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| Blackouts |
| 07.24.06 (8:57 pm) [edit] |
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I would like to go on record to say I'm sick of all these blackouts three times a day. It's kind of obnoxious.
At least my brother isn't here. He'd be going apeshit. Better get back to painting before it goes out again. Current Mood:  irrated
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| What a way to run a railroad... |
| 07.24.06 (12:24 am) [edit] |
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or a movie theatre...
Jeremy called at the request of the theatre's General Manager two hours before I had to come in. First off, there was absolutely no where to park and all of the usual garage entrances were blocked. I quickly ended up across the street at Tower Records. I couldn't help wondering what it says about our society that when it's hot and the power is out, everyone runs to where else but, the mall. When I got there, I took my post at the "satallite" (little mini side snack bar) it was totally busy, with long lines that had been consistently long for over 2 hours. We couldn't make popcorn fast enough because we kept running out (it was totally bullshit, jeremy wants me to write. It was, but anyway). One lady came up and was paying in mostly change, realized she couldn't afford a big popcorn, had to get the next size down which brought business to a complete halt and the customers loved that! "Are you still in business or what?" "I've missed the first 10 minutes of my movie!" Then something happened, rumor has it a transformer exploded, which might have caught a car on fire? But there was definetely an explosion. I didn't see it. Apparently, the evacuated almost the entire mall before they evacuated the theatre (niiiiice!) So then we had to evacuate people which of course went over really well as one might imagine. I cleared out the arcade. These guys on the DDR (looked a little...not stoned...) when I had to clear them out tried to say I was the one that planted the bomb to which I said "probably" since I, and everyone else had plenty of motivation to want to blow the place up. Then once everyone was out, we started cleaning hurriedly under the impression that any minute police were going to come and say, "You guys have got to go now!" And strangely, that never happened. Every other customer, and mall employee can leave, but not us. The theatre was almost completely shut down. We kept getting more and more clues, freeways being shut down, PG&E not being able to come examine the problem until after they took care of a problem in San Francisco, it seemed highly unlikely we were going to reopen. That's what I get for getting my hopes up. They decided at 7:00 or so they would reopen by 7:45. I was not happy. I don't think anyone was. After all the effort to shut down the same fucked up corporate powers who create the business model wherein they don't actually schedule people, but call them in at the absolute last minute and can't predict a big movie from a little one, decided to reopen! We didn't open up entirely. And we were only moderately busy when we did open. Then I was about to take my break, and I slipped and fell on a wet floor, hurt my tailbone, and later my right shoulder and side. That was very painful. As it was getting more towards the end of my shift, the power went out at which time after all that happened it just seemed pathetically funny. Mall security tried to get us to evacuate. But I guess they got whatever the problem was figured out because we didn't evacuate. (Not even explosions can stop us!) Then I got my second break, and 5 minutes after coming back from that I was off. So it made for quite a night. Lately, I find I tell myself out loud, "This is only temporary, better times are ahead." Jeremy's scaring me! It's probably good to just keep reminding myself that things are going to get better sooner than later. I really really hope that Nob Hill is much more organized than Century. I guess Century is organized but to the extent that their system of organization is to appear disorganized to the common onlooker. Current Mood:  tired
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| Why Trojan is a bad name for a condom |
| 07.21.06 (2:52 pm) [edit] |
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One day, when I apparently had nothing better to do, I was thinking about Trojan condoms. And it occured to me that that is a really bad name for a condom.
Now entering Fruedian Territory Think of the Trojan Horse. What did it do? It infiltrated the city of Troy, and then, once that thing was in there, all the guys jumped out of the horse and attacked the unsuspecting Trojans. Does this sound like something anybody would want to have happen with a trusted condom? |
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| Nob Hill Job! |
| 07.20.06 (5:39 pm) [edit] |
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Well, after a lot of bitching, with myself, to my dad, in the blog, with my I finally have another job!!! Yes. I interviewed this morning at Nob Hill Foods, and soon I start as their new courtesy clerk (aka, bagger and "Can i help you out with that today?"er). It feels good. I have had a bad conscience about things like "upselling" to rip people off for another 80 cents, selling credit cards whose only purpose is to minitor people's spending, and drum up more debt, and things like that. But people actually need groceries. Do they need Ding Dongs, Apple Jacks, or Wavy Lays? Probably not. But as long as I don't have to encourage them to partake in it I will be fine. Yay! New job! Current Mood:  extatic
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| One thing leads to another... |
| 07.19.06 (9:22 pm) [edit] |
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I had a sore throat. The sore throat turned into a cold. The cold turned into a cough and a painful earache.
I had a pain on the right side of my mouth. That has lead to my left jaw hurting. ...and hopefully the sunburn i had on the back of my lower legs (of all random places) won't lead to skin cancer. Current Mood:  icky
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| The Imaginary Tim Bridges |
| 07.19.06 (11:06 am) [edit] |
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I'm beginning to think Tim Bridges of Price Low Foods doesn't exist. That is, he's never there when I call, and when I do call, I'm told he'll be there tomorrow morning and afternoon, so when I call tomorrow monring and afternoon he won't be there until Friday.
Or maybe he's like the Great and Powerful Oz; nobody's really seen him in a long while, and no one is allowed to, but they swear he exists and that he can be benevolent and is definetely all-mighty. Maybe he also comes to people in different forms individually. That might explain why some people think he'll be there tomorrow monring and afternoon and some think he'll be there on Friday. |
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| The Imaginary Tim Bridges |
| 07.19.06 (11:04 am) [edit] |
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I'm beginning to think Tim Bridges of Price Low Foods doesn't exist. That is, he's never there when I call, and when I do call, I'm told he'll be there tomorrow morning and afternoon, so when I call tomorrow monring and afternoon he won't be there until Friday.
Or maybe he's like the Great and Powerful Oz; nobody's really seen him in a long while, and no one is allowed to, but they swear he exists and that he can be benevolent and is definetely all-mighty. Maybe he also comes to people in different forms individually. That might explain why some people think he'll be there tomorrow monring and afternoon and some think he'll be there on Friday. |
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| 07.19.06 (9:47 am) [edit] |
| Somebody please kill me. |
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| I hate my mom |
| 07.19.06 (8:33 am) [edit] |
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My mom is a bitch. I hate her so much. I want to kill her. She fills me with such murderous rage sometimes.
I should challenge her to try and find a job with me then see how ever-full of suggestions she is. Bitch. |
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| Colds |
| 07.18.06 (6:26 pm) [edit] |
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If there is anything more obnoxious than a cold, I have yet to find it; the nose and ear congestion, the fatigue, the not knowing whether to be hot or cold, the general desire to do nothing including go to class, the fact there is not much to eat or drink and that I need to go to the store but that requires the lacking energy, the fact that all I seem to be able say is a very drawn out and belabored sounding, ffhhuuhck, the fact that probably due to the fact of this infection or whatever it is in the right side of my mouth I seem to have the symptoms of tooth grinding on the left side.
Yeah... real lousy Current mood:  sick, maybe not that sick, maybe more like...that
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| Job Hopelessness |
| 07.18.06 (1:09 pm) [edit] |
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So, I really wanted a job at Hot Topic. I applied with a nice cover letter and everything. I called back (again) today, and find out they are now in the process of checking references of all the people they already interviewed a while back. Meaning, once again, I'm probably don't even get to look forward to an interview there...
I also called back Toys R Us to see what the status of my application was there. I was told that unless I heard from them, I am "unqualified to work there." That's interesting, me with big girl college degree, well over 18, no criminal record, and retail and teaching experience might not be qualified to work at Toys R Us. So yeah, I feel pretty hopeless again. I feel like the only thing I may ever be qualified to do will be shovel popcorn, and all that crap about the importance of a college education is a lie. I'm also curious about how I could be less qualified for a job after working there, and getting that worthless education. Man, stuff sucks. Current Mood: shitty
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| flea market |
| 07.17.06 (3:22 pm) [edit] |
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So, I came home Friday afternoon. Apparently 2:00 is the absolute wrongest time to do that since I hit traffic at every possible place and then some.
My dad wanted to go to the flea market oh-so-bad for some reason; going to the flea market is an indertaking that if done well, everything is sorted through a week in advance, packed that night, and left bright and early that morning... It was like that but totally not. To anyone who knows my dad, this should come as no surprise. He decided he would take the day off Friday and get everything sorted and loaded. He started sorting at 4:30 that afternoon. Then he left at 6:00 to go to a barbeque at the neighbors which he didn't come back from till nearly eleven, swearing that he would get up at 5:00 the next day and sort through everything then, go. I didn't believe he would actually do it, let alone with any semblance of organization. He managed to get quasi-organized but we didn't leave until past 8:00 missing out on a significant chunk of selling time. Meanwhile, the night before, my brother was having a conniption fit because I stupidly mentioned the possibility of not going to the flea market (seeing as how they were at a party and virtually nothing had been done). Yet when we got there he was whinier, and lazier about the possibility of having to exert himself in any form. and I think I'll write more about ensuing events and the so-called, "icing on the cake" later... |
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| Silliness |
| 07.14.06 (10:57 am) [edit] |
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The database of Homeland Security Targets includes more locations in either Indiana and Wisconsin than New York, and more locations in Virginia, Texas, Washington state and Nebraska than California.
I would have thought that a terrorist attack would be most likely in a state with more commerce, people, colleges, sporting venues, transportation outlets, and tourist attractions, than any other, but what do I know? The list apparently includes sites in Amish Country, Pennsylvania (because you know what capitalistic pigs those Amish are...), local petting zoos, "dounut shop," random places like, "Beach at the end of a street" and a Mule Day Parade in Columbia, TN. Source: New York Times So, apparently, if you are thinking about taking the kids on a vacation, don't go to say, The Wisconsin Dells, or Colonial Williamsburg; try Disneyland, you'll be much safer there or anywhere else in California than in either of those states. Avoid any bizarre local festival, (ie Garlic, Mushroom, Strawberry, Bean). Also, stay away from locally owned 'Dounut Shops.' You will be much safer at any international corporation like Starbucks (or for those of you on the east coast, Dunkin' Dounuts). If just Starbucks and Dunkin Dounuts were terrorist targets we'd be in trouble. I wish that piece of interesting story behind the fair city's beloved pile of crap. And then there is this: The Four Most Overpaid White House Staffers I'm not quite sure if A. These people are just completely incompetent. B. They do an honest days work for an honest day's pay and the administration, like the Constitution, ignores them and does whatever the hell he wants anyway C. If these people and positions are made up just so that Cheney can embezzle more money. or D. These are actually Orwellian titles; you know, like how the Ministry of Peace is responsible for war, and how the Ministry of Truth is responsible for creating propaganda, fabrications and false evidence to make whatever the administration says true... hey wait a minute...! Current Mood:  ok
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| Gum Pain |
| 07.13.06 (12:39 am) [edit] |
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I really hope this excrutiating pain on the empty gums behind my right wisdom tooth is nothing...
When is physical pain ever "nothing?" No matter what I still haven't been to the dentist since before I moved to Sac so it's probably a good idea to go anyway. Just when I thought the pain was going away it got worse again. |
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| Bad Luck E-mails |
| 07.12.06 (4:55 pm) [edit] |
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I finally figure out why Jeremy can't get a real job, and why I can't get scheduled at the only, yet crappy job I have!
It's because I don't send those e-mails that my grandma sends me predicting bad luck and woes to those who don't send them to people. And of course, if the more people you send them to, the better life will be for you. Funny, just as i deleted an email like that, Jeremy called to say that not only did i have no days this week, thanks to the only semblance of vacation I have to look forward to...any time in any forseeable future, and thanks to them slashing schedules at random, and Jeremy is down from 5 days to 2, one of them being Friday night, for which he had specifically requested he work in the morning so that we could drive back together and he/we could help at the flea market the next day (I'll believe the flea market is happening when I see it), my dad wouldn't've been such a dick! That place is Current Mood:  pissed
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| Story of my Life |
| 07.12.06 (9:39 am) [edit] |
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If I am painting, I am not working. If I am working, I am not filling out job applications. If I am filling out job applications, I am not getting job applications. If I am getting job applications, I am not drawing. If I am drawing, I am not cleaning up. If I am cleaning up, I am not apartment hunting. If I am apartment hunting, I am not working out. If I am working out, I am not painting. And when I think of all the things I should be doing, I feel really overwhelmed and don't want to do anything. |
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| Obnoxiousness |
| 07.10.06 (11:41 pm) [edit] |
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Today was really obnoxious, starting with my dad being a jerk before I was ready to deal with people.
I start out my job search, remember that I wanted to interview at Cheesecake Factory between 2-4 (for some reason, the magic restaurant interviewing time is 2-4) and I decide before I go home and change that I finally get my oil changed. I pull into the Jiffy Lube, turn off my car, and they try to pull it in and they come in and say, "Hey, um, is there some kind of trick to turning on your car?" So I didn't get any more applications, I hung out at the mall most of the rest of the day. It's not so bad if you are spending a good portion of that time in Borders. Jeremy and I saw Pirates tonight. I didn't think it was as good as the first one, much more open ended too. The whole bit about the cannibal natives could have been skipped. It seemed like it was inserted in as an afterthought to make the movie longer than it really needed to be. Norrington is much hotter as a drunken, scraggly guy. I heard on the bonus features of the first he was complaining about everyone else looking so cool, and he "looked like an ice cream cone." Well, he got his wish. Jeremy and I also saw Click yesterday. I didn't care for it. The biggest problem with it (aside from being rather predictable) was it violated one of the rules I learned in my Intro to Screenwriting class; stick to your genre. If you are going to have a comedy, even if it's a low-brow comedy, stick by it. Almost immediately after Adam Sandler wakes up to be 300 lbs, the comedy (although it was never my kind of comedy) stops. Job hunting still sux. Jeremy and I are going to the Boardwalk tomorrow night for 65 cent "1907 Days" (although I doubt even in 1907 rides were a costly 65 cents). I honor of having an obnoxious day, I'm getting vashnikud! Current Mood:  buzzin'
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| Don't start with me |
| 07.10.06 (10:13 am) [edit] |
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Yesterday I went job hunting. I have more applications than I probably want, but whatever. I need a job where they don't extend you on a whim and assume that you have nothing better to do than to come in and work for them when they ask you that morning.
and I need a job where I don't feel old; where the average age is (maybe 18 with those two older guys). My dad is a jerk. I don't want to get into it. I do, but it's so drawn out and confusing that I don't want to waste time getting into it. I will say he was kinda being a jerk to my boyfriend, he told me, I told his wife, and my dad calls me at 9:30 this morning (yes, I was sleeping) and is a jerk. After arguing and being pissed for over a half hour I am exhausted. So many job applications! I need a machine where you type in all of your information, and despite that every application is a little bit different, it still sorts everything out and puts it all into the right place. I need to go grocery shopping, I need gas, I should work out (since I need to loose a lot of weight), and I should probably cover the Blossom Hill and maybe Almaden area today. Wow. I am really not in a very good mood... |
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| Jobs Online |
| 07.09.06 (10:29 am) [edit] |
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I hate applying for jobs online. When I fill out a paper application, and hand it to somebody I know it at least got to the general vicinity where it was supposed to go and didn't disappear into html oblivion.
Since I haven't been called in to work yet, I'd better hit the pavement. Current Mood:blah again |
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| Century Sucks |
| 07.08.06 (9:47 am) [edit] |
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I'm tired.
I need a job where I don't get jerked around quite so much; where I don't get extended on a whim, where they schedule you when they actually want you. I was debating going home, but since I was asked to stay today till 8 instead of 5, it would be late before I got on the road. And I would bet anything that they ask me to come in tomorrow... No job hunting, hair cutting, or Golfland perspective drawing this weekend either... If they ask me to come in Monday I will say no. I don't know how that place stays in business; they overbook theatres, they charge too much for, well, everything, on a whim they stay open longer, they won't actually schedule anyone, and they hire more people than they can reasonably schedule to begin with! I would love to see their business plan. It must be comical. Current Mood:  blaaah
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| Nothing can ever be good |
| 07.07.06 (1:56 pm) [edit] |
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Today, just for fun, I looked at the movies at the theatre and figured out there was 87 movie showings with a new movie starting ever 0-20 minutes with an aveage of them being 8 minutes apart (5-10) meaning that there will be no "let up" or break in the day.
Well, I'm filling out applications with the intention of actually distributing them today, and who should call but my beloved theatre asking me to come in at 3 instead of 5... Everytime I seriously intend to get new job applicaitons out, the theatre calls. It's like I am meant to be trapped in that dead-end place forever. In other fun news, my credit card is maxed out because my dad has neither paid it for two months, and because he didn't transfer rent funds quickly enough. And after having taken my engagement/wedding ring in to have a tiny diamond stud replaced from it, the main amethyst stone fell out. Nothing can just be good or go right! I wonder why God hates Jeremy and I so... Current Mood: angry
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| Phone interview |
| 07.05.06 (5:07 pm) [edit] |
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I just finished my phone interview with Sheraton. I'm sure I sound like a bumbling idiot...
way to say "important" twice in the same sentence! Get a thesaurus, moron! Now, what time does that Demon worshipping movie start? It would be nice to see more than just the 20 middle minutes I could have seen over and over... Current Mood: slightly relieved
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| Phone interview |
| 07.05.06 (5:07 pm) [edit] |
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I just finished my phone interview with Sheraton. I'm sure I sound like a bumbling idiot...
way to say "important" twice in the same sentence! Get a thesaurus, moron! Current Mood: slightly relieved
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| 07.05.06 (12:31 pm) [edit] |
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Why is so hard to do the "right thing?"
I know I need to loose some weight before my wedding. And yesterday I thought that I could go to school, get a mock interview for the hotel today, and work out... ...and as it get's later and later the work out (at least at school) is increasingly unlikely... I signed up for an animation course at De Anza, which, at this time tomorrow is where I'll be. But I'm trying to talk myself out of it because it might be more work than I want to do... So, yeah, I feel really lame and lazy... Current Mood:see above Also, I don't know how it happens, but I haven't had time to see a movie lately, just bits and pieces of some. And it seems like no matter what, I always come into a movie at or around the exact same place as when I came in the first time! Three times I have attempted to walk into Devil Wears Prada at the exact same spot! Very annoying... |
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| That girl I don't like |
| 07.03.06 (9:41 pm) [edit] |
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Another day at the theatre, not quite as irritating as yesterday.
I didn't write about that... I was nitpicked for not opening the right way, which I've never done before, I was nitpicked for not "upselling" which I hate, and for greeting customers with, "Hi, can I help you?" instead of "Hi, buy the combo." And I found out that bitch I don't like is trained on register. This would be the same bitch that trained with me, was telling me what to do on the first day, who is rude, and who I fantasize about body slamming from about six feet above her or just snapping her little 17-year-old-looking neck like a dry twig. So all that really made my day yesterday. I am absolutely resolving to get a better job. I really really hope I get that Sherton thing. I found out today I'm not the only one who has noticed she is rather unpleasant. A coworker today asked, "Do you like your job?" to which I, with little hesitation said, "No," and it turns out this unlikable person was bossing the coworker around too saying, "I'm just trying to tell you what to do." It's like, do you actually hear what you say?! Ever since that first day, I just try to avoid her. Today she decided she had to be cleaning where I was and came by me and said, "Excuse you." No, apparently she doesn't hear what she says. At first I was outraged. But realized, no, she's right, excuse me, because there is no excuse for her! I also ran into her today. Without seeing who it was, I automatically, "OhjeezeI'msorry" and as soon as I saw it was her wished I hadn't apologized. Wow. Can't believe I wasted almost a whole entry on that bitch. I guess I just had to get it out... Current Mood:  irritated
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| Wish I were going somewhere... |
| 07.03.06 (9:33 am) [edit] |
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For about the third time in a week I am waking up earlier than I typically like to find slightly cool summer weather and overcast skies.
Dammit! I wish I were going somewhere besides going to be shut in to a movie theatre where yesterday I felt nothing but bitterness as I was complained to about the things I was doing while opening (rather than being shown or told how to open for the first time), nitpicked about not "upselling" every item I possibly could, and for greeting customers with, "Can I help you?" instead of "Would you like our combo today?" and because the bitch who I thought initially wasn't being trained in cash registering now is. So many negative feelings being harbored about that place...reminds me of... I can't really say which one I hated more right now...both have different drawbacks. Anyway, really wish I were going to Disneyland, the Coke Museum, Mount Rushmore, the Mall of America, Plymouth Rock, Carlsbad Caverns, Disney World, right now I think I would rather be going to work in Disney World... Current Mood: blahish
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| 07.01.06 (8:46 pm) [edit] |
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Aaah, sweet caffiene buzz! How I've missed thee!!
It's been so long since so little caffiene had any effect on me!! It's good to be back!!! |
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| Things to do |
| 07.01.06 (2:19 pm) [edit] |
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I can think of a bunch of things I should be doing.
So why don't I do them? |
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