Chix Chat

From: Michele
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 9:35 PM
Subject: Were we twins seperated at birth?

HI Anne!
 
I always look forward to our daily e-mails!  I was just thinking the other day how amazing it is how much we have in common!  I mean were both 28, we’re both single, we both still live at home, we both have sisters, we’re both Christians, we’re both virgins, we’re both looking for the same attributes in a man, we’re both in lust with Arnold Vosloo ….. Amazing!  Well , like I said before I believe God brought us together.
 
Nah, no plans for the weekend.  I’m working both Saturday and Sunday.  I’m off tomorrow, though.  If Danielle works in the morning maybe we’ll go to the movies tomorrow night.
 
It takes us about 10-15 minutes to close up at night.  Not only do we have to count the drawers, we have to run the vacuum and straighten cards.  We stay much later during our busy periods (Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and Christmas) because there is a lot more money to count.  And if there is a mistake with the credit card slips, that takes even longer.  One night during last Christmas we didn’t get out of there until 10!  And I had to be back in at 8:30 the next morning!  As you can imagine, I wasn’t a happy camper.
 
Let me tell you what happened about the stolen money ( I think I mentioned that).  IT happened last year.  Nora (she’s my boss) was in the hospital.  She had a tumor removed from her stomach.  Thank God it wasn’t cancerous and the operation went well.  Amy was the assistant manager at the time.  Only three of us (besides Nora) knew the combination to the safe- Me, Amy and Mary.  One morning, about a week after Nora’s operation, I opened the store.  I came in at 9, and Pat (who is Amy’s mom) and Grace started at 9:30.  Well, when I opened the safe and took the deposit bags out, they felt strangely light.  I noticed they were opened and empty.  Anne, you don’t want to know the panic I felt surge my body then!  I just so happened to have worked the night before (I was the one who put the bags in the safe) and I racked my brain thinking ‘did I put the money in the bags last night?’  Of course I did, but you know when you panic and you can’t think straight?  I didn’t know what to do!  I felt sick to my stomach, I was having trouble breathing, I was nearly crying.  I had a panic attack, the first one I’ve had in years!  I didn’t even know who to call?  The police?  Mall security?  Finally Pat and Grace came in and I told them what happened.  Pat called Amy and Amy said we had to call Susan, who was the district manager.  Pat called her, I was too upset.  And Susan called Bob who is sort of the "head honcho".  They figured that it had to have been one of the employees, and someone who knew the combination.  And since I worked the previous night and opened the next morning things didn’t look too good for me.  I was so scared that I was going to lose my job.  I was so scared that my co-workers would think I was a thief.  Then I realized that "Hey, I didn’t do it and God knows the truth and if people don’t believe me then that’s their problem!"  So, who did take the money?  We never found out, but we have high suspicions that it was Amy.  She was fired a month later.  NOt because of that.  She was slacking off in her job and Nora couldn’t take her irresponsibility’s anymore.  Pat had quit too.  I guess Nora still trusted me because as soon as Pat and Amy left we got new locks on the doors and a new combination on the safe and Nora gave me a key along with the new combination.  And since Pat and Amy left, money hasn’t been gone like it was before.  (some nights when Amy worked, the drawers would be short $10 …$15) .  Something more disturbing- I believe that they set me up.  I mean they took the money between a night I worked and a morning I worked.  I had a key and I knew the combination.  Also, I live the closest.  I was really hurt by that.  Amy and I were pretty friendly with each other.  We would borrow each other’s movies and I had a good time with her at work.  I haven’t seen either of them since last September, and I don’t care if I ever see them again.  Something even more disturbing- and makes me angry- Nora was supposed to be on sick leave until the middle of October.  She needed time to rest and heal from her surgery.  Well, she came back at the beginning of September, because of what was going on.  Were Amy and Pat that selfish and uncaring that they would jeopardize Nora’s health for a measly $1,000?  Yes, measly because $1,000 really doesn’t go far nowadays.  Anyway, I wouldn’t care if it was a million dollars, what they did was cruel and spiteful.  Pat was the one person I ever had a problem with.  She was moody and crabby.  I learned to get along with her, but boy was i glad when she quit!  NOra was too.  Even now she’ll say to me, "Oh, Michele, I’m so glad they’re gone!"  I had found out months later that Bob wanted to fire me, Amy and Mary (because we knew the combination) but Nora fought for us (well, for me and Mary).  She said to me, "Michele, I know you could never steal."  God,  I would never even think about it!
 
I’m sure your bosses are just trying to be through, but I can understand your annoyance.  Its like you want to say "Um, excuse me, but does it say ’stupid’ across my forehead?  (lol)
 
Yeah, Arnold gets around a lot.  Look out for his next movie- I think Its called "The Red Phone".  I don’t know when its being released, but I’ll let you know as soon as I find out.  You haven’t seen The Mummy Returns yet?!  Hurry!  You have to see him on the big screen!  Good lord, he is so beautiful!  There should be an Arnold Vosloo channel.  Yep, ATV.  All Arnold.  All the time!  And late at night it would be "Arnold After Hours"  Where he would parade around in the nude for two hours!  And every night he talks to the camera and uses a different girls name.  So on a Michele night he would look at the camera and say things like, "You are so beautiful, Michele.  I want to make love to you.  I want to touch you and have you touch me.  See how much I desire you?"  The camera pans down to his …. well to his  appendage, and he is obviously in an "excited" state.  And then he would describe in graphic detail exactly what he would like to do to "Michele".  I am crying laughing as I am writing this!   Hope you don’t think I flipped my lid!
 
That’s so cool that you might be taking over that Angel website.  If you decide to take on the project, then good luck with it!  I always wondered how someone would start up a web page.  What are the basics?  Would you have to have a scanner?  Who knows, maybe some day you and I could start up an Arnold Vosloo web page!  That would be pretty cool.
 
Yep, that’s The Woman Song. Isn’t it hysterical?  The guy who sings them is Sean Morey.
 
Yeah, I heard some of Weird Al Yankovics songs.  I love "I lost on jeopardy."  I don’t have any of his tapes.  Do you know if he’s made any recently?  Did you know that he’s a Christian? 
 
I don’t know why that girl said that Darrell was too nice.  He sounds pretty ok to me.  Maybe she was just a bitch or maybe she was one of those sick individuals who like abusive men.  oh yes, I’ll keep on saying it too- confidence is a turn on!  I just hope I present myself in a confident manner to the opposite sex!  I don’t want to be stuck-up though!  I just try to be myself.
 
At this point in my life I feel as you do (having children).  I can’t see myself having kids unless I got married to my soul mate.  I guess I’m too selfish to have a baby at this point in my life.  To have someone depend completely on me for everything- I don’t want that now.  How on earth I thought I could handle that at 16, I’ll never know!  Things will change.  When the time is right.
 
Here is a perfect example of the looks/personality combination in the appeal of a man.  I had two guy customers today who were perfect examples.  The first man was rather attractive.  I’m guessing he was in his 40’s.  Dark hair.  Moustache.  I mean he had potential!  But he turned out to be a total dweeb.  He just got on my nerves so bad!  First of all, he had the most annoying voice and he was asking me the stupidest questions.  I couldn’t wait for him to leave!  The second man (who I waited on about 20 minutes after the first man) wasn’t ugly, but he really wasn’t nothing to look at at first glance.  I’m guessing he was around the same age as the first.  His hair was a blondish-gray and it was thinning on top.  He had a moustache too.  He had a nice, deep voice and he had a really nice personality.  He smiled and said "Hi, how you doing, hon?"   He emulated confidence (not arrogance) and I was attracted to that.  He didn’t talk down to me (which got the feeling the first man had done).  When man #2 left, I thought he was rather attractive. 
 
here are my answers and a few new questions (this is so fun!)
 
How often do I eat out?- I used to eat out all the time.  At least once a week.  Now I hardly ever eat out.  Maybe once or twice a month
 
fave fast food restaurant?- Wendy’s (Anne I was thinking about sending this question to you!)  Does Pizza Hut count?
 
fave non-fast food restaurant and dish- Red Lobster (even though I haven’t been there in years).  My favorite dish?  Anything seafood from any restaurant!
 
Am I a planner or a "fly by the seat of my pants" kind of gal?- I say about 90% of the time I’m a planner and 10% of the time I "throw caution to the wind!"
 
saver or a spender- both
 
can I swim?- yes
 
ride a bike?- yes
 
roller skate- yes
 
rollerblade- no
 
iceskate?- no
 
What I like the most about my hometown?- The history surrounding it, the rich culture.  Lots of places to go and things to do.  Many movies had been filmed here (Pittsburgh is dubbed a "mini Hollywood.")
 
what I like least about my hometown?- potholes, the crowdedness, the fact that every five minutes construction is being done on something.
 
typical weekday/weekend day-  since I work on the weekends too sometimes, I’ll write my typical day at work, typical day off work.
 
typical day I go to work (if I work morning), get up, take my shower, get dressed, put my make up on.  go on the computer for a little bit, walk to work, (or my mom will drive me), work (duh), usually walk home, get on computer again for a little bit, if its nice out I’ll take a walk, eat dinner, watch tv , ride my stationary bike for a little bit, try to write in my diary and prayer journal a little bit, go to bed , have pleasant dreams of  Arnold Vosloo!
 
a typical day I have off work varies.  I do different things on different days.  Believe me, it isn’t very exciting!
 
new questions-
 
was there a type of music that you disliked for the longest time and now you love?- country music.  I never really listened to it until I started my job at *****.  The radio over the speakers was set to the country station and I thought ‘oh lord.  I’ll go nuts if I have to listen to this every day!’   Before I knew it, I was tapping my feet and humming along with the songs!  Now I love it!
 
If you could go back in time and prevent one terrible event in history from happening (ie- the sinking of the Titanic, the assassination of JFK, the Oklahoma City bombing,) would you?-  No.  Because everything happens for a reason, no matter how terrible it is.  Maybe if we prevented something horrible happening in the past, it might make it worse for us in the future.
 
were you in brownies and/or girl scouts?  yes.  In fact my mom was my troop leader.
 
You’re in a room by yourself and there is a copy of Playgirl on the table.  Do you sneak a peek?- HELL YEAH!
 
If you could change one thing about yourself physically, what would it be (not "lose weight")?- I wish I had perfect eyesight.
 
what do you think is worse- deafness or blindness?- deafness.  I would be devastated if I never heard music again.
 
have you ever seen a porno?- yes.  When I was in eighth grade my friend, Karen, had a slumber party.  After her parents went to bed we put it in.   It  must have been her dad’s.  We only watched about ten minutes of it.  We were giggling hysterically and saying things like "Ew gross! "  I just about died when they showed two women "doing it".  That’s when we ejected the tape!
 
have you ever been in a school yard fight? no
 
who did you vote for in the last presidential election?- George W Bush. 
 
"childhood Pastimes" you enjoy doing now- coloring, watching cartoons.
 
Does any of the men you had crushes on remind you of anyone famous?  Chaz reminded me of Larry on Three’s Company.  More in personality than in looks.  Bob (produce) reminded me of Craig T Nelson another Bob reminded me of  Ted Wass (he played the father in Blossom).  TJ reminded me of Val Kilmer.  Fyi-I like Craig T Nelson and Ted Wass.  Oh la la!  Larry was pretty sexy too (in his own way)!
 
do you prefer a hairy chest or a hairless chest on a man?- hairless.  Hairy is ok
too, just as long as it isn’t too hairy.  And forget back hair!  YUCK!
 
do you curse a lot?- sometimes.  I really hate it when I slip and say God’s name in vain.  I only use the f word when I’m talking to my friends, and I try to say it very seldom.  I usually say damn and hell.  I’ll say shit sometimes too.
 
that’s it for now.  Till next time take care and God Bless!
 
Michele