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Sunday, June 15th, 2008
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12:11 am - Baby, I will survive on whatever you provide
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Aw, they just replayed the Rilo Kiley Austin City Limits on PBS. That made me happy, especially after a semi-crappy day. It also had me kicking myself for not seeing them when they played in Milwaukee last month, though. And wishing that their last album had songs on it like "Pull Me In Tighter" and "Let Me Back In" and "Somebody Else's Clothes" (even though that one wasn't on the show), because that was what I had been hoping for. So maybe it didn't make me as happy as I'd thought...Nah, it did. Plus Jenny is pretty, and I want her clothes.
I was also inspired, as I am sometimes struck with the fleeting thought, to start songwriting. I dabble on the piano now after my year of piano at school, and I used to write crappy poetry, so I suppose I could throw those two things together and make some (probably crappy) songs. But I just don't feel like I'm in a creative enough of a mindset, because I'm in a pretty good place in life. Why do so many of us need to be depressed to crank out any truly creative work? Sigh. Maybe I'll give it a shot anyway. I definitely felt like I wanted to write before, but I had to get some cleaning done. So maybe now's the time to forge ahead into the land of potentially bad songwriting. Or start my first novel, whichever starts pouring out of my head first.
What I should really do, of course, is go to bed. But where's the fun in that?
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| Thursday, June 12th, 2008
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7:20 pm - A car is not a boat
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We live a little ways from a small creek. Our neighbor lady just told us somebody drove their car into it, and the creek has risen so high you can't even see the car anymore.
Update on Creek Car:
Andy and I took a walk down to the creek. All the neighbors were out checking out the flood, and a guy down there told us the story. Apparently some lady saw all the water in the street ahead, decided to turn around, and took a u-turn right into the creek! The water's so high she must have just thought it was a big puddle in the middle of the street. I guess she's okay, but you definitely cannot see the car. There's just a ripple in the current over where the car is submerged.
Oh, and don't worry. It's raining again.
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6:09 pm - When it rains, it pours
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This rain right now is crazy! We've got water trickling into our basement, just down the road from us the street is completely covered in water, and you can't even see the curb across the street anymore. Our tornado warning has been extended countless times now, and as much as I secretly do wish to see an actual tornado, I really don't want one. I also don't want our house to flood. I'm sure some of you have seen the video of the house in Wisconsin that was completely swept away by flood waters, and the lake that "vanished", and there have been countless stories on the news lately of people's homes being completely flooded. It's a scary thought that it could happen to anyone right now. My dad's getting so annoyed at people driving by, because they're forcing water into the storm drains, which in turn sends the water the sump pump tried to pump out of our basement right back in. He was outside looking at the drains during one of the lulls in the rain, and some idiot drove past and splashed him. So my dad flipped him off.
Yay, the sirens are going off yet again. And I think our street is a river right now, because for what seems like the 100th time tonight, it's pouring. WTF, weather?
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| Thursday, April 10th, 2008
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9:42 pm - Operator...Information...Give me Jesus on the line...
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My Vocal Jazz group took a trip down to Madison to sing at a reception for the UW Board of Regents today. Lots of important people were there, and we were the only student group to do any kind of entertaining, so it should have been a pretty snazzy gig, right? Well, not so much. We only had ten minutes to sing, our sound set-up there kind of sucked, and oh yeah...NOBODY EVEN LISTENED TO US! Okay, it wasn't quite that bad, but it was close. The Chancellor made a speech before we sang, and only a handful of people stopped talking to listen to him, so there was very little hope for us. The people who could hear us seemed to enjoy it, though. It was just a bit disappointing. We stayed for part of the reception afterward, however, and the food was absolutely AMAZING. Nice to know where our tuition money is going.
I think my stomach still hurts from laughing so much on the car ride back. We sang all kinds of crappy pop songs from our youth, probably much to our director's dismay. (She was driving this huge van we rented, and the weather was SO crappy today; windy and rainy and cold) But it was a lot of fun. It kind of makes me think I want to do more of this next semester. Maybe I really should stay at UW-FDL one more semester, let Andy have some time to get settled wherever he gets a job, and then decide where I want to transfer. That makes sense, right? Meh, I don't know what to do...
I'm listening to Regina Spektor right now. :) We listened to some of her songs on the way to Madison because two of the other girls in the group are fans. I'd forgotten how much I love her.
current mood:  cold
current music: On The Radio - Regina Spektor
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| Saturday, April 5th, 2008
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6:34 pm - Checking mic 4...check...check....
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Man, I have been so bad with the updating. Have I really not updated since January? I was sure I'd made a post since the semester started. Weird. About a month (or two?) ago in my Mass Comm class we had a project where we had to follow a blog for two weeks and then present it to the class. One girl used her friend's LJ, and I swore to myself I would update then. Obviously, I didn't. Then I just happened to hear about the LJ strike a few weeks ago, thought about posting on the strike day to be obnoxious...and didn't. And haven't been on LJ since. *sigh*
Our computer died recently and apparently couldn't be saved, so we lost everything. This is the first time I've used it since we got it back, and I can't believe how hard it is to get used to tabbed browsing...even though I use it all the time on the computers at school. Hmm. But now I'm sitting here thinking about all the stuff I want to get back on the computer, particularly my music, and how I should really be working on the rough draft of my Geo project that's due Monday instead. But I know if I get off the computer to go try to read my research material, I'll just go play Wii. I wish Mario Kart was out already. Because I really need another game to occupy my time.
Ugh. I need to study my lines. Andy and I are doing theatre again, and we have rehearsal tomorrow. Monday night was our first night off script, and it was bad. We're doing "The Good Doctor" by Neil Simon, which is basically a bunch of short skits all tied together, and I'm only in one, so I don't have that many lines to memorize. But it just seems like this semester has been so crazy that I haven't had time. Like, it's almost time to register for classes for next fall, and I haven't even decided if I want to stay at UW-FDL another semester, or transfer somewhere. And if I decide to transfer somewhere, I'm still not sure where it would be, and I haven't exactly applied anywhere yet. Life is too crazy. And I should really go try to do something slightly more productive. But you people should poke me so that I stop saying I'll update more and actually do it. Because I do miss this LJ thing sometimes.
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| Thursday, January 24th, 2008
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9:50 pm - Textbook-buying time! Meh.
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I am so freaking annoyed with my school bookstore.
In case I haven't mentioned it before (and yeah, I know I have), I'm poor. I have no idea how I'm going to afford this semester, and I have the most inexpensive tuition in the state. I'm currently just praying I'll have made enough money by the time tuition is due. Last semester I had to borrow money from Andy, which I still haven't fully paid back, and while he keeps offering, I really don't want him to have to pay for any more than he already has. He's poor, too.
But anyway, my bookstore rant. First of all, they didn't even have books available for purchase until the 22nd, and we start classes the 28th. Last semester books came in earlier than that, so I was able to go and get the ISB numbers, buy some online, and then buy the rest at the store that I couldn't find any deals on. But now they're getting sneakier. The 22nd was Tuesday, and I wasn't even in town because that was my St. Norbert visit. (The campus was beautiful, by the way. They said they could offer me a really good transfer scholarship, too. I think I'm going to go there) Wednesday I worked 7:30-4:00, so I went to the bookstore straight after work. I got there at 4:05. They close at 4:00. Bastards. I could have sworn they extended their hours for "book buying season," but no. I asked if I could still buy my books, being only 5 minutes late, but they'd already closed the register.
So I went back today. Luckily I didn't work till 4:00 today or tomorrow, or I wouldn't have been able to buy books till next week. I don't know how people who work full time ever get a chance to buy their books. Anyway, I ended up just buying everything I needed with plans to return things if I find better deals online. I lucked out; I get to reuse my books from last semester for a couple classes, so I only had to waste $300. But then I saw something that really pissed me off. Last spring I took Calculus, and they wanted $180 or so for the book at the time. I bought one online for about half that. When I took it to the store to try to sell it to them at the end of the semester, they offered me something like $10 for it. I said screw that and kept it, either to try to sell online, or just give to Andy, my math-geek boyfriend. I took a peek today to see what Calc book the professor was using this semester. Same one, and even though it's not the current edition available, they're still asking $60 for it, used. I was putting books up for sale on Amazon last night and thought of listing mine, but people are offering theirs for between $10 and $20, so it's probably not even worth it to try. At least some people will get good deals if they get that book online instead of at the store.
I know this situation isn't unique to just me, but it makes me so mad. I usually love going book shopping, but not when I'm getting ripped off. I've been talking to a few people at work who go to my school, and one girl told me a friend of hers went to the bookstore to find his books and just get the ISB numbers to look for them online. He forgot a pen, though, and asked one of the people working at the bookstore if he could borrow one. They refused because they knew he wanted to try to buy his books elsewhere, and they weren't going to help him with it. I'm not surprised. In the short time I was there today I was asked several times if I needed help, and I really felt like I was being watched.
Meh. I'm done ranting now. I think I'm going to go kick Andy off the Wii.
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| Friday, January 18th, 2008
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1:40 pm - What the world needs now is love, sweet love....
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I think I could use a break from break. But there's still (over) a week left till school starts up again. My classes for spring:
Chamber Singers
Vocal Jazz
2nd Semester French
Physical Geography: Landforms (with lab)
Chorus
Intro to Mass Communication
Beginning Piano
American Indian in Literature and Film
Another 19 credit semester, but there are a lot of music classes there, so it should be fun. I've also got about 15 hours a week scheduled for tutoring, and my 12 hours a week at the hospital...wait, maybe I don't want the semester to start! But being at work all the time is getting old, and when I'm home I don't really have the energy to do much besides read or play a little Nintendo, plus we've met for Chamber Singers and Vocal Jazz a few times over break, and have a few more rehearsals scheduled. And still I'm not even sure I'll have made as much money as I would have liked by the end of next week. Oh well. You're supposed to be poor in college, right?
On Tuesday, my only day off next week, I'm going to DePere to visit St. Norbert's College. I'm still not sure where I want to go next year, but I'm hoping I like St. Norbert's, and then maybe that will make the decision for me. Of course, I have to apply, too, but I'm not that worried about not getting in. There's no way I could go there without a pretty awesome scholarship, though.
My cat just had a slight sneezing fit. Odd.
I'm kind of bummed because I just finished the last episode of season 4 of the O.C. a little while ago. Andy got the DVDs for me for Christmas, and I'd missed a lot of episodes when they were on TV, so it was like watching brand new shows for me for awhile. But now I'm done with them, and sad. I suppose I'll go read a bit before having to go to work. Or maybe play some Paper Mario....
current music: The Great Escape - Boys Like Girls
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| Monday, January 7th, 2008
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11:36 am - Still Here!
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Wow. So I haven't posted in, um...well over two months? How crazy.
So...what's new?
I think I'll get a nice news-y post up sometime today or tomorrow, and try to browse through...two months worth of my friends page? Yikes. I guess I was busy this semester. Too busy for my poor, neglected LJ world, anyway. But right now I just want to get my reading list for 2007 posted, since I'm a nerd like that. Here we go:
( Books I Read in 2007 )
current mood:  hungry
current music: The gerbils chewing something up
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| Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
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5:48 pm - So little time for LJ
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My poor Twix bar got all squished in my purse. Oh well, it still tastes yummy.
I've survived my first two days of classes. My schedule this semester:
1st Semester French
Astronomy: The Solar System
Intro to Dramatic Literature
Intro to Philosophy
Intro to Psychology
Beginning Piano
Chorus
The bulk of my classes are Tuesday-Thursday. But on Mondays and Wednesdays I'm working at school as a tutor. I had my first shift today, and it turns out I'm primarily there to help with Math. News to me, the English major, but oh well. I already had a few people come in for help, and I felt a little dumb at first with some basic stuff, but luckily I was able to refresh myself pretty quickly. Although apparently I'm an oddity, being good at both English and Math. But I think it'll be a cool job, and the other people there all seem really nice.
I finally feel more college student-y this semester. Last semester I didn't work and had a light credit load. Now I have two jobs (I'm back at the hospital, but only weekends and Fridays, and primarily as a supervisor--yay big money there) and I accidentally overloaded myself on credits. I'm at 19 because when I signed up for my piano class it was only listed as one credit, but it turns out it's two in real life. I'm so excited for piano, though. It's a class of eight people, all with absolutely no piano experience. I think being in a group is actually going to be really helpful, because I don't feel so silly being "older" and finally taking piano lessons.
I'm really tired now, though. After only two days! But I think it's because I didn't eat much today, more than anything. I hope so, because I might make myself even busier, as I'm also thinking of trying out for the fall play. Which involves Math. See, English and Math really are supposed to come together. I'm not odd. Right?
current mood:  tired
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| Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
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10:45 pm - Because I know you care....more Rilo Kiley stuff!
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I just saw Rilo Kiley's new video for "Silver Lining." (watch it here)
It's a very, very pretty video. And it makes me so, so sad. I heart it.
current mood:  now I'm gold
current music: Silver Lining - Rilo Kiley
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| Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
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6:07 pm - Are we breakin' up? Is there trouble between the lines?
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I've been looking forward to today for quite awhile because...new Rilo Kiley album! Yay!
But now I just can't decide how much I like it. I have this weird quirk that anytime I listen to an album the first time through I just can't seem to like it, with very few exceptions. I always have to become familiar with it first or something. But I've listened to Under the Blacklight about 3-4ish times now, and I just can't decide what my opinion is.
I appreciate and think I understand what the band was trying to do with this album, and I don't expect every album to sound the same, obviously...but this is just so far removed from, say, Take Offs and Landings, that it's definitely going to take some getting used to. In particular I'm just really sad about the lack of Blake, vocally. My first exposure to him was "Ripchord," and while that song is painful, as I think it should be, it meant my first impression of him wasn't exactly, "Oh my god, Blake!" But now I love him and in The Elected vs. Jenny's solo stuff, The Elected wins. Not that I don't love Jenny, but I just feel like there's something missing here.
Since I also feel like being superficial in this sort-of album review, while the purple jewel case made me quite happy, not getting lyrics in the liner notes made me sad...especially because I have to put up with the photo of the hooker/stripper/whatever chomping on her fingernail, instead. Ugh. I know it fits in with the whole feel of the album, but I can't stand that photo.
I don't know. I have a feeling this is going to be an album that grows on me. I hope so, since this is a band whose music has meant a lot to me since I first heard it, and I'd just hate not liking one of their albums. I have a feeling part of the reason I'm feeling disappointed is simply that I'm bummed because I'm not planning on catching any shows on their upcoming tour, and I really think seeing them live would really boost my opinion on some of the songs, and just the album as a whole. But I guess there's always YouTube. And rk.net for lyrics once people transcribe them. And The Elected for my Blake needs. (And even Andy's Boy Meets World DVDS. heh) Yeah, I think I'm feeling better about this album already. The things a little complaining on LJ can accomplish.
Although, at this point....I'm sorry, guys, but I don't think there's much you can do to ever get me to fall in love with "Dejalo." Meh.
current music: Dreamworld - Rilo Kiley
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| Saturday, July 28th, 2007
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1:43 am - Give me my money back, you bitch
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ARGH! Period, you crashed my party two weeks ago, why must you come back, uninvited, so SOON?! If I needed some extra friendly reminders that I'm not having babies I'd let you know, but right now I DON'T!
current mood: annoyed
current music: Song For The Dumped - Ben Folds Five
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| Friday, July 27th, 2007
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5:17 am - Harry: "You knew my father?" Lupin: "Knew him? He was delicious!"
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I finally finished Harry Potter about 2 hours ago. Yeah, probably pretty pathetic since it came out on Saturday, but I decided a week before the release date to reread the entire series prior to Book 7's release, and that ended up taking longer than I had thought it would.
Since I seem to be an overly paranoid person, I have generally avoided the Internet since Saturday to avoid accidentally coming across any spoilers. I must also be pretty cynical, because I expected there to be plenty of people out there finding fun in posting HP spoilers across the Net. And now that I feel free to again explore my usual sites, which are the ones I most expected there to be spoilers on, I find myself oddly disappointed that there seem to be very few traces of any malicious activity. Of course, being nearly a week since the book's release, I suppose many would-be spoiler attempts would have been deleted by now, but I'm amused with myself for actually being disappointed in not finding evidence of HP-related evil on the Web. I guess the goodness of the human race either exceded my expectations, or other people merely managed to cover up the damage before I got there. (I am tending to lean towards the latter. So yay cynicism, I suppose?)
Anyway. In other news, I managed to sprain my ankle on Monday, simply by walking and taking a bad step. I felt pretty stupid, and being completely unable to walk for two days really sucked. Monday also happened to be Andy's day off from camp, so he was stuck having to carry me around while I whimpered in anguish, and we couldn't do much more than play Nintendo and watch Scrubs most of the day. But happily I can now walk with very little pain, and I get to see Andy again tomorrow, so yay for that.
current mood: hungry
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| Saturday, July 14th, 2007
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1:09 am - Trisha is getting old!
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Love,
Tiffy and Bella!!!
p.s. I'm so sorry it's a day late! I hope your birthday was absolutely wonderfully marvelous. *birthday bothers!*
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| Thursday, June 21st, 2007
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10:45 pm - Geek in the Pink
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Apparently I really suck at tanning. The first weekend of June was Walleye Weekend, which is a really big deal here in lovely little Fond du Lac, WI. Somehow, though, I'd spent my whole life here and had never gone. So I went with my friend Jacque this year, hung out, had a few drinks, and got really really sunburned. (I also got pretty tipsy later that night, which is where that drunken last entry came from) The burn went away after awhile but has left me with some crazy tan lines from my shirt. It's nice having some color and not being completely albino-like anymore, but these are really obvious tan lines. Wearing tank-tops or anything with a slightly different neckline just looks weird. So today I decided to lay out in the sun in a swimming suit for awhile and try to even things up a bit. I think the color of my shoulders is starting to match the rest of my arms now, but unfortunately I'm a new shade of pink lower on my chest and on my left upper thigh. The leg thing is especially annoying. The rest of my legs got no color to them whatsoever, not even pink, just that random part of my thigh. Not that I wear anything that shows off my upper thighs very often, other than swimming suits, I suppose, but I still know it's there and looks odd. Ah, the joys of worrying about superficial things. Incidentally, though, I think the reason my leg is pink there is because the sunlight reflected off the cover of the book I was reading; Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger, which I really enjoyed, by the way. So at least I looked slightly intellectual while I was burning myself. I mean, I could have been reading some trashy romance novel or Cosmo or something instead.
But speaking of being superficial, I also have blisters on my feet because I tried to be fashionable with my choice of footwear when I went to a wedding this past weekend. I could have worn some more comfortable dressy shoes, but no, they didn't look as nice with the dress I was wearing. Oh well. It just meant I was barefoot by the end of the night. (Which I suppose made the shoes pretty unimportant in the long-run...) And I had a lot of fun at the wedding to make up for it. Some friends of Andy's got married, and it was a really nice wedding (even though we were late), and the reception was really fun. Lots of dancing, and they had one of those blow-up obstacle course things for the kids, which of course we did, too. Even in a dress, I managed to beat Andy, haha!
p.s. If you've never listened to The Format you should check them out. I dig them, and maybe you will, too.
current music: The First Single - The Format
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| Sunday, June 10th, 2007
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3:22 am
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I miss my honey so much right now.
My friend Jacque and I decided we are going to be fish. Probably sharks. But dolphins might be good too. It's a bit up in the air. Just no fish fungus. That's bad.
I might be drunk. Yeah, I think I am. Just to let you know. I wish my baby was here. I miss him so much.
You know, I made a bunch of typos as I typed this, but I corrected them all as I went. Go me.
Edit: Oh, and I'm really sunburned, too. That's really going to suck in the morning, I bet.
current mood:  drunk
current music: I don't get to use this mood often enough
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| Sunday, June 3rd, 2007
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6:58 pm - Reason #891 that my boyfriend is amazing
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Last night Andy and I were watching Stranger Than Fiction. Which is a really good movie, by the way, and I suppose reason #890 that my boyfriend is amazing is the fact that he randomly bought me the DVD because I'd been saying I wanted to see the movie. Anyway, if you're not familiar with the film, Will Ferrell plays an IRS agent. He likes numbers and stuff, as does my geeky math-loving boyfriend, so that led to this little conversation while we were watching it:
Me, to Andy: "You should be a taxman."
Andy: "Sure, why not?"
Me: "But then everyone would hate you."
Andy: "So? I hate everyone."
Me: "...So you hate me?"
Andy: "You're not everyone."
Me: "...I'm not?"
Andy: "No, you're the one."
Awwwwww. :)
current mood:  loved
current music: Over the Rainbow - Eva Cassidy
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| Friday, May 18th, 2007
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2:40 pm - School's out for summer!
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Okay, it's only been a week since my last update. Not bad, right?
I just had a meeting this afternoon with the woman in charge of the Student Work Zone at school, and I am officially hired as a tutor there for next semester, so that's exciting. I have a job! Yay, money! Now if I could just find something for the summer....
I should clean my room. Andy's moving into my house for the next two weeks or so until he goes off to camp because he's subletting his apartment for the summer to two of the girls we were in theatre with. Joe and Walter are moving in, too, so at least I'll have my babies here while my baby is gone. Although I almost lost Joe in the couch last night, like I did with Walter last week, so perhaps they won't be safe here with me. Hmm.
Andy is also planning on taking me camping sometime before he leaves. I've actually never gone camping, and apparently that's weird or something. He's all excited because he has my birthday present bought already and wants to give it to me, like, today or tomorrow, even though my birthday's a month away. I think I was able to get it out of him that the present relates to camping in some way, but I'm not sure.
I think I want to make a mix CD. And speaking of CDs, Rilo Kiley's new album is supposed to drop in mid-August! Yay!
current mood:  lazy
current music: Stuck - Stacie Orrico
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| Friday, May 11th, 2007
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4:40 pm - Picture Time!
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Whoa, another update! I figured I'd share a couple recent (recent meaning from about a month ago) pics that I happened to find on my computer:
Here's Andy and I not paying attention to my dad taking a picture of us after a production of Midsummer Night's Dream.
( clickie for three more )
The end.
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| Thursday, May 10th, 2007
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10:33 pm - LJ, How I've Missed Thee!
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Well. ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) blizzardskies gave me a nudge, and LJ let me know I haven't updated in 11 weeks. Oops.
So let's see. What's new and interesting in my life? Well, since my last update the play (A Midsummer Night's Dream) has come and gone. That was so much fun; I absolutely loved playing the role of Quince. Even if Andy did steal the show as Bottom. People kept telling him how hilarious he was, and I was afraid it would go to his head. (There are times I definitely find him un-funny, heh) I did get a nice compliment from a guy I'm in Chorus with who came to a show, though. He said I seemed very natural on stage, and actually shocked him because I seem to be more shy and reserved in person. (Which I am...at times)
So, yeah, honestly a great experience. And speaking of Andy, we're coming up on our one and a half year anniversary in about a week or so, so things are good there. There've been some rough patches, definitely, but nothing we haven't been able to work through. He's still amazing.
He's sitting next to me right now, actually, playing with our new toy. His parents have a small engraving business, so Andy and I did an order together this past Monday and made enough to buy a Nintendo Wii! I'm so addicted already. We probably should have waited until AFTER finals to pick one up, but...who needs to study anyway, right? I'll be glad when the semester's over, though. My last final (which isn't really a final, just doing presentations) is Tuesday. Yay! Not that I have a lot planned for summer, yet. I still need to find a job.
And that's about it for news. Other than the fact that I managed to lose a gerbil in the couch tonight. Hopefully I'll get back into the groove of LJ stuff, because it's sad I've neglected it so. But now I think I'm going to try to convince Andy it's my turn to waste my time with video games :)
current mood:  mellow
current music: Andy playing Zelda
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