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[Nov. 7th, 2008|12:56 am] |
Ryan was kind enough to put the phone up to the tv so I could hear Obama's victory speech at work on Tuesday night. What a fucking relief that is. Still, half the people I know couldn't even celebrate properly.
http://www.invalidateprop8.org/ |
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| Festival season is upon us (and I'm not there)! |
[May. 1st, 2008|12:51 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | Kimya Dawson - Loose Lips | ] |
This is what I'm missing this weekend.
Why am I in Cary, again? Seriously, you guys - a giant robotic giraffe. That could only be cooler if it exploded and caught on fire a la Dali, and that honestly could happen. I freaking love San Francisco. My sister better appreciate me being here. :)
For the record, I'm in town for one week, maybe less. Then Georgia, then the world! My stuff is scattered across the country, I left my car with some friends in the city, and I basically quit my job. My life is full of deltas! I like it that way. |
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| c'est la preuve qu'on existe |
[Mar. 11th, 2008|05:20 am] |
Because I haven't been around much lately, I offer you this:
We watched the total lunar eclipse from the observation deck of the Randall museum. Turns out an eclipse isn't all that exciting to watch. :) |
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| Angela's Three Things About Today: |
[Jan. 31st, 2008|07:38 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  ow | ] |
| [ | music |
| | The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize? | ] |
The bad:
1. I am randomly allergic to something and have hives.
2. I spent three hours in the car in the rain not getting to Oakland to get said car inspected.
3. I cut my head open on the shower. It will likely scar. (Any suggestions on what to tell people?)
The good:
1. Work was super easy and tomorrow is my LAST DAY.
2. I got packages from my family.
3. I adore you all. |
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| I think I know my geography pretty damn well |
[Dec. 22nd, 2007|08:50 am] |
| [ | mood |
| |  aggravated | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Modest Mouse - Dramamine | ] |
Oh, right - that's why I hate Cary. Not even 48 hours.
On an amusing note, for the one-hour flight from Dulles to RDU, I was stuck listening to the ramblings of a drywall salesman. |
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| Happy fucking Hanukkah |
[Dec. 6th, 2007|06:09 pm] |
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| |  exhausted | ] |
Today I worked ten hours unexpectedly because the girl who has the shift after mine quit. Apparently her father is sick in Mexico, so for some reason she needed to take off. She's not even going to Mexico. Either way, she made it sound like it was cool for me to just stay on, and said I didn't need to call the manager. When I talked to the manager not long after, he freaked out because he didn't want me getting overtime. What the hell. I woke up at 4:30 this morning for work and got home after 5 PM. People kept trying to get me to go to the Hanukkah party tonight, but I do not wish to be in that building anymore today. Also, today was officially the start of the rainy season.
When I got home, Ryan broke my phone.
I do have chocolate coins and dreidels, and we're about to go to a "comedy thing." I don't care as long as there are drinks.
P.S. I'm flying out to NC Dec. 20-25. Come to Cary!
ETA: "Comedy thing" turned out to be a taping of Comedy Central Presents. Second row center at the Fillmore. |
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| Spin? |
[Nov. 19th, 2007|03:26 pm] |
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I have a free year's subscription to Spin magazine if anyone wants it. First person to reply gets it :) |
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[Nov. 16th, 2007|11:45 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  distressed | ] |
I watched Earthlings today. All I have to say right now is: :( |
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| I do love my family |
[Oct. 7th, 2007|09:27 am] |
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| |  amused | ] |
Within ten hours of arriving in the city: my dad managed to offend someone in a bar, declare himself a professional, get mad at my driving and make me call once I got home, and my mom gave me chocolate, trinkets, and unmatched socks and said she wanted to burn down a building. Just like home. After a particularly difficult explanation of a simple sign to my dad, my mom started giggling and asked "Don't you miss us?" On to Day 2, in which we visit the Pier and Market St., watch the Blue Angels at fleet week, and have dinner in Chinatown with the Kubins.
( Book Meme ) |
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| What has my life come to? |
[Oct. 5th, 2007|10:08 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  geeky | ] |
The tabs currently open in my firefox window:
1) Gmail
2) a diagram of the Krebs cycle
3) Eliot's Burnt Norton
4) "You be the fudge!" (a contest to find the best brownie in the bay area)
It made me giggle. My parents are coming tomorrow, and I've been trying to clean up a bit. I'm tired. |
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| M'aidez! |
[Oct. 3rd, 2007|02:43 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  contemplative | ] |
A month without a single call, and two days into October I have two interviews for jobs I'd really like.
The first is with the AmeriCorps, helping to institute a program of health and hygiene at the city's shelters. It provides about $11k for "living allowance" and about $5k toward my loans (and forebearance in the meantime) when I finish next fall. Plus they pay for my munipass and health insurance. Basically, I'd need a second job. It wouldn't be hard to get one, even in a hospital float pool or something. My dad is very against this one, fearing for my safety and AIDS exposure (as if I wasn't exposed while working in woundcare at a non-profit hospital in Raleigh) if I work with the homeless.
The second is at UCSF, as a lab assistant in the cardiovascular research lab, which I'm actually perfectly qualified for and would know what I was doing. It pays nearly $40k, plus the benefits of hospital employees. And, I'd be working on UCSF campus, with UCSF staff/faculty, making connections at my top choice med school.
In the end it sounds like the latter would be more beneficial to me, but... I don't know. They both sound attractive for a prospective med student. I want to do something worthwhile... I want to help with what I can, while I can. I want to get out there and be a part of the city, a part of the world. I'm conflicted and I'm going to have to think about it for a while. Any outside opinions welcome. |
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| notes |
[Sep. 16th, 2007|05:33 pm] |
notes
Whenever I got bored in class, I wrote down whatever I was thinking at the time. That way I felt productive and it looked like I was just taking notes. I was just going through my notebooks and found a few examples... this is my favorite. |
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| I am now officially a city girl |
[Aug. 31st, 2007|02:20 am] |
I got asked for directions by tourists today. They didn't understand that the underground part of the Muni is not the only part of the public transportation system. I doubt they ever found the wharf, unless they gave up and took a taxi.
I was also told by a man on the N that I have beautiful and expressive eyes, and that he is going to put them in a painting. Because he's an artist. He was wearing a yellow tank top and cut-off jean shorts and carrying a large box of jerky. So... keep your eyes out for mine in the galleries soon. :P
Also volunteered at Glide. Might as well do something useful til I get a job. |
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| California in my mouth |
[Aug. 29th, 2007|04:17 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | Eagles of Death Metal - San Berdoo Sunburn | ] |
Lost my car yesterday in my own neighborhood. Found it this morning five minutes before street cleaning.
Vague sense of panic at the fact that my money is all locked up until the checks clear for my new accounts next Friday.
Yummy Thai leftovers courtesy of Rick and Sue.
Applied for more jobs. I'm generally qualified. Wish I had numbers to call. Will simply have to keep applying.
Boone rental company still managing to screw us over. What the fuck, Holton. Ah well... every cent of returned deposit is a cent I never expected to see again.
Went running yesterday. Maybe today I'll figure out the Muni lines.
ETA: Figured out the metro lines, anyway! |
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| I have tea |
[Aug. 27th, 2007|08:41 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  content | ] |
| [ | music |
| | some concerto or other | ] |
Changed my oil and applied for jobs today. Also called Citibank about my student loans; the woman on the line was very cheerful and helpful and all is well. Finally met the fourth roommate (the only other girl and the self-declared "man of the house") and she is fun as well. Met Pete and Pongo, the ridiculous long-haired guinea pigs. Alex just bought a keyboard and they are all learning to play. Someone in a nearby apartment practises violin often, but whoever it is is quite good, so it's more soothing than anything. They're playing now, and I've a cup of tea, and the city lights are blinking on through the fog below. I could get used to this. |
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[Jul. 15th, 2007|11:40 pm] |
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Hey internet - what laptop should I buy? Keep in mind I'm on a budget. I want a MacBook, but I don't think I can afford it. |
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| So much beauty in dirt |
[Jul. 15th, 2007|05:18 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  happy | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Garth Brooks - Friends in Low Places (make it stop!) | ] |
What's been going on? Work work work, but I enjoy it. I'm so glad I got to stay in one place all summer instead of getting random hours in different departments/hospitals. I've got to know the patients and the nurses and everyone a lot better, and it makes it a lot more fun.
Last weekend Pete came into town, so we all went out to Hi-5. Not a bad time, all in all. Oh! Benji came down as well, and we got sushi and he picked me up from Raleigh. Ben should own a car.
Friday was Harry Potter night at Rocky, and Allison was playing Magenta. I was drunk from shots at Woody's (Dean drove me), I actually walked in while the lips were still on the screen, and I didn't have to pay, but I could not find Sarah. I accidentally found Morgan, who also used to go in high school, and hung out with her and her sister for the night. It was really crowded and actually quite fun. We went to Gypsy's afterward, me still in my Ravenclaw schoolgirl outfit. Oh high school.
Yesterday was bizarre. We went to my neighbor's house for a blacklight party. We stayed for a couple hours playing with all the fluorescent and blinking things he had around, then went out to Woody's covered in glo-paint and temporary tattoos and glowstick necklaces. Dean had his "Hi my name is Constantinos" nametag we made him. It was wild there like I've never seen it. Trish had me up dancing on the bar with her. We ended up at Jesse's house eventually, which is enormous. I went back to Janelle's today to see if she knew whose keys I had in my purse (they were Trish's), and Jim said he'd washed his hair three times but it was still pink from the fluorescent paint I'd sprayed in it at the party.
J got a dog from the pound. It is ugly, like some sort of runt hyena, but it's really nice and calm. Wendi. She has the kennel cough, and she licked my mouth. If I get sick, we know what happened.
Ryan's friends are letting me stay with them for really cheap until we can get a place. I don't have a job - just a couple thousand saved, and I can't bring my furniture, and everything is ridiculously expensive. I'm excited. :) I'm also driving myself the 42 hours, so if anyone wants to come along (well, I think one person would fit, maybe two), please let me know. I'm thinking second or third week in August. |
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| Thank you |
[May. 14th, 2007|10:40 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | not as bitter as I sound | ] |
So, if you were a cop, and you pulled over a girl who had her entire apartment packed into her car, complete with a cheery "Congrats, grad!" balloon bobbing around and thus had clearly just graduated college with no money and was moving back in with her parents... would you still write a ticket, or would you have some pity? Oy. 80 in a 65. Yadkinville, of all places. There goes my graduation money. At least they're giving me full-time at the hospital this summer. Well, sort of. I get off at 3:30, so I'm probably going to look for an evening job as well. Cheers to summers in Cary! What was I thinking?
But yes, I graduated. Summa cum laude, for all the good it does me at the moment. I hate leaving Boone in the summer, when everything gets so perfect you forget how miserable the weather can get. Ah well, I will be visiting, I'm sure. |
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