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Thursday, October 14, 2004
Hope you have a long time to read- go to the bathroom now!
I went on my first real road trip! I cant believe I drove all of that time! Yeah we got lost sometimes. But we always got to where we were going. We met in Harrisburg. Not exactly half way but kind of. We stayed up way too late talking but it was like a year since we last saw eachother so it was fun catching up.
The drive on Sat was good. We stopped for gas every time it got to half a tank because we are girls and need to pee. Also they have a ton of bugs that smash into the windshield and it got very dirty very fast. They made colors on the windshield and it was really gross. We stopped for food in a town called Clendinden or something WV and they sucked. We couldnt find a thing so we got back on and stopped in another town after that and we figured we would go to McDonalds because it would be fast. Well let me just tell you that WV McDonalds suck. I dont know what their problem was, but no one would form a line and every one knew eachother and it was like an episode of the twilight zone. We spent like an hour there. It was bad. By that time we were tired so we decided to call the girl and tell her that we would be down the next day and decided that Lexington would be a good place to sleep.
It was a pretty cool city. No one knew of any cool things to do except some loser football guys and we didnt feel like following them to a crappy bar. We found a hotel but all they had were smoking rooms and we smelled. We discovered the greatness of Subway. (We ended up eating there 3 times during our trip) We drove around and took some pictures and went to a honkey tonk bar next to the hotel. They had a country cover band. They sucked. They were named Hazen Street and there is already a band named Hazen Street. We met a lady named Kathy who got stood up and proceeded to tell us her entire life story of abuse and how she owns a cleaning company and buys houses and sells them and blah blah blah. We took a picture with a cutout of Tim McGraw. The next morning we drove around looking for something to take pictures of and we found a cool fountain thing. And found one of those photo booth things and I proceeded to look like a dork in all of the pictures. Then we hit the road again.
I drove until they closed off 64 right before we hit TN. We were freaking out because we didnt know what to do but then I picked up my handy atlas and it told me that we could get on 60 then get back on 64. We found out where to get 60 from an inbred looking guy in KFC and lo and behold it took us right to 64. We are master navigators.
We found the girl's house after all of the confusing Nashville roads. We were total spaz's when we saw the Welcome to TN sign and the visitors center. I have a ton of brochures for Dollywood and the Salt and Pepper Shaker museum (how cool is that) The girl lived in a really nice house. 3 girls share it, and I dont know how they afford it. We got beds to sleep in and everything. The girl was a Jesus freak. Considering she works for a Christian media thing it was understandable. She took us to this thing called Freedom Experience or tour or something. It was like the movie Saved or something but less showy. Well our show I guess was less showy. And in a gym in Kentucky. They had a Christian band play called Inhabited and they were really good but its weird to think that all the "you's" in the songs mean God. They also had this guy named Brock Gill who is an illusionist who does all of his tricks and then talks about Jesus. For example, he got all chained up and put in a coffin filled with water and promptly escaped. Then he said that he was chained in sins and stuff and then he found Jesus. And had us pray and then coincindentally enough there were people with yellow shirts around ready to give you a video or something if Jesus talked to you while you were praying. A few people cried. I didnt get up to go talk to them because I didnt hear Jesus talk to me. Kristen was like, if they get up (the people we came with) we will have to get up too! But they didnt. But the girl works with Brock and he was actually very nice but I swear he looked at me like, I want to save that girl- she needs the word of Jesus. There were also BMX bikers called the Chaos somethings and they were all proud because one of the Baldwin brothers made a movie about them. I forget his name- but I thought he was the "bad" one who was on the Mole and Fear Factor and the 2nd crappy Flintstones movie that I never saw. They were all into sinning and stuff too (one of them even listened to heavy metal!) but then of course they found Jesus too. The one guy was pretty hot but on his last trick I think he messed up his leg pretty bad.
The best part of that night was meeting the Jesus freak's friends. They were from Kennet Square believe it or not. She was like, we are going to meet my friends and took us to the back country in TN or KY or something I forget where the heck we were. We drove up to serioulsy the most country shack I have ever seen. Broken car in front, toys, a dog and even a 3 year old without pants (just underwear) running around outside. It was odd. The guy's name is Jerimiah and the girl's name was.... Rainbow! The little boy was the cutest tho, and smart as a whip. As soon as we got out of the car he was like, Allison, it looks like you've brought new friends to my house! His name was Hesikiah? I have no idea how to spell that. Then we met the CUTEST BABY IN THE WORLD. I hope my kid turns out like this. She was named Jemimah. She was all cuddly and was trying to talk to me and so cute. The best baby ever. I just couldnt believe her name was Jemimah. Poor kid. But she is named after the bible and Rainbow prayed for Jesus to tell her what to name her and she fought with Jesus about the name Jemimah but eventually agreed to name the kid that. Jesus won. They came with us to the thing and we got Chinese food along the way to eat in the line which is very hard to do. It is hot and Chinese is not a very on the go type of food. The people there must have been hungry because they kept looking at us like they were starving. I wanted to share it with them or something but threw it away after awhile. I got too many looks.
But it was interesting and did get us talking about God later on. And I quite enjoyed the ping pong trick Brock did. He made them disappear into his mouth and then talked funny and it was pretty hilarious. He then spit them into the crowd. Ew.
The next day was Kristen's interview. Which I went to! So that was pretty cool. We only got off on the wrong side of the road but we then again found our way. The place she was interviewing for was in the owner's house. It was fun, she took us to lunch and told us about the business. Such a business I want to get into. I bet Kristen got the job- she did really good. Except for introducing herself as Rick to Rick. That was funny but it sounded like Hi Rick instead of I'm Rick. Funny! They gave us tons of Veggie Tales stickers and Christian band CD's. I got Rachel Lampa so that was pretty cool. We agreed to decide if any of them were good and copy them for each other if they are.
That night was a nightmare. We decided we wanted to venture to the city to try and do something. But the girl had to work so we were on our own with her crappy directions. We wanted to see the Opry because duh it's Nashville. So they gave us directions and they included a "boulder" and stuff. It is dark! You cant see a boulder in the dark! We found the mall and could not find a bathroom and we had to pee and we were thirsty and we finally found a security gaurd guy who pointed us there. We saw the Opry hotel and it was cool because it has like a forest inside. Cool, but we wanted to see some live music or something. Then we wanted to go to Rockettown, a skate park and the directions were messed up. We were so out of town I think we were headed to Kentucky. We finally got fed up and found our way back. We even called the girl and told her we were lost but we got her voice mail which she didnt check. So that night kind of sucked. Then it stormed all crazy and we barely slept. But we had a journey to make.
We decided that we couldnt do the trip all in one day, so we chose to go to DC for a day. Turns out Kristen's ex? boyfriend lives in Annandale. So we called him and asked to crash on the floor. We drove all day and got there and he wasnt around. He refused to come home and let us in! So we waited and waited and played games like "We're going to Kentucky and I am taking an atlas, book about Jesus, cookies..." And eventually we went up and his roommate was home and let us in. We planned our trip to DC with him and eventually her boy came in. I blew up the air mattress and went to bed. The next day when we were leaving his tub like fell apart. It was hilarious.
So then we were off to DC. The directions were good, but the signs for the metro are LITTLE. I just used caps and that is probably bigger than the sign. We drove around and around and finally found a parking spot. Then came the matter of getting ticket. We were so confused! Why cant you just buy one from a person? It is all machines. Finally the nice? lady helped us with our tickets. And off we went to the Smithsonian. That was cool. Except our feet hurt! So we went to 2 museums because it takes a lot of time and we had to get going. So we got on the train. And then we didnt know we had to get on a different one. So we found some military guy who told us what to do. And we finally got on the road. DC traffic is nuts. But we got to go in the HOV lane and fly by everyone else. Yay! Then we didnt really have directions to my Dad's house so we called him and he helped us in.
We got to Mechanicsburg and parted ways. It was really fun and we are still friends after 5 days on the road! I got turned around trying to find the turnpike, but got myself home in the freaky downpour rains. I didnt even unpack until today because I was so pooped.
Well that was my trip! On to NYC next! Posted at 10:52 pm by golden_dust
Friday, September 17, 2004
Computers- heaven or hell?
OK here is my rant for the day: Let me just explain that my computer at work is one of those ones that just work off the server and basically it is a piece. I wonder sometimes how i get any work done. This is a work email too! The person who this is too has an ACTUAL computer.
Yep my computer is retarded (as we learned from this morning) and yesterday I wanted to throw it out the window and then run over it in my car. But that passed, well just the car part, I mostly still want to throw it out the window along with my alarm clock and my cell phone when it dies. Oh and I think that throwing mine out the window would be pretty easy but not as satisfying since it is so little. But since yours is heavier it might not be as easy to throw but I bet the splat would be a lot more fun.
I am working right now on making sure all the chapters are correct and starting on the right side and that there is enough white space on the pages. The screen shots are done. I think right now I am on chapter 12 and I have yet to scroll down to where the tables are (basically I am afraid to look) So hopefully they wont be too messed up. If they are then I might have to call up Bill Gates and say some bad words at him for inventing windows and make him want to take it all back and praise the greatness of typewriters.
Aren't computers fun? :) Posted at 08:40 pm by golden_dust
Wednesday, September 08, 2004
Ken Jennings totally reminds me of Derrick (Michelle's friend) on Full House. Maybe that IS him...
Posted at 09:22 pm by golden_dust
I forgot to post that I saw 3 movies this weekend. Now put in order of what you would think rocked, was just OK, and totally sucked. Here are the movies. Paparazzi, Wicker Park, & Garden State.
That's right Garden State rocked. Awesome movie. Loved every minute of it.
Next, is PAPARAZZI- It was just ok. I bet you thought Wicker Park would be the just ok one. But that one was sucky. Just bad. Josh Hartnett why would you do that to me? There is weird accent modern dance girl, the girl in the commercial who doesnt turn up in the movie til the middle, and Matthew Lillard (again why would you do that to me?) as a totally dumb clueless guy. Don't waste your money!
Oh and Bands Reunited NKOTB totally sucked! You shouldnt have a show called Bands REUNITED if the dont reunite! But thanks to the Knight brothers who wanted to give it a go. Jordan you are still cute even if you are a bit chubby. Joey Mac- why on earth didnt you sign? Maybe he thought they would make him sing Please Don't Go Girl or something. Posted at 09:08 pm by golden_dust
For the love of puppies please oh please find someone to defeat Ken Jennings! There is no fun in Jeop any more! He's sucked it through his beady little eyes and all the fun is now in his head. I just want to break all of his fingers except his pinkies and see if he could still buzz in.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5921645/
Does anyone watch Amish in the City? Fun times.
I just got back from the beach, well a week ago. Already the tan is gone. Gone gone gone.
Go get this cd- Marc Broussard "Carencro" His voice is just sooooooo...mmmm. Posted at 08:51 pm by golden_dust
Monday, July 26, 2004
I got sick. A lovely cold which I had to take one of my 2 sick days for. My healthy streak didnt last very long! I am pretty much over it but I still have a cough once in awhile.
It is Monday. Why cant it be Friday again? This weekend I had fun. I went bowling. And I was good. I got strikes! That's when all the pins go down at once!
Sunday I went to the mall and got Maria Mena's CD- it is pretty good, her voice isnt spectacular but to me it doesnt really matter that much if the lyrics are good. I also got Buffy Watcher's Guide 3. I am trying to complete my collection. All I need now is Season 7, the original BTVS movie, and 2 CD's. Maybe the Monster book but I dont really care about that one.
Now I cant spend anymore money, my bills are due. But I get paid this week. But I do have enough money for Gavin's live CD that comes with Chariot. And I am even gonna go on my lunch break tomorrow to get it so I can get a swim in tomorrow night.
I watched THE FUNNIEST MOVIE EVER the other night. No, it wasnt From Justin to Kelly like you are all probably thinking. It was called "You Got Served." Just the pure fact that they say the phrase "You got served" in the movie all hard and tough is hilarious. Hil-ar-i-ous. The dancing was good, I know I cant ever bust a move like those people, but it was still funny. B2K acting? The girl from My Wife and Kids trying to be all ghetto? Heck I am more ghetto than her. At least I can say "trippin" without adding a 'g.' And I am seriously thinking the "rival" dancer guy was an alien. Or a clone of Wade "I did something with Britney" Robson. A bad clone too. Funny stuff.
I tried to watch Starsky and Hutch but I just wasnt in the mood. I watched Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen and I think that Hilary Duff and Lindsay Lohan are in fact the same person. She just wears a wig and a water bra to become Lindsay and wears a wig and lines her eyes a lot to become Hilary. But I still want to see Mean Girls. And I did see A Cinderella Story (for free-and mostly because of CMM- I wasnt paying Duff). Oh and while I am reliving my tween years I want to see Princess Diaries 2. I am so there. Her name is Anne too like me.
Time for a shower. Then bed. I am such an old fart! Posted at 09:30 pm by golden_dust
Wednesday, June 30, 2004
The guy Ken on Jeopardy really needs to go home. This guy needs to be abducted by the government or something and used for his gigantuan brain power to do some secret government thing. Or someone should just mess with his little buzzer thingie so he cant ring in anymore.
I am very obnoxious when it comes to watching Jeopardy. It is like watching football for a huge football fan or whatever other sports fans that are out there who yell at the TV. I had some choice words for Ken today. I even yell at Alex when he jumps on his high horse and feels like he has to explain the answers to the contestants who didnt get it. Like he really knew- HE HAS THE ANSWERS. But I guess from like 30+ years of reading trivia questions he is probably smart. And that "There is 1 minute left in the game" thing really gets me. Why do we need a time limit? Football, hockey, yes- time limits work. But Jeopardy? It's not like it can go on forever. There are only a certain number of questions. Let's just do them all.
I hate when they talk to the contestants. I dont care about what their favorite Star Trek episode is or if they have a potato chip that looks like Jay Leno. Let's play!
But when it comes down to it, I love Jeopardy. I feel like a super genious when I get the final answer and beat other people to the answers in the round. Jeopardy is fun.
But dont even get me started on Wheel O' Fortune. It's the dumbest game ever. It's basically for people who like to spin things, yell the phrase "come on big money" and READ. They win way too much crap on that show for reading. There is a study somewhere that says even when a phrase or sentence is missing letters or has letters out of order you can still read it because the mind looks at things in context. So this game isnt exactly tough. Heck The Price Is Right is a lot harder than that crap because you can sometimes do math. Share the love and give the smart people on Jeopardy the cars. They actually have brains. Maybe if there was a giant sparkly wheel on Jeopardy more people would want to give them prizes to give away.
I had a great swim today, my shoulders are sore but it was well worth it. I cant wait for Friday- pay some bills and buy some CD's.
Posted at 09:15 pm by golden_dust
Tuesday, June 29, 2004
This just had to be posted:
Quickie: There is something about you that radiates power. You are so Donald Trump.
That is the funniest thing I have seen all day. Yahoo! must think I have a comb over!
Posted at 10:20 pm by golden_dust
Two in a row- that's a record of some sort I am sure!
I had teenage helpers at work today. I made them count enveloopes and staple things. I am mean. But at least I didnt have to do it!
I am also not sick. I have determined that the helicopter in my brain is really swimmer's ear. I have been swimming almost every night the past month and water is bound to get in there. I think in another life I was some kind of dolphin or something. But I bet everyone thinks they were a dolphin. So with my luck I was probably tuna or sea bass or something like that. If I could live in the water I think I would. I love taking showers. It's the only way for me to feel better sometimes. I'm a scorpio which is a water sign which could explain above. Although I dont think scorpions swim.
I had over 360 spam email things. How on earth does anyone think that I will open something entitled "Make your love unit gigantuan 4536467657"? Whoever invented spam must be hit repeatedly on the head every single time someone sends spam. Which is obviously a lot. That sounds like a good punishment to me.
Is it Friday yet? I miss sleep. That's the thing that sucks about working every day. Sleeping in til noon just doesnt fly at work.
I had a bad sleep night last night and almost didnt wake up this morning. For one, I hate thunderstorms. I dont know why, but I guess the whole scary flashy lightning and loud cracks of thunder really creep me out for some odd reason. I feel better when someone is there to protect me. Well it was windy and rainy last night and I think it thundered about twice. And the power goes out for .2 seconds. But every single thing in my room is super sensitive to the power going out. So it's 1:46 am and the alarm clock is now flashing (because I cant scrounge up the 4 AA batteries to back it up- any AA batteries I have go to my discman!) and my stereo is showing off it's skills (flashing lights, spinning all the CD's in the changer-it's very obnoxious) but at least I woke up to set it again. Except I set it on the wrong alarm. Alarm #2. I had Alarm #1 set. Sometimes I wish we could go back to the old nail in the candle alarm clock, would probably be much easier.
Thank goodness this body knows when it is 6am or I would have had a grand old time sleeping in and missing work. Stupid natural body clock.
Posted at 09:19 pm by golden_dust
Monday, June 28, 2004
Helicopters, Business Casual Rebel & Stooge
It's been a long time since I last entered anything in this. I guess it lost its charm on me. But now it's back! I forgot how pretty I made this. But I am a girl and I happen to like pink and pretty things.
I don't feel good today. I have some kinda weird ear thing. It seriously sounds as if there is a helicopter inside my brain flying around in circles. I thought at first it was just a real plane flying overhead that somehow used its flying force thing that planes have to mess with me. But then it happened three times and I'm sorry the Chester County airport just does not have that much business.
The ear thing then gave me a headache and a chest pain thing, so I hope this isnt the coming of a nice overdue sickness. I have been super healthy for the past year and it would figure that when I do get sick it is bad. I am gonna wake up tomorrow and feel just dandy, because I have to go to work tomorrow.
Speaking of work- why is it that I have spent most of my paychecks on clothes? Clothes- to wear to work. I spend most of my waking hours in black pants and some kind of shirt to hopefully match. I have scoured high end quality stores such as TJ Max, Ross, Marshalls, and just about every other store in the mall's clearance rack for said shirts. Because I refuse to pay over 20 dollars for any piece of clothing that is to be worn to work. I found some awesome ones- like a tie-dye tank top for 5 bucks- yep I said it- tie-dye- I wear it to work! Buisness casual sucks. I rebel against it in my tie-dye shirts and tank tops and open toed sandals. Yep that's me- a regular rebel at work!
There is absolutely nothing casual about black pants that seem to get every spec of dust and cat hair in the world stuck on them. Jeans. I miss my jeans. I love Fridays. Jean Fridays. And whatever shirt I want. It doesnt have to go with black pants. And cat hair doesnt stick to jeans.
We have these really heavy boxes of certificate holders at work. Don't ask, just go along. I asked the guy whose job it is to keep track of things like these boxes and cases of paper and such to bring some of them up. They seriously weigh at least half my body weight. And I am what you would call "petite" which is just a fancy word for short. So lifting these heavy boxes isnt something my arms want to do. So last week I ordered them like a good girl and told him to bring them to my desk. Which he did not. This guy seems to have trouble with any type of direction. More on that sometime later. So he brings them to the copy room, which isnt far. But far enough. And then he puts them on a shelf! So Mister "I can lift heavy things because I am a guy and that's what guys do" puts them on the 2nd shelf. Which again isnt that high. So I had to get it down and back to my desk. And it turned into this episode of the Three Stooges. But in this case it was just one Stooge and that Stooge was me.
I proceeded to then lift the box off the shelf and directly onto my foot. Then I hopped. Literally hopped because for some reason you hop when you hurt your foot. And of course I couldnt lift it so I had to push it to my desk. I would push with my arms when no one was around. And when people could see me I pushed with my good foot. My good foot. Geez. Eventually I got it to my desk. And then I had to work. Ew.
Well enough of my boring life. I am going to try and figure out if there is a helicopter in my head.
Posted at 08:52 pm by golden_dust
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