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Name: Jenny
Country: United States
Metro: Tacoma
Birthday: 5/12/1981
Gender: Female
Interests: Soccer, bowling, music, movies, games, hanging out with friends
Occupation: Education/training
Industry: Education/Research
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Member Since:
10/10/2005
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| It's possible I'm the worst blogger of all time. I can manage 6 months with nothing exciting happening in my life. Very impressive.
Just moved. Now living with my sister Sandy and good friend Sarah in house (Hurray for leaving apartment life behind). The only current drawback of my living situation is the lack of bed. My boxspring does not fit up the stairs to my room so I need to go out and get a platform style bed and assemble it upstairs. Yay fun.
Been watching lots of World Cup Soccer. Unfortunatly, most of my teams are now out of contention. The US was screwed over by some really bad officiating, the Netherlands choked against Portugal (also with some bad officiating), Mexico was knocked out by one of the favorites (Argentina) and I'm left wondering who to support. Guess I'll have to wait and see who else makes it to the Quarterfinals.
Started up indoor soccer again after taking 6 months off. Tough to come back but we've got a stong group this time around. Hopefully something good will come of it.
Okay, as always, some things I've been pondering...
If a referee is banned from working in the 2002 world cup, why would they ever let him ref in the 2006 world cup? what could he have possibly done to improve his situation?
If you have no money wouldn't you be inspired to get a job? At least apply for jobs? Not if you're my sister.
I hate it when independent women get involved with a guy and disappear. Since when do you need to spend every single minute with this guy?
In high school summer felt long...two months of no school....heck yes! So, why as a teacher is it so short? Stupid trainings....I want my summer break!
Until next time, friends. | | |
| So another Friday, another messed up plan. Last night some friends and I planned to go see a movie. We also made an executive descion to invite the boys we like. One friend called a guy she just started dating, I called a guy that I've recently developed a crush on, and Nicole decided to force her husband Kyle to come along for moral support.
After playing a bit of phone tag, the two of us waiting to see if our boys would come went to get some grub at our favorite Chinese joint. At 6:32 my guy called and confirmed he could come. At 6:34, my friend's interest also confirmed. We celebrated at dinner and starting eating. At 6:37, my guy called to cancel. Apparently high school basketball is more fun than hanging out with us. At 6:41 my friend's date also cancelled. He was tired and wanted to sit around doing nothing. Needless to say, we were both a bit confused and disappointed. A date night turned into a threesome of girls enjoy a movie. We saw The Family Stone which was funny, sad, and a bit strange, but overall it was good.
After the movie we went to get some dessert in a final attempt to get the boys out. My guy came :). Kyle came :). My other friend's date just fell asleep. Unfortunatly, the guy I like enjoys flirting with my friend more than me. Oh, well. Nothing new there. I guess we'll just have to see where things go from here.
Things I've been pondering...
Living alone sucks. Cooking is huge chore. You have to dirty all those dishes just for yourself. What a pain.
I tried to reach someone who is at home more than 95% of every day. I couldn't reach him....strange.
I learned today that youth suicide (ages 10-24) happens twice a week on average in Washington...that is a sad fact....doubly sad....sad that so many young people are committing suicide, sad that I'm still clumped in with 10 year olds.
Why do I ponder so many stupid things. Aren't you bored with them yet?
Until next time, friends. | | |
| Okay, I've been really worthless about updating this blog and most of you have probably lost some faith in me. Just to set the record straight, here's what was going on.
1. I was lazy during November...I just can't lie to you.
2. Just after Thanksgiving my cat chewed through my laptop power cord so I had no connection to the internet..not my fault
3. I was out of town from Dec. 19th to Dec. 30th visiting my family down in California...you have to forgive that :)
So, now I'm back in Tacoma, it's a new year, I have a new power cord and it's time to start blogging once again.
Don't be sad that you didn't hear from me the last two months. Nothing particularly exciting happened to me since I last wrote.
My winter trip home was great. I spent two days at my brother's playing all the new games he's picked up. I think I may have learned over 10 games in those two days. After that I headed up to my Aunt and Uncle's place in the east bay for the big Christmas celebration. We planned a great secret Santa exchange to work with suffering incomes and ever-growing family size. I think everyone was very pleased with the results...as were our bank accounts :). Following the family time in the bay my siblings, my mom, my cousin and his girlfriend, along with my brother's dog and my sister's dog travelled up to the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas where we hoped to enjoy the snow. There was snow on the ground upon our arrivial, but nothing new fell during our stay unless you count the rain. Several of the group enjoyed walks with the dogs and a snowball fight, but once again, games are what we used to fill our time. We ate good food and enjoyed great company for 3 days.
I made it back to Tacoma on the 30th and stayed up late talking to my friend Sarah about everything and nothing...mostly boys.
On Saturday, Sarah and I went to see the Ringer with our friend Dan who is awesome. Unfotunately, the movie was not. In fact it was a real let down. Sorry if that ruins any plans you may have had.
Saturday night I went out to eat with Sarah to celebrate the new year and then headed up to Seattle for some more celebrating. The group I was with opted to go to Seattle Center for the festivities which isn't really my idea of fun. Large crowds don't really do it for me. I headed back to Tacoma to ring in the year with Sarah who was sick and had already spent Christmas alone in Tacoma. We talked late into the night again and then I headed home.
That's all you get for updates, but as usual here are some things I've been pondering....
Why is it that some of the strongest, coolest, smartest people in my life don't see how great they are and sell themselves short?
Why does everything seem to fly by the minute you're not working?
Where did the tradition of kissing someone on New Year's come from? Is it another couple conspiracy like Valentine's Day?
Why are all the men in my life married, gay, or asexual?
Until next time, friends. | | |
| Okay, so this was not my favorite weekend. After driving back to Tacoma on Friday afternoon, I decided to stop by the pet store and pick up some food for Domino. When I went to turn on the car after buying the food, nothing happened. My car was totally dead. With help from my good friend Nicole, I tried to jump the car. Soon, the guy from the pet store was outside trying to help us. He decided it sounded like a problem with the starter. Having replaced my starter only a month ago, I was firm in my decision to take my car back to where it was previous fixed. I called a tow truck and sat in Starbucks with Nicole for almost 2 hours while we waited for him. He got there, said it was the battery and then proceded to try to jump my car about 5 times. It finally started. I paid the man and decided to take my car to the auto place anyways to see if they'd take blame for fucking up my battery connection. After driving nearly 20 blocks, my car died in the middle of the road. Luckily Nicole was behind me and a very nice, smart guy in a truck pulled over to help me out. We decided to leave the car in a grocery store lot over night and then stop by Les Schwab (which was really close by) to see if I couldn't get the battery fixed. All of you who know stuff about cars are probably shaking your head thinking, "there's something wrong with your alternator!" Well, you're right. Les Schwab, on Saturday morning checked it out and confirmed that my alternator was fucked up. They sent me just down the street to Precision Automotive to get it fixed. Lucky for me, they were closed. I surrendered my key to their drop box and went the rest of the weekend carless. My amazing friend Sarah Strom woke up at 6am (and she works at 2pm) to take me to work. I got a few calls from the auto place to give the go ahead while they charged me up the ass for the repairs. I am never putting more money into my car ever again. If something needs a'fixin, I will be getting a new car.
Things I've been pondering...
Remember how I mentioned that whenever I save money something bad happens that makes me spend it. I told you so! (see above for details)
Why is it that after daylight savings after 5pm it feels like it's midnight all the time? I mean, yeah, it's dark, but why do I always feel as tired as I would seven hours later?
How exactly do you go about asking someone if they're single without sounding too interested? Is there a sly way about doing so, or are you just screwed?
Until next time, friends. | | |
| Halloween is an interesting holiday. Some people really come out of their shells if they get to dress up, others really dislike dressing up and dealing with the whole candy thing. I know I can't wait for my students to be either asleep or sugar high all day tomorrow. Nothing is more exciting.
My school district is one that does NOT ban costumes at school. Our only big rule is that you can't wear masks because we need to be able to identify any mischief-makers should anything bad occur during the day. Apparently we should have a few more rules. One student at my school dressed up as a tampon..no lie..I'm pretty sure they got sent home pretty quickly. That is just so wrong. Naturally, the spencer's Penis costume was not far behind. What makes students think that this is appropriate. No matter how funny it is, you have to at least consider the fact that you're gonna get in big trouble for wearing it to school.
I've been sick since last Thursday, hitting my lowest low on Saturday when I didn't get out of my bed for more than 5 minutes at any given point of the day. My throat hurt, my nose was stuffed, my ear was aching...not more could make me feel worse than I did.
On Sunday my sickness was wearing off and I had a double header for indoor soccer. Since we had to play 2 games I knew I would have to show up. It was around noon, about 6 hours prior to game 1, that shit started to hit the fan. First one of our 5 girls bailed. Then Nicole was out of commission due to health problems. While we managed to pick up another girl to fill in the ranks, having to play a double header when you're really sick is pretty tough when you have limited sub capabilities. Overall the evening was alright. We were schooled in our first game but we came back to crush our second opponent and finish the season with a win. I managed to get a goal, but unfortunately, to add a bit more pain to my life, a girl on the other team crushed my foot. I've been limping all day.
Things I've been pondering...
Why do you think it is that my cat can find the most annoying object in my room to play with just when I turn out the lights to go to sleep?
I've been complaining about not knowing enough guys. I learned yesterday that I actually know quite a few. In fact, we had too many guys show up to sub for our team yesterday and not close to enough girls. So why haven't I hooked up with any of these guys???
Did you know that one of my students likes his sausage brown? That's what another student told me today...yeah, I have to deal with this every day!
I've been thinking of bringing a flask to school and taking a sip whenever I get frustrated. My students are too slow to notice. I could write all the answers to a quiz on the board and they wouldn't notice. They're too busy talking instead.
Until next time, friends. | | |
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