the day the music died

i'm sad

at first i couldnt quite believe it, but it's been a month now...and i'm pretty sure it's true.

someone has stolen my cd's....

at first i thought that i had misplaced them. after all, my car can get a little messy at times, and i'm always moving stuff from the cabin to the trunk. but i've looked around and moved some junk out of the way, and they havent turned up. this confuses and infuriates me for several reasons:

1. most of my cd's were burns. not even real, sellable cd's. burns. burns that people had made specifically for me. burns of cds that i'd never really want to buy (hot hot heat), of stuff that's sentimental (op ivy), and of fabulous mixes (joe's mix, perhaps the sweetest mix of them all). most of that stuff was just irreplaceable.

2. some of that stuff i had actually purchased- and i dont just go out and buy cd's.....it has to be something that i really love. my velvet underground and nico cd, my weezer blue album, alkaline trio's self titled... none of it would catch more than 2 bucks at a used cd store, but i loved it and it was mine.

3. there were actual cd's in their cases in the back seat that were left untouched. those you could actually sell, but noooooo.....they took my cd case instead... also, my stereo is still intact.
?????

4. lets be perfectly honest....my musical taste isnt that good, and by good i mean cutting edge or 'in the know' or whatever. i've been stuck in a musical rut for about 2 years and i'm perfectly fine with it. but why anyone else would want what i have in my cd case is beyond me. maybe this is a sign to start anew and open my eyes to new bands and genres....

nope, i'm still pissed.

so what have i been listening to? one of my compilations survived in my car stereo- a haphazard creation including all of old crow medicine show's o.c.m.s. album, some they might be giants, ccr, turtles, pixies, and death cab- all interlaced with futurama quotes. it's been playing nonstop for the past month, and i have yet to get sick of it.

talk about a musical rut...

ah, the power of the internet...

the other day i got this postcard in the mail...

I figured this was some kind of cult/religious thing, and i wanted to know where it came from. i didnt want to call the number, so i googled the address instead....leading me to this website.

take that, scammers!

where in the world is suz: part deux

this one, i admit, is a little harder than the first one. city and location, please :)

boredome induces posting

this is the first saturday that i've spent in columbia for quiet some time. while it's been nice to have a weekend to myself for once, it's also been a little...quiet. i went to taco bell with william this morning, but he had to go to work because the tattoo shop was swamped. parley is also at work (not to return till 10:30). i'll probably resort to cleaning... but until then, here are some pics from halloween that i snagged off of one of josh's friend's website.

enjoying some late night huddle house- 10 points to whoever can guess my costume

at a party with blake, a 6 foot tall gorilla. my costume isnt that great, so i wouldnt expect anyone to be able to guess it.



this kid, dressed as gene simmons, told me i was beautiful and that i should join the kiss army. the other 3 bandmates were in attendance, but i didnt get their pictures.

pure vanity

even though this picture is up on joe's flickr site, i'm posting it here again because i like it. as most of my siblings can attest to, i like taking funny pictures with statues, and i think this is one of my most realistic poses. the picture was taken in order to get credit for a virtual cache...and joe and i have to wonder if the cache creators were offended by our degredation of their history lesson...

yessss! front row...

as some of you know and some of you dont, i have been promoted at work. no longer do i slave away behind the check-out counter. the girl who trained me left in late december (her baby is due in january), and the 'office manager' is leaving in about 3 weeks to help manage the hotel that one of the doctors just opened (yes, not only is he a doctor, he has a hotel and a construction company on top of that). so i've managed to jump the ladder very quickly...to my delight and immediate dismay.
i was getting to really love check out. i felt extremely important and usefull in that capacity- if i wasnt there, things just didnt really go right. i was good at it, i was knowledgable, and above all i was comfortable there. now i'm back at square one, learning a whole new set of ropes and feeling a little less than comfortable and confidant. most of the things that i'm doing now are more office management things rather than medical-oriented things. i post insurance payments into the system, request medical records from other doctors, open mail, send out billing statements, and a myriad of other things that i have yet to be trained on. the hard part about it is that the girl who' s leaving is having a hard time training me on things because she really does any leftover things that come up in the office- and as of yet not much has come up. i'm afraid that most of my training will come on my own, after she's gone...and that worries me because i hate to screw up and i hate not having a very clear job description.
but, i have a feeling that i'll do ok. the nurses are pretty sympathetic to my case and have been very helpful as i've been trying to learn. hopefully i'll get to the point where i can do more directing around the office as opposed to taking direction.