mr. nice is so worth watching for hours on end
eeheeheeheehee! look at him dance!

alright
lauren's working a double today
i don't even know
when the hell to pick her up

i miss her
and i wish she had today off too
so's we could spend it together
sure, all the time between work
and, well... work
is spent with me
but it ain't the same
cause most of it is spent sleeping
or getting ready for work
not doing anything fun
like when she goes out with friends

not like i don't go out with friends
but she's allowed to come most of the time
with me and my friends
like, unless we're taking a train someplace
in which case, lauren wouldn't go
cause she hates trains
not that she's ever actually been on one

but half the time, i'm not allowed to go along
i mean, yeah, i end up going the other half
you know, when it's nothing big or important
but then she goes clubbin
(i guess it's ok that i didn't go
since i don't dance and can't go to the bar
and generally don't like club people anyway)
and last night spent hours at emily's
which was a going away thing for dawn
who quit the good ol groden center
so i understand, i guess
of course, i suppose it helped the decision
that terrell was gonna be there both times
there's one i'm sick of hearing about
and talking about and blah blah blah

then of course
lauren used the old
"i spend all my free time with you
and we never do anything" excuse
of course, she spends all her other time
with the people she's been hanging with
so how she can not be sick of them
yet sick of me, i have no idea

i don't mean to sound bitter
because i'm very much not
they're nice people, and lauren has
no excuse whatever to say-
"what? am i not allowed hang out with my friends?"
because she knows damn well
that she can do what she wants

though i find it messed up
that when i wanna do something with lauren
like, go out or something
she'll be like "dan, we have no money"
or whatever the hell she'll say
no matter HOW cheap the thing i suggest is
but she can afford to buy a whole new outfit
which, by the way put her bank account in negatives
and go clubbing and pay to get in
and pay outrageous prices for bottled water

and like i said
the time lauren and i spend
it ain't real time
it's a part of the work schedule
the "sleep, wake up, get ready to
go to work" part of it

of course, with lauren
even that tends to be good stuff
she's my baby
and i love her

i wonder when i get to go pick her up
hopefully soon, but i highly doubt it
she's working a double
two 8 hour shifts, if i'm not mistaken
and she got there about 7:30-8am
so that works out to 11:30pm-midnight
that i shall have to retrieve the darling girl

alright...
here are some quotes from a conversation
between me and jim a couple days ago-

rapplepierantula: hi jim
truthorsammiches: bagooooooooooooooo!!!
rapplepierantula: the truck stop dish comprised mostly of lard?
rapplepierantula: no no... that's BUR-goo
truthorsammiches: !!!
truthorsammiches: oh, right.
truthorsammiches: southern. (suthin' cookin')

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rapplepierantula: so how'd ya like them pictures?
truthorsammiches: very much! it's nice to finally put faces to you and lauren.
truthorsammiches: you look like john linnell, my friend.
rapplepierantula: !!
rapplepierantula: compliment! yay!
truthorsammiches: so when they film GIGANTIC TOO, the documentary/action blockbuster, you can be his stand-in!
rapplepierantula: my hair's not like that anymore, since the last week mentioned on the site was a long time ago.
rapplepierantula: yes!
rapplepierantula: the stand-in/stunt person union membership will be mine!

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rapplepierantula: the pic of lauren is very old too. her hair and glasses are different now, but she's just as cute as ever. ^_^
truthorsammiches: awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
rapplepierantula: she'd go out of her way to disagree with me on that, but she's not in the room right now.

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rapplepierantula: lauren says that was a crappy picture of her.
rapplepierantula: lauren says "it's old, i don't have my cool glasses, my face is fat, my hair is short, and i look like a boy."

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rapplepierantula: to belabor the point and prove me wrong, lauren wants to know the difference between a cute puppy and a cute girl, in relation to the word cute. (this question formulated before you said the above, but she said to ask anyway)
truthorsammiches: you don't want to have sex with the puppy?

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truthorsammiches: what's the difference between a red accordion and Red China?
rapplepierantula: you don't eat off an accordion?
truthorsammiches: nixon doesn't open trade relations with your accordion?
rapplepierantula: well, not MY accordion. my accordion is black. which means nixon has it shot when it tries to get civil rights, and speaks out on the vietnam war.
truthorsammiches: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

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truthorsammiches: and cute sexy is sexier than uncute sexy. ^_^
rapplepierantula: because it ellicits more than just a sexual response, though that is definitely in there. it goes along with what you were saying about cute before.
truthorsammiches: exACTly.
rapplepierantula: although, i guess it depends on what form of cute goes with sexy, but i think we're both thinking of the same type.
truthorsammiches: almost by definition.
truthorsammiches: cause if you're pairing puppy cute with sexy, there's something terribly wrong.
rapplepierantula: YES

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truthorsammiches: i don't know many jazz musicians in connecticut yet.
rapplepierantula: i don't think i know anyone in connecticut.
rapplepierantula: then again, i barely know anyone anywhere outside of rhode island, save the listees.
truthorsammiches: *marches up and down the street carrying a sign saying "SAVE THE LISTEES"*
rapplepierantula: yeah! i'm sick of being clubbed to death for my warm, soft, luxurious fur!
truthorsammiches: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

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truthorsammiches: sorry. i fell asleep.

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those were the highlights
well, there're huge parts of it missing
in which jim and i tried to
explain to lauren that cute is a compliment
and discussed the implications
of various adjectives
but you got the bestest parts

ok then
off to the parents' house
time to finish the laundry
and eat some food

later everyone.

oh no!
the thought-police are after me!
they didn't like my last post!
help!

just kidding.
but i'm sure any minute now...

went to see an apartment today
wasn't sure how to get there
but i made it anyway

no place to park
so i went down a couple small streets
(both of which were one way)
and parked on the side of the first street that allowed it
and walked back to the apartment

he said yellow, but it wasn't
(well, mostly wasn't)
dingy white paint, peeling off
equally dingy yellow trim
which i guess was what he was talking about

so i get in there
and we go to the 2nd floor
and before he gets the door open
i hear a woman yelling at her kids

well, got in
bedrooms too small
glass shower stall, see-thru
i doubt anyone wants that
i secretly decided against the place
but took an application anyway

back downstairs
he went to someone else for a phone number
so i can call them when i'm ready to hand it in
i walked out the door
and looked out on what may be
the grimmest part of woonsocket

found my way home without a problem, though
so that was good
oh, and the linoleum was in awful condition
which he said he was gonna fix
i think i actually broke a piece off
when i stepped on it
cause it was that brittle

so yeah
definitely not like the one
that me and lauren checked out
which was in providence
which is in-between everywhere
about 20 minutes to get anyplace
back to woonsocket
or cumberland, to see my parents
or to warwick, bringing lauren to work
that place was nice
i hope we get it
somehow, all the ones i see alone
don't ever turn out to be what we want
all the ones i go see with dawn-
well, we never actually see them
because of some zany mishap
it only seems to work when lauren's there

so, hopefully, i will be
one step closer to going to school
which would be all hooray

trying not to mention
that it is september 11th
the anniversary
because everyone's made
a big deal out of it
and i for one
think we've got bigger fish to fry
i may not have much of a life
but i'm quite busy living it
i don't feel like listening to laments all day
or some "yay america!" propaganda
because america isn't really a thing to yay
and as for the laments
quit yer bitching
yeah, people died
and i'd rather they hadn't too
but shut up

people die everyday
and what died today last year
is nothing compared to
some of the things america has done

and now, bush is all
"hey! let's bomb iraq!
it's not an unprovoked attack
it's a pre-emptive strike!"
and that, my friend
it complete bullshit
the oil companies that own bush
want the oil that is in iraq
and that it the end of it

it has nothing to do with saddam
it has nothing to do with terrorism
it is all about money
and that's the truth of the matter

agabagabagabaga
i want some food
i think i'll go get some
later people ^_^

saw the apartment mentioned last post
it was a nice place
lauren thought it was
sooooooooooooo cute
we got excited about it
me extra
cause i found it
called it
and got called about it
so the cute apartment
that we really like
was all me
^_^

alright, i oughta go soon.
gotta pick up lauren at work
i just noticed the time.
9:55pm
but i only gotta get her at 11
so i don't know just when i'll leave
but pretty soon.

this week
we'll have an extra $20 laying around
when lauren gets paid
(then again, she IS going shopping
for clothing
so she can go clubbin with co-workers
and the next day,
they're having dinner
i'm gonna try to get in touch with phil
and see if he can go see okgo for free)
and with that $20
i plan on paying my admission fee to ccri
so that i can finally go to college

here's a conversation between me and jim
amuse yourself with it-

truthorsammiches: good evening!
rapplepierantula: hey!
truthorsammiches: how's it going?
rapplepierantula: i gotta leave in about 15 minutes. picking up lauren at work. not bad, not bad.
rapplepierantula: saw an apartment the other day. it was nice, we're hopin to get it
truthorsammiches: cool.
truthorsammiches: are you two living together now?
rapplepierantula: have been since december.
truthorsammiches: cool.
rapplepierantula: yah.
truthorsammiches: i miss living with a girlfriend.
truthorsammiches: not that it's happened since the summer of '96.
truthorsammiches: but hey.
truthorsammiches: still a beautiful arrangement.
rapplepierantula: thrusday, she gets paid, and we may have an extra $20 left over, with which i can pay the admission fee to the community college of rhode island. which i may have already told you.
rapplepierantula: yeah.
truthorsammiches: what you gonna study?
rapplepierantula: for a while, after my dad got us a new mattress, we had the old one on the floor in the kitchen, for lack of anyplace else to put it. many a time did we bounce on it!
truthorsammiches: vertically or horizontally?
rapplepierantula: not exactly sure, but i think psychology might be a good thing to start off with. seems useful for a few jobs.
rapplepierantula: vertically. the other *comfortable* mattress is for the horizontal stuff.
truthorsammiches: i love the effect of this conversation lag.
rapplepierantula: yep.
rapplepierantula: me too.
truthorsammiches: i'm eating some limburger cheese, just to see what all the fuss is about.
rapplepierantula: EVERYTHING WE SAY IS NON SEQUITUR!
rapplepierantula: OH MY GOD!
rapplepierantula: i was just thinking about doing that very thing, like, this morning!
truthorsammiches: o_O
truthorsammiches: it is indeed smelly.
truthorsammiches: and it has an interesting flavor.
truthorsammiches: it's not bad.
rapplepierantula: that's what they say.
rapplepierantula: good
truthorsammiches: and has little granules of salt on the outside.
truthorsammiches: i'll finish it, but i doubt i'll eat it a second time.
rapplepierantula: one star, huh?
truthorsammiches: two 1/2
rapplepierantula: ah.
truthorsammiches: american cheese gets one.
truthorsammiches: velveeta gets one 1/2
rapplepierantula: not too many cheeses lose to velveeta on star search
truthorsammiches: but american is the nadir of cheesedom, imho.
truthorsammiches: maybe it gets zero stars.
truthorsammiches: um, scratch that. limburger's dropping to a two.
truthorsammiches: i don't know if i'm gonna finish it.
rapplepierantula: perhaps. i don't know, to me, it has the endearing quality of not being a fancy bitch cheese. not that that would stop me from eating any cheese whose name doesn't look the way it's pronounced, y'understand. because i don't let the language barrier block my cheese eating. perhaps if all cheeses were readily available, they would not seem so uppity.
rapplepierantula: oh no!
rapplepierantula: limburger just lost to alanis morisette!
truthorsammiches: this is true.
truthorsammiches: it's better if you avoid the rind.
rapplepierantula: it's getting better though. but what we really need is more cheese mongers.
rapplepierantula: yeah. much like watermelon
truthorsammiches: and fewer war mongers?
rapplepierantula: yes! ^_^
truthorsammiches: part of the problem is that it's a soft cheese.
rapplepierantula: make cheese, not war
truthorsammiches: awesome! ^_^
truthorsammiches: all we are saying... is give cheese a chance!!
rapplepierantula: hehehe! yay!
rapplepierantula: alright, i gotta go. it's lauren getting time.
rapplepierantula: talk to you later jim!
truthorsammiches: have fun!
truthorsammiches: tell her hi for me!
truthorsammiches: oh wait!!
truthorsammiches: are there any pics of lauren online?
truthorsammiches: or of you, for that matter.
truthorsammiches: i don't think i've ever seen one.
rapplepierantula: ummm... i think so. hold on, i check.
rapplepierantula: a pic of lauren can be found here!
truthorsammiches: yay!!
rapplepierantula: and a few of me can be found here!
rapplepierantula: alright, i gotta go, i'm running late! eek!
rapplepierantula: later jim!
truthorsammiches: yay!!!!
truthorsammiches: bye!
rapplepierantula: bye!

i have to go NOW!
later people.