Sedated

Not that this picture has anything to do with ... well ... anything. But I thought it was pretty cool to take my nephew and turn him evil. More evil. Haha.

Anyway - it's a quiet Friday. I spent last night working on a graphics job for Linz's mom. I like working over there except for the lack of solid internet. Someone has a linksys connection open ... and for all I know it could be ours! I should change the name on it and see if that really is the connection at my house. (Their house is a field behind ours.)

Other than that - this is looking like a rather slow and uneventful Friday. I don't even think I'm going out. Supposed to be going to Marinette with M but I haven't heard anything definite on that. At least there is going to be something going on.

It's going to be a long weekend. Don't have to be back into work until Wednesday. Shouldn't I be more excited?

Leisurely design

Playing with some effects and screwing with pictures. Here is Sky in the 70's style ... with his new favor word. Very annoying.

It's quiet at work with everyone else being done at 2pm. I can hear the crickets now. (silence) But I guess that's not so bad. I don't get bothered - and that's a great thing when I'm working on something. And then there are days like this ... where interaction might help pass the time.

I attempted going to karaoke last night. Shenan text me to let me know that they (her and her boyfriend) were at Los. Hooray. Then they were going to go to karaoke. So, I meet them out. Then we are going to head over to the karaoke bar. I'm almost there when I get a call saying that she is going to stop at the mall. I understand that we have time to kill. But I don't want to go to the mall because 1) I don't have the returns I need to bring back 2) I don't need to spend any more money which I know I will do if I go 3) I'm going there next week because I get coupons and money off if I go on a certain day. So I tell her that I will meet her over at the bar. I drive around. I text her - text me when you are leaving the mall. I figure I can handle cruisin' around for a while. 10 minutes later the realization of what I'm doing hits me. I'm driving around, killing time, wasting gas ... so that I can go sit in a bar. On top of that I'm getting tired already. I text her and let her know that I'm going home. She's never quick when shopping ... I could have been waiting another half hour to 45 minutes. Not an appealing prospect.

Didn't hear from Linz on her birthday though I texted her and tried calling. No big bash that I was part of anyway.

I'm so glad tomorrow is Friday! Supposed to be going up north this weekend with M. Should be fun =)

Yawn. I'm falling asleep listening to the ticking of the clock and the buzz of the air conditioning. Another 2 hours to go.

Birthday Wishes

Just wanted to send a happy birthday out to Linz. Maybe she'll read this ... maybe she won't. Haha. Oh well. Happy Birthday!

Spring by Dannon

So Saturday night wasn't quite as dead out at Friday night however nothing too exciting happened. The day was filled with shopping and by the evening it was pouring out. I went through at least 3 outfits - before I settled on the plainness I wore. Nothing looked good. I wasn't feeling very pretty.

Anduzzi's, The Bar, Stadium View, and Stirrups ... by my calculations I had 10 drinks. Angie kept giving me hers. We arrived back at the apartment around 12:30AM! And I was incapacitated ... but I thought it was pretty lame that we were home. So I fired up a fierce round of texting with Shenan and made an attempt with Linz. Shenan and I texted back and forth until 1:30AM when I passed out. She tried calling and I have a feeling I missed something that night. However, we resumed again in the morning. I woke up at 8AM. I had to wait to get into the bathroom until 9AM. I have never puked from drinking. And this wasn't the morning I was going to change history ... But I definitely didn't feel too well.

I finally got back to sleep and was awoken at 11:30AM by the phone ringing. I felt much better. For a little bit anyway. Shenan and I were on the phone. M was bustling around the apartment doing laundry.

Sunday seems like a wasted day ... though Saturday night was more "wasted" - haha. Anyway - not too much else to report.

Unfreaky Friday

What happens during CountryUSA time? Apparently, all of Green Bay goes on hiatas. We didn't go to any of the assorted country-time-festivals and instead opted to go out - downtown. There was no one around. Okay, wait. There were people at Anduzzi's. It was comfortably crowded ... but then again, let's analyze the word crowd. The people who were at Anduzzi's were all the bikers from the Harley Run that's going on. So they are (generally speaking) much too old for us.

I also didn't go out to the usual bar (Augie's). Normally it's Friday night races with Linz out in Luxemburg. She called at 6:30pm to tell me that she couldn't go. Then at about 7:15pm she texted to say she will probably be able to go. However, in those 45 minutes I was already engaged in other plans. I mean, come on - Friday night - if the usual plans aren't going into effect - it's time to find something else to do. I could have sat around and watched Law & Order: Criminal Intent all night ... but I didn't.

On the phone with M, we have come up with a good plan. Go to a movie and then go out. We saw Click (Adam Sandler - yeah!) over at Bay Park. And every 15-20 year old in a 15 mile radius was there. Way too many kids.

After the movie, we bar hopped for the next three hours. It was terrible! I am not usually a very friendly/social butterfly type when we go out. I'm quiet, I don't drink a whole lot, my comments are generally sarcastic and made only to people in my group. Well - I was loud, I was talkative, I was happily attempting to hold conversation with anyone in my vicinity. No one wanted to talk to us. No one came up to us. No one attempted enlightening repartee with us. Some strange black guy sang AT us and I ran into Casey Z. from school. That was about it.

We headed homeward at like 12:45am. Stopped at the truckstop and ate. Got back to M's apartment and I went home. I was in my bed at 2am. Sad.

Impending Doom

So - my dad is talking about laying people off. Great. Fine. Whatever. Only he then asks me if I have been here long enough to collect unemployment. Whoa. Wait - I'm getting laid off, too? Hmmm. Time off. What am I going to do with myself? Sounds like it should be a good time. However, I need something to do. I remember being in middle school and high school ... this was before I had my own computer, camera, car ... all the toys I can't function without. But to acquire those toys, I needed money. My parents may have paid for college - but I bought all the equipment. I even bought my car ... though I hate it because my dad picked it out and told me it was what I could afford ... anyway ...

Summer was ... boring. I had nothing to do. I now have my computer - so I can internet. I have satellite so I can watch reruns of The Golden Girls, Sex and the City, Family Guy ... And I have air conditioning so I can sleep.

However, this is where I need my "old money" or my "rich husband." Both are fictional at this point. Right now ... I need gas for my tiny car. Not much - only 8 gallons. But for 8 gallons to be more than $20 - Huston, we have a problem.

So - to wrap this all up - I could be unemployed by next week. Need any graphics work done =)

Strawberry Fields

Just got back from strawberry picking with my mother. We go out to Denmark ... sit in a row ... and pick strawberries. The only draw they have going for me is that you can eat as much as you want while you are there. Then you pay for what you're taking along. One of these times I'm just going to go out there ... pick a bucket full and then sit there and eat them all. Mwahaha.

Other than that - it hasn't been a real eventful day. I couldn't sleep last night. Again. I need to have the air conditioning on! I need to be able to wrap up in a comforter and snuggle down. I like to be cold/cool when I sleep. Damn stupid centeral air that keeps freezing up. So anyway - I'm tired. I have been for a while. Can't get to sleep and then when I finally do ... something happens. The cat jumps on me, my mom/dad/nephew/brother/sister/insert someone here walks into my room and wakes me up. Or - my least favorite - the alarm clock.

I had a "here's your sign" moment at the health food store today. I walked in with my mother and we are getting the regular pills that I have been getting there for a while now. I know what the bottle looks like and I'm trying to remember where exactly I get them (it's a small store). And this guy walks up and wants to know if he can help us. I steer towards a different isle. I hate being helped ... when there is nothing I need help with. I am one of those people who - if I can go in, grab what I want, and go to one of those new computerized checkouts, and never have to talk to a person - I'm only too happy. I am very low-key customer service. I will find you if I have a problem...not the other way around.

So anyway, I get my bottle and start looking around. I would have sworn the last time I got them for $5. Now they say $11.95. Hmmm. So I am looking around - perhaps there is another brand with a bigger bottle or something. If I have to spend more than $10 anyways - I may as well get the biggest there is, right? Well, that guy comes back around and tries again - is there something I can help you ladies find? I'm like, yes - is there a bigger bottle of these? I don't care what brand they are. (Notice the key words here - bigger bottle) He brings me around to the first isle, grabs a bottle and drops it into my hands. Big smile. And off he goes.

I then read the bottle. Same type of supplement. However, this one says only 60 pills and they are chewable. My origin bottle has 250. As the guy is walking away, I have my eyebrow raised in wonder. It really is a bottle about twice the size of the one I picked out. Huge bottle. Less than half the pills though. And I say to myself - well, I did ask for a bigger bottle.