Crush In The Ghetto

Ohhhhhh Goodness

Thu, 29 May 2008 02:29:46 GMT

Brett Dennen is touring with John Mayer.

I really really really want to go.

!

Confession:

Sat, 24 May 2008 19:02:18 GMT

sometimes I feel like a jerk for being more content to sit and listen than to contribute. Apparently this makes me seem bored and friends kinda-sorta snap at me and I'm all like "?!"

Anyway.

Have been really pissy for the last while. More so than I should be. That isn't to say that I didn't have an awesome week or that I'm pissed at anyone or anything. I think I'm just irritable. Should probably try to get more sleep.

I did have a fun week, though.

It smells like strawberries. Yum.

Work now. Hm. Free wifi! For me at least haha :) .

Thu, 22 May 2008 08:16:38 GMT

Just got back from seeing the new Indiana Jones! It was freaking AWESOME. It fits in so well with all the others, it's just a fun fun fun movie. Shia LaBeouf was pretty amazing, I have to say, Harrison Ford's still got it, and the WHOLE MOVIE I was like "that's not Cate Blanchett...that can't be Cate Blanchett" AND THEN IT WAS CATE BLANCHETT.

There's this new girl at work, she's Chinese and didn't grow up here and she was telling me how she's heard about things like Indiana Jones and comic book heroes but just doesn't get it. It was just funny to me because my sister's Moroccan boyfriend said the same thing, he doesn't get Star Wars or anything, I just think it's funny because this stuff is SO ingrained into our culture that I can't explain why it's all so amazing. I can't tell you why I'm thrilled that I get to see an Indiana Jones movie in theatres, I just AM.

Speaking of which, I also saw Iron Man last night. It was amazing! I went with a bunch of people and I think they were all underwhelmed, whereas I? LOVED IT. It was just awesome and fun and funny and witty and ahhhh, haha. And there was the trailer for Dark Knight and I am SO EXCITED. I'm also going to see Kung Fu Panda haha. Uhh, there were some other previews that I was excited for that I can't remember...

And then there's that other thing. That whole Geoff thing. Yeah. ...Yeah. I keep falling for him but I think it's pretty hopeless. It's kind of difficult.

And then there's that I've been home since around 2:30AM and still can't get to sleep and I don't think I'm making much sense.

42 across, 4 letters

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:31:04 GMT

42 across, 4 letters
Originally uploaded by marissa_z

notes

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:25:36 GMT

The movie Jumper: An abominable atrocity on my sense of...everything. Do not want.

The trailer for Indiana Jones: OMIGOSH!!

The book Les Miserables: Unless some things take huge 180s, the book is changing some of my most fundamental views and opinions on the story and characters. Not in a bad way, just in a "Oh, really?" sort of way. Loving it! Eponine is reminding me of Luna Lovegood???

The television show Lost: WHAT?! Ahhhhh so good!

The podcast Totally Rad Show: Getting there. Just getting there. Will continue to watch. Not amazing, but getting there. Lots of potential, I have a great amount of faith. Diggnation <333.

The album Set Yourself On Fire by Stars: SO GOOD. And so late. 2004 I think? Dug it up a few weeks (months?) ago, absolutely love it.

May or may not elaborate on things later. Tired now, work soon (8 1/2 hours and counting).

Choices, choices

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:50:56 GMT

I worked from seven in the morning to three in the afternoon today, somehow didn't get home until 3:45, and after making all of these grand plans to go out and just be out of the house because didn't I just get out while it's still daylight outside, I immediately passed out on my bed in my work clothes for the next four hours. And then Andrew called me, and we tried to go to Best Buy and then went to Blockbuster and then to Starbucks and then to Wawa. All of that. And now I'm back at home all comfy in bed and I have such a multitude of things that I would like to do that I don't want to do any one thing, I want to do EVERYTHING all at once. These things include:

Watching the latest episode of Lost on abc.com

Watching any of the movies I rented two days ago: Either of the first two Bourne movies or The Mummy

Watching any of the other movies I own, probably Lord of the Rings

Watching the podcast that's been sitting on my iTunes for the last week

Reading the New York Times that I haven't yet read today

Reading any of the magazines I bought yesterday: Time, The Economist, and Philadelphia. Philadelphia has a list of 50 restaurants in the city and I wanted to check them out. Time and The Economist, I'm just a nerd.

Reading Les Miserables. I'm a little less than half way through and loving it.

Surfing the internet listening to music

See? That is a CRAPLOAD of stuff. All of which I would like to do and none of which I would like to miss out on and only one or two of which do I have the time for, depending on what I do. Maybe I'll watch Lost. And then see if I feel like a movie. I know if I start reading that will be the end of it, and then I will still have this totally important and pressing list tomorrow. I know, my life is so stressful. Podcasts or magazines? HOW WILL I DECIDE?!

P.S. Wawa chicken strips are Not Bad.

To My "Portly" Cat:

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:58:40 GMT

Dear Kitty,

I bought a full sized bed so that I might enjoy the benefits of space and comfort. I did not upgrade from a twin so that you could sleep smack dab in the middle every night and push me off to one side that is, consequently, smaller than any twin mattress. Please fix immediately.

Love With A Hint Of Annoyed,
Me.

public service announcement

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:42:04 GMT

If doing Dangerous Activity X (DAX) increases your chances of acquiring Dangerous Disease Y (DDY) by, say, 20%, and you have a pre-existing 5% chance of getting DDY, that does not mean that you now have a 25% chance of getting DDY after doing DAX. It means that doing DAX will increase your chance, 5%, of getting DDY by 20%. Basic mathematics tells us that 20% of 5 is 1, so your 5% now goes up to 6%. Noteworthy, surely, but I think we can all agree that 6% is much more agreeable than 25%.

seventeen and strung out on confusion

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:22:55 GMT

Fun night last night, awesome people at work this morning, done early, on my break blasting Green Day's Dookie with my windows down. Excellent.

on deadlines

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:40:37 GMT

No, I don't know what's with the sudden obsession with titles that begin with "on".

The other day I worked from 10:15 in the morning to 4:15 in the afternoon. We were blissfully slow for most of the day, to the point where I almost felt guilty for the amount of people I had on the floor to serve the .4 customers that we had per half hour. And just when I was secure in the fact that it was Really Slow, well I guess I sent a message to the world because all of the sudden everyone within a 20 mile radius decided that, you know, I really need that Venti Caramel Frappuccino with one pump mocha one pump almond and two pumps of cinnamon with extra caramel, no more than that, just take the top off, there you go, can I get some mocha on that too please? Wait, it's cold? I didn't know it was cold. You said it was blended with ice, you mentioned nothing of it being cold! And so it went. Around an hour into this 4:15 decided to laugh me in the face and turn into 5:00 at which point I said, no, no more, I am leaving right this very second.

A friend came in during this madness. Yes he picked that right moment to walk in the door and see me covered in syrup and milk with my hair everywhere my apron askew and probably in 14 different shades of red for my frazzlement. Perfect, really, because he couldn't have picked a time when I would be able to slow down my speech to some a level where you could understand it as English. Anyway, we made tentative plans for hanging out later. We ended up eating at the restaurant where my sister works, and had the exact service you would expect when the restaurants full and your sister is the server. Afterwards we hung out for a bit as his place with some of his friends. I had a fantastic time but did you know that I'm really shy? I did! It was good, though, everyone was lovely and fun, I just wish I wasn't quite so introverted at the occasion. Oh, and that I didn't spill that drink on the carpet. Oops.

on awesome

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:01:27 GMT

Really I'm just posting because I'm at Target on my phone and I can do this sort of stuff from my new phone.

on convenience

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:56:01 GMT

It's cold and rainy. I just bought Set Yourself On Fire by Stars after falling in love with the first track, Your Ex-Lover Is Dead. I'm loving the rest of the cd, I want it on my iPod. My iPod is in my car. It's cold and rainy and cold and rainy and I'm very comfortable here in my bed. Now I have to go out to my car, bring my iPod inside, sync it up, and then take it back to my car because I want to go out. Such inconveniences. And so, I've come to the conclusion that Apple's Next Big iPod Project should allow me to wirelessly sync my iPod.

driving lessons

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:19:42 GMT

Apparently when it rains, those lines on the road? Yeah, they're optional. Extra points for driving on top of the double yellow line.

driving lessons

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:50:49 GMT

You cut in front of me just so you can go the EXACT SAME SPEED of the car in front of me that I've been keeping an even distance from?!

public entry

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:01:06 GMT

for the benefit of my sister