Thursday, November 30, 2000
random thought of the day:after 3 years joe and i still never had 'a song'. were we doomed from the start?
jordan (aka: dr. j) is convinced his sorry excuse for a webpage is far superior to this lovely creation of mine.
"jordan's web page is pretty lame. i feel bad for him." -sara
putting his new permalinks to good use:
i so copied mike. blogvoices looks like it'll add some good clean fun to the blogging experience.
Wednesday, November 29, 2000
"FIGHT! FIGHT! rah, team, FIGHT! victory for MSU!"the game tonight was amazing! i got to see our national championship banner hanging from the rafters, as well as our new floor (the floor on which they won the championship in indianapolis last spring) for the first time. the crowd was all hyped up, and andre hutson (my future husband) scored his 1000th point for msu.
unfortunately i can't say the night was perfect or untarnished. just before the game started i found out that a beautiful and spirited girl i have come to know was killed in a car accident last week. i was her rush counselor when she went through sorority rush a couple of years ago. she joined my mother's sorority and we had kept in touch over the years. i have a special place in my heart for all of those girls in my rush group that year and i am SO saddened by this news. i know her friends and family will miss her very much. she was an incredible person.
i wish the game hadn't been on espn2 so i could've watched it... oh well. now if only the spartans can do such a bang up job on unc tonight, i'll be one happy camper!
Tuesday, November 28, 2000
none of my girl friends believe it when i say boys like girls with glasses. but i have a lot of guy friends and they all insist that girls with glasses are hot. "you should seriously encourage your girl friends to get fake glasses.. the world needs more girls with glasses" -'the mike'
yeah! 23 days 'til i leave for 'harambe'! i can't wait to hop into my safari truck and hit the wide open savanah. i miss seeing the animals everyday, and yes, that includes the other safari drivers. gordon, has generously agreed to let bri and me crash at his place for our trip to florida. i can't wait!
celebrating the holidays away from home (and away from snow!) will be weird, but luckily i have 'family' to return to in florida.
see ya real soon!
oh, gimme, gimme, gimme!!!! pleeeease!
oh and best of all! water rockets! remember my love of those?
StepheeJoy: well, not THAT often, but when i DO feel useless, i feel pretty useless.
bestfriend: I love how you say that and then put a smiley face. hilarious!
Monday, November 27, 2000
is mike the coolest? outlook not so good.hmmm...
well, if mike's not the coolest, he's still pretty cool, right? don't count on it.
i see...
well, is mike cool at all??? yes.
aaahhh....
woo hoo! i jumped up from my chair when i heard the doorbell ring just now. it could only mean one thing: my magic 8 ball!
i opened the box (packed with pride by 'rose p.') and found not only my magic 8 ball, but some fun etoys stickers, a shipping notice (woohoo!), a return label (yeah right), and a card inviting me to create my own etoys wishlist (too late!).
not only that, but in lieu of those annoying polystyrene packing 'peanuts' there was a handy little inflatable baggy keeping my 8 ball from banging around inside of it's shipping box. what a clever idea.
woo hoo! a big phat THANK YOU! to mike.
due to exhaustion from work and a relapse of my nasty cold, i just haven't had anything interesting to say... i'm sorry.
what can i tell you?
i made an apple pie from scratch on thursday.
i worked nearly 30 hours this weekend.
i was jolted awake by my 2nd dream about a certain person trying to kiss me. (don't you wish i had included a link there...)
i have 30 pages left in huck finn.
the good news is, i got a relatively good night's sleep last night for once and i have a day off tomorrow so once i shake this miserable cold i should be good as new.
plan for tomorrow: get an oil change. get documentation to send to mensa.
Saturday, November 25, 2000
if my amazon wishlist doesn't give you enough variety... try this!rumor has it, if you shop off my etoys wishlist you can save a whopping 10%! woohoo!
i kind of feel like if anyone should comment on the phenonmenon that is holiday shopping it should be me... however after working literally 10x as much as i have slept in the past 48 hours i am incapable of witty commentary.
i have had dreams about work occasionally... especially if i was on a register all day... i'd have dreams about ringing people up. last night i straight up had a nightmare about work in general... which is odd since i do love my job.
the worst part of this hectic weekend and all the hours i have put in: i have relapsed... the cold is back.
you can buy me one of these as a get-well-soon gift...
Thursday, November 23, 2000
turns out i am just this bored. now play nice... then keep clicking to check out all the other wierdos out there :)now i really just need to find a guy who thinks my inner diva is just the girl he's been looking for all these years. (again, as i type i can't help but imagine the wheels in mike's head a-turnin'...)
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turns out no one likes the cute little girl next door... the party girls seem to steal the show... maybe i'll do better with that look...
how lame am i? it's ok. you're bored too or you wouldn't be looking
and since you ARE that bored... check this out too.
i'm not exactly sure how i wound up there, but i'm glad i did.
i love the smell of carnations. love it love it love it. i really just like carnations a whole lot. they are dirt cheap, which makes me very happy... and i'd take a colorful bouquet of carnations over a dozen roses anyday. (as i type this i imagine mike taking mental notes.)
anyway, their aroma is just soooo strong and soft and powerful all at once. and the blossoms... like beautiful little fireworks in so many tantilizing colors!
and of course the rose colored, or 'enchantress carnation' holds such a special meaning to me as the flower of phi mu, my cherished sisterhood. and, yes... now i have become a complete sap so i'm done. but if anyone wants to FTD me some carnations... you just let me know and i'll get you the address...
Wednesday, November 22, 2000
during one of my many stops along my daily walk around the web i came across this which just works for me on so many levels... now i harbor secret fantasies of who might have submitted that title. i'm so lame.
Tuesday, November 21, 2000
Being the amazingly nice guy that I am, I figured no diva could be complete without her very own Magic 8-Ball. Consider this a warning so you don't go buy one for yourself or something :PI guess I just figured I owed you after you so generously gave me your action figures, a boa, & your cold :) So, in 6-8 days, you will have an oracle of which you may ask all the tough questions in life, like "why is mike such a dork?"
-mike
woohoo!
how much do you love me? feel free to unbore me with any of these.
as if it would ever slip my mind, brian always seems to remind me just exactly why i adore him. he has repeatedly exceeded my expectations in a friend and for that i am eternally greatful.
(now maybe he'll get all blushy when he reads this.)
Monday, November 20, 2000
my fortune via mike's extra fortune cookie:"you enjoy giving gifts of yourself to others, you will be rewarded!"
today at work i got to sneak around with a 'day-after-thanksgiving' flyer to make sure all our promotional products were on the sales floor in prominent places and ready to go for the huge rush on friday. i felt so sneaky trying to hide the top secret information from the customers...
wouldn't they love to know that the toy they bought for $19.99 today will be five bucks on friday? maybe they would have liked to know that the hot item they'd been looking for is in stock... but its hiding in back til the big day... of course you'd have to wake up at 4am and wait in line for 3 hours to buy them...
Sunday, November 19, 2000
also i just wanted to call your attention to this cuz it cracks me up.
spellcheck for "rockstars" = "jockstrap"
ok. so any reasonable person could have assumed: rockstar + diva = mass chaos. i'm certain all of columbus could vouch for the unusual amount of sirens heard this weekend... so here's the scoop:
(i have started writing this and scrapped it like three times... i can't decide which you would rather read... a play by play account of the weekend's events or just the mass free-flow of thoughts and remembrances that now run through my head.)
basically, we painted the town red... (ok, maybe it was all the darned buckeye fans..) we sat through some private screenings of such classics as "zombies' lake", "mallrats", "being john malkovich" and spent friday night hanging with the likes of "charlie's angels". to end the evening we made a brief appearance at a happening 'party' where boa-wearing mike paraded me around for his friends.
saturday afternoon i met the infamous rutledge and that night we ended up eating at this swanky restaurant that left us pleasantly smoke-smelling.
the rest of the time we pretty much carried on like rockstars and divas generally do... either passed out or making out.
ha. tune in later for more thoughtful commentary.
honey, i'm home. did ya'll miss me?
so, i just walked in the door and have to turn around and leave again, but i promise to spill my guts when i get back...
but for those of you who know me well, you'll be interested to know that i did miss msu's season opener this afternoon on account of not leaving columbus til noon.
Friday, November 17, 2000
alright... so i have to run some errands but then i'm leaving for columbus. i am overwhelmingly nervous... which is stupid i guess, but i am. luckily i have a good 5 hours or so to drive it off...
ah! i am so excited yet completely terrified at the same time! anyway... i'm sure i'll get a chance to update and let you all know how things are going. now if only the butterflies in my stomach would chill out long enough for me to eat someting... i'm starving!
again, let me say: ah!
Wednesday, November 15, 2000
being sick sucks.
Tuesday, November 14, 2000
well, myles has blessed me with his stamp of approval it seems... how very sweet of him. seems he's already planned a photo shoot and blogging session for the infamous "undate" this weekend.
that'll give you all something to look forward to, i guess. ha!
posting from newsblogger. just testing.
could my luck be any worse? i'm like the healthiest person... i have an immune system of steel... i only get maybe one tiny cold a year, and that's usually just from wearing myself out with all my activities...
now this semester i haven't done a thing. gone are all my previous commitments but work and class. i've been in such a slump since returning from florida that i've barely gone out at all... i've had ample time to be sick and not care...
but no... fate would prefer me to be sick this weekend for the big "undate". that would make for a much funnier story for the gods above, eh?
well thanks a lot.
(here's hoping i'll feel better by friday...)
woo hoo! it's snowing! big fat snowflakes! it doesn't look like it will stick though...
so three days from now i'll be in columbus! i'm totally excited.
a sweet, hooded-sweatshirt-wearing boy has done all he can to woo me into going down there... i'm very much looking forward to meeting him.
now if only i can fend off this impending cold a few more days...
Monday, November 13, 2000
you couldn't ask to see a better basketball game. my boys just beat the globetrotters!!!!!
Sunday, November 12, 2000
Billy Elliot is such a great movie... all of you need to rush out there and see it.
Watching it, however was also a creepy experience since the lead, Jamie Bell bore an uncanny resemblance to my dear friend Brian. Not always, but on more than one occasion I could have sworn that was actually Brian on the big screen...
The above pics aren't even that good of an example, but just the fact that an even mediocre example was so readily available proves my point!
"(she) is not a complex new model of contemporary womanhood; she's a tease. yet do not underestimate the power of the tease"
-elle magizine on b. spears
nothing does the soul good like an afternoon spent shopping.
now, don't get me wrong. i'm not some plastic toting, gold digging, fashion guru. i just enjoy the atmosphere, especially this time of year. i also love the thrill of finding that one killer bargain that justifies the $75 dropped at vicki's without even a second thought.
i went out today for eggs, baking soda and chocolate chips. several hours later i returned with 2 new pairs of pants (both grey), a zip up hooded sweatshirt, funky ponytail holders, a bracelet, a ring, earings, the aforementioned vicki's purchase, as well as the needed cookie ingredients.
luckily i managed to walk away with enough fundage to get me to columbus and back this weekend.
"If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning."
-Catherine Aird
yeah, so... this defies comment. uh... thanks, sara...
brian: DO NOT CLICK HERE!
Saturday, November 11, 2000
i've had that quick heartbeat, anxious, fluttery, smiley feeling all day. that cannot be good.
some would argue it is good... i however have my reservations. nothing sets you up for disappointment like getting your hopes up. expectations are after all, the root of all evil.
and aside from the skeptical side of me... there is the realistic side of me... hello!? do you know how far away columbus is!?!? what if all this goofy schoolgirl nonsense doesn't evaporate? i have too much longing in my life already without longing for some silly far away boy!
and last, but oh so certainly not least is the romantic side of me... yes. hopeless is the word. you can't ignore someone or something that puts a smile on your face and makes you feel good about yourself again, now can you? no, you can't.
so i have to go. how could i not?
Thursday, November 09, 2000
zempf: i can't imagine that, talking as we do over IM, we'd hate each other in person.
StepheeJoy: well... it could happen. my scathing wit is harder to swallow when juxtaposed with my intense beauty...
two thumbs up for mentioning Blacula and Blacula II (Scream, Blacula, Scream).
so at work today i tried a real magic 8 ball out of curiosity... the results were much more encouraging.
oh no... the magic 8 ball says mike and i will not hit it off and i will not have a good time in columbus...
eh, what can ya do?
and look! i won't have to move out of the country alone...
well, with 50 'legitimate' (ha ha) votes, and a whopping 5000 'totally cheating' votes, it looks like the public feels... no, the public demands that i go on a date with mike.
now when and where this will all occur, i do not know... and the magic 8 ball is down... so i can't ask...
of course i'll keep you posted...
Wednesday, November 08, 2000
if you're here to get mike a date, the poll is here.
in other news: oh my! i may not have to move to canada afterall!
when i went to bed last night cbs had just posted that gwb took florida... i departed to dreamland in a sorrowful state. fairwell, grand old flag... canada, here i come...
now this morning, i was in denial, so i didn't even check on the election... but halfway through the day this kinda... "slow" guy makes some comment about the election and it not having been decided. he wasn't all there so i thought maybe he didn't know what he was talking about... but i remained hopeful... and still do...
who wants to move to canada with me? raise your hands...
and just when you thought all the important votes were counted... make sure you hop down to the previous message and put in your two cents.
Tuesday, November 07, 2000
mike, the goofball from frantic.org, thinks i should go on a date with him.
this is what you people are getting me into...
yeah for physical activity!
last year i swam about twice a week. it was great. i had muscles... woohoo! then i went to florida and didn't really have access to a lap-able pool but i walked like a gazillion miles a day in the hot sun so it was ok. but then i got back from florida and sat on my butt and went into hibernation from the cruel cold world... or something.
so today i figured, if i have to get up and go to east lansing to vote, i may as well hop in the pool while i'm there. i am SO out of shape. blah. but i swam my little heart out and it felt great! now my legs feel like jelly and my arm muscles are very mad at me... but i'm ok with that.
and now i'll look all buff when i see andre tonight at the first basketball game! could i be more excited? no.
today has been a great day thus far... now if you'll all go vote for gore... it'd be perfect!
Monday, November 06, 2000
pet peeve #47:
i am in looooooooovvvvvvve. thanks for the link, kimmie!
and of course we cant forget this. no we can't.
he has a book review for kids on his website. i don't care if in reality he has nothing to do with it... that's more than others do to encourage kids to read. plus he's fluent in italian... and hot.
Sunday, November 05, 2000
aw yeah, baby! the above is my new prized possesion. just consider me sitting in andre hutson's lap.
if this won't convince you to take the bus, i don't know what will...
do not leave your trash all over my store.
do not leave your grimey kids all over my store.
do not let your grimey kids spill ice cream all over my floor and leave it there.
do not lecture me when i ask to see your ID when you pay with a credit card.
do not walk up to me with a list of things you want without trying to find them yourself.
do not repeatedly try to get my attention when i'm obviously helping someone else, and don't get all huffy with me when i ignore you.
do not stand at my register impatiently while i count like $30 in change when the register next to me has no line.
do not call the store 5 minutes before we open/after we close and expect me to dig through 500 matchbox cars to tell you if we have the exact car/color you are looking for.
no we do not gift wrap your presents.
no we do not babysit your children.
no you did not see that item in my store last week.
no that item is not on clearance.
no i will not mark it down.
no we do not have any playstation 2s.
someday i will own one of these.
Saturday, November 04, 2000
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Signs point to yes. Reply hazy, try again. Cannot predict now. Without a doubt. My sources say no. You may rely on it. Concentrate and ask again. Outlook not so good. It is decidedly so. Better not tell you now. |
Very doubtful. Yes - definitely. It is certain. Yes. As I see it, yes. Most likely. Ask again later. My reply is no. Outlook good. Don't count on it. |
so there.
so, yeah. right. well, see... here's the thing: well, wait. i mean... ok.
right. so. i'm glad we talked.
Friday, November 03, 2000
consider my day made! bestfriend: You're a rockstar.
StepheeJoy: i am?
bestfriend: totally.
StepheeJoy: why?
bestfriend: no reason. just because you're you.
(plus he IMed me first and the rest of you couldn't possibly understand how cool that is...)
lameguy7: i mean, it can't be as bad as being a spartan
i have been going through the motions for 6.5 years now and i'm done. i've obviously been done for sometime, seeing as though i stopped putting any effort into life as we know it years ago. why am i wasting my time and money? because i didn't realize i had a choice.
unlike so many people i was lucky enough that it never occured to me not to go to college. i knew i would. in fact it never occured to me that i would not go to michigan state... it was the only school to which i applied. 6.5 years later i am plugging away less than whole-heartedly, because it never occured to me that i could really stop.
for years now i haven't even been able to throw myself into one, let alone four or five classes. i have anxiety attacks over falling behind in classes i don't care about, then do nothing to change my situation. i don't deserve this education i am squandering. i'm clearly not ready to appreciate it.
the thought of doing the work to finish this semester kills me... let alone the thought of beginning yet another semester. i hate myself for this. i feel so selfish, so spoiled, so unappreciative. i feel unmotivated, unproductive, and lazy. i feel like a failure.
i can't do this anymore. i'm done. i'll make it through this semester if it kills me, but after that...
i just wish someone would tell me it's ok. i wish i could do this without letting so many people down...
Thursday, November 02, 2000
mike desperately wants to be a rockstar. maybe ben could give him lessons? and yes, girls... he is single...
(i'd like to thank god, all my fans, and ev for making this pic possible...)
Wednesday, November 01, 2000
a must see tv show on fox family. i think it's on about 3:30pm (est) on weekdays. way too cute and funny.
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