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January 28th, 2012
04:31 pm
You ever take a moment to think about everything going on and say to yourself "this can't possibly be my life."?
That's how January has been.
I really can't talk about it right now. Maybe a little later. But for now, I've still got to come to terms that yes, it is my life and yes it is really happening and wonder how we ended up here.
This is cryptic. I'm sorry.
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November 14th, 2011
02:32 pm
Today has been rough and it's not even half over for me yet.
My neighbor who is a very nice man, though a little unstable psychologically, is being evicted from the home he's lived in his entire life. The woman who bought his house did it in the most underhanded way imaginable and it makes me a little sick to my stomach to think that someone would do this to another person. He doesn't have anywhere else to go, and while he does have a job, he doesn't own a car and has no way to move any of his possessions which are now out on his front lawn. I don't want to get into too many details, because I don't really know all of them. But it needs to be said that he is getting the shortest end of the stick and the woman doing this to him is a sneaky, conniving bitch.
I also found out this morning that my Uncle passed away last night. My Dad's brother is someone that I've only met a handful of times. He was the black sheep of the family and has made his share of mistakes. But not once has my father had anything bad to say about him. He was a good man, even if occasionally misguided. There were countless stories about the antics that he and my father had gotten up to in their childhood and in their twenties. He moved to New Mexico over 30 years ago and never really came back. He loved the mountains and the people out there and had very little tying him to the East Coast. I can't really fault him for that. The only thing that makes me sad is that my father never really got to say goodbye to his brother who he looked up to and loved very dearly. He's been dreading the phone call he got this morning, and now he has a little bit of closure, but I do know how hard this is going to be on him. I know that my grandmother has mourned the loss of this son already, but I'm sure also that this will hit her hard. I wish I was in Florida with her so she didn't have to go through this alone.
I hope that he is looking down on us from Heaven and I hope that he and my grandfather are having a blast.
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November 9th, 2011
05:02 pm
So, as usual, I'm late to the party, but...Snaps Cup
There's a lot to update, but I'm not really feeling it right now. So...Maybe later.
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October 7th, 2011
12:04 am
Oh why not...
Give me a character I play and one of yours and I will give you their top three texts from last night to each other.
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August 29th, 2011
07:14 pm
I should have posted this yesterday, but it needed it's own post and writing about it then...I needed to digest it a little more before I could.
( Cut for bad news )
I hope everyone who reads this knows that even if it doesn't feel like it, things do get better. But they can only get better if you work to help them get that way. There are always people who care and people who are willing to listen. No matter the time that passes between us, or the distance that might be there, I am always willing to lend an ear to anyone who is going through a rough time. Even if we don't talk as often as we used to or if you think I don't care, I do.
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August 28th, 2011
09:06 pm
The storm here wasn't awful but it was a lot worse than anything we've seen in a while. The basement flooded, as per usual but the power stayed on in spite of the many tree limbs that are littering the lawns and streets. Half of our basement is finished and is carpeted with a couch and a tv and all sorts of other things and now that's a whole big mess. The other half is mostly storage and luckily we had enough time and warning before the storm hit to move most of things that would've been severely damaged. Still, the only reason it wasn't as bad as it could be is because we knew it would flood and because we didn't lose power and my dad and brothers were able to vacuum most of it up until it got too out of hand.
They started at 7 am and didn't lose control til about 8:30, which is pretty good considering. I guess the circuit breaker blew and then the vacuum that has a hose to pump the water out and down the hill out back was sucking in water faster than it was pumping it out so that was a problem and then it escalated from there...
At around noon our neighbor came up. He's from Ireland and owns a contracting company. He's a little crazy. This is the conversation he had with my dad. Except you have to imagine it with an Irish brogue (specifically a County Kerry brogue if you know what that is) in order to make it as hilarious as it was:
Donal: Ah Jeeze. This is quite the mess you have! We've got to fix it. Right now.
Dad: Right now? We've got to clear all the water up first.
Donal: Sure you'll be at that for days. I'll go get my jackhammer. It'll take an hour. C'mon.
And so they went to work in the middle of the storm, with a basement full of water, jackhammering a hole into the side of the house and through the concrete in the family room to put a drainpipe underneath the house.
Needless to say it was an interesting day.
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July 24th, 2011
10:07 am
Finally starting to feel better after a week long of crap. My throat still hurts a little, but nothing like it did even yesterday, so that is happy and good. I might be able to make it through tomorrow at the office without wanting to die.
Grandma is coming to visit this week. I think she gets here on Wednesday. I'm actually pretty excited about this, despite the having to clean my room stuff, because Grandma Kay is pretty awesome. She is going to be 82 next month and can probably beat me in a race. She does water aerobics and rides a tricycle around because she doesn't drive.
Today is Gino's and Church and then room cleaning til it's finished cause I don't know when I'll have time before Wednesday to get it done. boo.
Oh, and because work has loads of downtime, I have Words With Friends on my phone now. Username is omgdevo because omgdevin was taken. I'm pretty awful still. Scrabble is not really my game, but it is infinitely less frustrating than Angry Birds, so yes. Play with me!
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July 16th, 2011
11:19 am
So in case you missed my rage-filled tweets from last night, or saw them and were wondering what had me on the warpath, let me 'splain.
( The rage is a little much )
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July 15th, 2011
02:47 am
I just got home from the midnight showing of Harry Potter and let me say I'm breathless from how well done it was. I won't get into details partly because I want to see it again and pay better attention and partly because I know there are quite a few on my FList who aren't going to be able to see it for a while so I won't spoil it. I will say that I think it was a brilliant way to end the series and that I loved it.
Now that that is out of the way...RL stuff:
( tl;dr )
Alright. I'm going to take a quick nap before I have to get up for my office job.
GOOD NIGHT ALL!
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July 7th, 2011
11:52 am
( Cut to spare my f-page from the personal drama. Pretty much tl;dr )
In happier news, this weekend is my former roommate's wedding shower. The wedding is next month (actually a month from yesterday) and I'm getting antsy for it. It's going to be a beautiful ceremony and hopefully a fun party afterwards. I'm a little afraid of going stag because last time I went stag to a friend's wedding there was an ambush to set me up with the bride's cousin...I think Kate knows better than to do that though. I hope anyway.
Today I have to take the dog to the vet because I'm apparently the only one in this house who thinks it's weird that we have to bathe her once a week because she smells. I think she has a skin problem. She's been losing hair lately too. Not just normal shedding, but like patches of hair. So hopefully we'll figure something out.
Tomorrow I have a hair appointment, but I still have zero idea of what to do. It's longer than it's been since high school and part of me is really proud that I managed to grow it out and the other part of me misses the easiness of a short 'do. Suggestions?
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July 5th, 2011
12:45 pm
Remember that time I was going to be better at having an IJ journal?
Me neither apparently.
Actually, that's not entirely true. I've tried to write in here a few times, but then I end up getting really overwhelmed and/or distracted and so I never really get around to writing what I want to write about.
Life has been super hectic and I'm not up for rehashing all the details so I'll give the readers' digest version. Now with handy bullet points.
*Moved out of my apartment in Albany and into my parents' house in Monroe
*Got a job as a waitress at the pizza place/italian restaurant in town. Or rather one of them. There are like four.
*Went to Atlantic City with Sue and saw Dave Matthews Band Caravan and had an amazing time.
*Slept in a tent outside for the first time ever.
*Bought a new guitar...had a hell of a time getting it shipped to my house. Broke it upon it's arrival.
*At somepoint acquired custody of my parents' dog Hailey. Not really sure how that happened.
That's pretty much it. There have been a few parties, a few fights and a surprising amount of drama that doesn't directly involve me, but all in all it's been alright. I was invited to do Cabaret at the community theater company because someone dropped out and I'm good friends with the director, but it turns out my school schedule is going to conflict with it, so that's a bummer. I'm still going to help out, but I kind of miss being on the stage. Oh well. I guess there's next year.
In other news, Monroe kind of bites because there are no guys around that I would ever seriously consider dating. Not that I am great at seriously dating or had much luck up in Albany either, but here just seems hopeless where as Albany at least those mistakes were laughable.
I am going to take Haileymonster for a walk and hopefully get my guitar fixed. Also, I'm going to try super hard not to suck at IJ anymore. Though, you should all just probably follow me on twitter (omgdevin) because I'm way more suited for 140 characters.
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May 20th, 2011
03:00 pm
So those first kiss ficlets are still forthcoming, I promise. I haven't forgotten, I've just been super busy these past 2 weeks and I actually have a few of them either started or finished in my spiral and just not typed. I'll get to them, I swear.
In RL news, I am almost moved out of my apartment. Dad and Brother come tomorrow to take all the boxes I have packed (a whole 3) and my bedframe and my set of drawers (because calling it a dresser is just wrong) and so I'll be left with a bin of clothes and a mattress and pretty much nothing else for the last week that I'm living here. That's fine though. I'm not particularly materialistic and seeing as all of my crap (read dishes, pots and pans and assorted books and things) can fit into three bins I'm pretty satisfied. Now, if I can convince them to take all the hanging clothes too and put them gently in the closet when they get home so I don't have to (re)iron them, I'd be thrilled.
Brother's main concern about moving me is "Can we go to BB for lunch?" to which I answered no because it's funny to watch him get upset about stupid things. Of course we're going there for lunch because I'm poor and my co-workers always take pity on me on my days off. Duh.
My students have 2 concerts coming up in the next 3 weeks. The first of which is on Wednesday and is just for the Middle Schoolers. I'm more concerned about this one than the other one. They (mostly) know their words and notes so that should be okay, but they're all kind of flakey so hopefully....
The other one is the End of the Year Performance and is the whole school. I would be less worried about this if the Winter Performance had gone better. Or if my 4th and 5th graders would take anything I say seriously. Or if the 2nd and 3rd graders did anything besides wanting to play musical chairs.
ANYWAY, it should be fine and I'm really proud of all the kids for how much work they've put in these past few months. This year has definitely had it's ups and downs but having my first year of (almost) real teaching under my belt feels really great and I can't wait until I get a full-time job.
Only 5 more shifts at BB. I might be a little sad about this. But mostly because I will miss those boys of mine way more than should be considered healthy or reasonable.
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April 30th, 2011
02:52 pm
Oh what the hell...
Give me a character of yours and a character of mine, and I'll write a ficlet about one time/the first time they kiss (even if it's a hypothetical situation).
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April 24th, 2011
10:58 pm
This is 2 days late, but...
I GOT INTO GRAD SCHOOL!!!
This is good for many reasons, but mostly because I put all my eggs in one basket and if something happened to that basket, I'd pretty much be royally screwed. As it is, though, things are looking good. I do have to figure out financial aid and everything else, but thank goodness.
I have a lot of other things to update on, but I can't remember any of it. Whoops. This is why I shouldn't update late at night.
*sigh*
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April 19th, 2011
11:00 pm
So yesterday was National Velociraptor awareness day and so I spent most of my day barricading windows and making sure the dead bolts on all the doors worked. So imagine my horror when I got to work and realized that the two front windows of the store are ground level picture windows! These are easily access points for velociraptors and leave my coworkers and me very vulnerable. Sure we can use the customers as a distraction, but that is really only prolonging the inevitable and the fact of the matter is, that we are risking our lives every day at work.
So I left a strongly worded note for my manager tonight after talking with Erin and deciding that something needed to be done to ensure my safety.
Dear Josh,
While I know the pressures of running a business are many and that there is a great deal of thought that goes into each decision you make, I think the oversight of the dangers of the front windows is one that needs to be rectified immediately.
Yesterday was National Velociraptor Awareness day and as such I spent most of my day before work protecting my home against attacks. Velociraptor attacks affect us all and we should all be very prepared. The ground level picture windows in the front of the store offer a huge vulnerability to the store and would be an easily accessible point for raptors to enter and begin their mayhem. As raptor attacks are the 3rd leading cause of death among males aged 27-29, I think we should all be taking this seriously.
There are many other dangers around the store and I would be happy to sit down and discuss them with you at your earliest convenience and help you come up with a viable, cost-effective solution. Though really, can you put a price on the safety of your employees?
Sincerely,
Devin
Hopefully this will get us results.
Additionally, I hope all of you remembered to protect your homes against Raptor attacks and if you need any information on it, feel free to IM me or leave a comment here. I'll be happy to help.
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April 13th, 2011
09:54 pm
I should update about RL things but I think I will wait a bit on that. Mostly because I'm too antsy to sit and write an epically long post about random crap.
So instead: A Meme
Comment here and I'll tell you three things I particularly like about your specific interpretation of a character you play now or have played in the past. Be sure to post this in your journal as well and spread the love!
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March 15th, 2011
08:52 pm
Ugh. I am fairly exhausted. I taught today at my part-time job and the kids wore me out. And because I can't make it in on next Tuesday cause I'm subbing for my friend's music class at the beginning of next week, I have to go in tomorrow which means I have to lesson plan tonight and ughhh.
Plus, I wanted to make some more soda bread. *sigh*.
All I really want to do is nap. I probably will at least I did for a little while just to get over this blahhh feeling that I have at the moment.
No bountiful tonight thank goodness and I have tomorrow night off too. Though...this will probably come back to bite me in the butt because losing 7 hours from my work week isn't exactly what my bank account needs at the moment. On the bright side, subbing for my friend will give me a nice paycheck from that district. Yay.
I have a date tomorrow night. It is a third date and I'm still not entirely sure how I feel about it. I mean, he's sweet and all and very polite and we have fun, but I get the feeling he's looking for something serious and I'm not and I guess we'll see. I do like him though. His name is Dave, I met him at the photoshop in the plaza I work in. So far we've been to dinner and a movie (which is not my favorite date, but we saw Rango and it was hilarious so he gets points for that) and we went bowling, which obviously I love so that was a great time. We also went dancing, but that was less of a date and more of a hangout with friends type thing and it was the first time we really hung out. He is a surprisingly good dancer.
I have a family party this weekend which should be tons of fun. It's my Dad's entire family so it's going to be massive. There is a soda bread contest, so hopefully I have time to make one for that. I am driving down on Friday night and then back up again on Sunday. Mom is pleased anyhow, which is all that really matters haha.
Lesson planning is going nowhere at the moment. I need to find something for dinner.
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March 6th, 2011
04:31 pm
I'm bored, so I will jump in on the babymeme
Give me one of my characters and one of yours and I will tell you- no matter how ridiculous the pairing- the following about their first child.
A. Name
B. House
C. Circumstances of conception
D. PB
E. One random fact
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March 3rd, 2011
04:55 pm
This has been an odd week for me. I'm not really sure how I feel about it except that I'm currently in a super good mood, so I guess it couldn't have been a bad week.
Yesterday TOM showed up and in response to that I went to the mall, got my hair-cut, got my eyebrows waxed and bought a new dress. It made me not think about my cramps or the fact that I was a hormonal mess and put me in a good mood. It also made me feel super pretty which doesn't usually happen when I'm on my period. But after not having a hairstyle for over a year it is nice to have layers and shape and healthynesss going on on my head.
Currently I'm sitting in my best friend's kitchen waiting to rinse hair-dye out of my hair. Pictures to follow.
I cooked last night for the first time in a while and that was fun too. I should probably do that more often but I'm usually at work for dinner and it is cheaper/easier for me to eat there cause it is a sandwich shop and I eat for free.
I'm overly ready for spring to show up. Which is part of the reason why I bought the dress I did. And part of the reason I'm wearing it today despite it being about 34* outside. The other part of the reason is that it was on sale and it is super pretty and makes me really happy.
I think I am staying here tonight because I don't have work tonight and I am working the late shift tomorrow so I can totally get away with it, but it is not a productive place for me to stay because I can't run any of the errands I need to run or do any of the grown-up things I need to do from here. I kind of don't care. Those can wait til Saturday if I really want, though that makes my Saturday very busy...I am still undecided. We'll see.
Today is a scatterbrained day. I am okay with this.
Time to rinse. I will upload pictures to my twitter (omgdevin if you're not already following me and want to) as soon as it is dry and styled again.
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February 26th, 2011
06:15 pm
I am so beyond sick of snow. So over it that it aches in every muscle. That is actually probably the ache of having shoveled the whole driveway and the sidewalk by myself. Either way, I am in pain and probably need a massage. Or a bubble bath. Because of snow.
Remember when the groundhog didn't see his shadow? So where is spring? I want it like yesterday. I'm ready for lightweight jackets and floral prints and umbrellas and rainboots. I'm ready for mud puddles and pollen and rainbows. I'm ready for turning the heat off and packing away my sweaters. I'm ready for long days and short nights rather than the other way around.
I'm cranky from having to be responsible all day.
Boo.
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