everyone's worst nightmare definitely became a reality for me tonight.
the internet went down.
well, it's kind of like the worst nightmare, except probably without the worst part. and nightmare. at any rate, upon this discovery, i fetched the number of customer service, dialed, and spent the next eleven minutes talking about my internet troubles. to a machine lady. i felt like i was a kindergartener being chastised for eating the glue or something.
by a machine.
machine lady found it necessary to repeat everything twice and tell me it was okay for me to think about it for a few minutes. at two words per minute she spoke, "now, we will locate the four lights on your modem. some modems might have more lights, too - including yours, actually! and - do you see the four lights? don't worry, our concern right now is not if the lights are lit up, but - take your time. please answer 'yes' or 'no.' do not be rushed; you can take as long as you want."
i responded with the same monotonous voice, "why, thank you! i think i will take thirty more seconds to think if i see four lights or not." at which case the line paused for a moment, and then machine lady informed me that she did not understand what i just said and advised me to only talk to her and not to people around me because she can "hear everything."
and then i could have sworn there was a maniacal chuckle.
not only did this machine obviously kill the last human at customer service, she also expects me to devote all of my attention to her and only her.
no one likes needy machines.
connie grabbed a duck on 072006 @ 10:29 PM EST
i've been tagged by nayana.
i need to get me some paper clips.
red, preferrably, although i must say i have a weakness for those striped ones.
i know my life's really great when i talk about paper clips.
TAGJOYBUTNOTREALLY:
Intructions:
1. Do the following WITHOUT complaint.
2. Choose 5 people to do this after you’ve completed yours.
3. Leave a tag on the person’s tagboard to say he/she have been tagged.
4. Start your post with I have been tagged! Then do this. (copy and paste!)
Favourites:
Favourite Colour: preferrably a light blue. i'm so anal i almost hate it.
Favourite Food: chickens.
Favourite Sport: running year round, tennis for spring, skiing for winter.
Favourite Day of the Week: tuesdays and fridays! (i'm obviously not cut out for doing these. i don't understand what "day" singular means)
Favourite Season: WINTER.
Favourite Ice Cream: rocky rocky road (minus one rocky).
Currents:
Current Mood: i'm happy, for lack of a better word: :)
Current Clothes: crack o'dawn 5k t-shirt and soffe shorts.
Desktop: christian bale - recently changed today, actually, and i'd rather you not ask (what happened to the "current" in this one?).
Current Time: 01:11 AM ('twas edited!)
Current Surroundings: speakers, sun screen (let's go protection; SPF 30, baby), post-its, box of crayola - 64 PACK.
Current Annoyances: someone keeps signing on and off AIM.
Current Thoughts: "it's time like these you learn to live again."
First:
First Best Friend: almost made it for my lifetime, but we lost touch last year.
First Crush: it was some kid in kindergarten (i guess this is where they all start), i remember he held my hand on his birthday, haha. it was jordan! i'm so escatic i remember, jordan!!
First Movie: beauty and the beast, i love belle.
First Lie: DO YOU THINK I HAVE A SUPER MEMORY?! i barely have a memory at all. 80% of these things are probably all wrong.
First Music: ms. brittany spears, but i have sang "i'm a little teapot" many a time in my days.
Last:
Last Drink: tropicana orange juice, calcium fortified!
Last Car Ride: sigh... from wegmans, mmm.
Last Crush: :rolleyes: they're supposed to be shifty eyes - danny.
Last Phone Call: to chelsea, from william.
Last CD played: damn, had to check my CD drive for that one... and it was empty. a guess: 'more than you think you are' - matchbox twenty.
Have you ever:
Have you ever dated one of your best friends: lost a friend to it. :( (this is a mighty ugly face)
Have you ever broken the law: not to the extreme, but the law is dumb. i just have to.
Have you ever been arrested: no, hurray!
Have you ever been on TV: once, my friend and i videotaped ourselves (nothing naughty, you perverts) and then connected it to the television. it was heartwarming.
Have you ever kissed someone you dont know: no ma'am, knew his name, age, and location (YAY ASL).
Things:
5 things you are good at: i don't like these questions - (1) listening; (2) honesty; (3) typing; (4) drawing; (5) sleeping.
4 things you did today: (1) ate ice cream; (2) played DDR; (3) went outside; (4) bought lemonade mix for a futuristic LEMONADE STAND.
3 things you can hear right now: (1) "nobody" - five for fighting; (2) IM rings; (3) the clacking of the keyboard. yay, i'm not deaf!
2 things you regret: (1) handling will's situation badly; (2) not saying good-bye.
1 thing you do when you are bored: (1) draw.
TAGGED - who i'm inflicting this on:
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ghosts? they love to be tagged. i'm too tired. tomorrow, loverlies.
connie grabbed a duck on 071606 @ 08:28 PM EST
went out for a quick run tonight. it's a rather sticky night interspersed with refreshing sprinklers and not-so-refreshing dogs. i'm usually not into running after the sun retreats for fear of being abducted into the abyss that is the night. really, who wouldn't want to steal me? they could get some bright, sweaty clothes, and sometimes, i wear some nice sneakers that could go for maybe a hundred bucks on ebay. now that's a big score. fortunately for the sake of my putrid attire and i, the neighborhood is well lit by many streetlights.
however, it seemed everytime i came within the vicinity of an almighty lamppost, it would get scared and quickly flicker off. i've never met a light that was nervous around me, how flattering.
there was a point in the night when a dog promptly scampered from its house (while i was mingling with the shade as the lights were still being shy, of course). it was startling, since i felt like i had the power of invisibility at the time, thanks to the reticent lights. and the dog was barking, howling, bawling. it was doing it all. and it was doing it rather deafeningly.
when it comes to improving speed, nothing beats motivation like a potentially rabid dog.
connie grabbed a duck on 071306 @ 10:55 PM EST
it's 11:28 in the AM, and i am awake.
i need to emphasize. it's 11:28 in the AM, in july, in america. and i am awake.
it's basically one of the seven deadly sins. you know... pride, envy, being awake at 11:26AM during the summer.
... greed?
yeah, i better go back to sleep soon or i might die, is that how it works? and i don't feel very much like dying today, thank you very much.
well, i suppose that's it for my crude, extremely accurate teachings of the church. although my moment of holiness has passed, my mind continues to think about my slumber, which has been a little eccentric lately. the other night i fell asleep around two in my own, cozy room to wake up at four in a room on the opposite end of the house? i've been taking it lightly though as i'm not one to question sleep because as long as i'm getting it, it's good, even if i might someday wake up in a tree.
i just hope it's a sanded, splinterless tree. actually, even if i woke up with a bird on my lap, i might stare at it like ??? for a few moments, and then carry on.
nothing comes between my sleep and me. we've developed a strong relationship through the years!
(this entry goes to show how only bad, nonsensical things can occur if i wake up this "early" in the summer day. such as complaints and a confession of love... sleep love)
connie grabbed a duck on 071206 @ 11:28 AM EST
back from a short break with a brandspankingnew website. every year, i like to delete my entire website and start new and fresh. you could say... freshly new. right, so at any rate, this year, the gods have decided grabaduck's fate instead by trapping me in a situation where i had no choice but to erase everything.
yeah, the gods.
makes me feel special destiny set aside a few seconds to mess with my webdesign potential. thanks.
okay, a few more words about the website - sorry for the pop-ups. i've never been a fan of them because they're stupid, but i've been scribbling away in photoshop forever now and discarded nearly every project. the image featured on the main page of grabaduck makes no sense but somehow survived the grueling criticism of yours truly and deemed okay for public eyes (which're not blind yet, i hope). it seemed the only way for me to utilize this in a a-litte-less-than-half-decent-but-not-completely-terrible layout was to use pop-ups. a week and a day ago, i was in sunny seattle and canada, carrying out the regular duties of a tourist by studying a brochure, getting lost, and of course, taking one too many photos. which have been combined into a very cluttered layout.
that was more like... a lot of more words.
but i saw two starfish in vancouver! albeit they were dead, but ...
cheers!
PS: the smilies are rather hideous, sorry. have fun ...not using them. or not looking at them or something.
connie grabbed a duck on 071006 @ 06:36 PM EST
stalker(s)