The Coffeehouse

overcaffeinated.net was one of the blogs that received a 2005 blog award..its pretty cool, however i was disappointed that the title "overcaffeinated" was not really a reflection of the blogger, his writing, or his comics....except for the one below! he just kinda threw that name out there to confuse and lure in REAL overcaffeinated people like myself....sheesh!

note: i kinda cheat on my blog, so if you check this one day and think "whoah! i musta missed a day or something, cause yesterday's post wasnt there yesterday, but today i see yesterday's AND today's!", dont panic, sometimes i cheat because i am lazy or i have run out of creativity for the day.......

SO!! the lovely makers of love hearts have replied, and God has answered my prayers of making love hearts eatable for me...here is the email i got:

-----Original Message-----
From: Nicky Aldcroft. Swizzels Matlow Ltd. [mailto:naldcroft@swizzels-matlow.com]
Sent: 23 May 2005 12:10
To: caffeine_queenie@****
Subject: Your e-mail dated 22 May 2005. Product Information.

Dear Queenie
 
Thank you for your e-mail dated 22 May 2005 requesting information on Love Hearts.
 
We can confirm that the gelatine used in Love Hearts is beef.
 
If you have any further questions, or require any additional information please do not hesitate to contact me.
 
Assuring you of our best attention at all times.
 
Yours sincerely
SWIZZELS MATLOW LIMITED
 
Nicky Aldcroft
CUSTOMER SUPPORT

Nicky, you are a beautiful person! and beef is a beautiful thing....so i jump up and down when i read this and am in some kinda happy shock, so i go to my mom and ask her if it really is true, will i be able to eat the love hearts after two years of suffering?? she says yes and gives me a weird look....ah well, she does not understand what i have been deprived of!! i open one of the rolls and the first one i eat reads "my pal"..the second one said "cutie pie"! the third one read "you're gorgeous" (im NOT kidding!)..and the fourth one was "my pal" again ..the fifth one said "all mine"..there was even one that said "web site"!! i'm planning on eating one roll and keeping the other one for another two years.... maybe...

about 2 years ago, i bought some candy..very cute candy... love hearts ...they hold a special place in my heart for some reason ...anyhoo, so 2 years ago, i bought two rolls of the stuff and i still have them in my desk drawer untouched, unopened, its a sad story, brace yourself and grab some tissue....so when i got home after buying them, i start to open the wrapping but curiosity made me look at the ingredients... i wasnt expecting anything weird, i've had them before, and theyre not exactly tasty..kinda like sweettarts, but chalkier...lo and behold, the candy had gelatine in it...which is weird cause its CHALKY, not gummy!! so ever since i read those damn ingredients, i've wanted to contact the company that makes them to see what kind of gelatine it is cause there's some from fruit, some from pig (which is the no-no one), and some from beef..but there was no number, only an address which is in the UK somewhere, so i gave up and put them back in my desk drawer until i could figure out what to do with them.....i was surfing the net today and found the picture below, and i couldnt take it anymore!! so i looked up the company online and i just sent them an email asking what kind of gelatine they used....keep your fingers crossed!! 

i have been doing very well with the whole "early to bed, early to rise" thing, my eyes pop wide open at like 6 am and i force myself to sleep another 2 hours or so!! i'm getting so much done during the day and i'm so proud....there are however those little things that i still tend to procrastinate....like emailing people (so sorry...it's just that it's been getting boring sitting at my computer all day...not that replying to your emails is boring...buuuttt...you know!), searching/applying for jobs ( i am about to officially declare myself unhireable..sp?) and other little tid-bit stuff, and i have discovered that the best time to get them done is in the middle of the night...really...for example, i should be going to sleep pretty soon, but i feel like i should just get some stuff off my to-do list, while im still feeling determined to get them done..cause during the day, id rather be going out and enjoying the sun than doing what seems to me like "chores" ...and now that i look back at my old sleeping schedule, i realize that although i may not have done much during the day, i was actually getting a lot done during the night, woho!

in other news......

happy birthday maryam!! i hope you did something special for your b-day...tell us, tell us!

grades are out...very happy about what i got, but i think one might have been miscalculated

i watched two movies today: crash (amaaazing in-your-face drama) and catch me if you can (again, courtesy of the beautiful public library, my tax dollars are very well spent!)

i found this while surfing yesterday, and there are actually people participating in my area..i just hafto find a cheap book i dont necessarily like and leave it somewhere random..and these books can even be taken to other parts of the world..there's also this, and i wanna participate in it too...globalization has never been this much fun!! 

not blah....my mood has developed past the stages of "blah"...its more like "bluuuugggghhhh" now..its disgusting..i feel very angry, like i wanna throw something really hard and watch it smash into the wall..and i have so much stuff to do but dont feel like doing it (for those of you who i owe emails to..im sorry, once my "blugghhs" are over, you will hear from me)..and my room is mess-ay!! for example, there is a pile of clothes on my bed and a pile of paper on my desk...when i want to use my bed (read, nap, deep sleep etc), i just move everything onto my desk ..and if i wanna use my desk, i just move everything onto my bed, thus avoiding cleaning up...and it keeps accumulating...doesnt it get the message?! just disappear already!

ima go watch the season finale of gilmore girls..they have witty personalities..

me and my mom were put in a very funny/ironic situation on saturday night....we had plans to go visit some family friends but they cancelled on us last minute...very last minute (we were getting ready)..so my mom and i, all hyped up with no place to go, started calling people up to see if we could still salvage our saturday night .....and who woulda thought! no one was available to entertain the dynamic duo!..but we were pretty picky about who we called too..a lot of people i didnt feel like hanging out with or my mom didnt feel like talking too....but still!! no one?! it was sad....

i went to a wedding yesterday, it was fun but i left kinda early and missed out on the chocolate-dipped strawberries and cake!!

if i havent been writing much, im sorry..gil's writers block is rubbing off on me or something..but my life is as uninteresting as cheese..well, no, i like cheese...as uninteresting aaaaaassssss...(looks around room)...a pen!

tonight, i'm going to have a two-unrelated movies marathon consisting of "evita" and "gigi" ....actually they are kinda related, both are musicals ....have i ever mentioned that the library is the best place to get movies?? older ones of course, it'll probably take a year before you'd be able to sign out a new release.. but its free!! i've never watched evita and as i was signing it out, the lady behind the desk gives a little chuckle and proceeds to tell me that they burst into song every two seconds...she says " i dont think there's any actual conversations ...they just sing all the time"....hmm this should be interesting....on the other hand, "gigi" will be no surprise to me..it has been a long time favorite among some of my friends and i...my favorite part of it has got to be the opening song "zank heaven, for little gerlzzz"...for without them what would little boys do?!

i hate the current cover for linda goodman's "sun signs" which is why i havent bought it yet. the first time i laid eyes on the book, it had a super-nice cover (below)...not the yucky blue retro (sidebar), so if anyone finds me a nice copy with this cover, pls contact me!

this post is inspired by cirus...he has very ambitious plans for his summer and i am jealous...sooo here goes:

1- get a job: preferably in my field of study..but anything is welcome!

2- start a new hobby, or continue an old one: knitting, crochet, collage work, bead work, painting...(OH!! great idea..i should do a mural on my walls!!!)

3- read at least 5 books/novels...hmm..no, 7..

4- get a tan :p

i can't really think of any meaningful goals for the summer...i guess my goal-orientation skills ended with the school year...must try harder...you know how you're having maternal instincts gil (:p..do not kill me!) i'm having these entrepreneurial instincts, i feel this is the summer to start my own business! kinda scary...

i learned how to do vector graphics..woho!! for those of you who don't know what they are, look below at how i changed the "before" picture into the "after" vector graphic..it looks pretty simple eh? IT IS NOT!! i had to sit for hours in front of the computer screen clicking and clicking and clicking..i had so many stupid dots on that thing that the number of dots/clicks would probably be a mile long..and the curves are killer ...thats why my picture is kinda jaggedy, because i didnt click enough!!

BEFORE

AFTER

i know i advertised "citizen girl" in my last post, but please note that if you have just graduated from university or college and are venturing out into "the real world", this book will scare the hell out of you and hence it is not recommended...discretion is advised...

i must ramble. i must vent. but most importantly, i must BLOG!!

i am sore...that's all there is to it really..ive been sore since the day i rejoined the gym. i feel crippled and i wanna cry...my back aches, my neck aches, my knees are about to give up on me, so are my feet and arms.....it's like my body's saying "i have to suffer your caffeine trips, and sleepless nights all school year long, and now this?! i'm not going anywhere until i get some rest!!"...meh...if you say so, but dear brainless jobless muscles, fork over 21 bucks biweekly, cause you're still a member!

i've started to read this book called "citizen girl" (yeah, sorry, "the god of small things" is kinda on hold right now..:p) and it really annoyed me at first..i've read "the devil wears prada" and "the second assistant" and yes, having a superbly unbearable boss does suck and yes, they can be annoying as hell and sometimes act in the most unbelievable ways..I GET IT!! what i dont get is why i must endure two full chapters of how stupid your boss is when there's bigger issues to address, like why in hell is your name Girl?! everyone else has nice, normal names... even her mom who she doesnt call mom has a name and it's Grace. huh?! oh no wait...she meets a guy named....Guy....who works at My Company..go figure...its like, naming a cat Cat or saying i live on Road Rd....its driving me crazy and not even the beautiful coffee cup cover helps (its gorgeous, i wanna buy the poster and frame it..or something)

maybe i really shoulda stuck it out with "the god of small things".... here's more info on the book : http://www.citizengirl.com

ms. doocelita has this "how to annoy me" section in her blog..i think i will start one as well...first item: you can annoy me by telling me to do nice things for you...let's get this straight, I AM A NICE PERSON BY NATURE AND DO NOT NEED TO BE TOLD WHEN AND HOW TO BE A NICE SISTER/DAUGHTER/FRIEND/STUDENT/WHOEVER...got it? i was going to elaborate on this, but i think this will do for now...

i think its about time i started talking about the issue of men..i have been avoiding it thus far (mr. eye-candy does not count, neither does mr. telemarketer)and would appreciate that you not express...weeelll anything on this issue..i do not need sympathizers, pitiers, or even worse, conceited arrogant men sharing their opinions with me..keep it to yourself, it builds character...i'm not trying to be rude, but if you comment on this issue, i will delete it...you have been warned...

i have had it up to my ears with men, if the world where men-free, what a wonderful world it would be..we really just need pictures of them when we're really bored or something, and we might actually laugh and not cry over them..they make things complicated, theyre ungrateful beings..you (yes, YOU..i know at least one guy who is reading this) wouldnt last an HOUR, let alone a DAY in our shoes...we have to deal with societal expectations and men (yes, it is one big huge ugly category)..YOU impose labels and stereotypes and gender roles and expect us to follow through and then you place some on yourself, but the catch is that you can decide when and where you can slip them on and off..stick to the rules you made goddamnit!!

you know what, this is not feminist bullshit, it is about love...i'm pretty sure y'all can figure the rest out by yourselves... 

backstreet's back, alright!!

i think their popularity is due to the fact that they have a guy for every type of girl..im an a.j. fan myself..and i know 3 other girls that like nick, brian, and kevin...i knew a girl who looked like howie, but i dont think anyone really likes him, he's too freaky...they may just be keeping him there for looks....urmm..or maybe just to be the fifth guy, cause if you notice, all the successful boy bands were quintuplets: n*sync, westlife..etc. i saw their new music video last night and i dunno man ...i thought they would have a stronger come-back..no one really sang except for a.j. with nick doing occasional background noises (and its usually the other way around!)...kevin played the piano, brian looked out into the sun set with an anguished lover-boy look..howie hit wood with his fists and did some twirling..and yeah, that was basically it..i was kinda disappointed, it didnt have the usual stuck-in-your-head-for-the-next-two-weeks beat, nor the karaoke potential..i remember when "show me the meaning" came out...wooooot, that song was stuck in my head for at least a month, it was pure torture...

me: hey sis, come over here...

sis: what?

me: i wanted to show you something...

sis: what?

me: the meaning of being lonely...errr...

sis: i dont see anything...

me: its the feeling i need to walk with!

sis: uh huh...

one of my favorite songs is "i want it that way", but i remember i was really mad when it first came out cause of the stupid patriarchal message it conveyed...what did they mean, those sissy boys trying to enforce their ways on us women! and i think it was howie at the end of the music video who had that smirk on his face and did a little "you got served!" hand gesture while saying "cause i want it thaaaaaattt wayy"...ohhh! no wonder no one likes you howie!..but i decided its not worth getting worked up over, because if you listen to the lyrics, they dont really make sense...there is no real logical flow between them asking if theyre your fire and one desire, then forcing their sense of manhood on you.....

i didnt have any coffee today...just thought ya'll might've wanted know!