lily

trip to hawaii:

2007-01-27T15:11:31Z

i made a cool post about my trip but all the a href tags broke for some reason. when did webshots start restricting that?

anyway, here are my pictures without any explanation of where or what's happening: http://community.webshots.com/user/triptohawaii

that's the way we get by:

2006-11-20T03:37:45Z

so did anyone see the movie stranger than fiction?

i just got back from that and seriously.. WTF, MATE?
was that movie SPONSERED by spoon or what?!?
every musical interlude was brought to you by spoon. i heard a lot off the album i really liked, a few off the semi-new one.. and near the end i heard couple songs i didn't recognize.
which either were by a different band (god forbid) or were off an upcoming album we're all supposed to get really excited about.

don't get me wrong.
huzzah for spoon.
but.. BUH?

in other news,
i went to see reel big fish last week (yeah. suck.).. but i only went 'cuz streetlight manifesto was opening for them and, what can i say, i have a weak spot for them.
i had so much fun though.
i really miss getting to jump around in the pit and just kick the shit out of people.
no one expects it from someone my size and i love to fucking surprise them.

also. i now have a treadmill in my apartment that i have consistently been using (minus the last weekend) every day. today i didn't use it because i actually ventured outside and took a real walk.
that was nice.

lastly.
i'm really fucking looking forward to hawaii.
i don't care what anyone has to say about that shit.
i am going to have a fantabulous time.

so there.

peace out, all.

"i was out of your league":

2006-11-08T02:41:58Z

the blow.
it's kind of hit or miss. but the stuff i like is really good.
songs to recommend: true affection, pardon me, hock it and come on petunia.

in other news.
halloween pictures:

frankenberry, a goth girl and a surgeon.

i love this picture of liz. she is dressed up as everything ridiculous we could find at goodwill.

vince as a beer robot. i wish there was a picture of the front. there were flaps to expose his head, to show his id, and for when he has to pee. clever.

the group of us. (from left: assault [a salt] with a deadly weapon, surgeon, no costume, fudgems, geek, frankenberry, me [lulu], goth girl, goodwill, a little boy [hiding], whatsherface)

another of frankenberry. shown here with a random count chocula we found on state street. :)

there are more. but i didn't take any of them.. so i don't feel like posting 'em.

in other other news:

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

two months too long:

2006-11-01T17:10:57Z

so against my best rational judgment, i followed my heart and purchased tickets to go to hawaii for a week over xmas/new year's.

i'm really excited about it!
i've never been to hawaii before and i'm stoked to be somewhere beautiful and warm over the xmas holiday.

the days are already starting to get so short and winter is pretty much here (where did fall go? seriously.).
i'm almost so excited that i cannot fathom how i'm going to be able to get through the 2 months 'til xmas.

in other news, halloween turned out pretty fun.
on friday, i went to a few parties that were good. i was in kind of fowl mood (sorry to anyone that was hanging out with me) so i didn't really drink much.. but i had to drive home and i don't think i got there 'til like 2 anyway.
earlier, we went out to dinner at this japanese place where i got teriyaki chicken (i know. boring choice.) on a skewer (yes, the skewer made it better) with extra rice instead of veggies. i also bought these sweet chopsticks that i was going to use for my lulu hair.

saturday was ann-marie's housewarming in belleville. good food, good company. ann-marie = love.
we all met up later at dan's house dressed up and ready for halloween fun.
dan dressed up as frankenberry (http://theimaginaryworld.com/tic569.jpg). a post of halloween pictures may follow if i can find some.. otherwise, you'll just have to imagine the awesomeness.
jake also found me at state street bar so i left the work gang and we headed to a bonfire party at kai (sp?) 's house. it was pretty nice except that by 5am i was finding it hard to breathe in my corset.

all in all, i'm pretty happy about how the weekend turned out.

especially because of the 1am phone call on sunday night. :)

peace out all.

update for update sake:

2006-10-23T23:23:47Z

i'm getting pretty excited about halloween lately.
i'm going to be lulu from ffx. (see above)
i'm having a really hard time putting together the skirt.. but hopefully it'll turn out. otherwise, i might be the hamburglar (if not, i'm gonna do this definitely next year!).

my costume so far:

i'm thinking about going to the galapagos for my birthday.
(or.. hawaii.. ?)
going somewhere warm for my 24th (golden!) birthday would be absolutely fantastic!

last weekend i went to milwaukee and saw matt nash and folks.
that was pretty nice.
i also learned how to play mexican train. i've never actually played dominoes before.

this weekend is halloween festivities and ann-marie's housewarming.

off to make dinner!

run away:

2006-10-23T21:36:33Z

as much as i hate to admit it,
i really wanted to run away with him.

i would give up this apartment, this job, this cookie-cutter suv-soccermom bullshit everything.

i want to live day by day doing nothing but seeing what's out there in this ridiculous awesome world.
with someone i care about at my side when i wake in the morning.

i scare too easily though because i'm afraid that whoever i'm with will leave me when i'm out there.
and i'll be alone and away from everything i'm familiar with.

but deep down that's what i really wanted to happen.

but now i'm even more afraid that i'll be stuck here forever.
in the cold
cold
madison
winter.

normal "what i'm up to" update to come later.

peace for now.

"we're taking everyone down with us. .. "

2006-10-17T19:57:44Z

i just got new yahoo e-mail beta. the best part about it is the above bouncing ball guy when you're waiting for it to load.
click image above for bouncy-ball action.

tonight liz and i are going to make this pasta dish (i don't know precisely what it's called but it has italian sausage, sun dried tomatoes, spinach and some sort of cheese sauce) for dinner. we invited a bunch of people over.. but only jake and jared are coming. but jake's bring fancy bread and wine .. and jared's bringing cinnamon rolls!
mm.. cinnamon-y goodness.

i'm pretty excited about dinner with friends.
so much more fun than dinner alone.

i have a weird mix of music on my work computer. midtown just came up on random.. and i don't even remember owning this album previously.

i'm also pissed at this lady who is supposedly recovering the data from my old work computer (i killed my work computer last week). she keeps putting it off.. and i need all my reflection macros and vm images for customer work.
she's pissing me off.
i saw her at lunch in the caf today and i pretty much yelled at her back the whole time she was within viewing distance.
(yeah. i'm a pussy. i don't yell at people's faces.)

in other news, i was filling up my water bottle at the fountain today when this girl comes walking out of the kitchen talking very loudly,
"YEAH. THE WATER FROM THE FRIDGE IS SEMI-TOLERABLE. BUT THE WATER FROM THE FOUNTAIN. THAT PRETTY MUCH IS SHIT WATER."
then she sees me standing there filling up my water bottle.
we make eye contact.
i flip up the straw on my full container and start drinking it quickly and looking completely satisfied.

jerk.

i guess i should get back to work.

bleh.

i'm wasting my life:

2006-10-10T20:45:10Z

i have started linking all the photos in my entries to stuff (like full picture or informative links!). this one is just of the exploding dog for "i am wasting my life." i love exploding dog.

so i fear this may be a long update.

part one:
these past few weekends

* 09/03 * went to great america! i hadn't been there in so long. it was amazing because the lines were all very managable. we even got to ride raging bull and superman twice (those were my favorites)!
* 09/09 * heather and chad's wedding celebration party. it was so much fun! we got free awesome food and drink. . PLUS, we all slept in tents in the back yard! it was a great celebration and i'm so glad i got to be a part of it.
* 09/15 * i can't remember what i did this weekend. i think i had fun though. (my outlook calendar says i went to see adam's sublime cover band on friday.)
* 09/23 * i did a 5k walk for the madison zoo. i think i already talked about this. it was good times. i also went to potluck/scary movies that night and to "book club" the following day.
* 09/29 * minneapolis and cake concert. i LOVE minneapolis. if it weren't so damn cold/snowy there, i'd consider moving.
* 10/06 * my mom got married!! i can't believe she is now mrs. morrisey! it was a beautiful ceremony and nice weekend in door county. thumbs up to all.

part two:
rambling update part

today is le boring.
i am working but not. i am waiting for customers to call me. .. but am secretly hoping they don't.

you know how some days you feel just very alone?
today is one of them.

i am in one of those moods where i want a specific something.
. or someone. but i know that i'm not in the place for that. nor do i really deserve it.
sometimes i wonder if i'm not allowed to be with someone that makes me happy because i've been a bad person or something.

i also kinda miss garrett.
although i'm not sure if i actually miss him. ..or the idea of him.
either way, i'll always be jealous of where he is and what he's doing.

i should really stop hoping that people will like me for what i am. 'cuz it's obvious they don't and won't likely in the future.
i think that is all.

saves the day just came up on random.
3 miles down.
god, that brings back memories.

neat-o, gang!

2006-09-29T14:43:51Z

so i'm going to minneapolis for the first time this weekend. i've always heard such good things about it and i'm excited to get to be going there.
i'm also super stoked to see cake finally. it's been so long (heh.) since i started loving them and i've wanted to see them live for forever. i even missed the opportunity to see them for free once. ::sigh::
but now i get to make up for that by seeing them and a bunch of other bands. AND minneapolis. AND enjoying a brew festival! huzzah!

today is a busy one at work (although.. here i am updating lj). a customer crisis has come up that i'm pretty sure i can't solve.. but hopefully i'll get the right people on the call and everything will work out for the good.

i did the zoo walk last weekend with liz. we walked 5k and gave 20$ to the free zoo. i'm really happy about that because i love the free zoo. we have a badger now! badgers are ridiculous looking!

i heard from garry the other day. he's in hawaii now. i am extrememly jealous. wisconsin/the midwest is not my cup of tea. i need to get out of here eventually.

hopefully, i'll be strong enough to some day.

also.. my friend is getting a puppy this weekend! i'm excited because i get to do all the fun things you can do with a puppy -- like pet it, chase it around. .. and. .pet it.. but i don't have to take care of it! he looks really cute!

i guess it's about time i actually get workin' today.

hope you kids have a wonderful weekend.

peace out.

neat:

2006-09-22T16:45:39Z

i think someone should buy me cooking mama. i'd buy it for myself.. but i want the new mana series game and dragon quest one (you get to be the slime!). and those things are expensive!

in other news.. i got a mary kay make-over the other day. see my myspace for pics. they're not very good pics.. but they're something.
i got the make-over because the mary kay lady is doing my make-up for my mom's wedding.
i still kinda can't get over that she's getting married.

ugm was this past week.
i had a really good general session/dinner day. it was nice 'cuz a friend i've been feeling is slipping away.. was the way i remember him being when all of us were good/better friends.
that kinda passed though. . .. i think. i'm not really sure what i think right now though.

i'm resolving to not talk to people that are jerks to me (i.e. not call me, ditch me 'cuz someone else says they should).
i'm also resolving to not be available to people that take me for granted.

i feel like these people don't deserve my attention. .. as much as i seem to want to hang out with them; it's just not worth it.

i'd also like to get a hobby. i need suggestions though because i can't think of anything cool to take up. being lazy really eliminates a lot of things.

my kittie is funny because she likes to run to the door when i get home. and then when i first sit down, she jumps up in my lap and purrs like there's no tomorrow.
that's nice. :)

i'm going to lunch now.

beating hearts, baby:

2006-09-18T20:04:52Z

so it has come to my attention that i have been getting upset with people randomly lately. and more often than usual.
i find that i am "not talking" to a few people that have either hurt my feelings or just have been kind of jerks to me. i'm not sure if it's because i'm too sensitive.. or if it's because it's just that time of year. .. .stupid summer ending.

my mom's getting married soon. the above picture is the dress i'm wearing for the wedding.
it's brown.
it's really pretty.

in other news, i've been working a lot lately just 'cuz i'm avoiding going home.
also, because there's just a shitton more work to do suddenly.

i went to the zoo yesterday with liz and we saw way more disgusting things than we really needed to. i took some pictures. i may/may not post them.

i've been into really poppy catchy music recently. beating hearts baby, as cheesy as it is, is damn catchy and a really good driving song. i also have been into the hush sound. i'm learning to play 'lighthouse' on the keyboard.

i'm in the middle of my lulu costume for halloween. i have the fishnets, the moogle(!), the shoes and the corset. i just need to make the rest of it. i'm not sure if i even want to do it anymore though.
::shrugs::

i should be working right now but my computer is being wicked slow.
i've flicked it off more today than i thought possible.

.. . i guess i'm done.
peace.

itsbeensolong @ 2006-08-25T13:01:00

2006-08-25T18:08:42Z

Day One.

One eye open.
She focused outside her window and saw darkness. It was as if the sky had sucked up any form of light and left only blackness.
She sighed.
Two eyes opened.

As she dressed she scanned the abundance of clothing she had to pick from and inevitably chose one of the three things she ever wears.
She brushed her teeth with an electronic toothbrush.
She blow-dried her hair with a hairdryer from Target.
She got into her paid-off car and drove to her 9-5 job,
where she sat at her desk minimally earning her $ a year.

"I want to leave," she whined to her co-worker.
He smiled politely and empathized, though he’d heard this sentiment from her a million times.
"Pack up everything and get the fuck out of Dodge."
She chuckled a little because the speeding ticket she just paid off was from the neighboring Dodge County.
He nodded. But he was bored of her today.
"Just fucking do it then," he spat.
"Fuck you," she spat back. She was PMSing hardcore for the last month or so. This expression didn’t fail to come out of her mouth (or flow quickly from her typing hands) every five minutes.
He then got up and walked back to his own mundane desk.
He left her staring at a screen of Red Queens, Black Jacks and Aces made of Diamonds.
9 on 10, Jack on Queen, 2 on Ace.

Oh, the 9 to 5.

Day Five.

One eye open.
Grey skies at morn. Fatigue and scorn.
One eye closed.

Day Five: Take Two.

One eye open.
Still grey. Still hard to get that other eye open.
Two eyes opened.
Her bed cast extra gravity at her slight form as she tried futilely to rise.

She dressed with her eyes open but not seeing.
She drove to work without even noticing individual streets or cars.
She barely made a yellow light.
She barely made a stop sign.

"I’m going to leave," she told him.
He rolled his eyes.
"You didn’t hear me." She turned to face him. "Going to," she repeated. "Not want to."
He looked back at her.
"Oh yeah?" His interest piqued.
She turned her eyes this time to the white wall directly in front of her.
"I’m going to do it," she resolved aloud. She stared hard at the wall as if to carve out this sentence with her eyes.
There was a silence between the two of them.
"Score," he finally affirmed.
"Yeah," she sighed.
And she smiled.

Day Ten.

One eye open.
A ray of sun peaked through the clouds as if it too were just waking up.
They yawned together.
Two eyes opened.

Her closet had been emptied.
She dressed picking at the leftovers. Bags of extra clothing lay near her front door ready to go to Goodwill.
She brushed with her electronic toothbrush.
She blow-dried with her Target hairdryer.
She drove in her paid-off car.

She still played solitaire.
But she put in her two week notice.
She worked for her last paycheck.
She requested all her unused vacation days.

He sat next to her and shook his head slightly.
"I can’t believe you’re doing it."
She smiled at him.
"I can’t either," she echoed. They stared at each other for a while.
And then he smiled too.
An unspoken emotion passed between them as they recollected all that they had been and hadn’t been for each other.
"I’m jealous," he admitted. "I want to go to."
"I know," she nodded. "I felt that way too before. But now I just have to go. I have nothing else to do but this."
She knew that she was strong enough to do this.
She knew that she wouldn’t look back.
She knew there was nothing left to come back for.
And for the millionth time in the last few days, she smiled.

Day Fifteen.

One eye open.
Rays of light slit through her half-open blinds. Soft timid light.
Two eyes opened.

She danced around her empty apartment.
She dressed from a duffle bag.
She let her hair hang wet on her back.
She rode the bus to work.

She didn’t even work that day.
She made the rounds and stopped by every office she’d visited, chatted in, hung out in the past year.
She laughed with them.
She gathered addresses.
She caught jealous glances. And kept them with her.

She loitered in his office after 5 that day.
"Thanks." She spoke to his back.
He turned from his screen.
"For what?"
"I’m not even sure," she said, staring past him. "But thanks. For everything."
She walked over to him and hugged him.
There was friction as there always was recently when they touched.
It faded as the hug lingered and melted into something genuine.
"Have fun," he grinned. "I know you will."
You too," she nodded. Though she really couldn’t imagine it.
She squeezed his hand quickly and turned to leave.
His eyes focused on the spot in the doorway where she last stood.
And he sighed.

Day Twenty.

One eye open.
She focused outside her window and saw darkness.
Two eyes opened.

It was as if the sky had sucked up any form of light and left only blackness.

Two eyes closed.

She searched her memory for clues as to the mysterious double life she had just lived.
Did it really happen?
If so, why am I still here?

Two eyes opened.

Her blinds rattled as a winter breeze invaded her bedroom.
She brushed with her electronic toothbrush.
She blow-dried with her Target hairdryer.
She drove in her paid-off car.

Red Queens, Black Jacks and Aces made of Diamonds.
9 on 10, Jack on Queen, 2 on Ace.

When she got to work, it was he that was gone.
She sighed.

She tapped her French manicured nails on her oak desk.
Tomorrow morning she would wake with both eyes opened.

i take my cues from lucky numbers:

2006-05-22T04:56:23Z

some times you just know when it's time to quit.

even avril agrees with me:

2006-03-10T00:12:36Z

fuck you, world.

in other news, while i was working today..
i was going through a fake workflow where i had to check a patient into the hospital and assign him a room and everything .. and i click the 'admit' button and BAM:

i guess wisconsinites are something to look out for.

one more year and i'll have surpassed the amount of years i lived in illinois.
i'll be a complete wisconsinite and when people try to check me in at hospitals, they'll get crazy error messages!

in other other news..
my grandpa passed away today.
only a month after my dad did.

fuck you, world.

[edit]

i collaged today:

weekend two:

2006-01-16T06:51:55Z

it's weird that people are all getting back into livejournal at the same time.
or.. maybe it's not weird.
::shrugs::

i had a lot better weekend than i had expected.
so that's nice.

on friday, after getting ditched by my own father, i was seriously considering vegging on the couch all night by myself.
however. . i'm a sucker for peer pressure.. so that didn't end up happening.
i had a good time though. and we had ian's! i heart ian's.
if i lived downtown, i would have ian's every night.

saturday, i ended up driving to chicago anyway.
i hung out with james and that was good times.
i disappointed myself and the world, however, by only being able to eat two white castle burgers.
.. but i did eat inside a castle. so.. that's gotta count for something.

james is seriously an idea factory.
and a salesman, to boot.
i feel like if i had a million dollars, i would be broke in two seconds with him.
also.. "US" is ingenious. you need to try it out on someone that's hot.

i'm really into my ffx right now.
i finally have the airship so i'm just running around the world looking for shit i missed. i want to learn all my al bed. i'm having trouble figuring out where all the primers are.

i don't want to work tomorrow.
it's a holiday.. we shouldn't have to work.

[edit] i also managed to fuck up my right eye somehow. it hurts like hell and i think i may have scratched it.
looks like glasses (ew) for a while in hopes it magically cures itself with time.

update u.s.a.:

2006-01-09T15:04:57Z

to start off,
happy new year.
hopefully, this will be better than the last.

secondly,
chinese food.

so.. .john, liz and i are chillin' out downtown trying to take pictures of cool things on a horrible day for lighting, when we give up and head for liz's. after wasting hours chillin out thinking of something awesome to do, we come up with nothing and it's time for dinner. liz claims she wants sandwiches and i claim i do not. so it's settled that john and i get chinese food and she stays at home and eats sandwiches by her lonesome.

the sesame chicken i order is horrible. i however, not enjoying confrontation, don't say anything about it when the waitress comes over and asks, "is everything alright?" .. later, though, i realize that i don't want to pay for my meal if i've eat 2 and a half pieces of breaded gross chicken so john goes up and complains for me.

they flat out refuse to give me any of my money back.

"what's wrong with it?" the lady asks.
"the meat's pretty fatty and all around kind of gross tasting."
"but it's breaded chicken. that's what it says on the menu."
"but can't you see, she hasn't eaten any of it."
[lady wanders over to the table to investigate how much i've eaten]
[lady disappears into the kitchen, where she proceeds to have a huge discussion with the kitchen staff about what to do]
[she comes back holding the menu]
"see? it says here. breaded chicken with broccoli in a sesame sauce" [points]
"i'm not disagreeing with what's in the meal. i'm just saying it's horrible."
[discussion, discussion]
verdict: no money back.

they received a horrible tip and i'm never going back.

in other news,
we pull out of the parking lot and as john asks,
"do we turn left here?"
i think and go, "no .. [pause, while i think more, then.. ] YES!"
so sharp left turn and BAM!!!
hit in the back left by a ford focus.
john's car is officially totalled.

i'd post pictures but i don't have them.
i feel horrible though.

fuckin' chinese food.

[[edit]] above picture is a strategically placed thumb to cover up the fact that we only almost finished the puzzle.
before we broke each other's hearts.

itsbeensolong @ 2006-01-03T19:58:00

2006-01-04T01:59:11Z

how can i have so many friends

and not have a goddamn soul to talk to?

bond, james bond:

2005-12-14T04:57:12Z

so apparently there is bond out on me. which is sweet.
check it out here: http://wcca.wicourts.gov
and all for a speeding ticket.

oh wisconsin and your crazy laws.

not much new happening with me.. as always.

i'm having a 6-month review with epic in the next month or so.. i can't believe i've been out of school and working for that long. it seriously blows my mind.

went sledding tonight. that was fun-tastic. i bought snowpants the other day for our snowboarding excursion later this week and i was pleasantly surprised by how warm they were and how dry they kept me. thumbs up to snowpants. i will never doubt them again.

in other news
x snowboarding trip thursday: dear god i hope i learn fast.
x xmas is approaching: damn, i better get on the xmas shopping.
x dragonquest 8/demo of ff12 is coming out: mmmmm....
x pasta for dinner tonight: and tomorrow .. and tomorrow.. and tomorrow.. .
x the french manicure: overrated?? or no??

leave me some love people.
i haven't talked to way too many of you in way too long.

::hangs head in shame::

apparently:

2005-11-28T19:27:15Z

so apparently today i cannot for the life of me type my fucking password. it's the same password i've been using for years and it took me 20 times to login to photobucket and another 10 to login to livejournal.
i am the coolest person ever.

a few things:

one) this weekend was fun times. i got to see laura for the first time in a long time. also, her parents made us a belated-thanksgiving dinner which was stellar. i also got to go bowling and do a neato puzzle.

two) upon deciding that yes, fallout boy would be one of my guilty pleasures, i do hate the fact that they took a song with a decent chorus (get busy living or get busy dying) and put this horribe rant in the middle and at the end of it. that really kills it for me. someone else should do a cover of it and omit that part. i'd probably love it.

three) i hardly ever do work. i technically should be doing work right now.. but instead i'm updating this journal. and before this i was doing a sodoku (which i just discovered this weekend and really like) online. i'm pretty sure i'll be fired soon.
awesome.

i think that's it though.

my lawyer is going to court for me today to get me out of a speeding ticket.
cross your fingers for me.

halloween:

2005-10-28T22:14:36Z

not much new with me really this week except that i'm super stoked it's halloween!
i got my willy wonka costume and i planned on being dressed in it all weekend.

on another note, i carved this sweet pumpkin:

random:

2005-10-07T00:14:19Z

did you ever notice that whoopi goldberg doesn't have any eyebrows??

i never did before..

weird.

ugm:

2005-09-22T18:42:28Z

[[disclaimer]]
most of this is from an e-mail to stevo.. .. . cuz i'm too lazy to retype it all

the following is a recount of the user's group meeting at work. it is a once a year dealie where all (or most) of epic's customers come to madison and we entertain them galore. we also have to get dressed up and look fancy for them.

woke up, got all dressed up nice and drove to work to catch a shuttle bus downtown for the big ugm kickoff presentation. i ended up having to wait a long time at epic since they didn't have enough busses for the amount of people and didn't get to the presentation until 30 minutes after it started.. however, they did provide breakfast, so i got to eat a muffin, some fruit, a boiled egg and some sausages.

the presentation kind of sucked since there was bad sound.. and it was long.. so i did a lot of sleeping.. and random talking. the presentation consisted of our owner/leader talking for a good half hour, some skits, some movies and a random keynote speaker.. all which plausibly would've been entertaining had i been able to discern anything they were saying.

afterwards, a bunch of us grabbed the free lunch (sandwich, chips and cookie) and walked to the monona terrace (where all the classes were). . .this would prove to be a grave mistake. we ate lunch and it was decent.. my cookie was kind of gross and the bread on my sandwich wasn't that good. then i realize my feet were killing me.. and i had a huge blister on my foot.. so that sucked.. especially since i needed to walk around in these shoes the rest of the day.

so i did classes and bullshit and finally made it home.. THEN was dinner.. i had to change in order to be "business casual" and i changed shoes to wear some backless numbers to keep from hurting my blister.. however, they were also heels to keep in the business casual theme.. which would also prove disastrous. dinner was nice... i had some chicken, a piece of roast beef, some pasta, mashed potatoes and bread!.. PLUS, i had like 20 desserts! there were chocolate covered strawberries, weird chocolate bowls with mousse in them and BANANA FOSTER (it was on fire!). mm.. food.

after dinner, jake, bethany, jared and liz (who i had to call since she didn't go to work at all that day)... went to angelic for some beers. i still had not changed. we had a couple pitchers and decided we wanted to go to essen haus for the "boots" (giant boots of beer).. we walked there because jake said it wasn't that far.. but it WAS. so my feet hurt AGAIN by the time we were there.. we then had 2 giant boots !! we also talked to some customers that were out after ugm for a drink.. that was fun times.

by then, i seriously couldn't walk, so jared let me piggy back all the way back to the car.. that was sweet. we then came home and ate some pizza and then i fell asleep..

in other news, i got my willy wonka coat for halloween:

so that's sweet.

going to sigur ros tomorrow night.. that will also be sweet.

that's all for now. peace out.

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in other news: taking my car to get fixed on the 4th of october.. it's going to be in the shop for four days.
le sigh.

ridiculous:

2005-09-07T23:08:04Z

i've been so busy these past couple of weeks.. it's ridiculous.

aside from my car getting keyed, 2 weekends ago was actually quite enjoyable:
$$ milwaukee art museum
$$ party
$$ the lake
$$ pictures
$$ fun times

and this past weekend was cool too.
i'm always a fan of 3 day weekends.

&& big group chinese food dinner
&& bought a queen-size mattress!
&& bought a suit (see picture below)
&& downtown and hookahs
&& ians!
&& dogma
&& cold apartment, warm bed
&& the zoo!
&& daiquiris and brats on liz's rooftop terrace -- classy!

as an update to the last entry, i got 2 estimates on the damage to my car: 1200$ and 1800$.. neither which i enjoy.
i am definitely kicking that kid in the balls if i ever see him again.

the faint's playing in milwaukee tonight. if you're there, go see them.

my suit:
sorry for the blurriness.

2 more days left in the work week.
THANK.
GOD.

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p.s. bayside. why do they just keep getting better?

FUCK:

2005-08-28T18:09:34Z

someone keyed my fucking car.

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so here's the story.

apparently, i parked my car in some asshole's parking spot. so.. instead of, say, asking me to move it.. or towing it (which he also threatened to do).. he decided to key my fucking car.

right side front.

right side door.

back.

the right side of the back.

the hood.

honestly, who does such a thing?

fuck 'em.

if i see him again, i'm kicking him in the balls.

p.s. yes, i DO know that my car is incredibly dirty.

itsbeensolong @ 2005-08-21T22:45:00

2005-08-22T04:06:01Z

so i just have to say, this saturday was probably the busiest (but fun!) saturday i've had in a while. it was seriously like 5 saturday's worth of events for me (although..since i do nothing.. i suppose it's not that much for active people).

my friend john came to visit this weekend and since it'd been a while since i'd seen him, we had a lot on our agenda.

first off, i had to hit up walgreen's. it'd been at least a week since i'd lost my lip balm and it was starting to be too much. the addiction took hold and i had to buy more.

that being taken care of, we headed to the mall for foodstuffs and shopping. i wanted to get a new leather band (since the buckle on my old one broke off.. le sigh) and john wanted a new watch band.. unfortunately, we found neither of these things. we also went to numerous (3, i believe) game stores looking for ff7 and none, yes none had it. bummer.

we then hit up state street. took in the sights, hit up the glass shops. john bought a piece and i just sat there drooling at them.. priorities first, lily. you need a new bed. we also saw ann-marie, lindsay and nick who were also just lazing around downtown. i think they said they were looking for something in particular.. but alas my memory fails me.

since the heat by then was a sweltering 85 degrees.. we headed home to chill out before we headed to devil's lake. at about 6ish, we were off to the state park. it was awesome!! i hiked fucking 3ish miles.. but a good 400 feet UP! it was tiring as hell.

pictures here.

there were plans to go out downtown afterwards, but it ended up with dinner at uno's and movies/anime all night.

today i've just been sitting and recovering..
seriously.. if you knew me, this normally would be enough activity to fill 2 weeks.

tomorrow's monday.
i hate mondays.