it’s over

i just finished final fantasy x. wooh. took me about 80 hours. crazy. i didn’t even have all the celestial weapons. the ending wasn’t so hard as it was long. you had like, 3 big bosses and then all your aeons to get rid of by your own hand. there was no saving in between and no time to heal between battles. you just had to roll with it.

leonard has final fantasy x-2. i’m toying with the idea of going over to pick it up right now, but i have hoarded the ps3 for too long today. i think i’ll give christopher a shot and start on my long awaited book that i finally got via interlibrary loan. i have been wanting to read the forbidden game trilogy for about a year now! the wait paid off because i was able to get an edition that had all 3 books in one.

finished breaking dawn (the third longest book i now own…the two others being harry potter v and essential psychopathology and it’s treatment…kind of a strange yin yang there, i know). However, i will say very little about it because i have a strict promise with myself that i do not talk about books until at least a month after they are published. that way, people that are dying to read them (ie harry potter) will have already read them so i don’t risk offending anyone or spoiling the surprise for the truly dedicated. if it takes you more than a month, you probably don’t care enough to have your heart broken if you hear something that spoils it for you.

having said that: breaking dawn is nuts. things happen that you think might, but they don’t. it sped up my heart as well as broke it. i actually cried in 3 spots. nuts man. nuts.

and that’s all till those of you that i know read this and are also getting through the book (sarah v., lauren p., kyle s., ruthie m., andrea k., jessica s., leah d….etc) have completed it. (let me know when you do because i want to freak out with you as well as share some theories…)

also in books, belly laughs is a really quick, hilarious read for anyone thinking about pregnancy, which i am…THINKING NOT DOING!……………………………….yet…………………………….tee hee
it had me laughing out loud which doesn’t happen with many books. not very informative, but jenny mccarthy has a way with words.

in other news: christopher and i have been sick since flugtag on saturday. i swear to you that i now know that the phrase “puking your guts out” is VERY literal. i thought my intestines were going to come up through my mouth. poor christopher had it worse though. i have no idea what set it off. my guess would be undercooked chinese food, but i didn’t have any. is food poisoning contagious? *shrug* anyway, we’re almost recovered.

on the topic of internship: PRAY FOR ME EVERYONE IN THE WORLD! i cannot find an internship to save my life. “have you applied everywhere you can?” you may be asking. my response: yes. i have. i lost count at 31 facilities. basically the main problems are 1, funding has been cut by the government for mental health *grr*, 2, positions are for a whole year (mine is only 15 weeks), and 3, facilities only want to deal with particular schools.

the most frustrating part though, is this: a good portion of the places that have rejected me want me to contact them as soon as i complete my degree!  what??  i was stunned and flattered by the first few, but each time it happens now i just have to grit my teeth through thanking them kindly.  they want me for a job after i get my degree, but i can’t get my degree until they give me a job!!!  freakin catch 22 out the arse here people!

well, the good thing is that at least i know there are plenty of jobs that i could get as soon as i pass over this mountain.

i have a couple places that i am really pressing hard for, but worst comes to worst, i’ll just get a part time job/volunteer for fall and finish my degree in the spring. totally sucks to do it that way, especially when i worked so hard to be ahead of the game!

poodle (well scottie dog) skirt costume (with full tuille skirt beneath):

last but not least: birthday pictures. not many, but some.

yuna melinda and “the boy who decided that a candy necklace and dora the explorer party hat was a costume”

matador leah

band fag tyler (literally)

matador leah and sailor hallie getting pwned (BY ME) at star wars trivial pursuit

matador leah, sailor hallie, “ceiling” fan leonard, “creepy uncle” matthew playing pop5

creepy uncle matthew and bathing beauty ellie

drawing on my balloons!

see?!?!

good thing sailor hallie brought me more!

that way bathing beauty ellie would having something to drag around to us all night…and i do mean ALL NIGHT. someone that will remained unnamed (HINT: CHRISTOPHER) decided that it would be ok to give a 2 1/2 year old a jumbo sized candy necklace to play with. one would hardly think that he should be surprised as said child was LITERALLY bouncing off the furniture till midnight when she crrrraaaashhhhed on the floor…but he was. “look! there she goes again jumping from the couch to the chair!” he would declare with utter shock every few minutes…gee…i wonder why?
playing smash brothers

pop 5 again

11/21

ixnay on the asalbay

so i’ve given up charting my basal body temp. i just don’t think it’s going to work for me. even though i had a good thermometer, wake up faithfully at the same time every morning, and followed the guidelines of checking and charting before doing anything else (even shutting off the alarm), the data was not consistent.

i think what happens is that some nights i have slept with covers and others not. some nights i wear shorts/tank top, others pants/tee shirt. my temperature is not track able because of these extraneous variables. i am sure that i could control for them, but i cannot control the weather. some nights it is window open for a fresh brisk breeze, others it is a bit too chilly.

so that ovulation plan is going the way of the dodo. i think we will just buy an ovulation kit when we start to try for kids. kinda sucks because this could have been an inexpensive way to chart my fertility for several months before hand. ah well, thems the breaks, eh?

kanesodfinv!!!!!

yum

ice cream machine is the best neopets game ever

cupcake party!

*******pregnancy update********

i am going to start monitoring my basal body temperature so if anyone has done this, could you let me know if it worked for you? i read a lot about it (mostly from this and this site) but could use any advice you might have for ensuring accurate results.

*******end update*************

wow. so my birthday is next wednesday and we had planned to invite my sister/her boyfriend/his daughter and my brother/his girlfriend. a small little family deal. well, yesterday at work i was joking around with my coworker, hallie, and she asked me to hang out with her.

woah. this does not happen often. or it didn’t used to. sure, i’ve had friends, but more acquaintances than anything. i have never been super ms. popular (except when i was one of the only females to work at a pc tech support center *lol*). anyhow, i decided to go out on a whim and invite her. she was super excited as i explained that i was dressing up in a costume and decorating cupcakes (i got an early gift—cake decorating supplies!)

so hallie is in and will be coming as peter pan. today though i decided to ask ruthie, another awesomely awesome chica, to come to. she was super excited as well and wants to dress up like harry potter since her hair is too short to be hermione. the next thing i know, kyle, the owner’s son, gets all excited about my birthday because i said my costume will be yuna from ffx and that’s one of his favorite games…so i ask him to come. later on, i invited leah to come and she became giddy and asked me tons of questions about costumes!

*lol* i friggin love portland! as it stands, there will be close to 15 people coming. i can’t believe it! maybe it is portland or maybe it is just me giving people a chance, but i don’t think i have ever been so confident socially before. i mean, these people are so much like me. they don’t get annoyed when i talk about conservation or jealous that i am so crafty. on the contrary, they discuss what they are doing to be more environmentally aware and showing me their projects too!

wOOt for portland!

party list

costume-

hand made invitations

food-

1. hummus/pita

2. mini pizzas

3. CUPCAKES!

4. beer/punch

5. fruit salad

6. 7 layer dip/chips

7. Christopher’s special baked tacos

8. tabbouli

hmm…might need more…if anyone has suggestions, send them my way! i’m looking for finger food type recipes.

to entertain

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fabbity fab band: dirty martini
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fabbity fab book:

had this on a 45!

much better

i feel almost like myself with very few exceptions. thought i’d give an update on my super cool life

first off, the owner of the toy store i work at said she might buy and sell costumes i make in the store. i’ve made a few examples for her to consider which are girls size 7/little bo peep and little red riding hood:

the pictures don’t do them justice! they are so cute!

more crafts:

pithy hat (pattern no longer available):

reconstructed shirt/sweater:

fairy washcloth for ellie:

living room curtains:

reusable bulk bags:

lovely love people:

sarah d. & i:

c, sarah sis, & i:

mumsie, sarah sis, & i:

***********People who look like people***********

ever see the movie kiss kiss bang bang? well, there is a scene where two of the characters are refering to people around them as being famous people. it reminded me of my deal here. (GREAT movie btw…highly recommended)

de niro in walmart:

tommy lee jones reserving an interlibrary loan:

mary mccormick checking out the latest in chick lit:

here’s an interesting one. couldn’t tell if this was peter boyle or gossack from wind waker reading teen magazine:

finally, a blurry picture of me being lorraine from mad tv (brother was laughing too hard to get a good shot):

to end this much needed update, here is an amazing display of confectionary genius

he said/she said

I have always cried when I’m happy and have always felt embarrassed about it.  Sometimes the simplest things are so amazing that I can’t handle it and shed a tear or two.  I read a quote today that made me feel a lot better about it.:

“Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.”- Edgar Allen Poe

And this is just a cool quote:

“A woman is like a tea bag- you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.”- Eleanor Roosevelt