| Okay, there's an upside here. |
[Dec. 22nd, 2009|04:49 pm] |
Tomorrow is the day that our company's sale should close, which has made recent weeks a bit odd in terms of productivity.
Today, though, we were told we will receive a "sale bonus" should the deal close, and we'll get it right away with our biweekly paychecks on the 24th. In my case, it's more than a usual biweekly paycheck would be for me! XD
So yeah, I'm happy. This was thoroughly unexpected. Now I'm going to go toss some money into savings to celebrate! |
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| I fear my gifts are small and inadequate. |
[Dec. 22nd, 2009|01:44 pm] |
I suddenly have this strong urge to go out and buy yet more stuff for people! Must be some subliminal thing reaching me. I feel like I've been pretty frugal/downright miserly in my gift buying habits this year, up til now. Now I'm thinking of DVDs I should have gotten my sister, chocolates I should have gotten my mom, massage and tech stuff I didn't get for Chuck, and miscellaneous clothes/toys/cute things for other friends.
Maybe I can sublimate this feeling into cookie-making. |
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| Dear Santa, |
[Dec. 21st, 2009|03:57 pm] |
This Christmas, I could kinda use:
- More work pants. I have 4 pairs right now, and one I only wear rarely because it’s light-colored AND shows terrible VPL (wear with thongs only!). 2 I wear regularly, and I love one pair because they look nice despite how much I’ve worn them but I hate the other because they’re rather baggy and unflattering.
- Another pair of jeans. I like my new pair but could use another one or two pairs, but I’d want them in different washes.
- New brown liquid eyeliner. I’ve been using a shimmery kind for a long time and probably ought to have something more day-appropriate.
- More nice work blouses. I could stand to step up the professionalism a little, but I feel a good chunk of my current selection is a little tired and small in quantity.
- A few more casual long-sleeve tops. Just something more than my collection of solid-color business-casual knit tops would be cool. Also peace on earth and stuff, if you've got the time. Thanks Santa! |
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| I caved for capitalism |
[Dec. 21st, 2009|12:59 pm] |
Welp, the general public sales for Muse's Chicago gig started at 10 AM today, and I got no hits that weren't in the topmost section despite trying immediately on the hour and many times more for another 30 minutes or so.
My optimistic resolve then died, and I shelled out a couple hundred for the two general admission tickets I wanted from a scalper/reseller. I probably should have gone for buying off of eBay and saved $15-20 bucks, but didn't think of it before I bought off of StubHub. I also could have waited longer for the fervor to die down, but really, I wanted to be assured I had GA. I guess the extra money is for peace of mind.
I'm pretty excited, but it's tempered with the knowledge that I had to pay twice face value. Ah well! |
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| Low (Christmas) spirits |
[Dec. 18th, 2009|11:33 am] |
Everyone I talk to seems to be feeling low on festive holiday feelings. I'm not really an exception, either! Last year I killed myself baking lots of cookies to send around, and this year I just don't have the drive to do it (besides the lack of foresight to start baking like 2 weeks ago). I can blame some of this on getting sick last week, but alot of it seems to be from a general lack of get-up-and-go.
And I still haven't managed to find a gift for my mom. Fortunately I have lots of extra time since they're away from home this Christmas and won't be back until after New Year's, I think. Still, I'm disappointed that I haven't had the discipline to really look for something up until now.
Maybe getting to bake Christmas cookies will charge me up again. |
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| Well that's irritating |
[Dec. 17th, 2009|01:37 pm] |
I logged in the very second it turned 1 PM (okay, maybe 10 seconds later, maybe) and was able to get as far as section selection for the presale before being informed by the site that the presale was sold out. D:
Just to be sure I've been sticking around and refreshing like crazy - once the "sold out" message for Chicago was gone and there was an option to buy, but again I got as far as section selection before getting booted again. What's especially odd is that other venues are also drifting in and out of sold-out status - Philly, Toronto, Nashville, Phoenix all keep turning up the "Buy Tickets" button about every 5 minutes before going back to being sold out.
Now the moral quandary: should I cave and buy GA tickets on BigStub for 121% more? Is it believeable that people would have already legitimately acquired these and popped them up there for sale?
Aaaauuuugh I barely EVER go to concerts so I really want to hit this one!
UPDATE: Okay, I cracked into the Chicago ticketing a little in the last few hours, and each time I tried for GA, I was informed they were not available. I think I'm willing to bet that GA is sold out on presale at this point, and the remaining sporadic ticket availability is for seating only. Hm. |
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| HOLY EXCITEMENT! |
[Dec. 16th, 2009|12:03 am] |
Today they announced the U.S. tour dates for Muse! There's one in Chicago! I EXPLODE!
Seriously I'm super excited. Chuck doesn't really like Muse though so I'm sorta hoping to get a friend to come with me to share my utter insane joy and fight off Twilighters. |
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| Updates on Etsy |
[Dec. 15th, 2009|04:08 pm] |
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Made a few new hairclip and ring sets. They match Angelic Pretty's Cherry Berry Bunny dress perfectly. They are glittery and oh so sweet!
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In other news, that creepy old man knocked on my door today, and I think he did yesterday as well. I didn't answer at all :| |
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| Resurfacing |
[Dec. 15th, 2009|12:43 pm] |
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Ugh. I just spent my entire weekend with a bad cold (perhaps the flu?). I started getting a sore throat on Thursday, which became a runny nose on Friday that turned into post-nasal drip, coughing, and a fever Friday night. Because of the fever I had crazy dreams of trying to take over the world by baking cakes. On Saturday it became quite clear that I was in no condition to attend the company Christmas party, but having made most of the food already I wanted to make sure it got to the party even if I didn’t - Chuck was nice enough to run it over that evening.
By Sunday I was feeling improved, though not quite up to doing much, and Monday morning I was less ill but still fairly wiped and opted not to go to work only to be useless. I think that was technically the first sick day I’ve taken! My mind finally came back to relative sharpness last night, so now I’m back in action at work, but still a little sleepyheaded.
Hopefully I’ll have energy enough to make homemade pizza for dinner tonight as planned. Tonight's our last night to chill with one of our local friends before he heads home for the holidays, so I want to at least be sociable! |
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| Happy King Randor Day! |
[Dec. 15th, 2009|12:22 am] |
Randor of the House of Miro, King of all Eternia, husband of Queen Marlena, father of Adam and Adora goes on sale TODAY on MattyCollector.com! Also on sale, The Green Goddess, re-issue Skeletor, and Ghostbusters' Winston Zeddemore!!!
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| My Creepy Old Man Story |
[Dec. 11th, 2009|10:26 pm] |
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Ok, so while my hamburger helper is cooking, I must tell you how I spent the last 3-4 hours.
This is possibly the creepiest old man I have ever met.
So, I have this neighbor who lives down stairs in our apartment complex. He's all alone, and lives by himself. I see him outside occasionally in his garage, and he always seems to be coming and going to places everyday (I can constantly hear him opening and closing his garage door all day long). I feel bad for him because he is all alone. I've never really talked to him other than the occasional waving to him after Jason and I come home from grocery shopping.
Now, in our old complex, it was like a revamped nursing home turned into apartments or what not. There was an old lady I'd visit on occasion and hang out with her to keep her company. We'd talk about sewing and she liked to bake cookies for people in the complex around the holidays. So I have no problem hanging out with the seniors.
So, this morning I heard a knock at my door. It was the old man downstairs, he had asked me about some person who came to his apartment asking about mine and some sort of meals on wheels thing. This had me thoroughly confused as, 1.) I'm not elderly 2.) Not deathly ill, and 3.) Never ordered no Meals on Wheels! So I tell him no one ever came and that we have no need for it. So he looked at me confused, and said, "Oh, well OK then." He then proceeded to introduce himself to me. His name is Ed. I then tell him my name several times because he is hard of hearing. We then shook hands and he went on his merry way.
The rest of the day I was cleaning up the bathrooms and the litter box, and around 6:00 I had just got in some shorts and a tank to work out a bit. As soon as I grabbed the CD book, I hear a knock on my door. It was Ed again. I had invited him in so he didn't have to stand outside my door in the cold hallway. He had invited me to watch a movie with him. I figured I would because, well, he does live all by himself, he's elderly, and probably lonely. So I told him to give me 30min and I'd come downstairs.
I get dressed and go down the stairway with my cellphone in one pocket and keys in the other. I had this feeling that it was a bit odd because after he asked if I wanted to watch a movie with him he had said "are you sure your boyfriend won't mind?". I mean seriously, who asks something like that unless they have intentions or some shit.
So I get to his door, hear him playing some instrument, and he tells me to come in. I am greeted by his 2 male siamese cats (which where freaking adorable btw) and he hands me a binder with a list of all the movies he has. He then touches my arm and asks me if I like Romance movies. This creeped me out like all hell, but I proceeded to keep my cool and say "No, not really. I'm not much of a girly-girl." Then he does a little nervous grandpa laugh and proceeds to list off other movies. Then he got to the movie Troy. I had never watched it before and agreed to watching it because I figured it wasn't mushy.
So before we get the movie he tours me around his apartment. I saw pictures of his family and asked him "Oh is that your wife?" (I thought maybe she had passed away) and he had told me that that was his ex-wife. Then I thought to myself "I can see why, that is if you have been constantly hitting on younger women". He showed me his guest bedroom and the bathroom, and then,his room. He had a gun rack with a few guns in it, a big bed, a desk, and a book shelf and dvd rack filled with movies.
We grabbed the movie, and I took a look at the back of it for the run time. 162 minutes! I about freaked! I didn't want to have to sit through 162 minutes with this old guy I don't really know! But, I toughed it out and was just thinking it was all in my imagination. But then, he proved me wrong. Not even 10minutes into the movie he asks "do you want me to hold you?". By this time I'm creeped out to the max and just simply tell him "no thanks" in a nice cheerful manor. Durring parts of the movie (the sex scenes) he'd look at me and lean over and ask "do you think that was rape?", "do you think they love each other?". I humor him and answer his questions and said, "If someone tried to rape me I'd kick em in the junk and run". He seemed to back off a bit with those questions after I said that. I kept my eyes on the TV screen the whole time, but since I have great peripheral vision, I could see him looking me up and down out of the corner of my eye.
He had offered me a drink 2 times, both of which I stated no, but he got me one anyways. I didn't drink any of it. It just sat there. I had this crazy thought that he'd try to drug me and rape my unconscious body (wild imagination, I know). Towards the end of the movie he noticed my silver studded belt and touched it right above my crotch telling me "that sure is a pretty belt" and then proceeded to look me up and down again. A few minutes after that the movie had ended and I told him that I really must go because I had dinner to cook and cleaning to do. He then proceeded to ask "Can't you stay a bit longer? When does your boyfriend get back?" which creeped me out a bit further, but also made me feel bad since he is all alone. I told him that I really must be going and that it was nice getting to know him.
I then ran the fuck up my stairs and into my apartment.
Now if you'll excuse me, I must shower with bleach to get the smell of him and his apartment off of me. D: |
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| Lame |
[Dec. 10th, 2009|06:28 pm] |
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Raging into oblivion about COSPLAYWIG not having any wigs for sale.
I had my eye on this short darkpurple/black mix wig for a cosplay I'm hoping to do with a group for OhayoCon (if I can make it)
I should have not stalled and just got it when I saw it.
hurmph. |
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| You can tell it's bad when... |
[Dec. 10th, 2009|04:18 pm] |
My career in foodservice, such as it has been, has generally given me the impression that there will always be jobs in food prep, from kitchen manager to dishwasher, in any area with a decent population and accompanying restaurant presence.
However, I just checked out CareerBuilder (out of curiosity) and looked at Restaurant/Food listings - to find only 7 listings in Green Bay, with another 4 in nearby cities within about 30 miles. Craigslist boasts more listings (about double), but still, wow. Intellectually I know that restaurant business is down, but this really brings that fact home. |
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