i forgot…

July 10, 2003 //

i forgot – tuesday a ton of terrible things happened

electrical storms knock out all of our web service’s customers except for us. until they fix all of those, then we have no outside net access.
jon’s computer freezes, erasing his work. a lot of work.
in an effort to figure out the internet problem, jeff asks ozzie to disconnect from the network. ozzie does so and as soon as he pulls out the cable he realizes that he hadn’t saved this huge flash file he had been working on for the past 5 hours and loses it all.
with posting deadlines approaching, and still no outsite net access save jeff’s slow slow slow dial-up, eric goes home to do some stuff there. on the way out of the office he slips down the back stairs, bruising his arm, leg and back. our landlord, whose name i will leave out, is just asking for a lawsuit with those stupid stairs.
eric, feeling crappy after falling down the stairs, wants to take a shower to clean off and try to make a fresh start of the day. his toilet overflows.

with only my nerdiness to comfort me…

July 10, 2003 //

my plan to get more sleep has failed. i was up half the night with a stomach ache somewhere between “i want to throw up” and “why does it feel like someone is reaching under my ribcage and squeezing my stomach as hard as they can? (and this person is the strongest person on earth)”

i stayed home most of the day trying to find a comfortable position so i might get a few precious hours, hell – minutes of sleep. it didn’t work. writhed in a chair while watching ds9, which is pretty much what i did all night too.

this week sucks.

can’t…do…it…

July 8, 2003 //

office is going to summer hours – starting at 9am instead of 10am. it’s killing me. i was just getting into the work-every-day pattern, and now a proverbial monkey wrench has been thrown. plus i have to get used to getting up even earlier due to moving downtown – i can’t just take a 10 minute walk down the street to work anymore. plus i’m in college-town withdrawal. what will i do without 80 restaurants all within walking distance?! einstein’s, 24hour burger king, panera, noodles, thai sookdee, al’s….

also the earlier work day results in extreme hunger at odd hours. like 10 am. i’m going to try to hold out until noon, but this plan seems doomed to failure due to the fact that i’m already lightheaded and am having problems concentrating…and staying awake. i have learned from eric that od-ing on coffee is not the way to go here as it will just shorten my attention span. and why is it so COLD in here?!

but otherwise things are fine. carry on.

muffy?

July 7, 2003 //

if you have to make up names, at least come up with normal ones. i mean, every name doesn’t have to be exciting and eclectic. try ‘scott jones’ or ‘karen simpson.’ don’t use crazy names that sound like circus people.

oh great

July 7, 2003 //

walking to the el it wasn’t raining. when i got on the el it wasn’t raining. when i got off the el it was pouring and i had 5 blocks to walk in my white tshirt and no umbrella because it’s still packed and i can’t find it. i hope i dry off before the client meeting.

oof.

July 2, 2003 //

all you can eat buffet at mt. everest. we walk in. it’s pat’s first time at this particular indian restaurant. all pat can say in a slightly confused voice is…”hey, it kinda smells like curry in here.”

nervous stomach

June 29, 2003 //

hey, the lead singer of wilco has a nervous stomach and throws up all the time just like holly! YOU’RE NOT ALONE!!!

and done

June 29, 2003 //

all of the posts from my previous site have been moved over. the only thing that isn’t up are the pop-up windows about the calvin & hobbes quotes and etc. these might….never….be put up. who knows.

today my parents and i spent the day packing, with more packing planned for tomorrow. thankfully i get to miss my parents arguing about the best way to pack glasses while i’m at the (ugh) doctor. why must these things always happen at once? plus, turns out that the moving plans just keep getting more and more convoluted. i did however get someone to take over my eac membership, so that’s good. i also finally activated this credit card so i can now cancel it. that’s ethical, right? i mean i KNOW there’s nothing wrong with it, but i still feel like it’s a little underhanded.

anyway, people move out tomorrow, they paint the apartment tomorrow night and we move in on tuesday. i hope it goes well. i hope my dad doesn’t strain something since he refuses to lift with his legs.

pre-peel

June 27, 2003 //

he offered the extra banana gladly – of course she could partake in the fluffy delectability of the tropical fruit. he chewed the banana, savoring its delicate flavor. she began to peel her banana, carefully exposing the even white surface.

he watched in mute horror. she continued to peel the banana, tugging the soft yellow further and further down…

he could bear it no longer. his revulsion overtook him and he spoke carefully, struggling to keep his voice under control:

“um, could you do me a favor and take off the little sticker before you peel any further? it kind of grosses me out.”

pre-baby crisis

June 27, 2003 //

re: the boss’s amp-buying trip

andrew: ahh guitar! ahh car! ….must play guitar in car!