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« April 2007 | Main | June 2007 » May 31, 2007New Makeup, Baby!I finally went out and spent some moola on new MAC makeup. Yay for me! After the first try (see Mall Hell entry) I decided to try another mall. This time we went to the Century City Mall, ate at Houstons and then popped into Bloomingdales to visit the MAC counter. Makeup gal was super nice and spent about an hour on my face... much to Jake's dismay. At one point I had purple eyeshadow on one side and brownish on the other. I asked which he thought looked nicer. "The one that doesn't make you look like I punched you in the face." Yeah, he was bored. Later on one of the other counter gals had him model clothes that she wanted to buy her boyfriend. It was pretty hilarious, even if he didn't actually put them on. I also had the gal write out the instructions (what to put on first) and she even added with what brush. Yes, Its been THAT long since I wore eyeshadow. Oy.I also had a great long weekend that included seeing an old coworker/friend who moved away. We went to Claimjumpers and then walked around the Del Amo mall for a bit. I really missed her. Besides being the one person who helped me get my surgery she was a wonderful sounding board when things were crazy. She'd come over, smile or joke and everything seemed to be okay. She upped and moved to Nevada without a job in hand just to do it, which I am jealous of. I honestly don't know if I could up and move away like that. The rest of the weekend we lounged around and made plans for when the traffic wasn't going to be packed with holiday travelers. We're FINALLY going to travel. W00t!
[keywords: Friends Flickr makeup] May 27, 2007Always on a WeekendWhy do I *always* get bad news on a weekend when I can't do shit about it... except panic. I just got a letter from the IRS saying I owe $2899 in taxes. I have been getting my taxes done by the same guy for over ten years now and they decided to redo mine, saying there was a discrepancy. Now I can't get a hold of the CPA guy and I am at a loss as to what to do. Do I fight it? Do I just pay and pray it was a random check and they're not going to redo all of mine? I can pay the amount, but it *almost* wipes out my savings. If I get a loan I'd end up paying more than if I just paid myself back over time. Same amount of pain, but for less money. Oy. How the hell do I know that his itemized choices are wrong? GAH! I need a drink. NO... I need a COUPLE of them.
[keywords: Life Rant taxes] May 25, 2007Jewish Guilt, Baby!Yeah, so I decided to torment my friend Steve with a glassy-eyed, pre-coffee, pouting photo this morning to lay on the guilt thick for neglecting me while scampering around with his hot new boyfriend. <333 Look at those eyes! Those pouting lips! That... longish nose. Jewish guilt, baby! There's nothing more potent in the world. Just ask :jake:.As you can see I am totally digging my cellphone photo/uploading to Flickr toy. Plus, sending random photos to friends kicks ass. Why text someone when a photo can say it all? Of course they'll be hunting me down after their bill arrives if they don't have a good deal. :/ I was totally looking forward to random photo tag with Unforgiven. Alas, it was a free weekend only for Mother's Day. I'd send him this photo to express how I feel about his cell phone deal but... Hmmmm.... BRB. *evil grin*
[keywords: Friends Cellphone Flickr] May 24, 2007What's Your Password?Passwords suck. REALLY suck. I have no less than four to get my computer programs up, and they change at different intervals. The first time they told me to change my password it was suggested I make it hard to guess. It worked... I couldn't remember it. Then I opted for a slightly easier one. My latest one is a bit longish... which sucks when your computer program locks every five minutes of inactivity.
[keywords: Work] May 23, 2007Plateaus and Other Health AnnoyancesMy body hates me. Just when I was starting to feel good about losing weight and buying clothes that actually compliment my body instead of just covering it I stop losing weight. What's worse is that I made the worst mistake and weighed myself at night. It said I gained four pounds. After hyperventilating and pitching a fit Jake peeked around the corner. Seeing that it was the scale my wrath was aiming at he cautiously asked what happened. I ranted. I raved. I... pouted. I swore off all sweets, breads and pasta. I went to bed... sulking. In the morning I peed and got back on the evil scale. Apparently I had four pounds of urine in me. I hadn't lost any weight... but I hadn't gained any either. I know people hit plateaus... I tried to ready myself for it. I reacted about the same as my first major dent in my car. Pitched a fit and paid dearly to have it fixed. unfortunately throwing money at my body won't will the weight off. It WILL get some odd looks from coworkers though.
[keywords: Life Health Rant weight] May 22, 2007Picky Picky PickyI have been trying to get my contact photos for my Treo 700P all nice and neat. At first I just saved a bunch of large photos on my memory card. Of course every time I removed my card to upload photos it wiped out all my contact photos. Brilliance. Then I got slick. Why not have smaller photos to save room and move the photos onto my cell phone? So I saved all my contact photos to what I *thought* would be the right size. *BZZZZT* Now they have white chunks around them because they are too small. So this morning I spent an hour and a half locating all the original photos to resize them AGAIN and hope it's the right size. To some it seems like too much of a hassle... but it's one of the little perks that got me to buy the damn phone in the first place. You know, so I could be more annoyed.
[keywords: treo700p] May 21, 2007Ding! Dent is GoneI was so excited to show off my newly fixed toyota Rav4 that I went with the shitty dark parking lot photo. No more dent! No more white paint!On Sunday we waited all day for my coworker to call. By 3PM I was annoyed. I called and she said 5PM they'd be on their way. So we had a boring Sunday... at least there were no malls involved. At 5PM she called to say she was on the way. Jake reluctantly started dinner, thinking he would let it simmer. Thirty minutes later my coworker calls to say they were *just* leaving. Bah! We got ready for our evening walk and waited. It was worth the wait. The only problem is that he straped the bumper underneath the tire while putting it back on. Minor damage considering what I had fixed. I said no problem and they went on their way. It was worth every cent to have it fixed. I know there are going to be dings and dents on my car. I guess the first one is the hardest. Next time I'll think about my dwindling bank accound and live with it. Unless Jake's the one who does it. Then I kill....
[keywords: Flickr coworkers Toyota Rav4] May 20, 2007Mall HellI decided to go to the mall and get some new makeup. I casually moved passed the mob, noting the frantic movements of the otherwise catatonic salesmen and women at the MAC counter. A shortish girl buzzed over and asked if she could help me. I smiled and said, "Yes, I am looking for someone to help me choose matching eyeshadow, blush and lipstick." The girl looked like a deer caught in the headlights. She blinked and looked around as if to say, "Are you fucking kidding me!?!" It seems Prom night was that same day. After stuttering she asked me to hold on and disappeared into a mass of bitching mothers and fretting teens. Silly me, I actually thought she was going to get me someone. Five minutes of dodging frantic people later I caught the eye of another counter girl and said the same thing. She took a deep breath and said, "To be honest, there's no one today. If you come back tomorrow or next week someone can spend hours with you. But today... it's prom night." I took one last look at the madness around me and walked out... turning once to snap a picture of the chaos.
[keywords: Flickr hell mall makeup] May 18, 2007You're Blowing My Mellow, ManYesterday a doctor called that REALLY got under my skin. He started off by bitching at me about how our hospital sucks (but not enough to stop referring to) and how he's been out of the loop on several patients he's referred. Those 'several' (meaning two) patients weren't even listed as his. Moron. The one he was calling about he had a right to be annoyed. But... not at me. After bitching at me about things I had nothing to do with he ordered me to send records to him and reluctantly gave me his pager in case there was an issue. I repeated his number and gladly hung up. From there I contacted the physician he supposedly couldn't get a hold of and gave him the pager number. I figured that was the end of Dr. Snitty and went on with my day. A little while later I got an email stating the pager number was not working and the doctor could not reach him. I ended up searching online for this fucker's phone number (you know, the one he didn't want to give me) and located him after about four dozen transfers. The first thing I get is him calling me a liar about what number he gave me (last number was a 5, not an 8). Then he insists I did NOT have him repeat it. Ass. Dr. Snitty goes on to demand that I read back the correct pager number to him. So of course I read it back... slooowly. He says, "I'm not used to my number being read so slowly. Could you read it again to make sure you have it correct?" So of course I read it again... slooooooooooooooower.
[keywords: Work assholes] May 16, 2007Put a Cork in ItMy G-d. The creepy IT chick has been farting... all day. Between taking little sips of air and spraying some old Victoria's Secret body spray I found in the drawer I think I'm going to faint. In other news, my boss sucks and this day majorly blows. :p
[keywords: Work coworkers Creepy_IT_Chick] May 14, 2007He's Dead! Oh Wait...WTF!?! I woke up at around midnight last night and noticed :jake: wasn't in bed. I figured he was messing around on the computer and went out to nag him back to bed. I walked into the den and didn't see his head over the TV. Not on the couch or in the kitchen either. I walked over to his desk and found him on the floor, spread eagle with the trash can between his legs. I panicked. I freaked. I yelled out his name and shook him. He was... asleep. On the floor. When he woke up I was relieved. Me: Jake! You just KNOW we're going to continue this conversation tonight.
[keywords: boyfriend jake sleep-walking deadman] May 13, 2007Me Flipping Unfy BackSometimes it's the littlest things that make the day fun. Other times it's the most childish. Today was a mixture of both. Mike (Unforgiven) found out that there is a sweet deal on messaging with his cell phone on the weekend. After threatening to spam my cell phone with daily pictures from his bathroom I sent him a 'see food' photo while at work. If you don't know what a 'see food' picture is, you can see my photo HERE. Don't click it unless you can take a joke. I also sent that photo to :jake: just because. Yeah, I know... I'm such a romantic. This weekend we've been sending each other various obnoxious photos of funny signs, tongues and the ever popular 'flipping of the bird'. No photo album should be without one of these timeless classics. Of course Jake just HAD to top everyone by sending Mike a butt shot. The funny part is that Mike thought it was my butt. As if I'd have a hairy ass like his. :p
[keywords: Flickr me] May 11, 2007NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!I hit a pole while parking this morning. I am just so pissed at myself. It's painted the same color as the wall and only comes up to my hip which means it's RIGHT where you can't see it. My bumper is dented and my wheel cover has white paint on it. *sigh* Now I have to spend the weekend trying to get pricing at body shops. Considering my insurance has a $500 deductible I'm probably going to just pay for it myself. If it's over that I'm going to cry.
[keywords: Rant accident Toyota Rav4] May 07, 2007Renaissance Faire 2007I finally posted the photographs I took while at the Renaissance Fair on my birthday weekend on my Flickr account. This year the maiden VS wench radio was surprisingly high. Very few wenches (IE: women with boobs practically falling out of their tops) were waltzing around. A few older wenches were about (ew) and from the looks of it their boobs could have been chin rests. Floppiness is NOT attractive!The Bold and Stupid Guys show was hilarious, as were the conversations of random people. One man walked around with a bunch of rope and started impromptu rope pulling contests. Jake jumped into one and their side won. There was also a few fairies (or pixies) that tried to cause havoc on unsuspecting people. One would play dead while the other two held rope across the walkway. We walked in and :jake: was skeptic. He assumed it would be something boring that you 'had to be into' to fully enjoy. Within ten minutes he was talking about coming back and dressing in costume. *smiles* The costumes were fantastic (as usual) and the faire was very large. If you haven't been to one, it's a memory you won't forget.
[keywords: boyfriend jake birthday Flickr weekend Renaissance_Faire fun] May 03, 2007Purple Thursday 05/03/07!Another Purple Thursday almost slid by without a picture. Luckily I found a favorite of mine that I have been trying to find the artist for. Sometimes it takes just the littlest thing to brighten your day.
[keywords: purple-thursday] May 02, 2007I'm Firing MyselfI'm a sucky touristy guide person. "jake:s been out here for over three years and the only places he's been is The Ghetty Center, The Long Beach Aquarium, The Renaissance Faire and the Santa Monica Halloween Carnival. To my *weak* defense I couldn't walk far before because of my back so I couldn't go a lot of places. But since the weight loss I am finally able to walk around relatively back pain free. No more excuses. There are a lot of mini road trips to take, so I need to get my ass in gear and do them. Our date night was a wake up call to that. Then there was the conversation with our mutual coworker. "J" wants :jake: to go with him on a 13 mile walk for some sort of cause. All I remember is they get a Tiffany necklace at the end. It's going to be on Jake's birthday weekend, so "J" wanted to ask me if I had any plans for him. Nope! Take him away! I think it would be a great adventure to hang out with the guys and do this walk. "J" is super nice and it would be good for Jake to get away. Plus, it's in October... and I don't have plans past this Friday.
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