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Tuesday, March 9th, 2004
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1:51 pm - meh.
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my throat hurts today. i was getting that precold feeling last night at the stitch-n-bitch, and sure enough when i woke up this morning it's all scratchy. i had 16 oz of orange juice and a luna bar for breakfast and just finished some tomato soup and crackers, all in hopes of beating it down. i hate being sick.
and i keep a lot of packaged food at work in case i forget my lunch and so i don't have to store it all at home since we have no space. i opened a box of capri sun drink pouches and one of the ten had a puncture or open a seam and it leaked out, leaving a little trail of mold >_< blech!
knitting was cool, though. i got rides to-and-fro from N. i'm pretty much done with the body of my french market bag, i just have to start the handles, then felt it. and this morning i found a nifty pattern for starting toe-up socks (figure-eight toe, from knitty.com) so i might rip out the one i started last month and start over since i'm not too far along yet. i also mentioned to the girls that if the weather is nice this weekend we should have a picknit ^_^
on my lunch break i tried to read this sartre book from the library but it made my brain hurt so i'm taking it back (i should look into some of his novels instead) and picking up a knitting book on hold after work.
current mood:  sore-throaty
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| Monday, March 8th, 2004
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12:49 pm - mia
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wow, i haven't been on lj in a week. i'll make a real update once i'm caught up on everyone else's journals, but i will say that the weather is glorious today. it's 60*. i could have eaten my lunch outside, but i don't have a watch on and i didn't want to be late getting back to work.
current mood:  sunny
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| Friday, February 27th, 2004
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8:41 am - netflix 18mo anniversary
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i had my entire rental history sent to me to see how many movies i've rented in my 18 months with netflix (lomo just canceled after only 1 year! she ran out of movies to watch! *mind boggles*)
i checked after my first year and had 141, that's about 11.75 movies per month. this time i'm at 236, which is 13.1 movies per month ^_^ so i'm totally getting my money's worth. *hugs netflix* and i've still got 100+ in my queue! (have i mentioned that i hate the word "queue"? lol)
( all 236 titles )
and i had only seen one of those prior to renting through netflix (interview with the vampire).
i am a movie whore, lol.
current mood:  surprised
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| Thursday, February 26th, 2004
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11:55 am - the 9th wonder of the modern world
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dude, i have no idea how i did this, but there's a paperclip sitting on it's edge on my desk. i'm trying not to knock it over. i unclipped something and just tossed it aside and somehow it stood on it's edge. too bad i don't have a camera on me to share, lol.
lomo should be in-flight right now. i'll see her tomorrow.
i updated my desktop to spring already, i found a wallpaper of some close-up cherry blossoms, a floating pink rose screensaver and a bee cursor ^_^ it's so cute how the bee floats around the flowers, lol.
still not sure what to wear to the wedding on sunday (yes, they're getting married on leap day, lol). would it be better to wear a warm, long skirt and sweater or a less-warm dress and cardigan?? i don't know the weather forecast but if it's like today it'll hover around 50*, so i want to be warm but don't want to look frumpy. i might flirt with the bride's brother, lol. we had french class together in high school (the brother and i) and i haven't seen him in ages, he was always fun though we didn't interact much outside of le francais. but i heard he got really religious in college so he might be less fun now, LOL.
lomo and i are going to be da'bomb next week. look out seattle! lol. no boys will be able to resist our buttery-frosting-hair ^_^
current mood: cheerful
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| Monday, February 23rd, 2004
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2:21 pm - subway sucks my butt
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so my dad eats at subway a lot for lunch and he gives me filled up cards for free sandwiches. i went to redeem one today (which my dad gave me probably a year ago, lol) and the guy who rang me up said oh we don't use these anymore but i can give you a discount. so i got a 6" veggie sandwich and a medium soda for about $1.84, which wasn't too bad. but i went online to see their new points program at www.mysubwaycard.com and it is total bull crap!
you get one point per dollar spent, and it takes 60 points to get a 6" sandwich! the old system gave you a free 6" sandwich with 6 stamps. that would be equal to $10/stamp and none of their stupid sandwiches costs $10! what a freaking rip off. with all the sub-sandwich chains there are now, subway is like the kmart of sub-sandwiches so you'd figure they'd give you a better deal, not a worse one.
the only time i ever ate at subway anyway was to use my dad's stamps, so i have absolutely no reason to eat there ever again. and i was irritated with them anyway for promoting that atkins crapola, so whatever.
suck my butt, subway corporation.
current mood:  annoyed
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| Friday, February 20th, 2004
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2:18 pm - crazy catlady to-be
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man, i'm totally going to turn into a crazy cat lady. the first thing i say when i get home is "meowmeow" to my roommate's cats. i talk to them too, and if i'm not talking to them i'll talk to myself and one of the cats, pierre, will catch me and give me a funny look. i think he's spying on me, lol. and if he's not spying on me, then he must be judging me, LOL. but he licks his butt so i won't take it personally.
still, i can't wait to get a cat of my own. i want a fluffy, chubby one, just like this, i'll name him fernando, and i'll put our names on the answering machine and knit him little toys. if he doesn't mind wearing a hat i can knit us matching hats, then i can get a babycarrier and take him for walks in our matching hats. and i'll whisper to him in italian and we'll watch birds and glare at people who judge us (since we know that means they probably lick their butts too).
this post is brought to you by crystalline fructose.
current mood:  crazy
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9:52 am - why didn't i think of this?
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dude, like two years ago i said i wanted a t-shirt that says "renaissance chick" and now someone's writing a book about "renaissance souls"
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| Wednesday, February 18th, 2004
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4:07 pm - blahs list
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i'm feeling a little blah so i decided to make a short list of things i'm thankful for to cheer myself up:
* fluffy kitties who snuggle up next to you on the couch and purr
* lasagna with lots of cheese
* tulips
* netflix dvd rentals
* rainbows (i saw a kickass rainbow yesterday, it was there for just a minute, super bright on one end, and i could see the entire thing)
* cellos
* wind playing with my hair
current mood:  blah
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8:46 am - caramel pimpage
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i bought this "international coffees" mix on a whim and i lovelovelove it. it's "creme caramel". if you like caramel you should check it out.
saw "underworld" yesterday (couldn't miss kate beckinsale with a gun, lol) and it was surprisingly less-bad than i was expecting. i thought it would be horrible (*points to "reign of fire"*). but it totally irks me when movies have such a blatant sequel setup at the end. i much prefer sequels/series like indiana jones or james bond where each movie can stand on it's own.
i had a funny realization while watching the movie - vampires/wooden stakes and werewolves/silver bullets are like achilles and his heal: inhumanly strong with one main weakness. i was wondering how else that would relate, but then i thought more about it and it seems that most modern mythic figures have something similar - superman/kryptonite, etc. i find that interesting.
lasagna is yummy. even when i make it half-assed, it still tastes good, lol. i am very thankful to whomever invented the bake-ready noodles which you don't have to boil first.
current mood: bored
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| Sunday, February 15th, 2004
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9:46 am - detox update
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so the detox went well up until 2p yesterday, that was 6 hours into day 1. then i was feeling pretty hungry and my list said i was supposed to have grapes. no, grapes would not have filled me up for sure. so i broke down and had a normal lunch and dinner. this morning i'm feeling hungry too so i think i'll skip day two all together, but i'll try again next month and prepare better so that i have a simple (light-on-the-system) snack if i need one next time.
the drinking 8oz every hour was funny, i literally had to pee every hour, so if you try a detox for the first time, do it at home so you'll be near the potty just in case.
so today, instead of detoxing, i'm going to work on my crochet afghan for lomo, but i don't have enough chenille to finish it so i'll go to the store and pick some up along with some discounted after-vday candy ^_^
boba is supposed to call me, our dinner was really nice, i miss hanging out with her, and we might go to a movie today.
current mood:  creative
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| Friday, February 13th, 2004
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11:07 am - i actually have plans tonight ;P
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my friend boba is in town visiting this weekend and we're having dinner/drinks tonight. we used to live together back in '98/'99, we graduated college together, and then she moved to ucdavis in '01 to go to law school. i think she's only been back once since she left, and i only got to see her briefly with other friends so we had no quality time, but i should have her all to myself this evening and we can sit and bitch about boys, lol.
my new hair cut is beginning to please me. i've gotten lots of comments from coworkers who like it. i found out accidentally that it actually looks better when i don't try to style it. tuesday i was running late so i just toweled my hair dry and rushed out the door, didn't brush it or gel it or anything, and it looked great, lol. wavy but not puffy, and not hanging in my eyes so i look like a sheepdog. so it's actually less maintenance than when my hair was longer and i perpetually put it up in a simple twist before work. and it's so thick and bouncy, tickling my neck, which i like, though i don't like the hair getting in my eyes/nose/mouth. maybe i'll remember to take a picture of it this weekend to share.
little rant: ( Read more... )
anyway, other than that i'm in a good mood today, friday the 13th be damned. since i've got the short hair going on i decided to start wearing eye makeup to work again (i've gotten pretty lazy and usually only bother with a little concealer and face powder) so i look hot today, lol. it's surprising what difference a little eye shadow can make, i didn't have time for even mascara. too bad boba will be the only one to bask in my hotness ;P
current mood:  content
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| Thursday, February 12th, 2004
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4:05 pm - archiving/client question
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if i want to download all my old posts (pre-04, about 825 total), including avatars and comments, and then delete all the posts, which client would you recommend using?? i want to put them on a cdrw for posterity, and i don't want to have to copy/paste each one.
current mood:  curious
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11:41 am - reading
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i think i'll finish middlemarch tomorrow. i've got about 70-or so pages to go, so reading on my lunch hours today and tomorrow should be enough, but so far there's a lot going on and her (george eliot's) writing is very wordy, so i'm predicting an abrupt ending. so far i'm enjoying the novel, but i want to strangle one of the characters, lol (rosamond is such a stupid little stephanie, LOL).
i'm not sure what to read next. roomie lent me a book, i forget the title, but it's a recent work about two indian (i think) sisters and their struggle in a patriarchal society. i also bought vanity fair, three guesses why ;), but that one's long, and i was thinking i'd read something non-victorian next to mix it up, but i saw a preview for the movie version starring reese witherspoon so i want to read it before it's released in theatres . . . bah, so i'm undecided, lol.
not sure what to have for dinner tonight either, i think i'll go grocery shopping after work to pick up the rest of my detox stuff as well as usual items. i think i have the fixin's for lasagna, so that's an option, but i'm leaning more toward something quick . . .
had a dream about GB last night, which was weird. i don't remember ever dreaming about him before, and i was kind of annoyed because i asked my sub-conscious to dream about P, lol (i read somewhere that if you ask yourself to dream something it sometimes works, and i've done it once or twice so far).
usually i get jazzed over any little holiday simply for the candy stuffs that go with it, but i have zero interest in valentines candy this year. i was at the drug store the other day to pick up some barrettes for my short hair and went down the candy aisle thinking i'd want something, but no. no cravings at all. perhaps it was from my chip incident the other week. or perhaps it's because i'm getting ready to do this detox. but it feels weird to not want candy, lol.
it is so unbelievably nice outside. the sky is clear blue. last night on my way home from work it was feeling less cold, weatherbug said it was 61* but i don't believe it. it made me a little melancholy that i don't have a sweetie to saunter around in the niceness. it's easier to be a hermit when the sky is grey.
it occurred to me this morning that i'll more than likely stay in my current apartment alone after roomie moves in aug/sept. a two-bedroom to my self might finally get me organized (i could set up my easel and sewing machine!), and i'll definitely have to stick to a budget to afford it, but that beats having to move again and apartment hunt, etc. especially since i would probably be spending nearly that much anyway on a smaller place. if i pace myself, i've got six months to prepare and save up . . .
current mood: calm
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| Tuesday, February 10th, 2004
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2:16 pm - weekend plans
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saturday is valentines, and my first impulse was to buy some wine and chocolates and watch cheesy movies all day while gorging on said wine and chocolates since i don't have a valentine this year and no single friends in the area to keep me company.
but, i've been considering doing a detox for a while now and i think i'll do that this weekend instead, since monday is a holiday and that'll give me two days to detox and a day of buffer before getting back into my normal routine.
( what is a detox, you ask? )
current mood:  contemplative
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| Monday, February 9th, 2004
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10:17 am - hair cut
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so i finally cut my hair. it's shorter than i had in mind (the longest parts dust my collar bone but i can't make a real ponytail), but not bad. i'm getting used to it. a few people at work did the aahitssocute bit, so i guess it doesn't look bad, i did it myself so i'm sure it's not even, but it's layeredy and my hair is wavy so it's hard to tell. i'm not sure what to do with it at the gym yet, i used to do a ponytail and that's not an option now, and i hate the look of headbands but i might have to suck it up and get one since barrettes might not hold if i'm doing something aerobic.
i did a 50-min pilates tape yesterday instead of going to the gym since i didn't feel like going outside, and there are a few exercises where you have to rock back and forth along your back, now one shoulder and my butt-bone hurt :P i guess my mat isn't cushioned enough.
lomo will be here in 16 days. fun fun. roomie got the kitties a new carpeted post, it has two platforms for them to lay on and one tube-thing to hide in. they love it.
stitch-n-bitch knit-up tonight. i have too many projects going, as usual.
current mood:  busy
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| Friday, February 6th, 2004
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9:52 am - so tired . . .
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up late again last night, after the knit party one of the girls, Nichole, invited me to go with her to the art walk, which happens the first Th of every month. i've meant to check it out for ages but never got around to it. crazy evening. i've always wondered what goes on in those ex-warehouses near the alaskan way viaduct on the waterfront. it was like a movie, we met up with a friend of Nic's, this group of noisy italians including the friend's boyfriend was going to a party, we walked a few blocks down to this building which looked like an industrial warehouse, walked in through the truck load/unload door, up some stairs to this cool, dark apartment where there were hipsters sitting on plush couches, sipping wine, double-cheek-kissing, with soft music playing and candles flickering. Nic & i had some wine and then went back to the art walk, up in this other industrial building which was full of artist studios, all the doors were open, you just walked in and out and up and down looking at all their work. we bumped into more people Nic knew, i think one of the guys liked me but i'm too into P to flirt with anyone else, she talked them into going back with her to her friend and the weird italians, but by then it was almost 11p and i said i ought to get going since i have to work today, Nic gave me $5 and hailed a cab (she had driven me from the knit party to downtown and was going to give me a ride home) and i went home and fell into bed again. now my right knee is bothering me, probably from standing for almost five consecutive hours last night :P
but the knit party was cool too, champagne and little cupcakes, cool knit items, and the store sells some drool-worthy yarn. i ended up spending $80, lol, yarn to make a felted tote bag ($25), a pair of socks ($20!) and a loopy mohair sweater ($35) ^_^
i might be meeting another knitster on sunday to help her pick out some beginner supplies at a different yarn store in the u-dist, i'm hoping i won't spend any more money but this other store also has supplies for spinning . . .
current mood:  tired
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| Thursday, February 5th, 2004
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3:13 pm - yarnin' up a storm
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still no news on the P front, but i've been busy with the stitch-n-bitch group. i met three girls after work yesterday and we knit for about two hours, one of them left at 7p and then the cafe closed so we started to split up to go home, but one of the gals and i were going to wait at the same busstop until she suggested we go over to the pink door for a drink first. it was this cute little restaurant and bar, with a live vocalist and jazz guitarist. we did a little more knitting and had some wine. i finally got home around 10p and fell into bed.
tonight there is an event at one of the better yarn stores in town, sort of a fashion show of new yarns, and some of the girls are planning to meet up there too. there are two shows, one at 5:30p and 7p, at first i was going to go to the 5:30 one right after work, but now it looks like most of the group is going at 7p so i have to make up my mind, or go to both. they'll have complimentary cupcakes and champagne ^_^
current mood: busy
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| Tuesday, February 3rd, 2004
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11:36 am - primary results?
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does anyone know when/where the primary results today will be posted online? i looked at msnbc, abc, cbs and cnn and they have articles about the seven states up today but they don't have any results . . .
also, i used to have a desktop news ticker, it must have been on my old work computer because i can't find it and don't remember where i got it. i didn't use it everyday, since it got annoying and distracting, but it would come in handy today . . . does anyone know where i can get another one? freeware with as few ads as possible?
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| Sunday, February 1st, 2004
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1:52 pm - the secretary
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i finally saw "the secretary". i have never liked james spader, which is probably why it took me so long to rent, but i must state emphatically that i didn't dislike him in this, lol. something about his face, maybe his eyes, always creeps me out, but in this movie his creepiness was really on target, LOL. i'd say check it out, but don't watch it with your parents, lol.
i also watched "finding nemo" yesterday for the first time, lol. i didn't pair the two on purpose, that's just how netflix sent 'em.
i didn't go to the gym this morning because this chest congestion is back, and the heavy breathing involved with aerobics didn't appeal to me in between coughing fits :P the congestion first arrived on jan 14th or so, and it's been on and off since then. i only have one more dose of advil cold & sinus, and i'm saving it in case i can't sleep tonight.
yesterday i crocheted a draw-string shoulder bag to hold my knitting, and i put each project into a large, zippered plastic storage bag so the needles and things don't slide out of the crocheting, lol. i'm down to four separate projects: lomo's afghan blanket, a pair of socks (one done, just started number two), a hand bag (half-way done with the bottom, working up), and a sweater (started a few inches of one sleeve). i think i'll work on the socks at the stitch-n-bitch tomorrow night.
my stupid tax return wasn't deposited into my account yesterday, so it had better be there by this friday, or else i won't have any money for food (unless i charge it and i reallyreallyreally don't want to do that) . . .
one more hour to kill before the rq unsuperbowl party ^_^
oh, and my library card arrived yesterday. i'll come up with a list of a few books and head down in the next week or so to try it out ^_^
current mood: bored
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| Wednesday, January 28th, 2004
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2:38 pm
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okay, now i'm having food cravings . . .
what should i get at the bookstore?
Poll #240273 what should i get to satisfy my cravings?
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: Allsweets: salty: write-in suggestion:
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