"to thine own self be true"

Writer's Block: Call Me

2009-06-02T10:23:18Z

Do you still use a landline at home, or do you rely completely on your cell phone?

I don't have a landline because I can't afford to pay for both the cell and the land. Besides, I'm more reachable from the cell! Although the damn thing hardly picks up service in this hole of an apartment.

Wedding changes/update :)

2009-03-22T03:03:15Z

I just wanted to give an update about our wedding plans.
So we REALLY wanted to get married at Kevin's parents home this year. However, the roof of the house sprang a leak on Christmas morning and it badly needs to be replaced, and thus will be in no condition to house a wedding, guests, food...and all the things associated with a wedding.
SO, instead, we're going to hold off for one more year on PART of it.
We are still getting married this year, on August 1 at MY parent's house, with just our immediate families because we'd already decided to get married this year and didn't want to push it back "just" another year. So, NEXT year, on August 7, we will be having the big party reception, with all our friends and extended family and whomever decides to drop by on the big day...We'll renew our vows, so there will be an actual ceremony too. The house will be in tip-top condition.

x-posted on facebook

watching the crawl line...

2009-03-02T11:08:09Z

I'm beginning to wonder if Monday snow days are going to happen for the rest of our time with the snow! Seeing as it's the second Monday in a row that there's no school!

I feel two ways about snow days...it's awesome to have a day off and sleep in!! (After checking the crawl line of course to be SURE that school is canceled...)
But then there's the part about getting behind at school. My kids have speeches due on Wednesday... I think they should be ready to hand them in, but we'll see. I always have stragglers. I doubt this speech will be an exception even though they all know they don't HAVE to present theirs, and that writing this is like any other 5-paragraph essay. I think I'm going to make the speeches still due on Wednesday because they'll have covered enough material to have completed it. AND those who WANT to present their speeches (for an extra 10 points on their quiz grade, which they all know of) will have to hand them in, be graded, make their corrections and PRACTICE so they're READY!!

The worst part, I think (so far) about teaching - grading. I want to give all A's but we all know that's not possible. And it's not fair! Not fair to the kids who actually earned it, and not fair to the kids who didn't, who need room for improvement in areas that they really didn't do well on.

I'm going back to bed...I'll deal with grading later.

maine_shortie @ 2009-02-07T21:00:00

2009-02-08T02:07:03Z

Now that I've finally had the chance to watch it...

Heroes: wtf???? Taking them away in a plane and it crashes? Why am I thinking Lost... I hope not.
It'd better be more Heroes related...

Was too damn sick to watch it Monday night. At 3 am my temp was 102.8. At 5 I took a cool shower because I could barely sleep. I haven't been to school all week. It's been fun...
Starting over reading the Twilight series because I'm a nutjob. :P

Meanwhile, Kevin gets the same damn thing (though he hasn't been through the fever bout...) and he goes skiing. Wonder who's the nutjob now.

silly fun stuff

2008-12-28T13:58:38Z



		I will marry Edward Cullen.
		After a wild honeymoon, We will settle down in Pennsylvania in our fabulous Apartment.
		We will have 5 kid(s) together.
		Our family will zoom around in a Blue Corvette.
		I will spend my days as a Teacher, and live happily ever after.

lol, looks like fun. Edward would be nice, I don't know how Kevin will feel about this. But Pennsylvania?? Yuck! lol

maine_shortie @ 2008-12-01T14:00:00

2008-12-01T19:04:15Z

Ok, I missed the memo...
What is Cyber Monday????

I must be completely out of the loop.
My inbox is flooded with deals from stores promoting this Cyber Monday, that there's deals good for ONLY today...and I'm just confused. Not to mention Ill and missing a day of being at the Job Corps. Today is a day of sleep-all-day-ness.

maine_shortie @ 2008-10-14T22:30:00

2008-10-15T02:33:09Z

First time I watched this, I was in STITCHES on the floor. It was a LITERAL ROFL. <3!!!

Feed The Cat

maine_shortie @ 2008-09-13T07:16:00

2008-09-13T11:42:17Z

My favorite song. Performed by David ~~Archuita (???)~~ Archuleta on American Idol.
Written by Robbie Williams and some guy named Guy, and originally performed by Robbie.

I don't follow American Idol in the least, but can anyone tell me... Did this guy win the show?! He SO should have, just on the basis of this song. He put an amazing spin on the best song EVER and it had me all in goosebumps. I agree with the guy sitting to Paula Abdul's left (Simon?), IF I were being picky, that the end was better than the beginning.

Overall, awesome. LOVE. (tattoo..)

yay another meme!!!

2008-09-10T21:35:22Z

(How is "meme" pronounced? "Mem?" "Meem?" Wondering that for a while.)

I commented on aguynamedgoo's meme, who gave me D! :)

1. The Doctor. (from Doctor Who)
Well, duh. He's The Doctor! Doctor what? Just The Doctor. Doctor of what? Just The Doctor. He's awesome. He can't die. He has two hearts. <3 The Doctor!! Is there more to say? :P I think "He's awesome" is sufficient :D

2. Daleks. Yes, yes, another Doctor Who answer. I can't help it.
I want one. Of my very own. They fly. And can wear aprons...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9rd8TjLew4

3. D.L. Hawkins. From Heroes. I just had to have at least one for Heroes.
I don't know. I was trying to think of D names. He's not as exciting as he *could* be.

4. Dylan Sanders. Yeah, that's right, the Charlie's Angels chick from the movies.
She kicks ass. And played by Drew Barrymore, who is just awesome in pretty much every way.

5. Daddy. (from The Little Mermaid)
What a jerk. Or at least typical dad. Gotta love Disney for letting everything turn out all happy in the end anyways. *Typical* *Yuck* lol. Tried looking for a non-Disney version of The Little Mermaid, though this one does have a nostalgic effect on me. :) Any help on finding a non-Disney version?

1. Comment on this post.
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Think of 5 fictional characters and post their names and your comments on these characters in your LJ.

hmm.

2008-08-28T15:22:16Z

Interesting that when I list my current location as "George St," google comes up with a street somewhere in or near Chicago. I do not reside in Chicago lol.

YAY MEME

2008-08-28T15:13:18Z

I've been tagged by aguynamedgoo :)

1) Post a list of five things you currently love/like, and five things you currently hate/dislike.
2) They can be people, places, things, ideas, whatever.
3) Tag five people to do this.

Things I Love:

1. Kevin :) (Of course. You knew I was going to say that.)
2. My friends, and being able to spend hours with them doing almost nothing. Awesome.
3. School. Learning. Teaching. All in the same!
4. Customers with a sense of humor. They make my day better :)
5. The gym!
(I'm doing more b/c I want to. Those tagged don't have to though!)
6. Shopping. For clothes and shoes and books. And random shit that I don't necessarily need. (Like clothes and shoes and books.) But NOT for bras, or dresses, or bathing suits.
7. Reading. Many things.
8. Books. Yes, for me, it is a separate category.
9. Love. Yes, I love love. Cliche me all you want.

Things I Hate:

1. Pain in the ass customers who try to get something for nothing. (And being a pain in the ass about it.)
2. Pain in the ass co-workers too. (I know how to do my job k thnx.)
3. Wedding planning. Let's just do it already. I want to live in the moment! I hate just sitting around and talking about stuff!!
4. Lost apostrophes. (AKA PUT IN THE WRONG PLACE.) (btw, Lost Apostrophe is a good emo band name.)
5. Driving. HATE.
6. Liars

Seems there's more things that I love than I hate. Guess that's a good thing. And I'm not emo. lol :) <2

And I tag: barmaidblog, dragnblak, funf, justwalkawayren, spikesnvelvet (and anyone else who doesn't have an LJ, comment :))

Have fun!!! :)

maine_shortie @ 2008-05-23T08:38:00

2008-05-23T12:46:24Z

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24695796/?GT1=43001&pg=6#DTL_10UFO

Where's The Doctor when you need him :P

However, if a Dalek were to show up in my sky...I'd flag it down, invite it in for tea and crumpets. And give it an apron to wear. XD
<3 Dalek

(I know, Goo, it's bad, you can hit me now. But not too hard. :P)

maine_shortie @ 2008-02-27T17:42:00

2008-02-27T22:52:24Z

The other day, (I think it was Saturday?) I waited on a woman by the name of SHANNON DECKER. I told her that one of my friends has that name, only her middle initial is D. (This woman's was L.) She said "Well I married into it..."

FUN! YAY! lol and rather weird all at the same time. NO YOU CAN'T HAVE THE SAME NAME AS MY FRIEND!

Now, I'm not sure how common Decker is as a last name, but if I get a Hochberg, de la Fuente, Gould, or a Birsa (who may or may not have initials R.E.H., J.A.D., C.L.G., or L.M.B.) in my line I'm going to freak out.

:D I love you guys....

maine_shortie @ 2008-02-22T00:26:00

2008-02-22T05:28:21Z

I did a bad thing today. I skipped class for the first time since I've been at SFU. It wasn't my fault, entirely... You know how sometimes people miss the bus? Well....the bus missed me.
I was waiting for him, I waved at him TWICE (bc that's how you get them to stop, you wave at the driver, USUALLY once is sufficient). But NO he drove right by me. He stopped at the next intersection, which I tried running to, but it was icy so I wasn't quick enough for that.
I knew I wasn't going to make it down town in time for a transfer, so I decided to try to head off my connecting bus before it made the corner. THAT didn't happen either, I was like 200 feet from where I wanted/needed to be and didn't make that one either. I had a freakin mental breakdown, of a sort, it wasn't pretty...right there in the middle of downtown Bangor. I called Kevin bawling my eyes out, I woke him up.
He came to pick me up, saint that he is...he was going to let me take his car to campus so I wouldn't be late for class, but I was like, "Fuck this, I had a shitty morning and I don't feel like dealing with anything today" And I was feeling pretty shitty too, from nearly making myself sick downtown, plus lack of sleep. ugh
I emailed my professors to tell them I wasn't feeling well and wouldn't be attending class. They were pretty nice about it.
idk if it was the fucking snowbank or what...I was not happy. I'm not so little that you can't see me over a snowbank, not one that size anyway.
Kevin said, "Well, shit happens"
I said, "Well, yeah, and I'm having a pretty shitty day myself." I went back to bed.

The thing with Jake is *sorta* resolved. I did finally speak to him. He must think I'm a freakin nazi or something b/c I keep asking him to wash his dishes. When we talked earlier this week, he was pretty agreeable. But now that I've been "reminding" him etc, he's making me feel like I'm acting like a Nazi about it. Today he said, "Well jeez, what, there's a whole 5 dishes there."
(actually, there's only 2. so he doesn't even know)
He's mentioned that he does the dishes "once a week." ...With as many dishes as he uses, there's no more by the end of the week. So technically, it'd be easier on both of us if he cleaned it as he uses it.
I asked him tonight, "At least before you head to bed could you do your dishes?"
He said, "Well jeez you must not like ANY dishes to be dirty"
But...they've been there for a few days already too. I could just do them myself to get them out of the way. Which I did for the first few weeks we lived here. But it felt like he was taking advantage or something.
Jake's head is in the freakin clouds or something. His mom must have done everything for him. I've been in his house before, she had hung signs sporadically through the house as reminders. It's ridiculous. Things that you or I or KEVIN (omg a guy) wouldn't have to even THINK about needing a "prompt" for. Ahem, there was a laundry schedule..."Do this many loads on this day of the week," etc. Since he's lived here, he does it at his mother's house, every 2 weeks I think
idk where the hell he gets this thing about doing dishes once a week. It doesn't exactly work! I feel like I'm viewed as a dishes Nazi, or something. I'm just trying to live as comfortably as I can w/o being too pissed off

I tried making biscuits, to go with dinner. They'd make great baseballs. I didn't even put them in for that long! Nope, too hard.
I made banana bread though!!! It turned out ok, I think. It burnt on the bottom but it shouldn't be too bad. I was going to have some for breakfast.
(I was making the biscuits to go with the chili I'd put in the crock pot this morning) Ha, they weren't even supposed to be biscuits, I was going to try to make bread bowls. That didn't quite happen either. The dough was NOT rising! I tried everything. I even called Bubbs for some grandmother-style tips. Even HER tips failed me.

stupid bus, dumbass roommate, stupid bread issues

maine_shortie @ 2007-08-27T22:03:00

2007-08-28T02:15:07Z

my post to yesterday's promptaday, only with a little more detail.
the prompt: "Totally blast something you dislike."

-red sauce on my noodles, or with my breadsticks
-customers who talk on their phone when they're in my line
-tomatoes
-television

-When people try to make my wedding for me. I don't feel like a bridezilla. They tell me "But it's your wedding, you HAVE to wear the Cinderella dress and have a bazillion flowers and it's going to be the best day of your life! Don't you want to remember it forever?! Don't you want it to be perfect?!"
UM, please.
a) You're right. It's MY wedding. Glad we cleared that up.
b) I don't HAVE to wear anything. I will be choosing what I wear at my wedding. Ahem, a skirt and a top. It'll be nice, and SIMPLE, and what I want to wear.
c) There will be a bazillion flowers. Only I won't have to spend umpteen amounts $$ on them, because they'll already be there. Planted, in the ground, and not going anywhere even after the ceremony.
d) It WILL be the best day of my life. I WILL remember it forever, I just don't need a gigantic dress in order to remember it. Seriously, picture little me in a huge poofy dress? You wouldn't be able to see me!
e) I don't expect it to be absolutely perfect. To me, "perfect" isn't "natural." And the thing I most want at/in/for (I can add more prepositions if you like) my wedding is for it to be "natural."

Sorry for the rant. I'm not targeting anyone in particular who reads my LJ. Just listing what I've had from people at work. :)

maine_shortie @ 2007-08-06T09:10:00

2007-08-06T13:11:46Z

Happy Birthday to me!!! yay!! Party!! except I have to work today. meh.

maine_shortie @ 2007-07-22T11:57:00

2007-07-22T15:58:01Z

Birthday: 2 weeks. Here's a link to my amazon wishlist, should you be considering a gift. Gifts are not required (or even asked for), but birthday wishes are always welcome!! :) <2

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/6G2UYFRHK034/

posted in profile as well!

Meme!!!

2007-07-13T23:45:28Z

Comment and I'll give you a letter. In your journal, list 10 of your favorite songs that begin with that letter.
from aguynamedgoo, who gave me "R"...

in alphabetical order by title, cuz I'm neurotic like that... (but you don't have to do it like that..)

1. Rabbit Valley - The Four Postmen
2. Radio - Lloyd Dobler Effect
3. Rag Doll - Aerosmith
4. Raspberry Beret - Prince
5. Revolution - Beatles
6. Right Kind of Wrong - LeAnn Rimes
7. Rock DJ - Robbie Williams
8. Rock Me Amadeus - Falco
9. Rubber Ducky Song - Ernie
10. Rudebox - Robbie Williams

I wrote these the other day...

2007-06-29T01:31:50Z

Ahem, so it's been a while since I took a moment to sit down and drink in my surroundings. I did it the other day, here's what I came up with.

Insects buzzing noisily near my ears
Sounds of summer all around
Children playing, grills sizzling
Motorcycles bleating, birds chirping

Cars speed past. Big, small, or fun types
Bright colors, tops down, windows open
Breeze lifting the hairs from their necks
All in pursuit to be somewhere quick (Campers, RVs too)

Our sultry summer lives have begun
Some having to bear the heat
Others run to the comfort of an air conditioner
Still others sit around, if just to observe

Climbing trees, feel the bark
Beneath the grip of your fist.
Concentrate, you can do it.
Don't look down till you're at the top.
What an awesome view - seeing over rooftops
Being as high as any bird.
Seeking out a higher tree, wondering if
You're brave enough to the challenge.

Splashing about in the pool
Or perhaps a waterfall
The chill on your skin, oh it feels
Great, after working so hard all day
Or water-side, sipping
Cool, refreshing drinks
Occasionally feeling a splash
From children's play

Writer's Block: Wedding bells are ringing

2007-06-29T01:19:19Z

What was the last wedding you went to? Were you in the wedding?

My last wedding was my friend Mindy's in June 2005. Yes, I was a bridesmaid in the wedding. There was some confusion as to who the MOH was, but everything was figured out.

Writer's Block: QotD

2007-06-10T00:36:44Z

What's the best birthday present you ever received?

I guess I'd have to say last year, when my parents showed up at my apartment the day before my birthday. Kerri did my nails, we had pizza, wings, and cinnastix from Domino's. (They brought a tv too as an actual "gift"...it's too big and a pain in the ass to handle..) Having everyone there was the real present :)
My sister and 3 brothers were there, and of course Kevin <2

The tattoo. :P

2007-06-05T02:09:23Z

ok, some people are going to think I'm crazy or something. But DAMN it's cool looking.

I went today with a friend, Jess, who got the same one.
If I "change my mind" in a few years, or something, it wouldn't be hard to cover up. They said that at the tattoo parlor.

YAY HEROES <222

maine_shortie @ 2007-06-02T21:17:00

2007-06-03T01:41:48Z

I made a new friend. *does happy dance*
Seriously, I'm so happy I could almost cry. I like having new friends :) Lame, I know, to get excited about something so small. BUT really, for all the time I've lived here...it's not that small. I've put probably *too* much effort into it... and when I decided to give up, it all happens! YAY friend!!! <2 wheeee friend

I'm a dork. But that's ok :) I enjoy being a dork most days. :P

WARNING: Do not play this game. :)

2007-05-28T21:15:48Z

<a hey ... I warned you didn't I? :) <2

maine_shortie @ 2007-04-26T12:11:00

2007-04-26T16:43:38Z

Is it wrong to hate my car?
...Ok so my brakes are totally and completely, 100% FUCKED. Professional garages like Meineke won't even work on the car. I took the car there yesterday, on my way to work at 12. I asked them to call me if anything happens, good/bad/ok/fixable etc. I didn't hear from them AT ALL so when I took lunch at 3, I called. They told me that the car isn't street safe and wondered who put an inspection sticker on it in the first place

***I could pay numerous fines for this if I get caught by the wrong person***

They said in order to fix it, they need to replace all the brake lines, the whole brakes, and *then* fill it up with brake fluid. And they said "since your car's worth only a couple hundred bucks anyway, it wouldn't be worth it to dump all that money into it to fix it." I asked him if there's anything he can do to get me through the weekend or to the end of the month and whatnot. He said that he could top off the brake fluid but it's going to leak out every time I step on the brake. I asked how much is that going to cost. he said it wouldn't cost anything. Ok...
So I asked if he could do that and bring it up the road to Marden's where I work (where he dropped me off since I had to leave the car there). He said "Yeah, we can have someone bring it up for you."
That all happened at 3:00. By 5:45 (mind you, they close at 6..) they still hadn't shown up with my car...so I'm like wtf and called them again. Again they said they'd have someone bring it to me. An hour goes by and I still don't have my car. I'm like *FUCK* ...Katie from work agrees to give me a ride to Meineke to see if at least the car is there, possibly with the keys in it...
It's at least 8:15 by the time we get out of the store...and there's my car sitting at Meineke. Driver's window down, keys in the ignition. And a piece of paper on the seat. "Called Marden's Left Message We Will Not Drive."
YEAH. um...ok. THEY did NOT call ME. The only "Message" they gave me was that they'd top it off with brake fluid and bring it up to Marden's. They specifically said that someone would bring it up. Yes, I do understand that the car isn't safe for the road. What am I supposed to do, leave it there at the freaking garage??? No...I need to at least be able to park it at my house, yeah? Fuckers!!!

P.S. I hate my car...