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Good lord it has been forever.

I should just give up for awhile and try something which requires me to do nothing. Oh.. wait.. I'm already doing that. ^_^

I was in St. Louis over the weekend. I had a delightful time. It was a church conference, but I was able to see a lot of my family who were also there for the conference.

While there I went to some of the downtown restaurants and let me just say... they have quite the selection. Was most impressed.

The first night there I had 10th Street Italian, located well... on 10th St. IT was sooooo scrumptious. I had beef cannelloni that was out of this world. mmmhhh my mouth waters just thinking of it.

The next day I went to Crepes in the City, located on 14th & St. Charles. I had a Dehli crepe. So yummy... and I also ordered a Cubano. I had never had one before, but I had read that theirs were the best in the city, so I figured 'what the heck I like coffee. I'll try it.' It. was. fantastic. try it.


I'm not a breakfast person, but I like diner breakfasts. So for breakfast I went to 12th St. Diner. would you believe it's located on 12th St.! Seriously.

I had pancakes. I know not very adventurous, but I wanted them. I haven't a lot to say about them. They were pancakes, they were filling and very good. I guess that I ordered what I wanted and then by the time they came I had changed my mind because they didn't hit the spot.


HOWEVER. I went back for lunch/dinner later that day and I had their steak, veggies, & mashed potatoes. Oh mah gawd the mashed taters were soooooo good. I don't know how to describe them. They were like a pillow of heaven, on a plate, covered in delish gravy. After I had my first bite I wished that I had ordered just an enormous plate of those. The green beans could have been farm fresh they were so crisp and tasty and the steak... oh the steak. Mmmmhhhh... top that with potatoes and well... I could have eaten there all week. :)


My cousin's son had a burger that looked fantastic. mmmhhhh next time I say, next time.



Then late in the evening, say 12am or so, I went to Gio's. they made an exception and stayed open for a few groups of us. I had their Meatball sliders. which with the homemade meatballs and the cheese and spinach on a tiny bun were yummmo. (thanks rachel ray)





~recent song finds~
>Dominos - The Big Pink


>Fireflies - Owl City
>BulletProof - La Roux

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It's been a busy last couple of weeks. I'm finally moving. Next week is the beginning of a new location and a room-mate. I'm a bit freaked out and at the same time excited.

either way, I haven't been concentrating on things. Well, that and I've been in a bit of a funk - for lack of a better term.

Pomegranate Necklace



Quest, Seizing the Treasure


~music recently added to my collection~
>Only By Night - Kings of Leon
>Tonight: Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
>JukeBox - Cat Power
>Elephants... Teeth sinking into heart - Rachel Yamagata
>It's not me it's you - Lily Allen


~fave songs from each cd~
>Revelry - Kings of Leon
>No you girls - Franz Ferdinand
>Ramblin' (Wo)man - Cat Power
>What if I leave - Rachel Yamagata
>Chinese - Lily Allen

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Je T'aime
It's that day again. The day when I post something spastic and hope that you all (one) enjoy it.

~songs of the day~
>Make a plan to love me - Bright Eyes
>Geraldine - Glasvegas
>People got a lot of nerve - Neko Case
>Anyone Else But you - The Moldy Peaches

~movies I enjoyed recently~
>Paris Je T'aime
>Juno
>The curious case of Benjamin Button
>Nick and Nora's infinite playlist

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liquid sunshine makes me happy

Fey handmade

Pink Tourmaline



~pink~
>to be in love with love


I keep seeing this one pop up... so I'll add it.
>Irish Pink

>Pink Sapphire

~present for mothers~
>Mother

>name charm

~songs that make me feel better~
>The beauty of who you are - Marc Broussard
>Beautiful ones - Suede
>Love is Like - Skold vs KMFDM
>Come Round Soon - Sara Bareilles
>SideStep - Robin Thicke



~recently added to itunes~
>Sometime Around Midnight - The Airborne Toxic Event
>Cold, Kind and Lemon eyes - Margot and the Nuclear so & so's
>No Shelter - Seether
>The Rakes Song - The Decemberists
>Light through the veins - Jon Hopkins


~still reading~
>Tess of D'urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
>Around the world in 80 days by Jules Verne
>Stiff: the curious life of a human cadaver by Mary Roach
>L is for lollygag
>Such a Pretty Fat by Jen Lancaster


~states of mind this week~
>shock
>dismay
>puzzlement
>bewilderment
>surprise

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~new music faves~ for me
>Chip Diddy Chip - Chipmunk
>I like you so much better when you're naked - Ida Maria
>I know what I am - Band of Skulls
>Love is Like - Skold vs. KMFDM
>Hot N Cold - Los Colorados


~Fave Flight of the Conchord songs~
>Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenocerous
>Robots
>Business time
>Inner City Pressure
>Mutha'uckas

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today's comic is brought to you by Stains which I just discovered today. Wee! it's amazingly great watercolor art. :)

Pandora Radio makes me happy
>The Polite - Katie Todd
>Leave me alone - Natalia Imbruglia
>We Get On - Kate Nash
>The Fear - Lily Allen
>Gray or Blue - Jaymay

and sadly that is all I have for you today. Enjoy the comic. :)

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^thanks Etsy.



Vacation was awesome. Then I came home to crap load of stress. My house was a whopping 43 degrees Fahrenheit when I walked in. yippee skippy!
Got my shut off notice from gas company because of a different account being added to mine bringing my total amount owed to an insurmountable mountain.

so I'm a) cranky b) stressed c)freezing.

but enough about my stupid life.

~yum~
>Damien Rice
>Paolo Nutini

~top played music videos on itunes~
>Mercy - Duffy ~~ Just won 4 Brit Awards Woot!
>Sweet about me - Gabrielle Cilmi
>Angels on the Moon - Thriving Ivory
>A Shot to the Stars - Whitley
>Day Too Soon - Sia

~newly added tunes~
>How the day sounds - Greg Laswell
>I'm Bad - Las Vegas
>Above the Bones - Mishka
>Night Electric Night - Deathstars

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^^
that is my brand new baby complete with XM radio, which I am quickly becoming addicted to. I find myself sitting in the car, after I've arrived at my destination, just listening until the end of the current song. XM is amazing.

This year started off rather crappy, but is well on it's way to being quite brilliant. I am excited about all that is to come.

~exciting~
>I got to ride in a police car yesterday.
I'd say I used my many secret skills to land this deliciousness, but it was just a simple ride from my job to my car. Nothing really "special" about it. heh.
>XM has an indie station
>I have a new thermostat in my house which means the heat actually works
>


~New favorite songs~
>Wicked Way by Ben Taylor check it out on songza
>Cape Canaveral By Conor Oberst
>Come Around by Rhett Miller
>Mr. Rock & Roll by Amy MacDonald
>Wie Weit by Apocalyptica

I was trying to remember a company that apparently sells uber-cool clothes and I finally asked my co-worker today.

It's called H&M - unfortunately you can only shop online at various UK locations.


n-e-who, that is all for today.

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I've decided that unless I have a really great title I'm just going to give the darn things numbers.

I wish I would get my pictures uploaded on flickr or something so I could pop them onto this blog instead of having to search all over the Internets for pictures to use to convey my many feelings.

The weather has been logically wintery the last couple of days. We have a bit of wispy snow still on the ground, but the rest has melted away. Either way it's getting bitterly cold and my fingers are not so delightfully frozen. What does all this have to do with anything? Well, quite frankly, nothing.

I didn't really do my lists yesterday. One seems rather like I'm being lazy. So I thought of a few things that I have recently decided to like.

~new likes~
>Pandora Radio
>Cutesy Cupcakes
>randomly found stuffs about vintage clothing patterns
>New Artist - at least newer to me... Corinne Bailey Rae
>gingersnap lattes? still not sure about this one.I decided to splurge today and get something more expensive than three shots of espresso with cream and some flavoring, but hey, this has three shots and milk so either way it's the same just with ginger something flavoring. *shrug* it's not bad, but I wouldn't drink it every day.

~top played itunes songs~
>Dear Chicago - Ryan Adams
played 241 times
>Near to you - A Fine Frenzy
played 229 times
>Bak et Hallelujah - Kaizers Orchestra
played 197 times
>The Stoop - Little Jackie
played 193 times
>Psalms 3 - Salvador
played 186 times.

Now it's a matter of trying to get other songs further up the list so that they'll be in the top 5. it's weird how I can listen to the same song for hours on end. weird I tell you. Something is not right with me.

~books I'm reading~
>Siddhartha - Herman Hesse
>Interview with a vampire - Anne Rice
>The Rights of Man - Thomas Paine
>An Ideal Husband - Oscar Wilde
>The Overcoat - Nikolai Gogol
It is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry.
- Nikolai Gogol

for kicks and giggles I recently reread (within 3 days) all of Ann Brashares Sisterhood of the Traveling pants books. They are so poignant and yet I feel cheesy reading tween/almost adult romances. One of the things I really adore about Ann Brashares though is that she uses quotes to begin each chapter. Quotes like
"not all who wander are lost." J.R.R. Tolkien
"Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday."
anyway I was reminded of how I love, love, love quotes. I adore a good quote so I am going to share 5 of my favorites.

~five favorite quotes~
>In the beginning, there was nothing, which exploded.
- Terry Pratchett
>I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them.
- Jane Austen
>If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
- Voltaire
>During the Season, father, I only talk seriously on the first Tuesday in every month, from four to seven.
- Oscar Wilde - An Ideal Husband
>I have
Immortal longings in me.
- William Shakespeare

oh joy...

it's finally Wednesday. Woot! I actually remembered and, golly gee, had time to sit and write something. I wonder sometimes why I bother to keep an online journal/blog of any sort. It's not really like there is much that is of interest about me. I live an ordinary life, work an ordinary job, and overall I'm nothing to be commended. That being said... on to the lists.

There will be no venting today... instead I shall list the things that make me happy.

~happy things~
>coffee
>Squishables
>this adorable octopus necklace
>the best t-shirt place evah
>online literature such as Discourse of Method by Descartes


~songs that make me smile~
>Død mann tango - Kaizers Orchestra
sha la la laaaa sha la la
>Black and Gold - Sam Sparro
>Cheater Cheater - Joey & Rory
>Run - Amy Macdonald
>The Stoop - Little Jackie

~other things that make me smile~
>yarns
even though I am terrible at doing any projects
>fingerless gloves
I'm not really sure why
>I love this shirt I am sure the explanation is in order... but I don't have one really.

>Tuesdays & Thursdays at work
every other day is fair and well... but there is something special about Tuesdays and Thursdays.
>hahhahahaha Niiiiiice

~countries I want to visit~
>Russia
I really want to go back to Moscow. I miss it.
>Iceland
>Italy
>New Zealand
>Czech Republic & Slovakia

and thus ends my ramblings for today.

educate thy self.

ugh... have you ever spent an entire day hating the fact that people these days are complete and total idiots? I have done that for the past 2 days. Days which I have had to work with the greater public of my local. Now I am quite exhausted AND my eye is twitching. ugh.

~top idiotic responses~
>I shouldn't have to give you any identification. I was born here.
-- and I'm thinking to myself "WHO FRIGGIN' CARES!"
ugh. seriously? like oh my god really? you're not like oh my god kidding me?
actual response -- I don't really care where you were born. I still need to see ID.
them:I'm not showing you a damn thing and I didn't ask for any of this I just want my information.
me: I need you to show me identification as that is our policy.
them: well it's stupid. There is something wrong with your administration that they require people to have identification.
me:Ma'am, for your protection we require that all individuals who would like information about their account, without their card being present, show proof of who they are. it's simply a precaution.
>them:I wants to get a new account.
me:have you had an account with us before?
them:Yes
me:then we won't make you a "new" account we'll just update the old one.
them:but I have fines.
me: yes, and those will need to be taken care of before we can update your record to full privileges.
them:well.. I can't do that today.
me:then I won't be able to update your account.
them:then give me a new one.


ugh.





~books on my reading shelf~
>The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol
>Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
>Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
>Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
>We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

~ha ha ha new song~
>Cheater, Cheater - Joey and Rory

~current favorite songs~
>Black and Gold - Sam Sparro
>Run - Amy MacDonald
>Everything - Michael Buble
>Que Sera, Sera - Pink Martini
>Goodnight Rose - Ryan Adams

well, I forgot to mention that I leave work early every Wednesday afternoon because I am taking Spanish language classes for work. This is probably part of my horrid problem as far as stress is concerned. I feel like an infant -- trying to learn things that I'm just not really capable of, even though I know I am. n-e-who this month is Hispanic Heritage month so we had a lovely bit of artwork about Frida Kahlo and our museum will be hosting artwork by Diego.

off I run chilluns -- have fun.

It is really that day again?

Wow, time flies when you're not having fun. I have for the first time in awhile been meeting people online. It all started with this facebook application request that I stupidly said yes to. Now I regret it with my whole being. Yeah, if you have facebook do not add Friendzii... oh, it relates quite well to its similar sounding buddy Frenzy. I'm assuming that the people who made it were thinking to themselves "let's start a smiling frenzy with friends and call it Friendzii!!" OMG! ugh. *facepalms* It's the most ridiculous application ever. basically you smile at random people on bebo and facebook, by smiling you earn credits to do more than smile, give gifts, and tag people. I have met some doozy people. Guys who start the conversation with "Hey sexy, wanna get together and have a good time?" "LIKE NO! FREAK!" *shudder*
I have however met some nice, normal people on there and so I could say that it isn't all that bad. However I've never really been good at the whole 20 questions game. If I feel inclined I'll tell you about my life, if I don't then I won't. fair enough? I guess not. I feel incredibly bad about how rude, snarky and sarcastic I am. I probably give the impression of complete coldness. and well, some of that is pretty true. I am just not a warm, fluttery girl. I like order in my chaos <-- is that possible? hrm.

ugh. so.

yeah.

lists. it's that day again. My friend and I are starting a top ten list. When we finish it I'll post it next Wednesday. :)

~things I've been asked via the Internet~
>to be friends in the facebook ???????
yes, that was the question.
>What do you do to get your heart racing?
>Where are you from
>will you add me as friend to chat
>what's your hobby

~Artists of the day~
>Melody Garbot
>Michael Buble
>Keaton Simons
>Johnny Flynn
>Duffy

~Songs of the day~
>Gravity - John Mayer
>Ironic - Alanis Morissette
>Dear God - Avenged Sevenfold
>The Last Goodbye - James Morrison
>Let's Dance to Joy Division - The Wombats

~Books on my work desk~
>Secrets of the secret place - Bob Sorge
>Bataan: our last ditch - John Whitman
>Love affair of an English Rogue - Jillian Hunter
>Are you somebody? - Nuala O'Faolain
>Lutheran Church Basement Women - Marten and Todnem

yikes. weird titles. odd books. wow. the requests are strange somedays.

~top 5 songs on itunes~
>Falling or Flying - Grace and the Nocturnals
times played 72
>Madly - Tristan Prettyman
times played 69
>Afternoon - Carla Bruni
times played 67
>Waking up - Bitter:sweet
times played -63
>Butterfly - Jason Mraz
times played 60

'tis Wednesday again.

Before I get into the lists I’d like to give an honorable mention to this book “From the Streets to the sheet”.


It gets an honorable mention for the following categories.
1. best use of the word quickies EVAH!
2. best description of content
3. best picture to go with content and 3 word description
4. best choice of title
5. awesome author name

and by best I do mean the most ridiculous. I mean seriously, who goes to the think tank and say Yo, dog, I think we should use the word quickies to describe short stories.

~song artists of the day
>A Fine Frenzy
>Bright Eyes
>Ryan Adams
>Rammstein
>Modest Mouse


~songs of the day~
>Feuer Frei! - Rammstein
>Near to you - A Fine Frenzy
>Fire it up - Modest Mouse
>Lime Tree - Bright Eyes
>Dear Chicago - Ryan Adams

~must reads~
>Bunny comic
>xkcd
>Questionable Content
>Savage Chicken
>Toothpaste for dinner


~coffee drinks of the day
>caramel macchiato iced/hot
>starbucks doubleshot on ice
>hazelnut breve latte
>mint mocha chip frappuccino
>cinnamon dolce latte

top played songs on itunes
>Falling or Flying - Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
times played 72
>Butterfly - Jason Mraz
times played 60
>Chasing Pavements - Adele
times played 52
>Ashes to Wine - A Fine Frenzy
times played 52
>Near to you - A Fine Frenzy
times played 51