April 27, 2000
The One With The Donuts
Trephination. BARF! I was watching one of my favorite shows, 20/20 and they had this feature on 'trephination' which is the practice of drilling holes in one's head to get rid of mental illness as well as to expand your intellectual ability. HAHA! Holy, what is this world coming to? One of the reasons why I love investigative reporting like 20/20 is cause they're not afraid to show the gory details. They actually showed part of the procedure which involved taking some metal thing and twisting it and twisting it until the hole is drilled throught the skull, blood dripping everywhere! That almost made me sick to my stomach, yet I was sickeningly amused by it. *shivers*
At work the other day my supervisor assigned me to program the new fax machine with the fax numbers of all their buyers. Ok, sounds easy, but I was having the hardest time. That dumb fax machine didn't like me and kept beeping at me and giving me error messages. It took me 2 hours to program 24 numbers in a fax machine. Hard to believe huh. Well number 1. I was not in the mood. Number two. My skills in figuring out how to program electronical devices are diminishing due to my aging intellect. A loooong time ago, I probably woulda had that fax thing down cold. Did you notice how, the younger you are, the more you know how to do stuff like that? LOL. I can just see my 9-year-old niece grabbing that fax instruction manual outta my hand and doing it herself. Anyway.
I went to that Krispie Kreme place today. Supposedly the best donuts in town. Nothing special to me. Gimme some of those yummylicious donuts from Pier 39 instead.
Posted by Nancy at 11:45 PM
April 24, 2000
The One Where I Almost Sprained My Ankle
Have you seen that new Wisk commercial? It's so cute! The background music has some old song, you know, the one that goes, "Lonelyyyyy...it's so lonelyyyyy..." LOL, and then it shows an iron crying in front of the washing machine, because supposedly the newest formula of Wisk gets rid of wrinkles. Haha, um...okay, I just thought it was a really cute commercial.
I *almost* sprained my ankle the other day. I was behind my computer desk (it's L-shaped and right beside my bed--not the best layout, cause it's like I'm trapped in a little square behind the desk), and being the klutz that I am, I stepped over my bed, and landed on the side of my left ankle. I was carrying a few dishes to bring to the kitchen (I eat at my desk) and that didn't help because I didn't have much control to break my fall. So, basically my ankle was bent into an L-shape when I landed on it. It wasn't as bad, though, as the last time I sprained it. Oh, and while limping to the bathroom, I accidentally banged my other ankle while closing the door. *shakes head* I'm such a klutz. But I'm okay now ;)
Posted by Nancy at 12:00 AM
April 23, 2000
The One Where It's Easter
I made an attempt to paint clouds on my ceiling yesterday. They look RETARDED!! They're all funky shaped and they're not even spaced out in a nice way. I wish I had my dumb digital camera working so I can keep a record of how it looked. It looks like someone took white-out and smeared it all over the walls in an odd circular motion (well that's basically what I did?). It's quite funny to look at, actually. Tomorrow I'm going to paint over it...oh I hope it doesn't end up looking even funkier because the blue that my dad had originally used for the walls ran out, so we had to buy another can, and I'm not so sure it's the same shade.
Yesterday I went out with my parents and my two aunts for dinner. Sometimes I forget how entertaining my relatives are. They kept cracking Filipino jokes the whole night. Well, they weren't really jokes, they were just making fun of their own accents and misunderstandings. My dad told us how he said yes to an order of "super salad" after a waitress asked him if he would like "soup or salad." And he also told us how his friend in the Philippines accidentally tried to eat a hot towel given to him on the plane, mistaking it for "an American version of lumpia (egg roll)." And, my aunt told this story about how one of her friends went to Orchard Hardware Supply store and asked for "roof." So the clerks were all like, "Roof?" And the friend kept saying, "Yeah, roof, I need some roof, where do you keep your roofs?" So the clerks bussled about, showed him shingles, and chimneys and whatnot. But the friend was like "NO, roof, you know, like string." HAHA, turns out he was asking for rope..BAHAHHAHAAAA...okay, I guess you had to be there...
So, today is Easter. We did nothing special. Just went to church where I almost passed out (could I be clausterphobic?), and then Chevy's afterwards for lunch. The workers there are sooo annoying. In the section my parents and I were sitting in, there were about a gazillion birthdays going on (about 3 or 4), and for some reason the workers just loooove scaring the shit out of the people in the restaurant. Every time they brought the birthday celebrant's hat and cake, some obnoxiously loud worker would yell really REALLY loud. I would literally jump out of my seat, heart racing, every time they did that. How annoying. Remind me that I never want to go to Chevy's for my birthday.
CD of the day: Vertical Horizon. It somehow matches this lovely Easter-spring weather.
Posted by Nancy at 5:24 PM
April 22, 2000
The One With The Wrinkle Cream
A couple of days ago, I bought wrinkle cream.. Yes. Wrinkle cream for a twenty-year old. My skin is just so damaged from last year's outdoor concerts. Sunburned, freckled, and just damn gross looking. I was looking at some of my old pictures and I realized that back then how nice my skin was. It was very...nice...and clear. Now I have yucky spots and stuff all over it.
Grr.
Posted by Nancy at 11:25 AM
