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04/27/2006 09:12 #23764

post-call randomness
I'm on that strange utter-exhaustion buzz right now, so I have random thoughts to share; I apologize in advance.

I just raced "myself" home from work. It was awesome. At a light I noticed my EXACT same car pulled up next to me. Same colors, same options, etc. And the driver waved and zipped out into traffic which I took as a challenge, so we flew down 33-198-elmwood, til she got off at buff state and I kept going. I also love that it was a chick driving b/c girls never race. :)

Fun lyrics from a song in the car:
You are a beau-ty
Is your dad a dealer, cuz you're dope to me!

then the next song was 'bleed a little while tonight' by lowest of the low. My ex told me once to play that song and "listen to the lyrics", like there was a secret message. So I did:

I don't know where I'm going
I don't know where you are tonight
I don't know what I'm blowing
And I ain't feelin' all too right

But I'm hanging around
Yeah, I'm hanging around
You're hanging up the phone again
I'm hanging up this town, 'cause...

I want you and
I need you and

I'm bleeding and
I'll bleed a little while tonight

Well, I don't know much about you
Not more than a smile or two can say
And everything I've learned about you
I've learned through the pit of my stomach anyway

And I'd forget about you if I could dare but
I just want to make love to you in some dark, rainy street somewhere

I will hold this coin that
Reminds me of the time when
You nearly kissed me blind on Bathurst street it's true
But if you turn me down
I'll spin this coin around
And give it back to you, 'cause it's something I can't explain
And if it's all the same to you

Damn, damn the circumstance
Well, my heart is aching
And my room is spinning
It's grey without you in it
My bad luck's just beginning
Don't let me bleed again tonight

My mistakes are taunting me
And I'm hanging around in my old haunts
And I remember you telling me that
Alex never gets what she wants
But you've got someone
And it ain't me
I've got myself again but I just can't let this be



So... I sort of hoped his "secret message" was maybe the first highlighted part. Or the second. But in fact it was the third. And I just found it amusing that the same song contained the 4th one.

But I promise to stop talking about the stupid ex one of these days.
Right now I am amusing myself by chatting with the myspace boy. I'm sure I will find some way to fuck it up and have it all blow up in my face, but for now it's entertaining, and I guess that's good.

nap time...
jenks - 04/27/06 14:47
well yeah we were talking about "haven't seen you in a while, we should get together" and he said " you should listen to this song" and he was trying to give me a totally different message than I took from it. He's big on his 'time/place/circumstance for everything' theory.
mrdt - 04/27/06 14:06
Damn, damn circumstance,
when my heart is aching.

that has to be my favorite lowest song. did he tell you to listen to the lyrics cause you were breaking up with him?. or did he not know that it was about the early stage of a failed relationship?.

Oh. and it's okay to talk about him, you obviously have the need to get it off your chest. this may ot may not be the right support group for you, it seems that there's failed relationship issues all over the place.

04/25/2006 22:04 #23763

2 good things
Category: food/boys
First, a boy emailed me on my myspace. Who on further investigation turned out to be the same boy that drunkenly hit on me on St. Pat's day. He didn't know it. Very funny. And when I apprised him of the situation, he said "I knew you looked familar. That just goes to prove that I have great taste in women even when destroyed. Yesss!" I thought that was cute.

Next: new favorite dinner (nothing original, but I love it):
fresh mozzarella (the tiny "pearlini" version from wegman's olive bar)
grape tomatos, halved
fresh basil, coarsely chopped
splash of olive oil
lots of lemon juice
tiny bit of balsamic
lots of salt and pepper

yum yum so good I had to share. And am off to make more.
mrdt - 04/25/06 23:05
is that aged balsamic or straight up?

can't wait till august.
theecarey - 04/25/06 22:15
yum.. I buy a similar concoction from one of the salad/meditteranean bars. I'm thinking it is even better when you can make it to your liking. I am definitely growing basil this season..
  • tummy grumbles*

04/22/2006 15:51 #23762

I need a life. (or: boohoohoo poor me)
Category: blaaahhhh
Well last night was a big bust again, as usual.
I had been looking forward to it for weeks... Finally a chance to go out drinking and stay out late and not have to get up early in the morning...

And I spent the night on my couch.

I wanted to sleep yesterday, so I wouldn't be too tired to go out. But I also wanted to go out and enjoy the weather. Ended up going for a walk with (e:ladycroft), and we ran into (e:mike). I think (e:mike) is my most common random peep sighting. :)

So I went for my walk. Came home. Cleaned up, did some cooking (with obligatory wine-drinking), got all dressed to go out... Started making some calls...

Called like 6 people to go out, but no one got back to me.
Or rather, when they did it was too late and they were drunk and I'd already fallen asleep. Literally all dressed up with nowhere to go, and I fell asleep on my couch. :( I guess it's my own fault for not having made more concrete plans in advance.

Oh well. I think I have another day off in 3 weeks or so. Maybe then people will go out with me. I just hope I don't spend my bday on the couch.
mrmike - 04/23/06 00:09
Lot of that going round. I was all set to play and was done in by a hockey game traffic jam. Sorry the wheels came off.
ladycroft - 04/22/06 18:26
my bad, i just got the information all mixed up. rest assured, you will NOT be alone on your birthday missy!!!
vincent - 04/22/06 16:32
Hey don't feel bad, I stayed home last night as well. It must have been the rain or the realization that their budgets in the future are going to need some tweeking given the rising cost of fuel. From my buddy that did end up going out and calling me at 3:00am ( I live out in the boonies of Youngstown, How am I going to get out at that hour!!!) it was dead most everywhere and you didn't miss much. Heck, even Wegman's this afternoon seemed very slow.
metalpeter - 04/22/06 16:18
Yeah that preaty much sucks, I have missed a couple (e:strip) get togathers by falling asleep. Firday I couldn't stay awake for Wrestling. I'm sure you will go out for your birthday I have a fealing there may be a couple people who will make you go out. Belive it or not you could go out by your self then once out and about (assuming you have a cellphone) then call people that way if everyone is busy you are still out and about.

01/13/2006 23:11 #23761

i hate microsoft
Category: ie blows
Ok so I just lost another post b/c IE is misbehaving.

But bottom line of my long-winded message:

D'Brickashaw may be the MOST ridiculous name I have ever heard.

I thought it was a joke.

I googled it.

It's not.

D'Brickashaw Ferguson. Football player from virginia (or something.)

Why, WHY WHY oh WHY would you do that to your child?????

I don't get people sometimes.

Ok, off to the ER.

Later peeps.

A

ajay - 01/14/06 18:29
And you can email your journal to (e:Strip), it will automatically get posted.

I use a program to post my journal. It automatically makes shit up and posts it. So if you read any raunchy stuff, it is the program and not sweet old innocent me...
jenks - 01/14/06 17:43
Well you don't even need to open word or anything- just highlight the post and hit apple-C. or ctrl-c (or is it alt-c I don't know). then it's in the clipboard and you can paste it back if it's erased. But this time it opened a new link in my estrip window, instead of a new one, so I lost it. Didn't think to do a protective-copy first.
jason - 01/14/06 15:57
Yes, if you are at Spot you may see a Larson brother. Of course you are at the hospital all the time so maybe you won't.
metalpeter - 01/14/06 14:55
When I used to have Aol it didn't agree with this site and the internet would crash so would lose stuff so I would use inernet explorer. But I found a way around this that only adds about 3 clicks. You can either open up word pad or mircosoft word and type out your journal. Then when you are done highlight it all and right click that sellect copy if you hit paste my mistake it is all lost. Then come to (e:strip) open up your journal and hit paste. I know it adds a little bit of time but it is better then writing a four or five paragraph thought process or maybe even a lot longer and having to redoit. I know I have lost some great writting on message boards that way, and was pissed.
jenks - 01/14/06 12:08
I would try firefox, but all the computers at work are very restricted. No downloads/installs. No email. Fortunately they haven't caught on to estrip to block it.
james - 01/14/06 11:11
switch to firefox, it makes mouth happy.

D'Brickshaw however makes fist angry!
theecarey - 01/13/06 23:52
When you asked about that in the chat, I thought that name was a last name, which I had never heard of it. Now knowing that is has been given as a first name, I am stumped. I wonder how/why that name came to be..?

01/13/2006 02:28 #23760

rantrantrant
Category: abuse
Ugh.
I just got home from work. At 2am. Went in at 7am this morning.
Have to be back at 7am tomorrow- until noon on saturday.
They are killing me.
And taking a sick day/personal day/etc is not an option.
the thing is, one of the guys there until 2 with me had been there since 7am the day before: i.e. about 43 hours, and he has to be back at 7 tomorrow too. And the "boss" that had been in operating from 5am til 2am: well it was his 20th wedding anniversary, and he didn't see his wife for one minute of it.
So it's not just me that's getting screwed, but it's really wearing me down.
I know i know i chose this and there's no one to blame but me, but god it sucks. I love what I do, but not being abused like this.
the other thing is that it's totally illegal. And at $25,000 per violation, you'd think they'd be a little more careful to at least TRY. Like the other hospitals know we stay too late, but they yell at us about it. They know we're not supposed to be there. But tonight there was no apology, no thank you, no nothing.
Ok that's not true. I got half a hot dog from louie's.

Ok, considering my 30hr day starts in about 4hr I guess I should go to bed.

6wk down, 12 to go...

oh yeah- and maybe i'm just overtired and cranky, but i just got an email that someone left me a comment on myspace, and i checked it out- andrew wrote "go back to friendster, bitch!" Now, i'm all for friendly ribbing and stuff, but there's nothing to that to even hint that's it's a joke. I assume it is, but I don't really see the point. I think he probably just wants to see if i reject the comment or not. stupid.
joshua - 01/14/06 02:00
Are you talking about your schools requirement for duty hour restrictions?

jenks - 01/13/06 19:47
yeah i think you do have to be friends to leave comments- this guy is a friend- on myspace and in real life. which is why his comment is even more weird.
metalpeter - 01/13/06 19:08
That is odd. I thought that to leave a comment on someones page you had to be one of there friends. I have tried to leave comments on non friends and it didn't let me. Maybe some day I'll run into you on myspace.
ajay - 01/13/06 10:58
I miss the late-night run for Louie's veggieburgers... :-(