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Thursday, 27 November 2003 |
Thanksgiving. I wake up in the morning and am violently ill. I threw up 4 times in 3 hours. And I know what your thinking. Last night was the biggest bar night of the year and I drank too much and was hangover and that's why I was sick. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. I did go out last night to a couple of bars in prenatal, and did have a couple of drinks (2 and a half to be exact) and I also had a mini-Greek salad at comas to top off the night. I had a good time. But not that great of a time that I would be throwing up violently the next day. So I missed thanksgiving. And lemma tell you, that really sucks. And the worst part is is that I started feeling better right around the time that my parents left for dinner at my aunt and uncles, but I didnt want to chance it, relapsing there would have been a really ugly scene. So I sat at home all by myself. very depressing. I always look forward to the holidays and the big family gatherings. the only good part is that when my parents came home they had lots of leftovers and I was feeling good enough to eat them so I did. dessert and all. which is a total atkins no-no, but since I threw up so much in the morning I thought that id let myself be bad for the rest of the day. which worked out pretty well I suppose.
and I will NOT be going shopping tomorrow. people who go shopping the day after thanksgiving are CRAZY! I can understand, maybe, going to ONE store, for ONE item because its ridiculously on sale, like, say, getting an xbox for 50 bucks or something. But I cannot for the life of me fathom any other good reason for putting up with the madness. not one. especially when shopping on the internet is so easy, completely hassle free, and so many places offer free shipping. the money saved just can NOT be worth the hassle. plus, you can't actually browse when the stores are that packed. its just not possible. And leisurely browsing is what the fun of shopping is all about. well, for the women in this world anyhow.
2 days till the white stripes.
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Thursday, 27 November 2003 |
so matt thinks i shouldnt watch so much tv, and chris thinks im a nag. ok. got it. actually though, it may seem that i watch a lot of tv, but the thing is its optimized viewing. i never just channel surf. theres always something of an enjoyable nature ready and waiting for me on the tivo. plus, for every half hour show i only need 22 minutes, and every hour show, 44 because of the tivo having the skip ahead of the commercials function. some days i watch nothing, and others, ill sit down and watch alot. but even when im watching alot, im not really watching that much because im not watching the commercials. and i never have to arrange my schedule around my favorite show being on tv, and the tivo allows you to record 2 shows at the exact same time, so you dont have to choose between alias and malcom in the middle on sunday nights. or the real world and queer eye for the straight guy on tuesdays.
not that those are the best examples of quality programming, but you get the picture.
chris (my boyfriend) says in response to two posts ago "I guess what you should do if you're so alone is go and get a boyfriend. That would occupy your time with yelling at him, telling him he gives himself a bad haircut, that black shoes and a brown belt don't mix (despite the fact the only belt he owns is brown and if he doesn't wear it his pants will fall down.), that he needs to clean up all of the facial hair he shaved off and left in the sink, and for once in his damned life - he should pick a place to eat instead of just saying, "I don't know, what do you want?""
this is what i have to say about that:
maybe i do like to point out that the haircut that one pays for is always going to look better than the one one gives themselves.(there is a definite sentence and tense and object structure to this sentence, but you get the picture) and black shoes and a brown belt simply don't match. its a fact. and there these places called stores that sell things like, say, black belts, but that would require shopping, which i know is the worst thing in the whole wide world. chris would rather wrestle naked with a leper before hed step into an old navy if given the choice. the facial hair in the sink for half a day is ok, for half a month, gross.
clearly im right here and hes wrong. so its ok to nag just a little. dont you think?
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Tuesday, 25 November 2003 |
so, yea, gilmore girls not on tonight. some crappy ass drew barrymore movie instead. and west wing was a rerun that id seen before. c'mon real world and rich girls, dont fail me now.
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Tuesday, 25 November 2003 |
im all alone. alone. alone. alone. alone. isnt it funny how words take on new meaning when you say them over and over. or more specifically how they lose their meaning and dont seem like words anymore. alone alone alone alone. its no longer a word. just a confusing grouping of letters that dont make any sense.
anyhow, chris left today for jersey for the thanksgiving holiday, so here i am all alone in our cute little apartment. i used to really enjoy being alone. back in the day of cramped dorm rooms, bustling college apartments, or even with the parental units who wouldnt leave you the hell alone. then, i craved alone time. not so much anymore. im a little freaked out by randomly having this time on my hands. and we've had this week off of work, so i literally have nowhere to be. if im smart ill use the time to go to the gym, clean, get christmas shopping done and so on and so on. today i worked on a christmas type project which really sucked up the time and put me in a pretty good mood. and the good tuesday night tv is ready for me whenever im ready for it (on the tivo). the west wing, gilmore girls, real world, rich girls and queer eye for the straight guy. but for now im gonna work a little more on my project and try to enjoy this alone time.
i should go out and get some wine. theres beer in the fridge, but it definitely feels like a wine night. not to get drunk, just to, you know, enjoy. definitely a wine night.
ive got all day tomorrow to myself, then will probably head to the parents tomorrow night or thursday morning. got turkey day festivities thursday at my aunt and uncles, probably stay with the parents thursday night, and then back home on friday for a little more alone time before chris returns saturday morning. then the whitestripes saturday night. thats a show thats been a long time coming.
just got january 2004 issue of spin in the mail. is it just me or are they like a month and a half ahead of themselves. coldplay is the band of the year according to spin. chris martin on the cover. they have their year end best of lists and stuff in this issue. looking forward to reading (and probably disagreeing with) it. thats the first step in me, myself, getting my best of end of the year list together. seeing what others say, disagreeing, and then feeling the need to set it straight with my own little composition. or something like that.
alone alone alone alone alone alone.
this post composed while listening to: random bright eyes songs i downloaded earlier today
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Monday, 24 November 2003 |
as you may or may not know, my favorite band of all time is a band called catherine wheel. or the catherine wheel, depending on what phase of their career they were in. though there was never any official breakup announcement, they havent put out any material since 2000 and probably never will again. though i got to see them live 5 or 6 times on their last tour, and once in 1997 or 8, this is not nearly enough to see one's all time favorite band in a lifetime.
so the next logical step after the breakup would be for some of the members to do solo work, especially the lead singer rob dickinson. so for the past 3 years ive been waiting and waiting and waiting. i mean, if you're a musician, thats what you do, music. i dont believe he has a day job at the tim hortons or anything. he has no family that we know of (hes rumored to be gay), so i think its safe for me to ask "rob, what the hell have you been doing for the last three years? hello?"
and finally, today, i get what seems to be at least the beginning of an answer. and let me say, its about damn time.
in my inbox today from the catherine wheel mailing list i belong to called texture:
"It's been a good couple of years since I posted to the list, but I
promise you it is something really good that brings me out of hiding.
I just had the opportunity to hear one of the demos that Rob has
been working on. I don't have too much information on it, but here's
what I've got -
There's a 1-track CDR out there, don't know the name of the song,
but I believe I caught a glimpse of the Sanctuary logo on the disc.
The song is about 4 1/2 minutes in length - very laid back, acoustic
based, reminds me a lot of "Adam and Eve"-era stuff, 'Ma Solituda'
in particular. One line repeated often is 'what can I do to make you
love me?' or something like that. There was a rather abrupt fade out
at the end, so I'm not sure if it was the full song or not, or
whether this was an unmastered demo version or final studio version
or something in between. No word on a release yet, he's still
working on the record. We got it in at the station I work for at
home which has always been a huge Wheel supporter, and the PD said
it came from Rob's management company.
That's all I've got. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get a copy for
myself, but keep your eyes and ears peeled as material is [finally]
starting to see the light of day."
this post composed while daydreaming about what the hell this new solo rob dickinson music would sound like
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Friday, 21 November 2003 |
so i check pollstar every morning with the hope that listed there will be my favorite band (or at least a band i like) coming to town to play a show and make me happy. usually about once a week something new and exciting pops up, but its been quite awhile since that has happened. its really disappointing. must be a sign that winter is upon us. i guess the super-duper-ness of the white stripes/flaming lips new years eve show in chicago will have to carry me through the slow season.
i suffer the same disappointment when i check the mail after work every day and there's nothing good for me there either. sometimes after a good mail dry spell, i even get a little excited about bills and val-pak coupons. its better than anything addressed to 'resident' or other forms of truly junky junk mail.
this post composed while watching: jeopardy re-runs
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Thursday, 20 November 2003 |
ive been a bit incapacitated over the last few days due to some sort of head cold/sinus infection. so i finally call to go to the doctor this morning(because im really not getting any better), and they cant get me in until tomorrow afternoon. which is fine i suppose, because im not dying or anything, but still, you'd think they'd be able to slip me in somewhere today. luckily, theres not a whole lot going on at work that im missing out on, and frankly, theyd rather me be as far away as possible, so as to not get them sick.
and my car, miraculously, is fine today. i went out for the first time in 2 days and drove it around just to see what the deal was with it, and it wasnt acting up at all. which is good, but i have a feeling its just going to do it again in like a week. anyone want to put make bets on when its going to break down again?
im going with 2 weeks.
this post composed while watching: last nights south park on the tivo
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