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[Nov. 3rd, 2009|12:50 pm] |
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I think maybe I'm just going to hang out in my house for a while, until all of this gets better. There's plenty of new tv to watch, and I can start going through the library's copious tv-on-dvd archives. Or, you know, books. |
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[Sep. 18th, 2009|01:45 pm] |
Wow. I really haven't covered any of the awesome comic con stories from this year!
I guess I'll just have to have more adventures next year, and remember to blog about them! I meet new, awesome people every year, so I think that it's doable. Will I be on a panel with Stan Lee next year? Probably not. That was probably a 2009-only event.
Wichita wedding trip is tomorrow, and I have to figure out how to style my awesome "I got this dress because I was still firmly entrenched in summer thoughts" dress to accommodate early Fall evening weather. I'm thinking loooong socks and a cute jacket/sweater. It'll work! It'll be brilliant! I've got this giant cocktail ring with a frog on it, so who cares if I'm cold? (I care. I care very much.)
I was looking over my blog a couple of weeks ago, seeing the things I was doing last year. I think that autumn is a good season for that sort of thing, or at least a popular season for that sort of thing. I think it's also a dangerous time for feeling dissatisfied by any number of aspects of life. I know I've been doing it, and based on the magic of social networking sites, I see that a number of my friends (and "friends") have been doing the same. For me, the biggest thing I notice about 2008 me is that I certainly did jog a lot! I don't miss it quite enough to overcome the inertia of not-jogging yet, but I think it's getting to that point. Maybe next year! (I'm kind of enjoying the way I feel right now, with my normal blend of random food and non-strenuous activity)
What else?
Cori has moved to Austin. Harold has moved to Chapel Hill-ish...it's not quite Chapel Hill but I can't remember the name. I'm just going to keep calling it Chapel Hill. Other people have moved to other places. There are still more than enough reasons-in-person-form to keep me very happy in this area, but it's weird to have my friend group diminished like this.
I'm still playing ridiculous board games. Last night we played Middle-Earth Quest. It does *not* take 3 hours to learn. It takes 4.5 hours to learn. Just...you know...be aware. Other recent favorites include "Snow Tails" (fantastic sled racing game) and "Small World" (it's really easy to learn but complicated enough to hold your interest. I will probably buy this game. That is how much I like it. You know how cheap I am. This is high praise.).
It's a blog, so I don't have to have a graceful outro. |
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| Well hello there, internet! |
[Aug. 24th, 2009|09:04 pm] |
It's been a while!
I'm sitting in my living room, in the midst of a two-day Eddie Izzard standup week. I haven't watched these videos in years, and they're incredibly funny.
In September, I'll be going to two weddings. I'm actually looking forward to them, but now I'm fighting the urge to buy new dresses. I have so many dresses. I have dresses I've never even worn anywhere. Clearly, the last thing I need is a dress-shopping montage. Wish me luck. The second wedding will be in Wichita, and I'm staying in Old Town, at a pretty nice hotel. I'm weirdly psyched about it. This will probably be the only time I am ever excited about going to Wichita! For a wedding! (though it will be totally awesome. I keep calling it a party instead of a wedding. Oh well!)
In July, I went to SDCC and Kyle went with me. In keeping with my yearly SDCC "I have a crush on a new boy" pattern, I totally got a crush on a new boy. The good news is that I did eventually get over it, and I managed to not fuck everything up with Kyle in the meantime. There is no one in the world who could make me as happy as he makes me, and even while I realized this, I was so into the idea of something new and shiny, even when I could see from the beginning that the new and shiny thing was *not* going to hold my interest for very long. I don't think I'll ever be safe from the lure of shiny things. I am a magpie. However, I know I can come back from it. I don't *have* to do anything I want, whenever I want, to the detriment of the rest of my life. I can be a grown-up. Weird, huh!
My hair is very pretty. Of course it is. It's dark brown, light brown, blonde and white in various places. It sounds awful, but the cut works really well with it. Arlen is a genius, which is why I haven't gone to anyone else in nearly three years.
A few weeks ago, my car was parked on the street and it got hit by a Sebring. In the meantime, during its recovery, I've been driving...a Sebring. A fucking Sebring. I hate it. However, I hear that my car may make its triumphant return on Wednesday. I am very excited, since we've been having amazing weather. Perfect convertible weather. Sigh. I've been missing it! I have been making use of my zoo pass, though. The nice weather is good for walking around at the zoo, too.
There's a tiny moth in my living room. I will say that in the time that I've lived in this house, I have totally gotten over any squeamishness I may have ever had in regard to bugs of all sorts. Spiders? Whatever. Ants? Meh. I do still hate mosquitoes, but I am only human.
Work is fine. Lots of change, but there has been *so* much change, it's basically come back around to fine.
I get to go to New Orleans in two weeks and two days. I cannot wait! It's going to be Kyle's 40th birthday, and I have the best idea for a present. BEST. PRESENT. EVER. I cannot tell you what it is, but just be aware. It is fucking amazing. |
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| The first lawnmowing of 2009 |
[May. 29th, 2009|12:45 am] |
One of the mowers has been fixed! I mowed my lawn for the first time this year! (other people were mowing it in the meantime, but NOW I AM IN CONTROL OF MY OWN YARDWORK DESTINY!)
Other notes: "Glee" - VERY excited.
Memorial Day Weekend Family Trip: Very fun. Lots of driving, slight backache thanks to all the time in the car, but worth it. My Great Aunt Elizabeth is totally awesome, and I got to see her twice.
Parents are back from Malaysia (and the Philippines...and China...and Bali) and they had an awesome time.
Yay! |
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| you know that one guy? |
[Apr. 27th, 2009|04:21 pm] |
The one I rant about? The one I wish I could erase from my personal history because I'm so embarrassed that I thought he was a good idea? He's up for a major award! The normal human person in me wants to congratulate him, but he's never been able to get that my communicating with him does not mean that I want to sleep with him, so I guess I'm just going to go "Huh! Well, that's surprising, but good for him."
Congratulations, dude! I'm something akin to proud of you, but still not interested in sexin' you up ever, ever again.
Hooray! |
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[Mar. 29th, 2009|04:24 pm] |
Is it weird that I really like the free credit report band? I think their songs are cute! It's almost like a Magnetic Stripes album. "20 songs about the importance of credit reports!" I would buy that album. Well, I would *listen* to that album. Probably repeatedly!
We had our last (please) winter burst yesterday. As is typical in Kansas City, there's always some snow or ice storm (or combination) that pops up out of nowhere after weeks of lovely spring weather. We got five inches of snow or something like that - it snowed for six hours. One of my neighbors (not the OCD lawnmower, either) turned on his driveway lights and shoveled his driveway around 9 PM last night. I decided that I had a bus pass and didn't need to bother clearing my driveway. As of 3 PM today, it had mostly cleared itself! It's really, really nice out, with water everywhere, clear skies, grass poking up from the snow on the lawns. I *should* go walk around, but I'm having a very lazy weekend, with most of my time spent lying on the couch and watching television.
I don't usually cook (I don't often feel the need to cook) but sometimes it makes the house feel much nicer when there's something on the stove. Is that weird? My parents have left for Malaysia, so I went through the cupboards and freezer to see what I had to work with. Not much! I made rice with ginger, garlic, shallots, then added in some ground pork, peas and broccoli. It's pretty great. Basic, but the house smells like dinner. (I make everything I can make in the rice cooker. I'm lazy. I cooked the pork and vegetables on the stove, but the rice and the rest were tossed into the rice cooker and that was that. Didn't have any white wine on hand or I would have used that too. Oh well)
So: TV! Snow! Minimalist cooking! |
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| weeeekend! snooooow! |
[Feb. 28th, 2009|09:30 pm] |
It snowed for most of the day today. It made the 5 AM drive to the airport trickier than usual, but I don't mind driving in snow (when it's a front wheel drive car...driving the Solstice in the snow is such a bad idea I don't even bother with it anymore. I take the bus whenever possible). I hate being around other drivers in bad weather because this is Kansas City and people get very nervous in the snow, which makes them drive erratically, which makes me nervous in turn. Nervous driving is bad driving.
Later, I walked to the drug store in the snow, picked up "Stardust" (used movies at Blockbuster!), walked around the mall with my parents, and took a much needed nap. I'm going to take it easy tonight and tomorrow. Over the last week, I've played lots of video games. I made it through Green Grass and High Tides on bass on Hard AND I *totally* made it through Cliffs of Dover on Hard! IT WAS AWESOME.
Things are good. I should shovel my driveway, but I'll get to it.
"Things are good" is kind of an understatement. Things are awesome.
Things I've been watching:
"Fired Up" - I love me some cheerleader movies, and this one was really entertaining.
Burn Notice
NCIS
BSG (HOLY CRAP, YOU GUYS...My Season 3 dvds showed up this week too, so I know what I'll be doing tomorrow!)
Things I've been playing:
Street Fighter IV (Rufus is shockingly effective, though far too jiggly)
Lumines (every bit as good as I'd heard)
Prinny (cute, potentially annoying but we'll see)
Left 4 Dead
Things I've been eating:
Green Turkey Sandwich from Planet Sub (the only other sub I get from there aside from the tuna melt)
BBQ Sundae from BB's (favorite thing from any BBQ place ever!)
Delmonico from Capital Grill (ordered the lobster mac and cheese but DID NOT GET TO EAT IT BECAUSE I HAD 22 oz. OF STEAK IN ME. I'm still irritated. It looked so good...) |
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| Oscars' musical numbers |
[Feb. 22nd, 2009|08:54 pm] |
I love Hugh Jackman in song-and-dance mode more than anyone, but WTF. PLEASE STOP.
What I'm trying to say is the musical montages only work if they're good. This is *not* good. It is aggressively not good. It is so bad it may ruin musicals for me, much like the Star Wars prequels ruined Star Wars TOS for me, and the Matrix sequels ruined The Matrix.
(just kidding, musicals. I WILL NEVER STOP LOVING YOU) |
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[Feb. 22nd, 2009|07:59 pm] |
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Dustin Lance Black's Oscar speech made me cry. No kidding. |
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[Feb. 21st, 2009|09:53 pm] |
I suggest that you go and listen to Alphabeat RIGHT THIS INSTANT. It is really excellent pop. Usually when I find a new band to listen to, there's something slightly horrifying about it (Lordi, anyone?) but this one is just delightful.
Things have been going well. There have been various stressful things, as there always are, but overall, I can't complain. |
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| It was bound to happen eventually |
[Feb. 20th, 2009|04:34 pm] |
I totally deleted my MySpace account today. Why? Well, even the most douche-y blogs refused to link to TMZ photos of a battered woman. A good thing, yes? I don't want to support blogs that sensationalize this or put the spotlight even more firmly on the person who was assaulted. MySpace? MYSPACE HAD THE PHOTO ON ITS FUCKING LOGIN PAGE.
Fuck you, MySpace. I'll see you in hell. |
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| holiday holiday holiday |
[Dec. 25th, 2008|07:27 pm] |
It was certainly a Christmas! I did some very minimal decorating (mantle full of Christmas candles!) and drank hot cider and ate duck. I also got a book and a heated mattress pad. These things made me happy. I have to wait until Sunday to open my birthday present.
This year, we ordered all family presents from Amazon in one big batch. This means that we all knew *exactly* what we were getting, and I actually picked out my own presents and my parents wrote me a check. Then, today, we opened the box from Amazon and got our stuff. It was very cute. |
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| NOOO! |
[Dec. 9th, 2008|08:08 pm] |
I laughed at a GEICO commercial today.
VERY, VERY SAD. |
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| TV! |
[Dec. 7th, 2008|10:20 pm] |
I want to watch this "Shatner's Raw Nerve" show, bu I don't have that particular station. Perhaps the internet can help me? I don't actually care enough to look this up.
Things are going well. The house is fine, the job is fine (we have a fitness center in the new building! I've started working out again, which is nice), taking the bus to work continues to be cool - sometimes I nap on the bus! Is this a terrible idea? Not yet!
Mom baked cookies and brownies on Saturday, which was neat because I woke up and the house smelled like chocolate.
I got the new Britney Spears album, Circus (of course I did). It's not as good as Blackout, and, from a musical standpoint, sounds like tracks that they didn't *include* on Blackout. The lyrics are obviously from after the meltdown. I still like it, though, and I'm going to listen to it while jogging on the treadmill. I get really, really bored on treadmills. I can jog for an hour if I'm outside with no problem, but on a treadmill, fifteen minutes is a challenge. SO BORING. Music helps. There are televisions all over the fitness center, but I don't like watching TV while I run.
I've blogged a lot more than I remembered since August! |
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[Nov. 8th, 2008|01:53 pm] |
My parents are getting back from their 2-month road trip on Tuesday, so I've been cleaning the house, and catching up on laundry. Having a washer and dryer in the basement continues to be amazing.
I've been sick since Wednesday but I'm starting to feel better. I'm trying that whole "feed a cold, take lots of Vitamin C" thing, which seems to be working.
I've also been cooking in the laziest way possible - mostly I put a bunch of things into the rice cooker and turn it on and hope for the best. It takes about 5 minutes of effort and the result closely resembles the sticky rice you can get at Chinese restaurants. Of course, you often have to add more water and re-cook until the consistency is correct.
What I made this week:
Rice with Chinese mushrooms and Chinese sausage, a splash of white wine, oyster sauce, sesame oil and soy sauce. I literally threw everything into the rice cooker and cooked (and added liquid and continued to cook) until it was done. It's really good. If you start with glutinous rice, it's even better, but I didn't have any in the house. |
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| Things that make me go "ew" |
[Nov. 3rd, 2008|10:00 pm] |
Toby Keith's "Beer For My Horses" (damn you, Eckert!).
The comment section on this: http://jezebel.com/5075140/suze-orman-says-couples-should-keep-accounts-separate
and the fact that the person writing the article can't see how this makes a ton of sense, but mostly the comment section. It...as many things have before...makes me want to stop reading Jezebel because it seems to be populated by fiscally irresponsible, lying teenagers. "Waaa! Why won't he marry me and let me DRAG HIS CREDIT DOWN TO MY LEVEL!? SO UNFAIR! I guess I'll just continue lying to my fiance about my debt!"
WTF. |
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| Halloween Haunt |
[Oct. 18th, 2008|04:08 pm] |
Cori and I went to Worlds of Fun on Friday and rode the HELL out of those roller coasters! The best part of Halloween Haunt is the fact that all the kids get distracted by the spookiness, so the coaster ride lines are super short. We were there for almost five hours, and it was awesome. I also had a Cinnabon for the first (and last) time ever. It was a very disturbing/delicious-but-in-an-immediate-regret-inducing-way experience. I now know what I've been missing. Never again! There was a very long funnel cake line, or I would have gotten one of those instead.
It's definitely Fall. My lawn hasn't been mowed in weeks and still looks acceptable (aside from the dandelions - you know, their root systems help aerate the lawn! My lawn is great! Can I start a grassroots campaign for dandelion acceptance, or would that be shallow?).
Now I'm watching a "Bring it On" sequel marathon. I love cheerleading movies because I support any medium in which spontaneous public dancing is a legitimate means to solve conflict.
I'm headed to New Orleans on Tuesday, and I can't wait. My weekend, aside from today's laziness parade (which will eventually become super busy, what with pizza party tonight (to celebrate my friend Morgan's running a marathon today!), brunch party tomorrow, then six hours of cosmic board games, then Foo's Fabulous Frozen Custard, then much-needed massage on Monday!
"If you want respect that badly, just be a bitch!" Thank you, cheerleading movies! I shall take your eternal lessons to heart! |
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| UGH |
[Oct. 13th, 2008|12:50 pm] |
Cannot read Ctrl+Alt+Del anymore. The comic is too annoying. The characters are all too insane. I can't even get into why - it's just maddening. Hooray! One less thing to read!
I got my first HPV vaccine shot today. My arm is still functioning normally. This is a good thing. |
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