Hello.

10:52PM - movin on out.

hi livejournal.

I just thought I would tell you that we're still here and posting, just in a different location.  So.  If you haven't heard for whatever reason that we're moving to Japan for a few months, that's where we'll be. 

We'll post photos and updates at our blog, teamEggers.

9:06PM - hrm...

Am I a... funophobe?   Seriously. I'm about to go out ... er... dancing, with some random girls I just met and im.... considering every possible way i can back out without feeling like a social pansy.  But really, WHY is it that I'm so eager to cancel?  I think it's because I can't *fathom* how if I see you out at a bar at 7:30, it will take you a full hour to get "ready to go out".  I mean, this may be simpleton of me, but....  you're... *clothed* aren't you?  I mean.  darker lipstick?  curlier hair?  seriously.   I can't wait to see how this girl looks differently. 

Me?  hrm... in my hour.... i put on more eye liner.  it seemed like an appropriate thing to do.  I also changed out of my standard "going to the book store" clothes and put on something more akin to "going to a .... bookREADING at a book store." 

I'm such a clueless girl.  Married life, here I come. 

9:58PM - Ugh. Sports.

Is anyone else terribly sick of the olympics?  I mean, enough already.

9:23PM - feeling nostalgic

... though I'm not sure what for.  I seem to always find myself in a situation where I don't know anyone [but jon] very well, and there's no standby-group of friends I can go out with.  The table next to me is playing jenga.  It's so siily, but *I* want a group to go out to a bar with to play board games.   

I miss chris and rachel.  I wish you guys lived closer to us.  Okay, there are more people that we've moved away from over the years, of course, and if you're reading I'm sorry for not naming you specifically.  But.  at the moment, I really wish I lived in the same state / side of the country  as them.

The worst part is, if all goes according to plan, I'll be in exactly the same situation again, in an area where I don't even speak the same language as the people around me.  Talk about isolating.

You'd think I'd be better at meeting people and making friends.  I'm just so... awkward.

3:20PM - life realizations

I'm a secretary. 

I didn't realize it until jon pointed out that I  check emails for a living. What happened?  I used to be passionate and artsy and... well, talented.
Now I check emails.  And I call doctors and ask them what colour they like and where the eff their logo is.

8:34AM - Drivin to San Diego

Hey Everyone.

J and I are on our way down to San Diego. Internet connections are, of course, rather spotty, but we're updating as much as we can, while we go along.

Updates are on teamEggers.

I'll be a bit more specific about such things, when i have a second.

9:31PM - eep! eep eep.

okay, so many things to < squeak > about lately.

I told j that i wanted to get him a dinner at the French Laundry for his "grooms gift". He said something to the effect of "you're getting me something you want for MY groomsgift." whatever jon. you want to go too. you're just selfish and don't want to share your gift with my interests. ;)

8:47PM - and that's that.

"I'm too drunk to deal with you." as the last words they'll exchange.

Well. I think you and I gave friendship an honest shot, and it just didn't work out.
Maybe someday you'll read this and agree with me. I'm pretty sure it's for the best.

Current mood: content

Current music: rufus.

1:03PM - taxes, shmaxes

Dear Ad Ventures,

I hate you.  Thanks for making life more difficult by not acknowledging that I was your employee.

Love always,
the girl who slashed your tires.

9:00AM - sigh.

i have the best intentions.

Like, today I got up early, got dressed, grabbed my yoga mat and a book for afterwards, and walked down to 8 limbs. Then I realized that I kind of hate that specific class, and turned around.

So I walked to the coffee shop, stopped in front of it and realized that I'm a compulsive spender when i live alone, and turned around.

And now im at home, with the best intentions to clean and do my taxes.

We'll see.

Current mood: awake

11:43AM - sigh.

saturday mornings suck without sparkling wine and french toast.

7:41AM

"Nov. 15, 2004 (Boston) — A skin-testing method used by naturopathic physicians to detect ostensible sensitivity to allergens may give false-positive results that can cause patients to give up certain foods for no good reason, according to New York researchers. ...

Dr. Ko said that devices such as electrodermal skin testing that use resistance measurements for the purpose of diagnosis and treating disease are considered to be class III devices by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and no such devices can be legally marketed for those stated purposes in the U.S.

"Allergy patients are seeking [complementary alternative medicine] treatment, and it is important for physicians to be aware of the safety and efficacy of alternative medical practices. The use of electrodermal skin testing has not been proven to detect allergen sensitivity, and use of this modality should be discouraged," the investigators conclude in their poster."

5:44PM - and...

oh, and i forgot to mention: jon left yesterday. For two months.

I finally cooked some food for myself, but in the 24 hours since he's been gone the house has taken a steady decline. I hope to stop moping around soon and remember that I am, in fact, a strong & self-reliant woman.


second note: if you're a girl and you happen to be one of the three girls that's in our wedding, I'm sorry if I'm making you wear a dress you hate. Get over it.

5:35PM - Oh MAN do food allergies make me want to kill myself

If you've... met me, you've probably heard me coughing. All of my doctors have pointed to allergies as a potential culprit, so I broke down and went to see an allergist today. She's having me test my reaction to the foods that I showed a sensitivity to, which amounts to cutting them out of my diet completely for 4 weeks, and then slowly reintroducing them--one at a time.

Some of my favourite, can't live without foods are on this list:
-Cheese, Cow's milk, Lactose, Margarine
-Crab, Mussels
-Corn, Wheat
-Cranberry, Orange
-Cucumber, Mushroom, Tomato
-Pumpkin Seeds
-Lima Beans, Pinto Beans
-Cloves, Juniper (gin)
-Corn syrup, Aspartame, Saccharin, Sugar, Turbinado, Splenda
-Chocolate, MSG, Red Wine
-Corn Oil
-Bee Pollen, Cedar, Cottonwood, Grass, House dustmites, Juniper Shrub, Mold, Styrofoam, Tobacco Smoke

So you know, I did what every person who has an interest in "getting better" would do--I took to the aisles of the grocery store, read some ingredients, and almost started to cry in the spaghetti sauce isle.

Current mood: disappointed

8:35PM - motivation

I'm finding so little motivation these days to do ... anything. And in lieu of real, productive work, I look at wedding flowers.

jesus.

Also, I bought pink pots today. For the herbs.

**

Hey E(h)--if you catch this, my thoughts are with you.

7:22AM - olfactory morning

The smell of Stash's Double Bergamot Earl Grey tea reminds me of World of Warcraft.

5:32PM - everything old is new again?

or... how does that lyric go. Jon? Domi? Help me out here.

Anyhow, jon and i cleaned up my computer this week. Wiped the drive and installed the new OS. A little bit of much needed ram and I'd be in such good shape.

It's so... smoooof.

**

I went to the eye doctor this afternoon and he dilated my eyes, which i think is like... the second worst punishment you could give anyone. It just effs with you. And I can't really see anything well. and the light bugs me. and ... eh.

So then, to make myself feel better, i bought a cheap bottle of red. And ... I'm not sure if the cheap bottles of red are getting worse, or if my palate is getting snobbier, but... it's not very good. And I'm sad. :(


**

wtf is a half cm of snow doing closing down the whole city? Seriously? my class was cancelled tonight? I mean, i certainly don't mind, but... really?

Current mood: cynical

5:09PM - caucus?

I'm going to caucus.  It's going to be great. 
I'm so excited.

Also, I'm really excited about the Re-Bar's Spelling Bee in March.  You want to come with? 

9:11PM - Big, exciting weekend in the midst.

Jon and I are currently on our way down to Portland, to have an exciting weekend-o-fun and also to visit with isaiah. I’m like.. Edge-of-my-seat excited for a few reasons.

1. I love that jon and I are one of those couples that does fun, impromptu things.  We’ve got all kinds of great stuff in the works lately.  Weekend in portland, Ingrid Michaelson Monday night, 2 different symphony shows (eep!  Vivaldi four seasons?  Swoon.), a weekend trip to walla walla, a week in hawaii…. Wow, I haven’t even gotten past April. We’re going to quickly work ourselves into a quiet stupor of debt, if I keep on at this rate.

2. The main reason we’re going down to Portland this weekend is because Isaiah is going to be in town for a bit. Since he moved to New York and I moved to Seattle, we haven’t visited each other much, except for when we both happen to be in Colorado at the same time.  I’m… thrilled.  He’s the guy that I want to sit and have a gin and tonic with at any time of the day, the person I want to meet for coffee and read next to each other, and one of those friends that you can go quite a while without seeing and still pick up where you left off.  Those are rare, I think.  I’m also quite fond of his utter disregard for pleasantries.  Unpleasantries. 

3. We bought a wedding dress today.  I had tried on four or five when I caught myself saying (skeptically), “What, is there supposed to be this glorious light surrounding you when you put on the right one?”  How do you decide?  How do you *know* it’s the *one*? Well, as it turns out, you just know.  You do.  So weird.  I put on this dress and got a little teary and had a “Oh. God.  I’m getting married” moment.  

4. The dress shopping experience happens to have a really cool aspect to it--we found it at a breast cancer fundraiser.  The company raises money to make wishes of terminally ill women with breast cancer come true.  Kind of like the “Make a Wish Foundation”, but for a cause that’s a little closer to home.  I was super touched that jon found the event, and didn’t mind sitting around while I tried on dresses.  

Question:  Why are we waiting until 2009 to get married?  Can you plan a wedding in just nine months?  Is it possible to do it next September?  I mean… can we push it up a whole year?  Things are starting to fall in place, which is really cool.  I found a dress on the first day we looked for them.  We decided on the “north west wine country” experience as a location and we have each other.  
I’m… really happy lately.  Life is just going so well.  So.  If some of you cynical Seattleites want to go out for beers and bring me back down to reality, I’d love you forever.  ;)

7:41AM - Oh. Right.

I’ve up and disappeared again. I’ve been posting more over here.

Warning: it’s got a bit of wedding-emphasis. Proceed at your own risk, as it may induce vomiting for the weak at heart and the cynical.