ok, so i have a total crush on this chick that works at roswell, and i'm not saying who because:
1. all the roswell people will know who it is
AND
2. all the roswell people who know who she is will make fun of me
AND to top it off, when i saw her today she had 30 Seconds to Mars playing in the cd player and that made her 30X hotter.
i think it's the hormones again, i'm back to NOT being on the pill and i just want to hug and squeeze people and cry.
here is a list of all that i ate today:
two eggo waffles with 2 tables spoons of butter each and two taspoons of sugar on top
a can of bush's baked beans
salad from the salad bar at roswell
ice cream on a stick
hot tea
salad from pano's
shrimp and filet mignion with mashed potatoes from pano's
apple pie with vanilla ice cream from pano's
a glass of resling from pano's
various pills throughout the day
here is what i wanted to eat today:
EVERYTHING IN SIGHT
i will be eating laxatives tomorrow. i feel so gross.
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01/30/2007 22:09 #37930
my L word?01/29/2007 19:33 #37911
$$$looks like someone is getting a raise!!!! :)
one of my bosses is giving me a $3000 raise, a retroactive one at that, since my start date at roswell.
i am very very happy. this will make for a very nice parisian vacation in a few weeks.
someone please remind me to post the flaming pics from the authentic papayan food we ate a few weeks ago.
p.s. i don't understand why i am not a movie star. i would make such a great actress. i cry on cue, just ask any ex-boyfriend, and can act like a crazy psychopath like i've been one all my life. i want to win an oscar :(
"i could have been a condender. i could have been somebody, instead of a bum--which is what i am"
one of my bosses is giving me a $3000 raise, a retroactive one at that, since my start date at roswell.
i am very very happy. this will make for a very nice parisian vacation in a few weeks.
someone please remind me to post the flaming pics from the authentic papayan food we ate a few weeks ago.
p.s. i don't understand why i am not a movie star. i would make such a great actress. i cry on cue, just ask any ex-boyfriend, and can act like a crazy psychopath like i've been one all my life. i want to win an oscar :(
"i could have been a condender. i could have been somebody, instead of a bum--which is what i am"
theecarey - 01/29/07 21:56
sweet! take it and enjoy every single cent!
sweet! take it and enjoy every single cent!
jenks - 01/29/07 21:04
Congrats!
And maybe you're onto something... I could probably do a pretty convincing job of "crazy girl"!
Congrats!
And maybe you're onto something... I could probably do a pretty convincing job of "crazy girl"!
libertad - 01/29/07 20:58
Wow. I have never heard of such a thing. You must be hot stuff at Roswell. Maybe Roswell will have a job for me when I graduate?
Wow. I have never heard of such a thing. You must be hot stuff at Roswell. Maybe Roswell will have a job for me when I graduate?
mrmike - 01/29/07 19:54
retroactive, babe, retroactive -- congrats, drinks on Imk!!
retroactive, babe, retroactive -- congrats, drinks on Imk!!
matthew - 01/29/07 19:35
Congrats!!
Congrats!!
01/28/2007 11:26 #37898
buffalo on the travel channelthe travel channel is featuring an entire show on buffalo! i'm watching it right now and it actually makes us look fun and interesting. check it out ya'll!
iriesara - 01/29/07 11:33
I took a train from Buffalo to LA in '96, & stayed with a friend's cousin. The night we got into town, her cousin turned on the TV & they showing Cops in Buffalo, which we watched & laughed whilst smoking.
I took a train from Buffalo to LA in '96, & stayed with a friend's cousin. The night we got into town, her cousin turned on the TV & they showing Cops in Buffalo, which we watched & laughed whilst smoking.
jenks - 01/28/07 23:56
I fell asleep on my couch once and randomly woke up at like 2am- to the food channel doing that $40-a-day show on my hometown. Isn't it amazing how tv can make places we think are nothing special seem totally fun and cool?
I fell asleep on my couch once and randomly woke up at like 2am- to the food channel doing that $40-a-day show on my hometown. Isn't it amazing how tv can make places we think are nothing special seem totally fun and cool?
imk2 - 01/28/07 22:53
tivo? are you kidding? we don't even have caller id or call waiting! not sure if it's online anywhere. i would go to the travel channel website and see if they have a way to search for the show, and see when they are possibly showing it again. i think it was called "buffalo revealed" or "buffalo unwrapped"...or...well...buffalo something or other.
tivo? are you kidding? we don't even have caller id or call waiting! not sure if it's online anywhere. i would go to the travel channel website and see if they have a way to search for the show, and see when they are possibly showing it again. i think it was called "buffalo revealed" or "buffalo unwrapped"...or...well...buffalo something or other.
vycious - 01/28/07 13:17
did you tivo said buffalo show? that sounds interesting. could i find the episode online?
did you tivo said buffalo show? that sounds interesting. could i find the episode online?
metalpeter - 01/28/07 12:39
An entire one hour show on Buffalo, wow I'm kinda surprised about that. Maybe it will help tourism from near and far and maybe even get some people from Buffalo to check out some places they forgot or didn't know about.
An entire one hour show on Buffalo, wow I'm kinda surprised about that. Maybe it will help tourism from near and far and maybe even get some people from Buffalo to check out some places they forgot or didn't know about.
01/24/2007 08:17 #37846
what a derelict i amso i almost got arrested yesterday.
i parked my car by roswell and started walking to my building. i was parked by the biostat's building. I've been parking there for a while now. its the only place where you can park for free, without getting a ticket. i used to park on washington, but that was if'y, most times you'd get away with it, and then the parking police would come around for like 3 days in a row.
so, as i'm walking, i see the parking nazi pull up and start looking at my car. now, if you can recall yesterday morning, i was in a middle of a blizzard. so, i was like, oh shit, and started trekking back so that i could move my car.
i get in my car, start it, and am about to pull off, when the guy, who is pulled up right next to me, but not enough to block my way out, beeps and yells "where do you think you're going?"
i reply, "to work"
and he says, "no you're not". and i was like, oh shit! what? so he tells me to get out of the car. and then he's like, "do you know how much in parking tickets you owe?"
so i knew i owed a little bit, maybe like 200 or 250, but he says close to 700! and i was like holy shit!
he tells me that he is supposed to impound my car and arrest me. and i was like, pleeese don't arrest me officer.
so i'm standing in this blizzard, wrapped in my scarf and he stays in his car and starts lecturing me for about a half hour. he tells me that i have to go downtown and plead something, and tells me all the things i should say to get them to lower the fines. and tells me about how a friend of his had a daughter and she had $1800 in parking tix and they brought it down to $400 and that every cop car now is equipped with this thing (forgot what it was called) that automatically scans your plate when they're driving behind you, and if they scan mine, they WILL arrest me. said, that they're bringing in about 60-80 cars a day because of it.
and so i was standing there, soaking wet, with numb fingers thankful as hell that i wasn't arrested, because i KNOW my mother would let me sit in jail for days if she found out, and would not bail me out for such stupidity. and he asked if i work at roswell and i said yes, and he said, "as far as i'm concerned, anyone that works here is an angel" and because of that he was going to pretend that he didn't see anything. i asked him if he wanted me to move my car and park it in the garage, but he said that since he's the only one that patrols this area, he knew who i was and would not tow my car, but that i had to make sure i went downtown to get this taken care of.
he couldn't believe that my boyfriend or husband let me get this far gone. i thought to myself, i know a few boys that aren't any better.
so, needles to say, i am making a trip downtown, to plead not guilty to some of these tickets and to try to work something out with the parking nazi's because i reeeeely don't want to go to jail.
i parked my car by roswell and started walking to my building. i was parked by the biostat's building. I've been parking there for a while now. its the only place where you can park for free, without getting a ticket. i used to park on washington, but that was if'y, most times you'd get away with it, and then the parking police would come around for like 3 days in a row.
so, as i'm walking, i see the parking nazi pull up and start looking at my car. now, if you can recall yesterday morning, i was in a middle of a blizzard. so, i was like, oh shit, and started trekking back so that i could move my car.
i get in my car, start it, and am about to pull off, when the guy, who is pulled up right next to me, but not enough to block my way out, beeps and yells "where do you think you're going?"
i reply, "to work"
and he says, "no you're not". and i was like, oh shit! what? so he tells me to get out of the car. and then he's like, "do you know how much in parking tickets you owe?"
so i knew i owed a little bit, maybe like 200 or 250, but he says close to 700! and i was like holy shit!
he tells me that he is supposed to impound my car and arrest me. and i was like, pleeese don't arrest me officer.
so i'm standing in this blizzard, wrapped in my scarf and he stays in his car and starts lecturing me for about a half hour. he tells me that i have to go downtown and plead something, and tells me all the things i should say to get them to lower the fines. and tells me about how a friend of his had a daughter and she had $1800 in parking tix and they brought it down to $400 and that every cop car now is equipped with this thing (forgot what it was called) that automatically scans your plate when they're driving behind you, and if they scan mine, they WILL arrest me. said, that they're bringing in about 60-80 cars a day because of it.
and so i was standing there, soaking wet, with numb fingers thankful as hell that i wasn't arrested, because i KNOW my mother would let me sit in jail for days if she found out, and would not bail me out for such stupidity. and he asked if i work at roswell and i said yes, and he said, "as far as i'm concerned, anyone that works here is an angel" and because of that he was going to pretend that he didn't see anything. i asked him if he wanted me to move my car and park it in the garage, but he said that since he's the only one that patrols this area, he knew who i was and would not tow my car, but that i had to make sure i went downtown to get this taken care of.
he couldn't believe that my boyfriend or husband let me get this far gone. i thought to myself, i know a few boys that aren't any better.
so, needles to say, i am making a trip downtown, to plead not guilty to some of these tickets and to try to work something out with the parking nazi's because i reeeeely don't want to go to jail.
01/21/2007 17:10 #37805
off to paris we go.so my cousins that met us in london last jan. and in china in august, are meeting me in paris next month!
i love the way we can meet half way across the world on a whim. i love my life. i love the travel. i am one lucky mofo.
now i'll get to see all the things i didn't have time for last time. although last time i had a week, whereas this time i'll have 4 days. but faben is pretty stoked, even if she doesn't show it. it's no big deal if you grow up traveling all over the world, but she totally has the travel bug too. that is why i can use it as punishment when she fucks up at school.
i have to work on a way to get more vacation time out of my job. the measly 3 weeks is not enough. i need at least 8. the year has just begun.
Aurevoir Peaches!
i love the way we can meet half way across the world on a whim. i love my life. i love the travel. i am one lucky mofo.
now i'll get to see all the things i didn't have time for last time. although last time i had a week, whereas this time i'll have 4 days. but faben is pretty stoked, even if she doesn't show it. it's no big deal if you grow up traveling all over the world, but she totally has the travel bug too. that is why i can use it as punishment when she fucks up at school.
i have to work on a way to get more vacation time out of my job. the measly 3 weeks is not enough. i need at least 8. the year has just begun.
Aurevoir Peaches!
ajay - 01/23/07 10:37
Re: Sabbatical.
It is usually given every 6 years to tenured faculty. The idea is that you should be able to spend time exploring new ideas. Typically, you go to some other university which agrees to pay you half your salary; that, combined with the half from your own school lets you work a whole year somewhere else.
As far as I know, you can't just sit at home for 6 months and do nothing. The sabbatical plan has to be approved by the department chair (and maybe higher up).
Re: Sabbatical.
It is usually given every 6 years to tenured faculty. The idea is that you should be able to spend time exploring new ideas. Typically, you go to some other university which agrees to pay you half your salary; that, combined with the half from your own school lets you work a whole year somewhere else.
As far as I know, you can't just sit at home for 6 months and do nothing. The sabbatical plan has to be approved by the department chair (and maybe higher up).
jenks - 01/23/07 08:57
sabbatical is pretty common in academics... I think you can have a full year off, at half pay, or half a year off at full pay. I'm not sure how often you get it though. And you're "supposed" to use the time to do research... but how great would that be...
sabbatical is pretty common in academics... I think you can have a full year off, at half pay, or half a year off at full pay. I'm not sure how often you get it though. And you're "supposed" to use the time to do research... but how great would that be...
jason - 01/23/07 08:08
That would be insane. A whole year off, on the dole? Haha.
That would be insane. A whole year off, on the dole? Haha.
imk2 - 01/23/07 07:54
hey jason, did you hear about the resolution part of the norwegian gov't was trying to push a while back that would allow each and every single citizen to have a year long paid sabatical every 10 years or so? it didnt go through, but could you imagine?
note to self: try very, very hard to learn norwegian.
hey jason, did you hear about the resolution part of the norwegian gov't was trying to push a while back that would allow each and every single citizen to have a year long paid sabatical every 10 years or so? it didnt go through, but could you imagine?
note to self: try very, very hard to learn norwegian.
metalpeter - 01/22/07 17:44
Well I see that mike and myself are not the only one who saw The OC last week or at least know about that saying. It is interesting that you meet your cousins in other countries so it is kinda a family reunion to. I'm sure you will have a great time.
Well I see that mike and myself are not the only one who saw The OC last week or at least know about that saying. It is interesting that you meet your cousins in other countries so it is kinda a family reunion to. I'm sure you will have a great time.
jason - 01/22/07 08:17
8? Who do you work for, the Gov't? =)
8? Who do you work for, the Gov't? =)
mrmike - 01/22/07 07:40
Paris huh, need a steward, luggage handler, cabin boy?
Seriously, that is incredibly cool. That is a year's worth of travel destinations that most just dream of.
Paris huh, need a steward, luggage handler, cabin boy?
Seriously, that is incredibly cool. That is a year's worth of travel destinations that most just dream of.
mike - 01/21/07 17:30
i love the aurevoir Peaches!
i love the aurevoir Peaches!
Well Her listing to 30 Seconds to Mars might not be enough but it is a good start. She at least has some good taste in music. It seems weird that "Roswell People" would make fun of you. Granted there is a big differance between nice joking around making fun and mean making fun. Nothing wrong with crushing on a girl, what ever happens I wish you luck in dealing with what ever fealings come from a crush.
Oh Vonn, everybody knows it's the lunch lady. They're so hot in their lil' smocks and head bags.
Or maybe it's some one we saw walking down the hall the other day. She is madd cute. I wouldn't mind squeezing her either...
hmmm, i can't tell if you want your crush to find out that she is an object of desire or not.
What I say is this: sooner or later, one of your crushes will read about his/her self here.
So my advice is (other than saying don't listen to me) that you shouldn't be journaling about your crushes unless you are comfortable with your crush finding out because of what you journaled here.
even though you are not a roswell peep, you cannot know who it is either jenks, b/c you will probably remember her and will make fun of me too. AND NO...it's not ANY ONE of the lunch ladies!
who are you talking about?! :( I wish I were still a roswell peep.
And next time you're at panos you should say hi. I am trying (and failing) to write my paper and want to shoot myself.