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random thoughts from a member of the yuppie technocrati
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
modern conveniences, signs from the universe and your body, family politics, spring breaking, getting attached etc.
so - lots going on - getting your period at work is no fun. it's funny because i should always know it's coming but it kind of always takes me by surprise. somehow it occurred to me but i didn't really do anything rational like make sure to bring ibuprofen and tampons to work, no that would be too logical. Maybe I was distracted by the lack of hot water! Apparently we need a new water heater - monday morning i went to the gym to take a shower, yesterday i didn't bathe at all, and this morning i had a makeshift bath using some water heated up on the stove - not the most pleasant or effective thing.
I have a fucking *long* ass list of things i need to do in the next month but i made some progress yesterday - making a car appointment for friday (oil change and recall - something with the wiring in the headlights - not that serious but also ack a recall notice) I upped my contribution to my 401k to 8% - wow i'm so responsible - my company matches 6% so that's just free money that i need to be taking advantage of. I got my 401k statement - I have a retirement fund! $6248 - i guess it pays to work for an aggressive company. It is actually well managed so at least that's something good-ish about it.
I talked to my parents for a long time. Mostly I just talked a lot about all the shit going down in my life with moving and whatever. Their perceptions of Joel at Calvin are interesting to hear - if I think they are a bit biased in how they perceive it. I wonder if they have thought about what it would have been like for *them* to go to college 1 mile from home someplace that one of their parents worked. I mentioned some stuff about Joel transferring and they mostly chose to ignore it. Blah - family politics. At least i got the lentil stew recipe. And I'm going to hang out with Robin on Thurs.
Gilmore Girls had the shins!!! They were cute - but i was thoroughly disappointed by their lack of real spring breaking. It was way more meta and lame than an actual spring break episode should be. Rory didn't seem to have any fun at all and it just sort of blew. I'm really not into where the story line is going with more Dean - blah - they have no chemistry - Bring back Jess! They should have some sort of intense sex thing - that would actually make Rory into a more complex character. It seemed like they flirted with that last year but they were too chicken to actually take it anywhere interesting or real. Sort of similar to the Luke Lorelei Nicole Jason bullshit that's stupid and pointless.
On the other hand I'm still loving One Tree Hill - stuff actually happens! and people have complicated real things happen to their relationships. It might be a silly teen drama on the WB but it has actually managed to sidestep some of the more obvious cliche things that could have happened. And I pretty much like all the actors (and they're pretty hot). Hmm more evidence of my lack of a real high school experience issues. Yeah...
Still have to study, go to target (more spring break t-shirts i'm addicted), i'm sure there are plenty more boring adult things i have to do but blah - that's enough for now.
listening to: dios
I have a fucking *long* ass list of things i need to do in the next month but i made some progress yesterday - making a car appointment for friday (oil change and recall - something with the wiring in the headlights - not that serious but also ack a recall notice) I upped my contribution to my 401k to 8% - wow i'm so responsible - my company matches 6% so that's just free money that i need to be taking advantage of. I got my 401k statement - I have a retirement fund! $6248 - i guess it pays to work for an aggressive company. It is actually well managed so at least that's something good-ish about it.
I talked to my parents for a long time. Mostly I just talked a lot about all the shit going down in my life with moving and whatever. Their perceptions of Joel at Calvin are interesting to hear - if I think they are a bit biased in how they perceive it. I wonder if they have thought about what it would have been like for *them* to go to college 1 mile from home someplace that one of their parents worked. I mentioned some stuff about Joel transferring and they mostly chose to ignore it. Blah - family politics. At least i got the lentil stew recipe. And I'm going to hang out with Robin on Thurs.
Gilmore Girls had the shins!!! They were cute - but i was thoroughly disappointed by their lack of real spring breaking. It was way more meta and lame than an actual spring break episode should be. Rory didn't seem to have any fun at all and it just sort of blew. I'm really not into where the story line is going with more Dean - blah - they have no chemistry - Bring back Jess! They should have some sort of intense sex thing - that would actually make Rory into a more complex character. It seemed like they flirted with that last year but they were too chicken to actually take it anywhere interesting or real. Sort of similar to the Luke Lorelei Nicole Jason bullshit that's stupid and pointless.
On the other hand I'm still loving One Tree Hill - stuff actually happens! and people have complicated real things happen to their relationships. It might be a silly teen drama on the WB but it has actually managed to sidestep some of the more obvious cliche things that could have happened. And I pretty much like all the actors (and they're pretty hot). Hmm more evidence of my lack of a real high school experience issues. Yeah...
Still have to study, go to target (more spring break t-shirts i'm addicted), i'm sure there are plenty more boring adult things i have to do but blah - that's enough for now.
listening to: dios
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