...makes a person REALLY cranky.
Well, not really. I think some people get cranky when work takes on over their entire life.
For a person who lost interest in checking out the bar/club scene long before I turned 21, I look at this one co-worker of mine who seems to love going out pretty much every night. She said it's a way to socialize, mingle and meet men. Well meeting a guy at a bar or some party where booze flows almost freely, I doubt you'll land an honest-to-goodness Mr. Right! Most often than not they're just Mr. RIGHT NOW and after a quick tumble in the sack, you'll be lucky if you hear from him again and he doesn't turn out to be the stalker of the century in your life!!!
I get pissed off coz I work all the effing time and I hardly have any funds to use for my pleasure. Bill payments and whatnots always comes first, and by the time I am all caught-up paying it all there's hardly anything left for me to splurge on something.
What the heck kinda world are we living in now anyway?! You work your arse off for what?! Sometimes you can barely make ends meet. And some people wonder why others hold down how many jobs in one lifetime. -shakes head-
Saturday, August 26, 2006
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Music of My Youth...
Boyzone...Take That...East 17...the Backstreet Boys...New Kids on the Block...Let Loose...Michael Learns to Rock...Bon Jovi...
Browsing YouTube this evening and stumbling across certain videos (mostly fanvids) featuring songs sung by boy bands I used to go crazy over with, I can't believe how time just passed me by. 12 years ago I was going gaga along with a group of my closest gal pals in our old living room in one of our two apartments squealing in girlish glee at the sight of Boyzone performing their current hit song.
Just the other night I was listening to my Backstreet Boys greatest hits album and their very first single, We've Got It Goin' On, was played. I was instantly transported back in time when I was in grade 10 and I ran for my 10th grade student council rep position (which I won, btw). My fellow 'party' members had to perform during our campaign and since we all liked to dance, we wanted to dance to a song that nobody else has used, and since BSB, at the time, was still 'fresh' and their song was just the right teeny-bopperish pop sound, we latched on to it and watched the video for it, copied some of the dance moves and incorporated some of our own.
It was a blast. I was transported back in time yet again to the day two of my closest gal pals went home with me to watch the video and practice the moves. I dunno how long we were practicing, but I remember losing my voice the next day! Over all it was an awesome experience and left quite an imprint in my life...
Browsing YouTube this evening and stumbling across certain videos (mostly fanvids) featuring songs sung by boy bands I used to go crazy over with, I can't believe how time just passed me by. 12 years ago I was going gaga along with a group of my closest gal pals in our old living room in one of our two apartments squealing in girlish glee at the sight of Boyzone performing their current hit song.
Just the other night I was listening to my Backstreet Boys greatest hits album and their very first single, We've Got It Goin' On, was played. I was instantly transported back in time when I was in grade 10 and I ran for my 10th grade student council rep position (which I won, btw). My fellow 'party' members had to perform during our campaign and since we all liked to dance, we wanted to dance to a song that nobody else has used, and since BSB, at the time, was still 'fresh' and their song was just the right teeny-bopperish pop sound, we latched on to it and watched the video for it, copied some of the dance moves and incorporated some of our own.
It was a blast. I was transported back in time yet again to the day two of my closest gal pals went home with me to watch the video and practice the moves. I dunno how long we were practicing, but I remember losing my voice the next day! Over all it was an awesome experience and left quite an imprint in my life...
Friday, August 11, 2006
Gas Price Hike-Up...or Down!
-gasps- OMG! Am I psychic or AM I PSYCHIC?!
I pulled up at the gas station en route to work this morning coz my baby's nearing empty (don't want that flashing red/orange light driving me nuts telling me I am almost outta gas!!!). I looked at how much gas I still have left and while driving I was thinking how much I'll be spending just to fill 'er up (today's payday and also the day my car insurance and car payment gets taken off -- and however how much I earned this paycheque will just go to pay for those two!!!). I was thinking to myself "Oh, I think $60 bucks will be my full tank." But at the same time I am hoping that I will be spending less.
I got to the gas station, pulled up at the pump, and since they take debit/credit card payments right on the pump, I don't have to go inside and wait in line (if I did I'll probably really late for work). I was asked after I swiped my debit card if I want a fill up, so I said 'yes' and my eyes nearly bogged out when it said it was authorizing for a $110 fill-up!!!!!! I know they're just guesstimating, right? But spending that much to fill up a tank of gas?!?!?!?!?!?!? So yeah, anyway, I remained cool and waited until I was told by the machine to grab the nozzle and start pumping gas. I was watching it and...dangit! For a 53L gas fill up I was a few cents short of a $60, so I kinda slowly filled 'er up and made sure that I spent $60 on gas.
I can't believe I was right about that. Before the cost to fill 'er up when I am close to empty is less than sixty!!! I hope the closing down of that Alaskan pipeline due to leakage ain't gonna cost us all an arm and a leg! I've had it with $1.14/L -- when I started driving way back in '98/'99 the cost per litre was I believe $0.45/L!!!! Well, okay, maybe I was wrong, but there was a point in time when it was that low the cost per litre for gas!!!
This is driving me nuts! Why must they hike up the price then lower it by midday then jack it up again before the end of the day?!
I pulled up at the gas station en route to work this morning coz my baby's nearing empty (don't want that flashing red/orange light driving me nuts telling me I am almost outta gas!!!). I looked at how much gas I still have left and while driving I was thinking how much I'll be spending just to fill 'er up (today's payday and also the day my car insurance and car payment gets taken off -- and however how much I earned this paycheque will just go to pay for those two!!!). I was thinking to myself "Oh, I think $60 bucks will be my full tank." But at the same time I am hoping that I will be spending less.
I got to the gas station, pulled up at the pump, and since they take debit/credit card payments right on the pump, I don't have to go inside and wait in line (if I did I'll probably really late for work). I was asked after I swiped my debit card if I want a fill up, so I said 'yes' and my eyes nearly bogged out when it said it was authorizing for a $110 fill-up!!!!!! I know they're just guesstimating, right? But spending that much to fill up a tank of gas?!?!?!?!?!?!? So yeah, anyway, I remained cool and waited until I was told by the machine to grab the nozzle and start pumping gas. I was watching it and...dangit! For a 53L gas fill up I was a few cents short of a $60, so I kinda slowly filled 'er up and made sure that I spent $60 on gas.
I can't believe I was right about that. Before the cost to fill 'er up when I am close to empty is less than sixty!!! I hope the closing down of that Alaskan pipeline due to leakage ain't gonna cost us all an arm and a leg! I've had it with $1.14/L -- when I started driving way back in '98/'99 the cost per litre was I believe $0.45/L!!!! Well, okay, maybe I was wrong, but there was a point in time when it was that low the cost per litre for gas!!!
This is driving me nuts! Why must they hike up the price then lower it by midday then jack it up again before the end of the day?!
Sunday, August 06, 2006
a So-So Wedding
Just got home from attending my cousin's wedding reception. I was supposed to be at the church too, but other responsibilities (like picking up mother dearest from work and hopefully make it in time for the church ceremony) kept me from attending. I did manage to catch up to the party before they left the church though and congrulated them there.
I've been to how many weddings in my life and each one of 'em I have something to complain about. But nothing too drastic. This wedding, however, is different in a way that it felt like a burden of some sort that I just wanted to get it over and done with and forget about it for as long as I live!
Weddings are supposed to be happy occasions; the blushing bride and the proud groom. When I looked at the bride and groom...well, for starters they don't look like they're glowing! Even when I attended the wedding rehearsal it seemed strained. But maybe that was because I attended the affair with a somewhat closed eyes and an inert anger/annoyance that I don't want to be there. I couldn't find it in myself to be happy for the couple. Maybe in a way I was happy for them, but deep down inside I think they're trying so damn hard to shift the attention towards them (they announced their engagement while we were busy preparing for my brother's wedding last year). Maybe if the timing was right I would've been more receptive of their announcement and actually felt proud and be happy for them.
I've been to how many weddings in my life and each one of 'em I have something to complain about. But nothing too drastic. This wedding, however, is different in a way that it felt like a burden of some sort that I just wanted to get it over and done with and forget about it for as long as I live!
Weddings are supposed to be happy occasions; the blushing bride and the proud groom. When I looked at the bride and groom...well, for starters they don't look like they're glowing! Even when I attended the wedding rehearsal it seemed strained. But maybe that was because I attended the affair with a somewhat closed eyes and an inert anger/annoyance that I don't want to be there. I couldn't find it in myself to be happy for the couple. Maybe in a way I was happy for them, but deep down inside I think they're trying so damn hard to shift the attention towards them (they announced their engagement while we were busy preparing for my brother's wedding last year). Maybe if the timing was right I would've been more receptive of their announcement and actually felt proud and be happy for them.
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
BACK IN THE GAME!
I dunno what came over me, but for some odd reason I am on a roll writing fanfiction stories yet again. I thought I am over writing fanfiction stories and just concentrate on writing original fiction stories that I hope to get published someday, but sometimes this brain of mine needs a little distraction and writing fanfiction stories helps.
Of course given the right mood songs and my creative juices are flowing! -LoL- Of course the only fandom I ever write fanfics for is Harry Potter and I ship the fire & ice ship (meaning the Draco Malfoy/Ginny Weasley ship! -LoL-). You can read it here -- it's entitled Angel of Mine. I initially called it Until You're Back Here for lack of anything else to call it ( I needed a working title so I just picked a random title off the top of my head while listening to BBMak!). Then nearing the end of the first chapter, something I wrote one of the characters thought of struck me as the perfect title for the fic hence calling it what I ended up calling it. -LoL-
Right now with the way things are going I need something to distract me before I end up strangling someone's neck! My cousin's wedding is this weekend and...well, let's just say that I ain't really 100% for it and as much as possible I don't want anything to do with it, but hey, I'm family so I have to be there -- it's only common courtesy too since they were present at my brother's wedding last year. -sighs-
Oh bugger this sense of decorum or whatever you wanna call it!
Of course given the right mood songs and my creative juices are flowing! -LoL- Of course the only fandom I ever write fanfics for is Harry Potter and I ship the fire & ice ship (meaning the Draco Malfoy/Ginny Weasley ship! -LoL-). You can read it here -- it's entitled Angel of Mine. I initially called it Until You're Back Here for lack of anything else to call it ( I needed a working title so I just picked a random title off the top of my head while listening to BBMak!). Then nearing the end of the first chapter, something I wrote one of the characters thought of struck me as the perfect title for the fic hence calling it what I ended up calling it. -LoL-
Right now with the way things are going I need something to distract me before I end up strangling someone's neck! My cousin's wedding is this weekend and...well, let's just say that I ain't really 100% for it and as much as possible I don't want anything to do with it, but hey, I'm family so I have to be there -- it's only common courtesy too since they were present at my brother's wedding last year. -sighs-
Oh bugger this sense of decorum or whatever you wanna call it!
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