Whats the Story?

So, my boss calls me into his office today and asksme to close the door behind me.  I am thinking this cant be good.  He then proceeds to shake his head at me, and points out the fact that I underestimated my yearly salary by $5000 on my IRA application.  I graduated college and I cant even figure out how much money I make a year...go me.  But, on the bright side, I apparently make more money than I thought.  

Bah, where did I go?

I guess I am over this livejournal thing...

My life isnt exciting enough to write about...but I am ok with that.  I am busy, but satisfied.  Work is hard and stressful sometimes, but thats why they pay me for it.  My car is questionable, but thats just how cars are.  I have enough friends to keep me busy, but not spread too thin.  I work, and eat, and play, and pay bills, and buy things, and make social appearences.  

I have disappeared into normalness.

I went to the Star Wars convention in LA...


I have decided that when I have a child I am so dressing him/her up as an ewok...I stalked this child to get this photo.

I just highly enjoyed watching people dressed up as storm troopers standing in line at the starbucks in the convention center.

I fucking love bowling.  That is all.

Top 10 favorite words, starting with number 1 (aside from #1, the ranking is arbitrary):

1.  Clandestine - I have been in love with this word since I took biological and chemical warfare.  An easy way to be my friend is to use this in a conversation with me.

2.  Consequently - I dont know what I would do at work if I didnt have this word.

3.  Homogeneous (or heterogeneous and any variation of the word) - It works for science, it works for cooking, it works to describe pretty much any kind of mixture.

4.  Tumultuous -   I tend to only use this word when talking about nature, and even then it sounds overly pretentious, but I like it.

5.  Nefarious - I wish I had more opportunities to use this word, but its just not something you can easily throw in a sentence.  Sometimes it works for describing rain clouds, or other dustructive weather.

6.  Monotonous - Story of my life

7.  Enamored - <3

8.  Abhor - Cause hate isnt strong enough of a word sometimes, and I have a larger vocabulary than the Plain White T's.

9.  Malicious - Like, abhor, its just a good alternative word

10.   Horrid -  I use this all the time.  Usually when being self-depracating.  Ex.  My (hair, makeup, outfit, driving, vision, golf swing, ect...) is horrid today.

Hmm, so almost all of my top ten words have negative connotations...that probably says something.  I am going to claim that negative words allow for a certain dramatic speech that normal conversation cant.  That sounds convincing enough.

Today was the first night of my summer bowling league.  Points for me for being proactive about this whole going out and meeting people thing.  101, 184, and 132.  Not a bad start...my handicap should be low enough to be a challenge.

The past two weeks I have let Andrew drag me out to be social with a bunch of people he knows from being on the Davis crew team.  I have met at least 6 Davis grads through him, apparently there is a whole gang of us down here in SD.  And here I thought I was being different by packing up and moving somewhere new.  Anyway, one of the girls I met just happened to be Henry's Jr. Prom date, who went to Davis and now lives down here with two girls I went to high school with.  Small world.

I convinced my coworker to go to the park with me on our lunch break to go play on the swings.  Best lunch break ever.

Ok, I am over the PMS induced self loathing.

Last night linds and I went and saw Fracture.  I was actually surprised by how much I enjoyed it.  It wasnt the best movie ever, and it was pretty predictable, but entertaining none the less.  I just wish I could get over thinking "breaker high" every time I see Ryan Gossling, cause it really ruins my ability to take him seriously.

Amusement of the Week:  Linds and I were killing time before the movie in Barnes and Noble and I was surprised to  find the gay and lesbian section across from the store's large collection of Bibles.  There was just something about seeing "Best Gay Erotic" facing the full shelf of Bibles that I found highly amusing.

I caved and bought Thunderstruck in hardcover...it better be worth the $30 and the space it takes up on my bookshelf.

So, I am a bit hesitant to admit this, but I just purchased my first graphic novel.  My dorkiness has just reached a whole new level.  Its all  Joss Whedon's fault for his decision to release Buffy Season 8 in graphic novel form.  I bought the first two issues and have the next two preordered.  Sigh.  Goodbye dreams of being accepted by the cute surfers and lifeguards that loiter on my street.

I have the overwhelming urge to make a summer mix cd, just so I can put "Into Action" by Tim Armstrong as the first track.  If ever a song begged to be on a summer cruising cd, its that song.  My enjoyment of driving through SD in the recent gorgeous weather increases ten fold when that song comes on the radio.  I have to admit the song is slightly annoying, but I cant help but dance in my car when I hear it, so I cant hate it.  Not to mention the East Bay shout out.  Sadly, I am having a major mental block when it comes to the rest of the playlist.   Oh well,  its not like I have a cd player in my car anyway.

No Cochella for me this weekend, but I will be up in Encinitas with an E-Tox buddy of mine from Davis to participate in the creek to bay clean up on Saturday.  Should be fun.  I really hope I get to stencil some storm drains.  Seriously.

I have been inspecting auto shops in a pretty shady area of San Diego recently.  Luckily all the mechanics have been really nice to me.  Sometimes I think being a woman benefits me in certain situations.  Who can be mean to non-threatening little me unless they are a really awful person?  Although I didnt appreciate the one guy that told me I looked like I just graduated from high school, and then asked for my number.

Enough rambling...time to go catch the sunset.



 

So, my coworkers found out about my Bill Pullman obsession when they googled me and found the Bill Pullman website I made when I was 14...I have a feeling I am never going to live this one down.   I was a strange teenager.

So I have decided I am going to get a 30GB ipod for both my work and driving sanity, since I only have a cassette player and listen to the radio so much that if I hear 'lazy eye' or the djs talking about Amy Winehouse's personal life before playing 'rehab' one more time I am going to go crazy.  I am thinking about engraving "Ive got the kind of beauty that moves" on the back.  Its a part of one of my favorite song quotes from Ani DiFranco.  Its more of a quote I wish I could say about myself and strive to be true than something I actually believe.  Any thoughts?  Or is it worth abandoning itunes to get a non Apple MP3 player?

so, apparently linds' crush (or soul mate as she likes to call him) from high school is in this band opening for Reilent K at the house of blues on Wednesday night.  She was talking to him and if everything works out we are being put on the "list".  I have never been on any list before...should be interesting.  I will be the envy of all the screaming 12 year old emo Christian kids.

The older I get, the more my body starts too look like my mothers.  All of her problems areas are becoming my problems areas, which is freaking me out and motivating me to get off my ass and work out.  Damn genes.

Life has gotten pretty routine, but its a routine I enjoy for the most part.  Now if I could just add a team sport activity and some volunteering, I would be pretty content with myself.

This year is flying by.  I guess thats what happens when you live weekend to weekend.