So I have found that drama is created for lack of anything better to do. People are just never happy-and instead of working harder on making things good or better-they'd rather help someone elses life become worse. I mean don't get me wrong-In work I'm never satisfied-I always want to be better and push myself. It's competitive-that's what I like about it. But I don't want to be thebest because I made someone else the worst through less than integral actions. I want to be the best because I do an awesome fucking job.
Times like these really make you step back and see that life isn't all about being the best-not if you're taking it home with you every day and letting it consume you. Slow down! The journey is important. The Spaniards are a great reminder of that for me. I may think they're a little more of the slow down mode that I would like-but they're enjoying life a little more than I. So I need to fix that, because I want to enjoy life to it's fullest. It's not always easy. Bills and responsibilities can put a damper on things at times. But that is a part of life. And sometimes we just have to face that and learn to live with it and pick out the good. It's there.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
And so the story goes....
Well, I'm getting a new roommate. I'm excited about it. I used to hate change and uncertainty-I wasn't loving it when Deb started talking about this whole sublet thing-but it's actually worked out so far. Laura-sublet 1-has been awesome. I'm going to miss her and am excited to go see RENT with her! Her love for Indian people and hearing tidbits about her experiences there-was fun. And we laughed a lot! So she is moving out and Aurora is moving in.
Fun times-Aurora is from Spain! So, it looks like I'll be re-learning some spanish and she'll be learning some english. Or at least that's the goal...well one of them. I don't know much about her other than she is from Spain and has a couple of cute guys Spanish friends. So that can't be bad! She's here for 6 months and I think we will have some good times. And hopefully some barbecues on the back porch!
I have recently-well not found out exactly-but I have realized that I have become a much more appraochable person than I used to be. This is good. At work sometimes I wish it weren't the case-but you win some you lose some. I think that this might be why the subletting thing is working out so well. I really hit it off with Laura-and Aurora had emailed me saying that she found a cheaper place but really like me and thought I'd be nice-so she wanted the room. And at work-well, i'm not the hated one. And I can still maintain standards with the staff. There are times when I wish I were less approachable for some-and the reign of Dena fear isn't completely absent-but for the most part I'm finding a nice balance. Something I wasn't sure was possible. So I guess this is a yay me post-and well I needed one. Next week might not have me in such a positive outlooking mood.
Fun times-Aurora is from Spain! So, it looks like I'll be re-learning some spanish and she'll be learning some english. Or at least that's the goal...well one of them. I don't know much about her other than she is from Spain and has a couple of cute guys Spanish friends. So that can't be bad! She's here for 6 months and I think we will have some good times. And hopefully some barbecues on the back porch!
I have recently-well not found out exactly-but I have realized that I have become a much more appraochable person than I used to be. This is good. At work sometimes I wish it weren't the case-but you win some you lose some. I think that this might be why the subletting thing is working out so well. I really hit it off with Laura-and Aurora had emailed me saying that she found a cheaper place but really like me and thought I'd be nice-so she wanted the room. And at work-well, i'm not the hated one. And I can still maintain standards with the staff. There are times when I wish I were less approachable for some-and the reign of Dena fear isn't completely absent-but for the most part I'm finding a nice balance. Something I wasn't sure was possible. So I guess this is a yay me post-and well I needed one. Next week might not have me in such a positive outlooking mood.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
i haven't been here in a while
February-haven't been here since last February. It's a short month. I don't like it cause it makes money tight-extra tighter than usual.
The State of the Union is on Tuesday. And I'm excited-this will be the first State of the Union in 8 years that I'm excited to watch and will probably be able to get through without throwing something at the television. How wonderful will that be? i mean our President is articulate! Who would have thought?!?! And he's a constitutional lawyer! I mean-wow a const. lawyer as the President-well finally someone who knows what the constitution is!
And Gay marriage-isn't denying this a clear violation of the 14th amendment and a blatant sign that we are recognizing an established religion's belief? Which would be unconstitutional because we supposedly have a separation of church and state. The things we worry about amaze me. People are starving, unemployed, losing their homes, dying of malaria, or thirst-and we're worried about 2 people we don't know and may never know our whole lives-getting married. Quite honestly those priorities are fucked up! Really?!? People!
Ok so that's my rant-I'm gonna get back to making my hanky panky's and cooking dinner. Yay for the Oscars tomorrow!
The State of the Union is on Tuesday. And I'm excited-this will be the first State of the Union in 8 years that I'm excited to watch and will probably be able to get through without throwing something at the television. How wonderful will that be? i mean our President is articulate! Who would have thought?!?! And he's a constitutional lawyer! I mean-wow a const. lawyer as the President-well finally someone who knows what the constitution is!
And Gay marriage-isn't denying this a clear violation of the 14th amendment and a blatant sign that we are recognizing an established religion's belief? Which would be unconstitutional because we supposedly have a separation of church and state. The things we worry about amaze me. People are starving, unemployed, losing their homes, dying of malaria, or thirst-and we're worried about 2 people we don't know and may never know our whole lives-getting married. Quite honestly those priorities are fucked up! Really?!? People!
Ok so that's my rant-I'm gonna get back to making my hanky panky's and cooking dinner. Yay for the Oscars tomorrow!
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Ode to the New Computer
I love thee
Let me Count the ways
you type
and surf
and play
and show
and list
and view
and work.
Amen
Let me Count the ways
you type
and surf
and play
and show
and list
and view
and work.
Amen
Monday, December 15, 2008
tomorrow
The sun will come out tomorrow-bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow there'll be sun!
Guys and Dolls is on right now though!!!! Makes me happy-one of my favorite musicals. gotta love it.
Deb is soon to leave and I'll have a new roommate for a couple months and then either have to move or....I'm not sure. Deb's in the lease until October-she thinks-and if I can find a new roommate-then maybe I can keep the place. either way-I'm looking at a bunch of money needed come March. How did I move here a year ago with nothing??? I have no idea! I honestly don't. So, I know I shouldn't stress-it'll be much easier with me actually being here and not in Ohio-so I should be able to find a place, blah blah blah, but I also have to save money for the vacation in September.-Oi! It's just a lot. It'll all work out though. I know...
Guys and Dolls is on right now though!!!! Makes me happy-one of my favorite musicals. gotta love it.
Deb is soon to leave and I'll have a new roommate for a couple months and then either have to move or....I'm not sure. Deb's in the lease until October-she thinks-and if I can find a new roommate-then maybe I can keep the place. either way-I'm looking at a bunch of money needed come March. How did I move here a year ago with nothing??? I have no idea! I honestly don't. So, I know I shouldn't stress-it'll be much easier with me actually being here and not in Ohio-so I should be able to find a place, blah blah blah, but I also have to save money for the vacation in September.-Oi! It's just a lot. It'll all work out though. I know...
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Slow Cooker wonderfullness
I love my slow cooker!
I'm making a roast right now-it smells great.
Cabarnet marinated. Potatoes, carrots, mushrooms, shallots, garlic. Yummy!
And I have good bread-I've been in a very big bread mood lately. Bread with soup-which i had yesterday. Now I feel the need to make some french onion soup in the slowcooker and get some french bread and good cheese...
Mac and cheese in the slowcooker... i haven't done that in a while. But I have to wait until I'm not sick anymore before I can eat cheese again.
I really want to make a pork roast and saurkraut in the slow cooker next. With New Year's just around the corner-maybe I'll do just that.
The slowcooker is like whiskey for food. You let it set and cook like whiskey ages (although whiskey ages a lot longer than the food cooks). But it just cooks and all the flavors get a chance to come out and meld together. The juices come out of the meat and flavor the vegetables. I also love a great spiced cider in the slow cooker. Apple, cinnamon, cloves, spiced rum and a little punch and orange zest! See why this thing is awesome-and your whole meal is in the dish. There's nothing else i have to do other than cut the bread when I fill my plate. That is also why this thing is wonderful-forget the multiple pot and pans! I clean the slowcooker and my plate. That's it! And it's pretty much dummy proof-it's really hard to screw it up. Just throw everything in and leave it for hours. I'm loving it!
Oh and Steve is coming on Sunday!!!!!
I'm making a roast right now-it smells great.
Cabarnet marinated. Potatoes, carrots, mushrooms, shallots, garlic. Yummy!
And I have good bread-I've been in a very big bread mood lately. Bread with soup-which i had yesterday. Now I feel the need to make some french onion soup in the slowcooker and get some french bread and good cheese...
Mac and cheese in the slowcooker... i haven't done that in a while. But I have to wait until I'm not sick anymore before I can eat cheese again.
I really want to make a pork roast and saurkraut in the slow cooker next. With New Year's just around the corner-maybe I'll do just that.
The slowcooker is like whiskey for food. You let it set and cook like whiskey ages (although whiskey ages a lot longer than the food cooks). But it just cooks and all the flavors get a chance to come out and meld together. The juices come out of the meat and flavor the vegetables. I also love a great spiced cider in the slow cooker. Apple, cinnamon, cloves, spiced rum and a little punch and orange zest! See why this thing is awesome-and your whole meal is in the dish. There's nothing else i have to do other than cut the bread when I fill my plate. That is also why this thing is wonderful-forget the multiple pot and pans! I clean the slowcooker and my plate. That's it! And it's pretty much dummy proof-it's really hard to screw it up. Just throw everything in and leave it for hours. I'm loving it!
Oh and Steve is coming on Sunday!!!!!
Monday, December 8, 2008
The joy of retail
This was a recent phone call to the bookstore I work in.
"Thank you for calling (insert store name), this is Dena."
"Yes, do you have a device that works as a cello stand?"-customer on phone
"I'm sorry, could you repeat that?"-Me
"I'm looking for the thing you put on the floor that keeps the cello from sliding around when you play it." -customer
(taking breath, thinking Really? inside my head) "Um, no sir we don't sell anything like that here."-Me
"You don't sell anything like that?"-Customer
"No we don't sell any instrument stands here."-me
"Why not? Do you know where they would?"-customer
(seriously? is this a joke?) "well, we're mainly a book store. But I imagine a music store would sell something like that." me
"Oh, ok."click. -customer
Now, this isn't the oddest or most ridiculous questions I've gotten. but it was pretty funny at the time. I mean I work in a bookstore. And yeah we have some gift product-but intruments stands?
People crack me up. They come into a store and just assume that what they want exists. They make up a book in their head that they think should be there, and want it, can't give you a title or anything, but assume that it being such an interesting and popular subject/topic; there has to be a whole section of books on it. Not really.
And someone asked me yesterday if we had a section for "chic lit"! This is not a legitimate category or literature! We don't classify fiction on who we think may like it. And why do women need their books separated out in a special area-and most of this "chic lit" is bad lit! it's in fiction-under the authot. We don't have a special section for men either! And let's just clarify that most of the store is non-fiction! Really-anything that's not fiction is non-which means that everything else in the store is non-fiction. just so you know.
"do you work here?" when i have a nametag on, am behind the counter, and holding 16 books-is a stupid question! And I will look at you like you're an idiot too! because you are. If I'm pushing a cart full of books, have a nametag on and am holding a PDT-I probably didn't bring that suff in from home-don't ask me if I work there-then I just think you're stupid! And when you ask for the new James Patterson after that-you've confirmed it. So please think before you speak! Is it really that difficult?
Okey dokey
that's my rant.
Peace!
"Thank you for calling (insert store name), this is Dena."
"Yes, do you have a device that works as a cello stand?"-customer on phone
"I'm sorry, could you repeat that?"-Me
"I'm looking for the thing you put on the floor that keeps the cello from sliding around when you play it." -customer
(taking breath, thinking Really? inside my head) "Um, no sir we don't sell anything like that here."-Me
"You don't sell anything like that?"-Customer
"No we don't sell any instrument stands here."-me
"Why not? Do you know where they would?"-customer
(seriously? is this a joke?) "well, we're mainly a book store. But I imagine a music store would sell something like that." me
"Oh, ok."click. -customer
Now, this isn't the oddest or most ridiculous questions I've gotten. but it was pretty funny at the time. I mean I work in a bookstore. And yeah we have some gift product-but intruments stands?
People crack me up. They come into a store and just assume that what they want exists. They make up a book in their head that they think should be there, and want it, can't give you a title or anything, but assume that it being such an interesting and popular subject/topic; there has to be a whole section of books on it. Not really.
And someone asked me yesterday if we had a section for "chic lit"! This is not a legitimate category or literature! We don't classify fiction on who we think may like it. And why do women need their books separated out in a special area-and most of this "chic lit" is bad lit! it's in fiction-under the authot. We don't have a special section for men either! And let's just clarify that most of the store is non-fiction! Really-anything that's not fiction is non-which means that everything else in the store is non-fiction. just so you know.
"do you work here?" when i have a nametag on, am behind the counter, and holding 16 books-is a stupid question! And I will look at you like you're an idiot too! because you are. If I'm pushing a cart full of books, have a nametag on and am holding a PDT-I probably didn't bring that suff in from home-don't ask me if I work there-then I just think you're stupid! And when you ask for the new James Patterson after that-you've confirmed it. So please think before you speak! Is it really that difficult?
Okey dokey
that's my rant.
Peace!
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