I Am the Silent One Inside

[anogete]

I'm big and proud all over, not just on the stage. My secret self has many sides that laugh and crash and stare. I'm red and thick like fire. I like it from behind. From ram to lamb and red to white. I'm pure and sad and silent. (Paula Cole)

The day started out with a serious damper. I was starved and didn't have time to get something for breakfast before work. The atmosphere around the office is dense with tension. It is always like this before someone leaves and I've come to dislike it greatly. Luckily it is only going to last until the end of this week and then AP Girl will be gone. Then I will have an office of my very own to love and hug and squeeze. I started moving my stuff in this morning - just a few files that I'll be bringing with me. My plants are coming up with me on Friday because there is no way that I'm leaving them downstairs for my replacement to tend.

Because bleedtoblue said everyone should:

1. I buy books that I'll never read.
2. I've created dozens of websites, but rarely ever upload or update them.
3. I have a soft spot for good neo-soul music.
4. I think fake chicken nuggets taste better than real ones.
5. I used to hate that I'm a gemini, now I embrace it.
6. I'm a sucker for song lyrics.
7. I like to watch VH1 Classics and make fun of all the videos they play.
8. I consider Elvis Costello, Nick Cave, and Greg Dulli to be the voices of my soul.
9. I met my boyfriend on the internet and moved across the country to live with him.
10. I hate shopping for clothes and wear the same things each week.
11. I cannot sleep without the sound of a fan whirring in my ear.
12. Sometimes I like to make people uncomfortable by saying something they wouldn't think I'd say.
13. I used to love Trading Spaces before everyone started loving it. Now I can't stand to watch it.
14. I grew up over a mile away from any other children.
15. I'm a fanfiction addict.
16. I wanted to grow up to be Dana Scully.
17. I dropped out of college 15 credits shy of a bachelors in Psychology.
18. I was a teacher's pet and the head of the psych department would arrange times for me to tutor his failing students. (Consequently, he was *extremely* upset with me when I dropped out of college to move away from home.)
19. I work for a construction company as their Accounts Payable Manager (my new title!).
20. I rarely ever wear underwear.

So, I found a program that allows you to make your own ringtones. I'm obsessed with creating ringtones. My current one (which I just uploaded) is the chorus of Costello's "Watching the Dectectives". "She is watching the dectectives. Ooh, he's so cute. She is watching the dectectives when they shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot." The lyrics alone hardly do the brilliance of the song justice.

Comments

[bleedtoblue.livejournal.com]

Number nine should bother me but instead it seems strangely right, except that my sister married her internet boyfriend.....can you say disaster. You, on the other hand have much more sense than my sister. Doughnuts have more sense than my sister.

I buy books I'll never read because I want them, I have book lust.

Growing up in the country is good for you. You learn to be self-reliant.

Fake chicken nuggets taste better and you know exactly what you are eating.

I hate shopping...I wear the same stuff because I like it.

I dropped out of college to put my husband through...took me years to get back and finish. A psych major! You'd make a great psychologist. I have a vision of your therapy methods that really tickles me.

I always make people uncomfortable when I open my mouth. I smile a lot and say nothing. Which also makes them uncomfortable. ^_^

Fanfiction addict...sick and sad but very true. And then there's the manga....oooo.

OMG...she's still in the office! No wonder it's tense. And hurrah for your new job and your own office!

I love this meme!

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, yes...she's still here and my office is still technically hers. I've been running back and forth between two desks for doing on two weeks now. I'll be so happy when Monday comes and I can settle into the office without her looking over my shoulder. The boss is tense as well. Personal stuff, business stuff, and her daughter coming to work here. Everyone is rolling their eyes.

[donttouchmyhat.livejournal.com]

I really liked this meme too, but I knew everything except for the Trading Spaces part! Re-do! ;-)

[(Anonymous)]

You know faaaaar too much about me. ;-) That or I talk far too much. Probably the latter.

[donttouchmyhat.livejournal.com]

You wouldn't have talked if I hadn't asked, no? :)