Monday, August 25, 2008
Work was fine on Friday. This guy ("Joe") got my phone #. Went to Meijer after work, then picked up Mark, and everything was about setting up the LAN party, which went fairly well. Bryan & Chris, Pat & Cara were the only guests, but that was just enough for us all to play and get our fill. Chris didn't play as she gets motion sickness, but it was great to see her and everyone else. They all seemed to like my room collage a lot too. ;-0)
Saturday I read a lot of Harry Potter 4. Mark & I took my dad the groceries that he left at the condo on Thursday, then got some groceries (and saw Michael briefly). I slept well. I watched last week's Closer episode. It was a really nice day off.
Sunday, more Harry Potter was read. I was early to work; worked with John & Brad. Lots of fun actually. I rented "Four Letter Word" which turned out to be a spin-off of "Slutty Summer", which I own. It was ok; just like the first one (I watched it today). I left work slightly early to balance out the labor. I did ok in sales, so I was in a good mood.
I slept well again. Cool.
Today I read more Harry Potter; I've less than 100 pages left; probably 3 or 4 chapters. I watched that movie. I'm thinking of possibly seeing Michael today. I can't believe it's 2pm already.
Beyond all this...I've had a LOT on my mind...that I can't really talk about in my blog. Suffice it to say that I'm very worried about one of my family members, and they're in my thoughts almost constantly.
Oh. And Mollie has a job! Congrats! And she's also found the cause of some of her troubles, which is also a wonderful thing, so I'm very happy for Mollie. :-0)
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I finished reading Harry Potter 4. I talked to my cousin Joy on the phone; she seems to be doing extremely well; she sounds happy and I'm happy for her. Perhaps we'll hang out sometime soon!
I rocking out to a "Barbie Girl" / "I Kissed a Girl" mashup. ;-0)
I'm about to eat and finish the Harry Potter 4 movie.
I'm in a good mood...and I'm looking forward to Necto tonight. I want to Dance. A lot. ;-0)
I'm thinking of curbing my chocolate intake. I've been eating increasingly massive amounts of the stuff ever since I found that it wouldn't make me sick. And while I feel I deserved to enjoy it after so long, I'm thinking I'm going a bit overboard with it. I'm feeling like I'm not eating enough good-for-me stuff. I'll try to work that out.
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008
After the last entry, I watched another dvd I'd rented, then took a nap. I then went to Necto where I had a great time, but I was really tired afterwards. In spite of that, I joined some friends for food and chat at Zack's in Canton...and didn't get home until around 4:30am, at which point I did laundry so I'd have work clothes today.
I slept a few hours...I think. It's kind of a blur. I woke up with stomach cramps. My IBS, which has been infrequent of late, thanks in part (I believe) to my stomach doing it's job these days, returned with a vengence this morning. I ache. And it's not over yet. I could probably call in without upsetting anyone, but I kind of need the cash.
Anyways...I'm exhausted. I'm back to reading the first Titan book, which I now have less than 100 pages left to read. I have 3 other Titan novels to read, a new Enterprise novel, a new Next Generation novel, and a book called Articles of the Federation, all of which I need to read before the new crossover trilogy comes out in September-December. I'm working on it.
I wish I could stop shivering.
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Thursday, August 28, 2008
Tuesday night and Wednesday were a huge improvement over Tuesday morning. I even got to chat with Jordan and see Michael, though the latter didn't go as planned, it was still lovely to spend time with him. I also finished the first TITAN book, and started the 2nd. I need to eat and get ready for work.
;-0)
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Bryan just called; they want me in at 2pm instead of 1pm. This coming just as I was putting on my aftershave and getting ready to walk out the front door. It's hard to relax when I'm all dressed for work. erg. It could be worse.
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Friday, August 29, 2008
"3 Billion human lives ended on August 29th, 1997. The survivors of the nuclear fire called the war Judgement Day. They lived only to face a new nightmare: the war against the machines."
Sorry. It's August 29th again, and that always makes me think of sitting in a theater in 1991, seeing T2 for the 8th time. Never Again.
Work went well yesterday. Nice to see everybody. I had my delicious pizza. After work I saw some Amish peeps, but sadly, there were no hotties for me to even dream about seducing (so I just imagined there was one there). After picking up Mark, I took a nap, and then had Mike & Chris over for an AVP LAN party. Michael had never seen any of the Alien or Predator movies so it was all new to him. He borrowed Predator when he went home, as I gave him the option of watching the movies in chronological order, which he liked best.
I stayed up for a long while, making nonsensical Doctor Who related lists (as I do); the last one I remember making was of characters and aliens brought into the new series from the old, which was surprisingly limited to like 9 entries; I thought there were more. I slept from 5am until 8:50am, at which point I got up, took my prilosec, and woke Mark up. I couldn't drive him to work as I woke up with a migrain.
I took my midrin, which is working now. I'll eat something soon, and shower; my clothes are in the dryer. I called work to let them know I didn't have a ride to work, and that if they didn't need me, I'd be fine staying home; they're going to get back to me on that. I'm sort of aching to read some Trek after reading a long debate about the merits of 1 of the books. Hopefully tonight.
I started rewatching Heroes, but I'm trying to pace myself. I so need to take a shower.
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I'm supposed to be at work in 3 minutes. I haven't heard from work to know if I'm being picked up, or not coming in. I'm shaved and showered, dressed, ready to go. I've eaten. My headache is more or less gone for the moment. And I'm bored.
And all I can think about is how much I want Obama to win as President. He actually talked about GLBT peeps in his speech. He really is different. And I never expected there to be anyone different... But I'm afraid to get my hopes up, and have them quashed like 4 years ago, and even more so, 4 years before that. Election days have been pretty depressing the last 8 years.
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Just played AVP with Mark. Bad idea. First we started off both as soldiers, just using pistols. That was pretty repetative with us both killing each other, with the least interesting characters and weapons; got boring fast. I like variety. I like switching species (which doesn't allow me to win the games usually - because when you switch species during the game you lose all your points). I like using different weapons. I like using 2 pistols at a time (which Mark forbade). So I told Mark I was bored, and that I wanted to switch up, and that if that was a problem to just let me play on my own. He ruled that he'd play as long as he could be a predator (the easiest IMO) and I was a soldier (the hardest IMO); I said sure as I thought that would be great practice, and Mark would get to kick my ass alot. Only he didn't. I got the heat seaker and blew him away a few times. You can see Predator's when they move just like in the movies, and you can see when they're scoping you out, which I thought was cool to see. He did kill me good eventually (bloody human bits all over the place). Then he got me in a net and I thought I was dead for sure, but I switched to my knife, cut my way out, and blasted his head off. He got grumpy after that, quit (without telling me) and said that I apparently only like playing when I have the advantage. What advantage I have only comes from playing the single player games all the way through, which he's had 7 years to accomplish. And he's racked up years of Multiple Player time...
(while typing this, Mark came to my room, told me I'm an asshole, and then left - which actually made me giggle a little, as it makes me feel like a have a little brother - like my room is so dark that I couldn't see him, and I actually pictured a little boy with a backwards ball cap on!)
Anyways...he also said that I only enjoy the games where I win. Which is the pot calling the kettle black; seriously. Mollie can attest that I used to get slaughtered by her on a regular basis, and I loved it. I didn't win most of the rounds last night; Michael did, and I had big fun! While it's fun to win the game, it's mostly just fun for me to be the ALIEN, or the PREDATOR, or the MARINE and just run around attacking things. It's Mark that has to win to enjoy himself, which is just kind of sad. He's yelled at me about this before in front of friends who were made uncomfortable by his childish tirades. His own mother has pointed out he's a sore loser, on several occasions.
In one bout last year, he yelled at Mollie because he said she was "Camping" (sticking to one area and waiting for people to pass by so she could kill them) when she wasn't, she just got stuck and was getting unstuck when he wandered by. This is another point of contention, as he's been known to camp himself, and the thing is, you are allowed to camp in the game. It's not necessarily a good strategy either, because if no one walks by then you don't score and can't win the game. And even if you do, and you stay in that spot, there are weapons that can be used to blow you out of there.
He bitched at me during the same game that I had an advantage as the ALIEN, then I became the Predator, which he also bitched about, so I became a soldier and then he bitched about that too. Corey & Mollie were here and they just looked at me like they felt bad for me. It sucked, because besides this really wacko-child-Mark that comes out during competition, he's really very cool. He's beautiful. Sexy. Funny. He's got this dry sense of humor that can be outragious! He's the best friend man of my dreams... And then we play a game, which should be fun, only he makes it this hellish life or death bullshit, and then blames me for it. And it's never, ever pretty. It's actually pathetic.
He actually yelled at my boss once when we were playing the Buffy board game years ago. It made my boss so uncomfortable that he didn't want to play with Mark anymore; not because he doesn't like Mark (because he does, and asks after him all the time) but because Mark ruined the game. My boss actually thought that Mark hated him after that, but Mark doesn't hate him (that I know of); he just gets bent out of shape during 'games'. He yelled at me once years ago when I made a bad call during Euchre, which to me had always been a fun, unimportant kind of game to be played with friends; I mean...it's just a game...and I was in love with him back then. I was so upset (tears and everything) I considered taking a taxi home. Mark's sister in law (who was just his brothers gf back then) gave me this huge hug at the time and told me it would be ok...and I've loved her ever since.
Anyways. I don't want to write about this anymore. I'm pretty sure there are other entries about this very topic... It just never ceases to amaze me is all. We all have our flaws though. And I love my Mark, riddled as he is.
I'm planning on playing the single player version of the game tonight. I also want to read some of this new (to me) TITAN book. And that's pretty much all I have planned. I'm such a geek! lol
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So, I finally watched "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog"! It was so yummy. :-0) Grrr...Arg. I want the soundtrack now. And Joss's new show can't come soon enough!!!!!!!
In the aftermath of such sadness, and still feeling the after-effects of another disagreement with Mark (which sucks, cause I enjoy Mark/Jason harmony), I feel like dancing any icky feelings out of my body, but sadly, Necto only plays crappy music on Fridays. Ugh. But maybe I'll go. I'm not completely sold on the idea is all.
I still have my Trek to read, and lovely bed right there behind in which I can pass out... hmmm. It's a toss up at the moment. Though I do think I'll take a nice relaxing shower...while concentrating on happy memories of the Mark/Jason puzzle:
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Saturday, August 30, 2008
So...I didn't go out last night. I made up with Mark, right off, and then took my shower. Didn't want Mark & I to part on bad terms and all that, and we actually had a very relaxing, fun evening. After my shower, Mark joined me to (again) watch "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog", which made Mark laugh a few times, and he said I was cute for downloading the songs. We cuddled while we watched it, then I read a bit, while Mark packed his stuff.
I slept.
I woke up this morning, just when I was supposed to. I got Mark up. We got ready, and hugged, and I drove him to the airport. In case I never mentioned it here before, Mark is going on vaction in Maine, as he has a friend there. I was invited to go, but we can't really afford for both of us to go. Mark offered to blow a bunch of money last night so that I could go, but the truth is...even though my stomach is better now, part of me still can't believe it, and I'm just not ready to travel yet. It honestly scares the hell out of me at this point.
So I miss Mark already, though I got to hug him goodbye at the airport, and I made it home safe & sound, listening to Dr. Horrible the whole way 'there and back again'. I felt sad. Like I'm missing some big party or something, and then I'm worried. Mark & I don't spend time apart that often, and it's weird when we don't see each other for more than day or two. Mark comes back on Tuesday. Erg.
Mark just sent me a text a bit ago saying that he would be boarding soon; then we exchanged some more happy sad lovey kind of texts. We're such an odd pair, Mark & I. Wer're not a couple. We're not boyfriends. We're not lovers. We've been all of those things though...and now we're family. Mark is my family. The family I chose to have.
Ok. Enough worrying.
Ok. So the book pictured above is the one I'm currently reading. So far I'm loving it. It's a direct continuation of the last book I read, which is pictured below...
This series of Trek books, follows Riker & Troi from Next Generation on Riker's new command. Now I've never loved Riker & Troi's never been a favorite either, but their crew of characters are so cool. I didn't enjoy the first volume as much as I hoped, because a lot of it centered around the aftermath of events in "Star Trek: Nemesis", which is a pretty lame Star Trek movie. But other than that I rather enjoyed the read. But the new book I'm reading, is also a sequel to another book I read this year...
...which I loved. So this was a really great surprise! I'm really only at the beginning of the book, but I have high hopes for this one. And...I'll stop rambling about this for now, so I can actually read. lol
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Mark has been safely in Maine for nearly 2 hours.
I've eaten, slept, read. Now listening to classic Catherine Wheel. Why do I love that voice so much? It makes me want to makeout. ;-0)
My attempt at eating less chocolate, has resulted in me eating even more. It's an insidious addiction. Part of me finds it kind of gross, while the other part of me cherishes each bite and is making funny faces at the me that couldn't have it. Blah.
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