So my braces won't be off before Christmas as promised, which is incredibly disappointing and their reason is pretty lame. They said that they're booked full the entire week of Christmas. I had my braces put on in April of 08 and Dec 24th 2009 has always been the ETA. It still is, but it's not going to happen. I don't understand why they didn't make me an appointment for dec 24 09 last year. It makes sense. And if my mouth wasn't ready then fine, go ahead and give my appointment away. It seems simple enough. It really ruined my day. It was kind of going to be my Christmas present. Even if I got nothing else for Christmas, having my braces off would have very much made my holiday.
So I did what any disappointed Heather would do. I went shopping and bought a cheesy Christmas sweater, had lunch with Sarah and felt instantly better. And then she and I bought matching calculator watches on a whim. It made my day. Sarah's an awesome friend.
- my mouth wasn't ready
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ceck0face- November 25th, 0:39
grateful
- a melted junior mint
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- ceck0face
- November 24th, 2:29
I have a melted junior mint at the bottom of my purse.
One of my employees is too young to remember Felix the Cat.
My braces come off in 30 days or less.
The extra job is beginning to take its toll.
- someone already does.
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- ceck0face
- November 22nd, 23:36
tired
If I ever become a famous photographer, I can't use "Heather Lynn Photography" as a business name or watermark cause someone already does.
My face is all bangs and I'm too old for that.
A meltdown might be in the works.
I forgot my keys and debit card at home today. Pills schmills.
- this is a placebo
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- ceck0face
- November 21st, 1:22
I started taking short-term-memory-enhancing herbal supplements on Monday and haven't missed a day yet. I figured it was worth a try since I'm always losing my keys and debit card, forgetting to do tons of things my employees ask me to do, and have a crippling fear that I'll screw up someone's cookie order at the bakery. I can't say that I've noticed a difference in my memory but I've certainly noticed a difference in my overall mood (unless this is a placebo). I put in 40 hours at the video game store and about 20 at the bakery. I still manage to get 1 or two days off a week. I haven't been getting as much sleep as I would like, but this week I haven't really felt physically exhausted. The supplements are all vitamins and like sage and licorice and peppermint but I really do feel different. A good different. Like, I-got-10-hours-of-sleep-and-woke-up-earl
y-and-had-a-good-breakfast-kind-of-diffe rent. And no, I don't get ten hours, I usually sleep in and make myself late and rarely have an awesome breakfast but this week I feel like I have. It's the best money I've spent in a while.
At the bakery, an older gentleman gave me a tip. It was my first so far. He said he was donating to my college fund. I didn't want to tell him I graduated college years ago and have to give the tip back.
Tonight I was telling a woman about RockBand and she steered the conversation towards how she firmly believes that Michael Jackson "pedophiled" every last one of those kids including his own, who weren't even his own, but were given to him by poor people and OJ Simpson murdered someone but went to jail for baseball cards. It was very awkward but the weirdest thing she said was that she couldn't understand half of what I was saying because my "accent" was so "thick." She was from Jersey but she had little to no accent. On occasion I will entertain the suggestion that I may have a slight accent, but I can't agree that I sound like a total redneck to the point that my words or sentences are indistinguishable. I don't even blame the braces. So weird.
- le blog
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- ceck0face
- November 11th, 19:42
Some foreign videogame website is using one of my pictures I took the other night. Kinda neat.
Le Blog des Vrais Gamers
- draw the line
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- ceck0face
- November 10th, 17:45
Where and how and I guess when do you draw the line between hard-worker and workaholic.
As much as I tried to avoid and prevent it, I may be stepping on toes.
The bakery gig is still very enjoyable. It's a cute cross between playing "store" or "house" (like I did as a child) and a videogame. I always end my shift with a self-inflicted headache though. I worry myself sick that I'm going to mess someone's food up or make someone angry. Can't help it though.
My hair kinda smells like cookies right now ;P
- James Bond is a fictional character
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- ceck0face
- November 10th, 4:19
I'm exhausted. All kinds of exhausted. CoDMW2 launch went extremely well. I've worked 18 hours today. I never understood what an 18-hr bra is nor have I ever worn one. I don't even know if they still make them. I just remember plenty of tv commercials for them when I was a little girl. Anyway. If I did wear one, it woulda stopped working by now.
Came home and the only mail was a Cabela's Holiday catalog. No mistake. Jason bought his orange puffy vest from them for Halloween and now we're on their mailing list. Yeehaw and let's shoot a Thanksgiving deer.
Oh yeah...
Some kid told me a) Niko Bellic turns into James Bond and that James Bond is a fictional character. Don't ask; I didn't dare.
Some guy asked Sarah to pricematch Craigslist.
- to prove it
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- ceck0face
- November 6th, 23:21
weird
How did Jan Brewer get my e-mail address? Did I vote for her a first time? I'm so confused.
Working in a bakery is truly just like a girly time-management game for the DS with a fancy-shmancy touch screen to prove it.
I have to cover up my tattoos and piercings which aren't at all a new thing and I very much had them when I was offered the job. Have I become "that girl?" That girl who mysteriously always wear turtlenecks because she secretly has psoriasis or top-secret tattoos of naked mermaids (I wish!!)? Am I her? How did I end up here? Am I embarrassing? Can you not take me home to Grandma for Thanksgiving?
I may be slightly disappointed in myself but certainly disappointed in probably everyone else.
I'm exhausted with nothing to show for it.
- feel the second
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- ceck0face
- November 6th, 0:05
I'm beginning to feel the second job but I don't even officially start until tomorrow.
I had orientation last night after work and came home and passed out. I woke up this morning, confused, and still wearing jeans.
Oh well. I'm excited. It's a cute job. Being a/the "video game girl" was fitting, and it still is, but now I get to be the "video game girl who always smells like cookies." And it's for my family. And for bills. And it's temporary. And it's not the end of the world. Heck, I had three jobs back in college, but I think I had more energy then, or something.
- my attention
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- ceck0face
- November 3rd, 19:22
My newest thing that will lose my attention in a month or so. We'll see.
- smaller ceckos
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- ceck0face
- November 3rd, 11:25
lucky #7, originally uploaded by ceck0face.
I tried out Borderlands on the ps3. It's pretty awesome. I was hooked from the opening cinematic, played for a few hours but got stuck and gradually lost interest. I ran out places to find ammo and these weird dogs called skags kept killing me. They look like a cross between a killer shrew (mst3k) and a chupacabra (which needs no introduction).
Lego RockBand was pretty impressive. Most people shrug and make a comment like, "What won't Lego put their name on," but whatever. I'm a fan of RB and Lego games and this was a nice mix. You can auto-enable the foot pedal for smaller ceckos and there's now a "super easy" mode. Venues played are true to the Lego franchise (you can play on the Lego pirate ship) and you can build your own venue. You can create your own character per usual but with the new Lego twist, of course. Previous RB characters make Lego appearances, like Moosejaw, the red-flannel-wearing-bearded-homeless-looking guy. Each venue has a mission/challenge that's cute and appropriate. You play Ray Parker Jr.'s "ghostbusters" theme song in a haunted house to scare away ghosts. You can also play The Hives' "tick tick boom" to help construction workers demolish a building with the power of your rock. I was sold on the idea of the ghostbusters theme song and Europe's "The Final Countdown," but other than that, the setlist isn't anything amazing.
Orientation for new/second job tomorrow. I'm off today. I promise to be productive.
- my lack
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- ceck0face
- November 2nd, 19:05
sick
xbox360 set-up completion message: "You are now ready for the ultimate in games and entertainment."
jason: "for the seventh time."
Our 360 broke last night.
75% unawesome, originally uploaded by ceck0face.
If you ordered Dragon Age from EA you probably already have it but all other retailers have to stick to street date. I'm disappointed with the graphics. It reminds me a lot of Two worlds for multiple reasons. I made my character a mage elf but got bored with my lack of a sword and being able to hit and fight like a normal person. Yawwwwwn. I also get tired of multiple-choice-choose-your-own-adventure-style conversations. Dear Bioware, this is why I stopped playing Mass Effect. What do I know? I'm just a dumb girl on her period.
I also joined a new website that I may have a fleeting interest for slash affair with. More later. Maybe.
- the night before
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- ceck0face
- October 31st, 23:54
Halloween was mostly good people. My first year ever of NOT dressing up. Hit up a haunted house the night before with my Sarah. Made some socio-economically-insensitive remarks to a hillbilly who scared me. He was dressed that way on purpose and I paid for him to scare me. All is fair.
More @ my flickr.
- for kicks
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- ceck0face
- October 30th, 0:39
okay
I picked up a second job for kicks. Mostly for money but also for kicks. It's at a bakery. I'm pretty excited.
DEAR ANNOYING PROBABLY-STILL-UNEMPLOYED KIDS,
HAHA.
HAHAHAHAHA. In your face(s). I have two more jobs than you.
You can't even sell trinkets to strangers for pesos.
I hope you starve,
--Me.
- a dumb idea
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- ceck0face
- October 28th, 21:10
- uncomfortable
I like to take care of doctor appointments on my usual days off (tues/weds), but scheduling a braces adjustment AND a cleaning back to back was a dumb idea. My mouth has never hurt so much.
- a faux pumpkin.
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- ceck0face
- October 27th, 23:06
I carved a sugar skull pumpkin today.
It's not as intricately decorated and or symmetrical as I would have liked. I free-handed it (took about two-ish hours). It was my first time carving a faux pumpkin. It's the same type of pumpkin that is sold for decoration that is pre-carved with a light bulb inside, except not carved and without a light fixture. Same premise though. Cost about six dollars at Michael's. I used a small set of hand tools that are apparently especially made for carving artificial pumpkins. They run about 3 dollars. I picked up some cute fake tealight candles (they even have fake flames and flicker like a real candle) at Walgreen's (a pkg of six for 5 bucks). It was a fun project I did on a whim. We purchased two real pumpkins from a farm today, but since J and I work on Halloween this was nice to do in advance on my day off just in case.
More pics @ flickr.
- it rains iron
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- ceck0face
- October 20th, 23:50
Breakfast for dinner.
And it rains iron on brown dwarfs.
- out of anger
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- ceck0face
- October 20th, 0:55
I'm much more upset than I look.
I broke a phone today out of anger. I'm not psycho.
- jealous
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- ceck0face
- October 18th, 23:52
indifferent
Bowie gets ridiculously jealous when Jason plays videogames. To get his attention, she jumps on his back and starts nibbling his ears. It makes it difficult to game in our house at times. On the other hand, she LOVES RockBand, and will fall asleep at Jason's feet while he drums. she becomes very calm from loud noises. We used to turn on the vacuum or hair dryer to help her fall asleep when she was a puppy.
More pictures on my flickR.
- Lack of pride
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- ceck0face
- October 17th, 19:27
- okay
laugh
laugh
little comment
stab
stab
die
Oh. And I recently updated my threadless profile. It still had me listed as a waffle technician. Lack of pride or lack of update? Both. Am I better off? I can't decide.
Not enough words.
- about a girl
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- ceck0face
- October 15th, 0:01
dumb
Tell me about the last time you had to make a hard decision. No. Don't really. It's an ex-job question. These days it's hypothetical. So don't answer it. I'm trying to make a point that no one will read and far less will get.
I don't have a good answer. Not the kind that gets the girl or the icing or the prize at the bottom. Well I mean I did at the time. Last time I answered it I got promoted. So I guess I had a good answer. That was years ago at the worst job ever. The one we don't talk about. The one that was a far greater moral dilemma in my eyes than if I was stripping behind four inches of glass or selling my used mentionables on craigslist.
The difference was I didn't get out before it turned me into an asshole. I promised myself that next time, if I was lucky enough to earn a "next time," that I'd have the hindsight to see when I was being used and get out in time on my own terms.
It's been a long time since I've said this and aside from being relevant, it just might make me feel better (probably worse).
I went to college.
Did I go to college for this? Was the internet born and destined to be a Nazi message board for unemployed dirtbags and cholas. Did they teach you about libel and slander at that high school you dropped out of?
The most fun I ever had was driving across the united states in a car jam-packed with videogames, star wars posters, and dirty clothes. I woke up and went to bed in a different bed in a different state each day. I felt rich and alive and young. It beat the hell out of working and fighting with my boss and biting my tongue.
It's the night before a big decision. The night before the kind of question that determines if ceckoface wins the ceckorace. It's about a girl. It's about a job. It's about the prize at the bottom. It's all of that. It's also tempting to quit while I'm ahead and run away to Disneyland.
- unicorns and mermaids
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- ceck0face
- October 14th, 1:14
unicorns
I took this a few years ago. It's pretty awesome. The American Museum of Natural History (the museum in the Ben Stiller movie) in NYC had an awesome Christmas tree display decorated entirely with origami ornaments. More pics on my flickr. These unicorns were surrounding the base of the tree. At the time they had a mythological creatures exhibit which explains the unicorns and mermaids etc.
John Mead: and netflux party mistie.
ceck0face: netflux capacitor?
John Mead: Doh.
John Mead: Marty!
- events unfolding
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- ceck0face
- October 13th, 1:24
- tired
It's a heart. Or a strawberry. I'm not very good at this. Yet.
I took a nap today and had a dream directed by Quentin Tarantino. The beginning was the end... which was, very simply, a lizard had got inside my house. The rest of the dream were events unfolding to how said lizard got in my house. It wasn't a very good dream or movie. It was pretty boring. Creative, but boring.
Jason wrote a review of Uncharted 2.
- nothing worth using
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- ceck0face
- October 10th, 1:05
sore
I stub my toe(s) a lot. A LOT. More than the average person. I'm guessing. I tried googling "the average person stubs their" and got nothing (well nothing worth using). I have no data to go on. Also, I'm not average. I'm clumsy. I gravitate towards messy environments. These are all factors. My toes hurt. Every time I say they're broken but they never are. Except this time. I'll wake up and forget I even hurt them tonight. I'll live.
- My moon
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- ceck0face
- October 9th, 11:10
excited
My moon picture from the other night is on the celestron website. Yay.
- new to you
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- ceck0face
- October 9th, 0:24
I'm in the process of slowly/finally uploading our rodetrip pictures (yes, rodetrip, not roadtrip). This was taken over a year ago but it's new to you.
Saw the rifftrax plan 9 encore tonight with Jason, John, Chris and Sarah. That movie will forever be awesome but it is downright magical when riffed.
- pleasantly surprised
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- ceck0face
- October 7th, 1:38
We were messing around with the telescope I bought Jason for Hanukkah last year. I grabbed my Canon powershot for giggles thinking we wouldn't be able to take a decent pic until we buy some more parts/pieces but was pleasantly surprised. We also saw Jupiter with four distinct moons but the clouds started rolling in and we called it a night before I could get more pics.
- Maybe they made
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- ceck0face
- October 4th, 2:30
sleepy
Some dirty kids were in my store earlier, hopped up on pixie stix, drugs or both. They were saying the most random stream-of-consciousness-nonsense like junior James Joyces with kool-aid mustaches.
"Have you ever been to Mexico? That fucken girl with the curly hair and camel (or camo) shirt like she wants to be someone's girlfriend for a day."
It's familiar like a song I heard once or a movie someone told me about but has never seen the light of google. I'm in the dark. I'm an old lady studying and failing to translate a soon-to-be ancient language that doesn't exist yet.
Maybe I misheard them completely (in my old age). Maybe they made perfect sense. Maybe I'm the problem.
- the other night
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- ceck0face
- October 2nd, 0:54
Facebook is holding my e-mailsransomI mean hostage.
Saw a woman almost get tasered by police the other night at the table next to us. I never lost my appetite for my bacon so quickly.
- outside of a desert
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- ceck0face
- September 28th, 17:36
Coming home tomorrow.
Everybody here is getting ready for Halloween. It's super windy and cold outside. Fall is tons of fun outside of a desert. Getting off the plane tomorrow will be weird.
- (no subject)
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- ceck0face
- September 27th, 23:13
It's late. ...timezone wise.
I can't sleep and I find myself googling Torgo images.
- (no subject)
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- ceck0face
- September 27th, 11:11
I've met my monthly bandwidth allotment with flickr and can't upload the rest of my Chicago pics. Sadface.
EDIT: nevermind, I caved and upgraded. Proceed.
- long sentences
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- ceck0face
- September 26th, 23:43
yay
Took this while riding the world's second tallest Ferris wheel with my brother-in-law at Navy Pier in Chicago today. Long days call for long sentences. Many many more pictures on my flickr. I've never been more ready for bed.
jet-lagged
- a striking resemblance
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- ceck0face
- September 23rd, 18:07
allergic
I had another allergic reaction today. My eyes became very puffy yesterday and gradually got worse. I had to go to the doctor and get another steroid shot. My puffiness is coming down but now my ass/hip hurt from the dumb needle.
On the flipside Jason got a new serpentine belt today and a chicken finger that looked nothing like a finger but instead shared a striking resemblance to the continent of Africa.
- I'm Heather. I live in the desert and sell videogames for a living. The end.
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