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30 May 2008

Friday 3-point update Friday 3-point update. →[More:] 1. Just got my first-anniversary job review. Even though I slack around a lot because the work is very easy, I got an excellent review and a raise.

2. I'm going to look into taking anti-anxiety or depression meds for the first time, because I don't want to be feeling this way anymore. At first I thought that it was the breakup that triggered it, but I think it just opened a can of worms that was already there.

3. Today I'm going to my favorite restaurant on the planet, Fire & Ice in Harvard Square. It's make your own stir-fry, with great qualilty meats and excellent sauces. If it weren't so noisy, it would be perfect. I'm such a regular that they have the diet coke with cherries for me at the bar by the time I get there; I like being taken care of this way.

post by: Melismata at: 11:56 | 47 comments

1. I had a really nice vacation in North Carolina, and really am dragging ass this week on graveyard shift (I work a rotating shift). But:

2. I got a new job at work, so after these 2 weeks on graveyard, no more nights for me, and my new boss is already giving me fun new projects to work on.

3. Leaving now to pick up my first pinhole camera film that I've exposed. It's from a camera I converted over myself. Not sure what to expect.

posted by eekacat 30 May | 12:32

1. I went to Panera Bread to meet friends this morning. It was fun. I was glad to see them. I haven't seen some of them in months.

2. After that I went to Barnes and Noble. I noticed a book, Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You on a display. I didn't buy it because it was 25 bucks, and I had already had some books in my hand (kid books) that I wanted more. Now I'm listening to an interview with the author. It's kind of fun.

3. I'm having a new fridge delivered today. Ours died last weekend.

posted by LoriFLA 30 May | 12:34

1. Expect I will leave work early and have a few beers.
2. Save energy tonight by making a good dinner and then parking on the couch to catch up on DVR.
3. After months of weekends crammed to the teeth with errands and shopping and yard work and house work, finally two full days of (almost) nothing-to-do-ness. Except finish the play room and nursery, which will mainly entail wall hangings and the like.

posted by tr33hggr 30 May | 12:34

Ooh, can't wait to see the pinhole pics, eeks!

1) Hasn't been as productive a work week as I'd have liked.

2) I bought some special cat-safe wipes to clean my cat's ears with, but so far haven't had the nerve to tackle the job.

3) A friend surprised me with a copy of this yesterday as thanks for a video job I did for him. I am super excited about this, since I wanted this set but hadn't had the cash for it. Yay, cool friend!

posted by BoringPostcards 30 May | 12:41

1. Have weird almost cold. Feeling sad and sorry for myself.

2. Just went through a whole bunch of ridiculous drama with son and son's school and fuck, fuck, fuckity fuck fuck. He has a lot of free floating adolescent male anger around these days. I don't know how to deal with it. We're both really stressed out.

3. One of my two best friends is leaving for Australia tomorrow; she won't be back for 6 weeks and then she'll be back just long enough to pack up her stuff to move there. There goes my drinking buddy, shoulder to cry on, neighborhood pal who will loan me her lawnmower, late night conversationalist, partner in crime and everything else. My life is going to be very different and nowhere near as much fun without her.

posted by mygothlaundry 30 May | 12:42

1. Going to see a friend's band tonight. Yay!
2. Weather is lovely, which makes me happy.
3. REALLY have to get stuck into work next week.

posted by gaspode 30 May | 12:45

1. Working from home today. The only person I spoke to was the postman, and that was just two words. But he brought this, so I love him.

2. Tomorrow I'm going to go to Romford to buy myself a suit for interviews. I am serious about looking for a new job.

3. I also need to look for a wedding outfit - I have two weddings to attend in June and can wear the same dress to both, as they are two sets of people who don't know each other. But I get very stressed shopping for clothes. Especially if it's not jeans or t-shirts. Dresses scare me. But these are weddings where only a dress will do.

posted by essexjan 30 May | 12:47

1. Boyfriend's leaving town today so for the next week I is a single gal. Barhopping, anyone?
2. Am keeping an eye on the National Spelling Bee and as always am amazed how these kids will spell these weird words I've never heard of, and then go down on some word I know very well.
3. I need to buy a new suitcase and I could use a jacket, but I really want to buy both in person not online and good luck finding the jacket at this time of the year.

posted by JanetLand 30 May | 12:58

Ugh, I hate shopping for clothes.

Honestly, Jan, I buy everything online now. It's a lot easier for me to measure myself, then use their little chart to get the exact right size. However, I've had a terrible time buying dresses online - they never, ever fit right. But maybe you could buy a dress online and then get it tailored?

posted by muddgirl 30 May | 12:59

Left foot hurts.
Right foot fine.
Middle foot medically disconcerting.

posted by middleclasstool 30 May | 13:04

1) I got my car inspected, with no difficulty. Nonetheless, I'd been stressing about it for a month. One year until I have to stress about that again.

2) I have a party to go to tomorrow! And on Sunday! I didn't realize I had either of them on the agenda, so that's a welcome surprise.

3) I have three new toys: an iron, a cast-iron dutch oven, and an immersion blender. I'm trying to figure out what I can make to use all of them at once.

posted by Stewriffic 30 May | 13:06

1. Coney Island tomorrow! Frolicing in the sun.
2. Trip to Florida Wednesday! Can't wait to see my family.
3. But for now, meatloaf for lunch.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 30 May | 13:07

1. i'm tired of the coughing
2. i'm tired of the phlegm
3. workday is dragging.
bonus. is it quittin' time yet?

posted by birdherder 30 May | 13:07

But maybe you could buy a dress online and then get it tailored?

At 4ft 11 and curvy, I have to try things on. Wallis, Next or Monsoon are my best options, I think.

Shoot the Freak for me, TPS!

posted by essexjan 30 May | 13:09

Stewriffic - two items, but one meal count? Grilled cheese and a creamy bean soup.

posted by tr33hggr 30 May | 13:11

1// Leaving for Philly and the NJ shore tomorrow morning. The forecast calls for scattered showers and thunderstorms. I want sun, dammit!

2// Short-timer's syndrome, not wanting to do any work.

3// Still not packed.

posted by rhapsodie 30 May | 13:12

1. I ran 4.5 miles this morning- yay me!

2. They are filming an interview with Alice Waters downstairs so we all have to tiptoe til 1 pm.

3. It's getting to be good fruit time again!

Life is good. Even though it's cloudy out.

posted by small_ruminant 30 May | 13:13

1. Just got home from a wonderful vacation.

2. Back in the temping grind again.

3. Having a very difficult time dealing with the anger associated with #2.

posted by jason's_planet 30 May | 13:18

1. Exhausted from a night of frustrating dreams - insane deadlines on life-or-death tasks for which I had no resources. Somehow, Colonel Klink was involved.

2. Not wanting to go to work today, which may or may not be related.

3. Leftover salad for lunch. That's actually OK, since it was a really good salad.

posted by bmarkey 30 May | 13:24

mygothlaundry, you may already know it, or you may already be doing most of what it recommends, but I really liked William Pollack's work on "The Boy Code"; I read Real Boys before starting my counseling internship at the boys' high school and it helped me tremendously. (And Pollack's actually pro-feminist, unlike a lot of the other researchers writing on boys and masculinity that I came across, which makes him (1) not infuriating and (2) very pro-mom, both of which are nice.) I don't mean to step on toes or force advice on you, I just really liked the book. And I'm still in recovery mode from dealing with teenage boys' emotional health all year -- it's a *huge* job, and I don't envy you! -- and want to pass on all the resources I can marshall!

Anyway. Topic!

1. I worked yesterday, so I'm lounging around today until this afternoon, when I have six hours of class, but this professor is very very cool and I feel like I'm learning a lot, so that's ok.

2. I've been seeing a new therapist through a woo-woo east-west therapy place, and I can't believe how much it's helping. It's nice not to have to hide my own woo-woo side when trying to talk through some of my stuff; it's like I get to drop a layer of intellectual remove. It's scary, but also very cool.

3. My kitty is sleeping on my lap, and she's snoring. Hee.

posted by occhiblu 30 May | 13:27

1. New budget cuts announced at work. My raise, promised now for 7 months, is in jeopardy.

2. Wrote to previous company boss, told him I was unhappy.

3. Got a job offer in Columbus, which, coincidentally, is where my super hot new bf is moving.

4. Came up with a smart way to pretend to be cutting budgets but not really that the VP really likes. Now I am stuck. Considering the OH job, but don't even know if the new bf would want me to follow him or think I am scary. Also, who would trade NY for OH? But I could have an apartment for like $5.50 a month.... SWIRLING BRAINS!!!

posted by rmless2 30 May | 13:35

1. Home sick with bronchitis
2. Can barely hold my hands still, but strangely, I can type without problems
3. Going to take a nap.

posted by lysdexic 30 May | 13:39

1. New car is ossem!

2. Mum is visiting for a few days starting tomorrow afternoon.

3. The mister's mysterious dizzy spells are due to an electrical problem with his heart (something fibulation? it's beating too fast). Has had an one sort of thingie done (ECG?) and is up for another one in a month. Trying not to worry too much.

posted by deborah 30 May | 14:07

1.I FOUND A SNAKE EGG IN MY HERB GARDEN! It was really big and right next to the house.
2. My frantic, hyperventilating, panicked phone call to my husband has caused him to leave work early.
3. I am deeply ashamed of being so phobic.

posted by jrossi4r 30 May | 14:18

1. I graded the last papers for the term, except for exams, which are comparatively easy. The exams will come in on Monday. The nature of this class makes for very messy homeworks to grade, and I dragged my feet on them.
2. Why would I ever imagine I warrant three whole points? Sheesh.

posted by Wolfdog 30 May | 14:22

Interview tomorrow.

Wearing suit.

eep

posted by By the Grace of God 30 May | 14:22

I FOUND A SNAKE EGG IN MY HERB GARDEN! It was really big and right next to the house.

You have SO got to hatch it and raise it as your own.

posted by essexjan 30 May | 14:43

yay snoring kitties!

posted by small_ruminant 30 May | 15:01

1. I finally finished and mailed off my MefiSwap CDs along with my 2 thank you notes for people who helped me out during my vacation.

2. I need to finish balancing my books because I got paid today.

3. I haz a Slurpee. AND IT IS DELICIOUS.

posted by sperose 30 May | 15:22

OH MY GOD I am such and idiot. Turns out it wasn't a snake egg at all. It was the egg of the Elegant Stinkhorn. But it looks just like an egg! When you squeeze it, goo comes out!

He's going to mock me for this for the rest of my damn life

posted by jrossi4r 30 May | 15:23

Holy shit, that stinkhorn thing is the grossest plant I have ever seen. A baby snake would be an huge improvement.

posted by essexjan 30 May | 15:29

1. I just (just, as in this minute) got my grades. WOOOOOO, ME! Time to do the booty-shake dance.

2. Just returned from a giant yard sale at my mom's retirement community, where I managed to drop $20 on books, a nice piece of of the pottery I collect (fifty cents!), and some odds & ends. My mother scoffed when I spent $3 on some dishes she donated to the yard sale. Yes, but I want them. I cannot pass up good design.

3. For fifty cents, I picked up a VHS copy of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar starring Charlton Heston as Marc Antony. Looking over his filmography, I suspect this may have been the start of Heston's reign as king of the male-nipple epics!

posted by Elsa 30 May | 15:39

What ej said. Ewwwww. I was hoping it was a turtle egg, myself. Baby box turtles are so frickin' adorable; they're like little ambulatory fifty cent pieces.

posted by mygothlaundry 30 May | 15:50

Awwww!

posted by mygothlaundry 30 May | 15:59

Jeebus, that's an ugly plant.

1. Got the bills paid, the car tag renewed, and the fridge filled with foodz. All by 11 AM!
2. I have a purplish spot developing on my right temple that isn't a bruise and which I fear is a sign of incipient liver failure or something. No jaundice, though, so that's good.
3. I am drinking a delicious Dr. Pepper and eating a chicken salad sandwich. I think I could live off of chicken salad sandwiches.

posted by BitterOldPunk 30 May | 16:10

1. The refrigerator came. It had a big dent on the side that couldn't be hidden by cabinets or walls. I had them put it back on the truck and arrange delivery for a replacement. This means I won't have a refrigerator until Wednesday.

1a. Living without a refrigerator really sucks.

2. That turtle is so cute.

3. Occhi's book suggestion is in my shopping cart.

posted by LoriFLA 30 May | 16:26

Wow, mgl and occhi: I'm looking at the Amazon reviews page for Real Boys, and anything that can stir up such intensity pro and con has got to be interesting.

1) I had a wonderful time in Chicago last weekend, and have been so busy since I got back that how good it was is just now sinking in.

2) I'm looking forward to stopping at the library on the way home from work.

3) My friend's biopsy results are in and she's all right!

Bonus 4) From where I sit at work I can see across the salt flats. They're dazzling white and deceptively icy-looking.

posted by tangerine 30 May | 16:38

1. finished up stupid webinar thing that I agreed to before I realized what a slog it would be. did the whole thing without pants which pleased me and took the edge off the terribleness
2. totally open weekend alternatingly awesome and daunting, I think I can catch up on some things
3. started in on taming the lawn and feeling good about that.

Melismata, I went through a sort of fogtime after the breakup of my long term relationship a few years ago and I had that same feeling "this is just dredging up some things that I probably should have been dealing with already." Best of luck finding something that helps you.

posted by jessamyn 30 May | 16:57

1. Making ridiculous mess o' collard greens for the first time, vegan, in slow cooker. Fingers crossed.
2. Must write more and faster.
3. Must draw more and faster.
Bonus: impending Venture Bros!

posted by ethylene 30 May | 17:09

I'm going to look into taking anti-anxiety or depression meds for the first time, because I don't want to be feeling this way anymore.

1. Broke down and took a half Lorzepram ( a whole 0.25 grams) the other day because anxiety over Daughter's college next year. This one was triggered by me transferring funds from her college acct to checking, to pay tuition and the money taking 5 days to switch, after it left the college account, and me waking up and night and worrying that the money had vanished. It finally got there but I am been anxious at every step of the way, in getting her into college out of state.

2. Working all weekend on the house due to a string of summer visitors. . .it'll be great to have people at our house and people usually have a really good time staying with us.

3. Still waiting on my tax rebate which is going, the same day for a MacBook for above-mentioned Daughter.

posted by danf 30 May | 17:23

occhi, the book looks interesting as hell. I hadn't heard of it before. I don't know, the past couple of days have been weird enough where I'm considering (long pause, sigh) an askme question! Yes! It's that bad! Perhaps I will check this book out first though. Argh. Kids. Do not have them. It's easier.

posted by mygothlaundry 30 May | 21:39

tangerine, OMG those negative reviews are ridiculous. The book is controversial only if you think that showing love and support to boys is "feminizing them." Which, I understand, many people do believe, but dude. That's fucked up. And having worked with boys all year, with my general theory being that giving them love and support would help them, and having actual numbers to back up that the boys I worked with got better grades, got into fewer disciplinary problems, and made more friends after having a woman in their life show them that they were interesting people worthy of love and support, I and my empirical data say "Nyah nyah nyah" to those people. Cuz I'm feminized like that.

mgl, hang in there :-(

posted by occhiblu 31 May | 00:14

1. Went to see Gypsy last night. Given the chupahija similarities am wondering if GRL was on speaking terms with Mama Rose when she died. I read one of their memoirs a long time ago at Iowa, but I think I checked it out of the library.
2.Should have gone to gym but didn't.
3. My dry left eye seems wetter in recent mornings, but still weird as the day goes on.

posted by brujita 31 May | 01:20

1. Worked 9.5 hours w/out a lunch break today, 'cause job had to had to had to be done. Then went to pub and drank whiskey hoping I could find a ride home. (I did. There's no taxi service here, let alone transit. Hah! Luckily my friend goes by my house.) I is sore and tired.

2. Moving tomorrow. More sore and tired, plus I have to go back to the job to pull tape and clean up. Somewhere in there. Good thing I ordered an extra 10 hours in the day for tomorrow.

3. In my dream house, there will be no textured ceilings. There especially will be no textured ceilings with highly contrasting beams dividing them into sections like it's actually a Tudor house or something equally laughable. 4 hours slingin' tape and plastic isn't my idea of a good time.

posted by elizard 31 May | 01:54

1. I'm behind on everything, and can't seem to get caught up - though I could try harder. This also goes for 2. and 3.

posted by taz 31 May | 02:25

1. friends for dinner last night, which was great

2. cat freaked out at extra people in the house (hadn't realised what a boring evening routine me and mr alto had developed, but cat has evidently structured his life and meal patterns around it) and is now under the futon hissing at me

3. working all weekend, boo.

posted by altolinguistic 31 May | 05:30

I almost forgot 4: Caught a ladder with my cheekbone, too. Fortunately, it isn't turning into a huge shiner, just a smallish purplish bruise.

whine whine whine whine whine

posted by elizard 31 May | 09:47

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