Still vaguely sick. Grr. It's mostly just allergies, though. It'd be great if I could actually sing, though. I still don't have my voice entirely back. I lost it last Saturday, between the wedding and the reception, and just got it mostly back on this past Saturday.
So, I just got back from Dairy Queen with Allison and Tim. It was awesome fun - I haven't seen Allison in like a week and a half, and I haven't seen Tim since July. So it was great fun! I heard lots of stories, from Tim's camp and Allison's ComicCon. Awesome.
Change of topic, because I don't really care to continue telling that story - just not interested right now.
Mister Mark is officially my favourite. Like, right now, he's got the top spot in my Top Five (sorry Neil, Sarah, Allison, Richard and John). He came into the market yesterday, after church with Debbie, his wife. And he gave me a book! A Max Lucado book - You Are Mine. It's one of the Wemmicks books. It's just a picture book, but it's amazing. I love it. And I love Mister Mark, too. He's kind of my real life hero. You know how everyone has, like, their celebrity hero, and then their real life hero? Yeah. My celebrity hero (actually, there's two) is John Green and Neil Gaiman. Neil has a made of awesome British accent, and John has made of awesome puff levels, and they both write beautifully and truthfully and made of awesomely. And Mister Mark just is made of awesome - it's quite obvious that he's the happiest man alive, and I want that. I want to learn everything I can from him. I just can't get over how made of awesome he is!!
(That wasn't supposed to be creepy or anything. But it's true.)
I read Paper Towns (which anagrams to Pants Power, isn't that awesome? I bet John did that on purpose). IT WAS SO GOOD!! And I've read Looking for Alaska three times now this summer. And I'm rubbing off on Crystal - she's turning into an avid reader! And I'm reading The Witch of Blackbird Pond, which is also pretty good. And Panic! at the Disco is my new favourite band, next to Superchic[k]. And with Nickelback and Hedley. Hoorah for favourites!!
DFTBA,
Jennie.Rae
31 August 2009
19 August 2009
Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off. - Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
Not happy.
Kyle, Bronwyn and Trevor are all sick. Trevor wasn't sick until today, so it wasn't him. Bronwyn or Kyle made me sick. I now have a raw throat and a flowing nose. Ugh. And food isn't appealing, nor is water. Ugh.
I really hope that it's just Bronwyn's cold, though. Kyle, purportedly, was four degrees away from having hallucinations. AND HE WAS STILL AT WORK!! It's no wonder I did all the work closing Whites two days ago. He's a crazy man. Because the shop boys "don't call in sick". That's silly, if you ask me. It's not as if they don't have enough guys to do all the work if one isn't there. And Kyle, I think, is the least important of the shop boys, because he's also the newest. But I really really hope that he's back tomorrow, because it'll be the last time I get to see him before he goes to school, and I really want to say goodbye. Because he's leaving this weekend, and I'm obviously not working.
And that's why I'm so mad that I'm sick. Andrea's wedding, then the head shave, and then it's the 24th, which is both the day that I'm leaving to go camping for five days, and also the one-year anniversary of Geoffrey's death. This is a pretty rocky time. Super exciting, but hard, too.
Because I keep on remembering the full-fledged panic I was in last year at this time. And I want to talk about it, but the only people I see are the people at work, and they don't understand. Because as much as it sucks and all, I don't want their sympathy, because it doesn't really hurt anymore. Maybe I'm just numb to the pain, but I don't hurt anymore. It's just a fact. There's nothing I can do about it. I don't even wish for him on falling stars or at 11:11 or on those seeds you're supposed to catch and wish on anymore. Because it doesn't hurt anymore. I've moved on. And I wouldn't go back to who I was before he died for any money or any other reward in the world. I like this new and improved me.
And now I'm going to go lie down for a bit, because I have to fold wedding bulletins later and I'm tired. And then, when I'm done, I'm taking Neo Citran to knock myself out, and going to sleep. Yay sleep! (Although, if I have more dreams like last night, it may be... more interesting than I care admit...)
DFTBA,
Jennie.Rae
Kyle, Bronwyn and Trevor are all sick. Trevor wasn't sick until today, so it wasn't him. Bronwyn or Kyle made me sick. I now have a raw throat and a flowing nose. Ugh. And food isn't appealing, nor is water. Ugh.
I really hope that it's just Bronwyn's cold, though. Kyle, purportedly, was four degrees away from having hallucinations. AND HE WAS STILL AT WORK!! It's no wonder I did all the work closing Whites two days ago. He's a crazy man. Because the shop boys "don't call in sick". That's silly, if you ask me. It's not as if they don't have enough guys to do all the work if one isn't there. And Kyle, I think, is the least important of the shop boys, because he's also the newest. But I really really hope that he's back tomorrow, because it'll be the last time I get to see him before he goes to school, and I really want to say goodbye. Because he's leaving this weekend, and I'm obviously not working.
And that's why I'm so mad that I'm sick. Andrea's wedding, then the head shave, and then it's the 24th, which is both the day that I'm leaving to go camping for five days, and also the one-year anniversary of Geoffrey's death. This is a pretty rocky time. Super exciting, but hard, too.
Because I keep on remembering the full-fledged panic I was in last year at this time. And I want to talk about it, but the only people I see are the people at work, and they don't understand. Because as much as it sucks and all, I don't want their sympathy, because it doesn't really hurt anymore. Maybe I'm just numb to the pain, but I don't hurt anymore. It's just a fact. There's nothing I can do about it. I don't even wish for him on falling stars or at 11:11 or on those seeds you're supposed to catch and wish on anymore. Because it doesn't hurt anymore. I've moved on. And I wouldn't go back to who I was before he died for any money or any other reward in the world. I like this new and improved me.
And now I'm going to go lie down for a bit, because I have to fold wedding bulletins later and I'm tired. And then, when I'm done, I'm taking Neo Citran to knock myself out, and going to sleep. Yay sleep! (Although, if I have more dreams like last night, it may be... more interesting than I care admit...)
DFTBA,
Jennie.Rae
13 August 2009
The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers. - William Shakespeare
Not a word of a lie - that's actually a Shakespeare quote. Don't know where it's from, but it is.
Last night was the meteor shower. I went outside at like 12:00, and I stayed until about 2:10. I must have seen 20 or 30 shooting stars! It was awesome. I just lay on the patio, and then later on the piece of shed that fell down, wrapped in two throw blankets and with a throw pillow, and watched the sky. It was so peaceful - that is why I love the night time. I really could be a dwarf, you know. I love hot things (like forges!) and darkness. I love making things (like smithing!), pretty things. But above all, I love the night time. I love it when your eyes adjust to the darkness, and the only colours you can see are blacks and greys and pinks. Lying on the patio in the middle of the night just felt right. It was like I always imagined, only I was all by myself. It felt like I was the only person in the world, and I didn't like that. I like to be with people, even if I don't want to talk to them. If it had been lighter (I know, I just said I liked the dark, and now I'm wishing it had been lighter?) I would have written, and then I wouldn't have felt so lonely, probably.
I guess it's best summed up by this anecdote: Kyle told me about the meteor shower, and said, "Sam and I bought a hammock." Sam is his girlfriend. And then I couldn't picture a better way to watch the meteor shower than wrapped up in a blanket, snuggling with someone you love in the hammock. And that's why it was lonely.
And today I'm going to actually be productive (because I've been working a lot lately, so I'm trying to keep that streak going, even if I have 'til Sunday off), so I'm going to go do that now.
DFTBA,
Jennie.Rae
Last night was the meteor shower. I went outside at like 12:00, and I stayed until about 2:10. I must have seen 20 or 30 shooting stars! It was awesome. I just lay on the patio, and then later on the piece of shed that fell down, wrapped in two throw blankets and with a throw pillow, and watched the sky. It was so peaceful - that is why I love the night time. I really could be a dwarf, you know. I love hot things (like forges!) and darkness. I love making things (like smithing!), pretty things. But above all, I love the night time. I love it when your eyes adjust to the darkness, and the only colours you can see are blacks and greys and pinks. Lying on the patio in the middle of the night just felt right. It was like I always imagined, only I was all by myself. It felt like I was the only person in the world, and I didn't like that. I like to be with people, even if I don't want to talk to them. If it had been lighter (I know, I just said I liked the dark, and now I'm wishing it had been lighter?) I would have written, and then I wouldn't have felt so lonely, probably.
I guess it's best summed up by this anecdote: Kyle told me about the meteor shower, and said, "Sam and I bought a hammock." Sam is his girlfriend. And then I couldn't picture a better way to watch the meteor shower than wrapped up in a blanket, snuggling with someone you love in the hammock. And that's why it was lonely.
And today I'm going to actually be productive (because I've been working a lot lately, so I'm trying to keep that streak going, even if I have 'til Sunday off), so I'm going to go do that now.
DFTBA,
Jennie.Rae
08 August 2009
Siblings who claim to always get along are most definitely hiding something. - Lemony Snicket
For Shiro is not finished yet, but will be up soon, I hope. Apparently I have no idea of what it takes to actually draw a webcomic strip. :S
I'm headed over to the Little Hair Shoppe in a few minutes, because Andrea's having a trial run for her wedding 'do and I'm going to look at pictures to see what I want to do. I'm really excited. And at some point, I have to buy fake nails (I'm afraid they're my only hope, because my nails are always so disgusting from work). I can't wait!!
I finished Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox two nights ago, and now I'm reading Tithe. Funny how they're both about faeries, only the Holly Black faeries are totally different than the Eoin Colfer fairies. But they make faeries cool, which they always were, but they make other people believe they're cool, too.
But now I guess I should head out, since I'm walking to the Little Hair Shoppe.
DFTBA
Jennie.Rae
I'm headed over to the Little Hair Shoppe in a few minutes, because Andrea's having a trial run for her wedding 'do and I'm going to look at pictures to see what I want to do. I'm really excited. And at some point, I have to buy fake nails (I'm afraid they're my only hope, because my nails are always so disgusting from work). I can't wait!!
I finished Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox two nights ago, and now I'm reading Tithe. Funny how they're both about faeries, only the Holly Black faeries are totally different than the Eoin Colfer fairies. But they make faeries cool, which they always were, but they make other people believe they're cool, too.
But now I guess I should head out, since I'm walking to the Little Hair Shoppe.
DFTBA
Jennie.Rae
02 August 2009
Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they'll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they'll always love you back. - John Green
So, For Shiro starts today, actually. Allison and I are going to get together today, and I believe the plan is to start working on the first page. Hopefully we'll be able to post it to DeviantArt today, and I'll put the link up here.
It's nearly time to go to church, though, so I'd better go look like I'm ready. (I've been ready for about half an hour, but I'd better to make sure everyone knows it!)
DFTBA,
Jennie.Rae
Pee Ess, Neil Gaiman is officially made of magic and awesome and has a sexy English accent. If ever you're looking for a good read, read Stardust or Coraline or Anansi Boys etc.
It's nearly time to go to church, though, so I'd better go look like I'm ready. (I've been ready for about half an hour, but I'd better to make sure everyone knows it!)
DFTBA,
Jennie.Rae
Pee Ess, Neil Gaiman is officially made of magic and awesome and has a sexy English accent. If ever you're looking for a good read, read Stardust or Coraline or Anansi Boys etc.
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)
