HOROSCOPE 30 JAN 2006 .. it's a sign(?)

After thinking about making changes for so long and not mentioning it to anyone, the obvious solution has suddenly dawned on you: If you really want to change, what could fulfill that urge more dramatically than moving long-distance? After all, that would mean you'd have to change your home, your job, all your relationships and all your habits. If all this sounds invigorating rather than frightening, get busy. The sooner the better.

london

i have a plan now, for real -- i'll stick around here through april; find a job and take four online classes and try not to kill myself (or shop too much) until the urge disappears, which should happen around early to mid april, unless my birthday goes particularly badly [there's a full moon that day, which i'm taking as a good sign] .. then, once i restore myself to my former academic glory (thereby also regaining "favorite child" status, but, i mean, it's not a competition or anything) by earning a 4.0 for spring semester, it's off to england for ten or eleven morrissey shows and the final thirteen credits of my undergraduate education..... then, next autumn, i will return to america (perhaps) a university graduate, and there will be a whole new set of expectations and responsibilities for me to eschew.

this should be interesting. i hope he calls soon ... i hope you come with.

JURY DUTY

... is for suckers. i'm supposed to go tomorrow. i think they said to be there at 9 AM.. personally, i'd much rather be going to bed at 9 AM than waking up, but unfortunately, the world doesn't work that way.

someday it will.

my horoscope for 24 jan 06

Romantic relationships should stabilize.
Your creative talent will prove to be lucrative if put to proper use.
Do your chores and get on with the things you enjoy doing.

you can have your say.

universal commenting is now enabled.

delta never wrote back.

THE DELTA FIASCO PART I [OF MANY.. I CAN JUST TELL]

To Whom it May Concern:
I redeemed 25,000 skymiles in January of 2001 and received an Award Travel certificate, valid for one coach round trip ticket within the continential US. I did not book a flight using the award certificate, and it expired in January of 2002, by which time, I had shoved it in a drawer somewhere and forgotten about it entirely. Now, three apartments and nearly four years later, I came across it as I was cleaning, and was told by a representative on the phone that it is absolutely worthless -- "it does not exist," he told me, because the records only go back six months. It does exist, however; in fact, I am holding it in my hand as I type, staring at it incredulously, wondering how a corporation the size of Delta could make such a fuss over 25,000 SkyMiles being returned to my account. I recently received a SkyMiles credit card from American Express, and am only asking that my former miles be returned to me so that I can combine them with the miles that remain in my account (the same miles that were there in 2001) and use them towards a flight to Europe, because frankly, there's not much to see in the continental US, and anyway, I'd rather drive. I am flying to London on Virgin Atlantic and with the 12,000 miles in my account, plus the 25,000 miles from the unredeemed (expired, yet perfectly tangible) award certificate, plus the 15,000 I'll earn when I use my card for the first time, plus cash for the rest, I was hoping to get a ticket for a dear friend of mine who is presently in an awful state and needs a vacation more than anyone I've ever known. He is the love of my life and London is where it all began ... we have to get back there. You have to help me! This isn't some bullshit sob story, it's the absolute truth. I earned those miles flying back and forth from Boston to Florida to visit my dad after my parents divorce when I was very young, and damned if I'm not going to put them to good use. I am a loyal and extremely lucrative [potentially] customer with enough experience working in retail and customer service to know that this is not beyond the scope of what your corportation can do for its customers. There are two numbers on the Award Certificate. The first is 00610702603030. The second looks like a serial number and it is 0060915647994. The date of issue is 22 Jan 01; date of expiry is 22 Jan 02. My address at the time was 194 Raleigh Tavern Lane, North Andover, MA 01845. My mother's maiden name is xxxxxxxxx. My cat's name is Morrissey. Please give me back my miles. I know you don't have to, but you have absolutely no idea how much it means to me. This could be a great television commercial. It's all true.

Sincerely,
MT
xxx-xxx-xxxxx

yes, i really did send that letter to Delta. i can't wait until they write back.

monday.

today i woke up at 7:11, ate the rest of the rice pilaf and peas i made last night, got a coke, lined up all my shoes [by color, obviously], did three loads of laundry [including one for my mom, to prove i'm not the worst daughter in the world], went to the mall with jenn and matt, got all-black vans [with black soles, to match my heart] [that was a joke, except the part about the blackened heart was serious] [no, jk, the part about the shoes was serious], tried to play ddr but discovered that academy lanes has forsaken its ddr machine and replaced it with a lot of games with guns, all of which, it turns out, i am pretty good at, created a 'zone of serenity' [the marketing department's phrase, not mine] in the kitchen, my car, and my room with bamboo incense, discovered that it is quite difficult to saw through actual bamboo, particularly when one attempts to do so whilst holding the bamboo in one hand and the mitre saw in another and using one's knee as a surface upon which to cut [i gave up before the bleeding started.. an injury was probably inevitable if i had tried to keep going], made a lot of piles but little actual progress, thought about my new darkroom and how fantastic it's going to be, read some more of frank mccourt's new book [thoroughly enjoyable], hung out with my mom and brother for an hour or so and had a lovely conversation about school and life and endtimes and the mayan calendar, etc., took an incredible bath, remembered how wonderful brazil nut body butter is, fixed my eyebrows, got a gray hoodie [the only color i was missing, i think; the only color that matters, anyway], thought about how excited i am about going to london, thought about how sad i am that he's not coming, ordered some forceps, and wrote about it all in my wicked cool blog. now, it's 10:00, and that seems to be my new bedtime. pete bouchard says it's going to snow tonight and tomorrow. i fucking hate snow. also, i don't actually know why i'm still at my mom's, but it's nice to be somewhere where people actually like having me around. morrissey has been getting his ass kicked, though, because my mom's cat is either (a) fucking insane, (b) jealous of the fact that morrissey gets more attention than he does, (c) bored, or (d) some combination thereof.

2006 seems alright so far. it's not my new year, but i'll go along with it.

WHAT I GOT FOR XMAS 2K5 by marissa

this year, for christmas, i got PLAYED.

played like a fucking.... i don't know.. harmonica. fiddle. piano. harpsichord, even.

mad played.

that shit's the worst.

better still...

26 jan - belle and sebastian, birmingham, uk


music.. it's what's been missing.

happier new year [getting better..]

so london it is.. january 11-31. my plane ticket is officially bought and paid for.

it's a start.

happy new year (jk)

REASONS TO KILL SELF:
1. life sucks and is boring, pointless,
non-productive, meaningless.

REASONS NOT TO KILL SELF:
1. new morrissey album in march
2. nine inch nails in february
3. new order, johnny marr, andy rourke, etc. in manchester on jan. 28