| falling up |
August 13th, 2008 @ 3:50pm |
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note: here's a re-post from another site i'm at. it may be a bit repetitive, for which i apologise, but i should at least post an update when i've got one, heh.
i have been reading like a madwoman lately. last week, i read (and finished) one book each day. most of the reading was actually done during work (shh don't tell), but my productivity didn't suffer for it, so i'm not too worried.
i hadn't been to the library in awhile, so i kind of outdid myself. i walked out with a stack of books, an even bigger stack of DVDs, and some old-time radio show CDs.
and i'm still waiting on some items to come in.
i also ordered a new book on amazon a few days ago. i can't wait for it to get here.
i'm a book-fiend.
work has been canceled for the week, so i'll have to file unemployment . . . before our TWO-WEEK VACATION starts on monday. after over four years of working at this place, you'd think i'd know to plan this better. but the lay-offs don't usually come up until mid-september, so i thought i was being crafty. fat chance, but at least i'm getting paid for part of it.
mike, meanwhile, is getting paid for all of it; he has two weeks of vacation that must be used up before thanksgiving (they don't allow people to take off on holidays - how fucking stupid is that?), so he came up with this nifty little idea.
so i guess i've got three weeks off.
that should give me some time to accomplish all the shit i've got piled up. i hope.
it's been very grey out for the past week, raining off and on. i don't mind too much, though - this time of year, i always get excited for fall. i'm not entirely ready for summer to end - at least, not until after our vacation is over - but when i think of the leaves changing, the colour of an autumn sky, and the scent that always comes with the season, i get a bit excited.
then i go christmas-crazy.
it's already started; i've been wanting to watch 'holiday inn' and, since we're going to chicago for part of our hols next week, 'while you were sleeping.'
as far as the wedding and europe are concerned, here's a lazy-arsed copy+paste from that dreadful mind-trap, myspace:
europe will be a one-month trip to start. the first two weeks will be spent gallivanting round as many countries and sights as we can comfortably fit; if we like the atmosphere and feel it'd be possible to actually move there altogether, the next two weeks will be spent finding a place to live/stay and a place to work. if it ends up being more difficult than is possible, we'll spend the entire month traipsing round instead.
i'm hoping for the former; however, if it turns out to be the latter, we'll have our hol and then come home for a bit . . . and shift our aim toward moving to canada.
if we get married in europe, it'll be an elopement, with a reception and vow-renewal here. otherwise, we'll have the ceremony here as well, and we've a few places in mind for that. still trying to figure out the best solution to this, but we'll take it as it comes.
in other news, we're trying to find a new place to live. if we want to do all the shit listed above, we're gonna have to save some more cash.
there's a place not too far from here that we've been thinking of. it's a one-bedroom, which is less than we've got now (2-bedroom with 1200 total sq. ft.), but it's quite spacious as is -and- it has a nice-sized kitchen with an ELECTRIC STOVE. i don't mind the gas stove we've got now, but electric is, to me, much easier to cook with/on.
we'll be saving $50 every month's rent, plus everything except electricity is included - even off-street parking. we'd have our own entrance, too, so we wouldn't be disturbing anyone else.
i hope mike goes for it. (=
sorry for being such a slacky-wanker on posting. when i -am- home, i'm usually cleaning or cooking for the bake-sale or trying to work on the tattoo design i should've finished by now. otherwise, we're out walking (weight-loss plan still in action) or grocery shopping or doing whatever else.
i'll try to be more efficient, but we all know i've said that a million times before.
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lifes a trip!
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August 13th, 2008 @ 3:50pm |
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what's with this updating-soon-after-my-last-entry crap? i never do this.
;]
i was actually going to sooner, but i worked a lot this past weekend at my security job - all twelve-hour shifts.
i love that job, though it has two negatives:
( . . . well, three, if you count the increasingly corporate-mindedness)
1) i end up being soso tired afterward, and my inclination is to sleep at night, so third shift is a tiring one.
(i work third anyway; days sucks - it's waaaay too hectic.)
2) on the days i'm working out there, my schedule is like this: work, come home and sleep, eat, and go back to work. not much couple-time, but the money is great and it's not an every day thing.
things with mike's fam have improved . . . a bit. i think. his mum is so frickin' hard to read, and i'm always wondering if she's being honest or just telling people what they want to hear.
my guess is that it's the latter; mike even inherited a bit of that, though i made sure that stopped QUICK.
either way, i told him we have two options - this relationship consists of HE and I and we stop letting other people dictate our decisions,
or
this relationship consists of HIM, HIS MUM, HIS DAD, and I - and the 'I' part of it scrams as a result.
(we're still together. he chose wisely.)
i don't understand how people can be so, so two-faced. i know that it's often about not wanting to hurt another's feelings, but when it's over trivial bullshit or something that -intentionally- hurts someone, i stop comprehending it.
i know we all do this from time to time; the problem i have is when it's blatant and done constantly, with no regard for others, and the person doing it refuses to acknowledge and/or change the behaviour.
ah, well.
so we haven't been over to see them as much. i'm going to be civil, but if any shit starts in the future, i told mike i'm going to just get up without saying anything and leave.
we haven't mentioned the wedding at all to them since the last fiasco, and things seem to be a bit more 'back to normal.' hope i can keep that going.
it really feels like fall today. i know it's only august - which is supposed to be our hottest month - but the sky is that faded colour and the wind's a bit colder than it was in july. i've even seen some leaves jumping off the trees.
i always get excited for fall and winter round this time, but this is insane - i can't decide if i like it or not. =P
(i'm going with 'yes,' since it makes me feel cheerier.)
at least we have some near-definitive plans coming along. for the wedding, we've decided to stick with spring of 2009 for now and get the europe trip done first, since we'd been working on that before he proposed. we'll do a month 'trip' in the EU and see if we like it enough to stay; if not, then we'll try to move to canada.
i'll keep you all posted on how things progress. (=
how's everyone doing this week? i'm going to go check up on you lovely favourites of mine.
have a swell evening, everyone! (=
(ps. thanks for the kind thoughts, daytripper. (=
unfortunately, i can't tell you this on your diary cos it's 'FO,' so i hope you come across this or are directed here by another.)
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transition
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pair o' docks
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falling up
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frequencies
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guh-pdate.
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hello there, you lovely,...
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wow. (ring,ring)
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is it your bag, baby?
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mushroom cult
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imagery (the cards)
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'that ain't no way to spend a...
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i'm the officer, betch. [edit]
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i simply haven't a...
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START HERE.
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spectrum (upon a time,)
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shh im not really here,
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not sure yet,
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no one here gets out alive,
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two too much,
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. . . then smoke that bitch,
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when the blue bus calls, . . .
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clouded
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change (in the house of cedar)
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ears have a purpose, too
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shlong-winded
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shhh, im not really here
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duuuuuuuude,
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the trip continues,
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i love having to tell you...
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ignition:transmission
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s n a p s n a p !
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it cusploded!
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amputate throat
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seven minutes hours in...
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h a r d s h a r d
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my wrist really hurts right...
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bloody knives, cooking books
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ya ulibatsya perestala . . .
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i lost my goddamn...
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its really just the revival
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im heading them off,
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i am infrequent.
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extroversion.
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god is in the radio
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high scores,
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mozhet bit' . . .
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burnt.
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led astray by their mock...
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my hair totally kicks arse...
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