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My mother and I are watching The Amazing Race. We sometimes kind of skip most of reality shows, but then randomly watch a couple episodes for no reason and try to figure out what's going on.

She kept saying, "Are these guys gay farmers? Are there gay farmers? I think they're gay farmers." Then we find out two minutes later that they're father and son and we're both like "eew." But there's another team that's two gay brothers, so our interest was piqued again.

Also, related to gays~ One of my coworkers and I were discussing politics and social issues and whatnot, and he used the term "straights" to describe heterosexuals. I guess it makes sense to say that because people say "gays" all the time, but I don't think I've ever heard it before. And it was weird for me to hear him say it because he's a chubby geek that loves bowling and football and he told me that he wanted a president to just make gay marriage nationally legal and shove it in all the religious nutjobs faces and I was like 8D LOVE.

But last night, I downloaded Firefox for the first time.  Yeah, I've been using Internet Explorer up til now.  It's. . . not really all that different.  I don't see what all the fuss is about.  But I can put like the six websites I visit all the time into a toolbar at the top of the page. . .  And wait.  Is this motherfucker spellchecking what I'm typing?  Wow.

In other news, I've been working 12:30 to 9:30 shifts the past few days.  BUT AFTER TODAY, I have three days off in a row!  Yeah, don't know how I managed that.  It's because he gives me Sunday off and then forgets that he did and then gives me Monday and Tuesday off as well.  Ha ha, not going to point that out to him.

So let's hope I can manage this last shift today.

Omg I'm so tired. Work has been killer the past couple days. So glad I have tomorrow off!

God Snapple commercials are so funny now. They talk so fast it takes a couple times to catch everything, but I seriously laugh every time. Especially the new one where the guy is like, "Guys, the best stuff in the world, just got better." And then they're like, "Good stuff, Greg." "I'm okay with Greg." "We're dating." Love it.

Also, Scrubs reruns.

I went through yesterday thinking it was Thursday, but it was Friday, and payday.  So now I have to wait until Monday to deposit my paycheck.  Okay, I'm a little slow sometimes.

Have to go to work in a few.  But then I have two days off in a row???  holla.

I think I'm going to start watching some of my tv box sets I received for my bday tonight since my sister is gone for the weekend.

Today was my day off.  And payday.  Good day.

Aaand, now I work seven days straight starting tomorrow.  Blahhh.

But hey, I watched some Star Trek: TNG on Sci-Fi today.  That was fun.  Meh.

I think I have officially been to every Burger King in the area now! Both of the places I went today were completely out. So I don't think I'll be able to make another set of cups.

Ugh, I've been so lazy today. I'm almost ready to work tomorrow just so I get up and do something. (Something that doesn't involve Burger King food.)

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms, mamas, mommies, mothers, moos, babymamas, and such. I took MY mother out to dinner. And I'm quite pleased with myself.

Then I came home and did some cleaning. My room has gone from disaster zone to somewhat tolerable. Good enough for me! Now my allergies are goin crazy though. Ugh.

Also, an acquaintance recently sent me a message online just to question me about my sexuality. At first I was like :| but then I lol'd.

I have two days off in a row! Today and tomorrow. And since I don't have class to worry about anymore, I am considering this a weekend! Hooray!

Thinkin I should go see Star Trek tomorrow. We'll see how that works out though.

Hey heyy. I'm finally done with my finals! Though, only one final grade has been posted yet. I got a B in Geology! Hooray!

I'm really glad that none of my grades were completely borderline this semester. Maybe my GPA will actually be happy! Not that I really care all that much. The one downside of not caring if your GPA is low is also not really caring if it is high either.

I'm ready for summer. Even though I'll still be working. Ahh. And the whole vacation day scam. I've decided to just not fuss with it. Roll with the punches, am I right?

Though, the fact that I don't have vacation time kind of severely limits my ability to do all the fun traveling stuff I wanted to do. I wanted to go to Chicago for Pitchfork this year, but I don't think that's gonna happen. And I guess seeing Weezer on tour is going to be hit or miss. COME TO MY TOWN, RIVERS.

I'm just going to have to dig around and find rad stuff here at home. Blah.

Oh, man. I'm pooped. Just need to vegetate for a while.

I should go to bed, but I want to eat something else first but I'm too lazy to get something to eat, so I'm not going to bed or eating. I'm just sitting here. Thinking about what a lazy piece of shit I am.

Oh god oh god oh god. I have to open tomorrow. Shit.

Went and saw Wolverine btw. Sucked. Sucked HARD. But I liked how Deadpool turned out. It made me want to go buy some comics, but I went to the comic store and couldn't find what I wanted, and as far as I know, we're still boycotting Amazon.com??? WHAT DO I DO??? Maybe the comic store will order some for me.

Also, we have started making ciabatta rolls at work. So I tried one today and shared it with Mario. So good.

A cute boy added me on Facebook randomly. We don't have any friends in common, but we go to the same school, so I added him back just in case he knew me and I didn't know him.

I was looking through his profile and I was like, "AHHH HE'S SO CUTE. WHY DID HE ADD ME???"

lmao.

Taking mini road trip tomorrow to go see Flight of the Concords. Taking two vacation days off work, even. SHOULD have taken three days, but that just seems like so much time haha. We're only really going to be gone for one night, but it's the longest I've been out of town in a long time, at least since I started working.

I can't stop watching this animation. 

Work was strange today. 

Tomorrow is my day off.  I think I'm going to spend it snoozing and slithering around.  Maybe find some toes to nibble.

Okay, I hope this will be my last post about this car for at least a while.  I'm sick of the whole situation, to be honest. 

So, long story short: Car broke down.  Would cost more money to fix than my parents paid for the car anyway, and it's basically just counting down until it dies.  Sooooo, we all ("we" being me and everyone in my life that feels they have the right to contribute an opinion) decided that it was time for me to buy a new car. 

So my mother and I went out today to find one.  We ended up looking at Kia, because they had some good deals going on, I guess.  Tough economy provides, I guess.  I, of course, was the practical one going, "NO I DON'T WANT POWER WINDOWS.  NO I DON'T WANT POWER LOCKS.  JUST GIVE ME SOMETHING TO TAKE ME FROM POINT A TO POINT B AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE."  And my mother was the one like, "Do they come in something other than black?"

Gag.

So, we found one that was the best possible deal.  Negotiated as much off as possible.  I think we actually got a really good price for it.  Because it's actually a really nice car, in my opinion.  Kia Spectra.  Very shiny.

Then came the hard part.  Uh, getting financed.  Not fun.

Basically, no bank wants to touch a loan that I am anywhere near.  Like, not even if I have a cosigner.  The only way we could get financed is if the loan and car were in my mother's name.  No joke.  The finance guy was like, "Yeah, uh, when the bank people call to talk to you, don't tell them that the car is hers."  Seriously!!  He's like, "The credit market is really bad right now."  Uh, you think!?

So the plan right now is me try to build credit.  Gotta get a credit card or something.  And in six months or so we'll refinance so we can actually get my name on the motherfucking loan and get me some real credit.  Does this sound as ridiculous to you as it does to me???

I hate how things like that are set up.  Apparently having a stable job for almost two years and making steady deposits into a bank account and conserving enough money to pay my way through college without student loans isn't really worth anything because I'm still an unreliable teenager working in retail.  So my mommy's name still has to be on all the paperwork!!!  Fuck them.

Oh well.

Overall, I'm quite pleased.  Monthly payments are a little more than I hoped (not more than I expected though), but I wasn't comfortable putting down more than 1.5k as a downpayment.  But the car is nice, and has a WARRANTY.  Hell yeah.  It's so clean though, and I'm still super paranoid when I'm driving it. 

Silly anecdote: When we were test driving it, my mother commented how the backseat seemed to have plenty of space because the salesman had legroom back there, then remarked how she knew I didn't really care about the space.  I keenly replied, "Yeah, if I'm not getting laid back there, it doesn't really matter."  True facts.

My mother apparently has an upper respitary infection. Bleeh. So I'm guessing my sister probably does too since she sounds 100x worse.

Gross. I am so not getting sick.

Also, I have to open at work tomorrow morning, but I also want to/MUST stay up and watch SNL. I at least need to see the digital short, but I'm scurred that it will be like last week and there won't be one. Oh, what a predicament.

Tomorrow is the last day of my spring break. :(

Meh, on Brothers & Sisters, they have been ignoring Kevin lately and it is making me upset.  But I guess next week or soon they are going to have a 2 hour movie event.  I'm so pumped.  Apparently someone dies.  I thought it was probably Tommy, just because.  But my sister brought up the idea of the new baby dying.  Very possible!

If they kill Kevin, I'm boycotting.

Work was boring today, but I'm still recovering from Valentine's Day madness, so no complaints here.

I am really glad I have a day off tomorrow.

But! I got an A on my Geology test! So happy~

This semester is so much better than last semester.

Before I started working at my job in the bakery, I never liked coconut.  Then we had these delicious desserts with just the proper amount of coconut mixed in.  Bars with a coconut and chocolate crumb crust.  Cakes with coconut on top of cream cheese icing. 

Now I love coconut, but I'm the only one in my house that does.  So I have a box of fudge covered coconut bars that nobody else will eat but me.  :)  Great with coffee.

I've been watching national news all morning, because I have no classes today! OMG, having Tuesdays and Thursdays off this semester might just save me from certain death.

Anyway, I guess everyone's freaking out about the blizzard that is hitting the Midwest right now, which is uh, where I am. I've been looking out the window like, "Yeah, it's snowing, who cares?" But then I checked the radar and weather.com and there's this huge frightening blotch of death right by me that just hasn't gone through yet, lol. So ugh, more severe weather! I'm lovin it!

Actually, as long as it doesn't cause another power outage at work, I'm fine. We've been slow enough lately there.

We don't have a high chance of precipitation until tomorrow morning, anyway, according to weather.com. Which is strange because I can SEE the snow falling outside right now. Hmmm. Maybe I need to start looking for more reliable sources.

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Well, Midwest is fucking fucked right now.  At least where I am.  Super sweet ice storm.  Took some sweet pics while driving today.

Basically, my speech teacher had to give us one last shitty excuse day.  I had to drive all the way across town in a mfing ICE STORM.  I left the house giving myself an HOUR AND TWENTY MINUTES to make sure that I could get to class on time for my Speech final.  I got there a half hour before the final was supposed to start.

Basically it went like this.  Everyone showed up for the final except the teacher.  We wait until 8:15 to go upstairs to the Communications department.  We have the secretary call our teacher, who says that she emailed us to get class postponed but said that she could be there in another half our.  She was like, "HOW MANY OF YOU MADE IT??"  and I'm like, "OVER 80% OF THE MOTHERFUCKIN CLASS."  We wait we wait we wait.  We bitch and moan about how much we hate this bitch.  Finally she shows up at 9:00, even though our final period was supposed to be from 8:00 am to 10:00 am.  We asked for a shortened final or some sort of compensation to make up for the fact that we had HALF the time we were supposed to have, but she was just like, "Do as much as you can."  We're like, "Ugh, fine."

So glad I am DONE with that bitch. 

Work should be nice in a couple hours.  If business is slow, it'll be really nice to catch up on preparing for the holidays.  WE ARE WINTER STORM PROOF.

So my two days off are drawing to a close. I'm ashamed to admit that I didn't accomplish much at all. Confession: I am a slob.

It suddenly started snowing this afternoon. I'm thrilled, honestly. I'm hoping that maybe my morning classes will be cancelled. Haha. Probably not, but I can always hope.

I bought a spoken word CD of Allen Ginsberg's work. His voice gives me chills. Good purchase.

Tomorrow:
Day off from work.
FINALLY GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO CASH MY PAYCHECK.

Dance dance dance! Celebration! Jubilation! :D