Saving the world during the day, eating cookies by night!

It's been since Xmas break before all the girls have been able to go out together. It really sucks that now it takes months for all of us to chill. I guess like they all say, "welcome to adulthood." We went to Olive Garden since most of the girls can't eat meat because of Lent and pasta is the easiest way to go. Plus Beth needed a beer, not wanted, but needed a beer. Let me just say that they actually make a lot of excellent dessert-like drinks but of course they cost an arm & a leg. I was bombarded with muchos Easter candy/cookies, I swear at this rate I'm going to become an Oompa Loompa. I got the funniest picture from Beth, back when it was my bday, she told me that she went shopping and got buzzed in honor of my bday. Well, the pic is of her in her apt with a sombrero, a candle, and a beer toasting to me. So now apparently I'm going to have to owe her a picture like that when her bday rolls around. Ooh, we watched "The Upside of Anger" and I loved it.

How I wish for spring weather...

Enough already of this cold, wet, and nasty weather! I am so sick of wearing thick sweaters & turtlenecks just to stay barely warm while walking to/from class while I sweat my balls off in class. Being such a girl, I keep looking at all my springy things and wishing that I could wear them already.

Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?

I had dinner at this buffet place because I had been craving those chicken wings and asian donuts for the longest time. There was a couple around their 40's sitting at the table behind me. Ok, I so didn't mean to listen in on their conversation but the man was so freaking loud that it was impossible to zone him out. I'll call them H for the husband and W for the wife.

W:"Did you talk to your father yet about your bday?"
H:"No, why should I? It's my bday, I shouldn't have to call, that's your job. You're my wife!! I can't believe you haven't gotten anything prepared yet, what is wrong with you?? I bet you don't even have a gift, in fact, I bet you don't have anything set for Easter yet, do you? Huh, do you?"
W:"I'm sorry but I've been busy and I've had a lot on my mind lately."
H:"What could you possibly have on your mind? Bullshit. You know what, you don't love me, that's right, you don't love me, that's why you haven't done shit for me."
W:"That's not true...."
H:"You know what? I didn't get any sleep last night, I woke up at 4am because you rolled over and hit me in the process. So I decided to hit you right back."
W:"But what I did was an accident...so you hit me back on purpose?"
H:"Yeah, that's right!"

Okay, seriously, wtf? I can't believe she took that, if my man said those things to me, he would have gotten a pan across the face. I've never heard a guy whine and pull the "you don't love me" excuse. Besides, what does that have to do with anything? After hearing him admitting to hitting her back on purpose I was ready to lose it. Obviously I can't say anything so I asked to be moved to a different table. Even from the opposite side, I could still hear him yelling at her but within minutes, the two were groping and feeling each other up. Sickos.

Self-amazement

I don't know how it's possible but I just seriously hurt my finger while washing the dishes. I was washing a bowl when it popped and slipped out of my hands so I tried to catch it before it smashed down. Instead of catching it, the bowl just kind of fell/banged onto my pointer finger. Somehow that triggered massive and numbing pain. So now, amazingly, the whole finger is swollen and changing colors and I still feel a tingly sensation. Great, this will be real fun to sit and write through class this evening. Wow, do I have skills or what?

Peek-a-boo!

What a weekend, absolutely no work and all play. Of course I'm paying for it now but it was all worth it. I got to see dinosaurs, that's all that really matters. I would so want to be an archaeologist if it only involved digging up dino bones and pulling Indian Jones moves!

I've never realized how old I've gotten until I got home late on a Sunday night. Man, was I feeling it. But it's all good because it was for Emmy! We got to witness some male beating on meat bondage, hehe ;) It was the first time I've had meat stuffed with other meat, and it was good. Just remember, I only do the "shakedown" for you chica!

If only I could sleep as much as him...

Experimentation

I spent over 45 minutes in Petsmart trying to figure what brand of dog food to get. Well since Cinnamon turned 1, he's no longer a puppy so I have to start getting adult food. But the problem is that he hasn't been a huge fan of this Nutro brand. Originally I thought maybe he just doesn't like the lamb flavor that they have for puppies but the adult version is still the same flavor. So begins the question of what brand is best? It's so ridiculous because different breeders and trainers tell you different things. All I hear is that dog food with animal by-products, wheat, flour, or corn is extremely unhealthy for your dog. Also, any brands that you can get in a supermarket is also not good. Now if you want the really good tasting ones, they're going to be the ones that are unhealthy and probably going to make your dog shit bricks, which I definitely don't want. If I want something that he'll love to eat, it won't be healthy for him, but then if I want something that's good for him, he'll probably hate it. I just can't believe I spent that long looking over the ingredients of all the different brands, you'd be surprised by how many of the supposed "healthy" brands really aren't good. A guy working there recommended "Bil-Jac" and said that the dog from Frasier eats it and that they offer you money back if your dog doesn't love it. Yeah, as soon as I look at the ingredients, the 1st thing I read off is chicken by-products, organ meat only. How about a no? In the end, I chose the "Authority" brand, let's just hope this trial week will turn out a winner or it'll be back to the drawing board!

I Love Jack-Jack

Can I just say that Jack-Jack is the shit? He's sooo cute even though his head is way too big for his body. I can't wait to reward myself with watching it tomorrow after I finish my paper. What's cooler than a flaming baby?

On a side note, I have no idea why my rib cage hurts so much. If I touch it, it literally feels like I'm jamming a rock against it. Is it possible that I got whacked there and I just don't remember? I don't think I could have slept the wrong way, how would that make my ribs hurt?

Huh?

Walking from class back to the parking garage took such a long time tonight! I got back my resource folder/box and strangely I swear it's heavier now than when I brought it in. Of course tonight my bag was heavier than normal and I choose to wear heels. Smart. During the whole walk, there were these 4 guys just conversing about gum in front of me. Apparently, they were trying to find out what types of gums they all ate. According to them, there are 2 categories of gum, gay or fun gum. In my terms, I would think gay gum meant like fruity gum, not that I categorize my gum like that. So one guy explains that fun gum is stuff like Bubblicious and Big League, while gay gum is like Trident and Dentyne, stuff you use to freshen up your breath. I'm really not seeing how gum you use to freshen your breath is considered gay gum. Is it because it's gay to want fresh breath? Well what if you just enjoyed the minty taste, I mean, people don't eat mint chocolate chip ice cream to freshen their breath. If anyone can figure out their rationale, please let me know cause I really don't get it.

Marriage Craze

It seems like a marriage epidemic around me. Everyone and their mom's are getting married. I received a few "Save the Date" cards from people from highschool. Then, just last week I ran into Patty (she's a year younger) who told me that she was now engaged and getting married in August. I'm pretty impressed that she can handle going to school and preparing for the wedding in such short time. But the funny thing is that when I met her last semester she told me that she had just met her boyfriend in the beginning of the semester and all that she could ever say about him was that, "He's a genius. No, I'm serious, he's a genius according to the IQ test. He makes like over $100,000 a year so it'll be okay if I make nothing. My dream is for us to get married before I graduate. I mean, it is time, we have been dating for a few months and I think it's time for him to propose." Of course I thought that was funny because they've been dating for just a few months and she already stresses the, "It's time" comment. Well, he had apparently proposed to her over Xmas break which means that they had been dating for less than 5 months. I swear, if I used the "it's time" comment then I'd be owed like almost 5 proposals!

Not that I'm doubting if they're right for each other or not but I've just been wondering lately if the drive for marriage is different once you've graduated college? I rarely hear these girls gushing over their significant others, about how great they are, how everytime they're around they're like on a different planet, or how they just complete one another. It's now just always the it's time comments. It just seems like once you graduate, the next boyfriend you get is supposed to be your husband, regardless if they're that one. It kinda seems like they're okay with someone just fitting the part. I mean even with a few of my girlfriends, they've stressed being afraid of never getting married and that when they get another boyfriend, they're pretty certain that it'll be the winner. To me, I find that kind of depressing, that you're just giving into the next thing just because you're too afraid to wait around. Not that I'm pointing fingers and saying that it is wrong and that everyone who's getting married now is doing so for the wrong reasons. I just would like to hear people say that they're completely gaga over their men and not because they've been dating for a certain set amount of time and it is obviously time for the question to be asked. I understand that there is a need to have certain steps that you need to go through in order to accomplish a task but I don't think that should be applied to your love life. It goes how it goes, sometimes it can be up & down, sometimes it can be stagnant, then at times it can feel like you're riding a shooting star. I just think that we should be open to the joys and the possible pains, after all, that is part of life. It does suck to get hurt but without it, how else would we ever feel great love and happiness? Okay, I'm just rambling now, it's just been some thoughts that I've been having lately. I'm just wondering if it's really better to just get married at the first chance just so that you can close the doors on ever having to explore and getting hit with whatever comes its way.

Cinnamon's Army

So excited, well not as excited as Cinn, but I finally found these toys again! I bought a few since he adores these and he broke his 1st one. They're called "Bad Cuz," well they come in a "Good Cuz" too but that one is just white and doesn't have the cute lil devil horns. I swear, these things make the loudest high pitched squeak ever!! You'd be surprised because you wouldn't expect something so tiny to make such a loud noise. It was actually funny because me & Kevin were walking around in this little petshop and out of nowhere we both hear the squeak sound. Immediately we both turn and look at each other and go, "That's the toy!!" So odd that we'd both recognize it that well. Definitely unagi.

Mac Hell

What does spring break mean for grad students? It means now you don't have class so you have even more time to do work. But the best part is that they give us ridiculous assignments but no resources to back it up. I just spent over 6 hours in the comp lab until I got kicked out since they're barely open for spring break...yet I'm expected to have this stuff finished. I have never been so frustrated with computers, screw it, I'm going to say it, I HATE macs!!!! I hate them. I crashed 12 mac's today, 12, and they were all different ones too! Some I was only on them for a few minutes and they would just die. Makes things so easy when you tried out some stuff and didn't have time to save before they froze up too! Ugh, apparently some of the instructional programs I needed weren't on all the computers, in fact one of the comp lab aides told me that it would be only on one computer but they had no clue which one. So I got to go around looking for the programs I needed on every single mac. The frustration was even better when this girl Patty (never stops talking and never lets you get a word in) showed up and apparently she has the same class but different section. Yeah, they're behind us so she was working on a project that I had due last week already. She would not stop hounding me, holy crap, try it out yourself! I spent soo many hours on that same project myself learning everything on my own. Then when I had to move to the far end computers, she would scream for me across the room. To top it off, an undergrad came in and he was asking me all about these database things...can people not read facial expressions anymore? I was steaming full of frustration, why would I want to take what little time I have to help you? Of course I can't be mean and I just quickly gave a little help but I just couldn't stop the 2 from harassing me. Oooh the best part, my favorite aspect of a mac, that freaking beeping sound it makes, even when you don't do anything!! It's like the mac is prematurely ejaculating, nothing touches it and yet it goes boom! Yes, that was a sick comparison but I am so aggravated right now that I can't even think normally! In that whole room, you would just hear the 3 of us randomly shouting, "Shit, fuck, what the hell, why is it beeping when I didn't even touch it!!" Seriously, why does it beep so much? It feels like someone is taking a dentist's drill and sticking it into your head when you hear that sound. I was envisioning myself setting fire to all the macs or taking the keyboard and smashing it into the monitor. I swear, mac frustration can be worse than road rage.

Question Of The Day

I was running some errands today and decided to stop by the bank to pick up this rooster bank that Gigi had been holding for me. As soon as I get in, I get bombarded by everyone and they all made comments regarding how unstressed, upbeat, energetic, and healthy looking I was. Well of course I replied back saying that not working 6 days of week brings down the stress level and obviously I get more sleep. Then the same freaking question starts occuring..."Did you get fatter? Is your face more chubbier?" Hmm, thanks. I think maybe they were used to seeing me with the long curly hair so the short straight cut probably makes my face look more rounder? I dunno. Then my ex-manager walks out of the back and immediately says. "Hey. Did you get fatter?" Okay, what the hell? Am I really fat, did my face swell up? I swear, these are things that make girls bulimic and anorexic! I remember when I went to HK years ago, one of the women in the clothing store actually said I was fat just because I didn't wear the smallest sized pants. Imagine me being called too fat to find clothes? News flash, just because my body isn't like a complete stick and I don't have a flat butt doesn't make me fat. At least I won't snap like a twig or break my hips during childbirth. I swear, what a week it has been...first comments regarding the T's & now the fatness comment...what else can be said?

Oh, I did get a glimpse of what the uniforms/kaipo's looked like. Man, thank goodness I left before they enforced having to wear the kaipo's!! It is sooo ugly! The main dress part is this dark gray/green, with red trimming around the sleeves and red buttons. Then it's topped off with this pink vest with flowers on it, and then..this red busines jacket over it. Why would you even put those colors together? Why would you even match a kaipo with a big business jacket and what the heck is a vest for? It's like they're trying to combine a office look, with a waiter look, then with a chinese twist to it. Knowing me, if they tried to enforce this before I quit, I would have refused and quit even earlier. Too bad I don't have a camera phone or I could have gotten a pic!

"The Midas Touch"

I went to Midas to get an oil change this morning, hoping that the semi-crappy weather would deter all others from getting one. But of course there was still a wait but I think me being there in person made them just get to my car first. I knew my rear wiper was crapped out so I was going to eventually replace it. When the guy brought my car up front, he came in and said, "Stacey, your front & rear wipers are shot to shit!" Ok, it's not like he's my age, so I was lil weirded out that he would talk to a customer like that. Not that the word shit makes me uncomfortable since I use it just as much. They had the front wipers there but they didn't have any for my rear so he told me to go to an autoshop to look for it. Well I wanted an estimate before I decided if I wanted them replaced there or not, he was like, "It'll be $56 total for everything and I won't charge you for labor for the wipers." Eh, I figured why not, might as well get what I can get done in one place. Uhm, yeah, it took him less than a minute to fix it so why should he ever charge anyone labor for that? While waiting for my receipt and payment stuff, the guy (I think his shirt said Rob) was complaining about this psycho blizzard weather with the other mechanics. He was like, "What the F? It was 70 degrees yesterday and now it's blizzarding?!?" The other mechanic was like, "That's total bs, at max it was in its 50's, no way in the 70's. If it were 70 degrees, (pointing at me) she'd be in her swimsuit, tits and all on a beach! Right?" Woah, as if I'm going to answer you, I was so uncomfortable with his comment. Don't say tits at me or especially in relation to me. So I quickly got my stuff and left for the autoparts store. Of course they didn't have the part I needed but I was told there that my rear wiper is actually attached to the window so I would only be able to get it replaced at the dealership. Just great.

Go me, it's my birfday

Time sure flies fast....the lil monster is officially 1 years old....sigh, he's not a puppy anymore! Strangely, he actually didn't have a problem wearing the lil cone bday hat...as opposed to the tiara where he kept trying to whack it off. I swear, he gets so excited over the blower thing, he just bites onto it and keep wagging his tail non-stop. I owe him a bday gift though, I tried getting him this toy at PetSmart but they didn't have anymore. He even got a cake, well sorta. It was bread stacked in layers with some decorations around it...with a candle and his wheatable crackers on top. I swear, by the end of the day, he's going to be all cookie-d out. Oh yeah, happy birthday Jeff!

Happy Birthday Cinnamon!

Cinny & his new friend Lumpy

I think I've finally realized why it takes forever to finish any of my Thursday papers. One word, Cinnamon. I swear, it's as if he knows I need to be focused and that's the only time he'll keep hounding me for attention. When I'm watching TV, yeah he'll play on his own...but once he sees me at the desk, he'll do his non-stop baby whimpers and scratch at my feet and chair. So I give in, pick him up and let him sit in the chair with me. But noo, that's not enough, he has to jump onto the desk and in doing so, has added lines of incomprehensible text to my paper. Of course after like 2 minutes, he'll be incredibly bored and whimper to be put back down. He has also claimed ownership on all the socks and stuffed animals in the room. I just got the Lumpy plush as a bday gift and his eyes bulged out when I pulled it out of a bag. Well just before, he was extremely quiet so I had to see what he was up to...apparently he dragged the Lumpy doll all the way onto my pillow and was resting his head on the trunk. The strangest thing, at night he'll sleep all around the bed but only in the morning does he have to sleep on my pillow with his butt on my head.

Speaking of strange, my professor was so odd last night. He was extremely patient and not arrogrant at all! While working on databases, he actually complimented me, then stood there and made recommendations while showing me step by step. His normal behavior would involve becoming aggravated if you asked questions, never really answering any, and ridiculing you if you said something that wasn't smart according to his standards. I remember just last week this lady said something like, "My thingy isn't working." So he just flipped out and kept repeating, "You're thingy isn't working, your thingy?!?" Okay seriously, you know what she's talking about, just go over there and help her. It sucks that he does that because I'm never going to ask a question if I don't know the right terminology first. I think it was because he was on Percocet. I've been on it before, it's quite a high. It's not necessarily that you no longer feel the pain, it's that you just don't care. But of course all good things come to an end as his medication was wearing off towards the end of the night, immediately he was right back to his "cheerful" self. Oh wells, at least I benefited from his sudden high.

Representin the E-coast, yeah boy!

Highlights of the PSW Party:

• On the way there, I impressed Kevin & Ryan by knowing what IRC stood for
• Mint being confused with Basil (it's all good, I would have grabbed it that way too)
• Not knowing what tamarind was, but it's a good thing because no one needs poopy water
• 3 cakes
• Massive amounts of guy on guy gropage
• Red Bull & Vodka, it's an extreme upper for me!
• Intelligent conversations that dropped right down to the XXX-rated
• Wey's shirt becoming unbuttoned from the top, and then when it was fixed, it would start from the bottom up
• Locust incident around the meat
• Hooker boots & pointed mules
• Zach making extremely sexist remarks and awaiting his beatdown
• Bringing good wines, even though I picked them solely based on how cute the design of the label was

Up and Down


Yay, the professor's secretary called to cancel class! Apparently Christine says that faculty themselves are not allowed to cancel class but as she puts it, "since I take public transportation, I'm not going to endanger myself just to teach a few hours of class and neither should anyone else!" Hey, who's going to argue that? At least I found out early, not like back in undergrad when I wouldn't find out class was cancelled until I got to the actual lecture hall. Blah, but unfortunately although class was cancelled tonight, I still need to go to the computer lab for the macs.

Move it or lose it!


Strangest incident just occurred before. I was still up doing some work when I noticed some banging sounds but I ignored it, figuring it was nothing. Well, then the doorbell rings and I'm like who the hell is ringing our doorbell at 1:30am?!? So with Cinnamon howling like mad wolf all the way down the stairs, I look and see it's a cop. Uhm okay, that's not weird. Well apparently he rang the bell to let us know that the township/community is planning on plowing and all cars that are left on the street would be towed. So he was being nice in warning us. But come on, at 1:30am? Of all my years here I have never heard of a requirement like that. Besides, there is hardly any snow on the ground, why didn't they issue this last Thursday, or better yet, those few years ago when we had a few feet of snow? So freaking ridiculous. So now half of the neighborhood is outside clearing their cars and trying to find somewhere other than the street to park. It's f'in bs, that's what I say. My bet is that the plowmen are lazy and requested this absurdity. Apparently common decency no longer exists.