My first Thanksgiving was a surprising success. Everything was done at the right time, everything tasted good, there was no family drama, etc. The turkey was nice and juicy. You hear all these horror stories about someone's first Thanksgiving they've hosted, but I had none of that. The only problem I had was the rosemary was very poky in the stuffing. Next year it will be fresh or non-existent. I will be eating leftovers for a very long time. hehe. I've even given the cats some turkey I picked off the carved carcass. I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving!
Thursday, November 27, 2003
Monday, November 24, 2003
Random notes about this weekend:
1) I found a pair of Dr. Marten's for $28. They're big and clunky, and will be good winter shoes. I'd link to a picture, but I can't seem to find one on the web anywhere.
2) We bought food for Thanksgiving. The turkey is dethawing in the fridge now. We'll be having my dad and Jay's family over. We will be having:
turkey
dressing
cranberry sauce
broccoli casserole
green bean casserole
regular green beans
corn
7-Up salad
A relish tray (olives, pickles, and celery)
sweet potato casserole
mashed potatoes and gravy
rolls
pumpkin pie
apple pie
chocolate pie
punch
hehe. Am I missing anything obvious?
3) Liz is teaching me how to knit. hehe. So far I've made a little scrap of knitted fabric, useful for absolutely nothing. But my knitting's getting better as I go along. It's hurting my left forefinger, thumb, and bicep. Who thought knitting would build muscle? Might I note that Liz taught herself about a year ago, and she's quite good. If I were 1/3 as handy as her (fixing stuff, knitting), I'd be happy. hehe.
4) I told Jay's sister Lizzy that I would help do research for her abnormal psych paper on borderline personality disorder. I like doing research. I'm a geek.
5) Today was the season's first snow! Little tiny bits of it, but snow nonetheless. Happy Thanksgiving Week!
1) I found a pair of Dr. Marten's for $28. They're big and clunky, and will be good winter shoes. I'd link to a picture, but I can't seem to find one on the web anywhere.
2) We bought food for Thanksgiving. The turkey is dethawing in the fridge now. We'll be having my dad and Jay's family over. We will be having:
turkey
dressing
cranberry sauce
broccoli casserole
green bean casserole
regular green beans
corn
7-Up salad
A relish tray (olives, pickles, and celery)
sweet potato casserole
mashed potatoes and gravy
rolls
pumpkin pie
apple pie
chocolate pie
punch
hehe. Am I missing anything obvious?
3) Liz is teaching me how to knit. hehe. So far I've made a little scrap of knitted fabric, useful for absolutely nothing. But my knitting's getting better as I go along. It's hurting my left forefinger, thumb, and bicep. Who thought knitting would build muscle? Might I note that Liz taught herself about a year ago, and she's quite good. If I were 1/3 as handy as her (fixing stuff, knitting), I'd be happy. hehe.
4) I told Jay's sister Lizzy that I would help do research for her abnormal psych paper on borderline personality disorder. I like doing research. I'm a geek.
5) Today was the season's first snow! Little tiny bits of it, but snow nonetheless. Happy Thanksgiving Week!
Friday, November 21, 2003
For a long time now (since we went to the beach to scatter Mom's ashes) I haven't had my case full of CDs. I haven't mentioned it to most people, out of some weird superstition that if I didn't make a big deal out of it, the CDs would turn up. And they did! My dad found them in the living room of his house last night. Which makes me wonder how long it'd been since they cleaned the living room. The thought of losing the majority of my CDs was harrowing. hehe. I could have copied alot from Aimee, but it wouldn't have been the same. But now I know where they are, and Dad can bring them to me next week.
Happy dancing time! *dance dance dance*
Happy dancing time! *dance dance dance*
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
Things I want but don't really expect to get just right now
- Bookshelf stereo system (example)
- Nice digital camera
- A working NES
- A combo DVD/VCR and/or a Dish DVR
- More dishes like the set of four we have
- a new bathtub, preferrably one with a jacuzzi feature
- someone to come paint bathroom before they put in the tub and to install new towel racks and faucets (who in the hell thought "gold" was a good color for a bathroom?)
- a new chandelier for the living room. Once again, who thought gold looks good?
- Bookshelf stereo system (example)
- Nice digital camera
- A working NES
- A combo DVD/VCR and/or a Dish DVR
- More dishes like the set of four we have
- a new bathtub, preferrably one with a jacuzzi feature
- someone to come paint bathroom before they put in the tub and to install new towel racks and faucets (who in the hell thought "gold" was a good color for a bathroom?)
- a new chandelier for the living room. Once again, who thought gold looks good?
Saturday, November 15, 2003
Monday, November 10, 2003
So Liz Phair was pretty good on Friday night. Aimee and I didn't get the awesome balcony seats we wanted, though, so we had to stand. She put on a solid show. I wish I looked as good now as she does at 37. Whoo-woo!
While Ms. Phair put on a great show, the BNL show kicked some major ass. They came out and did a set heavily peppered with songs from the new album. At the end of the set they took questions from the audience, and the aforementioned kid mentioned that he had survived a deadly disease, and wanted to hug Kevin from one survivor to another. People were crying all over the place. It was touching. After that they took a 15 minute intermission, and came back and played a few songs including "One Week" acoustically. Acoustic "One Week" was pretty neat. Overall, it was by far the best of the three BNL shows I've seen. (although the Brothers Creeggan show I saw rocked in a completely different way.) If every one of their tours was like this, I'd be a very happy girl.
Other than the concerts, I didn't do much this weekend. I enjoyed my day off on Friday. I helped my cousin Emily make a cake for her boyfriend. It was relaxing. Saturday we didn't do much. I'm having trouble remembering what we did at all, actually. hehe. Went to Mashed Taters, read, Emily and Greg stopped by with their adorable kitten on their way out of town, went to Coldstone, etc. Their kitten is named Matilda. She's about six months old, but she's tiny. She's a muted calico tabby, with long hair and little wisps of white fur curling out her ears. I petted her and she gave me her tummy to rub. I wanted to keep her, but they would not let me. :( You're supposed to share with your family, right?
Yesterday Aimee and I saw Elf. It was pretty cute, some really funny parts. Will Ferrell's just so silly. I recommend it.
That's all I have for now. Everyone go dance with random strangers.
While Ms. Phair put on a great show, the BNL show kicked some major ass. They came out and did a set heavily peppered with songs from the new album. At the end of the set they took questions from the audience, and the aforementioned kid mentioned that he had survived a deadly disease, and wanted to hug Kevin from one survivor to another. People were crying all over the place. It was touching. After that they took a 15 minute intermission, and came back and played a few songs including "One Week" acoustically. Acoustic "One Week" was pretty neat. Overall, it was by far the best of the three BNL shows I've seen. (although the Brothers Creeggan show I saw rocked in a completely different way.) If every one of their tours was like this, I'd be a very happy girl.
Other than the concerts, I didn't do much this weekend. I enjoyed my day off on Friday. I helped my cousin Emily make a cake for her boyfriend. It was relaxing. Saturday we didn't do much. I'm having trouble remembering what we did at all, actually. hehe. Went to Mashed Taters, read, Emily and Greg stopped by with their adorable kitten on their way out of town, went to Coldstone, etc. Their kitten is named Matilda. She's about six months old, but she's tiny. She's a muted calico tabby, with long hair and little wisps of white fur curling out her ears. I petted her and she gave me her tummy to rub. I wanted to keep her, but they would not let me. :( You're supposed to share with your family, right?
Yesterday Aimee and I saw Elf. It was pretty cute, some really funny parts. Will Ferrell's just so silly. I recommend it.
That's all I have for now. Everyone go dance with random strangers.
Friday, November 07, 2003
Wow. Barenaked Ladies kicked ass. I LOVED the "Peepshow" format. It rocked my world. It makes me feel like I saw something akin to an old skool BNL show. Steven Page cried when some kid that survived cancer asked to hug Kevin, the pianist, who also was a cancer survivor. It rocked.
Thursday, November 06, 2003
My kitchen and living room smell like bacon. Burnt bacon. eww.
We had hamburgers for dinner on Tuesday, and I thought, "I'll fry some leftover bacon to go on them." I forgot I'd never fried bacon before. So the first batch burnt. The second batch was ok, but I think the smell has oozed into the tile counter and cabinets or something. I need to de-baconize the kitchen.
Tonight is Barenaked Ladies at the Taft, tomorrow Liz Phair at Headliner's.
We had hamburgers for dinner on Tuesday, and I thought, "I'll fry some leftover bacon to go on them." I forgot I'd never fried bacon before. So the first batch burnt. The second batch was ok, but I think the smell has oozed into the tile counter and cabinets or something. I need to de-baconize the kitchen.
Tonight is Barenaked Ladies at the Taft, tomorrow Liz Phair at Headliner's.
Saturday, November 01, 2003
bye bye, Halloween.
You know, I feel like I'm back in high school. This guy at work had a Halloween party, and I wasn't invited. There are, what, like 16 of us at work? We have/had the same social circles for quite awhile (coming from the "hire who we know" kinda thing). The guy who had the party hasn't always seen eye-to-eye with me, but I think things have been pretty good as of late. I've worked on his crappy pet project website (which we don't get paid for) non-stop since the beginning of September. And it seemed everyone else (or close to) was invited. Dude, you talked about it in front of me, several times. My best friend who does not work there got an invite by proxy.
And you know what? Even at age 27, it really hurts my feelings. I was excluded from enough activities growing up. I get so tired of being the odd one out. Even if I didn't want to go, and he didn't want to invite me, would have it been that big of a deal for a token invitation? It's not like he's a mean or nasty person, which just makes me think even more that I'm just not liked. That there's something wrong with me.
I just feel so unappreciated sometimes. I work hard to try to make everyone happy at work, and elsewhere. This has been the worst year of my life, no holds barred. Stupid petty stuff like this shouldn't bother me, but it does. It adds to all the other hurt I have. I don't want to be sitting in front of a computer, crying, Friday night before bed. But I am. I'm sick of this shit.
I hate feeling like this.
You know, I feel like I'm back in high school. This guy at work had a Halloween party, and I wasn't invited. There are, what, like 16 of us at work? We have/had the same social circles for quite awhile (coming from the "hire who we know" kinda thing). The guy who had the party hasn't always seen eye-to-eye with me, but I think things have been pretty good as of late. I've worked on his crappy pet project website (which we don't get paid for) non-stop since the beginning of September. And it seemed everyone else (or close to) was invited. Dude, you talked about it in front of me, several times. My best friend who does not work there got an invite by proxy.
And you know what? Even at age 27, it really hurts my feelings. I was excluded from enough activities growing up. I get so tired of being the odd one out. Even if I didn't want to go, and he didn't want to invite me, would have it been that big of a deal for a token invitation? It's not like he's a mean or nasty person, which just makes me think even more that I'm just not liked. That there's something wrong with me.
I just feel so unappreciated sometimes. I work hard to try to make everyone happy at work, and elsewhere. This has been the worst year of my life, no holds barred. Stupid petty stuff like this shouldn't bother me, but it does. It adds to all the other hurt I have. I don't want to be sitting in front of a computer, crying, Friday night before bed. But I am. I'm sick of this shit.
I hate feeling like this.
