further evidence that jenn and i are indeed two of the funniest jackasses money can buy:

Swirlogirl: yes!

dehdohdee2: hahahahahhaa
Swirlogirl: where have you been
Swirlogirl: im emailing you videos now
dehdohdee2: i had the shittiest day ever at work

(insert long and sordid or short and boring tale of shitty files here)

dehdohdee2: and i'm like no, i'm fine, i'm not on drugs all i wanted was a pepsi
Swirlogirl: AHAHAHA
dehdohdee2: and he's all what the hell are you talking about?
Swirlogirl: HAHAHA
dehdohdee2: so i punched him and left
Swirlogirl: AHAHAHAH
dehdohdee2: garrrr
Swirlogirl: ass

(insert claims that i am a huwah here)

Swirlogirl: i have been waiting alll day for you
Swirlogirl: HUWAH!
dehdohdee2: ooooo baby
Swirlogirl: AHAHHAHA
Swirlogirl: ass
dehdohdee2: oh fuck lemme tell you about aaphasab!!!
Swirlogirl: yeah!
dehdohdee2: but first lemmme go get some milk brb

(i'm in the kitchen getting milk)

Swirlogirl: ok
Swirlogirl: put it in your soup next time
Swirlogirl: be efficient wont you
Swirlogirl: you need an icon
dehdohdee2: i've got your icon right here
dehdohdee2: ~o

(apparently i've gotten my milk)

Swirlogirl: AHHAHA
Swirlogirl: huwah
Swirlogirl: so spill it
Swirlogirl: how was the prom
dehdohdee2: okay so i rushed outta work last night, came home, got all fancypants gussied up
Swirlogirl: yeah
Swirlogirl: did you get pics
dehdohdee2: josh came over and picked me up and we were like a couple of fuckin retarded highschool kids just giggling and shit
Swirlogirl: HAHAH
dehdohdee2: so we go to dinner and the waitstaff's all "aw, you guys look so nice!"
Swirlogirl: ahahaha
Swirlogirl: you guys are so high school
dehdohdee2: and later i'm like "you know they said that cuz it looks like we're in high school goin to homecoming and shit'
Swirlogirl: you are the oc
dehdohdee2: cuz we both look like we're about 15
Swirlogirl: ahahha
dehdohdee2: or we did last night anyways
dehdohdee2: i had on a crapload of black jellie bracelets
Swirlogirl: teens should not be having sex!
Swirlogirl: those mean you are willing to go all the way
dehdohdee2: and a big fat crystally bead necklace i found at target
Swirlogirl: SWEET
dehdohdee2: oh i'm willing and shit
Swirlogirl: AHAHHA

dehdohdee2: so after dinner we go to the dland hotel
Swirlogirl: ooh la la
dehdohdee2: and we pull up to the parking attendant's booth and i ask where do we go for this aaphasab thing
Swirlogirl: yeah
dehdohdee2: and they made us turn around and go down the street and around a corner
dehdohdee2: and josh is all way to go now we have to have shitty parking cuz we're "employees"
Swirlogirl: to an abandoned warehouse?
Swirlogirl: was there a killer there?
dehdohdee2: ahaahahahha NO!
Swirlogirl: HAHAHA
dehdohdee2: okay
Swirlogirl: AHAHAHHA
dehdohdee2: so we ended up walking five miles to the hotel's ballroom
Swirlogirl: AHAHHAHA
Swirlogirl: did you sweat
dehdohdee2: I NEVER LET EM SEE ME SWEAT!
Swirlogirl: AHHAHHA

dehdohdee2: so i'm all hey josh lemme buy you a drink
dehdohdee2: and we go up to the bar
Swirlogirl: yeah
dehdohdee2: and california blows
dehdohdee2: because i got a melonball
dehdohdee2: josh got a glass of wine
Swirlogirl: they had a cash bar?
dehdohdee2: and the total was $17
dehdohdee2: lemme say that again.
Swirlogirl: cheap bastards!
Swirlogirl: disney that is
dehdohdee2: SEVENTEEN FUCKING DOLLARS.
Swirlogirl: gees
Swirlogirl: HOLY SHITCAKES!
dehdohdee2: after that we're all shit we're drinking soda, it's free
Swirlogirl: hahahah no shit
Swirlogirl: you should have byob

dehdohdee2: so we go wandering around the ballroom checkin out the kids and crap
dehdohdee2: and giggling every fuckin time we saw two boys kiss
Swirlogirl: asfjklsjdghkf
dehdohdee2: cuz it's kinda funnylookin
Swirlogirl: ahhahaha
dehdohdee2: got some eats
dehdohdee2: sat at the table
Swirlogirl: yeah
dehdohdee2: and then they did their awards for the year and showed the videos they'd made
dehdohdee2: and they were pretty cool
dehdohdee2: michelle was all over the videos this year
Swirlogirl: hahaha
dehdohdee2: she went to like every taping
Swirlogirl: ahahahahhaa
Swirlogirl: shes a huwah
dehdohdee2: and every time she showed up on screen during the show last night she'd scream "that's me!"
Swirlogirl: ahahhaa
dehdohdee2: it was pretty funny
dehdohdee2: cuz it just made you realize that much more how much she was in it
Swirlogirl: ahahhaa

dehdohdee2: kay so the movie was done
Swirlogirl: yeah
dehdohdee2: and me and josh and michelle and joe wandered around and stuff sayin hey to michelles friends and stuf
Swirlogirl: yeah
Swirlogirl: what did your sis wear
dehdohdee2: she found this awesome 60s evening gown on ebay
dehdohdee2: it was like 12 bucks
Swirlogirl: cool
dehdohdee2: but it was like 30 to get it cleaned up and altered
Swirlogirl: ahhh
dehdohdee2: but it was fuckin hottogo
Swirlogirl: sweet!
Swirlogirl: you took pic right
Swirlogirl: pics
dehdohdee2: absolutely
Swirlogirl: good!

dehdohdee2: i yoinked a sign from the dessert table, too
Swirlogirl: AHAHAH
dehdohdee2: it was a little folded paper sign that said "assorted desserts"
Swirlogirl: AHHAHAH
dehdohdee2: and it was laminated all classy like
Swirlogirl: hahah yeah a laminating machine = class
dehdohdee2: so if you got cake all over it you just wipe it off and it's still good it's still good
Swirlogirl: AHAHAH

dehdohdee2: other jackassery:
Swirlogirl: you should have v=cut your cake with it
dehdohdee2: when josh was in the bathroom
dehdohdee2: i was waiting by the pay phones
Swirlogirl: yeah
dehdohdee2: and dland hotel's all swanky, has this little desk where there's paper and leatherbound yellowpages
Swirlogirl: yeah
dehdohdee2: so i wrote "for a good time call" and drew an arrow, and i left it sticking out of the yellowpages so if someone opens the book to my little bookmarker they come to the escort services
Swirlogirl: AHAHAHAH
Swirlogirl: AHAHAHHAHAHA
dehdohdee2: also, josh and i milled around the ballroom lobby nonchalantly getting into the background of a bunch of group pics
dehdohdee2: it was sweet
Swirlogirl: HAHAHAH sweet
Swirlogirl: AWESOME

dehdohdee2: okay i'm missing the simpsons because these presedential windbags won't shut up and it's pissing me off
Swirlogirl: ahahahha!
dehdohdee2: anywho, yeah! so it was good times
Swirlogirl: good
Swirlogirl: im glad

dehdohdee2: WOW!!!
dehdohdee2: elimidate's finally downloaded
Swirlogirl: HAHHAHA
Swirlogirl: you dialup huwah
dehdohdee2: i knw!
dehdohdee2: brb i'm gonna go watch real quick
Swirlogirl: ok
dehdohdee2: AHAHAHHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!
dehdohdee2: OH FUCKING SHIT THAT'S FUNNY
Swirlogirl: AHAHAHA
Swirlogirl: yes it is
dehdohdee2: i love how you kept panning down to my boobs
Swirlogirl: all of em i sent you are pretty funny
Swirlogirl: the hooper one made me laugh the most
Swirlogirl: cuz we are clearly drunk
Swirlogirl: ahahha
Swirlogirl: its all about boobies
dehdohdee2: ahahhahahahhahahahhaha i'm gonna keep downloading shit!!!
Swirlogirl: yeah!
Swirlogirl: do it!
dehdohdee2: oh my god we're witty
Swirlogirl: AHHAHAHA
Swirlogirl: we are ULTMATE WITS
dehdohdee2: ahahhahahaha!!!

dehdohdee2: i'm downloading "producer" right now
dehdohdee2: which one is that?
Swirlogirl: hahah its right after the boobs
dehdohdee2: oh yeah!
dehdohdee2: the sleeping with the producers!!
Swirlogirl: you talk about your backup plane to get on tv
Swirlogirl: hahah yes

dehdohdee2: seriously, this debate needs to end
dehdohdee2: they're annoying
Swirlogirl: AHAHAHHA
Swirlogirl: so yeasterday
dehdohdee2: basically what it boils down to is this:
dehdohdee2: kerry: "bush sucks you know."
dehdohdee2: bush: "no i don't, it is kerry who sucks"
Swirlogirl: ahhaha
Swirlogirl: HAHAHAHAHA
dehdohdee2: kerry: "no, i clearly remember you being the one who sucks"
Swirlogirl: AHAHAHHAA
Swirlogirl: shit up!
dehdohdee2: bush: "blah blah fuckin blah"
dehdohdee2: kerry: "blah blah purple heart blah"
dehdohdee2: bush: "i like stuff"
dehdohdee2: kerry: "me too, let's date"
dehdohdee2: and they lived happily ever after
Swirlogirl: ahhahaha
Swirlogirl: yayyy

dehdohdee2: i think they're supposed to make out, too
dehdohdee2: isn't that part of campaigning?
Swirlogirl: thatll be hotttt
Swirlogirl: well yeah
Swirlogirl: sexx sells
dehdohdee2: so does repetition
dehdohdee2: so does repetition
Swirlogirl: and sexx
dehdohdee2: and repetition
Swirlogirl: ass!

i totally forgot to write about this earlier...

this weekend is the last weekend of south coast plaza's month-long festival of children thing. yesterday i popped into my sister's house just as they were getting ready to go, so i tagged along. the whole reason for going was so hailey and jacob could get their picture taken with spongebob squarepants, so we showed up at 11am-ish, and stood in a couple of different lines for the next hour.

right at noon, (i'd always heard that spongebob was a punctual dude) all hell broke loose. spongebob and patrick were making their way through the mall, swimming through a sea of hysterically excited children, to get to their little photo setup near the carousel. i mean kids were screaming, they were pushing, hailey and jacob asked to be picked up a billion and twelve times just to see the two walk.

i never went to a beatles concert, but i bet that's what it was like.

my favorite ninja page ever has a couple of new things on their site. namely, the splash page. i love where it takes you if you click "no."

got home at 5ish this morning and have been up ever since, relaxin with my bowl of cheerios and lookin for halloween necesseties on ebay and getting frustrated with the complete lack of the kind of dress i need to find. blarg.

here's hopin the bed-shoppin maybe takes place today, and that it won't break the bank too terribly much.

soooooo lazeeeeeeeee......

something that sucks is that as a fulltime employee i only get 5 days of vacay a year, and i'll only have those five days after a full year of being where i'm at... but unsucky and pretty damn sweet is the optional four-ten workweek that we're allowed to work once a month, which is something i'm going to take full advantage of - it raises the day off count from 5 to 17. add in my five sick days that i get in january, and that's 22 days off next year. i gotta figure out a loophole that'll allow for more than that so i can take an entire month off.

did the 4-10 this week, and took wednesday off. slept in until 11 or something like that. took a shower, had lunch with the and his bro, visited the 5 for 10 tshirt joint and bought some implements of iron-onnage, advanced token to my house to commence iron-onning with josh, watched a riveting round of bejewelled take place, had dinner at this cool place on the marina where seth cowen sails (i'm assuming...), watched a movie, went to sleep.

i need to spend every single day sleeping until 11, i really do.

i want to stop overthinking everything all the time, stop worrying about everything so goddam much. my end-of-year resolution is to just shut the fuck up for a while and not be so dumb.

here's the story about the good eye - in our line of work, that'd be as art professionals and crap, there are certain phrases that you hear quite a bit. things like "oooh, that's a nice layout" or "i want you to take this print and don't copy it exactly but make it look just like this" or "fuck that sucks, what were you drinking that morning when you made this?"

out of all the phrases you tend to hear from time to time, the following is my favorite one.

the other day i was working on a cad - which is basically you take a bunch of drawings of tees with art on them, and you put them on an 11 x 17 sheet of paper with art number info, delivery info, and so forth on there. and when i finished this particular cad and handed it in, they brought it back with some other art numbers and said hey add these to it, too. so i did, and printed it out, and realized that all of the original shirts had been long sleeved, the name of the cad was long sleeve tees, and the new shirts i'd just added were all short sleeves. i asked my cubemate about it, and she goes to ask the art director. he says "oh yeah, those should be on long sleeved tees. tell steph she's got a good eye."

cubemate comes back and tells me that and i just start cracking up.

because yes, i do have a good eye. along with this here bad one.

the best part is it's not the first time someone's said it to me without knowing i don't really have two eyes.

in other news, tonight is the long-awaited return of that fuckin awesome mexican salad recipe i found a while back. it will be served with some tacos and beer cuz that's what classy ladies do when they have family over to sit on the floor for dinner in their furniture-free apartment!

speaking of which... i'm buying a bed next weekend or maybe the weekend after that. this, my friends, is news. because i haven't had a bed, a real bed, since early 2001. it's been matresses on the floor and couches and park benches and airbeds since then. so that's exciting.

and i'm taking wednesday off.

and jenn sucks!

i don't know why i even bother to check anymore, you tramp.

aside from that, there's nothing much else to tell. i'm just shakin it like a polaroid picture. one of them old ones that you could still shake, anyways. person with the best suggestion as to what i should do next wins a gold star.

i was gonna write about how i'm maybe gonna audition to be on a game show later this week but then i got sidetracked looking at halloween dresses on ebay.

if you know what i'm gonna be and you spoil the surprise i'll kill you.

so that art show was neat.

the boy and i drove up to la thursday night for the reception. the little place it was at ended up being a block away from where that taping was for whose line that i went to years ago, and that was kinda cool. there were no snacks on the table, but it was cool all the same. it was a room about the size of my living room, and floor to ceiling covered in 8.5" x 11" printouts of art that had been sent in. so you walk in, and it was kinda like a where's waldo with your art. no identifying nameplates or anything. just big ol room covered in art. and most of the stuff was cool to look at. except for the fractal shit. i can't get on that party train. maybe i could if i did acid on a regular basis or something. i dunno.

and the place was pretty packed, which was neat, too. cuz indirectly those people were there to see what i'd done. the other neat thing was my little bird picture was smack in the center of the wall in front of you when you come into the room.

i like to think it's because they liked it so much? and not that it was some random thing? i just like that it didn't end up along the floorboard in one of the corners. it wouldn't have been as visible down there.

the other neatopeachykeen thing is after the show's over, they take all the printouts and put em in this book and i guess people who visit this place can buy printouts of the art they like, and i'll get a couple of bucks from that. as a poor girl i'm very excited at the prospect of a couple of extra bucks.

so it was a very tiny show, only took 15-20 minutes to take everything in and discretely giggle at the overtly gay couple walking in front of us, but i think it was a cool start. i'm formulating plans for other pieces of art - it's pretty sweet. maybe i will get around to having a show of my own before i'm 30, after all?

yowza this week's flown by.

and that's all you're gettin from me, coppers.

being an ass on grouphug never gets old.

in other news, i'm gonna be in an art show starting this thursday and running through oct 1st. you should go check it out and crap.

also, i went to the gym both yesterday and today. for this i demand a gold star and a bowl of ice cream.

i love that the fine folk who make honey nut cheerios thought they needed to put the words "serving suggestion" under the bowl of cereal on the front of the box.

what's new, what's new...

i hit the supercuts this morning, filled with a nice healthy dose of fear and dread. every time i've been there in the past they've been asses, completely ignoring "CUT IT ALL OFF, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD CUT IT OFF!" and snipping a scant quarter-inch off instead, finally giving up and giving me a horrible 12 year old boy haircut when they got tired of looking at me. not so this time, not so... i didn't walk outta the store with an "other cuts" and my faith in the institution has been restored.

i'll be fulltime permanent and all that crap at ffi on the 13th. with benefits and all that, just like a big girl. i feel like i should have a party or something.

oh crap, did you know soul train's still on on saturday afternoons?!? love it.

went to a disneyprom fundraiser the other night and it was great fun. the auction was insane, and you're gonna have to ask me about it to get more. because i'm a busy woman and i gotta go knit some shit at the laundromat! yeah! washin clothes is where it's at!

i rue the day that i continued my cellphone service with at&t instead of switching to a company less lame.

add to the ever present cellphone drama a $10 returned check fee that they tacked on to my last wisconsin bill, and there's no record of me being charged this fee anywhere on my bank's website.

heads will roll.