Happy Thursday!
You know, blog, I don't love you anymore. You make me guilt-trip when I don't have anything fun or productive to report at the end of the week. But you know what, blog? You belong to me, and I can write whatever I want.
This week I played Minecraft and watched Doctor Who nonstop. I worked a bit. I ate half a pizza. I biked with Carolyn and right now I'm jamming with my band, which is amazing. I haven't heard anything back from Fry's in case you're wondering.
I started writing a crazy idea I'm calling "Barbara Rider: Woman Journalist" and the twist is it's set in medieval times and it's highly preposterous and I love it.
So it doesn't matter if that's all I did this week. You're just a blog.
-Steph
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Thursday, February 09, 2012
Coming up roses
Happy Thursday! What a nice week this has been, on the whole. Weather's still good, Doctor Who is still good, built some good dinosaurs in Minecraft. Gonna be getting a decent amount back from taxes.
Let me tell you about Fry's.
I was going to apply there, I really was. I have an application all filled out (and dated - last month) but I never got around to going down there. The other day my parents went down and skulked around, came back with a fresh application and a tip about an opening in the Computer department.
So I go down, just to hand the application in, maybe talk to the guy if he's there. He is, turns out he's doing interviews at that very moment. I wait my turn, I'm the last one there.
The interview was a quiet one, two parts me waiting around and one part him explaining what the job would be. When I did say anything, it was largely about how confident I was in my ability to sell. After my third chunk of waiting, he took me in to talk to the store manager, who basically just asked if I wanted part- or full-time, I said whatever and he signed me up for full-time.
Then I left and drove out to the drug-test clinic, and once they get back to Fry's, Fry's'll get back to me and let me know what time to come in on Monday.
I don't know if it's just me, or actually, I don't know if it should be this way, but sometimes things just seem to be too easy. I thought job hunts were supposed to be hard and take forever and be soul-crushing. Never in a hundred years did I expect to walk out of there with a job, not on my first try.
It's going to be crazy different, and probably a lot harder than I expect. But I'm trying not to think about it, and let it just happen how it happens. Not that I don't care what happens, but whatever does I'm just going to have to deal with it, because this is what life is. If I do well, then I'm pretty much set for a good long time. Level up.
The crazy part is that I'm already working six days this week at Blockbuster, and if I do get full-time at Fry's I'll be doing five days there next week...and the other two I'll be putting in back at the old storefront. So basically, as of this Tuesday, I'm working at least 13 days straight, and beyond that indefinitely.
$$$ I feel so mercenary these days.
Oh! But also the other morning I baked a cake for tea time. :D
-Steph
Let me tell you about Fry's.
I was going to apply there, I really was. I have an application all filled out (and dated - last month) but I never got around to going down there. The other day my parents went down and skulked around, came back with a fresh application and a tip about an opening in the Computer department.
So I go down, just to hand the application in, maybe talk to the guy if he's there. He is, turns out he's doing interviews at that very moment. I wait my turn, I'm the last one there.
The interview was a quiet one, two parts me waiting around and one part him explaining what the job would be. When I did say anything, it was largely about how confident I was in my ability to sell. After my third chunk of waiting, he took me in to talk to the store manager, who basically just asked if I wanted part- or full-time, I said whatever and he signed me up for full-time.
Then I left and drove out to the drug-test clinic, and once they get back to Fry's, Fry's'll get back to me and let me know what time to come in on Monday.
I don't know if it's just me, or actually, I don't know if it should be this way, but sometimes things just seem to be too easy. I thought job hunts were supposed to be hard and take forever and be soul-crushing. Never in a hundred years did I expect to walk out of there with a job, not on my first try.
It's going to be crazy different, and probably a lot harder than I expect. But I'm trying not to think about it, and let it just happen how it happens. Not that I don't care what happens, but whatever does I'm just going to have to deal with it, because this is what life is. If I do well, then I'm pretty much set for a good long time. Level up.
The crazy part is that I'm already working six days this week at Blockbuster, and if I do get full-time at Fry's I'll be doing five days there next week...and the other two I'll be putting in back at the old storefront. So basically, as of this Tuesday, I'm working at least 13 days straight, and beyond that indefinitely.
$$$ I feel so mercenary these days.
Oh! But also the other morning I baked a cake for tea time. :D
-Steph
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Rocky
Happy Thursday! First off, I'd like to say the weather's holding at a nice springtime temperature. I don't know what's going to happen when spring actually gets here, but I'm guessing we're getting a snowy summer.
Kind of a rough week, all round. I got sick/allergy invasion because of the rain? because of the wind? because of the heat wave? that all happened over the course of two days. So my brain's been rattling around and every day I think the next day I'll be better but I'm not yet.
Had some pretty shoddy sleep the last couple of days, too. And I keep waking up all beat up from like, sleeping wrong. I don't know what I'm doing but whatever it is it isn't right.
Work is like, the dumbest waste of time, but if I'm there I can't go out and look for other things. Or if I'm not there, I'm crazy sick every day this last week. Or it's Sunday. On the other hand, my W-2s finally all arrived, and I think I'm technically in the next tax bracket up from last year, but I still should be getting some $$$ back once I go through it properly.
My birthday is next month, and I want to do something incredibly geeky. But I don't know what? For my 18th I went to a sci-fi convention in Pasadena, but there isn't one this year. There is WonderCon, but I don't know anything about that other than that I have some friends who are exhibitors at it. Just something having to do with sci-fi or even the larger geek world, comics or whatever. I want to identify more with that side.
We just watched Fright Night. "Watched" is a loose term. The fast forward was heavily employed. The best part was the introduction of David Tennant as what I like to call Pirate Jesus. It was pretty terrible.
Speaking of Doctor Who, did you see the cookies we made? Carolyn got some Portal cookie cutters, so you can make portal and portal guy and companion cube and turret cookies, so we did. But we had a bunch of extra cookie dough so she was all "you should make the Tardis" so I tried. And I tried to make a Dalek, too. And we iced them by hand which was both fun and hilarious.
And then I built some dinosaurs in Minecraft. That's all.
-Steph
Kind of a rough week, all round. I got sick/allergy invasion because of the rain? because of the wind? because of the heat wave? that all happened over the course of two days. So my brain's been rattling around and every day I think the next day I'll be better but I'm not yet.
Had some pretty shoddy sleep the last couple of days, too. And I keep waking up all beat up from like, sleeping wrong. I don't know what I'm doing but whatever it is it isn't right.
Work is like, the dumbest waste of time, but if I'm there I can't go out and look for other things. Or if I'm not there, I'm crazy sick every day this last week. Or it's Sunday. On the other hand, my W-2s finally all arrived, and I think I'm technically in the next tax bracket up from last year, but I still should be getting some $$$ back once I go through it properly.
My birthday is next month, and I want to do something incredibly geeky. But I don't know what? For my 18th I went to a sci-fi convention in Pasadena, but there isn't one this year. There is WonderCon, but I don't know anything about that other than that I have some friends who are exhibitors at it. Just something having to do with sci-fi or even the larger geek world, comics or whatever. I want to identify more with that side.
We just watched Fright Night. "Watched" is a loose term. The fast forward was heavily employed. The best part was the introduction of David Tennant as what I like to call Pirate Jesus. It was pretty terrible.
Speaking of Doctor Who, did you see the cookies we made? Carolyn got some Portal cookie cutters, so you can make portal and portal guy and companion cube and turret cookies, so we did. But we had a bunch of extra cookie dough so she was all "you should make the Tardis" so I tried. And I tried to make a Dalek, too. And we iced them by hand which was both fun and hilarious.
And then I built some dinosaurs in Minecraft. That's all.
-Steph
Thursday, January 26, 2012
And then winter was over
Happy Thursday! It rained one night and one day this week, and then it's been in the 70s ever since. Way to go, California! Everywhere else it's all snowing and what have you, but here we don't even know the meaning of the word winter.
Worked the whole day today, which is great because tomorrow I get paid and I have just enough gas to get to the gas station before I have to go to work. But it jumped four cents just today, so it sucks that I had to wait so long.
I also feel like I've just been sick--not that I'm getting sick, but the other way. Like how you feel a bit stuffed up like, the day after you've been sick? But I haven't been, so I don't even know what's going on.
This blog was just a big shrug.
-Steph
Worked the whole day today, which is great because tomorrow I get paid and I have just enough gas to get to the gas station before I have to go to work. But it jumped four cents just today, so it sucks that I had to wait so long.
I also feel like I've just been sick--not that I'm getting sick, but the other way. Like how you feel a bit stuffed up like, the day after you've been sick? But I haven't been, so I don't even know what's going on.
This blog was just a big shrug.
-Steph
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Midwinter Thursday
Happy Thursday! It got cold again! Maybe gonna rain this weekend. So there's that.
What did I even do this week? Finished the first two series of Doctor Who and then took a Torchwood break to be chronological. Ummmm played Borderlands with Carolyn and an online friend. Worked. Jogged.
Today we all went to Thai food.
At work all week I got to spend some hours standing on the corner waving a sign. I listened to podcasts. Learned some words in Welsh.
I had a dream last week which I'm adapting into a short, a sort of a Doctor Who/O. Henry mashup because my M.O. is to absorb absorb absorb and then my output is a distillation of whatever went in. That's why I wrote so much fanfiction in my day. I couldn't not.
Wrote a Doctor Who fanfic. But that must have been last week, actually.
Accidentally playing CastleVille I'll try to stop I promise.
I don't know. It wasn't a bad week. Wish it was warmer. Doing a whole lot of nothing at work, which is mind-numbing and sort of carries over into real life. I'll try harder this week.
-Steph
What did I even do this week? Finished the first two series of Doctor Who and then took a Torchwood break to be chronological. Ummmm played Borderlands with Carolyn and an online friend. Worked. Jogged.
Today we all went to Thai food.
At work all week I got to spend some hours standing on the corner waving a sign. I listened to podcasts. Learned some words in Welsh.
I had a dream last week which I'm adapting into a short, a sort of a Doctor Who/O. Henry mashup because my M.O. is to absorb absorb absorb and then my output is a distillation of whatever went in. That's why I wrote so much fanfiction in my day. I couldn't not.
Wrote a Doctor Who fanfic. But that must have been last week, actually.
Accidentally playing CastleVille I'll try to stop I promise.
I don't know. It wasn't a bad week. Wish it was warmer. Doing a whole lot of nothing at work, which is mind-numbing and sort of carries over into real life. I'll try harder this week.
-Steph
Thursday, January 12, 2012
The Long Weekend aka The Short Vacation
Happy Thursday! Today was the fifth day I've had off in a row. The freedom! A mixed blessing, of course, in this economy, but I tried to make the best of it. It was actually going quite beautifully until these last few hours where my mystery headache set in and wiped me out. I coulda been a contenda.
Did we speak of Doctor Who last time? For your sake, I'll check.
...
Ah, I mentioned it quite in passing. For my sake, I'll elaborate.
WHY NO ONE MAKE ME WATCH THIS SOONER. TELL ME WHY. Although, everything in its right time. Who knows, maybe if I watched it years back I would have hated it? We did watch an episode in school, and just like BSG, I scoffed and refused to see what the big idea might be. What a silly human child.
ANYWAY it's terrific. Eccleston, as my first Doctor, will always be "THE Doctor," but Tennant is growing on me at an alarming rate. Some of the stories are dumb, some of the actors are crazy annoying, but it's funny as all get out and the heart is really there. Worth every cent of its cult classic status.
It also makes a lot of Torchwood things make a lot more sense, lol.
So when I wasn't do that this week, I was probably either applying to jobs or biking with Carolyn. We've been up to see Beth at work, and almost all the way to the harbor. While my bike was at the shop I practiced on the stationary one at home so actual biking wouldn't be too much of an impossibility. The last time I seriously biked was probably early high school. Now if there was anywhere else to go, or if Ventura was safe to bike around!
Okay pals, it's been fun, but I gotta go sleep this off. Hopefully.
-Steph
Did we speak of Doctor Who last time? For your sake, I'll check.
...
Ah, I mentioned it quite in passing. For my sake, I'll elaborate.
WHY NO ONE MAKE ME WATCH THIS SOONER. TELL ME WHY. Although, everything in its right time. Who knows, maybe if I watched it years back I would have hated it? We did watch an episode in school, and just like BSG, I scoffed and refused to see what the big idea might be. What a silly human child.
ANYWAY it's terrific. Eccleston, as my first Doctor, will always be "THE Doctor," but Tennant is growing on me at an alarming rate. Some of the stories are dumb, some of the actors are crazy annoying, but it's funny as all get out and the heart is really there. Worth every cent of its cult classic status.
It also makes a lot of Torchwood things make a lot more sense, lol.
So when I wasn't do that this week, I was probably either applying to jobs or biking with Carolyn. We've been up to see Beth at work, and almost all the way to the harbor. While my bike was at the shop I practiced on the stationary one at home so actual biking wouldn't be too much of an impossibility. The last time I seriously biked was probably early high school. Now if there was anywhere else to go, or if Ventura was safe to bike around!
Okay pals, it's been fun, but I gotta go sleep this off. Hopefully.
-Steph
Thursday, January 05, 2012
Wull Hullo There Thursday
Happy Thursday! 2012 started out as a heat wave, which, though unexpected, was not by any means unappreciated. I forgot I'd been calling it "Australian Christmas" all last week, compared to last years which was, like, flooding if I can recall correctly.
(Which, let's face it, is not one of my special talents.)
Already started my spring cleaning, an activity befitting of the weather if not the month. Mostly just getting rid of stuff that I haven't needed in quite a while, but now it's the time where I can let it go without freaking out about it. There were some things in my closet, shirts and stuff, that I'd stored there with the vague idea that if I needed them for costumes (like, for movies or whatever) they'd be available. But seriously, when was the last time I just sat around making a movie? Do I even know where my camera is? Yep, it's under the bed. Where it's been for at least two years. So it's time for those shirts to go.
Two of them are actually dresses, which for some reason my sister bequeathed to me (they're in my closet, after all) so I texted her saying "can I throw these out?" and she was all "no." And I'm like "the one still has the thrift store price tag on it." And I mean, I'm never in my life going to use them. She's not, either, she doesn't even live in this state. "no," she says. So if I ever get around to taking them back out of the give-away box, they're going in a pile in her closet. But not back in mine.
I even threw out--recycled--that old Build-A-Bear box/house I'd been saving for in case I needed a cardboard house. Now my closet has a big gaping hole in it.
Other than that I've been sulking around, put a computer together, got my bike tuned up, reading books, and watching Youtube and Doctor Who. A mixed start to the year, but it'll turn around.
-Steph
(Which, let's face it, is not one of my special talents.)
Already started my spring cleaning, an activity befitting of the weather if not the month. Mostly just getting rid of stuff that I haven't needed in quite a while, but now it's the time where I can let it go without freaking out about it. There were some things in my closet, shirts and stuff, that I'd stored there with the vague idea that if I needed them for costumes (like, for movies or whatever) they'd be available. But seriously, when was the last time I just sat around making a movie? Do I even know where my camera is? Yep, it's under the bed. Where it's been for at least two years. So it's time for those shirts to go.
Two of them are actually dresses, which for some reason my sister bequeathed to me (they're in my closet, after all) so I texted her saying "can I throw these out?" and she was all "no." And I'm like "the one still has the thrift store price tag on it." And I mean, I'm never in my life going to use them. She's not, either, she doesn't even live in this state. "no," she says. So if I ever get around to taking them back out of the give-away box, they're going in a pile in her closet. But not back in mine.
I even threw out--recycled--that old Build-A-Bear box/house I'd been saving for in case I needed a cardboard house. Now my closet has a big gaping hole in it.
Other than that I've been sulking around, put a computer together, got my bike tuned up, reading books, and watching Youtube and Doctor Who. A mixed start to the year, but it'll turn around.
-Steph
Thursday, December 29, 2011
K-Cups
Happy Thursday! I almost said "Howdy Thursday," which would have been a severe slip. At least this isn't a live blog.
Howdy, nonetheless. How were your Christmases and/or assorted winter holidays? I hope they were the best yet.
Right now I'm wearing my Batman varsity hoodie and the shirt with the huge cat face on it that I received from my mom. The best story is I went outside wearing the shirt, and my tiny niece signed "cat" and I was all "where? where is the cat?" But I was wearing it all along.
So my entire family was over for Christmas, and that was a full house. But I haven't seen my brother's family since that hectic stop-off in Colorado a little while back, and I don't remember the last time my sister was here. Maybe in the spring time? And the last time the three of us were at home at the same time? I don't know.
We baked a lot and had a turkey and a ham, pies, cakes, cookies, ricey crispoes, it was ridiculous. Donuts. Fish n chips. Coffee. I had to go to work a lot, but I came back in time to hang out with the kids and play board games and whatever. We watched the Tourist which was only worth it for Timothy Dalton.
Travel plans were arranged quite epically -- Beth vacated my sister's room the day before my sister arrived. My first day off was yesterday and that was when she was flying back, so I got to drive down to get her; at the same time, Sam was visiting a friend in Thousand Oaks, so he got to hang out with me for lunch and then go help pick up Beth. Then my brother and all them left, so the living room was free for Sam and Beth to sleep over. So I got to see everybody! Even Carolyn called from Vietnam last night.
A very social Christmas. It was nice to have people around and have different conversations and laugh about crazy stuff, but the introvert in me just wants to sit in a dark room for a little while, haha. And sleep. I'd really like to sleep.
Last night I dreamt that APU chapel was on boats. And the chapel band was Linkin Park. IF ONLY.
So now everyone is gone, Beth is back, and it's time to settle back to normal... except for the work situation, which gets weirder daily. Shrug. There's no such thing as normal, anyway.
See you next year, I suppose!
-Steph
Howdy, nonetheless. How were your Christmases and/or assorted winter holidays? I hope they were the best yet.
Right now I'm wearing my Batman varsity hoodie and the shirt with the huge cat face on it that I received from my mom. The best story is I went outside wearing the shirt, and my tiny niece signed "cat" and I was all "where? where is the cat?" But I was wearing it all along.
So my entire family was over for Christmas, and that was a full house. But I haven't seen my brother's family since that hectic stop-off in Colorado a little while back, and I don't remember the last time my sister was here. Maybe in the spring time? And the last time the three of us were at home at the same time? I don't know.
We baked a lot and had a turkey and a ham, pies, cakes, cookies, ricey crispoes, it was ridiculous. Donuts. Fish n chips. Coffee. I had to go to work a lot, but I came back in time to hang out with the kids and play board games and whatever. We watched the Tourist which was only worth it for Timothy Dalton.
Travel plans were arranged quite epically -- Beth vacated my sister's room the day before my sister arrived. My first day off was yesterday and that was when she was flying back, so I got to drive down to get her; at the same time, Sam was visiting a friend in Thousand Oaks, so he got to hang out with me for lunch and then go help pick up Beth. Then my brother and all them left, so the living room was free for Sam and Beth to sleep over. So I got to see everybody! Even Carolyn called from Vietnam last night.
A very social Christmas. It was nice to have people around and have different conversations and laugh about crazy stuff, but the introvert in me just wants to sit in a dark room for a little while, haha. And sleep. I'd really like to sleep.
Last night I dreamt that APU chapel was on boats. And the chapel band was Linkin Park. IF ONLY.
So now everyone is gone, Beth is back, and it's time to settle back to normal... except for the work situation, which gets weirder daily. Shrug. There's no such thing as normal, anyway.
See you next year, I suppose!
-Steph
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Now I can work on my novel
Happy Thursday! Are you all ready for Christmas? I mostly am. Gotta wrap the last of it, but other than that we're good. I was up real late last night wrapping and now I'm sooo sleepy. Workin on a sugar coma, too, so I'm getting this out of the way early.
Kevin and Gretchen and all the kids came over today and we made green ricey crispoes and red ricey crispoes and peppermint bark and cinnamon rolls and lemon snowballs. I ate every thing. But that's what Christmas is for, right? All these treats you never make at any other time of the year.
They're coming back for Christmas proper, but it was nice to see them all in like a little preview. Everyone is so tall, and the little one is trotting around like a champ.
Carolyn and Steven dropped by because they're going to be out of town for Christmas, so that was fun. We terrorized Donnie with the electric hamster I got for her. It was the best day ever.
I guess the big news of the week is that a month from today I'm out of a job. They told us day before last that our store's getting shut down. So on the one hand, it's a very sarcastic Merry Christmas, but on the other it's finally a reason to get out of there and go do something else. Come on by and say hi before we scatter to the winds.
Merry Christmas and Happy Thursday.
-Steph
Kevin and Gretchen and all the kids came over today and we made green ricey crispoes and red ricey crispoes and peppermint bark and cinnamon rolls and lemon snowballs. I ate every thing. But that's what Christmas is for, right? All these treats you never make at any other time of the year.
They're coming back for Christmas proper, but it was nice to see them all in like a little preview. Everyone is so tall, and the little one is trotting around like a champ.
Carolyn and Steven dropped by because they're going to be out of town for Christmas, so that was fun. We terrorized Donnie with the electric hamster I got for her. It was the best day ever.
I guess the big news of the week is that a month from today I'm out of a job. They told us day before last that our store's getting shut down. So on the one hand, it's a very sarcastic Merry Christmas, but on the other it's finally a reason to get out of there and go do something else. Come on by and say hi before we scatter to the winds.
Merry Christmas and Happy Thursday.
-Steph
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Chilled
Happy Thursday! All I can think about is how cold it is. And I know some of you aren't in SoCal and you are actually having cold weather, and I salute you for it. But it's cold here to me and I am cold and it makes me pretty edgy.
Well our kitchen is done, right. Except we're getting new flooring in sometime this week. Then it will be done done. But it's a real kitchen now, with a sink and all that. Inaugural kitchen dinner I made... shoot what was it. Oh yeah, individual lasagna rolls that Giada taught me how to make. But for the filling I used a variation on the Greek yogurt casserole I made a while back. It was good, very Christmassy. I'll do it again.
Yesterday I made granola-crusted salmon, but I don't quite have the crusting of salmon technique down yet. It was more like salmon with a granola bar on top. I'd probably be better off making those two things separately next time. I also baked a brie in a puff pastry, and that was interesting. I also tried making a peach pie but something somewhere went horribly wrong and it's really more of a peach soup in a dumpling crust. Not what I expected at all.
I've still been watching Food Network and Cooking Channel practically non stop. I don't know what it is, but that's all I'm interested in. Even though half the time it's Giada or Paula, who are not my faves, I can't turn it off. Then there's Chopped and Chef Hunter and Iron Chef America and the Next Iron Chef and the Next Iron Chef: Super Chefs and Chuckmas and all that. I'm addicted.
I really want to make something with cranberry and orange, but I don't know what.
Haha, a little while ago Beth was all BRB and now she's back with eggrolls from Jack in the Box. Pretty random.
Almost done with Christmas prep, still trying to get the last few things rounded up before the deadline. It's only, like, a week and a half from now! But we'll get there somehow.
Ok. Gonna go watch Doctor Who or something equally geeky. Carry on!
-Steph
Well our kitchen is done, right. Except we're getting new flooring in sometime this week. Then it will be done done. But it's a real kitchen now, with a sink and all that. Inaugural kitchen dinner I made... shoot what was it. Oh yeah, individual lasagna rolls that Giada taught me how to make. But for the filling I used a variation on the Greek yogurt casserole I made a while back. It was good, very Christmassy. I'll do it again.
Yesterday I made granola-crusted salmon, but I don't quite have the crusting of salmon technique down yet. It was more like salmon with a granola bar on top. I'd probably be better off making those two things separately next time. I also baked a brie in a puff pastry, and that was interesting. I also tried making a peach pie but something somewhere went horribly wrong and it's really more of a peach soup in a dumpling crust. Not what I expected at all.
I've still been watching Food Network and Cooking Channel practically non stop. I don't know what it is, but that's all I'm interested in. Even though half the time it's Giada or Paula, who are not my faves, I can't turn it off. Then there's Chopped and Chef Hunter and Iron Chef America and the Next Iron Chef and the Next Iron Chef: Super Chefs and Chuckmas and all that. I'm addicted.
I really want to make something with cranberry and orange, but I don't know what.
Haha, a little while ago Beth was all BRB and now she's back with eggrolls from Jack in the Box. Pretty random.
Almost done with Christmas prep, still trying to get the last few things rounded up before the deadline. It's only, like, a week and a half from now! But we'll get there somehow.
Ok. Gonna go watch Doctor Who or something equally geeky. Carry on!
-Steph
Thursday, December 08, 2011
When the snow comes
Happy Thursday! I got a new hoodie in the maaaaail so this weather has been a bit more bearable. Can't wait for it to be over, though. When's springtime?
The cool thing about my new hoodie is that it bears a passing resemblance to clothing worn by "the biebs." And before you think that this blog has gone straight down the drain, don't worry! It's a segue!
Not into anything good, though. Beth taught me some ukulele chords and I was playing them, and they were great and we were jamming, and then all of a sudden DISASTER STRUCK.
"Beth," I said anxiously. "I don't want to scare you, but I think this is a Justin Bieber song."
And it was. So we covered it.
Which is fine, because our band's facebook page hasn't had any activity in over a year. Anything's better than nothing, right? But it also goes to show that after playing the ukulele for about three days, you can become an international superstar!
What else can I say. Oh, our new kitchen will be done tomorrow, I think. Perfect timing, because I've been overloading on Cooking Channel and Food Network and I need to get my iron chef on real soon or else I'mma explode.
Bought Borderlands cheep on Steam thanks to a tip from my brother, so I've been playing that. Still fun! Of course been playing Minecraft when the server isn't being janked by power outages. Started the last season of Chuck, but it's got a sort of weird tone that isn't entirely palatable. Hopefully it'll even out before the end.
Been working. Sleeping sometimes. Laundry. Packages from Amazon arrive daily for you people. :3
-Steph
The cool thing about my new hoodie is that it bears a passing resemblance to clothing worn by "the biebs." And before you think that this blog has gone straight down the drain, don't worry! It's a segue!
Not into anything good, though. Beth taught me some ukulele chords and I was playing them, and they were great and we were jamming, and then all of a sudden DISASTER STRUCK.
"Beth," I said anxiously. "I don't want to scare you, but I think this is a Justin Bieber song."
And it was. So we covered it.
Which is fine, because our band's facebook page hasn't had any activity in over a year. Anything's better than nothing, right? But it also goes to show that after playing the ukulele for about three days, you can become an international superstar!
What else can I say. Oh, our new kitchen will be done tomorrow, I think. Perfect timing, because I've been overloading on Cooking Channel and Food Network and I need to get my iron chef on real soon or else I'mma explode.
Bought Borderlands cheep on Steam thanks to a tip from my brother, so I've been playing that. Still fun! Of course been playing Minecraft when the server isn't being janked by power outages. Started the last season of Chuck, but it's got a sort of weird tone that isn't entirely palatable. Hopefully it'll even out before the end.
Been working. Sleeping sometimes. Laundry. Packages from Amazon arrive daily for you people. :3
-Steph
Thursday, December 01, 2011
56 is freezing here
Happy Thursday! Don't judge. We have weak constitutions out here, and anything below 65 requires a sweater. Or, more accurately, a hoodie.
But maybe it's just me. I can't STAND the cold. It's one of my nemesises. True story.
Yesterday me and Beth went and saw the new Twilight. Dude what was that movie even about. I don't even remember, I wasn't paying attention. The best part was when all the wolves were SHOUTING at each other it was like what is even going on. It was so scary under the circumstances. I'm sure I laughed inappropriately at no less than four things, but luckily it was just us two at the very back and two other peeps at the very front. The worst part about that movie is even if you've read the books and seen them all and everything, you're still like THIS is what this has all lead up to?! It's so arbitrary and downright weird. Bah.
Our kitchen looks like a kitchen again, minus countertops and a sink. There are sooo many cabinets now. All empty, of course, but not for long. We got a new fridge, too. And painted the wall yellow. It's like a brand new house.
Finished Chuck season 4 yesterday. What a cute show. A lot of times with the spy stuff or the tech stuff I'm like lololol that's so duuuumb, but when it comes to real human relationships and the way the episode turns out so adorably, tv just doesn't get much better. Now I just need to scout around the internet for the new season so I can catch up before it's all over.
I need to go get a cocoa or a cider or something, 'cause it is frrrreeeeezing in here. :<
-Steph
But maybe it's just me. I can't STAND the cold. It's one of my nemesises. True story.
Yesterday me and Beth went and saw the new Twilight. Dude what was that movie even about. I don't even remember, I wasn't paying attention. The best part was when all the wolves were SHOUTING at each other it was like what is even going on. It was so scary under the circumstances. I'm sure I laughed inappropriately at no less than four things, but luckily it was just us two at the very back and two other peeps at the very front. The worst part about that movie is even if you've read the books and seen them all and everything, you're still like THIS is what this has all lead up to?! It's so arbitrary and downright weird. Bah.
Our kitchen looks like a kitchen again, minus countertops and a sink. There are sooo many cabinets now. All empty, of course, but not for long. We got a new fridge, too. And painted the wall yellow. It's like a brand new house.
Finished Chuck season 4 yesterday. What a cute show. A lot of times with the spy stuff or the tech stuff I'm like lololol that's so duuuumb, but when it comes to real human relationships and the way the episode turns out so adorably, tv just doesn't get much better. Now I just need to scout around the internet for the new season so I can catch up before it's all over.
I need to go get a cocoa or a cider or something, 'cause it is frrrreeeeezing in here. :<
-Steph
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Thursgiving in the Wild
Happy Thursday! I was promised a rain storm today, but it never came. How sad is that! It's going to be all sunny and stuff for the next while, and the storm would have been a nice seasonal reminder.
How was your Thanksgivings? Mine was pretty different. They just ripped out our kitchen this week, so it was going to be different no matter what. This morning the dining room was all plasticked off like a quarantine zone and we had McDonalds for breakfast!
After work I had to park like three houses down across the street, but I got home just in time to help my folks bring in groceries--Turkey breast, mashed potatoes, mashed yams, scalloped potatoes, corn, corn bread stuffing, cranberry sauce, olives, cheesy broccoli, rolls, um. All microwaved one at a time, but it was pretty legit. Why don't we do this every year? So hassle free.
There's still a pie left down there, and "Christmas Snack Cakes" which are just hexagonal Fancy Cakes. Oh my gosh where am I going to put it all.
But now we can really turn towards Christmas, now that these lesser holidays are finally out of the way. Now I know the consumer world has been playing Christmas music for a few weeks already by now, but I try my best to put it off until its time.
On the other hand, all that stuff I ordered off Amazon has already started coming in, so maybe I think ahead at least a little bit. :3
Stay warm everybody! Happy Thursgiving Day!
-Steph
How was your Thanksgivings? Mine was pretty different. They just ripped out our kitchen this week, so it was going to be different no matter what. This morning the dining room was all plasticked off like a quarantine zone and we had McDonalds for breakfast!
After work I had to park like three houses down across the street, but I got home just in time to help my folks bring in groceries--Turkey breast, mashed potatoes, mashed yams, scalloped potatoes, corn, corn bread stuffing, cranberry sauce, olives, cheesy broccoli, rolls, um. All microwaved one at a time, but it was pretty legit. Why don't we do this every year? So hassle free.
There's still a pie left down there, and "Christmas Snack Cakes" which are just hexagonal Fancy Cakes. Oh my gosh where am I going to put it all.
But now we can really turn towards Christmas, now that these lesser holidays are finally out of the way. Now I know the consumer world has been playing Christmas music for a few weeks already by now, but I try my best to put it off until its time.
On the other hand, all that stuff I ordered off Amazon has already started coming in, so maybe I think ahead at least a little bit. :3
Stay warm everybody! Happy Thursgiving Day!
-Steph
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Star Dazzle
Happy Thursday! Today I saw my good friend Orion again, which was a fun surprise. When I was little, my dad took me outside and showed me Orion and Taurus and the Pleiades and Cassiopeia, but we never got around to going out in any other season and learning any of the others. Sirius is my star, so I know Canis Major, but if it's not falltime I can't tell you what's up there at all.
Just now me and Beth went out there with my glow in the dark book and we found Auriga, Gemini and possibly Cepheus. Opinions differ on whether we found Pisces. Now my neck hurts, and it's cold out there, bro!
(speaking of, Happy Thursday Birthday!)
Well today I got to drive some work peeps down to a work meeting, so that was a pretty jolly road trip. We all arrived alive, too, so that's a plus. It was a nice change of pace, in terms of what they pay me to do.
Yesterday was baking day because next week they're ripping out my kitchen. :< I dashed out a pumpkin pie and a half dozen lil' pumpkin pies. I also made a "soup" which was made out of mashed potatoes, mashed yams, the rest of the canned pumpkin, and half and half. Quite nice! Seasoned with a dash each of the same spices I put in the pie, that's something I'll be making again.
Carolyn came over, too, to pick up some stuff, so it was like a weird watch-Stephanie-make-a-mess party. We had some leftover pumpkin pie filling, so the three of us cooperatively created a monster: pumpkin pie filling, marshmallows, oats, chocolate chips. The oats absorbed the filling, so it really ended up like gross chocolate spice oatmeal. Live and learn.
I just found out that BSG has been on Hulu for like ever, so I'm spontaneously doing a re-watch. I'm on episode eight with Leoben. :3
Speaking of watching things again, I showed Beth Dylan Dog and Superman Returns, and we also smashed out Twilight Eclipse while smashed. How many of you are going to the midnight showing of Breaking Dawn today? I'm not.
-Steph
Just now me and Beth went out there with my glow in the dark book and we found Auriga, Gemini and possibly Cepheus. Opinions differ on whether we found Pisces. Now my neck hurts, and it's cold out there, bro!
(speaking of, Happy Thursday Birthday!)
Well today I got to drive some work peeps down to a work meeting, so that was a pretty jolly road trip. We all arrived alive, too, so that's a plus. It was a nice change of pace, in terms of what they pay me to do.
Yesterday was baking day because next week they're ripping out my kitchen. :< I dashed out a pumpkin pie and a half dozen lil' pumpkin pies. I also made a "soup" which was made out of mashed potatoes, mashed yams, the rest of the canned pumpkin, and half and half. Quite nice! Seasoned with a dash each of the same spices I put in the pie, that's something I'll be making again.
Carolyn came over, too, to pick up some stuff, so it was like a weird watch-Stephanie-make-a-mess party. We had some leftover pumpkin pie filling, so the three of us cooperatively created a monster: pumpkin pie filling, marshmallows, oats, chocolate chips. The oats absorbed the filling, so it really ended up like gross chocolate spice oatmeal. Live and learn.
I just found out that BSG has been on Hulu for like ever, so I'm spontaneously doing a re-watch. I'm on episode eight with Leoben. :3
Speaking of watching things again, I showed Beth Dylan Dog and Superman Returns, and we also smashed out Twilight Eclipse while smashed. How many of you are going to the midnight showing of Breaking Dawn today? I'm not.
-Steph
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Raffle Thursday
Happy Thursday! Today me and Beth won the Rocket Fizz raffle! That is, we each got a ticket from when we were there last week, and one of them was a winning number. $10 to burn, and we spent it all on candy and pop. Pretty exciting, winning a raffle!
This week has gone a little like this: wake up, go to work, come home, watch a movie, go to sleep, wake up, go to work, come home, watch a movie, go to sleep, wake up, go to work....
We watched Superman I and II, Twilight New Moon, about 12 episodes of Chuck, and HSM 1 and 2 (we watched those last two just now). Waiting on the table to be watched are Eclipse, The Terminator, The Big Lebowski, Superman Returns, and Dylan Dog.
Kind of a good mix.
Today was a pretty good Thursday as it was a day off, and we won a raffle and got to watch some silly movies. I also made some matzo ball soup and some cranberry walnut white chocolate chip cookies. Beth made grilled cheese sandwiches. Today was good weather for it.
Been writing a tad, mostly on my lunches when there's nothing else to do. It's pretty lame stuff, but at least once it's written it's editable. You can't do much to it if it's only in your head. I just typed it up and it doubled my wordcount for the month, bringing us to... 1,271 words. Yaaaay. Hey, I wasn't working eight hour days last year, now was I.
Eek, I gotta go get some laundries started. Then probs a bit more writey write. Peace out, yous.
-Steph
This week has gone a little like this: wake up, go to work, come home, watch a movie, go to sleep, wake up, go to work, come home, watch a movie, go to sleep, wake up, go to work....
We watched Superman I and II, Twilight New Moon, about 12 episodes of Chuck, and HSM 1 and 2 (we watched those last two just now). Waiting on the table to be watched are Eclipse, The Terminator, The Big Lebowski, Superman Returns, and Dylan Dog.
Kind of a good mix.
Today was a pretty good Thursday as it was a day off, and we won a raffle and got to watch some silly movies. I also made some matzo ball soup and some cranberry walnut white chocolate chip cookies. Beth made grilled cheese sandwiches. Today was good weather for it.
Been writing a tad, mostly on my lunches when there's nothing else to do. It's pretty lame stuff, but at least once it's written it's editable. You can't do much to it if it's only in your head. I just typed it up and it doubled my wordcount for the month, bringing us to... 1,271 words. Yaaaay. Hey, I wasn't working eight hour days last year, now was I.
Eek, I gotta go get some laundries started. Then probs a bit more writey write. Peace out, yous.
-Steph
Thursday, November 03, 2011
NaNo Thursday
Happy Thursday! I spent my time actually trying to write some words, so as it nears midnight, I'll treat you to some unedited, unexplained prose. The way I see it, it's probably the prologue to an Epoch side-story/flashback called
The Chaos Gauntlet
Almost there.
With another ringing crash, Huxley parried a strike that made her teeth rattle, the exertion causing every muscle in her body to scream back at her as she met blade with blade. She twisted and the blow scraped off her sword and bounced up against the armor protecting her shoulder, punching her backwards amid a flare of sparks.
Under the echo of steel on steel, Huxley faintly heard her name shouted out. Her only response was a grunt when the momentum smashed her into the damp cavern wall behind her. She was already bracing to intercept another strike.
It met her like a hammer, forcing the air from her lungs. The swordsman behind this flashing blade was bigger, stronger, and tireless. While she fought for her breath and struggled to push him off, he effortlessly leaned in, using his greater mass to pin her.
Huxley growled ferociously, sweat stinging her eyes under the cover of her helm. Shoulders pressed tight to the wall, she was literally using every last ounce of strength just to keep his blade from dipping closer. It wasn’t working.
Her growl ripped out of her and shattered off the uneven tunnel walls, a command:
“NOW!!”
She dared glance up into the shadowed eyes of her opponent, seeking them out through the visor. Just as she dreaded, they rolled wildly in his head, certainly unseeing. The irises glimmered an eerie crimson as they flashed from side to side. Chaotic. Huxley shuddered, her grip slipping.
Then to her eternal relief, the cursed soldier removed himself from her personal space, leaving her to haphazardly slide to the rocky ground. She hastily clawed at her helm one handed, practically shoving it off her head so she could get in a proper lungful of air. Her opponent howled as he was dragged off, giving one last swipe before his arm was bound as well. She knocked it aside with a steel boot and sighed.
“You’re bleeding,” Bentley snapped, picking his way in between her and the man in the blood red armor. He grunted as he went, struggling to hold the dimly glowing lines that held the man at bay. One glance over his shoulder at Huxley had one of the threads of the net dissolve as he lost his concentration, causing an uproar from their teammates as the sword again crashed free.
“You gonna focus or what?” Huxley grumbled back, lashing a hand towards the captive. She pushed back against the floor to rise but her elbow gave out and she slipped back down.
“Huxley,” Bentley warned, concerned, even as he turned back and cast another spell to fill out the net.
“I’m fine,” she allowed, gratefully taking the arm of another armored figure who reached down to assist her. Faris pulled her to her feet and retrieved her helm without a word. “I just bit my tongue,” Huxley told him.
“Put your helmet back on,” he instructed. Then he turned back to his team, Rydia and Jeffrey, who formed the other two points of the triangular net that bound the red swordsman. “How many more times can you cast this?”
“Not enough,” Rydia gritted, flipping her light hair out of her face. Her twin, Jeffrey, slipped as the net was jerked from one of his hands, and the other two fought with their captive for a few moments until he could cast it again.
Huxley threw her helm to the floor.
“What are you doing,” Bentley all but growled at her, barely giving her the slightest of glances this time.
“We’re almost there, right?” she shrugged. “I say let’s book it.” And without waiting for any corroboration, she took off at a flat sprint for the pinpoint of light that marked the way out.
----
-Steph
The Chaos Gauntlet
Almost there.
With another ringing crash, Huxley parried a strike that made her teeth rattle, the exertion causing every muscle in her body to scream back at her as she met blade with blade. She twisted and the blow scraped off her sword and bounced up against the armor protecting her shoulder, punching her backwards amid a flare of sparks.
Under the echo of steel on steel, Huxley faintly heard her name shouted out. Her only response was a grunt when the momentum smashed her into the damp cavern wall behind her. She was already bracing to intercept another strike.
It met her like a hammer, forcing the air from her lungs. The swordsman behind this flashing blade was bigger, stronger, and tireless. While she fought for her breath and struggled to push him off, he effortlessly leaned in, using his greater mass to pin her.
Huxley growled ferociously, sweat stinging her eyes under the cover of her helm. Shoulders pressed tight to the wall, she was literally using every last ounce of strength just to keep his blade from dipping closer. It wasn’t working.
Her growl ripped out of her and shattered off the uneven tunnel walls, a command:
“NOW!!”
She dared glance up into the shadowed eyes of her opponent, seeking them out through the visor. Just as she dreaded, they rolled wildly in his head, certainly unseeing. The irises glimmered an eerie crimson as they flashed from side to side. Chaotic. Huxley shuddered, her grip slipping.
Then to her eternal relief, the cursed soldier removed himself from her personal space, leaving her to haphazardly slide to the rocky ground. She hastily clawed at her helm one handed, practically shoving it off her head so she could get in a proper lungful of air. Her opponent howled as he was dragged off, giving one last swipe before his arm was bound as well. She knocked it aside with a steel boot and sighed.
“You’re bleeding,” Bentley snapped, picking his way in between her and the man in the blood red armor. He grunted as he went, struggling to hold the dimly glowing lines that held the man at bay. One glance over his shoulder at Huxley had one of the threads of the net dissolve as he lost his concentration, causing an uproar from their teammates as the sword again crashed free.
“You gonna focus or what?” Huxley grumbled back, lashing a hand towards the captive. She pushed back against the floor to rise but her elbow gave out and she slipped back down.
“Huxley,” Bentley warned, concerned, even as he turned back and cast another spell to fill out the net.
“I’m fine,” she allowed, gratefully taking the arm of another armored figure who reached down to assist her. Faris pulled her to her feet and retrieved her helm without a word. “I just bit my tongue,” Huxley told him.
“Put your helmet back on,” he instructed. Then he turned back to his team, Rydia and Jeffrey, who formed the other two points of the triangular net that bound the red swordsman. “How many more times can you cast this?”
“Not enough,” Rydia gritted, flipping her light hair out of her face. Her twin, Jeffrey, slipped as the net was jerked from one of his hands, and the other two fought with their captive for a few moments until he could cast it again.
Huxley threw her helm to the floor.
“What are you doing,” Bentley all but growled at her, barely giving her the slightest of glances this time.
“We’re almost there, right?” she shrugged. “I say let’s book it.” And without waiting for any corroboration, she took off at a flat sprint for the pinpoint of light that marked the way out.
----
-Steph
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Kicking Down Shelves
Happy Thursday! It's like, really super cold, hold on let me close a window.
Okay that'll be better. It was FREEZING in my house this morning, and then I open the door and it's absolutely 75 degrees outside. Pretty wonky. And as soon as the sun goes down, it's back to freezing. Booooo winter.
Been showing Beth around town. This morning we walked to K.D Donuts which is the best donut shop in town. Right on Telegraph near the YMCA. I haven't been there in forever. I always get a chocolate cake donut with chocolate frosting and chocolate jimmies because nowhere else makes 'em as good. I made Beth get a maple bar because I guess they don't have them on the East coast? And when she was there she couldn't find any, so she had to try ours.
Yesterday we went to the Maharaja, for the buffet. That place is so awkward, but the korma is sooo good it's totes worth it. And the buffet is only $7.95!!! Ugh you guys we have to go there all the time.
Um we window shopped downtown and went thrifting and had lunch at the Nature's Grill which is a cute little organic/vegetarian type place. I had a falafel pita which was actually in a pita pocket and had like three scoops of sprouts in it. Actually it was pretty good. I gotta try more of those downtown eateries.
Let's see, last...weekend I guess, we watched the first Star War with Carolyn because she's never seen the originals. Ugh, what, I know. And they're all out on Blu-Ray now, so now's as good a time as any. Before they come out in 3-D, right? lol. Gotta find time for the other two.
Still pretty busy at work, but that's good I guess. So I can afford things like a new fluorescent light hood for my fish tank. IT'S SO BRIGHT IN THERE NOW.
Um, Halloween is Monday, but what worries me is that November is Tuesday. I don't think I can muster up a novella this year for NaNoWriMo, guys. I'm just not prepared and I won't have half the free time that I did in years previous. I might give it a shot, or at least look back and do some editing, but there's no way I'm pulling out a whole 50k words this time around. I might just try to get some work done on finishing what I've started, though, how's that sound?
Well, best of luck all around~
-Steph
ps
oh yeah at work today I kicked down some shelves. Because it's time to get new shelves.
Okay that'll be better. It was FREEZING in my house this morning, and then I open the door and it's absolutely 75 degrees outside. Pretty wonky. And as soon as the sun goes down, it's back to freezing. Booooo winter.
Been showing Beth around town. This morning we walked to K.D Donuts which is the best donut shop in town. Right on Telegraph near the YMCA. I haven't been there in forever. I always get a chocolate cake donut with chocolate frosting and chocolate jimmies because nowhere else makes 'em as good. I made Beth get a maple bar because I guess they don't have them on the East coast? And when she was there she couldn't find any, so she had to try ours.
Yesterday we went to the Maharaja, for the buffet. That place is so awkward, but the korma is sooo good it's totes worth it. And the buffet is only $7.95!!! Ugh you guys we have to go there all the time.
Um we window shopped downtown and went thrifting and had lunch at the Nature's Grill which is a cute little organic/vegetarian type place. I had a falafel pita which was actually in a pita pocket and had like three scoops of sprouts in it. Actually it was pretty good. I gotta try more of those downtown eateries.
Let's see, last...weekend I guess, we watched the first Star War with Carolyn because she's never seen the originals. Ugh, what, I know. And they're all out on Blu-Ray now, so now's as good a time as any. Before they come out in 3-D, right? lol. Gotta find time for the other two.
Still pretty busy at work, but that's good I guess. So I can afford things like a new fluorescent light hood for my fish tank. IT'S SO BRIGHT IN THERE NOW.
Um, Halloween is Monday, but what worries me is that November is Tuesday. I don't think I can muster up a novella this year for NaNoWriMo, guys. I'm just not prepared and I won't have half the free time that I did in years previous. I might give it a shot, or at least look back and do some editing, but there's no way I'm pulling out a whole 50k words this time around. I might just try to get some work done on finishing what I've started, though, how's that sound?
Well, best of luck all around~
-Steph
ps
oh yeah at work today I kicked down some shelves. Because it's time to get new shelves.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Typhlosion
Happy Thursday! I forgot that my keyboard's wireless, so I don't have to clear off my desk in order to use it!! Yaaaay.
Yesterday me and Beth explored downtown. I got this "pumpkin patch" soda from Rocket Fizz that tastes like Sunkist with some cinnamon Altoids thrown in. But we also got Jaffa Cakes from the British import store by the library, but the lady there is not too friendly. And I don't know what the consistency of Jaffa Cakes is supposed to be, but these were kinda crunchy.
We also went into that pawn shop by Rocket Fizz because it always has like banjos and mandolins in the window. But the window has all the cool stuff, and the rest is all, like, giant amps and surf equipment.
Um, and then Beth drove my car up to the cross and back, because I'm too afraids to drive up that road myself. It was foggy in the morning, but it had cleared up nice by then, so it was a pretty good view of everything. I was like that building is that and that over there is this. It was like Google Earth.
OH AND my sister just had a birthday! Now she supa old. Congrats!
Some bad movies I saw were Green Lantern and Perfect Score. I also watched Scott Pilgrim, for like the sixth time. It was very good.
I was about so say I've only had one day off since I last saw you, and that's why I don't have too many interesting stories, but that's not true. I had last Friday off, too, and me and Carolyn went to the Thai place by my work and had some good soup because I was still sick.
Speaking of, there's like a million Thai places in town. And I've only been to... four of them. There's also the new one downtown, and the Thai/Peru place and at least another on Main St. that we walked by. Yesterday I stir fried some spaghetti with some coconut milk/peanut butter for dinner just because of the over exposure.
Yep. Well that's about it! I'll see you again later.
-Steph
Yesterday me and Beth explored downtown. I got this "pumpkin patch" soda from Rocket Fizz that tastes like Sunkist with some cinnamon Altoids thrown in. But we also got Jaffa Cakes from the British import store by the library, but the lady there is not too friendly. And I don't know what the consistency of Jaffa Cakes is supposed to be, but these were kinda crunchy.
We also went into that pawn shop by Rocket Fizz because it always has like banjos and mandolins in the window. But the window has all the cool stuff, and the rest is all, like, giant amps and surf equipment.
Um, and then Beth drove my car up to the cross and back, because I'm too afraids to drive up that road myself. It was foggy in the morning, but it had cleared up nice by then, so it was a pretty good view of everything. I was like that building is that and that over there is this. It was like Google Earth.
OH AND my sister just had a birthday! Now she supa old. Congrats!
Some bad movies I saw were Green Lantern and Perfect Score. I also watched Scott Pilgrim, for like the sixth time. It was very good.
I was about so say I've only had one day off since I last saw you, and that's why I don't have too many interesting stories, but that's not true. I had last Friday off, too, and me and Carolyn went to the Thai place by my work and had some good soup because I was still sick.
Speaking of, there's like a million Thai places in town. And I've only been to... four of them. There's also the new one downtown, and the Thai/Peru place and at least another on Main St. that we walked by. Yesterday I stir fried some spaghetti with some coconut milk/peanut butter for dinner just because of the over exposure.
Yep. Well that's about it! I'll see you again later.
-Steph
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Summertime at last
Happy Thursday! This morning it was like 85 degrees at 10 o'clock! FINALLY. I don't know about you guys, but I basically live my life for summer -- not for the school's out yay feeling of yesteryear, but for the weather. I can't stand this cold stuff, I need it to be hot out all day. But you may have noticed (probably because I keep telling you) that the summers here have been less than cooperative. But it's hot this week, so what more can I ask.
And you know what's a good summer time activity? Road trips. You know what the weather was like on ours? Pretty cold. So whatever. So what if we decided not to see the Grand Canyon because it was snowing and the low was going to be 19 degrees that night. Or that we didn't get to go into Joshua Tree because the roads were "flooded." :<
The funny thing is, though, that we survived the whole thing, and I got back to work on time and all that, but then we both got sick right after and we're still recovering from that. So much for coming back from vacation all refreshed.
Here's the highlights from my bank statement:
10/04 - Falafel King Boulder CO - $7.05
10/04 - Culver's Colorado Springs CO - $5.89
10/05 - Safeway Store Trinidad CO - $29.93
10/06 - Chevron Seligman AZ - $1.69
10/06 - Juanhijos Burit (the burrito counter next to the subway counter in the Chevron gift shop) Seligman AZ - $6.97
10/07 - Legends Classic Diner Glendora CA - $5.71
Why was a falafel pita so much!! Is my first response, actually. At the Safeway I bought a fruit bowl and a yogurt for breakfast, and some jerky and cheez-it for the road, and some pop tarts and some apples. They didn't confiscate my last apple at the border, but we did have to hand over the bag of bruised oranges the lady at Meteor City sent with us.
Well it sure was fun seeing the northern part of the southwest. Not quite as deserty as I had imagined. New Mexico started out positively Great Plainsy, that was definitely a place where the deer and the antelope play. Arizona had just as much non-desert, especially around Flagstaff where the mountains came down and there was just pine forest on either side of the highway for miles and miles and miles. California looked like California. There were Joshua trees everywhere except for Joshua Tree.
Driving through the major towns, though, was an experience. Here in SoCal, it's so normal to drive for two or three hours straight through city after suburb after city. When we first got into NM, we drove that long without seeing so much as a gas station. Santa Fe was a gift shop, and Albuquerquer came and went without much fuss. The towns in the desert are really more like hubs that the roads connect. Once we got into CA, it was almost obvious, it was just plain populated. Why is that? Literally one side of the Colorado River is a trailer park, and the other is a full fledged town.
It all seems like so long ago. I guess that's what 8 hour work days will do to ya. I wish I had better pictures, but when I pulled out my camera in Golden, CO, the battery was nearly dead. :< It must have turned itself on on the plane or something, so I ended up just using my camera phone. Which was alright, but rather limited. I just put some pics up on Facebook, you can see a lot of the same picture over and over. Road, a low row of mountains to the north, desert to the south, clouds straight ahead but never above. It was like we never moved at all.
-Steph
And you know what's a good summer time activity? Road trips. You know what the weather was like on ours? Pretty cold. So whatever. So what if we decided not to see the Grand Canyon because it was snowing and the low was going to be 19 degrees that night. Or that we didn't get to go into Joshua Tree because the roads were "flooded." :<
The funny thing is, though, that we survived the whole thing, and I got back to work on time and all that, but then we both got sick right after and we're still recovering from that. So much for coming back from vacation all refreshed.
Here's the highlights from my bank statement:
10/04 - Falafel King Boulder CO - $7.05
10/04 - Culver's Colorado Springs CO - $5.89
10/05 - Safeway Store Trinidad CO - $29.93
10/06 - Chevron Seligman AZ - $1.69
10/06 - Juanhijos Burit (the burrito counter next to the subway counter in the Chevron gift shop) Seligman AZ - $6.97
10/07 - Legends Classic Diner Glendora CA - $5.71
Why was a falafel pita so much!! Is my first response, actually. At the Safeway I bought a fruit bowl and a yogurt for breakfast, and some jerky and cheez-it for the road, and some pop tarts and some apples. They didn't confiscate my last apple at the border, but we did have to hand over the bag of bruised oranges the lady at Meteor City sent with us.
Well it sure was fun seeing the northern part of the southwest. Not quite as deserty as I had imagined. New Mexico started out positively Great Plainsy, that was definitely a place where the deer and the antelope play. Arizona had just as much non-desert, especially around Flagstaff where the mountains came down and there was just pine forest on either side of the highway for miles and miles and miles. California looked like California. There were Joshua trees everywhere except for Joshua Tree.
Driving through the major towns, though, was an experience. Here in SoCal, it's so normal to drive for two or three hours straight through city after suburb after city. When we first got into NM, we drove that long without seeing so much as a gas station. Santa Fe was a gift shop, and Albuquerquer came and went without much fuss. The towns in the desert are really more like hubs that the roads connect. Once we got into CA, it was almost obvious, it was just plain populated. Why is that? Literally one side of the Colorado River is a trailer park, and the other is a full fledged town.
It all seems like so long ago. I guess that's what 8 hour work days will do to ya. I wish I had better pictures, but when I pulled out my camera in Golden, CO, the battery was nearly dead. :< It must have turned itself on on the plane or something, so I ended up just using my camera phone. Which was alright, but rather limited. I just put some pics up on Facebook, you can see a lot of the same picture over and over. Road, a low row of mountains to the north, desert to the south, clouds straight ahead but never above. It was like we never moved at all.
-Steph
Thursday, October 06, 2011
Two Hours There, Four Days Back
Happy Thursday! I'm typing on my phone, so even though there's plenty to tell you about, this is probably going to be a little short.
Right now me and Beth are sitting in a motel in Needles, California. This morning we left a motel 6 in Winslow, Arizona, and the morning before that we were in an RV park in Trinidad, Colorado. And that day we started out up around Denver. Tomorrow we'll be home in Ventura.
Weather's been crazy. Most of the places we've been, it's been sunny and hot, but then it'll have a freezing wind. Up in Boulder it rained in the sun, which was awesome. But after that, it's just been raining everywhere except where we are. Like if we're on Tue highway, the clouds are all stuck up in the mountains all around, but above us is all clear.
But there was definitely snow up on the mountain leading to the Grand Canyon, so unfortunately we decided to skip it this time. :<
So on Tuesday we saw my brother and the kids, who are super tall. Yesterday we drove through the prairie and saw antelope. Today we stopped at Meteor City, looked at the grand canyon caverns gift shop, drove up a mountain to see a ghost town, saw some coyote, and I fed a wild burro ice cream.
We also watched an episode of Smallvile this morning. Oops.
So it's an adventure! I'll show you the pictures next time.
-Steph
Ps
Albuquracker Tracker. Oakaykes. What the helk. Antelope! Gusting winds may exist.
Right now me and Beth are sitting in a motel in Needles, California. This morning we left a motel 6 in Winslow, Arizona, and the morning before that we were in an RV park in Trinidad, Colorado. And that day we started out up around Denver. Tomorrow we'll be home in Ventura.
Weather's been crazy. Most of the places we've been, it's been sunny and hot, but then it'll have a freezing wind. Up in Boulder it rained in the sun, which was awesome. But after that, it's just been raining everywhere except where we are. Like if we're on Tue highway, the clouds are all stuck up in the mountains all around, but above us is all clear.
But there was definitely snow up on the mountain leading to the Grand Canyon, so unfortunately we decided to skip it this time. :<
So on Tuesday we saw my brother and the kids, who are super tall. Yesterday we drove through the prairie and saw antelope. Today we stopped at Meteor City, looked at the grand canyon caverns gift shop, drove up a mountain to see a ghost town, saw some coyote, and I fed a wild burro ice cream.
We also watched an episode of Smallvile this morning. Oops.
So it's an adventure! I'll show you the pictures next time.
-Steph
Ps
Albuquracker Tracker. Oakaykes. What the helk. Antelope! Gusting winds may exist.
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