Sunday, June 29, 2008

It'll be a while

I should most definitely be sleeping right now but I thought I should fit one more post in before I'm gone for the week.

12:30am, Subway sandwich and a warm shower to wake me up. I pack a little of my stuff and then my mom decides we should go bathing suit shopping again, I am less than thrilled. And of course it showed, my mom kept bugging me as to why I was so grumpy and one she figured out just kept grilling me anyways. So let's just say the next hour was very uncomfortable and we didn't find a suit.

Got home, watched some VM and then packed a little more. My friend came and picked me up for the party around 6:15pm and that's when the night picked up. Chatted a little then ate outside and just plain goofed off. The kid who's party it is starts shooting off some littler fireworks and some chinese firecrackers. And of course, considering it's boys playing with the fireworks he manages to burn his finger a little. It looked a lot worse than it was, a firecracker went off a little too early so the skin was a little burnt looking, but after a little ice on it he was fine.

Spent a lot of time just goofing off with people and hanging out. Watched a bunch of the boys play Smash until it got dark whence we headed outside to play with the big stuff. The fireworks were really pretty and we did sparklers but I did get a few bug bites even with massive smoke and some bug spray, but I didn't itch them so they don't bug me.

A couple of us hung out pretty damn late, I got back to my house at 12:30am, and we were just talking about random shit.

Kacey I wish you could've been there!!!

I have to pack a little more now.
6am sharp.
I hope I don't burn too horribly.

kthxbye.

Friday, June 27, 2008

Best abandon ship

10:05am, Cap'n Crunch, 3.5 miles on my bike, collapse on the floor, cold shower.

It's a nice little routine I've gotten into. I did another mini-profile for my rp and then grabbed a bit of lunch and watched another episode of VM. Then I watched another, and another but stopped to have my dad take me to the sporting goods store and get me my beautiful bday backpack.

It's green, has lots of pockets and zippers and straps and I <3 it. It's a model called Recon which makes me think reconnaissance mission like I'm in the army trying to get information on the enemy or something. But yea, I can't wait to have things to actually put in it. I'm going to take it with me to Michigan to put all my non-clothing things in. But I can't wait to use it when we're hiking in Yellowstone, which now we're getting a cabin outside the east entrance so it should be pretty awesome.

The next hour or two I spent writing because I wanted too. It was a character-based drabble, I think it was under 500 words but I'm not sure. It turned out pretty decent. I'm trying to get back into writing so once I have to write 8-10 paragraphs for the rp I won't have to write much fluff to get myself up there. Drabbles are what I think will help right now; even though they end up being condenses stories I know I could make them longer if I really needed to. I'm also trying to work on writing about emotion and thought processes rather than just actions and speech.

Anyways, a friend came and picked me up around 8pm and we headed off to another friend's house really quick to listen to his little brother's band for a bit. Picked up a friend there and headed out to bowling!! I actually did really good this time, 123 the first game and 159 the second, heck yes I rock. I was jamming out to the music and jumping around and just being all-around spastic which is great because I really needed to act like a retard. I used to be able to do that all the time at school and the only time I can do it at home is when my sister talks to me, which isn't that often.

We went to Arby's after and I got a chocolate shake and some curly fries. Ate them together, it wasn't as good as I expected. Left after a little chatting and went to hang out at a pool house with some other kids we know. I expected booze and sure enough they were all playing beer pong when we got there, we were trespassing btw so I really didn't want to be there. Sure enough maybe 30 minutes after we got there a cop shows up. He yells "Hey!" and all of a sudden guys are jumping the fence but I was actually relatively calm. I laughed when the guys practically fell over the other side of the fence, I looked to see if they were okay and saw the cop's flashlight so the rest of us just hurried off to our cars and left. Went home and now I'm here, I just chugged a bunch of water which I don't think was a good idea. That milk shake left me really thirsty.

Tomorrow I get to watch boys blow themselves up with fireworks! I miss you Kacey!!

My boxers are very comfortable.
I have to pee now.
It rained a lot tonight.

kthxbye.

When I Get Where I'm Going

Yesterday's work day: stamps, databasing, trip to post office, databasing, stamps, games on the Internet.

Got home and had some delicious spaghetti and watched an episode of VM then headed off to se Brad Paisley in concert. We only missed the first act and a half which I was perfectly fine with 'cause we didn't know them. Jewel performed right before Paisley and she was pretty good but she did this weird pitch change thing when she was holding out her notes. I kind of wanted to punch her in the throat. She even managed to yodel, that's right, the Alaskan actually yodeled, scared the hell out of me, but it was still interesting.

Paisley's crew took a half hour to set up the stage so he was out by 10pm, but it rocked really hard. He sang just about 12 song I think before the encore and man was it fantastic. I love all his paisley guitars they're really pretty, lol; there was a blue one, a yellow/brown one, and I think another brownish one. Paisley can really play, he's the best country guitarist I've heard and he can just play and play and play. Last year at the state fair I really loved all the videos he had as background for his songs and this year they were even better. A little before the encore they showed a cartoon that Paisley drew and played pure instrumental for background music. He played two songs for the encore but we'd left right before so we only heard the bulk of the first song. My favorite Paisley song is "Whisky Lullaby" which he duets with Allison Krauss and he had a video of her actually lifesize like she was there singing so it was pretty incredible. He also played "Mr. Policeman" which is hilarious and also "When I Get Where I'm Going" which I almost cried during, that's such a good song.

I got back home at 11:30pm-ish and was exhausted so I just konked out and that's why yesterday is on today. I'll still post something a little later.

Paisley <33
I dislike mud.
We're getting a townhouse for Yellowstone, what?

kthxbye.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Girl's got spunk

10:11am .. I don't really know how that happened. I woke up and there were already hooligans in my house so I suited up, ate a chewy bar, got a water bottle and was off for my bike ride. Once again, 3.5 miles, a cold shower and a long collapse on my bed led to an episode of Veronica Mars.

I watched two more episodes and surfed around the Internet. Listened and sang quite loudly to some Brandi Carlile and Katy Perry while I did a bit of writing, creating your own planet for a role play sounds fun, but baby does it involve some serious work. The rp I've joined is still in it's starting stages and players were to create a planet for the universe we're going to be playing in. My planet is closest to the universe's sun star so it's damn hot. Even has it's own races so I mixed up a little portfolio for those kids today. Later on I'll be working on a character profile ... well that is very very later on, i.e. after my vacations, super fun!

I did a little sketching which was a refreshment. It was more of a room plan than anything, but I really love doing that sort of stuff so I think I'm going to continue doing it throughout the summer. Calms me a little.

More VM and then a trip to the sporting goods store, yes I said it would come and it did. I got a nifty new pair of shorts and some new goggles but sadly no backpack. The one I wanted, too many pockets to handle and a striking green color, was frickin' $85 so I'm going to try and get my dad to buy it for me this weekend as a bday present. All the cool kids want expensive North Face backpacks for their bdays, don't discriminate.

My sister and I "needed" new bathing suits for this summer, well technically I'm the only who "needed" one, my sister actually grew out of hers. I want a wave proof top ... which doesn't really exist except in the surfing world so I'm going to end up wearing a t-shirt over my top so my boobs cannot unexpectedly flee my suit and give the beach a show. I did however try on some suits and was thus thoroughly depressed by said bathing suits. Fucking college. My sister got a really pretty purple and blue tye-dye suite though, so I'm happy for her ... though that was the suit that actually fit me, lol.

Came home and sulked while watching VM. I picked out my outfit for Warped Tour, or at least what I plan on wearing, that's right, I plan ahead bitches ... well it's still a month away but one can never be too prepared.

Speaking of, I got Brad Paisley's last three cds so I'm going to listen to those all day at work tomorrow to country myself up. There will most definitely be some binder work in store for me tomorrow, I can't wait!

Lucy Lawless was on the last episode of VM I watched before I started this post, so I'm going to end on a happy note.

I <3 K-Bell.
I <3 Xena, Warrior Princess ... and Gabrielle of course.
I slept exceptionally good last night.

kthxbye.

I'm like the rain in a downpour

7:55am, chewy bar, work. Donut, database entry all fucking day. I went to a local radio station with my mom to listen to her record some commercials and her sales rep ended up giving us two tickets to see Brad Paisley this Thursday. I'm going with a friend because my brother has his championship baseball game then. I realized that I really don't have friends that like country, I'm happy I've got at least one.

Went to a Fever game tonight (WNBA) and it was pretty good. Apparently our team is a 4th period team, we only won I think by maybe 10 points but at half time we were losing by at least 20. There was an Australian girl on our team (she was the shortest too, lol) and it got me thinking. Do Australians really play basketball, I mean I never really associate basketball with any other country except the U.S. But anyways, she kind of sucked, this girl KT got like three 3-pointers in a row, it was crazy. Ate some free food in the suite, another sales rep from a different radio station got us these tickets.

I was just on AfterEllen and read an article and watched a video about Entertainment Weekly naming all it's new classics so I got myself a list of my classic tv shows, they're not in order 'cause I can't be biased on my loves.

Firefly Simply my most favorite scifi show of all time. The characters were all lovable, the action was real, the jumpy space "camera shots" and the fact that you don't hear anything in space. Seriously, sound doesn't travel in space, can't hear when your ship takes off, so shove your fancy sound effects into a black hole. I love you Kaywinnit Lee Frye. (Definitely have this box set)

Bones I love this show too much, it's a serious addiction. I was happy to see David Boreanaz on tv again because I loved him as Angel. The characters contrast so well, the dialogue is fantastic and the science, oh the science is amazing. Booth & Bones are the best part of the show, no doubt for me. Emily's eyes are amazing. (I've got seasons 1&2 right now, can't wait for season 3)

Charmed Now I'm a fan of Paige so I don't want to bash seasons 4 and beyond, but seasons 1-3 were definitely the best. The girls were strong, kick butt and look up names later. And HMC, you are the best (Piper was my favorite can you tell?). Their powers were active and there wasn't much Leo or Cole then, good stuff. Though Dan kind of got on my nerves. (Only have season 1 at the moment)

Stargate SG-1 I don't think I could ever get tired of this show. It was one of the first scifi shows I got addicted to, it was simply out of this world, both literally and figuratively. The worlds were amazing, the Gou'uld not so much, but Jack was hilarious. I <3 Samantha Carter, and Teal'c of couse.

The X Files Oh Scully & Mulder, my heroes when I was growing up. The show gave just enough of the scary stuff to keep you alert and ready to yell out predictions in the middle of a scene. I watched this show with my parents when I was younger and Scully was always my favorite, I wanted to be her when I grew up, and at that point I wanted to marry Mulder, now I'd rather have Scully. I <3 Gillian Anderson.

Veronica Mars Season one had a plot that could not be beaten. Lilly's murder and Veronica's blotchy memory of Shelley Pomroy's party, such a great backbone for the first season. K-Bell is just so pint-sized and adorable, as Veronica she's just got spunk and attitude flying out every which way, Veronica Mars was an amazing character. Too bad seasons 2&3 weren't as strong. I <3 style="font-weight: bold;">

Dead Like Me This show was incredible. The reaper thing hooked me the very first episode and once my lady Daisy Adair was brought in I was completely hooked. Laura Harris why do you have to be so beautiful? George & Rube were so sweet together; Mason made me want to hug and kick him at the same time; Roxy had loads of moxie and attitude; and Betty, even though she disappeared pretty quick, was spunky. Dark yet still chock full of humor, fantastic show. Daisy will always be my favorite though. (I've got both seasons)

No work tomorrow, that means bike ride.
It's supposed to rain though.
My stomach hurts.
And so does my neck.

kthxbye.

Monday, June 23, 2008

Annie on My Mind

My mom got concerned 'cause I wasn't downstairs before 8:00am .. I had actually woken up at 7:55 but she was the reason I got out of bed. She hollered at me, it's not a nice thing to do when I'm half-asleep but it sure does wake me up. I ate two oatmeal cookies and then we were off to work.

As soon as I got to my desk I started in on the binders. I sleeved spec sheets and organized the remaining 4 binders then was rudely interrupted, okay not rudely, but my sleeving was interrupted nonetheless. I had to look up some spec sheets online and print them out on my mom's color printer for one of the builders, but the web site he wanted them from was being a bitch. I had to re-enter product numbers at least 5 different times, but I printed them out then finished up those final binders.

Cut out for lunch at the Cracker Barrel bitches. I managed to get the peg game down to one peg, that means I'm a genius, heck yes. I actually do manage to do it every time I go, though usually I can only do it once. My mom said I'm getting old because my short-term memory was failing hard. Whatever, I don't know why she be hatin' on me, lol.

Went back to work and checked all the binders to make sure they were in order and not missing any sheets. Then I went about with the mailing list again: (1) stick on return address label and open flap, (2) fill envelope with letter and two calendars, (3) glue envelopes shut, (4) stick on address label, (5) stamps (which I didn't have today but will do tomorrow). But anyways I did 250 envelopes in 3ish hours, my shoulders and neck hurt like a bitch I must say. Oh I got gummi bears from CB and ate like all of them ... I <3 fruity candy.

I had my mom drop me off at the library so I could pick up some books I'd requested and ended up coming home and simply reading one of those books right off the bat. It was the shortest of the bunch but I finished it and only watched one episode of Veronica Mars (while eating dinner mind you). I had my heart set on watching Across the Universe but I just got too tied up in my book, and I'm really glad I finished it. I've settled for another listen of the ATU soundtrack though, but it's not as good as the movie.

I'm exhausted.
I <33333333 books.
My feet are cold.

kthxbye.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

We cannot settle for a quick defeat

My mom came to wake me up at 12:28pm ... "I'm going to Menard's, cinnamon rolls on the oven." And then I was out of bed and downstairs before she'd even left, man do I love cinnamon-infused baked goods.

Veronica Mars all day, I really need to get a life. I had an urge to start writing at one point during the afternoon and actually took a break after an episode. I got as far as opening up a Word document and a Firefox window to check Facebook real quick and then the Internet entrapped me with all it's digital splendor and I was gone for an hour without realizing I'd not done what I wanted. By the time I did realize Word was still open my muse was but another stream of dust in the vacuum my addled brain has become. That's probably why my writing is currently better than it has been in quite some time.

Anyways, I watched a new Brunch with Bridget vlog, I just <3 that she was a cheerleader, I know where all that energy sprouted from. She had this other comic Gloria Bigelow on and she was coincidently a cheerleader in high school and college too so the two had pom-poms and wrote cheers about being gay. It was cute and chock full of enough spastic movement to top Bridge's episode with Elizabeth Keener. Lol I saw Keener on a commercial for sliced deli meat, I actually irl lol'd, 'cause I'm so awesome. Oh no my writing is digressing, ah who cares.

A trip to Target produced 6 packs of gum ... for only $4; AMAZING! Oh and also another pair of sweat crop pants. I needed a new backpack (I want to snag a good one before we go to Yellowstone) but Target was mreh on the matter so to a local sporting goods store I will go! I got a phone call from a college buddy right as I got home and we chatted a bit. I think she's going to try and come visit me while I'm at my grandma's the first week of July. That's right, I'm leaving next Sunday for the first week of my vacation.

There will be plenty of beach, but hopefully not plenty of sun burn. Dune buggy rides, movies, antique shopping, horseback riding is also a possibility. It'll be pretty fantastic. We're coming back on the 4th for fireworks at home and then I don't think we're leaving the 5th but there is a possibility that we'll leave that soon for Yellowstone. I have to spend every ounce of my free time this week planning out shite for Yellowstone because I don't think my dad will be doing much, well that is except for paying for everything. :]

I think I'm going to try and get some sleep now and leave Veronica Mars high and dry. I made it through the first season and I'm on episode 3 of the second season, Charisma Carpenter made her guest appearance the last episode so I had a Buffy/Angel flashback, I <3'd Cordelia, not as much as Angel though. Work tomorrow, kill me.

David Boreanaz <3
Late night chocolate <33
K-Bell <333

kthxbye.

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Nothing seems to be changing

12:21pm I actually got out of bed. A solid 11 hours of sleep I should think, pretty damn good for me. Though I had the fortune of waking up with not only a hunger for lunch but also a fantastic new stomach pain. Well that is my acid reflux reprised (lol that's not supposed to be a verb I don't think) it's recurring role in making my day hell. I had this tasty taco/beefy thing for lunch which I'm sure on any other day would've just been super fantastic but I just got to feel shitty for an hour or two.

I about tore up my closet looking for my meds because my closet is the dumping ground for all things college. Found them and I only have one pill left now, I need to go and get some more. Hopefully today will just be a one time thing at least for a while, my acid reflux just sneaks up on me like a ninja. Though it might have something to do with that Mexican food I had last night.

Spent the rest of the day lying in my bed and watching Veronica Mars because I am so freaking awesome. I took a break or two between episodes to surf on the World Wide Web. I re-discovered the William Gibson Cyberpunk library I stumbled upon a couple years back and I've decided once I finally finish the giant as hell book of scifi short stories I'm reading I'll catch up on my cyberpunk. I'm trying to expand my scifi knowledge so I'm thinking that the next scifi genre I want to penetrate (lol) is biopunk, steampunk will follow after that. One of my most favorite books of all time is William Gibson's Neuromancer which I've read a couple of times already, I can never get sick of it.

Anyways, I <3 Veronica Mars still. And Leighton Meester was just on the episode I watched, I miss GG. I heard that the CW might be shutting down or something ridiculous like that because they're not getting enough viewers. If they're not getting enough viewers then how did GG rack up 14 nominations at the Teen Choice Awards?? Whatever.

Oh and Mac finally came into the show, she was my favorite character ... besides Veronica, and I couldn't remember when she became a permanent fixture. It think it's season 2, but I <3 Mac, she's such a nerd I love it.

My favoritest cat in the universe decided that she would switch personalities on me so my hands look really gross at the moment. A little bleeding, but generally it's that the scratches are swollen, doesn't hurt much, kind of painful to look at though.

More K-Bell on the way for me. <333
Fish sandwiches are delicious.
The creek is flooded again.

kthxbye.

Friday, June 20, 2008

Now is the time

10am, chocolate chip Chewy bar, monotonous 3.5-mile bike ride, collapse on floor, cold shower & Attack of the Show! And all before noon, I'm so productive.

I half-watched an episode of Crossing Jordan but mostly surfed around the Internet ... again. I forgot how much time I spend on the Internet when I have nothing to do. I watched YouTube videos of Erin Foley, an episode or two of We're Getting Nowhere on AfterEllen and caught up on a couple blog posts that I missed.

Watched Little Miss Sunshine on my computer 'cause my external kicks some serious ass. After that I started looking around for some good design sites online. I finally found out the name of the lounge chair of my dreams, or at least it's origination. Eames <33. My grandma has one in the basement of her second home and I spend as much time as I possibly can in that thing when I'm up there. It's so comfortable and leather (normally I'm opposed to it but it's so damn fabulous). I want to start an online scrapbook of all the fabulous things I'd love to have in my apartment, 'cause I can guarantee it will be totally kickass ... like me!!

Check it out: http://www.plumen.com/

I found these light bulbs on TreeHugger a while back and I fell in love. They're so funky and just decoration by themselves so hopefully they'll still be in business when I'm ready to buy them. I figured that I should start collecting books for my planned massive library. Every time I go to a garage sale I peruse their book selection, every time I go to Goodwill I check out the books, and of course there are those stores strictly for books. I'm keen on pretty much any book but science fiction is my passion so I think scifi will be the bulk of my planned collection. All the art for my apartment will likely come from DeviantArt 'cause all of the stuff on there is AMAZING and not very expensive.

Maybe when I have free time I'll go to the craft store and buy some canvas covered frames so I can make use of some of my old t-shirts. I've always wanted to created my own artwork and stapling old t-shirts to wooden frames will be my start ... 'cause my drawing has gone to the shit hole, lol.

Went to dinner at Puerto Vallarta's, a local mexican place with fabulous queso, with my mom because she didn't want to cook dinner and I didn't want to eat leftovers. :]

Anyways, I just finished watching 4 straight episodes of Veronica Mars. I downloaded all three seasons before I left school and I've been meaning to start watching them because I loved that show so much. Veronica was my hero, and Kristen Bell is a hot tamale, as Elle in Heroes? Oh goodness, knockout.

So I'm going to watch more now and then probably pass out. Last night I went to bed at midnight 'cause I didn't have anything to do, but then I got about 9.5 hours of solid sleep, except I had to go to the bathroom at 4am. I forgot how weird it is to walk around without my glasses on.

Anyways, more Mars, the last episode I watched had Damone's "Now Is The Time" in the ending so I was pleasantly surprised. One of the tattoos I plan on getting includes a summation of Damone lyrics from "When You Live": Live with your soul / Love with your heart. Purty innit?

I <3 Veronica Mars.
Hayden Panettiere has a kind of annoying singing voice.
Strawberry milkshakes are delicious.

kthxbye.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Fingerprints

7:40am once again. Rice crispies for breakfast and also a cookie, it was so tempting with those pretty red sprinkles ... delicious.

Got to work and immediately started in on the binders. Put massive amounts of papers into individual plastic sleeves and organized tabs, so much fun. Went to lunch downtown to a pizza place called Bazbeaux's, it was soo good. I had a slice of sausage and a side salad with creamy cucumber dressing. After lunch my mom and I stopped by this store called At Home In The City, it's got all these quirky items for your home, decorations and all that jazz. They've got a section called Silver In The City which is all silver jewelry so I was in heaven. My mom and I spent 10 minutes looking at rings and she bought me and early b-day present, it's a braided ring, and I love it to pieces. I feel kind of weird wearing a ring though 'cause I haven't worn one in such a long time it feels funny to having something on my finger.

Went back to work and put together the actual binders and then sleeved some more papers and did some more tabs, more binders too. I read an article on Lisa Edelstein and her doggy, such a pretty fluff ball, kind of looked like an Alaskan Malamute, but it didn't say in the article what he was.

I listened to Katy Perry's new album maybe 4 times today but I listened to Charlotte Sometimes' new album more than 5 times. Charlotte Sometimes has a song called "Losing Sleep" that I love to death and that girl has some amazing pipes, can't wait to see her at Warped Tour.

Did some minor surfing on the Internet when I got home and had some excellent Chinese (that my mom made, from frozen stuff of course) for dinner. I watched an episode of The Office (I <3 Michael) and then watched Last Comic Standing and I saw Erin Foley (I <3 her too). Watched this weird show called Fear something or other, it had Jack Carter from Eureka on it, I think that's the only reason I watched.

I keep forgetting that So You Think You Can Dance is on so I don't know any of the dancers, I even missed the results show tonight. Maybe I'll remember next week. Semi-finals of Last Comic Standing is next Thursday so I'm definitely going to watch that.

I'm watching Kathy Griffin My Life on the D List right now, I <3 Kathy Griffin.

Strawberry shortcake is delicious.
MTV is actually good in the morning.
My stomach hurts, rawr!

kthxbye.