| update. |
[Jul. 25th, 2009|12:10 am] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | alaska | ] |
| [ | feeling |
| |  content | ] |
Iiiiii am tired.
So tired i can barely even think.
I started work at 4 this morning.
I ended at 10 pm.
i wlil start at 6 tomorrow mornin.
Lord knows when I will get off.
I have no feeling in my fingertips.
And everything aches.
I have been working every day since just after the fourth of july. Which had been my first day off in ever long.
I have logged several 17 or 18 hour shifts so far, and me and my crew would have done the same today but the plant manager (aka boss of everything) declared that that was unsafe and stopped my supervisor from making us do that.
BUT.
I have an awesome position.
I have the best boss ever.
My life has been more or less drama free.
Scratch that: it's been drama free.
I'm by my lonesome, with my love at home, but that's really ok, because he deigns to call me every so often.
And....I dunno. Stuff has just fallen together really well here. FOR ONCE, things are going pretty much smoothly. As my friend Lord Ian would explain, I have achieved balance in my realm (life).
So yeah. I am, in short, exhausted, but basically happy. Life is now ood.
OH! and I'm not home. A small bonus, on top of all the other good stuff.
--Abby |
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| (no subject) |
[Apr. 1st, 2009|09:21 pm] |
| [ | feeling |
| |  ...the hell? | ] |
| [ | music |
| | dr. dog--heart it races | ] |
...and two weeks later my albums get 44 hits.
I'm popular! |
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| (no subject) |
[Mar. 18th, 2009|02:23 pm] |
| [ | feeling |
| | curious | ] |
| [ | music |
| | the doors--people are strange | ] |
i'm a simple person and try to keep it that way, but i have one enigma in my life. every week, i get an e-mail telling me that my online photo album has been viewed. shnazzy, i guess. however, it's not like there's heavy internet traffic--the e-mails always have the same header: "1 new view this week!" The weird thing is that I haven't uploaded that album in at least two years, very likely longer, so you'd think any pictures people found interesting would have long since been downloaded. so it makes me wonder:
who could be looking at my pictures?
it's almost like someone has created a routine around it---"tonight at midnight, as i have done on the same night every week for the past 4 YEARS, i shall gaze longingly upon the image of my love for 30 seconds, and pine silently, for it was upon this night 4 YEARS AGO that we met....but no proof of my love shall ever be stored upon my computer. hahahahahahahaha.......oh my darling....." *weeps*
mysteries...
p.s. to the mystery visitor, i apologize if offense has been taken. my imagination simply gets the best of me. i'm only curious. |
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| WOAH SHIT MEME |
[Jan. 1st, 2009|08:44 pm] |
| [ | feeling |
| |  celebratory! | ] |
wooohoo, end of the year survey times. not only that, a quasi real entry! one of these days i will make an entry that's not pre-formatted.
this is just the classic annual "year in retrospect" survey, one i figured i may as well do--some people don't know what i've been up to.
in brevity, i spent half my year in bellingham and half my year in alaska. i got schooled in bham, i worked in ak. a pretty good balance, i'd say--one funds the other, at least. so i'm going to try and divide the survey accordingly. this should be interesting.
( here it goes! ) |
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| (no subject) |
[Dec. 27th, 2008|05:12 pm] |
| [ | feeling |
| |  bored | ] |
| [ | music |
| | batman: THE DARK KNIGHT! | ] |
i've decided zin finds the best memes. this is the love one she just posted. i found it interesting and thought-provoking, and decided to do it myself.
if you read it, disagree with me. ask questions. or fill it out yourself in your own lj. whether or not you feel you've been in love or not. i'm really curious as to what other people have to say.
( wuv...TWOOOOOO wuv......foweva.....and eva....... ) |
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| brief, time constrained entry |
[Jul. 6th, 2007|10:34 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Petersburg, AK | ] |
| [ | feeling |
| |  hee hee... | ] |
| [ | music |
| | none, sadly :( | ] |
if you have not been to alaska...get out on a ferry and ride through the san juans. the differences are minute. |
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| (no subject) |
[Jan. 8th, 2007|10:58 pm] |
| [ | feeling |
| | content | ] |
for the first time in 5 years, i am in a real orchestra.
i have no reason to be as happy about this as i am... |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 23rd, 2006|09:52 pm] |
| [ | feeling |
| |  chill | ] |
| [ | music |
| | TLM-Kiss the Girl (in portuguese) | ] |
Happy Thanksgiving one and all!
So, we didn't really celebrate today over here. My mom got mysteriously sick yesterday evening, so she and my dad went to a doctor to check it out this evening-ish. So Karen and I had a "Poor College Student's Thanksgiving"---a DiGiorno pizza, an instant salad, and diet cokes, with ice cream for dessert. Twas quite a spread. All while watching foreign language versions of Disney songs on YouTube, as well as "Love Actually."
Maybe we'll get around to doing it up proper later. As I've told so many people so far, it's the thought that counts, not the date. Besides, tonight has definitely been amusing. |
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| (no subject) |
[Sep. 29th, 2006|08:22 pm] |
| [ | feeling |
| |  woozy | ] |
| [ | music |
| | misirlou | ] |
so far at least three people have discovered my lj merely by googling stuff (or, three have called my attention to it, at least). i was almost tempted to make this thing friends only after the most recent incident. but then i thought "wait a tic! i never update anyway! so who cares?"
so, for those who don't know, i'm at whatcom again, and will be until spring quarter. after that i will get my a.a. and will get to figure out where i'm going for big kids school. fun. wherever that'll be will probably be a public school, and it'll most definitely be in washington state. besides that, i'm at a loss.
a guy (i'm avoiding whole names since this afternoon) confessed his affections for me recently, hence my last post. i turned him down. it was the nicest thing i could do.
i turned 19 a bit over a week ago. we didn't really do much since my mom was recovering from surgery, but i've since concluded that once you turn 18, birthdays really don't matter much. especially if you don't drink.
and...if there's anything new, i'm blanking on it. oh wait--i donated blood yesterday and am still feeling really weird from it. so if this seemed kind of spacey, that explains that. |
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| (no subject) |
[Sep. 5th, 2006|03:12 am] |
A recent question was brought up, and i have no idea how to answer it. So i pose it to you all:
What is the difference between going out on a date with someone and hanging out with someone? |
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| (no subject) |
[Jul. 31st, 2006|01:27 pm] |
So word on the grapevine is that next year's inter-high musical is going to be West Side Story.
This is going to get ugly quick. |
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| (no subject) |
[Jun. 20th, 2006|12:28 am] |
| [ | feeling |
| | happy | ] |
OH man, this weekend. What a great way to end the school year.
So, I didn't go to my graduation on Saturday (oh SAD). Instead, i went to my "cousin"'s wedding (What relation do I have with my grandfather's sister's grandson?). I feel bad for saying this, I really do, but...I hope it doesn't last. Judging by the ceremony, they just...I'm not feeling it with them, and I have faith for almost all the couples I see married (and I've been to quite a few). Plus the ceremony was awful. Capitalistic-based, pop-y religion annoys me greatly. However, it was definitely hilarious. Plus I'm down with seeing relatives, especially the Margarita Fairy (my grandfather's sister).
Next day was the day of my grad recital. The crowd surprised me a lot--people I expected to come didn't, while people I'd never expect to show up did.(Lyzz, you have no idea how surprised I was to see you book it into the church with Fij at the last minute). I think the most random moment was after I finished the Beethoven Sonata (last piece), I was taking my final bows, when I notice in the back-ish there's this guy with this mass of dreadlocks I'd never seen before. Apparently he came up to Fazio earlier going "Do you know where the AA meeting is?" and faz, not being an alkie, didn't know. So I guess the guy stuck around to listen to me instead of going. O_o weird...
Btw... Henceforth, any and all anonymous posters are to be viewed as long-haired sweatpants-wearing bespectacled people until their identities are revealed.
Anyway, the Beethoven A Major sonata can consider itself pwned, for the time being. I've seldom had as much fun performing anything as I did with that piece. The Sammartini Sonata--eh *shrugs*. the music wasn't so great anyway, except the second movement, which I did do well on, so there. I kinda wished the Sarabande from Suite No. 3 went better than it did, because that was my favorite piece on the program (although it was definitely the hardest to perform). The Gigue from the same suite went well, and I think the fact that it nearly flew out of control made it more exciting. And the Elegie went fine. Overall i'm satisfied with how it went, and those of you who didn't show up missed out.
I think the afterparty was the best part. The reception was great. i got to talk to a lot of people, many of whom i won't be seeing a lot of in the future. but then people still stuck around after most other people had left, so we ended up going to my house. It was pretty funny, especially with my ADD little cousin (little as in 5) giving a running commentary to the original Fantasia, as well as the constant references to Robert Goulet. Good times, good times.
I feel very, very good inside. |
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| (no subject) |
[Jun. 9th, 2006|01:29 am] |
| [ | feeling |
| | amused | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Gnarls Barkley-Crazy (this song won't leave my head) | ] |
Highlights from tonight's concert. These are all quotes that The Doud made while talking about the seniors:
1. "If I had to pick one word to describe Abby, it would be 'talented.'"
Me: *snort*
2. "First we have Elizabeth Davis. Elizabeth is a fiddler." [usually she says something about the senior's personality. As far as The Doud is concerned, Liz is merely a soulless fiddler--a machine, if you will]
3. "Bradley is a section leader. You may have seen him." [same problem. plus the "no shit"-ness of the second part was priceless]
4. "If I had to pick a word to describe Neha, it would be kind and gentle."
5. "If I had to pick a word to describe Althea, it would be kind and gentle."
6. "One thing to say about Neha is that I mispronounced her name for a whole year, and she never corrected me! Ha ha." [It was amazing what she chose as her key memories. Who's proud of something like that?]
7. "One thing to say about Max is that he's a very happy-go-lucky kind of guy."
:D I was laughing throughout the whole thing. How ridiculous...the only way she could have made it better would be if she said that Jeremy is "always so reliable." Hey, half the senior class last year was--no reason why he can't be (the fact that he's one of the flakiest people in the class doesn't matter). |
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| (no subject) |
[May. 22nd, 2006|09:44 pm] |
| [ | feeling |
| |  insane | ] |
| [ | music |
| | F.F. -Michael | ] |
Ok you guys, so, I'm having a senior (cello) recital on the 18th of June at 7:00 at St. James Presbyterian, which is the church across the street from Lowell Elementary (or 910 14th street, if you have no idea where lowell is). It's gonna be fairly awesome, and if people show up, it'll be a party, too. (funny how that works...) obviously it's cool if you don't show, but it's had to deny the sweetness factor of people showing up.
peace. |
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| wtf? |
[May. 18th, 2006|02:29 pm] |
| [ | feeling |
| | amused | ] |
When I woke up this morning, my neck kind of hurt, but it wasn't really that bad. However, i had to go ahead and aggravate it, which made things...much much worse. So now my neck is kind of twisted, and my whole body looks screwed up. WTF? This is supposed to happen in some fairytale (i know exactly which one, too), not in real life.
So, I have to do a couple of things to avoid sharp, shooting pains: I have to keep one shoulder up because pressure's being put on that collarbone, and I have to keep my elbow bent for the same reason. I keep the other shoudler up to support my head cause it must lean at that angle. And to move comfortably I walk with this sort-of shuffling gait that makes me seem like i'm creeping along.
In short, I look very much like Igor. XD especially since it looks like I have a whithered claw resting on my chest. i broke out lauhging when I saw myself in the mirror.
So that's why I wasn't at school today. In case you were wondering.
P.S. I helped my sister write a sonnet on Sunday. I'm not sure if i should be proud of that or not... |
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| (no subject) |
[May. 3rd, 2006|06:26 pm] |
| [ | feeling |
| |  extremely wrathful | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Beatles--I saw her standing there | ] |
Did you know that The RIAA has declared that burning cds onto mp3 players is illegal? Neither did I.
So, Mr. Best needs to die. Like, soon. So then we can replace him with someone who isn't, i dunno, totally full of shit. Like, someone who gets back pertinent elements of the CRAPP project that haven't met standards to students in a timely manner, such as ASAP, so said students can correct problematical elements in time to submit all elements of the portfolio by the deadline. Rather, than, say, someone who sends a worker bee of his to the student halfway through the last period of the day it's all due to come over and pick up said element that "hasn't met standards." And, of course, someone who would be more polite than saying "It's your fault" and cutting a student off to "talk" with another student would be a definite improvement.
Ok, I never really hated the man before. i just hated what he represented. now i just hate him. and the worst part is that I can't give him hell about it because he doesn't have a soul (lacking one is required for his line of work). he just has that impenetrably vacuous mannerism of his. so i get to go over there tomorrow and get him to accept my stuff late by using some type of equally impenetrably vacuous mannerism.
this is gonna suck. |
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| (no subject) |
[Apr. 28th, 2006|10:30 pm] |
| [ | feeling |
| |  tired | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Elgar Serenade | ] |
Ah, great day today. several hour round trip car ride to ellensburg, getting two 2s and a 1 at state, and then discovering my cat is really sick.
lovely.
but, it wasn't so bad. the car ride did not seem that long. We did really well, even if the judges were like "You people suck because you aren't small enough to be a 'small ensemble' but aren't big enough to be a legit 'large ensemble' because of our retarded rules." Also, at least we didn't have an out of tune violist and a cello soloist you could not hear to save your soul (*ahem* bellingham...). our group was cooler, tighter, and awesomer than them anyway. and, on top of it all, wickell's a very good guy.
but i am bothered about my cat. poor thing. |
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[Apr. 3rd, 2006|04:56 pm] |
guess who ain't going to prom? yeah, that's right me. cause i'm going to be down in ELLENSBURG! for SOLO AND ENSEMBLE. ah, the sweet taste of victory...
in other news, my english teacher is...interesting. to give an idea, on the syllabus, this is how it reads:
Required texts
--Ways of Reading (btw, does anyone happen to have this book for me to borrow/buy/have? nm, i got it used today)
--Writing Analytically
--other readings as assigned
--A My Space account.
...wtf? my space is creepy (his my space is creepy, for that matter).
anyway, i forsee three possible endings to this class: 1) It will be humorously edifying; 2) it will be humorously entertaining (i got some giggles in today); 3) I will despise him. but whatever happens, it won't be a sleeper class.
EDIT: Oh, however could i forget this? I have SPENCER JANYK (raging uber-liberal) in my "history and politics of the Middle East 1900-present" class. |
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| (no subject) |
[Mar. 26th, 2006|04:42 pm] |
| [ | feeling |
| |  CAFFEINE | ] |
| [ | music |
| | something from kyle's collection | ] |
Only at a mock trial competition can you flip off your opponents in front of everybody and get acclaimed for it by the judges.
Mock trial was sweet, and i'm bummed that i never did it before. even sitting in the same trial three times in one day was interesting. unfortunately i can't explain what it was like except through pictures, so until i get those, i can't say anything except that it's the only competition that i've been invovled with/seen where everyone had respect for each other, befriended their opponents, and where cattiness was inexistent.
except amongst our teammates. but that's completely different and unrelated. |
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