it’s a good thing anthony’s last day is this friday. it will save us both from a painful and destructive crush.
i just realized that i haven’t yet gotten the bill from the dentist for the work he did on november first. hm. maybe they were free!
that’s exactly what vanilla sky was. if you liked memento or fight club you will definitely like this film. wow. it’s… wow.
shoot anyone who ruins the plot for you.
i’ve spent all day in the kitchen making chocolates and wrapping them up in pretty pink saran wrap and red & green ribbons for distrbution amongst my co-workers this week. then i cleaned and cut up veggies for snacks and now i’m making some fried rice for lunches. phew. i hope i don’t have to cook at all this week. i’m kitchened out.
in other news, it’s been a weekend for presents! i finally got my mystery package from the post office and it was the most glorious xmas stocking from the über-lovely jenabeans. but, the kicker was it was completely stuffed with a million dum-dums! i’m completely wired on sugar now!
my door buzzer buzzed today and when i picked up the intercom i was greeted with “courier!” i let him in and accepted the unexpected package. when i opened it up i found a sidewinder joystick and nothing else. the return address was my cable company. seems i won a prize! not that i need a joystick, though. oh well. maybe now i’ll have to start gaming just so i can use it.
then, i opened my door to go put a load of laundry in and my annual gift from my landlords was hanging on my doorknob. two big, beautiful xmas coffee mugs!
i’m totally overwhelmed.
now, i’m waiting for six-thirty when dean’ll be coming by to fetch me to go see vanilla sky. geez, this has been such a good weekend i don’t want it to end!
i’ve finally figured out what to get for everyone whom i want to give a token gift. i’m going to make chocolates! my mom and i made some lots and lots of years ago and it was great fun. i think that’s what i’ll do tomorrow. that means i have to get dressed now and go buy supplies. it’s miserable out and i’m still in my comfy pants… dammit, the things i won’t do to make people happy! *snort*
at least i can swing by blockbuster and pick up a couple videos while i’m out. maybe the postal outlet will let me get my package tonight, too.
in a hot chocolate & bailey’s induced fervour i finally got around to making up a new about page for myself. i’m sure i’ll edit it a bit when i’m not so chemically honest, so you better check it out before it gets censored. the link is at the right.
i didn’t know anything was amiss until the radio started playing at 5:34am. i stretched languorously, delighting in the fluffly warmness which is my über-blankie and spared half a thought to regret that today wasn’t yet saturday and i, at some point in the very near future, had to extricate myself from my snuggly cocoon of warmth. if i’d know what it was like outside my peaceful sanctuary i’d never have gotten out of bed.
we’re smack in the middle of armageddon! i’m not kidding. even the morning dj’s on my radio station are saying so. after three days of torrential rain, today we’re being subjected to hurricaine force winds. as i sit here in my tin-can of an office building, the wind is gusting so violently, i can see my window flex inwards. one more whoosh and either the corrugated metal roof above me or the double-glazed glass beside me is going to give and i’ll put my new, sturdy desk to very good use and hide under it while i wait for the twister to take me to oz.
the noises the building is making are interesting, if not a little freaky. and, for all the portents of doom, i’m actually a big fan of wind storms. i’m just glad my little corner of city wasn’t subjected to a late-night power outage. i could guarantee you that i wouldn’t be here if it was.
i just got home from a really good dinner at a co-worker’s house. bruschetta, lasagne, caesar salad, a great bottle of red wine, a fuzzy navel and this incredible ice cream and caramel creation. not to mention good company and great conversation. and presents!
even arriving at the postal outlet half an hour before their closing time and not being allowed to pick up my package couldn’t ruin my good mood.
i really needed that… especially after spending most of the day on the cusp of tears.
now i’m eating corn nuts even though they’re hurting my teeth a little. i’m so not going to sleep tonight.
garrett, born today at 10:34am central, has the pleasure of being the firstborn son of e. richard bawiec jr, my very dear friend, and his wife, dee. mom, dad & son are all doing well and celebrating birthdays — today just happens to be rick’s 36th natal anniversary as well.
how do you ask your father if he loved your mother when they were married?
thanks to kinch, today’s phrase is “smoldering resentment”. go forth and spread the love.
so, i’m fully embroiled in the xmas spirit and, despite my complete lack of preparation, am looking forward to the upcoming jollyness of the season. with that in mind, this week’s thursday morning mpeg is a classic you all should remember and love:
“The Twelve Days of Christmas” by Bob & Doug McKenzie
how appropriate is it that today is actually the start of those 12 days, eh? (don’t get used to that, it’s only for comedic effect.)
i’m wearing red and green tinsel wrapped around each of my wrists — actually, red tinsel on my left wrist and green tinsel on my right. no wonder my co-workers think i’m strange.
it’s a good, straight hair day. if it wasn’t for the ingrown & infected armpit follicle i have it’d be a really good day. i’m just whipping through my work. i got a present! my daddy came to visit and he asked me for my xmas list. people missed me while i was away yesterday. even annoying co-workers aren’t quite so annoying today.
i’m feeling the holiday present-buying pressure now. i haven’t any idea what to get anyone this year. i haven’t struggled this bad in a long time. i think i blew my gift-giving powers on meghan’s birthday present. okay, i did make a cd for tyler’s birthday. maybe i’ll just make cds for everyone! or maybe not. i don’t know. it looks like i’ll have to spend some “quality” time at the mall over the next week or so. hopefully, i’ll find something for everyone quickly and economically. otherwise, they’ll all have to wait until the new year. maybe i’ll celebrate ukrainian xmas instead! the gifts won’t be late, they’ll be right on time!
sometimes i’m too damn smart for my own good.
i was in the middle of a delightfully babbly post about my day and the random thoughts i’ve been having and the intense dreams which have beset me the last few nights when my computer locked up so i gave up and had an illicit 3 o’clock nap. it was very clever. i’m rather upset i lost it. now you just get to hear about the sugar cookie lotion i got from my secret cricket, the trivia i’m going to play tonight and the conversation i’m having with someone i’ve known forever yet never really knew.
by the way, my desk is mess and it cheerios are my new snack food of choice.
why do people think i have a sexy voice? i sound like a twelve year old. pedophiles!
i’ll be at the union office auditing the books today, so i’d suggest you find somewhere else to frolic.
when i wear mascara, i feel like sex.
i just spilled coffee all down the front of my shirt. not happy.
i woke up with a bitch of a headache after someone, who didn’t even leave a fucking message, phoned me at nine. nine! on a saturday! i was so not pleased. i would have gone back to bed, but for the pain in my skull. after puttng the percolator on to perk, and taking two advil liqui-gels, i resolved to not go any further outside my apartment today than the basement to do laundry and the balcony to smoke.
although, i wish i’d resolved this yesterday so i could have made a prepatory trip to the video store. it’s already 1pm and the only thing i’ve accomplished is putting the stamps i bought last week into the little wax-paper envelope i keep my stamps in. oh, i did throw out last week’s tv guide. and drank a pot of coffee! woo… i’m exhausted. maybe i need a nap.
eric, meet everybody. everybody, this is eric. he’s my newest celebrity crush.