Also I'm not sure where on the internet to put her. (LJ, Blogspot, somewhere else?) Basically last night at Crosswinds I was thinking (oh snap!) and I wanted to write my thoughts down but I couldn't think of words so I drew a picture instead. And today I tried to make a writeup about what the picture meant. And I realized I should do this more often because it really, really helped. As I was drawing the picture I examined how I was depicting myself and realized that, while not grossly inaccurate*, the depiction had some interesting traits, and I felt like I was creating a character. And since, for example, this particular picture involves the metaphor of breaking out of a box, I named her Metaphor Traci. And decided I wanted to keep doing this :)
*Of course it's grossly inaccurate, it's a stick person. =P
I ordered Chinese food today for lunch and it wasn't that great, but they also sell sushi and you have to check out item #53. I lol'd for ages.
Also, I came up with this AWESOME rice that is amazing and I ate the whole bowl. Admittedly I have to give credit to Rachael Ray for some of my methods, but the ingredients were all my idea. I don't know what to call this though. Here's the recipe:
1 bag of Minute Rice (brown) 1 tomato, diced 1 yellow onion, diced 1 can of black beans (drained and rinsed) As much fresh cilantro as you want!!! 2 tbsp of olive oil 1 tbsp lime juice Zest of 1 lime Dash of salt Dash of pepper
Cook rice according to package instructions (my method of choice is microwaving it for 10 minutes - gives me the perfect amount of time to do the rest.) Heat olive oil & lime juice in pan over medium heat w/salt and pepper. Add tomato, onion, and cilantro and cook for 5 minutes. Mix in black beans and cook for about 3 more minutes. Mix in finished rice and cook for about a minute. Turn off heat and then add lime zest. Mix together and serve. NOM NOM NOM.
So now I have this zested lime leftover. I also have some triple sec. Gonna have to get me some tequila and have myself a par-TAY!!! =P (On the weekend, of course.)
I forget if I ever mentioned that when I went to get labwork done, my insurance company decided I owed the lab company $112.77 for it. As a result I spent about a week with only $6 in my checking account, and owe my parents about $50. Well, today I got my mail and there was a check from the lab company for $112.77. REALLY? Way to screw up my finances for an entire pay period, but at least this will be sweet right on top of my $617 tax refund :D That's like an entire 'nother car payment right there. So here's the plan for the money:
1. $200 savings 2. $360 towards car 3. whatever's left = new camera
My dad will be excited about #2. I'll still be like 4 months behind, but it's an improvement.
I went to Chipotle tonight w/Kasey. It was fun. I got a burrito bol w/chicken, tomato salsa, black beans, cheese, and a little bit of lettuce. It was perfect. Normally I get steak, and corn salsa, which is still good but omg, I think I've found my new regular order. This coming from a girl who was staunchly anti-tomatoes for about 25 years. (I think me and Brian would be signing the divorce papers about now on this issue if that whole thing had worked out! Hahahaha jk.) Then me and Kasey went to Target. We did not get mud on our shoes this time, like we did when we went to see 500 Days of Summer. Although it took us 3 tries to remember which movie it was we were going to see, and we only figured it out when we saw the DVD for sale in Target. I am now the proud owner of Season 2 of The Office :D
ALSO! Last night the Prestons took me and Joe to Mellow Mushroom. Which was really random and I was sorta the 3rd wheel if you count Mr. and Mrs. P as a collective unit, but the food was really good. Although very expensive. Their medium pizza is freakin' tiny and it was like $20. (They paid.) But it tasted super yummy. Especially the crust, and I don't even like crust a whole lot but theirs was really good! We got the "peace lovin' veggies" pizza. I picked off all the olives, so at least that hasn't changed lol. It had balsamic glaze which, blechh, do not want. But if I put enough parmesan cheese on it, it balances itself out and works out quite nicely. We also got a bruschetta salad, om nom nom. Which I picked out despite, again, tomatoes.
I hope I get to see lots of people tomorrow. Well, certain ones in particular, but being w/friends is always good :)
Today is Tyler's funeral. I don't know if I'll regret not being there, but I don't feel like I was "supposed" to be there. Maybe when I get out of the stage where this is all fake and I stop thinking he's going to come back and be like "jk about the whole death thing! lol!"
I feel like I'm reading a carefully crafted work of fiction every time I look at the obituary, or the facebook statuses, or his wall where loved ones have paid respects and posted memories. I feel like I'm telling bold-faced lies whenever I talk about it or post something myself, as if someone's going to reply to me and say "wait, what are you TALKING about?"
1 shot of Firefly lemon iced tea vodka ~6 oz of cranberry juice 2 drops of lemon juice.
Pour, stir, drink cold. YAY! And seriously, the 2 drops of lemon juice brings it from "this sorta tastes like cough syrup" to "O SHI- THIS IS AWESOME!!!" :D
“Hello I'm making a phone post because I'm not going home on my lunch break and I'm on my way to Taco Bell right now. So I don't know if ya'll read my post about the what I plan to do with my talk free phone that may or not exist the number one thing one their was the deposit for a trip to Costa Rica I wanted to take. So that's not happening because it turns out that the same week of the trip is the same week my co worker is going on her honeymoon and we can't have two people be out for an entire week at the same time, cos we only have like 6 people. So and I mean she's completely entitled to that. I'm not gonna ___ when someone else goes on their honeymoon it's ridiculous. So she can have that week I mean the Costa Rica trip happens every year so her honeymoon happens once you know. So yeah I'm actually kinda upset about that cos I really thought that this was finally gonna be the year that I go but I also completely understand and I cannot in good conscience fight with her over who gets the week cos her weeding has been set since last year. So yeah the thing about that is I can do better things with my tax refund like put more money into savings or pay more car payments that's a big one right here cos I am ridiculously behind on those cos I don't make enough money to pay them or to be able to pay them. I mean and my Dad knows this but he'll happy to get a couple payments for that. I feel like I was gonna say something else but I don't remember what it was probably that I hate this song”
-Costa Rica deposit -At least one car payment since I like never pay those (the advantages of owing your parents and not a bank) -Kick some into savings!!!! -New camera
I don't know how many of these will actually be possible, but they're ranked in order of importance. I've never had a full time job for a full year with an allowance on my W-4 so idk how this is going to work, but I've gotten pretty sweet refunds in the past so I'm hoping I'll still get something out of this whole deal. I won't be surprised if I don't, though.
Oh, and the Costa Rica thing is a missions trip I've been wanting to go on with GTD for, like, years. I feel like this is the right year for me to go, finally.
I just went to TJMaxx to see if I could find a non-ugly dress to wear to Julie's wedding.
For the longest time I've envisioned myself wearing a purple dress. I don't know why, I just suddenly rediscovered my love for purple. (I even bought an awesome purple sweater at the Gap a few weeks ago. It is AMAZING, y'all. But I digress.) Well, I found a purple dress today. But I also found a teal blue dress, and I was going to use this post to ask you guys which dress I should wear but when I uploaded the pictures they kind of answered the question for me.
Aside from the fact that the blue dress clearly looks better, I actually look happier in it and I think that really helps. I am a bit nervous because it's a bit more... showy than I'm used to wearing, but I'll have a necklace so hopefully that will draw the eyes upward, lol. Also can I just point out that the dress is the exact same color as some of the stones in the necklace? Epic win.
But, I really like the purple dress. Even though I'm not wearing it today, there's SO MUCH I can do with it to dress it up or down, so I'm going to keep it.
The wedding is at 4, for those of you who are like "STOP POSTING YOU ARE GOING TO A WEDDING GOSH" =P
Today is the wedding!!!! Yay Julie and Jose are finally getting married. I bought a dress to wear but I don't like it and am going to go shopping some more until I find one I do like, or just settle for that one, or wear one I already owned beforehand. Ugh I hate shopping. Oh, and shoes. I HATE SHOE SHOPPING MORE THAN I HATE ANY OTHER SHOPPING. Actually I don't hate it as much as I used to now that I know my size or whatever, but I am just not a shoe girl.
Wow, that paragraph made sense.
I have been playing a lot of Super Mario Wii. On my own, I've beaten World 1-2. But I've also played at the Prestons and I really do like multi-player mode a lot more, plus I've seen a lot more of the game since it's been played through farther. It's an awesome game and you should all play.
I am probably going to post a lot today. I've been thinking a lot lately, so I have a lot to say and this is a lot cheaper than finding a psychologist. Plus LJ doesn't require health insurance.
Also to be expected: generic "what I did this weekend" post. It will either be 2 pages or 2 sentences.
Also also: I deleted 3 people. I don't know why I'm announcing this.
Wow, really glad I made a "walk to church on Buddy Break Saturdays" goal when it's 41 degrees outside. Brr! (I know, all you Northerners, I was just there and sorry but 41 is still cold =P)
Last night Julie threw a surprise birthday party for Jose and Jordan since their birthdays were this past week. I got there just in time to see Julie's car pull into the driveway with the surprisees in it, so I had to do things like "not turn my car alarm on yet", "walk the opposite direction down the street I was on", and - oh yeah - "TOTALLY MISS THE SURPRISE PART OF THE SURPRISE PARTY". Epic fail. But they were 15 minutes early so meh =P Anyway it was really, really fun. And I got to see Julie and Jose's new place, which is pretty sweet actually. They have all this amazing furniture already. Including a dining room table that is HUGE and the leafs weren't even in it. I foresee more parties here :) And of course there are pictures on Facebook for those of you lucky enough to be on my friend list there. But since I'm in a good mood right now, I'm gonna post the "share this with everyone" links to some photo albums:
Oh by the way, Jenn had her baby early this morning - so not quite a New Year's baby but still YAY!!!!
Oh, apparently I missed out on Ryan getting really drunk on New Years Eve. I seriously wish I could have witnessed this. (Actually, I totally could have, haha. There's always next year!)
The Collette's are having a baaaaaby!!!!! :D Like literally right now Jenn is being induced. New Years Baby ftw!!! :D :D :D
Angie's party was fun times, yo. We played Wii and drank alkeehol and listened to music and a good time was had by all, I will post pics on Facebook eventually.
Michael Ian Black's essay "Taco Party" is HILARIOUS. omg.
1. Move to Tampa, obviously. I was thinking I'd do this in February but right now I honestly think it would be easier to wait until March. Even though I really DO NOT WANT TO. Ugh. *SUCCESS* 1a. Stop being a fucking slob. *FAIL* 1b. Get a kitty. *FAIL* 2. Lose more weight. My official weight loss total for 2008 was 11 lbs! (Overall I'm down 13.) That is awesome. Obviously it could have been a lot better, but that's what 2009 is for :) *DEFINITE FAIL* I gained almost all of it back lol 2a. Buy a bicycle. *FAIL* 2b. Spend less money on food, and buy better food with the money I do spend. *I DON'T KNOW LOL* 3. Keep my job!!!!!! *FUCKING SUCCESS BITCHES!!!!* 3a. Go to a lot of doctors. *SUCCESS* 4. Be a more positive person. *FAIL* but since apparently I have a ~disorder~ then I suppose it's not entirely my fault.
So new goals for 2010:
1. Lose weight fo realz, son. 2. Get a kitty. 3. Clean. 4. Buy a bicycle. 5. Be a more positive role model to, well, everyone than I've been in years past.
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Tonight I am gonna go get my partaaaay on @ frankieshrader's place w/korshka and ocean7breeze. Thank you, Nicole, for making tsp_girlsnight bc I love y'all :D (She is so not reading this, haha.) It should be fun times.
I wish I had someone to kiss at midnight. :( /emo moment
Oh and I'm not doing that sentence meme bc I did not make very exciting posts this year.
Despite 2009 being leaps and bounds better than 2008, it still had a great deal of suckocity involved. So here's to 2010 being the year of the Tray Dawg...
While I was partaking in my incredibly hectic day at work of doing heaploads of Jack Squat, I started a list:
It's not a list of resolutions. Resolutions are either things you don't do (stop smoking, stop drinking, stop swearing, stop biting your nails) or things you tend not to tangibly measure (eat healthier, general weight loss, exercise more). These are things I want to do, and that's why they are not just my new years resolutions.
Right after I took that picture, I thought of something else; and on my way home (yeah, you heard me) I thought of 3 more things:
17. Sing at church 18. Wear a skirt to work at least once a week 19. Walk to church every Sunday (and on the Saturdays of Buddy Break) 20. Bake something yummy once a month.
Flight delays can get bent. Seriously. It is three in the mother effing morning and I have to be at work in 5.5 hours and I just got home. So, ya know, thanks for that.
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