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dumping friends
how do you tell someone that you can't be their friend anymore, that you don't like the person they have become? it takes courage and that i don't have.
peter and i have known each other since high school and have been good friends ever since. then his depression took over after he was in a severe car accident. he has tried to kill himself, i don't know how many times now.
i think things started to get worse between us about a year and half ago. he was in some psych ward and i was worried about whether or not i was going to lose my job. he was complaining to me about how i never came to visit him. i explained to peter that i was working 12 hour days, worried about my job, and was just plain exhausted. this wasn't good enough. i was a horrible friend in his words and if i really cared about him i would visit no matter what. i hung up the phone on him
he would call me a few weeks later and cry on the phone about how life wasn't worth living. the fact is i couldn't be there for him. the horrible thing is i didn't want to. after having friends kill themselves while i was in junior high i have no patience for people who do this. i'm not able to deal with it emotionally. peter knows this.
what really made me not want to be his friend anymore was a post he placed on his own blog. "Well, my sister was supposed to take me to the airport this morning. But as luck would have it, she wasn't able to do so, and I wound up paying $40 for taxi service to take me to Westchester County Airport (so expensive these days)! It wouldn't have been so much if I had made a reservation but this was a last-minute thing. My sister was ready to take me to the airport, until around 9:00 a.m. She went into the bathroom, and came out a little later and then said, "I'm going to the hospital."
I asked her if she could drop me off at the airport on the way, and she said that she wasn't even sure she'd make it to the hospital. "
he just seems more upset about about having to pay the $40 bucks instead of showing concern for his sister. it really made me realize that he doesn't have the ability to think of others first just himself.
i haven't talked to him in months because i don't want to be his friend in the way we have been, we can't now. i just have to get the strength to tell him.
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for you cp
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smashing grapes
this link from ebaum's world is courtesy of zaida.
http://media.ebaumsworld.com/grapefall.wmv
"ouch, she really is hurt."
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it takes a special person
to make me use the word cunt at 9:25am.
the cunt judy is already on the phone speaking at ridiculously loud decibels.
what does joining the cheese of the month club have to do with journals?
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Thursday, April 29, 2004
quit your jibber jabber
chrissy and i are getting these mr. t key chains that play a bunch of his favorite sayings. i have a feeling that my favorite phrase on there will be "quit your jibber jabber." i also have a feeling that i will playing this phrase a lot.
judy was on the phone all afternoon. we all hate her.
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Wednesday, April 28, 2004
keep the free things coming!
the past two days have been a free for all.
one of the good things about having to commute to nyc is getting the free samples that are often handed out at grand central terminal. there was one day a while back when i got a breakfast drink, a jar of campbells soup and a dessert cake all in one morning.
yesterday i received a free dannon frusion yogurt. today i received a change holder key chain.
then i get home from work and get an offer to sign up for gmail from google.
i love free stuff...keep em coming!
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Sunday, April 25, 2004
email from hr
while going through my email and deleting the stupid stuff for tomorrow's return to the office i came across this one from our hr director.
"Recently, some staff have asked whether all positions at **** will be posted. The answer is no. EMC positions have been posted. Going forward, new and open positions will be posted.
I hope this clarifies things. Please feel free to contact me, or your EMC if you have questions."
huh?
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back to work
well tomorrow is the day, my first day back since being on vacation.
i am beginning to dread going back to work. not that i don't like my job because i do. i just don't like some of the people i work with. if i only had to deal with the ones i like i might actually be looking forward to seeing them again. but since i don't like all the people i work with i am dreading going back.
i will have to make sure that my ipod is fully charged and filled with loud music to drown out judy's questions about what i did on my vacation. she hasn't seen me for a whole week so i'm sure she will feel the need to talk. i will also have to be careful about who i do talk to in my department because i'm sure that she will try to eavesdrop in on the conversation. oh, and in true judy fashion will say, "don't mind me i'm eavesdropping." the sure way to make sure that she works her way into the conversation giving her permission to participate. i am tempted to tell her to go eavesdrop somewhere else though.
monday also means that i will have to deal with some people from my old department which i don't like doing one bit. the more i am removed from that department i realize how much i actually disliked working in that department. i often get criticized for not going to visit them but i remember that they never came to visit it me in my old cube when i was in their department. so they can go fuck themselves for all i care.
i tried to think of all possible ways i could do my work from anywhere but in the office. when i remembered that it doesn't matter that i actually can do my job from just about anywhere. (except on an air boat in the middle if the everglades -- no wireless networks there.) i'm just not allowed to do my work from anywhere but my cube because my company does not believe in telecommuting unless you are a very special person who works fro very special people.
fuck em all for making me have to go back to work and actually deal with them!
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Thursday, April 22, 2004
back home
i got home this afternoon from miami and i am just exhausted. it figures of course that on my last night in miami my allergies acted up and traveled with me back to ny. it made the plane ride a pain in the ass cuz my left ear would not pop. so now i really can't hear out of it that well. i can oddly enough hear myself breathe well. do you think there would be any allergy medicine in my house -- of course not.
also glad to me home with my wireless dsl. dial-up sucks. it is a pitty that i have to rely on it when i travel.
my mother spoiled all of my animals while i was gone and now i have to restore order.
my knicks also suck. at this very moment the game is tied. i would not be surprised if the nets sweep them. i remember the good ole days when the nets sucked.
the miami pics should be up on my site sometime tomorrow if i ever wake up.
i love my bed!
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Wednesday, April 21, 2004
more from miami
got back from my second sight seeing tour. this time it featured all of my miami and a boat tour of biscayne bay where all the rich folks live. the largest home by the way belongs to the doctor who invented viagra. "it must be the biggest!"
got loads of pictures but must go enjoy my last afternoon in miami. back to the beach!
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Tuesday, April 20, 2004
the everglades
just got back from the everglades. i know i was supposed to go on the art deco & bay tour today but the tour company switched plans. not a problem though.
the everglades rocked. i think if i ever win the lottery i might quit my job at asme and move down here to become an airboat tour guide. i think it would be loads of fun and a good way to pick up women no doubt.
i got to see lily, hammer head and scarface the gators in the water. we also saw some turtles ands loads of birds and fish. thankfully the snake was on the other side of the boat. i hate snakes.
after the tour on the airboat we got a miami wildlife show. there we saw a bigger gator, was not told his name, but we did see his teeth. interesting gator fact coming up. when a gator loses a tooth one grows back in about two to three weeks. a gator can have up to 3,000 teeth in its lifetime. they can also jump up about two-thirds their size and turn 180 degrees in less than a second. for example if you grab a gator’s tail its mouth will be around your hand before you can even attempt to let go.
at the end of the wildlife show i got to hold larry (interesting name) the gator. a nice australian couple took the picture for me. thanks mates.
of course the only place you can get gator meat is in the everglades so i could not pass up the opportunity to have a fried gator tail sandwich. yes, it really does taste like chicken except it is a little tougher and occasionally you get a slight fishy taste. but overall v. good. a peacock also joined me for lunch. (see picture below)
we had two nice tour guides, our driver from the tour company and dave the airboat tour guide. the guide from the tour company gave us all a gators foot souvenir. It sort of reminds me of a monkeys foot souvenir. i think I will keep it in the office to scare some ep folks who want changes to their sites without any notice.
it was a fun morning and now I must get ready to hit the beach. later!
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the first margarita
yesterday i had the first margarita of my vacation. it was followed by two more.
this morning i'm am going on a sightseeing tour of art deco district and the bay. i've been to miami bunches of times but have never done any sightseeing so i am looking forward to this. tomorrow i'm going to the everglades to catch me some gator for dinner.
i have a great view of the beach from my room. right now not a soul is out there. it is so peaceful listening to the waves as the tide is coming in.
well, off to get ready. i'll vacation posted soon. in the meantime enjoy my margarita!
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Monday, April 19, 2004
greetings from miami
of course, what's the first thing i do -- go online. i'm headed down to lunch poolside to have the first of many margaritas.
check ya later!
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Sunday, April 18, 2004
counting down
by this time tomorrow i will be ordering my first margarita in miami. i am counting down the hours.
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Saturday, April 17, 2004
kill bill
go see this now!
if you haven't seen vol 1 go buy it and then go see vol 2. one of the most incredible movies ever.
i'm beginning my count down for when vols 1 & 2 are joined together in a nice box set.
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Friday, April 16, 2004
help
she has been on the phone for 20 minutes already and it is only 9:33 am. she has actually talked some business but moved on to how medical journal authors are really stuck up.
if i weren't going on vacation next week i think i would seriously consider putting something in her coffee.
i often wonder if she ever gets laryngitis or other throat ailments that would prevent her from talking. i also wonder how i could inflict some throat ailments on her. she does smoke. maybe i could do something to her cigarettes because the lung cancer does not seem to be coming on fast enough!
she must be stopped.
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Thursday, April 15, 2004
jesus christ action figure
this is courtesy of rick. jesus christ action figure
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we're movin' on up
george jefferson (sherman helmsley) just left the building and walked right past us as chrissy said, "george jefferson."
he quickly got into his waiting car.
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Wednesday, April 14, 2004
5 more days
in five days i will be in miami. happy and warm. i can't wait!
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warning: the f drive is going down in two minutes. save your files.
amazing how this giant box appears on your screen, you read it, you clear it and 10 minutes later you walk up to a co-worker and ask, "is the f drive down?"
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no judy today
for once it seems as though the sun is shining on 3 park. judy is taking a pto day. there will be no discussions with volunteers about the history of the publication industry, no discussions about her cats bowel movements and no discussions about homeopathic remedies.
god bless the person who created the pto day and gave one to judy.
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Tuesday, April 13, 2004
fucked up lunch
i am not happy. ordered beef with broccoli and got beef with peppers. only five pieces of beef and not enough rice.
fucking not happy!
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if i can hear you over my music you are talking too loud!
there is another person in the department that is just as annoying as judy -- that would be mgs. mgs enjoys telling people at rather loud decibels that the consistency of her children's poop is different. why do i need to know this?
it is worse when she walks in with judy. they always end up talking too close to my cube. this morning's conversation was about how her son does not like to have conversations. mgs thinks it is because he just doesn't get the idea of a conversation. my theory is that how can he have a conversation when his mother won't shut the fuck up!
i have also learned that mgs was a communications major, she obviously missed the lessons on how not to annoy people when communicating. in addition, i found out that when growing up mgs had a problem with the whole "ing" "ly" at the end of words thing. apparently she did not like the rule about this.
the tidbits of valuable information were expressed while the volume on my ipod was up nearly all the way. i was listening to blondie which is not a mellow kind of music.
message to judy & mgs -- if i can hear you over my music you are talking too loud!
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Monday, April 12, 2004
penguin swing
i find this quite enjoyable. penguin swing
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the cart man leaveth
the substitute cart man is gone. yippee! chrissy & I can now inhabit our corner without fear.
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dummy
i am freaking out this morning. i have just discovered that one of my all time favorite cds is missing. the cd is dummy by portishead. i feel even worse about this because i haven't even thought about this cd in over a year until last night. one of the songs was featured in the season finale of the l word. it has been haunting me all night and morning.
before i went to bed i kept thinking that i would take it to work and listen to it. that is when i discovered the empty jewel case. i was bummed but didn't freak out at that point because i figured it was with the group of cds that i keep at work. its not here at work and now i am freaking out. now i am trying to remember where it could possibly be, where could i have misplaced it? did a friend borrow it? did an ex steal it? am i just a dummy for not keeping better track of it?
it is getting to the point where i am beginning to get desperate. should i wait until i go home and do a thorough search of the house or should i see if it is on itunes? should i go to virgin megastore during lunch and buy a replacement cd? should i go to starbucks during lunch and get onto itunes from there?
the song is in my head and will be haunting me until if find this cd!
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Sunday, April 11, 2004
taxes & miami
well, i finished mom's taxes in a record 35 minutes with minimal mother/daughter disagreements. this was due to the fact that i made sit down and total all of her deductibles ahead of time.
i have just finalized my sightseeing trips for my miami vacation next week! it just happens to be 83 degrees there. i can't wait! this should give me an extra bounce during the week, plus pvd will be out on monday.
Party in the city where the heat is on
All night on the beach till the break of dawn
Welcome to Miami (elbenito a Miami)
Bouncing in the club where the heat is on
All night on the beach till the break of dawn
I'm going to Miami
Welcome to Miami
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mother & taxes
my mother is preparing to do her taxes on my computer. she was going to actually do it herself but has now reconsidered and will let me fill in her answers. whew, that was a close one! this will still be a very trying morning. don't worry the advil is close by.
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Friday, April 09, 2004
the cart man - again
these are the events that transpired during our 11:30 "smoking break" ;-p (i don't smoke, i just play one in the corner).
cart man....
- leaves cart and approaches us in the corner with gesture for all three of us to walk arm in arm together. actually steps between us.
- asks chrissy to say muffin in greek. she denies full knowledge of said language
- proceeds to talk to us about close friends all over the world -- afghanistan, germany, holland, & florida
- leaves us for customer. then returns!
- asks why i did not give him a chance to look for the picture i took on the previous day -- just in case i put it on the internet. um, already on internet.
- tells us about another woman he met downtown who suddenly stopped talking to him because her friend said they should not get too close. chrissy defined this as playa hatin.
- mentions that he will visit chrissy in bayside but only if i come to. i'm sure when he finds out i'm gay he'll still be interested but just wants to watch.
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resale only - not for resale
this was text printed on a dvd i rented recently. huh?
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the cart man is evil
it should be noted that abdul is not the guy i buy my tea and donut from every morning. i actually get it from another cart man that charges less than abdul. my usual cart guy took today off so this left me with abdul.
i ordered an everything bagel with cream cheese. he puts a plain bagel with cream in the bag. i say no, no i wanted an everything bagel. instead of taking the plain bagel out he gives me the back with both and proceeds to charge me for both. unfortunately i did not realize he charged me for both. i thought i was getting super lucky and getting a freebie for my feminine wiles. but alas i was wrong and he needs to stop thinking with his dick.
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Thursday, April 08, 2004
the cart man - part 2
i, stacey cooper, the resident lesbian of 3 park successfully flirted with the cart man this morning and received a free bialy with butter. although he did hint that if i had long hair in a bun i would get more. i'm thinking if i looked like diana turasi?
here is a picture of abdul.
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no sightings
did not see anyone of importance this morning. well unless you include my boss.
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Wednesday, April 07, 2004
what's your element?
so i don't really have an element. hmmm.
I bet you didn't know... but you don't really have an element! Well, not quite. You have the spark of FIRE, the force of STORMS, the life giving energy of the EARTH, and the possibilities of WATER! You are very creative. You try to see, write, or imitate things you really like. And when done correctly, the outcome is impresive. Though you aren't very snooty about it. Just proud. You're personality is ever-changing. You can be sweet and completely likeable, or have a backwards day and lash out at everybody. You stand up for what you beleive in, though not really with your fists. And if anyone comes to you with a problem, you dive right into it. Though they don't always ask you to. And though you may doubt it, there are many people around you that actually care about you. But the problems you face are hard to describe. They vary by person, or should I say by the people you're around. But in the end you'll come out way stronger than ever. You're one in a million, a rare find! Don't you feel proud?!
What Element are YOU??? {No pics., but pretty dang interesting!}
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the cart guy is stalking chrissy
last week the cart guy invited chrissy & myself to come into his cart to have breakfast. apparently there is actually room for three in these carts. he knows our names. when we stand in our corner he waves until he gets our attention. yesterday, he started yelling out chrissy's name to get her attention which caused everyone to turn in chrissy's direction. he then came out of the cart to ask chrissy if she would hang out with him by the cart. since he is the substitute cart guy we asked chrissy if she would visit him when he returned to varick street. today he saw us and waved wildly from the cart to us. now he is hanging outside his cart and won't leave even though the cart is officially closed for the day. the cart guy is stalking chrissy.
p.s. chrissy won another song off of itunes today!
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ann richards is in the house!
more air america celebs today. former texas governor ann richards is in the building. i'm going to try and meet her when she is done and get a picture.
update: ok i met her but chickened out on the photo. if you're not from texas you may not understand how big this is. meeting ann richards was truly an honor, what a wonderful woman. i know i have made my mother proud.
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U-C-O-N-N
UCONN, UCONN, UCONN!
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Tuesday, April 06, 2004
the trilogy is complete
i have my copy of matrix revolutions. :-)
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summer flex time
got our notice that we will have summer flex time this year. it is fucking cold out.
notice from evil director of department sent to direct reports & forwarded on to their direct reports:
fyi,
I am not approving this for anyone who has an attendance problem or a chronic punctuality problem.
mind you he has not informed those journal people -- the ones with chronic punctuality problems -- about this new policy. they do report directly to him, but are not really his direct reports. this is thanks to the mess that joan, who never showed up more than three days a week.
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32 minutes
judy was just on the phone for 32 minutes. she answered the person's question in one minute but then went on for the additional 31 minutes. the topics ranged from type setter interpretations to first come, first publish, then i went downstairs and then came back up to styles & figures.
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let us go away together
"Let us go away together, away from the anger and imperatives of men. There will be only the two of us, and we shall linger through long afternoons of sweet retirement. In the evenings I shall read to you while you work your cross-stitch in the firelight. And then we shall go to bed, our bed, my dearest girl."
this is a quote from lynne cheney's (dick's wife) book, sisters. it is currently out of print and when the publisher tried to reprint it lynne put a stop to it because she does not consider it her best work.
the historical romance novel was originally published in 1981 and includes brothels, attempted rapes and that lesbian love affair quoted above.
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aol outsourcing article
here's the article about aol outsourcing it's software center to india.
http://www.detnews.com/2004/technology/0404/03/technology-110312.htm
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import workers or export jobs
i found this on another blog this morning - http://monkeysontheside.blogspot.com/. the economist is sponsoring a writing contest about the topic.
at my company we have already outsourced the mail room -- at least to a u.s. company. they guys in the mailroom were informed that were fired about five minutes before our exec. dir. sent out a notice to all staff announcing this. we've also been outsourcing our exhibits for our largest conference and are getting ripped off. get this we pay this company a flat fee of $170,000 off the bat we do not charge them for any expenses incurred for our services. then to top it all off we split the profits 50/50. does this make sense? but it is outsourcing so it must be a good thing.
our ed has now brought in a person from his previous company who became the outsourcing queen. she has been here maybe a month and has outsourced registration for the same conference. although we heard that most of the contracts she outsourced at her old place were brought back in-house after two years. why? because it wasn't saving them money!
aol has also decided to outsource a good deal of their operations to india to save money while keeping your rates at the same level. i wonder how many people who have already lost their jobs to outsourcing are aol users? what would happen if all these people stopped using aol and switched to a local isp instead? would aol feel it? probably not. i used to know someone who worked in sales at aol and said for every million subscribers they lose they get two million new ones.
but think about it, instead of just complaining about companies that outsource start doing something. start using companies that don't outsource.
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Monday, April 05, 2004
more judy
well the silence that i so enjoyed on friday was destroyed to day. judy was in today and as usual her loud self.
this afternoon an author called her up to ask what format he needed to save his paper has in order to submit it to the journal tool. instead of just saying pdf we got to listen to a 20 minute discussion on how she edits papers. it is amazing how much this woman can talk. i mean it just kept going on and on. we kept laughing every time she brought up a new topic. when she finally got off the phone we all wanted to applaud her for her performance.
and she wonders why all of her journals are so behind.
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Sunday, April 04, 2004
princess has diabetes
i found out today that my cat has diabetes. this means special food that none of the others can have -- the super fat one will be upset. this means i also have to get the super fat one checked out. she just loves her food. this may also mean that i will have to give princess insulin shots twice a day. ouch just thinking about it.
the other downside to this is that i need information about where to get this special food wholesale. i have tried all the usual places but have not come up with anything. this means i may have to voluntarily engage in a conversation with judy.
as you have already learned judy is very loud. she also enjoys talking for extended periods of time. these are connected because she loves to hear her voice. judy can be described as cliff-like - you know the guy from cheers that knew all the obscure facts. well judy knows all these obscure facts.
this puts me in a dilemma. i know judy will have the answers i need but i can envision myself sitting there 45 minutes later wondering how we got on the topic of cats being worshipped in egypt and not remembering if her boyfriend's name is felix and her cat's name is victor or the other way around.
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the worst day of the year
i have lost an hour of sleep. i lose one every year and i don't think i ever recover. my eyes feel heavy and the sun keeps disappearing. i will feel horrible all week, i always do during the week after losing this hour. why must this happen!?! my inner clock is all screwed up and i'm just can't get it right.
not too mention that everything sucks on tv right now. i can't even read because my i will fall asleep for longer than i need and then end up even more screwed up. i have house work to do but just can't get motivated.
i know things would be better if i didn't lose that hour.
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uconn, uconn, uconn
the men's team made it into the championship game last night! now we just have to wait for the women to do the same.
i really do need them to win tonight, my co-workers will have a horrible monday otherwise.
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Saturday, April 03, 2004
adhesion
"adhesion on the defense."
will someone please explain to me why walt "clyde" frasier is still calling knicks games. argh!
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religion v. spirituality
someone passed this quote on to me this morning and i thought i would share it with you. it comes from the top 10 bibilical truths about homosexuality by Alicia Banks.
"Religion has destroyed spirituality. Religion is man-made and divisive. Spirituality is divine and unifying. Religion selects the designated few. Sprituality embraces the divine in us all."
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jennifer beals v. deborah norville
jennifer beals was on deborah norville's new show last night to promote the l word. after norville got beyond the usual flashdance questions they showed a clip from an upcoming episode of tlw. norville decided that this was a good time to warn moms that they should send their kids out for snacks. after the clip beals mentioned that she thought it was interesting that norville made those comments before the clip and said she doubted norville would have said them if it were a clip of straight people. needless to say this flustered norville as she stumbled around a response that as a mother of three she would like a warning.
it was clear however that beals threw the knock down punch. woo-hoo!
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Friday, April 02, 2004
the corner
if chrissy & i are not in our cubes we're in this corner.
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public restroom etiquette
if you are female there are certain rules that one must follow in a public restroom.
- obey the every other stall rule
- this means for example if there are five stalls do not occupy the one next to someone. skip the stall and occupy the next one. only use a stall immediately next to someone once the every other stall rule has been met.
- do not talk to someone while they are in the stall.
- it is just weird to talk to someone while you're peeing.
- wash your hands
- need i explain?
rule number three reminds me that you should not shakes hands with liz on the 22nd floor. she does not wash her hands! i have witnessed this myself on two occasions. if you don't know which liz i am referring to just don't shake hands with anyone named liz. better be safe than sorry. if you have already shaken hands with our liz or anyone named liz better go wash your hands - now!
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the itunes giveaway or chrissy rules
chrissy has won three free songs from itunes three days in a row. woo-hoo! the key so far is that she must buy the pepsi from medha corp (the newsstand lady in the building). then she must open the bottle either in the elevator or while waiting for the elevator.
forget turning the bottles on their side to peak. cp has her own method.
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gloria steinem in the building
this air america radio thing is going to be so cool! we just saw gloria steinem in our building. i got everyone excited over it. even a guy was like that's her and he went out to talk to her. but stupid me in the excite forgot that i had my camera phone and didn't get a picture. :( i am so mad at myself now!
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no judy!!!!
the silence will exist for most of the day. official word has arrived that judy will not be in today. another odd creature, carmen, has also called in sick and yet another person in our area is out today as well.
shhhh.
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all is quiet on 22
it is 8:40am as i write this and there is complete silence in my office. in approximately five minutes this will be shattered by the most annoying person ever -- judy. judy is loud, v. loud. you can hear her walking in because she is usually talking really loud to someone else or sometimes just herself. then when she sits down she ponders out loud, "what's this?" to the piece of paper or package sitting on her desk. her next verbal remarks involve talking to her computer while it is booting up. these usually go along the lines of, "aw, c'mon." this is followed by a few other aw, c'mons as she tries to print something out. as i'm sure you may have guessed she always has a problem printing something out.
but alas, she is late! do you hear what i hear? it is silence. peace and quiet. the only sounds coming from my keyboard and air circulating through the vents. the breakfast was good, the tea fucking good, and i am happy.
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Thursday, April 01, 2004
sierra mist rules!
technically i only drink coke. but i have to do a special shout out to sierra mist for giving out free cans this morning at grand central. woo-hoo!!
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too liberal???
naw.
myself and a few other co-workers happen to be liberals. in other words we use common sense and think all people besides republicans should have equal rights. what is really fun about this is that we are surrounded by a lot of conservative folk who think bush is god and the french are stupid for thinking independently of the united states.
what is cool is that we are loud in our opinions. chrissy is ranting about bush rather vociferously today -- her cube is next to a staunch bush supporter. i'm gay and have flyers about supporting gay marriage hanging in my cube. we also have some l-word magnets hanging in our cubes. my straight boss also has hers proudly displayed.
yup, we're loud liberals and proud of it!
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lock down
so we finally have this great radio station for us liberal folk to listen to. but......we are not able to listen to it here in my office. why you may ask? because our computers are on lock down, meaning we have no real player because someone in IT hates it even though the majority of the world uses it. oh, and we can't install anything. to make it worse if we were able to install it, most radio stations have been super scouted. super scout is an evil filter that blocks games, audio, and anything that an employee might find slightly amusing to break up their day. this bites big time!
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AirAmerica on the air
so one of the neat things about working in my building, trust me there isn't much, is that wbls radio station is located in it. on occasion we have seen a few celebs walking in and no wendy williams is not one of them. the new liberal radio station airamerica is sharing some space with wbls. we have already seen al franken who co-hosts a show from 12-3 pm.
we are now hoping that we will get the opportunity to see others like michael moore & janeane garofalo. the phone cam will be with me at all times.
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