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August 31, 2004
things to complain about
1. foreign people having sex right in front of me as i'm walking into comstock.
2. being disconnected from the internet in my room (i'm typing in coffman right now.
3. filling out 60-something RCRs today. seriously a waste of my time.
4. still feeling yucky.
but here are reasons to make me happy...well sorta:
1. i finished all my RCRs. other people are still working on theirs. ha ha!
2. comstock's skit was great. and not the most offensive.
3. being done with training. that was really intensive.
4. all my new friends (residents) are moving in this saturday! woo woo!
Posted by piep0058 at 09:19 PM | Comments (2)
August 28, 2004
???
god, why do i feel this way?
(p.s. more news later, i know i'm being vague)
Posted by piep0058 at 10:19 PM | Comments (2)
August 27, 2004
will they leave already?
so my parents have been here like 2 hours and they've already started to annoy me. they need to leave soon. like tomorrow morning.
but i'm tired now.
time to go to bed.
Posted by piep0058 at 11:58 PM | Comments (0)
August 26, 2004
tracks of my tears
oh my god today was so emotional! it was really hard with everyone identifying as a particular minority and stereotype. i even had to do it! when they asked people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender blah blah blah i was the only one to walk forward. that can't be! there have to be more homos out there! cameron! carey! whatever! well, i just thought the statistics would be more on my side. i know there have to be more homos in the other group.
today i started to think about mike. and i don't want to think about it anymore because it's making me sad.
and i've already had enough emotional drama for today. OH MY GOD. seriously need a latte or something!
Posted by piep0058 at 07:25 PM | Comments (6)
August 25, 2004
a more quiet day
today was awesome. finally a day that wasn't completely packed with activities.
anyhow, i really should be starting my door decorations and stuff like that. but i'm gonna save that tomorrow. right now i REALLY need to work on cleaning up my room, my clothes, and myself.
i just got back from playing volleyball with the loring pasta bar crowd. it's gonna be sad when i have to leave them. *sad face*
but oh well, i guess i am kinda moving up in the world. this job will really be great when i go for other leadership positions.
ok, it's cleanup time!!!
Posted by piep0058 at 08:32 PM | Comments (0)
August 24, 2004
Road Rules! (not really)
ok so i just got back from the ropes course way out in western hennepin county. boy did i feel like i was out in the middle of nowhere.
anyhow, it was fun, and the rest of the staff and i got to bond. it was just like and episode of road rules. except without music playing in the background. and without the drama.
it seems to me that comstock has the most non-dramatic, non-excitable group of CAs. and thank god for that. we're not the psycho competitive bunch like frontier. that would freak me out. we're not as cool as the CAs that are in sanford. we're not slackers like the CAs in bailey. we didn't have any moment of drama like centennial had. i'm so glad i am in this dorm, with this staff.
anyhow, it's time to have some fun.
Posted by piep0058 at 05:46 PM | Comments (3)
August 23, 2004
so tired, and so busy
ok thank god. CA camp at middlebrook is over. it was hell (not really) but it made me so happy to have the people i am working with. frontier would make me suicidal. or homocidal.
tomorrow is the ropes course. we'll see how that goes.
gotta go to bed.
Posted by piep0058 at 11:45 PM | Comments (0)
August 22, 2004
funny? yes. appropriate? no.
so i'm back from immersion. and it was...well...ok i guess. the activities and team building, now that was fun. but just having my whole day planned like that is exhausting.
and then there was our skit.
oh let me tell you about it. gather round children.
now, i was on the 12th floor, or, as we liked to call it, the penthouse. so we decided to do a "penthouse" cover of a magazine. and goldy was covered in a sheet. it looked really cute. now, since it was the penthouse, we also wanted to do something "sexy" or "scandalous" so we had all the guys on our floor dress in drag. it was funny, and that's what we were going for. the biggest laugh. and we got the biggest laugh. it was hilarious.
however, unfortunately, some people in housing were not impressed. thus, we are in trouble! which leaves me with a dilemma. do i apologize or not? i mean, i just want to forget about this thing if they weren't happy with it. but, if it would be necessary to get credibility back, should i just go talk to someone and be like: i'm really sorry, we didn't know what we were doing. it was inappropriate but we could only see getting the biggest laugh as the most important thing.
anyhow. it's all over and done with so i'd like to forget about it.
Posted by piep0058 at 12:11 PM | Comments (6)
August 20, 2004
my ear hurts
yay! no longer will i be starvin like marvin! CA immersion starts today. is that a good thing or a bad thing? i'll be sure to let y'all know.
but it's off to middlebrook hall for me. i get to explore my old home. sigh...it'll bring back old memories.
Posted by piep0058 at 01:18 PM | Comments (1)
August 19, 2004
looking east, towards mayo
so i'm looking out my window at the mayo building. i don't think i said that right... i meant to say i'm looking out my window.
yup, i just moved into comstock and i am so excited. well the thought of dealing with 50 other smelly boys is kinda worrysome. but i am over that. it's gonna be fun times.
but the real fun times don't start until i can park my car in the east river road garage. because currently i have to park it over in dinkytown. doesn't that suck? yes it does.
and i am super hungry right now. hopefully i'll be going to the macaroni grill later tonight. and i had way too much to drink last night. oh my god it was so much it just made me sick. but i had to get rid of all of that ale.
ok i need to get some food, somwhere...i just can't think right now.
Posted by piep0058 at 05:35 PM | Comments (4)
August 18, 2004
last day of homelessness
is it sad? HELL NO! I WANT MY OWN ROOM AND BLAH BLAH BLAH.
oh my god i'm so excited. i can't even describe how i'm feeling right now. but let me try. ok imagine being blind for so long. and then putting on glasses and realizing you had been blind without knowing it. it's like that exciting. (that by the way happened to me when i was 18)
and it's also my last day at the loring pasta bar (i think) after today i will be on call and just working one day a week at the kitty cat klub. oh i'm so excited.
but not as excited to be moving into comstock hall.
Posted by piep0058 at 01:03 PM | Comments (8)
August 17, 2004
working my last double...
or so i think. the only doubles i will work from now on will be working in the dorm and the door at the Kitty Cat Klub. Margo better not call in and say she can't work tomorrow because then katie will come crying to me. and i'm not having it. I just filled out an availability sheet saying that i will not be available to be scheduled at the Loring Pasta Bar. It was kinda sad, yes, but that's ok it had to happen.
so yesterday at valley fair i had a great time. brent, brett, laura and brian went with me. it was really relaxing to think that i was almost about to die, and then not die. here's the breakdown:
#1 most favorite ride: turbo drop.
#2: steel venom
#3: that big green thingy...i don't know the name.
#4: space shot
#5: the excalibur
#6: the cork screw
these were the only rides i went on. there should be a BIG gap between #4 and #5 but there weren't enough crumby rides to put in between.
i gotta say, valley fair does not at all compare to six flags - st. louis. valley fair is like half the size and just has 4 good rides. how many does six flags have? ummm... 8.
but that's ok. i was so calm as i was falling down in the turbo drop. i should try skydiving. that must be similar, except it last for a longer time. i hope i don't get all "amaya" about it and injure myself when i fall down. because that would be bad.
do i have problems? perhaps. i like to think not but sometimes the truth is so obvious that you miss the trees for the forest, or is it miss the forest for the trees. anyhow i don't know anything ever...i just have to stick to the principles i believe in and at the same time really consider what other people have to think. i think that's the most you can ask out of anyone, really.
this is why i hate small town america and other people like jerry falliwell. they don't think. i will be so bold and say that they are mindless drones that have never had any experience with god. they have been brainwashed through the years to believe they and they alone are right no matter what. there's no room for other people's views in their head.
well, perhaps hate is a bad word to say. i shouldn't hate them because they're ignorant.
Posted by piep0058 at 05:38 PM | Comments (6)
August 16, 2004
Last Day Off
it's true, today is indeed my last day off. i should enjoy it while it lasts and not imprison myself in walter library and type this bloggy thingy. but i will anyways. so the weather was kinda wet. but now it's dry. i think. you know what that means... VALLEY FAIR!!!
i really want to experience something that would make cavemen die from a heart attack today. and i have a lot to celebrate...which makes me want to go to the macaroni grill. the food there is pretty good...but what makes me like it there so much is that the leftovers will last forever.
so what do i have to celebrate? MY LAST DAY AT CARIBOU COFFEE! YAY! well it's not really my last day...i will still work random saturday mornings throughout the year. but still, this will be nice.
and theoretically jim harrison should pick up a lot of my shifts these coming weeks. thank god that people never quit working at the loring pasta bar...they just hang around indefinitely.
so i realized my books this semester will cost me 400 dollars. at first i thought this was a bad thing...but then i realized i could just buy them and complain to my mom that they cost me 500 dollars and she would give me a check for 500. aren't i spoiled...well i better go and check and see if they are here or not.
Posted by piep0058 at 01:19 PM | Comments (0)
August 15, 2004
awwww... puppy!
so i'm hanging out with some cool cats right now and their adorable puppy!
but does anyone know if the khmer rouge is still around? it's really sad. people are afraid to be educated. you'd think it were the people i have to work with at caribou. they must be afraid to appear educated... they can't be that stupid can they? the sad truth is that they can be that stupid. this one woman got really embarrassed when she accused me of giving her the smaller size when she supposedly paid for a large. boy did she get all quiet when she found out about the price increase. and now she's so embarrassed she won't come back. sad. ok i had to vent that.
because i have to be at work at caribou for my "last day" in less than 8 hours. yay!
Posted by piep0058 at 12:17 AM | Comments (3)
August 13, 2004
woah! bob marley just walked into Walter Library!
no, not really, but some rastafari wannabe did just walk in...
2 more times to work at caribou! woah! no way!
way.
so i'm headed there right now, and then there's some silly party at jon's place in st. louis park that i am gonna go to after that. fun times. silly olympics.
so i went to it's greek to me and loved it! i got to sit outside in the area i like to think of as typical greece. the food was actually quite tasty. i give it 4 out of 5 stars.
things i hate:
songs played on kdwb.
dave matthews band fans.
missouri.
not having internet at my place.
Posted by piep0058 at 12:57 PM | Comments (2)
August 11, 2004
off to sweden?
well, i'm not leaving the country anytime soon...but i have decided that when i grow up i want a house that has crosswork and a steep roof that looks like it is in sweden. i'm not swedish at all. i'm nearly 100% westphalien (small parts of irish, english, and bavarian). however after walking past this house on lake of the isles, i have determined that this is the house style i like the best. a nice swedish house. (if possible on a lake). and with some nice ikea furniture as well.
i wouldn't want anyone to know i got furniture from IKEA though...i think they milk the "from sweden" style just a little too much (especially in a very dense swedish-american area of the united states).
my next vacation to europe will be one to scandinavia. oh gosh i just want to go so many places. stockholm, oslo, back to berlin, peter's house in haren, amsterdam...
oh damn, i gotta go to work. fuck diana krall and her concert at northrup. now i have to go into work early.
but i have the day off tomorrow...and we all know where i'm going to eat...
Posted by piep0058 at 03:56 PM | Comments (2)
August 10, 2004
new shoes!
oh my god finally i have new shoes. my old, coffee-stained adidas campus shoes have gone the way of the bob dole. wait, he's still alive, nevermind. anyhow, my new burgundy superstars are awesome. now i just need to treat them before they get all icy so that they do not fall apart. if they do fall apart, i will be pissed. no seriously.
ok so maybe i should not have picked up katie's shift. i am soooo tired of working non-stop. at least i don't have to work at caribou at all next week. sunday could theoretically be my last day. yay!
and khanh better find someone to work for me at the kitty cat klub on tuesday nights. this is ridiculous that he hasn't hired someone yet. yarg!
ok, countdown time, because i am not thinking of anything else right now except moving in, turning 21, and starting school.
to 21: 41 days
to comstock: 8
to school: 27
and i get thursday off! what to do, what am i going to do with myself and all this free time?!?! go out to eat (it's greek to me, has anyone tried that?) go to the zoo? the mia? acme comedy club? we'll see...
Posted by piep0058 at 08:11 PM | Comments (10)
August 09, 2004
finally, time to relax...well sort of
ok so i have the night off, which means i have time to come to walter library and get on the internet. oh i'm so excited to become a C.A. i've goten my shifts at caribou taken care of. now all i need is my shifts at loring to be taken. and i feel all nice and cozy right now. tee hee!
anyways, here's the weekend update:
ok friday i went to chino latinos which was awesome. i can't wait until i am 21 and can order a drink while i wait to be seated. there were a lot of people there because of that stupid art fair. ugh. i hate suburbanites. and to think i used to be one. this is like the only day they go to uptown and this is the only day everyone from uptown leaves. well, it was still ok. then i saw that M. Night Shyamalan movie, "the villiage," which was ok but i would not recommend anyone go see it. it didn't scare me so much. it was better than signs, but not as good as the sixth sense. i wish it scared me more.
saturday pulled a double at caribou and loring pasta bar. i didn't eat the entire day so i had to eat half a pizza at 1 a.m. after working for 16 hours.
sunday had the day off. went to the horse races out at cantebury track. it was cool, i'd like to go back sometimes and actually bet on the horses when i have more money. and when all the little kids aren't around. horses are neat! then i came back and went to southdale and i saw the most awesome shoes! i have to get them. the largest size they had was a 12 and the largest size at mall of america is an 11 so i'm gonna try my luck at rosedale and ridgedale foot locker. then i walked like 10 miles with brett and brent all the way around lake harriet! wow we walked far! and if i only had some nice walking shoes to do all that walking in. i really need some maroon superstars.
just 9 more days until i move into comstock! tic toc tic toc...
Posted by piep0058 at 07:52 PM | Comments (5)
August 08, 2004
6 o'clock! whatever!
ok, so i missed the deadline to get into walter library; instead i went to southdale to find out that they do not have my stupid shoes. in case you didn't know, i need new shoes. and i saw the most awesome shoes ever, but they did not have my size, 13.
and so, i am at a kiosk in walter library rather than actually sitting down.
god damn it. summer hours at the library suck, hehe.
but i can get over it...i did so much this weekend, but i'll have to tell you when i can sit down.
Posted by piep0058 at 07:00 PM | Comments (0)
August 05, 2004
missouri sucks
it's a sad day folks. missour passed the ban on gay marriage. so when will i go back to missouri? NEVER!!!
i wonder how my parents voted...if they voted for it, i am going to be really pissed. if they didn't vote, i won't care. if they voted against the ban, i will be very happy. update on this later. just watch, they won't tell me how they voted.
anyhow. i really don't think it was that bad. i mean, i really like to believe that the only people that voted were the psychotic people against it and the homos and the homo-friends. and i know those are really limited in missouri. i like to think that most people really saw it as a non issue and didn't vote. but we'll see.
Posted by piep0058 at 10:59 PM | Comments (10)
August 04, 2004
augsburg sucks
oh my god their computer lab is SOOOO tiny. don't ask me why i'm here, but i'm writing on an iBook right now and it's ok but still...i miss the big desktops that are in walter library. but at least we don't have to pay to park here. that is nice. and at least there aren't any bastard u of m traffic cops patrolling around looking to rob money from people and their unwillingness to pay for parking.
oh wait, the security person just strolled by in his security expedition. they have expeditions here, not honda cr-vs.
let's see...would i ever want a laptop? yes, yes i would. i don't care how much this one kinda sucks and it's kinda slow and it's annoyingly small. i think the comfort of having a personal device such as this anywhere i go is super nice. but would i want an iBook? well, not this iBook that's for sure, i don't think i can handle how small this thing is.
countdown!!!
days to 21: 49 days
days to having a home: 14
days to school: 34
oh gosh so close. yet so far away.
Posted by piep0058 at 12:13 PM | Comments (1)
August 03, 2004
17 minutes
so says the meter where i parked out in front of walter library. which means i have to make this fast. ok so i'm currently shacked up in an apartment in uptown with brent, wohlman and greta. it's fun, i'm glad i'm not homeless. but still, i will be soooo uncontrollably happy when i am finally out on my own in comstock. (august 19th) boy do i get myself into so much trouble sometimes. i hate it.
so apparently like 75% of the managers at the Abercrombie & Fitch have been fired lately. and sales there have dropped 37%. hahaha! that's what they get when the mess with me! anyone else!!! i hope that assface wade has been fired. i know nick still works there, but he's just a lowly salesperson. or maybe he's been promoted to manager! haha, probably not, but who knows, i wonder if i'll ever hear from him again.
need to quit caribou. NOW! i have monday and thursday of next week off, however. yay! but i need to get rid of all my shifts. and i also need to deal with my schedule at loring pasta bar and the kitty cat klub.
Posted by piep0058 at 08:10 PM | Comments (0)
August 02, 2004
you don't have to be rude to me
so today at caribou SUCKED!!! i hated it with a passion. oh my god, i had the worst headache in the world. seriously need to go home, take a shower, have some water and ibuprofen. so why am i sitting in walter? because i want to update my online journal.
and it feels good.
Posted by piep0058 at 10:04 PM | Comments (1)