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i know it's been ages, and i know it's almost thanksgiving, but i'm finally posting my halloween pics.
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| labor day... |
[04 Sep 2002|10:12am] |
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i just wanted to post some pictures i took on labor day while bumming around ann arbor...
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[13 Jul 2002|10:55pm] |
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yes it has taken me almost two weeks to post them, but here are my pics from the 4th of july.
(here you go cindaroo...)
( pics are here )
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| feelin' thrifty... |
[28 Jun 2002|09:08pm] |
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i am so excited about my upcoming move. orion and i are moving into a two-bedroom townhome complete with a finished basement. we're going to have more room than we know what to do with.
i recently purchased a living room group from the highly acclaimed furniture retailer, dicker & deal. i love my new sofa and love seat. i got such a great deal on them. sure the previous owners were smokers, but that's nothing a bottle of upholstery cleaner, a bottle of frebreeze, and some elbow grease couldn't take care of.
i've been to the "volunteers of america" thrift store more times than i can count in the last week. i bought two lamps for $3 a piece. i had great fun painting them. i picked two lime green 1970s style lamps because they had groovy shapes - they look so good now that i've got them all done up. then i bought vases and candle holders for $0.90 and $0.60 respectively. i turned my bargain basement knickknacks into mosaic master pieces. i'm even thinking about mass-producing these suckers and selling them on a little website i like to call craft-bazaar.com.
i'll be able to do all the crafting i want after i move because i'll have a STUDIO of my very own. when orion and i move we've agreed that he can have the basement of the townhouse to set up as he pleases and i get to do whatever i want with the second bedroom. so i'm going to set my computer up in there and a large table to do my crafts at. i'm very excited. if anyone wants to come over to make mosaics or whatever else just let me know.
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| me & my cindaroo... |
[04 Jun 2002|11:24pm] |
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[25 May 2002|12:42pm] |
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hey, take a minute to do this.
okay, thanks!
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| creepy night... |
[24 May 2002|10:51pm] |
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i just wrote a rather long entry, but it disappeared as soon as i hit the "update journal" button.
oh well. i'm not prepared to write it all again.
i'll just say that i'm extremely creeped-out and the unfortunate stereotype of male sexuality being dangerous was sadly perpetuated tonight.
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| DOTS |
[22 May 2002|06:12pm] |
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does anyone remember DOTS? you know, the gummie candy thingies? you know, the ones that are made by tootsie roll industries?
i just found a box here at the office and let me tell you they are mmm, mmm good!
i don't know why i thought it was important after all these months to update my journal just to let everyone know that i'm eating candy, but what the hell.
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| i bought it & other stuff... |
[19 Mar 2002|11:27pm] |
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i bought my new car today... (see previous entry)
i'm completely excited by my new wheels and i could go on about the car for hours with just the slightest provocation. but sitting here thinking about my day, i suddenly realize that the car was not the best part.
i've been feeling "isolated" lately. not lonely, i have friends at work, a few friends in town outside of work and a cuddly boyfriend to keep me entertained. "isolated" - that may sound vague, but i can't think of a better way to describe how i've been feeling.
but today i got to spend two whole hours in a car with orion. we talked about the news. we've been spending plenty of time together lately. we fall asleep together more often than not, but it's rare for us to see each other during the daylight hours. during the week when i have afternoons free orion is at the office, and on the weekends while orion is free i'm in my office. so today was great, i'd almost forgotten what he looks like stained in sunlight.
after our drive and after my vehicle purchase orion and i got to kick around holland with the locals, cindy and wes. i wonder if those two realize how cute they are lately. they're even lovey-dovey when they're pretending to raz each other. i think they'll make an adoreable, old, married couple eventually.
spending the day with them was cozy. i was so thankful that the tension that existed between cindy and orion has seemingly dissipated. it's so hard to know what to do when two people you care very much about are not comfortable with one another. hopefully the four of us will have more time to spend together in the coming months. perhaps over roaring campfires and many roasted marshmallows we'll all become better friends. if we do i imagine that what already promises to be a fantastic vacation in january will be even better (that is assuming cindy and wes leave their cabin for the duration of said vacation *wink*).
after bidding cindy and wes a fond farewell i drove back to lansing and went almost immediately to work. i'm loving my job lately, but not when i have to work during the evening like tonight. i'm happy with my job mostly because i adore some of my coworkers. but, when i work nights i'm there alone and those feelings of "isolation" hit me the hardest. i usually deal with those feelings by picking up the phone and calling orion - this is a trend i'm sure he's noticed. but tonight, at just the right moment kathryn telephoned me. hearing from her was great simply because of the ease with which we talked. it was almost as if she still lived in the room next door.
to get to the point, i realized today that i'm very glad of contact with my loved ones. i've have wonderful relationships with all of the people i connected with today, but all of those relationships have had their difficult moments. i'm thankful that none of my amazing friends have slipped away.
i love you guys.
and i love my new car, but not as much. *grin*
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| i love golf... |
[16 Mar 2002|01:32pm] |
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i've been having the best time car shopping. yesterday i fell in love with a VW golf. well, cindy helped me fall in love with it, but i want it none the less. i asked my father who is a mechanic to go and take a look at the car today. now i'm nervously waiting for him to call me and give me his opinion. i have my fingers crossed that he won't find any problems with it. i don't need his permission to buy it, i'd just like his approval. then if anything goes wrong with the car i won't have to hear his grumbled "i told you so." besides, he likes to feel needed so i suppose i can throw him this bone.
here is the car i'm thinking about buying...
cute huh?
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| my jetta... |
[25 Feb 2002|12:55am] |
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i want this so bad i can taste it...
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[26 Jan 2002|12:14am] |
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which care bear are you?
does anyone else remember the care bears?
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| overtime... |
[25 Jan 2002|09:09pm] |
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i've been so busy lately. i worked 49.5 hours this week. thank goodness i like my co-workers. but yeah, i'm busy busy. that 49.5 hours is on top of taking two night classes and trying to be the "leader" of a campus organization. i believe i get next sunday off. i've worked every saturday since last summer, i think i'll ask for one off soon. at least now that i'm working full-time my paychecks have tripled in size. i might even be able to fully pay visa back in the next two months.
regardless of the complaining that just went on in the previous paragraph, i'm really pretty darn happy right now. i like my job, and it feels good to be completely supporting myself. now i don't have to deal with the guilt that used to come my way from my parents. now that they don't pull the purse strings i'm feeling almost guilt free.
and i'm happy outside of work right now too - well for those few hours outside of work i get each week. school is going fine, though i wish i would have been on the ball and finished in four years instead of the six years i'm now envisioning because i'm only going really part-time from now on.
i guess i might be feeling good now because i'm feeling in control of so many different aspects of my life. i wouldn't call myself a control freak, but damn - control feels mighty good.
the only thing i'm unhappy about right now is the stinky state news. i was interviewed for an article yesterday. my response to a pro-life rally held on campus was totally misquoted. they basically called me pro-abortion and said that i thought babies were parasites. ah well. cindy, i'm glad you never worked for that paper. it is highly lacking in "journalistic integrity."
i guess that's all i've got for now. if i haven't got anything worse than the state news to be upset about then i guess i'm doing pretty darn good.
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| white x-mas? |
[21 Dec 2001|06:05pm] |
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i may have renounced the gods of winter in favor of the deities of the summer, but com'on....
where's the snow already?
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[15 Dec 2001|03:05pm] |
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i've gotta bad case of cabin fever...
does anybody want to come over and play in the snow with me?
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| House bill damages reproductive rights... |
[02 Nov 2001|10:28am] |
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wednesday i had a letter to the editor published in my university's newspaper...
Like many students on campus, I am concerned with reproductive freedom. Currently there is a bill, House Bill 4655, on the floor of the Michigan House that would infringe on the reproductive rights of any student who utilizes the services of our local Planned Parenthood. This bill states that any local organization that performs abortions, refers women to abortion providers or advocates the legality of abortions will not be given preference in the allocation of public family planning funding.
This bill would effectively defund Planned Parenthood of Michigan. About three percent of Planned Parenthood?s total activity is related to abortion. The other 97 percent is dedicated to family planning and education.
Planned Parenthood provides many services MSU students benefit from, including free pregnancy testing, sexually transmitted disease testing and low-cost birth control. If this bill becomes law, what are the 6,000 women and men, many of them affiliated with MSU and who use Planned Parenthood, going to do when these services are no longer available to them?
If you enjoy your reproductive freedoms, then it is important that you contact your representatives and urge them to oppose HB 4655. To find out who your representative is, go to www.miplannedparenthood.org.
this is the response that i recieved...
Felicity,
Your letter reminded me of a photo of a bunch of people lined up outside a demolished post office after a hurricane to collect their welfaree or social security checks.
How can the people avoid pregnancy if Planned Parenthood is not funded? Gee, I don't know, maybe they could try keeping their pants on.
What is this? People are just going to wake up pregnant if their government handout is taken away?
Go get a dictionary and look up personal responsibility.
Greg Brown
some people just don't get it.
this is the response i sent him...
Gregory,
I know all about "personal responsibility," and so do the 60,000 people in Michigan who use Planned Parenthood. People who go to Planned Parenthood do so because they are responsible about birth control. By defunding Planned Parenthood our state is restricting people's options for being responsible about their sexuality.
-Felicity
this is the response i wanted to send him...
Gregory,
I know all about "personal responsibility," and so do the 60,000 people in Michigan who use Planned Parenthood. People who go to Planned Parenthood do so because they are responsible about birth control. By defunding Planned Parenthood our state is restricting people's options for being responsible about their sexuality. People are not going to stop having sex just because they no longer have access to birth control. Obvioulsy you've never had sex or you would never suggest that people just "keep their pants on."
-Felicity
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| the carrot feeling... |
[31 Oct 2001|01:43pm] |
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my little sister robin called me last night at about midnight. she was crying...
yesterday two of her close friends were killed in a car accident. she saw the accident, it was apparently very gruesome. those kids were so young. i'm sorry robin has to deal with this.
i think i was able to comfort her and offer some suggestions to help her deal with her feelings, but what do you tell a 17 year old girl who just saw two of her friends die?
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| snap crackle pop... |
[28 Oct 2001|10:59pm] |
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i spent far, far, far too much money today.
i'm consoled in my banshee spending ways by three things:
1. orion was also a spend-thrift today. if we go bankrupt, at least we'll do it together.
2. the new speakers i bought for my computer (just one of the many components i bought today) sound great. dar williams' mp3s don't sound like angry chipmunks on crack anymore. yay!
3. (this is the most important of all) the above mentioned speakers came packaged in bubble wrap. bubble wrap! i've been popping it all night long, one fun-filled bubble at a time. usually i'm reckless with my bubble wrap - i twist it up and pop as many air pockets of delight as i possibly can all at once. but not tonight, tonight i'm savoring my bubble wrap like a fine wine, or even finer sex. bubble wrap and sex have a lot in common. there is that amazing building sensation when your fingers are around the little bud of pleasure, and then there is an explosion... okay, so bubble wrap is a bit more like masturbation. either way, bubble wrap is still great.
i'm happy, i have bubble wrap.
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| is that too much to ask? |
[27 Oct 2001|11:39am] |
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i was looking forward to having just one day off the whole month of november. the 11th, a sunday. it was going to be perfect. i was going to sleep in and then have a day long date with my boyfriend.
was, was, was, was, was, was, was
memo to all dover's crossing employees:
our waitlist program begins on november 11th, you'll all be expected to work that day as we'll be very busy.
thank you,
management
*sigh*
perhaps i'll get christmas off. maybe.
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| grand theft copy... |
[22 Oct 2001|05:05pm] |
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ut oh...
i just really pissed a patron off.
in general i like engineering students. i like coming to work and getting to talk to people (this job has helped make me a little less shy over the years), but the guy i dealt with today gives engineers a bad name. he's the one that makes me think they might all be mean spirited yuppies (roommates excluded of course).
anyway, he was going off on his usual rant about how the library needs to provide him with better staplers. i simply told him (in my snootiest voice) that perhaps if he was so disgruntled with the condition of the current staplers he could donate some new ones. he got rather upset and stormed out of the library without paying for his copies...
*growl*
now i can't wait until he comes back and i can deny him the services of said library.
kat, you'd be proud of me.
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