refreshed!

alright, i haven't trimmed my beard/head hair in over two months.  i was looking like a crazy bushman.  i finally trimmed it down tonight, and i feel SO much better!  

in addition, i got to use my new OLDschool razor, razor soap and brush.  it nicked quite a bit, but that's to be expected for a first time with this kinda of blade.  (that's what styptic pencils were created for :)  for those of you who shave, you might consider this eventually!  it's worth the initial investment of the razor itself.  i spent 30$ on the razor itself, but the blades are only 5$ for ten of them.  with schick quattro blades at 12$ for four, it'll be well worth it.  (3$ a piece vs. 0.50$ the math's pretty simple)

plus, the shaving soap smells SHIT TONS better than shaving foam.  (it smells like "fresh cut violets")

okay, enough blabbing about shaving hahaha.  i'm hungry, i think imo get something to nosh on.

quit being so gd sanctimonious

lolz.  

all i'm going to say is, i'm already going to hell, i may as well have a padded seat.

derek, you should most definitely come to mavis' house on halloweenie!  you and chad!  seriously!  

okay, and by the way, wtf is up with rat-tails coming back?  yuck yuck yuck yuck!  they were TERRIBLE in the 80/90s and they are just as terrible today!

don't judge me too harshly.

confused!

no, not sexually, or anything like that.  but i'm awfully confused about something right now.  i don't want to go into details (holy crap, how unlike me!)  but i'm going to try and parse through some things tomorrow.

on a lighter note, poletna mcMavison, squat, and i went to schaakes punk'in patch today!  it was so nice, a very brisk afternoon, totally fantastic hunting for punk'ins.  i think the best part is the hayrack ride.  yeah, you know you're a hillbilly when you get excited about riding a tractor trailer piled with straw bales.  

wish me luck folks. (in reference to the first paragraph)

lurve.

מה אתם רוצים שאני יכול לכתוב היום

today is today and the next and the next

*i am not going to use a period or comma for this entire entry

(but i will use parenthesis)

*i took a bike ride (and i'm going to tomorrow as well)

*i tried to take a picture of ruby and i together (that didn't work at all)

*i'm going to make a stop by home depot within the next hour

*i am going to have chinese for dinner tomorrow

*i'm going to patiently await the arrival of my new razor

*my arm feels really hot in the spot that was most recently inked up

*i'm pretty sure my days at my current place of employ are numbered

*i almost used a period on that last one

*i'd love to get coffee with a friend tonight

*i'm not sure if he'd like to though

*i think i'm going to try to find out if the kitchen floors have hardwood underneath the nasty tile

*i really want to make a backsplash for the kitchen sink

*i don't have enough money to accomplish that

finally

*i'd love to hear from you

סוף

a new razor!

i got a fancy schmancy new razor today!  well, i ordered one, i don't have it yet, 'cos, well, it has to ship here!
http://www.classicshaving.com/catalog/item/522941/4514238.htm

i can't wait for it to come!  i'm a little nervous about using such a severely sharp blade, but i'm excited to see how close of a shave i can get!  hahahaha  (i'd also like to use it to shave my head too)

anyhow, not much else interesting going on in my life today.  that's it.  my life is so boring hahaha, but frankly, that's alright with me.

as of this minute

today has been a pretty impressive day!  kinda.

i had a pretty terrible dream about someone very close to me dying.  i don't want to dwell on it, it made me feel terrible, and lent itself to a lack of sleep.  anyhow, i ended up sleeping through my HWC discussion 'cos it wasn't until after 5a that i finally fell asleep.

so i took the opportunity to beef up on my REL terms.  i'm super glad i did, 'cos it made my exam go that much better!  (i'm assuming)  i felt like i did fairly well on the exam.  though a few of the 50!!!  terms i was a bit confused about.

okay, before i took the test (GASP non-linear timeline!) i made some delicious masala chai.  ohhhh man, i'm so glad i bought this madhur jaffrey book! 

http://www.amazon.com/Madhur-Jaffrey-Indian-Cooking/dp/0764156497/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_c

if you come over, i'll gladly make you some of the tea!  (and food if you're willing to stay for a bit, 'cos i'm a bit slow at cooking indian food)

alright.  i just got back from a brisk bike ride!  it was so nice.  it's about 45°F outside, and the autumn chill felt amazing on my face!  i probably should have gone a bit longer, but my ears were getting a bit cold.  i'm going to try and bike every day until the first day it drops below 35°F  as the high temperature.  (unless it's raining, 'cos it's pretty miserable biking in the rain)

i really ought to do some cleaning around the house, but am instead laying on the couch with ruby, typing away, and watching the cosby show.  the only thing that could make it better would be a foot rub!  hahaha!  (or maybe a diet pepsi)

fixin' shit

it's 5.25p and 47°F.  i wish i could go for a bike ride, but it's already getting dark 'cos of the cloud cover.  

barf.  i just finished my ENG 334 midterm and i'm not really sure how i feel about it. oh well, it's done.  

anyhow, i also got an hours worth of ink put in my arm today.  yay!  judith actually got a WHOLE lot done in that hour.  horray!  yay for that!

i need to go figure out this thermocoupler thing now.

אופניים

i love my bicycle.  and everything it stands for.

i need to ride it more.

היום לא טוב בשבילי :(

today has been pretty awful.  

i woke up from terrible, terrible dreams.  i can't really recall what occurred, but i woke up shaking and sweating a great deal.

then i was brushing my teeth and kept hearing "drip. drip. drip."  i eventually figured out it was my saltwater tank.  the intake for the vivarium had become clogged, and it pooled almost all of the water into the main unit.  so, it was over flowing.  and since it hadn't been getting fresh water through, it stank.  i spent about an hour and a half picking up the mess.  

while i was doing that, ruby decided to rip up the quilt i made back when i was not going to school.  i'm so sad that she decided to destroy something i worked so hard on :(

then, i forgot my working bibliography for my REL term paper which was due today.  (the bib. was due)  which wasn't that awful.  

(the highlight was my western civ class (OMGWTF?!) 'cos i have kindofacrush on the professor. LOLZ)

at work i learned that the douchebag district manager is trying harder than ever to get me to quit (not fire me though, 'cos then i'd be able to collect unemployment from the company).  wtf. i've worked there for over 7motherfucking years.  i'm quitting in august, can't you just leave me the fuck alone for the next 10 months?  BUT i learned that corey stuck up for me!  that's pretty fantastic.

on another awesome note- i decided to purchase (one of) madhur jaffrey's cookbook.  it's the same book that the mixed veggie dish i made the other night came from, and it has lots of great recipes!  

for now, i'm going to read for my T, R classes.  take care 

לילה טוב חברים שלי וגם זבור שאתם נחמדים ואני אוהב אותכם

זה סבבה להקליד בעברית שוב 

עם אתם יודעים מה אני מקליד מצוין

אין לי זמן לעשות שום דבר

i'd love to be able to write in hebrew on here more often, but the נקודות do not work on המחשב שלי.  

anyhow.  i can't believe fall break is already over.  it was such a whirlwind.  i painted the kitchen, brought ruby to the vet & the groomer, made a fantastic dinner for sara and micah, spent a bit of time with the family, spent a bit of time with scott, did laundry, cleaned the house, did yardwork...

i did so much, in such a short period of time, and am so exhausted!  i needed to shave my head/trim my beard, but i just ran out of time.  

oh, i bought a radiator style heater.  it is so amazingly nice.  it really warms up the room, and it's perfect for our little place.  

one of the dishes i made for sara and micah was amazingly delicious!  it was this potato/cauliflower dish with a cumin/ginger sauce.  it was a pretty complex recipe, but it tasted so fantastic!  

for now i think i'll just go lie down 'cos i'm pretty tired today.  tomorrow will be just as busy.

לילה טוב חברים שלי

i'm exhausted.  really.  i need to say something meaningful, but this is all i can muster.  which by the way, i thought was "mustard" when i was a yeled.  (kid)

that's it for tonight.

ready for a break

well folks, i took my western civ midterm this afternoon.  and it's done.  B"H  

it remains to be seen how i did.. hahahaha

i'm going to be such a busy little beaver over fall break though.  i'm going to:

1) paint the kitchen!  yay!

2) and the hallway!

3) take ruby to get her bi-annual check up

4) have lunch with scott lolz

5) read read read read read read read shit tons of edith wharton.

6) laundry, dishes, vacuum, sweep, et al.

7) make squash soup/ aloo gobhi for friday

woo ! busy two days hahaha!  (but i think i might start painting the kitchen tonight after work, i'm really excited to paint.. how lame am i?)

i gotta say.

i've got to say, it has to be awfully depressing to live in the same city/county for your entire life.  it's depressing enough knowing i've lived in kansas my whole life.. but even moreso, to have lived in the same house for over 55 years...  that'd be the most depressing thing ever.  

i'm referring to my dumbass neighbor.  he's lived in that house since he was born.  and he's over 55.  i guess it'd be nice not to have to pay a mortgage 'cos you're living in your dead parent's house.. but seriously?  i don't think i'd have felt like i'd lived.  whatever though.

on an unrelated note:

i was up until about 1.30a today studying for a midterm.  about 4a i was awoken to the sound of ruby barking/snarling incessantly at the bedroom door.  i don't know what the hell she was barking at, but it scared the hell out of me.  and then, i realized the power was out, which made it worse.  it was totally silent in the house, except for ruby's barking.  i finally fell back to sleep at around 6.15a, and had to be back up for work by 7a.  i slept through my alarm.  and was late for work.  grr!  so, i got about 4.5 hours of sleep last night.  i'd love to go to bed early tonight, but i'll be studying for my western civ (barf) midterm tonight.

oy.  later folks.

verizon. grr.

my phone hasn't been holding a charge lately.  (more importantly, it hasn't been TELLING me it's not holding a charge either)  now i have to keep it plugged in for several hours to figure out when it is charged...  

so i took it in to verizon here in lawrence.  holy shit those were the rudest people ever.  i will NEVER EVER go back into that place.  EVER.  after 40m of waiting, i was told by a RUDE "woman" - "oh, it's your battery, it's swollen, you need to buy a new one"  blah blah blah...  

anyhow, i stormed out 'cos she was so rude.  i'd like to just replace the phone instead of spending the money on a battery...  because i'm still in contract, it'd cost me full retail though.. and full retail on a mobile phone is incredibly expensive!  (even scott's "cheap" phone is 220$ full retail! - he got it for free)  *sigh*  i'll just have to deal with it until may i guess.  

time to go read more edith wharton.  or study for midterms.  whatever comes first.

please don't talk about love tonight

i'm feeling a bit, how shall i say, off tonight?  

question mark?

yeah.  anyhow.  i decided, last night, to read the first year's worth of my livejournal posts.  man, i was constantly angry.  i have to say, i'm a much happier person in my life now.  

that isn't to say i don't get angry, but i just don't dwell on it.  now i just get stressed.  lolz.

okay, i'm going to go watch my favorite old women partake in crazy antics!  bt-dubs

faithful blog.

i apologize for my absence this week.  it was, however, for good reason!  this has been one of my busiest weeks so far this semester!

monday i took my little sister to a show in topeka (for her school)

tuesday i spent trying to catch up on reading!

wednesday evening was kol nidre, so i was making attonement

thursday was yom kippur, and then i got to see sara!!!! and micah too!!!!  *see follwing

and now we're back to today!

i got a 93% on my western civ paper, which makes me happy, 'cos i really worked by tuchas off on that one!  (i worked very hard on my ENG 314 paper too, but only managed a C+  :(  i'm sad.)  and i set a topic for my term paper in my religions in america class (i'm going to work on Kabbalism - and the esoteric qualities of transmutation)  i'm not sure, it's all kinda muddy right now.  i'll develop it later!

*anyhow!  so i had a great dinner and conversation with sara last night!  we got to hear about a lot of her responsibilities in costa rica, and the trials of coming back into mainline american culture.  (i was really shocked when sara said "oh, i've never heard how sarah palin sounds")  you really take for granted having such immediate access to cultural events in the states.  this is not to mention, also, that we assume EVERY country is as interested in our culture as we are haha.  anyhow, then we went back to micah's place and scott helped sara on her resumé while i chattered away with micah which was great times!  

it's been a pretty good week!  now i need to go do craptons of housework!  you all have a great day!

לשלום חברים

when will the madness stop?!

seriously though, when will i quit coughing!  i've been coughing since thursday, and it's only getting worse!  i coughed through my entire REL and HWC classes today, and it was so embarrassing!  (not to mention coughing gives me a headache, and causes my throat to hurt all over again)

on another (depressing) note, no trip to minneapolis for me over fall break.  :(  i was really looking forward to visiting the city when it was over 30°F for once.  but, what can i do?  my funds are just simply too limited.  instead, i'm going to make the most of my time around here, and finish some painting, read a bit, try to visit sara, and take ruby to the vet for her bi-annual check up.  (maybe take her to the groomer to give her a bath!)  perhaps we'll take a day to visit KC.. though i'm not terribly fond of KC...

more bitchiness!  i have so much to read this week. seriously.  and then cram for miterms next week!  OY OY OY OY OY!  

is there any good news in my life?!  LOL of course!  

for instance, i've got a roof over my head, and i've got a daughter that adores me - (oh wait, that's 'cos she's a puppy hahaha!), i've got some terribly amazing friends!  and i'm going to go see a show with my little sister tonight.  

i think i am also going to treat myself to some portraits on the wall.  (IKEA direct here i come! hahahaha)  don't worry, i'm only going to get one piece.  the walls look awfully bare!

dun, dun dun, dun dun, dun dun dun dun dundundundun.

for those of you who don't know what the fuck i'm talking about:  it's GY!BE

yeah.  obscure. experimental. fucking amazing. GY!BE

okay, i'm not sure where i'm going with this.  i'm swirling around in circles now.  too much of a bad thing is never good, and certainly not pertinent to the failure of one two three more years.

the dog is sleeping on my lap, pushing the computer away, and i spent far too much money on a pair of shoes today.  but they are fantastic.  

i'm going to go finish listening to my GY!BE now.  goodnight folksters.

countin' stars

i'm not feeling much better, though, my throat isn't quite as sore.  (which in truth is pretty awesome, 'cos sore throats are the pits!)  unfortunately, my lungs are all heavy, and i keep coughing.  blah.  

oh well, at least my head isn't (quite) as cloudy... though, i'm going to make it cloudy within the next few minutes.  lol. 

i have to make sure and finish reading the custom of the country this weekend, too.  

oh, and in case i haven't told you, one of my best friends in the whole world came back from her year of peace corps this week!  i'm excited like WOAH!  and i'll get to see her next week!  happy day!

ugh, i have to go see what the dog is doing, she sounds like she's ripping something up...

sicky poo

blah, i woke up around 3a today with a sore throat.  i was really hoping it was just from all the bad allergies.  alas, it was not.  i've had a bad sore throat since then.  and my head is all stuffy, and i coughed constantly in class today.  

but that's alright.  i took a benedryl and now i feel really loopy (i'm a cheap date, what can i say)  i kinda like how i feel after i take a bendryl, but my mouth always gets dried out after a few hours.  

on a completely unrelated note:

i have two big ol' butternut squashes, i'm at a quandary for how i should cook them.  i can make my never fail curried squash soup, but i'm getting kinda burnt out on it.  so i have to figure out what to do now.  

okay.  not substantive.  i'll write more tomorrow, when i'll (G-d willing) be feeling better.

shalom folksters.