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2005 18 August :: 1.56pm
SO I'm sitting in Kirkoff right now. You know, there is nothing more gratifying than droping 1 G just to get an education. I know, I shouldn't be complaining. There are a few of you who are spending more than that, but it still doesn't make me feel any better.
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2005 16 August :: 10.42am
well. looks like i'm going to traverse city on thursday. that should be fun.
and it also looks like i'm going to cedar point next wednesday. that should be more than fun.
and it also looks like i'm getting a laptop. it's a compaq with an amd processor, but whatev. i don't know. maybe i got ripped off. but i don't feel too bad. and it needed to be done. should be in in about a week. if you're interested in the specs, it has a 64-bit processor, running at 1.6 GHz, 512 ram, 60 Gig hard disk, cd/dvd burner, and something like a 15 inch screen. i'm not sure if it has usb 2.0 or not. but i figure either way, it'll do what i need it to.
and i am overcome with the strong desire to tear my car apart, so i can put it back together... the way I want it. but for now i'll have to settle. i figure i'll just kinda nip at the little stuff as it comes. i do need to change the oil soon. maybe i can do that tonight.
well, not that i have anywhere to be, but i should start getting stuff done.
talk at yous all later.
and love to everybody, but most to jackie...
and boob hugs aplenty!
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2005 14 August :: 9.51pm
It's starting to get cooler out. That's nice.
I lost touch for a while. That was nice too. Fall is approaching; that makes me relieved.
This moth flying around my screen on the other hand is making me annoyed.
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2005 12 August :: 12.57pm
Countdown Commencing!
T: minus two hours... (-2:00)
it's gonna be weird though. and i had a little trouble getting to sleep last night.
but yeah. we'll be just fine...
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2005 11 August :: 11.45pm
So with my free time I decided to read another Hunter S Thompson book. I've never actually been able to finish one of his books. If you've ever read him, you might understand. His observations are right on, all be it a little twinged. The guy was seriously deranged sometimes. Right now I'm reading "Fear and Loathing: ON the Campaign Trail '72." It's great. Tons of political commentary. It is odd that the same things that he talks about going on with the '72 election are basically the same things that happened with the '04 election. An incumbent President, who everyone who was oppossed to him thought that it would be the end of the world. In his case it was Nixon. And, no matter how much of an ardent Republican you are, Nixon was kind of scary in that rights curtailing way. he talked about the youth vote, that was suppossed to play a huge role in the '72 election, it didn't. Kind of reminiscent of "Vote or Die," which many of our generation did neither of. The Democratic promary was up for grabs, with many non-descrpit condidates running. And, in '04, if you consider Dean somewhat non-despcript (well he was until Iowa), and disregard that Hitler-esque Kucinich, the same can be said.
He also talks about wanting a choice more than between crap and crap. Of wanting to vote FOR something instead of AGAINST something. I mean, if I had extremely strong liberal leanings I would have gone for Dean, but the Dems wanted someone who was a little more mainstream, someone who could beat Bush.
Personally, I was attracted to Edwards more than I was to any single candidate who ran in '04. I thought his message was great. It just was co-opted when he joined the ticket with Kerry. Toned down and washed out. I think it was the fact that he was trying to do things right. Not smear other candidates. The motivaiton behind his policy intiatives seemed to be compassion for people. People like me, and my family. It's an ideal. He is someone who will never make it into the White House. He couldn't. He's too weak and too unwilling to piss of the right people to be politically successful.
So that brings me to my next political rant (remember, this is all inspired by Thompson). My newest attempt at being involved in politics is somehting I term "Bringin' the Bitches Down '06." By the bitches I am referring to the two prominent state officials up for re-election in '06. That would be Governor Granholm and Senator Stabenow. Both have been relatively uneffective in their terms. Now, Ole Spence wasn't exactly the most effective Senator, nor was he a very good Energy Secretary, but I'm sure we don't need another junior Democratic lurking in the halls of the Senate. Much better to have a junior Republican Senator who represents more than the East side of the state. Really, I feel like we should be able to secede from the Union. Because with both of these women in power, this side of the state is getting absolutely no representation nationally. Don't get me wrong, my issue is not with the fact that they are women. I have already said why I prefer not to have Stabenow in office. I prefer not to have Granholm in office because she just spent time in Japan on the state's dime, claiming that it was for gaining jobs and improving the economy and came back with the pitiful assurance of 150 jobs. Count'em, 150. Open up 8 new fast food resturants and you'll create that many jobs. Probably with better pay and benefits than the one's she's brigning t'boot. Also she's Canadian. I don't like Canadians. Them and their flappy heads.
And I'm spent.
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2005 11 August :: 7.24pm
:: Music: Come around again - Jet
Today I wasted seven and a half hours of my life. Yes, at meijer (where else). I trained for credit cards today and did that all day long. It entails walking up to people and saying, "Hi, would you be interested in saving ten percent on your purchases today by applying for a meijer credit card?"
I got 1 yes out of about 150 people.
Do you know how depressing that is?
And even after that one person applied I felt I had destroyed her life because just maybe she would end up going into debt with that meijer credit card. She would be five or six thousand dollars in debt because she has a compulsive personality and she would lose her house, her car, her kids, her husband, and maybe even her cute little dog. I really felt like a used car salesman, that's the best way I can describe it.
Anyway, I'm all done with band camp and working fourty hours a week at the courtesy desk at meijer. About all the time I have is used up working or being with Rueben or going to band, or getting ready for band.
I got the Rotary Life Leadership Scholarship, it's $1,000. That will help a little bit, probably enough for books for a couple of years. Oh well, the cost of everything is going up, I mean, gas at $2.59. I can remember my mom bitching because it was $1.11. I bet it'll be around $3.00 a gallon by Christmas, if not the start of school.
At least it's green outside and it smells like spring from all the rain. Rain makes me happy, well, melancholy at least, that's about the happiest I get. I mean, yeah, I can be bubbly and blonde sometimes, but I am rarely ever happy or in a good mood. Everything just runs a lot smoother when everyone thinks everything is going okay. Then they leave you alone. I've figured out that much.
School is starting soon. It's a year of lasts. I've already had my last band camp, which I am not sad about at all. Soon it will be the last first day of school, last play, last Christmas vacation, last sping break, last prom, and then finally graduation. I cannot wait until that day. It means that I am one step closer to being a principle flutist in a world class orchestra or symphony. Of course I would settle for the Boston Philharmonic ;).
-pleasure is only the relief from pain; as humans we are in a constant state of suffering unknown to those who do not know life-
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2005 10 August :: 7.43pm
Well I wasn't going to update, but something has just stirred me to speak.
I saw a headline that said that a comapny is going to sell trips around the moon. What crazy idiot could actually spend money on this. Seriously. My god, the biggest nation in the history of the earth has been flying in space for nearly fifty years now, and still can't send people up there with any regularity. Perhaps we were getting close to that until the Columbia accident. I mean, we can't even put trained professionals up there right now and not freak that something is going wrong. What could possible make you think that we could send tourist up there and something horribly destructive won't happen.
On another note, it seemed that everyone was saying that Discovery would be the shuttle that would be prepped for any rescue mission involving the launch of Atlantis in Spetember. Does anyone know what happened to the Enterprise?
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2005 10 August :: 9.37am
Radio thing...
i heard... like 20 mins ago... on GRD, something about a Charity drag race at Berlin?
i didn't get to hear the whole thing, because i was working.
but i wouldn't mind tossing the bunny around the track, especially if it was for a good cause. does anyone else here know when it is, what it's for, or how much it will cost? SPEAK UP!
thanks muchly.
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oh yeah, and love and peace and junk.
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2005 9 August :: 12.01pm
peace of crap.
garsh.
what good are brats without onions and peppers?
after all, apple pie without cheese is like a hug without a squeeze.
so squeeze me with all the sharp cheddar you can muster.
speaking of which, between dad and i, the ched'dure is certainly not stakking high enough. he's gonna scrap the contour, since fixing it would cost at least 2500 bucks. and i need to scrap the rabbit. but i might get a decent price for it, because the engine runs.
and work sucks. but THREE MORE DAYS!!! jigga jigga for that.
like today. there was a cart with two units in the lumberyard (waiting for wood parts)... terri comes and finaggles the wood for one of the units, not saying anything to me. then today, gib comes up and tells me when i do that, i need to send the one unit to be built. so, he sends it instead. but he didn't put a note on the cart like you're supposed to, so the build line knows to only run one unit. so then mike comes to me and asks me to get the wood for the other unit, and i have to explain to him that i don't have the other wood.
i just was very upset that i got blamed for 3 different things... none of which i did... and only on 1 fraggin' unit. i mean, c'mon people. talk about communication breakdown.
anyway.. i digress. or moot. or whatever the hell it is that i do.
cathartic, that's the word. although, i don't think i spelled it right.
and i still havent had lunch yet.
i guess we'll call this my morning break.
bleh.
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2005 8 August :: 9.19pm
So in class today, I think one girl totally missed the point of the entire class. She wanted to know what was right and what was wrong. Not in reference to any specific issue, but she wanted to know. Now in uderstanding this girl you must realize that she has never been nice to me. In a class with eight guys and two girls, hers has been the most ardent anti-male voice. I just get the distinct vibe from her that she has a real hatred for men, and a dislike for me. Why she dislikes me? Well I could attribute that to her general dislike of all males, but to put it bluntly, I think it's just me.
So anyway, it got me thinking. Has there ever been a time in life where you just wanted to know the simple truth, but it just escapes you?
I'm talking in broad terms here. I began to think about what this meant to me, in my life. For me right now, I want to know the simple truth about what happened between me and Kim. My problem with that is that it is not subjective or unknowable. It is, if she could or would talk to me. So that doesn't really fit the situation.
But I continued thinking if there was anything in life that you could know the simple truth about. If there was anything that was universally true, no gray areas or strings attached. Then it dawned on me that there is that one thing, that for many of you I know is huge in your life, just like it is in my life, and that is your faith. No matter what, what I do, what I say, no matter how wrong I am, God's love is still going to be there. That is the simple truth for me.
Then I began thinking about the girl and how truly confused she must feel. Not about faith, I am not one to judge that, but in regards to her question. She seemed very much disturbed by the fact that there was not a clear answer. She kept asking questions, almost pleading with the professor to give her somekind of insight into what was right. It bordered on fear. That things weren't set a certain way. That life could turn, and that, for an instant, she couldn't trust anything. "Just give me the answer," was what I heard her saying without actually saying it. As if the answer would give her some piece of mind, some safety in this new world that she was scared of.
Really, that is why I don't talk about my faith. It comes from my mother. This last Christmas, I recieved from my parents a set of religious books, including a Bible. Nevermind that I already had several, have been a Christian for many years. But I tried so hard to hide the fact from them. When I started going to church alone, as oppossed to when I was going with Kim (for some reason it was a more effective cover for my faith if it was seen as her dragging me to church rather than me going willingly), I would hide it by saying that I was going out. And I would get very upset if I was questioned further. But what really strikes me, and to get back to the original intent, is that when my mom asked me about it, the question was "Does it give you comfort?" That question is what I had avoided. What was I to say to that? "Yes, it gives me great comfort to know that everyday when I wake up that God has created this day for me, and just by virute of being alive I know that God loves me." No, I couldn't say that. Her analytic boy couldn't profess that he needed a crutch to help him through everyday life. Not that I didn't want to say what I should have. Not that ever fiber of my being feels that way. But for her it was the simple truth. My faith was the simple truth that's sole function would be as if the professor had made up an answer to set that girl at ease. It's not the way it is, but continue believing that it is. Yes, my faith is a comfort, but it is so much more. So much more. That's my longing, to express that freely, not for it to be the simple truth that I fall back into because the world is too complex and doesn't make sense anymore. That's not what my faith is, nor do I wish it to ever be.
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2005 8 August :: 12.01pm
well. the demon that lives in my stomach is purring right now.
and i think that's a good thing.
yep.
and i still love jackie. even at work. even during my lunch break.
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yeah.
preeeow!
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2005 5 August :: 11.05pm
| Your IQ Is 120 | 
Your Logical Intelligence is Exceptional
Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius
Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius
Your General Knowledge is Average |
thanks jimi.
and, because i'm a cheater...
| Your IQ Is 140 |
Your Logical Intelligence is Genius
Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius
Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius
Your General Knowledge is Genius |
well. yeah. i wish addison would have called. what a little bitch. and he's not gonna be awake tomorrow in time to go canoing. i reiterate; what a little bitch. but that's okay. that's why i like him. if he wasn't that way, he wouldn't be addison. and kevin has much the same characteristic about him.
anyway. that jamiroquai song is fucking hard for me. but i think i'll be able to get it. the part that i thought was going to be the hardest is actually proving to be the easiest. i wish it were not the case, but when it comes down to brass tacks, i'm really crap at funk drums. i just don't ever play those sort of grooves. it has always had to be ROCK this and ROCK that. it's pretty absurd, really. but it will be good for me to learn the new stuff.
gah. i don't know why i'm so flipping tired. i took a fucking nap. what more could my body ask for? grrrr....
anyway. i suppose it's time for bed soon.
...yeah...
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2005 3 August :: 9.34am
:: Mood: frustrated
:: Music: the work radio clash (when LAV, GRD, and B93 collide...)
bleh.
well. dad and i have had some good conversation. we're trying to get my college payment plan figured out. not to mention, he's already living paycheck to paycheck, has 2 grand in outstanding debt, is still paying on his student loans, needs a new transmission in the contour... the list goes on.
i suppose suddenly my problems don't seem so bad. but still... i've been having a difficult time lately. and i absolutely loved this weekend. i had the greatest time... and it's just so cool up there. and i know i did a good job of not ripping jackie's head off, and i did my best to be as un-annoying as possible... but part of me still feels like i could have done something more. or i should have done some things differently. i should just treat it like the static noise that it is, and tell it to shut up. but i'm having some difficulty doing that.
the break will be good for both of us, i think. but i still really miss her. and i just keep wondering where i'm supposed to be going with my life, and what i'm supposed to be doing in order to get there. and i just genuinely hope she's a part of that picture.
band practice tonight. i have "coldplay - shiver" down pretty well, but i spent all last night on a wild goose chase trying to track down jamiroquai, and to no avail, so space cowboy will have to be learned on the fly. which, from what i can recall of it, will not be easy.
break time over.
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2005 1 August :: 9.54pm
Praise Be to God
I think I nailed my presentation tonight. The professor seemed impressed and my classmates, who are all high school teachers, did too.
Tonight I will be going to bed happy for the first time in a long time. I thought you should all know that.
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2005 24 July :: 11.18am
:: Music: fan
egocentricity
i've been working and such. as always. it simultaneously sucks my will to live, and keeps me going.
example: (this is a normal day in the life of chris.)
- wake up at 5 am.
- leave at 5:30
- work from 6 - 10:30.
- stop at krispy kreme. have a lengthy and angry phone convo with mom.
- go back to the house.
- bruce and i go out to breakfast.
- 12:30, get back from breakfast... call jackie.
- spend the afternoon cleaning the car. and trying to fix it. and adjusting stereo equipment.
- take a shower.
- 3:30 leave. (packed up car again. messy as ever.)
- 4 pm. arrive at store.
- 4:30 leave store.
- 5 pm, realize you'v ejust wasted half an hour going to the trailer.
- go to jackie's.
- 5:30 stop for gas en route. attempt to reawaken from highway hypnosis.
- 6 pm. still in meijer trying to smell good. shit. i'm late for jackies.
- 6:15 jackie doesn't care that i'm late, because i smell so nice.
- at this point i stopped watching the clock. we went to bilbo's for dinner. we ate pizza. drove around for a little bit, then went back.
- i left jackie's at about 11:15.
- home and in bed at 12:30.
that's actually an exceptionally long day... but still. it just sucks everything out of you. it was way worth it, though. and at least i got to sleep in this morning. that was nice.
i don't think it's going to get better in college.
speaking of which, i went to orientation. here's the stuff:
HNR 215 - history of european civilization I (3)
HNR 216 - history of european civilization II (3)
COM 101 - intro to communications. (3)
GER 101 - intro to german (4)
for a grand total of (13) credits. i have 16 credits for the winter semester. i just hope i don't die. or fuck up on the classes i should be taking. i'm really kind of at a loss here. i mean, they have stuff for the kids who are entirely clueless. and they have things for the kids who know exactly what they want. i guess i fall through the crack in the middle.
in other news, harry potter was muy excellente.
and i have to go move out of the old house now.
buh-bye.
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2005 23 July :: 11.51am
:: Music: "Back To The Way We Were" RCG
Things move on
Well I had a very hard morning this morning. i woke up and It was just in my head, the whole situation. I thank you so much Brianna for being there for me, but talking about it brought it all out to the forefront. I can't figure things out without her, but that is the problem. Yeah, it sucks, but I have made a determination.
Well, I was trying to grow the beard back. I've gotten like 8 days into it now, but it itches like crazy and I think I'm about to shave. It was a nice thought on my part though.
I've decided to be a pimp. I'm just going to forget all this stupid stuff. Ever since i can remember I've been very serious about a lot of things and that is why I can be so crazy now. Also, ever since I can remember I've been a hopeless romantic. Now some might say that that is a good quality for someone to have, but it ain't gettin' me anywhere. So, just as I am really wacky sometimes, and I really do like it when I am. Mostly because I'm so outside of myself, and I don't care what other people think, I'm going to just start going for it. If I don't set myself up with an idea in my head, I won't get my heart broke when it doesn't work out. Yeah, it really sucks that sh'e fuckin' with my head like this. I just choose not to let er have that power over me anymore. It's just that simple, I choose.
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2005 19 July :: 11.44pm
"Sweet Southern Comfort" - Buddy Jewel
Well, we've got a gig that starts at like, 4pm on Saturday. It's a private event. Really what I'd like to be able to do is get done withour gig and then go to Muskegon. A girl who sits behind me in my history class has an all girl rock band that is playing in Muskegon. There name is Elixia and I'd really like to go. Except I don't know when we'll be done. If anybody wants to go, drop me a line.
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2005 19 July :: 12.17pm
:: Mood: lonely
:: Music: "I Just Wanna Make Love To You" Foreigner
Thank You All
Thank you all for your wonderful support.
See the great thing is that this can be the place where I just let all my frustrations out. Of course, it seems I can only attract married girls.
As for the other things said. Desparation. Sure, maybe a little, but not so much. It seems like that from what I've said and if this is the only knowledge you have of me right now (well, I guess it is for all of you here) I'm not. I'm just going through a tough time right now and it feels like I have no one. And that if I did have just that one person, that special bond that it would make it all better. But that is a lie to myself. It won't. I need friedns to help me deal with the pain, that I can talk to and hang out with. Last night was going to be good, with Keith and Dustin, take my mind off things. But Nikki was there and she brought up the situation again, I was stuck there.
I guess it's a mending of a broken heart that I'm looking for. Once I thought I was over Shari, but then I spent a day around her and I showed up on Jessa's doorstep that night. I guess that's what I'm looking for, just veiled in this idea of man.
And all these statements are just great. Some of the things I feel deep inside, but they won't be applicable in five minutes. I'll still need that person, but it will change back.
And as for dealing with one jerk too many, you haven't dealt with this jerk yet. Get back on the horse and give the male race a chance to redeem itself. Sitting out of the game doesn't make the game change. The only way you can get what you want is to get back in there, break some old rules and right new ones (yes I used the wrong form of right, does it work).
Anything else?
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2005 18 July :: 5.38pm
So I've layed prostrate enough now, it has to be worth mentioning.
Either there are no single ladies looking at my journal
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They simply don't want me.
Now being the pathetic pessimist that I can be sometimes, I would choose the latter option if I don't get some encouragement soon. So
ENCOURAGE ME!!!!!
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2005 14 July :: 10.05pm
When I say I"m going to someplace liek the Whitecaps game Friday night, and that I would like some female company, that means if you're single and female, I would like you too accompany me. You must be post-high school though.
So I'm going to a Whitecaps game Friday night. (hint hint).
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2005 14 July :: 12.13am
:: Music: "Red Rag Top" Tim McGaw
It's really strange how that song really gets at the heart of what is going on in my life right now. Don't get the wrong idea, I'm not responsible for anything right now, thank God.
Anyway, I'm coaching the Northview league this year ond two of my players, who are both between their Freshman and Sophomore years showed up to the game last week talking about this thing called Xanga. Their explaining to me what it is, "like an online journal thing." Telling me, like I'm ancient and am completely naive. So I responded, "Kind of like Woohu, huh?" And their like "Yeah. But Woohu was like the first one." Now these girls are from Cedar Springs. I thought some of you old timers would appreciate something like that.
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2005 12 July :: 7.33pm
:: Mood: chipper
ACT results are in.
I'm a little disappointed.
I got a 27.
My highest score was in science, it was 29/36.
It figures, the subject I hate the most is the one I score best in.
That's how it goes I guess.
I'm working a lot now. I never knew how bad people could be until now. God, what asses. All you can do is nod and smile. I didn't even take the weird guy screaming about the dollar on his gas can personally.
Even my manager looked shook up.
It actually made me happy. Is that odd?
Probably.
-michelle
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2005 4 July :: 10.14pm
Kim and I are no longer together. IT's been a heart wrenching three weeks. I would tell it all, but it's very personal. Maybe someday the truth will come out, but it's just somehting i can't talk aobut right now.
On the bright side, I'm single again. I saw Lori in Sand Lake Friday night and gave her my number. I hope she calls me. I'm in somewhat desparate need of affection.
We had big weekend. The band made almost $1000. We took first place at Lake City Battle of the Bands against some very good competition. Smoody took second and Praise band took third. It was a good time. Sand Lake sucked so bad. The stupid idiots that were running the board didn't know how and really screwed up the sound. The band that took first, their singer was screaming into the mic and you couldn't even hear him. But we took second, which is reverse of last year. Then we played Saturday night in Luther and Sunday night before the fireworks. IT was a good time. I got to know Josh's family and Colleen (Josh's g/f) and I seem to have this natural chemistry, kind of like brother and sister.
I was disappointed though. Zack started playing "The Dance" by Garth Brooks and Ashley told all the couples to come up to dance. Well I wanted to know if there were any single ladies out there who wanted to dance. Nobody came up. I would have unplugged my bass and gone out and danced if it was a pretty girl.
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2005 2 July :: 11.28am
I'm back from LLC and Girl's State. Both were fun. I almost died at Girl's State, no air conditioning (anywhere). We were in the middle of Lansing and there were 90 girls crammed into a classroom at a time. With no fans. I think it was around 110 degrees.
I'm at the service desk now. I just checked my schedule, i have to work until ten monday (the fourth). That's dissapointing, but okay because fireworks aren't until 11pm and I still get to eat with my family at 1pm.
Ah, what fun working almost fourty hours a week!
Band camp is in a month.
michelle
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2005 27 June :: 10.54pm
people are fuckheads and need to hurry up and die to make room for others with open minds and hearts. people with loving souls (unlike me) the world needs less angst and all you cock jockeying, ass mongers can just shit off and fuck yourselves. i hope my child rules the world and rids it of your seed.
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2005 23 June :: 12.05pm
From Work Update
alright. looks like mom is going to pick up the mini tomorrow sometime. it's in chicago.
we're on 9 hours today. have been all week. we're also scheduled for up to six hours on saturday. so that's, 45 hours, plus 6, 51 hours.
i suppose my bank account will love me for the 11 hours of time-and-a-half, but my dogs are barkin', let me tell ya.
this job is not good for your body. but i'm definitely firming up. i have to drink more water. and i should do at least one bowl of keto-bran flake-buds a day.
i have also ascertained that my vocal range is a smidgen over 2 octaves. and i don't own it all. i find that depressing. oh well. we have ways of improving. eventually.
oop. stuff's dropping. time to go.
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2005 20 June :: 6.30pm
:: Mood: ... must... stay.... awake.
work is a serious bitch. and i totally hate getting up at five thirty every day. but it's kinda refreshing in a way. i just hope it lasts.
i got nine hours in today. with a 10 min break, and a 15 min lunch. i was supposed to have 20 mins for lunch, but there were parts dropping off the line, and i wanted to stay on top of things. not to mention i was swamped by about 12 carts from the wood plant. they are kicking some hardcore ass over there to try and catch up.
this is gonna be a long week.
this weekend was great. i loved every minute of it. it was just kinda sad that i didn't get home until two last night. but i'll go to bed super early tonight. probably before dad is back from his meeting. but i loved the ride to kalamazoo. she's just so fun. in the heat of all the bullshit, we could still be us and be goofy, and it didn't matter. it's just so natural, all the time. i love that.
anyway...
the real reason i'm updating.... OPEN HOUSES!
moms is SUNDAY, JUNE 26. something like 1-5 pm or around there. i can't remember exactly. the address is 2676 Arbor Chase Dr. Grand Rapids, MI 49525. mapquest it, bitches. it's three mile just off the beltline.
if you can't make that, my dad's is on SATURDAY, JULY 2. definitely from 1-5 pm. it's at the clubhouse (glass building) in ferrand estates, next to Damon's, on the south side of 44th st., between byron center and ivanrest.
if you want to come to both, feel free. i'm not gonna make you register to come or anything. just show up, and be ready for a raucous time, consisting primarily of me sitting around, entertaining my more senile relatives.
party with me, or just... don't come, and never ever see me again. that's okay. i don't blame you.
;)
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2005 13 June :: 10.01pm
:: Mood: busy
I'm leaving Wednesday morning for my leadership camp sponsered by the Rotary (the one where i could get a $1,000 scholarship) and then I'm getting back Saturday night only to leave again Sunday morning for Girl's State at MSU. I'll be gone to that one for a week. That one might give me the chance to go to Washington D.C.
I finished my cashier training and when I get back I'm moving up to the service desk. I've been doing almost nothing for a while. I have cd's to make and piccolos to deliver, yet I find myself sitting in my room that should be condemned because of disorder.
I took my ACT saturday morning at GRCC, in an unairconditioned room. It was absolutely horrid. Finally, though after the English portion we got moved to another room that was airconditioned. It felt like heaven. I swear that room got up to over ninety because it was smaller than a normal highschool classroom and had like thirty five people in it, and no fan, in Grand Rapids. Ah, well, so in another four to seven weeks I'll get those results back. I think I did between a twenty five and a thirty, but I wouldn't really know. I got my report card. I'm up to a 3.871. It's a little less than expected, but what do I expect after getting a C in Algebra II last year? I'm still waiting for my elusive AP chem test results.
Tomorrow I have a piano lesson with Jenny. I started playing Jingle Bells with both hands Saturday. It was very exciting, yet excruciating to listen to, I'm sure. I thought perhaps, that it would fool the weather, and it would go from ninety five to fourty or twenty. Eh, I should have wished on a wishing well, too. That would have sealed the deal.
I bought Koala Yummies for my camps. They're scrumptious.
Good night.
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2005 8 June :: 11.51pm
Hmmmmmmmmmm.
This could get interesting.
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2005 7 June :: 11.12am
:: Music: Marching Band Show
Yesterday was really fun. Rueben and I went to see Madagascar. The little lemur thing is so cute! It makes me want to have a little lemur baby.
CUBAN PETE!
(such a band dork)
Then we went to Old Country Buffet. They have really good macaroni and cheese. Then we randomly drove places and ended up at home depot looking at paint and concrete, then to J.W. Peppers where I got Syrinx by Debussy. Now there is a solo. Then we came back to my house and got some towels and my bathing suit and went to baptist lake and went swimming. Well, I really only actually swam for about five minutes....since it did take me about twenty to finally get up the courage to take the plunge. The water was cold; or maybe I'm just a chicken.
In any case, I got Jessie her birthday present. We went to Hobby Lobby before the movie (because we went to Star). It's very cool. Of course I can't disclose what it is. It's classified information and if you knew I'd have to kill you, of course.
A few other things went quite well yesterday too.
Today I'm off to Jenny's for a piano lesson and then I'm training five to nine for a cashier. I'm moving up to the service desk, even though I'm not eighteen. The S.C.'s are throwing a fit about it, but it was the managers who are doing it, so I guess it's not that big of a deal. I'm not eighteen so I can't sell tobacco and lottery, which is about seventy five percent of the business up there, but as long as I have someone else up there with me who is over eighteen everything will be just fine.
Anyway, it'll all work out in the end, now won't it?
ACT is Saturday. I'm hoping for at least a thirty. I should be getting my AP chem test results anytime and my report card also. That reminds me, I should go check the mail.
-michelle-
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