insights into the world of caffeinated monkeys
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Wednesday, October 22, 2003 I Never Talk To God In My Underwear There's a lot of stuff in my head right now. Maybe it's just a lot of snot, but maybe there's something a bit more profound up there. You never know. Homecoming is this weekend. To quote Zeke--"w00t!" I can't wait to go; it should be such a fun time. I'm leaving work as close to 7 as I possibly can, so we should be arriving in State College around 9ish. I don't know about the boat ride in the afternoon...I really had my heart set on hiking to the Peace Chapel and to the Cliffs, so I may forgo the boat ride to play in the woods. But I am definately up for lunch at Billi's (damn their bagels! they're so good and I've been craving them for a really long time) and whatever else. Woohoo! I can't wait to see everyone. I also realized that lately, I've been living under a rock. I mean, I knew that Liz Phair put out a new album, but I totally missed that Dan Bern had 2 new albums out. 2 albums. I mean, I missed out on 2 CDs worth of Dan Bern hilarity and sarcasm and satire. I feel so out of the loop. I think I know why I missed it; I never have any spare cash to spend on these things. I think of my bank account as a stepping stone for my money to hop on as it goes along it's merry way. Money comes in, money goes out, it doesn't stick around, and there's never enough of it floating around to have extra. That's okay. I mean, if I had more money, it'd probably do the same, so I still wouldn't have any. And I'd rather be working at a job that I like and be happy than working someplace else and having more money, but being miserable. But sometimes, I just want to be able to have enough to be able to get a CD or clothes; sometimes I want to be able to pay for something that doesn't have a due date on it. It's in those moments that I hear corporate whoredom calling, and I'm tempted to sell out. But I'm not that type of girl. At least not the type of girl to be a corporate whore. :) Let's see...I'm missing something important. Ah...the date on Sunday. The date went very well. :) Joe (that's his name, Joe) and I met up at Borders. I ran into Marci on the way in, and we chatted for a little bit. Then I walked in and met him. We were going to meet by the Civil War books, and I had written Civil War on my hand so I wouldn't forget. That made him laugh. But we wandered around Borders for about an hour. Then went over to the museum in City Park and looked at all of the art. And then wandered through the park and we sat and watched the ducks. It was a lovely fall day, and there were lots of duck butts. We went to lunch at El Paso, and as we were finishing lunch, Joe noticed that there was a lot of afternoon left to kill. So we drove around the county and saw the sites. We went up to Washington Monument and hiked up the trail there. Some older people wanted pictures, so I took some pictures for them. Then we went to Devil's Backbone and played on the swings and watched the waterfall. Then we went to Dam #4 and watched the sunset. It was cute. As we're watching the sunset, he asked if I wanted to get dinner. I told him that I didn't want to eat out a second time for the day, but that I was craving pepper steak--beef strips stirfryed with green peppers and onions, and he asked where we could get that. I told him that I could cook it, and so he agreed to come up for dinner. We were going to eat dinner, then I was going to take him back to his car, but we ended up just being all snuggly on the sofa and lost track of time. It was getting late, so rather than have him drive back home tired, he stayed over and I woke up at 5 to take him back to his car. Yes, this is really Jaime, the girl who thinks noon is the asscrack of dawn, getting up at 5 am. It did happen. That I got up at 5 am. And, yes, I was on my best behavior. Maybe it is as you all fear, and Jaime has been secretly replaced by robots. Someone warn Hallman, quick! :) But, yes, the date went well, and I'm going to see him again tonight. :) (As a side note, if you try to call and the line is busy, chances are it's Joe and I talking on the phone. Sorry.) I think that's all that's on my mind for right now. I've got to get some cleaning done, do laundry, and get ready for tonight--taking over the world! I mean, seeing Joe again. :) posted by jaime | 10:17 AM 0 comments |
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