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If I'm going to be posting at LJ again, and there's no history of consistant posting to suggest that I will, I'll probably be making a big and dramatic friend cut. It occurs to me that a lot of names on my list don't ring a bell with me.
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Josh just left to go visit his dad... all the way across the continent.
In fact, he's not even gone yet. His flight doesn't leave for another hour.
I'm teary missing him already.
Sunday night seems so incredibly far away.
Here's a glimpse into how much I love him: I offered to let him take my iPod with him!
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( Thirteen kitten pictures )Current Mood:  ecstatic |
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At 11a.m. I have my second interview for the loan processor job... I don't want it, but I need to get it, for now at least. For those who don't know, I've been temping at a bank in the home equity department for the past year and change. The temp position technically is only supposed to last a year, at most. So for the past few weeks I've been there on borrowed time. They aren't hiring for the position I've been in. My only options within the company were collections, which just isn't an option, and loan processor (aka "SPS", 'sales processing specialist'). From everything I've heard and seen, SPS's have it rough, lots of expectations, lots of contact with asshole bankers, lots of stress. In the job I've been doing, whenever I have a difficult banker (and there are plenty, bankers [in this company anyway] are often some of the dumbest, most obnoxious people on the planet) I can foist them on to an SPS. I'm going to miss that. And this is more than likely going to be a paycut, probably anywhere from 2 to 4K a year. Blah. On the plus side, I didn't have to go hunting for this job (I HATE job searching) and I'll be in the same building (its a close walk from home).
I guess I'm sounding like I already have the position. I don't. I'm fairly confident I'll get it, I have great internal references and I interview really well. So yeah, confident. But even still, the idea of interviewing gives me butterflies. So ummm, think good thoughts or something for me, dear readers ;)
At 6:15p.m. I'll be coming home to a wee tiny kitten boy!! Josh will picking him up in the early afternoon!!! WoooT! There will be pictures galore and they will posted without delay. I'm anxious about how Wink is going to react to the little guy. She won't actually get to see him for several days, but she'll definitely know he's here. Back in the day she hated other cats. She always got used to living with my various roomates various cats, but she never liked any of them much. But she's much much older now and more ...ermm....'mature'. When I lived in apartment with an indoor hallway last year, she always wanted to be out there playing with the neighbor cat. And she seems to want company all the time lately... so I'm optimistic.
P.S. Thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday (it was monday) Y'all are good people. :)Current Mood:  anxious |
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Seattle was simply awesome :)
Over The Rhine put on an astounding show. Karin's voice live sounds exactly like she does on CD. The opener, Kim Taylor, was really really good too. She accompanied the band on stage for most of the main show too, on backing vocals and guitar. Kim was a perfect complement vocally for Karin. I bought her CD, its a lot sleepier than her stage show, but it is beautiful. She also has an EP out, I should have bought that too.
We stayed towards the back of the venue during the show, its such a small place that it didn't really matter. And it was so incredibly hot in there that I needed a patch of bar to lean up against. During the break Mike and Josh started talking to a young lady named Rachel while I was buying the CDs (I also picked up Drunkards Prayer, finally). Apparently she is Karin's second cousin. :) However we didn't stick around afterward to meet the band. I would have liked to, but it really was insanely hot inside and we had been walking around being tourists all day; staying longer might have been the death of us.
So after nearly passing out at OtR, the element of the Tori show I was most looking forward to was the seating :)
Benaroya Hall has some of the most perfect acoustics I've ever encountered, and there isn't a bad seat in the house. We were on the aisle, right side of the center section, 23 rows back, which for my purposes was just about perfect. Great view, even when people chose to stand. The show itself wasn't the best Tori concert I've ever been to, but it had enough amazing highlights to keep me happy. Yes, Anastasia and Cool On Your Island prime among them. I had heard both of them live once before, but not like I did on Friday. Anastasia was flawless, and COYI was slow and gorgeous. It thrilled me that she played the full versions of both of them too, sometimes she drops parts of those two. "Tori's Piano Bar" was more than satisfying. Heart and Billy Idol, very cool. Twas good to hear Blood Roses, I'm really digging this years version. Ribbons Undone made me a little teary...for the first several minutes, after it went on about twice as long as it should have I got a little fidgety. I really wanted to hear some stuff from Venus and Choirgirl solo, but maybe she'll do that on the summer tour. The only thing I would have left out of the show was Jamaica Inn, it bordered on awful. Tori looked GORGEOUS too, hair, face, dress, all fabulous. :)
Tourist-y schtuff: Pike's Place (including some really spicy and lovely Turkish food and the first Starbucks! :p), the Science Fiction Museum (nifty!) and the Seattle Aquarium (highlight: baby sea otter!)
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Here ya go. Pics of me & Joshie. Sorry I'm late getting to it :) ( Read more... )Current Mood:  content |
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Josh and I have been living together for six months as of today. :)
Thinking about that makes me grin like mad.
Tomorrow we leave for Seattle!!!!!
Thinking about that makes me grin too.
OTR & Tori (and IKEA and tourist-y stuff) here we come! Woo!
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Apr. 19th, 2005 @ 09:45 am
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My friend Elizabeth called last night!!!!
I haven't seen her in ummmmmm....7 years?
We're hanging out on Sunday.
*very happy*Current Mood: jubilant |
From ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) abiboogs: The State Quiz!
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Apr. 15th, 2005 @ 02:00 am
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You're Oregon!
When people talk about peace in the valley, they often think of you.
After all, you've inspired countless people to traverse rough terrain in search of you
and even think about you when playing popular computer games. Are you really up to all
the hype or are you all wet? You take shelter from the storm beneath trees, felled by
either loggers or beavers. If you were a shade of pink, it would be salmon.
Take the State Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.
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Fucking RAD! :):):)
I didn't fudge results at all. Apparently this truly is where I belong.
I really do love Oregon <3Current Mood:  amused Current Music: Over The Rhine - Long Lost Brother |
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Tori shows I've been to:
11 July 1996 - Sacramento, CA - Community Center Theatre
16 Sept. 1998 - Sacramento, CA - Arco Arena
20 Sept. 1999 - Bakersfield, CA - Centennial Garden
6 Oct. 1999 - Portland, OR - Theatre in the Clouds/Rose Garden Arena
12 Dec 2002 - Sacramento, CA - 100.5 The Zone Studios
21 Dec 2002 - San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
11 April 2003 - San Jose, CA - San Jose Center for the Performing Arts
12 April 2003 - San Jose, CA - San Jose Center for the Performing Arts
13 April 2003 - Sacramento, CA - Memorial Auditorium
1 Sept 2003 - Atlanta, GA - Chastain Park Amphitheatre
22 April 2005 - Seattle, WA - Mark S. Taper Auditorium/Benaroya Hall
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I feel like I'm missing one. I swear I've seen her 11 times, but I can only remember ten. Its frustrating.
(And I'm not 100% positive that it was the 12/21 SF show I saw in 2002. Robert do you remember which one we went to? Beth do you remember if I was at the first or second one? (that was the show where we hung around the meet & greet going "OMG! Tori died!! :p )Current Music: Over The Rhine - Nobody Number One |
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My Tori tickets arrived!!!
They actually were delivered April 5th, to the front office at my apartment complex. No one bothered to tell me. I was a little bothered by that at first, but now I'm just happy to have the tickets in hand finally. They're beautiful! :)
The vacuum cleaner I ordered from Amazon and a christmas present for Josh were being held there too....
In other news, our seasons have been reversed in Oregon apparently. It was spring like and gorgeous all thru February and early March. Now that its actually spring, its been cold and rainy...but not today! Today, according to the weather report is a one-day return to gorgeousness. Wish I could be out enjoying it, from what I saw on the walk to work, this is perfect "read a book under a tree" or "play frizbee in the park" weather.Current Mood:  awake |
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Josh and I went out for Japanese last night. We both ordered hot dishes, but I also got a few sushi rolls. And Josh tried them!! He was so brave :) The look on his face right before he ate his first spicy tuna roll was priceless!
I finally got around to doing my taxes last night. I don't know why I put it off so long. I'll be getting back a little more than $200 from the federal government. And then there's Oregon. For the first time in my life I OWE taxes, thank you State of Oregon. I owe exactly ONE DOLLAR Wooo! :pCurrent Mood:  happy |
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He makes me smile so much. It feels like I'm smiling and laughing all the time these last several months.
We went and saw "Fever Pitch" today because it was what was playing when we got to the theatre. Not bad, as romantic comedies go. But still, just your average romantic comedy.
Total CD's bought this weekend: Zero Be proud folks, be very proud of me. I did however buy a video game and some shirts. :) Oh and a whole mess of stuff at the Body Shop. :p
Tori played "Me & Bobby McGee" tonight in Hartford! I'm SO going to download a lossless version of that show to burn. I just about fell out of my chair when I read she played that. I couldn't be more excited about Seattle!Current Mood:  bouncy |
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gave the cat a bath tonight. she was great for her last one, and even better for this one. Almost no screaming, very little trying to escape. I'm really proud of her, she's a real trooper :)
Saw "Sin City". Visually fantastic, engrossing... enthrallingly revolting... very much a graphic novel for the screen... won't say I "loved" it. For me, its just not a movie I can make that kind of judgement on, but its definitely a film-making experiment that worked, and worked very well.
Had Coldstone yet again. I'm likely to become addicted to cheesecake ice cream with cherry pie filling and graham cracker pie-crust.
Ate at Wendy's tonight. Made lots of finger jokes.
Bought 'Fargo' at Target. $9 well spent.
Downloaded some of the songs from the Clearwater Tori show. Very excited about Seattle. Her voice sounds amazingly good.
My paycheck didn't come in the mail today like it should have. I was a day late getting my time-sheet in, but that's never been a problem before. Oh well, no biggie.
Watched "Passion" on PBS with Patti LuPone and Audra McDonald. They astound me.
Going to bed now. Apparently because of daylight savings time, its almost 6am. Fuck.Current Mood:  sleepy |
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Aaaaaaah April. :)
Springtime.
My birthday!
Tori on Tour. (and Over the Rhine!!)
This is going to be a great month. I can feel it.
Hope its a great one for each of you too!Current Mood: optimistic Current Music: Cat Power - Wonderwall |
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Last night I get home to an envelope taped to my front door. Inside was a card from Josh <3 :) Cute puppies on the card, a really sweet message written inside. *swoon*
Later in the evening I go to the refrigerator and there's another card inside! *double swoon*
Sometime before bed, I go to throw away a yogurt cup. Yup, a beautiful sweet card taped to the inside of the cabinet door.
As I'm getting ready for bed I can't find the listerine. Must be under the sink... and sure enough, one more amazing card.
I can't say enough how much I love this man. He is everything I ever wanted and more.Current Mood:  loved |
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Normally I don't watch American Idol on Tuesdays. Actually I don't really watch it much at all. But I've caught a bit here and there this season, including all of tonights. I had a total Debbie Allen moment while watching. I swear I channelled her for a second while Vonzell was singing. She totally broke out tonight and I was bizarrely happy for her.
But most of the rest of the show I could have done without. Of those ten I could cut 8 of them right now. Anwar (I Believe I Can Fly?!?! What!?) and Constantine are just BAD. Jessica couldn't be more boring and generic. Scott can't carry a tune, and frankly, he's gross. Ruben Studdard was a big adorable teddy bear guy, Scott Savol is just a mess. Anthony is just not good enough. I can't remember if its him or Constantine that sounds like an off-strip Vegas lounge act. Maybe its both. Not to mention Anthony looks like he should be doing a minor partin a Bel Ami movie instead of American Idol. Nikko Smith isn't terrible, I'm just waiting to see if he has any thing in his repetoire that doesn't sound like Babyface with a wedgie. Carrie Underwood... eh. She's pretty good. I just don't like her. Nadia Turner I definitely do like. Too bad she's pretty weak in the vocal department.
So that leaves Bo and Vonzell. He's pretty ugly, but I've him perform several times and he pretty muched knocked it out every time. Vonzell has a great look and and the right style to win. It's going to come down to those two. My prediction.
My other prediction: Paula Abdul, rehab. She got progessively drunker through this show. I don't think she's even really listening to the performances anymore. Somebody needs to get her an intervention.Current Mood: amused Current Music: Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life |
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I'm really enjoying at Henry's. Which kind of sucks, because its fairly expensive. Today Josh and I got out of there under $40 for lunch, not counting tip. So thats not too bad. The salads there are amazing. The whole leaf ceasar, so good. And the Cajun sausage mac & cheese I had today is the ultimate in comfort food.
Some really adorable chick witnessed to us today as we were waiting for the train. Her name is Natalie and she loves us and loves the word of God. She wants us to think about her faith, how she feels strongly enough to be out in the pouring rain on a Saturday talking with folks at the MAX station. Anyway, she loves us and wants us to be saved. So we should think about that. I bet Natalie praying for us right now. She's a sweetheart like that.
CDs bought today: Moby: Hotel
Elliot Smith: from a basement on the hill
Eisley: Room Noises
I'm glad we took an umbrella out today. It's been really coming down. And I love it.
Now I'm off to make some popcorn and watch Kill Bill Volumes 1 & 2 :) :)Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: Elliott Smith - A Fond Farewell |
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I've been watching a lot more of it lately. Maybe I'm just getting old.
Tonight I watched NOW (the guy who took over for Bill Moyers is great!) on the new bankruptcy bill, Battlefield Brittain about the Battle of the Boyne and Austin City Limits with The Flaming Lips and the Shins.
Almost made me forget how cruddy I've felt all day. I think I'm pulling out of that funk...slowly but surely. It really was great to post with you today Kerry. *hug*Current Mood:  drained |
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| How to make a jared1979 |
Ingredients:
3 parts pride
3 parts arrogance
5 parts empathy |
Method:
Layer ingredientes in a shot glass. Serve with a slice of wisdom and a pinch of salt. Yum! |
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