i watched this interview with one of the Glee cast members on what it was like working with Kristin Chenoweth and that's what he compared it to. it was awesome. i heart kristin chenoweth.
so, i think Glee should make a habit of having awesome broadway stars do guest spots on the show. i mean, i'm only 2 episodes in, so i don't know if that happens or not. but, that's how it should happen.
oh! there could be a Glee/Private Practice crossover episode!!!!! that way Taye Diggs could show off his amazing vocal talent.
ALSO, so Glee is basically like a musical HEROES!!!!! what is with all the Heroes people on Glee?!?!?! Claire's real mom, Charlie, and Elle's dad! cr-azy! and those three people were all killed by Sylar! and now they're on Glee. ain't it the truth..
ANYWAYS. Glee. yeah, this is basically the way i want my life to work out. i want to be able to sing like them!!!! aahhh i'm so jealous. i envision my life and i am a huge singing sensation.
that's my new life direction: singer. watch out, world! here i come.
yeah. i'd be about as successful a singer as Tobias is an actor. on Arrested Development.
so, in my post last night i was very conflicted on how to go about watching Glee. and then my wonderful, "TV-in-the-know" friend Dan, suggested this website for me to try. and i tried it!!! and the streaming worked for about 16 minutes. just enough to make me LOVE the show. and then it stopped working. i even refreshed the page. meaning that it had to reload everything again. yeah. i waited a looooong time. and then the second time it stopped at 20 minutes. and i wasn't going to wait again, only to have it stop working 4 minutes longer.
so, i did the next natural thing - i bought it from iTunes. all that non-stop working HAS finally paid off.
but then, (funny story), the first episode took FIVE HOURS to download. hahaha. you might think i'm joking. but no. i am not joking.
five freaking hours. for a 45 minute episode. i watched 27 Dresses and took a bath and checked in with Courtney and then it was finally done. and, lucky me, i didn't realize it was downloading in HD (high definition), and the episode would barely play. because my awesome computer just can't keep up. i saw most of the episode.
i made sure that the rest of the downloading episodes were in non-high definition. and i SHOULD HAVE KNOWN. because whenever i watch tv shows on say, ABC.com, i always have to watch them in standard definition because it just will not work otherwise.
anyways. so, now i'm finally on episode two. that one only took 2 hours to download. (standard def) and i start watching it - and it's working beautifully.
now, i don't know if i've told you about my computer crashing issue. how my computer will randomly crash if you turn it the wrong way, if the battery cord becomes unplugged, if you say, pick it up and place it somewhere else. these are all "timebomb" instances where my computer could crash at anytime.
THREE TIMES. 3 times. not one, not two, but THREE times, did my computer crash in the middle of the second episode of Glee. that means shutting off the computer. turning it back on. waiting for everything to start up. opening iTunes. getting my HD/non-HD downloads in place. opening my external harddrive folder (because this is where i'm downloading the episodes). and finally playing it.
this whole process alone is like, 10 minutes.
let me just say that in order to get through this whole ordeal, i just had to keep imagining my Macbook. sitting out there, somewhere, waiting for me to come and take it. to make it my own. i also kept imagining myself hurling my current laptop against a brick wall.
but, through all of this, i was thrilled to be watching Glee. and let me just say, that i have waited countless years for this musical phenomenon to take over the world.
PEOPLE LOVE MUSICALS. (yes kara, even you.) and they just don't like to admit it!!! it's a serious problem facing our nation. nay, facing our world.
and, as much as i (kind of) hate to admit it, i think some thanks has to be given to Mister Zac Efron. he's a good looking kid. nay, a great looking guy. and he just loves to sing and dance. he got people excited about musicals. really excited. like, really excited. probably billions of dollars worth of HSM merch excited.
and then came the great Meryl Streep. appealing to all ages. singing and dancing her way to the number 2 spot at the box office!!!!!!!! (Mamma Mia was released the same day as The Dark Knight....it was to be expected.)
we moved up from a made for tv kids movie. to a real movie theater movie. and now to a weekly tv series. that i think people are kind of going crazy over.
i promise i won't say 'nay' again.
anyways. i can't wait to get to the Kristin Chenoweth episode of Glee. ah! she's so great. and tiny!
it's really a surprise that the vampire musical didn't work out. NOW they should open the vampire musical. now that people are so weirdly obsessed with vampires. i mean, come on, it was an Elton John musical. was it really that bad?
anyways.
GLEE = good
VAMPIRES = bad
ZAC EFRON = really good
this is what we've learned so far from my blog post
oh,
JULIE'S COMPUTER = even worse
so, what's the deal with Black Friday? do things apply to online? like, online sales? and, i never realized that the stores actually give away their sales beforehand. i guess i thought it was a huge mystery until you arrive at the store. but no! so, while we're on the subject. does Apple do any black friday deals? are they known for their amazing sales?
i could probs just google this. it's just more fun if i hear if from you. i pretend that if i ask you a question, you'll just know the answer immediately!
also, back to Glee, the teacher, he was in Hairspray, correct? on broadway. he was the broadway version of zac efron. Link Larkin. i believe all this is true. and, i just wanted to say, that i can totally picture him in that role. with his curly little hair. and charming smile.
so, at first my plan for this weekend was to watch Glee all day on saturday, and then do spring cleaning on sunday. but, now that my Glee plan hasn't quite panned out, i'll have to spend all day Sunday watching it, and scrap the spring cleaning altogether.
i mean, winter cleaning.
ah well. it'll have to wait until the spring.
i set up my cell phone so that whenever kara calls me a picture of Meryl Streep and Amy Adams comes up. i was really excited when i realized i could do this, and really proud that i figured it out.
ok, back to Glee. this is the big number at the end of the Pilot episode. you must watch it. that's me using my mind power over you. my Matt Parkman/Sylar mind power. the cast is singing Journey's, 'Don't Stop Believin'' very appropriate for them. and for me. for anyone, really.
and that song makes me remember dancing at Kerianne's wedding. and it makes me really happy to think about dancing at Kerianne's wedding.
ok. it's currently 3:37am. sunday morning. i'm probs gonna try and watch one more episode and then head to bed. i'm not really feeling tired. and, i've learned that i just have to be absolutely exhausted in order to get into bed and fall asleep. like last night, i got into bed at around 3:35am, and i couldn't even lie down. i sat up in bed until 4:30 trying to get tired.
alright. how was your saturday?!?!!?! i sometimes forget to ask you how your day was. i'm sorry for that. usually nobody ever responds. but, if i write that sentence, 'how was your day?', and it makes you think about your day, even if you don't reply, that's still good. it's good to reflect. which is basically what this blog is. reflections of my day. and thoughts on celebs.
ok! have a great sunday. you know what they say! sunday. funday. so true.
love you! talk to you later!!!!
<3
21 November 2009
20 November 2009
choking on the dust
feeling kind of lonely right now. just watched this Robert Pattinson movie called How to Be. it's this indie british comedy. but it was just kind of sad. and made me feel lonely. he really wanted to be a musician. and he worked this stupid job in a grocery store. and he got "fired" from his volunteering job at an adult care center. and his parents didn't really care about him. and his friends were the eccentric type. one was a womanizer and the other was kind of agoraphobic. and Robert Pattinson was just trying to be normal. and so he hires this canadian personal therapist to follow him around and try and make his life better.
i don't know. it was good, i guess. some parts were funny. mostly lonely, though.
so lately i've been finding myself stressed out because i can't stop thinking of what to get people for christmas. and it's weird. i've also been having a hard time falling asleep this week, and i just lie in bed making lists of people and what i'm getting them for christmas. it's annoying because it makes me stressed when i'm trying to sleep.
the past two nights it's taken me a long time to fall asleep. and last night i kept waking up. i woke up at 6:30am because it was raining so hard. it was pounding against my windows. and then Ruby Tuesday woke me up at 7:30am. she's been waking me up soooo much lately. and then the phone woke me up at 8:58am. and then i woke up at 11am because i could hear people talking outside.
now i'm happy because a Nick Lachey song just came on my itunes.
ugh i just can't wait to be home. i feel like even when i do nothing at my house, it's still more exciting than doing nothing in this house.
i kind of feel like watching 27 Dresses. but during the R.Pattz movie i had this urge to watch The Darjeeling Limited. and i almost shut off the movie. i think i'm just so excited for Mr. Fox.
WHICH, was the #1 thing on Entertainment Weekly's MUST LIST. things you MUST experience this week. NUMBER ONE. i'm so excited!!!!! can you tell????
today i watched a clip of an interview with Wes Anderson, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray. the full interview is out on monday. YOU BET your bottom dollar that i'll post it here. the clip was basically Meryl acting beautiful and laughing at Bill Murray's jokes while Jason and Wes sat there awkwardly. LOVES IT.
tonight during my check-in with Courtney, it was really funny. she was giving me a recap of the night at work in relation to how high her "irratated/annoyed meter" was. on a scale of 1-10, the highest it went was 9. it was great.
i don't know what else to say.
i didn't do anything today. and i don't have any plans for tomorrow.
i'm feeling really, really anxious about leaving Ruby Tuesday alone for next week. there will be someone here to feed her. but, she needs so much attention. oh i feel so guilty already.
just played some JoBros related games on the disney channel website. the "stellavator styling" game is pretty intense. i scored like, a 11207 or something. you only have 46 seconds to pick out outfits for all three of them!!! and the second round includes IRONING!!!!! and we're talking, shirts, pants, and shoes. Stella will text you and be like, "Quick! Jonas has to get ready for a RECORD RELEASE!!!" and then you'll pick out the appropriate clothes. or, "Hurry! Jonas will be late for THE MOVIES!!!!" or, "A HIGH SCHOOL DANCE!!" or, "A BALLGAME!!!" it was stressful.
but oh, the thought of dressing the Jonas brothers. just give em their three essentials: cardigans, vests, plaid shirts. throw in some tight pants and cowboy boots and they're done!
so, i've been noticing how thin my hair is. and it's really bumming me out. i really want to get my hair redone. everybody here has been going to the hairdresser and coming back with sexy hair.
aaah!!! i just read an article called, "7 Book Characters Hotter Than Edward Cullen." #2 was Laurie from Little Women. YES. and #3 was Gilbert from Anne of Green Gables. YES YES!!!!!!
hm. can you tell i'm bored?? i am. it's 2:31am. i feel tired. but i kind of know that as soon as i get into bed i won't fall asleep.
Sleep, those little slices of death; Oh how I loathe them.
Edgar Allan Poe.
maybe i'll go to the library this weekend. oh but it's so tiny in there. and it's so hard to find things. and they have nothing i want to read anyways. like, they have no books it's insane. i'll look for a book in the card catalog and they never have it. i have to find out about ordering things. interlibrary loan type thing.
it was so easy in college. it's much harder in the real world.
you can quote me on that. Julie Evans. here, i'll make it official:
it was so easy in college. it's much harder in the real world.
Julie Evans.
so, i'm pretty mad at myself for not watching Glee right along with the show. online. on Hulu. because the other night i really wanted to watch it. like, start watching it. but Hulu only has episodes 6-11. UGH!! and i tried searching for it online elsewhere, but it was not to be found. and i am upset because i wanted to spend the weekend watching 11 episodes of Glee.
i think i would love that show. Courtney told me the other night that i would love it. Dan wrote about it in his blog a while ago and i thought, "omg that show looks amazing." and then i meant to watch it, and meant to, and meant to, but never did.
that main girl on the show reminds me soooo much of Idina Menzel it's crazy. have i told you that before?? probs.
ugh! i want to watch that show. and i want to watch it with my mom. maybe i'll just buy it from iTunes.
anyways.
it's 3:03am. right now. ugh, that band 3oh!3. how much do i despise that band? a lot. i cannot STAND that song they sing. i don't know what it's called. it's just rude. and tasteless. dislike.
ok. now it's 3:12am. i keep getting distracted from blogging. i can hear the newspaper car outside. he's early tonight. last night he came at like, 2:30am.
it's weird. that newspaper guy.
know what i like? people who make sandwiches in the middle of the day. like, not lunch time. not dinner time. just like, whenever they want a sandwich. a great example of this is Paul Rudd in Clueless. at the end, when Cher realizes that she's in love with him. and he just goes into the kitchen and makes a sandwich. i love that part.
just like, "i'm hungry. oh, i think i'll make a sandwich." it's awesome.
and i don't think i can get any better than that. SO. i'll sign off for tonight. 3:18am.
i'll talk to you tomorrow. sorry this has been a lame post. it's okay if you check the 'lame' option below.
have a great saturday!!!!! hope you are doing something you love.
<3
i don't know. it was good, i guess. some parts were funny. mostly lonely, though.
so lately i've been finding myself stressed out because i can't stop thinking of what to get people for christmas. and it's weird. i've also been having a hard time falling asleep this week, and i just lie in bed making lists of people and what i'm getting them for christmas. it's annoying because it makes me stressed when i'm trying to sleep.
the past two nights it's taken me a long time to fall asleep. and last night i kept waking up. i woke up at 6:30am because it was raining so hard. it was pounding against my windows. and then Ruby Tuesday woke me up at 7:30am. she's been waking me up soooo much lately. and then the phone woke me up at 8:58am. and then i woke up at 11am because i could hear people talking outside.
now i'm happy because a Nick Lachey song just came on my itunes.
ugh i just can't wait to be home. i feel like even when i do nothing at my house, it's still more exciting than doing nothing in this house.
i kind of feel like watching 27 Dresses. but during the R.Pattz movie i had this urge to watch The Darjeeling Limited. and i almost shut off the movie. i think i'm just so excited for Mr. Fox.
WHICH, was the #1 thing on Entertainment Weekly's MUST LIST. things you MUST experience this week. NUMBER ONE. i'm so excited!!!!! can you tell????
today i watched a clip of an interview with Wes Anderson, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray. the full interview is out on monday. YOU BET your bottom dollar that i'll post it here. the clip was basically Meryl acting beautiful and laughing at Bill Murray's jokes while Jason and Wes sat there awkwardly. LOVES IT.
tonight during my check-in with Courtney, it was really funny. she was giving me a recap of the night at work in relation to how high her "irratated/annoyed meter" was. on a scale of 1-10, the highest it went was 9. it was great.
i don't know what else to say.
i didn't do anything today. and i don't have any plans for tomorrow.
i'm feeling really, really anxious about leaving Ruby Tuesday alone for next week. there will be someone here to feed her. but, she needs so much attention. oh i feel so guilty already.
just played some JoBros related games on the disney channel website. the "stellavator styling" game is pretty intense. i scored like, a 11207 or something. you only have 46 seconds to pick out outfits for all three of them!!! and the second round includes IRONING!!!!! and we're talking, shirts, pants, and shoes. Stella will text you and be like, "Quick! Jonas has to get ready for a RECORD RELEASE!!!" and then you'll pick out the appropriate clothes. or, "Hurry! Jonas will be late for THE MOVIES!!!!" or, "A HIGH SCHOOL DANCE!!" or, "A BALLGAME!!!" it was stressful.
but oh, the thought of dressing the Jonas brothers. just give em their three essentials: cardigans, vests, plaid shirts. throw in some tight pants and cowboy boots and they're done!
so, i've been noticing how thin my hair is. and it's really bumming me out. i really want to get my hair redone. everybody here has been going to the hairdresser and coming back with sexy hair.
aaah!!! i just read an article called, "7 Book Characters Hotter Than Edward Cullen." #2 was Laurie from Little Women. YES. and #3 was Gilbert from Anne of Green Gables. YES YES!!!!!!
hm. can you tell i'm bored?? i am. it's 2:31am. i feel tired. but i kind of know that as soon as i get into bed i won't fall asleep.
Sleep, those little slices of death; Oh how I loathe them.
Edgar Allan Poe.
maybe i'll go to the library this weekend. oh but it's so tiny in there. and it's so hard to find things. and they have nothing i want to read anyways. like, they have no books it's insane. i'll look for a book in the card catalog and they never have it. i have to find out about ordering things. interlibrary loan type thing.
it was so easy in college. it's much harder in the real world.
you can quote me on that. Julie Evans. here, i'll make it official:
it was so easy in college. it's much harder in the real world.
Julie Evans.
so, i'm pretty mad at myself for not watching Glee right along with the show. online. on Hulu. because the other night i really wanted to watch it. like, start watching it. but Hulu only has episodes 6-11. UGH!! and i tried searching for it online elsewhere, but it was not to be found. and i am upset because i wanted to spend the weekend watching 11 episodes of Glee.
i think i would love that show. Courtney told me the other night that i would love it. Dan wrote about it in his blog a while ago and i thought, "omg that show looks amazing." and then i meant to watch it, and meant to, and meant to, but never did.
that main girl on the show reminds me soooo much of Idina Menzel it's crazy. have i told you that before?? probs.
ugh! i want to watch that show. and i want to watch it with my mom. maybe i'll just buy it from iTunes.
anyways.
it's 3:03am. right now. ugh, that band 3oh!3. how much do i despise that band? a lot. i cannot STAND that song they sing. i don't know what it's called. it's just rude. and tasteless. dislike.
ok. now it's 3:12am. i keep getting distracted from blogging. i can hear the newspaper car outside. he's early tonight. last night he came at like, 2:30am.
it's weird. that newspaper guy.
know what i like? people who make sandwiches in the middle of the day. like, not lunch time. not dinner time. just like, whenever they want a sandwich. a great example of this is Paul Rudd in Clueless. at the end, when Cher realizes that she's in love with him. and he just goes into the kitchen and makes a sandwich. i love that part.
just like, "i'm hungry. oh, i think i'll make a sandwich." it's awesome.
and i don't think i can get any better than that. SO. i'll sign off for tonight. 3:18am.
i'll talk to you tomorrow. sorry this has been a lame post. it's okay if you check the 'lame' option below.
have a great saturday!!!!! hope you are doing something you love.
<3
18 November 2009
"Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown."
#20 on the '30 Killer Movie Closing Lines' by TotalFilm.
i liked Chinatown. it was one of the only movies that i really liked from my Amherst film class. that, and Blue. and Elephant. and Breathless. i definitely appreciated that class more after it was all over than while it was happening.
so. work tonight was good. from 4pm until about 6pm i was hanging out with the little girls. first we were playing in the office. they were having crawl races. man, the little one can really move fast. then we moved into the living room. we watched Elmo in Grouchland. the part about bouncing at the end always really confuses me. it's so strange. but, one of the girls sat on my lap and cuddled with me while watching it. that was sweet.
from 7:30 to 8pm i was at the library with one of the residents. i paid off my late fees. my books were like, three months late. ah well.
then came home and Courtney was on the computer reading yahoo's celebrity gossip site, OMG. i was very excited about this. we went through all the celebrity pictures. Courtney is awesome. i think it's really great that we work together. we came to a picture of Adrian Grenier, from Entourage. and i got very sad because i MISS ENTOURAGE SO MUCH. so i said,
JULIE: OMG! I love him!!! Entourage!!!
COURTNEY: He's pretty cute!
JULIE: Entourage!!!
COURTNEY: And! His last name means 'attic' in French. And you LIVE IN THE ATTIC!!!!
JULIE: Basically we're meant for each other.
COURTNEY: Basically.
yeah. that's how awesome it is working with Courtney.
and i gave one resident advice on dying her hair. and then i french braided the other two resident's hair. i think the staff office should now be known as, Julie's Hair Salon. number one for all your styling needs since 2008.
i feel like i had a point to this blog entry. like, i meant to tell you something. hm.
i realized that after tomorrow night's shift, i'm just doing overnights until after thanksgiving!!!! i am happy about this. i am even more happy because i really have nothing to do on all those days.
i'm really dreading having to leave Ruby Tuesday over my thanksgiving break.
OH! i just remembered something!!!! the heater guys are coming tomorrow! or, today, i guess. sometime between 12:30pm and 3:30pm. doesn't that suck? SUCH big window!
but, they're cleaning my heater and i am happy about that. it's all dusty. that heater makes me so nervous. it's like a fireplace in a metal box. one central heating source for the whole apartment.
wow i'm really tired. i guess i have to be up early. kind of.
it was COLD tonight. when i went out to the library it was like, 30 degrees. crazy. it was like 70 degrees all weekend in providence.
on saturday night kara and i got pad thai from this chinese restaurant down the street from where she lives. wow it was so good.
i guess i have nothing much else to talk about. i'm tired.
OH!!!!! i know what i can tell you.
so. monday night i was looking out my window. the window in my bedroom that overlooks the street. i like to inspect my neighborhood at nighttime. to see who's still up in the houses around mine. so, i'm watching the street very carefully. and then i see movement in the trees across the street.
immediatley i look over and a fox RUNS out from the woods holding something in its mouth. i think it was a squirrel. but it was a big fox. the first thing i thought was,
1. there better not be any deer chasing that fox
but the second thing i thought of was,
2. fantastic mr. fox opens next week!!!!!!!
also, something has changed in our newspaper delivery system. i never used to know when the newspapers were delivered. but the other night i was in bed and it was 3:30am and i heard this loud car drive by very slowly. and i could see the light from the headlights in my bedroom. so, i jumped out of bed and looked out the window. and the person in the car threw something into our yard.
at first i thought it was an egg. and i was like, "holy crap someone is egging our house!" but then i thought, "no wait, i bet it's the newspaper."
so, i waited until the next night at 3:30am. sure enough, i was in my living room and heard the car drive by.
and then tuesday night, i got into bed at 3:22am and i thought, "okay, i have to stay up for a little bit to see if the newspaper car drives by." SURE FREAKING ENOUGH, at 3:28am, the car drives by. i look out the window real quickly and the guys throws the newspaper into our yard.
now, i don't know if it's the same newspaper guy in a different car. or maybe something happened to his car over the weekend that is causing it to make this loud noise. or maybe it's a new newspaper guy who they just hired. maybe they changed the time of newspaper delivery.
but, something is different. because this is the first week where i have ever heard the newspaper be delivered.
and after the tuesday night delivery i thought, "newspaper delivery could be my next job." because, it takes place in the middle of the night. but then i quickly thought, "hm...driving around slowly at nighttime with my window down......maybe not." and also, there seems to be a higher chance of seeing deer or moose at nighttime.
today i was driving back home from getting coffee and i started thinking, "why don't deer come out more during the daytime?" are they scared? are they sleeping? are they busy? and then i thought, "well, i'll just have to start doing more things during the daytime." but then i remembered that i hate doing things in the daytime. i would much rather do them at night. which is prime deer time.
clearly, the reason why i am so terrified of deer is that i cannot stop thinking about them. ALWAYS i am thinking about deer.
there have been more than few instances where i'm in my bed and can't sleep because the thought of deer outside totally makes me paranoid. and i'll go to every window and check for them.
enough! enough talk about deer. and it doesn't help that deer are kara's favorite thing ever. she has a deer poster in her room at school. it's actually a poster for a band, but it has a drawing of deer on it.
ok. for some reason it's really hard to type right now. i think i'm really tired.
so, i'm going to go to bed. get a good, long sleep before the heat guys come.
alright, sweet dreams everybody. if i don't talk to you before work tomorrow, i hope everyone has a great thursday! a productive end of the week.
take care.
over and out.
<3
i liked Chinatown. it was one of the only movies that i really liked from my Amherst film class. that, and Blue. and Elephant. and Breathless. i definitely appreciated that class more after it was all over than while it was happening.
so. work tonight was good. from 4pm until about 6pm i was hanging out with the little girls. first we were playing in the office. they were having crawl races. man, the little one can really move fast. then we moved into the living room. we watched Elmo in Grouchland. the part about bouncing at the end always really confuses me. it's so strange. but, one of the girls sat on my lap and cuddled with me while watching it. that was sweet.
from 7:30 to 8pm i was at the library with one of the residents. i paid off my late fees. my books were like, three months late. ah well.
then came home and Courtney was on the computer reading yahoo's celebrity gossip site, OMG. i was very excited about this. we went through all the celebrity pictures. Courtney is awesome. i think it's really great that we work together. we came to a picture of Adrian Grenier, from Entourage. and i got very sad because i MISS ENTOURAGE SO MUCH. so i said,
JULIE: OMG! I love him!!! Entourage!!!
COURTNEY: He's pretty cute!
JULIE: Entourage!!!
COURTNEY: And! His last name means 'attic' in French. And you LIVE IN THE ATTIC!!!!
JULIE: Basically we're meant for each other.
COURTNEY: Basically.
yeah. that's how awesome it is working with Courtney.
and i gave one resident advice on dying her hair. and then i french braided the other two resident's hair. i think the staff office should now be known as, Julie's Hair Salon. number one for all your styling needs since 2008.
i feel like i had a point to this blog entry. like, i meant to tell you something. hm.
i realized that after tomorrow night's shift, i'm just doing overnights until after thanksgiving!!!! i am happy about this. i am even more happy because i really have nothing to do on all those days.
i'm really dreading having to leave Ruby Tuesday over my thanksgiving break.
OH! i just remembered something!!!! the heater guys are coming tomorrow! or, today, i guess. sometime between 12:30pm and 3:30pm. doesn't that suck? SUCH big window!
but, they're cleaning my heater and i am happy about that. it's all dusty. that heater makes me so nervous. it's like a fireplace in a metal box. one central heating source for the whole apartment.
wow i'm really tired. i guess i have to be up early. kind of.
it was COLD tonight. when i went out to the library it was like, 30 degrees. crazy. it was like 70 degrees all weekend in providence.
on saturday night kara and i got pad thai from this chinese restaurant down the street from where she lives. wow it was so good.
i guess i have nothing much else to talk about. i'm tired.
OH!!!!! i know what i can tell you.
so. monday night i was looking out my window. the window in my bedroom that overlooks the street. i like to inspect my neighborhood at nighttime. to see who's still up in the houses around mine. so, i'm watching the street very carefully. and then i see movement in the trees across the street.
immediatley i look over and a fox RUNS out from the woods holding something in its mouth. i think it was a squirrel. but it was a big fox. the first thing i thought was,
1. there better not be any deer chasing that fox
but the second thing i thought of was,
2. fantastic mr. fox opens next week!!!!!!!
also, something has changed in our newspaper delivery system. i never used to know when the newspapers were delivered. but the other night i was in bed and it was 3:30am and i heard this loud car drive by very slowly. and i could see the light from the headlights in my bedroom. so, i jumped out of bed and looked out the window. and the person in the car threw something into our yard.
at first i thought it was an egg. and i was like, "holy crap someone is egging our house!" but then i thought, "no wait, i bet it's the newspaper."
so, i waited until the next night at 3:30am. sure enough, i was in my living room and heard the car drive by.
and then tuesday night, i got into bed at 3:22am and i thought, "okay, i have to stay up for a little bit to see if the newspaper car drives by." SURE FREAKING ENOUGH, at 3:28am, the car drives by. i look out the window real quickly and the guys throws the newspaper into our yard.
now, i don't know if it's the same newspaper guy in a different car. or maybe something happened to his car over the weekend that is causing it to make this loud noise. or maybe it's a new newspaper guy who they just hired. maybe they changed the time of newspaper delivery.
but, something is different. because this is the first week where i have ever heard the newspaper be delivered.
and after the tuesday night delivery i thought, "newspaper delivery could be my next job." because, it takes place in the middle of the night. but then i quickly thought, "hm...driving around slowly at nighttime with my window down......maybe not." and also, there seems to be a higher chance of seeing deer or moose at nighttime.
today i was driving back home from getting coffee and i started thinking, "why don't deer come out more during the daytime?" are they scared? are they sleeping? are they busy? and then i thought, "well, i'll just have to start doing more things during the daytime." but then i remembered that i hate doing things in the daytime. i would much rather do them at night. which is prime deer time.
clearly, the reason why i am so terrified of deer is that i cannot stop thinking about them. ALWAYS i am thinking about deer.
there have been more than few instances where i'm in my bed and can't sleep because the thought of deer outside totally makes me paranoid. and i'll go to every window and check for them.
enough! enough talk about deer. and it doesn't help that deer are kara's favorite thing ever. she has a deer poster in her room at school. it's actually a poster for a band, but it has a drawing of deer on it.
ok. for some reason it's really hard to type right now. i think i'm really tired.
so, i'm going to go to bed. get a good, long sleep before the heat guys come.
alright, sweet dreams everybody. if i don't talk to you before work tomorrow, i hope everyone has a great thursday! a productive end of the week.
take care.
over and out.
<3
"Today for lunch, and due to some serious early morning noise making, I will have BBQed parakeet with labrador aioli."
(above subject line taken from mr. sam farrar's twitter this morning. it made me laugh. sam is the bassist for phantom planet. and has the most beautiful baby daughter.)
any! ways! just wanted to do a quick update before i head off to work. currently 3:19pm.
went to the post office and went to get a coffee after. i got a tiny phone book in my mailbox. it's like the cliff notes of phone books.
also, in this coffee shop that i go to they always have a different quote posted on their chalkboard. much in the style of Logan Echoll's voicemail message. this was today's quote: The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one. that quote is by none other than my favorite person, Oscar Wilde.
i thought that was fitting for me today.
and then! i was reading my horoscope a few minutes ago and i can't tell if it's supposed to be read with a sarcastic tone or not.
Play your cards right, and you'll end up with an instant replay of last night's fun. Then again, play them any way at all, and you'll probably get the same effect. So what's the hold up? Do you really not want to experience all that good stuff all over again? Sure you do. Go ahead and pick out a new outfit, and a new bottle of wine, and get ready to intensify this delicious new connection.
the last couple lines makes me think it's not sarcastic. but i think the first part is. at least, that's the way i'm reading it.
oh alright. it's time for me to go to work now.
i have the jeremy piven movie. pretty cool, right? it just came out yesterday! i'm the first netflixian to watch the dvd!
okay. hope you all have a great night. i'll probably talk to you laterrrr.
<3!
any! ways! just wanted to do a quick update before i head off to work. currently 3:19pm.
went to the post office and went to get a coffee after. i got a tiny phone book in my mailbox. it's like the cliff notes of phone books.
also, in this coffee shop that i go to they always have a different quote posted on their chalkboard. much in the style of Logan Echoll's voicemail message. this was today's quote: The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one. that quote is by none other than my favorite person, Oscar Wilde.
i thought that was fitting for me today.
and then! i was reading my horoscope a few minutes ago and i can't tell if it's supposed to be read with a sarcastic tone or not.
Play your cards right, and you'll end up with an instant replay of last night's fun. Then again, play them any way at all, and you'll probably get the same effect. So what's the hold up? Do you really not want to experience all that good stuff all over again? Sure you do. Go ahead and pick out a new outfit, and a new bottle of wine, and get ready to intensify this delicious new connection.
the last couple lines makes me think it's not sarcastic. but i think the first part is. at least, that's the way i'm reading it.
oh alright. it's time for me to go to work now.
i have the jeremy piven movie. pretty cool, right? it just came out yesterday! i'm the first netflixian to watch the dvd!
okay. hope you all have a great night. i'll probably talk to you laterrrr.
<3!
17 November 2009
just leaves you bruised
oh i just got really tired. this will be quick. Ruby Tuesday is being really really cute right now. she's laying down on my feet and she keeps trying to get more comfortable by stretching her paws out. she's the sweetest. except when she was biting my feet earlier.
ok. so here's the deal:
i woke up for staff meeting today. almost immediately i learned that my boss had called out of work tonight because she is sick. and Courtney (who worked in the morning) asked me if i would work tonight until 10. at first i thought, 'no' because i really didn't want to. but then about halfway through staff meeting, hearing everything crazy that was being said and the way all these girls have been acting, i thought to myself, "there can't just be one staff on tonight. i have to work." so, i decided to work. took one for the team. did it for the greater good.
whatever. it was yet another bad, bad night. what a freaking surprise.
ya see, the thing about working tuesday nights is that you have to do "one-on-ones" with the residents. which means we report back to them about things that were talked about in staff meeting as they relate to each of them. sometimes these go good, but other time they go bad. i've only done them a few times and i don't like it.
basically, i knew that 1/3 of the one-on-ones would end badly. i just didn't really know how badly. and all the other staff were like, "good luck julie!" and then left.
i was prepared a little.
so, my first one-on-one goes fine. the resident is a little upset by what i have to say. whatever, i dealt with it. explained it fully. fine.
then came the second one.
i wasn't even finished speaking my first sentence and this resident erupted screaming and yelling. immediate swearing. horrid language on this girl.
so, i had to deal with that. i think one of my strengths is that i don't yell back. even in tough situations like this one, i am able to remain calm.
there were two other staff in the room when this was happening. one of them had to leave halfway because she was getting so frustrated. and the other had to fight to keep a straight face. after i had to end the one-on-one because it was going so poorly, the other staff said to me, "i don't know how you did that without blowing up at her." and they repeated it a couple times throughout the night. that made me feel good.
so then there's the rest of the night. bad. bad. bad. lots of yelling. lots of bad language. lots of slamming things and stomping around. because, ya know, i live in a house of 8 year olds.
so then. the other staff i was working with had to make a run to walgreens to pick up a prescription. the girl who had the blow up during her one-one-one came in to the office to make a phone call. the little girls were asleep. one resident was out an one was upstairs.
so, she starts out on the phone. it's going okay. not great, but okay. then finally things start to get nasty. she's yelling into the phone for about ten minutes. not getting anywhere. so, i finally say to her, "you need to end the phone call." i say this like, three times before she finally hangs up on the person.
and then! she immediately picks up the phone again and screams, "I'M CALLING THE POLICE!!!!!"
i say, "whoa, calm down, you're not calling the police."
she SLAMS the phone down, turns to me in her chair, fists clenched, and she just starts SCREAMING at me. like, SCREAMING. the last time i heard screaming this loud and intense was in Revolutionary Road.
and i keep looking down at her clenched fist and i'm thinking to myself, "how am i going to defend myself right now?" so, she was sitting in an office chair, and i was sitting in a rocking chair, with two binders on my lap.
and i kept thinking, "if she comes at me, am i going to throw the binders on the ground, or use them as defense?" i was also thinking, "it sucks that i'm in this rocking chair because it takes about one second longer to get up from than a normal chair."
and i was totally preparing myself for combat. this was the very first time in my life where i actually thought someone was going to punch me.
but! i was able to deescalate her using my words! the only combat i need is my rhetoric. once i was actually able to get her to talk in a normalish tone, she was still being a total jerk to me so i finally just said, "okay, you need to leave right now, go upstairs, and cool down."
and she listened.
and then she left the office and i was all shaking and about ready to cry. but, i didn't. instead i was kind of proud of myself. i think i did some good work tonight. i was able to stay calm throughout everything and basically deal with it myself. i am proud of myself. and, as much as these nights totally suck, it's definitely just giving me more experience. because before tonight for instance, i had never been in an "almost fight" situation. and now i have. and so that just makes me that much better of a worker.
and Ruby Tuesday was so happy to see me when i came home tonight! and as bad as my days are, i'm always happy to see her. and she's so excited when i walk through the door because that means it's time for her supper!!! and like tonight, she jumped on the couch with me and immediately curled up and fell asleep. she's happy i'm here. i think i might break if she wasn't here with me.
and in OTHER good news, netflix shipped me the Jeremy Piven movie. i am very excited about this. i know you all were probably on pins and needles waiting to see if they would ship it or not.
tomorrow i'll go pick it up. hopefully i'll be greeted by my favorite postal worker. that would make the day go smoother.
maybe i'll also get a raspberry iced mocha tomorrow. that will also make me feel better about going to work tomorrow night.
ALSO making me feel better about working, is the fact that i'll be home NEXT TUESDAY. i am going to get caught up on remembering what it feels like to have nobody yell at you all day. i remember it was a nice feeling....
i also started watching In the Name of the Father tonight. daniel day-lewis. emma thompson. about a northern irishman who was wrongly convicted of an IRA terrorist attack in london. i'm about halfway. and it got too serious for me. i'll finish it tomorrow. but! the prison scenes were filmed in Kilmainham Gaol, where I WAS!!!! in dublin over the summer!!!!! i was very excited to see that.
and then for some reason immediately thought about the Cinnamon Cafe, where we had lunch after visiting the Gaol. i had a good coffee there. i liked that cafe. and then aliya, elizabeth and i used the fancy bathrooms in the Jameson Whiskey place.
MAN. tough week already. first the deer. and now tonight. november must be one of my unfavorable months.
i was rereading my yearly horoscope for 2009 and it said, "you will have 9 unfavorable months and 3 so-so months." i would say my three favorable months go from mid-may to mid-august. take a day or so, and put it in february when Kate Winslet won the academy award.
anyways. i'm tired. it's 2:27am. you know what they say.... the early bird gets the worm. i guess that more relates to people who wake up early. not go to bed early. which is not really early at all because it's after 2am.
alright, i'm just going to admit this: if someone said to me, 'hey, let's go see New Moon when it comes out!' i would probably say yes.
i don't really care about that whole series, but, i liked the first movie. and yes, i would date R. Patt if he asked me. that's the final word.
oh! earring update.
so, i've cleaned it with the alcohol twice today. the second time it was not looking so good. so, i took it out. a huge glob of junk came out with it. i soaked everything in alcohol. the earring and my ear. and got all the junk off the earring. washed it again. and it slid right back in my ear. very easily.
that was a pretty gross update. but there are no secrets here. we'll see how tonight goes. there is still no back to the earring because there's no room for it. there's only a tiny piece of earring post that pokes through the ear because of the bump on the back.
so, i think that right now it's infected. but, i also think there's something wrong. like, there's got to be a reason that it's not healing. and i've had it since March.
my body just does not want the earring. even if it is teal. we'll see what happens.
alright. sorry. earring update OVER.
actually, blog post OVER too. i am tired. tried and tired. and i have to do it all tomorrow.
hope your night was a ton better than mine. please, feel free to share your good times with me so i can think about them when i'm having a bad time.
you guys are awesome. thank you for listening to me.
i'll talk to you later. have a great wednesday!!!!!!
<3love
ok. so here's the deal:
i woke up for staff meeting today. almost immediately i learned that my boss had called out of work tonight because she is sick. and Courtney (who worked in the morning) asked me if i would work tonight until 10. at first i thought, 'no' because i really didn't want to. but then about halfway through staff meeting, hearing everything crazy that was being said and the way all these girls have been acting, i thought to myself, "there can't just be one staff on tonight. i have to work." so, i decided to work. took one for the team. did it for the greater good.
whatever. it was yet another bad, bad night. what a freaking surprise.
ya see, the thing about working tuesday nights is that you have to do "one-on-ones" with the residents. which means we report back to them about things that were talked about in staff meeting as they relate to each of them. sometimes these go good, but other time they go bad. i've only done them a few times and i don't like it.
basically, i knew that 1/3 of the one-on-ones would end badly. i just didn't really know how badly. and all the other staff were like, "good luck julie!" and then left.
i was prepared a little.
so, my first one-on-one goes fine. the resident is a little upset by what i have to say. whatever, i dealt with it. explained it fully. fine.
then came the second one.
i wasn't even finished speaking my first sentence and this resident erupted screaming and yelling. immediate swearing. horrid language on this girl.
so, i had to deal with that. i think one of my strengths is that i don't yell back. even in tough situations like this one, i am able to remain calm.
there were two other staff in the room when this was happening. one of them had to leave halfway because she was getting so frustrated. and the other had to fight to keep a straight face. after i had to end the one-on-one because it was going so poorly, the other staff said to me, "i don't know how you did that without blowing up at her." and they repeated it a couple times throughout the night. that made me feel good.
so then there's the rest of the night. bad. bad. bad. lots of yelling. lots of bad language. lots of slamming things and stomping around. because, ya know, i live in a house of 8 year olds.
so then. the other staff i was working with had to make a run to walgreens to pick up a prescription. the girl who had the blow up during her one-one-one came in to the office to make a phone call. the little girls were asleep. one resident was out an one was upstairs.
so, she starts out on the phone. it's going okay. not great, but okay. then finally things start to get nasty. she's yelling into the phone for about ten minutes. not getting anywhere. so, i finally say to her, "you need to end the phone call." i say this like, three times before she finally hangs up on the person.
and then! she immediately picks up the phone again and screams, "I'M CALLING THE POLICE!!!!!"
i say, "whoa, calm down, you're not calling the police."
she SLAMS the phone down, turns to me in her chair, fists clenched, and she just starts SCREAMING at me. like, SCREAMING. the last time i heard screaming this loud and intense was in Revolutionary Road.
and i keep looking down at her clenched fist and i'm thinking to myself, "how am i going to defend myself right now?" so, she was sitting in an office chair, and i was sitting in a rocking chair, with two binders on my lap.
and i kept thinking, "if she comes at me, am i going to throw the binders on the ground, or use them as defense?" i was also thinking, "it sucks that i'm in this rocking chair because it takes about one second longer to get up from than a normal chair."
and i was totally preparing myself for combat. this was the very first time in my life where i actually thought someone was going to punch me.
but! i was able to deescalate her using my words! the only combat i need is my rhetoric. once i was actually able to get her to talk in a normalish tone, she was still being a total jerk to me so i finally just said, "okay, you need to leave right now, go upstairs, and cool down."
and she listened.
and then she left the office and i was all shaking and about ready to cry. but, i didn't. instead i was kind of proud of myself. i think i did some good work tonight. i was able to stay calm throughout everything and basically deal with it myself. i am proud of myself. and, as much as these nights totally suck, it's definitely just giving me more experience. because before tonight for instance, i had never been in an "almost fight" situation. and now i have. and so that just makes me that much better of a worker.
and Ruby Tuesday was so happy to see me when i came home tonight! and as bad as my days are, i'm always happy to see her. and she's so excited when i walk through the door because that means it's time for her supper!!! and like tonight, she jumped on the couch with me and immediately curled up and fell asleep. she's happy i'm here. i think i might break if she wasn't here with me.
and in OTHER good news, netflix shipped me the Jeremy Piven movie. i am very excited about this. i know you all were probably on pins and needles waiting to see if they would ship it or not.
tomorrow i'll go pick it up. hopefully i'll be greeted by my favorite postal worker. that would make the day go smoother.
maybe i'll also get a raspberry iced mocha tomorrow. that will also make me feel better about going to work tomorrow night.
ALSO making me feel better about working, is the fact that i'll be home NEXT TUESDAY. i am going to get caught up on remembering what it feels like to have nobody yell at you all day. i remember it was a nice feeling....
i also started watching In the Name of the Father tonight. daniel day-lewis. emma thompson. about a northern irishman who was wrongly convicted of an IRA terrorist attack in london. i'm about halfway. and it got too serious for me. i'll finish it tomorrow. but! the prison scenes were filmed in Kilmainham Gaol, where I WAS!!!! in dublin over the summer!!!!! i was very excited to see that.
and then for some reason immediately thought about the Cinnamon Cafe, where we had lunch after visiting the Gaol. i had a good coffee there. i liked that cafe. and then aliya, elizabeth and i used the fancy bathrooms in the Jameson Whiskey place.
MAN. tough week already. first the deer. and now tonight. november must be one of my unfavorable months.
i was rereading my yearly horoscope for 2009 and it said, "you will have 9 unfavorable months and 3 so-so months." i would say my three favorable months go from mid-may to mid-august. take a day or so, and put it in february when Kate Winslet won the academy award.
anyways. i'm tired. it's 2:27am. you know what they say.... the early bird gets the worm. i guess that more relates to people who wake up early. not go to bed early. which is not really early at all because it's after 2am.
alright, i'm just going to admit this: if someone said to me, 'hey, let's go see New Moon when it comes out!' i would probably say yes.
i don't really care about that whole series, but, i liked the first movie. and yes, i would date R. Patt if he asked me. that's the final word.
oh! earring update.
so, i've cleaned it with the alcohol twice today. the second time it was not looking so good. so, i took it out. a huge glob of junk came out with it. i soaked everything in alcohol. the earring and my ear. and got all the junk off the earring. washed it again. and it slid right back in my ear. very easily.
that was a pretty gross update. but there are no secrets here. we'll see how tonight goes. there is still no back to the earring because there's no room for it. there's only a tiny piece of earring post that pokes through the ear because of the bump on the back.
so, i think that right now it's infected. but, i also think there's something wrong. like, there's got to be a reason that it's not healing. and i've had it since March.
my body just does not want the earring. even if it is teal. we'll see what happens.
alright. sorry. earring update OVER.
actually, blog post OVER too. i am tired. tried and tired. and i have to do it all tomorrow.
hope your night was a ton better than mine. please, feel free to share your good times with me so i can think about them when i'm having a bad time.
you guys are awesome. thank you for listening to me.
i'll talk to you later. have a great wednesday!!!!!!
<3love
16 November 2009
so i put my hands up, they're playing my song
i know i'm gonna be okay.
so. let's go. 1:31am. tuesday morning.
just finished watching Rocky. i had never seen it before. if you can believe that. i thought it was sweet. and funny. not a lot of boxing, which made me happy. but man, that fight in the end was gross. what did they do to his eye? did they actually cut it? to release the swelling of blood??? for realz? that was gross.
aw there was something else i was going to say about Rocky. it just escaped me. ..... oh! i didn't realize that Sylvester Stallone wrote it. i was impressed to see that. did he write them all?
and i think that Robert Schwartzman totally looks like his mother. i was really surprised to see that. also, Talia Shire has really beautiful skin in that movie.
so.
today was a pretty good day. i had a good sleep that was full of interruptions. i was up once with the baby. then the baby monitor woke me up at 7:57am. then the phone woke me up at 8:15am. then Ruby Tuesday woke me up around 10am. then she woke me up again around noon because she was climbing up my curtains trying to get a fly. then i woke up at 1pm. but i was too tired so i slept until 1:18pm. and then i got up for real.
i mean, all the sleep was good. but un-peaceful.
woke up. had some cereal. watched The Office from last week. then got dressed and ready to go do errands. i had a long wal-mart list. it included boring things like socks. hair elastics. bronzer. stain remover. and then some exciting things like rubbing alcohol. and earrings. cat food.
my ear piercing has not been great. i have no idea what's wrong with it. i should really use some of my great american health insurance and go to the doctor's. i'm worried it will turn into gangrene. for serious. there's this large dark purple bump on the back of my ear. it hurts. and it's gross. and i think it's turning black.
but, i did have the stainless steel earring that it was pierced with in. and i thought it might be turning black because maybe i am allergic to it. so, i went to the children's jewelry case at wal-mart and bought some 14k gold birthstone earrings! i bought april, because they were diamond. and december, because they were teal. and i immediately put in the teal one.
and i washed my ear with the alcohol three times tonight.
the first washing i took the earring out to make sure the alcohol really got in the hole. and then i was going to take it out for the second washing, but it wouldn't come out. so, i don't know what's up with that.....
so, my piercing saga continues. if anyone is reading this who is a piercing person, or a doctor, and they have any suggestions, please let me know. or even if you're just a regular person with a suggestion, i'll take that too.
i don't even have the earring back on right now, because it hurt too much. and there's very little room on the post because of that bump.
why am i telling you this? this is gross.
kara and i had a great sister weekend in providence. we watched season 1 of veronica mars! in three days!!!!! we did it! no prob. she totes loved it. duh, it's the freaking best. and then i got home and bought season 2. we'll watch that over thanksgiving. soo good.
we also went to Davenport's. the best family restaurant in the northern hemisphere. our waiter's name was Scott and he reminded me of Cliff, the funny lawyer from VM.
on sunday kara and i went to this little breakfast place right down the street from her house. it's actually in pawtucket, but it's like, two minutes away. i had pancakes. they were great.
and we watched the newest episode of Jonas. awesome. Joe and Stella FINALLY kissed. and it was a super hott kiss too. for the disney channel! we were both surprised.
and it was very sad to leave on sunday. kara was heading home, so we drove together on the highway until she needed to go on 95 and i needed to stay on 93. we drove through Boston. it was very foggy. and pretty. hazy.
and then.
let me tell you about my panic attack.
so, about 15 minutes after kara and i parted ways, i-93 narrows to two lanes and gets pretty "woodsy" and dark.
omg my heart just started racing as i'm thinking about re-telling this.
so, i'm driving along. listening to great music. Easy Girl, by Coconut Records comes on. "hey, alright!" i think to myself. about two lines into the song, a giant deer jumps out into the road. like, jumps.
i have to SLAM on my brakes and swerve a little into the left lane.
i cannot believe that i did not hit that deer. in that split second, i was prepared for impact. like, i can't believe that the front passenger side didn't clip him on his legs. THAT'S how friggen close he was. i squinted my eyes closed at the very last second because i was so sure i was gonna hit.
i can honestly say that it has been the scariest moment in my life so far. i'm not kidding. folks, this is what i have nightmares about. DEER. deer in the road. deer in water. deer just staring at me. at nighttime, my eyes can pretty much trick me into thinking anything is a deer.
so, after this deer encounter is when i had my panic attack. if there had been room on the road to pull off, i would have. i was seriously hyperventilating for about 15 minutes straight. i'm totally not joking. i thought i was going to need to take my inhaler. and eventually all my windows fogged up because i was breathing so hard.
and i was sobbing for about 45 minutes. not kidding about that either. i didn't stop crying until the rest area on 93 north right after the tolls. i needed some air.
oh my god i was so scared. and for the ENTIRE ride home after that - which (from the deer encounter) was probably roughly 100 miles - all i could picture was that deer jumping in front of my car.
that is like, my worst fear. seeing a deer at nighttime while i am driving. and that's just on the side of the road - nevermind it jumping out in front of my car. again, i'm being serious, that is my worst fear.
i was even nervous about going to sleep last night because i was worried i would have nightmares about it. but i didn't.
and i woke up and i had kind of forgotten about it. and i was eating my cereal and listening to my ipod and what song came on? Easy Girl. and AS SOON as i heard the song, i remembered it. and i could see it all again. and now i hate it because it's probably going to be a trigger song.
and!! while i was driving to wal-mart this afternoon again, i almost started crying because i could picture the deer jumping out in front of my car. and i COULDN'T WAIT to get out of that stupid car.
it's horrible. i guess maybe it seems kind of silly. but it's not! i hate deer. i hate them. and hyperventilating for 15 minutes is not fun. especially while driving.
but enough about that. let's talk about something else.
umm...
entertainment weekly gave Fantastic Mr. Fox an A!!!!! it was the highest grade of their new releases that they reviewed. i was so excited about this. i am so freaking excited for that movie i can't even stand it. and the guy who was writing the review even said, "i am not a fan of wes anderson movies." he didn't like Rushmore or The Darjeeling Limited. and he was very strong about this. but then went on about how totally awesome Mr. Fox was.
i am so excited. it's going to be amazing. Best Picture nominee. my vote.
Jason Schwartzman was on Jimmy Fallon last week. they were super funny together. like, really funny. for once, Jason wasn't totally nervous and awkward. it was sweet. and as soon as he sat in the interview chair, someone from the audience shouted, "PHANTOM PLANET!!!!"
and then like, two days later, on Twitter, Darren (from Phantom Planet) wrote, "All right- who was it that yelled, "Phantom Planet" on the Jimmy Fallon show the other night when Jason S. was on? Come on... Who was it?"
i can't really tell if it sounds upset or not. i have a feeling that Darren and Jason don't get along anymore. i have this feeling - and it makes me extrememly sad.
also, Jason was on Alexa Chung the other night and he admitted to loving Miley Cyrus. he talked for like, a minute straight on how much he loves 'Party in the USA' and how the song is brilliant and the whole thing sounds like a chorus. it was totally funny. and he sang part of it. it made me really, really happy.
anyways. getting back to my erranding.
i guess there's nothing else to say about it. hm. i went to wal-mart and then to the grocery store. and then i pulled into the driveway and there was a huge can of corn spilled everywhere. i had to cautiously drive around it. i thought to myself, "hm, i wonder what happened here...."
and then i checked my phone and there was a message saying, "hi julie, i just wanted to update you on some things that have been happening here tonight." it was from Diane. so, i stopped into her office on my way upstairs. got the full story. and i was really, really happy that i wasn't working tonight.
OH!!! speaking of Twitter. from before. ALSO THIS WEEKEND: Taylor Hanson tweeted that he was having dinner with Robert Schwartzman. THIS also made me very happy. very, very happy. this (to my knowledge) is the second Rooney/Hanson crossover tweet. the first time Robert tweeted about hanging out with Taylor from Hanson. and now this. having dinner together!!!!!!!!! i can't even explain how excited this makes me. like, i don't even know where to go after this. because nothing could really get any better, right? hott hanson boys and hott rooney boys.
i don't think Kara was as excited as i was. at least not on the outside.....
in other news, the Jeremy Piven movie - The Goods - is released today. i have it as number one on my netflix. i am in serious need of some JP. i miss Ari Gold more than i thought i would. hopefully when Netflix receives disc 5 of Veronica Mars season 3 tomorrow, they will mail this one out. PLEASE don't turn into a very long wait. this is me, begging to the Netflix queue workers. PLEASE SEND ME JP.
i would probably marry Jeremy Piven. he seems like kind of a jerk. but, in all his interviews with David Letterman he's really sweet and funny. and he seems like a nice guy. so, i think he's a nice guy. and that scene with Ari and Vince at the airport. the one that made me cry. that was true Ari.
(the only thing i want for christmas are all the seasons of Entourage. (fyi) )
hm. what else!
it's quite nice that my computer is working again. i am on iTunes right now. and this afternoon i used my "turn youtube videos into mp3" program. it rocks. and i can use the calendar!!!!
last night i was on the craigslist for Los Angeles, and one of the writing jobs was like, "wanna write a romantic comedy?" and i was like, "um, YES." does anyone really need to ask me? come on.
also, Star Trek is released on dvd today. buy it! own it! in entertainment weekly they were like, "the only downside about the dvd is that it doesn't come with a drool bib." i laughed. because the guys are so freaking hott.
ok. 2:43am.
Ruby Tuesday gave me a pretty good scratching last night. my right arm was all swollen. i had to wash it with cold, cold water a lot to get it to stop hurting. and she really scratched my wrist up bad. there are two huge scratches in the letter X. i'm worried that people will think i did it on purpose. Tuesday gets so violent sometimes. she gets this look in her eyes. it's really scary. but then she can be so cute and sweet!!!!
ugh, but tonight, i wanted to paint my fingernails black. because i'm that classy. and i got out my nail file. ok, so Ruby was asleep on my bed. and i was in my living room on the couch. AS SOON as i started filing my nails, she comes running in and sits right in front of me. then she jumps on my lap. and it was a battle between us for the nail file. she loves it for some reason. this isn't the first time she's gone crazy over it. she loves to lick and bite it. i seriously have to hide them from her because she will find them.
ok. i have to get up early today. staff meeting day. meeting isn't until 12:30pm. but still. to be dressed and presentable by then? ugh.
also - britney spears. that song 3. i just heard this song last week for the first time, and now i've seen the video about 100 times on AMtv. the only time mtv plays videos is between like 5am and 8am. and we're usually feeding the baby sometime in there.
the video is just alot of sexy hair and body touching. you'll see what i mean. and oddly cut clothing. the song is about a threesome? come on, brit. for real? i still don't get it. it's like, a weird song. and a very weird video.
another song and video that are just plain weird? Funhouse. by Pink. like, what? come on. such a dumb song. she's all like, "aaaahhh i'm so crazy!!!! i'm so hardcore!!!!! and crazy!!!!!! look at me skip around!!"
and since we were talking about Party in the USA..... what's with that video?!?! she sings about wearing a cardigan, but does she wear one in the video?? NOPE. i wanted the video to be about a naive country girl moving to Hollywood and seeing tons of celebs. just like the song, right? but no. the video is about hair extensions and slutty dancing on top of cars.
UGH. know who should direct music videos?? ME.
and this has been another segment of, 'julie complaining about music videos.' thanks for watching.
ok. 3:09am. now i'm signing off. going to bed. we've covered a lot of ground in this one.
hope you have a great tuesday. i'll speak to you later on today. perhaps tonight. until then!
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so. let's go. 1:31am. tuesday morning.
just finished watching Rocky. i had never seen it before. if you can believe that. i thought it was sweet. and funny. not a lot of boxing, which made me happy. but man, that fight in the end was gross. what did they do to his eye? did they actually cut it? to release the swelling of blood??? for realz? that was gross.
aw there was something else i was going to say about Rocky. it just escaped me. ..... oh! i didn't realize that Sylvester Stallone wrote it. i was impressed to see that. did he write them all?
and i think that Robert Schwartzman totally looks like his mother. i was really surprised to see that. also, Talia Shire has really beautiful skin in that movie.
so.
today was a pretty good day. i had a good sleep that was full of interruptions. i was up once with the baby. then the baby monitor woke me up at 7:57am. then the phone woke me up at 8:15am. then Ruby Tuesday woke me up around 10am. then she woke me up again around noon because she was climbing up my curtains trying to get a fly. then i woke up at 1pm. but i was too tired so i slept until 1:18pm. and then i got up for real.
i mean, all the sleep was good. but un-peaceful.
woke up. had some cereal. watched The Office from last week. then got dressed and ready to go do errands. i had a long wal-mart list. it included boring things like socks. hair elastics. bronzer. stain remover. and then some exciting things like rubbing alcohol. and earrings. cat food.
my ear piercing has not been great. i have no idea what's wrong with it. i should really use some of my great american health insurance and go to the doctor's. i'm worried it will turn into gangrene. for serious. there's this large dark purple bump on the back of my ear. it hurts. and it's gross. and i think it's turning black.
but, i did have the stainless steel earring that it was pierced with in. and i thought it might be turning black because maybe i am allergic to it. so, i went to the children's jewelry case at wal-mart and bought some 14k gold birthstone earrings! i bought april, because they were diamond. and december, because they were teal. and i immediately put in the teal one.
and i washed my ear with the alcohol three times tonight.
the first washing i took the earring out to make sure the alcohol really got in the hole. and then i was going to take it out for the second washing, but it wouldn't come out. so, i don't know what's up with that.....
so, my piercing saga continues. if anyone is reading this who is a piercing person, or a doctor, and they have any suggestions, please let me know. or even if you're just a regular person with a suggestion, i'll take that too.
i don't even have the earring back on right now, because it hurt too much. and there's very little room on the post because of that bump.
why am i telling you this? this is gross.
kara and i had a great sister weekend in providence. we watched season 1 of veronica mars! in three days!!!!! we did it! no prob. she totes loved it. duh, it's the freaking best. and then i got home and bought season 2. we'll watch that over thanksgiving. soo good.
we also went to Davenport's. the best family restaurant in the northern hemisphere. our waiter's name was Scott and he reminded me of Cliff, the funny lawyer from VM.
on sunday kara and i went to this little breakfast place right down the street from her house. it's actually in pawtucket, but it's like, two minutes away. i had pancakes. they were great.
and we watched the newest episode of Jonas. awesome. Joe and Stella FINALLY kissed. and it was a super hott kiss too. for the disney channel! we were both surprised.
and it was very sad to leave on sunday. kara was heading home, so we drove together on the highway until she needed to go on 95 and i needed to stay on 93. we drove through Boston. it was very foggy. and pretty. hazy.
and then.
let me tell you about my panic attack.
so, about 15 minutes after kara and i parted ways, i-93 narrows to two lanes and gets pretty "woodsy" and dark.
omg my heart just started racing as i'm thinking about re-telling this.
so, i'm driving along. listening to great music. Easy Girl, by Coconut Records comes on. "hey, alright!" i think to myself. about two lines into the song, a giant deer jumps out into the road. like, jumps.
i have to SLAM on my brakes and swerve a little into the left lane.
i cannot believe that i did not hit that deer. in that split second, i was prepared for impact. like, i can't believe that the front passenger side didn't clip him on his legs. THAT'S how friggen close he was. i squinted my eyes closed at the very last second because i was so sure i was gonna hit.
i can honestly say that it has been the scariest moment in my life so far. i'm not kidding. folks, this is what i have nightmares about. DEER. deer in the road. deer in water. deer just staring at me. at nighttime, my eyes can pretty much trick me into thinking anything is a deer.
so, after this deer encounter is when i had my panic attack. if there had been room on the road to pull off, i would have. i was seriously hyperventilating for about 15 minutes straight. i'm totally not joking. i thought i was going to need to take my inhaler. and eventually all my windows fogged up because i was breathing so hard.
and i was sobbing for about 45 minutes. not kidding about that either. i didn't stop crying until the rest area on 93 north right after the tolls. i needed some air.
oh my god i was so scared. and for the ENTIRE ride home after that - which (from the deer encounter) was probably roughly 100 miles - all i could picture was that deer jumping in front of my car.
that is like, my worst fear. seeing a deer at nighttime while i am driving. and that's just on the side of the road - nevermind it jumping out in front of my car. again, i'm being serious, that is my worst fear.
i was even nervous about going to sleep last night because i was worried i would have nightmares about it. but i didn't.
and i woke up and i had kind of forgotten about it. and i was eating my cereal and listening to my ipod and what song came on? Easy Girl. and AS SOON as i heard the song, i remembered it. and i could see it all again. and now i hate it because it's probably going to be a trigger song.
and!! while i was driving to wal-mart this afternoon again, i almost started crying because i could picture the deer jumping out in front of my car. and i COULDN'T WAIT to get out of that stupid car.
it's horrible. i guess maybe it seems kind of silly. but it's not! i hate deer. i hate them. and hyperventilating for 15 minutes is not fun. especially while driving.
but enough about that. let's talk about something else.
umm...
entertainment weekly gave Fantastic Mr. Fox an A!!!!! it was the highest grade of their new releases that they reviewed. i was so excited about this. i am so freaking excited for that movie i can't even stand it. and the guy who was writing the review even said, "i am not a fan of wes anderson movies." he didn't like Rushmore or The Darjeeling Limited. and he was very strong about this. but then went on about how totally awesome Mr. Fox was.
i am so excited. it's going to be amazing. Best Picture nominee. my vote.
Jason Schwartzman was on Jimmy Fallon last week. they were super funny together. like, really funny. for once, Jason wasn't totally nervous and awkward. it was sweet. and as soon as he sat in the interview chair, someone from the audience shouted, "PHANTOM PLANET!!!!"
and then like, two days later, on Twitter, Darren (from Phantom Planet) wrote, "All right- who was it that yelled, "Phantom Planet" on the Jimmy Fallon show the other night when Jason S. was on? Come on... Who was it?"
i can't really tell if it sounds upset or not. i have a feeling that Darren and Jason don't get along anymore. i have this feeling - and it makes me extrememly sad.
also, Jason was on Alexa Chung the other night and he admitted to loving Miley Cyrus. he talked for like, a minute straight on how much he loves 'Party in the USA' and how the song is brilliant and the whole thing sounds like a chorus. it was totally funny. and he sang part of it. it made me really, really happy.
anyways. getting back to my erranding.
i guess there's nothing else to say about it. hm. i went to wal-mart and then to the grocery store. and then i pulled into the driveway and there was a huge can of corn spilled everywhere. i had to cautiously drive around it. i thought to myself, "hm, i wonder what happened here...."
and then i checked my phone and there was a message saying, "hi julie, i just wanted to update you on some things that have been happening here tonight." it was from Diane. so, i stopped into her office on my way upstairs. got the full story. and i was really, really happy that i wasn't working tonight.
OH!!! speaking of Twitter. from before. ALSO THIS WEEKEND: Taylor Hanson tweeted that he was having dinner with Robert Schwartzman. THIS also made me very happy. very, very happy. this (to my knowledge) is the second Rooney/Hanson crossover tweet. the first time Robert tweeted about hanging out with Taylor from Hanson. and now this. having dinner together!!!!!!!!! i can't even explain how excited this makes me. like, i don't even know where to go after this. because nothing could really get any better, right? hott hanson boys and hott rooney boys.
i don't think Kara was as excited as i was. at least not on the outside.....
in other news, the Jeremy Piven movie - The Goods - is released today. i have it as number one on my netflix. i am in serious need of some JP. i miss Ari Gold more than i thought i would. hopefully when Netflix receives disc 5 of Veronica Mars season 3 tomorrow, they will mail this one out. PLEASE don't turn into a very long wait. this is me, begging to the Netflix queue workers. PLEASE SEND ME JP.
i would probably marry Jeremy Piven. he seems like kind of a jerk. but, in all his interviews with David Letterman he's really sweet and funny. and he seems like a nice guy. so, i think he's a nice guy. and that scene with Ari and Vince at the airport. the one that made me cry. that was true Ari.
(the only thing i want for christmas are all the seasons of Entourage. (fyi) )
hm. what else!
it's quite nice that my computer is working again. i am on iTunes right now. and this afternoon i used my "turn youtube videos into mp3" program. it rocks. and i can use the calendar!!!!
last night i was on the craigslist for Los Angeles, and one of the writing jobs was like, "wanna write a romantic comedy?" and i was like, "um, YES." does anyone really need to ask me? come on.
also, Star Trek is released on dvd today. buy it! own it! in entertainment weekly they were like, "the only downside about the dvd is that it doesn't come with a drool bib." i laughed. because the guys are so freaking hott.
ok. 2:43am.
Ruby Tuesday gave me a pretty good scratching last night. my right arm was all swollen. i had to wash it with cold, cold water a lot to get it to stop hurting. and she really scratched my wrist up bad. there are two huge scratches in the letter X. i'm worried that people will think i did it on purpose. Tuesday gets so violent sometimes. she gets this look in her eyes. it's really scary. but then she can be so cute and sweet!!!!
ugh, but tonight, i wanted to paint my fingernails black. because i'm that classy. and i got out my nail file. ok, so Ruby was asleep on my bed. and i was in my living room on the couch. AS SOON as i started filing my nails, she comes running in and sits right in front of me. then she jumps on my lap. and it was a battle between us for the nail file. she loves it for some reason. this isn't the first time she's gone crazy over it. she loves to lick and bite it. i seriously have to hide them from her because she will find them.
ok. i have to get up early today. staff meeting day. meeting isn't until 12:30pm. but still. to be dressed and presentable by then? ugh.
also - britney spears. that song 3. i just heard this song last week for the first time, and now i've seen the video about 100 times on AMtv. the only time mtv plays videos is between like 5am and 8am. and we're usually feeding the baby sometime in there.
the video is just alot of sexy hair and body touching. you'll see what i mean. and oddly cut clothing. the song is about a threesome? come on, brit. for real? i still don't get it. it's like, a weird song. and a very weird video.
another song and video that are just plain weird? Funhouse. by Pink. like, what? come on. such a dumb song. she's all like, "aaaahhh i'm so crazy!!!! i'm so hardcore!!!!! and crazy!!!!!! look at me skip around!!"
and since we were talking about Party in the USA..... what's with that video?!?! she sings about wearing a cardigan, but does she wear one in the video?? NOPE. i wanted the video to be about a naive country girl moving to Hollywood and seeing tons of celebs. just like the song, right? but no. the video is about hair extensions and slutty dancing on top of cars.
UGH. know who should direct music videos?? ME.
and this has been another segment of, 'julie complaining about music videos.' thanks for watching.
ok. 3:09am. now i'm signing off. going to bed. we've covered a lot of ground in this one.
hope you have a great tuesday. i'll speak to you later on today. perhaps tonight. until then!
<3love<3
kangaroo
dude - what was with Wallace's mom from Veronica Mars guest starring on Grey's Anatomy, playing the mother of a son named Wallace!?!?! was that on purpose?? it was crazy awesome! although, i cried a lot at the end.
and also - Alex Karev holding that premature baby all night? yes please. i'll take some more of that. that was so sweet.
it's almost 7pm monday night right now. i'm going to take a bath. then i'm going to report to work. and then i'll be back here all night. i have a story. a bad story. a very bad story. and i had a panic attack.
there's your hook to come back and read more.
<3
and also - Alex Karev holding that premature baby all night? yes please. i'll take some more of that. that was so sweet.
it's almost 7pm monday night right now. i'm going to take a bath. then i'm going to report to work. and then i'll be back here all night. i have a story. a bad story. a very bad story. and i had a panic attack.
there's your hook to come back and read more.
<3
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