Friday, October 02, 2009

7 Quick Takes

This past week...

1. I GOT MY YUDU (personal screen printer). As excited as I was about it, I almost took it back. I couldn't get the emulsion onto the screen properly and it was driving me insane and just wasn't worth the hassle. However, I finally got it right, and am now learning all about the best ways to create my designs for maximum transfer to a t-shirt. It's a learning process, but is totally AWESOME. Now that I know what I'm doing, I can't wait to play more! Damn class and "work" for interfering!

2. I have gotten more comments about my weight loss than any other week. People have said, "If you get any thinner we won't be able to see you!" "You're like half of you!" and I got a really sweet email from a friend I hadn't seen in a while describing me as "striking." The positive reinforcement really helps! I'm about 15 pounds away from my "goal" and that's pretty exciting.

3. I went with my supervisor to get a new license because his had expired and I realized that I definitely need a new one. Even the guy at American Eagle said something to me about how my license picture doesn't look like me. Perhaps I'll go on a day when I don't look like total shit. Everyone who sees that pictures says, "Holy shit. Uh, I mean, I don't mean to be rude...but, um..." Yeah, I know. I look like a convict, and a fat one. It's not as bad as my Costco picture where I also look toothless.

4. So, the online dating is...special. I did get a message from a guy yesterday. Perhaps I should let you all judge whether and how to respond.

Message from: masterpice
Subject: baby I wanna meet you
Body: I hang out in Tacoma and Seattle often,
not that far away honey.
I want to meet you
hold you
quench your fire.
make your heart mine
baby I want you I need you near me
I want to kiss the sweet feet you walk on.
love E***


***I removed the rest of his name because by God, that email is awful.

Here's a picture of masterpice courtesy of okCupid and dashoff





5. I've done pretty well with getting up early. It's not going quite as well as I'd hoped it would, but I'm doing so much better that I'll take this progress for now.

6. The weather here got cold and I had to go out and buy new pants. Two pairs of jeans, one which is sort of uncomfortable, just isn't going to cut it for the winter. It's so sad because I still have a whole pile of jeans on my floor that I just can't wear anymore. If they're not going to stay on your butt, they're sort of useless as pants.

7. As I was cleaning off some of my Yudu stuff in the tub (yeah, the bathtub, the shower head in there is better than my kitchen faucet) I turned away from the tub to move something and hit my head on the corner of the walls. I hit it so hard it brought tears to my eyes. That was two days ago and I still have a spot where it hurts. Now I know how Tim Tebow felt...you know, on a much, much smaller scale.