harrr harrr harrr

Posted At : September 19, 2008 11:55 PM | Posted By : Leslie
Related Categories: life, etc, pyrex, work, mods, hoodies

this isn't just in my mind,
we're suspended from space and time...

International Talk Like a Pirate Day! awesome. We're going on a cruise in February to the Bahamas, I'm going to try my best to play a pirate on an island.

I took the initiative to talk to a financial aid counselor on Wednesday. Not really anything I didn't know, but I felt like I had to talk to a real person rather than finding info from the internets. I feel better knowing what kind of paperwork I need to turn in and having a time frame for everything. I have a completed application, the form to get my official college transcript released to UMES, and twenty-five dollars (non-refundable, of course!). Supposing I'm accepted, the financial aid party begins. We make too much money for federal aid, but not enough money to just pull it out of our asses and pay cash. That wouldn't be a bad thing, but keeping up with an old house isn't the cheapest living arrangement. And so, we press on...

And now for something completely different: 6g lobes! very exciting. I feel the need to be more tattooed, but stretching is a *much* less expensive mod, and it's very gratifying. I was skipping two gauges at a time previously (just 14g to 10g), buuut skipping from 10 to 6 was a little more intense. I think I'll stick to one gauge at a time from now on. It's getting to the point now that my co-workers are noticing the size changes. A teensy tiny part of me feels like I'm sticking it to the man just a little bit, and I like it! As per our company dress code, no piercings other than ears are permitted, and absolutely no visible tattoos. Indeed, we are a conservative financial institution. But, I am not a conservative representative for said financial institution. Sadly, I would rather have a consistently paying job than dress/be tattooed/be pierced as I wish I could be. Sometimes we have to make choices that are a means to an end. When my 401k is fully stocked and I don't have to report to someone else for my daily chores, it's on, you best believe it!

In other news, threadless.com has some awesome tees. I got a nine-dollar penguin (!!) shirt and a twelve-dollar non-penguin (is there any other distinction??) shirt. Black, with glow in the dark thingies all over. It don't get much better. Seriously, go there. It's the perfect time of year for new tee shirts! You can wear them under a HOODIE.

Also, more new Pyrex came into the family. Three pieces (one with a lid!) for ten bux. Goodwill, Salisbury. I think I may photograph my queendom of Pyrexia one day, just to watch it expand visually. I think I'm up to maybe twenty pieces now? ... I just had to go count! I was close - twenty-one patterned pieces. Do the batty bat :-D

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apparently I've been busy...

Posted At : September 5, 2008 12:19 AM | Posted By : Leslie
Related Categories: life, etc, svwac, hoodies

I'm gonna hit the highway like a battering ram, on a silver black phantom bike,
when the metal is hot and the engine is hungry and we're all about to see the light...

<---originally posted aug. 16, 2008--->

It's been awhile!

(four questions)

a. Where did the summer go? b. What the hell did I do with the summer? c. When is it going to be cool enough to wear a hoodie without looking like a tard? d. Wait, I wear hoodies year round anyways... who really gives a crap? hooray hoodies!

(answers?) a. Summer turns to fall. Idiots.

b. Gah, what did I do this summer?? Honestly, it has flown by so it's going to take a little while for me to remember that far back. Let's see... I finished a few more classes, my most favorite being Nutrition (online). I am completely ready to study nutrition/dietetics full-time after taking this class! I was mostly convinced that I wanted to study it, but now I know for sure. There is a program at UMES in their Human Ecology department specifically about dietetics, and I'm going to be meeting with a financial aid adviser within the next few weeks. The fall semester just began, so I was advised to wait at least two weeks before getting in touch with someone over there - they're just a little busy right now. ha! I totally understand.

I've mostly worked all summer, still pressing on at the same old job. My four year anniversary was last saturday, August 23rd. At this point in my life, all that means to me is that I'm more fully vested in my 401k, so when I get to leave and move on to somewhere else, I'll have a little bit more money to take with me and start on another 401k.

The summer was chock full of car shows, and we have definitely been to quite a few. Our SVWAC Aircooled Extravaganza 2 was a HUGE success, and I can say that from the Treasurer's point of view without exaggeration! Every year gets bigger and better, and we are so happy and proud that we can take most of the money we make and give back to the community. Our car club is beginning to get more closely tied to another (much larger) car club, which happens to do a lot of fundraising for local folks in need. We actually took over a show that a now disbanded car club had been doing, and I think the fact that we stepped in like that really impressed some of the older club members. We are a very young club (in age as well as true organization) and that was a good push for us to become more established locally. It's really awesome to be able to do good for the community, as well as meet all kinds of people just through a mutual interest in classic vehicles.

c. I am currently loving my two Old Navy clearance hoodies (grey and maroon), purchased for six dollars each. Thank you to Allison for the idea!

d. I wear hoodies all year round, just to reiterate.

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