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Spoiled? Not Me! :)

17 June 2006 / meme

Meme time….If you have 40 or more checked, then you’re officially spoiled.

Do you have:
(*) your own cell phone
(*) a television in your bedroom
(*) an iPod
( ) a photo printer
( ) your own phone line
( ) TiVo or a generic digital video recorder
(*) high-speed internet access
( ) a surround sound system in bedroom
( ) DVD player in bedroom
( ) at least a hundred DVDs
( ) a childfree bathroom
( ) your own in-house office
( ) a pool
( ) a guest house
( ) a game room
(*) a queen-size bed or larger
( ) a stocked bar
(*) a working dishwasher
( ) an icemaker
(*) a working washer and dryer
( ) more than 20 pairs of shoes
( ) at least ten things from a designer store
( ) expensive sunglasses
( ) framed original art (not lithographs or prints)
( ) Egyptian cotton sheets or towels
( ) a multi-speed bike
( ) a gym membership
( ) large exercise equipment at home
( ) your own set of golf clubs
( ) a pool table
( ) a tennis court
( ) local access to a lake, large pond, or the sea
( ) your own pair of skis
( ) enough camping gear for a weekend trip in an isolated area
( ) a boat
( ) a jet ski
( ) a neighborhood committee membership
( ) a beach house or a vacation house/cabin
( ) wealthy family members
(*) two or more family cars
(*) a walk-in closet or pantry
(*) a yard
( ) a hammock
( ) a personal trainer
( ) good credit
(*) expensive jewelry
( ) a designer bag that required being on a waiting list to get
( ) at least $100 cash in your possession right now
(*) more than two credit cards bearing your name
( ) a stock portfolio
( ) passport
( ) a horse
( ) a trust fund
( ) private medical insurance
( ) a college degree, and no outstanding student loans

Do you:
( ) shop for non-needed items for yourself (like clothes, jewelry, electronics) at least once a week
( ) do your regular grocery shopping at high-end or specialty stores
( ) pay someone else to clean your house, do dishes, or launder your clothes
(*) go on weekend mini-vacations
( ) send dinners back with every flaw
( ) wear perfume or cologne (not body spray)
(*) regularly get your hair styled or nails done in a salon
( ) have a job but don’t need the money
( ) stay at home with little financial sacrifice
( ) pay someone else to cook your meals
(*) pay someone else to watch your children or walk your dogs
( ) regularly pay someone else to drive you
( ) expect a gift after you fight with your partner

Are/have you:
( ) an only child
( ) married/partnered to a wealthy person
( ) baffled/surprised when you don’t get your way
( ) been on a cruise
( ) traveled out of the country
(*) met a celebrity
( ) been to the Caribbean
( ) been to Europe
( ) been to Hawaii
( ) been to New York
( ) eaten at the space needle in Seattle
( ) been to the Mall of America
( ) been on the Eiffel tower in Paris
( ) been on the Statue of Liberty in New York
( ) moved more than three times because you wanted to
( ) dined with local political figures
(*) been to both the Atlantic coast and the Pacific coast

Did you:
( ) go to another country for your honeymoon
(*) hire a professional photographer for your wedding or party
( ) take riding or swimming lessons as a child
( ) attend private school
( ) have a Sweet 16 birthday party thrown for you

My total: 18

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The Opal Madness

15 June 2006 / books

I just finished reading How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life. All I have to say is that I wish, so much, that she’d not gotten caught up in all the scandal. I really enjoyed reading it. Am I a traitor for feeling that way? I don’t know. I do feel betrayed a bit, as some of my favorite parts turned out to be parts she’d allegedly lifted.

Sigh. This makes me VERY paranoid that I might be ripping off a favorite author of mine, intentionally or not.

(Originally published at Anywhere Is…)

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Word Counts

15 June 2006 / writing

Now that CRUSH is finished and marinating, I am working on a couple of new projects. No goals in mind yet, just really playing around, seeing what develops. Here is what I have so far:

UNTITLED:

1,120 / 50,000
(2.2%)

MOVES:

835 / 50,000
(1.7%)

Good times. I’ll see how I work with each of these, then run with whatever project takes off. YAY, it’s so nice to write.

(Originally published at Anywhere Is…)

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Sleep & Pain. Pain & Sleep.

14 June 2006 / sick

After that exhausting weekend in Chicago (exhausting in a very good way, mind you!), I finally took Tuesday night to CRASH. I climbed into bed about 5:15pm, and didn’t wake up until about 7ish this morning. Woke up with quite a surprise, though. PAIN like whoa in my left ear, jaw. Swollen gland, hurt to swallow. I actually had to brace myself to swallow, it hurt that badly. It got worse over the course of the day. I got tired and weak, and the pain was growing. I called and scheduled a doctor’s appointment for 3:15. Thought I’d be able to make it ’til around then at work, but started to feel so badly and so tired I left at 12:15. Came home, went to bed, and was asleep within five minutes or so.

Went to the doctor, where he did a throat culture. NEGATIVE. Damn. That means there is nothing they can do. My instructions were to rest and drink plenty of fluids. By this time, I was starving, seeing as I hadn’t had a decent meal since Monday evening. I took a Percocet which took the pain away enough so I could eat some soup, and then crashed within thirty minutes of finishing.

I’ll play it by ear tomorrow. The Percocet is wearing off now, and if I’m in pain again when I get up in the morning, I’m taking another one and crashing all damn day.

It’s a good thing Aidan is with my mom this week. I can’t imagine taking care of him when I’m feeling this crappy. I do miss the little bugger, though.

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CHICAGO!!! :D (Pictures)

12 June 2006 / chicago, pictures, vacation

Yo ho yo ho!! I’m back from Chicago!! Had an absolutely AMAZING time. That city is simply unbelievable, with mostly friendly people, things to do and see, things to EAT. Oh my gosh. Some of the aromas wafting through the air while walking down the block–so yummy. Freshly baking bread. Pizza everywhere. Mmmmmm.

Got to hang out with quality people while there. Spent some time with the awesome Adam (adamselzer) and Jen*Jen (jebbyk–but don’t bother to go to her journal because she never uses it), ate some really good food (Pie-Eyed Pizza, a neat candy/ice cream shop to name a couple of places)… DUDE, I TRIED THAI FOOD for the first time ever! It was so good. I went easy, got the Pad Thai. I mean, what could be so scary about noodles and beef, right? It was delicious.

Highlights:
– Southwest Airline Flight Attendant: Thank you for flying Southwest. Now get out.
– Seeing Who Framed Roger Rabbit at The Music Box. The Music Box is a beautiful theatre. Here is Bizzy and me clowing around in the lobby before hand:

– The cab ride after Roger Rabbit. Apparently Chicago cabbies are insane. They don’t speak much English, but they do have the cuss words down. One memorable thing the cab driver blurted: Learn how drive, mother fuck!
– SEEING JEN!!! Spending time, catching up, drinking wine (goooood wine) and taking pictures while wearing tiaras.
– The Ghost Tour. Always a good time. We were wild and crazy! Adam was great as a tour guide. The last time I went on a tour, he was tag-teaming it, but this time, he was solo. Good times.

– Tried Stout. Liked it. The first beer I’ve ever actually liked. It’s a miracle, I say!
– FOOD! Pie-Eyed Pizza! Goood coffee and hot chocolate.
– Wearing a tiara during the ghost tour. While nicely buzzing. Then heckling the tour guide. 😉
– Old Town Arts Fair. Yummmy food. I had a boneless BBQ rib sammich. Yummm.
– Corned beef sandwhich from a shop in the airport. Sooo good.
– Finishing CRUSH! Came in at over 50,000 words. WHEW!! 😀

Lowlights:
– Bizzy losing her camera. 🙁 BUT, this story has a happy ending! Jen, Bizzy, and I had to backtrack (a LOT of walking, mind you), search all the stores we’d been in. The last store we had left to check… wait for it… HAD THE CAMERA! Some nice person had just turned it in! Let me tell you how awesome Chicago tends to be in that regard. People there are generally nicer and friendlier than in Ohio.
– Getting yelled at by some PRICK in some stupid thrift shop for taking photos. Okay, firstly, I had no idea that I wasn’t allowed to take photos (and seriously, wtf kind of rule is that anyway?), secondly, HE WAS A PRICK. He didn’t ask me nicely, he screamed it at me. So I was done in the store. I really wish I’d had some merchandise to throw down to the ground. Asshole. Anyway, I got a picture of the stuff anyway. I’m sorry, it was a terrible error and I had to document it. And this picture was taken before the asshole yelled at me:

See the error?
– The BROWN LINE being delayed! Sooo delayed!!! Ack!
– No orbage action on the ghost tour so much this time around. 🙁
– Flights back to Columbus being delayed like WHOA.
– Time went WAY too quickly. The weekend sped by.

Scandals:
– Bizzy and I using the bathroom together not once, but TWICE.
– Being hit on outside The Clark Bar.
– Bizzy scandalizing random statues and sculptures: