05.05.03 manners
though i can see why commuters get irritable on crowded, delayed trains, it is unclear why they must release spurts of inappropriate anger in form of loud swearing at no one in particular. most of the time i want to laugh, because what is funny if not innappropriate anger and the occasional scat? but then i wonder, why so angry? it is rather sad.
jane gave her two weeks notice last friday. this is unhappy news to me. no more coffee breaks. no more lunches at the park. no more jane-shi at ext-149. it won't be the same. because, you jane me linda.
why is new york so angry? i just called the box office for phantom tickets (for mother's day) and the lady was all angry. i just wanted to know which mezzanine seats were available and she kept getting angrier and angrier. she was borderline screaming at me so i just hung up. i guess i will have to go down there myself and duke it out in person.
every once in a while, a body is found in the east river. it is very disturbing.
05.08.03
it is so cold in the office. so so so cold cold cold.
did bruce mcculloch really sign my guestbook or did someone *pretending* to be bruce mcculloch leave the real bruce mcculloch's website link on my guestbook? and if it was the real bruce, why sign three times? what can it mean? for those of you who do not know bruce mcculloch, close your eyes for a moment and remember the guy who plays frank, diana barry's husband in anne of avonlea. yes now you remember. he's also in kids in the hall, one of the best shows on comedy central. anyway, if that is the real bruce mcculloch, neat-o.
you know that john mayer song "why georgia"? it's really good. i think it might be his best one. i don't mind good songs being in my head all day. it is only when i have songs like "ignition" playing over and over in my head that i feel crazy.
i stayed over at emi's last night. we had a few cosmos, watched part of scarlett on tv, then crawled into bed and talked till 2am. it was like a middle school sleepover but with alcohol and more important things to talk about. you know, about boys, clothes, body fat, plans to reduce body fat, that really wierd thing we saw recently, is it okay to eat japanese rice balls at 1am. and of course, giggling. always so much giggling.
i wish it was the second week of june NOW. probably should tell the boss i'm taking a week off. what if he says i can't? do i go anyway and come back with a really nice tan?
when are you too old to crawl into bed with your mom or ball up next to her on the couch or play with that soft, loose skin under her arm? i feel that twenty four... not too old.
emi's place is nice. i would stay over more often if it wasn't for miruki the cat. sometimes i pet miruki because he mews and is soft and furry. but then i remember that i don't like cats and walk away.
sarah's surprise bridal shower went well- we stayed up late preparing all the food and decorating the room. friends traveled far and wide to be there yesterday and i think it made her feel special and loved. :)
jeff says that if i can't find a seat on the train, i should just ask to sit on someone's shoulders. hahaha.
"what ever happened to my, whatever happened to my, whatever happened to my lunch box? when came the day when it got, thrown away, and don't you think i should have had some say in that decision?" those are lyrics from a john mayer song. that part is just so corny. still, i like john mayer. his voice is nice. o said she would fall in love with a guy who could sing "your body is a wonderland" just like john mayer. but what if he sounded like john mayer and *looked* like pat boone?
05.12.03
the mcdonald's baked apple pie. i had been craving it for a week now and it could not wait any longer. at the mcdonalds across from penn station, there was a v.large lady in the line next to mine. she ordered a salad. when her order was completed she said to the cashier, "you were wonderful. i am going to tell your manager how wonderful you were." the cashier beamed. the fat lady with the salad then cut across the room, scattering the queues in her path, and leaned over the counter at the end of the room by the fryer. "excuse me! EXCUSE ME! may i speak to your manager please? EXCUSE MEEE! i'd like to speak to your manager! are you the manager? yes, hi. i just wanted to tell you that your employee over there was EXCELLENT. i've never had such good service. wonderful, just WON-DER-FUL!" the manager smiled and thanked her. she left with her salad.
who goes to mcdonalds for a salad? not me. anyway, due to all the commotion, the line slowed down by five minutes and i ended up missing the express train. still i had my pies. and to make up for missing the train, i ate one pie and then i ate the other one. i'm all about making things even. if you miss a train, eat two pies.
05.15.03
i have a dentist appt today. in about twenty minutes actually. hopefully no cavities. should prob walk over there now. ugh. okay, leaving now.
i have to get fillings replaced and there's a cavity near a nerve so a possible ROOT CANAL. that's just what i wanted to hear. ROOT CANAL. music to my ears. ugh.
the countdown to goodbye- jane is leaving and tomorrow is her last day. so we're having a farewell dinner tonight and dk decided not to invite jl. except jl found out through the new lady who works in our dept. she is little, she didn't know. now jl is feeling all sorts of left out and ditched and betrayed by his own dept, and if he's going to be a crankybaby about it i hope he directs his anger at dk because a) it was dk's idea b) as if jane and i *wanted* to have dinner with dk *ever* in our entire lives c) he has an abnormally large head.
05.16.03
today stinks. my throat hurts. i just want to go home, take a nyquil, and pass out.
last night was fun! unexpectedly fun. we ate, drank, and kareoked. at first i kept saying i wouldn't drink and that i really couldn't... but then i did. also i insisted i couldn't and wouldn't sing if we went to kareoke... but you know, i sang maybe 6 songs. veeery tricky.
in half an hour jane will leave, never to return. who will eat doughnuts with me? who will i sneak away for coffee breaks with? who will play patty cake with me? NO ONE.
happier thoughts: in less than a month, dr.e and i will be sprawled on the white beaches of ______. we haven't purchased anything yet but we're really excited.
this morning my dad woke up with a sore throat. i wonder if his sore throat is from coughing or if i gave him my cold. he thinks it was me. and i feel really bad. but what can i do? i've already been quarantined. i can either be in my room or i can go outside. any area in between, i have to walk around with a plastic bag over my head as paul shouts out directions. just kidding. maybe i should wear a surgical mask though.
at the library today there was a big middle aged man with a loud voice. he wore a turquoise, purple, and white track suit and an ill-fitted, green baseball cap. he lumbered around the dvd area for a bit before flagging down one of the librarians to ask, "say, what's that chinese movie that's real popular, the one with all those special effects? know what that's called?"
"do you mean crouching tiger?"
"yeah, that's it. where can i find that?"
the librarian led him to a computer and taught him how to find things in the library.
meanwhile, i was browsing through the *alphabetically arranged* dvds, and saw in the "C" cubby, crouching tiger hidden dragon in its proper place. from the corner of my eye, i could see the man approaching. but then he stopped and was looking carefully in the wrong cubby. so i took crouching tiger and walked over.
"are you looking for this?"
"yeah! thank you very much! hey, is there a reason why *you* knew it was there?"
i don't know... because i'm chinese? and i would know where all the chinese movies are? what a moron. later at check out he terrorized the little old lady librarians by ranting and raving about an overdue fine that he felt he should not have to pay. and i mean really screaming at them. he ought to be banned from the library. stupid and mean people not allowed!
reoccurring thought: sing a totally out of place song at sarah's wedding. for example, what if i stood up, clinked the crystal with my fork and went right into "all that jazz"? or an a cappella solo of "yellow submarine"? it's kind of tricky because people might love it, or not like it at all.
05.18.03
this weekend i watched monsoon wedding and monsters inc. both were v.good. if you worked at a video rental store, which movies would you place on your "picks" shelf? and is it just me or have you ever felt that the *wierd* kids always got jobs at video rental stores?
05.19.03
don't ask me why, but the phantom of the opera makes me laugh. some parts i find so funny, yet no one is laughing. why? like the part when phantom is holding his hands up in despair and singing, "but i gave you music!" it rather reminded me of, "but i invented the piano keys tie!" wouldn't that make you laugh?
the guy who played the part of the phantom was really good. he made the ending so sad that i almost... didn't laugh. hahaha- no actually i didn't laugh at all and really did feel sad at the end.
05.25.03
last night dr.e and i decided to do something about our so called island getaway vacation. hours of online research, two phone calls to extremely unhelpful travel agents, and five mochi ice creams later, we finally purchased our vacation package... to st.martin! yay!
i'm going to try not to get too excited because whenever i get extremely excited something happens and bursts my bubble. for example lets say i get sooo excited and i buy two new bathing suits for my vacation, but then when the week finally draws near, my body retains water and i am bloated and fat. or i am sooo excited, then i get a mild ear infection that gives me vertigo. can you see how too much excitement can easily lead to fatness and vertigo?
i finally saw the matrix today. it was good i guess.
would keanu reeves and i make a good couple? maybe we would and maybe we WOULD.
05.26.03
i thought maybe i should have a buddy icon so i went online to look for a good picture of pat boone in his glory days. but i think i'll just post it here once and not use it as my buddy icon. because people will ask me who it is and i'll have to explain, "it is pat boone, the fifties teen icon who starred in movie musicals such as april love with shirley jones and state fair opposite anne margaret" and i know people will then say, "oh OOOkay" and slowly stop im-ing me. also, i am personally not a fan of pat boone. i just thought it would be fun for jennis and jeff to see.
then and now
boone fact: pat boone claims to be a direct descendant of pioneer daniel boone.
05.31.03
rainy drainy. what gloomy weather. all week too. boooo. i boo gloomy weather.
emi and i went to the mall today with the express purpose of buying sarah a wedding gift. mission accomplished for emi. i on the other hand bought earrings. booo. boo to me for buying the wrong thing. i just don't know what to get them. bedsheets and towels are just so... boring. i want to get them something fun and useful. something that will bring them joy and happiness. something meaningful and poignant. like maybe an indoor grill.
i picked up a pair of stretchy work out pants at the gap today and the girl who rang me up looked at me before handing me the receipt and said, "smile".
me: excuse me?
gap: smile?
me: um... (kind of smiled)
gap: good. you were looking way too mean there for a second.
ooookay. once again i have to go with, booooo. boo to gap girl because first of all she was maybe 12. and who wants to be patronized by a 12yr old? not me. secondly, i am not mean looking. i may not look *jovial* per se, but people don't look at me and think, "what a mean looking person. meany mean mean." gap girl should just stick to "thank you. have a nice day."
