A Leg Grows in C Minor

So I hear that blogging is old news. Well, good thing it's FINALLY old news after I've been blogging for the last 5 years. Anyway the new thing is "Vlogging" with...videoblogs. Well I'm not comfortable enough with myself to do that, (even though I COULD technically).... so I'm going the next best step: Pictureblogging. These are chronological pics of last night's outing with Sue and Joe. Oh and most of the pics are.....Sue, Joe, and I. Of course. Forever narcissists. Joe is very proud of his new shirt, mostly because it's true. The following (and above) pics are pretty much just me making idiodic faces....and I wasn't even drunk Aww how cute are we? And Joe is STILL proud of his shirt..... Uh oh it's the return of the ex's ex! (Elise) And this time there's pictures! She became Joe's new best friend, much to my chagrin, but she's a very happy and/or drunk girl....and I couldn't really be mad This is when we both sho...

I really don't enjoy drama. I don't. It just happens to creep around me like a mocking fog. I just found out a huge secret that my parents have been keeping from me, and let me say that shocked isn't a strong enough word for it. I am beside myself with confusion and oddly, nervousness. I have no idea why I'm nervous, but apparently that's what giant family secrets do to a person. I'll gladly talk about it (I have a feeling I'll be pissed for awhile) but not on here. Feel free to IM or call. And, yes, I am getting drunk tonight. Very drunk.

I love him. I don't care that he's old enough to be my father, I even kinda like that. Memoirs of a Geisha is an amazing movie.....mostly because of him. The Last Samurai is a watchable movie only because of him. Move over Hugh Jackman.... Top 3 Christmas songs of all time: 1: Pepino the Italian Mouse 2: Dominic the Donkey 3: Snoopy and the Red Baron Yeah I like the traditional shit too, but it's way overplayed. Plus gotta respect the Italian Christmas traditions :) Merry Christmas everyone.

This one is called "Angry Gingerbread Man" because he's being forced to wear an ugly green suit with red buttons This is "Reindeer with a Species-Identity Disorder"....ya know....cause it thinks it's a horse.... This one is "Maggie Simpson" but probably only true Simpsons fans will understand it This was going to be "Snow Capone" (a fedora and a cigar) but he wouldn't stop touching himself so I named him "Snow Pervert" This is "Screaming Angel" as a tribute to Edward Munch. This is what happens when Lost isn't on tv :(

So I don't get out very often anymore. No reason really, I just usually don't. But around Christmas I usually get to see old friends more, go out more, and generally have a rockin time. Friday was the boss' Christmas party, and saturday was Sue's birthday party. Both were interesting. Things I learned on friday: --Pot Luck dinners with many attendees = looooots of food --Down Syndrome children are very good at Sign Language...and when they're 3 they're adorable! --Black Labs slobber. A lot. --Cheap wine does not get me drunk. --Playing Taboo with Michael will always bring about the words "porn" "me" or "sex". Now saturday. The big day. Well after I arrived home I went to Joe's to hang out and drool over movie trailers, then to dinner with Sue and Joe at our favorite place, Ciccino's. Mmmm calzones...After that we met Sue's roommates at her house, got each of our respective cars, and went to the hotel to meet Gabe and Jus...

Before I get into the weekend fesitivies (which I'm actually gonna put in a different blog entry), never has a book made me laugh out loud so much as any David Sedaris book. If you want to laugh, pick one up. For example, this excerpt is from "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim" Unlike the jolly, obese American Santa, Saint Nicholas is painfully thin and dresses not unlike the pope, topping his robes with a tall hat resembling an embroidered tea cozy. The outfit, I was told, is a carryover from his former career, when he served as the bishop of Turkey. One doesn't want to be too much of a cultural chauvinist, but this seemed completely wrong to me. For starters, Santa didn't used to do anything. He's not retired and, more important, he has nothing to do with Turkey. It's too dangerous there, and the people wouldn't appreciate him. When asked how he got from Turkey to the North Pole, Oscar told me with complete conviction that Saint Nicholas curre...

So I'm at Joe's house right now and we're waiting to go to dinner and watching trailers on apple.com. We just watched the X3 trailer. I think I just had an orgasm. God I can't wait. The DaVinci Code trailer is pretty good too.....

I love when, twice in one day, I have to scrape giant chunks of ice off of my car. Awesome. According to MSN.com, the Finger Lakes area is one of the best lake-area places in the US. (Go Geneva!) Also according to MSN, Rochester is one of the best places to buy a house in the Northeast. Houses are actually under-valued here. In California, by contrast, there are NO cities that are good to buy a house in unless you're really makin money. Not that I don't want to live in CA anymore because I definitely do, it just scares me that places are so expensive there. I know I talk shit about my job quite frequently, but there are some parts of it I really love. When I was in about 6th grade I wanted to be a doctor, until we had career day and I found out I'd have to go to school for an inordinate amount of time. And not minding the school thing now, but definitely minding the blood and guts thing, at least I can pretend like I'm a doctor with some stuff that I do. This new...

FIRSTS. First best friend: Jessica DeBover First crush: Nick Constable in kindergarten because he pretended to be a wolf-man on the bus First date: 12 First kiss: First *real* kiss Cody Morrow 7th grade First screen name: movlover16 First self purchased album: Weezer/Weezer First funeral: My great aunt Rosie First pets: Goldie (dog), Shadow (cat), Spooky (cat) First piercing/tattoo: ears at 9 yrs First musician you remember hearing in your house: Pointer Sisters LASTS. Last cigarette: ummm the last time I went out to the bars Last car ride: 6:00 Last kiss: Andrew 2 seconds ago Last good cry: about a month ago Last movie seen: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Last beverage drank: Water Last food consumed: pizza, chips, and a parfait Last crush: Andrew Last phone call: Andrew Last chirp: ---like Angel said: ???what the hell is this??? Last time showered: 7:40 am Last shoes worn: black boots Last cd played: Kill Bill soundtrack Last item bought: toilet plunger :( Last annoyance: mos...

I am soon traveling to Geneva to study even more because I feel like I know shit about CPAP and Cardiac Arrythmias. I'm really missing my professors, I feel like I'm in a class by myself with me as the teacher. So my test is tomorrow, in Syracuse, at 7:30 AM. Hence the driving to Geneva for the night. I will be one happy person on saturday afternoon. Again....wish me (and Arick) luck, we'll need it.

Odd title, odd mood. Deal with it. It's really been a very fun day though, I will admit. All the techs were in today and they were being super funny. Ben and I were in very weird moods, we had a contest in Portabella's to see who could pull their seat out the furthest without looking conspicuous or in the way, we said we were gonna make each other pen tattoos of arms on our arms and then body-build, and on the way to the parking lot we were trying to walk all jiggly with our bodies but I couldn't do it so I just walked with my feet turned completely inward which, I think, just scared him. This was all because of too many carbs, which always puts my manic side over the edge. And my boss suggested giving me meth to stay awake.....pfffft. Okay well enough with the explanation of the title, jeesh. First of all, my love karma sucks. Now Andrew, before you have a heart attack, I love you to death so don't take any of this personally. I'm just saying that I *suppo...

So let me start out by saying that the current theory among REM sleep researchers is that REM takes things in our memory dating back to up to a week before the sleep occurs, and consolidates the memories from short term to long term memory. This happens seemingly randomly, which is why you can recognize parts of your dreams as things that have occurred in real life but then some parts you don't remember. It could be the tiniest little detail that got put into your subconscious and gets made into a full blown dream later on. Anyway so I was gonna wake up at 8 this morning, but was a little tired so decided to sleep til 8:30. This dream occurred between about 8:10 and 8:30 and let me just say....I thought my creative side was gone....the dream proves me wrong. So first it starts out randomly with this guy coming to my apartment to see some other guy (not Andrew) that I lived with as a roommate (totally nonsexual). He had bangs but a shaved head and at the very back of his head he...

Well it looks like in a week or two I'll be movin on up to head tech position. Yay. Have I mentioned I hate being in charge of people? I'm a fucking masochist, I LIKE when people order me around. So now I'm stuck with a bunch of techs listening to whatever I tell them, and I get to schedule them any way I want. BUT I can't pull myself off runs because I'm the most experienced and my boss wants me on them still. So not only have I taken over sleep scoring completely, now I am head tech, scheduler, working on abstracts, AND helping Mike upstairs doing a study with colonoscopy patients (don't ask). Oh as soon as Charcy leaves I am asking for a raise, don't worry. I'm not THAT masochistic. I'm also PMSing (with high anger symptoms this month, oddly) and stressed because of all of what I just mentioned and the looming giant test I'm taking this coming saturday in Syracuse. From studying for that, I've realized I could never be a mechanica...

10 reasons why gay marriage is wrong... 01) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall. 02) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning. 03) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal. 04) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract. 05) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britney Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed. 06) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and ...