So I went and got my eyes checked yesterday. The headaches have gotten better since I scooted my monitor back as far as I could, but they haven't gone away. I figured eyes were the most likely source. After looking at random things and playing "put your hand over your left eye," it turns out I do need reading glasses. Not strong ones, but still, I'm getting old and need glasses! argh! OK, to be honest, it was one of those things that I was expecting and I don't think it's a big deal. The optometrist doesn't think it will fix my headaches, though, but I'm hoping. Even a small change would make things a lot better.
Today my department is having a little potluck. Although I like doing potlucks, I don't love doing them with my coworkers. They are not the best people about proper food storage. No, you cannot keep a beef stew under your desk all morning and then serve it at lunch time. yum, bacteria! Also, a couple of them don't think about what they are saying. Last time I (okay, Dave) baked a cherry custard. One person totally said, loudly, "Ew, that looks really gross. I'm not eating that." Hello, if you don't like it, fine. But maybe other people want to eat it? So rude.
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nea at 10:00 AM
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wMonday, October 21, 2002 |
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I am so so so glad that Daylight Savings is next weekend. I really hate getting up in the dark. I never feel like I've gotten enough sleep, and half the time I think I've been woken up by a fire alarm or something rather that my alarm announcing that it's 6:45 am.
Had a pretty good weekend. Went to the Century Club with a bunch of people Saturday night. I liked how the place was set up--four or five different rooms, lots of bars everywhere, and not insanely crowded. I was drained by midnight, though, so Dave and I ended up taking off early. Damn food poisoning. My stomach still isn't right, but is quite a bit better.
Eye exam today. woo-hoo!
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nea at 8:48 AM
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wFriday, October 18, 2002 |
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Spent yesterday dealing with what I think was food poisoning. Tuesday they turned off our building's water. When they turned it back on, Dave and I didn't think about running the taps for awhile just to make sure that everything was clear. Instead, Linnea fills up a liter bottle from the kitchen tap Wednesday night and goes to the gym. I felt kinda funky coming back, but just figured it was the workout. By 4 am Thursday I was not doing good at all. I had to miss work cuz I was totally a mess. Sick, achy, and really frustrated and feeling so bad. I feel more or less okay now though, which is good. I don't think I could have dealt with another day of that.
Tonight we go clubbing! Hopefully I'll be okay and not have to wimp out super early. We will see.
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nea at 9:00 AM
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wMonday, October 14, 2002 |
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nea is tired.
Every now and then our apartment building fire alarm goes off. It always turns out to be a false alarm, but we still get up and find our wallets and shoes just in case. It's a loud, obnoxious thing, complete with strobe light. Today it decided to go off at 6:15 in the morning. This sucked on its own, but we dealt and grumblingly went back to sleep. Ten minutes later, it beeps once then goes off. Then five minutes after that. Then three minutes after. This continued the rest of the morning. Not a good way to start the week.
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nea at 9:18 AM
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wSaturday, October 12, 2002 |
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I'm such a dork. Today on the way to lunch at wokxp.com (not so good but oh well) I totally tripped and fell on my hands and knees. So I'm on the ground somwhere between shocked and laughing at myself, while Dave is checking my leg to see if it's broken. Nope, just a scrape on my left palm that kinda hurts, and both knees are all sore. I think my left knee is going to end up with a really ugly bruise. There are times when I am such a clutz.
Having a nice quiet day. Got lots of sleep, watched a bit of the travel channel (World's Best Bathrooms. actually very entertaining), and almost finished cleaning the bedroom. It was disgustingly dusty, but is all nice and shiny now. I even used a lint brush to clean the lamp shades. woo-hoo!
Saw We Were Soldiers last night with Diane, Joey, and HT. It was a good movie but very very gory. Good but gross special effects. Reminds me of my random Vietnam War fact: the average soldier in Vietnam lived fifteen minutes. Yep that's it. And we want to go to war with Iraq. Great.
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nea at 9:09 PM
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wFriday, October 11, 2002 |
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Sometimes I hate living in the valley.
I admit, the commute sucks, but that I can usually deal with. It's not the heat, the vibe, or our apartment (which I really like, actually). It's having no friends here.
I have no friends in the valley. No one to go to dinner with, go to the mall with, or just meet somewhere to hang out. No one. It's just me and Dave and our apartment. I hate that. Today, Dave and I wanted to get together with people for dinner. Dave's brakes need work, so I have to pick him up to go anywhere. I was hoping people would come to the valley, but no. No one wants to come to the valley. It's just, like, sorry you can't make it to West LA. See you some other time. I realize that it makes no sense for people instead of meeting 10 minutes from home/work, to meet 45 minutes away. I don't blame my friends for never wanting to come to our home or to go anywhere near us. I just really hate feeling so isolated from everyone.
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nea at 2:16 PM
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I am so delighted that it is Friday. I really need to get sleep, and can totally sleep for twelve hours tonight if I so desire. Dave and I have no weekend plans (call us) except some shopping and cleaning (call us) which is also kinda nice. Things seem so hectic most of the time.
Thought of the day:
If the titles of your books are The Three Musketeers, Ten Years Later, and Twenty Years After, what order do you put the books in? It turns out the 20 is after the original, and the 10 is 10 years after the 20. Argh. And I don't like reading books out of order!
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nea at 9:24 AM
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I actually worked yesterday afternoon. woo-hoo!
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nea at 9:20 AM
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wThursday, October 10, 2002 |
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Been spending most of this week at work doing "stuff." Helping someone on this, editing that, attending random meetings. I've been helpful, but not especially productive where my own stuff is concerned. That's okay though, I'm still ahead even while not working. woo-hoo!
Dave and I both got food poisoning from some old homemade green salsa. oops. Messed up our gym time though, as we were only there for about half an hour before we needed to go home. bleh
I am so looking forward to the weekend. I really need some sleep.
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nea at 9:13 AM
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wTuesday, October 08, 2002 |
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Last night Dave and I went to Costco. I love going to Costco. There is always something that you decided you need, and buy, and then realize how silly it is when you get home. Why do we need 1000 feet of plastic wrap?
I haven't wanted to work this week. This is not so good, as I do actually have work. oops.
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nea at 10:29 AM
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wMonday, October 07, 2002 |
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We got a new biller today. His name is Rommy. Did anyone in the department know he was coming in today? No! And guess whose responsibility he is? Yep, mine. Back to training.
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nea at 1:15 PM
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So, the weekend. We went up to Oakland to visit Mike and Lorrie, who are friends of Dave's that he met online. My car got to go on its first road trip, which was cool. Dave and I both got to take the car over 100 mph, and saw how she handled going up the grapevine and all that. It was real easy driving both ways, and we had enough CDs in the car (yay built-in CD player) to have good tunes both ways.
The weekend was, um, interesting. It's kinda hard for me to have a weekend where plans keep changing and where it's extremely hard to have a conversation with your hosts. I realized that I had nothing in common with these people, and couldn't even understand the conversations going on around me. I don't know much about witchcraft or pagan rituals or their friends or hardcore geeky stuff, so it was hard. I felt pretty lonely and frustrated most of the weekend. Sunday was cool though, Mike took us to his sword practice. I'd never fought with swords before (OK, so we were practicing with these bamboo things with hilts) and it was totally fun. I learned the proper stance and a number of the beginning positions. I picked it up pretty quickly, since you hold the thing more or less the same as a field hockey stick. Also, it's all about perpendiculars, so me and my math tutoring got into the whole thing. I got all combat mode. hee hee. Dave had fun too, but messed up his knee by standing funny. This might be the hobby Ted has been looking for me to get.
Tonight, the car wash!
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QOTN:
"You taste bad."
"Fuck you, don't eat me then."
posted by
nea at 10:29 AM
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wSunday, October 06, 2002 |
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OK, I really should be writing all sorts of stuff about my weekend up in Oakland, but instead I am posting my answer to one of the funniest quizzes I have taken in forever. If you haven't seen "Rejected" (that wierd cartoon Dave and I play for everyone on his computer, yeah, that one) this won't make any sense. Otherwise . . .
Which Rejected Character Are You?
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Some free tickets changed my plans for last night. Instead of going to APhiO, I headed over to Radio Fest at the LA Equestrian Center in Burbank. Basically, most of the area stations sponser booths, with a game or food or drink or whatever, in an effort to promote their station. Most of the big media people (like me! haha) are invited, so it also turns into a big networking party. Dave and I went and had a pretty good time. We ate too much, but that's okay. It was free. We also got a bunch of random stuff, like the mini-pumpkins sitting on top of my monitor, or a plastic cereal bowl from KPWR-FM. It was cool.
We didn't get home until almost ten though. Yes, I know that's not so late. But when you're getting over a cold, being out of the house for fourteen and a half hours straight is not so good. Today I'm tired. Not really sick anymore, other than dumping random odds and ends of mucus out of my system (yum), but still not totally healthy either. So today I decided to take it easy. I worked for a couple hours, but have hung out in my cubicle most of the day. Finished the book I was reading online, took a walk, cleaned things up, worked on my French . . . there was work mixed in there too, but all in all a very low key day. I finally brought Dave's French 1 textbook to work, so I've been doing that during lunch and at random times. Maybe some day I'll be able to speak it decently. Dave would be happy.
Tomorrow we are heading up to Oakland for the weekend. Should be fun. I think we're going to take my car on its first real road trip, which should also be cool.
posted by
nea at 3:52 PM
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wWednesday, October 02, 2002 |
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Sick, but better. Still not dead.
We finally dropped off the stuff for our wedding album at the photographer's house. Only took us four months. And you know the only reason we got it together was so that we have an album to take with us when we go back east for Thanksgiving.
Tonight I'm heading over to APhiO's info nite. It'll be nice to be on campus and be back in the rush environment again. I like rush so much better now that I'm just a peripheral part of it. Making a couple thousand copies and showing up at an event or two is so much easier than being up every night calling perspectives, spending all day tabling, and then trying to be nice and friendly at events every evening. I'm happy to not have to worry about getting caught spamming the dorms (see Rich's blog) or having enough nametags or wondering who is going to pick up the pizza. Instead, I get to sit back, relax, and be the nice chapter advisor stopping in for a visit and to make sure everything's okay. yay.
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nea at 10:54 AM
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wTuesday, October 01, 2002 |
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In exactly a year and six months I have gone through 10,000 staples.
sheesh
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Still feel like crap, but I decided to make it work anyway. Not dead.
Not that I have much to do today. I need to call some stations, but don't know how much of that I'll be able to do with my voice all messed up. Every winter my voice goes out. Most of the time I can talk, just not very well. We'll see how today goes, I haven't had to have a full-on conversation yet.
How you know my sister and I are different in the eyes of my mom: I accidently threw a party for Diana Saturday night at my mom's house. We were supposed to have a bonfire in CDM, but it got rained out. My mom and stepfather were out of town for the weekend, but my sister was there. My sister threw a total fit, but that's another story. Anyway, if my sister had thrown a party, with alcohol and boys and about twenty people, my mom would have killed her. Me? No big deal. She didn't mind at all, and thanked us for taking out the trash and leaving a chicken and some beer. It's good when your mom knows most of your friends.
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nea at 8:57 AM
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