vomditioner

so remember how i was all out of hair conditioner? but, i decided to use body wash? yeah, that totes didn't work at all. my hair was a knotty mess.

but, i still did not want to spend $7.99 on hair conditioner. i could have totally bought a cheaper kind. but, i wanted to be stubborn.

so, i thought to myself, "i'm a creative and crafty person, i'll MAKE my own hair conditioner!!" so, i looked up some recipes. a lot of them called for olive oil, which i don't have. i have sunflower seed oil.

i found some recipes which called for mayo. that just grossed me out.
and then i found one that was mashed up banana mixed with honey. i had both of these things and thought this recipe sounded delish.

so, i mixed some up. while i was mixing i kept thinking, "wow, this looks like vom." but, i kept going.

i took a bath. and kept staring at the banana vom mixture sitting next to me. i shampooed my hair. lovely.

and then the time came for me to condition. i scooped some of the banana vom onto my hair. and then some more. and then some more.

mmmmm ddeelliicciioouuss.

it was slimey and chunky. but smelled great!

so then i washed it out and i had banana vom mixture all over the tub. gross. but, my hair felt pretty good. more conditioned than from the body wash.

so, i wrap my hair in a towel, as normal and continue to get dressed. i take my hair out of the towel and think, "wow julie, you are so great. this banana vomditioner was such a good idea."

and then i looked in the mirror. i had chunks of banana stuck everywhere in my hair.

i sulked, and walked back into the bathroom. and as i inspected further, saw that my hair was literally covered in bananas. tiny chunks of bananas. .U.G.H.

so, i rinsed my hair for about ten more minutes. chunks of banana were seeping out everywhere. it was jack nasty.

then i decided that a little banana never hurt anybody, so i shut off the water and again, wrapped my hair in a towel.

let it dry for a while. then inspected it again. i am still seeing tiny chunks, but not huge ones like before. it smells awesome, though.

so, conditioning my hair with banana probably won't happen again. i guess maybe now i'll go out and buy more.

or, try the mayo and oil mixture.....


<3

Significance of Waffles in Modern Television

Today's television choices are far from ordinary. We see glimpses into the future where people are living in an advanced world, both technologically and genetically. We watch extraordinary drama where people survive and fight against all odds, yet their breakfast food remains the same.

Michael Bluth asks his son George Michael in the premiere episode of Arrested Development, "What do I always say is the most important thing?" George Michael immediately answers, "Breakfast." His father replies, "Family," to which his son answers, "Oh, I thought you meant of the things we eat."

Yet, there is some strange breakfast phenomenon bringing our television families together. For some reason, breakfast is the most important thing, and in the breakfast genre, lies the waffle. This mountainous region of breakfast food reigns supreme. Maple syrup lakes and butter puddles overflowing onto our plates, into our mouths, and, as I will argue, our hearts.

Some of our most recognizable television shows include numerous reoccurring waffle references, as described here:


1. Gossip Girl. In about every episode of this hit CW high school drama, two of our characters, Dan and Jenny Humphrey awake to the smell of waffles in their Brooklyn loft. Sometimes, they even come home from school to the smell of waffles cooking for dinner. It appears their father Rufus does not know how to make any other type of food, and that a waffle iron is the only appliance gracing their kitchen.

2. a.Heroes (early episodes). One of the first episodes in season one, Claire's mother exploded in rage at her because she wouldn't come eat the waffles she had made for breakfast before school. Claire sat on the staircase in her Texas home sobbing, while her father stood before her, demanding she go eat the waffles her mother had spent all morning making.

b.In other early episodes of Heroes, we see Claire's father making her waffles before school. This not only implies that the Bennett family has a passion much like the Humphrey family for waffles, but that also they seem to have an abundance of time in the morning*.

c. Two of our Japanese heroes on this television series marvel at all the American food they find themselves eating on their strange journeys to save the world. In the midst of their fatty, fried food extravaganza, they find themselves enamored by the waffles they eat while at the Burnt Toast Diner. Hiro remarks that his new favorite food is waffles**, to which is father greatly disapproves.

3. Heroes (later episodes). Yes, it's true, even bad guys are weakened by the sight and smell of waffles. We see Sylar, wearing an apron and standing in front of a waffle iron making breakfast for his young son.*** He says to Uncle Peter, who has arrived suddenly, "if I had known you were coming, I would have made more." Which indicates for us a few things:
i. Peter also loves waffles
ii. Sylar is skilled at doubling the waffle batter recipe
iii. His waffle iron is probably a top notch brand to handle such frequent and intense waffle making batches.

And in conclusion we must ask ourselves, "what is our obsession with watching people make and eat waffles??" When did waffles become such an elitist breakfast food? What happened to the simple minded makings of the pancake and the french toast? All are eaten with similar toppings, similar utensils, and with similar passion. Yet, something keeps luring us and our television families to the mystique of the waffle.

Perhaps George Michael was right in saying that breakfast was the most important thing. Clearly, we see evidence that the act of eating breakfast food, more specifically waffles, brings us together as a family, together as a nation, and together as viewers.



* The Bennett family sits happily around their breakfast table enjoying waffles.
**Hiro is not ashamed of his new favorite food, as seen here.
***Here, we see an image of Sylar standing in his kitchen, waffle iron proudly displayed behind him.

life is a maze and love is a riddle

hi friends!!!!

wow, what a great day i had!!!! i can't wait to tell you about it.

SO. i went to bed at 3:30am. when i finally felt tired. i could not sleep. finally fell asleep at 4am. which, i guess isn't that too long after.

woke up at 7am. hit snooze once. woke up again at 7:10am. got up. put on the coffee. fed kitty. got dressed. made waffles.

had to be downstairs at 7:45am. played with a baby for a little while until he and his mom left at 8am to go home for the weekend.

hung out in the office for a while. ate my waffles. drank my coffee. this was when i updated with my work post.

then, our one resident came downstairs a little after 8:30. she ate some cherries. we chatted in the office. came up with a plan for the day. we would go rent movies and then have an adventure in vermont. but, we had to wait until after Diane arrived to work so that she would be there to answer phones. the morning was super quiet. there were only three phone calls between 8am and 10:30am.

i started my sewing project. i'm making Kara, Maria and myself t-shirts for the harry potter midnight showing next week. YEAH, BE JEALOUS. so, i had to practice sewing lightning bolts. and i brought down an old t-shirt with part of the front cut out to practice on. what happened was, i wanted to save the design of the t-shirt, so i cut out the front. the rest of it was still a t-shirt, though.

so, i got lots of practice lightning bolts done. and they look so effing awesome.

then, Diane came in at around 10:30. i took out some money from the safe. and we were off!

first stop, Hollywood Video. we got two movies.
1. Hocus Pocus
2. Epic Movie
our resident was very excited about these. that's good. then, we talked about our adventure. i asked, "do you want to explore highway vermont, or back road vermont?" she chose back road. so, we drove down route 4.

it's not really a "back road," but it's better and more rural than 91. so, we drove west along route 4.

i asked her if she wanted to stop at The Quechee Gorge. she did! so, i parked the van and we got out, walked along both sides of the bridge, browsed in the Gorge gift shop and had a lovely time. she loved it. it was fun looking in the gift shop with her.

then we were off for more exploring!!! we continued west. this was the route that kara and i explored very in-depth during our Sister Adventure Week 2009. we drove through Woodstock, Vermont, which i just love. i want to stop sometime and browse. and i want to buy that old, falling down house and restore it. and i want to find that disappearing bakery, which i still couldn't find.

we continued to drive west. along the river. through the woods and the mountains. it's really a beautiful drive. we got in some good conversation. rocked out to Avril Lavigne. Sk8r Boi, to be more specific.

after about 30 miles of driving, we turned around and headed back. we were pretty far! we talked about making an ice cream stop and decided on the place near Home Depot in West Lebanon, because that place has the best bubblegum ice cream, our resident says, and that's her favorite. fine with me.

so, we stopped and got ice cream. i had coffee/black raspberry twist with chocolate dip. in a dish. she had bubblegum on a cone. delish! we saw a really cute baby playing with a straw. we also heard people singing 'happy birthday' from the Home Depot parking lot. we both remarked at what a lame birthday that was, going to Home Depot.

then we headed home. were back around 2pm, i think. it was a nice, long day out.

got back and there was a party in the staff office. Diane, Kristin and Sue had all ordered mexican food for lunch and were sitting, lounging, eating, chatting. we joined the party, which lasted for about another hour before everyone got back to work. it was really great. there were lots of laughs. i really love my coworkers. and our resident.

so then, it was time for people to get back to work. so, i got back to my sewing and our resident looked up music videos on YouTube. hard work was happening.

so then, she sees the work i've been doing on the lightning bolt shirt and she says,

RESIDENT: That's a really cute shirt.
JULIE: Really?
RESIDENT: Yeah, I like it.
JULIE: You can have it if you want...
RESIDENT: Really??
JULIE: Yeah!! Sure!!! Do you want anything else on it?
RESIDENT: Umm..like, what?
JULIE: Hmm....I could sew on your name if you want...
RESIDENT: YEAH!

so, i took a pen, wrote her name in a pre-discussed spot on the shirt, and started sewing!

OMG. the shirt came out AWESOME. i am so proud of it. she looooves it. even though there's a huge hole cut out of the front. she wore it with a tank top underneath, but i'm going to sew in a white tank top permenantely so it won't look as weird.

she was so excited about it and that made me feel really excited and really good. now she has her own homemade, personalized shirt!!!! wow!

then Courtney came in at 3:30 for her shift. the three of us lounged in the office for a realllly long time. we discussed doing fun things together and decided that next thursday we would plan a trip to Portsmouth, NH to see Grease at Prescott Park. i hope it doesn't rain because that would be really fun. Courtney was really excited to hear the plan.

and, then Diane came into the office on her way out, and ended up staying for like, an hour. we were all just sitting around, talking. it was great.

i didn't get back upstairs until about 6:15. yikes!!! that's a long day of work. but, it was a really fun day. i'm really glad we went on our vermont adventure. she said on our way home,

RESIDENT: I don't know why everyone always thinks you need to spend money to have fun. I have so much fun just driving around looking at new things.

she's really sweet. i'm taking her to a doctor's appointment tomorrow. or, today. friday. whenever. and me and Courtney are her labor coaches for when she gives birth in October. i'm excited about that.

so! wow! what a good day. today was one of those days when i thought, "wow, what a great job i have!" i thought that last week too, when i was taking two of the girls out to run errands.

it's like, my job is to be a positive part of these girl's lives. and to have fun with them. and today i got free ice cream out of it! what a great deal!

then i came home, made a sandwich, watched an ep of heroes, took a nap. great night. (i'm not going to go on and on, but i'm on season 3 now, which is called "villians" and i can still remember the commercials on tv and they would whisper, "who is a hero....and who is a .....villian.....?" it was pretty dramatic. and so far, the third season is waaaay better than the second. ok! enough!)

now for the exciting stuff!!!!!

SO! many of you probably read my entry Dear Dave and Renee, which i posted earlier today. Dave and Renee are two of my great friends living in Colorado. Dave is older brother to Maria, who is the best friend ever. she's my best friend ever.

SO, to back track a bit, in high school, Dave and his friend Sam had this amazing band called Compost Shark. it was truly awesome. Maria and i even did some collabing on a song called Homeless in Hawaii. we are the ones hysterically, uncontrollably laughing in the background.

and! Dave and Renee have a blog which i just recently learned about. and it's totes cool. and just today they posted an entry about a Compost Shark reunion concert which took place in Colorado this past monday!!! i was very excited to read about it, and even MORE excited to see they had posted a video of one of my favorite Compost Shark songs, Kathleen.

i would very strongly insist that you click on the link and watch the vid. if i had Matt Parkman mind controlling powers, i would mind-control you into clicking on the link. Kathleen is a great song. Compost Shark is a great band. and! Dave commented in this very blog saying that there will be a new Compost Shark CD being released hopefully by the end of the summer!!

Kathleen is a song that i listen to frequently. which then prompts me to listen to Gulden's Mustard. another classic. about a great trip to a Portland Sea Dogs baseball game with Maria, Dave and Sam. good times. i think that was when Sam ate the pepto bismol. and i caught a fly away ball, but then threw it back onto the field. the kid behind me wasn't happy.

anyways!! great times with great friends. enjoy Compost Shark!!!!

and with that, i am leaving you. leave on a high note, i always say. have a great friday!! i have to clean my apartment. something which i have been putting off every other day this week. tomorrow is the last day, so i have to do it.

take care, friends.


with love.

<3

Dear Dave and Renee:

Hi Dave and Renee!!

Two of my favorite Colorado readers!!! For some reason your blog was not letting me post a comment on your newest awesome entry. So, I wanted to tell you that I was so happy to hear 'Kathleen.' I totally love that song and the video was great! So great to see Compost Shark together. Also, I am hoping there is a performance of 'Gulden's Mustard' floating around...... :)

Also! Do I have permission to put a link in to your blog so everyone can hear Kathleen?!?!?

lovelove,
Julie

the prophecy

i just read my horoscope this morning while at work.  (it's currently 8:19am....fell asleep at 4am.....up at 7:10am)

my horoscope told me that my dreams are going to be especially prophetic now and that i should immediately start keeping a dream journal.  well, i already keep a dream journal, so i have one up on you, horoscope.  

but, i'm pretty sure i had a dream about Heroes last night.  now, i don't know if that's part of the prophecy too....or if that was just because i had watched Heroes before going to bed.

i guess it could be a little of both.

naturally, it could mean that i have some sort of superpower moribund inside me and i need to revive it.  i'm probably gonna go with that one.

SO.   working.  blah.  nothing on the schedule for today.  i brought down some sewing that i need to accomplish.  i just enjoyed a lovely breakfast that i also brought down with me.  waffles.  blueberry waffles.  and i made a cup of coffee and brought that down with me too.  living in the place you work does have some advantages.  there is very little transportation required, so you can frequently bring your home to work.  or, bring the comforts of home to work.  

like, when i come to work in my pajamas at nighttime.  or, when i brought Ruby Tuesday down one night.  or, this morning when i brought down breakfast and coffee.  

i got to play with a baby this morning for a long time!!  well, maybe like, 15 minutes.  we played with rattles.  he drank some yogurt juice.  he is such a handsome baby.  i told him that.  very drooly, though.  he's the kind of baby who starts to fuss the minute you stop holding him.  he's been like that ever since he was born.  it's alright by me though, because i never want to put him down.  

tonight i might go out and buy some hair conditioner.  i'm debating it.  

"but julie, don't you need hair conditioner if you are thinking about buying it?"

yes.  yes i do.  but, i don't feel like spending $8 on it.  and last night i used body wash as conditioner which seemed to work fine.  

it's a milk and honey burt's bees body wash.  and i use burt's bees hair conditioner.  if it had been any other brand and any other scent (like.....exotic tahitian mango....or something) then, i probably wouldn't have used it.  but, i figured that milk and honey are like, super moisturizers anyways so it was probs fine.  

milk and honey is also a great natural asthma remedy.  for realz!  a mug of warm milk mixed with a tablespoon or so of honey for serious makes you feel better if you can't breathe.  it doesn't sound as gross as it tastes.  no wait, that was wrong.  it doesn't taste as gross as it sounds.  it doesn't last as long as say, a puff of an inhaler lasts.  but, it does the trick for a while. 

ssooooo.....hm.  what was i talking about?

oh yeah.  hair conditioner.  i don't think i'll go out and buy some more.  tonight will most likely be a couch night.  just like the past two days have been.  at least i'm working today.  so it's not like i'm totally lazy.  

well then, friends.  i suppose that's all.  perhaps i'll try and shoot you another update during the workday.  

actually, i take that back.  i'm sorry i said, "shoot you."  i didn't mean to use such violent language.  

alright, have a wonderful day.  it's not friday yet.  but, it's almost friday.  so...there's that.  

have a good one.  i'll talk to you later  :)

<3

texas, please

**WARNING** (this may seem like a normal entry, but after finishing it, i discovered that i totally "geeked out" in the middle of it. this is your nerd alert warning.)



oh hi! i didn't see you there.


i realize i used that opening a few entries ago. whatevs. i like it. it makes me laugh kinda.

i'm listening to Pokerface right now. you should be jealous. it's like a party up in here.

umm...hi. okay. now let's start the entry.

i guess i don't really know what i'm going to talk about. i haven't done anything extravagant lately.

oh wait! yes i have. i went to JoAnn's yesterday and bought patches to patch up the holes in my favorite pair of jeans. i am so upset that they ripped. i just got them back in the fall, so they're not very old. i think it was because i wore them like, every day in Ireland. and we trekked across some rough terrain. but, not really. i don't know why they ripped. ugh, but i'm upset because they fit really well and my other pair of jeans are too big. and, i've been on the lookout for a new pair but i can't really buy jeans right now because that would cost money.

so, i'll just patch these up and hope they don't lose their character. i bought the iron on kind because i couldn't find anything else. i'm probably going to sew them on because

1. i don't have an iron
and
2. that's really the only reason

well, i might use my hair straightener. i've done that before. it worked semi-well. maybe half hair straighten, half sew. i sometimes use my hair straightener to iron things. i used it to iron my curtains before i hung them up. that's all, really. i generally don't iron.

well. now that i've told you that....

Ruby Tuesday is chasing her tail furiously around the apartment. she can run so fast it's unbelievable. and man, that tail. it can run just as fast. it's funny how much she thinks it's out to get her. we snuggled on the couch today.

i walked to the post office today in the rain. it wasn't bad. kinda nice. and it was even nicer once i got there and saw that the postal worker i have a crush on was there. and he gave me my movies! this is the ruggedly handsome one. the last time i saw him he was eating pretzels and today he was drinking coffee. i like him.

for movies today i got:

1. disc 2, season 2 of Entourage. i'm totes warming up to this. fave characters = Johnny Drama and Ari.
2. Role Models. the one with Paul Rudd and .....Sean William Scott?
3. Blind Dating. which i've watched already and will discuss NOW!

so, i watched Blind Dating this afternoon. it was a nice treat for my eyes. Chris Pine. i had seen the trailer for this on some other rom com like, last year. i can specifically remember seeing it. and i thought, "aw, that looks cute." so, i put it in my Netlix queue and then kind of forgot about it, as i often do. and then, after seeing Star Trek, was like, "holy crap who's that hottie??" turned out to be Chris Pine. naturally i thought, "hm, i wonder what else he's been in..." and saw that he was the main character in this film, Blind Dating. immediately it moved to number one. and i got it today!

about this attractive twenty-two year old blind guy who's basically looking for love while in the middle of receiving treatments for a risky eye operation.

aw, i liked it. it was pretty sweet. i just loved his parents. and his whole family and his best friend. everyone just seemed like they really got along. the relationship between him and his mother kind of reminded me of the mother-son relationship in My Left Foot. if My Left Foot was a rom com.

anyways! good movie.

AND. so, he falls in love with this really sweet Indian girl who turns out to be in the middle of an arranged engagement to another Indian man. which Indian man, you ask? umm....MOHINDER. from Heroes. YEAH. i was like, "what's he doing here?!?!" it was weird. especially weird to hear him speak without an accent.

AND THEN. so, his brother sets him up on a bunch of unsuccessful dates with all these weird girls. the first of whom, finds out he's blind and starts uncontrollably sobbing, which continues throughout the whole date. and the actress walks onscreen and i'm like, "...noooo....it can't be...." BUT IT WAS! it was CHARLIE!!!!! the waitress from Heroes!!! who i also saw last week on Entourage!!!! it's like she's following me or something. she was such a sweet girl on Heroes. until she had an unfortunate encounter with Sylar in the back room of the diner....

AND SO THEN!! i'm watching and Chris Pine meets with the doctor who will be performing the risky eye operation and it took me a while to figure out who this guy was. but it dawned on me towards the end. who was it, you ask???? um, IT WAS BOB. from Heroes!!!! Elle's father. INSANITY!!! it was like a Heroes cast reunion. i couldn't believe it.

but, it was a sweet movie. kind of mindless. but, whatev. Chris Pine is a dreamboat.

so tomorrow i'm working 8-4. yikes. ugh, i hate getting up early for work. it will be just me and one resident the entire day. i'll see if we can get out and do something fun. depending on the weather, i guess.

ohohoh!!! i made key lime pie last night. totes delish. i made it in a chocolate crust instead of a graham cracker one. good decision. perhaps i'll take pictures because it came out quite beautiful. i don't know what prompted me to make a key lime pie. i guess you could call me the piemaker. no, actually don't call me the piemaker. that title is reserved for Ned on Pushing Daisies.

oh, i miss Pushing Daisies. what a great show. did i tell you about the Heroes connection to that show!??! did i? i don't think i did.

BUT! so, i'm watching a season 1 episode of Heroes recently and notice that Ellen Greene's name is in the credits. and i'm like, "Ellen Greene....what?" she played Aunt Vivian on Pushing Daisies, and is more commonly known as Audrey from Little Shop of Horrors. the film, and on broadway, i believe.

so, i'm like, "who the heck will she play on Heroes??"

the episode begins. i think it was the episode where Issac Mendez had the unfortunate run in with Sylar in his apartment. or, "loft" as they say. so, then Sylar decides he needs to go and see his mother. and he goes to her apartment and she opens the door and i gasp, "AUNT VIVIAN!!!!" she was Sylar's mother!!!! i couldn't believe it. aw, and it's so sweet because he brings her all these snow globes from wherever he travels to. although, you know that he travels to those places to kill people. but, she doesn't know that so it's sweet.

and then he makes it snow in her apartment and it's very reminiscent of the scene in Edward Scissorhands with Winona Ryder dancing in the snow, right before she cuts her hand on Edward's hand. and in Heroes, his mother dances in the snow right before he accidentally kills her with a pair of scissors.

so, kind of the same idea. actually, a lot of the events in Heroes remind me of other things. i can't think of anything right now. except Edward Scissorhands.

i also think the numbers 6 and 9 have been reoccuring. i only just noticed it. let me tell you my findings and maybe a super Heroes fan will read and let me know if i'm just crazy or not:

- sylar's mother lived in apartment #6
- when matt parkman was doing the FBI training test, it was also apartment #6
- matt parkman's creeper father lived in apartment #9
- the comic book that Issac wrote was called 9th Wonders!
- nathan petrelli's hospital room number was 1909 (or something like that)

maybe i'll do some research on this. 6 and 9 are basically the same number so maybe it's an emphasis on either. hold on. i'll use my super power online researching skillz.


umm...so, guess what. i'm totally right! or, totally half right. apparently there is an entire Wikipedia-esque site devoted to Heroes, and there is a whole entry about the use of the number 9. YES! i notice things!!!!

that's cool. i like it when there are things like that. that's what i liked about Lost. until it got ridiculous.

OH!!! which makes me remember something else about Heroes that make me think of Lost.

(you can stop reading now if you're totes bored. i won't be offended.)

so, on Heroes there is a character named D.L. Hawkins. which always makes me think of the character on Lost, Eloise Hawkings. it would be even weirder if D.L.'s power was time travel, but it's not. it's walking through walls.

also, i laughed really hard when it was revealed that D.L. stands for Daniel Lawrence. and i thought of a certain best friend of mine.... :)

BUT ALSO, while reading the list of number 9 occurances in Heroes there is one which i will copy for you here:

The license plate on Kaito's limousine is "NCC-1701". In addition to being the registry number of the USS Enterprise on Star Trek, the digits in the number 1701 add up to 9. Also, 1701 is a multiple of 9.

so, let's go over this one. the character of Kaito is played by George Takei, who we all know as Sulu, from STAR TREK. crazy! this must have been done on purpose. same with all the other Star Trek references in the show?? i don't know.

but it's like a total segway for Zachary Quinto who we all know as THE NEW MR. SPOCK. what?! does he spell his name 'Mr. Spock' or 'Mister Spock?' i like the latter. although, it kind of makes me think that he should grab a top hat and a cane and do a little soft shoe number.

if i was interviewing Zachary, i would ask him if he turned to George Takei for any guidence/inspiration for taking on the Star Trek role. i haven't heard anybody else ask him that question yet.


WOW. this entry took a geek turn that i wasn't expecting. i apologize? maybe i'll go in and put a disclaimer at the beginning. a warning from the surgeon general.

i think that's all the nerd i have in me.

i'm gonna go finish the second season of Heroes now. i know, it feels like i JUST started. and i kind of did. it was a short season because of the writer's strike. remember that?

ok. i have to end this before i bore you to your death. and i have to get Ruby Tuesday off of the television. and i'm going to eat supper because it's almost midnight.

goodnight friends!!!! i'll update tomorrow....maybe from work!!!! get psyched!! a work update! those are always fun and exciting.

loveLOVElove,
J.

but who's counting?

folks, it's been FIFTEEN weeks since i got my ear pierced!!! i just counted. wow, that's a lot of weeks.

it's been really hurting lately, so that's why i counted. and i'm still SHOCKED that it hasn't gotten infected. i just knocked on wood. it's even still hard to sleep on my left side because it hurts still. is that normal? what would happen if i took out the piercing??? would it close up? would it hurt more or less? so, for the rest of my life, is my body going to be trying to close up that hole? or will it eventually be like, "hm, okay, she's got this metal post stuck through it, let's let her have it."

i guess it hurts so much because i'm constantly playing with it. i STILL can't get over it. it's still very foreign.

anyways. i wanted to figure out how many weeks it had been for my own personal knowledge, and then i thought, "ah, what the heck, let's just share it with the world."

i am OFFICIALLY going to watch a new ep of Heroes tonight. i am ALL caught up to where i was when i left off almost two years ago.

everytime i see George Takei on Heroes i get really mad at him for not speaking at our graduation. well, not really mad. just like, "aw man, it would have been really cool if he hadn't cancelled." he would have been way cooler than Dean's Beans.

he plays Hiro's father on the show. and it's pretty funny because Hiro and his best friend Ando are like, totes huge Star Trek fans. it makes me smile.

OH OH OH!!!!! tonight i went to the grocery store and guess what i saw?!!?!? someone was buying Digestives!!!!!!!!! DIGESTIVE COOKIES!!!!!! oh, we ate sooo many Digestives in Ireland. ours were covered in chocolate and had caramel on the inside. they were pretty delish. and, i saw the woman pick up the box and i thought, "hey, you're not Joe. what are you doing??" but, she didn't notice me awkwardly staring at her, and then she left. but, i was really excited because i had kind of forgotten about Digestives until tonight.

anyways. it's 11pm. i'm going to make some supper. Ruby Tuesday had her supper. she'll get second supper later.

so, i was supposed to work tomorrow night, but then i got a call saying that i actually didn't need to work. i'm bummed about that because i wanted the hours and i also wanted to hang out with a baby. but, hopefully there will be other times.

and in even more exciting news::: Tammy and Jenn are coming to visit me this weekend!!! i'm so excited! i haven't seen them for a super long time. Jenn says that they are coming up on friday night and staying until saturday afternoonish. sounds great!! they are my oldest friends. not in age. but, in friend longevity. we built many a chalk city together as children.

that's it! i think. at least for now. how has your night been?? did you do anything fun and exciting?!! let me know, duh!!!! i always want to know what my readers are up to. and by readers, i mean friends.

take good care.

<3

people vs. cheese

i know, it's not even 10am and i'm already awake and posting. that's because i had to get up at 6am and drive to concord, new hampshire. stay there for ten minutes. and then drive back. it didn't really feel like a lot of driving. it was 122 miles total. i think it's not as bad because i was driving the work van and not my car. everything just feels better not in my car.

so before i left this morning i packed a snack and a drink for myself. a little bag of my Star Trek cheese-its and some raspberry tea. i was sooo looking forward to enjoying them on the ride home.

and, i drove down with a resident, but drove back by myself, so i was alone now. and i got out my iPod and connected it to the radio thing. that was nice.

and i'm eating my cheese-its and just kind of thinking about them. there are two flavors in the box, Sharp Cheddar and Parmesean. they go together nicely.

so then i start thinking, 'did they make these the Star Trek flavors because they remind someone of Kirk and Spock?'

SO THEN, i spent probably a good fifteen minutes trying to decide what cheese Kirk and Spock would be, if they were Sharp Cheddar and Parmesean.

first, i immediately thought Spock would be Sharp Cheddar. because he's sharp like a tack. and Kirk has a little more flavor, a little more edge, like Parmesean.

and i had a pretty heated internal debate. i'm kidding, it wasn't heated. but, i went back and forth a few times.

but the deciding question i asked myself was this: "if Parmesean were a person, would it have pointy ears?" and i decided: Yes. yes it would have pointy ears.

and so it was finished:

Spock = Parmesean
Kirk = Sharp Cheddar

and....that has been The Most Useless Thing You Will Hear All Day. Thanks for joining! See you next time.

i guess the funny part is, i technically was being paid to think that that stuff. and to listen to Lovegame on repeat. i'd like to play the lovegame with kirk and spock. oooo that's another entry...

so, then my iPod kind of crashed. i was upset and worried. my iPod never crashes. and i immediately thought, "oh no! the summer of crashing!!!" because i forgot to factor in my ipod into everything else in my life breaking. that would be a pretty hard blow.

and then i listened to Let the Sunshine In sung by the new cast of Hair. the cd was released quite recently and i only remembered it yesterday!!! if i had more money, i would have bought the whole cd. but, i only got that one song. and i listened to it. and it was great.

and then. something extraordinary and terrifying happened.

i saw three deer.

i saw three baby deer. not one. not even two. BUT THREE. my first immediate reaction was, "WHAT ARE THEY DOING?!?!!?!" they were walking across the street.

and then. now, maybe it was the fact that i was in an, "everything is beautiful, everything is love!" mood after listening to Hair. but after thinking that first thought, my second thought was, "awwww they can't even walk that well because they are babies!"

it was true! they were stumbley looking and very tiny. the one in the back really couldn't walk fast at all because he was so little. and, i felt compassion for the deer. for the first time in my life.

so, i don't know if this is a change of heart or what. i was surprised i felt this way. deer are my number one hated animal. which is a tension point for me and Kara because deer are her number one favorite animal.

but, i felt nice after. i didn't hate the deer. maybe because they were babies. i don't know. i guess i could tell you that i'll wait and see how i feel the next time i see a deer....but, i really hope that doesn't happen.

and i came home and Ruby Tuesday was waiting for me. she runs over to the door everytime i come home. and she starts crying and rolls over onto her back and stretches out on the floor. and then she always runs right to her food dish looking for more food. no matter what time it is. no matter when she has eaten last. she always wants more food.

her food schedule is as follows:

- half a packet of wet food around noontime
- half a packet of wet food between 5 - 7pm
- half a packet of wet food between 2 - 3am

but like, last night. i fed her at 7:30. by 9:30 her food bowl was licked completely clean and she was crying and crying for more. and she managed to open the cabinet where i keep her food and she climbed in. she's a smart one.

she's taking a nap right now. which i am going to go very shortly. i thought i could finish season one of heroes last night, but it got to be 2:30am and i was too tired. so, i have ONE MORE episode of season 1 and then i'm done!!! then i can start where i left off almost two years ago.

i just read the Claire Bennet will have a lesbian scene in the upcoming season. what?

so, i will finish season one tonight. start season two. and watch more of season two!!!! i'm excited and nervous!!

i hope you all have a lovely monday. it's blue skies here and i hope it is where you are too. wherever you may be. where are you?


i fashion my future on films in space,
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the lovegame

that song by Lady Gaga? i'm totes into it right now. although, it has some pretty explicit innuendo.

anyways. i just finished watching The Wrestler. i had been putting off watching it because i was nervous about all the violence. so, i decided to watch it during the day.

MAN. what a film. great, great film. it was just like, really good. Mickey Rourke was awesome. the first probably....half hour or so was pretty violent. one part in particular. but even through that, it was still so good.

and, i don't know if you remember this, but i kept thinking back to my writing seminar that i took last year and the kid in my class wrote about that wrestler who killed his wife and son and then committed suicide. and he pretty much couldn't function anymore because his body and his brain was so damaged from the sport. sport? job? game? what is wrestling anyways? but, that story really affected me during the class, i remember. it's just all so incredible to me that people put themselves through this.

and i was thinking this through the whole movie. like, "why the heck is he putting himself through this??" and then at the end of the movie, there was one line that completely explained the entire thing. like, the entire film summed up in one line.

so, he's about to go into the ring after not wrestling for a while. his life is kind of falling apart. and someone is trying to convince him not to wrestle, not to go back in. and he says to her,

"ya know, the only place i get hurt is out there."

oh, such a great line. he means, not in the ring. it really put the whole movie into perspective. wow. great movie. great job, Darren Aronofsky. he's married to Rachel Weisz.

i'm kind of perplexed as to why Sean Penn won. i guess i have to see Milk again. i just remember not being that impressed with it. but, i won't get into the whole "brad" thing again. and the whole "leo" thing again. i'll wait until next awards season.

YEAH: see The Wrestler. i only had to close my eyes once.

oh, and i was so in love with Mickey Rourke's long blonde hair. oooo yes please. he was in the movie Spun with Jason Schwartzman and i was listening to that soundtrack the other day. and then i watched a clip on youtube of my favorite part. i named my blog after that clip. little known fact. that's a great movie. Spun. drug movie. meth users. Jason Schwartzman is awesome. and the soundtrack is top notch.

speaking of J.Schwartzman, has everyone seen his hilarious video for 'Microphone?' off of the new Coconut Records CD, Davy. great cd. better than the first. i just love him. he's probably one of those guys who if he asked me to marry him, i would just do it. no matter what.

- Jason Schwartzman
- Leo DiCaprio
- maybe Ewan McGregor

they come and they go, but some always remain.

anyways. yesterday when i was at Shaw's, there was this super cutie there. like, another shopper. he was wearing a red t-shirt, which made me extrememly happy because it was in spirit of the fourth of july. and, since i was wearing blue and white, we would have gone together pretty darn well.

i first saw him in the pet food aisle. he kind of stared at me for a long time. and then i went to get some whole wheat multi-grain bread. i saw him again in a different aisle. then again while i was checking out. i thought he was going to come in line behind me, but he chose a different cashier. i was really hoping he wouldn't notice that i bought Star Trek cheese-itz. i mean, what? no i didn't. who does that? definitely not me.

and then i walked out of the store a head of him. but he followed shortly after. and he got into a car with a tiny little dog. it was a semi-cute scene. whatever. he was a cutie. and then we drove away together. he went north to vermont, where his license plate was from. and i went to walgreen's to buy allergy medicine.

but, i think i made a smart decision about the allergy medicine even though i was still excited about the shaw's cutie.

so, i was standing there in the allergy aisle. an aisle i know so well. and i'm about to spend almost $25 on a 12 day supply of pills and a 30 day supply of eye drops.

and i'm thinking to myself. actually, i might have been thinking outloud, i can't really remember. but i hadn't been taking any allergy medicine for a couple days because i had run out and didn't want to leave the house (meaning, couch) to go get some. and i hadn't really been feeling any worse. meaning that the allergy medicine really wasn't doing anything to make me feel better.

so, i made the decision not to get any more allergy medicine. if it's not making me feel better and just keeping me from sleeping, then WHY would i continue to take it?? i'll wait until i can get a super medicine from the doctor which i have yet to find.

but, i did get the eye drops. those are crucial. i tried going without those for a few days and MAN.

so, i woke up saturday morning and could barely open my right eye. it felt like someone had punched me and it was all bruised. oh, it really, really hurt. and then as i was trying to remember if i had gotten into a "captain kirk" fight the previous night, i semi-remembered waking up in the middle of the night and furiously rubbing my eye because it itched/hurt so bad. so then i was worried that maybe i rubbed it hard enough to bruise it. so, i went to the mirror and no, it was not bruised. but, it still hurt. but, i eventually got it opened.

so, i decided that the $11 bottle of eye drops was, in fact, working MUCH MUCH better than the $4 bottle and it was definitely worth having. so, i purchased. it's cool because they're 12 hour drops, so you only put them in twice a day. and they really, really help. it's the generic Zaditor, or something. it makes me think of the fortune teller machine in Big. i guess they both work magic.

Ruby Tuesday is sleeping on one of Aliya's rocks right now and it's extremely cute. i took a bunch of pictures of her with my phone. um, because my phone has a camera. did you know that? like, one that can take pictures. unreal. i can't get over it. it can also take video and record sound. what?! wait a minute!

now i'm going to walk to the library and return a book. last night i was talking to the resident we have here and she was telling me that she was really dreading the staff who was working today and didn't want to be with her, etc, etc. so, i said that i needed to walk to the library and return a book and i asked if she would want to come with me. she said yes and i think she was happy i asked.

and then tomorrow, i'm leaving at 6:30 AM to drive one of the girls to Concord to the bus terminal. she's leaving. it's an early day, but i can come back and take a nap. and it's free gas and it's basically just driving. i'll wait with her to make sure she gets off safely, though. i'll be sad.

oookkk. i should get going. um, what? it's 5pm?? when did that happen? that movie was only 1.75 hours but it took me like, 3 to watch it? what? that doesn't make sense. it must be that time warp that was in the living room the other day.

anyways, have a great rest of the weekend. i'm thinking about you. and just know that i really enjoy these talks. i look forward to them, as i hope you do.

best!

<3, J.