Has anybody heard of these videogames called Harvest Moon? There's a whole bunch of them for the Nintendo systems and Playstation. I hardly know anything about them, but I'm really intrigued, so now I want every Harvest Moon game that Nintendo makes.
I can't get into anything gradually. I have to just jump right in. {g}
posted by Beth at 5:09:00 PM
Monday, October 13, 2003
There was just something on the news about a guy breaking out of a maximum security prison in Pennsylvania. How do you do that? Well, all kinds of cartoons and TV shows will tell you that you just need to make a rope out of your bedsheets and climb out the window. That's really how he did it. He also used his mattress to prevent being scraped up by the barbed wire on the fence. It's very comforting to know that this can be done, isn't it?
A couple hours ago I finished watching America's Castles on A&E. I guess it's back on the air now. Maybe it was never off the air, and it just eluded me for years. I like that show. One of the castles they talked about in this episode was the Winchester Mystery House. It's really awesome, and I'd like to go there sometime. Hell, I'd like to see that episode over again from the beginning, so I can see more of the house. It's haunted, they say. Oooooo-oooh. {g}
So I am probably obligated by law to talk about this past Saturday. It started out normally. I got up really late, got dressed, and then my uncle and I went out to dinner. We went to Charlie Brown's Steakhouse (hahahee), which we'd never been to before. It was pretty good. They have good soup. I think most soups are stupid, but I liked this soup a lot. We also had weird chicken spring rolls that were good, but a little spicy; I wasn't expecting southwestern spices on spring rolls, y'know? My dinner was chicken stuffed with pepperjack cheese and spinach. It was tasty, but I was full from the other stuff and I wanted to save room for dessert, so I took most of it home. Then we had banana rum cake, and that was good, so I guess I'd recommend this restaurant. Then we bought a great big pumpkin for $3. I love pumpkins. I just want to put them on endtables and on kitchentables and on other accommodating surfaces.
The more eventful part of the day happened at about 1am. I got an IM from erin (but it was really Tavie, I think and it wasn't really an IM for her, so much as a text message) that said that she, Tavie, Gina, and Stephanie were on their way to Atlantic City, and they asked if I wanted to come. Weeyaywoo!
Here is the bad part. I, apparently, am really crappy at giving directions. Not only did I tell them to take a wrong turn on the way to my house, BUT I got us all turned around and mixed up inside the actual casino AND we went part of the wrong way on the way out of the casino, but I don't know if that was because of me THEN I told Gina to turn the wrong way in the same place that I originally messed up on when they were coming to get me.
I later found out what my error was. I never ever ever take the AC Expressway to Atlantic City, but I frequently take it to go the other direction and to come from the other direction. I never even noticed that the exit stuff from the other direction is, like, elsewhere, because it was never important, and that is how I came to tell Gina to turn the wrong way TWO times at the same place. Judge tenderly of me. {g}
It always kind of scares me to have people see my house for the first time, because I'm afraid they'll think badly of it. I don't want them to, I like my house. I just happen to have constant fears of people judging me or things related to me very harshly. No one said anything or did anything to make me feel that way, I just have the anxiety, you know? But the cool part was showing everyone my dog. He especially liked Tavie, because she let him kiss her, whereas most people pull away. But he loves people so much. And my cat was also seen, and luckily he didn't sneeze on erin or Stephanie. {g}
My poor directions and paranoia aside, the trip was really fun for me. I had a very good time. I wish it weren't raining, so that we could have spent more time on the boardwalk or at other casinos, because there's so much tackiness to be seen. We went to the Showboat, where I got us free parking, which was my big contribution for the evening. {g} And we also went to the Taj Mahal. We ate at a restaurant there, except that I didn't really eat much, because I don't like breakfast and because I had a big dinner (see above). Gina gave me a danish, and it was both good and lemony. But yes, it was a really neat thing for me to go to Atlantic City on a whim and see people I never get to see (and Stephanie whom I'd never met before) and walk around and do stuff and stuff. {g}
Oh another exciting part (for me only) was going into the Wawa with Tavie and erin. I love the Wawa. They have good sandwiches and lots of other things and they're always open. And they have great cappuccino. It's my goal to take anyone who has never been to this area into a Wawa and get them some coffee.
It was Fun. It's always nice to be invited, and it's even better to go. {g}
posted by Beth at 6:36:00 AM
Saturday, October 11, 2003
I hate Angelina Jolie and her mouth.
posted by Beth at 6:08:00 PM
Now Playing: Neko Case "Lady Pilot"
I was thinking that maybe I should attempt to get a job through a staffing service or employment agency, because it would mean less looking around on my part. Is that a bad idea? Is there a massive downside that I don't know about?
After I did my volunteering thing last Tuesday, I had to waste time in the city, so I busied myself, after eating at the Chick-Fil-A, by ambling around the Gallery Mall. When I'm stuck at the mall with no money to spend, I have to steer clear of stores where I'd spend lots of money (CD/DVD stores, bookstores, places with clothing that I might like), so I went to the Dollar Island and to the K-Mart. First, I went to the Dollar Island. That might be the most humorous dollar-store name that I've heard yet. I hate to go to dollarstores, but at the same time, I get annoyed when people mock them too much. I think I mostly hate to go there not because I don't want any of the junk, but because my mom thinks she's some kind of dollarstore expert or something. What I'm saying is that I hate them out of rebellion! Maybe. But I went to Dollar Island, so that while killing time, I could "do right by my mama." They had a lot of Halloween decorations and other not-as-junky-as-I'd-expect things. In fact, Dollar Island ties for first place with the place in Mays Landing for the Classiest Dollarstore Award. I thought I'd impress my mom, so I bought her some Halloween decorations. Yellow leaf garland and a big black and orange cloth bow. When I came home, she seemed really pleased. She even attached the bow to the vase of flowers on our kitchen table. I very nearly bought her a bag of orange plastic knives, forks, and spoons. They were so festive. I might just do that next Tuesday. {g}
So there's a K-Mart as an anchor store at the Gallery Mall; I've known it for years, and it still surprises and even impresses me. Anchor stores are usually reserved for the stuffier likes of Strawbridge's. Let me point out something here: I did not mean that I laugh at K-Mart and refuse to spend money there. Instead, please understand that I'm just more likely to buy stuff at a K-Mart in New Jersey than out-of-state. I'm actually quite pro-K-Mart. I especially like it more than Wal-Mart. Here's but one reason why K-Mart is cooler: K-Mart sells Ben Folds Live with a parental advisory, while Wal-Mart offers only a clean version with lots of bleeps in it. But yeah, I also got pumpkin earrings at K-Mart the other day for a dollar. Anyway, when I go to a store like that, I always look around at CD/movies, seasonal stuff (in this case Halloween and Christmas decorations), and toys. While in the toy section, I saw, get this, a Play-Doh George Foreman Grill. (!!!) I'm not saying it's the best toy ever, but I *am* saying that I really and truly love the fact that it exists. George is even on the damn box! :D You can use the little plastic molds to shape your Play-Doh into little steaks and stuff, then you put it on the grill and it "sizzzzzzzles". Hah! I love that. I love the picture on the box of the little boy cooking. It just filled me up with crazy happiness. Earlier in the day, my brain was clouded with angry thoughts about people I was mad at, but seeing this product washed them away for many hours. Why don't you take a look at it? Admit that it is excellent. The icing on the cake is that it comes in different colors! ^_^
That said, I will now return to my monster job searches. {g}
posted by Beth at 3:51:00 AM
Police discovered last week that Yates had kept the fierce feline and a 5-foot long alligator, named Al, as pets in his fifth-floor apartment in a Harlem housing project.
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"I realized that this is my calling in life. I'm trying to create a Garden of Eden, something that this world lacks," Yates told KYW-TV in a phone interview from his hospital room.
The guy was attacked by his pet tiger and he told the hospital it was a pit bull. That's craziness. I can't imagine what it must be like, if someone were to break into his apartment and find a tiger and a gator. That's the best theft deterrent ever. It's practically awe-inspiring to me. {g}
posted by Beth at 3:31:00 AM
Monday, October 06, 2003
While having dinner, I was watching (listening to, really) Peter Jennings and his World News Tonight. Of course they were talking about the big recall thing and showing clips of political rallies. Here is a quote from one of them:
"Hasta la vista, car tax." -- Arnold Schwarzenegger
Holy crap! Am I the dumbest for thinking that's the dumbest? Are there people out there who just eat that stuff up? Are there people of voting age out there who eat that stuff up? Don't get me wrong, I thought it was hilarious, but that's (probably) never something that would sway my vote.
Also, here's my advice to you. Never get married! I just had this really scary dream about me flaking out big time on my wedding day. It was mere hours before my wedding that I learned that at the reception, I was going to have to do 12 chin-ups in front of everyone, while wearing the dress and everything! I can't do one. This does not bode well. Matrimony is reverserved for ladies with tremendous upper-body strength. And someone gave me a copy of this thing I was going to have to read in front of everyone, but the ink was so badly smudged that it was unreadable, and I yelled, "well, what I am supposed to do?!" No one answered. So just don't get married. Nothing is worth that kind of anxiety. My dress was really pretty, though.
posted by Beth at 7:24:00 PM
Sunday, October 05, 2003
Reading my old posts makes me cringe.
posted by Beth at 2:31:00 AM
So I actually did get the Elton John tickets. Yay, whee! They're absolutely in the nosebleed section. Not only that, but they're in row P of the nosebleed section. There are worse seats, but not many. Nathan couldn't get through at all on the phone, and I tried the site with two browsers, and I was only able to get two offers. The first one was when they wouldn't let me fill in the price of the tickets I wanted, so the offer was for $85 tickets, so I had to keep looking. I took the second one, which was for the $50 ones. After that, I kept trying (because I like to do that and then see something really good and beat myself up over not waiting. Or I like to throw out a good offer and keep looking and then never find anything nearly as good. This is why TicketMaster is bad for my health). But I couldn't get any more offers after that. I think that maybe the show sold out by then. I guess that's not overly surprising, since Elton isn't playing Madison Square Garden this year and he hasn't played Atlantic City since 1990. I will enjoy the show from afar. At least I did better than all of the people who couldn't get anything at all.
Oh hey, there's going to be a Queer Eye book. It's listed on amazon, but it won't be available til February 2004. I want it now!
posted by Beth at 2:30:00 AM
Saturday, October 04, 2003
Yo yo yo, I have these hairsticks that I got a whole year ago, and I really want to finally learn how to use the damn things. Someone point me in the right direction, okay?
posted by Beth at 5:07:00 AM
In about eight hours is the big attempt to buy Elton John tickets (the cheap $50, faraway seats) on TicketMaster. Throw clumps of good luck at me, okay? It's the Beth's Birthday Concert Gala and everything!
posted by Beth at 1:49:00 AM
Thursday, October 02, 2003
So even though I graduated, I still get the emails from my school newspaper. I'd forgotten about that, and now that the fall semester has started up, I'm getting the emails again. The headlining story for this week (and least week) is about how there's an outbreak of poison mold in one of the dorm buildings. Poison mold? What the hell?
I am listening to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. I haven't heard this in awhile. I like it a whole lot. Some songs more than others, but it's good stuff.
posted by Beth at 6:36:00 PM
What's that? Oh, it's a bunch of unrelated numbered items. Oh, okay.
1. I volunteered yesterday, and I did the same old thing. I always do the same thing, so maybe I should stop mentioning it, eh? I still like volunteering, though. At least I like it as long as I'm not working, and I can have one thing to do that's useful to someone other than myself.
2. I got the new Lemony Snicket book, and I haven't opened it yet. It's not that I don't want to--I really do want to. The problem is that I have a library book (Abarat by Clive Barker) that I need to finish, and I haven't been motivated to continue with that, even though I think it's interesting. I really like that Clive Barker is writing children's books. The book jacket says that Clive is gay. I didn't know that. Well, good for you, Clive.
3. Yesterday my uncle bought me a candy apple. I don't really like them, but I ate it tonight so as not to be wasteful and to be in the spirit of autumn. They're okay, I guess, but the apple flavor doesn't seem to "go with" the candy flavor to me. They're also hard to eat.
4. Last night I watched the repeat of Queer Eye. Not the repeat of the first episode at 10 o'clock. The repeat at 8 o'clock which was originally from last week. That episode is simultaneously the most funny and most disturbing episode I've ever seen. Ever since I first saw the commercial for it, I dreaded the part where the guy breaks a really expensive glass. I feel so bad for him, and I like him and his girlfriend more than anyone else on the show that they've helped. Oh, and Ted gets his head cut, and that part freaks me out big time, because you can see the blood on the tissue. But the rest is really funny, and I LOVE the lighted orange coffeetable; I want a million of them. I feel bad that it's already in reruns. It is the bomb.
5. Why does my mom make watery coffee? I've found myself once again drinking Wawa cappuccino again. I like the mocha kind, which has twice as much caffeine in it, that's not why I like it. I like it because of the chocolatey frothy tastiness.
6. I should be applying for jobs I will never attain instead of writing all of this uninteresting garbage, my friends.
7. Tonight for the first time in many months, I practiced my accordion. I don't know why I don't practice more. Laziness, I suppose, but I can't be lazy AND whine about how I'm not good at it. Someone needs to come to my house everyday and kick my ass until I practice at least one musical instrument. And while they're at it, they should force me to do a couple sit-ups or something.
8. You know what word I like a whole lot? Festoon. There's something about that word that makes me want to throw my head back and laugh. I don't know why exactly.
And I will finish on number 9. Last weekend, I festooned (whoa, there it is! Ha!) my room with a string of orange and a string of purple lights that I got at Target a couple years ago. I always put up lights for Christmas and Halloween with the best of intentions, but it always turns out looking kind of trashy, if that makes sense. If you saw it, you'd know what I meant. But yeah, I like having lights, and I don't know how to make them not look like trashiness.
posted by Beth at 5:48:00 AM
