28 OCT 2003 - 7.46a
thanks to like three people for your concern about my accident. i am very happy to be alive.
you'd be surprised how freely enterprise rents out cars... "oh, i crashed one, may i have another?" "SURE! we'll bring it right around!!" this time i got a ford focus... i'm going to be quite the expert on the economy car once this is over and done with. i must admit that the ford focus is a million miles nicer than the dodge neon ever was (yes, even prior to being totalled).
hopefully the accident will be the end of my really shitty luck as of late.
i forgot to write about the new addition to our family. his name is henry snodgrass and he is about the size of a large dog. he has long ears and he is SO CUTE!!! he won't be coming home for a couple of weeks, but i am ever so excited to bring him home! he is a miniature mule!!
had a lovely conversation with princess last night. she's such a great person to talk to when i'm down or confused. she always lets me know for real when i'm doing or thinking the right things and when i'm just being a nerd. for instance, i'm being a nerd about lungeing the baby horse. i am not being a nerd about other things. thanks, p!!
26 OCT 2003 - 8.40p
so. my life sucks. for instance, today while driving my piece of shit rental car dodge neon (in case you missed one of the "missing" blog entries, my cr-v is sidelined... there's a hole in the bottom of it... long story), i was in an accident (not my fault) which totalled the neon. i am okay. it was scary.
i was driving down the road to go to the barn, doing about 50 (the speed limit). a car was coming down the road, heading the opposite direction when he made a left turn in front of me... so close in front of me that i had no time to react and slammed into the side of his bmw. i am pretty sure i was not expecting him to turn. it was totally his fault. i am not hurt (yet). airbags went off.
there were pieces (wheels, his entire rear bumper, etc.) of the bmw scattered all over. i am happy i was not hurt... but it was the scariest thing ever. i don't really remember a lot. oh, but i do remember that he said he didn't even see me coming and that he was sneezing, which is why he turned in front of me.
22 OCT 2003 - 8.09a
pitas was down this weekend... and somewhere in their crash, they lost the last few entries from me. that totally blows, because there was some pretty good stuff in there. i am not going to attempt to rewrite any of it. just too painful!
david is coming! david is coming! he drove from minneapolis to milwaukee last night. from milwaukee to cleveland (well, medina) today! i'm excited. i haven't seen him in almsot a year (the last time he did the trip).
06 OCT 2003 - 8.09a
some of you might know that i have a lump on my neck (a.k.a. my neck cancer)... the last two days, i am pretty sure the lump has grown slightly. it is now very painful. i hope this doesn't mean my head and/or neck will fall off.
i had a pretty good weekend despite the growth of the neck cancer. horses were good, even though i feel like i slightly neglected newt yesterday. phoebe marie toast pointer was TERRIBLE last night... she ran off when she went out to go potty before bed... and she found a nice pile of stinky poo (no clue what kind of poo it was) and did an excellent job of coating both sides with it. i had to give her a late night bath, washing her twice because she smelled to the high heavens. i can think of better ways to spend a sunday night.
04 OCT 2003 - 8.07a
i have to wake up so early now, even on weekends. my baby horse starts throwing a fit if i'm not there by nine. if i'm not there by ten, she starts trashing her stall. the last two days she's been naughty. yesterday was really bad. i don't want to go into details, so i won't.
i found out the twilight singers are coming to the grog shop on wednesday, november 12. oh my god... i haven't seen greg dulli in so long... so, so, so long. i am going to be there. i would like to kiss him on the hand. i should probably get the twilight singers' new album... if i only had money. i'm starting to worry how i'm going to pay for all of these things... belle and sebastian, gbv, twilight singers, the shins... if anybody would like to contribute to my musical scholarship fund, please let me know. or if anybody would like to take me on a date, see above suggestions.
i suppose i'll probably spend today freezing my ass off with the horses. tonight i'm scheduled to attend a barn party, complete with bonfire, hayrides, and a weenie roast. however, i have been suffering in the cold... the disease that i have that makes my hands and feet turn white was out of control yesterday... my right hand especially. if i feel like it's too cold tonight, i'm going to pass on the bonfire and go to the bars in kent. woot!
lovely amy sent me the cutest surprise gift in the mail the other day. she's such a peach! i was so shocked! and the gift made me giggle, as did amy's choice of gerber stationery.
sigh. i'm going to get horses out now. before they start attacking.
01 OCT 2003 - 12.32a
happy october! i have about 2/5 of my paper done. the goal for tonight was 3/5. i might read through another article and call it the halfway point and call it a night. i'm tired. i picked a totally kick ass topic for my project in this media criticisms class... but i'm just so tired. and this is only a draft, not even a final copy. drafts are so gay... so 6th grade, you know?