2008

1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Lost a toenail lol

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
My resolution was to learn ASL. I did learn some, but I feel that I could have learned a lot more than I did. I really didn't keep with it as the time past.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes. My cousin.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.

5. What countries did you visit?
None.

6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
That special someone

7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
June 16 - Chuck had quadruple bypass
Sept 13 - Ike hit Galveston
Dec 7 - J lost his hearing

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I didn't really achieve anything.

9. What was your biggest failure?
That I didn't achieve anything lol

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Yes, I had my toenail ripped off in March, slipped on a patch of ice on the stairs and fell in Dec.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
DVDs and computer software for ASL... and stuff for Missy ;p

14. Where did most of your money go?
Rent

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Helping Kevin plan his engagement :D I'm still excited about the outcome! My sister being home for Christmas with Lane. Eddie getting 3rd in a race. ...And other things I'm not allowed to discuss at this point in time >.> <.<

16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
I Kissed a Girl by Katy Perry

Compared to this time last year, are you:

17. Thinner or fatter?
Not sure

18. Richer or poorer?
Richer, maybe, but not by much

19. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Bettering myself

20. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Procrastinating

21. How will you be spending Christmas?
I spent Christmas with my birthfather and his family and with my family.

22. Did you fall in love in 2008?
No

24. What was your favorite TV program?
House, Eli Stone, The Office

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No.

26. What was the best book you read?
I don't really read... but I'm trying to change that.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Not sure

28. What did you want and get?
To find my long lost friend

29. What did you want and not get?
Love

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
Marley & Me

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Went to Eden and went to Old Town Spring for a ghost tour but the dude forgot he was supposed to give us a tour.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
A better job and love

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Comfortable

34. What kept you sane?
My close friends

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I dunno.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
I avoid politics like the plague. (ditto!)

37. Who did you miss?
A few friends that I've lost touch with. Dox.

38. Who was the best new person you met?
Johnathan

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008:
That it's hard to see things and completely understand them from another's point of view until it happens to you or someone that you love.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:

If everything turns into nothing, will you have anything to show
Will you be left alone
If this day were just a memory, how would you view it
How would you view yourself

We should live our lives the way that we want
It’s okay to think about yourself, if it makes you happy
We should treat each day as if we only have one
It’s okay to think about yourself

If tomorrow never happens, where will you find yourself at the end of today
If everything turns into nothing, how will you view it
How will you view yourself

We should live our lives the way that we want
It’s okay to think about yourself, if it makes you happy
We should treat each day as if we only have one
It’s okay to think about yourself

Too many people strive to be what others tell them to be
That means nothing
All those people misunderstanding
The point is, they should be themselves
Just be yourself

We should live our lives the way that we want
It’s okay to think about yourself, if it makes you happy
We should treat each day as if we only have one
It’s okay to think about yourself

Think about yourself

Word Libs are fun

Dear J,
I don't really know how to tell you this, but our romance is over. I think I realized it when your dwarf bit me in your car and I saw you sit on my boyfriend. I'm sure you're vexed enough to understand that we’re related. I'm returning our matching Snoopy underwear to you, but I'll keep your collection of butterflies as a memory. You should also know that I was interviewed about the car you stole and your cucumber-fetishism is weird.

Best of luck on the sex change
Chaz (formerly known as Amanda)

Funk

For some reason I have found myself in a funk now. I guess it's just because it's the holiday season and I can't help but feel alone. I have more than enough friends to keep me from being alone, but there is still a part of me that is. Every year I hope that by the holidays I will have found that special someone and won't be alone, but so far it hasn't happened. It almost happened once, but the sorry son of a bitch just ended up making me hate the holidays even more. *sigh*


I tear my heart open, I sew myself shut
My weakness is that I care too much
And my scars remind me that the past is real
I tear my heart open just to feel

Work sucks

So, work sucked big time yesterday. My boss was having a birthday party for her little girl and it ran from 12-3. First of all, Cynde, my boss, told Amanda that she could get off at 1 so she could make the party and added that if Peggy was working then she didn't have to work at all. Which pissed me off because Cynde doesn't work weekends and didn't know how fucking busy we were at the time, but still told her that she could get off. It also made me mad because, what about the other 6 people who were working? What makes Amanda so much more special that she gets to leave to attend the party? Greg, the second shift manager, was scheduled to come in at 2 so I figured I'd get the first two drawers counted before he got in so he'd just have to verify them then I could count the last two and hurry out to make the end of the party. Funny thing though, it takes Greg 45 mins to count two damn drawers. What's funny about that? I can have all four and the petty cash counted in 30. Thing is he was counting and then looking at the numbers I had down and wanted to "talk to me" about the discrepancies. I had to explain to him that the figures he's looking at were BEFORE I took out the deposit, which I thought was pretty obvious if you added it up since it was way over the $200 that we keep in the drawer, but I guess he's just not all that bright. It probably took 5-10 mins to finally get him to understand what I was saying. He tried to tell me how I'm supposed to count the drawer, which pissed me off. There is nothing that says "this is how you must count the drawers". Most of the managers use the same method, I chose not to. I like how I do it and they can all fuck themselves before I'll use theirs. So then I had to count the last two drawers, which I was tempted to say "Look, I'm already late I need to go and you can count the last two" but I didn't. After counting them he wanted to verify them as well. So I didn't end up getting out until 4 when I was supposed to get out around 2.

Today wasn't that bad. Deby called and woke me around 9:30 and asked if I could go in at 10 instead of 11, so I did. It started off pretty slow and being 66 F outside. Within and hour and a half it had dropped down to 47 F. My back was killing me today. I ended up having to take a vicodin because of it, so now I'm down to 3 1/2 out of the 20 that I got back in March for my toe. I got out of there today at 2, which I am thankful for. I'm taking a break right now then I'll be going to ACE to work this evening.