mom placation was ironing by which mens perrypops in a womansuit is the new child mystericating teats that can taint baconated digestive broads plastercasting gnostically from the great gospel wwjh

"ok then"

Strategically-placed quotes can make anything sound sarcastic

i should have said '"ok" then' actually... ah well.

i have just sent another rambling email to bookstore position found on craig's list. but, ya know, i figure if they think i'm a dick because of it, they probably won't like me in person either, so it saves us both time and effort.

that's the american spirit!!
you are catching on very well, rr!

i can't remember if i mentioned this already, but i made amazing semi-vegan burgers last night. fucking delicious. those morning star burgers are a pretty damn fine impersonation of an impersonation of a burger (impersonation burgers made from actual meat are my favourite, like the mcdonald's variety).

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thanks tza!!!

Which Morningstar Farms ones were they? (I usually eat the Black Bean ones, but I don't find them particularly like a real burger.)

the mushroom ones are good

i haven't had anything morningstar in ages. i always thought the boca "burger" burgers (not veg burgers) were good. gardenburger used to have a good one w/ mushrooms and rice in it i think?

i can't remember, but they're not made from veggies, they're fake meat. fuckin awesome.

REMY REMY REMY REMY REMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i have a question for you, i asked on another thread, totally unrelated to the subject but you are hard to find sometimes: what is it like working at borders? i'm thinking about applying at barnes and noble soon, if this independent-bookstore hunt i'm on doesn't pan out. but i'm not sure if it will be awful??

I used to work at Barnes and Noble and it was really pretty fun, at least when we had a good manager (which was not always, unfortunately). I don't know how much it would differ from working at Borders...

Okay I have switched from M.I.A. to Radiohead

WHAT'S THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS

I am listening to the quiet of the upstairs of my house. But I can hear J downstairs, flipping through whatever she's watching on the TiVo. I am a Bad Mommy.

Only if you've been save Real Sex episodes with no parental control code!

ha ha, no, I haven't even seen that! Probably the worst thing she could come across would be the season finale of Lost.

I do let the kids watch The Simpsons, which has led to all kinds of fun moments. I like it when J says, "DOH!"

I AM DOING NOTHING IN CARMEL.

But being lazy and smug.

:-D

Ned, sometimes I don't "love" you.

This evening I discovered that there is a fine line between drinking to take the edge of off a hangover and drinking to drunking again. I regrets nuffin.

i keep thinking tomorrow is saturday and then realizing it's not and that makes me ;_;

I am so unprepared for the weekend (J's birthday is Saturday), that I almost prefer this.

Although I'm about to go walk a billion miles on my treadmill, so I'm obviously an idiot.

Friend: (to J031) He can wear it for Halloween.
J031: Have you EVER seen either of us dress up for Halloween?
Friend: Well, now you can! You should by a Catwoman costume.
J031: waht

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

btw "Paper Planes" is not on Kala, right? Or did my version of Kala just not have it? It is the fucking best song.

POW POW POW POW

The video is awesome, too.

we fly like paper get high like planes

your version is broek. want me to send it to you?

RR I asked my friend just now about her tenure at Border's and all she had to say was "It's real easy to steal from." I'll try and pry more out of her.

Upt0eleven, YESSS plz! :D

I have been getting my Paper Planes fix by watching the vid on her site over & over. Her vid for "Jimmy" is the best. We played "Jimmy" at our wedding. Shit is boss.

your wedding i would have most definitely enjoyed. to where would you like me to dispatch this track?

HEY NICK I RODE THE BIKE!! no photos tho, maybe next time

now i am watching jordan be all manly and fix his bike.

There's a euphemism.

oh, you

"him"?

Yay Friday?

so tired!!!!

The new Harry Potter movie has been pushed back from November to July!!

This is devastating me. Stupid writer's strike.

Oh, that is a bummer. I'm sad now!

Tired here, too. Annnnnnd... just received my syllabus for my next class. I think I need a nap.

ooh yeah, i was just thinking this morning that i am going ot have to buy books, and how expensive they are, and how much i don't want to do it. they make you buy the books before they disburse the student loan money. someone please tell me how this makes sense?

Can you just wing it and wait until the loan money comes through?

probably not since they usually don't disburse it until early or mid october, and classes start on 8/27...

god what a shame harry potter part 200 will be pushed back -- far worse than all the writers who lost their job so you can get your jollies on cheap corprocratic entertainment

coprocratic

Sorry Remy, I'm not biting.

@(*#&% ^ FINANCIAL AID OFFICE I CUT YOU!!!!!!!

What happened?

I dread dealing with financial aid when I finally go back to school.

months ago: registered, filled out fafsa, direct loan website says "The student's prospective school will draft an aid package" (direct quote from the site)

few weeks ago: i get e-mail saying "your tuition payment is past due, therefore your classes have been dropped"

last week: call registrar, who tells me i have to get loans processed before i can register, or classes will be dropped again if i try to re-register

monday: call financial aid, they tell me they have never heard of "drafting an aid package" and that i have to download a very carefully hidden loan application and send it in. i do, and fax it. i call to make sure they received it, and they don't answer. 5 times. only a recorded message w/ no option to leave voicemail.
call again yesterday, same thing.

today: call again, finally get someone who tells me they do not have my fax and to re-fax it. i do. i call to check if they got it, a woman answers and says 'the fax isn't here' and transfers me to a number that no one answers. i call back, and ask her to please go check for me since this is v. important. grudgingly does so. then tells me she can't process it til i register. so. i register. then call back to let them know, at which point some other chick tells me i put the wrong $ amount (silly me, i used the estimated expenses for the year on THEIR site) and tells me i can't have that much (which is odd considering last year they said the loan amount was based on the estimate) and then when i'm trying to get her to explain why that is and how i should pay the rest of the $ i don't have, she blind transfers me (essentially hanging up on me) to some other dept. where bitchy lady finally tells me that i *should* be ok but it will take 6-8 weeks to process the loans, at which point i worry they're gonna drop my registration again but she assures me they won't.

we shall see.

So sorry. That is a fucking NIGHTMARE.

It will be over soon and you will be in school and get $$$.

i am not counting on that. they seriously fucked me over last year. anyway, deep breaths. and thanks ;)

I have no idea what the real story on my financial aid for this year is, either. Last year they finally got it to me the week before Thanksgiving. Am I going to know whether I have it before then? Your guess is as good as mine.

All I need for this first couple of months is a skills kit (I already have a ton of books, so yay), so at least all I have is the zillion dollars of tuition.

Also just found out insurance will not cover treatment for 4l3x's ADD if it is neurotherapy (which is what the dr. says we should do). It's considered "investigative." So either find the money or do nothing or slap him on pills. Ugh.

yeah, i finally got mine last DECEMBER. srsly. wtf is that? also, they screwed up my amounts, and spring semester, i got part of it on time (still a month after semester started) and the rest i didn't get until MAY. MAY!