weird year, so far. mark's grandmother passed away. i had a death cold. we took an anniversary road trip to albany to see the river rats play the phantoms. that weekend was amazing. very simple, but taking a four hour ride with your favorite person is always nice. work is much calmer (duh) and we're borrowing harry for while to help us get things on track. did i mention i love harry? he's super. i am eagerly awaiting my days off (thurs & fri) so i can get my oil changed and start organizing my possessions. the CMO is right around the corner and mark said he'll go with me this year. i may have proven untrustable after last year... or he's gotten a tad more accepting.
i love you more than the week before i discovered alcohol -- Rx --
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you it may *seem* like a good idea to do a lotr extended versions marathon on a sunday, but it's not. we had a couple friends over, and it was a nice time... but LONG. stated at 9am, and we turned off rotk when all the added stuff was over, around 11pm. i did almost all the laundry, though, and that was a good thing.
been doing a tiny bit of writing (2 poems, hooray!) and realized when going through my files, that i've written a bit in the past couple years. maybe i'll start posting some of it up here.
"i'm writing to reach you" -- Rx --
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i am *not* a football fan. i enjoy watching some of the games some of the time, but other than admiring the crazed raiders fans, i am an eagles fan by default. the fever catches me and i want to see them do well. i like michael vick, too, so i am sad to see his season end. at this point i am just shocked that the birds won their game yesterday and actually made it to the super bowl. i should be home from work by 8:30pm that sunday; hopefully the game will be close enough then for it to still be exciting.
my wknd otherwise was pretty bland. i had a 3-day wknd (amy keeps giving me the best schedules), so i didn't have to worry about driving to pa in the snow. unfortunately the snow kinda kept us anchored and restless. we went to the store sat. morning, but spent most of the day just passing time. that night mark started shovelling, and he finished sunday morning. we took a drive to rogue's den that afternoon, and watched carnivale and desperate housewives at night. he's back at work today, and i have an eye doctor's appointment at 2pm.
skipped a week of d&d because adam forgot it was tuesday, but i am itching to play. the new complete adventurer book has been inspiring. and it looks like we're almost set to take our trip to medieval times.
we've started making our own mixed cds to bring to work. i'm reviewing mine now to see if i missed any songs with curse words in them. things at the store continue to go well. i went out for drinks with amy and randy (my store manager and district manager) on friday. it was good fun. i only had one drink because i had to drive home; i'm going to try to get mark to come out there with me this wknd to do it again.
"what was i thinking?" -- Rx --
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Happy Birthday, JEFF!!!
and tell me how is it fair that i am sick again? third cold in two months. bleck.
i lost my keys... in the snow. when mark was shovelling. buncha crap.
"i want a coin-operated boy..." -- Rx --
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oops. Happy (belated) Birthday, Brian!!! this means that i must eat japanese food again, which always ends badly...
keys found. hooray!!! still phlegm-y but healthier. working a million days. new checks still haven't come; bills late, which i *NEVER* do. finally bought the mastodon cds. so good! d&d is going super-well. i am death incarnate. (i *heart* sneak attack damage.) had nightmares; wrote poem. will post those soon...
"kickstart my heart" -- Rx --
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so. hunter s. thompson. hrmph.
today is the last of my mini-vacation. it followed 9 days in a row, approx. 90 hours in a row, and 2 of the worst work days that i have ever had. besides failing a loss prevention audit and wrongly confronting an asshole who was scamming us, we had 13 dvds stolen off out top 20 display on tuesday. wednesday mostly sucked because of the guilt and disappointment from the prior day, and my manager making me feel (intentionally or not) as though i single-handedly destroyed her store. she was on vacation, and i mishandled some projects. but anyway...
thursday was my first day off, and i went to the dentist. this is a big deal for me; i haven't been to one in about 13 years or so, and i've got some bad teeth... turns out, i've got great teeth, they're just aesthetically awful. i've still got baby teeth that need to be pulled, and my wisdoms are impacted, but after some oral surgery and 2 years in braces, i'll have a perfect smile. and the wisdoms are why my gums hurt, so i don't have to worry that all my teeth are going to fall out anymore. hooray!
wednesday night i took brian out for his birthday dinner. i had teriyaki eel and shared some octupus appetizers. and... i didn't get sick!!!! then we rented a movie called the hole that had thora birch and keira knightly, and it was good. overall, i had a super duper time.
didn't make it to jeff's party. i started to get one of my headaches friday night, and it lingered through saturday. i don't think mark minded not going, but he was very supportive overall. i spent the night moody as hell. we took a 45 minute drive, just to get out of the house and get some air. basically, it was a waste of a day, and aggrivating because i missed the overnight after fighting so hard to get to go.
sunday we saw constantine, which was not a prefect film, but had great special effects and was super fun. i played a lot of champions of norrath, we watched x-files (we're on the third season). i did a lot of laundry...
monday, i spent a few hours with my mom. she said my sister got my Christmas present and is planning on writing me back. i'm glad my 'i want to reconcile before one of us dies' letter inspired her to wait over 2 months to respond. but seeing my mom was nice; we hadn't had a good chance to sit and talk alone in months. and she promised next time i come over we'll watch pirates of the carribean, which i bought her last Christmas.
then i went to the mall and hung out at fye with wayne & damon (and emile), who are coming over on sunday to watch the oscars... even though i haven't seen most of the nominated films. i saw collateral... and i think that's it. i'm a slacker. after march, i think i'll have movies in my weekly budget so i can go see all the films mark doesn't want to see. (which reminds me, i saw 21 grams, and thought it was ok. scary naomi watts nipples and awesome benicio.)
today i am totally slacking off.
king diamond concert is coming up... tori cd came out today.
gotta go eat.
your questions exhaust me -- Rx --
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ciao -- Rx --
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i probably should have something that i want to say...
my downstairs neighbors moved out. we weren't super-close but they were good people and they looked out for us. good thing we didn't try to go halfsies on a snow-blower...
missed out on getting nine inch nails tickets, but we're going to see king diamond. the lineup was announced for ozzfest, and i decided that i am not working it this year (unless they add a date at holmdel) because we want to go watch instead. saw robots, which exceeded my expectations and was quite enjoyable. we were w/o the x-files for a bit, but now have 2 discs to watch... now i just need time off from work. finally going to see ginger snaps: the beginning with brian on monday.
trying to lose some weight. doing my step machine workout thingy (and almost broke my hip from overexerting myself) and eating less. mmmm, subway.
gotta go jacket -- Rx --
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i am feeling much better than i was 2 days ago, and am now super-excited to have a sister again. hooray, sister!
and to rant political for a brief second: Let Dying People Frickin' Die Already. what kind of life is brain-damaged and bed-ridden?
off to work.
-- Rx --
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running hurts. we caught a shoplifter yesterday after a mad chase through the mall. i may have detroyed my knee in the process. but we got our cd back. :]
things are going well, overall. bruce campbell at exhumed films on sunday, plans for games day wknd are shaping up nicely ($100 off our hotel room- hooray!), finally sent my taxes out, made my orthodontist appt., felicia didn't knock me off her friends list (yet...), the d&d game is fucking awesome (field trip tomorrow to midevil times!), srping has sprung, etc.
easter was a good day. we didn't do any of the church/family stuff, but we saw hostage (great great great movie w/ one of the coolest bad guys ever) and watched some more x-files discs. made tacos and pasta for lunch and dinner. watched desperate housewives (guilty pleasure) and the season finale of carnivale. it was a good time.
spoke to vanessa for about a half hour on the phone monday. she definitley seems to be less insane than she used to be. i'm going to try to plan a visit at some point when i can get a wknd off from work.
did i mention of excited i am for ozzfest??????
"the mere sense of living is joy enough" (emily dickinson) -- Rx --
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