Shannon's LiveJournal! Yay!

I so want this day to be over already, and it's only 10am. I had to bitch out a supervisor at JourneyEd.com because they're being dillholes. I'm still sick and thus feel like crap. Then the websites I want to check the most, being my email and a couple others, aren't loading. It's really pissing me off. The fact that I missed a couple of steps in the lecture because my program wasn't loading properly, so my poster doesn't look the way that it's supposed to, and I can't figure out the fucking steps on my own.

And then there's the instructor pronouncing "Arc d'Triumph" with a horrible Midwest accent..."Arch duh Triumphf."

...twitch....twitch....

I am so ready to Wrock the Boat. Emotionally, anyway. Not financially. But I would love to be on a boat right now, sailing away from my issues.

Mine is an extreme dillhole. I shall post a far more detailed journal about it later this evening, when my head is clear and I can actually sort out my thoughts.

My kingdom for a Penseive...

One of my biggest resolutions is to get back into the swing of updating my LiveJournal. Not like I was ever truly in the swing of it in the first place. I see that the last time I wrote anything here was back in MARCH! And back before March even got GOOD!

March was when I re-met Mike. Life's changed quite a bit since then!

So here are my New Year's resolutions, in no particular order.

Lose weight. I know, totally cliche. But if I can lose 50lbs before 2008, that'd be fantabulous.
Start saving money. Since I seriously doubt Dad'll completely front a wedding :P
Read more books. I have a boatload of the Star Wars New Jedi Order series that I have yet to read. Must get crackin'!
Raise my GPA. This is a biggy. I'm at about 1.5ish right now, and that's really not good. I'd love to be able to be off academic probation by next semester.
Finish a project. I have so many on-going creative projects, I've got to complete SOMETHING!

That's all I can think of right now. I'm sure more will come to me.

Looks like it's gonna be a good year!

I am so sick of strollers.  Almost to the point where I don't even want to have kids, just so I can avoid the stroller situation.  But there's one thing I hate more than the strollers: the stroller customers.  They drive me nuts, really they do.

I have so much more respect for car sales people.

So my friend Katie would be proud of me: I made another customer service rep cry. It always amazes her when I manage to do that, she never thought I had it in me.

Okay, well, I didn't really make him cry, but I let him have it! Every morning I get a call from MCI. They never leave a message, but I know it's them from checking my caller ID. They always call between 8-8:45 am, like clockwork. Drives me nuts. So finally I called the number back. I figured that my current number was once connected to a delinquent account--that's happened with ComEd a couple times, where they've left a message for a Miss Laquisha Johnson...I would've thought the "Hi, you've reached Heather and Shannon Kelsey" would've been a dead give away. So anyhoo, I called so I could set the record straight so they'd stop calling me. Well, it turns out, as I listen to the number selection menues, that that is indeed not the case. No, they're just calling to solicit their business. Well, that just REALLY pissed me off. So by the time I got in touch with an actual human being, I let loose! It was somewhere along the lines of "Every single morning you guys call me. I work late, so it's really irritating to be woken up at 8:15 when I don't have to be up until 11! I don't know what fucking list you guys have me on, but I want off of it so I don't get anymore of your goddamn phone calls!" "Oh, yes ma'am, please give me one moment while I pull up wahwahwahwah" So I felt a little better. That is until he tells me before I hang up to "have a blessed day."

Well, then I felt like crap. Poor guy's just doing his job.

But I swear to God if I get any more calls from them again, so help me....

So, I should be doing my history homework. I have to give a 2-3 minute briefing as to what social, economic and political changes happened in Virginia between 1700-1750. The class is only once a week, and I've had a whole week to do it. Naturally I wait two and a half hours before class to do it. This is the one thing I don't like about this class. Every week we have to get up and give group presentations..my group is the South: Virginia, West Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia. Okay, so technically there's more to the south than just those states, but we're only goin' up to 1877. The other states fall under "The Old Southwest Territory". Whee. Each week is a different time zone. Next week will be 1750-1800, then 1800-1850 and ending with 1850-1877. Last week was 1450-1700. That's a big fucking time period! Needless to say it was a disaster. One guy in the group decided to make a powerpoint slide--props to him! Too bad he either 1) didn't bother to read it a couple times before presenting or 2) can't read in general. It was embarrassing. Ah well. So we've decided to break up and have each person do a state. Then we each do about two minutes, and that covers our 10 minutes max!

Now I just need to get started, so off to the library I go!!

I can never pass one of these up...

1. ONE OF YOUR SCARS, HOW DID YOU GET IT?
A couple on my knee (a few of MANY) were from eating it on the stairs of my apartment. Hurt like a bitch...

2. WHAT IS ON THE WALLS IN YOUR ROOM?
Star Wars Episode II poster, Hogwarts Crest poster, framed puzzle of a wizard, a very inspiring "good-job-for-going-back-to-school" letter from Emily, along with a photo of us from Comic-Con, Legolas, a framed baptism picture of my parents and me, a picture of Debbie and Emily in a cool Harry Potter frame, nsync wall clock...am I missing anything? OH! Union Jack ornament and a cross.

3. WHAT DOES YOUR CELL PHONE LOOK LIKE?
Silver, flips open, dead

4. WHAT MUSIC DO YOU LISTEN TO?
Anything, really. Recently I've been listening to the "Wicked" soundtrack lots and lots..

5. DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME YOU WERE BORN?
7:36 am...I think it was a Tuesday.

6. WHAT DO YOU WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING RIGHT NOW?
Money would be good. Not so much in a greedy sense, but so that I can pay my bills.

7. WHAT DO YOU MISS?
Hanging out with my friends in San Diego!

12. THE LAST PERSON TO MAKE YOU CRY?
Does a computer count? Hmm..person.......Probably my boss, EbenAsian Scrooge. Er. I mean, Mr. Oh.

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE COLOGNE / PERFUME?
Miracle by Tresor.

14. WHAT KIND OF HAIR/EYE COLOR DO YOU LIKE ON THE OPPOSITE SEX?
Hair, usually either dark or light brown. Eyes, doesn't matter.

16. COFFEE OR ENERGY DRINKS?
Preferably neither, but I'll take a Red Bull over coffee ANY day!

17. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PIZZA TOPPING?
Cheese and black olives. Yum!

18. IF YOU CAN EAT ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
I just had left-over garlic rolls from dinner...I would kill for some more, they're DAMN good!!

19. WHO IS THE LAST PERSON YOU MADE MAD?
Once again, probably my boss. *snort*

20. DO YOU SPEAK ANOTHER LANGUAGE?
Nope!

21. WHAT WAS THE FIRST GIFT SOMEONE EVER GAVE YOU:
Good lord, how am I supposed to know that?! I THINK it may have been a teddybear, who I eventually named "Gingerbread." My parents had one for my sister when she was a baby, and I think they went and found another one when they knew I was on the way. Does that still make it a gift, though..?

22. DO YOU LIKE SOMEONE?
Yes, regardless of how much crap people give me for it.

23. ARE YOU DOUBLE JOINTED?
Ha! No.

24. FAVORITE CLOTHING BRAND?
Old Navy, I guess...I'm not a 'brandname' kinda gal..

25. WHAT'S YOUR DREAM CAR?
Were gas prices not an issue, a Cadillac Escalade. Pearl, just like the one we used in Vegas! Otherwise, a Chrysler Sebring convertible. Black. With a vanity plate making some kind of Vader/Empire reference. ::cackle::

28. WOULD YOU FALL IN LOVE KNOWING THAT THE PERSON IS LEAVING?
Most likely..

29. WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO TELL SOMEONE HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO YOU?
Well, the only time I've really tried was by writing it in a letter. That didn't work so well.

30. SAY A NUMBER FROM ONE TO A HUNDRED :
fourty-eight

31. BLONDES OR BRUNETTES?
"Brunettes. Obviously." Thank you, Beth!

32. WHAT IS THE ONE NUMBER YOU CALL OFTEN?
Probably my manager Chrissy's..or my sister's.

33. WHAT ANNOYS YOU MOST?
My computer.

34. HAVE YOU BEEN OUT OF THE U.S.?
Mexico for a wake and funeral, and a trip to England with my family in kindergarten.

35. YOUR WEAKNESSES?
Um... being a ditz? I don't know, you tell me.

36. FIRST JOB?
Aside from babysitting, working in a medical records office at a convelescent hospital. Whee.

38. EVER DONE A PRANK CALL?
The Mercy Children's Home story. It was beautiful. We were skimming through the phone book and I was certain to dial a number where it was a couple. In a scary monster voice, I said "Do you know where your children are?!" then hung-up. But then the dude used that damned *69. So after a brief moment of panic, I picked up the phone, cool as a cucumber: "Mercy Children's Home." "Yeah, someone just called me from this number asking me where my children are.." "I'm sorry, sir, the children aren't allowed to use the telephones." "Look, I know someone from there called me." "Sir, if it was one of the children, I sincerely apologize. It certainly was not an authorized phone call, and it will be dealt with accordingly.." I don't remember how the conversation ended, but he grudgingly bought it. It was beautiful.

39. WHAT WERE YOU DOING BEFORE YOU FILLED OUT THIS?
Roleplaying, because I have no life.

40. IF YOU COULD GET PLASTIC SURGERY WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Weight reduction.

41. WHY DID YOU FILL OUT THIS SURVEY?
They're addicting. I can't turn them down!

42. WHAT DO YOU GET COMPLIMENTED ABOUT MOST?
None of my physical attributes. Usually artwork or writing. I got a couple of compliments for a shirt I wore at a goth club, which was pretty cool, as I bought it that morning..

43. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF ALCOHOL BECAME ILLEGAL?
Wouldn't care so much, methinks..

44. WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY?
A new car. Doesn't even have to be all spiffy. Just working, preferably with automatic windows and locks. CD player would be cool, too, but not necessary..


45. HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU WANT?
At least two. Absolutely no more than four, though I'd rather stick to three if I had to go over two.

46. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?
Elizabeth is my middle name, and was a great-grandmother's. Not sure how far back or on what side, though..

47. DO YOU WISH ON STARS?
Not really...Can't see 'em in the city anyway..

48. WHICH FINGER[S] IS YOUR FAVORITE?
Any but the middle ones. They're crooked, and my fingernail on my right middle finger always curves inward on one side. Looks like Willy's fin from Free Willy. Drives me nuts.

49. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY?
This afternoon. Fucking computer.

50. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
Not really. I like my printing better.

51. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
Turkey, followed closely by bologna

52. ANY BAD HABITS?
Too many to list, unfortunately.

53. WHAT IS YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING CD ON THE SHELF?
"Mickey Unrapped"...a horrible collection of 'rap' tunes by the Disney gang.

54. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
Heck yeah!

55. HAVE YOU EVER TOLD A SECRET YOU SWORE NOT TO TELL?
Yeah. They would've found out eventually.

56. DO LOOKS MATTER?
Depends. On many things.

57. HOW DO YOU RELEASE YOUR ANGER?
I don't. I bottle it up, usually. Except for when I'm mad at my computer. I'll curse and cry at it, bang my fists on the desk.......I really overreact when it comes to this piece of crap.

58. WHERE IS YOUR SECOND HOME?
There's two ways to look at this question. What FEELS like my second home? Galt Toys. I feel like I live there sometimes. What I'd like to be my second home? Either the Condons' house, or San Diego in general....even if that's my original home. I need to stop.

59. DO YOU TRUST OTHERS EASILY?
Far too much

60. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A CHILD?
Oh good lord. I had far too many.

61. HOW MANY NUMBERS ARE IN YOUR CELL PHONE?
'bout 25ish, I think..

62. DO YOU USE SARCASM?
No. Never.

64. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A MOSH PIT?
Nope.

65. WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN A GUY/GIRL?
Gotta go with Beth's answer on this one.."The ability to be a dork and not mock me for being the same. Quirkiness. Humor. The usual."

66. WHAT ARE YOUR NICKNAMES?
Shan, Shans, Shanzi (by Emily ONLY) and Scuba-Girl (by Tami ONLY)

68. DO YOU UN-TIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
They're mules :D

70. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR?
Oooo, tough...Toss up between strawberry, cookies and cream, and mint chocolate chip

72. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE COLORS?
Black, dark cool colors (blues, greens and purples)

73. YOUR FAVORITE BAND?
I really don't have one particular favorite.

74. HOW MANY WISDOM TEETH DO YOU HAVE?
I have no idea...two for sure...I think..

75. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?
Well, Beth already has...I don't know who else looks at this damn thing!

76. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
Counting Crows "Colorblind"

77. LAST THING YOU ATE?
Mamma Stella's garlic bread rolls...::drool::

78. LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
Dad

79. WHATS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ON THE OPPOSITE SEX?
That they're a member of the opposite sex. Followed usually by hair and face.

80. FAVORITE THOUGHT PROVOKING SONG:
beh, i have no clue...

81. FAVORITE THING TO HATE:
Professor Severus Snape

82. FAVORITE DRINK:
Dr. Pepper

83. FAVORITE JOKE?
A duck walks into a bar...

84. FAVORITE SPORT?
To watch, baseball. To play, bowling

85. YOUR HAIR COLOR?
Light brown

86. YOUR EYE COLOR?
Blueish green

87. DO YOU WEAR GLASSES?
Not yet, fortunately.

88. SIBLINGS?
Heather

89. FAVORITE MONTH?
November

90. YOU LIKE SUSHI?
NO

91. LAST THING YOU WATCHED?
24...AWESOME show!!

92. FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR?
Instead of "favorite day", I'm going to say favorite 30 hours..Starting at 6pm on Christmas eve, and following Christmas Day..

93. ARE YOU TOO SHY TOO ASK SOMEONE OUT?
Ooooh yeah.

94. SUMMER OR WINTER?
Summer

96. RELATIONSHIPS OR ONE NIGHT STANDS?
Relationships.

98. FAVORITE SONG AT THE MOMENT?
"Defying Gravity" from "Wicked"

99. LAKE OR OCEAN?
Lake

100: BIGGEST TURN OFF?
Oh good lord, there's so many I can think of!

As soon as I log on, my co-worker IMs me. She has just finished reading the latest HP volume.

Holli21 [10:41 PM]: He can't be dead
Holli21 [10:42 PM]: no f------ way
Miss Haverghast [10:42 PM]: Sadly, he is..
Holli21 [10:42 PM]: NO
Holli21 [10:42 PM]: its a plan
Holli21 [10:42 PM]: snape and him..had iot all figured out
Miss Haverghast [10:42 PM]: Oh, I'm sure there was some kind of plan leading up to it....But he's not coming back
Holli21 [10:42 PM]: NO
Holli21 [10:42 PM]: no
Miss Haverghast [10:43 PM]: I can't find any loopholes!
Holli21 [10:43 PM]: say its not sooooooooooooooooooo
Holli21 [10:43 PM]: boy was that a depressing ending
Miss Haverghast [10:43 PM]: I know, right?! Talk about sucking eggs...
Holli21 [10:44 PM]: god....when is the next book out?
Miss Haverghast [10:44 PM]: 2007, I believe
Holli21 [10:44 PM]: to long to wait
Miss Haverghast [10:44 PM]: I know!!

It's all gone. My brand new Dell Dimension 5100. My two week old all-in-one printer. Cable modem. Mom's crucifix. Our digital cameras (at least mine was shyte, Heather's was a real nice one, though). The DVD player. All but 8 of our DVDs.

All gone.

Well, okay, they were nice enough to leave me my old crap computer.

And what did they leave in return? A big fucking mess and a cigarette butt.

I hope their fucking DNA is on file and the police can catch the son/s of a bitch who did it.

Won't get our shit back, though.

At least we're okay, and the cat didn't run out while they left the door open.

I suppose we have to thank God for little blessings. It's pretty hard to do right about now.

A joyful day, and yet at the same time, very sad. My sister finally comes home from her two-week stint in California (We'll leave my jealousy of such a long vacation to a minimum), in about three hours. This is wonderful and joyous because I've missed her and it's been lonely without her. But at the same time, BUH-BYE FREEDOM! No more listening to loud music at 12-1am...Gotta clean my act up a bit, too. I've still got to finish cleaning up the living room and do the dishes. Bleh. Right now I'd rather write in my livejournal, so she can bite me. Though I do hope she was able to get the calendar I asked her to--there's a way cool Harry Potter '06 calendar by the illustrator of the books (pooey on the movie calendar, I can find those images easier online :P ). I saw them up the wazoo while in San Diego, but decided I'd get one when I came back to Chi-town. So, naturally, there isn't a single one in the city. *sigh* So I asked her to pick it up for me if she had the chance. We both got $20 gift cards from Borders and so she's going to use hers, then I'll swap her for mine. Brilliance. I just hope she was able to find one. I really don't want to wait to have to get one online. My wall is so empty and neeeeeeeeds that calendar!

Also a frustrating day. So I've been in Chicago for about two and a half years now. New Illinois residents are supposed to get an IL driver's license within 90 days. Erm. Oops..? So my dad's been riding my ass about getting it done, understandably. Four documents are required to get an ILDL...proof of signature, proof of identity, proof of social security number, and proof of residency. Don't ask for much, do they? Well I had a problem in all but one category. My dad sent me out my birth certificate when I moved into my own studio. Now, ask me what I've done with it. Answer: NO FUCKING CLUE! I've looked all over. I have a bad feeling I threw it away. So while I was in town for Christmas, I went and got an official copy. Handy that they can do that for you, really. So there's one problem out of the way. Then comes the social security number. I had my car broken into about three years ago...3 at the end of this month, come to think of it. Stolen was my wallet with the SS card...naturally. But have I gotten off my duff to get a replacement? No...naturally. Though I told my dad a while back that I had sent in an application and was waiting on the card, and that was why I didn't have my license yet. Well. That excuse isn't going to hold out anymore. I finally put in the application today, and naturally it has to take two weeks. Can they give me anything temporary? No. Naturally. I've never done it before, so I was kinda hoping I'd get it right then and there, like they do with the driver's license. No dice. But they gave me a receipt, saying it's on the way...of course with no number on it. Keeping my fingers crossed, I took it to the DMV (or Chicago equivalent :P ) to try. They said no. Naturally. At least the guy was nice about it. Usually at DMV places they're all a bunch of middle-aged folks with poles up their asses (no offense to anyone who works at a DMV and is of the contrary!) I guess I'll tell him that I failed the written exam, so I have to wait two weeks to try again. By then I ought to have got my card. Guess I better study up, in case I really DO have to take an exam. I don't know how different things are in Chi-town than in SD. Oh yeah, the third problem was the proof of signature. Of all the acceptable documents, I have none. I avoid major credit cards like the plague (if you saw my credit history you'd know why..if you don't die of shock first), and bank checking cards don't count. Fortunately, once I actually HAVE my SS card, I can use that.

Provided I remember to sign it.