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[15 Sep 2009|05:08pm] |
I'm straight-up miserable.
Yeah, today it's exaggerated by hormones since I'm getting my period next week. But.
I hate my job. It's mindnumbingly boring but hard as hell at the same time. But mostly it's just retarded. The computer system is full of bugs, and there are rules and processes in place for absolutely no good reason. I can't fucking take this for very long...
...But I have to. Pat works so damned hard, and he has for so damn long, that I really have no right to complain. I'm whining about 40 hours of inanity a week, while he puts in much more than that, and with crazy hours to boot.
Jesus, I just feel so incredibly worthless right now, and by that I mean that my life is just completely unexciting and irrelevant to the species at large. I'm not accomplishing anything. I'm not really contributing anything that important. And hell, I don't know what kind of science I'm actually facilitating here, helping these engineers get their replacement parts for all kinds of crazy machines.
And don't even get me started on Western NY. I've been here for two years now, and I'm about ready to freak out. I've hated it here since the day I stepped off the airplane on the way back from Japan, and I don't see it changing any time soon.
I need a change. I'm dying here, slowly, and I have been for those whole two years.
I'm miserable.
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[06 Mar 2009|10:04pm] |
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OMG THIS IS THE COOLEST IDEA EVER!!!!
It would take forever and I don't have the time to be doing it, but omg this would be awesome for the centerpieces. This is the centerpiece plan we're currently working on:
A big round dish with semi-curved sides, or a lip, or something, kind of like a candle plate, inside of which is stones or glass bead things.
In the middle of that, a pretty glass oil diffuser in orange or red. Or red and orange pillar candles.
Around that is 4 glass votive holders, two have candles in them and two have crayons in them.
It would be wicked awesome to make these to sprinkle around mixed in with the stones.
We were thinking the tables would have fun names, like band names or something, because Pat wanted to make mixed CDs for favors, and it would be cool to have the band names from the CD as the names, or maybe the song names. So it would be cool to have these DIY marble things with the band pictures or logos.
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[01 Mar 2009|01:03pm] |
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Iiiiiiiiiiiii feel like crap. Running running running last week, and it'll be the same this week. Friday night was the Singles Mingle and they had Pat DJ this time in a special room dubbed "Pat's Love Lounge," and they had him just play mostly slow stuff. It was a great time, but we were out late and I got pretty drunk. Puffy as hell the next day, on top of female puffiness. Then last night we had another paranormal investigation (which was awesome to get another chance to get out there and check stuff out), so we didn't get home until super late (or early, depending on how you look at it). Aaaaand I woke up completely congested and generally feeling like crap. Blaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
K-chan, I was thinking about this, are you quitting your evil job? Does this mean you get more vacation days? Does this mean I get to see you longer in June? Please say yes.
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[11 Feb 2009|02:16pm] |
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So here's the deal.
We found out the other day that our Lockport venue, which we put the $400 deposit on, has booked a small 50th Anniversary party during the same time as our reception. We were under the impression that we'd have the whole place to ourselves and that they didn't do things like that. They swear up and down that it won't be a problem at all. I wonder. Also, they want to keep the morning open for events so they won't let us in to decorate until two hours before the wedding. We had been under the impression that we could get in there early in the morning to set up. So basically, they're not treating us with nearly the amount of respect I would expect for us giving them $9000, and we're kind of feeling like they're dicking us around here. I'm pretty pissed.
So Pat decided to be proactive and just for the heck of it called up the events people at this hotel in Rochester where they had a radio station event a few times. Cosmic coincidence, they happen to have the date wide open. He told the lady the whole story, about what we were dealing with, and she totally understood and sympathized and assured us that they take weddings very seriously there, only do one event at a time, do all the decorating for you, will set your stuff up as long as they've been told how to do it, they have free valet parking, and all kinds of other benefits, they are used to dealing with vegans and food allergies, and the price she quoted us was at par with Lockport or even cheaper. Tomorrow afternoon (Thursday) we're going over to meet with her (and allegedly the chef too!) and take a look at everything and talk about what we might like to do.
So it's looking like we're gonna have a massive plan change. If that's the case, we're gonna have a menu change-up. So K-chan, I want suggestions. Imagine you're Belle in the "Be Our Guest" segment. What kinds of crazy dishes are flying around the dining room? Also, I want input on that hair thing from Etsy I posted yesterday. I think I really really like it.
I'm actually starting to get excited again, but this may or may not be a good thing. I've been so used to just settling for things because of a lack of options or money, and it felt like crap to be honest. Now that plans are changing a little bit I'm worried about getting my hopes up and having them viciously crushed again for some reason.
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[10 Feb 2009|07:22pm] |
There is wedding drama. We may be switching venues. I'll update with specifics on Thursday night, so stay tuned.
Also, K-chan: I love this. I want it.
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[30 Jan 2009|08:30pm] |
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As if yesterday's doughnut surprise wasn't enough and I wasn't still reeling from it, Pat outdid himself again today, so much so that I'm completely stunned and I can't possibly capture it all. So I had a long day today, class in the morning from 9:30 until 11:45, then I had to run straight to work with a little tiny lunch time and work from 1-8. Pat stopped in really quickly while I was at work to say hi and let me know Jae and Brandy wanted to hang out tonight (but I said we couldn't because I had work tomorrow morning too). So I come home and I was having trouble with my zipper on my coat because it's being gay, and Pat comes over and helps me unzip it. I glance over into the kitchen and my mouth drops open, because there is a beautiful-looking lasagna on the stove waiting for me! And garlic bread in the oven! I didn't really have the heart to tell him I was kind of full because they made me go on a dinner break at work lol. But he says, that's not all! He did some dishes, cleaned out the toaster oven, cleaned the rest of the kitchen, cleaned out the humidifier, went to Wegmans to get a few things random groceries we needed, which turned into "Hey, I should really make Jessi dinner," which also became, "You know, I bet she'd like some chocolate, let me get her a dark chocolate bar, and also, I bet she'd like some ice cream, let me get her that mint Ben and Jerry's she liked the other day, and just in case let me get some Half Baked too, and I'll get her some Pocky too, and also some cookies from Subway." My mouth was agape for ages.
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[29 Jan 2009|08:45pm] |
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So something incredibly stunning happened tonight, of the "I'm the luckiest girl in the world" variety. Pat and I were hanging out, dorking around in the kitchen, talking about random crap, and I just burst out with "Wow, I really want a doughnut" in random fashion, like I'm prone to do lol. And then I kept talking about whatever it was we were talking about. I was mixing up some natural hair shampoo stuff. He laughs, because it's so stereotypically me, and he's like "What kind of doughnut?" I'm like "Huh? Oh, I dunno, a doughnutty doughnut lol," and I go about my business. So I hop in the shower and had a lovely little hair conditioning session. First I washed with lots of baking soda, then I rinsed with a mixture of 2 kinds of vinegar, honey, lime juice, and an egg, which I also tried using on my super dry leg skin lol (damnedable shaving >< ). Then I rinsed with tons of straight lime juice. It was loooooooooooovely, omg. I realized I'd been in there for a good while and when I got out I yelled to Pat, "Sorry babe, I'll be there in a minute, almost done," because we were supposed to watch Ghost Hunters when I got out. He yelled back "You're fine, don't worry about it." So I got out and got dressed and re-heated some leftovers and came into the living room to sit down, and he goes, "Hey, before you sit down, look, what's that over on the computer desk?" I was like, "Huh?" I looked over and there, sitting on the computer desk, was a bakery bag from the grocery store across the street. I was dumbfounded!!! I looked inside, and lo and behold, there were doughnuts in it. I said, "Oh my god!" He's like, "So what's in it? Money?" joking around and being all cute. I went over and glomped him on the couch in a complete daze, totally stunned. I was like "No, it's doughnuts! Did you seriously get dressed, run over there and get those, and come back, and get back into pajamas, all while I was in the shower, and I had no idea?" He's like "Yeah :) I did it really fast and like literally ran into the store and back out again and just had time to get back in when you yelled out 'I'm almost done, be there in a minute'." OMG! *love* He seriously is the most awesome guy ever. I can not possibly express how much I love him lol, and NOT just because of doughnuts lmao.
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[11 Jan 2009|09:45pm] |
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K-chan: Here's a recipe you absolutely have to try! Veggie sandwich spread.
Take 1 huge eggplant and 3 yellow squash and peel them and chop them up into, well, reasonably small pieces. Mix them together in a bowl with some mushrooms, and coat everything well with olive oil. Spread it all out on a pan and sprinkle on assorted spices (I used garlic salt, little dried onion pieces, crushed chili pepper, and basil), then bake it. One it's cooked, let it cool down. Put it in a food processor with a block of cream cheese and some spinach, and voila, crazy delicious veggie spread. It is sooooooo good on soft squishy bread!
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[07 Jan 2009|09:12pm] |
K-chan:
I'm really not feeling great. Actually that's an understatement, I really feel like crap. I'm gonna return to my ball of blankets on the couch, so I'm not gonna be online tonight. I'll catch you tomorrow.
Sorry =/
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[07 Jan 2009|02:35pm] |
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Finally got a job :) Part-time at the Hallmark store. Yay!
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[06 Jan 2009|05:19pm] |
I ordered my dress today!
I went with Mori Lee 6203.
I have slight regret that I didn't go with a sparkly orange insane prom dress.
But, with the proper tweaking, my dress will be appropriately colorful. Orange ribbons in the back are a must, and I'd like to find orange lace-up arm warmers. The internets seem to not be my friend regarding this last point.
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[30 Dec 2008|12:31pm] |
My brain hurts, in a good way :)
Today I learned complex sentences such as these:
Kanojotachi wa inu o tabete.
Otoko no hito wa kuruma o tabete iimasen.
:)
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[29 Dec 2008|12:15pm] |
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This is funny. Apparently the latest Indy movie was so ridiculous it spawned a new term for a moment in a movie that is so utterly silly you can't get over it. They call it...
Nuking the Fridge
Also... I <3 Japan. Everyone knows that by now. But I obviously pine for Japan so much that a random young Russian person sent me a LJ message in Japanese :) I was wigging about about how awesome that was when Pat came in and asked what I was wigging about lol, and I told him, and he said, "That's it. We're buying you Rosetta Stone. You were made to do this kind of stuff. You are going to learn Japanese, and I'm going to do it with you, because I've always wanted to speak another language, and we can practice together." So we ordered it!! And it's going to arrive in the mail today!! I'm wigging out!!
Now, some new links I discovered.
First, some Wikipedia definitions.
And second, a blog with cool Japanese trends.
Sweet!
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[27 Dec 2008|01:53pm] |
Home.
K-chan: He's not FROM Florida, that's the difference. He's from Buffalo, and he's one of Pat's best friends. They went to high school together. He just lives there. So, yeah. lol
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[19 Dec 2008|08:54pm] |
Got a crapload of snow here today, definitely at least a foot.
Driving down to Florida tomorrow for a week with the family. Heading back the 27th. Wish me luck lol
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[19 Dec 2008|10:15am] |
This Sailor Moon christmas video is fricking hilarious.
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[18 Dec 2008|07:55pm] |
Oh crap. I applied to an ad on Craigslist and now I'm getting flooded with spam job ads.
Anyways, I found this really fascinating documentary about Thai girls and the foreign guys on vacation that date them. It's not too long and totally worth the watch.
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[17 Dec 2008|11:37am] |
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