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| 08:46am 11/07/2006 |
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Clay and I are moving to Birmingham this weekend. Well, we're moving some things, but we ourselves will be staying in Rainbow City at least until I quit work, which is July 28. He doesn't have a job yet, and I haven't technically heard the official word from my assistantship, but we have an apartment in Southside. I can walk to class, and it's a nice neighborhood.
Work is grating on my last nerve. I'm so sick of this place.
Cathy got married Saturday. She was cute.
We ordered our wedding photos last night. We got about 70 poses and just ordered 5x7s of each. There were a couple we got 8x10s and wallets of, and mom got a ginormous one of me. Hopefully they'll come in soon so I can be in the paper!
If you want to see them, go to mikerossphotography.com. Then "your event" at the bottom of the page, then "click on your event" then "joan and clay." beware, there are thousands, but it's cool cause you can order anything you want.
I haven't been sleeping well lately. There's been a lot on my mind, I guess, with the move and job situations, money situations. I got about 3 hours of sleep night before last, and about 4 last night. I woke up with my alarm this morning, and I guess my eyes were blurry or something because my clock said "6:14" and the red lights shone REALLY bright. Like glowing red straw or something, and I remember half sleeping and thinking, "My alarm clock is evil." Not because it was waking me, but because it was like devil red lights. Anyway. It freaked me out.
I wonder if I can take a nap during my lunch break. Doubtful. |
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| 03:04pm 07/06/2006 |
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my name is joan katherine parr tucker.
i've been signing my new name to things.
i like it. |
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| 12:29pm 22/05/2006 |
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it's monday. i get married on saturday. wooooooohooooooooooo
had my bachellorette party saturday. beth went all out. the biggest suite at the winfrey, chapagne, margaritas and mexican food, then out to a bar to watch the velcro pygmies. first in the crowd to get a blow pop, btw. i won't say who, but one of my guests threw up in front of two cops. i find that hilarious. we drank, we danced, we played with vibrators. many a spankings ensued. much fun was had by all.
hopefully my wedding will be exactly the same. minus the vibrators and spankings.
i have been exhausted for months now. i'm so ready for this honeymoon. |
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| 09:59am 15/05/2006 |
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i'm getting married in 12 days.
12 DAYS.
and i got my puppy. his name is Dave. david abner tucker. he's adorable. |
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| 10:30am 04/05/2006 |
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So as the subject line says, only 23 more days to go. Now I know why people go on honeymoons after they get married- they need a fucking vacation!
I feel like I'm working two full time jobs. JobCorps, then the wedding job. I'm so stressed out and there is no relaxation in sight. My weekends are always full of wedding shit to do. This Saturday, I have an eye doctor's appointment and then I meet my florist/wedding coordinator at the site in Anniston. But Sunday, I have decided Sunday is MY day. There will be no mention of the wedding, no thank you notes written, no nothing. If anyone asks me a wedding related question, I'll seriously murder them. I'm not going to change out of my pajamas. Saturday, I'm going to rent some Sex and the City episodes and veg out watching them all day Sunday. And margaritas, lots of margaritas.
Clay and I are meeting for lunch in an hour. I'm starving! |
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| 01:31pm 27/04/2006 |
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I'M GETTING MARRIED IN A MONTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| 10:39am 24/03/2006 |
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*breathe in.....breathe out....*
Things are going well. Although I'm slightly exhausted, everything is coming together.
So I was rejected from Alabama. This upset me for a couple of days, mainly because I don't understand why. I had great grades, graduated cum laude with honors in both my majors, had wonderful recommendations. But, whatever. I understand that Alabama has a really great English Department and I suppose it was very competitive. I'm still waiting to hear from Auburn and Georgia, but if I have no luck there, I'll be attending UAB in the fall. Anyone who can speak English is allowed in there. But, it'll be fine for what I want to do with my degree, which is teach at a small university or community college.
In other news, I'm getting married in 64 days. All of that is going well. It's starting to get stressful, getting all the details worked out, but it's going to be a beautiful wedding and a kick ass reception. I can't wait. People keep asking me if I'm nervous. I'm not nervous at all, just excited. We got out engagement photos back about a week ago. They're wonderful. I love them. Maybe I'll have the energy to post some this weekend.
My job is really starting to get on my nerves. Yesterday was hell. Everyone was in a bad mood. Corporate is here and all kinds of stupid bullshit was flaring up between everyone. My boss is supposed to be on her vacation, but she came in for what was supposed to be about half an hour yesterday, and she's been here ever since. Poor woman. So yesterday I was really stressed out and sick of everything and then I was told we were going to have an all staff meeting. I found this out about 20 minutes before the meeting because even though the e-mail was sent out, my computer was fucked up and I couldn't check my e-mail. So I almost just said "Fuck it, I'm not going to listen to a bunch of shit for an hour." In the end, I'm glad I went, because I was chosen as employee of the month and got a $50 gift certificate to the mall. So there's that.
It'll almost pay for the dry cleaning bill I paid after I lent 6 prom dresses to the JobCorps kids for their little prom.
Soon this year of my life will be over and I'll barely remember it. Woo Hoo.
OH YEAH! I'm getting a puppy! A little miniature dachshund. Clay's sister Holly, who just got married, has a dog about to give birth, so I think that'll be our wedding present from her. hurrah! |
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| 08:07am 17/03/2006 |
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The Veteran
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My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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| 01:16pm 07/03/2006 |
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i didn't get into vanderbilt. they hate me. in their e-mail, however, they said they had an increase in the amount of applicants and had to turn down many well qualified people. blah. i don't believe them. i suck. |
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| 08:29am 13/02/2006 |
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This looked somewhat interesting. Go there now.
http://kevan.org/johari?name=JoaniePop
Oh yeah... I got into the UAB english program. Of course the first place to reply is my last choice. BUT at least now I know I'll be going to grad school instead of working at this stupid place for another year. Only 6 more months till Fall Semester! YAY!
Only 103 days to go until I get married. That is insane. I really need to go have my dress altered, and I'm going to call Mike Gagliardo about musicians today. Me and Clay have GOT to go have our engagement photo taken, like, ASAP. And I still don't have a judge lined up to marry us. I need everyones' addresses too. Jesus Christ, this is a lot of shit to do. I wonder if my invitations are in yet? I should make a list. A big list with everything written down on it. Hmm... |
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| 08:37am 21/12/2005 |
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I'm just never on livejournal anymore. what with myspace and having something somewhat resembling a life...
so i have a job. i'm the student records clerk at the gadsden job corps center. it's a federally funded place where poor kids and high school dropouts and the like can come to live, get their GED/HSD and learn a trade. it's a great program, and i've been working here since october 10, but the kids are really starting to wear on me. i hate getting up at 6:45 every morning and then not getting home until 5:30 or so. i'm sick of coming to work and having NOTHING to do for hours. you can only play so many games of solitaire. then there's that damn internet firewall. luckily, though, all my coworkers are nice and i have the best boss in the entire world.
plus, i feel like i should be on christmas break right now. but here i am, sitting in the student records department. in a few minutes i get to go to training for the rest of the damn day.
other than work and sleep, there's not much else going on with me. the wedding is coming along nicely. i have the photographer, the florist, the cake, the dress, the invitations are picked out and just need to be ordered. i'm going to have a 8.5 month pregnant bridemaid thanks to clay's sister...
um...clay and i are going to gatlinburg january 14 to have a couple of nights alone. i don't know what the hell there is to do there but i guess we'll have fun.
i've applied to graduate schools. uab, vanderbilt, alabama, auburn, and uga. i can't wait to get married and move off and go back to school. lord jesus i miss school. |
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| 10:38pm 01/10/2005 |
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clay and i are getting married may 27th, 2006 at Classics on Noble in Anniston. there will be fantastic food, free champagne, cash bar, dancing, and plenty more. hurrah. |
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| 02:11am 06/08/2005 |
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1. What is your full name? joan katherine parr
2. What color pants are you wearing? i'm not wearing pants. i'm in my jammies.
3. What are you listening to right now? the hum of the computer and the paper man's squeaky brakes stopping at every mailbox on my street.
4. What was the last thing you ate? a piece of toast with butter and strawberry jelly.
5. Do you wish on stars? nah.
6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? purple
7. How is the weather right now? i don't know. it's dark out.
8. Last person you spoke to on the phone? clay
9. Do you like the person who sent this to you? nobody sent this to me, i copied it because i'm bored as hell.
10. Favorite drink? rum runner
11. Favorite sport? long term competitive sleeping
12. Hair color? i don't know. blondish, brownish, reddish.
13. Do you wear contacts? i have some, but they're a hassel and i like my glasses
14. Siblings? one sister
15. Favorite month? april
16. Favorite food? Mexican
17. What is the last movie you saw? The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
18. Favorite day of the year? dec. 25
19. What do you do to vent anger? i punch clay. or pop his zits. or cry.
20. What was your favorite toy as a child? hmmm....i had a glow worm that i named little baby jesus. i had a big pink bunny rabbit that i got for easter because mom refused to let me have a real bunny. umm...i had a ton of barbies that always ended up naked and headless.
21. Summer or winter? depends on my mood at the time the question is asked, right now, i'd say summer....
22. Hugs or kisses? hugs
23.hocolate or vanilla? Chocolate.
24.Do you want your friends to e-mail you back? eh...
25. Who is most likely to respond? i'm not emailing this, damnit.
26. Who is least likely to respond? rah rah rah
27. When was the last time you cried? hmmm...i honestly don't remember. probably no more than a week ago.
28. What is under your bed? nothing.
29. Who is the friend you have had the longest? i guess mary.
30. What did you do last night? me and clay went to the mall, then went to eat chinese food.
31. Plain, buttered, or salted popcorn? salted and buttered
32. Favorite car? umm..green ones.
33. Favorite flower? tulips
34. Number of keys on your key ring? no clue...my keys are in my room.
35. How many years at you current job? well, i was a student, but now i've officially been unemployed for a week.
36. Favorite day of the week? saturday
37. What did you do on your last birthday? went out to eat with my family and then went back to jacksonville and got stoned with clay and casey. it wasn't very eventful, and i was really tired.
38. How many cities have you lived in? 3 |
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| 11:14pm 04/08/2005 |
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| 01:55pm 13/06/2005 |
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haven't updated this in a long time.
okay. so. this is what i've been up to lately. i took two may semester classes. A's in both. Now i'm taking a class on winston churchill. just took a test today in there and i think i did well. this class will be over at the end of june and i'll take theory of composition in july. then graduation in august!
my GRE princeton review class starts june 19th. once a week for two months. i take the test again in october.
so i don't have any classes in august and my lease runs out here on july 30. so at that point, i think i'll be moving in with mom for a couple of months. then me and clay are going to try to find an apartment or a rental house after i find a job and save up a little money. i really don't want to be dependant on mom any longer than i need to be.
as for the job. i don't know. i'm not going to start looking until the first of august. i feel like i need a couple of weeks of relaxation before i have to start a full time-job. I'm going to apply pretty much everywhere i possibly can, and hopefully i'll end up with some air-conditioned office job, typing up memos and entering data for around $10-$12 an hour. plus benefits. Mmm, benefits. this is my last month of smoking weed...i gotta be able to pass a pee test if need be.
and then hopefully me and clay can get married in the spring. that is, if i ever get an engagement ring. i'd like to get married if i'm not going to be in school.
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EH 232 01 WORLD LITERATURE 3.00 A
EH 415 01 ADV EXPOSITORY WRITI 3.00 A
EH 441 01 HISTORY ENG LANGUAGE 3.00 A
HY 302 01 HY OF GR BRITAIN 3.00 A
SH 202 01 INTERMEDIATE SPANISH 3.00 A |
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| 11:50pm 26/04/2005 |
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well well well
today was the last day of finals. i think i may have all A's this semester, but possibly a B in enspanol. No me gusta mi professora de espanol.
there was probably a mistake in that sentence, disregarding the tildes. i don't care to find out how to make tildes. i probably spelled tildes wrong.
i made an A on my Hy of English Language paper. i sure am glad teachers never have time to check sources.
missy's wedding was last weekend. i thought that i might just be mad the whole time from jealousy, but i was happy for her. she looked so happy all day. i got drunk...well, slightly. and froze because i wanted to wear my cute thread thin summer dress.
i still haven't heard from alabama. i've stopped thinking about it as much though.
i think i have a hernia. i'm going to go to the doctor at some point. mom said it might be scar tissue (its under a surgery scar) but it might also be a small hernia. if it is one, then it's not a big deal at all, but the thought of my intestine poking out and me being able to feel it under the skin really disgusts me. so i'm preoccupied with it.
that A&E addicted/intervention show (i don't know the name of it) is entertaining and pathetic. i like it.
i don't have shit to do for a week. after classes start, or perhaps before, i will look for a shitty job that i will hate in 3 weeks.
beth came home last weekend. that was fun. she could only stay for 2 days and had to rent a pontiac vibe. that's a stupid looking car.
i'm so bored. |
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