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« September 2006 | Main | November 2006 » October 31, 2006happy halloween!You didn't think I'd go all of October without dyeing my hair did you?
Tattoos may increase your risk of allergy to this product? Anyone have any sort of explanation for why this might be true? October 29, 2006interview 6, ebay, ifoceFriday:
Starting bid or Buy It Now price recommendations anyone?
October 26, 2006on guiltToday on the el a man sat near me, turned to me, and asked "change for the homeless?" I normally just shake my head and turn away, figuring that the money is just going to liquor and drugs. I knew, though, that I had some loose change in my pocket so I reached in and he started thanking me. I figured I had a couple of quarters but when I pulled out my hand all I had was a nickel and some pennies, no more than twenty cents in all. I gave it to him and he thanked me again and said that it was still something. When he left the train he said goodbye and said "may God bless you." I felt guilty giving him only pennies despite the fact that I don't have a job and he doesn't have a job and I could have given him nothing. Lately I have been feeling sad over something that didn't really happen to me. Although it could have happened and almost did, several times, it didn't. My imagination, though, can be rather vivid. I can remember what did happen and can sometimes empathize myself so much into the what ifs that I will start to cry. And then I feel guilty. In a way I feel as if I am not justified in feeling as bad as I do. Do I even have the right to feel so depressed over something that never actually happened when it has happened to so many other people? October 22, 2006see josh, see josh runCongratulations Josh!
Sunday:
We were able to see Josh run then we walked around downtown for a bit until we met him at the end. He ended up with a time just under 5 hours which I think is kick ass for him!!! YayJoshYay! He didn't fall but apparently the winner tripped at the finish line. I guess I am bad luck for someone. October 21, 2006we were supposed toIt's been a week of "we were supposed to" with MattyK and last night was definitely no exception... So, Alina invited a bunch of people over to her place at Notre Dame for the weekend. I wanted to go, but since I already have Sunday plans I was not sure if I could go at all. Then MK told me that he was going to go on Friday afternoon and come back early Saturday since he has an appointment. So yay! I can go but be back Saturday! So, Friday after my interview I come back home and get ready and get dropped off at MK's so he doesn't have to go out of the way to get me. He just bought a new computer so I hang out while he's putting in the old hard drive and stuff... And then I sit there all afternoon while he installs software into it... And then his aunt comes over and they all get pizza so we stay for that and by that time it is already 7:30. MattyK and I decide that at that point it is a lot of driving for us not to really be there for too long at all. So I am promised, since in the last week I sat around watching him take pictures of car parts, then sat around watching him kick his broken computer, then sat around watching him set up his new one, that Val and Matt needed to actually do something fun together. That turned into a night of Matt having fun with Scott and Andy. :( Hehe. So we went over and met ScottyMcHotty and Andy at the Froggy place. When we came in the piano guy was playing "My Funny Valentine" which is my favoritest song and the one I make Matt play for me on the piano all the time. :) Alas, Matt didn't even recognize it, but oh well. It was a night of good conversations, singing along to the piano (at least for me), good drinks and stolen calamari from Scott, me trying to get into Matt and Scott's pants and Andy trying to get into mine. Hehe. Then we left and I went back to Matt's and we played on the piano for a bit and I got to see Chris without pants on. Woohoo! October 20, 2006interview 5CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A romantic interlude builds. The love affair is between you and your work. Soon it'll be time to make an important decision, but for now, dance to the music that only the two of you can hear. I had an interview at the lyric this morning for a job i really really really want doing website updating and such. I think the interview went very well. Eep! It really is a dream job: great company, great position, great location. October 19, 2006cluck cluck1. I should be obese. I could not decide what to get for dinner so i ended up going both to White Castle (chicken rings and cheese sticks) and Wendy's (double stack and fries). I have always wanted to do that but never have before. At least I stopped short of getting a blueberry doughnut at Dunkin Donuts. 2. You learn about the five paragraph essay in high school, then go to college and find out that is all crap. Apparently you learn "show don't tell" in college and when you get to grad school, you find out that that's crap too. 3. I can't eat all this food. nobayI had every intention of giving all y'all a link to all my crap you can buy on ebay. Yeah, things, of course, didn't work out that way... So, MattyK told me I could come over and we could list some of my crap (er, I mean priceless wondrous unique items). So I forsook Americas Next Top Model AND the finale of Project Runway to go over to his place. Then I sat there while he packaged up some of his items. Then I sat there while he printed labels. Then I sat there while he tried to install some software. Then I sat there while his computer broke down. Then I sat there while he threatened his computer with a hammer, a large gun, and a large sword. Yup, it was gone. Alas he didn't take the hammer to it, but he did kick it a few times. In the meantime though I did get to use his hardwood floors as a dance floor (I miss having wood floors) and tried to convince him that eating a chocolate bar and a bag of potato chips at the same time is one of the best snacks in the world. So, I didn't get to list anything yet on ebay so I am not a billionaire. :( Ah well, now time to watch my previously recorded reality tv! October 16, 2006on school1. I have officially decided to take next quarter off from school. I am supposed to register for classes tomorrow but there are none I want to take. I'd rather not waste my money or time on a class I am not interested in. I was planning on being done by June, but I guess I will have to continue on next year. 2. It really is a good thing that I have become obsessive over detailing my life in this journal. I am working on a mini-essay for class where I am structuring events around my horoscope from the day they occurred. If it weren't for this journal, I would have no clue of the exact date anything happened. October 15, 2006weekendFriday: He dares yell at me for assuming that his need to sell $900 meant that he actually needed $900? How dare he. So, Friday I went to MK's where I sat around watching him take pictures of car parts. He was so cute putting them into little poses. I tried to be all top model about it and would encourage his "models": "Give me sexy. Give me demure. Show me emotion." Hehe. Bobby came by and took me driving in Matt's Triumph, which meant I had now been taken around the block by two of his brothers and not him. Of course the top was down and being 40ish degrees, I was freezing. Then MK took pics of all my crap but we didn't get around to posting anything. I need to make me some money.
We met up with Isla, Jen, Alina, Joe, and Joe's two Aussies and ate up some wings. Our server was horrendous. Three times while eating someone came by with food that we had not ordered and I didn't even get to place a drink order until I was almost done eating. But alas, I needed a drink to wash down the teeny tiny piece of a "Blazin" wing I tried that burned by mouth for an hour. Jen got hot sauce on her boob. We watched the beginnings of the Ultimate Fighting Championships which was definitely one of the most homo-erotic sports I have ever seen. MK kept saying he could beat them, then I beat him up. Or something like that. He said it hurt :) The TV kept going out though so people were getting pissed. Afterwards we headed off to Joe's apartment. Actually, I went to MK's and he stalled about and complained about driving to Joe's and he made me hold cold beer while I was freezing. Then he complained about driving there. Then he complained about parking while we drove around for 40 minutes. :( he is never going visit me when I move down there. :( He did say he was only going so he could see Alina's pussy (shush, he meant her cat). I said if he comes to visit me he can see my pussy (shush, I mean my pussy willow tree). Once we finally found parking we went up to JoeJoe's and sat around drinking and such. I chugged a lot of wine, pet the kitty (she likes me!), and slouched around in the papasan. Yeah, that was basically it.
October 13, 2006happy friday the 13th!happy friday the 13th!
from my favorite serial killer to yours!
October 12, 2006interviews 3 and 410:00am: Interview 3 - Southern Chicago 2:30pm: Interview 4 - Glenview (aka, past Northern Chicago) 6:00pm: Michael Steinberg reading - Lincoln Park --- I managed to have three and a half interviews (I also had a pre-screening phone interview with the lyric) this week without once being asked my strengths and weaknesses! --- Did I mention I drove to all of the interviews today all by myself??? Did I mention that I took HIGHWAYS to get there! Yeah, be proud. Your little Val is becoming a grownup :) October 10, 2006wine...finallySo, last week when I drove MattyK to get his car he promised me that he'd buy me wine. Tonight he finally came through and we finally made it to WineStyles. This was his second take at taking me for wine and our third attempt at going to this wine bar. We met Jen at the bar and, even though we were there past the time they normally have it, they let us do the wine tasting because they still had enough wine left. The tasting was interesting because it was a blind taste test. No, they don't blindfold us, they blindfold the bottles of wine. For only $5 (free for me because Matt paid) you get 6 glasses (well, small glasses) of wine, 3 white and 3 red, and they don't tell you which is which. You have to guess. It was pretty cool. Jen and Matt got all the numbers right. I got the white ones but mussed up the reds.
I'll tell you this, if you put a Coke and a Pepsi in front of me, I could tell you in a second which is which. :) October 9, 2006interview 2I had an interview today to do marketing work for a law firm. It would be a lot of writing, which would be supercool. From the sounds of it, attorneys are more demanding than realtors and the workload would be heavy, but it wounds like a good opportunity. I liked the interview too because I did not get asked the standard interview fare of what are my strengths and weaknesses and such. Fingers crosses. :) October 8, 2006joejoe is in chicago...kind ofWe moved JoeJoe to his new place yesterday. MattyK made a decent joke (for once): "El stop. That's Spanish for THE stop." He also stole my good joke: "OOP, unpack it all and start again!" I forgot to mention last week that he lives right across from the Urban Outfitters. When I saw that I knew exactly where he was in relation to everything. Yeah, I only know where I am based on stores :) We got him all packed and unpacked fairly efficiently. Joe packed almost as much of MattH's stuff as his own. I lucked out and basically had the job of holding open the elevator door with Jen. Jen got off even easier because she didn't show up until we were done packing up the car. The mattress guys thought it was funny to press all the floor buttons before getting off. I thought it was funny too because I wasn't in the elevator :) I was the only one who came to his call when Joe asked for a kitchen expert. Then we sat around and watched Jurassic Park and then got pizza at My π and I got drunk because only I can get drunk off of two glasses of wine. MattyK had faulty equipment and therefore flooded the bathroom. October 6, 2006doneIt's officially been two months since I last called. It's officially been sixty calls on my recently dialed list and you are no longer there. I went out with Nad tonight to celebrate :)
the end. October 5, 2006i'm quirky :)"You are such a quirky writer! I love the oddness of your essay, the unexpected moments throughout that make me laugh and ponder..." We workshopped my essay in class tonight. That was the first line of the response my professor wrote. Hehe. That rocked my socks off. Overall, workshop went well. Lots of work to make the essay well...work. But I got a lot of new ideas now. :) no wine for valMattyKKK Took my Baby Away (ever since I started referring to him as MattyK I get that song in my head when I say it). Anyways...Matt bought a new car! The problem though, I guess was that he normally buys cars that don't run in which case he just drives a van over and hooks it up and hauls it away. This car however actually runs, meaning he had to get there and not have two cars.Which meant... Val to the rescue! Yes, that is right, I actually voluntarily picked someone up and drove them somewhere (ON A HIGHWAY)!! Yayforme! The funniest thing is when I went to mapquest for directions on how to get home I just typed in as an address "oak park" and the directions somehow actually started at exactly where I was. So Matt has a new Spitfire which is apparently a Triumph and it is teal and matches my favorite sweatshirt. :)
--------------------------------------------------------------- So, to thank me for helping him out and then ditching me, Matt was supposed to take me out for wine on Tuesday. But alas I was stood up for a work appointment. :( --------------------------------------------------------------- So to thank me for helping him out and then ditching me and then standing me up Matt was supposed to take me out for wine tonight. Well we (along with Isla and JoeJoe) got to the wine bar and apparently tonight was the only night ever they were hosting a private party. So, no wine for val :( Before going for not wine though I got to ride in the Triumph with Matt's brother Chris and beat Matt up for almost letting Isla ride in it before me even though he promised I could be the first. Chris and I agree that Matt is a dork for getting rid of the leopard print seats that it came with :( We all went to Fridays instead where they ate dinner and I got a brownie sundae thing because I had already eaten. Then I went back to Matt's where he dressed himself up all purdy, wouldn't watch the little mermaid but he played My Funny Valentine for me on the piano :)
Matt, Chris, and I jammed for a bit (well, I pressed random piano keys).
In conclusion, val is still owed wine (and a little mermaid viewing and a pretty tiffanys ring :) ) October 2, 2006pretty thingsWetWilli106: get a job hippie Udlike2no0: in conclusion...get a job! (you hippie) I'm trying, I'm trying. In the meantime though, here is a list of things Valerie wants to buy when she gets a job and has money (besides furniture): 1. PINK IPOD! 3. Digital SLR! 4. Dragonfly Ring! October 1, 2006i want an archJoeJoe's away message last night: checkin out the new place tomorrow ... if anyone is bored enough to go to an empty apartment in the morning, you are welcome to come ... Yeah. I was bored enough :) Really my only plan for the day was to sit around and watch last night's Saturday Night Live that I'd taped (not something I normally care if I watch but I wanted to see it because of the writing/cast changes). So...I decided to accompany JoeJoe to his new place so I could watch him mop his floors. Hehe. The place is pretty nice, not too big, not too small, just the right amount of space. It has two of my favoritest things in an apartment: hardwood floors and a cute archway. He also has 2 closets in the bedroom. The kitchen is small but nice and has floors with PINK in them. Joe says he will not base his decorating around the pink :( The kitchen also has doors to close it off so you don't have to look at it if you are being messy. The bathroom is decent but the water won't shut off all the way. You can turn the one dial all the way around and just when you get to the point where you think if you turn it just a teenytiny bit more it will stop, it will start going a lot again. Ah well, JoeJoe doesn't pay for his water. Also, the hot knob works the cold water, the cold knob works the hot water. After bringing up some of his stuff we got some Subway where Joe saw the person in front of us complain that the soup wasn't fresh enough and demand his money back. Umm, when I go to Subway, I don't expect much to actually be fresh. After that we went back to the apartment and Joe's sister came over and we both watched Joe mop the floors. Funstuffs. happy birthday nad!Happy Birthday Nadia!
We went out for Nad's birthday tonight! Got some pie. I discovered (after knowing her for like 16 years) that me and Jenny have the exact same pie-eating habits. Jen and Adam gave Nad these cute bride and groom build-a-bears. Aaaawwww. I gave Nad Guinness and Guinness glasses all wrapped up in Spongebob paper with a Popple card :) After pie-ing we went to play some pool, which I haven't done in soso long. I was kicking ass for a bit, but then I lost it :( Highlights: 2. I apparently have to marry someone whose last name is Extopalopuble 3. I will touch any man's ass for money. I am the only one allowed to touch Nadia's ass 4. The Death Cab death song is everyone's favorite song 5. Nadia is mad at me because I stole her Escalade in a dream 6. Jenny is into metal, who knew? 7. Reegers vs. NonReegers 8. Jenny is no longer a Johnson!
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