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I'm still alive.
No, really.
I swear.
I just work and do stuff not on the internets these days, it's crazy. Which is sad 'cause I have a shiny new MacBook!
Having a life is quelle rad!
No, really.
I swear.
I just work and do stuff not on the internets these days, it's crazy. Which is sad 'cause I have a shiny new MacBook!
Having a life is quelle rad!
I've been a busy bee. A big, fuck off bee. Yesterday was the first day since my third day on the job that I didn't bring work home with me. The plus side is that it's not always after-hours work, I get to work from home a fair bit. Earning cash money in your PJs is rad, indeed. I have a new nickname at work, which I embraced and started a theme. My boss is Dirt Bag, the other assistant is Ho Bag and I am T Bag. I even made a shirt for Mondays that is magenta with my name on it. Fun times.
Yesterday was great! I got a shortened day thanks to an appointment. What kind? Oh well, it was an appointment to go hang out with _mike_ and talk about pop music. There may have been something else going on... lemme see how to tell you all...
Yesterday was great! I got a shortened day thanks to an appointment. What kind? Oh well, it was an appointment to go hang out with _mike_ and talk about pop music. There may have been something else going on... lemme see how to tell you all...
Does it make me look nerdy?
Sweet, virtuous mother of Christ. i am finally back on my own computer again. How I have missed her! The problem? Getting a USB network adapter that works on a Mac. Finally found one at Best Buy where they now sell Macs?! Never though I'd see the day. I had been using the CrapTop™ that Mattie so graciously donated to my cause. But if I moved with it, the power would cut off. Portable, no. I couldn't even cough when it was on my lap. I did manage to use it to find a job!
I'm employed! The rumors are true. "What do you do, Tawnya?" You might ask me in person. I would then hem and haw for a bit. It's impossible to answer with anything besides 'personal assistant.' But I think that makes it sound like I give hand jobs to hobos all day. And that didn't pay well. Hobos are some broke-ass bitches. I am the assistant / worker bee for a guy who sells shoes on eBay. That's more enticing than it sounds, with my love of footwear. It's all Nikes. I am resting my morals on the fact that we are bottom feeders and Nike is actually losing money thanks to me and my boss(es). I spend time wrapping packages, organizing storage and entering things on the computer. He's one of the top sellers on eBay, so it's shocking how far he got with only one assistant. It's a very nerdy office and the guys I work with are fun, funny and worry that they're working me too hard. I also get paid a very fair wage and can work as much as my little heart desires. I also get to listen to anything I want, which makes all tasks at least manageable, if not enjoyable. He even buys our lunches.
I'm almost settled in here. A few more things to unpack, but they're chilling in their respective boxes until I need them. Living with Mattie is just as much fun as I'd hoped. Together, we are never bored. And there's the mutual love of beauty day, facials and masks, ahoy! Life is super awesome, even though I am more sad than I can express about not being able to make it to Hopey's wedding.
I had been hanging so much on that trip, but between it being preceded by my first week at work and the lack of cash that I was suffering from, I just couldn't. Seriously heartbroken about not being there to see one of my 'desert island' people wed the love of her life and so many of my Seattle friends. Who knows when I'll get to see them all together again? Maybe never. Unless I win the lottery I never play and put all the awesome people on my island. The chances are slim, indeed.
I'm employed! The rumors are true. "What do you do, Tawnya?" You might ask me in person. I would then hem and haw for a bit. It's impossible to answer with anything besides 'personal assistant.' But I think that makes it sound like I give hand jobs to hobos all day. And that didn't pay well. Hobos are some broke-ass bitches. I am the assistant / worker bee for a guy who sells shoes on eBay. That's more enticing than it sounds, with my love of footwear. It's all Nikes. I am resting my morals on the fact that we are bottom feeders and Nike is actually losing money thanks to me and my boss(es). I spend time wrapping packages, organizing storage and entering things on the computer. He's one of the top sellers on eBay, so it's shocking how far he got with only one assistant. It's a very nerdy office and the guys I work with are fun, funny and worry that they're working me too hard. I also get paid a very fair wage and can work as much as my little heart desires. I also get to listen to anything I want, which makes all tasks at least manageable, if not enjoyable. He even buys our lunches.
I'm almost settled in here. A few more things to unpack, but they're chilling in their respective boxes until I need them. Living with Mattie is just as much fun as I'd hoped. Together, we are never bored. And there's the mutual love of beauty day, facials and masks, ahoy! Life is super awesome, even though I am more sad than I can express about not being able to make it to Hopey's wedding.
I had been hanging so much on that trip, but between it being preceded by my first week at work and the lack of cash that I was suffering from, I just couldn't. Seriously heartbroken about not being there to see one of my 'desert island' people wed the love of her life and so many of my Seattle friends. Who knows when I'll get to see them all together again? Maybe never. Unless I win the lottery I never play and put all the awesome people on my island. The chances are slim, indeed.Back in my hometown. Packing up and removing myself in my entirety.
San diego has been fun. I've met oodles of wonderful folks ad once I get settled from the final portion of the move I might even get to hang out with some of the SGSD peeps who seem fun and not too put off by me.
I'm employed, I start Monday morning. Regular type 9-5. Exciting. Fun job with hard work and few rules. Innovation is encouraged. My new employer cursed during the phone call to set up an interview and it seems to be quite the nerdy office since I was informed that I must practice accents for fun and amusement.
This is the second time in a row I've updated while taking a break from packing. Moving isn't very fun, but I've got great friends to help me and that makes everything better. Now that Baby May is done with his bout of over-working, I will even get to hang out with him! I'm now addicted to playing cards. Luckily, so is Jenn. It works out. I'm bringing Boggle down, so here's hoping I can coax people into playing it with me.
San diego has been fun. I've met oodles of wonderful folks ad once I get settled from the final portion of the move I might even get to hang out with some of the SGSD peeps who seem fun and not too put off by me.
I'm employed, I start Monday morning. Regular type 9-5. Exciting. Fun job with hard work and few rules. Innovation is encouraged. My new employer cursed during the phone call to set up an interview and it seems to be quite the nerdy office since I was informed that I must practice accents for fun and amusement.
This is the second time in a row I've updated while taking a break from packing. Moving isn't very fun, but I've got great friends to help me and that makes everything better. Now that Baby May is done with his bout of over-working, I will even get to hang out with him! I'm now addicted to playing cards. Luckily, so is Jenn. It works out. I'm bringing Boggle down, so here's hoping I can coax people into playing it with me.
I am taking the shortest of breaks from packing to leave for sunny San Diego at ten tomorrow morning. I just got off the phone with Samling, she has had her heart broken and if you don't give her some type of commiseration, I will be forced to put the smack down on you. She is a wonderful, honest and genuinely kind human being and she deserves nothing but good. Life, however, contains the occasional rough patch. And while I know she is a fierce woman and could absolutely survive, she still should hear that people care. Even if you don't know her. Kind words are always helpful, no matter who from.
I will try my best to have a safe trip and I'm sure you'll get some kind of update when I survive.
Made it safe and sound. I'm talling Baby May's Tivo what to do and being kindy punchy because I'm very tired, but can't yet sleep. The woman I'm seeing got me the radest little electronic dictionary! It's the most romantic unromantic gift I think I've ever recieved. This is what happens when you tell an English teacher, "Uh, that's not a word."
Sadly, now instead of an hour away, I'm seven hours away.
I will try my best to have a safe trip and I'm sure you'll get some kind of update when I survive.
Made it safe and sound. I'm talling Baby May's Tivo what to do and being kindy punchy because I'm very tired, but can't yet sleep. The woman I'm seeing got me the radest little electronic dictionary! It's the most romantic unromantic gift I think I've ever recieved. This is what happens when you tell an English teacher, "Uh, that's not a word."
Sadly, now instead of an hour away, I'm seven hours away.
I've been using random Hello Kitty notebooks as planners for years. I write down work schedules, shopping lists, songs to download, books and movies. I happened across a site today (DIY Planner.) And I realized that I could have had a non-boring planner tailored to me all along. I have spent most of my day off designing pages and figuring out what all those scribbles in my notebooks were and how they could be translated into pages. Why, oh why, didn't I think of this myself?
It also looks like I'm moving - TWICE.
Once down to San Diego mid-August and then to an as-yet-undetermined location in November or December. Lemme tell ya, things happen fast when you're Tawnya!
My very best good friend wants to leave SD (finally!) when his tour is up in November, and he doesn't want to go alone. Plus, he gives me the locales and I do all the research for him. Thus far the big aim is for... I can't believe I'm saying this... Hawaii. I know, sun, the ocean and crazy big spiders. I'll be able to get over my fear of the ocean and crazy big spiders and I might even get enough sun to convince people I'm Portuguese without telling them my last name and a couple jokes.
I'm a sucker for cultures, man. He can't go over-seas (long story) so this is as close as we can get to a foreign land. And who doesn't love a language with a thirteen letter alphabet? Major bonus - it's half way (ish) to Japan! My family would come visit me (free lodging in Hawaii, yo), so my vacations can be spent on the surrounding islands and varying degrees of Asia. Tokyo!
Secondary options are all east coast since neither of us have ever been. No more Cali, yo!
It also looks like I'm moving - TWICE.
Once down to San Diego mid-August and then to an as-yet-undetermined location in November or December. Lemme tell ya, things happen fast when you're Tawnya!
My very best good friend wants to leave SD (finally!) when his tour is up in November, and he doesn't want to go alone. Plus, he gives me the locales and I do all the research for him. Thus far the big aim is for... I can't believe I'm saying this... Hawaii. I know, sun, the ocean and crazy big spiders. I'll be able to get over my fear of the ocean and crazy big spiders and I might even get enough sun to convince people I'm Portuguese without telling them my last name and a couple jokes.
I'm a sucker for cultures, man. He can't go over-seas (long story) so this is as close as we can get to a foreign land. And who doesn't love a language with a thirteen letter alphabet? Major bonus - it's half way (ish) to Japan! My family would come visit me (free lodging in Hawaii, yo), so my vacations can be spent on the surrounding islands and varying degrees of Asia. Tokyo!
Secondary options are all east coast since neither of us have ever been. No more Cali, yo!
Okay, so I have known this, and you might have figured it out, but I'm pounding it out here so that it can make more sense. Ignore if you want to.
In other news, I've made more wonderful friends! I had a blast rafting on the 4th! I am sunburned and sore from the afore-mentioned excursion, and I don't care! I like exclamation points!!
New friends and discovering them are making me very happy right now. So are really great books and documentaries. What's making you happy right now?
So, today I bought a bikini and then went to the bakery?!? Yeah. I needed a suit for the rafting trip on the 4th (!!!) and then I wanted a little bit of pastry. Thank god I just eat crap all the time and only my titties get bigger!
Baby May and I partied like rockstars. We got my niece hammered out of her mind on her 21st birthday at the gay bar. All the things promised in the last entry were done but you'll have to replace 'Watching Romy and Michelle' with 'Reading David Sedaris books.' All the bits were heavenly enough to make me seriously consider moving to San Diego even though I don't like San Diego. But I do love Mattie. What's a girl to do? Suck it up and live in everyone else's paradise and avoid the coastline? (Ooh, except for the tide-pools!)
There is many a fun thing in the near future: the afore-mentioned rafting, parades, dancing, dates and a stack of excellent reading. Rad-tastic!
Baby May and I partied like rockstars. We got my niece hammered out of her mind on her 21st birthday at the gay bar. All the things promised in the last entry were done but you'll have to replace 'Watching Romy and Michelle' with 'Reading David Sedaris books.' All the bits were heavenly enough to make me seriously consider moving to San Diego even though I don't like San Diego. But I do love Mattie. What's a girl to do? Suck it up and live in everyone else's paradise and avoid the coastline? (Ooh, except for the tide-pools!)
There is many a fun thing in the near future: the afore-mentioned rafting, parades, dancing, dates and a stack of excellent reading. Rad-tastic!
Okay, I've got great news, for me that is...
Baby May is going to be here tomorrow!
It has been FAR too long since I saw my little Mattie, so I'm really excited. Plus there will be showings of Romy & Michelle and Priscilla and DANCING! I need to dance, yo. This booty needs some shakin' so let said shaking commence!
There will be karaoke and cattiness in unwieldy amounts and shopping and giggles and drinking and loads and loads of love.
I get delicious apple turnovers made fresh in the morning, too! Score! Is it tomorrow yet?!?!
Baby May is going to be here tomorrow!
It has been FAR too long since I saw my little Mattie, so I'm really excited. Plus there will be showings of Romy & Michelle and Priscilla and DANCING! I need to dance, yo. This booty needs some shakin' so let said shaking commence!
There will be karaoke and cattiness in unwieldy amounts and shopping and giggles and drinking and loads and loads of love.
I get delicious apple turnovers made fresh in the morning, too! Score! Is it tomorrow yet?!?!
No, seriously, I'm not dead yet. I am back in the land of the intarnets. I probably could tell you guys all kinds of stuff, but I'm really lazy. Too lazy to type much.
