November 2010
4 posts
I feel sad about something →
Is this thing on?
Guess I forgot to sign in for awhile. I don’t know how that happened.
Well, actually I do.
New job.
New engagement.
New life.
It’s weird. I mean, I’m happy with the new job and with being engaged (of course) but I’m overwhelmed with it all.
Being the boss is an interesting experience. It’s very lonely. And it’s not that I dislike my staff, but most...
“It’s no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record...”
– High Fidelity, by Nick Hornby (via stupidmansuit)
July 2010
5 posts
Monday, lazy Monday
Watching a Very Special Episode of Golden Girls. Rose might have AIDS (well, HIV). I feel very enlightened and educated as I watch and learn.
Day from hell. Can’t move off the couch.
adultlifetaketwo:
Me and Julio Down By the...
Saturday night at home
Spent two hours on the couch watching Behind the Music: Courtney Love. Towards the end, there was a knock on the door. Boyfriend says, “That’s probably E [the lawn guy] for his money.”
“Does he know it’s 8:50 on a Saturday night?”
Boyfriend gets up and answers the door. “Can you wait on the porch?” he asked. “A’s taking a nap. I’ll go get my check book.”
Boyfriend goes out and pays E and then...
adultlifetaketwo:
California Stars - Billy Bragg...
Cats
Last year, I was prepared for Freddie to die. this year, I’d made peace with the fact that he was going to live forever. I liked that idea.
He was up and stealing food from the other cats this morning, so it was a shock when the Boyfriend found him limp and barely breathing this evening. I still feel guilty that I came home and took a nap instead of doing Kitty Roll Call. I had no idea...
June 2010
8 posts
“Some people care too much. I think it’s called love.”
– Winnie The Pooh | Submitted by: bornonthe17th (via quote-book)
I have no desire to go to bed. I have to though because my running partner will be waiting for me at 6 am. I’m secretly praying for a thunderstorm so I can sleep until my usual 7 am. Given all the rain we’ve had, I actually feel guilty for praying for more rain. I need to get off my ass and run tomorrow. I’m not happy with my 5k time — I really thought I’d be...
Boom
Thunderstorms scare me a bit. Is that pathetic?
Irrational dislike
Have a new person starting on my team today. Already have an irrational dislike of her because she’s being set up to take a position that was supposed to be mine. I know it’s not the new chick’s fault, but I still don’t like her.
Job searching continues.
Job searching
Goes something like this.
I’ll to do anything but case management.
(Search Career Builder for jobs)
Hmmmm, I bet company X pays well & offers good insurance. They’re hiring case managers? Aw, why not?
May 2010
12 posts
G -- just G
Today, Boyfriend commented on the Facebook status of one of my really good friends. The next comment was from my college boyfriend, agreeing with what Boyfriend said. As far as I can tell, neither one of them had any clue who the other commenter was.
I have to admit that I sometimes Facebook stalk College Boyfriend. The ending wasn’t good. I guess I sometimes still wish that I could...
Desperate times
After 30 minutes or so of job searching:
“You wanna know who is apparently hiring a lot right now?”
“Who?”
“The Army.”
“Oh yea, all the PTSD stuff…”
“And it looks like it would probably pay about $xx,xxx more than I’m making now. I’m thinking I could compromise who I am for that kind of money.”
Waiting
For my running partner to text me back. I thought we were going to run around 10 am, but I haven’t heard back yet. Maybe I should call. I think I’ll call when the laptop battery dies (approx 15 more minutes).
My work day started yesterday with a message from a client telling me to go fuck myself. Job search in overdrive now.
Thing #384 that I'm over:
adultlifetaketwo:
People posting cryptic Facebook messages. If something is too private to share on FB then…I don’t know…maybe, don’t share it.
Saying that you’re “Soooo sad for a good reason” or “in a very sticky situation and needing happy thoughts” and then not responding when people ask what’s up, or saying “I emailed you” to one specific person is annoying.
Agreed! I also am over...
“Tell me I’m clever, Tell me I’m kind, Tell me I’m talented, Tell me I’m cute,...”
– Shel Silverstein | submitted by: aliciaa-mariee (via quote-book)
I may be in the minority here, but I don't want...
gleeky:
Most high schoolers have hit puberty already. Just sayin.
Me neither. I have a deep hatred of Justin Bieber and I’ve never even heard him sing (and I use that word loosely).
Monday, Monday
Don’t want to go to work tomorrow. Don’t really enjoy what I do. I just can’t find a job doing something I want to do that pays what I need it to pay. All these dumb letters behind my name are worthless.
Off for my first ever trip to Trader Joe’s.
Life is good.
April 2010
16 posts
Day one
Of the Couch-to-5k program. Think they’re trying to kill me.
It's 10:30
and I’m finally starting to wish I’d bothered with dinner tonight.
Maybe I’ll just ignore my tummy and go to sleep. Dunno yet.
I understand why my employer cannot tell us why a coworker was fired at 4 pm on Friday — I really get it — but I think there should be some way for them to fill us in so we don’t have to waste the whole day speculating. We...
download 'The Power of Madonna' album →
Almost looking forward to the drive to work tomorrow morning so I can play this album full blast. Glee + Madonna = Happiness
gleeky:
I know some of you were having trouble with the download links I posted earlier, so you can try this one =)
jennabee:
meaghano:
Magic Molly’s piece in Vice about this hoarder-y guy is FASCINATING.
Oh my God it really is.
“…No two hoarding jobs are exactly alike. Except for the client. The client, he says, will always try to manipulate you. The A&E show Hoarders, he adds, is horseshit. ‘Shrinks, social workers, and psychotherapists have never cured a smoker, drinker, overeater, gambler, or...
“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get...”
– Robert A. Heinlein (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
Night
Feel very down at night time. Don’t know why.
I must tell you about Kansas City..
maybeitsjustme:
i don’t know if the crowd thought so… but i sang my balls off tonight…. just sayin’…. mood: modest BW
Still so crushed that I was stuck in an airport instead of at this show. Never fly United, that’s all I’m sayin’.
The Return of the IUD →
jennabee:
(via newsweek)
Worth the read. Have heard nothing but great things from (young!) women in my life who have opted to go the IUD route.
Love my IUD. Can’t wait to read this article…
Permission Slip Controversy →
rhapsodyinj:
cakeinthecorner:somethingintellectual:
This email conversation between a public school “Christian volunteer” and an atheist parent is hilarious. Do click the link.
(via seth-david-andrew:joehoe:mykicks:fagtasticvoyage:becabeast)
I enjoy this.
I kind of wanted to smack David. I appreciate his point — I’m hoping to be at Disney Land on Easter Sunday morning while...
March 2010
35 posts
Goal for the day
To try to make it through the funeral without strangling my sister who seems to think that everything should be about her right now.
relaxing
Still in bed, watching reruns of Golden Girls. Why exactly do people work for a living? There’s so much good TV to watch during the day. I could get used to this.
Fed up
Want to yell at someone. Want to scream at them, actually.
My dear friends have been going through a very long, very complicated adoption process. At the last minute, the foster mom changed her mind about wanting the kids. And she won. My friends, after all the time they’ve spent with the kids (who were actually calling them mom and dad), are childless again all because this selfish...