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So I forgot to post, but the power is indeed back on. But only for half of my building. I have no idea how that works. But there's still outages here and there, which sucks. There's even an entire town somewhere around here that's still out of power. You'd think, since this sort of thing seems to happen kinda often the people who deal with this stuff would be a little more prepared. But uh, I guess not. Anyway, a good bit of the ice is melty, so maybe it's over for now.
Aside from icy madness, just been working for the most part. I like getting paid. Then there's the stomach pains from hell that attacked me randomly in the middle of the night yesterday. Like, pain so bad I couldn't move without crying and it kept me up for a couple hours I think. No idea where the hell that came from. Left just as randomly as it came, got a shit night's sleep for it. It's been a pretty shitty morning overall. Buuut got work in an hour so maybe that'll bring me out of my funk. And I think I'll go buy some socks afterwards.
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[30 Jan 2010|01:29pm] |
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Right, so Lawton is mostly covered in ice. I've been without power since... sometime Thursday afternoon. Apartment gets very cold. So we're staying with Rangel who magically still has power despite being just down the road. I'm not questioning it. But anyway the traffic light near the apartment is working again so that may mean the power has returned. Gonna ride up and check on that later.
I have never seen ice the likes of which I've seen this week. Seriously. Everything is covered in a poofy layer of ice, so weird looking. Like, even Jeepu. I had to get Eddie to practically break the door open so I could get to work. And then it'd freeze shut again so I'd have to kick at the handle a few times to be able to get back in. Also! On Thursday the store lost power so we had to kick everyone out. And throw a bunch of dry ice in the coolers to keep things from going bad. Fun! Stuff kinda burns though.
OH. And when we caved in and asked Rangel if we could stay with it took Eddie a good hour to get enough ice off Jeepu so we could drive. Friday was kinda sucky. I slid most of the way to work, whee. And it was surprisingly busy considering the condition of the roads. And the fact that technically a state of emergency was declared. Wtf, people. Also a few of the other guys came over as well since they don't have heat, so we had a little slumber party pretty much. XD
So, checking on the power situation. I'm hoping it's back, even though I've heard we may not be getting it back on till Monday or Tuesday. Good times all around, yo.
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[20 Jan 2010|04:53pm] |
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So indeed, I am employed again. Today was Day Three, and so far it's going well. Can't wait to start getting paid again, woo! If I've figured right paycheck next week will be around $180 before taxes. Taxes I cannot figure, bah. But it's pretty good for 23 hours, I think.
Agenda: find more work pants. Get current work pants freakin' hemmed. Buy some tea and send it BEFORE IT DISAPPEARS AGAIN DAMMIT. Possibly buy something cute from ModCloth. Laundry. Work moar.
Also have learned that my legs have gotten too big to fit into my old Hakkai pants. Legs and gawddamned hips. Even though all my other pants still fit.* How...? So if I ever get to do Hakkai again I'll need new pants. And a fix to those seams I tore like a fucktard. I miss cosplaying. And I can't find my contacts. Wtf?
And that's about it, really. The Cashier is back.
*I can wear a 2, (presumably 3), 5, or 7 depending on how the damn things are made. Pants are dumb. o.O
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[13 Jan 2010|01:15pm] |
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So, things have been uneventful since I got back out here. It's been cold, but there's still no snow. However! The permapuddle behind my building is a solid sheet of ice, and has been since we got back. There's even a small grill stuck in it. So I walked around on the puddle. And maybe danced a little with Ringo. But no one saw that. I still feel cheated on the snow thing though. It's like, I leave Oklahoma. Oklahoma gets snow. I leave Georgia, Georgia gets snow. Get back to Oklahoma, no snow. WHAAAAAAT.
Anyway. So this week I've been doing a little bit of job hunting. Very very little, but anyway. Dropped off an application at this place Country Mart today, and I've already had a callback for an interview, which is tomorrow morning. Woo! That's almost as fast as I got set up with Ramada. XD
So maybe very soon I'll be employed again. Whee!
In other news, the tea has disappeared. The friggin' tea that was meant for a gift somehow disappeared. I am so displeased like a very displeased person, I tell ya. So if/when this job stuff gets started I'll just have to order some more. I fail at tea gifting! D:
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| 2010, woo |
[01 Jan 2010|12:30pm] |
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Firstly, Happy Late Winter Holiday. And Happy New Year and stuff. 2009 was partly good and partly suck.
Year in review:
Spent several months without the husband, came to hate Oklahoma. Quit my job, dyed my hair blue. One of my best friends moved to the other side of the friggin' world. Moved to Oklafrigginhoma. Still hate it. Missed Dragon*Con, dyed the hair green. Am no longer underweight. Adopted a puppy. Beat NaNoWriMo. Discovered mojitos. Had trick-or-treaters for the first time in a good decade or so. Spent Thanksgiving with some Army guys. Broke the bank to get back East for Christmas, haven't really had a chance to see anyone. Spent the whole time bouncing between parents' and inlaws' houses. Fail. Cut the green off, still have ashbrown roots. Hair is fried. Got some neat things for Christmas. Like, a video camera. May or may not plague the internets with inane video bullshit.
Those are the highlights, anyway. Heading back to points westward in the morning, and am only on the net because the inlaws' wireless decided to cooperate today.
And now, ( Obligatory Resolution Bullshit )
Guess that's it. Hope everyone's doing well, and hopefully this year will be full of awesome for everyone. ^_^
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| Meme Time, Woo~ |
[13 Dec 2009|03:56pm] |
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Ganked from ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) kaorisiberian18
Leave me a comment saying "POKON".
I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can get to know you better.
Update your journal with the answers to the questions.
Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions.
1. Besides Kenken, who is your other favorite character in Weiss?
Ahh hell. I like Nagi. It's the floating stuff.
2. What do you like most about your job?
Er. When I was still working... mostly I liked my coworkers. And getting paid. XD
3. How did you pick the name Ringo for your puppy? What's the story behind it?
That's the name the people at the shelter gave him, and we just kept it. No idea why they picked the name, but a neighbor and I decided it's for Ringo Starr. Because we can.
4. If you could go anywhere, where would you go?
I would go EVERYWHERE. :D
5. What animes/movies/tv shows are you into currently?
Not a lot, seeing as how I don't have cable. Still big into MST3K and Mythbusters, raiding Hulu for The Daily Show and Colbert Report, and I've been watching a lot of Miyazaki movies lately.
There we go. Anyone who replies to this will probably get silly questions. XD
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[12 Dec 2009|02:01pm] |
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So... I finally got around to watching Twilight, and HO'SHIT. That has to be one of the worst movies I've ever watched. Not exciting, not romantic, not even interesting. Every single negative thing I've ever heard about it is true (not that I really needed these things proven, we were just wasting time today). Conclusion: it's not worth the film it's printed on. I'd consider paying the $4 for the RiffTrax, but that's it. Mike, Kevin, and Bill could make it a lot more bearable.
Giving Ringo a bath shortly afterwards was more interesting, that's how bad it was. For reference, he doesn't enjoy baths at all but doesn't really give us any trouble. Bath time is uneventful. Also am considering buzzing my hair back down to an inch later today. That'll be more interesting too. I might give myself a temporary mohawk!
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| Writer's Block: Go it alone |
[09 Dec 2009|08:24am] |
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That'll be a great big mile-high YES. I'm not sure why the question even had to be asked.
While my family seems pretty laid back, this is why I won't be telling them once I get sterilized. >X3
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| Victory! |
[30 Nov 2009|07:48pm] |
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51752 / 50000 words. 104% done!
Which means
So despite the distractions this year, I made it! And I'm nowhere near finished with this bollocks, whee!
In other news I somehow managed to fail at crock pot no jutsu, but I DON'T CARE. Food still tasted decent, and we are fed. I will not have fun scrubbing that thing down tomorrow.
Regardless, the day is now WIN.
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| I liiiiiiiive! |
[29 Nov 2009|10:33am] |
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46224 / 50000 words. 92% done!
So basically I have today and tomorrow to crank out 3776 more words. I... think I can do that. Woo!
Aside from writing like a crazy person the month has been relatively eventful. We found a car for Eddie WITHOUT TRADING JEEPU (which I already posted on Facebook but I'm still happy about it so there). So now he's got a spiffy Mitsubishi Galant. Mysteriously, Jeepu is behaving a little bit better. Coincidence? I THINK SO. MAYBE. XD
Couldn't go home for Thanksgiving so we went to Rangel's (who just made sergeant, woo!) for a big dinner. Half the people who said they would show spazzed on us, and the people who did show were a good three hours late. BAH. More food for us! I tried making Mom's sweet potatoes and they were not fail! A good time was had.
Also I have the special edition Star Trek, which is awesome. And we went and saw Ninja Assassin, which was also pretty awesome. Badass ninjas pwn sparkly vampires any day. This is a fact. FACT, I TELL YOU.
In other news, Ringo is still hyper like a maniac, Reven is deigning to play with him more often, and things are pretty good. Looking forward to getting back to Georgia!
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[06 Nov 2009|01:56pm] |
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14229 / 50000 words. 28% done!
Ahead by two days. I think I'm doing fairly well!
As for what else I've been up to *cough*notmuch*cough* had an uneventful Halloween, round about 25 or so trick or treaters. Not too bad. Pup has nommed the door frame in his room, which sucks. Hair is still green, but now the bleach is showing through in a lot of places so it's more yellow-green. Conclusion: turquoise holds better. Next perhaps I'll do purple. After my hair gets a break. The roots still look like ash. Bothersome.
Jeepu's still not well. It makes me sad to think he may be dying. Been doing housework as I feel like it, and there is much to be done. The boy is in the field all week so it's just me and the critters. Kinda lonely, but good for productivity. I like my me time.
Also! I'll be back East from around December 20th to January 2nd-ish. Woo!
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[28 Sep 2009|01:27pm] |
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Yep, I live. Alas. Here's what's been going on the last few weeks.
Still have green hair. I've spotted more small places where I didn't green enough. Oops. Still wondering if the roots are gonna keep that ash color.
Adopted a lil' doggie two Saturdays ago. His name is Ringo and he is adorable and rather smart and the lovingest dog ever omg. Also he really really wants to be friends with Reven, who actually tolerates him. Tis good. I have a few pics of him in my bukkit. Couldn't tell ya what kind of pup he is, so we'll go with Grade A American Mutt. Yeah.
Up until this past Saturday we hadn't had a single accident. Buuut then the little bugger nommed a laptop cord while we were playing Marvel Alliance 2. Oops. Replacement's in the mail. Still not sure how it happened as up till then he'd never paid attention to the cord, and also he had a tasty bone sitting in easy reach. Who knows. And then apparently last night the boy left too much food out, so I go in today to take pup for a walk and am greeted by poop. And a shredded doggy bed, for some reason. Bah. Can't really blame the pup for either one though, it's mostly human error. Ah well. Lessons learned, mistakes corrected.
Aside from that, not much going on. The boy's gonna be spending the better part of the next month and a half or so In The Field, so it'll mostly be just me, Little Miss, and The Varmint. Pretty much business as usual, but it sucks not having him here to cuddle at night. Buuut, that's military life for ya.
Also, when people are In The Field, I can hear the big guns going off from the apartment. Is coooool.
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[09 Sep 2009|12:45pm] |
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Should've posted this Friday, but I was sidetracked. So, my weekend. Went and did the manicure, which was nice. I have pretty silvery nails for a while. Then I decided I wanted to dye my hair a fun color again. Went with 'Kryptonite Green' since it looked like it would be pretty. And it turned into an Epic Quest to find a salon that would actually use the stuff since it's not a salon product omg. Yeah. ( the quest )
So that was the quest. As for the rest of the weekend, we mostly slacked and watched Lord of the Rings. All damn weekend. Yes.
And today! Today was a good day. Tried taking Jeepu to a different place, they replaced some sensor, and so far he's running perfect. Tears of joy, I tell ya. TEARS OF JOY.
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[04 Sep 2009|10:32am] |
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So, is my birthday. Is my birthday and I'm not at Dragon*Con. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?
Yeah. Thanks to the financial bullshit that went down, I can't make it back to Georgia. Not broke, but can't manage a trip like that right now. Thanks ever so much, credit people. Happy fucking birthday indeed.
So, anyone who was wanting to see me there, sorry. I'll miss you. :( Anyone wasn't looking forward to it, aren't you lucky. ;p But in all seriousness, I hope all of y'all who're going have a super wtf_awesome time. I politely demand many pictures. Yes.
At least it's nice and overcast out, so I can be outside for more than five minutes without sweating. 'Course, it's also been raining a lot. Dreary, fine and good, but raining buckets, gaddamn. Figures.
Bah. I'ma go get my nails done here in a bit, I know a good place that does it for cheap. Maybe get my hair done too, if I can find a place. That's not the buzzcut-and-a-blowjob place. D:
Next year, I will be back with a vengeance. Vengeance, I tell ya.
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[02 Sep 2009|07:38pm] |
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So. My hair's grown out a lil' bit. I've got a good inch or so of dark dark roots showing, and the blue's faded to some sort of bluegreenyellow mishmash. It actually looks kinda shitty. And I still get compliments.
^_^
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[01 Sep 2009|09:10am] |
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Today I had to be up at 3:45am to drive the boy to base. It was either do this, or he'd have to drive himself, and since he'll be out in the field for the next three days Jeepu would be sitting in some parking lot, and I would be stuck here with no wheels. Neither is a very good option, but oh well. I managed not to crash and kill anyone even though I was pretty much a zombie. On the upside I got home just in time to help a neighbor boost his car so he could get to PT. So that's good. Crashed like whoa but still managed to get up just an hour later than usual.
Now I'm just wondering what I'm gonna do with myself for the next three days. There's only so much housework to be done. >.> In fact I'm not seeing any to be done. Perhaps I'll lose myself in Morrowind again.
In other news, we got Reven a new tree, since her old one got b0rked before the move. She approves. She can dive from the stairs straight to the thing, which is friggin' hilarious to watch.
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So last week I accidentally broke one of my big clunky sandals. Oopsie. It's fixable, is what I think (seriously, get me a staple gun and I bet I can fix that sucker), but the boy went pffft and took me shoe shopping. Found a fairly cute pair for cheap, and they feel like the old-ass falling apart ones did when they were new. Back in the Dark Ages, y'know. So I guess that's a win.
Birthday's next week. Might see about getting a manicure. Or a tattoo. Or both. Probably gonna be doing fuck all else otherwise.
This place is a mess and I am going to clean it up. Later.
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The Good: The worms have been defeated. Victory is mine.
The Kinda Good I Guess: I'm learning to cook, sorta. It's not much fun.
The Not So Good: Jeepu's gotten worse again. Sometimes he sounds like a rumbly antique. Jerking really bad again too, like before. I don't really know what to do. I want my Jeepu to be better. D:
The Kinda Better: The boy's taking me to Beedos Bido Buffalo Wild Wings tonight, since it's super-cheap boneless wings night. Why do these silly army boys call the place this weird-ass name? o.O
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Have just learned that Reven has some form of worms. How the hell did that happen? She's still acting normal at least, so she must not have had them long. In fact she's running around like a little psycho right now, business as usual. But I called a vet, and they want me to bring in a poo sample so they can see what kinda worms it is so they'll know what meds to use or something. So I get to play in the litter box. Whee! D:
But she'll be fine. I'm getting these wormthings dealt with.
Aside from that, business as usual. Laundry time!
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