Better than expected.

You Are 24% Nerdy

You're a little nerdy, but no one would ever call you a nerd. You sometimes get into nerdy things, but only after they've become a part of mainstream culture.

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A friendly holiday insult

I had two Christmas gatherings before December 24th, how's that for planning ahead? On Sunday, Adam and I went to his mom's house. It was fun with all the usual holiday players. He's got an aunt and uncle that tend to be a bit outspoken. Somehow we got onto the topic of "bad hires". The aunt recited a list of people that have applied to her work, my favorite: people with tongue rings. She and I had been conversing for several hours and I was an active participant in this particular conversation, until she brought up tongue piercings. Her point: you can't understand people with him, and they just don't get that they cannot get a job where they have to speak into a phone. At this point I hit a dilemma, stick out my tongue and inform her that the person she is currently speaking with sports one of these "tongue rings" or just laugh it off to her inability to accept people "different" then herself. I opted for the latter, but managed to make eye contact with Adam and his brother so we could share on the inside joke.

A missed interpretation

Me attempting to order at the LeAnn Chin counter:

"I'll have an imperial plate, please" [Imperial being 1/2 entree, 1/2 appetizer, and rice] - Me

"What kind of rice" -shift manager

"Fried, please" -H
"What entree" -SM
"Sesame Chicken"- H

She proceeds to fill the plate not leaving room for the appetizer portion of the meal I've ordered. Despite the fact that I have ordered the 1/2 entree intentionally, I'm still a little excited to get more food. (It's the American way after all).

"Would you like egg rolls, cream cheese wontons, or pot stickers?"
"Egg rolls"
"One or two?"
"One"
She puts two in the container.
"Anything else?"
"Um, no"[I refrain from correction thinking two might constitute one order, and I'm still somewhat happy to get more food]

I was still confused as to what was happening as approached the checkout. Somehow the total is $10 and change. Hmmm, $5.79 is what I ordered, but somehow get $10 worth of half-assed Chinese food that I only get because its by my bus stop. I pay and look at my receipt as I leave.

Full entree (not the 1/2)
Full Appetizer (not the 1/2)
Extra charge for fried rice (the only expense I was anticipating)

I have managed to eat every last piece of food, why? Because I paid for it!

Headache of monsterous proportions

It's no lie that I'm busy right now. Everyone things I'm crazy to work full time, plan a wedding and go to grad school. Yes, I am a little crazy, its not ideal, also not my choice. I've been planning on grad school for 2 years, so I wasn't going to move that back a year, especially when its only a two year program to begin with. I also wasn't going to push wedding back any farther since we've been together for 5 years, no one (mostly me) wants to wait another 2 years for a wedding. Thus leaving me with a year of my life I would prefer to skip over. As we get ready to send out our "Save the Date" cards, we argued over with picture to go with. Adam's argument of "it's too personal" becomes invalid when I mention the fact that these people will be attending our wedding. How much more personal can we get here? First kiss, first dance, unity candle... all of it INTIMATE! A wedding is an intimate occasion. Even ours despite the 200+ people that have found their way on the guest list. Right now 198 people are family and the other 30 are our friends. These are people that have known us a long time and they can see Adam kiss me on the cheek.

Today has been a day from hell. Scrambling last minute to get information for a client presentation for tomorrow. I stayed late, didn't get home until 7:30, eat and relax for 10 minutes then look at some wedding stuff. I'm also the one that needs to study for a final on Thursday. Adam is playing video games right now and I am fuming over everything that I need to get done. He is in a different place. He found a photographer and requested information to be sent to me. Thank you, because I don't have anything else going on. Appreciate it. I just sent it back to him and asked him to look at it. Based on the gun fire I hear from the x-box, I can tell he's really immersed. I know this is a conversation I need to be having with him, but I think I needed to get it out and organized before I started going off at him. I just won the save the date argument, so I think I should wait a few minutes before I ask him to help out. No, I'm not nagging, and yes I won an argument.

I know after this week, I will be done with classes for a month and will be able to relax a little. But at the same time, I will just have to immerse myself with wedding details. My mom can't seem to offer up any sort of suggestion other than, "can't you find something cheaper?". If I found something cheaper, don't you think I would have bought it?! Her only question is: did you find...? If I found anything you would hear about it because I would probably be asking for some sort of monetary donation for the cause.

I have six more months of this shit.

Anywhere but here

My head is spinning from all of the things I have to do. Christmas is in two weeks, when you are constantly planning months in advance, you forget where you are in the current month. I am working on 2008 and have even begun dating things 2008 instead of 7. Needless to say, I'm not looking at a December calendar anymore. I'm happy my family has opted to do a gathering only and no gift exchange. Really takes the extra pressure off time and wallet. I spent majority of my time yesterday thinking about the wedding, also another '08 activity. It's hard to think about Hawaii all day and then have to deal with another cold MN day. Adam seems to think we have a lot of time for everything, but of course we don't. Hopefully once I am done with classes on Thursday my life will calm done for a bit. I just hope I don't get too used to having free time again! Ultimately, I feel like my life/schedule is spiraling out of control and I just need to make a big list to get everything done!