If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. ~Bob Hope
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Oh yeah, oh yeah...
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Note to self
Monday, May 29, 2006
Hypervitaminosis
If only darkness didn't fall at night.
If only you and me had led different lives, baby.
I know that everything would have turned out alright.
If only you.
If only me.
If only you.
If only me.
Sunday, May 28, 2006
In lieu of lecture, we bring you the weather
Saturday, May 27, 2006
Perhaps there is a move in my future...
Friday, May 26, 2006
Beauty Shop Therapy
I got my haircut today. Definately an interesting trip, was sitting next to a 90-year old woman who honestly didn't look that old and had some great conversations with her and the other ladies in the shop. I kept going back and forth as what I wanted to do with my hair. I've just known for a couple of weeks that I needed to do something with it.
So, are you all ready for this? Ready to see what I decided on? To the right is my humble before pic. Me and my boring hair that I have had forever. I had an idea in my head and I was lucky enough to find a pic that was close to that idea in my head.
Tada! My new 'do. This picture doesn't even do it justice. Is it me or do I look happier in this picture than the other? I don't know, I really like it and that's all that matters. I love shaking my head to feel it all move.
What else is going on? Not a lot, I guess. I bought some wine, but I'm not in the mood to drink it...at least not alone. Played 18 holes at Magic Castle, hahaha with my daughter and my parents.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
I hope it doesn't rain so I can air my dirty laundry
This is probably one of those things that I write that I wish would automatically self-destruct after being read.
One week has gone by... I'm not going to lie. I am miserable. I miss you.
That being said part of me contemplates starting over very soon, before you leave, because I'm not so confident that waiting 'til some other future point will ever materialize. But then there is this whole other avenue filled with a very different opinion.
I keep thinking about the way things have gone in the past couple of weeks. I keep coming to the same conclusion. No matter how much I would like it to, it's just not going to work out, is it?
I think about how you care enough about her that you wouldn't talk about me playing WoW, but that you couldn't return me the same courtesy. I think about how there were times that I thought we were building our own bubble around us, only to find out that you shared something with her or someone else. In the past week, it's like all I get is reruns in my head.
I answered a lot of questions last night, thinking it would make me feel better because... well, you know, the more I answer the truer the score. We went from being a 91% match to a 93% match, and in a ten mile radius, you come up on top. Well, unless I expand the search to 18-99, then there's an 18-year old you beats you. Go me!
I guess I just really don't feel like you understand my POV. I mean if the two of you are such great friend's then she would have understood a little neglect while you worked on us. At any rate why should I have to share all my happy moments with someone who couldn't get it right for herself. It's an aspect of things we never really talked about in all this. Like I want my kids to have an "aunt" who insulted their mother's motherhood. Yeah, I guess I will forever hold a grudge about that. I don't know why you told me about that in the first place, because you couple that with the conversation about parasites, and there are no points to be given. I've been extremely lenient in that arena, I didn't then and I won't now say exactly what I think.
Do you know what it's like to feel like you always have to be the one compromising? That's been my whole life.
I could state and restate everything, it doesn't change anything does it?
I'm so very sorry that right now in my life I feel very high maintenance, very needy, very much not feeling like sharing. Sorry about so much these days. I'm sorry that I can't change my own mind, but there hasn't been anything that has happened to tell me it's worth it.
I mean even with that whole being told something different. It wasn't a misunderstanding about Thanksgiving, everything you said right there at the moment led me to believe that I wasn't going to have deal with her. Specifically the difference that I was referring to was that you told her that you thought it was best if she didn't contact me until things cooled down, but you told me that you told her under no circumstances (thus to be construed as never) was she to contact me.
Is it any wonder I can't stop thinking you care about her more than me?
I know it's all futile, because unfortunately it all hinges on me accepting her and I'm sorry that I can't accept that you and your ex-wife are apparently a package deal. It doesn't help when you get all condescending and talk to me like I am five fucking years old like you did when you gave me that whole," I know you don't know anyone who has but...lots of people remain friend's with their ex" as if to say well, let's just not go there.
I wish you would have stayed. I wish you would have pleaded with me. I wish at some point in the last two months you would have stopped trying to be so damned diplomatic and just argued with me. I wish you would have done something that made me not feel like I was always going to be on the outside. But you couldn't, you chose to hurt me instead...
I wish I had completed that wall before I went to Tank's.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Tales from back cell...
Back cell, my office, same diff. This place is only exacerbating some of my
not happy feelings the past couple of days.
For whatever reason, human nature maybe, I have been like replaying damn
near every day of the past three months of my life. Just wondering where I
went wrong, what I could have done differently. Oh it probably doesn't help
that I found some copies of stuff I wrote for the little book I made him.
Just me, saying stuff, but I'd kinda forgotten about it, just me blowing off
steam about her, a reoccurring theme.
And over and over everything I read it's the same. I can't find anywhere
where I ever said that I hated her. Or anywhere that said I was never going
to talk with her ever. I keep finding a whole lot of I could care less about
her. I keep finding a whole lot of me needing time. I realize to that I know
I complained about how horrible it was to be with Brian and have him go on
and on about Kerry. Now I am wondering what it is that I am lacking that--
here it comes again, tears.
I have been in a fairly foul mood most of the morning and it is only like
9am. I didn't want to get out of bed. I didn't want to come to work. As a
matter of fact the prospect of spending eight more hours here in solitary
makes me want to slit my wrist. Fortunately for me, my scissors don't even
cut paper. I just wonder when it's all going to change or if I should just
go see my doctor about being heavily medicated for the rest of my life.
So, I get my coffee, come here and I walk in 'n' clock in. Heading back to
my office, one of the receptionist stops me. She bought everybody presents
on her day off, she hands me a pewter, heart-shaped keychain inscribed with
"Dreams". I thanked her, and rushed off to my office so that no one could
see me cry.
Which is what I am doing right now...again! (The fact that The Church "Under
the Milky Way" is playing really doesn't help the situation.)
Shrug, I guess that's what I think for thinking that anything in my life
would change.
Monday, May 22, 2006
Monday...bah
gap·ing (gpng)
adj.
Deep and wide open: a gaping wound; a gaping hole
See also my heart.
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Sorry -- Madonna
Je suis désolée
Lo siento
Ik ben droevig
Sono spiacente
Perdóname
I've heard it all before
I've heard it all before
I've heard it all before
I've heard it all before
[repeat]
I don't wanna hear, I don't wanna know
Please don't say you're sorry
I've heard it all before
And I can take care of myself
I don't wanna hear, I don't wanna know
Please don't say 'Forgive me'
I've seen it all before
And I can't take it anymore
You're not half the man you think you are
Save your words because you've gone too far
I've listened to your lies and all your stories (Listen to your stories)
You're not half the man you'd like to be
I don't wanna hear, I don't wanna know
Please don't say you're sorry
I've heard it all before
And I can take care of myself
I don't wanna hear, I don't wanna know
Please don't say 'Forgive me'
I've seen it all before
And I can't take it anymore
Don't explain yourself 'cause talk is cheap
There's more important things than hearing you speak
You stayed because I made it so convenient
Don't explain yourself, you'll never see
Gomen nasais [Japanese. English translation: "I am sorry"]
Mujhe maaf kardo [Hindi. English translation: "Please forgive me"]
Przepraszam [Polish. English translation: "Sorry"]
Sli'kha [Hebrew. English translation: "Forgive me"]
Forgive me...
(Sorry, sorry, sorry)
I've heard it all before
I've heard it all before
I've heard it all before
[repeat]
I don't wanna hear, I don't wanna know
Please don't say you're sorry
I've heard it all before
And I can take care of myself
I don't wanna hear, I don't wanna know
Please don't say 'forgive me'
I've seen it all before
And I can't take it anymore
I don't wanna hear, I don't wanna know
Please don't say you're sorry
(Don't explain yourself cause talk is cheap)
I've heard it all before, And I can take care of myself
(There's more important things than hearing you speak)
I don't wanna hear, I don't wanna know
Please don't say 'forgive me'
I've heard it all before
I've heard it all before
I've heard it all before
I've heard it all before
After midnight, we let it all hang out...
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Just another day?
Friday, May 19, 2006
Now for something completely different...
Today would have been two months, and I'm really sorry that it isn't a happier occasion. All morning I have been thinking about happier stuff, a whole lot has happened in such a short time. It was a hard thing to do, and I wish I had done it differently.
It's not that I never meant anything I said, it's just that apparently I love me more.
I'm just going to play DJ now. For your reading pleasure today, we have "I Want Something More" by Bad Religion, followed by the Dixie Chicks "There's Your Trouble", and ending with Brandi Carlile "Someday Never Comes"
I Want Something More - Bad Religion
Going through a world of sad debris,
Regard quixotic reveries of ownership:
The blossoming disease of man called tenure and accretion,
The ancient western treadmill of deception and derision.
But I want something more.
Racing through a life of tragic wastage,
I experience the loss of trust and innocence.
The billowing cyclone of time has blown away our reasons
As we trudge like blind men forward trying to avoid collision.
But I want something...
More.
There's Your Trouble - The Dixie Chicks
Should have been different but
It wasn't different, was
Same old story, dear john, and so long
Should have fit like a glove
Should have fit like a ring
Like a diamond ring
A token of true love
Should have all worked out
But it didn't
She should be here now
But she isn't
Chorus:
There's your trouble, there's your trouble
You keep seeing double with the wrong one
You can't see I love you, you can't see doesn't
But you just keep holding on
There's your trouble
So now you're thinking 'bout
All you're missing -- how
Deep you're sinking, round and round and dragging down
Why don't you cash in your chips
Why don't you call it a loss
Not such a big loss, chalk it up better luck
Could have been true love
But it wasn't
It should all add up
But it doesn't
Repeat chorus
Should have all worked out
But it didn't
She should be here now
But she isn't
Repeat chorus
Someday Never Comes - Brandi Carlile
Dear Love I miss you much
I miss your smile and I miss your touch
But I found a place where I can erase my past
Maybe someday when you're old and gray
And your hair falls out and your tattoos fade
You might see me standing
Hat in hand
I have to go away
I've got no reason to stay here
You said someday you'll change
But even a fool will tell you
Someday never comes
You built your rooms
You built your walls
You kept me outside of it all
I got tired of you
What's a girl to do
Maybe someday if we stay this way
And you see my face in a different place
You'll remember when
You're going to thank me then
I have to go away
I've got no reason to stay here
You said someday you'll change
But even a fool will tell you
Someday never comes
*****
Isn't it funny how even though this is what I want, I still feel like crying?
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
What ever happened to...
Does anyone remember Toad the Wet Sprocket? Fall Down was just playing here and I was wondering if anyone really remembers them. I'm sure everyone thinks it's the Gin Blossoms when they hear Fall Down. (Not that the Gin Blossoms are bad.)
Wanna know a good Toad song?
Didn't know they were a part of it
I can't tell
It would seem there's a lot that I don't know
Standing with the perfect view
I could not go far enough away from you
I've seen it all before
And know it's only words
Never meant half of the things I said to you
So you know
There's a half that might be true
Hello
I can't hear, it's in my ear
Hello
Have you heard a single word
Hello?
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
People think I am insane because I am frowning all the time...
Monday, May 15, 2006
Sunday, May 14, 2006
A quote from Mr.Benchley
Anyone will be glad to admit that he knows nothing about beagling, or the Chinese stock market, or ballistics, but there is not a man or woman alive who does not claim to know how to cure hiccoughs.
Robert Benchley
Thursday, May 11, 2006
In re: me being back
Went to the mall with Sarah which I am sure in someway will be blamed for my current disposition.
Not that it is an entirely noteworthy mood, it pretty much feels like me. No money, no time, it's a pretty endless list which includes getting chided for having communication with someone. It's so funny the way my friends get upset with me for being me.
My thoughts are somewhere between Robert Benchley and physics this morning. It's an unlikely combination I know, but Mr.Benchley is a perpetual thorn in my side and well, as far as physics go I've been wishing I had taken some so I could know if matter does indeed have a propensity to revert to it's natural state.
I don't think I ever really left. I just got distracted.
Heh, distracted, yeah, I definitely need help. I can't even share where my head went on that word.
I'd love to stay and chat, but it turns out people actually read this and well that can cause problems....
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Ponderings on stuff...
So, I got an email the other day with the subject line "Yay! The Old Jenny is Back!"
It made me laugh so hard I thought I might pee, but then again I'm getting older so it may have just been age related incontinence.
There has been a song stuck in my head that I can't share. It totally contradicts the words that have been coming out of my mouth.
I need to find an extra $200.00 dollars somewhere before my vacation. I had it. I totally made some bad choices, tho, and now I don't. Hmm...I guess I could add the whopping twenty bucks I'm going to get from orientation and hope that I work a couple of the shows end of May beginning of June. Wouldn't really get me that much closer, tho,, at least I don't think so. I'd have to look at the schedule.
I am supposed to go to the mall tonight with my friend, Sarah. It would be nice to actually not fret about things. I know I am going to have to feed the kid. Hopefully, it won't turn into me (as always) being the bad guy.
I haven't done any grocery shopping. I need to go by myself because the last couple of times others have been with me and I have ended up spending way too much. There is plenty of food at the house, hypothetically no one is going to die. Or suffer any nutritional deficiencies for that matter. I may go crazy from the whining, but really I'm usually pretty close to that place anyway.
There is a quote attributed to Dorothy Parker,"Take care of the luxuries, the necessities will take care of themselves." I wish I could operate that way, everyone else seems to be that way.
I am feeling exactly like I did before, like I did when I decided that I would be better off being an island.
So many people around me are so sucked into lives I can't begin to fathom, and why the hell is there soy milk in my kitchen.
Sunday, May 7, 2006
It's like...well...I can't even say...
Tallying the votes doesn't even matter, because it's only what I think that matters. The problem is that I don't know what I think anymore.
I had a conversation the other day with a friend of mine.
I'm not ignoring what she said, I'm just not all the excited
to be able to see her point. What's worse is I had a conversation this afternoon that echoes the same sentiment.
Riddled in self-doubt is never a good place to be. Self-doubt complicated by not having an impartial sounding board is by far worse.
So, yes, I had my little bitch fit the other night on here, bemoaning the difference between 6 months and 14 months. Maybe it's more than that, and the fact that I don't know is making me crazy.
Admittedly, I have been purposely distant the past couple of days. It is the best defense mechanism I have right now. How can I talk when I don't know where to begin? How can I make any sort of good decision when my own Eight Ball is pretty hazy?
I feel very, hmmm, overextended lately. I'm not getting things accomplished that I want to. I know sitting here doing this isn't helping but as with words I don't know where to start working. Plus, there is the whole motivating the kid to help me. No energy for arguing today.
Arguing, though, is probably something I should do except for I've got enough of a back-up of aggrevations that once I start I might not be able to stop. I got tired of fighting because fighting never seemed to get me anywhere
but depressed and angry. I just started ignoring everything. But we've all seen the places in this blog where it's abundantly clear that I've got way too much
pent up inside of me.
I should go do laundry today, but the allure of vegetating on the couch is much too strong. I should organize this pile of crap in the corner, but the prospect of what is in there is daunting. So much I should do, always so much I should do, how come there is never time for what I want to do?
The past several days have been so bad for me I have been thinking about going to talk to my doctor. Anxiety through the roof. I used the pulse oximeter at work on three separate occasions at work Friday and never got a reading below 120. That's not really good. Thursday night, I was so bad that I could see my heart beating through my shirt.
I'm having a very hard time feeling optimistic about anything. I have my moments where I'm sure i seem okay but I can pretty much tell you I'm not. Even right now, my chest is burning.
I'm surprised I didn't totally stroke out yesterday morning at Build-A-Bear because I had forgot that my credit card expired and did not, of course, have the new card with me. I had to use my debit card which I didn't want to have to do, because well, I screwed up my checkbook pretty bad & well, I'm pretty much broke 'til my next payday.
If I could just get my head in the game I'd probably be alright. Which game though?
I'm off to the couch...or maybe the fort of blankets behind it.
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
And another thing....
I just felt it beared being said aloud.
Feeling like quite a non-winner.
Why am I NOT the girl who ever gets to brag? Fuck! What's so fucking wrong with me that the universe has permanently made me the geeky kid at school who swears they have this hot date at some other school?
It's no wonder people treat me how they do.
Like I'm some fucking clown they can all pity.
Yeah, whatever.
Woohoo, I am so fucking special. WTF, when did all this happen to me?
If I'm so fucking wonderful then my life wouldn't be this. Somewhere along the line I would have been thrown some cosmic bone, but no I can't be that lucky. Nope I get this fucking odd lots sorta life where nothing is a shiny as it's suppose be and the only one who cares me.
I'm failure at everything I do.
I wonder what my BAC is right now
So much to blog, but so much that should be said to other people.
The intrinsic problem with my stoicism is that it makes me like this. Fucking crazy.
And somehow not sober.
Who cares?
We all knew I'd end up back here. It's how it goes.
You know what really fucking bothers me? The way he will just say that he has some thing. Like I will say specifically I can't see you because Lynn and I are going to blah blah blah or you know whatever. I guess it's my fault for being that way.
I'm not feeling so great right now, and I don't even know how to express it in intelligible words. There's a big difference between 6 and 14.
Oh wait, I'm sure it's okay that's what I was put here for, right? To stupidly wait for everyone else. I forgot, must be the wine.
Over and over the same thing, how fucking lucky am i?
Going to go shower and finish the bottle buyt not necessarily in that order. . .
Monday, May 1, 2006
Space Case
I am super spacy today. Part of it is tiredness, part of it is boredom, part of it overthinking/worrying, part of it is goopiness.
Tired is my own fault. I should have gone to sleep last night, but no, I didn't.
Bored is this place and all of it's soul-sucking properties.
Overthinking/worrying is what I do apparently. No one thing, just everything at once, because things are somewhat interconnected.
Goopy, oh god, where do I even start? I don't think anyone really knows just how bad it has gotten. Wistful sigh...
Who can concentrate under these conditions?