This is my life and musings and whatever else I decide to write about in a day.
Pure Imitation Maranie
Saturday, May 04, 2002
OK, back from about an hour and a half at work and feeling somewhat better. It's nice to show up at the office with hardly anyone there, wearing jeans, tennis shoes, and your favorite t-shirt that has a small stain on it, and having applied no makeup and hardly one brush stroke to your hair. Now, onto whatever this evening's plans may be, as I await Jason's return from work any minute now.posted by Maranie on 5/04/2002 05:31:00 PM
Things are no better today. I just want to be left alone for a very long period of time, like going into isolation for a month or something. I don't want to be around anybody or really do much of anything. I'm sick of sleeping, so I'm going into work today for a little bit to get some shit done, because I already know Monday's going to be busy; the less I have to do on Monday by going in today, the better.
Ironically, while I'm wanting to be totally alone, I'm simultaneously bumming that all my friends are busy tonight. Darren's going to a party, Los and Jenn are in town but already have made other plans that I don't remember, and Susan's got a date tonight with some lawyer. Even my online friends are busy, as Chip has some gaming to do in Toledo and Kopi, some in Athens. It's all just as well, because I'm in such a mood as to bring down the perkiest of people today, and hence yet another reason why I should just be left alone.
posted by Maranie on 5/04/2002 02:17:00 PM
Friday, May 03, 2002
This is one of those ponderous days where I wonder why I'm awake, and if I wouldn't feel like a total slug for sleeping, I swear I wouldn't be right now. All I can say is, I'm tired, I've got shit to do, and I'm confused as all hell over a lot of stuff right now, so here's hoping that by going downstairs in a moment that I'll find something to distract me for at least a little while.posted by Maranie on 5/03/2002 09:14:00 PM
With thanks to Kopi and Chip, here's a little survey that I've finally decided to do. However, both Kopi and Jason are gonna hate which band I selected:
Choose a band. Answer the questions with lyrics from their songs.
Bon Jovi (he he he....)
1. Are you male or female?
My old lady, she played this joke on me (Love for Sale)
Just like a girl who looks so happy/When inside she's so so sad (Wild in the Streets)
2. Describe yourself:
You paint your smile on your lips/Blood red nails on your fingertips (You Give Love a Bad Name)
I'm a fighter, I'm a poet, I'm a preacher/I've been to school and baby, I've been the teacher (Lay Your Hands on Me)
3. How do others feel about you?
Through the years and miles between us, it's been a long and lonely ride/But if I got that call in the dead of the night, I'd be right by your side (Blood on Blood)
I gave you what you wanted/God couldn't give you what you need (Wild is the Wind)
4. Describe your boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse:
Well, we've been living together for three years/Two hours, twenty minutes, maybe four hundred beers (Love for Sale)
We're two kids hitching down the road of life (Born to Be My Baby)
5. What would you rather be doing?
As I dream about movies they won't make of me when I'm dead (Bed of Roses)
With a six-pack and the radio/We didn't need no place to go (Never Say Goodbye)
Senorita Margarita fills your empty cup tonight (99 In the Shade)
6. Describe where you live:
Dinner for two on a TV tray/It ain't fancy, baby that's OK (Born to Be My Baby)
7. Describe how you love:
I'll be there 'til the stars don't shine/'Til the heavens burst and the words don't rhyme/No matter when I die, you'll be on my mind/And I'll love you always (Always)
Tonight I won't be alone, you know that don't mean I'm not lonely (Bed of Roses)
While as my broken heart lies bleeding/You say true love is suicide (I'll Be There for You)
8. Share a few words of wisdom:
She said you can't shop for love when you're shopping at Sears (Love for Sale)
Gonna live while I'm alive, I'll sleep when I'm dead (Sleep When I'm Dead)
posted by Maranie on 5/03/2002 12:59:00 AM
Oh my, has this been a night. First, a nap. Then Darren came over. We ran to Babies R Us to pick up the company gift certificate for Erica, a woman at work who's having a baby shower tomorrow. Then we did some shoe shopping, did some grocery shopping, and came home to start cooking - Hamburger Helper for dinner, and three batches of cookies for the potluck tomorrow (two sets of chocolate chip that I threw some peanut butter chips into, plus Jason's oatmeal-date-pecan cookies - yum.) In the middle of all this, we watch Return of The Jedi on TV and drink some wine. Then I help Darren bleach his hair, using the shit we got at Hot Topic. It's fermenting on his head even as I type. His hair is going to be so light. I just hope it doesn't fall out. :-P
posted by Maranie on 5/03/2002 12:28:00 AM
Tuesday, April 30, 2002
Please, no mention of Angel. I missed it again tonight. Well, actually, I taped it while Jason and I ran to Taco Bell at around 10, then watched The Osbournes again at 10:30.At least work is leveling out somewhat, and I'm finally starting to get back into that office mindframe. Plus, while Jason's at work tomorrow night, I plan on plowing through all my new comics, which should keep me blissfully occupied the entire evening. Or at least until Greg the Bunny comes on, since I've now seen one ep and it made me all giggly. And who knows - perhaps I'll come up with something WAY more interesting in the meantime for the NEXT blog entry. :-P
posted by Maranie on 4/30/2002 11:11:00 PM
So I get back to work today and find piles o' shit for me to do. I left most of them behind for the night so I can deal with them tomorrow, perhaps stay late, which I couldn't do tonight since I met up with Susan, Heather and Colleen at Tumbleweed's for 99 Cent margaritas after work. A good time was had by all, although I drank enough that I didn't shut up the entire time I was there. I mean, I could hear myself rambling on and on but that inner voice screaming "Shut up already!" was quickly deafened by more of my inane chatter. Ah, well. I don't think they minded too much, I caused some laughs, and we all left smiling with tentative plans for a movie night at Susan's. ("All Brad Pitt movies!" was Colleen's suggestion, and when Susan mentioned she owns "Interview With the Vampire," we agreed that having Tom Cruise and Antonio Banderas in the flick as well would make it quite the awesome choice.)
My big problem at the moment is getting back into the real world, where you don't hit four comic stores in two days, where you don't walk to get everywhere, where your dinner does not come from a radioactive-yellow buggy. Tonight's 'rita-rama didn't help matters any, so here I sit, exhausted but dreading the humdrum that faces me tomorrow, along with the piles o' shit that still need to be done. :-P
posted by Maranie on 4/30/2002 12:25:00 AM
Sunday, April 28, 2002
*sigh*I'm back from Athens. What a weekend. I'm exhausted. I'd relay all this weekend's events, but all the faithful readers of this blog were either there, or have heard about it already. So lemme just say that I had a good time, and I'm going to sleep in my own bed now. G'night, y'all.
posted by Maranie on 4/28/2002 11:17:00 PM