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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
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10:44 pm
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goddammit, big gay sketch show. i really want you to be funny, i do. you think, maybe you could try just a little bit harder, for me? oh yeah, and maybe for the gays too?
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| Monday, March 24th, 2008
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10:34 pm - You know what really grinds my gears?
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I've found a new question to hate. One thing that all vet techs have in common is a hatred for this scenario:
Random Person: So, what do you do for a living?
Me: Oh, I'm a veterinary technician.
RP: A what now?
Me: Veterinary technician, they are basically the same as nurses, but for animals.
RP: Oh, that's nice. So, are you going to eventually be a veterinarian then?
Me: ...No.
I mean, how many times do nurses get asked if they are eventually going to be doctors? After a few years of having to defend my incredible lack of ambition and decision to *gasp* only be a vet tech, I've now discovered a new scenario.
Random Person: Hey, I heard you started a new job, what are you doing?
Me: Yeah, I'm working in research, mostly in lab animal care.
RP: Oh, so like, putting shampoo in rabbits, eyes and stuff?
Me: ...No.
The worst thing is that you are usually being asked by some family member, someone you can't be a sarcastic asshole to. So you can't say what you really want, which is usually, "Yeah, exactly! And then I go home and kick my dog in the face a few times for good measure."
Hello to the rest of my life.
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| Monday, March 17th, 2008
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10:15 pm
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| Thursday, March 6th, 2008
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7:14 pm - rujk?
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according to cosmo, only 76% of dudes (and 60% of women) think that kristen bell is hot. seriously? america, you can do better than this.
oh, and a big thanks to my new job for reducing me to reading cosmo to entertain myself during my lunch hour.
current music: aots
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| Sunday, February 24th, 2008
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11:58 pm - side projects
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nick and i have a new side project for our time off from "the veronica mars volta." it's called "dr. doom and the doom generation." we're taking any suggestions for what kind of music we should play. i tried to talk nick into letting me be dr. doom, but as he says "women can't be doctors." he's already worried that next i'll be trying to vote.
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2:34 am
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so excited to be starting a new job new week. it's even more awesome that i'll get to work with animals from tiny little baby mice up to gigantor swine. i'd like to think i got some valuable experience pushing around 200 lb animals by playing with my favorite saint bernard over the week. i'll show those ossabaws who's boss. well...ok, it's probably them, but it'll be fun none-the-less.
still...what's cuter than baby mice?
puppies, you say? well, fuck, point taken.
kittens? dammit, why you gotta break balls?
i'm happy, leave me alone. :)
current music: the new pornographers- the bleeding heart show
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| Sunday, February 10th, 2008
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12:55 pm - two questions
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| Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
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11:53 pm
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You know, I think there should be a side note under Green Grass and High Tides that says "Hey, you, yeah you, the kid that thinks you're a badass on guitar...so, you probably shouldn't try this for this first time on expert. Just sayin'"
Obv, I crashed and burned on the second solo...
current mood: painful
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| Monday, February 4th, 2008
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10:43 pm
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So, today I woke up from a deep sleep to the whining of old greyhound with one thought on my mind...
Why isn't my tiara a candy cane?
And then I was stuck trying to figure out what the crap was off in my mind for me to be dreaming about a world where I normally wear tiaras and the fact that said tiara was not also made of peppermint candy was ruining my life. Look, if all the other girls have candy cane tiaras, then clearly, mine should be that awesome too.
Following that giggle-fit I got out of bed and finally got the call to schedule an interview for the job I've been waiting for. Now if I only could find the perfect professional-looking tiara for my interview...
Side note: HA! I managed to not write about rock band, Carrie. Now if only you could manage to not write about boys during 2008, the official year of no boys.
current mood: kinda bored
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| Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
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4:07 pm - Das Rock Band
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So, we've been doing almost nothing but playing rock band for a week. Well, and waiting for calls from prospective employers.
We've 2 bands. First, The Gramcrappers. Our motto: Fuck guitars, and fuck you. I mean, who really needs to complicate things by adding bass lines and guitar solos? Gayfers, that's who. (That and we had to sell the guitar on ebay to afford the game.) Most of the time it's me on drums and the bf on vocals. I've gotten pretty competent on drums, I can do about half on expert, the other on hard.
Now that we've gotten my guitar hero controllers from home, we've formed our second band: Not The Good Kind. Just me and 3 dudes, if you know what I mean. I think you do. We switch instruments every couple of songs, but the rules are that no one can do any part on easy. Medium or higher, or yer out of the band.
So, we have the ps2 version, which is pretty much crap compared to the next gen platforms. It's just bare bones, you can play the songs and that's pretty much it. No fans, world tour, creating or even picking characters. I'm fine with it, we really just wanted to be able to play the songs. Our only problem now is that we started to use guitar hero controllers and it hasn't worked out that well. Our wired gh1 controller works really well, but the wireless gh3 controller is iffy at best. It's like, for every 10 notes you play, you'll just miss one. And forget about hammer ons and pull offs. So yeah, every time we play someone to complain that "this controller sucks" and, it actually does.
Other than that, the game is fucking awesome. I'm done geeking out about it, for now.
current mood:  geeky
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| Sunday, January 20th, 2008
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6:07 pm - Stupid Pre-Re
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Bf's been gone most of the weekend(thx a lot, MTG) and it's a little pathetic over here. How pathetic? Let me tell you.
I rigged up the microphone so I could Rock Band some drums and vocals by myself. Yeah. So...
But I did manage to get through "say it aint so", both on expert, and how many people can say that? Disa can't. Neither can Colossus and Donald Gaberson, DDS. So there.
Can't wait til the Bf gets home to laugh at my retarded ass.
current mood: awesome
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| Friday, November 2nd, 2007
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10:50 pm - Oh God
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| Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
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5:25 pm - Guitar Hero 3 Wrist Break
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today i am the happiest girl in the world.
ok, maybe the happiest girl in my apartment complex.
so, the game plan was gonna be play through medium to get the basic idea of all the songs. but, apparently i do not have the patience for medium.
new game plan: play through hard until i can't 5 star on the first or second try. or until i demolish my wrist. which ever comes first.
also: get a doctor's note explaining why i can't vet tech on friday. some excuse better than "guitar hero overload."
current mood:  ecstatic
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| Tuesday, April 17th, 2007
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11:39 pm - ...and i'm still disappointed in myself
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| Thursday, April 5th, 2007
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3:33 pm - favorite-ist spam subject line ever
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This is what greeted me in my inbox:
Kristen, My Diagnosis: You need HOT CHICKS!
...
well, duh.
current mood: amused
current music: fabrege falls for shuggie - of montreal
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| Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
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9:52 pm
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| Friday, March 9th, 2007
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4:02 pm - fuck
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Kristen learned a lesson about work today.
i had a performance review yesterday and was asked to reply to e-mails more. i get sent about 3 e-mails a week that say "hey these items weren't cut in, so reply and tell us why." i always just ignore them. so, because my qcm asked me to reply more, i reply to one today. and get an e-mail back complaining about my reasons why i didn't get those items up, and asking me to e-mail a higher-up explaining my actions. so, ignore e-mails = no real consequences, answer e-mails = catch shit.
so, instead of positive reinforcement, they decided to go with positive punishment. nice managerial skills, spar.
current mood:  irritated
current music: my roommate blaring that fucking snow patrol song
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| Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
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11:01 pm - how to dress a midget up as a hot dog
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so, we were supposed to come up with as many "how to" ideas as possible for our next presentation in my business english class. so, i grabbed the new guy in the class to brainstorm with me. so, we come up with a number of good ideas, some less legal than others, when he says "how to develop good taste in music." which begged the what do you listen to question. he goes with the ever-classic "all sorts of stuff...no country, basic alternative rock...usually no one knows the bands i name." then the only band he names is deathcab. you know, i try to not be a huge music snob, but what am i supposed to do when people make it this damn easy. it could have been worse, he could have said fall out boy or my chemical romance. experience has taught me that therein lies a lost cause. my poor roommate, how i've failed you.
another group came up with the win. how to get pregnant. they can't have a live demo...but that's cool, they'll just bring in a video. i love it.
current mood: amused
current music: eleven twelve (thank you, carrie!)
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| Friday, February 16th, 2007
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11:55 pm - Scenes that still make me cry
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Took my dog out tonight, and somehow found myself living the saddest scene ever from the Neverending Story. Poor Disa tried to jump into the snow to pee, and didn't realize how deep it was. She ended up shoulder deep in show, unable to move. She looked at me, and all of the sudden I was in the Swamps of Sadness, pleading Artax to keep going. I was all, "Move, Disa, for me" and "You can't give up!" and finally, "Stupid horse!" Seriously, thought my dog was a goner, until she realized she was OMG, very cold and jumped out.
Jesus Christ, it's fucking hard to be a Disa.
current mood:  exhausted
current music: the pelican - menomena
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| Friday, January 26th, 2007
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9:04 pm - disas for everyone
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