a - 24 july 2001
From: Anne
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 4:22 PM
Subject: Lovin’ it!
Hello, Michele!
Hopefully after today we’ll be back N Sync 
with our emails!
Are you having a nice time off? I know what you mean about having so many plans for your off day and then you wind up sitting around. I get mad at myself for that too sometimes. Other times I try to think, "Hey, I’m always going somewhere; I deserve some time off!" That’s like some days, I feel so physically tired that I just can’t motivate myself to exercise. I would feel really guilty about that, and I’d think, "What if I never feel like exercising again?" (Hypochondriac much?) Lately, I think, "My body must be telling me it needs a break." So I take it easy and don’t feel (too) guilty about it.
Anyhoo, I am SO loving this haircut! I think I look better with longer hair, but after that perm in Feb 2000, my hair was really damaged and generally of a poor quality.
So, TMR will be released on Oct 2? That’s the day after my b-day! (A well-built guy in a loin cloth? Now THAT’S a happy birthday!) I’ll have to put that on my list of things to treat myself to!
David’s movie, Valentine, is supposed to be released on DVD this week, but I honestly don’t recommend it. He’s only in about 20 minutes of it, the rest of the time it’s a pretty standard horror flick.
Oh, yes! I looked on the …er … my Angel site yesterday and there was some new stuff on the main page. I was more than a little surprised, since I didn’t put it there. I finally figured out what it was - it was a link to vote for the Top Ten Angel Sites. Guess which site is number one. That’s right: MINE! WOO HOO! I was so tickled by that I could hardly concentrate in class yesterday! It’s really not anything that I’ve done that makes the site #1 - it was created and maintained by someone else until a few weeks ago.
So I was feeling really good about the site: "they like me! They really like me!" Then today, I looked at the guest book and there’s a comment, "This site sucks, no offense." I took no offense as I promptly deleted that guest book entry. Oh well - like they say, "you can’t please all of the people all of the time."
Yes, I lent $700 total to an ex, but not to Ray. That is one good thing I can say about Ray: he had a sense of responsibility and he wouldn’t accept money from me, although he couldn’t manage his own funds worth a darn. This was an entirely different scumbucket named Jamie. I dated him around 1995 when I was younger and completely stupid! Now, I’m in the same mindset you are: I cannot imagine sharing my bank account (ie my money) with my husband.
Once again we are so similar! I stayed at my (waitressing) jobs for years because I was too scared/lazy/whatever to move on. I’d feel bad about complaining about that job and not looking for another, but I’d still carry on the same way. I’d rationalize that no place would be perfect. Now, I’m a big proponent of "try something new!" I’d encourage anyone to Go For It and try to get a job that might seem a little out of their reach.
You are so right: the "ugly" guys are usually so much more bold than the good-looking ones! We are in the same boat, because none of the guys I find attractive seem to like me either. (Unless of course they’re married. Then they seem to find me irresisitible!) I guess that’ll be one way we know that the guy we find is The One - he’ll be good looking AND will actually be attracted to us as well!
Similarly, I think that when we find The One, we won’t have those awkward don’t-know-what-to-say moments. I believe it’ll be great: we’ll just click. Have I ever told you the way I’d like to meet my future husband? I think it would be so nice to be standing in line at the grocery store or wherever and just strike up a conversation with the guy next to me in line and we’d just hit it off. The rest would be, as they say, history. You know how I’m always talking about God’s plan; this is another reason I don’t regret the end of any of my past so-called relationships. I think, "Oh well, that must not have been God’s plan for me." I try to apply that to crushes I have that get away too, but that’s a little more difficult.
You are not boring me! I may not have much advice to offer, but I can sure listen … well read anyway. I honestly believe that many people would be better off if they simply knew that someone was listening to them.
I go through periods where I really want a guy, too. Waiting really is the hardest part. Lately I really find myself in a "Praise the Lord that I’m not with Ray anymore!" place. You’d think I could put it behind me, but I get really, really happy when I think of how I’m out of that mess. Insert lame advice here: any guy is not better than no guy! That’s no help - you already knew that!
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(loved Parenthood, The Fugitive, and Saved By The Bell! )
**recommendations**(again, I may have sent these before … if so … well they’re good and they’re worth repeating.)
cd - Joyride/ Roxette
movie - Fifth Element
TV show - FX: the Series
funny moment - from the Facts of Life, there was an episode where they had a Twilight Zone theme and some spooky host guy would give us the play-by-play. He had been telling us about Tootie. Then he says, "Tootie. Tootie. I like to say, ‘Tootie.’" Just the way he said that cracked me up!
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questions answered
your house is on fire. Everyone gets out safely (pets included) You can go back in and save a few items. What would you get?- my journals, pics, clothes - anything I could!
how old were you when you got your drivers license?- 16
when was the last time you and Sara had a big fight?- I can’t recall - I guess it’s been a couple of weeks. We usually have a quick, yet big blow-up and then cool off pretty quickly.
when you read a book, do you flip to the last page and read it?- I usually don’t.
have you ever been to a costume party?- no, but they let us dress up at Cracker Barrel for Halloween.
if you have, what did you dress up as? if you haven’t, what would you like to get dressed up as?- I was a "pirate" with black mini-skirt, black stockings, black boots, a white shirt, a red vest, a plastic sword and an eyepatch. I tried to draw fake scars on my face with an eyebrow pencil but they didn’t look very realistic. The whole evening I threatened to "run people through."
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NEW QUESTIONS
Are you going to see Jurassic Park III? I want to - that would be awesome in the theatre!
About how much time do you spend a week surfing the Internet? If surfing includes working on my website or sending emails, I probably spend twenty hours a week. (It wouldn’t be nearly that much if I didn’t have this computer at work, or if my boss was here more.)
Do you consider yourself a romantic person? I really used to be; I’d be crying "It’s so beautiful!" when I watched Beauty and the Beast or a similar show. Lately, I’m pretty jaded. I watched an episode of BATB not too long ago and I was thinking, "eh."
If you saw an old crush one day with his wife, would you want him/them to stop and speak to you? No, I really don’t think so!
Have you been to a class reunion? Would you go? I haven’t been to one. I would have gone but they cancelled our 10-year due to lack of participation.
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That’s about it for now. Talk to you soon! God bless!
Anne
