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03/18/2006 15:55 #23812

grumble grumble
Category: food
First, Happy Birthday Matthew!!

Next: so not only am I missing tonight's festivities, but I also can't go to this:

"Fine wine, intelligent discussion, shredded Cuban roast over couscous, homemade hummus, haydari [not sure what that one is], grilled eggplant puree, feta & melon, thai cucumbers, berry salad, and a roaring fire. All for just two hours of your time."

Damn work!

Have fun tonight peeps.
Take lots of pictures for me.

-J
matthew - 03/20/06 19:27
Thanks!
jenks - 03/18/06 18:35
yeah, I was wondering if he meant babaganoush. It's my FBI agent friend... he lived in turkey for years and is an amazing cook...
metalpeter - 03/18/06 16:56
Hopefully I will get lots of pics and party it up, but this is me so I won't drink to much.
theecarey - 03/18/06 16:27
where is this dinner at? maybe I can crash it..sounds fabulous--I'd do anything for "grilled eggplant puree".. sounds like my beloved babaganoush, yum.

03/17/2006 20:55 #23811

E-A-T H-O-T D-O-G
Category: music
Ok, so I like the Faint, but the opening of that song was a little too grating.
So now you get a totally random little ditty about hotdogs.... (The Detroit Cobras, in case anyone is interested).

So I'm wondering if I shouldn't take a little tip from (e:Joshua) and hibernate for a while... at least emotionally... I've been on too much of a rollercoaster lately... pulled in too many directions... work... friends... boys... some good, some very good, some shitty... And I don't do well with uncertainties. Not sure where my priorities do/should lie. Who to put first, when to put myself first, when to say screw it all and just stick my head in the sand. Unfortunately, I can't have my cake and eat it too- I fear there is no easy way out of my mess. Someone will be hurt/alienated, and it may be up to me to decide who. Or, to suck it up- and have it be myself. I repeat- too much drama for this mama. Which is crazy, b/c I HATE drama, and always try to keep things simple. But they never are. I guess that's what being a grownup is all about. I'm not sure I like it... I think I need a week or so at some sort of zen spa. ;)

I am also super-pissed at my work. I want a day off to go to my dad's 60th birthday party in the Outer Banks. Never been there, and it will be a bit of a family reunion. I need ONE measly day off- I want to leave fri and come back sunday, instead of leave sat and come back sunday. So, since I am asking for SO MUCH, I am at everyone's mercy, and have to pick up all the shit. Which means 3 saturdays in a row. That means NO DAYS OFF FOR 4 WEEKS. Not to mention missing Matt's bday. So not fair, but there's nothing I can do about it I don't think. But I was looking forward to the party.

Fuck.

And now all my plans for tonight just fell through.
Goddammit.
That's it, I'm going to bed.
No green beer for me.
No corned beef.
No jackdaw show.
No seeing-my-friend-before-she-goes-to-china-tomorrow.
No Spot.

Hmm, well this post is shot to shit... I had some funny (well at least I thought it was funny) stuff to say, but now I've forgotten it all and am just cranky...

Blah!!

Happy St. Pat's everyone.
And Happy St. Matty's Day, too.

Drink some green beer for me...

-Cranky Kong


jenks - 03/18/06 18:36
oh i'm going.... just have to give up all my days off (which was only a few, but still) to go.
metalpeter - 03/18/06 17:07
It is to bad about the work situation. I have been to the Outer Banks in N.C. Verry nice we stayed in a cottage on the Ocean. Granted it is in huricane country but other then that it is a great place. I don't know what it is like to live there. One section I belive Kill Devil Hills is where Denis Aderson the Driver of Gravedigger (monster truck) I also belive that is the area that tew right brothers where the first people to fly. It is to bad you can't get down there. I think that if you ever have time for a vacation it would be a nice area to go visit and go see some family to.
leetee - 03/18/06 11:57
I don't know the entire situation, so forgive me if i am overstepping a big here... but it is my opinion that you should always come first in your life. Yes, of course, we all do, from time to time, put someone else first for the sake of an emergency or something like that. But when it comes to the big picture, you need to do what is best for yourself and for you. Sometimes, it can be a challenge knowing what that is.. but i do think in our gut, we all know what is right for us. I always thought if i can't tell the world, including granny, what i am up to, then perhaps i ought not to be doing it. Then again, i had an interesting granny. She taught me to swear in 3 languages!

As for your work... i have always, always, always thought that docs (particularly the ones in training) are far too overworked. I am supposed to trust my life , or the life of a loved one with someone who hasn't eaten all day, hasn't slept since 2 days ago and hasn't had a day off in a month? I don't think so. Give me a well rested doc, nurse, xray tech... and pilot. That makes me secure!!

03/15/2006 12:23 #23810

not much....
So I wanted to post something because I'm sick of seeing the lone star every time I log in.

But, I'm too tired to form complete sentences and coherent thoughts.

So I just leave you with a new user sound.

"Worked up (so sexual)" by the Faint.
(how can you not love a song about strippers?)
Check it out.

Naptime...

P.s. so mad I can't make it to st. matty's day!

03/09/2006 12:20 #23808

scattered
Category: meep
So I don't know what's with me these days...
I just can't seem to get my mind around anything. Can't focus, can't concentrate, don't want to DO anything that I should do...
All I want to do is sleep and lounge around...
And it's not that i'm depressed, I don't think... I'm just... scatterbrained.
My thoughts are all over. Not sure what's right or wrong, what I can or can't do...
I feel like my mind is racing all over, but not really going anywhere...
People are in and out of my life, and I'm not sure if I'm happy about that... In fact I'm pretty sure I'm NOT happy about it.

I have so many good things going on right now, but there's still so much more that I want... And I don't even know if it's reasonable of me... I'm distracted all the time...
I don't know how to act... what to think... if I should talk or not talk.... act or not act... make a move or not... I wish people would just answer my questions and help me out... don't play games, my ass.

I hate feeling all jumbled up like this. Throw me a bone people, please... just a little guidance through this minefield... I feel like everything I do is stepping on SOMEone's toes, or else if I worry about everyone else, i'm not true to myself and MY desires/needs...

And, I'm eating too much and getting fat, and I just found out I have a cavity! I almost cried!! Well not quite, but I am quite dismayed!

nobody likes me, everybody hates me, i guess i'll go eat worms...
[that's a children's song before anyone gets too worried.]

Blah...

Distractedly,
-Eeyore
ajay - 03/09/06 20:05
Take it from a professional doctor[*]: these are signs of an impending burnout.

I'd recommend taking a vacation or something.


[*]Sorta
mrmike - 03/09/06 17:31
I've been in similar straights lately. Maybe that's what got me to this little community. We can all vent together. Hang in there!
theecarey - 03/09/06 17:14
we'll talk.. we'll chill.. laugh,cry,scream.. and anything else.. That is what friends are for. (sorry if I have been lacking in that department *hug*)
dragonfire1024 - 03/09/06 17:13
I have been feeling a lot of the same lately. I hope you feel better :)
decoyisryan - 03/09/06 12:54
i am the king of hoping that people will stay in my life. i hate the people who come and go and don't really think anything about it.

it's okay to be an eeyore every now and then.

03/10/2006 20:28 #23809

Lone Star (warning- kinda gross.)
Category: work
Ok, so i've been lamenting the fact that Boy I Like, Boy Who Likes Me, and Boy Who Is Not Off-Limits cannot all be same person. And it's totally bumming me out. Everything is always way too complicated...
But then at work today things were put into perspective a little...

Kids, be glad you do not have Hirschsprung's Disease. It is a disease where you colon doesn't have enough nerve cells, so basically you can't shit, and it all just builds up forever. To the point that you have to have your colon removed. (usually as a baby.)

Now, after you take out someone's colon, the shit has to go somewhere, right? Well there are pretty much two options. 1: an ostomy. But shitting in a bag isn't always so socially acceptable. Especially as a kid/teenager. 2: sewing the small intestine to the anus.

We just did the latter on a baby. Well she had an ostomy for a year, and today we took the ostomy down and did the "pull-through".

But to get to the point of this story... as you can imagine, it is kind of hard to sew something to a puckered up little asshole. So some sadistic fuck invented a retractor called the Lone Star. (sick pun, no?) Basically it's like an 8" ring with notches around the edges. And then there are the other parts. Basically SHARP little hooks attached to rubber bands. And you put the SHARP HOOKS in the asshole, and then hook the rubber bands into the notches, in 8 different spots around in a circle, effectively stretched this poor little baby's asshole to about 1.5" wide.

But i must say, it worked brilliantly, and the operation went without a hitch, and now she won't have to shit in a bag anymore. And if we're lucky, she'll even have control of her sphincter tone and won't just shit herself all the time.

Isn't my job great.... ;)

Ok, time for green curry, wine, tv, and some soul-searching... Hopefully not too much crying...

-J

But before I go (since I'm sure you were all holding your breath)- my cupid results.

not sure if i like this, but sadly it's probably fairly accurate-
(but nonetheless I think I will go change my answers to get something I like more.) (but (e:Twisted), at least I'm in good company. You're the closest to me I've seen...)

The Sonnet
Deliberate Gentle Love Dreamer (DGLDf)

Romantic, hopeful, and composed. You are the Sonnet. Get it? Composed?

Sonnets want Love and have high ideals about it. They're conscientious people, caring & careful. You yourself have deep convictions, and you devote a lot of thought to romance and what it should be. This will frighten away most potential mates, but that's okay, because you're very choosy with your affections anyway. You'd absolutely refuse to date someone dumber than you, for instance.

Your exact opposite:
Genghis Khunt

Random Brutal Sex Master
Lovers who share your idealized perspective, or who are at least willing to totally throw themselves into a relationship, will be very, very happy with you. And you with them. You're already selfless and compassionate, and with the right partner, there's no doubt you can be sensual, even adventurously so.

You probably have lots of female friends, and they have a special soft spot for you. Babies do, too, at the tippy-top of their baby skulls.


ALWAYS AVOID: The 5-Night Stand, The False Messiah, The Hornivore, The Last Man on Earth

CONSIDER: The Loverboy
jenks - 03/16/06 08:21
I dunno, but I'd better always avoid it!
joshua - 03/15/06 19:59
What the hell is a 5-night stand?
leetee - 03/11/06 11:11
I had the exact same results... the sonnet. But i'm married, so i guess it doesn't count.
jenks - 03/11/06 08:05
totally, if only you didn't live 3000 miles away... And yeah I'm digging matisyahu these days, but I think i'll mix it up a little soon...
twisted - 03/11/06 07:30
Hey! We'll have to go cruising together!

p.s. - love the Matisyahu usersound.