oh my, it has been sooo nice here! the weather was gorgeous yesterday. today, rain. but is ok. i can handle it. KP has been a lovely hostess, so wonderful that she left an umbrella for me! aw. i brought one with me just in case of rain, which was smart thinking. however, unsmartly i left my jacket in my luggage which i put in her car. damn damn. is colder out today than it was yesterday. but with all my nerdy nervousness for this interview, better to be a little cold than hot and stinky. by the way, i purchased real deodorant. that groovy non-aluminum stuff just ain't cutting it. i offend myself, which likely means i offend everyone within smelling distance. eeewwwwwww. stink girl. anyhow, when i have alzheimer's, remind me that at least i smelled good during the good old days. small price to pay. why can't we figure out how to keep our pits fresh WITHOUT killing our memory cells?
quick update re: new orleans. that city is in NO SHAPE to be populated. gross. if i had a little more energy, i'd figure out how to post pictures on this blog. for real, i think the people who moved back have just lowered their standards of living. the city smells, the water from the tap tastes and smells like pool water, and there are so few stores of necessity open, esp. downtown where the school of public health resides. i paid $3.80 for a HALF GALLON of milk! i told the clerk that it was criminal to charge that much. she just smiled. F that.
was good to see my lady, tho. very hard to leave her too. we have to be apart for these few months so she can finish her degree, i know that, but it makes me sad to leave her in that nasty city with no car. :(
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
lost jewelry and an interview in DC!
woooo-hoooooo! a job i applied for last friday has led to an interview! it's very encouraging, because they posted the job thursday, i applied friday, and by monday afternoon i was called, screened, and invited to interview! now, it's not really even that i expect to get an offer. i may, i may not. who knows. but the opportunity to interview, to practice those skills, is most welcomed right now. and it sheds sunshine on my hopelessness.
i take a chance in blogging about it, for if it does not work out, i will have to blog about my failure as well. and that has the potential to be very embarassing and depressing. cross your fingers for me!
i have lost a ring and a bracelet. the ring disappeared the night i went out to eat with sara b. it probably fell off my finger, as it was a little big anyhow. the bracelet, i cannot think of how i lost it. i am very sad about that.
off to nola tomorrow (yay!) and then to DC monday to have wine with katia, my interview on tuesday and then i'll be back home with the 'rents tuesday night. i am going to miss the baby kitties very much.
i take a chance in blogging about it, for if it does not work out, i will have to blog about my failure as well. and that has the potential to be very embarassing and depressing. cross your fingers for me!
i have lost a ring and a bracelet. the ring disappeared the night i went out to eat with sara b. it probably fell off my finger, as it was a little big anyhow. the bracelet, i cannot think of how i lost it. i am very sad about that.
off to nola tomorrow (yay!) and then to DC monday to have wine with katia, my interview on tuesday and then i'll be back home with the 'rents tuesday night. i am going to miss the baby kitties very much.
Sunday, January 22, 2006
it's girl scout cookie time
around 11am this morning, i heard the doorbell ring. grrrr. who the hell rings the door this early? apparently, girl scouts do. my mom and i ordered a ridiculous amount of cookies last week, and they came today. what is this speed with which the local girl scout delivers my cookies? give me time to forget what i ordered, girl! $24.50 later, we have cookies. two boxes will travel with me to new orleans for my lady. i had to hide them, as my dad eats whatever is in sight. just the other day my sister left 2 cadbury cream eggs on the counter overnight. by daybreak they were gone, having traveled into the depths of my father's large intestine. it's maddening.
yesterday was balmy for a new england january day. jewls and i went into the city, had fantastic cream puff/eclair things at beard papa's in quincy market. i am almost positive that sarah g and i snacked on cream puffs at papa beard's while waiting for one of many flights in indonesia's lovely airports. delicious! afterwards, we walked down comm ave as the sun set. days like yesterday make me love boston.
and then there is today. i am freezing. emmett is sitting by the heating vent, as i did during my childhood. i remember eating my cereal on the floor with my butt pushed up again the vents during those brutally cold mornings. if i were a puppy, you'd be able to determine my healthy status based on my cold, wet nose. maybe, since yesterday was so warm, today feels colder than it really is. no matter. i'm typing this with icicle fingers and my turtleneck pulled up to my eyes.
though some bloggers (read: lizcano) hate this 3rd season of the L word, i am loving it! i go to minnie's tonight to watch it on her wide screen TV. i think those TV screens make everyone look short and stumpy. perhaps young girls growing up watching TV on those wide screens will have improved body image. dunno. i can't wait to sit back and be entertained by all of those gay ladies. if only i could move into the show. i'd have money but no job, a kid who is mysteriously absent, and wild sex with strangers.... ok ok just kidding. living at home with my parents is totally better than that.
yesterday was balmy for a new england january day. jewls and i went into the city, had fantastic cream puff/eclair things at beard papa's in quincy market. i am almost positive that sarah g and i snacked on cream puffs at papa beard's while waiting for one of many flights in indonesia's lovely airports. delicious! afterwards, we walked down comm ave as the sun set. days like yesterday make me love boston.
and then there is today. i am freezing. emmett is sitting by the heating vent, as i did during my childhood. i remember eating my cereal on the floor with my butt pushed up again the vents during those brutally cold mornings. if i were a puppy, you'd be able to determine my healthy status based on my cold, wet nose. maybe, since yesterday was so warm, today feels colder than it really is. no matter. i'm typing this with icicle fingers and my turtleneck pulled up to my eyes.
though some bloggers (read: lizcano) hate this 3rd season of the L word, i am loving it! i go to minnie's tonight to watch it on her wide screen TV. i think those TV screens make everyone look short and stumpy. perhaps young girls growing up watching TV on those wide screens will have improved body image. dunno. i can't wait to sit back and be entertained by all of those gay ladies. if only i could move into the show. i'd have money but no job, a kid who is mysteriously absent, and wild sex with strangers.... ok ok just kidding. living at home with my parents is totally better than that.
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
my life as a retiree
this is getting out of control. doesn't help that my mom crashed her car and has yet to find replacement. we spend our days together, and i cannot go out without her thanks to the guilt of leaving her home alone. my dad works out at the Y and then drives the school bus in the afternoons - he does special trips, like basketball games and the like. so he has his car, and my sister is never home, so i am the responsible sibling who takes mom out. we go to the library, to panera for soup, and to ikea for dessert. i have walked around this ikea more than i ever walked around the french quarter. it's sad. me, my mom, and the blue haired ladies sipping on swedish coffee for 75c a cup. free refills, though. what a bahgin.
I NEED TO FIND EMPLOYMENT!!!
writing cover letters and sending resumes is hard work. my eyes burn from the computer. plus, whenever i am online, i find someone to chat with. the students i met in taiwan have discovered my MSN username. oh, they are so very sweet! when one of them told me "may be date line not coming too soon" i had to bring myself back to the lessons i learned while traveling in asia - translation games. what he was saying was his homework wasn't due yet. aw, my taiwanese friends!
the cats are out of control today. we are having stormy weather, so stormy that we lost electricity for 3 hours! the cats were running laps around the house. lucas has picked up a nasty habit of kicking all of the litter out of the box, onto the bathroom floor. emmett is apparently trans-species, as he has started lifting his leg up to pee like a dog. libby, my mom's psycho-soon-to-be-fixed-so-she-stops-howling cat has mastered the art of standing IN the litterbox to poo, but aiming her crap OUT onto the floor. it's a three cat circus here.
so, there you have it. i got to the store, i watch the cats, i surf the 'net. i am losing brainpower. i am withering into a stay at home mom with no children to watch. save me, somebody. save me job! wherever you are; DC, hotlanta, LA, just be sure to save a position for me.. and make the salary 20% higher than my last job, please. ;)
I NEED TO FIND EMPLOYMENT!!!
writing cover letters and sending resumes is hard work. my eyes burn from the computer. plus, whenever i am online, i find someone to chat with. the students i met in taiwan have discovered my MSN username. oh, they are so very sweet! when one of them told me "may be date line not coming too soon" i had to bring myself back to the lessons i learned while traveling in asia - translation games. what he was saying was his homework wasn't due yet. aw, my taiwanese friends!
the cats are out of control today. we are having stormy weather, so stormy that we lost electricity for 3 hours! the cats were running laps around the house. lucas has picked up a nasty habit of kicking all of the litter out of the box, onto the bathroom floor. emmett is apparently trans-species, as he has started lifting his leg up to pee like a dog. libby, my mom's psycho-soon-to-be-fixed-so-she-stops-howling cat has mastered the art of standing IN the litterbox to poo, but aiming her crap OUT onto the floor. it's a three cat circus here.
so, there you have it. i got to the store, i watch the cats, i surf the 'net. i am losing brainpower. i am withering into a stay at home mom with no children to watch. save me, somebody. save me job! wherever you are; DC, hotlanta, LA, just be sure to save a position for me.. and make the salary 20% higher than my last job, please. ;)
Friday, January 13, 2006
getting back on track
went for a run yesterday, and oh my goodness, it's been far too long since i've hit the pavement. this morning, my body ACHES. doesn't help that i went to bed far too late last night (2.30am) after drinking some ever delicious high life. ick. why do i do this to myself? beer is no good for body, especially beer that tastes like shit.
bought a new battery for the 'puder too. $135. yikes. me need job soon. at least i'm not as broke as my sister, who sold me a full coffee card so i could get a "free" drink. gave her $4. girl needs cash, and i ordered a $4 coffee drink, so it's all good.
tonight i have dinner plans with sara b. she has been here working as a consultant for the past 2 weeks. they put her up in a swanky swank hotel, the nine-zero hotel, which is located at 90 tremont st. it's so trendy, it puts my stay in the red roof inn to shame. i actually liked the red roof inn! but it's crap compared to the nine-zero.
last night was fun, A is ever the same and told me all sorts of entertaining stories. i missed our friendship. ooh - gotta cut this short. my *favorite* spanish chick is online!
bought a new battery for the 'puder too. $135. yikes. me need job soon. at least i'm not as broke as my sister, who sold me a full coffee card so i could get a "free" drink. gave her $4. girl needs cash, and i ordered a $4 coffee drink, so it's all good.
tonight i have dinner plans with sara b. she has been here working as a consultant for the past 2 weeks. they put her up in a swanky swank hotel, the nine-zero hotel, which is located at 90 tremont st. it's so trendy, it puts my stay in the red roof inn to shame. i actually liked the red roof inn! but it's crap compared to the nine-zero.
last night was fun, A is ever the same and told me all sorts of entertaining stories. i missed our friendship. ooh - gotta cut this short. my *favorite* spanish chick is online!
Thursday, January 12, 2006
stealing from neighbors
the only way i can get online at my mom's house is to pick up my neighbor's signal. now, is it REALLY stealing if they don't password protect their wireless internet? i can't help it that my 'puder picks up every available signal in the area. i can't help it that they don't password protect their service. when i lived in new orleans, i didn't password protect mine either. why force the whole frickin' neighborhood to give cox or comcast or whomever additional money? screw that.
so my lady is in the cesspool city of nola. she has a cute little studio, she sent me pictures last night. i miss her. i woke up crying this morning. and the baby kitties miss her too. they don't understand why there is only one mommy around now. they both sleep as close as possible to me, which makes for a rough night of sleeping, but i don't mind. they are so cute and vulnerable and loving, how can i get upset at them for burrowing under my arm so they can sleep curled up next to me?
i am taking this lovely little machine in today to the so-called genius bar. maybe i'll bring the mensa test and see how many of these mac "geniuses" can actually pass any of the tests. believe it, i scored genius level on the IQ test... my brother found that very entertaining indeed. he's the one who gave me the mensa book, in fact. and i sucked. so don't be expecting too much from me. plus, the chick who gave me the test was practicing how to do it for real, which means it doesn't really count. me no too smart.
oh, right - 'puder problems. battery lasts less than 2 hours after it is fully charged. without warning, even if i have 40 minutes left per the battery indicator, my computer shuts down and i lose eVeRyThInG. that sucked during finals, for sure. lost pages of a research paper. also, safari (internet browser for macs) randomly dies. lost the function to open a new tab on safari too. grrrrrr. i bought the 3 year protection plan, but apparently that doesn't really cover anything, according to the last "genius" i took it to. i am going to a completely different store today.
last night, i went out with my friend M. she is sooooo cool. and she is going to cancun with her son, a friend of his, and a lady friend of her's. good news is her lady friend may not be able to go, and the ticket is paid for, so i am the backup! what can i do to ensure this lady can't go? trip her on ice, so she breaks something? drop some fecal matter in her drink, so she gets e coli? too evil! maybe i'll just bat my eyelashes at M and tell her how much i neeeeeeed a vacation. but her lady friend will provide her with the lovin' she needs. can't compete with that.
she also told me my ex-GF bought a house. it's strange, because i feel like i should feel some sort of emotion, but i don't care. i mean i don't care in a very apathetic way. whatever. life goes on. it's good. life should move on. even though XGF was a major bitch to me (called me post hurricane pretending to give a shit about me, but when i called her thinking we could actually be friends, she responded in a nasty email saying she only called me to see how i was, not to become friends... the way i see it, one should only call an ex if one truly cares for that person. i feel like she called me for the same reason all those effing people are taking tours for new orleans for $35 - disaster tourism. everyone loves to know someone from a disaster. SO. F'IN. CONDESCENDING.) what was i saying? oh, right - life goes on and even if i harbor some sort of angry emotion towards XGF, i am ok hearing about her new house. good for her/big deal/no matter to me.
tonight i am going out with an old friend A. we were friends, we hooked up, i got in trouble with XGF because our open relationship wasn't really open at all.. i think it will be a little strange to hang out because so much time has passed, but i think it will be fun too. no more drama, just catching up and having fun. i need some fun, especially with my lady so far away. sad face. sad pants.
so my lady is in the cesspool city of nola. she has a cute little studio, she sent me pictures last night. i miss her. i woke up crying this morning. and the baby kitties miss her too. they don't understand why there is only one mommy around now. they both sleep as close as possible to me, which makes for a rough night of sleeping, but i don't mind. they are so cute and vulnerable and loving, how can i get upset at them for burrowing under my arm so they can sleep curled up next to me?
i am taking this lovely little machine in today to the so-called genius bar. maybe i'll bring the mensa test and see how many of these mac "geniuses" can actually pass any of the tests. believe it, i scored genius level on the IQ test... my brother found that very entertaining indeed. he's the one who gave me the mensa book, in fact. and i sucked. so don't be expecting too much from me. plus, the chick who gave me the test was practicing how to do it for real, which means it doesn't really count. me no too smart.
oh, right - 'puder problems. battery lasts less than 2 hours after it is fully charged. without warning, even if i have 40 minutes left per the battery indicator, my computer shuts down and i lose eVeRyThInG. that sucked during finals, for sure. lost pages of a research paper. also, safari (internet browser for macs) randomly dies. lost the function to open a new tab on safari too. grrrrrr. i bought the 3 year protection plan, but apparently that doesn't really cover anything, according to the last "genius" i took it to. i am going to a completely different store today.
last night, i went out with my friend M. she is sooooo cool. and she is going to cancun with her son, a friend of his, and a lady friend of her's. good news is her lady friend may not be able to go, and the ticket is paid for, so i am the backup! what can i do to ensure this lady can't go? trip her on ice, so she breaks something? drop some fecal matter in her drink, so she gets e coli? too evil! maybe i'll just bat my eyelashes at M and tell her how much i neeeeeeed a vacation. but her lady friend will provide her with the lovin' she needs. can't compete with that.
she also told me my ex-GF bought a house. it's strange, because i feel like i should feel some sort of emotion, but i don't care. i mean i don't care in a very apathetic way. whatever. life goes on. it's good. life should move on. even though XGF was a major bitch to me (called me post hurricane pretending to give a shit about me, but when i called her thinking we could actually be friends, she responded in a nasty email saying she only called me to see how i was, not to become friends... the way i see it, one should only call an ex if one truly cares for that person. i feel like she called me for the same reason all those effing people are taking tours for new orleans for $35 - disaster tourism. everyone loves to know someone from a disaster. SO. F'IN. CONDESCENDING.) what was i saying? oh, right - life goes on and even if i harbor some sort of angry emotion towards XGF, i am ok hearing about her new house. good for her/big deal/no matter to me.
tonight i am going out with an old friend A. we were friends, we hooked up, i got in trouble with XGF because our open relationship wasn't really open at all.. i think it will be a little strange to hang out because so much time has passed, but i think it will be fun too. no more drama, just catching up and having fun. i need some fun, especially with my lady so far away. sad face. sad pants.
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
bad habits
i wake up at 10am, go to bed at 1am, spend way too much time in my jammies and barely job hunt. what am i doing? why am i wasting so much time? it's damn near impossible to do anything here. plus my lady is still visiting, and i reckon she doesn't want to watch me job hunt, thrilling though it sounds.
we are going to NYC tomorrow, taking the ever-unreliable chinatown express for $15 each way. i am going to miss the baby kitties! i can't stand being away from them for too long. of course, after this morning, i could use a break. lucas was doing the cha-cha on me from 7.30am until i gave in and got up at 10am. my lady just snores through it. she's fast asleep still. if ever we reach parenthood status, i think i am going to be the one getting up for the midnight feedings and the nightmares and the morning routine before school... ok, that's not completely fair. when we spent the night at my friend jude's, her 8 month old woke up crying and J was the one to get up and try to locate the binky. she couldn't find it, but she tried. the dad got up and took care of it instead. oh my, that was one rough night of sleep. babies make lots of noise. way worse than kitties. at least we can feed the kitties and kick them out of the room. child protective services would be banging on our door if we tried the same approach with little humans.
i have got to get moving on the job hunt. i have GOT to find something. part of me thinks i should just move to DC and take some crap retail job as i look for real employment. i do miss crate and barrel... and i was trained in tying a tiffany's bow. yeah, got my MPH so i can sell jewelry. it was really hard for me to go from C&B to tiffany's for my 2nd job. i kept telling customers that the open heart necklace was stainless steel instead of sterling silver. just to break the stereotype that people who shop at T's are rich, i must say that most of my customers didn't blink an eye when i said that. most of my customers were 16 year old pimply boys trying to impress their 16 year old pimply girlfriends by spending $120 on a necklace. the ads are right - it IS all about getting that little blue-green box with that perfectly tied white bow. it even works on me.
maybe that's what i'll do. i can just move. i'm not getting very far in the comfort of living off ma & dad. plus, that 30% discount at C&B is excellent!
we are going to NYC tomorrow, taking the ever-unreliable chinatown express for $15 each way. i am going to miss the baby kitties! i can't stand being away from them for too long. of course, after this morning, i could use a break. lucas was doing the cha-cha on me from 7.30am until i gave in and got up at 10am. my lady just snores through it. she's fast asleep still. if ever we reach parenthood status, i think i am going to be the one getting up for the midnight feedings and the nightmares and the morning routine before school... ok, that's not completely fair. when we spent the night at my friend jude's, her 8 month old woke up crying and J was the one to get up and try to locate the binky. she couldn't find it, but she tried. the dad got up and took care of it instead. oh my, that was one rough night of sleep. babies make lots of noise. way worse than kitties. at least we can feed the kitties and kick them out of the room. child protective services would be banging on our door if we tried the same approach with little humans.
i have got to get moving on the job hunt. i have GOT to find something. part of me thinks i should just move to DC and take some crap retail job as i look for real employment. i do miss crate and barrel... and i was trained in tying a tiffany's bow. yeah, got my MPH so i can sell jewelry. it was really hard for me to go from C&B to tiffany's for my 2nd job. i kept telling customers that the open heart necklace was stainless steel instead of sterling silver. just to break the stereotype that people who shop at T's are rich, i must say that most of my customers didn't blink an eye when i said that. most of my customers were 16 year old pimply boys trying to impress their 16 year old pimply girlfriends by spending $120 on a necklace. the ads are right - it IS all about getting that little blue-green box with that perfectly tied white bow. it even works on me.
maybe that's what i'll do. i can just move. i'm not getting very far in the comfort of living off ma & dad. plus, that 30% discount at C&B is excellent!
Sunday, January 01, 2006
adjusting
xmas is over (yay!) and it's a lovely, snowy new year here in MA. i am glad the holidaze have ended. i need to start moving on my life, getting things in order, and making a plan. #1 i need to find a job. i cannot STAND to have no income. i've always worked - often two jobs - and this stagnant hell of no paycheck is killing me. plus, once my lady leaves in 10 short days, i'll only have the kitties to play with. waaaaah!
kitties. soooo dang cute. they are really happy here, and my ma's cat libby has turned a corner with the boys. she was none too pleased about them at first, but she's currently sleeping in their spot on the blanket my mom made me a few years ago, which is much better than her hiding behind my mom's dresser. most recently, libby has gone into heat, because that's what happens when you don't fix your cat. oh my god, the howling. it sounds painful. she wails and groans and sticks out her behind... the kitties can't stand it either. emmett jumped on her and bit her head, which my mom thought was emmett saying "shut UP already!" my lady and i knew what it really meant. emmett has always been the alpha male. lucas is horrified by all of this nonsense and wants nothing to do with libby's lady urges. he is truly the sweetest kitten ever. he's my mom's fave, and he was everyone's fave at xmas too. the two of them sleep in between me and my lady every night, lucas in my armpit and emmett next to my lady. i LOVE these kitties!
it's been a bit rough getting used to the cold weather and living with the 'rents again, but i must keep reminding myself that it's temporary. gotta keep sending out my resume. my lady thinks i'll find a job before february. fingers crossed.
took J to see a drag king show the other night in JP. it was really good, but too crowded. ah, the signs of aging. when it's preferable to watch dick clark than to hang out with those young fools downtown.
kitties. soooo dang cute. they are really happy here, and my ma's cat libby has turned a corner with the boys. she was none too pleased about them at first, but she's currently sleeping in their spot on the blanket my mom made me a few years ago, which is much better than her hiding behind my mom's dresser. most recently, libby has gone into heat, because that's what happens when you don't fix your cat. oh my god, the howling. it sounds painful. she wails and groans and sticks out her behind... the kitties can't stand it either. emmett jumped on her and bit her head, which my mom thought was emmett saying "shut UP already!" my lady and i knew what it really meant. emmett has always been the alpha male. lucas is horrified by all of this nonsense and wants nothing to do with libby's lady urges. he is truly the sweetest kitten ever. he's my mom's fave, and he was everyone's fave at xmas too. the two of them sleep in between me and my lady every night, lucas in my armpit and emmett next to my lady. i LOVE these kitties!
it's been a bit rough getting used to the cold weather and living with the 'rents again, but i must keep reminding myself that it's temporary. gotta keep sending out my resume. my lady thinks i'll find a job before february. fingers crossed.
took J to see a drag king show the other night in JP. it was really good, but too crowded. ah, the signs of aging. when it's preferable to watch dick clark than to hang out with those young fools downtown.
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