Subject: Optional
Jun. 11th, 2004 08:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackofallgeeksSo I thought I might update this, or something.
Work is going well enough -- I like the jobs I get when I get them, and stuff. I get along great with the Four Little Guys (Jim, Neil, Ian, and Roman, the guys who seem to be on about my level, though I'm an intern and they're actual employees), and my Two Bosses are alright, generally, in that they leave me alone most of the time. Yesterday Neil and I wandered around DC all day doing some field work at different job sites. It was exhausting. It was also the first time I've been to China Town. The day before, Roman (who's native-born russian) sent me out to another site to get old hardrives we need wiped -- he game me a screwdriver, and called it "The weapon of the working class." We both laughed for a while at that one.
I've stayed up at my uncle's this past week, as it cuts my (worst-case) commute from 120min one-way to 40min one-way The difference is significant -- it's given me a lot more time to read and write, though I haven't actually written anything yet. They cleaned up my lil'cousin Natalie's room and shooed her somewhere else, and gave me her bed. She's a 6-year old girl, so here I am, a full-grown man sleeping in a very pink, very frilly room. I find amusement.
Started writing email between Stacey and myself, and I rather enjoy it. In fact, if anyone would like to have an actual conversation with me, go ahead and email me at my LiveJournal address and such. I think it'd be nice to have better communication with a great number of you, and it's definitely a more-direct way of interacting. Or something. I've been feeling the Isolation of LJ a bit more recently; as Stacey (and others before her) noted, it's not as personal here as I'd want it. Especially those of you who don't post much or who I don't know well (Alyce, Patrick, Alison, Claire, Nifer, Meredith, etc), it'd be nice t'talk to.
Been a bit lovesick and heartbroken recently, with the Suzannah bit... Not that she's doing anything in particular, just that she's not doing anything in particular, if you follow. I think I'd feel a lot better if I just saw her again, and if we could just talk. I've gotten use to her company... Or something. I think I may take a run out that way this Sunday, and seek her out for a chat or a walk or something... ^_^;; Don't mind me, I'm just a fool... sometimes I think I should just let it drop, but then I'm afraid there really would be nothing between us...
Tonight I have a Changeling game to go to, though it seems half our troupe (Kate, GP, and Colin) are going to be missing. there will still be Me, Jason, Chris, and Patrick, and I think this new girl, Meg, is supposed to start tonight... Kate and GP are leaving for California, so we need to figure out a Disappearance for Lady Beth (Kate's sidhe), and hopefully not as abrupt as Han's (Colin's ashu; though I'm sure All Will Be Revealed in Time, it's a bit jarring when a character just vanishes like that... My suspension of disbelief isn't as iron-clad as it might be). I need to get a better grip of who Gallin (my Troll) is, too, and try playing around with and feeling out his character. Or something.
After that, I Go Home tonight -- Unicron is still at The Old House, which has DSL until tonight, and she needs to be moved to The Guest Room. I think I left her on to run Kazaa, and I hope she got some of my queries. It also means I'll be in a queen-sized bed instead of a little girl's twin, which my legs will appreciate (though I wasn't cramped, I tend to fill a twin from headboard to footboard). And then tomorrow night my lovely cousin Tina is having a birthday party from 6 until 11, and me and My Brothers are invited. I don't think Josh will be able to make it, but I'm pretty sure Gene plans to, and maybe Tim.
More and more I think I want to be calling Tina 'Christina,' as that's her full name (and I love full names), but it depends on what she Names Herself. I have an odd fascination with names, especially what a given person calls themselves (as I was telling Natalie the other day, to me I am Andrew, not Drew or even Andy, which is what my family all calls me), even to the point of pronunciation -- I'd like to ask Suzannah how she pronounces her name, and I wish I could say 'Anastasiya' correctly. Names are wonderful, fascinating things.
Work is going well enough -- I like the jobs I get when I get them, and stuff. I get along great with the Four Little Guys (Jim, Neil, Ian, and Roman, the guys who seem to be on about my level, though I'm an intern and they're actual employees), and my Two Bosses are alright, generally, in that they leave me alone most of the time. Yesterday Neil and I wandered around DC all day doing some field work at different job sites. It was exhausting. It was also the first time I've been to China Town. The day before, Roman (who's native-born russian) sent me out to another site to get old hardrives we need wiped -- he game me a screwdriver, and called it "The weapon of the working class." We both laughed for a while at that one.
I've stayed up at my uncle's this past week, as it cuts my (worst-case) commute from 120min one-way to 40min one-way The difference is significant -- it's given me a lot more time to read and write, though I haven't actually written anything yet. They cleaned up my lil'cousin Natalie's room and shooed her somewhere else, and gave me her bed. She's a 6-year old girl, so here I am, a full-grown man sleeping in a very pink, very frilly room. I find amusement.
Started writing email between Stacey and myself, and I rather enjoy it. In fact, if anyone would like to have an actual conversation with me, go ahead and email me at my LiveJournal address and such. I think it'd be nice to have better communication with a great number of you, and it's definitely a more-direct way of interacting. Or something. I've been feeling the Isolation of LJ a bit more recently; as Stacey (and others before her) noted, it's not as personal here as I'd want it. Especially those of you who don't post much or who I don't know well (Alyce, Patrick, Alison, Claire, Nifer, Meredith, etc), it'd be nice t'talk to.
Been a bit lovesick and heartbroken recently, with the Suzannah bit... Not that she's doing anything in particular, just that she's not doing anything in particular, if you follow. I think I'd feel a lot better if I just saw her again, and if we could just talk. I've gotten use to her company... Or something. I think I may take a run out that way this Sunday, and seek her out for a chat or a walk or something... ^_^;; Don't mind me, I'm just a fool... sometimes I think I should just let it drop, but then I'm afraid there really would be nothing between us...
Tonight I have a Changeling game to go to, though it seems half our troupe (Kate, GP, and Colin) are going to be missing. there will still be Me, Jason, Chris, and Patrick, and I think this new girl, Meg, is supposed to start tonight... Kate and GP are leaving for California, so we need to figure out a Disappearance for Lady Beth (Kate's sidhe), and hopefully not as abrupt as Han's (Colin's ashu; though I'm sure All Will Be Revealed in Time, it's a bit jarring when a character just vanishes like that... My suspension of disbelief isn't as iron-clad as it might be). I need to get a better grip of who Gallin (my Troll) is, too, and try playing around with and feeling out his character. Or something.
After that, I Go Home tonight -- Unicron is still at The Old House, which has DSL until tonight, and she needs to be moved to The Guest Room. I think I left her on to run Kazaa, and I hope she got some of my queries. It also means I'll be in a queen-sized bed instead of a little girl's twin, which my legs will appreciate (though I wasn't cramped, I tend to fill a twin from headboard to footboard). And then tomorrow night my lovely cousin Tina is having a birthday party from 6 until 11, and me and My Brothers are invited. I don't think Josh will be able to make it, but I'm pretty sure Gene plans to, and maybe Tim.
More and more I think I want to be calling Tina 'Christina,' as that's her full name (and I love full names), but it depends on what she Names Herself. I have an odd fascination with names, especially what a given person calls themselves (as I was telling Natalie the other day, to me I am Andrew, not Drew or even Andy, which is what my family all calls me), even to the point of pronunciation -- I'd like to ask Suzannah how she pronounces her name, and I wish I could say 'Anastasiya' correctly. Names are wonderful, fascinating things.
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Date: 2004-06-11 01:55 pm (UTC)This image will forever haunt me with laughter.
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Date: 2004-06-11 05:22 pm (UTC)day was made.
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Date: 2004-06-11 07:33 pm (UTC)Unless you'd rather we didn't (what would fourteen 16-year old girls want with three older boys?), we'll come. After all, I'm sure there will be food, and I love Cranium, and movies are good... We may bring our Cards, though. Just in case.
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Date: 2004-06-12 12:13 pm (UTC)~*Tina*~
P.S. Dont say I didnt warn you.
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Date: 2004-06-12 02:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-14 01:50 pm (UTC)I left you a message on your phone. I'm not now, nor was I then, upset. a few things came up, and I ended up heading with Gene to Front Royal and stuff. I would've liked to come and all, I'm sorry. ^_^;;
I hope it was fun, and we'll have to get t'gether some other time.
Re: Full Names
Date: 2004-06-13 03:21 pm (UTC)