Thursday, 30 April 2009
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Birthing pains
Is not quite the right phrase. It tends to mean that something new is the result. Not here.
I feel extruded. But that makes me feel like a pile of play-dough.
Under the last few days, my week has been a little "full". School is finishing this week, and while the evil English class has been conquered, it's time for the Photography class to be a little more demanding.
The Third Annual Guys' Trip (tagline: Bigger, Better, and a Whole Lot More Manish) is this weekend, and my life is all the more complicated. I thought I could do it all by myself. While it's fairly easy, and basically just doing food shopping (something i'm quite pro at) and getting it all as ready as can be (I'm a good cook too), it's just a tad too much with everything that's going on. Thankfully my friends (and attendees of the trip) have been more than helpful. Props to Andrew H.
AND one of the things that have been casting a huge shadow and making things just a little more complicated is a fish tank. This isn't just any old fish tank. This is THE fish tank. The fish tank that my step dad has had since before I've know him, that has moved with my mom and stepdad for ages, and it is the tank that I picture in my head when you say "fish tank".
A few years ago, my step dad's fish died, and my sister's then boyfriend (who was into fish at the time) got the tank and has had it ever since. But he recently contacted my sister to let her know that he was getting rid of it, and she knew that I wanted it and told me.
So I drove up to Sacramento yesterday and picked it up. ( I got to stop and see Marla too, in her new consignment store in Sacramento) My sister's exboyfriend was just getting out of the hobby and didn't want any of his aquarium equipment. So I loaded THE fish tank, 2 20 gallon tanks, 1 10 gallon tank, and 4 buckets of gravel, and a tote full of stuff into the back of the truck. See:
It barely fit. Yes, I was quite good at Tetris and did play with a lot of LEGOs. (I don't know what happened, but I KNOW that the tank is straight.)I then drove home. (Scary drive, just one wrong bump and KABLAM! I have a truck full of deadly shards of glass). Unloaded the stuff and got to setting up the big tank. I had to set it up quick, since I not only got all the aquarium equipment, I also got all the aquarium fish.
A lot of the fish were in really bad shape. And I'm not sure some of them will make it. So that’s something I have to care for now.
But today, Photography and the Trip will be done. I have nothing that I have to do my weekday nights (weekends are a completely different thing). And I'll be free. Free! FREE! FREEEE! (Don't let my dead husband come back, k?)
Wednesday, 24 December 2008
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Cioppino
I walked the halls of a school bred with a hospital to making rooms for the clients. My sister was showing me, my cousin, and my uncle around. She talked to one woman telling her that her family is going to come and pick her up soon and she thinks she is spending the night. So she needs to take the these meds with her. She needs to take the meds in tonight and in the morning. And that she should take some clean clothes because she thinks she is spending the night. My sister mentions that twice, and the woman says that she just put her clothes on clean. My sister says, Okay, but you might want to take some underwear incase you have an accident.
Around the corner there is a man who’s sitting on a couch and my sister walks up and talks to him while running her hands through is hair. He tries to either grab her hand or swat it way.
Further down the hall we just past Richie’s room and he comes out. My sister says that Ron’s supposed to call, but not yet, and if Richie wants to come and wait with the others he can. He follows us and soon passes us on our way round the loop.
At the front door as we were leaving a woman walks up and my sister starts to introduce us. This is my cousin Laura, my sister says. I want to introduce myself, the woman says to my sister. She turns to Laura, My name is Cindy. My cousin replys, Hi Cindy, my name is Laura. Cindy then grabs my cousin’s and shakes it like she missed the hand offered. She then shrieks in joy. She has such smooth skin on her face.
Friday, 28 November 2008
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The day after…
…is an amazing day. As long as you don’t have to walmart (New meaning to Black Friday).
Things like not having to work, homemade turkey soup, and the most amazing sandwich ever.
Okay, so this is my favorite day after thanksgiving sandwich ever. Take two pieces of bread and toast them. Put some mayo on one side and some cranberry sauce on the other. Then put some turkey on and then some stuffing! Cut it in half and enjoy! It’s the most amazing thing ever!
What are some of your favorite things to eat the day after thanksgiving?
Sunday, 16 November 2008
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There Is No Charge For Awesomeness… Or Attractiveness…
And no Sudoku could stand before me! I never really got the game, and never had a reason to really try to figure it all out. But now I can simply enter all the numbers in to this handy-dandy form and it will solve it for me. All thanks to “Code Is Poetry”.
It’s been a long time since I have written on this blog, and I have missed it. I really don’t know what else to say about that beside what I have already said. Life has been just so busy, and my room is still not unpacked. It’s closer - but not finished yet.
So how is it with you guys?
Thursday, 23 October 2008
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9 days
It is strange what you find when you go through every single thing you own. Some of it brings laughs, some of it brings longings, and sometimes even tears. And others you ask yourself, “wtf?”
And sometimes you find things you didn’t even know that you missed it until you see it again. Like my hats!
Like this hat:
It’s my favorite baseball cap. I bought it when I worked at dodge. It is pretty plan except the flaming skull and crossbones. I thought I was such a rebel, a good christian kid wearing a skull and crossbones. You better stay away from me, I’m dangerous.My Communist Hat:
I just liked it, so I bought it and brought it back to the states. I though I was such a rebel, a good Christian kid wearing a Communist hat… You better stay away from me, I’m dangerous.And then there is this:
I used it once. You better stay away from me… I’m strange.
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- Name: Andrew
- Birthday: 6/23/1983
- Gender: Male
- Member Since: 12/13/2003
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- Religion: Emulating my hero
- Heroes: Jesus Christ
- Interests: Music, plotting, and bulking up my gaming muscle. <br> Taking photos and posting them on my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/amyers83/">flickr</a> account. <br> Did I mention God? No? Well I should have, He is first and foremost in my life!<br> Also, I like the opposite sex, traveling, reading, and hanging out with friends.
- Expertise: Why is it that with all my jobs I can't say simply what I do? Is it because I simply just change positions too much? Is it because I simply don't have a easy way of saying it? And if I do, I don't want to?<br><br> But now I have an actual job title, Project Lead. Fancy, eh?
- Occupation: Computers
- Industry: Business Training
