Monday, August 28
Let There Be Light!
I have been able to remove the offending huge horrible floor lamp from my room today! Over the weekend, my dad was able to find time to work on my electrical situation. If you can remember, all my room's electricity had to come from one set of wall outlets (rather than two) and the switch to my overhead light fixture didn't work, so the whole fixture was torn out leaving an ugly hole in my ceiling and a floor lamp that was at one point in the dining room to bring illumination to my room.Well, first he got the other outlets to work! And then the next day he replaced the switch and was able to hook up a light to the ceiling so I could get rid of the floor lamp that never had a place in my room ^_^ At one point dad had asked me if it would be ok to have a bare light bulb hanging from my ceiling. I informed him quite plainly that this was not acceptable, so he figured out a way to put a shade over it.
I'm glad at least to not have the floor lamp in my room, though the light that's overhead is slightly yellow and I prefer something bluer. Also it will at some point (hopefully soon) need to be very re-done by a professional. I had mentioned to my mother that I'd be happy enough if we could just nicely string up one of those lantern lights (or other shaded light like that) and patch up the part of the ceiling that would otherwise have a fixture in it. But I think long term it's nicer to actually fix the wiring that's already there rather than string more across my room.
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Also my Grandparents are coming on Wednesday. Fortunately they are staying elsewhere rather than kicking me out of my room. Still, this Labor Day weekend will be far from enjoyable.
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Oh no, grandparents are no fun?
By E-ri-ca, at 8:29 AM, August 29, 2006
Tuesday, August 22
The Begining is Here
I have made my first section of embroidery on my jeans! Black and red, an usb symbol within a heart that I came up with essentially on my own :)
I realize that the picture is a bit weird as I didn't iron out the print that the hoop made... BUT I'm very excited and to anyone who wants to tell me about how it's lopsided, you try hand embroidering on jeans when your transfer image came out a bit wonky. Next will either be putting Princess Peach, or putting my name in the spot where the label was (it was coming off so I took it off properly.)
I also did send away for some "real" patterns with extra special transfer paper! So I'll use two or three of those to embellish the jeans as well.
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PRETTY!!
By E-ri-ca, at 4:44 PM, August 22, 2006
Very cool :D
By Scottish, at 5:38 PM, August 22, 2006
Monday, August 21
Big Chains & Brand Names
I'll admit it; I love Linens 'n Things. Since I've recently being making some minor changes to my room, I've been in there a LOT looking at things and have been using their 20% off coupons like crazy! I also really like that I can check out some of their stuff online before shopping, though admittedly their website and stores only have a small intersection.In the vein of home decor, I was surprised to hear that we no longer have a Pier One. For the longest time it was there on the outskirts of Portsmouth in a plaza with a few other big shops. I always enjoyed seeing their eclectic mix of furniture, decor, odds & ends. But what I didn't really know was that this Pier One, unlike most, was under franchise. Further more they have officially dissolved their contract with Pier One and have changed the name to "Abode Home Furnishings."
It's fine in some ways as they have said that the products they carry (most by companies other than P1) won't change very much, and that's the biggest importance. But people are still going to call it "Pier One" for a long time, and while I'm sure they'll still have gift cards or certificates for the store, P1 cards won't be able to be used, which may cause some distress in the line of gift-giving. It also cuts out being able to look online first, and ordering it there and then picking up in-store.
I'm not really disappointed. In some ways I'm glad b/c the store in terms of direction and general items are staying the same. It's just the name and one of many specific product lines that are now different. And it’s neat to see a locally owned store shed off their association with a bigger chain rather than the other way around. I can't see P1 the company attempting to build an actual P1 in the area (there are 2 or 3 in other parts of the state) so I'm sure that Abode will continue to do well.
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You have a problem with your apostrophe.
By Scottish, at 8:07 PM, August 21, 2006
Wednesday, August 16
I'm Sick! :P
I was in denile of it for a day or so. And then yesterday I almost came to terms with it but I kept thinking that it would just end and more so that I shouldn't-wouldn't need to really treat it. Now I know that in addition to the standard tissues in my purse I also will either need to raid my parent's medicine cabinet or get more medicine like stuff at the drug store. Bah.I can't remember ever having a cold in the summer. I was always under the impression that people don't get colds in the summer. Though now that I think about it I feel like someone did once say that it's possible, summer colds are just not as common, or not as severe, or not as talked about, or not as something else.
So, now that I have taken my last decongestant I have to remember the difference between decongestants and antihistamines, so I can decide which I want to take for the rest of the day. The only thing about them I can ever remember is that my mom likes taking antihistamines. That and I love liquid hand sanitizer stuff.
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*denial
By Rebecca, at 10:24 PM, August 22, 2006
Friday, August 11
Another Post About Friends & Friendships
I've always said, and still believe, that a combination of being an only child, and introvert has taught me to entertain myself and be happy being "alone" and well prepared for things like bus rides & plane flights. Along with that I'm rarely "lonely." I can miss people quite well, and do so regularly, but that'd different. To add to the oddness I think I'm most often lonely in social situations. Let me explain.When I'm home alone on a Saturday night, I don't mind. Even if I'm not chatting to someone online, I'll play a game or make crafty things, or watch a dvd and am very happy as a result of it. But when I'm around a lot of people, like at a party or summer camp or whatever I feel out of place unless I'm actively spending time with someone else. Now sometimes this isn't hard. The party last night was really fun and I spent time talking to some of my really good friends and even met some new people! I didn't talk to them nearly as much but I did recognise their presence ;) For the duration I spent very little time standing or sitting feeling "lonely." However, there have been many situations similar to that where I don't have that luxery of being able to talk to someone all the time. Often it's b/c I don't know people well enough, or just have nothing to tlak about with them at that time. Now, it's not as if in order to be happy and entertained I couldn't distract myself with a nice sudoku puzzle, or even just stare into space. But I've found that isn't socially acceptable, like doing your own dance moves for a song that has specific steps.
I'm not sure what the answer to this is though. It's not that crowds freak me out, or that I don't know how to have a good time. Or that in order for ME to be happy in the context of myself the environment needs to be specifically whatever. It's more in either changing my own perspective on the rest of the world, or changing how I react to the world and how it's just going to act no matter what I do, OR changing my actions to fit with those that are expected from the world. The only problem is that it's either very hard to do, or would never happen at all.
This whole thought procress however, makes sense in terms of my summer camp experiences. Almost every session I spent at camp I would have thoughts that I hated it and wanted to go home and not come back next summer. But I always had good memories associated with the sessions that would endure and cause me to go back the next summer. It was all because the actual activities that we did were wonderful, but in those times when I was expected to socialize with campers that I hardly knew that things became far less than optimal.
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To end on a good note, I got a new DS game this evening where I get to be a doctor! Wooo saving virtual people with anime style artwork!
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Paaar-ty!
So, I went to a party earlier tonight. Not bad at all, quite fun really :) An interesting mix of HS friends and college friends of the hostess, which was good in some ways b/c most of her friends go to UNH! A fun time was had by all, at least that I could tell.But, on the way to her house, I realized something. I would be driving down the road and past the house of my childhood best friend. This friend really was my best friend through the latter half of Elementary School & into Middle School. During our Freshman year in HS we moved from best friends to just friends, and then after Sophomore year barely saw each other at school, let alone spend time together outside of it.
It's weird though, because we were so close when we were younger. We were great friends both together as a pair and when look at just for our personalities and such. Unfortunately in the transition to HS she got lost in the shuffle. My other circle of friends grew and worked hard to stay together, and I couldn't pull her or anyone else from that circle into the other (though I did try!) Last I knew, she was happy and normal and doing well. But the interesting thing is that I don't feel any sense of loss through letting our friendship go. It didn't end b/c of a fight, just interests and other friends and what classes we had. We simply grew apart.
However, now with some of my actual HS friends I feel like I'm growing apart from some of them, or at least desire less of a relationship with them. And I feel bad for that. I'm not going around actively ending friendships or trying to avoid people. A good example was my hesitance at going to this party in the first place. I almost just didn't want to go. I went however, b/c I knew that several people who I'd be very comfortable around and happy to see would be there, as well as knowing that it's good to reach out a bit more than I'm naturally inclined to. It's weird as I don't want to actually loose my HS friends, but I also think that it's somewhat inevitable and I don't want to cling to something that isn't there just b/c I knew them in HS.
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I've been noticing something similar with some friends lately, and I don't think it's anything unusual or wrong. Just like you said, it's new interests and new lives, and maybe the friendships will survive anyway, and maybe they won't. Maybe we're supposed to be thankful for the good memories, and be ready for new memories to be made? I can't be philosophical, I just had a massage.
By E-ri-ca, at 5:16 PM, August 11, 2006
Friday, August 4
Airports
I have some kind of weird fondness for airports. And I guess that makes sense when you consider that the vast majority of my romantic interests, serious & otherwise, have been/would be long distance.With Scott specifcally, even after all the tearful goodbye kisses we've had in airports we've also had the same number of wonderful hello again kisses :) Also I have yet to go or return somewhere when it was just me w/o someone picking me up that was happy to see me. Any trip I've taken I've had someone on one end to say goodbye to, and someone on the other to welcome me home.
Speaking more generally, there are a lot of happy moments in Airports. To back up my claim I present the movie "Love Actually." People who go to airports, even if going away is painful or annoying or horrible will always come back. Otherwise it's more of a life change and a real adventure as a whole.
There's also something special about a building that can take you almost anywhere (eventually) and because of that brings so many people together who otherwise wouldn't be. You see so many people in airports that you'll never see again. But for a couple hours you're joined together for a specific and normally important reason.
So yes, I am very very weird, but I also love airports :)
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In very different news, as much as I feel comfortable driving in the seacoast of NH, Manchester is another thing :P
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I love airports. They're so full of adventure.
By Shane, at 1:08 PM, August 07, 2006