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Sobe
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Apr. 26th, 2009 @ 11:32 am
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I'm so excited that Sobe is using stevia now. I hope that other companies will follow suit, I can't understand why it's taking so long!
For those who don't know, stevia is a sweet plant that you don't need to process the shit out of unlike sugar and other sweetners. There's also no crappy chemicals, etc added to it.
I'm not going to lie, it doesn't taste EXACTLY like sugar, but it comes closer than the other sweetners out there.
Long story short, yay stevia! lol I know I sound like a commercial, but I am really glad it's being used in a popular product. |
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I put up most of the pics from Italy on myspace...I'm going to be adding more pics and some videos. I also have to do some editing. |
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Italy
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Apr. 18th, 2009 @ 10:00 am
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I just realized that I never posted on here that I was going to Italy. Either way, I'm back!! It was amazing!!!! This was the first time I was overseas and far from the last. I think my next destinations will be Ireland and Greece.
Italy was so beautiful, the weather, the buildings, everything. Rome was my favorite (I went to Rome, Florence and Venice.) It had so many interesting sights! Florence was interesting and was the least tourist-y and had some aaaaamaaaaaaaaaaaazing views, especially from Piazzalo Michaelangelo and the Companile near Duomo. I think I would have liked Venice more if it wasn't entirely tourist-based. It was definitely a sight to see, though. It was fun taking the vaporetti.
We actually met a guy from Long Island that went to Stony Brook for linguistics and then ended up living in Italy peddling tours to the Vatican. Small world.
Pictures to come! Perhaps more descriptions as well.
Oh and I got to eat lots of interesting Italian food!!! I had lots of pizza (the best was seafood pizza in Venice and Vic tried pizza "according to the chef's fantasy"...turns out his fantasies are lame lol...there was also "rocket" pizza lmao mistranslations are fun), pasta (mmm gnocchi!), tiramisu (every restaurant makes it entirely different, it was always interesting to see what I'd get, the best was at the restaurant next to our hotel in Florence, and our waitress was amazing...I wasn't sure what dessert I wanted so she gave me one of everything for the price of one!!!! I left her a tip, which you don't have to do in Italy, it's supposed to be included), and gelati (We had to try every flavor and every gelateria has home-made gelati so it's always different). The most interesting food I ate was cuttlefish in squid ink, which was surprisingly delicious, even if it did turn my mouth, teeth and tongue black! There were lots of cute little outdoor cafes. Heh...in most of the restaurants at least once during the meal a guy from off the streets would come in and sell roses and sometimes weird glowing objects.
I'll tell more of my adventures later when I have the pictures up.
Ciao!!!!Current Mood:  chipper |
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I felt like I really needed a change or two.
I'm trying to cleanse myself in every sense of the word. (Well okay...not EVERY sense...but moving on...) I'm trying to eat all natural and I'm exercising two times a day 5 or 6 days a week plus I do qiqong before bed. I've been eating vegan the past few days for cruelty and health reasons, but I read that Wild by Nature is apparently cruelty, disease and hormone-free. I was wondering if anyone had any insight into this? If the meat is truly all-natural I'll probably go back to having some...it's just hard to know the truth.
I'm also trying to cut negativity out of my life. I'm not going to be an asshole back but if you're constantly negative I don't want you in my life. If I see you and you're civil, I'm cool...I'm just tired of people trying to stir shit up.
Unfortunately I can only do so much of that at work. But I'm learning to deal with the people there.
I'm also starting to look for a housemate, I need to move back out before I go insane here. I was really trying to save off $10k before moving back out, but my sanity comes first. I need to save what's left of it!
And I know it's really weird, but getting my ear-pierced really made me happy, I think it's because it was 100% for me. I don't think I can say that about anything else.
P.S. I don't want school to start back up :(
P.P.S. possible boy interest, I haven't decided yet...could be hormones talking, more info later
P.P.P.S. I'm so happy for all of my real friends...even if I don't get to see them a lot, I know who they are |
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It's been a really good week. I got to see my best friend Diana and that always cheers me up. I have not laughed so hard in a long time. It was definitely a nice break from work. <3 <3 I just feel so much lighter after hanging out with her.
I also got to hang out with Mike and Karen (separately) and I got my ear pierced (rook) and I really like it. So far I've had a lot of good reactions to it.
Tonight was fun, after getting awesome health food and my ear pierced with Karen I went to Jim and Grace's bday party. It was really fun, especially the wrestling!! And the kicking ass lol |
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OMG it's been soooo long.
Am I too picky?
I've been told (by almost everyone I know) that I have bad taste in guys, but...where are these super-men that are apparently so much better?
I find that guys are either not my type, boring, gay or a mess/jerks.
At least the latter are interesting...?
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!!!!!!!!! (the extra "u"'s make it okay)
I'm just so tired of taking care of people. I'm not saying I need someone to wait on me that would be annoying...but having someone that gave a rat's ass what I needed/wanted every now and again would be just ducky.
That goes for friends too...I'm kinda tired for being there for everyone but never having anyone so much as sincerely want to know how I'm doing. There are may be one or two people that care, but I can't tell them because they're not exactly stable.
ARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHH
Speaking of people who suck, guess who took in their monte carlo for an inspection. I haven't sold it yet, so I needed to take it in and guess what, it needs new brakes. Now that's funny because I recently (about 500 miles ago) paid a "friend" to replace the brakes. He had it for two months and I'm starting to think that he only did one darn thing to it. It's interesting because I paid him for like ten things.
Jan. 3rd, 2009 @ 02:53 am
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All I'm going to say is I had the BEST dream last night. And if I could remember who the guy was in it, I would be very happy. LoL
Jan. 3rd, 2009 @ 02:33 am
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Ellie and Jack's End of the World party was fun : D
But the title was very misleading...
Jan. 2nd, 2009 @ 04:01 am
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I had a great time last night! Thanks to everyone who came out and/or wished me a happy bday!
Dec. 28th, 2008 @ 02:22 am
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| » Birthday Edit!! |
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Okay here are the specifics:
Rock Climbing at 5:
60 Skyline Drive, Plainview 11803
ice skating around 7:30:
2600 Newbridge Rd, Bellmore 11710
later in the evening dinner at Tai Show in Levittown or Oakdale and probably Matty T's in Deer Park followed either by karaoke in hauppauge or dancing in westbury
(yes I know it's all over the place)
Dec. 26th, 2008 @ 02:14 pm
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Okay so tomorrow around 5 will be ice skating in Nassau and I'll figure it out from there. Message me w/ your number if you want to come. I forget the exact location I'll update tonight after work.
Dec. 25th, 2008 @ 03:49 pm
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So my birthday is Friday December 26th. Here are the tentative plans, they will be updated as plans become more solid. It also depends on the response I get.
Tentative Plans (to be updated with specific times, etc)
Girlie Spa Things
Ice Skating
Indoor Rock Climbing (maybe)
Dinner (Sushi!)
Matty T's Roadhouse, just because I've always wanted to ride a mechanical bull
Finally: either karaoke or one of the usual clubs
*You can come to a single "event" or share the whole day with me
*squee*
Dec. 6th, 2008 @ 02:52 am
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The 26th is my bday, contact me for details.
Also, on New Years, I'm celebrating my bday at Victor's in conjunction with his party for New Years : )
Dec. 4th, 2008 @ 12:38 am
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| » Stuff with the Things |
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Thanks again to everyone for the kind thoughts, etc. I'm recovering nicely. I feel a LOT better. My neck is still a bit icky, but my back generally feels a-ok. Right now my only physical complaint is that I seem to have sprained my hip/outer ass at work. Don't ask me how, but it hurt like a bitch by the end of the night.
Tomorrow I have my IME and hopefully they don't revoke my coverage, because the affects from the shots may not be permanent and if they say that I'm okay, I can't get them again...and then I won't be okay...freakin' bureaucracy.
School is going really well...I got a B on my lab midterm and am probably running an A in the class. I got a C on my mechanics midterm and am probably running a B in the class and marine biology I'm probably getting an A. So wahoo! I just need to keep on top of mechanics and I'll be just fine.
At work I got the top maritz scores again! I hope this month I can get a gas card, I'm feeling optimistic! And it seems like every night I get at least one customer who says I gave them the best service they've ever had! Plus I've made two really good friends there. I'm so thankful that Jason and Danielle started working there. They definitely make it a much better experience. If only I could just work with them and David. Work would be a lot more tolerable. I like most of my co-workers well enough, though there is one I could definitely do without. Turns out no one else really likes her either (co-workers or customers). With the exception of the managers of course...blah. She seems like she might not be too bad outside of work, but she has no work ethic and is kind of a bitch at work. But that happens a lot with waiting tables, people alternate being competitive with being lazy and bitchy. Other than her, my other co-workers are cool though.
I don't have to much free time, but I am able to see my friends on occasion. I was really glad I was able to be there for Karen on her birthday ; ) She's awesome! I haven't gotten much time to see many others though. And I work Friday (Halloween) and Saturday. I can only hope that they let us out early. I hope it gets dead around midnight so I can make money before then, but still do stuff after.
My money situation is also a LOOOOOT better. I have someone that's interested in the monte carlo. If he buys it for $4,000 I will be completely squared away with my student loans and won't owe anything to anybody! Plus I'll have a bit put away for a new car! Wahoo!!!!!!
OoooOOOoh and I saw Victor today and he asked if I want to go to India over break! Hell freakin yea!!!! If he can get the two for one airline deal ($600 round trip) then I'm going on vacation!!!! Taj Mahal here I come!!!!!!!! Saris, elephants, the works! I'm so excited!!! I want to travel everywhere and this will be a hell of a start! I wonder if there's a Hyatt in India? We get special rates...hmmm...couldn't hurt to look into it!
My other friend may want to go to Australia in the summer...not sure how serious she is though. Omg I'm so excited, I can finally start traveling now that I have a good job and no debt!
Okay that's long enough...but the main idea of this post is: life is great!
Oct. 31st, 2008 @ 03:12 am
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I just wanted to thank everyone who called me, etc to see how I was doing. To everyone else...for shaaaaaaaame! LoL
I'm a tad sore, but I'll live. I just have one more injection in two weeks.
Oct. 11th, 2008 @ 11:09 pm
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Today is spine stabbing day...eek
I met Lindsey Lohan's dad today...he's gonna get his ass kicked for charity. I'm invited. Should be interesting lol.
Now back to freaking out.
Oct. 10th, 2008 @ 03:56 am
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Oct. 4th, 2008 @ 03:40 am
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I've been soooooo damn stressed lately. I just got home from work a little while ago and I have a lab to do. And I'm so tired of my coworkers taking advantage of me. I don't know if they even do it intentionally. I think they may just be lazy and I end up having to pick up the slack.
I'm also having some health issues. Like I said before, I went to the doctor and the outcome is that I may have skin cancer. I'm going to end up having a biopsy. That's after I deal with my back though. I'm getting the epidural injections in a week and a half and then two weeks after that. Plus my stomach has just been such a joy lately. I haven't had my period and it's been almost a year since my last depo injection. The doctor said wait two more months and then start to worry. She did however say my weight is fine. First she was concerned but then she poked me a bit and said it was perfect, so at least there's that.
Some more positive stuff: at school so far all my grades have been awesome! also at work we have this thing called meritz (or something like that) where the customers will randomly be asked to score us and I have the highest score and as long as I keep it up for another week I get a $200 gas card! *does dance*
So basically I'm stressed as hell, but I'm doing well (so far...knock on wood)
Unfortunately I haven't had much of a chance to go out with my friends. I get maybe a couple hours a week to myself. I need some damn me (and friends) time!!!
Okay now on to my lab.
Oct. 2nd, 2008 @ 01:52 am
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School's more or less going okay. I've had a few run-and-hide moments, but I've been doing well on the homeworks and I think the labs have been going well also.
Work is good...making pretty good money and the people are nice. Had some friction with a co-worker (not sure why) but it seems to have dissipated.
I went to the doctor today. Turns out the ear-popping thing is because there's fluid behind my eardrums (allergies?) NOT gross waxy build-up. She gave me a nose spray that should clear me up. There is a chance I may have skin cancer on my ear which kinda freaks me out, but right now we're operating on the assumption that it's just an annoying scab that won't go away. She meant to prescribe ointment, but kind of forgot. Once I get that, it will hopefully work, if not I'll need a biopsy. I have a bad feeling because my dad has skin cancer and I'm a lot paler than him! And it's on the tip of my ear which is apparently the most likely place for skin cancer.
Hopefully that's nothing.
Working on perfecting my schedule between work and school...and I'll try to throw my friends in there somewhere :-P
I've actually been able to see a few in the past few weeks and hope to go to the Ren Fair this Sunday so my social life hasn't died completely...it's just a little harder to fit in.
Sep. 25th, 2008 @ 03:32 am
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I just got off of work and writing on LJ and dancing around my house is a LOT more fun than revising my lab.
In other news, school and work goes well thus far. My lab partner doesn't know too much, but it's good because it forces me to learn everything.
I'm probably going to end up selling my car. Anyone want an '01 Monte Carlo?
Blargh...back to lab
Sep. 18th, 2008 @ 03:21 am
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