August 15, 2010
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…here it comes again…
so, i’ve absolutely got to get back around here. and, as much as i love keeping up with the journaling aspect of having a blog, it’s not even about sharing all the warm and fuzzies with you guys. it’s 178 million percent about the fact that, apparently, if you leave your blog alone for a week, it will be infiltrated by those most loathed internet outcasts: spammers.
today, when i logged in, i realized that i had something like 28 new subscribers and a whole scheisse-ton of comments on ancient photos and entries. ultimately, it took me longer to get rid of (what i hope is) all of those stupid things than it ever has to write a post. no, i don’t want viagra. also, i’m not interested in coach handbags or various foreign-made watches. and i’ll be honest: i don’t even know what horny goat weed is–but if it is anything like what it is called, count me out on it as well. jerks.
so, my only choice is to be present and vigilant again. which is a good and bad thing. because i’ve been in such a mood lately to be brutally honest. don’t get me wrong–when i’m honest, i’m also usually wicked amusing. but i sometimes feel that i overstep the fine line between being a nice person and being completely evil. its like my buffer is just plain gone. no filter, no time-delay. just open my mouth and crap comes falling out. which is lame. because there are all sorts of people around me who care about me, and i frequently crap all over them with my inability to take one quick breath and think before i speak. but i’m working on it. thank goodness that people around me seem to have decent patience. i’d be lost without that characteristic in them.
anyway, on to actual things that are relevant and worth discussing!
this week was particularly odd for me. between helping out with rehearsals at the college for an awesome undertaking, i was cramming in study sessions, helping my folks, fighting my constantly silly stomach, and organizing friday night festivities. i’d actually started to get a good rhythm going with classes, and bang! i was thrown off-course and flying by the seat of my pants (or skirt, depending on the day). i’ll be happy to get back on track this week and get a few more chapters out of the way.
i got the chance, this week, to reconnect with some friends i’d lost touch with. that was definitely the highlight of my week. isn’t it wild how quickly you can go from not talking to a person at all to hanging out with them for three evenings in a row? i’m really, really glad that things seem to be looking up in that respect.
friday night, i introduced my brother and erica to indian food–they liked it!!–and improv–they liked it, too!! the evening was a grand success, with the minor exception of having swapped purses. because i accidentally left my headache meds in the purse that i ditched at home. and, of course, i had a migraine. migraine + weird lighting + noisy laughing/yelling/clapping = rough night. i put the meds in my new purse as soon as i got home. next crisis averted.
yesterday, i got up early, early to jump into class. i managed to get a fair amount done before heading up to the campus to watch a run-through of noises off (the show i’m helping with…more on that later, i suppose). while i was in rehearsal, i got a message from red announcing that he’d found a job!!! congrats, buddy!!! so, he and d were throwing a little shindig at their place to celebrate. after getting a little more classwork, and an attempted nap, in, lex and i headed over to see what was going on. since i had neglected to manage to snag food by this point, my energy was essentially non-existent, so lex and i made a run to the store–i bought some stuff for a new recipe (i’ll let you know how it goes!) and the stuff to finish off the vegan hot dogs we had left from our visit to the martins’ campsite the other evening. after a hot dog and playing catch up on america’s got talent, lex and i headed back over to d and red’s to see a few other friends. it was really good to see everyone, but i was still lagging so much that i felt really bad about my social capabilities. i’ve formed the annoying new habit of getting grumpy when i’m tired, rather than summoning energy from unknown sources to push me through in excitement. ugh. working on that, now, too.
we talked of travel and job fun and improv and cats and all sorts of other random things, and it was an all-around excellent evening. i really, really enjoyed myself–no matter how out of it i felt or appeared.
with the minor hiccup of some potentially unfortunate news, which has me just a little bit jumpy, it was a good–if different–sort of week.
and, believe me, i’ve learned my lesson. i’ll be back soon. i promise
