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our first baby Benjamin James 11 lbs 7 oz Born: 12/15 |
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so how do you like the new layout? i have yet to put the rest of the site into the same format, but so far, i love the blues :) there is a bit more info on me on this version and eventually, i will be combining this layout with the main site. but for now, this is just a start of the new site. keith and laura have been starting to put more into their pages, so be sure to check those out. keith's can be found here, and laura's can be found here. laura hasn't updated hers in a long while...but keith's is pretty new. laura is awaiting my help with her new design, so i guess i should get crackin on that one... but for some really good news: bailey comes home tomorrow!! i can't wait to see his cute little fur face :)
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got this site in an email from a friend today. i thought i was so cool...the object is to try and figure out what is wrong with the picture...email me and tell me if you can get it :)
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i'm tired of feeling sad. it's been a horrible three weeks. first a sad thing happens. before i can fully recover from that, i lose my job. within the past three weeks, i have lost two things that meant a lot to me. just when i think it can't get worse...i feel sad all over again. i need something to occupy my time i think...so that i don't feel like this all the time. i want my old life back.
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so i made it up before noon today...just barely :) so hopefully that means i'll get more done today...i haven't finished any of my classwork that i said was supposed to be done by tomorrow...so we'll see if i can't get all that finished today...wish me luck :)
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i can't sleep...i'm feeling very melancholy tonight...i started thinking about a friend of mine...and how much things have changed between us...i reread some of his old emails...and i just don't get what happened. i can't figure out if i just came on too strong...if i didn't show him how i felt...i feel like i lost a really good friend, and i don't know why or how...i really miss him...and he'll probably never know how much...
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yeah...i didn't get the mess cleaned...so much for being productive..it's time to sleep...
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i must have filled out at least 5 resume's today...and by the time i had things filled out, copied, etc...the mailing store closed. dammit. it is hard to stay positive about being unemployed. i see people all day long going to work...and i can't believe it's been two weeks since i got laid off. two weeks! how the hell have two weeks gone by? i want to go out and have fun...but it's different when you don't have any stress to relieve...or to have no "oh my god, you'll never guess what happened at work today" stories. i miss the challenges, the new things that i get to learn... i miss walking in every day to work and saying hi to people...and having coffee in the break room around 10...or earlier, depending on how late i stayed up the night before...i didn't even drink coffee that much right before i got laid off...but i still miss it. i miss that i could have gotten it if i wanted to. now i just have the daily job searches...sending out resume's...making cover letters...hoping at least one person would call me back. what if another two weeks go by? i seriously might take my aunt's advice, and if i can find a job in another state...maybe i should just go. i can finish my degree...transfer my credits to another university...wherever i wind up...*sigh*...stay positive, carrie...stay positive...
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yep...i'm a dork...but i like to read...i already finished "high fidelity" by noon today...and i just got it yesterday :) it was good...and gave me more insight than the movie..can't get any better than john cusack though...i saw a giant black and white poster of a scene from "say anything" in vermont...and was ready to buy it. it had cusack holding the stereo outside, with the lyrics to "in your eyes" on the side...i decided i want to get two huge posters of mr. cusack...that one and another one...preferably from "high fidelity" or from "better off dead"...and then frame them and put them on the wall in my room to replace the shelves i have now...but that costs money...so i won't be getting those anytime soon...but for the future...maybe :) my bracket for the ncaa tournament is completely done. i suck :) but it wasn't bad for my first time making a bracket...next year i know i'll do better...i'm really glad i made one...i like college basketball...and the games were really fun to watch...even though the teams i wanted to win lost...they were mostly good games...hopefully state will fair better next year...it's always fun to watch your college team play...alright, time to put my stack of papers away...or watch tv... :)
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almost forgot about a birthday coming up...a few, actually. mattu is turning 21 this friday, and is coming to east lansing to celebrate. should be a good time :) then laura and vince turn 23 on april 4th and 5th...i hope i get a job soon to pay for all this partying :)
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don't really have any plans for the week...going home on saturday night for easter...other than that, it looks like it will be another week of me pretending to be able to get things done around my house...my goal is to finish my schoolwork and have an appointment scheduled with my advisor by friday. that's the plan. so if you are around during the day, send me a message :) (warning: above link requires aol instant messanger)
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want to read about my night last night? read this. i didn't partake in any of the action...but i did get woken up at 5am to console two distressed roommates...don't worry girls...i think you did the right thing...if she hadn't freaked out, things wouldn't have gotten nearly as bad... :(
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so far the reaction to my hair has been a positive one...which is good :) thanks, guys...and my day just got a hell of a lot better...i just got a package from a good friend...who got me "mallrats" and the book "high fidelity" from my wishlist. i told him thank you...but just to say it again: YOU ROCK. :) thank you so much...
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back from my parent's house...need a little break from thinking about not working...so i'm going up to the Riv to celebrate my sister's roommate's 21st birthday...should be a good time...just hope i don't get too drunk :)
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watching movies at my parent's....saw "captain cornelli's mandolin" "joyride" and "scary movie 2"...the only one i really liked was joyride...it was pretty freaky...i made my whole family watch it :) i should be back in town tomorrow night...back to sitting around the apartment...although my sister's roommate turns 21 at midnight tomorrrow...so i might have to go to the bar and get her some shots...mmm...after all, i don't have to work on monday...i really miss my job though...i'm starting to really get down about being unemployed...i miss the people, the work...the atmosphere...*sigh* i hope those of you that actually have jobs hold on to them...i wish i could have...
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check out the webcam picture to the right...i have brown hair! :) it looks good...and washes out in 24 shampoos...
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how cool...i installed windows xp...it's running pretty smooth...so far...won't let me run nero though...might have to download a newer copy...or a different program...grokster still runs nicely though...i have bryce 5 and i'm currently downloading poser...woohoo!!
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ok, so more good news :) the presentation last night was pretty fun. knee deep shag, who i've seen play at rick's before, performed before the microsoft people spoke..so that was fun...plus i got a free version of windows xp professional...and visual studio .net...i even hung out at a local bar for a little bit...pretty fun stuff...then today i talked with a head-hunter, and set up a meeting tomorrow to find some jobs...she said she might be able to offer me a few contract jobs, if she can't find anything full time...*sigh* at least things are looking a little better...no real leads yet though...need a programmer anyone?
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goin to a seminar tonight for microsoft's .net stuff...and we get a free version of windows xp! how fun is that? hopefully that will take my mind off of the job search...i heard back from a company today...but they are based in troy...might be a bit too far to travel, especially if i need to take summer classes...a two hour drive one way...that's a bit of a commute...but if that's the only job offer i get...well, we'll see...i added a feature on the bottom of the page...you can add your email and every time i post a new thought, you will be notified...it's easier than checking my page a lot...and it won't be used for spam...i hate it more than you do...
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it turns out the flowers were from marc and his girlfriend tricia...so thanks...they are beautiful :)
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i just received a beautiful bouquet of flowers...but it doesn't say who it's from...so thank you...whoever you are!! :)
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so i've applied to about 10 jobs now...no word yet...one job around lansing looks promising...but i won't know for sure for at least another week or so...in the meantime, i've still been looking around...there's a reason i got laid off...there isn't a whole lot of jobs around lansing to be found! *sigh* but i have to stay around here at least til august to finish my degree...but i still applied to jobs in troy and ann arbor...figuring i could commute if it were absolutely necessary...depending on how much they paid me, it might be worth the 1-2 hour drive...anyway, i finally unpacked my box of things from my desk at work...it made me sad, but at least i could do it without crying...i am going to call my student loan lenders tomorrow and try to get my loans defaulted...that would lift a $550/month burden for a little while...until i get another job...i also went to the unemployment agency today...i get $300/week from them...but i can't live off of that...there's no way...but my parents offered to help out however they can...so that i don't kill my credit or go into huge debt while i look for work...i am so lucky to have friends and family...they have totally made this so much easier for me...i don't know where i would be without them...so thank you all...you really came through for me when i needed you... :)
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no luck finding a job yet. i looked around a bunch yesterday...but i don't know java or visual basic...and that seems to be what everyone wants. doh. even if i taught it to myself this week...they all wanted someone with experience programming with them...doh. but i'm still trying...looked into working for one of crt's previous clients...he says he'll keep in touch and let me know....*sigh*...thanks for all the comments...hopefully i won't lose touch with anyone...it's not every job that you like everyone you work with...and i'll miss that...anyway, back to my bracket...second round games are today and tomorrow...we'll see how random my picks turned out to be..
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so i got laid off yesterday. it was rough. on top of the crappy days i had been having all last week...i get the news at 4:50 yesterday...so i cleared out my desk...and packed up my car...today i have to go down to the unemployment office...anyone need a programmer? i will miss that job sooo much...especially the people i worked with...they were awesome. i got myself some woodchuck last night..mmm...and hung out with someone who made me laugh a lot...and they actually made me feel better for a little while :) so thank you, again...time to get dressed and drive on down to the ua...bleh. i need to be working...
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so i get to go out friday night. i finally called a friend that i promised to back in january...she was still happy to hear from me, despite it being almost two months ago :) still no plans for st. patrick's day...but i still have a couple people to call to see if there are any big plans...jackie and i went running last night, to prepare for the race for the cure which is only a month away...man, we suck. i couldn't even run the 1.5 miles to the pizza hut down the street...and the race is 3.1 miles (it's a 5k)...but we have a month to get ready...rather than a week like last year...so we're gonna try it again tonight...i'm still feeling sad...it still hasn't completely sunk in...and i still miss him...
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i actually made a bracket for this year's ncaa tourney...want to make one? check out this site to make one easily...you can even print it in pdf...it looks sweet and it fills in all of the lines for you...i have florida and arizona going to the finish...we'll see how random my picks were :)
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well, i'm starting week seven for working out...i slacked for the past couple of days...i only went 3 days last week...and i'll only have gone 4 days this week if i start today...so i'm going to get my butt moving...but i've lost 5 pounds...finally! so that's a little bit more motivation...hopefully by the end of the month, i'll have dropped two more pounds...that'd be nice...
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added a couple pictures...i thought my cable modem was down...nope, i'm just a dumbass...my lamp was pinching the cable cord...i moved the lamp and all of a sudden, voila! everything worked. doh. i added my vermont pictures and two pics of mia in the 'my cats' section...she is so freakin cute...we don't even call her mia anymore...it's just 'poof'...i'm exhausted...so time to go to bed...
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back from the travel from hell. i was right to be worried about the weather. i spent 10 hours in the airport saturday because of it. my flight was supposed to take off at 3, didn't leave until 4:50...i was supposed to connect in washington at 4:45...i missed that flight, so they listed me on the 8:30 flight which got delayed until 11pm. *sigh* burlington is a cute little town...church street was fun...i even saw "the time machine" which was an ok movie...went on a tour of the ben and jerry's ice cream factory...i didn't know they started out in burlington vermont...anyway, then when it was time to go back monday night, my layover in washington was narrowed to 20 minutes for me to get from the plane to my next gate...and i just barely made it. with me running. bleh. airports suck. i didn't even get to see the new metro airport, since united airlines was still located in the old part of the building...thanks for the visit matt :) i hope you had fun...i'm not happy to be back to work...i'm sure you're not either...
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crap. i swear, god has it out for me this week. i just got an alert from my weatherbug that there is a high wind advisory for saturday and saturday night. my plane leaves at 3pm tomorrow. if it gets cancelled or delayed, i'm going to be pissed. why can't something just go right for me? just once? *sigh*
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i am leaving for vermont tomorrow, so the updates might not be until tuesday...but matt has a computer, so i might be able to fill you in while i'm gone...but just so you know, i haven't forgotten to post...this morning the weather matched my mood...we had a big thunderstorm...i didn't want to wake up...and by the time i did, i was running late...and when i got to work i realized i left without my purse. doh. this day isn't turning out much better...i still feel like shit and i want to crawl in bed and stay there. *sigh*...thanks for the emails though...
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today's a sad day. i'm not going to post why...i just wish i could go home..i don't want to be here at work...crawl under some blankets and cry for a little while...
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i'm starting a poll. when you are dating someone, how often do you sleep over at their house? this was spawned after a conversation i recently had:
click here to see the results if you already voted. voting only allowed one per ip address. sorry. can't have ya messin up the scores...
< --- if you don't have a significant other, vote how many nights you would want to spend with them --- >
click here to see the results if you already voted. voting only allowed one per ip address. sorry. can't have ya messin up the scores...
< --- if you don't have a significant other, vote how many nights you would want to spend with them --- >
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last night was pretty fun...jackie and i watched hsn and qvc for like an hour...it was hilarious...we also watched "don't say a word". it wasn't that great. there was too much going on in the movie to tie it all in together by the end...last night's workout was fun..i brought my cd player with me to listen to fun songs...and it made the 40 minute bike ride fly by :) i decided to lay off the running for at least a week, to give my muscles time to heal...my ankles and shins were killing me. bike riding still works up a sweat, and my leg muscles really get a work out, but there is a lot less impact involved, and i can go for a lot longer...so i'm gonna stick with that for a little bit and see if i notice improvement...then i might switch back and forth between biking and running...i felt productive yesterday...i switched my phone service to something a lot cheaper...so my phone bills should be under control now...i was paying at least $65/month just for my cell phone...and now it looks like i won't ever have to go over $50....which is awesome...because now it includes long distance...so on the nights and weekends, now i can call anywhere for free! :) ok, time to get back to work...
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figured out who it was. a guy from work...who later wrote me an email...apparently it wasn't my phone's fault, but his. his battery died. :) anyway, this weekend wasn't very fun. i stayed home and watched a lot of tv...pulled a muscle in my leg from running too much...went out to eat on sunday, but two people who were supposed to come home with me bailed. so it was a lonely ride and a sort of lonely weekend. but i guess that's my fault. this weekend, however, should make up for it. i am going to visit matt bodine in vermont. i took monday off of work, so next week will be a four-day work week...woohoo! my flight doesn't come in until 10pm on monday night, though, and then i have to make the drive back to east lansing...that's gonna suck. so tuesday i might not be the most awake person...but it'll be worth it :)
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i hate my phone. someone called me this morning, and the only part i got was "hey, decormee-ay" and then it cut off...it was a guy...but i totally cannot tell who it was...only a couple of people call me by my last name...so that narrows it down...except that i haven't talked to them in a while...so if they read my site...i didn't get your message!!!
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you know the controversy behind britney spear's breasts, right? well then check this out. it even made me wonder what the hell was going on. it's so odd...
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busy week at work...but i made it through week five...three more weeks and i'll have two months under my belt for working out...that extra 20 min of cardio is killing me...my shins and my ankles are extra sore...sometimes to the point where i can't walk/run for it...i have to use the bike...i think running with all this extra weight is putting too much stress on my poor ankles...so i need to do something a little less impact...bike riding is good...but it is harder for me than just running...i know, i'm weird...this weekend should be good for relaxing...i am going home on sunday for my grandpa's birthday...i haven't seen my family since christmas...i suck. :) so it will be good to see them...alright, i am up too late...watching rose red before bed is not recommended...good movie but now i'm too jittery to sleep...but i'm gonna try...
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