something to do while bored

Your Top 8 Myspace friends

1. Chris
2. Lauren
3. Mark
4. Bill
5. Kate
6. Sarah
7. Cayce
8. Bryan


Questions:

013. How did you meet 3? The day he barged into my dorm room on Sub-Free Simpson 5 after hearing some sort of harcore music and decided he should say hello.
014. Would 2 and 5 make a good couple? Absolutely not. I know Kate and Lauren both like to make out with girls when they are drinking, but they are polar opposites. I think they’d fight before they would ever making it to the first date.
015. Would you ever kiss 7? I have. When we all played spin the bottle about two/three years ago at Bryan and Erik’s Kardon apartment. (I know, we’re dorks – but we all realized none of us had ever played before).
016. Do you like 4? Of course, that’s why he’s on my list. I haven’t seen him in a while, but then again I haven’t really done anything except work this summer.
017. How did you meet 4? Way back when. Jess Rabideau and I met him the one time her then boyfriend James dropped us off there (he subsequently left) after a dance we were at. We were in his basement it was strange.
018. Is 5 nice? Nice in a way that can only be described by the name “Katred” or kate full of hate.
019. Is 7 in a relationship? Yes.
020. Have you kissed 1? Yeah I think a time or two. I mean I would hope so, we’ve been dating for about 9 months.
021. Who makes you smile? They all do. That is why I keep them around.
022. Who are you closest to? Probably 1-3 because I see them most of all. Chris knows me the best (to his chagrin at times I’m sure). But Kate, Cayce, Sarah and Bryan will always be the ones I remember the most about – and can return to anytime without questioning for a great time, good drinks, and crazy memories of out awful high school days.
023. Who do you wish to be close to? Right now, Chris because I miss him terribly. But I’d really like to see everyone I’m friends with (not just my Top 8) more.
024. When was the last time you saw 4? Last summer. Between mono, living 7 hours away, traveling to Arizona, training horses and giving lessons, and my crazy cubicle job – I haven’t seen him yet.
025. Do you see 3 a lot? No. I haven’t since I left for NJ. Even though he lives in Red Bank, NJ I haven’t seen him yet. July will be beach time and free weekends for me. So I think I will visit Mark and Lauren a lot more.
026. Does 7 love you? Yes she does. In the Cayce Kiley “i-love-everything-way.”
027. Describe 4 in 3 words?
028. What was the best time you had with 2? I have no idea. She was my roommate in college – so everyday was a good day. Probably when we went to Devils Bowl, the Naked Bike Rides, or cooking over at Chris’s mom’s.
029. Who is the loudest? Sarah. No one is really that loud all the time. But this girl has a killer set of pipes when she’s drinking.
030. Do you know when 5's birthday is? November 5
031. Do 6 and 7 live close? I have no idea where Cayce is right now and Sarah is living in Philly. However, their parents’ houses are very close to me – 5 minutes.
032. Which one(s) have you hooked up with? Chris obviously. And Kate, Cayce, Sarah and I still have not had our 4-way.
033. Do you wanna kiss 6? I think she’d be a good kisser. And she doesn’t have cooties.
034. Who on your top 8 do you spend the most time with? None right now they are all too far away. But probably Chris if he were closer.
035. Would you hook up with 5? Again? Sure why not
036. Would you do ANYTHING to make 2 happy? If I knew what it was that made her happy, yes. I’m sure that includes HGTV, a nice dinner, Mark, an art history book and the color brown. I’ve got it covered.
037. How old is 1? 21 years old
038. Who do you think about the most? Chris. He wont leave me alone.
039. Whats your relationship with 6? We’re middle and high school friends who don’t see each other enough.
040. Tell us a funny memory between you and number 8: oh Bryan Plumber. There are so many. Working at the Inn with him was great, but probably my sophomore year in high school when we created his nickname: Spanky. We created it so that we could talk about him to Sarah while he was sitting there at the lunch table with us. It was great to see how embarrassed she would get when we’d say “Sarah likes Spanky”. He didn’t find out until much later that it was actually him. Oh and “buying condoms with Spanky is like buying condoms with your mom.”
041. Tell us about number 7: She’s Cayce Kiley. I can’t describe her. She the urban-hippie, coffee serving, smiling all the time, are my hands the same size girl.
042. Who have you vacationed with, if any? Where? I went to Rowan to visit Bill for 3 days. I’ve been to Lake Bomoseen with Laur, Mark and Chris. And hundreds of strange day trips with 5-8. Chris has been the one I’ve traveled with the most.
043. How old is the oldest? Mark is 24
044. How old is the youngest? Sarah and Kate are 20
045. Have you ever been really pissed off at any of them? Yes. Everyone of them except Sarah and Bryan. They are the neutral ones.
047. Why is 2 in that spot? Because she’s only second best, no not really. Only because I figured Chris would get mad if he were lower and she’s my roommate (all sorts of awesome)
048. 1 comes over to your house and tells you they love you, what do you do? HAHHAHAHAHA. I laugh at him first of all because 1)it will take him about 2 months after the fact to ask me out 2) it actually happened.
049. All of the people in your top 8 are in one room, what is going on?
Chris and Mark are debating over what music to put in and Lauren is standing by them eating some fried fucking dough or some veggie crudités or something staring at my awful Ikea table and discussing its non-functional placement in the room. Bill would be trying to help with the music and walking back and forth talking to Kate. He would then sit down on an open couch where no one else is and start to play his guitar. The order on the large couch will go: Bryan, Kate, Sarah, Cayce. They will all be sitting there: Bryan on his 8th Yards, while Cay and Kate are drinking martinis (aka girlie cocktails). Sarah will have her own bottle of whiskey. They will be talking amongst themselves. Kate and Sarah might look like they were glaring at everyone. I would be running around refilling glasses, grabbing more drinks and food, basically Julia Childs of the party.
050. Which one have you known the longest? Sarah and Bryan actually. 8th grade at Delaware Township School.
051. Do you/have you ever gone to school with any of them? Yeah. All of them. Sarah and Bryan from DTS and HCRHS. Kate, Bill, and Cayce from HCRHS. And Lauren, Mark, and Chris from UVM.
052. How many do you know only because of myspace? None. That’s lame.


So today is Wednesday which means that I get free soft pretzels at work. I just ate a salad with alfalfa sprouts and carrots and it was yummy. I’m wearing my Birkenstocks today. Yes, to work. Although I love dressing up, its boring to dress up conservatively, in the way that I must for work. I really want to be able to wear what I normally wore to the pet store. Band shirts and jeans with my vans. On the 27th the pet store is having a going away party for Donna, who has worked for Lisa for about 15 years. No one can stand working at a pet store for that long. I really hope that they don’t go out of business, its so nice to have a non-Pet Smart pet store around that has high quality goods.

So this past weekend was spent with Chris. He came down on Thursday night and stayed until Sunday afternoon. Here is the break down:

Friday: woke up early to eat waffles, berries, and cream. I drove Chris to the Woodbourne station in PA to catch the 9:12 train to Philadelphia. I had to work all day Friday so I thought I would send him into the city to do some shopping and walking around. He spent all day there while I wasted time at work. I left for the city to meet Chris for dinner at 5ish and got to the Church where we would meet at 6. ugh it took too long to get there. We drove around forever to find a parking spot (yeah I know, its impossible) so I just decided to cough up 8 bucks to park in a lot. By this time I was pissed at the traffic, hungry and had to use the bathroom – so I was a grumpy bitch. I cant even stand myself when Im like that. So we walked around a bit and headed over to Kingdom of Vegetarians to eat some dinner. We had a good meal, but I think we were both a bit disappointed that Lain didn’t call us back to meet up with us in the city. We walked off our dinner for about 30 minutes and headed back to NJ. We then decided that we should have some coffee at a diner. We headed over to the New Hope Eagle Diner for some coffee and a piece of apple pie (canned apple of course, but it was still so good). We drank coffee and talked for a while, and had a good conversation on the way back to my house for the night.

Saturday: We got up early to go bike the towpath with my family and eat breakfast at Cravings. I love Cravings –mostly because they have great ice cream but also because well I think you just have to go there. After eating a huge egg, cheese, and tomato sandwich we biked on the towpath for about 40 minutes. We all headed back home so that I could ride my horse. We had a good work out. I then showered quickly to head out to give Skyler a lesson out in Berkeley Heights. I took Chris with me and in my rush to leave, I scratched the hell out of his rear bumper with my car. Because I was so flustered I completely lost my mind and forgot that I needed to take 78 not 287 to get to her house. I got all the way up to RT 80 before I realized this. I had a bit of a meltdown because I didn’t want to be late ( I had wanted to make a good impression) and I had just hit chris’s car. I got my shit together and went out in the correct direction to her house. I gave Skyler an uneventful lesson, but she had fun. Then this girl there asked to work her crazy horse, a anglo-arabian, 13 years old and green broke. The thing had been acting up the whole time I was giving Skyler a lesson. I jumped on the thing, got it to walk and trot peacefully – now the girl wants me to work with her to train her horse. We then left the barn and headed out to New Brunswick to see the NJ Film Fest at Rutgers. I made Chris drive so that I could dress myself and get out of my stinky horse clothes. We got to Rutgers (even after we realized that the directions we got to get there sucked and were wrong). We decided to get something to eat and we found a great pizza shop owned by some Hispanics. It was great pizza. We headed back to Rutgers campus to see the movies: Ford’s toxic legacy and Obedience. I like watching untraditional movies. We then decided to take a walk around the city in search of some coffee shop and ice cream – and we got a little turned around, but we eventually found our way back. We drove into Highland Park and found a cute old fashioned ice cream parlor to eat at. We drove home and called it an early night….:)

Sunday: got up early to make breakfast burritos, fruit salad and juices for my dad. We had a nice relaxed breakfast outside and then mom, Chris and I left to go out to Berkeley Heights again for another lesson. When I got done teaching we stopped at Wegmans to get some veggie sandwiches. Chris left for Vermont and I immediately started to miss him. I came home and took a shower and mom and I went to Marisa to buy purses for tiffany’s wedding this week. We then went to New Hope for a Rita’s and to buy a necklace set. I should stop there on my way back today and buy the other yellow one I saw. It was way awesome. I came home and rode my horse – but what’s new. We ate hamburger, corn, baked beans, potato salad and ice cream for dinner. It was nice. I need to get some food tonight for our trip to Michigan. We’re going to need snackies and Im going to need to bring veggie food for myself so that I will not starve this weekend.

Speaking of Chris and this weekend, on Monday I couldn’t help but cry when he called. I just realized how much I need to be around more often. I had called him and was at first quiet because I really wanted to tell him how sorry I was for dragging him around to all of my horse stuff all weekend and I wish it had just been us doing our normal outdoor activities. Before I could even say anything, he said that he wanted to let me know how supportive he was of me and my horses and how much he liked to be apart of it. It’s been so hard to convince anyone of the importance of my horses and what they mean to me. They really help to keep me sane. I’m so glad that I have a boyfriend that respects the fact that we have different hobbies.

braindead.braindead.braindead.

h yay. Another update from work, but I will spare the horror and only speak of the interesting things that happened this weekend.


Friday was hellish. Work was a bore, so I was looking for an excuse to leave early. Of course I found one. My brother went to Senior Prom with his girlfriend Meg. My brother is only a junior, but you know how that goes. So I decided that I needed to be around to take pictures of how handsome my baby brother is. He looked awesome in his black shirt, black shoes (what am I singing MLIW?) and pink vest and tie. We took the traditional prom pictures and then he got into his big white limo with 10 other girls (my brother and 10 girls, what luck!). After he left, I started thinking about my proms and how long its been since high school, it was a strange feeling. I feel like I’m getting so old. Then my mom and I decided to go out to dinner at Uncle Pete’s, a Cuban restaurant in Flemington and then to one of the coffee shops. When this story came up:


My mom was cleaning up my brother’s bathroom (after Chris was down) to do a load of towels and to get my brother’s overflowing trashcan. She then found an unused but open condom which was sort of not in the trashcan. And she didn’t really know what it was. (Meanwhile, she’s telling this story while drinking a beer and I’m laughing my ass off). She talks to my dad about what to do, and he was like, “How do you know it wasn’t Jen and Chris?” I have to speak up to her now, reinforcing the fact that that isn’t the main focus of my relationship. So of course she has to go talk to him about not having sex while everyone is home and that she doesn’t approve of that behavior in her household. So she tells him to go somewhere else like the movies, or in the car to engage in that behavior. Then she asks if I will talk to him about it because she’s “out of the know”. I felt like she was asking me because she knows that I did everything the wrong way in high school and that maybe he could learn from my mistakes and I hate being treated like that, like an example. So that put me in a relatively grumpy mood, so by the time we hit up the coffee shop, I was a bit pissed at my mom, but couldn’t really explain it to her.


Saturday…..

I got up early and exercised and took the dog out for a long walk. Then got ready to go to Jesso’s graduation party in Chalfont. My mom wore her new brown dress and I wore my silk FP dress. I had a good time talking with everyone and discussing my current idea of applying to vet school. We left around 5 to get home to ride. My horse was fabulous and very well behaved. My dad rented The Producers, which is such a great musical, although it’s still better live. I talked to Chris for a while and then went to bed, but didn’t sleep well.

Sunday…..

Got up later than I wanted to, but still was able to get a run and ride in before I had to leave for the illadelphia. Left for the show at quarter to 2, found some free parking and waited in line for the show. Sometimes I wish I looked my age just so I wouldn’t have 17 year olds talking to me about dumb shit that they think they know a lot about, but really have no idea. This kid tried talking to me, but I don’t like small talk. So I put on my annoyed front, which prevented anyone from coming to talk to me. I’d like to be able to talk to people at shows, but I always get the young guys coming up and trying to talk to me about what bands they like or “these shows get rough you might not want to stand in the front”. I love shows at the church, its probably my favorite venue, but my only complaint is that it has no A/C and is like 205 degrees. Outbreak was awesome as always, but didn’t play any covers. I really wanted to hear Bad Brains again. This is Hell was good, but I was distracted because this large kid was hovering near me, and I couldn’t get away. That was until CleanChris, Outbreak’s merch boy cutie, helped by somersaulting on him. MLIW played everything I would have wanted them to play including Clarity, Young Man on a Spree, John and Jimmy, DEADRAMONES and my most favorite of all: they covered Nervous Breakdown. I lost my shit. I wasn’t expecting it at all, and hardly anyone was signing, did they not know the song? The very nice fat chick in mesh shorts, Dale, and I sang the chorus into the mic each time. She had a great voice. I hope she’s in a band somewhere. I don’t even know what to say about Bane. They always kill me. I just love that band. They played 2 songs off of Holding This Moment, which no one (except the older kids in the crowd) knew the lyrics to. I thought I was great, I love it when bands play old stuff. I sang and danced to every song. My favorite moment was when they played “Fuck What You Heard” and Aaron gave the mic up for everyone to sing. When I first saw Bane the same thing happened – starting my adoration for the band. I had to buy a tshirt ( I was soaked through) so I bought a black and hot pink MLIW shirt because it was the smallest one any of the bands had.
It was such a nice night I decided to walk around Philly a bit and then called up Bryan Palmer to see if I could stop by and chat for a bit. He had just gotten back from dropping Anthony off at the airport. So I stopped by and we had a relaxing talk on the rooftop about everything and nothing and how we need to see more of eachother. And I plan on it. I like BP and I’m so glad Erik isn’t there any more. One less thing for me to worry about, then I left to drive home, stopped at Wawa, and talked to Chris for a long while. I miss him. I hate being so far away from my best friend.

So now its Monday and I haven’t done anything work related at work. What’s new? My head is killing me and my ears are still ringing (damn me for forgetting earplugs) and my shins and back are bruised. It was a good weekend and Chris comes on Thursday :)

move-it, move-it

So here is a new day. I woke up and my bed was a mess, my sheets, covers and blankets were strewn all around. I am a very quiet sleeper normally, and I don’t normally move around much in my sleep so it is always of some significance, whether I have a bad dream or such. I’ve been sleeping pretty well so far but I still wake up tired.


I don’t like the fact that I sit at a computer all day and never move from 9-5. From the time I get up to the time I leave work I just sit all day, which is something I have always disliked. I like to be active and move around a lot. Its not that I really hate this working stuff, I just dislike being stuck at a desk all day. I will have to find a job that requires me to move about and stand a lot. I’ve been thinking more and more about vet school and teaching or becoming a doctor than ever before. I pulled out my old award from middle school for Best Creative Scientific Writing –an award I never knew they had or held in high regards because I guess they didn’t give it out that often. Its interesting that Mr. Steele recognized my skill at writing then as well as my awesome dissection capabilities. He would always challenge me with more and more difficult dissections of body parts. We worked with all kinds of animals in the 6th and 7th grades: cats, dogfish (sharks), giant African clawed frogs, squid, bony fish (perch), a bird hit by Ms. Coss on the way to school, earth worms, pigs, cow’s hearts and eyeballs, as well as dog’s brains. The most difficult were the fish hearts and the eyeballs because they required a delicate hand and precise lines. I don’t know where my talent came from, or my skill with a scalpel and razorblade but it was something I did very well and had pride in. I haven’t gotten to use it much in college (because I haven’t and wont take gross anatomy and physiology). The last thing I did was a cow udder in Intro to ASCI 001. There were 3 udders, and no one was cutting into them. My lab group had 17 students and they all want to be vets (most are freshman, this will change), but none of them were cutting into the specimens. So then this girl and I jumped over to the one on the far side. We had to open the udder ventrally, and I handed her the blade to do so. It was the most crooked line I had ever seen and there were serrations in the tissue where she had cut through layers, but had not reached the next cavity. It was a disaster. I let her play around with the larger structures (udder, supramammary lymph nodes). McFadden then asked us to open up a teat end up to the gland cistern. I told the annoying girl that I would do this part. I cut along the medial line right up to the cistern, and McFadden looked at it and said, “look at this teat dissection here students.” So he pointed out the annular fold, Furstenberg’s rosette,etc. which were very clear on my tear dissection and basically slaughtered in everyone elses.


So why am I mentioning this? Because I feel like I have some sort of talent that isn’t being used. Granted I’m earning money sitting at this desk, which is great for Ireland, but its not helping me decide what I want to do. So far I have determined that I hate working on a computer all day and not problem solving. I work through my workload in a relatively fast manner. I think this spans from the fact that I’m still in college and am used to a heavy and overwhelming workload at all times. I get through stuff that takes everyone else a day to finish in the course of an hour or two. So what do I want to do? I still have no idea, but I still want to consider vet school. I’m starting to think about Mrs. Kounelis, who had always wanted to go but didn’t because she was only a “B student”. She told me to try no matter what. This was in 4th grade, but I was a very serious 4th grader. I would love to be able to mail her a copy of my acceptance letter to Mr. Steele and Mrs. K. So the moral of this story is, it wont hurt to apply, especially not to the schools in Scotland. Depending on how refreshing Ireland is, I may feel that I want to stay abroad to finish my studies, especially among students who are very dedicated.


Less Cubicle, More Brain Food.

hello work this is jen

how is it that I missed the fact that the Souls were playing at the Knitting Factory with the Slackers nonetheless on the 5th? You know its not like this wasn't on the list of my ideal concerts to attend or anything (I didn't think that one would actually happen). Now at least I can place this on the list with the Snapcase/Sick of It All tour and this list of other concerts "I-wish-I-had-been-around-for".


so I have stolen this site from amanda panda, only because I really wanted a place to post without having to have everyone read it on livejournal, as well as something that looked more professional. I really liked my diaryland site, which is more like a blog than an online journal, so I thought my transfer to this one would be appropriate.


I'm currently at work, and its a bit before lunch break, and I am updating because I wasnt assigned any work to do, and all of my supervisors are gone. I could technically ask for more work, but I do believe that will defeat my purpose for the day, which is of course to finish what tasks I am assigned and do nothing more.
Today I am adventuring outside of the office during my lunch break and will be going to the Oxford Valley Mall to buy the Souls new compilation album and Outbreak's "You Make Us Sick". They don't have "Failure" in stores now, only pre-order online. Mapquest says I'm only 5 minutes from the mall (we'll see) so I have to leave early to be back for my 1pm meeting.


I'm excited for the FREE Belle and Sebastian concery in Battery Park on the 4th of July. It's going to be very crowded but very fun. I hope I can take Christopher with me, because I will need someone to go with. I will Kate was around, because I know she would be really excited to go as well, but she's in Germany. Maybe I'll ask Sarah and Bryan too.


BANE is playing on sunday, and I just bought a ticket online. Hopefully Matt, Ty, and Sean will be there...I'll have to remember to leave them a message on myspace.


Well, I best be off....

new blog

this is a new blog, because livejournal sucks