I went back home for a few days, primarily to retrieve the rest of my movies, only to be reminded of my WONDERFUL decision to stay in Boston this summer. Also, my house is still a zoo.
ALSO, Superfresh, my former employer, had a carbon monoxide leak and had to be evacuated while my friend Elana was there!!! That was exciting.
Also, I'm a little pleased by McCain's choice for VP because I think/hope that people will see how fucking retarded that choice is!!! I mean... McCain really isn't the worst as far as the repubs go... except on his stance of Iraq which is CRAZY AS FUCK!! But Sarah Palin is just ridiculous. She has zero redeeming qualities. She just had her 5th child, who has down-syndrome. Which, by the way, should we being having a VP who has 5 young children? I mean, what if one of them gets sick or something? Does she NOT do her VP duties? Does she call in sick? Also, if she is still of child-bearing age, is she really experienced enough to be VP? The answer is no, a governor of 2 years in fucking ALASKA is NOT experienced enough. Don't even get me started on her pro-life, FOR oil drilling in Alaska, FOR creationalism being taught alongside evolution in schools, FOR capital punishment, ANTI-gay marriage bullshit! And I don't even vote on social issues.
I'm just saying, if anything happened to McCain, who would be the oldest president in America's history, she would be our FUCKING PRESIDENT!!! Was their only criteria to get a woman? Come ON now, repubs!!
Read up on Joe Biden, by the way, who is VERY cute for an old man... but also satisfactory in my required fields-- environment, Iraq, budget balancing (well... he really liked Clinton (Bill, but also Hillary)).
Note: I was reading my friend Claire's blog, and she brought up her support for Obama, and that made me need to talk about my political feelings ... so I copied off of her again!
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
Moving Success
Yesterdays crisis is complete. Obviously I did eventually finish packing... although it was very early in the morning. Tomorrow I will journey to PA and visit the parents... and the cats... and the sibs... in that order, I'm sure.
Last night I ended up finishing Breaking Dawn, the last book in the Twilight saga. Obsessed! For me, almost infinitely more fun than the first three, which were pretty frustrating. Didn't get great reviews though, So after I finished, I read the reviews and then ranted about why the reviews are wrong to a friend on her wall at 4am. I made it sound like she had suggested the critique... and not the reviewer. Crazy.
So I couldn't have moved without my friend Caroline today. She came over at 8:30am this morning to pick up some stuff before work, and then totally ditched work when she saw that I was going to need help. She stayed with me until I PASSED OUT at 4pm. Luckily I don't have too feel bad for too long because she's moving on the 31st and I can help her!
New apartment: AWESOME! My room is small but very cozy. I have 3 outlets in like... the PERFECT places. And I love being able to decorate all the wall space with my own stuff. AND I have a very deep closet! I LOVE it.
Last night I ended up finishing Breaking Dawn, the last book in the Twilight saga. Obsessed! For me, almost infinitely more fun than the first three, which were pretty frustrating. Didn't get great reviews though, So after I finished, I read the reviews and then ranted about why the reviews are wrong to a friend on her wall at 4am. I made it sound like she had suggested the critique... and not the reviewer. Crazy.
So I couldn't have moved without my friend Caroline today. She came over at 8:30am this morning to pick up some stuff before work, and then totally ditched work when she saw that I was going to need help. She stayed with me until I PASSED OUT at 4pm. Luckily I don't have too feel bad for too long because she's moving on the 31st and I can help her!
New apartment: AWESOME! My room is small but very cozy. I have 3 outlets in like... the PERFECT places. And I love being able to decorate all the wall space with my own stuff. AND I have a very deep closet! I LOVE it.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
A Moving Fret
Note: my moving status as of 3pm
I'm trying very hard to remain calm about my current moving situation. I have soooo much stuff to move!!! And I have to be out of the apartment by 10am, but can't move in my new one until 4pm. I'm devastated. And my roommate keeps judging my progress... and it's pissing me off!
(Just so you know, I haven't been living this way all summer. I actually made it infinitely messier right before departure!... And I've temporarily obtained some items)
Monday, August 18, 2008
Status Eclipsed (HA! PUNS!)
Ok here's the status.
1) Kevin, who is essentially my best friend, is leaving indefinately on Thursday (I say this matter-of-factly... but obviously... it's much more than that).
2) My great-grandpa had a stroke, which is sad but I don't know him that well. But I'm really close with my grandpa and I hope he's doing alright. They had a disfunctional relationship.
3) My last day of work is on Friday (if they don't let us stop coming earlier)... although, while this was my best summer in a long time, I'm surprisingly confident about the fun of next year, and shockingly not too worried about losing my friendships from the summer. That's LUCKY!!!! I cried a lot when school ended because I was afraid about my friendships.
4) I need to start collecting my movies from people. It doesn't SEEM like a big deal, but actually, they are pretty scattered. I have 6 movies out (The Lion King, Little Children, Wedding Crashers, Gone with the Wind, The Last Kiss, and American Pie), 4 seasons of Sex and the City, and 2 disks of Friends. I have to track down 7 people. AAAAnd I already started getting them back.
5) I have to start cleaning and packing. Unlike every other time that I've moved, I have to actually make the room habitable (how snotty did THAT sound-- loathing having to clean up after oneself).
6) I HAAAAVE to finish my arrangement of "Heart of the Matter." I feel wretched that I haven't already.
7) I've decided to go home on the 26th (7 hour journey by bus (Boston to Philadelphia)) to get the rest of my movies ... and see the fam.
8) O MY GOD I'm so addicted to Eclipse (the third in the Twilight saga). I can no longer update as I need to know what happens in my book. THAT is why none of my other things get done.
1) Kevin, who is essentially my best friend, is leaving indefinately on Thursday (I say this matter-of-factly... but obviously... it's much more than that).
2) My great-grandpa had a stroke, which is sad but I don't know him that well. But I'm really close with my grandpa and I hope he's doing alright. They had a disfunctional relationship.
3) My last day of work is on Friday (if they don't let us stop coming earlier)... although, while this was my best summer in a long time, I'm surprisingly confident about the fun of next year, and shockingly not too worried about losing my friendships from the summer. That's LUCKY!!!! I cried a lot when school ended because I was afraid about my friendships.
4) I need to start collecting my movies from people. It doesn't SEEM like a big deal, but actually, they are pretty scattered. I have 6 movies out (The Lion King, Little Children, Wedding Crashers, Gone with the Wind, The Last Kiss, and American Pie), 4 seasons of Sex and the City, and 2 disks of Friends. I have to track down 7 people. AAAAnd I already started getting them back.
5) I have to start cleaning and packing. Unlike every other time that I've moved, I have to actually make the room habitable (how snotty did THAT sound-- loathing having to clean up after oneself).
6) I HAAAAVE to finish my arrangement of "Heart of the Matter." I feel wretched that I haven't already.
7) I've decided to go home on the 26th (7 hour journey by bus (Boston to Philadelphia)) to get the rest of my movies ... and see the fam.
8) O MY GOD I'm so addicted to Eclipse (the third in the Twilight saga). I can no longer update as I need to know what happens in my book. THAT is why none of my other things get done.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Housing Destiny 2: Great Karma
I got the apartment!!! I had 24 hours to decide if I wanted to take it and I did! I really hope it works out for Rachael (I'm like... very confident that it will).
I'M SO EXCITED!!!!
I'M SO EXCITED!!!!
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Infatuation
"When you develop an infatuation for someone, you always find a reason to believe that this is exactly the person for you. It doesn't need to be a good reason. Taking photographs of the night sky for example. Now in the long run, that's just the kind of dumb, irritating habit that would cause you to split up. But in the haze of infatuation, it's just what you've been searching for all these years." ~ The Beach
I'm actually watching the movie as I type this (well.. it's paused because I'm not a great multi-tasker), but I had to write that quote down because it's exactly right.
I'm actually watching the movie as I type this (well.. it's paused because I'm not a great multi-tasker), but I had to write that quote down because it's exactly right.
Friday, August 8, 2008
Housing Destiny
So now that summer is winding down, all the arrangements are starting to get set concerning next semester/year. SOOOO, my current roommate, got an offer to live in a south campus apartment (much like where I'm living now), where it would be cheaper, have a kitchen, be of equal distance to my classes, and I would have my own room. As opposed to my current position which is sharing a dorm room with 3 people that I don't know. PLUS, I only know about 6ish people in that dorm, but like... 6 of my FRIENDS (not even just people I know) live in south.
Basically, it's WAY better. But here's the issue... I was supposed to directly swap apartments with my friend Rachael because I volunteered to room with the strangers and I had the worst number so ... whatever what you need to know is that we're supposed to swap. BUT if I switch, she would have to fill out a room switching request sheet before August 22, and I can't easily reach her. AND the room switch isn't guarenteed (although it's probably very likely since the room is empty and it's so late in the year.
AND ANYWAY, my movement into the apartment isn't guarenteed.
I just really hope that it works out. I'm not going to be DEVASTATED, but I would LOVE to have my own room as a junior. And I'm not trying to complain that much, but I'm a little sad that I might have to decline to save Rachael from my own fate (which is rooming with 3 strangers and settling with being down the hall from friends). I know I chose it, but it's just really lame!
Basically, it's WAY better. But here's the issue... I was supposed to directly swap apartments with my friend Rachael because I volunteered to room with the strangers and I had the worst number so ... whatever what you need to know is that we're supposed to swap. BUT if I switch, she would have to fill out a room switching request sheet before August 22, and I can't easily reach her. AND the room switch isn't guarenteed (although it's probably very likely since the room is empty and it's so late in the year.
AND ANYWAY, my movement into the apartment isn't guarenteed.
I just really hope that it works out. I'm not going to be DEVASTATED, but I would LOVE to have my own room as a junior. And I'm not trying to complain that much, but I'm a little sad that I might have to decline to save Rachael from my own fate (which is rooming with 3 strangers and settling with being down the hall from friends). I know I chose it, but it's just really lame!
Sunday, August 3, 2008
The Day of Fluent Expression
June 3: The Day of Fluent Expression
June 3 people have a need to communicate their ideas to others and usually accomplish this through speech. Yet their language, whether spoken or not, is highly original, sometimes so subtle or ironic that some find it difficult to grasp. On the other hand, when June 3 people get emotional, others may understand them only too well and can even resent their bluntness. Those born on this day would benefit from being at once more lucid and diplomatic in their approach.
Not only may the content of June 3 speech be exceptional but the quantity as well. June 3 peole can talk a blue streak when excited about a subject, and sometimes their interest continues long after that of their audience has flagged. But when their listeners are deeply involved, those born on this day have the energy to hold their attention.
June 3 people generally do not allow much for compromise, and whether upholding the status quo or going against it, they are equally vociferous in defending or promulgating their viewpoints. June 3 people are thus easily drawn into debate and discussion, and are often found boldly making their opinions known, even when unsolicited. Rarely, if ever, do those born on this day give way in an argument.
June 3 people are mentally oriented and quick-witted, but are not above using physical presence to get their point across. Both men and women are usually seductive, however, rather than intimidating. A june 3 person can ask for his/her arguments to be considered on logical grounds, but in another mood may summarily give orders and leave it at that. Indeed they can be quite tyrannical when aroused on a sensitive issue. It is better to let them cool down than to oppose them when they are in such an emotional state.
If there is one thing that June 3 people will respect, it is a well thought out and delivered verbal argument, whether or not they agree with it. Those who wish to sway them should keep this in mind. In truth, those born on this day respond better to a velvet touch than a gloved fist, and may even be bribed with a favorite pleasure if apprached properly.
June 3 people can be any combination of witty, ironic or sarcastic. Particularly when annoyed, their words cut like aknife, and can devastate the feelings of those close to them. They may not realize the full extent of their powers in this area, and therefore need to stay more in tune with how their loved ones are reacting to them.
The worst punishment for those born on this day is to be irgnored. Silence and tuning out can be employed with great effectiveness against a June 3 person, but this weapon must be used sparingly. If merely seeking to get a rise out of them, one may get a more violent response than bargained for. Those born on June 3 do not take kindly to being slighted either and their reactions may be both extreme and lightning swift.
strengths: verbal, convincing, witty
weaknesses: domineering, forgetful
June 3 people have a need to communicate their ideas to others and usually accomplish this through speech. Yet their language, whether spoken or not, is highly original, sometimes so subtle or ironic that some find it difficult to grasp. On the other hand, when June 3 people get emotional, others may understand them only too well and can even resent their bluntness. Those born on this day would benefit from being at once more lucid and diplomatic in their approach.
Not only may the content of June 3 speech be exceptional but the quantity as well. June 3 peole can talk a blue streak when excited about a subject, and sometimes their interest continues long after that of their audience has flagged. But when their listeners are deeply involved, those born on this day have the energy to hold their attention.
June 3 people generally do not allow much for compromise, and whether upholding the status quo or going against it, they are equally vociferous in defending or promulgating their viewpoints. June 3 people are thus easily drawn into debate and discussion, and are often found boldly making their opinions known, even when unsolicited. Rarely, if ever, do those born on this day give way in an argument.
June 3 people are mentally oriented and quick-witted, but are not above using physical presence to get their point across. Both men and women are usually seductive, however, rather than intimidating. A june 3 person can ask for his/her arguments to be considered on logical grounds, but in another mood may summarily give orders and leave it at that. Indeed they can be quite tyrannical when aroused on a sensitive issue. It is better to let them cool down than to oppose them when they are in such an emotional state.
If there is one thing that June 3 people will respect, it is a well thought out and delivered verbal argument, whether or not they agree with it. Those who wish to sway them should keep this in mind. In truth, those born on this day respond better to a velvet touch than a gloved fist, and may even be bribed with a favorite pleasure if apprached properly.
June 3 people can be any combination of witty, ironic or sarcastic. Particularly when annoyed, their words cut like aknife, and can devastate the feelings of those close to them. They may not realize the full extent of their powers in this area, and therefore need to stay more in tune with how their loved ones are reacting to them.
The worst punishment for those born on this day is to be irgnored. Silence and tuning out can be employed with great effectiveness against a June 3 person, but this weapon must be used sparingly. If merely seeking to get a rise out of them, one may get a more violent response than bargained for. Those born on June 3 do not take kindly to being slighted either and their reactions may be both extreme and lightning swift.
strengths: verbal, convincing, witty
weaknesses: domineering, forgetful
A Day of Relief
Note: Claire informed me that my sponser of dryer sheets should be rethought because they are bad for the environment. I have not yet researched further. Unfortunately, I also remembered a fifth use for dryer sheets: de-static-ing. Whatevs.
Today I decided to take a sick day. We're allowed to have 2 and I hadn't taken one yet... but I still felt a little guilty. Especially because 2 other co-workers decided to also take one. But they assured me it was fine so whatever.
So I woke up around noon (the latest I've woken up in months... not that I'm complaining at all-- waking up early is refreshing) and made some plans to deposit some checks and do some laundry. However, instead I went to an AMAZING jewish deli in Coolidge Corner which I've visited surprisingly seldom in my time at Boston. I've resolved to go again soon, probably with Claire who is finishing her job in a few days!!!!
I also got a zodiac book of birthdays which I actually already owned since like... 5th grade. But somewhere along the way it got lost, and every once in a while I just CRAVE to know about someone in a zodiac sort of way. I don't even really believe in it... but for whatever reason it always seems to help to know.
When I got home, I played (and won) Munchkin Cthulu (sp?) with some friends and we read our birthdays.
BUUUUT the best part of the day was JUST NOW when I looked to see my financial reward for school, the worry about which has sucked the life out of me for weeks... so much that I couldn't talk about it with ANYONE except my mother until a few days ago when I told my friend Caroline and realized how EXTREMELY upset I was.... I found out that I got my full reward from last year.
THANK. GOD. I could have had to pay an extra $25,000. Please reflect.
Today I decided to take a sick day. We're allowed to have 2 and I hadn't taken one yet... but I still felt a little guilty. Especially because 2 other co-workers decided to also take one. But they assured me it was fine so whatever.
So I woke up around noon (the latest I've woken up in months... not that I'm complaining at all-- waking up early is refreshing) and made some plans to deposit some checks and do some laundry. However, instead I went to an AMAZING jewish deli in Coolidge Corner which I've visited surprisingly seldom in my time at Boston. I've resolved to go again soon, probably with Claire who is finishing her job in a few days!!!!
I also got a zodiac book of birthdays which I actually already owned since like... 5th grade. But somewhere along the way it got lost, and every once in a while I just CRAVE to know about someone in a zodiac sort of way. I don't even really believe in it... but for whatever reason it always seems to help to know.
When I got home, I played (and won) Munchkin Cthulu (sp?) with some friends and we read our birthdays.
BUUUUT the best part of the day was JUST NOW when I looked to see my financial reward for school, the worry about which has sucked the life out of me for weeks... so much that I couldn't talk about it with ANYONE except my mother until a few days ago when I told my friend Caroline and realized how EXTREMELY upset I was.... I found out that I got my full reward from last year.
THANK. GOD. I could have had to pay an extra $25,000. Please reflect.
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