Am also going to Stasiu's, of the regal urinal fame, to see Awesome Snakes on July 25. A W E S O M E - Awesome!
Now that I'm over being tricked, this is a pretty cool advertising scheme...
On Sunday, we were driving up to Hinckley for brunch with the grandparents, when FVR suddenly exclaimed, "There's a car in a dumpster!" Now, thinking that would be a pretty cool prank to pull on someone we determined that we would swing by and get a better look on the way home, and this is what we saw 
Now, it turns out that this is an advertisement for taking the bus. Not a bad scheme, since we weren't the only ones to pull off the highway. I like to think that the state trooper there was fooled too.
( More pics )
Garden Babies! The fruits of my labor (and a vegetable)
- Location:A Fine Grind
but I think this one's better than most. Get your creative juices flowin folks
If you read this, if your eyes are passing over this right now, even if we don't speak often, please post a comment with a completely made up memory of you and me. It can be anything you want -- good or bad. When you're finished, post this little paragraph on your blog and be surprised (or mortified) about what people don't remember about you. Or, if you don't want to post it, but want a completely made up memory from me, say so at the end of your comment and I'll reply with one. But consider posting. It's fun to see what utterly unbelievable nonsense comes up.
What's been keeping me busy, you ask. It's this monstrosity that has been taking up most of my time
Once again, when it comes to gardening, I seem to have lost all control. I will soon be wealthy in peppers and tomatoes, not to mention herbs, strawberries, and onions - oh my.
It's weird, one would think that with me not working right now, I would have a plethora of time to just laze around, surf the web, and play video games, but I keep finding all kinds of odd tasks to keep me occupied. School has a lot to do with that, of course. And that said, it's off to read vivid and fascinating nonprofit law cases.
So, took my lunch break at Lake Harriet again. These pictures are keeping me sane, so I share them with you...
- Location:stuck in class
- Music:no music allowed - boo hoo
This year it's a two parter...
Part I: Pizza and Cake at Alex and Desi's house.
Kids welcome.
Saturday, 6pm
(Msg me through Twitter for the address and RSVP info)
RSVP, so we'll be sure to have plenty of food.
Part II: Pub crawl
No Kids, only childish adults welcome.
Starting: 8:30pm-ish at Psycho Suzies and from there ???
Ending: Wee hours of the night somewhere in NE
- Mood:
excited
From ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
gunn
gunn“What we have here is the top 106 books most often marked as "unread" by LibraryThing’s users.
Bold the ones you've read, underline the ones you read for school, italicize the ones you started but didn't finish.”
According to this list, I'm pretty well-read. I went through a phase of reading the classics cause I thought "I should"
( What a list )
The sights that brought me back to sanity...
- Location:Avant Garden
- Mood:
complacent - Music:She blinded me with science
So, the move's over, and it really was the easiest move I've ever participated in. We were quick like bunnies and everything was done in about 2 hours. I have the greatest friends of ever!
My list of things to do is finally growing shorter. I'm nigh done with one final, and just have to write a paper for the other class. Then it's just cleaning and painting the apartment. I'm so looking forward to things slowing down. I feel like I've been totally unfocused, trying to prep for the move and staying on top of homework.
Now, if it would just warm up, my list of things to do now includes fun things like river walks, the zoo, gardening, and picnics - yayyyyy springtime!
Yesterday, I called my local U-Haul to confirm a reservation, and was told that yes I do have a truck reserved, but they will contact me the next day to confirm a pick-up time. Then this morning I got a call saying I had to drive all the way to Eagan to get the truck that I reserved at the Mpls store. Hmmm, needless to say I was a bit upset and confused. The man I spoke with informed me that I had failed to read the fine print, and it was Eagan or nothing.
I then called the Mpls store to find out WTF was going on. To their credit, the woman who answered the phone worked hard to resolve the situation, going so far as to contact the Eagan store for me to confirm my reservation since the guy was unbelievably rude to me. I still have to drive to freaking Eagan though, so of course I'm pissed. Not only is it going to take forever to drive there, but I have to pay for FREAKING MILEAGE FROM EAGAN TO ANOKA!
Armed with righteous anger, I shoot off an email to the corporate headquarters of U-Haul, and get back an email that states the local office will contact me. Fine, whatever, in the meantime I reply to corporate, saying that this really is their problem to deal with. I just want my freaking truck and I DO NOT want to have to pay extra mileage, or even full price when it comes down to it, since they're not holding up their end of the bargain.
But wait here's the kicker. That guy that was initially so freaking rude to me, yeah he called me and told me essentially, "how dare I complain about his rudeness, and that if I wanted to act like an adult I could call him back." Yeah, that's customer service buddies.
EDIT: This guy continued to call me every half hour on Friday night. I eventually gave up and tried contacting another office. Got one, and the move is over. Grrrrrr, still seething over that guy's harassment though.
- Mood:
pissed off
I am absolutely livid today - I don't get to use that word often, but it's a good one today.
Today at work we were to have our horrible, monthly 7am meeting. Really now, who decides that 7am meetings are a good idea? So yesterday, my boss asks me to contact everyone to remind them of the meeting. Sure thing, not a problem.
Today at work we were to have our horrible, monthly 7am meeting. Really now, who decides that 7am meetings are a good idea? So yesterday, my boss asks me to contact everyone to remind them of the meeting. Sure thing, not a problem.
Then boss got a call from Area Director. A LONG call. Boss then emails me back stating I need to call x,y,z staff and let them know that they do not need to come, oh and by the way neither do I.
Hmmmm, I think to myself, looks like there’s going to be an a** chewing tomorrow, and we’re the lucky few who aren’t in trouble. I say pretty much the same thing to my roommate and to D. Both of them say the same thing, “good.”
“Wait a sec I reply, yeah, it’s good that I’m not in trouble, but this is pretty much going to make the rest of the week sucky. Everyone’ll be cranky ‘bout this meeting, and likely resent those of us who don’t have to go.”
Oooooh boy, was I ever right. In an attempt to shift blame from themselves, the people at the meeting had a royal shit fest about how those of us who weren’t there don’t do their jobs. My boss didn’t buy it, but nevertheless – F you guys. Seriously, if by not doing my job, you mean that I don’t take you by the hand, and lead you merrily through each and every part of your job, you’re right.
The place - meet at my apartment, 3216 29th Ave S, ending at 1835 5th Ave, Anoka
Time - 11 am
We'll load up the U-haul, and caravan it out to Anoka, where I will thank you with beers, beers, and pizza. And for those who want to hang out, there'll be a bonfire complete with more beer to follow, and of course, my eternal and undying gratitude.
- Location:Spyin
Friday, was pretty awesome, well aside from work. As most of you know from Twitter, I had to pick up a sick client from her day program. This involved poo-proofing my car (gods, I wish I had had the foresight to take pics of it). And the proofing ended up being a fortuitous thing, nuff said. So needless to say I was less than pleased by the time I got to D's house. But, I arrived to find these waiting for me
Beautiful flowers, and tulips are perfect since spring doesn't ever seem like it will arrive.
Saturday, we woke up bright and early to meet the fam in Hinckley for breakfast, where I convinced FVR to order this
It's French Toast made out of donuts. A bit sweet for my taste, but it did get me and nemo to thinking, what other pastries could we turn into french toast? I desperately want to try it with a jelly donut. Not that I even enjoy jelly donuts, but just to see if it could be done.
Then last night, D and I watched Southland Tales on FVR's recommendation. He was right, you must all go out and rent it NOW! Then and only then can we discuss it with you. I will say this, do not believe the description from Netflix and do not let yourself be put off by the fact that the Rock and Mandy Moore are in it. You will not even notice.
- Mood:
sleepy
On the other hand, I got a lovely email from my mom's best friend today with these photos...
Yup, that's me on the left. It made my morning to receive that, now if only the feeling had stayed with me the entire day.
Work was beyond crazy today. We have 4 clients right now who are obsessed with food. You can barely leave the kitchen before someone rifling through the cupboards. One client returned from the hospital, where they once again told her that if she continued to eat like that, she was going to go into kidney failure. Did that stop her? Oh no, my friends, of course not. I literally had to climb on top of the dining room table today in order to wrestle food away from her.
Another client *should* have ended up hospitalized today. I went down to bring up the stuff for the evening's meals. We keep everything in neatly labeled bins in the freezer and pantry so that staff can identify which ingredients are to go with which meals (yeah, some of my coworkers - not so bright). I opened the freezer and was a little confused by Wednesday's bin missing. I tromped upstairs to check the fridge. Hmmm, no bin. I went to ask my coworker E if he had brought it upstairs (unlikely, but hey, I was confused). His reply, "I bet I know where that is! Let's go search A's room." Sure enough A had eaten everything meant for a dinner for 6 people - 1.5 packages of tortillas, a pound of cheese, and a pound of ground beef. Now mind you, this was all FROZEN. Yes my friends, that meat was RAW! Laughing and crying at the same time, I escaped to the office to figure out what we could serve for dinner.
Once I'd gotten myself under control, I returned downstairs to grab the ingredients. Now, I'm not sure how I missed this before, but I discovered a bowl with the remains of ice cream on top of the freezer. "Oh for frack's sake! Now what?" Sure enough someone had eaten A HALF GALLON of ice cream. Yes my friends a half gallon. I'm sure you've all heard that bet about being able to drink a gallon of milk in one sitting, right? You just physically cannot do it. Well, the same applies to ice cream. Sure the culprit had to be one of the usual suspects described above, I returned upstairs armed with the bowl and a good helping of righteous indignation. I queried everyone. Hmmmm, everyone denied it, of course. But in the middle of my interrogation, one client jumped up and ran to the bathroom. "uugggghh, I don't feel so good," is all the response I got. Well, then got my culprit. But to be honest at this point, I just shook my head. It *was* 4:30 after all. My 8 hours of wrangling was over.
- Mood:
indescribable
- 20:28 At cc, come join us #
- 22:10 @FrankVanRad RAWK #
- 13:29 I hate it when a book is good all the way through, only to fall apart in the last 10 pages #
- 14:09 Snow Bunny! tinyurl.com/337pfq #
- 19:06 Watching The Sound of Music, it's shameful, but I love this movie #
- 21:44 Damn neighbors broke washer, clogged basement sink, and stole plunger. Words cannot express hatred #
- 12:48 Mmmm making french toast with sauteed apples on top #
- 16:34 Frack school library proxy down. Does not bode well for midterm research #
- 19:04 Frack i'm craft retarded tonight. Have attempted 4 camera cases and not a one turned out #
- 19:05 Roommate is laughing at my frustrated screams #
Today, I've actually gotten a lot done, and I'm feeling pretty good about it. I love how great checking things off a list can make me feel. And then
gunnshowed me this amazing story she wrote after our convo at McMahon's on Wednesday. Now I feel productive and fabulous! I was working on my midterm, but the school's proxy server has managed to stymie that activity, so I'm going to make myself a cute little camera case instead. Just look at me go!- Mood:
productive
- 12:05 I want to declare a snow day and go home and play games #
- 12:41 @FrankVanRad re: Expelled that's Fan-Freaking-Tastic! Dawkins is speaking this weekend at the Atheist convention, half a mind to go see him #
- 15:53 What the hell? Direct msg is totally screwed up from my pc #
- 19:38 Laundry! #
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