This is who I am...

Not exactly the news I want to hear at work...

2009-11-09T03:08:11Z

Got a call from my mom today at work to let me know that my sister-in-law had the baby. She wasn't due until the end of the month. Anyways...the baby has down syndrome. HOw could this be? Seriously! This is the same sister in law with the boy who might be slightly autistic. so yeah. i don't know what else to say. Baby's name is Kilia (pronounced Ky-lee-ah) it means "heaven" in hawaiian. SHe was only 4 pounds one ounce.

quickest entry ever! :D

2009-10-29T12:31:20Z

I had a wonderful dream about Jan returning on the office! :) it was so cool and refreshing. and we had no idea she was going to be on. i don't really remember what all happened. i was just so excited she was on! looking absolutely beautiful by the way! ;) thats all! :)

michaeljanlover @ 2009-10-24T00:37:00

2009-10-24T05:48:22Z

why can't i just for ONCE do something better than my sister? just ONCE! but NOOOO! That's not possible! Let me explain...I'm finally starting my career on monday. i finally know what i want to do with my life. I've decided to go into cosmetology, but guess what? my sister always steals all of my thunder because SHE just got accepted into a pretty big school for her nursing. there were tons of applicants for this and they were only taking 30 people. but of COURSE she was accepted. and of course EVERYONE is congratulating her and wishing her luck. i mean, i'm happy for her, sure, but seriously...it just hurts that i can't have any praise for MY accomplishments. i mean, really...what's the big deal about beauty school? thats NOTHING compared what SHE's going for. i really HATE comparing myself with her, but it just hurts. you know? I can't remember a time my mom has told me she's proud of me. and of course she told my sister that. my sister had wrote that she was accepted in a FB status. my mom NEVER comments on people's statuses...EVER. until today when she had posted that. so am i just being a bad sister for not being THAT excited for her? i was excited at first, but now i just keep thinking about it and how it just doesn't matter what i do. ever. nursing is bigger, better career, than a stupid lame stylist. you know? anyways...i could rant on and on and on and on, but that's all for now.

michaeljanlover @ 2009-10-07T22:24:00

2009-10-08T03:33:55Z

just a quick post. i know i haven't posted in a LONG while...anyways. this is just really bugging me, so therefore i really need to get it out there. i dont care if people comment, i just have to let it out. i have no one really to talk to right now. well, actually i dont really want to talk. i have to work early and am getting to bed real soon! Anyways, I found out that my 4 year old nephew might be slightly autistic. I don't know why this is bothering me SO bad, but I just want to cry for him. He might not even HAVE it, but my heart still aches. I went out for a going away party thing. and only stayed for about an hour-hour and a half. i didn't have a good time. for more reasons than just my "autistic" nephew. I'll explain a different day. but yeah, i just couldnt have fun thinking about him and I most DEFINITELY couldn't talk about it at the party. anyways-thats it. thanks for letting me vent a bit!

Debbie Downer moment, brought to you in part by me!!! And Rachel Green...take a look.

2009-08-19T01:16:36Z

My feelings would best be described in the video below at about 1:55 in...

That's EXACTLY how I've been feeling. I'm not even kidding you. All of my friends are getting engaged or married or having kids. I'M having nothing. I don't mean to be bitter or anything, but I can't help but feel a little sad about it. I'm also the only one in my family without a boyfriend. I just don't know what to do or think anymore. I have no idea where I'm going to meet this "some one." Something else that makes me sad is that a good friend of mine, well USED to be good friend of mine just got married last weekend and I wasn't even invited. That hurt a lot actually. I realize we've lost touch, but still, we used to be best friends. Whatever...so yeah. that's it. I'm just kind of lonely at the moment. I'll get over it, I'm sure.

michaeljanlover @ 2009-07-28T15:00:00

2009-07-28T20:32:52Z

Why is it this so hard? Seriously. Aside from the laughter of that question being a classic Jan That's what SHE said moment...why the heck is it so hard to keep my journal updated? I'm so terrible at posting entries! I'm horrible at commenting! I feel awful! I hope all is well with everyone! I'm doing pretty good! I'm kind of excited actually! I'm like about 98 percent sure that I'm going to beauty school now! I finished my first year of college in May, but I've been so interested in cosmetology (again) where I feel like I better sign up before the interest is gone. I wanted to be a "hair dresser" back in junior/senior year of high school. I planned on taking a year off before signing up and within that time decided that beauty school just wasn't for me. BUT, yes there's a BUT-within the last year, I've started to become extremely interested in it again. I feel like this is really my calling. I'm a little more confident in myself and feel like I'll be great at it! The thing that I'm going to miss about going to college is my English classes because I love writing so much and I was good at it. I'm pretty sure I impressed my instructor with every writing assignment. I'm really going to miss that. With that being said, I feel like beauty school is going to be the best decision I've made. There are a couple of thoughts that I need to consider such as if I'm going to be able to keep my job or not. Going to beauty school is a full-time commitment. They DO have part-time classes, but I really wouldn't want to be there for more than a year. If I go full-time, I believe it'd be an 8 to 4 day or 9 to 5. I'm not quite sure. If that's the case, that'd be great because I should be able to just work a 5 to midnight shift, or a 6 to midnight. I don't think I can ever quit that place because It has a lot of benefits. Anyways, that's where I'm at with that! :) I've listened and really considered all of the advice I've gotten, but when it came down to this 98 percent decision, it was my sister who really helped my with my decision. Her opinions and thoughts probably mean the most to me. No offense to any of my friends, but I want her to be proud of me. Is that weird? I don't even really care about my parents thoughts right now, it's mainly my sister's. Anyways, I thought that my sister would've not supported my beauty school decision, so I didn't even tell her about it because It was just in my mind that I would go back to college. Until last night. I talked to her for a while and told her a huge problem I had at work and explained how, at the time (things are a lot better NOW), I was thinking about quitting, getting a night time job waitressing and just going to beauty school. That's how much I wanted to quit. So anyways, that's how we got on the subject of beauty school and i was expecting her to tell me that it'd be a bad idea and that I should just finish my 4-year degree in something I have the UN-slightest clue as to what I'm going for. But NO! She surprised me with telling me that she thinks I should go. She told me that she was pretty surprised a few years ago when I told her that I WASN'T gonna go. Even though she supports me getting a 4-year degree, she thinks that beauty school is more up my alley than an English teacher, which is what I've been breifly considering. I'm at a moment right now in life where I want to be more than just a number. I want to have an importance in life, which is what I DON'T have right now. I feel like I'd be a great teacher. I would love having kids feel like they could talk to me if they had a problem with writing. The thing about that is I don't think I could do all of the schooling to BE a teacher. And if I can't handle GOING to school to be a profession where you're IN school for NINE months a year, then that's probably not the career for me. Right? Anyways....that's a little update on what's going on in Saraland! :)

Writer's Block: Parental Involvement

2009-07-27T05:11:08Z

Are you friends with your parents?

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I love this question! The answer is, of course, yes! :) I love my parents so, so much! I tell them everything (basically) and we have a really strong bond because of it. I've never had to lie to them and because of this honesty, they trust me. I've never given them a reason NOT to trust me, you know? Anyways, I guess you could call my parents my friends. Also-it's not like they NEVER get on my nerves! trust me-they do! Mostly my mother. sometimes, I just can't stand her. Especially if she has a glass or two of wine, she becomes very annoying and I usually just walk out of the room. Just to clarify-my parents are NOT alcoholics. They just like the occasional glass of wine every night. Other than that, my parents ARE my friends! :)

"You know-a lot of people go to college for seven years." "Yeah, they're called 'doctors'"

2009-07-09T14:50:06Z

Okay so it's been a LONG while since I've posted an entry, but it's not that I have never wanted to! It's just a lot of the time I didn't have as much time to devote myself to write one. I know, I know, it doesn't have to be a whole book or anything, but it's just been so long since I've posted one that I feel like it should probably be CLOSE to a book. Lol. ANYways...I'm just writing THIS post to let you know that I'm planning on doing an update on life, work, and school really soon! In the meantime, I hope ALL is well! :) I'm off to a Twins game. Yeah, we're probably going to get our asses handed to us once again by the damn Yankees, whom no body likes btw! :( Sorry Elisa...we're just not that fond of them. Lol-so please pray for MY team to win! :) Okay-peace out...

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone...

2009-06-26T04:21:10Z

Here we go! I feel like we haven't had a fic for awhile! This is just a short one though, but I hope you still enjoy it! It's been a fic I've been writing on-and-off for about awhile now and have FINALLY just got the urge to finish and post it. I hope you all enjoy. It takes place sometime after the dinner party episode, but before Jan's pregnancy. (You could pretend that never even happend.) Comment if you please! Thanks! :)
Michael and his Mom are talking over some lunch.

“Mom…do me a favor…never set me up again.”

“What? What happened?”

“She just…she…her name is Greta mom. Seriously?”

“That’s why you didn’t like her?”

“That’s not the only reason. Think about…Greta Scott? Doesn’t necessarily have a nice ring to it…she needs to be with someone named Hansel, and Hansel only!”

“That’s Hansel and Gret-el…never mind….Michael, I thought she was sweet, okay? She seemed funny and…I don’t know…she was cute.”

“See? This is why you should be in a retirement home mom.”

“Michael, I’m only 63.”

“You can’t see clearly now. I can see clearly now…the rain is gone mom! It’s like that song by Johnny Cash.”

“Johnny Nash.”

After 40-some years of correcting Michael’s mistakes on, well, just about everything, it became a part of her everyday life. Or, well, every time her and Michael talked. He has never been good at getting his information right. Well, you can see for yourself. He obviously isn’t up-to-date on the Hansel and Gretel fable. He also has a hard time matching up the right singers with their songs. He means well. The effort’s there. Just, correcting him comes very naturally.

“She is NOT a 10...”

“Michael, you need to stop okay? Greta was beautiful…”

“No mom! Jan was beautiful…Jan was funny...Jan was sweet! NOT Greta. Greta makes me think of that story about those 2 kids that got lost in the woods. What was that called? And they get eaten by a witch or something. I don’t know, but there was candy involved. Anyways…I didn’t have a good time.”

My point exactly.

“Oh Mikey…you need to get over that Jan character okay? Are we even talking about the same person? Didn’t she make you do things that you didn’t want to do? She was controlling and obsessive and…and…you deserve a lot better.”

“I don’t know mom. I think I had the best…I just…” Michael tries his damnedest not to cry…but he can’t help to start letting his tears flow out.

“Oh Michael…stop crying.”

“I’m not crying, okay? It’s allergy season, if you hadn’t noticed.”

“Really? You get allergies in the middle of July?” Wait. Don’t answer that. “Michael, listen…there’s another girl I’d like you to go out with.”

“What? No…no way…I am not…”

“She’s the sweetest thing Michael, I swear. She has your sense of humor. She loves that show you watch…the one with the guys and the…”

“Entourage.”

“Yeah…just try it. Okay?”

“I don’t…”

“I want a grandchild Michael…I’m not getting any younger…your not getting any younger.”

“You know something else wrong with that date?”

“Do I really want to hear this?”

“I asked her if she’d ever get a boob job…know what she said? She said that I was the biggest slime ball she has ever met! You know who got a boob job for me mom? Jan. Jan did. You’re asking me to forget about someone who would…”

“Oh god Michael…here…have some Kleenex.”

“I miss her mom. I don’t know why, but, but I do and, and…I think I will always have a place in my heart for her if she ever wants to get back together.”

Seeing her son cry over a woman who has done nothing but hurt him ached her heart. It made her realize just how much love Michael has in his heart. What was it about this woman? Well…if Jan makes Michael happy then so be it, he should be happy.

“Then call her Mike.”

“What? I can’t...”

“What are you afraid of?”

“I don’t know.”

“Michael? Were you happy with her in your life?”

“I…I think so. I’m not happy when she’s not in my life-if that makes sense.”

“Then call her.”

So Michael did JUST that.

I hope you liked it!!! Who knows, maybe I'll continue it, but I don't know because I kind of like how it just ends right there. Anyways, I would appreciate any thoughts/comments you have! :)

Writer's Block: Same Name

2009-05-20T06:38:31Z

Have you ever met or known someone who has the same name as you (first and last) but is not a relative?

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I don't know why I keep answering these....I guess I'm bored? Idk...anyways. I have NOT met anyone with the same exact name whom is UN-related to me! However, there was a book my co-worker was reading and the name SARA LANG appeared in the book...spelled the same and everything. :)

Writer's Block: Licensed to Drive

2009-05-19T05:33:41Z

Should we just be handing over the car keys when kids turn 16? Why or why not?

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Yep, answering another one...Lol....first of all, how odd is it that this question is sponsored by Allstate? That' s my insurance company. Anyways, I really think that 16 is way too young for kids to start driving. Kids, in general, are still very immature at that age and to give them something that requires great responsibility? That's just too much for them. I didn't get my license till I was 18 or 19. I forgot. lol. but anyways, I think that it was great that I waited because I became more mature by the age of 18. I also think that the drinking age should go up. Maybe it would prevent more deaths in the long run. Anyways....thoughts?

Writer's Block: Look at Me/Don't Look at Me

2009-05-19T05:28:11Z

Do you seek attention or hide from it?

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I like this question because the answer is a little of both yes and no. When I'm with my family, I'm never heard, you know? So I guess I DO try and seek attention by acting kind of ditzy and dumb. That's kind of sad to say, but I don't know what else to do. It's not that I NEED attention, it's just that I have no one my age that really looks up to me or always looks forward to talking to me or hanging out with me, so acting that way sort of gets me the attention I want. But on the NO part-I'm not one who HAS to look different to stand out or "get attention." There are some people who have the oddest clothes and styles like they're asking to get attention. I'd rather just blend in with the rest of the crowd. Also, when I'm in school, I like to fit in and not look different because I don't want attention drawn to me. But yeah. this was a good question. What are everyone else's answers?

Writer's Block: Word for Word

2009-05-16T04:47:03Z

How many (if any) songs do you know by heart? What are they?

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Haha...well, let's see. There ARE a ton of them of which I can't really think of and to name a few...Baby Got Back-definitely. Every Spice Girl song-lol. And i guess every song that Phoebe sung! :) That's all I can think of now!

ADD much?

2009-05-11T23:08:59Z

So I think I'm doing everything in my power to NOT do homework. I also think that I if I wait long enough, it'll like magically be FRIDAY!!!! :) But....sad to say it doesn't work that way. Anyways, I just thought, since a few of you just had an anniversary with LJ, I actually was curious to know the exact day I created MY account. I created it February 28th, 2007!!!! I can't believe it's already been more than two years. Well, I guess I CAN believe it. When I first joined, it was all because of Michael and Jan from The Office. I read some fanfics over on fanfiction.net and was looking at the authors' profiles and discovered that there was this whole community dedicated to EmJay! So I became a member just like that. I wasn't writing MJ fics yet because I was still getting into their characters, but I read some of the fics on the PIT (Perfect imperfect thing) and ideas started floating around in my head and then one day, I took an idea out of my idea folder and actually wrote a peice, which there is a link posted below...but anyways, what I'm mainly writing about is how it wasn't until almost a whole YEAR of being a member of LJ that I actually posted an entry on my actual journal. It was just one of the Writer Block questions. So yeah...that was February 11th, 2008 and I've tried to keep up to date on it ever since. I'll go on hiatus just like everyone else, but overall, I always come back! :)

Quick update on school-I had my English final today and I THINK I did pretty good. Idk...I have a low A in that class and am really worried that it could lower to a B. I'm gonna be really upset if it does. Anyways...so one class down, four to go. Tomorrow is my speech and need all the luck I can get. It only has to be 5 minutes, but it's gonna feel like 5 hours, I'm sure. So please wish me luck! :) Then I'll be all done with speech! YAY!!!! Probably gonna get a B. Tomorrow, I also have choir. We have to get ready for graduation on Friday because we're singing two songs and whatnot, which is cool. Wednesday, all I have is my public issues class, which I'm sure I'll get a B in it as well, which I'll be happy with. I just have a final paper and quiz due, but we just turn those in online. So then that's the end of public issues, thank God! Thursday, I have geography and will be happy to be done with that class. I hope to get a B. To be honest, I had a lot of missing work because I missed like three of his classes (whoops), but I turned it all in last week along with a project that was due last week. I hope I did really well on it. I'm anxious to know what grade I receive. His quizzes are all take-home so that's whats due Thursday along with a stupid activity we're gonna do IN class. Anyways, then it's last day of choir as well and we're gonna have a pizza party! I know, I know, so high school/grade school, huh? I guess that's the benefit of a community college. Lol. Anyways, I'll receive an EASY A (that's what I call it) for sure. I hope to be a little more focused next year so I can receive A's athough I AM happy with Bs since it's a lot better than when I was in high school. I've never done this great in school before so I have to say that I'm pretty proud of myself especially since I work all the time too you know?! I just hope that I don't end up with a C in my geography class because I hope I can get a "good student discount" with my insurance company. It increased drasically and I need to try and do anything to get it dropped. All because I had two claims in 6 months.

Okay that wasn't really a "quick update" but whatever...I best be getting back to my homework...I hope everyone is doing swell! Any summer plans? Sorry for errors in grammer/writing/etc....

***Whoops***Forgot the link...feel free to read it you want...it's kind of old and not as good, grammar wise. Lol.

Don't Tell Me You Forgot

quick post

2009-05-05T16:24:44Z

Just a quick post before I have to head to class in just about 8 minutes....I'm planning on getting caught up with entries after next week. School's pretty busy and I feel guilty if I do anything that isn't really "school related" you know? I also have to reply on a few comments from my last post! So I'll be doing that shortly as well. In the meantime, I need a little help with a project. Nothing major, but I was just wondering if anyone knew of any popular television programs that are NOT aired in the US, but aired in a different region/country. This project is quite fun actually. I have to research a topic of my choice and basically talk about how they differ in each region. So for instance, MY topic is popular television programs and so what I'm doing is just talking (FYI-it's actually a powerpoint presentation, i'm not actually talking...) anyways, I was just curious if you knew of any tv shows that are sorta popular overseas. Thanks! Okay, well I'm off to choir! :) Hope everyone is swell!

michaeljanlover @ 2009-05-02T23:36:00

2009-05-03T04:43:58Z

So I'm just a little curious to know why is it that the people who are all for gay marriage and support the gays and what not always make fun of them? I'm just wondering because it's like always such a big deal that Lindsay Lohan is a 'lesbian' (i'm not gonna get into this much further, no pun intended, lol) but then you have people like Chelsea Handler, whom I think is hilarious, just for the record, always makes fun of her and Sam. Also-I would just like to state that I mean 'in general' here...I know not EVERYone in the world makes fun of them...but a lot of the people in Hollywood makes jokes about gay celebrities, but yet they support the gays or whatever. Same with Kathy Griffin. She's another one who makes fun of Clay Aiken by calling Clay GAYkin. I think that's hilarious, don't get me wrong, but she supports them 100 percent. Idk...I've just been wondering that lately. If they're gay, then so what? Why do they make fun of them? That's all...TWO WEEKS TIL SUMMER GAYCAY! :) Haha, see what I did there?

I want to write about something...

2009-04-22T04:20:10Z

...but I'm just unsure of what to write about, so this is sort of a pointless post. Let's see. I have the next two days off, so that's great! I have school in the morning, but that's about it. I'm thinking about going to the doctors tomorrow too. I haven't been there for like two years and two years ago, that was the first time I've been to the doctors in a LONG time, so yeah, I might go. I know something's wrong with me, I'm just not sure what. For the past three to four months, my knees have been really sore, but for the fast few weeks, they've been so sore to where I don't know what to do anymore. They keep getting worse. I'm not one to complain or whine about this kind of stuff, so since I sort of HAVE been complaining about my pain, I guess there probably IS something not right. Who knows? Maybe I just need more calcium in my diet. I just don't think that my knees would hurt THAT bad from lack of calcium. I guess we'll find out. Enough about that...what else? Well I'm very excited for school to be done for the semester. I need a break so much! The drive alone sucks. It's only like 10 miles away but still...every day, twice a day, for four days out of the week gets to be a little too much.

Anyways, I've been starting to think about Michael and Jan again. It's still SO weird that we won't see Jan for the rest of the year. Melora, herself, said that she'll be back next season, but I bet when they get to next season, she won't be on at all. I mean, they DID make it sound like she'd be on by the end of THIS season. I just don't get it because I think that a great way to fit her back in is to have her work for Michael Scott Paper Company. Wouldn't that make sense? All I know is I miss her on that show. I have two challenges for the community that I want to put up, but it's like no one is even into them anymore. One challenge actually involves prizes, so I'm sure people will be all for that. I think that once school's done for the semester, I can try my hardest to get the challenges posted.

Speaking of Melora, I DID see her in the Hannah Montana movie. She was awesome in it! :) I haven't seen her in "17 again" yet, but I'm planning on it soon! Too bad she never has the lead role to where her fame would just skyrocket. Then again, I was just talking about this today, sometimes, I just like celebrities that aren't that well-known because if Melora was a huge famous person, all of that would go to her head and she wouldn't be as humble as she is. I think that is what's so great about people like her.

Well I think I'll it a night. Sorry for this random post. I hope all is well on everyone's ends! :)

In between classes....

2009-04-16T16:29:37Z

Well I know I hardly ever post anymore but school can make that a little difficult. I've been wanting to post updates on life/school/work but wanted to have a great amount of time to do so which I haven't exactly had. And when I actually DO have time to write, I'd rather relax or sleep. Lol...anyways...I'm writing right now because I got out of class early and have nothing else to do. And also-after yesterday and last night, I've been kind of "in the mood" to write. So here it is....an update! :) Oh and before I begin, sorry, I know you're all anxious (lol), I wanted to thank the people that commented on my last post. I think I was throwing one of my "Sara tantrums" but the beauty in that is that MY tantrums are gotten over super quickly. Lol. Anyways, thanks again...love you guys! :)

We'll start with my first class of the week-Public Issues. It's on Mondays and Wednesdays. The only good thing about this class is it's only an hour and 15 minutes. Even though it's twice a week, an hour and 15 per day is A-O-K with me. The class, in itself, isn't the worst, but it's definitely not the BEST. First of all, I'm doing quite well in the class actually which is great. The class is basically a lecture class which isn't bad either because sometimes I just need a class where there's not a lot of participation required. There are only a few topics where I made sure to voice my thoughts and opinions, but lately we've been talking about topics I don't know much about and just plainly don't care, to be honest. We also don't have homework in the class, just quizes every couple weeks and we have to write up a total of 4 bullet outlines throughout the course of topics we talk about/debate.

Another class that's also on Mondays and Wednesdays is English-my FAVORITE class! I don't know why, it just is. I like writing and all, but the class isn't like the most exciting one. It's kind of quiet and we do a lot of little class activities. It's not like we write papers ALL the time. We've been doing a lot of sentence combining. Oh what JOY :) We also only have one more paper due this semester and it has to be a paper where you're argueing two points. I TIHNK that's what it is anyway. Well I can't wait for this class to be over ONLY because NEXT semester I'll finally be in an actual COLLEGE level English class. Since I've been out of school for awhile, I had to take two pre-college level english classes first. It sucked, but at the same time it was nice to have that review of everything.

Tuesdays, I have speech. That's a LONG class! I don't like it at all and I can't wait for it to be over. It's kind of a big class and I do well better in smaller classes. Anyways, the instructor is the wife of the pastor at my church who guest preaches from time to time. She's an awesome person and very sweet. I just wish she was like my English teacher, you know? Something I'm good at. lol. Another class on Tuesdays AND on Thursdays is choir. I love it. Love singing. Love my instructor (former high school choir teacher btw). We went to breezy point a couple weeks ago. Its about a two hour drive up north. It was crazy fun. We sang...a LOT. I would say the entire time we were up there, we probably sang a total of 13 hours. In between the rehearsals that we had, we got to just sort of get to know one another a little better. I didn't know too many of my classmates, so that was uber fun! :)

The last class I have is World Geography and that's only on Thursdays. There's a LOT of class participation and it's very hands on. That class always goes fast, which is great since it's almost three hours long. I missed a total of 3 classes in a row, so I'm little behind, but I'm not worrie about it. I missed the first one because the night before I worked late and it was super busy so I just ended up waking up late. the week after was Spring Break. The week after was again, I just woke up too late. I think that by the time it's Thursdays, I'm really tired and I end up just sleeping in, unintentional. Then the third time I missed was because of the field trip thing. Anyways, so that's that.

Overall, the semester is pretty good. I'm learing lots which is also good. I still can't wait for Summer! I have less than a month left.

Shoot, it looks like I have to head to choir in just a few. In the meantime, I had a wonderful weekend! Friday I went and saw Brandi Carlile for the second time. She was awesome, as always. Best night ever! Got her autograph and she also sang a song on the streets right in front of us...long story. Maybe I'll write about that when I have more time.

Saturday Night I watch the Passion of the Christ for the first time and cried my eyes out! It really put me there and was very moving and touching. Made my faith in Him grow even stronger! Thank you God for sending your son into the world to save us from this sinful world. Because of you, we can have a new life in paradise-that is-if we choose to accept Him into our hearts. :D

Which brings me to Easter. It was wonderful! Again-lots of singing since I'm also in the church choir. We went to both grandparents house as well as my parents friends' place for dinner. I didn't get home till about 10. How was everyone else's Easter-Those that celebrate Easter. (Sorry-I don't want this to be offensive or anything) Off to choir

Quick Post...

2009-03-19T05:32:34Z

Well, it's been a long while and I've been wanting to post an update on school and work and life and all that jazz, but I just haven't found the time to do so. This is just a quick post. I want to share a paper I wrote about the UK Office and the USA Office! It was supposed to be a compare/contrast paper of what we already knew. I didn't do ANY research on this paper. It was just stuff I already knew, so anyways...I hope you all enjoy. Oh, and by the way, I got an A on it. That's why I'm sharing it with you. :) That's all for now...HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING SWELL! NIGHT!

Office vs. Office

   “That’s what she said.” That quote, emphasis on the “she,” is made popular by the NBC hit show The Office, staring Steve Carell. It is a remake of the British version The Office, staring Ricky Gervais. The quote “As the actress said to the bishop,” is the UK quote with the same meaning as “That’s what she said.” The quotes are both said usually as an inappropriate innuendo after an innocent statement. While both shows are raunchy, the British version is far worse. Both shows are funny in their own way and have a lot of similarities as well as differences.
   First of all, some of the characters share the same traits in both shows. While all of characters’ names are different, the main characters are a lot alike. The bosses, for example, are both very rude and obnoxious, and neither one realizes it. They also think that everyone loves them when really no one can not stand to be around them. I originally saw the American version, and even though I thought the boss was funny, overall he was disrespectful and offensive. But then I saw the British boss, and he was far worse. The American boss looks polite compared to the British boss. A few of the other characters are similar. For instance, the receptionist on both versions is engaged, yet the rugged handsome head-of-sales has a crush on her. The show focuses a lot on this love triangle between these three characters. Both versions also have the annoying best friend of the boss who randomly makes an appearance, causing complete chaos. The boss’ number two guy on both shows is horrible as well. He tries very hard to be liked by the boss, which makes everyone else in the office resent him. There are many office pranks towards the “suck ups,” as this is the only way everyone can make it through the long nine to five shift.
   The shows also have a lot of the same plots. In the British version, the show only has two seasons and each season is only six episodes. The American version is on its fifth season, with each season airing at least twenty episodes. The American version seems to have taken the total of twelve episodes from the British version and stretched them out to make plotlines longer. The very first episode of the British version is about the employees trying to save the branch from any firings, or redundancies, as they call it. In that very same episode, the head boss announces that the company is going to close down that branch. In the American version, this storyline was stretched out, lasting about two seasons.
   While The Office is my favorite show of all time, a lot of my friends do not see why I like it so much. I had them watch a few episodes, but they do not even give the show a chance. It can take awhile to really like the show because it takes time to understand each character, and it can take time for to really get into it. “That’s what she said.”

Writer's Block: AKA

2009-02-28T07:11:31Z

What's the story behind your username?

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Oh my gosh! I LOVE this question! And since I haven't posted anything in a while, I thought to answer this question! :) Basically there was an episode of 'The Office' where Michael makes a profile at one of those dating sites and as he's signing up, he needs a username and decides on 'littlekidlover' because you know? He wants the ladies to know what he wants. Lol. SOOOOOO....when I joined LJ, it was because of Michael and Jan. Since I love them so much, I decided on MICHAELJANLOVER...clever huh? ;) LOL.

Quick Post

2009-02-12T17:29:08Z

This is just a VERY short post before I have to head to class in...5 minutes. Okay, so this Paul kid keeps messaging me/leaving me comments on facebook and whatnot. We went to school but I have NO memory of this kid whatsoever. I'm under the impression that he thinks he's 'hot shit', due to the pictures he has and because he keeps messaging me like we're long time friends. Today, he just told me we should hang out sometime. I just never respond because I'm not interested in him at all. I just don't really know what I should do. I don't want to hurt him, but I also have no idea who he is and it bugs me that he talks to me like we're old buds. Lol...well, that's it, I'm off to choir. Which BTW, I'm surprised that I'm not losing my voice because I have Choir Tuesdays and Thursdays for school then Wednesday nights for church. Lol. That's a lot of singing. Anyways, I'm off...see ya! :D

Late night thoughts....

2009-02-12T06:49:02Z

I really need to go to bed, but I just don't know what to do because I'm having luck with my fanfic. Things keep coming to me and I feel like I can't stop. You know? Heh, I just REALLY need to get some sleep. But knowing me, I'll forget my 'thoughts' by the morning. I guess I could just go to school tired like I usually do anyways. Lol. I don't know, I think I'll just keep writing for right now. If I get stuck, then that's where I'll stop. Oh and it's kind of weird to me right now to have motivation to write about Michael and Jan since I haven't watched those two in awhile and since we haven't had a good M/J episode in awhile either. I guess I shouldn't be asking questions and just get back to work, huh? Well that's all for tonight...later...

YAY!!!! I'm SUPER PUMPED! :D

2009-02-11T06:41:51Z

Okay just a little post before bed because even though I'm super pumped for something for which I will explain in just a little bit, I'm still pretty tired. Haha. Anyways, today at work, towards the end of my shift, I started getting all of these amazing ideas in my head for the one and only Michael and Jan. I know that this couple seems SOOO last year, lol, but I'm really excited. I've been having a bit of writer's block lately and wasn't even sure if I was going to finish the fanfic that I had started two years ago. But tonight, guys, it happened! No, I didn't finish, but I was at work and it just came to me. The words! I don't know how I couldn't write this all before. So lucky enough, this was towards the end of the night when we were about to close. We were extrememly slow, so I was very fortunate to be able to write everything down. And boy, did I ever write?!?!? Lol. I seriously can't wait until tomorrow so I can hopefully I can start typing it up and hopefully within a week or so, we'll be reading another fic! It's been awhile hasn't it? Anyways, GO ME! Lol...Okay, more tomorrow...I gots to get up early again! Ciao! Adios!

Love ya all,

Sara

I am probably in the wrong here...

2009-01-28T07:02:01Z

Well first of all, I should probably LJ cut my entries more often...sorry 'bout that.

Second of all...So I sold my college books from last year on Amazon (I think EVERYone should do this) and right now I'm sorta in this fight with someone I sold a book to. I'm going to just give the short story. She bought the book January 16th, which was a Friday. As MY responsibility, I'm supposed to send it out within two business days. So that would be Tuesday the 20th. There was a holiday Monday, so I wasn't able to send it then. Well I actually didn't get it to the post office until Thursday the 22nd. It was a pretty busy week with school and work. It was hard to get to the post office any day sooner. So the gal that bought the book asked me when it was going to get there and when I sent it and all that...and something about how unacceptable it was to her and that she needed the book and etc...now what I did that was probably not the most ethical thing to do was that I lied. I didn't think that my real reason would sound like a GOOD reason, even though I think the reason is ligit, not everyone, even another college student might understand. Anyways, I apologized to her about the inconvenience about all of it and that I just got back from vacation and sent the book out as soon as I saw that she bought it. I know, I know, I shouldn't have lied like that. But she came off sorta bitchy and I just can't STAND it when people just JUMP to conclusions that I was probably just lazy or something. You know? So anyways, I got another e-mail from her today asking for the tracking number and what method of shipping I used. And that if I didn't get back to her by tomorrow morning that she was going to report me to Amazon. She then, again, told me just how unacceptable this is.

Okay, so now I'm getting sorta annoyed and upset a little. I don't know if I'm taking this out of proportion or if I'm being too dramatic, if you will, about this. I wrote her kind of a lengthy message about how there are nicer ways to approach people rather than jumping down my throat about this. I mentioned, and I don't really like throwing the 'you don't know me' line, but I think this was a very valid situation where it was acceptable. I told her that she doesn't know anything about my life and doesn't know if I just lost someone close to me and was going through a hard time. she doesn't know if I got into an accident. nothing. This just shows how some people can be. They are selfish and only think about our needs. There could've been a million reasons why I couldn't send the book out right away. I also said that I already apologized for the inconvenience and what else am i supposed to do? I told her if she wants to report me to amazon, then fine, I still have eBay. Lol. Another thing that I mentioned was that if it was ME who was waiting for a book, I would just share with someone until it came. I'm sure the Professor would understand-its not like you just didn't want to buy the book. Its on its way.

SO yeah, it was probably wrong of me to not like really TRY and find time to get to the post office, but when you're working, dogsitting and going to school, its kind of hard...whatever...I'm interested to see what she writes back.

michaeljanlover @ 2008-12-07T22:48:00

2008-12-08T05:10:53Z

Thankful to be alive? Sure, I guess You could say that. Yesterday was a really weird day. I was supposed to meet my friend at 11 to go to ZUMBA lessons. I don't know too much about it, except that it's a kind of dance. I was really looking forward to it. I've been trying to exercise a lot more often. And when I say 'exercise', I mean walking on the tread mil. I know it's not much, but it's a lot more than I'm used to. I go at least a mile each time I'm on it. Anyways, i thought this ZUMBA thing sounded totally exciting. I love dancing and thought that this would be a great way to exercise and have a lot of fun! Anyways, I never actually GOT to the lessons...

Back Story....

Friday Night....

... ... ...snowed and snowed and snowed. I was out all day too. I went and got my hair done at 3, and didn't get out till 6. I was going to the Christmas concert at 7 and needed to head straight there. It wasn't snowing at all when I got to the salon at 3, but when I left, it was snowing pretty good. Driving sucked ass. The college was pretty from where I was, so I knew that it was going to take some time to get there and that I would probably be late. I was hungry too, so I stopped at Subway for a bite. Anyways...I ended up getting to the concert 10 minutes late, which was fine. I didn't care, but now the snow was turning into like a blizzard or something! I wasn't looking forward to what it was going to look like when I left the college. Anyways..the concert was pretty good! The performing arts center wasn't very big, so it was kind of low key. Very different than when I was in Choir in High School. But that's okay. As I grow up, people and crowds are just NOT my thing. I'm beginning to really not like the general public and that means crowds. The concert was excellent. One Choir sang-instead of Christian Christmas songs-they sang popular Jewish Hanukkah songs. Even though I'm not Jewish, I found it to be really cool! The songs were excellent! I loved this one song, I believe the genre is called 'ladino'. It was like this Spanish, Jewish song...it was awesome. So anyways, after the concert, I had plans to meet up with my friend for a couple drinks. We planned on meeting at 9 and the concert got done at 8. The bar was RIGHT in town, so I had time before we were going to meet up. I ended up going to Target for a little bit and didn't buy a THING! Lol. That's really good for me! So anyways, we went to this bar in town and they had two-for-ones. I have a new favorite drink. I ordered Amaretto and coke. It was so good! They had a DJ, so we danced a bit too. I can't dance for the life of me, but I love it! I just make up my own moves and probably look like a total nut! lol Anyways, the drive home sucked a little. I drove between 35 and 45 miles an hour the entire time. Don't get me wrong, tho, the snow was VERY, VERY beautiful. I just wished the roads weren't so shitty. Anyways, today, the snow plows had plowed all the roads and laid down salt/sand...

Forward to yesterday morning....

So I was on my way to ZUMBA lessons with the friend I hung out with Friday night. The roads seemed okay, but I was still being careful. Or at least I THOUGHT I was. The roads around my house are also pretty curvy and windy. There aren't any really sharp turns, which is good, but still. So I was driving around the first curve, watching the vehicle that was coming TOWARDS me (i wanted to be sure that i didn't slide into him...so maybe i was being a little too cautious....)so anyways, as i was doing that, i ended up twirling around a couple times and slid into the ditch. i hit this huge bump/slash driveway thing that the tractors use to get into the fields, and my car just slid back about 100 feet or so. my front grill and fender came off and my passenger airbags flew open. The entire time it happened, I was completely calm. I didn't try and stop what was happening. It was gonna happen either way. i just kept a hold of my steering wheel. I didn't scream or yell or anything. When it happened, I was just shocked that I was actually twirling around and that I hit something so hard to make my front come off and my airbags come out. I was also thinking, as I went into the ditch and hit that bump, that the car was going to flip over. Thank Heavens that It didn't. People stopped and asked if I was okay, which was totally sweet. I was only about 2 or 3 miles away from my house. I called my dad right away. As I was waiting, I still had cars stop to see if I was okay. I think I was way more shocked than hurt. I just laughed and said I was fine. And I really was. One guy offered to help me pull out (thats what he said. lol) and that he had to go to his brothers to get the equipment...well by that time, my dad and brother got to where i was and we decided to see if I could just drive out, and to our surprise, it worked. Lol. so yeah, my car is still very drivable. the only think I don't have is my right blinker and my right fog light.

Since my plans with my friend got cancelled and my lil' wipeout occured, I just felt like I had to be productive somehow yesterday. I just NEEDED to do something. I decided that my laundry really needed to be done, so I did that. lol. and I also ended up calling my insurance company to file a claim. My dad had me worried that they weren't going to cover it since it was just ME and no other vehicles were involved, but I called them and they said that they'll take care of everything and that I just need to pay the deductible which is only 500 dollars. So that was like a huge weight lifted off my shoulders! I was so scared cuz I have like NO money, whatsoever...especially NOW with Christmas upon us. I told my dad that I'd probably have to wait until after the Holidays to get it fixed, but he told me that I can't wait to do this and that I just need to fix it ASAP...I just happened to receive an offer for a credit card in the mail and decided to apply right online...and within minutes i was approved!!! SO yeah!!! My day looked up even MORE! I'm so excited! I hope that I'm smart with this card and just use it for my deductible and then pay it off right away with the dog sitting money I'll be getting in January. So yeah, my day started off kinda crappy, but the end turned out to be great! I'm so excited to get my car fixed. I'll even get the little dent/hole fixed from my little fender bender that happened back in June. Lol...wow...I just have the best of luck with cars huh? So that was yesterday.......

So as I mentioned in the last paragraph, I'll be dog sitting next month. The WHOLE month! From January 2nd to February 2nd. They're paying me 400 dollars which will be pretty awesome and necessary. lol. My only concern is what the weather will be like cuz its going to be a further drive to school. Okay, so as you guys MAY know, I'm not the biggest dog fan...let me rephrase that...I'm not the biggest HUGE dog fan. Lol. The dogs that come anywhere past my knees and above are NOT okay with me. Lol. Any dog that can plow me over is on the list of dogs I can't stand. Lol. The dog I'm watching the one of the 3 dogs that I watch regularly. 2 of those 3 dogs are ginormous and the dog that I'm watching in Jan. is a little yorkie poo. SUPER cute! I can't wait.

School has been keeping me pretty busy, but I love it. Although I really don't know WHY I like it so much. Nothing super exciting has happened or anything. Lol. idk, I just think that I feel like I have more of a life going to school. I like that I'm doing something other than just work. I have 4 more days of classes which is completely unbelievable. I can not believe just how fast this semester has gone. I'm really looking forward to next semester too! I'm taking 5 classes, which sounds like a lot, but one of them is Choir, and that'll just be like an instant A for sure. lol. Anyways, I'm doing pretty well in the classes that I have now, which makes me believe I'll do good, if not better, NEXT semester. I'm also trying something different too. With the semester i have now, i have 2 days of classes a week: Mondays and Wednesdays, and i'm there ALL day. From 10am to 8pm. But next semester, I'll be there Monday-Thursday and I wont have a class past 1pm. so hopefully that works out with work too. They might not be too happy for whatever reason, but they can kiss my ass. Lol.

Speaking of work...I just had my 6th year anniversary with that place. Lol. it sucked though! No one bought me presents! lol. Other than that, work has been just okay. I'm starting to get a little more adamant with the customers because I'm sick and tired of always being walked on. I hate that just because I'm young and UN-intimidating that the customers think its okay to yell and be upset with me because of THEIR stupidity!

Okay well I'm not going to talk much more about work. Nothing major has happened lately. I've been wanting to write a lot lately! I think that my English writing class is doing that to me. Lol. And you all know how much I love writing! :D Just look at this post! Granted, its been a long while since I've posted an update about life, but still...I really am thinking about Michael and Jan again. I have a couple stories in mind, but I'm not sure when I'll get to them. I just would like to see at least ONE more ep of the office with Jan in it, but I know that wont happen soon. What I CAN write tho is something that only needs an ending and editing. I had wrote about a year or two ago a MJ fic that i just havent finished yet. I just hope people will be able to appreciate it even though MJ aren't nearly the same anymore. Its back when Jan was like JUST showing her little crazy side. Takes place after 'Women's Appreciation' so yeah, keep in tune for that fic. :D

Okay, now I'm going to bring it down a few moods. Lol...and talk about Last month...one of the most depressing months I've had since God only knows. My friend's baby of 2 and half weeks died. He was born premature and had to have surgery because his intestines grew on the outside of his stomach. Well, the surgery went great. The doctors said everything seamed to be healing as planned. and that he'd be home in no time. Well, I don't want to get too into this, since its a pretty touchy subject (even for ME) , so the long story short is that he died...I took it so hard. To this day, I'm still crying about it or tearing up about it. I just wished I could've met him. My godson. I wished I could've been there for my friend Kayla. She moved to WA state, so i couldn't be there for her. I can't imagine what she must be going through. I haven't talked to her for a few weeks. I plan on calling her tomorrow though to make sure she's doing okay. There were a few reasons, I think as to why I took this so hard. One was that this baby SAVED my friend. He saved her. And I will forever be grateful to him because of that. She got into some pretty horrible stuff within the last few years and was beginning to clean up before she got pregnant, but her getting pregnant made her STAY away from all those bad things, you know? She always seemed to bounce back and forth with being really good to doing drugs and drinking a lot. So anyways, another reason I think I took this so hard was because I felt connected to this baby. Even though I never met him, being his Godmom made me feel like a part of him. Is that weird? Another reason is because I could NOT imagine if my little nieces of nephew ever died. it would be very difficult to find a reason to go on with life. So yeah, I definitely put my life in her Kaylas shoes. i think about losing ANYone thats close to me and that I love...it just breaks my heart. And this is also happening all around a famous Holiday-Thanksgiving. How can I praise God and thank him for taking away a little life from the one person who needed him the most! ? So yeah, that was hard to do so. I HAVE, however overcome that thought. I couldnt kill myself by playing the 'what if' game. God has a purpose I know He does. Whether its a GOOD one or not, thats another story. And I can't believe how much I ;m STILL thinking about it. Kaylas boyfriend was hawaiian and so the baby had some hawaiian in him, obviously...his name was Kekoa. Kayla loved the Hawaiian verion of 'Somewhere over the rainbow' Sung by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole. They played it at his funeral. Well today I watched 'Fred Clause' and at the very end, they played that song in the background. Isnt that weird? Out of ALL the songs they could've played, why that one? Okay, so enough about that....

One year ago exactly...Sky and I 'met'. lol. I can't believe its been a whole year. It all started with this awesome LJ site and I'll never forget that day. We've been through a few ups and downs but all of those downs have made our friendship stronger. So again, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Sky! Lol. Thanks for writing that awesome fic! You did a great job! :D

Oh and I just thought about something else, my brother who just got married in Spring, and his wife are expecting their first baby in July. I'm pretty excited about. I LOVE being an auntie. Just today I went over to my sisters and played with my neices for a little bit. The older one had to go to a birthday party so I didn't get to see her too long. And the younger one, who's only 1 year and a half, was due for a nap. Well what I love so much is holding her close to me and walking around a little bit with her until her eyes got heavy. I love the feeling of little ones fallling asleep in your arms. My brother-in-law, beforehand, was like 'you don't have to do it, i can.' but I WANTED to do it. I love the feeling just so much. She's just such a sweetheart. Her sister, the older one, was NEVER like that. She would fall asleep in your arms, but once you laid her down, she'd start bawling her eyes out. But with my niece Arica, you dont have to put her in crib when she's sound aleep. She doesn't cry or fuss. She knows when she's tired. Lol. She's just so adorable! Lol...

Alright, i think that's gonna do it for me tonight. I wrote most of that LAST night, but never finished. I really need to get going on some homework...night night everyone! :D