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There... that was my feeble attempt at typing something in l33t. I don't know how well I did, but I blame the brief desire to do so on boredom at work and Megatokyo. For those of you who have no f'n clue as to what l33t is or how to translate it, here's the free translation: "101 Things About Me."

I'm at work. I'm bored, so I'm going to make a list of 100 things about me and see if I can actually do it and how interesting I can make it. And for future reference, if you want to send a comment and my comments have disappeared, send it to jennifer_borley@hotmail.com. All right, here we go:

1. My middle name is Lynn
2. I'm getting married in 2004, possibly June
3. My fiance's name is Chad
4. We have 2 cats: Kyle and Hetfield. Kyle because he's black and white and so are cows and "Kyle" and "cow" start with the same letter... according to Chad. Hetfield is named after James Hetfield of Metallica because was Hetfield (the cat) was a kitten, he was very vocal. And we like Metallica.
5. I'm moving to St. Cloud very soon
6. I work on the 34th floor of a building downtown. The view is cool.
7. My mother is never home when I want to talk to her. (just tried calling her)
8. I'm 5'6" tall
9. My weight is none of your damn business
10. This is the first fall in 17 years that I will not be going to school. VERY strange feeling. I keep wanting to buy school supplies.
11. I'm originally from Green Bay, WI
12. And yes, I am a Packer Fan so stop asking
13. November 13, 1980, is a national holiday where work/school is optional. However, I'm the only person who knows this... so far.
14. I have a younger brother, Josh
15. His birthday is 11 days after mine
16. I don't have a driver's license... yet.
17. I want to have a dog someday. A BIG dog.
18. I have a list of places I want to visit in my lifetime, whether it be the first time or a repeat visit.
19. I used to be a tomboy when I was little. I guess in some ways I still am.
20. My political views are liberal
21. I'm drinking a Pepsi as I type this.
22. I used to hate all colas.
23. I still won't drink Coke straight up.
24. Chad and I plan on having four kids
25. We even have names
26. I now understand the temptation of the Dark Side. Just play KOTOR and you will also understand.
27. I have a Bachelor degree in History
28. Some of my favorite cartoons are Spongebob Squarepants ("Hey Patrick! How the @#!%& are ya?), Fairly Odd Parents ("I like scrambling the fairies!") and Family Guy ("So, broccoli... mother says your good for me. But I'm no good for you!")
29. My favorite TV channel is the History Channel (duh!)
30. Though, I am rather obsessed with VH1's I Love the 80s and I Love the 70s and soon will be obsessed with I Love the 80s Strikes Back (coming in October!).
31. My favorite holiday (besides my birthday) is Christmas, followed by Halloween.
32. I would like to be a professor someday
33. Some people say I have really cool handwriting
34. Others say that it's hard to read
35. When I was younger, I ate Mac & Cheese so much that I eventually couldn't eat it for a very very long time. I stoppped eating it when I was 12 and didn't start again until I was in college.
36. I'm now on my lunch break.
37. I've been to the Grand Canyon. I was 8 and don't remember much because I was sick.
38. I've been to France.
39. Including Paris. Went to the top of the Eiffel Tower in a storm. Tourists+Huge metal tower+lightning= Genius!
40. I got to ride on the bullet trains. Wheee!
41. My French exchange student's family had a 30 room mansion as their "weekend house"
42. My favorite musical is The Phantom of the Opera
43. I have scars on my right pinky and right wrist from when I fell out of a tree when I was 11.
44. I have a scar on my left elbow from when I fell off my bike riding down the hill on Brookridge street with Josh.
45. I hate cross country skiing. Mainly because I broke my left thumb the first time I did it.
46. I love downhill skiing and wish I could do it more often.
47. No one likes to play Trivial Pursuit with me anymore cuz I tend to win.
48. I strongly resemble my dad.
49. I love rollercoasters. My favorite is Batman at Six Flags Great America
50. My mother was born in Germany even though she is not German
51. I used to play clarinet
52. I have an original 1983 R2-D2 action figure from Return of the Jedi
53. I officially have a place to live in St. Cloud! Wooooooo!
54. I have benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
55. I can do this really weird thing with my left thumb, like it's triple jointed or something
56. My skull has a fracture in it. This happened after I ran into a steel I-beam and gave myself a nasty concussion. This may also be the cause of the BPPV. Man, when I injure myself, I do a good job, don't I?
57. My blood type is A+
58. I've seen Cold, Staind, Godsmack, Mudvayne, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit and Metallica in concert.
59. My favorite wine is Pinot Noir
60. In less than a year, my last name will be Wagner.
61. Currently, my favorite band is Evanescence
62. Some of my favorite authors are: Stephen King, Anne Rice, Laurell K. Hamilton and J.K. Rowling
63. I once got gum stuck in my eyebrows. It was when I was 7. I fixed the problem with a razor.
64. My earliesy memory is driving up to St. Vincent hospital to visit my mom and see Josh for the first time. I don't remember the actual visit, I just remember being in my grandma's Cavelier and that it was raining.
65. During my first time in Arizona, I had to tell my grandparents how to get back to my uncle's house. I was 8 years old and they had been there twice before.
66. I own a sheet of 100 Adolf Hitler stamps circa WWII. Gotta love Ebay
67. I also have a pair of magazines published at a publishing company that burned down and never reopened after the Great Chicago Fire.
68. When I was in France, a group of us decided to test the theory that a coin can detail a train. It doesn't work. Not even 5 coins stacked on top of one another. It was Jon Wolf's idea.
69. Up until 4th grade (thank you Family Life) I used to think that women could get pregnant from kissing.
70. I have a bad habit of dropping portable electronics and breaking them (went through 5 discmen before investing in an MP3 player)
71. Sometimes I make writing mistakes so I have an excuse to use white-out
72. I ride the bus to work everyday. You can see some of the most interesting things/people when doing that...
73. I intend to write a novel someday. I have ideas, it's just getting them onto paper. Of course, I currently have no intention of official publication because I don't think I'm that good.
74. I think Mental Floss looks like the coolest magazine ever.
75. I can't believe how hard it is to come up with more things for this list.
76. Current videogame I'm playing: Soul Calibur II Characters that I'm trying out: Taki, Nightmare, and Link (yes, that Link)
77. Did I mention I've seen Phantom of the Opera 26 times?
78. There's someone with my exact name (middle name and everything) in Green Bay. She works for Pampered Chef. People tend to ask my mom if I work for Pampered Chef. I don't. She also goes to the same eye doctor as me.
79. I like sleeping. A lot.
80. I'm very difficult to wake up in the morning... so I'm told.
81. Mmmm... chocolate....
82. My favorite kind of donut is a long john with white frosting, no filling. My mom ate them constantly when she was pregnant with me. I wonder if that has anything to do with it.
83. The other current video game: Final Fantasy VII. Yeah, I know I'm about 7 years late on this game, but after seeing the Gamefaqs.com video game character battle and hearing from Chad and Joe how cool FF7 is and what an awesome bad guy Sephiroth is (apparently the best villian ever) I thought I would check it out. Can't say much about Sephiroth yet, since he's only been mentioned.
84.

You know what... I'll just add on to this later. It's been a while since I've updated so..umm.. yeah. I promise I'll get to 101...eventually.

Stubblog

For those of you interested, this is something that Chad does while he's working. It's for the St. Cloud Times Entertainment Page and their mascot, Stubby the Fun Hound (not a Bassett Hound regardless of how much he resembles one). Some clever stuff. And yes, the dog on the page is actually Stubby (which is the dog's actual name because of his stubby legs). He belongs to one of the employees at the St. Cloud Times.

I'm also trying to figure out my comments dilemma. Who knows, maybe Chad can create something a little more reliable.

WTF?

Where the hell have my comments gone to?!

New Home Sweet Home?

On Saturday Chad and I went to look at an apartment in St. Cloud. Well, we signed an application and now we're just waiting for that to go through, which I doubt we'll have problems with that since Chad makes enough on his own to afford the place. Speaking of affording it, our rent turned out to be cheaper than we orginally thought. It was advertised as $750 a month but when we got there, the guy told us that it was the last day of a special they were running for $644 a month. PLUS since we found the apartment on apartments.com we get 12 $50 off rent coupons. So our rent will be $594 a month instead of $750. How's that for a deal?

Perhaps I should provide you with a bit of a description. The apartment is a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom number with walk in closets, a full sized washer and dryer in unit, a dishwsher, air conditioning, full sized refrigerator and microwave. The building is only about 2 years old so that means all the appliances are also only 2 years old. The building also has a pool, spa and fitness center and underground parking if we would so choose to utilize it. Oh, and we'll have a balcony too.

My job search continues. I did receive one call back but I have to return the call yet. The person I need to contact only works from 9-1 so I need to call her from work. Problem is that I keep forgetting the number at home. One of these days.... one of these days.

Job Search Revived

Yes, my job search has revived itself after I have been employed for about 6 weeks. As some of you know, and as I have briefly mentioned before, Chad and I are moving to St. Cloud which is about 60 or 70 miles northwest of the Twin Cities along Interstate 94. Chad acquired himself a job at the St. Cloud Times as online editor, which will incorporate both his English degree and his computer skills. One of the stipulations of that job was that Chad move to St. Cloud and since his job pays more and has more potential for advancement, we're going to move. And I'm not going to commute 1-1.5 hours each way everyday if traffic and weather are excellent, so I'm on the job market again. Hopefully it won't take too long for me to find a job and we can move to St. Cloud ASAP. We're going to be looking at an apartment that caught our eye on Saturday and if it's as impressive as it seemed to be online, we're going to take it. If I don't have a job by a possible September 1 move-in date, we're going to just stay there for the weekends and stay in Minneapolis during the week until I finally get a job up there. I'm really hoping we won't have to do that. I'll keep you updated on the situation.

Don't Look Now, I'm Just a Friendly Reminder

Chad's mom is at home, resting and recovering extremely well. Brain surgery on Wednesday, home by Friday.... that's something. She was originally supposed to be in ICU until Sunday. So, all goes well there.

Today is Joe's 21st birthday. And Renae's Insert-Imaginary-Age-Here Birthday. Renae, your present will be arriving within the week.

Chad and I might have an air conditioned apartment by September 1st. For those who want to visit St. Cloud ever, just let me know and we can arrange for some lovely air conditioned environment and perhaps some swimming at the complex's pool.

As for now, it's fucking hot so I'm going to go stick my head in the freezer until we leave for Joe's Birthday dinner. Whooo!

If It Isn't One Thing....


Chad's mom is in the hospital. Turns out she has a brain tumor and will be undergoing major surgery tomorrow or Wednesday. That's really all I have to say right now.

Rat Race

As I'm sure that all of you are now aware, Arnold Schwarzenegger is running for Governor of California. I don't consider myself to be conservative enough (or at all) to be Republican, but I am so tempted to buy a "Arnold for Governor" pin just for the novelty of it. If you yourself are interested in purchasing any Schwarzenegger for Governor items, so far the best place seems to be eBay. Most of it seems "unofficial" and I probably won't end up buying any of it, but hey, it's an odd, historical situation.

A Bit of a Downer

So today I call my mom to talk to her about a couple things, like when to get my dress fitted and what not. Apparently Buckley (her 3rd child who happens to be a 4 year old cocker spaniel) is pretty sick. This is a downer for me. At first the vet thought it was a sinus infection and allergies, but he was throwing up today and Josh had to run him to the vet and they're keeping him overnight for observation. I hope they find out what's wrong with him soon.

AWOTDS updated

Just what the title says.

Oh Yeah.....

The KOTOR problem has been solved and I no longer hate the game. In fact, this game has what's probably the best storyline since Empire Strikes Back and with a plot twist that (i think anyway) is just as shocking. I don't know how Chad felt about it, but for me it was unexpected, out of left field, but they had been dropping subtle hints the entire time. I went slack-jawed when it happened. Amazing... Of course, for Nassia Galloh, this twist will only be greatly beneficial. Mwa hahahaha!

New Link

There is now a link to Chad's new employer, St. Cloud Times. More on that a little later...maybe.

Interesting

Jenni is a Giant Ape that lives in the tunnels of the London Underground, breathes Ice Vapour, shoots Electricity from its Eyes, emits Ultrasonic Screams, Freezes Solid when Cold, and looks like a Man in a Rubber Suit. Strength: 9 Agility: 6 Intelligence: 3 To see if your Giant Battle Monster can defeat Jenni, enter your name and choose an attack: fights Jenni using Strength Agility Intelligence

#@%$^!#$@# Game!

Don't ask about KOTOR progress unless you want me to rip your arms off and beat you over the head with them.