umm... there really isn't just one word to sum up last night's events. no really, there isn't. well, this is the short version of what happened: i left work at five o'clock and headed home to shower and change. shortly thereafter, i headed downtown to the dove for a little company partay. i arrived just in time to be one of the first few, but there was a nice bottle of wine already on the table and sushi was being served. i didn't wait to get started :D people we piling in and fun was on its way. i honestly don't know how i got as drunk as i did cuz all i did was drink wine. other people were doing shots and mixing drinks and all that good stuff. it's funny to see what surfaces when people are drunk. this is what i caught: people that have drama in their lives can only talk about it and possibly make it worse (if the subject(s) of the drama is (are) present), others tend to blow things up into something that doesn't exist, and yet others are just loud and really stupid/funny drunks. i watched all of this go on around me while i took no small part in some of it as well. no details here cuz that would make this a neverending entry and cuz most of you wouldn't understand the relevance anyway. all i can say is that this morning we all had hang overs, and needed each other's help to figure out which one of us did the most embarrassing thing. i think i was way up there, on that list. i'm very good at making a drunken fool of myself. i must admit that love the people i work with :)
after writing the check for my cable bill and putting it in the envelope etc, i realized that i pay my personal bills in the same fashion that i pay the ones at work. lol. i must really feel connected :P
music: silence mood: i can't really open my eyes yet
this thing was in need of an update, and since i'm up at this insane hour anyway i figured why not? even though their really is nothing going on here in dinaland, sometimes things get amusing anyway. the other day (i think it was thursday), a bunch of us decided we needed to go out for drinks after work. at about 7pm we gathered our shit and got out of the office. i think we ended up at this cute place called ruby foo's (yes, i realize the irony of the name) and proceeded to get drunk. well, at least that was the begining of it. i think i had three glasses of some inexpensive (but yummy) wine. once we were done blabbing and drinking, three of us headed over to alison's house to meet up with her and head over to american trash. rob was already there. the place was packed in celebration of its 16th birthday and we went right in. i must point out how amusing i think yuppies can get when intoxicated. anyway, there were beers and shots and then i decided i was dead enough to go home. heh. the next day, at first, i didn't feel anything resembling a hang over. but it was sure to settle in about two hours into the day. thankfully, it didn't last very long.
yesterday was my first class of the new semester. the professor is enthusiasic enough to make it look interesting, so i'm happy. after class, i met up with sandra and had a little too much food, then we headed over here to proceed with the drinkage. we both got tired rather early, so i passed out and she went home. that's why i'm up at this ungodly hour on a saturday morning. i think a shower is in order and later i'll be heading over to the bookstore for the needed texts. other than that, there are no plans so i might just hang out and be my lazy self :)
that's right, i actually joined myspace. i'm still amused that i actually did it, considering i already have a million and one places to blog and belong to way too many communities. heh. i'm having fun with it, however, i'm admitedly having a difficult time figuring out how the fuck to get the damn thing to conform to my CSS desires. lol. we shall see. other than that, i have to admit that there is nothing quite like going out for an evening with some female co-workers and gossiping about the boss. muhahaha ;)
this entry is going to be short and all over the place. a few things: prema and martha are back from abroad but are still out on long island in their respective parents' houses. they'll both only be back by the end of the week when school starts. i still miss them and i can't wait for them to come back to the city. the most awesome thing is that prema is going to be living just a few short blocks from me. rock!
on a different note, i haven't had sex in way too long and it's finally starting to get to me. i have no idea what the hell i'm going to do about that. oh well.
ok, now i'm excited... the first thing i did when i opened my eyes was check my email. naturally. one of the emails in my inbox was from a yahoo group that i belong to (but never participate in) regarding tix for the upcoming ministry show. i totally forgot about that until i saw the email. so i quickly got on to ticketmaster (those bastards) and bought tickets for the second show. i had such a blast last time i saw them and their new album rocks pretty hard. i'm so there.
let's see... for the last twenty four hours life has been pretty sweet, if i may say so myself. heh. well, maybe a little longer than twenty four, but who's counting? first, on the night before i had to take my last final for the summer, i spent a lot of time talking to someone who is far away from me. both mentally and physically. i was looking for an excuse not to have to study and he was conveniently online. we started talking about how long we know each other and how we met. truthfully, it was me that started asking him all kinds of questions, and then it turned into a conversation on our history etc. at some point i find myself thinking 'why is it that i always seem to have an interest in those i can't really have?'. of course, i know the answer to this... we're all like that (well, most of us. not all.) and that's the way things are. oh well. at least, i thought, i have the pleasure of knowing the guy and have plans to see him sometime in the near future (if things work out). other than that, who can say, really? heh. the following day, i took my final in the television culture class i took in the second summer session of classes, which was rather easy. i hope the grade looks as happy as i did when i walked out of that classroom :P i'm glad this class and professor rocked. it was a huge (and really nice) change from the first session. that is to say, i wasn't dying to get out of class and was able to sit comfortably and interested thoughout the entire three and a half hours of it. yay. then, when i was done, i called my adorable friend jessica to see if she was done with work yet or not. she was just in the middle of doing the same thing i was: walking home, allowing herself to be distracted by the pretty things in the store-fronts. the decision was to make our way home and then for her to join me here for drinkage. jessica is always lots of fun (and is so cute). we drank and BSed till it was time to sleep. she went home and i passed out. today at work was decent enough and was followed by rob's freedom celebration. that is to say, today was his last day at a crappy job. the celebration was for that and for the new job he starts in a week. i can't believe the amount of alcohol i consumed. the count goes like this: 3 shots (1 vodka, 1 tequila, 1 kamikaze), 3 strawberry daiquiries and a split pitcher of guiness (with alex). i don't even know why i'm still alive, let alone slightly capable of typing. the other week i was out after a couple of glasses of wine and a beer... who knows. anyway, that's not really the end. as of now, alison is on her way over for more drinkage (she was at the festivities too). we decided that talking on the phone was stupid when we live so close to each other. so more drinks it is. i'd like to see how i manage to get to the doctor's office tomorrow without dying. heh.
in other news, MARTHA IS BACK!!! i'm so psyched! unfortunately, though, she will be spending the next week on long island with family and friends, catching up and such. she shall only be back in the city once school starts up again next week (ugh, already?). so... umm... that's pretty fucking cool :)
music: absurd minds - a stride through time mood: eh
today at work, the male part of the office had a hard time keeping their eyes off of my boobs. lol. not to say that my boobs are something so captivating (well, actually they are, but not usually in work attire), it was just that what i was wearing happened to be quite revealing. i didn't set out for it to be like that. i'm usually not even able to do anything of the nature... but today i wore a shirt i bought yesterday, which was much happier popping open. the top button that i wanted to have closed, didn't feel the same way i did and kept opening. now, if i wasn't at work, there would have been even another one undone, but at work i do try to stay professional-looking. it's funny, though... people are more friendly when they can see more. is it because it embarrasses or confuses them? either way, the results are highly entertaining. maybe i should try this more often? heh. on the way home, i got more glares in the same direction. humans. i never noticed just how popular the 79th street area is... the bus was PACKED and it was about two hours after rush-hour. interesting.
music: hum of the servers mood: trying to take a breather
just a quick update while i'm fillling in for the receptionist here... unfortunately, my life really has nothing new in it. no new people, or new things to do. so my updates are usually short and uneventful. all i ever seem to do these days is go to work and then run to school. when i'm in niether place, i'm either studying or being a lazy-ass and watching some tv with my laptop close at hand. yes, i think it's safe to say that i have become a boring individual. who ever would have thought that was possible? lol. i guess i would become more exciting if there was something or someone who could hold my attention in such a fashion for long enough. but you know me... the scene bores the hell out of me so there really is nowhere to go. i guess bars are ok, but sitting at home and doing the same shit is much easier. also, i don't think i like sex anymore (or at least not the bullshit that comes with it). or if i do, i really just don't ever meet anyone who i think is even remotely attractive. i'm not the type to 'get used' to someone. i either think they're suitable or i don't. and the norm seems to say i don't. so much for the notion of having another human being to entertain me. so yea, i love my apartment, i love my job and school is ok. but that's about it.
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Dina on 08.17.04 @ 02:07 PM EEST :: [link]
Monday, August 16th
the search goes on
music: silence mood: sneezy
as many of you already know, i have serious trouble finding bras. the reasons for this being that my size just doesn't exist. i know, i've explained this many times before, but it always amazes me that the american people assume that if someone has a cup C or D, they must be fat and therefore cannot possibly be a 32" around. well, either that or if you are a 32", then you must be twelve years old and therefore have no boobage. retards. so in the name of finding something that fits, i had to resort to going to victoria's secret online catalogue to see if they had anything for me (they don't have these items in the actual stores). i did a little searching and found a few that appeared to be suitable and ordered them. after waiting a while, they finally came in the mail and lo and behold only one of them actually fits me right. fuck. now i have to go through the bullshit of sending the other two back. on the up-side, i did find one style that fits me perfectly :)
in other news, the other day, as i was walking to work, i actively decided that it was time for me to be blonde again. it's been just about four years and i really don't like my natural color all that much. it's dull. however, since i have a real job, i cannot have purple of pink hair anymore. so blonde it shall be. just as soon as the black is gone, there will be a bleaching session to rid myself of all unnecessary color. unfortunately, i have to wait for this. i don't like waiting.
welp, today marks one month since i've moved into this apartment. i must say, i'm still as excited to be here now as i was on the first day i set foot in this place. honestly, i've been all moved in from day one. i'm nuts like that - i can't live in a mess. so it feels as though i've been here slightly longer. however, still no couch. fundage is lacking for such an investment as of now. i need to worry about more important things such as rent and bills etc. it will come soon enough, though. oh, not that it was ever too difficult walking up four flights of stairs, but it hasn't gotten any easier as of yet. heh.
in other news... well, not news, exactly, since i have no fucking clue when martha or prema are going to be back from their summer abroad. but I FUCKING MISS THEM!! goddammit! i want them to come back cuz although i love all of my friends dearly, i feel a serious lack when they leave for so long. COME BACK!
ok, shower time.
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Dina on 08.15.04 @ 07:08 PM EEST :: [link]
Saturday, August 14th
umm... wow!
music: AC noises mood: i think i'm hung over
i don't really remember the last time i was so drunk. lol. yesterday, when i got home from work, i hopped in the shower, got ready and headed over to alison's. the plan was to meet there (with rob too), have some drinks and then go out. somewhere. and that we did: we sat around for a couple of hours, BSed and drank till we thought we should get out of the house before it got too late. the next part is a blur cuz i was already wasted. but i think we got in a cab, i know we went to korova and had a couple of beers. yea, i know, i'm not a beer person, but that's what alison and rob were having, and i was too drunk to make any decisions. heh. i remember having a good time and actually leaving the bar, but i don't remember crap about the cabride home (i'm assuming i did that cuz i don't think i'd have taken the subway). following that, i believe i sat here and talked to a few people. i also think i called baud to bullshit and such. omg, i honestly don't remember the entire conversation, just the main concept behind it. i talked his ear off. i do that.
anyway, i am now convinced that i have a hang over. unlike five minutes ago when i wasn't sure. i shall be getting back into bed very shortly.
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Dina on 08.14.04 @ 11:20 AM EEST :: [link]
Friday, August 13th
reason for celebration
music: humm of the servers mood: busy
today is a very special day. it comes around a few times a year. friday the 13th, that is. i don't know why i get excited about this, but i do. and since i haven't been 'out' since byte a couple of weeks ago, i think i have a good enough excuse to move my ass out of the house tonight. i think i have plans with alison, but i don't know what we'll be doing just yet. first thing, though, i have to be introduced to her new kitty and get to know him. i love cats. so tonight should be amusing once we get our drink on and head out (kitty not included). w00t!
in other news, i just got my second term paper back for this teeny summer session and i got an A. whew. i have no energy for summer classes so when i do well, it makes me breathe a little easier. now i just have to see how i do on my final. that will be next week, though.
and now back to office madness :)
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Dina on 08.13.04 @ 12:06 PM EEST :: [link]
Wednesday, August 11th
fade to gray
music: freezepop - tracy gold mood: exhausted
today, with the seductively overcast climate, some of us in the office noticed just how dark it was actually getting. at first it just looked like your usual rainy weather tint. however, at some point one of the agents pointed out how dark it actually was. at that moment, if you looked out of our windows, it looked absolutely dark. pitch black. we all walked towards the window to see if there was some crazy storm, but all we saw was a little rain. it was odd. a couple of hours later, everything appeared to be back to normal. fun.
in other news, today i inherited a cute little laptop form one of the agents. i've been playing around with it, trying to see what it can do (and what it has available). so far it's looking good... well, accept for a few problems with your standard windows update. ahh... gotta love windows. it never stops amazing/surprising me.
Posted by
Dina on 08.11.04 @ 11:19 PM EEST :: [link]
Sunday, August 8th
calm weekend
music: my obnoxious video card fan mood: just dandy
i eneded up doing nothing all of saturday morning. till it was time to go out and meet amber, that is. i think it was about one o'clock when i headed downtown and met up with her, aaron, blue and amy over at rectangles, my favorite middle eastern restaurant. yummy foodage was comsumed and we each headed in our own direction. amber, aaron and i zipped through bed bath and beyond to find an inflatable mattress for them to sleep on and then walked the rest of the way home. last night consisted of us three entertaining eric and his wife lisa, as he tried to figure out what road runner had done to my connection. sometimes they're so stupid. we ended up walking over to 86th street to a couple of stores to see if i could just find my own cable modem since RR seems to be supplying its customers with some asstastick referbished version of an RCA (even the RCA site has nothing available about it anymore). so we did that and came back here to have RR adjust their settings to my new cable modem, only to have them tell us that it's going to take at least 72 hours for the change to occure. umm... huh? anyway, once we figured we could go no further with that, we ordered food and had a picnic on my floor. it was fun :) eric and lisa said good bye at some point and the rest of us sat down to watch minority report, which i have yet to watch all the way through.
today was spent at work doing work stuff and being presented with my boss' first tattoo. cute :P all the while aaron and maber went gallivanting around the city. now they are gone [:(] and i'm cleaning up a bit. denise should be over soon. nonsense shall ensue. good times.
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Dina on 08.08.04 @ 07:21 PM EEST :: [link]
Saturday, August 7th
to send or not to send?
music: unheilig - this corrosion mood: just waking up
as soon as i woke up this morning i called amber to see if her and aaron were on their wat from boston, which they were. i shall be seeing them in a couple of hours. but until then i figured i should do something useful with my time. so i called the local laundromat to see what their rates are, trying to decide if i should have them do it for me or if i should waste my time running back and forth to the laundromat. i decided on the former. i've never had a pick-up and delivery service do my laundry, mostly cuz it's so much cheaper to do it myself, but today i figured i might as well. i've been putting it off for so long, for lack of time. so now someone else can do it for me, while i run around doing other stuff. gotta clean a little, get some essentials for the house and take advantage of the fact that for once, i have no school work to do.
Posted by
Dina on 08.07.04 @ 10:44 AM EEST :: [link]
Friday, August 6th
nest seeksers?
music: absurd minds - captivated mood: awake
this mornging i walked into my bathroom to find all kinds of weird stuff sitting on my shelving. at first i couldn't figure out what the fuck it was. but as i looked around and behind it, i saw that my devil duckies were all messed up. that's when i realized that the 'stuff' on my shelves was none other than twigs and branches put there by some pigeons (ick) for a new nest. i was pretty disturbed by this and immediately threw this crap out, threw the towel it was sitting on in the wash and closed the window. at first i left it slightly open just to give the room some air, but then the pigeons came back and looked confused cuz their window was gone. i closed it.
Posted by
Dina on 08.06.04 @ 06:55 PM EEST :: [link]
Wednesday, August 4th
wrapping it up
music: absurd minds - essence mood: ok
for some bizzare reason i decided that walking home from work was a good idea today. normally, this wouldn't have been a bad idea, but since i hadn't planned on it, i was wearing a long-sleeved black dress shirt. anyway, on my way home, i happened to walk into straight from the crate to see if they had anything of interest. sure enough, i found the perfect love seat for my teeny studio. it's a bit pricey, but i believe i shall be going back there in a couple of weeks to order it. it'll be a perfect fit, and then my apartment will be complete.
and now on to bigger and better things. ...like finishing that damn paper.
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Dina on 08.04.04 @ 08:09 PM EEST :: [link]
Tuesday, August 3rd
early night tonight
music: icon of coil - shelter mood: accomplished
i finally finished painting the bookcase/CD rack i started painting on sunday. it's not too exciting... not an artsy piece or anything of the sort. it's just black. now it matches the rest of my apartment and i can soon take all of my CDs out of the boxes they're waiting in. in other news, i better get my ass to sleep very soon. i have to get up mad early to start writing my second paper.
...and these are from sunday, just for fun (compliments of julian):
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Dina on 08.03.04 @ 10:57 PM EEST :: [link]
Monday, August 2nd
*whew*
music: stargate-sg1 mood: cool
welp, i finally broke down and bought a new AC. i mean, i had one that was in working condition. sorta. but it was about five or six years old, and i was its second owner (i had it for over three years). needed something smaller to fit nicely in the window too... i just couldn't take it anymore. but now i am nice and chilleh :) tonight i will sleep well.
Posted by
Dina on 08.02.04 @ 10:49 PM EEST :: [link]
yay!!
music: AC noises from outside mood: smiley
i just got back from a new monthly party called 'byte'. i had a pretty fucking good time... i got to see people i haven't seen in forever, which is always a plus. i went with alison, got to see father vincent, crystaviel, andrea (and the still life decay people) AND i finally got to see mr. bodymod and crew. i haven't seen him or them in... well... just over two months. i must say that partying while sober can work quite nicely :) i haven't been out in months and i have to admit that this was a good place break the solitude. w00t.
now i must sleep.
Posted by
Dina on 08.02.04 @ 02:17 AM EEST :: [link]
Sunday, August 1st
it just goes to show you
music: and one - krieger mood: i don't know what to think anymore
well, every once in a while something will happen that will show you exactly who your friends are. unfortunately, i've been having lots of those lately... the first was a little over a month ago, when someone who had once fucked me over and had since been forgiven - did something stupid again. i sucked it up and stepped away from that one quickly. then, a couple of weeks later, i had the eye/knee busting incident, in which people seemed to think that because i was acting stupid (i was drunk), i deserved to have various body parts of mine have an intimate meeting with some concrete. my eye is better, but my knee appears to be fucked for good. unless i get some surgery or something. wonderful. that one was hard for me to just walk away from, cuz it included physical damage and finding out that quite a few people who i considered decent were, in fact, assholes. ok, so i'm thinking this is over only to realize that someone whom i used to consider a good friend of mine is perfectly good with staying friendly with these people. not that i would normally really mind, because it's not really my call, but defending them to me, saying she doesn't care, and further telling me that some of the shit is my fault (like the fact that i should have gone to see a doctor [even though i have no insurance]), kinda makes me go wtf? especially since at some point in her life someone i knew hurt her and i was forced to take sides. to this she said 'it was your judgement', which made me go 'ok, i'm done'. how do people become so ungrateful and forget that you had their back at some point in time? i don't have the answer to that, and i'm not going to try and find it. i'm just going to swollow the pain, forget about it and move on. it's the only way to go about these things.
and people wonder why i never go out and meet new people anymore... why should i expose myself to more assholes?
Posted by
Dina on 08.01.04 @ 01:09 PM EEST :: [link]
