| fun mail day |
[May. 29th, 2007|09:11 pm] |
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Signed copies of books make me happy. Not quite sure why. Especially this one--it's half a scribble. Still getting my signed copy of Bad Luck & Trouble in the mail had more of an impact on my walk to work than the sunny skies did. Add that to my movies finally arriving and all is good. Plus, thinking about what I'm setting myself up for is making me all kinds of thrilled with life. Imagine how much better it will be if/when it all happens and everything is finalized. Life will be good. Hell life is good. Why? Because it's mine again. And to hell with all the yahoos that feel it's their right to dictate it for me. |
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[May. 19th, 2007|08:07 pm] |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbowsky.
I'm only 57 pages in and I'm in love. |
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[May. 18th, 2007|03:26 am] |
the best part of reading is what I am priviledged to think about afterwards. That's how I know it was a great read. How great is dependent on how much thinking I was forced into. Killing Rain I had to put down several times to think about what good ol' Barry was trying to tell me. Interesting interesting stuff going on in my head. If privacey on some things weren't such an issue for me, I'd sell tickets.
In short though, I love these John Rain books. LIfe philosophy disguised as action novels. |
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| newly discovered |
[Apr. 12th, 2007|05:56 am] |
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The more I get to know my good pal Netflix, the more I love him. Tonight I have discovered the "watch now" tab.
Great, great stuff.
They limit you to 24 hours a month--but it's already included in what I'm paying. And at three am when no one needs a tow and I stupidly can't fall asleep and the radio sucks--I now have another option. This very neatly gets around my frustration about these computers not being able to play DVDs (and there not being a DVD player in the living room-satalite tv, vcr, and some type of gaming system... no dvd player)
I'm a happy camper.
for now :-P |
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| cross your fingers |
[Mar. 22nd, 2007|06:00 pm] |
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I can't not even begin to tell you how much I hope with every fiber of my being that I'm not speaking too soon.
Mom got a call from Justin last night. Apparently they get to leave Iraq in three days. THREE DAYS!!!! Then he will get on a big boat (I refuse to say ship when I'm feeling this obnoxious) and make their way to Australia before going back to California. So they didn't extend their tour again like they were threatening.
and then he will be home and safe(ish) until the next time he goes off to war. |
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| soooo preeeeetty |
[Mar. 18th, 2007|05:40 pm] |
Kelsey and I went and saw 300 on Friday night at her urging. I was a bit wary having heard lots of people compare it to Sin City--and I HATE Sin City like I hate few movies.
Well, I loved 300. Don't get me wrong, a lot of the criticism of the movie are true. The plot is obviously predictable, the action is unrealistic, you can practically recite the dialogue along with the actors, and yes, it is gory as all get out. But it's just so damn beautiful. And I'm not just talking about the Spartan's lovely habit of walking around doing everything half naked. All chests aside, I just couldn't tear my eyes away the whole time I was sitting there. The colors were perfect and entrancing-I was completely drawn in. Even (especially?) the gore was beautifully and artistically done. There was one scene where the Spartans came accross this town that was decimated by the Persians and they cut to this horse head laying on the groud. It was done in such a way where it took me a second to realize it was a bloody horse head-all I had been thinking before was something along the lines of "wow." I really can't put my awe into words-but at times while the concept of what you are looking at is truely horrendous the representation they've placed onscrene of that horror is nothing short of breathtakingly beautiful.
I guess in short what I'm saying is: if any part of you wants to see this movie I strongly suggest you do it now in theatres and not wait for DVD. Or it just won't be the same. |
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[Mar. 15th, 2007|06:14 am] |
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Have a very happy Ides, my dears. |
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[Mar. 11th, 2007|06:09 pm] |
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my sister's getting married April 9.
Justin's kid is due May 16.
These are my LITTLE brother and sister. It's just wrong on so many levels.
Note to the horny: Just because the stripper says she has an IUD doesn't mean you should believe her. |
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[Jan. 27th, 2007|11:44 pm] |
oh what fun.
can we please have a moment to appreciate "Live Free or Die Hard" in production (as far as hollywood.com could tell me) sometime this year.
There's just nothing like a good mindless action flick. It's why I like Crank so much. Well, that and outdoor sex--I'm all about outdoor sex.
Can we keep our fingers crossed now for Lethal Weapon 5? |
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[Jan. 27th, 2007|11:13 pm] |
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Seems to me a cop would understand why I didn't open the damn door. Dispatch was on the phone saying they were going to send someone not that someone was already here. (and why did it take 5 and half hours to get someone here anyways? I mean, really) So yeah, when I hear a knock that loud and forceful I'm damn well going to ignore it. If one of my drivers wanted to be let in they would have radioed me (or, in Pat's case, radio me and then make comments through the mail slot) Especially if all they do is knock and there's no "EPD" or "police" or something of that matter. Not that I would have opened the door just at that either--but I WOUld have opened up the screen so I can look out and see a uniform or identification, a squad car, something. then I would have opened the door. But as it is, I'm here all by myself. I don't take candy from strangers why should I open doors for them. So don't look at me all confused when you found out the building wasn't actually empty like you thought it was. And it's not even as if I would look to Pat (or any of my other drivers with the slight POSSIBLE exception of Bryan) to be all that much of a deterrant. But at least they are all male. It's a psychological thing I guess. Two is better than one. Better a guy there with me if there's a strange man banging on the door. |
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| to sum up some feelings on the subject: |
[Jan. 19th, 2007|01:31 am] |
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There was silence again. A cough. A hiss of oxygen. Silence
"Did you approve of Vietnam, Major?" Hobie asked suddenly.
Reacher shrugged.
"I was too young to have much of an opinion," he said. "But knowing what I know now, no, I wouldn't have approved of Vietnam."
"Why not?"
"Wrong place," Reacher said. "Wrong time, wrong reasons, wrong methods, wrong approach, wrong leadership. No real backing, no real will to win, no coherent stratedy."
"Would you have gone?"
Reacher nodded.
"Yes, I would have gone," he said. "No choice. I was the son of a soldier, too. But I would have been jealous of my father's generation. Much easier to go to World War Two."
Tripwire--Lee Child |
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| please oh please |
[Dec. 16th, 2006|10:43 pm] |
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People, listen up, I have something VERY important to tell you.
BEFORE calling a tow truck figure out WHERE THE HELL YOU ARE!
They can't help you if they can't find you. Trust me, this DOES make sense.
Jesus Fucking Christ People
Needless to say--people are stupid. It's not hard--walk to a street sign and read it. and read both of them. streets are usually longer than 100 feet and no we won't drive up and down it looking for you. this goes for freeways as well. yes we need the nearest mile marker or exit number/name--no this is not unreasonable. you fucking should be paying attention to where you're going which means you should know approximately where in the fucking state you are. I-5 through washington is something like 276 miles long. narrow it down a bit, will you. there's other dick's towings in the state so no, I'm not going to assume you're somewhere in my area and send someone to look for you. Finding out your location should not be akin to pulling teeth.
oh, and no, I will not send you my "least repulsive and hopefully quite hot and fuckable" driver. I will send you whoever is closest to you. Unless you continue to be a raving bitch and then I will send Dennis who is on his way back from Blaine-so it might be awhile. But don't worry, he's quite attractive--for someone in their 60's. |
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[Sep. 10th, 2006|03:02 pm] |
I am going to be an aunt. Brother had him some fun
1 out of 1000, who would have thought. IUD's are NOT fool proof!
going down to meet the girlfriend and see off Bucko in San Diego before he goes to Iraq (oh joy) then we're going to DISNEYLAND!! YAY! a fun thing to counteract our not so fun stuff. (oh, so YOUR the girl he knocked up! So nice to meet you!) |
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| It's official |
[Aug. 31st, 2006|01:03 pm] |
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I NO LONGER work for University Market. Which means I never have to see Tiah ever again. And if I do I no longer have to be civil with her. I can tell her straight out what a bitch she is. hehehe this makes me happy. |
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[Aug. 15th, 2006|04:36 pm] |
changes are finally afoot.
This should solve a lot of problems. Except for Ryan's. But I've done all I can there. |
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| YAY!! I found my phone! |
[Aug. 7th, 2006|08:07 am] |
and as such I will be checking voicemail this afternoon. So if you called me, you may now expect a call back in the near future.
My weekend was filled with me feverish and tired. |
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[Aug. 2nd, 2006|08:42 am] |
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I am SO tired. I just can't seem to catch up on sleep. Got close to nine hours last night and it's still not enough. I mean come on! I went to bed at 10! How pathetic is that?
Oscar has a vet appointment tomorrow. Time for a lukemia booster-and I'm also having them put a microchip in him. Since I found out they don't have to be asleep to put it in. Oscar will hate it, but he always hates the vet anyway. Though he's starting to get use to the brush we bought. He still throws a fit when flea drops are involved though.
They're moving House to 8pm. Which means I have to miss the last season of Gilmore Girls. Those bastards. However, it also means that Fox's ploy will probably work. I'll probably end up watching the FBI hostage show afterwards. I'm going to miss my Tuesday night of perfect TV though.
And I think that's all for now.... |
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| I'm going to have to change my name to Negative Girl... |
[Jul. 24th, 2006|10:16 am] |
Haven't done much avenging lately, you see.
There are so many things I want to bitch about. Some of which I want to wait until I talk to Katie before I post them. Some of which I'm sure everyone's tired of hearing. I'm certainly tired of saying it.
I'm trying, we'll see what happens. |
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