Ramblings

jiggydoo @ 2008-07-30T02:55:00

2008-07-30T07:03:12Z

I don't post often while I'm underway because I don't think it's really allowed, but whatever. I'm having one of those days. I just want to go home. I hate being out here for this long because I always feel like life is just passing by as it goes on while I sit here and replay the same day over and over again. Nothing changes out here and I get to sit here and lose a month of my life while everyone else is able to go on and live their lives. And I know it's going to be over soon, but that just doesn't feel like that is good enough right now. And I've still got the deployment looking me in the face. My only bright light is that I know I get to come home part of the way through the deployment. I can't wait to get out and live a normal life. I hate being in the Navy.

jiggydoo @ 2006-04-23T01:10:00

2006-04-23T05:14:44Z

Emily pulled out her yearvbmnlook and Jamie has foudn trhe pcture of Eugene Kelly and now she is starring at them. She always liked Kelly. Becky just learnda importatn lesson. you can't pour somethig when the lid is on, now Jamie is rnanting about not doing wat she said she would di in hih school. She still loves Kely though.

jiggydoo @ 2005-11-01T19:06:00

2005-11-02T00:10:58Z

Sorry about my lack of communication recently. I got home from the Gulf on October 2nd and got some time off so I took the opportunity to sit around and do nothing after working non-stop for a month. But then I had to actually go back to work and we've been really busy so we've been working long hours. The ship's working hours have changed now though. We work 5-12 in an effort to beat all the traffic to work. I just wanted to say hi to everyone and say sorry for not calling and all that. I do miss getting to see you guys.

jiggydoo @ 2005-04-03T22:01:00

2005-04-04T02:08:20Z

I went and saw Thoroughly Modern Millie at Chrysler Hall today and it was awesome. Lots of singing and tap dancing and the general Broadway stuff that I love. Then this eveing when I got home I went and saw Sin City and it was amazing. If you haven't had a chance to see it yet, I highly recommend it if you can find the time. It's just really really good. The style was great and the splashes of color against the starch black and white made it visually awesome. Just don't bring your two little kids to it like this couple did tonight. It's one of the most violent movies I've ever seen(not to mention the nudity) and it is definetely not for kids. I always feel bad for little kids who get dragged to movies like this with their parents. Find a babysitter or something. Anyway, I'm off to pack now for the underway. Jamie, I'd like to get together while I'm on leave, so I'll call you next weekend when I get back in town.

the day after

2005-03-13T00:29:56Z

I had to work this morning so I had to drag my dad out of bed at 4. You would think they would let the person who had a run in with the bus have a day off, but yeah, not so much. I did get a couple hours during the middle of the day to go pick up a rental car. A Kia Optima which is already off my list of potential new cars. And I did get a chance to go to the tow truck place and see the wreckage and rescue my cds and my Reba concert tickets. My cds are covered in coke from the Wendy's food I had so I'm going to attempt to clean them tomorrow. Here's hoping that works. I'll get the rest of my stuff out of the car on Monday. The airbag never deployed. I was told that because the bumper was never hit(the bus was too tall and I was under it) that they wouldn't have because the sensors for the airbags are in the bumper. That disturbs me. I fuckin' hit a bus head on and I don't get any airbags. Everyone is telling me that I need to talk to legal on Monday and seek some advice. And I'll learn more from my insurance company on Monday. That's about it. Anyone see me on the news? Well, the remains of my car and they showed me being loaded in the ambulance. They didn't ticket the bus driver because some of the kids ont he bus parents were in a car close by and said I ran a red light and two other ladies who stopped said I had the green light. I need to look into that too through legal. Because this is going to affect my insurance and that sucks for me. And now I'm going to go take some happy pain medicine that will knock me out so I can get some sleep.

jiggydoo @ 2005-03-02T22:17:00

2005-03-03T03:18:45Z

Thnaks for the birthday wishes everyone. I had a good day. They even let me out of work early. My parents got my diploma framed for me. It's really nice. Jamie and Emily, did you know Mrs. Harris owns a frame shop now? She's the one who framed it for me. Kinda cool, I think.

jiggydoo @ 2005-02-11T13:45:00

2005-02-11T18:53:54Z

I was stuck on the ship from Sunday night until Thursday night and I have to work all weekend. I feel so out of touch with everyone. Hi everyone. I'd like to be able to see you sometime, I really would. I'm still working on trying to plan something for Jamie for the 5th, but I'm not sure what to do. Emily, hi, email me, please. And I still need to find shoes so I can get the dress altered. I know I'm pushing it. I need to talk to my loan company so I can send info off to the Navy so they can start paying my loan. But when I have to get up at 3:30am so I can work until at least 6 that night and sometimes not be able to leave the ship at all, it makes it a little difficult to do all that. Sigh. I'll get it all done. I'm off Tuesday, so I'm going to try and get the shoes and make the dress appointment that day.

In happier news, Lindsey is doing good. She's so cute and has dark blue eyes. She's real cute.

jiggydoo @ 2005-02-04T23:31:00

2005-02-05T04:34:48Z

My sister had her baby on February 2nd. A little girl named Lindsey Renee. She's a cutie. She has lots of dark hair and pretty blue eyes. That makes the niece count three and the nephew count still at one. The nieces are Olivia, Sydney and now Lindsey and my nephew is Owen. And they're all under three years old. Jamie, want to babysit? Alone? I'm kidding.

Emily, email me. Please.

ok, I'm here

2004-11-13T05:25:54Z

Yes, I remember I have a journal. I guess I should have posted a while ago. Anyway, I'm home and will be here for years to come. The Navy's all right so far. I can tell you right now that it's not what I'm going to do with the rest of my life. But for now it's good experience and will be nice and helpful when I go to look for another(and better) job in about 4 and a half years now.

I bought my bridesmaid dress. I'm not sure if anyone else has theirs yet.

That's about it for now.

And so it has begun

2003-11-25T03:50:28Z

I finally emailed the women's studies teacher about the first reflection. Quick recap, I wrote a reflection on my understanding of a set of readings. I get it back with no grade and am told that I did not understand the readings and that my opinion in wrong.

Here's what I sent to her:

In regards to my first reflection, I was under the
impression that you were looking for opinions on my
understanding of the readings. That is what I believe
I wrote. You told me that I did not understand the
readings and that my thesis was wrong. My
understanding obviously differed from your's, but it
does not make my thesis wrong. I thought I was
entitled to write my opinion on what I got out of the
readings, not what you think I was supposed to get out
of them. I didn't think it was fair or right for you
to tell me that I "can present these as [my]
view/opinion," but that I have "missed the entire
point." How can my opinion be wrong?

I'll let you know what she says.

jiggydoo @ 2003-07-15T01:15:00

2003-07-15T05:18:48Z

I leave in the morning to go to Chip's. I'll talk to y'all when I get back.

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2003-07-12T06:25:35Z

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jiggydoo @ 2003-07-09T01:02:00

2003-07-09T05:07:20Z

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Happy 4th!

2003-07-04T16:36:09Z

So I feel like I've been sorta MIA lately. I don't know what's up. But I'm still here.

I had a dream last night about having my new niece around. It's the first time I've actually dreamed about her as a baby. Yeah, I don't know what it means. Jennie's only got about 2 more months. She's having a baby shower Sunday. It's all pretty exciting.

Have a happy Independence Day everyone!

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yeah, that's about it

2003-06-29T03:59:52Z

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2003-06-19T04:13:48Z

jiggydoo
Magic Number	14
Job	Writer
Personality	Procrastinator (If The Apathy Doesn't Kill Me)
Temperament	Unflappable
Sexual	Whatever, Whenever, Whoever
Likely To Win	Time Off For Good Behaviour
Me - In A Word	Ditsy

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It's Gone!!!

2003-06-17T05:47:19Z

All gone!! My hopes and dreams and plans for my future. My future license plate. How could the DMV give it to someone else. It was supposed to be my personalized plate! Didn't they know I was coming?

On the way home from a nice trip to MacArthur, Jamie saw it. It was there on this car in front of us, mocking me because it knew I could not have it. The plate on the car said, "To Oz". Y'all, that was mine. Everyone knew it. Those bastards!

Having my own car will never be quite the same. The joy I would feel with that plate has been ripped from my hands before I got a full grasp on it.

*sniffle*

Rain drops keep falling on my head

2003-06-11T19:55:10Z

That's not rain. That's bird shit. And not on my head, in case that was your next thought. On the car. A bird had freakin' diarrhea on my mom's car. There is speckled white bird shit all over my mom's car. What the hell was that bird eating? Go buy some Pepto Bismal, I mean damn.

My dad's outside washing it now.

"Mine"

2003-06-10T17:57:27Z

Saw Finding Nemo and I love the seagulls. I want one of those seagulls. All they say is "mine." I think I should get one and send it to my niece, Olivia. I bet her parents would love that. Do they even sell the seagulls? They should. Dear Disney, please sell the seagulls and make sure they talk. Love, Dorothy.

We're in the process of planning a baby shower for my sister. This is fun. To an extent.

I got this random email telling me that Amazon.com is now taking pre-orders for the first season of ER on dvd. This is something that I would eventually like to have, just so I can have it. I like the show, but my world isn't going to stop if I don't go and order it right now and then sit on my porch waiting for the mail to come everyday.

And so I sit here thinking about how sometime in the future I will buy the first season of ER on dvd. Probably when I've reached my first duty station and have some money and have settled down and stuff. And that gets me to thinking about where I'm going to be stationed. I wish they could tell me right now, I really do. It'll probably be another year before I find out where I will go after school, so I hope my patience kicks in soon.

And then I start to wonder about what kind of car I will get when I move there. I'm sure I'll get the car before the first season of ER on dvd. And I wonder if I'll be able to get a personalized plate for my car in the state I'll be in. And where's the first big place I'll drive that car? I don't mean around town, I mean like a little roadtrip. Maybe I'll take a weekend and hop in my new car and drive somewhere. Maybe my first season ER dvd will be in the mail while I'm on this trip.

And maybe some of my friends will come with me. What kind of friends am I going to make? Will they be new to the area too? Maybe they'll know the area and show me around town.

And while I'm exploring the area in my new car, hopefully I'll find a church that I'll go too and really like. And they'll accept me in and I'll meet people there. Maybe I'll fall in love. I might have the first season of ER on dvd by this point.

Or maybe I'll be stationed in Norfolk(no!) and all of what I've said except about the car and roadtrip won't mean anything. But I'm sure I'll still get my first season of ER on dvd.

Do you think I've put too much thought into this whole ER dvd thing?

Three kids in two years

2003-05-28T03:28:19Z

My niece Olivia, my brother(Chip) and sister-in-law's(Judy) daughter turned one a couple of weeks ago. Most of you know that my sister Jennie is having a baby in September. I call the baby the Bean. My Bean. Jennie's having a little girl. Well this past weekend Chip and Judy told us that she is again pregnant and is due December 3rd, their wedding anniversary. Everyone together, awww. So in two years I went from no nieces or nephews to two nieces and a something. Judy doesn't want to find out what the baby is, I'm hoping for a boy. So we have Olivia, the Bean, and Take Two. It's going to be an exciting second half of the year.

In other news, I saw this article and knew Jamie would like it.

By The Associated Press

SAN DIEGO - In the latest example of art imitating life, a group of high school students has created a musical based on Winona Ryder (news)'s shoplifting trial.

Point Loma High School's "Sticky Fingers: A Tale of Saks, Lies and Videotape" satirizes the trial last fall in which the Oscar-nominated actress was convicted of taking about $6,000 worth of items from Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills.

The production is the culmination of a year's worth of work by several dozen students and is directed by teacher Larry Zeiger, who plays piano for the show and stars as CNN interviewer Larry King.

"Sticky Fingers" marks the 27th annual production by Zeiger's "Gotta Sing Gotta Dance Company."

"We're inspired by the old Mickey Rooney (news)-Judy Garland (news), `Hey, let's put on a show,' kind of spirit," said the literature, film and drama teacher, who has taught at the San Diego school for 29 years.

The musical follows a missile-factory employee and tango dancer who travels to Rodeo Drive, where she has a fateful meeting with her idol, Ryder, at Saks. The department store donated shopping bags for the set.

Ryder was invited to see the show, which opens this week, but the school hasn't received a response. Her publicist, Mara Buxbaum, said she didn't know whether the 31-year-old actress ever saw the invitation.

Jamie, you should try and get tickets.

Nothing of real imporatance

2003-05-22T16:27:28Z

If one more person calls my house at 8:30 in the morning to try and sell me windows... "I live in a cave, I have no windows, don't ever call me again."

My niece, Olivia, turned 1 last week. I can't believe how time is flying. And my sister's baby, the Bean, is definetely a girl. She wasn't shy at the appointment when they did the ultrasound.

For all the Smallville watchers, I think Helen and Lionel made some sort of deal and that's why she came back. She slipped Lex something in that drink and then got the hell off that plane. Just my thoughts.

I can't believe the WB has a show called The O'Keefe's. Why do they have to portray stupid people using my last name? At least it's spelled different.

I guess I had some stuff to say after all.

And I better go now 'cause I bet Jamie is trying to call.

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The spoon is the key

2003-05-15T17:33:59Z

To the Matrix. Oh and lots of other important stuff happens too.

Mt dance grade was finally posted yesterday. I got a B, which surprised me considering I got a 54(a big ol' fat F) on the first test, but because she curved 10 points I got a 64(a D). And just so you know, the class average was an F, it wasn't just me. She just sucks ass as a teacher. Anyway, I got a B and so I have a 3.37 for the semester and now I have a 3.1 overall. My overall GPA actually went up from a 3.04. Color me shocked.

Ummm...

2003-05-13T04:18:27Z

I couldn't think of a good subject line.

Anyway, still no dance grade today, so I followed Jamie's advice and called the office of the registrar and sat on hold for about 25 minutes for the lady to tell me that the grades are supposed to be in within 48 hours, but if all else fails the profs have until Wednesday to turn them in. Well damn. I've spent a lot of good energy complaining about this and I still have a legitimate complaint, but now she has this loophole. Part of me hopes that she doesn't have it up by Wednesday so I can go postal on her ass(metaphorically speaking of course). She has still never emailed me back.

I got an A in pep band. Somehow, I figured I'd do well in that class.

Do any of you Kempsville, Kemps Landing people remember a guy named Daniel Yoder? I was looking in the paper the other day and saw his obituary. I don't know what he died of, but he was in the Army and was up in Maryland. He was married too.

They should not show Olive Garden commercials this late at night. I'm getting really hungry. I think they're teasing me.

Concerts and drunk people

2003-05-12T04:50:21Z

So I started working on Friday. At the Ampitheater. It's fine. I can hear the music, but can't see the artist. It's kinda like listening to the radio. Friday was Alan Jackson and I worked one of the beer stands. It was a portable one with four people handling money and two getting the drinks out of the coolers and pouring them or taking the top off. The people can't keep the tops for safetly reasons and they can only keep the bottle if it is plastic. I was doing money. "Hi, what can I get you? No, we don't have an Bud products. I don't know why. I didn't order the beer. I understand you don't like the rest of them. A Coronoa? Okay. With or without lime?(like it's the biggest freakin' decision they've ever made in their life.) That'll be $6.00. I know. I didn't make the prices. Well the others are $7.50. I know, it's a lot. Has it gone up? I'm not sure if there will be Bud at the next concert. Have a nice night." They get funnier the more they drink, though. Because I got there first I was in charge of the money for my stand so I had to take it back(with an escort) at the end of the night and count it and all that jazz. I got out of there a little before midnight. Oh, and we get tips, so it's ncie. It's not all that much, but it's still something.

Sunday, Mom's Day. It was nice. I got my mom some plants that she has to grow 'cause she likes flowers and she's very hard to shop for. She liked it.

I had to work again Sunday. This time it was ZZ Top. The Bearded Ones themselves. I figured I'd be at the same place again, but I was not. I was assigned to the Margurita stand tonight. With someone else who had never done it. Great planning, there Ampitheater people. They brought the mix out and showed us how to run the industrial blender. It was all very easy. But you can't really get more than one cupful out of the pitcher at a time or else it goes everywhere. A concept it took my parter and long LONG time to figure out. That margurita stuff is sticky too. I was feeling very grody by the end of the night. I again was the money lady, but I got out there a lot earlier 'cause they start closing the alcohol stands down after 9:15 and since the beer is the last to close, everything else closes first. Oh, and marguritas are $11.00 for a 14oz and $6.50 for an 8oz. If you wanna drink at the Ampitheater, you might wanna take a loan out.

Oh, and if you're wondering my dance grade STILL is not up. I took that final on the first day of exams a week and a half ago. It has now been 240 hours since the test. That's 192 hours after she was supposed to have the grade posted. I emailed her and asked when the grades would be posted, but I have not recieved a reply. This shouldn't surprise me. It took about 6 weeks to get our first paper back to us. ODU, why are you wasting money to pay her in this time of budget cuts and financial problems?? (I said pretty much the same thing in my eval of her class, btw.)

That's about it.

School's out for the summer!

2003-05-09T00:28:09Z

I'm very happy. I'll miss some of my classes, but not all. Ugh, I hate that dance lady! See, ODU has this rule that says that final grades must be posted within 48 hours after taking your final exam. I took the dance exam a week ago. That's 168 hours ago and she still has not posted the final grades. I don't want to have to send another email to her.

My exam today was pretty easy. I knew the format and what to expect and I think I did just fine. So far I have a B in linguistics and a B+ in Women in US History. I'm pretty certain I'll get and A/A- in the Short Story and who the hell knows what I got in dance. I'm thinking the teacher doesn't even know at this point. Ugh, that harpy!

I went running this evening. My body was like, hey what's going on?? It didn't like it. I think I may have jumped too far ahead. I need to go walking more and build some endurance up before I try and run for long periods.

I have to go to the recruiter's office tomorrow to learn all the commands and stuff and how to yell them out right.

I start work tomorrow at the Ampitheater. Come to a concert and find me and I will take care of all your beer needs. That's right, I'm sellin' beer. It should be pretty interesting. I still don't know all that much about what the job entails and all that, but I guess I will find out tomorrow. I'm kind of excited about getting to hear all the concerts even if I can't see them. I think it'll be cool. Someone be sure and remind me of this in a couple months when I'm bitching about my job.

But most importantly, I'm looking forward to this upcoming girl's night. I vote we all get intoxicated before we try and dye Jamie's hair.