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Monday, March 1st, 2010
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8:46 am - tired...
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We bought a house last week. it is amazing. it needed to be painted. we got 3 rooms done (still need to do trim) this weekend. I thought we'd get more done, but apparently the walls are 30 feet tall and the ceilings are not popcorn, they are painted to match the walls. all this added up to taking longer than we anticipated. and I was wrong, one room still needs some accent paint on one wall, when I get that figured out in my head.
ultimately we'll paint all of it, when I can lift my arms again.
and then it will be GORGEOUS.
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| Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
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9:43 pm
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well, Labor Day came and went, with me having too much of a reaction to the moderate amount of beer I drank. At this point I still feel pretty nauseous so there must be something more to it. it might have something to do with the anti-depressant I just started on last week or two. oh, by the way, I'm on an anti-depressant. I've been on this path before, it's just been like 10 or 12 years since any meds. it's no big deal, not something I really want to talk about with anyone, but there it is. I finally asked for help after a year of crazy mood swings and emotional states, and I still think it is part of a larger hormonal issue that is as yet unresolved, but the meds will make me a nicer person so that's good. except for this nausea thing.
on another note, I've been OBSESSED with a show called 'Being Human' lately. it's British, can be found on BBC America and all over the internet. take 3 pretty people, make them each a ghost, werewolf, or vampire, and put them in peril. if you've seen it, yes there are plot holes and short-cuts, but I can overlook that for some high caliber acting (George kills me). My hopes for season 2 is the werewolf and vampire realize their love for one another and....well, you can imagine. season 1 started like a fun Dr. Who episode and ended like Torchwood: Children of Earth, which is to say it left me gutted and sobbing, but I loved every second of it. but so far the creator/writer hasn't gone all megalomania-cal like Russell T. Davies (I'll never forgive him for killing Ianto).
Fringe will start soon, yay! and I'll have to say goodbye to True Blood soon, I'm dreading that! considering being a maenad for Halloween...though that might not be much of a costume. I'd have to explain it, at which point some of my friends might say 'how is that different from you any other day of the week?'
toodles.
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| Sunday, August 30th, 2009
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5:00 pm - woot!
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So yesterday I was involved in a jewelry sale, my first. It was at Sun City, the old-folks resort community (summer camp?) near Georgetown. There were 32 vendors, and a lot of shoppers, mostly the Sun City residents. My mom had heard about it and signed us up for a booth, and then neglected to tell me about the 'us' part until last weekend. I had to push hard all week to get any amount of pieces assembled, on top of being busy at work already. I made 2 sales, didn't even crack a hundred bucks, but it sounded like none of the other vendors were doing any more business, so I'll be happy with that, the economy is just killing everyone. We got a ton of compliments on our booth set-up, that was all mom's doing and I'll have her do that for me forever, if she's willing.
Almost every single other vendor were selling inexpensive beaded necklaces with sweatshop written all over them. A few had neat metalwork, I handed cards to them and talked about their show experiences. We had a mix of chunky recycled costume jewelry (my mom's) and delicate sterling with pearl accents (mine) and apparently the crowd there wasn't interested in anything unusual or dressy. A lot of people picked up one of my necklaces, but it never sold so I need to tweak it. I did go above and beyond to sell one of my pieces, but I learned many lessons in the process (my pieces are good enough to sell, and don't offer to drop something off at someone's home--it's going to go poorly).
After all this, I am exhausted and broke. I watched 'Lawrence of Arabia' today (loooong!) and I can appreciate it's beauty and quality, but today all I could think of was how it could be edited down to a 30 minute short film about a swishy boy discovering fashion (and love) in the desert. With an Adam Lambert soundtrack.
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| Thursday, August 27th, 2009
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7:41 am - Rain!!
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I went out and danced in the rain last night. did lots of deep breathing and stretching. sure I'm weird, but it was deeply satisfying for a waterbaby like me. I swear I was a mermaid in a former life.
trying to get a few pieces ready for a jewelry sale this weekend. I was pushed into this just Sunday, so we'll see how much I actually get finished in time. not seeing much sleep in my future until Saturday night. but I'm driven to sell something. anything.
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| Friday, August 14th, 2009
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8:45 pm - Merry Christmas to me!!
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over the last few weeks, I've done some internet shopping hear and there. something I needed, something I just wanted; you know how it goes. with our long weekend out west (becoming our Burning Man, great trip this time everybody!) I just let it all sit 'til I got up to the mailbox store when I had the time, and Mr. Misphit did it tonight so he could go out for boy's night and leave me at home happy, and it worked.
I have a new pair of Privo shoes, a new book, and a board game I haven't played in 1o years. and some chinese take out and television. I'm so old and boring, but this is like christmas just for myself. I'm off to enjoy it.
'night all!
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| Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
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6:33 pm - nose to the grind...
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my boss reeked today. very skunky. I'm just sayin'. my inner monologue vascillates from 'it's not fair, it smells gooood' to 'straighten up and get to work'. sigh.
something I'm loving today: metal.
this guy's jewelry is gorgeous:
http://www.fredandjanistatedesigns.com/index.html
I mass produce some of his silver components. when he picks up his order I always worry I haven't done a good enough job. but so far no complaints. today we had to tell him we couldn't make something he wants. it's just too complicated to reproduce this particular item (he wants it in multiple sizes and the act of sizing it would destroy the design). but I feel like I want to keep trying because it's an interesting challenge, and he's such a nice guy. in a dream world I'd hop ship and go work for him directly, and get paid. someday I won't have to work for anyone.
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| Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
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8:03 am - new doctor!
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I went to a new doctor yesterday, which is great considering I haven't had one outside of the Austin Regional Clinic in years. the clinic is fine for when you have a cold, but the fast-food/revolving door style of care is no good for bigger issues. I really like the new doctor, she asks lots of questions and is observant and funny. she also is thoughtful when writing anything my insurance provider will see, to make sure things will be covered. I go friday morning for a full battery of blood testing that she warned would be a 3 hour ordeal. this is my nightmare, as apparently my veins are minuscule or ironclad and most phlebotomists have to torture me to get any juice out. anyway, the doctor seems to think most of my recent issues match a particular syndrome, and is positive we can improve things. I will know more in a few weeks, and that is a relief!
I'm trying to wrap my head around this, because for 15 years now my (wonderful, amazing) mom has been telling me there's something wrong with me (in her blunt, unsympathetic style) and I have been hearing it the wrong way and been taking it personally. Now I have pulled my head out of the proverbial sand and see she may be right, and more importantly, it might not all be my fault. I mean, yes, the Fiesta Burger at Dairy Queen doesn't help, but it is not the sole cause of my issues. I hope.
I finally got around to asking my boss for one day off a week to spend on my own work and house-hunting, and here my first upcoming day off will be spent bleeding slowly into tubes, and then probably going to work anyway. I don't like this at all, but we do what we must because we are women who can't say no.
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| Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
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8:39 am - Dr. Teeth
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So I broke a tooth last Friday. a front tooth. it is part of a bridge (a Maryland Bridge, if anyone cares). My dentist filled the empty space with bondo (guessing from the taste) and I will need one of two options: a dental implant, if there is even enough space for one; a new bridge and crown on the broken tooth. either will be freakin expensive, I won't know until September which one is happening. here's hoping the Bondo Tooth holds until then.
all I want to do is chow down on some bavarian pretzels. or cornnuts. I need crunchy!!!
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| Saturday, July 18th, 2009
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4:50 pm
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we just saw the movie Moon. go see it. it's very good. even Matt thought so.
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| Friday, June 12th, 2009
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8:34 am - gah!
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if you know me, you've probably already seen bsdcat's post about everything. Really, in the grand scheme of things a sick dog and a thunderstorm are not that big a deal, and I'm grateful that's all we've had this week. But I'm tired and weary from worrying about the dog. watching her shit blood multiple times was getting to me, then having to visit the emergency clinic in the middle of the night. in the early morning of yesterday when we went back to pick her up I watched a dog dying as it's owner was trying to take it outside for a potty break, then a few minutes later a woman well-dressed for work carried out a bundle wrapped in a sheet. I hope she decided against going to work.
Beth got a lot better, very quickly and we were able to bring her home last night. she was tired, but very happy and was starting to bug me for some more dinner when M came home and brought the storm with him. My dad called and was telling me to get in the bathtub with a mattress over our heads, I was going to ignore that advice until I looked at the sky.
the sky was tie-dyed.
there was a tornado sited in our 'hood. we did huddle in the bathroom, the house shook and rocked like there were people moshing on the roof, it was quite exciting. part of me wanted to run out into the dark and watch the lightning, but I was busy with M trying to keep the animals from flipping out. Gusto literally crapped himself. Beth thought the whole thing was a welcome home party for her. That's why I love bassets: they are rugged as hell and are built for off-roading, and look adorable too. I could have done without her sucking on the cat while we were all piled on top of each other, but really, he needed a good slobbering.
please lord give me a boring weekend.
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| Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
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8:01 am - blech...
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well, our dachsund mutt is earning his keep. got to see him kill a rat this morning. and then tried to keep he and our basset hound off of it and get them in the house. an impossible task, to get two hounds to leave a dying rodent. especially barefoot and doing the 'ew-gross-ew-gross' dance on tippy toes. (thank you for getting out of bed, baby!)
and after 3 weekends and some late nights, I can finally say our garden is done and planted. just in time for us to go out of town for 4 days. for some of you who have never tried to grow something in Texas, that is a worrisome proposition. I've always done containers (which dry out quickly), and these are two large beds on the ground so maybe I shouldn't worry, I just need to shift my expectations. well, I say I'm done but I have a few extra plants that don't fit in the beds, I'll have to get them into pots tonight. and pack to leave town. and all of that.
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| Sunday, March 29th, 2009
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3:07 pm - laughing a lot:
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| Thursday, December 18th, 2008
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7:34 am - pity party
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Jesus fucking christ.
I love our pets, but right now I'm ready to bitch slap one and give her to the first person I see. It's my fault, I've let her get older and bigger without fixing the problem, I know. Now I'm paying for it. Now I find old nasty leftovers in the oven and the microwave days after I put them there, because that's the only safe way to keep the dog out of them 'just while we eat, I'll put it up after' (and forget to). Now I have two kitchen trash cans in my bathroom, because anywhere else she can get into them--even in a cabinet with baby-locks on it. I've had a kitchen trashcan in my bathroom now for a month, and I am verrrrry affected by my environment, and that in particular makes me feel like trash every goddamn morning. That's where I'm supposed to get clean and pretty, with the trash. Now that we've had to start putting the second, alternative-method trashcan in there for safety overnight, I walked in there this morning and started dry-heaving from the smell. But I didn't have time to deal with that, the dog had knocked over a cabinet that comes up to my waist, because we keep all the pet food in there and she was mad the door was locked.
Poor M had to wake up to my yelling and screaming and help sort out the mess. His alarm was already going off, I was just making it easier to wake up.
And if anyone wants to suggest obedience classes, yes I'm aware. I already know which trainer I want to use. But it's a week and a half to x-mas and I'm broke so please don't say anything.
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| Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
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7:15 pm - this is neat:
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Your rainbow is shaded red and indigo. What is says about you: You are a passionate person. You appreciate cities, technology, and other great things people have created. You get bored easily and want friends who will keep up with you. Friends count on you for being honest and insightful. Find the colors of your rainbow at spacefem.com. |
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| Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
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7:56 am - Pig 05049
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| Thursday, October 16th, 2008
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8:06 am - neat
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Your result for Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn? Or Someone Else? Mad Men-era Female Icon Quiz... You Are a Bette!
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| Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
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10:37 pm - maverick.
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also...
watched the 'town hall' debate tonight...or tried to. I got 25 minutes in, and had to give up. at this point, neither candidate had really answered any question directly, just veered off into the same campaign verbiage and finger pointing we've had for weeks now. I just wish I could vote NOW and exempt myself from any more campaign coverage in the media. I'm voting for Michelle Obama, by the way. she's the only one of the candidates or spouses who has continually been unchanged, and is quietly living her life. as far as I can tell. there could still be a bikini calendar featuring her out there somewhere, in a box about to be found. oh lord. she'd still be miles better than Princess Cindy McCain, queen of the trophy wives.
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10:10 pm - Alton Brown made me cry.
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just watched the last episode of Alton Brown's Feasting on Waves, titled 'Won Love'. at the very end, he wrapped up his experience in the British Virgin Islands with a speech about food cooked with love. his point being that in small, out of the way places a local would frequent, you can find much better food than in top-rated resorts and places catering to tourists and large amounts of customers. the chefs in the latter may have higher training, but they don't know the customers and therefore have no love for or responsibility to them. in the former, the cook is making food for family, friends, and regulars and have love for the people and place, and are holding themselves responsible to make the best they can. all of this sounds obvious as I write it, but his little monologue honestly made me teary and seemed to encapsulate why I love to cook and eat. I tried to find it online to link to it, but it's not out there yet.
yes, Alton Brown made me cry. now if he could host an exercise show maybe I'd find an appreciation for burning calories, not just eating them.
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| Friday, September 26th, 2008
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8:43 am - I should be going to work...
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If you're on my friends list, I want to know 36 things about you. Comment here and repost a blank one on your own journal.
01) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
02) What was your dream growing up?
03) What talent do you wish you had?
04) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
05) Favorite vegetable?
06) What was the last book you read?
07) What zodiac sign are you?
08) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
09) Worst Habit?
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
11) What is your favorite sport?
12) Do you have a Pessimistic or Optimistic attitude?
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
16) Do you have any pets?
17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?
18) What was your first impression of me?
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
22) What color eyes do you have?
23) Ever been arrested?
24) Bottle or can soda?
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
27) What's your favorite place to hang out at?
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
30) Do you swear a lot?
31) Biggest pet peeve?
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
34) Favourite and least favourite food?
35) Do you believe in God?
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
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| Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
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8:35 am
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sunburns suck. I got it Saturday, and have entered the itchy phase, with a vengeance. last night my mister scratched my back for like an hour and it still wasn't enough.
in other stuff, Gusto is getting bigger. he's as big as the cat now, which is bad for the cat. cats don't like it when dogs lay on them and hold them down. just so you know.
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