Meme Time
Follow That Dog tagged me for a meme. I think I'm supposed to give you six random facts about me. Since I struggled so much to write that 100 Things post, I'm not sure I've got six more in me, but we'll see. What with barely leaving my house these days and barely ever talking to anyone, there's not much to say.
1. There is a pool at the apartment complex where I live. Very early this morning I heard little kids screaming at the pool and it made me smile. Until I heard little feet running on the concrete, when I thought "I bet that little fucker is wearing Crocs."
2. Thanks to some excellent advice, I changed my AOL plan and now it's free. Yes, I use AOL. No, I'm not impressed that you've never used it. No, I didn't know before this that they offered a free plan. I also canceled my Netflix account, which makes me sad. I love movies, and was not seeing nearly all the ones I wanted to, assuring myself I could see them on Netflix. The Netflix lady was really nice, which made me comfortable enough to ask if there was, by any chance, some way to save my precious queue. Happily, she said the queue will stay for two years and if at any point during that time I'm ready to rejoin, I can.
3. Everyone from high school is married. Literally every single person. Even the people who were really, really mean to me. Once, when my brother had gone to Florida, I went with my parents to the airport to pick him up. I was in middle school at the time, and at the airport I saw a boy in my grade coming up the gate, so I smiled at him. He sneered at me. That Monday in school I rounded a corner to hear him telling a bunch of other kids, "And when I got off the plane, the very first thing I saw? Green fucking YOGURT!" Even he is married now.
4. Last week when I was walking down the hill towards the MUNI station I found a dollar bill. I stopped picking up pennies years ago, thinking I should leave them for little kids who are still young enough to get excited over finding pennies, but I definitely picked up that dollar.
5. I have been trying to reach my grandpa for about three weeks now, to no avail. He has been in the hospital since last week. I am very sad and scared. Not that he'll die, really. He's 90, and dying is what old people do. I understand that. But I'm sad because I feel like he's stressed and confused and going to die because he's giving up, rather than dying because he's tired and feels like he's had a good run. That's just not the way I want him to go out, and not what I think he wants for himself.
6. The last four times a temp agency has called to check my availability saying they may have a law firm that needs me, ultimately they've called back to say they don't need me after all - whoever was about to go on vacation has canceled it and a temp won't be necessary. So late last week when they called to see if I'm available this week and next I said yes, but I won't believe it until I'm actually walking past security.
1. There is a pool at the apartment complex where I live. Very early this morning I heard little kids screaming at the pool and it made me smile. Until I heard little feet running on the concrete, when I thought "I bet that little fucker is wearing Crocs."
2. Thanks to some excellent advice, I changed my AOL plan and now it's free. Yes, I use AOL. No, I'm not impressed that you've never used it. No, I didn't know before this that they offered a free plan. I also canceled my Netflix account, which makes me sad. I love movies, and was not seeing nearly all the ones I wanted to, assuring myself I could see them on Netflix. The Netflix lady was really nice, which made me comfortable enough to ask if there was, by any chance, some way to save my precious queue. Happily, she said the queue will stay for two years and if at any point during that time I'm ready to rejoin, I can.
3. Everyone from high school is married. Literally every single person. Even the people who were really, really mean to me. Once, when my brother had gone to Florida, I went with my parents to the airport to pick him up. I was in middle school at the time, and at the airport I saw a boy in my grade coming up the gate, so I smiled at him. He sneered at me. That Monday in school I rounded a corner to hear him telling a bunch of other kids, "And when I got off the plane, the very first thing I saw? Green fucking YOGURT!" Even he is married now.
4. Last week when I was walking down the hill towards the MUNI station I found a dollar bill. I stopped picking up pennies years ago, thinking I should leave them for little kids who are still young enough to get excited over finding pennies, but I definitely picked up that dollar.
5. I have been trying to reach my grandpa for about three weeks now, to no avail. He has been in the hospital since last week. I am very sad and scared. Not that he'll die, really. He's 90, and dying is what old people do. I understand that. But I'm sad because I feel like he's stressed and confused and going to die because he's giving up, rather than dying because he's tired and feels like he's had a good run. That's just not the way I want him to go out, and not what I think he wants for himself.
6. The last four times a temp agency has called to check my availability saying they may have a law firm that needs me, ultimately they've called back to say they don't need me after all - whoever was about to go on vacation has canceled it and a temp won't be necessary. So late last week when they called to see if I'm available this week and next I said yes, but I won't believe it until I'm actually walking past security.
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posted by Green at 10/27/2008 12:10:00 AM
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