Happy Thursday! Hope you guys are watching better tv than I am. We're watching Blackpool, which pits illogical plot points and spontaneous karaoke numbers against David Tennant, and I'm not sure which side is winning.
A good show, however, is the Catherine Tate Show. Look it up on YouTube, it's a comedy sketch show so just watch whatever comes up first. It's amazing!
So today is...the third day of freedom. Of unemployment! It's like being off school. Except according to the plan I'm due back there soon enough. School, I mean. Not work.
What a good time.
-Steph
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Yo!
Happy Thursday! What's been going on with you guys? I've been soo sleepy.
Yesterday we went to see Casablanca for its 70th anniversary showing at the theater! That's one of my favorites, but I was so sleepy it was hard to pay attention. I've seen it so many times, though, too. It was sort of like listing to that cd you've had for ten years, you sort of look up and it's been over for half an hour and you just heard it all without really listening.
Then we watched Margin Call and it was just as dull as it seemed it would be.
Saw Drive, which was a nice nap I had.
Saw What's Your Number, which was fairly shoddy.
Saw David Tennant and Catherine Tate in Much Ado About Nothing which was AMAAAAAAZING. Seriously. I've seen the Branagh movie a few times, and it's always good for a laugh. But this one was a stage recording from last fall, and it was all hip and modernish and just outstandingly hilarious. Tell your friends.
So watching that and then watching all these so-so movies just frustrates me. I'll say it, I have standards. Movies that appeal to the lowest common denominator need not apply.
In other news, just a couple days left of work! W00t!
-Steph
Yesterday we went to see Casablanca for its 70th anniversary showing at the theater! That's one of my favorites, but I was so sleepy it was hard to pay attention. I've seen it so many times, though, too. It was sort of like listing to that cd you've had for ten years, you sort of look up and it's been over for half an hour and you just heard it all without really listening.
Then we watched Margin Call and it was just as dull as it seemed it would be.
Saw Drive, which was a nice nap I had.
Saw What's Your Number, which was fairly shoddy.
Saw David Tennant and Catherine Tate in Much Ado About Nothing which was AMAAAAAAZING. Seriously. I've seen the Branagh movie a few times, and it's always good for a laugh. But this one was a stage recording from last fall, and it was all hip and modernish and just outstandingly hilarious. Tell your friends.
So watching that and then watching all these so-so movies just frustrates me. I'll say it, I have standards. Movies that appeal to the lowest common denominator need not apply.
In other news, just a couple days left of work! W00t!
-Steph
Thursday, March 15, 2012
laugh laugh laugh
Happy Thursday! Looks like it's finally going to rain this weekend, my phone says lightning. My phone doesn't know much about weather, though, so we'll have to wait and see.
Today I got up at 7:45 IN THE MORNING. In my dream I met a cat and I lived in a dorm. I often have "moving into the dorms" dreams but I think this one was because I had a 9 o'clock meeting at a school. LOOKS LIKE I may be re-enrolling. Computer systems. Networking. All that cool geek stuff.
In my previous dream, I'd asked them about the final exam, and they showed me a slideshow on camp activities like rafting and zip-lining. I said "I don't want to do that. Can I bring a doctor's note?" And they said that would be fine, so I think I have this final exam all wrapped up.
So we'll see how that goes. Gotta put some paperwork through and sit in on a class to see if I'm sure, but it's a way forward that isn't a) being unemployed or b) living the rest of my life in retail.
SPEAKING OF. One week left at the 'buster. FINALLY. UGH. Shoot me now.
OH, lol, that's right, I just had a birthday! Want to hear about that? (I just had a piece of cake can you tell??) Did you see the pictures of my masterpiece? Let me tell you about it.
I used Betty Crocker's recipe for like a nice family dinner cake, in that the recipe ends up being a single-layer cake. Remember tea time tea cake, for example. The first one, though, I dumped in (not quite enough) strawberry extract and the perfect amount of red. Second I did as directed, vanilla. Third I left out a touch of flower and tossed in a quarter cup of cocoa powder.
Between strawberry and vanilla was a strawberry frosting, between vanilla and chocolate there was a vanilla frosting, and on top of the chocolate and all over the damn thing was a big mess of dark chocolate ganache that was quite hilarious to apply. My goal was to hide the fact of the neapolitan interior within the guise of plain chocolate. It worked? Also, I dreamed of it.
In THAT dream, I'd entered a cake in the fair, but it was a box mix and can frosting, and the judges were highly unimpressed. You should have made THIS cake, they said, pointing to the neapolitan one. I woke up. Challenge accepted.
Yeah and we went to a museum and out to teppan dinner and stuff, too. I got a Dalek.
-Steph
Today I got up at 7:45 IN THE MORNING. In my dream I met a cat and I lived in a dorm. I often have "moving into the dorms" dreams but I think this one was because I had a 9 o'clock meeting at a school. LOOKS LIKE I may be re-enrolling. Computer systems. Networking. All that cool geek stuff.
In my previous dream, I'd asked them about the final exam, and they showed me a slideshow on camp activities like rafting and zip-lining. I said "I don't want to do that. Can I bring a doctor's note?" And they said that would be fine, so I think I have this final exam all wrapped up.
So we'll see how that goes. Gotta put some paperwork through and sit in on a class to see if I'm sure, but it's a way forward that isn't a) being unemployed or b) living the rest of my life in retail.
SPEAKING OF. One week left at the 'buster. FINALLY. UGH. Shoot me now.
OH, lol, that's right, I just had a birthday! Want to hear about that? (I just had a piece of cake can you tell??) Did you see the pictures of my masterpiece? Let me tell you about it.
I used Betty Crocker's recipe for like a nice family dinner cake, in that the recipe ends up being a single-layer cake. Remember tea time tea cake, for example. The first one, though, I dumped in (not quite enough) strawberry extract and the perfect amount of red. Second I did as directed, vanilla. Third I left out a touch of flower and tossed in a quarter cup of cocoa powder.
Between strawberry and vanilla was a strawberry frosting, between vanilla and chocolate there was a vanilla frosting, and on top of the chocolate and all over the damn thing was a big mess of dark chocolate ganache that was quite hilarious to apply. My goal was to hide the fact of the neapolitan interior within the guise of plain chocolate. It worked? Also, I dreamed of it.
In THAT dream, I'd entered a cake in the fair, but it was a box mix and can frosting, and the judges were highly unimpressed. You should have made THIS cake, they said, pointing to the neapolitan one. I woke up. Challenge accepted.
Yeah and we went to a museum and out to teppan dinner and stuff, too. I got a Dalek.
-Steph
Thursday, March 08, 2012
Well now what
Happy Thursday! How are y'all? It's a little cold here tonight, but we just had some cheesey cheese cake that I made so it's all fine! (It was literally a cake made out of cheese and some gelatin. oreo crust!!!!!)
So Saturday is my birthday! Gonna make a cake because I dreamed about it!!! Never going to finish that cheesecake because of it though!! Too many sweets!! Too much sugar!!!! Beth also brought me home a coffee like half an hour ago!!!!!! We played word puzzles with my dad!!!!
So work only has two weeks left or so, which is ABOUT TIME. Gonna go do something else soon.
Oh geez, I'm sorry blog. You're like an elderly old pet that no one cares about any more. Dozing in the back yard under a hammock, every other day someone comes out and looks at you to see if you're still breathing.
You are. :<
-Steph
So Saturday is my birthday! Gonna make a cake because I dreamed about it!!! Never going to finish that cheesecake because of it though!! Too many sweets!! Too much sugar!!!! Beth also brought me home a coffee like half an hour ago!!!!!! We played word puzzles with my dad!!!!
So work only has two weeks left or so, which is ABOUT TIME. Gonna go do something else soon.
Oh geez, I'm sorry blog. You're like an elderly old pet that no one cares about any more. Dozing in the back yard under a hammock, every other day someone comes out and looks at you to see if you're still breathing.
You are. :<
-Steph
Thursday, March 01, 2012
Toki
Happy Thursday!
Today was a nice day off. After a full eight hours of unpacking movies yesterday, it was nice to, you know, not have to do that any more.
Me and Carolyn hung out and watched TV and rode bikes. Went over to visit Jacqi at Green Forest-- go there and try the Lich King's Revenge or their new slushes! Um we rode back in darkness, it was great. Found a neat old movie on Netflix called "Alakazam the Great" which is an anime movie from 1960 with Speed Racer as the voice of the monkey king. It's bizarre but actually amazing.
Then me and Beth went to Toki, the ramen place across town. I had the curry ramen, which was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good. And a green tea mochi ice cream for desert, so all round it was a fantastic idea to go there.
Now we're probably going to watch Airplane II: The Sequel. Did you know that Beth had NEVER HEARD OF IT???? So we watched the first one .. last night? What a good movie. So much fun.
-Steph
Today was a nice day off. After a full eight hours of unpacking movies yesterday, it was nice to, you know, not have to do that any more.
Me and Carolyn hung out and watched TV and rode bikes. Went over to visit Jacqi at Green Forest-- go there and try the Lich King's Revenge or their new slushes! Um we rode back in darkness, it was great. Found a neat old movie on Netflix called "Alakazam the Great" which is an anime movie from 1960 with Speed Racer as the voice of the monkey king. It's bizarre but actually amazing.
Then me and Beth went to Toki, the ramen place across town. I had the curry ramen, which was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good. And a green tea mochi ice cream for desert, so all round it was a fantastic idea to go there.
Now we're probably going to watch Airplane II: The Sequel. Did you know that Beth had NEVER HEARD OF IT???? So we watched the first one .. last night? What a good movie. So much fun.
-Steph
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Blogging
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
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
Thursday, February 16, 2012
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
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