the singular attitude of a faust

briggz @ 2007-11-11T11:47:00

2007-11-11T16:53:12Z

andre peterson is the shit.

:) unfortunatly, the team behind him needs some work. sigh...

and ohio state lost. bummar.

Timbaland's new CD is pretty sweet - fyi :) Not that any of the songs are his eprsay - i think he's a good mixer tho.

also bought the new Smashing Pumpkins, Jimmy Eat Works and a random Foo fighters CD.

yay

just finished reading Twilight - and awesome recomnedation by Librerin - I dare say I may go purchase the next book tonight/tomorrow.

Fast #2 starts Monday : x im prepping for lent in which i shall ingest nothing but juice :O
one of those dumb things ive always wanted to try :P

ok-

guess thats my life so fah. bi.

new car

2007-11-03T02:25:07Z

oh yea -

forgot to post -

I bought a Subaru WRX - my first stick shift as well as my first performance car - in general - my first acutal nice car :) Guapo the wonder monte has moved to posession to my brother who will be getting his license later this year. good luck to the both of you...

yay! car payments suck - but tis amazing :)

Car's new name - Boshaft (which means "wicked" in german) Bo for short.

heart.

briggz @ 2007-10-21T14:37:00

2007-10-21T18:45:07Z

Well schilling is actually worth a shit sometimes. Beckett and Dice K still rock my Sox tho (literally).

Yay boston, try not to ef up tonight :)

moving on. the rents actually made it to bahsten to visit me !! pretty neat, took em on all the touristy stuff and did a duck tour which is always a hoot, and they bought me an ipod for my birfday.... <3 I am with the rest of society now...

and i guess that's all for now. oh last week ive officially been on boston for a year... weird huh? I am so in love with it here it's not even funny.. i nevah wanna leave.

Oh went to seattle ona business trip last week, that was fun <3 i was at the microsoft campus explaining how sweet lionbridge translations are and they love us <3 didn't see bill but I did see his home and it took up pretty much the entire side of Lake Washington.

i digress..

ok f'real, that's all :)

oh if somone could shut down the Patriots, that would be great.

-AB

briggz @ 2007-08-20T00:18:00

2007-08-20T04:20:08Z

I'm engaged.

That is all.

:D

bored - so a real update

2007-06-06T01:36:28Z

alo.

so life's been aok. Work loves me and I am switching accounts and working on MS translation and loc stuff now for TecNet - and will be making monthly business trips to Seattle to the Microsoft Campus. I will give your regards to Bill ; )

I haven't had time to work on my personal free lance stuff since I did the AirCraft instuction manual last month, but I've been too busy to accept anything from TT, let alone apply to other places.

I think I am going to Amherst for grad school. Sorry Ohio -- I fell in love with Boston : )
Besides, they look like they have a pretty sweet grad school. I need the GRE tho...anyone taken it?

Rudy and Annina have officially moved in, Annina will fly back to Germany this weekend and Rudy shall stay until his GreenCard has been approved.

In other news - Jason and I have been dating a year now. How did you celebrate? you might ask
Probably not, but it went a little something like this:

Last Friday we went to the Red SOx Yankees game -- a little dissapointed they lost considering tickets were 130 :P but oh well Fenway was fun nonetheless. Grabbed a beer at beerworks then went to Boston Billiards where me and Steph spanked Jason and Krisitn in a game of pool, then the boy got him and I a hotel and crashed. Up and at'em the next morning to go to P-town at the tip of the Cape. I heard good things from my boss and coworkers. It was soooo nice there! I think it's one of the biggest gay and lesbian populations in the country, it was so fun to see everyone not concerned with anything and no one judging etc. The cape and dunes were great, the two guys that ran our bed and breakfast were a hoot and all in all it was a lot of fun. The boy bestowed me with a string of black pearls : )

This week -- work is slower...i went to the dentist who sliced up some tendons in my gums for my future dental work, annnnnd I got my teaching certificate for ESL after 7 weeks of class : ) yey!

and I think that's all I got. I will be in the K-town area the weekend of the 16th. Hooah.

-AB

Oregon Trail

2007-06-04T23:28:36Z

to the delight tomany people in the mid west -this might be interesting

everyone in my cube farm at work is palying this. I never got to play it in elementary/middle school like everyone else. .. hehe

sooo now you can play online and get in the top ten. Cory and Krisitn at work were on there yesterday but some psycho who plays all the time bumped them off.

http://www.virtualapple.org/oregontraildisk.html

I keep running out of food.

New fav artist <3

2007-05-15T01:59:51Z

Bansky - most excellent grafitti artist

LOOOVE him:

check out his manifesto -

http://www.banksy.co.uk/manifesto/index.html

I would highly recommend his other work as well : )

briggz @ 2007-04-20T08:17:00

2007-04-20T00:21:47Z

Promotion effective.... Monday : )

Just haggled over $$ all day yesterday and today, something I hate doing, but I DID make a spreadsheet listing all my profits for Lionbridge, annnnnnnnnnd I think they were mildly impressed. My new work laptop is being built at Dell as we speak :D

The brother is in Boston with me for his spring break -- we're off at 9 50 to see Shooter. looks good... late night tho : / I'm gonna be one tiurd girl tomorrow : /

allrighty. That's all I got.

-AB

briggz @ 2007-03-31T22:10:00

2007-04-01T02:26:14Z

I neeeed a break.

Sooo..Lionbridge was all, Hey Amanda - you rock at proofreading-- we have 6-8 hours for you to do this weekend, time and a half! and I was all, aweseme! except, I just accepted my

FIRST FREELANCE TRANSLATION JOB EVER!!!!

which is TOTALLY kickass cept it's a 10,000 word aircraft operations manual, and I also had plans this weekend.

Well shit. I'm not sleeping tonight or tomorrow. Kim, my trusted translation friend who went through the program with me, has volunteered to proofread since she is, A PILOT.

awesome?

I think so.

Oh yeah, i got accepted to Kent Translation Gradschool : )

sooo i guess that's about it for mecareerwise, I think i';; differ it for a year since I loooove lionbridge ANNND they are giving me a promotion in April. . .along witha company laptop and new "salary negotiations" which means Amanda is going to get more money. booyah! What a stroke of luck -- sooo glad i didn;t stay with crimson.

IN other news, I am a blonde again. I never *wasn't* blonde, but Moodz butchered my lowlights, and i went to some posh place in cambridge and spent the most money I ever have for a hair color. alas. but it does look pretty ok.

I think at this point I am avoiding my night load of work. pardon my rambligns.

OK -- s00per sappy happy report:

Life rocks for me right now! I am so happy to have a kick ass job in something I went to college for, startign my own business ANNND getting my masters withing the next 5 years...: )

I'm also going abck to get a BA in CHemistry - for my translation purposes :)

The boy is good, he comes home from his fancy pants business trip in India next weekend, I havent seen him or my Fam in 2 or 3 months so we're all meating at the farm in NY :P for an Easter Ho-down. Not quite the Wine Pong celebration of last year, but. . :P

AND my and the boston crew just ordered red sox . Yankee tickets, pretty much the biggest game of the year sans the series. stocked? I am. Party of the summer afterwards at the boston bars? SI!

And did I mention how much I love this City?

ok...I'm done.. . I tend to complain more than regale on this damn thing, I thought i'd share my rare enthusiasm for life, though it has been running strong since January. . . : )

WOO! back to the manual for type II and IV fluid rehydration in a Boeing Engine. . .

thankyougoodnight!

briggz @ 2007-03-27T20:55:00

2007-03-28T00:59:16Z

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HOUSE OF FOOLS IS PLAYING A SHOW IN CAMBRIDGE ON APRIL 24thhh!!!!!!!!!!

AND PIEBALD IS PLAYING WITH THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i am a little excited : )

diving like a bird
i pick the blue out of your eye
highjack a plane to France
if we could watch the moon
and dance across the street into a bar
i would never leave
but i know i'll have to go sometime
your hold on me is stronger than the alcohol
that's slowly killing me
so i'm searching for the better
the better part of me

Madison High School

2007-03-18T21:17:30Z

1. Who was your best friend?
Jill Schuur and Kristin Andres

2.What sports did you play?
swimming

3. What kind of car did you drive?
uhm, a 92 S10, a CHevy Lebaron and a 92 Geo Tracker. took me a few lessons to learn how to drive apparently.

4. It's Friday night, where were you?
out with the Hanifons or at Jills

5. Were you a party animal?
I never drank in college and was afraid to go to all the parties :P

6. Were you considered a flirt?
I was socially retarded in highschool and if I liked you I acted like a 7 yr old boy and was mean haha

7. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir?
Band 3 years

8. Were you a nerd?
A nerd but I got along with everyone

9. Did you get suspended/expelled?
nevar.

10. Can you sing the fight song?
yep. and play it on flute.

11. Who was your favorite teacher?
Loeffle, Sampson and Pope

13.What was your school's full name?
Madison High School

14. School mascot?
blue streaks. our mascot at f-ball games was whatever jackass of the school was then would put on blue body paint and a cheerleader shirt and run around the track with the flag. lame.

15. Did you go to Prom?
Justin!!!!!!!!!! was the best, my soph year : ) Limo and everythign!! then with jess, then with Sammy which was fun even though I made him squeeze into my bitty Geo : )

16. If you could go back and do it over, would you?
No way, life beyond high school is so much better.

17. What do you remember most about graduation?
I had an empty seat next to me? and realized how pointless it is to have the band in full wool uniform try and play there.

19. Where were you on senior skip day?
uhm yeah right,

20. Did you have a job your senior year?
lifeguard/McDs

21. Where did you go most often for lunch?
The cafeteria...damn bosco sticks

22. Have you gained weight since then?
well after this weekend, yes, but I still fir in HS clothes.

23. Where did you go after graduation?
home to a small partay by me mah

24. When did you graduate?
June 2002

25. Who was your Senior prom date?
Sammy :)

26. Are you going to your 10 year reunion?
hahah no way in hell.

POST THIS WITH YOUR SCHOOL NAME

briggz @ 2007-03-03T20:21:00

2007-03-04T01:28:11Z

up-d8.

just ate - sushi : )

just received - my library card : D

first borrows from said library - Steven Hackings' "A Brief History of Time" and The Cure self titled album...library ahs AWESOME muzak selection and I intend to burn and exploit it all since my limewire refuses to sing for me anymore : (

new hair lady blows.

got pulled over today for no inspectioin. Ef you, Mass. but at least they didnt tear up my registration and take my car. also dont have my MASS drivers license yet... got repremanded for that, and the best: I was lost so I drove past this cop 3 times.... sigh...

Fridy eve - jazz concert and drinking in boston, view over the harvard bridge ='s awesome annnd stuff.

I found out there's an art museum within walking distance from me....jawsome....

uhm.... i guess that's it? The boy goes to India for a month next week. too bad it wont make a damn difference :P we're apart anyways. yar.

What's next? probably some laundry of the beotch next door ever stops screaming at her kid and taked ehr freaking laundry out.

and some sweet sweet Zelda: Twilight Princess <3333333333333

and i guess that will sum it up.

thanks for listening

briggz @ 2007-02-24T17:42:00

2007-02-24T22:46:48Z

siiigh.

Here's what I bought today:

Zelda: Twilight Princess for GameCube - don't have a wii yet :(
2 green feather boas
3 six-packs of green beads
HelloGoodbye's album "Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!"
1 Vitamin water - powerC
1 order of 1/2 tuna 1/2 salmon sushi
1 pkg organic tortilla chips
1 pkg whole food guac

.. .. none of which i really needed :P But whole foods guac rocks. so there.

LOOOVE IT!!!!!

2007-02-23T12:48:43Z

Announcer: The early part of the 20th Century produced some of the greatest actors ever to grace the stage - Barrymore, Gelgud, Richardson, Olivier. But.. there was one actor who surpassed them all in both brilliance and volume. Born Jonathon Yankonvichi, he was known to all simply by the name that described him best: Master Thespian.

[ pan across to Master Thespian writing in his diary ]

Master Thespian: "Dear Diary: I am awaiting the arrival of my mentor and acting teacher, the great Baudelaire. Today's lesson is costumes. Knowing Baudelaire, he will come over and try to fool me in some silly disguise. But today, it will be I who fool him. I hope. Until tomorrow, Master Thespian." [ a knock is heard at the door ] Yes?

Voice at Door: [ mimicks trumpet fanfare ] Make way for His Royal Highness, King George V!

Master Thespian: One moment! [ jumps up ] Thank God! The King to see me! [ before the door ] Enter all!

Baudelaire: [ enters, disguised as King ] Thank you! I am looking for the greatest actor of all time! The theatrical community of all London told me I might be able to find him.. here!

Master Thespian: Yes, your Majesty! The man you speak of stands before you!

Baudelaire: Ah-ha! Then you must be the great.. Baudelaire!

Master Thespian: [ insulted ] Don't be silly! I'm Master Thespian. Baudelaire is merely a teacher.

Baudelaire: Merely a teacher?

Master Thespian: Yes! And barely one at that.

Baudelaire: Oh, really? Why don't you try saying that.. [ removes crown ] ..to his face!

Master Thespian: [ fooled ] Oh! Baudelaire! You fooled me!

Baudelaire: Acting!

Master Thespian: Oh, please, forgive me..

Baudelaire: No!

Master Thespian: But I have questions..

Baudelaire: No!

Master Thespian: Oh, please.. I beg you.. [ kneels ] ..on bended knee, from the very depths of my heart.

Baudelaire: Oh, get up. I have already forgiven you, I was merely.. acting!

Master Thespian: [ fuming ] Again?! You fooled me again!

Baudelaire: Thank you! Now, then.. what is the Question du Jour?

Master Thespian: Oh, Baudelaire.. I've been offered to play the most difficult part of my entire career. I am to play a man trapped in the body of a woman, playing the part of a five-year-old dog who thinks he's a cat! My question is: what should I do?

Baudelaire: [ thinking tentatively ] Costume!

Master Thespian: Genius!

Baudelaire: Thank you! Now, then.. have you prepared the fencing scene from Hamlet?

Master Thespian: Yes! [ grabs fencing foils ] Here is your foil.

Baudelaire: Thank you! Very well. You shall play the part of Hamlet! And I shall play the great.. Baudelaire! By the way, you were brilliant in last week's "Ice Man" as Hickey.

Master Thespian: Oh, thank you. And, may I add, you were equally brilliant as Baudelaire!

Baudelaire: Thank you! Now!

[ they begin to fence furiously. Baudelaire staggers backwards as Master Thespian swings his foil near him ]

Baudelaire: [ covering his chest with his hand ] Oh, Master.. M-master, you've cut me.. look how the blood gushes from my very veins!

Master Thespian: Oh, please forgive me, it was an accident..

Baudelaire: Don't be silly! [ opens his jacket to reveal no cut ] Acting!

Master Thespian: Oh, you fooled me!

Baudelaire: Of course I fooled you! I am the greatest actor of all time! I am.. Baudelaire!

Master Thespian: [ thrusts foil ] On guard!

[ they begin fencing again. Suddunly, Master Thespian drops his foil and falls gracefully into Baudelaire's arms ]

Baudelaire: Master? Are you hurt?

Master Thespian: Oh, Baudleaire, I'm afraid we've played this acting thing too far. You've made worm's meat of me! Adieu.. adieu.. remember me. Look! [ points ] The face of death is near! And so.. I flail! [ his legs kick before his body falls limp ]

Baudelaire: Master! [ cries ] I have killed my protege! How.. how.. how.. how will you ever forgive me..?

Master Thespian: [ stands ] Very good! I was merely acting!

Baudelaire: So was I! I've fooled you again!

Master Thespian: No! It is I who fooled you! For I am dead.. and merely acting alive!

Baudelaire: Genius!

briggz @ 2007-02-14T20:30:00

2007-02-15T01:38:22Z

woah... lj's got some funky valentines coloring going on. . .

crazy weather shut the company down today -- there were 7/50 people at work today :P goood times.... but the fancy restaourant we got downstairs had a chocolate bar in honor of heart day... indulged Kristin and I did... <3

anyways. life's pretty goodah. Great job (GREAT money!!) great new friends, great bar scene...

tah dah.

oh yeah last weekend i went out with a newly assembed crew from work and let loose on downtown boston... it was amazing... I embarassed a waiter, played waterfall at the Boston Beer Works, pointed and laughed at a guy who puked all over himself, told my "ohio State" bar fight story to a group of stangers and got a Standing ovation, annnnd moonwalked across the bar with a redbull and gin in hand without spilling . .

ahh its good to roll with a crowd again... i love this new job, it just makes me realize how shitty the last one was/made my life.

anyways, st patricks day approaches and you should all come to boston to party cuz its gonna be bonkers...

what else? Tomorrow smolko flies in, i've made dinner reservations at a fance boston foodery in the North End, then we're driving to Vermont for a weekend of boarding at Killington (the biggest mountain in the East :) )

gooood deaaal.

that's all folks.

Boston Bomb scare

2007-02-04T16:37:45Z

ohhh yeah, Boston had a bomb scare -- shut down -93 suring rush our and all sorts of nonsence all due to an Adult Swim promotion that apparently put about 10 "devices" around the city... been pretty hush hush outside 'da city i think... here's the story of you're interested :) Turner is in troouuuble...

Turner Broadcasting accepts blame, promises restitution
E-mail says that marketer asked silence
By Michael Levenson and Raja Mishra, Globe Staff | February 2, 2007

Turner Broadcasting System yesterday accepted full responsibility for the guerrilla marketing campaign that caused a scare in Boston.

Mayor Thomas M. Menino said that the company had agreed to pay the cost of the massive effort to defuse what authorities had believed was a potential bomb plot. Those costs are expected to top $500,000 in Boston and approach another $500,000 for the MBTA, Cambridge, and Somerville.

"We have no intention of shirking the responsibility onto any other company," said Shirley Powell, a spokeswoman for Turner Broadcasting. "We are taking full responsibility for this."

The statement was issued as friends of a local artist involved in the guerrilla advertising campaign said he was told by a New York marketing executive five hours into the scare not to tell anyone.

According to an e-mail one friend provided to the Globe, the executive at Interference Inc. told the artist, whom the agency had hired to install the small, battery-powered light screens in Boston, to remain silent, even as dozens of police officers collected the devices and shut down highways, subway lines, and part of the Charles River.

The executive asked Peter Berdovsky to "pretty please keep everything on the dl," slang for down low, or hush-hush, according to the message Berdovsky sent to his friends . The Globe was told by two of Berdovsky's friends about the e-mail they say he sent at 1:25 p.m. Wednesday, three hours before Turner Broadcasting, an Interference client, disclosed that the scare was a marketing campaign gone awry.

A third friend later provided a copy of the e-mail.

The attorney general's office, Berdovsky's lawyers, and Turner Broadcasting would not comment on the authenticity of the e-mail, and the Globe could not immediately verify it.

"Peter was terrified at this point," one friend, Toshi Hoo, said in an interview yesterday. "He was expecting them to handle it, but they weren't handling it. They let the entire country stay on terror alert."

"That's pretty much when he started" e-mailing us, said another friend, Travis Vautour of Cleveland Circle. "He said he was respecting their wishes at first, to an extent. . . . I kind of wished that they didn't ask him to be quiet about it at first. Timing was everything, yesterday. We may have missed our chance to really bring the light on everything."

The e-mail suggests that the creators of the marketing blitz were trying to hide their involvement and doing nothing to stop the scare.

When they decided to speak out about two hours later, they called their client, the Cartoon Network, rather than alerting any of the numerous law enforcement agencies involved, further delaying notification about the marketing campaign. The network's parent company, Turner Broadcasting, issued a statement at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Mayor Menino said angrily yesterday that "if that's true, that's totally irresponsible."

Yesterday, Interference's chief executive, Sam Ewen, hung up when reached on his cellphone and did not respond to e-mails and phone messages. His office in SoHo was locked, and there was no answer at his home in Brooklyn.

Powell said Turner accepts blame for the scare sowed by the campaign for "Aqua Teen Hunger Force," a late-night cartoon.

In a full-page ad appearing in the Globe today, Turner Broadcasting apologizes to the citizens of Boston. "We never intended this outcome and certainly did not set out to perpetrate a hoax," the letter says. "What we did is inadvertently cause a great American city to deal with the unintended impact of this marketing campaign. For this, we are deeply sorry."

Though some residents complained that law enforcement agencies overreacted, Menino said that Michael Chertoff, US secretary of homeland security, called him yesterday morning and congratulated the city for acting responsibly.

"I'm very proud of how the public safety officials worked," Menino said in an interview, calling the massive response "seamless."

Richard A. Clarke, a former head of counterterrorism at the National Security Council, agreed.

"It looks like an overreaction in retrospect, but having been in that kind of position before, it's usually better to react than not," Clarke said during a chat with readers on Boston.com. "If you don't react and you are wrong, the results are much worse than if you react and are wrong."

City and state officials huddled yesterday on legal strategy, with some wanting to just recoup their costs, but others wanting to sue and seek more money to punish the company.

Last night, Attorney General Martha Coakley was working on details of an agreement with Turner. Menino is pushing for other concessions, such as funding for youth programs.

Coakley said in a statement she was working with officials from Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville to "resolve this matter as quickly as possible." No formal agreement had been reached, she said.

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone of Somerville said he wanted to force Turner Broadcasting to pay additional punitive damages for the anxiety and fear caused in his city and would consider breaking ranks with Coakley and suing the company if necessary.

"We're prepared to file our own suit," Curtatone said in an interview. "We're certainly going to seek punitive damages against Turner to prevent others from pulling this stunt in the future."

As officials haggled over the details of the agreement, Berdovsky, a 27-year-old artist who lived in Arlington until recently, and his friend, Sean Stevens , 28, a self-employed computer consultant from Charlestown, appeared in Charlestown District Court, waving and smiling as they were each arraigned on a felony charge of placing a hoax device in a way that causes panic and a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct. Both men pleaded not guilty and were released on $2,500 bail. If convicted, they face up to five years in prison on the hoax charge and six months for disorderly conduct.

In the legal community, there was disagreement whether the hoax charge was appropriate because it requires prosecutors to prove the men intended to cause fear. The judge, Paul K. Leary , pointed out that Berdovsky and Stevens say they intended only to participate in an advertising campaign.

"If what they intended to happen is for people to discover the devices and get publicity, then that's not going to be enough to get a conviction," said Boston University law professor David Rossman .

Prosecutors defended their actions. Assistant Attorney General John Grossman said bomb squad members who examined the lighted signs immediately detected three components that suggested the contraptions could be bombs. He said the black signs, about the size of a laptop computer, had what appeared to be a duct-tape wrapped package with a wire running into it and a power source, which would be needed to detonate a bomb.

"The devices looked like bombs " and had an "ominous nature," Grossman said.

Grossman indicated that the investigation is shifting toward the companies and individuals who hired the two men. "We are aware that these defendants are not at the top of the hierarchy here," he said.

In a State Police report, investigators say that Berdovsky told them he met a man in Brooklyn last November who asked him to participate in a "promotional stunt" and steered him to Interference. The company promised to pay Berdovsky and Stevens $300 each to install 40 of the signs around Boston. A marketing company official, whom Berdovsky identified as Adrienne Yee, sent him an e-mail listing the "do's and don'ts" of where to place the signs. Target areas included train stations, overpasses, "hip and trendy areas, high traffic areas of high visibility."

Berdovsky told police they put up the signs in two waves, 20 about two weeks ago, then a second wave of 18 Monday night into Tuesday. The second wave -- Berdovsky called it Boston Mission 2 -- was photographed by a third person, identified in court papers as Dana Seaber . Seaber, 27, has not been charged.

Stevens was interviewed separately and "freely admitted to the same involvement as Berdovsky," police said. Stevens also handed over three signs with batteries and two expandable poles used to place the magnetic signs.

briggz @ 2007-02-04T01:05:00

2007-02-04T06:22:09Z

eh. weird. i wish i knew what the hell I was doing in a few months, but that really depends on other people/factors etc. and i find this rather annoying.

anyways. I'd like a house in Vancouver with my 2 dogs and cats and perhaps a penis if one is still around.

went downtown today where i blew 75 jimmies on 3 dress shirts, discoverd i look like shit in long skirts, founs a seal that can sound like a human man making a battle cry (trip to the NE Aquarium <3) and saw a d00d laying in the streets of boston post seizure with blood everywhere cuz i think he musta bit most of his tounge off when he seized...

interesting day.

just sing me a song i don't care about what
i just can't stand my own voice
and could never really carry your share
let alone a tune

briggz @ 2007-02-02T08:47:00

2007-02-02T13:56:01Z

i think i forgot to do something at work . . .

anyways, life has been pretty ok for me, but it seems to be falling apart for all mein frineds..

anyhoos, I am finally happy with my Job, l-bridge is not only paying me WAYYY more than the last place, but it's pretty nice to work there too, since its in a fancy pants office building and such. not too bad, and i cant wait for the paychecks to start rolling in, haha and not bad for just outta school and 3 months work experience ;) kah-ching

the boy's got issues with his hell hole work... which makes him loverly to talk to (last night ended by my hanging up on him...) ah well. There are clear choices, and in you are clearly choosing not to be happy, then pity I have not.

talked to Marie for 2 1/2 hours last night, and twas good to hear from her. She's comming out for sure for Patty's. : D sooo excited

other than that, we'll see.

life is but a dream,

-Briggs

briggz @ 2007-01-23T20:18:00

2007-01-24T01:19:25Z

oh yeah!

check out the email the IT guy sent today... spellcheck is not the answer!

Hi All,
FRA1NT29 will be unavailable until 8am tomorrow morning as we need to complete a virus scan on all attached storage (approx. 1000Gb)
Sorry for the incontinence.

:) incontinence indeed, cuz everyone (and by that I mean the ENTIRE company he sent the email to) was peeing their pants....

briggz @ 2007-01-23T18:36:00

2007-01-23T23:36:42Z

I am jonesing for sushi...

briggz @ 2007-01-09T21:52:00

2007-01-10T02:55:24Z

Hmm so i caught the first touchdown on XM radio on my flight into Akron, and was let down forthwith.

hehe i guess if you get a Heisman you dont need to work anymore. :P

anyways -- metting Chrissy for lunch tomorrow annnnnnnnd i am in a great mood cuz i got to see the chem crew today, got my grad app 90% done, AND

i just got a foot massage :)

prrr...

briggz @ 2007-01-02T22:30:00

2007-01-03T02:30:30Z

well well well.

so where were we?

AH yes. Life.

Well let me tell you a story. not really. but here's the skinny so far. I told current job to go to hell and switched to a company that is up the street from me (WOO!! NO MORE BOSTON AM RUSH HOUR!!) for more pay and fewer hours. And I also demanded current job give me 500 jimmies for carting my ass to Boston. which they will give me tomorrow am. and that, ladies and gentleman, will be the last time they see me before i own that company :)

haha

anyways. I start work at LionBridge in 2 weeks, which means I am living the dream and having myself a good god damn vacation. What am I going to do!?? I dunno-- I had the BEST day though so something fun :) prolly swing by the rents, kent again, and maybe some other undisclosed desitination.

well that's all for now kids.

PAZ

briggz @ 2006-12-21T20:22:00

2006-12-22T00:22:29Z

yaawn.

kicked it with joe last eve a la bar and watched the cavs in typical fashion come so close and yet so far.... hehe it funny the bar had the cavs game on over the celtics hehe... boston love...

uhm -- NY this weekend... maybe going snowboarding on Sat if there is snow with Smolko, then back to work Tus/nite ( maybe)

Nother job interview on thursday (moooving in up!) then to ktown for new years

annnnnd then i dunoo.

im spent.

paz!

briggz @ 2006-11-21T23:08:00

2006-11-22T03:08:44Z

w00t.

So here it is. The latest. I hope you're all sitting down.

1) I am officially a freelance chemical translator for Trusted Translations. I was notified this afternoon that my sample translations were aproved and was sent an intro package and I'll be able to start accepting work at my leisure as soon as i fax in my W9.

2) Grad school Fall '06. I love Boston. But if I don't do this now, I never will.

3) uhm.... i forgot. i guess that's all.

so, when you think about it -- when I'm 24 -- I'll have 2 degrees, and a year of a medical translation company under my belt and a few years of freelance work. Plus, I plan on getting my BA in chemistry (NOT from Kent ;) ) during the summers betwinst g-sko'.

and maybe someday this will all mean I won't be living paycheck to paycheck :P

briggz @ 2006-11-07T22:36:00

2006-11-08T02:36:31Z

hmm so a lot has happened since the last time I wrote . . .

uhm, finally getting a routine down. Painted a few more paintings, oh yeah . .. my apartment is kick ass.

Jason came out to visit last weekend and fin ws had by all includeing a trip to the New England Aquarium, and Body Worlds 2 which is ending its tour at the Boston Museum of Science.

hoorah...

I had the New York City Department of Education Translation and Interpretation Unit (hehe you should call, it's a hoot to hear them answer their phone...)call and offer me a job. And I considered it. And wanted to move becasue it had 3 weeks vacation and a garanteed 9-to-5-one-hour-lunch-and-if-on-the-rare-occasion-you-do-stay-late-you-get-paid-overtime kinda job, which seemed pretty sweet after last weeks marathon of 12 hr days and no lunch break.

but i calmed down, reconsidered, and turned them down on monday.

hmm.. what else. couldnt vote today cuz i havent lived here long enough or some bullshit. lame. and they were voting on letting the grocery stores sell wine (Mass law says that ALL types of alcohol be sold at a liquor store, so no beer runs to the local Stop n Shop.)

anyways. what else? the boy and i have decided to come up with a game plan for the dreaded "future" by christman :P I'm intruiged...

and this weekend rob comes out for a visit and I think we're planning a night in Rhode ISland. fun? Yey!

before that, I had a recent birthday. that weekend i bestowed kent witha visit and a drunk bus ride with my friends to cleveland. annnnd lots of ugle pics of me are floating around now. and then the night i look AWESOME (halloween) no one comes out, and those who did didnt have a camera. damn it.

ok i think thats all for now.... ill write more laaatah.

paz e amor