Happy Monday
by My company moved from the 3rd floor to the 1st over the weekend. This is like our 5th move in the same building. We're in a very very tight space now. Basically, we can't hire any new employees or they'll have to sit in closets or something. hehe
In other news, this site's pretty dead recently, huh?
AI Summary
December 11, 2006, "Happy Monday" post, iwz mentions the company's fifth move to a smaller space due to downsizing. The discussion that follows is dominated by jokes about the company's financial struggles and iwz's dry humor about the layoffs. A few users, such as socalgal and superhero, offer more serious advice and support, while others, like juicymango, engage in heated exchanges about grammar and Tyra Banks' comments on body image. The conversation remains lighthearted, with users sharing personal anecdotes and humorously describing their lives...
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oh! my dinner party on sunday went great! i made a lasagna, roast beef, mashed red skin potatos, string beans w/ almonds. i made a pumpkin ricotta pie AND creme brule! i was cooking ALL day! it was so much fun though! we ate, drank wine, played cranium. all in all a good time, i shouldn't have stressed so much!
pumpkin ricotta pie? is it good?
yea, that is my go-to dessert because it's super easy..that and berry cobbler, both really good & really easy. the pumpkin pie is just 2 eggs, 15 oz container ricotta, 1 can pumpkin, 1/2 tsp allspice, 1/2 tsp nutmeg, 1 tsp cinnamon, 2/3 cup sugar.
Hi GINA :) tried to give you a ring yesterday hope everythings great w/ u!
thanks lady! i checked my messages a bit ago...i really appreciate it!
socal... does the average californian eat breakfast? in venice beach i didn't notice many breakfast oriented shops
hmmmm, yeah they do. but its usually fast stuff cause of peeps on the go. usually near the beach there are cafe's, which are sparse but here there are a ton of breakfast places that're usually packed out.
So we got back last night from Florida. The weather was nice, and the highlight for me was the Nine West outlet in Orlando. I was also excited about a BGBG outlet, where I found fantastic dresses, but upon trying them on, realized I'm apparently bustier than the entire population of Britain. And it didn't help when the sales girl said a skirt would match a blazer I was trying on, asked my size, and when I replied "large", she said, "So what, like a 6?" Talk about unhealthy body image. But my feet will never be considered fat, so I treat those to nice satin shoes whenever I can.
my wife has found a Nine West Outlet in north jersey. she totally goes there on her lunch break, i believe.
I think shoes are the only article of clothing I can always feel good about. I know there's an outlet in the crossings in Tannersville that's pretty good. Make sure she knows about DSW. If I lived closer to one, I know I'd be there once a week.
did you ever see that movie "in her shoes"? w/cameron diaz? her sister had this fab collection of shoes from all the fab designers...anyway her friend asks her why she has so many shoes and she said feet dont discriminate. you dont have to worry about gaining a few pounds to wear them. LOL
Hahaha! I've never seen that, but I totally agree. I'll have to rent that movie.
yeah and this woman is telling 120 pound girls that they are plus size
My day has started out great.... I locked the keys in my car with it running. Tried a coat hanger and then I remembered I had a spare. I tore apart my bedroom and finally found it. Joy.
i know the feeling. yesterday i returned the hummer i rented, and as i drove my car out of the parking lot, i scratched the side against a small dumpster i didnt' see. SOOOOO PISSED. $600 in damage.
i just got the car over the summer, and it's SOOOO my baby.
Ouch!! You got me beat with that incident. Wow, that sucks!
is elisha cuthbert not one of the hottest girls??
http://elishacuthbert.hollywood.com/photos/photoshoot/maximpics1.jpg
hmm yeah although a lot of times i wished jack would shoot her so he'd stop having to call her and say "get out of the city - NOW!" because that got old
awww hot girls shouldn't die tho!
i think she looks good sometimes, but i don't fully think she's hot, haha
plus she has major fuzz face, maaaaaaaaajorly
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/4479/04ecuthbertfv1.jpg
that is a really really really big picture so im' not gonna post it but click the link if you wanna see her pre-photoshop
haha
i am here to ruin all celebrities
man kam, the color green isnt fitting for you! LOL JUST KIDDING. i think she looks gorgeous in that shot too! she has that "classic" beauty, dont ya think? and face fuzz? LOL
lol
zoom in on the pic, yo! it's weird lookin!
haha
HAHAHAHA oh....well it could be worse, she could have dark hair. LOL
true!!! she has the anorexic peach fuzz it's weird! because she doesn't look anorexic otherwise
anorexic peach fuzz? LOL
yeah you nkow how anorexic girls get the peach fuzz and like lose their hair
it's weird lookin
anyway i know every girl has peach fuzz that photo was just shocking to me haha
i don't see a problem...
i do think she's pretty, but she kinda looks like white-trash porn star. like pam anderson...pretty but that same look. i always think dark haired girls are the prettiest.
Well, I'm back to NJ from my Canada snowboarding trip. And let me just say.....
Kicking horse has been tamed. We now call it, Rocking horse. We rocked that sucka. Check it out!
Wow! I'm still a total newbie kicking horse would just trample all over me LITERALY.
Me imagino asi
But of course YOU'RE all
Hmmm... that second pic looks very familiar, I believe that was shot last year in Okemo....
Te he I totally stole the second pic 4rm sum 1 I know
Who did you steal it from?!?! Because it was brother who took that pic!! hahaha
You know where to look ;)
WOW~ i cant wait to see your pics!!!
Well, they killed Barbaro :(
NAAAAAAAYYY :(
Livy, Mikayla LOVES her gifts, you're such a sweetheart. Thank you for everything!
Awwww I'm so glad, don't even thank me I'm such a cheeseball we discussed your anniversary and it just went right over my ditzy head =D
Ah hem cough FUZZY BLACK SOCKS SPLUTTER cough
its so sad how worldly funeral services offer no consolation to the depressed. i went to my uncles services this past weekend and the pastor that gave the talk (at the funeral home) offered nothing. my sisters and i just looked at each other because the pastor was just pulling scriptures out of the air, nothing tied into life, death, nothing. he was just quoting the familiar scriptures to christendom. my 2 oldest (that arent witnesses - but were raised in the truth) sisters even said "omg im so embarrassed for him"
:( I'm sorry about your uncle, G.
aw thanks chica! i appreciate it.
me too, g, sorry!
Drive safely ;)
Funny Moment:
This morning my book study conductor asks me how I am if there's anything he can do for me (some sickness in the fam/ overall exhaustion)...
Jokingly ( I SWEAR I'm not a floosy, I'm a snuggler but NOT a FLOOSY) anywayze I answered that he could rub my back not thinking anything of it, HONEST.
So he makes his way over and let me just say the term MAGIC FINGERS comes to mind. So he said I was really tense and that the muscles would relax even better if they had oil rubbed but, then adds that a sister would have to do that which cracked me up he started laughing to like
"I'm suggesting it but, ahem can't do more than suggest." FUNNIEST thing ever!
i'm not gonna lie, that's a little creepy.
HA! That's why I had to laugh but, he's a sweetie great brother even sweeter family =)
i think i wanna be a small sumo wrestler
haha
i'm serious. i'm 5'-9", 230. pretty stout. minor tone. i'd totally push someone out of a circle! HUT!
geez...I'm 6 inches taller and u got 5 pounds on me. So basically you are E. Honda on Street Fighter II. HAHAHA.....
and i'll give you the HUNDRED HAND SLAP to prove it! see, now, this is why i bring this up... i'd be a SMALL sumo wrestler. the average size for a sumo dude is 6 feet, 325 pounds! the one place i could go and be smaller and fitter than everyone around me! lol
i'll send you all pics from Japan!
pshhhh i got you both beat, im 6'2 and 260... bring it!
WOW!!! I won't ever complain about my 6'-3" 225 frame again! I guess I'm Mr. Universe compared to you guys. HAhaha....
did you see the people magazine article on Tyra Banks that she's weighing in @ 161?
someones getting thick, she has 10 lbs on me
she weighs as much as me, and I'm the same height (almost)
is this because you saw MTV True Life last night? Lauren was watching it while I was reading my book.
does anyone have any music by "that dog." that they would share with me?
Is anyone versed in how home-schooling works in NJ?
You sign up.
You get books.
Read the books.
Take the tests... cheat by still using the books.
Send the tests.
Get Straight A's.
Kids make fun of you for the rest of your life for being home-schooled.
Take your G.E.D
Serve me a #2 with extra SAUCEY.
I'm kidding of course. Homeschooling rocks.
How much of your day did it take up? Did you still spend 6 hours a day doing stuff like normal school?
I didn't homeschool. A lot of kids I grew up with...
they just play all day.. read a book for an hour.. and thats it.
Seriously how long is school anyway? When you take out the getting up early, the bus, the homeroom, the lunchtime, the recess, the wasted time of people asking stupid questions, the breaks inbetween classes.
You really only learn for like 10 minutes a day anyways.
haha thats so true
Very good point. I'm kind of in a pickle where I may be forced to have my daughter homeschool. If an hour or so a day is spent doing it, that is sweet.
i did it in HS, it was good for me. i learned the stuff on my own. i'm glad i didn't do it in middle school and before though. if ur daughter is young, you are basically going to have to be her teacher
my friend calls it the G(ood) E(nough) D(iploma)
i love how people say stuff like "my friend says" like your friend made it up, when everyone knows that saying.
Well i only say that cuz most i've met hadn't heard it and think its funny. Like my friend says, Give em what they want..
I'd choose highschool over Homeschool.
A lot to be learned from other folks.. and social interaction etc.
I just recommend homeschoool for really ridiculously ugly kids.
most of the children in my cong are home schooled. what exactly do you need to know?
argh! i'm so frustrated. i've worked my butt off this month and haven't lost a pound.
doing the points system w/ WW? are you working out as well?
yep flex points. i bike 1 hour everyday and do the rower and weight machine in my parents home gym.
ha, welcome to my world!!
here's some stuff that "experts" say about this plateau situation
- make sure you're not over or UNDER eating, you need a certain number of calories to lose weight
- don't eat after 8 p.m.
- switch up your workouts. If you bike 1 hour every day, your body might be getting used to it and not letting go of stuff anymore. Walk. Jog. Anything other than bike.
- you're probably gaining muscle which weighs more than fat, muscle also BURNS fat so you're doing the right thing, keep it up!
- it could be water weight, especially if you're weighing yourself once a month at the same time of the month.. you could fluctuate 5-10 pounds of water weight at certain times
- just keep it up and don't give up because even if you're not losing pounds the benefits to your cardiovascular system, etc. are fantastic
also this guy's advice is cool
awesome thanks for the tips!
yeah i hope it helps! I'm trying to work through a plateau myself and i'm just trying to not weigh myself at all because it's just disheartening.
pretty soon, though, if nothing happens, i'm gonna see a nutritionist
a bro in my cong is a personal trainer and his wife is a phys ed teacher. i think mom is having him come by soon to critique our workout routines.
if your not losing weight that just means you have to work out harder.
goodness i wish it was that simple - if it was that simple i'd be rail thin haha
it's different for girls than guys, waaaay different, especially when they get into their mid-to-late 20's
Hahaha - I just googled "Pa board certified psychologists" and the first link that came up was for "s*xologists". Weird!
"Is there a problem?"
"You're Abe Froman?"
"Yep. That's me."
"The Sausage King of Chicago?"
so i was thinking, i've never wanted to have just one kid, if i have one i'll have more...but i got to thinking about how siblings are so neat.
It's so weird, how me and my bro. and sis. are all grown up and everything, but when we get together, we're so alike. The three of us have the same weird sense of humor. Things that no one else finds funny we do. and we have so many of the same idiosyncrasies...for example, me & my bro were talking about how we never drink the last little bit of liquid at the bottom of a container, especially when it's milk. haha
i think it's just so cool, that there are people so much like you, even though the three of us have such different lives now.
i think this is the coolest thing about having kids - you can make an INFINITE number of combinations out of 2 people, and they are all different but the same in so many ways
this is the only thing that i will regret missing out on if i never have kids, i kind of want to see the combinations!!
my brother and I are alike in so many ways it's almost sickening, like the same things bother us, like for example the commercial for Friday's where the girl orders "Mahi-mahi" and my brother goes "ughhhhhhhhh i will never order mahi-mahi cuz i hate the way it sounds" and i just looked at him dumbfounded cuz i feel totally the same way!!
hahah, i love that stuff. i've noticed the longer you're married, those weird things start happening w/ your spouse too.
yeah definitely haha
You should aim for twins. Twin power is amazing.
i'd love to see a pic of u and your bro.
I'll have to put something up. My favorite pic of us is when we were in Kindergarten - we're holding hands, and you can see in the pic that my nails have been painted a little poorly. It was my brother that had painted my nails earlier that week.
Not that that's bad - I think it's endearing that I used to let him do that. And he hated it when I took off the polish before it was completely gone; like I was ruining his masterpiece. :)
haha, that's so cute.
yeah if it could be guaranteed that i'd have twins i would have kids right now
why do u want twins? i don't think i would, if i had a choice.
I'm sure they're a lot of work, but there's nothing like the bond that twins have. My parents always loved that my brother and I took care of each other. I think they liked watching that bond grow.
I just love twins I think everything about them is amazing, I wish I was a twin so bad!! And it's a nice way to get two out of the way at the same time. I would never want just one kid. And I don't realy want to be pregnant EVER so if i coudl just do it once and be done with it, I'd be happy.
man its frigid out, and tommrorow is going to be worse. Glad i don't have to leave my nice warm room till tommorow when i ice over
everyone that goes out in service on friday agreed we were staying home today. -8 degrees this morning w/ -25 windchills is just too crazy to be out.
actually it wasnt as bad as i thought it would be, i wore under armour, thermal over that and a 3/4 length coat with the hood over my head and gloves with the fingers hacked off so i could use my scanner and i was good. You should have went out and caught everyone by surpise!
shoot i didn't get the starbucks job. they sent me a rejection card...in spanish.
hahah bbbbwhat? that's ridiculous. why would they send you one in spanish?
weird. just a lil bit ago... someone said something out of the ordinary and caught me off gaurd... and i said "bbbbwhat!?" exactly like that. i thought i just made that up. i reminded myself of lewis black.
Be shhhhush =P
why lewis black? i used to work with this guy from columbia and he was awesome but he was a stoner and whenever you would tell him a story he'd get all suprised and roll his head back, open one eye and go "bwwwwhat? ju're joking verdad?"
do you speak spanish?
baxter, you know i don't speak spanish.
awww frest, im sorry chica! :( but yeah that's weird you got that in spanish.
Maybe they meant to send it to someone else? Was your name on it? That really sucks!
pobresita
burn the place down
i do speak spanish so i understood what i said. it was definitely meant for me though because it was hand addressed. i called to verify and they apologized for sending the spanish card by accident. it was correct though...i didn't get the job. oh well. i will definitely make the hour requirement next month.
they apologized for the spanish card. What, did you ask them "Why did you send me a spanish card?"
ha basically yes.
did it say:
¡No nos gusta usted! ¡Su café es como caca! ¡Si usted regresa aquí vamos a patear su cara!
Gracias para aplicar, vamos a mantener su reasume en el archivo
hahah no it didn't.
aw, i'm sorry frest! okay, seriously, i have had jobs and interviews for prestigious law firms/doctor's offices, etc. and that starbucks interview was by far the WORST! they ask you a thousand off the wall questions. it was tough. why don't you apply at another starbucks? i'm sure if i have 3 within 5 miles of my house, you have 10-20.
we only have one other starbucks and they aren't hiring. the interview was crazy! this was the first interview i went to that i didn't get the job.
Is it possible for your brain to stop working, and never restart.
I've seemed to have hit a mental wall lately and it's like when i try to start my brain engine, it just doesn't work.
on a related note, i will be giving my first public talk on february 11th, in case anyone is interested.
congrats!! whats the theme?
thanks.
how to express love in a lawless world
the bulk of the talk comes from 1 cor. 13, where paul describes love.
HAHAHAHA try this when peeps annoying you....
i just LOOOOOVE this song (lupe fiasco f/Jill Scott)
My conversation just now with a deputy Sheriff:
Deputy: Hi there.
Diana: Hello. How are you?
Deputy: Ehh, terrible.
Diana: Oh, I'm sorry! Is that my fault for calling?
Deputy: No, no.
Diana: Ok...
Deputy: It's the sun's fault - it came up this morning.
Diana: Um, alright... I'm calling for my client...
What a freak!
you should've said something annoying to him like, "i know, isn't it a beautiful day!!!" haha it's kind of amusing to do that to angry people sometimes. although, i can be that angry person at times.
I couldn't tell if he was angry or joking - that was the bizarre part! He talked to me like I was his best friend and I was just laughing nervously.
It's always entertaining when professional people are having bad days. 9 times out of 10 they suck it up, but sometimes the bad day shines through and they say weird things. i like it.
I got a big kick out of it! :)
poor guy! i guess you're not used to peeps kinda showing emotion huh? peeps do that here...you could talk to some random person in line or wherever and they'll just say something like that. its nice to engage them in a little convo...show them that there are still some good things in life. or maybe you may learn your life isn't so bad after all.
I think he was trying to be endearing, like Charlie Brown. It was just so random, it caught me off guard.
awww. LOL
*oh and there was this lame car holding up traffic, going like 30 MPH and everyone was honking at her....her license plate....Pennsylvania LOL
Oh! Yeah, I just switched to a PA plate and I'm pained when I see my car now. Every. Single. Time. We still really want to move to Cali. We're toying with options.
NICE! norcal or socal?
Nocal. We fell in love with Napa county when we were there in sept.
oh yeah thats right....are you guys checking out jobs, housing or just toying with the idea right now?
All of the above, I guess. We looked online at what kind of apartments/houses we could find in what areas and how many job opportunities there are nearby. We're thinking in 2-5 years, we'll make it happen.
okay i have to share this story, although it's lengthy, because i HATE PA drivers. this happened a couple weeks ago, i was in a rush to get..somewhere, and i was waiting at a red light, with two cars in front of me. the light turned green, and the first car was turning left, so he had to wait for the oncoming traffic, then the next vehicle, who had plenty, PLENTY of room to go around the waiting car, just sat there and waited...for the whole term of the light. i was FUMING! but i didn't honk.
so then, the next day it was a different situation, but i was still annoyed about the previous day. there was this car in front of me, waiting to make a right onto a busy road. now, our light was red, but the other direction had a left turn signal, so she had time to go right, while the other people were going, so i gave a little toot...she threw up her hand, then i layed on my horn, and she gave me the finger. i was soooo mad! then when the light turned green...the women went straight! OOPS! i thought she was turning right. i was honking at her to go into oncoming traffic. hahaha
HHAHAHAHA OMG so funny! i've done that honked at the other car and i ended up being in the wrong. I was driving through this intersection and i started honking at the car that ran the red light cause he almost crashed into me....wellllll it turned out IIIII ran the red light and almost crashed into him. LOL OOPPS!!!!
oh BAH!! you think CA is so much better than NY! it's not! haha the only reason it irks me that you always say that, is because i'm kind of like you, just on the opposite coast. haha i think all things NY are the best. my hubby always gets annoyed cuz i'm always talking about how NYC is the greatest city in the world. (which is a lot for me, cuz i'm very into my italian heritage as well)
i love how NYers are kind of indifferent. nothing is really shocking. chatty people kind of bug me. hahaha
i never said better than NYC...i LOOOOVE the city...everything it has to offer...so much culture. the only thing is peeps arent nice. LOL they're pretty rude there.
see, haha, i totally disagree. i don't think they're rude, i think they're indifferent. i really noticed why NYers got that rep when i went to Boston, because, you walk around the city of Boston, and when someone steps in front of you, they say sorry, or excuse me, whereas NYers just keep going on their way. But other NYers don't care if that person said excuse me or not! it's the tourists that care! so i guess on some level it is rude, but NYers just don't really care.
LOL thats the thing they don't care. here its the same thing if we bump into someone, or get in their way we apologize, say excuse me etc. when we were out there peeps asked us if we were from CA and we'd say we were and we'd ask how they knew and they'd say cause we were nice. LOL *we thought it was the valley talk that gave us away LOL
hahaha, that's funny. that reminds me of when i was in Italy, I asked the friends we were with if they can tell if people are american when they see them, and they said YEA! cuz they're FAT! hahaha
I can say for me, the only reason I'm sometimes rude is to protect myself. I know I'm just a little white girl and there's lots of freaky people out there. I think it's a side effect of living near and going to school in Newark. My standoffish-ness to strangers is just to protect myself. But that's just me, I can't speak for new yorkers.
yea, i totally agree with that. i do that mostly if there's a guy hard-core checking me out, and it's making me uncomfortable, i scowl. and if he talks to me, i'm quite rude. if you give them the time of day, they don't quit.
Me too. The scowl is a protection, I think. I honestly don't even like it when men online at the grocery store talk to me, so they get the scowl.
Me too. The scowl is a protection, I think. I honestly don't even like it when men online at the grocery store talk to me, so they get the scowl.
I grew up in NJ and I LOVE NEW YORK, but California to me beats NY/NJ in a heartbeat!!
LA > NYC
i have nothing to doooooooooooooooooooooooo. i'm borrrrrrred.
So we're leaving for Florida for the weekend tomorrow afternoon. I always get anxious before flying somewhere - I'm afraid I'll leave the fridge door cracked open or forget my contacts. I've been obsessively checking the weather, too - our last flight out of atlanta was delayed 8 hours because of a thunderstorm. There should be sunny skies over Allentown, PA and stupid Orlando for the rest of the weekend.
what's stupid about orlando?
I just don't like it. There's too many tourists and old people and no good food. We're going down there to visit Donovan's grandmother, who's sweet as pie, but it's not like we're going to get alone time to relax. It'll be like babysitting all weekend.
yea...well at least you'll be in nice warm weather for a couple days.
I know, I know. It'll be a reprieve. Plus an outlet mall nearby has a French Connection, so I think I'll be exercising my credit cards there for a little while...
okay, so i'm not a teenager, but my next comment might make me sound like one...i love the show "The Hills" on MTV. LOVE it. and i just think that Lauren Conrad is the prettiest normal looking girl on TV. love her!
HAHAHAHA ok im a teeny too! i love that show. she was the only one i liked on laguna beach. so im there with ya!
this is because California is the best place on earth!!!
Back from hangin' with one of the sweetest creatures on four legs
His name is BEN and he's GREAT! Also...can't feel my legs BURRRRRR stables are cold.
**JEALOUS!!**
I saw this on an ebay profile (names changed):
"Buyer: Didn't combine shipping. Charged me $3.95 times 3. Cost him $1.11. Doesn't comm.
Reply by Seller: BOO HOO, BOO HOO, BOO HOO, request an invoice next time."
It's always good business to "boo hoo" at your customer. lol
hey kam, check this out....*wink wink*
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la tortura
soooooo my new job is in the administrative offices of a high-end mall and i have to walk past LV and Gucci and Coach etc.etc. every day and practically cry!! because i want it all. And I can't have it. haha
OH....MY.....GAWD....i'd be dying too!! ESP with gucci....i LOVE gucci
what mall is it? the only one i know with all those stores around ny/nj/pa is King of Prussia. LOVE that mall.
it's the new Pier Mall, just opened a few months ago
YAY... My company has recently bought the Cream of Wheat brand from Kraft... Now I have all the free Cream of Wheat I can get my hands on!!
it's FARINA goober. oh, erica told me she met you.
Farina... Cream of Wheat... same thing, all I know is that its Free for me :)... how is Erica doing? Were you surprised?
she's great! i know she goes to jersey alot, so i figured she'd come across some peeps.
she's great! i know she goes to jersey alot, so i figured she'd come across some peeps.
Yeah, it was nice to know that she knows you too... Im always in the mood to give the "say Hi to Jahanna for me" comment
haha yea, it's so weird when like two parts of your world combine. like, people you'd never thought would know eachother and stuff. it's cool.
this reminds me - a sister came out in service with my hall a couple weeks ago and her name was Erin and when we asked where she was from she was like "you prolly never heard of it - Carbondale"
as in, close to Scranton
and she knew like everyone I knew from Scranton, it was so funny, it's a VERY small world in the world of jay-dubs
yea, it's true. a couple just moved out of my hall into Tina's hall in jersey. what are the odds? so weird.
where do you work?
B&G Foods Inc. www.bgfoods.com
OMG thats RAD!! so you get to take food and stuff home?
Yeah... its great... We also own Ortega, B&M Beans, Polaner Jelly, Las Palmas Enchilada sauce and now Cream of Wheat (aka COW)
jordanna and i practically live on b+g giandiniera. mmmmm
you know frest I could get you some....
yo you work for B&G Foods? They're one of my customers ... i probably work with a few people in your office
ahh some funny posts on here today
you're a funny post.
your elbow is funny
looking
haha i get it...funny bone...raaaaaah, cleaver beaver.
Forreste! Thank you for the cookies, we just got them! Mikayla says Thanks!
And that's a lot of cookies, you crazy baker :)
how is mikayla feeling?
she's doing really good. made it to the meeting last night for the first time, so that was good. it really wiped her out though.
tomorrow is her last day in the cast, whew.
is she going to go through therapy after?
Yeah, she'll have physical therapy for a while and a knee brace for about 2 months.
Do you think they will make her run on a treadmill in heals as part of her therapy?
you're welcome! and it's just 1 batch. ha minus 1 cookie to each person in my family.
mmm cookies
"I noticed you stopped stuttering."
"I've been giving myself shock treatments."
"Up the voltage."
hahaha
i am falling asleep so bad at my desk right now
sooooo bad
zzzzzzzzzzzz
me toooooo. ugh, if i was the boss, if all the work is done, and there's no more clients/patients coming in, i'd send people home early. or at least send a couple home, and then the next time, the next set of peeps.
:(
turn that frown upside down. whats wrong?
aw ian, are you ok?
just hate hearing bad news about friends
yeah, me too. i didn't even realize.
Awww! Poor Eeyore!
hmmm, i gotcha! i hate bad news too!!!
ian buddy don't be sad.
i wonder if people with bad personalities, know that they have bad personalities, and if they can do anything about it.
i'm new at this doctor's office i'm working at, been here two weeks..and i really really like all the office staff, nurses, etc. but there's this one women Alice, that i just really don't like and i just don't really want to ask questions to and stuff, and it's not that she's done anything rude to me, it's just the vibe i get.
well, she's out of the office today, and all the girls are talking about how difficult she is and stuff. now, i've never witnessed this stuff, it's just like i said, the vibe she puts off. weird. women's intuition? hmm
I swear, I'm just going to snap this morning: First, our stupid courier filed some documents at the courthouse for me yesterday. She needed to file 3 things for this one case and mail copies to the client and adversary, bringing a file copy back for me. She gave me back this morning a copy of 1 of the documents only. When I asked her about the other ones, she said I didn't give her enough copies to bring them back. So what, I'm not supposed to have a copy for the file? Why wouldn't she call and say that? I would've told her not to mail copies to the client. Now I'm completely screwed.
Second, I'm doing dictation from a tape for one of the attorneys, and she started a sentence, "Ok, attach these charts in an email to Steve. You have his address." Steve who??? I DON'T have his address!!!
I'm looking for a new job starting Sunday. I can't take this anymore.
does the internet only post jobs on sundays? monster only works in that small 24 hour window?
I'm going to look in the local paper to find a job closeby. I just have no idea what I want to do. Mid-twenties crisis, right here.
ahhhh the mid-20's crisis... good times, good times...
so this sunday, we're having some "adults" over for the first time...by that i mean, people in their late thirties/forties with kids close to our age. and they're all elders. i mean, i've had people that age over before, but with my parents or inlaws, so it felt different. it's just weird, cuz i know i'm married, and i guess an adult, i just don't really feel like i'm too adult-like. i always get more nervous about cooking dinner for older folks, like i'm going to be judged, because they've been entertaining for so much longer. anyways, we have some games and stuff set up, so hopefully all goes well. eek. (oh, and just on that note, some of our best friends in the cong. are in their mid-thirties, but i think it's because they don't have kids, they seem so much younger)
hahaha that kinda made me laugh "adults" well ones with kids do seem "older" no matter what age. im in my 30's (single...but you'd never guess looking and being around me) and i get a little nervous w/married peeps cause they seem "older" LOL jk
haha, it's true. your group of friends totally changes when you get married or have kids. not that you can't be friends with those in different stages as you, but it's more fun with people that can relate to you.
SOME peeps change their friends. not all couples do. my circle of friends is mixed, single and married, and marriage hasnt really changed them into different people. they're still the same fun loving peeps as they were single. the only thing, they have different responsibilities is all.
ya i agree. Also most of my friends don't have kids and don't want kids which I think is great. But for example I just couldn't imagine being in a circle of friends of like everyone with preggo bellies and newborns and being the only one not into that. So obviously you gravitate more towards people that share your interests... i don't know what my point is
you make a great points kam!!!
i think a lot of lauren's friends are baby-making factories disguised as women. because lauren seems like she's constantly planning a shower/going to a shower/thinking about planning a shower. it's insane.
ps - lauren if you're reading this - i love showers!!
i don't mean you change, like your personality, i'm the same dorky, crazy person i've always been, and i've had a lot of my friends since i was 15 years old, but i've found it a lot easier to be friends with people older than me that are married now, because you can relate to the same stuff...cooking, the same stupid things all husbands do...stuff like that. i'm still friends with single people, we just have totally different lives now.
this pisses me off to no end. i have some single friends who won't hang out with me anymore because i'm married. or something. I can't figure it out. like, if i'm not going to have all single people there, they don't want to go. i find that so annoying.
i also find it annoying the other way. like, that because we're a married couple, why would we EVER want to hang out with single people? i get that feeling sometimes from other married couples.
i just want to hang out and blow stuff up and go snow-tubing and watch nacho libre and tell people "the bible teach book is SOOOO HOT right now"
I always feel weird inviting like 1 single friend to a dinner party with all other couples. Not that I don't want he or she there, but I feel like they might be uncomfortable if it's only other couples. And older couples in our hall (who we REALLY don't want to spend time with) keep inviting us to their house since we've been married, like we're part of the club now and because we're all married we all have to be friends. It's very strange.
thats my point. like kam said you hang with peeps that you share interests, married or single. thats the way it is with my circle of friends....we have a blast together, no one feels uncomfortable or anything cause they're the same fun loving peeps they were married as they were single.
yeah people are weird!
don't stress! everything is going to go great. last friday i did a "girls night in" with all of the sisters from my cong from my age up. everyone who could make it was there. food and games. it went really well. they were all suprised when they got here at who was here and haven't stopped talking about it.
really? that's an awesome idea. i really admire you for doing that. with me, if it's people i know well, i don't get stressed. but with new people, i'm nervous. cuz i'm sure we've all gone to people's houses and have thought, ugh, how much longer do i have to stay here! haha. i just want everyone to have fun.
i've only been here 2 months. everyone thinks i'm so "city" that i won't like it here, but i'm trying so hard! my cong doesn't really get together and i'm used to my house being the place where people just pop in. we used to do girls night at the cong i grew up on. when the elders had their meeting, we would take turns having the elders wives and daughters over. and of course that eventually extended to other available sisters. it was so much fun! dominos, spoons, spades. you really don't need that much to have a good time.
I was scheduled to give a talk with a very eccentric sister last night. I gave her the talk at the meeting sunday and asked her if we could meet a little early last night to read it over together. She said that was fine.
So I get to the meeting last night and I'm walking into the second school with the sister.
Diana - "So did you get a chance to read over the talk?"
Sister - "Yes."
D - "What did you think, did it sound ok?"
S - "Yea, yea, it sounded fine. I'm just not feeling that well, I'm hoping I'll make it through the whole thing."
D - (dumbfounded)... "Uh... well what's wrong?"
S - "Well, I haven't had diarrhea all day, but I've felt really sick to my stomach. I've been in the bathroom all afternoon."
D - (dumbfounded again).... "Ok.... well why don't we go through the talk?"
Then the sister said she was glad we were in the second school rather than the main hall. I said it's possible we might be moved to the front, since often sisters at my hall don't show up. She just stared at me blankly, like I'd smacked her across the face. I said I'd ask the school overseer and let her know as I walked by. The second she walked away, the overseer tapped me on the shoulder and asked us to move up front.
As I walked by the sister during the song, I said we'd have to be in front. Again, she looked like I'd smacked her. I asked if she'd be ok, and she said, "Oh, I don't know. I'm sitting in the back here in case I have to run to the bathroom, you know, on account of the diarrhea."
hahaha that's so weird. maybe she gets the nervous craps.
hahaha ... NERVOUS CRAPS ... HAHAHHAHAH
uhh so what happened during the talk?!
She was fine! In fact, she did a really good job and stayed for the rest of the meeting. Isn't that the most bizarre thing to say to someone??? I had no idea how to deal with it.
awwww maybe she just stresses out being in front of people.
She seemed relaxed! Really, it's strange to admit to someone that you've got diarrhea, right? I mean, I'm not crazy, am I?
hahahah you'd be amazed how freely peeps talk about that. maybe she just wanted you to get the gist of her nervousness. LOL
I can sort of understand where she is coming from though. This sunday, I had to read the watchtower and I was having the craps all weekend, I was totally afraid that I wouldn't be able to contain myself through the entire watchtower. I squeezed hard and survived.
HAHAHHHAHA, that is heinous!
That's gross, man. You wouldn't broadcast that info, though, right?
no, i'd only broadcast it on ezabel. i even felt too embarrassed to ask another brotha to read
see now most guys aren't embarrassed to say that sort of thing. well my male friends and the males in my family anyway.
THEREMIN: aren't you a real estate agent? i don't know if you can look for stuff in PA. but we're looking for land in red lion, pa or york pa. zip codes 17356 or 17402 1/2 acre to 2 acres. up to like 100K.
I swear, the women at my office all act like they're 13. Last year, two girls in my department went on vacay the same week. The first always goes the same week with her family; no biggie, I wouldn't ask anyone to change that. The second one just stays home with her kids. When I had to cover for both of them last year it was miserable and I made no qualms to the office manager or to the second girl that it couldn't happen again. I checked the vacation schedule today and lo and behold, they're on vacay for the same week again. I said something to the office manager and she said she'd talk to the second girl who's just staying home, and now that girl is being super mean to me. It's not unreasonable for me to say I don't want to cover for her without a good reason - I'm really getting sick of this office.
kick her!
*are the 2 that're taking vaca at the same time friends?
No, they're not friends like they'd want to spend their vacations together, if that's what you mean.
oh. yeah i thought maybe they were friends and one mentioned to the other of her vaca plans or something.
Yeah, I don't think that would've bothered me; I'm not trying to make anyone's vacation less enjoyable. I just don't understand why this second girl had to make plans for that week when she knew how unhappy I was about it last year. This is the girl I've had issues with before - she's a big gossiper and general pot-stirrer.
OHHHH we have one of those here too. i say kick her! LOL
Something similar happened in my office and I'm not allowed to be out the same time as my one coworker since the rest of the office can't handle it or something. Now we have to alternate Christmas week.
You guys always go away that week, right? That really sucks. If my co-worker had a planned vacay, I wouldn't say anything. Is this the one that freaked out at you?
i love working 8-4. that extra hour in the afternoon makes such a difference. even if it's a meeting night, i'm not rushed in making dinner & stuff. it's so nice.
I concur.
4 pm is perfect
little boy in my cong about 6 years old was telling me what kind of music he likes. he rattled off some names like jesse mcartney, aaron carter, etc... then he says oh yea and the beastie boys. hah totally threw me for a loop. i said that's cool i like the beastie boys, too. then he said i like this other guy who sings you're beautiful. and he sang it instead of saying it. so cute!
my 6 year old niece likes the ramones and social d. her favorite t is her "mommy's little monster" one. LOL
We got my niece a little pink Social D shirt that said "Sick Girl". But her parents are serious metal heads, so I don't think they let her wear it that often.
i love those kids concert t's. they're SO cute!!
*are they old school hair bands or total metal like pantera style?
Pantera. They saw Tesla twice last year also, which is a good indication of their metal-headedness. :)
haha no way! there are a few tesla songs i like....they're ballads...lol
man partially swallowed by shark.. fights and survives?!?! wow
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070123/sc_nm/australia_shark_dc
Corniest movie line ever:
"I'm the King of the world!" Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic
Weird.
Yesterday morning, while I checked my e-mail, my sister was flipping channels. She stopped on Comedy Central and the first thing we hear is "Did you know Jehovah's Witnesses can run 35mph." Then the guy just went on to another joke.
Then my one professor was asking us to call her Dr. J because people butcher her name so badly and she's even gotten called "Dr. Jehovah's Witness" before. Odd.
So, I'm sitting in Dr. J's class and I look at the kid in front of me and he has the daily text sticking out of his pocket. I went up and introduced myself to him later; he's from the Cherry Hill Newark congregation.
it seems like there has been more and more stuff on TV about JWs. On the MTV show a couple weeks ago...TRUE LIFE: i'm in an inter-religion relationship. and the one girl was a JW (not baptized) married to a protestant or something. they showed the KH and even a clip of the brother giving the public talk. it was so weird and cool.
I caught the second half of the that true life, i didn't think that it put witnesses in a bad light. they day I saw that true life, right after it was exposed and there was this disassociated witness that I know who was on it, and she turned into a huge slut.
oh really, weird. yea, on true life it said all good things. but i'm happy that they kept making mention to the fact that she wasnt baptised. because she was going to other churches to find "the truth". but she said she was sticking w/ JWs by the end.
i also liked how
it showed her decorating a christmas tree at the end of the show, lol.
anyone hear the Z100 phonetap from yesterday? i don't listen to z100 really, but a few people at work told me about it. i'll try and find a link. basically, it involved witnesses.
Yeh! I saw that too!
has anybody else seen the super pioneer thing on youtube with superman? alison showed it to me and i could not believe it.