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10:42am 30/01/2008
  it's temperatures like these that make me happy about all the belly fat I've been accumulating since thanksgiving.

it keeps my organs warm.

as I continue in survival mode, I will be foraging for doughnuts for lunch.
 
     

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a cell phone conversation...   
04:17pm 11/01/2008
  ... overheard in the aisles of Target today:

"dude, that's what I'm saying. like, when Asians drive bad and when the rap boys do stupid shit, I'm like: way to fuel the stereotypes! it just makes me so angry, you know?"

sir, I commend you on your work to fuel the stereotype that all white people are loud, angry, racist assholes.

bravo.
 
     

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stolen from ac...   
03:59pm 08/01/2008
  1. A is for age: 26

2. B is for beer of choice: guinness

3. C is for career right now: part-time administrative assistant (aspiring librarian and seller of paper in various formats)

4. D is for your dog's name? my favorite dog of all time: jake

5. E is for essential item you use everyday: oxygen

6. F is for favorite TV show at the moment: none - I don't like re-runs

7. G is for favorite game: trivial pursuit!

8. H is for Hometown: cadillac (or cattle-tracks, if you're local)

9. I is for instruments you play: kalimba

10. J is for favorite juice: pomegranate

11. K is for whose butt you'd like to kick: mitt romney

12. L is for last place you ate: my desk (so pathetic)

13. M is for marriage: zoiks.

14. N is for your full name: no thanks

15. O is for overnight hospital stays: other than being born, none.

16. P is for people you were with today: rp (in the wee hours), co-workers

17. Q is for quote: "I call him reed-rago"

18. R is for Biggest Regret: losing touch with most of my friends.

19. S is for status: I'm HIV negative.

20. T is for time you woke up today: 7:00 am

21. U is for underwear you have on now: black. cotton. conservative.

22. V is for vegetable you love: variety is the spice of life. but beets make me want to vomit.

23. W is for worst habit: interrupting others

24. X is for x-rays you've had: several chest, two lower leg, one arm, one abdomen.

25. Y is for yummy food you ate today: lays salt & vinegar chips, followed by swedish fish.

26. Z is for the zodiac sign: leo
 
     

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10:47am 10/12/2007
  if I could get through an entire day - on the street, on the L platform, on the train - without once smelling stale urine, I would consider that a great day.  
     

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I dream in color   
02:59pm 03/12/2007
  I think I may have dreamed the plot of 'lust,caution' last night. or, at least what my subconscious mind imagines is the plot of 'lust,caution,' based on film reviews and on-line/printed synopses. because I haven't actually seen the film. but my dream was really detailed.

if you've seen it, let me know and we'll compare notes. I'd like to know how accurate my dreams are at film/book synopses (I've had similar experiences with 'the piano,' 'the poisonwood bible,' and 'goonies,' none of which I've seen/read).

winter seems to intensify my dreams. perhaps because I usually sleep longer?
 
     

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punti di bambino   
10:34am 19/11/2007
  after contacting old college professors (they aren't actually old, but it has been quite a spell since I last talked to them), I received one 'yes' and one very encouraging and cheerful 'no' ('it sounds like you are leading a very interesting life, with all of your creative endeavors!') to my request for letters of recommendation. yay! and sigh...

is it bad to have two letters of recommendation come from your current place of employment? because my last two bosses were: totally psychotic, and nearly illiterate, respectively.

ps - I can't wait to go home! northern michigan should be dusted nicely with snow, and I'll finally get to bring my lovely green winter coat out of its sad little corner!
 
     

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nothing says love like exploitation   
10:55am 05/11/2007
  ... and so begin the f***ing diamond commercials.  
     

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hipstraights for president   
07:02pm 24/10/2007
  "we must move forward... not backwards, not to the side, not forwards, but always whirling, whirling, whirling towards freedom!"

and if you've ever wanted to see democracy from the perspective of adorable chinese grade-schoolers, run, do not walk, to see "Please Vote For Me" (PBS Independent Lens).
 
     

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horror vacui!   
10:21am 18/10/2007
   http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/10/18/middleschool.contraception.ap/index.html

if it were up to me, birth control would be baked into every cafeteria cookie and flowing out of the drinking fountains.  and the boys would just have to be careful about their cookie/water consumption.

I think we should give the girls a chance to realize that their chosen partner is a total idiot before they "settle down" at fourteen.
 
     

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Talkies avec accessoires et ballon de rugby offert   
12:35pm 15/10/2007
   my right arm is a little sore from holding/hogging/dancing with a totally adorable 6 month-old on Saturday.

my left leg/hip is a little sore from trying (unsuccessfully) to do the splits on a church altar.

my right foot is a little sore from dancing like a lunatic to The Rapture.

I love when friends get married...
 
     

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livejournal, you are now an accessory.   
03:52pm 25/09/2007
  bill o'reilly, I think if I ever got near you in public, I *might* stab you with the sharpest thing I could grab out of my bag. 
it might be a mechanical pencil, it might be a bobby pin.  

but please do take care to cross the street when you see me, because I don't want to go to jail for the likes of you.  
the other inmates would size me up and ask me why I did it, and 

this 

would be my answer.  it might gain me a little bit of temporary respect, but we both know that I'd be someone's bitch in less than a week.  and I don't care for that term, nor the requisite tasks that come with it inside of the prison system.







 
     

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it is 10:11 a.m., and...   
10:11am 24/09/2007
 

... thus far today, I have:

* had to stand on the train next to "smelly guy," who decided to hold on to the pole behind my head, thus exposing me terribly to his underarm region.

* had my desk chair tampered with at some point over the weekend, so that when I sat down, I hit my chin on the desktop (I'm not even kidding).

* had to exchange said desk chair with that of a recently departed co-worker, and in the process, the cute bow on my right kitten heel shoe snapped off.  now my right foot is weeping silently, but trying to just get through the day.  poor foot.

* spilled hot tea in my lap and all over my keyboard

* been exposed to pictures of massive, unnatural boobs when one of my office's award program's information accidentally got cross-posted on an innappropriate blog, and I got sent in to fix it.  I hadn't yet had enough tea (see previous gripe) to handle boobs of these dimensions, not to mention the NSFW factor (luckily, all of my co-workers are funny women who crowded around my desk for a "peek").

* discovered that the bug fog sprayed all over our office on friday evening did not, in fact, kill the gnasty gnats that are setting up their homes here.  and they appear to now be bigger and stronger. 

honestly, what the fuck am I doing out of bed?

 
     

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tummy trouble   
01:10pm 18/09/2007
  I think I may have inadvertently purchased a maternity shirt. I found it in the sale section, and naturally assumed that it was for the non-fertilized-egg set. when I tried it on, it was a little big in the tummy area, but I assumed it was part of the "rosemary's baby" trend that's all the rage currently. I didn't have any doubts until I got on the train this morning...

... and an elderly gentleman glanced at my stomach and then gave me his seat. I didn't really even make the connection until I got to work. I thought the man was just being nice.

my stabs at fashion always seem to have disastrous results.

(however, I may wear the shirt again when the train is sure to be crowded.)
 
     

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hummingbird-lightning heart   
12:54pm 10/09/2007
  so I'm thinking about becoming an insomniac. I banked a total of roughly 8-10 hours of sleep this weekend, and I'm finding the effects to be surprisingly pleasant:
1.) everything is hilariously, even dangerously, funny. I spent about 10 minutes engaged in a serious belly laugh yesterday because rp made some crude noises with his mouth. my abs hurt for hours afterward.
2.) memory lapses occuring during optimum times. I don't remember my ride on the subway this morning. at all. which is nice, because my dealings with the cta are typically the least pleasant part of my day.
3.) I have to work constantly, with zero breaks, in order to keep from falling asleep. I'm really getting a lot done.

possible cons:
1.) modern technology makes very little sense to me. it took me six tries to access my voicemail this morning. as it turns out, pressing and holding the "clear" button on a cell phone won't do it.
2.) my face has become an even whiter shade of pale. I'm starting to worry that people will soon be able to see through to my molars and sinus cavities.
3.) it took me two hours to write this.
 
     

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ok, ok...   
10:19pm 25/08/2007
  ... I know that it's cliche to make fun of beauty queens, but:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMU192Kp02o

really, ms. south carolina? after months of practicing the final question round, and that's your answer? I'll even give you allowances: you were obviously very nervous; perhaps you are a part of that fifth of Americans that can't find the U.S. on a world map, so the question confused you; maybe you have a crush on a certain Saved by the Bell cast member? still, how did "South Africa, Iraq and Asian countries" even come into play? I'm sure that they could find us on a map, in the same way that everyone in the neighborhood knows which house is the one you definitely don't want to accidentally let your dog pee in front of. because, man, can that lady be a bitch.

I think you should definitely fire your pageant coach, and then maybe take a year off from the "circuit" to find yourself.
 
     

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joy stick   
02:21pm 02/08/2007
  it's sad, really, how ineffectual my employer's spam filters are. and apparently, according to the barrage of messages I get every day, my lady's happiness should be my number one concern. as should the girth of my 'joy stick' (apparently a new pseudonym the kids are using). my question is this: do most men really need reminder e-mails about their so-called joy sticks? aren't they already consumed with stick-related thoughts throughout much of the day?

and I must say, seeing two wonderful movies for *free* in the last week has made me feel like a post-birthday queen. although I forgot about how strongly I nerd out whenever I see or read anything austen-related. sorry, charlie...
 
     

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Rugby player had tooth in forehead for three months   
11:37am 17/07/2007
  Posted: Tuesday July 17, 2007 11:11AM

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) -- Rugby player Ben Czislowski kept competing for more than three months despite the headaches that started after a clash with an opponent.

Czislowski was playing for Brisbane team Wynnum during the April 1 incident involving Tweed Heads forward Matt Austin. He had a head wound stitched up afterward, the Australian Associated Press reported Tuesday.

Czislowski later suffered an eye infection and complained of lethargy and shooting pains in his head.

Then last week, his doctor found a tooth imbedded in Czislowski's head.

"I can laugh about it now, but the doctor told me it could have been serious, with teeth carrying germs," Czislowski said.

"I've got the tooth at home, sitting on the bedside table," he said. "If he [Austin] wants it back he can have it. I'm keeping it at the moment as proof that it actually happened."
 
     

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oh, if only UPS had wings!   
12:43pm 12/07/2007
  my newest bundle of joy:

not as yet named...

and the man I spoke to at the ink cartridge supplier in dunkirk, new york made me feel very positive about my purchase.  according to his expertise (and he's been repairing Smith-Corona typewriters since before I was born, apparently), the vintage typewriters are of a much higher quality than the plastic models "that come out of China these days."  I'm very glad, according to this testimony, that I decided against the sad, gray typewriters at Office Depot, and took a stroll on eBay instead. 

but starting *now*, I need to start saving my pennies, because it looks like graduate school is in my future...
 
     

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would the real ketchup please stand up?   
02:26pm 28/06/2007
 

could someone please explain to me why hellman's mayonnaise seems to be leading the television/internet advertising charge for the "real food" movement?  
first, when did mayonnaise become food?  are we considering condiments food now?  so the ketchup and water mixture I used to "cook up" as a kid and try to make my friends eat - that constituted as an actual entree, or at least as a first course? 
second, does it seem strange to anyone else that hellman's mayonnaise is using the fact that their product is nothing but whole eggs and pure oil to tout themselves as a health food?  yes, our product could very possibly give you high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes if eaten on a consistent basis, but it's all natural.  it's real food.

really.

also: 
with all of the wife/child murders lately, I think the world has gone a little mad.  or at least the married world?  
gentlemen: a plea.  if, when contemplating a spouse and a future family, settling down somewhere and supporting said family, and spending the rest of your life with said spouse and family, any unsettling feelings of caginess and ensuing thoughts of homicide occur, do not get married.  some people aren't meant to marry and have children.  that's fine.  that's what escort services and/or girlfriends/boyfriends with really low expectations are for.

 
     

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a forum, of sorts...   
09:53am 11/06/2007
 

among other things, this blog of mine seems to have become a sounding board about: 

the pistons (but let's not even talk about them right now - the wound is still too fresh)

working life

roller coasters

and speaking of the latter:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/10/coaster.scare.ap/index.html

once again, it will be a bizarro day in the universe when I set foot on a roller coaster.  I will not allow my tombstone to read: "She led a good life, and then she mistakenly went to Six Flags." 

those poor upside-down people.  I bet they're waking up with murderous headaches today...

 
     

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