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Workin’ for the weekend

September 26, 2008 at 2:46 pm · Filed under anxiety, being a democrat, books, Chicago, fluff, knitting, life, meditation, motivation, music, walking, weight

Due to financial constraints, I have a very low-key weekend planned.  I was to go to Lake Villa and attend a party, but since I don’t think I can even afford the Metra fare up there…  it’s unlikely.

Anyhow, my glamorous[1] weekend will start tonight where I will hopefully do my dishes and perhaps attempt to make what looks like a yummy WW recipe for stuffed clams.  I will also watch the presidential debate, hope McCain makes an ass of himself, and continue to knit a square for a group blanket project (I got crazy ambitious and decided to make one of my squares in a very complicated cable pattern (September is for Antony).   It’s beautiful, but who on earth has the patience to make this into a scarf??)

I have about 15 episodes of 90210 to catch up on, last week’s X and Xtra Factor (plus this week’s, if they are uploaded on time), Oprah from yesterday (which I hear had Jen Lancaster on it!) and.. I guess that’s it for TV.

I will also be checking up on a fellow knitting gal’s kitty on Saturday, which I have every intention of walking to her place – which is about a mile and a half away.  We’ll see if that happens – it SHOULD happen, because I have little in the way of bus fare.

Other than that, the normal stuff needs to happen – there’s laundry to do… there’s kitty litter to change… There’s 100 more pages of the second Twilight that I keep saying I will read and have not yet!

Oh, but what I really, REALLY want to make an effort to do is meditate.  I purchased a cd for guided meditation while I was down in Florida and I have yet to actually use it.  The medium who read me said I would benefit from it, and actually I’ve had doctors tell me it might help reduce the severity of my panic attacks. 

Anyhow, hope everyone else has lovely plans for this weekend…  Looks like here in Chi-town, this might be our last shot at “summer” weather.

[1]Am I the only one who, when they spell out glamorous, I do it to the tune of Fergie? G. L. A. M. O. R. OUS – yeah… Flying first class… up in the sky…

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This is to make my weekly quota – I admit it.

September 19, 2008 at 9:32 am · Filed under fluff

My mind is moving in a rapid succession of single, yet some very important, thoughts:

  • Need to look into Step class for NCIDQ
  • Should I go for my Master’s Degree?
  • Need to book a flight for Christmas
  • I think it’s time we went on a break
  • I’m still sore from being on a flying trapeze
  • I should of had breakfast
  • I can’t stop touching my straight hair
  • What if I did IIT instead of UIC for their Master’s program?
  • What if I found a school in Mass for my Master’s program?
  • I need to get back to knitting my socks
  • I hope I am able to get a seat at the concert tonight
  • I hope I get to meet Dar after the show tonight
  • I need to remember my camera
  • What if I don’t pass the NCIDQ on the first try?
  • Have to grocery shop tomorrow for sure
  • I really need a nap
  • I wonder if my fall swap partner will get her package today
  • I wonder when I’ll get my fall swap package – a yarn surprise would be so welcome today
  • I want to buy all the yarn in the world, but I never make the time to knit
  • I will finish the second Twilight series book this weekend

Exciting stuff, eh?

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Clean.

August 11, 2008 at 12:50 pm · Filed under fluff, interesting, life, motivation

At 9:45 on Saturday morning 2 woman who didn’t speak English very well came to my apartment to kick my ass. 

Actually, they came to clean – and clean they did!

Now, let’s get this out of the way right away: Yes, I live in a studio.  No, I could not really afford this.  However, my place had gotten SO out of hand that I had NO idea where to start and every time I did start to clean something I’d get frustrated and stop.  Normally I just plan to have some friends over and that’s enough determination to get things clean, but I didn’t even have the gumption to invite people over.

But a couple of strangers, in my house?  Well, that makes it easy to just get down to business. 

And let me tell you, it was the best money I’ve ever spent.  One woman spent the entire 2 allotted hours in my kitchen.  She washed things I didn’t even know were dirty!  The other woman worked wonders on my bathroom, vacuumed my area rug with a super-heavy-duty commercial vacuum, and dusted everything. 

I’m so happy with my apartment once again!  The things I have left to do are small (laundry) and will be able to be accomplished easily (keeping said place clean enough that I don’t need to hire people to help.)

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Steve and Janet got married yesterday.

August 5, 2008 at 9:47 am · Filed under anxiety, Chicago, daydreaming, fluff, life, music

I have attempted to buysTori Telling twice now from Amazon but the first time the order didn’t go through because I lost my check card (man, that was fun) and the second time… I’m not sure why the order didn’t go through, but after a closer look at my checking account I decided it was better that it hadn’t.

Why I want such a cheese-tastic book, I have no idea, but I do.   Perhaps it’s the countless hours of 90210 I’ve been watching lately.   Perhaps it’s because I’m addicted to her little show on Oxygen with her husband Dean.  Maybe I’m just a sucker for celebrity gossip and what better way to get it than in the form of a book by the daughter of a (deceased) millionaire.   Either way, I am going to restrain myself from a purchase this paycheck, but maybe by the next one.  I couldn’t start reading it until close to the end of August anyhow, but I would like it in hand for my next trip to Florida (should that actually be happening).

In other news I spent the weekend at Lollapalooza and I have to say, last year far surpassed this year.  Maybe it was my mood or something, but I kept getting annoyed, overheated, and generally bitchy towards people who thought pushing their way to the front was a nice thing to do.  I did see some great acts and took some fun pictures/videos.  All in all, it was great, but if you were to tell me tickets for next year were on sale right now, I wouldn’t be purchasing one. 

What I DID purchase on Friday was a single ticket to the So You Think You Can Dance tour.  I’ve never gone to anything like this and I’ve really enjoyed watching this season, which is also the first season I’ve ever watched. 

That’s pretty much all the fluff going on in my world – oh, except that last night we had tornado WARNINGS in the city.  wtf?  I proceeded to get really, really nervous.  Why is it that a nervous feeling is one thing, but a panic attack is totally different?  I mean, my nerves were really bad last night, but I didn’t feel like I was going to pass out and die like a panic attack sometimes makes me feel.

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My inner voice speaks in blog.

January 21, 2008 at 2:19 pm · Filed under fluff, life

I wonder if anyone else thinks in blogging dialogue?  I’ve been doing this sort of online ranting/spilling since 1997 and I find myself in everyday situations thinking about how I could translate my inner thoughts to the online world.  For example:

This morning I left my house at the unGodly hour I normally do and as I was walking to the bus a cab honked at me.  Instead of thinking, “Yeah buddy, I don’t need a cab,” my inner dialogue went something like this:

I have a love-hate relationship with the cabs in this city.  When I want one, I can never find one.  When I don’t want one, they seek me out.  If I want a cab, I’ll happily raise my arm and flag one down.  If you don’t see the arm and you beep at me, mister cabbie, then I’m going to assume you’re offering a ride pro-bono and if that’s the case, I’ll take it because it’s friggen cold out here!

I didn’t say the dialogue was going to be interesting… :)

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The Wall of Men

January 13, 2008 at 9:45 pm · Filed under fluff, life, love

While doing a major cleaning of my apartment a few months back I realized I was hanging on to certain magazines because of a picture of a hot man or two… or three… or four. 

Since I have limited space and will never read these magazines again, but really kept them for the eye candy, I decided to make an art-piece of sorts out of the pictures.

It’s not entirely done, as you can see there are some holes that need to be filled…. but before I throw out any magazine now, I take a gander through it and see who’s hot and who’s not.

(And yes, that is a small photo of Alton Brown.  While he may not be as attractive as say, Johnny Depp, he’s a funny man – and that makes him attractive.)

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Lost weekend.

January 6, 2008 at 8:32 pm · Filed under aches & pains, fluff, knitting, motivation

I’ve spent a large portion of my weekend rekindling my crush on Josh Holloway by re-watching season 3 of Lost.  I almost feel like I need to go back and watch seasons 1 and 2 again as well, because I know there are bits I am missing.  I had COMPLETELY forgotten about something that happens in a later episode of season 3 and reread it in another forum and now I feel like it was spoiled for me – even though I saw it months ago!!  I won’t say what it was because Andi warned me she hasn’t seen the last couple episodes of season 3 yet, and perhaps there are others of you who haven’t either.  Catch up though!  Season 4 is just around the corner!

Also, while watching Lost, I’ve been working on my first sweater project, Tubey.  I just, as in about 10 minutes ago, got to the point where I’m working in the round for the arm portion.  I think the rest of it will go faster because it is all going to be round knitting and I’m just a slow poke when it comes to having to purl.  I might bring it to work with me tomorrow as my admin crochets during her lunch hour and she likes to talk knitting with me.  Besides, I’m broke as a joke til payday, so it will take my mind off the fact that I’m not really eating during my lunch hours this week.  Well, I take that back… I did find a couple cans of soup I had forgotten I bought so at least I have a couple meals to bring with…

My health insurance can’t kick in fast enough.  I think my biggest goal of 2008 is to rid myself of panic attacks completely.  These past few days the whole concept of catching my breath seems to have escaped my brain, which in turn gets my heart racing, which in turn makes me feel like I can’t breathe.  It’s fun stuff.  Really.

You know what would make it worth while to be short of breath?  To be stranded on an island with this man:

  

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Brit is no Obama Girl.

January 4, 2008 at 8:53 am · Filed under being a democrat, fluff

How is it that I was so gung-ho about the election in 2004 that now, 2008, I’ve seem to forgotten how the whole election process works?  Luckily, I’ve had some time to read up on it to jog my memory.  Perhaps I need to plop in a couple episodes of West Wing too – Josiah Bartlett would have been an awesome president. :)

Here’s what a really super-bad American I am though:  I was reading through my morning blogs (certain sites I can see from work, so I tend to read those first) and I noticed Obama won the caucus in Iowa last night.  (I had been hitting refresh on CNN.com until I went to sleep last night so I knew he had taken the lead, but I was pleased to see he won.)  After my blog surfing this morning I went back to CNN.com to read the details of the win and that’s when I saw it: Two videos poking out from the upper right hand corner saying that 1. Police summoned to Britney’s House and 2. Britney was Hospitalized.  Suddenly all Obama interest flew out the window as I watched the videos and then headed over to ONTD to see what they had to say about the whole schpeel.

Our founding fathers of this country are rolling in their graves right now because I know I was not the only one who paid more attention to Hollywood stupidity than our future leader of this country.

I think I will vow to pay closer attention to the election though, and less attention to Hollywood in the future.  It’s not too late to make resolutions, right?

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Two-for-Tuesday

November 13, 2007 at 9:51 pm · Filed under fluff

  • A woman at my register today asked if she could buy a paper-cutter to chop off her ex-boyfriend’s nostrils.   This lead to fun ex-boyfriend stories (hers took the cake, I must say) and an overall conclusion: In a bad breakup it should be mandatory that one person moves out of state. 
  • I wonder if I will ever get used to standing on my feet for 9 hours straight.  So far every shift I’ve come home and feel like all I want is a 2 hour long pedicure.

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    A little more fluff, and then some substance.

    November 3, 2007 at 1:29 am · Filed under fluff, job stuff

    First things first: I can’t believe I made a post with photos of cute boys and I forgot these 3!!!

    Now, this is cuteness factor alone, as I think 2 of them are jail-bait if I’m not mistaken.  Anyhow, these 3 boys are (were) on the current season of the X-Factor (UK).  Leon Jackson, Daniel DeBourg, and Andy Williams.  Yummmmmy!

    What is it with me and the brunette hair, scruffy face look?  Who knows… A girl knows what she likes though, right??  Maybe it means my soul-mate is blond… or bald.  ha!

    ANYHOW

    Today was mildly insane with the work in the AM, running to the suburbs, interviewing, nearly having a panic attack mid-interview because I hadn’t eaten a thing all day but had had 2 rather strong coffee-ish drinks.  I’ve stopped getting my hopes up post-interview, but I really am hoping that I did well with this one today because not only would it be an excellent company to work for, the job is identical to the one I lost in April (when the company closed).  I could do this job, and I could do it WELL.  I just hope they saw that about me.

    I’ve put up a temporary tack board in my kitchen and I’m going to make myself notes of at least 3 things to do every day.  I’m starting small, and starting with obvious things first, but I hope to get the list to grow as I cross things off. 

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