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Hi everyone (all five of you), just to let you know, I’m deleting most of the registered users due to spammers - I can’t handle it anymore. I’m really sorry if I deleted you and you’re an actual person who’s interested in my nonsense. For now, post a comment to this entry if you want to be registered and I will set it up manually (I have to approve comments first so it won’t be broadcast unless you want it to be); though you may not see this if I deleted you and you are now unsubscribed. BOLLUCKS.

I’m making some changes and upgrades, so there will be more to look at. Also, I acquired twistedprincess.com so expect some new shit for that as well. I have a paper to write so I’m not sure when exactly it will all happen, but I have scheduled some time early next week. I suck, I know.

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Worst candy ever

Y’all know I’m a snobby bitch when it comes to candy and snacks, so I’ve begun to compile a list of candy I hate. The following top the list:

1. Now & Laters - it took me years to figure out that they’re so-named because you eat them now and still can’t get rid of them later. Yeah, yeah, I know. But I’ve been saving that one for about a month now, because I’m a sad nerd.

2. Juji fruits - look how much trouble they caused Elaine in Seinfeld. Enough said.

3. Mike and Ike’s - I understand the hipster appeal and even the convenience appeal of the snappy little box and the shake shake shake to get a couple out. But they taste like ass balls, and I don’t care how cool you are for eating them.

4. Black licorice - it’s a plant. Great. But that doesn’t take away the gross. And they’re salivatorious (which I just made up), so you drool in black, like that nasty-ass trick gum that Pee-Wee Herman tried to pawn off on everyone in his big adventure. No thanks, man. Go back to jacking it in movie theatres (and that is a whole other entry). Maybe not everyone drools - maybe it’s just me. But black licorice still sucks ass.

5. Candy corns - you couldn’t pay me enough to swallow these piss-blooded blobs of ass refuse. I like sugar. I don’t know why they decided to use sugar that sucks. According to wikipedia, 20 million pounds of candy corn are sold every year.

6. Whoppers - malted milk balls. I’d rather just eat balls. These things taste like the stale dingleberries that I pick off the hair surrounding my cat’s asshole. I can’t imagine a worse chocolate impostor. Oh wait, I think I just did (see below).

7. Tootsie Rolls - they’re NOT CHOCOLATE! Advocates try to claim that they are, but I’ve never believed. In fact, I just looked it up (thanks wikipedia), and learned that they’re made of something called “ersatz,” which is a German word “literally meaning substitute or replacement.” So all this time without knowing, I knew. The only redemption is the Tootsie Pop: a) owl in the commercial; b) lollipop; c) prize at the end, albeit a piece of non-chocolate that looks like a mangled turd by the time you reach it. But a prize nonetheless.

8. Red hots - I’m a pussy and I don’t like shit that’s too hot. Who the fuck needs spicy candy?

9. Laffy Taffy - similar to Now and Laters, but worse, and much more of a fucking pain. Eating candy should not feel like work! I like to feel joy when I eat candy. I’m lazy, and I get tired easily.

10. Blue anything - Jolly ranchers, gumballs, jawbreakers…I don’t need you. I don’t need anything that turns my mouth blue, or any other color for that matter (mainly blue, green or purple - red is sexy). Hey, can I just eat something that makes me look like an asshole?


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I slack enough for everyone

First I will say that I started this entry in early November:

Seriously, people. What can I say? I’m busy and shit. I hang out way too much and stay out way too late. The welcoming arms of twilight and Mr. M. are irresistible (not in the gay Robert Palmer* kind of way, though). So much so that I became afflicted with The Sickness. Twice. Not as bad as the Oregon breakup sickness, but not like beating Super Mario Bros. 2 in under an hour or anything, either. My cat is neglected, my roommate hates me, my job is increasingly intolerable, and I dread school every day. This could all be attributed to the aforementioned Sickness, and hopefully not spending too much time with Mr. M. Who’s Mr. M? I’ll get to that.

Oh and I finally got a Crackberry. Couldn’t put it down if my life was being threatened. “Who was that guy in that movie? Hold on, I can find out now. What does Mexican Halloween mean? Hold on, let me look it up on urbandictionary.” Because this is all extremely important stuff that we all need to know NOW NOW NOW. I wouldn’t give up the Crackberry if I were being robbed for it. “Are you fucking kidding me? I finally have all my shit synced and figured out my bluetooth settings. I just got a backup battery and screen protector! I’ll be god damned.” Don’t even get me started on mobile instant messaging, emails and Facebook. For the love of god, MOBILE INSTANT MESSAGING! It’s like I’ve been living in a cave until a month ago! Everything else was a prelude to this.


I will trudge through endless sand and battle scary spiders for you, BlackBerry. I just need to check my email for a second…

So yeah, I have been addicted and can’t get off the Crackberry. Addictions are a tricky thing. It’s easy to rationalize around why you shouldn’t stop doing something, and why the stuff you SHOULD be doing doesn’t really need to get done right now. Shit like Crackberries, Best of craigslist and textsfromlastnight.com suck me right in and don’t let go. They’re like prostitutes. I either pay them or their pimps beat me up. I have no idea why that is even remotely analogous, but I have had whores on the brain lately. But speaking of addictions, I met someone that will henceforth be referred to as Mr. M. Mr. M. is a lad who seems not to know what trouble I am. If he is aware, he either doesn’t let on or he thinks it’s fun. Just you wait, Mr. M! Just you wait.

November 24 to present:
While we’ve established that I’m addicted to technology and certain snack foods, I’ve probably mentioned that I don’t take drugs (weed doesn’t count), as fun as it is to be wide awake at 3am and terrified to leave the room. But when I become addicted to a person (usually some prick that I’m better off without), everything else dissolves. Family is disowned, friends become abandoned and bitter, chores wait in vain, laundry is calling to me with its warning stench, my cat is jealous and the whole world falls apart. But it’s all ok because I’m going to hang out with the new priority. I’m thoroughly ladyscaped, my feet are in perpetual beach mode, I have mascara and lip gloss (or at least chapstick) available at all times. Everything he says is hilarious, everything he likes is what I like, and forever is not long enough to spend together.

Usually this lasts for about two months and the reality of the monster we’ve created breathes fire on both of us. Shit gets stale and annoying, I feel bored and trapped, and my cat gets a lot more attention (and I’m always either busy or sick). Or we move in together and begin to gradually resent each other for fundamental, undeniable differences (that remain ignored for another few months).

This time, though, I have a lot of non negotiable things to do: school, work, family stuff (the children are growing and the guilt increases when I flake) that I can’t dodge. So I’m forced to exist in a world of more than just me and my relationship. Which beats going crazy over not getting a text message within 7 minutes of sending one. Mr. M. doesn’t even HAVE text messaging, which is at once a relief and an irritation. Additionally, we are in agreement on what we consider the most important issues. And we both love Louis C.K. and Larry David. That speaks volumes about compatibility. When you like the same comics and Jews, you’ve really got something. When he seems to genuinely enjoy watching “Annie Hall” and even claims to want to see it again, anything is possible.

Stay tuned for the next glimpse into my land of dysfunction and neurosis. Will Mr. M. still be the best thing since chocolate covered pretzels? Will I have a different job?

*And not even that Robert Palmer is gay. That was mean - spreading rumors like that. He’s dead; honor the memory or whatever.

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…and now the grapes hate me, too.

Clearly I’m not nearly so busy as I was before. My current gripe is grapes with seeds. SEEDS. What the fuck do we need seeds for? Aside from growing shit, maintaining food supply, etc. In search of limes, I went to an over-priced market in Rockridge* and was immediately entranced by the bunches of delightfully plump grapes on display. That’s right, just whoring themselves out there like some kind of high-priced hooker in a hotel lobby, sans panties. So naturally I was seduced and bought the grapes. Unfortunately, eating the grapes was totally like boning said hooker and contracting gonorrhea, because of the seeds. Beneath the gloriously red skin lurked a smug and creeping evil.

I guess it should have been apparent, because no fat grapes are seedless. It’s like a mega-hot chick hitting on you like you’re actually wearing money as a suit. There’s got to be a catch. Why I decided to compare grapes to hookers is beyond me.

So now I’m stuck with this bunch of seedy-ass grapes, and I have to think about how cheated and duped I feel every time I eat one. I have to find the seed and a place to dispose of it. Then I have to hate myself for it. I fucking hate high-maintenance food, just in case you didn’t know that already. I fucking hate high-maintenance ANYTHING. I think that makes me high maintenance. I also hate being high maintenance, but what can you do?

Interestingly, olives with pits aren’t as bothersome. Clearly, there is no consistency in my disapproval.

*Rockridge - one of the snobbier ‘hoods in Oakland - I happened to have eyebrow business there. Don’t judge me.

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Why my job rules

10. Today my boss said, “Thank god for this buzz I’ve got going. Otherwise I’d go crazy.”

9. Boss is bringing his boa constrictor to the office to live. I think it shall be our mascot. You can tell I’m extremely excited.

7. I finally got my free vap0r1z3r today. Uh, best job ever! (Yeah, that’s right. I leeted that bitch. You know, search engines…)

—-Yeah, that was on May 15. The worm has turned, my friends. And it has teeth and tentacles.

We’re back to a concentration camp. Today we were given a memorandum about keeping “the chitchat to a minimum” and to use IM and emails in lieu of talking. Because the five of us “talking over each other” causes a lot of ruckus. Is he fucking serious? Is that even legal? Sadly, it probably is.

Speaking of legal: Snake in the warehouse = motherfuckin’ OSHA violation, bitches!

Yesterday I was taken outside for a reprimand. The opening line was: “Do you enjoy getting under my skin?”

To me this is the hugest compliment EVER. All I’ve ever wanted was to make an impact, somewhere. Here I am, making an impact, getting under the boss’s skin, who will be henceforth known as BTK. Apparently my little comments and questions and not-so-silent judgment are frowned upon. Of our entire half-baked operation, the office personnel is the least liked: Malcontent 1: Sick all the time (because of job-related stress from working under an insecure, impossible-to-please jackhole); Malcontent 2 (me): Talk back, ask too many questions and help the others gang up on BTK; Malcontent 3: Was late twice in two years (she’s smart and great at her job; this is all he has on her).

Clearly the problem is not me, or my coworkers. It’s impossible to blindly take direction from someone with such delusional, over-inflated superiority and an unbelievably massive sense of self entitlement. BTK claims to have two bachelor’s degrees, but unless they’re in cockassery and alcoholic-ology, I don’t know if I buy it. Take another shot at your desk, fuckstick. Keep ‘em coming. Slam the door and kick a box, you fucking child. Wonder why you don’t have a girlfriend? If you finally found someone sicker than you who would actually put up with your bullshit, you are a magician. I really don’t think that person exists unless she (he?) is at least mildly retarded.

The sick part about it all is, it’s all true. I think you only get sued if it’s slander. Actually I don’t mind the drinking. In fact, I prefer to work with the monster when its psuedo-sensibilities are compromised. We used to even be kind-of friends.

So what was once the Mother Ship calling me home, what was once the perfect job and resume boost has become the bane of my chaotic, spastic, moody existence. At first it was manageable. Tolerable even. It was easy to navigate BTK’s moods and anticipate pending catastrophe. I was even able to diffuse said catastrophe. Now I find it more satisfying to create it. I just feel like I was in same place four years ago, and I didn’t like it much then, either. But at least I had insurance and an HR department. The vap0r1z3r is cool, but I since I’ve been diametrically opposed to most of the “corporate culture” and “management skills” I’ve been exposed to, I feel like I sucked a dickful of herpes to get it.

On the positive, I still live across from a 7-11, Shin-Shin’s honey walnut chicken is the bomb, and I haven’t yet gotten my fifth parking ticket since I moved here in March.

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Gripe of the day

Actually there are two. One is that I accidentally hit the back button and Firefox just ass-raped me and removed everything I wrote. Thanks, Wordpress - auto-save much?

The feature gripe is SPAM. I get so much bullshit mail and bullshit user registration, it’s exhausting. I also get these bullshit SPAM comments like the one below - I included the highlights because I love you, the nine assholes who read my nonsense.

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yugoslavia porn - I think they mean the “former” yugoslavia.
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taboo breastfeeding teen porn vids free - Pretty much nothing sounds good here, but “taboo breastfeeding” is slightly intriguing. What’s taboo about it? Is someone breastfeeding into someone else’s dirty asshole?
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That’s all - I’m tired and this is all I can force myself to inflict upon the world.

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Trifles and minor catastrophes

With no class to keep me drowning in activity, I have a little time to let my mind wander, relax, and most enjoyable, obsess about things that probably don’t matter. There is mutiny at work, but this week seems to be improving a bit. Thankfully, the perceived threat of a new hire is likely no more than a cat toy for our amusement.

More importantly, I feel that the focus should be on the dead rat in the freezer. Dude, there’s a fucking DEAD RAT IN THE FREEZER at work. The worst thing is that I’m not entirely disgusted by it, but bewildered and a little intrigued to add to the gross-out. It’s safe to say that I’ve never encountered this before. But I’ve also never worked somewhere that has an office snake, so this is probably normal to those more reptile-savvy.


Friday I mentioned something about the snake and whether it’s some kind of code violation, etc. One of my coworkers dismissed it by expressing concern for the rat in the freezer. I keep food in that freezer. Food I’ve been eating for over a week. I didn’t really know what to make of the fact that my Hot Pockets (and frozen waffles!) had been sharing freezer space with a dead rat, particularly since I’d eaten one Thursday. All weekend I thought about it and (naturally) sought advice from my Facebook friends. The verdict was that I shouldn’t eat any more of those Hot Pockets. However, I’m a dirtbag, so (naturally) I’ve been eating them (and the frozen waffles!) anyway. Plus I’m cheap, and my boss confirmed that the dead rat’s been chilling for over a week, so the damage was already done.

In case you were wondering, of course I took a picture with my phone.

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I really need to stay on top of my shit

Captain’s Log 1: June 3, 3:16 pm, a mere shell of previous entries

First off, no pictures today. I’m writing this at work and can’t spare the time.

Secondly, I have had too much going on to have any time to document it.

Summary: My roommate and I just moved into a super rad apartment in Oakland. I was so excited to sleep in my own bed again - I’ve been riding the inflatable wave since March when I returned from exile. But guess what? The janky cockfaces I used for moving and storage forgot to bring my bed when they transported my items to the new place. Today was the day for my bed at last. However, they brought a bed that is not mine, and who knows where my bed is? Probably the same dishonest motherfucker who now has my mountain bike. I know how this must look. Poor me, the princess without her wildly special bed and mountain bike (with awesome custom tires, bitches!). But it’s MY bed and I don’t feel that it’s unreasonable to have the same bed that I gave them to store.

Captain’s Log 2: June 15, 2009, 3:30 pm

I’ve started and stopped entries to resume later, and didn’t. It’s about time, I’d say. It feels like I wrote my last entry in 2003. I’ve been busy working, schooling, partying, moving, vegging, obsessing, rambling and great loads of other stuff. I haven’t had time to complain about anything lately, but there is a lot to catch up on. I’ve had “Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay” from Netflix since May 26.

First of all, I am no longer a squatter/couch surfer/illegal subletter. I am an upstanding citizen with her name on a lease, with her own room like a big girl. This also means I can’t just bail to another country if I get squirrely, so I need to kick ass hard to prove to my boss that I need to travel internationally to more effectively promote the company. I almost got to go to L.A. for the THC Expo, but I’d already talked myself out of going by the time he brought it up. God damn my fucking responsibility sometimes. It’s going to be the death of me. But I will be god damned if I don’t go to the Las Vegas show in October.

Secondly, I love where I live and can’t complain about much besides the horrible drivers and panhandlers. Do I look like I’m going to read your shitty homeless publication? What do you have to say besides tips on what kind of bed absorbs urine most odor-free? I’m sure it’s quite lovely and gives all kinds of advice on homeless shelters, rehabilitation programs, blah blah blah, I’m a selfish and materialistic cunt. We all knew that.

Seriously, though. I LOVE where I live. I love my apartment, my street, my neighborhood, neighborhoods close to mine, my friends, my convenient classes, my short commute to work that could easily be a bus commute if I stopped being a lazy hag, and finally, my awesome job that seems questionable at times but will work out because I am doing everything I can to ensure it does. Parking is a bitch in my neighborhood at times, and the street noise sometimes annoys me. But overall everything is great. In time I will be infuriated by these things. Let’s place bets on when that will happen. I say two months.

My cat and some other stuff have arrived. I’m still surrounded by shit I need to go through, and have homework. This is what I’m doing instead. And I’m making cupcakes - this is the project of the day.

I haven’t felt very creative lately, which is killing me. With all my stuff everywhere I am all bajiggity and can’t think. And I think my sock is haunted. Seriously, it’s like there’s something in there that shouldn’t be, but I don’t see anything. What am I supposed to do with a haunted sock? It’s still in good condition.

Present day: June 30, 11:33pm

I finally watched and returned Harold and Kumar. It wasn’t that great. I’m on a break from school until July 14, upon which I have to take quantitative reasoning. I still love my apartment and neighborhood - I’m pretty much unpacked, or at least I’ve hidden away most of the shit I don’t want to dick around with right now. I needed milk last week to quiet a late-night cereal craving that wouldn’t die, and I was able to run across the street to the store. It was awesome. People still drive like blind cocksuckers, and I’m starting to adapt. Ugh, I don’t know about my job. I’m experiencing difficulty in a position that is so dependent on someone else’s moods. Especially when the mood usually doesn’t concern itself with employee equity and incentive. Not that I’m going to necessarily since I like regular paychecks, but hypothetically, quitting is like having to break up with someone. But you can’t really be slimy about it and just stop answering the phone and calling back, unless you have no reason to ever need anything from that place again.

No drawings today; I’m much too morose and unmotivated for such antics. Also, the daily drain of my current happenings preclude any inspiration from escaping the oppressive mental routine I’ve been confined to for the last six weeks. It’s like my creativity has atrophied, which is horrifying.

It is late and I feel old this week. I don’t think I was made to work. But I was made to buy shit and pay bills, so there’s the rub.

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I’m honored that you’re reading this nonsense. Honestly.

Worst blogger ever, I know. Sorry about the downtime - apparently I ignore the bill notifications from my server and they shut my shit down when I miss a payment that I forgot I had (because I also forgot to check the notifications). I’ve just been so insanely busy, and you’d think it would give me more shit to write about, but not really. Work is a little stressful, and I’m off school until May 19 (though I may take another week of just because).

I’m currently on a courtesy computer station waiting for my friend to get off work. It’s a fine time to make up for the massive suckage I’ve been exuding lately blog-wise. There is a cover band playing a variety of hits from the 60-80s. I know how envious you must be.

Work is super busy and there is no time for slacking, which I hate. There’s always something to do, and I don’t get to check my email accounts and bank balances, window shop or Facebook. What the cock, man? Give a bitch some time to waste company resources every once in awhile. How am I supposed to conduct personal business if I can’t do it at work? I was promised time to slack after I’m trained, but I don’t know if I entirely believe it. Sometimes people make promises when they drink, and forget about them.

My roommate and I are in “Apartment Search” mode. We’ve already seen about six places, and there was one that I became infatuated with, but the future landlord seems a little nutty. Last Thursday I prepared to meet her near the Rockridge BART to submit our paperwork and she went way into detail about where exactly she would be at the station and finally I was like, “can’t we just pick a street corner and meet there?” Jesus, lady. Quit making shit harder than it needs to be. Relax. The following Friday, when I finally got to sleep in, she called me at 7:40 am to discuss my bad credit. Seriously, bitch? You ripped me out of my delightful slumber to tell me something I already knew? I used to owe over a million dollars, do you really think I give a shit about $699 from a snaggle with Comcast and the equipment I didn’t have? That is nothing. I only answered because I thought it was my roommate calling from a different 415 number. When she asked if she woke me up, I said, “Well yeah, kinda. I don’t have to be at work until 9.” And who the fuck makes a business call before 9am? Seriously? Even if she hadn’t woken me up, 7:40 is a terrible time to call someone - people are commuting and shit! Before-work time is sacred time that I use to scurry around and leave the house five times before I finally have everything I need. So I’m pretty sure I burned that deal, especially when she got another call and I asked if we could just talk about this later because I had to get ready for work. But really, if she’s already a nuisance, fate is telling us to stay away. Hey lady, if you happen to read this: Stop being weird! It’s no wonder you haven’t filled the vacancy if this is the way you’ve treated everyone - the apartment is super cute, but not cute enough to deal with your bullshit. Haven’t heard from her since last Friday. Can’t imagine why not.

Other than that, I’ve been hanging out with the posse and watching TV. DVR rules so hard. As I was swapping between two local news shows one day, I had two pharmaceutical commercials to choose from - one for asthma* and one for allergies. Naturally I was bothered by this and pontificated about the increased reliance on prescription drugs to cure every minor ailment ever created. Also, I was bothered when I realized what a nerd I am for engaging in a news vs. news conflict. But I only did it to watch an upcoming “Family Guy” rerun. I can’t remember channel numbers (there are like 8,000) and I had to stay close by so I wouldn’t forget.

This is from weeks ago when I started writing a post:
What else…considering doing chores. Hitting some golf balls would rule, but it’s not so nice out and I don’t have my clubs here. So I’m googling car washes near my house and this is the one review for the closest - Super Wash:

There’s just some angry dude who yells “No wrong way!” at you then hangs up. I think he means “wrong number” but it doesn’t really matter.

After more online searches, I’ve bored of this and I think I’ll just take it to Shell. I know how lazy this appears, but it’s not feasible to wash it myself at this time.

Back to the present, I found my pillow case and stash - broke those bitches the fuck up. I did this in Microsoft Paint from the courtesy computer. We do what we can with our available resources…sorry it looks kinda like Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

*I’ve always thought Johnny Asthma and the Mouth Breathers would be an awesome band name.

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Everyone wants something, and I want everything

My over-inflated ego wanted me to tell you all how sorry I am that it’s been so long since my last entry. She (of course it’s a chick) knows how much you’ve been yearning for something new. Also, thanks to Cary for the shout-out. You’re awesome.

Being busy is a needy bitch, man. I’ve had practically no time to myself. My Netflix has been sitting unwatched since last week. DVR is overloaded. I just renewed my unopened library books. I’m behind on blogging. My final paper is due Monday, and my part-time to full-time job seemed to jump right into full time. So yeah, I’m a little overwhelmed. It’s like everything in my life is running a train on me with no lube. Last weekend I went to brunch with my friend before our study date (I know - alert) and ran into my boss and roommate in the restaurant. This is majorly symbolic of all the directions I’m being pulled in. Obviously my boss signifies work, my study friend represents school, and my roommate symbolizes partying and hanging out. Remember when I sat around all day in Portland feeling sorry for myself until people with jobs got off work? I slightly miss that. But overall it’s way better for me here.

Yesterday I went to AM/PM to buy beer on the way home. It was for my roommate, not for me - it was after midnight and I’m a nerd these days. On the way inside, the dirty panhandler sitting by the door and I made a concentrated effort to awkwardly avoid his stare.

BUM: “Hey miss, how about some change on the way out?”

Ugh, are you kidding me?

ME: “I’ll see what I can do.”

I bought the beer, thought about the presumptuousness of the panhandler, and dug out about 28 cents to give him. Which I did. “Hey, cool. Thanks,” he said. The real reason I gave him money, aside from my aversion to awkwardness, is because he called me “Miss” and not “Ma’am.” Can we talk about how old and hopeless it feels to be called “Ma’am”? Jesus christ. Bring me my cats and an afghan.

Sunday morning at the gas station, an older Grandpa-ish man pulled in when I was waiting for my tank to fill up. “Miss? Do you know where the [whatever the fuck] is?” I’m sure it’s no surprise that I did not know.

Two Misses in three days? I think my skin care regime is finally working.

In case you didn’t get it already, I’m stressed as shit and overworked. Oh, and live in the kitchen. Also, I’m still “in training” at work, and we’re “expanding” so I don’t have a little space of my own. It’s really important for me to have a place to be, and I have none. Anywhere. I think this is what drives people crazy.

Furthermore, I’m losing my shit. Literally - I’ve lost socks, earrings, shirts, and most mysteriously, a jar of stash and one of my pillowcases. Seriously - been looking passively for three days. It’s like they’ve been secretly dating and finally eloped just to piss me off (because naturally it’s about me). Where the fuck could they be? I can’t handle caseless pillows. Am I some kind of classless rube?

Oh, and I discovered that meditation CDs really do work. I recommend them for stress.

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