beware of side of the head baldness

For my job, I have to work with this woman who makes me want to run in the opposite direction, pulling my hair out and screaming AUGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! at the top of my lungs.

apparently STILL not ready to make nice....to me!!

So Gabriel and I were supposed to go to the Dixie Chicks concert on October 1st. I got the next day off to recuperate. Well you know what?! The Austin show has been rescheduled to December 4th--a Monday night! Yeah, on 10/1 they're gonna be in Brisbane, wherever that is. All I know is it's not Austin! And who knows if our tickets are still good. Probably are, wouldn't you think. I honestly don't know. But if they are?! We're not going. I like the idea of going on a Sunday night and part of me is just a little pissed that they changed the date seemingly out of nowhere.

I still think it would be a good show and wouldn't say no to any Chicks shows in the future but I think the door is closed in my mind on this one.

I know these are written generically but damn!

Friday, September 15, 2006
Gemini (May 21 - Jun 20)
Although tension is in the air, you are holding on to a feeling that must be processed before you face any outer situation. Your current needs are being colored by something that didn't work out in your past and an unexpected event can bring everything to the surface quickly. Pay close attention, for your awareness can shift the dynamic just enough for you to overcome the obstacles.

This was right on! Especially in regards to my last post and all that floats around that situation. Yes, I'm being vague. Maybe I have trust issues--who cares?!

not sure what this means

I can't recall how I've spent the last two September 11ths. I remember the memorial in 2002 and 2003. All day today I didn't want to hear anything about the memorial on the radio or TV. I can't say why but I think it's because I couldn't handle the emotions it brings out in me. Come time for the 5:00 news I was in a different place. In a lot of ways I felt like I did on September 11, 2001; I wanted to soak up all the info I could.

I'll always remember that day. I think I can remember what I was wearing but I'm not sure if that's true. I remember it was a Tuesday. I was running late. I wanted to sleep as long as I could and as a result I didn't have time to take a shower before class. I ran downstairs to gobble up some breakfast before I headed to class--I was a Senior at UT and I was on the way to Intro to Counseling Psychology. Later that day I had Psychology of Motivation, but I ended up skipping it. I turned on the TV and Katie Couric and Matt Lauer were talking about how the first plane had hit the north tower. While I was watching, the plane hit the south tower. On the way into campus the plane crashed at the Pentagon.

That was the first morning I remember listening to news radio on the ride in. It was before I fell in love with NPR. My counseling psych professor was like-minded; he said, "I think this is a time when we should all be watching the news" and cancelled class. By that time a lot of inaccurate information about motive had started to be spread and I was scared. I called my dad while on the bus on the way to my car and he helped to calm me down.

I got home and just sat in front of the TV. What I'll always remember although I don't think about it often is that the enormity of how scared and sad I was didn't hit me until I got home, sat in front of the TV and saw a shot of armed guards on the roof on the White House. And at that point I literally fell over onto my side, crying, on the couch.

That semester I was volunteering for a psych lab and decided to go in (because I didn't know until I got there that they let the students go home). I came home and watched more TV. Then Katie came home and we went out to eat at Chili's. I needed a drink. And I remember saying just that.

Such a good show!

So Gabriel bought Lost Season 2 and is trying to catch up before the new season starts in October. It's a nice refresher for me to watch last season before the next starts, but it's completely feasible that he could be caught up in time for the next season.

Which means a) more things we can do together and b)I don't have to keep secrets about what's going on. B) is my favorite.

Watching Season 2 this past year was in some ways a disappointment for me, since it was so different from Season 1 in a lot of ways. But I'm coming to realize that it was good, just in a different way.

Trying something out

If I want to have a subject line before jumping into my blog, will just creating one do the trick?

I am nothing if not lovably random. Let's just get that straight right now!

My dad always says that taste buds change every seven years. I wonder if that's true with things other than food. Tonight I'm specifically talking about grooming habits. I'm not being gross--let me explain.

I used to be a bit obsessed with doing my nails when I was ~11-12 yrs old. I had some good lookin nails for a pre-teen. Anyway, all these years later, I've maybe done my nails 10 times since I was 11 or 12. But now, after doing them tonight, I wonder if I can go back to having manicured nails. I know I won't go back to being as obsessed as I was when I was a kid. But it's nice to have pretty hands every now and again.

That's all I'm saying. This format is definitely nicer than Livejournal. I think Myspace will always be my first love. Deal with it.