Under the Arch

Yeah, that was me. ;) Here's a jumble of things that are too much for Twitter and not enough for a full post....

Thing #1: Thanks to Crystal, I found these truly hysterical handmade cards for the snark in all of you. ;) This one and this one are particular favorites. This one made me laugh so hard I almost peed myself. Her descriptions are just as funny as the cards.

Thing #2: I am officially single again. Ok, I was never officially un-single, but I'm not dating anyone in particular at the moment. ;) I've made a couple of good friends so far, that's pretty good, huh? lol

Thing #3: One of the girls I work with wants to set me up with her brother. I've never been set up before, so I thought, what the hell? I told her to go ahead if it makes her happy. I think he finds the idea of his little sister setting him up on a date as amusing as I do. ;)

Thing #4: I've bought all of 2 Christmas presents as of today. I suck at Christmas. lol

Thing #5: I went to Goodwill tonight to find some wool sweaters to felt. I have an idea for a present for my Grandma that I'll use them for, I'll post pictures when it comes together.

Thing #6: My camera pooped out on me, which is why there haven't been many photos lately. A new one is on my Christmas list, though the one I want is really too expensive for a present. We'll see what happens. ;)

Thing #7: A couple of movies came out today that I really want to see, Seven Pounds and Yes Man, but I couldn't find one person available to go with me. Boo :(

Thing #8: I am going to a Tweetup in St. Charles tomorrow. I wanted my friend Jessica to go with me cuz I'm determined to get her on Twitter, but she is going to the symphony instead. Now I kinda wish I was going with her. ;)

Thing #9: If you are not Twittering already, you really should! Peer Pressure! Ahhh!

Thing #10: I decided last week that I wanted to chop all my hair off. If you've seen the Naked Monday about my hair, you'd know that this isn't exactly a new thing. My friend, A, cuts my hair for me and she told me yesterday that she won't be cutting my hair as short as I'd like. She flat out refused. lol We renegotiated today for a longer style that will still eliminate a significant amount of length. It's just pissing me off right now. It's too long and heavy and it's takes too long to dry when it's freezing outside. It will almost be this long again by summer.

Thing #11: You know that movie eye flirting thing where a guy and girl meet eyes across the room and smile for what seems like forever? That totally happened to me today at work. One of the cute kiosk guys was walking in as I was walking out and he totally eye-flirted with me. And I started to smile back cuz he's cute, even if he's a lotion guy* and then I realized what I was doing and panicked. Ahhhh! So, I looked away and probably blushed. One of these days, I swear I'll get the hang of this. lol

Thing #12: It took me 45 minutes to leave work today...just to leave the parking lot! Damn holiday shoppers!! Weird thing? The parking lot wasn't even full, didn't make any kind of sense. I needed to go to the wal marts too, but was so frustrated by the time I made it to an actual ROAD, that I went home instead.

Thing #13: I decided to take my semi regular waxing further south. ;) Casey convinced me. lol

Thing #14: I can guarantee that I'm forgetting something. ;)

 

* One of the kiosks at every mall, they have a bottle of lotion that they smooth onto your hands. I walk by the same damn one EVERY DAY and they still try to sell me their stupid hand stuff. EVERY FUCKING DAY!! (Ok, not every day, but still, 5 days a week. I recognize THEM!)

So, as anyone with any sort of customer service experience knows, you are required to ask every customer how they are doing. For the most part, unless it DIRECTLY has to do with your job, you don't care, no matter how nice of a person you are. It's just something you say, to be polite, over and over and over and over again until you forget that sometimes, people think you're serious. This happened to me the other day and it is too delicious not to share.

I was having one of my usual days of boring monotony of "Hello, theres" and "How are you todays" when a young girl brought a long sleeved t-shirt to my register and in response to my only trying to be polite and fulfill my duties question replied, "Not so good, really, my boyfriend cheated on me last night." I, of course, snorted out a laugh. When I had myself under control again, I asked her if she was for real, or if she was just messing with me cuz I'm sensitive like that. ;) She assured me that she was for real, and actually her friend and her were both cheated on, on the same night. They were buying the t-shirts to decorate for school the next day with the words, "No, it is not OK!" lol

I assured myself that the boyfriends were now ex-boyfriends and wished them a better day today than yesterday.

"Oh! And may they both be hit by a bus!!"

 

(Well, at least I gave them a laugh. lol)

• I've been seeing a guy with a dog (a different guy than from before, I sort of didn't mention that, huh?) The dog is adorable, but my cat has been PISSED at me and has done little more than grumble or mew pitifully at me for days. She finally seems to have gotten over it and let me rub her ears tonight. ;)
• I ordered groceries from Schnucks' delivery service. We could pretend that I don't have time for grocery shopping, but really, I just hate it and a $5 delivery charge is worth the reduced aggravation. I'm willing to give it a try anyway, consider me your guinea pig. ;)
• The holiday season is upon us, bringing with it all the stress, but also all the yummy FOOD! I was skimming my newest issue of Woman's Day (Do you have magazines showing up in your mailbox that you never actually subscribed for? No? Just me?) and tearing out recipes that I have to try and now I'm craving pumpkin cupcakes and turkey pie. NomNomNom
• The 2 above points mean that there will probably be extra treats, I'll twitter about anything that needs a home. ;)
• I've picked up a couple of new commenters, there is a man from Indonesia with an interesting take on our election. I don't know about you, but I think it's interesting to see what bloggers from other countries think about our government. Check it out if you are so inclined. ;)
  

Well...ok, I'd like to say that I've been terribly busy this past week and just didn't have time to write...but, yeah, that would be a lie. I'd like to say that I had writer's block, but no, that wasn't it either. The truth? I was thinking. Sometimes that just happens. I sort of step away for a bit a just think things over. Sometimes it helps...and sometimes it doesn't. Not sure yet if it did.

I do have some news. My best friend Dan is on his way here from Afghanistan as I type this and I am greatly looking forward to giving him a great big hug.

I am again with wheels. I am temporarily driving my mom's minivan (and, wow, do I look like a soccer mom, it's hilarious) while my parents work out the legalities of me buying my grandma's car from her. (She had a stroke a couple of years ago and can't drive anymore.)Believe me, I'm mentally kissing the fucking bus goodbye and good riddance.

The website I mentioned that I would be writing for is on a little button to the left. They are still working out some bugs still, so I won't be talking about it until next week, which I think is going to be our official launch. More details coming soon. ;)

Um, I think there was something else, but I'll leave you with a photo or two I took in San Francisco. (Now I remember, all of the photos from my trip have finally been uploaded to flickr.)

It looked even better yesterday. I haven't had a really good haircut in a really long time and I'm super impressed with my friend A's skills. She is wasting all her talents in retail. Seriously. She knew just what I wanted and I didn't even have to tell her. She couldn't understand how I wasn't nervous, but then I told her about the time I volunteered for a hair show and when they asked what I would let them do, I told them to go for it, but I'd prefer not to have a mohawk, thanks. She thinks I'm crazy. I told her she has no idea. ;)

• Teenagers annoy the crap out of me. I didn't like them when I WAS one. This is why I will never teach high school, I'm afraid I would kill them.
• The new job is going very well. It would go even better if customers would stop messing up my shit. I love helping people find something that makes them feel fabulous. Now if they would just stop touching everything when I get it just so. Hee.
• A girl came up to me tonight and said, no joke, "I need a dress that hugs every curve of my body. You have anything like that?" (She ran her hands down her body as she said it, too.) My first thought was, are you sure? Have you looked in the mirror lately? I don't think that's the best plan. What I said was, "I'm sorry, I'm afraid that the fashion right now is high waisted and flowing." Her friend agreed with me and they moved on. Lord.
• I'm still laughing about embarrassing Mason at Denny's...and I'm going to leave it at that.
• My hair. I really want a new hairstyle, but I can't decide for the life of me and Whoorl has a really long waiting list. Poo.
• I had to buy a new a new router/modem thingy for my DSL. It was more money than I wanted to spend. I almost cried. But, everything works now and I can chat with my friend Dan again.
  
• My Grandma sent me a card for my birthday and it made me cry. Here, I'll show you.....
  
• My Mom and Dad sent me a card that made me laugh.....It's funny because it's true.
  

That's it. I'm tired.

I heard this tow truck outside and thought maybe someone was having trouble with their car, or they were on my street for a repo job....but a woman drove her car right up on it, so I have no idea what this was about.


My grandma gave me this frog on a rock when she found out about my love of frogs...I had quite a collection going on in my former apartment's bathroom and he was part of it. I moved the frogs outside to the terrace when I decided to change the feel of the bathroom in this apartment...I've had the worst time with this, can't decide for the life of me. I noticed when watching the tow truck activity that this frog has had an accident. I have no idea how this happened, the goofy thing is made to go outside in a garden, so it couldn't have been ice, right? Maybe some freak hail or rocks falling from the sky, I just don't know.


This is my new favorite soda. Soda is really my only real vice, I'm addicted to Mountain Dew, but I found this little lovely at the grocery store in the ethnic section. I tried a couple out of curiosity and my favorite is the guava flavor. The best part? They're made with real sugar instead of that high fructose corn syrup stuff. Yum!

It's been a crazy week for more reasons than I want to say here. Remember this entry? Yeah, more of that. No idea if it's a good thing, or just designed to make me crazy...your guess is as good as mine.

Here's to the good news:
I did get the Easter Bunny job, which starts tomorrow. It's only for three weeks, but it should help out.
I was approved for BlogHer ads which should be appearing soon, I'm switching the layout a bit so that there is plenty of room.

And the bad:
I know I've mentioned before that my friend Dan is in the Army. He is being deployed very soon and this weekend will be my last opportunity to see him for 15 months. Good thoughts, prayers, what have you, I would appreciate some sent his way. Thanks.

I am TRYING to finish the questions I was sent for the Great Interview Experiment, but for some reason it's taking me forever. Gah!

The makers of LOST are geniuses, but I find that I don't like writing about each episode. I may talk about it every once in a while, just not every week, so my only weekly entry will be Naked Mondays, which I'm really liking.

I'll let you know how the Easter Bunny thing goes and will post a real entry soon!

I'm losing my brain. Seriously. You just go along, singing a song, a boring one at that and BAM!! Something happens and it just throws your whole world off its axis. And you're like "Wait a minute! Yeah, life sucked, but I understood the suckage in all its monotony and sludge. What you're doing here? It's confusing and I just don't have the time to figure you out right now. I've got my own stuff, and if your stuff isn't going to enhance, improve, make me happy in my pants, I don't really want to deal with it. Make it worth my while, my friend, I'm tired and cranky and yearning for spring. Seriously."
Is that clear? No?


* I'm hoping for happy in my pants, but I'm not gonna hold my breath.

I'm a sucker for feel-good sports movies. I was flipping through the channels and just caught the end of The Replacements. One of my exs loves this movie and can't pass it by when channel surfing. For the next few minutes, it's his birthday today, so Happy 28th Birthday, darlin', hope it was a good one. I know that you hate celebrating your birthday, but you know that I don't care. :)

I was leaving to....well I don't really remember why I went out to my car, but I was about to put the key in the door when I saw the glass in the passenger seat.

"No, no, no. Please tell me I'm imagining things!"

The passenger window was gone, and so was my cheap ass stereo.

"Fuck!!"

I would have been in better shape if the car had been stolen. Seriously. Some idiot broke my window, which is going to cost me $265 to get fixed so that they could get away with a 8 year old stereo that originally cost me $100. So, what, they could get $5-$10 from a pawn shop for it? Will that even buy half a crack rock? I'm so livid right now, I can't stop tearing up, which is my go to reaction for strong emotion.

Also, when I called my Dad to tell him about it I dropped the f-bomb at least twice. I doubt he was upset, but I don't curse in front of my parents.

My parents are being kind enough to pay for the repair since I am in my last semester of school and don't exactly have $265 lying around. (Did I mention that my job at school is no more because they decided to close the office earlier this semester?) So, I'm broke, I have a broken window and no stereo in my car. This. sucks.

p.s. Anyone have any suggestions for having a stereo in a crappy car that doesn't shout, "STEAL ME!"

I went to the laundrymat (laundromat?) to wash all my clothes, because semester end+holiday season+bad cold+lazy+procrastination= lack of socks and underwear and...pretty much anything else. I actually have a washer and dryer in the basement that I own, but the water pressure here sucks so it takes almost as long to wash a load of laundry as it does to dry it. (plus, I'm lazy and it's cold down there and mwah!) So I took all my dirty clothes, sorted them into like colors and such and hauled the whole mess to the laundrymat on South Grand that is open 24/7 and has free wifi. I would have taken advantage of the wifi, but I had a new book to read and all this knitting, so I didn't bring my laptop...another time perhaps.
I have a lot of clothes. Say it with me...I have a lot of clothes. I didn't bring towels or sheets or any of that nonsense, just clothes. But, uh, by the time I finished folding everything and putting it back in the laundry bags, it was a little embarrassing.

I noticed this guy watching me and he was frankly making me a little nervous, but when he finally came over to talk to me.......
Stranger: Are those all yours? (pointing at the MOUNDS of clothing)
Me: Yeah, I know, it's really sad.
Stranger: Wow, and I thought I had a lot.

Look at that! Random strangers are alarmed by how much clothing I own! (And I didn't tell him about the summer stuff I have packed away.) As soon as I get it all hung up, though, I won't need to do laundry again for at least a month, maybe two. That's gotta be worth something.

Yeah, well it's last minute, and it will be a little difficult I'm sure, but it's not an insurmountable problem or anything.

Well, that's good then......by the way kudos on the use of the long word.

Snort! Um, thanks?

Insurmountable. Hey, any word with "mount" in it is good enough for me.

We had a high of 71 degrees today, St. Louis weather is fun!!!! Don't worry it will be back to normal by...um, thursday it looks like. Until then, look!!!
See the pretty line of red? It's a severe thunderstorm!!! With high winds and maybe a tornado!!! Wheeeee!!!!! I can barely contain my excitement. No, really.

Please! Please, for the love of all that's holy in the universe, come up with another ad campaign for your fucking store!!!!! I hate you and your stupid commercials! I would rather hear a marathon of Kay Jewelers ads from now until monday than hear one more "He went to Jared!!" Seriously, I'm gonna lose my shit. I'm not even gonna post a video, it will make you bleed from the ears.

Last week, I was explaining to the piercing guy at my local tattoo parlor why I would not be getting my tongue pierced as my friend had. You see, I have a freakishly strong gag reflex and the idea of having a metal rod constantly touching my tongue makes me want to gag. He stood there in stunned silence for a moment as I worried that I had overshared with this total stranger, only to say, "Well. You'd never make it in Hollywood, would you?" No, piercing guy, I would not. SNORT!

I haven't really paid any attention to the referrers from my counter thing in a while, and on a whim decided to see what had brought some recent visitors to this page. 3 out of the last 10 were here for this...

They were doing a google search for Bitten, Sarah Jessica Parker, or Houndstooth coat with one or both. I love this coat. Pink puffy heart love it. I bought a hat, scarf, and glove set from Target to go with it and I'm stylin, for cheap. If you have a Steve and Barry's in your area, check it out. I bought my brother's Xmas gifts there a couple of days ago (he asked for novelty t-shirts, and they have tons 2/$15), and ended up leaving with a t-shirt for my grandma, stuff for my nephew, and a couple of baby things for my friend's little girl, Mela. I love this store, it makes my bargain loving heart happy. (my previous post about the Bittten line)

For anyone confused by the previous entry, the winter finale of Heroes was on last night and they killed Nathan Petrelli, McHotty. It's possible that his daughter's blood can save him, but it was still upsetting.

This is a commercial that cracks me up and disturbs me at the same time. His mom rocks so hard! Hee. That's awesome. Youtube didn't get the whole thing, but it's for gamestop if you were interested.