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I think attraction can to instant, but mistaking that with romantic chemistry can be a really bad thing. Romantic chemistry usually takes a while.  Have a ever given a person a second chance and regreted it? Oohh yes. Same answer goes for the last question, which usually, also ended in regret.

If you're coming to the wedding and are bringing a date I don't know about I need to know TODAY before 5pm. If you respond after 5, too late.

Seriously people, the wedding is NEXT WEEK! Today is the last day I can change my linen order. I need to know if I need to add another table or two. If you don't tell me, or haven't RSVPed at ALL, I'm assuming it's a No and you (or your date) and going to have to sit on a bench with your/their plate in your/their lap.

If your invite didn't have your S.O.'s name on it or I haven't heard specifically that BOTH OF YOU are coming, then I don't know.  TELL ME FOR FUCKS SAKE!

Please call or txt me with RSVP info.

RANT STARTS: So... feeling a bit like I've been swallowed whole by wedding plans. You know, since it's... 19 weeks and 4 days away (about 5 months) and we haven't gotten ANYTHING done. Jason wants to get married this year, which is all good and fine, but planning takes time and I'm the only one doing any right now (Ok, he found a possible wedding site). Eloping, not telling anyone, and planning a Reception for NEXT year sounds very tempting.

I thought I found a pattern for a wedding dress, but my mom (who's help I'll need making it) says it  "doesn't appeal" to her. I don't know if that means she'll be less likely to help me or not. I know it means she'll be less happy about it.

TheKnot.com supplies a check list you can edit. I've edited it down a lot, but the list for this month (4-5 month countdown) which it says I should finish by July 14th, is LOOOOOONG. 47 things on it. All but the last one have little purple exclamation points next to them. :RANT ENDS

I'm home all week (no work) and need to get my mind off wedding crap (not to mention get out of the apartment). I'm free tomorrow and Thursday.

Last week Jase and I went out with Memet and Christi to Maiwand Kabob in Burtonsville which is right next to Cafe Oromia. It's really good. Also Kabobalicious down from the Cup and Cone (same owner) is really good. I suggest getting the couscous and the Morrocan tea. It's sweet and minty.

I could use another job. I need more money to save up. Getting out of apartments would be nice.

My older sister has already painted most of my old room. She's painting one wall a brownish yellow. Then she plans on painting the bathroom gray.  She's going to be here this weekend and Jase and I are probably going to go to Home Depo with her to get the plywood and new flooring for the bathroom on the main floor. You know, since that hole in the floor is kinda dangerous.

Game tomorrow.

I got my checking account deal figured out. They changed it from a student account to the basic checking and wanted $6 a month for the privlage of using my money to loan out to other people. The letter they sent said the account would be free only if I got a monthly direct deposit, which I can't get. So I was thinking it was time to get a new bank. Then I go there to complain and they tell me it's also free if I use online bill pay to pay a bill once a month. Appearently it's a deal they don't want you to know about.

Not really much else is going on.

Why is the comtemplative bubble sad?

Also, I was thinking of going to Ukraine, but I don't speak of read any of the language. Going somewhere where a good number of the people speak english would be good. Seriously, I took 4 years of Spanish classes and only passed Spanish 2. Languages are not my thing.

So.. I was wrong about New Years. I now see that there are definite advantages to having a two house party. The night at Carlos' house was (mostly) drama free. Yes, I know there were 2 couples who had some fairly quiet drama amongst themselves, but that seemed to be it and was barely noticed by most. So good time all around except the plagues that seemed to be going around.

Jason and I also went to dinner with my sister Kirsten. She wants to do stuff with us a lot on the weekends now. She brought my parents along. Yay family time? But anyway.. we went to Cafe Oromia in Burtonsville. It's very good. Yummy yummy Etheopian food and well, coffees. Seriously, go there. It's on Old Columbia/198 next to the Subway. Then we went home and I went to sleep since I'm still sick. Yup, had a bad cold before New Years, started getting over that, then caught something else. At least I had today off. Went on a cleaning binge and feel much better for rest and productiveness.

Also.. Kirsten offered to take me on an out of the country trip to a place of my choosing. I have no idea where I want to go. Any ideas? For you people who have traveled, where are the good places to go?

So, no interwebs at the apartment for a while. Our noisy  neighbors moved out and took our free internet with them. But hey, now we only have ppl across the hall and above us, so we don't have to hear them argue anymore! We do however need some curtains. It is cold.

I would be finished my renaissance costume by now too, but the threads in the fabric pulled out of the seem at the top. *Shakes fist angrily* I'm going to have to sew casting to the outside and hope I do it well enough that the elastic still fits.

Hung out with Maia, Paul, and a couple other ppl at their place the other day. It was fun. Lost Boys 2 had no right to be that good.  Or that could have been the rum.

My sister KT also came home this weekend so we got Pho with the family. She came back to get her license renewed, but in PA she got in an accident. A sports car had appearently spun out and was facing sideways out in the road. The car in front of Katie pulled over to the shoulder and stopped so katie was forced to do the same. Then a third car comes down the hill and smacks right into the side of the sports car, which bounces off the jersery barrier and propels the car that hit it into my sister's, which pushes her car half way up a hill. Thankfully KT is fine. The 2 guys in the sports car and the other guy in the car that hit him had to go to the hospital. KT's car sounds totaled though.

Went to a party in Silver Spring on Saturday and met some neat people. Got introduced to Fizzball which Jason had a lot of fun at.  The pitcher throws a can of really cheap beer at the hitter who tries for distance, spliting the can into as many pieces as possible, and extra points for poping the top out.  I'll put a video up on facebook.

Went to the Renaisance fair on Sunday. It was the suck. Hot as hell and humid, which made me into a walking zombie even though I was chugging water. Tegan decided that we had to see shows that were almost always on the other side of the fair.

Jason and I are trying to go on vacation soon. We might go visit my awesome Ohio family, we might go visit Mattie, we might do something else.

Back to work soon.

Jase and I made pierogies and we're going to try to make borsch tonight. I need to get my Aunt Vera's recipies.

So yeah, it's been a while since I was on here. Since it's long past November, here's a quick update:

I have off the rest of this week so I'm available for lunch or whatever if anyone wants to do something. Anti-Valentine's things are always fun. Wasn't St. Valentine a bloody murderer?

Jason and I have been kinda seeing each other for a while now. Obviously Mike is still not comfortable with the idea. And no, unlike what those people who have been giving me the cold shoulder for months think, I am not that petty to get involved with someone's friend or roommate to hurt them. Good news is it's going pretty well between Jase and I.

I cut my hair off and streaked it red. It's faded already though so now it's more of a hot pink than bright candy apple.

My older sister is engaged and will be getting married in the Spring of '09. My little sis and I are going to be brides maids.

I'm going to need a new job in the Fall since Kylie will be going off to school then. No idea what to do of course. Really don't think taking care of kids is a good idea. Not for me.

Also felt really dizzy today which was weird. Thought it might be low blood sugar (or too much since that seems to be more the problem when I don't eat), but eating cheese, nuts, green beans, and spaghetti didn't help like they usually would. Instead I still felt crappy and nauseous. Hope I'm not getting something.

This Friday Carlos, Neya, Jason, Christi, hopefully Melissa and her boyfriend, and I should be going to dinner at Mem Sahib. I heard there's the Katsucon bar crawl that night? I'd like to go to that and do the dinner thing a different week, but I don't think the cold weather and drinking is a good idea right now.  I hope you guys who are going have fun though!

There was some drama the Aris created about 2 weeks ago when he called a house meeting to talk about how I was a "problem". Didn't come to me with any of these things but claimed I was ungrateful and eating all of there food and other bullshit. When I weaseled out of Jason why he was so mad at his house-mates and heard about all the things Aris falsely accused me of, I tried to talk to him about it. Instead he just ignored and avoided me. So I was a bit ticked off about that. I mean, I just wanted to ask him why he's had a problem with me since I stared hanging out there last year and set the record straight; it's not like I was going to yell at him.

That and the fact I also heard that someone has been telling people that I was trying to sleep with one of their friends (when I most certainly wasn't ); has made me wonder what exactly it is that people think about me. So yeah, more bullshit about people having a problem with me and talking about me instead of to me. I dunno, there's been a lot of shit going on, it pisses me off and I'm not sure why I've been getting this. I haven't done anything to Aris, I know most of mike's friends dislike me because they've only heard his version and I'm sure he's left out all the hurtful stuff he's said to me, but seriously short of losing my temper with Jayna once, which I apologized for and we talked it out, and getting annoyed once in a while at a couple other people I haven't done anything to anyone. I was hoping to be done with this kind of immature b.s. when the coke-heads and I stopped talking to each other.

Well that got a lot more moody than I meant this entry to be. Not so quick either.

Apparently conversations started with "I'm having second thoughts about our relationship" aren't always 'I'm braking up with you' conversations.

Are most relationships this confusing and hard?

We're going to try to work things out and see if we can make it work, but neither of us know how or if we can.

Themius is a cool name.

So yeah, new things: I'm going to get tested for hyploglycimia (sp?) sometime in the near future and I'm also a bit worried about my circulation. My meds are being upped soon and then if that doesn't work, the hot new doctor will give me new meds or a different one. Got an appointment for another health problem on the 23rd as well. So yeah, sick of doctors and the fact that I still have to make appointments..

Mackenzie and I are offically a couple as of about 2 weeks ago. Things are going well. :-D

BUT, I've fallen into a bit of a rut and miss people! SO! Is anyone free in the near future and want to hang out? Even if it's just for a  couple hours during the week, that'd be cool. I will be busy most of this saturday though, but other than that I've got no real plans.

My little sis just told me that the RIAA is now trying to shut down Pandora.com. Nevermind the fact that you can't download from it. Apparently they're trying to use copyright laws to shut it down since Pandora plays song that are on CDs and not just released for radio.

But Pandora is so great b/c the radio sucks so much!

Carlos sent me this article yesterday and I suggest everyone read it.  It's very interesting and makes me want to call up all those people I haven't talked to in years.

7 Reasons the 21st Century is making us miserable.

So what's everyone doing for St. Patrick's Day? I say we plan something. Something that involves watching Boondock Saints.

Also, tell me what you think of me! You can even do so anonymously! Johari Window

I donno how many of you have heard, but apparently you can pick what is going to be the New 7 World Wonders (since all but one of the ancient world wonders is lost). There are 21 sites to chose from!

www.new7wonders.com

can be the most annoying and trying things ever.

I swear she does half the things that bother me just to be difficult. Not even a three year old can be that stupid. It is not that hard to blow your nose! She does it every day when she's eating, drinking, and sleeping. And After I patiently explained it to her several times. "No, you're breathing in through your nose. You have to push the air out of your nose." "No dear, that was breathing out of your mouth. Try that with your nose." "You have to keep your mouth closed." "Come on, you can do it. We have to get those boogies out of your nose. You have to push the air out of your nose really hard so they'll come out." "No, that's still breathing in, you have to do the opposite. Make the air come out." etc...... etc....

Kid drives me crazy! She keeps wanting me to make decisions for her. She got the pretty pretty princess game, but when I told her she had to follow the rules, and that it would be ok cuz she'd get whatever piece she put back again, she still whined and got all mopey (again) refusing to do anything and giving up on the game completely. Oh, and she is still refusing to brush her teeth wanting me to do it for her by pretending she doesn't know how even though she does and used to do it all by herself. Getting on my last damn nerves! I'm going to have to talk to her parents again.

I hate Mondays. She's such a brat on Mondays.

Only 53% of one. ( Super villian quiz )

Last week I was at my friend Emily's house smoking and hanging out. We were up in her room waiting for her brother Greg to get home with 2 girls and his Van so we could watch Pan's Labyrinth on Van's projector.

Em and I are just talking when someone quickly shuts the door to her room closed. We see a lot of light moving outside the door like a lot of feet are out there, and hear this rustling noise. Em calls out to her brother, but there's no answer. We're both really confused and the only thing I can think of that would make sense would be if someone were getting lucky. But after about 10 minutes of this rustling noise outside the door and no answer, I tell emily it's creeping me out and to open the door. So she goes to open the door, and standing there, taking up the entire doorway, is a huge, blow-up Polar Bear wearing a purple sweater and matching christmas hat.
First we just didn't know how to respond, then I started laughing hysterically.


See, a while back Greg and Van had visited a tree farm, and in the middle of the tree farm was a big Christmas lawn decoration. Van joking said they should steal it, and Greg immediately takes off, jumps the fence, grabs this giant balloon like thing, and runs off with it.

New Years was awesome! I have all the pictures up on my facebook if you want to see, or I could send them to you. I also took two videos, one of Dani and Colin playing Guitar Hero, and another of Mike spinning and people dancing, but that one somehow got deleted. :-(

I'm a bit bumed right now cuz Emily is still outta town, and I haven't seen Greg or Anna since before christmas when Emily left. My sisters are gone so it's quiet here, and my little sister's car broke down right before she was to go to visit her bf, so I let her take my car. So yeah, very very bored and stuck at home.