12 25!!!!!!!!!!

merry christmas girlies!!!!!!

leaving soon

the thug IS good looking. and he's not even a thug! joe's cute, too. and he's a nice guy. and no, you're not shallow. neither am i. i just don't want to commit to one person right now. what's wrong with that??

anyways, ladies, i hope you have guys have a great holiday! i'll be in touch. love ya :)

where did my boss go?

i am out of little things to do - i just went to find eun to have her tell me what to do - and she's not here!! lights off, door locked! so i'm going home :)

enjoy miami julie!
rupa - PA? nyc? either way, enjoy :)

apparently i'm shallow

i don't like peter just because he has a car!
he's nice, he's funny, he's a bit immature - but that just makes you look better ;) he's outgoing and easy to talk to, he seems to have fun with whomever is sitting next to him.
and he played along with my get to know you games!
really, he's one of the girls.

and whatever! even if the car was the only reason, the only thing you pulled out was "i like the way he dresses" for joe!!! and what do you know - you think thug is good looking. give me a tshirt and jeans boy any day (and none of the stratigically placed band tee with expensive jeans crap - that doesn't count)

he's selling his car!

peter's trying to sell his car soon. is that the only reason you like him? will you stop liking him once he sells it?

and i WILL be in like with joe. i like the way he dresses :)

katy just gave me an xmas present. i feel so bad! i didn't get her anything. she got me pretty magnets for my fridge. i guess i'll just bring her something from mia. . .

i love you :)

come on, i tease a lot - but i hardly ever do anything that mean!
ESPECIALLY not when i like the guy :)
so go - go be desparately in like with joe . . .
does HE have a car to drive you to western ny in?

megan, i would have to KILL you

if you ever said anything like that to peter. i like rupa's answer :) hopefully me and peter not seeing each other for 2 weeks will help us get over this weird limbo phase. i hate the idea that i might end up hurting him. poor guy.

i'm going home today!!! i have a ton of shit to do, though, so i'm stressing here at work trying to get it all done. and i have a meeting with my manager today, somethign that he set up. eek! why??

ok ladies, back to work.

oh yea, and i still have xmas shopping to do when i get home. i need to get 2 more presents. . .

meg, good luck getting boring generic gifts for everyone. i'm glad people here don't really give gifts to each other :)

poor peter

and the worst thing is - it is ENTIRELY inappropriate for me to tell him "hey, i voted for you!" next time i see him (calm down julie, i'm just kidding)

so - it turns out, everyone gets everyone gifts!!! KELLY a girl i've known for like 2 maybe 3 weeks - and have barely spoken to! got me a scented candle and holder. dee got me candy and a lotto ticket. i only got presents for gen and courtney! (movie gift cards - just as generic as anything else but more useable than another random lotion/soft gift pack) damn these people. too late! i'm purchasing two more gifts tonight and then i'm done!

man, christmas was so much more fun when all you were obligated to do was make a crappy card for your parents in class . . .

tiebreaker

Hi there... my tie breaker vote would be for Joe. I actually think you'd be better off dating Peter... but I don't think either of you are ready for that :) and I also think you'd wonder what would have happened if you picked Joe. :) Basically Peter will always be around.. Joe won't. So date Joe, if he's better, stick with him, if not, you've always got Peter :) I have a feeling you'll end up with Peter (not END UP as in the rest of your life... but at least of these two, he'll win out). You might as well kiss em both!!! :)

Girls: "1 - 1 tie
1 vote for peter, 1 vote for joe. rups, you wanna be the tie breaker? ;)

nush, that's awesome that you're making money off your coffee maker! meg, you're so smart :)

ok, back to work. argh. so much to do

posted by Jules @ 4:59 PM "

1 - 1 tie

1 vote for peter, 1 vote for joe. rups, you wanna be the tie breaker? ;)

nush, that's awesome that you're making money off your coffee maker! meg, you're so smart :)

ok, back to work. argh. so much to do

did you keep the box?

i just looked up the rebate - you need the upc code and the original cash register receipt. i don't have either (because no cash register was involved . . .)

fun in the sun

you'll have such a good time playing on the beach and being in a warm area with your family - you won't want to even come back to nyc :)
enjoy the sunshine and relax - you deserve it :) :) :) :)

free money?

megan, did you get 20 bucks back for trying the senseo thing? thats what all the ads say...just wondering...if not, i think i can do it for you by just putting in the product number

coffee making has become my new part time job. larry told me to get a tip jar :) i just made him a cup and made one for allen...

also i signed up with citibank today - lets see if the ipod thing works...im still confused what "paying a bill online" means, cause i dont pay very many bills...infact i pay none...anyway if/when i get my card ill look into the logistics more...for now thought it wouldnt hurt to try

i vote for joe

peter is way too jealous. and if he is this jealous now i cant even imagine what hed be like if you actually dated him instead of this neither this nor that stuff...

and this way jackie can take me as her date :)

i want to leave!!! nalini auntie is already there...

i think im ok with the dev thing, i just need to be strong and do whats right for me - thats not so easy when you start hearing about all the wonderful things you used to have. but used to is the key word...

julie's men

the thug is a def no.
i don't know who jeff is - but if he leans toward thug, he's a no too.
as for the joe vs peter debate . . . i'd prefer peter but i'll settle for joe. i understand that there are a whole lot more issues surrounding the will they or won't they of you and peter. acknowledged, joe is MUCH easier, while still not reducing your standards to sub-thug level. and not risking that whole if it doesn't work, you've lost a friend drama. so, i vote yes for the date with joe. especially if he tells you that your friends are really cool (aka his club buddies anusha and i)

same here

i def haven't gotten enough sleep either. not only does anusha's radiator not work, but the cold water pipes in jackie's bathroom froze, so we haven't been able to use that bathroom, either. i still have 2 or 3 xmas presents to buy before i leave tomorrow, i have to pack, and i have a ton of work to finish. yes, i know i've been talking about it all weekend, but i'm still writing my self review. what can i say, i'm a procrastinator.

nush, i'm sorry you've had such a hard time with dev. at least you'll get to spend the next few days with your family in a nice warm place and you can try to figure out what's best for you :)

megan - you'll be happy to know that joe asked me out on a date :) he wants to take me out when i get back from home. also, they have this huge holiday party in mid january for everybody on the floor. i was going to go as jackie's date, but he told jackie that he wanted to take me (although he hasn't said anything to me about it). sooo, you might get your wish after all! although, in your last blog you were advocating that i date peter, so now i'm confused. you can't cheer for both of them!

i'm also supposed to meet jeff for dinner tonight, although i have a ton of stuff to do after work, so i don't know if i really want to spend a lot of time on dinner with someone i barely know, so i think i'm going to call him and just tell him i'd rather meet for a drink, instead.

ok, self review time. yay! :)

megan you should just come here :)

when you were here you didnt have to deal with corrine, i didnt have to deal with dev, life was so fun! :)

i saw our dear helga today...what a horrible job :)

my bro gets in around 4, is coming here to do something online that he needs to do, then we are going to bukhara grill for dinner. rups i dont think he wants to go out cause he is pretty sick. i think we may go home and just watch a movie. will keep you posted

corinne

is jessie's fat annoying friend from college who flew in to rochester where her brother (who goes to geneseo) will pick her up after his finals to drive to their home in albany. but since his last final is like . . . now . . . he's not going to pick her up until tomorrow.

who

is corinne?

hi girls :) i'm sleepy too... but no good excuse. i have to do some work today and finish my review.. so i'll write more later in the afternoon.

adios!

-rups

sooo tired.

i still haven't gotten enough sleep. i contemplated calling in today and telling them i was going to sleep all day so i wouldn't be in. but i draaaaggggged myself in. it sucks, my next real chance to sleep in (until new years) is friday - but i'll be in ogdensburg for the first time in almost a year, so i want to be awake and enjoy my house. and corinne is STILL HERE! she isn't leaving until tomorrow. so - i feel like i don't want to be home. by the time i came home last night, she was drunk (alone) i wanted to watch a walk to remember (which i had on netflix) she talked through most of it, i did my best to be unresponsive and tune her out.

urgh

the radiator in my apt is broken...so no heat...:(
dev called yesterday twice, so i finally called him back and told him that i hadnt been calling him cause i really want this break and i want time to myself and i probably want this to be permanent but we can talk about that in januray when i get back from dc....

he said ok (this was at 10) then he called twice at 3 am...i felt bad and answered - bad idea - we "tried explaining our views" until about 430 at which point i tried explaining to him that was the whole problem - we both want different things and im tired of feeling like i have to change a lot to make him happy and im tired of asking him to change to make me happy. i jsut want to be by myself...he didnt take it so well, kept discussing insisting we could reach an agreement, i finally said i have to go and just hung up at like 445...

i called this morning to say that im sorry i hung up but i needed to end the conversation and i cant handle that anymore, hence the desire to break up. he kept reminding me of wonderful things we had - i kept reminding him that those wonderful things happened a long time ago and its not so wonderful anymore...anyway i leave at like 1 am today so ill def have my break/time to myself soon enough....

thought i should update you whether you want it or not :)

fyi - i saw cheaper by the dozen yesterday cause peter told me he thought it was funny and "really good" yeah well 10 min into i realized why he thought that - HILLARY DUFF. :) i was amused

which way did he go which way did he go

helloooooo (echo, echo)

i miss everyone already :)

0 degrees and other happy news

i am DYING! i made it on time for the meeting - but only because 1. it never starts on time and 2. they just switched community laptops and it wasn't configured right for something so they were working on it when i walked in. i was technically about 15 minutes late.

i almost died when i got off the plane last night. you know how it was really mild and not windy in NYC yesterday? well, it was 2 degrees, negative 10 with wind here. edgar was waiting for me in the airport when i got off the plane and just handed me his coat :) its that cold again today - i hate hoping into my car in the morning and seeing my breath.

my flight got delayed about 40 minutes yesterday. i think we actually waited for someone on a delayed connecting flight - probably because it was the last flight that day to rochester. then, jfk was backed up because of the snow starting to fall. so, we didn't land until 12:35. i wasn't in bed until 1:30 in the morning. and i thought it was so perfect . . . security was backed up, so i was sitting at the gate for about 3 minutes when they started boarding my flight. I knew that perfection was too good to be true . . .

i think julie should date peter. he already gets along with your friends (which, less be serious when you friends range from jackie to me is quite a find) he completely dropped football for JUST MARRIED!!! because we asked him to. if he's getting sex with julie out of the deal, he may never watch sports again! there would have to be some life style choices, but i think he'd be ok with you still going out with jackie and her thugs (maybe not every night) as long as you weren't quite so excited about free drinks from guys who want to buy their way into your pants. and you guys already know you can be friends! he's already seen you at your worst and in your worst mood and he still likes you!

its snowing again. there is going to be some serious digging out of my car necessary this evening if it keeps up . . .

coffee!!!

it tastes really good....but it makes a lot of noise and is kind of inconvenient at my desk since i have to go to the kitchen to get milk, sugar, etc...and clean it...id leave it out there but i dont want other people to use it! im selfish :)

anyway im enjoying it :)

that was convenient to post the conversation :) jules i think a possible solution would be to not invite him out to a place like strata, he had fun with us, but anytime i talked to him he was just frustrated with you guys - stick with the non drunk non following other guys around kind of hanging out when you invite him....

poor guy...i agree with rupa though, i think he hopes youll just change your mind and all the affectionate stuff that comes out now isnt just normal to him, its false hope...

go do your reviews!

details

well jules is having a busy day :) so i'm posting her IMs as a way for all of us to hear about the conversation.. i'm sure she can fill in more for us later :)

-rups
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r u p i e land: yup. so everything ok with peter? i heard tidbits when i went to sleep that night
r u p i e land: if you want to blog it instead.. that would work too :-)
smurf1015: haha
smurf1015: yea, i don't know
smurf1015: anusha said the same thing in the blog :-)
r u p i e land: heh heh
smurf1015: i guess everything's ok, i dunno
smurf1015: p: i don't want us to just be friends
smurf1015: j: lets be friends
smurf1015: blah blah blah
smurf1015: same stuff again
r u p i e land: ha ha
r u p i e land: oh well :-) at least he's persistent
smurf1015: haha
smurf1015: yea
smurf1015: not fair though. . .i was still pretty wasted when you guys came home
r u p i e land: yeah.. not a good time to have a talk
smurf1015: exactly
smurf1015: did he say anything on the drive home?
r u p i e land: not really
r u p i e land: he said he was confused
smurf1015: why's he confused?
r u p i e land: i don't know.. i didn't really keep talking about it
r u p i e land: but my guess is that he sees the way you are in person.. affectionate and everything.. and sees that there could be something there
r u p i e land: he porbably is just hoping you'll change your mind :-)
smurf1015: haha
smurf1015: yea, but i was always affectionate with him - even before we kissed
smurf1015: megan mentioned something yesterday - about me laying on him at your apt
r u p i e land: ha ha.. yeah they were joking in the kitchen
smurf1015: and that's def something that i would have done before
r u p i e land: her and nush and me
r u p i e land: yeah true
r u p i e land: but it probably means more to him since you have kissed
r u p i e land: you know?
smurf1015: i know
smurf1015: but. . .i don't want to be totally cold with him, either
smurf1015: you know?
r u p i e land: yeah.. it's hard to just switch
r u p i e land: it seems like when this happens between friends that you want to go back to "normal" but one person never really thinks it's normal again
r u p i e land: and it's usually the person who wants something more
smurf1015: ugh
smurf1015: yea
r u p i e land: yeah :-(
smurf1015: i guess i'm just hoping it'll get better with time
r u p i e land: are you sure you don't want this though? you seem so happy with him :-)
smurf1015: haha
smurf1015: yea, i'm pretty sure i don't want this right now
smurf1015: but you're right, we get along great. i guess that's why we've been good friends for so long
r u p i e land: yeah you guys definitely get along great.. it's really cute :-)
r u p i e land: ok.. blog all this!!! so nush can read too :-) otherwise just post our conversation
smurf1015: haha
smurf1015: i'll post our convo
smurf1015: cause i don't want to write all this
smurf1015: i already have to type up the rr
smurf1015: and do more statistics
r u p i e land: ok... i'll post :-)
smurf1015: so, looks like i wont be working on my self review during the day
smurf1015: thanks. . .you're awesome :-)
r u p i e land: no prob..
smurf1015: i know you probably like your office
r u p i e land: oh.. he also mentioned that you thought he was ignoring you
r u p i e land: which was confusing too i think

megan youre the best :)

everyone is jealous of my coffee maker :) i took it out of the box but havent had time to clean it or read about how to make it work...hopefully ill do that in the next 15 min cause i really want coffee!!!

also having you around helped a lot with this stupid break with dev...i havent talked to him since thurs night and only texted him once on friday when i told him i saw his friend...he has called a lot, left one message but i havent called back...im hoping drinks with work/packing will hold me over tonight and then sashank will be here tomorrow so that should be easy...then im off tues night/wed morn :)

jules - the next blog should have more details on the peter conversation...when i went to the bathroom peter was just saying i cant just be your friend lalala lots of dramatic things...soo.... :)

how's your lab meeting, megan?

i hope you got in ok. it's so cold here today (12 degrees, -1 w/wind chill), so i can't even imagine what it's like in rochester! i decided to treat myself to starbucks since it's so cold out, so i'm sitting here sipping the last of my nonfat white chocolate mocha :)

nush - how's your new coffee maker??

i hope you all have great days :)