Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad!

Things not to do on the eve of your birthday

I wanted to spend the evening getting rid of the clothes I never wear anymore. I had to get rid of my favourite dress.

Me getting ready to present my homeroom class with plaques at grad.

I thought purging my closet would be a good way to start my 32nd year. It mostly made me feel terrible about myself. I had to get rid of three garbage bags full of clothes that no longer fit. It is a reminder that I'm not as skinny, pretty and young as I used to be. Worst of all, it is a reminder of how broke I am to not be able to replace these clothes for a long time. Lack of money just reminds me of the fact I still have not found a job.

Bob Loblaw

One Bad Dream Ah Ah Ah

I'm starting doubt my father's theory that my recent nightmares have to do with watching too many scary movies. Last night I dreamt I was attacked by The Count outside my grandparents' barn.

Here we go

Since spring sprung early, I've been having problems with migraines. Since I started my allergy shots 10 years ago, the severity and frequency decreased dramatically. For the times when I did get them, my family doctor at the time suggested trying 2 acetaminophen and 2 ibuprofen before he would prescribe anything stronger. This worked for the most part up until the last couple months. What worked before lessened the symptoms at best. I was living with a migraine for about 3 weeks (Mom, correct me if I have the length of time wrong).

I finally saw my family doctor about 2 weeks ago*. She prescribed Naproxen** twice a day until I see her next month and massage therapy. She gave me a trial of rizatriptan benzoate to take at the first symptoms of a migraine. I've been taking the Naproxen for two weeks, had my second massage therapy appointment today and just had to take my first dose of rizatriptan benzoate a couple minutes ago. Let's see how this works.


*Took that long to get an appointment with her
** Basically a stronger version of Aleve

Get this woman her own show!

All I remember from my dream

is Ky punctuating everything she said with "hut cha CHAAA".

Behold, Betty White (with a special appearance by centaur John Ritter)

Two separate people today thought: "Hey, Janice is my source for Bea Arthur wrestling dinosaurs maybe she wants to branch out to other Golden Girls."

This week's Portland Mercury cover:

Because I'm classy

Hilarious and adorable.

You can't argue with science

According to Stupid Fight:

Not Justin Bieber

I realize that I'm nearly 32 year old and not exactly up on teen culture but



I know there is no way that is Justin Bieber.

"I'd like a single plum floating in perfume served in a man's hat."

Sit Down, Shut Up - Arnett vs. Bateman

2010 NHL Stanley Cup Prediction: Updated

Sigh, the things I do instead of homework.....



Please forgive, I didn't have much time to make the bracket image. Hopefully I'll have time to improve it by next round (and talk about my rational). It is unfair that hockey playoffs coincide with finals. Two years ago, I asked my doctor if she could write me a note to excuse me from finals until the hockey season was over -- she was not amused.


Add: James Cybulski of TSN made the exact same prediction as me. That has to count for something? Exact same logic as I (if you care).

Champion!

If only I could translate this into not pretend success...

Pleasant Picture Before Bed

On the job
Originally uploaded by star5112

ADORABLE!

Mouse Toilet (or things I say when I'm tired)

Alana, James and I ordered appetizers to share at a restaurant. After the waitress brought our plates, I explained that they always give their customers "mouse toilets". (Certainly something you would not want to clean your hands with). As Alana pointed out, I "traded diphthongs":
mouse toilet: ˈmaus ˈtoi-lət
moist towelette: ˈmoist tau-(ə-)ˈlet
(My apologies that the pronunciations are not written out correctly, I can't figure out how to do all the characters in html).

The last time we hung out, I had to backtrack on a story with
"Oh wait, not Morgan Freeman... I meant the Hulk." Understandable mistake since they are often confused.

Test Anxiety

Test anxiety USUALLY occurs before or during a test. I get test anxiety after the test (or assignment) I did poorly on. I think there is an expectation from others that I will do really well. I worry that others will be disappointed when I do poorly.

Yesterday, I wrote two lab finals and they did not go great. The exams were back to back for a total of 3 hours. The very first question on my first exam I had to set up an AC circuit with a light bulb. We only had 15 minutes to collect data and I could not get my ammeter to display anything. My lab instructor pointed out my cables where in the wrong inputs for an ammeter. Once I finally had things set up properly, I had so little time for data collection it left me completely frazzled for the rest of the morning.

Last night and today, I'm stressing out about the tests. Mistakes I made keep going over and over in my head.

Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England (Puritian)

Ugh, more nightmares

Two nights ago, after I wrote my last blog post about nightmares, I was too tired to remember my dreams. So what made me wake up in a cold sweat early this morning? Zombie apocalypse*. I will spare the very gruesome** details but you didn't know who was a zombie until they attacked. The only other non-zombie was a female chef I didn't like*** and we had to learn to work together.







*Interesting Janny stat: this is the 6th zombie related post. Might explain a few things.
** I accidentally typed gruelsome the first time.
*** Not a real person but the chef part was integral to her skill set in my dream.