here lies one whose name was writ in water.

holiday

2009-12-24T01:30:01Z

i need a change of scenery.

this time last week

2009-12-20T04:39:09Z

*as we watch the end of "confessions of a shopaholic" (which is terrible, incidentally)*

katherine: ugh, that girl is so unfortunate looking.
jordan: aw, i think she's cute.
katherine: she's the quirky, weird-looking friend. so, basically, you, in our relationship.

prima donna at the luminato festival, and snow

2009-12-04T02:37:11Z

oh, my stars. it's been a long, very long time since i've posted a real entry.

i'd really like to go to toronto this summer to see the north american debut of rufus wainwright's opera, prima donna. it's playing during the luminato festival, which i think would also be lovely. unfortunately though, making these plans requires that i buy tickets to the show this month to ensure they don't sell out. i can't arrange to leave the country, book a flight, a hotel room, and buy tickets for a festival and an opera more than six months in advance. not to mention, who would want to shell out around $2000 to accompany me on this adventure? not anyone. i don't think it would be much fun to go alone.
originally, prima donna was going to open in new york at the met last summer, but they and rufus had a falling out after they insisted he write the libretto in english. he refused and wrote in french, so the show debuted at the manchester international festival instead. judging by the the other commissioners, toronto is as close to houston as prima donna is getting. ugh, rufus!

in other news, houston is supposed to get two inches of snow tomorrow! two inches! it's going to be sort of exciting if it really happens. however, i'm not looking forward to the feel of frigid air when i leave for work at 6:30 tomorrow morning.

i'm not sure whether anyone will read this, but i hope you're all well and happy.

vicious world

2009-04-30T15:21:42Z

"just you wait and see when you turn
turn twenty-three."

obituaries

2009-04-27T02:44:21Z

mom: oh, my gosh. this guy died on the tennis court at river oaks country club. *laughs hysterically*

not a word is not.

2009-04-16T15:23:45Z

a kid in my class just said, "compilated," and then my professor repeated it, confirming his answer. i can't bear it.

science of the human environment lab

2009-04-15T19:44:38Z

"pollution is like kittens out of a bag," dr. harris said.
what he means is that once pollution is released into the atmosphere, it cannot be recollected. much like, apparently, kittens released into the atmosphere? i've never had reason to keep kittens in a bag; in my experience they prefer baskets with fluffy towels. so, obviously, the issue here is one of procedure.
it would be essentially worthless to buy and drive an electric car in houston because our electricity is generated by coal and natural gas. lawl. so, don't bother until they finish those new reactors.

just now, i heard a phone viberate and felt excited until i realized it wasn't mine, but even the thought of it makes me smile.

maternal encouragement

2009-03-30T03:36:12Z

me: you know, if i were more organized, i could be a wedding planner.
mom: hmm...what a disaster.
me: if i were more organized! maybe someone's assistant.
mom: that's like my worst nightmare.

sxsw = isas

2009-03-25T16:49:37Z

it seems to me that south by southwest is the same thing as isas*, only with artists who are more famous, but may not or may not have more talent. same number of letters, too. coincidence? i think not.

*independent schools association of the southwest arts festival, an annual event during which disenfranchised teenage artists perform and exhibit their work for their peers.

mass communication law

2009-03-12T18:47:47Z

midterm tomorrow morning.
can someone please explain to me the law of equity? this is what my notes say:

4. Law of Equity: Allows courts to take actions that are fair or just

a. Began as an alternative to the Common Law in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

i. Claimants went to the King if the court rendered verdicts they felt were unjust. Equity judges began to handle this because there were so many disputes.

ii. Had to show that the court did not do what was fair and that they themselves had acted fairly.
iii. Equity courts could craft remedies to problems, unlike common law courts could only give money damages make amends.

b. We still have remnants of equity law even though we only have a single court system.

i. Equitable remedies

c. Equitable maxims

i. “Equity abhors a forfeiture.”

ii. “Equity helps only those with clean hands.”

"allows courts to take actions that are fair or just"? as opposed to sources of law that...prevent justice? and, why have i compiled information about english common law? this is not helpful. "we still have remnants of equity law..." remnants? so, the american legal system only sort of has equity? why am i learning this!?
you know, if i didn't waste effort taking notes in grammatically correct, complete sentences, i might actually know the material i'm supposed to be learning. this probably won't even be on the exam, but now i'm obsessing over it.

obvious literary novice

2009-03-09T21:24:33Z

"you know that song, 'good night, my someone'? it was in some musical i saw on t.v. according to the song, that's what you say at night to the person you love when you haven't met them yet."

wake up, sir! by jonathan ames, page 32.
<3

i have had the brilliant idea to write a novel from the perspective of a first person omniscient narrator. this concept is not to be confused with that of a first person narrator telling a story after the fact, already knowing the ultimate outcome of events. this novel would be written just as third person omniscient works usually are, except...from the perspective of the main character. i'm...pretty confident this has been done. though, not in anything i've ever read (which, i'll have you know, is a considerable number of books, though most of them have been, admittedly, obscure).
i, personally, think this is fucking genius, so if you see some dire failing in my logic, please do not inform me. let me think it's brilliant for a while, at least. thnx.

wtf are you talking about?

2009-02-26T20:49:22Z

"to begin with, nature isn't static. nature is always changing and trying to hit a moving target."

that's good enough, right? it's a combination of what my environmental science professor just said, and the first bullet point in his power point notes.
i should say now that this post isn't going to make any sense, but i know you're the only one reading it anyway, and you understand me even when i don't, so that's sort of beside the point anyway, isn't it (case in point)?
anyway. this is an effort to keep myself awake through this class. actually taking notes on the "warming and cooling patterns through the historical time of the earth" just isn't going to do it. i'm not only barely lucid but barely conscious.
despite my debilitating drowsiness, and the fact that my eyes burn so much i'm squinting, i'm quite pleased with myself. i wrote my entire case brief (and well) in approximately six hours. in the middle of the night, of course. as i wrote it, i feared i was going to reread to edit it and find that it was complete nonsense, but when i did, it was actually quite coherent. cásarez will thinks it's shit, of course. ugh, just pass me and let me gtfo!

p.s. how awesome is it that my little mood cat is blinking her left eye? it's totally awesome, because my left eye is really hurting and i probably look exactly like that right now! except, not a cat. and i just chose "weird" at random!

tinker v. des moines independent community school district

2009-02-25T17:22:15Z

"under our constitution, free speech is not a right that is given only to be so circumscribed that it exists in principle but not in fact."

things i've done in my lifetime...

2009-02-18T20:44:28Z

( ) gone on a blind date

( ) donated blood
i tried, but the nurse told me i didn't weigh enough. i knew that was impossible, but she wouldn't hear my arguments.

(x) skipped school
ever since elementary when my mom would pick me up for "appointments."

(x) kissed on a first date

( ) watched someone die

( ) been to canada

(x) been to mexico
<3

(x) been to florida

( ) been to hawaii

( ) been across an ocean

(x) been on a plane

( ) been on a helicopter

(›) been LOST
on what scale are we talking about?

( ) gone to washington, d.c.

( ) been on a private plane

( ) hugged a homeless person

(x) swam in the ocean
i believe you mean swum. past perfect. i let you slide up there with "on a helicopter," but i can't overlook verbs.

(x) touched stingrays

( ) been sailing in the ocean
only in various bays.

(x) cried yourself to sleep
oh, god.

( ) played cops and robbers
i...what?

( ) recently colored with crayons
i'm more of a colored pencils kind of girl. soft-lead.

( ) ran a marathon

(x) sang karaoke
exuberantly.

( ) volunteered at a soup kitchen

(x) paid for a meal with coins only

( ) been to the st. louis arch

( ) seen the northern lights

( ) been parasailing

(x) been on t.v.

(x) done something you told yourself you wouldn't

(x) made prank phone calls

( ) been down bourbon street in new orleans

(x) laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose

( ) fed an elephant

( ) caught a snowflake on your tongue

(x) fired a gun

(x) danced in the rain

(x) been to the opera

(x) written a letter to santa claus

( ) been in a movie

( ) serenaded someone
do people do that? how sweet.

( ) seen a u.s. president in person

( ) been kissed under the mistletoe

( ) watched the sunrise with someone
not, like, intentionally.

( ) driven a race car

( ) been to a national museum
sadly.

( ) been to a wax museum

(x) seen one of the seven wonders of the world
usa today says the internet is one of them, so sure.

( ) eaten caviar

(x) blown bubbles

(x) eaten something you could not pronounce

(x) gone ice-skating

(x) gone to the movies

( ) been deep sea fishing

(x) driven across the united states
i didn't actually drive.

(x) been on top of a mountain

( ) been in a hot air balloon

( ) been sky diving

( ) gone snowmobiling

( ) lived in more than one country

(x) lay down outside at night and admired the stars while listening to the crickets

(x) seen a falling star and made a wish

( ) enjoyed the beauty of old faithful geyser

(x) seen the grand canyon

(x) seen the statue of liberty

( ) gone to the top of seattle space needle

( ) snuck into a foreign country
sneaked! you totally made that up!

( ) been on a cruise

(x) traveled by train
briefly.

( ) traveled by motorcycle

(x) been horseback riding

( ) ridden on a san francisco cable car

(x) been to disneyland or disney world

(x) truly believe in the power of prayer
i wanted to delete this because it doesn't fit with the other questions, but since my answer is yes, i thought i ought to leave it.

( ) been in a rain forest

( ) seen whales in the ocean

(x) been to a spanish speaking country

( ) been to niagara falls

(x) ridden on an elephant

(x) swam with dolphins
...

( ) been to the special olympics

( ) walked on the great wall of china

( ) saw and heard a glacier calf

( ) been spinnaker flying
wat.

( ) been on an african safari

( ) been water-skiing

( ) been snow-skiing
i snow boarded. and was concussed.

( ) been to westminster abbey

( ) been to the louvre

( ) swam in the ocean in another continent.
let me know when you find an ocean within a continent.

(x) been to a major league baseball game

(x) been to a national football league game

( ) swam with sharks
WEOUIFH;Jesklj!

( ) been white water rafting

yes, i took the time to normalize the capitalization in this survey. i do know what that says about me as a person, and i am not ashamed.
let me also take this opportunity to say that i think "lifetime" implies that i'm near death and will not do any of the things left unmarked before i die. i...very much hope that's not the case.

real estate 101

2009-02-16T17:17:32Z

i'm sitting outside in the cold wearing no shoes while a realtor shows a couple our house. they came out to see the back yard, and asked me why there are ropes tied to the pine tree next to the garage. i don't appreciate having to explain my father's many idiosyncrasies to strangers.

"...is the tree leaning?"
"my dad does radio work, there's a ladder bound to that tree so that he could climb up to work on an antenna. the tree is fine."
"oh, so that's why there are antennas on the roof?"

no, you idiot, we actually thought tying a rope around the trunk of a huge fucking tree and securing it to a rickety iron gate would keep the tree from falling on our garage.
what the hell.

alexander mcqueen, fall/winter 2008

2008-10-19T04:24:23Z

kyle's survey, via priya (i'm sorry, i couldn't resist. really).

2008-10-01T05:16:03Z

1. What did you have for breakfast five days ago (If you didn't eat breakfast five days ago please instead substitute what you ate five breakfasts ago for you answer; if you don't eat breakfast for any reason - be it ideological, religious, or fear-based - please explain further)?
it's a safe bet that i ate a waffle. i really like waffles, they're nice.

2. Are you nice?
until a few hours ago, i was quite certain i was mean. i'm still holding on to "scary," though.

3. How many jobs do you currently hold?
i wished you'd asked that last semester when i was impressively over-extended. right now, i work for a florist (for one more week, i bailed), and am trying to find an internship to cover the one fucking hour i'll still need after finishing my last three required classes next semester. one hour. how did that even happen? one class is three hours!

4. Take off that stupid-ass hat. That's not a question, just do it.
sorry...

5. Remember when we used to pass around surveys through email rather than MySpace? Wasn't that great? Isn't instant nostalgia wonderful? Do you have a nostalgic email-based memory you'd like to share? If not, go light up a cigarette and jump to the last few questions, 'cause this isn't working for you at all and I can tell, you're just phoning it in.
no nostalgia, but i have some really cute pictures of piglets wrapped in striped fabric to fool the mother tiger who was fostering them. i'll send them to you if you want.

6. What's a pet peeve you've never told anyone?
i think i've made them all known. should i list some anyway?
- smiley icons.
- fingernails. just, in general. they're gross.
- mismatched shoes and bags. i know not everyone is as obsessive as i am, and that's probably for the best, but really, it's not difficult. at least stay in the same color family. sheesh.
- i'm also bothered by people changing lanes without signaling.

7a. Are you worried about something?
a thousand things.

7b. Should you get over it?
generally speaking, yes.

8. Defend your love for something ridiculous:
i love the movie "enchanted." i'm well aware that the premise is absurd. i know it's not the best written movie ever. but it's sweet! can't i just like nice things because they're nice, even if they're in no way plausible or even realistic? i like to be happy about things sometimes! okay?! i mean, the dragon turns to glitter when it falls off that building! what's not to like?!

9. This is the part of the survey that you give us a loosely detailed description of what you look like so we can get a decent image of you in our head that we can use while we masturbate in the shower tomorrow morning before work:
right. well, not that i encourage that, but, here you go:

10. Is there a God?
yes.

11. What's the best album no one's listening to?
i really thought about this question, and i still have no answer. i don't listen to anything all that obscure.

12a. What about your parents (or legal guardians) do you love?
they are unassailable.

12b. What about them do you hate?
they are unassailable.

13. Rene Descartes said, "Cogito ergo sum." Can you believe that French ponce, speaking two languages and NEITHER of them being English? Expand on your indignation; extra jingoism and unfounded "patriotic" claims are a plus (5 bonus points for including a drawing of the American flag):
being french was the least of descartes' problems. really, have you read any of his philosophy? ugh.

14. When was the first time you kissed a member of the sex you're currently attracted to?
i was thirteen.

15. What do you wish were different in your life?
kyle, seriously. don't ask me things like that.

16. "Fight Club" or "The Matrix?"
"fight club." did i just have to choose between edward norton and keanu reeves? as if they're even...comparable entities?!

17. When were you last scared out of your mind?
i know it's happened. but i guess i've blocked it from memory.

18a. What household chore do you hate the most?
i really hate changing the litter box. it weighs a million pounds and everything spills everywhere...it's just a pain.

18b. Which household chore do you like the most?
does cooking count as a chore? i think it kind of does. i enjoy it, anyway.

19. What's something commonplace that everyone else does that you don't do?
i'd have to know what everyone does to be able to tell you i don't. i'm not trying to be funny. i'm totally out of touch with my generation.

20. When was the first time you overcame embarrassment?
i have to very regularly.

21. Who was your last phone call to? Who was the last phone call you received from?
my mom, probably.

22. Define "freedom":
"noun
the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. see, liberty."

23. Where's your favorite place to eat that everyone should know about?
i had chipotle for dinner. if you don't know about that, you should.

24. What do you regret?
i don't have time for that.

25. What makes you feel charitable? Why?
the hundreds of requests for donations i receive in the mail from animal advocacy groups.

26. Who was the best Beatle?
ringo, by far.

27a. Which "Saved By the Bell" cast member could you outduel in a match of wits?
any of them. and the writers.

27b. Which one would you take on a date to The Max?
i don't know what that is.

27c. Which one could you take in a fight (NOTE: Don't say "Slater," because he was the best wrestler at Bayside and he'd whup your punk fuckin' ass, it's a fact, just admit it)?
i didn't really watch the show very often to be honest. i always changed the channel after the theme song.

28. Where is Vice President Dick Cheney? Seriously, where is he? He shot that one guy, i guess, and now...now it's like...God, you know...fuckin'...I don't even know. I don't even know, you know? It's crazy. It's totally crazy. God. Seriously though, where is he?
in washington, i expect.

29. How do you make the magic fortune in a fortune cookie come true? Explain your procedure.
you cannot. it's impossible to ensure it will come true. which is probably okay, because most of them are lame. if for some reason you don't want it to come true, though, all you have to do is not eat the cookie.

30a. What don't you do enough of?
i should really get more exercise. i'd probably be less cranky. endorphins and all that.

30b. What do you do too much of?
drugs. it's tearing my family apart.

31. Is honesty the best policy?
not always.

32. Reality TV: for or against?
i'm always for mindless entertainment.

33. No one cares if you drink or smoke. The real question is: Mescaline or Acid?
why are they capitalized?

34. What's your definition of "First Base?" "Second?" "Third?" "Home?"
you have to step on all of them in order, and then your team scores a point when you cross home plate.

35. What are you getting out of life: what you want, what you earned, or what you deserve?
ooh. i don't know? probably all three.

36. Chuck Klosterman asked this once in an essay in ESPN: The Magazine, and I paraphrase: If the predominant number of athletes in the National Football League are using performance-enhancing drugs, can it still be considered cheating?
it's cheating because it's against the rules they all agreed to when they signed their respective contracts.

37. What's on your desktop of your computer?
earthdesk. it's a live satellite feed of the planet. awesome, right? thanks, kelly.

38. What do you collect?
memories, mostly.

39. Best videogame of all time, hands down:
super mario brothers three. fucking classic.

40a. What was the best thing that happened in elementary school?
i remember really enjoying the fourth grade. i don't know why in particular, though.

40b. In Middle school / junior high?
middle school dances, ftw. they stopped being fun after eighth grade. i loved chamber choir, too. lots.

40c. In high school?
fucking shit up, being punx, masque, lunch.

40d. In College?
college has been fail. i have a semester left and i'm glad to be finished.

40e. Oh, come on...seriously, you went to grad school? God...okay, fine. The best thing that happened in grad school. No wait, let me guess...you made a million dollars when you got out, right? Was that your answer, you asskisser? You're terrible.
when i go to grad school, the most awesome thing about it will be not hating what i'm studying by the time i finish.

41a. Ever fired a gun?
i'm from texas.

41b. At someone?
no, thankfully.

42. Can you do any superhuman tricks? Like, are you double-jointed and other freakish things of that nature?
that's inappropriate dinner conversation.

43. Describe the perfect birthday:
i'd like to have a birthday like i did when i was a kid. when we had actual parties with stupid favors and junk to eat.

44. Do you want to go to the Moon?
the idea of space frightens me.

45. There's no way out! It's hopeless! An impossible task is at hand! How are we possibly going to escape?! Save us:
i'm not really in any position. do you...want a sandwich or something?

46. Where do we as humans go from here?
to hell in a handbasket.

47. Aren't you excited that this survey's almost over? Display your feelings in iambic pentameter (if you can't, perhaps you can go in a corner and play with a tiny rubber ball or your PSP, you know, something else that instantly shows the world you have a lower IQ than absolutely everyone you see):
i could. really, i could. but honestly, i don't have the patience to come up with something i'll be satisfied with. you can tell i'm not fully invested because i just ended that sentence in a preposition.

48. Where were you when the Twin Towers fell?
skipping chapel with priya.

49. I'm funnier than you. How are you coping with that?
i'm feeling resentment. but i'll manage.

50a. What will you do today that will make it better than yesterday?
well, today is only seven minutes old, so i have a lot of time to either make it awesome or fuck it up.

50b. It was gay to end on that question, and I'm sorry. I thought it would wrap things up nicely. If you liked it, cool, 'cause that's the end. But if you hated it, here's one last question: If you could kill someone and you knew one hundred percent beyond a shadow of a doubt that you could get away with it, would you do it?
i don't kill things. except in self defense, and so far, that has not been necessary.

"marie antoinette"

2008-09-30T18:47:38Z

i'm watching "marie antoinette," which i have wanted to see for some time (if only for the costumes), and i'm finding it's odd, like baz luhrmann's "romeo + juliet," only slightly less obvious. and not quite so well orchestrated. it should be a period piece, but modern elements have blended into the film. for example, marie and her ladies in waiting have crashed a masked ball in paris, and siouxsie is playing. i know, right? i approve, and yet i'm confused.
i'm also bothered by the fact that marie is an american. i didn't expect french with subtitles, but continental english would have been more appropriate somehow. everyone else seems to be english.

edit: some of the scenes between kirsten dunst and jason schwartzman feel like watching a high school play.

inside the actor's studio

2008-09-25T19:28:52Z

i'm surprised this hasn't been passed around as a survey earlier. everyone who's ever watched the show has mentally answered the questions. thanks, priya (http://fairlyalarmed.blogspot.com/2008/09/inside-priyas-studio.html).

1. what is your favorite word?
"ephemeral." both the sound and the meaning.

2. what is your least favorite word?
"roach." no explanation necessary, i hope. just typing it made me shudder.

3. what turns you on?
deserted beaches. they are a rare treasure.

4. what turns you off?
stupidity. really, it's so tiresome.
more specifically, long and/or dirty fingernails. on anyone, male or female. it's not difficult to correct either of these problems; please buy soap and nail clippers. really, there is no excuse.

5. what sound do you love?
close harmonies.

6. what sound do you hate?
the sound a pencil that has run out of eraser makes when one forgets it has run out of eraser and attempts to erase something. the sound of the metal against the paper and the hard surface under it. it takes me half an hour to recover from hearing that.

7. what is your favorite curse word?
one minute and thirty-nine seconds into "blackheart" by the distillers. that instance of the word in particular.

8. what profession other than yours would you like to attempt?
james lipton only qualifies this question with "other than yours" because it's safe to assume the celebrated actors who appear on his program are content doing what they do.
i don't have a profession, i have a job. one i won't have for much longer. if i could do anything, i'd like to be a novelist. that seems like a sordid, romantic occupation. it's also something i could never manage because i have a short attention span for my own projects.

9. what profession would you not like to do?
i would not like to do any job that involves lots of math. numbers are tedious and tiresome and they mean nothing to me. thinking about math makes me nervous.

10. if heaven exists, what would you like to hear god say when you arrive at the pearly gates?
the fact that he would speak to me at all is enough; i won't go so far as to consider what i'd like him to say. though, i can guess what he probably will say: "you're late."

this survey was filled out over the course of five hours.

2008-08-27T19:40:47Z

Have your parents ever caught you drinking?
no, because i don't drink. and even if i did, they'd hardly be "catching me" at it.

Do you love the last boy/girl you were talking to?
no.

Would you kiss the last person you kissed again?
i'm going to assume we're talking about romantic relationships. and the answer, in that case, is no.

What were you doing 30 minutes ago?
rearranging an order that was made incorrectly, only to have the customer decide she hates it and wants to reorder.

Honestly, who was the last person to tell you that they love you?
at opposed to dishonestly? i hope no one would say it and not mean it. it was my dad when i left for work this morning.

Last restaurant you went to?
quizno's is not a restaurant.

Who was the last person you talked to on the phone?
tommy.

Did you have an exciting last weekend?
it wasn't unusual, but i enjoyed it.

Have you ever crawled through a window?
yes?

What do you spend most of your money on?
food. i know.

Where were you at 1AM sunday morning?
one o'clock in which time zone?

Ever kissed someone over 30?
yes. after my grandmother's birthday in november, i will have kissed someone over ninety!

Is there a secret you've never told your parents?
sure. i can't think of anything specific.

Do you like yourself?
someone has to.

Have you ever dyed your hair?
lawl.

Are you wearing a necklace?
no. i like jewelry, but i don't wear much.

Is there anything in your past that you'd like to try again?
try again, so as not to fuck it up? yes, definitely.

Are you an emotional person?
very.

What's something that can always make you feel better?
when i'm sick, sleep.

Did your parents spoil you as a child?
i'm an only child, so yes. but we didn't have any money, so no.

Do you still have pictures of you & your ex?
yes.

How's your heart lately?
busy.

Are you a cuddler?
yes.

Will this weekend be a good one?
all weekends are good weekends.

What do you want right now?
not to be at work. and to have time to eat something that's not a veggie sandwich on wheat.

Who can always cheer you up?
valentino.

Have you ever gone nude/streaked in public?
that's a terrible idea.

Have you ever worn the opposite sex's clothing?
yes. not that it's all that inflamatory.

Are you a kissable person?
"who answers that?!"

Has someone ever spread a nasty rumor about you?
why would anyone bother?

What is your relationship status?
not interested. the one person to whom this does not apply knows who he is.

Who was the last person to come to your house?
i don't know, i'm never there during daylight hours.

Look behind you, what do you see?
cutting tables. a greco-roman pedestal thing. a painting of a still life on a wooden easel. lots of glass vases.

How many rooms does your house have?
eight rooms, two bathrooms, two hallways.

Have you ever worked in a food place?
i believed they're called restaurants. possibly grocery stores. depending on whether or not you'd like to cook the food yourself or just eat it. and no, i haven't.

What would you name your future daughter?
it's not possible to choose a first name without knowing the surname. they have to make sense together.

Who and where was the last concert you went to?
the last show i went to was rancid at warehouse live.

Any summer plans for 2008?
it's overrr!

What did you eat for lunch today?
it's not yet noon.

Whats on your schedule for tomorrow?
work from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The last song you heard?
30footfall - locash

What do you think of love?
*insert beatles reference*

When is the last time you went to a party?
june 12th. disaster.

When is the next time you'll hit up a club?
i will not. and i hope i'm never asked that again.

Do you still talk to any of your ex's?
yes.

If you had to eat one thing for the rest of your life, what?
fruit. i think anything else would prove deadly.

Name one thing good about Myspace?
it's...successful.

Does anyone know your Myspace password?
i don't have an account.

Have you dated anyone on your top 4?
i don't have an account.

Has your number 2 on your friends ever made you cry?
I DON'T HAVE AN ACCOUNT!

How do you feel about abortions?
unacceptable.

Do you eat junk food everyday?
no.

How often do you drive?
a fucking lot.

Where did you last drive to?
work, where i am now. don't end sentences with prepositions if you can help it; it's messy.

Who was the last person to touch you?
like...emotionally?

How late did you stay up last night and why?
it was after three o'clock when i went to sleep. i was told it was bedtime.

What's the connection between you and the last person you texted?
andy is the last person i texted. we met on teh interwebz.

Do you like someone?
i laughed at this question. yes, i like people.

Have you ever been hit by the opposite sex?
not hit, exactly.

Have you ever kissed someone whose name started with an S?
my mom!

How's your life lately?
a little strange, to be honest.

Do you know anyone that is currently locked up?
like, in prison? not to my knowledge.

Have you ever dated someone longer than a year?
der.

What do you think about the current gas prices?
drill, for god's sake.

Would you make a sex tape with you in it for 3 million dollars?
that sort of disgusts me. but three $3,000,000 is a lot of money. i could do lots of good in the world with $3,000,000. are there rules about what has to be included in this tape? do i get to choose the other person in it? can i destroy it afterward? i don't know. i'll get back to you when i see the money.

Have you ever been so drunk that you blacked out?
no, because i'm not a complete idiot failure.

Do you think that you’re a good person?
i try to be.

Have you ever loved someone so much that it hurt?
i do.

Are you happier single or in a relationship?
relationships tend to happen to me. but, honestly, i'm content either way.

Have you ever flirted with a friends crush?
my friends don't have "crushes." we're punx.

Last time you ate a homegrown tomato?
before my grandfather died. he used to grow them in his garden.

Ever ordered from an infomercial?
yes. i'm kind of an idiot.

Do you believe in love at first sight?
it happens.

Have you ever requested a song on the radio?
i seem to remember that being a common activity in junior high.

When is the last time you took a nap?
some weeks ago.

Who was the last person you talked to on the phone?
judy in boxford, massachusetts.

Whose bed did you sleep in last night?
my own.

Have you kissed anyone in the last week?
mostly cats.

Do you miss anyone?
desperately.

What are you listening to?
the fax machine.

Is there one place you'd like to visit?
yes.

Have you held hands with anyone today?
no.

Do you like winter time?
yes, when i'm properly dressed. it does seem to take much longer to leave the house, though.

Do you regret anything?
i try to learn from mistakes and move on.

What are you excited about?
someone else's vacation plans.

Plans for today?
survival. as ever.

Do you want to dance?
who's asking?

What do you notice first about a guy?
i suppose it's different things with different people. i do always register eye color.

Where is the person you like right now?
much too far away.

Last time you took a shower?
last night. i'd like to have another as soon as possible.

august

2008-08-26T18:45:27Z

the smell in the back cooler, of the cold air and the flowers, is overwhelmingly wonderful. my lung capacity is insufficient.
standing inside, i feel like it should be winter. the glare of the summer sun on the cars outside is suddenly strange.

fucking hell

2008-08-25T15:03:59Z

it's 78 degrees in the shop. i'm considering dragging the phone into the back cooler and taking orders there.
i called the warehouse to ask sue for the phone number for our air conditioning company, but tommy answered. he gave sue the message, and when he called back, he said she'd looked at him like he was speaking russian.
i can assure you, in any language you choose, that THE AIR CONDITIONER IS NOT WORKING, as evidenced by the fact that IT IS FUCKING HOT.
there's also water all over the floor from the leak in the front cooler. this morning, sue called and told me to empty the tray underneath it because, "miriam fell on saturday and almost break herself into a hundred pieces." aside from the fact that it is not my fault miriam can't walk through a puddle without falling, why did she not correct this problem when she discovered it? i do not appreciate having to crawl around on the dirty, wet floor to handle something someone else should have two days ago.
i've put newspapers all over the floor in front of the cooler. arabic newspapers. i'm hoping sue will come in today and complain about it so that i can tell her that a) the only mop we have is a dust mop, so it is not at all absorbent, b) we don't have any towels c) the paper towels have all been used. so, yes, it does look messy, but it's so hot in here, no one is going to come in anyway.

in other news, today marks the start of the fall semester. this year is the first in nineteen that i'm not starting school.
no, i haven't graduated.

project runway

2008-08-21T01:28:55Z

"it looks like it's a pterodactyl out of the gay jurassic park."

- tim gunn

technical difficulties

2008-08-19T14:59:07Z

this morning i thought i would check to see if the shop's c.d. player works because i'm sick of the radio (yes, lauren, even 106.9). i was slightly shocked that it is, in fact, operable. however, as i had suspected, it is not connected to the speakers. i thought at least it would have built-in speakers that would suffice, but it has no means of its own for audio output at all. i cursed at it and slid forward the table it's perched on to see if i could disconnect the speakers from the radio and connect them to the c.d. player, but the output jacks connected to the radio are also connected to the cd player. so it should, in fact, be able to play through the same speakers when the radio is off.

wait...

fuck yes! i realized as i typed that last sentence that if the radio is off then obviously the c.d. player can't play through it. so! i have turned it on and pressed the c.d. button (which, admittedly, i did not notice earlier), and turned on the proper speakers, and now it works.
i am so clever.

weather in houston: sunny and raining

2008-08-15T16:41:46Z

it is becoming increasingly more difficult to get dressed in the morning. this has something to do with the fact that i usually wake up around the time i need to be leaving for work, but also with my wardrobe. i have lived my life until this point in seperates. but no more! i'm going to buy every dress i can find so that all i have to think about in the morning is "black purse or silver purse?"
today, i'm wearing a black michael stars dress. it's sleeveless, though, and that means outerwear is necessary. i chose a black and white rugby-striped hoodie, a combination which, upon leaving the house, i realized makes no sense at all. shit.

i hope priya is buying those sweaters she promised...well "promised" by making a joke on her blog about expecting good behavior in her absence.
i'm being good priya! no wool though, okay? i'm trying to phase it out. sheep needn't suffer for fashion.

thanks to sunny 99.1, which is someone's station of choice at work, i now know the words to "hey there, delilah" by the plain white ts. this displeases me. in fact, a lot of things about this station displease me. especially the volume at which it is currently playing.

okay, i'm babbling. if you've read this far, i apologize.