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02/22/2007 09:33 #38237

i'm on winter break...
...from school. This year has really been wierd - I feel like I haven't had any long stretches of school at all, just a bunch of days off. Not that I'm complaining...

Last night we went to Century Grill. I didn't like what I got but everyone's else's food looked really good, so I'd like to go back, preferrably on a day when I can eat meat. I love trying new resturants in Buffalo...there are sooooo many good ones it feels like such a major life decision when choosing where to go to dinner, up there with grad school and marriage proposals.

Mike called me this morning just to tell me to listen to the JC Chasez song to hear his Carole Channing impression, and I must say, I do hear it. Ahhhh, she is so terrifying in that part in Alice in Wonderland!!!
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I've decided it's about time where I'm throwing in the towel on being single. I think my time of independence and recovery has run its course, and it's about that time to shake things up a bit. Maybe not necessarily anything serious but at least someone who adores me and worships the ground I walk on not in a stalker way hopefully. This isn't too much to ask right? The trick is where to begin my quest. Work is totally out. Teachers are so boring and I feel like most of them already have their lives pretty much mapped out once they get their first teaching job. So I guess it's up to me to step up the effort when I find myself in social situations. In my head I like to believe in fate and destiny but I know that can only take you so far (ahh, the life lessons you learn from Can't Hardly Wait!) and I can't sit around waiting for fate to throw something at me forever. I'm getting antsy here!

Do you ever accidentally hit copy and paste and end up pasting something extremely random? I just did that and got the lyrics to 'Anticipation' by Carly Simon. Actually maybe that's appropriate??

I leave you with my favorite tongue twister, to entertain you and whomever you may be with today. Say this five times fast (or even once):

A box of biscuits,
A box of mixed biscuits, and
A biscuit mixer



metalpeter - 02/22/07 17:54
Well you want someone who worships you but not being a stalker, maybe find a male striper, no they just adore the money. Maybe you'll go to some teachers convention and meet a non boaring teacher or some other administrator. I'm sure if you go out into social settings you will find someone.
mike - 02/22/07 10:27
i try to get all my life lessons from that movie!
mike - 02/22/07 10:27
YEAH CAN'T HARDLY WAIT!

02/19/2007 01:12 #38205

elmwood heights
Welp, I sang in the concert tonight. Can't believe it's over...

Has anyone ever lived in or know of anyone who lived in the Elmwood Heights apts? Im looking into getting a studio apt sometime in the near future. I'm ready for a change in a major way. Anyway that seemed closest to my price range and i like the location. Thanks!
paul - 02/19/07 11:12
(e:maidencateyes) use dot live their I believe. You should message her and see what she says.
libertad - 02/19/07 08:40
cockroaches! You can watch a free peep show of me and mike if you get one facing my apt.

Seriously, do you enjoy climbing a latter to get to your bed? Do you plan on having sex within your lease period? Go see the studio you will see what i'm talking about.
vycious - 02/19/07 06:20
yeah, i have looked at those apts. overpriced for what you get, in my opinion.

02/17/2007 09:57 #38192

artvoice
Just voted for estrip in the Artvoice's Best of Buffalo Survey! EVERYONE ELSE DO THE SAME! I'm sure Paul will do this but here is a link to the survey:




mk - 02/17/07 12:59
i'm pretty sure i put down estrip for both. so hopefully everyone else will do the same.
paul - 02/17/07 11:27
MK, I didn;t write anything about this yet because the last two years our votes got split down the middle for best blog and best website. We can never win for best blog because we are not a blog but a collection of blogs so I think we would have to win for best website. Hopefully everyone votes for that.

I would really like to win one year.

02/16/2007 12:48 #38181

victory!
There is a girl in my chorus who began this year not liking me. At all. And she was veeeeeery clear and vocal about it. She liked the other teacher and that was it. No ifs ands or butts. This girl has total anger management issues that i hope she deals with as she gets older (she's only a freshman). She used to make it a point to say "Hello" and "Goodbye" to only the other teacher and not to me even if I was standing right there.

Well HA HA HA looks like the tables have turned. I've gotten several "hellos" and "goodbyes." WITH a smile. AND she has even stayed after class to tell me stories, and she is going to try a solo for me sometime.

...HAAAAAAA!

Don't think that I place a lot of value on how my students feel about me. I know I'm not here to win a popularity contest and I really couldn't care less if the kids liked me - it's totally about respect. But this time, I feel like I should do a little victory dance. "The angry girl doesn't hate me anymore, the angry girl doesn't hate me anymore..."





And oh man thanks for the comments you guys. Seriously they made me laugh so hard. Would you believe I never even thought to do anything violent but now that y'all mention it...and (e:Anne) is right. As far as dress and general attractiveness, there's no contest...and that's all that really matters.

Thanks (e:peeps). As always.

02/15/2007 18:57 #38170

PISSED OFF
So i saw the program for the concert I'm singing in in Fredonia on Sunday. And who is singing RIGHT AFTER ME but my fucking ex-boyfriend's current girlfriend. I am so pissed off. Why? Who knows. Mainly because she is definitely better than me and so she will just sound way better after I'm done because I sound fine but she is better. Everyone compares people to other people. You can't help it. Plus i will have to see her backstage and she will be the first goddamn person i see when i get offstage. Who puts two sopranos RIGHT AFTER EACH OTHER when we are the only two singers for the whole goddamn concert? I'm so pissed off. I AM SO PISSED OFF!!!!! All this hard work and preparation and now I am just pissed about the whole thing AHHHHHHHHHHHH
joshua - 02/16/07 10:31
Oh, then after you are done - froofy drinks, babe. Froofy drinks.
joshua - 02/16/07 10:27
The shank "Nancy Kerrigan" method probably isn't the best idea, although it would probably be the most fulfilling. Just play the scenario through in your head, then move on to the right thing to do - proceed to not give a shit, look smokin' and give her that catty, icey steely stare that women seem to love to give to guys. :(
jason - 02/16/07 08:20
Nancy Kerrigan her.
anne - 02/15/07 21:35
but there's no way her dress will be anywhere near as smokin' as yours. And whoever is better looking clearly is the winner. Isn't that what really counts?
metalpeter - 02/15/07 21:32
Think of it kinda like but kinda differant than the opening act at a concert. Yes the opening act is usaly thought of as not as good and as ment to warm up the crowd. But also the opening act has often stolen the show and ben better. Hey just do your best and you will be fine. You could also pretend you don't know her. Also remember that you two broke up for a reason. I thought I read long time ago that you ended it with him, if that is true then her being with him shouldn't bother you. I know it maybe awakward but it is only a competition if you make it one, so don't make it one. Stay Cool, and Calm and you will be just fine. Hope that helps some.
knife - 02/15/07 20:54
do not let it bother you!!!!!
if you let it bother you it may effect you in the moment. it may be hard but if you carry on like it does not exist then not only will you do excedingly well, but, you may be able to extend some existential backlash onto her and you know.....make her suck and then, oh, idk, start on fire or something. that'd be something.
vycious - 02/15/07 20:29
wow, never figured you as someone who gets pissed. unless its drinking.
zobar - 02/15/07 20:25
So, you will pass her backstage just before she goes on ... that's when you shank her. You can make a clean getaway while she's onstage trying to sing in immense pain.

- Z
mike - 02/15/07 19:47
when pissed off, just remember you were wearing a pooh sweatshirt and thought nothing of it