I feel yucky.

I am at work, and I feel yucky as heck. I am all queasy and vomity. I don't like it. I don't like sick. I am actually going to go so far as to say I have a fever. I have that hot yet chills out of body feeling. Do you know what I am talking about? And this is from me. I don't get sick. Well, I do. I'm human. But, I am not a fake sicker. A headache, cold, sore throat, runny booty, slight fever, and anything like that don't stop me. Something that is just not feeling good is just an inconvenience. Those don't stop me from going to school or work or anything. I mean, if I feel yuck, I might not go to the grocery store or something like that. But, I think this is sick sick.

I am not cool with this. I have to work tomorrow night, and I am not a call in sicker (damn work ethic). So, I am going to go home, take a nice bath, and go directly to bed. I haven't been sick sick in about 2 1/2 years. Wow, maybe longer. It has been since I lived in my little apartment which was way back in 2006. So, there ya go. It's probably been 3 years. And that was super duper sick like when you are a little kid and after the third day you are just crying and want your mom. Living alone isn't so good for that. But, I lived.

Here it is again, though. This had better be just an "I didn't get enough sleep and my defenses are down" type of thing. I guess I am well enough to type here, so I can't be that bad. It isn't actually. But, I know that if I put my head on my desk at this moment, I wouldn't wake up for some time. I keep having to do that swallow...you know, the one like when you drank way way way to much. Except I didn't. But that stupid weight watchers meal I ate about two hours ago still isn't digesting.

But, I will go home and go to bed and wake up and be refreshed. The shitty part is is that I have to go get dog food before I go home. He's got none. None! I gave him his last cupful when I left for work. So, I have no choice. Dammit! Oh well. It's what a mother has to do. Luckily, Wal-Green's is close. Maybe I will get some Pepto (probably not because that stuff is so so so gross).

Okay, I have to actually do my job and not try to vomit on the phone. Yay! Now, I sure will feel silly if I wake up fine tomorrow. I probably will. I hope so. Working whilst ill just sucks.

The way most boring post I can come up with!

I don't mean for it to be, but I got nothing going on. Really, I don't. I have some school work to do. Nothing major. I have some work work to do. See, nothing exciting. But, I know that I get excited about reading anything new in a blog I follow (D.G., This means you!).

Tomorrow I am going out to lunch with Kathie. I am stealing her away because she only has about six weeks until her little munchkin arrives. So, I figure I best better get some super fun girl time before I never get to see her again. Or at least she won't have any time to have any Anders free fun (which I am sure she won't even want).

There are a couple of new pictures of my fellow on The Wooden Birds myspace page.



I gotta say that that haircut he has is looking mighty fine. Wonder who did it? Well, I think that would be me! But, really, he is just adorable. I get a bit googly over him from time to time if you haven't noticed.

Nothing else new is going on at all. One of our mice that so love to invade our house from time to time seems to have died in the wall. That's always a plus! It smells quite nice in the living room right now. And it is in a place that no one is getting to. So, I am guessing I will just chill out in the bedroom or the boy's room until it rots away. Oh, that sounds so gross. Schneider is loving it, though. I bet he wishes he could wallow in it. Yuck! Gosh, I love that gross dog!

And, that's about all. If I can think of anything else, I shall add it on later. Oh, how exciting I am. Isn't it sad?

Oh, I meant to inform all that smiley face tack man is still there! He is missing a nose which someone has placed next to him, but alas, it is still there! Hurray!

Happy Easter!

Look how nice I am with that title. Do you have any idea how much I want to make fun of ghost Jesus being all Incredible Hulk and moving some large boulder. Or do you think he just David Blaned his way through the boulder? Casper and Patrick Swayze could just walk through walls and stuff. And so could Harry Potter at certain points. So, I guess even if Jesus where a wizard he could have risen today! Hurray! But, I didn't do any such thing. I just wrote a nice title. So, Happy Easter!

I didn't do much for it except some laundry. I am catching up on 30 Rock because I haven't watched it in a long time. I love the shit out of this show. I hope all the world thinks Tina Fey is as genius as I do. She's brilliant! I have a true respect for comedy. And she is really funny.

Oh, what I did do this Easter Sunday is get a bit of a sunburn. Actually, I got a pretty good one. I went to a friend's house this afternoon, and we sat out on her back porch for about an hour talking. I was sitting right in the sun. But, it was so gorgeous out there today, that I didn't mind. However, once I got home, I realized I am a bit burned. Actually, I am burned pretty good. I would take a picture, but my camera is in DC and my phone is in my purse in the living room. So, you may get a picture later. It was a beautiful day, though. I think it was worth it.

Talked to Jody. Their show in DC went well. Yay! I wish I could see him play. Soon, soon!

Okay, nothing much else is going on. Got a new book to read. Didn't do a damn bit of homework. Ugh! But, alas, I shall get on it soon. Maybe I would rather sleep. Ah, who knows!

Ah, the weekend!

I have this weekend off. I am so happy! I love weekends off. I should be cleaning and doing homework, but I'm not. Well, I am cleaning because our house needs it. I mean, we aren't the slobs of the century, but we do like to spread clothes from here to eternity. And, it needs a good spring cleaning. So, I am taking on this task tonight. Sure, it's late. But, I got through the kitchen and bathroom. Next is folding clothes. Hurray!

I did chicken and ferret sit tonight for a while at T and J who are off having family Easter fun. I got to hang out with there menagerie of animules, play the Sims (a horrible addiction if you start), and just chill for a while.

Last night was Maria's belated birthday party at Shangri-La. I like it there. It's pleasant, not to crowded, and only mostly full of hipster dopes. I think the skinny jean per capita is a bit lower there than in the usual Austin hot spots like: the grocery store, the laundromat, the post office. You know, the normal places where people get dressed up to show off.

It was a good time! We had birthday pie! Now, I am usually not one for pie because hot fruit is just wrong. But Kristy was wonderful enough to bring a banana cream pie which I can do because we all know bananas aren't really fruit.

Here are some pictures from my fab new camera phone! I sent Jody off to Europe with my camera and the ghost that lives inside (or the black smoke monster if you watch Lost).









Don't Kristy's boobs look amazing in that one picture? Well, she has great boobs all the time, but you know what I mean.

So, there we are, except since I was the only photog, there are none of me. It was a lot of fun, even if I did the Laura and said something stupid.

So, we are sitting talking about how awesome it is that Vermont and Iowa are part of the now with gay marriage. That rules! And, of course, I say that marriage is sacred because I can go marry that guy over there (at which point I point to a hot guy sitting at a table across the way. I don't even know him, but I can marry him. Then two of the girls there burst out laughing and tell me that that isn't a guy, that is their friend Rebecca! Oh, yea. Yep, it was a girl. And, of course, did they have to go tell her? Yes! I wanted to die. Well, she looked like a hot guy. And if we had both been in Iowa, I might have made it legal! Anyway, I wanted just hide under the picnic table we were sitting at. I didn't get, though. I just smiled and waved at poor Rebecca. Ugh. Foot in mouth (much like Weenies eyeliner story!).



Oh, I did find this weird Easter Bunny at Wal-green's, so I had to buy it.


It says hollow milk flavored. Now, it was hollow, so I am thinking it was milk flavored. But, really what the hell is hollow milk flavored? Milk with no emotions flavored? It tasted like sweet. Not milk. Sort of like cheap white chocolate but without any flavor except sweet. It wasn't good. I didn't eat it all, so you know it was not good!

I have talked to Jody a bunch since he has gone. They have had their first two shows. Both went well. I am so glad for him! I think he is having a good time. They play DC tomorrow night. So, if you live there, go and support my boyfriend!

Well, that's it for me. I am off to scrub the toilet. Hurray! My dream of dream!


This is a note after I looked at my post. Okay, go to the picture of the two girls with short hair. See the person in the background in the red jacket/shirt? That's the girl I thought was a hot guy. See, from that angle you can't tell she is a girl! Ugh, I am such a douche!

If I die, invite Bible Man to my funeral! Wait, make him dress as Buddy!

Guess what? Smiley Face Tack Man is still there!! Yes he is! See-->

And I thought I would throw in just part of the board to show you that I am not intruding on any important break room information. That label thing there is new as of yesterday. So, can you imagine how much room I used to have? The buzz kill must have called in sick this morning.

Also, while I am at work, I thought you people would enjoy this picture. See those pretty flowers in that water? See how that water is a bit dirty and needs to be thrown out and new water added? See that? Well, they are all fake. Fake! Even the dirty looking water is fake! How tacky is that? Very! That means, I must go buy tons of them and place them all over my house! Oh, how I love tacky (if you can't tell by my clothes and hair).

That's about all. I haven't watched Lost yet. I did today watch an episode of "Charles in Charge" that starred the one and only Meg Ryan. She sure surpassed the rest of the cast, although Buddy Limbeck did go on to be Bibleman and on "Celebrity Fit Club." So, an Oscar nod or two isn't much compared to that. Of course, these days she isn't quite what she used to be. Neither is her face...Oh!

Talked to the Jodster a bunch of times today. Their first show is tomorrow night. I will be there in spirit. Well, I guess unless I die and find out there is eternal life and that I haven't solved whatever earthly problem I have and it just so happen that that problem is in New York City tomorrow night then I won't be there in spirit. Wait, or would that mean my spirit wouldn't be there? Oh, who the hell cares!


(Odd side note) I was looking for a picture of Jody to link to his name up there. So, I put his name in google images, just to see what comes up. And guess what does!!! A very small picture of me and my sister in 1978. Weird!

Twice is nice

So, I am blogging again this evening-although it really is the next day.

I work nights. I am at work this very second. Every night around 2:30 is my snack time. I eat lunch at 11. Snack at 2:30 or 3ish (depending upon my busyness). Then if I am hungry when I get home around 7:30, I will eat breakfast.

Anyway, almost every night I am in the breakroom, I make a smiley face out of the tacks on the corkboard. I don't use tacks that are hanging things up. I use the tacks that are in a line down the side of the corkboard. Above is tonight's happy face on the corkboard.

Now, the reason for this blog is because someone tomorrow will take my smiley face and make it back to tacks lining the side. Mind you, as you can see, there ain't much going on on the corkboard (I love saying corkboard). Really, there isn't. Notice how nothing is around it. That's because there is two things on it. And it is 5'x3'! So, my tack happy face is not hindering on any important breakroom news. Yet, everyday, someone does away with it!

Why? What kind of person does that? Are they that unhappy and miserable that a smiley face makes them cringe enough to line the damn tacks back up along the side? I don't get it! I know it isn't the cleaning people because it is like that when I get here at 6:30, and the cleaning people don't start until about 8 or 9! So, what is the deal? Why? Is it that bothersome? Heaven for bid we have any cheer around this place!

So, I am going to keep you all informed of my daily happy face on cork board ritual and how it turns out. I may not update you everyday, but I will update you.

Gosh people suck. The person who does that to my happy face is like that kid in class who reminds the teacher that she forgot to give homework...or worse! Pick up the homework. Ugh! Scrooge!

Well, he has gone away

But, not forever.

Jody left yesterday for his six week tour of New York and Europe. They had a couple of shows added, so now he gets to go to Paris, the butt head! I am really happy for him, if not a tad bit jealous.

What I am is missing him. Luckily, it isn't for very long. And it is stupid because he has only been gone two days. How gay is that? I am such a girl. Of course, I have stuff to do every minute of everyday, it seems like. And that happens whether he is here or not. But, I miss the shit out of him anyway. Luckily, the dog hasn't noticed he is gone yet. That will start a nervous mess. Ugh, that dog gets so nervous!

Nothing else to report here. Being as I am on my own for the next few weeks, it would start out with my dishwasher breaking and pouring gallons of water all over my kitchen. On the upside, my kitchen floor is clean as hell because it seems to have been all clean water. So, there's that.

I did eat Hot Pockets and Funyuns for dinner to make up for it. Yum! Yep, as you can probably tell by many of the pictures, I eat like a 7th grader whose parents are out of town. But, I give myself three days of that before I have to be a grown up again and eat vegetables and drink water. Or maybe four. I might still be sad from missing him....always an excuse!

But, nothing else much is going on. I didn't read the book I picked out for my book club, and I am avoiding commenting because I am such a loser! I picked out the damn book! What the hell is wrong with me?

I did get a few new magazines in the mail yesterday. I love that. And they were free. I love that even more. Somehow, many many years ago, I got on a list that gives out free magazine subscriptions. I have always gotten random magazines for years now. They usually last a year or two. Then I get new ones. I suddenly get Maxim again (I got that for years), but also: Soul + Body, Woman's Day, Glamour, Shape (to tell me not to eat Hot Pockets and Funyuns), Landscaping, Gardening, Women's Golf, WaterSki (not all of them are good, most I just recycle), Business Week, Game Pro, and Opera. I used to get Teen Vogue, Cosmo, FHM, Remedy, Teen, Seventeen, Lady's Home Journal, a bunch of crap I never read that is equal to WaterSki and Opera, etc. I at one time got 12 magazines a month. It ruled! Now, I do get Texas Monthly and Vegetarian Times. But, I buy those myself. Enough about magazines...oh, how I love them.

Nothing else new to report. I forgot to record Lost tonight which ticks me off because I really want to know what the hell is going to happen with Sayid and Ben and well, the whole lot of them. I love the hell out of Lost. I am so sad that I missed it! Thank god for the Internet.

Okay, I'm off (like you didn't know that)!

Us

My boyfriend is going abroad!

He's not a broad. That's me. He is going abroad!

So, the fellow has joined another band. The Wooden Birds. He hasn't left his band band - Living Better Electrically. But, he has been given a pretty great opportunity to play percussion with a really cool band. They are the product of some of what was American Analog Set. I dig the music. One of his best buddies (who used to be in LBE) plays the guitar in the band. So, they are off for a month and a half(ish) to Europe. Oh, that lucky dog! I will miss him. I am really excited for him, and I am so proud of him! And maybe he will become a huge rock star and whisk me away to the casbah, so we can rock it!

Also, I just registered for my last semester of grad school. It freaked me out a little bit. Wow. I am really excited. But, I am also pretty clueless as to where to go from here. I wanted a Phd, but I just can't do it anymore-at least not with a full-time job. It is so hard. My undergrad was really easily doable while working full-time. It sucked, and I got no sleep. I didn't get to do a bunch of stuff. But, it was doable.

Grad school while working full-time has been killer. It really has. And I am a tough old broad. I really am. But, I am barely making it now. So, I just can't do the PhD while working full-time. I have no choice but to work full-time (how many times can I write full-time in one blog entry? Lets find out!!). The difference between grad and undergrad is so great, it is hard to explain. In most ways, I like it a lot more. No, I like it a lot more. I just wish I had more time to spend on actual school work. I feel sometimes like I am short changing myself and my education. But, I am a grown ass woman. I have to work. Even if I am not working in the field I am educated, I have to give my all to my job. Damn my work ethic! So, I am calling of the PhD (at least for now).

I am kind of sad about that realization. That was my plan. I truly don't think people expect much out of me (or expected, I should say). College wasn't not an option growing up, but I don't think my parents took college seriously for either myself or my sister. It wasn't really talked about. It was for sure that they wouldn't (or couldn't) pay for it. And it was no big thing that I didn't go. I really don't know that they thought about it one way or the other. Those years weren't so good in my household. So, I don't fault anyone. People have to think about themselves in order to deal with stuff. I did it. We all did. But, that made college an almost non option (even though I did get a scholarship in drama. I didn't take it. I very much regret that to this day).

However, it was a very big deal to me. I always felt like a loser. So, I tried it, then dropped out. Not because I was lazy (well, maybe a little. And I was 21 and moved to Austin). It was because I had to work full-time (there it is again!). And that's a lot for a dumb young kid to do. But, I went back once I got myself situated in life (or at least what I thought was situated in life). I really did feel bad about myself for not having a BA. So, I got one. Then I took about six months and realized I wanted to keep going. I don't know if it was more because I like school (I do) or just to prove that I could do it.

And now it is coming to an end. It scares me a little. I'm tired, though. Physically tired. Working long shifts at night; always being under pressure and a deadline has taken their toll. Sometimes I am just pooped out and feel like an old woman. I love school, but I realize that I would like to read a book for pleasure for once. I don't want to write anymore papers no matter how much I love it (and yes, I do love writing papers. I know that is weird and kinda stupid, but I do.). So, I think for now, I am done. Well, if this summer goes well, I am done.

Okay, I don't know if that is a downer or not. It isn't supposed to be. And, I am still excited for Jody. Him being gone will coincide with me having to do my final Masters' project which happens to be writing a book. I choose that over doing a research project because I am focused in creative writing. Hopefully, I will not procrastinate on this one, seeing as how it has to be really, really, really long. I have gotten out 25 pages in one night, but I am thinking a novel won't be so easy! So, I have something to occupy my brain while he is gone. I will still miss him. And, I will so still procrastinate! I mean, totally will! No doubt at all.

Okay, enough of that. Now for some happiness!

I got myself an award!!

I got an award from Mandy, because apparently, she things I rule! Here is the description that I stole from her page...(or what she stole, then I stole)

“When accepting this auspicious award, you must write a post bragging about it, including the name of the misguided soul who thinks you deserve such acclaim, and link back to said person so everyone knows he or she is real. Choose a minimum of seven (7) blogs that you find brilliant in content or design. Or improvise by including bloggers who have no idea who you are because you don’t have seven (7) friends. Show the seven (7) random victims’ names and links and leave a comment informing them that they were prized with “Honest Weblog.” Well, there’s no prize, really, but they can keep the nifty icon. Next,in your blog, list at least ten honest things about yourself. Then, pass it on!”

So, I have told you who I received this award from. Now, I will list my ten things...

1. I don't like Sci-fi and fantasy books, TV shows, or movies. I have seen some and read one. But, I don't really care for them. I would say that I hate most of them without even giving them a chance. I can't help it. It's just not my taste.

2. I think most organic fruits and veggies just taste like dirt. I wash the hell out of them (if I get them, but I am poor so I usually don't), and they still taste like dirt. I think my taste buds have been ruined by processed foods.

3. I have never eaten lobster or crab.

4. I am a nervous leg shaker. I shake my leg all the time. I even do it in my sleep. I am doing it right now. I do it when I am not nervous. I guess it has become a habit. But, I do it all the time.

5. I have never voted for a Democrat or Republican candidate for governor. I have always voted 3rd party.

6. This may be conspiracy theorist of me, but I think artificial sweeteners make me nutty. I really do. If I drink or use them for a week, I get moody and think weirdly. That probably sounds so nutty (and I haven't had an artificial sweetener in a while), but I think it has an effect on me.

7. I am absolutely in love with my boyfriend. I never had the opportunity to be in love with someone (even though I had a very long relationship before him), so I didn't allow myself to feel that emotion. It's a totally cool emotion. And, I am so glad I got to experience it for the first time with Jody. (Deep, huh?)

8. I love being tall. I wish I were taller. I love to wear high shoes (although I don't often) because I get to be taller. You have no idea what it is like to walk into a room being a 6'3 woman (ohhh, I'm a woman)(oh, and this is with shoes on. I'm normally about 5'10 or 5'11. It rules! I am so glad I am tall.

9. I am about to finish my masters, and I am scared shitless! On April 15th I find out when my deadline for my thesis project is because I graduate in August. Just hearing that I will find out a finish date sends me into panic mode. I am so tired of school and work, but I have done them both full-time for the last 5 years. I don't know what I am going to do without school. I guess watch more TV.

10. I have had a stomach ache for my entire life. I really have. I don't feel it so much anymore because it is just a constant. But, it is always there. Some days are worse than others. It kinda sucks, but that's life. I get a nervous stomach and a shaking leg. And, really I am not all that nervous a person. Strange, isn't it?

Now, here are the people that I am passing this award on to...(dang, Mandy took all mine!)

Kathie
My Phillipino Lova!

And, that's all because I got no one else!

Grey Gardens

To those who have never seen Grey Gardens, it is one of the greatest documentaries ever made. And it is about two of the greatest characters of all times. It is brilliant and sad and entertaining. I highly recommend it. Highly!

Now, I am quite a fan. For years there has been talk of remaking it. I have been quite opposed. Highly! I heard they were going to cast Drew Barrymore in it. Now, I love Drew. She's adorable, I like most of her movies, she's just Drew Barrymore-y. I like Drew Barrymore-y. But, Little Edie holds a dear place in my heart. I was highly opposed to this casting. Highly!

Then I saw the trailer.



She has Little Edie down. I can't even begin to tell you. It sucked the breath right out of me. And Jessica Lange as Big Edie! They are almost identical. I am highly excited. Highly!

Not a bad day for a work day

I am at my usual spot - work. Super fun! I am here all the danged time, I think. Actually, I am not. I am not at work more than anyone else. Maybe I just blog more at work than the usual person. Yipes. Maybe I ought not admit that.

Today was a pretty good day though. Jody and I headed out for a SXSW show (my first and his second). I do believe it was one of the last shows. So, I am glad I got something in. We headed down to End of an Ear to see The Wooden Birds. They are a great band. Pretty mellow. And one of Jody's other band members (or recently former band members) is playing guitar. It was a pretty good show. It wasn't super long. And I like the sound of them. So, it was cool.

While there I picked up a couple of records. I got The Band Rock of Ages and a nice little album by one Anita Bryant- the most wonderful Christian on Earth. If you don't know who she is, then you should be shot. She is probably one of the most horrible people to walk the Earth. She's right up there with Hitler and the Klan in my opinion. So, how could I not buy her album of Christian hits! Such a kind and loving Christian. So, of course, I had to buy it! I love anything tacky and tasteless!

We ate at Izzoz Tacos. We hadn't been there yet, and boy was it good. I liked it better than Torchy's, but it was no Maria's. (I am a fine connoisseur of tacos!)It was pretty good. And they had Mexican Cokes! Oh, how much better they are without high fructose corn syrup!

While we were eating, there was live music (as is the norm around these parts). On the drums was a kid who was about 10 or 11. He was so awesome! I mean, he was no Jody, but he was doing great for a beginner. He would do a little thing and hit the cymbal. Then this great big ole smile would appear on his face (sadly, it is the same smile I make when I do the very same think). It was great! And it was beautiful outside!

Overall (other than this being at work thing), it was a great day! It was so good to get outside, eat, listen to some music, and just hang out with my fellow.

Road Trip!

This week, the boyfriend and I took an impromptu (yet necessary) road trip to Shreveport, LA. It wasn't so much of a road trip as much as it was an errand run. We did this trip in 1 day. We left at 2:30 am. Got to Shreveport at 8ish. Ran our errand. Sat at Barnes and Noble reading magazines until said errand (nothing even remotely interesting) was done . Ate at Strawn's Eat Shop(which was okay, not great. It was an interesting place to eat, though). And drove our asses home. We arrived at 4:30, took a nap, then hung out with the Thursday night crowd (or our regular Thursday night hang out ). All in all, a productive day if not a long one. Of course, we did find 20oz Dublin Dr. Peppers and Fudge BombPops and pecan pies along the way! And, what great company I had! He didn't mind my continuous singing of Oldies (both rock and country) that was accompanied by my holding a flashlight as a microphone. Is it weird to say I actually had fun? I did!

On another note you should watch Milk and Synechode, NY. Both are excellent movies. Milk especially so. I think Sean Penn was awesome. He totally deserved the Oscar. I still see him as Spicolli, but he is great in this movie. So, go see it! Or wait, don't go see it because it isn't anywhere (unless you want to go to someone else's house to watch it.) So, Netflix it!