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Today is November 4. Rush concert of course was Friday. It kicked total
ass! Here is the preliminary review I was composing in my head as I
watched, listened, danced, air-guitared, air-drummed, etc, etc...
Wooo!! dryers....loud....Geddy.....lights.....Alex......huge
drumset.....Neil....no chimes
=(.......FIRE!......lasers....BY-TOR!.......Geddy-bot, Alex-bot,
Neil-bot.....want more songs!!
Well I hope that was informative for you. I'll have a better review once
I have more time. Lately my computer time has been spent filling my
iPod with tunes. It's fun.
Today is November 7. Birthday went well. Thanks to all who remembered,
via cards, e-mails,
or their happy face at my party last night =)
Now, for a public service announcement. This is something your mommas
and daddies should have taught you a long time ago. In case they didn't,
it falls to me to present the following:
Those Little Letters On Invitations
RSVP stands for respondez sil vous plait. Which is French for respond if
you please. So if you should receive an invitation which features those
4 little letters, be a FUNCTIONING MEMBER OF SOCIETY. Kindly tell the
sender if you can or cannot come to the event to which you have so
graciously been invited. Thank you.
In other news, I wish to re-iterate that my dream job shall be "Mallet
Percussionist in Herb Alpert and Tijuana Brass Cover Band." I've been
listening to their greatest hits record via my new toy and I can't get over how
good the songs are. Fun fun music.
Today is November 11. Jonathan, Chris and I had kumla dinner at Grandma
Hazel's on Friday night. Kumla is Norwegian food, potato balls in broth
served with ham, green beans, applesauce, and bread. It was a birthday
meal for all three of us. Chris's actual birthday was Saturday the 9th.
I got him a kewl Fossil watch and a
copy of GTA3:Vice
City. Saturday we also went to see Jackass The Movie
with a few of his friends. It was hilarious and I also liked that fact
that it was all real people and not actors. Like a documentary
Well, right now I'm supposed to be studying for my 311 exam but I wanted to
check all my web comics and stuff, and update my journal. Today I was
very stealth. I forgot my 305
homework, so I dashed home on the bus to get it. The southbound bus
dropped me off, I ran in the house, grabbed the errant papers, and
scurried out to the bus stop just in time to get back on the northbound.
The whole trip took less than twenty minutes. Yay me!
Today is November 13. Tonight David Cross is performing at ISU but I
have to do lab stuff. So if anyone will be there, please yell "Chock Full O'
Notes!" at him. Or ask him to do some magic tricks.
Talking of NewsRadio. Once I had a dream that I was supposed to be
euthanized (don't ask me why) but I missed the appointment where they
were going to give me the shot. So I was running around like crazy for
a while, then I checked myself into 6th floor at Mary Greeley (which is
the psych ward). One of my nurses there was Maura Tierney, not "Lisa
Miller" from NewsRadio or even "Abby Lockhart" from ER. The actress
Maura was now my nurse. She was upset with me because I kept asking her
questions about NewsRadio. It was a funny dream. I was glad I didn't
have to get euthanized.
Huge shout-out to Jill! I got an
awesome present from her today which is a big jar of cookie mix and some
cocoa mix too! She had this little survey
where she asked what kind of cookie everyone liked.
I was very surprised and happy to get the cookie mix of my choice in the
mail! So thanks very much Jill for your generous gift =)
Today is November 18. Yesterday I smashed
the glass face on my
graduation watch. It's a nice watch I received from my mom and dad for
high school graduation. So that sucks. Hopefully I'm going to get it
fixed.
I've spent this evening being a bum and cutting pictures out of
magazines. It's a lot of fun.
Today is November 25. I'm supposed to be packing up my stuff so Chris
and I can leave for Sioux City. But I am lazy and have therefore taken
to the computer, once again.
Work was pretty insane yesterday. For the second Sunday in a row, some
jackass has reached over the counter and tried to give themselves a "free
refill" of orange juice. Both times, the perp has used the excuse that
they were helping them selves to the OJ because they bought the breakfast
buffet, which is "all-you-can-eat." Basically I told him that I didn't have time to argue
with him, but that I would sell him another orange juice if he would like
one. He threw a dollar at me and I was too gutless to demand the extra
37 cents. It's just absurd to see a full-grown man (it was a man, both
times) reaching over my counter, into MY work area, and stealing orange
juice. Have you ever heard of a free refill on something like orange
juice or milk? No, because those things are expensive. Pop is cheap;
free pop refills for everyone. And anyway, they're in a freakin' grocery
store. If they think 1.37 is outrageous for a 12-ounce glass of orange
juice, then maybe *they'd* like to hike all the way back to the dairy
cove at the opposite end of the store and pick up their own carton.
*Sigh* too many people just wanting something for nothing, I guess.
Today is November 26. Had a good day in Sioux City today. I did some
shopping and I even bought some stuff for other people! Yes!
For me, I got some shirts and a skirt, a pineapple clock, a little
pineapple figurine (that I dropped in the store so the top is chipped,
oops!) a "Maple" teenie beanie baby, an
outfit for a stuffed rabbit
"Hoppy VanderHare," if anyone has heard of that, and a new pair of
sneakers. This
was all amassed at a variety of stores around town. For other people, I
got an outfit for a stuffed bear, a Spider-Man car, a velcro catch game,
and some personalize-able license plates for bicycles.
Now it's time to go hang out with Kurt and see his kitties!!
Today is November 28. Happy Thanksgiving to all. Today Lucille and all
her descendants are gathered at Karen and Gary's house. We are 14 in
all. Dinner was really really good. After I update, I'm going to
have some PIE!
Grandma Lucille was telling me about the Red Hat Society. Her chapter,
here in Sioux City, is called the "Crimson Glorys". The
whole shebang is based on a poem by Ms. Jenny Joseph. We played penny bingo, and then I
organized some pennies by year. I had a line of pennies from 1968 to
1999. Also 1959, 1963-66. BUT then someone came and wrecked it.
One of Chris's cousins put the radio on the contemporary pop station so
I'm about to lose my freaking mind. Luckily baby iPod is here with all
my favorite tunes. Peace out.
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