Esprit de l'escalier

Alright, here’s a quick update of my commuting experiences. For those of you who are new…I have a job that requires me to make a commute that ranges anywhere from 1 to 2 hours one way every morning. (I know it’s ridiculous…but on occasion, it makes for some great stories.) Anyhow, back to the story. I drive an ’95 Explorer Sport… it’s super cute and I love it, but if you have any knowledge of the cars made in ’95, you’ll probably agree with me that ‘cup holders’ were simply a place for loose change because Lord knows they couldn’t have possibly been made to hold cups. For this reason, if I ever do take a beverage in the car it usually has a screw on lid – which limits me to mostly bottled drinks. This morning I had a bottled water in my car and it was nice and cold from being left in the car the night before. It was completely full minus one sip I had taken the previous day. I was trying to open it while stuck in somewhat stop-and-go traffic, which normally isn’t such a task for me except that the lid was kinda stuck or something – so I was struggling a bit. Finally the lid twisted off with a jerk and I was relieved that I could finally return my complete attention to the road and the super expensive Lexus in front of me. The only problem was that when the lid came off, it flew off and went between the side of my seat and the console. I really needed to have two hands on the wheel and I couldn’t do that if I had one hand on the wheel and the other occupied by a bottle simply because I have retarded cup holders. Oh, and if you are wondering what makes these cup holders useless: they are too shallow to hold anything up and they are too big around to hold anything in place – in fact, I’d say that calling it a coaster would be a fair description. Traffic was getting more and more congested but the speed was picking up and my exit was a few miles away. I tried to put the bottle between my legs but I had a skirt on and I couldn’t. So naturally, in my desperation I pull my skirt up so I could put the bottle tightly and safely between my legs until I could retrieve the lid. So you’re thinking to yourself…”Alright, no big deal…no one can see right?” WRONG! First of all, the bottle was extremely cold and a little wet – so it was really uncomfortable and I was desperately trying not to squirm too much. But the worst part was the fact that while I was in the process of figuring out my dilemma and keep an eye on the expensive car in front of me, two big trucks with like 12″ lifts pulled up on either side of me and were watching the whole thing!!! I was soooo embarrassed! So yea, that’s my Commuter Luck for the day and once again I come out of my experience eager to share the pearls I have gained. Here they are: Commutes are STUPID, cup holders are POINTLESS and guys are SHAMELESS.

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Well, since I can’t post all the pictures I want up here, I’ll just list a few of my favorites so you can check them out yourself until I’m smart enough to figure this whole thing out. haha.
Number one on the list right now is the Kawasaki Ninja, very sleek and lots of power. Not a good beginers bike, but I hope to get to that point fairly fast. Next I like the Honda CBR, very cute, kind of reminds me of a Buell blast, very dainty.
Anyhow, I could go on and on, but I know this isn’t very interesting to very many people, so I’ll spair you all the pain. I’ll just dream to myself, *sigh*

Today was insane! First I woke up and got ready to go to a bridal shower for a good friend, Stacey. My mom and I stayed there for a few minutes and then hurried off to go to my friend Natalie’s wedding which was in Fremont. We decided to miss our turn and take the scenic route! haha. We got there just as the reception was starting, saddness, we missed the actual wedding. Her wedding was at this historic park with an old victorian house and so I decided to go and take the tour. haha. It was fun and very educating. The tour ended just in time for lunch. The food at the wedding was rather yummy, especially the bread. Unfortunately I had to leave that wedding early too so we could get back in time to get ready for another wedding. Although, this wedding was one that I wasn’t invited to…but I wasn’t upset, because I had other plans I was looking forward to. hehe. My friend Quinn took me to the San Jose Earthquakes soccer game! It was an awesome game, they were playing the Dallas Burn. We won four to zero. But once again, we decided to take the scenic route. But we got there in plenty of time. We had originally left early because Quinn was hoping to get one of the player’s autographs on the cover of his Sports Illustrated. Unfortunately we couldn’t get to him. After the game we drove back to my place and he picked up his car and we drove to Starbucks to chill until he had to go. We ran into Loreanne’s sister Ashley, because she works there and I also saw one of my friends that I work with at A&F. Quinn actually used to work with my at A&F, that’s where I met him. Strange coincidence, eh? So we said hi to them and I tried out this new drink at Starbucks and it was really good…it was called a vanilla creme something-or-other. I can’t remember, but it tasted just like a vanilla milkshake. Yumnmy! Once again, though, we were forced to improvise because there weren’t any open tables inside and there weren’t any tables set up outside, so we walked to the corner and sat on the benches at the bus stop. Clever eh?! We chatted for a while about nothing in particular and I admired the motorcycles parked in front of Starbucks. *mmmm, motorcycles* There was a Yamaha and a Kawasaki Ninja and some others. Quinn was trying to get me to go over and ask if they’d give me a ride around the parking lot, but I was too scared so I didn’t. hehe, I kinda wish I had now. Oh well, perhaps next time.
Anyhow, it was a wonderfully adventurous day. And I’m sure I left out some exciting tid-bits that I’ll recall later. But that’s the skinny of it! Thank you Lord for another exciting day!

Well, seeing as how my best friend beat me to all the quizzes that were on my friends’ page…I decided to be nice and look the other way while I took some of them for fun…

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Find your emotion!

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Who are YOU most like?

You are 20% evil! [?]

You’re pretty non-evil. You’re a little bit off of being all good, but you tend to still be orderly and peaceful. You aren’t the bad person at all…for the most part.

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Which Kiss Are You?

I got to miss work again today…which was nice except for the fact that I had to still wake up at the same ungodly hour in the morning and spend the whole day doing chores and running erans. Figures. I stopped by A&F today to pick up my schedule which they still hadn’t printed up and I was pulled aside by our new (and seriously anal) manager. She is nice and all, but I still haven’t gotten to know her very well and she was concerned about me not being walked out of the store by a manager (which is what we’re supposed to do even if we’re not working). I had done this twice by accident when I wasn’t working. So she just wanted to point this out to me and inform me that she had fired 5 other employees this week for doing the same thing. Yikes! Well, I’m sure I will remember once I get back into the swing of things.
Then I went to the bank to deposit my pay checks. Yippi! When I was driving back I was feeling pretty good, well I always feel good after depositing pay checks, hehe. It was a sunny day and the temperature was nice and I was smiling because these kids in the car next to me were waving at all the drivers in cars around them to see if they’d wave back. It was cute.
Now I have about an hour and a half before I have to get back in my car and drive back to the orthodontist to have my holes (wisdom teeth holes) looked at again. Blah. I’m seriously not looking forward to that.
But so it goes, another uneventful day in the life of me. I’m sure things will spice up as the evening nears.

Well, here’s the deal…I had a super cool and somewhat long entry that I had just finished typing and I was all excited to post it when, unfortunatly, my stupid computer froze up. I was sooooo angry! And that’s why I’m frustrated. Anyhow, I’m going to attempt to retype what I had written. But unfortunatly, this is just the skinny of it…because I’m tired and cranky and really really upset with my stupid computer.
Yesterday I was assigned to clean my entire house. Yippi. Well, since I’ve been cleaning since before I can remember, such tasks have become pretty mindless. So while I was scrubbing the floor of bathroom #1 my mind began to wander.
I could tell you the whole story, and perhaps I will someday when I have more time to reflect on the moment, but I got to thinking about the story of Rudolph the red nose reigndeer. I started thinking about what a bad message it really sends to kids about acceptance. I mean, honestly, those other reigndeer didn’t really start shouting out with glee until after Rudolph was of some help to them. Before, they rejected him and wouldn’t let him join in any reigndeer games. I think that’s a pretty messed up message to send to kids. That you’ll be accepted once you’re useful to the other kids. Anyhow, that’s the very very slim version of the other entry I had *grumbling under breath ‘stupid computer* Oh well, so it goes eh?

Well, continuing my neverending quest to ‘find myself’ and perhaps even ‘discover who I really am’, I learned through a thoroughly reliable online quiz (put together by all-knowing professionals, naturally) that this is the type of geek I am…a casual user. Go figure.

What sort of geek are YOU?

Now my journey is complete…I know who I am! haha, well, not really. I think it’d be sort of sad if I were that simple to define in character. Anyhow, it was an interesting leg of my quest to discovering my true self. haha, till next time kiddos…stay tuned!

Hmmm…apparently I’m this Barbie…

Well, that’s what this quiz said that Loreanne told me about…personally, any of the following Barbies would have reflected me better, but oh well…what do they know anyway! haha.

Well, anyway, I’ve always struggled to avoid being associated with Barbie in any way. But so much for that, eh?

Hmmm, well, I’m bored again, so I think I’ll go run a couple laps around my cramped stuffy office and then swivel in my office chair a bit more. Have a good day everyone!

THOUGHT #1 – ‘Normal’ is a word boring people made up to feel better about themselves.

THOUGHT #2 – Imagine, if you will, a world without hypothetical situations…

THOUGHT #3 – If I gave my dog ice cream, and he ate it really really super fast…would he get a brain freeze?

THOUGHT #4 – If I tied a piece of buttered toast with jelly to the back of a cat…and dropped him…would the cat still land on all fours?

THOUGHT #5 – If I made a cow laugh really hard, would milk come out her nose?

THOUGHT #6 – If olive oil is made from olives, what is baby oil made from?

THOUGHT #7 – Would I still be typing, or even having these ridiculous thoughts if I had something more constructive to do? (*thinking not too much longer about it*…Probably)

THOUGHT #8 – If a tree fell in the forest…I would assume that the guy who was there to see (and learn that it actually happened) heard it fall…

THOUGHT #9 – …but then again, if he was deaf…hmmmm…

THOUGHT #10 – …I wonder who the tree in the forest belonged to, I bet they were sad to hear the news…but what if the owner is deaf?…what if the owner, of the tree that fell, lives in a little cottage not too far from his tree, and even though he is deaf, he felt the vibrations through the ground from the powerful impact of the tree hitting the ground….does that count?

THOUGHT #11 – I think I should move on…and leave the blind man to mourn his fallen tree (which was not heard, but was felt) in peace.

THOUGHT #12 – (a.k.a.- the final thought for right now…at least until I get bored with spining in circles on my swiveling desk chair) If I possesed the ability to move with light speed…and I ran over and smacked my brother on the back of his head and ran back…would he know it was me? Or rather, how many times would I be able to do it before he figured it out (IF he ever figured it out)?

A P.S. THOUGHT – (because the last one was supposed to be my last one until I was done spinning – and I’m not done spinning yet) Do all the other office receptionists have this much free time? I wonder what kind of swivel chairs they use…

FINAL THOUGHT – Save yourself! Check out these CUBICAL FREEDOM KITS! – http://www.officeguy.com/htmls/freedom.html

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Wow! Don’t you love it when you get home and as you toss off your shoes and plop down on your bed, all you can think to say as you reflect on your evening is something to the extent of “Wow!”. I had that same feeling as I threw myself on my bed and gazed up at the glow in the dark stars on my ceiling last night.
My good friend Quinn invited me a while back to go to the outdoor theatre with himself and his aunt and uncle. Now, before I go on, there is something you should understand about Quinn. Picture, if you will, the guys you see on the sides of the Abercrombie and Fitch bags. Now picture a sweet, hard working, family loving guy trapped in one of those A&F model bodies. No joke! This one is a catch! But even better, and I know nobody reading this would believe me if they met the guy, he’s a great friend and it hasn’t ever crossed my mind to think of him any other way until my friends point it out to me. When they do…I just can’t help but laugh at the thought, because he’s an awesome friend! Anyhow, back to my wonderful evening.
They picked me up last night at about 6pm and we went to this cute little Chinese food place tucked away in a quaint little nook of Oakland. I’ve never been really big on Chinese food, but this place was yummy. From there we went to the theatre to see The Sound of Music! I’ve never seen the sound of music in it’s entirety before, I’ve only seen snippets here and there, so I was pretty jazzed about that. The performance was great and the best part was during intermission. When the lights came up, we headed up the stairs and out to a terrance on top of the theatre that over looked the city lights. It was a beautiful view and we sat at a picnic table and had fresh baked chocolate chip cookies and hot cocoa, it was awesome. The rest of the evening was just as fun too. I look forward to more outings like that one.