Apparently the final stretch of the semester and work, piled on top of a mountain of personal shit, has gotten to me more than I imagined it had...

In the last several days...

I have forgotten a whole slew of basic things I am kicking myself in the ass for being a fucktard about..

I forgot how to add (11+2 does not equal 11... so the cashier at the restaurant tells me)...

I left my tupperware containers and my favorite fleece at the bar on Friday...

and I forgot to send in the rebates for the new hard drive...

I'm effin' losing it

I love ya'll, but I am going to be getting some serious sleep the next couple of days. If you can't find me, check my bed or my couch... I'm probably crashed on one of them...

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I simply cannot stop laughing at the Pee Talk over at Big Dick's Place.

I can't even begin to explain how funny it is...

Just go read it, but put your coffee down first.

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Wind was whipping through the city, the temperature could not have been more than 25 degrees...

Calf length coats that were once so elegant on the hanger, promising to keep their owners warm were uselessly flapping, betraying everything they stood for...

Pedestrians were few and far between, most of them shivering as they rushed along to their warm office buildings...

People normally (somewhat) cheerful kept their heads down in silence, watching their breath expose the truth of their insanity for being out in weather like this...

A cute pair stood out as a rarity, bright-eyed and chatty...

Standing on the corner waiting for the light to turn he said, "Wow, your ears must really be cold..."
She nodded, smiling shyly with a bit of embarrassment for being so unprepared.
"You should get yourself some earmuffs..."
Still somewhat embarrassed she said, "I know..."

She returned her gaze to the ground, wiggling to keep warm...
He reached into his bag, retrieving a fleece headband...

I politely declined, blaming my hair for not already having one...

We crossed the street...

He continued on his merry way to work with the cute chick he had originally been chatting with...

I still amazed that the kindness of strangers still sometimes manages to survive this city...just amazed...

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As promised when I started as an intern, I finally coughed up the URL to my blog. The other intern and my boss now have a free pass to read anything and everyting I have ever written about them or while working with them.

Everybody stop and wave to the boss... *beauty queen wave*

Tomorrow is my last day so I figure, what the hell... what's the worst that could happen? At least they didn't stalk me to find it ...

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1 Hey, how come you deleted half your blog entires?

Posted by: Ogre at December 15, 2005 02:47 PM (/k+l4)

2 Is this "the boss".....and "the co-workers"...oh my I hope they are once they have read all you have written about them... Now if we can find the bosses blog, ya thats right I said it...

Posted by: armywifetoddlermom at December 16, 2005 01:33 AM (0Fer0)

3 *waves like an idiot* Hi, Boss! Hi, Co-worker! If you want to see all the bad stuff she wrote about you, you've got to check other people's blogs. Or not. Heheheh...

Posted by: That 1 Guy at December 16, 2005 11:45 PM (5+o3O)

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...Please stay on the line, your call is very important to us...

My final paper of the semester is due this afternoon so that explains the bit of quiet on the blog. But I'll be back later this evening...

...hopefully rather intoxicated...

UPDATE (12:17am):
I am not rather intoxicated as planned. In fact, I am far too sober for how stressful this semester was. Getting lost in the city, being late, having to walk between bars in the freezing cold, and having friends flake out is a bit of a buzz kill. But, (silver lining time) there is always Friday's happy hour... that is my last day of work for an entire month!!! Perhaps a bit of drunk blog on Friday instead.

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Since I got hit by this meme a second time (this time from Sissy), I guess I'll answer it again. I figure I'm weird enough I've got another five floating around here somewhere...

1. I shop for bath products whenever I am feeling sad or stressed, but I don't really like to take baths. I'm a big shower kind of girl...

2. I keep my hair really long and refuse to cut it short(er) because I think I look stupid with short hair...but I almost always wear my hair up...

3. I can't leave the house without seeing how my butt looks in the mirror, while I'm dancing... even if I'm going to work...

4. I memorize cheesey movies from years ago that no one else would ever admit to watching, let alone memorizing. For example, Hackers or The Cutting Edge

5. I have a habit of walking like I'm going to beat someone's ass... through the airport, going home from work, shopping at the grocery store... just about anywhere I am walking to a specific end point. (Maybe this is why I always have to ask dudes out and they rarely do the asking?)

Now this means I get to hit five MORE people...MUHAHAHA!
Zonker
Ted
Shoe
Amelie
Redneck

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I burst into tears watching TV last night ... again ... not out of saddness but out of that "I've-totally-been-there" connection. The character was crying, so I was crying. Grey's Anatomy does it to me almost every time I remember to watch. The scene...

Alex: "Why are you here helping me after what I did?" [he cheated on her]

Izzy: "Because... it's what JESUS WOULD FREAKIN' DO!"

Nearly every one of my exes has asked me that question in some form or another and my answer was always "because it's what I do." I can't say I do it because it is what Jesus would do, mostly because religion and faith are still a huge jumble of confusion in my head, but it's the same idea. They lie, they cheat, they screw me over and, even in my anger, I'm there to help them when they really need it...because that's what good people do. Because I can't sit by and let someone fail when I know I can keep them from failing. Because in the end, my pain is temporary and being able to look myself in the mirror every morning is for good. Because maybe, just maybe, if I keep putting little bits of good into the world, they willl add up and someday it won't be such a painful thing to get through.

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I found this nifty little idea over at Tammi's Place, who found it at Sgt Hook's Place, who found it at Acidman's Place, etc...

Please post a comment with a completely fictional memory of you and me. It can be anything you want– good or bad, silly or stupid, believable or not – but it has to be fake. (I expect you to be really creative here too!)

When youÂ’re finished, post this paragraph on your blog and be surprised (or mortified) about what people donÂ’t actually remember about you.

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The time has come for the annual cookie exchange... and I am recipe-less...

Between finals week and my final week as an intern, I don't have a whole lot of time to put into preparing for this event. However, I have a reputation with the attendees of this particular event. They are under the impression that I am some fantastic and unique chef of sorts...

...No Pressure...

So, I turn to you, dear 'sphere-o-philes...
I know that someone out there has an easy and elegant cookie recipe. Is anyone kind enough to pass theirs on?

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Matty Blackfive has tagged me with the Meme "5 Weird Habits" so... here goes... ya'll asked for it...

1. I wear a pair of hefty black boots to work everyday...rain or shine... every day. People are always looking at me like I'm prepping for the coming invasion. You never know when you'll need to engage in a little office combat...

2. I use chopsticks for every possible task I can think of. In fact, I have probably just as many pair of chopsticks as I do forks. Some I use in my hair, others are for eating, and others are for cooking. I knew I was weird when my Chinese friend came over for holiday dinner at my house and tilted her head crooked while she watched me cook. I was scrambling eggs in a rice bowl for a Thanksgiving/Christmas dinner, with chopsticks... and even the Chinese immigrant looked at me funny... Fine, it's weird.

3. All the women will hate me for this one... I have a habit of training myself into disliking foods that I know I shouldn't be eating. I can't manage to train myself out of chocolate but I did manage to effectively wipe pizza and lasagna off the menu. They still taste good, but I have to make myself want to eat them now.

4. In keeping with the food theme... I've grossed a lot of people out with this one. The Scandinavian crowd will be with me on this one though... I think. I like to eat pancakes with a thin layer of sour cream on them. And if you put a thin layer of blackberry jam on top of that... MMMmmm, boy is it yummy! You get sweet and savory, hot and cold... Damn, now I'm hungry...

5. I'm a dancing fool. Not the kind that has all kinds of impressive moves... the kind that does it all the time (so long as no one is looking). I rock out at my desk while writing papers blogging. I listen to country and I can't help but line dance in my head, even in the shower. I'm constantly singing and dancing in the mirror when I'm having a good day... on a really geeky day I even bring out the cowboy hat and rock out like I'm on a stage... (oh god, did I just admit that?)

And just as a bonus weird habit, how about a non-habit?
... I don't drive ... period. Weird, huh?

So, since I have to tag five other people... I choose
Eric
RSM
The Maximum Leader
Dawn
Buckethead

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Yeah, um...move over Stimpy...

I broke up with my boyfriend in October and we've been trying to do the whole friends thing. It's been a little turbulent at times, but we're trying...

We had a bit of a tiff this morning so I spent a good portion of the day e-mailing a different ex, good friend of mine, getting his view on things. Which was all good until I was an idiot...

I swear all I did was hit reply...

My last email to the ex-ex with a nasty note about the ex, somehow went to the ex instead...

Damn them for having the same name!

Hi, My name is Princess Cat and I am an IDIOT!

*head* *hit* *desk*

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1 Smooth. I never attempted the friends thing, no desire for the drama. Plus most of my ex's were nuts anyways.

Posted by: the Pirate at December 08, 2005 05:36 PM (0ZKi5)

2 That there is something like a Freudian slip. It needed to be done so you could cut the ties with your ex. Maybe you sub-conciously did it on purpose. The cat's out of the bag now. Let the chips fall where they may and move on. You're young. Life is too short to be sweating over the small stuff.

Posted by: assrot at December 08, 2005 07:19 PM (ARCEn)

3 Another thought. That guy let a fine babe like you get away. I'd say he's the IDIOT. :-)

Posted by: assrot at December 08, 2005 07:20 PM (ARCEn)

4 ouch... I bety that will leave a mark, the e-mail, not the desk....

Posted by: armywifetoddlermom at December 08, 2005 08:29 PM (IL4IH)

5 I'm friends with most of my ex's. It can work. Just know when it is time to cut the losses and keep on movin'. sooooooo.... hear tell... you're single again, huh?.... (I swear that's not my voice on the outgoing message)

Posted by: RSM at December 08, 2005 09:58 PM (KLCgV)

6 I had wondered if y'all broke up. I never saw anything stating it outright, but I guess I missed it. Yeah and I can't remain friends with ex's...but that could be because I'm the one who broke up with them...

Posted by: Dorothy at December 09, 2005 06:46 AM (8gPTf)

7 Are we allowed to point and laugh now, or is there an appropriate period of "mourning" first?

Posted by: Ogre at December 09, 2005 07:30 AM (/k+l4)

8 Haha: assrot said 'the cat's out of the bag now.' And you're Cat... and you let it slip... Well, it's funnier in my mind than when I write it here.

Posted by: Telebush at December 09, 2005 08:35 AM (6RfLk)

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Maybe you had to be there, but the woman I was talking to at the time found this conversation uproaringly funny...

Her: I think we are overwhelming them a bit

Me: Yeah, I think so too. Even when I walked up to meet them and it was just me, they seemed a little overwhelmed with the situation. I mean, come on... I'm just the intern...

Her: I don't know why... It's not like we bite... hard...

Me: I know... I'm not even authorized for that here!

I know, I know... I'm such a dork...

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Today is the other day we remind ourselves never to forget... to remember those who were caught by surprise and mourn their loss, all those years ago...

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I learned three very important lessons tonight...

1. I don't like 7-layer burritos. And never again will I eat anything from Taco Bell that has beans in it. No ill effects, just a nasty taste.

2. Sheila is a bitch. I don't know what I did to piss her off, but apparently I did something... cuz not only is she not dead, she fixed herself and I have no idea how. Now, I have some idea what men go through...

3. Computers can and will delete an entire night's worth of work on a paper you didn't want to write in the first place, on the most inopportune night possible, just to make sure you remember what it feels like to build character.

Lessons suck...

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Anyone who knows me knows that Sheila is pretty much everything to me. She is my single greatest possession and I have my whole life stored on her hard drive.

Imagine how I feel right now, just home from work, expecting to finish up a couple papers... only to find that Sheila's dead... or damn close to it...

She didn't load right, I tried rebooting her a couple of times, but to no avail...

Half my program files are gone and not a single personal file or folder is left in existance.

I'm crushed... and have no idea how to fix it....

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Yes, the first snow of the season has arrived. *grump* And thus marks the period of the year where I will now leave my house if and only if (and/or when) I am forced to do so.

*pout*

Why can't the snow just keep the hell away from me?! If I wanted to see snow, I'd have opened a photo album. If I wanted to experience snow, I'd have gotten on a plane and gone to where it is supposed to snow. It is not supposed to snow within a 10 mile radius of me... ever... regardless of where I stupidly moved to pursue this damn career of mine... unless I have expressedly told the weather otherwise, in writing, in triplicate, 45 days in advance....

Yeah, yeah, snow is a wonderful, life sustaining beauty we have been blessed with. Fine, I'll give you most of that. Lord knows my beloved Southern California would be even more screwed on its water situation if we didn't have snow...

...But it's violating the restraining order ... *whine*

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Ugh... is this what dating again is going to be like?

"Kylie" by Akcent**
Kylie give me
Kylie give me

Baby, you're the one that melt my heart
I swear I'm not lying
Maybe tonight I'm gonna try my luck
I can see that you want me
I'm dreaming about you every night
Every night

refrain:
Kylie give me just a chance
Let's go out and dance
We can get into the groove
I can watch you move
Later you can sing to me
Like a shining star
But I rather do you on the backseat of my car
(2x)

Baby, take a minute check me out
I sit in the frontrow
Baby I'm the coolest guy in the crowd
I'm sure you have seen me
I'm dreaming about you every night
every night

refrain

You drive me crazy
You slowly drive me crazy
Think about you baby
Can't get you out of my mind
I should be lucky
I should be so lucky
I should be lucky to sleep with you tonight

Kylie
Kylie

refrain

Kylie give me

**I tried to upload the file but it was too large (

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The funny thing about them is, if you aren't looking for them... you just might not see them coming up as you slide yourself along that wall you are using to keep yourself upright as you struggle to escape where you came from...

But let me tell you, when you get flung around that corner you didn't see coming, it can smart the elbow or the toes pretty good.

Tonight, I myself banged up a couple toes ... despite the fact that I've been looking for that corner for a year or so ... that sucker just came out of nowhere! It feels good to be on this side of the wall for a change. I found couple of little pieces of me that have been hiding around this corner too. I didn't know where in the maze of life they got lost but I'm hoping they stick around for a while.

At the end of the night, banged up or not, I've turned a corner... and most people would call that progress. I'm gonna run with it.

(Why am I starting to feel like Tammi's silver lining fairy stopped by for a visit?)

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1 Because she did. Tough journey...those corners kick my ass everytime. But congrats. It's all good in the long run.

Posted by: Tammi at December 05, 2005 07:59 AM (fG4Jz)

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No, I'm not dead... I just wish I were...

It's the last week of classes and final paper are upon me. That alone is enough to make anyone want to play in traffic. But, I am managing to get through it... so far...

I have 20-24 pgs due Wednesday, an assignment due next Tuesday of unknown length or topic, and 20-25 pgs due next Wednesday.

If I'm a little crabby, now you know why...

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