2004
Reviewing 2004:
Favorite Memory: The excitement and anticipation of Ring Dance *smile*
Jobs Held: Tutored Kindergarten, Georgia Right to Life, worked for Focus on the Family partially, Parade of Homes (CO), Design Assistant, LongHorn, and Sub Teaching.
Bad Job Memories: Green dots.
Calorie Count: __________
New Adventures: Rock climbing and skiing ...living with a bunch of gals.
Favorite Books: Bridget Jones' Diary
Best Movies of 2004: Napolean Dynamite, BJ: Edge of Reason, Spiderman2.
Worst Movies '04: Raising Helen (did it ever end??), Alexander
Sad Moment...Leaving Colorado...*sigh*
New Discoveries: Jamba Juice, Jem, Rogue Wave, Keane, Yellowcard, Cocoa Butter, designsponge blogs, my love for magazines, Quizznos Subs, ...
Favorite Christmas Gift: MY GUSTER SHORTS *big smile*
New Food-Love: Mexican Lime Soup
will finish later.
-b
don't wanna.
is it so terrible that i don't want to work on christmas eve? sheesh, and i have a cold, too.
but i'm going...cold or not. *sigh*
went to finish the christmas shopping this morning. it's not really crowded at the mall on christmas eve! it's really sad to see a mall that i always thought of as "nice" go downhill so fast. in my short life, it has dramatically lost its' flavor. the big department stores have pathetic displays and not much in stock....the more upper-end stores are going completley out of business and being replaced by ...well, tacky fountian-tasteless art-purple flamingo stores (yes, i said, "purple flamingos").
--b
steph's broadcast
focus on the family in broadcasting stephanie's (my old roomie) testimony on jan. 17th! be sure and listen in. :-)
http://www.family.org/fmedia/broadcast/a0034914.cfm
online *cough* payments?
explain to me why online payments through my school are not recorded in our files at student accounts??
again, another example of the PITIFUL administration at my school. it's embarrasing.
had a fun weekend celebrating the holidays and watching my fav funny movie guy....owen wilson :-D i just love his voice. it just makes me laugh!! it's awesome.
"man, these guns are weird, yeah, i dunno..."
"it's a miracle! i'm invincible!!"
"we don't steal from women! i'm sorry ma'm..."
matt damon...another funny guy...
"do you really think we should be the kind of organization that labels people?"
"am i the only one who has a problem with stealing from a guy who is...basically handicapped?"
lol...good stuff!
oh, and another good movie quote... (not so much a great movie, but good quote)..
"rock music is evil!"
yes, my friends...hollywood *must* have had experiences with ATI..the woman in this movie "shake, rattle and rock" (or something) with Renee Z., resembled much of what we all know as the highly-conservative @#$* *(#@ &*$#(%$ *(!)@$ ATI types. *smile*
[don't try to see the movie...it's an old Renee movie...low budget...poor acting...really gross old guys...]
anywho...i have a lot of Christmas shopping to do today...yippee! (eh, not!)
tootles
--b
"everyone is get, get, get"
i am so happy to announce that i have completed my very last final project. on to the presentation tomorrow night. as soon as that is over, i will be relaxing in the theatre...enjoying the blessedness of FREEDOM. *big grin*
i have yet to start my Christmas shopping. it is definitley going to be a charlie brown christmas this year! i want to give so many gifts (i usually over do it...it's stupid and ridiculous). but i think this year, a tight budget is going to be a good thing for me. i'll have to be pretty creative, but that makes it all the more fun, no? i am DREADING the malls...and i pretty much have vowed not to go to lenox. i'm not going to stand in line with the yuppie women who love to block traffic up peachtree rd. to get to their precious mall. gosh. in the middle of the day!!! *moans* don't they have better things to do than spend huge amounts of their husband's money on things from LENOX? goodness, that place is over-priced.
a beautiful quote from C.S. Lewis...
“Do you think it all meant nothing, all the longing? The longing for home? ... All my life the God of the Mountain has been wooing me. Oh, look up at least once before the end and wish me joy. I am going to my lover. Do you not see now?”
--b
ehhh
i've always been one to enjoy trying new foods. but as i tried this truffle....THING this morning, i realized that maybe it's not always a good idea to try food without knowing what it is.
i spent the next 15 minutes in the bathroom over a dirty toilet. nice way to start an already stressful day. just thot you guys might want to know.
something i discovered while working on my retail project...
www.loveisthecure.org is a wonderful website by amy michelson, gown designer. what a cool way to give!! her designs are beautiful...i want one so bad...just to dress up in...maybe in a different color as to not confuse people *grin* (i can just see myself in that Friends episode along with rachel and phoebe *laugh*)
--b
add
finals week is terrible for me...not just because of the stress...but because i can't keep my mind on one thing for very long. i'll work on a project...try to re-group and realize that i've left two other aspects of a project half done.
i'm totally scatter brained.
oh, fun story. sunday afternoon i was stressing out over finals and all the work that i have to accomplish this week. so i make my way off to work, thinking: "sunday nights aren't usually as hectic as fri and sat...hopefully this will run smoothly." heh, not. i walk in the door to find that servers were revolting, managers were pulling their hair out, we were out of the lobster tail, and there was a banquet of 80 people. yes, eighty. 8-0. not only a banquet of 80 people, but a banquet that involved cheerleaders (everyone knows how much i adore the type...ha.). save me. on top of this, they all decide to seat themselves anywhere they pleased...block traffic....and frustrate the rest of the guests. my favorite was the lady who thought it was fun to block the gentleman in the wheelchair from getting to his table. and her very sweet reply, "i'll stand wherever i want to stand." sometimes i'm surprised my tounge is still in tact. why are people, WOMEN in particular, so incredibly difficult and b%#*chy? the control freaks. the snobs. the cheerleaders. the gossips. the incredibly materialistic types.
i really do love people. just not all the time. *smile*
--b
money well spent
http://www.worldonfire.ca/
this is amazing...a must see.
crash
i'm so ready to crash. being super lazy, lounging around in my sweatshirt, where i SHOULD be finishing a bunch of drawings for final projects due TUESDAY! i'm so stressed out, and yet have absolutely no motivation to do anything. i've been working my butt off 25/7 ;-) and yet many late nights await.
somebody wanna finish these for me??
off to drawings...
*MOAN*
--b
confessions
i was thinking tonite how great it is to be able to have 'music confessions' with your best friend, knowing that she won't laugh her head off at you. we had such a discussion tonight...
me: "as much as i hated avril lavigne in her first cd, you wouldn't believe how many times i've listened to her new one this week. she's awesome!"
bond: "well, as much as i never thot i'd hear you say that, i have an even worse confession..."
yes, my friends, it was most definitley a worse confession. prince: greatest hits? i still smirk when i think about it *grin*
in other news, i've recently come to love Rogue Wave, Keane, and Jem. check 'em out, people.
i am convinced that God did not create me to sit in front of a computer...at a desk...for hours upon hours. my mind wanders...i get jittery....i can't sit...i must eat...i must move...i must dance...SOMETHIN'. this will go on my list of 'reasons i am a designer.' i am working on a CAD project...which took me a good 8 hours today (*so* glad they didn't call me into work this morning), and i am sure will take me equally as long tomorrow.
ok, people...time to get back to work.
--b
stupid, stupid drivers
my thrity min. commute today took an hour. here's why:
1. yuppie women think that christmas is the best thing ever. yes, an excuse to go to LENOX and spend hubby's money on ridiculous crap...and CAUSE TRAFFIC JAMS. (my 3-5 minute stretch of road took 20 mins).
2. big 16-wheeler trucks think it's cool to whip in and out of traffic and NOT USE BLINKERS. thank you very much (HE nearly hit ME...yet i was the one who took the step to avoid an accident.)
3. ambulances that just won't wait for traffic. for example, ambulance drives just around the speed limit down a road. get to major intersection. decides they don't want to wait. turn on lights and cross intersection. turn lights off. go on merry way.
4. IDIOT. $*@#$&#*$&#@&$*#@&$*#7 . Mr. LEFT HAND TURN ONLY LANE decides he wants to take a RIGHT on RED and cross over three lanes of traffic (on RED, mind you) and CUT ME OFF in the process. All the while I'm honking my horn like crazy. (how many traffic violations is that? i'd arrest him immediately.)
5. another mr. DOSENT KNOW HOW TO MERGE...runs me off the road...just because. who knows? not really sure why.
6. slow drivers. slow slow slow. goes 15 mph through a 45 zone. thank you very much. my one stretch of open road and you decide to ruin it for me.
oh, and
7. slam on your breaks in the middle of a huge puddle and cause me to hydroplane. thanks.
okay, i'm a very bitter, stressed out driver sometimes. lol. i'm aggressive and if you dare do something stupid like the above, i will honk my horn at you like you've never heard before...and i won't stop till everyone around is looking at you and thinking, "gosh, what an idiot!" of course, they may think the same about me, but frankly, i don't care. you're the stupid one. and YES...all of the above (except number 7) happened on my "30 minute commute." what a nice way to shift from job/school to 2nd job. angry and on caffiene. *grin*
i'm not all as mean and cruel and selfish as i sound. not always. *smile*
not 'nough nap time.
i've got two 1-hour breaks today inbetween jobs, meetings, and school (my 7am to 10pm workday)...how much does that stink? i mean, i could use a nap right now so badly. instead, i'm sitting here, sipping coffee and typing in a blog.
finals are in two weeks!!! i'm definitley investing in double shots!
--b
the fabulous fox
i'm off to the fox tonite for a historic preservation tour...how cool is that??
i was at school late last night working on some CAD drawings...got there at 7am this morning...worked my butt off in class...man, i'm tired. i still have several drawings due by next week. i mean SEVERAL. *sighs*
i'm feeling slightly overwhelmed at the moment.
--b
