listening to music in the dark with eyes wide open

kalliejenn2 @ 2008-08-18T12:28:00

2008-08-18T16:29:08Z

well, damn! wed, thur, fri, sat, and sun nights are completely booked. i better enjoy my mon/tues downtime, because i apparently won't be having any until the following monday!

sick hoggie

2008-08-05T18:40:54Z

discovering that jeffie had mites last night was *not* my idea of a fun time...but as i'm a good hog mommy, i scrubbed out his cage and toys, gave him new bedding, and then before putting him back in, gave him a bath and then a dip in some water/olive oil, which the breeder said would help smother the mites. also washed everything that had ever touched him recently, including our clothes.

was very upset both last night/this morning - tried to get him a vet appt to get some meds for the mites this morning, but the regular vet was out of town until this friday (did NOT want to wait that long!) and angel memorial wanted $130 for an emergency visit...so i decided to work from home, and then drove him back up to the breeder's (in NH) to get the meds (which she luckily happened to have on hand). he should be fine now (breeder says the mites should be dead in 24 hours), but still stressy. also got a ticket from the street sweeper this morning since i parked on the wrong side because i was so stressed out and therefore not paying attention.

ugh, stank day.

i did, however, get to meet two hairless kittens at the breeders and watch them play...freaky little dudes, but cool!

kalliejenn2 @ 2008-08-04T18:44:00

2008-08-04T22:45:13Z

there is really nothing better than snuggling with your baby hedgie against your chest and watching as his tiny little eyes close as he nods off.

baby!

2008-08-02T21:30:00Z

yesterday we brought home our little baby hedgie, jeffie. he's adorable, and fun to snuggle, if a bit scaredy-cat at times (he likes to puff up into a spiny ball when he gets freaked out...which right now is often). it's apparently a baby thing that they eventually outgrow if they are socialized enough. picture below (of jeffie exploring), more on my flickr account

HEDGIE!!!!!!!!!

2008-07-31T16:19:24Z

the whole hedgie as a pet thing seems to be moving very quickly...i got my landlord to agree that we can have a hedgehog (and change the lease to say so as well), and after contacting a ton of breeders in the MA/NH/VT areas (many of whom have 6+ month wait lists!) i have found one that has five available baby boys (i wanted a male) who says i can come up tomorrow or saturday and pick one out! i am so very excited!!!!! the link below is to pictures of the babies -which do you think i should get? (jon and i have already picked out a name for our hedgie - "jeffy" - from the dancing duck in south park)

http://picasaweb.google.com/PricklyPairHedgehogs/AvailableBabies

music meme (courtesy of lillibet)

2008-07-15T20:16:51Z

If you want to participate:

- Go to musicoutfitters.com
- Enter the year you graduated from high school in the search box and get the list of 100 most popular songs of that year
- Bold the songs you like
- Italicize the songs you liked then, but don't now
- Strike through the ones you hate (I went with "didn't like")
- Underline your favorites.
- Do nothing to the ones you don't remember.

~~1. Believe, Cher~~
~~2. No Scrubs, TLC~~
3. Angel Of Mine, Monica
4. Heartbreak Hotel, Whitney Houston
~~5. ...Baby One More Time, Britney Spears~~
~~6. Kiss Me, Sixpence None The Richer~~
~~7. Genie In A Bottle, Christina Aguilera~~
8. Every Morning, Sugar Ray
9. Nobody's Supposed To Be Here, Deborah Cox
10. Livin' La Vida Loca, Ricky Martin
11. Where My Girls At?, 702
~~12. If You Had My Love, Jennifer Lopez~~
13. Slide, Goo Goo Dolls
~~14. Have You Ever?, Brandy~~
~~15. I Want It That Way, Backstreet Boys~~
16. I'm Your Angel, R. Kelly and Celine Dion
~~17. All Star, Smash Mouth~~
18. Angel, Sarah McLachlan
~~19. Smooth, Santana Featuring Rob Thomas~~
20. Unpretty, TLC
~~21. Bills, Bills, Bills, Destiny's Child~~
22. Save Tonight, Eagle-Eye Cherry
~~23. Last Kiss, Pearl Jam~~
24. Fortunate, Maxwell
~~25. All I Have To Give, Backstreet Boys~~
~~26. Bailamos, Enrique Iglesias~~
27. What's It Gonna Be?!, Busta Rhymes Featuring Janet
28. What It's Like, Everlast
~~29. Fly Away, Lenny Kravitz~~
30. Someday, Sugar Ray
31. Lately, Divine
32. That Don't Impress Me Much, Shania Twain
33. Wild Wild West, Will Smith Featuring Dru Hill and Kool Moe Dee
34. Scar Tissue, Red Hot Chili Peppers
35. Heartbreaker, Mariah Carey Featuring Jay-Z
36. I Still Believe, Mariah Carey
37. The Hardest Thing, 98 Degrees
~~38. Summer Girls, LFO~~
39. Can I Get A..., Jay-Z Featuring Amil (Of Major Coinz) and Ja
40. Jumper, Third Eye Blind
41. Doo Wop (That Thing), Lauryn Hill
42. Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...), Lou Bega
43. Sweet Lady, Tyrese
~~44. It's Not Right But It's Okay, Whitney Houston~~
45. (God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time On You, 'N Sync
46. Lullaby, Shawn Mullins
47. Anywhere, 112 Featuring Lil'Z
48. Tell Me It's Real, K-Ci and JoJo
~~49. Back 2 Good, Matchbox 20~~
50. 808, Blaque
51. She's So High, Tal Bachman
52. She's All I Ever Had, Ricky Martin
53. Miami, Will Smith
~~54. Hands, Jewel~~
55. Who Dat, JT Money Featuring Sole
56. Please Remember Me, Tim McGraw
~~57. From This Moment On, Shania Twain~~
~~58. Love Like This, Faith Evans~~
59. You, Jesse Powell
60. Trippin', Total Featuring Missy Elliott
61. If You (Lovin' Me), Silk
62. Ex-Factor, Lauryn Hill
63. Give It To You, Jordan Knight
64. Black Balloon, Goo Goo Dolls
65. Spend My Life With You, Eric Benet Featuring Tamia
66. These Are The Times, Dru Hill
67. I Don't Want To Miss A Thing, Mark Chesnutt
68. I Do (Cherish You), 98 Degrees
69. Because Of You, 98 Degrees
70. I Will Remember You (Live), Sarah McLachlan
71. Chante's Got A Man, Chante Moore
72. Happily Ever After, Case
73. My Love Is Your Love, Whitney Houston
~~74. All Night Long, Faith Evans Featuring Puff Daddy~~
75. Back That Thang Up, Juvenile Featuring Mannie Fresh and Lil' Wayne
76. Almost Doesn't Count, Brandy
~~77. Man! I Feel Like A Woman!, Shania Twain~~
78. Steal My Sunshine, Len
~~79. I Need To Know, Marc Anthony~~
80. So Anxious, Ginuwine
81. Faded Pictures, Case and Joe
82. Back At One, Brian McKnight
83. When A Woman's Fed Up, R. Kelly
84. How Forever Feels, Kenny Chesney
~~85. Amazed, Lonestar~~
86. Sometimes, Britney Spears
87. Ghetto Cowboy, Mo Thugs Family Featuring Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
88. Out Of My Head, Fastball
89. Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem), Jay-Z
90. Jamboree, Naughty By Nature Featuring Zhane
~~91. Take Me There, BLACKstreet and Mya Featuring Mase and Blinky Blink~~
92. Stay The Same, Joey McIntyre
93. Lesson In Leavin', Jo Dee Messina
94. Iris, Goo Goo Dolls
95. Satisfy You, Puff Daddy Featuring R. Kelly
96. Better Days (And The Bottom Drops Out), Citizen King
97. Music Of My Heart, 'N Sync and Gloria Estefan
98. Write This Down, George Strait
~~99. When You Believe, Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey~~
~~100. God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You, Alabama Featuring 'N Sync~~

new phone!

2008-07-15T14:08:19Z

i'm getting a new phone (free, via verizon wireless's "new every two" program). i'm so excited - it's so shiny, and has a qwerty keyboard for texting. eeeee!

my new phone

kalliejenn2 @ 2008-07-09T14:21:00

2008-07-09T18:21:08Z

you lose your wallet (with several credit cards, ID, several gift cards, etc.) and house keys. someone finds it, takes the trouble to track you down, and asks what you want them to do with it. do you:

a). freak out and rush down there right away to get it...somebody has your wallet and you want it back ASAP
b). thank them profusely and tell them you'll be over as soon as you can to pick it up
or
c). get snippy, tell them you don't have time to pick it up today, and ask - not politely - if they can deliver it to you at work.

if you answered c, you're probably the guy whose wallet i found today.

come see the play i directed!

2008-06-26T19:20:26Z

http://www.theatreatfirst.org/shows/one-acts08/one-acts08.shtml

photos!

2008-06-26T13:55:36Z

photos of portland/seattle (including spotted owl pics!) are up in my flickr account now!

PHOTOS

so much accomplished!

2008-05-26T01:09:15Z

we got so much done this weekend - saturday we went through bags of jon's stuff he hadn't looked at in a long time, and took a lot of it to goodwill (and got rid of a few computer monitors) in anticipation of the move. then went and got him a bike at ace wheelworks in davis...for less than $300, which was surprising - i was sure we'd spend more like $500 for the kind of bike he was looking for (one with upright handlebars) - but it turns out that they can attach handlebar extensions to make it upright for just a few bucks. sunday i had a girly tea party (yay! this was great and needs to happen again!) and then went for a lovely bike ride with my mister. i'm so glad i get to go on nice rides with him now. and there's still a whole weekend day left!

quick updates

2008-05-14T17:06:21Z

two of our lovely friends got married last weekend. isn't the bride pretty!

also, i love my baby! we're going on vacation to portland, or and seattle soon, and i'm excited! he's also moving in soon - yay!!!!

casting

2008-05-09T03:20:50Z

i am so exhausted, and could really use a solid 12 hours of sleep, but casting is done! i think that had to be the fastest casting ever (we were done quite some time ago, actually), and people should be hearing back from us soon. i'm very excited, but also just want to snuggle into bed!

auditions for the one acts

2008-05-07T13:47:59Z

i have discovered that i am much more excited about directing than i ever was about acting (i totally want to do this again)! watching auditions last night was great, and got me really pumped (i was still on a high after i got home). i'm really psyched for tonight's auditions, too (and thursday's!) yay for directing!!!

kalliejenn2 @ 2008-05-02T23:45:00

2008-05-03T03:47:05Z

valadil told me about dog island - an island where dogs go to vacation:

http://www.thedogisland.com/

and then i discovered it wasn't real, and i couldn't go vacation there, and i got very sad.

photos are up!

2008-04-27T15:32:26Z

photos from friday's clue party and sally's bachelorette party are now up on my flickr account!

http://flickr.com/photos/44124345662@N01/

weight loss, yay!

2008-04-01T14:44:01Z

as of today (15 days into my diet) i have lost 5.5 lbs. the first 4 lbs. came off the first week, and the next 1.5 came off the second week. this diet is actually pretty easy to stick to (1600 cals/day roughly, and whatever exercise i can fit in). i think i lost more weight the first week because i was getting more exercise then.

i'm getting comfier with my weight as it drops down, though my goal is still 34 more lbs. honestly, i'd be happy with even 24 more, as that would be a lower weight than i've been at in a long time, and one at which i'd be totally ok with.

kalliejenn2 @ 2008-03-28T15:39:00

2008-03-28T19:42:07Z

the man who stands quietly behind me (and who kisses me gently on the head), letting me watch the three golden retrievers run by for several minutes, is definitely the man for me.

i love you, the mister. happy 6 months tomorrow!

TMBG

2008-03-28T15:15:16Z

WOO! one of jon's friends had two extra TMBG tickets for tonight, so we get to go! woot for awesome boyfriend!

and it was all yellow

2008-03-18T14:21:10Z

there are currently 40 beautiful, blooming daffodils on my desk at work, and they smell lovely! (one of the higher-ups at work sent each person in our office 10 daffodils in appreciation of all our hard work, and we only had one vase in the office, so i get them all on my desk!). today feels very spring-y because of it (AND i saw crocuses blooming yesterday).

birfaday

2008-03-06T21:57:44Z

well, i was having a *lovely* birthday until just a few hours ago.  i got lots of cards and calls and lj posts wishing me happy b-day, and i felt very loved. i even got surprise cupcakes from kicka** delivered by the lovely ms. a. lee (i was very confused when the bell rang, as i had been napping, but it was totally!! worth waking up for)...they were delicious and covered in pretty sprinkles with little candles on them and b-day flags!

as i said, i WAS having a lovely b-day. and then i went to my dentist's appointment. now, normally, dentists make me shake a bit with fear and nervousness. i get incredibly tense just *seeing* metal instruments, let alone having them go in my mouth. this dentist (on college ave.) was lovely as far as dentists go, but he didn't bother to even be SLIGHTLY gentle when breaking it to me that i have 9 - NINE - cavities. NINE FUCKING CAVITIES. now, when they scrape my teeth...i get shaky, freaked out. but the prospect of having nine cavities drilled was more than i could take...i started weeping in his office. he kept asking if i had any questions (which of course, i did), but i couldn't get anything out of my throat as i was way too choked up.   if i had been able, i would have been screaming - but as it was, all i could get out were big, gulpy sobs.

as if that weren't bad enough, the lady at the front desk tells me that (EVEN WITH INSURANCE, MIND YOU), it is going to cost me about $640 to have all this work done. OH MY GOD. i do NOT have $640 to spend on my teeth, or anything for that matter. i don't know where i am going to come up with that money. also, according to her, having a 2-surface cavity filled with the white porcelean filling - $124 - having it filled with silver - only $25 for the same filling. a $100 difference! if i got silver fillings only, i'd save about $400, possibly more.

she says that getting the silver fillings instead is a really bad idea, though, as many people have problems with them and have sensitivity for a long time with hot/cold due to them. still, i don't know...$400 is a huge chunk of change that i really don't have. has anyone else had experience with this?

i am totally freaked out by all this, and can't seem to stop crying. i don't understand how my insurance, which is supposed to pay 75% of costs after a $25 (yearly) deductible, is paying for so little. i am really, really upset about this.

the coat search ends!!

2008-02-22T20:43:58Z

yay, i found a coat! on a whim (since school got canceled for the day at 1:30 and i got out early) i checked out filene's basement, and whoa, what phenomenal sales they had today! most of the coats, which were already drastically reduced, were an additional 50% off. the coat i found (a chocolate brown shearling much like my old one). originally $200, marked down to $75, and i got it for half that - $38!! so cheap for a winter coat, and it's beautiful! so happy to be rid of the old, icky one!

if you're looking for a winter coat, they have a pretty good selection left, and they are way cheap!

shopping post

2008-02-19T19:27:59Z

finally bought a purse i think i can live with (i'm extremely picky about them, and i've been searching for a new one for a damn long time:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=9535248

however, the coat search continues. the one i bought from chadwicks was way too huge on me, and also the wrong color (the picture they had on their website was totally off). i had to return it, which cheesed me off, but whatever. jon and i also went coat shopping @ the mall and several other places this weekend, and i STILL can't find anything. why can't i find a frikkin coat i like??

kalliejenn2 @ 2008-02-03T11:15:00

2008-02-03T16:37:49Z

when a boy blows on the candles on his 25th birthday cake and tells you his birthday wish is to spend his next 25 years with you, it might make you *swoon* a little bit

subway performer

2008-01-30T01:55:12Z

y'all are probably going to think i'm nuts, but it's always been a dream of mine to be a subway performer. and this year i've resolved to do things i haven't done before, things that are scary to me...and i want to be a subway performer this year. i want to sing a variety of songs (dar williams, ingrid michaelson, regina spektor...things in that range).

i need someone who'd be able to play guitar for me, though. i'd be willing to pay for their performer's permit in exchange for part of one day of practice a week and part of one day (possibly weekend) playing at a station...and half of whatever we'd make. know anyone that might fit that bill (if so, please let me know!)

nuts, i know, but i've really wanted to do this for a while!