4th of July and crap like that
Jul. 5th, 2006 11:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
leighblackThis weekend was rather uneventful, I suppose. Just the usual cabin and cabin people. Family and friends and dogs everywhere. Still, it was nice to experience it all, if only for a day or so. We watched the fireworks at Grandeview Lodge on Gull on Saturday night, since they were high enough to see on our lake. They went all out! I guess that's what happens when you have mega bux. I got some really sweet photos of our lake and cute pics of Riley over the weekend, but I'll have to post them later. The only photo resizing program I have here at work is Paint, and I'm not willing to futz with it today.
I came back home Monday morning and somehow made it through THE MOST BORING DAY AT WORK EVAR. I have been ultra-exhausted lately and ending up sleeping for about 15 hours once I got home. Guess I was tired. =/
I didn't do much of anything yesterday. I had big plans to clean my apartment, but ending up downloading MST3K episodes and tagging & loading music into my iTunes and watching really bad television. Not a bad way to spend a day off, I suppose.
I guess my friends had a gathering, which I was not invited to. It's not the first time, and probably won't be the last. I'm not sure how I should feel about this. Be angry? Hurt? Disappointed? Should I blow it off? It might not be such a big deal, if these weren't the same friends who say things like "Oh! I miss you so much! We should do something together." And then I tell them to call me and let me know when they're not working, or tell them that I'm free on day x or y or z, and why don't you let me know if you want to do something one of those nights? And then I never hear anything back. In fact, pretty much, unless I plan something, I never really see anyone. I guess some of these people are becoming my supposed friends. Or maybe all the signs are pointing to the fact that we're not really friends at all. I'm not sure.
Anyhow. Ann saved the night by calling, which is always pleasant. And she divulged info that may alter my road trip some. And points to me staying in Detroit for a couple days, like I had been thinking. Things are still being worked out.
Then, I was snuggled into bed around midnight and some fucking morons started lighting off fireworks outside my bedroom window. If it had been 10:30, no big deal. But midnight? Bah! I let it go for a little while, figuring it was kids and they'd get bored. But I finally got up after about 20 mins and checked it out. And it was a family! Like a dad, a mom and little kids. After midnight! Surely, they're probably one of the families on welfare and don't have to get up in the morning for work or anything, but fuck that. I screamed a long string of obscenities at them and slammed my window shut. I hate my neighborhood. I hate that my apartment is so great that I don't really want to leave it.
I'll not leave this all Negative Nelly. I've been doing those Crest Whitestrips things, because seriously, my teeth are horrible. I didn't really think they'd work, but
Before:
After:
*ignore how awful I look and look at my teeth instead*
I'd say they're working. Two more days to go!
I came back home Monday morning and somehow made it through THE MOST BORING DAY AT WORK EVAR. I have been ultra-exhausted lately and ending up sleeping for about 15 hours once I got home. Guess I was tired. =/
I didn't do much of anything yesterday. I had big plans to clean my apartment, but ending up downloading MST3K episodes and tagging & loading music into my iTunes and watching really bad television. Not a bad way to spend a day off, I suppose.
I guess my friends had a gathering, which I was not invited to. It's not the first time, and probably won't be the last. I'm not sure how I should feel about this. Be angry? Hurt? Disappointed? Should I blow it off? It might not be such a big deal, if these weren't the same friends who say things like "Oh! I miss you so much! We should do something together." And then I tell them to call me and let me know when they're not working, or tell them that I'm free on day x or y or z, and why don't you let me know if you want to do something one of those nights? And then I never hear anything back. In fact, pretty much, unless I plan something, I never really see anyone. I guess some of these people are becoming my supposed friends. Or maybe all the signs are pointing to the fact that we're not really friends at all. I'm not sure.
Anyhow. Ann saved the night by calling, which is always pleasant. And she divulged info that may alter my road trip some. And points to me staying in Detroit for a couple days, like I had been thinking. Things are still being worked out.
Then, I was snuggled into bed around midnight and some fucking morons started lighting off fireworks outside my bedroom window. If it had been 10:30, no big deal. But midnight? Bah! I let it go for a little while, figuring it was kids and they'd get bored. But I finally got up after about 20 mins and checked it out. And it was a family! Like a dad, a mom and little kids. After midnight! Surely, they're probably one of the families on welfare and don't have to get up in the morning for work or anything, but fuck that. I screamed a long string of obscenities at them and slammed my window shut. I hate my neighborhood. I hate that my apartment is so great that I don't really want to leave it.
I'll not leave this all Negative Nelly. I've been doing those Crest Whitestrips things, because seriously, my teeth are horrible. I didn't really think they'd work, but
Before:
After:
*ignore how awful I look and look at my teeth instead*
I'd say they're working. Two more days to go!
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Date: 2006-07-05 04:15 pm (UTC)And every friendship is work for both sides. No good to be taking people for granted.
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Date: 2006-07-05 04:33 pm (UTC)Believe me, I understand that completely. I question myself all the time. Am I making enough of an effort? But when I call someone because I need some information and it takes three days and another phone call before I hear back, I begin to question other people too.
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Date: 2006-07-06 02:58 am (UTC)Pleasetellmeyou'regoingtobeinDetroitwhenAnnisthatwouldrulesohard.
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Date: 2006-07-06 03:15 am (UTC)YesthatswhenI'llbethere
I'm coming in for the Faster show at The Hayloft, then up in Bay City and I guess I'm going to the Poison show now.
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Date: 2006-07-06 03:34 am (UTC)I'd love to go to Cleveland for Butch, but I need to be back home by 5pm on Monday to be at work. Unless I can get that night off...*thinking* No, no, no. Right now I'm giving myself a day to decompress at home (re: sleep) and I've learned from experience that I need that after a big road trip. Thanks though!
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Date: 2006-07-06 03:19 am (UTC)*points to above comment*
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Date: 2006-07-06 03:19 am (UTC)i think that's the first time in my life i have used the expression 'till the cows come home'...i should get some kind of medal or sticker for that, no?
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Date: 2006-07-06 03:37 am (UTC)I say that all the time. You're ready to move to Minnesota!
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Date: 2006-07-06 03:41 am (UTC)and yeah i don't think i'll be moving to MN. haha now i know how you felt when i was all "move to LA!"
but i do love those happy cows from the cheese commercials. but those are california cows, or so the ads say. ;)
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Date: 2006-07-06 03:50 am (UTC)OMGYES! I love those commercials! The one with the cows and the bulls and the football is genius!!
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Date: 2006-07-06 03:59 am (UTC)there's a new one!