Hometown: The Roch, MI (aka. The Crotch, aka. Crotchscratcher, aka. Crotchmolester, aka. Rochester)
Currently Living: Clawson, MI
Height: 5'8
Weight: Ha ha, yeah right
Favorite Color: Blue (preferably navy)
Profession: Researcher
Favorite Nickname: Trick, Sloan
Favorite Drinks:Vodka Tonic, Guinness, Diet Dr. Pepper, Dirty Martinis, red wine
Favorite TV Show: Friends, Sex & The City, Project Runway, The Amazing Race, Iron Chef America
Least Favorite TV Show: A Baby Story, I Love Lucy, Martha Stewart, Everybody Loves Raymond, every hour long drama
Favorite Books: The History of Love, Beloved, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Fight Club, A Prayer for Owen Meany, The of Being, SurUnbearable Lightness vivor, Empire Falls, The Corrections, The Bell Jar
Favorite Movies: Little Miss Sunshine, Anchorman, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Wordplay, American Beauty, Life is Beautiful, Amelie, Breakfast Club, Singin In The Rain, Sixteen Candles, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Sleeping Beauty, Dancer in the Dark, Duets, The Virgin Suicides, The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Austin Powers I, II & III, My Best Friends Wedding, Moulin Rouge, Tommy Boy, Billy Madison, The Shining, Gone With The Wind, Bridget Jones' Diary, Chicago, Love Actually
Guilty Pleasure Movies: Xanadu, Dirty Dancing, Overboard, Groundhog Day, Steel Magnolias, 10 Things I Hate About You, Bond movies, Footloose, Clue, Murder By Death, High Spirits, A Cinderella Story
What I Do Too Much: Check email, crossword puzzles, complain about my job to friends and family,
Obsessions: sushi, Indian food, ranch dressing, toenail polish, song lyrics, hands, awards shows, symmetry, avocados, maps, dreams, This American Life, the display in my car that tracks my MPG
Pet Peeves: loud eaters, slurping, gulping, arrogance, snoring, bad grammar, repetition, late mergers, ripping cardboard, the word "chunky", intolerance, couples in a restaurant sitting on the same side of a booth, pop-up ads, privacy manager, men that drive without shirts on, being foolish, unfairly jumping to conclusions, being made fun of, cat-calling, people who type too hard
Greatest Fear: crossing bridges
Relaxing Activites: late night drives to sing by myself, headstands, hot baths,
Wish I Was: Ansel Adams, Jenifer Aniston, in love, living alone
Prized Possessions: ring from my grandparents, flower pot of my Grandma's, electric blanket (temporarily broken), tongue scraper, my bed
Craziest Thing Ever Done: getting a tattoo, strip Jenga
Things I Eventually Want To Do: skydive, buy a guitar, learn how to play the aforementioned guitar, take flying lessons, travel to France, write a novel, learn how to play the harp, tap dancing lessons, run a marathon
Thursday, October 31, 2002 They're creepy and they're kooky. And all together ooky....Happy Halloween!!! Today is my nephew's 8th birthday. I bought his b-day gift yesterday. I got the Chronicles of Narnia for him. All 7 books. I just adore The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. He's the perfect age for it.
It was such a battle to get out of bed this morning. I was trying for the get to work early, leave early plan, but when I'm nice and cozy in bed, it turns into the come in on time/late, still leave early plan. There are new developments in the "Research Assistants getting shafted on the work they're doing" saga. The one doctor, Song, had asked my two bosses why the one girl's name was taken off the abstract he wrote and gave them, and my one boss' explanation was that all of the assistants were being omitted as co-authors because we "don't have any scientific knowledge." Now maybe I would be okay with that comment if I was working on my GED or something, but we're all college gradgitates, and all of us are working on our Master's (I will be as of Jan)/applying to med school. Just ridiculous. All I can do is shake my head. But our meeting on Monday promises to be a showdown of epic proportions. I'll come with both barrels loaded and ready to go. (That's figurative. Don't be tipping off the FBI of an impending rampage by a postal research assistant or anything....you never know these days what kind of preemptive warnings you need to give).
I have lots of random observations to include today that I've been forgetting about all week.
Recent driving observations:
~Someone along my route to work today is having a "Yerd Sale". And just what it a "yerd" might I ask, and how much are they on sale for?
~I've seen 3 people in the last two days just digging for gold like no one was watching. But unfortunately, I was.
~There's a warehouse on my route to work called "Fuchs Lubricants Co." I kid you not. Seriously now. Did they not say the name out loud before plastering it in huge letters on the side of a building?
Have you ever been kissed on the nose? I went for a drink the last two nights in a row and last night when I was out with Julie, this guy came over to our table saying that his friend wanted to come over and talk. Very middle school style. But he never did. So before they were leaving, the same guy came over to our table and apologized on behalf of his friend and tried to convince us to head across the street with them to a different bar. But before he left, he tried to give me a kiss on the cheek (mind you, he's said all of about 5 sentences total to Julie and I) and ended up getting my nose as I was trying to turn away. It was all I could do to not laugh in his face....What is wrong with some people?
So my parents have been looking around for a place to stay in Florida during the winter. All along, they've only been talking about being gone for like 3 weeks, a month, tops. But my mom told me yesterday that they were considering a place where they would be gone for 3 months (Feb, March and April). Wow. I guess that would delay my moving out plans, because why would I need to being paying rent for my own place when I could have my own place for free for 3 whole months! That would definitely help on saving $$ too. So we'll see. I don't think my mom can be gone for that long, but I'll keep you posted.
Went to go buy Jack Johson tickets yesterday. No can do, sold out. The woman at the Ticketmaster was all, "I don't even know who that is." And in anticipation for Kevin's CD of the month selection, I've been listening to all of the choices so far, in order while I'm driving. Needless to say, I'm on disc 4 in only a day and a half. That'll give you an idea of how much time I spend in my car.
Well, that's it for now. Hope you have a wonderful Halloween! Go do something fun! Rent a scary movie. Gorge yourself on those mini Snickers bars. Get dressed up to give out candy. Have fun. See ya manana.
9:17 AM
Today is my nephew's 8th birthday. I bought his b-day gift yesterday. I got the Chronicles of Narnia for him. All 7 books. I just adore The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. He's the perfect age for it.
