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February 28, 2003
Early Morning.
The alarm goes off... Snooze. You can save over... Snooze. Wakin' up with... Snooze. Doot Doot Doot... hmruf? Nothings shakin on Shakedown Street, used to be the heart of town... Wake up to a dead song on the radio. I run to pee. Half way there I stop and make crazy ugh sounds. In the dark I keel over trying to understand why it hurts. A splinter? Damn I think thats a big splinter. My hand finds my foot. A circle?! Huh? (The house is awake now - those ugh sounds were rather loud.) My mom runs downstairs (in her "pjs") and pulls the tack out from my foot. She knew what it was right away. Last night the calendar fell and she could not find the tack. This morning I found it for her.Now I have a silly story to tell all day long. Hey at least it wasn't the right foot. I have a automatic and I am driving to Long Island tonight to see phish.
Oh yeah, Have I mentioned that I hate this winter. I want it to end. I have never enjoyed a warm cup of coffee so much. Upstairs is normally quite warm but downstairs is very cool. The windows should have been covered with that plasic junk because they are sooo old. The new windows are fine. Upstairs and the kitchen have new windows. My room does not. Cold. This morning upstairs felt like downstairs. I checked the thermostat. It was set for 62º F; the actual temperature was 53º F. Holy Shit. I cranked that baby up to 72º F.
Is it summer yet??
February 26, 2003
Hmm.
Perhaps someday this information will be useful. Someday in the future... (And what a cute website...)Check out the newly designed "joglog".
February 25, 2003
Bursting with happiness.
I received a letter in the mail today. I have been granted admission into the History program at MSMC. In addition I will be registered for the teacher certification program in Childhood Education, grades 1-6. Today was such an unproductive day at work; I was not sad yet not happy. I am now so happy that I don't know what to do with myself... Yippie!!!PS I want to start an "I hate New Paltz" fan club.
Warm thoughts.
So there is a little rumor going around that tomorrow it won't be above the freezing mark. Well I do not believe that. I will continue to think warm thoughts. For example I would like a new pair of Birks for my birthday. Which is April 24th, so all (3) of you readers can put your money together and get me a pair! Well that is not likely but you can send me warm wishes with those tacky e-cards!Random shoutout: Erica I love you!
February 24, 2003
Ahh.
I really enjoyToday my coworkers ordered Chinese food. I really really wanted to order veggie fried rice or shrimp in garlic sauce or anything! I said no. I have my salad and I have my fruit. I am getting to the point where I am only going to bring 50¢ with me so that I can purchase milk. Maybe a few dollars but not enough to order anything.
Yesterday when I went shopping with my mother for our "week of salad" and I tried looking for something new to spice up my salad. Now I am asking you for help. What can I put in my salad or lunch to give it a kick? I am not bored with salads - I truely love to eat them. However I think a need a little something different...
February 20, 2003
Beautiful...
For the record I am an ass for being inside right now. I drove home with the windows down. Once I got in the house opened the windows right up. I am letting out all of the winter stuffy-ness! Any day that is above 40 feels like paradise... I blow open the windows as much as I can. I hate being all closed in.Here is just a taste:
February 19, 2003
Up and Down and Up...
I feel like a rollercoaster. I have been in such a good mood all day. I woke up singing and dancing. I had a great day with my co-workers.But then I get the news that I knew was comming. I did not get the promotion at work. Congrats to the person that did. I have said it all before, they already know who they want - the "job posting" and "interviews" mean nothing. I tried to brace myself for the let down however I still got hit hard. How do you turn off a natural reaction? I cry. I cry when I am happy. I cry when I am sad. I cry when I am mad. I was okay with the "we went with someone else" I broke down when they told me that I am a good person and a hardworker. I broke down when they complimented me. A simple yes or no would have been easier for me.
I do not want to forget that I want to be a teacher and am going back to school in the fall. This would have been a temporary situation anyway.
Back to the good news. A close friend of ours is in the marines (and had been sent overseas) and we just got a letter from him today. Time to whip out the good old paper and pen to let him know we are thinking of him. Now it is time to get my ass on the treadmill.
Damnit.
My fat ass hasn't jogged since last Thursday. It has been almost a week. I have not been eating my salads for lunch this week. Damn this snow storm. It has gotten me off track. Monday no jog = shovel snow. Mind you I did not shovel all of the snow - I did help out a bit. Hell we even tried to build a snowfort which ended up caving in on us... Tuesday no jog = met Eric for dinner after work. Today = home directly after work and run like the wind baby!Damn you snowstorm!
If anyone knows of a job where they pay you to play on the internet let me know please!
February 18, 2003
Freaked.
So I get an email today with the subject line as follows: Hey! remember me from 2 weeks ago? with my email address following. Here is the begining of the email:Hey! I dont know if you remember me or not, I was quite drunk as were you. Things have been crazy over here :( Just found out that my boyfriend of 2 years was fucking my best friend every weekend while I was out at work paying the bills.The email goes on and on, at first I actually thought I had met a girl that I got along with and had given her my email address. Then I got to thinking "Wait, I haven't gotten that drunk since New Years... What in the hell??" I actually read the entire email - nice job spammer person. I read the entire thing, I am still in shock. Normally I catch on right away and just delete the damn thing. I should have realized when my email address was included in the subject line...
By the way I only wanted to let the world know that I ordered my tickets today! Woot - Is it July yet?? Oh yeah one more thing - James Brown will be there! (Jesi get your tickets now because the prices go up the longer you wait! My sisters are comming this year too!)
February 17, 2003
Snow.
Sand, sun, summer! Where are you summertime? When we have days like this it makes me want to live in California. The total snowfall amount will be around two feet according to most online weather sites. I do have a pet peve about people and weather. I cannot stand when people claim that the current weather situation is "nothing" and that they can remember a more horrid conditions that you could not possibly understand or even live through. It is snowing - it has been worse and it has been better. I cannot stand people with the "I have been more places, know more things, have more junk, am smarter than you" attitude. UGH!I went to work today for 4 hours. We did not close. There were four pages of people that had called out when I left at 11:30am. We stayed open. Leaving early gave me time to shovel and play around with this site. Currently the new skins that I put together today are all Valid HTML 4.0. That makes me happy, and I am trying to clean things up a bit. I want things to be less "cluttered" around here. I am trying to de-clutter every part of my life for various reasons. It is a process that will take a while most likely several years. I throw away junk slowly but surely...
February 14, 2003
Lovers.
My sweetheart sent me a dozen roses at work. This year I got to be one of those girls that everyone hates. It was very sweet - and I love him for being so thoughtful.Hey Ma - I got to eat at Camillos twice in one week! Today one of the "big-shots" from our "biggest client" took my department to lunch. I have to admit that she seems to be a great woman - well rounded and down to earth.
Happy Valentine's Day
This post is nothing about love. It is about truth. Better jobs in the area program's challenge; the article really hit home for me.A Marist poll recently found that 150,000 Hudson Valley residents are too qualified for the work they're doing, VanBuren said. But, she added, not many companies know that.
"We've got that pool of ready skilled labor," VanBuren said. "They want to make wages that will enable them to buy a house and live in the community."
February 12, 2003
A new name
You may now call me Gidget Applesniffer.Use the third letter of your first name to determine your New first name:
a = poopsie
b = lumpy
c = buttercup
d = gidget
e = crusty
f = greasy
g = fluffy
h = cheeseball
i = chim-chim
j = stinky
k = flunky
l = boobie
m = pinky
n = zippy
o = goober
p = doofus
q = slimy
r = loopy
s = snotty
t = tulefel
u = dorkey
v = squeezit
w = oprah
x = skipper
y = dinky
z = zsa-zsa
Use the second letter of your last name to determine the first half of your new last name:
a = apple
b = toilet
c = giggle
d = burger
e = girdle
f = barf
g = lizard
h = waffle
i = cootie
j = monkey
k = potty
l = liver
m = banana
n = rhino
o = bubble
p = hamster
q = toad
r = gizzard
s = pizza
t = gerbil
u = chicken
v = pickle
w = chuckle
x = tofu
y = gorilla
z = stinker
Use the fourth letter of your last name to determine the second half of your new last name:
a = head
b = mouth
c = face
d = nose
e = tush
f = breath
g = pants
h = shorts
i = lips
j = honker
k = butt
l = brain
m = tushie
n = chunks
o = hiney
p = biscuits
q = toes
r = buns
s = fanny
t = sniffer
u = sprinkles
v = kisser
w = squirt
x = humperdinck
y = brains
z = juice
Dull.
This is a rather dull entry, but I was just a bit surprised by my archives. I finally made the older junk viewable. I have doing this since November 2000. I had not realized that I had been doing this for over two years. Boy does time fly. Hell, that discovery made me curious. My online journal entries date back to 1999. I rarely touch that anymore. Perhaps I should start that back up. I used to let out a lot of emotion there, maybe I don't need it anymore. I feel as though I have become a lot more vocal than I had been in '99. Eh, off to work - you know I really enjoy my coworkers - we had a good day yesterday. The actual job is another story...February 11, 2003
All set.
Hotels Reservations - check. Tickets by mail - check. February 28 - not checked. Just waiting until the end of this month to mack it at the phish concert - we even have hotel reservations 1 mile away... Let's hope that it is not 11 below zero that night...February 10, 2003
Why to hate barbie.
- In 1957 Ruth conceives of a three dimensional adult-like doll. The body is based on German doll called "Lilli" which is sold as a sex toy for men.
- In 1971, with the "Malibu Barbie", Barbies eyes look straight ahead for the first time. Older Barbies eyes looked slightly down and to the side.
- In 1975, "Skipper", Barbie's sidekick, sprouts breasts.
- In 1979 Barbie gets a new accessory, the "Fur & Jewels Safe" with a security alarm. Just in time for the 80's.
- If Barbie was human sized, she would stand 5 foot 6 inches tall, weigh 110 pounds, and have a 39 inch bust, 18 inch waist and 33 inch hips.
These are just some reasons to not like that doll.
All of these facts borrowed from this awesome site. It makes me want to go paint all of my barbies.
February 08, 2003
Saturday Night.
As I sit here vodka & cranberry in hand I wait for guests to arrive. I browse regularly visited sites and new ones hoping to find something to spark intrest. This site caught my attention. I have never added my name to the bottom of an online petition for reasons unknown even to myself. At times I have felt unhelpful but those worries are no more my friend. The article tells of why online petitions do not work.Snow!
Last night I went sledding.I have lived in the same house for about fifteen years. Up the street only one minute away there is a hill. The best hill ever. I have never went sledding there. However last night with my two younger sisters brought me and Eric there. We had to sneak bewteen the buildings occupied by nuns. They have plenty of lights but none directly on the hill. The moon was just a sliver in the sky but we could clearly see the winter wonderland.
Now I am not very poetic so there can be no words to describe the fun I had. Eric and I flew down the hill on a huge wodden toboogan. Noah flew down the hill beside us. It has been a while since he has ran around and gotten some real exercise.
Once I crashed or finished the run I would just look at the sky - watching the clouds float by. It was slient. It was clear. It was crisp.
I want to go again tonight...
Random Facts:
1. I have to open and shut the lid to the washing machine several before it will start.2. Bob Barker has been a vegatarian since 1979.
3. Je parle un peu de francais. Je voudrais une tasse du cafe s'il vous plait.
4. I am addicted to Aveeno daily moisturizing lotion.
5. I crave chocolate as much as men crave sex.
6. I have a collection of the individual state quaters (and I don't know why...)
7. Recently I have been craving oil paint & paint thinner smells.
8. I am a vibe triber (since I was 19? - it feels like forever).
9. I currently have about 6 different kinds of lip balms / chap sticks.
10. I love coffee but don't need caffeine.
11. This girl is Addie too!
February 04, 2003
Lessons
The more I try the less I seem to be getting ahead. For example my position is entitled to 2 fifteen minute breaks and 1 thirty minute lunch, I take a 20 - 25 minute lunch and no fifteen minute breaks. Once in a while I do take 1 fifteen, but it happens so rarely that it is not worth mentioning. All of the work I do (a third of which is not in my job description yet is still asked of me) is still not enough?I am not a robot. I do not enjoy keeping track of what I do every half hour. The smart ass that I am wants to document the number of trips to the bathroom. Speaking to a friend of mine for all of three minutes translates into Addie is a poor worker - she is talking and not working.
Long story short I will continue to tell my friend silly little things regardless of what anyone thinks of me. I know how hard I work. If certain people cannot see that perphaps others will.
Despite of silly work junk I am in a pretty good mood. It is sad to say but that silly work junk means less and less to me...
February 03, 2003
Hello!
This is more of a hello to my friend Big Boobs McGee, only if she stops by. And again just for the record I cannot wait until July 10-13.February 01, 2003
Ep!
I got my invitation in the mail today. They haven't even got the website up and running yet - all the information is from last year! I cannot wait until July 10-13! Oh summertime music fun... We have been knee deep in snow since Christmas Eve...