Need an update, can't sleep

Listening to: Music that is failing to drown out the noise of sex upstairs
Mood: pissed off

Graduation is coming up. This Friday. I've got photos for you to look at!






We're having a dinner type thingy/get together at her house after the graduation and she wanted to get a party sub at Stater Bros and I convinced her to get it from a local sandwich shop instead. Not only are Libby's (that's the owners name, the shop is My Hero Subs) sandwiches better because they have more meat in them, but I love helping out local things, you know?


Also, my friend Joy bought it for me. It's a hair clip. She bought it at a steam punk event she was invited to.


I wanted to let you know that I had been a little paranoid with my job status since the drama at work with the new boss and all, but my co-workers have eased my nerves as well as put in a good word for me with the boss to let her know how important my role is to this company and the staff. A big thank you to them.

Something lost - waiting for the gain

Listening to: Of Montreal

I cried last night for something that I lost. It wasn't only mine - it was shared, and we all lost it. A part of it is still around but... it's not the same. Maybe it's kinda stupid that I cried for it but I really liked it and I'm sad it's gone. It's going to be replaced and who knows, maybe it will be just as good, but I don't really think so. At least I still have the group of people I shared this with. That's a nice feeling because I've grown awfully fond of them and wouldn't want to lose them either; not now that I feel I've gotten to know them better. This thing I lost - we lost - was what got me to get to know them better, and I'm pretty grateful for that.

On a somewhat different note I realized yesterday all the death and severe health issues that have surrounded me. Not me personally, but at my work place. I've worked for the current company for over 5 years. From the end of last year to current date, people in advertising (there's only 3 of them) have had family members in and out of hospitals and at least 3 deaths that I can recall. An old boss I had when I first started at this job lost his son. I think it was found out that it was either a suicide or an accidental drug overdose. A co-worker of mine, an old guy named Larry who I was actually fond of, passed away and merely one week later my other co-worker lost his wife to cancer. For him I felt a great deal of sorrow. He knew his wife was slipping away and just when he was hit with the sorrow of losing a long time friend (the co-worker), he was then hit with the tragedy of losing his life long love. He was so quite and unlike himself for a few weeks.

It's amazing how powerful one can be moved by someone else's misfortune.

Mother's Day weekend

Watching: Law & Order


Had lunch with mommy and family for Mother's Day. Here's my brother and mom:


Also, I received the pink slip to my car. The same day I received this:

What a waste of paper and postage!

And I'll leave you with this beautiful accident Stuart made:



Also, forgot to add that I got a $700 credit limit at Best Buy so I went and bought Ponyo, the only season of The Oblongs that exists, the Sick Puppies CD that I don't have (Dressed Up as Life) and an external hard drive which Stuart will pay half for and give me his old one (as well as transfer all my music onto it so I don't have to do it).

Books, bows and being brave

Watching: King of the Hill.

I received two books in the mail this week. They were both from a project I backed on Kickstarter by Andrew Fitzgerald. One is the book which the purpose of the project was to spotlight. The second is the collection of short stories that came out of the project. Each backer, depending on their donation level, was able to contribute to the weekly short stories he wrote. The excess in funds from the project led Andrew to print and bind the short stories and send them to all backers. How fantastic - a surprise prize!


I'm working on new ways to do my doo. People liked my latest clip:

I R is Cute :D

And also, thanks to co-worker Joy who gave me this cute oragami monster fellah:

It's earned a spot next to my deadline note. :P

So things at work are kinda crazy. Two people from work are absent and they have important roles which we are working to get around. Emotions are tense and we're on a bit of a confidence roller coaster. I'm hoping I can prove myself useful.

Chantal and I

Watching: Adult Swim (Family Guy)

Here are some photos from the Brand'n Iron I promised.

Chantal and I.


A better one of Chantal and I.

Me and my cute hair clip. This is the first time I've been able to wear it and how lucky I'm able to introduce it here in my blog! I purchased it from Cheap Thrills run by Darlene X. Here's her myspace.
Cheap Thrills

Car problem?

Watching: HGTV

So last week, Wedensday, my car had over heated and there was no water or coolant in it. So on Thursday I took it to Firestone where they proceeded to tell me I had a water leak, an oil leak and that it would be about $500 to fix it. I was at the salon when I got that phone call and I LOL'd at that. One of the things he mentioned was the thermostat which is something Stuart's dad had replaced a few months earlier. I paid the $77 for the diagnosis and the small stuff like putting air in my tires, yaddah yaddah.

Anywho, Friday I took it to Stuart's dad's house and he said the pipes didn't look like they needed replacing (one of the things Firestone said I did) and on Sunday he decided it was the thermostat and so Firestone's quote of $500 came out to be $14.99.

Thank you Stuart's dad. Jim. :D

Hair blues... to a new color!

Listening to: Someone outside my window... EEK!

So, as I said last time - I got my hair did. It looks weird considering I'm so used to seeing purple but everyone likes it. The oddest response I got was from Stuart who said "you look like an adult." Kinda weird, but thanks sweetheart. He is attracted to chicks with crazy hair color but I think since we've been dating over 2 years, I've got him tied down with my amazing personality. :P

So here are some before pictures. The first shows the purple/blue/teal/ocean color. Yeah, it looks all mermaidy, and while that might be interesting, it's not what I want. I dye it purple because I want it to be purple, not a shitty mixture of colors. Hence the "I'm fed up and I'm changing it altogether.



amidst all this shitty color there's always one strip of purple that decides it likes to be purple. I told Shorty (my hairdresser) that it's like the rest of my hair rebelled and decided it didn't want to be purple anymore and this little strip said 'I dunno guys, I like it, I think it looks good' and held its ground. Here's the brave little strip:



So, with that being said I introduce my new hair. But first I introduce the purple strip that earned its place in my heart and on my head:



Such a strong-willed purple strip deserves to keep its place. It stood up with the rest said 'fuck you' and I have rewarded it for its style. Good going purple strip!

And here is the new me:



Isn't that nuts! I think the picture makes me look like one of the examples in a hair cut book. It's gunna take a bit getting used to but... there it is. And here's the purple I used to be, so we can remember fondly the me I once was (only one tear is allowed to be shed per person) :



Yes, image heavy, but so what - it's my blog.

Okay, so on to my Friday night. I don't have all the photos and there are some good ones but here's one that I should share now. This gentleman is a friend of Chantal's ex and he danced with her and she suggested he dance with me so I learned to 2-step this Friday. I'll explain the picture by saying I was trying to take a picture of the 3 of us - Chantal, Mountain Man and myself - but my arms are short (as is the rest of me) and I thought I was only going to get her and him... and instead I got Mountain Man and my stretching arm face:



Why I thought that angle would get her in it I haven't a clue, but there. But like I said, I'll post more when I get the pictures. So get on it Chanie. I want those pictures.