Monday, April 30, 2001
everyone needs a mechanic. like, their own mechanic. i'm going to miss that when i'm in florida."chuck's garage"
hi, chuck. it's stephanie sweitzer. my car is getting towed to you right now.
"uh-oh"
yeah, it won't start. i don't think it's the battery.
"ok, well, we're pretty slow here today so we might be able to get you done this afternoon."
great. and hey, why don't you just call me when you know what's wrong instead of my dad.
"alright, stephanie. we'll give you a call this afternoon"
thanks
you say the name sweitzer there and it's like you're royalty. i guess the fact that our clan collectively takes 7 different vehicles there helps... especially since 5 of those are 'kid' cars with well over 100,000 miles on them. i think he constantly has one of our cars!
hopefully whatever it is won't cost an arm and a leg...
Sunday, April 29, 2001
*sigh*i'm just thrilled that you all have crushes on me, but crushlink makes me sad because i could never find out who you are...
i've gotten two e-mails from them in the last month or so now. i'm still just convinced that people just guessed me as having a crush on them, and that's why i get those emails... not because someone really has a crush on me... cuz that would be... well, that just doesn't happen, now does it?
look at me... all linky-like today instead of just babbling. so i found this icelandic weblog today... mostly pictures of girl-on-girl action, all with incomprehensible captions and commentary. i'll go ahead and send you to an entry featuring britney spears and christina aguilera, if you don't mind... (also, there is some sort of poll there. based on the results they must be asking who is the skankiest
i think 'online children's books' is a great idea! this 'book' is adorable, and with the use of handy links to more information it is twice as educational as a paper book would be. i love it!
this blogspot page is supercute. i love that picture.. it's too goofy! now boys, i have to warn you fiona is a little hottie... but she's taken and she has been known to use the word tampon in her entries. hahaha
oh.. oh my god. o h m y g o d.
Saturday, April 28, 2001
just got back from seeing bridget jones. it was just a hilarious as the book and i really enjoyed it. it made me feel kinda sad and lonely at the same time though...i felt much better when we walked out to my car, hopped in, and... it wouldn't start. nothing. it can't be the battery... nothing was on. we walked all the way home.
i might actually die. my car is my entire existance. you have no idea. i'm in a little state of panic right now... perhaps shock even.
*every day is worst than the last... so i guess this must be the worst day of my life...*
i still just think this is the coolest thing. so futuristic. haha. i mean we all knew it was only a matter of time before we'd be living on the moon and stuff right? well, what a huge leap toward that.
i'd be scared as hell to go up there, but can you imagine how beautiful it must be?
Friday, April 27, 2001
"the main thing is, i'm not crazy"lucky bastard
Thursday, April 26, 2001
ok, i have friday-monday off. how very exciting! four whole days in a row!any suggestions?
i just made two exciting (yet potentially hazardous) discoveries.
first: our computer has internet checkers installed. now i love a good game of checkers with a worthy opponant... especially if i win. (hehe) unfortunately just now, after like at least 20 minutes, i got the snot beat out of me. i eventually had to give in and throw my kings in the line of fire. it was an honorable loss though.
however, second: our computer has pinball installed. pinball is another story alltogether. i have some scary pinball skillz. really. it's as if i am one with the flippers... it's like jedi pinball when i'm playing. (ok, kind of)
i sure play some mean pinball...
one last thing: i love the term 'hip hopera'. just wanted to share.
Wednesday, April 25, 2001
me too. (wanna get ice cream!?)
so, this is a pretty fun project. it's interesting to be able to see weblogs, etc. of people your age. also, being a pretty visual person i love all the screen shots. it's a great way to pull people into your site... not that mine is very visually pleasing. wah.
Tuesday, April 24, 2001
this is something i have wondered on several occasions: where do you draw the line between being supportive and doing what's best for your friends... you know. telling them like it is.in past friendships i have been accused of not being supportive enough of people's decisions, etc. i just want what is best for people, and sometimes i don't know if being supportive is really helpful, or just co-dependant. how do you really know what that person needs from you?
i'm really frustrated right now. i get like this. as i have told you before, i am a fixer... and when i can't help i get pretty upset. i realize that's actually pretty selfish of me... turning other people's pain into an example of my own inadequacy...
i can't get the words to come, but i guess what i'm saying is... i know. i know you're hurt and i don't expect you to be magically ok with circumstances that suck. some things you said tonight really hurt my feelings, but i know you were just upset and probably have no idea what i'm talking about because you didn't mean it. i do think you're the best, and that won't change. i want to be there for you in whatever capacity you need me, even if that means just leaving you the hell alone. i wasn't trying to 'not let you be bitter'... it would be foolish to expect anything less from someone who cares so much... but don't think i'll let you feel that way forever. if you can't get out of the dumps yourself, mine will be the first hand there to help pull you out when the time comes.
i don't know what to say. i suck. i don't really think it matters at all what i say. i wish it did matter.
shelled out $120 to fix my car again today. always nice when you have a store to open and you blow a radiator hose on the way to work... and nothing like getting to work 5 minutes before the mall opens. such is life.
also paid some bills and picked up a cute shirt on my break. all very exciting.
not as exciting as watching 'bill and ted's excellent adventure' on comedy central mere days after mentioning i'd like to see it again. yay for me.
Monday, April 23, 2001
i finally got a call i had been waiting for today. of the three major pieces to the puzzle that is my summer plan, one finally fell into place. the powers that be at disney's animal kingdom (specifically at kilimanjaro safaris) called and they have some hours ready and waiting for me. yippy. i'd be a little more excited about this if i knew bri would get his job back too. unfortunately, he may be relocated... and well, that stinks. not only cuz i want us to work together again this summer, but because that job meant so much to him. i love it, but i know he wanted it more than i did. that makes me feel crappy. you have no idea.
anyway, this is all irrelevant nothingness til i find a place to live. until then a job isn't going to help much. ugh.
i feel like i should be excited... but i'm not. yet.
Sunday, April 22, 2001
added a few 'new' pics to my disney photo page.ah... back when i had a tan. those were the days.
basketball season isn't quite over yet. games like this will get me by just fine for another month or so. it sucks when 2 of the three teams i am at all rooting for have to play each other so early though.
Saturday, April 21, 2001
i promised and now i've delivered. pre-party pics from last night can be found here. i didn't want to bother with the cam while we were out, so during-party pics are non-existant. that's probably a good thing. fyi: kim will kill me when she sees those pics so i can't garauntee they will be there long... but i guess that's what she gets for never visiting my webpage, eh? don't you make the same mistake. ha!
between swimming and partying like a rockstar yesterday i can barely move. and it feels great.
i do have some pics as promised, but i'm too lazy to deal with them right now. later. i promise.
also you'll notice i linked austin to the left because... well, if you must know, he has real cute glasses.
now i am fully prepared to begin and complete i hate this place: the pessimist's guide to life just in time to catch a little 'weekend update' tonight. yippy.
also: blimpie's vegimax subs are real good. with some jalapeno chips... mmmm.
k, that's all.
Friday, April 20, 2001
ah, the smell of chlorine in the morning... (ok, afternoon)anyway after i got past how gross and out of shape i am i had a swell time in the pool today. every muscle in my body is tight as hell and by tomorrow morning i may actually be paralized, but it feels soooo good.
there were about 2 guys and 3 ladies there. all of them old and fat. it was depressing as hell... (holden caufield would have thought so) on the other hand... i looked comparatively hot. which is good cuz around the end of lap swim the swim instructor for the following private lessons came in. a twentysomething cutie... completely ripped... so he decides to hop in for a little warm up before the class...
it was as if god was rewarding me for getting off my ass. god how i love guys who can swim the butterfly. it was really distracting. i almost drowned. (maybe i should have... he might have saved me. 'mommy, tell me again how you and daddy met when he saved your life...') anyway, i digress.
tonight i am going out dancing like the diva that i am. pictures will follow. i promise.
"if you saw two guys named hambone and flippy, which one would you think liked dolphins the most? i'd say flippy, wouldn't you? you'd be wrong, though. it's hambone."
-jack handy
StepheeJoy: i have NO idea what i want to do. i am afraid of everything. i'm too big a wuss to just suck it up and leap into adulthood
notmyfavebrian: there you go smiling again when you dont mean it.
StepheeJoy: it's my nature. i hate whining and seeming hurt and vulnerable (
notmyfavebrian: but so am i, so are we all... has nothing to do with being a wuss or being afraid or being ready
StepheeJoy: plus, i'm bummin' cuz all year i've been looking forward to this summer, now nothing is coming together and it looks like everything just isn't going to happen and i'll be stuck here, forever.
notmyfavebrian: no way, you are so not stuck here. you could go and blossom anywhere you wanted
StepheeJoy: getting there is the problem. where do i go? how do i get there and just blossom? it seems impossible.
notmyfavebrian: seems, that's the key word. it can happen, it just has to be done. all it takes is a few phone calls and a few extra dollars in the bank
StepheeJoy: i'm working on it, but those phone calls aren't working out the way they should.
notmyfavebrian: maybe you're making the wrong phone calls
StepheeJoy: they are the only ones i know to make.
notmyfavebrian: so make some you dont know about
notmyfavebrian: call the pistons front office just for fun
notmyfavebrian: call zimbabwe and say hi
notmyfavebrian: something will fall into place that makes sense
how do brians get so wise? and you should all know i'm creeped out cuz if you substituted safaribrian's name in there i would have certainly thought he said all that. cuz he has.
and wilson, if by some random act of god you see this... no offense. i mean, you aren't my least favorite brian! it's a long story...
i have gone from the 'sorority princess' who makes lousy basketball picks, to 'really cool'.
the rest of you can feel free to follow walter's lead, thank you very much.
(if you're really searching for that comment it's from march 31st... about halfway down his page.)
Thursday, April 19, 2001
so, after a grueling day at work, i made it home and proceeded to pass out on the couch. did i wake up in time to catch survivor? did i remember to tape it? what do you think? NO! (*cries*) and i had to wait til just now to find out what happened because no one wants to spoil the show for the west coast slow pokes. it sounded like such a good episode... maybe i can convince myles to hook up a tape.ok, one last thing. now elisabeth is my favorite too... but this (and this) seems a little... much.
(bri, she's the one you'd love -she even lists cashews and sour patch kids amoung her favorite snacks. i hear you like cashews... and chicken... how do you feel about cashew chicken?)
if all goes well , i'll be finishing catcher in the rye tonight. i'm planning to start the green mile tomorrow unless anyone has any better suggestions. after that.... well. i just don't know.
Wednesday, April 18, 2001
*sigh* we have completely lost brian to the boys of summer...
i feel so... *defeated*. if life is a game... i'm getting my ass kicked.
why can't ONE thing be easy? why can't just one little thing go the way i'd like. even a little thing, like when i finally manage to drag myself to open lap swim, why does there have to be a note on the door saying no lap swim that night? why tonight? why me?
i just want to swim.
i just want to cry.
arg.
Tuesday, April 17, 2001
oh, this is just the most unfair thing that ever happened!Guess what... you've got a secret admirer! Want to find out who it is? Just click to www.CrushLink.com
Email address: sweitze2@pilot.msu.edu
Invitation code: ******
Make sure you enter in this information exactly as shown above.
See you soon!
Sincerely,
The Crush Master
PS. This is not junk email. You've received it because someone you know came to CrushLink and confessed an interest in you! Maybe it was that hottie from English class or the cute one at the party last weekend or maybe--well, we can't even give you a hint until you come to CrushLink.com.
while it's swell that someone has a crush on me, anyone who has ever been to CrushLink before knows you can't find out who it is without guessing and everyone you 'guess' gets added to your crush list and gets that same e-mail... unless of course you guess the right person, then you have made a CrushLink and isn't that just as sweet as can be? blah. not to mention all my friends have like a jazillion e-mail addresses so i could guess the right person but the wrong email... and no link.
whoever did this better fess up. i mean, i already know you're all secretly in love with me, so it's not like it would be weird or anything...
"did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there?"
-drops of jupiter (train)
Monday, April 16, 2001
things you should know:i have actively been happy over the last week.
i ordered 'i hate this place: the pessimist's guide to life'
i am not a pessimist
i have questions about the nature of 'cheese food'.
i like egg salad sandwiches.
i got lotsa lotsa money from uncle sam today.
i had a weird dream last night.
mike and myles were in it.
i bought two lamps today.
Sunday, April 15, 2001
why i adore jarrad: (reason #417)Jabadoo2: can i just say one thing?
Jabadoo2: the new picture on your weblog main page is sexy with a capital grrr, baby!
StepheeJoy: ha! the one at the top?
Jabadoo2: oh yeah!
StepheeJoy: heheh
StepheeJoy: actually bri went out of his way to mention he liked the new pic too... though he didn't go so far as to say it was sexy...
Jabadoo2: well, it is
Jabadoo2: your hairdo makes gwyneth paltrow seem like a child pornographer
Jabadoo2: it is scrumtrilescent
StepheeJoy: you crack me up
Jabadoo2: you know, michigan guys must be insane not to be knocking down your door
(all i have to say is scrumtrilescent, baby!)
fyi: i added a new picture page. it is a 'road trips' page and right now all you'll find there are pics from my recent trip to minneapolis for the final four. more pics are on their way i assure you.
let me know if any links are messed up or if anything else funky is happening on the page. i did it in a hurry.
Saturday, April 14, 2001
(wiping tears from eyes)oh my. could 'weekend update' be any funnier these days? even if the rest of the show sucks sometimes, tina and jimmy make it all worth while.
hey, b: i wonder if we could arrange some sort of double date... think you could hook me up with your cousin? hehehe
pics from yesterday's adventure. watched the cubs win (4-2), ate at ESPNZone, then ran around disneyquest like a little kid.
Thursday, April 12, 2001
yeah! today i am going to my very first cubs game! i'm pretty excited. and thankfully it looks like we're in for some decent weather.
i had my mom take this pic to show you all my lovely new haircut. i had a good 4 inches hacked off and it seemed so short to me... short enough to bother posting a pic. but now i look at the picture and my hair still looks so long. imagine what it looked like yesterday! it's so much healthier looking now though.
always always always get a shampoo when you get your haircut. do you have any idea how nice it is to have someone else wash your hair? ahhh....
always always always get a shampoo when you get your haircut. do you have any idea how nice it is to have someone else wash your hair? ahhh....
just as i was starting to feel completely gross and useless... turns out all i needed was an oil change. you got it. one trip to jiffy lube and a little confidence has been restored. i was completely macked on by one of the grimy jiffy lube boys... not my type at all, but i don't think i have ever been so clearly pursued by some random guy like that.
what was really exciting about all that nonsense was the fact that i looked like crap-ola after working all day. i guess my magnetic personality was just shining through... or something.
now if only a cute, funny, quirky, smart boy would seek me out... i would enjoy that attention.
Wednesday, April 11, 2001
i haven't been at ease at all the last few days. there is an anxiousness in my chest and my mind won't slow down. i feel tense, and bottled up, and... discontent. i'm still fighting a battle between what i want to get off my chest and what i want you to read. there are always consequences...
oh. my. goodness. i'm going to hell...
is this guy for real? cuz he goes on and on with his anti-greek propaganda, but i guess i'm missing any kind of documentation/ credibility/ logical thinking. oh, wait. maybe he's more concerned with selling books for some cash than saving souls.
silly me.
Tuesday, April 10, 2001
yes, i know. (bad news. more bad news.) but everything is going to be just fine. i mean, who goes to the final four four years in a row anyway? wait til next march and find out ;)do you know what it is like to know deep down inside that you would do absolutely anything for someone... and at the same time know there probably isn't anything at all that you can do? that sure is a bummer. i guess all you can do is your best, eh?
Monday, April 09, 2001
my new favorite adjective is retro-futuristic.
i wanna do that ^ again. right now. and i want to play with my animals. k?
i think i might be solar powered. i swear. i can't even function in rooms with poor lighting. i absolutely cannot even motivate myself to move. i've been in and out of my bedroom all day trying to get it cleaned/organized/packed up/etc. but i haven't gotten a single thing done. i did manage to get out of my pajamas (you should see the badass hawkeyes t-shirt i'm sporting) but that's about all i could manage.
it doesn't help that my overhead light has burnt out. i have three lamps on in that tiny room, and still... it's far 'too dark' for me to function.
must. have. light.
i feel like such a slacker. i have been on roadtripmania so i haven't even been around much to update... that and i have nothing to say. except that i do have things to say. within the last month or so i have noticed that feeling again where i have something to say... i just want to vent, to 'journal'... but i get stage fright because i know who will be here reading this... i hate that feeling. it's a stupid feeling.
anyway, this weekend i went to chicago to reunite with some of my roomies from last summer, and the one and only mr. brian. we went to disney quest and played our little hearts out. we also ate at hard rock and rock bottom and brian and i picked out our china pattern... ha! it was a fun weekend. mostly.
Thursday, April 05, 2001
i hate my life
everyday is worse than the one before it... that means, every time you see me, that's been the worst day of my life.
Tuesday, April 03, 2001
"CONGRATULATIONS! The evidence you submitted meets American Mensa's requirements for admission. It is with great pleasure that we extend you an offer of membership in the society."yeah! one new year's resolution down!
some trip highlights:
NABC college allstars vs. harlem globetrotters
FCA luncheon with tubby smith, steve alford, etc.
met brad soderberg
met/ate with/got pics with point of grace
enjoyed the final four atmosphere
car got attention from lots of fans
got whooped at by a spartan-rooting ambulance
got honked at by a cow-carrying truck (moo-u?)
got a headache from sitting so high in the metrodome
watched msu hand arizona the championship
swore profusely during duke/maryland game
hung out with the likes of dirty scalpers
ate away our sorrows at denny's
went to the museum of questionable medical devices
had my head examined
went to the mall of america -shopped.
got pictures taken with JR and DT (coming soon)
rode a bunch of rides. got wet. (pic coming)
ate at planet hollywood
visited the wisconsin dells
drove through milwaukee to smell the beer smell
ate dinner at rock bottom in downtown chicago
got fist bumps from random msu fan/stranger
watched arizona blow that championship we handed them
came home
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