this is it :)

State Motto: Alaska: 11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong!
Music: Widespread Panic - Love Tractor

Found $10 in the bottom of my purse today when I was cleaning it out to transfer stuff to my new purse. Rawk. Also, the boss at work turned off the Christmas music for me that plays over the loud speakers 'cause he knows I hate it. It was weird to hear how silent our store actually is. Since no one shops there.

Work is trying to enforce the dress code a bit more. No more maroon shirts, they must be red, the color of our vests. What a load of crap. Maroon was fine before. I only have like, three shirts that are useable at work now because of this. I told my manager I would need a raise if they were going to do that. I don't think he took me seriously. "Land's End has some really nice polos in the spring time." Fuck that shit.

'Sides, I don't think I'll be working there much longer. I know I've said that before, but when I get back from TN in a week or so, I'm going to toddle on over to Wal*Mart and see what's goin' on over there. My sis says there's a "hiring freeze" after the holidays, which I can understand 'cause it's a slow time for retail, but I figure with the Super Wal*Mart in the makings, they could probably use some new employees soon.

Basically I'm sitting here waiting for an hour to roll by. What do I do to pass the time? I'm trying to come up with a list in my head of all the things I need to bring. That's usually not the best way for me to do things, but since I didn't write a list out beforehand, oh well. Guess if I need something that bad, I can get it in TN or the airport. I'm scared to fall asleep for any length of time, as I might not get back up. I took a 2 hour nap when I got home from work and then started packing for the trip 'cause I put that off 'til the last minute (as usual). That and I don't want to mess up my hair. I'll have plenty of opportunity to do that while sleeping upright in a chair that barely reclines on an airplane. Yeah.

I was trying to decide if Ben was going to come with me, but it turns out I really just don't have enough room for him. I'm sorry Ben! The luggage I bought just wasn't big enough for him. I shall miss you.

One more day :D

State Motto: Alabama: Hell Yes, We Have Electricity
Music: Lipps Inc. - Funkytown

Well, less than 24 hours until I embark on my journey halfway across the country. Yay! Turns out I only have to work until 10pm, not 11pm. And starting in January, we shall only be open until 9pm. That makes me so happy :)

Also, I finally got a new internal piece to my cell phone so I can use my hands free thing again. I hate trying to talk on the phone and drive at the same time. So that's awesome. It was a spare part from an old phone of the same model as mine, and whoever had it before must've been deaf as all get out, 'cause the volume on that sucker was loud. I had to write down all my contacts in my cell phone from the old internal piece, and then transfer them into the new one once I got it back. Yikes. That took forever.

Seeing as my license plate purse is made of metal and blunt and has a few sharp edges, I don't think I'll be able to get it onto an airplane. So I had to go buy a new purse. Finding a new purse is hard enough. Finding one that you're only going to use for 8 days...somehow...even more difficult. Called the airport to find out if it would be okay yesterday. The first lady I talked to said, "I think you'd have a problem getting that onto an airplane," but then she transferred me to the head of security or something like that, and he said that he didn't think it would be a problem, but that it really just depended on the security guards on duty that day and what they thought. He also said I could put it on my luggage that goes under the plane. No thanks.

Also, cleaning my apartment is quite the task. I need to do a better job of keeping it clean for most of the time instead of just cleaning it once every month or whenever I have someone coming over (which is probably about once a month...).

Lyrics

Music: Jalan Crossland - A Minstrel's Wage

I just liked this part of the song...thought it kinda fit me lol.

Well I'm dreadfully lazy, independently poor
Sit on my ass 'til it's calloused and sore
And strum this guitar in spite of it all
Be it in passion or simply petulant gall

Maroon 5 - Sunday Morning

This song just makes me melt every time I hear it. I love, love, love it. Wes says it sounds like Jamiriquois, but I think he's on crack.

Sunday morning, rain is falling 

Steal some covers, share some skin 

Clouds are shrouding us in moments unforgettable 

You twist to fit the mold that I am in 

But things just get so crazy, 

Living life gets hard to do 

And I would gladly hit the road, get up and go if I knew 

That someday it would lead me back to you 

That someday it would lead me back to you 



That may be all I need 

In darkness she is all I see 

Come and rest your bones with me 

Driving slow on Sunday morning 

And I never want to leave 



Fingers trace your every outline 

Paint a picture with my hands 

Back and forth we sway like branches in a storm 

Change the weather still together when it ends 



That may be all I need 

In darkness she is all I see 

Come and rest your bones with me 

Driving slow on Sunday morning 

And I never want to leave 



You may not know

That may be all I need 

In darkness she is all I see 

Oh, come and rest your bones with me 

Driving slow, driving slow (all I need, all I see)

oh yeah yeah oh yeah yeah oh yeah yeah (bones with me)

I'm a flower in your hair

yeah yeah, yeah yeah

sad news

Music: The Judds - Love Can Build a Bridge

I just found out from an old high school friend of mine that someone I graduated with was in a pole vaulting accident back in September, and was paralyzed. He was a popular guy in school, a jock, and definitely could be a jerk...but no one deserves that. I was friends with his step sister during high school, so I kind of knew him through her. Kind of. And another tragedy in the family; his step-dad, my friend's dad, was t-boned in his car while on duty (he's a cop) and barely survived the crash. I believe this happened this month because at Christmas church service Friday night, a prayer was said for him, but I didn't find out what happened until tonight that had us praying for him.

I think they're both going to be okay, but I don't know many details about either incident, just what my friend told me. Just makes me realize how fortunate I am to have never been in any kind of accident with all the stupid-slash-dangerous things I do, including skydiving, climbing up steep rock faces with no gear, crossing the street with my head down, driving down the Interstate at 90+ mph, travelling halfway across the country on an airplane by myself (to meet someone I didn't know in person), and probably tons of other things. I'm not exactly the most careful person in the world. Kinda puts a damper on things, and will probably make me think a little more carefully about the things I do...y'know?

Anyway, I hate to be a downer, but that was just shocking news to me, even though none of you know who I'm talking about...

tra la la la la

Doing some serious spacing out. Actually, I just wanted a halfway decent picture of my hair color...since it won't stay red for long. And damn...I'm really white.

Little better...

Yeah, so I only know 10 notes...Bite me.

Time for a NEW picture

Me and my guitar. Sorry for the poor quality of the picture, my zoom sucks. I need a new camera...If only I hadn't spent $200 on a guitar...Hmmmm

Happy holidays everyone!

Music:

Got home this afternoon for Christmas with the family. We had spaghetti (per my request), went to church, and opened presents when we got home. I know, I know, it's not Christmas yet. Well, it is NOW, but it wasn't when we opened presents, but we just felt like it. That way we can all sleep in Saturday morning. Yay.

From Mom, I got a vacuum cleaner, from Dad, a subwoofer and set of speakers for my laptop 'cause it has really crappy sound all by itself. Love it. Also from Dad, a tool kit because I desperately needed one when I first moved into the apartment, and I asked for something "practical" for Christmas, and that definitely fits the bill. From Sister, a foot tub thing with massagers, bubbles, and heat, plus a pedicure kit to go along with it. From Amy, an angel bear figurine.

I got Wes' CD in the mail yesterday. Hand addressed, my last name spelled wrong, and "Merry Christmas!" scrawled across the package. Made my day. I immediately opened the CD (for my boyfriend) and listened to it. Then I brought it home so my dad could burn a copy of it, which is exactly what I'm going to do when I get back to my apartment :). Wes knew what I was getting him and said that it would be okay if the present was already opened and used when he got it haha. Great. 'Cause I was going to do it, anyway.

Just wanted to wish everyone happy holidays, Merry Christmas, all that good junk :D

more snow!

Music: Phantom Planet - California

Well, it looks like we're going to have a white Christmas after all. I know I've said that before, but this morning it was all sunny and looked like it might melt again. Turns out that we got a ton of snow tonight. Not as much as my friend Peat in Ohio got, but enough to make it slickery.

I had to go get the carts from out of the parking lot tonight a couple times in the snow. Good thing I brought my big coat and had and mittens and stuff...otherwise I would not have been very happy.

One of the managers at work makes me so mad. She's the one who got after me about my white shoes when one of her girls has PINK shoes. Neither of which are BLACK...and she doesn't get after HER girl. Anyway, tonight she came through my line to get dinner, and I was chewing on a caramel, and she goes "Are you eating up here??" like I wasn't supposed to be. Uhhh, EVERY time I talk to her she's always got a peice of hard candy stuck in her mouth, clackin' it around her teeth like my sister always does with her tongue ring. Grr. She makes me so mad sometimes.

Right now I'm watching the movie Spun with Jason Schwartzman (the drummer for Phantom Planet) in it...it's about methamphetamines and all the people who are involved...if you haven't seen it, it's kinda cool, but really fucked up.

I don't have to retake biology!!!

Music: Jennifer Sanders - I Need A Hero

3 Bs and 1 C...pretty good, eh? I thought so. Got rid of that D from last year, and my cumulative GPA is almost 2.9! I've taken 91 credit hours and 36 classes. Busy girl. I'll only have 12 credits again next year, but I'll be taking some summer courses as well, so that will help. And I need to get my rear in gear and get into the College of Ed. Should have done that last year, I think, 'cause it's getting to the point now that all the classes I have to take after next semester will require me to be in the College of Ed.

We finally got some snow tonight. And thank goodness it wasn't that snow that sticks to everything, and it didn't turn to ice first so I didn't have to scrape my windows when I got off work, I just had to dust the very light, powdery, sparkly snow off my car. Yay. We'll have a white Christmas after all. Even though I dispise snow.

I finally got to meet Jill's boyfriend (not sure if they're official yet, but that's what we'll call him for now) tonight, as they came into work so I could meet him. Jill is right, he's a very handsome boy and seemed quite nice. They looked very happy together, and I'm really happy for her, she deserves someone who's good to her.

Sold 2 more digital cameras tonight plus some memory cards to go with them...over $400. Go me. I sold them the cheaper cameras 'cause they didn't look like they were real certain about spending over $200 per camera for their kids, so I figured the lesser priced Pentax Optio would be better for them, and I think they did, too.

Finally got a new battery for my cell phone. The one I had had been recalled because of something or other. Don't think my phone was in any danger of blowing up while I was using it, but hopefully this battery will last longer than 15 minutes when I have it unplugged before it decides it's going to die.

Oh, Shaun of the Dead and Napoleon Dynamite are out on video now, I should rent them. They both look really funny. And who can resist a movie with llamas?? (Everyone knows they loved The Emperor's New Groove, right Jill?)

Anyway, that's enough for tonight. I've learned 8 whole notes on my guitar and can play Yankee Doodle Dandy, Ode to Joy, and Jingle Bells. I rawk.

'Night!

Grades

Music: Shrek 2 soundtrack - Changes

Well, most of my grades are in now, I'm just waiting on the Biology professor to put up that grade. I have 2 Bs, K-8 Music Methods, which I mentioned yesterday, and Music Appreciation, and a C in my Earth and Physical Science class, which kinda sucks, 'cause I got a B in the first half of the semester...so I wonder what went wrong on the test? He probably graded it really super hard even though nothing was explained really clearly in the class discussions. Grr. So now I'm waiting for my Bio grade, which I'm thinking...B. Maybe "hoping" is a better word.

But, so far I don't have to take anything over again! Yay!

Oh, and we got our first bit of snow this morning/last night. Not sure when, but it was there when I got up around noon today. But there wasn't even enough of it to stick to the streets and sidewalks. We're supposed to get a little more snow tomorrow, Tuesday, but who knows how long that stuff's gonna stick around. I just hope we don't get a bunch of snow the night/morning I have to drive to the airport...

work sucks

Man, I hate working during the holidays. I'm always scheduled to work out on the floor, but half an hour after I've arrived, they always pull me up to the registers for a couple of hours because no one schedules enough cashiers up front. Makes me mad.

The Softlines manager had called me up to the front just as I was beginning to help a customer in Electronics, so I ignored the page because I was busy helping someone and wasn't going to just abandon him. Then the Electronics manager, Tristan, went into the back to see if we had any more of this portable DVD player that the guy was interested in. While Tristan was in the back, the Softlines manager called me and yelled at me for not coming up to the registers right away. It was bullshit. So then I was all pissy for the next hour or so. That was fun.

I was really super tired, too, so I took a caffiene pill that I'd put in my pocket like, a month ago. I was so jittery and shakey for the next hour or so after I took that...It was weird, I thought I was going to get sick or something.

It was just a poopy day. I think tomorrow I am going to try, yet again, to get renter's insurance, mail out Christmas gifts, and do absolutely nothing because I don't work :) Oh, and I'm learning a lot on my guitar, like figuring out how to tune it all by myself with a tuner (since I've never used one and it didn't come with instructions lol) and I've learned three notes and a couple songs, but I couldn't tell you the notes in any particular order...or what their names are, except...four of them. Out of six. That's not bad.

OH! And I just found out that I have a B in my K-8 Music Methods class that I dispised so much. That just made my day so much better!

Awww crap

Music: Ben Harper - Strawberry Fields Forever (I Am Sam soundtrack)

Thanks everyone for the "end of semester happiness." I hope everyone who reads this and is in school did as well (or better) as I did on their finals! And for those of you who aren't in school...more power to ya lol. (As long as you graduated first and didn't just drop out.)

Anyway. I just got my holiday schedule for work. I work LATE the day before Christmas Eve, and EARLY the day after Christmas, so that means I will get to spend Xmas Eve and Xmas at home, but only those days. Oh well. Just glad that I have Christmas Eve off. I also realized that I have to work 'til 11pm the night before I fly to see Wes, and that I have to leave at 4 the next morning to get to the airport on time. YUCK. I hope Amy drives me there haha. And that I sleep through most of my flights, 'cause I bet I do. That's gonna suck.

But, I have a fun-filled day of work and "up to 50% off" sales to deal with tomorrow and Sunday, so I shall be off to bed. Happy Weekend everyone!

dum duh duh duh duh DONNNNNNNE

Music: Harry Chapin - 30,000 Pounds of Bananas

My dad yesterday was very insistant that I download this song by Harry Chapin, and Six String Orchestra by him because when he plays guitar in the 2nd song, It's all out of tune. He said I'd appreciate it lol. Then he sent me Six String Orchestra in an email. Plus pictures of the kitties playing in a shopping bag. Maybe I'll put those up later. Dad might get mad 'cause they're pictures that he took. So we'll see.

I am officially done with school for this semester. I got up this morning to take my Biology final at 8am, was done by 8:20am and came back home to get some sleep. Sleep, my favorite thing to do! I'll get to do it a lot more now that school's out 'cause I always work in the afternoons and never come in before Noon. That so rocks.

Guitar is going slowly. I've come to the decision that I just need a tuner. That seems to be the root of all my problems. Grant at work said he had one I could use, but I don't know if/when I could get it from him...hmmm.

Tenderness

Music: Radney Foster and Pat Green - Texas in 1880

Man, do my fingers hurt. And does tuning a guitar by ear suck, or what?

Also, no food sucks. And finals at 8am suck.

But, I did get to go shopping today with the family and Amy in Rapid City, so that was fun. I got myself a Starter's Guitar Kit, a new pair of black pants for work, new pair of sneakers, Rollercoaster Tycoon 2, and some pajamas. Then my sister got me a bubbling foot spa thingie to soak my feet in with some lotions and stuff for a "self pedicure" for Christmas. I got her a Pacman game for her PS2 that she wanted so badly. I still need to get Amy and my dad their presents. I got Lacey someting really cool that I think she'll like a lot, I just need to get her address so I can send it to her.

I'm almost done with finals, I have 12 days 'til I get to go see Wes, things are going well between us again, and I should be getting some more hours at work, so that will be good.

I haven't written my first song yet :P but I did learn the beginning to a couple of different songs, and hopefully with my starter's kit, I'll be able to do a lot better. :)

UPS

Music: Jimmy Eat World - Work

The UPS place just called me to tell me that my package was in, but the label was scratched really bad so they needed to verify the information. And that my guitar will be delivered today :D YAY! Happy, happy, joy, joy.

I woke up at like, 7am lol.

I have declared today National Laundry Day, which means I need to find some quarters because I only have enough for one load of laundry. Good thing I sold my books back yesterday. Well, one book because I keep my books for my major, and sell back the gen. ed. ones. It was Tuesday, the second day to sell your books back, and they were already full of the Biology book! I'll have to sell it back next semester or something. But my Music book was worth $43.50, so that was not too shabby, considering they usually rip you off. Probably a good thing I don't remember how much I paid for it in the first place...

I seem to have misplaced my hairbrush, and I have a freckle that's a nuisance. It's not bigger than a pencil eraser, it's not irregularly shaped, and it's not irregularly colored. But, it's itchy, tender, and I think I itched the first layer of brown off of it. Hope it's nothing serious.

Well, I must be off, to sit and await the arrival of my guitar. Patiently.

*Update*
3 and a half hours later, and it's still not here. *sigh*

There's no crying in baseball!!

Haven't posted in a few days. Kinda busy with finals and all that good stuff. I have half of them taken care of already, I take one more tomorrow, and the last on Friday. Then it's work work work for Andrea.

Went to Applebee's tonight with Amy for some appetizers, desserts, and a drink. Good combination, right? Then a few hours later we went to the pancake feed for the students who needed a study break. Pancakes and weiners. Mmm mmm good. Oh, that's Campbell's Soup, sorry.

My guitar was shipped today, it's in Kansas City, Kansas, which I think is about 10 hours from here. So hopefully it will be here in the next couple days.

Don't have to wake up early tomorrow. Yay! And tonight, a ninja said I was beautiful. Oh, and I'm watching A League of Their Own, hence the title (and my MSN screen name). I guess I haven't been really exciting lately, I apologize. Not enough turmoil in my life, apparently, since that's about the only thing I write about. I just can't wait 'til my guitar gets here and I have something to do over winter break. Wee!

Hopefully I'll be more fun next time :) Happy studying!

YAY!

Music: Weezer - No One Else

I'm getting a guitar!!!!! I just ordered it today before my LAST EVER physics class. It should be here in 2-5 business days. I'm aiming for 5, so I'm not disappointed. It's left-handed, an Ibanez, acoustic guitar. I'm very excited.

Too bad her beginner's guitar class is full. Maybe I'll put myself on the wait list. Tee hee. Yeah. That's what I'll do. Someone's bound to drop it. Even if they don't, I should take it in and ask her to help me tune it. Tee hee. Yes. I'm strangely obsessed with this...and I'm not sure why. I apologize.

**Update**
Turns out my parking ticket that I refused to pay is keeping me from registering for any more classes. I'll have to take care of that tomorrow, if I can.

**And now back to your regularly posted blogging**
No more classes!!!!!!!!! Just finals on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. Then three weeks of freedom! And Tennessee!!

Happy happy joy joy!

No such thing as being left-handed??

Music: Jimmy Eat World - Night Drive

Okay. So my K-8 Music Methods teacher is a moron. She honestly expects me to believe that there's no "right-handed" or "left-handed" way of playing guitar, or any stringed instrument, for that matter. You just play it (right-handed). What about Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, or Paul McCartney?? Pretty sure they all play the guitar the "wrong" way.

She told me, "Take my 'beginner's guitar' class next year, and you'll see." Well, if I'm taking your beginner's guitar class, I'm going to have a left-handed guitar, or even a right-handed one restrung so I can play it. I told her "I tried learning it right-handed, and there was no way it was happening, it's so much easier for me left-handed."

"It doesn't matter!"

*BLEEP* YOU LADY. (I'm trying not to swear as much, sorry.) God. It does too matter. It's a little something called dexterity.

I don't know why this makes me so mad, I really don't. I'm not even going to take that class next year because I know I would just get into it with her, and probably recieve a poor grade because of it. And I don't really need my GPA much lower than it is now. But Christ lady. Get a fucking clue. All ways are not your ways.

*sigh*

Glad I got that off my chest.

Clark Kent is hitting on me

Music: Enzyte Commercial Muzak

There's this guy at work who was hitting on me allllllll night. I don't work up at the registers very often, but I was tonight, and I think I know why I don't work at the registers anymore. Oh, and he looks like a young version of Christopher Reeve, like when he was Superman. Only his hair's not wavy...

"Can I have a bite of your Slim Jim?"
"Can I have a drink of your water?"
"She called you 'buns' not 'bums.'"
"Well she can't help it, look at those pants you wear."
"Why can't I have some of your water?"
"If you weren't out of water, would you let me have some?"
"I don't want water from the drinking fountain."

Ugh. Took him ten minutes to bag out his register, I was almost finished by the time he was done, and I started 7 minutes after him.

Drives me nuts.

Pearl Harbor sucks, and I miss you

Music: The Wallflowers - I'm Looking Through You (Beatles cover)

So today I'm up front and I see that Perkins has their flag at half-mast. Hmm. I ask someone up front why this is. She says, "Maybe one of our soldiers in our district was killed overseas?" Which is very possible. So I shrugged in agreement and wandered off, completely satisfied with this answer, and forgot about it until I came home from work and talked to my friend Peat.

Turns out today is December 7th. I know this may not have a lot of meaning to you. Well, maybe it does if you remember your American History, unlike myself (hey, I got a D in it, what do you expect??). Today is the anniversary of the attack at Pearl Harbor. Now, maybe if they'd re-released that crappy movie or something, I would have remembered. But nope. Completely oblivious.

But my screen name on MSN, which I've had for a week now, tyvm, is "Pearl Harbor sucks, and I miss you," in honor of Team America, World Police, quite possibly the most retardedly funny movie out now. How appropriate, right? Perhaps inappropriate is the word I'm looking for. Who knows.

Quizilla

Music: Widespread Panic - Driving Song

Stole these from Adam. Again. I need to take more quizzes so I can stop stealing them from friends...I don't know if I agree with this, 'cause Jamie isn't particularly my favorite song. But I guess that's not what it's judging, is it?


*Jamie*
You are my hero...a true Weezer fan. You don't get
caught up in the nonsense. You love music and
it loves you. Just like "Jamie," you
might not always be appreciated for how
supercool you are, but it's only because not
everyone is smart enough to look for it.


What Weezer song are you?
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Mary. After going through some hard times, you're
pretty close to figuring it out. You just live
life the way you want to, become friends with
who you want to, and have along the way. You're
emotionally strong & independent. Good job!


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Keys

Pooch Cafe'
Non Sequitur
Kim Jong Il's Live Journal
Music: Daryl Worley - Awful Beautiful Life

Work:
Learned to make keys tonight at work. Also learned to sheild my breast when ejecting the newly made key. *ouch*

Gotta go to the library tomorrow to work on something for Music. Whoopee. Only five regular class days until finals. Are you ready?

I need to clean. Again.

isLove

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Music: Savage Garden - Tears of Pearls

Stole this from Adam, who stole this from someone else. I took it several times, since I can't pick just ONE answer...sorry! I definitely agree with Pepsi is love. And underwear.

music is love
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mp3s are love
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reading is love
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animals are love
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pepsi is love
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underwear is love
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I know it's not the best picture, I'll try to get a better one, but this is the infamous "Dinosaur stomps Volkswagen"

license plate purse from the rear

purse made of license plates, side view

funny tales

Pooch Cafe'
Non Sequitur
Kim Jong Il's Live Journal

Busy busy morning today! I had a dentist appointment at 8am, then I went to get tags for the plates on my car, then to talk about getting renter's insurance for my apartment, drive back to Spearfish, and get my oil changed.

Everywhere except when I was getting my oil changed:
"Oh, that's such a cute purse!"
"Where did you buy that?"
"Did you make that?"
"You should sell those things!"
"That is so cute!"

I had 6-7 of the ladies working at the County Treasurer crowded around the desk to look at it while I showed it off. It was interesting.

While getting my oil changed, the guys in the garage noticed my toy dinosaur stomping my Matchbox car Volkswagen Beetle. This excited them very much because foreign cars are difficult to work on when you're changing their oil. I remember when I worked at the oil change place back home and the guys would always bitch about it. Anyway, they thought that was so funny and awesome, that they gave me a $2 discount on my oil change :D Yay!

It's been a busy morning. But to top it all off, I didn't have to go to my morning music classes today 'cause I was busy back home. It's actually the first time I've ever missed K-8 Music Methods. I'm doin' pretty well.

it's oh, so quiet

Pooch Cafe'
Non Sequitur
Kim Jong Il's Live Journal
Music: none

Sometimes I really don't like coming home. First of all, we have the worst reception out at my house, and I can only talk to Wes for 5 minutes before my battery dies. I guess I should have told him to call my house phone if it wasn't too late. I'll try that today.

Secondly, it's snowing. Not just a litttle bit of snow...2-3 inches of snow. Everywhere. Bah. But 50 miles East, in the direction of school, it's crystal clear. Just a little cloudy, I guess. Bastards. I really don't want to drive back in this.

I miss having my own room and my own privacy. And I miss being able to keep the room at a decent temperature where I don't have to be wearing 3 layers of clothing to stay comfortable. *Sigh*

Sorry, kinda whiney today. On the plus side, we're having ham for dinner, in honor of me. Not that I'm a ham...I just requested one for dinner. I should have brought my PopTarts back...I'm hungry, and I don't feel like cooking breakfast again. Well, I'm gonna find something to watch on TV to rot my brain...Until next time!

Dream

Pooch Cafe' (This one reminds me of what I do to my cat)
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Music:

Dream:

I was on campus, or visiting some place with some friends from back home. I think my sister had come with us, but she left early and either took her car or my car, and I think it was mine. That's just the feeling I got from the dream, at least. Anyway, there was a page over the intercom that I had a phone call, line four. So I said goodbye to whoever it was I was walking with at the time and headed for the stairs 'cause I was on the 3rd floor. I ended up trying to open the elevator doors, which didn't work, and some guy who worked there was yelling at me not to do that, so I went for the stairs.

The first flight of stairs was a ramp 'til the last three stairs. The second flight had a really thick step halfway through it, and the third flight of stairs was weird beyond belief. The ceiling kept getting closer and closer to my head, and it was almost like you had to crawl out of the last bottom steps to get to the lobby.

Once I was in the lobby, I ran into someone I used to work with when I mowed lawns. He was in charge of the phones, and wouldn't tell me how to get to the phone I needed to so I could talk to whoever was calling for me, and he was just being a real big pain in the butt. He finally told me that the Nurse's office had a phone I could use and ponited me there.

Once I got to the Nurse's office, there were already a couple of people in there, but I just walked over/by them to pick up the phone. It was my sister on the other line. I couldn't understand what she said, but she sounded really upset. I kept asking her to repeat it, and nothing made sense, just nonsense. Finally I understood, "I made a mistake. I hurt my leg really bad." And she kept saying, "I made a mistake," and I couldn't get any more out of her.

The feeling I got from the dream was that she'd taken my car and been in a car accident with it, hence the mistake, and she was worried that I'd be mad at her, and she hurt her leg. I think maybe she was delirious from pain or something.

It left me with a really bad feeling this morning when I woke up to my alarm again, but it was 5am and that was the last time I was going to let it go off because I had to be in at 5:30am, so I had to get ready, I couldn't just hit Snooze again and figure the rest of the dream out. I thought about calling her, but I didn't think she'd appreciate that, even though she had to work just as early as I did. She's okay in real life as far as I know, the parentals haven't said anything to me. I've just never had dreams like that before, so it kinda freaked me out.

tired of sex...oh, wait...never mind...

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Music: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Orange Blossom Special

Listening to a couple different things at once, sorry...

Upon learning that I would be sitting in my apartment by myself for Thanksgiving, one of my managers at work asked if I'd like to join her and her in-laws, husband, and sons for dinner this afternoon :) I was beyond thrilled, and immediately said yes. So now I have to call her up and see if she wants me to bring anything 'cause I have some cashews, home made salsa and some chips, or I could pick up some wine or something before I headed over.

So happy.

Work was hectic, people were lined up outside the store. We're not in a big town, the store itself isn't that big, and there aren't a lot of big holiday toys out this year like Tickle Me Elmo and stuff...so what's the point?? But I was only there for 4 hours, and now I'm DONE for the day. Just need to eat some turkey and fall asleep :)

Happy Turkey Day!!

reformatting complete

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Music: Gary Allen - Songs About Rain

Ahhhh, the reformatting of my computer has been completed! I started last night, and was up 'til 3am. Still wasn't done. Had to call Dell this morning. But we got everything figured out, because last night, things sure weren't figured out. I kept getting a blank screen every time the computer was supposed to load...so I had to RE-reformat it, the long way around...but it was worth it. Even after I put all my songs and pictures back on the computer, and re-downloaded most of my programs, I haven't even used a quarter of the space on the computer, compared to before the reformatting, where I didn't even have a quarter of space left! So nice.

Bought myself a turkey breast for Turkey Day tomorrow since I can't go home. It's pretty good. I had some for lunch tee hee.

Took a nap today. Shouldn't have done it, but I can't help it. Now I'm not going to be tired tonight 'cause I got too much sleep today (from the lack of sleep I had last night). Oh well. I only work for 4 hours tomorrow, so it's not that big of a deal. I hope.

My sister is actually EXCITED for Friday to come around because she wants to see all the people fighting over toys and stuff. What a weirdo.

DONE!

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Music: Ash - Sometimes

Finally got that stupid music paper written! 8 pages long, baby! Finished it up this morning with an hour go to before it's due. Not too shabby, considering I ended up with 6 out of 7 sources somehow...had to go find another one this morning.

Went to work last night to have Grant look at my computer. I decided it's just best to reformat it, so I've been burning songs, pictures, and Word documents onto CDs to back them up. Not sure when I'll actually reformat. The idea scares me a little. Losing everything, starting from scratch, having to re-download all my programs...Oh well. Computer needs a break. Oh...favorites...how do I save those from Mozilla Firefox?? Better figure that one out, too. Or just write down all my links, but man, what a pain...I'll be putting my new keyboard in it on Friday when I go home for the holiday weekend, because not having any Control keys is killing me. And the fact that one keeps falling off is just not good. There's no savin' it.

Also, going through all my old Word docs, I found a few old saved conversations from Kyle and me. I re-read them, and I can pinpoint the exact moment that our relationship fell to shit. So weird. It was a little over a year ago, almost a month into school. Kinda sad. I really don't know why I seem to be obsessing over this. I guess I've just never had an ex boyfriend hate me or think so poorly of me. I don't like it. I tried to salvage something a couple weeks ago, but got no response from him. So I just don't know, and I guess I should just get rid of all that stuff and move on. Apparently nothing is changing.

As I was coming home last night there was a lady in a minivan pulled off the road onto the shoulder. She was just getting into her car, so I moved over into the other lane, which just so happened to have a deer. A deer that was just hit by her, as the poor animal was laying on the ground, still alive, trying to move and gasping for air. I almost hit it, but was able to go around it. I almost cried. It was one of the saddest things I've ever seen.

I really really really really need to clean my apartment. I think I will do that either today before work or tomorrow after Biology, since it's my only class and I don't work tomorrow. We'll see.

Personality Test

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Music: Jimmy Eat World - Kill

Stole this from Adam :)

Main Type	Overall Self

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Also, Mom found my keyboard, so I won't be out of Ctrl for much longer. Tee hee. Going home Friday after I get off work at 2pm. They're going to have turkey and all the trimmings for Thanksgiving because my sister has that day off, then we'll have baked ham on Saturday when I'm there, and LOTS of leftovers for me :) Which is good, 'cause I haven't been to the grocery store in a while and I've been eating out more than I should be. Just gotta remember to bring home tupperware and stuff...

mission almost accomplished

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Well, work was fun. Even though I had to dress up as an elf lol. It was only four hours, and Santa was a dirty old man lol. He kept trying to get cute 30something blonde moms to sit on his lap. And he's almost 70 lol. It was really amusing.

I'm LOLing a lot...

Anywho, I went straight to the library after work...they're only open 'til 5pm on the weekends!! WTF?! So I was there for half an hour, then I went to a coffee shop, which was only open for another hour...so I headed to the Knight's Cellar. Pretty nice place, but not a lot of business. So probably not going to work there.

Now, I've written 7 pages in 2 and a half hours. I'm awesome. Gotta put in my works cited and all that shit. I'll do it on Monday...the day before it's due. Yay. But I did write a shitload today. So I'm done for now, or my brain may implode.

that may be all i need

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Music: Maroon 5 - Sunday Morning

Well, the guy at work was talked to today, and if anything like that happens again, he's terminated. Worked with him tonight, and he was perfectly fine all night. I think he likes an audience.

Got out of working at 6am tomorrow for 2 hours...got suckered into working at Noon tomorrow for four hours lol. *Sigh*

And someone's cooking something really good down the hall and I can smell it...Yum.

bleep

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Busy day today, test, classes, work. Probably have to work at 6am tomorrow, don't want to, and I'm going to try to get out of it tonight if my manager's here. I just have too much shit to do. There's a big paper that's due on Tuesday that I was planning on doing on Saturday. And I was going to go to the non-smoking bar tonight to check it out and finally get to relax for once. We'll see.

Added some new comics and a blog for my links up top. Kim Jong Il is hilarious, and as you know, you gotta start at the bottom to get the whole thing, 'cause it's more funny that way :)

I think I'm going to have to find my extra keyboard for my laptop, 'cause I can't keep the Control key on the keyboard, and the J key is still sticking. What a pain.

Boys lie, and kind of stink

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Music: The Clash - Rudy Can't Fail (from High Fidelity with John Cusack)

There's this guy at work that I really really really hate. Fortunately I only have to work with him when I'm cashiering, which isn't too often now that I've been moved out onto the floor.

But last night I was up at the registers with him, and he is just one of the rudest people I know. And to him, it's all a big joke, and I really don't think he means it, but it's just freakin' rude.

After being flipped off by me he told me, "Put that away, it smells like fish."

I was standing in line behind a few people in his line (since it was the only one open) and he turns to me and says, "We don't serve your kind here." I'm not in uniform, I look like a regular customer. You don't say shit like that when there are customers around.

While he was ringing me up, the mean jokes were still going, and I told him, "You are the rudest cashier I have ever met." And he tells me, "Well you are the ugliest customer I have ever met."

There were other customers behind me. WTF. You don't do that. First of all, it's not funny, it's not cute, it's not in a joking matter. Secondly, you don't act that way around customers! So I did the whiney thing and talked to the manager about him, to see if she could talk to him. Bah.

the hunt for the red...job?

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Well, I handed in three job applications and picked up a fourth one. Two of the places said they weren't hiring right now, but would keep me on file in case anything happens. But I didn't talk to a manager at Applebee's, so I don't know what their situation is. But I think I'd rather work there than the other places, just because of how small the other places seem. But I don't know anything about serving or restaurants...so we'll see!

Got my Ctrl key fixed. Woo hoo! Wonder why it couldn't have snapped in place the FIRST time like it should have?...oh well.

This "Motormouth" show on VH1 is actually pretty funny. Yay. someone's listening to Weezer! You rock, dude.

Grrrrowl

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Music: Ren and Stimpy - Happy, happy, joy, joy!

So Dell can just shove a big ol' thumb up their butt 'cause I fixed my own damn computer, with no help from them after sitting on the phone for a grand total of 2 hours.

A can of pressurized air and a screwdriver was just about all it took to get what I was looking for; a nice cool computer that didn't over heat unless I constantly had a fan running on it. Some guys at work told me that. Guys who are not getting paid Lord knows how much money to talk to people on the phone about their computer problems.

Supposedly it's still running too many processes, whatever that means, about twice what it should be doing...So I'm going to take it into work one night when Grant's working and he said he'd help me figure something out and look at the BIOS 'cause I'm not sitting on hold for another 15 minutes to get this figgered out. To someone who can't speak English.

Also, I figured while I was at it, I should clean the keyboard out, too. Now the J key sticks a little bit, which I could probably easily fix, and I broke something to the Ctrl key. Well, one of them, but it just so happens that was the one I used the most frequently of the two. Oh well. Maybe I can get that part...hard to say at this point.

Anyway, that's my computer/Dell update. Now it's time for homework! Yippee Skippee!

Oh, and I get Thanksgiving weekend off, not that actual day of Thanksgiving, but close enough. I do have to work at 5:30 in the morning the day after TG. Not real excited about that, but I told Sony I'd do it since he was giving me the weekend off :D

Hopefully I won't be working there too much longer after TG, anyway.

Music test and Dell

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Music: Keith Urban - Days Go By

Hahahahaha. So we had our music test in K-8 Methods. She's never done it in quite this format before, the class, so she's trying a lot of new things. Including tests. Last semester, they had a set of three tests that were spaced over a few weeks each. This semester, we're having our first ever test, and it's past Midterms by a couple weeks already.

So, anyway, we're truckin' along through the test, which is a compilation of those three tests she had last semester, and a girl says, "Are we supposed to finish this all today?" The teacher kinda looks at her like she's crazy, and the girl says, "We only have five minutes left of class." Turns out that most people still had 2 or 3 pages to go, and they weren't even close to being finished.

Well, most of us had skipped around the test, too, so we saw all the questions that she was going to ask. So she didn't know what to do. So we just ended up turning in the test, even though no one was finished with it. She's going to grade that part, then we'll take the rest of the test on Thursday, and she'll somehow grade that part differently, since now we know what to look for and to study.

I found it amusing. She also had an email in my inbox by the time I'd gotten back to my apartment saying not to worry about it until Thursday, and that we'll get something figured out lol.

Oh, and thanks for all the comments on my fake post below! I didn't think it would get that many responses!

God freaking damnit! I hate calling Dell to talk about my computer. I always get somebody from India who I cannot understand, and when I have to give them my service tag number or my express service code, I have to say "The letters T as in "table", K as in "kangaroo", blah blah blah" and then they have to repeat it back to me, and it's always wrong! Grrr. I hope I get somebody who speaks English this time, because I'm getting sick of this. And I'm on my cell phone. Yeah, my battery doesn't last forever, y'know.

That Dell commercial with the guy calling them in the middle of the night to talk to a hot college boy who speaks perfect English? Totally not right. Because you're going to get someone who DOESN'T speak English...Bah. It's like they're a sponge and they just soak up what you say and say, "Oh yes, I understand why this is upsetting," but they can't do anything to fix it. Bah.

Photo blog

I just posted a ton of new pictures on my photo blog 'cause a bunch of them on the bottom weren't working. So, if there are duplicates, I will fix it. I haven't looked yet lol.

Journal entry generator lol

Oh, this was too funny. Don't take it seriously, I didn't write it. Not that anyone takes me seriously, but you get the point.

Today was really great.

I got out of bed really late because my alarm clock has broken and I cannot afford a new one at the moment.

I feel a bit strange because we've just moved to Idaho and there's a weird smell in the house.

I'm so happy. I just found out that I have been accepted into Harvard. And Yale. I don't know which to choose... oh, why is life so hard sometimes?

Last night I had to finish my term paper on the history of pre-communist Russian society. I focussed on the needs of women. I think it's ok, but if I don't pass this I'll lose my scholarship.

Today, I got a digital camera! Yes! Here's ten thousand photographs of my cat.

I went to the doctor yesterday, and he said I have bipolar disorder, which makes me different enough to be interesting, but the same as all the other cool people with bipolar disorder.

You should all do this quiz! It's amazingly accurate. You just put in your name and birthday, and it will tell you you're a moron.

That's enough for now. But I'll leave you with this thought - sharing your life with strangers on the internet is the cheapest form of therapy available. Leave a comment and tell me I'm beautiful.

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I won something!

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Music: David Lee Murphy - Loco

For one of the few times in my life, I have won something! And I have a mere five days to claim my prize. And snake a victim into the plan, as well.

Here's the deal: I entered to win a camera phone at the Cellular One kiosk in Kmart one day while shopping (and not actually going in to work). Well, I didni't win the camera phone, but I won a "2nd place" phone, or one of 4 to choose from, really. BUT, I have to find someone else who needs to add another phone line to their plan or who wants to start a new cell phone plan.

So. Anyone out there who'd like a South Dakota cell phone plan? I have FIVE DAYS. I will be putting up a countdown, just so you know how many days you'll have left to accept this exciting new offer!

Home again, home again

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Music: Dad's music

So I came to the decision over last couple of days that Monday when I'm back in Spearfish, I'm going to start looking for a waitressing job. I just don't think I can handle straightening the same stuff day in and day out for the next year and a half. Or making $6.25 an hour for the next year and a half. Maybe $6.57 by the end of my time here in Spearfish. No thanks. I might shoot someone. This is about how I feel:

Peter: The thing is, Bob, it’s not that I’m lazy. It’s just that I just don’t care.

Bob Porter; Don’t, don’t care?

Peter: It’s a problem of motivation, all right? Now, if I work my ass off and Initech ships a few extra units, I don’t see another dime. So where’s the motivation? And here’s another thing, Bob. I have eight different bosses right now!

Bob Slydell: I beg your pardon?

Peter: Eight bosses.

Bob Slydell: Eight?

Peter: Eight, bob. So that means when I make a mistake, I have eight different people coming by to tell me about it. That’s my real motivation - is not to be hassled. That and the fear of losing my job, but y’know, Bob, it will only make someone work hard enough not to get fired.

So yeah.

Today I drove home to see the parents and the cats for the weekend. I get to spend the night, eat a good dinner with them, and all that good stuff. And do it all over again tomorrow. And I don't have to pay anything to do my laundry. It's fantastic. Although I must say I don't miss the cat fur up my nose at all times. I even accomplished some homework tonight while watching a movie with Mom. We started making fun of some television show during the movie, and about that point, Dad walked in and gave us both really weird looks. Mom just said she missed watching movies with me lol.

And I noticed that for the first 2 hours I was home, all I did was talk, non-stop, about everything. Work, school, teachers, Amy, Wes, ANYTHING. I'm glad Mom sat and listened, and she said she was glad that my conversations actually were about something and not just rambling, and that most of them just required her to smile and nod :) Works for me. But I got it all out of my sstem, now I'm just a lil' tired. Yay for sleepin on the couch :)

NEW KIM JONG IL!!!!!!

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Music: Darryl Worely - Awful, Beautiful Life

OMG, OMFG. Kim Jong Il is back!!! Thank you thank you thank you Peat! WEEE. It's so freakin' hilarious. Oh, how I missed him! I hope he talks about his new movie lol.

Oh, and I love country music. I can't stop listening to it, the majority of my current minidisc is more than half full of it.

Oh oh oh. So I took some caffiene pills tonight at work to try to keep me up, like, five hours ago, and I think they're just now kicking in, 'cause now I'm all hyper and happy. I think reading Kim Jong Il helped that too. But still.

Home tomorrow! Bright and early! As early as I can get up, at least!

i would like...

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Music: Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice?

...hair extensions. I thought about it the other day, and I want long hair, damnit.

On a low note, I have my utterly retarded class here in a couple hours, then straight to work 'til 10pm to close afterwards.

"So, uh, now this would be an example of um, would it be mechanical energy or elastic mechanical energy? Oh, I see. Everything is mechanical energy, there's just different types of it. Okay, now I understand. Uhh, puppies?"
(stole that from Adam)

I hope to God you understand the content of the class you're supposed to be teaching us for our MAJOR so we can go out into the world and teach other little people this stuff!!! If you don't know the material, don't come to class. You're the teacher. Know your shit before you walk in the door. That's something that makes me so mad. Bah.

I could have sworn it was 4pm...

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Music: Widespread Panic - Walkin'

I was 100% sure I didn't have to go into work 'til 4pm tonight. Apparently it was 1:30 this afternoon. Boy do I feel sheepish.

I was going to steal Jill's survey and do it on my blog, but I decided I'd just done one of those pretty recently and didn't need another one. So then I had something great that I was going to post about, but in my trip from the bed to the computer, I have forgotten.

NOOOOOOOO!!! I just realized I missed ER tonight! Ray Liotta was on, and it was supposed to be really good! BAH! Stupid Thursdays.

Oh, now I remember what I was going to talk about.

I had decided this afternoon that I was going to be the bigger person between Kyle (an ex) and me by talking to him. I had decided at one point that I wasn't going to talk to him 'til he talked to me first, but then I realized over the summer he'd sent me a postcard and sometime this school year, I think, he'd sent me an email with some information on donating eggs (something I've wanted to do for a long time).

So I messaged him, letting him know that I'd changed all the things that were the reasons he wouldn't talk to me anymore. I didn't change them for him, I changed them for me. Because I needed to change. But I just thought I would let him know that I was no longer the person he thought me to be. That maybe we could both stop being so pig-headed and stubborn and start talking to eachother again.

And you know what he did?? He signed off. Then signed back on, and didn't reply. So I went to work, left my messenger up to see if he'd reply. Nope. So I guess that was my futile effort at trying to save some sort of friendship that I used to have. Maybe I shouldn't have waited so long. But you know what? It doesn't matter anymore because I've gotten off my chest what I needed to towards him, and now I feel better. He can do with it what he wants.

credit cards

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Credit card company hiked up my card limit another few hundred dollars (seven hundred, to be exact) because I'd gone for a couple months w/o even having anything on my bill, and I'd also paid off the few things I did have at one point all at once, with no interest.

Instead of upping my credit limit, lower my interest percentage!!! Jeez! I've had the darn thing for a few years now. I obviously use it. I'm obviously smart with the way I use it. Give a college girl a chance!

Halo 2

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Yay! Jill's coming over to visit! We haven't talked in a long time. She stopped in at work on Halloween to look for a costume, and that's about the last time I've seen her.

Also, every phone call I answered today at work was:

Customer: "Hi, I was wondering if you had Halo 2?"
Me: "No, I'm sorry, we're all out"
Customer: "So you just ran out just now?"
Me: "No, we ran out some time yesterday, but I wasn't working, so I don't know."
Thinking: Does it matter when we ran out? No. We're out.
Customer: "Man, I've tried calling everywhere! No one has it!"
Me: Sorry to hear that. We'll be getting some in soon, though.
Thinking: Maybe you should have been like the 300 other geeks and waited outside the mall for five hours so you could buy it when they opened at midnight.
Customer: "Okay, thanks."

GAH! Every phone call! Well, one little old lady asked about some nutrition book that I couldn't find, but she doesn't count.

happy happy joy joy!

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YAY! I bought tickets to go see Wes over New Years. I'm really excited. I don't think Mom and Dad were too happy, but I really miss him. I found a really cheap ticket, I'll be out there for 8 days, and I actually bought the ticket for a little cheaper than what the site said.

Also, we have no school tomorrow, and I don't have to work 'til 3:30 in the afternoon, so I get to sleep in! Yay! And I get to go home this weekend. Mom's scheduling pedicures for the two of us :) Yay! And she says Smelly Cat has been attacking Nermal the last few weeks, instead of the other way around. Good kitty. Such a good last couple of days. So far.

Took a nice long nap today. Felt great. Except I've been taking too many naps lately. Need to quit doing that.

ABCs

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Music: Confederate Railroad - She Never Cried When Old Yeller Died

I'm stealing this from Phil's blog. :) Thanks!

A - Age: 22
B - Band listening to right now: Confederate Railroad
C - Career(future): Teaching
D - Dad's Name: Andy
E - Easiest person to talk to: my mommy
F - Favorite song at the moment: "Get Down With the Sickness" - the Richard Cheese version
G - Gummy Bears or Gummy Worms: Gummy worms, they're softer
H - Hometown: Gillette
I - Instruments: Recorder
J - Jackass or Fear factor: neither
K - Kids: none
L - Last person you talked to on phone: Amy
M - Mom's name: Nina
N - number of siblings: 1
O - Oldest sibling: me
P - Phobia[s]: Zombies taking over the world
Q - favorite Quotes: "If at first you don't succeed, skydiving isn't for you."
R - Reason to smile: stupid jokes made by Wes, winning $10 at work
S - Some advice please: Never stick anything in your ear that's sharper than your elbow.
T - Time you wake up: 7am. That doesn't mean I'm out of bed by then
U - Unknown fact about me: I love dogs and cats equally
V - Vegetable you hate: Brocolli
W - Worst Habit: Popping my knuckles and toes
X - you've had: Ummm...
Y - yummy food: Caramel Hershey Kisses
Z - Zodiac sign: Libra

wahooo!

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Music: Diamond Rio - One More Day

Our music teacher was out of town today, so we just had to drop off our 5 outlines, pick up a "job card" and we were gone! Sounds great. But this "job card" thing is a bunch of bullshit. She didn't even update it for our class! She wants us to write a melody with a set of given notes on a pentatonic scale. THEN write a haiku and another melody to go with it. Good thing I have a week to do it.

I'm out of food. Which means a trip to the store is in order, which also means that I finally get some cinnamon and sugar so I don't have to choke down toast with just butter on it.

Well, I'm off to check my laundry!

bah!

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I have just not been having a good night/day. Last night of course at work is obvious. Then as I'm trying to go to bed, I dropped the remote to my tv down the side of my bed. that weighs 400 pounds. and I can't reach my arm down in there, and it's still stuck between the bed and the wall, it hasn't even dropped to the floor yet.

I couldn't sleep, either. I woke up every hour or so, and I just couldn't get comfortable. So I skipped Bio this morning to catch up, because man, do I feel like crap. Hope things start to pick up soon. I'm gonna poke my eyes out if they don't.

...on the plus side

Mom is getting pedicures scheduled for the both of us for this coming weekend when I get to go home. That makes me feel better. And Adam gave me a cyber-hug, so that helped a little, too. Now if I could only get someone to pop my back, 'cause my shoulder hurts like a bitch...

layaway is hell

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Tonight was pure Hell. I'm glad I don't live with anyone right now, because I would rip into them for the littlest thing.

Okay. So tonight was "Friends and Family" night, where friends and family (duh) of employees were allowed 10% off of all purchases, just as employees would have. Also, there were a lot of other sales. And no layaway charges, as there is usually a $5 layaway charge.

Well, that was the light for the moths, my friends. At 7pm there was a page over the intercom system asking for assistance in layaway. I was heading that direction anyway, to go to my break, so I stopped by to help the solitary customer back there. Grant stopped by and saw that I was kinda swamped by this lady's stuff, so he came and helped me out. And then they just started pouring in. Every customer had a shopping cart full of no less than 30 items.

For every item, you had to key in "Override" then "75" then "% off". FOR EVERY FUCKING ITEM! And usually, it required a manager override. So Grant would have to step in, put his override code in, turn a key, whatever. And then it would start all over again.

It was like this, with a steady flow of people, carts full, for two and a half hours. We had four people back there at one point. After we'd ring up all their stuff, it needed bagged. Then put in the correct place. OMG. Layaway is such shit. I'm never doing it again.

I didn't get my last break, I ended up working an extra 15 minutes after the store closed 'cause these people came through with a cart full of like, 30 sale clothing items, a shit load of comforters that were 40% off, blah blah blah. GRRRR. This is getting stupid.

*sigh* I need a hug.

Nothing

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Music: Mason Jennings - Nothing

"Nothing"

Make yourself at home, 'cause i'm going out
Across the street to get us some water
'cause this water's brown, and i'm so embarrassed
To have you here but i want you around
Usually i'd sing, or play you my guitar
But i know it won't get very far with you
'cause you like music that makes you move
And mine has a groove, but it's nothing i can prove
Please know what I mean
When i say, nothing
Things that i buy and things that i think
Haven't made this a better place to be
Drugs that i try and drinks that i drink
Haven't made this a better place to be
It's still just a room with the drums in the middle
A couch along the wall that works as my bed
I still have a phone that rings all day
I still have things i wish i would of said
Please know what i mean
When i say, nothing
When i say
This whole thing's been hard on me
It breaks my heart, do you know what that means
My new place seems strange to me
It breaks my heart, do you know what that means
It means nothing

Tonight at work sucked 'cause they threatened to keep us past 10pm if we didn't get the shelves straightened by the time we closed. It was gay. We got out 10 minutes early. I did suffer a few minor scrapes and scratches from doing Christmas freight today. What a bitch. And I think I'm going to have to learn layaway pretty quick, as the holiday season is soon upon us.

Wes went to his football game today and can barely speak from screaming and yelling all afternoon. It's amusing.

Almost bed time. Yay!

football

I love how when Wes wants to go to sleep 'cause he's sick and tired, but I ask him college football questions and he won't shut up. Tee hee.

Got registered for all my classes except one because I have to be registered in the College of Education before I can get into it, which I can't start doing until Monday. Oh well.

I need to start taking more pictures of things, so I'm going to start taking my camera around with me from now on.

Trip to the Advisor

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Music: Richard Cheese - Down With The Sickness

Talked to my advisor today to see what classes I should take for next semester. She'd lost my folder with all the information about the classes that had transferred over here from Gillette, so I was going to end up taking 2 of the classes again. No way. I found out on the school's website that I had taken those classes, so now instead of graduating in December of '06, I'll be able to graduate in May of '06, a whole semester early. Thank God. I can't wait to get out of this place.

All I have to do is switch some classes around that I was going to take next year to next semester, take 2 classes in the summer, and ta da. One semester earlier than expected. And summer classes won't be a problem 'cause I'm staying here this summer. No biggie. Only 6 credits. That will be weird, for sure. But nice, and I'll still be able to work full time in the summer as usual.

I really like my new room arrangement. I think it opens the room up more, and just looks better. Seems to be some more floor space, and just flows better. I think over Christmas break I'm going to have to have my sister come up here and see it because she keeps asking about pictures, and they just don't do it justice, and the last time she saw it, it was full of someone else's stuff lol.

*Doo doo doo*

Today, Biology was canceled today! YAY. Except It was my only class all day and I had to get up only to find out it was canceled. Oh well.

A weird thing, however, is that I think I saw my first ex-boyfriend, Ross. Who's married and living in Gillette with his wife...So I don't know what was going on. We looked at eachother, but there wasn't a hint of recognition for him. And I wasn't sure if it was him or not. Then I saw him two other times, once coming down some stairs, and once walking back to the parking lot outside the building. I stuck my head out the door and shouted at him, but he didn't even twitch. So umm, I don't know if it was him or not. I'll have to send him an email or something and see if he was over here signing up for classes or something. Just strikes me as weird. Maybe it's 'cause of the glasses he didn't recognize me...

Bought a toaster, but forgot to get cinnamon and sugar for cinnamon toast. *Sigh*

Also, I need to stop watching the Animal Planet because it makes me miss my kitty and makes me want to go out and get one of my own. Or steal mine.

License plates hung above the door. I want to make a purse from the yellow ones...they're so ugly.

New desk arrangement...just moved it from under the A/C to under the shelf.

Redecoration

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So I decided to go with plan number one because it would give me the most floor space and I could do it completely on my own because with the second one I'd have to have someone help me move my fridge to the other end of the room. And I didn't really feel like doing that at the time.

But in two or three months, I probably will do that. Because I can't have my room be the same for too long. Also, it keeps me from being too much of a pack rat because I always end up throwing a lot of stuff away when I move stuff around because I just need to do it. I'm getting better at not keeping every little thing I run across, and I think I'm getting better at organizing the stuff I do have. Even if it's rearranging the pictures on the wall lol. Anything helps. I even hung up my old license plates that I have yet to turn into purses. Looks kinda rustic.

Dad sent me some homemade summer sausage and homemade salsa on Monday in the mail, and it got here today. The sausage was really good, but I don't have any chips yet for the salsa, so I'll have to do that tomorrow or something. He says it turned out pretty good, so I'm excited to try it. He's a great cook.

Hair

I wish I had really dark brown to black hair, so that when my hair started to turn grey, I would either get this really pretty salt and pepper hair, or silver streaks in my dark hair. I think that's so pretty. Like Emmylou Harris.

Time for a change

Okay. So I'm tired of the way my room is set up and I'm ready to rearrange furniture. Fortunately I've done this enough times at my own home that I'm pretty good at it, even taking apart my gigantic bed. The only problem is that with such a small space to work with, I can only do a few different things.

So, the very bottom picture is what my apartment currently looks like. As you can tell, my bed is the biggest peice there. The dresser and baker's rack are the same size, so they're pretty much interchangeable, as long as I can still see the TV (it has to sit on one or the other).

The fridge is really really heavy, so I'd have to get some people in here to help me move it if I wanted to go with Plan number two. Plan number one only changes my bed, table, and desk around, so that would be more than easy, but not a real big change.

I know they're hard to see, but the pieces are: Bed (biggest thing in there), Dresser and Baker's Rack (same size, currently next to eachother by the fridge), Fridge (kitty corner to bed, square-shaped), Table (bigger square), and Desk (longer than dresser and baker's rack). A little confusing, and a little confining.

Any input as to which is better, #1 or #2, would be fantastic. :) Thanks!

Floorplan number two

Floorplan number one/

What my apartment looks like now.

Booo!

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This morning, 45 minutes before I had to be to work, I made my costume completely from scratch. I was a butterfly :) Cut out cardboard wings, covered them in extra fabric I had laying around the place, and stapled it all together. It kinda fell apart different times through out the day, but whatever, in the end, it all worked out.

One of my co-workers, Kelly, came dressed in a big red dragon costume. The costume, however, was made for a child lol. So it was a little small, but it was the funniest thing I'd seen in a long time. However, when a small child, 4 years old or so, came in wearing the exact same costume...I don't know. That was the topping on the cake.

I've only had 2 trick or treaters tonight :(. And it's 11pm. I either missed them all while I was at work, or they just don't go to apartment buildings, or it's too freakin' cold to come door to door. Anyway, neither of them had costumes on! As I was giving them some candy, I asked what they were supposed to be, and the one kid said, "I'm supposed to be Gilligan from Gilligan's Island, but I left my hat at home." And then the other kid didn't say anything, but held up his backpack with a Jason mask in it, and was holding a plastic knife...Okay...

Had to buy a new DVD player 'cause mine karked it on me. I was so freakin' pissed. Every time I would close it, it would close, then open. So I shook it. Then a piece fell out. So I tried to put it back in, after taking it apart with my scissors...Yeah. Still didn't work. Now it would stay shut, but the screen would say "Loading" even if there wasn't a disk in it, and didn't do anything! I just wanted to watch Dawn of the Dead with Amy and scare her!

So I put it on my credit card 'cause I can't really afford it right now. Whoops.

The really weird thing? My mom's DVD player at home wouldn't work, either. And she was trying to watch Dawn of the Dead, too! Except hers wouldn't open, and mine wouldn't stay closed. She said it was a Halloween/Dawn of the Dead conspiracy. I think she's right.

Freak snow storm

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Well, yesterday was a weird day. It started out okay, I guess. A little rainy. Amy wanted to go home, but her dad wouldn't let her because there was a big blizzard going on back home. She was really upset by it, and even though we checked a bunch of weather websites to see what it was doing at home, she still wanted to go home. I told her if she was upset and needed someone to cry on when she got back from home because she hated it here, don't come crying to me. She does this to herself all the time. Saying, "I'll be better this time," when I really don't think she will be, because look at how upset she got because she couldn't go home for a weekend.

Anyway. We happened to get that same blizzard storm at about 12:30 in the afternoon. I don't know how long it lasted because I was at work and away from the windows, but I know that within 2 hours, it managed to cover the entire town in about and inch anf a half or more of slush. Not cool.

So I'm on my way to work, early because I know the roads are gross and people are idiots during the first snow storm. I turned onto the street that leads to the parking lot for work, only to find that it is entirely covered in slush. I can't see the curb, but I know that it's a little narrow, so I swing wide so as not to hit it, and end up getting stuck, going up a hill, in the crap. There's a van behind me, going the opposite direction because I swung a little too wide. Whoops. So now what do I do?! I was so pissed off. And stuck for about 5 minutes there, just telling myself "I'm gonna be late for work!!!"

The van behind me was making a left hand turn, so it took forever for him to get out into traffic. Because the only way I was getting out, was to back out into traffic and try a new entrance. When I told people at work that I'd gotten stuck, they're like, "Yeah, didn't you know you're not supposed to take that entrance when it's been snowing?" Uhhh, no. Thanks, though.

Oh, also, we have this really cool bicycle there that looks like a motorcycle. Huge fat back tire, the kickstand looks like a motorcycle's, and it has a leather seat. I asked my manager if I could ride it after I clocked out and he's all, "Sure! Just don't leave any black marks on the floor!" That sucker was hard to steer! But I managed not to crash into anything, and all was well with the world.

i miss home!

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Music: Gretchen Wilson - When I Think About Cheatin'

I've been getting a little homesick lately. I haven't spent the night at my house since the first weekend after school started. I've been home plenty of times since I moved out, but it's always been in the middle of the day when both my parents are at work, and the only way I can really see them is to go into their workplace and bother them for a while or mooch off Mom for lunch or something, and I don't like doing that so much.

So I'm going to try to take a weekend off of work here before Thanksgiving, which is only the next couple of weekends, and spend the weekend at home. That way I can see everyone in the day time, get some good meals, and spend more than 6-7 hours at my house, and not have to worry about driving home in the dark. Hopefully It'll be a nice weekend weather-wise when I do this.

Anyway...I just want to come home for a while. I've been kinda depressed lately, and I think that would help. As long as Dad doesn't start nit picking at something. I'm gonna have to put the request in tonight, I guess. Maybe Sony will be there tonight so I can talk to him, too.

can i chew my arm off now?

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Music: Ash - Sometimes

I'm so sick and tired of political ads on television. I know that there's only less than a week left 'til elections, but I've already voted damnit. And I voted in Wyoming, not South Dakota. So I don't want to see anymore South Dakota senator ads. Of course, after the elections, we're going to have to see why people voted this way and why this and why that. Blah.

But, I learned today that Tom Daschle is a very powerful man in congress. I had no idea.

I have got to stop eating my Halloween candy! There isn't going to be any left for any trick or treaters. I'll have to buy another bag tomorrow or Saturday. And try not to eat it. I need more caramel Hershey Kisses. They're the best. Thanks for introducing me to them, Jill.

ten things i love about me

Corey and Jill, I am stealing this from the both of you because my life sucks right now and I haven't posted anything decent in the last few days.

TEN Random Things About Me:

10. I'm left-handed
09. I love getting real mail in my mailbox
08. I love dogs and cats equally
07. I hate taking medicine, even though I know it makes me better
06. I love tractors
05. I like airports
04. Rollercoasters give me headaches
03. I look good with red hair
02. I hate my cell phone company
01. I prefer the company of animals over most people

NINE Places I've Visited:

09. Cooperstown, New York
08. Moab, Utah
07. Portland, Oregon
06. Biloxi, Mississippi
05. Denver, Colorado
04. Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada
03. Johnson City, Tennessee
02. Dollywood
01. Las Vegas, Nevada

EIGHT Things I want to do before I die:

08. Be out of debt
07. Re-learn cello
06. Own a pet of my own
05. Find the love of my life
04. Get into a shape. One that's not round
03. Become a teacher who children love
02. Scuba dive in the ocean
01. Travel to every state

SEVEN Ways to win my heart:

07. Call me cute names that make me giggle
06. Make me dinner, with a lot of thought and creativity behind it
05. Love me
04. Don't stalk me
03. Touch me. Hold my hand, give me hugs, kisses, neck rubs
02. Suprise me
01. Laugh at my lame jokes

SIX Things I believe in:

06. Life exists other places than Earth
05. Fate does not exist
04. My family
03. Gravity
02. Honesty
01. White after Labor Day

FIVE Things I'm afraid of:

05. Failing
04. Disappointing the people who love me
03. Never finding the right person for me
02. Losing my parents and sister
01. Getting hit by a car

FOUR of my Favorite Items in my bedroom:

04. My pictures
03. My teddy bear, Ben
02. My computer
01. My bed

THREE Things I do everyday:

03. Sit at my computer for countless hours, accomplishing nothing
02. Blink
01. Look at a clock/watch

TWO Things I am trying not to do right now:

02. Cry
01. Eat the chocolate I got for the trick or treaters

ONE Person I want to see right now:

01. My mom

gloomy

I don't know what's going on. We talked this morning and everything seemed normal. *sigh*

Havin' a bad day

Just get outta my way, 'cause I'm havin' a bad day...

just another post

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Tomorrow "Dawn of the Dead" comes out to buy, and you know I'm going to do it. This is probably the first DVD I've bought in 2 years. I don't work tomorrow, either, so I'm gonna go buy it and come straight home to watch it and scare myself silly :)

I finished my second scarf up last night. It could have been done a long time ago, I just never got around to doing anything with it. I'll try to take some pictures of them. I'm rather proud of 'em.

Shit. Snow is coming this way. Gonna hit my hometown first, then come for us if it hasn't dissipated yet. Looks like it could get Gillette today at the rate it's moving now. Eeep!

I got up way too early this morning so I could shower before class, but it's probably a good thing 'cause it's below freezing out, and I have a wet head right now. Probably not a good idea to walk around outside for 10 minutes in the freezing cold with wet hair.

Earth Science test today. Wish me luck! Still have to finish up some of my studying for it after Bio this morning. Woo hoo. I guess I could do some now, but I'm too tired to concentrate.

I'll end this morning with a song by the Beach Boys.

Wouldn’t it be nice if we were older
Then we wouldn’t have to wait so long
And wouldn’t it be nice to live together
In the kind of world where we belong

You know it’s gonna make it that much better
When we can say goodnight and stay together

Wouldn’t it be nice if we could wake up
In the morning when the day is new
And after having spent the day together
Hold each other close the whole night through

Happy times together we’ve been spending
I wish that every kiss was neverending
Wouldn’t it be nice

Maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray it might come true
Baby then there wouldn’t be a single thing we couldn’t do
We could be married
And then we’d be happy

Wouldn’t it be nice

You know it seems the more we talk about it
It only makes it worse to live without it
But lets talk about it
Wouldn’t it be nice

Crop Circles

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Music: Joe Nichols - If Nobody Believed In You

So last night I'm watching Saturday Night Live, and after a great time of laughing at Ashlee Simpson and how retarded she is, a show called Unexplained Mysteries comes on, about crop circles. And I have the tendancy to freak myself out about stupid stuff like this, even though I don't really know what I believe about it.

So they're talking about aliens and animal mutilation, and how they've taken the shapes of the "signs" (crop circles) and made them into mathematical figures, and then turned those into musical notes, then played those notes, seeing if they could figure out what they were saying. Some people have too much time on their hands.

Then there were parts about some of the crop circles looking like our galaxy, and how Earth was missing from it, like aliens were trying to tell us that we were going to disappear or something. I don't know. For some reason parts of this really freaked me out, and when I start talking about stuff like that or watching it, my eyes get all watery like I'm crying. I don't know what it is. I looked like someone ran over my cat or something last night. Then I couldn't sleep, so I had to put it on South Park to get my mind off of crop circles, even though I still love them. I just shouldn't watch stuff about them in the middle of the night when I'm by myself...

Oh, on a brighter note, I learned how to mix paint yesterday at work :) It was pretty cool. That's one of the main reasons I wanted to move out onto the floor in hardlines, because I wanted to learn to mix paint lol.

I have a big comprehensive test tomorrow afternoon for my Earth Science class, and I'm trying to study for it, but it's really boring and dull and I keep getting distracted. Not by the TV or the internet. Not by anything, really, I just kinda space out.