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Autumn-Opaline

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Imitation crab is ah-mazing.....and it's fun to eat. I like unraveling the little bits until it's like one strip of fake crab-stuff.

But what did I come on here for.....oh yeah.

So long story short, my Outlook at work bonked out on me while I was transferring photos from my camera's SD card to the computer. So for some magical reason, my SD card bonked out on me too. I rebooted the computer a couple times and re-inserted the card a few times, nada. Thereby causing me to flip out (in a controlled fashion) for the entire day trying to recover the photos and videos on the card.

This is where you would leave now. Bye friend.

Oh hello friend, did you still want to listen?

Well.....I feel kinda bad having to install/uninstall like four different file recovery programs so that I can recover as many files as I could. And of course, they were all trial versions, so I could only recover so much at a time. They only allowed like 1-2GB worth of files to be recovered. Then I gotta buy the actual thing for like $30 upwards, which I'm probably never gonna use again (because I learned my lesson, ya silly girl). There was actually one time during the day I decided to check if my Outlook was working okay

OH SNAP BACKTRACK. Ok ok ok ok. Before ALL THIS STUFF happened, I burned my left wrist carrying a cup of ramen back to my desk. I have to go to the water cooler all the way in the lobby so that I can get hot water immediately. And the microwave oven was about the same distance, but I don't think that way of obtaining hot water is as 'healthy'. ANYHOO...I was doing a spectacular job of carrying my cup of ramen all the way back to my desk, and then when I get to my desk, I noticed I was tipping the cup over JUUUSSSTTT a teensy bit. And I wish I could figure out what direction is was tipping in, but the small plate I had over the cup was covering my view. So tip goes the liquidy cheapness onto my left wrist. Where my watch band is. Ahhhh.....fortunately it wasn't too much. And I was able to get some wipes from Robert's desk to clean up the stuff.

Alright, so now that I got that out of my system, back to my technology dilemma!

So when I was checking if my Outlook was okay, the program that was doing a deep scan of my SD card bonked out and I had to run the process AGAIN. I mean, 30 minutes for completion isn't so bad, but STILL. And the funny thing about this program, is that it generates FIVE copies of each photo! So I'm picking through each 'set' to figure out what's not a thumbnail, what's not glitchy-looking (and quite a number of them were), etc. THAT was the time-consuming part. Even sorting out the photos was quicker!

So while I am happy that I was able to recover all the photos from my camera, I was (at least at this point) unable to recover my videos. I mean, the videos were recovered, but whenever I go play them, no video and audio, I get an error message saying that I gotta 'reacquire the content'. Reacquire the content??? What, am I supposed to reenact getting on Zach's dirtbike, playing 20 questions with Leah at Sarah's bridal shower, the drive with Vincent and his parents in VA, the friends at Devon's party singing "We Are The Champions" in an expertly off-key manner? And that's where the whole install/uninstall the four different programs comes in, but none of them ever worked. Aggghhh...I'm a speck in the universe, I'm a speck in the universe, I'm a speck in the universe, I'm a speck in the universe....

They're just videos, right? But like, here's the thing, I don't buy souvenirs or take too much stuff home. I just take pictures and videos. THOSE are my souvenirs. My memories. I don't like stuff. Okay, I like it occasionally, as long as it's practical. But videos man, totally captures the moment. And Joseph always makes fun of me for not just living in the moment. But I like documenting all these different events. I mean, we DO come back around to these later and have a laugh or cry at them.

I feel like I pretty much blew off all the people I like at work. I ranted a little to Sara about my dilemma (because that's what we do when we come by each others' cubicles) and we barely spoke to each other after that except for one moment where she gave me an extra copy of the company profile from 2007. And then Joe walks by my cube after his lunch break. And I SOOO wanted to chat with him, but I was in the zone getting all my pics recovered. I'm just sorry that he caught me at a bad time because I feel like he could be my ally at work other than Sara and William. And William, he is such a sweet dude. I overhear him sometimes since he's in the cube next door, pep-talking his girlfriend over the phone "set your goals and go for your goals", that sort of thing. He's part of Finance, so he gets me when it comes to getting super-accurate information. I didn't get his email because of Outlook being down for me, so he printed the stuff for me. I forgot to tell him have a good weekend, and I know it's a small thing, but stuff like that is always nice. I was in a state of controlled anger the whole day, and I really did not want to explode on anyone, so I had my earbuds on the whole time.

Anyway, that's all I gotta say for now about that. I'm supposed to wake up early tomorrow, but I'm not sure about the snow. Said we're supposed to get like 3-6 inches. But I barely saw anything when I walked out of the office. Actually, as side note, I didn't really leave work until like 20 minutes after I texted Vincent because I had my USB drive that was able to hold all the photos from my camera, so I ended up transferring the pics from the computer to the USB, which took like 20 minutes. Okay I lied, I did have more to say LOL. I wish I could talk to Vincent now but he's probably busy with house-sitting duties. Praise journaling!

Maybe I'll just finish studying for the meeting until I fall asleep. Good night friend.

EDIT: So SOME of my worries have been lifted because some of the photos from the SD have already been transferred to my external hard drive *thanks past self profusely* But I'm sure for a few events I wasn't able to transfer over in time, so the videos of those have been lost...bleh again. At least I have photos.
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Some cake would be nice about now. But I really should stop procrastinating and go to bed.
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Feeling pretty good right now. Even if the song I'm listening to is sad. Idk why I like to listen to sad music. It is sometimes calming.

I just went around Dover distributing French invitations, even if no one came to the door. Lol, I was practicing what I wanted to say pretty much the whole time in the car. It's a pretty lovely day, just kinda too breezy for me. But I liked the leaves rolling around as I'm driving through small roads. Nice and sunny. I'm okay with 10-15'C weather.

Hmmm.. I need to work on more illustrations, but I have been on a non-stop train of events here'n'there, whether it's work-related or personal. I want to pause the world for a little. To like, idk, sit near a lake and write. Or doodle. I just remembered now how I used to sit on the bench on The Green on any given afternoon after school and just doodle or write random crud in my notebook hahahaha... I have run out of deviations to post for next month, so I really should get on creating something. Even if it's just a photograph. Idk, I'm a very, VERY impromptu photographer. I'm not lazy, I just don't need all the equipment and formalities and the proper lighting (ok well, maybe that). I'm all about capturing the moment, yaaahhh.

I gotta attend something at Dover Downs, partly because I gotta network with people on behalf of work and partly because I need the Flextime. I imagine it's gonna be all glitzy and glamourous, and everyone's gonna have a champagne glass in their hand. Still miffed that we don't have the Friday after Thanksgiving off. Not that I'll be doing anything, I'm just kinda used to having that extra day. It doesn't make sense anyway because why have Thursday off, and then come back to work for one day, and then it'll be the weekend. Right? I'll probably just study, eat dinner, then go sleep once I get home.

While I was talking to Vincent yesterday, I thought I saw Laura in the background for a little bit. Idk, I was a little excited, but I didn't really feel anything? I guess if I saw her in person at that time, I probably would have been feeling some type of way. Eh.

I hope Sharon and Julie are okay with the flyer I just emailed them. I'm a little miffed that Sharon told me about the flyer only on Monday and that it was due the following day. I mean, it was easy to put together, but I still felt like I was put on the spot. Nicole was actually supposed to take care of it, but she would've gone over her hours. Ah, I remember having to worry about that as a part-timer. Guess I'm still getting used to the work styles of everyone.

Man, this pork kebob is off the hook.

Anyway, I guess I better think of what else I should be accomplishing... Bye friend, bye friend, bye fried. 
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I want to cry and scream and cry and scream and cry and scream.....but I can't. I'm at work.

I want to write these thoughts in my other online journal, but I no longer have log-in access. And my physical journal is not with me.

But I am listening to some calming music.....but the footsteps of my co-workers scurrying about makes me nervous. As if they have something super important to do. Okay, it's pretty important, but they doin' too much to look like it. EDIT: LOL I just realized I had talked about it in my last entry. WAT.

I need to breathe.....Ah. Idk what else to type about again, but perhaps more will come to me today.

I feel like some of the dreams I have when I sleep, even the insignificant ones, come true in some way. Like.....I remember dreaming months ago about being in some sort of dressing room with a few other ladies. And then just a few days ago Candice and I are at the MAC store at the mall. Idk. Or having dreamed about Stan and I laying underneath a tree, which I dreamed about even way before, but it ends up just last week Vincent and I were sitting under a tree while listening to a concert in downtown (side-note I guess the dreams where I thought I had of Stan, maybe they're actually about Vincent. Lol. Idk. He and I have been dating for about a month now. How time flies...)

I heard my phone go off just now, and I tried to pick it up, but it slipped out of my hand and onto the ground.....I'm so clumsy x.x

Dropped that thing too many times over the past 3-4 years....still works though. Like my life LOL.

Maybe I'm just irritated at the fact I can't stop sneezing or blowing my nose. Did it the whole time this past Monday. Maybe it's because the seasons are about to change. And my health gets a little wacky when that happens....

Okay, I think I'm good for now. Good bye, no one.
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*siiiiighhhh*

Also, pay no attention. If anyone was following....

So again, I usually journal online elsewhere. But this time, there is no way I could log in to add an entry. So I'm a little mad about that.......Especially since I tend to get personal and stupid while I'm venting.

BUT ANYWAYS. Just kinda mad....I wish that it was quiet....I'm still at work and when I was about to start, the phone rang and fortunately the call wasn't for me. So I forwarded my phone to Voicemail so that I don't get any more calls. If it was important, they would leave a message. But now, I can hear our payroll lady talking over the phone and that is mildly distracting.

And now I have to answer the doggone door when I don't want to at the moment. I just want to pour my thoughts out but it is so hard. I wish I can go home already and take a nap.

What was really moving me to write this was because I got the wrong item while I was in the drive-thru. And stupid me, the ONE time I don't check before going, the item is wrong but I ate it anyway.

Idk.....it could be worse. Also, I've been really tired the past couple of days. We had company over last night, and I kinda wish we didn't especially since it was about to rain. And it did rain, like, really REALLY hard.

I feel like crying on the inside, but of course being at work, I can't do that.

Maybe it will blow over in a couple of hours when I leave work.

What gets me scared sometimes is that I can hear my supervisors scurry about; their gait is heavy and quick. Like they about to come over to my desk and lay down some big tasks. They always seem to be so busy. I mean, they likely are, but I feel like it's in a 'showy-off' kinda way.

I wish our payroll lady would close her door; she's having a loud conversation.

Oh wait, never mind. She stopped.

I wish I could stop adulting for one day. Day off, no commitments, no obligations, etc. Just be kinda lazy, and in some magical way, be meaningful about it.

I guess I can turn off my Voicemail now.
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