among other things, for my birthday you can get me a...

Airzooka!! haha, these things are sweet... they're quite genius in their simplicity :D

Man, I've been living at Claire's this past week, it's really quite sad. I think I've worked three or four 1:30 to close shifts for this past week. Close meaning that I usually leave around 10:45 earliest, or even as late as 11:45... its bits quite a bit I tell ya. Haha, I think the worst part is that I spend more waking hours at Claire's than I do at home. So 1:30 to 11:30 is 10 hours, give or take a few. I'f I go to bed at 2:30/3 AM, thats roughly 3 hours. And if I wake up at 11 AM and leave for work again at 1 PM, thats another 2 hours, which makes a total of 5 hours... yup, I'm definitely living at Claire's. One good thing is that I think I'll have over 40 working hours for this week, and anything I work over 40 hours I get paid time-and-a-half for. Sweeeettt.

On a semi-related topic, I really detest some people that come into the store. Mostly little kids. Well, not little, little kids, but say around 10/11... ya know, that age. When you take something out to look at it or knock something down, just don't leave it on the floor!!! How does that make sense at all? At that age, you should really know better. I sort of want to blame the parents for not teaching their kids better. Spoiled little brats.

Okay, new concert anouncement...

BOND
August 9, 2004
B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, NYC
$20.50 (Gen Adm)

For the uninformed, Bond is a female string quartet that plays classical music with a modern spin... good times all around. So do I have any takers?

My gosh. Guess how many hours I worked today. 10. geez. I was sloted for the 1:30-close shift today, closing being sometime around 9:30 because that's when the mall closes and we can start cleaning up, doing paperwork, etc etc. So usually it takes about an hour max to close down the store, but man, two hours tonight! I blame it on the fact that Laur and I have never closed by ourselves together... we were a tad confused. Okay, more than a tad. We finally finished up with some help from Jessica, one of the managers at the Icing. But then there was still clean up. Tell me, what is so freaking hard about putting something back after you look at it?! It's really not that hard. But oh no really, I live to clean up after customers that are slobs. The majority aren't, most of them are actually nice, but the ones that are make it so tiresome to get the store back in order. ::scowl:: Hahaha, then there was also the fact that neither of us knew where the dumpster was, so after asking a security gaurd, then wandering around the inards of the GSP mall, we finally convinced a CVS manager to show us the way, which was nice of him. But when it comes down to it all, it's my job, and I'm getting paid. Granted it's only a meager $7.15 an hour (I think), but 10 hrs * $7.15 = $71.50... well thats before taxes anyway. Things could be worse :) so no more complaining... at least not for now.

I just finished reading Footprints of God by Greg Iles. Contrary to some first thoughts you may have had, it is not a religious book. In a one sentence summary, the book is half a half narrative of the main character, and deals with the creation of a supercomputer that actually thinks. It's a pretty good read, I would reccomend it to anyone who's looking for a new book to read. It felt really nice to just lounge around and read, something that I haven't been able to do at all at Tufts. On a side note, I feel sorta lost now that I'm back home. Sort of like I don't know what to do with myself or something of the sort. I just feel very... disjointed from Teaneck. But I guess that can be expected after comming back home from college.

What is wrong with America?!? Why are Latoya and Fantasia in the bottom two??? They are the two best people still in the competition!!! Dammit, even Jasmine knows that she does not still deserve to be on the show!!! Stupid idiotic people...

I am officially done with my freshamn year of college at Tufts.... WOOHOO!!!!

Woah! was not expecting a new blogger layout... totally took me by surprise! anyway, on to the rease subject of this post.

After wating about a year for the moving to come out, A Wrinkle In Time premiered on ABC today care of A Wonder World of Disney. In case you don't know, A Wrinkle In Time is a children's book written my author Madeline L'Engle. And in my opinion, it is one of the best books out there (not to mention her other books which are also great). I was really excited to see this movie one, because It's one of my favorite childhood books, and two, Gregory Smith is in it (he plays Ephram Brown in Everwood). Let me just say that I am so disappointed. Whoever directed/produced the movie should be shot for many various reasons. The biggest reason of all is that they hardly stayed true to the book! I HATE that!!! The book is such a great piece of work to begin with, why change it?!?! I hate when people mess up great books by turning them in to only decent movies. Grrrr... If I were Madeline L'Engle, I would be pissed off like all hell right now. And as much as I love Gregory Smith as an actor, where do they get off casting someone as Calvin that doesn't have red hair? That is a vital part of his character! I do admit that Gregory played the part well, but the physical charactertics are just not there, and they are so important to Calvin's character. Grr again. But now I have to go study for my spanish final. I might have to purge that awful rendition by reading the book again though...

Well said

Just a short one
There's a show on CBS called JAG, short for Judge Advocate General, which deals with the military matters. Tonight's eppy dealt with a marine that died during combat, and they had a sequence that showed his body being dressed in uniform in preparation for burial. Man, I just broke down. And again at the burial scene... While I know that the show is just fiction, the story is just too similar to what is going on in Iraq right now. How many more people are going to die before this war is over? I know that I am not the most informed about the war, but really... it's just heartbreaking to think about it.

Alanis Morissette is by far one of the best femal artists there is out there. There is something so blunt and personal about her lyrics that is just so great and refreshing. Not to mention great melodies and harmonies. I swear though, every time I listen to Unsent, I sit there listening to her singing and think, "Wow. Every single line of this song is applicable to relationships I've had before." Not romantic relationships now, well not all of them, but platonic ones too. She sings/writes everything that I have ever wanted to say, and oh man, how much I would love to say some of those things to some people. It's not even things I would say though, It's things that I feel, or have felt. By opening up herself and her experiences to us (her fans), it's so much easier to lose yourself in the music, because you know that she has went through everything that you have went though. I wonder what it must be like to listen to her music and realize that she's singing about you. Man... what a trip.

Gosh, just when you think things are down and out and that you are a complete dolt, there is nothing like the Bible to put things in perspective for you.

We will run and not grow weary, we will walk and not faint. For the Lord will go before us, and His joy will be our strength! Mounting up on wings like eagles, as our spirits start to soar, and we come into His presence, and we wait upon the Lord. We will wait upon the Lord, for in His presence is fullness of joy! And our strength will be restored, as we wait upon the Lord.

Can you find the source code for this website? If you can... tell me!!! I hate not knowing how to do things...

oh, and another thing. I have an extra Jars of Clay ticket for May 22... any takers?

why can't I see people's comments on my last post? Grr... I think I want to change my commenting system. Anyone have any suggestions?

stolen from Nor's xanga:
Post a memory of me, any memory, as a comment. Then do the same in your lj/blog/whathaveyou to see what others remember about you.