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[Jul. 9th, 2009|11:35 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | dan, entertainment, friends, games, gaming, genevieve, george, life, michael, movies, shows, tv, white elephant burlesque, work | ] |
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So, again, I've let posting lapse. I remember a time when I was posting every day. Multiple times. That was likely a much more annoying time rather than entertaining, but still. Even if I have a hard time reading what I sounded like in 2001 over again now, it was nice to have a record.
So here's another go at picking it up again. Let's see if I can sum up the recently of things, yes?
A couple of shows have happened. George, Genevieve and I went to see Fuerzabruta in May which is this wild show off Broadway (a birthday gift to Genevieve from me and Michael). Action happening all over, above, on the walls, on treadmills. The audience moves around with the show. Crazy lights and building music. It all ended with a rave dance party under indoor rain. Thoroughly enjoyable show; quite the worth it experience.
Only other notable experience in May was more festivities for Genevieve's birthday. Lots good food and lots of friends.
June came and went almost as though it didn't exist. Many things happened, but it was one of those months that felt like it was over before I'd realized it started. To kick off the month we had a performance in Asbury Park for a ::insert many different sexualities and lifestyle choices here:: benefit. Our very first outdoor (and on asphalt, no less) show which went swimmingly but far too quickly. I did "Fuck You" again (which I absolutely love) and almost bought chaps. Damn my slightly too big (but beginning now to slim) thighs! I'm determined to have a pair by next year. This was followed by Dan's graduation party which was mucho fun and my introduction to a great family tradition of theirs: celebrating important milestones with lots and lots of crab.
Around the same time I got to enjoy both a boys' weekend and girls' weekend (one while Genevieve was in Virginia and one while Michael was in south Jersey). Boys weekend included much geeking out (including seeing the new Star Trek for the second time), much drinking, and a great deal of laziness. Girls weekend started by seeing the rescheduled Bailout Burlesque Charity Auction. (The first of which was cancelled, uncancelled, cancelled, moved, and finally cancelled the first time around - all on the same night. That experience included hanging awkwardly in the new Indian restaurant which was appalled to have us there in the first place, then move up to the scary soon-to-be clothing store which was falling apart, boxes and furniture - and rat pellets - strewn everywhere, only to discover performing there as illegal, almost moving the the gay club down the road, and ultimately turning away the whole audience and going home completely unfulfilled. Although in retrospect not a bad story to have.)
The rescheduled show was much fun to watch, some for tragic and some for very talented reasons. Parts made me very much want to collaborate, and other parts made me cheer (slightly inappropriately) as one act was dragged off stage. Overall and very fun night. I would love to see the auction aspect revisited now with lessons learned.
Saturday continued our girly-fest starting with some shopping, where I spent money I didn't have on clothes I _really_ wanted. Next we saw The Proposal which I liked a lot, followed by Appletizers and an impromtu stop at the club Switch to have shots and dance until close. I hadn't had a girly weekend in a long time; lots of fun was had.
Following the fun and leading up to the first of two full weekends of gaming, I got very sick, although nothing compared to the red death rash of earlier this year. Fortunately, my health returned for my weekends of gaming. You see, many times in the past we've started talking about RPGs and playing and I've said something like, "Oh! We could play now!" and everyone laugh and pats me on the head and we move on. But several weeks before, this happened while Dan and Katie were over only instead of laughing and patting, Dan, Michael, and Joe said, "Okay!" and Katie and Genevieve went shopping. This in and of it self was a geek-dream come true for me. And even moreso, as wee talked further, spawned into a plan to do full-on gaming weekends while Katie was away in Texas for a couple of weeks for a wedding.
This gave us (Michael, Joe, Dan, and I) a chance to plan an awesome D&D campaign Michael's been working on for a while on weekend one. Last weekend we tried D&D 4th Edition Friday night and then George joined us for Saturday and Sunday where we played card and board games and watched some geeky British comedy. (Best way to celebrate Fourth of July ever!) Completely enjoyable weekends and I absolutely want to do similar for every celebration that's for me. And many weekends in between.
Besides these gems I've remembered to mention, I'm sure many other really great things have happened, and for those things I forgot, I appologize. Much of the rest of my life has been exercise, shower, work, shower, dinner, sleep, repeat. Much with the work. But things are pretty okay right now.
Enough rambling; hopefully another two months will _not_ go by this time. |
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[Jan. 12th, 2009|06:24 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | booze, engagement ring, friends, genevieve, george, michael, movies, nyc, shows, video games, world inferno friendship society | ] |
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And in funner news, I had a fantastic weekend.
While not quite so glamorous and show-ful as Genevieve and George's, I did get to see World Inferno Friendship Society perform Peter Lorre's 20th Century again on Friday night at Webster Hall. We were given details that this was to be a taping for a DVD, although that may or may not actually be true. We arrived in the city at around 7:30 only to find out that the 8:00 tickets really meant 9:30. Jordana was able to get us in protected from the cold a bit early and then we hung around chatting and taking in the atmosphere until 9:30.
Genevieve found herself a perch in the corner of the balcony where she could see some of the stage and all of the audience and George and I found what turned into choice spots in the center of the balcony. First few songs had us struggling a bit to see, but as the crowd shifted, we were able to move up to the railing and have an absolutely perfect view, of stage and mosh pit. The mix of punk, ska, rock, and jazz is something that's pleased me from the beginning and this show was even better than the last ones. They added some material and were spot on with the numbers. It was hilarious, sad, uplifting, and really fun. It's a great show, and I hope one way or another it ends up on DVD. They played six or seven songs from other albums after the scripted show, all of which I liked quite a bit. I've got to start collecting more of their music. I danced practically the whole time and enjoyed myself more than I have fro a concert in a long time. My feet were not so pleased with me when the evening was over, but it was worth it. I also finally picked up a real copy of the album the show is for.
And as much as I love cheeseburgers, I rarely enjoy them as much as I did the one I got at the diner on our way home. But that was mostly because it'd been 12 hours and a whole lotta dancing between meals. We got home around 3 AM, I took a very relaxing shower, and then spent another three hours chatting with George, which was really nice since we don't get to as much anymore.
Saturday, with the snow and all, forced and not-very-opposed lazy day on us. We did make it out to the jeweler to see about getting my ring fixed (which should hopefully be ready this weekend) and the supermarket, where we should never go when we're hungry. After that we settled in for much drinking, food, many episodes of The Simpsons, Working Girl, and National Treasure (which I liked quite a bit!).
Sunday was similarly lazy for Michael and I. We ordered Chinese, played video games, vegged, watched some Star Trek,and talked. Very nice, relaxing, day. Definitely the kind of weekend I needed.
And now, back to work. At least for another 10 minutes and then back to home for today. :) |
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[Jan. 9th, 2009|03:46 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | booze, christie, events, family, friends, genevieve, george, michael, new years, range shooting, sam, vacation, weekend, work, world inferno friendship society | ] |
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| | Social Distoritio - "Dont Take Me For Granted | ] |
I'm really hoping the snow holds out until at least tomorrow morning. Even if that's like, 2 AM tomorrow morning. All the weather reports I'm reading conflict so I'm not sure.
Genevieve, George, and I are going to see World Inferno Friendship Society tonight for their DVD taping. Very much been looking forward to this. After seeing them months ago at Montclair State, I'd been hoping they'd put their Peter Lorre show on DVD, and not only are they, but I get to watch the taping!But, because of that, even though it's my shortest work day, it feels like it's taking the longest. Only about 40 minutes left in the day for me and it feels like 40 hours. Fortunately, once Chris gets here, I can started getting changed and ready for the show tonight. And hanging with her will probably help the rest of the time go by.
Last week's been pretty busy. New Years was very nice for us, kind of like our New Years/Christmas celebration combined. Much boozing was done. Same and Christie came up to visit from Virgina which was very nice. We've stayed at their various places over the years, but we haven't been able to host until now. And in honor of their stay we drank the better part of three bottles of margaritas and on New Years alone shot and finishedbottle of X-Rated (infusion). I was pleasantly dizzy the rest of the night (and parts of the next day). But one of the best parts of New Years was finding out that my brother Chris won this great award for his movie! I'm so proud of him, and this is bringing with it some great opportunities for them. I couldn't have been happier.
Of course the time off in the middle of the week made working Friday that much harder. But it wasn't too busy and the day went pretty quickly and the night was full (as so many are now) of Wii games. Saturday I got to have Genevieve all to myself while Michael visited his dad (who, by the way, was able to come home the other day!). We did lots of shopping and ended the day with a Eureka marathon (I got the first two seasons on DVD over the holidays).
Sunday Michael and I went to the range to shoot a bit, which is always fun, and hung around lazily for most of the rest of the day enjoying the much needed break. I also finally broke out my massage table to give my lovers much needed massages after the stress of the previous week. It was nice to finally do it again; I really want to get back into it.
I took off this Monday, as well, for the extended make-up holiday and we ended up going out to IKEA with George in the evening grabbing dinner there and hanging out amongst the snazzy furniture. And amidst there was much Wii playing to be had.
This weekend's looking to be equally relaxing. Genevieve, George and I (possibly Michael as well) are hoping to go out for a while tomorrow. Danielle Corsetto (GWS) is going to be at a comic shop in Kenilworth, so we're hoping to catch her, possibly visit my mom while we're close, and then hit a jeweler in our area (not necessarily in that order). I need to get my engagement ring fixed. It's been loosened from the setting for a while but we just never quite made it there, and then over Christmas break, the stone unfortunately came out and was crushed while being stored. So we're hoping to find out how much it'll be to attain a new gem and get it set back into the ring. Fortunately there's no damage to the gold, so hopefully it'll be easily fixed and not too expensive.
Then, on Sunday, Genevieve and George are going on Broadway overload so Michael and I will likely glue ourselves to our new Wii. No plan exactly, but either way it's likely to be relaxing. :)
And now, with half an hour to go and Chris just arriving, I should start changing and getting ready. |
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[Sep. 13th, 2008|06:41 pm] |
It's been a while since I posted, due to being very busy between work, White Elephant, and general life stuff, but today absolutely constitutes worth it. At SalonCon (which is currently happening today) this year we have two shows rather than one. For the first set, I wasn't performing so got a chance to actually watch the show. At the very end, George broke the fourth wall to call me up to sing me happy birthday (since today is also my birthday). I was both embarrassed and delighted but that was nothing compared to what came next.
Genevieve entered with her guitar and sang "Grow Old With You" from The Wedding Singer to me all adorably awkwardly. Michael joined her singing towards the end of the song while they both got down on their knees to propose to me. I'm not sure I actually ever said the word yes, but I was sobbing and still can't stop smiling. It was amazing and perfect. I'd love to be more eloquent but I'm still just all girly and blurry. I keep staring at my beautiful ring just to remind me it wasn't a dream, because really, I couldn't have asked for it to be more perfect.
The song was perfect (I'd already wanted it as my eventual wedding song; always thought it was so sweet), and they were so sweet and the audience was cheering and everyone was congratulating me. I'm incredibly happy. And therefore babbling. Matt was taping so I'll post the video soon for all to see the makeup running down my face as I broke down completely from surprise and happy. But for now, here's a picture of the ring:
To be completely cheesy, I'm so completely in love, and so grateful for such an amazing moment. I'm going to go back to internal squealing and gushing now. :D |
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[May. 28th, 2008|02:13 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | cthulhu, games, gaming, genevieve, george, joe, love, massages, michael, relaxation, seafood, sex, spas, video games, weekends | ] |
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I had a really great weekend this past week, which was welcomed after some stress I've been feeling lately from several different areas.
Friday night, even though I worked late, Genevieve, Michael, and I met Joe back here at my place to game for the first time in months. After loading up on food and myriad stimulants to keep us awake we gamed for six and a half hours bringing us to 5:30 in the morning. The sun was up and we all passed out soon afterward. It was _awesome_.
Four and a half hours later, for no reason whatsoever, my body decided it didn't want to sleep anymore. So I, Joe, and Michael (and eventually Genevieve) went downstairs and started trying to figure out Arkham Horror for several hours while I made us all breakfast. After running some errands (my computer's getting a bit loopy and I've been worried there might be something seriously wrong, so I needed to get an external hard drive to back everything up before I try to fix it or it simply crashes), Michael and I went to see Indiana Jones that night while Genevieve and George went to see a different movie, the plan being to meet up for dinner afterwards.
Now, ( Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.... )
I remember little of dinner besides the frequent inserts of new or revisited complaints about the film from me and Michael, but having dinner with Genevieve and George was a good way to start cleansing.
But and even better way came the next day. In our continued effort to improve and fix some of the problems going on in our relationship (the three of us as a whole and all the individual ones), one step that we've needed is reconnection with Genevieve. She and Michael have gotten a better start at that than she and I have, but Sunday was an excellent way to kick it off. After lounging around for a while after we woke up, Genevieve told me to get dressed and get in the car. It became clear very quickly that Michael was not going to be joining us and so we went. She took me on a couple of quick errands and then we were driving up the parkway. I had _no_ idea where we were going until we actually walked _into_ the spa. She took me on a spa day!
We got to do a couple's whirlpool which was insanely relaxing, for a couple of reasons, and then got a full body couple's massage. Plus the place is just drenched in luxury. They have delicious lemonade, really nice robes (which you walk around in the whole time), comfy lounges, nice bathrooms, and huge showers that Genevieve and I took advantage of after our massages. Really, they just supply you with everything. It was one of the most relaxing things I've done in a really long time. She then took me out to lunch where we ate a load of food Michael hates, drank some really delicious fruity liquor, had a really nummy dessert, and watched zexy softball players. It was heavenly. (Also a great fix for the vileness that was Indiana Jones.)
The rest of the evening was spent pleasantly relaxing at home with Michael, playing Grand Theft Auto IV, having sex, and going to sleep nice and early.
Even so, we ended up sleeping in very late (we all clearly needed the sleep). Monday was another day of gaming for us. We picked George up and met Joe back at the house. We actually got through _most_ of a game of Arkham Horror. I think we were playing for a total of five hours and we still weren't actually near winning. It was fun, though, and I think we're finally getting the hang of it. It complicated, but that's what you get when you try to get the fel and spirit of an RPG into board game form. We all had dinner with my mom before Joe had to go to work, we played on round of Loaded Questions and then George headed home as well. Another relatively early night to bed and the end of a really excellent weekend.
And, short work week! I did find out, though, that unfortunately Pauline's dad is in the hospital and not doing very well. She's on a flight now to California and I'm going to keep things running for her while she's there. So it'll be an interesting week here (although hopefully manageable), and I wish her the best.
That's about all I got. I should really be getting back to work now. |
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[May. 19th, 2007|01:39 pm] |
Dear Livejournal,
Genevieve's birthday party last night was the bestest party ever.
Well, possibly not ever, But it was _damn_ good. Yummy food, _lots_ of booze (my head was not happy with me), bondage, playing, movies, and much fun was had by all.
Also cake. _Lots_ of cake.
I am _so_ glad it was as successful as it was. And I'm also really glad everyone had as much fun as we did.
And now, time for pants. |
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[Oct. 21st, 2006|12:41 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | amy spanger, birthdays, broadway, carmines, genevieve, genevieve and michael, kevin cahoon, shows, stephen lynch, theatre, wedding singer | ] |
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So, Thursday night was the dinner and a show portion of my birthday present from Michael and Genevieve.
Genevieve and I left early to make a few stops before heading into the city. We got in at around four o'clock and made our way to 44th street to Carmines. We had a little time to kill before our reseration so we checked out one if those "Official Broadway" stores. I ended up getting a really nifty RENT christmas ornament. It's either new or they've never sold it at the actual theatre before. After that we figured out where the theatre we were going to was (on the next block up) and then went back to the restaurant.
We were about fifteen minutes early but they were able to seat us right away. The place was fairly empty when we got there, but less then a half an hour later the place was filled to capacity.
Genevieve had not been kidding about the portions - they're huge. We got fried calamari as an appetizer and spent almost an hour picking away at it. It is the best fried calamari I've ever had. We finished a little over two thirds before we just couldn't take anymore fried food. For the main course we had ravioli. Fresh ravioli. As in they fresh rolled it in the kitchen. It was amazing. The ricotta was laced with crack and mozzarella. The sauce was delicious and garlicy. For desert we had tiramasu, which came out the size if a pie. It was the best thing I'd eaten all night, and that's saying something. Best everything. Seriously. I'm picking about my Italian food because I usually figure I can make everything better then the chef. But in this place, didn't feel quite like that. We spent over two hours there talking and eating slowly. One of the most amazing meals I've ever had.
We still got out earlier then we needed to head to the show so we stopped at another Broadway themed gift shop and looked around for a while. Then, it was on to the theatre to see The Wedding Singer. When we got into the theatre there was a disco ball spinning pink lights around the room. The stage was set fairly plainly at first with a blue background with Saved By the Bell! like squigglies in all different colours. You could clearly tell where the way overprices seats ended and where the less overpriced seats began. We were in the mezzanine, and there were like twenty rows in the front that were practically empty. We were in the very last row, and even there were could see the stage and all the actors' faces perfectly clearly.
Halfway through the show we ended up moving up like 15 rows, with the management's approval. We'd've moved sooner, but I _hate_ when people get up and are standing in people's way. Whether it's to go to the bathroom or sit in a seat they didn't pay for, it really bugs me. When you pay that much to see a show, or even if it's a free show, having people standing in front of you and walking around so you can't see is rude. So as much as I wanted to sit closer, I didn't want to be rude. And since we could see perfectly well, we waited for intermission.
The show itself was awesome. The major reason Genevieve and Michael got me the tickets is because of Stephen Lynch. They got me tickets to see him in "concert" last year, which I also loved. He had mentioned that he was doing The Wedding Singer when we saw him and ever since I heard that I'd wanted to see it. But I had prepared myself for the possibility there'd be an understudy. Kevin Cahoon (who was in the RHS Broadway revival - usually a phantom but I saw him as Riff once) is also in the cast as George and Amy Spanger (who I've learned to really love since Reefer Madness) as well playing Holly, Julia's cousin. Luckily, none of them were understudied. We also saw Constantine Margolis, who did a surprisingly good job as Sammy. Genevieve pointed out that he was trying a little to hard to be John Travolta in some parts, but he was still very good.
Stephen Lynch was brilliant and very adorable through the whole thing. It's weird seeing him so nice for that long. But it was really sweet. And when he was able to be all angsty and angry it was hilarious as usual. Amy Spanger plays the most adorable and lovable skank. And Kevin Cahoon was great in the role. My favourite part with him was seeing him wearing a Hedwig t-shirt that I assume he got back when he was playing Hedwig. The whold show was full of eighties references, all of which could have been awkward and forced, but most of them weren't at all. It was a really fun show. The music was good and not overbearing, and there were some backup dancers/singers that made me drool.
I didn't stop smiling the whole time. It was a fairly long show, too. It started almost exactly at eight and we didn't get out until almost 10:30. I'd say more but anything I explain won't do it justice. If I ever get the chance to see it again, I'm totally eighties-ing it up.
I love my birthday. :D |
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[Mar. 11th, 2006|04:36 pm] |
They brought me Rita's. |
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[Jan. 27th, 2006|03:09 pm] |
I had a very good day yesterday. Amidst all the busy-ness between work and errands on days I haven't been working, it was very relaxed and much fun.
Genevieve and I managed to sleep in and get a very good start on the day. We dropped by Keils before heading to George's to hang out for the evening. Genevieve and George played around with music stuff on her laptop (which I look forward to doing when I get one :D), while I tried desperately (eventually with the internet's help) to get through the recent level in my new Zelda game. We were also hanging out with Matt who, pretty much out of nowhere, not only offered but on the spot made us a boat!!!
It's _awesome_.
Eventually, after hanging and talking a bit, we went to Applebee's for 1/2 price appetizers, including Matt, which's rarer the I'd like. We had a nummy dinner and then Genevieve, George, and I headed back to hi apartment to watch Mean Girls, which I loved. Some really excellent people in there, some interesting in-your-face commentary about high school, and just a really fun movie to watch. I liked it muchly.
After getting home, much was a blur. I crawled into bed and, after warming up, fell solidly asleep.
And now, feeling rested but headachey, I'm at work waiting for tonight so another rehearsal-ful (and hopefully at least a bit relaxing) weekend can begin. |
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[Nov. 24th, 2005|11:16 am] |
In my dreams --
I was in some sort of fantasy setting, on a raft, with five other people. Four of them (who later turned into Chris, George, Genevieve, and Michael), were in my "party", and the other was leading us somewhere. He was explaning our mission to us. We stopped at a huge stone statue in the middle of the water. It was glowing green. He said something that I assume was meant to be magical and we were yanked from the raft, through the stone, and dropped on the floor of what looked like a very dingy, underground clud or soemthing. It was dark, everythign was made out of water damaged wood, and we were in a side room with large beds, and travel bags (presumably for us) were sitting on them. We all stood up, walked towards the bed, and then the rest of my party rushed past me.
I turned to look (this is, coincidentally, when the four of them became recognizable as Genevieve, Michael, George, George, and Chris), and Michael was standing the the doorway. He half smiled, darted his eyes to the bed and said, 'Well, uh, I guess you bring the bags in, okay?'
I glared at him, but he had already left to join everyone else. When I got to the bed, all the bags were the ones that we take to Rocky (except for Chris'). I grabbed a many as I could at a time and realized that I had to get out of there now. So I pulled the last bag over my shoulder and bolted through the door. I fell face down and heard a large bang. When I looked back, the room was gone. I deposited the bags behind the bar and went to join everyone else.
Over in a corner of the room, there was a large, round table, where my group and other cast members were sitting and talking about the upcoming show. Apparantly, we were here to do a guest show. BUt it didn't start for a few hours. Genevieve and I decided to check out the stage. We walked up a very unstable staircase and opened the door at the top.
We were shocked into brightness. The top floor of this club was distinctly different from the basement. It was well lit, clean, sharp corners, very modern look. We walked over to the bouncer, I guess, and asked if we could take a look at where we'd be performing. He said he needed to look at our IDs to see which stamp to give us. We did, he stamped our hands, and we walked into the theatre(?). The stage was huge, very white, and I believe linoleum. Neither of us really liked it much.
The man who had been leading us on the raft came running in quickly, grabbed us, and dragged us downstairs. It was now empty except for Chris, George, and Michael. He gathered us together, and one by one forced our heads to lay on a table and mutters, 'Your stuff.'
The table got soft, I unblurred my eyes, and I was in my bedroom. I shook off my confusion and got up. I figured this must be the way to get us out of that realm, or whatever it was. Genevieve, Michael, Chris, and George were asleep around me. I woke them up, we got our bearings, and we went downstairs to join our leader guy at the dining room table. He explained that we were being tricked. That whoever we were suppsed to stop was using events and people from our memories to distract us. The club is a trap that we have to get out of or we'll be destroyed. We agreed that we'd completely forgotten about what we were supposed to do, and fallen right in with the rest of the cast and preparations for the show.
He told us to rest for the night, and we'd try again in the morning. I set everyone except Chris up in my room, and walked Chris to his. I sat and talked to him for a while and then said I should probably go back. Everyone was sleeping on matresses on the floor, and I climbed into my own bed.
I closed my eyes and, again, we were on the raft. He warned us to be more cautious this time, as they could send us anywhere to trap us. But, again, we were dropped into the same room in the same club. This time I ran to pick up the stuff quickly. The first thing I picked up was a small bag that exploded on me. It was this murky green goo and it was spreading on my skin. I screamed and ran out of the room to Michael to ask him for help. He grabbed a wet rag from behind the bar and quickly started rubbing it off. It came off eventually, but left what looked like deep burns on my skin.
I looked up at him and meaningfully said we'd probably have to do without our stuff. He looked at me sympathetically and went to hug me. A voice boomed deafeningly that we were to get out. We all ran up the stairs and through the door. Same club upstairs but this time it wasn't empty. The bouncer insisted that Genevieve and George needed costumes to enter, and pointed us to the door to get them. Michael and Chris stayed to see if they could find a way out, and I went with George and Genevieve to get them costumed. The room ended up being Bad Moo. I said hello to Lionel, and he said he could help them right away. He pulled out a box that he called "the quick costume box", and opened it. Inside was white rope, thin black rope, and red fabric. He started fitting them and I started looking around.
I started picking up Star Wars figures to apparently use as a supplement to Michael's Christmas present. While George and Genevieve were getting changed, Lionel said to put them down, he had even better statues to offer me, and he'd help dress them up. He brought the same box with him, pulled out these beautiuful wooden busts of all the Star Wars main characters, and started fitting them for costumes.
That's when I realized I'd gotten swept up in being here and, again, gotten trapped where we didn't belong. I ran form the counter to get George and Genevieve, who seemed to also realize the same thing. We ran towards the door and I woke up. |
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[Nov. 18th, 2005|05:13 pm] |
Yesterday I ran around like crazy. I was up at 8:30, and out of the house shortly after to take my mother to her deposition. And, at 12:30, we were finally leaving. It was nuts. It shouldn't have taken that long, but the lawyer was relatively new, soit took him longer then it should have. S'okay. I was glad I went, 'cause my poor mother was so incredibly nervous it was adorable. I could see her hands shaking under the table as she answered questions. She did really very well, though, and hopefully this'll mean money soner rather then later. But, who knows.
Afterwards we stopped back home. I searched my entire house (without luck) for my birth certificate. Since I couldn't find it, I got what I thought was six otehr points of i. d. together and went to the DMV to renew my liscence. Unfortunately, I was very, very wrong. So, I then went to the Summit city hall to get a copy of my birth certificate (which, really, I need anyway - I just also needed that fifteen bucks), adn then back to the DMV to this time actualy get it renewed. My new picture isn't much better, but at least I'm still a legal driver (yay...!) and it's easy to prove that I can drink. Then it was off to do fod shopping and home to cook.
Busy, busy, busy!
But, I got a nice surprise when Genevieve decided to come over after she hung out with Christian. We made a spur of the moment decision to go see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire last night with Chris, Tara, and Mike at midnight. We first went to Applebee's and laughed our butts off at really crass jokes. Then took an incredibly long time getting to the theatre (stupid roads being closed), but finally got there. To wait, but we got there.
The movie was incredible. Absolutely the best of the movies so far. It was dark, well edited from the original book, and I can hear the actors breathing in relief for the good script and excellent director they finally had. But, there were a couple of ( minor things I wasn't crazy about. )
Anyway, those are my only real complaints. Otherwise, fucking awesome. |
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[Sep. 27th, 2005|10:52 pm] |
Hockey good.
Especially when they fight.
Genevieve came with us!
Devils won!
Okay, sleep now. |
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[Aug. 24th, 2005|01:22 pm] |
I have been up for seven and a half hours.
I stayed at Genevieve's last night and helped her do a bunch of stuff she had to get done. Unfortunately, this meant getting up insanely early, 'cause she had to get to work by seven. But this did mean that I missed most of the traffc in the morning, helping me much with my anxiety over driving home.
And did I go back to sleep for the two hours I had when I got home? No! I excercised, cleaned my room, took a shower, and ate breakfast. So by the time I got to work, I felt like I'd already lived through a full day. And I had two hous of cleaning in the store ahead of me (Wednesday has become the huge clean and restock everything day since the comics only ever take a half an hour). Along with many comics to bag, price, and put away. Three and a half hours later, I'm finally sitting down, and exhausted.
But, I found out I'm getting another day (of work). He's giving me Thursdays from 11-6. I can totaly deal with an extra seven hours pay each week. I'm starting tomorrow, btu only woring 'til four tomorrow sinceI have plans in the afternoon already. But, it'll help make up for some of last weeks crapy check.
Now he's got me learning a new collecatble card game that came in called Hecatomb. Really weird game. Seems like it might be a lot of fun, though.
The store is full to the brim with loud, very hyper children today. I am so ready to go home.
Then I get to relax and see Willow. |
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[Aug. 2nd, 2005|07:57 pm] |
Genevieve came over and surprised me.
With a Wild Mango smoothie thingy from Baskin Robbins.
She's awesome. |
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[Jul. 22nd, 2005|09:14 am] |
Why am I up so early?
I should never need to be up any earlier then 9:00 on any day.
Well, okay, unless I'm staying at Genevieve's which is really the only thing that makes it worth it. That's why. Good night. Lotsa shopping, although not as much accomplished as was hoped. Geneveive took me out for Thai food. Mmmm, Thai food... And Rita's. Mmmm, Rita's... (and they had Mint Chocolate Chip!) Long conversation, snuggling, and sleep. Mmmm, snuggling...
Today I've got bunches to do, so I can't really go back to sleep, like I'd hoped. Much running around to do with my mom. Gonna get the bunny a new cage (he's too big for his current one; we never thought he'd get this big!). Mini food shopping (possibly picking up something for dinner). Target shopping. Gotta get a couple-a costume peices for this weekend like a new slip and a hunt for a red garter belt (since mine's four years worn out). Gonna go pick up my check at Bad Moo and get it cashed so's I have money. Want to try to exercise and possibly take a quick nap this afternoon sometime.
Also wanna get back to the mall at some point today to pick up a bra that fit me really nicely. Might wait until Michael and Genevieve get here to do some of this.
Then, hopefully, we'll be settling in here and relaxing for the night. Okay, off to be busy. |
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[Jul. 15th, 2005|11:16 am] |
So, on Wednesday night I dropped the car off for an oil change and to have the breaks checked.
$550, new front breaks, an oil change, and a tune-up later, the car's running much better now. I picked it up last night after Michael got here. After passing it three times, I will never now forget where the place is again (not that I should have since it's like, seven blocks away from me...). Fortunately, I'm still using my mom's car, and she's paying the brunt of this. These are the times where getting my own car doesn't looks so pleasant.
I had a nice evening with Michael. I taught him how to play Star Wars minis and totally got him hooked. (I know, I know; I'm a bitch.) He's already got the actual tactical stuff down then I do, but I still kicked his ass twice. (Only two games I've ever won since my first - I think I can now start blaming Steven for using an unfairly advantaged team against me.) 'Twas tres fun.
I ended up talking to Genevieve later on and hanging with Chris and Mike a bit while they were here. I kinda miss talking to them both.
Today I've got a fairly busy day ahead of me, as soon as it starts. I had intended to exercise this morning, but my cramps and achey body combined are keeping me from it. Three times is good for my first full week, I think. Next week I'll do at least four. I'll be up to five or six in no time. Once my mom's physical therapy is over (Mark's here right now), we've gotta go to Costco, the post office, her doctor's office to pick up a form, two different banks, get bunny food, and possibly pick up a gift for my little cousin's who're having a party this Sunday (which I'm kinda sad I'm missing, now that I like that aunt, and I love their kids; but no way I'm giving up my current plans for it). And I've already gone out for gas and the stuff we needed at Stop 'N Shop.
All this must be done by 4:30-ish so's I can be ready for Michael to pick me up. We're meeting Genevieve for food, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and then Genevieve and I will be off to the Harry Potter party at Borders.
Don't really wanna work tomorrow, but I don't have to be in until one, and then we've got all Sunday. Bit of a deviation from previous non-plans, but not much. I'm just hoping we get a chance to play at least one of the new games I have (I'm such a geek it hurts).
Okay, now I'm just rambling. I want to think of something wonderfully interesting to say, but I can't, so I think I'll get ready to go. |
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[Jul. 13th, 2005|12:24 am] |
Today was a very productive day.
I got lots and lots of sleep last night, which was very much needed. Woke up, took my mom to the doctor's and on some errands (I have discovered, during this her-not-being-able-to-be-independant period, that my mother does quite a lot of errands). Soon after I picked up George. Traffic was terrible, but I managed to get all the way there without panicing (my first time driving during the day on the Parkway), and home as well. And we got back in plenty of time for the locksmith (who my mother had an appointment with; she's changing some of the locks because of my father) and Jolene.
We met Genevieve when we got here. George finally got his haircut! It's short! And with all she took off, it's actually his natural hair colour; weird. Looks good, though. Genevieve also got her hair cut and it looks beautiful. I love the way Jolene cuts hair. We went for food afterwards and had a nice evening talking and having yummy chinese food.
Came back here and Genevieve decided to head home so she could get sleep. George and I hung here for a while and played Scrabble, at which he kicked my ass [I suck at games :(]. Took him home (again, my mother insisted she come with me, but I did the driving and the not panicing all by myself again; I'm very proud of my progress with this, I deserve a medal).
When I got back, I decided to exercise. Very proud of myself for that; it would have been really easy to just not because it was so late. I may actually not give up on this getting healthy thing. I did a fairly difficult workout, too. I'm going to feel it tomorrow; I know 'cause I can feel it already tonight. But it's one of my favourites, and I'm getting back into the swing of things easier then in the past. Drank a buttload of water and took a shower.
Not looking forward to work tomorrow, considering I have to be in at ten, which, I know is not that early, but I also know I'm not going to want to get up, and I'm going to be achey. I'm not sure if I'm working until 4:00, 6:00, or 9:30. We never clarified this. I'm hoping it's 6:00, 'cause that'll be a nice chunk of hours, but not a marathon day, and I could potentially have the energy to exercise again, which I won't have if I work for 11 and 1/2 hours.
Looking forward to Thursday. I have a bunch of errand (shock!) to do with my mom, but I get to see Michael for a bit in the evening. Friday off, and the Harry Potter / possibly seeing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at night. Work Saturday's gonna be a drag, but Sunday is my relaxin' with Genevieve and Michael (and Thai food) day.
Okay, right now I'm pleasantly sore and sleepy. I think I'll go sleep now. |
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