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« October 2009 | Main | December 2009 » November 25, 2009Holidays Always Make Me BlueI just don't know what to think anymore. No matter what the plans are this time of year always seems to make me sad. Tomorrow Jake and I are going to hang out with my super cool sister, her wonderful family, a cousin I haven't spoken to for years and G-d knows who else. Friday we are FINALLY getting to see Dina (and her wonderful hubby). Saturday we're going to meet up with a super cool chickI met through the Gamerchix on XBL (and her husband who I am sure is equally as cool) . Our holiday is overflowing with plans, fun people and places to go. So why do I feel some sort of holiday blues coming on? The only true expectation of anyone is to be me. I'm hanging out with my best friend and soul mate while sharing good times and hopefully great memories. New family members, old friends, new ones. Hell, we had a chance to squeeze in a day with Eileen too. Yet here I am, feeling a bit blue. I think people have some sort of warped sense of emotions on these days. It's the holiday so of COURSE you should be cheery. I remember the years of being alone (my choice) and just wanting it to go away. Being too poor to buy a decent meal or too stubborn to sit with someone else's family. Walking through the hospital corridors I'm dealing with another sort of sadness. People who are too ill to be home, family who are hoping for the best and those who have no one... and their only comfort is the nurse who takes care of them. To all my friends and family: My Thanksgiving wish is for you to be happy. I hope that you find the love you need, the comfort you desire and dreams you close your eyes to see. I am thankful for meeting each and every one of you. My life is fuller, happier and better because of it. Shalom Odessa
[keywords: Life Friends holidays family gaming] November 23, 2009To Kill a Cat (or Not)Phoebe has been on a 3AM rampage lately. It starts around the same time, which makes me wonder if something isn't setting her off. Every night she starts crying at about 3AM. She cries, we chase her out of the bedroom and close the door. Cue ten minutes later when she starts crying at the door. I wait for a minutes and then grab the squirt bottle. The minute I open the door she's down the hall and hiding somewhere. I go back to bed and it starts all over. Then Jake gets annoyed, flings the door open and scares the shit out of her. Silence... for a little bit. By this time we're both so annoyed that going back to sleep is hard. This has been almost every single night. This morning I was rushing to get ready for work and shut the closet door. A moment later I decide to look and sure enough... Phoebe's sitting there. *grumbles* I shoo her out and call for Dorian. Nothing. I do a quick check of the closet and shut it before heading out. I'm right below the window when I hear one of the cats howling. They sound like they're being shanked. Away I go back up the stairs and into the apartment. I figured Dorian was hiding in the closet and I missed him. Nope. No Dorian. But Phoebe's on the bed, looking happy that I came back. *Too* happy. I leave the closet door open (just in case) and rush back out the door. After arriving at work I realize my heart trinket is missing on my necklace. The one I've had for years. I decided to retrace my steps through the hospital and to the parking lot. No dice. I spent the day in a kind of funk, hoping it fell off in the apartment. That cat isn't going to sleep a wink before I go to bed tonight.
[keywords: Cats Phoebe] November 19, 2009The Little ThingsAfter Jake and a few other people suggested I try the game Bully (Jake already owns it) I decided to take the plunge. The storyline is cute, the characters are enjoyable and the missions are pretty fun. Everything's a blast... except for the damn mini games. Mini games = classes. The music classes give me a tic and the Biology classes are frustrating. The class itself isn't bad... just the time limit and the fact that you need 100% unlike all the other classes. I'm on Biology 5 and have been trying to beat it for a few days. So far none of the suggestions work enough for me to finish before the time limit. Apparently my high school days are being relived in a video game. Talk about a nightmare. I *could* finish up the game and not go for the 100%. It's just that I really wanted to reach that on this one. My only other influence on nixing the 100% (and the perks you get from finishing the class) is Assassin's Creed 2. It arrived on my doorstep Tuesday and I decided to finish this game before starting AC2. I have quite a few that I put aside for newer games and now can't seem to bring myself to finish. Yes, I am being a tad obsessive/compulsive here. I gotta try and finish something... it might as well be games. :P
[keywords: xbl gaming] November 18, 2009Cranky Ole BiddySome cranky old biddy showed up at my office as I was on the phone and just started talking. At first I said, "Just a moment" and continued my conversation. Apparently her hearing aid was down because she ignored me and kept talking. I gave her an incredulous look and said, "Ma'am... I am ON the phone. Just a moment." Again with the flapping of the jaw. Finally I finished my conversation and turned to her. She was lost and insisted that there was a volunteers office here and she had an appointment. I wanted to say, "Do you see any other obnoxious blue haired biddys walking around being rude?" but went for the "I'm sorry but there isn't a volunteer's office on this floor". She gave me a frown and insisted there was one, as if I was hiding all the old people. Oh sure, because that's how I get my kicks. After realizing she wasn't going to go away short of me throwing her off the roof (tempting..) I asked for the number to the place she was supposed to be. Of COURSE she didn't have it. I almost fainted when she had a name. After calling and leaving a message she said something about them not going to call back and then stood there. I contemplated the roof idea and decided to page the person first. Hey, there's always Plan B. The woman called back, telling me the mean ole biddy should have paid attention to the message, the flier AND the security guard who would have told her to waddle her cranky ass down the hall to the meeting room. I smiled and simply said to turn around and walk to the end, that's where you're SUPPOSED to be. Of course if she kept walking it would be the roof... but I nixed telling her that. I figured fate would intervene one way or another...
[keywords: old-biddys] November 17, 2009*Puts in Earplugs*Today was "Annoy My Coworker Day". From the moment she stepped foot into the office she was telling me about some idiot who managed to harsh her mellow. I sat there stunned, as more calls came in and more idiots pissed her off. I feel for her, I really do... But I'd rather she be annoyed quietly. Nine hours of non stop bitching when it doesn't involve things that I can bitch about is taxing. All I could say was "I know!" or What an idiot!" or "Kill me now!". Oh wait... that last one was the thought going through my head the whole time. While at work I got the notification that my Assassin's Creed 2 game was delivered. Oh really? I clicked on the tracking and the delivery said, "at the front door". WTH!?! So now I have to rush my ass home so no moron rips off my $60 game (with pre-order goodness). I knew I should have just picked it up. There. I complained.
[keywords: Work coworker xbl gaming] November 16, 2009What Up, Y0So I've been neglecting my blog lately. My time has been sucked away by games and the planning of vacation (my coworker and I) and holidays. Our weekends have been spent trying not to spend money while playing games and just enjoying each other. This year started out pretty shitty for Jake and I but has ended up being a really good one. I feel like we're more comfortable with each other than we have been in the past few years. We're planning on getting together with a Gamerchix friend of mine (and her husband) in a few weeks. I can't wait! It will be nice to finally meet face to face and Jake and I really need to get out of the house for a bit. My biggest excitement is still Thanksgiving. I can't wait to hang out with my sister and her wonderful family. My blog may be neglected but my real life has been full of surprises and great moments. I just need to sit down and share them.
[keywords: Life] November 09, 2009Dueling WhinefestThis day is awesome. My coworker and I have been bitching about pretty much everything and everyone today. It's like we're in a battle to see who can be more annoyed at every little thing. So far she's wiping my ass all over the office. I'd be annoyed if it wasn't so humorous. She's usually not very frustrated so it's a treat to see her go off about all the stupid shit that she has to deal with. It's nice to know that I can look back on this day and say that for once I didn't own the bill for the Waaaaaambulance. My biggest gripe was that guy who kept telling me I was going to get new job duties. Today he bitches about our doctors schedule not having the first initial so they would know who to page. Nevermind that they're supposed to page a specific pager so it doesn't mean shit WHO is on the schedule. I told him that I would take care of it and that was that. A few hours later he calls to tell me he complained to another doctor who is the liaison for our department. WTF!?! After asking him why the hell he bothered that doctor after I had told him that I was taking care of it he gave me some lame assed response that meant he basically wanted to whine. I told him, "Fine. Whatever. I have just finished updating the whole schedule so when he calls I'll let him know that you are calling multiple people about a non issue and it's taken care of. He'll be pleased, I'm sure". That went over about as well as him telling me that he went around me with an issue I was already working on. I spent the rest of the day being amused at his attempts to be snarky to me. I love my job, it's the UCLA employees I could do with out.
[keywords: Work coworker] November 03, 2009Swift Move, Me.The other day I was talking on my cell phone and the blutooth died. I had just gotten it off of the charger so I figured it was a fluke. I called Jake back and it died again. This time there was no revival. I have had it for a while so I thought it was the end of it. That night I found another one (newer model) and plunked down the $70. I really don't have the money to spare but it's one of those things I need. By habit I plugged in the headset that night along with my phone. Guess what was working the next day? *facepalm* So either the headset wasn't plugged in right the night before and I jumped the gun (again) or this was a fluke and it will be dying again shortly. I don't know which is worse... :P
[keywords: randomness facepalm] November 02, 2009The Battle of the AirNo, I'm not talking about blondes brainstorming. My coworker and I are battling for what temperature our office could be. After MONTHS of being frozen solid they finally came in to regulate our air. Now she's miserable and I'm enjoying being able to type without worrying about my fingers breaking off. I'm sure she'll find a way to have it changed back but in the meantime I am happy to have won the skirmish. My favorite part was when she told the guy that it's harder to be cooler and I can just wear warmer clothes. WTF!?! Why should I have to try and type with frozen hands and have my legs aching so she can be comfy? I piped in that what warmer clothes is one thing I can't type with gloves so that kinda defeats the purpose. I have doctors on both sides screaming about how cold their offices are and she wants to be comfy. Buy a bigger fan. On Friday Jake and I got to see my family again. It was a blast. Di cooked a great meal and I loved chatting with them all. I think my favorite part of the night was seeing Tru ride Jake around piggy-back style. He loves my family and was just as happy to see them as I was. Yeppers... I have some cool relatives and their spouses are just as cool. It was hard to leave. Di said that we will get together sooner and I'm looking forward to that. :)
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