Stupid Weather.

I didn't die in the tornado! Just wanted to let everyone know!

Happy Birthday Me!

I'm 22 today!

Leela and I are having a party at studio tonight, and you're all invited!

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Dear Guy Next Door,

ANSWER YOUR PHONE. I do not want to listen to it ring for HOURS ON END.

Yours,
Megan

aaah hahaha.

the comment "don't come back to my blog" published by anonymous...

double you tee eff. that's all.

what?

i haven't even read any of the comments, but am i seriously going to have to turn on comment moderation? je-sus.

Toni! I may have to have you give me your number again. I switched phone companies, and I have no idea what numbers I have. I should just IM you and get it from you then. Yes. Saturday sounds wonderful though, you’ll have to meet Leela and see my beautiful apartment. I’m so ridiculously proud of my apartment (and Leela).

I’ve noticed an increase of random anonymous comments… I especially enjoyed the ones that were full of lotss ov xtra lettersss and bad cmptr lingo. Taking the vowels out of words doesn’t always make them cool. Eating lunch is for weirdos! Perhaps I’ve gained a random troll from northwest junior high, that would be HI-larious. I love when random people who know my sister IM me, and their screennames are like …. Supersexylilgirl or sexybadasschik and shit. And I’m like… uh, news flash, you’re 13. Seeeriously. It’s either that or the worst drunk typist imaginable.

Leela has commandeered my heating pad, I had it out for my back the other day, and she is in love with it. I think it has replaced me as her favorite. I’m still more popular than the honking green bear though.

I have this habit of hitting the shift key over and over when I’m trying to think of what to type and it keeps turning sticky keys on and off. Aaaah!

Corn is no place for a mighty warrior!

(this blog entry was sponsored by teen girl squad #10)

More Leela!

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A picture of Leela! Aww, isn't she ridiculously cute?! Yes, she is.

I'm only blogging because of Renata's comment. I just want to save the kittens!

Not a lot has been goin on here, I'm excited about my birthday coming up in two weeks though! Two weeks! I'll be 22! Woot! I have no idea what I'm actually going to do for my birthday... Cal and I discussed having a party at Studio on valentines day (since it'll be my actual birthday, and a tuesday so we'd mostly have the bar to ourselves), but that's dependent on whether or not i have enough friends who would come. Otherwise I might have people over to my apartment for wine and like... appetizers or something... Or, just get a bunch of people to go out with me the weekend after my birthday. Or something.

But, really, if you are one of my friends who reads this and never comments (like CAL), then you should comment or im me or something and give me input on what you think i should do for my birthday. I'm up for anything, i just want to have the festivities on an evening when everyone can have fun, and won't just be stopping by for a minute before studying or something. I'm thinking maybe having a birthday dinner somewhere some night that week... I'll prolly go out with my parents on my actual birthday... Just cuz i hate going to dinner on my birthday because it's FREAKING VALENTINES DAY, and everyone's out being all lovey. blaaah.

Also, I haven't been downtown in MONTHS, and i'm thinking i wanna go to the piano lounge sometime soon for martinis. so, if you would like to accompany me to the piano lounge, call me, and we'll go! Also, people need to meet leela! she loves people, but i have no friends so she doesn't get to hang out with anyone ever. She really liked graham though, which was kind of surprising. i didn't think they would get along. leela was easily won over with some cheese... but i was genuinely surprised that graham wasn't just like "that's not a dog, it's a rat" ... which is how most guys react to her (they just aren't manly enough to admit that chihuahuas are awesome).

Tonight has been very drama filled. and for once, i actually DIDN'T say anything to bring it on myself. I'm the first to admit that i'm a horrible gossip... but for once, i didn't do anything! yet, the drama hast begun. oh well. It's really not my problem, and i have MUCH bigger things on my mind that people flipping out about absolutely nothing. So, i'm off to play with my puppy and go to bed. see, I was going to give leela a bath last night but i didn't. so, i'm gonna do that now and GO TO BED. because somehow it got to be really late.

!!!

ok, this post is ENTIRELY for my cousin patrick. who, despite being my biggest fan, prolly only reads this once every four millions years. but i dont' have his email, so it's my best bet.

was reading some of the blogs that are up for bloggies this year and there was this one that's up for most humorous or something...

"When I first bought my digital camera, I discovered the "video" feature to be the best thing evs. Why so great? While a 30 second video is not a technological breakthrough, taking a video without the person on camera realizing they're being filmed IS genius. And unless you're wearing a turban with a conspicuously shiny hole in it, secret filming is hard to come by."

she somehow knows the true purpose of the night jogging turban!

Leela

So, if you haven't heard, I got a puppy for christmas! and her name's Leela.


She's a short haired chihuahua, and she's SOOOO amazingly cute. And she's a genius. She's my christmas/birthday present from matt. I love love love love her. Matt left for camp shelby today at 5, it was sad. I miss him soooo much already. It's a little easier being home alone all the time now that Leela's here. she sleeps a lot, but so do i. so it's alright. We have lots of fun. She won't eat her puppy treats, but she will do ANYTHING for a dryer sheet or a dust bunny. We got her some greenies a couple days ago, and she really likes those... we also got her assorted flavors of nylabones, but she only likes the bacon one, the smell of which drives matt crazy. I'm being a bad puppy owner and let her chew on a bone from my BBQ ribs. It said that it's ok, not dangerous or anything, but i feel like i'm spoiling her. she likes it so much though!


i think matt was right when he said i'm going to spoil her too much... she even has a puppy purse. it's so cute, she likes to sit in it and watch teevee with me. she's also figured out that if she gets in her purse when it's on the floor, i'll pick up the purse and put it on the couch so she doesn't have to jump up or climb the afghan.


slowly but surely the apartment is becoming puppy proof. matt and i intended to clean the day before we went to get leela... originally i was going to say home and clean while he went to best buy with his friend that i don't like so his friend could buy a laptop... then i decided i wanted to go along, so i did... then it took like FOUR HOURS at best buy because his friend was being moronic. so, we didn't make it home til like six, and we were supposed to have left for cedar falls (we were meeting guys from his unit) at like 5:30. So, we packed super fast, and headed to cedar falls. had fun in cedar falls, i was going to go swimming, but i fell asleep instead. SO, the next morning we headed up to mason city to get leela from the breeders, and then drove like... four hours back home. So, we got back to iowa city and cleaned up a little bit... but didn't really CLEAN. so, it's been puppy safe, but not very nice looking.


today after matt left i picked up after the new years party, moved furniture so i could sweep behind it, and cut sheets of cardboard to fit in the spots that lead behind couches and under tables and whatnot. now leela can't hide from me in the living room. The bedroom still needs some work... matt apparently brought like 90 pairs of boxers from home, and they all just got thrown into the bedroom when we brought leela home. every time i go into the bedroom to get something, leela follows me in and brings out a sock or a pair of boxers. So, cleaning the bedroom is next. followed by cleaning the kitchen. the kitchen is going to be difficult to puppy proof, but that's why i got a puppy gate.


alright, enough puppy blogging for now, i'm gonna go play with her for awhile before we go to bed. sooo, goodnight, and i promise i will post pictures of her asap.

change

well, kinda.

I just ordered Chinese food for dinner, and I ordered Kung Pao chicken and shrimp! I always get beef and broccoli. Last time I got orange chicken. I'm branching out! Wooo.


Mmm, it's sooo good. Though, it has those mini corn looking things. Which scare me. But it's all spicy and good, so I forgive it.


also, I got an early Christmas present yesterday!! It was.... THE COMPLETE SEASON OF SEX IN THE CITY!!!!1one! I'm up to season three. Matty was sad because he was going to get it for me for my birthday, and now he has to come up with something else. My christmas presents from Matt are all under the three, but they're all in their original UPS packages and envelopes and stuff. I meant to buy wrapping paper for him, but I keep forgetting. I don't think I'll be here when he gets home (I'm gonna be in the hospital, nothing to worry about, except bad scheduling) so I've been cleaning and leaving him nice little notes in random places. He's bummed that I'm not gonna be home the day he gets home, but I told him he'll get a whole day to relax before he has to pick me up.


Man, Sex in the City is so good. I always forget, becaues I have to borrow or rent the seasons... but... NO MORE. I have the whooooooole series in a pretty pink suede dvd binder. Ah, SO good. Seriously, when i opened my present yesterday, I was like "*gasp* NO. seriously?!" It put me in such a good mood. Now, if only Matty's teevee weren't dying a slow painful death. I could watch it on my laptop, or my teevee, had i remembered to bring it to the apartment last time i was home.


Grr. Zac's not online, and I need to yell at him. Stupid Zac.


I think I'm going to go watch sex in the city, and eat my chinese take out, and wait for matty to call. then i'll walk to john's grocery while i'm on the phone with him (i don't like walking places by myself after dark, so i always wait for matt to call so he can keep me company. but, once he started talking about zombies, and how they'd jump out of the alleys or the scary basement grates in the sidewalk, or the stair wells... and i got all scared.) ANYhow. I'm off.

I would just like to say that it is not ENTIRELY my fault that my blog has been so neglected. I have written TWO really long updates, only to have them deleted. Which upset me so much that I was unable to update at all.

And NOW, I’ve had two important phone calls since I started typing. So this tiny little update has taken almost forty minutes. There’s not a whole lot going on, I’m just working, and hanging out. I love my apartment, it’s soooo wonderful. I have rugs now, and a space heater (so matt isn’t complaining about how cold it is when he gets back. I talk to him on the phone and he’s like “it’s SOOOOO cold” and it’s like 55 degrees), and I’m think I’m going to go curtain shopping tomorrow or Wednesday.

Graham was in town this weekend, and we went grocery shopping, so my kitchen is fully stocked now. It’s weird, graham and I haven’t been around each other for so long, he kept suggesting things to buy and I was like and he’d be like “but you love these!” and I’d be like “I have no idea who you’re thinking of, but it is definitely not me.” but, after a rather trying shopping trip, we got everything I needed and headed home. Where we didn’t put away any of the groceries. Actually, Graham tried, but I was being lazy and didn’t help, so he just left them.

What else did I do this weekend? I went out to eat, I went and saw Rent (the movie) again, went to Vortex and picked up a Christmas present for Matt, (and, picked up a Christmas present that he’d ordered from there. Which I wasn’t really supposed to peek at… but I did, because I already knew what it was, since I picked it out… and I wanted to wear it… So, I’ll wear it until we leave for Wisconsin for Christmas… then I’ll wrap it up so I can open it up there).

I wrapped all the Christmas presents I’ve bought so far last night. (Except the ones that haven’t arrived yet. Oh, and Zane’s, I didn’t wrap Zane’s. I’ll do that when I finish this.) They’re all under my Christmas (palm) tree now. When I go curtain shopping this week I’m going to get candy canes too. So I can add those to the palm tree. It’ll be so festive. I could go get little electric candles too… and do what my mom does… (she puts little electric/battery powered candles in all the windows. It’s kinda pretty actually. But I don’t have enough outlets to use electric ones… and batteries are exspensive).

I have no idea what’s happening this afternoon. Like, my mom might call and meet up with me so we can go get my dad’s Christmas present? But maybe not. Zane’s going to call in about a half hour… I have to be to Eble at 5:30 to get some stuff set up, then I’m going out to the owner’s house to put together his new computer…. I need to walk to the John’s grocery because I forgot stuff when I went shopping the other day… and, it’d be nice to clean up a little. My apartment was SPOTLESS on Friday. But it got messy over the weekend. Especially since Graham was here, and took over the living room. And, I meant to do dishes before he got here on Friday (he was supposed to get here at 10) but, when I got home from dinner at 9, I had 14 missed calls (I’d left my phone at home), and he was driving down Dubuque st. on his way to my apartment. So I didn’t have time.

Ok, I’m going to go get ready so I can go to john’s before Zane calls… and figure out the rest of the day. So, to do today/tomorrow and this week….

-call graham and tell him he forgot his mousse.
-walk down to john’s grocery
-wrap zane’s present.
-wait for zane to call
-figure out exactly what needs to be done at eble
-go to eble/daves house and get all that done.
-find out what I’m doing for work tomorrow
-do the dishes
-put away all the groceries
-go to wal mart for curtains, poster frame(s) and whatever else I’m forgetting
-pick up extra phone charger from work
-hang up posters
-keep working on Christmas cards!

Which reminds me… I’m organizing a holiday card exchange for compulsivebowlers. But, I was also going to put this up here… if you want a Christmas card, e-mail (meagna at frowl dot org) me your address, and I will send you one.

omg renata.

you need this.


btw, i totally wrote a really interesting post, and blogger deleted it. sorry.

Matty

this post is for matt, because i'm too lazy to email him. i promise i will try to post a post for my other readers (meaning... matt AND renata) later.


i read a lot of military blogs, since i find them interesting, and they draw me in, and make me think about matt's deployment a little differently. most of them are... odd. there's a few i enjoy, but aren't often updated, or are written by people who are a touch too crazy for my tastes, but i found one today that is frequently updated, and the author is a normal amount of crazy (for someone who's in iraq). so, check it out.


what else was there? i swear there was something else.


i got pokey stix and wings last night. i had all this extra ranch, and i was hoping since it was individual ranch things maybe they didn't need to be refridgerated... (i don't care that that isn't spelled right) but they do. sad face. if they didn't, i was going to send some to matt so he doesn't have to eat crappy ranch all the time. also, matt, i used your $2 gumbys credit from when they forgot our ranch that one time.


that's all.

awwww

this is the cutest dog bed eeeever.

blah

i've been soooo down this week. it's annoying. i just want it to go away.


i went to victor and brian's halloween party for a few hours last night, and ate a tooon of candy. and cheese. they always have cheese cubes on their snack table thing at their parties, and i always eat as much of it as possible. i also had pepperoni on this really good sesame bread. i love victor and brian's parties, they're fun without being ridiculous and crazy. and you get to hang out and talk, and it's just fun.


i just ordered pizza from pizza pit. i was going to order pizza hut, but they're SHADY and won't let me use two coupons on one order. if they HAD, i would have been able to get a medium pizza, wings, breadsticks and a soda for $15. but, without my $7.99 medium coupon, it would have been $18. and i didn't want to spend $20 on dinner by myself. i wanted someone to come over and eat with me, but no one will. sad sad face. i wish i had more friends. i might go down to studio later since michael's bartending and tuesdays are all slow and boring. so, i could go have a soda there and keep michael company. and i guess cal might come by after he finishes typing his paper (he's at a coffee place downtown). or, maybe i'll go down and have something there after i eat. provided i can get myself to get up and do something. that's the worst part of being all sad and down, is i just don't want to do anything. i literally had to DRAG myself to victor's last night. even though i knew i'd have fun, i just didn't want leave my apartment. it's so easy just to hole up here and not talk to anyone.


tomorrow i know i have to get moving, i have a bunch of on location stuff for work that needs to be done, i need to resend matt's package AGAIN (seriously post office, if you hadn't given me free postage vouchers, i would kill you). and i need to go to the bank and deposit a check, and then pay rent... and i need to UPS some stuff, annnnd, i just have a lot to do. and i need to do it instead of laying around feeling lonely and sorry for myself. shoot, i also need to call mercy on call. but, they're there until midnight, so i guess i can do that now.


my parents leave for mexico tomorrow morning at like three am. i'm bummed because i REALLY wanted to have lunch with my dad this week, and i've been so blah that i keep not calling him. now he's gonna be gone for a week, and i'm gonna be all lonely and sad. even though if he were here i prolly would continue being lonely and sad and not call him for lunch. my sister's staying at my mom's friend's house all week, and i'm supposed to call and see if they want to hang out at some point... and zane's supposed to come visit next wednesday... aaaand apparently tom (brian's (but not brian and victor brian) hilarious partner) is coming out on thursday, and he NEVER goes out. so i'm kinda excited about that.


oook, i need to get my ass up and go to john's grocery. because two liter sodas are like... $1 there, and $2.50 if you get them from the pizza place. soooo, off to the grocery store i go. and i guess adam's going to come over and keep my company while i eat, even though he just ate and doesn't want to eat... we're gonna watch a movie or something.


ok, i'm sorry for the sad depressed blog entry. i was thinking of taking time off blogging and just doing friends only livejournal posts for awhile, because i don't like when my blog's all pathetic and sad. so yeah. ok, really, have to walk to john's before the pizza gets here.

halloween weekend!

i'm watching friends at home. i ran into adam while i was walking home from john's grocery, and he invited me to a party, but i'm staying home. i'm just not in a put-up-with-drunk-people-in-costumes mood tonight. there were a ton of people at john's getting kegs and shit, and they were all in costume, and all already stupid drunk. i had been thinking about going downtown for awhile, but five minutes waiting at john's changed my mind. i keep hearing people walking by on their way to the bars. it's like, i want to go, but i can't, and i just don't feel like it... but i want to.


i need to make some food. because all i've had today was two pop-tarts. graham and i were going to have lunch, but he lost his phone last night, and i didn't want to call him, because i think he takes me trying to get ahold of him as stalking, and i didn't want to put up with that, so i figured he'd just call... but he'd lost his phone, so he didn't have my number. and he called my parent's house a bunch of times, but apparently allison was asleep (until two? wtf?) and "didn't hear the phone" (her phone used to wake me up in MY room). and i guess no one else was home? so, i finally called and left a message around 2:30, and he stopped by at 3:30ish, but we didn't go get lunch... and then i watched movies ('girl, interupted' and 'return to oz') and worked on some stuff online... and didn't eat... (well, i had a mini three muskateers bar). now, it's almost ten, and i haven't eaten, and i've reached the point where my blood sugar's so low i can hardly even make something to eat. (last time i did this i was talking to matt on the phone while trying to just make tuna salad... and i kept haveing to sit down on the floor of the kitchen because i was so dizzy and tired. stupid stupid megan.) but, i know i have leftover chicken alfredo sauce, so i think i'm just going to boil some fettucine, and reheat my sauce.


matt's supposed to have called me by now. *frowl* i guess... he got off line at ... eiiight? and he was going to shower, and clean up his bunk, and then call. and i thought it'd be around 9:30... but.. boo. though, i should get up and start cooking before he calls, otherwise i have to cook one handed. after i cook, i'm gonna clean up. it's not really messy here, but it's just cluttered. and it's bugging me.


maybe after i clean i'll go on a meme-a-thon for renata's amusement. or sell my blog and take off to london to hang out with her. i doubt anyone would want to buy my blog... but, hey.


ok, i started the water boiling, and put my leftover alfredo sauce on the stove... but it was all chicken and hardly any sauce, so i added more sauce... and i decided to make a big batch of bowtie pasta instead of linguine. that way if i'm hungry later i can have pasta and olive oil and parmesan and mozzarella. yay! ok. i'm going to go clean up the kitchen a little (i dropped the tupperware lid on the floor, and it landed sauce side down. sad face.) sooo. yeah. happy saturday before halloween everyone! i hope that all of you that are drunkenly walking by my apartment have fun. i also hope that the guy down the hall doesn't have afterhours again. because his friends are annoying and loud. and hang out in the hallway. which is essentially MY FRONT DOOR. it's ok though, because i can spy on them through my new peephole.