it was surfing along my usual sites when i saw a blip about weezer and leighton meester performing together to weezer's new song.  i found it on you tube and found that this unusual pairing wasn't that bad.  it was quite catchy.  i then proceeded to play several old weezer songs and pretty much rocked out by myself.  i then went to the weezer website and thought it would be cool to check out tour dates.  i saw that they were coming to virginia but it wouldn't work out because the one person i would take will be schmoozing with important people out west.

i am really feeling this new weezer song.  it's just so happy.  i'm also really feeling train's soul sister song.  it instantly puts me in a good mood even though i'm not really big on train.

have faith.

i am whipped today.  it's been a long time since i had all but one client show up.  it figures it would happen on the day i'm working my  long day.  hopefully it will keep up so i can improve productivity since i haven't met productivity the last 2 months.  i will chalk september to a loss since i was not at work 7 days.  i hope the rest of the week holds up so i beef up my numbers for november because i have a feeling it will drop with thanksgiving coming up soon.

i really don't even remember what i talked about with my morning clients.  everyone is such a blur. 

time to get ready for bed so i can do it all over again tomorrow.

have faith.

i've been following this story about this high school female who was gang raped outside her homecoming dance in california.  it was horrific enough that she was gang raped after her dance on school property but what really got me going was reading that about 20 students witnessed the 2 hour rape/beating of this girl.  to do such an act makes you a sick bastard that should be castrated or sent to jail so they could be someone's bitch for a few years but  to stand there and watch someone be gang raped and beaten makes you one sick mother f'er.  really?  has our world come to this?  really?

then the poor girl was left under a table to pretty much die.

the police were notified after someone in the dance heard about what happen.  at least we know someone in the school has some brains and human decency.

i know two wrongs don't make a right, but i would just love to just punch all those students watching.  how could you not call someone?  why would you watch something this awful being done to someone else?  i will never ever understand how 20 students stood there for 2 hours watching that. 

it's a shame those 20 students will not get in trouble.  i hope karma kicks their butt soon.

i feel super amped after writing about this.  it just disgusts me how people could behave in such awful ways.

on to better news, the weather looks like it will be holding up so i'm excited to take the girls to boo at the zoo later today.

happy halloween! be safe.

have faith.

i am SO ready for the weekend and to just sleep in.  work is bogging me down and i don't care to do work on the weekends.  i have oh about 12 notes to do before my monday deadline.  the smart thing would be to stay at work a little bit late today or get some done now since i have a pretty packed weekend but no.  who really can do work at home after getting off from work?  not i! i'll try to get some of it done today because i really don't want to wake up super early monday to go to work even earlier than i do now to finish my notes.

it's so weird that today is really, really warm.  it's was in the 70s and fairly sunny.  quite a odd for this time of year but it's ohio.  one can never be surprised at the most random and unseasonable weather that comes.  it's so warm i want to crack open all the windows and let the warm air in.  too bad the weather won't hold for all the weekend activities.

have faith.

i had one fantastic weekend in richmond with some of the cousins.  thanks to vinh and steve for hanging out.  it was really a stress and drama free weekend filled with food and laughter that was usually at my expense.  it was great to stop by nga and jonathan's house and visit for a bit.  i was put to work and used a power tool to put in 2 screws in their deck.  the video clip is posted and i'm sure many of you will be amused at how long it took me to do it.

highlights of the trip were the amazing chocolate store, me stepping in a giant puddle twice, blowing up bi's phone and yelling outside his apartment, the ram horn pics, and countless inside jokes.

thanks guys for the fab weekend.

i'm glad i have today off to recoup from the weekend.  i would've taken yesterday off but i had a bunch of junk to turn in at the monday morning deadline.  i was so relieved when i walked in to work yesterday and was told that i didn't have to run the drug and alcohol group.  someone up above must really, really love me (prob my relatives and anson pleaded with the Big Guy) to give me such a break.  i was getting so nervous sunday about running group and wanted to vomit on my drive to work thinking about running the group.

time to finish the rest of my errands and enjoy the rest of my day off.  i am really feeling this 4 day work week thing.

have faith.

today i had to say good bye to my old geocities site.  it was my first webpage/blog that i started in 2000.  it was a little sad to see the site shut down.  after i came home from richmond, i stayed up for a long time saving all the old pics that were on the site.  it was really nice to go down memory lane and look at the old pics of my high school and college days.  i gave up on the page a long time ago and took up blogging my senior year of college. 

good bye geocities.  it's been fun.

have faith.

i am so frustrated with work right now that it is unbelievable.  i was asked monday if i wanted to run the drug and alcohol group that was facilitated by the co worker whose last day is this friday.  i was irritated because one, i hate doing group but i will pretty much do anything to keep my job and two, i felt i should've been given more notice to run the group.  my schedule has been booked for that time slot two weeks out.  i did not have time to sit in on the group to see how it was ran or really get any training on it.

i wanted to tell the site supervisor no i don't want to do it but after talking to my supervisor a lot monday night, i made the decision to do it.  it was a long couple of nights where i was tossing and turning on what to do.  i hate doing groups.  i hate not being prepared.  i think i stressed myself out so much i gave myself two zits.  i was so nervous writing the email this morning agreeing to do the stupid group.

i just wish i was approached a month ago when the co-worker gave her notice so i can ask questions and learn what i need to do to continue to run the group effectively.

i wonder if my frustration is intensified because my period started today?  too much info i know.

i am so glad tomorrow is a half day and that i took friday off.  i can't stand to be at work for much longer this week.  thank goodness i have something fabulous planned for the weekend to get my mind off work.

have faith.

i was talking to vic today and he told me he had an interesting lecture about strangulation (is that even a word?  i guess it will be today in my post).  i guess he was learning about it and why people would do something like that instead of shooting someone.  during the lecture vic wondered if i ever thought about strangling him.  i laughed when he told me that because he's a lot bigger than me. 

even though he enjoys annoying me a lot and at times makes me so angry i want to cry and scream but i don't think i would ever do something like strangle him.  he's my brother and a huge part of my life.  the extent of physical harm i would do to him is either punch, bite, or pinch him.  maybe even smother him with a pillow if i get made enough.

it was just amusing to me that he wondered if i would ever strangle him in the middle of his lecture on strangling people.

have faith.

so when i was in columbus for ryan and kathleen's wedding, i checked out dirty franks because one it was a different type of restaurant and two, it sounded good.  i told vinh about it and he told me i should take pics and do a review for his blog.  so being the submissive person that i am, i took the pics and submitted the review to him.

i get an email from him this morning telling me to check out his comments section.  i was thinking of several people it might be but i never ever thought the owner would find the review and leave a comment.  i think i did a triple take to make sure i read it right.  i have no idea how the owner of dirty franks found vinh's food blog. 

i called vinh after work and we talked about how awesome it is that he got that kind of recognition from the owner.  i also stated he owed me big for this.  i explored the page some more and found out that she mentioned vinh's food blog on her twitter page.  she has 1700 people following her twitter page so vinh had the potential of having that many people visit his newbie food blog.  after i found this out, i told him he owes me even more for this exposure.

finding this out was definitely the high light of my crazy, hectic day at work.

have faith.

this morning i realized how dependent i am on my flat iron.  i do my usual morning routine as i wait for my flat iron to heat up.  i noticed that it did not turn on yet and thought i forgot to turn it on.  so i turn it on and do other things as i wait.  a few minutes later i see that it would not turn on.  i was extremely horrified since my hair is super crazy in the mornings since i typically go to bed with pretty damp hair.  i had crazy bumps and cow licks all over the place.  i couldn't just put it in a pony tail because you could still see my hair flipping everywhere.  i fished out my old curling iron, turned it on, and tried desperately to try to straighten my hair.  it got some of the minor bumps out but it was still very unkempt looking.  i threw my hair in a pony tail and tried to make it look as decent as possible.

i guess this is what i get for getting a cheap flat iron at walmart for $16.  guess what i bought right after work?  the same cheap flat iron for $16.  i just can't make myself buy a flat iron that is more than $30 because i don't see what the more expensive ones doing anything more than my $16.  if it lasts me 2 years, then i'm good considering i use it every single day.

so today was the day i went to work with crazy hair and i felt so self conscious.

have faith.