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24 November 2009 @ 11:31 am
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Sooo....

Tomorrow I am driving down to West Virginia for the long weekend.

In a car.

Let us consider that 1.) I have not actually driven a car in 13 months. 2.) I have not regularly driven a car in 12 years. 3.) I have a truly appalling sense of direction.

I see three ways this could play out:

a.) It will be fine, I will follow directions/gps, and if I get turned around I will remain calm and call Hot Whitewater Rafting Guy.

b.) I will get lost, and then cry and call my Mom, because even though she can't do anything from Arizona, that is my default reaction in a crisis.

c.) I will get lost and kidnapped by rednecks.
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Christina
19 November 2009 @ 02:26 pm
Twilight Shame  
WaPo is running an article about women who have...wait for it... "Twilight Shame." Women who love Twilight and really really really didn't want to. One of them admits she is going to name her child Renesme (sp?).

No, this is not me coming out about my Twilight Shame. Yes, I read the books, but I still thought they were awful. Yes, I saw the movie (and will see the new one) and thought it was hilarious. No, the reason I am bringing up this article is the shots they take at Meyer's (using these terms loosely) witing and characters. I found these two passages in particular hilarious:

"Meyer never uses one adjective when she could use three, and most of the time that adjective is a hyphenate combining "dazzling" and "chiseled."

And later,

"...point out the misogynist strains of the series, like how Bella bypasses college in favor of love, like how Edward's "romantic" tendencies include creepily sneaking into Bella's house to watch her sleep, like how Bella's only "flaw" is that she is clumsy, thereby necessitating frequent rescues by the men in her life, who swoop in with dazzling chisleyness and throw her over their shoulders."

"Dazzling chisleyness" is going to be my new description of all attractive men.
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Christina
18 November 2009 @ 10:08 am
Life in bullet points  
- I have not yet watched Waters of Mars. In fact I have not yet even downloaded it. I kind of want to, but can't summon the energy. I know that once I actually watch it I will be like "OMGZOMGDOCTORWHOFLAIL!!!!1!" but I am just not in a flaily mood.

- I have accepted I will not be winning nano this year. Too much other stuff going on. Especially if I am going down to WV for Thanksgiving. I am not going to be like "Oh, hey Hot Whitewater Rafting Guy, I'm going to ignore you while I try to write 45,000 words in the next few days." Plus new writing class started last night. I love the people in it, though it's all women, and everytime we get a boy, we scare him away. It's giving us a collective complex.

- Work sucks, just FYI.

- I have a massive girlcrush on this woman. I want to marry her and have 10,000 of her babies.

- Looks like I may be renting a car to drive down to WV. There is no way that is not going to be interesting and equal parts hilarious and potentially dangerous.
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Christina
16 November 2009 @ 08:56 am
You don't look a day over fast cars and freedom...  
So I'm 30.

I'm not sure how that happened.

I don't think I like it, but...I don't really have much choice.

I took the day off work, because turning 30 is bad enough, so fuck it, I'm not going to work too.
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Christina
12 November 2009 @ 10:23 am
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My phone is broken and Hot Whitewater Rafting Guy is thinking I'm ignoring him (interesting role reversal) when in fact it is due to phone-fail. 

And the lady at Sprint was just like "LOL YOU HAVE SUCH AN OLD PLAN HAHAHAHA LUDDITE!"

And I went over my text limit by 130 last month and didn't even notice when I paid the bill.  They could so rip me off and I'd never notice.

And I am getting my new ipod today.  I am going to pick it up at fedex at lunch and if it's not there there will be much rage and possibly some crying.

Really just typed this entry to kill time while on hold with sprint.

Entertain me please?

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Christina
10 November 2009 @ 09:22 am
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MY DADDY SENT ME A NEW IPOD NANO FOR MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!

My birthday is not until next week, and it hasn't arrived yet, I just got an e-mail from Apple telling me it was coming.

It's RED!
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Christina
08 November 2009 @ 06:07 pm
Yes, I am computer illiterate, stop judging  

An anonymous person has given me some links to downlaod some TV episodes, but I tried, and they're in the wrong format, and having looked more closely at said anonymous person's messgae, she said I need to change the file extensions from .sitx to .avi.  I don't know how to do that.  Go ahead, laugh.

Then, HELP.

I'm hoping to downlaod while I nano, so when I have successfully nanoed, I can  relax and watch TV before bed.

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Christina
07 November 2009 @ 02:46 pm
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Sitting in Cosi.  Trying to Nano.  Given that I'm posting this, I am obviously not being as sucessful as hoped.  I was trying to catch up on my word count, but...it's rough going.

Excuse me, story?  You were the one who insisted I write you, despite the fact that I had a totally different plot all lined up and ready to go and well-planned out.  Well fine, so I'm trying to write you, so would you please cooperate just a little?
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Christina
02 November 2009 @ 11:15 pm
1,702 words...  

...so still behind, but also still writing, and I think the story itself is good....

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Christina
01 November 2009 @ 09:27 pm
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Not a terribly impressive start...but better than nothing.

eta: The little box with red x is supposed to be the nano word count tracker, but apparently it's not working.  My grand total for the day is 777.  So I'm behind, but that's ok, it's only the first day.
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Christina
28 October 2009 @ 10:27 pm
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You know what I should not decide to do at 10pm?

Watch figure skating on TV.

I have just had like 4 hissy fits in a row.

The kind where I yell at people on TV.

eta:  Mr. Nicks is still alive?  Seriously?  Isn't he like 1000?

eta2: Hi judges, biased much?

eta3: "Soviet pairs legacy?"  Are you KIDDING me?  Neither of these people were even born when there was a Soviet Union.  Comparing them to the really great Soviet pairs legends is insulting.

eta4: I skated to Carousel Waltz once.  I had the most gorgeous dress for that.  Actually I always had fucking amazing dresses.

eta5: Tamara Moskvina is in Russia?  Hadn't she moved to Connecticut or something?

eta6:  Damn, Chinese pair is good!  Oh, pretty pretty throw, nice!  Nice speed too.  SWEET throw 3loop.  Okay, I don't love that position, arch your back sweetie.  Okay, they were good, I like'em. 

eta7: I am truly of the old generation of figure skating, I need to get a rulebook and really LEARN this new scoring system.  I should do my judging qualifications, judges used to scare the living hell out of me, I could scare the living hell out of the next generation....

eta-post-skating-comp:  I like gymnastics, I feel like it's the summer Olympics counterpart of figure skating, but gymnasts kind of freak me out.  The elite ones are so wee and yet muscular. 

gymnastics eta 2- y'know, as I was always glad, as a figure skater, that our leotards had skirts....for myself because it concealed my hips, which have been too big since I was 13, but also because even though we still get wedgies, it's less obvious...
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Christina
28 October 2009 @ 10:16 am
Sooooo....  
I'm doing nanowrimo.  

I had decided I wasn't going to because I have a very signficant birthday in November and much of my time would be taken up by whining piteously that I don't know what I'm doing with my life while drinking excessively celebrating, but then I figured, hey, what better time to write a novel than when you're having an existential crisis?  Plus, it will give me something to think about that is not 1. Me hating my job, 2. Me feeling depressed, anxious, and lethargic, 3. Hot Whitewater Rafting Guy.

Do I have a plot?  Nope.

Do I even have a vague idea for a plot?  Nope.

But is anyone else on my flist doing it....I know Chelle is I think?


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Christina
27 October 2009 @ 11:04 am
Moving??  
This is something I've tossed out occasionally over the last few years, but lately I'm thinking about it A LOT. I like DC. But I've lived here for almost 12 years, that's longer than most people stay here if they're not hardcore politicians. Not immediately, but I think after the new year I'm going to start shopping for a new job in a new city. The current contenders are:

( Minneapolis/St.Paul )

( Cleveland )

( Chicago )

That's pretty much what I'm thinking now, but I am open to ideas, so...what's your favorite city and why? (Besides NYC, which is out of the running due to money at this point in my life.) I do love some parts of CA, but I'm not ready to move back to that coast yet. Maybe someday.
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Christina
26 October 2009 @ 10:43 pm
Just saw a preview for "New Moon"...  
And I may I just say...LOL.

It's totally going to be just as hilarious as the first one.
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Christina
16 October 2009 @ 02:04 pm
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Hi from the lobby of the Des Moines Marriott.

Conference almost over.

Only a few more hours.

Am just posting this because typing on my laptop looks like I'm working and being very very productive and useful.

WANT GO HOME NOW PLEASE.


 

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Christina
14 October 2009 @ 02:51 pm
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Well, the worst part of my meeting is over and the man in question was behaving like his normal self yesterday, so...that's good?

I am, however, still in Iowa.
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Christina
08 October 2009 @ 10:22 pm
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Not gonna lie, that episode was so cute I almost want to start watching "The Office."

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Christina
06 October 2009 @ 12:35 pm
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Uh-oh.

I told my boss I had a Doctor appointment today, and that I had some personal stuff going on,  but was very vague because I generally think any personal/health information at work is too much information.

I am wondering if I should have been more specific.

I think she thinks I'm pregnant.
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Christina
06 October 2009 @ 12:15 am
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...and then I cried on the phone for 2 hours to my mommy.  And my eyes ache, and will rebel against contacts tomorrow.

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Christina
01 October 2009 @ 10:47 am
Meme  
Taken from [info]ozma_katiebell.

RULE 1
You can only say Guilty or Innocent.

RULE 2
You are not allowed to explain anything unless someone asks!
*I find this particularly hard, I always want to be like "But wait, there were circumstances..." though honestly I don't think anything on this list is so bad.

( And I look so innocent... )



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