miss jessica

So far I've had an awesome day. My best friend Savannah and her boyfriend Josh came over and my boyfriend Tyler came over. Then we were all out at the pool and on my deck for like 5 hours or so. Then later tonight were all going out to Riverbend, this huge week long festival thing we have here.
-Jessica

mercury_amy

It's payday, which means I get to go to Best Buy tonight and buy a new Nightwish CD! w00t!

Kiersy Lynn

Hmmmm, let's see.... Oh, I get to go to my bro's wedding in Arizona, at the beginning of August, and for the trip I'm going to be able to buy a brand NEW video camera, and then make a tape for Ian and Dominique. (Like ask people what they want to tell the bride and groom.) It's so weird to say that my brother is going to be married. But, I guess if you're in loooooooovveee. Oh oh oh, and I get to get my OWN cellphone for my b-day on September 1st!! (I know, I know, it's a long way a way.)

Ghetto Fabalus

I got to shut down one of our more notorious scam artists at my work today.

This big fat black guy (noted below as "BFBG") has a habit of coming into our store every few months and asking an employee what manager is on duty. He pries to get the name, then once we call the manager he tries chatting him/her up by immediately using the name, which is supposed to give him some sort of credibility. He usually tries to claim that he talked to the manager the day before, or a week ago, and he was told that he could return something for store credit without a receipt. Or some nonsense.

This is the second time that he's done it to me. The first time he had his way, BUT NOT THIS TIME.

So I'm helping some people and he starts yelling over at me. Not only is he shady looking/acting, but he's rude too!

BFBG: "Hey, what manager's on duty?"
Me: (pauses, taking all of one second to recognize him) "I can call him up if you want."
BFBG: "What's his name? I have to talk to him."
Me: "I can call him over to photos. Go over there and he'll meet you there."
BFBG: "Yeah, but what's his name?"
Me: *cue in deviousness* "...Mike." (HIS NAME'S ACTUALLY DIRK.)
BFBG: "But what's his full name?"
Me: "Mike. His name is Mike."

He began waddling over to photos. "His name isn't Mike," I smirked to the customer.

So I page the manager to call me. I told him the situation and said, "by the way, I told him your name was Mike." Dirk arrives and sure enough, BFBG doesn't miss a beat. "Hey, Mike!" he says. The lady I was helping was amused, and so was my manager. I was just sitting there like *lol*.

Turns out my manager recognized him from another store he used to work at. I've already got my new names lined up for when he comes in again. I'm thinking if my confidant Joanna is working (if anyone remembers that thread, SHE CAME BACK), her new name's going to be "Dana." I like "Sierra" though, too.

I haven't settled on a new guy name yet. I'LL THINK OF SOMETHING.

Daystar

I got my braces off!! Plus I ordered Flaw's first cd, Through the Eyes, and bought Alias seasons 2 and 3 (and have watched them almost nonstop since summer began). So, my summer has been pretty amazing so far.

Floating Lily

Sweet sweet relaxation and peace.
2 weeks of hard labour and I finally get paid, woo!

Sparky

my mom and i saved a little baby Blue Jay today (or yesterday, if indeed we must be politically correct). there's a nest just above our front door in the attic rafters, and he fell while i was sitting outside. had my dog not taken notice and tried to eat him, then i probably wouldn't have noticed that he was there right away.

when i finally saw him, i assumed at first glance that he was dead. then i noticed that he was still breathing, so i called my mom out to see if there was anything we could do. while she was inside looking through the phone book, i glanced closely at the little creature. he'd clearly only just acquired his feathers, as there were still patches of naked skin visible. after a while, he struggled yet managed to get up, and in the process of doing so, i noticed that the ligament of his right wing had been torn. but aside from that, he seemed to be alright.

at first we called the local humane society asking what we should do with him. they told us that he wasn't ready to be on the ground yet, so we should attempt to put him back in his nest. we did that, but it was in vain, for it was blocked by a gigantic bee's nest. upon discovering this, we continued calling around until we learned of the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. so we called in saying that we were bringing in an injured baby bird.

we placed him in a small box that we'd cushioned with tissue, and went on our way. throughout the whole ride, i kept glancing down at the little guy, making sure that he was still okay. he even began chirping a bit, just a few moments before we arrived.

after we handed him over to the people at the center, we asked if there was any way we could get a status report sometime in the near future. as it turns out, we should be hearing from them in the next few days about the condition of the bird.

but, anyway...it would've killed me, just leaving him there to die. he wouldn't have standed a chance, being as my neighbors have two cats and two dogs, and i myself have a dog. he would've been dead in a matter of hours, if not minutes. so, i'm glad we were able to do something to save him.

thespiderqueen

Awwww poor little birdy. I hope it's ok. The Sparky is awesome for the birdie. Hmmm as for my cheese... I had a HUGE cancer scare earlier and it turned out to be nothing. So I'm happy. That is such a huge relief. I don't want to go on chemo etc again.

Ghetto Fabalus

I actually got up off my ass and WALKED today. I found this park by my house and decided to go for it; but not before making my special Evanescence workout CD.

I decided to induct Kelly Clarkson into my Evanescence arrangement. She's the opening act. Behold, the songlist of my walking (and perhaps even running) CD:

Behind These Hazel Eyes
Broken
Going Under
Everybody's Fool
Thoughtless (that arrangement is mostly motivated by what Amy says in the DVD: "Going Under, Everybody's Fool, Thoughtless, My Last Breath...." *nerd*)
Tourniquet
Imaginary
My Last Breath
Taking Over Me
Away From Me

That's the PUMP-UP portion. Then we wind down with...

Understanding (long)
Before the Dawn
Field(s) of Innocence (I think it's technically "field," but I like to say fields. *rebel*)
Anywhere
Breathe No More (live)
Where Will You Go
Missing
Even in Death (I always put that at the end of my CDs... WE END ON A SOMBER NOTE. *tear*)

The whole CD is about 80 minutes long, and I briskly walked/ran for 15 seconds for the entire thing. I was so proud of myself. Not only that, but my pasty ass got a little red. I'm going to be bronzed.

The downside is that afterwards, I was so pleased that I decided I deserved a Butterfinger ice cream bar. IS THAT COUNTERPRODUCTIVE. (I promised myself I wouldn't do it again.)

Raskull

I have cheese! I have cheese! I'm so Happy I Have Cheese!
...right. Well about this time last year I had desided to join an evanescence fan board. Little did that n00b know... so anyway if I joined this time last year that would make me...

A MEMBER FOR ONE YEAR!!!

That's so cool