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November 2nd, 2008
02:41 pm - Writer's Block: Novel Ideas
the search for a fairy actually brings results.
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02:14 pm - NaNoWriMo
Okay, so I know I kinda went MIA for a while....a few months...or something....well, there was a reason! I think! The last bit has been insane, with the being back in school thing. It isn't to expensive, though, thankfully, since I get my 2 classes tuition free (UNO is part of the LSU system - yay!). I do, however, despise both of my professors. That's normal, right?
And the reason for this return to LJ is nanowrimo. Yes, it is National Novel Writing Month again, and because I am as batty as a fruit bat, I have decided to participate again this year. With work and school and everything. Yikes. So if I wasn't busy before (I was), I will be now (help!). I have decided, though, to write about fairies. What about fairies, I don't know, but fairies will be in the story.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/opiummmm/foxies/happy.gif) insane
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April 12th, 2008
04:15 pm
I'm tired. I think that my doctor should not have changed the dosage on my medication, but he wants me to try it for 2 or 3 months, so maybe I will get used to it. Or maybe I will fall asleep at my desk (again) and force him to give me my old dosage back. Either one seems to be a perfectly acceptable solution at this point.
I'm still poor, but that's ok -- I've gotten used to it, I think.
I finally took some vacation days, and used them to clean, and sleep, and read. Which was so very nice.
I got to work with MHC peoples when they came down to NOLA on a service trip with Habitat for Humanity, and a few other organizations. That was great (sunburn and all!), since I got to join them to work at Habitat, where I learned framing. Kinda. Mostly. I didn't break anything, though, including myself, so I'm pretty happy.
And! I just stumbled across this, and apparently, it's like paypal, but fee free (try to say that five times fast...I couldn't)
If you sign up, you get $25 free, and if you get to it by using my link, then you get money for me too! So please, sign up, since I am poor! Poor!
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March 12th, 2008
01:07 pm
Just an update from Monday's filming excitement -- No, Salma Hayek did not ask to use my bathroom. I think (think!) I saw her briefly on my way home from work, but I'm not sure -- I saw a woman with a beard. Supposedly, her character is a bearded lady, so it might have been her. Or just a really ugly woman. Who knows.
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March 8th, 2008
10:14 am
Oh, and as an addendum to my last post, Universal studios will be filming some scenes from a movie, Cirque du Freak, just around the corner from my house on Monday. It's based on a teen horror-ish series (which, of course, I have read some of -- it's not bad, but I'd say young teens would be the oldest) and starring John C Reilly, Josh Hutcherson, and Salma Hayek. So, theoretically, Salma Hayek could ask to use my bathroom on Monday. Totally possible. Theoretically.
Current Mood: cheerful
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March 5th, 2008
06:19 pm
My life is honestly incredibly boring. Though busy. I've decided to watch my way through AFI's top 100 movies of the past 100 years. I've already seen maybe a third of them, so this should be interesting. My car is in the shop, but should be ready for me by Friday (thank god!) and I can give the rental (stupid Trailblazer! eater of expensive gas!) back. Yay! I took the GREs last week, and did well enough, I guess. Nothing spectacular. Just enough. I've almost finished my taxes, the kitties have booster shots on Friday morning, and my supervisor will be having surgery next week, so will probably be out for 2 weeks. And Natalie graduates in May. And I have to finish my grad school applications (one for the grad school and a separate one for my program). And and and....more things, I am sure, but nothing I can remember off the top of my head. Other than I am busy.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/opiummmm/foxies/working.gif) busy
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February 20th, 2008
12:59 pm
So...it's been a while! But I am still poor (of course), though I have started babysitting again, and use that money to do things -- last night Shelley and I went out for dinner, which was fun, and I could actually by groceries this month! Yay! And I still have enough money left to go to House of Blues on Sunday night with my sister (Cobra Starship is playing, and I kinda got Natalie addicted -- oops!).
I'm busy, though, and sleeping all strangely -- I either sleep 5 hours or 12 hours, nothing in between. Though recently it has been from sitting strange hours (but we won't get into the lady who came home 3 hours late without calling me or otherwise letting me know....and then trying to sneak in the back and not tell me she was home...bitch), but it's getting annoying. On top of that, I am getting back into knitting, and am applying for grad school for the fall. I take the GREs next Friday -- what fun. And I applied for a grant from MHC to help pay for grad school. Maybe I'll get some money from them, so I don't bankrupt myself driving back and forth from Baton Rouge to New Orleans. I will be going to school part time and working full time -- this will be fun -- for the next three years. I don't really foresee any trouble, since my degree will be for where I am working anyways (and my supervisor is so excited for me that she has told me to do my assignments while working -- I'm liking this so far).
Other than that, my life is pretty boring. Always has been, always will be I guess. Not that it is necessarily a bad thing. Boring means nothing too terribly bad is happening. I still don't have a new roommate after my old one left around Christmas, and I am really hoping that I can keep things that way. I don't like living with other people. At all, really.
Oh, and if anyone is planning on going to the MHC Jazz 10th anniversary celebration, let me know! I'm interested in going, but would like to make arrangements to share a hotel room and maybe a car for the weekend, since I am poor :)
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December 18th, 2007
10:39 am - done!
As of this morning, all of my holiday wishes gifts, all of my christmas cards, all of my everything has been mailed off! Yay! Of course, it cost about $40 to do it, but still. Done!
If you gave me your address, you should get a card. If you didn't give me your address, I'm sorry, but I have used all of my christmas cards.
Current Mood: cheerful
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December 3rd, 2007
12:26 pm - misadventures
So I have been trying (with minimal success, at this point), to get out of debt -- I have credit card debt and student loan debt, and bank loan debt, and it is getting seriously out of hand. So! This all added up to me being an absolute idiot the other day and mailing the wrong check.
But let me back up for an instant.
One of my credit card companies sent me two copies of my statement. I don't know why, but I decided to take advantage of this by mailing off two checks this month, one for $150 and one for $300. I labeled the back of each envelope so I knew which one was which. And then I proceeded to mail the wrong one.
As a result, I had to ask my parents if I could borrow about $110 to cover the difference.
To which they replied, sure, take it. Actually, take the $2K you need to pay off the whole balance, and just pay us back at $100/month on top of your car payment as an interest-free loan.
So I love my parents right now
However, going to place the check in my account, I had do deposit it inside (as my driver's side window of my car doesn't work so well), and that is when something terrible happened.
Someone hit my car (not just scraped, but actually hit it) in the parking lot of the bank.
The taillight was dangling by the wires, scratches running down the side, and a dent bigger than my hand on the rear panel.
Have you ever noticed that something good always coincides with something bad?
Current Location: at work
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/opiummmm/foxies/sad.gif) cold
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November 17th, 2007
08:35 pm
I am so tired and I don't want to write anymore, and I hate my story and I want to sleep for the rest of November, because I am too embarrassed that I actually thought I could write a novel, much less one in 30 days. I'm a sucky writer. I suck. Suck, suck, suck.
Current Mood: defeated
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November 15th, 2007
01:19 pm
You know that winter is on it's way when the temperature finally stops bouncing back and forth between 60 and 80, and settles on 60. (Just like you know you are about to die from the summer heat when it settles on 80, followed by 85...90...95...etc). Though I do have to take a moment to say that it would be great if the facilities people would turn the heat on in the library. It is 60 outside, and they have the AC on. That seems a little....poorly thought out to me.
On more news, National Novel Writing Month is halfway over as of today, and I am about 5k behind where I would, ideally, be. But still, 20k isn't too bad, and I should be able to catch up this weekend. However, the thought of writing 5k (or closer to 10k, since I don't have time to write today), is exhausting. Just the thought is exhausting. I am sad.
But, happily, ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) holiday_wishes has started back up for another year, and I have just posted my wishlist. If you want to get me prezzies, please, feel free!
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October 18th, 2007
09:05 pm
Aaaaas a slight addendum to my last post, kellyminion will now be referred to as KellyMinion. Mainly because she allows my obsession with scrabble on facebook to include her. Even if she does beat me. Usually quite badly. That is alright, though, because truly I am lying in wait for when I shall trounce her and she shall cry and bemoan the days when she used to win. Ha. Ha. Ha.
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October 17th, 2007
07:28 pm - random telling of my current events
My schedule for this week has changed, yet again. I get to work late tonight(2-10p). I've also been running around trying to get things done, and yet seem to unable to complete anything. And at the same time have (been) volunteered for another mini-project and 2 larger actual projects. Whee. Why is it that I work a 40 hour week and seem to have about 80 hours of work?
Anyways, it is quiet tonight....and boring. Boring boring boring. Nothing is going on on campus and so nothing is going on in the library. And (gasp!!) I don't want to read. Maybe I am coming down with something......
My student worker (aka kellyminion) is making photocopies for me because my time has been deemed by the dean as too valuable to be using it to make photocopies. Instead I sit here updating my lj and desperately trying to find something that I can do while out on the public services desk. For some reason, this seems backwards to me.....
Current Mood: bored
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October 6th, 2007
10:41 am - What do you really really really want?
Asking myself this question, here's my answer.
1. To be completely totally and 100% out of debt of any kind.
2. To be able to sleep more than 3 hours at a time.
3. To have time to read all of my books.
4. To not have to deal with work politics.
5. To be able to see all of my friends again.
Anyone else?
Current Mood: sad
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July 7th, 2007
June 13th, 2007
10:42 pm - stupid people
The following quote has been passed along through several ljs of native New Orleanians:
"The whole thing's [the rebuilding of New Orleans] been such a fuck-up every step of the way, though, no one should be surprised. I'm wondering when they're just going to give up, admit they're not going to rebuild, and raze what's left. Stop stringing these poor people along, let them start over someplace else."
Now, this person is right about one thing -- the rebuilding of New Orleans has been a fuck-up. A huge governmental and FEMA fuck-up. However, however, HOWFUCKINGEVER, how dare this idiot suggest that the only solution is to move out "these poor people" and raze the whole fucking city? That is rather offensive to this member of these poor people.
Yes, parts of the city still look like a war zone -- my old neighborhood is one of them. And I get to drive past it everyday on my way to work. Yes, this is pretty fucking depressing. However, that doesn't mean that I want to leave this city. I love this city. I love living here. There is the french quarter, the gorgeous cemeteries, my house, my family, my friends. Or at least one of my friends. But you know, that is more than enough to keep me here for the foreseeable future. (And yes, I hate living with my family, but living near my family has proved to be an okay experience.)
So, in conclusion, if you agree with this idiot, please keep it to yourself. Please say absolutely nothing about it to me or to anyone else who is in New Orleans, or from New Orleans, because really? We won't be so happy. That I can promise you.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/opiummmm/foxies/angry.gif) pissed off
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May 26th, 2007
08:22 pm
Stacey's weeding was two weeks ago today, which means that she will be getting back from her and Imran's honeymoon sometime this evening. Of course, they aren't coming here, just going back to San Fransisco. But still. The wedding was lovely, though, with Stacey making the picture-perfect bride. Some of the guests actually suggested that she quit her new job and become a model for a bridal magazine. Her ego is now hovering somewhere near the former planet Pluto.
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April 28th, 2007
April 27th, 2007
08:50 pm - if you don't want to hear bitching, drive on by......
Okay, so as much as I hate to do this, a quick partial update as to why my life sucks right about now.
Starting with 2 weeks ago, some things from the work were stolen, and as the person in charge that day, I got to spend about 3 1/2 hours dealing with campus police and the aftermath. Go me.
Yesterday, I was followed to my car by this creepy guy (affectionately known at work as Otis the Creepy Guy) who kept asking me for my phone number. Not so much fun. I also found out that morning (before I was awake, really) that there were fraudulent charges on my debit card. Not so good.
So as a result of yesterday, I spent about half of today at the bank and talking to a deputy from the parish sheriff's office about the charges. And tomorrow I get to make a police report with campus police about Creepy Guy.
Lucky, lucky me.
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December 16th, 2006
06:53 pm
Happy Birthday Karen! Happyhappyhappyhappyhappy day to you!
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