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you are lightcyan
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Your dominant hues are green and blue. You're smart and you know it, and want to use your power to help people and relate to others. Even though you tend to battle with yourself, you solve other people's conflicts well.

Your saturation level is very low - you have better things to do than jump headfirst into every little project. You make sure your actions are going to really accomplish something before you start because you hate wasting energy making everyone else think you're working.

Your outlook on life is very bright. You are sunny and optimistic about life and others find it very encouraging, but remember to tone it down if you sense irritation.
the spacefem.com html color quiz


Huh. The analysis is true enough, but I wanted to be purple...lol.



DIALECT MEME...
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks.
Depending on my mood--probably a creek, but possibly a brook or stream.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called.
Cart. Shopping cart, if it's not in immediate context (ie, not, "Can I put my purse in the cart?", but like "She was pushing a shopping cart around the city.")
3. A metal container to carry a meal in.
Bento box! Nah, probably a lunchbox. Unless it's mine.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in.
Frying pan.
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people.
Air mattress. (Haha, kidding, only at Kristy's house the last few weeks.) Couch.
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof.
Gutter. Also where many minds reside.
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening.
Porch. Possibly deck if it's high off the ground.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages.
Soda, if I'm not referring to it by the brand name.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup.
Pancakes. Or waffles, but I think there's only one name for those.
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself.
Ew. SubWay.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach.
Trunks.
12. Shoes worn for sports.
Tennis shoes (which I actually pronounce as one word, "tenni-shoes." My mother actually referred to them as tennies when I was a kid) or sneakers.
13. Putting a room in order.
Cleaning, organizing.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark.
Lightning bug or firefly, more often than not the former. Funny, I never noticed that there were two different words for it until just now. Weird.
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball.
Roly-poly.
16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down.
Seesaw or teeter-totter.
17. How do you eat your pizza?
By hand, generally, unless I'm with someone anal who uses a knife and fork, and I might follow suit. Maybe.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
Yard sale or garage sale, interchangeably. Flea market if they actually open up a shop.
19. What's the evening meal?
Dinner.
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
Basement.
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places?
Drinking fountain. Ew. I'd have to be pretty desperate to use one.





1. My username is ______ because ______.
rena_librarian. Well, RenaissanceGrrl was taken (and continues to be taken) by some dominatrix who has a friends-only journal. Grr. I'd had to resort to renaissancegrrl_thelibrarian as my Yahoo! ID and LJ wouldn't take that many letters. I often answer to Rena on forums (Ren and RG and RGrrl aren't my cup of tea) so it just...made sense?

2. My name is _____ because ______.
Sarah, because my parents wanted to give me a Bible name. (After choosing names like Jennifer and Alicia) Suits me well enough, I suppose.

3. My journal is titled ____ because ____.
Until the Stars Are All Alight. It's a Tolkien quote (from the song Pippin sings in the movie) and I liked the reference to the stars. Also it generically refers to things getting better in the future. I suppose I might actually be due for a rename, lol. Things are good, other than the joblessness.

4. My journal subtitle is ____ because ____.
Call me 'cause I'm still awake. Slight paraphrase from Anna Nalick's "Breathe (2 AM)" because it's generally true--I'm very much a night owl.

5. My friends page is called ____ because ____.
Crazy People Who Like Me...which, uh...makes sense? Lol.

6. My default userpic is ____ because ____.
The Éowyn one Hobbity made for me...because I designed it and had it made for me.



WHAT CELEBRITIES WOULD YOU...
- kill - Paris Hilton
- torture - see above. I'd start by gagging her
- smooch - meep, so many...let's just say 90% of the male LotR cast and leave it at that
- make out with - Elijah Wood, Dominic Monaghan
- go dancing with - see above
- have sex with - Did that meme already...
- hug - Stephen Colbert, because I didn't get Halloween as a kid, either.
- go on a date with - Hee. See "smooch."
- party with - Elijah and Dom, and hopefully get Elijah to DJ
- become best friends (female) - Avril Lavigne, Emilie de Ravin
- become best friends (male) - Jorge Garcia, Viggo Mortensen
- marry - ELIJAH.
- look like - Lindsay Lohan, in the Mean Girls era (ie, RED hair)
- adopt as your long lost sister - Avril Lavigne. Or...Lindsay Lohan? I'm with the Fug Girls, girl could use some stability in her life.
- ...brother? - Jorge Garcia again. Maybe Hugh Laurie, if only because it would probably be creepy if I dated him.
- move in with - *snerk* ELIJAH. I doooo believe I started a fic like that once... *whistles innocently*
- get his autograph - Anybody I ran across. If I didn't actually want it, there's always Ebay!
- spend a day with - Elijah? Avril Lavigne? What is this, Make A Wish? (Probably Elijah. XD)
- go to a drive in movie with - Elijah. Or Dom.
- bake a cake for - Dang near anybody I liked.
- bake a turkey for - Uh...I dunno, I wouldn't do this for myself...so...whoever asked?






LAST PERSON WHO...
Slept in your bed: Just moi.
Saw you cry: Huh. I can't even think of the last time I--oh snap. Kristy. Sorta. Over Sam.
Made you cry: Sam. But only a little.
Spent the night at your house: Nico.
You went to the movies with: Kristy, Jared, EJ...uh...Raymond was there, I THINK Dena was there, EJ's man whose name escapes me (but I know it starts with a J!), and a friend of theirs.
You went to the mall with: Kristy and Abi!
Yelled at you: Hmm...Nico, probably?
Sent you an e-mail: Uh...Maryanne sent me the Lions newsletter and if I got anything after that it was automated.
You kissed: No one. *sob*

HAVE YOU EVER...
Said "I love you" and meant it?: Not to a guy. Never said it. Wanted to. Would have meant it if I had.
Gotten in a fight w/your dog/cat/bird/fish,etc.: Uh, no.
Been to New York? I saw the Statue of Liberty from a grounded plane, and I think we drove through it once when I was a kid, but not in any kind of meaningful way.
Been to Florida? Lived there for six months. I turned three there.
California? Twice, I think. I was really little. WINCHESTER MANSION FTW!
Hawaii? No, and have no desire to go unless it has something to do with Lost.
Mexico? Yes, actually. DON'T DRINK THE WATER. IT'S ALL TRUE.
China? Nope.
Canada? Three times, if you count Niagara Falls when I was young enough to be in a stroller. Twice otherwise.
Danced naked? Mmm, not really. I get enough of a kick walking around in the process of changing clothes or getting ready for a shower.
Dreamed something really crazy and then it happened the next day: I've had lots of deja vus from dreams, but they take longer than the next day.
Wish you were the opposite sex? Mmm, only to escape my period. Girls kick ass.
Had an imaginary friend? More than one. And at ages I don't care to admit.

STUFF...
Have you ever loved someone you had no chance with: ...every time. And currently. -_-*
Have You Ever Cried Over Something Someone of The Opposite Sex Did: More than once...
Do You Have A "Type" Of Person You Always Go After: I think I do, but then I end up falling for someone completely NOT that type...
Want Someone You Don't Have Right Now: Yeah.
Ever Liked a close Guy/Girl Friend: Yeah...currently? I don't know that we're really friends but we spend a lot of time around each other because we have mutual friends that we're close to.
Are You Lonely Right Now: After those questions? Yeah.
Ever Afraid You'll Never Get Married: It's crossed my mind more than once.
Do You Want To Get Married: Oh, yes.
Do You Want Kids: Not in the slightest.
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So I haven't blogged in a few days; haven't really felt like it.

Short version: after our date on Wednesday, Sam broke up with me. To my face he said he didn't want to deal with the drama of a relationship and wasn't ready and blah blah blah--to Kristy, when asking for advice on how to go about it, he said that he wasn't attracted to me.

Well. Whether that's the truth or an excuse for his own shortcomings *coughpersonallyIthinkhe'schickenshitcough* I don't care--if he couldn't say so before going along with things, then, well, he's not mature enough to handle me. (Kristy went so far as to say women in general. *snerk*)

Kristy was deploying that night so I came up here to work to be consoled (Kristy is an awesome friend who gives awesome hugs) and she listened to me whine about it, and I was pretty much okay the next day. We took a two-hour lunch, though--went to El Charro's, went to Wal*Mart where we found Nico the black (fake) leather beanbags he's been wanting since he moved into his place, and took them to him at work, then got ice coffee/ice cream at McD's. ^_^ I had the hours to get away with it. Good day.

It took me about two days to figure out the life lesson, but I did find it: as much as I may have resigned myself to the fact that I'll probably never date a guy that I find completely hot (like, Elijah hot), there are in fact guys out there who will never do better than me. And yes, I do find this comforting, and no, I'm not sure whether that makes me confident or conceited. I care not. Somehow I came out of it feeling better about myself, so I don't want to overanalyze it. Anymore.

Though it feels like a bad omen; my first real relationship being capable of measurement in hours. (91, to be exact.) Which makes me wonder: should I even count it, or am I still capable of saying I've never really had a boyfriend?

The part that's comforting: from Brandon to Sam--six weeks. I remember when more than six months would pass before I'd come anywhere near having a new possibility.

While I was hanging out at Nico's yesterday, Sam delivered a pizza. I don't think he saw me, but I certainly saw him and his newly-pink hair. FTW? Neither one of us made any effort to say hi. Nico was all "Go say hi," and I was all "Pfft, no." He said he wanted to stay friends but frankly I don't want that kind of shallow in my life. I already have plenty of friends who are actually awesome, and not just surface awesome.

Moving along. Saw Shutter, it was good--though I thought it was about to end like three times before it actually did. The actual ending surprised me! Ask if you want details; I'll give them in comments.

On Saturday, Kristy, Abi, and I went to Springfield to go salsa dancing! We went to the mall and an Asian market (twice!). I bought a sake set  (sake to follow on payday...hope I like it!) and a bento box at the Asian market, and some green tea pocky (I couldn't taste the difference from regular pocky, but it's prettier), and a single-serving bottle of Calpico "non-carbonated soft drink." It was milk-based, and sweet, with Hello Kitty on the bottle! ^_^ Kristy bought Ramune drink, which comes in glass bottles but they don't have caps, they're sealed with a marble, and it comes with a plastic plunger and you have to pop the marble out. It falls into the bottle and shakes around. It's awesome, and tastes DEEEEELISH. ^_^ I put the bottle with all the other ones at the top of my kitchen.

Also found out that the Chinese restaurants in Mountain Home shop there. XD

Also, at the mall, at Hot Topic, I found the CHARLIE SHOES. Checkered. ^_^ I HAVE AWESOME SHOES. They're a brand name, which makes me feel kinda selloutish, but dude...it's CHARLIE SHOES. And it's a brand name that they had at Hot Topic, so yeah.

There's a Mexican guy who's on an eye level with my nipples that thinks I'm beautiful and he's in love with me. He's also very very drunk, but whatever. X3 I kind of thought that might happen at some point during our salsa evening (which kind of sucked in that they didn't play a single salsa song--we found out later that they've changed DJs, and it ended up being Firehouse sort of music for half the night), but the first guy to ask me to dance? -_-* Oh well. Lol. One of the guys was like "Come dance!" and I told him that we came to dance salsa, and they hadn't played any salsa, and what WAS this stuff? And he's like, "Is Walk It Out!" XD (Which I knew, but still. Lol.)

At least Abi met a decent guy. ^_^ I'm keeping my fingers crossed for her!

So last Wednesday at Lions (before the breakup, if you care about chronology), one of the older members caused some drama. Hard to explain, but he did it while Shelly Hill (reporting for the board, which is separate from the main club) was up in front of everyone, and he hardly let her get a word in edgewise. It was really embarrassing for everyone else in the room and he was wrong to boot. Afterward there was the social committee meeting (Shelly and I are both on it) and after that she kind of tried to explain what was going on, that his issue was old and had little to do with what he chose to throw a fit about, etc, etc. I went out of my way to stop her before she left and tell her that I thought he was way out of line. Some emails went around and Dad saw fit to copy this one to me:

I explained that it is the board they are upset with, and I happened to be there right then.  I think they even all have plans to attend the board meeting if at all possible to show their support.  Sarah was especially sweet…she waited until everyone was gone and expressed how she thought I did a good job.  What a very special girl you and Theresa have raised!  Congratulations on raising such a caring and compassionate young woman!

Shelly

^_^ And Dad had this to say at the beginning of it: Sarah - I thought you should see this.  Of course I’m always proud of you.

Aww. I feel loved. I really admire Shelly (even if she didn't hire me, lol--if I'd gotten the bank job last year she would have been my boss)--she's a woman who's really accomplished so much, she's very respected in the local business world and works so hard for the Lions--so I'm very flattered. ^_^

Torrent downloading = best. Technology. EVER!

So, in summation: Sam's a loser and it's very much his loss, Springfield is awesomer than I remembered from when we went there when I was a kid, I'm going to the Lions board meeting tomorrow, and I love my bento box.

RANDOM!

Mar. 26th, 2008 10:20 am
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Your Thinking is Abstract and Random



You are flexible, adaptable, and creative.

There's many ways that you can learn - and you're up for any of them.



You relate well to other people, and you do well working in groups.

You can help people communicate together and work with each other's strengths.



You don't work well with people who are competitive or adversarial.

You prefer to work toward a common goal... not toward conflicting goals.



Haaaa. Go figure.

...I get to see Sam tonight!

=D

Mar. 23rd, 2008 06:14 am
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So.

Wednesday. I told Sam to call me this time, and I decided to just stay at work until he called. I think the words "after 4:30" were in this conversation somewhere.

Kristy stayed with me, thank God.

5 o'clock rolls around and I start to worry, but figure he's got something going on, whatever. 5:30 gets me edgy, and Kristy's having to tell me to breathe. She asks if she should text him and I was all "Yeah. NO NOT FOR REAL WTF ARE YOU--" But too late, she had already sent it.

(pasting from her journal)
Sarah says: -_- what you say? 
Kristy says: it be okay sarah, "what are you up too?" 
Kristy says: completely non informative. 
Sarah says: oh okay 
Kristy says: what you think i say? 
Sarah says: I dunno, “call Sarah!” 
Kristy says: "dude call sarah before she hyperventilates!!!" 
Sarah says: or the less pushy but still desperate-looking “Sarah’s really looking forward to seeing you tonight”
Sarah says:lol yeah 
Kristy says: hahah "i'm tired of hearing your name will you CALL HER ALREADY!!!!" 
Sarah says: or that too 

So it starts getting closer to 6 and I'm still spazzing, and finally I ask "What if he NEVER calls?" Then she goes, "Then you can come to church with me!" Lol. I told her I objected on the grounds that that's what my dad had suggested (earlier in the day, after Lions, when I told him I had a third date).

FINALLY her phone goes off (I can hear it) and of course it's Sam texting her back; he admits he's been asleep. She asks if he has plans and when the response comes...

Sarah says: TELLLLLL MEEEEEEE 
Kristy says: "was going to call sarah and see if she wanted to hang out" 
Sarah says: was?? WAS?? (yay, he hath spelt my name right) 
Kristy says: lol, i texted back "you two should come to church with me" 
Kristy says: (insert little laughing demon emote here)
Sarah says: because “ooh, good idea” wasn’t good enough? lol

Well, Sam was all "WTF?" but then when he found out that I was (probably) going he agreed. We went to church.

That was just...weird, lol. Not in a bad way. Reminded me of summer camp.

Then we went to McDonald's, and then to the Royal for karaoke. (Canceling out the church? XD Lol.) Hung out with Jacqui, played a really poor (on my part) game of pool w/Sam. Kristy took me and Sam back to his car and then I dropped him off (it's not a long drive to his place; he's in town as well). We chatted for a while, waiting for my windows to unfog (irony?) before we took off.

Then he had to work. Thursday, Friday, and tonight. It took forrrrrevvvvverrrrrr. -_-* Last night I went to Kristy's house and helped her reorganize her kitchen (after staying late enough to get like 3.5 hours of OVERTIME YAY), then today I went over and we dyed Easter eggs. I stayed for D&D (actually tonight was Vampire: the Dark Ages, but whatever), and I actually played. We ordered pizza and had Sam deliver, lol. He said he'd call me when he got off work and he ended up calling, like, 20 minutes later. He came on over while we finished the campaign (I feel like I sound smart, I probably sound like an idiot). Afterward Kristy said she was heading to bed--it felt kind of like she was saying "Okay, you crazy kids, go on and have a good time." Haha.

We DID. He came over and we played Grand Theft Auto (and by we played I mean he played and I failed), and finally he tried to pass me the controller and I was just, "Dude...it's so hard that it's actually more fun to watch you play than it is to play. But you can keep going..." *weird pause* "...or we could watch a movie." "Let's watch a movie."

He let me dig through his DVD/game case while he looked at my DVDs. He said that he'd seen pretty much everything I had, and his case is full of stuff that I've been wanting to see. Yay for movie compatibility! Lol. We finally picked Stranger Than Fiction (which was amazing!!).

And, I dunno. While we were sitting there, in the semidarkness (I killed the lamp, to get rid of the glare on the screen, wink wink--the light in the kitchen was on though), I really just...wanted to lay my head on his shoulder. And finally I shifted positions, but had no intention of actually laying my head on his shoulder, but then I just DID and it felt so normal and right and comfy, and I just stayed there, through the movie. :) At one point I asked if he was comfortable--"I'm not poking you with my elbow or anything, am I?"--and he said no, it was fine.

After the movie we didn't really move, and we just started talking, and kept talking. About five minutes afterward I pointed out that it was 4 AM. And we kept talking. And finally, after he'd said something funny, I put my chin on his shoulder and I said, "Sam? ...I really like you."

"I noticed."

There was a long silence, and I couldn't bring myself to say something mean, like "way to leave me hanging" so I finally just asked, "And you?"

And then he said, "I really like you too," and paused long enough to freak me out, and then said, "This is hard to say..." and paused.

"Oh, am I about to hear the Just Friends speech?"

He looked at me, a little scared, and said no. Then he went on to say that we'd seen a lot of each other and gotten to know each other, and he'd kept to himself for a long time, and there aren't a lot of girls who are smart like me (OMG!) and that he wanted to keep seeing me.

"That works for me. That definitely works." Then, "So..." (oh, tread carefully, Sarah) "Does that mean we're boyfriend and girlfriend?"

"Yeah, I guess so."

And I let out a tiny little squee and wrapped my arm around him. We talked a little, he said he needed me to give him time and I said I was fine with going slow because I'd never really had a boyfriend, and he said he'd never really had a girlfriend (I knew it!). He also said nothing lasts forever, he learned it from his parents--they're divorced--and I told him that we could cross that bridge when we come to it. ('Cause, really...I don't know if he's The One. Maybe not. We're just getting started and I'm not worried about that at this point.) Finally I was like, "I should let you leave, huh?" It was getting close to 4:30.

But we're seeing each other again tomorrow, after doing whatever with our families for Easter.

I walked with him to the door and he told me to have a good day. I told him it was guaranteed now. :) Then he was like, "Uh, well..." and he leaned in and kissed my cheek! :D (And no, he didn't try anything more, which is fine with me. For now.)

The euphoria's ebbing, or at least the need for sleep is finally overcoming it. Good morning night, all!
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I HAVE A BOYFRIEND!

Details to follow.
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*Kristy changes userpics, and I point out that her byline is now irrelevant*

The Awesome Kristy™ says:
oh yeah
The Awesome Kristy™ says:
jas
Sarah the Magnificent says:
lol
Sarah the Magnificent says:
pretty
The Awesome Kristy™ says:
have to go into cleaver mode
Sarah the Magnificent says:
hm?
Sarah the Magnificent says:
clever?
Sarah the Magnificent says:
'cause cleaver is something else entirely
The Awesome Kristy™ says:
lol
The Awesome Kristy™ says:
oops
Sarah the Magnificent says:
I know this job is stressful and all, but damn
The Awesome Kristy™ says:
yes i likes
The Awesome Kristy™ says:
lol
The Awesome Kristy™ says:
and there is one IN THE BUILDING
Sarah the Magnificent says:
OMG THERE IS!! X3

We discovered a meat cleaver in the full-service kitchen a few weeks ago. We used it to cut our frozen pizza. (After it was cooked, I mean.)

In other news, I get to see Sam in...about five hours and forty minutes. Give or take. But who's counting? XD


ETA:

Sarah the Magnificent says:
apparently there’s a leak in the commons
The Awesome Kristy™ says:
oh?
Sarah the Magnificent says:
can’t think of any other reason there’d be caution tape up, considering the distinct lack of blood and police
~*~
The Awesome Kristy™ says:
maybe there is a time warp there
Sarah the Magnificent says:
true, true
Sarah the Magnificent says:
but I doubt it
Sarah the Magnificent says:
nothing cool like that ever happens to us, lol
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Lookey here, quizzes. )

oh yes

Mar. 18th, 2008 10:00 am
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When I explained to Sam why exactly I'm terrified to be around dogs, he completely sympathized.

UNLIKE BRANDON. Ahem.

I'm going to go back to acting like I'm on a sugar rush, even though I've consumed nothing yet today. You all have a nice day! ^_^
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The workday dragged. OMG. The next two are gonna suck.

Sam and I met up at Pizza Hut at 5:30, and OMG we're pizza compatible! He likes pepperoni, or just cheese, on thick crust, maaaaaybe mushrooms now and again. That NEVER happens. Seriously. (Okay, okay, trivial, but still. Made me happy.)

We spent two hours talking videogames, over dinner. (With some comic books thrown in now and again.) Geektastic. ^_^ I started raving about the Dreamcast, and he brought up Crazy Taxi, which I'd never played. Long story short, after dinner we went to his house to grab Crazy Taxi and brought it back to my house to play it on my Dreamcast. He and his mom have two dogs (a dachshund and a chihuahua, I learned later), so I waited out in the car while he got the games. Texted Kristy while I waited, lol.

We played videogames for a few hours, not just Crazy Taxi, but a couple of mine. A friend of his called while we were playing and invited us over but we decided not to go.

"She knows about me?"
"Uh yeah."
"So you've been talking about me, huh? It better have all been good." :)
"Well, I just told her I had this date."
"Right, right..."

So we're dating. Yay!

When the videogames got old, we went up and watched YouTube videos (I'd left Mozilla open on his channel, lol, and I was all, "Look! I found you! But it was too late to watch anything!"), including all seven on his channel. (I'm not gonna link tonight, but if you're really dedicated: I subscribed to him. Scavenger hunt, GO! Lol.) His friend called again and was freaking out about the lightning, so I opened the window but we couldn't see anything, so I killed the lamp and then we could see the lightning. It was neat! ^_^

When I noticed it was 11, we decided to call it a night, and he drove me back to my car, at Pizza Hut. OH--he also drives a Le Baron, lol, though it's blue, a couple of years older, and not a convertible, lol. He has an MP3 CD player in it though. But his driver's side door doesn't open, so we BOTH had to get in and out on the passenger side, lol. As we were sitting there, next to my car:

"So...you work tomorrow, but not Wednesday?"
"Yeah."
"You have...plans, Wednesday?"
"No, nothing planned."
"How about you call me this time?"
"Okay. What time?"
"After four-thirty...I can get calls at work, it's okay."
"OH, okay."
"Well, you know, so long as I don't, like, sit there and talk and talk and talk..."
"Yeah, yeah...so I'll see you Wednesday." *pause while I fumble for the door handle, then I get it* "I had fun tonight."
*pause, hesitation to leave the car* "Yeah, I did too." *smile and blush*
"...hug?"
"Sure."

^_^ Hugging in a car is awkward.

He smelled nice.

I'm trying not to overthink this (Nico said that this is probably a good, healthy step for me), but it's so damn hard to stop thinking about him. I'm so wired. I (clearly) don't want to sleep--I got to bed at almost six yesterday, and now it's already three.

I'm going to bed now. Can't guarantee sleep. The nervous butterflies of Sunday have given way to the fun kind. I was whistling Colbie Caillat's Bubbly at work today. I hadn't listened to it in days.


...oh, screw it. SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! ^_^
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Tuesday--Lunch with Dad at El Charro's. Helped him pick out agreed with his choice of conference table for his new office, which he's getting because he has a new boss who (rightly) thinks his current office (given by the previous boss, who made him move out of his nice one) sucks. Kristy's party. Awesome, pics to come when I feel less lazy. Jungle juice=OH. EM. GEE. Met Sam, didn't really get to talk to him but drove him home. (Short version on Sam: Kristy and I made a McD's run and we bumped into him, said hi, left. I bugged Kristy, all, "who was that??" and she agreed to invite him so I could meet him. Yay!) Claims to be extremely proficient with Rubik's Cube, have yet to see that. Definitely proficient on Rock Band/Guitar Hero guitar.

Wednesday--Lions, per new usual. I'm on the Social Committee (capitals mine). Vaguely disappointed at first (I didn't get to pick, I was involuntarily volunteered and I was kind of hoping to become, like, a copy editor or writer for the newsletter or some such) but then I realized that this means that not only do I put up crepe paper for the banquet but I might get to influence the color. Lol.

Thursday--Left work early (yay!), picked up Nico, drove back roads (yay Google Maps) to Springfield, met up w/Shelly, Dani, and Kia and had dinner @ Fazoli's. Got to see Shelly's ring in person, got to catch up. ^_^ Went to Hammons Hall for RENT. Words cannot describe how much better it is live. (Raunchier for sure, lol, funnier, sort of, and sweeter in spots--particularly seeing Angel and Collins get together. It's not really in the Broadway recording and it's just kind of taken for granted in the movie, but in the play it's acted out.

Angel: "Baby, I've been hearing violins all night."
Collins: "Is it anything to do with me? Are we a thing?"
Angel: "Baby, we're everything."
And thus ensues I'll Cover You.)

During intermission, a gay man (wearing an awesome hat and a pink shirt) walked up and asked if I had a Chocolate Kitty (I assume he meant Chococat) purse, and I told him no, just regular Hello Kitty. He pulls out his wallet, it's a pink Hello Kitty wallet with hot pink sequins. "I lived in Japan for three years. Old habits are hard to break." I squeed. "Lucky!" ^_^ Also, the woman who tore our tickets said that my shoes were cute, and Shelly liked my top. It was a happy night of compliments.

Afterwards, Shelly and Kia had to get back because they had class/work in the morning, but Dani was up for ice cream so she went with Nico and me to Steak & Shake. It was the really old one, that I remember as looking really old when I was there as a kid, lol. I totally didn't think it had any inside space, because we always only ever went to the drive-up window, lol.

Friday--MY BIRTHDAY!! Katchan woke me up, calling to wish me happy birthday. ^_^ Called Mom and moved lunch from the Steak House to Pizza Hut (goddammit, I wanted pizza), went back to sleep for a bit. Had lunch w/Mom and Dad, and Mom brought me birthday cookie (I totally thought I wasn't getting anything like that--Kristy offered to make me a birthday cake, but she didn't go to work Thursday or Friday because of Coldzilla), so yay! The parents gave me $$$ rather than presents. They know me so well. (Well, Mom said that she looked for a steering wheel cover but couldn't find one I'd like. I asked where she looked and immediately came up w/a store she missed. Lol.) Dad said his desk came in, etc, and he'd been putting it together, so I offered to come help him with it.

After he left Mom gave me The Record. (This is a long story, more on that later.) I took it, and the cookie, and the leftover pizza to my house (hey, I have pizza!...) then went out to Dad's office and helped him with the desk (which is black and glass and is going to look hot. Apparently Maxim magazine has a furniture line, and, more surprising, my dad actually likes it). He had to leave at 2:30 because he and Mom had a Lions thing in Little Rock (District Governor training, lol), so then I went around shopping. Got a Hello Kitty license plate frame at AutoZone (I went to look at steering wheel covers because I figured Mom only looked for purple ones and I could find something I liked), bought Ultra Violet Manic Panic and a fingernail-piercing kit at Tattooz by Sassy (where Brandon got his tattoo, when I went with him, lol), then it occurred to me to look at Hastings and found the matching steering wheel cover. ^_^ There was too much pink on it (waaaay more than the frame) so I doctored it (later) with colored Sharpies. YAY. Looks better than you'd think.

Got a call from Nico and hung out with him for a while--he's been sick, so we just watched TV-on-torrent-downloaded-and-burned-DVD and ate popsicles. He gave me an awesome PotC birthday card that plays the main theme when you open it. Soooooo going on my desk, at least for a little while. Left his place and went to SmartStyles to have my hair done. I got the red redone and had just a little bit of layering put in. While I was waiting, I missed a call, but heard the voicemail alert, so checked my messages, and SAM had called me. "Hey, it's Sam. Um, happy birthday! I'll talk to you later. Bye." SQUEE! Called Kristy and she said she gave him my number. :) Stored it.

Stopped at Arby's for dinner, and the only downer of the day happened--they quit selling cheesecake bites. I told the girl at the window that they couldn't DO that, it was my birthday, and that I was writing to corporate, lol.

Went home and started to use the Manic Panic, but read that you're supposed to use a tint brush, went on a wild goose chase to Walgreens and back to Wal*Mart, only to come back home and do it by hand. -_-* Oh well. Noticed that Wal*Mart was selling some restaurant booths for $40 a pop. Watched some TV (House, yay!) and went to bed.

Saturday--Nico woke me up wanting to go shopping, I told him to give me time to flatiron my hair, Kristy called wanting out of the house and to tell me that I DID have birthday cake, lol. Long story short me, Nico, Kristy, and Brandon ended up at Wal*Mart, I bought one of the restaurant booths (can you think of anywhere else to get a table and seating for four for $40?--I'll likely replace it eventually, but OMG I HAVE A TABLE), and Brandon drove it over in his truck. He and Nico were just leaving when Kristy and I got there, so Kristy and I went about our shopping while the two menfolks delivered my truck. Apparently they had to dis- and reassemble it to get it in. They ate some of my birthday cookie, and I would have been mad, but they cleaned the table, too. ^_^

In the meantime Kristy and I had...a meal of indeterminate name at McD's, lol, then went to drop off my groceries at my house before going to her house to meet up everyone for the club. Jacqui dropped by (I had missed a call from her, I had planned on calling her back from Kristy's) and gave me my present (Ty Pennington's book, which actually did have the nice pictures that I thought it didn't, that misunderstanding being the reason I didn't plunk down $20 for it when it first came out, and Hello Kitty gummy snacks, lol), and came with us to Kristy's, where A) Sam, Dena, and Raymond were watching Sin City, and B) all us girls put on club makeup/glitter lotion/really nice fake tattoos that I had just picked up at Wal*Mart. (Somehow, of course, I ended up watching Elijah Wood get mutilated/killed/etc, and totally missed all the good parts of that movie. -_-*) Boondock Saints also got watched, I got to sit next to Sam a lot.

At some point he asked if I got his message, and I was all, "Yeah! That was really sweet. *big grin*" When we left for the club, it was me, J, Kristy, and Sam in Kristy's car. ^_^ Had some drinks at the club, nothing new other than the Jamaican Wet Dream (something Nico had once a long time ago, the one time we went to the club before I could drink). Good stuff. Danced a little with Sam but was hesitant to touch him, had another drink, told Kristy about it all and she was like, "Dude, just back up to him and give him some *bump/grind motion here*!" Lol. Went to dance some more and couldn't find him. Brandon offered to dance with me and I turned him down. (I don't know. Salsa's one thing, but grinding him? Just no. And I like to grind, thanks. Nico says this is immature of me, Kristy was all "Frickin right!" I just knew I didn't want Sam to see me dancing with him and get the wrong idea.)

Complained to Kristy about not being able to find Sam (it was really crowded) and she helped me look--he was playing pool. Grabbed another drink and watched him play (I thought he kinda sucked, but I think he was just having an off night because apparently he's played in tournaments, etc), then dragged him back to the dance floor. This time I put my arms around his neck and he didn't seem to mind too much. X3 Danced until I was ready to fall over.

Sam came with me back to the table and met everybody (it was kind of funny, he hadn't been back to the table once Nico and his group showed up, I think Nico was starting to think I had made him up o_O). Then they gave last call/last song and we all left. I complained about the cold and Sam gave me his jacket. :D There was a lot of fighting going on in the parking lot--there had been cop cars there when we got there. We decided Sam should drive since he was the only one who hadn't had ANY alcohol, though I think either Jacqui or I would have been fine to drive. Kristy, on the other hand, was pretty sloshed (and for the record, Kristy gets lovey when she's drunk, she gave out lots of hugs, lol). We almost ran over people trying to get out of the parking lot. It was CRAZY. We had to pull over for Kristy to decide she wasn't sick after all, the group in Jared's car took the long way around, through Midway, and I don't even know about Nico.

We went inside Kristy's for a minute, I grabbed the rest of my cake (Kristy, J and I had each had a slice earlier, in between the makeup and stuff), and then Stuart was like, "I love you all, but I'm tired, so I'm kicking you out!" Lol. Gave the keys to Jacqui and told her to get in the car, and then everyone else walked off and it was just me and Sam standing there and I asked if he was working the next day.
"No."
"Well...do you want to have dinner with me tomorrow?"
"Uh...sure. You have my number, right? From when--"
"Yeah, from when you called me. I'll call you...tomorrow afternoon?"
"Sure. See you tomorrow."

Got in the car, squeed, drove home with J, and we chilled for about an hour (okay, okay, we drooled over Ty) and she went home.

Sunday (today)--Slept until about 2:30, got up, had some breakfast. Kristy texted me to have me go for a walk with her, got dressed, went over there. Called Sam on the way and set up dinner (as I told Kristy later: "It's supper, with Sam, at six, at the Steak House. It's all nicely alliterative."). Kristy and I walked from her house to work (she's determined to get back in shape and so she's walking to work this week, so she wanted to time it), then halfway back before her knee started to hurt--she twisted it a little last night, dancing. Stuart came and got us, we stopped at the gas station to say hi to Jared (he called after we walked through the parking lot and was all indignant, lol), then went back to Kristy's, then I went home to refresh before meeting Sam.

We were both a little early, lol. Dinner was nice, even though conversation was slow--I think we have the whole "it takes a while to get started with someone" thing going on. My silence, at first, is not at all indicative that I'm not having a good time.

As we were finishing, I was all, "Uh...do you want to go do something else?"
"Sure."
"Well, there's only two things to do in this town besides go eat, and that's go bowling or see a movie...and I really don't want to go bowling."
"Let's go see a movie."

We called the two movie hotlines (HA, I'm not the only one with them in my phone! XD) and decided on Jumper. I texted Jennifer from the theater bathroom, lol, to say that dinner had progressed to dinner-and-a-movie, and that so far he had picked up the tab even though I had done the asking. She texted back "Good boy!!!" Lol.

Jumper was good, Rachel Bilson's actually a decent actress (I was shocked; still hate The OC). I really wanted to grab Sam's hand, but resisted--though my hand was within his reach most of the time, lol.

After the movie I asked Sam if he wanted to do anything else or call it a night, and he just kinda shrugged, "Was there anything you wanted to do?"
"Nothing in particular, just, I don't have to be anywhere until I have to get to sleep..."

We decided to call it a night and I drove him back to his car, and as he was getting out, he was like, "Well, see you later." GACK. SAVE THE MOMENT.
"I had fun."
"Yeah...hey, when do you get off work tomorrow?"
*mental sigh of relief* "Well, four-thirty theoretically, but I usually get there half-an-hour late, so--"
"Five."
"Yeah."
"Well, do you want to do something tomorrow?"
"Yeah."
"Call me when you get off work?"
"Yeah."

:D So I have another date with him tomorrow. Checked my voicemail and Nico had called during the movie, called him back, and we decided to hang out and he'd be there to get me in a few moments, which I used to call Kristy and update her. Nico and I drove around aimlessly, did our construction rounds and got some fast food before he dropped me off. Watched some TV, started downloading the ep of Lost I missed to see Rent, and the complete series of John Doe (how did I forget about THAT this long??), wrote this, and went to bed. Here's to tomorrow!
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 I hear you just got married
Took a month long honeymoon
And you were all smiles at the wedding
You cried when you kissed the groom

I got no invitation
I guess the mailman didn't bring it to me
But I see the whole thing in slow motion
Every night as I try to sleep

My buddy John said you looked real pretty
And you acted like you were in love
He said the preacher asked for objections
And he thought about standing up

I told John he must've been crazy
'Cause you were just about to say 'I do'
He just gave me a wink and said all he could think
Is it could've been me with you

It could have been me standing there with you
It could have been me and my dreams coming true
But those dreams move on if you wait too long
It took me till now to see it could have been me

I don't guess I ever told you
That I went out and bought you a ring
I even carried it around in my pocket
Waiting to say the right thing

I pulled it out the other day
But the diamond had lost its shine
Well, I know how it feels 'cause my eyes grow dim
When I think you could have been mine

It could have been me standing there with you
It could have been me and my dreams coming true
But those dreams move on if you wait too long
It took me till now to see it could have been me

Oh, I called her just in time to be too late
You know those dreams move on if you wait too long
It took me till now to see (it could've been me)

It could have been me standing there with you
It could have been me and my dreams coming true
But those dreams move on if you wait too long
It took me till now to see it could have been me

It could have been me...
--It Could Have Been Me, Billy Ray Cyrus

Yeah. Yeah. Exactly what's running through my head, save for a gender-reversal.

Or, better yet...and maybe slightly closer to home...


Today was the worst day, I went through hell
I wish I could remove it from my mind
Two months away from you but I couldn't tell
I thought that everything was gonna be just fine

The postcard that you wrote with the stupid little note
Something wasn't quite right about it
It smelt like cheap perfume
And it didn't smell like you
There is no way you can get around it
Because you wrote

"I wish you were her"
You left out the 'E'
You left without me
And now you're somewhere out there
With a bitch, slut, psycho babe
I hate you, why are guys so lame?
Everything I gave you, I want everything back but you

My friends tried to tell me all along
That you weren't the right one for me
My friends tried to tell me to be strong
I bet you didn't think that I would see

The postcard that you wrote
With the stupid little note
Something wasn't quite right about it
I wanna see you cry
Like I did a thousand times
Now you're losing me, you're losing me now
Because you wrote

I wish you were her
You left out the 'E'
You left without me
And now you're somewhere out there
With a bitch, slut, psycho babe
I hate you, why are guys so lame?
Everything I gave you, I want everything back but you
---Everything Back But You, Avril Lavigne

Ahh, Avril. You write 'em so well.

So yeah. If you haven't put it together yet, Duncan got married. I guess. I mean, that is what I would assume from his MSN byline reading "I love being married!!!" Three exclamation points and a retarded MSN smiley face.

Every time I think about getting back in touch with him (this time it was gonna be "gimme my books back, jerk!" hence the appropriateness of Avril) I manage to find out something like this. Well, screw him. To quote another song, "There's a fine, fine line between love and  a waste of time." Ahh, Avenue Q.

On the bright side, I checked outside to see if my Marvelous Mail package was sitting by the door--and it wasn't, but there was a mailing tube propped up in the corner. I didn't THINK it was my MM package (though it's an idea for the next one I send! or maybe the next round's theme!), since it seemed a bit small. It occurred to me what it might be as I pried it open (which was harder than it should have been, lol), and I was right--it was, of all things, an Elijah Wood poster. [profile] frolijah_fan_54 offered to send them out weeks ago (she went to a screening of Day Zero, met the director, and had gotten a copy of the poster), and I'd quite forgotten that I said I wanted one. It just made me laugh and think that (yet another song!) "Somebody's Out There Watching." ^_^ It absolutely could not have come on a better day. It's currently lying on the floor behind me, flattening under a couple of encyclopedias, and hopefully I can hang it up tonight before I go to sleep. ^_^

Nothing beats Elijah comfort. If this funk continues I'll probably watch Deep Impact tomorrow.
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I woke up this morning afternoon and just looked around and decided today would be a schleppy day; I don't feel like doing anything. My laundry is piling up and I should go do it (I'm already too late for last load at the place where I have my gift certificate from the auction, though, so that's out), I have shit I could be doing and I just don't care.

How odd that I should decide that before finding out.

~*~
Two-Volume Novel

by Dorothy Parker

The sun's gone dim, and
The moon's turned black;
For I loved him, and
He didn't love back.
~*~

I think we've hit the final chapter; I'm more than willing to call it such. I'm tired of this. I'm amazed by how hurt I feel. Just when I think I've finally dealt with what little feelings I had left here, I find out something else and all my issues spring up anew. Oh, there they are--the tears that have been eluding me the last few hours. Hello, sore throat.

...damn you, contacts.




...at least it still happens for some people.

Thank you, Zach Braff--I think I've officially moved from fan to fangirl. Or at least I will if I ever turn back into an optimist.
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So I get this word-of-the-day email. I think I've mentioned it before. Anyway, it kind of sucks at times because I'd say 90% of the time I already KNOW the word they're trying to teach me. But I learned something tonight!

If you put the nail of your pointer finger against the pad of your thumb and flick it against something, you have just filliped that something. I TOTALLY never knew there was a word for that!! You can use it as a noun, too--"That fillip really hurt, you jerk!" XD And it sounds less naughty than flicking someone. (Flicking sounds naughty to me, anyway. Though it may have something to do with the period during which Kat and I came up with the concept of "flicking" as an insult and got in trouble because everyone thought we were giving them the finger WHICH WE TOTALLY WERE NOT... XD Good times. In retrospect.) It's conjectured that the word flip is actually derived from fillip, same as chirp from the older "chirrup." Huh.

I should learn to cook. It's really sad that I have all the STUFF to make a grilled cheese sandwich (bread, cheese, butter, a frying pan, and a stovetop, and even some garlic salt stuff that could nicely kick it up a notch) and yet feel like it is TOO MUCH EFFORT. I've been meaning to bake, like, cookies or a cake or SOMETHING ever since I moved in, but the only cake I've had was the one Katchan made. I've got a can of OJ concentrate defrosting in the kitchen now and will be inappropriately pleased with myself when I get that mixed up. (Sad that I know beforehand how pathetic that will be.) (No comments on juice-from-concentrate, Nico, I already know you're a brand-name snob when it comes to OJ. No offense. I heart you for it.)

So yeah. Went with Nico, Rachel, and Rachel's friend Ruth and saw Tyler W of TB in a play tonight--Sex, Love, and the IRS, which was surprisingly more comedic than I expected and had a guy in drag for most of it. Basic plot: guy (Tyler) offers to do taxes for his male roommate Leslie and then, without telling Leslie, files them as MARRIED. Saves money, great plan...until they get audited. Hilarity ensues. Would make a cute movie, if you like the it-takes-place-all-in-one-day Empire-Records sort of movie. Which I do.

Speaking of movies, last night Nico and I finally watched Party Monster. Creeeepy, and about something completely different than you think it's about (on a totally random note, so was Capote), even though it FREAKING TELLS YOU RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING. And I wanna read the book now--Disco Bloodbath. It sounds delightfully degenerate, and yet with its moments of insight, kind of like Prozac Nation, only MORE. Lol. (Speaking of which, I totally need to buy my own copy of Prozac Nation and reread it.) Still trying to decide if Party Monster is an exception to my "I only like true stories if they're about crazy people" or if it's actually kind of ABOUT crazy people. XD

Whee.

Still love the job, still haven't messed with vlogging on my webcam, though I DID discover that my digital camera does not, in fact, record sound. XD Go me.

I should post real content more often. Nico and I have been going out, like, almost every weekend. Or sometimes during the week if he's working.

Oh, before I forget AGAIN: Not last Sunday, but the Sunday before, my company hosted a bowling party. I went, thinking I could meet some of the people from the other office (and I did, I've been IMing with Jennifer--she was really nice and we're "doing lunch" sometime, lol, and I had a class in college with her little brother), and of course no one from MY office showed up (though Terry did thank me the next morning for going and "representing" our office, despite the fact that I told Linda and Ashley that even though I had a good time, if I had KNOWN none of them were coming I probably would have skipped it). I suck at parties, I sat alone at a table until someone else talked to me because I can't just spontaneously introduce myself to a total stranger... but anyway, I had fun, and I won a trophy!!

...never you mind that it was for the lowest score. It's delightfully tacky, and yes, it IS sitting on my desk in my cubicle. (Everyone else at work refers to cubicles as cubes and it's a difficult habit to avoid taking up, but I hate that because it sounds...well, dumb.) Haha. All those people with middling scores went home with nothing. Like I told Jennifer, if you're going to lose, at least lose spectacularly! ^_^ And yes, Nico, if I ever tire of gazing at it, I will give it to you. In fact, I'll will it to you, too. Just in case. XD

So yeah...can't think of anything else, though I KNOW there was something else I've been meaning to blog about.

OH WAIT. Yeah. Long story short (honestly, if you know me at all well you've already heard anyway), Duncan's back with his ex. Old news by now. Except that's an oxymoron. But still. After a hissy in the privacy of my home, a long walk, some rum and Dr. Pepper (screw Coke), and a bit of introspection...I'm surprisingly okay with this. Disappointed, yes, but the smearing of residual anger is all directed at myself for not speaking up when I had the chance. (If I had known I would lose him anyway if I didn't speak up, I would have taken the risk.) And a bit of "Hell, his loss," attitude. (Though Shelly pointed out that maybe, just maybe, since this girl left him at the altar once before, it might behoove me to make an effort to stay friends with him since it could happen again. XD I think she was joking. That smacks of desperation even to me. And as this is the SECOND time Shelly's advice has led me astray in the romantic department, I think I may stop taking it. Lol.)

So...I dunno. I think I may email him (BTW, when and WHY FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHY did people start referring to sending emails as "shooting" someone an email??). Maybe. I should probably finish the story he inspired first so I have more than one reason to.

So...yeah. Anyone know any cute, single, non-assholey guys my age who know how to spell and are looking to date?
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No one reads 'em anyway. )
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I can't even begin to put a number on the times I said "Oh well, won't matter after tonight," "Ha! I never have to do this again!" or "Guess it's not my problem anymore" tonight.

We were done closing in, like, thirty minutes, but then Hannah got so absorbed in her paperwork that we had to sit and wait on her for fifteen friggin' minutes. I understand that she was coming up short, but DAMN. (Oh well. I spent my last five minutes at Taco Bell getting paid to sit on the counter. XD)

I have to say she's been so pissy the last two nights that I really don't feel sorry for her. Yay for karma and schadenfreude, which I have decided is my new favorite word.

But you know what? It's not my problem anymore.

So tomorrow I'm doing laundry, washing all my uniforms before I turn them back in. Also washing new purchases before wearing. And as luck would have it, I might have occasion to wear some of them tomorrow night! ^_^

But I'll get to that momentarily.

Speaking of shopping, Nico and I went to Rogers a few weeks ago--Sunday the 24th, lol, it doesn't seem like it's been that long. Anyway his aunt and uncle (who, in a nutshell, own a golf course and send him a four-figure sum for Christmas every year, and he's just their nephew) were there for some sort of healthy-living seminar, and since they were "so close" (three-hour drive), they convinced him to meet up for lunch. I tagged along, and was lucky enough to get invited to lunch (Nico and I had planned on me taking his car and shopping while they ate).

We went to this place called...Cabrera's? Caberra's? Something like that. At any rate, this really expensive Italian bar-and-grill place. OMG it was so good. Nico and I did the math later and we realized that for the four of us, including the tip, that meal probably cost about $200. (Of course there was alcohol involved, too, and that jacked it up quite a bit, but still.) Definitely the most expensive meal I've ever eaten, lol, and I'll probably never have another one. I told Dad about it later, and joked about rubbing elbows with big money, lol. He said we should have such rich relatives and I told him that the easy solution would be for me to marry Nico, if only I could talk Nico into it. XD (I was kidding.) Even Dad said, "Well, good luck with THAT."

But Nico's aunt and uncle--Jenny and Roger, who Nico calls by their names, which felt completely weird to me, who is used to calling anyone older than a cousin by a title, Aunt Diane, etc.--were actually really fun, too. I mean, I don't know--they're Nico's relatives, how boring could they be? But still. I wasn't expecting to have THAT good of a time, lol. When we walked in the hostess wrote down our name, then when the waitress got to our table she was all, "So, is this the...Studdard party?" Nico's uncle corrected her. "Stoddard. There's odd in Stoddard." XD

They never carded any of us at the restaurant. Hmm. Not that it matters since we're all over 21, but I thought it was weird. Had a delectable drink, a house mixed drink with cranberry juice, apple schnapps, and vodka, with a maraschino cherry. Looked like pink lemonade, tasted much better. ^_^ I think it was just called a Wildberry cocktail, but it was REALLY good.

After they left (they had to catch their plane), Nico and I went shopping. Among my finds--a purple Asian-style top (which I have ALWAYS wanted), the Claire's 10 for $10 sale, Flatland (it's a geek novel, look it up online), and a Rurouni Kenshin novel. (Have decided that RK needs its own entry later, lol.) Oh, and my hot new purse, which was 40% off. Yay!

Nico (with the most incredibly sweet gesture he's ever done for me, period) completely surprised me with one purchase:

(click to enlarge...yes, I just laid it on my scanner and scanned it, lol) I'm Best. He's Friends. ^_^ I really found myself at a loss to articulate how deeply touched I was/am. No, I don't wear it every day, but often enough. (I just realized that I SO need to wear it in front of my parentals! XD) And actually that's my general chain--anytime I get a necklace that's just a charm on a chain I take the charm off and wear it on that chain, because I heart it so very much. It's so simple (in my mind, simple=elegant), and when you just have one they don't tangle...but I digress.

So. Yay for shopping. Yay for fantastic sales (Nico and I found more than a few!). And yay for pics--the first mall we went to was kinda crappy, but the second one was SO awesome and cool-looking that we took pics. When he puts them online you can bet I'll share. ^_^

Anywhoozles...the night before all that, Duncan came to Taco Bell. We didn't get to talk much, just enough to establish that A) he still has my two books, B) he's read them and therefore can give them back, C) he was on his way out of town and couldn't hang with me, but D) he would try to get a hold of me the next time he was in town--possibly the next weekend--so I could get my books back if nothing else.

Well, that was all well and good, but I heard nothing from him after that. I messaged him on MySpace when the weekend came and went, still haven't heard back, called him the other day on my way back from Harrison, got voicemail.

And then he showed up at Taco Bell today, on my very last day. *cue the Hallelujah Chorus*

So...well, we have tentative plans for tomorrow afternoon/evening. (Quite frankly, I can't think of a better way to spend my one day of unemployment, lol.) I'm HOPING we can go out for dinner (and wear some of those hot new clothes, lol). We shall see. Not exactly holding my breath.

He's looking good these days, he hasn't cut his hair since we saw Spiderman 3, I don't think (I couldn't tell today, he was wearing a do-rag, but last time it was long), and he's shaved down to a goatee. He wasn't kidding when he said doing so made him look kinda like Faramir. ^_^ *squibbles a little* (I think maybe he's lost weight, too...though he was a little skinny thing to begin with, so I'm not sure...)

Ah, well. I'm getting tired. More tomorrowish.
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Three guesses! )

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Jun. 17th, 2007 03:33 pm
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I've been working crazily this week, but goshdarnit I actually have some freaking OVERTIME. Four hours, I think. My check might actually break the $500 mark for once. (No telling with the damn withholding taxes...the last time I had overtime, though, I had two hours, and my check was around $475.)

Next week, however, I have two days off. ^_^ I have to work tonight and tomorrow and then I get to STAY HOME.

Or go see my parents. Whatever. (I need to go see Grandpa and get my dishes!!) I'm going to call Mom and see what's up with them Tuesday, since my Thursday will probably be spent with Jacqui. Maybe. She's been kinda "I wanna stay home" since she's been living in the trailer (on her parents' property, but not technically in their house). Whatever.

In other news: I think I am officially addicted to the Sims.

And me and Kat are playing the best realtime RPG EVER. *huggles Audries, even though his soul has been destroyed and as such he's being a bit of a dickhead at the moment* Well, as much as we can around her being sick and taking care of Esme.

Oh yes. I think I saw Duncan on Friday. Just as I was leaving the Village 5/Stage parking lot to get to work, he was pulling in. (Or at any rate someone with the exact same car who looked an awful lot like him.) Whoever it was waved, lol. If only I hadn't been going to WORK!! *sigh* I called him and got his voicemail and was all, "Was that you?" But no callback. (Like the last few times I've called him--I think our phones still hate each other.) I just messaged him on MySpace and am cursing myself for not sending it last night, because his last login was today. *facepalm*

I am not a creepy stalker. I am not a creepy stalker. I am not a creepy stalker.

Stalker, yes. Creepy, no.

guess what?

Jun. 1st, 2007 03:15 am
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Ren Faire

May. 30th, 2007 03:47 pm
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So...the Ren Faire. It was pretty freaking awesome. I think I have found my calling in life--to sit around in Renaissance costume and run a till in a clothing shop. ^_^ Am looking into it as soon as I remember, lol. (I think some of them get paid.)

Anyway. There were a lot of pirates--I imagine PotC has had its influence. The one show we all stopped to watch was the pirate show featuring The Pirate Shantyman and the Bonnie Lass (who was pregnant! ^_^). I got some pics/video on my phone, but of course I have no way to post it yet. ;-;  Funny stuff, though--they came out a few minutes before the show and started shouting at the passersby--"Start your Sunday morning right! It's the Pirate Gospel Hour!" XD Then they kept reminding us that today's show was brought to us by the letter "ARRRR!"

The clothes they were selling were AMAZING--I could easily have spent $1000 on clothes. Sadly this would have only bought about ten lower-end pieces, but still. I wanted so many of the hats, too! I told a few of them that for the money I could have paid for the clothes I'd be better off investing in a sewing machine and lessons. ^_^ I contented myself with one really pretty necklace. (It's a leaf made of copper. Really red-orange, really pretty.)

My sister Jennifer and I got henna tattoos together. I now have a vine starting at my wrist and trailing up my arm. Kind of abstract, kind of Elven-looking. It looks like something Legolas might have had done during his rebellious teenage years. ^_^ Again, I have pics, but they're on my phone. ;-; I really really really love it, though.

Haha. We watched a joust, and I wasn't sure who to root for--the one guy looked kind of like Frodo (at any rate he had shaggy dark curly hair) and was wearing yellow and green (the Shire colors), and the other guy was wearing purple and named Sir Duncan. XD

FINALLY found a new hematite ring. My last one (that I bought in Canada) suffered a fatal accident--I fell hands-first onto a concrete floor (at camp, during a game) and a few minutes later someone handed me the pieces. *sigh* So yay!

Took a pic of an Elven-king and -queen, with the ears and everything. Lol. Yay.

Amazing how many times I thought of Duncan--I would see so much crap (especially in the weaponry shops and stuff) and wish he was there so I could grab him by the arm and make him come look. *sigh* Lol. Plenty to talk about with him whenever I do see him.

It was a blast. I SO want to go to another one!!
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So me, Nico, and Jacqui have hung out a lot lately. I could recap the times and dates but I really just want to get my alcohol tally up-to-date, lol.

At some unknown date: Coconut rum. Not impressed, but then I don't like coconut.

The night before the party: A shot of watermelon pucker. Reminded me of the wine cooler I originally tasted.
A mix of my own--Two shots of said watermelon pucker, a shot of coconut rum, topped off with Sprite. Not bad, not great. Thinking of calling it "My Funny Valentine" because it was so pink. >_<
Rum & Dr. Pepper--it's Captain Pepper! Lol.
A shot of peach schnapps.
Peach schnapps and orange juice (deelish!!)

The night Nico randomly decided to throw a party, which I really didn't get to go to because I worked: Vodka. First a shot, then two shots mixed in orange juice.

OMG VODKA WILL GET YOU CRUNKED FAST. That's the only the second time I've FELT drunk, and I was only about three sips into the mix. Lol. So no vodka unless I'm with people I trust or at home.

Anyway.

Um...finally saw The Village! LOVED LOVED LOVED IT! I thought I knew what the twist at the end was (whether someone told me wrong or I got confused, I'm not sure), but I DIDN'T, so I was pleasantly surprised. ^_^

Called Duncan yesterday. Got voicemail. Other than that haven't talked to/heard from him since the night before the club. Weird.

Stayed late after work with Nico tonight--we scrubbed the lobby, which normally only gets mopped. (This is a once-a-summer thing, lol.) Yay for overtime! ^_^ I don't know. Normally I'd be pissed about it, but for some reason I wasn't. Nico asked if I would rather do it Thursday and I told him no, I'd rather go ahead and do it while I know I'm in an okay mood for it, rather than run the risk of being irritated by it later. So tonight it was. ^_^ (The floor was SO gross once we put degreaser on it!! OMG. But I digress.)

Spent the weekend in St. Louis. FINALLY got a cover for my phone--it's purple, shock shock. ^_^ But it makes me happy. It was Mirielle's first birthday and I took lots of pics with my phone. Hopefully I'll soon get the device to move phone pics to my comp. Or my camera from Katchan. ^_^

Um...oh yes, we went to a Ren Faire whilst there, but I'm too tired to go into detail about that. As a matter of fact, I have to get up in about six hours in order to do laundry for work tomorrow night. So, like...I'm going to go to bed now, and I'll try to work on that while the laundry's going. Either that or my chapter. OMG. I'm such a bad coauthor.

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