| Road Rage and Other Incidents of Life The Life and Times of Madison James |
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Monday, March 31, 2003 I am about to crash, so it's a good thing this day is over. Mondays suck! posted by Michelle | 4:41 PMI did my good deed for the month on Saturday. You know how the people in the mall with their clipboards come up to you asking if they can ask you some questions? Well, I actually did. The poor girl was just trying to earn a living. It was 2:00 at this point, and she said that she had been there since 10 and I was only the third person to help her. And, I got some delicious food to test so that I could form an opinion. And it was so worth it! Tasty treats for free. I'm not sure how they get paid. I assume they don't get as much if they get 2 people to answer than if they got 20. So, overall, even though I got home later than I planned, I am proud of myself for helping some girl earn her paycheck. posted by Michelle | 12:07 PMGood morning everyone. I hope everyone had a good weekend. Mine was pretty decent. Friday night I went to a baby shower with KB, and then we went to Pizza Hut. I got to see Josh and Shanna so that was pretty cool. She had a huge freakin' diamond on her finger, which I had heard about but hadn't seen. Jamie and I left after JTS tried feeding pizza to his bellybutton. We headed up to meet people at the bowling alley. Sparky came with us too. We claimed him for our team when we saw that he had his own ball and shoes. Our team lost the first game but won the second, so no one had to pay up the $50 that someone decided to bet. Steve was heading back to school on Sunday, so we said our goodbyes that night. Saturday I went to Rotterdam to Waldenbooks, but they didn't have what I wanted. I grabbed a quick, delicious lunch at Friendly's, where I witnessed some of the worst parenting I've seen in awhile. This woman had two kids, who looked like they were ages 1 and 3, somewhere in there. Both were still on bottles. And then, while the three women at the table had real food, the kids got to eat ice cream! Just ice cream. Granted, they might think she's the greatest mom in the world, but still. And then she stands up and it looks like she's about to pop another one. What is wrong with people? Anyway, Steve called me on my way home and wanted to know how to make buttery nipples, since he and his mom wanted to make some. After giving him instructions, I headed home to do nothing! Ah, an afternoon of nothing! Sunday I was at the cave, but it was pretty quiet. KB and I made everyone fill out associate questionnaires for Krelly. So I spent my evening entering those in. I haven't uploaded them yet, maybe tonight.
Friday, March 28, 2003 Woo hoo, I have comments now! I shouldn't get so excited over webgoodies, but I do. So sue me. posted by Michelle | 2:40 PMI really don't have anything to say today...at least at this point.
Thursday, March 27, 2003 I just stopped by Krelly, and we are up to 273 hits! Rock on my loyal associates! posted by Michelle | 11:52 AMI was driving home last night in the rain, and by the park there was a group of people. At first I was annoyed at the protesters, but I should have realized that it wasn't protesters! It was raining, and apparently bad weather is an excuse not to go out. It must be nice to believe in your cause....only when the weather's nice! No, those people were some veterans and supporters holding American flags and signs saying "Support our Troops." And as I sat at the red light, I noticed that a whole lot more people were waving and beeping at them then the anti-war protesters could ever hope for.
Why, if Tropical Punch is made of pineapple and pear juice, is it called Tropical Punch? I have a pear tree in my yard, and trust me....not tropical. Not even close. posted by Michelle | 9:26 AMIt's morning again. I had a crappy nights sleep too. The freakin cat took it upon herself to yowl about 45 minutes, and wouldn't stop until I threw something at her general direction. Soon I was out of things to throw and had to get up and shut her downstairs.
Wednesday, March 26, 2003 I recommend Wanda At Large very highly. I laughed my ass off for 30 minutes straight (minus commercials). posted by Michelle | 10:25 PMFinally, Julia is off of American Idol! Even the ones that got voted off already were better than her! I'm staying tuned for Wanda At Large, so I'll let you know what I think of that. I think Wanda Sykes is hilarious! posted by Michelle | 9:31 PMIs it bad that on my way back from lunch I was encouraging other driver's to show some rage? The guy in front of me got cut off and I was yelling at the guy to flip the other guy off. I think I have reached a new level in road ragedom.
I thought this was funny. Esp. since I was going to Crossgates the day I read it. Seems their problem with the peace t-shirts has reached the ears of Joel Stein.
Wouldn't "The Snoozin Muse" make a good band name?
Why is it that Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday will be horribly dull and have you wishing for something to happen, but on Thursday and Friday you're praying for a break? posted by Michelle | 11:11 AMOK, in reading that last post again, I don't want anyone to get the wrong idea. I don't like my brother. I mean, how can I? He steals my shit, steals my money, dropped out of high school and is seasonally unemployed, is ungrateful and selfish, and can lie better than he tells the truth. My rant below was just that a rant. If he wants to stay with someone like that, that's fine. It's just that when he gets done talking to her, he's more of an asshole than he was before the call.
Ah, another day. Wednesday. The middle of the week. Nothing very exciting going on. Working on a powerpoint. Yep.
Tuesday, March 25, 2003 I'm feeling much better now. Just got back from break, and a nice cool Sprite will fix anyone's problem. Yep, feelin' good.....until I somehow slammed my shin into the doorway. Don't know how, but it hurts like a bitch. Did it 5 minutes ago and it's already bruising up nicely. Well, that's two bruising injuries to that leg in the last 2 weeks (the other being when I slammed the side of my knee into a cabinet handle...don't ask).
OK, I take it back. My wonderful thoughts about the perfect temperature have become bad bad thoughts. The fact that the inside of my car was really warm even with the window down coupled with the fact that it's really warm in here, have made me very nauseas. I had the AC on for awhile, but that was giving me chills while my face is still hot. There's no happy medium here. So I'm just sitting here moving as little as possible in hopes that these bad bad feelings will go away.
Just got back from lunch. I'm sitting in the car, the temperature is perfect, and there's a nice cool breeze blowing through the window....which means right now I am very sleepy and don't want to be here. This is one of those days that's perfect to drive around on the backroads with all the windows down and the music loud. Of course, the people living on those roads might not appreciate it, but I'm not too worried about them. Unfortunately, with me on a severely limited budget and gas so freakin expensive, I really can't drive around for no reason.
Since the moment I got up this morning I've had "Here is Gone" stuck in my head. Don't get me wrong, I think it's a great song....but I can only take so much!
Why is it that, no matter where you are, the heat never gets turned on until March and the AC never gets turned off until November? Just curious. posted by Michelle | 11:20 AMI was watching TV last night, when one commercial finally pushed me over the edge. What is with those idiotic spam commercials? Who are they trying to market to? People who like vans to smash into their property? Can't say there's too many of those around. They really need to fire their marketing and advertising departments.
Monday, March 24, 2003 Thank God this day is almost over. It's been neverending, and I don't think I ever fully woke up. . posted by Michelle | 4:32 PMI came up with another idea for Krelly! I have to run it past Kristy, but I think that we should give other site awards for being almost as cool as ours. Of course, we'll word it much more nicely. Kristy should be back from Florida today sometime, so maybe I'll stop in at the cave and see her tomorrow. So I'll wait on designing that, and I'll work on designing a logo thing for the fudge boxes for the gift shop. Apparently we are going el cheapo on that now, and are going to print them on the laser copier. Oh well, as long as I get something out of it, even if it's just Howe bucks. Then I can get some more cool toys that I'm too old for but still find fun (my neon slinky rocks). Anyway, enough of that. I am posting way to much today. But I need to interact with my brain somehow, so it doesn't turn off on me. And let me tell you, once it turns off it's a bitch to turn back on. posted by Michelle | 2:46 PMI need a nap. My eyes just start closing and I have to work very hard to keep them open. This is what happens when it's abnormally bright out at 6:30 in the morning. So I'm laying there trying to figure out if somehow in my sleep I've reset my clock back (I've done that before), or if it's really the right time. So I consider getting out of bed to go look at my watch, which is across the room. But it's really warm and comfy in bed. So my final thoughts as I fall back to sleep are: "Even if it is really time to get up, I have a semi-legitimate excuse, and semi-legitimate works for me." posted by Michelle | 1:54 PMJust sitting here thinking about it, so I counted it up. 50 days till matchbox twenty! Very cool. I can't wait. We saw them at Spac two years ago with Train and they were great. Spratt and I are splitting Kristy's ticket as her birthday present, but we're still making her drive.
Well, Mike, if you're reading this I guess you figured out my clues. See, Madison James is a good pen name. And the fact that I came up with it while drinking makes it all the better. posted by Michelle | 11:36 AMSo I had a smashing good weekend. It had it's moments of headache inducing stress, but that's alright. I'll just give you the highlights since time is limited.
Friday, March 21, 2003 So I'm driving to my internship this morning. In Centre Park are where what I now call The Regulars are protesting. This morning they are just holding signs, but I've seen them singing and playing drums. I usually don't even look at them. For some reason they really bother me. I'm still not sure why. But a short ways up the road was a woman. She was and older woman standing by herself and holding a sign that said "Support Our Troops." There was some kind of medal attached to it, and I assume it is a war medal won by someone in her family. For some reason I had the urge to pull over and join her. I probably would have if I had the time. I don't know if she was pro or anti, and I can't see a sign saying "Support Our Troops" meaning anything but just that. I don't think that anyone has to be extreme on either side. I don't think anyone would admit to being Pro-war, in those words. Nor would they say Anti-peace. The PC term is there somewhere. But that lady was out there doing what she thought was necessary to be a good American. And even though I'm not standing there with her, I've been thinking about her ever since. The Pro-peace demonstrators only enter my thoughts when I see them, and I don't agree with them. Yes, they have the right to stand there and protest. And how dare they protest wanting to give someone else that right? If there is a peaceful solution, take it. But if there isn't, force can be necessary. It's as simple, and complex, as that. So if that woman is still there tonight, maybe I'll pull over and join her.
Thursday, March 20, 2003 I have the oddest sensation right now. I want to......clean. Something, anything. Of course, I'll probably lose the sensation when I get home. I'll just sit on my butt and watch Knight Rider or something else that reminds me of my childhood. The sad thing is I was only 4 or so when it was on. I remember the car...gotta remember the car. Oh, or I have the Garfield Christmas Special I downloaded...does it make anyone else mad that they don't show the Halloween or Christmas specials anymore? Garfield is quality. I shouldn't have to resort to spending hours downloading it on my 26.4 connection! And I refuse to pay the obscene E-Bay price of $50 or more.
Ah yes, the dream. I just remembered that I wanted to post it. It's long and involved, so make sure you're in a comfortable seat.
I need to have a talk with my mother. I'm just sitting here, just got to my internship....and I happen to notice my shirt. My once dark blue shirt is now a much lighter blue. Much lighter. And I know what you're thinking...her mother does her laundry? Well, while everyone else was struggling to survive on campus food and in tiny dorms, I was living at home while attending college. That's right, home cooked meals, my laundry done for me. I'll be the first to admit that I'm spoiled, but I'll never complain about it. posted by Michelle | 8:32 AMWednesday, March 19, 2003 So tired...I did not want to get out of bed this morning. I don't know why, I got 8 hours. Of course, there's usually only one day a week when I wake up not tired. I wonder why that is...it's not a specific day of the week or anything. That day was yesterday. I did get some things done last night though. I scanned in all of my pictures from the birthday party and posted them on the web. They's beautiful, if I do say so myself. And I do.
Tuesday, March 18, 2003 Good morning! After such a beautiful day yesterday, even the 45 degree weather this morning feels chilly. I did get to wash my car yesterday though. It was getting quite gross. But that leads into a rant. Am I the only one who believes in car wash courtesy and etiquette? When you are done, you turn the switch to "off", put the water gun in it's holder, and hang up the tube on the hooks on the wall. You don't leave the tube laying on the ground so that the next person has to run over it! And I will admit, it was very dirty and muddy, and I didn't want to pick it up either. So I kicked it over to the side, so at least the next person doesn't have to run over it. Aren't these things just common sense? Of course, the people in front of me didn't look like they possessed any great intelligence. And their truck looked pretty much the same when they drove out, only wetter. And the wife appeared to be stuck in the 80s with a big perm and about a dozen gold dangle bracelets on her arm ( I saw them while we were both waiting in line to use the car wash, and was almost blinded by the sun).
Monday, March 17, 2003 Hello! I didn't post all weekend, since I only got online for a few moments on Saturday to check my email. The party was a blast. I thought that we were going to get kicked out of the restaurant though. JTS and things that shoot just don't go together. Besides the rubber dart gun thing that I got him, Spratt got him a confetti popper. That's just a bad combo. Then the bitchy league people wouldn't let us in for bowling, so we had to wait until 9:30. Most people went to Wal-mart, but we ditched them and went to DD instead. I have forgotten everything I ever learned when I took bowling for phys ed. I am the worst bowler ever. But anyway, we stayed at the bowling alley till a little after 11, and then headed home. That was my Friday night.
Friday, March 14, 2003 I was going to post this story this morning but completely forgot. It's actually quite funny even to me now, although this morning I was quite pissed. So I'm in the bathroom getting ready to go to work. Putting in my contacts, brushing my teeth, etc. And since I wait until the last possible second to get out of bed, I have developed a system to optimize my getting ready time. One of these is to do the Listerine thing while I'm putting in my contacts. Now I should probably tell you that I have a corner of the sink where I put all my goodies, my contact stuff, my deodorant, my Listerine, my pore cleaner...you get the picture. So I'm putting in my first contact when I realize that I haven't started swishing the Listerine yet. So half-blind I reach for it. Did I mention that my pore toner is almost the same color as my Listerine, only a slighter lighter color blue? Yeah, I think you've probably connected the dots by now. If my tongue has pores they are very clean right now. I must say, it wasn't as bad as one might expect pore toner to taste. It wasn't good, mind you, but Listerine isn't exactly a treat either. I think from now on though, I will keep them far apart from each other on the sink. posted by Michelle | 4:25 PMHere I am sitting in my little corner of the building with only my Dilbert-A-Day calendar and my California Raisin, Ray for company. When I'm bored I've been known to make him dance to the music. I've played several games of solitaire, and took a virtual apartment tour just for kicks. And now Bette Midler is playing on my streaming radio. It says that this song has been recommended by fans of Van Halen. Those two just don't connect in my head. Bette Midler....Van Halen. I like them both, but I thought that was just because it was me, and I tend to have abnormal tastes. Hey, now Friday I'm in Love is playing. And it's Friday! Ah, the simple pleasures. I'm off to enjoy The Cure. Catch ya later. posted by Michelle | 9:52 AMWell, none of my goals for last night were completed. I sorta started on the Krelly page, but I didn't get very far. And I didn't even touch my internship log. I won't do it tonight either, since I'll be bowling the night away. God that sounds pathetic. At least my people are always entertaining. KB has promised to become drunken, so we'll see. I stopped at Eckerd's to buy presents, just 'cause I didn't want to drive all the way to the other end of town. Let's see, KB is getting those little capsules that you put in water and they become sponge animals and a box of snowcaps, JTS is getting one of those gun things with the suction cup arrows (I already know that's going to get us kicked out of the bowling alley), and Mark is getting silly putty and a slinky. A real metal slinky. Spratt's the only one with a real present, cause I bought hers when I actually had time to buy presents. She's getting an aromatherapy kit. Well, I guess that's not true, KB gets a real present too. Spratt and I are splitting the cost of her Matchbox twenty ticket. Besides, JTS is the hardest person in the world to buy for. At Christmas KB and I both got him tongue rings. Mark was a last minute addition to our group anyway. I guess now it's back to the world of the sort-a working. Later posted by Michelle | 9:05 AMThursday, March 13, 2003 This will probably be my last post for today. Once I get home I really need to work on the Krelly website. And I need to update my internship logs. What a dreary life this is. I just hope that Joe isn't there when I get home. The last thing I need is to listen to his bitching. And of course, his girlfriend's bitching. She is completely crazy, but I guess that's a post for another time.
I spent my lunch break getting my paycheck. My sad pathetic paycheck from only working one day on the weekend. So broke. So very very broke. And then one of my friends reminds me about the big birthday bash tomorrow night for KB, Spratt, JTS, and Mark T. I have a present for Spratt, but what I got for KB her parents got her for her birthday. I don't know what to get the boys. I really just wanted to go home tonight, but I guess I'll have to go to the store. I won't have time tomorrow. I get done at 5:00 and we're meeting at 5:30. As if I can afford presents! Then there's paying for dinner, and the cost of bowling after. It is rock-n-bowl though, so at least there's just one price to bowl all night. Although all the skanky middle school age children will be there. I have heard it described in these words: "Backwoods of Schoharie County on one side and a middle school orgy on the other side, with us in the middle." We just have to keep JTS away from the young girls. Can't have him corrupting them. Alright, I have a meeting in 20 minutes, so I best be preparing. posted by Michelle | 1:35 PMHas anyone ever gotten an itch on the inside of their eyelid? I'm just curious if it's a common thing or if I'm just strange. posted by Michelle | 12:00 PMAhh, my first post. I really have nothing to say at this point. Just suffering from boredom and a general lack of direction. But I suppose that's true in my life as well. I just keep telling myself that I am almost 1/3 done with this internship thing. Only a buttload of hours left to do....the college is insane. Couldn't I just write a 90 page paper or something? At least with that I could sleep in once in a while...and keep a job that pays me! Ah well, 20 minutes to break and my Butterfinger hot cocoa mix is calling me. Until next time. posted by Michelle | 10:08 AM |
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