She speaks...

Wednesday, March 6, 2002 10:16 p.m.
*yawn* Currently doing everything except my homework, which I should be doing, since it's due tomorrow. To be fair, I have written some of it. I'm just really not in school mode anymore, you know? I haven't written a paper in a year and a half, and I'm not exactly thrilled about writing this one, whether it's about museums or not. -_- Does that make me a bad person? ... Don't mind me, I'm just having a temper tantrum.

Sunday, March 3, 2002 10:31 p.m.
Still not dead... although I think I have convinced Melanie that I am. ^_- My kittens (especially Seasaidh) are obsessed with hair acsessories. Not to put in their hair, no - to *play* with. I came home from a fun evening of anime and shopping with Emily (shopping which resulted in hair ribbons and such), set the new stuff on the table, turned my back for three nanoseconds, and what do I find when I turn back around, but Seasaidh, dragging my brand new ribbons across the floor. *sigh* There are worse things in life, oh yes... but I was hoping they'd stay nice enough to at least wear them once without teeth marks... On a brighter note, spending the afternoon with Emily was fun, and reminiscent of less-stressful times. I hadn't really realized how much I missed just hanging out, making plans, etc. It reminded me a lot of the way Meghan and I interacted when we first met... before we lived together, before anything ever happened... It's a nice feeling to have back in my life. Hope it sticks around for awhile.

Wednesday, February 6, 2002 08:57 p.m.
Okay... I'm not dead, really. Sorry for the delay in updates... life has been sort of nutso lately. There was the whole holiday thing, and then my battle with flu/pneumonia, and lots of work craziness. Yeah, yeah... I know. Not an excuse. Sorry! Sorry, already! ^_^; As far as news goes, I announced my approaching retirement from Animania at the meeting last night. That was a bittersweet feeling. It's just time to go. Contrary to what is probably popular belief, it's really not just because Dan and Sangita are splitting, too. I can just feel life... evolving. And Animania should not continue to be a part of my everyday ins and outs indefinitely. There's so much history, and so much pain... and if all three of us are gone, and if Suleman continues down the path he seems to be on... the club will probably be better off without us in the long run anyway. We come from bad times. Not necessarily all the same bad times, but bad times all the same. And moving on needs to happen. For everyone involved.

Friday, December 21, 2001 11:33 p.m.
Well, tomorrow I'm off to my Place of Origin (aka Troy) to partake in the holiday celebrations. ^_^ It should be interesting, since I'm bringing the kittens with me. The dog will probably never speak to me again after this. ^_^; I hope everything goes well. I'm actually looking forward to it. We'll see if I'm terribly wrong, or Holiday Magic makes everything turn out okay...

Sunday, December 16, 2001 01:27 p.m.
Okay, so I come to work on Sundays when I have to work weekends because I know that on Sundays, there is almost nobody around. Not many visitors, almost no staff. I usually get things done that I don't have the peace and quiet for during the week. So, imagine my suprise/frustration when I walk in this morning and discover my office-mate (and incidentally, least favorite person on staff) tapping away at her computer when I got here. *SIGH* I spend very little time in my office because of this nuisance (who is thankfully leaving in less than a week - for good) and was planning on using today to clean and get stuff done specifically without her around. But here she is. And here I am. She just left for lunch, so I have a bit of peace now, but it's still frustrating.

Sunday, December 9, 2001 12:17 p.m.
*sigh of relief* Finally, a day off. Was at work way too late Friday and for too much of yesterday, especially considering my (trying-to-become-a-)cold. A day of relaxation - and probably writing Christmas cards - is much appreciated.

I just watched just about all of Card Captor Sakura all over again and finally remembered why I got into all this stuff in the first place. Amazing art and great stories. Mostly great stories. And music! I'd forgotten the music. Hanyauuuu... ^_^!

Friday, December 7, 2001 02:05 p.m.
@_@ Sometimes I think I work too much and not enough all at the same time. I think it's because I work and work and work and work and never seem to be *done* working. And now I'm feeling guilty because I took the afternoon off because I'm feeling sick and I have to work tonight whether I'm sick or not. >_< Cruddy, ne?

And then I had a rotten dream last night about Animania and ACA and the screenings were *RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER* and it sucked! And they were showing Card Captor, and our whole audience went to watch that instead of whatever we were showing, I can't remember what. And I was making pudding in this kitchen between the auditoriums, and Sangita and I decided to sabotage their screening. So we took the remotes from our equipment and used them on ACA's stuff (it worked!)and started fast forwarding and rewinding and switching DVD chapters and stuff. And the whole audience started yelling and we snuck out in the chaos and rode bikes back to Hidden Valley Club, where Sangita tried to convince me to sell her my Card Captor lawn sprinklers. I refused.

NO, I don't really own CCS lawn sprinklers!!!

Though that might be sort of cool....

I have strange dreams when I'm sick...

Thursday, November 29, 2001 11:13 p.m.
Seasaidh is insisting on helping me type tonight. It's not working very well. She keeps jumping on the keyboard, I keep setting her on the floor - it's just not working very well. I just set her on top of the moniter... maybe she'll sit there for awhile. ... ... ... ... Looks like it might... AUGH! NO! Don't scratch at the Escaflowne wallscroll! AUGH! *jumps to save Van and Hitomi from certain shredding*

K, that's QUITE enough of that. She's on the floor whether she likes it or not. Can't have the kitten scratching up Van, now, can we??? (Though you have to admit, she has good taste. ^_^)

Wednesday, November 28, 2001 10:50 p.m.
I've been told that everyone (well, most people) have some sort of crisis about a year after they finish college. I don't think I'm having a crisis, but I'm definitely in some sort of extended period of Deep Thought. Or maybe I'm just in denial. '_' Whatever. I haven't decided if this is some sort of spiritual thing, or some issue I'm having with work, or if it's just because I'm frustrated because my lifestyle has changed so drastically from what it was when I was growing up due to the fact that I make a fraction of the money my parents do, or what. Maybe I just miss Meg. Maybe I'm just tired because the cats wake me up at frickin' 6:30am every morning. Maybe I should start writing again. Maybe I should trade in my TV for a cable modem connection... this 36600 bit is killing me. Maybe I'm just struggling because when I think about my friends, let's see... oh... two are married, one has a little kid, one is on the other side of the planet, one is still in school and largely inaccessible most of the time, one works too many jobs for her own good... d'you get the picture? *sigh* And don't even get me started on work. Most of the time, I love my job. But it's frustrating when you can't really hang out with a lot of the people you used to pal around with because now you're their boss, and when we're at work you're required to be the responsible one who has to put a damper on the not-so-approved-of-but-mostly-harmless fun that goes on after hours, when the "real" staff isn't around. Except now I'm real staff. Not that I'd trade it - I love my job. I just guess I miss being... well, it's not being a kid. And I don't miss being a student, that's for sure. *cringes at the thought of school* >_<

I dunno. At least Dan puts up with me and listens. He's good like that. *sparkles*

I think this blog is going to be good for me.

Wednesday, November 28, 2001 11:48 a.m.
Long staff meetings make me yawn. *yawn* At least it's a nice quiet day today. And Enterprise tonight! ^___^! Hooray!

Tuesday, November 27, 2001 11:57 p.m.
K, so that whole no caps thing isn't working for me, so we'll give up on that. I think it looks sorta cool, but I just can't type that way.

The cats are jumping on the bed. Literally. It's the funniest thing I ever saw in my life. ^_^ Okay, it's the funniest thing I've seen in the last 5 minutes...

Laundry sucks. At least I don't have to pump quarters into public machines anymore though. So I can't really complain. But I already did. Oh well. :P

Sleep is a Good Thing. I think maybe I'll go get some now.

::trots off in the general direction of the bed.

Tuesday, November 27, 2001 01:54 p.m.
i miss anime. no, not animania - it's hard to miss that. -_- ANIME. knowing what's going on, what's new, being thrilled with some cool show... i haven't been truly enthralled with anything since ccs, although i'm pretty geeked about niea_7. i'm even less up on my manga these days as well. it sucks. maybe i'll sort through my collection. i haven't done that in awhile, mostly because it depresses me when i think about how much money i spent on it, but it also reminds me of why i bought it all in the first place. of course, sorting through my collection also means possibly re-igniting my card crack addiction... must... get... all... specials...!!! @_@ *sigh*

Monday, November 26, 2001 06:27 p.m.
hey, a new sarah space. i think i might actually keep this one. i'll sleep on it. for now, i better get my butt to ceramics. catch ya later...