How can you tell me the way I should live my life?
I'm always second best to somebody else
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Sunday, December 16, 2007
The judgment that something is more important
"Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgment that something is more important than fear. The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all."
Three things that sum up my capacity:
1. I don't want to find myself in the same position (in this relationship) I just got out of from this previous relationship, and I'm afraid I am.
2. I'm doing terribly in school I've found myself beginning to lie about it to people so I don't have to hear myself say it out loud, meanwhile, (I don't know how) but I'm doing extrordinarily well at work.
3. I think I have grown an uncontrolable temper that unleashed through my parent's divorce and has continually caused me to hurt people I love the most.
Three things that sum up my capacity:
1. I don't want to find myself in the same position (in this relationship) I just got out of from this previous relationship, and I'm afraid I am.
2. I'm doing terribly in school I've found myself beginning to lie about it to people so I don't have to hear myself say it out loud, meanwhile, (I don't know how) but I'm doing extrordinarily well at work.
3. I think I have grown an uncontrolable temper that unleashed through my parent's divorce and has continually caused me to hurt people I love the most.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
It's good to be with you
Talking all night while the radio
Plays songs we love
We're dancing slow
It's good to be with you
Plays songs we love
We're dancing slow
It's good to be with you
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Is the good life better than the life I live?
Claude's dinner party (part I - hahaha) was this past weekend. I had an absolute blast and finally got to meet his wife and 2/4 of his kids! And Claude has a gorgeous house! "Part I" included Catherine and Gary, Claude and Amy, and then me and BGS :) After an incredible dinner (Claude is also an amazing cook) we played pool, Wii, air hockey, LRC, foosball, watched SNL... I love him to bits and pieces :) And he has the sweetest wife!
Today, I found out my shoe has a hole in it. Now my toes are cold and wet and it is making me grumpy.
Finals went as well as they can go for me, which is not very well. I am terrible at studying and a master at procrastinating. I even got more satisfaction out of finishing this than finishing today's final exam.
More to come... lots on my mind.
Today, I found out my shoe has a hole in it. Now my toes are cold and wet and it is making me grumpy.
Finals went as well as they can go for me, which is not very well. I am terrible at studying and a master at procrastinating. I even got more satisfaction out of finishing this than finishing today's final exam.
More to come... lots on my mind.
Sunday, December 09, 2007
Friday, December 07, 2007
The letter to my mother
I emailed my mom to update her on everything, that it came out to be kind of a humorous email that summed up the last 24 hours (when I'd written it yesterday). It's been absolutely crazy this week, and this just about sums it up:
Hi Ma,
A lot has happened in the last 24 hours. I'm alive and okay but still coughing a lot from my throat.
The first thing that happened was on the way home from Tim's concert. I stopped at Colleen's to grab a cup of coffee with her and then left. It was snowing, but not really that badly. I got in another accident but I didn't hit anything and nothing hit me. What happened was there was a car far ahead of me (we were both probably going 60-65) and I watched it spin out pretty badly. I was trying to slow down and anticipate which way to veer off to because she was in the right lane spinning off to the left and I was in the left lane. I started to brake and try to move over to the right and my car lost control and I started spinning until I landed in a ditch at the far right. I called 9-1-1 and then Bryan and finally got out of the car. This girl who turns out to be my age ran over to see if I was okay. Turns out, her car hit some black ice and spun from the right lane over to the left, across the median, across the westbound lanes, and into the ditch on the other side of the highway. No one was hurt and both cars are in completely okay condition, with the exception of one of her bumpers. My car is drivable and totally okay too.
The other thing that happened to me is that I had a meeting with the global marketing director (who reports directly to the CEO in the UK) and our legal counsel (also from the UK). A long story short, Raul is planning for me to go to the UK this summer as a business development/marketing intern :) We already sort of discussed pay, range of dates, and possible mentors and activities for me to be involved in. He even asked me if the US offices reimburse for tuition, and I told him no. He asked me how much tuition is a year, I told him how much and he wrote down the number in the notes he was writing on the copy of the resume I gave him, and he said he would talk to HR there to find out if they can "take care of it"! He also gave me the names of a couple other business development/marketing contacts from other locations and recommended that I contact our bus dev/marketing representative in our new China office. I'm going to need to write some emails to the HR recruiter in the UK who deals with internships, but he was very adamant about letting me know that he will back me up fully and make sure that the HR department keeps on top planning the details of my internship.
I know, crazy right? I'm still trying to digest it.
I didn't mention to her, though, that it took us over 3 hours to drive what usually takes 1.5 hours after the accident (I followed BGS the whole way back... he's such a trooper I don't know how I deserve him). I was absolutely terrified and made BGS get off the highway with me a few times, and every time I was passed by someone or tried to pass someone, I would flip out and becoming convinced that I was about to get in another accident. We got to A2 at 5:30am or something ridiculous like that, and poor BGS had to be at work in less than 3 hours. I felt so bad he had to go through that ride home with me, but I'm also sure I would not have made it back by myself.
As for the next day's meeting with the UK bus dev/marketing director, it went so well I could not wipe the smile off my face the entire rest of the day. I went into the meeting with the same mindset I had when I walked into the meeting with Dean (the US president) that I had to convince and prove to him that he should decide to support me. To my surprise, this director responded completely different from Dean and even told me he respected I was "taking the initiative to further an ambition of mine with the company I've seemed to have grown to love". Rather than spending the meeting trying to convince and prove to him that I deserve this internship in the UK, he seemed to quickly have made a decision to tell me he already decided I would have this internship in the UK, and instead, we spent the meeting time discussing the details of the internship. He also offered really awesome (I mean I was seriously in awe of this man) insight about DTC's new direction and new management.
Anyway I'm about to fall asleep. Ack.
Hi Ma,
A lot has happened in the last 24 hours. I'm alive and okay but still coughing a lot from my throat.
The first thing that happened was on the way home from Tim's concert. I stopped at Colleen's to grab a cup of coffee with her and then left. It was snowing, but not really that badly. I got in another accident but I didn't hit anything and nothing hit me. What happened was there was a car far ahead of me (we were both probably going 60-65) and I watched it spin out pretty badly. I was trying to slow down and anticipate which way to veer off to because she was in the right lane spinning off to the left and I was in the left lane. I started to brake and try to move over to the right and my car lost control and I started spinning until I landed in a ditch at the far right. I called 9-1-1 and then Bryan and finally got out of the car. This girl who turns out to be my age ran over to see if I was okay. Turns out, her car hit some black ice and spun from the right lane over to the left, across the median, across the westbound lanes, and into the ditch on the other side of the highway. No one was hurt and both cars are in completely okay condition, with the exception of one of her bumpers. My car is drivable and totally okay too.
The other thing that happened to me is that I had a meeting with the global marketing director (who reports directly to the CEO in the UK) and our legal counsel (also from the UK). A long story short, Raul is planning for me to go to the UK this summer as a business development/marketing intern :) We already sort of discussed pay, range of dates, and possible mentors and activities for me to be involved in. He even asked me if the US offices reimburse for tuition, and I told him no. He asked me how much tuition is a year, I told him how much and he wrote down the number in the notes he was writing on the copy of the resume I gave him, and he said he would talk to HR there to find out if they can "take care of it"! He also gave me the names of a couple other business development/marketing contacts from other locations and recommended that I contact our bus dev/marketing representative in our new China office. I'm going to need to write some emails to the HR recruiter in the UK who deals with internships, but he was very adamant about letting me know that he will back me up fully and make sure that the HR department keeps on top planning the details of my internship.
I know, crazy right? I'm still trying to digest it.
I didn't mention to her, though, that it took us over 3 hours to drive what usually takes 1.5 hours after the accident (I followed BGS the whole way back... he's such a trooper I don't know how I deserve him). I was absolutely terrified and made BGS get off the highway with me a few times, and every time I was passed by someone or tried to pass someone, I would flip out and becoming convinced that I was about to get in another accident. We got to A2 at 5:30am or something ridiculous like that, and poor BGS had to be at work in less than 3 hours. I felt so bad he had to go through that ride home with me, but I'm also sure I would not have made it back by myself.
As for the next day's meeting with the UK bus dev/marketing director, it went so well I could not wipe the smile off my face the entire rest of the day. I went into the meeting with the same mindset I had when I walked into the meeting with Dean (the US president) that I had to convince and prove to him that he should decide to support me. To my surprise, this director responded completely different from Dean and even told me he respected I was "taking the initiative to further an ambition of mine with the company I've seemed to have grown to love". Rather than spending the meeting trying to convince and prove to him that I deserve this internship in the UK, he seemed to quickly have made a decision to tell me he already decided I would have this internship in the UK, and instead, we spent the meeting time discussing the details of the internship. He also offered really awesome (I mean I was seriously in awe of this man) insight about DTC's new direction and new management.
Anyway I'm about to fall asleep. Ack.
Monday, December 03, 2007
I'm yer little koala bear
I kind of went window shopping with BGS yesterday, and this might be the first time ever that I am dreading Christmas shopping. I mean, I love trying to figure out what to buy people, writing meaningful cards taking advantage of the opportunity to tell them how much they mean to me, I even love wrapping presents extra carefully and tying fancy bows on the presents. But this year, I'm dreading spending the money on gifts for others and myself. While I'd usually justify it by thinking about how ridiculous the sales are and great of a steal those prices were, I'm thinking that won't fill my bank account back up so it's not much of a justification.
Regardless, I am just looking forward to spending time with BGS this holiday season :) Mariah Carey has it right, all I want for Christmas is you!
Regardless, I am just looking forward to spending time with BGS this holiday season :) Mariah Carey has it right, all I want for Christmas is you!
Saturday, December 01, 2007
Tell them what they wanna hear
Ladies, let me ask you this.
You are driving and pull up to a red light. You hear someone honking next to you, and you look over. It's this guy (in a delivery truck) waving and mouthing something like "hey baby" over to you. How good looking or how young he is is irrelevant (don't argue with me on this one, he's in a delivery truck). How do you react?
I just looked back forward and ignore him, preparing to either jump the gun at a green or read his reaction to keep up with me and slow down to avoid making it seem like I'm trying to play with him.
It makes me wonder though, what the hell do guys think they're getting out of it? Are they just looking for a smile or some recognition? Or do they expect us to be like "heyyyy yeh-yaaah!" and grab the nearest piece of paper and pen to make a sign to hold up our phone numbers. Seriously.
You are driving and pull up to a red light. You hear someone honking next to you, and you look over. It's this guy (in a delivery truck) waving and mouthing something like "hey baby" over to you. How good looking or how young he is is irrelevant (don't argue with me on this one, he's in a delivery truck). How do you react?
I just looked back forward and ignore him, preparing to either jump the gun at a green or read his reaction to keep up with me and slow down to avoid making it seem like I'm trying to play with him.
It makes me wonder though, what the hell do guys think they're getting out of it? Are they just looking for a smile or some recognition? Or do they expect us to be like "heyyyy yeh-yaaah!" and grab the nearest piece of paper and pen to make a sign to hold up our phone numbers. Seriously.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Language, speaking, writing, typing
In one of my history classes, there is a group of 5 elderly senior citizens that attend the lectures. They eat lunch together outside the lecture hall before hand, and slowly make their way into class for the lectures.
They're kind of funny in that they are kind of stereotypical elders. They're kind of dainty and walk down the steps of the lecture hall slowly, holding on to the guardrail. They say make comments so politely and seriously about the cold temperature of the room. All the other students in the room usually quiet down to kind of observe them and crack smiles at the good-natured comments they make about the class.
One of the women leaned over to me today pointing at my laptop and asked if I use "that thing" to take notes during the lecture. I said yes because I type faster than I write, so it is easier to take notes when the professor has a lot to say. She asked me how my hand writing is, and I didn't know what she meant for a second. She said she thought that my hand writing could be sloppy or messy if I always type instead of write. I think she actually said "suffers". Like, "your hand writing probably suffers if you are always typing instead".
I wasn't offended. Luckily, I think if I'm not in a rush to scribble something out, my handwriting is usually pretty neat. But it is an interesting thought... my hand writing may not be suffering now. But in the future, will technology take over to the point where kids learn to type earlier than they can write? After all, middle schools and elementary schools are already using computer classes to teach kids how to type properly, navigate the Internet, and utilize Microsoft programs.
They're kind of funny in that they are kind of stereotypical elders. They're kind of dainty and walk down the steps of the lecture hall slowly, holding on to the guardrail. They say make comments so politely and seriously about the cold temperature of the room. All the other students in the room usually quiet down to kind of observe them and crack smiles at the good-natured comments they make about the class.
One of the women leaned over to me today pointing at my laptop and asked if I use "that thing" to take notes during the lecture. I said yes because I type faster than I write, so it is easier to take notes when the professor has a lot to say. She asked me how my hand writing is, and I didn't know what she meant for a second. She said she thought that my hand writing could be sloppy or messy if I always type instead of write. I think she actually said "suffers". Like, "your hand writing probably suffers if you are always typing instead".
I wasn't offended. Luckily, I think if I'm not in a rush to scribble something out, my handwriting is usually pretty neat. But it is an interesting thought... my hand writing may not be suffering now. But in the future, will technology take over to the point where kids learn to type earlier than they can write? After all, middle schools and elementary schools are already using computer classes to teach kids how to type properly, navigate the Internet, and utilize Microsoft programs.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Can't seem to hold it together sometimes
I need to be in the presence of someone other than my own crying shame.
Yet I think sometimes I push away the ones I love who love me because I'm afraid of giving anyone a chance to make me feel worse than I make myself feel.
Where does that leave me?
Yet I think sometimes I push away the ones I love who love me because I'm afraid of giving anyone a chance to make me feel worse than I make myself feel.
Where does that leave me?
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Ya know what? Umm I'll be right back
I've started about 4 entries on Blogger in the last week and a half or so, and none have really stuck or explained anything that has been going on. And a lot has been going on. I guess I'll go backwards with some of the fun events :)
BGS family's in town and I finally got to meet them for the first time :) Just like him, they are all very open and welcoming people. And it's so cute because him and his brother are such momma's boys! They absolutely adore her and it is so sweet to see the three of them together!
Benny Benassi was Friday. Awesome music but terrible night! It was so unbelievably crowded, we had not other choice but to brutally push our way through to move anywhere. But at least the music was good for how short we were actually there before the boys got fed up and we left. And I didn't get a chance to meet up with Nicholas either :(
Lunch with Claude on Monday when he was in the Belleville area to see Karen. And somehow Joe, Suzy, and Phil went also, so I did too. It was so good to see him! I definitely miss him a lot.
Went to the Robyn Hitchcock concert at the Ark with Bry, Chris, his wife Gill, and Dave P. from work. Went to Conor O'Neil's beforehand... had strawberry and rhubarb pie for the first time! I thought rhubarb was some kind of garlic... dunno why! Anyway the concert wasn't really my style (I guess Chris is somehow related to Robyn through some in-laws or something), although the opening guy - can't remember his name - was really good! But Robyn was a little bit odd... he rambled on about the most random things I've ever heard in my life. Like he told an anecdote about a girl who bought herself flowers and couldn't see herself in the mirror because ironically the flowers were in the way, but then some man appears and the flowers begin to spread everywhere and he transforms, and the flowers grow and grow out the door and down the street, then something about people in a coffee shop watching him fly by, and then something about a guy melting into a pile of nothing at the end of the street. And that was the end of the anecdote. Yeah.
Dropped by the new Hammell Music in Wixom with Bryan on our way to pick up my car. I've kind of forgotten everything about the differences in pianos and brands, but it was still fun to pretend we were going to buy a $70,000 Steinway.
Went to a house Techno party with BGS for a little bit, which was fun while it lasted (why do I feel like I keep repeating this? haha). I have such a blast dancing with him even if we just turn some music on in his room and goof around.
BGS and I had a little dinner date with Brett and Layla (and eventually Dave came) at Seoul Garden, a Korean restaurant close to where the guys live. We ordered a couple Korean barbecue dishes that you cook yourself on this little grill thing that they set on your table. Aside from just having a great time and drinking a bit of Soju (okay maybe more than a bit), the food was actually really good! Bry even ordered cow tounge, which was surprisingly not that bad.
BGS family's in town and I finally got to meet them for the first time :) Just like him, they are all very open and welcoming people. And it's so cute because him and his brother are such momma's boys! They absolutely adore her and it is so sweet to see the three of them together!
Benny Benassi was Friday. Awesome music but terrible night! It was so unbelievably crowded, we had not other choice but to brutally push our way through to move anywhere. But at least the music was good for how short we were actually there before the boys got fed up and we left. And I didn't get a chance to meet up with Nicholas either :(
Lunch with Claude on Monday when he was in the Belleville area to see Karen. And somehow Joe, Suzy, and Phil went also, so I did too. It was so good to see him! I definitely miss him a lot.
Went to the Robyn Hitchcock concert at the Ark with Bry, Chris, his wife Gill, and Dave P. from work. Went to Conor O'Neil's beforehand... had strawberry and rhubarb pie for the first time! I thought rhubarb was some kind of garlic... dunno why! Anyway the concert wasn't really my style (I guess Chris is somehow related to Robyn through some in-laws or something), although the opening guy - can't remember his name - was really good! But Robyn was a little bit odd... he rambled on about the most random things I've ever heard in my life. Like he told an anecdote about a girl who bought herself flowers and couldn't see herself in the mirror because ironically the flowers were in the way, but then some man appears and the flowers begin to spread everywhere and he transforms, and the flowers grow and grow out the door and down the street, then something about people in a coffee shop watching him fly by, and then something about a guy melting into a pile of nothing at the end of the street. And that was the end of the anecdote. Yeah.
Dropped by the new Hammell Music in Wixom with Bryan on our way to pick up my car. I've kind of forgotten everything about the differences in pianos and brands, but it was still fun to pretend we were going to buy a $70,000 Steinway.
Went to a house Techno party with BGS for a little bit, which was fun while it lasted (why do I feel like I keep repeating this? haha). I have such a blast dancing with him even if we just turn some music on in his room and goof around.
BGS and I had a little dinner date with Brett and Layla (and eventually Dave came) at Seoul Garden, a Korean restaurant close to where the guys live. We ordered a couple Korean barbecue dishes that you cook yourself on this little grill thing that they set on your table. Aside from just having a great time and drinking a bit of Soju (okay maybe more than a bit), the food was actually really good! Bry even ordered cow tounge, which was surprisingly not that bad.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Weekend in a nutshell
The good: Anna in town, Lehv in town, an amazing time with BCG as always (Sushi, crab, Best Buy... all good)
The bad: missing out and cancelling Halloween party plans at MSU
The ugly: a few hospital visits until absurd hours of the morning
The bad: missing out and cancelling Halloween party plans at MSU
The ugly: a few hospital visits until absurd hours of the morning
Friday, October 26, 2007
I regret tomorrow more than yesterday
I think I'm onto two extremes, and I don't know how to balance.
The first and better of the two: having the time of my life with my S.O., new friends, new relationships, and excited for upcoming events and holidays.
The second: terrified and embarrassed of how I'm doing in school to the point where I am trying to figure out what the alternative is incase I am really failing.
The first and better of the two: having the time of my life with my S.O., new friends, new relationships, and excited for upcoming events and holidays.
The second: terrified and embarrassed of how I'm doing in school to the point where I am trying to figure out what the alternative is incase I am really failing.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Friends etcetera etcetera
I absolutely love BGS's friends! They always give me hugs and good handshakes and genuinely want to know how I am doing or what's new in my life. They remember what I've talked about before and ask how those things are going. And BGS is so good to me - we talk to everyone around us in seperate conversations but he always has his arm around me or is holding my hand, but we also talk to each other every so often as if nothing else matters.
I went to Cafe Felix with BGS last night to meet up with Sammie, Brett and Layla (finally got to meet her!), Lovell, and two of Sammie's friends from Toyota and for wine. Had an absolute blast - couldn't stop laughing and smiling while still having both hilarious, stupid-funny conversations as serious, intellectual conversations (and I'll point out I wasn't even intoxicated).
This past weekend, we went to Sammie's to meet with DB, Hugo, Brett, and a bunch of other people from the FSAE team I'd met a few times before to watch the F1 race. Okay, so this time I was a little bit intoxicated (you know, beer on an empty stomach), but I still had such a good time. Sammie made salad and this really good shredded BBQ pork and Brett brought Hobgoblin (yusss an excellent combination!). I actually really got into the race now that I've been following and watching the previous races.
Sam has been pushing the idea of getting together to do weekly potlucks at his and Lovell's house, on top of our sort of regular Wednesdays out to Cafe Felix. I am so excited to feel like I'm part of their group!
I went to Cafe Felix with BGS last night to meet up with Sammie, Brett and Layla (finally got to meet her!), Lovell, and two of Sammie's friends from Toyota and for wine. Had an absolute blast - couldn't stop laughing and smiling while still having both hilarious, stupid-funny conversations as serious, intellectual conversations (and I'll point out I wasn't even intoxicated).
This past weekend, we went to Sammie's to meet with DB, Hugo, Brett, and a bunch of other people from the FSAE team I'd met a few times before to watch the F1 race. Okay, so this time I was a little bit intoxicated (you know, beer on an empty stomach), but I still had such a good time. Sammie made salad and this really good shredded BBQ pork and Brett brought Hobgoblin (yusss an excellent combination!). I actually really got into the race now that I've been following and watching the previous races.
Sam has been pushing the idea of getting together to do weekly potlucks at his and Lovell's house, on top of our sort of regular Wednesdays out to Cafe Felix. I am so excited to feel like I'm part of their group!
Thursday, October 18, 2007
It's no good without you
Well, it's been almost a week filled with a monstrous amount of food, sneaking Jack and Coke's from reception open bars, dinner with Stephanie after finding out she's in SA also, missing a huge day at the office, amazing phone conversations, waking up to my loud hotel neighbors at ungodly early/late times, warm weather, brain overload on subjects I know nothing about, absurdly long business dinners with potential clients, and an educational experience in business development. But I miss my baby doggy and I miss my boy, so I think I'm ready for this conference to be over with. Just a few more days! Here are some pictures. This is just a kinda cool structure outside of the intersection where the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center is:
Pictures from restaurants and hotels along the Riverwalk:
Kasabby (hehehe) and I at Pesca's with a slice of chocolate torte on my birthday :)
One of the guys in the mariachi band that sang happy birthday to me at Cafe Ole:
Remember The Alamo!
Made entirely out of pop cans... saw this at the other end of the convention center:
Pictures from restaurants and hotels along the Riverwalk:
Kasabby (hehehe) and I at Pesca's with a slice of chocolate torte on my birthday :)
One of the guys in the mariachi band that sang happy birthday to me at Cafe Ole:
Remember The Alamo!
Made entirely out of pop cans... saw this at the other end of the convention center:
Saturday, October 13, 2007
I've got eight pillows
So I celebrated my birthday ahead of time with BGS yesterday, and I had an amazing time! Dinner at my "world ends tomorrow" restaurant, a crafty date place, the most romantic setting I've ever seen, and jewelry that reminds me of our weekend away :) And he respected my wish to keep it low key!
Today, he drove me to the airport. His 3 days away in NM was pretty bad, I don't know how I'm going to make it through a week!
The flight was brutal. I luckily got the kicking, screaming, crying kid sitting behind me. He also stood up in his seat and put his little hands on my head and headrest, dropped his toy cars in my lap repeatedly, and snapped the pocket on the back of my seat for at least half an hour straight until I fully woke up from my nap.
To add, I'm pretty sure this family or a family just like it moved into the room next to me because all I've been hearing is crying, screaming, and loud parents all day!
At any rate, here's where I am currently curled up as I write:
Today, he drove me to the airport. His 3 days away in NM was pretty bad, I don't know how I'm going to make it through a week!
The flight was brutal. I luckily got the kicking, screaming, crying kid sitting behind me. He also stood up in his seat and put his little hands on my head and headrest, dropped his toy cars in my lap repeatedly, and snapped the pocket on the back of my seat for at least half an hour straight until I fully woke up from my nap.
To add, I'm pretty sure this family or a family just like it moved into the room next to me because all I've been hearing is crying, screaming, and loud parents all day!
At any rate, here's where I am currently curled up as I write:
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Stressed backwards is desserts
This week has been quite extreme.
I woke up today and actually wondered to myself how I will physically handle these next couple weeks. I feel like I never sleep well or feel like I still haven't slept for days after I wake. My body weight has been madly fluctuating, which I know is not good.
Senator Levin visited our facility today, and we've been spending the last few days prepping for the tour and what not. Everything worked out well, but as usual, it was incredibly hectic. I find that I've lately had more interaction with some of the other exec's that I don't usually talk to, including Dean. He wandered over to me when everyone was sort of waiting for the Senator to ask how things were going and what not.
Manvinder is here this week, so it's been a little bit weird being around him. I don't know why, but it really really bothers me that he's sitting at Claude's old desk. I keep looking over at his reflection in the window the way Claude would check to see if I'm late (hehehe). And completely by accident, I came around the corner talking loudly to Kristi (we always talk over walls and talk to each other as we walk around) about a meeting I had with JVA, and I said, "Well that was a waste of my time!" Oops.
I had an accounting exam at the end of last week that I got back this week. I flipped out because my recorded exam grade on Blackboard was not very good, but then I received an email from my professor saying that I accidentally skipped a page and she would let me finish it before she recorded my final grade. On the downside, I don't think that one page makes a big enough difference to bring my grade up to what is ideal, but it definitely made me feel better that I hadn't actually done so bad.
Last year, part of what helped me keep less stressed through school was all my dorky hobbies, which I've picked back up.I consolidated my aquariums (you thought I was going to say something about loans or money when I said the word "consolidated" didn't you? haha). It's still in the process, but I haven't been making enough time to maintain all three. So I thought my baby guppies should be big enough to join the rest of the fish, but a few minutes later, I found half a body floating around without a head. Ewww. If you're going to eat each other, at least finish each other off so I don't see any leftovers.
I also have gotten back into scrapbooking, and naturally, I have also gotten back into my habit of spending a ridiculous amount of money on scrapbook embellishments. Even though embellishments are usually no more than $3 or $4 unless you get something real fancy, I always think about what I need/don't have while I scrapbook and make frequent trips to scrapbook stores to buy paper and stickers or what not.
To come in the next week-ish:
Celebrating my birthday with my hunny :)
My week long trip to San Antonio
GVSU with BGS to visit friends
I woke up today and actually wondered to myself how I will physically handle these next couple weeks. I feel like I never sleep well or feel like I still haven't slept for days after I wake. My body weight has been madly fluctuating, which I know is not good.
Senator Levin visited our facility today, and we've been spending the last few days prepping for the tour and what not. Everything worked out well, but as usual, it was incredibly hectic. I find that I've lately had more interaction with some of the other exec's that I don't usually talk to, including Dean. He wandered over to me when everyone was sort of waiting for the Senator to ask how things were going and what not.
Manvinder is here this week, so it's been a little bit weird being around him. I don't know why, but it really really bothers me that he's sitting at Claude's old desk. I keep looking over at his reflection in the window the way Claude would check to see if I'm late (hehehe). And completely by accident, I came around the corner talking loudly to Kristi (we always talk over walls and talk to each other as we walk around) about a meeting I had with JVA, and I said, "Well that was a waste of my time!" Oops.
I had an accounting exam at the end of last week that I got back this week. I flipped out because my recorded exam grade on Blackboard was not very good, but then I received an email from my professor saying that I accidentally skipped a page and she would let me finish it before she recorded my final grade. On the downside, I don't think that one page makes a big enough difference to bring my grade up to what is ideal, but it definitely made me feel better that I hadn't actually done so bad.
Last year, part of what helped me keep less stressed through school was all my dorky hobbies, which I've picked back up.I consolidated my aquariums (you thought I was going to say something about loans or money when I said the word "consolidated" didn't you? haha). It's still in the process, but I haven't been making enough time to maintain all three. So I thought my baby guppies should be big enough to join the rest of the fish, but a few minutes later, I found half a body floating around without a head. Ewww. If you're going to eat each other, at least finish each other off so I don't see any leftovers.
I also have gotten back into scrapbooking, and naturally, I have also gotten back into my habit of spending a ridiculous amount of money on scrapbook embellishments. Even though embellishments are usually no more than $3 or $4 unless you get something real fancy, I always think about what I need/don't have while I scrapbook and make frequent trips to scrapbook stores to buy paper and stickers or what not.
To come in the next week-ish:
Celebrating my birthday with my hunny :)
My week long trip to San Antonio
GVSU with BGS to visit friends
Saturday, October 06, 2007
I locked my keys in my car at work today
Completely by accident. I'm usually pretty good certain safety things... I mean I'm really good about locking my doors habitually as I open the door to get out, which is probably why I locked my keys in my car.
When I groaned to Lori about it, she immediately called the police station to find out if this was something they could help with. They said yes, and within 15 minutes, a cop arrived. As he started trying to flip the lock with the long metal device thing, he says to me, "Oh just so you know, it doesn't happen often, but I'm supposed to warn you that your lock on this door may never work again after this." Thanks guy.
10 minutes of trying to unlock my car and he stops and says, "If this were a Ford, I'd have already unlocked this by now".
I guess in a way, that's a good thing (I say this now that my car is already unlocked).
When I groaned to Lori about it, she immediately called the police station to find out if this was something they could help with. They said yes, and within 15 minutes, a cop arrived. As he started trying to flip the lock with the long metal device thing, he says to me, "Oh just so you know, it doesn't happen often, but I'm supposed to warn you that your lock on this door may never work again after this." Thanks guy.
10 minutes of trying to unlock my car and he stops and says, "If this were a Ford, I'd have already unlocked this by now".
I guess in a way, that's a good thing (I say this now that my car is already unlocked).
Monday, October 01, 2007
Eat Drink One Woman
I started writing this entry called "Favorite Restaurant Foods" while on the phone with BGS and he thought I was talking about one of those "You Are What You Eat" entries on Eat Drink One Woman. So I decided to write both :)
Name: Tammy
Occupation: Student/Eternal Intern
Borough: Suburbia a half hour outside The D, MI
Relationship: Taken, by someone I'm head over heels for!
What did you eat today?
I'm ashamed to say because I ate so poorly today! An iced tea, croissant, and banana for breakfast/lunch, and another iced tea and dumplings with rice and corn for dinner.
What do you never eat?
Tomatoes... even though I like salsa, marinara sauce, and ketchup. Not a big fan of olives or seafood with tentacles.
Complete this sentence: In my refrigerator, you can always find:
Shredded Mozzarella cheese, apple juice or high pulp orange juice, baby carrot sticks or some other kind of veggies for dipping, Marzetti's Veggie Dip to go with the previous item, fresh frozen fruits for smoothies or other desserts (in my freezer), eggs, sliced turkey, and a roll of croissant dough.
What is your favorite kitchen item?
My Magic Bullet, which I realize sounds like a sex toy but it is really just a small, powerful blender that I constantly use for smoothies, milkshakes, and dicing foods like boiled eggs for egg salads. Best used for pulverizing though.
Where do you eat out most frequently?
Beirut La Pita but probably because it is close to work, fast, inexpensive, tasty, and everyone I'll go out to eat with likes their food. They have this amazing dip they just call Garlic Dip, which I could live off of.
World ends tomorrow. What would you like for your last meal?
A four course fondue meal at the Melting Pot with a couple close friends (which I've mapped out below), and a ridiculous amount of wine:
1. Cheddar fondue: Aged, medium-sharp Cheddar and Emmenthaler Swiss cheeses, lager beer, garlic and seasonings. Served with diced apples, celery, and bread cubes for dipping.
2. California Salad: Mixed baby greens, Roma tomatoes, walnuts, Gorgonzola cheese, with a raspberry walnut vinaigrette dressing.
3. Coq au Vin fondue: Flavors of fresh herbs, mushrooms, garlic, spices, and burgundy wine. Served with chicken, shrimp, teriyaki beef, broccoli, potatoes, mushrooms, yellow squash, sauces for dipping (curry, chipotle, teriyaki, sour cream & chives, and Gorgonzola cheese dip), and two batters for breading (tempura and a sesame seed batter)
4. Yin Yang chocolate fondue: half dark chocolate, half white chocolate. Served with strawberries, bananas, pineapple, graham cracker covered marshmallows, oreo crumb covered marshmallows, cheese cake, and pound cake.
Name: TammyOccupation: Student/Eternal Intern
Borough: Suburbia a half hour outside The D, MI
Relationship: Taken, by someone I'm head over heels for!
What did you eat today?
I'm ashamed to say because I ate so poorly today! An iced tea, croissant, and banana for breakfast/lunch, and another iced tea and dumplings with rice and corn for dinner.
What do you never eat?
Tomatoes... even though I like salsa, marinara sauce, and ketchup. Not a big fan of olives or seafood with tentacles.
Complete this sentence: In my refrigerator, you can always find:
Shredded Mozzarella cheese, apple juice or high pulp orange juice, baby carrot sticks or some other kind of veggies for dipping, Marzetti's Veggie Dip to go with the previous item, fresh frozen fruits for smoothies or other desserts (in my freezer), eggs, sliced turkey, and a roll of croissant dough.
What is your favorite kitchen item?My Magic Bullet, which I realize sounds like a sex toy but it is really just a small, powerful blender that I constantly use for smoothies, milkshakes, and dicing foods like boiled eggs for egg salads. Best used for pulverizing though.
Where do you eat out most frequently?
Beirut La Pita but probably because it is close to work, fast, inexpensive, tasty, and everyone I'll go out to eat with likes their food. They have this amazing dip they just call Garlic Dip, which I could live off of.
World ends tomorrow. What would you like for your last meal?
A four course fondue meal at the Melting Pot with a couple close friends (which I've mapped out below), and a ridiculous amount of wine:
1. Cheddar fondue: Aged, medium-sharp Cheddar and Emmenthaler Swiss cheeses, lager beer, garlic and seasonings. Served with diced apples, celery, and bread cubes for dipping.
2. California Salad: Mixed baby greens, Roma tomatoes, walnuts, Gorgonzola cheese, with a raspberry walnut vinaigrette dressing.
3. Coq au Vin fondue: Flavors of fresh herbs, mushrooms, garlic, spices, and burgundy wine. Served with chicken, shrimp, teriyaki beef, broccoli, potatoes, mushrooms, yellow squash, sauces for dipping (curry, chipotle, teriyaki, sour cream & chives, and Gorgonzola cheese dip), and two batters for breading (tempura and a sesame seed batter)
4. Yin Yang chocolate fondue: half dark chocolate, half white chocolate. Served with strawberries, bananas, pineapple, graham cracker covered marshmallows, oreo crumb covered marshmallows, cheese cake, and pound cake.
My favorite restaurant foods
Steve and Rocky's House Salad: Assorted greens, pine nuts, grapefruit segments, red onions, dried cranberries, with a honey-mustard vinaigrette). It's a very simple salad, but with a little bit of fresh ground pepper, I can never stop eating it even when my food arrives.
Buca di Beppo's Chicken Marsala: Sautéed chicken breasts and fresh mushrooms in a sweet Marsala wine reduction. Much sweeter than any other Chicken Marsala I've ever had. Until I had Buca di Beppo's Chicken Marsala, I always felt like chicken marsala sauce at other restaurants tasted more like a gravy with a little wine mixed it, but now my opinion has changed! This is what real chicken marsala is!
Zingerman's Roadhouse Mac and Cheese: Homemade cream sauce and lots of 2-year old raw-milk Vermont cheddar caramelized with the Martelli family's artisanal macaroni from Tuscany. I'll never be able to associate the words "real mac and cheese" with "box" ever again.
Sushi House's Lion King roll: Crab meat, avocado, spicy shrimp salad. Toasted, then topped with crunched tempura. Puts a spicy spin on the California roll. Plus, I've never had sushi toasted before.
Beirut La Pita's Chicken Schwarma Sandwich: Aka "Schmarma" or "Schaaa-warma" as we now call it... grilled chicken, tomatoes (not on mine though!), pickles, and garlic sauce wrapped in pita bread and grilled.
Ajishin's Udon noodles: You can't beat a huge bowl of Udon noodles in a broth with crab, seaweed, green onion, and mushrooms for five bucks. Amazing, and you get your money's worth!
Olive Garden's Pasta e Fagioli soup: white and red beans, ground beef, tomatoes, and pasta in a savory broth. Think upper-class chili with pasta, but not as thick as chili. And you know I'm a fan of chili!
Buca di Beppo's Chicken Marsala: Sautéed chicken breasts and fresh mushrooms in a sweet Marsala wine reduction. Much sweeter than any other Chicken Marsala I've ever had. Until I had Buca di Beppo's Chicken Marsala, I always felt like chicken marsala sauce at other restaurants tasted more like a gravy with a little wine mixed it, but now my opinion has changed! This is what real chicken marsala is!
Zingerman's Roadhouse Mac and Cheese: Homemade cream sauce and lots of 2-year old raw-milk Vermont cheddar caramelized with the Martelli family's artisanal macaroni from Tuscany. I'll never be able to associate the words "real mac and cheese" with "box" ever again.
Sushi House's Lion King roll: Crab meat, avocado, spicy shrimp salad. Toasted, then topped with crunched tempura. Puts a spicy spin on the California roll. Plus, I've never had sushi toasted before.
Beirut La Pita's Chicken Schwarma Sandwich: Aka "Schmarma" or "Schaaa-warma" as we now call it... grilled chicken, tomatoes (not on mine though!), pickles, and garlic sauce wrapped in pita bread and grilled.
Ajishin's Udon noodles: You can't beat a huge bowl of Udon noodles in a broth with crab, seaweed, green onion, and mushrooms for five bucks. Amazing, and you get your money's worth!
Olive Garden's Pasta e Fagioli soup: white and red beans, ground beef, tomatoes, and pasta in a savory broth. Think upper-class chili with pasta, but not as thick as chili. And you know I'm a fan of chili!
Sunday, September 30, 2007
The truth is all there is
Events from last weekend through this weekend:
Barbecue chicken pizza
Lehv
East Lansing
Seeing Zach
Zingerman's
Whole Foods dinner
Curry lunch in Canton
Mrs. Belo
Steve and Rocky's celebration
Car shopping
Buca di Beppo
SNL
Pad Thai noodles
Barbecue chicken pizza
Lehv
East Lansing
Seeing Zach
Zingerman's
Whole Foods dinner
Curry lunch in Canton
Mrs. Belo
Steve and Rocky's celebration
Car shopping
Buca di Beppo
SNL
Pad Thai noodles
Monday, September 24, 2007
Drama drama drama
This past week has been the height of the latest dramas going on in my life. I feel like my latest frustration is not being able to hold each part of my life together.
And yet, in the midst of all the emotional turmoil, I have found a new stability in feeling incredibly/unusually happy with new friends and relationships. And strangely, I am incredibly/unusually excited to keep riding this roller coaster to find out what the conclusions are to these episodes and to find out what life dares to challenge me with next. We'll find out.
A few major things I'm looking forward to in these upcoming months: my birthday (which I told friends to keep low key... no surprises this year - I don't even want to think about it being my birthday... just a nice dinner and a few good hugs), a prospective but seemingly promising business trip to San Antonio, planned trips to visit friends, meeting my new boy's family, possibly Christmas with him and his family, and "Los Travelmates" (as DB named the group) who are planning a trip for New Year's!
Nothing's every promised tomorrow today
But we'll find a way
And yet, in the midst of all the emotional turmoil, I have found a new stability in feeling incredibly/unusually happy with new friends and relationships. And strangely, I am incredibly/unusually excited to keep riding this roller coaster to find out what the conclusions are to these episodes and to find out what life dares to challenge me with next. We'll find out.
A few major things I'm looking forward to in these upcoming months: my birthday (which I told friends to keep low key... no surprises this year - I don't even want to think about it being my birthday... just a nice dinner and a few good hugs), a prospective but seemingly promising business trip to San Antonio, planned trips to visit friends, meeting my new boy's family, possibly Christmas with him and his family, and "Los Travelmates" (as DB named the group) who are planning a trip for New Year's!
Nothing's every promised tomorrow today
But we'll find a way
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
I thought I'd seen it all, now I have
They let go of my boss today. I was so sad, I started crying when I talked to him on the phone.
More later. I think this is too depressing to write about.
More later. I think this is too depressing to write about.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
I've changed my mind on a few things
1. iPods, specifically the iPod Nano.
I went to the Apple store with BGS recently after stuffing ourselves with sushi at lunch and walking around the mall a little bit. We were playing around with iPod Nanos, and I guess I'm starting to see what they hype is about iPods. I mean, no offense, but it's just another fancy tool that I think I'm familiar with enough to still say with validity that it's never really impressed me. On a separate level, I've never been a fan of people who close themselves off from the world by always having their headphones on everywhere we go. How do you approach someone with headphones? I heard a friend of a friend ranting at a Pistons party awhile back about how he sort of met this cool girl at the gym but avoided talking to her as much as he wanted because she always seemed focused listening to her music and didn't want to ask her to remove her headphones just so he could say hi.
2. Raw red onions in sandwiches.
Asians don't eat uncooked vegetables. Maybe with new-age/Westernized foods they'll try to, but for the most part, I haven't been a fan of raw veggies until I recently discovered raw carrots, raw broccoli, and raw cauliflower dunked in Marzetti's ranch veggie dip. Anyway, I was feeling adventurous last week at Subway and decided to order a sandwich with raw red onions on it (which I've always thought the taste was terrible). Turns out, I really like it now except for the fact that no matter what you eat, your breath will smell like onions for the rest of the day. I guess it's a risk I'm willing to take now that I really enjoy having onions in my burgers, sandwiches, and salads.
3. How a relationship is defined.
This isn't something I've turned 180 about, but... since I'm seeing someone new, this is a revisited, much redefined, and re-evaluated idea for me. All I can say is, I can't believe I was okay with not feeling like this before in past relationships!
I went to the Apple store with BGS recently after stuffing ourselves with sushi at lunch and walking around the mall a little bit. We were playing around with iPod Nanos, and I guess I'm starting to see what they hype is about iPods. I mean, no offense, but it's just another fancy tool that I think I'm familiar with enough to still say with validity that it's never really impressed me. On a separate level, I've never been a fan of people who close themselves off from the world by always having their headphones on everywhere we go. How do you approach someone with headphones? I heard a friend of a friend ranting at a Pistons party awhile back about how he sort of met this cool girl at the gym but avoided talking to her as much as he wanted because she always seemed focused listening to her music and didn't want to ask her to remove her headphones just so he could say hi.
2. Raw red onions in sandwiches.Asians don't eat uncooked vegetables. Maybe with new-age/Westernized foods they'll try to, but for the most part, I haven't been a fan of raw veggies until I recently discovered raw carrots, raw broccoli, and raw cauliflower dunked in Marzetti's ranch veggie dip. Anyway, I was feeling adventurous last week at Subway and decided to order a sandwich with raw red onions on it (which I've always thought the taste was terrible). Turns out, I really like it now except for the fact that no matter what you eat, your breath will smell like onions for the rest of the day. I guess it's a risk I'm willing to take now that I really enjoy having onions in my burgers, sandwiches, and salads.
3. How a relationship is defined.
This isn't something I've turned 180 about, but... since I'm seeing someone new, this is a revisited, much redefined, and re-evaluated idea for me. All I can say is, I can't believe I was okay with not feeling like this before in past relationships!
Thursday, September 06, 2007
I'm kind of mean sometimes
So, if there's something about me you should know, it is that I am a pick-up-and-go person who sees what she wants and is a go-getter! And if you don't like that, you can pick yourself up and go.
Don't tell me I didn't warn you!
Don't tell me I didn't warn you!
Monday, September 03, 2007
Sunday, September 02, 2007
Friday, August 31, 2007
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Life, love, and other mysteries
I was comparing past relationships to someone I am dating now, impressed that he is so self-sufficient, and it hit me. Maybe he is the norm and I set the bar to low to fairly compare. Is it tolerance and naivete that I have been okay with not so self-sufficient boys in the past when I needed a way of justifying my uneasiness about them?
And in general, a person is who they are now, right? Where do I draw the line between deciding when to excuse past and when to take the past as something to watch out for in the future? If I don't really know, is it a risk worth taking to find out?
I need some answers.
And in general, a person is who they are now, right? Where do I draw the line between deciding when to excuse past and when to take the past as something to watch out for in the future? If I don't really know, is it a risk worth taking to find out?
I need some answers.
Can you feel me falling for you?
The perfect date slows down my world when I take the first few steps towards him when he arrives and makes me forget about 5 minutes before when I was worrying about which shoes to wear and how much make up might have been too much. He smiles like everything around us freezes and looks me right in the eye to tell me I look beautiful. I get a sweet, short kiss on the lips and he pulls away and smiles as he takes my hand and escorts me to the car.
He is on time, keeps me calm when we're lost or late, but doesn't have to keep me calm because he planned directions ahead of time to keep us from getting lost or late. We arrive at the party and he greets my friends a strong handshakes and genuine "nice to meet you's". As I make my rounds around the party, he holds on to my hand but doesn't cling or drag. He comfortably lets go every so often as we make our way between people and tables, but he is right back with me as soon as it's comfortable again.
As I stop to make conversation with old friends, he gently puts his arm around my waist. Not too low to try to grab my ass. He contributes to the conversation and asks intriguing questions that show he's been paying attention and is actually interested. At the same time, he realizes when I'm done with the conversation and politely disengages so I have a chance to move to other acquaintances.
Dinner is as perfect as it gets. As strange as it sounds, he eats politely with a fork and knife. He continues to keep up with the conversation and even cracks a few jokes at the table. Every so often he looks over at me real sly as if to check how everything is for me, checks if I need another drink, or just catches me in a quick smile.
When the bride comments on how she wishes the candles at each table are lit since it is the "right time in the evening", he excuses himself. I'm fooled to think he just needs to find a restroom, but in a minute, a waitress begins to light the candles at each table. "Did you just... the candles...?" I ask, "Yeah," he replies smiling.
After the plates are cleared, I excuse myself to the restroom. I arrive back in a slight panic that the bride and groom are almost done cutting the cake and I didn't get pictures! Alas, of course he has already taken pictures for me.
Soon after dessert, we make our round of goodbye greetings. As we walk out to the car, he tells me how enjoyable the evening was, and I take hold of the opportunity to do the same.
He is my perfect date!
He is on time, keeps me calm when we're lost or late, but doesn't have to keep me calm because he planned directions ahead of time to keep us from getting lost or late. We arrive at the party and he greets my friends a strong handshakes and genuine "nice to meet you's". As I make my rounds around the party, he holds on to my hand but doesn't cling or drag. He comfortably lets go every so often as we make our way between people and tables, but he is right back with me as soon as it's comfortable again.
As I stop to make conversation with old friends, he gently puts his arm around my waist. Not too low to try to grab my ass. He contributes to the conversation and asks intriguing questions that show he's been paying attention and is actually interested. At the same time, he realizes when I'm done with the conversation and politely disengages so I have a chance to move to other acquaintances.
Dinner is as perfect as it gets. As strange as it sounds, he eats politely with a fork and knife. He continues to keep up with the conversation and even cracks a few jokes at the table. Every so often he looks over at me real sly as if to check how everything is for me, checks if I need another drink, or just catches me in a quick smile.
When the bride comments on how she wishes the candles at each table are lit since it is the "right time in the evening", he excuses himself. I'm fooled to think he just needs to find a restroom, but in a minute, a waitress begins to light the candles at each table. "Did you just... the candles...?" I ask, "Yeah," he replies smiling.
After the plates are cleared, I excuse myself to the restroom. I arrive back in a slight panic that the bride and groom are almost done cutting the cake and I didn't get pictures! Alas, of course he has already taken pictures for me.
Soon after dessert, we make our round of goodbye greetings. As we walk out to the car, he tells me how enjoyable the evening was, and I take hold of the opportunity to do the same.
He is my perfect date!
Friday, August 24, 2007
Free at last and before 5pm!
So our receptionist decided to leave extra early today to go up north and party (she's older but she's young at heart) which leaves me to cover the front desk.
Woohoo! This leaves me unattended and available to indulge in my online guilty pleasures that I have been neglecting: FB, Woot, making random wishlists on amazon and then deleting them, blogging, reading random recipes...
This weekend should be fun filled :) Including fooding, partyin', shopping, going to Catherine's wedding reception, and the F1 race on Sunday. Get ready!
Woohoo! This leaves me unattended and available to indulge in my online guilty pleasures that I have been neglecting: FB, Woot, making random wishlists on amazon and then deleting them, blogging, reading random recipes...
This weekend should be fun filled :) Including fooding, partyin', shopping, going to Catherine's wedding reception, and the F1 race on Sunday. Get ready!
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
One night and one more time
There are only a handful of people in my life that I can take any sort of critisizm, direction, or deep advice from. For the most part, it's the validity that counts. Does this mean I have a hard time trusting people?
A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyone else.
Annnd, a sneak peek at this past, incredible weekend :)
A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyone else.
Annnd, a sneak peek at this past, incredible weekend :)
Monday, August 20, 2007
Blogging about blogging
I regularly leave my blog un-updated for longer periods of time that I would like when these things happen:
1. I have absolutely nothing to write about.
2. I have so much to write about, I don't know where to start, so I just don't.
3. What I want to write about should not be posted where everyone can read.
4. I have something super good to write about that I'd rather just think about it.
5. I have something super bad to write about and I'd rather just think about it.
Time is not an issue - I always make time to write if I really want to.
In this case:
1. Nope
2. A lot has been going on with a newer part of my life.
3. I met someone amazing :)
4. Did I mention I met someone amazing?
5. And I got in a ridiculous car accident this past Friday.
1. I have absolutely nothing to write about.
2. I have so much to write about, I don't know where to start, so I just don't.
3. What I want to write about should not be posted where everyone can read.
4. I have something super good to write about that I'd rather just think about it.
5. I have something super bad to write about and I'd rather just think about it.
Time is not an issue - I always make time to write if I really want to.
In this case:
1. Nope
2. A lot has been going on with a newer part of my life.
3. I met someone amazing :)
4. Did I mention I met someone amazing?
5. And I got in a ridiculous car accident this past Friday.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Thursday, August 09, 2007
Just rinse and repeat
Well, we made it official yesterday and swapped our stuff back. It actually wasn't sad or awkward at all until I gave him his key back and started crying.
On a separate note, I just got my hair cut about 4 1/2 inches. I'm pretty happy with the bangs but the rest of the cut is just so-so. Can you believe I agreed to that? I can't remember having actual bangs since I had them cut straight across my forehead when I was little.
Jam packed, fun weekend to come! More details later.
On a separate note, I just got my hair cut about 4 1/2 inches. I'm pretty happy with the bangs but the rest of the cut is just so-so. Can you believe I agreed to that? I can't remember having actual bangs since I had them cut straight across my forehead when I was little.
Jam packed, fun weekend to come! More details later.
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
I bought these babies today
Soooo dress? Check. Shoes? Check. Date? Nope. Still deciding if I'm going by myself or going to try to con a guy friend into going with me. If only I could buy those off Amazon also. Or I could just not go. Wait who am I kidding? This is going to be the night my shoes make their big debut. I can't rob them of that :-P The only thing is, I have what is apparently called toe cleavage. When I put the shoes on and saw my toe cleavage, I sort of freaked out that my toes had somehow grown abnormally large recently (I didn't have this problem with any other shoes). But I asked CE, who is much more with this stuff than I am, and I guess it's the new, somewhat popular style. I checked online, and sure enough. It's a hate it or love it kind of look but I love these shoes so I'll risk looking like I have freakishly long toes just to wear them.
On a separate note, my new computer toys came in at work today! You'd thinking being in IT, we're spoil ourselves by always having the latest equipment. Nope. It wasn't until recently did Claude tell me to go ahead and order Kristi and myself Dell Latitude D830 laptops! To order them in a certain price range, we had to make sure everything "upgradeable" was as low of a spec as possible. Then we can, as Claude said to me, "pimp it out". It has a 15.4" screen, Core 2 Duo (2.20 Ghz), 24x CD/DVD RW, and 256MB NVIDIA® Quadro NVS 140M graphics card. I already upgraded the RAM (it had 512 MB and I added 2GB) and plan on upgrading the hard drive from 60 GB to 80 GB or 160 GB. Hmm what else can I do to actually pimp it out so it looks nice? I also have a new 22" Dell widescreen monitor to go with it. Claude let me have his old monitor when he got a new one, which then got traded out for the 22" (the old one was a 20"). Definitely super geeked - ahhh!!I've forgotten to mention! Props to Blogger for all these awesome new features ! By far, Blogger has got to be the best and most sophisticated blogging site I've ever worked with. I feel like I'm finding new features every week that make editing entries and the template easier and more customizable. The best is that I've been looking online for a long time for an HTML code that will simply allow readers to flip through entries that are older or newer rather than having to click on all the archive links.
A few things I'm really looking forward to:
CE's Swedish meatballs on Friday - CE and BGS and I have gotten into this swing of cooking together/for each other. I'm have to boast I'm pretty impressed at what I sort of did. CE decided we would make some sort of asian noodles with veggies and some sauce her roommate had. I used my exquisite taste (not really, haha, I was just hungry) to add some soy sauce and PB to make it a little more Thai. Then over the weekend, BGS made chicken and peppers grilled in Italian dressing with the rest of the noodles we didn't use from the Thai dish. I already have my plans for food laid out, but it looks like that won't be until after Friday.
Zoo Day on Saturday - like last year except this year it will be at Toledo and not Detroit, and there will be no plus one for me :(
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