Daily Ongoings of a Worry Wart

a1 @ 2009-12-06T16:50:00

2009-12-06T22:50:08Z

In 2009, a1 resolves to...

Go to nature every Sunday.
Tell my family about down comforters.
Stop decorating with julietori.
Give some leaf piles to charity.
Lose ten bubblers by March.
Admit my true feelings to bocademiel.

talking stingy

2009-06-08T17:53:56Z

While hanging a new shower curtain liner yesterday I had a crazy idea.
Why can't I use fabric shower curtains for drapes? They're much less expensive than drapes.
Am I crazy? Surely, this wouldn't work . . . right?

omg

2009-01-22T01:20:24Z

there has been a murder at the GLC (the building I work at on campus).
I am not there, but holy hell.
omg

update 10:00 pm: it happened in the coffee shop, which is part of the public space and around the corner from the front desk. It was an Asian international student who lived at the GLC. The suspect is also an Asian international student who knew the girl.
Why did it have to happen out in the open? That means there were witnesses - people who saw a woman die. No one should have to witness that.
I'm just beside myself.
Part of me wishes I was working b/c I know what death feels like at the GLC as I was there for 4-16, but I also don't know how I would have handled it.
Just the thought of going back is overwhelming. It brings back that horrible April day.

bad marketing

2009-01-21T18:34:00Z

I pass by a Sherwin Williams paint store on my way into work and nearly every morning I think that they really should update their logo.

mmmm who doesn't love a toxic planet covered in paint?
Apparently, they haven't joined the green marketing bandwagon.

how ironic

2008-12-16T15:29:34Z

this morning while driving into work I saw this car that was going much slower than everyone else on the interstate. As I got closer I saw one of the "Hang Up and Drive" bumper stickers on the car.
Like this:

When I passed said car and looked over, yup, the driver was on her cell phone.

FAIL!

Funness

2008-12-13T17:30:58Z

Christmas Gift Toy & MySpace Layouts at pYzam.com

GREEN

2008-12-05T19:53:47Z

You know, I have it very funny that so many "Green" advertisements use turfgrass.
People go on and on about how horrible golf courses are and how they pollute the streams and kill birds and whatnot. And yet, in green advertisements like the ones below, what crop do they chose? Turfgrass.

BTW, I found these pictures on google image search by typing in "green living"

The truth is that golf courses are strictly regulated on their pesticide and fertilize applications. Truly, the worst polluters are homeowners who think a little bit is good so that means a lot is even better - apparently, they haven't heard of a bell curve.
I could go on and on about the benefits of turf and all landscaping, but I will spare you.

Just something I noticed awhile ago and still chuckle when I see turf in yet another "green" advertisement.

memelicious

2008-11-18T13:29:04Z

I thought I would do better.
Now I want a skor bar!

11-13-08 2:00pm

2008-11-13T18:59:22Z

I just got a text from VTAlerts saying there were gun shots heard in Pritchard, which is an all male dorm.
what the hell.

I don't understand

2008-11-11T18:30:11Z

Regular unleaded is $1.89 here

In where I don't understand

2008-10-28T14:01:19Z

When will I learn that WalMart just doesn't understand the concept of bringing your own bag?
I stopped there on my way home from work yesterday to get lemons and Kilz paint. When the lady scanned the Kilz, I informed her that I had my own bag, so she put it in the bag. Then she scanned the lemons and put them in plastic. I said, no I have my own bag. Her reply, "Oh I don't mind." Um, that's not the point. She just continued to put the plastic bag in my reusable bag, while I mumbled, "but it defeats the whole purpose." I knew if I insisted that I did not want a bag, she would have just thrown the bag away.
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I also don't understand gas prices. Gas around me $2.28/gallon. Why? What is the deal? How can gas prices go up so quickly and now decrease so quickly? It just doesn't make sense. Well actually, it does make sense. It's just stupid how when the election is right around the corner and the economy is falling to pieces, the damn gas prices are now surprisingly low.

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I went to Goodwill this weekend to look for a 'wedding dress' for a murder mystery party and OMG that place was packed! I have never seen it that busy before. Is it just b/c the economy is shit? And the prices really aren't that great. $3.50 for a used t-shirt and $4 for a 1980's grandma dress.

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For the first time ever, I saw a sign at TJ Maxx that said, "take 25% off the lowest price." TJ never has signs like this. It's always the price that is on the sticker. Guess they're really trying to move stock.

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Dr. Zenobia Hikes, Vice President for student affairs at VT, passed away from complications from cardiac surgery. She was 53. It's so sad. She was such a strong voice for VT after April 16th.

memelicious

2008-10-04T23:28:57Z

Photo meme
Post a picture in my comments of what you think describes me when you think about what/who I am.

Give no written explanation though. Just an image.

Copy and paste into your own journal and see what others think about you in pictures!

a1 @ 2008-09-30T09:08:00

2008-09-30T13:10:05Z

I really want a piece of good cake right now - and it's only 9am.
what can I say? I LOVE (good) cake.

a1 @ 2008-09-06T08:43:00

2008-09-06T12:45:01Z

hazelnut96,

a1 @ 2008-09-04T07:48:00

2008-09-04T11:56:31Z

malaka,

saturday tv

2008-08-30T19:20:23Z

I am watchin Project Runway and contemplating a nap. There is this guy who refers to himself in the 3rd person - ALL the time. wow that's not annoying.

Cool meme

2008-08-19T17:41:06Z

Wow this is cool - mainly b/c of the results

Your result for The Perception Personality Image Test...

NFDS - The Guide

Nature, Foreground, Detail, and Shape

You perceive the world with particular attention to nature. You focus on what's in front of you (the foreground) and how that is affected by the details of life. You are also particularly drawn towards the shapes around you. Because of the value you place on nature, you tend to find comfort in more subdued settings and find energy in solitude. You like to deal directly with whatever comes your way without dealing with speculating possibilities or outcomes you can't control. You are highly focused on specific goals or tasks and find meaning in life by pursuing those goals. You prefer a structured environment within which to live and you like things to be predictable.

The Perception Personality Types:

Take The Perception Personality Image Test at HelloQuizzy

smrt

2008-07-27T20:53:51Z

Sometimes I am so smart, it's just amazing.

For example today I said we needed to get the dogs an appropriate bed for their crate b/c the old towels just weren't cutting it. They were coated in fur and would get scrunched up into one corner. I even saw Roger try to lie on the tiny bit of towel Zea left him b/c most of it was scrunched up under her body. After seeing all the beds at Petsmart and noting how Zea would find the foam or filling in 2 seconds, I suggested a bathmat or car mat.
We picked up a bathmat with the rubber on the bottom so it won't slip from BigLots for $10. It fits perfectly. And there is no foam for Zea to eat.

See, I'm smrt! ;0)

Sweet teeth

2008-07-25T21:38:01Z

I want cake and/or cookies.
And not just the cheap grocery kind. Yummy good cake.
I can't wait until Weds to do a cake tasting. mmmm that coconut cake sounds so good right now. but then there's the tiramasu cake I have yet to try.

I may have to give in to my temptations and go to Jimmy John's for a cookie and maybe a pink lemonade too. I have a 5 hr shift I still have left to get through and a cookie and pink lemonade could make a bit more bearable.

So Close

2008-07-25T13:02:53Z

We played in the co-ed softball championship game last night and lost. bummer.
We had to play one team at 7:15 and then if when we won that, we played the winner of the 6:15 game.
Our 7:15 game was against the Yankees (our team name is Shake and Bake) and wow they were so white trash. We whopped them, bad. And they did not like that. Of course most of them were probably drunks and they're not happy drunks. Their 1st base(wo)man was talking last week about how she punched some guy in the mouth in a bar b/c he touched her butt and how she broke 2 of his teeth. She was also standing in my mom's line of sight last week and my mom was too afraid to ask her to move. Yeah.

The next game was much more fun, even though we lost.

I love this team I am on. They're all so much fun and they don't take themselves seriously. It makes playing, even when losing, so much fun.

Next week we're having a cookout and I am going to make a cake (from my souther cakes recipe book) that looks like a softball. ha!

Oh and I totally just watched Miley Cyrus on the Today Show and was enjoying her performance. She can rock and has fabulous hair. I want fabulous hair . . . and her money.

Tiger Pride!

2008-06-22T14:12:18Z

Check it out, I am listed in Clemson's Honorary Alumnus list since I'm a Clemson College Class of 1939 Honorary Member. :0)

There's also the very distinguished Faculty Award of Excellence List. It hasn't been updated with the newest member, Alma Bennett , from the English Department. All their names are inscribed in granite below the Carillion Bell.

Heh, there's Dr. Senn.

I sometimes forget what a great class I am associated with. At the hospitality hour (complete with full bar), the President of Clemson, James Barker, visited and Dr. Senn introduced us to him. Dr. Barker noted that it was actually my second time shaking his hand - the first being graduation in 2001. (Dr. Barker (an architect) has made a sketch of the caboose garden that I love. I need to scan the picture.) I believe he stopped by since the Class of 1939 is one of the oldest classes having a reunion that weekend.

Of course, I have to show off the Class of 1939 Caboose Garden, while I am gloating.

Sadly, this is the best picture I could find.

Which then made a light bulb go off in my head. I have been trying to think of an idea for the 70th reunion next year - as in 70 yrs since they graduated! - and well there is no Clemson Class of 1939 website for us to share everything the Class has done and continues to do. If we want the Class to continue to thrive while the original members are dwindling, we need an outlet to do so. Why not a website?
I just may put this idea out there and see what everyone else thinks. hmmmm

sleepy village

2008-06-13T01:14:29Z

I don't know what happened today but my body just crashed. hard.
I have taken 2 naps already today and I am still so tired.
Hopefully I am better tomorrow b/c we're going to Clemson.
Bringing the dogs and staying at a campground on Lake Hartwell. Hopefully we can go in the water and Roger and Zea can withstand the heat.
We get to see he Senns and all of the Class of 1939 crowd.

living on the edge

2008-06-11T16:25:53Z

shhhh, I am eating tomatoes right now!

wtf?

2008-05-15T19:10:45Z

How did I get on the Republican National Committee listserv?

losing it

2008-04-29T19:46:40Z

I just sent Dom an email telling him that I bought this cake topper

omg isn't that thing the ugliest you have ever seen? The swans look demented! and it's $100!