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| I've not been posting as much lateley as I'd like, so this is the catch-up post:
First, I hope you're all having a great holiday. Stuff yourselves with too much turkey, watch too much tv, and don't let your families drive you completely (or any further, as it may be with some of my FList) insane. Hope you all had a good Halloween too. I wanted to go out, but my costume didn't get here in time (I ordered it off Ebay), I was cramping bad, and it suddenly got really cold, plus I was broke, so I stayed in and watched horror films instead. Now I'm doing my x-mas shopping on eBay and plan to be done with my shoppping before Black Friday even begins.
Next, we're in escroe with the house. We're waiting on the title and some last minute paper work. The original date that my loan-person-thingy was hopping for was to have us in by Thanksgiving but that obviously didn't work out, so now we're shooting for sometime before Christmas. We'll see, is all I can say.
We've been given free rooms at work (in case any of you don't know/have forgotten, I work in the casino industry in Las Vegas)this month and next. I stayed at the Flamingo last week. Even though I didn't get an upgraded room it was still very nice. Nicer than I expected it to be. My friend Amanda also had a room, so we were wandering around the Strip at three am looking for cake *LOL* She also introduced me to tequilla. Turns out I like it. Yay! Then on Tuesday I stayed at the Paris in one of the new upgraded red rooms. Very pretty. The big screen tv was longer than my arms when streched out fingertip to fingertip. Unfortunately, I can't sleep in hotels usually, and last week I was up for 48 straight hours because of it and this week it was about 36 hours with no sleep. Other than that, it was fun to do the tourist thing for a while. I've got a free room at Caeser's Palace next month. Should be fun.
On a less plesant note, I'd like to remind everyone to take good care of themselves durring flu season. A friend of mine at work took his pregnant, 25 year old girlfriend to the hospital with a mild case of the flu and she was dead within two days. She'd never had health problems and should have been healthy and should have easily shaken the virus. I don't want to hear about that happening to any of you.
Other than that I've mostly been obsessed with Dragon Age: Origins lately. Lots of fun, and I like the companinons (some games make you travel with some real idiots) and the plot for the most part. Very pretty too. And, hey, you've got to love a game where you can initiate a bisexual four-way orgy with yourself, your romantic interest, and up to two others! *LOL* Guess they really wanted to justify the mature rating.
Oh, and I actually bought a cd yesterday. I always download music (sometimes legally, sometimes a little less so) these days, but I couldn't resist buying Adam Lambert's new cd. Such pretty pictures *LOL* Loved the cd, so I'm happy with the extra trip to Best Buy. Go get the cd guys! Seriously. Loved is AMA preformance too ;) Mom thought it was pretty fun also, which was cute/funny.
Before I head off to play the addictive minigames on FaceBook and kill some demon ass on DA:O I thought I'd get caught up on my recommended reading list for the past few months. I don't think I'll finish any more books before the month ends so I'll just do September - November:
( 3 books for September, 4 for October, and 3 for November... ) | comments: Leave a comment   |
| I'm so tired lately. I don't get anything done; not the writing project that I started, or the rewrite that I'm supposed to be working on, or the drawing lessons that I'm supposed to be practicing. I hardley have the motivation to read most nights. I can't take a real vacation right now, not with the house and my financial issues, but I do have some vacation time saved up. I've decided to give myself some "mini vacations", and I'm taking three and/or four day weekends for the rest of the month. I'll regret it later, when I want to take all of my vacation time in one big block sometime next year, but right now I think it'll help. I don't remember if I ever wrote about it, but when I went to the ren fair last month I entered a raffel (I didn't even pay attention to what the prize was at the time, it was just free at the door) and got a call a few days later saying I'd won the grand prize. A week's vacation for two in Florida and on a cruise ship to the bahamas, all inclusive, but I had to get my own airfare and had to pay like $200 in fees/misc. Oh, and spend about an hour one of the days looking at a timeshare. No big, it would have been worth it IMO, but because I'm not supposed to touch my credit cards until we're done with the financing on the house I had to say no. Damn, but that hurt to turn it down. I never win anything, and now that I do I can't claim the prize because of a stupid house that I'm not even that in love with?! Sucks. I really could have used a cruise right about now. Don't know who I would have taken with me though. Maybe I could pick up some strange submissive boy on CollarMe.com? *LOL*
I've decided something though: the "energy" in this apartment just isn't right. So, I'm not going to sweat it if I don't get much writing or drawing done right now. I don't even have proper lighting or work space here. Once I move I'm going to set up a nice study for myself, with room to write, think, draw, and maybe even paint. I'll clense the space before hand and make sure that everything vibes in my new place. I think I'll put off the diet until then too. There's no room to exercise here, and the kitchen is too small to prepare anything properly. New house = new lifestyle. And if I slack off once I've finished moving and started my "new life", then I expect you lot to poke me with pointy internet-sticks and tell me to get off my ass and get back on track. 'Kay? *LOL* I love you guys, I'm sure I can count on you all.
Oh, and I know I forgot to do my "recommended reading" lists for the past two months, but I'll make a post with them this weekend. (my weekend, anyway) I know some of you have found some good books on my lists, so I hope I'll have something good for you this time around too.
If you want me for anything until then, I've been living on FaceBook lately. I'm addicted to those silly little games. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| I want to stay positive, but, damn, life kind of sucks lately. I haven't felt great lately, so with the amount of time I took off when I felt sick my p the house waakishly small. My closing date on the house was supposed to be yesterday, but now it probably won't be til sometime next week. And I need to come up with an extra $1000 because my damn debt to income ratio ended up being 1/2% off. Since we needed money for the house my parents haven't paid me for their part of the bills for the past two months, which has left me $600 short each month. I've got bills due before my next payday, but I can't touch my credit cards and all of my cash needs to go to the house. Plus, after we close, I'll still need money for a moving truck and to buy paint and crap to fix the place up before I move my stuff in. Oh, and once we're in it'll add another 30 min. travel time on the bus to get to work. At least. And they want to do the closing on a day that I work. They want me there at 11am, when I don't get home the previous night from work until after 1:30am and have to be back by 3pm. Then I woke up today and every muscle in my body hurt (I'm starting to think it's fybromyalsia, for a number of reasons) wich is normally nothing new, but this time it's bad. The joint on my right knee is throbing too. Having trouble breathing on top of it all. Oh, and it's so hot in my apartment that I'm sweating even with the air on full blast, which will probably lead to another $300+ power bill for my damn one bedroom apartment! And, on top of it all, my computer is running so slow lately that I think I must have a virus or something.
Okay, *deep breath*, I think that's about it. I don't like to whine too much, and I hate it when my FList is nothing but negativity, but sometimes we all need to vent, right? I'm done now. Promise. (for now anyway, I still have the closing and a four day weekend of moving ahead of me)
So, good stuff? Watched the encore of "Glee". Cute. Finished watching all of "Heroes". Loved it. I know a lot of people say S3 sucked, and sure it wasn't quite as good as S1, but I really enjoyed all of the show as a whole. Can't wait for the S4 premire in a few weeks. I've been getting caught up on "Bleach" episodes too, now that I'm done with "Heroes". I'm up to ep.200 right now. Any suggestions on what I should watch after that? I'm feeling kind of nostalgic, and I think I'll go for either classic "Star Trek" or maybe "Hercules"/"Xena", unless you guys have any better ideas. I've also been trying to catch up on my writing/editing and/or drawing too, but between the heat, my health, and the stress (I don't allow myself to get stressed much, so when I do I don't tend to take it well) I haven't felt very creative. Maybe the change in locations will help with that.
Last but not least, here's the August book list that I forgot to post last week. If anybody want's to know anything more about a book I reccommend/pan then just let me know. I know that I'm always looking for new (good) things to read, so I hope this helps with somebody else's quest:
( 5 books for August... )
That's about it for now. I've started getting really sick to my stomach and I just threw up, so maybe I need to go lay down. Wish I didn't have to go to work tomorrow. | | comments: 4 comments or Leave a comment |
| It's so hot. The temp is over 100 outside, and it feels almost as hot in my room. I've had matenance in four or five times in the past two months, and they almost always tell me that everything is fine. It's not! My air runs 24/7, and the livingroom feels okay, but the bathroom and the bedroom are at least 80 at night and hotter durring the day! The air right at the vent feels fine, but the coolness somehow never makes it all the way into the room. It's making me miserable. I'm glad that we'll be moving sometime soon. There's some problems with the loan from my credit union, but I'm working on getting that taken care of and we should be moving out in August. Yay!
Since August is almost here, I'll do my July book list. And June, since I forgott last month.
( 1 book for June and 3 for July ) | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| First sunburn of the year. Considering the fact that I'm so pale (I'm a redhead with a German and British heritage) that I almost glow in the dark it was bound to happen sooner rather than later, but it's still the official sign that summer has begun, at least for me. I walked up to the bookstore to pick up the new LKH novel, wore a tanktop, and somehow ended up as red as a lobster even with the sunscreen. Ouch!
It's getting busy at work again. Yay! (I guess.) We've had back to back calls all day for the past couple of days, which it's been a long time since that's happened, so I guess business is good. They'll probably still cut our hours on the next shift bid, but I don't like working a full 40/hrs anyway. So long as I have enough to pay my bills it's all gravy.
Since this is the first post of June here're my May book reviews. ( 4 books for May )
And, last but not least, I've got a stand alone short story to share. Let me know what you guys think, huh?
[[EDIT: the post was too big, so the fic is going in a different entry...]] | | comments: 4 comments or Leave a comment |
| Where has this year gone? I can't believe it's already the first of May 2009! Then again, I'm running a week behind everyone, so maybe that's part of the problem. I had some stomach problems last week, so I took off early on Sunday, went to work but took off as soon as I got there on Monday, I've got Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday off, and then I'd originally planned to take today off to go see "Wolverine". So, six days off, what do I do? Spend them all in bed! I felt so weak and drained from the stomach bug that I didn't do much the first few days, then I felt tired but better and spent more time in bed recouperating, then what happens last night? I get hit with one hell of a set of cramps and don't feel up to getting out of bed at all today. Damn. I mean, it's nice to catch up on sleep/rest and all, but this is getting stupid! Six days and all I accomplished, aside from rest, was watching a heck of a lot of episodes of "Bleach" (am I the only one that actually likes filler episodes?) edited a few chapters of one of my novels and did a lot of reading. It feels like such a waste.
Hope the rest of you have been fairing better than I have.
And, since it's the beginnig of a new month, here's the recommended reading list from April.
( 7 books in April... ) | | comments: Leave a comment |
| Thanks to everybody who wished my family well. Dad's still getting tests done, but he seems stable for now. He sounds tired but in good spirits when we talk on the phone, but I want to go and see for myself tomorrow.
My mom's birthday is in a few days (this is like the thrid time that my dad's been seriously ill/had surgery on her birthday) and I needed to go get her a birthday present today. I got her a body lotion/soap/mist set at Victoria's Secret. I wish I could get her more, but I'm really working at paying off my credit cards and I can't afford to do much else right now. I'm sure she'll like it though, I'm the only one to ever get her presents so she's happy to get anything.
I stopped off at the movies while I was doing birthday shopping. Saw "A Haunting in Connecticut". I really liked it. Sure, it's the sort of story that's been done a million times over the years, but I thought the acting was decent, effects were solid, and I screamed out loud three different times, which counts for a lot with me where horror films are concerned. It was a good distraction for 90 minutes or so.
And, since tomorrow starts another month, here's my monthly recommended reading list:
( 5 books for March... ) | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | So, I read on a vampire related LJ about something that just blew my mind with its stupidity. Aparently, some parent at a high school in Salt Lake City wanted/had (depending on who you listen to) the fourth book in the "Twilight" series pulled from the shelves. Why, you may ask? Because of an implied sex scene between the main characters on their honeymoon! Implied sex between two married people is too much for a high schooler to read about? WTF! Now, personally, I think the whole series should be removed from bookshelves everywhere for being some of the worst drivle ever written, but this is just too much. I'm offended by censorship of any kind, but this is just so lame it's funny. | | comments: 5 comments or Leave a comment |
| I can't believe it's already March 4th! Wow!
I'm in pain from bad cramps, so I've been usless the past few days (it's always that way at the begining of my cycle... TMI, I know) other than to sit like a lump on a log in front of my laptop. But before that I'd been feeling pretty good. I got a new interspring futon mattress that's really comfy, so I'm sleeping well, and I've started on a new vitamin and diet. So, a good night's sleep, vitamins, and a good diet seems to be making a difference. Yay! Then my cycle hits and I end up unable to sleep, I was awake for almost 40 hours straight with only a two and a half hour nap to keep me going, and I'm eating anyting in sight that looks good *LOL* At least I had a week of good health.
Luckily I've got a long weekend. I normally have three days off (today is the middle of those three) and I took a vacation day off on Friday so that I could go see "Watchmen". Yay! In fact, double yay! I can't wait.
I know that many of you won't believe me, but I spent several hours last night laying awake watching a weird white mist/shape hover around my ceiling, disapearing and reapearing every so often. Freaked me and the cats out. I swear, there's something in our apartment. And this might be doubly true soon. I've been looking at auctions for haunted/possesed dolls and items on eBay lately. I know that 99% of them are probably a hoax, but I've alwyas been sensitive to such things, so maybe I'll find a real one. It's something that's interested me lately, expanding on my natural gifts and exploring the occult/supernatural. I used to be big into such things when I was younger, but I've kind of gotten caught up in more material pursuits in recent years. Same thing with my faith. I'm Pagan. Always have been. But I was very into my spirituality when I was in highschool and college, but not so much lately. I've always known that the Goddess loves me, that she is aware of my feelings as well, so I haven't felt the need to express my faith as much as I might once have. I have an urge to get back into such things lately though.
Actually, I've gotten the urge to get into a lot of things lately. I started looking for drawing lessons this week. I gave up on my artistic abilities (or lack there of) a few years back when I wasn't getting much in the way of results. But last night I drew a tree frog that... surprise surprise... acutally looked like a frog! ( See? ) Looks just like a frog, right? It's incouraged me to keep going. I've also decided to work harder on learning a foreign language. I took French in highschool and college, and have been trying to teach myself Japanese for years. None of it has worked out so far. But I downloaded Rosetta Stone last week and my French lessons have been going pretty well. Seems like I learned more than I'd realized back in school. Makes me want to go back to the University of Dayton and tell my prof (who told me once that "it's for the best" if I didn't take her next class) that she was wrong. At least, a little wrong, anyway. Odd thing is, I tried the Greek lessons and I got 100% correct for the first five lessons. I didn't even know what Greek was supposed to sound like before clicking on the lessons. Weird.
So, I'm going to spend some time working on me I think. My writing, some sketching, language lessons, and spiritual development. Sounds like a good plan, no? should be fun.
Now, on to my regular monthly book recs:
( 8 books for February... ) | | comments: 4 comments or Leave a comment |
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| It's cold. And rainy. I love rain, but not when it's cold and I walk to and from the bus stop every day. It was so nice not all that long ago, I was wearing a t-shirt without shivering. I want spring! But not summer. I hate summer too.
Don't listen to me. I just like to complain. I haven't been sleeping well lately. Maybe two hours total last night. And I always feel weak and achey, all the time. Sucks. I hope it's just the constant changes in weather.
Work was actually busy today. For the first time in a really long time. I hate when the calls are back-to-back, but it's a good sign. The busier we are the better chance I have of keeping my job. I might not love it, but I need it. And it could be a heck of a lot worse. But, a note to anyone who's thinking of booking rooms in Vegas, ever: DO NOT call me last minute wanting a room for tomorrow when it's 1) Valentine's Day 2) a Saturday 3) convention season. No, I will not find you a room. We're sold out. And, no, you can't have a free room either! I'm all for being spontaneous, but last minute bookers who are shocked to find that there aren't any rooms left are one of my pet peeves.
What else is new with me? Found a new bookstore that sells lots of yaoi manga. Yay! It's at a lovely new outdoor mall. Watched "Layer Cake" last night. Damn but Daniel Craig is hot! Loved the movie too, don't know why I hadn't seen it before now. I downloaded a bunch of audio books, so now I'm listening to "Guilty Pleasures" on the way to and from work. I love the Anita Blake series, and although I like the newer books better than the old ones it's still fun to go back and listen to a book I haven't read in years. As for reading, I've given up my walks durring lunch due to weather and I spend the time reading. Right now it's "The Resturant at the End of the Universe", the sequel to "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". I loved the first one and found this one on sale for $2.99, so I figured I'd read it. At home I'm reading "Watchmen" becuase the movie looks really cool and I want to be caught up on the comic before I go see it next month. So far, I understand why people make such a big deal about it, but personally it's not doing much for me. We'll see what I think once I read the ending. I've also watched like 100+ episodes of "Bleach" in the past month and a half. And I'm still not all caught up.
Gotta do some organizing/moving next "weekend". My parents and I are doing okay living together, and it's saving money (we were able to get a really cheap used car, finally) but we've got to change a few things at the apartment to make it a little smoother. Oh, what fun.
BTW, for those of you that don't think it's a horribly commercialized fabricated holiday: HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! ♥ | | comments: 7 comments or Leave a comment |
| So, today I had a guest call me every name in the book. Happens more often than you'd like to think in my line of business (I work in a call center) but not too often to me. For some reason though I thought the guy was funny, so I might have said some things that will bite me in the ass later if anyone pulls the call. He starts off saying that he's calling representing some orginization, but if this is how he conducts business then his company's in some serious trouble. It went something like this:
[guy's mumbling]
Me: I'm sorry, what was your name.
Him: Harper. [yelling] H-A-R-P-E-R!
Me: There's no reason to yell, your cell phone's making the reception bad but I can hear you.
Him: Bitch.
Me: [trying to be a good girl] That was uncalled for.
Him: You're being a bitch.
Me: That's no reason for you to act like a jerk.
Him: Fuck you.
Me: That's uncalled for.
Him: [more cursing, me trying not to laugh] Fuck you! I'm going to come over there and fuck you in the ass. ((not sure where that came from))
Me: I doubt you're man enough, but you're welcome to try. ((I know some of the supervisors will laugh their asses off if they ever hear this, but I'm still pretty sure it's against the rules to reply to a "guest" like that.))
Him: Fuck you ((he wasn't very creative)) I know where you work.
Me: Actually, you called for Caeser's but that's not where I'm at, so I'm betting you don't.
Him: You're a bitch... [and so on, and so on...]
Me: Very mature. Maybe it's time for you to hang up now, little boy. Shoo. ((I'm not sure why I told him to shoo, I even made the hand motions that he couldn't see.))
Him: [more cursing] I'm going to get you fired bitch.
Me: That's nice. I don't much care for my job anyway. Maybe I can get unemployment.
Him: What's your name.
Me: Rachel. Want my supervisor's name too?
Him: [more cursing]
Me: Thank you for calling Caeser's Palace, I'm hanging up now.
[Disconnect]
Now, I think I behaved pretty well, considering what I wanted to say. I didn't get pulled aside by a supervisor any time today (this happened early) so I'm guessing he never bothered with a super. But, they do pull calls at random throughout the month, so there's still a chance that the start of next month will see this call coming back *LOL* Wish I'd thougth to check the caller id before he hung up though, I could have put his number all over the net or had someone prank him or something else childish and fun.
That was highlight of my day. How sad is that? Then I come home, find my W2 in my mailbox, do my taxes online and find out that I have to pay. Again. Sucks!
And now, the January reading list. I read eight books, counting manga. Yay me! My goal to read more books than last year seems to be off to a good start. As usual, the bolded titles are reccomended. Plus, I've added a heart/star rating system. (It's out of five.)
( 8 books for January... )
I'm off for the next three days. I'm loving this 32 hour shift, even if it does give me less money. I feel more rested with three days off every week, and I find that I've been taking fewer EOs too. Yay! | | comments: 8 comments or Leave a comment |
| I finally got to see "Repo! the genetic opera" tonight. Loved it! I mean, seriously, a goth opera? And Paris Hilton has only a tiny role, one where her face falls off on stage? Plus, I've loved Anthony Stewart Head since his days on "Buffy", so that was a bonus. It was worth the wait. I only wish it had played more theaters so I could have seen it at the movies.
I'm so loving this 32 hour shift thing. Tomorrow's my Wednesday and my Thursday all in one. Yay! My week's just started and already it's almost over.
Oh, and I finished reading "With Caution" last night. I thought the first book, "Without Reservations" was only so-so, but I loved this one. I was only looking for a hot and slashy werewolf book to pass the time, but I absolutely fell in love with the characters and I really enjoyed the story. I really hope there's more books in this series. Especially since I really want to see what happens with Jake's new pack and what happens between Rhys and Sterling now that they're mates. (I don't think Rhys will be able to hold out until Sterling graduates, like he's planned.) Consider it highly reccomended! | | comments: Leave a comment |
| HAPPY 2009!
Looks like another year is over. Here's hoping that 2009 is good for us all.
I didn't feel like going out for New Year's Eve, and it's chilly enough that I wouldn't have enjoyed it anyway, but that means that my NYE kiss was a cat *LOL* That doesn't bode well for the new year.
I don't really believe in making resolutions for the new year, since every day is an opportunity to change something about yourself, but in this up comming year I do have some goals: I'd like to get more written (I didn't get very much done this year), I'd like to finally "finish" something and have a go at having it published, I'd like to get some of my credit cards paid off, I'd like to get in better shape/eat better/lose weight, and I'd like to get laid more often *LOL* All managable goals, I think.
And (the last one of the year) before I go to bed here's December's reading list. As always, bolded titles are highly recommended. ( 26 Books for 2008 )
Hope you all had a great time tonight... enjoy the hangovers tomorrow *LOL* | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| But, no matter what life has done to me, I'm still a dreamer and an optimist deep down, so I know that it'll get better and that I can't let anything get me down. So, life sucks, but it could be worse *knock on wood* and I'll just rant a bit and then I'll feel better. I hope.
So, I leave for San Francisco the day after tomorrow, right? Guess what? I'm sick! A cold. My nose is red, raw, and won't stop dripping. My throat is sore. I feel achey and weak. Why now? Why? What did I do to deserve this? I swear, I'm on the Goddess' bad side for some reason all of a sudden. I'm staying in bed all day tomorrow, so hopefully I can shake it off in time. I've never been on a real vacation before, let alone on my own, so I need to be at my best. Oh, and my skin is broken out too and I just started my period! I just can't win!!!
Also, in the contiuing tale of the asshattery at work: my vacation has been scheduled and aproved for nearly two months now, right? Well, we were told about this temporary emergency shift bid (which I made it on to, btw) last week and they wipped the schedual that had been up out of the system to make room for our new shifts. Okay, no big. But, as of today at 8:30 PM, I still don't have any vacation time scheudled for past Thrusday. My vacation starts Thursday but doesn't END until Monday night. Now, only 12 hours of that is paid, and that's not what I'm worried about, but I really don't want to show up next week and be told that I've been fired because I didn't call in when I was supposed to be on vacation but they'd decided to schedual me. My sup can't do anything about it until we know what my new schedual is. Which is, supposedly, sometime tomorrow night. Arg! It's driving me nuts. Lord_Remo suggested a job change (thanks, btw) but I'm getting more and more certain that I won't spend another year in Nevada. Vegas is a vast improvement from San Antonio (any place short of Hell would be an improvement from that place) but it's never been home. I spent the first ten years of my life in California, and the more I think about it, the more I feel like we never should have left. I think next year is going to have a lot of changes for me: a new job and a new home. We'll see.
Now for some better news,since I can't stand to be negative all the time: I've almost got my three little pigs story done. I think I'll have it up in time for Yule. It's pretty cute so far, and I'm proud of it. I keep wondering if the reason I've never tried to publish my work is that I know that I'm not good enough or if it's just my own fear keeping me back. I get some great reviews when I post on AFF, and I have to admit that I'm please with 99% of what I post when I post it, but when I think of sending it to a pubisher it suddenly all looks like crap and I feel like a hack. Maybe some of those changes coming next year need to involve my writing too. Ever since I was a little kid, maybe five years old, I've dreamed of seeing my stories in print. I think it might be time to make that dream a reality. Or, maybe that's the cold meds talking *LOL* Who knows.
Oh, and I finally started reading John Barrowman's (Capt. Jack from "Torchwood") autobiography the other night. Have I told you guys lately how much I love him? Even sick and grumpy I'm sure to be in a better mood after a few more chapters of that book. He's like crack for my brain! (Good crack... not the kind that leaves me sick in a gutter somewhere offering to suck cock for five bucks to feed my habit. Just to be clear.) | | comments: 6 comments or Leave a comment |
| I can't believe it's less than two weeks until my vacation. I'm so excited! I have work for a full week starting tomorrow (actually, Mondays are only 4 hours, so is that even a full week) then I have my regular weekend, then I go back for 4 hours on the next Monday and I work all day that Tuesday. Then I have that Wednesday off (unpaid) then I go on paid vacation time until I get back from San Francisco (a four night/five day stay) and I'm off the day after I get home too. Yay! Considering that I hate (sort of) my job, I really need this. I'm so excited!
Living with the 'rents is going okay. Except, with my dad's medical conditions he doesn't have the most normal of sleeping scheduals (part of the reason I needed to get them out of their studio apartment, so my mom could have some space) and right now I have them in the bedroom and I'm in the living room until we get the two bedroom. Which means, when I'm trying to sleep (I go to bed late and sleep til about 10) he's trying to turn on the TV and open the patio to go smoke. It's going to take some getting used to.
And, since I forgot to do it last month, here's my recommended/not-so-recommended reading list for October and November...
( 1 book for October/4 books for November ) | | comments: 2 comments or Leave a comment |
| I'm going on vacation! Yay! I wasn't sure if I was going to get to go because of everything happening with my brother/moving/the family, but I got him to cough up an extra $200 today (I should have gotten $450 if my parents had moved in with me instead of the $300 he's given me since they had to stay to give him somewhere to go) and made him take me to the bank to deposit it. Then I came home and found that some of the prices had droped on Expedia and that I now had enough in the bank. 4 nights/5 days and round trip airfair with non-stop flights for under $500. I'm staing at the Raddison Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. So cool! I've never really been on vacation before, and never by myself. I've lived in a lot of different places (we were poor growing up and moved a lot so my dad could find work) but that doesn't count. My Gran and my aunt have taken me along on a few of their trips, but aside from the family reuninon where we went to Disneyworld about seven (wow, has it really been that long?) years ago I've never really gone on a trip just for fun. The only thing that I'm nervous about is the fact that I'm going alone. I do almost everything alone, and I know I'll actually have more fun this way, but being in a strange city all alone has me just a tad scared. But not enough to make me not go *LOL* I leave in less than a month. It's my holiday gift to myself, I guess. I'm so excited!
Oh, and thanks to everybody who gave me their "Twilight" opinions. I think, after hearing all of you, that I'll just save myself the time and effort and give up on it now. | | comments: 3 comments or Leave a comment |
| Okay, so a friend from work just discovered "Twilight" and is crazy about the books now. So, she says that I just have to read it when she's done. Which happened last night. So, today she brings me her copy and says that I should read it. Now, I understand the desire to share your favorite books with others, if for no reason other than you'll have someone to rave to about your pet theories/ships/the next book or whatever. However, I wasn't really ready to be swept up into the whole "Twilight" craze that seems to be going on. But, I don't want to be mean, and I loves me a vamp book, so I was willing to give it a try. I'm 100 pages in and all I can say is *yawn* It's not, by far, the worst book I've ever read. Or even the worst vampire book I've had in my hands. But (maybe I've read too many vamp books) it just seems kind of dull and unoriginal. Or am I the only one who thinks so? Anyway, have any of you read it? I need to know if I should bother with the next 400 pages, or if I should read the summary and tell her thanks but no thanks (if I say I didn't finish it she'll just say that I need to finish it to fully appreciate it, so I'll lie if I have to) Any opinions?
Oh, and an FYI to those of you who read my fics. I've been neglecting my writing this year, so I've set myself some new goals and they seem to be working. I've gotten about 5000 words done on my "Little Mermaid" yaoi original short done in the past two or three nights, and I think I may just finish it this weekend. It'll be the first thing I've finished in months. But things are looking up. Yay! | | comments: 11 comments or Leave a comment |
| But not much stranger than this. I won the football betting pool at work! Yes, out of almost 300 people, some of which follow the sport religiously, I won for week 4! I was the only person to go 12-4 this week *LOL* How, might you ask, did I do this? I picked my favorite mascots. So, there you have it, the secret to winning your workplace pools *LOL* I got a $20 Sabbaros gift certificate out of it, plus a good laugh, so I'm happy. Still, it's the weiredest, most utterly unexpected, thing to happen to me in a long while.
And, lest I forget, here's my September recommended reading list. I just finished a book tonight, but since it's already October that means I only finished ( 1 book for September... ) | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
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| Okay, so, it's been an interesting week at work. I get to work on Monday morning and I see that my schedual has been changed to read "Shadow Training" for the whole week. (FYI, shadow training is when a seasoned agent [i.e. me] sits with a new hire and teaches them the ropes in a real world setting.) Now, I vaguely remember agreeing to do this about a year/year and a half ago, but my schedual was always too late for them to want me to actually do it. So, even though it caught me completely off guard I decided to do it. If nothing else, it allows me to be out of adherance all week because I constantly need to be taking myself off the phones to explain things to the new kid. So, here's how it's supposed to work: day 1 - the new hire watches me do my thing, day 2 - the new hire types while listening to me talk to the guest, day 3 - the new hire talks to the guest while I handle the typing, day 4/5 - I keep an eye on the new hire while they do the whole thing. Then, we set them lose on the world. (Well, since I have a four hour day on Mondays, they actually gave me a new hire for six days, but that didn't change much on the schedual.) I was kind of excited, because it meant I got to do something different for the week, and because I like to meet new people at work. I wanted to be helpful, and I remembered that my shadow trainer from back when I started (My hire date is October 2, so it's about to be two years for me!) had been nice and was a lot of help and I wanted to get the chance to do the same thing for someone else... ( And then it went downhill from there... ) Luckily, I'm not the kind of person who hold on to stress, so I'm doing my very best to forget about this mess until Monday. I say yay me for not having already walked away. One of the other trainers did, and their trainee pretty much got fired because of it. The little bitch should feel lucky I haven't done the same thing. Yet.
In other news, my mother told me that my brother's girlfriend has told her that she and my brother are getting married next year. She even invited me to be in the wedding. They can't be in the same room, or out in public together, without having a fight. She won't get a job, she's a fat slob, and my brother can barely take care of the two of them. He owes me almost a grand, btw. I told them hell no, I refuse to take part because I don't approve. It's crazy! Although, after having seen my brother yesterday, I feel a bit better about it all. His exact words? "A lot can happen in a year." Asuming she doesn't trick him into getting her pregnant (I wouldn't put it past her) I don't think they'll be together six months from now, let alone long enough to get married.
I stayed with my parents last night, and then we went and walked around the strip today. Most of you know that my dad's not well, and my mom's not much better. Mom also says that Dad misses having us around, and that he gets depressed when I skip visiting on any given weekend. Plus, he wants a puppy for company, but they don't allow them at their place. Long story short? They want us to all three get a two bedroom apartment when my lease is up in February. Granted, it would save us money. In fact, I could EO twice as often, I could take the trip I've been wanting to take to San Francisco, and I could pay off my credit card bills in half the time. I give them money to help them out almost every month, I spend my weekends over there more often than not, and I don't even use the bedroom in my apartment (I'm still camped out in the living room.) so it certainly would eleminate some of the double dipping. Plus, I don't have time to have a puppy, since I live alone and work full time, but I still want one. If we lived together then they could look after my pup for me, and it would make Dad happy. I don't want to give up my privacy. I like walking around my kitchen naked at night, I like singing to myself whenever I feel like it, and I like not having anyone to answer to. Plus, I hate smoke, and my dad refuses to quit. My mom worries that I don't eat right (everything I eat is microwavable, and I've not turned on my oven, even once, the whole eight months that I've lived here) on top of everything. She'd do all the cooking and cleaning, so that's a plus. So, even though I don't exactly want to, I'm probably moving in with my parents next year. Or, really, they're moving in with me. But I'll only do it if we can get one of those roommate layouts, with two seperate master suites. I'm not giving up my space along with my privcy!
Today I baked from the heat while I was out on the strip. How anyone could think global warming isn't real is beyond me. Just come to Vegas in the fall! There was a pretty funny band at the Carnival Court though. And I got to use my Victoria's Secret gift card before it expired on the 30th. Got to try out my new shoes too. Got them last week, Reboks, $70 shoes on sale for $30. Very comfy. I have lots of trouble with my feet, so any shoes that don't hurt make me very happy indeed. They're green and silver too. Cool!
Now I'm home and getting ready to play some PC games. I've been playing Neverwinter Nights 2 for at least a year, and I'm close to the end, so yay! I think I'll stay in tomorrow, finish that, read a bit (I'm reading "Baked to Death", the thrid in the Simon Kirby-Jones vampire books right now.) and try to get some writing done. Wish me luck! | | comments: 9 comments or Leave a comment |
| Happy holidays to those of you who have the day off! (Like me.) I spent the night over at the 'rent's place, which was nice, but now I'm home alone since I managed not to get rangled into the bbq tonite at my brother's girlfriend's house. Yay! Last night we watched the newest "Harold and Kumar" movie, *LOL*, and I watched "Behind the Mask: the Rise of Leslie Vernon" when everybody else had gone to bed. Interesting movie. Kind of a slasher spoof, but not in a ha-ha funny sort of way, if you know what I mean. Horror/slasher fans on my FList can consider it recommended. Unfortunately I spent the late night/early morning puking my guts out. Not sure why, probably too much heat (the weather is gorgeous today though) and sun, but I still don't feel right. Seems to happen everytime I have a long weekend! Oh well, such is life, no big deal. I'm getting paid to not be at work today, so I guess I can just take it easy and enjoy the free cash. (That thought makes me feel better, *LOL*)
And, for those of you who are interested, here's the August recommended reading list:
( 2 books for August... ) | | comments: Leave a comment |
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