for my own amusement and memory really
http://www.sanfranciscomemories.com/musee/mechanique.html
back from detroit. decided to leave today instead of tomorrow. i made the trip in 3.5 hrs. LOL good to know for next weekend. shaved an hour off my dads time. didn’t have to stop every half hour like him, and no lunch break…and going 100mph most of the way lol. so it wasn’t the fact that my grandparents were crippled, and that we couldn’t really go anywhere, that always made michigan so boring. it’s the fact that it’s just SO BORING. that’s why i left today instead. was going to get dinner with amira, but i’d still have had aaallll night to do nothing. so i’ll do nothing here where i have cable, and my desktop, and my cat.
wow.
ok so i just found out something about someone that is so fucking hilarious i think it made my life.
and i also found out something i totally wasnt expecting and don’t know what to think about…*blindsided*
and something that proves how totally manipulative and evil someone is. but i knew that.
*cryptic*
i love my cryptic entries where even a week from now i wont know what the hell i was talking about lol
in warren. the viewing today was sort of weird. first of all the morticians glued my grandmas face so much that she actually looked like a human and not so much like a witch/skeleton that she has looked like recently. everyone who had seen her the last few weeks has said she looks much better now in the casket. got to see the freak show that is one part of my family…the mobster part, the related to sonny bono part. i didn’t bring my camera but if i had, i wish it wouldnt seem so rude to take pictures of people at a funeral haha. the rosary was so god awful. i just don’t understand religion. i’m not sure my brain is capable of wrapping itself around the idea. whatever. and it’s sort of funny cuz neither my mom or her siblings are practicing catholics and a few xmases ago we discussed how pretty much none of us believe in the idea of a christian god. but while my grandma hasn’t gone to church in any of my 20 some year memories, she did believe and was religious as much as she could be from home. so since it was for her i guess it was nice. i absolutely for sure don’t want a funeral. i want everyone to be punked out and having a party.
trying to talk to dan cuz i’m freaking out here but hes NOT ANSWERING ME
and i’m drunk.
LOL that’s right. aunt carol and her gay friend rob (i swear every guy i know named rob is gay, and looks alike…ahem meltzer, sheridan, this rob lol) and i were gonna go out, but in returning my car to the old house we came inside and were talking with my parents. so we opened a bottle of wine as my parents decided to go out LOL so we drank the bottle and my aunt and i went to a rock bar in royal oak for a drink. yep. we left when some other 40something guy who was wasted try to talk to us. haha my aunt was suddenly all “my drink is gone lets go!” hahaha the bar was next to noir leather, the gothy store with the back room of sex toys that me and my aunt went to on xmas eve a few years ago LOL i wish it had been open cuz their clothes were probably cheaper than what i bought in toronto.
so i’m back at the old house. no trip to mcs this time. will have to try again. may have been able to make a stop there friday but i didnt bring my camera so no point. hopefully getting dinner with amira tomorrow. she lives an hour away but seems willing to come out here. i don’t know how to get anywhere around here myself. we’ll see. i should try to sleep since the normal people in this house already are and expect me up at like 9.
i’m sleeping in my grandparents bed. i don’t want to think about it lol
from msn’s list of best and worst paying jobs…
Gaming dealers: Operate table games of chance.
Mean annual salary: $16,210
Top-paying industry: Spectator sports ($23,920)
Top-paying state: Minnesota ($26,890)
Top-paying metro: Kansas City, Mo.-Kansas ($25,420)
um…that can’t be right. at least their description of what “gaming dealer” is…and kansas city pays the most? i guess they’ve never been to las vegas or atlantic city. or even niagara falls for gods sake. unless they’re going by base pay, and completely disregarding tips….but that’s not right either, cuz just base rate, it’s 10k not 16k
so i just got the entire week off of work. my 3 bereavement days, plus my 2 normal days off, and this weekend off for tony’s wedding and nin show in saratoga. ha not going to detroit until wednesday too. i don’t understand. when my grandpa died my mom was freaked out and yelling at me and i had to tell her to fuck off (seriously) because i didn’t want to go to detroit with my parents to sit around and do nothing for 2 days before the viewing. this time i volunteered to go tonight, and she said no just come wednesday with my dad. ok then. only 1 day viewing, and funeral thursday. i get off friday instead of another 10-6 shift yay! but my god, our scheduling boss, who i thankfully don’t ever see cuz she leaves at like 5, is such a fucking bitch. i tell her my grandma died, and she goes “who are you.” wtf. it’s only been 3 and a half years. she said i have to bring in proof of the relationship… not an obit, not a death certificate, proof of the relationship. what, do you want a fucking family tree? wtf. bringing the death certificate, worked last time.
my bank has refunded about 375$ so far of my identity thefted money. waiting on 4 more transactions to get fixed.
A survey, because I haven’t done one in a while.
Prologue:
What exactly are you wearing right now?
ugly mustard yellow uniform shirt, black pants
What are your current problems?
headache, tired, cold, gotta pee
What makes you most happy?
nin shows. 🙂
If you could go back in time and change something would you?
yes. psycho, nate, james, tommy. mainly just guys. yep.
Name something obvious about you
i’m weird
What’s the name of the song that you’re listening to?
i’ve got “fame” by david bowie in my head. i really love bowie at the moment.
Any celebrity you would marry?
trent fucking reznor LOL and bono. so i could smack him upside the head and tell him to stop being a politian and start being a rock star again.
Name someone with the same birthday as you?
megan klein lol. and mario andretti. and mr afshani. and ugly bird girl i dont remember her name.
Do you have a crush on someone?
not in the slightest bit.
Ever sang in front of a large audience?
not since 8th grade
What do you usually order from Starbucks?
tea
Has anyone ever told you that you look like a celebrity?
yes. souxie. the band geek from american pie.
Do you still watch kiddy movies or kiddie TV shows?
no
Do you speak any other languages?
ou est la boeff?
Have you ever ridden in a limo?
yes
Do you ever watch MTV?
no
What’s something that really annoys you?
baccarat players. it’s not annoy, it’s more like extreme hatred.
Chapter 1:
Middle name:
lynn
Nickname(s):
sar UG I HATE IT
Current location:
good old nt
eye color:
Brown
Chapter 2:
Do you live with your parents?
Nope
Do you get along with your parents?
i suppose
Are your parents married/separated/divorced:
Married
Do you have any siblings:
no
Chapter 3: Favorites
Ice cream flavor:
Dublin Mudslide – i 2nd that
Season:
fall
Shampoo/conditioner:
aldi’s lol cheap!
Chapter 4: Do You…
Sing in the shower:
no
Call people back:
hah not usually, i hate the phone
Believe in love:
nope
Sleep on a certain side of the bed:
left
Have any bad habits:
hahah no, none 😛
Chapter 5: Have You Ever
Broken a bone:
Nope
Gotten stitches:
yes
Taken painkillers:
Yeah tons
Gone Scuba Diving:
Nope
Been stung by a bee:
no
Thrown up in a restaurant:
yes i ate burger king and had to stop at mcdonalds on the way home to barf
Been to overnight camp:
like, girl scout camp yes. and in a motor home once. i dont count that.
Sworn in front of your parents:
All the time
Had detention:
no.
Been called a whore:
haha yes, and actually seriously a few times
Chaper 6: Who/What was the last
Person to call you?
dad
Thing you ate:
peanut butter sandwich
Thing you drank:
water
Thing you said:
i think i sang some of “modern love” in the car.
my grandma died tonight. probably going to detroit tomorrow evening, though i dont know the funeral plans. definitely not going to work tomorrow, because with my days off, if i stay here and work i’ll get screwed on my bereavement pay. trying to work out going to check out michigal central station tomorrow before i meet up with my mom, but i doubt that’s gonna work out. too late of notice to david to get up to the city from indiana.
will have laptop and sporadic stealing of wireless connection. if you need to get a hold of me, txt me through my lj user info, or call, or whatever. be back by saturday i’m sure.
yesterday brought tripping up to toronto with heather to find boots. spent WAY too much money on a skirt and 2 shirts, but i did get to try on, and then buy online, a pair of buckly boots. so that’s good. had nice lunch and hung out. then stupid blah 10-6 at work. same thing again tonight. quite tired of this…
nerd
so the geiger counter expedition was interesting at first…drove down to the supposed radioactive site, drove around to get a good spot, and the counter registered a 2. i never registered a 2 before! now i don’t really know what that means, just that it detected something. exciting. drove all the way down hyde park, kept registering between 1.5 and 2. it got less interesting when it still registered 1.5 at wegmans parking lot and 2.5 on my kitchen floor. LOL so i’m not sure if it’s working right or not, or if my house is full of radioactive crap hahaha.
i’m sorta excited because i found an artist on deviant art who’s illustrations i really like. i contacted them about designing a tattoo for me, or using one of her finished works, waiting to hear back.
i have found a location in niagara falls to try my geiger counter out at. i am so going tomorrow! woo hoo for becoming sterile!
i am researching for my site again, and it began with trying to find out the real name of “the battery factory”. brian refers to it on his site as “power city” and i don’t know why. i *think* it was autolite battery factory but i’m waiting for confirmation from someone who mentions his father working at autolite on his blog. but now branching out from that search, trying to find more information based on the fact that the area spontaneously burned a few years ago i’m finding all sorts of fascinating information about the manhattan project in the falls. (see above note). and my god, this just really makes me feel that i need to do this as a career. researcher, or historian, library of congress or something. because this made my day and i wish i had started this earlier today.
one of the fascinating tid bits…the graphite that was used in the first nuclear reactor by Enrico Fermi came from the carbo-sil plant when it was National Carbon/Union Carbide. ok so *I* thought that was interesting.
wow i really really really want to write a book about the manhattan project in WNY….