Jessica C.

I drew a diagram to show just how gross and messed up my feet...

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:13:15 -0700

I drew a diagram to show just how gross and messed up my feet are right now. Not cute!

malty: I like to have fresh flowers but my problem is that they die really fast. I mean, I know they...

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:37:53 -0700

I like to have fresh flowers but my problem is that they die really fast. I mean, I know they eventually will die but how can I prolong the inevitable? Is there certain types of flowers that will last longer? I have sunflowers right now and they are doing pretty good. Any ideas?

My mom taught me to always put a little soap in the water. I think to kill bacteria and slow the decomposing of the stems? I don’t know if it makes any difference but I always do it.

Also, I’ve read that putting a penny in the vase with your tulips will keep them from drooping, but when I tried it it really seemed like the tulips died ever faster! I don’t know.

I find that peonies look nice for a pretty long time and hydrangeas gets more crispy than brown so you can leave em on the table a little longer.

Hey, new shoes! I like that you were $8, but you are seriously...

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:14:42 -0700

Hey, new shoes! I like that you were $8, but you are seriously hurting my feet! :(

Terminator Salvation trailer

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:18:45 -0700

Terminator Salvation trailer:

caseypugh:

hot4discourse:

casey pugh says “How to make a good movie: Use Christian Bale”

I know this will probably be a controversial statement, but I don’t think Christian Bale is an especially good actor. He’s really mastered “look intense while appearing to have some sort of internal emotional struggle” thing, but I’ve never really seen him do anything else! I think he just makes really good film choices.

Mostly I just really hate how, when he’s doing interviews about a movie, he speaks in the accent he used in that movie. How pretentious! He’s British, ok? He can talk to Terry Gross with a British accent.

Nascar makes womens’ shoes? Really?

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:53:32 -0700

Nascar makes womens’ shoes? Really?

Fork+ Knife+ Spoon= Fonifoon? Spooknifork?

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:14:55 -0700

Fork+ Knife+ Spoon= Fonifoon? Spooknifork?

OH my gosh.

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:27:43 -0700

OH my gosh.

obamaporn: Thanks, Heather! Cool! I love this guy.

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:26:20 -0700

obamaporn:

Thanks, Heather!

Cool! I love this guy.

Talking Crap on the Elevator

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:25:54 -0700

Too-Tan Guy with Creepy Perfect Eye Brows: She talks so much crap about people.

Too-Tan Girl with Lotsa Eyeliner: Oh my god, I know. She is always talking crap about people.

Guy: I mean, LOVE her, but don’t LOVE that!

Girl: I know.

Guy: You don’t talk crap me, right?

Girl: No! You don’t talk crap about me either, right?

Guy: Not at all! I am really not about that. I never talk crap about people.

Girl: Well, I talk crap about people sometimes…

Guy: Yeah, me too. But only if they deserve it.

Girl: Yeah, totally.

Extras

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:33:57 -0700

Portland is not a small town, but it ain’t big either. As a result, you are likely to run into people you know or recognize more or less everywhere you go.

Personally, I hate running into people I know, even if I generally like them. I tend to instantly forget the names of people I’ve known for years when I find myself unexpectedly face to face with them. Conversation is usually awkward. I honestly think I am exceptionally bad at these kind of encounters.

On the other hand, I love seeing people I recognize. There really is a relatively small group of people playing the roll of extras in my life. I see the same people everywhere! It seems like, in order to see these people so many places and so often, we must be living very similar lives. So, how come we’ve never actually met? I suppose maybe we will some day…

There’s one guy in particular who I swear is living my exact same life, just with slightly different timing. I see him on the bus. I see him at Safeway. He was recently sitting two tables over from me at a restaurant. On Sunday I walked past a music store and saw him inside browsing CDs. I wonder if he sees me and thinks, “There’s that girl I see everywhere having a beer at the same bar as me again.”

It’s funny to think that I’m one of a small cast of extras in someone elses life, too.

Good news

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:31:52 -0700

I went to the Trimet office and told the woman behind the counter about the problem with my bus pass. She instantly traded me for the correct pass and commiserated with me about getting yelled at by bus drivers.

I was fully prepared for it to be a real headache and was super relieved when it turned out not to be! Yay!

Mad + Embarrassed + Public = Crying

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:12:56 -0700

Why does Mad + Embarrassed + Public = Crying for me? What a frustrating, useless reaction! If I’m mad and embarrassed in public the last thing I want to do is cry! Then, in a situation where I’m probably already looking pretty stupid, I end up looking even more stupid. Thanks a lot, emotions!

Example:

Yesterday I boarded the bus, like I do every morning and evening. I flashed my bus pass at the driver and started toward a seat when the driver started shouting at me, “Hey! Hey, you! Lady! That pass won’t work!”

I found this really surprising because I have been using the pass twice a day, every day, since the beginning of the July and this was the first I heard that anything was wrong with it. I came back to the front of the bus and asked him what he was talking about.

He said, “That’s a 2-3 zone pass. This is Zone 1. You can’t use that pass, lady.” I looked at the pass and, lo and behold, he was right. Somehow I hadn’t noticed all month that it was the wrong pass.

I said, “Oh, wow. Yeah, I’ve been using this since the beginning of July and I never noticed it was the wrong zones.”

His response: “You can’t use that pass, lady. This is Zone 1.”

So I said: “Yeah, I know it’s Zone 1. I guess I bought the wrong pass. I never go to Zone 3. I only use it in Zones 1 and 2.”

He said, “You’re gonna have to pay extra for an All Zone.”

I could tell my face was starting to get red and I was probably raising my voice a bit. I think it was his constant use of the word lady and the way he was eyeballing me like I was a con artist or something. “Seriously?” I said, “Because I’m only going to Zone 2. I paid for a Two Zone Pass, I just got the wrong one.”

“30 cents” he said.

So I said “fine” and dug in my wallet for change. I dumped a quarter and a nickel in the machine and he tore off a transfer for me. I wouldn’t be getting a transfer if I was just allowed to use my pass, so it struck me as the ultimate insult. He tried to hand it to me and I loudly said “I don’t fucking need it!” and turned to take a seat only to find the whole bus looking at me. As I walked to the very back of the bus I could feel a huge knot forming in my throat.

I spent the rest of the ride pretending to do the crossword and trying to focus on not crying. Why oh why did my body think this was a good time for a cry?! I wasn’t sad! It really was not that big of a deal, and yet I was suddenly sniffling and blinking back tears!

I just don’t understand how this reaction could ever serve me well. I wish I could practice not crying under these sorts of circumstances, but they just don’t occur often enough! I think I’m doomed to never come off as tough and self-possessed and instead conclude every confrontation with blubbering.

Terrible.

It’s officially summer

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:29:54 -0700

It’s officially summer

3G

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:28:42 -0700

Girlfriend: I'm getting the 3 gig iPhone
Me: There is no 3 gig iPhone
Girlfriend: yes there is, it said so
Me: what said so
Girlfriend: its 3 gigabite
Me: no it isn't
Me: it's 8 and 16. there used to be a 4
Girlfriend: shut up, go to ATT dot com, I know it's 3 gig
Me: I'm right, trust me
Girlfriend: no, 3G, 3 gig
Me: [copious laughter]
Girlfriend: oh, what is the gig symbol?
Me: you are ridiculous

I would love to say that I didn't think the exact thing, but.................

I am S.N.O.B. #80

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:27:50 -0700

billcameron:

Someone signed me up as an Enthusiast Member of the Oregon Brewers Guild, which includes a t-shirt reading S.N.O.B., Supporter of Native Oregon Beer and a bumper sticker, plus a card. Now, I’m not complaining, since it’s true. I’m just wondering who did it.

Jessica, that you? Because if so, thank you!

I wish I could say I did! But, no. Someone else must think you’re a S.N.O.B.

anjalouise: Listening to the She & Him album right now. Cute...

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:16:54 -0700

anjalouise:

Listening to the She & Him album right now. Cute dress in this photo, and I’ve always wished that I had the right hair to make those cute little mini-beehive-puffs.

They’re rerunning the Terry Gross interview of Zooey Deschanel right now! Turn it on!

I like that album quite a bit… in that “I’m just sitting on the shelf” song (that might not be the name) she says “Why do you edit? Just give me credit”. I really like that line.

abbyroad: no, it can’t be true. f’real?

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:36:54 -0700

abbyroad:

no, it can’t be true.

f’real?

Today's Correspondence:

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:10:00 -0700

Dear US Bank,

Thanks for sending statements printed within .5 mms of the very edge of the paper. Also, thank’s for making that paper almost imperceptably smaller than 8.5”x11”. It’s a fun challenge for the photocopier!

Love, Jessica

Dear Xerox,

I wanted to write and tell you that it’s very clever to have a setting on your copier called “copy to edge” that actually does not copy quite to the edge. Tricky!

Yours Truly, Jessica

Dear People Building my Bosses House,

I would like to commend you for bucking this whole “green” trend and sending samples to our office surrounded in no less than 6 cubic feet of styrofoam packing peanuts! It was fun trying to actually find your products in the enormous box you sent and chasing the static charged peanuts around was a hoot and a half!

Sincerly, Jessica

I’m having really annoying day….

anjalouise: Ugh, I hate smarmy stranger dudes so much! I was walking down the street downtown and a...

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:06:54 -0700

anjalouise:

Ugh, I hate smarmy stranger dudes so much! I was walking down the street downtown and a guy who was sitting on the ground stopped me so that he could tell me that “when the wind was blowing half your chest was exposed.” First of all, it’s impossible to reveal anything scandalous in this dress, wind or not. Second, thanks a lot for making me stop so that you could tell me you were looking at my chest. WHY ARE THESE MEN ALWAYS SO COMPELLED TO TALK TO GIRLS?! I hate it, it’s so annoying. I gave him an angry response and walked away.

When I told dalas about it he said, “Don’t worry, one day you will be old.” Apparently being an old lady is the only escape from these creeps!

I THINK I SAW YOU! I was walking up 10th near the library and a girl in a cute dress was walking a little way ahead of me and I thought “that could be Anja verdugo wearing a cute dress!”

Also, agreed on the “WHY ARE THESE MEN ALWAYS SO COMPELLED TO TALK TO GIRLS?!” Several times recently strange men have taken it upon themselves to let me know that they like tall women. Also, I was having lunch with Catherine today and while she was waiting for me some guy decided to stop and tell her that she had “some nice curves”. GROSS.

I wrote a letter to OPB yesterday telling them about how much I hate the BBC’s World Have Your...

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:35:46 -0700

I wrote a letter to OPB yesterday telling them about how much I hate the BBC’s World Have Your Say. My big problem with it is the poor call screening. The people who call in are often wildly off topic. They don’t have productive things to say and usually they just rant nonsense. I never feel like I’ve gained anything by listening to the show, except maybe a headache.

I just got a reply to my letter:

“World Have Your Say has an extremely loyal and interested audience here in Oregon. In fact, more people from Oregon participate in the program than from any other city in the world! It is part of our effort to provide varied perspectives and styles that range from great local programs like Think Out Loud to important international perspectives.”

I guess the world will continue to have it’s say whether I like it or not. I’ll just listen to something else during that hour. Oh well.