I just answered the phone. "Silver Eagle and Auto Connections, Lisa speaking." Please allow me a moment of excitement.

At least I'm getting paid to surf the Net, and to update my blog. That's good, I guess. I do have to phone a client after 5PM this evening, so that little task will be performed from home. I rock.

Lets see, yesterday was an "eh" day. Went to Alliance to apply at Goody's, but the application place was closed. After that I ran all over the country trying to find the original Halloween on DVD. K-Mart had a 25th anniversary 2-disc thing for $25, Wal-Mart didn't have any Halloween DVD's and Sam Goody had the same thing as K-Mart only $5 more. How hard is it to find a regular old Halloween DVD for under $15? Obviously harder than I thought.
I also checked out Bath and Body Works' new spring stuff, and I was suckered into buying a lilac candle set thing. It smells really good, but since it makes me sneeze I'm returning it. Shame really as the candles do smell good.
Wal-Mart warranted 2 boxes of Kraft Green Box spaghetti, 2 Hershey's mint chocolate cookie bars and Black Dog on DVD. I love Patrick Swayze, I can't help myself.

I looked up a Zip Code, I rock. I've done two work related things today. I can't stand being at work with nothing to do, and there really is nothing to do. The kitchen and bathroom areas are tidy, nothing needs faxed or shredded and I have nothing to print or look up on the net. Bah!

I'm off to do nothing for another 2 hours. Kill me quickly.

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I'm at work, enough said.

I love Juicy Fruit Grapermelon gum. Go buy some, right now.

Want to pass out.

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Happy St. Patty's Day. I'm not Irish, so I won't even try to pretend I am.

In case anyone cares, I spanked that nose blemish courtesy of a Biore pore strip. Woohoo!

Lots to do tomorrow, so it better not fucking snow.

Off to bed.

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Ugh, I feel like I'm going to hurl. I ate a turkey sammich around noon, and have felt pukey since 1PM or so. Maybe some Kool Aid will help me feel better.

OK, I understand people are excited about the St. Patrick's Day parade tomorrow, but was a press conference really necessary? It's Cleveland, the weather always sucks, get over it. People are dumb.

Woohoo, it's supposed to be 41 on Friday and 52 on Saturday!! Is it ever going to end? Where is the sunshine? Where's the sandal weather? Hurry up Spring!!!!

Still no tax refund check. I loathe the US Postal Service.

I was supposed to get my tranny seal replaced on Friday at 11AM. I told my Mom to please not schedule her car repair until after 1PM on Friday; she agreed and the subject was dropped. I got home from work today, and there's a note on the entertainment center. She made the appointment for 9AM on Friday. Hello, did we not discuss that yesterday? So I had to cancel my tranny seal appointment as I'll have no way to get home from the mechanic, and my Mom will have no way to pick up her car. How hard would it have been for her to have scheduled that for after 1PM? I should be used to this kind of shit, but I'm not. I'm guessing I'll reschedule the tranny seal project for next week sometime. Hopefully my transmission doesn't blow up before I get the seal replaced. Dammit.

My cold sore is almost gone. I guess Valtrex really does work!

Why is it that everytime it snows, there are all kinds of wrecks? It snows every year in Ohio, what's the fucking problem? Don't drive like a moron, and you won't wreck. That's pretty simple, isn't it?

I think I'm finished griping for the time being.

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Some people are so stupid. Honestly now, it's a crappy Mustang and he needs to learn how to A.) Spell and B.) Properly format numbers. Willing to trade for a Beetle and cash? I bet his is. Besides, that's not a trade, that's a partial trade. As Steph would say, fuckwad.

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Driving to work this morning sucked. The roads were pretty bad if I'm slipping and sliding around in the GTI mobile. It snowed really hard for about an hour, then stopped and it hasn't started back up since. It didn't snow enough to get me home early, so it needs to not snow at all.

I'm now off to print out ads.

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Hello, my name is Lisa and I'm a lip balm addict:

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I counted my lip balms today, or at least the lip balms I have in that drawer. I counted 82 lip balms, and I know I have at least 20 more in purses, my car, etc. I'm currently sporting a cold sore so I'm only using my "pot" lip balms, that way I don't get the rest of my lip balms infected with germs. I just have regular lip cold sores, not the icky "other" herpes. Even so, it's hella embarassing to fill a prescription for Valtrex pills and Valtrex cream. I made sure to point to my cold sore and say "I hate when I get COLD SORES on my lip". The girl just grinned and kind of nodded her head like she understood I don't have an STD. I know how much I hate cold sores on my lip, so I can't even begin to imagine what they'd be like anywhere else. I feel sorry for anyone who has the herpes STD, especially women who get it from being raped, or from their husbands being unfaithful. OK, I'm finished talking about herpes!

I was washing clothes this evening and one of my bras managed to jump in the washer and dryer (I usually wash them by hand in the bathtub, dry on the table). The bra was all mangled and had choked one of my Happy Bunny socks. Thankfully the bra wasn't ruined, as it's one of my favorites, and my Happy Bunny sock survived too.

I hope it does snow a lot tonight/tomorrow because if I have to work a full day tomorrow I'm going to be tired. I need to go to bed!

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Almost forgot, Mother Nature has been upgraded from a cunt to a spiteful ass-licking cunt. We're supposed to get some huge snowstorm beginning around 4AM and going until 11PM tomorrow (Tuesday) night. All I know is, I'm not driving to work if the roads are bad and I hope my boss understands. I'm also not staying at work until 3PM if the roads are beginning to get bad. I'm not a doctor so I don't need to work when the roads are bad. I've never understood people who will risk their lives driving on really bad roads for some office job. If you're a doctor or a nurse or something, I understand. But an office worker? The papers will be there tomorrow. The weather people are calling for 8-16 inches, if not more. This sucks ass.

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The Friday Five only 3 days late! I promise to have the answers in here on Friday from now on. LOL

1. What was the last song you heard?
Type O Negative's "White Slavery"

2. What were the last two movies you saw?
Christine and One Hour Photo

3. What were the last three things you purchased?
Wyler's Black Cherry drink mix, Lemon Lime Kool Aid and a deli pickle (Saturday).

4. What four things do you need to do this weekend?
Have my car's tranny seal replaced on Friday, get my Dream Theater ticket on Friday, go out with Jenny on Friday, go to the Dream Theater concert on Saturday and go out with Jamie on Sunday (I know that's 5, too bad).

5. Who are the last five people you talked to?
Dr. Dork, my Mom, Pauline (Mom's friend), Travis (online) and the Summit Racing customer service person.

Heehee, the Friday Five is fun!!

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Just another example of how shit always happens to me. My Mom's federal tax refund arrived today, mine didn't. They were supposedly printed and mailed on the same day, so where is my fucking refund? Just an example of how shit always happens to me. I'm not whining, I'm just stating facts.

Now I'm in a crabby mood, and I'm not leaving my house.

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Guess who won a song from the Pepsi/IPod thingie? I did. I rock.

Tomorrow is Monday which means I have to work on Tuesday. Don't get me wrong, it's great to have a job again but it's so damned boring! A new store in Carnation Mall is opening soon and I'm thinking of applying there as well. Retail won't be so bad as long as it's no more than 2-3 days a week. Besides, can we say "employee discount"? I'll have to apply, then see how much they pay, what hours they offer, etc. You never know...

It's confirmed. Jamie and I are going to see Queensryche in Columbus (Newport Music Hall) on April 18th. Woohoo! I'm soooo excited. My last QR fiasco resulted in my being late for the show and only catching the last hour of their performance. That was also the evening before Fluffy was put to sleep, so I wasn't in the cheeriest of moods to begin with. This show will be much better and is almost 6 months to the day from the last time (October 17th) I saw QR. Again, woohoo! Hopefully I'll score soundcheck and/or meet and greet passes for this show too!

Type O needs to tour this summer.

My car needs a bath.

Fingernails are not to be used as screwdrivers.

I almost bit a chunk off of my tongue Friday night. I was eating a sucker and bit down on the tip of the sucker. My tongue was in the way and was almost removed from my body. I manage to hurt myself during most any activity, and now even while eating.

I love digging through my lip balm drawer (yes, I have a lip balm drawer). It's like going shopping without spending any money, or even leaving my room. I found my Mark Lip Lights in tangerine, but I couldn't find the other two flavors. I need to dig through my lip balm drawer after I finish my laundry.

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So far I'm ahead in the GTI VS Prelude poll. Damn right!

Thanks to Jamie I now want this chair. Thanks so much Jamie.

Found struts for the GTI at Summit Racing. KYB self adjusting struts for $40 each! I should be able to save up and have them installed by early-mid May. Woohoo! That's a lot cheaper than $180-$200 a strut!

It needs to warm up so I can get to the bodywork on the GTI. He also needs a bath pronto.

Hope it's warm next Friday so I can get a ride on someone's bike. Jenny and I are going out again Friday night to Party's bar and most of my old friends should be there. All of them have motorcyles. Jenny and I are such trollops.

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All right, which is cuter?

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GTI or Quaalude? Vote to the left.

Goddamn Ohio roads were horrible on the way home. All snowy and slick and shit. Mother Nature has now been upgraded from spiteful bitch, to a cunt.

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Can I never be on time for anything. Actually I will most likely be on time, but still, why did I sleep until 2PM? I had my alarm set for noon, yet I slept right through until 2PM. Argh! Maybe if I got off the computer and started getting ready, I wouldn't be late!!!! There's a concept...

Gotta be in Cuyahoga Falls by 4PM.

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I hate Ohio:

What the hell is Mother Nature trying to prove? That she's a spiteful bitch? That's the only thing I can come up with.

Don't you hate when you get one of those blemishes that go into your face instead of out? I have one on the side of my nose and it's irritating the crap out of me. I'm going to stick a Biore strip on it later tonight, that'll show it who's boss.

Britney Spears is a skank.

No work until Tuesday and for that I'm thankful.

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OK, obviously I'm a moron. Today is Wednesday, not Thursday. CSI and Without a Trace are not on tonight. Dumbass.

Guess I'll watch a DVD instead since I'm all settled on the couch and shit. Dammit.

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Goodness, I'm certainly on a sugar kick as of late. I've been killing Black Cherry Kool Aid and rootbeer Bottlecaps candy. I had to buy Wyler's Black Cherry drink mix today, and it's nowhere near as tasty as the Kool Aid brand. I think I'll protest if Giant Eagle is out of the Kool Aid brand this weekend.

Drove my car to the grocery store, and around town so he could warm up fully prior to my returning home. He runs fine, finally.

My AOL mail is still all jacked up. Hopefully no one is trying to get in touch with me. Bleh.

I've been lazy on returning emails that are sent to my sbcglobal account. If you've emailed me and I've not replied, I apologize. I'll return everyone's emails tomorrow after work.

K, I'm off. Have to finish up my laundry then it's CSI/Without a Trace time. Then it's time for bed!

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First day of work was today. I'm really going to enjoy this job! I spent my day searching online auto ads, seraching for car shows and eating at Burger King. I have to try and design a flyer to hand out at car shows. Anyone who knows me is aware that I have zero artistic talent. This is going to be interesting.

On the way to the auto show Saturday, I saw this:

What exactly happened to this Mustang??? And I thought the BaronBomb looked bad!!

If you've emailed my AOL account and I've not replied, please email me again. The last couple days I've had problems with my AOL account. I'll click on an email to open it, and AOL will freeze. When I log back on to read the email, it has vanished. I'm not ignoring you, I just didn't get the email!

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The GTI runs fine. Finally, he's OK. Not quite as fast as before due to a missing Oxygen sensor (fucking up the air/fuel mix or something), but he runs really well.

Saw the first 4 episodes of the Soprano's 5th season; they are awesome! David Lee Roth has a cameo in the 4th episode. How awesome is that?! Some good quotes from the first 4 episodes:

Do you want a fucking apology? Whitman's Sampler? (Tony)
Go shit in your hat! (Uncle Junior)
Oooooooooooh! (Pauly Walnuts)
He's still twitching, this one. (Chrissy)

Many more that I can't remember. If you don't have HBO, get it. I don't have HBO, but I can watch the series screener tapes so it evens out. LOL

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Whee, I worked today from 4PM-7PM and it was nice! I arrived at work around 3:15, but we didn't leave until 4, so I didn't get paid until 4PM. That's OK, though, as it was a lot of fun. We photographed a 1956 Thunderbird in Peacock Blue (think teal) that was in very good condition. The guy selling the car was nice too, so that made the time go quickly. I start my regular Tuesday/Thursday schedule on Tuesday, but I have a feeling I'll be doing listings a lot sooner than I'd first anticipated.

The GTI ran fine and scooted right along. I caught air on a bump in the road! That wasn't fun, and I do not plan on going airborne again.

I rock, by the way.

It was soooooo nice today. Thankfully I was outside, and able to enjoy the 78 degree weather. It's only supposed to be in the 40's tomorrow, which sucks, but it's better than freezing or below.

Cleveland Auto Show tomorrow, then plug changing and various other GTI tasks. I have to take a drive on the ho track too (Arlington in Akron) as the hos may have rotated since I was last up there. Heehee, the dumbest things entertain me and Dr. Dork.

I'm burning a CD then it's off to bed; gotta be in Cuyahoga Falls by 1:30 tomorrow afternoon.

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It's 76 degrees today. OK, if you're in Florida or California that's no big deal. I'M IN OHIO. I am going to roast on my first day of work. Yes, I'm going in today for a couple hours. Chris (the bossman) and I are going to a customer's house to photograph a car for sale. My first day on the job and I'm all ready doing the fun stuff! Woohoo! I really think this job is going to be a lot of fun, and there's a lot of money to be made outside of my regular hourly wage. I can't wait!! My first payday is the 19th, but it's only for one week. Ick!

The drive to work will be my first "trip" in the GTI since he came home. Of course I'm a bit apprehensive about driving him because of the trouble I've had with his chug. But if Don says he's fixed I will try to be optimistic.
The wind has me worried too. It's windy as a sonofabitch outside; my car is little and light. I'll be blown across the street!

OK, gotta go change then leave for WORK!!

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Shit, I totally forgot to update about my car. Duh! Anyway, I picked him up yesterday around 4:15PM. Don called yesterday morning soooooo excited because he'd figured out the GTI riddle. Turns out the dumb asscrust who sold me the car is a complete stupid fuck. When he changed the header (yeah, the GTI has a "performance" header) he ripped the oxygen sensor out of its little cubbyhole. Well he twisted the wires all together, then twisted the wires around the swaybar. There they sat, shorting out everytime they got wet and grimy, or everytime they touched each other. So Don fixed all that up and only charged me $53.25 (he worked on my car for at least 3 hours)! I drove my GTI home and drove my Mom to the dollar store last night; he ran fine. I do believe he's fixed. Don stuck him on the scope thingie, and the engine code thingie; all is well. The coil is fine, as are all of his other operating systems. Now I need new struts, the tranny seal and a master cylinder to have a good as new GTI. I'm having the tranny seal replaced in 2 weeks, when I receive my tax refunds, and I'll probably have Don do the master cylinder too. Then all I'll need to replace are the struts, and that's going to wait for a long while. Oh well, at least he's running again and being cute and stuff. I do need to replace my driver side body trim thingie; the grey piece that runs along the door. It fell off when Don opened the door last week. Nothing a little alcohol and 3M adhesive won't fix. LOL And I need to change the plugs on Saturday as well. There's nothing quite like changing the plug wires, and not changing the plugs too (it was 5 degrees outside, come on now). Heehee!

Confirmed "upgrades" to the GTI:
Performance header/exhaust (Brospeed)
Neuspeed springs (3" lowered)
Tokico rear struts~adjustable
Neuspeed strut brace bar thing
Special cams (plural as it's a dual overhead cam engine)

I would like to get Recaro seats, new front struts (obviously), some ignition thing Dr. Dork was babbling about earlier this evening and a new paint job. Around $3500 and I'll have him just as I'd like him.

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OK, now it's supposed to be in the mid-70's tomorrow! Rain is likely, but mid-70'S! Yeehee!

Got a new cell phone today, and a new phone line in my room yesterday. It's been phone week or something.

Start my new job tomorrow, but I only work from 3-5. We're going on an appointment to photograph a car that's being put up for sale. My first day and I get to do fun stuff! The bossman may want to take my GTI instead of his Infiniti, though, as the GTI is pretty pimping. LOL

Not doing anything tomorrow other than work 3-5; Saturday is the Cleveland Auto Show. That'll be fun. I may even drive the GTI to the auto show, we shall see.

OK, I'm off to bed and hopefully I'll sleep until at least 9AM. Last night I went to bed at 10PM and woke up at 2AM. I was up until 5AM then slept until noon. What the hell?

I had an appointment today to get my eyebrows waxed, but I totally forgot about it. I was scared too, so that may have had something to do with my memory lapse. I suck.

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Holy hot fuck, it's supposed to be 66 degrees on Friday. Woohoo! Right now they're calling for rain, but who cares? 66 degrees!

Yes, I am awake at 20 til 6 in the morning. I went to bed at midnight, then woke up at 4AM with insane heartburn. What the fuck??? I think I'm OK, now, so I'll try sleeping again.

Have to be up at 11AM just in case the phone company guy is actually on time. I'm getting my phone line installed today sometime between 11AM and 3PM. I decided I'd break down and get my own line, with voice mail, so I don't have to worry about not receiving my messages. I also have unlimited long distance for $20 a month which comes in handy since 98% of my friends' phone numbers are long distance from my house. That's always nice.

I smell a car wash for the GTI in my near future. I'll even wash my Mom's car; sure why not?

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Got a job today! I'm now the eBay and office girl for the Canton office of First Trade Registry. I'll only be working Tuesdays and Thursdays to start, but it's $9/hr so it's better than nothing. Besides, I'll work more this summer when I begin doing listings on my own. Right now I'm responsible for the data entry, dictation and customer contact portions of the business. In a month or so I'll be comfortable enough to start collecting the vehicle data, taking photos and approving cars for sale. I will have the power!!! By the way, I'll get paid to attend car shows. Now who's the pimp???

The GTI has a bad coil and will be home by the end of the week; hopefully Thursday at the latest.

Going to bed.

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