"Yeah, I've decided that I have got to stop being an optimist. Optimists are CONTINUALLY disappointed. We keep thinking "things" will work out and then when they don't we're bummed out. Pessimists on the other hand think nothing is going to work out. It usually doesn't which means they are not surprised and on the rare occassion when it DOES work out they are pleasantly surprised." -Susan RankinAhhh . . . except for staying up till 2:30 writing a crappy paper w/ no discernable point to it and then not being able to fall asleep, I'm doing luverly, thank you!
Seriously, it's all very good right now. Sarah hasn't gotten beat on lately (that I know of), other friends are getting along with each other, I actually talked to/got along with my roommates last night! Plus my very flattering love life . . . really, for once things are, dare I say it, IMPROVING for the better! Woo Hoo!!!!!!!
About the roommates: There was an ice-cream party downstairs last night- I went down, grabbed the ice cream and left. Jensen may have been down there, but I didn't look around to check. Anyway, when I came back, Megan had just gotten a bunch of Xmas decorations (tinsel wreath thing, lights, little tree) and was putting them up in the living room, it was all so homey. I added in some window decals, and we were chatting about how we need to do more in here. Kayda came out and talked too, had a nice conversation about the whole TA thing/classes/Kayda's b-day (the 12th), now Megan wants to throw a party. Sounds good to me! Anyway, warm fuzzy night. =)
I admitted in the Spotfans IRC meeting last night (it got to the point where the only thing we were doing was gossiping), which felt kinda good to have GOOD news for a change. Even if Victor kept insisting that the CD was already in his grasp- don't count your CD's yet, you never know with me . . . TOGA (someone else on the site) was on my side about that- she said "even if she's been sleeping with him for a year doesn't neessarily mean he's her boyfriend!"
Today's interesting newsgroup stuff:
Subject: Re: What's in your player? From: Remington Ryan said: }The next time you do something on sunday morning or afternoon, ask yourself, }did he really not care about football this week or is he just whooped? Well, _I_ never care about football, for one. But if whoever I'm dating wants to watch it, that's all right by me. My ex-wife was a loyal cowboys fan. :) }Men can get whooped with or without either person's knowledge. True. Although everyone must be at least subconsciously aware of it, or it wouldn't work. Nobody has to admit it, though. :) }Women rarely get whooped unless the guy is a stallion in bed. So perhaps Jen only dates guys of that sort? :) }The key people to ask is either party's friends. They'll tell you one }way or another. And you'll probably get three different answers. -Remington > Well, _I_ never care about football, for one. But if whoever I'm dating > wants to watch it, that's all right by me. My ex-wife was a loyal cowboys > fan. :) Oh dear God, ewwwwwww. > > }Women rarely get whooped unless the guy is a stallion in bed. > > So perhaps Jen only dates guys of that sort? :) No comment! Jennifer > }"Inanimate object" stories are funny as hell > }though- especially when the object inflates. > > Hmm! I think you'll have to tell us this story... :} I've got a couple. . . both are pretty short though- 1. My friend's incredibly obnoxious brother got an inflatable sheep for Christmas one year- some girl left it out on the lawn tied to a tree. 2. At my high school graduation we had many inflatable items (among other things) being thrown around (despite the adnimistration's searcing us beforehand!), including an inflatable sheep and an inflatable penis. Best graduation I ever went to =) Jennifer > > Now, where's the kinkiness in that? That's almost as old as the hamster > story... Hey, I never said mine were particularly GOOD stories . . . > searcing > I like this spelling.^ Oops. And after winning the fifth grade spelling bee too. > It makes me think of a row of fifteen administrators, and we take turns > deciding how many of their positions are redundant... ALL OF THEM are. > > }us beforehand!), including an inflatable sheep and an inflatable penis. > > But did anyone actually do anything particularly amusing with them? Not that I could see, those were on the other side of the alphabet lineup and I only saw 'em when they were in the air. We had the inflatable beach balls, Silly String, and tortillas flying 'round my end. > Or, is there something particulary I like _this_ spelling amusing that you've always wanted to do > with them? :} No way am I gonna comment on that one! Jennifer Subject: Re: Loving an inanimate object From: Remington O Jennifer Rutherford said: }> }searcing }> I like this spelling.^ }Oops. And after winning the fifth grade spelling bee too. No, not that one, it was 'adnimistrators'. }> It makes me think of a row of fifteen administrators, and we take turns }> deciding how many of their positions are redundant... }ALL OF THEM are. Yeah, but that's not how you play nim. You can only take up to three, I think it is. And you line them up in three rows, of 7, 5, and 3. }> Or, is there something particulary }I like _this_ spelling D'oh! Of course, I lost the spelling bee, in first grade. I couldn't remember what the heck 'of' was supposed to be, and went 'o-v-e'. } amusing that you've always wanted to do }> with them? :} }No way am I gonna comment on that one! Oh, come now, it's not like this is a family newsgroup or something? :} -Remington > Jennifer Rutherford said: > }> > }searcing > }> I like this spelling.^ > }Oops. And after winning the fifth grade spelling bee too. > > No, not that one, it was 'adnimistrators'. Oops again. > > }> It makes me think of a row of fifteen administrators, and we take turns > }> deciding how many of their positions are redundant... > }ALL OF THEM are. > > Yeah, but that's not how you play nim. You can only take up to three, I > think it is. And you line them up in three rows, of 7, 5, and 3. Oh, that's a GAME? I thought it was real life! > > }> Or, is there something particulary > }I like _this_ spelling > > D'oh! Of course, I lost the spelling bee, in first grade. I couldn't > remember what the heck 'of' was supposed to be, and went 'o-v-e'. Oh well, when I was in kindergarten and had a spelling test I couldn't spell my own last name and my dad hit the roof. Then again, he once spelled ship with a t instead of a p, so who's he to judge? > > } amusing that you've always wanted to do > }> with them? :} > }No way am I gonna comment on that one! > > Oh, come now, it's not like this is a family newsgroup or something? :} > I never tell . . . Jennifer Subject: Re: Loving an inanimate object From: Remington Jennifer Rutherford said: }> Yeah, but that's not how you play nim. You can only take up to three, I }> think it is. And you line them up in three rows, of 7, 5, and 3. }Oh, that's a GAME? I thought it was real life! You mean, life isn't a game? I thought it was from Parker Brothers... }Oh well, when I was in kindergarten and had a spelling test I couldn't }spell my own last name and my dad hit the roof. Then again, he once }spelled ship with a t instead of a p, so who's he to judge? Someone who gave you a fairly complicated last name and has no right to bitch. :) I remember having trouble with my full first name for a while. }> }> amusing that you've always wanted to do with them? :} }> }No way am I gonna comment on that one! }> Oh, come now, it's not like this is a family newsgroup or something? :} }I never tell . . . Ah, so then there _is_ something for you to not tell, eh? Interesting... -Remington > You mean, life isn't a game? I thought it was from Parker Brothers... Oh yeah, I forgot, it is . . . odd game, where you're forced to get married and get paid big bucks for each kid you have . . . what twisted universe is that? > Someone who gave you a fairly complicated last name and has no right to > bitch. :) Oh, in his world there's always the right to bitch . . . I do uh, enjoy having to spell it out for everyone all day long though. I've met maybe two people who could spell it right off the bat. However, I have learned to appreciate it somewhat (although I do wish it came higher in the alphabet), at least it's not a generic name like, say, "Jennifer." I remember having trouble with my full first name for a while. Somehow that's understandable =) > }I never tell . . . > > Ah, so then there _is_ something for you to not tell, eh? Interesting... Didn't you say somewhere else on here that sometimes it's good to keep things a secret? ;) Jennifer
On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Jennifer Rutherford wrote: } >Ah. It was blatantly stolen from the rousing verse of Prostetnic Vogon } >Jeltz } Whoops, missed that one. I think most people would have. It's pretty far from its home context, and it was lost and scared, so I took it in and gave it a nice warm sentence all its own. :) } >Nope. Unless you count the 12-pack of cheap generic beer for dealing } >with the flak when that time rolls around. :)\ } Hmm, we get tampons, you get consumable items . . . I had to hand out } freshmen kits this year and that's about how they went. My suspicion is } that y'all get the better deal. As I recall, from when I was a freshman, the only truly useful thing in that box was a small jar of Folger's instant crystals, that I ate to keep me sane during the stress of my first finals. } >Well, all right, then. I suppose I can wait that long. Barely. :) } Awwwww . . . if I blushed, I would be blushing right now. And I bet it would be cute, too. Perhaps if you practiced in a mirror... :) } My guess is Jan. 3 (around then sometime), whenever the damn dorm opens } again, I don't know exactly when that is (then again, I don't pay much } attention). Sorry. Can ya look it up? I suppose we don't need to know know, but then, I've made dates up to a decade in advance before... } >And I do have a functioning vehicle again, although it's kind of icky. } Icky? What did you do to it? Well, I di'n't do nuffin. I inherited it from my icky sister. Who smoked in it, and left little grimy things everywhere, and let her gross mechanic husband get grease on everything, and took the cover off the door and stuff. But it'll be all right after I dunk it in a bucket of universal solvent. } >And, is there anywhere in particular you'd like to go? A show of some } >sort, or a favourite restaurant? } Depends on what shows are going on in Jan. (plus what I can get into } when my 21st is some months off). Too bad the Paul Sykes stuff is over } with =( Not to brand myself permanently out of it (which I suppose I am, anyway,) but who's that? } I know this sounds stupid, but I don't know that much about the } restaurants around here- S'all right, I do. They almost all suck. But I'm from Berkeley AKA 'The Gourmet Ghetto', so I'm biased. But after I clean the car, I'm of the opinion that 80-100 miles isn't too far to go for a really good meal. :) } when the parents come to visit I go wherever } they don't fight over. So far that's about two restaurants and Jack in } the Crack. Eewww! I used to work at one of those! } Which, incidentally, seem to be the same places that my } friends like to frequent (except for the one that loves Subway). Yams and her flatmates and I always go to In'n'out and Dos Coyotes. } No exciting enemies- my high school archenemy goes here, but well, } that's never amounted to more than backstabbing comments. Well, I dunno. The University president wasn't exactly exciting until the script got a grip on him, either. Perhaps if your high-school archenemy turned out to be in league with the evil zeptroids from septimus prime? } I'd go for the } aliens- I always figured if they ever started picking up people they'd } DEFINITELY go for me. Do you mean hunter-killer predator-like aliens, or the more x-filesy/close encounters kind? } I wouldn't know, I'm an only child, and ALWAYS get ALL the attention. I } think they call it "Spoiled-Brat-Only-Child Syndrome." I have "Spoiled-Brat-First-Born-Son Syndrome." Very similar. } >The simple way. } YOU CALL THAT SIMPLE????? Compared to making Eudora or Netscape Mail do sensible things? Entirely. } You'd probably have to, because that just all went over my head (sucks } to be short!). Nah, just read the manual (or the online help) and it all makes sense... } Well, I don't look like either of 'em (other than Velma and the } glasses), so I was going more on personality. What it was was that we } were doing a mystery thing for Halloween on the website I work on and we } were debating how to do it (the newbies (me included) as the Scooby } crew, the non-newbies as Clue suspects), and a few people mentioned me } for Daphne. Daphne's the dingy one, right? I was like, "I come off that } ditzy?" Well, uh, sometimes . . . Well, ok, I suppose voice-wise you could be more Velmaesque, since you're really not like Daphne at all. But I'd have to hear you say, "Jinkies!" before I could be sure. And no, you don't come off ditzy. To me, anyway. -Remington >I think most people would have. It's pretty far from its home context, >and it was lost and scared, so I took it in and gave it a nice warm >sentence all its own. :) That's a VERY good one. >As I recall, from when I was a freshman, the only truly useful thing in >that box was a small jar of Folger's instant crystals, that I ate to keep >me sane during the stress of my first finals. Ewwwwwwww (then again, this comes from someone who doesn't even like the smell of coffee). Well, most of the female pack is useful, albeit not much fun and doesn't help you run around on a caffeine high all night. > >} >Well, all right, then. I suppose I can wait that long. Barely. :) >} Awwwww . . . if I blushed, I would be blushing right now. > >And I bet it would be cute, too. Perhaps if you practiced in a mirror... >:) And do you get cuter when you blush? (This line I got help with from Victor, as well, I'm not that good at flirting . . . yet?) > >} My guess is Jan. 3 (around then sometime), whenever the damn dorm opens >} again, I don't know exactly when that is (then again, I don't pay much >} attention). Sorry. > >Can ya look it up? Well, it's nowhere to be found anywhere (ugh), but from what I recall from last year we did have to move back right before the quarter started (the 4th this year), so I figure that's when it is. I'll probably find out in a few weeks exactly when it is. I suppose we don't need to know know, but then, I've >made dates up to a decade in advance before... A DECADE in advance? To do WHAT? > >Well, I di'n't do nuffin. I inherited it from my icky sister. Who smoked >in it, and left little grimy things everywhere, and let her gross mechanic >husband get grease on everything, and took the cover off the door and >stuff. But it'll be all right after I dunk it in a bucket of universal >solvent. This sounds EXACTLY like my friend's husband's old car. Smelled GODAWFUL when you were in it and god only knows what was on the seats/floor/etc. Fortunately I only rode in it in the dark, so I never found out. > >} >And, is there anywhere in particular you'd like to go? A show of some >} >sort, or a favourite restaurant? >} Depends on what shows are going on in Jan. (plus what I can get into >} when my 21st is some months off). Too bad the Paul Sykes stuff is over >} with =( > >Not to brand myself permanently out of it (which I suppose I am, anyway,) >but who's that? > It's not an out of it thing, I doubt many people would know who I meant. He's this local guy (in a band/does monologues) that's done a few shows around here. He's my ex-design professor's daughter's ex-boyfriend (hmm, three degrees of separation there, I think?). My prof was this fabulous person who had us do weird yet interesting things, and on the last day or so of class she had him come in and perform . . . I can't really describe it, but it was COOL. I am so mad at myself for not seeing him when he was doing his last few shows, but I couldn't make it to where they were, ugh. >} I know this sounds stupid, but I don't know that much about the >} restaurants around here- > >S'all right, I do. They almost all suck. But I'm from Berkeley AKA 'The >Gourmet Ghetto', so I'm biased. But after I clean the car, I'm of the >opinion that 80-100 miles isn't too far to go for a really good meal. :) I don't have a problem with that . . . >} when the parents come to visit I go wherever >} they don't fight over. So far that's about two restaurants and Jack in >} the Crack. > >Eewww! I used to work at one of those! Then please DON'T tell me anything about how they make the food. I don't want to know so I can continue to eat there! > >} No exciting enemies- my high school archenemy goes here, but well, >} that's never amounted to more than backstabbing comments. > >Well, I dunno. The University president wasn't exactly exciting until the >script got a grip on him, either. Yeah, I saw his (smirky) picture in the paper on Mon. and he seemed to be missing the eyepatch and cat . . . Perhaps if your high-school archenemy >turned out to be in league with the evil zeptroids from septimus prime? Oh, I'd TOTALLY believe that of her . . . she's always had this icy-robot-bitch quality about her anyway . . . now she can have the whole school to herself, it's not big enough for the both of us! > >} I'd go for the >} aliens- I always figured if they ever started picking up people they'd >} DEFINITELY go for me. > >Do you mean hunter-killer predator-like aliens, or the more x-filesy/close >encounters kind? I suppose the latter . . . whatever ones pick people up and do weird experiments and implant the little balls and stuff like that. There was this play I read about a girl who really didn't fit in with the rest of the kids, and then an alien came by to take her back to her home planet . . . I figured that would explain it all! > >} I wouldn't know, I'm an only child, and ALWAYS get ALL the attention. I >} think they call it "Spoiled-Brat-Only-Child Syndrome." > >I have "Spoiled-Brat-First-Born-Son Syndrome." Very similar. Oh, my dad has that . . . which I think beats my mom's "Middle-Child-Of-Three-Girls Syndrome". To get attention she went around kicking shins . . . and she's the last person you'd figure for being a shin-kicker! > >} >The simple way. >} YOU CALL THAT SIMPLE????? > >Compared to making Eudora or Netscape Mail do sensible things? Entirely. Computers are supposed to do sensible things? >Nah, just read the manual (or the online help) and it all makes sense... Uh, yeah, right . . . whatever. > {Scooby stuff} >Well, ok, I suppose voice-wise you could be more Velmaesque, since you're >really not like Daphne at all. Told ya! But I'd have to hear you say, "Jinkies!" >before I could be sure. I never say "Jinkies!", it just doesn't sound cool enough somehow . . . And no, you don't come off ditzy. To me, anyway. Just wait, that day will come . . . I can be a space cadet at times (i.e. driving)! Jennifer (hmm, another space reference? Are the aliens sending me subconscious messages to prepare for their arrival?)
Dang, I haven't actually WRITTEN anything for this in a bit, have I? Oh well,
there's always the weekend . . . I should really stop this and go do that bathroom now . . .=(
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