warning: squee
last night it POURED RAIN, like biblical who's-building-the-ark rain, and when i got home (i met tamalinn for dinner) i discovered a flood alert on my phone - flood warning in your area until midnight! - and i thought no shit there's a flood warning, i drove through water up to my wheel wells TWICE. by the time i got to my car from tamalinn's apartment, my socks were soaked because my shoes were soaked, my arm was soaked because that whole side of my coat was soaked (slight fail on the part of my umbrella), and my jeans were soaked because GIANT PUDDLES. on the other hand, i love pouring rain. seriously. i'm just not in love with driving in it. :| and on the other other hand, i got to sit on tamalinn's new couch, which was very comfy, and i got to pet her dog, who is very adorable. and dinner was mac&cheese and duck confit tater tots and a wheat beer with the weirdest ever wheat-bread aftertaste - seriously, it was like drinking bread - all of which was perfect for the weather. also, tasty. i mean, mac&cheese and tater tots, there is no bad there.
yesterday at work i spent the morning at something called a performance training, which was basically three hours of learning how to give and receive feedback. (it's a formalized process at work that they're going to roll out to all the offices, rather than have everyone do it their own way.) except a lot of it didn't really apply to me. i'm an admin, and as such i'm never going to have to meet with my team at the start of an engagement to discuss goals and expectations, and i'm never going to have to meet with the team afterwards to discuss whether or not we hit those goals and expectations. i can't imagine the way and times during which i get feedback are going to change. so it was kind of a waste of my time. and we didn't even get lunch afterwards! hmph. altho we always get bagels and muffins on fridays, and i do love me some bagels.
today i bought bookshelves! finally! they're being delivered november 12, so i have some time to get rid of the one bookshelf in order to make room. in a perfect world i could just move that one someplace else, but my apartment isn't that big. sigh. but in three weeks i can unpack the eight boxes of stuff i took from my parents' house! finally!
also i bought shoes, but that's not quite as exciting. even if one pair is reddish-burgundy suede which is notable only because most of my shoes are black.
this morning i went to the dentist - it was a day of spending money on shit i need - and as i was trying to pull out of the parking lot, a woman came up to me and asked if i could jump her car. i have jumper cables, so i said yes. and she proceeded to tell me all about god and jesus and if you do good for other people, god will make sure good is done to you, and she asked me if i believed in god (i said "ehh", because i don't), and if you repent of your sins god will make sure you go to heaven, and some people went to bed last night without repenting and they didn't wake up this morning and they're not going to heaven, and god gives you a choice, and god gives you a gift but you have to ask him with an open heart to show you that gift, and her gift is healing, and she went to a three-day seminar in houston and learned how to heal people, and she can heal mental illnesses as well (she included demon possession and hearing voices in with the schizophrenia and bipolar disorder), and then someone needed to pull into the parking lot so i told her i needed to move my car and didn't she need a jump? >.< so i did that, which necessitated blocking traffic because she was parallel parked and it was only a two-lane road, and after we got her car started - in the rain - she thanked me and asked if i needed her to pray for me, and i said no, i'd just been to the dentist so i wasn't nervous any more, but she must have heard "nervous" and interpreted "anxious" and "she needs me to pray for her", so here we are IN THE DRIZZLE, BLOCKING TRAFFIC, and she's praying to jesus to take my anxiety and nerves and whatever. she went through her spiel twice, and i finally had to point out that i was blocking traffic and maybe i should move my car.
and look, if someone wants to pray for me, whatever, if it makes them feel better i don't care. it doesn't make a difference to me whether they do or not. if someone wants to tell me that repenting of my sins and letting jesus into my life will get me into heaven, well, i'm not going to tell them that a. i repented of my sins a week and a half ago, and b. i don't believe in heaven. or, uh, jesus. i don't want to get into a religious argument with a total stranger. it's rude. but man, if you're going to pray for me, don't do it while we're standing in the street getting dripped on and my car is blocking traffic to the point people are honking at me. and especially don't do it twice. she was very nice! and super friendly. and she was trying to help me and she really believed what she was saying. but oh my god, lady, i'm glad i could help you get your car started, and i'm glad you love jesus and that your religious beliefs give you comfort and purpose, but it's raining on me and i haven't had breakfast and i want to go home.
it was an interesting way to start my afternoon, that's for sure.
did i mention i bought bookshelves? they're not perfect but they look nice and they've got the finish i want, and mostly i'm tired of looking because my options are limited and it was bumming me out. and now i can get my hair cut next saturday - which is VERY EXCITING - and not have to worry about it. yay. :D
oh, i also got my comics and THERE'S A NEW LOVE AND ROCKETS. THIS IS NEWS. ok, it's news if you ever read l&r, which i did. hey, i'm excited.
also news! there's going to be a han solo solo movie and donald glover will be playing a young lando calrissian. we're kind of excited about that too.
apologies to the non-americans for bringing up the presidential election and the cheeto-faced dickbag with the tiny hands, but you know how donald trump called hillary clinton a nasty woman at the last debate?
OH MY GOD TOM HARDY IS DOING A SERIES ON FX NEXT YEAR. HOLY SHIT. IT LOOKS CREEPY AND I CAN'T WAIT.
...sorry about that. random tv ad. this is turning into a very excited post. but as i was saying! bpal now has a limited edition scent called... nasty woman with proceeds going to planned parenthood and emily's list. indirectly donate to good causes and smell nice at the same time!
harry potter fans and romantics might appreciate the pensieve this guy made for his fiancee. he took a pottery class so he could learn how to make the kind of bowl he wanted, and he filled it with tiny bottles containing memories of their relationship. all together now - awww.
woman goes medieval on her farm, by which i mean she bought a bunch of sheep and goats for some restorative fertilizing and grazing. she needed topsoil and a previous owner had sold it off, so she acquired some livestock to make it. neat!
yesterday at work i spent the morning at something called a performance training, which was basically three hours of learning how to give and receive feedback. (it's a formalized process at work that they're going to roll out to all the offices, rather than have everyone do it their own way.) except a lot of it didn't really apply to me. i'm an admin, and as such i'm never going to have to meet with my team at the start of an engagement to discuss goals and expectations, and i'm never going to have to meet with the team afterwards to discuss whether or not we hit those goals and expectations. i can't imagine the way and times during which i get feedback are going to change. so it was kind of a waste of my time. and we didn't even get lunch afterwards! hmph. altho we always get bagels and muffins on fridays, and i do love me some bagels.
today i bought bookshelves! finally! they're being delivered november 12, so i have some time to get rid of the one bookshelf in order to make room. in a perfect world i could just move that one someplace else, but my apartment isn't that big. sigh. but in three weeks i can unpack the eight boxes of stuff i took from my parents' house! finally!
also i bought shoes, but that's not quite as exciting. even if one pair is reddish-burgundy suede which is notable only because most of my shoes are black.
this morning i went to the dentist - it was a day of spending money on shit i need - and as i was trying to pull out of the parking lot, a woman came up to me and asked if i could jump her car. i have jumper cables, so i said yes. and she proceeded to tell me all about god and jesus and if you do good for other people, god will make sure good is done to you, and she asked me if i believed in god (i said "ehh", because i don't), and if you repent of your sins god will make sure you go to heaven, and some people went to bed last night without repenting and they didn't wake up this morning and they're not going to heaven, and god gives you a choice, and god gives you a gift but you have to ask him with an open heart to show you that gift, and her gift is healing, and she went to a three-day seminar in houston and learned how to heal people, and she can heal mental illnesses as well (she included demon possession and hearing voices in with the schizophrenia and bipolar disorder), and then someone needed to pull into the parking lot so i told her i needed to move my car and didn't she need a jump? >.< so i did that, which necessitated blocking traffic because she was parallel parked and it was only a two-lane road, and after we got her car started - in the rain - she thanked me and asked if i needed her to pray for me, and i said no, i'd just been to the dentist so i wasn't nervous any more, but she must have heard "nervous" and interpreted "anxious" and "she needs me to pray for her", so here we are IN THE DRIZZLE, BLOCKING TRAFFIC, and she's praying to jesus to take my anxiety and nerves and whatever. she went through her spiel twice, and i finally had to point out that i was blocking traffic and maybe i should move my car.
and look, if someone wants to pray for me, whatever, if it makes them feel better i don't care. it doesn't make a difference to me whether they do or not. if someone wants to tell me that repenting of my sins and letting jesus into my life will get me into heaven, well, i'm not going to tell them that a. i repented of my sins a week and a half ago, and b. i don't believe in heaven. or, uh, jesus. i don't want to get into a religious argument with a total stranger. it's rude. but man, if you're going to pray for me, don't do it while we're standing in the street getting dripped on and my car is blocking traffic to the point people are honking at me. and especially don't do it twice. she was very nice! and super friendly. and she was trying to help me and she really believed what she was saying. but oh my god, lady, i'm glad i could help you get your car started, and i'm glad you love jesus and that your religious beliefs give you comfort and purpose, but it's raining on me and i haven't had breakfast and i want to go home.
it was an interesting way to start my afternoon, that's for sure.
did i mention i bought bookshelves? they're not perfect but they look nice and they've got the finish i want, and mostly i'm tired of looking because my options are limited and it was bumming me out. and now i can get my hair cut next saturday - which is VERY EXCITING - and not have to worry about it. yay. :D
oh, i also got my comics and THERE'S A NEW LOVE AND ROCKETS. THIS IS NEWS. ok, it's news if you ever read l&r, which i did. hey, i'm excited.
also news! there's going to be a han solo solo movie and donald glover will be playing a young lando calrissian. we're kind of excited about that too.
apologies to the non-americans for bringing up the presidential election and the cheeto-faced dickbag with the tiny hands, but you know how donald trump called hillary clinton a nasty woman at the last debate?
OH MY GOD TOM HARDY IS DOING A SERIES ON FX NEXT YEAR. HOLY SHIT. IT LOOKS CREEPY AND I CAN'T WAIT.
...sorry about that. random tv ad. this is turning into a very excited post. but as i was saying! bpal now has a limited edition scent called... nasty woman with proceeds going to planned parenthood and emily's list. indirectly donate to good causes and smell nice at the same time!
harry potter fans and romantics might appreciate the pensieve this guy made for his fiancee. he took a pottery class so he could learn how to make the kind of bowl he wanted, and he filled it with tiny bottles containing memories of their relationship. all together now - awww.
woman goes medieval on her farm, by which i mean she bought a bunch of sheep and goats for some restorative fertilizing and grazing. she needed topsoil and a previous owner had sold it off, so she acquired some livestock to make it. neat!