HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENNI!

Today is the birthday of one of the best people I know and proud to be able to call my friend/girlfriend. Now since she took the song I would probably post in tribute to her I'll have to go for somethin' close enough, with slight liberty taken with the original words:

Jenni, what you doin' now
What you doin' now girl?

Please, please tell me

Cuz I need to know, I need to know now

When I was down, You came to me

And promised you'd always be

By my side, now you're gone

And I'm waiting patiently

Jenni, I want you to know

Jenni, Jenni, I'm so glad you're mine

We'll be together a long time

Jenni, who's faxin' you now?
Who's dialin' your car phone?
Please, please be true

You know that I trust you, do that which you must do

When I was down, You came to me

And promised you'd always be

By my side, now you're gone

And I'm waiting patiently

Jenni, I want you to know

Jenni, Jenni, I'm so glad you're mine

We'll be together a long time

You are the most, you're so rad, you're so fresh

And I'm so bad

I am yours, you are mine

Show me where and I will sign

When I was down, You came to me

And promised you'd always be

By my side, now you're gone

And I'm waiting waiting

Jenni, Jenni, I'm so glad you're mine
We'll be together a long time
Jenni, believe me, I won't let you down
Cuz you are the best in town.

Love you very much!

Temptation

So today was an interesting day. I worked very hard and actually stayed later than I'm scheduled to finish up the daunting grunt work that is my post-collegiate career. And as the day wound on I---

Ok. I have a confession to make. Try to defer judgment until you hear me out.

Right now in the back of my mind there is a very sweet, tasty and delectably naughty temptation haunting my every thought as a roam the 1,000 square feet of my chaotic third floor apartment. Sure...there are distractions. Homework, the TV, this blog, my loud obnoxious roommate, organizing my sock box, contemplating the meaning of life...

And yet...

Oh how I long for it! This temptation, this wicked, cruel, manipulative craving...this yearning that I cannot dispel! I need it! It's in the back of my mind even as I write out this ridiculously mundane post. I can't help thinking about it. It's the lingering desire plaguing my ever move! How can I get over it?? What shall I do? I'm strong, I can handle it, right?!?! I mean, I've been consistent up until this point. Keeping on track. And now, with one absolutely exquisite conversation I find myself trapped between what I know I should do and what I secretly long could be mine!!!

Well this is the end of this bullshit. Water-diet or no water-diet, I'm diving into my very own coveted grandma-original sugar coated CHERRY PIE!!!! She promised it to me over the phone last week, delivered it on Sunday and now I FINALLY have it in my possession! My wonderful, delightful, scrumptious pie...my precious CHERRY PIE...I will have it all to myself!!! And there ain't a damn thing anyone can do about it!!!

Aftermath...

So I'm a year older. And The weekend was pretty good. I saw the family and had dinner. It was awesome (Prime Rib and Lobster...mmmmmm). Got some more things for my birthday, enjoy the gift recieving. Other than that, just a typical weekend for myself.
Had work today, one of the slower days I've ever had at work. Today some guy freaked out because he didin't want to fill out a form for a DirectTV purchase, dropped the product actually. My coworker and I were dumbfounded. After work the Ops team had a meeting at Round Table Pizza, was actually a realy nice change of pace and not only did I get paid for two hours of work related talk but also got fed in the process. Kudos to that.
Finally, I stopped by my fellow history major's place and we kicked it. Tossed around ideas for this paper we have for our History Through Film class. We also talked about our social lives and what they may hold. It was good times.
Anyways, figured I'd post on the blog, take a break from reorganizing my room. CHEERS

Happy Day

Happy Day. Happy Friday. Happy Birthday Carlo. Happy Wintereenmas (if you don't know, you're an idiot). Happy Sunny Day.

Ok, so most of you out there are probably used to the angry, bitter and cynical me who always has something witty to say about something that's pissing her off. And in general, I am pissed off. But not today. Why?
1. It's 65 degrees outside - so warm and inviting. And the sunset is absolutely breathtaking. I can sort of see it through the windows here in downtown Bellevue, and even though I know in 30 minutes I'll be out there fighting traffic, something tells me I'll be a little more at ease with my windows down on the way home.
2. It's just me and Cam (the white night for those in the inner circle) at work today, which is a nice change. Normally people are dumping their shitty tasks on me all day, but not today. I've basically been able to lay back a bit, listen to Built to Spill, Weezer, Modest Mouse and some Dave while finishing my homework.
3. Speaking of homework, I finished everything on time this week AND I got to learn a bit o' HTML. Despite my initial fear, it's actually quite fun and I've made a sort of mock website in case you're interested. Jenni's Home Page.
4. I also just finished finalizing my one-act play submission for Bricolage, UW's Literary Arts Magazine. The play is called "Leather" for those of you who haven't heard of it and it is honestly one of the only pieces of creative writing I'm actually proud of. I'll let you know if it gets accepted...and if it doesn't pretend I never told you anything.
5. And finally, today is a great day because I was finally able to get over my stubborn-self-centered-narcissism and apologize to some one very important in my life. I'm glad we cut through the bullshit and were able to talk. Felt good. So thank you to him.

And that's it ladies and gentleman. So until my next overly enraged post, you shall have to suck it up and deal with a toothache from this overly mushy and sugary post...

Happy Birthday Carlo!

Happy 22nd Birthday to my one and only Carlo. The following is a birthday tribute to him:

Can you sleep as the sound hits your ears?

One at a time

An unspoken balance here

Unabridged for so many years

That I should stare at receivers

To receive her

Isn't fair

Don't worry, I'll catch you

Don't worry, I'll catch you

Don't ever worry

Your arms in mine...anytime

I wouldn't trade anything

You're still my everything

To my surprise

Before my eyes

You arrive

Don't worry, I'll catch you

Don't worry, I'll catch you

Don't ever worry

Still breaking old habits...habits

You pulled the wool over me

Now I can see everything

Everything

Remembering

Jinx-removing

Don't worry, I'll catch you

Don't worry, I'll catch you

Don't ever worry

No need for reminding

You're still all that matters to me

Love you...

Another year has passed....

So yes, another year in my life has passed. And boy has it been one hell of a ride. Now you may be wondering why I decide to use today to talk about the year passing. You must be asking yourself "Hey, idiot, wasn't New Year's like two weeks ago?!? Get with the times!!!" And to that my only response is to point you to my "Quick Hits" post earlier. If you still don't understand, you'll never know.
Anyways, just let you people know (because you are dying to hear about it I'm sure) I'm running on very few hours of sleep. I also have this book I need to finish reading and then write a paper on said book (due tomorrow 1/21). Unfortunately it spells late night for me, because I have work. Although I can't complain about work, since I haven't been into work since sunday morning.
Well that's it for me today, I'm going to try and enjoy the start of another year. CHEERS

Hit you with some quick notes

1) Snow is finally gone....to only be replaced by freaky rain storms of torrential down pour and occasional ice storms (like in the movie...well, the Ice Storm).
2) Girlfriend came up for a visit, took a walk in the cold, cold night. Good times.
3) Work needs to keep in mind my availability when making work schedules, had to fix three things for this week...boy, if I was admin senior...........probably wouldn't do too much better. ;-)
4) One more week till Winter-een-mas, if you don't know what it is you are not a gamer.
5) Approximetly three more days till Carloanuary, aka 22nd bash, aka January 20th, aka if you don't know what it is you obviously hate me ;-)
6) STILL waiting for a couple of my ebay items, makes me SOOOOOOO mad
7) If you are looking for the best "survival horror" game ever made, look no further than Resident Evil 4 for Gamecube (or "RE4 for GC", for those in the know)

I think that's it. Hail to the king, baby. CHEERS

Pineapple Express Hell

Yippee...The "Pineapple Express" has arrived in Seattle, bringing rain storms and flooding to all the little boys and girls of the Pacific Northwest. Apparently I've been naughty this year considering the weather has been my main deterrent from leaving the comfortable confines of my cozy if somewhat cluttered apartment. It's been snowing here, though mostly in Bellingham, my weekend destination one hour north. My visit this weekend, however, did not involve snow but rather sheets of rain. The drive home at 7pm constituted me maneuvering my piece-of-shit-two-door-stick-shift-car between three semi-trucks on the darkened two lane freeway. Never intimidated by size, I attempted to pass all three only to wind up trapped between what can only be described as the trucker reckless endanderment race from hell. Rain coated my windsheild as the three trucks swerving around me threatened to steer me blindly off the paved path into a wall of pine trees surrounding the highway...

If you're wondering whether or not I did in fact survive such a spectacle, well then you're retarded.

The "Pineapple Express" season has also blessed Northwest residents with hail storms followed by rain showers followed by sleet followed by snow followed by more rain mixed with 30 mph winds...have I mentioned I love living here?

Actually, when all is said and done, I don't mind the rain that much. How can I? I live in a state where it rains 9 months out of the year. I took a stroll in the rain last night with the boyfriend and it was actually quite fun, though we were soaked head to toe by the time we reached a small teriyaki restaurant several blocks from his apartment. Although no semi trucks threatened to run us off the sidewalk that evening, we did have several run-ins with some rather frightening looking puddles.

Morning Ramblings

Up fairly early this morning. Decided I'd post something. Favorite song the past three months will have to go to Jimmy Eat World's Kill, the album version and the demo version are both awesome. I listen to the song at least once a day. My birthday is in just six days, less than a week. I'll be, as a couple of my friends have stated, "The Elder" of the group. Apparently one of them said I could also be referred to as the "Old One" or "Grandpa". . . I decided that was a no on that one, a little too affectionate to be called that by a bunch of 20-something guys. Huh, have iTunes on shuffle right now, went from Kill by JEW to Do You Realize? by the Flaming Lips. I love this song too, just not exactly the most upbeat song, but speaks to me sometimes. Anyways, I should get ready for the day. To whoever is reading this, have an awesome day! CHEERS

Work Ramblings

I will often be typing from work...in orange...because I'm "fierce". As for ramblings, I don't have any. Yes, out of the two members of the blog "The Pro's and Con's of Living" (the name was MY idea by the way), I have very little to say. My life is lacking in drama. Everyday I wake up at 5 or 6 in the morning, and head to either school or work. I'm at school or work until 5 or 6 in the evening, when I head home and pray that my apartment is semi clean and my roommate's cat hasn't eaten mine. Pretty dull huh?

Well there is one perk. Every so often I get to hang out with my extra-emo-comic-book-loving-band-shirt-wearing-boyfriend. And that, let me tell you, will brighten any day. :)

Currently, I've started a new diet. It's a combination of all those fad diets out there - the result being that I'm really not allowed to eat anything except water. So I spent the evening freezing water into little cubes and packed them in several plastic bags for my snack and lunch today. I was disappointed to arrive at work with leaking ziplock bags...I guess for this diet to really work I'll need to buy a cooler.

My birthday is coming up. 13 days from now. Click here if you wanna buy me things. If not, well don't expect anything on your birthday then....jack-ass.

I hate art.com

I hate art.com, they said they would refund my account and then charge my card. Apparently they didn't, so they are retarded.

Loser

I am certainly not dating the aforementioned person...

first post

HA! I beat you honey to the first post. I just wanted to get that in.