The fiber optic tress jerms and i had in our apartment.

ho ho ho.
The loot:
Video Card Radeon 8500
Photo Ferris Wheel
Pooh Socks
Socks with Toes
10th Kingdom DVD
Notting Hill DVD
Moulin Rouge DVD
Scarf, Hat with Bobbles, and Mitten/Gloves
Christmas Stuffed Eeyore Doll
Bowling Ball
Tool Box Kit for Arch Supplies
Hand Bag
Reading Light
Picture Frame/Key/Coat Rack

I think that's about it.
I'll try to get my entire xmas pics up soon.
Here's the bobble hat my brother gave me

Blasted! Blasted! Blasted! Blasted!
I just got done working on my paid work. I worked all morning on it. I was going to save some stuff and it said I didn't have enough room on my c: drive.
I started shifting stuff around (dumb move). I ran into a share violation error. To make a long story short, I lost all the work I had worked on... I have to start over now.
I'm so bummed. I begged Jeremy to recover it for me but I had deleted it from my recylce bin in order to clear space... No hope after that.
I could just jump out the window now.. but i'd prolly survive... it's only two stories down.
Now i have to start over.
BASTAGES!

it's 1:58am.
i'm at home.
it's been non stop busy since we've gotten here on friday night.
i've been doing last minute shopping and gift distribution since saturday morning.
i think about 24 hours of my life has been spent on wrapping presents this year.
all i want for xmas next year is to not have to wrap gifts.
it's been really nice visiting with family though. christmas is only 1 day away.

we went bowling today for two hours.
i beat my brother and jeremy.
my dad beat all of us.. of course.

it's amazing. on saturday, i went to four stores and shopped for gifts in less
than an hour and a half. it takes me an hour to buy one item from the grocery store
in Austin. being in bmt is so surreal. it's like a city built just for me.. i think that's how all
beamonters feel.

i haven't had time to do much work..or studying. it's stressing me out.. a few other personal
things have been stressing me too..but i figure.. i'm young..i should be able to handle it all.
at least until i crack.

i think i'm going to go to bed now...tired as crap.

oh yeah.. i forgot. we have this cat my parents adopted living in our garage.
it's actually the neighbor's cat..but i personally don't think they diserve to
have it. They have never put a collar on the cat...and they have never bothered to
get the cat spayed. We think she might be pregnant... poor kitty.
I need to take a picture of it. It sleeps in this gigantic bowl thingy
in our garage..my mom put towels in it.. i think it likes our garage cuz
it's so cold outside.

I need to hook up my computer tomorrow to do work. I'm using my brother's computer right now.

it's 1:58am.
i'm at home.
it's been non stop busy since we've gotten here on friday night.
i've been doing last minute shopping and gift distribution since saturday morning.
i think about 24 hours of my life has been spent on wrapping presents this year.
all i want for xmas next year is to not have to wrap gifts.
it's been really nice visiting with family though. christmas is only 1 day away.

we went bowling today for two hours.
i beat my brother and jeremy.
my dad beat all of us.. of course.

it's amazing. on saturday, i went to four stores and shopped for gifts in less
than an hour and a half. it takes me an hour to buy one item from the grocery store
in Austin. being in bmt is so surreal. it's like a city built just for me.. i think that's how all
beamonters feel.

i haven't had time to do much work..or studying. it's stressing me out.. a few other personal
things have been stressing me too..but i figure.. i'm young..i should be able to handle it all.
at least until i crack.

i think i'm going to go to bed now...tired as crap.

oh yeah.. i forgot. we have this cat my parents adopted living in our garage.
it's actually the neighbor's cat..but i personally don't think they diserve to
have it. They have never put a collar on the cat...and they have never bothered to
get the cat spayed. We think she might be pregnant... poor kitty.
I need to take a picture of it. It sleeps in this gigantic bowl thingy
in our garage..my mom put towels in it.. i think it likes our garage cuz
it's so cold outside.

I need to hook up my computer tomorrow to do work. I'm using my brother's computer right now.

good morning.
i have lots of stuff to do today. I need to finish packing up my stuff.
i have to go fill the car up with gas. I have to finish up my paid work.

i don't know what type of city most people live in, but i've lived in 5 different ones.
my hometown city is probably the least stressful out of all of them. It's had a constant population of about 100,000 for the past 20 years...but the city keeps growing...developers are popping up everywhere...it's weird.. There's lots of money there.. hmmm..perhaps from the huge ass oil industry.
It's kinda like going through some sort of time shifting warp. If it normally takes me an hour to go grocery shopping in Austin or Ft. Worth, it only takes me 10 minutes to go shopping in Beaumont. I can do five or six errands three times a day and still have plenty of time.. However, I don't feel like it has enough culture for me. I just think it was a great place to grow up... I always love going back there.

my lips are chapped... dr. pepper chap stick to the rescue.

I just got through wrapping the last of the gifts.
I still have more shopping to do this weekend.
Money..running low.. low..low..
Jeremy and I went to eat with some of his co-workers again. We went to
eat at On the border. I had two tacos... hmmm it cost me 10 dollars.. if had gone
to taco bell, it would have cost me 10 cents. hehe.
I just gathered all my receipts from purchases and tallied the total amount spent this
xmas. It's not too bad..but It'll be interesting to see how i can pull of paying for everything.
I'm about to go make some cupcakes. My cookies were a disaster..so hopefully this ready to bake
stuff will come easy.

Jeremy and I will prolly be heading home tomorrow after noon. we have a 6 hour drive.. :P
yuck. We might wait till saturday morning though. it all depends on how we feel after he gets off of work. we also have to
get packed up. I'm not sure how we're going to fit all of our stuff in the car. we might end up taking two cars just
to carry it all. I have a whole box of clothes I'm taking with me. :) Maybe I should just pick out a few outfits. :)
I'm wearing a bandana on my head. it's blue. I don't normally wear these things but I had one and wanted to see what it'd be like. is there a point to this bantering. no. i better go. i bet this post doesn't even send.

well... lj is being very bad this week.
i can't seem to post anything longer than a few sentences now. it work sometimes..and then it stops working. i normally would just post and forget it..but every time i try to post a real entry, it won't let me.. i guess it only likes complaints. heh.
i think it's reading me as a unpaid user account. i'm not sure.
i'm done their trouble shooting stuff but still no luck. oh well. i'll just keep an offline journal until i can get this worked out...

now.. let's see if can at least get this to post.

Previous posts:

Friday:
jeremy came home early..around 4pm. we took a nap...didn't mean to..but just got too sleepy..and the bed was so comfortable. it was 8 something by the time we woke up again. Jeremy cooked sphagetti and we had grapes for desert. We watched Forrest Gump. It's been a long time since i've seen that movie. We have to wake up early tomorrow to help one of jeremy's co-workers move. I think we get a free lunch out of it so that'll be nice. I still need to get some shopping done. I'm feeling very anxious. I don't know why. I don't know how to explain it. I'm thinking of all the things I have to get done before this xmas break is over. I'm supposed to take two history exams in order to clep out of the class. I also need to work on studio stuff to show that i'm still progressing for the next portfolio review.. and i need to get lots of paid work done.. I don't know why I worry so much. I wonder if I have a general anxiety disorder. I'm always fretting over my life..while if I were someone else looking in.. i'd prolly wonder "what the hell does she have to worry about?"... guess i'll just go to sleep for now. that's my drug.
sleep.. forget.. wake up..and worry more in the morning.

night.

hmmm.. can't seem to get lj to work..
seem to be able to get it to work through unpaid user type methods...
geez.. why am i paying for this again?
okay okay.. here.. lemme try to post this.

test

well. i finally made it to ft. worth last night around 9pm.
we unpacked my car and then headed out to eat at Frijoles.
I used to love their salsa but i think they've changed it.
They have the best free soft serve ice cream there though. it's creamy white
just like dairy queens. the waiter was really nice too.. really cheesy and generic
just the way i like them.

we went grocery shopping afterwards. i bought some veggies and fruits...and some
hot chocolate. it's very cold up here. there were frosties on the grass when i woke up.

i might venture outside today while jeremy's at work. i have to finish up my shopping list. i'm half way there.
i also called my work today to see if i could get more stuff to do. they said they'd be sending me stuff.

gonna go eat lunch now. jeremy's home for an hour. hopefully he can get off work early today. maybe i'll have to hold off shopping till next week. we'll see how fast i can shop.

okay.
here's a recap of my week.
i got squashed like a bug during my portfolio review.
i had some really mean jurors..they just hated my stuff from undergrad... they
thought it was way to flashy and not practical enough... they didn't really say things
to help me...but after talking with a few classmates I think I understand what direction I need to be taking.

yesterday, i had my final review for the studio project.
it went really well. i really needed that validation...since i haven't gotten
a single positive response from my prof this semester..
now i'm packing up and getting ready to go to ft. worth.
i have so much catching up to do.. i've been putting off my life during these past two
weeks in order to finish up my semester's work...
i'm so tired...but i need to finish packing up...ugh.

sleepy...so sleepy....

whew. i'm pooped.
i'm also kinda peeved.
last night i was talking to my studio mates telling them that we should pin up
our drawings for portfolio review before tomorrow. they told me there wouldn't be
enough wall space for all of our stuff. i took it that they wanted each of us to pin up seperately as we go then. i offered reasons why it wouldn't be a good idea but they kept bickering about not enough wall space.
so i come in this morning. they were right. there wasn't enough wall space...they took it all!
i was the only one who didn't have any wall space. so i had to haul in these partition walls and design myself a display space. hell, i think i should get credit for that. i looked so dorky hauling in those huge things.
it's done anyhow.
i'm gonna go grab a bite to eat before the review.

it's 5am.
i'm just a pinch away from finishing up the work for my semester.
portfolio is done. i just need to print it out tomorrow at the lab.
should be fun. :)

anyhow. i'm off to bed...must wake up in time to go to lab and print
this out... jeremy has been sleeping on the captain's chair while i've been working. there's no mattress in this room since we moved it to the living room...better wake him up so we can go to bed.
allrighty good night!
sleep tight!

today jeremy and i went christmas shopping. i cleared off most of my xmas list but still have quite a bit more to go. we braved the mall.. i thought getting there too more time than shopping there. we also went to best buy..whew.. that was something else.
jeremy cooked us some beef stew for dinner...then we watched tv..
i'm such a bum... i need to go to school tomorrow and finish up my studio project for good..then it should be smooth sailing until my review on wednesday. i might be going down to college station to see my friend graduate. we'll see.

need to mail out xmas cards soon.
i saw this really cute one at the store.
it had this cat with a mouse (with a santa clause hat on it) on top of its head.
the card inside read Meowy Kissmouse. hehehe
i thought the mouse looked gross though..so i opted to not to get that one.

gonna sip some hot chocolate now and put my portfolio review stuff together. it's this monday...
ikes.

message for jeremy

i forgot my cell phone at home.
i'll prolly get home late tonight.
have a good night. sleep tight.
miss you.

i'm hungry. it's almost 1:30.
i was thinking about going to the Student Union and buying myself
a veggie or tuna fish sandwich.. i also thought about walking down to schlotzky's and
getting a pasta salad or sandwich.
which to chose..

i'll keep you posted...

p.s. i need caffeine. dr pepper is in order.

i'm down here in the computer lab.. again.
i'm on one of their new pentium 4 machines with suave black flatscreens
and keyboards. It's so much more enjoyable using civilized computers. I'm a little dissapointed in the mouse though since it's lacking in a middle scroller.

i'm down here plotting out a perspective i need to trace for my studio project.
i've been working since 5pm. It's almost 8.. I'm hoping to be out of here by 10 or 11pm. I still have to catch up on paid work. I might have to call one of my co-workers tomorrow and explain why I'm taking so long.

Oh well. Not much fun stuff going on here. I'm starting to build up ideas for my anual reunion/birthday/new year's eve party. It's basically my birthday party but it also doubles as a reunion for all my friends from highschool...and I have it on New Years Eve so we can pop firecrackers. I'm thinking about adding an xmas theme to it as well this year. I was thinking about doing the gift swapping thing. We'll see. I just need to make it through this week and then I can turn my attention to the funner things in life.

i got a bunch of work done yesterday night.
i had to run to the grocery store to find some gingerbread men for our presentation today. We wanted to pass out gingerbread men to metaphorically stand for our "human capital".. I couldn't find the gingerbread so I got keebler elves instead.. I got vanilla and chocolate ones to diversify as well. :) Plus, vanilla isn't exactly white.. it's cream so it can represent many races. :) okay okay.. it's cheesy..but it'll taste good.. no pun intended. hehe.

I have to try and get some paid work done now. I've been putting it off like a mofo.
Today's my last class day for two of my classes...then I can concentrate soley on my studio work...which is supposed to be "done" by friday. Our review isn't until next wednesday...

my monkey is taking a power nap.


I can't wait till this weekend. I'm going to start my xmas shopping. I already have quite a list. Let's see how well I can budget myself.

well i'm in our crappy computer lab. i'mtrying to printout some stuff i'm going to need for studio. i'm in a printing war with another chick though. she and i both want to print stuff out.. right now she's playing with the printer...she just keeps pushing buttons in hopes to get it to work right... i think she may actually be getting somewhere.
i just spent 30 minutes printing out our color slides for our group project presentation tomorrow. my printer ran out of ink yesterday so i opted to use the much slower but free printers in this lab.
i think i'm going to go home after this. i need to get some paid work done, finish up a journal and a paper... then i'll come back up to school and work all night.
how fun.
only a week and a half left of this mess.

jeremy just left...
i'm a little depressed...just like i always get whenever he leaves on sunday.
we had a really good weekend though.
on friday we went to bahama breeze cuz we had coupons for two free appetizers.
we both shared a steak entree. i ate mine with asparagus.. werid huh?

on saturday we decided to go to his company anniversary party.
we drove up to ft. worth and got there around 3pm. we did some shopping
and then headed over to Game Works..where the party was being held. They had
a buffet and we were all given 30 dollar game cards. it took us forever to use up
both of the cards. A few of the cool games we played were The Jurrassic Park, Virtual Tekken, Indie 500 racing, Star Wars Pod Racing, and this really cool hot air balloon game. The hot air balloon game is this huge contraption that four people play in... everyone gets strapped to this chair and you use your remote control to boost yourself in the air..the object of the game is to get on top of the oponents balloon and pop it.
i almost one..got 2nd place. we also took silly sticker pics.



we stayed the night in ft. worth saturday since we didn't finish with Game Works till late.
when we got back to austin in the afternoon, jeremy napped while i worked on studio work. I'm coming down the home stretch. it's going to be a very stressful week.
i have a paper and presentation due tuesday. let's just take it two days at a time. hehehe.
around 7, i cooked up some stir fry veggies and an egg omlet.. we warmed up some frozen spicy pork my mom made me... added some rice and waaalaaa..a very good and not too bad for you meal!
later, we watched law and order and under cover while i worked on my puter.

now jeremy is gone...and i'm still working.
must use the work to keep me busy...so i don't have to keep thinking about how i'm alone in this apartment. my brother left to go to campus..what for? i have no idea.
kitties are here though. wish they could come into my room. it's okay.. in a few hours i'll be sleeping in the living room with them. i've decided to keep the living room my bedroom in case my real bedroom floods again. if it keeps raining, there's a good chance it will. :P