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Banned Book Survey [28 Sep 2004|12:06pm] [ mood | okay ] I yoinked this from sheep4859. It's in honor of banned books week. The ones I've read have been bolded, and for the curious, these are books that were banned in the US at some point. ( Cut because it's only a survey ) In other news, not much has been going on. Beth and I went to the mall this past weekend, and that was much fun. I picked up Star Ocean: Til the End of Time, and a slew of other stuff. It was a good outing, and we were at the mall longer this trip than I think we've been since the -first- time we went to the mall freshman year. It was rather fun. Alas, "Hero" is no longer playing, and there was nothing else that looked decent playing. Yesterday was fun. Beth and I made spaghetti down in the kitchen in Reid. I don't like the stove down there very much. It has two settings: Low, and high. Dinner was rather good though, despite all the complications that arose just from trying to open the jar of spaghetti sauce. Whee. Wine was also had, and we followed dinner up by making rather naughty haiku on my fridge with my erotic magnetic poetry set. If I manage to get my Romance Edition poetry back from Beth I can make -high brow- naughty haiku on the fridge. ::snickers:: post comment

College Students vs. the Fire Alarm [23 Sep 2004|10:05am] [ mood | sleep-deprived ] [ music | AC running ] The fire alarm went off last night. This wouldn't have been bad, if it were a normal time of the evening like 9, 10, even 11. But no. Our fire alarm decided that it would be a good idea to go off at 2:34 in the goddamn morning. What follows is a transcript of the incident. Fire Alarm: It's late. Let's be EVIL!! ::Rings REALLY FUCKING LOUDLY:: Me: Buh? What the fuck? Fire Alarm: ::Wails:: Me: What -is- that? It's not my alarm... it's still dark out. What the fuck, is that clock right? Clock: 2:34 AM Me: Shit. ::Peers out into hall:: Alarm: I'm LOUDER out here!! Me: ::Retreats into room:: You gotta be fucking kidding me. A fire drill? Now? Alarm: YEP!! Up and At em! Me: But but but... they can't really expect us to go outside. ::peers outside again to see one person leaving the dorm:: Fuck. Alarm: Heh. Me: ::Grabs keys and trudges outside (Still in my nightgown it should be known):: Girl Outside: Who was making popcorn? RA: Guys, as far as I know, this is only a drill. There will probably be another one. Me: Can it be sometime that -isn't- 3 in the morning? Public Safety Guy: (Who showed up by now, thankfully) I can't see anything wrong. A bug might have crawled over the sensor or something. Have a good night. Me: ARGH! ::Stalks back to bed:: So yes, that was -my- excitement today. In other news, I have to drive to Centreville in just about 40 minutes, and pick up Beth. She's back on campus, and feeling... well a little more like normal, at any rate. So that's a plus. Hopefully she will start feeling -better- soon. post comment

Bouncing off Walls! [20 Sep 2004|03:00pm] [ mood | stir crazy ] Note to Self: It does not matter how badly you want some icky old psyche textbooks that your professors just -happen- to be getting rid of, the next time you go to loot through the psychology department's "trash" you'd better bring your backpack to save your arm some pain. On the upside I have five brand new pretty books to go through to my heart's content. And I know that at least -two- of these will prove useful to me for later on in the semester when I have to do things like take the Psychology Major Field Exam. That, and I'd rather get a used (if slightly out of date) general psyche book than a expensive brand new one that I would only use for a few weeks and then not be able to return til the end of the semester and for a fraction of the price. In other news, Beth is sick, so I am going to go visit her tomorrow when I don't have class, bearing sugar free coughdrops. Yeah, it'll mean getting up at like 8 in the morning, but that's not -too- much earlier than I wake up without the aid of an alarm -most- of the time these days. I swear, I woke up at 7 something today and then tossed and turned for like the next 2 hours or so, before finally saying screw it and getting up at 9ish. It will be a fun visit. Even if I may get sick from it. (And if I do it'll be my own damn fault, and I realize that). Aside from that, not much has been going on. I went home for the weekend. And while the real food was nice, I think I would have preferred to stay on campus, quite honestly. Especially to save myself the headache that was caused by sitting in bridge traffic for nearly an hour, or the wrenching of my ankle so badly that it is just -now- beginning to feel somewhat normal. And I wrenched it on Saturday. I dunno, Mom just seemed in an overall bad mood the entire time I was home. I don't know why, and I wasn't about to ask. Especially since I'd already gotten yelled at at least one time when I was home. I also got the lovely message "Life is full of pain" from my mother this weekend. I don't want to know. I hope she didn't tell any of her kids that when she was still teaching. That's not a good message to relate to third graders after all. Eh, whatever. At least I'm back at school now. I swear, life is going to be -so- hard when I graduate and have to move -back home-. I will go absolutely mad. post comment

blargh [15 Sep 2004|12:17am] [ mood | sleepy ] It's been a while since I've updated, but I've had class, and stuff. The only overly -interesting- thing that's been happening classwise is that we finally started talking about actual mental disorders in psychopathology class. This is going to be -fun-. I also have to ask my professor if it's healthy to be on Zoloft and Prozac at the same time, but that's something for tomorrow after class. The other interesting thing I learned is that blood kills brain tissue immediately if it comes into direct contact with it. That's why if a person has a brain aneurism they die so quickly. It's because the blood vessel bursts and the blood explodes everywhere and hits a large area of the brain, effectively killing all of the brain tissue it comes into contact with. It's amazing the things that you learn in Neuropsyche class. The last thing of note is that my friend Jessica found me a rather painful Harry Potter fic to review. It involves OOCness galore, and a Mary Sue. I'm not sure who gets it worse, quite honestly. Lupin, who is the target of the Sue's affections, or Snape, who is so painfully out of character, that even the Mary Sue herself makes remarks about it. That will be worked on tomorrow. Aside from class, not much has been going on. I've been playing through Chrono Cross again, because my memory card decided that corrupting my saved game file that I'd beaten the game with once would be fun. X_X Stupid memory card. Anyway, I'm kind of rambling, so that means it's BEDTIME! post comment

AARGH! [08 Sep 2004|02:38pm] [ mood | WET ] To: GOD RE: THE FUCKING RAIN! I know that this planet of ours needs rain in order for things to survive. HOWEVER, I do not appreciate it when you decide to make the clouds -tear- open right at the end of my psyche testing class. I swear, our teacher stops talking, and the rain starts pouring down. I wouldn't have minded this, much, if I'd had an umbrella with me. However, due to the fact that no rain was called for today, I left my umbrella at home. The result? I am wet, I am COLD, and my hair is so dripping that all I would have needed was shampoo and I could have taken a shower right there in the rain. Please, next time it is supposed to pour down rain, send out a memo or something, so that those of us who are unfortunate enough to not have umbrellas with them at the time can avoid getting soaked. Thank you! The Wet, Cold, and Annoyed Management. post comment

First week of class [02 Sep 2004|12:52pm] [ mood | good ] Well not only am I back at college, I've more or less gotten through my first week of classes. I don't have any classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the most part, so those days are my homework days. Most of said homework has been reading so far. It's good to be back though. However, aside from adjusting to living by myself, the only thing I desparately need is curtains, since my venetian blinds won't shut all the way. At this rate, I'm going to get up on a chair and put a -blanket- over the window, therefore making my room look like something out of a refugee camp. Hey, it would keep the light out at least. Now, for some things I've learned the first week of senior year. 1. White people can't do dreadlocks. I'm not saying this to be racist or anything, but the white people on campus that have dreadlocks do -not- look cool. 2. The rain that is threatening will not hold off just because you left your dorm without an umbrella. Pretty self-explanatory. 3. Lycanthropy was blamed for psychological disorders. Yes folks, if you were mentally ill in the middle ages, it's possible you were a werewolf. 4. Buying liquor from the liquor store for the first time is strangely gratifying OK, so that isn't really college-related, but still... I'm sure there will be more as I think of it. post comment

Diagnosis [25 Aug 2004|08:15pm] [ mood | bouncy ] [ music | E-Type feat. Nana - When I Close My Eyes (latte Dj mix) ] Well, things have been interesting the last couple days. Yesterday, I finally after 5 years got a diagnosis of what exactly is -wrong- with me medically. ( Cut for those of you who don't want to hear about my medical problems. ) Today was spent getting things together and up out of the basement and packing. I have a lot of stuff out in the front hall now, and this makes me happy. I really want to get out of here, and get back to school. My mom and I are fighting again, and I think it's because I -really- want to be 90 miles away, so I'm getting more snappish, and she's harping on me more. The only stuff that's left to be packed are my clothes, my medicine, my electronics, and my games/books which I need to finish collecting from the various parts of my room and haul them to school with me. This is going to be an interesting year. I just can't wait to get to school. The rest of the week is looking rather uneventful. I'm done with doctor's appointments for the summer, thankfully. All that's really left is to finish up the packing and the move down there. Of course this means getting up early on Sunday since I want to leave by 7, but I think I'll be so keyed up that it shouldn't be a problem. post comment

Dreamcatcher [22 Aug 2004|04:27pm] [ mood | annoyed ] [ music | smile.dk - comme ci comme ca ] I watched the movie Dreamcatcher today on HBO, which was based on a Stephen King book by the same name. I should have known better. Every single Stephen King Movie that I've ever seen, with the possible exception of The Green Mile has not been worthy of its book counterpart at all. Dreamcatcher felt rushed, had bad casting, included things that didn't even happen in the book, and it was so painful that it made me -weep-. It probably made Stephen King weep as well, if he bothered to see it. Now I'm -glad- I waited to see it at home for free, rather than throwing $6.50 away to see it when it was out in the theatres. In other news, I finally beat Chrono Cross yesterday afternoon. That drew a huge WTF out of me on behalf of Chrono Trigger fans everywhere. I shall do the 5 minute summary version, and put it behind a cut for those who don't care or haven't played the game. ( Chrono Cross ending and spoilers ) Speaking of Chrono Cross, I started a badfic last night. Oh yes, it is bad. When I finish it, it will be on Badfic in Review over on Livejournal. That'll probably get finished today, if I don't get an attack of laziness. post comment

Meme time! [20 Aug 2004|11:47am] [ mood | amused ] Yoinked from onewingedhyu over on LJ Your LJ Pirate Quest by rachelthedemon Username Favorite Color Age Your First Mate quinasgiantfork Your Cabin Boy/Girl tviokh Your Bodyguard limyaael The Bad Guy/Girl tookhernowhere Your Obligatory Love Interest ficbitches The Fanservicey One onewingedhyu Your Coveted Treasure The secret to the Hottest Sex Ever Number of people you kill to get it 4,131 Number of times you get laid afterward 263 Quiz created with MemeGen! It figures my most coveted treasure would be sex. @_@ post comment

Mr. Fix-it [14 Aug 2004|08:21pm] [ mood | hyper ] [ music | M2M - Don't Say You Love Me ] It's quite disturbing when my father tries to do home repair. Now, don't get me wrong, my father is a wonderful man, and he's very talented. He can always come through for you when you need him too, and he's a disgustingly good sport about taking me somewhere if for some reason I can't get there myself. He also will do just about anything for you, with a minimum amount of grumbling. That, and he's really nice, even if he never did manage to grow up. But the one thing he can't really do is fix things. Oh, little things he can. Like if you need something superglued, or if you need a temporary repair done, he can usually fix it no problem. However, something big, like a washing machine, is beyond him. The one time he -tried- to fix the washing machine, we had to have someone come in to fix it once he had practically disassembled the thing in the laundry room. Today he tried to fix the oven. You see, a while ago, the glass in the oven door cracked, and finally broke. The oven was still usable, but obviously this needed to be fixed. Well, dad ordered new glass. Today he tried to put it in himself. Now, to his credit, I think he may be getting better at this home repair thing, since he -did- manage to finally get the glass in there, and got the oven fixed, however, it was a long ordeal, taking most of the evening, and mom and I both hid upstairs as long as we could while he was doing it. Aside from that, not much has been going on. Last weekend my brother finally got married. That was -much- fun. My cousin Joe almost got pitched into the Severn River, and a -lot- of people ended up drunk or tipsy, including me. But it was fun. My sister-in-law was crying during her vows, she could barely get the words out. But she managed to get through the ceremony. She thinks my brother is her soulmate. I think it's sweet. They gave out chocolate bars as Wedding favors. I thought that was neat. ^_~ All in all it was a very nice day. 2 comments|post comment

It's GENDO! [04 Aug 2004|08:01pm] [ mood | lazy ] [ music | Culture Club - I'll Tumble For Ya ] Well, I'm back from Otakon. That really was a glorious time. I shall do a con report momentarily. Lately, I've mainly been trying to catch my breath and recover from the con, but haven't been having much luck. Monday was my chill out and veg day, and it was also the day Beth went home. I miss her. ;.; Yesterday was the "Michelle gets to run around like a ninny day." First I hung out with Justin and some others for his birthday. A good time was had by all, and surprisingly, we -didn't- almost get kicked out of the restaurant where we went for lunch. We spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out, and then I went home around 3:30, since my parents had gotten us baseball tickets. It was also my father's birthday, as well as Justin's, and thus, I had to be the dutiful daughter and spend an evening with the family. Though it was fun, and the Orioles -did- win, so it was good for everybody. There were midshipmen there too. That was beautiful. They were -disco dancing- when "In the Navy" was played. It was put up on the Jumbotron. Not to mention that there were a -lot- of them. It was -nice-. Today wasn't that bad. I went to Curves, and then did some poking around at stuff for Grad school. Right now it's raining, to the point where the dog is so scared that she's up in the office with me, and is refusing to go downstairs. It's not even thunderstorming that -badly- either. And I know that scared or not, she'll come bounding down the stairs when Dad gets home. ( And now my Otakon report! ) And that was my amazing weekend. This next weekend is my brother's wedding, which I'm dateless for, due to circumstances beyond anyone's control. Tomorrow I'm getting my hair specifically dyed blood red for the grand event. ::Grins:: This is going to be fun. post comment

~All the cops in the donut shops~ [25 Jul 2004|08:21pm] [ mood | awake ] [ music | E-Type - Africa ] Not much has been going on, but today, at least, was something of an adventure. Today, Mom, Dad, and I went out shopping for a minifridge, since I need one for school next year. Well, first we went to Best Buy. We left abotu 10 minutes after we went in, with my father swearing that he was never ever going to set foot in Best Buy ever again. I think he got into a fight with the customer service rep, because they refused to call another Best Buy and see if they had the fridge that we were interested in -in stock- in any of the other stores. Because of this, we ended up going -all- over town, looking for a mini fridge, and still ended up coming home with nothing. I was glad when we finally -got- home though. Because my father spent the majority of the trip -bothering- my mother and I. That was the adventure for today. Otakon is in less than a week. ^_^ That makes me quite happy. I'm still trying to get money for it at the moment. That and I need to dig out the hot glue gun, which will be a project for tomorrow or Tuesday. (Most likely Tuesday, if only because tomorrow looks like it's going to be busy.) Aside from that, not much has been going on. When I -finally- got to see the Optician at United Optical (after being thwarted two separate times. The first time on Monday, and the second time on Tuesday, since I guess the Optician wasn't there) I was told I had 20/20 vision, that there was nothing wrong with my eyes, and that I should go to a headache doctor for the headaches I've been getting. Mom said maybe later. Well, at this rate, the Motrin bottle and I will become -very- good friends. post comment

~Tell me how you've never felt delicate or innocent~ [19 Jul 2004|09:10pm] [ mood | giggly ] [ music | Sting - Fields Of Gold ] Today was -definitely- a case of the Mondays. To begin with, I got up early, and mom and I went to Curves. Then we came home and got showered and stuff. That was the most normal part of the day, despite the asshole in the SUV that nearly killed us when he illegally passed us going super fast. Mom is all gung ho about reporting him. We got his license number and all. Though I'm not sure she'll actually go through with it. Mom's threatened to do things like this before. Anyway, after we got showered and dressed and stuff, we headed out to go to the eye place (United Optical) to get my eyes checked. They were closed. Which sucked, so we'll have to go tomorrow. Not like one day will make my eyes any worse. So after that, Mom and I headed over to Mt. Washington to go to the consignment shop. Well, due to all the rain, the shop was closed and the building was condemned due to flooding. So, that little excursion was cut short as well. Alas. So then we went to the mall. That at least was open. We returned a dress, mom went hunting for a new dress, and then we went shopping for shoes. Hey, I got ice cream out of it. I also got my very own copy of Mega Man X 4. This makes me happy. So today was interesting. When we got home I helped mom with dinner, and then proceeded to watch Victor/Victoria. Which is a very good movie, and if you can get ahold of it, I highly recommend it. I should also like to say that James Garner was quite handsome when he was younger. But that's neither here nor there. ^_~ post comment

~If I could turn back time~ [19 Jul 2004|01:05am] [ mood | happy ] [ music | Captain Jack - Only You ] Bah. Some people are not adventurous at all. Here's what's going on. Mom and I were supposed to go out last night (or Saturday night, since at 12:50 AM it's technically Monday) with my sister and my brother's fiance (and I suppose a few other people) for what I was considering Dawn's Bachlorette party. Well we didn't go, because Dawn didn't want to be taken out. Dear gods, woman. You need to learn how to live a little. I mean, there probably would have been drinking, which isn't all that exciting, but it probably would have been fun. I was also still holding onto the half-hearted hope of male strippers. But alas, there was no debauchery night. In other news, I may be getting glasses in the near future. I've been getting eyestrain headaches recently, and if I read for extended periods of time, all the words start to blur together after a while. So I might need light reading glasses. Beth keeps saying that glasses will make me sexy, and that I could pull off Emo glasses. I'm getting my eyes examined at LensCrafters tomorrow (today, Monday, whatever) so I'll know then. Aside from that, not much has been going on. I've been reading a lot, it's been raining almost every day for at least a little while. It feels like we're having a Florida summer. Except without the sweltering temperatures. It's been cooler than usual for summer around here. post comment

~You May Be Right~ [13 Jul 2004|01:41am] [ mood | happy ] [ music | Billy Joel - You May Be Right ] ( I might be crazy... ) Now that I've posted those, I can actually make a real update. Mom and I did some mother-daughter bonding tonight. We went to dinner, and then went to see The Notebook. That was a good movie, despite the fact I wasn't originally too keen on seeing it. It got rather depressing towards the end. I swear, I probably cried during the last 10 minutes of that movie. I am such a -girl- sometimes. Though what I really want to know is -why- do I always end up seeing the movies with the sex scenes in them with my -mother-? Now granted, it was a PG-13 movie, so it wasn't a graphic sex scene, but still. Though to be fair, it was -worse- when I saw Unfaithful with her. Gods, they had sex -everywhere- in that movie. But The Notebook was good, and afterwards we dropped by Border's to look around, and so that mom could get some books that she's been drooling over. She offered to get me something, but then she wouldn't get me any books on pirates. Bah. Aside from that, not much has been going on. Going for dinner and a movie was my big excitement for the evening. That, watching the last half hour of the home run derby, and then watching Iron Chef. Though speaking of Iron Chef, I found about 3 Iron Chef drinking games... but in reality, it's not fun playing drinking games by yourself. Alas. 2 comments|post comment

~Before life removed all the innocence~ [11 Jul 2004|06:51pm] [ mood | calm ] [ music | Sting - This Was Never Meant to Be ] This week has been exhausting. My Uncle Sonny died on Tuesday. The viewings were Thursday and Friday and the funeral was yesterday. I don't think I can do funerals anymore. At least not for a while. I was crying a lot at Uncle Sonny's, which would have been fine, but I barely knew the man. I think it's a lot of leftover stuff from my grandma's funeral, but that's neither here nor there. It was a nice funeral, as far as funerals go. My father did the eulogy, and he almost cried at least 3 times during it. I felt so bad for him. Then at the cemetary, my dad almost broke down again. See, my uncle had been in the navy, and so he got military honors. Well, when the trumpet started playing Taps, my dad looked really shaken. He made it through though. He really is a strong person. People keep telling me what a wonderful father I have. I really can't disagree. Anyway, after the funeral, we came home, I changed, and then I went over to my friend Gloria's house, because she decided she wanted to have a tea party. That was fun. We hung out, and by the end of the evening it was just me, Gloria, and Nana. We were in the middle of watching Iron Chef, and playing the Iron Chef drinking game, when Gloria looked at us and asked "Hey guys, do you want to go get sammiches?" Thankfully we'd only been drinking wine, and not really religiously playing, so we weren't drunk or anything. So, we went out at 10:30 at night to get -sandwhiches-. Gloria can be so utterly random. It was fun though. I also got to taste an Amaretto Sour while we were out. It was interesting. Not sure if it's something I'd order myself, but it was -really- sweet. After our sandwich excursion, we headed back to Gloria's, and then I came home. That was my day yesterday. The rest of this week was taken up with funeral stuff, which I really don't feel like getting into. post comment

~Back in the Loop~ [05 Jul 2004|03:01pm] [ music | Blink 182 - What's My Age Again ] Well, I'm back online. Beth had to go home a week early, and you know, I miss her already. I didn't want her to go, but my uncle is in the process of dying from cancer, and he's been deteriorating for quite a while. He's likely going to die sometime this week, and thus, with a funeral likely pending and everything, Beth figured it would be better if she wasn't underfoot. It still sucks though. We had a bunch of fun while she was here though!! We saw Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Spiderman 2, both of which were great. Even if seeing Spiderman 2 did have a few problems involved. You see, Beth's toe got run-over by a movie-worker with an ice cart. So the nail turned a lovely shade of purple, and Beth got free coke passes out of it. Her toe was almost healed last time I checked. Which is definitely a plus. The other thing we did was play a lot of video games. I showed Beth Lufia 2 in it's entirety, and we started on Chrono Cross, the much maligned sequel to Chrono Trigger. That game is like some unholy cross between Xenogears, Chrono Trigger, and Kingdom Hearts. Though the Xenogears elements only really come out in the battle system. I'm also convinced that the Gurus of Zeal/Sages of Shevat take turns switching jobs. But that is another rant for another time. We skipped fireworks last night. Neither of us were in the mood to go, and I wasn't feeling overly patriotic anyway. Besides, it looked like it was going to pour at any given moment. It rained on and off all day anyway. My parents also came home from the beach a week early, and that sucks too. I dunno, I'm beginning to look forward to not having them around all the time. I think this is a sign that I am more then ready to go back to school. The only other thing of note is that mom is still planning on me and her (and ONLY me and her) going to Buffalo to visit my Aunt Helen. X_X Joy. I don't really mind that much, because I love my Aunt Helen, she's great. Of course the -when- of this is still up in the air, since I have to be in town to go out with the girls when we take my sister-in-law to be out on July 17th. My dad's declared that since I am 21 I can go. Which means there will be drinking, and hopefully male strippers. I'm not holding my breath on the male strippers though. So it will probably be sometime between the 17th and the 28th, because I have to be home by the 29th for Otakon and to see Beth and such. Though realistically, Mom and I probably won't even be gone for a week. It will likely be more like 4 or 5 days, but even so. It's something to think about. Maybe she'll let me drive.... Well, that's about it from me for now. I need to go to the grocery and get some stuff. So I shall take my leave. ^_~ 3 comments|post comment

Interviews [23 Jun 2004|08:08pm] [ mood | okay ] [ music | Harisu - Temptation ] Well, the job interview that I was supposed to have on Monday got postponed until today. That went rather well. Of course now I have to have a second interview, with the manager in the store upstairs, and after -that- I need to possibly have a third interview. By the time I finish with all these interviews, it will be time for me to go back to school. X_X And then training for this job (at Claire's if you're wondering) is going to take a few -weeks-. The other jobs I've had I was trained for a few -days-. I guess it's because of the fact that if I get this job I'll have to pierce ears. But still... it seems a little excessive. By the time they finish training me, I'll be heading back to school. X_X Aside from that not much has been going on. Sunday I got to spend pulling up weeds in my grandmother's garden. The poor woman is probably resting a lot easier now that her yard doesn't look so messy. I also remember -why- I hate cutting my grandma's lawn. It has everything to do with her lawnmower. You see, my grandma owned an electric lawnmower. When she died, this lovely thing stayed in her house. In order to cut the grass, you have to haul the lawnmower up from the basement, get it outside, get the extension cord unravelled, plug the extension cord in, in the house, and -then- you can cut the grass. It's annoying. Thankfully, my grandma's yard isn't that big, otherwise I would go mad. The only other thing of note is that my cell phone is currently MIA. I had it last night, but now I can't seem to find it. This is distressing, but I'm sure it will turn up eventually. But I've looked all the places it normally is, and to no avail. I figure as soon as I -stop- looking for it, I'll find it. That's how it always goes, after all. 4 comments|post comment

~Just remember to always think twice~ [19 Jun 2004|09:39pm] [ mood | full ] [ music | Placebo - The Bitter End ] Well, the engagement party was today. It was boring. I knew it would be boring. And to top it all off, my brother's mother didn't have any wine that I liked, so I couldn't get buzzed. See, when I'm buzzed -everything- is funny. Which means I would have been enjoying myself immensely. However, all we really did was hang around and talk, while the kids ran around the yard and/or watched TV inside. Definitely not my idea of a party. Now the wedding itself... -that- will be a party. My soon to be sister-in-law said that she wants everyone to drink a lot and have a good time. Hey, if she's encouraging wine, women, and song, then I'm not going to turn her down. (Though I might have to decline on the women, lest goldchaosdragon kill me for flirting with other girls.) I got appointments with my new GYN, and Endocrinologist, both in July. I also have another follow up appointment fo rmy nose on Monday, and a job interview too. Yay! Claire's called, and asked if I'd come in for an interview. Hey, maybe I'll learn to pierce ears if I get the job. I dunno if you need to be licensed for that or not. ::shrugs:: Tuesday I have a dentist appointment. Busy busy busy. In other news, I've been going to Curves. Go here to check it out. Tomorrow I get to go weed my grandmother's yard. Joy. -_- It needs weeding though. Especially if we want to get that house rented anytime soon. It's been empty since she died in 2002. So now we have to fix it up so we can rent it for a while. Joy. It doesn't help that the next door neighbor is hideously nosy, so that every time mom or I show up at the house, she immediately comes outside and starts asking all sorts of questions. I've been instructed not to talk to her. So I figure I'll just plug myself into my headphones and lose myself to the world while I do yardwork... either that or insist I don't speak english... while speaking english. ^_~ post comment

~Living in a Material World~ [15 Jun 2004|09:47pm] [ mood | cheerful ] [ music | Weird Al Yankovic - Midnight Star ] ( Wedding whirlwind ) Aside from the whole whirl of wedding-ness, not much has been going on lately. I went to the doctor's again yesterday, for another followup appointment for my nose. That was highly unpleasant. First there was the obligatory half hour wait in the waiting room (My appointment was for 9 and I didn't get seen til 9:30), and I am getting more and more convinced that doctors get paid extra for every minute they make you wait needlessly. Then was the appointment itself, which was painful. He had to suck a lot of bloodclots and snot and stuff out of my sinuses. That wasn't fun. Then he pretty much said "Ok, keep up the good work, see you next week." The man has no bedside manner at all. Mom described him as having no personality. Perhaps it's good he's just an Ears-Nose-Throat doctor then, and not a pediatrician. Kids would hate him. I've also been trying to get new doctors. I need a new GYN and a new Endocrinologist. When I called the endocrinologist's office that I'm trying to get an appointment with, I was asked "Why are you trying to get a new doctor?" My answer was first about my whole medical condition, promptly followed by "and my current endocrinologist is an -idiot-". Which he is. I will be -so- glad when I get a new doctor. I swear, I could do an entire entry on that man's idiocy alone. I have no idea why I end up with incompetent doctors. I guess it's my -wonderful- luck. post comment

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