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Okay, so I have hands. I'm typing with them and everything. Nevermind. See what happens when I don't go in with a plan, people? It does not make sense. This does not make sense. Look at the monkey. Look at the silly monkey.
Really I am just writing because I can't let the sad entry sit there for too long. It was the same thing with the entry before that, which made my life sound so terrifically cool. Nobody wants to read about someone whose life is a bed of diamond roses, do they? Don't worry. Everything isn't perfect, and neither is everything sucky. You take the good, and you take the bad, and--
Okay, paragraph three and I'm already quoting crappy TV show theme songs? This is not progressing well, I have to tell you.
Okay, so my goal here is to present a picture of my life that includes both good and bad items! If you want to feel that your life is better than mine, read the BAD THINGS paragraphs. If you want to live vicariously through me, read the GOOD THINGS paragraphs. And if you want to read things that are neither enviable nor, uh, schadenfreudeable, read the NEUTRAL THINGS paragraph.
GOOD THINGS. I got a thank-you card yesterday from one of my students' parents, which was lovely and full of praise. She included a Macy's gift card and I was like, woo! Gift card! Then I opened the envelope and saw that it was a $200 gift card. $200!! I actually said "holy shit" and dropped it on the floor. Now I am spending the money in my head. (I am going to save it for post-Christmas joy, or possibly when I lose a little more weight and I run out of clothes again.) My mother sent me some roasted pumpkin seeds also. It was an excellent mail day.
MORE GOOD THINGS. There are boys telling me in the comments of my weblog that I am sexy and fabulous. I think I am in love with these boys. Also girls saying nice things and things! I love these girls also, even if they aren't implying that they want to kiss me and have my babies. (To which I say why not?) Also good: it's Friday. I'm seeing "A Mighty Wind" in concert this weekend. I am going out to dinner with the Jens. I have a whole day off. It feels like Christmastime is in the air.
BAD THINGS. Big proofreading mistake yesterday, ouch. I hate not being perfect. I have $28 in my bank account and am not entirely confident that I am getting paid this week. Worried about my dad, and my friends who are having hard times. I am sad that the holidays are coming up and I don't have a boyfriend. Speaking of which, I'm said that the Boy of Inappropriate Age is such a lousy correspondent, thereby dashing my hopes that he will kiss me under the mistletoe when he comes home for Christmas.
MORE BAD THINGS. Missed an appointment yesterday with my new eye doctor, just completely spaced out and forgot to go. The situation with the tootie and the UTIs is not getting any better whatsoever and is in fact getting worse. Do you have any idea how many bottles of fucking water I drink every day? So many. So very many. Yet the discomfort still keeps me up at night. It's a problem. I need to go to the doctor but when? And: this again? Sigh.
GOOD THINGS AGAIN. My friend Scott is having another baby! I have hope that this time it will be a girl, so they can name it after me. I talked to my cousin last night and she's working on the Lemony Snicket movie. Which is cool, and it was great to talk to her. We're already planning our annual New Year's Vegas trip, which we agreed was the most fun ever last year. I hope this year somewhat approaches that level of fun.
NEUTRAL THINGS. I can't think of anything to say that's truly neutral. Yet if I delete the NEUTRAL THINGS paragraph I will have to delete the word "schadenfreudeable" which would make me sad. I'll get back to you on this.
365 days ago (give or take):
I remember how stressed out I was last October! I was a total bitch to one person in particular and I still haven't forgiven myself for it. Ugh."Seriously, I'm making my way out of the land of 'Holy Shit!' and into the land of 'Yay!' regarding this car. I can't believe it. A car that isn't out to kill me and make me poor. It's like a miracle."
what i'm reading:
Reminder: add Pale Fire and Song of Solomon to
the booklist.
what i'm watching:
Friends last night. I've already forgotten what it was about, so
it can't have been that great. Oh, actually, lipstick for men? The
creepy art? Ross? It was pretty funny.
anything:
All you picky pants people who are going to complain that the date is
wrong, well, I don't have my paint program here at the moment! Don't
yell at me!
the birds:
I promised them I would go buy them some weird German banana seed thing
that they seem to love. I haven't gotten around to it but fortunately
they are birds. They probably won't hold it against me.
journal quote of the day:
Uncle Bob tries to boost his Google hits. I just realized that I could quote his whole entry and do the same! Oooh. The power.
mood ring:
shakespeare says:
Oh, I am fortune's fool! (R & J)
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