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More fun ways to Work the Dream!!!! |
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7/12/2003 - Today's blog entry is entitled "Why I hate Sarah". She asked me to go out after work last night because she was getting off at 9:30 instead of her usual 2:00 am, so I thought it would be fun - mistake #1! We started out at the Cubby Hole playing pool with Kelly(who managed to impressively beat the team of Sarah and Dana, I did manage to get one ball in - unfortunately it was the 8 ball and it was on my second shot) but there wasn't much going on so we decided to go to the Oregon District sans Kelly who decided to go home. I've never been to the Oregon District because I have no life. Once there Sarah turned the evening into a horrible dating boot camp experience!!! Her theory was that in order to get out there and date I need to learn to talk to guys - a tiny thing that I can't seem to do which I believe I have shared with my many loyal readers - see yesterday's blog entry. She forced me to go an sit at the bar by myself for 15 minutes - it was just like high school when they played the slow songs at the dance and I was left alone to contemplate the suckiness of my life - thanks for the trip down memory lane Sarah!
Speaking of repressed painful memories - it was suggested that I enter this story in my blog so here goes. When Shannon and I went home this weekend, let's just say she and my mother had a bit of a disagreement and since Shannon and I did not discuss the event the whole ride back from Toledo I have begun to say that Shannon and I now have a shared repressed memory! This is better than the normal way we deal with things in my family which is to just stop speaking to each other for various periods of time. This of course does not make the problem go away and is probably not a very healthy way to deal with things, okay my undergrad is in psychology so I can say this is definitely not a healthy way to deal with things. In case my family actually reads my blog - I will say we have gotten better at the whole communication thing.
Last night's dating boot camp reminded me of a t-shirt I bought for myself and my sister that says "I'm not anti-social, I just don't like you". I just really didn't feel like talking to people last night and I am beginning to think maybe I am anti-social. There aren't many people that I seem to like in general - probably not a good sign. Of course it could also have something to do with the fact that I probably have Adult Attention Deficit because this quiz told me so, and I kinda always thought I might because I can never stay focused on one thing too long without going on to do something else. Yikes this is a long entry! I think I have divulged enough information for one day. |
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July 19, 2003 - Well still no progress with the AV guy even though I bet Sarah that I would ask him out by the end of this week - come on did any of you seriously think I could do that? I attempted to accidentally bump into him because I was off at 4 yesterday and that's when he normally leaves but since fate is such a cruel, cruel mistress - I did not see him. Not much else going on in my life - my brother stopped by on Monday on his way back to Louisiana with his new car - a Chrylser 300 something. He wanted me to put a few highlights in his hair and we had so much stuff left over I figured what the heck - so I too now have some light reddish blond streaks in my hair. I think it looks very summery and with my dark roots it has just a hint of white trash to it.
Last night I went to see Michael Buble at the Fraze Pavillion - he is such a wonderful singer, I think he actually sounds better in person than he does on his record(which I highly recommend). The Fraze is set in a really pretty spot, I had a really nice time even though I was there by myself. Of course since I am a Down With Love girl I went to Krispy Kreme after the show and got some donuts - yum! Now tomorrow I am off on the adventure of going up to Michigan to see Mike Modano get a hockey rink named after him! |
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July 22, 2003 - All I can say about Mike Modano is - he's so hot! He was dressed very nice and his messed up highlighted hair was almost more than I could take. It was surreal to see him in person in Westland, Michigan of all places. We (John, Other Dana , and I) got free Mike Modano Ice Arena t-shirts and John hopefully got some pretty good pictures of him. If I can figure out how to get them on the web I will link out to them. There were some women there from Cincinnati so I felt better about not coming the farthest distance to see him. It was a fun little roadtrip. I can't wait to see him in Columbus at the Blue Jackets game, of course the first time they come in to town I am going to be in New Orleans, but Other Dana seems to be a pretty resourceful gal, so I'm sure she can figure out which hotel the teams will be staying at in Columbus before the game in December.
The other big news is that I actually talked to my AV guy yesterday! I asked him for some boxes that were outside his office on my way out - Kathy got him to help me carry them to my car. He's very nice and he said Hi to me today so I guess we will wait and see what happens. Sarah thinks that I should now make a move by e-mail but that kinda seems like wimping out to me. I pray he never sees this site and finds out what a huge dork I really am! :-) |
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July 25, 2003 - It's a very sad day at LexisNexis today - we found out one of our co-workers passed away last night. Damon was one of those people that really was full of life, I don't think I ever saw him without a smile on his face, he was so much fun to be around. He was like a big teddy bear - you just wanted to give him a hug. We used to discuss Mariah Carey and he would fill me in on gossip about Derek Jeter. He was only 32 and he has two adorable young children, I just feel terrible. I'm over the crying phase for now at least, it hits me in waves, as long as I don't think about it I won't cry. They've been very understanding at work which has been very nice, everyone liked Damon, he was a great guy. I don't deal well with these things because I have been very lucky and haven't had very many people close to me die. I still sometimes find myself getting teary eyed when I think of my cousin Max, he was only 18 when his truck hit a patch of ice the day after Christmas and he was killed. That happened before I went to law school, back in 1995. That was the worst, I still think about it sometimes at Christmas, my Aunt Gayle has always been so nice to me and it was hard to see her so sad. Max had had some problems but he had changed and was on his way to college, it was just such a terrible tragedy. I know life is short so why do I still let my fears keep me from what I want in certain areas of my life? I like to think this will spur me on to change my ways, something good needs to come out of this. I believe everything happens for a reason, sometimes it's just very hard to see what the reason could possibly be.
More Blog ...... |
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