dear friends:

wow, this has been so much fun!  livejournal has been great.  however, i feel it's time for us to find a new home to share, and that's why i have moved.  from now on, let's meet over on Blogger.  so far, it's pretty awesome and fun.  i know you'll love it.  here's my new address:

http://mistygreenandblue.blogspot.com/

put it in your books.  and pass the word along that it's the coolest place in the internet.  (duh!)


love, your friend,
Julie

Ribbon cutting time already?!?!  YES YES YES!!!!! 


MEET ME HERE!!!!!!!


have fun.

i think my hair is getting more and more orange everyday. 


ANYWAYS.  my strawberry plant is growing taller and stronger everyday.  right now they're still babies.  they're so cute!  kara's not convinced that they're not weeds.  whatever.

so, Andrew came to visit on tuesday!  he slept over until wednesday.  it was fun.  we went to this mexican restaurant that i had never been to before.  it was festive and felt strangely more authentic than other mexican restaurants.  it was yummy.  i had enchiladas.  andrew had a burrito.  the red sauce was really sweet. 

and then we came back here.  drank coffee and stayed up most of the night conversing.  we tried to learn how to read our palms, but it never really worked out.  went to sleep around 5am.  i got up at 6:30 for work.  came back up here at 8.  andrew was watching a movie. 

then we were hanging out when there was a knock at my door.  who's there!??  it was my boss!  she said that "the investigative worker needed to talk to me."  i was nervous about this. 

CHARLENE:  Hi, the investigative worker wants to talk to you downstairs.
JULIE:  Oh my god! 
CHARLENE:  Don't worry, she's really nice.
JULIE:  Do I have to get dressed!??!
CHARLENE:  No.  Whatever you feel comfortable doing.
JULIE:  Ok.  I'll come down.

i didn't get dressed.  her name was Christine.  she had on really nice pants and a nice blue jacket.  i just had to talk about an incident that happened here during the night a few weeks ago.  i think i did well.  i tried to stay calm and not be nervous and freaking out. 

then!  i came back upstairs and me and andrew decided we wanted bagels.  so, then i got dressed.  (getting bagels will get me dressed but not important people who work for the state and are interviewing me....)

so, i got dressed and then we left!  we went to the bagel basement.  it was very good.  i had a cinnamon raisin bagel with strawberry cream cheese.  andrew had a spinach bagel with butter on the side.  the walls are bright orange and i liked this.  they also had lots of bagel sandwiches and i liked this too.  i really, really enjoy a bagel sandwich.

after bagels andrew told me basically to take him to the awesome place.  so, i had to come up with a place that was awesome.  i decided that andrew would appreciate the curiosity of White River Junction, Vermont.  so, we drove over there and parked and walked around the streets.  went into a used furniture store.

this store was creepy.  it was two floors.  and down in the basement they had most of their larger furniture.  chairs, tables, bookcases, bed frames, etc.  and, all the chairs were set up in rows in the back room.  it REALLY creeped me out.  it looked like there was a meeting of ghosts taking place.  oooo it was so spooky feeling.

AND THEN.  we walk back outside and we pass this guy with a beard and a dark green jacket.  and once we pass him a little ways andrew says,

ANDREW:  Have you noticed that this guy has been changing his position to wherever we are?
JULIE:  What?!  No!  Really?
ANDREW:  Yeah.  He's following us.

so, we continue walking down the street.  we walked past the Center for Cartoon Studies.  the local cartooning college.  walking around the streets is the strangest thing to me.  i JUST CAN'T GET OVER this town.  what is its deal?!  who actually lives here?!  why is it always so quiet?!  it's so totally like a ghost town it's really not even funny.  it's so creepy, but yet strangely comforting and i just feel drawn to it.  it's a lot of very strange emotions being in this town.  

so, we're walking down the main street, but pretty away from the "center" of "town".  and we turn around and see the man with the green jacket standing in a different corner, still watching us. 

JULIE:  Wow, he really is following us.

and he's standing like, right across the street from where we parked our car.  so, we head back to the car.  i get out my keys.  we stop to admire a piece of art on the outside of a building.  and then we see the man with the green jacket starting to cross the street towards us. 

ANDREW:  Ok quick get in the car!

so, i quickly get in the car as the man is crossing the street.  quickly unlock andrew's door and the man is getting closer to us.

ANDREW:  Lock the doors!

and he passes us, watching us.  and we sit in the car.  i think we're both kind of nervous and freaking out.  and the man with the green jacket keeps walking past the car, behind us.  and we're both watching him in the car's mirrors.  and then he disappears into this little nook and we cant's see him anymore.  but, we keep watching for a minute.

AND THEN.  he peers around the corner of the nook to look back at us.  OH MY GOD SO CREEPY. 

ANDREW AND JULIE:  AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!
ANDREW:  Ok let's drive!!!!!!! 

and we pretty quickly got out of White River Junction, Vermont.  it was a pretty creepy experience.  but, being in WRJ, it kind of all made sense. 

i was in WRJ also the night that the other guy came up and was talking to me in that coffee shop. 

and then we went on a driving adventure.  i drove up this street across from my street that i had never been up before.  it's very steep and brings you to the top of a mountain where there are very nice houses.  and a great view of the New Hampshire countryside.  then we ended up in Plainfield, NH.  and then we turned around and came home.  nice drive. 

and we hung out here for a little while.  and then around noontime andrew said he should probably be going.  so, we said our goodbyes. 

BUT BUT BUT!!!!  next week Andrew is coming up again WITH MEG!!!!  i am excited about this.  and i told andrew that i would make a totally awesome plan for our day.  i don't think he believe me, so it has to be really good. 

and then after he left i slept most of the day.  last night, didn't do much.  watched some of End of the Affair with Ray Fiennes and Julieanne Moore.  oh, and Ian Hart and Jason Issacs.  and Ray Fiennes and Ian Hart had a scene together and all of a sudden it dawned on me and i said aloud - "OMG two Voldemorts!!!" 

but then i realized that Ian Hart actually didn't play Lord Voldemort.  he just played Professor Quirrell, who was like a host for Lord Voldemort.  it was nice, though.  seeing the two of them together without Ray Fiennes face being imbedded on the back of Ian Harts head.  

but actually, i didn't get to finish End of the Affair because the disc started skipping and wouldn't play past a certain point.  so that was kind of a bummer.  but, not really because i didn't really get the movie.  i found it really hard to tell what was flashback and what was present.  so, i'm probably not going to ask Netflix to send me a backup disc.  i guess i don't really car about finishing it.  which is too bad, because i was excited to watch it.  

hey, i guess today is Thursday.  i was totally convinced it was Wednesday.  yikes.  

i still have my piercing.  still finding it hard to accept its presence in my body.  
my hair is still dyed.  i don't really know what color it is, though.

next week i'm working Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday.  yikes!  that'll be good.  and i am going to start picking up every Thursday night starting on 30 April.  

so, i went downstairs the other morning and Twilight was playing in the living room.  they rented it last weekend and it's basically been playing in the DVD player nonstop since then.  these girls are obsessed with it.  so, i went downstairs at 6:30 the other morning and it was 35 minutes into the movie.  so, i figured i'd watch it.  

i watched the rest of the movie, which was about an hour and 15 more minutes.  umm.....maybe someone can explain to me what this movie was really about?  i just didn't get it.  there really didn't seem to be a plot.  it was just kind of like stuff happening.  eh, i don't know.  like, i liked watching it.  it was never, "oh my god when is this going to be over??"  but, i just didn't see the point of the whole thing.

also - it was gross and disgusting.  i decided that i don' t like vampires.  they drink human blood.  that is gross.  i don't find it sexy.  do vampires really exist?  is this going to be like with Pirates of the Caribbean where everyone is in love with pirates and think they are so glamorous and sexy and then you hear about the real pirates and how they love hijacking ships and terrifying people.  

ALTHOUGH - there was a scene in the Twilight where i was like, "hot damn he is freaking hott."  he was wearing a grey peacoat.  niice.  Cedric Diggery grew up.  

ALSO - i think my chandelier was featured in the movie.  in the scene where they are in the restaurant together.  i don't think she knows he is a vampire yet.  i'm trying to find a movie still.  because i was watching it and there are lots of lights.  it's really like, the only scene of the movie that isn't shot with like, blue lighting.  it's warm feeling.  but anyways, there is a chandelier hanging in the background and i think it might be the same one i have hanging in my bedroom.  

anyways.  TWILIGHT = ***

hm.  is that all?  i'm feeling very allergic today.  i keep sneezing and putting in eye drops.  the eyes are the worst.  MAN they hurt and itch.  

ok!  i think that's all.  i'll update later with very important information regarding the new blog.  

get excited.

<3 

man.  talk about a new person. 

I PIERCED MY EAR.  my left ear.  at the top.  what?!  seriously julie?!  you did?!?!  YES.  yes i did.  it's a little square diamond set in white gold.  OMG.  i have a piercing.  my first piercing. 

i went to visit kara on saturday in providence.  we were talking about things to do and she said she wanted to get a third piercing.  i said, "okay, i'll go with you, but i'm not getting anything."  and then like, 4 hours later we both had new piercings.  i don't know what happened.  i don't know what came over me.  it was like, she was so, so, SO excited about getting a new one and i think it just rubbed off on me.  and then i thought that if i didn't get it, i would regret it.  and i didn't want to regret anything. 

so, we go to the PV Place Mall.  the biggest mall in the world.  we go to the piercing place.  lucky us, there is a little girl sitting there about to have her ears pierced.  she's there with her father.  she's maybe like, 6 or 7.  she's really excited but also has this look of terror on her face.  i had to watch her to see how she did.  and then kara went.  MAN, she was excited.  and kara appeared to be fine with it all.  she wasn't freaking out. 

and it looked pretty freaking cool on her.  she looks exactly like Meryl Streep.  who was basically the inspiration for the piercings.  i wanted to start screaming, "OH MY GOD IT'S MERYL STREEP!  MERYL IS HERE!!"  but, i didn't.

so then we were talking about me getting one.  and i was freaking out.  and so we went back over to look at the earrings.  and, i decided i would. 

so i told the lady that i had never had a piercing before and that i was really nervous.  i think she was super judging me. 

i was SO nervous.  like, i thought i might be sick.  i was so freaking out.  kara was getting really embarrassed.  and even the lady said to me, "wow, you are really nervous."  i was. 

and she didn't even offer me the piercing bear to hold.  kara begged me not to take it.  and i told the lady, "don't even count off, just do it." 

AND SHE DID IT.  and then all of a sudden i had a piercing. 

omg.  it didn't hurt like i thought it would.  like, i always imagined it would be a pinching feeling.  but it was more of a rough pressure hurting.  like a staple. 

and as soon as it happened the lady was like, "OKAY IT'S OVER!"  yeah, i think she hated me. 

i guess i like it.  i'm still kind of in shock about it.  i really don't even know if i want it.  i can't get over the fact that i have a hole in my body with a sharp metal post through it.  i can't think about it like that, or else i get really creeped out. 

and kara's ear got really red after she got hers.  and she said it was because all the blood was rushing to your ear to try and heal what just happened.  and, my ear only got a little red.  and it didn't last for very long at all.  so, i decided that my immune system is still too weak from being sick for so long and it just didn't care enough about it to try and heal it.  but, my allergies have been super bad, so i think my immune system is now over-working, trying to get rid of the allergies and the piercing. 

omg i can't believe i did it.  i can't believe it.  i'll take pictures soon. 

so then!

on sunday, kara and i decided that we wanted to dye our hair.  i hadn't dyed my hair in a while.  and kara had never dyed hers.  SO WE DYED OUR HAIR.  i was trying to get to blonde.  but it came out strawberry blonde, which i really didn't like.  so i bought another blonde one and it's actually in my hair right now.  i'm trying to get to the color i had at the end of my "super blonde" phase my third year.  the color i bought tonight is called Sunflower Princess.  i saw the title and thought, "yep, this is the one." 

so, i've got a new hair color.

AND THEN!

my teal jacket came in the mail today.  i was really nervous about it.  but then once i was holding it in my hands, i got really excited.  it's sitting next to me right now because i don't want to let it out of my sight.  i'm really happy with it.  i think it will be a good jacket.  not a replacement jacket, because nothing could replace the one i lost.  but, i think i can learn to love it just as much.  i'll take pictures of that soon too.

AND THEN there's my new blog.  i thought i would premiere it sunday night, but things got crazy and i didn't have any time to prepare.  SO - it will probably happen this week.  maybe friday night?  how does friday work for people??  evening-ish.  let me know please!! 

so, i am full of new things right now.  and i feel pretty good about everything new in my life right now.  except maybe the hair.  but hopefully that will work itself out SOON.  the longer i sit with this hair dye in my hair the more i'm thinking it will come out more red.  UGH. 

ok.  so be on the lookout for another picture post.  i have more pictures of my second trip to providence.  you'll get to see the grave of Roger Williams!!!!!!!!!!  get psyched!!!! 

k.  i'm going to wash this out of my hair. 

love you.  miss you.  talk to you soon!  i feel like i have more to say. 

<3

this entry is going to be so rock-hard amazing.  i can't even get to the pumped-up level you need to be.  it's THAT amazing. 

i have lots of photos.  of GREAT WONDERFUL things.  i'm pretty excited for you to see them.  i've had TWO great days in a row.  and i'm going to share them with you!  along with some other great things!!!!!! 

let's get going!!! 

i'm going to start by posting pictures from my birthday/oscar weekend.  AND MY CAKE!!!!  that kara made for me!!! 

let's start with the process:



the start!  as always, titanic dominated my birthday cake.  duh!



kara used a different type of frosting for the boat, water and grass areas of my cake.  it was a shinier type.  more like an icing, i guess.  maybe she'll comment with the right name.  here we see the Titanic sailing onto Revolutionary Road.  there is a lifeboat in the water.



FINISHED!!!!!!!!  whoa!  look at all that awesomeness.  i LOVED the cake this year.  lots of dialogue!  lots of great characters!!!!  i'll go over the general plot:  So, the Titanic is sailing onto Revolutionary Road with Jack and Rose standing together on the ship's deck.  Rose is holding an Oscar high in the air.  In the lifeboat, we have Tina Fey and Che.  Tina Fey is also a frequent character on my cakes.  She is saying, "I want to go to there", a phrase common on 30 Rock.  Che is saying, "Revolutionary?"  because he's on Revolutionary Road.  and, he's apparently confused.  Next to them is a grassy area where we have Meryl Streep, as Donna, her character in Mamma Mia, and The Joker.  Meryl is exclaiming, "Kate's finally winning!" and to that The Joker replies, "Meryl, it's all part of the plan!"  A phrase he utters in the film, The Dark Knight.  And then, swimming along in the lower left hand corner, is the trademark green seahorse. 

wow!  so great!  there was one year where the scene was so intricate and busy that after it was all complete my mom said, "nowhere on this cake does it say, 'happy birthday julie!'"  so, this year kara remembered to write it in at the top. 

and, kara wanted me to say that some of the dialogue is a bit chipped over in the Meryl section, but that is only because Chowder stepped on it.  kara wanted it very clear that she did not make it like that. 

love the cake!!!!!!   

so, as a surprise when i got home, Kara had decorated our dining room for the Oscar celebration!  i swear she was secretly even more excited than i was.  she's had dreams that the Oscar ceremony took place in our house, and then at her house in Providence.  basically, she wants to be wherever the Oscars are.  but, here is our dining room all decorated:






oscar colors!  gold and black!!!!!  it was soooo great.  i was so surprised and happy.  it was wonderful.  i can't believe all the work that kara put into it.  she's the best.


so, that was my wonderful birthday/oscar weekend celebration.  so much fun!!!!


so, this past wednesday i went down to Providence for the day to visit kara!  i made sure to go to bed early the night before so i would be well-rested.  of course, it didn't make a difference becase i didn't fall asleep until over 2 hours later.  LAME.  so then i got up at 6:30.  worked until 8.  left my house at about 9:20.  stop for Dunkers.  on my way!

89south.  to 93south.  1$toll.  to 95south.  to exit18.  left.  left.  right.  left.  kara's house on the right!!!!  that's how i got there!!!!!  it's super easy.  it took just about 3 hours.  i went really fast on the way there.  it kind of scared me because i don't like driving fast.  UGH and i had to listen to the radio the second half of the way because i couldn't find an ipod station.  and it was Ryan Seacrest on KISS 108.  i don't like KISS 108 because they play the same exact music every half hour and it's all techno dance hip hop clubbing music.  which is perfect if your kara and my mom who love that music.  but not perfect for julie when she just wants to listen to broadway music but can't find an ipod station. 

and i realized that i love broadway music because all the songs are about something.  about moments, or feelings, or memories.  and i was listening to that song Poker Face by Lady Gaga.  and i was just like, "what.the.heck is this song about?"  seriously??  is it about how she wants to "put on her poker face" so she can screw over guys into making them think she's interested when she's not???  is she actually playing poker??  i don't know.  

know what song i heard that i do like, though?  that song that goes, "gonna give you hell gonna give you hell" or something like that. 

ANYWAYS.  so, i get to kara's apartment and i immediately play with Ruby Tuesday, who is in providence with kara.  she was happy to see me.  she's SO CUTE i can't even stand it.  all she does is sleep under the covers on kara's bed.  so, we hung around there for a little while. 

then kara needed to stop by Johnson and Wales to drop off a form.  i waited in the car. 

then we headed over to Spike's.  we split a dog and some fries.  YUM.  this is the second time i've been to Spike's.  i had been to their Thayer Street location, but we went to this other location that was waay bigger, nicer and not as sketch.  it was over by South Main Street.  and a church with lime green accent colors. 

then we drove over to Thayer and found a parking spot.  i wanted to go into the Second Time Around because i had never been in before.  they had some really nice things.  expensive thrift store things.  no teal jackets.  then we walked up and down the street.  sampled some ice cream. 

THEN THEN THEN.  we went to the wall.  The Great and Curious Wall of Providence.  i had found out about this historical gem whilst researching for the story i'm currently writing, Divine Providence*, which is set in Prov.

*i posted the title for Elizabeth, who told me she's collecting titles.  :)

so, i had asked kara about the wall and she said she didn't know where it was.  but then, as she thought deeper and more clearly, thought, "wait a sec, that must be that giant stone wall i pass everyday but never thought anything of it until now!!!"  it's one of those things that people walk or drive by everyday, but probably have no idea what it means.  let me tell you the story of the Great and Curious Providence Wall.

so, in 1824 the Dexter Asylum was built in Providence.  named after the guy that funded it.  it wasn't an asylum for the insane, but for the poor.  it was this giant poorhouse surrounded by acres of farmland.  the people would live in the house, and work the land.  the living conditions were far from desirable.  they ate like, tea and white bread for every meal.  so, in the 1820's and 30's this man, Ebenezer Dexter decided that there needed to be this giant stone wall that ran all the way around this poorhouse.  8 feet tall and 3 feet wide in some sections.  nobody exactly knows why he wanted this wall built.  but he was like, "look, i'm not going to give you all this money until you build this wall."  and the city was like, "ok we'll build the wall."  so, by hand, the stone wall was built, running for over a mile, separating the poor from everyone else.

and the Dexter Asylum was in business as a poorhouse until 1957 when the city was like, "we should really close this place."  and then Brown University said, "we'll buy it!"  so, Brown University bought the land.  demolished the giant house.  and built their multi-million dollar athletic fields and stadiums.  but, the stone wall still stands.  still encloses the land, which instead of housing the poor now houses the ivy-leaguers.  separating the rich from everyone else??  

and so - i had to see this horrible constraint on societal mixing.  i was pretty freaking excited.  kara even said to me, "wow, you are really excited about this!"  i was.  i couldn't wait.  

and now, i present to you::  THE GREAT AND CURIOUS WALL OF PROVIDENCE



IMMEDIATELY before we found this section of wall i said to kara,

JULIE:  Aw, it'd be awesome if we could find one of the sections with the date engraved.
(a moment passes)
KARA:  You mean like that one right there?

it was really funny.  so, this says, 'Erected 1835.  Rebuilt 1875.'  this was along Hope Street. 

 

the wall hiding behind a tree



the wall hiding behind a basketball hoop.  you can see some of the athletic field behind it.  the score board.  and that giant dome.  i'm guessing that's where like, the swimming pool is. 



kara at the wall.  after we had walked along it for a little while, we walked back to the car.  and then i said, "can we drive along the wall now?"  and she said yes.  so, we started driving along the wall.  and then i made her pull over again so we could get out and take more pictures!!! 



julie at the wall!  i needed my picture in front of it because i KNEW nobody would believe that i was actually there!!!!  because it's SO AWESOME.  look how high it is! 



this was taken from the car.  i couldn't stop taking pictures!



look at that wall.  so great.  so curious. 

i'm so happy i saw it.  and kara pulled out a little piece of stone for me so i could take it home.  i have a piece of the wall now!!

while we were walking around the wall, we saw a lady running.  she had on a Dartmouth shirt and i immediately said, "omg that's the same Dartmouth shirt that Meredith Grey has on Grey's Anatomy!"  it was exciting. 

it was a great time.  after we saw the wall, we headed back to her apartment to see kitten.  she was happy to see us.  we relaxed for a minute.  then!  headed to our favorite thai place on Wickendon Street.  i like Wickendon Street.  it's  hip.  there are hip people there.  artist type.  aliya would like it there.  while we were walking to the thai place we both looked across the street and who did we see??  the lady running with the Dartmouth shirt!  now, we had seen her probably about an hour before and in a completely different section of town.  it was crazy.  we were both SO confused.  and we laughed about it for a really long time.  and then i laughed about it again on my ride home.  and i'm laughing about it now again.  ha.

we were going to take it to the park that overlooks the city, but it was too chilly.  so, we drove by the park.  it was crowded!  there was someone having a photo shoot there.  kara was really confused.  then we drove around some of the streets up there.  that's where all the really rich people live.  omg the houses are sooo nice.  and i was trying to pick out a house for a character in my story to live in.  i want to live around there.  Congdon Street.  Pratt Street, i think. 

so, we took the food back to kara's apartment so we could share it with ruby tuesday.  i gave her some pad thai.  she liked it. 

and then it was time for me to go.  a sad time in the day.  i left just after 6.  it's a 3 hour drive.  i made really good time.  i didn't hit ANY traffic problems, which was nice.  i was worried about that.  and i had an ipod station the whole way. 

got home.  really tired.  slept well last night. 

woke up for work at 6:30.  easy morning.  the toddler came running over to hug me as soon as she saw me!  that was a nice present.  then she was mad at me because i wouldn't give her a brownie.  okay - 1.  it wasn't even 7:30am.  2.  she hadn't eaten her yogurt yet.  3.  there was a sharp knife in the pan and i had to move it further away from her anyways. 

went back to bed around 8:15.  then my alarm went off at 11:30 and i thought to myself, "ugh i don't want to get up for work."  and then i took off my eye mask and saw that it was light outside!  and then i remembered, "oh yeah!  i already got up for work!  i can hit snooze for an hour and a half!!!"  SO I DID!!!! 

got up around 1.  mmm what a nice sleep.  Chowder was happy that i got up because she was hungry.  so i fed her.  she cried.  she was cute.  duh. 

straightened up a little.  got dressed.  AND THEN AND THEN!!!!!!! 

ALIYA AND ELIZABETH CAME TO VISIT!!!!!!  they're on spring break!  so they took an afternoon road trip to new hampshire!  SO GREAT to see them!!!!  we had lots of fun catching up and hanging out.  they really liked my apartment.  aliya said that it reminded her of being on a boat.  i was happy to hear that.  then she suggested that i sometimes pretend to have a hard time walking around, like the ship's in rough waters, or something.  hey, it makes sense. 

we went out to this italian place that Courtney suggested.  Lui Lui's.  it was great!  great rolls with oil.  our waitress had big earrings and lots of makeup.  and we had a Ouiji Board built into our table!  but no Ouiji mover to go with it.  so, we used the red pepper flakes.  our question:  does our waitress think we're crazy?  the answer:  yes.  it was so mystical.  there were definitely spirits among us....

just kidding.  i don't think there were any spirits communicating with us.  i mean, i guess there could have been.  but they weren't doing it through the Ouiji board. 

came back to the apartment.  i gave them a tour of the house.  they got to see a baby!  and meet Courtney and Emily!!  then we chilled in my apartment for a little while longer, and then, sadly, they had to leave.  around 10.

so much fun!!!







aliya's skeleton made it into the last one!  and look at elizabeth's blue eyes!!!! 

it was great to see them.  i miss hampshire.  i miss div 3! 

so.  i've been blogging for a while now. 

OH!  i wanted to give you the link to my Twitter page.  my new blog will have twitter right on it!  i'm excited about that.  but, until then, i know you want to know what i'm doing every second throughout the day - so here it is!!

tweet!

everyone should twitter.  then we can all be bird friends.

so, i think that's all.  i don't have any friday plans.  OH, i think i need to go to JoAnn's.  i need ribbon.  and possibly other crafty things.  i like being crafty. 

one of the things aliya, elizabeth and i talked about was opening this giant store.  aliya wants it to be a huge art collaborative.  or, in her exact words, "collabs out the wazoo!"  it would be a "slash" store.  art space/vegan gluten-free bakery/video store/animal rescue place/coffee shop/birthing center.  and so much more.  she said we could buy an old wal-mart.  i think it's a good idea.  i'm on board. 

OK.  what did you think of the entry?!?!  wasn't it awesome?!  didn't you love it?  i loved writing it.  duh!  i have great friends and a great sister.  you really don't need much more than that. 

goodnight!  loves you!  sweet dreams!!!

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the trailer for the new Sam Mendes movie is out out out!!!!!!!  and here is an article you should read with the trailer at the bottom!!!! 

"unlike Revolutionary Road, you probably won't have a desire to off yourself when the credits begin to roll."

haha.  i seriously laughed for about ten minutes when i read that line.  i mean, i loved Revolutionary Road, but i'll admit as much as the next person that it was pretty freaking depressing. 

AND THEN!  after you read that article and watch the trailer - here's ANOTHER really funny article to read that was written about the trailer.  it is titled:

Hipster's Head Explodes During Away We Go Trailer

hahaha.  lots of laughs in that one too. 

so, this is going to be short because i am going to bed early tonight.  i did not sleep well last night for some reason.  it took me FOREVER to fall asleep.  and then i had to get up at 6:30.  and i went back to bed just after 8 and again, it took me FOREVER to get to sleep.  i was not tired at all.  and then of course, when i woke up at 11:30 for staff meeting, i was exhausted. 

so tomorrow i'm driving down to Providence, Rhode Island, USA.  a daytrip to see kara.  one of the things we're going to do is try and find the Great and Curious Wall of Providence.  i'm really excited about this.  and i'm bringing my camera to document the majestic sight.  i think we're also going to go to the overlook park.  mmm.  loves that.  it will be a nice and fun day. 

i think it's about a 3 hour drive from here, though.  so, it won't be a too long day.  hopefully get there about noontime and then leave again by 6.  a quick day.  but a good day.

wow, you guys are in luck tonight!  i have so many good things for you!! 

here is another article i wanted to show you! 

it's about people who have the same names as movie characters!!!  benjamin button, luke skywalker, etc.  reading it just made me chuckle.  haha. 

i'm really enjoying reading the reader.  oh, wait, i didn't tell you that i'm reading the reader.  i think i told you in my new blog.  yes, i most certainly did.  well, i'm reading it.  and i'm really enjoying it.  it's very beautiful.  much like the film.  

anyways.  the details for our Online Ribbon Cutting Reception are coming together.  i'm getting some ideas and pictures in my head.  IT'S GONNA ROCK.  get out your fancy dresses. 

AAAHHH I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!  you guys should be PUMPED. 

ok.  i'm seriously going to go to bed right now.  it's midnight.  i have a long day of driving tomorrow.  i'm nervous about leaving the kitty by herself.  i'm worried she'll be disruptive and cry all day.  i could hear her crying all the way down two flights of stairs today.  yikes!  she just doesn't like being left alone.  i get that.

OH - man.  how horrible is this story about natasha richardson??  man, i feel so terrible, i really cannot even express.  poor liam neeson.  their poor children.  i haven't read anything too official yet, but apparently she is brain dead and they are moving her to new york city to take her off life support.  i can't believe this.  i really really hope it's not true. 

but, who knew that the mom from the parent trap was married to aslan?!  i didn't.

ok.  now off to bed.  i'll talk to you.....um, probably not until tomorrow night.  have good wednesdays.  be safe. 

loves you!

wow!  today was really great.  i really enjoyed today.  all of it. 

1.  i woke up.  around 3pm.  (another 12 hour sleep.)
2.  hung around the house. 
3.  managed to get it together before 5pm to hit the post office.
4.  i got so many wonderful things in the mail!!!  i have lovely, incredible friends!
5.  then i went into horror town (aka - west lebanon) to return a movie at hollywood video
6.  then i headed across the street and treated myself to an iced coffee.  it was hott today and i was unprepared. 
7.  came home.  filled out my time sheet.  i worked a lot of overnight hours these past two weeks.  there were two sleepless nights!  no wonder i'm still sick.
8.  dropped off my time sheet downstairs in the office.  hung out there for a little bit.  was social.  held the newborn for a while.  i said to him, "you're nice and healthy tonight!  no visits to the ER, right?"  because the past two monday nights he's ended up in the emergency room. 
9.  made plans with the intern, Beth, to hopefully hang out sometimes because she says, "we can't have you living up here without any friends."  i think i might take her up on this offer. 
10.  back upstairs.
11.  planned a trip to Montauk. 
12.  talked to kara and my mom on the phone.
13.  made a little pizza for supper.
14.  watched a delightfully charming sweet lovely film called Bernard and Doris.
15.  and that brings me here.

nothing out of the ordinary happened today.  yet it was such a great day.  i am happy about that. 

so, this movie - Bernard and Doris.  wow!  what a gem.  Susan Sarandon looking perfectly glamourous and Ralph Fiennes wearing makeup and a dress with a ponytail! 

it was kind of based on a true story.  the characters were real people.  Doris Duke, who was at one point, the richest person in the world, i guess.  and so, what is FACT is that in the later part of her life, she hired this man, Bernard Lafferty to be her butler, head of service.  and then when she died a few years later, she basically left  him in charge of her entire estate, which was over a billion dollars.  and so, what the movie is about is basically the time inbetween, which nobody really knows anything about.  and it was just a really nice, quirky story about these two people from completely opposite worlds and how they just made this connection that was so honest. 

oh, i just loved it.  definitely not enough close ups on Ray Fiennes' face, though.  not like in The Reader where you just want to reach out and touch him.  ooo.  he's got a nice face.  but man, Susan Sarandon is totally gorgeous.  like, all the time. 

and it was directed by Bob Balaban!  who knew!?!?  oh, so good.  see it!  you would really like it too. 

i'm looking forward to tuesday.  i don't know why.  nothing special is planned.  just staff meeting.  i think because i had such an enjoyable monday, i'm just looking forward to another day. 

i was also very emotional today.  i found a picture on my computer of me wearing my teal jacket.  TEARS.  man, i was pretty embarrassed.  or, ashamed.  thinking, "come on seriously?  it's just a jacket!  there are people in this world who would be so happy to have one jacket, and you have a thousand and are crying over one you lost!  give it a rest!!"  believe me, i thought this.  i think this every single day.  BUT MAN.  that teal jacket.  i would probably give up all my other jackets if i could just have that one back again.  and i know that everything is supposed to happen for a reason.  but seriously!!?  if i could go back and change one day in my life - it would be the day i lost that jacket. 

ENOUGH!  ok.  i got an email today saying they have shipped my new teal jacket.  i still have mixed feelings.  i'm excited.  but also nervous.  i think i've already expressed this.  i hope there are spots for some trendy pins. 

i also got very emotional tonight when looking at my new blog.  GEEZE, I AM SO LAME!  i'm really excited about it.  i think it's finished.  i'm just waiting for sister approval.  actually, i love it.  i think it's quite elegant.  and i posted there tonight.  and i came up with this great idea!!!

to celebrate my new blog, i will be hosting the first ever Online Ribbon Cutting Reception.  OH - it will be grand.  i'm not sure how it will happen, yet.  but, it will be amazing.  and historical.  and then my new blog will become as famous as this one.  or, maybe this blog is infamous.  i don't know. 

I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!  i will formally post an invitation when i am ready for the switch to take place.  but, a heads up now that there WILL be an event and if you are reading now you ARE invited. 

hmm..  how will this event happen?  i guess i could do a "live blogging" type deal.  that might be fun.  we'll see.  if you have any ideas, please send them my way!  but, i am excited for the new blog. 

although, i think the time up until then could be a problem.  i already posted there once tonight.  and it was a sizable entry.  i'll try and restrain myself until the actual unveiling.  but, you might have some catch-up reading to do once we get there. 

well.  i should go to bed.  i have to get up in a little over 3 hours. 

i keep thinking that St. Patrick's day is a day of trickery.  but no.  that's April Fool's Day.  right?  do people play tricks on St. Patrick's Day?  i guess i'm thinking of tricksy little leprechauns.  are they supposed to steer you away from the pot of gold?  at the end of the rainbow?  is any of this right?? 

ALL I KNOW - is that i'm going to wear green today.  and you better too.  too bad i don't have my gold shoes with me!  i would have totally worn them too. 

alright!  i'm off to sleep.  little kitty is already asleep.  i'm sure she'll follow me into my room. 

goodnight friends!  have great days!!!!! 

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i have been saying this a lot lately.  i don't really understand what it means.  but, so far it's been a pretty good expression.  expression?  is that the right word?  yeah, i think so.  an expression.  yeah. 

SO.  this cold is misery.  this week and last week have been les miserables.  maybe that's why i've been listening to that a lot lately.  because the french revolution and being sick with the stomach flu and a cold are MISERABLE.  although, i'd rather be sick with the stomach flu and a cold than have all my friends die in a war.  ANY DAY!!!!! 

saturday was the worst in terms of sore throat.  i think when i last did my little HEALTH UPDATE, i said 'negative' on the sore throat.  well, it came back.  it came back stronger than ever.  i pretty much had to constantly eat cough drops on saturday so my throat wouldn't hurt.  or sip very cold or very hot beverages.  and i don't think i was being a wimp about it either.  this sore throat was hurting. 

so, saturday night i went to bed around 1, i think.  took me a while to get to sleep because i kept having to get up to pee.  because i had been drinking water like a bandit.  ummm......that didn't make sense.  but, i'm keeping it.  and then i finally get to sleep and sleep until around 7:45.  and then a little kitty woke me up because she was hungry.  so, i got up to feed her.  and then went right back to sleep.  woke up again around 11 because the phone was ringing and nobody was answering it.  they must be out grocery shopping, i thought.  so, i turned off the ringer and went back to sleep.  woke up a little while later because little kitty nudged my bottle of hand lotion onto the floor.  loud smack.  then back to sleep until about 2:20. 

woke up and felt crappy.  coughed a lot.  i hate mornings with a cold because it's like as soon as you wake up you have to make up for all the lost time coughing or sneezing because you were asleep.  it's like the cold doesn't forget that you were asleep.  it's really working against you.

oh also, so friday night i went to bed with a fever.  and then saturday when i took my temperature around noon, it was still 100.3.  and i think it stayed there for maybe half the day.  saturday evening i got less hott. 

also, i have Chowder with me for a few weeks.  my mother is going away and decided it would be best if the cats also had a little vacation.  so, Chowder is with me and Ruby Tuesday is with kara in providence.  Chowder slept with me all night.  and then today all she did was try and sleep on my lap.  and follow me around the house.  and cry when she couldn't find me.  and not like cute little kitty wimpers, it was like wailing.  and then tonight i was in the kitchen and she was sitting in the living room just crying.  i think she misses her sister. 

so, i forget what i was talking about before.  being sick.  yeah, i'm still really stuffy.  like, so stuffy that i can only take short sips of beverage for fear of suffocation.  my sore throat is better.  my coughing seems to be getting better.  no more headache.  and i haven't taken my temperature today because i don't feel like i have a fever at all.  so that's good. 

i made delicious cinnamon bread the other morning for when my mom and kara came up with Chowder.  friday night i dragged my sick self to the store to get some extra ingredients, as well as some cold essentials (chicken soup, more cough drops, cold medicine, tea), and then i mixed the dry ingredients together on friday and did the rest saturday morning!  i felt like such a little baker. 

also, while i was buying my "cold essentials" friday night i kept thinking, "wow, almost at this exact time last week i was buying "flu essentials"."  because i'm still wallowing in the longness of my sickness. 

where was i?  i feel like i keep starting to tell you a story but then get sidetracked and then can't remember where i left off.  i guess i could read back at what i've written.  but, no. 

moving on.

oh, here's a computer battery update.  so, my battery power is officially GONE.  it doesn't even get 100% power anymore.  it just says, 17%.  because remember when it was 100% and only lasting for about 20 minutes?  yeah.  so now it's totally full at 17% and lasts for zero minutes. 

like, as soon as i unplug the computer it says, "HURRY!  PLUG IN YOUR COMPUTER NOW BEFORE YOU LOSE EVERYTHING!!"  although, it says it more profesh than that.

also, an update on Providence, Pennsylvania.  apparently, there are two "providences".  a Lower Providence and an Upper Providence.  and they are townships.  which, i'm not exactly sure what that means.  i have this idea that it's something to do with having a separate government?  on the website for Lower Providence, it says that it's located in Montgomery County and is 14.77 square miles, which includes the geographic areas of insert town names here.  so, it's like, an area?  not a county and not a town?  

i think Dogville was a township.  in the movie Dogville.  and so whenever i hear 'township', i think, "crazy people."  because of Dogville.  but i'm sure the people in the townships of Lower and Upper Providence are not crazy at all.  although, if you click on the link to Lower Providence above, you'll see a picture of a guy standing next to a lake and a bridge, but he's golfing.  and, at first i figured that there must just be a lake near the golf course, but with a closer look, you'll see it doesn't look like he's even on the golf course anymore.  he hit that ball waaay in the wrong direction.  haha. 

actually, i think it's two pictures morphed together.  it just looks really funny.  i encourage you to click.

ALSO, apparently there are not one but TWO Upper Providences.  the one that i posted the link to above, and this THIS ONE.  the second one is located in Delaware County.  and there's quite an informative message stating this at the bottom of their website.  also, the second one has multiple job postings on their front page. 

anyways.  so i wonder which one i'm destined to live in?  i have to admit - the ones in Montgomery County look nicer and friendlier.  simply by their website!  i'm just judging by the websites.  if there is anybody in the Delaware County Upper Providence who read this, please comment and tell us how wonderful it is to live there!!! 

Delaware County Upper Prov is looking for a new town manager.  that could be me!  i worked for three years in the Airport Lounge.  i'm sure that's relevent experience.  i can make coffee for the office.  and tell the people in the art gallery to be quiet, please. 

man, knowing about these new towns is quite fascinating to me.  especially since i dreamed it!  dreamt it?! 

actually, i think i'm destined to live in Lower Providence.  Montgomery County.  because one of the "geographic areas" it encompasses is called Evansburg.  clearly, that's where i'm going to end up.  

i've never been to pennsylvania.  aliya and i drove right by it last winter.  we must have been pretty close because we drove right through maryland, deleware and then up through new jersey.  ya know what state i'd like to learn more about?  delaware.  like, what is their deal?  what's their story down there?  why is it such a weird shape?  

i wonder why Pennsylvania has so many townships?  do all states have them?  again, i seem to associate "township" with tragedy.  is it because of Dogville, or do bad things frequently happen in townships?  does pennsylvania think that since it has so many historic things that it can just go around inventing townships?  i mean, seriously. 

hey, Pennsylvania is a great state.  Tina Fey is from there.  and if Tina Fey says she wants townships in her state - then so be it. 

anyways.  i'll keep you posted on the Upper and Lower Providence deals. 

also, i wanted to let everyone know that i'm kind of working on a new blog.  NOT in addition to this one.  ha.  although, the sad thing is i could probably post in two blogs at once.  but, i won't.  the new blog would be IN REPLACE of this one.  i went blog site shopping and found one to my liking.  so, i've been starting to design it and make it pretty. 

i don't know.  i feel like i'm kind of done with livejournal.  although, i do love this.  this one.  i feel like i've had some really great, wonderful experiences on this livejournal.  great wonderful experiences and strange wonderful meetings. 

so, i'll keep you posted on that too.  and maybe we'll have a transition period to get everyone used to the new site.  we'll see.  it might not work out!  who knows!?!  i don't! 

also, the new site will have a TWITTER feed, thing.  i feel that twitter is the way of the future.  i like twitter because it's a cute word and they have pretty pictures of birds on their website. 

ALSO, this message is directed towards all summer theater in southern new hampshire and maine that i go to: 

Dear Summer Theater in the Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Coastal Maine Regions:

I am very disappointed in your choices for musicals this summer.  All the shows you have chosen seem to take place during the same time period - the depression.  Coincidence?  I think not.  Instead of choosing shows that take place during a depressing time, you should have chosen shows that are just about depressing things.  Like, for instance, Titanic: The Musical.  Set in a hopeful 1912, but still encompasses the sadness and despair I think you're looking for.  Or, Rent.  Revolves around an energetic group of bohemian friends, but is also about being poor and dying of AIDS.  I don't think it's too late to change your choices, and I'm sure no one will mind. 

Fondly,
Julie


i'm really liking the new Kelly Clarkson stuff.  crappy crappy song titles.  but, catchy tunes. 

ALIYA AND ELIZABETH!  i will email you back.  today!! 

ok.  i have to go to bed.  what's keeping me up?  nothing.  except this. 

the other day i was thinking about the times last year when my hands would get all bruised from clapping too hard at the rendezvous.  haha.


lovemeloveme,
.Jacuzzi.Jacuzzi.

TIME:  1:39am
COUGH:  positive
SORE THROAT:  mostly negative
ACHY SKIN:  negative. 
ACHY TEETH:  positive.
SNEEZING:  positive
TEMPERATURE:  100.3
JULIE'S THOUGHTS:  my wonderful dream last night took place in Providence, Pennsylvania - a town i didn't even know existed!!  tres cool!  maybe something is calling me there.
NEW TEA:  Honey Lemon Green Tea with Echinacea

TIME:  4:19pm
COUGH:  positive
SORE THROAT:  positive
ACHY SKIN:  positive
SNEEZING:  positive
TEMPERATURE:  99.7
JULIE'S THOUGHTS:  "this is a crap deal."
DREAM LAST NIGHT:  completely wonderful

i want to go blonde again!!!!  there was just a hair dying party downstairs and i think i caught the bug.  i had been kind of pondering it this past week, and then i think tonight sealed the deal.  i didn't actually do any hair dying this time, just watched. 

there are only two girls here now.  and one of them isn't even our girl.  there's a normal resident, and then there's another girl staying here tonight who is a prospective resident.  and she's sleeping over for one night.  she seems nice.  she has a nine month old baby girl who doesn't live with her.  i hadn't met her before tonight.  she seems to get along really well with the other girl here.  which is great!  so, we three were hanging out downstairs, dying hair.  and then after a few hours, i retired upstairs, but left them with plenty of rom coms.  no teenage girl hair dying party is complete without a rom com.  and where there is a teenage girl hair dying party, there i will be. 

so, after i last talked to you, at 5pm, i went into bed.  i had the chills really bad.  freezing and sweating.  and a really bad headache.  and i slept for an hour and then kara sent me a text message and i woke up.  and there was also like, amores perros happening on the street.  it sounded like a pack of wild dogs running through the neighborhood.  and my first thought was, amores perros.  but then i decided that it kind of sounded like a pack of baby wolves running through the streets.  but at other times it sounded like a normal baby.  it was very confusing.  and it lasted for a while. 

i told this story to Courtney tonight and she told me this WAY better story about how there were a few instances last year when she would be waiting for a taxi in front of her house at school, and she would hear this high pitched screaming coming from across the street.  and she thought it was a baby in distress.  so, she called the police to this house where she thought the noise was coming from because she was worried, and then a few weeks later heard the noise again, and it turned out to be a squirrel. 

haha!  it was a funny story.  Courtney has some really good stories.  she's funny.

so, after my nap i talked to kara and my mom on the phone for a while.  then got up and wasn't too achy anymore, which was nice.  and i hung around a bit before deciding to go out. 

and i went to Walgreen's and got vitamin c drops.  that was the main reason for me going.  and i also bought a thermometer.  it's teal and it was only $4.99.  and i bought it basically because i'm positive i had a fever for 2 days last week, and i thought i had one again this afternoon.  but, i was feeling better after my nap and i had taken ibuprofen.  and by the time i got home to take my temperature, it was 99 degrees. 

but, i have a really bad cough.  i'm thinking bronchitis.  i've had to take my inhaler a few times to help my breathing.  i guess it could be pneumonia again.

tomorrow again i have no plans.  i'll see if maybe i can hang out downstairs.  there'll be just one girl plus the toddler.  this morning, it was so cute.  before daycare this morning we stopped at The Little Store at the end of the road and our resident asked her baby, the toddler, if she wanted anything,

TODDLER:  What are you going to get me?
MOTHER:  I don't know, what do you want?
TODDLER:  Um, I'd like some doughnuts please.
MOTHER:  Doughnuts?
TODDLER:  Powder doughnuts.

it was so funny.  we were both like, "jeesh, okay.  powder doughnuts it is."  and she ate almost all of them!  omg, she's so cute.  oh, but she screamed and cried for a long time this morning because she didn't want to put her socks on.  she actually got dressed all by herself though!  which impressed me.  but then the time came for her mom to put her socks on and BOY, she did not want that.  it was like a war.  she screamed so loud.  eventually she calmed down when we started talking about seeing her friends at daycare.

so, all before 8am this morning i french braided two girls hair and did one of their makeup.  beauty salon!  i like that i can have fun girl moments with them, and then also have in-charge moments with them. 

so, remember how i was excited because i didn't have to wake up in the morning?  yeah, that didn't last long.  i'm doing the daycare run.  the mother asked me if i would bring them, so i said yes.  i think she likes me.  this mother.  i think they all like me.  which is a really good thing.  one of them told me i was in their top three favorite staff members.  that was a good night!  i think they basically all like me because i still don't really know the rules yet.  also, i think i kind of let them get away with stuff that doesn't seem like a big deal to me.  like, staying up later than they're supposed to.  like tonight.  hey, there's no school tomorrow.  this is an exciting stay-up-late night!  i also let them watch R rated movies sometimes.  the R rated movie rule is:  it has to be approved by staff, and it has to have some sort of good message.  so, i let them borrow Love Actually.  i approve that movie.  and it has a nice message of love! 

i bought that teal jacket online today.  it was an "online-only" style and it was marked down to $20.  and then i had a 30% off thing.  and i couldn't resist.  we'll see how it goes.  i'm both very nervous and extremely excited. 

and if i dye my hair blonde this time, I WILL put a teal streak in it.  i've been browsing teal hair dye online.  heck, i might even do a teal streak with brown hair.  the streak could complement my jacket.  and everything else i have teal. 

hm.  what else can i tell you.

the other day i was pulling out of the driveway - actually, nevermind, it was this morning - and there was a little kitty peeking out of the window in the house across the street.  and i had never noticed the kitty before!  i was excited. 

well.  i think i'm off to bed.  i'm tired.  at least i don't have to get up at 6:30.  more like, 7:45.  so, that'll be nice. 

oh i hate coughing.  it must be the black lung. 

i have to clean today. 

k, goodnight my friends. 


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i'm not feeling so great today. 

my skin hurts a little.  i have a headache.  sore throat.  and my face is really hott. 

i think i might take some ibuprofen and take a nap.  i'm excited i don't have to wake up tomorrow morning.  the girls had a half day at school today, and then a day off tomorrow.  which means i get to sleep in!  nice.  and most of them have gone home, so the house should be really quiet this weekend.  nice. 

ok.  quick update.  that's all.  i'll talk to you later. 

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all day i have been saying to myself, 'o captain my captain'.  and i have absolutely no idea why.  i'm not really familiar with that poem, so i don't know why it's gotten stuck in my head.  i think it might actually have something to do with watching The New World.  i also like the way it sounds when you say it.

this is going to be quick because i am tired. 

i think i'm getting sick again.  i have a sore throat and i've been coughing all day.  and i recently started sneezing.  if i got sick - that would majorly suck. 

i went grocery shopping today.  it wasn't crowded, so i was happy.  and i had a pleasant interaction with the man in the deli.  so that was nice.  it's weird grocery shopping alone.  it just makes me nervous. 

oh, tomorrow i have to call the car inspection place.  my car is now overdue for inspection.  please don't tell anybody.  i figure, they gave me 10 days.  two of those days were Sunday, which i'm not counting because car places are closed.  and then i got sick last week, so i'm not counting those days either. 

there's a baby here who has a double ear infection.  i feel bad for him.  i feel like the house needs to be quarantined. 

oh!  also, i want a canopy bed.  i was thinking today, 'how would i construct a canopy bed onto my bed?'  and i thought about it for a while.  i think it would feel very safe.  i also want curtains a lot. 

today i was driving behind the dad who lives across the street from me.  he's handsomer than he looks from my window.  that sounds creepy, kind of.  but, i'm not being creepy about it.  i like to think about it like a one-sided neighborhood watch.  like the time where i one-sidedly protected the little car ahead of me in the snow storm. 

like, the other morning, it was about 9am and i was getting back into bed and i looked across the street and saw that both cars were still in the driveway and i thought, "uh oh!  why are both cars there?"  normally the lady leaves around 8.  i think the dad works from home.  and then i was worried that maybe she was sick. 

last night i had this weird dream.  i've been having weird dreams lately.  and it took place in this huge theater.  like, an opera house.  and we were putting on this giganic production of something.  and there was a full orchestra.  and Martha Stewart played the cello in the orchestra.  but, it took place a while ago, because she was only about 20 or so.  and i was best friends with another actor in this production who was in love with her.  and together, we had worked up this big plan for him to propose to her onstage.  and while he was doing that, i would be simultaneously confessing my love for this other unknown man who would be sitting in the front row. 

it was actually a very sweet dream.  despite the fact that the main plot revolved around how to propose to Martha Stewart.  and then i woke up at 6:30 and thought, "what the heck."  but, i was actually very sad because my alarm woke me up right before the proposal was going to happen. 

i'm very sad that her little dog died in that freak explosion in pennsylvania. 

ok.  i'm tired and my throat hurts so i'm going to bed very soon.  tomorrow i have no major plans.  i wish i had a couch to lounge on. 

well, friends, i hope you had a nice day.  i miss you.  take care.  drive carefully.  i'll talk to you tomorrow.

the ship is anchored safe and sound, it's voyage closed and done;
from fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won.

.Jacuzzi.Jacuzzi.

ooohhhhh boy.  what is it with tuesdays?  remember how last tuesday was crazy and hectic and everyone woke me up in the middle of the night and i didn't get any sleep??  AGAIN!  i didn't get to sleep this morning until after 4am.  more of the same stuff, too.  it ended with me sending a girl to the emergency room with her baby.  and, poor little guy, he'll be there until thursday. 

so, i slept from 4:30-6:30.  and then from 8:30-11:30.  and then staff meeting from 12:30-3:30 and then i worked 3:30-10.  man.  and i was kind of in charge tonight, too.  i felt like i was really working.  i had to do one-on-ones with the girls.  which is where we report back to them about the things we discussed in staff meeting.  a daunting task!  i was really nervous to do it, because i hadn't done it before.  but i thought, 'hey, i gotta do it sometime'.  and tonight was quiet.  and it went well. 

and!  what a great night to work!  these three people from this organization Willing Hands were set up to come in and cook dinner with the girls.  they came and made homemade spaghetti sauce, spaghetti, orange-honey carrots, salad with homemade dressing, and carrot cake for dessert!  YUM!  holy crap everything was so good.  the two girls did such a great job cooking and they were really proud of the meal.  and then we all sat around the table together and ate!  it was so nice!  and the people who came in were really nice too.  the guy was a retired surgeon who used to work at Dartmouth Hitchcock, and now he teaches Anatomy at Dartmouth College.  plus, he does this Willing Hands thing.  which is a service that provides food to people.  oh, they were such nice people.  i felt like a better person just by eating dinner with them.

it was just fun. 

tomorrow i'm going grocery shopping.  hopefully.  everytime i try, something gets in my way.  and i have to go to the bank and to Kohl's as well.  and i'm going to TRY to get up semi-early and do it all.  meaning like, get up by 11, leave by 1.  that's early for me.

although, i heard we're supposed to get another snow storm tomorrow.  that would be crap. 

i think i will probably go to bed a little early tonight.

i started watching The New World last night.  i didn't finish.  but, so far, i thought it was really good.  watching it reminded me of listening to a slam poem.  it had a certain style to it.  the way the narration mixed with the image, i think. 

OH!  and, i was really excited because it was a Terrence Malick film, and all i remember about his other films is that the sound is so good.  like, he's really good with outdoor noises.  and the opening credits to The New World were no exception!  it was just peaceful outdoor sounds while the credits were beginning, which i really admired.  and the very slowely, the music came in.

so, i'm watching the cast and all of a sudden David Thewlis's name pops up!  and i'm like, "what!?"  lupin?!  naked movie!?  and then i thought, "hm, this will be funny." 

and then, i see the score was composed by James Horner.  and i think, "hm, so the music will be good."

and then, i see the director of photography is Emmanuel Lubezki (chivo!).  and i think, "hm, okay, maybe this will be a really good movie."

i don't know why, but i wasn't expecting much from it.  but so far it's really good.  really sexy.  like, the scenes between smith and pocohontas.  steamy sexy.  but like, they never actually make out. 

but actually, nobody ever calls her pocahontas.  where did that name come from?  i don't know what they called her.  that girl was super pretty though. 

anyways.  i think i'll finish it tonight.  right now, actually.  because i'm tired and want to go to bed. 

man, i just want to say again, how AWESOME i did at running the house tonight.  yeah, i totally rocked it.  i was basically by myself the whole night.  and i totally handled it. 

okay.  that's all.  goodnight!  sleep well!  have good tuesdays! 

i mean, wednesdays!  have good wednesdays! 

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MAN do i love seam ripping!!!!!  i did end up going out tonight and buying a seam ripper because i couldn't wait any longer.  and boy do i just love it.  i wish everything had seams that needed to be ripped!!!!!  i could sit all day doing it. 

and then i realized - i really love tedious things.  such as:

1.  waiting in lines
2.  untying knots

i LOVE untying knots!  and i really never realized it until tonight!  if there's a knot in something - give it to me!  and i'll do my best to untie it for you.  if you have seams that need ripping - give them to me and i'll do it!!! 

i love it.

and i made those chocolate chip cookies.  they're pretty good, i suppose.  man, everyone on the website was going crazy over them.  the testimonials were insane! 

"i pray on this cookie recipe every night!"
"if my house was on fire the only thing i would grab would be this cookie recipe!"
"i was going to end my life until i made these cookies!!"

yeah - intense.  they're good, yeah.  kind of a pain to make because the dough was all crumbly.  ah well.

i'll talk to you tomorrow night!!!!!  have good tuesdays!!

goodnight!

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thank god that show Castle is starting tonight because i am SO SICK of seeing it advertised during the commercial breaks on abc.com. 

and also - i want to live in a castle.  like a really huge manor. 

so.  i'm not sick anymore.  today is the first day where i don't feel sick after eating.  which is good.  i'm still really tired, though.  the past two nights i've slept for about 12 hours each, and i wake up and cannot wait to go back to sleep.  and even now, i've only been awake for like, 3 hours but i could totally fall asleep.  i actually slept really well last night. 

and we had a big snow storm today.  i woke up and it was a blizzard!  and i thought, "aw crap i have to drive to daycare in this."  but, it wasn't all that bad.  i drive slower when there are babies in the car anyways.  man, our toddler had a rough morning, though.  she's in a 'no' phase.  and everything is NO.  even if it's not a yes or no question!  NO.  and on our way to daycare this morning she was singing a Song of No.  just sitting in the backseat, singing no no nono nono no no no to this made up tune.  she loves that word. 

watched Brideshead Revisited last night.  the new one.  apparently there are like, a million British tv-miniseries.  but i watched the new movie one.  i really liked it!  i feel like it could have been like, half an hour longer though.  although, i don't know how the book ends, but i thought the movie ended kind of short.  there was more explanation needed.  and it was also very sad. 

but, i just really liked it.  i like movies that take place in that time period.  like, 30's....40's.  it really wasn't all that long ago. 

tonight i think i'm going to watch The New World.  that movie about pocahontas.  with Colin Farrell.  i recently watched a movie that had this movie as a coming attraction.  and one of the reviews said it was, "the best historical epic romance since Titanic!"  so, i guess that meant i have to see it.  it's a Terrence Malick film.  should be good.  i just hope it's not like, 2 hours of people being shot with arrows. 

i had this kind of scary dream last night.  i was on this futuristic looking subway when all of a sudden all these people pull out guns and start waving them in the air, and so everybody freaks out.  and the passengers have to try and find a way of getting out.  now, the thing was, it was all pretend.  like, it was some sort of theater production we were all in.  Leonardo DiCaprio was there.  but, even though i knew it was fake, i was still really, really scared.  and there was some other piece to it too, but i can't remember. 

i'm going to make chocolate chip cookies tonight.  this recipe i found claims to be the best chocolate chip cookies recipe on the planet.  and all the testimonials are like, "these are the best cookies i've ever tasted!!!"  so, we'll see.  i'll be the judge.

i wanted to make my new bandana yesterday but i need a seam ripper.  and i was going to go out today and get one.  but then there was a snow storm and that's a good reason to stay in.  wednesday, maybe.  tomorrow we have staff meeting and then i think i'm working until 10.  but, i have to call about that.  everyone is sick here.

OH HEY!  change your clocks back!  that was this weekend!  who knew?!?  seriously - who knew about this?!?  i guess it wasn't back, it was forward.  but, i woke up on sunday morning at 7am because there was a staff outside who needed to be let in.  and i thought, "man, she's here an hour early, that sucks."  so, i went downstairs to let her in.  and then a resident said, "why are you here so early?"  and she said, "it's 8 o'clock!  we changed the clockes!"  so, that's that. 

but geeze, if she hadn't come in, i NEVER would  have known.  how do people find out about these things?  i hate changing the clocks.  i want to live in one of those states that don't do it. 

what happened to pocahontas?  did she end up marrying John Smith?  and they moved to England?  where does the movie take place anyways?  hopefully this movie will be educational.  i also hope grandmother willow makes an appearance. 

i made peanut sauce last night.  it was really good.  i made a lot so i'd have some whenever i wanted. 

i've kind of been angry with my hair lately.  i think it needs to be trimmed.  the ends keep getting all knotty. 

OH!  speaking of hair.  friday night i had a weird dream also that i wanted to tell you about!  well, i had two:

1.  i had been painting with red, green and blue paint and somehow, it got all over Buck.  and so i had to put him in the bathtub and soak him.  and it was so sad to see him all wet and helpless!  i didn't like it.

2.  i was going to go to the Oscars!  and so, in preparation, i had the word 'popularity' tattooed on my left forearm.  why?  i have no idea.  but it actually looked super cool.  and then i got there, and Kate Winslet had a teal streak in her hair!  and i was freaking out because it was so awesome.  and she was showing it off to Susan Sarandon. 

alright.  i'm done for now.  sorry i'm not more exciting today.  i feel kind of bummed out.  ah well.  i'll talk to you later. 

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