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Tired. I stayed up to watch two movies yesterday and then couldn't sleep. I was late to work. I have learned that I have a cousin in town, my friend is coming in from NY, my old boss from Chicago, I got invited to play Texas Hold Em with a new friend and all I want to do is sleep.
For eight months I was all alone in this crazy city and then...everyone arrives at once.
Where to start? I'm fine fine fine and revelling in my drubk-assed fingerless mess of a Friday night - but it's all been worth it and I love yous all (although I may not say it enough... sorry bout that)
Specially you mrs pants you crazy metachatizen you.
I'm happy, because I'm having a Restaurant Week lunch in 2.5 hours. And this weekend, I'm gonna try my best to not come to the office and just have fun!
Tired. I've been (ahem) "working from home" today and in the spirit of homeworking have just had an hour's nap on the sofa, I am now even more tired than I was before.
Also broke, because I had an eye test today and ended up having to spend big moolah on some new glasses.
But pleased, because the new glasses are groovy, in a geek-girl kind of way.
Wow that sounded harsh and it was actually meant to be a joke. I'll assume jonmc shares my sense of humour.
On preview Go Essexjan with the new specs! Did you know my Dad's girlfriend is an Essex Girl named Jan?
I'm good. It's one of those rare stages in life where lots of things are happening fast, most of them good, and I couldn't say much for sure about what'll be happening a week or a month or six months from now. Which is exciting.
I have been plagued with this stupid, lingering headache for two weeks or so now. I normally never get headaches, and this one is just constant. So annoying.
I watched Serenity, I didn't like it too much. I went with the kid to bring your parents to school for the first 45 minutes of school day. We drew alligators who fly rockets to space and meet robots and monkeys. That was good.
Also, the Aristocrats is over-rated.
As comedy, yes. As documentary/archive, it's pretty great. Sara Silverman kills it as usual.
A bit tired, but working from home as well. Although I am actually working because I have a 5pm deadline that I'm a little afraid of missing. Tonight I am going to see a band that I like very much so that makes me happy.
i'm damn good! been easing back into somewhat regular work, got money in my pocket, i'm sober, i'm playing in a garage band again, and i'm listening to queen's second album (a fricking masterwork!).
i had gotten this huge crush on this woman i met in AA (grade school stuff - knew her a month) and over the last week i have watched her fall for a very confused and insecure man, who has moved with stunning rapidity to "seal the deal". thismorning she was sporting a big rock on her hand and talking about a mid-february wedding. i am SO grateful it isn't THIS confused and insecure man who fell into this particular fantasy trap. the blind leading the blind toward the cliff. nothing good is going to come of this, but it isn't ME, thank God!
I'm not too bad thanks. I'm happy the server seems to be in pretty good shape and everything is working. I'm off to see Bauhaus tonight (not my choice, Mrs Geezer is a fan) and I intend to get abso-blooming sloshed. It should be fun.
Cold and wet (it's snow/raining today and I just walked in it for the past 20 minutes) and surprisingly upbeat. Maybe I'm just glad it's Friday. Plus this coffee is extra delicious this morning.
mrs. pants, I've been better, thank you for asking. I'm feeling overwhelmed by all of the personal crap I need to get done (good grief I should be admitted to the bar just for filling out the application), but I'm stuck at work unable to do any of it (but with no work to do, either). But - it's Friday! That's always good.
I'm under the same weather as you Slack-a-gogo! It was drizzly,then rainy, the slushy snowy, then big floaty flake snowy, and now nothing. So I'm not sure what sort of stance to take on that...nope nope nope.
I want to see these new glasses essexjan! I do! Mine cost a pigfucking fortune, but I have heard that they are "cute".
Not very well thank you. Blood pressure is slightly out of control and the constant rain is giving me hell with my bum leg. Mudslides have screwed up Amtrak so I'm not going to Vancouver for the meetup. -- Boo Hiss
BUT Cap'n Anne (Savior of the salmon) wants me to take her out to a floater dance tonight. -- Yay! Wild Applause.
At work, the software vendor is stalling on my support ticket -- I want their source code because the stupid thing is only marginally functional. And while they stall, I can't get billable hours. So move me up a level, already!
In a good way, but totally inapropriate mean jewish girls turn me on. If she was just a little bit thicker she would be my "I would never cheat on you but if X called and said let's do this thing well you know..." girl.
Mazel quonsar,
I've been enjoying sobriety in a less formal than AA way and I have to say it feels good.
Floater: hippy drifting around in slowtime to drone new age foo foo stuff. Flowerfuckers. I'm taking a hip flask. It used to be interesting back when danskins were in. Now it's not even eye-candy, just self indulgent airheads. I go so I can remember what I'm defending. It's sort of a Why We Fight thing.
I was at the gym, which was good, even if the big kids were picking on me for not being as strong as they are.
I'm pretty good all around, going to Amsterdam in a week, which seems like it should be awesome. I'm very surprised by the number of straightlaced people who have gotten all excited because it's legal to smoke pot there and they are urging me to do it. I don't know, do you think I should? I don't quite have the heart to suggest to them that the particular illegality of marijuana in the US may not mean quite the same thing to me that it apparently does to them.
I'm glad to see a word or two from mrs. pants whose name I've not seen in too long, but I'm sure I hang out in the wrong places. I saw Mrs. Bitchy Pants' name on MeFi this morning, and almost got excited, but ultimately was let down. So, *Hi!*
I couldn't be more pleased that everyone else is doing so well, even the sick ones. q, it sounds like you were smart enough to dodge a bullet that needed to be dodged.
Great! Last night's fundraiser for our Windy City Rollers traveling team seemed to go really well, and had only the tiniest smidge of hangover this morning! Woo hoo!
Not too bad. I got some good advice about my thesis project, and I am getting to know some of the people at school better, so that is cool. I am going to Costco today with some classmates. I am going to buy bulk rice and cheap flowers, and I'm going to do it all on a classmate's Costco membership that he got by telling a little lie about him still living with his girlfriend in California. Costco wouldn't mind, would they? Nah!
Started out kinda sluggish and slow, since my relief didn't show for work last night and I had to stick around until a replacement could be shanghaied. That means that I left work at 12:50 AM, got home around 1:10, and finally got to bed some time around three.
As I was leaving for work, though, I checked the mailbox and found that the elves at Sub Pop had sent me a review copy of the new Mudhoney CD. I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, but getting free records always makes me feel better. It's the little things that keep this condescending c*nt going.
Eh. Been having some health problems for the past several weeks that have got me down. (Health probs involve lady parts, so I shan't go into detail.) I just got back from the urgent care facility because I thought I might have a urinary tract infection on top of everything, but at least I got the all clear on that. My boy's working tonight, so I'm going to take a warm bath and watch last nights premiere of the new Survivor (shut up) and maybe some of the Beatles Anthology, which the boy gave me for Xmas. He's a doll, I just gotta say it.
Also: The Aristocrats is brilliant, bitches.
On preview: coincidentally, I just took out my contacts and put my own Tina Fey-esque glasses on.
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