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Monday, August 15th, 2005
6:18 pm	A Bad Note Abandoned and defeated, I make a new livejournal. I am icing_heart. Read said lj for bra story and explanation behind my new forced-upon-me name. Pathetically leaving the now empty duplex... -Veronica Current Mood: annoyed (Comment on this)
Sunday, August 14th, 2005
8:22 pm	The Parting I have also created a new livejournal. I will hereby be known as sweetlikepie. I am sad that it has come to this but I'm sure the change will be good. -amy Current Mood: sad Current Music: The Waltz of the Flowers (Comment on this)
4:30 pm	Farewells Kathy entry-- This will be my last entry as theduplex. I hereby dub myself fantasykat. (Comment on this)
Saturday, August 13th, 2005
7:08 pm	About having separate livejournals... I am undecided as to what to do with the livejournal. I agree with Kathy that I would rather have my own so that I can get an email whenever someone responds to my long ago comments. However, it's easier just to keep the one we have so that I don't have to mess with a bunch of stuff in setting up a new one. Also, I feel like anything I say that could be remotely interesting would be thwarted by Amy's livejournal (this is assuming that we all get out own livejournal). It would be taxing and deflating having to keep up with it because Amy and Arvey (in my head) will have already covered it. So I am still undecided. In other news, I got to see Shiloh. Sweetie! I love her. I just got her back and she's leaving already, but I guess it's a good thing because her neighborhood is really bad and it would be nice for her to have all her friends around her again. Her old coven! In other other news, my friends back home, after giving me many promises to do something, have(now that I've left Indiana and can no longer do things with them) started doing things. Horrible sentence. Anyway, I called Mikel and he was AT THE DUNES, a place all have been thinking about going to forever. I don't like the dunes personally (glass in the sand). But the fact that they are JUST NOW FRESH AFTER I'VE LEFT doing things pisses me off. Andrea went horseback riding after flat out ditching me for a nap the day she said we would go. I don't understand! That's it for me. Oh, I got a bra stuck in my hair at my first day of work. -Veronica Current Mood: deflated Current Music: A Sorta Fairytale -Tori Amos (4 Comments |Comment on this)
8:22 am	Hmmm.... My computer seems to restart itself every night without my say so. Does anyone know how to make it stop? Well, I'm off to my first day at the hotel. -amy Current Mood: busy (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, August 8th, 2005
1:43 am	There's no easy way to say this... I'm thinking about leaving theDuplex and starting my own livejournal. Would anyone be upset? Is it too big a break from tradition? It's fun sharing, but I'm motivated by the desire to hook up my email address to livejournal. It's too hard to remember to check the comments I've left for other people's responses. Also, that Avenue Q cd you guys burned for me didn't play. I was sad. Did anyone else's not work? Current Mood: blank (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, August 6th, 2005
9:31 pm	Kathy entry-- I assume that my fellow duplexians haven't gotten around to setting up their Tucson internet yet, and our livejournal is so woeful inactive I feel obligated to post something. I have been extremely unmotivated lately. I'm writing still (although I slacked off a lot Thursday and Friday), but otherwise all I've been doing since I got back from Michigan is playing Harvest Moon, Caesar III, and Disgaea. I hung out with Sammie once, and otherwise I haven't left except to do errands for my parents. I feel sort of guilty for being a lazy bum. On that note, I haven't done anything since Amy's party, so I don't have a lot to say. Current Mood: pensive (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 26th, 2005
6:20 pm	Well, I'm enjoying a week of unemployment as I pack and plan out the party. Nothing is really going on other than that. A word to the wise to all who are spending the night at my house you might want to bring your own pillows and blankets to if you don't want to get cozy with each other as my house is equipped for an only child and is having trouble meeting the demand of the swell of people. Especially as all of my blankets and stuff will be packed by then. Just FYI. -amy Current Mood: anxious (Comment on this)
1:24 pm	Schedule I have three days to wrap everything up here and then it's ARIZONA! I have no qualms with leaving, but I will be bawling my eyes out. I feel bad for Shane, who is giving me a ride to Amy's. So, today, I pack up my desk and ready it for the move. Tomorrow I concentrate on Wendell and what he needs for the move and ready all that. Also I spend time with my grandma. Thursday, I make the necessary phone calls (credit card, student loans, work places that laid me off) to let them know that I'm leaving and have a different address. And also quality time with everyone, basically. Then I leave. I'm getting anxious and scared. But I'm so excited! -Veronica Current Mood: a mix of emotions Current Music: Dixie Chicks "Cowboy Take Me Away (2 Comments |Comment on this)
11:32 am	Just thought I'd share Kathy entry-- I just reread what I have for my novel so far, and it took me an hour and ten minutes to get through it. That's so cool! Current Mood: excited (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 20th, 2005
2:12 am	Scars Throughout my life, I've been very proud of my scars. They are, to me, signs of triumphing over the bad things that hurt me. Like my cousin pushing me into the broken desk chair. My brother slamming my finger in the car door (and hearing it latch). My brother running over me with his bike. Shaving (no longer wonder why I only shave during the summer, and even then rarely so.) The broken window in my room. My cat Daisy Duke, deceased. Skidding into Mikel's driveway. Also, they are the one thing on me that no other person could possibly have. Well, I burned myself very badly at work the other day. It turned grey almost immediately, like a patch of corpse skin on my wrist. I actually feel like a freak of nature with this fairly noticeable burn. Today it was purple and moved into a deep burgundy. I'm sorry Arvey, but it's disturbing. I now feel like I'm focusing too much on appearance because I find myself hoping that perfect strangers don't think it's some weird birthmark. Secondly, I was watching Legally Blonde just now (I do like this movie)and somewhere in a shuffle of getting up to go to the bathroom from our very touchy recliner, I ripped a hunk of the burn off. I am in extreme pain right now and I feel like my nerve endings are exposed to fast moving and blazing-hot air. And I'm more disturbed. I find myself begging the burn not to scar. I want it to just go away and give me back my smooth, slightly pudgy wrist. What has happened here? -Veronica P.S. Cutie boy came into the gas station and wished me luck on my Arizona venture. I'll probably never see him again. He gets different cigarettes everyday. It was a nice thing to latch onto for conversation. He said Arizona was one of the places he really wanted to go to. Poor guy. Current Mood: worried Current Music: Melissa Etheridge "I'm the Only One" (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 19th, 2005
2:20 pm	The New Girl... The girl I was training the past two days is interesting. She wanted to order pizza yesterday so we placed an order but when an hour went by and no pizza showed up I never seen such a skinny girl get so upset over such a thing. She called them back and demanded to know where the pizza was. It turns out they took it to the wrong address and when we finally got the pizza delivered to Swifty they didn't make us pay for it. That was very cool. Later on I found out she is a Harry Potter fan. It also turns out she loves Star Wars but was disappointed in the third movie. She liked the first one the best because she loved pod racing and Jar Jar. She also thought the second movie was SO ROMANTIC. She liked everything I hated about the Star Wars series. Then she started raving about the movie The Notebook. Then we started talking about the X Men movies and she is so excited about the Jean becoming the Phoenix. She also liked the movie The Village which I thought was an ok movie but she loved the ending and thought it was great the people were living a life of purity and innocent. I pointed out that it all based on a lie but she would hear none of it. It became quite the debate. I'm pleased to say that she struggled a little bit more yesterday as she had to run the register by herself while I had to clean all day and she didn't even have to do the other chores that goes along with 2nd shift. Hehe. -amy Current Mood: devious Current Music: Mr. Birghtside!!!!!! (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, July 18th, 2005
2:21 pm	Well, I'm on my last week of work. =) We hired some new girls and my days off changed. Instead of getting off on Tuesday I'm now getting off Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, but I still have to go in and work Sunday night. Boo on them. They couldn't have given me off Friday, Saturday and Sunday? Oh well. I'm training one of the girls. She's going to go out and buy pepper spray because some guy got a little smart with her because she ID him and I told her our managers don't carry guns like her OTHER store did. If someone was to rob my store I wouldn't want a shooting match to break out unless my manager was a snipper sitting up in the office. That would be cool... Anyways, what was I saying? Oh yeah, I hope she does whatever makes her feel better. Shane, I hope you call me again when you get back. Tonight and the next two days I'll be at work from 3-11:30 but then I'll be off for a couple of days. And Kathy I know if you got up at 6am you will go to bed early but I might try to call you to start a game of phone tag tonight at ll:30ish. That's all for now. -amy Current Mood: bored (4 Comments |Comment on this)
7:06 am	Back from the U.P. Kathy entry-- Well, I'm home, and miraculously, I think I'm caught up on my internet (except for joining Jason's new thingy... it looks like I'd need a picture). Vacation was awesomer than expected--me and Jeremy made up AND he didn't turn around and piss me off again! He woke me up the morning after I got there--I went to bed early the night before because I was tired out from the drive, and he didn't get there until late--and he was all excited to see me and talking hyperly about everything we were going to do. He apologized right away for being an ass last year and said he felt really bad about ditching everybody to go back downstate, which to be fair has less to do with missing the family (though that's part of it) than with his boyfriend turning out to be a real piece of work. They broke up like the day after Jeremy got there because said boyfriend Nathan wouldn't quit calling and having hissy-fits over Jeremy not being at home and started making shit up about being in the hospital and getting his mom to call and beg and other madness. Apparently they'd broken up before and Jeremy went back after Nathan started making suicide-threats. This time Jeremy just spent two weeks hanging up on him. They got a pair of boxers together (dogs, not underwear) that Jeremy took to Michigan with him and that Nathan is demanding back, and on Saturday one of Jeremy's friends that he'd asked to go get stuff out of his and Nathan's apartment for him called and left a message with me that everything had been cleaned out except for a blender and an ice tray. Yikes! I kind of hope that doesn't include the Sega CD I left in Cleveland, but it seemed too petty to bring up at the time. I'll find out more on how that works out later. I want to tell everyone about my trip, but it seems just so massive a task. Let's see, Josh went with me and we visited Shane on the way up. We got to see his kick-ass new quarters and play some Magic. I still think his town is cute. The next day we (I) drove from Indy to Cedarville (10 hours). I was towing the sea-doos the whole way, which is okay but tiring, so even though we left way early and actually got to my cousin's house before dinner, I passed out at like 9:30. The next day we launched dad's boat and the sea-doos and hung out with my cousins and their family, and the day after that was the big pig roast and a massive party. The pig was excellent--20+ people ate him for five days and we were sad when he was gone. Kudos to the chef, my cousin Jason, and to the homemade cinderblock, steel, and tinfoil oven courtesy of John and my dad. There were many games of poker, both good and bad, and we eventually bankrupted Josh. My little cousins are still adorable. Jeremy's dogs are incredibly droolly but well-behaved. Susan's kittens are great. My uncle Greg's girlfriend was the biggest sour spot in the whole trip--I really intensely dislike her. She's totally unintelligent, meddlesome, and bossy. I took to avoiding her partway through, and though he first mocked the harshness of my judgement, Josh later came to share my sentiment. My family and I are the most polite people ever--the last night there, Mom, Dad, Susan, John, and I all got into a conversation and realized that NONE of us like her, but we couldn't tell that from our nice faces before. I hope they break up, but the outlook isn't good. I was sad to come home--the weeks passed extra fast this year, and it felt like I didn't get to spend enough time with anybody. It's always sad to leave knowing it will be another year before I see my cousins or the endless horizon of Lake Huron. The sea-doos were awesome on the big water. Well, it's time for me to take a shower and get ready to write. I thought it would be hard to get started the first Monday back, but I ended up tackling the drive home in one day on Saturday. We made awesome time, but it was still 14 hours with a trailer, and I went to sleep immediately when we got here, and slept another 14 hours. I stayed up in a state of half-vegetation for about 8 hours after a brief spurt of activity unsuccessfully searching for a copy of Disgaea, an awesome game of my cousin's that I sampled in MI, and then went to bed again. I just sort of woke up at 6 and have been catching up ever since. Now it's time to get busy. Man, if I wasn't feeling pressured before, you should see me now that my ENTIRE extended family has told me that they look forward to reading my book. Yikes! (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, July 16th, 2005
2:06 pm	Veronica Shouldn't Be The Only One Posting It's been a long time since I posted. Last Thursday and Friday I spent at Jason's house where I stalked his kitty Icicle and watched the Fantastic 4. It was a lot of fun. Then Arvey came over Monday and Tuesday and we hiked and rode the Ferris Wheel of DOOM as Arvey has named it. Once again lots of fun. Then my aunt and I went out for her birthday on Wednesday. I've been working since then. I look forward for a break on Monday. I've been depressed for most of this week but I think I'm getting over it. I guess it was just bouts of loneliness. Jason got a couple of calls at like 1am of me demanding to know how his day was. ;) Oh, I need to mention that I got a new kitten. He is a skeleton of a cat that's had a skin stretched over his frame and then had the fur possibly shave. I found him while I was driving home from work on Chicken Run Rd. I named him Worm and he is very friendly if not pretty. My mom threaten my life if I ever brought home another cat again but now she loves him and lets him come inside so I'm glad that worked out. Everyone will get to see him at the party. Ah, the party. I have thought of little else over the summer as anyone who as spent anytime with me or even had a short conversation with me can attest to. I'm afraid now it's getting top heavy as I may have planned to much and will be unable to pull everything off. What if it rains? What is this foolishness that I speak of course it won't rain. I'm sure such thoughts were delusions caused by my depression. In other news apparently my cousin is out of jail. Curse you woman who was desperate enough to bail him out. Oh well. Well this has gone on far to long so I had better end this. -amy Current Mood: drained (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, July 9th, 2005
1:36 am	ARIZONA! Three weeks and counting. I'm getting more and more excited and beginning to feel like Phil, that only three or four people ever log on to livejournal anymore. Anyway, my friends here said to have a fling with Dean as well. I had a nickname for him last summer, but I don't remember what it is anymore. Cutie boy? Hottie boy? Amy, do you remember? I told you, but if you can't remember it's no big. Wendell got flea medication today. Hopefully I haven't doped him up too much. I got him the Advantage type stuff that you put on the back of their neck. Then I put a flea collar on him. Hopefully that will get the little buggers and not kill Wendell. Also, the biggest thing. The Arizona crew got the apartment! Yay!!!!! Right, guys? Well, I have to work tomorrow, so bye. -Veronica Current Mood: bouncy Current Music: Lifehouse "Take Me Away" (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 6th, 2005
1:35 am	Speak of the Devil, etc... I've seen him! After a year of thinking how hot and perfect he was and he just WALKS into the gas station today. I couldn't keep my eyes off of him. He's grown his hair out. It fit into a ponytail holder. Also, he's a bit thinner. That's about all that has changed. I speak of the infamous Dean from Donnelley's last summer. Actually I don't recall telling many people about him. Anyway, I was excited to start working at Donnelley's this summer in the hopes of seeing him again. Only to see him again because I think he still has a girlfriend. He always wore a Tool hat and he noticed me because of my Kurt Cobain shirt (I noticed him from day one, pathetically). We didn't say a word to each other until the last day I was working there. It was sad! He played guitar and he had all these piercings and he was soooo gorgeous! He's STILL GORGEOUS, by the way! I have two new conclusions about him now. See above (the "STILL GORGEOUS" part). And oh how the mighty have fallen. He remembered me as much as I remembered him, oddly as we only had the one conversation. Anyway, he asked me if I still worked at Donnelley's and I said that they laid me off. He said, "Yeah, they laid me off too and when they called me back, I couldn't pass the drug test." ... Maybe he got drunk the night before or something. I could handle that. ... ... Heh. So there's that. But he's still gorgeous. The other girl that worked with me said he comes in all the time. Is it okay that I keep looking? Heh again. -Veronica Current Mood: crushed Current Music: Snow Patrol "Run" (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 5th, 2005
1:57 am	Dilemma So I get a job finally, and I don't tell them that I'm leaving very soon. However, the time is coming when, according to their policy, I'm supposed to ask for two weeks notice. Here's the dilemma: Do I actually give them the two weeks and risk getting a cut in hours? Do I wait until the last day I want to work and give the dramatic, "I can't take this anymore. I'm outta here and never coming back"? Do I explain that "career opportunities have arisen in Arizona and I must leave quickly, like a week and by the way sorry"? ???? Help! Mostly, I just feel bad about having to make them train yet another person, but at the same time, they're always taking applications so they're asking for it. My mom and grandmother say not to give them two weeks notice, but to give them a weeks notice. I have to think about it, but I would also like input if possible. Also, was this a completely immoral thing to do as my friend Andrea said it was? -Veronica Current Mood: embarrassed Current Music: "You're So Vain" (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, June 30th, 2005
4:17 pm	Kathy entry-- Leaving for Michigan today. I'll tell everyone all about it when I get back July 17. Current Mood: excited (Comment on this)
2:02 am	And for those nightly panic attacks... I got a job. It's been a tough journey, but at last with the job. I can now join the "I work at a gas station" club. Hope the fees aren't too high. Also, I won't have any more panic attacks when I go to sleep. Anyway, Arizona people. I think we're agreed to leave on the 30th (yes, of July). If Amy has her party on the 29th, then I can probably make it. I might not be there until the evening or late late afternoon, however. I sent in for senior pictures. It was kind of expensive but I think it'll be worth it in the end. Hopefully I'll remember to bring everyone a wallet size so you all will remember forever how hot I was. :p Anyway, I'm off. Got to sleep as I have work. (He he. I have work. Well, sort of "he he." -Veronica Current Mood: relieved Current Music: air conditioner and fan (6 Comments |Comment on this)