tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84954032024-03-14T13:49:23.604-05:00Untitled ...or how one can distract oneself from one's jobSome hopefully insightful, mostly mundanely boring, thoughts and experiences of this young woman. Big Break hasn't panned out yet....but forging on, knowing that at least 5 people like me, hey, its about quality, not quantity right?S'dizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149637367416712938noreply@blogger.comBlogger659125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495403.post-32613457362834512872010-02-18T13:54:00.002-06:002010-02-18T15:12:46.632-06:00can this day go any slowerThe time is dragging by...usually by this time in the afternoon zips by seeing as how I feel as though I need to buckle down so that it looks like I've accomplished something, but this afternoon is creeping along at snail pace. I suppose not filling my time with searching out JET interview tips is leaving me at a loss for work distractions. Speaking of my interview, I feel slightly more S'dizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149637367416712938noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495403.post-16245259257635588422010-02-05T10:18:00.003-06:002010-02-05T14:43:43.177-06:00shrinky-dinkIt's that time of year again. In a little over a week from now I will once again suffer through my JET interview. One would think that since I've been through it once, I would feel more prepared, but I don't. I can only hope that I can be a bit more relaxed and confident seeming, at least I have a better idea of what they might ask me, I think anyways.I started seeing a shrink again. I don't S'dizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149637367416712938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495403.post-59578671712587374502009-11-24T13:46:00.004-06:002009-12-10T16:54:04.410-06:00just swellAh goodness. Guess I haven't felt like updating my blog much lately...what does need some serious updating is my flickr account.A couple weeks ago I was certain that I needed to see a shrink as the funk was taking over. This week I'm feeling considerably better. We shall see how long that lasts. It seems lately that my funk likes to fall by the wayside only to come back with a vengeance in a few S'dizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149637367416712938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495403.post-34100774338928046972009-10-29T23:39:00.004-05:002009-10-30T09:02:22.097-05:00dedicated to Susie QI am eight years old and it is Christmas Eve. Having endured the long day of anticipation, as well as the torture that is my mother's traditional oyster stew, I was ready and waiting by the lit tree. Like most children of the 80's, I have hope that my coveted talking cabbage patch is one of the neatly wrapped packages under the tree. Being the youngest and most eager, I wait for the rest of my S'dizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149637367416712938noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495403.post-84616985055084253162009-10-12T11:32:00.003-05:002009-10-12T12:05:28.690-05:00lazy is as lazy doesI am trying to get motivated enough to at least accomplish a spot of exercise today. After a long and busy weekend during which I exhausted myself, I finally have a day off with no agenda. Well, I had a few items on my agenda, such as cleaning my ridiculously cluttered room, exercising and attempting to fix my car door handle that I stupidly dented in/broke off by miscalculating my ability to S'dizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149637367416712938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495403.post-8033924493856547172009-10-05T15:28:00.002-05:002009-10-05T16:32:37.293-05:00whoopsI'm pretty sure I missed my blogiversary again.So, after spending 6 hours on Sat. looking for appropriate flapper style attire to wear to the 1929 party I was attending at which a young gentleman that I have a slight crush on was supposed to also attend, well, it was a major bust. Not only did I not find a suitable dress, but the object of my affections was not in attendance at said party. Man, S'dizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149637367416712938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495403.post-75127992341821620412009-09-26T00:55:00.005-05:002009-09-28T10:32:28.681-05:00The floodgatesIt happened the summer following my freshman year of high school. My two sisters, brother and myself were on a sibling camping adventure. On our agenda...whitewater rafting. I'm neither athletic nor adventurous, therefore the prospect of whitewater rafting sent my heart a-palpitating. When we found ourselves running late the morning that we were to embark on this endeavor, I felt hopeful. The S'dizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149637367416712938noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495403.post-82268894878861252322009-09-20T13:32:00.003-05:002009-09-20T14:11:27.556-05:00ready to dropI am pert near exhausted...I do believe I have been "out" practically every night for easily the last three weeks, if not five or six. I haven't been this social since I was in my roaring 20's, and I'm beat. In fact, after I finish work this evening I plan on taking a power nap and then possibly attending bar trivia. The rest of the week, however, looks to be a bit slower then the previous fewS'dizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149637367416712938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495403.post-39347661580108229292009-09-15T10:26:00.003-05:002009-09-16T12:27:27.684-05:00hello blogOh blog, how I have abandoned thee.Well, last time I posted I had just turned 30, felt the loss of my friend's band and had a falling out with a friend. The friend and I made up a couple months later, and I am still 30 and still a little heartbroken over the demise of my friend's band.But man, has it been a busy summer. Lots of weekends out of town, a trip to Philly, and attendance of goings onS'dizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149637367416712938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495403.post-57105421181012181962009-06-07T21:24:00.006-05:002009-06-09T12:41:09.071-05:00heartless bastardsWell, I'm sitting here in my dark and chilly home feeling sad cause all my friends are out enjoyingGrizzly Bear, to which I had a ticket but lost said ticket, I am so majorly bummed right now, and feel like a dolt. I'm pretty sure it fell out of my wallet, I was probably drunk when it happened. Oh well, those are the consequences of drinking heavily I guess.Facebook is being stupid...ah facebook,S'dizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149637367416712938noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495403.post-88287944033216462012009-06-03T13:47:00.005-05:002009-06-07T21:22:36.046-05:00bumpkin\I'm a bumpkin...as in I will be toothless for at least 6 months. Yes, my molar has finally bit the dust, and now it won't be biting anything anymore, it has been yanked from my jaw, leaving an empty gaping hole. I miss it. I will also miss smoking. If anyone cares about the long and sordid tale of the life and death of my tooth, I will regale it...The story begins way back in college, I believe S'dizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149637367416712938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495403.post-62180865431990919102009-04-29T14:13:00.002-05:002009-04-29T14:22:35.634-05:00hoo-boyI just severely porked out right now for lunch, after my dinner last night of cake scraps and frosting and whipped cream I'm feeling mighty portly. Remember when I used to post on this thing like, almost every day? Maybe I'll try that again.S'dizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149637367416712938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495403.post-27734614099561151042009-04-28T12:04:00.003-05:002009-04-28T14:31:04.358-05:00in a van, by the riverThat's where I'll be if I don't get into JET next year. Oh, so for any of my vast readership that hasn't heard the news, I was chosen as an alternate for JET, and I just decided to turn down my chance of being upgraded in the following months for a variety of reasons, mostly because I don't want to have to move in with my mother if I gave up my housing situation and then didn't get upgraded. PartS'dizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149637367416712938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495403.post-19160987595766681032009-03-10T20:52:00.005-05:002009-03-11T14:42:15.857-05:00hornswaggledHmm, well, it has been an interesting few days.First of all, I'd like to expound on my opinion of the film "He's Just Not That Into You", which highlights the "delusions" of women and their supposed desperation to "read too much into" the supposed obvious disinterest of the object of their desire. However, it does not address why the hell the men give the mixed signals in the first place. For S'dizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149637367416712938noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495403.post-30677040643079358852009-02-09T10:09:00.004-06:002009-02-09T14:11:48.238-06:00slotherifficSo next week I head to Chicago to have my JET interview, I'm quite excited that I at least made the first cut. Of course I'm a tad nervous, as I hear the program is pretty competetive, and I've also read that I should know a fair amount about Japan and it's history and also American history...and I know next to nothing about either. I dunno, I don't interview well, I am not a quick thinker who S'dizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149637367416712938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495403.post-31380682797987226872009-01-13T15:30:00.005-06:002009-01-14T16:16:06.172-06:00a breath of fresh airThat is what I like to think of myself as, a breath of fresh air.It has been confirmed by the blogosphere...all the eligible men are taken, so there is no point. I actually gave a go at fulfilling one of my goals and giving a young man the f*** me eyes this past weekend. He wasn't quite a stranger as I've met him a couple times before which made it easier, and more laughable since I frankly can'tS'dizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149637367416712938noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495403.post-84914615047842585022009-01-08T09:28:00.002-06:002009-01-08T13:13:21.292-06:00underwhelmedI'm re-watching old episodes of Felicity again, I had forgotten how embarrassing Felicity is during her freshman year, and I find Ben to be more attractive, when in the past I've always thought Noel was more attractive. I think this is telling, and not in a good way...Ben is the popular dude who can get any girl, is more insensitive than Noel (although Noel certainly has his moments), and a S'dizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149637367416712938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495403.post-64076696800589297782008-12-24T09:10:00.003-06:002008-12-24T13:13:59.821-06:00All I want for Christmas is youI was told by my brother-in-law that I "better do some baking" for Christmas this year, though I do believe I've baked at least one cream cheese sugar cookies every year in the past few years anyways. So I'm exhausted but I'm baking some damn cookies, along with some cupcakes. But watch, I'll bring my slaved over baked goods to Christmas and they probably won't get eaten because there will S'dizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149637367416712938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495403.post-45291914168345453672008-12-19T15:23:00.002-06:002008-12-19T17:10:44.473-06:00moodyI feel ill, self induced by over-eating and over-drinking no doubt. I nominate myself for "roll of the day". Well, I do believe I have officially stopped thinking about anything of any importance. I have, however, obsessed lately over cat urine and holiday crafting. I also have a pathetic tale to tell for your reading pleasure...Yesterday being the arrival of recently posted about young man, IS'dizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149637367416712938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495403.post-9708185470990982042008-11-11T14:30:00.003-06:002008-11-11T14:41:43.832-06:00de-frag my brainI'm currently trying to de-frag my laptop because it is so damn slow, and then rip some cd's so that I can sell them so that I'll hopefully have enough money to prevent overdrawing my checking account. Good times. My goal was to be fabricing my walls today, but that is just going to have to wait I guess.Boy, I feel I was quite nuerotic in my last post, clearly I don't get out much. Actually, IS'dizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149637367416712938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495403.post-73928551425834991172008-11-07T09:47:00.007-06:002008-11-07T13:19:03.815-06:00cornucopia, a "horn of plenty" if you willSo yeah, I'm kinda petty about stupid things, I never said I wasn't weird, or petty. I may in fact be one of the most petty people I know, the stupidest things make me angry. I get angry when people are trying to be nice to me, depending on what they are being nice about of course (like telling me my lunch looks good), which is just weird and I'm sure means I'm mentally ill in some way. Please S'dizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149637367416712938noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495403.post-49033180280242486942008-11-06T08:39:00.005-06:002008-11-06T13:04:08.118-06:00pork meWe aren't supposed to be "fat-talking" here at work, but I am, my friends, large and in charge. I haven't weighed myself in the past couple weeks (scale went -very slightly- down last time I did), however I have been porking out on candy and baked goods, as if there is literally no tomorrow which will bring more candy/baked goods. Exercise? P-shaw! I've conveniently given myself some "time off" S'dizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149637367416712938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495403.post-14191155560575546352008-10-13T13:14:00.002-05:002008-10-13T13:21:24.017-05:00goodnessI almost forgot to mention that we finally went to the Corn Maze! A couple of the 'ol roomies and myself joined by a couple buddies made it out. This was no easy task considering the level of pain mine and Cassie's bodies were in due to the previous evening of heavy drinking, I truly was unsure if I was going to make it. But make it I did and we corn-pleated the maze successfully, it was grandS'dizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149637367416712938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495403.post-66879745941558108032008-10-13T12:10:00.002-05:002008-10-13T12:49:52.376-05:00pondering the prairieWhile hungover and watching TV yesterday this documentary came on and I was immediately riveted since I love old stuff and am especially fascinated by abandoned farmsteads. It was good, but I was a bit dissapointed in the lack of personalized stories regarding the farms, it was more a general history about the settling of the upper midwest and the rise and fall of farming culture. In any case S'dizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149637367416712938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495403.post-33034140179932721972008-10-03T15:26:00.002-05:002008-10-03T15:51:12.325-05:00getting sackedNo, fortunately I'm not getting sacked, but my supervisor is, well, getting laid off is I suppose the nicer term. This is quite sad since she has been here a very long time and is a very sweet lady. My very best office friend is also getting sacked b/c now that our manager is gone we have to answer to the next higher up now, who happens to be her mother, which happens to be against policy. S'dizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149637367416712938noreply@blogger.com0