it's all in how you say it...

Kids waiting for candy killed by Iraq bombs

this was a headline on cnn.com

made me laugh because... was the candy killed by the bomb and the kids are now waiting for it? or the kids waiting for the candy then killed?

I'm special - part III

Today, my boss calls me over to her desk and tells me that I (and one other person from my team) have been chosen to do "onboarding" with the new training class. That means that I will be helping them when they are taking their simulation calls and then when they go live (start taking real calls) I get to walk around and help them. It does mean that I will be working from 9:15 to 6:00 on Wednesday of this week and then a few days the second week of October. But that's ok. It's a big deal to have been chosen. My boss said that her boss was the one that made the decision of who gets to d this. Yeah for me.

OTHER THINGS...
- Article : Suspects in standoff mentally ill, suicidal, relative says
This is scary. This is not all that far from where we used to live. It has been going on for almost 24 hours now. I hope it ends peacefully. I heard on the radio that people who live in the area are not being allowed back into their homes and they are staying at a high school gym. Suck.
- full moon tonight. neat.
- strange that even though I go weeks without seeing my mom, knowing that she is all the way across the country makes me miss her real bad. I did call my dad last night to check on him and make sure he hasn't gone into diabetic shock. He said he keeps thinking that my mom is gonna come home at any minute, but then he realizes she's not just at work. That's cute. He misses her.

fall tv

Monday: have yet to watch LAX. I always seem to find other shit to do on Monday nights.

Tuesday: I don't know what I'll watch now that BB5 & Amazing Race are over. Plus Nip/Tuck is winding down for the season. I'll have to wait til next week to see what's on.

Wednesday: I guess I'm gonna have to flip between Lost and America's Next Top Model. Lost was very strange. Pilot in the tree=nasty. It deserves a second week of viewing, but we'll see after that. CSI:NY was alright. Gary Sinese's voice is really obnoxious and I could do without it. But I'll watch it again.

Thursday: Joey is cute, but I doubt it will last. CSI - the orginal = awesome!. ER, eh. I'm just so used to watching it that I can't not.

Not really impressed with any new show this year...

Damn, I just realized I missed the season finale of Six Feet Under. CRAP.

I'm special - part II

my boss brought me into her office ...er, cube... later this afternoon and she wanted to tell me that she reviewed some of my calls and found no opportunities. what that means is there was nothing she could find that I need to do better. Plus, she told me that I have the second highest percentage of network referrals. I'm not gonna go into what all that means, just know that the only person better than me as far as that goes is a guy who has been doing the job for over a year. It surprised the hell out of me, because I thought I was doing terrible on those. She said she wanted to have people sit with me who are struggling. That's the total opposite of my last job. My boss also asked me if I had considered advancement. I told her I really want to be a coach. (this is funny...I accidentally typed couch, but then fixed it.) She said that every one says that, but there might be opportunities next year. And she told me to think about going to another department where I would have to be licensed, but I would make more money. So, we shall see. She just kept saying that was doing such a good job. Yeah for me. I love that I have found a job where I can be successful. That is what I hated most about my last job.

tomorrow's agenda...
dentist
toes
bank
Avondale for lunch and watch mom pack (hooray)

I'm special

my coach just told me that my boss "raves" about me.
cool.

yer growns up & yer growns up & yer growns up

I think I sense a trend. My post titles are movie lines... Neat.
I am so proud. I said that line to Chris tonight and he knew what it was from. I told him that I don't know if I've ever been prouder of him.

FIRST DAY OF FALL! thank God!

couple-a-things:
- I keep forgetting to mention that I found out that some random chic I work with has a second job...as a stripper. Isn't that special? It wouldn't be so bad if she was half decent looking. But she's not. She has no boobs either. I am afeard (yes, afeard) of the place that she strip's. Must be a real classy establishment. YIKES is an understatement.

- I took a claim today from a dude who plays for a pro football team. Here's what happened... He called to report that he rear-ended another vehicle. He said that he played football and I started to wonder if it was pro or maybe just for fun or something. He was driving an big nice car and then I started wondering more that he might be pro. Then he said was from one state, but was living now in the state of the team he plays for. After I took the claim, my curiosity got the best of me and I googled his name. And yup, that's him. Living in the state of the team he plays for, plays football, from that other state. Totally him. Then I googled his passenger and found out it's another player. Crazy. I like taking claims from pro football players. Rookies or not.
please note...this was changed to conceal the identities. I made a judgement error and posted who the dude really was. oops.

- Why is it that I put my feelings off on other people? What do I mean by that? I mean that I feel a certain way about something, but instead of dealing with it myself, I tell other people and then feel as though they are making me feel that way. I'm not explaining it right. But does that sorta make sense? Am I the only one who does that? Like I am freaked out and uncertain about...lets say getting a house...and I discuss this with...lets say my mom...and then suddenly I feel like my mom is the one that is uncertain about it and is making me feel like I am uncertain. Then I am mad at her for making me feel that way, instead of dealing with the fact that I am uncertain myself. I am sorry mom for doing that. I probably do that more than just in this case. But I am realized that I did it this time. I guess that's a step. Not that I am getting 100% support about the house thing, but I need to not do what I am doing any more.

- Today was my boss's birthday and it's a good thing that someone told me the day before. I busted out a candle that I keep in stock at my house and wrapped it up nice. I was one of the few people who gave her gifts. I think that only one other person did (the person who told me it was her birthday.) My boss thanked me more than once. I try not to be a kiss ass and let my work speak for me, but if I ever want to be a coach, I do need to stand out somehow. Also, since it was her birthday, we had cupcakes. Well, the team had cupcakes. But not me. I did not eat one and I am really proud of myself. I am not bringing change to work so that I can't get anything out of the vending machine either. I have not officially started a diet, but I am working towards it and after my will power today, I feel like I am on the right track. I just need to sign up for the gym now and really start a diet.
Not having a cupcake might not be a big deal to some people, but to me, that's huge.

Happy Scrapy Hero Pup

I keep forgetting to mention that I watched Clerks X over the weekend.
I only had the disc with the movie (not the extras disc), but the version
on the dvd was the "original" version. The version that they filmed before
it was bought and edited. It had about 10 or so total extra minutes. I
watched it with the commentary on. All the boys (the main ones) were doing
the commentary. Very funny stuff. The Randal guy (in real life) married the
chic who played Caitlin Bree. They are not married anymore, but that's
funny. I recommend viewing the extended version. I am waiting on the extra's
dvd to come from Netflix. Apparently there is a documentary on there. That's
way cool. Oh, in the extended version, the QuickStop gets held up and Dante
gets shot and dies. Crazy!

to Carrie Evans!

random things

song in my head... Jesus Walks ...

- historicphoenix.com. the website that shows a lot of the houses we were looking at yesterday. the ones we were looking at were in the Coronado & Diamond Street area. The others are WAY too expensive. The dudes on this website are two of the realtors Mike was telling us about yesterday. We saw the website on some of the FOR SALE signs. As far as moving is concerned, we discussed it and figure that we will sign a 3 month lease on our apartment when it comes up in January. That gets us until the middle of April to get this all done. Chris really wanted to not renew the lease on the apartment at all, but I (being the level-headed [see: FREAKED OUT] one) convinced him that our debt to income ratio will be lower if we wait to get the loan until January. See, we both get bonuses and we are planning on using them to pay down debt. And since Chris found out that debt to income ratio is one of the most important factors, we need to have that be a lot better than it is now. So, that's what we are shooting for. Save, save, save and pay off debt. I doubt that we will be putting anything down. The people Chris has talked to said that a lot of people don't put anything down; just pay the closing costs. So, that's what we need to save for. The closing costs. It's good that Mandy has gone thru this because I get to see what it's really all about. Plus, I have ammo to calm Chris down. He thinks that it's gonna go so smooth and be perfect. I keep telling him all that Mandy & Eric went thru and he comes back down to earth. I am really nervous about all this. But he is all gung-ho, so I told him that I default all this to him. He can figure it all out and I will just look at the house and approve it. He knows what we need. I trust that he will find a good house. Plus, he can just tell people that he's an architect and he automatically would get different treatment than most people. They can't pull the wool over his eyes. He knows what they are talking about. So, that's cool.

- today is Emmy day. I hate that I work Sundays. All (ok, like 90%) awards shows are on Sundays. Normal award show day routine: get up, watch pre-show stuff on E! usually starting at noon, don't really move from that position until awards show is over-usually around 10pm. Yes, I know. No need to even say it. Well, since I am at work today, I don't get to do that. But, I am going to go home one hour early today, so that I can get prepared for the show and watch some of the pre-show stuff.

- totally forgot that the freeway ramp that I needed to take today was closed. I saw the sign for it yesterday, but completely forgot until the freeway started narrowing down to one lane with the only option of getting on I-10 west. I should have gotten off the 51 sooner, but I didn't. I got off I-10 at 7th St and took 7th St all the way to Broadway, then Broadway to 40th St. Not that major of a deal. It only took about 10 extra minutes. And I allow myself more than enough time in the mornings. So I made it here on time. But sucky non the less.

- bugs in my cup. I have this cup that I leave at work and refill with ice and a can of soda. Today, I didn't realize there were bugs in it until I poured my soda in. I rinsed it out before putting ice in it, but apparently that didn't do the job. Yuck. I have to bring the cup home and clean it for real.

baby clothes

since I don't have a baby, I like to at least look at baby clothes.
last night I found these two dresses: 1 & 2
one day, I will have the coolest dressed kid around.

tv boyfriend...

I finally thought of who my tv boyfriend is...
Adam Brody from The OC.

what's up with people today?

here's what I'm getting:
"I need to report an accident, but I didn't bring any of the information about the accident with me. So, I'll have to give that information to you later."

WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST CALL LATER FOOL?

that has happened more than once this morning! freaks.

you could distinguish Mayer from Matthews...

What a good song to have in my head...

Nobody knows what song I'm referring to. That's neat.
If you were wondering what song it is, it's called Comfortable and it's by JCM. I like being vague. I have copied some of the live shows that I have on to cassette and I listen to them in the car. The show that I was listening to this morning has Comfortable as part of the encore. The original lyric is "you could distinguish Miles from Coltrane." But in the version I was listening to, he sings what I wrote for the title. I love it! As you might imagine. I love when one boyfriend refers to the other. I don't think that it's happened the other way around, but still. I bought some more cassettes yesterday to make more copies of
shows so I have a variety. Neat.

Anyway. Why is it that very time I think, "gee, I haven't had a headache in a while" I go and get one the next day? Suck. Last night I thought that and this morning I have a slight headache. I took drugs and think that I caught it in time. It's really slight still, but going away. Neat.

They are offering us overtime this week because of the new hurricane. I am debating. I like money. But I don't like work. Interesting dilemma.

Watched Jack & Bobby last night. Not sure how I feel about it. Chris watched it with me and he said, "Are they just trying to be fucked up for fucked ups sake?" That's funny. I think I will watch it again. That's how I feel about most of the new shows that I have watched so far this season. None that I have LOVED. Most that I just say I will watch one more time and then decide.

why did I eat that?

I ate some Hostess cupcakes with my lunch and now I regret it, big time.
I don't even really like chocolate or those cupcakes. I just bought
them and ate them without thinking. I feel ill now. I need to think
more before I eat.

this is cute...

last night Chris told me he was gonna go to Walmart. I needed pads, so I asked
him, "Are you man enough to buy me pads?" He said, "Yeah, I can do that."
I wrote down exactly what it said on the package so he would get the right
ones. I wake up this morning and see a HUGE pack of pads. I told him only
to get the 16 count package, but he took it upon himself to buy the 44 pack!
He got the right ones, except (TMI, I know.) without wings. But I realized
I did not write that on the list. So he didn't know. So I can't be mad.
That's funny.

craft fair

This morning we went to the Harvest Festival at the Civic plaza. it was really neat.
but there were some really random things there. It was a lot smaller than we
had thought it would be. but it was cool anyway. I was really good and spent
only like $25 dollars. I got these painted wood blocks that spell out PEACE, for to
use as a Christmas decoration. I also got (and mom got some too) these yard stakes.
I got three. One with a pumpkin, one with a turkey and one with a reindeer. so, one
day when we have a yard, I can decorate for each of the holidays. I am gonna add
my own bows and raffia to them to decorate them a little more, but they are really
cute and they were cheap! I was really good about spending money. We went thru the
whole thing before I decided to buy anything. We then went back and I got what I wanted.
Smart. Mom bought some really cool stuff too. Some that I can't mention because they
are gifts. But she did buy this cool thing for her cross stiching. It's like a little
workstation that hold the fabric and also holds the pattern. It's really cool.
After the craft fair, we went and had lunch at the Hard Rock. I have never been to
the Hard Rock in Phoenix all this time. It used to be by the Biltmore on Camelback, but
they moved it downtown. We drive by it everyday because it's at the bottom of Chris's
building, but I've never been. It was ok. Not spectacular. The Niagara Falls one and the
LA one were much better. But as Chris said, "That's because it's Phoenix." Whatever.
It was a really nice morning with mom. I am glad we went.
Now, I am just chillin. Probably gonna go now and finish reading my book and then
read my magazines when they come. This week is the Best & Worst dressed PEOPLE. So,
that'll be fun.

Not neat:

- still in front of the computer. this makes it a solid 5 hours! ok, not solid. I did stop, go to the bathroom and get 1/2 way dressed. new bottoms, but still with pajama top on. you would think that I would avoid this thing while I was not at work, but you would be wrong.

- Mandy's car breaking down. that really sucks. I am so sorry. I can totally relate.

I really need to get off this computer. I just finished another concert. It's time
to go get some work done around this place...

Neat:

- fact that I've been on the computer for 3 hours and am still in my pajamas.

- that I am listening to one of my more than 40 concerts. The guy that I rip them from added a buttload more the other day and I downloaded them like a fool.

- going to the Harvest Festival with mom tomorrow.

- I found these funny pictures of my boy today...

This is new...

My web page might be gone for good. At least in the format that it was now. I have taken my favorite things from my journal and I am now gonna blog for a couple of reasons:
1) less up-keep. I don't have to change it everymonth, unless I want to
2) I can blog from work. remember though, I can't read comments from work.

I am still working out the kinks on how to format this blog. But I think I have
tweaked the template enough to suit me for now.

I will still blog on our conversational blog, but I feel like I needed
my own space too. As you said, no harm in having more than one blog.
So, here I am. All my own.