| Addict |
[Sep. 22nd, 2008|10:55 am] |
I discovered that the original Harvest Moon for SNES was available on the Wii Virtual Console. I had never played that version before, instead starting with Gameboy's More Friends of Mineral Town. I played Harvest Moon for five hours on Saturday. It calms the nerves. Virtual farming for the anxious.
I don't work as regularly as I want, with the data entry job done I get less long term assignments. On the plus side, they've all been considerably less work. I finished two books in two days working for an evil lobbyist, and on Friday despite my requests for more work, something please anything, I read about 30 Rock, Mad Men, Ghost Whisperer, Missing White Woman Syndrome, Sarah Palin, American Media bias and the District of Columbia on Wikipedia.
Thank God for the public library. And for Mad Men appearing on Surfthechannel in a timely fashion
Other than that, I've been good. Walking so much my feet are all torn up, but what can you do? |
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[Sep. 5th, 2008|07:15 am] |
It is 2.5 miles to work. But when your commute costs you $7 a day, suddenly spending an hour walking as opposed to 40 minutes walking/metro starts to look pretty good.
Apparently the AmEx bill is $1037. We have $1040 after the rent check cleared...we can barely pay off the moving expenses, but we did it. |
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[Aug. 27th, 2008|07:35 am] |
| [ | music |
| | Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress | ] |
One day at work we had a fifteen minute conversation about the Liberty Bell forever stamp. It was the most exciting fifteen minutes at work I had ever spent. |
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[Aug. 25th, 2008|06:20 pm] |
In my twoish weeks of data entry, these so far are my fave email user names:
tropicofnipples
pagansholidayrevenge |
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| Work sucks, but we all knew that. |
[Aug. 25th, 2008|07:29 am] |
| [ | music |
| | Okkervil River - You Can't Hold The Hand Of A Rock And Roll Man | ] |
Every day I have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, crackers, and nutra-grain bar for lunch. I am uncool. I also pretend like I'm getting coffee when I'm really getting a French Vanilla Cappuccino.
Apparently toasted ravioli are regional to St. Louis, and if I want some, I will have to either somehow get to an Olive Garden ten miles away, or make them myself. This makes me hate my parents, because they didn't know it was regional but fed it to me at least once a month my entire childhood. |
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| (no subject) |
[Aug. 17th, 2008|08:42 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | The Decemberists - The Crane Wife | ] |
Today someone stopped Dan and me, and asked, "Are you two still in love? You're in love, right?" |
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| Washington D.C. |
[Aug. 17th, 2008|12:09 pm] |
I got word that the guy who I kissed last September, the one with the girlfriend (they have since broken up) has recently gotten caught for lying to two girls, saying each one was his "only". Yeah. I'm not denying my fault in this (I should know better than to kiss assholes) but its good to know that it wasn't mostly me. If he hadn't done things with me, it would have been someone else..
Data entry, my current temp position, is so boring that I imagined hacking off my right hang on Friday. I wouldn't have to enter any more data, ever. I would be so much less efficient with only my left hand. But I got over it, I'm getting paid for this, and its kinda for a good cause. So I go on, paying attention to the data I am entering and looking at the clock, watching as the minutes dissolve into my morning break, lunchtime, afternoon break, and time to go home.
I miss reading US Weekly, which I got to read for free during my breaks at Blockbuster. Instead I sit outside a building downtown and eat a peanut butter sandwich. Stop in the lunch room, get a coffee, back to work.
I have furniture now, a bed, desk, couch, super nice television, and dining table. And city life is just like Urbana life...I still have to do laundry all the fucking time. |
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| Yes, I had internet access before a bed |
[Aug. 13th, 2008|04:23 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | Wilco - Can't Stand It | ] |
I am no longer sleeping on a hardwood floor. I am the proud co-owner of a bed, not just a mattress on the floor or a pile of blankets on a hardwood floor. I slept so well last night. |
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| (no subject) |
[Aug. 12th, 2008|08:14 am] |
| [ | music |
| | The Lucksmiths - Sunlight in a jar | ] |
When discussing jobs, it's nice to have someone say, "But if you took that job, I would never see you!" |
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| Little trip down nostalgia lane.. |
[Aug. 11th, 2008|08:21 am] |
Senior year of high school, I made lists of everything. in an old notebook, I found one lone list followed by a ton of stickers that say "Seniors for Kerry/Edwards" (before we all knew that he had an affair) and one that says Obama for Senate.
It's embarrassing I chose to commit this to paper, because I [i]don't remember having this emotion[/i]. Have I rewritten my own history of senior year summer to include no heartache, or was I not feeling the sort of heartache I'd felt or would feel, so it seems ridiculous now?
DC:
Last night we went to the Safeway but left a bag containing a block of Colby Jack cheese (6 dollars!) and garlic. I didn't realize until I was making a baked potato.
The garbage disposal is broken and the burners aren't hooked up. I have no idea how to hook them up. First call to maintenance in thirty minutes.
Otherwise, I have a job interview tomorrow, and hopefully after that? Work. Dan left for work this morning and I felt...useless.
Eastern Time is beneficial to me, I think. I wake up in time to call my mom while she's driving to work...seven o'clock Central Time. Or I can call at 9 here, 8 there to get free nights.
Overall? Things are okay. |
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| First update from moved |
[Aug. 9th, 2008|09:01 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | Old 97's - Crash On A Barrelhead | ] |
I quit my job. I have internet in my apartment but no bed. |
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| (no subject) |
[Jul. 28th, 2008|05:55 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | jobs | ] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Champaign, IL | ] |
| [ | music |
| | The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes | ] |
I didn't get the PIRG job. So, onto canvassing I go! |
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| Moving in three days. |
[Jul. 27th, 2008|10:35 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | moving | ] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Champaign, IL | ] |
| [ | music |
| | The Killers - Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf | ] |
So I'm moving far beyond what anyone in my family has ever moved. My grandmother when she was a bit younger than me moved from Madison, WI to Southern Illinois. That's the farthest. That's it.
My mom cried when I left. D.C. is apparently too far for anyone to imagine. Me saying, "I'll be home for Christmas" made no impact.
I do have a job (almost surely), knocking on doors asking for donations for Barack Obama. I just need to go in for the finalizing interview, and that same day I will be sent out with a crew to make money. I'll hear back from PIRG on Thursday as well, but I don't know that I'd get that; its way too glamorous.
Two more days at a Blockbuster, so my next paycheck will be about $100 in two weeks, plus it'll be the bonus check so maybe an extra 20-50 dollars...I'll start receiving paychecks from my new job the same week. Fabulous. I won't go too hungry.
Side note: my cousin's wedding was tremendously entertaining. The wedding was paused to have her sing a song, awkwardly, at the groom while the flower girl put her head down on the steps and stuck her booty out to the audience, banging her head down every so often. |
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| From overheardinnewyork: |
[Apr. 12th, 2008|02:00 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | BSG - Episode two | ] |
92-year-old mother-in-law: It's a two girl wedding?
Daughter-in-law, passing by second reception hall: Yes, two women are having a wedding reception, they got married.
Mother in law, as she studies the two women: Well, that one [Points.] isn't so bad. she could have gotten a man.
Daughter-in-law: She didn't want a man. she's attracted to women.
Mother in law: I never had a chance to try that.
[Then proceeds back and forth to the bathroom several times during reception, to check.] |
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| Small notes |
[Apr. 4th, 2008|05:46 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | Tegan and Sara - Are You Ten Years Ago? | ] |
Dear person who threw up outside my apartment,
Gross.
Love,
Celia
Dear person who left anonymous message on my voicemail,
Who the fuck are you?
"Hey, it's me. I was looking to get back in touch with ya."
From my point of view, this could be any number of people. Like, serious. Every day I have some new note on facebook or a text or voicemail from someone who claims we aren't in touch anymore.
Love,
Celia
Dear Zmick,
I learned a valuable lesson from Guitar Hero: No one wants to hear you jam.
I'd like to add, No one wants to hear you jam that loudly.
Love,
Celia
Dear Captive Willy (the cat),
I love you but you need to stop with the tossing of your litter. It's gross. Sometimes you make me gag.
Love,
Celia
Dear Post Office,
I understand why you are raising the price of stamps but I loathe you for it anyway.
Love,
Celia |
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[Mar. 31st, 2008|12:11 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | drunk | ] |
| [ | music |
| | The Killers - Leave The Bourbon On The Shelf | ] |
You know like when you ask to be put at twenty hours tops for the next week and for some reason your are suddenly put at thirty instead?
Tequila didn't make this better. I'm still worried about the projects I have to get done this week and now I'm drunk. |
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| postchristmas |
[Dec. 26th, 2007|11:38 am] |
Conversation at work:
Scott: So, how's the laptop?
Me: What laptop?
Scott: Didn't your mom get you a laptop?
Me: You didn't hear the story? My mom specifically didn't get me a laptop.
Scott: You mean she really didn't get you one and got everyone else one? What a bitch!
I'm safe back in Champaign away from family issues and bullshit. I mostly watch television and work, and my kitten sleeps on my neck. It's kind of adorable. |
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| (no subject) |
[Dec. 14th, 2007|02:46 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | exams | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Tegan & Sara - The Con | ] |
i just finished off a bottle of wine. HAH! |
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| conversations at home |
[Nov. 24th, 2007|08:56 pm] |
conversation #1:
(Best buy ad playing, advertising laptops at $200)
Me: I really want a laptop.
My Mom: We're all getting laptops for Christmas.
Me: Oh my god, do they have wireless capability?
My Mom: Brenn's does.
Me: What about mine?
My Mom: Oh, when I say we I mean the people who live here. If you lived here, you would get a laptop.
Conversation #2
Brenn: Are you still smoking?
Me: No, not anymore.
Brenn: Good.
Me: I was only smoking so I could be around a boy, anyway.
Brenn: What a great reason to smoke, Celia. |
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