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Can you tell the difference between Acme and SkyMall products?

2011-02-21T19:32:00.000-08:00

I can.

ACME or SkyMall?

Score: 100% (10 out of 10)

Before and after pictures

2010-09-06T20:11:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of me before I lost weight

Before picture

And here is one of me after

Much better after picture

Totally awesome.

Quiz results down the road

2010-08-18T20:52:00.000-07:00

I found the results of a quiz I took a few years ago, and just for fun, I retook it to see if I got the same result. Not quite.

Current result:

Old result:

Up to speed

2010-07-19T19:36:00.000-07:00

Here's what I've been up to:

Weird Al concert last week
Moved...again...it had better be for the last time...
Fought with my computer for ages, got it fixed, went into Internet coma for days after
Read lots of books
Became single
Not much else

What have you been up to?

Children's Books That Never Made It

2010-03-22T20:18:00.001-07:00

1. You Are Different and That's Bad
2. The Boy Who Died From Eating All His Vegetables
3. Dad's New Wife Robert
4. Fun Four-letter Words to Know and Share
5. Hammers, Screwdrivers and Scissors: An I-Can-Do Book
6. The Kid's Guide to Hitchhiking
7. Kathy Was So Bad Her Mom Stopped Loving Her
8. Curious George and the High-Voltage Fence
9. All Cats go to Hell
10. The Little Sissy Who Snitched
11. Some Kittens Can Fly
12. That's it, I'm Putting You up for Adoption
13. Grandpa Gets a Casket
14. The Magic World Inside the Abandoned Refrigerator
15. Garfield Gets Feline Leukemia
16. The Pop-up Book of Human Anatomy
17. Strangers Have the Best Candy
18. Whining, Kicking and Crying to Get Your Way
19. You Were an Accident
20. Things Rich Kids Have, But You Never Will
21. Pop! Goes the Hamster...And Other Great Microwave Games
22. The Man in the Moon is Actually Satan
23. Your Nightmares Are Real
24. Where Would You Like to be Buried?
25. Eggs, Toilet Paper and Your School
26. Why Can't Mr. Fork and Mrs. Electrical Outlet be Friends?
27. Places Where Mommy and Daddy Hide Neat Things
28. Daddy Drinks Because You Cry

2009-06-07T15:45:00.000-07:00

Apparently I could set my blog up for mobile posting. When I get my next phone, I just might.*
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I have lost the desire to blog.

*deja vu here. I think I typed this in my dream last night, and yet, I did not know about mobile blogging. Odd!

Planning planning

2009-04-25T14:39:00.000-07:00

My friend Kristen is getting married in May, and I am in charge of planning the bachelorette party. I can't say much about where we are going, because I am not sure if she reads this or not, and it's a suprise. But I am excited.

Mmm...

2009-03-11T21:30:00.000-07:00

Still eatin' lots of eggs.

Still gone...

2009-03-08T20:17:00.000-07:00

I miss my computer. It has been gone for almost six months now.

I am boring

2009-03-03T22:12:00.000-08:00

Did you know the computer part I had so much trouble with and returned back in November sometime has still not been refunded to me? I am getting a little antsy.

But for the most part, I am pretty much a bum. I go to work and I go to school, and in between I don't really do much. And yet, I never seem to have any free time. How did I get anything done when I had two jobs and had a mini social life? Plus, I am a maid of honor in a wedding coming up in May, so I am always trying to remember that I need to get shoes, or how much I need to set aside for the remaining payment on my dress, or trying to write a speech that I can give without losing it and crying and never really finishing it. I must be sleeping too much or something, because I would swear that a couple-three years ago I would have no problem fitting all this stuff in. I am also tryng to pick up my daily exercising again, but I am really slacking in that area. I need to pick up the pace a bit. Story of my life.

Bear update

2008-12-06T17:36:00.000-08:00

My bear went through the wash and is now better than ever! He is very bright red, and he had gotten so dirty over the years he had turned a burgundy color. He did not fall apart, and is back on my keychain, busy being a bear on a keychain.

I feel so funky

2008-11-13T20:50:00.000-08:00

Guess what I did.

When I threw away the garbage before heading to class tonight, I once again demonstrated my supreme idiocy and tossed the bag with the hand also holding my keys. Guess what flew into the dumpster with the trash?

Keys!!

Aren't I clever? Luckily, I am clever enough to know what a dumbass I can be, so I did have my spare set of keys in my purse. However, it did not contain the spare apartment key; the last catsitter still has it. I did the only thing I could do - got in my car and went to class. I had a major test tonight I could not miss.

My sister met me at home when I got out, and let me into the apartment, and then stood guard while I climbed up on a chair, carefully climbed into the dumpster, and started tossing bags, looking for my keys. It took a good five or eight minutes for me to find them - there was a lot more garbage after class than there was before, and my keys were hiding under some awesome bags o' trash. I climbed back out even more carefully, came back in, washed my keys*, and took a long hot shower with lots of soaps. I feel much better now, and I can add a new experience to my list...
"Yes, I have been in a Dumpster before, thank you."

*All of my keys are clean, except for one thing. I had a fuzzy red bear keychain that I am afraid will never get clean again. It was some kind of birthstone bear, and I have had it longer than I have had my current car...actually, I have had it since before I owned a car, come to think of it. It is a red bear about as long as my finger, and I will really miss it. I am going to try to put it through the laundry, but it might fall apart or something, and after sitting in a dumpster for four hours, I don't think anything else will really get it clean. Wish my bear luck on his aquatic journey!

Computer troubles, still

2008-11-12T10:31:00.000-08:00

I finally got everything straightened out from the bastards I originally ordered my replacement motherboard from (see below). It turns out that they didn't have the part in stock to start with, and never bothered to inform me, cause hey, I was just trying to buy one. So we got the order negated, and Mike found one on eBay instead. It came in about a week ago, and he put it in the computer, and it worked. BUT - it will not work with my wireless keyboard and mouse, and if you plug any kind of USB thing into it, the speed of the entire computer drops to just below glaciers. Not awesome. I refuse to give up my mouse and keyboard, as well as any hope of plugging in my printer, iPod, camera, and phone into my tower ever again, so we are going to return this motherboard and try a third time to get one that will actually arrive and work like it is supposed to. I am really getting tired of all this, plus I am PMSing really bad, so I am at the point where I am just like "fuck it, I will just never get this one replaced, I will just buy a whole new fucking thing". *sigh*

Plus I am having some kind of sinus problem which I have never had before, and it is fucking with me. I am just incredibly blah right now. How're you?

Computers blow

2008-10-28T20:31:00.000-07:00

My computer has been broken since shortly before September 13 (see Twitter). It is now October 28. That breaks down to six weeks, or 46-ish days. I am going nuts. The only computer time I get, like now, is a few minutes borrowed on Kati's computer or maybe once in a while when I am over at my boyfriend's and can jump on for a second. We bought a graphics card for it, but that wasn't the problem, so we had to send it back. Next we tried a different power supply, but that didn't do the trick either. I ordered a new motherboard a week ago, but they are still "processing" my order, and haven't even billed me yet, so I imagine it's going to take a while to get here. Bastards. I miss having my computer, with all of my crap and Sims downloads and iTunes on it, and using my mouse and keyboard which I love. At the rate we are getting this fixed I will be lucky to get it going by Thanksgiving.

Twitter

2008-08-24T18:00:00.000-07:00

I am trying out this new thing called Twitter. I'm still not sure what it does besides make internet post-its of what you are doing. There is some kind of button to put on here, but I can't make it work yet, so here is the direct link. Have fun.
Me on Twitter

Lots of good news today!

2008-07-19T21:25:00.000-07:00

Having a more reliable internet connection does not mean I post more. It seems that I actually post less because now I can spend all my time on YouTube and Neopets.

And now for something completely different:

I am getting promoted!! Instead of just being an assistant beauty advisor at my store I will be the senior beauty advisor at a different store. This means more hours (but not many more), a raise, and I get to go to occasional meetings about makeups and things. The new store is a little closer than my current store, and a little smaller as well. Plus, the new store has set delivery days, unlike the store I work at now, where it changes after holidays. The only thing I am sad about is leaving my store. I am really going to miss almost everybody I work with, and I will even miss some of my regular customers. It will also be difficult to remember that everything from toothpaste to soda is in a different aisle now. However, the pluses way outweigh the sad things, and I am pretty damn excited. I am going on vacation in a week and after I get back at the start of August, I am not sure if I will still be at my old store or if I will be sent right to the new store.

More good news:

I won 500 dollars!!! My store's cosmetic department won a contest that was held back in like May to see which store could sell the most of a certain line, and our store won, so each girl that worked in cosmetics at the time won a $500 AmEx gift card. Pretty sweet, huh?

I have been having like the best week ever.

I guess you'll do

2008-03-26T22:05:00.000-07:00

Eggs

2008-03-03T22:51:00.000-08:00

I have recently discovered that I really really like eggs. Mostly hardboiled or in egg salad, but also fried or as the outside of an omelette. I don't know what clicked in me but suddenly I realized I can make eggs (I couldn't before we moved because you can't really make an egg in the microwave) and eggs taste damn good. I eat a lot of eggs right now. Probably in a few weeks I will not want eggs for months.

We have moved.

2008-02-21T22:36:00.000-08:00

So.

We moved on the first of February. There was between six and seven inches of snow on the ground, depending on where I was measuring. Needless to say, it was the easiest move we have ever had. (note sarcasm) It actually wasn't as bad as it could have been. We started about eight in the morning and were finished by seven that night, even with taking out something like two hours to sign the lease and all that crap.

So we have been here now for about three weeks, and it has been awesome. We do our own grocery shopping and laundry and cooking and stuff, and no one gets pissed when we use our oven. I also have the internet again, and now it does not come and go when it pleases. I can get online whenever I please and not get disconnected halfway through. Does this mean I will be posting more? No one knows! Wait and see.

Only a couple of days to go!

2008-01-29T18:07:00.000-08:00

Ahhh! We will be moving on Friday! Holy crap, there is still much to do!

Most of my crap and furniture has been temporarily moved to Mike's parent's garage to get it out of the way here, boxes and the like. On Friday he will be getting the delivery van from work for the day, and we will make a load of the stuff at his house and put it in the new place, and then we will get the load of stuff from my place and move it to my place. AWESOME!

I cannot wait to be always connected to my own internet, and make frozen pizzas using my own oven whenever I want, and ..... IT WILL BE SO AWESOME AS TO BE UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!

I am excited.

So much happening all at once!

2008-01-14T19:25:00.001-08:00

Okay, so here's the rundown:

Kati and I have looked at some apartments and decided to go with the one we looked at first. It is a nice two bedroom apartment on the lower level and it is only $525 a month. We will be moving sometime around the first of February. I have been packing for the last few days, even though I have plenty of time, because I just can't wait to get out and start living on my own. It will be pretty awesome though, because it will be just the two of us and we will have stockpiled so much stuff we should be set. I am even getting the couch and chair from the living room to take with me.

I'm so excited!

Celebs without makeup!

2008-01-02T17:40:00.000-08:00

Diet Cat!

2007-12-20T22:33:00.001-08:00

Robot Chicken rules

2007-12-20T20:50:00.000-08:00

And here are some quotes to prove me right.

Mother: "What did I tell you about being stupid? You don't get a birthday this year!"

Child: "Is this gonna hurt?"
Doctor: "Only if God hates you."

Guy: "Why don't you take your BAR and shove it up your ASS! I'm watching TiVo!"

I never get a spaceship, never!

You totally...

2007-12-03T22:46:00.001-08:00

...have to watch this.

And here are the lyrics if you want to sing along.

Nothing's happening...

2007-11-24T13:35:00.000-08:00

Here I am, blogging again. Not too much going on.....I got paid the other day, got all my bills taken care of and bought myself a new digital camera, because when I busted my knee I also busted the camera. I still have some money in the bank and shouldn't need to spend all of it. I am kicking a cold's ass. I have almost all my Christmas shopping done - just need to get two or three people yet. Pretty soon I will start serious apartment shopping and inventorying my stuff to see what I need to get by March. I currently have plenty of clothes. Nothing else going on....I'm pretty boring. Did you read my last post?

Progress report

2007-11-23T22:15:00.000-08:00

It has been a year since I decided that I needed to lose weight. I bring you now the current numbers:

I have gone from 220 pounds to 186 - lost 34 pounds so far. Maybe you think that's not a whole lot to lose in a year, but here's a breakdown for you...
34 lbs/year
2.83 lbs/month
0.65 lbs/week
0.09 lbs/day

Check that shit out.

So I have lost 34 pounds. I have gone down two pants sizes, from an 18 to a 14. I have totally given up soda and have cut down on candy. I drink a lot of water and eat pretty much what I want, just not as much. I also don't usually eat after 9 or 10 at night. I walk to work 2-3 days a week and do 90 sit-ups each night (every few days I add a couple sit-ups). I am sleeping better at night, have gotten sick exactly once this whole year, and I have a lot more energy to do stuff. I look better overall, not just thinner but my skin looks clearer and my hair is more awesome, thicker and softer and shinier. My nails break less often. My butt feels better when I sit on it. It is easier for me to get in and out of cars, even small scrape-your-ass-riding-in-it cars. I can bend more. I am in a better mood more often than I used to be. Next time I go to Six Flags, I will know for sure I can fit into any seat on any ride comfortably. My face looks better proportioned. I am not constantly half-constipated.

In short, I am shrinking and I feel AWESOME!!!!!!

Thanksgiving dinner review

2007-11-22T20:08:00.000-08:00

Turkey not too dry this year. Gravy was good, mashed potatoes not bad for instant, corn casserole moister than I can get it, didn't eat rolls or stuffing or green bean casserole (nasty). Didn't overeat this year, go me. Leftovers soon.

It's back!

2007-11-18T22:46:00.000-08:00

The Internet is back, and it is about 77% reliable!

Woot!

On a totally related note, have you ever surfed the internet so long that your hand got all sweaty and cat hairs were sticking to it and you had to keep wiping your hand off on your shirt even though you knew you should just take a break but you had so much stuff to catch up on that you couldn't bear the thought of stopping even for five minutes til you got all caught up with your email and your blogs and your myspace and your facebook and your webcomics and updating stuff?

Not that anything like that happened to me.

No Internet =(

2007-11-05T12:38:00.000-08:00

My internet at the house is no longer there. We are supposed to be getting cable internet next Sunday, but I will not have any way to get online until then, and maybe longer, depending on how setup goes. Isn't that sad? I just hope that we get the interweb up and running soon, and that it stays up most of the time.

Yesterday

2007-10-27T10:01:00.001-07:00

Fell down and busted my knee.

Awesome!

Moving out soon

2007-10-24T10:02:00.000-07:00

So, a couple of days ago, my mom told my sister and I that we need to move out by April. She and her boyfriend won a cruise from the newspaper contest, and they're going on March 30, so they decided that the best thing ever would be for them to get married the day before and use the cruise as their honeymoon. Since he is going to be moving into our house after they get back from cruising, mom has decided that there is no room for Kati and I to stay in the house. Since we are both still in college and not making tons of money, we decided that we will be rooming together for at least the first year. We are now getting busy apartment hunting and putting together all the miscellaneous crap you need when you first move out - trash cans, mop and broom, dish drainer, ect. Both of us are looking forward to not living at home any more, but we wish we had a little more notice and money saved up. Oh well. At least mom gave us a few months' notice and wasn't all like "move out by next month". Anyone know of any good apartments near here?

Hamsterless

2007-10-20T11:54:00.000-07:00

My little Honeyface passed away last night about 11. I am now hamsterless for the first time in years. I got my first hamster, Munchkin, sometime in late 2001 or early 2002 (all I remember for sure is that it was cold time). My sister got a hamster at the same time (sister hamsters from the same litter). After a while she got tired of taking care of her hamster and passed her on to me. I renamed her Chipper. A year or so later my boyfriend suprised me with a little dwarf hamster I named Cosmo. I also fell in love with a little black bear hamster I named Smokey (the bear). She came along after Munchkin passed but before Chipper. Cosmo also died around this time. I got another hamster named Pumpkin who only was with me a couple months before contracting wet tail, and a Chinese dwarf hamster named Starry. Shortly after that I adopted Fred from a family who had gotten a pet that they shouldn't have for their daughter (she was way too young to take care of a hamster). A couple months after that I got Honey. Smokey died not long before we moved last September and Starry a few months later. Fred passed away last month, as you know, and Honey was my last baby.

I am not planning on getting any more hamsters for a while. I still have 2.5 cats to take care of, plus I am busy enough with school and work that I do not feel I should take on any more responsibilities. I am also still hoping to move out within the next couple of years, and that will take up a lot of my time and energy - not just the move itself, but the effort needed to find a nice apartment before moving. This is not to say I will never have hamsters again, but not in the near future. Plus I hate the fact that they live only a couple of years before they die. I would like to get something like a ferret, chinchilla, rabbit, ect. that lives a little longer. However, if anyone knows of a fuzzy (not a cat or dog) that needs a good home for some reason (accidental litter, allergic, moving), please let me know. I will probably take whatever you have. No bugs please; I have never understood the twisted mind that keeps a giant mutant centipede or spider as a "pet".

Attention -

2007-09-17T13:24:00.001-07:00

I can fit into a certain pair of pants for the first time in about 3 years. Also, my lunch was veggies. That is all.

RIP Fred

2007-09-07T12:05:00.000-07:00

Fred died today. I got him out to play about 11, and let him run around on my desk for a bit. He climbed into my hand and had a nap, and passed away in his sleep.

Goodbye, Fred. You rocked.

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Decorating with Natalie

2007-08-16T22:11:00.000-07:00

Natalie Dee has a web comic that updates every day. It has pretty awesome comics and sometimes blogs. I think you should check it out.

NatalieDee.com

Also, she gave the best decorating advice EVER. Click here and read the first paragraph of her answer, the one about stuff storage. If you do this, your room will look bazillions cleaner.

Thanks Natalie!

Did you know assholes drive big black SUVs?

2007-08-02T17:44:00.001-07:00

So, today for dinner my sister and I went to Dairy Queen. On the way home we have to pass a police-enforced stop sign that is twenty feet away from their City Hall. If you don't come to a complete and total stop at this sign, you get a ticket. Anyways, we were coming home, and when I got to the stop sign, I stopped. Before the car even stopped moving the asshole in the big black SUV truck thing behind me started honking his horn. Not just "beep", but "HHOOOOOOOOOONK HONK HONK HOOOOOONK" over and over again. So I flipped him off. When I started back up, I made sure to stay safely below the speed limit of 30. He ran the stop sign to tail me, and kept about four inches from my bumper at all times. Two or three times he made like he was going to pass me on the wrong side of the two-lane road, but each time there was oncoming traffic. Then I put my blinker on and started to slow down to turn down a side street, and before I can get close enough to the street to really begin my turn, he whips out into the wrong lane and passes me, waving his middle finger at me the whole time.

WHAT AN ASSHOLE!!!!!!!!

If you read this, asshole, and I hope you do, I just want you to know that I sincerely hope you fall in a sewage pit and die a slow, painful, and irritating death right after seeing your car keyed all over and shit on.

Ralph Lauren makes paint too

2007-08-01T23:25:00.000-07:00

Bet you're suprised to see me on here again so soon.

Does anyone know where my gallon of Ralph Lauren (some blue color) paint went? I can't find it anywhere in the laundry room. If I have to buy a whole nother gallon just to paint 10 feet of hallway I am gonna be so pissed. I don't even remember what the hell color it was. Find my paint!!

Busy busy beaver

2007-07-31T22:23:00.000-07:00

Okay, so, I haven't posted in forever and a half. My internet is very patchy at the moment, so there are a lot of chunks of time where I cannot get online at all, or I am on for ten minutes and the internet dies. This is not conductive to blogging, because every time I did manage to get on, I had more important things to do, like pay bills and bank stuff online, and check myspace, and read other, more interesting blogs. I have also been busy doing "real world" stuff. I registered for classes and I am trying like mad to make enough to pay for them. I made my quota every single day I have worked ever. I won a prize. I am still trying to get rid of fleas. I think I am succeeding, slowly but surely. I went to a birthday party. I went on vacation to Wisconsin but did not get cheese curds. *sad face* I did get a sunburn on my face and neck, and also the part in my hair got sunburned. That one is the worst, because now it's peeling and it looks like dandruff. That pretty much wraps it up for now. My life is not terribly eventful.

Current status: Pretty damn good

2007-06-19T01:35:00.000-07:00

I have been having a pretty damn good month so far. I cut my nails after growing them out to a personal record of a full inch long from cuticle to tip, I got a "she did a good job explaining a rebate to that customer" comment to my boss from my boss's boss (woot!), made my quota today in less than an hour and kept making more sales after that, plus I made my quota everyday last month and I will get a prize, I walked to work even though I had my car, and I have lost a sum total of about 27 pounds, and some of my slacks and jeans are loose enough that I can take them off without unfastening them (in case you are wondering, they are size 18). I also rearranged both my bedroom and living room and cleaned *everything* in the process.

In celebration of how awesome I am, and because I have Friday off (which is also payday), I am going to go shopping, and buy myself some new pants and maybe some shirts. I am all excited because I want to see what size I fit into that has not been all stretched out and because I have not had any new clothes in almost a year and a half. It will also rule pretty hard to be able to get a shirt out of my closet and not have to check it for stains and holes before I wear it outside (I am pretty messy, and my newest shirt is at least 2 years old). What else can I get to spoil myself? I don't need underwear, but I might need socks pretty soon, and new bras, I think. Yeah. New bras would rock. It will be pretty kickass to get out of the house and do something nice for myself. I have so little work clothes that I can't last a full week before I am down to either doing laundry or working nude.

Clothes rule.

Miss me?

2007-06-09T00:30:00.000-07:00

Of course you did.

Sorry for not posting in so long, I was kinda depressed from not having a car for three weeks, and Friday when it was fixed I was too busy driving in it to write. But for now I'm home and bored.

As you may have guessed, I got my car back but it's not totally done yet, we still need to change the oil, belt, and power steering fluid. But it's drivable. I have fleas really really insanely bad, to the point where on the tops of my feet there is hardly a square inch without a sore, and I ordered some Frontline but it's not here yet. I pray to all that's holy it fucking works. Nothing else I've bought has done more than make a temporary dent. I also have what I am pretty sure is a canker sore in my mouth. It hurts.

Mom put the door that separates the basement from the main floor back on the hinges, even though it's a stupid thing to do. She doesn't want my two cats to come up from the basement, plus her cat was being confined because she kept coming downstairs and pissing on the floor NEXT TO the litterbox, which was a major fucking disgusting and smelly pain in my ass, and even though her cat is a bitch, so is my mom, and that is why her cat has two floors of the house to run around and piss in, and my boys, who have never peed outside the box except when Sylvester had his bladder infection, are confined to a basement that is partially blocked off because mom also keeps the laundry door shut to keep them out. I think it is going to be "accidentally" left open a lot more often now. They basically have three and a half rooms while Angel gets the entire fucking house. My mom is a bitch, and I have a major talent for run-on sentences.

Mike is in San Fran this week, the lucky bastard, and we are half-planning a trip up there, the two of us, sometime in the future. Plans are hazy.

My nails are so long I can hardly type, but I am too vain to cut them until it's necessary. Why? Because I can.

GODDAMN I HATE FLEAS!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Midas Touch

2007-05-27T18:48:00.000-07:00

Yay Blogger!!

2007-05-21T17:55:00.000-07:00

Blogger has just informed me that it now saves my drafts automatically! No more clicking the publish button only to see the "Internet Explorer can not display the webpage" message. Finally!

In other, not as awesome news, my car died the other day. I had gone to McDonald's for lunch and as soon as I pulled in front of the order taker box thing, my car shuddered and turned off. No amount of key turning, cursing, and bargaining on my part seemed to help, and in the end, two of the employees had to come out and help push my car out of the drive thru path. I ran back to work and after I got off my sister drove me back down to McD's so her friend Joe and I could try to jump it. We got my car started but it crapped out again as soon as we took the cables off. The second time we kept charging with the cables on for at least ten minutes, and I was like "Alright! I'm drivng home as fast as I can! Kati, follow me in case it dies!" I jumped in and drove it from the pay window to just past the get your food window before it died again. Luckily, I was heading downhill now, so I let it coast down to a parking spot and was like, "Change of plans. I'm leaving this fucker here. Kati, let's head home." Mike thought it was the alternator that was shot, and he was right. I had just replaced my battery in October, so my mom took it to Autozone for me the next day and got a new one for free. I walked back down after I got out of work and Mike told me how to hook it up, which I did (yay!) and drove it back to my driveway, where it still sits. I can't afford a new alternator until after I get paid on Friday, but the only bills I need to pay are my $50 rent to my mom and cat litter. This means we can change the oil, brake and steering fluids, and a couple other maintenance things all at once with replacing the alternator. Yay!

The results are in!!

2007-05-07T15:17:00.000-07:00

Well, I have finally settled on a new litter. Maybe. After I told Mike about the litter mistake, he started telling me (again) that I should use Feline Pine litter. Feline Pine is literally pine pellets that turns into sawdust when it gets peed on. After thinking about it for a while, I decided that if I was going to do this litter thing, I was going to do it right. The next time I went to the pet store, I got Feline Pine, Yesterday's News (same idea as the pine, but the pellets are made of recycled newspapers), and Swheat Scoop (made out of wheat bits, this is the only one of the three that clumps). I washed and bleached all three litter boxes, put liners in, and put a different litter in each box. Below are my findings:

Yesterday's News - This seemed to be a fairly decent litter. I would take it over the regular clumping stuff any day. There wasn't much litter spillage because of the size of the pellets, but that also meant that they did a rather poor job of covering poos. It also seemed to not do much as far as keeping smells away, although it still smelled better than clumping stuff or clay. Overall, it was decent, and a little cheaper than the other two (which are about the same price for comperable sizes) but I wouldn't pick this one if I could get one of the other two.

Swheat Scoop - I liked the fact that this one clumped, which means you don't have to totally empty it like the other two. It didn't clump very solid though, it had kind of a doughy consistency (maybe cause it's wheat?) and was a little tricky to scoop if it was a large clump. It did an awesome job not stinking though, and whenever I cleaned it out I had no nasty smells coming at me. The litter itself smells like toast, and the pee clumps smell like bread dough. It was very odd cleaning a litter box that made me want to bake. It was also not very dusty, which I am really excited about because I hate bending over the box only to end up with a face full of litter dust. The only real problem I had with this one is the smaller granules spread over the floor a lot faster and farther than the pellet litters did.

Feline Pine - This possibly performed the best overall out of the three. It also did an awesome job of not smelling like anything except pine, poos got reasonably well covered, and the fact that it breaks up into sawdust after it got peed in was pretty cool. Plus, since the pellets don't scatter on the floor too much, and the sawdust stays put, this probably had the least amount of mess on the floor. It is also the lightest litter in the bunch, which is great if you put a liner in and are trying to take said liner out to change the box but it's heavier because it's full of pee. This one was also virtually dust free, and seems to last longer as far as how much pee it can hold before it needs to be changed.

Clay litter and clumping litter both have problems that, for me, outweigh any benefits they have. Clumping has such bad dust that when I clean it, I end up with concrete in my nose from the dust mixing with snot. That makes me not clean the litter boxes when they need it. Plus, Vester's feet get concreted as well. Clay litter is heavy as fuck even when it's clean, and it smells in no time at all.

So in the end, I am going to use either Feline Pine or Swheat Scoop. I might switch between the two for a while, or have a couple boxes of each set up, but I am just glad to have finally found a litter that will not cake my cat's feet or smell like shit even before it gets put in the box. And no more dust in my face, yay!!!

Bonus link!!!

Here is a link to a page full of cat litter reviews, should you be interested. Some of them, like the Feline Pine, can be used for small animals or small animal itter boxes. And just FYI, the ExquisiCat Pine Cat Litter is just the PetsMart version of Feline Pine. It's cheaper.

Guinea pig song

2007-04-19T17:58:00.000-07:00

Harry Potter movie trailer!!!

2007-04-09T13:47:00.001-07:00

Litter experimentation

2007-03-18T22:49:00.000-07:00

I mentioned recently in a post that my cat Vester began a lovely habit of peeing in the litterbox and then stepping in it as he attempted to cover it up. Not knowing how to fix this I was just trying to keep the litterbox clean and brushing a lot of litter off of things. Well, today Mike and I went to get some more cat litter and I grabbed a couple bags without really reading the packaging. Oops! Instead of the traditional clumping cat litter I usually get, I picked up the clay version by mistake. (For those unfamiliar with cat litters, clumping is just that - it clumps the pees into, well, clumps, for easy scoopage. Clay lets it sift through to the bottom, and you scoop out the solid poos and dump the entire contents of the box once a week or so to get rid of the pee that sifted down.) Well, since I had already poured out the bag into the two litterboxes before I noticed it was a much lighter color and bigger pieces than I was expecting, I was like, "fuck it. We'll try clay." Vester peed in it almost as soon as I had emptied the bag, and after he was done, I glanced over - Voila! - Instead of the usual lake of not-yet-absorbed pee I am used to seeing, there was just a quarter-sized wet spot. No wet litter to step in and get stuck on his feet!! Yay!! I'm going to try the clay litter for a while, and use the other bag in a few days when I empty out the litterboxes, and maybe clean them really well while I'm at it. I might pick up some liners too, and save some cleaning time down the road. Hopefully this will take care of the feet litter problems, and not be a ginormous amount of work every week. Anyone use clay litter? Your thoughts? Your cats' thoughts?

Happy St. Pat's Day!!

2007-03-17T10:38:00.000-07:00

Yay holiday! Now here's the fun part: Two days ago here in St. Louis, we had a high of 76 degrees. Today it is 37 degrees and snowing. What the fuck?!

2007-03-12T17:18:00.000-07:00

So today I had nothing really to do, and I decided that just for the fun of it I would read my blog archives and comments. I found two new comments from some German dude named vito. WTF? Who comments on archived blog entries not once, but twice? Here's the first one:

"Hi, heute hast du mir mit deinem blog die langweile vertrieben. Nach stunden des gelangweielten surfens bin ich hier gelandet. Absolut interessantes Thema.
Ich denk hier werde ich öfter vorbei schauen !
Ich habe eine Seite über workstation. Hier findest du alles über workstation und noch viel mehr !
Wenn du Zeit hast, schau doch mal vorbei ! :-)"

(Here's AltaVista's translation:)

"Rear ones, today you have me with yours blog bore driven out. After grant the gelangweielten surfens I landed here. Absolutely interesting topic. I think here I will more frequently past look! I have a side over workstation. Here you find everything over workstation and still much more! If you have time, schau nevertheless times past! : -)"

Weird, huh? Here's the next one he left me, which he was kind enough to post in English:

"I searched the net and i find your blog. Hey, you have a great blog here! I'm definitely going to bookmark you!
I have a it-beratung Site. It pretty much covers it-beratung related stuff.
Come and check it out if you get time :-)"

I'm not too sure what was going on there. German dude vito, if you still read my blog, I'm not making fun of you, just confused about your comments. I can't read German.

Midterms!!

2007-03-11T22:59:00.000-07:00

Grades, that is. I am proud to announce I am the owner of solid B's for this semester so far!! Isn't that awesome? I fucking rule.

In other news, I am on spring break this week, and I get a total of three (3) days off, meaning days during which I am doing nothing for work. Probably school stuff will sneak in cause I have a paper outline due, and I'm going to do ALL of my homework for my IS* class ahead of time to piss off my teacher. He's a dipwad and I don't like him AT ALL, so next time we do lab work in class and I don't have my book and he says something to me about it, I will just hand him the finished assignments, and if he says I should get started on the next ones I will hand him them too, and so on until he has all my papers, which I will keep backups of in case he holds on to them and "loses" them, which I wouldn't put past him. Also I apparently have a talent for paragraph-long sentences.

Piercing is healing nicely, and I'm still considering getting the jewelry changed to a barbel instead of a ring, but I won't be able to do that for months yet. Vester keeps fussing at me until he gets to sit in my lap, but for some weird cat reason he won't actually jump up into my lap, so...WTF? He has also started a really annoying habit of peeing in the litterbox, stepping in it, and getting litter all over his back feet every time. Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this, besides doing the litterbox every ten minutes? That makes no difference.

*Information Systems for Business, or, How to do Stuff in Microsoft Office

Why I love the Irish

2007-03-04T22:37:00.001-08:00

*click*

Would you go to this dentist?

2007-02-12T23:14:00.000-08:00

Hello, all!!

2007-02-11T21:09:00.000-08:00

How have you been? Haven't seen you in a while. My internet decided to vacation without me. Knowing how sad you all would be with no updates from me, I am going to post everything that has happened in ONE HUGE POST!!!! Holy crap, the amazement!!

First off, I have officially been trained to work in the pharmacy. I trained for three days at the store closest to my house that is not my store, and I dispensed A LOT of Zoloft, Ambien, Yasmin, Ortho Tri Cylen, various amoxycillins, even some OxyContin and Viagra. Lot of stressed people who need pills out there. Overall, working in the pharmacy isn't as hard as I thought it would be. The worst part so far (I haven't had to answer the phones yet, and I think that might end up being the worst) is working in the drive-through, because the intercom is set up to where you on the inside talks to the customer in their car using a telephone on the inside and an intercom type thing on the outside. They can never hear you. Ever. So you basically are screaming into this phone the whole time, "Can I help you? CAN I HELP YOU?! WHAT'S THE NAME? THE NAME!! HOLD ON!" *going to the bins, grumbling, "maybe if the fucker got OFF his PHONE and turned his music DOWN he could hear me"* "CAN YOU VERIFY THE ADDRESS? WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS?!?" *money exchange* "HAVE A GOOD DAY!" *they leave* "Asshole." *ding* "Can I help you?..." ect. If they could just hear you it would not be bad at all, because you get to look out of a huge ass window. It looks like I will just be running back to help cashier when they get real busy though, so I probably won't have to work drive-through and yell too often.

Also, I got a new kitty! Nothing was wrong with the old one, don't worry. I just saw him at the pet store adoption thing they have, and he was so cute, but I wasn't going to go inside and pet him because it hurts to leave. BUT, the volunteer chicky who was working back there opened the door and asked if Mike and I wanted to come back and play with some kitties, and somehow this suction formed and pulled me in. Once I was in I couldn't help but play with fuzzies. I actually went back again the next day to see this cat, and again the next day, when I finally filled out paperwork to adopt him. They called me back about a week later and told me I had been approved, and I could come down anytime before six and get him. !!!! He settled right in and made buddies with Vester, and now they are pals. They will snuggle up and sleep and play wrestle and drink out of the water bowl together and sit in the same window. It is pretty awesome. The new guy is named Leo (it's short for Leopold) and he looks like a lion. I decided to save time by just putting links to his pictures instead of posting them all here, and each link is to a different picture, so make sure you click them all. I didn't want to save so much time that there was only one picture, because that would be boring.

I started school again, and it is about the same as I remembered it. Except the stress when you have about one day after work to study for three tests, which means five chapters in two textbooks and an entire 346 page book. It really sucked. I don't have the grade for my computer class test, but I got about a 76% on the psychology test and a 100% (!!!) on the book test. Go me!!

I got a new phone on eBay. It's a Tmobile MDA, and it rules. I can surf the Web and play games, make my own ringtones, and it has a full keyboard. Nifty. I have to buy a new battery for it though, because I did get it used and the battery life sucks, but it's decent if I don't need to use the phone. Figures. It's still a pretty good phone though, and when I replace the battery it will rule even harder.

I decided about a month ago that I don't have enough holes in my ears. I have the usual piercing in each lobe, plus a second hole in my left lobe only, and a couple of years ago I got my right cartilage pierced. (Holy cow that was a while ago, I was still using Flickr then) Anyways, my birthday is coming up (Feb. 19th) and Von had found a picture of a daith piercing. This particular piercing is the ridge of cartilage that curves in right above your ear canal. I thought that was pretty awesome, and kept thinking about it. And kept thinking about it. Kept thinking about it. It just seemed too cool. So I finally said "Yes. I am going to get this done." Then, when I told Von I was going to get it done, and did she want to come, she offered to make it my birthday present. ROCK! So we went Thursday after I got out of class, and I was made a little more holey. It took a while for the needle just to get all the way through, and even longer to get the ring in place and all put together, but I think it really looks awesome, and it was totally worth it.

For your trivial pleasure, there are sixteen links in this post.

Badtimes

2007-01-27T17:54:00.001-08:00

If you receive an e-mail with a subject line of "Badtimes," delete it immediately WITHOUT reading it. This is the most dangerous Email virus yet.

It will re-write your hard drive. Not only that, but it will s cramble any disks that are even close to your computer. It will recalibrate your refrigerator's coolness setting so all your ice cream melts and milk curdles . It will demagnetize the strips on all your credit cards, reprogram your ATM access code, screw up the tracking on your VCR and use subspace field harmonics to scratch any CDs you try to play.

It will give your ex-boy/girlfriend your new phone number. It will mix antifreeze into your fish tank. It will drink all your beer and leave its dirty socks on the coffee table when there's company coming over.

It will hide your car keys when you are late for work and interfere with your car radio so that you hear only static while stuck in traffic.

Badtimes will make you fall in love with a hardened pedophile. It will give you nightmares about circus midgets. It will replace your shampoo with Nair and your Nair with Rogaine, all while dating your current boy/girlfriend behind your back and billing their hotel rendezvous to your Visa card.

It will seduce your grandmother. It does not matter if she is dead, such is the power of Badtimes, it reaches out beyond the grave to sully those things we hold most dear.

Badtimes will give you Dutch Elm disease. It will leave the toilet seat up and leave the hairdryer plugged in dangerously close to a full bathtub. It will wantonly remove the forbidden tags from your mattresses and pillows, and refill your skim milk with whole. It is insidious and subtle. It is dangerous and terrifying to behold. It is also a rather interesting shade of mauve.

2007 Survey

2007-01-02T22:27:00.000-08:00

1. Will you be looking for a new job?
Course not! I love my job, and I'm actually getting more training to work in the pharmacy in the future

2. Will you be looking for a new relationship?
I sure as hell hope not. I better not!!

3. New house?
Just moved in September. It still is new house

4. What will you do differently in '07?
Go back to school

5. New Year's resolution?
To not make one. I did good!

6. What will you not be doing in '07?
Working at the library, except for one day

7. Any trips planned?
Not this year, yet

8. Wedding plans?Oh hells no!

9. Major thing on your calendar?
Birthdays

10. What can't you wait for?
The day I win the lottery. Guess I better buy a ticket.....

11. What would you like to see happen?
The rest of the work done on my room. Little painting, installing a friggin DOOR, and smoothing the walls of the hallway by said DOOR and painting them too. Plus some baseboard

12. What about yourself will you be changing?
Dunno yet. Probably my hair, that's the first thing to go

13. What happened in '06 that you didn't think would?
I went blondish

14. Will you be nicer to the people you care about?
They can always hope......

15. Will you dress differently this year than you did?
Not really. That would take money for new clothes, since everything I have is basically the same. I did get a few new shirts for Christmas, though

16. Will you quit drinking?
Nope

17. Will you better your relationship with your family?
I might try. A little

18. Will you do charity work?
Pfft. No

19. Will you go to bars?
It's entirely possible, but the most likely scenario is McGurk's with the girls

20. Will you be nice to people you don't know?
Part of my job, baby. Part of my job

21. Do you expect '07 to be a good year for you?
I do not expect. I fucking know

22. How much did you change from this time last year?
Quite a bit, really, when I get all reflective and think about it

23. Do you plan on having a child?
NNOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

24. Will you still be friends with the same people?
I'm pretty sure I will. They're nice people

25. Major lifestyle change?
I got my car ALL. PAID. OFF. If you don't think that counts, fuck off. It does

26. Will you be moving?
I doubt it. There's still some dust floating around from last time

27. What will you make sure doesn't happen in '07?
Get any further into debt!

28. What are/were your New Year's Eve plans?
They WERE to go bowling and drink afterwards at my house, but I got sick and ended up sleeping on the couch with orange juice and chicken Ramen broth, waking up just long enough to see the ball drop before dozing back off

29. Will/did you have someone to kiss at midnight?I did, but I was sick, so we kinda skipped it this year

30. One wish for '07?
Fuck. Just one?

VERY GROSS POST. DON'T READ IF YOU'RE A WUSS.

2007-01-01T23:25:00.000-08:00

I got sick, and it sucked. We all partied hard on the 28th, and no, I didn't get sick from partying. Although some who were at the party may wonder.... :D

No, seriously, I got sick on New Year's fucking EVE. It sucked major ass. I woke up before seven thinking, man, I gotta hit the john. Couple minutes after some major ass drainage, I started hurling as well. Yup, I lucked out and hit the jackpot of BOTH ends at once! How lucky am I. I threw up four times before noon, at which time I had to go to work. Okay, fine. Can't call in because IT'S A HOLIDAY and we all know that if someone CALLS IN on a HOLIDAY they're automatically suspected of FAKING to get a longer holiday, even if the person in question last called in sometime in AUGUST. Or maybe it was September. At any rate, I got some clothes on that were definitely clean, and wobbled in to work. I threw up in a trashcan in front of a customer midway through ringing her out twenty minutes later. I got sent home before I'd been at work for 50 minutes. That is a new record.

By the end of the day, I had puked a personal record of nine times in less than ten hours and was basically shitting water. It was just as lovely as it sounds. I'm much better now, thanks to Mike, Robot Chicken, and orange juice alternated with chicken Ramen (just broth. No noodles).

Boy howdy, what a great post for the first one of the year.

YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2006 when...

2006-12-18T14:37:00.000-08:00

1. You accidentally enter your PIN on the microwave.

2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.

3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.

4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.

5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail addresses.

6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.

7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen.

8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't even have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.

10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.

11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )

12. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.

13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.

14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.

15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this list.

And now you are laughing at yourself.

Bed!

2006-12-09T16:13:00.000-08:00

So, I have everything set up for my new bed. It looks pretty awesome, and I think the cats approve - they've been sleeping on it all day. All in all, it's been a pretty good day. I got about ten hours of sleep on the new mattress last night, my mom, brother and I went to Penn Station for lunch, my Ralph Lauren Hot perfume sample roll-on came in the mail today (I smell awesomely delicious), and I'm getting stuff settled down in long flat boxes to go underneath my new bed and cleaning out my storage closet all in one massive sorting. After I get my room done, I need to finish up my Christmas shopping and Christmas party planning, and then I can have some lazy time before going back to school in January. Woo!

Early Christmas present!!

2006-12-08T13:05:00.000-08:00

So, for Christmas this year I am getting a new queen size bed. It was delivered this morning, which would have totally rocked except that the delivery guys couldn't get the box springs down the basement stairs. :( They're going to be back tomorrow morning with a split box springs, so I am sleeping on the floor for one more night, but at least it's on a much bigger mattress.

Still listening to Tenacious D.....

2006-12-04T23:26:00.000-08:00

.....and uploading pictures. Unfortunately, I am a dumbass and forgot that I meant to take pictures last night but fell asleep before I actually did it. Then this morning the guy had been banging away for hours before I went upstairs to start taking "during" pictures, which was when I realized that I had no "before" pictures. Oh well. Mom said she took some before shots, so I will just upload those later on. So far it's pretty funky. We found part of the original paint job hidden underneath the soffit, and it's kinda strange. The walls were a mustardy yellow, and the ceiling was red, and the red leaked down onto the yellow in a scallop pattern. It looks like the inside of a circus tent. WTF? Anyways, the guys spent today just pulling out a lot of the cabinetry and shit, and in doing so they exposed some of the original flooring as well. Asbestos tile. Yum!

If you want to see the kitchen picture album, click here. I will keep adding pictues to this same link so just click here every time I tell you there are new pictures.

Mom and I picked out flooring today, or at least we picked the flooring she's pretty sure she's going to go with. It's pretty decent, grey irregular tile squares pattern on vinyl kinda stuff. I told her to get ceramic for the not goudging and getting fugly factors but she thinks it will be cold. What floor isn't?

Kitchen remodel!!

2006-12-04T11:00:00.000-08:00

We're getting our kitchen remodeled starting today, and my mom is just about ready to pop. She kept saying she wouldn't be able to sleep last night because she was so excited, and later today we're going to pick out flooring. The kitchen is going to be yellow walls, light oak cabinets, white appliances, and blue counter top, and she wants to get a white or white/grey marble tile with blue diamonds in it. BUT, she can't seem to find anything she really likes at Home Depot, which is where we go for pretty much every household need known to man. That means we get to haul our happy asses all over the place going to floor stores. I shall take some pictures of the kitchen before, during and after so you can breathlessly follow our progress.

Currently listening to Tenacious D

2006-12-02T02:02:00.000-08:00

I have recently become obsessed with Tenacious D and being healthier*. Also the sound my fingernails make when I type fast. Or slow, too. Click click click.

*Yeah, I don't really get it. About a week ago I decided to start using the Ab Lounger and I have used it every night since, for like ten or fifteen minutes each night. I started eating prunes after doing my excercise and drinking a full glass of water. Today for lunch I had some salad with extra stuff in it, like broccoli, and some mostaccioli, and for dessert I had an apple. For dinner I bought a Lean Cuisine at work with chicken and rice in it. All this by itself isn't too weird, but here's the part that really puzzles me -I don't want chocolate.

At all.

I have a bar of Dove chocolate (possibly the best chocolate in the free world) and I don't want to eat it. I've had it for two days now and it's still on my dresser. Normally this exact bar of chocolate lasts approximately 87 seconds before I consume it. I'm starting to wonder just what the hell is going on with me. Maybe it's just a phase, but I hope it lasts for a little bit. I could stand to be healthier.

Click click.

POD!!

2006-11-17T22:18:00.000-08:00

I totally saw one of the most awesome movies in the world last night. Can you guess what it was?

That's right.

Pick of Destiny with Tenacious D.

It rocked so hard! Mike got us advance screening passes for last night to see it and it. Was. Awesome. It has everything - great songs that get stuck in your head, fun storyline, Meat Loaf, a singing poster of Dio, Satan, a little picture of the Arch on a map, lots of humor, Jack fucking Black, the phrase "ear pussies", some ass, and lots of other stuff which will make me go see it again in the theatre and eventually buy the DVD and watch it over and over singing along to the songs just like I do with Disney movies, which is why no one will watch them with me anymore.

Anyways, it was a really kickass movie, and you should go see it when it comes out (November 22 for the US). I already bought the soundtrack. :D Totally listening to it right now. Gotta memorize the songs so I can sing along once I get the DVD.

Even baby pandas sneeze

2006-11-12T15:39:00.000-08:00

Stuff......about me!

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1. FIRST NAME? Jessica (Jess)

2. ARE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? According to my mom, I am named after a reporter from the news channel who died shortly before I was born. They didn't know her or anything. They just liked when she did the news

3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? A few days ago
4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? It's okay. I think most people's look better than mine

5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Turkey or chicken

6. KIDS : Handsomest cat in the WORLD, and two little fuzzlets, Fred and Honey

7. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? I bet I would

8. There is no 8

9. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? I have..... a blog

10. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yeppers

11. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? Might

12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Plain Cheerios eaten dry. That's right, I said NO MILK with the dry ass grain Os

13. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Pfft. No.

14. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? I know that I am. Not.

15. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR? Edy's Slow Churned Light French Silk Pie

16. SHOE SIZE? 9.5. Fucking huge 11

17. RED OR PINK? Depends on the exact shade

18. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? I sometimes pretend things are fine instead of saying "Fucking stop that, it pisses me off!"

19. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? In what category? Dead? Far away? Stopped talking to you cause they are a douche? Probably my first cat

20. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? Don't really care. Put it on your blog and I shall read it

21. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Black pants and black Crocs, with crazy stripe purple toe socks!

22. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Tenacious D, The Pick of Destiny

23. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Blue

24. FAVORITE SMELL? Rain, apple cinnamon, dryer sheets, Drakkar Noir

25. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? Mike

26. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO? Ass, and humor

27. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? I have never met Marit but I like her anyways

28. FAVORITE DRINK? Plain iced tea

29. FAVORITE SPORT? Baseball

30. EYE COLOR? Greens

31. HAT SIZE? No hats

32. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? Yes, SOO much better than glasses

33. FAVORITE FOOD? CRABS!!!!!!!!!!! Also clams and steak

34. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED AT THE MOVIE THEATER? Saw 3

35. SUMMER OR WINTER? Winter. I would much rather stay inside curled in a blanket than sprawled in front of the fan

36. HUGS, KISSES OR BOTH? Hugs

37. FAVORITE DESSERT? Brownies

38. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? No clue

39. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Whoever does NOT UPDATE. You know who you are

40. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? iPods for Dummies

41. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE? Little Shop of Horrors

42. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV? Didn't watch TV last night

43. FAVORITE SOUNDS. Dunno. Not birds

44. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Beatles

45. WHAT'S YOUR SPECIAL TALENT? Can't think of any right now

46. WHEN AND WHERE WERE YOU BORN? February 19, 1984 in St Louis

47. WHO SENT this to you? I got it from Marit's blog

48. The one thing you like most about yourself? My eyes

49.Who is the one person who knows you better than
anybody? Probably my sister

50. One thing you would like to say to those you are
sending this to? *wave*

Wrong link of the year

2006-10-18T22:17:00.000-07:00

Yes, it's true. At long last, someone has crossed the line and made a Tickle Me Elmo Sex Tape.

Edit --

2006-09-23T01:11:00.000-07:00

It's a vole, not a mouse. My bad. Thanks to Ellie for letting me know. Yay!

Voles are cute.

Mouse in the house!

2006-09-21T03:05:00.000-07:00

I got home tonight about two in the morning, and as I walked down the outside stairs to get into the basement, I thought I saw something tiny run past the bottom stair. Because I am not a squealy girly girl, I thought, "Did I....Are there mice around here, or big bugs or what?" So I looked behind the door at the bottom of the steps, and -a mouse! Just kinda sitting there like "Oh shit, oh shit, I think she saw me, oh shit..." So I went inside to drop my purse and grab a container, and I snuck back out and captured the mouse. I brought him inside and gave him a piece of soft taco shell, and he's been alternately eating it voraciously and sleeping on it. He's adorable! Getting fat for winter, looks like, and he has a kinda big nose and his face is bearlike, in that round face and small eyes way. I took some pictures of him, and you can see them here. Just keep hitting the next button to see all the pictures.

He was really cute, and he seemed very polite, for a wild mouse. I thought he would be real skittish and squeaky due to being captured. He squeaked a little bit when I brought him in and set him on the coffee table, but he seemed pretty cool with everything after that. Just kinda sat in the cup and ate his taco, and dozed in between bites. He didn't even get upset when my cat got right next to his face on the other side of the clear plastic and looked at him. He just kinda looked back like "whatever".

After he got done eating his taco I took him back outside and let him loose. He ran off into the night. I hope nothing eats him.

Driving in St Louis

2006-09-02T23:34:00.000-07:00

If you live in St. Louis, you'll understand this. If you've ever visited St. Louis, you'll understand this. If you've never been to St. Louis, consider this your Visitor's Guide to Driving in St. Louis:

1. There are 75 "official neighborhoods" in the City of St. Louis (not to be confused with the County of St. Louis of which it is not a part). In fact, the City of St. Louis not located in any county. It is much like Washington D. C. - in a world all of its own. St. Louisans commonly give directions to strangers (primarily to restaurants) based on these neighborhoods which are not marked on any map that is handed out by the tourist board, AAA or even available on Mapquest.

2. There are 54 school districts in metro St. Louis on the Missouri side alone. (We prefer not to recognize East St. Louis, IL as being a part of the metro area just as Israelis prefer not to recognize Palestine.) Each of these districts has their own school bus system and scheduled times to block traffic.

3. There are 91 official municipalities in St. Louis County. Each has its own rules, regulations, courts, and often their own police and fire departments. [Calling 911 for help in an emergency can be a very interesting experience...especially if you don't know in which municipality you're located when someone plows into your car, you have a heart attack, or have been mugged.]

4. More importantly, most municipalities have their own snow removal contracts so it's not uncommon to drive down a road in winter and have one block plowed, the next salted, the next piled with snow and the last partially cleared by residents wanting to get out of their driveways.

5. Snow plowing is never a problem in the City of St. Louis. They plow nothing, and if the forecast calls for snow, they close everything except on "The Hill" (please refer to #1 above) where each homeowner goes out into the street and shovels out one car-sized rectangle and then stands watch over it. Pull in at your own risk!

6. Any car parked longer than 4 hours in the City of St. Louis is considered a ' You Wrench It ' parts store.

7. The City of Ballwin actually proposed that drivers use connecting strip mall parking lots to get from place to place rather than to drive on Manchester Road to cut the traffic on Manchester. Younger St. Louisans consider turning left onto or off of Manchester Road in traffic an extreme sport.

8. Laclede Station Road mysteriously changes names as you cross intersections. The same goes for McCausland, Lindbergh, Watson, Reavis Barracks, Fee Fee, McKnight, Airport Road, Midland, Olive and Clarkson. Gravois Road can only be pronounced correctly by a native St. Louisan and not all mind you, but a few. Ditto for Spoede and Chouteau.

9. A St. Louisan from South County has never been to North County and vice versa. West County has everything delivered.

10. No native St. Louisan knows that Lindbergh runs from South County to North County! And, if you tell them, they will not believe you.

11. Lindbergh Boulevard (named after Charles, AKA: " Lucky Lindy " ) belongs to every neighborhood except in the city of Kirkwood, where they had the nerve to change the name to "Kirkwood Road". (The artsy St. Louisans who reside there are known there for their creativity.)

12. There are 2 interchanges to exit from Highway 40 onto Clayton Road and 2 for Big Bend. Stay alert, people!

13. If you need directions to O'Fallon, make sure to specify Illinois or Missouri. This is also true for Troy, Maryville, St. Charles, Springfield, Columbia and well, need I really go on?

14. The Page Avenue extension and the Airport expansion projects took over 20 years to get approved and St. Louisans lost track of how many political figures claimed them as their own idea.

15. St. Louisans were aghast when the federal government required them to redo the highway signs to indicate that our federal highways actually went to cities in other states instead of our local municipalities.

16. Many drivers are starting to cut their OWN license plates rather than go through the Missouri Department of Motor Vehicles to get their tags. St. Louisans can also purchase tags from "dealers" behind most QuiKShops in the City. They are a lot cheaper, their clerks are more pleasant than DMV employees, and the service is a lot faster. Cash only. You may want to pack heat.

17. Lambert Field and St. Louis International Airport really are the same place. The East Terminal, however, is a different place.

18. Highway 270 is our daily version of the NASCAR circuit. The same thing goes for Highway 70. You can go all four directions on Highway 270: North and South in West County, East and West in South County, and East and West in North County. Confused? So are most drivers in St. Louis.

19. The outer belt is Highway 270, which turns into Highway 255 in South County. The inner belt is Highway 170. Highway 370 is a sorta-kinda outer-outer belt. Highway 40 is the same as Interstate 64 (but only through the middle part of St. Louis).

20. The morning rush hour is from 6:30 to 9:00 a.m. The evening rush hour is from 4:00 to 6:30 p.m. unless the Blues or Cards are playing - then its 3:30 to 8:00 and again from 9:45 to whenever. Friday's rush hour starts Thursday morning. Never ever try to cross a bridge over the northward flowing Missouri River or the southward flowing Mississippi River in St. Louis during rush hour unless you have a sack lunch and a port-a-potty in the car.

21. YIELD signs are for decoration only. No native St. Louisan will ever grasp the concept. And at 4-way stop intersections controlled by stop signs, forget about the idea of taking turns. Cars go through two or three at a time. It takes some getting used to.

22. If someone in St. Louis actually has his or her turn signal on, it is probably a factory defect or has been on for the last 17 miles.

23. Construction on Highways 40, 64, 70, 255, 270, 44, 55 and 170 is a way of life and a permanent form of entertainment.

24. U.S. Highway 61 mysteriously disappears as it enters West County and suddenly reappears as it exits South County. Even MO-DOT can't figure this one out. Many think if they ever find it, they'll also find Jimmy Hoffa and Iraq's WMD's.

25. Any blue-haired babe in a Cadillac driving on Olive west of the inner belt (see #19) always has the right of way. But if the Caddie has fins, this territorial limitation does not apply so pay attention. It's dangerous out there!

Holy shit, internet!

2006-08-30T02:21:00.000-07:00

I haven't had internet since my last post three weeks ago! Holy crap, I was getting ready to curl up in the corner and start rocking back and forth. Luckily, I went to Walmart first, and bought the first season of Animaniacs. Yay me!

Almost done moving. Well, done really. I personally have no more shit at the house. I do still have a load in my car, that I swear I will take out by the end of September. I am so sick of stuff! Except my stuff. I like my stuff.

Housewarming party sometime in September hopefully, although I think I'll have my own small one for my friends as well, in a couple weeks. Yay!

lol

2006-08-09T22:01:00.000-07:00

One ticket to Fucking, please

2006-07-24T23:33:00.000-07:00

This is too funny. There is a village in Austria called Fucking.

Fucking, Austria

DAMAGE!!

2006-07-22T14:30:00.000-07:00

Holy crapola, we had a huge-ass storm down here!! At last estimate there were about 500,000 homes without power, and 70% of the traffic lights here in St Louis were not functioning, either because there was no electric, or they had been blown down. And yes, that is about half a mile from my house. At work we had a tree down in the parking lot. The day after the storm I was driving around to gawk at the damage (yes, I also rubberneck at accidents) and saw this. There's still quite a few people down here without power, but hopefully everything will be back to normal soon.

To dye, or to just give up

2006-07-09T22:47:00.000-07:00

Every time recently that I've dyed my hair, it comes out waaay too dark. It's supposed to be a medium red shade, but no matter what the box claims, my hair has been turning this dark reddish black, almost. And let me tell you, it does not look good on me at all. Remember when Ashlee Simpson had black hair, and with her pale skin, somehow it made her eyes look completely fucked up? Yeah, that's kinda how this dark hair looks on me, except my makeup is tasteful. I can't even blame trying new brands or shades, because some of these incidents have occured when I used a shade that I've used before with good results. What the fuck!?

I don't know if I should keep trying or just fucking give up and let it be its natural gross browny-grey color. What do you think? Has anyone that reads this had this kind of problem? I'm starting to think my hair is just fucked up.

I have the whole fucking day off

2006-07-07T02:46:00.000-07:00

And I plan to spend it dying my hair, dying Von's hair, watching "Best Of" Saturday Night Live DVDs, and clubbing in the evening with some friends, at least one of whom will be spending the night. Life rocks. Haircut sometime this week or next, and -get this- I am also off Tuesday!! When you consider my last day off was May 23rd, this is really fucking awesome. :D

Also, I bought new sheets at Wally World today. They're make of some kind of T-shirty jersey cotton stuff, and they're navy blue. When I realized in the store I have never had sheets darker than a powdery blue or pale lemon colour, I thought "Fuck yes I am getting the navy ones!" Cause I'm cool like that. As soon as they come out of the laundry I'm puttin' them on the bed and sleeping in them. Yeah!

Seven

2006-06-23T01:00:00.000-07:00

Wow, I have not updated in fucking forever.

In the news....

My cat has another bladder infection (he's had five in the past year) and has recently decided to compound the fun by throwing up. A LOT. **

I still haven't heard about the fucking job.

I still don't get enough sleep.

I need a haircut.

I saw a terrible shirt the other day. It said "Kiss me, I'm Bosnian".

I kicked Mike's ass in Trivial Pursuit last night.

That's all.

**Two fucking minutes after I post this, my cat sits next to me on my computer desk and proceeds to hurl from the top of the desk onto the floor. My cat is fucking bulimic.

New stuff

2006-06-09T17:26:00.000-07:00

I got my new keyboard and mouse today! I saw this set in the store last week, and really liked it, but there was NO WAY I was going to pay a hundred dollars for it. I'm cheap. So I hit eBay when I got home, and found it for $60 cheaper. Haha! So it came in the mail today, and I have been having a jolly good time with them. No more cord hitting my leg!

Yay!

2006-06-09T01:29:00.000-07:00

After much, much searching (online and in stores) I have finally found the complete DVD set for Are You Afraid of the Dark? In case you don't remember, this was a most awesome show that aired on Nickelodeon for a few years in the early 90's. It was one of my absolute favorites as a kid, and I always wished I could watch it again. Well, I got my wish early this week. I did my usual search on Google, and found this site. And they had it!! Of course I ordered it, as soon as I checked my bank balance to make sure I could afford it (sad but true). The set arrived earlier this week, and that, of course, is why I have not been posting. I've been watching my favorite kids' show. :D

I think I'll get Salute Your Shorts next.

Hamster in a wheel

2006-06-05T14:15:00.000-07:00

I promise I'll start actually posting again soon.

I'm a Mazda RX-8!

2006-06-04T00:02:00.000-07:00

You're sporty, yet practical, and you have a style of your own. You like to have fun, and you like to bring friends along for the ride, but when it comes time for everyday chores, you're willing to do your part.

Take the Which Sports Car Are You? quiz.

Really expensive cat toy

2006-06-01T18:58:00.000-07:00

Today.

2006-05-21T00:14:00.000-07:00

Went to a bridal shower, ate cake, played games, won a Godiva chocolate bar with almonds. Lectured a three-year-old on the importance of NOT ripping her diaper off, because she is not potty trained, and what does she think will happen when she pees? I won't pee, she claims. Lies, I say, you will pee if you do not have this on. Since we had no more diapers to replace the one she ripped off, we taped that one back the fuck on. Sat around for a bit, ate my candy, sat somewhere else, napped on the floor for a bit and decided it was time to go home. Dropped T off and got a cheeseburger before coming home and typing this. I leave you now with this quote...
Brooke: *grumpy face*
Me: "What's wrong, baby?"
Brooke: "Mommy went inna bathroom and she won't let me watch her pee."

Funny pictures

2006-05-18T00:48:00.000-07:00

Posted here for your amusement.

Still waiting...

2006-05-17T02:02:00.000-07:00

Hopefully I'll hear about this job soon! I called Jean and told her that yes, I thought about it, and I would definitly like to take the job if she still wants me. So now we have to wait and see if the district manager approves it. *fidgets*

Also, ......Crap. I forgot it.

Interesting question...

2006-05-14T00:04:00.000-07:00

So, my mom actually sent me something intriguing today. Read on.

Read this question, come up with an answer and then read the comments for the result. This is not a trick question. It is as it reads. No one I know has gotten it right-including me.

A woman, while at the funeral of her own mother, met this guy whom she did not know. She thought this guy was amazing, so much her dream guy she believed him to be just that! She fell in love with him right there, but never asked for his number and could not find him. A few days later she killed her sister.

Question: What is her motive in killing her sister? (Give this some thought before you answer).

Holy shit! What?!

2006-05-13T01:24:00.000-07:00

Holy mother of God! (Should that be capitalized? Holy Mother of God!) I went in to work today feeling pretty shitty due to me hurling an hour beforehand, but I need the hours so I didn't call in sick like I wanted. Good thing too. I went up to Nancy (the senior beauty advisor (SBA) at my store, and the cosmetics boss-lady) to say Hi and see what she had for me to do today, and she was talking to this kinda offical-looking lady, and they were like "Oh, we were just talking about you". My first thought is I fucked something up, but they're smiling, so it can't be too bad. Then the offical-looking lady, who I found out later is the Cosmetics Supervisor, told me that they need an SBA for the store on Jeffco Blvd, and they would like to offer it to me, am I interested? It would be pretty much Nancy's job at this other store, full-time hours, sick and vacation days, insurance, ect. Plus a raise. FUCK YES I AM INTERESTED WHEN DO YOU WANT ME TO BE READY?! She gave me her card and told me to think it over and give her a call like on Monday to let her know if I would like to take it. Apparently my sales are so good that they picked me for this. Plus Nancy gave me a good promo. So I am pretty sure I am going to tell her I would like this job. It will make me sad to leave my store and go somewhere where I don't go out drinking with Nora in pharmacy and screaming "Dammit Scott STOP THAT!!" after we close at night and he annoys the crap out of me with the kid's toys that make noise. But I will still go to my store all the time for stuff, and to visit, because I am sentimental like that. Plus my store is only a mile from my house, and not ten miles like this new store is.

First picture

2006-05-07T18:51:00.000-07:00

Here it is! The first picture post from my new digital camera. *cheers* It is, of course, of one of my hamsters. Honey was trying to get me to give her yogies, but I was too busy taking her picture to indulge her.

Doesn't it just look so damn crisp and clean? Like an ironed shirt. (Note: You may have to click on the picture to see it full size for true crispyness.)

It says what?

2006-05-06T01:37:00.000-07:00

Just because I am sitting here at one thirty in the morning just before pulling a double shift does not mean I have enough sense to go to bed. I have decided instead, using my famous common sense, that right now is the best time to update my blog. While highlighting my hair. All is not bleak, however - this week at the drugstore due to people calling in with "the flu", my hours have gone from about thirty to almost, if not over, forty hours. Yay money! Of course that means between jobs I will be working about fifty-six hours this week, so I am earning this money with the sacrifice of my social life. And blog updates, not that you can tell. Oh well.

click

2006-05-05T23:47:00.000-07:00

In an effort to make happy reading, the news that I got a digital camera!!

"Yay!" cheers the crowd of excited blog readers. "This means lots of great new pictures and more frequent updates of my fifth most favorite blog!"

"Hahaha" laughs me, because it really means less time to update because I have to take so many pictures of hamsters and cats.

I know you are just dying to see exactly what I got, and get the same thing for yourself, so here's a link to get the ball rolling. Eventually you will see the fruits of my clicking labors on the page. Wait, but don't hold your breath in excitement because blue is never as attractive a facial color as the Smurfs make it look like.

2006-04-24T13:40:00.000-07:00

Click.

Want a laugh?

2006-04-19T22:36:00.000-07:00

Go to Google and in the search box, type in "miserable failure" and then hit the "I'm feeling lucky" button. Enjoy, laugh.

Whoa...

2006-04-15T22:47:00.000-07:00

So, apparently Fred (don't remember Fred? Click here) is actually a DUDE! Blows my mind. Here we all were thinking Fred was a chickie and he has balls! I don't feel too bad though, cause apparently dwarf hamsters can "tuck them up inside the abdomen". I guess he had them put away for safekeeping. For four months. But today I was holding him, and in the space between my thumb and palm I felt something. So I looked, and -tada- Balls! Just to be sure, I also put him up on a piece of plastic and took a peep or seven, and he matches all the pictures of dwarf male hammie naughty bits. So, haha, even though I named a "female" hammie Fred I got it right after all!

Also, I realize after reading the original Fred post I never did get around to posting those pictures. Here they are, direct for your viewing pleasure, the dude who was a chick, Fred!!

Today...

2006-04-12T23:25:00.000-07:00

Watch this.

Your thoughts.

Printer!! Part deux

2006-04-10T15:37:00.000-07:00

So, totally hooked up the printer and it works! I had to buy a new fucking ink cartridge though, so it technically cost me about $35 for this printer, but hey. I don't care. Now I can print directions, insurance cards, and Natalie Dee crap to put on my wall in lieu of artwork and posters. Cause really, given a choice between this artwork and this Natalie Dee, wouldn't you rather have her stuff on your wall too?

Printer!!

2006-04-07T10:57:00.000-07:00

So, not too terribly long ago my mom and sister were cleaning out a bunch of crap in the basement. There was an old printer, a not as old printer, a scanner, and some other computer junk included in the crapness, and I took the newer printer. All it cost me was a new color cartridge, and voila, a printer for me! I considered taking the scanner also but I believe it's the one I couldn't fix long ago, hence why it is in the basement. So, now I have to rearrange a bunch of stuffage to better organize my computer desk. I think I need to start hiding stuff under my bed just to make some fucking room. For those of you who don't know, my room is majorly tiny and cram packed with shit. So maybe you'll be lucky enough to see before and after pictures....if I ever get it done.

Haircut!!

2006-04-02T10:21:00.000-07:00

So, I have decided to get my hair cut. I have decided this because, to put it frankly, I have way too damn much hair. Witness the before pictures!

Terrible, isn't it? I agree. So, on Saturday I took myself to the hair salon, and told the lady to cut it all off, and she did. See?

I think it looks better.

Still here

2006-03-27T13:52:00.000-08:00

Most exciting thing I did today was order pizza. Woo.

My major

2006-03-22T23:43:00.000-08:00

What should I major in? I didn't have a clue. Luckily, this handy quiz had the answer for me!

You scored as Linguistics. You should be a Linguistics major!

Linguistics

100%

Psychology

92%

English

92%

Mathematics

83%

Biology

83%

Philosophy

75%

Engineering

75%

Journalism

67%

Sociology

67%

Theater

67%

Anthropology

67%

Chemistry

58%

Art

50%

Dance

33%

What is your Perfect Major? (PLEASE RATE ME!!<3)
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Brokeback kitty

2006-03-13T12:47:00.000-08:00

Brokeback kitty, originally uploaded by amethistj.

Honey

2006-03-12T22:46:00.000-08:00

Honey, originally uploaded by amethistj.

Yeah, I haven't updated in a while. Deal. So, last night Mike and I finally got my car totally fixed! Yay! Then I spent at least two hours filling up the tires cause they were way the fuck low. It was bad.

Also, I got a new hammie! Yes, another one. Isn't she cute? Her name's Honey and she is a sweetie. Still getting used to being held and carried about but she's getting friendlier every day.