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Monthly Archive for July, 2004

On a lighter note…

I got this email from a friend of mine today. It cheered me up greatly. Feel free to share with friends and loved ones.

I hate those hoax warnings, but this one is important!
Send this warning to everyone on your e-mail list.

If someone comes to your front door saying they are conducting a survey and asks you to take your clothes off, do not do it !!!

This is a scam; they only want to see you naked.

I wish I’d gotten this yesterday. I feel so stupid and cheap now

out of the closet…

Well, it’s finally happened.  K and I are officially “out.” 

I was talking on the phone with my mom, discussed our upcoming trip to pittsburgh, and how the four of us (me, K, my parents) will be going to cedar point for a few days (yay!  cedar point rocks!).  When the following conversation occurred.

me: so when his boss is back from vacation, k will find out if he can get the whole week off

mom: Ok, just let me know.   so….I wanted to ask you…

my heart grows cold…
 
mom: is K living with you now?

oh shit

me: yes, he is

mom: oh

me: well, it was getting stupid.  he was never at his place, he was basically paying rent to store his bed, so…

mom: is he paying his way?

me: yes!  he pays me, mom.

mom: so can I send you less money now?

me: if you feel that you should, I guess.

aside note: I am a graduate student, so I can’t afford to pay mortgage+ on my own, so my condo was a “joint” investment with my parents.  So they send me a chunk of money every month.  sad part: I still have no money at the end of every month.  current balence of checking account right now: $54.  current in savings: savings?  what’s that?

mom: well, I was planning on coming down for a visit in october, but I won’t do that now

me: why not?  it’s not like we’re walking around naked all the time, you can still come!

yes, I said that to my mother

mom: well, the whole point of me visiting would be to spend time with you…

me: and you can still do that with K here.  we can leave him at home on the couch - he won’t care!
 
in fact, he’d probably be happier doing that!

mom: well, we’ll talk about it later.

 
Surreal.  I hope she’s not like this when we’re married.  She’s very weird about K, and has been from the beginning.  Mom and I have always been close.  Maybe she resents that he’s “stealing” me from her.  From our past conversations, i’ve gathered that she feels that she got married too soon (right out of college) and didn’t really have an opportunity to be free and independent.  But I’m 27 and have had 5 years of post-college independence! 

She wants grandchildren, but doesn’t seem to want to go along with the process that will produce them.  Grrrrr!  Parents are frustrating.

Sadiebob Squarepants

To compensate for the extremly geeky posting of my data in my last post, here are some pictures of Sadie, proving that she will do almost anything for a biscuit.  And yes, that is a spongebob squarepants bandana she’s wearing.

Please?

High five?

Play dead?

Yay!  Crunchy biscuit!

That was exhausting!

After one day…

Look!  Look!  I can see the arc!!!  My 2d gel worked for the first time!

Best. Data. Ever.

It should look even better next week.

Sometimes…just sometimes…I love what I do! :)

Enver Hoxha?

Haha - who’s the joker?  I refuse to believe that a former prime minister of albania who died in 1985 would be pinning my guestmap from beyond the grave in San Francisco.
I know your IP address, buddy!  I will TRACK YOU DOWN!

Seriously, that’s pretty funny.  and hey, that reminds me.  If a former prime minister of albania can pin my guestmap, WHY CAN’T YOU???  You know who you are…