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Saturday, March 15, 2008

Smells that I cannot stomach...

Truffles (the mushroom). Just thinking about the smell of food cooked with truffle oil or containing truffles makes me feel vaguely ill. My least favorite smell in the world.
Bad breath
B.O.
Smelly feet
Rotting old shoes. You know that musty, rotty, smelly foot smell. Yuck.
The smell of ethanol being produced aka the smell of South Bend, IN.
The smell that emanates from dumpsters next to bars the morning after. Stale beer, smells very much like the smell of South Bend, IN.
Dirty hair. I can almost not stomach my own hair. And honestly, now that it's shorter, it smells more quickly (weird). But it particularly bothers me when the smell of others is strong enough to waft across a room.
The smell of puke
Fish smell (if it's mild I tend not to mind as much as some of the others)

Friday, March 14, 2008

Things I am looking forward to...

Spring!
Getting another tattoo
Never having a kid who says in a snotty, entitled voice to her three eleven year old friends "Don't you guys care that I'm getting a Mac book Air??"
End of school
Hawaii
Disney World
Fall (for some reason the transition from Winter to Spring always makes me want fall. I prefer Fall above all others)
Working out again
Robot zipper pouch and a robot tote (that picture is just showing the print that will be on my bag)
A day off (hell yeah Good Friday as a holiday)

Update to Tax Rebate purchases:

Aforementioned robot items
Car service/fix
A dentist appointment
This dress:
A shirt and skirt that are not on the Old Navy website

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Things I want right now...

A cupcake
A back massage
A new pair of black sandals of some kind
8 hours of solid sleep
A vacation
A facial
A pedicure (oop, turns out I want a spa day)
To get drunk in a comfortable situation and laugh and be jolly
School to be over
I can't come up with a suitable phrase, so how about some lovin'
My brain to work...

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Reasons why rock band is a girl game...

Avatars - you earn money with your band/solo tour and can buy yourself clothes, haircuts, makeup, jewelry, tattoos...
The singing.
The social aspect. I wonder how many packs of boys do a "band tour" together.
Jimmy says so.
I think, and this is a terrible, broad generalization, that a lot of girls in my generation grew up wanting to be a rock star. Jem anyone? A lot of the shows at that point involved annoying tweeny teens singing (Kids Incorporated? Mickey Mouse Club?).

That's all I've got for tonight. Let's all keep our fingers crossed that they release some good songs next week.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Today in numbers...

Number of "Not In Service" trains I saw at rush hour: 2
Number of trains I took to get to and from the courthouse: 4
Number of buses I was supposed to take: 2
Number of buses I took: 0
Number of buses I saw go by in the direction I needed: 0
Number of miles I walked today: 2.8
Number of people who had jury duty: hundreds
Number of policemen I saw running full tilt after a criminal on my lunch break: 3 -5. It was an amazing commotion. Noted: if you are running from police and there is a choice between a revolving door and a handicapped door - go handicapped. That revolving door slows down momentum ten-fold.
Number of "panels" called for actual jury duty: 3 (panel is just a random group of people. We all chose a number out of a bucket upon arrival)
Number of panels: at least 12
Number of times my panel was called: 0
Difference between my number and the three called, in order called: 10, 3, 1 (I was convinced that if a fourth was called it would be my number)
Money I made: $17.20
Which works out to a whopping $3.13 an hour (I was there for about 5 hours total).

Monday, March 10, 2008

Things that will suddenly become a problem if I get put on a trial that lasts forever...

Car appointment on Wednesday morning. I will have to cancel. Therefore I will be stuck carless for an unknown quantity of time.
It's a three meeting day for me on Wednesday...all unattended.
My very, very tight project deadline will suddenly look all the more ridiculous and suddenly everyone else's timelines are shot as well.
Final exam on Monday night
Eye doctor appointment on Tuesday
That whole not having a car thing? After day 4 of traveling to that courthouse via public transit I'll be crazy. Ready to do battle.

I got called for jury duty. It's criminal court. Apparently at or very near a jail.

Sunday, March 09, 2008

Things that are circular...

My bowl of soup
My frustration about my car (felt better, then I remembered possible jury duty on tuesday...which brought me back around. The public transportation to get there is impossible).
Cleaning
Most conversations
My nostrils
My hair styles
Buttons
The pimple on my chin

Saturday, March 08, 2008

Reasons why I cried at a gas station tonight...

Gas tank wouldn't open
So the mom, brother and friend came to save the day
but failed.
Which caused frustration and led me to remember the following other frustrating things about my car right now:
the trunk doesn't close properly
scratch all down one side of the car where a parking garage "barrier" closed too early on my car
emissions testing
title changing
tire pressure gauge that malfunctions all winter long

Reasons why a frustrated cry makes no one feel better:

It made the mom feel bad because I was upset
It made me feel worse because I realized how stupid it was, tried to cut it off and promptly got a headache
It also left my eyes all heavy and hot...which is not the best way to drive home in the dark

Good day with one bad moment. The view of the city made me feel a bit better. Randomly though, right now, for the first time...in years and years, I wish I wasn't coming home to an empty house.

Friday, March 07, 2008

Things I accidentally do...

Get all my hair cut off. Here's how you do it: tell your hairdresser you're bored with your hair, and voila! You suddenly have the Sliding Doors haircut you've always wanted.
Eat a whole box of cookies in one day
Insult people
Watch terrible television (example: that Beckham's coming to america special)
Pick my nose
Eat texture
Stress to the point of making myself ill about stuff that I'm convinced I'm not stressed about.
Talk to my cats like they're human (uh-oh, crazy cat lady...)

Thursday, March 06, 2008

Things I purchased with my tax refund...

Stacking rings:

Tentacular shirt:
Sprig of grass earrings:
Four pairs of these in various colors:

Four pairs of these in various colors:

This tee:

Book club book:

Yarn galore. I was tempted by a liquidation sale...

Plan to purchase:

Some of these:

Honorable mention (purchased with other money but I'm happy to own them):

Rain boots (if you click that picture, yes, you do go to toddler/youth boots. The sad part is that my size, 3M was still classified as little kid):

Six Feet Under (I'm already well into season 2):

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Reasons that I want to squeeze Christian...

He's my height.
He has a huge octopus tattoo on his arm.
He's fierce.
His hair is amazing. I'd like to touch it.
He got all insecure about his line the day before the show.
Then he cried when he won
But immediately went back to complete fiercitudal egotism.
He's fierce.
He made me giggle in nearly every episode. So glad he won.

This is katieromo, signing out.

Yes. I said fiercitudal.

Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Songs that I loved today...

This is a list of the songs I listened to between 10:30am and 11:30am:

Knocked Up - Kings of Leon
The Sound of Settling - Death Cab for Cutie
Hyperballad - Bjork
Crooked Teeth - Death Cab for Cutie
Daughter - Pearl Jam
Ooops, got distracted and listened to 4 Minutes (to save the world) - Madge & JT
Ooh Ooh Baby - Britney Spears
Getting Better - Beatles
Better - Regina Spektor
This is Such a Pity - Weezer
Bedshaped - Keane
lamb on the lam (in the city) - Band of horses
Sofa Song - The Kooks
What You Waiting For? - Gwen Stefani
Sleeping Lessons - Shins

I find that when I code, the pop/dance music goes over well. It's brainless but keeps me moving.