Chix Chat

From: Anne
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 3:43 PM
Subject: The party is SO over!

Hello, Michele!

How was your weekend? Here, I tried to enjoy my last weekend of freedom. (Sniff! Sniffy! Sniffle!)  School - or should I say Class – is starting back on Wednesday. I need more break time!! At least this is the class I’m retaking from last Fall. Maybe it’s terrible to say but I hope that he assigns us the same HW problems, because I still have all of my assignments from the last time and I’d like to have SOME benefit from taking this class previously. The last time I had to retake a class I thought, "Well at least I’ll have a few of the HW probs done already." Wrong! That professor assigned HW from a previous version of the book; he ran off copies and passed them out. Curses, foiled again!

I’m glad you had a good time at the concert - I suspected that you would since those were two primo country acts!

Did I mention that "they" are re-calling me to jury duty at the end of September? That is just (not) great because there is quite a controversial case that will surely come before us regarding a game warden who shot an unarmed suspect after a brief car chase. One group keeps protesting at the courthouse demanding that the guy be indicted for murder. In my opinion, those people are the equivalent of a modern day lynch mob, standing there trying to sway the legal system based on their ideas. To be fair, I would need to abstain from voting on that case: I cannot be fair because I’m determined to vote the opposite way of what they want!

Back at work: Hello Monday Grind! The bosses are back. I hope you can read in that sentence exactly how thrilled that I am not. Seriously, it isn’t so bad. I need to tell them today that I will be starting my class and it is in the mid-afternoon, just like it was before. This means that I’ll have to leave at 2:00 and then return about 4:00 to work until 5:00 or so, and I’ll have to stay over on two of my non-school days so that I can work 40 hours for the week. I know that’s inconvenient for everyone, but it’s the only way for me to take that class. I really appreciate my bosses working with me so much! That is another reason that I don’t look too hard for another job right now - this one does have some pretty good benefits.

Sara’s suspension begins Wednesday; she’s talking about the places that she is going to look. I hope she finds something - you just can’t imagine how much I want her to NOT go back to work at *****!

Believe me, I can relate to your frustrations about your Mom babying you: you spoke the absolute truth when you said that it’s difficult to prove independence while we’re living at home. The other night I had one of those dreams where I was trying to scream at my mother but no sound would come out. (Do you ever have those kinds of dreams?)

You said your mom said Danielle’s pic wasn’t good(?!): my mother is the exact opposite of that. She used to send me out the door looking like crap and assure me, "You look fine." She would buy me clothes that were way too big to wear to school: not surprisingly one creep nicknamed me "saggy bottom." Even now if Mom feels compelled to emphasize, "That looks alright, " I’ll take a good hard look at what could be wrong with what I’m wearing.

I also understand your frustrations about men. Believe me, if anyone does understand it’s me! I also find myself wondering, "Why is it that not one of these single, attractive, worth-a-darn guys will approach me?" As a rule, guys do not see me and think, "I must go talk to her!" I have just about accepted the fact that it’s my personality that wins guys over. I guess that’s okay, but there are very few guys that get to see me actually being myself. That really sucks too! Maybe this is a case of "the grass is greener elsewhere" - if a bunch of worthless guys were always approaching us, we could still have the same complaint: that no one good shows interest in us. But the question remains, "Where have all the good men gone and where are all the gods?"

I’m sorry to see that your grandmother isn’t doing so well. I will include her (and the rest of you) in my prayers.

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TV - 21 Jump Street
Movie - Air Force One (loved the Brady Bunch: "Marsha! Marsha! Marsha!")
Cd - PUMP by Aerosmith

funny moment - from That 70’s Show - the guys went to Canada to buy beer; as they are about to stop at the border the Mexican one, Fez, can’t find his green card. They almost make it through the border, but of course they get discovered by the Mounties at the last second. Back at the Mounties office, they are questioning the guys. The whole scene is pretty good, where the Mounties as a question then we see each of the guys answer the question. After the first question, Fez’s answer is a quick, "Me no speako Englisho." His answer to the next question is the hilariously nonsensical "Wee fooby dibby dooby."

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new questions - answered!

when you go to the movies, do you buy or bring munchies?- The last times I’ve gone - by myself - I didn’t do either. I think I did pop a Breath Savers as the movie started to prevent dry through. I remember sneaking snacks in a couple of times, and I remember buying snacks at the theatre, although they do ask for both an arm AND a leg to pay for it. (Zoix! The price of their snackage!)

ok, think about all the men you’ve had crushes on and all the men you’ve dated (including Ray).  If you could know what they really, truly thought of you, would you want to know?- I’m sure I would want to know, but after I knew I’m sure I’d wish I didn’t know!

what do you think they’d say about you (be honest!)?- I know that all of the crushes wouldn’t say the same thing, but most would probably agree that I’m very quiet. That’s about it - I can think of a couple of crushes that probably didn’t notice me that much!

ever read an entire book (like a novel) in one day?- I’m sure I did in middle school - I was quite the introvert and always had my nose in a book. I remember the girl at the library was impressed because I’d return books so quickly after checking them out.

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NEW QUESTIONS

Is there a kind of hairspray that you use and/or recommend? I use Rave or Suave - yep, the cheap stuff - in a pump but I don’t recommend it because it always builds up in my hair.

Have you ever had a pen pal that just stopped writing to you all of a sudden? Yes! I can think of at least four that have: two when I was in middle school/junior high and two very recently. I think that is just about the rudest thing ever - they never give any warning, they just disappear and I’m left wondering, "Was it something I said? Or did they die or something?"

How did you celebrate your high school graduation? I went with a couple of friends to Opryland. We stayed in the $100-a-night Opryland Hotel and spent much time at the Theme Park.

Do you often find yourself telling the same stories over and over? I do! However I try to recall if anyone that I’m currently telling has heard it before. If they have, I try to acknowledge that I’ve mentioned it to them before. My friend Mark tells people (when repeating something), "Now I may have told you this before, but don’t tell me: I want to see how I end it this time."

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That’s it for today. Talk to you soon! God bless!

Anne