LOL, ok...I am looking back through some really old emails I wrote, and I just found one from June 2006 that starts out with "Aaah! Oh my gosh! Have you ever been to youtube?"
That is so funny. I can't believe that I ever wrote that sentence. Was I way behind the curve in thinking that Youtube was new and exciting in 2006? To be fair, I had been living with my parents which equaled dial-up internet, so...yeah. Apparently I was using it to a.) watch interviews with cast members of The Office and b.) old clips from Sesame Street. Add in cats and people getting hurt and that's pretty much what I'm still using it for.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
So weird to be back here
I saw Ben Folds! Bill and Dan and I went to see his show at the LC on Saturday night.
It was awesome! Because I am old, I got kind of annoyed about having to wait in a long line in the cold, and about not having a good view (at first) and about people stepping all over me and squeezing in front of me and generally being dicks. However, I got over all that within about the first 3 minutes of the show.
The last time I saw Ben Folds he was with the Five, and it was ten years ago which means I was 16; it was my senior year of high school. I think it's a rare thing to like an artist and be excited about their concert just as much when you're 26 as when you were 16. I literally grew up listening to Ben Folds. I was so happy to able to experience the concert with Bill and with Dan, who I think loves BF as much as I do. :)
On a semi-related note, on the morning of the show I got tickets for a Decemberists concert in June. Awesome! I am already totally looking forward to it, even though it's more than 3 months away. They are apparently coming out with a new album in March so hopefully that will tide me over.
It was awesome! Because I am old, I got kind of annoyed about having to wait in a long line in the cold, and about not having a good view (at first) and about people stepping all over me and squeezing in front of me and generally being dicks. However, I got over all that within about the first 3 minutes of the show.
The last time I saw Ben Folds he was with the Five, and it was ten years ago which means I was 16; it was my senior year of high school. I think it's a rare thing to like an artist and be excited about their concert just as much when you're 26 as when you were 16. I literally grew up listening to Ben Folds. I was so happy to able to experience the concert with Bill and with Dan, who I think loves BF as much as I do. :)
On a semi-related note, on the morning of the show I got tickets for a Decemberists concert in June. Awesome! I am already totally looking forward to it, even though it's more than 3 months away. They are apparently coming out with a new album in March so hopefully that will tide me over.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Love and infectious disease is in the air...
This year for Valentine's Day I got some lovely purple tulips, a nice card, and the most absolutely vicious, unrelenting stomach bug that has ever existed. I guess I shouldn't go into any grody details here on my public blog, and yet I want to convey to you how truly sick I was. I'll just say that I lost a full seven and a half pounds in twenty four hours. I seriously wanted to die. I haven't been that sick in forever. Saturday and Sunday (today) my stomach felt better but I'm so dehydrated and underfed that my heart's beating all crazy and I can barely stand up. We had to cancel our Valentine's plans to cook dinner and make cupcakes (CUPCAKES!). That blows.
In other news, I bought myself a new pair of sneakers online today. I dunno. That's all I got. What's up with you?
In other news, I bought myself a new pair of sneakers online today. I dunno. That's all I got. What's up with you?
Sunday, February 08, 2009
Snacks!
I just spent a long time looking up information on strawberry Twinkies (RIP). I was originally looking up info on crispy M&Ms, but anyway....I came across two OTHER discontinued junk foods which I had totally forgotten about: Tato Skins chips, and Keebler Magic Middles cookies. I would KILL for a bag of either one of these snacks; they were so good. Seriously. Magic Middles. I don't know what else to say.
I'm also really craving a Twinkie now.
I'm also really craving a Twinkie now.
Sunday, February 01, 2009
...Foot Locker?
Here are some store names from Mall of America's "Specialty Retail" category that could also work as porn titles:
Viva La Diva
Belts and Buckles
Rich Girl
Picture Perfect
Foto Fantasy
Do-It-Yourself Spa
The French Market
Impulse
Magic Scarf
Natural Beauty
Heather's Perfume
Oriental Treasures
and
Hawaii Crabs
Viva La Diva
Belts and Buckles
Rich Girl
Picture Perfect
Foto Fantasy
Do-It-Yourself Spa
The French Market
Impulse
Magic Scarf
Natural Beauty
Heather's Perfume
Oriental Treasures
and
Hawaii Crabs
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Chef Boyardee!
This is totally random, but you know what I have never liked? Canned pasta, ie Chef Boyardee or Spaghetti-os. Not even when I was a little kid, and definitely not now. Even the smell of it makes me kind of grossed out. And I'm not trying to be all fancy or elitist here; there's plenty of disgusting food that I did/do eat (Dinty Moore beef stew, anybody?). I think it's obnoxious when people make out like they can't understand why anybody would ever eat food like that. I was just looking at this blog where somebody commented that you could make a delicious lentil soup with the same amount of effort; bullshit. Dinner from a can takes 60 seconds max, faster than any other food except maybe a bowl of cereal or, like, a candy bar. I'm no Gwyneth Paltrow, saying I'd rather die than give my kid soup from a can...Campbell's chicken and dumplings FTW, that's my motto.
Anyway. I was just thinking about Chef Boyardee and I wondered if I'm the only child of the 80s/90s who doesn't like that stuff. So, what about you? What cheap/childish foods (Easy Mac; Hot Pockets; Spam; etc.) do/don't you like?
Anyway. I was just thinking about Chef Boyardee and I wondered if I'm the only child of the 80s/90s who doesn't like that stuff. So, what about you? What cheap/childish foods (Easy Mac; Hot Pockets; Spam; etc.) do/don't you like?
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
I didn't break my back today!
But I tried. This morning I stepped out on to my front steps, completely oblivious to the fact that everything was completely covered in a sheet of ice, and on my first step my feet flew up from underneath me ("just like in the movies!" said the nurse. Yes, how glamorous...) and I came crashing down, spine first, onto the concrete steps. It was so painful, you guys. I was totally trying not to go all hysterical while I rang the doorbell 8 million times because I could not bend over to pick up my keys. I went inside and put some ice on my back and took some of Bill's leftover prescription pain medicine, but it wasn't really feeling very much better and one of the vertebrae seemed to be twice the size of the other ones, so eventually I decided to go to urgent care and get it looked at. Oh yeah, that was after my family doctor's office told me they couldn't get me in until tomorrow afternoon. Like, yeah, no problem, my SPINE X-RAYS can totally wait a day and a half.
Anyway, the undramatic end to my story is that the exam and x-rays seemed fine. I actually even went in at 2 for a half-day of work, because my stubborn refusal to take ANY time off for the next three months even extends to possibly serious back injuries. I'm feeling okay now, but my back hurts like crazy if you touch it at all, and I can almost guarantee you a rad bruise to rival the one I got...well, the one I got the last time I fell down the stairs. Watch this spot for pictures.
Anyway, the undramatic end to my story is that the exam and x-rays seemed fine. I actually even went in at 2 for a half-day of work, because my stubborn refusal to take ANY time off for the next three months even extends to possibly serious back injuries. I'm feeling okay now, but my back hurts like crazy if you touch it at all, and I can almost guarantee you a rad bruise to rival the one I got...well, the one I got the last time I fell down the stairs. Watch this spot for pictures.
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Snot rude, is it?
What are people's thoughts on nose-blowing? When I'm at work and have to blow my nose, I never know how "polite" I have to be about it. Do I have to go in the bathroom and shut the door, or what? Usually my rule is as long as I'm not looking at somebody while I do it, it's not a big deal. Like, if I'm sitting at a desk looking at a computer and other people are at other desks or whatever, I would probably just blow my nose right there assuming it is not some huge, disgusting post-cold epic event. Am I totally out of line on this? I was just looking at something online that made it sound like blowing your nose anywhere other than a closed restroom is inexcusable. Oops.
Sunday, December 07, 2008
What's cookin good lookin
I feel that this is not the most exciting or cutting edge web site out there, but I have to say, I freakin' love allrecipes.com. Let me tell you why.
1.) Lots of people use it, so there are a ton of recipes and usually a ton of feedback on those recipes. The feedback is my absolute favorite thing about the site. You can obviously get recipes anywhere, but having 5-500 people leaving comments really helps you to figure out how to perfect the recipe. People who have actually made the dish will leave suggestions about cooking time, a different type of dish or pan to use, a change in technique, or about what ingredients to increase, decrease, add or omit. You also don't have to waste your time making a recipe that a bunch of other people have found to be no good. This feedback is invaluable, especially to a beginner/intermediate cook like myself.
2.) There is a wide variety of recipes. There are some very fancy, gourmet recipes on the site, and there are a lot of very basic, family-friendly type recipes (the type that a lot of people might say are gross or low-class or whatever, but let's face it, that's what a lot of people are eating most days, and frankly a lot of it tastes plenty good). Most of the recipes that I've looked at are good, middle of the road dishes in terms of fanciness and difficulty. In any case, whatever you're looking for is probably on there.
3.) The site has a lot of simple but useful features: you can create your own recipe box to save recipes that you like or want to try; you can upload a photo of a recipe you've made, and view other members' photos; you can print off recipes in a variety of formats; etc.
The only thing that I don't like, which actually led me to write this post, is the hokey-ass terms that so many of the site's members use in their recipe comments. I hate when they use corny words like "zippy" to describe a dish. What does that even mean? I also hate when people say their family/friends/co-workers "gobbled" a dish up, or, similarly, "wolfed it down." I do not need the image of these people as turkeys/wolves, cramming some slop down their pie-holes as fast as they possibly can. Not appetizing at all, thanks. Lastly, the use of the word "hubby" is about to drive me to suicide. I don't even know why, but I HATE it. Is it that much easier to say/type "hubby" than it is "husband?" It's not really a shorter word. It's just so unnecessarily cutesy, and for whatever reason I always imagine the women using it to be the type of women who are totally stupid and fawning/submissive to their men; I think a lot of times I see it in the context of "I made this dish but hubby didn't like it at all; I won't make it again" which makes me think they're just slaving around in the kitchen until they finally find something that Master Hubby approves of.
Anyway. If you like to cook or bake, I do suggest that you check this site out. It has been super, super useful to me and has even earned a place in my bookmarks toolbar thingy. I'm chasemytail on there (natch), although I don't know if I even have a public profile or if you can "friend me" or anything like that.
1.) Lots of people use it, so there are a ton of recipes and usually a ton of feedback on those recipes. The feedback is my absolute favorite thing about the site. You can obviously get recipes anywhere, but having 5-500 people leaving comments really helps you to figure out how to perfect the recipe. People who have actually made the dish will leave suggestions about cooking time, a different type of dish or pan to use, a change in technique, or about what ingredients to increase, decrease, add or omit. You also don't have to waste your time making a recipe that a bunch of other people have found to be no good. This feedback is invaluable, especially to a beginner/intermediate cook like myself.
2.) There is a wide variety of recipes. There are some very fancy, gourmet recipes on the site, and there are a lot of very basic, family-friendly type recipes (the type that a lot of people might say are gross or low-class or whatever, but let's face it, that's what a lot of people are eating most days, and frankly a lot of it tastes plenty good). Most of the recipes that I've looked at are good, middle of the road dishes in terms of fanciness and difficulty. In any case, whatever you're looking for is probably on there.
3.) The site has a lot of simple but useful features: you can create your own recipe box to save recipes that you like or want to try; you can upload a photo of a recipe you've made, and view other members' photos; you can print off recipes in a variety of formats; etc.
The only thing that I don't like, which actually led me to write this post, is the hokey-ass terms that so many of the site's members use in their recipe comments. I hate when they use corny words like "zippy" to describe a dish. What does that even mean? I also hate when people say their family/friends/co-workers "gobbled" a dish up, or, similarly, "wolfed it down." I do not need the image of these people as turkeys/wolves, cramming some slop down their pie-holes as fast as they possibly can. Not appetizing at all, thanks. Lastly, the use of the word "hubby" is about to drive me to suicide. I don't even know why, but I HATE it. Is it that much easier to say/type "hubby" than it is "husband?" It's not really a shorter word. It's just so unnecessarily cutesy, and for whatever reason I always imagine the women using it to be the type of women who are totally stupid and fawning/submissive to their men; I think a lot of times I see it in the context of "I made this dish but hubby didn't like it at all; I won't make it again" which makes me think they're just slaving around in the kitchen until they finally find something that Master Hubby approves of.
Anyway. If you like to cook or bake, I do suggest that you check this site out. It has been super, super useful to me and has even earned a place in my bookmarks toolbar thingy. I'm chasemytail on there (natch), although I don't know if I even have a public profile or if you can "friend me" or anything like that.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
My new girlfriend:
And of course some Ben Folds:
Personally I am still sucking about 8 pounds of balls on the ukulele, but I HAVE been practicing which is surprising. I think I need an actual live teacher though in addition to just books and Youtube videos. I need someone to, like, grab my hands and stuff.
Monday, November 17, 2008
10 Random Things About Me
Ok, so I am like cross-contaminating my blog worlds here, but anyway, here goes. Ten random things about me:
1.) I don't mind the taste of mint (toothpaste, gum, etc.) but I don't like mint flavored foods (ice cream, thin mints, etc.).
2.) I've been swearing since I was at least ten.
3.) My first car was a 1990 Toyota Tercel. Somebody named it the Flaming Maple because it was red and because the speedometer was in kilometers per hour instead of miles per hour, indicating that it came from Canada. It was pretty crappy but I didn't mind it.
4.) I can't touch my toes; not even close.
5.) I have a pair of bowling shoes from Stuckeybowl, the bowling alley from the TV show Ed, which I was obsessed with in college. Unfortunately they are not my size.
6.) I am learning to cook. Every Sunday I find a recipe online and make it, with Bill's help. So far I have made jambalaya, beef stew, spicy mac and cheese, and a rad Thai chicken and shrimp stir-fry, among others. No major failures....yet.
7.) Before I started at my current job, I had worked at 7 different jobs in 7 years and had never worked in one place for more than six months. I am now at 2.5 years in one place...it's crazy!
8.) I think honeymooning in Hawaii is totally cliche, but I really, really want to do it.
9.) For two years I insisted that the crazy itching I have on my legs was not due to a cat allergy, but I'm starting to admit to myself that that's probably exactly what it is.
10.) Other careers I would enjoy include jewel thief, tattoo artist, Jeopardy clue writer, TV critic, and baker.
Good lord, that took me forEVER. I hope you appreciate it. ;)
1.) I don't mind the taste of mint (toothpaste, gum, etc.) but I don't like mint flavored foods (ice cream, thin mints, etc.).
2.) I've been swearing since I was at least ten.
3.) My first car was a 1990 Toyota Tercel. Somebody named it the Flaming Maple because it was red and because the speedometer was in kilometers per hour instead of miles per hour, indicating that it came from Canada. It was pretty crappy but I didn't mind it.
4.) I can't touch my toes; not even close.
5.) I have a pair of bowling shoes from Stuckeybowl, the bowling alley from the TV show Ed, which I was obsessed with in college. Unfortunately they are not my size.
6.) I am learning to cook. Every Sunday I find a recipe online and make it, with Bill's help. So far I have made jambalaya, beef stew, spicy mac and cheese, and a rad Thai chicken and shrimp stir-fry, among others. No major failures....yet.
7.) Before I started at my current job, I had worked at 7 different jobs in 7 years and had never worked in one place for more than six months. I am now at 2.5 years in one place...it's crazy!
8.) I think honeymooning in Hawaii is totally cliche, but I really, really want to do it.
9.) For two years I insisted that the crazy itching I have on my legs was not due to a cat allergy, but I'm starting to admit to myself that that's probably exactly what it is.
10.) Other careers I would enjoy include jewel thief, tattoo artist, Jeopardy clue writer, TV critic, and baker.
Good lord, that took me forEVER. I hope you appreciate it. ;)
Saturday, September 27, 2008
I made a LOLveep
Heh heh. I come up with the best things when I'm supposed to be cleaning the house.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Why I'm Moving To Ravenna
They have found a way to combine two things I love.
If I find a library that actually circulates cake, you'll never see me again.
If I find a library that actually circulates cake, you'll never see me again.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Success!
I know I've posted here before with tales of baking woe, but today I have a success story!! One of my co-workers is leaving the library, so we were bringing in food today. She's a vegan, so I figured it was finally time to break out my Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World cookbook. I originally was planning to make lemon macadamia cupcakes, but last night I realized that the recipe called for a bunch of ground macadamia nuts, and I don't have a coffee grinder or a food processor or anything like that. So I decided to go with basic chocolate and do the variation that turns them into cookies and cream cupcakes.
They came out SO perfect! I took them out of the oven right at 18 minutes, and they were just right: toothpick came out dry, cute little rounded tops. I made the frosting this morning, and it was also great. It was tasty and a perfect consistency for spreading. When I finally got to work and could try one, I was not disappointed. They were moist, chocolatey, and just basically delicious. I was so happy! I know part of the reason they worked out is because I've moved and have a better oven, but my co-worker Cassie also suggests that the vegan gods were smiling down on me. Haha, who knows! I may actually make another batch because I still have half a package of Newman-Os (yum) and a bunch of soy milk (not so yum) sitting around.
They came out SO perfect! I took them out of the oven right at 18 minutes, and they were just right: toothpick came out dry, cute little rounded tops. I made the frosting this morning, and it was also great. It was tasty and a perfect consistency for spreading. When I finally got to work and could try one, I was not disappointed. They were moist, chocolatey, and just basically delicious. I was so happy! I know part of the reason they worked out is because I've moved and have a better oven, but my co-worker Cassie also suggests that the vegan gods were smiling down on me. Haha, who knows! I may actually make another batch because I still have half a package of Newman-Os (yum) and a bunch of soy milk (not so yum) sitting around.
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
All CNN and no play makes Chaser something something
Well, I haven't blogged in a long time, but I am so annoyed with all this election bullshit that I just couldn't control myself. I really want to punch Sarah Palin in the face. I hate her and everything to do with her. HATE. I disagree with her on, like, every issue, for starters. I am also totally enraged by the women who were Hillary supporters but now are supporting McCain only because he picked a woman as his running mate. There was a woman on American Morning the other day who acknowledged that she did not agree with the politics of McCain or Palin but that she was going to vote for them anyway. That is the most irresponsible fucking thing I have ever heard. That woman is retarded. She said something like "well, I don't want to vote FOR McCain as much as I want to vote AGAINST Obama." WELL GUESS WHAT, LADY. You can't do that. When you vote FOR McCain, it's a vote FOR McFuckingCain!! Damn. She was also saying that Obama not picking a female running mate shows that he doesn't care about women/the female vote. Uh, what? I did not know that you could only care about the thoughts and opinions of your own gender. Fucking idiots. Would these women vote for McCain if he had picked, say, Britney Spears or the green M&M as his running mate? I don't really want to know.
I'm also totally insulted that I'm supposed to be all up in her shit just because she's a woman and I'm a woman. Guess what. There are like 3 billion women in the world, and a lot of them are stupid jackasses who I would very much like to kick in the shins. I mean, if you like the Republican ticket because you feel that they are the best people to run our country, then fine. I'm just saying that it takes a lot more than having a chocha to get in my good graces.
Finally, I'm offended by all the people (male and female alike) at the convention who are proudly wearing buttons encouraging everybody to vote for the "hot" VP candidate. I don't even want to get into that one, it should be self-explanatory. She's not running for Miss America, boys and girls, she's a fucking vice-presidential candidate.
The only real upshot to all this is that Bill gets crazy angry at like, every politician on TV, and the reporters too, and it's hilarious. Here's a bit of our conversation from dinner, upon hearing America The Beautiful being sung at the RNC, with lots of patriotic posturing:
Me: Man, I guess I don't love my country as much as I should.
Bill: Why, because you're not raising your hands in the air and waving them around? This country's fucked up.
Me: ...but, I mean, they're like crying and clutching their flags at the mention of purple mountain's majesty.
Bill: They're a bunch of self-important asshats.
Hehe. Constant loop of CNN+angry Bill=good times.
I'm also totally insulted that I'm supposed to be all up in her shit just because she's a woman and I'm a woman. Guess what. There are like 3 billion women in the world, and a lot of them are stupid jackasses who I would very much like to kick in the shins. I mean, if you like the Republican ticket because you feel that they are the best people to run our country, then fine. I'm just saying that it takes a lot more than having a chocha to get in my good graces.
Finally, I'm offended by all the people (male and female alike) at the convention who are proudly wearing buttons encouraging everybody to vote for the "hot" VP candidate. I don't even want to get into that one, it should be self-explanatory. She's not running for Miss America, boys and girls, she's a fucking vice-presidential candidate.
The only real upshot to all this is that Bill gets crazy angry at like, every politician on TV, and the reporters too, and it's hilarious. Here's a bit of our conversation from dinner, upon hearing America The Beautiful being sung at the RNC, with lots of patriotic posturing:
Me: Man, I guess I don't love my country as much as I should.
Bill: Why, because you're not raising your hands in the air and waving them around? This country's fucked up.
Me: ...but, I mean, they're like crying and clutching their flags at the mention of purple mountain's majesty.
Bill: They're a bunch of self-important asshats.
Hehe. Constant loop of CNN+angry Bill=good times.
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Wanted: One house, non-awful
So. Bill and I are currently elbow-deep in the search for a place to live. It hasn't been going spectacularly thus far. Just today we looked at a place that sounded perfect on paper but just didn't sit right with me for whatever reason. I suspect that I am being too picky about some things based on the age of the houses we are looking at (mostly built in the '20s, one in the '40s), but at the same time just because a house was built in the '20s doesn't mean that it shouldn't have been updated or maintained in any way since that date. The kitchens and bathrooms are my real problem, I think. A crumbly, moldy tub or splintered, crusty kitchen cabinets (see also: cabinets with 80 layers of old paint on them) are a real turn-off to me. I'm pretty quickly learning that "updated bathroom" means "we updated the cabinet under the sink; the tub is still a barrel that you fill by hand with icy water and then use a rag on a stick to wash yourself."
The alternative to all this would be just finding some nice two-bedroom in a modern apartment complex somewhere. I've looked at a couple online, and I'll admit I'm attracted to the pristine appliances and luxuries like electrical outlets in the bathroom, but on the whole living in a traditional apartment complex just holds zero appeal for me. I'm not even sure why. I guess it feels very temporary and anonymous to me to be living in a big complex with neighbors in identical units on both sides, above and below. I'm getting too old for that. I need to feel like I have a home, not just a place that I'm staying.
The good news is that we have quite a bit of time left to find a place. If we go another month or so and still haven't found anything, I'll really start to worry. In the meantime I will continue to check Craigslist 10 times a day and hope for a miracle. You never know.
The alternative to all this would be just finding some nice two-bedroom in a modern apartment complex somewhere. I've looked at a couple online, and I'll admit I'm attracted to the pristine appliances and luxuries like electrical outlets in the bathroom, but on the whole living in a traditional apartment complex just holds zero appeal for me. I'm not even sure why. I guess it feels very temporary and anonymous to me to be living in a big complex with neighbors in identical units on both sides, above and below. I'm getting too old for that. I need to feel like I have a home, not just a place that I'm staying.
The good news is that we have quite a bit of time left to find a place. If we go another month or so and still haven't found anything, I'll really start to worry. In the meantime I will continue to check Craigslist 10 times a day and hope for a miracle. You never know.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Poppin' Fresh
I just tried using my Blast Off Belly Fat DVD for the first time. Oh man.
First of all, it's ridiculous because I don't really have anywhere to do it. There is space in the basement, but that room is swimming in toxic mold so I don't really want to be rolling around on the carpet or breathing deeply. I'm stuck upstairs in the living room then, in this 4 by 2 foot space I made by pushing the coffee table over a little bit. And then the cat sees me laying on the floor and thinks it's jungle gym time and I have to beat her off me every two seconds.
On top of all that, I am a fat, lazy librarian and I could not really even get through ONE of the ten minute workouts. I am so deeply out of shape that I'm not sure how I can even stand up or do simple tasks like typing or scratching an itch. I could only feel the muscles at the very top of my stomach working; the rest, I suspect, have turned from muscles into thick reserves of frosting that my body feeds off of when it's gone too long without cupcakes.
I was really hoping to see at least some small loss in inches/increase in tone before I hit the beach this summer, but it's not looking good. Maybe I will get lucky and this year's trends will include "soft" and "translucent."
First of all, it's ridiculous because I don't really have anywhere to do it. There is space in the basement, but that room is swimming in toxic mold so I don't really want to be rolling around on the carpet or breathing deeply. I'm stuck upstairs in the living room then, in this 4 by 2 foot space I made by pushing the coffee table over a little bit. And then the cat sees me laying on the floor and thinks it's jungle gym time and I have to beat her off me every two seconds.
On top of all that, I am a fat, lazy librarian and I could not really even get through ONE of the ten minute workouts. I am so deeply out of shape that I'm not sure how I can even stand up or do simple tasks like typing or scratching an itch. I could only feel the muscles at the very top of my stomach working; the rest, I suspect, have turned from muscles into thick reserves of frosting that my body feeds off of when it's gone too long without cupcakes.
I was really hoping to see at least some small loss in inches/increase in tone before I hit the beach this summer, but it's not looking good. Maybe I will get lucky and this year's trends will include "soft" and "translucent."
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
The long and winding road
Man, I feel like no one has been blogging lately, myself included. What's up with that?
So I graduated on Sunday. About freaking time, right? I have been out of college for exactly four years, which makes me feel super, super old. But anyway, I'm very happy to not have school hanging over my head any more, and it feels weird for the first time in 20 years not to have any plans to attend school....ever. I'm sure I will at least take a class or something in the future, but for the most part I think this is really the end of the line for me, school-wise. I am alright with that.
My mom bought me a gift certificate to Build A Bear as a graduation present, which is awesome because I am eight and also because I had been hinting around that I wanted one to about fifty people for quite some time now. I do not care if it is weird to build a bear at age 25, I am going to build one and it is going to make me happy. Don't judge me. As a totally random "graduation present," my dad was also able to fix that horrible "corpse in the trunk" noise my car was making by screwing down a piece of plastic back behind the rear tire. After the Nissan dealership was unable to find the problem despite having the car ALL DAY, that's all it took. So now I don't feel like I'm gonna die all the time. Bonus!
The other big thing that happened is that ONE day after receiving my degree, I had my first professional job interview. I really have no idea how it went. I know there are other candidates out there who deserve the job as much as or more than I do, but I have to say that I think I would rock that job. Rock it like a hurricane.
So I graduated on Sunday. About freaking time, right? I have been out of college for exactly four years, which makes me feel super, super old. But anyway, I'm very happy to not have school hanging over my head any more, and it feels weird for the first time in 20 years not to have any plans to attend school....ever. I'm sure I will at least take a class or something in the future, but for the most part I think this is really the end of the line for me, school-wise. I am alright with that.
My mom bought me a gift certificate to Build A Bear as a graduation present, which is awesome because I am eight and also because I had been hinting around that I wanted one to about fifty people for quite some time now. I do not care if it is weird to build a bear at age 25, I am going to build one and it is going to make me happy. Don't judge me. As a totally random "graduation present," my dad was also able to fix that horrible "corpse in the trunk" noise my car was making by screwing down a piece of plastic back behind the rear tire. After the Nissan dealership was unable to find the problem despite having the car ALL DAY, that's all it took. So now I don't feel like I'm gonna die all the time. Bonus!
The other big thing that happened is that ONE day after receiving my degree, I had my first professional job interview. I really have no idea how it went. I know there are other candidates out there who deserve the job as much as or more than I do, but I have to say that I think I would rock that job. Rock it like a hurricane.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Touching base
I have not blogged in a while, so here's a token entry for ya. :)
The only major thing that's happened, I think, is going to see Avenue Q, which was awesome. I've also been having fun getting outside more and trying to enjoy the weather, which has been kind of depressing with my new pseudo-full-time schedule. But I do my best. Also, I have a long list of things I want to buy and only a tiny little bit of money. I'm sure no one reading this can relate to that feeling.
That's pretty much it. I hope everything is going good with you. We should hang out more, call me sometime.
The only major thing that's happened, I think, is going to see Avenue Q, which was awesome. I've also been having fun getting outside more and trying to enjoy the weather, which has been kind of depressing with my new pseudo-full-time schedule. But I do my best. Also, I have a long list of things I want to buy and only a tiny little bit of money. I'm sure no one reading this can relate to that feeling.
That's pretty much it. I hope everything is going good with you. We should hang out more, call me sometime.
Monday, March 24, 2008
A rude awakening
Sometime after six this morning I woke up from a very real and scary dream about somebody coming into my work, taking hostages, and trying to kill a whole lot of customers and staff. It was really intense and actually made me nervous about going in today. Later on I found out that at exactly that same time, someone was getting beaten very soundly and thoroughly in the head with a pipe right outside the back door of my work. A bloody hat, a bloody knife, and video surveillance tell the whole story, but I don't really have all the details.
Say what you will about the coincidence between the dream and the beating; it happens to me a lot, but logically I know that it's crazy to try to draw any really connections between the two. Regardless of all that, though, I find it kind of disturbing that somebody got jumped like that right on the sidewalk at my job, just a couple of hours before we start showing up for work. Most people were kind of making light of it, but it seemed pretty serious to me. Maybe if I work there for a couple more years, things like this will just be normal. I'll let you know, I guess.
Say what you will about the coincidence between the dream and the beating; it happens to me a lot, but logically I know that it's crazy to try to draw any really connections between the two. Regardless of all that, though, I find it kind of disturbing that somebody got jumped like that right on the sidewalk at my job, just a couple of hours before we start showing up for work. Most people were kind of making light of it, but it seemed pretty serious to me. Maybe if I work there for a couple more years, things like this will just be normal. I'll let you know, I guess.
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