*French kisses computer*
Monday, January 3, 2005
11:43 p.m.
Current Music: [Over and Over] Nelly
And on the eighth day, God created DSL. And he looked at the DSL, and he saw that it was good. Very very good. Oh, my gosh, after using DSL here at Daniel's apartment and whatever the fast heck we have at school, going back to dial-up at home is like asking a modern kid to play an Atari, or telling an accountant they must use an abacus. So if it were possible, legal, and moral, I would so be making love to the DSL. (Not the DSL installer guy, though, because he's kind of ugly and wrinkly) Anyway, I am now back in Springfield and I am so thrilled about it because the drive is behind me. And a really awful drive it was, too. Ugh. We won't even go there, especially not to the part where I had to slam on brakes because of some idiot, scaring me and even worse, CAUSING MY NEWLY COOKED CHICKEN MCNUGGETS TO FALL ON THE FLOOR. So of course I had to stop the car and pick up my chicken nuggets off the floor and try not to think about what horribleness they might have fallen on because I was really too hungry to care. But we're not going there. So now I am waiting on Daniel to get home from work so that I can attach myself leech-like to his leg and refuse to let go for at least an hour, no matter how hard he shakes his leg and no matter how loudly he yells, "Let GO." Also I just got an email back from my history professor informing me that I made a 73 on the final and therefore had an 85 in the class. I just think it's absolutely hilarious that I made lower on the final than on any of the other tests, especially considering that I didn't study for any of the other tests and I studied for and tried REALLY HARD on the final. Oh well, though. Hakuna matata. I am an engaged woman now and I refuse to let Dr. Gutzke get me down (especially because it's really not his fault that I didn't get an A). My head hurts, but I have taken some ibuprofen and it should kick in soon. Now I shall go and fix that pizza so that Daniel and I can eat when he gets here. So long!

*sigh* Happy happy happy
Thursday, December 23, 2004
11:47 p.m.
Current Music: [Confessions Pt. 2] Usher
So I am not only having a good Christmas, I am having the best Christmas EVER! I am home for the holidays, and Daniel is flying in on Monday for a few days, and I gave so far gotten the absolute COOLEST presents that ever existed. I got a big binder to put my Yu-Gi-Oh! cards in (I asked for one) and some cool stickers that you design yourself and a Harry Potter ornament and some Harry Potter bookends and a really cool candle and a Blockbuster gift card and something I can't tell you and something else that I can't tell you before I put up this [SPOILER NOTICE: Ashley, you're one of my bestest friends in the world so call me before you finish reading this entry, please! I wanna tell you myself instead of you reading it out of my pitas.] Okay, now that the spoiler is up and I am giving Ashley one last chance to go away so that I can tell her in person or at LEAST on the phone... Daniel proposed to me! Yes! I have a ring and everything. *wiggles ring finger in front of screen* It's just the most gorgeous ring ever in the history of the world. It's all silver (white gold) and diamond-y and it sparkles and there are little loopy elvish-looking designs in the band and it's just AMAZING and it came with a wedding band but I can't wear that yet. *pouts* I like it more every time I look at it. Daniel says I should name it like I do everything else but I can't just think up a name. Something this important has to TELL me its name if it has one at all. Anyway, it will be another couple of years (if all goes as planned... I don't want to wait that long though!) so that I can graduate. *sigh* I am so looking forward to it. I will have a much shorter last name, and I am THRILLED about it. My last name is hard to pronounce and even harder to spell correctly, and it's a gigantic pain to write out. Anyway. I am sleepy but I have to make a little sticker that says "A&W Margarita Hut" for my mom. Sounds cool, huh? Well, it would be if I weren't under pressure to get it done. It's all good though. I'm an engaged woman now. Therefore... I'm super! Thanks for asking! All things considered, I couldn't be better, I must say! I'm so sorry, Mr. Cripple, but I just can't feel too bad for you right now, because I'm feeling so insanely super that even the fact that you can't walk can't get me down! (that's from South Park, by the way)

Wow! It's hot in here!
Monday, December 6, 2004
08:52 a.m.
Current Music: [Tribute] Tenacious D
Don't you hate it when people continue to say the obvious, like they think that no one else has said it? For example, I'm sitting in the computer lab and the air conditioner is broken, so it's quite warm. It's okay for me to say that it's hot on my pitas, because those of you who are not in the computer lab don't know. However, for the last 52 minutes, EVERY SINGLE PERSON who has come in here has said, "Wow! It's hot in here!" like it was some revelation. I just want to jump up next time and yell, "WOW! Is that what it is? I was thinking something was kind of weird... it's HOT! I feel so much better now that you've told me!" And most of them have walked over to the thermostat like they were some kind of frickin' genius to think of turning on the air because wow, it's hot in here. I had the same problem the day Janice was sick, in which nearly every person who walked in the office said, "YOU're not Janice!" and then laughed, because surely no one else had said that all day and therefore they were brilliant to think of saying it. Okay. That was my mini-rant for the day. I feel better.

NOOO! MAKE IT STOP!
Wednesday, December 1, 2004
09:56 a.m.
Current Music: [Whiskey Lullaby] Brad Paisley
My little sister made me listen to this horrible song, and now it is stuck in my head and I am angry with her about it. If you haven't heard it, good. It's about these people who are in love and then break up and then kill themselves. And it's supposed to be so sweet, but it's just depressing and not at all uplifting.'

Papaw Kennedy died last night. I am not going to the funeral (10 hour drive) and I'm actually not even that sad about it. I mean, call me heartless, but I just don't think it's the least bit sad when suffering people stop suffering. I was actually glad to hear it, because he'd been so bad for so long that I'm sure HE is happier now. Now, if he'd been healthy and just died suddenly, I would be sad then. But not like it was. I told my boss about it this morning and she asked if I was okay and if I wanted the day off, and I said that I was fine and that I would stay. Because it's really not sad.

I saw Alexander last night. Oh my gosh. That is the absolute worst movie I have ever seen. Bad writing, bad acting, retarded camera techniques, and other horribleness. Seriously, the battle against the Persians where Alexander (my past-life lover) beat them despite being outnumbered more than 6 to 1 was one of the most amazing battles in history, and it was so hokey and confusing and just plain STUPID that I am sure Alex is spinning in his grave. I realize that this battle took place in a desert-like area, and therefore there was dust (and a lot of it), but it's kind of important that the audience is not so blinded by dust that they don't know what's happening. Especially since the strategy was so brilliant. And there's this scene where he takes his bride to bed on their wedding night and she goes psycho and fights him and then they hiss at each other like demented kittens, which made me groan. And he never even really kisses his man-lover, and there's this random slave boy that was apparently important despite the fact that he did not say a single word the entire time and (as far as I could tell) did nothing to advance the plot. And then there was the battle in India where Alex gets hurt and so the director thinks it would be fun and artsy to glaze over the scene with red, and so everything was all red and weird-colored, and it was just so stupid. And it was like three hours long. I was ready to leave after the first 30 minutes. And it is only my past-life love for Alexander that made me stay, because someone has to boo the movie for him now that he's dead. And it was awful. Trust me. I can't imagine anyone enjoying this movie. If you love Alexander the Great, you'll hate the movie. If you love Oliver Stone, you'll STILL hate the movie. The only reason you wouldn't hate the movie is if you want to see Angelina Jolie actually acting and if you want to ogle Rosario Dawson's bare breasts. Even then, you'd be better off just downloading a couple of clips from the movie. It is not worth seeing in its entirety. Save your money.

It's Thanksgiving ALL YEAR!
Monday, November 29, 2004
09:17 a.m.
Current Music: [Raspberry Beret] Prince
Well, maybe it's not Thanksgiving all year. But I am not ready to change layouts yet. I will have to do so soon so that I will be able to make a Christmas layout and leave it up for a decent amount of time. I wish I had FrontPage on my computer... I could sit for hours and make layout after layout and get good enough at it that I could finally move on to a more grown-up layout-maker like Photoshop or something. *sigh* Anyway, the turkey will stay for a while.

So is anyone else glad Thanksgiving is over? I sure am. I had a GREAT time at home but it was very stressful and I am glad to be back up here where everything is just as stressful, but more predictable. Andrea cooked Thanksgiving dinner for me on Sunday and so I had two Thanksgivings like always. Usually Granny has a Thanksgiving dinner in addition to Mama's, but this year her dad's really sick and so she didn't do it. I wanted to go see him because I doubt he'll make it to Christmas so I'll probably never see him again, but there were just so many people there that I doubt I would have been able to get in the room. So I didn't go.

Speaking of death, and not to sound very childish or anything, but I am really depressed because my fish, Beauregard "Jaws" Daugherty, went to that big pond in the sky while I was gone. Daniel was supposed to take care of him but the poor little fish didn't make the trip to his house. I cried and cried, because I really liked that fish. *sigh*

Now I'm back at work, and Janice is taking another class which means that I get the computer all day, and there's really nothing work-related to do unless Dr. Jensen decides to make me help him do inventory. And since that's the only thing that can mess up my day, of course he's going to do it. It's budget time here in the office, and I can't work on the budget without Janice being here, so I'm pretty much just the copy-room key dispenser.

Well, I've stalled long enough. It's time to go take roll for Dr. Barnhart. Catch you later.

Your ordinary run-of-the-mill update
Monday, November 22, 2004
08:34 a.m.
Current Music: [Trogdor!] StrongBad
Nice new Thanksgiving layout, no? I was unhappy with the fiery dragon one so it has now gone to sleep with the fishes. I rather like this one, and it's really sad that Thanksgiving will be over soon because I won't want to change it. But I figure I'll start doing seasonal layouts, like a nice red-and-green one for Christmas and an obnoxiously happy lovey-dovey PINK one for Valentine's day, etc. During July and August and September and stuff, I'll have to think of something else. But I think this will be fun! Let's see, since I no longer believe in paragraphs, moving right along. I leave to go home tomorrow, which will be fun. Daniel wants me to come back at around 6 or 7 on Sunday, and if I can do that then his family will wait to have Thanksgiving until I'm back. Isn't that just the sweetest thing ever? *sigh* I'm about to have to go to work but I really would rather not. It's not very fun anymore. I realize that jobs are work, not fun, but I feel that I was teased with the idea that I might have a job I liked and now I don't really. Oh, well. Hakuna matata. I'm really thrilled with this layout... I think I'm going to press the little "done!" button just so I can see it again.

Bored, bored, bored...
Monday, November 15, 2004
03:21 p.m.
Current Music: [Dante's Prayer] Loreena McKennitt
I'm in the copy room at work, copying things. 50 copies, front and back. Will take FOREVER. In other news, Daniel and I had an argument last night which shouldn't have happened, since we were both being stupid and neither of us should have gotten mad at the other one. But I did make some excellent points, I must say. Even if the context wasn't justified. Of course, everyone thinks they sounded like a sage of wisdom when they defended their position, and Daniel probably thinks that everything HE said made perfect, undeniable sense... the whole nine yards. Also, I got my third philosophy test back today - ICK. Not so good. Not so terrible that I can't make it up on the final, but not so good. Meh, I still have a good solid B for the class, and that's all I need seeing as I will most likely get an A in all four of the others. AND I registered for spring, amid all kinds of problems that were NOT MY FAULT but turned out to be for the better anyway, since two of the classes I wanted were closed and since it wasn't MY fault that I didn't get to register earlier, it was the university's stupid bad, they had to reopen the classes and let me in. *smug look* But it was still rather harrowing. And now I've got every Thursday off! And only one class on Tuesday, and THAT class is only until mid-March. So MWF will be hellish, but after March I will never have to go to class on consecutive days again! Until next year, at least.

Just a poor boy in a rich man's car
Sunday, November 7, 2004
05:58 p.m.
Current Music: [Stolen Car] Sting
I'm bored. And there's nothing I should be doing. I mean, I have a philosophy test soon, but I know what I'm talking AND I have already studied today, so I don't have to do that again tonight. I need to go wash the dishes so I can fix myself some supper. I could go down to the dining hall but they're having sweet n' sour chicken, which is generally good except that it's the EXACT SAME MENU as the other dining hall offered last night, which indicates that it's leftovers. Which is gross. BUT! I have enough lunch meat for one sandwich, and I have ramen, and I have instant grits, and oatmeal, and some soup, and some tuna. Ooh... tuna sounds good. Maybe I'll run down to the vending machine and see if there are any chips to have with it. This was a totally pointless entry, no?

*whoop of triumph*
Monday, November 1, 2004
08:58 a.m.
Current Music: [A Long December] Counting Crows
Okay, so it's still nothing like I want it to look. But the color scheme is right. And the entries are showing up. And the entries are staying where I want them to stay. And now I am late for work. But at least you can read this. I'll put all the links and stuff back up later and in the meantime, go to homestarrunner.com and click on "sb emails" at the bottom and find the one called "dragon". It's a hoot. And the dragon comes in the NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!