Team, what's bothering you?

The boredom. And the fact I made a deposit on Saturday and it still isn't showing up in my account.

Oh yeah, so Bizz. Friday night, I'm gonna be up your way. I know my bff is gonna be hanging out too, but I sure could use a fun-guide to show me what to do up there.

Rent is due today. That kinda sucks. I also have a test on thursday.

i have to pay my rent today, which means driving to the landlord's house because it won't arrive via mail in time.

my stomach feels squicky still, after like a week.

i want to lose 10 pounds because i spent all last night looking at pictures from this time last year and i looked better then.

@bizzy: ♥ Miss you.

I'm bothered by the fact that I can't go to the Lebowski fest this weekend because I'll be out of town. I both wanted to see Manuel play with the Extra Action Marching Band, and I wanted to meet ginger and make her my friend.

@CM: I almost went with "You may now lol at the bride." I'm sure you'll think of something. What was your first reaction?

@JasAsian: Got enough $ for rent? I could paypal you a buck, if I have any leftover after my landlord deposits the check I just mailed him! What's the test for?

@more pepper: I read somewhere that blueberries are good for upset tummies. Don't know how true it is though... Anyway, how are you planning to lose 10 lbs? How long do you think it will take you? Where do you usually lose it first? (for me it's the arms & boobs. my hips and tummy are more stubborn!)

Bowling Party tickets are still available though soooo ya know. People should buy them and go and hang out with us there.

@bizz: i will try to find a gingerale probably.

i don't know how i will lose 10 pounds. i bet if i started running again it would be easy, but i am afraid of hurting my back. maybe i will have a 1-person pantsoff danceoff in my living room a few times a week. =)

usually i lose weight pretty evenly. my hips are the first place it's noticeable though, but only because it's suddenly a little easier to pull a skirt on and off.

@bizzy:  mostly it's this one guy.  he was a Clinton supporter and refuses to vote for Obama, despite acknowledging that their platforms are essentially identical.  he's not going to vote for McCain either, but in his mind, Obama is no better.  he expounded on his reasons at great length, but i still couldn't make sense of them--mostly it came down to Obama doesn't have executive experience/gravitas (which McCain has because he was a POW, and Clinton has because she's married to Bill).  around the time he insisted that SCOTUS justice Stevens was right-wing, and that Obama's a likely target for assassination, i figured out that it was an enormous house of cards but he's just not enough of a listener to let it be knocked down.

@Manuel: Good luck on your show! Er, I mean... break a leg!

@pepper: I approve of Pantsoff Danceoff! I might incorporate this idea in my own weight loss efforts. Thanks for the idea!

@MizSarah: Rivers, birthdays, and weddings, oh my! You've got a busy weekend ahead... Hope you're able to steal a little alone time somewhere, somehow, for your sanity's sake.

@bizzy:  well, i live in the reality-based community, so my cards are a wee bit harder to knock down.  :-)on the other hand, i'm in grad school in the sciences, which primarily consists of people perpetually trying to knock each other's houses down, so i'm pretty well versed in those methods of both knocking and being knocked.  this guy had really good evasive tactics that defeat me because i can't interrupt people (he just kept talking until he was answering a different question than the one i asked)--someone quicker/more insistent than i might have more luck.

@le_sacre: I see. Well, I'd say patience is golden in these situations. If you can't get him to see where you're coming from, the best you can hope for is to somehow listen to his ramblings until he says something that makes sense. At least then he might put his guard down a little when he sees you're really going out of your way to understand his point of view, not that you aren't already, just... ya know... politics makes people really defensive and it's hard to tell between who just wants to be "right" and who actually wants to find a common ground.

I need to sleep
I need to clean my room
I need to find a way to see all my friends

@Bizzy - oh, i've got enough money, it's just that walking to my leasing office to give them the check is nowhere near as exciting now that my complex changed owners and the two cute girls who worked in the office are no longer there.

My exam later this week is all about vagina and the babies that grow in them.

@Laydee O: Clean first, then sleep. Or invite your friends over to help you clean and then sleep with them! Two birds, etc.

@Chrome R: Where do you live? If it's anywhere near SF I'll gladly hang out (if I am awesome enough a lady).

@JasAsian: Ahh! I love hearing guys talk about cute girls who work in the office. It makes me wonder if some guy would say the same about me if I ever left my job :D Also, yay! Vaginas! Good luck on the test!

@sound of snowsuit: Have you tried showing them a little love? I know it's hard to be nice to people that are being stupid, especially coworkers, but it's usually the last thing they expect and sometimes even makes them realize what a douche they are being. Sometimes. So, maybe try do something nice for one of them (even if they really really really don't deserve it) or maybe just a compliment or pat on the back or something. Just to see what happens!

(I tried this at work with a lady that I can't stand 99% of the time. All I did was write on a post-it: "I hope Olga finds a reason to smile today." because she is always such a pessimistic biotch. I ripped up the note, threw it away, and not even an hour later a delivery guy walks in... a client had sent her flowers. She couldn't believe it! Neither could I!)

@bizzy: zinzinnati OH which is sadly nowhere near SF. You're definitely awesome enough. There was doubt?

@bizzy - I know! I got the girl, right? Happy ending for me.

Update: Band has deemed me not ready for the show Friday, but I'm still going with them, just not playing. Fine with me, cause I'm still officially in.

Ah well even if I was playing and if you were going, you probably wouldn't see me, its suppose to be cah-razee, lots of sweat, people, mosh pit-iness, confusion and end up with an instrument in places you prefer not to be touched... or something like that...