April edition just launched. YAY Lor 'n Co. ATG is superb.
says MarissaD at 3/31/2002 11:40:00 AM
March 30, 2002
I have my new DSL modem installed at home. Plugged in and ready to go. Just waiting on that little green DSL light to come on. They said at least by the 4th, but probably way sooner than that. I checked it at least 7 times last night before I went to bed. Unplugged it and plugged it back in 3 of those times just to make sure it wasn't taking a nap instead of waiting for DSL signal. That's always exciting because the green DSL light comes on while it's rebooting. So for a few seconds I get to think "Wow it's working!" And then it turns off and I think "Why have I fallen for that 4 times in a row?" I decided to just get out of my apartment to avoid a full day of the above.
I've done my homework that is due today and I think it, like all my other homework thus far, will garner an A for me. That makes me proud. My goal is to graduate anything-cum laude. Whether that be suma or magna, I don't care. I just want to wear one of the pretty gold cords when I graduate because dangit, I am smart and I didn't get to show that off in high school because I didn't care. Yes, smart people always write run-on sentences.
I was aiming with a friend this morning and we were discussing IQ's. I took a test 5ish years ago and it said pretty much that I'm really, really smart. I want to take it again so I can frame the results. To remind myself, of course. Anyway, the reason that came up was because I was reading in one of my books that the average IQ of executives is around 130. My test says that I surpassed that, so I firmly believe that I should be the boss of some executive. So I can make a lot of money, you know. All of this based solely on a test that makes no difference in the success of a person, IMHO.
As long and fun as this blog has been, I really need to pee right now, so I'm going to end it right...........
.....
now
says MarissaD at 3/30/2002 01:25:00 PM
March 29, 2002
What's even more amazing than the time Michael Jackson came over to my house to use the bathroom? Or even more amazing than the time I ate my weight at Godfathers Pizza?
Her name is Kye and she likes the Tribes. MMmmmhm.
says MarissaD at 3/29/2002 08:14:00 AM
March 28, 2002
So the state of the job market is starting to worry me now. After several weeks of listening to all my coworkers freak out about all the people who are being laid off, it's hitting me. I thought "I just got this job and I'm doing a damn good job. They won't lay me off!" Right. A few of the girls I work with have said "We better start looking for a job. Like now." So, I am. I applied within the company, but to the IT department which will not be moving to Atlanta like the rest of our departments. They have call centers here and those call centers will always need techs. And also, the web dev people are here and there's no reason to move them to Atlanta because it makes absolutely no difference if they are in the same building as the activation and billing teams. I told my manager yesterday She agreed and said she would give me a good reference. I feel bad, being that I just got the Mokia account and just started cleaning it all up. And I have loyalty to my team members already. I like them. I like the job, but I also like my aparment and the thought of getting out of debt. So I have to think about myself because while we don't know when they will move our department to Atlanta, we know it is going to happen. The director at work is giving a "State of the Union Address" tomorrow at our departmental meeting. Our department consists of far fewer people than it did when I started a month and a half ago.
So we go on breaks, and all anyone talks about is how everyone is out of a job. How they keep seeing older people working at the Tom Thumb or waiting tables at Fridays. Older people who you look at and you know they are well educated and probably made six figures 3 months ago. It's scary. Because I see those older people too.
Despite the weird scariness of real world, losing a job you like and feeling insecure in your money type feelings, I'm happily upbeat. I think anyway. I'm enjoying the time I'm spending with friends and family and I'm enjoying being busy. Even though I'm busier than I have ever been in my entire life. And it doesn't show any signs of letting up for awhile. I'm enjoying it. :)
Go Life. Go.
says MarissaD at 3/28/2002 11:53:00 PM
March 27, 2002
So any of my friends (that I actually like) and family (same rule applies) that would like an email address @bemoedee.com can have one. "They call me give 'em away Bob! I'm just GIVIN 'EM AWAY!" "Well put it in the truck Bob!" HAHAHA!
says MarissaD at 3/27/2002 09:23:00 PM
Psssht. It's okay if ya don't get the last post. :)
Meanwhile, back at the web design homefront, I'm working on a site freelance because YAY, I got a freelance job. I really wish I had someone to make me a flash menu, if someone had time, I would have much gratitude. I only know one person who is amazing with Flash. *peers at Tay* But he's always busy nowadays and I am too, so you know, I might have to be happy with a boring little html one. That's fine too. As long as it looks good. I have some help in my little process, but we haven't gotten as much done as I would like. That's my fault. Anyway, I have a big meeting with a company that rhymes with Mokia! Wow yay big blah. I leave now!
says MarissaD at 3/27/2002 08:21:00 AM
March 26, 2002
If it pleases you love, this is the hour of my healing.
says MarissaD at 3/26/2002 06:05:00 PM
March 25, 2002
Well then! I have a domain. heheheh I've been giddy since last night. Let's hope the DSL thing works out. I'll be two for two. Hurray for having my own stinking domain! It only took me 4 years to finally bite the bullet! I threw my blog up here so I could have somewhere to blog. I was having withdrawals I think. I'm going to work on a redesign, so when that's done, there will be more here. In the meantime, I'll just leave it like this. W00T!
says MarissaD at 3/25/2002 11:07:00 AM
March 21, 2002
Well then. DSL is supposed to be installed next week. Right. I'm starting a betting pool. Any takers?
Someone sent me a cookie bouquet. I haven't picked it up yet. Maybe I'll take a picture of it and post it when I get DSL. Right. I dunno who it's from. So, not much to talk about really. Well there's a lot to talk about, but not anything I have time to write here. Perhaps if you email me, I'll fill you in. Perhaps not.
says MarissaD at 3/21/2002 10:27:00 AM
March 19, 2002
If this isn't some complete BS I don't know what is. I can't get DSL through SWB for CREDIT reasons and there is absolutely no way I can get it through them for at least a year. I can't get DSL through anyone else because my residence is in a strictly SWB territory area. I can't get AT&T cable because it's not available and when I called to find out why, I wasn't allowed to talk to a live person unless I had a phone number at home, which I don't. And there wasn't an option for me to get through to a live person because I didn't have a home phone. I entered in my cell phone number so that I could get to a live person and the recording told me that my number does not qualify for AT&T broadband. Well there's a HUGE SURPRISE THERE YOU STUPID IDIOT RECORDING!!!!!!!! So who the HELL do I have to talk to to get some STINKING BROADBAND?!?! And I wouldn't have bad credit if I had chosen to pay off my debt completely instead of giving and GIVING AND GIVING ALL MY MONEY TO OTHER PEOPLE!!!! DAMNIT!!!!!!!
But work is going nicely and I'm still enjoying school. The terd guy that got into an argument with me last week came up to me before class and apologized for being a terd. And I'm in a group with some cool gamer guys that think I'm super cool because I like games. Mom is coming to see me Thursday!
"I failed english? That's unpossible!"
says MarissaD at 3/19/2002 09:13:00 AM
March 18, 2002
Why yes, I do like the new Five Iron Frenzy CD. Thanks for asking!
says MarissaD at 3/18/2002 02:42:00 PM
March 17, 2002
Well, sorry aboot the outage. My host with the most lost his host... say that 5 times. I might be moving soon, so be prepared to update bookmarks. I'm thinking about registering my own domain finally. We'll see. If you want to be notified via email, email me and I'll send out a little news letter or something to all the people that care. Yo. Thanks. I'm out.
says MarissaD at 3/17/2002 12:13:00 PM
March 16, 2002
So Amanda has decided to join the world of the blog!!!! She must post more. Poit! There she goes. She better post a lot!
says MarissaD at 3/16/2002 12:21:00 PM
March 15, 2002
Awwww. A pic from Andra's wedding. Those are all the wedding girls that participated.
The sweet DSL has been ordered. My high hopes tell me it will be in by the end of this week. That makes me so happy! Hi webcam. Nice to see you.
says MarissaD at 3/11/2002 12:44:00 PM
March 08, 2002
I will just play like I never thought about retiring I guess. I should delete those posts. I didn't offer that possibility for any attention type thing, I was literally thinking about closing these here doors. Screw that. If I stop blogging, I'll just stop. No need for an announcement. At least that way it will somewhat fade away, instead of being an abrupt halt. So here I am at work. It turns out there were a few drops of ink left in my pen. So I wrote with it for a few seconds and decided that I would let it live on forever. I'll not use it til it's dead. Oh the drama. It's riveting. Misti will be here in a few short hours. We are going to do ... stuff. I doubt I'll blog about it since I don't really have anywhere to blog from. I'll just keep those memories in my head and my little red journal. Which I fixed all by myself. Yeah it had a strap that was broken and I fixed it. Yay! It was joyous. You're right. I really do need more stuff in my life. Okay I'm outta here.
says MarissaD at 3/08/2002 05:27:00 PM
March 07, 2002
My pen is officially out of ink. *sigh*
says MarissaD at 3/07/2002 02:14:00 PM
Yay, even though Tom already pointed it out. Salon is sans-serif'd!!! :)
says MarissaD at 3/07/2002 08:31:00 AM
March 04, 2002
My Writing Pen Quest
I'm a pen freak. I like pens that write nicely. I write a lot, so pens that write well make me almost as happy as a good Arby's Beef n' Cheddar on a regular bun. When I was in Japan I found a pen that is amazing and all things good. It's a Pilot Super-GP 1.6mm pen and my quest is to find more of these pens, as the ink runs out rather quickly.
While searching for the pen, I came across a website that was another persons quest for the perfect writing pen. He says about my beloved Japanese pen: "...more remarkable, however, is the Super GP Pen that I found with a 1.6mm tip. ...writing with it is like steering a supertanker into port, except in a good way."
Oh, I hear you friend. I hear you. I emailed Pilot Pens to request purchasing information for the Super GP 1.6mm pen, which by the by is made in Japan. I received the following email in return. Hi Marissa:
Thank you for your recent E-mail communication. Due to our marketing agreement with our parent company, and in some cases patent restrictions, we are unable to either sell or stock this item. We are sorry we cannot assist you in obtaining it. Please check our Web site, www.pilotpen.com for items currently available.
Once again, thank you for your interest in our products.
Brenda Keller
Consumer Services
Blast! Now I'm at a stand still. I need more of these pens. I can't find them. I'm going to be very, very sad.
All this to say, this is the reason I'm possibly retiring my blog. Well, no, not at all. But considering I said that in my last post, I thought it would be a little weird to say that and then post as if nothing had happened. The retire/hiatus thing is still being pondered.
