Tucson, Sarizona

I am so great! I am so great! Everybody loves me! I am so great!

27 April 2006

Packing Sucks

I hate it. Anyways, I found the following insert in my Old Navy bag: "Beginning Sunday, April 30, 2006, Old Navy will be changing our Return Policy to reflect the following: Returns without an original sales receipt (or with an even exchange receipt) will receive a Merchandise Certificate (valid ID required) by mail for current selling price. WTF?? How lame is that?? Losers. By mail? What's the f-ing point of that?

24 April 2006

My Personality (except for the bad stuff...)

You Have a Choleric Temperament
You are a person of great enthusiasm - easily excited by many things.Unsatisfied by the ordinary, you are reaching for an epic, extraordinary life.You want the best. The best life. The best love. The best reputation.
You posses a sharp and keen intellect. Your mind is your primary weapon.Strong willed, nothing can keep you down. Your energy can break down any wall.You're an instantly passionate person - and this passion gives you an intoxicating power over others.
At your worst, you are a narcissist. Full of yourself and even proud of your faults.Stubborn and opinionated, you know what you think is right. End of discussion.A bit of a misanthrope, you often see others as weak, ignorant, and inferior.
What Temperment Are You?

17 April 2006

My Stupid Escapades

So I went to the mall today, and I really made myself look stupid. A few times. First of all, I walked into Victoria's Secret to browse because I had a gift card. So I see this guy working there, and I get all pissed. In my head, I'm all "I HATE when they hire guys here. It's so uncomfortable for everyone. Yeah, I know he's all polished and well-dressed, but still. Who's actually going to ask him to find their bra size?? Ugh." Then I found this shirt in the clearance section (where else?) that I liked, but I couldn't find the price. I look over, and dufus VS guy is playing with a yo-yo. WTF? "I hope they fire his stupid guy ass," I thought to myself. So I walk up to him, and I'm all, "Do you know how much this shirt is? I can't find the price, and it was in the clearance section." Then he goes, "No, actually I don't." And I think, "WTF is this guy doing here?!?! He's USELESS. Really...UGH!" Are you getting the picture here yet. Cause I was still not. Then he's like, "I don't work here, actually. I'm waiting for my girlfriend." Ohhhhh....hm. So I'm like, "So you're just chillin' here all dressed up, playin' with a yo-yo?" Apparently he just got done with work, where ever he does actually work. I felt stupid and pissed. What the hell was he doing there anyways? You can't just play with yo-yos anywhere you want, all dressed up, looking like you work somewhere. Tool. So I find Tooly Toolerson's gf, and I'm all, "Do you know the price on this shirt? I can't find it anywhere, and it was in the clearance section." She points to the price, which is in plain view of everyone in the whole store, including myself. In fact, I was holding 2 of the same shirts in different sizes, so there were 2 prices right there in front of my face. I'm sure Mr. and Mrs. Toolerson had many a laugh at my expense before going off and doing it somewhere. To top it all off, I used up my $10 gift card (yeah, I know. $10 gift card? what's the point?) instead of my $10 coupon, which expires in May. That was the worst part for me really. Now I'll have to buy something before May to not make this such a wasted purchase. Or I guess I could return it and do it all right. That would require me going to the mall again too soon though. Nope.

Then they had these extra long tank tops at Mold Mavy, and I bought two. They had a bright orange one over a dark green one, and it looked wonderful. So I had them take it off the manequin for me because it was the last small orange one they had, and I said to the girl, "that colour combination is so pretty. Whoever put that together is a genius!" Then she said, "Well, that's how the corporate office told us to put it, so..." I was kind of depressed over that. I wish she had said, "Yeah! I did that!" even if it was a lie. I would have been like, "You are THE COOLEST!" Whatever. She missed out on being called "THE COOLEST."

I really haven't done all the work I'm supposed to because Samantha's still here visiting. I probably could be doing it though because she goes to bed at like 6 pm like an invalid. Then she's up at 5 am, perpetuating the vicious cycle. My turkey came out good for Easter though. Amber and Luis, Yonnah, and Gene came over. Amber brought macaroni and cheese that was awesome. I have serious gravy issues though. I go way too crazy with the cornstarch because as I'm putting it in, it doesn't seem to be doing anything. Then I heat it up, and it's like turkey jello. Like I said, it's a real problem.

Good news for the day: I finished the data collection part of my research. Now the hard stuff...

Also, Party of Five still rocks out, hard core.

12 April 2006

Pictures I Just Retrieved From My Camera...

Me with mask on:















Amber at our hotel in Minneapolis:















Anne after her lecture to hundreds of people:





















Me at the conference:




















Erin, Anne, Me, and Amber:















Huey Lewis (sans the News) at the Oticon booth:















Closer:





















Me at our hotel room:

This Is Crazy

So they're having a certified emergeny drill of some kind at my school today. We were told ahead of time that there would be a drill of an emergency that affects the school first and then the community. I just went back to the website so that I could copy what they posted and put it on here, but it's gone now. It was something about finding 3 dead bodies on campus, 2 were due to chemical exposure and found on some lawn and one was due to unknown causes and found in some van parked on 2nd street. Well...I too parked on 2nd street (metered parking) down the way from my building this morning. Guess what! Walking back to my car, I saw some CRAZY van! I guess they really went all out for this drill. At the time I thought, "Wow, what a crazy van with writing all over it and no license plate. You think I would haven noticed that on the way into the building today..." There was also an emergency vehicle outside our building, which was to be expected sort of, but to actually purchase a crazy van for such an event was funny. Also, that I saw said crazy van was funny...to me anyways. Now the website says this:

This message is being relayed as part of a CERT emergency preparedness exercise. UPDATE: 12:55 p.m. The University of Arizona Campus Emergency Response Team disaster drill has ended. We thank the entire campus community for your cooperation and support. We apologize to Sarah for the confusion over the crazy van.

(I actually added that last line, FYI.)

Another thing that I've been meaning to bring up is the Taco Bell commercials. When are they going to end?!? I've really never hated commercials this much, at least not in a while. Holy crap. They're the ones for the caesar salad burritos...They're always making jokes about how they don't look like caesar salads and how you have to "peek under the little toga." GROSS! I cannot emphasize how much I want to vomit whenever they say that. It's so inappropriate.

I got so much free stuff at the AAA convention last week. It's just dividing up the stuff and figuring out who to give what will be hard. I can't keep it all for myself. I will keep the portable dvd player and one of the bluetooth devices for myself though. I may also want to keep the build-a-bear with the little Siemens lab coat, too. And I'm definitely keeping the croc shoes. Jury's still out on the Indigo travel mug. I have 3 baby owls, 2 of which I will give away. I think I'll give the mp3 player to Samantha for her belated b-day present if she doesn't already have one. If she does, it's all you, J. Ray. The other bluetooth thing is going to my dad, the glass cochlea to my mom, t-shirt for Dave, fleece for Amy?, tiger for Melissa, and pens for all. Oh yeah, and the secret-party Oticon Delta necklace for J. Ray Ryan and his refectory. Funny story, I just looked up the word "refrectory" in google, cause I wasn't sure how it was spelled. Well, not that way. BUT a lot of places think it is, like the Lake Harriet Refrectory. HAHAHA!!11!1 Brice will get the pocket calculator/calendar/clock and a flamingo. Also, I bought him some stuff at the Hard Rock Minneapolis! Woooo!! Minneapolis!

I'm totally slacking. But the slacking will come to an end. My colloquium is on the 25th (of this month!!!). I have so much to do, and Samantha is coming on Thurs (tomorrow). Argh. I was all excited, until I realize how busy I will be and how much I will be ignoring her. Erin and Amber did their colloquium yesterday, and it went really well. I'm afraid mine's gonna suck. They got to do theirs together. Boo.

The job hunt is going...I'm waiting to hear from my two top choices: Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Springfield ENT Associates. We'll see. I may have to go home for a long weekend to check those two out. It's rather expensive, and probably only going to get steeper. I think I'm going to look into New England Medical Center, too, because someone recently told me that they might have an opening.

Plan for next (this) year: Get rockin' job. Get rockin' apt. Get rockin' pet snake. Join a rockin' gym with an equally rockin' personal trainer. Take rockin' tap dancing lessons. Find an appropriately rockin' church.

Plan for today: Stop slacking off! That is not rockin'.