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[Apr. 12th, 2005|07:02 pm] |
For those of you still checking this - Leanne's livejournal has moved to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.2) achtungbaby03
Seemed more appropriate as I'm no longer a "gaijin" and I'm not quite as "genki" as I used to be! So, enjoy the somewhat frequent updates over at achtungbaby03 |
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| No beer and no tv make Homer go crazy. |
[Oct. 14th, 2004|06:43 am] |
Go crazy!? DON'T MIND IF I DO!!!!
So, I get home from a hellish day at work last night and all I want to do is turn on Lifetime and watch my full hour of Golden Girls from 6 to 7. Actually, I'd much rather be watching the hour of Full House from 6 to 7, but ABC Family decided to run Smallville then. Damn them. But, I digress from my real point.
Anyway, the cable is off. Seriously - we wern't even getting network tv. This seriously messed up my night bigtime. I honestly had no idea what to do with myself. I wasn't going to the gym until pretty late, so I figured I'd just go to the internet and watch the debates there.
No internet.
I don't think I've been this starved for media since Japan. And at least I had internet there! I called Comcast to complain, and apparently there is some cable outage in our area. But, the not-so helpful phone person informed me that all our neighbors were getting service, so he wasn't sure what the problem was. Anyway, Friday night around 8pm a technician is going to come over. I don't think I can wait that long. And the Comcast guy acted like it was MY PROBLEM that I cant sit home and wait for the cable guy between 9am and 5pm today. Geeze. |
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[Oct. 12th, 2004|08:23 am] |
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I seriously hate Verizon Wireless. Hate is even too weak of a word for the rage I feel towards this company. When they suck you in, claiming they'll give you a cheap phone, great service and the right to return the phone within 15 days - dont believe it - THEY LIE. Seriously, they lie. I have spent over 4 hours of my precious time on the phone with this moronic company. And, I'm STILL getting billed for a phone I owned for about 4 days and returned. And they're STILL trying to charge me an early termination fee. Ugh. I can feel my blood pressure rising just THINKING about this. And the Verizon people are trained to be so psycho nice and polite, that just enrages me more. Not only are they screwing me over, they're doing it with a giant smile on their faces. And - since I only own a cell phone (SPRINT thankfully), not a land line, I don't want to call Verizon and complain until after 7 when my free minutes start. But, of course - none of the managers or correct billing people are there after 7. So, now I gotta call from work which is highly inconvenient as it's really difficult to find time for a 45 minute phone call. Ugh. I gotta calm down about this. |
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[Oct. 11th, 2004|01:10 pm] |
Columbus Day = Day off of work. I'm quite excited about that. It's kind of interesting - in the nation's capital I get worlds most un-PC holiday off. And somehow, I'm quite ok with that.
Ms. Lyon takes her last tests today - and we all know she will kick some major chemistry-ass as usual.
I think I'm going to go to Pentagon City in a bit here. I slept in and would like to continue sleeping. But, according to the commercial on tv, Express is having a huge sale. I think I should hit that up because I prob won't want to go to the mall after work this week.
Let's hope their low rise, boot cut stretch jeans are on sale. That would make me quite happy indeed. |
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[Oct. 5th, 2004|08:07 pm] |
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Once again - it's been forever since I've updated. I honestly don't have any new or interesting stories. I've turned into one of those boring people who is consumed by their job. Seriously though - I get up early, work all day and then I just come home and relax.
Last weekend was fun. I got to see Andrea and Grayden on Friday night in DuPont Circle. Sipped martinis and cosmos and had a great time. Andrea approves of my use of a flat iron on my hair. She should know. She is the queen of awesome hair whether it be curly or straight.
Had Vietnamese food in Clarendon with Phuc and Jen on Saturday. It was sorta like being back in Japan again. Only, it was Vietnamese and the waiters actually spoke perfectly good English. They just insisted on speakin to Phuc in Vietnamese the entire time, completely ignoring me and Jen and instead of carding me for my drink in English - just had Phuc verify verify that Jen & I wern't underage. Just like Japan - no idea what was going on. But, also just like Japan, deliciously healthy food!! Then, met up Jen's brother for Louann's 30th birthday party. I seriously can't believe that a good amount of our friends are either pushing 30 or already there or past it. Makes me less scared about being older - Lou looks about 23!
More and more to do at work. Which is great. I also haven't massively screwed up anything lately to my knowledge. And that feels awesome. Aaron, my lawyer appears to have gotten to the point that he isn't really checking what I write and create for him and just blindly signs it. It's a great feeling. (though honestly, he really shouldn't do that - hehe!)
We got a couch finally. It's so comfy. I could seriously sleep on it. But, I wont as I have my big new cushy queen sized bed to enjoy.
More news to come soon hopefully. But, be warned - it's mostly gonna be work stories I think... |
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[Sep. 27th, 2004|09:53 pm] |
My job is seriously kicking my ass. I get home from work exhausted. I eat some dinner, watch the Full House reruns on ABC family, and go to sleep. Welcome to the real world. Apparently, Japan was NOT the real world!
Props to Jennifer for dominating her PhD cadency exam today. That girl is gonna be famous someday. |
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[Sep. 24th, 2004|02:33 pm] |
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Romaine Head is a real person. Not a made up name! I met her at a meeting yesterday. It's real. And she didn't seem to appreciate me trying to stifle my laughter every time someone said her name. That's something I gotta work on.
The Jehovah's Witnesses were out in full force today. Handing out the Watchtower to everyone. At least it wasn't the Jews for Jesus. Then again, Jews for Jesus don't knock on your door at 8AM on the weekends wanting to chat.
It's such a small world. The other day, I was waiting for my train to go home from work, when I saw a guy who went to Allegheny. I don't know any Gators here in DC and turns out he lives with an old friend of mine from college. Such a small world. It's fun catching up with people and seeing people in the "real world" dressed in business clothes and having real jobs.
I'm getting a bed tomorrow FINALLY! Queen sized Sealy. I can't wait. I hope a whole night on it is as comfy as I think it's going to be. It's gotta beat the air mattress! That thing is putting a permanent crick in my back.
Job is going well, but a bit frustrating at the moment. I'm still learning the ropes, and sometimes I really have no idea what I'm doing. My attorney is so nice, but every time I make a mistake I feel absolutely horrible. When he points out the mistakes he's so nice about it, but I still feel like a giant loser.
More news to come! |
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[Sep. 21st, 2004|10:40 pm] |
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| | Journey - Don't Stop Believin' | ] |
A lady from GW University called me today to schedule an appointment with her lawyer. Her name was Romaine. I thought that was fairly unusual, but let it pass. Maybe it was a family name or something. Then, she gave her last name.
Head.
Her name is Romaine Head.
As in lettuce.
I just hope to all hope that she married into that last name and her parents didn't actually name her Romaine Head. As in lettuce. |
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| Get a haircut & get a real job |
[Sep. 15th, 2004|11:01 pm] |
Yay for being among the employed in the city. Love my new job! I'm paralegaling for the head attorney @ a non-profit labor/union group. I'm also pretty much the executive assistant for him as well, as I get to keep him on task, schedule all his stuff, make sure he's presentable for court and keeps his office clean. I absolutely love bossing people around - so this job is perfect. My office connects to his, so I get to barge in there all the time and announce that it's time to put on a tie and get to court. And, I don't have to do all the boring stuff like reception work and messing with mail and stuff - I actually have people under me doing that. Plus, I get to do briefs and research for labor law stuff - so i'm having a blast. Great pay, great benefits, great colleagues and a great big office - what more could a gal ask for?? Check out the website of my company!
http://www.iupa.org/ |
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[Sep. 12th, 2004|08:25 pm] |
It was an fun weekend. Went to a few house parties and went out in Georgetown. We even did some tanning at the pool. Kindiya visited which was super fun. I'm definitely planning on going to NYC in the near future to visit her!
I swear, all the religious psychos decided to come out of the woodwork this week/weekend. On Friday during my lunch hour I was accosted by the "Jews for Jesus". As I kept running away from the people in matching "JEWS FOR JESUS" tshirts hanging out pamphlets, I'm not entirely sure what they stand for. According to Glori, they're Jewish people who believe that Jesus is in fact the massiah. Interesting. Here I was my entire life thinking that was one of the main things that separated Christians and Jews... But whatever - I totally think everyone is entitled to their own religious beliefs. I mean - that's one of the main things that America is based on. Believe that Oprah is the daughter of God for all I care. But, once you start chasing me down, giving me testimonials and trying to spread the word, I get annoyed. To me, religion is a very personal and private thing.
So, after being accosted by the Jews for Jesus all over the damn DC area, I was riding the subway home. I was looking forward to a nice relaxing commute, play some tetris on my cell phone and listen to some MP3s. Not a chance. Another Christian political organization (all wearing matching Tshirts) decided to be singing hyms the entire way from Metro Center to Ballston. Loudly. Yelling "AMEN" every few seconds. And yelling about some Congressional race or something. I did my best to drown them out, but it was sort of hard, when a tshirted guy is sitting next to me singing at the top of his lungs. I swear there has to be a rule or something against doing that on the DC Metro system.
In Chinatown on Friday I was accosted several times by people who wanted to show me interesting religious papers and have me sign things.
And, John Kerrys supporters always accost me on the way to the subway asking for money - and don't seem to believe me when I say I've already donated quite a bit to the campaign.
People just need to quit accosting me. That includes the Mexicans waiting for the bus that yell dirty things and me and Jen in Spanish. Actually, they're fairly hilarious, because Jen translates what they say. But still - they need to stay away from me - especially when Jen isn't around!
I'm pretty sleepy now after my big weekend. More news to come soon. |
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