Monday, July 27, 2009

six degrees of kevin bacon

Practicing my movie star looks for when I'm famous. And here is why. So last night, EA, dad and I are watching the Law & Order: SVU, and all of a sudden, we see this teenager who looks familiar. And EA says, "That looks like Josh Caras, doesn't it?" And I look for a second, and it DOES look like Josh Caras. For the record, Josh was a guy we used to do shows with back in the Ivoryton Playhouse back in the day. So EA grabs her laptop and imdb's it, and it WAS him! So then, the great part was that the guest star on the show was Aiden Quinn, so then, you know what we can do....We were in various shows with Josh Caras, Josh Caras was in SVU with Aiden Quinn, Aiden Quinn was in Legends of the Fall with Brad Pitt, and Brad Pitt was in Sleepers with Kevin Bacon!!! Yea four degrees from the McG clan to Kevin Bacon!!! In my mind, that makes us almost famous. Almost. 

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

fill my eyes.....with that double vision

So today was kind of nutty. Once again, the managers at my workplace have me convinced that I too could be a manager, if only I lacked communication skills and common sense. Drat that college degree I got, and all the experience Reslife gave me of talking to people. After a long day of trying to make sense of the nonsense that occurs at CSC, right before I was supposed to leave and drive home, it hits me. Double vision madness. I was legit seeing two of everything. So I know I can't drive home seeing double. That is just asking for trouble. Especially because when combined with my already fuzzy vision, it made two very fuzzy outlines of everything. FML I think to myself. So I go into Dad's office, and tell him I'm seeing double, and he says, "did you drink some water?" WHAT? Really? Water is going to cure my double vision? I'm not dehydrated....just can't see straight. So he tells me to sit at my desk doing nothing till it subsides, and then, and ONLY then, can I drive home. And if it comes back whilst I'm driving, I am to pull over and get him to come get me. Riiiiiight. So I wait it out like 10 minutes, and then go back in and lie about how it is all better, and then I leave. So the drive home was weird. I felt like I was perhaps on a bad acid trip. Not that I have ever done acid, but it reminded me of when I had tried smoking pot a few times, only a lot worse. Because I was a bit nauseous and headachey too. So I get home, change into lazy clothes, and grab my UBER soft p-dam sweatshirt blanket, and rest on the couch for a while.

So now my vision is back to normal, still have a headache, and am sort of wondering what the f that was about. It has happened before. This time was actually not as bad as the last time. This time the two instances of whatever object were at least touching. Last time they were like two, separate items. If I hadn't known there was only one, I would have thought it was just two things. I guess I should ask my eye doctor what is up with that. Mad trippy though.

Getting my hair done tomorrow, since I'm past the two month mark (I'm in my 4th month ooops) and my roots are like 3 inches, and the ends are all scraggly (not like split dead end scraggly, more like the layers are uneven and I can't make them look right, they just fall weird) and so I get it fixed tomorrow. The consensus amongst family and friends is I should go with dark blonde/light brown LOWLIGHTS, and then put the goldey highlights over that. Everyone seems to want a bit darker, warmer look on me. I'm down with that. It isn't time for my brown/red look of autumn yet, so this might be a good transition. I hope so. And the cut will just be a re-shaping trim, since I'm still trying to grow it out, because my hair works better long. It is funny to me that I'm really not all that different from Khawk, only when she does something new with her hair it is usually drastic, and the colors way more intense, and mine are usually more subtle and less risky. Of course she never looks bad, partially due to her extreme confidence, I know I could never pull off half the looks she does. But we both change our styles up a lot. Interesting.

Well, with that, I'm pretty much done. I'm tired. Just weary. So, I'm going to read more of The Princess Bride, and then bed. h'Adios.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

pooped pup

That is one sleepy puppy. This was Vivienne after we took her on a ride to the farm stand to get some sweet corn, fresh tomatoes and cucumbers. I had to drive, because my dad had already started sipping a Shock Top (hold the orange wedge please, you don't fruit the beer) and so he agreed to go buy the summer produce if I drove. And I agreed if we could bring lil Lulah. (in case you are lost, her full name is Vivienne Tallulah, hence the lulah). So we went, she dug her little doggy nails into my dad's leg flesh (summer time shorts offer little protection against claws) and stuck her head out the window, taking in the sultry summer scents of cut grass and hot cow poo (we have a lot of farms around). I really do like summer time. Even if it was really hot and humid today (doesn't affect us if we get too hot we come into the air conditioning) because tonight we get ribs on the grill, corn and tomato and cucumbers, and we're having a nice outdoors fire. And the dogs can come out and sit while we eat and just enjoy the evening air (that is, if the tired pup wakes up lol). I really wish I had friends around. I miss my buddies. I really would LOVE to go camping or something....I was especially jealous of the montauck camping trip S, A & H took. Maybe someone will want to do something soon. I keep trying to get in touch with C and P, but no word back yet. Boo. Anyway, nice summer evenings like tonight make me forget the other crap in the world....like how I'm somewhere on the verge of getting full time regular status at CSC, how I have yet to take any GREs, how I'm not sure I will apply in the fall.....ugh. All that crap disappears after a nice dinner, and then sitting by the fire, watching the lightning bugs dance through the night air.....

Sunday, July 12, 2009

alas and alack






















I have no motivation to write today. I'll do a brief sum up of life: it blows. in debt, unhappy, lonely for lack of friends, and fat. There you go. And now, pics from the 4th.