yesterday

yesterday hott mama, gamera, the gameras junior, and mothra, and prince charming and myself set off on a glorious adventure that involved dragons, guns a blazing, speeding cars, thunder and lightning, and tickets--many, many tickets. we made the two hour treck to poop hampshire's own fun spot. fun spot boasts that it is the world's largest video game arcade. three huge floors filled with pin ball, all the stand up arcade games you remember as a kid and the table top versions too, skee ball, air hockey, mini golf, little rides for the kids, and a bragin' dragon's lair for a pizza lunch. it was great fun. just seeing how happy sebastian was while playing kid skee ball and how pumped he got when he won tickets (nothing compared to how happy i got when i won tickets) was the best. those kids ran and jumped and rode and laughed harder than i ever saw them do those things before. and dust and the rest set the daily high scores on more than a few machines. i tried my luck at the adult games (paperboy, super mario bros. and q*bert) turns out whack a mole is more my style. i like to win the tickets because then you can shop at the end. we got the boys a hatch and grow sea turtle and a whoopie cushion. i walked out with two ring pops and those glasses with the eyes painted on and a fun spot cup. the rest was a donation to the hott paquettes. we got to ride go carts after lunch. that was my best part, too. there were disgusting puddles of go cart track water that coated us. it was gross, but made worth it because we got to ride go carts. we missed our chance for air brush tattoos due to the man attempting to sweep said puddle off the track. damn that puddle. on the way there and the way home it was raining pretty badly. we only passed one wreck. that was good for a two hour road trip. who knew poop hampshire had such a fun spot?
i came home to a slightly sick belly (all the horrible/delicious food we ate) and claudia ready to watch definitely, maybe. i loved it. yesterday was one of my best days. thanks friends. now off to water aerobics. it is chilly so i don't know how long i will last. wish me luck.

c is for completion

well, well, well. the day i have been waiting for has finally arrived. i finished the main portion of my class today. i took my last quiz. i made 100%. now i just take the final on next tuesday (the 8th). i feel like i will be ready. today i am bored. i am happy to be bored, because things are finishing up. for one...the class. for two... having a lot of time off. soon i will be back working full time. watch out bank account, for you will be on the rise. i think i told you last time that we got the amount in loans i can expect for the first year of school. shazam! it is intense. i may not be debt free for a long, long time. but i think i am ready to give that a try. my neck, on the other hand, is hurting. so i am not sure how well i really am coping with the fact that all this (my dream of future independence) is quickly becoming reality. it has also affected my sleep. i have almost given up sleep completely. you would think that now would be the time i am loving my sleep. i am working hard and studying and doing things that generally necessitate sleep. so why can't i do even that? i will get there. i would like to say that i am done worrying about when i will sleep or when i will pay back my loans (i don't even have the loans yet), but those things tend to predominate my thoughts and my interactions with others. everything in my mind comes back to "enjoy this, because it costs money and you wont have that in a little while." and i know dust doesn't mean to, but he inadvertently facilitates this. i want to go on a day trip to north hampton, but he said "we went and spent enough yesterday." and i know he is right, but i just feel so guilty for putting him in my future financial situation. but on the other hand, i have never failed. i will not start now. and i will not give up without even trying. so what if i lose sleep. i have seen the machinist. i will lose massive amounts of weight. maybe i will be mistaken for a super model and begin earning my keep while wearing high fashion. something i have always wanted. high fashion. then i will look good and paying stupid loans off will be as easy as smiling for the camera. my life could be perfect. could be? hell, i am on my way.

the subject says it all

the next post was somehow rearranged so i talk about doing chemistry and go right into obama. i am sorry. what i meant to say was that i am doing well in my chemistry class, still have an a, only one lesson left to do. that i am a dork. and i have been cynically reading up on obama. now begin that one again. sorry for the flubs.

wha happened?

dork. so what do you expect? i started reading i have one more lesson to do for my chemistry class. that is the best news i could give, right? and i still have an a in the class. novel, for me and organic chem, but i am a closet brainiacobama's platform because i figure i will have to vote for either him or ralph nader. to me ralph is a better candidate, i agree with a lot of what he says and i know he has my best interests at heart. i just remember someone asking him after those planes hit the world trade center (and pentagon, and field) what he would have done in response to that. his answer was a resounding, " it wouldn't have happened on my watch. i have been lobbying to get locks on cockpit doors since the 1980's." i started looking into it, and sure enough...ol' ralphie was looking out for those people who died on 9/11. i have to admit i was cynically reading the obama platform. he says he wants to keep no child left behind (a horrible piece of legislation if you ask me), but that it needs more funding. he wants math and science grads to want to graduate and teach (this has never been a strong pull for actual mathematicians and scientists--because there is no money and no lure of nobel prizes or other awards.) how does he plan on luring these people to teaching--more money of course. right. we are supposed to believe that our governmental body will pass legislation to give money to school. those kids can't vote. (cynicism--sorry.) he does want universal health care. (a plus, but something hillary has been working toward for years.) and he did talk about preventative medicine (hello--chiropractic... but scary with his health care for all, i have to start thinking about how much these potential companies will pay me to perform said chiropractic services). and he mentioned trying to keep social security. these are all things i am for. he proposed a pay as you go system for government so as not to run us into anymore debt, but i wonder how long that will last. a lot of feathers could be ruffled when certain things lose funding or get cut back. like i said, i read it with a lot of cynicism, but that is me. i got frustrated when i asked a few people why i should vote for him, and they would say, "he is smart." or "he wants change." george bush promised to unite our country, too, so you can understand my scepticism when i hear these things spouted off. also why do people say, "you just HAVE to vote for obama." tell me why i HAVE to. why is it not ok, to read the literature, and wait until running mates are named? why should i just know now? that isn't what this should be about. should it?
beauty school on house (on the flip side, i got a letter from my grandfather. he is about the cutest grandpa any one could ever have. he let's me know about his garden, and my aunt and uncle, and mom and dad. it is nice. we had jeremy's 31st birthday last night. we unknowingly got him the same video game his mom got him, but that is ok. also i have a few things to look forward to fun spot video game palace this weekend (if you haven't seen king of kong, fist full of quarters, get off your lazy bum and watch it. it is fabulous). also day of beauty with the girls at the keenejuly 14th. manicures, pedicures and facials for only 52$. amazing. i ordered bras today off the computer. so they should be here in a few weeks. (but i can look forward to it.) my final is scheduled for july 7th because on the 1st we get to go eat at wayne and joe'skaren and jack's friends who are wonderful landscapers and even better cooks). and tuesday i am also getting my eyebrows waxed for the first time. not such a bad life here, eh. that is my life in a nutshell for now. i will get back to you all soon.
love and more love from me.

i need your help

here are my real dilemmas. why is it that when you don't really care for someone and you want them out of your life, you feel bad? it was them who didn't live up to your expectations. why does this happen? i am a firm believer that when i am surrounded by positive people, my life is better. but sometimes getting there is work. why?

also help me rationalize what i am about to do is ok. we got the amount that i have been approved for in loans. it is more than dust and i make in a year--combined. that stresses me out. i told him that if he wanted to divorce me, now is the time. come august, it will be too late. please weigh in on these two issues. i would love to know what you think.

i don't get it.

there are two things people from new england love. those two things are underdogs and dynasties. not like the cartoon superhero or ancient chinese civilizations, but rather the new england patriots that until recently were the top of their game every year ( i should include the red sox here as they are also quickly becoming a dynasty but have been the underdog for many generations---thus doubly loved here in the northern states.) and the celtics. my friends are so excited that their beloved celtics have a chance tonight to go from last place to first place all in the course of the season. most of the people i know here in vermont will be in my house tonight watching their underdogs attempt to defeat a team i have loved since my first trip back to LA in first grade (mainly because they are purple, but we will go into that later).
i say there is something to be said for consistency. look at the razorbacks--90% of the time their football team is not just bad, but they suck. anyone from outside the state could never believe a team so horrible would necessitate a field with the world's largest jumbo tron. like we really need our suckiness so big that the faa has to be told when that thing will be on (it registers with the FAA that a flight is crashed right on our beloved razorback field). anytime we score, they shoot off a freaking cannon. some seasons the cannon only gets fired three times. but that is our team, and they continuously suck, and we seem to love them more for it. i will use this analogy for a team outside the south (so as to not make it appear that southerners are stupid and thus would root for the home team never knowing they actually suck).
enter the amazing LA Lakers. they have been at the top of their game for more years than i have been alive. continuously good. people around america love the lakers. one of my favorite mc's has a line from a song (about being from la) that goes like this, (sorry about the spelling) " Asa laka lakam/ i also like the lakers. " hells yea. the lakers are hella cool. kareem abdul jabar, magic, shaq, kobe...generations of greatness. seems like until recently the celtics could only boast larry bird. larry bird? a hideous white man who has done nothing with his retired time other than bulk up and spout random basketball opinions. has he nothing else? wahoo. go boston. you got an over sized white guy spouting opinions. my team has magic johnson's thrift stores all over california, with proceeds going to help find a cure for aids. and need i remind all of you of the ever popular raver fashion of goggles--made famous by kareem. and just think what lessons we were taught when shaq and kobe overcame their off court hatred to dominate the nba. and when my team traded that big oaf to miami--genius. i hope my team wins tonight. just so i have a house full of unhappy guests. i love my spite.
before these games i would have told you i didn't really care about basketball unless i could go there and see it in person. but my love for consistency and my love for the lakers, and my love for being right has taken over yet again. would you new englanders make up your mind if you are rooting for underdogs or dynasties? all this flip flopping from sport season to sport season is making me ill.
if the celtics win--so be it. they have a good record this year, they have three good players, fine. but if my team wins...IN YOUR FACE.

i am a slaker!

i have not been blogging really since we have been back in vermont. i have been busy with school and playing and a little work. just last week i went down to a glorious four day week. now that is the life. this week i get to do the same. i have sunday, monday and tuesday off. it is nice. two days for chemistry, and one day off. tomorrow is father's day. to celebrate, we are having our only friend with children over to the house for a little rock band. we went grocery shopping tonight. we got such staples as cake batter ice cream, goldfish crackers, and pink lemonade. why would we not be sebastian and dorian's favorite? i attempted my first ebay sale this week. sort of a mistake. my ma won my bag for 75$. not all bad because it will be great for her. but i did pay more than 75 for it. but it is my mom, and she will look fabulous with the big navy blue bag. i am missing california right now. less now that we have the food at the farm, but more because i miss the cheap shopping, and our california friends. i am thankful allison and quinn are here. without them, there would be no reason for me to be here other than the fact that i know everyone in town, and dust is so durn happy here. that is nice to see. he falls asleep before he gets bored here. there he would be up until 4 am and then complain of being bored. funny how that works. but i just read on my friend, melissa's blog that she spent the weekend in san fran and ate yummy food and explored fun new areas. we ate mediocre mexican (it was also great) and the chelsea royal diner (not bad). it comes no where near close to finding out what papusas are and eating them for the first time. but when i am back there i will complain about missing allison and quinn, and ultimately they are worth more than most meals to me. we are still working on what to get that stinky jack for father's day. my dad got a new electric toothbrush. i think he will be thrilled. some dads like power tools. not mine. a new electric toothbrush and he is good to go. i love that about him. i am trying to convince dust that we should take jack and karen out to peter havens (my favorite restaurant here). he is unsure because it is so expensive, but it gets us a chance to go there, too. so we all win. and eating dinner out with them is sort of a trip. just tonight we heard a story about a man they called "Radar." get this the guy had some weird cartilaginous growth in his ear. i was laughing so hard. also he (radar, i think) married a woman that neither of them knew her real name. they just called her wrinkles because she was twenty years older than poor radar. so i was picturing things like trees with hearts carved in them that said "radar and wrinkles 2gether 4ever" and things like that. that just kept me rolling for so long. ol' radar and wrinkles. maybe that is what they should start calling dust and i. i got dibs on being radar. his skin is much stretchier than mine. rob and quinn are away until tomorrow at a wedding in north cakalaca ( north carolina for y'all not in the know). quinn's parents will be here sunday night and monday they are all going to look at potential vermont wedding locations. secretly, i hope they find it here. i like the idea of being married in vermont. why not start your life together (like they haven't been doing that since before they got engaged, but you know what i mean) where you hope to build your life together (like they have not been "building a life." i sound so stupid, but you all know what i mean). but if they chose delaware, we will make that work too. just takes more planning on our end. that is all. dust likes side projects. :) i am still working on getting pictures up. though i have had no comments in so long that i am sure it no longer matters because the one (hott mama) who is reading this sees me on monday nights and tuesday afternoons already. so she tells me the comments in person. and gamera just leaves self deprecating comments so that we feel bad that we can not play "Hard" drums. (only kidding hott paquettes, i am just trying to get other people to let me know they read this thing.) i think that is pretty much our vermont news. our roommate turned 21. that is exciting. my friend ryan was impressed i knew 21 year olds. i think he thinks i am old, but he is that old. he should be wrinkles. old fart. dustin can be radar. and i will be a princess. as it should be. wrinkles and radar, my two best friends. :) i will probably go blogging again on tuesday. gotta keep y'all up to snuff on my chem lessons. last week was a 90 and an 80. not so bad, and still averaging an a. big brain. looks like i may earn my grandpa that bet he has with my aunt trace (pronounced: ant trace). double or nothing. my grandpa lost last time for thinking i could earn a b or an a. huge mistake. huge. i snuck by with a 70. this time. he may not have to pay. woooohoo. that is pretty much it. i am off to make signs.
xoxo

karen gets honored.

we have had quite a week. i am pretending to be a little downtrodden that my lovely, lovely lakers lost, but really i don't care. it just keeps things exciting in our house. we have had something to do every night this week. on monday, dustin's grandparents came over for beer time. then came exercise class. tuesday we went to people's pint with karen. wednesday was drinks with karen abel, abby, and sarah waldo. thursday i went to see sex and the city again. this time with laura and new roommate rose. friday, today, we went to the latchis movie theater where they were putting on a celebration for women in agriculture. karen, dustin's mom, was one of the honorees. it was nice. especially since now all the locals will know that jack is NOT married to betsy. it is KAREN'S farm. i get a little sore about that subject because everyone thinks that betsy runs the show. including betsy. it is fine usually, but sometimes she doesn't set people straight that the farm is not hers. i am all for taking ownership in your work, but come on. there should be a limit. karen got flowers and a plaque. she was handed these things by kids in chicken costumes. it was pretty cute. there were several honorees and it was fun to hear all of their stories. we also got steaks from my parents for an "un father's day" for dust. all i got was a card for "unmother's day." another reason it sucks to be a girl. :) not that i want steaks, but surely there is an ice cream of the month group out there. come on. i think this week has been good, but i miss my little kitties. i think they need me. also the purse is being watched and has a bid. it is a good sign with five days to go. so i am pumped. tomorrow we go to noah's going away party at his little cabin. i can not wait to see the deck he has added. i am sure it is great. even quinn says it is a good use of space. i also just read on hott mama's blog that they are going for a second viewing of a home in brattleborro. that is sweet. i hope they like it so they can fulfill their dream of being homeowners. sweet. tomorrow it is supposed to get to 90 degrees. this will be the first time since last summer i have felt that goodness. i also get to start having sunday's off. (three days off). man. i think sunday i may just sit in the yard and see how red i can get. this could very well be my dream come true. my goal is to get a few pictures posted on this thing this weekend. so stay tuned for that. i know it is high time i put something up. also i am thinking of making a haircut appointment. quinn says layers, but abby and sarah waldo say no, just trim. so be sure to weigh in on that. xoxo

put it in my bag

i listed the bag on ebay. that is right, i am really selling this wonderful bag. here is a photo of it. go bid. make my rent that much easier to pay. :)







i know i look good with it, but you could, too.

now that the camera is back and working, i will get photos of the house and the farm on here. you have my word.

pretty much why i'm here

this weekend was as close to perfect as i have seen since i got back to vermont. the weather was warm. the rain came a little, but mostly the sun was out. friday was allison's birthday. we got to have a fabulous dinner at a little place called Panasian! we ate good food, drank an adult beverage, ate cakes and watched allison open presents and we got to sing. she had almost sold me on going to see that creepy liv tyler movie, the strangers. i think i would have been sleepless for weeks had i seen that movie, especially at the late show like she was hoping for. but at the last minute we invited the whole gang over for some late night rock band action. it was nice to have jeremy wailing away on the drums and allison singing her siren songs (or playing the bass) while rob played guitar. dust and i switched off with everyone, too. so we got a little rb action in, too. it just felt so comfortable and "right" to have that crew over till the wee hours playing a silly video game. i just hope we did not mess up allison's dream of having us all so scared we couldn't walk to our cars from the theaters. :) it was good for me.
saturday night i got a group of my girls to not only dress up and go out for cosmos, but also go watch sex and the city, the movie. it was probably the best movie i have ever seen, and i can't wait to go back and see it again with the ladies who couldn't go the first time around. it was great. i won't give any details away, in case you are going to see it. but it was just so fun to watch.
today was the putney school's graduation. the putney school is for super rich kids (it is a private boarding school). so most of the kids really have a lot of money. they are supposed to be out of the dorm after graduation so anything left over creates quite a "free for all" for the staff and their chosen friends (me). i got so many good finds and all for free. so if you need anything, come on over. i got some stuff for you. it was nice to get to see hilary and tim. i have not really seen either of them in a while. both are undergoing major life changes very soon (like the rest of us). so that is good for them. but that hilary is a little scared. so it was nice to see her in her element, you know. so i finished the dorm raiding frenzy by coming home to do chemistry. exciting, i know. but i gotta get it done. this section was on carbohydrates and how your body uses them. i learned an interesting fact. here it goes: the only scientifically proven negative effect of sucrose (table sugar) is tooth decay. so all y'all getting upset about my high sugar/ high carb diet, step back. tooth decay? eating too much sugar over the course of a lifetime has not been proven to cause diabetes (my biggest fear) because the sugar is broken down and leaves your body. so i may just make it on this all carb diet. :) also, i made another one hundred on the quiz. boo yah. best weekend ever.