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fairy tale

2010-11-26T18:53:00.002-05:00

once upon a time i had a smelly downstairs neighbor. then she moved out.

the end.

it's microwaveable

2009-11-25T09:28:00.002-05:00

yesterday, at publix, i saw this.

2

2009-10-28T08:16:00.002-04:00

i had two emails in my inbox this morning. they were both cnn breaking news emails.

no one loves me.

breakfast anyone?

2009-10-21T13:12:00.001-04:00

i am an awesome sale/coupon shopper. today i went to publix and purchased the following:

2 bags of 8 o'clock coffee

2 bottles of coffeemate (peppermint mocha flavor)

2 bananas

and 1 can of batter blaster

all for just under $7. the bottom of the receipt said i had saved $12.97.

oh

2009-10-16T14:53:00.001-04:00

i am surprised it hasn't been over a year since i have been here. i wish there was something profound to say. it's friday and i am bored beyond belief. i think i am in a funk because i am trying to wait out the work day.

i wish i could remove that adsense nonsense - it's ugly.

maybe, maybe not

2009-01-12T08:32:00.002-05:00

all the pens in my life are beginning to run out of ink. i can't help but to think it is symbolic of something in my life.

but then again, maybe not.

that's what i get for trying to do my part

2008-12-16T08:22:00.001-05:00

i have come realize that recycling just makes you look like an alcoholic.

people, they irritate me

2008-10-22T11:08:00.002-04:00

i know - shocking right?

you know when someone asks you a question and they don't hear what they want to hear and then they try to talk you into the answer they want even though you have no affect on the outcome whatsoever.

yea, i hate that.

wednesday, meh

2008-10-09T09:29:00.002-04:00

my sister and i attend the home football games of the georgia bulldogs. we get there all jacked up and take our seats. watch as our bullodogs take on the visiting team and after half time, katie always falls into what she calls her 3rd quarter slump.

last night i decided that wednesday is my weekely 3rd quarter slump.

that's what happens when you assume

2008-10-02T15:23:00.004-04:00

josh has about 10 things in his netflix queue and had a netflix for over a month. he decided the other day that he would finally send it back and update his queue.

he comes into the kitchen and says 'there, i updated my list and now there is 300 on there'

i said '300! nuh-uh'

he said 'yes there is, go look'

i said '300? in 10 minutes?'

he said 'yea'

i walk to the computer to check out his queue and realize that he has the movie '300' in his queue and not 300 movies in his queue.

he still has only around 10 things listed.

weird

2008-09-25T08:26:00.001-04:00

at home i have to have ice in my water and rarely in my diet coke.

at work i never put ice in my water and always add it to my diet coke.

my grandmother

2008-08-22T22:52:00.002-04:00

4-ish months (19 weeks and 1 day) ago my father's father passed away. (for those who know me - 19 years ago, on august 28, my father passed away).

anyway, at that time my 84 year old grandmother told my 29 year old sister that her 'life was over'.

we, naturally, assumed that she was sad and missing her husband. a man she had known for 60 plus years. apparently we were wrong.

4 weeks ago today she entered a hospice care center. for those who ever wanted to know when they would die - no you don't.

i am not saying we know when my grandmother may pass, but when you enter a hospice care center . . . it's soon.

this past month has been extremely stressful for my sister and i.

my mother, well my mother kind of strives in stressful, tragic situations.

it's proven to be more than i can handle.

insomnia induced indecision

2008-08-09T01:16:00.002-04:00

i, just tonight, have downloaded:

1 - chris brown 'forever'
2 - cold play 'viva la vida'
3 - katy perry 'i kissed a girl'
4 - chromeo 'bonafide lovin'

ugh - no as i sit here playing desktop taipei, i cannot decide on my current favorite.

i must first say how i used to detest cold play. i mean really, i SO hated them. now i am instantly addicted.

however, all these songs are equally addictive. so, here i sit, 1:20am (after 3 hours) unable to end the 4 song play.

this is, of course, after the abba download from last week.

olympics, scholympics

2008-07-30T10:35:00.002-04:00

the other day katie and our uncle were in a disccussion (i wasn't really paying attention) and then i hear katie (speaking with great passion, like only katie does) exclaim 'these are athletes that have trained all their lives to go to the olympics!'

i thought to myself - 'so, who cares? why do they get to 'train' all day everyday while the rest of have to work?' but i wasn't about add anything to that conversation.

however, i discovered something about myself - i don't get the olympics.

another opportunity squandered

2008-07-22T16:05:00.000-04:00

i hate it when i forget to relentlessly obsess over something.

'cause, see - whenever i mail my netflix back (and by 'mail' i mean put it on the office's outgoing mail shelf) i immediately go back to my desk to check my queue.

the next day, once i receive an email from netflix receiving, i refresh my queque easily 23 times until it tells me what will be mailed to me that day.

today, however, i forgot to obsess. i got my email this morning and not until 8 hours later (when i got my email from netflix shipping) did i even remember i was going to get something.

my email popped up and i thought:

damn, i forgot to obsess over that all day.

you'd think coconut rice would be weird, but it's not

2008-07-15T09:09:00.000-04:00

Caribbean Tilapia with Coconut Rice
This beautiful flaky tilapia is crusted with jerk seasoning, a combination of onion, garlic, thyme, allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg, and
cayenne pepper. This dish tosses up some spicy island flavors! Paired with jasmine rice flavored with rich coconut milk will create the
perfect balance.

what is brunch exactly?

2008-07-11T16:39:00.003-04:00

i went to lunch today with my friend josh. his 18th wedding anniversary is sunday. i asked what they might be doing. and then this exchange happened.

josh: we thought about brunch
me: mmm, brunch is lovely. i have never had brunch.
josh: me either.
josh: well, i've slept late and then ate something when i got up, but i don't know if you could call that brunch.

my mom, she's the hilariousist

2008-07-08T16:06:00.002-04:00

my mom and i watch 'the mole'. last night it wasn't on because there was a 2 hour 'bachelorette' episode on.

my mom emails me today and says

'what happened on 'the mole' last night, all i could see was 'the bachelorette'

like, if you don't try hard enough you can't see what everyone else is watching. all i could imagine was the two of us standing in a big crowd and i can see 'the mole' and she can see 'the bachelorette'

how did i respond to her?

'that's all i could see too'

hey

2008-06-23T08:11:00.001-04:00

it's my birthday.

i am not buying pineapple this week . . .

2008-06-03T14:33:00.001-04:00

so there!

every week i buy the stinking stuff because there it is, or it's cheap or who knows - but not this week.

i am always bummed when i have to eat it.

just because you never know when you may need to leave the country

2008-05-30T13:24:00.002-04:00

i went to have passport pictures taken today. when handing over the finished product, the lady helping me said 'you are very photogenic' and i said 'thank you'.

even though i was thinking 'i know'.

i am on a diet. . .

2008-05-21T08:02:00.001-04:00

and i am not happy about it.

not that i am complaining. . .

2008-05-06T13:15:00.000-04:00

but it's kinda creepy the government can just deposit money into your account.

what is the world coming to?

2008-04-10T15:50:00.000-04:00

i remember a time when one was handed their change, after the purchase of goods , in an efficient and helpful manner. what happened? years ago i worked retail and i always handed someone their coins and then the bills and then the receipt being sure to give them time to put everything away before walking away from my counter. nowadays everything is stacked into one pile and handed to you all at once.

receipt
bills
coins

then, you have to stand there and juggle the change into its place, separate the bills from the receipt, put them in their home and then deal with receipt (usually shoving it down in the bag).** and then when you don't move out of the way immediately you piss off everyone in line behind you and the checkout clerk. i can always feel them burning wholes into the side of my head with their glares.

i miss change transaction efficiency

**the answer to 'would you like your receipt in the bag or with you' should always be 'in the bag' so let's start putting it there without asking the question. if lone werido wants it with them, they can pull it out later.

good grief

2008-03-31T10:55:00.001-04:00

i just got locked in the bathroom at work.

be careful where you click

2008-03-26T08:25:00.003-04:00

yesterday i inadvertently ordered something from target.

***UPDATE***
on further inspection i realize it is an xtra small

email exchange with my mom

2008-03-05T13:52:00.000-05:00

me: 'for the past two days, my right eye has had a spasm in it. every few minutes i look like i have a lazy eye.'

my mom: 'OH Sweetie. If it does not stop soon you need to see about it. Spasms happen but I don't think they are to last more that a few days. Are you getting enough sleep? Have you hit your head or eye ..even just softy?'

it's actually sad when you think about it

2008-02-28T11:10:00.002-05:00

my apartment complex has this new thing where i can log in, pay my rent, request and track service requests, get news, check out perks, update my profile and all sorts of other lovely things.

i could not be more jacked over it.

it's all about perspecive i suppose

2008-02-27T14:49:00.002-05:00

back in december, right before christmas, josh attended a work luncheon and ended up leaving with about $500. this was due to a combination of a bonus, winning a ticket drawing and an employee of the year bonus.

he called afterward to tell me of his good fortune. being the supportive girlfriend i am i said 'wow, that is awesome. i am so happy for you.'

josh said 'it's better than awesome, it's great!'

that still gets me from time to time.

when in doubt, read the instructions

2008-02-05T12:20:00.000-05:00

so, i have spots on my knives. from the dishwasher. i decided i needed jet dry.

yea, that'll get rid of them.

so i go to the store. pick some up and take it home. i twist open the little thing in the dishwsher. i notice the lid says 'do not fill past full mark on stem'. . . what?

how am i supposed to know how much that is? the stem is in my hand. so i just squirt a whole bunch down in there.

yea, that should be ok.

so, the next time i run the dishwasher, i squirt a whole bunch more down in there. at this point i am still perplexed as to how much should be squirted in there. but that, in no way, stops me from doing it the next two times i run the dishwasher.

so, i am starting to run low on jetdry because it is, in fact, a tiny little bottle. i think that i am going to need more soon and how come they don't sell them in bigger bottles and jeez this is expensive just not to have spots on my knives.

it is at this moment that i decided to read the bottle.

yea, maybe that will make more sense than what the dishwasher says.

the following thoughts occured to me while reading the instructions:
fill the rinse agent dispenser in your dishwasher door. done!
do not overfill. um, ok.
wipe up any spilled product and replace dispenser cap. oops, so didn't do that.
refill when needed, at least once a month. oh.

who knew? they should really make these things more clear.

finally

2008-02-01T12:43:00.000-05:00

i cannot begin to tell you how relieved i am that is finally february. i couldn't stand one more ounce of january.

farce

2008-01-24T08:15:00.000-05:00

i have been on and off weight watchers for several years now. i am a big fan of the program and proof that it does work. over the years i have tried a number of weight watcher products. some i liked, some i loved, some were just alright.

this, my friend, is an abomination. if you look closely at the box you will see a cheery box o' 'flakes 'n fiber with oats' - yummy right? and only 1 point per serving?!! i am eating this everyday!!! i purchaed this product, carried it home and placed it in the pantry.

one fine sunday morning i arose from slumber, made my way to the kitchen, started the coffee, retrieved a bowl from the pantry, filled said bowl with 'flakes 'n fiber with oats' (only 1 point!!), carefully pored the milk over it.

at this point i remember thinking 'this doesn't really look like the picture' but i pressed on. i retrieved a spoon from the drawer, slide the spoon into the bowl, lifted a decent sized bite out and began to eat torn up pieces of cardboard. this is, almost, the worst thing i have ever eaten. and i have had haggas.

it is hard to tell from this tiny picture, but there are definitely no flakes in there.

none.

anywhere.

i have had other flavors of their cereal and they are quite good. i have no idea what happened here.

shopping tip

2008-01-19T20:05:00.000-05:00

if you ever want to browse a really horrible selection of puzzles. . . go to walmart.

today

2008-01-17T15:45:00.000-05:00

i am wearing navy blue cords, navy blue underwear, a navy blue bra, navy and gray socks and a light blue sweater.

for my snack today i had cherries and very cherry yogurt.

how about don't eat my yogurt?

2008-01-17T15:15:00.000-05:00

not all that long ago i made special trip to target to get a different variety of flavors of yogurt. i brought them home, placed them in the refrigerator. around an hour later josh comes to me with an empty container of yogurt, spoon in hand, disgusted scowl on his face and says 'this tastes like a candle.' i said 'how about don't eat my yogurt?'

really?

2008-01-14T11:50:00.000-05:00

around june or so last year, my dear boyfriend josh mentioned a movie he would watch when he was younger. he said it was called 'rock-n-roll highschool.' it came on tv and 'it had that guy from that show corey & corey' and i would say 'what show?' and he would say 'you know, that show you would watch, we watched it together one time' and i would say 'i have no idea what show you are talking about' so we went back and forth about some show i would watch that had that guy in it.

i had no idea what he was talking about. so at one point i put 'rock-n-roll highschool' on my netflix list and noted that it was either about the ramones or had the ramones in it.

it came, he watched it and said it wasn't the right one. once again we went round and round about 'that guy from the corey and corey' show.

and then, all at once

about 2 months later

it hit me

he was talking about this reality show on a&e this summer called 'the two coreys' i had watched it over the summer and promptly forgot.

so - we determined it was corey feldman and googled him. turns out the movie was called 'rock-n-roll highschool forever' and that it was the sequel to the ramones movie. furthermore, it was not on dvd.

anywhere.

so you couldn't rent it.

anywhere.

well, this just bugged josh to death and the the following conversation ensued.

josh: why isn't it on dvd?
me: it must not have done very well
josh: but it was really good
me: apparently not
josh: but, it's the sequel. the first one is on dvd
me: yea, but the first one has the ramones in it
josh: yea, but the second on has corey feldman in it
me: (blankly staring)
josh: (blankly staring back)
me (after the appropriate amount of 'are you serious' silence had gone by): there is no comparison

the only thing i can say in his defense is that he was born in 1980 and he just doesn't know.

history

2008-01-10T08:35:00.000-05:00

i have been watching showtime's 'the tudors' through netflix. i like how the plague lasted 53 minutes.

september. . .

2007-09-24T12:42:00.000-04:00

is my favorite month by far
and
it is almost over
ho, hum

last saturday

2007-05-31T09:32:00.000-04:00

i was standing around waiting for something and had a realization about myself. i don't like standing.

recently, i was looking

2007-05-30T14:38:00.001-04:00

at my picture in my profile there on the left. i do like that picture but maybe it is time for a new one.

probably the top one. the weird thing is those two pictures are from the same trip last september. and yet, i look so much more tan in one than the other.

holy shit!

2007-05-30T14:35:00.000-04:00

is may ever going to end?

we really are a lot alike

2007-04-13T10:04:00.000-04:00

last night my sister and i were at a dinner of childhood friends (which is another topic altogether). anyhow, we stood around talking for a while and the i said 'as my grandfather always says 'don't threaten to leave and then not do it''

our hostess says 'gosh that is kind of brash' - which i always that it was self-depricating. meaning, i always felt like you were going to leave and your you host got excited about you leaving and then you didn't and they were bummed about it. i slept on it and quizzed my sister this morning and here is the result of that:

me: what exactly does that mean? i always thought it meant that the host was glad you were leaving and then you stayed for an hour bumming them out.

katie: i never really thought of it as being harsh until last night. i just though it meant don't stand around for an hour sort of leaving and sort of not. leave or don't leave. make up your mind.

me: definitely leave

katie: yep

4:26am

2007-03-28T10:39:00.000-04:00

i do this thing when i am really sleepy and i don't want to open my eyes and look at the clock. i visualize me picking my head up, opening my eyes and looking at the clock. i always get the time this way when i am half asleep. i doubt very highly that i am ever right.

this morning it was very early (still dark outside) and i couldn't be bothered with looking at the time. so i visualized myself turning on the tv and pushing the guide button. the number i saw was 3:26 - 3:26! that can't be right. then i remembered that the guide time was still off by an hour so, oh yea - it's 4:26am. yea, that seems better.

actual time: i have no idea.

yea, it still does

2007-03-27T08:59:00.000-04:00

as a child i remember riding in traffic and thinking about how people were going from their jobs to their homes. then i would think about how no one lived near their jobs and i always wondered why they didn't switch houses with those people that did live near their jobs.

it still seems like a good idea.

i hate spring

2007-03-21T09:09:00.000-04:00

we have been using a different coffee pot at work recently. while it produces a much tastier and, by far, a hotter coffee - it does no provide the daily science class reminder of water displacement. that makes me sad.

recently and frequently. . .

2007-02-16T07:51:00.000-05:00

i have found myself thinking 'wow, i sure spend a large amount of time sober'

i am still in debate as to whether that is good or bad

context, really is, everything

2007-02-08T10:08:00.000-05:00

i was driving to work this morning and i looked over to find a 40ish year old rather proper and prudish kind of woman bopping her head along with her radio. what was funny about this is that she was perfectly in tune with the song on my radio which was 'you can do it' by ice cube (chorus below). it just looked odd.

[Ms. Toi]
You can do it put your back into it
[Ice Cube]
I can do it put your ass into it
[Ms. Toi]
You can do it put your back into it
[Ice Cube]
I can do it put your ass into it
[Ms. Toi]
Put your back into it
[Ice Cube]
Put your ass into it

seems like, recently, i see. . .

2007-01-25T11:04:00.000-05:00

little clear buttons lying about everywhere i go

i am nothing if not efficient

2006-11-07T08:43:00.000-05:00

this past friday evening i was all settled in my 3rd floor apartment when, all at once, i realized i had left something in my car. something i needed. so, once i had decided i would make the trek down the 2 flights of stairs the following thought crossed my mind:

'well, if i am going to go all the way down there, i might as well go get some alcohol.'

it still seems like a good idea.

water displacement

2006-10-26T09:42:00.000-04:00

every morning at work i am reminded of science class. we have this coffee maker that holds one pot of water to heat it up and then when you pour another pot it, it 'displaces' that pot and fills with the room temperature water to heat, for the next pot. every time i pour the new pot of water in and the hot water comes out and fills the glass pitcher i think to myself 'water displacement'.

a e i o u and . . .

2006-10-17T13:12:00.000-04:00

sometimes y

when not y?

i am sure it's just me. . .

2006-09-26T09:53:00.000-04:00

but every time i see dane cook i think he is ryan reynolds.

plus - that domino's commercial with the brownie square looks like a hunk of shit. i swear, everytime he hugs that little girl and she has 'chocolate' on her i turn up my nose and think, that is so disgusting and in no way makes me want to order pizza or brownies.

calling dr. house

2006-09-21T12:17:00.000-04:00

this week has been 'strange diagnosis week' - i had dentist appointment tuesday morning and they took a picture of my tooth, the one waaaay in the back. apparently i have 'decay' and have to get that sealed or something (whatever they do for decay). i was telling my boss about this and he asks 'so you have a cavity?' - i say 'well, no one actually said the word cavity, but they are going to do something that sounds like what they do for a cavity.'

yesterday morning, while i am trying to eat breakfast, i notice i can't swallow as good as i could the night before. my throat doesn't hurt and i don't feel bad, but i am struggling to swallow. i go to the doctor and he says 'you have a bacterial infection here *points to a part of a picture of an ear* and it is making your gland swell causing you problems when you try to swallow.' i tell my co-worker about this and she asks 'so you have an ear infection?' - i say 'well, he didn't actually say ear infection.'

sometimes i. . .

2006-09-14T08:31:00.000-04:00

look in my pantry or refrigerator and say to myself 'really? this is what you have to eat? this is what you conscientiously go to the store and pay money for? really? this is it?'

my brain no work today

2006-08-30T15:54:00.000-04:00

this morning i was getting ready for work and thinking about all the things i suck at and then i was going to list them here.

well, as soon as i got to work - i promptly forgot every last one of them. so, at 3:30 i decided i would make a list of things i am awesome at. here goes.

1 - running into doorframes
2 - dropping ice on the floor EVERY time i get some out of the freezer
3 - having to pee 20 mins. into my treadmill trip
4 - forgetting people's names
5 - spilling water
6 - burning the crap out of fried chicken
7 - having a mental block about driving a stick shift
8 - being lazy
9 - thinking of great things to write about and then forgetting them
10 - talking myself out of going to the gym
11 - somehow damaging every new thing i get
12 - taking random notes that i think i will understand later - but never do
13 - spending money on things i don't need
14 - confusing people
15 - procrastinating

i am sure there are more but that is all i got for now.

it's just a game i like to play

2006-08-29T13:19:00.000-04:00

when i go to the grocery store and i have a short list, i try to make my purchases as weird a combination as possible. i always wonder just how close the cashiers pay attention to people's purchases.

today i had three (3) things on my list

1 - ketchup
2 - sloppy joe sauce
3 - toothbrush

this is by far not my most random/varied list ever but the toothbrush thrown in with the two tomato/sauce-like products is a little odd.

my list for thursday is

1 - tanning oil
2 - propel water (peach and berry flavors)
3 - toothpicks
4 - body soap
5 - beer

but that looks very much like a trip list.

woohoo! 2 days til football and 3 days til the beach!

whew!

2006-08-25T17:57:00.000-04:00

i am exhausted.

this morning i get up, late, and get ready for work. i notice that my forehead is peeling.

awesome.

i walk out to my car, get in and try to start it, it won't start.

crap.

i call a co-worker and she comes to get me. i point out my forehead and several other weirdo peelie places on my body and then she inquires about the band-aid on my thumb. i, somehow, cut myself trying to open a bottle of wine last night. this is the second time this has happened - wine is, apparently, dangerous - at least for me. after i tell her what happened she says 'gosh you are having quite the day.'

we get to work (late) and i have a meeting at 10am and i haven't even set up for it yet. i check my voicemail and my boss won't be in this morning. at 9am another co-worker calls and HAS to have stuff from the computer store. i have to go because my boss is not there. but the co-worker has to drive me because i have no car. as we are shopping for computer things my co-worker asks me what is on my shirt and points to the backside of my right shoulder. and as i am trying to scratch it off (my usual method of stain removal) i say 'i don't know, good lord, there is no telling.'

great.

we get back in plenty of time and i sit thru my meeting. once the meeting is over the receptionist needs me to sit at the front desk for approx. 10 mins. because anita won't be back in time. as i am sitting up there one of the guys out back calls and the following occurs:

dude: call 911, my dad cut himself on a machine
me: *panic starts to creep in* who is this? (even though i knew who it was)
dude: it's derrick
me: ok
me: *turns to our hr person* derrick just called his dad cut himself and he wants me to call 911
hr person: ok
me: *panic builds as i try, try, to call 911. i somehow, forgot how to work our phone system and end up calling 991 a million times and then finally they call me.
911: hi, this is 911 did someone call about an emergence
me: YES, IT WAS ME, SOMEONE CUT HIMSELF ON A MACHINE HERE
911: ok, is blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah?
me: I DON'T KNOW
911: can i speak to the individual?
me: NO
911: ok well, you need to get a clean cloth and apply pressure and blah, blah, blah. . .
me: OK *i put 911 on hold and call back to the injured party area*
dennis: hello?
me: DENNIS? YOU NEED TO GET A CLEAN CLOTH AND APPLY PRESSURE AND DON'T REMOVE IT.
dennis: what?
me: *i repeat myself*
dennis: ok, but derrick already left with him.
me: WHAT? THE AMBULANCE IS ON THE WAY!
dennis: well, derrick already took him.
me: BUT THE AMBULANCE IS ON THE WAY!

i start yelling to our hr person about them leaving and she takes off out back. i switch back over to 911 and ok.

911: can i speak with the individual?
me: NO, HE IS IN ANOTHER BUILDING
911: ok, what kind of machine was it?
me: *thinks to myself - who the hell cares?* I DON'T KNOW, HANG ON

i but 911 on hold and call back to the injured party area.

dennis: hello?
me: DENNIS WHAT KIND OF MACHINE WAS IT?
dennis: well, it's, uh, it's the kind they, uh, use for routing.

i hang up on dennis switch back over to 911

me: I DON'T KNOW, SOME SORT OF ROUTER THING.
911: a what?
me: I DON'T KNOW, IT'S IN ANOTHER BUILDING - I CAN'T SEE IT.
911: ok, well the ambulance is on his way and if you need to blah, blah, blah. . .
me: OK, BYE
*phone rings*
me: HELLO?
anita: anna, i am on my way - i am stuck in traffic
me: OK! I HAVE TO GO *i hang up on her*
*phone rings*
me: HELLO?
receptionist: has anita not made it back yet?
me: NO, I HAVE TO GO WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY *i hang up on her*
*phone rings*
me: HELLO?
csg: hey, is *the hr person around*
me: NO, SHE LEFT
company safety guy: well, she just called me
me: I KNOW! I HAVE TO GO *i hang up on him*
*phone rings*
guy from our north location: is so & so there?
me: NO, WHAT DO YOU WANT?
gfonl: well, we have a printer that blah, blah, blah
me: I WILL HAVE TO CALL YOU BACK - WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY
*i hang up on him*

that is not the exact conversation i had with 911 but that is all i can recall. they kept asking me if he has any bleeding disorders and i wanted to say, how am i supposed to know? i have only spoken to the man once! and keep in mind that this was the companies main switchboard and i keep answer the phone with a panicked HELLO? instead of the 'good afternoon, how may i direct your call' greeting.

but the moral of the day is that i am no good in emergence situations. my mom is the woman. the crazier things get the more calm she gets - i am not like my mother in that respect, although i wish i were.

hey everybody! guess what time it is.

2006-08-24T16:42:00.000-04:00

it's football shaped post-it time! i just found them in the back of my drawer, and what perfect timing!!!

7 days!! i so forgot it was thursday

dear fashion/retail industry,
enough with the stretch clothes. they are awful and get weird and are cheater clothes. i hate them. i cannot find any, ANY jeans that are not stretch. i am even willing to spend some extra $ on them if you would just offer them!

respectfully yours,

non-stretch fan

how come there are only 3 flavors of un-frosted pop-tarts?

hilarity for your weekend

2006-08-18T16:43:00.000-04:00

cocktail day/pool eve

2006-08-18T09:18:00.000-04:00

the jeans i am wearing today are a mistake and they are a mistake for three (3) reasons and i shall share those three (3) reasons.

1 - they are stretch. i hate stretch jeans, the color is always weird and i am not, so much, a fan of the 'crosshatch' bit. also, stretch jeans grow and by the end of the day, after pulling them up all day, the butt is saggy and they feel like sweat pants. i am probably lone in this assessment but i believe jeans should be slightly binding.

2 - they are 'ultra' low rise. i buy low rise jeans because they fit my body better. they are more comfortable and look better. however, 'ultra' is no good. 'ultra' means way, way too low and makes me feel like i need to pull up my jeans and when they are stretch on top of that (see above) - they are just no good. also, i am not trying to share my underwear with the world. i mean, i don't mind if people know i am wearing underwear - i actually prefer that they do - but they don't need to be seeing them.

3 - they are way too long. i am approximately 5'3" and, well, curvy. so pants fit me weird. the 'short' flavor are usually a tad too short and the 'regular' flavor are always too long. the pants i have on today are too long. thus, i have to wear tall shoes and tall shoes are usually not comfortable. but on top of that, the back of my jeans wrap around my heels. this is all wrong. the back of my jeans need to fall towards the floor not encase my heel.

so, why do i even bother wearing these jeans? they are the best i've got. the selection of jeans, in my price range, is, well, unsatisfactory.

14 days

2006-08-17T10:59:00.000-04:00

woohoo!!!

you know what tans are good for?

hiding bruises.

why are spin classes always conducted in the dark?

payday

2006-08-15T08:59:00.000-04:00

i am supposed to be paid today and for some reason wachovia is not showing my direct deposit.

account balance as of 8:54am 8/15/06: $4.29

that is not even the all time record low.

quote of the day:

'my wardrobe will not be dictated by a dumpster'

movies i will always watch when they are on tv

2006-08-14T08:45:00.000-04:00

1 - robin hood, men in tights
2 - bill and ted's excellent adventure
3 - the princess bride
4 - you've got mail
5 - joe vs. the volcano
6 - tremors
7 - bridget jones's diary
8 - labyrinth
9 - clueless
10 - clue
11 - goonies
12 - sneakers
13 - the hunt for red october

i so called it

2006-08-11T09:19:00.000-04:00

earlier this week i bought some salmon filets that were seasoned with ginger pepper. sounds good huh? well, the opportunity to cook them did not arrive until last night, the only problem - the 'sell by' date.

the sell by date on the package said 8/8/06.

me: hhhmmm, they look ok (at this point i call up my sister).

me: hey
katie: hey
me: i bought this salmon and the sell by date says 8/8 - what do you think about that?
katie: does it smell?
me: no, i don't think so.
katie: if it smells at all don't eat it. i wouldn't eat it.
me: i just hate wasting food and it looks really good.
katie: i know, me too.
me: ok. bye.
katie: bye

i don't really like that answer - so i call my mother

me: hey mom
mom: hey anna
me: what are you doing?
mom: about to eat dinner
me: what are you having?
mom: leftovers (mom i super informative)
me: leftover what
mom: what do you need? i am hungry.
me: well, i bought this salmon but the sell by date says 8/8, what do you think about that?
mom: WELL IT'S ONLY THE 10th ANNA.
me: i know, but i don't know if that is ok or not.
mom: it's fine
me: ok
mom: is that all? i am ready to eat.
me: ok mom, bye.
mom: bye.

so i cooked the salmon in the same way i cook catfish and when i pull it out to check on it, i am unsure as to the doneness and began to question my original cooking temperature/length assessment. so i call a co-worker, whom i know has cooked salmon before.

me: hey
co-worker: hey
me: what are you doing?
co-worker: i just got off the treadmill - glad that's done.
me: i know! woohoo! no more exercise this week.
co-worker: i know! i am ready for cocktail day.
me: me too, anyway - can i ask you a cooking question?
co-worker: sure
me: how do you cook salmon
co-worker: i bake it (mom?)
me: i mean at what temperature and how long.
co-worker: at about 400/425 for 20 or so minutes.
me: oh (that is so not what i did), ok - thanks!
co-worker: bye.
me: bye.

so i put it back in the oven for a few more minutes, fixed a salad and ate my dinner. it was delicious.

21 days

2006-08-10T12:24:00.000-04:00

you know it is really awsome when you go about your day, busily working, hoping from desk to desk helping users with various problems and even accept compliments on your appearance and then, around 3 1/2 hours later do you realize that you have your breakfast on your shirt. and since it was sunnyside up egg, it actually looks like snot.

damn, that rocks.

the difference between boys and girls

2006-08-07T10:50:00.000-04:00

i have been hearing about how i need new tires and mine are 'worn slap out' for like 3ish weeks. so finally, two weekends ago i went and got tires. tires buying is, in fact, no fun. they are mucho expensioso and are not something i can wear. although, my mom says think of it as new shoes for your car.

anyway, josh goes with me and the tire guy comes out 'how may i help you today?' i reply 'i need new tires' and then he goes off the deep end spouting out numbers and letters and writing things on his little clip board and pointing at my tires.

i stand idly by.

josh nods and answers a few of tire guy's questions.

i stand idly by.

we all walk inside where it is explained to me and that i can get this one or this one or this one. at this point josh turns to me and says 'which ones do you like?'

i stand idly by.

then a slew of questions run thru my mind - huh? wha? which ones do i like? we are talking about tires, right? aren't they all the same? aren't they just tires? they all look the same to me.

so i say 'i don't care' - and he says get these, these are cool and blah, blah, blah and starts talking in that guy language that flies right past me without so much as a drop of understanding. i say 'ok'.

after they have been put on we inspect them and they do look pretty good - they take up more space in the fender well area thing and i do like that. also, i sit up a tid bit higher.

as we drove away from the tire place josh says 'are you going to show jill your new tires?' and i answer 'if i remember' while i think to myself 'no, but i am going to tell her about this conversation.' then he goes on to explain that when guys get new tires they show all their buddies.

mentally, i shake my head at that.

girls don't care about tires. they are, apparently, very important to boys.

alright already

2006-08-03T08:46:00.000-04:00

well, this isn't so much the story of dude and me as more of an explaination as to why i called him that in the beginning.

i haven't really dated that much - i haven't the patience for what my sister and i call 'bullshit dating' and i guess i wasn't all that worried about it - but i won't go into all my 'issues' right now.

anyway, in highschool and college, there were a few guys around but nothing serious. there were a few dates. after i graduated there were fewer guys because where do you meet them and how do you hide the fact that you live with your mother? so, life went on and friends got married and i said to myself 'you are almost 30 years old, it is about time you do this dating thing'.

then this past thanksgiving dude came along he had asked me out and i agreed to go and i only told one soul (a very trusted co-worker). i was excited but i was also very, very nervous.

so the day of the date arrives and i still haven't told my mother (with whom i live) and i was hoping she wouldn't come home until after i left.

of course that didn't happen.

mom comes home while i am waiting and she starts with the chit chat 'how was your day? what did you do? what are you doing now? why are you dressed up?' and so to pretend like it wasn't a big deal i say 'i have a date with a dude'. yep, that is what any mother wants to hear. 'a dude' she says while she opens her eyes wide and questions my use of the word dude. 'yeah, a guy from work. it's no big deal but i don't want to talk about it right now.' all the while i have turned into some sweat factory because i cannot control my nerves. dude finally arrives and our first date commences.

a few days later we go out again and the following night he comes over to watch a movie. i email my mother to let her know 'dude is coming over to watch a movie' and she writes back 'am i supposed to call him dude?'. no mom, his name is josh.

we have now been together for 8 months and i no longer refer to him as dude.

last night we had dinner with my dad's side of the family and josh met them for the first time. my sister, my grandparents and josh and i arrived all at the same time. my mom and two cousins soon followed and when my uncle and aunt got there, they sat at the far end of the table and my grandmother turns to my uncle and says 'this is josh, anna's friend' my mom repeats this information for some reason and at this point i turned to josh and say 'you are my friend'.

28 days

2006-08-03T08:39:00.000-04:00

this is super cool

you can't pick your co-workers, unfortunately

2006-08-02T10:50:00.000-04:00

anna says: i am going to have to stop taking mike's phone calls
josh says: why?
josh says: you got sarah?
anna says: no - for starters he calls me at exactly 8am (don't do that) and then he acts like we are the best friends ever and he is super excited to talk to me
anna says: 'HI!, HOW ARE YOU?!'
anna says: i just can't take it
anna says: i hate it almost, ALMOST, as much as talking to matilda
josh says: you are a fragile flower
anna says: 'hi anna, how are you? anna, blah, blah, blah. anna, blah, blah, blah. anna, blah, blah, blah.
anna says: thanks, anna
anna says: anna, have a good day anna
anna says: i really am
josh says: i have always said so
josh says: anna = flower (delicate)

names have been changed to protect the guilty

i just googled my grandmother

2006-08-02T08:57:00.000-04:00

every year i get into a debate with myself about when my grandmother's birthday is. it is either august 2nd or 3rd. i am pretty sure it is the 3rd, but what if it isn't and i don't recognize that today is her birthday.

best
granddaughter
ever

'wood you like some yelly or someting else'

2006-08-01T08:28:00.000-04:00

in the mornings, sometimes, i go by mcdonald's. the only staff working in the mornings are mexican women. it's kind of strange and annoying because this particular group of women are not the most efficient and that, well that just goes against nature. but i digress.

i used to have honey nut cheerios for breakfast every morning. but then, see i have this co-worker and she is all about eating all the proper things and such and whenever you are eating your breakfast or lunch around her she is all 'no protein?! you need protein, i HAVE to have protein'. and all i think is - 'ugh, don't look/comment on my food!' anyway, i was telling my sister about it and she said, in a defeated tone, 'yea, i think you are supposed to have protein at every meal.'

great! now what? what am i going to eat??? the easy answer is peanut butter and/or eggs. but peanut butter has too much fat and i have realized over the years that scramblie eggs make me all queasy like. so i came up with the best breakfast ever! one sunnyside up egg on a piece of toast. ok, so i didn't come up with that, but it is damn good. i have this great non-stick pan that allows me not to have to use butter (even though i do use a teeny tiny bit, just for taste) and the egg does not stick at all, so it's not a pain to clean up. it is so good - i make it and then leave for work and i always want another. mmm, i may just have to have that for dinner tonight.

thinking. . . why is it perfectly acceptable to me to drop a pill on the floor and pick it up and still swallow it but not eat food off the floor. it's the same thing. the other day i went to take an advil cold & sinus pill and i dropped it on the floor, picked it up and drank it down. i starting to think about what i had just done and realized i would do the same with a pretzel or chip but not say, pudding or jello. why does consistency matter? is it harder for germs and nastiness to stick to harder objects? shouldn't i ban all things that have been on the floor from entering my body?

happy birther shawnsheese

2006-07-26T08:37:00.000-04:00

my mother called to remind me the night before last that, 27 years ago, (2 days ago) i got on my big wheel and went flying down a neighbors drive way, smacked into the curb, was projected off my big wheel and busted my two front teeth in. she was two days away from delivering my little sister. off we went to a dentist (which i had never been before) and my mother laid in the dentist chair and i laid on top of her belly and screamed the entire time the dentist looked at my teeth.

ah, the good ol' days.

so today is my sister's birthday and there are conflicting reports as to how old she is. she 'claims' she is 27, however i have read here that she was 30 last year thus making her 31 this year. i think she is lying.

dear susan,

2006-07-24T16:02:00.000-04:00

i have returned to target and made a note to check the baby all. it is, in fact, not part of the bonus. so sorry.

love, anna

the bag of deliciousness: very sweet and, as it were, not eaten in entirety.

i realized something today. i've absolutely no patience for purposeful coyness of the flirty variety. yes, you are very cute and clever, now answer my question and. . . stop it.'

41 days

2006-07-20T15:51:00.000-04:00

tomorrow, after i weigh in - i have full intentions of eating this entire bag of deliciousness

and how freaking awesome is this?

and now for non-food related items. i went to target yesterday and i cannot describe how pleased i am with this:

i bought it immediately because who doesn't love a 15% bonus? no one!

my sister still doesn't read this, and. . .

2006-07-19T15:38:00.000-04:00

i was just speaking to her on the phone and we were dicussing how we both feel pukie and i said i think mine is from eating entirely too much cucumber salad and she says 'you have a moderation problem.' i so do.

8 things i've learned about myself in 30 years

2006-07-18T09:03:00.000-04:00

1. i am an excellent lunch time errand running. i can get gas, go to target, go to kroger, run by the bank and the post office and be back at my desk in 1 hour. i am super efficient.
2. i am excellent at reiterating someone else's point. and i don't even do this to be a suck up - i can't help myself. i just want the other person to know that i know what the hell they are talking about - know what i mean? i swear, i am no suck up and i always feel like a jackass when i do it.
3. i have a hard time sustaining excitement for someone else's good news. i can give the initial wide eyed smiling 'yeah' and maybe even clap but after a few minutes i am over it. good for you, now back to me.
4. i love cucumber salad. for years i never even ate cucumbers and then under much harassment from co-workers i tried made cucumber salad. all i can say is yum-ee!
5. i do not like showers (wedding, baby, etc.). it is all just so awkward. can't i just send my gift and be done with it? do i really have to sit there and watch you open them and then play dumb games - i don't care if you feed me, i'd rather not eat egg and sausage casserole - yuck!
6. despite all my claims and delusions to the contrary and efforts to prove otherwise, i am a girl and i do stupid girl things i vowed never to do.
7. i am incapable of accepting a compliment. it makes me uncomfortable. i have only recently trained myself to simply say 'thank you'. i am also incapable of just saying 'your welcome' when i am thanked for something. i always have to make it sound like no big deal.
8. moderation is not my friend. i do nothing in moderation. i am an all or nothing kind of girl. i also have to do things with the most difficultness. i guess i am looking for a challenge.

the fun is, collectively, over

2006-07-18T08:45:00.000-04:00

i am a follower of the program that is weight watchers. it works for me - it just does. anyway, my birthday was june 23 and for 4 weeks i was on a celebratory streak of not giving a damn about what i ate. i began to feel run down and crappy and i realized, i am old. i cannot eat junk all the time and feel normal. i started eating healthier by eating more fruits and vegetables and began to get back to what you people know as 'anna'. great, i am officially an adult - i have to eat healthy, great.

after the four weeks i go back to weight watchers to weigh in. i was expecting to have gained but not 6.4 pounds!!!! yep, in 4 weeks i gained 6.4 pounds. that so rocks. so now i have been back on track for 3 1/2 days - those 6 pounds should be gone now right?

'apparently i have been laboring under a misapprehension'

2006-07-14T14:21:00.000-04:00

when i first started this thing i told hardly anyone about it fearing the exposure of my feelings and thoughts would be far too much for my loved ones to bear. i wanted a secret place to show the world how witty and fabulous i am (because it obviously doesn't already know) and i wanted no one i know to know about it so that i could write about them and they could not argue and prove me wrong. i also started it to make my sister laugh.

so i wrote and pontificated and cussed and yelled at people who can't drive and it was good. then as time went on i told a handful of people about it and even passed out the address. those few read faithfully and commented and it was good.

after watching (with horror) the form it was taking i even told a few more of my friends about it and they would say 'oh, cool - i'll have to check it out' and then they never did. it seemed to be that no matter how many i told - it was only those few from the beginning that seemed to care. even my non-work, real boyfriend doesn't even read this which is all sorts of backwards and wrong. i don't even think my sister reads it anymore.

so, i guess i had nothing to fear to begin with - that's about right. so, what was i hiding. it seems so silly now. i don't see me telling my grandfather about it due to the cussing but i am not sure why it mattered so much in the beginning. apparently my life is not nearly as exciting or mysterious as i once believed - that's about right.

one day i will learn

2006-07-14T09:40:00.000-04:00

i, for some reason, keep buying bell peppers and throwing them away a week or so later. i guess i think i am going to eat them and i am so not.

and so, it begins

2006-07-13T13:50:00.000-04:00

49 days

um, i went to hawaii

2006-07-13T11:03:00.000-04:00

my mom, thru her job, won a trip to freaking hawaii and my sister and i were lucky enough to tag along to maui!

after 12+ hours of travel time we finally arrive in hawaii and promptly receive leis
me and mom

we get to the hotel room and it was very nice
bathroom (duh)
beds (duh)
porch (duh)
view from porch (beautiful)

next is the meet and greet at the hotel - god i look good
me and my only mai tai (that was for jill)

after the meet and greet we head back to the hotel and get settled, shower and try to go to sleepy (our body clocks would never adjust). the next day we go shopping locally and visit the biggest tree in hawaii or biggest tree somewhere, or something.
banyan tree (i lost my sunglasses there)
here is me in my new hat (i still don't know why i bought that)

that night we went to a luau and there was all sorts of hula dancing and fire twirling and hawaiian singing and all the things one would expect from a luau.
me at the luau (hawaii is very windy, i had to put my hair up)

the next day we went to pearl harbor. it was a very somber (our tour guide's word) experience and kinda creepy in a serious type of manner.
the plane we took to pearl harbor
the memorial at pearl harbor
the uss missouri (which overlooks the uss arizona)
the punch bowl (arlington cemetry of the west)

we got back very late that night and pretty much crashed. the following day, i finally got to spend some time at the pool (yeah!).
pool area with ocean view

and later that day we did something that would make you think all three of us had lost our minds. we took a 2 hour 10-seater plane trip over a volcano. see, we all have motion sickness issues in varying degrees so - yeah, i know.
mom and i all fired up about the volcano

we were all excited and packed ourselves onto the the tiny airplane and off we went snapping pictures, look right, looking left and then. . . mom gets hot and puts her head back. she is burning up and i try to direct my air conditioner hole thing towards her whilst trying to comfort her. she is not having any of it. i start to get hot and think i may get sick. i try to relax but to no avail i have a mini claustrophobia attack and think i am going to have to rip the door off and rip everyone out of there seats and off the plane. i eventually calm down. once my internal hysteria is over, i notice my sister's head (she is two seats up and on the other side of the plane) is leaning against the window. at this point i begin to laugh at us and question our sanity. but we all managed to see the lava hitting the ocean (the steam) and katie even got a picture. i took a little movie, i never did see lava but katie did - at least someone did. despite the worst plane ride i have ever been on - it was the smoothest landing ever.
waterfall mid-flight
the teeny tiny plane we staggered away from
the most expensive sprite ever (bought to calm my stomach)

the rest of the trip i spend at the beach and by the pool - gorgeous. mom and katie went on some van ride to another volcano - i, for one, had had enough of vehicles i was not in control of.

here are more random pictures of the trip:
rainbow (duh)
waterfall at hotel
mountainous area
me at waikiki beach
random boat in indescribably blue water
gorgeous sunset
some building with a king kamehameha statue
me sipping volcano themed drink (alcoholless)
it's hard to see the people atop that rock thing, but they were jumping off into the water
beach and ocean and strangers
blue hawaiians (katie's drink of choice)

an explanation of sorts

2006-07-12T12:16:00.000-04:00

i have a confession to make. the reason i have been so slack about updating is due to the development in my life that is the boyfriend. not to say that i have become too consumed with him to write so much as the things going on with me, i didn't - so much - want to make available to the world. as of today we are at the 7 month and 12 day mark.

my
longest
relationship
ever

anyway, here is dude pictured below:

coming soon: 'the story of dude and me'

ok

2006-07-12T11:34:00.000-04:00

recently i have found a renewed interest in this thing. and it is all due to the company bitch. i love her.

so, i will do my best every day to add something here. but don't get mad if i don't.

wtf?

2006-07-12T11:32:00.000-04:00

i cannot, so much, find my matchbox 20 cd. and i don't really care for that.

happy birthday amanda

2006-06-20T07:20:00.000-04:00

this morning from 5am - 5:30am i watched a 'girls gone wild' infomercial, and the reason is still unclear to me.

my blog. . .

2006-04-11T14:42:00.000-04:00

it needs updating

my legs. . .

2006-03-06T09:38:00.000-05:00

they need to be shaved

i have officially turned into that asshole that says 'it is such a nice day'

i hate that

happy groundhog's day. . .

2006-02-02T08:36:00.000-05:00

everybody

random tampons and cigarettes. . .

2006-02-01T08:17:00.000-05:00

necessaties.

my goodness it has been forever, i have been *clears throat* otherwise preoccupied. anyway, what up internet?

i take that back

2005-12-08T14:05:00.000-05:00

this

is the best thing i have ever recieved

btw

2005-11-22T16:24:00.000-05:00

best gift ever

backfired?

2005-11-22T12:20:00.000-05:00

as a child i distinctly remember that my mother would always purchase the things we needed to ensure we had our own. i always thought it was so we wouldn't have to borrow from others and in turn 'bug' them. but i really don't know why my mom did it. but i am thinking the intended effect did not take. as an adult i have a hard time letting others borrow things. i always think to myself 'give it back, it's mine - get your own' - i never actually say these things because i know rationally 'how' to share, i just don't wanna.

sersly people, stop it

2005-11-15T16:02:00.000-05:00

i - as a general rule - HATE speaker phone, there are a few people i will tolerate it from i.e. my boss but i loathe those who call you on speaker and after you answer PICK UP THE PHONE! it makes a terrible noise and all right in your ear - and it freaking hurts! stop it! it makes an awful noise.

on a completely separate note i love german cars when they have a 'k' instead of a 'c'

love
that

so, um, yea

2005-11-09T10:07:00.000-05:00

i am vibrating again

on the right side now

it stopped for a while, but is back

i've hadn't much to say - i have been addicted to shopping.

love
to
shop

so, thanksgiving is 2 weeks from tomorrow! i love thanksgiving. not a fan of christmas - thanksgiving is my favorite.

we went to see elizabethtown the other night - i didn't really care for it, couldn't wait for it to end.

it couldn't decide between being
1 - a romantic movie
2 - a find yourself movie
3 - get to know your dad after he dies, father/son movie

it can be 2 of those but not all three, not all at the same time. just, no

still dying to see:
1 - chicken little
2 - jarhead

drive by photographing

2005-11-01T16:30:00.000-05:00

i love this

what do you suppose this means?

because i do everything in excess

2005-10-31T13:09:00.000-05:00

saturday my mother and i were shopping and i announced to her that i needed (and would like for xmas) a new raincoat and they only requirement was that it must have a hood. the reason for the new coat was due to my old one being too big and my other one does not, in fact, have a hood. and then i began reviewing the coats and/or jackets i own, the results to follow:

as of 10/30/05

3 raincoats
2 leather jackets
2 wool coats
2 vest things
2 jean jackets
one denim blazer
1 dumb causal one i hate and never wear and don't really count
one big bulky coat thing
3 light weight jacketie things that go w/workout pants
1 sweater (cardign style)

and i still need a casual light weight jacket that is not denim.

good grief. . .

2005-10-27T09:05:00.000-04:00

(in the vain of charlie brown) isn't it friday yet?

last night i was thinking about wanting things and what the heck do i want and do i really want those things or do i just think i do? i think people think they want certain things - or make themselves think they want those things - but once they start to achieve those things it turns out they didn't really want them, they just thought they did. i feel like we all go through life thinking we want certain things and then through the unique experiences that we go through we figure out what we thought we wanted is not what we wanted at all and it turns out we really want something different or, in reality, need something different.

either all that, or it's just me.

turns out - i don't give a crap about halloween.

last night, whilst reconciling my checkbook. . .

2005-10-25T14:24:00.000-04:00

i noticed that around mid october, i decided it was august and a good portion of the entries are dated 8/something. then, all of the sudden i decided it was october again and abruptly, and without warning, i started dating everything 10/whatever. i didn't even notice it when whilst i was doing it.

tuesday

2005-10-25T09:09:00.000-04:00

omg! the gap has new scarfs and i want them, i want them, i want them

sometimes i am totally caught off guard and am completely shocked at the sound of my voice - how odd it is.

miracle whip really is

2005-10-24T15:06:00.000-04:00

i am a freak, FREAK, for chicken salad. i have tried and failed to make it numerous times. in this recent batch of retries, conversations and research i have tried and consumated a new recepie. see, the problem was, i was using low fat or fat free mayo and it is just gross-o. until someone suggested the whip that is miracle and even brought me some chicken salad made with it, to try. i was skeptical, but i did enjoy their chicken salad. so, this past weekend i tried it myself and i have made the best chicken salad ever, period.