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Monday, July 8th, 2002

Subject:An update? Me? No!
Time:3:59 pm.
Mood: bored.
This is it.. short and sweet. :) Just curious what all of you think.
~g






find your element
at mutedfaith.com.
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Monday, May 6th, 2002

Subject:YAY!
Time:12:02 pm.
Music:Les Miserables - In My Life.
I don't think I've written about this and I'm too lazy to check and see if I have...


I GOT MY APARTMENT!!!

Yep, the cute one that is in midtown Sactown. :) The one I wanted that is right above my favorite breakfast place. Yippeeeeee!!! I may get to move in this weekend, though I think that even if I do get the key this weekend, I probably won't have the time to move in since it's Mother's Day weekend (and a breakfast place on Mother's day means NOOO parking...)

Anyway, so that's good news.

I'm still waiting for the results to the state test I took a month ago.... the only thing standing in the way of a moderate promotion... another $200/month (not the job I want, but more money to stay where I'm at). Ack.. I hate waiting.

Boop Boop Bee Doop
~g
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Subject:Cute...
Time:11:53 am.
Mood:peppy.
Music:Train - If You Leave.
Got this in an e-mail, thought it was cute. Eric, I'm sure you'll appreciate this *wink* :)

I've learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is stalk them and hope they panic and give in.

I've learned that no matter how much I care, some people are just assholes.

I've learned that it takes years to build up trust, and it only takes suspicion, not proof, to destroy it.

I've learned that you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes.

After that, you'd better have a big willy or huge boobs.

I've learned that you shouldn't compare yourself to others - they are more screwed up than you think.

I've learned that you can keep vomiting long after you think you're finished.

I've learned that we are responsible for what we do, unless we are celebrities.

I've learned that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades, and there had better be a lot of money to take its place.

I've learned that 99% of the time when something isn't working in your house, one of your kids did it.

I've learned that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon and all the less important ones just never go away.

I've learned to say "F--- 'em if they can't take a joke" in 6 languages.
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Friday, April 12th, 2002

Subject:Moulin Rouge Song Quiz
Time:8:36 pm.
Mood: happy.
This sure is true!!!! This is my fave song from the movie.

Thanks to shinnanigan for finding this!




Find out which Moulin Rouge song you are.
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Tuesday, April 9th, 2002

Subject:Utterly Fabulous
Time:8:50 pm.
Mood: anxious.
Update on the apartment hunting.

IT'S AWESOME!
This place is GREAT!

Oh please, oh please, oh PLEASE let me get it! I want it REALLy badly now....

It's perfect.

Here's the lowdown:

1. It is on the 2nd story to my FAVORITE breakfast place.
2. You walk in, and you are in the bedroom. To your right you can go down a little hallway. Once in the hall, directly to your left is the bathroom (a REAL bathroom, Eric) with a tub, a sink, and a toilet (and a DOOR!). Keep walking down the little hall (maybe 2 feet...) and you are now in the dining area. Once in the dining room, look to your left and you see the kitchen - with a gas oven and stove, and a FULL sized refridgerator! It also has COUNTER SPACE! Oh... my... goodness!
3. Hardwood floors
4. Swamp cooler and gas heater.
5. Lots of windows.

:) And, it's only $430.00/month! Oh.. I'm drooling! I'm in heaven!

Everyone keep your fingers crossed just a LITTLE bit longer.

I will fax the app to their office first thing in the AM!

JoBunches - thanks ;)

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!! Doot!
~gigi bazerko!
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Time:3:14 pm.
Mood: silly.
Music:Josie And The Pussycats - Three Small Words.
A very attractive lady goes up to a bar in a quiet rural pub. She gestures alluringly to the bartender who comes over immediately. When he arrives, she seductively signals that he should bring his face closer to hers. When he does she begins to gently caress his full beard.

"Are you the manager?" she asks, softly stroking his face with both hands.

"Actually, no," the man replied."

"Can you get him for me? I need to speak to him" she says, running
her hands beyond his beard and into his hair.

"I'm afraid I can't," breathes the bartender. "Is there anything I can do?"

"Yes, there is. I need you to give him a message," she continues, running her forefinger across the bartender's lips and slyly popping a couple of her fingers into his mouth and allowing him to suck them gently.

"What should I tell him?" the bartender manages to say.

"Tell him," she whispers, "there is no toilet paper, hand soap, or paper towels in the ladies room."
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Subject:Potato vs. Potahto
Time:3:05 pm.
Mood: hyper.
Music:Lauryn Hill - Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You.
You know that all potatoes have eyes. Well, Mr. and Mrs. Potato had eyes for each other,and finally they got married, and had a little sweet
potato, whom they called 'Yam.' Of course, they wanted the best for Yam. When it was time, they told her about the facts of life. They warned
her about going out and getting half-baked, so she wouldn't get accidentally mashed and get a bad name for herself like 'Hot Potato,' and end up with a bunch of Tater Tots.

Yam said not to worry, no Spud would get her into the sack and make a rotten potato out of her! But on the other hand she wouldn't stay home and become a Couch Potato, either. She would get plenty of exercise so as not to be skinny like her Shoestring cousins.

When she went off to Europe, Mr. and Mrs. Potato told Yam to watch out for the Hard Boiled guys from Ireland. And the greasy guys from France called the French Fries. And when she went out west, to watch out for the Indians so she wouldn't get scalloped.

Yam said she would stay on the straight and narrow and wouldn't associate with those high class Yukon Golds, or the ones from the other side of the tracks who advertise their trade on all the trucks that say,
'Frito Lay.'

Mr. and Mrs. Potato sent Yam to Idaho P.U. (that's Potato University) so that when she graduated she'd really be in the Chips. But in spite of all they did for her,one day Yam came home and announced she was going to marry Tom Brokaw.

Tom Brokaw! Mr. and Mrs. Potato were very upset.

They told Yam she couldn't possibly marry Tom Brokaw because he's just a...

Are you ready for this?









Common Tater
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Subject:Other news
Time:1:41 pm.
Mood: anxious.
Music:Aerosmith - Jaded.
Yes, I know... I haven't updated in a while. That's what happens when I get a life, I stop doing the things that make my life more interesting at the time.

Work is starting to slow down (finally) - for the time being anyway. The promotion stuff is all up in the air, I'll write an update on that when I have news - for the moment there's nothing new, only possibilities.

My mom has stopped charging me rent (even though I never paid her a dime anyway), and has said she would start paying $100.00/month on my student loans so that I could move out. What brought on this change, you ask? Mom got a boyfriend, though he may not be around much longer. (Don't ask, long story that i just don't feel like telling).

Anyway, that $100.00/month will actually help, so I have actively started apartment hunting. Speaking of apartment hunting, I have an appointment to view an apartment today at 4:30 - so 2.5 hours from now. It sounds AWESOME! It's in the middle of mid-town right by my favorite breakfast place, and very close to a very cute little coffee shop called "True Love Cafe" (named after the Princess Bride). Anyway, it's supposedly a studio w/ hard wood floors and a separate kitchen and dining room, for only $430.00 per month!!!! Can you believe that?

Only problem: they don't allow pets, so I will have to "sneak" Zoey in with me if I get it.
Keep your fingers crossed for me everyone!!!!!!!!! Please please please please let it be a good place, and please please please please let them PICK ME!!!!

Anyway, I'm hoping against hope that this works out because too many places around here are either totally scuzzy or just way too overpriced.

That's the story... now I have to get back to work.

Love to Eric, and Paige, and Carrie, and Richie!

~gillian bean
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Subject:Stolen surveys continued...
Time:1:36 pm.
Mood:distracted.
Music:Carol King - You've Got a Friend.
Saw this on another journal, thought I'd give it a go:

I hurt:: when others hurt
I love:: the right guy at the wrong time
I hate:: inconsiderate people
I cry:: when I feel enough to shed tears
I fear:: that I will never accomplish my dreams
I hope:: that I will accomplish all of my dreams
I'm saddened:: by suffering
I feel alone:: when there is no one around to tell my woes to
I kill:: - I don't
I talk:: too much at work
I listen:: too much to my mother
I break:: pencil lead when I write too hard
I see:: goodness in most people
I smell:: chocolate, because I just ate a See's candy bar
I taste:: chocolate, again because I just ate a See's candy bar
I work:: too hard for too little pay
I remember:: when summers took an eternity
I hold:: my heart in my hands
I hide:: from myself
I pray:: to myself that I will accomplish my dreams
I walk:: softly and carry a big dream
I drive:: a Toyota Tercel - that I just spent a small fortune on
I read:: lots of very good books - all of them Fiction
I burn:: to write a book of my own
I breathe:: slowly and deeply
I play:: with my cat every chance I get
I miss:: my sisters and my brother
I touch:: my cat every chance I get
I learn:: that one must either roll with the punches or take one in the face.
I feel:: lost
I know:: something good lies just around the corner
I said:: that I would always love you
I dream:: that I will become a best-selling author, and that I will fall in love and have a family with the man of my dreams...
I have:: great passion for my beliefs
I want:: the life I've always dreamed of
I fall:: for the right guy at the wrong time
I wait:: for my life to really start
I need:: to be loved
I live:: to be loved
I die:: when I am not loved


~g
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Subject:Oh Nooooooo!!!
Time:1:30 pm.
Mood: shocked.
Music:Train - Whipping Boy.
This can't be right!!!!
Say it isn't so!!!

OOhhhhhhh.... Noooooooo....






which 80s hair band are you?

this quiz was made by colleen
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Friday, April 5th, 2002

Subject:Powerpuff Girls ROCK!
Time:4:58 pm.
Mood: busy.
Music:Jewel - Leaving On a Jet Plane.
Yay! This totally fits....
~g


Which PPG are you?
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Monday, March 4th, 2002

Subject:February SUCKS!
Time:12:55 pm.
Mood: frustrated.
Music:Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine.
The following list details the events of and leading up to the month of February 2002. This list is meant to show why I will from this day forth HATE the month of February:

June 2001 - January 2002 - I am the proud new owner of my mom's used 1994 Toyota Tercel.
Jan 29, 2002 - Car engine fails while driving Becky home from Kung Fu. Car towed to Dad's driveway for further scrutiny.
Jan 30, 2002 - Dad informs me that the engine is locked up. This day is also payday - but my check was $100 shorter than usual (Social Security taxes)
Jan 30 - Feb 1 - I must stay at my dad's house so that I can get a ride to and from work in the mornings.
Feb 2, 2002 - Dad and I rent a rig to tow my car to the Japanese engine shop - cost $50 (See itemized price listing below).
Feb 4, 2002 - Engine shop confirms my worst fear, engine is dead and must be replaced - will cost $600 for engine, $800 for installation
Feb 6, 2002 - Dad finds a better deal at another shop for getting the engine replaced - must pay $60 to get car out of current shop (Seee itemized price listing below).
Feb 9, 2002 - Dad borrows towing rig from friend and brings my dead car back to his driveway. Dad calls new engine place and makes the deal official.
Feb 10 - Feb 22, 2002 - Car sits unused, unmoved, untouched, unloved in Dad's driveway while I meander aimlessly attempting to confirm my existance in this world without my car.
Feb 23, 2002 - Dad and I drive to Attarco and arrange to have my new used engine sent to the Japanese Engine Depot for installation into my car - cost $600. (See itemized price listing below).
Feb 23, 2002 - Dad and I drive to Japanese Engine Depot, sign paperwork - cost $700 (See itemized price listing below) - and make arrangements for FREE towing to his shop.
Feb 25, 2002 - Japanese Engine Depot picks up my car.
Feb 27, 2002 - Japanese Engine Depot calls to inform me that there is 10% left on my clutch and that I need to get the radiator cleaned out - cost $350 (See itemized price listing below.)
Feb 28, 2002 - Japanese Engine Depot calls to inform me that my car is done and ready for pickup. The final amount required to get my car out - $1063.61 (See itemized price listing below). This also happens to be payday.
Mar 1, 2002 2:00pm - I pick up my car - the battery is dead. Japanese Engine Depot jumpstarts my car.
Mar 1, 2002 2:05pm - I realize I have almost NO gas and must get some ASAP. I notice that I have not had a chance to drive around and let my battery recharge, but I DESPARATELY need gas.
Mar 1, 2002 2:10pm - I pull into an Arco AM/PM and fill up my tank.
Mar 1, 2002 2:15pm - I attempt to restart my engine with no luck. So, I plug in my handy dandy "Auto-Starter!"
Mar 1, 2002 2:45pm - I am still sitting and the gas station pump. I attempt to start my engine now that my "Auto-Starter" has had 30 minutes to juice up my battery. It does not work.
Mar 1, 2002 2:47pm - A local country radio station van pulls up at the pump behind me. I ask the driver to give me a jump.
Mar 1, 2002 2:55pm - Local country radio station guy jumpstarts my engine.
Mar 1, 2002 3:10pm - I pull up at Becky's house, we decide to go to the mall - I leave the engine running as I pick her up.
Mar 1, 2002 4:00pm - We reach the mall. I am unsure whether or not my engine will start, so I park near "Sears Auto Center" just in case.
Mar 1, 2002 4:02pm - I turn of the engine, then attempt to turn it back on. It does not work. We decide to do our shopping before going to the auto center.
Mar 1, 2002 4:45pm - We finish shopping and wander over to the auto center.
Mar 1, 2002 5:00pm - We find the battery I can afford - cost $40.00 (See itemized price listing below).
Mar 1, 2002 5:05pm - We get Sears auto-guy to sign us up for battery installation - cost $9.99 (See itemized price listing below).
Mar 1, 2002 5:10pm - Sears auto-guy jumpstarts my car so that I can drive it into the shop.
Mar 1, 2002 5:30pm - Sears has completed installing my new battery.
Mar 1, 2002 5:35pm - My car officially works once again, I drive off into the sunset - Thanks Sears!

January 29 - March 4, 2002 I spent the following monies on my car.

$50.00 - Price of rental towing equipment
$60.00 - Price of my car's Dr.'s visit - engine mechanic determines what is wrong with the car
$600.00 - Price of new used engine
$1063.61 - Price of all repairs completed by Japanese Engine Depot
$20.00 - Price of full tank of gas
$40.00 - Price of new - very low end - battery
$9.99 - Price of battery installation
$1,843.60 - Total price of my "new" car.

Bonus - I received my $700 tax return on March 1. Thank goodness!!!!

~g
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Monday, February 18th, 2002

Time:11:08 pm.
Mood: tired.

For whom does the human skull shed tears? It sheds tears for you.

Find out what YOUR inner non-sequitur is!

quiz by A.V. Phibes

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Wednesday, February 6th, 2002

Subject:Quiz Results
Time:6:20 pm.
What d'ya think? Is it me?
~g



What Video Game Character Are You? I am Mario.I am Mario.


I like to jump around, and would lead a fairly serene and aimless existence if it weren't for my friends always getting into trouble. I love to help out, even when it puts me at risk. I seem to make friends with people who just can't stay out of trouble. What Video Game Character Are You?
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Tuesday, February 5th, 2002

Subject:Update on the car sitch
Time:11:04 am.
Saturday dad and I towed my car to the shop to get it checked out. The guy called yesterday with some good and some bad news.

The bad news: The engine has to be replaced.
The good news: We can buy any engine we want, from any place we want, for any price we want. Basically, we don't have to go through his distributor. This is good for several reasons. 1. We don't get stuck with a lemon for a lot of money (or if we do, it's our own fault. 2. That means we can split the $$ into two payments.

So here's how it will work. I will fork over $500-$600 now to get a new(used) engine. They'll ship it on over to the shop. The guy will spend a week fixing my car. Then, after payday, I can hitch a ride over to the shop, and give him $650 in order to get my keys back. Then I should be able to drive off into the sunset! (Let's hope)

On a somewhat related subject (though not....)
I found out yesterday that my student loan has been deferred until July!! (this means I don't have to make any payments until July). Turns out that since I took 6 units last semester (had to in order to keep my student job, but dropped them once I got my permanent position) the student loan people decided I was "still in school" so they deferred my payments another 6 months! How cool is that?

Also, found out I should be getting about $700 from my tax return. Whoop! So... that will help me recover from paying for my car. Meanwhile I'm paying car insurance on a car that doesn't work. DOH! GOod thing it's only $50 a month.

Well, i gotta go to lunch now. Just thought y'all would be interested in a little update on my saga. I had some other "bad luck" issues, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they are over. *knocking on wood*

Tahtah,
~g

P.S. Eric - no electricity... that sucks dude.
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2002

Subject:Bummer
Time:12:14 pm.
Mood: disappointed.
Music:Alice Cooper - Feed My Frankenstein.
Car died last night.
Engine locked up.
Good thing Becky was with me.
Good thing her boyfriend had AAA.
Will cost me around $1,000.00 to get it fixed.
Mom is out of town until Thursday.
Good thing dad was home.
Good thing today is payday.
Say goodbye to my entire paycheck.
Meanwhile I'm carless and crushed.

So far the scale is about equal.
Even though it really sucks that my car died, everything as far as taking care of it is going kind of smoothly. It'll take 2 months of post-bill money to pay for the repairs, but at least it will be repaired.

*sigh*
A bit of a bad day I'd say.
~g
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2002

Subject:I haven't updated?
Time:12:47 pm.
Mood: pensive.
Music:Bonnie Raitt - Love Sneakin' Up.
That's strange... I could have sworn I had updated recently.

Ohhhhh, I know... that's because I wrote a LOOOOOnnnng response to one of Eric's posts.

Well anyway, here's what's going on with me.
I'm working. Hehe..

Had a fun weekend last weekend. I got to spend some time with my best friend Becky, and my new friends Van and Zain. Van, Becky and I forced Zain to sit and watch "The Cutting Edge" with us, then I sat back and listened as they futzed with a song they are working on called "Complex Dreams" - so far it sounds pretty good.

Saturday I just kind of vegged. I woke up late, chit-chatted with my step-mom then went back to my mom's house where I listened in awe as she informed me that she had joined an online dating service (match.com). I spent most of the day reading through possible "dates" for my mother.

Sunday I was originally going to have lunch with my friend Janice, but she had a cold so she couldn't make it. When those plans fell through I found out I was graciously volunteered to help my mom paint her kitchen. As it turned out, I didn't have to do that. So, I washed my car (it needed it) and went out to Carmichael to pick up Becky. She had spent the morning perming her hair, so while we waited for it to try, I chit-chatted with her parents and tried desparately to stay away from her nosey dog.

Then we went and picked up Zain who liked my clean car - dirt mohawk and all! Haha... You see... there are issues that come up when you're as short as I am... you can't quite reach the center of the roof of the car.

Anyway, so we went over to Van's house again. This time we spent the entire afternoon helping him and his brother put together their new basketball hoop (one of those semi-portable types that you fill up with water). Finally around 7 - after freezing our chi-chi's off (wait.. there were only 2 of us with chi-chi's - but anyway, you know what I mean) we went inside to get warm and get some munchies.

The 3 of them worked on their music a little bit, then we watched a little simpsons, and the guys started playing some brand new PS2 basketball game. Becky and I watched one REALLY close game that Zain lost for some unexplicable reason (because it's Van's PS2). Then we enjoyed not watching as Zain kicked Van's butt.

Hehe...

Monday my mom and I went to lunch, then went and saw "In The Bedroom". And no, it's not about sex. It's actually an artsy-type film. It was a little... quieter than I like... a little too many dramatic pauses. The middle of the movie just kind of.... lingered... But that was kind of the point I guess. You'd know what I mean if you saw the movie.

So after that we went to the bookstore where I got a comic novel of Get Fuzzy entitled "The Dog is Not a Toy" hehe.. If any of you have read that comic you'll appreciate how funny the book is. I finished it about 2 hours after we got home. :)

So today I'm back at work.
The bosses Danese, Chris and Linda are all gone.
Training, vacation and downstairs respectively.

I don't know if any of you have noticed, but I don't talk about my love-life here....
Do you want to know why?

Go ahead, ask me.

"WHY?"

Because I don't have one, HAHAHHA!!!!
No but seriously here. *sigh* Just ask Eric why I don't talk about it. Personally, it's too damn personal for something that EVERYONE ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH can read if they want to. Hehe... Now I realize that I don't know everyone on the face of the earth, but that's not the point!

For me, somehow sharing something personal with the rest of the world makes it less meaningful.

That's my deep thought for the day.
Hasta lapasta,
~g
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2001

Subject:A Christmas Story
Time:1:57 pm.
Mood: giddy.
Music:Lisa Loeb - Stay.
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

Overall my Christmas was FABULOUS! I just got an e-mail from Richy!!! I'm so excited, I haven't heard from him in FOREVER! Well, maybe not forever, but it's been a while. :) *hugs* for Richy.

Also, I got a DVD player for X-mas :) and my first DVD - The Matrix. YAY!!!

Okay, now that all of the cordialties are out of the way hehe... now it's time for a recap of my Christmas Eve family get-together.

My dad's family came over as tradition would have it. This is a troup of about 20 people - and there are always kids present, this year was no exception. My dad's family tends to be on the quiet side with a few loud mouths mixed in, so the parties are usually pretty quiet. Dad decided to deep fry our turkey for dinner, so about an hour before dinner was to be served he made an announcement that he was going to ceremoniously dunk the turkey in the deep fryer.... So we all went outside to watch.

My uncle made the comment that it seemed like there was too much oil... that the turkey would make it overflow. My dad explained that he had the pot marked from the last turkey he did... well... that turkey must have been a LOT smaller because... well.... the oil did overflow... and it overflowed everywhere. So I ran to the store and picked up some cat litter to soak up the grease. Nobody got hurt, the turkey was still done in time - crisis was averted.

But then... we had all just sat down to dinner - the kids, along with my Aunt a grown cousins, were eating in the living room at the "kids" table, while the rest of the family and myself were in the dining room. I had just finished eating my mashed potatoes and the light cuts of turkey and was making my to the dark when we all heard this CRASH!!!

Now... this wasn't just one crash, this was many many many crashes culminating together to create one very loud and very long CRRRRRRCRRRRRRCRRRRRRRRRAAAAACRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAASSSSSSSHHHHHHHH! We all bolted up and ran into the other room.

My immediate thought was that the Christmas tree had fallen into the wall of windows and all the ornaments and the entire window had broken - but that wasn't it.

My dad said that he had thought someone had tipped the table and that all of my grandmother's china (this is the first year we've used it since she's been in the home) had come crashing to the floor - but that wasn't it either.

No... it was my dad's shot glass collection. You see my dad has been collecting shot glasses since before I was born - and just about 2 years ago he finally got a shelf put up on the wall so that he could display them all - he has.. . er had about 100-200 glasses from all over the world.

The following are the events that lead to the demise of the shot glass shelf and 50% of my dad's shot glasses:
1. When my dad put the screws into the wall to hold up the shelf.... he missed the stud, so the shelf was hanging on the drywall.
2. Every time something/someone/someone in a chair somehow bumped the wall, the screws would come out of the drywall just a little more...
3. Eventually the shelf became crooked and we couldn't straighten it out.
4. Around 3pm Christmas Eve, my dad, my step-mom, my brother, my uncle and I all commented on the fact that the shelf was crooked... but my dad said "Good luck straightening that out."
5. Around 5:30pm as the kids, my aunt and my cousin were in the living room eating... my cousin's boyfriend (who was sitting right next to the shelf) made a comment that the shelf "made a noise."
6. My aunt and my cousin and all the kids joked with my cousin's boyfriend, and told him he was hearing things.
7. At approximatedly 5:35pm the screw finally came loose just enough for it to lose it's grip on the hole in the wall and scrape the drywall as the shelf went crashing to the ground.


The aftermath:
1. Nobody was hurt.
2. We spent the next 45 minutes or so cleaning up the broken glass and throwing away the broken shot glasses, mostly because we were planning on opening presents in that room.
3. Dinner was disrupted... nobody had seconds, half the family didn't finish their firsts as by the time the mess was cleaned up the food was cold, and their stomaches were full.
4. My Uncle decided to leave before anything else happened (because in our family, bad things come in 3s, and he wanted to get out before #3 came).
5. We perused the remaining shot glasses to determine how many of the "priceless" ones broke. So far we've been pretty lucky. The ones from Paris, Spain, Italy and some other "far away" places survived intact, but the one from Harrod's in England did not - guess I'll have to go get him another one!!
6. We opened presents, and nobody stumbled over any stray shards of glass.
7. When everyone left, we took deep breaths, let them out and went to bed.

Hehe.....
As it turns out, the uncle that left in the hope that he would miss "#3"... well he ran out of gas on the way home, and ended up having to walk toward a gas station until a nice couple picked him up. So... he ended up being #3.

*sigh* Still, it was an awesome Christmas... we just had a little bit of excitement!!!

My sister Laurie, as of 1pm yesterday had not yet had her 2nd child, little Jacob Dylan Ridenour who is due in 3 days. My niece, Christina, has officially become the kewtest friggin' kid this earth has ever seen, and also the most spoiled.

Eric - Sorry dude, I still haven't sent your gift, it's sitting in my car waiting to be dropped off at the Post Office - but don't feel TOO bad, I still have to send my sister's gift as well. Merry Merry Merry X-MAS

Richy - So good to hear from you, if you can't get me by e-mail, try posting a response here, I'll get a notice. :) MERRY MERRY MERRY X-MAS!!!

Merry Christmas:
Paige
Bonnie
Anita

and anyone else I'm forgetting!!!

Much love,
~gigi beany
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Wednesday, November 14th, 2001

Subject:Here's a funny...
Time:12:27 pm.
The other night I was sitting and watching TV with the kitty asleep on my lap. I turned to my mom and asked her, "Why is it that she sleeps when I'm awake, but when I go to sleep at night, she won't stop playing?"

My mom said something - but I didn't know what she was talking about, so I repeated what I'd heard her say: "Because she's not a turtle?"

Hehe... but what my mom had actually said was, "Because she's nocturnal."


Hahaha.....
Because she's not a turtle!!!!

ahhahahahahah...... hhahahhaha...... hahahahaha...... hahahah....
I crack myself up...
~g
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Subject:Thankful...
Time:12:22 pm.
Got this in an email, thought it was nice.
~g


> I AM THANKFUL FOR THE WIFE WHO SAYS IT'S HOT DOGS TONIGHT BECAUSE SHE
> IS HOME WITH ME, NOT WITH SOMEONE ELSE.
>
> FOR THE TEENAGER WHO IS COMPLAINING ABOUT DOING DISHES, BECAUSE THAT
> MEANS SHE IS AT HOME & NOT ON THE STREETS.
>
> FOR THE TAXES THAT I PAY, BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT I AM EMPLOYED.
>
> FOR THE MESS TO CLEAN AFTER A PARTY, BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT I HAVE BEEN
> SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS.
>
> FOR THE CLOTHES THAT FIT A LITTLE TOO SNUG, BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE
> ENOUGH TO EAT.
>
> FOR MY SHADOW THAT WATCHES ME WORK, BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM OUT IN THE
> SUNSHINE.
>
> FOR A LAWN THAT NEEDS MOWING, WINDOWS THAT NEED CLEANING, AND GUTTERS
> THAT NEED FIXING, BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE A HOME.
>
> FOR ALL THE COMPLAINING I HEAR ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE IT MEANS
> THAT WE HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
>
> FOR THE PARKING SPOT I FIND AT THE FAR END OF THE PARKING LOT, BECAUSE
> IT MEANS I AM CAPABLE OF WALKING AND THAT I HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH
> TRANSPORTATION.
>
> FOR MY HUGE HEATING BILL, BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM WARM.
>
> FOR THE LADY BEHIND ME IN CHURCH THAT SINGS OFF KEY, BECAUSE IT MEANS
> THAT I CAN HEAR.
>
> FOR THE PILE OF LAUNDRY AND IRONING, BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE CLOTHES
> TO WEAR.
>
> FOR WEARINESS AND ACHING MUSCLES AT THE END OF THE DAY, BECAUSE IT
> MEANS I HAVE BEEN CAPABLE OF WORKING HARD.
>
> FOR THE ALARM THAT GOES OFF IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS, BECAUSE IT
> MEANS THAT I AM ALIVE.
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