awisewoman's Journal

Remember how at Pattiquest's BBQ we pretty much decided I was NOT a hipster? Well, that's because I'm just so good at it we didn't REALIZE I was one...

What Kind of Hipster Are You?

You are the Low-Fidelity All-Star. You were born with your cool, and it's totally natural. You run the gamut from Hipster Supreme (only they can ingest as much coffee as you) to the geeky hipster (Mario Kart, anyone?).
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awisewoman is worn out.

Sleep when you're dead! Whether it's emotionally or physically, you're exhausted. Have you considered sleeping pills? I took them when I had mono, and they made everything better.

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I just fell down my steps. Oy. What made the whole thing particularly special was that my roommate and her boyfriend were sitting in the living room at the time, so they saw the whole thing, as I slid from upstairs into their view. Also, I grabbed onto the railing, with both hands, as I fell, so it was sort like the top half of me stayed on the first couple steps, while the bottom half of me kept going for 3 or 4 more. Very nice. The result is that I cut up my hands, but otherwise I think I'm unharmed. Granted, tomorrow I will probably have a different opinion, and a lovely bruise or two.

Tomorrow night I am going to an open house at Temple! Thus begins the great grad school search!

Also, I realize I write about TV entirely too much on lj (I do have a life! I swear!) BUT - American Idol is singing Elvis songs tonight, and Chris is doing "Suspicious Minds". I would be way, way more excited about this if Elliot was the one singing it, because I LOVE him, however, that is one of my all-time favorite songs, and I will be happy just to hear it. Yay. Although, I'm sort of afraid to bring this up at work tomorrow, as that is the song that I ended up on stage singing at my coworker's wedding... (But, in my defense, the reception had turned into karaoke long before that, and I was not alone on stage. It was "Suspicious Minds". I had to sing.)

EDIT:
Good Lord. I just reread a bunch of entries, including this one, and I have a serious problem with starting sentences with the word "So," or some type of transitional equivalent. My apologies.

Are the hippies wearing "Bowling Mom" shirts?!? If so, that is awesomeish (although, I totally did that already, like 2 Halloweens ago... I'm such a trendsetter.)

Also, the frat boys should just kiss and get it over with.

Maybe? Sort of?

You Are Scooter

Brainy and knowledgable, you are the perfect sidekick.
You're always willing to lend a helping hand.
In any big event or party, you're the one who keeps things going.
"15 seconds to showtime!"

I finally took this test! I was disappointed with the "famous people" graph though, because I was aligned with John Kerry and not the Pope. Give me the Pope over John Kerry any day.

Hopefully this posts...

I feel like I should pass along this info on the off chance that one of you cares...

"Deal or No Deal" (the new game show on NBC) is holding an open casting call at Dave & Buster's on Delaware Ave. on Thursday night. If you're unfamiliar with the show, it basically consists of people picking one of out 26 cases which hold various amounts of money (from $1 to $1 million), and then the "banker" offers them a deal to purchase their case. The deal is some type of average-ish amount based on what cases/values are remaining. If they don't take the deal, they have to pick like 5 of the other 25 cases to eliminate; if they eliminate the high values, then the banker's offer for their case goes down, if they eliminate the low values, it goes up.

Anyway, basically, I'd be awful at the show, because I'm incredibly risk averse and would much rather take, like, $10,000 that is a sure thing than risk losing it all for a shot at a million. So, they'd never pick me to be on the show anyway. However, the "good television" part of the show is that whoever is the contestant has 3 friends who sit on stage with them, who apparently have undue amounts of influence over this person and always encourage them to keep going, even though the person clearly is considering taking the money.... and I could totally be the friend!

So, my brother(s), potentially my coworker, and I are all going to check it out on Thursday night. We figure we can be each others' friends, although we're not sure if we need to bring our friends along at this point (if you apply via mail, you have to send in a video of yourself AND your friends, I assume so they can see how heavily you rely on them...). If anyone has always wanted to apply for a game show (apparently a life-long goal of my brother's), let me know - you can be our friend, too!

Wow, it has been awhile since I posted. I don't even really have much to write, I just was tired of seeing the same entry at the top of my journal. Anyway, things have been crazy at work, as usual, and they are back to blocking

mistresseditor 's emails. I'm pretty sure this time she ended up on our company's "junk sender" listing due to the inordinate amount of spam coming from her adress; I'm not really sure what else it could be.

I have yet to be as inspired as

pattiquest in regards to any graduate school application plans. I think I'm only applying to Temple, so that cuts down on the decision making and essay-writing time; however, I probably should stop thinking about it that way, right? Like, maybe focus on the studying and work I DO have to do? That can be my goal for next week - start the studying!

In the spirit of New Year's, I think that's my resolution - get into grad school. Well, that and join Netflix, which I finally accomplished, after talking about it for the past 6 months. I've never really watched a lot of movies, so I'm going to make an effort to sort of catch up on classic movies that everyone else in the world has seen. So, if anyone has any recommendations, please let me know! Unfortunately, Netflix also has an extensive TV on DVD collection, so my queue is currently filled with "Freaks and Geeks" and Buffy, both of which I've always wanted to watch. But eventually I'll get to the movies...

Hmm. This sort of clarifies the lack of motivation when it comes to studying, doesn't it?

Year in review meme: Go back and find the first line of your first post for each month this past year.

Want to see my newest cousin?? Please visit

attn2dtale 's journal for a picture; this baby is ADORABLE.

I am on vacation today!! I don't think I've ever taken a vacation day where I was actually at home; it's kind of exciting. I had 2 days left that I have to use by the end of the year, and I have a ton of things to do around the house, so here I am. I'll be writing Christmas cards today, and hopefully doing some Christmas shopping as well. And maybe actually posting on lj, since I'm pretty sure no one is monitoring my internet usage at home.

Oh, and I should be working on that accounting self-study that I need to get done ASAP as well. I should probably schedule another phone call from

meccaofvince ...

I was reading this essay about office life on Tomato Nation - I think we can all particularly relate to the last paragraph on the first page....

http://www.tomatonation.com/offspace.shtml

Sean, what are you having for lunch today?

So, what do you guys know about mold in basements?? How worried do I have to be?
I was taking stuff down to my basement last night, and saw some fairly large spots of mold on various things down there - an end table, part of a wooden platform the previous owner left, and the pipes. I mentioned this to my coworkers this morning, and they're pretty much convinced the house will have to be evacuated and that I've been inhaling mold spores and contaminating my lungs. And quite possibly the house will be condemned. And since it's a row home, actually the whole block will be condemned.
So, because I am somewhat of a hypochondriac, I've sort of convinced myself that this will happen and somehow the mold will be traced back to me. And all my neighbors will hate me. (Although, they won't be my neighbors after we all have to move out, so... their loss.) Then I emailed my dad for his advice and his response? That my brother's house has mold too, it's probably due to the humidity, don't worry about it.

Anyone else want to chime in?

So, I survived my trip to the World's Longest Yard Sale (more details to follow), and, after traveling 2200 miles in 6 days, I am thrilled NOT to be in a car. However, we drove through 10 states during the trip (PA, DE, MD, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia - and DC), which is 1/5 of the country (or "10%!" as my friend Shannon announced, which... not so much.) As we were discussing this during the long drive home yesterday, I remembered this map that pattiquest had posted last year - so this morning, I found it and updated it:

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As I was getting into the elevator today, I couldn't help but notice that the woman in the elevator with me was wearing a t-shirt with beaded lady bugs and butterflies all over it. Very cute, but very Quacker Factory. (I originally typed "Quaker Factory", which would be a completely different line of clothing.) This same woman also has a shirt and matching pants with daisies embroidered in the center of the shirt and along the cuffs of the pants. Actually, she has the same outfit in both turquoise and pink.

Do I quack at her?? The clothes are actually a little too subtle to really stand out as Quacker Factory, but... it has to be them, right??

I can't believe I forgot to share this sooner, but when I was in Germany last week, the only station that I got in English was MTV, so I watched that quite frequently. One of the hit songs right now is this country-esque cover of "Hot in Herre". For the first 2 weeks, I would switch the channel when the video came on, because it's this awful cartoon-ish, (maybe) parody of cowboys, very "Dukes of Hazzard". And they're called "Bosshoss", and I assumed it was some German country song, and I wasn't interested. Then I finally listened to it, and it is awesomish. Check out the other songs on their CD...

http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007ZIYXS/qid=1122576615/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/028-9272036-9334909

Definitely NOT worth paying import CD prices for, but well worth a visit to iTunes. (You may have to try iTunes' German store; I haven't tried to look it up yet.)

I just read this on cnn.com... http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/07/28/heat.wave.ap/index.html

Apparently a country station in West Virginia (? I forget, somewhere like that) started playing Christmas carols in an attempt to cool people off during the heat wave. As much as I hate those stations that start playing holiday music in the middle of October, I completely support forcing "Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow" on unsuspecting listeners for one day in July!

I'm not sure how many of you I've mentioned this to, but a good friend of mine recently discovered that she carries the gene for Huntington's Disease. Huntington's Disease is a degenerative brain disorder for which there is currently no cure. You can read about it here... (I think - if the link worked, otherwise, it's here... http://www.hdsa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=help_info_ed_faq)

Anyway, because organizing benefits is what she does best (she's organized them for various other causes before, just because she wanted to support them), she has planned a Hula Hoop-a-thon to benefit Huntington's Disease Research, which will be held Saturday, August 27th from 7 PM -10 PM, at the Terrence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center in NYC. (Basically, I'm thinking it will be a fun, pretty low-key party, to raise money for a good cause.) If anyone is interested in attending with me, and wants further details, please let me know.

Additionally, she'll be raffling off prizes from various donors for $5 - if anyone is interested buying some, I can get the details on what exactly she's raffling off.

I hate asking people for money like this, but it's a very worthwhile cause, and one people generally don't know about. So if you happen to have $5 that you were wondering what to do with anyway, let me know! :-)

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