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It's been 2 years since I posted here. I'm not particularly inclined to use this shit, but I'm not particularly inclined to delete it either. Some of the shit I used to put on here is absolutely absurd and embarrassing.
We'll just say I'm ambivalent about live journal.
If I do continue to use it, it will likely be friends only from this point on. I'm not exactly putting my social and bank account number up on here, but there's really no reason for strangers to be able to read my journal. It doesn't matter all that much either way, because I rarely put anything super personal up here.
Just some life updates, I'm in NYC for the semester doing union organizing/taking labor studies shit. Dating Wes, who is also a student organizer at CCSU. Well, he graduated, so I guess he doesn't really count. I'm living in Brooklyn for the semester, and it is wonderful. Plus public transportation is soooo nice. Except late nights when trains never run and cabs have crazy surcharges and it costs like $40 to get from downtown to Bed Stuy. A 40 minute commute between Bed Stuy and midtown takes like an hour and a half to 2 hours after midnight, and 2-3 if you fall asleep on the train and miss your stop like I did last night. Or I guess it was technically this morning. Whatever.
It's kind of funny that I used to be so hardcore into this live journal thing and then I just stopped using it. I don't really have anything else to say, and I don't anticipate using this much more. May or may not delete it. We shall see.
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[05 Jan 2007|03:19pm] |
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Thank God Strong Bad Emails play at work.
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[08 Dec 2006|10:33pm] |
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So I do believe this journal will se some use again in the near future, since I started working again. It seems that there tends to be a lack of things to do, so updating my journal may be a way of wasting time and energy that should be spent on work but probably won't be.
I ran into someone in the pharmacy yesterday that I knew from high school. She's doing volunteer work in Africa next semster in an AIDS clinic. I'm glad to see she's doing so well, and what a cause that is. I'm not sure why I brought this up, but I guess I just like seeing genuinely kind people that I don't mind running into in town.
My paid time off at Starbucks is pretty screwey. I looked at the wrong part of my pay-stub or something of that nature, but it's only going to be about 10 hours (I thought the 100 hour part was a bit too good to be true myself). As if the small number wasn't enough of a letdown, they won't give it to me. They said I haven't been employed with the company for 6 months, which I find interesting. I had my 6 month review almost 2 months before I quit. So my former manager is kind of arguing her way through this one in hopes of getting my paid time off. Meanwhile, I'll just enjoy still technically being on payroll and using my discount to get coffee in the morning.
Also, insurance sucks.
Also, I'm tired and going to bed. Gotta leave for Glastonbury by 8 or so.
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[07 Dec 2006|07:58am] |
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Colds suck.
CCSU infirmary sucks.
I fuckin threw up and they wouldn't excuse me from class, so I just said "to hell with it" and didn't go.
You know, CCSU sucks too.
An attendance policy, for fuck's sake?
So now I have an unexcused absence, and I do believe I'll drop a grade in one of my classes that I can't really afford to drop a grade in (Western Civ I, which is part of my major kinda... but I really hated that class...)
I finally saw X-3 last night, and I'm sorry to say, I really didn't like it all that much.
Most of it was okay, but some parts were completely random! Nothing led up to them at all.
But some of it worked fine.
Storm REALLY pissed me off, because her role should not have been that big.
But Hugh Jackman's clothes melting off? There should have been more of that.
I start my new job today. To Hartford, then Glastonbury!
And I think I get paid for the driving time!
Which will only be about 20 minutes, but who cares?!
Not sure I'm liking this new honor system in wow yet.
It's not going as quickly as they said it will be.
And damnit, I need a new dual-wielding weapon. The high warlord axe is my aim.
I guess I'm done here.
Nothing more to say, really.
Nothing much to say to begin with.
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[05 Dec 2006|01:42pm] |
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I've gotten back into the habit of making icons. My icon journal is linked in my profile.
This is what happens when WoW is down for extended maintenance and I'm sick.
So, I figured I'd post in this journal as well to avoid deletion.
I guess I'll just update the important stuff.
Ryan and I are still dating, still going strong, still cute, etc.
I had a job at Starbucks since may/juneish, and I recently quit due to excessively clicquey attitudes from some, not all, of the employees at the Storrs/Mansfield store. I do think if I had been at the mall with better hours and a generally laid-back atmosphere, I would probably still be working for the company. Or maybe if one or two people would leave or pull the sticks out of their asses.
I'm starting at CBT (Connecticut Bank & Trust) on Thursday, where I'll be paid to study and read, and occassionally do some teller-esque duties.
I saw the Fountain, which I thought was a lot more complicated than it actually is. Good film. Absolutely gorgeous. See it if you have the opportunity. It's pretty heart-breaking at times, and seriously trippy.
The part where Hugh Jackman takes off his clothes and has sex in a bathtub is also very nice. ;)
I'm still working the discount at Starbucks, and I'm getting all of my paid time off earnings as well. Score!
I also started taking guitar lessons from my old pal Seaney Riley, so the free couple hundred bucks I get from Starbucks will help me get together monies for a new guitar.
I'm about ready for this semester to be over, as I'm doing kind of eh in everything. A's in psych and history, meh in drawing, meh in math. The good news is that I probably won't have to take this math course again, which does admittedly make me feel kind of warm and fuzzy inside.
I'm still a total hippie.
I'm now a 60 shaman in WoW, and in another month that really won't matter since I'll have to level to 70 anyway, but whatever.
I think I'm going to put a virus on my ipod and send it back, since I have the warranty. The Zune is pretty awesome, and Circuit City just sends you a gift card for how much you spent on the product. A brown Zune would be nice. They don't make Ipods in brown. =D
Itunes, what is the updating library shit? I want to play my music...
I did have the best weekend ever.
Partied at Mike's and played the Wii, which is an absolute blast.
We played taboo for about 3 hours as well.
It was really nice to be around friends and be able to stay up late, since I no longer have to be at work at 5am.
Phil, I simply could not beat those level 50 computer players without you.
So fuck, what few months it's been.
I don't remember what else I have to put up here.
I think that may be all.
Peace.
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[25 Jun 2006|09:07pm] |
I don't like it when cars make funny noises.
The last funny noise was $3000.
And it started making another funny noise.
And I have no money whatsoever to fix it.
Hello, 19, and hello loan.
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[23 Jun 2006|09:50am] |
Okay Ryan, here's a post.
What a week this has been.
Not going to get into, but it was really one thing after another.
Chances are, if you're actually reading this, you already know.
I quit A.C. Moore.
I'm really sick of all of the immature shit that goes on there.
It's not fair, and I'm definitely underappreciated.
I got hired at the Buckland Mall Starbucks.
They tell me on my first day that the store is closing.
So I arranged a transfer to Storrs.
Everything's all set there.
Ended my second semester at Central a while ago.
Failed math.
Oops.
Will attempt again next semester.
Also decided not to live on campus.
I would be living in an apartment if Liz were not a loserhead.
So commuting from Stafford ftw.
I hit 49.
I really need to level...
I was also thrown into D&D.
And I'm a monk.
Ohhhh yeah.
And just a shout-out to Ryan and Phil: Don't! You'll pop it!
I saw this being a lot longer than it was.
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[12 Apr 2006|03:29pm] |
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Not dead yet.
Kinda feel like it.
The last few weeks have been nuts.
Absolutely ridiculous.
Let's start with spring break.
Not much of a break, as they threw in extra hours at work and assigned plenty of papers for school.
My one day off of all of this was absolutely insane.
On Friday, about 5 of ous went to Northampton.
Me, ryan, Chuck, Kassi, and Jake.
On the way up, my car started spazzing out, making weird noises, and doing funny things.
So I pulled over and let Ryan drive.
We made it up okay.
So we walk around, have lunch, hit up soem shops, etc.
Then Mike, Phil, Other Jake, and Jesse call.
They are stuck at a gas station a few blocks down with a flat.
So we walk down to meet them.
Three hours (and about a mile) later, the tire comes out of the car, it's fixed, and we continue the adventure.
We have dinner, then drive my car back to my house and watch Deal or No Deal.
That weekend, we find out my car would cost $2000 to fix.
The adventure is no longer fun.
Well, it didn't cost $2000.
It cost $3000.
Transmission, brakes, tires...
It sucked.
And for 2 weeks, I had no car.
So Ryan carted me from class, to his house, to work, to class, etc.
FOR 2 WEEKS.
Whoever said that people who play wow can't go a day without playing are dead fucking wrong.
I played maybe 3 hours of wow in that whole 3 week period, and was not driven insane.
At all.
Bam.
Just to add that last little bit of frustration sufficient to pushing one over the top, I broke the screen on my phone.
So I can never tell who calls me ahead of time.
So forgive me if I miss a call and don' call you back.
If you don't leave a voicemail, I'll never know you called.
So if you call, leave me a message.
Or you'll probably never hear back from me.
Off to Maryland this weekend.
Trying really hard to switch my shift for after this semester so I have some free time in my schedule compatible to the average human.
Probably still working nights, but might have some free time on the weekend now.
Yay!
Liz and I are moving in in August or so.
Going to be a more expensive endeavor for me, as the government will not be helping me pay for housing.
But in the long run, much much cheaper.
Oh, and math and I are not getting along well.
Well, more like the professor and I.
Im having a hard time, and it's definitely too late to drop the class.
So... yeah.
I don't see this ending well.
I'm totally ready for this semester to be over.
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[09 Mar 2006|10:47am] |
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Okay, I'm alive and stuff.
I got a promotion to supervisor, which of course, comes with a raise.
Score.
Ryan and I are going strong. =)
Everything is absolutely loverly.
I've been playing WOW for about a month and a half, and no, it has not "taken over my life."
I'm perfectly capable of separating WOW and life.
The roommate and I are getting along swimmingly.
Which provides a nice segue to my fish.
Elton died when I brought him to Central.
Shock value too great or something.
Now I have Archimetes.
Who seems to love it here.
He'll probably hate me when we go home.
My whole no soda thing has gone down the tubes, thanks to Ryan and the nerds.
I'm drinking so much fucking dew now.
I want spring to be here now.
Dorms suck balls.
Kassi and I need to move into an apartment, and Jake needs to be our couch guy.
And I overrotated my neck, and it's been stiff for days.
I pretty much felt a rip on the whole right side of my neck, and it sucked.
Kid A owns your face.
I haven't had Japanese in so long.
So much for a long, meaningful update.
I'm not sure why I still have this thing.
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[24 Jan 2006|11:38pm] |
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Ah, here at CCSU.
And bored out of my mind.
And extremely annoyed.
I finally got wow.
After months of "I'll get it. Wait, no, I can't. Well, I could. No."
And the server everyone's on won't let me create a character.
Which is wicked angry face.
So after several gruelling hours of installation (had one defective copy, which I ended up exchanging), updates, registration, etc, I couldn't do a damn thing.
Fuck you and your fucking shit, Blizzard.
I think Elton is dying.
I think he had something wrong with him from the get-go.
His gills are all yucky and puffy and defective.
They were always unattractive, but they're worse.
And I'm thinking they don't work, because he keeps coming up to the surface for air.
So I changed his water, because for 2 days he's been in CCSU water, and he seems to be better.
But I think I killed my fish.
I'm hopeless.
Poor fishy.
Roommate and I are getting along great.
I was really worried about that.
I was hoping my roommate wouldn't suck, and she doesn't.
And the room is bigger than mine in Stafford.
So it's an upgrade.
Not bad for a dorm.
Now, if my books would come, I'd be all set.
And my tax return would be loverly.
I think I'm done.
I'm alive and stuff, all that really matters I suppose.
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[20 Jan 2006|10:08am] |
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I definitely think it's time to go back to class.
I feel like I'm just existing pointlessly right now.
I sleep every day until noon, then work nights at AC Moore.
And all I do is sort paints and pick up scrapbooking shit people can't put away themselves and put away countless boxes of freight.
And then I have my daily moment of financial stress, wondering how the hell I'm going to pay for books, gas, and everything else with these crazy hour cuts.
Then I knit for a few hours, occassionally do some stamping or scrapbooking, and call it a day.
At least if I'm in school, I feel like I'm doing something constructive.
I just need my profs to email me bck about what books I need so I can order them.
By the way, totally don't want to dorm it.
It's not the roommate situation.
We've been talking on facebook, and I think we'll get along fine.
I just don't want CCSU Sodexho food.
And the whole dorm setup really does nothing for me.
Unlocking the bathroom door in the middle of the night.
Eh.
If given the choice to take it or leave it, I'd leave it.
Apartment, anyone?
I'm still not entirely sure why I have this thing.
That live Wilco album is pretty much an orgasm on a CD.
I'll hump whoever buys me it to death.
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| This is my school. |
[17 Jan 2006|11:27pm] |
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losangier: my room mate sheet came back blank
losangier: so i donno if i have one
Cellduin727: hahahahaha
Cellduin727: only at central
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[16 Jan 2006|12:13am] |
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Best night of my life.
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[13 Jan 2006|12:07pm] |
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Ryan wins at boyfriend.
Like whoa.
I came down with a stomach bug (which I now think may have had a direct correlation to AWFUL cramps) on Tuesday night while me and a bunch of guys were at Ryan's watching Sin City.
After everyone left, I got sick.
So Ryan made me call my parents and tell them I wasn't driving home.
So I camped out on his bathroom floor until around 3.
He came in, took my temperature, gave me a bottle of water and a pillow, and left a book and an mp3 player.
After finishing some gaming, he came in the bathroom and sat on the floor with me for a while, despite my being sick and disgusting.
Yay for my boyfriend taking care of me when I'm sick.
My mother taught me how to knit.
There are few crafts now that I'm not at least somewhat familiar with.
Bwahaha.
Too bad I suck at it.
I joined a gym yesterday.
A bit expensive, but I bargained it down over 50%.
Which = Kari wins.
Kassi is my Latin lover.
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I've acquired a fish named Elton.
He's a male betta, and he's pink and purple.
So I felt compelled to name him Elton, for he is clearly the gayest fish ever.
And I love it.
Other than that, I've had quite an eventful week.
Certainly been interesting.
But it's cool.
Now I must catch up on all those games I've been blowing off.
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[03 Jan 2006|01:26pm] |
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[02 Jan 2006|10:13pm] |
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( Because I can. )
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[29 Dec 2005|12:24am] |
My everything hurts.
Still pretty much feel like death.
Really want to photoshop.
Damn my not having time for anything.
Ever.
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[26 Dec 2005|09:57am] |
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If you insist that your extended family won't drive you nuts, gather all of your cousins (10 out of 13, in my case) in one room and try to make them all sit down and eat dinner without trying to kill one another.
In the beginning, you kind of care.
You try to get everyone to behave and just eat before they horse around, and you kind of succeed.
But then they just go haywire.
And then you sit down with your sister with a glass of wine, and just don't give a fuck after that.
I really do love my family, though.
So don't get me wrong.
Patrick's a cool kid.
He just kind of sits there like "hey, it's cool, I'm a baby."
He really liked me, and I think it was because of my glasses.
Probably entertaining.
Billy's a smart kid, and makes me feel all kinds of unintelligent.
He was able to, at 4 or 5 years old, grasp the concept of exponents and a little bit of square root.
Not in depth, and I wouldn't be putting the quadratic formula in front of him or anything, but the basic concept.
Not bad for a little kid.
That and I had to explain botulism to him when he heard me say it.
The kid's a freaking sponge, and it's adorable.
And pretty amazing.
Madeline is adorable as ever, but man is she fresh.
I don't think she likes Patrick having so much attention.
She's still a member of the cutest family on planet earth, though.
Mary Jane and Bill totally have the cutest kids ever.
Pictures to come.
All of the other cousins were as they usually are.
Smartass kids, but generally good.
Grab bag was generally uneventful, too.
Kind of disappointing.
There wasn't as much excitement as there usually is.
I'm supposed to be showering and stuff to go shopping before Ryan's party.
Happy birthday, sweetheart! =)
I'm out, chickens.
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