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2006 30 June :: 4.47pm
Almost vacation time!!! :-D
Today Charlie and I watched Chicken Run and ate breakfast in bed (he made us yummy eggs). It was really really nice. My car actually quit while I was in the process of driving it...on the expressway. So that was scary. It was the battery connection and now it's fixed but yikes. I called the doctor this week, I think Tuesday, because I keep getting sick when I try to eat in the morning/afternoon. They told me to come in cause I kept losing weight. I'm still 2 pounds under my original weight and I'm supposed to have gained more. Well, everything is fine, but they prescribed pills and I am not for taking them. Especially because if I didn't have insurance, to get 20 would be about $800 they said. So next week will be the big vacation! Then Friday the 14th is the reception!
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2006 30 June :: 3.36am
:: Mood: sleepy
:: Music: me! (on drums)
et cetera
you know?
i don't. but i'm cool with that. there's much less pressure that way; less responsibility. i like not knowing. adds a sense of adventure.
i'm still alive, just in case anyone was getting worried. hung out with kevin. hung out with shannon. i've been working a lot, lifting weights a little, and stuff like that. i've been working with the digital recorder a little bit too. that thing is fun. i only wish i knew better how to work it. there is so much untapped potential there. but it works well enough for my purposes, for the moment.
i haven't been writing anything lately. i've been trying to keep up with my reading, but even that has been slow lately. the only cognitive thing i've done lately is i proofread a guy's doctoral thesis earlier tonight. for some reason it makes me feel alright knowing that even professors at U of M write bad papers sometimes. not that it was bad, but i mean, there were some mistakes, which i caught. i'm sure i also missed a lot. and i didn't do most of it. bruce did. he just asked me to finish what he hadn't done. he's a better writer anyway, so i'm glad he did it. not to mention, the whole thing was like forty pages.
two more days. then i get a breather again. sunday i'm dj-ing for grandpa and grandma best's fiftieth wedding anniversary. and tuesday i'm going over to kevin's. aside from that, i work. i'm working saturday, monday, wednesday, etc. this (and next) week. it's crazy talk. but i like the overtime. too bad i don't get holiday pay. those fuckers.
shit. it's time for bed. i keep forgetting things. it's bothering me. bed. right.
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2006 27 June :: 1.26am
:: Music: tennessee -from pearlharbor
I wish that on Wednesday at 6 until 9 I had pit practice and we were playing the Kansas show and Dacia and Danielle were there again.
and I wish that Justine would play Tennessee on the piano.
And then I wish Thursday everything would be back to normal again.
But not until Wednesday we did 10 run throughs with the whole drumline of the Kansas show and I hit every note right that effing xylophone that everyone hates anyway because it's so loud but that is why I secretly love it. And on Dust in the Wind the vibraphone is so beautiful and we get the beginning right and at the end I make the Vibes do the little vibratey reverberation thing.
So beautiful.
Not Thursday until I can appreciate that one more time. God I miss feeling it. Don't make it Thursday until I can watch Justine play the show with us and think how she is really better than I am and be jealous but secretly be a lot more happy than jealous ... it always made me proud or something that she was the best out of all of us. Danielle and I both knew it. It was like she scared us when she was a freshman. She was so good. And so diligent.
God... and those drums so fucking loud. Rocking your brain and playing the same thing over and over and over. I miss it.
I wish I could have one more day.
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2006 27 June :: 12.57am
:: Mood: sadish..
:: Music: 2 pac/ bone thugs: thug love
be honest.
Okay so i have been keeping it in for the sake of, oh i dont know, saving a friendship... but no more.
God you annoy me. Wasn't this a huge reason we got in a fight in the first place? Because you like... are never honest? I think so. and then we "resolved everything"
well guess what. Either be my friend or don't. I'm not gonna fucking call you up and beg for your friendship and attention and frankley I'm getting really sick of calling you at all since you NEVER FUCKING CALL ME BACK.
God you are being a bitch. Remember how you COMPLETELY DITCHED ME that one day. and I flat out confronted you at school because I wasn't going to deal with your bullshit and then you just fed me more bullshit about how you felt bad and didn't want to call me back becaus it had been so long and BLAH BLAH BLAH well I let that one go finally. but then things never really got fixed di they?
Well I have been going out of my way trying really hard to fix everything with us. To get us back to being the friends we once were when we would joke about everything and have fun together but I guess you just dont want that.
You tell me you're so buys and blah blah. I drive to your fucking work and yeah you had plans and tha'ts totally fine , but CALL me sometime.
I can't come to your open house, i call you to tell you and no one picks up, so I make sure to call jenna just to ask her to please tell you that i'm sorry i coudln't come.
aparently jenna didnt tell you. fine, that's fine. but I told you soon after that I had called her and asked her to. so you knew my intentions and how i was sorry. In fact, I told you the SAME DAY of your open hosue becuase I , do you remember? , called you up and asked if you and becky and I could do something. Rmember? Remember how you were gonna talk to becky and call me back. REmebmer? Remember how you just NEVER called me back.
yeah i was so embarassed about how I kept calling you and you never called me back. I couldn't even tell ROMAN that you blew me off. that's how embarrased I was. I couldn't even tell anyone. that you just never called me back.
I kept calling your house and your mom would pick up and I'd just say the same thing over and over. Tell you to call me please. and she would say she didn't know how long you would be gone. She said that night of your open house that you were at michelle's. Yeah okay. Maybe your plans changed. Michelle invited you over or someting. Have the decency to call me. But no, I called your house again and your mom tells me you're still not home. I felt like such an idiot.
so i protested it for like a week or two.
i wouldn't call you even though I really wanted to go out and do something. I wanted to go shopping or to a movie or something . Iwanted to call you just to TALK . you know, like we used to when we were like best friends. but no. I didn't. I wouldn 't let myself because you made me feel s o bad about how you told me you'd call me like in the next hour when you andbecky figured out what you guys were gonna do. You never even called me. and not even the next day. next week. nothing.
Shit, you made me feel bad. Well I really wanted to salvage our friendship so I said to myself. oh let it go, call her up. it was like the day before my open house right. So I call you and ask if you want to do something. you cousins are in town? or some shit... you couldn't do anything. even though you were leaving in the morning for wicked. your cousins aare at your house? or some shit. even though I didn't even believe you because your sister was on the other line. why would your sister be on the phone if you had company over.
you are a bithc jess. you told me you'd call me after you figured out when you were eating dinner and all that bull shit. you got my CELL number. rmemebmer how you asked for it specifically so you could CALL ME BACK and we could plan something?
remember that jess.
whatever. i'm so fucking done with friends. all they do is lie and blow you the fuck off.
even dani blew me off. wow. yeah shes someone i never thought would. but no, i left my open house shit up for you dan. the table and everything. the tri fold with all the pictures and my computer..
but whatever.
I'm done.
I drove into Cedar today for the first time in like a week or more and I realized how finished I am with this town. muhahaha. Woohu is like my only connection to it. That and I owe a movie back to Movie Gallery by Saturday.
and then I'm done with you Cedar Springs.
God those feelings have been boiling inside me . and I just dont know how I'm supposed to forgive someone when they've blown me off like a thousand times. You made me feel like shit and i've been just letting it sit inside me for a week. but you know what, when I went to the store for my mom to get some fucking italian dressing for the pasta salad for my open house, i got into the car and fucking bawled my eyes out Jess becuase I honestly cannot figure out if you really want to be my friend or if you are just FULL OF SHIT. do you just really FORGET to call me or get to busy or are you really just full of shit. whatever. my point is, you really fucking hurt my feelings. and I hope maybe you care. but you probably dont.
so at least with this my feelings are out and i feel oh... a tad bit better.
Ta.
Wait, to Jess, If there was one thing I really wish I could undo and take back, it would be that night that I left you and went with Roman. I would take it back. My feelings and emotions were going crazy. we had just broken up and i just wanted him and only him. and left you and it was a a horrible and selfish thing for me to do. when i think about it, it honestly makes me feel horrible and sick and guilty. I'm truly sorry for that. But you know, no. I dont know where I"m going with that. I'm not going anywhere. All I'm saying is sorry. I'm apologizing for that and I hope you accept that. Because it was just really mean of me. and I'm sorry.
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2006 25 June :: 12.02am
I got one question for ya'll
BOOM BOOM ...!
how'd you get so sexy?>
biattttchhhhess hollla!
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2006 24 June :: 2.40am
:: Mood: yucky ::
:: damn family ::
so, i guess the shit is hitting the fan in a big way, like it hasn't done in four or five years. and that was when i was cutting myself and just all around being really stupid.
i know it may come as a shock, but i'm pretty sure that i'm still quite stupid. i realize that this is an unpopular perspective among my friends. but everyone loves an underdog, right? i just hope i don't lose my cool. i can feel it slipping. it has been happening for a few weeks now. i don't know what to do with it. i know shannon is already starting to feel the effects. i'm just worried.
apparently there's some court hearing scheduled. mom threatened to kick me out of the house, to which i responded, "tonight?". she didn't say anything. she just kind of looked at me like she thought i was being silly.
but as soon as she said that, in my head, i went into survival mode, you know? (hunter would have been proud) i was trying to figure out how best to smuggle clothes, food, possessions, and where they would be going. where i would be going. but it would be such a pain in the ass to have to change my mailing address. and you know a bunch of stuff would get messed up.
the problem is that the cell phone, the truck, and the mailing address, all belong to mom. none of them are mine. i merely use them, with permission (WP, if you will). if she takes the truck, the phone, the house, then i'm left with the mess to clean up. i'm half tempted just to do it. i mean, it would be a pain in the ass, no doubt. but i could really go for something a little more constant, you know? something where i wouldn't be worried about where i'm going to sleep the next night. and up until recently, such a place existed, right here.
part of me is really pissed, and just wants a normal family for once.
but i have to keep reminding myself, especially in times like these:
a normal family would be boring. and wouldn't that be horrible? boring! i quake in mundane angst at the thought of a boring existence with a boring family. < / s a r c a s m >
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2006 23 June :: 5.14pm
Ready to see my cute little smiley baby?!?!
We got our 3-D ultrasounds yesterday and it was very wonderful. It's way too early for baby to smile but it does look like it. Baby is wayyy cute already! haha :-) We're so excited! Over half way there...

I'll post more pics later.
(Oh, and for those who can't see it well, baby has her/his left hand over that side of her/his face) The other hand is up kind of too.
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2006 23 June :: 4.57pm
So, after going to the orientation today, i am feeling a little bit better about going to college.
i also got fourty bucks for playing a trivia game thing and having our group win. cool.
and wonderful, i have july 4th off because it is a tuesday. AMAZING that i got that day off, so many people asked it off but i guess they were nice enough to give me it off as well since tuesday is supposed to be my designated "day off" anyway.
so hoorah.
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2006 23 June :: 3.20am
:: Music: 311 - music
let's see. kevin spent the night last night, that was fun.
band practice yesterday was good. i've stopped expecting it to go anywhere, but that's alright. i just like being able to still play sometimes. i NEED that. they say to nurture your mind, body, and soul. well, to exaggerate just a smidgen, music is my soul.
shannon got a phone call, and so she called me late tonight, all choked up. i mean, it wasn't a big deal, and we're fine. but yet it was a big deal. hence the crying. the details aren't really important.
i was two minutes late to work today. they'll dock it from my check. but if i clocked in an hour early, you think they'd give me any credit? i just don't understand what their logic is. i mean, what will you do with an inexperienced, uneducated workforce, which has no incentive whatsoever to go above and beyond the bare minimum required to simply maintain their employement status. because, as long as you're not getting fired, you're getting paid the same, regardless of how hard you work.
shannon has a hedgehog, a beautiful personality, and a great sense of humor.
i have muscles, meager fundage, and a decent sense of humor.
i think that's enough. if not, then i'll be damned. i don't have much else to offer.
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2006 21 June :: 11.32pm
I spent two nights with Roman again. Blessed. It's like everything bad that we are dealing with in our lives momentarily disappears when we are together. I hope that never goes away.
We got a futon and I was proud of us because we bartared with them and lowered the price by $15!! Woo go us. I was like, "ask if they think it's realy worth ____" and he got them to lower the price 10 bucks. then I say "Hmm.... I dunooo honeyyyy, what do you think?" *twist hair and give indecisive looking eyebrow arch* "Okay, OKay," the sales lady says, "You dont have to twist my arm" and she lowers the price by $5 more. Hahaha we win!
anyway, it's black and exactly what we wanted for a fraction of the cost!
I bought some awesome clothes today that I am excited about. God, I can't believe I just used the word awesome. I loathe it. Anyway, I used gift certificates, in my defense.
Then I went to work, it was easy. Had a meeting so it's like I only had to work 5 hours really. I might miss my coworkers when I transfer Menards locations. I'm kinda sad about that. oh well.
Roman and I went to Vandercook lake in Spring Arbor while i was there in Jackson... It was a blast. It was the most perfect sunny day. We forgot the grill to cook our 97 cent hot dogs that we bought so we were angry and pissy but then he convinced me to actually go in the water and we had such a fun time. God I needed that.
So, I pay my car insurance tomorrow and I am finally under my own plan, not paying my parents anymore. I schedule classes for Davenport on Friday (scary). So I guess, Responsibility, here I come.
Other than that.... There are two things I really hate right now: Smoking/cigarettes, and money... Yeah. I'm not even going to try to explain why I hate the first thing I listed. Gawd, how selfish. HOW SELFISH!!!! Nevermind.
Anyway, i have a sad, lonely, slightly drunken boyfriend to tend to. Long story. I'm off.
I love him.
PS. I am also getting quite excited for stef and paul's wedding. I really like this guy. A good catch, definetly. i dont know where I'm going with that, but i'm just glad stef isn't marrying some jerk.
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2006 17 June :: 10.39pm
Well my open house went well actually.
thanks to everyone who came. and especially thanks to gunnie. the letter was incredibly sweet. it meant a lot and i'm so glad you came. i'm sorry i missed you when you left and i feel like an ass. i miss you, i really truly do. i really realized that today...but i feel like i never missed a beat with you. i feel like we still are the friends we always were. i love you!!
and other than that... my family was all cool and the weather was hot but very nice and afterwards me and roman hung out, couldn't find anything to do , so we ended up staying at MY house, which is totally amazing, and watching a movie which we probably haven't done in an entire year. it felt nice and like the old days.
anyway, hooray, im done with that and one step closer to moving out.
yesterday i packed so much stuff. all my cds and my stereo are packed in boxes and taped shut. my picture frames are all put away and wrapped up tight with packing paper. .. we are just so excited for this. i can't wait! looking at those moving boxes in my room just makes me a million more time excited. hooray.
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2006 16 June :: 11.46pm
god why do you keep totally blowing me off?
are you my friend or are you just pretending? i'm really confused.
and it's really annoying.
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2006 16 June :: 6.49pm
so my open house is tomorrow
2-5. at my house. cool,
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2006 16 June :: 5.41pm
haha wow. that's a little soon don't ya think...
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2006 16 June :: 5.34pm
I LOOOOOVE HIM!
I love being married. The wedding was beautiful. We were all so afraid it would rain because it was raining everywhere else, but it was beautiful out! The park was beautiful with a fountain and flowers and everything. We had a carriage ride afterwards. Our honeymoon was a wonderful time. We stayed at Grand Beach Resort and it was soooo pretty. Everything is going great. This past weekend we had to get an ultrasound, and then this Thursday is our BIG ultrasound. :-) We're so excited. I get lonely cause he gets out of work late but other than that everything is great. :-) We don't have the internet so I may not be online for a while.
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2006 14 June :: 1.16am
:: Mood: hungry
shannon-dance
so, weekend... let's see:
friday night i worked. saturday day i worked. saturday night i went fishing with bruce, after helping clean some stuff around the house. sunday morning, got up early and went fishing with bruce and libby. sunday afternoon, went to grandpa and grandma's for dad's birthday thing. he's 45 now. on my way from there, the truck crapped out on me, so i pulled into a parking lot, called dad up, and he gave me a ride to meijer to pick up a new spark plug, and also stayed to give me a hand turning wrenches for a bit. we also had a nice long talk about the visitation situation. i think it helped him to hear what i had to say about it.
sunday night, shannon came up and we went to dinner with mom and libby, then we rented 50 first dates, which i had never seen before. it was cute. monday morning, shannon took libby and i to the zoo. that was fun. then we grabbed lunch, went for a quick walk in the park, and then i had to go to work, and she had to go to the orthodontist.
that's basically what has happened since i last updated. fishing was fun. shannon was fun.
i might be working as a decoy for the michigan liquor commission. i scheduled an interview for next week. i thought it would be an interesting experience.
tomorrow i'm hopefully going to hook up with emily for a bit. it's been awhile. and i might go out to campus view to get the loan signed, and make the down payment. i hope it's less than $300, because that's all i'm bringing.
thursday i'm supposed to meet with aunt mollie and aunt maria and tour the riverboat on which i will be DJ-ing for grandpa and grandma's anniversary.
friday i'm hopefully going to be meeting up with one of my prospective roommates, for an early lunch. his name is kyle.
and that is me, for the moment.
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2006 14 June :: 1.11am
Please don't say I love you,
those words touch me much too deeply
they make my core tremble
Don't think you realize the effect you have over me
And please don't look at me like that
It just makes me want to make you near me always
Please don't kiss me so sweet
it makes me crave a thousand kisses to follow
And please don't touch me like that
makes every other embrace seem pale and shallow
Please don't come so close
it just makes me want to make you near me always
Please don't bring me flowers
they only whisper the sweet things you'd say
Don't try to understand me
your hands already know too much anyway
It makes me want to make you near me always
And when you look in my eyes
please know my heart is in your hands
It's nothing that I understand, but when in your arms
you have complete power over me
So be gentle if you please, 'cause
Your hands are in my hair, but my heart is in your teeth
Babe, and it makes me want to make you near me always
Your hands are in my hair, but my heart is in your teeth
Babe, and it makes me want to make you near me always
I want to be near you always
I want to be near you always
I want to be near you always
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2006 13 June :: 5.36pm
i have way too much shit to do in the next 7 weeks. arrgghh.
RSVPs: 21 yes, 1 no, 155 sent
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2006 13 June :: 1.45am
So today was nice. i worked a reallly short shift of only 4 hours ... except for getting out late it was a good shift. i was so pissed we got slammed when i was supposed to get out and i guess 2 girls got confussed on who was supposed to go in for me so neither one did and i got out like 20 minutes late. it sucked
but then i met roman and we got TONS of stuff from paul and stef *THANK YOU GUYS* ...tons of towels, glasss cups, dishes plates, toaster oven, george formann grill, gosh i cant even remmber it all.. a tv and stand... all for a great deal. so thanks again guys we really appreciate it.
then amazing and even though we "shouldnt" have, we went to Logans for dinner in Kzoo because we hadnt ate out in a long time. we were just gonna use the grill again but we didnt want to.
well then we went to meijers and got some sheets and pillow cases for like 13 bucks which was a great deal and some fancy placemats.
i am throughly excited to move into the new place. now my only problem is how tremendously my insurance has been raised because of that ticket i got. ugh so if anyone knows a cheap insurance company let me know please.
that is all.
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2006 13 June :: 1.42am
Holy shit.
i had totally forgotten how much i love
1. taking back sunday
and deffinetely,
2. 311. OMG.
i missed it and i dindt even know it.
i guess i just have to thank Kevin Japanee Cuppett for introducing me to both those bands. I love it.
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