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Below are the 12 most recent journal entries recorded in the "Ariel" journal:[<< Previous 12 entries]
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11:21 am
[Link] | this is mine.
neener, neener, neener.
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06:57 pm
[Link] | firstly:
This is my initial idea for a logo for the Star City Vicious. The only thing I feel like it's missing is something that says "Roanoke", but as far as a bike gang symbol goes, I'm digging it - but then again, it's my baby. Constructive criticism is cool!!!
secondly:
if you met someone for the first time and proceeded to spend the next twelve consecutive days together, would you be in danger of a crash-and-burn scenario?
lastly:
do right by the scene and be there.
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02:14 pm
[Link] | i realize that i basically never update anymore, but here's what i've got:
i've got a meeting on friday to work a half day with a new prospective employer. after i work with their design team for a few hours, they will send me to lunch, then welcome me back to discuss an offer. i am terrified that somehow my practical skills won't live up to their expectations, or that i will manage to turn an important person off to me by saying the wrong thing or burping or something.
whether it's now or later, i will miss the times, as my first career job, but right now i feel like it's coming to the end of the line for me here. jill called the department a "sinking ship," and while as an optimist i want to deny it and say that it's merely a lull, i can't see how they are going to fix the numerous problems that hold us back as a team. every day is a constant battle to maintain calm under ridiculous pressures, and while i love a good fight, i don't want to start hating coming in to work and what it is that i do.
bleh. i am looking forward to getting pixelluxe up and running with marcus and natasha. they are both really talented and driven, and i think that coming in on a massive project like the starting of a design firm at the beginning will be a worthy challenge. i don't know if it is a good thing that i am creating so many ties here, but it feels like everything's in an upswing and i'm just going to go with it.
non-business related news: my three bikes - big red, killer, and the green machine - are going to get serviced in the next few weeks. after that The Star City Vicious takes to the streets. we've got a half-dozen riders ready to roll every monday night - barring something cooler going on. if you're interested in joining the gang, let me know via comments here/myspace/gmail/cell.. THE VICIOUS WANTS YOU!
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03:10 pm
[Link] |
my new resume's gimmick:
hire me, hire my dog.
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08:52 am
[Link] | today is my birthday. i am 23. when i walked into the paper today, i already had some flowers waiting for me from my mom. (my birth mother. i -know-. craaaazy.) tonight, there will be dinner at olive garden and karaoke-ing at the green dolphin. tomorrow, the long-awaited arrival of franky guttman and a weekend of good times. since my 22nd birthday, a lot has changed. i'm no longer a student, i'm single, i live in a phat apartment, i've started building my career. i still feel irresponsible and kind of like i am a big, fat fake. hopefully, by this time next year, i will have shed at least one of those.
here's to being 23.
and now, today's TFD:
Current Mood:  birthday-like.
Current Music: controller controller.
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03:30 pm
[Link] |
all i've got for now.
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02:06 pm
[Link] | lots of things happening. lots. there is tragedy, excitement, joy, and hope in equal measure.
my move is to commence this week. the keys will be in my hot little hand tomorrow. i have yet to make a substantial dent in the packing that needs to be done.
sage and i parted ways. i have been trying to conceive of a delicate, neutral way to put this, because i feel it is too personal and complex to wrap up in a journal entry. also, it is still raw and will be for some time. there have been many entries that were dedicated to the happiness i found in that relationship, and that is what should linger in cyberspace. i have a great support system of people who are available to me when i need someone to talk to about it, and for that i am thankful.
very recently, a friend lost one of the most important people in his life. his well-being concerns me, and the situation depresses me. i consider what it would be like, even with the current circumstances, what it would be like to lose someone like sage, a family member, or any of my friends so suddenly. it is a terrible thought, to just imagine. he is in my prayers, as are all of the people i care about.
thanksgiving was a lot of fun. my family visited - aunts, uncles, my cousin and my grandfather. my new roommate, nick, came as well, because his family is on the west coast, and we are happy to have strays at our holiday gatherings.
my family home, where my grandfather lives in fairfax, is being sold early next year. having lived there for roughly a year and a half as an adult, and being that that is the place my family has met to celebrate and mourn for my entire life, i am sure there will be a hole in my heart, and that i will be sad when i drive by and it has been replaced by new homes.
courtney, heather, myself, jill(?), and amandine are all gathering the weekend of the 9th in the nation's capitol. we are going to be shopping, eating, drinking, and generally flaunting our awesomeness for two days. it should be fun. what should we do while we are there?
courtney had a wildly successful autumnal cocktail party in her new apartment. some friendsters came to enjoy it, as well as some regulars, and all had a good time. i am looking forward to the next party, a holiday potluck - surprise, i'm drunk? - this month. i will be bringing a bottle peppermint schnapps as well as some aloo gobi.
i will be having surgery for dysplasia this month. i am not looking forward to it. i consider myself pretty tough, but it is frightening nonetheless. during the biopsy, i cramped a lot, so i can only imagine how the actual procedure will be. the instrument the doctor will be using is actually kind of cool. they remove the tissue with an electro-loop? like, a razor wire that is electrically charged made into a loop on the end of a rod. They basically remove the abnormal cells with a high-grade melon baller. unfortunately, i cannot do "it", wear tampons, or douche for a month - i have never douched, so i suppose i'm not missing out on much - and i will have to be checked for returning cells, like, five times within the next year. personally, i am not fond of "smears", but it cannot be helped. better a little discomfort in the prevention of things, than suffering with cancer and worse later on.
briefly: i had an interesting im experience with dj am - i think?, in roughly a year's time i hope to find myself as another country's countryman, roxy is still the cutest, my car is dirty on the outside, my hair is pristine and pokey, work is work, a friend's car got broken into by my apartment - another reason to look forward to a monitored garage, god, i can't think of anything else to write so i am going to post this already. <3.
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01:37 pm
[Link] | OK. i got a pug. she is a-fucking-dorable.
her name is Roxanne Puerqita Vargas. YAY!
Puerqita means little pig. YAY!
YAY! Roxy Vargas! YAY!
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02:56 pm
[Link] | might be getting a pug tonight/this afternoon.
i don't want to say too much and jinx it.
a pug!
shit. shit. oh my shit.
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03:58 pm
[Link] | new diet: ginger ale and cigarettes.
do i need to inhale to benefit from the nutritional content? someone should do this with me.
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10:36 am
[Link] | due to the uproar from close friends for an update, here i am, pounding the plastic. and waiting, as always, for customers to respond to my proofs. it's just that time of day.
this weekend was fun. sage and i had a good time seeing the usual sights - the buffet at panda veg, target, carytown, his bed - and hanging out. i bought some pins for my new winter, military-esque jacket, and presents for courtnay's birthday. we ate good food, including brekkie at 821 bakery cafe, which was deeeeelicious. veggie sausage gravy and biscuits rule, as does feta and sundried tomatoes in an omelet, and strong coffee. the weather in the city was gorgeous, and stayed that way all the way home. roanoke is basking in autumnal sunshowers, and my plans for packing and airing out my apartment will work out beautifully - OH! didn't i tell you?! we got the apartment. me, nick, and ryan are going to be roomies in roanoke's finest digs. invites to our apartment warming party are in the mail.
i updated my flickr with some photos from new year's eve 2005, a toga party held at matt and heather o's house. i only grabbed those that contain myself and/or sagey-poo, but i am going to upload the rest soon. along with pics from sage's last visit to roanoke, some of which are of me on my BIIIIKE. yay! keep checking back. they should be up within the week.
next/this weekend is the roanoke civic center GIANT INDOOR YARD SALE. last year, tracy was selling books, and claimed to have made a hefty packet. i was thinking that i could parlay this with my moving/mass exodus of stuff and make some $$$. if anyone were to go in on a space with me, you obviously would get to keep the spoils of your sales, and it would be funnnnn. just lemme know.
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11:58 am
[Link] | fyi: myspace is at once both engaging and loathsome.
i will be hearing back today about the apartment application i submitted yesterday for a two-bedroom at eight jefferson place. hopefully, there will be good news. cross your fingers.
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